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BACK FIRE!
Josh loved his wife dearly but he
didn't trust her a bit ... not that she
gave him any reason to doubt her,
but that he couldn't find it within
himself to trust anyone very easily.
If any one of his boyfriends found
a new girl he was the first to decide
that she was not good enough for
him ... and while in service if one of
the boys didn't get mail from home
for two consecutive days Josh would
immediately tell him that maybe his
wife was in love with the mailman or
someone ... Josh was that kind of a
sad apple.
Before he went overseas he sold
his car ... His wife questioned this
act, knowing that it would be very
hard to get another car for some time
after the war ... To his wife's ques
tioning, Josh replied in very unpleas
ant tones that no wife of his was go
ing to do any running around with
his car while he was overseas.
All during the war, night after
night, he sat on his bunk and wrote
to Mrs.. Josh . The letters were
lengthy and chock full of don't do
this and don't do that.
Days dragged on and mail call
yielded fewer and fewer letters from
home ... Soon there were none.
Then ones day the "Dear John"
note arrived.
It read in part: "I want a divorce.
Remember the reason why you sold
the car before you went away? Well,
now I've fallen in love with the bus
driver."
Maid: "The garbage man is here,
Prof: "Tell him we don't want
any."
COLLEGE'S FIRST MILITARY BALL
HELD LAST WEEK BY TRAINEES
The first military ball at the Cen
ter was held on January 7 by the Re
serve Officers Training Corps in the
main ballroom of the Hotel Altamont
with more than 100 guests attending.
Music was furnished by Art Wen
del's orchestra. Under the direction
of Sgt. Joseph Flaherty, unit in
structor, these ROTC trainees
planned the affair: Hank Ziegler, A.
John Aruffo, Herb Kump, Mike Sek
erak, Howard Hall, Clifford McCarty,
Jack Sipple, Aaron Lutz, John Wer
singer and George Sarkis.
According to Sgt. Flaherty and
39 Members
ROTC Advances
'Advancements in rank came. to 39
members of the Hazleton Center's
R. 0. T. C. program December 29.
The new ranks range from captain to
corporal and are effective only as
long as the cadet is serving in this
school's training unit.
Those with new ranks in the com
missioned officer section of •the unit
are: Captain, Clifford McCarty. First
Lieutenant, Howard Hall, Myron
Schmutter, a Norman Richenbacher,
and George Miller. Highest in the en
listed men's ranks is Anthony Dom
broski who was advanced to master
sergeant.
Sergeants First Class, Henry Zieg
ler,- Jr., A. John Aruffo, Bernard
Carr, and George Sarkis. "Buck"
Sergeants; Leo Shulman, Malcolm
Allen, Herb Kump, John McGee,
Donald Seidel. Gilbert Butterwick,
Bob Makofski, Albert Rosen, Joseph
Reynolds, George Sotack, Charles
Wagner, Bruno Najaka, John Della
Croce, Nick Pejakovich, Ted Geary,
and Joe Olivia.
Corporal, Donald Kump, John
Hine, Andrew Bolish, Leroy Guccini,
Aaron Lintz, Michael Sekerak, Al
fred Znaniecki, James Booros, Ber
nard Yurick, Kenneth Edinger, Em
erson Kynrim, John McNally,- and
John Sipple.
The orders were issued through
Sgt. James Flaherty of the school
unit, by Lt. Joseph. Jacoby, adjutant.
I eat my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on my knife
A nut at the wheel .
A peach at his right
A fork in the road
Fruit salad—good night.
several members of the arrangements
committee, plans are being made to
make the staging of the ball an annu
al event and to place it on the social
calendar of the school.
With each member of the training
unit wearing his military .uniform the
setting of the ball was rather color
ful. There were a number of exGls
in attendance and they, too, wore
their service uniforms.
Pictures were taken at the dance
by Collegian photographer Walter
Stdne, and two of these are printed
at the bottom of this page.
HAZLETON COLLEGIAN.
Bob Timlin, president of the dra
matic club, reined up at the hitching
post during the Christmas holidays,
and three other students became en
gaged.
Tony Stanziola, Robert Davis and
Conrad Balliet are the three prospec
tive grooms.
Gettl In Step With
March Of Dimes
Have you seen a poster recently
showing a little girl who is bravely
attempting to leave the confines of
her wheel chair and walk again with
other happier girls and boys who
haven't been so unfortunate as to be
stricken by polio ?
She is a common sight this time of
the year, standing there, looking
down at you from merchandise
counters all over the country.
Notice the container fitted into this
display. It is that transparent can,
with your whole-hearted supporl, that
that will help that little girl to walk,
run and laugh again.
On passing won't you drop in a
dime or so? It will make you feel
good, not to mention the amount of
good it will do in supporting a very
worthy cause. While you're at it tell
your friends to join you; it's possible
that one of their friends or yours will
be struck down before they get an
other chance to do so.
It is unnecessary to restate in de
tail the work undertaken and accom
plished by the Infantile Paralysis
Foundation and its many affiliated lo
cal organizations; nor is it necessary
to remind you of the toll that polio
has accounted for in our land and
particularly our own region just last
year. Those figures can be obtained
at the 'Geisinger hospital.
But it is necessary to say that
funds to maintain this vital work are
desperately ° needed. Give and give
generously.
Let your contribution, a dime or a
dollar, be your gift in the birthday
commemoration of the late President
Roosevelt.
H ITCH ING POST N EWS
December 17, 1948'
TOSSES SALAD
By SHELDON VILENSKY
It has frequently been proved that
those individuals who are considered
"dull characters" are often very am
bitious and constructive individuals.
Sig Udstad is not a dull ,eharacter
by any means, but his quietness be
tray's this freshman's rare ability to
whip Up (you'll never guess it) tossed
salad!
A Berwick High grad, Sig claims
that his true love lies in the field of
art and absolutely nowhere else. He
intends to make this his life work,
and in doing so, disowns entirely any
affiliation with the kitchen and its
functions that he might have previ
ously acquired.
But unfortunately a culinary abil
ity should not bp rejected so readily.
It's a dismaying fact that more and
more women marry today with no
knowledge of cooking:
With Norwegian ancestry to point
to, Sig is wild about lobsters and oy
sters besides tossed salad. Where the
next favorite enters is inexplicable,
corn beef hash, but steak rates high
with him just as with most other
Joes.
Sig has , one pet peeve which he
blames on his parents. His middle
name begins with R. In R. 0. T. C.
class, where roll is taken in the order
of the first name followed by the mid
dle initial, this little letter caused
reason to laugh. Are you present, Mr.
Sig-R Udstad ?
Engineering Club
Meets Mon. Nite
The Engineering Club will meet on
Monday night, 7:30 o'clock, in Room
1 at Broad street. Highlight of the
evening will be an address on "Utili
ties" by Roland Edmunds of the
Pennsylvania Power and Light Co.
The club will have a discussion
along the lines of the evening's sub
ject and after the program refresh
ments will be served. Engineering
students and interested faculty mem
bers and other students are invited.
King Arthur: "I hear you have
been misbehaving."
Knight: "In what manor, sir?"
Silence is a true friend who never be
trays.
--Confucious