PAGE TWU SECOND THOUGHTS | By javie aiche (Editor's Note: Excepting the names, all of which are changed to accord with censorship and propriety, the following is a true story of an Alaska incident.) : ; What Maureen liked about Irving was the all inclusiveness of his em- THE POST, FRIDAY, SEP Labor Day TEMBER 3, 1943 The 4-H Club met on Thursday at the school. Pvt. Harold Dennis, of Fort Eus- tis, Va., spent the week at his home. Pfc. Warren Johnson and Pfc. Fred Persivial, of Quantico, Va. were guests over the weekend of Fernbrook Scouts Guests At Luncheon Mrs. Russell Case and Mrs. Wil- lard Vivian entertained the Girl Scouts, of Fernbrook Troop 16, this week. Luncheon was served to the following: Daisy Bellas, Peggy Mar- tin, Cecelia Oglen, Leona Roberts, mies would take to hiding. brace. And no wonder. of beer in a single gulping draught. “Was I the sap!” The corporal’s remark was both querulous and accus- Corporal Haddy Reese mace it very clear to ‘me, the wells of his self-derision overflowing as he took his third mug ing. ‘Tll say I was. Bringing a superman out of tke Alaska wilds to a girl like Maureen. Why, she ‘was cut out for me. I‘m an inch over six feet and she's five-eight of the smoothest stream lining on the South Side, and upholstered with good war-plant muscle too. I ought to have had my head ex- amined. But Irv’s a hero and he don’t have any folks. He joined up for the Alaska trick because he was weary of the woods where he'd been working for three years, ever since he was sixteen and old enough to get out of the orphan school. I took pity on him and we furloughed together. Was I the sap!” I called for steins on the fourth beer, rightly guessing. that Haddy © would slow his intake and give out more liberally. He did both. © “Yes,” said Corporal Haddy Reese, “Irv’s a hero, and one inch more of him than there is of me. "And when he hugs it's either un- conditional surrender or get the hell out of there. Wait'll I tell you. “I met Irv when he was made my bunkie. But I got to know him best when he drew the enemy spot when we got our first practice on a war problem. That's where fate or destiny or whatever you might call it moved in on the job. The idea was that we were to round up some straggling Japs left over from an attempted invasion or parachute landing. It was to be sort of a ‘man to man affair, about evenly divided, our bunch on the search and the Japs on the crouch in the alders and along the glacial runs and wherever it might be that ene- “Along toward the end of the day and just about time to knock off the hunt I saw Irv. He was holding his gun high under his right arm and had his trench knife in his left hand. He was crouched over and picking his steps with his mind fixed on something and his “head poked out as though he knew "just what it was. I figured he must have spotted one of our side and I stayed behind a rock I'd picked out for concealment. What I ought to have done was work around and come up behind him for a take, but he seemed so sure that he had something I passed up the duty call and took over on the pleasure side. “It was hard, looking at things to pick them out, but Irv was used to the woods and he kept going. After I got my own focus I was pretty sure I saw something dark in the alders where Irv was head- ing. The more I watched the more sure I was that something was “moving in there. “And then Irv got close enough to make a leap. He rose high as sneak act, amounted to confusion for that Kodiak and he wanted to get the hell out of there. So did Irv. They separated like two streaks of forked lightning. ‘1 wasn’t exactly comforted my- | self. I thought I was wanted some- | where else, too, but as I started to | run I cut off my own path, slipped | and went scrambling into a glacier | pot-hole. Irv rushed in after me, picked me up as though I was a barracks bag and carried mol through the alders for a hundred : feet before he was calm enough to set me down. And was he holding | me tight! It took me about tor gasps to shake my breath back into place. “‘And what the hell’s the big! idea’ ?” I asked Irv. ‘ ‘Didn't you ever hear about Kodiak bears’ ?” “ ‘Hell,” said Irv. ‘I didn’t know it was a bear. I thought it was one | of your side wearing a fur coat’.” “Yes,” said Corporal Haddy Reese, “I'll have another beer, a small one | this time. Here comes Irv, and Maureen. Look at the big baboon!” The statuesque Maureen was SO, full of Irv she had eyes only for the safe path to a table. She didn’t see us at all. l “I let Irv take her out on a date the night I spent home®with the, folks, like all soldiers should do, to have things talked over, alone among ourselves,” said the corporal. “And Irv said he couldn't help himself. He hugged Maureen. When she came to she was satisfied to stay right there in his arms. Arms NAT i ] 453 Released by Keystone Features, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Meeker have announced the birth of a daughter at the Nesbitt Hospital, on August 27th. Glenn Hilbert has returned home from: the General Hospital. School will open Monday, with George Robinson as principal. The final canning class was held last Thursday at the school. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nulton and son, Donald, have returned home | after visiting the Nultons’ son, Paul, «Jr., at Seymour Johnson Field, N. C. Cpl. Walter Pigler, of Fort Bragg, N. C., is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Pigler. : Mr. and Mrs. Edward MacDougal rand Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith have returned home after spending a week in Canada. Cpl. Jack Wall is home on ‘a fur- lough from New River, N. C. Cpl. Emil Beurlewski has re- turned to Fort Bragg, N. C., after visiting with his new son, Reed, and his wife, the former Doris Dietz. RUGGLES | Mrs. Etta Shaw is visiting her | sister, Mrs. Church, at Beach Haven. | Mrs. Ora Kocher called on Mrs. ' George Wilson, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson has as Sunday dinner guests, Mrs. Rhoda Kitchen and Mrs. Minnie Harrison. Mrs. Arthur Kocher visited Mrs. Chester Bunsek and Mrs. Larry’ Cornell, last week. Mrs. Verne Kitchen, of Chester, Jerry Sebolka, Laberta Schultz, Jean Wesley, and the hostesses. The following officers were elect- ed: President, Cecelia Oglen; Secre- tary, Jerry - Sebolka; Treasurer, Peggy Martin. Plans were made for the fall season. Mrs. Della Parrish Is Honored On Birthday Mrs. Della Parrish was guest of honor at a birthday dinner party at her home last Thursday evening. She received a number of lovely gifts and cards. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Cadugan, Mrs. J. Gordon Hadsell, Jean Hadsell, Mar- tha Hadsell, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Calkins and Judy, Miss Elizabeth Cooke, Paul Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. David Ide, Esther, Jean, Dick, Har- old, Bruce and Glen Ide and the guest of honor. Dinner was served in the apple orchard. [detown Church Choir To Present Musicale The Idetown Church Choir wi'l present a musicale this evening in the Church, at 8 o'clock. The pro- gram will consist of both sacred and secular music. Following the ! musicale, an ice cream social will be held by the W.S.C.S. in the church house. Home Made Ice Cream will be for sale. Given Farewell Party Rev. John Albright and, family 'is staying at her home here, while! were guests of honor at a farewell she gets the house roof repaired. | party given at the home of Mr. and Miss Sara Kitchen, who has been ‘Mrs. Elzaer N. Kerr by members of and the man, that’s Irv,” said Cor-. i - 'at her home here, returned Satur- |the congregation and friends of the poral Haddy Reese. “And the girl, | too. My girl and right out of my arms. Now I'm that guy they sing | about in ‘This Is The Army,’ and! the soldier boy without a heart.” “Wasn't there any explanation?” | THE OUTPOST services from the Back Mountain Region—in I asked Corporal Reese. “Sure there was,” he replied. “It: : : BS out the world. Where those at home and the men and women in the armed the fighting fronts—keep contact with their fellows through- day, to Chester. Reformation Lutheran Church, re- Miss Marion Kocher spent a few , cently. Rev. Albright was present- days with her parents, Mr. and ed with a War Bond as token of Mrs. Gordon Kocher. | appreciation for his kindness while | Mrs. Jennie Grey had as guests | serving the congregation. | this week, Mrs. Ella Jones and Mrs. | Rhoda Kocher. ! 1 | Corky Montross will return ,, Gathering At Meeker Endwell, N. Y., on Saturday. ! The Men's Bible Class of the camps and on was fate. I told Irv to show Maureen 2 how he captured the Kodiak bear.” oe | OUTLET | : “More than a newspaper, : ; 4 Dear Editor: Mrs. B® osie Milbro t, Mrs. Esther | It’s about time “Elmer Arm’ gets Weaver, Bernard Milbrodt Sr., and | : ; | out and writes the fine Post staff | a community institution” B. Floyd Milbrodt were in New Jer- for meltihy our hometown, paper. THE DALLAS POST sey August 11 visiting their daugh< g 8 pap . | ESTABLISHED 1889 3 ‘ leach week. I surely enjoy re- tors Cailigring and Alberto: Cat | ceiving it each week to read the sting sad Ale yen the Dallas news. I think all the fellows i Re i] | tie to read the Outpost to see how Dominic Steiner is home after | thelr pals are making, out spending a week's vacation in New ; am ; : Jersey | I've just arrived at San Antonio | Theodore London has retovered : Pre-Flight School for Pilots after from a recent illness. being classified at the San Antonio Raring To Go July 31, 1943 A non-partisan liberal progressive newspaper pub- lished every Friday morning at its plant on Lehman Ave- nus, Dallas, Penna., by the Dallas Post. