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Vol. 49 THE POST, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1939
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(Warren Hicks, erstwhile col-
lege boy and Post writer ex-
traordinary, has written the
above character sketch of his
former boss. If we ever leave
on a vacation Hicks either goes
with us or gets an assignment
in the Artic two weeks before
we leave—Editor).
Post Scripts was Howell Rees.
The same flights of fancy, the same
neat turn of expression, the same
philosophies, the same obstinacies,
and the same winsome appeal ‘that
won so many friends for Post
Scripts characterized the Vanishing
Editor himself.
And working across the desk
from Howell was like matching wits,
or crossing words, with a column.
A rare experience of questionable
entertainment at times, but of un-
questionable value and diversion.
Ohe minute, a hard-boiled, obsti-
nant, shrewd, self-assured—and
thoroughly aggravating — newspa-
perman and editor, with feverish
pencil, vivacious scissors, over-
worked paste-pot; a pained glance
at a piece of copy, and an exasper-
ated comment for the trembling
one-man editorial staff. An import
from the city desk of a metropolitan
newspaper, a la the motion pic-
tures, and uncommonly hard to get
along with.
The next minute, a relaxed, pipe-
smoking affable individual, with an
array of corny old jokes dressed up
in Post Scripts fashion, a truly re-
markable, and unchanging, dissert-
ation on the eccentricities of youth
and his own morals—which are in-
teresting, even for a bachelor—and
a fund of newspaper tales worth
listening to anytime.
And, of course, Howell had his
customer approaches. Depending on
the visitor, he was an energetic,
cheerful, thoroughly efficient busi-
ness man, or a rusticated, thumbs-
in-galluses country editor, ready to
talk authoritatively about the crops
— with a hidden Department of Ag-
riculture pamphlet for reference.
Often, perhaps when he com-
muned with his favorite muse, Eph
McCoy, Howell would vanish into
a world of his own. At times, dur-
ing the busiest hours, he would
break into song, tear a piece of
copy from his typewriter, and say,
“Oh, to hell with it!” Or maybe he'd
go out into the side yard and shoot
arrows at a caricature of Adolf Hit-
ler.
Archery, incidentally, was a typi-
cal Reese sideline. He bought a
complete set of arrows, including
stout big-game shafts, practiced in-
dustrially for days at a time. Some
years ago he went in diligently and
expensively, for microscopy. He
used to carry interesting bottles of
gutter water around in his pockets,
and study them in the early morn-
ing under a high-powered scope.
Nothing ever came of it, though.
He never made any important dis-
coveries, except for the fact that he
wasn’t really cut out to be a re-
search man. He still has the scope
and slide equipment, however, in
reserve for the next editor of The
Post. ;
Another time he took up snow-
shoeing,, and kept right at it until
his feet got wet.
Howell's favorite inhibition was
dead-lines. “Every paper,” he ex-
plained to the staff of The Post,
“has deadlines”. It used to amaze
us, in a way, that both Rees and
ourself used to break our necks to
get all the copy finished and out in
the print shop by precisely 10:30
every Thursday morning, and then
sit around idly for four or five hours
until the page proofs were ready to
be corrected. But all that put The
Post in a class with the big news-
papers, which insist on deadlines,
and it made Rees happy, which was,
perhaps, the more important con-
sideration.
Another important characteristic
of Howell was his incessant smoking.
All dealings with him were conduct-
ed through a charitable curtain of
blue cigarette smoke, entirely in
keeping with the traditional sur-
roundings of newspapermen. For
the convenience of visitors, Howell
used to keep a knife on his desk,
so that they could cut a hole in the
haze now and then and discover
him all over again. That used to
please both Howell and his confrers.
Howell had also mastered the fine,
art of cigarette drooping, and it
used to intrigue us to see him talk,
with a bohemian waggle of his Phil-
lip Morris.
Howell's decision to leave for his
parent’s farm down the river and
get away from it all is just as irre-
vocable—and just as impossible—as
most of his ideas.
On various other occasions he has
left to Get Away From It All, and
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THE FACULTY
First row: Mr. Williammee, Mr.
