nr 0 > Virginia Harding of Trucksville this : And sent out buyers by bus and "when Ellis Swingle, nable to Buy an Iron, Trucksville ~ Woman Sends Wash To White House Unable to purchase an electric iron and rebuked by arrogant clerks for harboring the thought, Mrs. week solved her washday problems by forwarding her laundry direct to the White House along with the following explanatory rhyme. Oh! where, Oh where? Can an iron be? That is a problem facing me. My clothes, unironed, rumpled too— The air with adjectives is blue. I've searched the stores, but, “vain— in train. It’s just “no go, none!) And seem to think it’s so much fun. I've been stared down, : clerks— Who thought I was a “loony Jerk” ‘To ask for irons when they sold (they ain't got by lofty rings And a lot of other useless things. There's so many foolish things to buy— But, ask for irons, I Dare you try— “You're quite oldfashioned and naive” They pull that fast one from their sleeve. But, I think I've solved my prob- lem— It was very simple too— For I'am getting very tired— Of hearing, “No can do.” I'll send my wash to the White House— Where there's irons by the score—! And if they do it well enough, I'll just send them some more. Of course it makes’'no difference— If, Elenore be so kind, To stay at home and do my wash— I really would not mind. But, please be very careful— Of every frilly thing, And don’t make runs in stockings, Or catch them with your rings. Blocked Roads ~ Delay Mr. Stork But Sterling Farms Snow Plow Clears Path "Old man stork bucked his head _ into a snowdrift out at Harvey's Lake last Thursday morning and when he couldn’t make a forced landing decided that “folks who want bahies will have to come to Nesbitt Hospital and get 'em.” That was the situation at 3 A. M. Sterling Farm manager, rolled out of a warm bed and with Charles Nicholo headed ‘the Farm's big snowplow and bull- "dozer through a mile and a half of drifts to the snowbound home of Joseph Rizinko on: the Lake- ‘Beaumont Road. With the highway cleared, An- drew Race, a . neighbor, bundled Mrs. Rizinko into his car and start- ed for Nesbitt Hospital to meet the stork. At Idetown a chain flew off. The battery went dead and the car skidded into a snowbank. Andrew reached into a bag of corn- . meal beside him, scattered it over ‘the snow and the wheels took hold. From there to the hospital the trip was uneventful except that Mr. Stork didn’t keep his appointment until a day later. Back at Sterling Farm, however, Mr. Swingle decided to take no more chances with crotchety storks. He kept his crews plowing the roads around Beaumont all day. “With one of these bulldozers you can make mighty pretty landing fields on any country road for a Stork,” Ellis epined, “that is if he really means business”. 35 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Ruth Agnes Zimmerman has filed her Petition in the Court of Com- mon Pleas of Luzerne County, to No. 241, March Term, 1945, praying for a decree to change her name to Ruth Naomi. Bowman. 1945, at 10:00 A. M. -as the time and the Luzerne County Court House ac.ithe place of hearing. on said Petition, when and where all persons interested may attend. WILLIAM A. VALENTINE, Attorney . 730 Miners National Bank Bldg. ' Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The | Court has fixed Monday April 9th, AT COURTMARTIAL OF GI LOOTERS IN PARIS AN OFFICER AT THE COURTMARTIAL court in Paris is shown here as he stood to read the verdicts pronounced for the 182 enlisted men and officers charged with looting military supplies and selling them in the French Black Market Some of the sentences, recently made public, ran up to 50 years Cigarettes from the U S supplies were sold for as much as 250 francs (about $5 at the present exchange rate) —pm— ‘THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945 (International) From Pillar To Post a (Continued from Page One) under the shining sun in the way of pets read the burble about goats, A pair of nice little goats was all she needed to complete her men- agerie. Bolstered by ,a second art- icle in a popular magazine, one extolling the healthfulness of! goat’s milk, she ordered two goats. When the goats arrived, in high state of lactation, she put | goat-dealers—to cure a variety of | diseases. shed your arthritis like an outworn skin, and skip like a goat. In the course of nature, the two | original goats blossomed brought forth fragrant fruit. I now go out of my way to elude the lady on my infrequent trips to is a lady of great determination, have it in for me as the original! instigator of her present plight. It | is truly astonishing how brief a time is required to transform a herd of two small goats into a herd of eighteen, especially if the mama goats are given to presenting the owner with twins. A goat, I find, is difficult to milk. You can work just as hard getting a scant cupful of milk from a goat as you can in getting a brimming bucket from a cow. The goat-lady spends most of her time with her forehead pressed against the