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“The Totem Pole”
Harrisburg, July 1—Big Jim Duff, Pennsylvania's hard-hitting
politically-fisted Governor has returned to his favorite seat here in
the Capital City, after the past week’s GOP Convention, a little the
worse for wear and tear but more grim and determined than ever.
In Philadelphia last week, he took one of the worst political drub-
bings of his life. He lost his battle
to swing the big 73-man delegation
into the anti-Dewey camp.
The fact that his presidential
preference did not win the can-
didacy is unimportant in face of
the basic issues at stake. As we've
mentioned before in these columns,
Pennsylvania's part in the National
GOP Convention— or rather the
outcome of its final actions— was
concerned mainly with the battle.
between two warring factions with-
in the party.
Generally speaking, one faction
could be considered as headed by
Jim Duff. The other faction repre-
sents the Republican Old Guard
heirarchy at its best: U. S. Senator
Edward Martin, G. Mason Owlett
and Joseph R. Grundy.
The Martin-Owlett-Grundy com-
bine supported Dewey from the
beginning, while Duff strongely op-
posed Dewey and as head of the
big Pennsylvania delegation, Duff
hoped to swing a majority of the
delegates into his camp.
Thus two warring factions came
to political blows at the convention.
Duff lost, when Ed Martin, cater-
ing to the wishes of the Old Guard
political bosses, suddenly and dra-
matically withdrew from his ‘“fav-
orite son” presidential role and
threw his support behind Governor
Dewey.
The victory was strictly a victory
for the behind-the-scene operators
+ of the Republican Party in Penn-
sylvania, industrialists Grundy and
Owlett, the latter the president of
the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’
Association.
Duff has bumped his noggin more
than once with Messrs. Grundy and
Owlett, the most spectacular being
‘the manufacturers’ association ban-
_aquet not so long ago, when Duff
in a speech shook the gentry out
of their comfortable after-dinner
lethargy by daring to assert that
industry in Pennsylvania should
lead the way for deflation through
reduced prices of products.
“That started the clamor in the
rumpus room,” Grampaw Pettibone
commented. “The manufacturing
lads looked as though they had
been shot, so speechless and
startled were they.”
On the other hand Ed Martin
has always been a good party man,
especially during his term as Gov-
ernor. Consequently when the
boys behind the silk curtain beck-
oned, he came unhestitatingly to
their side.
All of which poses a nice problem
in tactics. Duff has two more years
left as Governor. During that time
he can be expected to expand his
independent attitude and policy.
What the manufacturing lads-want
—the gentry who fought him—will
probably get the semi-brush-off in
retaliation.
“Which means,” warned Gram-
paw Pettibone chokingly from with-
in his cloud of pipe smoke, “that
the fireworks will be lighted when
the Legislature meets next year.
And then too, Duff still controls the
fate of many of the 40,000-odd
State employes. Political friends
of those delegates who bucked Jim :
Duff may find the going slightly |
rough in coming months.”
Mrs. Mable Gay Is
Hostess To Bible Class
Mrs. Mable Gay entertained the
members of the Women’s Adult
Bible Class of Orange Wednesday.
Games were played and lunch
served to the following: Mrs. Mar-
tha Stanton,
Mrs. Mrytle Emma
Berlew, Mrs.
Perrigo, Mrs. Mabel Bell, Mrs. Sarah
Ella Mathers, Mrs.
Mrs.
Bedford, Mrs.
Gertie Perry,
Mrs. Lydia Jones, Mrs. Freida
Perry, Mrs. Florence Ross, Mrs.
lizabeth Risch, Mrs. Mary Em-
manuel and the hostess.
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THESE WOMEN!
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MR
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Your Health 1
Five hundred perséns in -the
United States will die of scarlet
| fever this year.
i If the death rate from scarlet
‘fever one hundred years ago pre-
vailed today, there would be 50,-
000 deaths from this disease this
year.
Scarlet fever used to be fourth
chief cause of death in the United
tates—now it is fifty-third.
It isn’t scarlet fever now so
much as its complications that af-
fect the health of human beings.
More than one third of its vic-
| tims suffer from insidious complic-
ations which affect the ears, sin-
uses, kidneys, joints, and especially
"the heart.
| In the five-year period, 1940 to
| 1944, 2,275 persons died -of scarlet
fever in the United States.
| During the same period, more
than 700,000 persons in this coun-
try suffered from the disease and
its complications.
While it is true that scarlet
fever is now in a phase of compara-
tive mildness, there is always the
possiblity that it will again be-
come epidemic and severe.
In former years, there were epi-'
demics of scarlet fever in which
half of those who took the disease,
died.
Immunization is recommended
for all those exposed to this dis-
ease.
caused by scarlet fever.
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FROM NANTUCKET
| Dear Editor:
Just a few lines to inform you
not to come to Nantucket at this
time. It is cold as heck up here.
The roses are just starting to form
buds. Other years at this time,
the houses were covered with roses
in full bloom.
There are but few people here
as the season is so backward. The
business people here are worrying
for fear it will be a very bad year
for them, as they depend on the
summer trade for about seventy-
five per cent of their business.
Everything is very high.
We arrived on June 16 and it
has rained every day beside a lot
of fog. I just looked out over the
ocean and counted twelve fishing
boats netting for blue fish and cod.
These boats are about sixty feet
long and carry crews of seven men.
A big Air liner bound for Ireland
just passed over. They pass over
our place every day. They fly very
low going over here.
I had to stop writing and go to
the kitchen to warm my fingers.
I'm afraid the ink well will freeze.
The kitchen stove and two fire-
places are going full blast and still
it is cold. The rain and wind will
have to stop some day or the rest
of our country will dry up.
