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SECOND T
HOUGHTS
By javie aiche
that for all of three days I was a res
the presentation of “Let's Take Cou
~ Our houses there were on opposite si
trying to get down to, Dike, is your
brother, John. He's on the Plymouth
Draft Board, isn’t he? Well, I think
he has made a misjudgment.
If he is the John Brown who or-
dered the induction of Bob Coursen,
I think he ought to do something
about it before it is too late. Bob,
you ought to remember, was quar-
terback on the 1925 Larksville High
School football team, when Big
Bialek was doing such magnificent
work as fullback and Larksville was
marching steadily ahead toward a
championship year not too far in the
future. It was our impression then
that Bob Coursen was about the
‘smallest quarterback we had ever
seen, and we were under constant
_ fears that among the pile-ups conse-
quent upon fast tackling and hard
play there would be one from which
they would take little Bob in as
_ many pieces as he has torso and
. limbs.
Well, Dike, I met Bob Coursen
~ with a draft contingent out of New
- Cumberland. In fact, I rode a con-
siderable ‘distance with him and
- talked all the way I rode, and I'm
of the opinion that Bob Coursen
- ought to be salvaged from that draft
allotment, recognized a veteran of
‘three years’ regular army service,
and sent back to a job of work he
~was doing in Ordnance, a job far
more important. than the work that
will be assigned to any soldier on
~ any front in this world-flung strife. |
a From my conversation with Bob
I know I am writing this piece on
5 his thirty-eighth birthday anniver-
“sary. Your brother, Dike, drafted
~ . Bob that late in life. So far as I have
been able to determine, and I have
gone quite deeply into the subject,
Bob Coursen generally was consid-
ered about as aloof from the army
he served for three years as any
American well could be. Undersize,
underweight, an accredited member
of U. S. Civil Service, holding by vir-
tue of veteran status and ability one
of the most important of Ordnance
assignments, Bob’s associates no less
than his family and himself were
fairly certain he had found his niche
in this war.
been development of a secret cam-
LETTER TO DIKE BROWN: Greetings, neighbor! Or have you forgotten
ident of your precious Dallas; during
ncil ?”” Remember? Go back a little
farther in time and you surely cannot forget Willow street, in Plymouth.
des of that same street. What I am
: Health Topics
By F. B. Schooley, M. D.
a2
ax
Gout
Gout is an inflamation of the
joints, usually characterized by re-
current attacks of arthritis, with de-
posits of sodium urate crystals in or
about the affected joints. Gouty
individuals ‘have an abnormal
amount of uric acid in the blood.
Nodular deposits may occur be-
neath the skin, most commonly at
the margin of the ear. Heredity is
a predisposing factor in most cases,
though the disorder may remain in
a latent stage throughout life. Over-
eating, alcoholism, sedentary occu-
pations, obesity and underexercise
favor development of gout. It occurs
most frequently after forty years of
age. Slight injury to a joint, espe-
cially to that of the big toe, may
precipitate an attack:
The attack usually comes on sud-
denly, first involving a single joint
which becomes swollen, red and
painful. The individual may be
awakened in the night by intense
pain in the joint. Early attacks last
from one to two weeks and subside
gradually. Recurrences are common,
and may occur in a few months or
several years. As time goes on the
attacks last longer and finally re-
sult in chronic disease with joint
deformities. As the disease pro-
gresses, more and more joints are
likely to become involved. Some
joints become permanently stiffened
and enlarged. The general health is
impaired, .and the discomfort in-
creases. The attacks are more preva-
lent in the spring and fall.
. Most gouty persons show signs of
kidney damage. Changes in the kid-
neys are the result and not the
cause of this constitutional disease.
In chronic cases the character of the
urine is that of chronic nephritis or
Bright's disease.
Thomas Sydenham, who lived
Of recent years, Dike, there has | from 1624 to 1689, was the first to
distinguish gout from other forms
era lens. I couldn’t tell you a lot
lens; when it takes a picture it gath-
ers the country around-about it as
though it had a global eye. As near
to it as it can be that new lens is
indeed global. There's more than
that to it, Dike. The lens is directly
related to the question of how many
of our boys will survive a given ac-
tion. You see, this camera with the
topographical lens is taken over
enemy terrain just before an at-
tack. It spots every position in di-
rect relation to the maps of battle;
it makes exactly certain that when
our boys move in they will not get
under their own barrage, nor even
within the danger perimiter of those
siege guns they roll around now
with about the same ease you and I
. wanna station down there in Ply-
mouth. ;
There’s a catch in all this, Dike.
