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I PAGE EIGHTEEN THE WARREN SENTINEL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1968 E Johnny Philip Morris was a visitor at the FMC Corp., American sViscose Division ~ plant here August 16. He is seen with E1don E, Camp- bell (right), plant manager, and Robert Spangler, manufaeturing super- ,intendent. ac~46`4 & , the West, Coast repeat Later, there were numerous big band shows. In those days Roventini was quite small - slightly under four-feet "But I've• kept growing alll these years," he ex- plained. "Today I'm four-foot-four and I've added two inches in the past 15 years. I'm told' this kind of growth isn't uncom- mon for Lilliputians."' Roventini uses'the world "LilliputSan" to distinguish himself fr= dwarfs. Liili'. putians, he says, are small people who are formed in proportion to larger people. RoventinI' wouldn't give his age, al- though I suspect he Is crowding 60. He enjoys his career touring for the tobacco firm and Isn't the least big anxious to retire. He was at the tobacco convention this week, leaves for Louisville and the Kentucky Derby doings tomorrow. His earnings with Philip Morris bought a comfortable, two family residence in Brooklyn. Roventini lives upstairs with his sister and'her husband. His brother, Ange- lo, lives downstairs with his family and is Johnny's travelling companion. Another brother, Fred, is the offiiaat' litnousiae driver for Philip Morris In New York. Roventini has owned his own yacht since 1941, plays golf to combat a bulging midriff' produced by hi§ sister's spaghetti and' is known from coast-to-coast by a bevy of showbiz celebrities. His favorites are Lucille Ball and Red Skelton. "Lucy is a real lady to work withi" says Roventini, "and Skelton, he's tops. He's the kind of fellow who'll put on . a two-hour show, be dead tired, but not too tired to talk with all the people that press in to meet him afterwards." Roventini has no regrets over being small. "It's a wonderful life," he said, "and I've been very lucky." . During our hour-long talk Roventini smoked almost a half pack of dgarets. He ,.wasn't smoking Philip Morris cigarets. He ,:refers Marlboro greens with s fii+Pr tin