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ident and Howard Reilly, vice pres-
ident at the Frear-Parrish reunion
held at the Dale-Wood Cottage on
Saturday, July 31. Mrs. Earl John-
son was elected secretary-treasurer.
Next year’s reunion will be held
at the same place, the last Saturday
of July.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wilson and daughter Linda of Phil-
adelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Cooke of. Bethlehem, Mrs. W. W.
Kocher, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kocher
and children, Stephen, David and
Carol of Williamsport, Howard
Wright of Vestal, New York; Reb-
ecca Wright and George Wase of
Syracuse, New York; Mrs. Harry
Nettleton of Beacon Falls, Conn-
ecticut; Mrs. Martha Fannar of
Wilkes-Barre; Mr. and Mrs. Archie
children John, Margaret, James, |
Floyd and Catherine, Mrs. Charles:
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Reilly, ©
Marie Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Ed-|
ward R. Parrish and son William,
Mrs. Anne Waite, all of Kingston;!
Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Smith of Wyo-
ming; Mrs. Ira Roberts, Mr. Frank
Parrish, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wright and son Robert Jr., Miss
Carrie Cooke all of Forty Fort; Mrs. |
Paul Richards and granddaughter’
Nancy Dietz of Alderson; Florence
E. Frear and Mrs. Myrtis Saxe both
of Noxen; Mrs. Calla Parrish, Mr."
and Mrs. Earl Johnson of Beau-,
mont; Mrs. Harry Randall of Hunts- !
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dear Mr.
The day your wonderful Library
Auction was being held, we were
lolling on the beach at Laguna,
talking about and wishing we were
with you all and bidding on some
of the things. I adore odd pieces
and antiques. We both agreed
that this collection and sale was
different because people donated
things they loved and cherished
and tHMat most every item had
been given 6 some attention and
loving care some time during the
years the donor possessed them.
and Mrs. Risley:
sville; Mrs. Frank Wright, Mrs. | We are so sorry we could hot
Della Parrish, Mrs. Emory Hadsel,! attend. Maybe next year we will
Bess Cooke.
Altoona, in Blair County, has the
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Harmony Club Members
Picnic At Rozelle Park
Harmony Club of Demunds re-
be among the bidders.
We enjoyed the pictures in the
“Post” of the people who attended
and helped make this sale a suc-
cess and recognized several familiar
faces. It sure was good to see
them once again.
The little town of Laguna and
cently held a picnic at Rozelle’s its people reminds us so much of
Park. Winners in game cntests
were: Mrs. Gordon Austin, Mrs.
Harry Sweppenheiser Sr., Roger
Bellas, Lois Anderson, Homer
Hobbs, Barbara Hess, Joyce Swep-
penheiser.
Among the guests were four
generations:* Mrs. George Hunt Sr.,
Mrs. Charles Yost, Mrs. Eugene Ed-
wards Sr., and Eugene Edwards,
Jr.
Others present were: Mrs. Byron
Kester, Mrs. Henry Phillips, Bobby
Phillips, Mrs. Weldon Carle, Mrs.
N. Edwin Nelson, Mrs. F. M. Drake,
Virginia and Ricky Drake, Harry
Sweppenheiser Jr., Mrs. Carl Smith,
Carol Mae Smith, Doris Fulton,
Eleanor Fulton, Mrs. Coray B. Ran-
som, Mrs. Harry. A. Miller, Mrs.
Albert Peters, Mrs. J. J. Voitek,
Joseph Voitek, Mrs. Herbert A.
Jones, Mrs. Raymond Rozelle, Mrs.
George Evans, Gerald Evans, Mrs.
John Perry, Mrs. Ira Frantz, Mrs.
William Rozelle, Thais Rozelle, Mrs.
A. L. Youngblood, Mrs. Edward
Kraftick, Mrs. George Schallen-
berger, Mrs. Howard James, Bonnie
Lee and David James, Mrs. Patricia
Teik, Kevin Teik, Mrs. George Ber-
lew, Mrs. Albert Baker, Homer
Hobbs, Mrs. Russell Race, Beatrice
and Dorothy Race.
Party For Hendricks
An appreciatian party for Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Hendricks will be
held Monday evening at 7:30 in
Lehman High School. The com-
munity is invited to attend.
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. SHAVERTOWN, PA.
Dallas. I guess that is why I have
! fallen so completely in love with
it. We spent our vacation here
"and became familiar with the town
"and many of its residents. Its side
| streets on one side run off Coast
Highway like the side streets of
Main in Dallas and on the other
side to the beach about the same
distance as off Main street to
Deven’s Mill. The business area
| is quite a bit larger than that of
Dallas, yet the layout and set up
is very much the same.
