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THE POST, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1948
PAGE THREE
Snow Blanket
Protects Crops
By Pennsylvania News Service
Harrisburg, February = 12—The
State Department of Agriculture is
literally keeping its fingers crossed
—hoping that the blanket of snow
which now covers most sections of
the State will not remain long en-
ough to damage Fall-planted crops.
Although Secretary of Agriculture
Miles Horst has conceded that the
moisture content of the snow will be
a big factor in helping a good series
of crops, he also warned that over-
persistence of the snow can cause
serious injury to plantings.
‘He pointed out that the heavy
snow can cause damage by prevent-
ing the young plants from receiv-
ing much-needed air and sunshine.
At the same time he said that a
quick thaw, followed by more zero
weather could cause great loss to
the wheat crop of Pennsylvania.
However, at the moment, the
snow has provided a boon to farm-
ers in providing a measure of pro-
tection from the sub-freezing
weather that has prevailed over the
State during the past few weeks.
The snow has prevented to a great
degree any freezing of the tender
shoots planted last Fall.
The Secretary also called atten-
tion to the fact that in the Fall of
1947, a total of 994,000 acres was
seeded in winter wheat—or about
five per cent over plantings at the
same time in 1946.
Estimates at the end of December
indicated that the 1948 crop would
be in the neighborhood of 21,000,000
bushels—a little over a million
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bushels less than harvested last
year. Rye seedings totaled only
24,000 acres last Fall—the lowest
on record, with a prolonged dry
spell at planting time preventing
some seed from germinating
properly.
Sweet Valley
Harold Cragle spent a few days
last week attending the Carter Car-
burator School in Wilkes-Barre.
McKinley Long and son, Charles,
spent several days on a business
trip to South Bend, Ind. and
Chicago this week.
The shower for Mr. and Mrs.
Glen Edwards held in the Christian
Church Hall Saturday evening was
well attended. They received many
lovely gifts.
Rev. and Mrs. Ira Button visited
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Truman Stewart and fam-
ily at Stroudsburg and their son
and daughter-in-law, Rev. and Mrs.
Lewis Button and family at Budd
Lake on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Culver are re-
joicing over the birth of a baby girl,
Bonnie Mae at Homeopathic Hos-
pital, February 18. This is’ their
first living child. Mrs. Culver is
the former Ruth Thomas of Wilkes-
Barre. :
Dean Bronson has recovered from
a bad case of chicken pox. They
weren't as much fun as he had
thought they would be when Janice
had them. He doesn’t want them
again.
Mrs. William Schmoll of East Dal-
las spent Sunday with Miss Bess
Klinetob.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bronson
spent last Sunday visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman Wardan of Shaver-
town. The Wardans also had as
dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Hitchner of Wilkes-Barre. The din-
ner was in honor of Mr. Hitchner
who celebrated his birthday anni-
versary.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foss visited
their daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Sutliff and family
at Bloomingdale Monday afternoon.
Guests of Rev. and éMrs. Ira But-
ton on Sunday were Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Steele and Mrs. Edna Kars-
chner of Meeker; Mr. and Mrs. Her-
bert Brandon of Lehman; Rev. and
Mrs. Carl Brandon and family of
Center Moreland; Pat Loftus of
West Pittston.
Emlyn and Norman Iverson of
Nanticoke spent Saturday night
with Dayton Long.
Mrs. Ketler and Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Evans of Wilkes-Barre call-
ed on Mrs. Edgar Newton Monday
afternoon. Mrs. Newton is able to
be out again after an illness of
three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Farver called
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Wesley Sunday evening.
Frank Edwards and Keziah spent
Sunday in Plymouth and Kingston.
Cletus Holcomb Sr. returned home
last Monday after being a patient
at Nesbitt Hospital for two weeks.
Mrs. Delbert Meade and Kenneth,
Richard and Delberta had supper
with the George Wesleys Wednes-
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Eustice and
Tom of Kingston visited Mrs. Eus-
tice’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Foss and Mrs. Jennie Thomas on
Sunday.
Herman Lutes moved Thursday to
his new home at Cambra.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmar Masters of
Endicott, N. Y., attended Church
here Sunday and visited old friends.
Edmond Harnard has sold his
home to Sheldon Wandel.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wallace have
bought the home of the late Champ
Keller.
Mrs. Alec Wallace has returned
home after spending a few days
with her granddaughter, Betty Wal-
lace of Sayre.
Miss Bess Klinetob and Rev. and
Mrs. Ira Button spent Tuesday. in
Berwick.
Mrs. Clifford Sorber is a patient
at Nanticoke Hospital.
MOORETOWN
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kyttle enter-
tained Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Smith and family of Wilkes-Barre
and Ray Shaw and family of Sweet
Valley.
Since last Sunday was Layman
Sunday in Churches, Russell Steele
of Meeker, a former resident of
Mooretown, conducted the service
here. His wife, Dorothy, was in
charge of services at the Meeker
Methodist Church. ®
Basil Steele is improving after a
serious illness.
Mrs. Alfred Hontz attended the
funeral of a cousin, Miss Effie Wil-
liams at Larksville Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Jones enter-
tained on Sunday Mrs. Jones's par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Sutton
and brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Hontz.
