tuesday, October 23, 1979
daily nebraskan
paga 7
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By Lynn Mongar ,
She painted her porch last month, and hosed off her
sidewalks Sunday. She makes her own yogurt each week
and cans tomatoes every fall. She walks slowly now, with
a slight limp since she broke her knee, but without the aid
of a walker. She will be 101 -years-old on Christmas Day.
Lincolnite Margaret McCoy attributed her longevity to
a healthy diet, exercise and fresh air.
MI never sit down for very long. My friends give me the
dickens for working so hard," the centurian said.
She eats yogurt and honey for breakfast, and a meals-on-wheels
lunch, and fruit or cottage cheese for dinner.
McCoy said she used to do sit-ups every day until she
was 91 -years-old.
She only stopped then, she said, because of being hos
pitalized when she hurt her hand in a ringer washer
which she still uses.
The accident also ended her 50-year career as a practic
ing chiropractor. She said she "just doesn't have the
strength in her hand" that she once had.
When McCoy first moved to Lincoln from Missouri in
1918, she attended the Nebraska Chiropractor's College,
which was at 15th -and 0 streets.
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She remembers traveling Lincoln's dirt roads in a blue
Ford Coupe, which had a push button starter. "We
wrapped ourselves in blankets then because the cars
weren't heated, she added.
"YOU WOULDNT BELIEVE the deep ruts- in the
roads back then' she said.
At the college she met her husband, whom she still
refers to as "Loc." Together the couple operated their
chiropractic office in the basement of their home at 1425
S. 15th St.
"I still miss Doc, she said.
McCoy has no living relatives and the loneliness of old
age bothers her sometimes, but she said she "tries not to
think about it too much."
Her shelves, lined with Norman Vincent Peale's books,
offer mute testimony to Her belief in the "power of
positive thinking.' Reading is the only activity that the
bright blue eyes, watery with age, need glasses for.
Another book, a small black Bible, further enhances
her life, she said. McCoy, a Methodist, said she is waiting
until she can walk well enough tore-establish her weekly
ritual to church. Her belief that no work should be done
on Sunday was reaffirmed in a dispute she had with her
neighbors concerning the use of her clothesline.
"They can use it any other day of the week, but not on
the Sabbath," she said.
McCOY SAID SHE doesn't pay much attention to
world affairs today, and the turmoil of a decade ago has
left her with one wish; "I hope there are no more wars."
"So much of what I hear doesn't suit me. So, I just
don't pay attention to it," she said.
More open attitudes toward sex is one social change
which "doesn't suit," McCoy.
"There's nothing private anymore. I don't think it's
right," she said.
McCoy said she has never "touched a drop of alcohol"
and has avoided smoking cigarettes because she thought
they would make her sick.
. "I did try the cigar though, and I didn't mind it,' she
said smiling. ; ' '
McCoy said she's tried to "live right and do right."
"I don't think I'd do anything different," she said.
Although she said she enjoys life now, McCoy said
people were more congenial when she was younger.
"We were much happier in those days," she said.
UNL police report $65,268 theft less
UNL police report that $88,695 worth of moveable
items were stolen from the university in 1978. Only move
able items essential to students education are insured by
the university. ; . V
UNL Police Investigator Bob Fey said only $23,427 of
the stolen items were recovered, leaving a $65,268 loss.
- Roy Loudon, administrator for personnel and risk
management, said UNL doesn't have any type of" in
surance to cover the losses. ;
Insurance companies are out to make money, Loudon
said. UNL would be paying $90,000 in insurance pre
miums to cover $60,000 in losses, he said.
Theft of removable items is expected and covered in
the equipment budget, Loudon said,
"You don't insure what you can afford to lose," he
said. Having an insurance policy on stolen items would be
merely trading dollars with the insurance company, with
the insurance company coming out ahead , he said .
However, Loudon said some removable items, for
example IIJM computers, are insured. ,v
Anything that is essential to student education is in
sured. Loudon said such items are insured because "I
have a feeling the equipment budget is going to be ex
hausted." Loudon said the money saved by not having theft
insurance is better spent by campus police.
, ' . Fey said the "Starve A Thief Today" program, started
this year, has been tremendously successful. The pro
gram alerts persons to potential crimes .and helps the
public and police, work together to solve crimes, he said.
A list of stolen items is printed monthly with tips' on
crime prevention appearing at the bottom.
Fey said sometimes fingerprints and photographs can
be taken when a theft is reported, but too often many
others also have touched objects where thei theft has
' occurred. ; .'. : " " '
Although the "Starve a Thief Today" campaign is
called successful, Fey said the dollar amount of stolen
property would probably increase again this year due to
inflation. He said the new program would improve with
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Fey said students could protect their property by
taking stereos and televisions home during Thanksgiving
and Christmas vacations since that is when most large
items are stolen.
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