Let me tell you something about
this place called “Painter’s Par-
adise”’ the town that has blossomed
forth within the past 50 years from
a one road gasless, electricless and
sewageless dusty little village.
Artists from all over the country
come to Laguna Beach to set up
their easels. Here they find green
hills in winter and spring, the
moody Pacific with angry tossing
waves or in opalescent calm; off
shore rocks, pounding sprays, rest-
ing gulls or gliding pensive pelicans.
Here artists find tiny coves and
sunsets such as Nature alone can
provide. It is noted for year round
swimming and surf bathing. Grun-
ion runs draw crowds to beaches
attempting to catch the little fish
that burrow into the sand at pre-
dictable periods of high tide to lay
their eggs. It is a fisherman's joy
| to know he can charter a boat or
go on scheduled fishing trips at
reasonable prices and in season
to catch barracuda, marlin, sword-
fish, yellowtail, tuna and other
fish in waters of the beaches of
Laguna.
Golf courses are available in al-
most any direction one drives.
Horseback riding in the canyons
and over beautiful hills that over-
look the little town is a great joy.
Roque courts at the beach, bowl-
ing green overlooking the Pacific
at Heisler Park and tennis courts
at Irvine Bowl are among the fea-
tures offorded for outdoor enjoy-
ment. And for those craving ski-
ing and other sports, it is only a
few hours’ drive to snow covered
mountains and icy lakes.
The old timers say that in the
old days one could stand upon the
hills on a summer evening when
the surf was loud and hear each
cove speaking with a separate voice
which they miss—for the noise of
the highway and neighbor’s radio
drowns it all out. They say in
those days the ocean dominated
the scene, standing up tall and
black in the night sky. But now
the glare of many lights blots it
out. They also proclaim that no-
where in the world are there
beaches and coves to compare with
Laguna also known as the Riviera
of America—and truly it is so.
Today a roaring tide of traffic
plunges through the middle of the
town—their one Main Street (much
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and further east. Old landmarks
have "been done away with for
streamlined architecture. Eucalyp-
tus trees go down and service sta-
tions spring up. The town grows
with breath-taking rapidity, even
since we saw it for the first
time on our arrival in California
almost three years ago. But, un-
derneath all this activity, the old
Laguna still persists, “unhurried
and informal” as one old timer put
it. They say that every year they
see enacted a little drama, of some
brisk and angry newcomer deter-
mined to make Laguna change its
ways and sit up and take notice
and every year a few months later,
the new comer philosophically
changes his own ways to conform
with Laguna’s and settles down to
find happiness in. its wise and
deliberate tempo—for it is still a
very small town.
Picturesque gift shops artisti-
cally display locally made ceramics,
hand carved and tooled leather,
wood and copper wear. Quaint
tea rooms and adorable restau-
rants are located within walking
distance from center of town. Fish
and sea food dinners are just out
of this world at reasonable prices.
The Art Gallery which is some-
thing to behold, is still an integral
part of the community. The paint-
ings in the members’ Gallery are.
changed every two menths. In
May of each year the Gallery
sponsors a national print show;
June, a ceramics exhibit. The Art
Association has the reputation of
demonstrating cooperation and fel-
lowship between painter and public
which is usually found in small
friendly towns.
Many movies have been made
along the Laguna coastline, such
as—“The Lighthouse by the Sea”
(with Louise Fazenda and Rin Tin
Tin), “Dorothy Vernon of Haddon
Hall” with (Mary Pickford),
“Evangline”, “Whom the Gods
Destroy” and more recently ‘Now
Voyager” with (Bette Davis).
Jack Norworth, .famous song
maker— (such pieces as “Take me
out to the ball game” and ‘Shine
on Harvest Moon’) makes his
home here. William Mortensen,
whose text books are studied where
ever photography is a hobby, also
operates ‘a school of Photography
here. Pets anod writers find this
little town a haven in which to
concentrate. Typical of the writer’s
colony is William Wister Haines,
whose most recent book, ‘“Com-
mand Decision’, is one of the best
sellers. 3
From the community Playhouse,
ambitious young men and women
haved moved into pictures, radio
and the professional theatre. Many
Hollywood critics and talent
seekers in its audiences are here
waiting to find and pick a new
star. Singers Helen Traubel, Alice
Gentle, Nina Koshetx, Mario Chan-
lee and Sonya Swan lead the
column of opera stars. The movies
too, have contributed their share
of .stars to Laguna — including
Bette Davis, Polly Moran and
Victor Mature. Great Gildersleeve,
of radio fame, is a permanent
resident here.
Every year the community pre-
pares feverishly for the great event
in the form of a Festival of Arts
and Pageant of the Masters with
its pictures that live and breathe.
