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THE POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1948
"The Totem Pole”
Harrisburg, Nov. 24-Unfortunately or fortunately as the case may be,
Brother Duff, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is about
to have his ears boxed.
Now such goings on as boxing ears in the brass offices atop Capitol
Hill is something that will make the average avid supporter of Republi-
canism in the fair State blush with
mortification.
By the same token, Democrats
on occasions when their ranking
officials have had their ears trim-
med, flushed and blushed in a sim-
ilar manner. :
But the essence of the current
ear session boils around the simple
fact that Duff himself is the ‘“‘ram-
rod” type. He believes in doing
things his own way -'and to thun-
der with the opinions or wishes of
others, namely the party leaders
who were instrumental in putting
him there. x
Many claim that this is a forth-
right and upright spirit of rugged
individualism, typical of our blood-
thirsty pioneers who not so long
ago fought off droves of savages
with little more than a blunder-
bus. 1
This may or may not be the’
case but it does not alter the fact
that ear-boxing is soon to be the
order of the day.
For example the good gover-
nor, in one of his eloquent mom-
ents appointed an agent from
the mid-west to serve as chief
praise agent for Pennsylvania at
the paltry fee of something like |
$10,400 per annum,
“That's a lot of apples to pay
for a publicity man in any country,
quoth Grampaw Pettibone who re-
members the day when the good
work alone that the government
did, brought about better publicity
than all the forced reports of the
half dozen years.
The rosy cheeked lad who is go-
ing to handle publicity for Pennsyl-
vania isn’t from this fair and great
state at all - but instead hails from
some mid-western village where
corn is said to be green the ’year
round.
Many are asking why when
everyone now is supposed to talk
of the greatness that is Pennsyl-
vania, that a $10,400 a year Penn-
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National Bank.
For your own security we advise you to heed
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"YOUR HEALTH
The last census showed there
were 4,951,207 males and 4,948,973
females in Pennsylvania.
This proportion of males to
females prevails at about the same
ratio throughout the world.
How does nature maintain such
a nice balance?
There are a few more women
in the world than men, and this
is good,. for men are prone to
get themselves killed in wars and
work.
Every year there are more boys
born than girls.
In the United States, in 1945,
there were 1,404,587 males born
to 1,330,869 females.
In the same year, 788,063 males
died to 613,656 females.
Balances up.
Following wars, when many
males are killed, nature somehow
increases the number of boy babies
born.
Then, too, women live longer
than men.
Males suffer a higher death
rate from accidents, homicide, and
suicide.
The degenerative diseases
males earlier than females.
It is often claimed that women
are more closely associated with
health protective practices due to
the ' influence of their children.
This influence is said to give
them better opportunity to profit
by the newer procedures for health
conservation than men—and thus
to lengthen their lives.
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DO YOU KNOW?
Only three families out of every
eight families in the United States
are contributing to the growth of
the population by having three
or more children.
Mrs. Rose Anderson .
Is Buried Tuesday
Funeral services for
Hospital one day after admission,
were held Tuesday from the late
home. Rev. Frank K. Abbott offi-
ciated.
The widow of the late Carl An-
derson, she was a lifelong resident
of West Dallas, and the daughter of
the late John and Irene Spencer.
Deceased was a member of Idetown
Methodist Church and Servng and
Waiting Sunday School Class, W
SCS and WCTU. She held offices
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WW . MRS. T.M. B. HICKS
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in the church and was active in
community affiairs.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. E. B.
Worthington, Forty Fort; brothers,
W. M. Spencer, Lewis Spencer, and
Horace Spencer, all of West Dallas;
several nieces and nephews.
Interment was in Wardan Ceme-
tery, Dallas.
Arrangements by Alfred D. Bron-
son.
Express Appreciation
Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Kropa and
family of Dallas R.D.3 wish to ex-
press their appreciation to all their
friends and neighbors who so
kindly assisted them at the time
of the death of their baby, David
Burton.
Lancaster County derives its name
from Lancashire, England.
"The Book Worm
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OUR FAMILY AND THE LIBRARY
by Kathleen Evans Brooks
We number five in our family,
and we all read with a fine disre-
gard for time that scientists dis-
play when absorbed in some im-
portant experiment. Obviously the
money involved in the purchase of
books for such a large group would
outbalance any other item in the
budget—heavens knows the bud-
get is a beat-up thing at best in
our family!
Our interests cover the water-
front of reading. One child sash-
ays between raising various ani-
mals which he catches wild, lures
from nests, buys with his allow-
ance or just plain begs for and
gets—to early American history,
English and Irish folklore, or In-
dians. I asked him once what kind
of Indians, “Oh Mother, don’t be
dumb,” he said ‘the Sioux, of
course.” “Jeepers”, thinks I, “I
thought there were several kinds
of Indians.”
When faced with raising small
animals, we were all stumped by
the rabbits, Victoria and Albert by
name. In desperation one night as
I sat at a board meeting in the
library, I let my anguished eye
roam over the shelves and guess
what? You are so right, RABBITS!
I lunged out of my seat, upsetting
Hank Peterson’s meticulous treas-
urers’ report, grabbed the book,
and immediately lost track of the
rest of the meeting while I learned
what the little brutes really did
like to eat and how they looked
when ill, etc. That book went home
to our eldest son and now he tells
us how to raise his rabbits.
