“A EB or i orially no room for them in the inn. Speaking: i's Wo ae Ey St. Luke Chapter 2 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree ~ from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called ~~ Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) ; To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with ~ child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first son, and wrapped him in ~ swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto. them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. . For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, ghia (Christ the Lord. ‘And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host prais- ing God, and saying, : . Glory to God in the highest, toward men. and on earth peace, good will And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us: And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the say- ing which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. St. Matthew Chapter 2 © Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days ‘of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet. And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not 'the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, en- quired of them diligently what time the star appeared. J And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search dili- gently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 1 Li gi J 4 te TEE aia #1 Ee ‘When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. when they were come into the house, they say the young sth Maru his ey departed into their own country ~~ When they had heard the king, they departed and, the star, ‘which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. another way. FROM PILLAR TO POST By Mgrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Christmas again, with the promise of a full moon shining down upon the white fields and the dark evergreens, silhouetting the bare branches of the big black walnut tree across the road. Christmas again, with the tang of balsam in the air, the happy tumult of children’s voices, the joy of a family reunited for the holidays, the breathless rush of preparation for ® feast of the year, the trimming of the tree, the hanging of the stock- ings, and over all the silence of the Christmas stars. Christmas means so much more than the exchange of gifts, the Sun- day School pageant, the gathering of the family about the groaning board. Christmas means remembrance of the glory and the light that shone round the Day of Days when we were children, a time before we were so driven by material cares, a time when the path was plain before our confident and eager feet. We forget, in the press of daily living, many of the things that we knew instinctively as children. But once a year, at Christmas time we retrace our steps and live over again in our children and our children’s children, the glory and the dream. In the most widely read story of Christmas in the world, save One, Scrooge’s nephew says it all: “I have always thought of Christ- mas time — apart from the venera- tion due its sacred name and origin, if anything can be apart from that— as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long, calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they were fellow-passengers to the grave, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. And therefore, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good, and I say, God bless it.” Christmas Party Jessie Austin Brickel Memorial ~ Class will hold its Christmas party - on Monday evening, December 29 “at the home of Mrs. Thomas Varker, Lake street. Members of the committee are: Mrs. Thomas Varker, Mrs. D. A. Waters, Mrs. Henry Welsh, Mrs. ~ Fred Welsh, Mrs. Wiley Veitch, Mrs. William Baker, Miss Gertrude Wil- son, Mrs. Albert Weid and Mrs. Frances Quaill. Mrs. Louise Colwell will have charge of the program. ol Williams Initiated Into Fraternity Lewisburg, Pa., December 22— Albert G. Williams, Dallas, R. D. 3, has been initiated into Tau Beta Pi, national honorary engineering fraternity, at Bucknell University. Williams, a senior, was one of thirty-six Bucknell faculty, student and alumni engineers who became members of the University’s newly- installed chapter of the fraternity, Pennsylvania Eta. Among the in- itiates was Bucknell president, Dr. Herbert L. Spencer. The national engineering group in