That lens has got to be perfect be-
fore it is installed in an aviation
camera. It has got to be as truly
right as heavenly justice. And it
must be installed with a precision
that even a tool-maker would envy.
If there comes up a flaw of texture
or the minutest angle of maladjust-
ment, then the film that comes out
of the camera will be out of align-
ment with the topographical battle
map. A contingency like that means
that U. S. soldiers are going to be
killed by their own guns, and a lot
of them are going to be shot or cap-
tured by the enemy whose defense
“will not be in the position it appears
to be in by testimony of the faulty
A Post Classified Ad is the place to
get results quickly and cheaply!
used to push the truck at Lacka-|
of arthritis. He said: “More wise
about it, but it’s a? topographical ' men than fools are sufferers from
the disease’, and this statement still
holds as good now as in his day. A
person who has had an attack of
gout should live temperately, avoid
alcoholic liquors, and eat just
enough to prevent his body weight
from increasing. Moderation in diet
is the most important item, espe-
cially the restriction of meat and
meat products, beans, peas, fish and
gravies. Regular exercise, avoid-
ance of constipation, and drinking
plenty of water are helpful in pre-
venting attacks of gout.
film that is the product of that
camera lens.
I think you get the idea, Dike. Tell
| John about it. Right now there is
nobody to exactly fill Bob Coursen’s
shoes in Ordnance. Ask his super-
iors if you don’t believe me. The
nearest to a success that I have
heard about is a girl recruit, a WAC,
and last time I got any report on
the matter she just wasn’t getting
the lens idea at all. In Civil Service
Bob Coursen was listed as an expert,
one of a kind that isn’t made over-
| night or even substituted by wacky
processes.
Bob Coursen was about the most
downcast man I have ever met.
Psychologically he would be judged
unfit for service. You see, Bob is
worried. Not about the dangers of
battle; not about his wife and little
baby; not even about the army serv-
ice of which he already has had
three years’ experience. What Bob
is worried about is how much more
he is worth back of that topographi-
cal lens than he is behind a gun. I'd
like to see you do something about
that, Dike; you and John.
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At Santa Anita
Dear Sirs:
I want to thank you for sending
me the Dallas Post each week, for
here, more than 3,000 miles from
home, it sure keeps one in close
contact with our folks and friends
at home. The issue I get each week
serves "a double purpose. You see,
after I read it I turn it over to Ist
Lt. George B. Schultz, who as you
know, is the same as I, just a local
boy. It is funny when you think of
how one runs into someone from
Dallas, whatever camp he or she
happens to be at. George and I are
here at Santa Anita. He is one of
the officers in the Automotive Sec-
tion of the school here and I am
an instructor at the present time.
Camp Santa Anita, as a camp, is
one of the best and biggest here on
the West Coast. The location,
grounds and everything about it are
ideal, except for our barracks, which
happens to be 'the horse barns
turned into barracks. We sleep two
men to a stall and a man outside of
each stall. Many of you have heard
Bob Hope kid Skinny Innis about
the stalls at Santa Anita. Then it
was a joke for Skinny, but at the
present time he is in one, and might
I add that he is one regular fellow.
He is in charge of the post band
and I will tell you it is one of the
best.
When we stand in front of our
“stalls” and look out, right in front
of the camp stand two of Califor-
nia’s highest mountains, one being
Mt. Wilson, the other the almost-
| year-around snow-capped Mt. Baldy.
| Our school here is very much like
Aberdeen in many respects, except
we do'not prove materials. Our job
is to train men in all branches of
the service. We teach the technical
branches, such as tanks, automotive,
small arms and light artillery, heavy
artillery, fire control, ammunition,
machine shop and carpenter work.
The people here in California are
very nice to all servicemen, as they
are almost everywhere you go.
I must close now, for I could go
on telling you of the West Coast
here. At present the chow call is
on so I must ask you to excuse me.
I'll drop you a line from time to
time. In closing, I want to thank
|
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your all again.
| Yours truly,
: Sgt. M. W. O’Boyle,
% Camp Santa Anita,
Arcadia, California.
® We've thoroughly enjoyed your
letter, Michael. What's become of
Jim? Don’t believe we've heard
from him since he was married.