By the way Siasconset just got
a fire truck like Jackson's and
Swet Valley’s. I guess I have
bored you with this letter, but all
I can do is write letters until the
weather changes. Remember me
to the boys as you meet them. Mrs.
Smith and daughter, Kathleen are
fine and hope to enjoy some salt
water swimming before long.
I attended Union Lodge F.&A.M.
at Nantucket last night.
So long neighbor,
Ernie Smith
@ If Nantucket is as cool as you
say, Ernie, look out for visitors.
—Editor.
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Barnyard Notes §
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Stealing a moment to prop up a wilting tuberous begonia Tuesday
before lunch, we were interrupted by two well-dressed gentlemen
who approached from around the corner of the barn. >
One of them wore a Shrine pin; the other a medal of the Im-
maculate Conception. One was an old friend. The other a stranger.
A brief glance at the roses and they quickly came to the point
of their mission. “You had a classified ad in The Post last week
for a handyman. Answers were to be addressed to Box L. We'd
like to talk to the advertiser. We've got a young man we can save,
if we can get that job for him.”
“He’s spent nine weeks preparing for A. A. He's been in A. A.
for six weeks. Who is Box L? We'd like to talk with him about
this young man. He's been ‘sick’. We'd like to see him get a
chance in the country.”
Then we tumbled. A torrent of answers came in response to our
, questions about Alcoholics Anonymous and all the while thrills
played leap frog up and down our spine. &
Here were two men as gentle and humble as the early disciples,
yet fired with the enthusiasm of a Billy Sunday convert. They were
in our yard on a mission and by the set of their faces and the tone
of their conversation, you knew that they were determined to ac-
complish their purpose.
They readily gave us the background of their organization and
its local history.
There are three branches of Alcoholics Anonymous in Wyoming
Valley; one in Kingston, one in Wilkes-Barre, and one at the county
Jail.
The last they referred to as a “hospital” where six beds are avail-
able, and added proudly “We've got a fine unit at the jail.”
“But,” we asked, “are fellows in jail the kind who will carry on
the ideals of A. A.; have they the stability ?”’ “You bet they have!”
came the answer. “ We always send an old hand to visit them every
day and help conduct the meeting.”
Then the fellow with the Shrine pin cut in. “Let’s be frank.
We've all been in jail. I don't believe there are two of us in the
Kingston unit who haven't.” ‘“That’s right,” said his companion.
“Why we had a fine fellow join A. A. but in spite of that he asked
to be separated from all temptation and has taken a cell at the jail.
It’s a great thing that ‘hospital’ at the county prison.”
“How do you get members?” we asked. ‘Pick em up at saloons?”
“We go anywhere to look after a ‘drunk’, replied the Shriner;
“but, only if he requests it. We don’t go around in the saloons or
the gutters picking up men. Most of our contacts come from requests
for help mailed by relatives or the ‘sick’ ones themselves to -Alco-
holics Anonymous in care of Kingston or Wilkes-Barre postoffices.”
“Not long ago we had a request from a miner who had been on
a binge for more than a week. Somehow he got hold of his son’s
typewriter and wrote ‘Help me’ and signed his name. We got him
in A. A. and he’s done a swell job.”
The Shriner's friend interrupted, “but he had a close call after
he'd been a member almost a year. One day he called me up and
said, ‘Tomorrow I'm going to face a crisis’. I laughed at him. What
kind of crisis? He was in earnest. ‘Tomorrow, I'm going to draw
the biggest pay since I've been a member of A. A. When I leave
the mine I'm going to pass several saloons. There's one where all
the boys will stop—and I'm afraid I'll stop, too.” ”’ :
That was enough-for the boys from A. A. “We asked him what
time he'd get his pay and leave the mine and made an appointment
to meet him at 2:30. That's what we did and two of us with Tom
walked right by that saloon. We were with him three hours, had
a fine lunch in a restaurant, and he has been ‘ok’ ever since. And
the last I knew he was out helping other guys walk past saloons on
pay days.”
“We're great travellers—all of us in A. A. The Philadelphia gang
comes up to conduct our meetings and we go to Scranton, Philadel-
phia and Buffalo to conduct their meetings. We'll go any place to
help a ‘drunk’. (A member of A. A. makes no bones about using
“Nobody knows how hard to sit on another
drunk’s chest, as well as a fellow ‘Who's gone through it himself.
Why the other night we got a call from a fellow in Scranton to
give him some help. When we walked in, who should be with him
but one of our members from Dallas and another from Tunkhannock.
There isn’t any place we won't go when a fellow—man or woman—
really wants help.”
Then reflecting a moment, the speaker became more intimate. “I
think we've got one of your old schoolmates in our Scranton unit.
Her trouble was bridge. Whenever she played bridge, there were
cocktails. But she observed that she was the only one who got
‘sick’. During one of those sicknesses she woke up in the home of
her sister in Ohio after a $300 taxi ride from Scranton. That con-
vinced her that she couldn’t take liquor socially like the others. She's
one of our best members now.” ;
“We've all kinds of people in A. A.: scientists, physicians, lawyers,
ministers, nurses, businessmen, housewives—and jailbirds, too. But,
they've got one thing in common and they know it. They can’t use
liquor—not even one little drink. Oh, some of them slip. We all
slip, but if we can keep a person well for six months, we can save
T9v0 of those who will accept A. A.”
“The weekends and Saturdays are tough for most of us.
why many of our meetings are scheduled for Saturdays.
we can meet, the better,
rooms.”
We absentmindedly snipped a bloom off one of our roses as we
listened. “But,” we asked, “Alcoholics Anonymous? you've men-
tioned some names.” The reply was immediate. “Only the names
of those who want them mentioned; those who are proud to let the
world know how far they've come since they joined A. A. And
now that Box L. Where did you say that farm is located ?”’
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