which membership is restricted to engineering students in the up- per fifth of ‘the senior class and the upper eighth of the junior class, replaces a local engineering fratern- ity . at Bucknell. The Dallas student is enrolled in Bucknell’s chemical engineering course. During the war he served in the U. S. Marine Corps. He is a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon social ‘fraternity. Students Help Finance School Football Dinner Each year the mothers of the football players on the squad at Kingston Township High School have the students sell booster tick- ets at ten cents each to help fi- nance the cost of the annual ban- quet. From this money they have pur- chased some special supplies for the team. They bought the sideline jackets, the tackling dummies, the plastic drinking cups, and the special lamps for treating sprains. A one dollar prize was given to | the student in each school who sold the most tickets. The winners and the number of tickets each sold were: Betty Ruth Mathers, 10th year, 53; Harry Johnson, 7th year, 25; Jerome Laux, 5th year at Sha- vertown, 22; Donald Roberts, 4th year at Trucksville, 18. 7 Tae DaLras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Back Mountain Highway Deaths BOX SCORE Serious accidents since V-J Da Hospitalized | the piano by Miss Vol. 57, No. 52 Fire Destroys Summer Home Sorber Mountain Property Is Leveled Fire of undetermined origin Wed- nesday night destroyed the Sorber Mountain summer home of Thomas Bohn, 212 Nicholson street, Wilkes- Barre. i 7” The spectacular blaze lit*f{p the | western sky about 10:30 and at- tracted the atterition of hundreds of persons throughout the Back Mountain Region who, unware of its altitude, thought the fire was within a short distance of their own homes. Because of the isolated location of the property near the old Rock School House, Daniel C. Roberts Fire Company was not notified until the flames had made great head- way. The house was a complete loss with damage estimated at $4,500. The property was known as the Tel Kocher homestead and was once a prosperous farm. Later it was sold to Mr. Messick and more re- cently to:Mr. Bohn who remodeled it into. an attractive summer place. Dallas Kiwanians Entertain Wives Members of Dallas Kiwanis Club entertained their wives at a Christ- mas party and dance on Thursday evening at Irem Temple Country Club. Albert Shafer was chairman. Jim Corbett acted as master of ceremon- ies and entertained with several humorous skits and songs. Robert Speece was accompanist. Frederic Anderson, president, re- ceived an achievement award for 1947 and a gift and responded with a resume of the year’s activities. A club award for 1946 was received by Leroy Troxell, past president. Awards were made by Harold Flack, former Lt. Governor. Ruth Baker gave several beauti- ful vocal selections, accompanied at Fern Caldren. Santa distributed gifts to the ladies. Music for dancing was furnished by Al Anderson’s Orchestra. The following were present: Mr. and Mrs. Harold Flack, Mr. and Mrs. Fredric Anderson, Ruth Baker, Wil- son Reese, Fern Coldren, Robert Speeeeq, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shafer, otbett, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. gill: Mrs.. Finney, Mr. and Mrs. . Werner, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. 1 ‘Mr. and’ ‘Mrs. S.-W. ompson, Mr. and Mrs. John Hen- ninger, Mr. and Mrs. Dana Sickler, Mr. and: Mrs. Harold Dixon, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rice, J.ohn F. Parsons, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Loucks, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Langan, Mr. and Mrs. James Lenahan, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reardin, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elston, Mr. and Mrs. John Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woolbert, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Harter, Mrs. Marian Hartex, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Griesing, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Shaver, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Cuppel, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Mosier, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Smith. To Talk On Farming Several local farm leaders will give reports at the annual meeting of the Agriculture and Home Econ- omics Extension Association in