That's a long time ago. When I saw
your address, I thought at first that
I was going to be able to tell you
the name of another Back Mountain
man at the same location. But I was
wrong. Rev. Lynn Brown, formerly
of Lehman, is a Protestant chaplain
at Santa Maria, California.—Editor.
From Larry Isaacs
Dear Editor: 7
This is to notify you of my new
address. I have been quite busy
since my change of stations and this
is the first opportunity I had to
write you.
I was home for a very short time
and really didn’t see nearly all my
friends. I had meant to drop in
and see you, but' my time was too
short.
I enjoyed the Post and this fall,
besides keeping me posted on my
friends, I'll expect to see the local
high school football scores.” Keep
up the good work.
Respectfully yours,
Larry Isaccs
1 c/o Fleet Post Office
New York City, N. Y.
® Larry, I've heard lots about you,
especially when you were in college,
but I'm not sure that we ever did
meet each other. Drop in when
you are home again. Your mother,
Mim and Barbara were in the office
yesterday to see us. Everybody was
happy.—Editor.
“Old Salt” Shilanski
Dear Editor:
I haven't written in a long time
so I reckon I will drop a few lines
to find out how everything back in
the sticks is getting along.
Well, I still think I made a wise
decision when I chose the Navy.
I cannot say where I am at the
present, but I did get a little dizzy
when we left our former station,
and started out to see some new
things and places that have proven
to be very interesting. i
Boy, there is sure plenty of ex-
citement in the Navy. There are
times when we ‘have fun and enjoy
ourselves and there are times when
we are very serious with our work.
Well, I guess that’s enough about
the Navy. I'll bet you're bored al-
ready, with me telling you all about
aA
The Engineers
The rest may weave the laurel
wreath
From dawn to setting sun
But without peers, the Engineers
Are heroes, everyone.
They seek the strength of hostile
camps,
They mine and sap and dig.
There is no job too small for them,
Nor any task too big.
They rush to strengthen shattered
lines.
They make a midnight raid:
Or their hot guns are laid aside
For axes or a spade.
Like slaves they work the shell-torn
road,
While high explosives crash;
Or blaze their way up to the foe
In the hot shrapnel splash.
They spanned the tarnished Meuse
one day
Before a leaden rain
That mowed them down like a new
scythe
Mows down the ripened grain.
Their Captain stood before them,
then,
And with a will he roared,
“We're going to get that bridge
across,
If it takes the whole damn corps!”
They leave their dead; then go their
way,—
Without an empty boast.
Come! Fill your glass with blood-red |
wine,
And pledge a long-due. toast.
A toast to men with fighting heart,
Who scorn all thoughts of fear.
A toast to him who stood the test:
The U. S. Engineer.
the Navy, but I tell everyone who
asks me the same thing.
I was home a few weeks ago and
I intended to come out and have my
address changed, but you know how
busy a fellow is when he has only
a 48-hour liberty. I didn’t get a
chance to come up, so I saw Paul
Hoover and he said he would let
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THE POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1943
THE OUTPOST
Where those at home and the men and women in the armed
; services from the Back Mountain Region—in camps and on fe
3 the fighting fromts—keep contact with their fellows through- &’
—
you have my new address as soon
as possible.
I'll bet it’s cold back home now,
and how I wish I could be home for
a few days so that I could roam
the woods and really feel at home.
I wrote to many of the people
from the Outlet, but I don’t know if
they received my letters. If they did,
I wish they would answer so I would
have something to do in the eve-
ning. :
Well, I guess I said about enough.
The main thing is to keep the Post
sailing to me and I will appreciate it
very much.
I'm getting to be an “old Salt”.
Sincerely, Lo”
Edward Shilanski, S 2/C,
c/o Fleet Post Office,
New York, N. Y.
P. S. Tell Frances Crispell I was ask-
ing about her.
© Eddie—Knowing your real ad-
dress—and the ship you are on, we
suspect you have had some lively
experiences. Sorry you didn’t have
a chance to drop in when you were
home, but we know that furloughs |
are pretty short. Can’t understand
why the folks at Outlet haven't
written. Hope they read your letter
and get busy pronto. ' So far the
hunting season has been pretty slow.
Game is scarce. Good luck to you
sailor.—Editor.
#
Chasing U-Boats
Dear Editor:
I guess there isn’t much I can tell
you about. I can say, however, we
have been out to sea for the last
two months. We visited quite a few
nice and famous places along the
Atlantic Seaboard and also a few
very nice islands out in the Atlan-
tic. Except for chasing a few U-
boats, life hasn't been too exciting.