Hallock, Mr. Rood, Mr. Brickel,
Mr. Line, Mr. Moran, Mr. Tinsley.
Second row: Miss Kingsley, Miss
Noll, Miss Morgan, Mrs. Colwell,
Miss Anderson, Miss Mack, Miss
Davis.
tram, Evan Brace, Warren Culp,
Myrtis Disque.
Second row: Joseph Fiske, Jean
Gay, Thelma Gregory, Jeanne
Hayden.
Third row: Kenneth Harding,
Wanda Henson, Elizabeth Him,
Elwood Ide.
Fourth row: Mary Jeter, Walter
Kuzma, Doris McCarty, Stella
Misson.
Fifth row: Lewis Reese, Carleton
Rogers, Willard Shaver, Dorothy
Sullivan.
S:xth row: Janet Thomas.
Left to right, first row: Lois Ber-
| held tonight beginning at eight
o'clock in the school auditorium.
The program announced by Su-
pervising Principal Maurice J. Gir-
HONOR STUDENTS
Fred Girton, validictorian, and Mary
Eipper, salutatorian of Dallas Town-
ship graduating class.
ton includes the following: proces-
sional by the band; invocation, Rev.
Guy Leinthall; salutatory, Mary Eip-
per; selection, girls’ chorus; mantle
oration, Irene Brace; Junior re-
sponse, Donald MacDermott; selec-
tion, Dallas Township school band;
solo, Mrs. Allan Sanford; valedic-
tory, Fred Girton; Commencement
address, Professor William Jenkins
of the Wilkes-Barre Business Col-
lege; presentation of diplomas, Mr.
Ralph Elston, president of the school
board; benediction, Rev. Leinthall;
recessional, the band.
The Class of 1939, with a mem-
bership of twenty-eight, is the
largest graduated from the high
school since its organization almost
a decade ago.
The four highest ranking gradu-
ates, with their averages for four
years’ work, are as follows: Fred
Girton, 95.46; Mary Eipper, 94.25;
Irene Brace, 91.32; and Minnie
Crispell, 89.42.
One of the members of the class,
John Sidorek, will be gin his di-
ploma in Jefferson Hospital, where
he has been taken for an operation.
Other members of the class are:
Margaret Boston, Thelma Culver,
{ Beatrice Hildebrant, Geraldyne Jo-
{ seph, Mildred Monroe, Nellie Honey-
| well, Beatrice Scott, Helen Zimmer-
man, Walter Brown, Marvin Elston,
Nile Hess, James Hummel, Francis
Kamor, Malcolm Kitchen, Edwin
Lumley, Eugene O’Boyle, Robert
Pickett, Fred Schray, Forrest Stev-
ens, Michael Wallo, Hugh Williams,
Richard Williams, and’ Frank Yop.
Eight Receive
Legion Awards
Boy And Girl From Each
Of Four School Selected
Eight boys and girls, a boy and
a girl from each of four high schools
in this region, received the coveted
American Legion Award for citizen-
ship this week. The award, a
medal and an engraved certificate
was presented at appropriate cere-
monies at each of the schools by a
committee of veterans from Dad-
daw-Isaacs Post American Legion.
Selection of students for the
award were made ‘because he or
she was found to possess among
: others, those high qualities of char-
| acter, honor, courage, leadership,
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scholarship and service which are
necessary to the preservation and
protection of the fundamental in-
| stitutions of our government and
| the advancement of society.”
| Those receiving the award: Dal-
las borough, Irene Blessing, Harold
{ Brobst; Dallas Township, Robert
Patrick, Laura Rothery; Lake Town-
| ship, Lillian Titus, George Sutton;
| Lehman Township,, George Lamor-
eaux, Carol Crosby. Awards will be
made at Kingston Township, June
12, by Kingston Township veterans’
association.