Laz- arus Store auditorium Wednesday at 1:30: Tomato Auction—Carverton Up- land Growers’ Association, Harold Lewis, president. Luzerne County Wool Pool— Alex Tough, manager of Hayfield Farm, Lehman, treasurer. Artificial Breeding Program— Arthur Gay, President of NEPA. Farm Labor Program—Wilson A. Cease. Tommy Kingston Jr., Remains The Same Condition of Thomas Kingston, Jr., who was seriously injured in an automobile accident a week ago Tuesday night, remains about the same. b He is still in an unconscious con- dition at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, but has been removed to a private room where he is under an, oxygen tent. In addition to three nurses he has been constantly attended by his parents ever since the accident. Dr. Herman Fischer, Sr., Dr. Mal- colm Borthwick and Dr. Charles L. Ashley are attending him. Honest Bus Rider There is a little girl in Dallas, Mrs. Alfred Root would like to meet. Saturday afternoon after she had alighted from a bus at the Franklin street intersection with Main street, she discovered she had forgotten her purse containing $100 in bills and a $365 wrist watch. She called to the driver, but un= aware of her plight, he blithly drove away. For jan instant, Mrs. Root was uncertain whether carried the purse on the bus, or whether she might have left it in a Wilkes-Barre | store where she had been shopping, She called her neighbor Norti Berti, God’s gift to Dallas house- \ she had. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1947 Teacher Examinations To Be Held At College American Council on Education has announced the ninth annual ad- ministration of its National Teacher Examinations in Dallas, on Satur- day, February 7 and Saturday, February 14. The Common Examination bat- tery, consisting of general education and professional information tests, will be given on February 7. Special examinations covering the subject matter to be taught will be adminis- tered on February 14. The teacher examinations are be- ing administered in Dallas at Col- lege Misericordia. The Registrar of College Misericordia will serve as local examniner. Applicants for these examina- tions should apply to the Registrar (in person or by majl) before Jan- uary 10, 1948. Candidates for teaching positions and students in the Department of Education will be examined at this center. Other candidates may also take the examinations by applying to ,the Registrar of College Miseri- cordia. The teacher examinations are ad- ministered in a number of school systems and colleges throughout the United States on the announced dates. The results may be submit- ted to any cooperating school dis- trict or institution. Wright Named President Farm Production Group Annual reorganization meeting of the Board of Directors of Wyoming Production Association was held on December 2nd in the Association’s office in Tunkhannock. Wilbur Wright, prominent Bradford County farmer, the coming year. Carl Reynolds nest H. Harned, secretary-treasurer. The meeting was attended by the Board of Directors of the National Farm Loan Association of Tunk- hannock: James Hartzfeld, field man for Production Credit Corporation; Philip Frederick and Robert Posey, regional manager and assistant regional manager, respectively, of the Federal Land Bank of Baltimore. At this meeting plans were de- veloped for 1948 which will insure the present membership of service at all ‘times anda program to ac- quaint other farmers with the As- sociation’s One Stop Credit Service. Mrs. Anna Weaver Heads Kunkle Woman's Society Mrs. Anna Weaver was chosen | president and Mrs. Stella Isaacs, ‘first vice president at the meeting of Kunkle W.S.C.S. held at the Dodson home last Wednesday after- noon. Other officers were: Mrs. Joseph Delet-Kanic, second vice president, Mrs. Leona Jones, sec- retary, Mrs. Lewis: Wilson, assistant secretary, and Mrs. Fred Dodson, treasurer. Members ' of the mittee were Mrs. Ann Richards, Mrs. Lewis Wilson, Mrs. Owen Jones, Mrs. Stella Isaacs and Mrs. Dodson. Others present were: Mrs. Lewis Nulton, Mrs. Harold Hess, Mrs. Ralph Elston, Mrs. George Landon, Mrs. Charles Wertman, Mrs. A. C. Devens, Mrs. D. P. Honeywell, Mrs. Victor Rydd, Mrs. Calvert Birnstock, and Jo Carol, Mrs. William Brace, Mrs. Carrie Kunkle, Mrs. Julia Kunkle, Mrs. Fred Goodrich, Mrs. William Winther, Kathleen and Jo Ann, Mrs. Robert ' Hackling, Rev. and Mrs. James Hilbert. Bible Class Holds Christmas Party Dorcas Bible Class of the Church of Christ of Sweet Valley held a Christmas party at the parsonage | Saturday evening. Carols were sung |and gifts exchanged. Present were: iRev. and Mrs. E. J. Waterstripe, Mr. sand Mrs. Otis Allen Jr., Mr. and serving com- y Mrs. William Trumbower, Mrs. Mat- | tie Allen, Mrs. Edith Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moss, Mrs. Lizzie i Moore, Mrs. Jennie Thomas, Edna Roberts, Mr. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. | David Benscoter and Alfred, D. E. | Davenport, A. M. Hontz and Frank Edwards. Returns Purse Containing $100 And Wrist Watch wives, who rushed out of his house without coat and hat, started up his two-ton coal truck and with Mrs. Root by his side raced after the bus through Dallas to College Miseri- cordia. They finally overtook it on Center Hill Road. : The driver, Howard Strunk, beamed at their wild signals. Sure he had the purse. A girl seated in the rear of the bus handed it to him as she got off. Mrs. Root would like to meet the girl and she also thinks Howard Strunk deserves a promotion. As for Norti Berti—well, he’s still God’s gift to everybody who needs help. : \ 6 CENTS PER COPY Christmas Program Announced For Dallas Methodist Church Annual Christmas program of Dallas Methodist Church School will be held in the church at 7 P.M. Wednesday. Approximately one hundred twen- ty-five boys and girls, officers and teachers from the Nursery, Kinder- garten, Primary, Junior, Intermedi- ate, and Senior Departments will participate in the following pro- gram: : Worship service, Intermediate and Senior Departments, Mrs. Louise Colwell. Participating: Doris Hazel- tine, Thomas Peirce, Betty Jackson, Donald Besecker. Solo: Barbara Hope. Nursery Class program: Mrs. Dol- ores Trumbower; song, “Downy Little Snowflakes”, entire group; recitation, Ruth Ann Scott; Exer- cise, Sally Moyer and Gwen Weaver; recitation, Nesbitt Garinger; Prayer, entire group; exercise, Kay Ide, Dale Maza, Bonnie Lewis, Ricky Drake; recitation, Ruth Tinsley; recitation, Mary Alice Knecht; song, “Away In' A Manager”, entire group. Kindergarten class program; Mrs. Frances Garinger, Cradle Song— girls; soloists, Joan Oliver, Nancy Brown, Phyllis Brown; Bell song— boys. Piano solo—“Christmas Fantasy”, Lois Wood, Intermediate Depart- ment. Primary and Junior Departments Program; Mrs. . Lorraine Stair; song, “Why we Keep Christmas” Depart- ments; Worship Service, sixth grade; song, ‘Blessed Christmas Story”, sixth grade; recitations, first grade; song, ‘Come Softly, Tread Gently,” Departments; recitations, second grade; song, “Bells of Christmas”, Charlyn Reinfurt, Marilyn - Shaver, Rosalyn Keiper, Jacqulyn Kingston; recitations, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grades; hymn, congregation; pastor’s remarks, Rev. F. W. Rein- furt; announcements; Trombone solo, Charles Calkins, Intermediate Department; congregational singing of familiar Christmas Hymns; Bene- diction, Rev. F. W. Reinfurt. Mrs. Adam Klemovich Is Hostess At Xmas Party Mrs. Adam Klemovich was hostess to members of the Kings’ Daughters Class of Church of Christ of Sweet Valley at a Christmas party Satur- day evening. To start the new year, Mrs. Wil- lard Sutliff was elected president of | theclass, Mrs. Earl Hartman, vice president, Mrs. George Bronson, secretary and Mrs. Carol Rood, was elected president for | was elected vice-president and Er- ;and Mrs. Willard Sutliff and Larue treasurer. At the party were: Mrs. Alfred Bronson, Mrs. George Bronson, Mr. and Laura Marie, Mr. and Mrs. George Wesley and June, Mrs. Ger- ald Cragle, Mrs. Stanley Hontz, Mrs. Clyde Casterline, Mrs. Stephen Alex- ander, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Allen Jr. and Janet, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Wil- liams and ‘Eleanor, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hartman and Joan, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Hartman, Mrs. Walford Leinthall, Mrs. Susie Hawke, Mrs. Arden Birth. Confidence Class Ho Bnnual Christmas P Mrs. Dean Shaver was president and Mrs. Harold Donnelly vice president at the Christmas party of the Confidence Class of Idetown Methodist Church Tuesday evening. Other officers: Mrs. Ralph Welsh, secretary and Mrs. Al Rin- ken, treasurer. | Pollyannas : chosen | were revealed and new ones chosen for next year. Games and luncheon were