PAGE TWO “The Totem Pole” By M. William Denison Editor, Pennsylvania News Service Harrisburg, April 10—The heard frequently in the halls gentlemanly din and uproar of the Legislature here these days is expected to grow louder and louder as summer draws nigh and fishing season gets under way. Tempers are becoming shortened and with only about two months of legislative time left on the books, chances are that tempers will become even shorter as the lawmakers grovel in the dark over impending legislation. Matters have come to a fine point, Grampaw Pettibone commented ir- ritably the other day as members in the House reached the point of squabbling over a point of parli- mentary procedure. With, much banging of his gavel, the Speaker of the House, struggled to keep order in the lower chamber, The fracas started when the biennial question of Daylight Sav- ing Time came up. The ‘bill that would prohibit use of fast time was reported out of committee and came on the floor of the House for action —as has happened for the past 20 years. Somebody wanted to amend the bill. Somebody else wanted to call for a vote on the bill. Others wanted to send the bill back in to committee. And probably some- body else who couldn’t be .heard wanted the bill passed. At any rate it got to the point where the law-making gents weren't quite sure what they were voting for. At this point, willowy Hiram G. Andrews, leader of the Democratic minority in the House, slowly rose to his feet, and patiently filling his battered pipe from his black ‘tobac- co pouch, asked the ‘Speaker of the House for a ruling on what in thunder the gents were voting on. The Speaker ruled that the vote was on the question of whether to send the measure back to com- mittee. Needless to say the bill was recommitted, but even after that session was over there were those who were heard to question the ‘Speaker's ruling. ] . ‘And so it goes. During the course of the heated debate somebody dropped a hot cigar ash on Gram- paw [Pettibone’s balding head, in- advertently of course, from the gallery above him. After threaten- ing all kinds of dire recriminations if he could find the culprit, he final- ly stomped his foot in a cuspidor, which almost made enough racket to drown out the ensuing argument. [Another sidelight on the confu- sion some of the Legislators are en- countering took place in the Senate where, at time of roll call on votes. one Senator was discovered voting against his own bill. But it is all in a day's work. Everybody makes mistakes, as Grampaw Pettibone pointed out— but ‘the only trouble is that a mis- take in a law can be serious. Observers are hoping that a mis- take won't be made in the matter of levying new taxes, Democrats have demanded, with- out result, that proof be submitted that Governor Duff's $133,000,000 ‘“‘over-and-above” luxury tax pro- gram is actually necessary. Of course the assumption is that the Governor knows what he is doing— and at the same time it has been pointed out that there were times when some Governors in ‘the past apparently weren't quite sure just what they were doing. The special interests who would be affected by the new tax program have finally popped their pressure gun and forced slight delay in the tax program by exacting the promise that hearings would be held on ‘the bills before they are acted upon in the Legislature. Lobbying is almost at is peak, with some lawmakers so worn out by nightfall by the “we'll wear-you down” tactics of the lobbyists, that it is all they can do to crawl to bed at night on all fours. Ladies’ Auxiliary Meets At Legion Home American Legion [Auxiliary named Mrs. Joseph Lavelle chairlady of the coupon drive at its meeting in the Legion Home, Huntsville road, Monday evening. All members are asked to solicit coupons and bring them to the May meeting. Plans were made for a White Elephant Auction next month. Mrs. Primo Berretini was named chairlady of the (Child Welfare Drive this month. The Auxiliary will donate $5.00 to the drive. Mrs, William McNeel, chairlady of the Poppy Drive, re- quests the cooperation of people of the community. Present at the meeting were: Mrs. Edwin Nelson, Mrs. Charles ‘Stookey, Mrs. Joseph Wallo, Mrs, J. R. Gar- butt, Mrs, William McNeel, Mrs. Henry Urban, Mrs. Maude Busch, Mrs. Primo Berrettini, Mrs. Joseph Lavelle, Mrs. Mary Beaner and Mrs. Earl VanCampen. Floyd Hoover Is Guest Of Honor On Birthday Floyd Hoover was guest of honor at a birthday supper at his home in Idetown Saturday evening. [Pres- ent were: Mrs. Roxie Hessler of