Mr. and Mrs. James Williams en-
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Sherman
Kunkle and son, Robert Sherman
of Sweet Valley on Sunday.
Firemen's Auxiliary
Plans St. Pat's Party
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Trucksville
Volunteer Fire Company met in the
Fire Hall on Monday evening, with
Mrs. Harold Yorks presiding. Re-
port on the recent benefit card
party for Trucksville Memorial Park,
in which the Auxiliary co-operated,
was presented.
Five dollars each was voted for
the March of Dimes and the Red
Cross. Plans’ were made for the
annual St. Patrick’s Day Tea, to be
held in the Hall the afternoon of
March 17th. Mrs. Sam Miller is
general chairman. The public is
invited.
Attending were: Mesdames Vern
Pritchard, Lincoln Long, R. A. Fin-
ney, M. M. Miller, S. D. Finney,
M. M. Lloyd, V. J. McGuire, J. Ken-
nan, Russel Cease, William Dierolf,
Byron Kitchen, George Shaver, Jr.,
George Shaver, Sr., Dorman
Schooley, John Dykman, B. C. Post,
Neual H. Kester, Raymond Green-
wood, Franklin Hawke, Samuel Mil-
ler, Bud Silverman, Dale Zimmer-
man, Harold Yorks, Wilson Cease,
and Miss Pauline Besteder.
Students Seek Names
Of Catholic Authors
You, too, can help by submitting
names of Catholic authors from
Pennsylvania!
The 1947-1948 school-year project
of the Literary Honor Society of
the Pittsburg Catholic Schools is
the compilation of a basic list of
Catholic authors from this state.
Included in the list will be native-
born Pennsylvanians, permanent
residents, or those who have spent
their early years until maturity in
the state.
Inaugurated to give recognition to
contemporary authors, the project
also serves as an approximate
census of Catholic writers.
Success of the compilation de-
pends upon contributions of names
from those aware of suitable candi-
dates.
Any one possessing such informa-
tion, please address correspondence
to the Literary Honor Society, Our
Lady of Mercy Academy, 3333 Fifth
Avenue, Pittsburgh 13, Pennsyl-
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Mrs. Stephen Pavlick,
Hostess To Auxiliary
Mrs. Stephen Pavlick entertained
members of the Henry M. Laing
Fire Auxiliary at her home on Pine-
crest avenue last Tuesday. Mrs.
Walter Davis, president, was in
charge. Serving committee mem-
bers were Mrs. Clifford Ide, Mrs.
Ralph Brown, and Mrs. Davis. Plans
for a banquet to be held in March
were discussed.
Present were: Mrs. Joseph Ada-
metz, Mrs. Sterling Meade, Mrs.
Ray Casterline, Mrs. Joseph Wallo,
Mrs. Clifford Ide, Mrs. Edwin Roth,
Mrs. Elwood McCarthy, Mrs. Earl
Monk, Mrs. Thomas Kingston, Mrs.
Guy Dunham, Mrs. Cora Dunham,
Mrs. Arthur Newman, Mrs. Grant
Shaver, Mrs. Marcus Ide, Mrs. R.
J.W. Templin, Mrs. Edwin Nelson,
Mrs. Charles Stookey, Mrs. Thomas
Kepner, Mrs. Morris Harris, Mrs.
Barry, Mrs. Nelson Shaver, Mrs.
Ralph Fitch, Mrs. Ralph Brown and
Mrs. Davis.
Golfing In South
Edward Hall, Shavertown drug-
gist, and I. Tomberg of Tomberg
Electric Co., Wilkes-Barre, are
spending several weeks in the south
off en route to play at different
golf courses. So far they have
played at Pinehurst, Columbia, S.C.,
Augusta, Georgia, Jacksonville and
Miami. They expect to be gone a
month.
fast.
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A car roars down the highway—passing the steadily moving traffic
line. At its wheel is a man taking his wife and two children for a week-
end holiday. They're in no particular hurry, but he likes to get places—
Suddenly the highway veers in a sharp curve. The driver wrenches his
steering wheel . . . jams on his brakes. His car takes the curve on two
wheels . . . overturns. . . drops twenty feet into a ravine.
It all happens so fast that the wheels are still spinning. The air still
echoes the frightening sound of screaming tires and crumpling steel.
But inside the wrecked car there is no sound . . . no movement. Life has
run out for four people because a man let his foot run away with him.
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When you are tempted to make your car go faster—and faster—with a
slight pressure of your toe on the accelerator pedal—think: Suppose a
tire blows out . . .-a bee flies in your window and stings you . . . another
car darts out from a side road partly obscured by trees . . . or you skid
on a paich of loose gravel? These things happen—and if they happen
te you when you are speeding, it may mean your last ride.
Use your head to step on your foot’s tendency to “step on it.” Excessive
speed causes one out of every three accidents.
Your lucky number on your speedometer dial is a low one.
DON'T DRIVE YOURSELF TO DEATH!
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This message in the interest of highway safety is one of a series prepared and disseminated by
the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
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