Our middle child, another son,
likes what his buck-teeth force
him to call , “Exthiting Thtories.”
Obviously no sane parent wants
to own a whole children’s collec-
tion of such tales. One or two are
enough in one age group. An Eng-
{ lish woman named Enid Blyton
has written a series of adventure
tales for the young that are per-
i fect; “Castle of Adventure,” ‘“Val-
i ley of Adventure,” “Mystery Is-
land,” and “The Sea of Adven-
ture”. The library has them all.
These books tell the story of the
adventures that four English child-
ren have. They are well-written,
simple and slip in bits of useful
knowledge along the way. The an-
swer to a mother’s prayer.
The smallest child, a girl, wants
to be read to, anything and every-
thing. She differs from most child-
ren in that she doesn’t want re-
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a Barnyard Notes
SUBURBAN BONFIRES
With half-reluctant rake and broom,
Foregoing respites and reprieves,
Gather the saddest harvest home—
The last November leaves.
From gravelled drive, from lawn still green,
From paths habitually neat,
Collect the beauty that has been
And burn it in the street.
Let these rich pyres that blessed men’s sight,
The scarlet leaves, the brown and gold
Propitiate by ancient rite
The dark, the dreaded cold!
FRANCES HIGGINSON SAVAGE.
in the Herald-Tribune
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Many of us this week are knee-deep in the Seminary’s Drive for
$300,000 to renovate the old dormitories. Before it is over many
of us.will be in it up to our necks; but there are still others who
haven't yet got: their toes wet in the enthusiasm that is flooding
Wyoming Valley, extending west to Los Angeles and east to the
Atlantic’s shores.
If there be any old Seminary student who isn’t proud of his school,
we've failed to find him in our years as a newspaperman. There is
never the young bride who does not mention that she attended Wy-
oming Seminary and would like to have the fact displayed promin-
ently in the story under her wedding picture. The school is always
mentioned fondly in obituaries and in stories of success. All are
proud to have been associated with the venerable institutiom in
Kingston.
And yet, Wyoming Seminary is one of the most democratic of
institutions. There Jew, Catholic, Protestant, Negro, Chinese, Ger-
man and Jap associate and live together—not with tolerance for one
another—but as fellow Seminarians.
And what about these new dormitories that Wyoming needs after
one hundred years? Will Carpenter Hall, which incidentally is one
of the most beautiful buildings in Wyoming Valley, be subdivided
into expensive suites setting its occupants apart from those who
will dwell in more humble rooms? Not a bit of it. The Seminary
student watchman and the boy who pays for his schooling by wait-
ing on table will live in the same sort of rooms as his classmate who
comes from a home of wealth.
That’s what we like about Wyoming Seminary. And that is what
in large measure sets it apart from some of the better known eastern,
secondary schools and colleges, whose academic standing can’t hold
a candle to Wyoming. ! :
Wyoming Seminary is essentially a local school with a national
reputation. Not a reputation that draws students from every State
in the Union but a reputation that prompts college instructors to
remark to the incoming Freshman; “Wyoming Seminary! You come
from a fine school.”
Because it is a local institution, mellowed by 100 years of associa-
tion with the youth of Northeastern Pennsylvania it deserves the
united support of its neighbors as well as its alumni.
Those of us who will stop to chat with you in the next fewidays
about the future of this great school will do so proudly and encour-
aged by incidents such as the one Dr. Fleck recounted at a luncheon
meeting earlier this week.
Twelve years after the campaign closed for funds for Sprague
Memorial Hall, the Seminary was confronted with a number of un-
paid notes on pledges. The Board of Directors instructed Dr. Fleck
to write letters to the makers exonerating them from their obliga-
tions which had remained unpaid beeause of unforseen obstacles.
Many of those wH6 received Dr. Fleck’s letters, than®®d the™school
for its thoughtfulness. ;
But there was one who never replied.
Last week an elderly gentleman visited Dr. Fleck’s office. He had
come to Kingston by bus from a community north of Scranton. ‘I
don’t believe you know me ?”’ was his salutation to the good Doctor.
“You wrote me a letter several years ago.” Dr. Fleck smiled. “I'd
hardly remember what I might have written several years ago.”
“Well,” replied the other, “it was a letter to release me from meet-
ing an obligation I owed Wyoming Seminary; I have never answered
your letter because I have never released myself from that obligation
which was fof $1,000. Now you are having a drive to rajse funds
for better dormitories and I have come to make a' $500 payment
on that obligation. Before the closing date, I will pay the balance.”
Dr. Fleck engaged his visitor in further conversation. “What class
were you in?” Quick was the reply, “The class of 1877.”
old are you?” Doctor Fleck asked. “Eighty-nine” was the ready
response. ‘Eighty-nine”, repeated the Doctor, smiling broadly, “you
look good for another twenty years ,and let’s hope you have them.”
The older man shook his head. “That wouldn’t be so good. You see,
I've made my will; and everything is to go to Wyoming Seminary. If
I should live another twenty years, I'm afraid there wouldn't be
much left in the estate.” :
“And hows
Alfred D. Bronson
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
SWEET VALLEY, PA.
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