Kingston, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hoover and daughter, Patsy, Roxie Hoover, Lester Hoover, the guest of honor and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoover. FERNBROOK NEW SKATES OPENING FOR SUMMER SEASON Saturday, April 12, 1947 ADMISSION 40¢ Tax Incuded ROLLER RINK LATEST TUNES WE SAW THAT have it in top shape in a Jack Hazeltine’ MAIN STREET Time for that motor tune-up you've put off all winter. Now you’ ‘Il want your car for spring driving. We'll We've got the best waxes, polishes and chamois. you want a professional job, we'll do it right here. 27) ROBIN! jiffy. And keep it clean. If s Auto Service R-9 DALLAS, PENNA. “YOUR HEALTH From the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania and the Luzerne County Medical Society. Crossing the legs gives a man a relaxed and at-ease appearance. It may also give him partial paralysis. This startling information was re- ported by two Army Medical (Corps physicians who cite a pumber of cases in which this condition oc- curred. Not every one is likely to develop partial paralysis from the habit of crossing the legs. Those who are tall, thin, and long-legged, and cross their legs a great deal, are subject to the con- dition. Also, those whose occupation re- quires crouching, squatting or kneel- ing. Known as peroneal palsy, there is partial paralysis of the muscles supplied by the peroneal nerve in the calf muscles. Peronea) relates to the outer and smaller of the two bones of the leg. Several cases reported involved air crew ‘technicians whose work took them into cramped quarters of planes, where tall long-legged per- sons must assume awkward posi- tions. The nerve suffers additional in- jury because it is near the surface by the knee where the tension is sustained. One of the early symptoms is a tingling sensation often followed by the foot seeming to go to sleep. Tn civilian ocupations, peroneal palsy has been known to occur commonly in miners, agriculturists and coal pickers. Treatment begins with making the patient conscious of the bad effect which crossing the legs pro- duces. Crossing the legs, with some, is a dangerous habit. DO YOU KNOW ? Cleopatra, in addition to being the pin-up girl of her day, was an authority on medical matters. Mrs. Martha Berlew : PHONE DALLAS 100 FOR FACTORY CUSTOM-BUILT SEAT COVERS PLYMOUTH and CHRYSLER Sedans HOWARD ISAACS CHRYSLER and PLYMOUTH TRUCKSVILLE ~~ PENNA. Is Laid To Rest Mrs. Martha Berlew, wife of Loren Berlew died in the Nesbitt Hos- pital, Friday March 30. ‘She is survived by her husband, and the following children; Mrs. Bruce !Atkinson, Trucksville; Mrs. Howard Ellsworth, Forty Fort, A. C. Shotwell, Dallas; Robert 'Shot- well, 'Shavertown; Loren Berlew, Jr., Kingston; Willard and Gilbert at home; three sisters, Mrs. Charles DeReemer, ' Mrs. William Wright, Mrs. Francis Newberry; four broth- ers, Howard Traver, Shavertown; George, Wallace and Byron all of Wilkes-Barre. 26 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wed- nesday, ‘April 2, at the Free Meth- odist Church, Dallas, Reverend James Payne officiating, assisted by Reverend Ira Button of Sweet Val- ley, and Reverend Elvarta Sickler. Reverend Mrytle Mathers sang two selections. Pallbearers were Russell De- Reemer, Bruce W. Atkinson; Clar- ence and Leonard Wright, Raymond Kocher, Robert Berlew. Flower carriers, Marjorie Ells- worth, Jean Evelyn, Marion, Maura ‘Wright, Lorranine Galey and Louise DeReemer., Burial was at Woodlown Ceme- tery. Install New Lights Youth Center of Shavertown have installed new fluorescent lights this week. CALL... 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Local display advertising rates 50c per column inch; specified position 60c per inch. Classified rates 8c Minimum charge 30c. per word. Unless paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance that an- nouncements of plays, parties, rummage sales or any affairs for raising money will appear in a specific issue. In no case will such items be taken on Thursdays. Preference will in all instances be given to editorial matter which has not previously appeared in publication. Editor and Publisher HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Editor MYRA ZEISER RISLEY Contributing Editor MRS. T. M. B. HICKS institution’ held yesterday for Mrs. Norman Miller, 30-year-old housewife who died as a result of burns received when her home in nearby Meadow- brook burned to the ground last week, taking the lives of four of her children ranging in age from three to ten years, when they were trapped in the second floor of their flaming