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Da.:as, Pa., under 1. + Aviati Pr, t Mary Myers, Mrs. Anna Mil- Aviation Cadet Cente 1 hope oo the Act of March 8, 1879. Subscrip- brodt, Mrs. Martha Ceaser, Joseph see Jimmy Davies soon as he is tion rates: $2.50 a year; $1.50 Six 2 , > I'hera’ a'so | months. Ne subscriptions accepted Ceaser and Edward Milbrodt, all of | = a . . gis | far fess Ha six moni Out-of- | 0 was a to read that | state subscriptions: 00 a year; Ashley, called on Mr. and Mrs. | Ys Nay PPYy : $2.00 six months or less. Back | Frank Matukitis and Francis Kamor issues, more than one week old, 16¢ Chris Milbrodt, Sunday. Recent callers of Mr. each. and Mrs. | have reached their goal. 1 surely Single copies, at a rate of 6c each, he could between two alder stands, his arms reaching out and coming down for a clutch as he let out a yell they must've heard around the | Arctic Circle. More than that, too. He must've forgot to put his gun on safety, because when he plumped | down it went off. If anything was needed to add real life to that prac- tice problem that was it, the gun going off. He let go of it, because I heard it plunking against the scrabble, and he must've dropped | his trench knife too, because I heard a clinking against stones. In other words, Irv was taking his prisoner rough-and-tumble style in a super- ~ man hug. “And, good Lord, just as he closed down on it his capture heaved up, | and what was it but a Kodiak bear. Irv got the idea about the same time as the bear. You know about Kodiaks, I guess. They're supposed to be the most ferocious critters on the American continent. But Irv’s yell, the gun shot, and the Indian Radio Service : DRIVE UP HERE! Come to specialists for Service. Have your Radio put in tip-top shape—while ordinary ‘‘ex- perts” still would be tinkering it! We have the instruments, replace- ment parts and experience for quick, satisfactory service. Our business is to save money, and time, for you! ; : RUDOLPHS’ Electric Service 83-35 E. Jackson Street Phone 25868 ® Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Radio Clay- | hope I make it. Wasn't it swell about Bill, can be obtained every Friday morn ing at the JolHowing newsstands: Dallas—Tally-Ho Grille, Hislop’s Res- | R. Keithline were Joy Evans, | ton Sheafler and Alfred Keithline, my | of Evans Falls. brother, reaching Master Sergeant? | taurant; Shavertown, Evans (Drug y 3 store; Trucksville—Leonard’s Te; { Mr. and Mrs. Tobby, of New Jer- We hope to meet up with each other Idetown—Caves Store; Huntsville— i i day. Hontz's Store; Harvey's Lake—Ed- sey, are moving into the Wayne |SOme , ae Gordon house. I'm cutting this short as we're | aan ISO a Tm Pood When requesting a change of ad- dress subscribers are asked to give pretty busy getting organized. sending you my new #ddress.énd thanks loads for sending thé” Post. A/C Harryl 07S Snyder San Antonio, Texas | Sgt. B. Willard Crispell, of Camp Pickett, Va., spent the wekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crispell, of this place. | Russell Wilcox is now employed {at the Naval Supply Depot, in Me- | chanicsburg. He spent Sunday at | his home here with his sister and his father, of Harrisburg. | thir old as well as now address in order to prevent delay. y We will not be responsible for the ! return of unsolicited manuscripts, } photographs and editorial matter un- | i | less seif-addressed, stamped envelope is epclosed, and in no case will we be responsible for this material for more than 30 days. Sends Best Wishes August 10, 1943. Dear Editor | National display advertising rates ea. T } i 60c per column inch. Mrs. Laura Kocher visited her Just a few lines to let you know pore play Jdvertinng rates : ; per column inch. daughters, Mrs. Mabel Elston and that I am still here at Sheppard, Classified rates 2 per word. | Mrs. Jessie Swan, of Lehman, on Field. I receive the Dallas Post Minimum charge 25c. . 