Article March 18, 1972 Issue

Miss Outer Space

ALICE TAYLOR REED

Betsy's family used to call her "Miss Outer Space." The title didn't refer to beauty or talent. It was because her mind always seemed to be somewhere else. Most other people just called her scatterbrained.

She kept losing things: her math homework, her new blue jeans at the spring Girl Scout camp-out, and her door key—three times! The minutes before the school bus came in the morning were often frenzied ones. "Where are my shoes?" she would shout, dashing from room to room. Or, "Mom, can I borrow 60 cents for lunch? I'll pay you back when I get home from school and find my purse."

Usually she eventually found what she was looking for. But once she had to take an F for the day in gym because she misplaced her gym shoes and didn't find them until after class. And another time she had to use her allowance to buy some school carnival tickets she misplaced before she could sell them.

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