flank of a small and reluctant goat. She assures me, however, that stated that goat milk could mot' be made into butter, as the cream would not rise. It appears now that goat butter can be made, but that it takes a cream separator to do the trick. The cream, once separated; can be soured and churn- ed, a bit of fact which is doubtless known to goat-raisers. the country over. . I have a feeling that the goat, butier might have haunting fragrance peculiar to © THE POET'S. CORNER E. “01d Man’ Winter's Joke” Old man Winter laughed with glee At the trouble he’d made'for you and me, Piling the snow in heaps so high As it fell from out a leaden sky. His windy breath let out a blast And the flakes fell thick and piled up fast, Painting a picture of sheer delight #::On and on through out the night. Then in tones loud and clear He said, so you and I could hear, “Just look at the folks down there below Busy as bees, shoveling snow.” Traffic was snarled and tied up tight People were stranded half the night, But old man Winter went on with his job Heedless of all. He was playing hob. Ho! Ho! he cried and held his sides As here and there a car would slide, ‘While the driver got out and cussed a bit As he looked at the snowbank he had hit. To old man Winter, this was amusing But to folks on earth, it was most confusing. And although a lot of trouble he’d done “Nevertheless,” he quipped, “T've had my fun.” Goat's milk is guaranteed—by the A lady who has owned everything | gw and was charmed with the idea. Editor: | also proud and so glad that The Post her family on a diet of goat’s milk. | i "THE SAFETY VALVE In Family 55 Years Enclosed please find $2.50 to con- | tinue The Post. The Post has been ‘in my family about 55 years—in- cluding the time my parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Bulford of Lake Township were subscribers. We are is being sent free to the brave boys overseas. Mrs. Sara Moss It has an entire alphabet ® We can’t think of any nicer] of vitamins concealed in its hom-! way to start the day than to re-'are working with curtailed forces ogenized froth. Drink goat’s milk, | ceive a note like this from the, dyring one of the most severe win- grandmother of a boy who is aj prisoner-of-war. By golly, if Myra | i buys cabbage plants from anybody] and else I hope the cut worms get em. —The Editor. | From Sunny South i the shores of Linkhorn Bay. She Dear Editor: I am getting the paper “ok” and sticking to a course of action like we enjoy it very much. You should | a pup to a root, but she may well i be here. Green vegetables are; ‘plentiful in gardens here. Oranges galore,—grapefruit. have just come from the ocean beach where we watched the bathers. How’s your weather, as per the Post, its cold and the Lake is fro- zen, I see, so come down here. | Regards to all, i M. T. Walko | 1448% S. Highland St. Cor. 15th Ave. | @® Nothing could entice us away. from this beautiful snow and ice. | Sleighbells ringing everywhere. ! Everyboy here is delighted with’ the weather and hoping for more on one point in my essay on goats | I am completely off the trolley. 1; snow. First chance many of us have had in years to get out our long underwear. All in all, we're very comfortable—compared with the Esquimos.—Editor. goats. Me, I'll stick to margarine for the duration. Another bone of contention that| that certain i | matter must be an animal, the lady wishes to pick with me (is. the matter of the kids, both "human and of goat parentage. She complains that her own kids bring goat. kids into the house, ! and more particularly into the liv-: ing room when her back is turned.; That both sets of kids leap - wildly, from davenport to fireside chair to upholstered window-seat and back | again to davenport, completing the overhead circuit of the room in| nothing flat. That this exercise, | though doubtless beneficial to both | sets of kids, has reduced the daven-! port and the fireside chair and the window-seat to a state bordering on collapse. In short, the lady wishes me to! write a column extolling the wvir-| tues of something soothing, like! china-painting. And if the subject] let it] be something that can be readily | caged and kept in one spot, like a squirrel or a canary bird or a half! dozen chilly goldfish swimming | languidly in a bowl. Definitely, no more goats. Your R/V: 8105)) ) -is the best Foon liao igs | in the world -Reep It =| County Not Responsible For Shavertown Street County highway employees were quick this week to deny an item in last week’s Post stating the Cen- ter Street, Shavertown, is a county highway and always one of the last to be cleared of snow. Roy Rogers of Outlet, speaking for all local highway employees said “Center Street is a State High- way. The charge that county high- ways were cleared less quickly than State, Borough and Township roads is not based on fact. County roads were opened just as rapidly as men and machines were available and it would be well for residents along any road to bear in mind that State County and local