enjoyed. | Present were: Mrs. David Ide, Mrs. Thomas Kreidler, Mrs. Harold Cragle, Mrs. John Garinger, Mrs. Harvey Bottoms, Mrs. Kenneth Bon- ning, Mrs. Lloyd Jennings, Mrs. Howard Boice, Mrs. Alfred Hadsel, Mrs. Edward Heck, Mrs. Claude Agnew, Mrs. Charles Barnum, Mrs. | Ralph Welsh, Mrs. Sheldon Cave, Mrs. Bruce Williams, Mrs. Leslie Agnew, Mrs. Kenneth Calkins, Mrs. Warren Rogers, Mrs. Glenn Spencer, Mrs. Al Rinken, Mrs. Kathryn Kes- ter, Mrs. Margaret Laity, Hannah and Frederici and Bess Cooke. i | 1The following bit of verse was written by members of the sixth grade of Dallas | Borough under the direction | of their teacher, Mrs. Peggy Brace Garris. We thought you might like to read it. | CHRISTMAS JOYS | The children are sleeping, all tucked ' in tight, Santa is making his midnight flight; His wondrous reindeer dash through the air, p To® see that each child gets his share. There's a wagon for Joe and a train for Dick, A bracelet for Jane and for teacher a stick; A brand new bike for both Andrew and Ed, A portable radio just made for Fred. A building set for Ralph, a dress for Elaine, But for Donald he has a model airplane; For - Charles a gun, there’s skates, Rose Ann gets a ring and for Sally some dates. for George ME: Morning comes — the children awake, Run down the stairs, the ribbons to break; One look at their faces, we know a they are gay, They're having a very Merry Christ- mas Day. 6th Grade Dallas Borough School. | “as good as dead”! | which appear Babson’s Forecast To Appear In The Post Roger W. Babson’s business and financial outlook for 1948 will appear in The Dallas Post on January 1. Mr. Babson—a pioneer in the field of business and financial statistics—enjoys an unusual record of accuracy in his An- nual Forecasts. His score for 1947 was 93% accurate. Watch for Mr. Babson’s 1948 outlook in our issue of January 1. BABSON’S BACKGROUND American business has no more inspiring personality than Roger W. Babson, internationally-known busi- ness commentator and investment adviser. An outstanding feature of his philosophy has been his life-long insistence on the importance of re- ligion in business Born in 1875, reared in an old- fashioned atmosphere of hard work and hustle on a farm in Gloucester, Mr. Babson went to the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology. Upon ting in 1898, he t in- ively to financial andj ies. i exertions, howeve his health; he ¢ tuberculosis and he was sent. West It was while he was convalescing from this dread malady that he worked out some of the possibilities and problems of business statistics. That was more than forty-five years ago. Today his weekly statis- tical and ‘financial reports are read by thousands of businessmen and his research work is carried on by a large staff of workers. Mr. Babson founded Babson In- stitute for men; and, in cooperation with Mrs. Babson, developed Web- ber College for women,—both na- tionally-known educational institu- tions. Here young men and women may concentrate more in the funda- mentals and less on the frills of business. More recently he has completed the arrangements for another Col- lege named “Utopia” which is loca- ted in Eureka, Kansas, the center of Mr. Babson’s ‘Magic Circle”. Here people of all ages may check their financial well-being much as at the check their physical well-being. He is also reviving an interest in Sir Thomas Moore who—400 years ago —outlined in his “Utopia” the only solution to our problems. To millions of newspaper readers, Mr. Babson is best known by his familiar weekly stories on business in more than 380 papers throughout North America. Of unbounded energy, Roger W. Babson has probably done more than any other man to bring statis- tics to life, to instil a broader vision | in businessmen, and to publicize the ups-and-downs of the business cycle. To Present A Pageant Junior Department of Lehman | Methodist: Church will present a | pageant. entitled “A Journey Through Christmas Land” in the church Wednesday evening at 7:30. A community party with Christ- mas tree and exchange of gifts will follow. DALLAS | gia LEHMAN 1 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP 20 I JACKSON TOWNSHIP 2 MONROE TOWNSHIP 3 1 ROSS TOWNSHIP 2 LAKE TOWNSHIP 1 TOTAL Jv: 81 jus Mayo Clinic they would | Dallas Pointers Win Top Awards Johns’ Dogs Win In Michigan And Jersey Three local German short-hair pointers won in a field trial