3 Unless paid for at advertising Friday. : regularly, and I sure do appreciate rates, we can give no assurance Mrs. Freeman Sorber spent it very much. i that announcements of plays, par 2 rT 0 thi t ad £ tod ties, rnmage sales or any affairs | Wednesday with Mrs. Russell | Have nothing to do Ior today, | for raising money will appear in a | ie 3 } specific issue. In no case will such Hoover. She spent Thursday in | SO I thought I would write you a few | a akon on Thumanys. | Wilkes-Barre and called on Mrs. |lines to thank you once more for. | Atlee Kocher, of Dallas. | sending me the Post. I sure do | Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Root | enjoy. reading it. | | Editor and Publisher HOWARD W. RISLEY Editors %* S/Sgt. Howell E. Rees, U.S.A. % Lieut Warren Hicks, U.S.A. Associate Editor MYRA ZEISER RISLEY Contributing Editors JOHN V. HEFFERNAN MRS. T. M. B. HICKS EDITH BLEZ DR. F. B. SCHOOLEY MARTHA HADSEL War-Time Correspondents MRS. J. GORDON HADSEL - Advertising Department HELEN BOOTH i| % Harry Lee Smith American Red Cross Foreign Ser. called on Mrs. May Robbins, of| I'm sending through the Post, ! | my best regards to Mother and Dad | of land to al! the folks back there in! Tell them all Ij Dallas, on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crispell, Lake View Heights, had as dinner good old Dallas. guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- {said “hello”. liam Hoover, Harold Hoover, of | Well, I guess I will close this Binghamton; Pvt. Elwood Hoover, | letter now because it is getting of Camp Lee, Va.; Mrs. Lawrence close to chow time. So as I close Mechanical Superintendent HARRY E. POST Mechanical Department % S/Sgt. Alan C. Kistler; U.S.A. % Norman Rosnick, U.S.N. Y% S/Sgt. Alfred Davis, U.S.A. + Pvt. Wm. Helmboldt, U.S.A. % Pvt. Joseph Riehl, U.S.A. < In Armed Serviee. Sickler, Emily and Joan Sickler, of I will say so-long and thanks again. Cobleigh and son, Edward, of Out- A. S. N. 33466050 service. The Hoovers are former, tertained for their daughter, Emma, | From A Wave Roxie Hoover, Arline Crispell, Mrs.| Here I am back at the grind Crispell home. ! day back at work was really misery. and Mrs. Bruce Crispell. The see you when I was home, but you Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoover and! many people to see that it was of all—as it should be. | Pvt. Dean Kocher has returned Meeker Church will hold a corn and to his camp in Georgia. His wife wiener roast and, ice cream social and Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Honeywell on the church lawn Saturday eve- and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oberst ning. Everyone is invited. went as far as Washington with him. ‘Attendance Record Mrs. William Hillard had as din- ner guests Sunday, Mrs. Harry | Dallas Rotary Club had the sec- Jones and son, Sgt. Clarence Mont- ond highest percentage of attend- ross, Pvt. Dean Kocher and Mrs. in the district during the Kocher, Miss Sarah Kitchen, Cpl.’ month of July. The club meets Dean Kocher, Mrs. Clarence Oberst. | weekly at Lundy's. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kocher, of in not too many months, and then | T'll make a special effort to come up. The town didn't look much different to me, but it was good to see it again. And everyone made such a fuss over me that I almost hated to come back. Needless to say, we get no special attention here, all individua'ity is lost for the good | ance We have some of the new boots with us now, the first class out of New River I believe. We have been Hayfield Farm, called on Mike Card of Thanks talking the whole thing over trying : Kocher, Sunday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Obe Skelding wish to find t wheth h it ! out whether they had to thank all those who helped while any tougher . > dod hii = ~ i ; | their daughter was il and during Rove Doin Jiu @ Hite worse tT swamps. Saw quite a few palm their recent bereavement. probably get slugged for this. They | ror, The fist lL heve som @ are swell girls, as were all those |" g one. : er ! ACKSOM hin oh Aa amp Blanding is situated among though. Row’ thot we are ilies | the many lakes that adorn Nothern, ! : ar BR hl Florida. One of these so called lakes ' Miss Victoria Zbick has returned eSY Same anestions ve Aid nat ib located right in jus center of home after spending her vacation Loe io. We 00 oF we oan 1, Camp Blanding. This lake, by the with friends in New York. Rilo thet. brates Beaten aoe me of Kingsley, is really beauti- | Mrs. Margaret Eads and Arthur | vo nopraciaied Tv when we wore ful—white sands, beautiful lawns, Bere Jr., are in Jersey City, N. J. boat ia the "bawildsraces. palm and pine trees. The lake is | Miss Jessie