5 ). ▁ ▁New sp aper ▁career ▁She ▁joined ▁the ▁Times - Dispatch ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 , ▁serving ▁mostly ▁as ▁a ▁film ▁and ▁the ater ▁critic , ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁a ▁writer ▁and ▁editor ▁on ▁entertain ment . ▁She ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 4 , ▁estim ating ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁seen ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁films ▁during ▁her ▁ 3 1 - year ▁st int ▁at ▁the ▁paper . ▁Her ▁executive ▁editor ▁said ▁" Ed ith ▁Lin de man ▁made ▁a ▁trem end ous ▁contribution ▁to ▁the ▁cultural ▁life ▁of ▁this ▁community .... ▁She ' ll ▁be ▁remembered ▁especially ▁for ▁the ▁strong ▁coverage ▁she ▁provided ▁for ▁the ▁area ' s ▁regional ▁the aters ▁in ▁their ▁form ative ▁years ." ▁ ▁Song writing ▁Coll abor ating ▁with ▁composer ▁Carl ▁St utz , ▁she ▁wrote ▁several ▁dozen ▁popular ▁songs ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s . ▁She ▁said ▁she ▁took ▁up ▁song writing ▁while ▁driving ▁through ▁Kentucky ▁with ▁her ▁husband . ▁While ▁listening ▁to ▁music ▁on ▁the ▁radio , ▁she ▁said ▁to ▁her ▁husband ▁" I ▁could ▁write ▁better ▁lyr ics ▁than ▁that ." ▁Her ▁husband , ▁who ▁believed ▁that ▁she ▁could ▁do ▁anything ▁she ▁set ▁her ▁mind ▁to , ▁replied ▁" Well , ▁why ▁don ' t ▁you ?" ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁her ▁first ▁ly ric , ▁" Cur ves ▁in ▁Kentucky ", ▁which ▁she ▁took ▁to ▁St utz , ▁then ▁an ▁announ cer ▁at ▁power house ▁radio ▁station ▁W R VA . ▁The ▁song