he last weekend “near Clinton, N. This trial was outstanding in th it was the Inaugural Stake of t Eastern German Shorthaired Point Club, bringing together the large number of Shorthairs on this s board, and it was the first time record that game was ever actual shot over the dogs’ point in a Short- haired field trial—thus giving the judges a chance to view the dogs in action under actual field shooting conditions. In the majority of trials only a blank cartridge is fired at game and the dogs ability to find and retrieve game always remains a question. The coveted all age stake was won by Eepp Von Grabenbruck, owned and handled by Richard S. Johns of Hill View Farm, Dallas. The large Derby Class for dogs between one and two years old was won by Fritz Von Grabenbruck, owned by H. R. Weaner of Dallas and handled in this stake by Rich- ard S. Johns. The crowded puppy class was won by Blick Von Grabenbruck, owned by Mrs. Richard S. Johns and shot over in this event by Mr. Johns. The remarkable, part of this win- ning is that all honors of the three large classes went to a sire and two sons. The running Sire, Sepp Von Grabenbruck was imported from Germany in 1946 by Mr. Johns. This dog has several Euro- pean field trial winnings to his credit and still holds a Derby Championship he won there in 1944. Another nine month old son of Sepp, has just returned to Dallas from Michigan after having won third place in the Michigan Short-' haired Pointer Field Trials. Congressman Jenkins Named To Committee Mitchell Congressman Jenkins Speaker of the House of Represent- atives, as a member of the Select ber 18. This Resolution creates a Select Committee composed of seven Mem- bers of the House for investigating transactions in all commodities, especially those which may effect the high cost of living. This Committee will also have au- thority to subpoena records, and to report upon the activities of any or all citizens or residents of this country in connection with those activities in the commodity markets. The Committee further intends to investigate thoroughly all charges that government officials and em- ployees have been dealing in com- modities on the Commodity Ex- change with a detrimental effect on the public. No Skating At Lake Cold weather of the past few days has coated the Alderson end of Harvey’s Lake with a thin scum of ice. There is, however, no skating at the Lake except at the Sunset end beyond the bridge. Made Service Agents De Remer’s Radio Clinic, Trucks- ville, has been appointed exclusive service agents for Crosley Radios in Luzerne County. Radio Clinic has been a Crosley dealer ever since the store was established. The appoint- ment as exclusive service agents for Luzerne County is a distinct honor for this enterprising Back Mountain i firm. Births Exceed Deaths Harrisburg, Dec. 22—(PNS)—Lu- zerne County in August of this year was credited with having 650 live births as compared with 299 deaths due to all causes, according to figures finally compiled by the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Region Thrown Into Darkness: Automobile Hits Service Pole The Christmas holidays are a hoodoo for Walter Kitchen, Daven- port Street, veteran of the St. Lo offensive in France where he was seriously wounded and saved from possible death only because the bul- let was stopped by a wallet in his breast pocket. Two years ago Walter had an- other narrow escape during the holidays. His automobile went over an embankment and into a pond on the Daleville Highway. The oc- cupants were forced to crawl through the windows to get to land. Walter escaped with a few scratches, but his companions were severely shaken up and his sister, Elizabeth received a broken collarbone that v ‘ br agin DE ian seat kept her: hospitalized for. several weeks. Early Saturday _Borning Walter had another cl one. Dozing at the wheel is Chevrolet sedan, he sheared” off a service pole near the Haycox home on Main street, throwing the Back Mountain Regiom into darkness from 2:23 until after 5 AM. The car was completely wrecked. The service pole was pushed along the highway for a distance of ten feet, but Walter was unjured. 2 Light Company employees said their lines carried 2,300 volts, en- ough to have electrocuted Walter 3 one of them had brushed against m. Sep ah a oy was appointed on Friday, by the aed x Siitet al
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