Alfred Bronson
Gets Pilot's License
Alfred Bronson, Sweet Valley fu-
neral director, was notified this
week that he has been given a pri-
vate pilot’s licehse by the Bureau of
| Aeronautics of the Department of
| Commerce. Mr. Bronson has more
than fifty-five flying hours to his
credit. He has been taking instruc-
tions the past year with Smith's
Flying Service at Wyoming Valley
Airport. Mrs. Bronson is also think-
seriously of becoming a licensed
pilot and is aflying enthusiast in
her own right. Mr. Bronson be-
lieves that everybody will be flying
airplanes in the next few years.
“The hardest thing” he says, “Is to
get a person to take his first ride.
After that most everybody is en-
thusiastic about flying.”
Location This Week :
Construction on ‘3.42 miles of
concrete road between Evans’ Falls 3 ‘hi
and Lutes’ Corners in Monroe Town- |
ship will start within a week ac- _
cording to officials of Joseph Banks =
Construction Company, of Wilkes-
Barre, who were awarded the con- = |
tract last Friday with a low bid of =
$213,082. oR
Of the ten companies turning in
bids, the first four were within $5,-
000 of each other. Practically all
of the roadway will be relocation
work. The contractor started mov-
ing machinery to location this week.
Completion of the job is expected
between October 1 and October 15.
With its completion residents of
the Noxen end of Wyoming County
will have an excellent highway
joining them with the county seat
at Tunkhannock. By a round-about-
route by way of Harvey's Lake
motorists from New York State and
up river communities can then
reach Wyoming Valley over all-
hard surface roads. on
It is expected that determined ofl
forts will be made this summer to
have the State Highway Department
take definite action on the remain-
ing link of highway between Dalla
and Lutes’ Corners. For years
little or no effort has been made to
keep this road in passable /condi-
tion between the Luzerne “County
line and Lutes’ Corners. Now those
interested are given definite en-
couragement to have the highway |
department put this final link on
its immediate rebuilding program.
Dallas Church
30 Years Old
Giant Birthday Cake
Will'Be Cut Friday
Golden Anniversary services at
Dallas M. E. Church will begin Sun-
day and continue through Sunday, |
June 11, Children’s Day, when an
historical pageant will be presented
under the direction of Rev. Francis
Freeman, pastor. !
Rev. James S. Cropton of Me-"
hoopany will speak at the Sunday
morning services this week. On
Tuesday night Dr. Mark Dawber,
executive secretary of the Home
Mission Council of New York City,
will speak on the Religious Situation
in America against a background of -
recent European experiences. Greet
ings to the Dallas church will be ej
tended by Rev. Russell May of Shav*
ertown and Rev. C. H. Gilbert of
Carverton.
Wednesday night will be general
get-to-gether night, or faimly night.
There will be special numbers prfe-
sented by family groups. Greetings
to Dallas church will be extended
by Rev. Guy Leinthall of Alderson
and by Rev. Harry Savacool of
Trucksville. } : .
Friday night will be Homecoming bi
night, Rev. C. Duane Butler of Leh-
man and Rev. Mark Kroehler of
Maple Grove will extend greetings.
One of the features of the evening
wli be made by Blue Ribbon Cake
Company. The cake will be sur-
mounted with red, blue, white and
gold candles. Candles will be sold
by the various church societies
the following prices: red 25c,
50c, white $1, gold, amounts 8
tributed above $1.
A
Student Speakers
Feature Program
Twenty-one Received
Diplomas Last Night
Commencement exercises for D!
las Borough High School graduatin
class of 21 students last night at th
high school auditorium commemor
ated the 60th anniversary of the
founding of Dallas.
All speaking was done by mem
bers of the class. J. George Ayrg
president of the school board
awarded the diplomas. The" hig
school band and chorus took part i
the program.
Thelma Cregory, valedictorian,
spoke on ‘‘Preparedness.” Doris Mi
Carty, salutatorian, welcomed p
ents and friends. Other spea!
‘and their subjects: Joseph Fi
“History of Dallas Churches”; Ke
neth Hard'ng, “Our Curriculum’;
Janet Thoms, “Develonment of
Dallas”; Evan Trace, “Iducation in
Dallas”; Wanda Henson, “Report:
to the Home”; Elwood Ide. “Ed
cation for Democracy.”
Class night exercises were
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