home. Three other children and ‘the husband survived the tragedy. x " Philadelphia—A Cuban cruiser built in this country more than a quarter of a century ago sailed from Philadelphia Monday to re- turn to its native Republic—loaded with 175 boxes of Cuban nickles coined here for that country by the Philadelphia Mint, Reading—The Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania, when it meets May 10 for its 30th annual meeting will present the Society’s Hugue- not Cross to Governor Duff, who has accepted an invitation to speak at a luncheon session during the meeting. Scranton—Personal property of the late Charles S. Woolworth, co- founder of the famous Woolworth 5-and-10 cent store chain, has been listed as valued at little more than $15,500,000, according to an inven- tory filed in orphan’s court. The merchant died January 7. York—Investigation is being con- ducted by officials in an effort to determine the cause of the $350,- 000 fire which late last week des- troyed the structural steel plant of the McGann Manufacturing Company. !Spectaculor flames shot more than 200 feet into the air. Philadelphia—Police are continu- ing their investigation into an al- leged attack on a 16-year-old baby- sitter who was forced to disrobe by an intruder about 30-years-old while tending a 2% year-old baby. After the man left, the girl picked up the baby and fled to a neighbor. Bhe was taken to a hospital where she became hysterical. Harrisburg—The State Archives QUALITY PAINTS Choose the paint for your house with an eye to quality and durability. Subject to availability and price change. PAINT - SPECIALTIES - GIFTS G. HAROLD LLOYD Phone 10 Opposite Grade School SHAVERTOWN, PA. now has in its possession a -31- year-old American Flag containing only 19 stars. Measuring 84 by 4 inches in size. The rare item was presented by Thomas Noblet, of Perry County. The flag was used only from 1816 to 1817. : Philadelphia—More than ‘a.score of mothers and their children have ‘| left the Port of Philadelphia aboard a ‘transport on a ‘diaper run” to Pacific military posts where the women and children will join their husbands now on military duty. The ship has been converted into a veritable “floating nursery.” aN Did You Know That— Another name for alfalfa is “Lucerne.” And That— the one name to remember for Mother’s Day and Grad- uation gifts is . . - Finkelstein's Jewelry Store Over 40 years on Main St. in Luzerne Phone 71-1811 (Credit or layaway accounts if desired) MWATHOUT SUFFERING \ WL. EFFECTS FROM Why suffer from burns, cuts and other accidents? A simple remedy will ease the pain and prevent in- fection. Stock your medicine cab- inet with products from KUEHN’S DRUG STORE. We enjoy helping people get well. ’ SPRING SPECIAL CLOSE OUT OF TOYS 10c to 29c. Were $1.00 up. Kisefind Vd YOUR di i LITTER PHONE HT C= —_— Let Farm Bureau insurance — automobile, property fire, life, liability, accident and health — be your silent partner, helping you to protect yourself, your family and your farm. bo. shipping them to - parts of the United ‘States. our dad. taught us differently. Sloe § ARTHUR GAY - Agent Dallas R. F. D. TELEPHONE CENTERMORELAND : 762-R-3 | gm State Wide News NJ Barnyard Notes § Gathered through the facilities evs of Pennsylvania News Service HOME-THOUGHTS, FROM ABROAD i Oh, to be in England (Carlisle, Funeral services were Now that April’s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows! Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops—at the bent spray’s edge— That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture! And though the fields look rough: with Bat dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children’s dower —TFar brighter than the gaudy melon-flower! —Robert Browning. Those first eight lines of Browning’s have always been favorites of ours. The Purple Crocus We thought of them in the rain Saturday morning as we brushed the dead leaves away from the rhododendron with an apple tree twig and found yellow and purple crocus popping through the ground. “Folks will think you're nuts poking around with that stick in the wet” admonished Myra, but we kept on poking until we found that nearly everything we planted last fall is coming up. We quit after we'd poked enough to break off a nice purple bud that would have bloomed this week. Waddling Daffodils Happy the man who can make a living out of his hobby. We envied Paul Warriner as we drove by his Wayside Duck Farm Satur- day morning. It was a sight to see his ducks, like so many cheerful daffodils, stretched out over his fields