If anyone contemplates a visit to
California, it would be a never
forgotten memory to take back
what he witnessed in the Pageant
of the Masters where pictures come
to life. No professional actors
fill these roles—the characters are
portrayed by local people ranging
from doctor or lawyer to carpenter
and dentist’s assistant. No one
receives compensation for appear-
ing in the pictures, yet each year
there is stiff competition for the
roles. Each season when the
Festival closes these people return
to their workaday occupations—but
next year they are on hand again
donning the familiar robe, fig leaf,
whiskers or bronze paint in order
to re-create for a moment the
eternal spirit of the Masters. The
Pageant is held at Irvine Bowl -
seating capacity 3,000, and on
stage when curtain is drawn, huge
framed. pictures are shown with
painted backgrounds as in the old
masterpieces and the characters
portraying as in the old master-
pieces (which hang in famous
Galleries and Museums all over the
country) are so still, that the only
way one can tell they are living
characters is by close observation
through opera or field glasses at
the batting of an eye or perhaps
heavy breathing, which is seldom.
Directors expect one of the littlest
folk in the living pictures to make
a move while posing - tho it isn’t
supposed to be done - but the!
tiniest move proves that the re-
produced old masters do live and
breathe. Each picture holds you
spell-bound and is so breath-
- middle of July each year.
taking that every once in a while
the quiet night air. Bringing old
paintings to life requires weeks
and weeks of preparation and
training. The one minute in which
the subject stands before the au-
dience can seem like a year.
We were told that ‘several men
have appeared for years in “The
Last Supper”. But a woman has
been assigned that part several
years now because she possesses
the linaments essential to the role
of Christ. “The Lords Prayer”
is sung by a baritone to accompany
the showing of this famous picture.
The wardrobe mistress is given
much credit for her remarkable
knack of transforming tattered
drapes and old bedspreads into
glamorous garments. Her “rags to
riches” is achieved by skilled use
of dyes, pins and needles. Cos-
umes must be created as authen-
tically as possible. With the
original picture before her, match-
ing colors and adjusting collars to
the right angle, maintains her
reputation as a genius of the ward-
robe. She, like the “crew behind
the scenes” at the Library auction
in Dallas, gave untiring efforts and
time without compensation. These
are the people who should be
applauded and thanked for their
sincerity in making possible these
successful projects.
There were twenty two living
pictures shown every night. They
were all very beautiful and im-
pressive. Among those we saw
were—Madonna of Humility by Fra
Angelico; Adoration of the Shep-
herds by Giorgione; Dutch Court-
yard by DeHooch; The French
Comedians by Watteau; Spirit of
"76 by Willard; Home Remedies by
Rockwell; Arguing the Point by
Tait; The Pioneer Woman by
French, and The Last Supper by
DeVinci. Music or singing accomp-
anied most of the showings and
before each picture came into view
a synopsis of the painter’s life and
how he came to paint that certain
picture was given.
The art craft shown in booths
on the Festival grounds is a home
product. © The “must” rule says
“all craft exhibits must be made
in Laguna or eligible neighbor-
hood area.” Practically all artists
have booths. We met several who
spend considerable time on the
grounds and are congenial and
willing to relate their life history
and tell how art became a part of
their lives. Some are seen at their
easels, demonstrating various steps
in transplanting a scene to canvas.
Many are the expressions of
amazement at the beauty ‘of some
of the pieces created by Laguna
ceramists. There are leather work-
ers’ booths with hand-tooled crea-
tions, pins and brooches made of
tiny shells gathered on the beach.
Laguna-made greeting cards, hand-
loomed articles for wear and home,
books by Laguna authors and pieces
of sculpture are also displayed.
The Junior Gallery has a special
display also. Art teachers in public
schools make a collection of paint-
ings by young artists ranging from
kindergarten age through high
school. These are presented in the
Gallery arranged in four age groups.
It was a joy to behold the am-
bitious small fry, under instruct-
tions by famous artists, wearing
gaily dyed smocks, salvaged from
old shirts.
colored chalk in hand and go to
it, batting out pictures that shame
the initiated. When pictures are
finished they are clothes-pinned on
a clothes-line along the one side
of the open air class for exhibition
and it is amazing what work these
youngsters put out.
Well, that is the Laguna story
with its gala affair held around the
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any wonder then that "we have,
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FORTY FORT DAIRY
With |
DALLAS—PA.
unpublicized historic beauty spots |
in famous Bucks County, is the
great Manor House at the wide
bend of the Delaware River be-
tween Philadelphia, and Trenton,
only a few miles south of the heavy
traffic artery of U. S. Route 1.