I appreciate your sending the Post
to me.
I sure do love to hear from Joe
Polachek, Francis Polachek, John
Seletski and all the other boys in
now until we'll be hearing from
Elmer Phillips and William Calvin
who are at Sampson. It sure does
feel good to hear from the: folks
back home.
At this time I would like to give
my love to Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Miller, at Star Route, Dallas, the
grandest parents a sailor could have.
Again thanking you for that fine
paper, the Dallas Post, I remain,
Respectfully yours,
Elias W. Miller, S 2/Cy
c/o Postmaster,
New York, N. Y.
P.S. Give my regards to Mr. and
Mrs. Jeffreys, at Demunds, who are
keeping the gang’s gathering place
going. :
Thanks.
® There's a letter from Francis in
this issue. Wish we could mention
the boat you are on.—Editor.u
At the Breakers
Dear Editor:
I wish to thank you for the many
copies of the Post that I have been
receiving and to notify you of my
change of address. I have been!
moved from Denver, Colorado, to al
General Hospital in Palm Beach,
Florida. :
It seems nice down here, but I
have not been here long encugh to
say much about this place, but I do
know that I am going to miss the
ice skating and snow that you will
have up there this winter. I was
wishing I could stay in Denver, be-
cause up ‘in the mountains they
have lots of snow and ice. I was up
high enough that I made a snow ball
from the snow on the 15th of
August.
I would like to say “‘hello” to the
folks back home and the old gang
and hope that they are all as well
as I am.
Yours truly, i
Pvt. Roland Masters, «
33603679 t/
Med. Dept. Det.,
U. S. Army Gen. Hosp,
Breakers’ Hotel,
Palm Beach, Florida.
® The Rockies in the summer and
Florida in the winter, that’s not so
bad for an 18-year-old Sweet Valley
lad. We know lots of folks that
would like that. Mr. Ragno and the
Lehman H. S. Band were over for
the Hallowe’en Parade Saturday
night.—Editor.
In The Merchant Marine
Dear Editor:
I want to thark you for sending
me the Dallas Post. It really is a
very wonderful paper and it is doing
a very good jok.” I am very sorry
for not thanking you sooner, but I
am very busy here in the Merchant
Marine Officer's Training School.
Our academy here was formerly
the Walter P. Chrysler estate. It is
a very beautiful estate. The War
the service. I guess it won’t be long |
Shipping Administration purchased
THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE
By EDITH BLEZ
My Dear Grandchildren:
I haven't written to you for some time. It isn’t that I forget you. As a
matter of fact you are in my mind more than ever because I keep think-
ing that you will know how this miserable war ends, and I know nothing!
The Allies are moving slowly forward but the end is certainly not in sight.
THE LOW- DOWN
from: .
HICKORY.GROVE
I been researching. Lit
out to see what was tak-
ing place elsewhere. Found
out three things. The first
thing was that everybody
had skads of foldin’
money. And the second
thing was that everybody
was mad, and unhappy.
Most folks were mad
about how many steaks
they can have—if any—
or how much gas is on a
coupon. Nobody was mad
about the price.
Any notion that just
money, or something like
“security from the cradle
td the undertaker” will
make you happy, is all
wet. That is a good thing
to find out. That is prog-
\ Tess.
And the third thing I
dug up was about gaso-
line. The gent I talked to
savvied oil — backwards
and forwards. Ome place
where we could get more
oil, he says—and maybe
increase Your COUPON a
gallon or so—and quick,
is by rehabilitating a lot
of our old wells. Easy as
pie to do, he says, but a
little too costly at present
prices for oil. Well, I says,
if pork chops and steaks
are up, how come oil is
held down? If you have
any readers, ask them, or
the Government, or some-
body—not me, he says.
Yours with the low down,
—JO SERRA.
it and now it is the Annapolis of the
Merchant Marine.
The courses were supposed to be
four years and the course is now
eighteen months. We have a cram
course and it is a very stiff course.
We are only here for ten weeks and
then have advance training aboard
a ship that travels and delivers the
goods to all the fighting nations.
After our sea time which is six to
eight months, we return to the a-
cademy and have nine more months
of intensive training in all branches
of the Engine and Deck Depart-
ments. I am an engineer. After
our nine months at the academy we
are commissioned officers in the
Merchant Marine or Navy.
I would like to send a message
to all my former classmates of '43
at K. T. I hope they are doing well
and would like.to hear from them.