enjoying to the full a soaking April shower. Interested in ducks since he was a voit in Montrose, Sus- © quehanna County, Paul first raised them in this area for eggs and food. The idea of raising them to sell as ducklings occurred to him by accident. ( The Beers’ Store on West Market Street, Wilkes-Barre, sold his dressed ducks. One day it struck Paul that the sale of roasting ducks might be stiznulated by placing a display of baby ducks in the Beers’ window. Mr. Beers consented and Paul put a dozen or so of the downy little fellows in the window. It was no time before Mr. Beers was swamped with inquiries for ducklings, instead of dressed duck. The first person to buy some babies was Miss Anna Olcutt, principal of Wilkes-Barre Institute. That was the beginning of the demand for ducklings that started Paul off as the originator of the baby duck industry in America. No one had ever hit on the idea of selling baby ducks the same as the hatcheries sell baby, chicks, . Ra and soon Waal was That was ‘before chick shipping cartons had been invented so he packed them in market baskets with burlap for a cover. The handle prevented the basket from being set any way but right side up and also prevented express and mail clerks from setting anything on top of it. Finally the hobby grew to such proportions that last year Paul gave up his fine executive position with Lehigh Valley (Coal to devote al] of his attention to his hobby at DeMunds Corners. He can spend hours talking about baby ducks and ducks in general. . How they were among the earliest forms of fowl found by arche- ologists, how they are susceptible to no known poultry diseases, how certain Europeans believe that duck blood has medicinal prop- erties, that ducks can be raised almost anywhere and that they need not be raised where there is water. He will also ‘tell you that they eat quantities of food and that anybody who thinks raising thousands of ducklings is a hobby and a picnic doesn’t know ducks. Desire Under The Apple Trees Whata week! Whata week! Uncle Dudley isn’t Uncle Dudley after all—she’s somebody else. Friday we found another squirrel in our yard and his antics leave no doubt as ‘to his gender. He began by chasing what was Uncle Dudley all over the garden and then through the tops of the trees until Uncle Dudley took refuge in her nest in the hollow apple tree. Then the newcomer gorged himself with peanuts from our feeding box and ‘when we approached him with another climbed out on our arm to get it. If any one is missing a very tame, male grey squirrel he can be found in our orchard where he has been paying court to Uncle Dudley for the past week. Mighty Mouse Catchers The next time our brood cat, Stripes, has kittens on Thursday we're going to close up shop. Myra spent most of the day acting as mid-wife until she was sure that it will be only two golden rat- catchers and one hybrid in the advertisments that will start run- ning this week. Bitter Sweet Did you hear their piping Friday night? Peepers started calling from the low spots on Lehman ‘Avenue, April 4, 1947 will be the entry in our diary. As a kid we thought their notes were mournful, but That's why we love to hear their song from the marshlands in the spring. My dad was a man who could stand an hour watching a sunset or listening to peepers. Their voices are like strains from Noel Coward’s Bittersweet when you've had a dad like that. Signs of Spring Doctor Howell tickled pink on the arrival of a new colt at Hill Top Farm. Alfred Bronson, mayor of Sweet Valley, delighted with the effec- tiveness of high pressure at the fire at the Boston place. Joe Hand, Borough street commissioner, working Saturday in torrents of rain without hat or raincoat to prevent water overflow- ing from a clogged blind ditch from gutting our rose bed. Daffodils on the southeast side of Grace Rustine’s home on Hunts- ville Road, ready to burst into bloom. Clyde Cooper and Durelle ‘Scott discussing how bock beer is made. Hyacinths blooming outside Mrs. C. J. Eipper’s window and on her twenty-five foot porch, chock full of blooming plants, an amaryllis in bloom; a dwarf white African violet with twenty-one blossoms many of them an inch in diameser, and several pink and. Purple violets in bloom. Frank Jackson making a dozen trips to Lake Catalpa for cord wood just to see a little screech owl standing sleepily in a hole hove his nest in a hollow tree. A flicker family Searching ks for bugs or ants on the fon in front of the Borough iSchool. . Sai LR Ley gh
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