Now completely restored after a
decade of work by experts, under |
the supervision of the Pennsylvania |
Historical Commission (now Penn-
sylvania Historical and Museum
Commission), the magnificant Eng-
lish manor house and its adjoin-
ing buildings—exteriors and inter-
iors—stand almost ex@ctly as they
appeared in the Spring of 1699,
when William Penn, Founder and |
Proprietor of the Province of Penn- |
sylvania, brought his family to
their new home at Pennsburg.
Through the mists of the Dela-
ware, Penn got his first glimpse
of his newly-finished estate—built
under his personal direction and
to his rather particular specifica- |
tions—and what ‘he saw is sub- |
stantially the scene that opens be- |
fore the modern visitor, arriving |
by automobile instead of in a great
barge rowed by liveried servants.
Here are the Manor House itself,
rising majestically beyond the for-
mal gardens (now, as then, display-
ing imported botanicals); the great '
12-horse stable, the bake—and—
brew house, the smoke house and
the office building.
Inside the Manor House, recre-
ated brick by brick and panel by |
panel from archaeological evidence,
rooms on the first and second floors
are completely furnished, as they
were in the Spring of 1699. They |
lack only the personal effects of
the Penn family.
The six downstairs and five up- |
stairs rooms of the mansion al-,
ready had been set in order, as
they may be seen today with the
sent over from Eng-
land by Penn’s orders. The gardens
were laid out and in bloom, care-
fully tended by the Scotch head
gardner Penn had sent to the es-
tate for "that purpose.
All that remained to do, as Penn
and his family arrived at the river
landing from Philadelphia, was to
unload the chests and bales of
books, clothing, silver, china, table-
ware, household necessities, sad-
dles, stable harness and special
equipment.
And this is the particular day in
history—this Spring day of 1699,
when the great estate awaited the
momentary arrival of Penn him-
self, with his family—chosen by
the Pennsbury Manor Furnishing
Committee as the keynote of its
restoration work.
Everything that has been. done
was carefully planned with that
single object in mind, to make
Pennsbury Manor look just as it
did on the day when Hannah Penn,
her young son, John; her daughter,
Letitia, and young Logan, Penn's
the Dallas Library well on its way
and receiving so much enthusiastic
cooperation in giving it a start—
there’s no telling how far and fast
things will progress. Believe me,
I'd sure love to be a part of it.
You too have a Back Mountain
Town that you can be proud of,
as I have always been. With
Dallas just growing up and getting
new improvements right along it
too will carve for its self a re-
putation of being a beautiful but
modern little town with friendly
and lovely people, yet like Laguna
unhurried and informal.
Sincerely
Irene Arnold |
THE POST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1948 PAGE FIVE
Frear-Parrish Reunion Is Held Former Resident Writes Of Beauty William Penn Manor House
Bt The Dale-Wood Cottage In California Town Like Dallas Restored As It Was In 1699
Archie Parrish was chosen pres-| Parrish, Mrs. Martha MacIntyre and | ’ July 29, 1948 like Dallas) going to “San Diego| “ohs and ahs” and applause fill| One of the loveliest and most ' secretary, stepped through the
front door behind the Proprietor
of Pennsylvania and surveyed
their new home.
The Furnishing Committee, head-
ed by Sarah D. Lowrie, of Phila-
delphia, as ¢éhairman, was ap-
pointed by the State Commission
at the suggestion of sthe Governor
| of the Commonwealth.
Taking over the job of furnish-
ing the historic home, it immedi-
ately ruled out any “museum” as-
pects of restoration. Nothing could
be used which Penn or his family
would not have found there on
their arrival. Likewise, there could
| be no reminder of what happened
after those three summers the
Penns spent at the Manor House.
It was particularly difficult to en-
force this rule, since enthusiastic
donors of Penn material naturally
could not understand why their
precious mementoes were unaccept-
able for the Penn home.
The people of Pennsylvania,
through the Government, provided
the funds for restoration, and the
State Commission made the inflex-
ible rule against anacronisms.
Another clause of the Commis-
sion’s ruling on restoration furn-
ishing precludes any advertisement
or acknowledgment cards or mem-
orial plates on any of the house
furnishings, regardless of the don-
ors. Such appreciative acknowl-
edgment is made in permanent
| form on the Files of Furnishings,
available for public inspection.
As a result, Pennsbury Manor
today presents an unique appear-
ance. With its doors open to the
Summer breeze from the river,
flowers on the table, furniture
| placed exactly as it stood-in that
long-ago Spring, even a cradle
awaiting the infant John Penn, the
illusion "of a ‘journey through
time” is remarkably complete.
Standing in the doorway or
strolling in the garden, visitors oc-
casionally look up sharply—half-
expecting to hear the boat horn
from- the river and see William
Penn himself step from his barge
onto the landing.
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Charles Laughton, Robert Donat
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“Bride Wore Boots”
Barbara Stanwyck, Robert
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Margery Reynolds, Jinx
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