And to the Seniors of 1944 I want
to wish a very good year and loads
of success in your senior undertak-
ings.
I want you to also notice my
change of address and again I thank
you. I remain,
As always, ED
Cadet Midshipman”
Bernard Novicki
U.S. M. M. A.
8402 Furuseth Hall
Kings Point, L. I, N. Y.
@ It has been weeks since we were
up on Bunker Hill. We used to like
to drive that way to Luzerne in the
fall when the leaves were changing.
K. T. H. S. defeated Tunkhannock
on Saturday by one point.—Editor.
From A Jungle Baker
Dear Howard: z
As you know, I've left the States
and I'm now serving the Army over-
seas. The trip over was long and
tiresome, in fact, I only want to
make it once more. That's when I
come back. On the boat they had
a P. X. and a Library, so most of
the fellows read and played cards
all day. During the afternoon they
would have a few boxing matches
which helped pass the time away.
Each morning at dawn and evening
at dusk, we all had to take our
stations for stand to. That is, every-
body aboard has to stand on deck
ready in case of an attack. They
say the Subs always attack on these
hours. However, we didn’t run into
any so saw nc excitement while at
sea.
‘We stopped at a few places be-
fore reaching our destination but it
didn’t mean much for we only stay-
ed a short time. I can’t tell you
just where I am except that it is
someplace in the Pacific (South-
west). Maybe later on they’ll let
us boys let the folks back home
know just where we are but at
present they must have a reason.
I've been very busy ever since
(Continued on Page Three)
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[
PMore and more boys are being
shipped to far-off places. You know,
Sicily, but things have been more
or less at a standstill since then.
Speaking of the invasion of Sicily,
just this past week I had a strange
experience in which that invasion
figures. A woman I know has a son
who is an officer in the Seventh
Army. The young man sent his
watch home to be repaired. He said
it had stopped and he could find no
one in Sicily to repair it. When his
mother took it to the jeweler’s he
said it was beyond repair because
it had been water soaked. He said
the works were ruined with salt
water. I had held that watch in
my hand. It seemed quite wonder-
ful to me to hold in my hand the
watch of a boy who had waded in
from a ship to a strange land where
he faced the enemy. The Watch had
stopped at 1:15 and as I held it I
wondered if that was the zero hour.
Had all watches stopped at 1:15?
Things are about the same with
us. We are still complaining about
ration coupons and lack of gas and
all the time we know how lucky we
are. Every week, every day, we
read what the rest of the world is
facing. We see pictures in “Life” of
all the horrible things that are go-
ing on, not on the battlefields alone,
but in the heart of civilian life, and
yet we fuss and fume!
Some of the boys have been com-
ing back. There are two boys in our
town who have returned from Gua-
dalcanal. One had malaria and is
now stationed at Philadelphia Navy
Yard. His malaria attacks him at
unexpected times. Ome night last
week he was riding on a bus and
suddenly he went to sleep and the
girl he was* with couldn’t awaken
him. It wasn’t until he got outside
that he realized what had happened.
When that boy joined the Marines
he was nothing but a child and he
has come home a man. I can scarce-
ly believe that he has been through
the terrible battle of Guadalcanal
and come out alive. He came into a
local dance last evening. I know he
felt out of place. It wasn’t too long
ago that hg always came to that
same’ dance. 1 know he must have
and felt years and years older. His
generation will not only have given
their lives, they will have lived a life
time in a few months. My heart
ached for him, as I looked at him.
He is a hero to this village. He came
through, but he has given the best
part of his life!
JOHN LEIDLINGER
(“Red,” formerly with Frey Bros.)
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LUGGAGE
117 SO. WASHINGTON ST.,
Dial 8-9459 Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
FOR ALL MOTOR CARS
- "Reasonable Prices
- ANUDOLPHS'
ELECTRIC StRVICE
© 33-35 E. Jackson St.
. | Phone W-B 2-5868.
THE
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FIRST NATIONAL
BANK :
DALLAS, PENNA.
MEMBERS AMERICAN
BANKERS’ ASSOCIATION
DIRECTORS
R. L. Brickel, C. A. Frantz, W. B.
Jeter, Sterling Machell, W. R. Neely,
Clifford Space, A. C. Devens,
Herbert Hiil.
OFFICERS
C. A. Frantz, President
Sterling Machell, Vice-President
W. R. Neely, Vice-President
W. B. Jeter, Cashier
F. J. Eck, Assistant Cashier
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