road crews ters in years.” Herman C. Kersteen, county commissioner, replying to the com- plaint of Center Street resident, said in a letter: “Center Street . . . is a Pennsylvania State Highway. It would therefore appear that your | complaint should be made to the Superintendent of Pennsylvania De- partment of Highways or the Div- ision Engineer of the same Depart- ment in Scranton, or both. It would also be well for Center Street resi- dents to ask their local Township Supervisors to get in touch with the above mentioned officers con- cerning this matter.” [njured Coasting Jimmy Gabel of Chase was in- jured last week while sleighriding. Hitting a parked truck, he ripped) a gash in his head that required | eight stiches to close it. He was treated at Nesbitt Memorial Hos- pital. HOSPITAL PATIENTS Roy (Casterline, Shaverton, Nesbitt. Emory Harris, Carverton, Nes- bitt. Betty Nesbitt. Mrs. Thomas Graham, Shaver- town, Nesbitt. Mrs. Lawrence Sickler, Beau- mont, General. Hontz, Shavertown, Will handle Your Job NOW AVAILABLE! 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They can flit from pine tree to pine tree and pick out some of the seeds left in the pine cones. But this supply will soon be exhausted and of course another source of food will have to be found. Many people, including my bro- ther and I, have put out feeding friendly the birds become in about a week’s time. On Tuesday evening, I was watching to see how many different kinds of birds were at the feeding station. I counted five dif- ferent species; chickadées, blue-jays snowbirds, song sparrows and Eng- lish sparrows. These birds especial- ly like wild bird seed(It can be purchased at almost any pet, hard- ware or grocery store)bread crumb and pork or beef fat. If the fat is tied to a limb of a sheltering pine tree, the chickadees will contented- ly sit on the fat and vigorously peck away. After the feeding station has been out for about two weeks, the birds will make stops there regu- larly, usually coming early in the morning and late in the aftermoon. It is very amusing and also inter- esting to watch them. So, let's help our little feathered friends out, and shelters. It is surprising to see how/ have some fun ourselves. Groundhog Or No Groundhog Winter Will Not End Soon On Friday, February 2, according to tradition, the groundhog will come out of his hole and decide whether there will be six more weeks of winter. Whatever the groundhog sees from ‘the door of his hole, State Di- rector of Highways Safety T. Elmer Transeau says, he could look into the garages and minds of careless motorists and predict a lot of trouble for them before the next six weeks have passed. National Safety Councils Com- mittee on Winter Driving Hazards has noted with alarm the sharp reversals of previous gains in Win- ter driving safety. Last winter's traffic deaths per 100,000 miles travelel was 53 per cent higher than corresponding summer rates in the 36 snowbelt states, and 24 per cent higher than summer rates in the 12 Southern states. The Committee charges this is mainly due to skidding and reduced visi- bility brought on by snow, ice, frost or fog. With these facts in mind, Tran- seau today urged Pennsylvania mo- torists not only to check their cars’ safety equipment fot the rest of the ‘winter weather we are sure to have, but to remember that sum- mer weather in February and March is not something that can be bought even at the best-stocked stores. “Put on your anti-skid chains when snow or ice prevail, and see that your windshield wipers and defrosters haven't become winter- weary,” he said, “but even then go you'll get there safe and sound, whatever Friday's groundhog see's.” OUTDOOR A “1. Outdoor lighting. ing. 5. Marquee lighting for each marquee. 7. file BE 247 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, Pa. extent. War Production Board Order EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 1945 PROHIBITS THE USE OF ELECTRICITY FOR AND SHOW WINDOW LIGHTING —AS FOLLOWS— advertising and: promotional 2. Outdoor display lighting except where necessary to conduct an outdoor business. 3. Outdoor decorative and ornamental light- 4. Show window lighting except where nec- essary for interior illumination. 6... White way street lighting in excess of the amount determined by local public authority to be necessary for public safety. Outdoor sign lighting except directional or identification signs required for fire and police protection, traffic control, transporta- tion terminals, hospitals, or similar essential public services; also for doctors, hotels and public lodging places not using more than 60 watts per establishment. A complete copy of the order is on The Co-operation of our Consumers is earnestly solicited, so that the purpose of the Order—saving of coal—may be realized to the LUZERNE COUNTY GAS AND ELECTRIC CORP. DVERTISING in excess of 60 watts for further information at fullest possible more slowly, awheel or afoot, and &:
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