Ashton finished her oll. it should wot be very. long about 300 yards from our company’s | three years’ training course for i holes oa bw Tarrochs ave | barracks. We have swimming time nurses at the Nesbitt Hospital on HR © 1 cata we cid be! Tom 2:30 until 4:30 every day as | Tuesday, August 24th. Graduating Roe 80 gek in thet bat sors. LPL of the training schedule. : hic will be in October. rT rw There are other things to write | Miss Olga Swelgyn is spending have been living in Country Club abo : but being = gusd duty Us’ 190 Tesh | with. her father. mud lh We hrs Teor etaring at | evening, rn bring this letter to a brothers here. WAVE Barracks which 1 believe close and I'll try to write later on. | Jessie Bonning spent last Sunday were originally built for civilians as Thpnhs io the Welcomsy paper. itn her pavents Mrs randuMry i duration accomodations. It has i 3 Denis Bonning. been swell having a place not too | C ; Bl ang Fl far away where we could ride and ainp. Blending, Hla: swim. Now we are all wondering ! | what it will be like in our own | “home”. I am still enjoying the Post—it Dear Editor: i |is about the ony thing I get time Just a few lines from jolly old | to read. | Eng and thanking you very much | Here's saying “hello” to all those for the Post. Just received two | iI missed in Dallas lasp week. | today, one of July 2 and one of | Carry on, { _- {July 18. Boy, was I glad to get Thelma | them. First I had any for about | Pfc. Thelma Gregory, la month and a half. The rest could U..8. M. C. W.:R. | have gotten lost, but I hope not, Co. F, Hdgs. Bn., | for news from back home sure! Hdq. U. S. Marine Corps, | cheers you up. Washington, D. C. Here it is August and everything is green. The flowers are in bloom. It sure is beautiful over here. I've | August 13, 1943. seen Donnie Metzger several times | Dear friends of the Dallas Post: now. Two days ago I was having | | This is just one more of those chow when who came in but Larry . change of address letters you have : Newhart from Shavertown. I almost | Merry England August 9, 1943. ===Uaes FIRST NATIONAL BANK THE DALLAS, PENNA. MEMBERS AMERICAN BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION Soldier’s Paradise | | i | | { | | i I | I | | | | : 3 : : DIRECTORS {received so many times before. | swallowed my fork. Boy, what a |p 1 Brickel, C. A. Frantz, W. B. Here's hoping you, the contributors surprise! of the Post, are all in the best of Larry is only stationed | Jeter, Sterling Machell, W. R. Neely, five miles from where I am. The Clifford Space, A. C. Devens, health. I'm just in the pink of | 11th and 12th of this month, which Herbert Hill. condition—a nice hot Florida|is only a couple of days away, sunburn. Donnie is coming over to see me and My trip down here from Craft|we will go over to see Larry. I OFFICERS was very interesting: Traveling | hear Raymond Pritchard, another C. A. Frantz, President Sterling Machell, Vice-President W. R. Neely, Vice-President W. B. Jeter, Cashier F. J. Eck, Assistant Cashier Shavertown boy, is over here some- where. Sure would like to find out his address. Will close now, thanking you again/and saying! always was my enjoyment and moreso since I'm in the army. There was a saying not so:long ago about, “Join the Navy and see the world”. Beaumont; Mr. and Mrs. Edward | I remain, | Pvt. Joseph J. Polachek let. Pvt. Hoover is home on his first furlough since entering the | 304 Tng. Gp./B. T: Cs S Sqdn. 13, Ez residents of this place. Sheppard Fields” Texas Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Crispell en- on her eleventh birthday, Sunday, | : August 17, 1943. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoover and Dear Mr. Risley: : Laura Kocher and Miss Iva Hoover i again. I sure was sleepy after that ) were callers this week at. the long train ride back, and the first’ Sgt. Bruce Willard Crispell spent But it seems the same as always the weekend with his parents, Mr. | now. I'm sorry I didn’t get up to Crispells had "as Sunday guests, : know how it is. I had such a short Mr. Robert Hoover, Paul Hoover, | time and $0 much to do and so Roxie, Floyd Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. | just “impossible to get around to 5 Corey Hoover. A everything. But I'll be home again 1 suppose . it - should read now | “hello” to every one/ back home. “Join the Army and see the world". _ Cheerio, | : We passed through many swamps. I Pfc. Paul M. Redmond No Vault Pores Fol oem guess Florida is made up of ‘such In England : : sy careful attention.
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