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THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949
“The Totem Pole” bi
Although Santa Claus was scheduled to make his annual debut in the
dark of night last weekend with the usual clatter and commotion of
reindeer and sleighbells—there were some few souls who doubted he
would actually appear.
And those few lads and lassies who have failed to be good
little boys and girls were the ones,
© who were afraid old Saint Nick
would overlook them.
There are some such gents among
the charmed political circles that
squat daily here in the State's
Capital. They are the ones who
well fear that the political Santa
Claus will overlook them.
All of which brings to mind the
reports lately that U. S. Senator
Edward Martin, the Keystone
State’s junior Senator, is rolling
his eyes in the direction of the
Governor's pew a few years hence
when Jim Duff steps down from
the mighty throne.
Martin’s lieutenants, captains and
Pfc’s all pooh-pooh such talk as
much ‘“tish-tosh” but Grampaw
Pettibone warns taftly that most
of those who today hold public
office can usually be recalled as
some of the greatest tish-toshers
there ever were.
Jim Duff cannot succeed him-
self to the Governorship—thanks
to a few words sneaked into the
law when the Democrats weren't
looking some many years ago.
But reports are firm that Gover-
nor Duff is in no mood to see Ed
Martin do another stint atop Cap-
itol Hill. In fact'as far as Duff is
concerned, he'd just as soon Martin
didn’t do any ‘stinting” at all. In
fact Duff and Martin just don’t
see eye to eye.
The two gents decided to pack
their guns, so to speak, just before
the past Spring Primary, and the
guns were hitched a little tighter
before, during and after the GOP
nominating convention in Phila-
delphia during the summer when
the two backed different presi-
dential candidates.
Ed Martin never has been really
happy in the mad whirl of Wash-
ington politics where a speech on
the floor of the Senate can be
stopped just as the speaker’s mouth
‘opens for the first word.
Back here in Harrisburg the story
. is somewhat different. When Martin
was Governor he could utter a few
words and every department atop
Capitol Hill suffered tremors.
Down in Washington a loud roar
is drowned in the confusion before
it even emerges as sound.
Thus Ed Martin has come to the
conclusion that it is far better to
be a big fish in a little pond than
a little fish in a big pond.
Consequently it is not hard to
understand his yearning for a re-
turn engagement on the roost atop
Capital Hill here in the fair State
of Pennsylvania where he can rule
the destinies of many.
However to come back as Gov-
ernor he will have a tough row to
hoe, as matters stand at the pre-
sent time. The organization Duff
now controls could well mean de-
feat for an outsider, and Santa
Claus or no Santa Claus, right now
Duff is it.
Mother of Mrs. Schwartz
Dies In Collingswood
Mrs. David Estes of Huntsville
road received word last week that
Mrs. Charles H. Miller of Collings-
wood, N. J., mother of Mrs. George
Schwartz, former Dallas resident,
had died s enly, December 18 of
a heart” attack.
She had sold her home and ex-
pected to leave the day of her
death for Battle Creek, Michigan to
live with the Schwartzes.
Mrs. Miller had been a visitor
in Dallas a good many times and
, had a host of friends Back of the
Mountain.
Dr. Schwartz is associated with
the Sanitarium at Battle Creek.
NM =
THE LOW DOWN FROM
HICKORY GROVE
Well folks—time for 1949
resolutions. Even if last
year’s resolutions went where
the woodbine twineth— and
you smoked even more ver-
sus less—didn’t get a nickel
more tucked away in the
bank—didn’'t get to bed any
earlier—and all the other fine
ideas misfired is no reason for
no resolves for 1949.
As a sample of some newer
resolutions—or a hint— the
day is gonna happen when
there are 19 jobs and 20 men.
Say you are a plumber and
you been keeping an eye peel-
ed on the clock and an ear
bent toward the whistle, you
are a marked number 20 man.
And there are ducks like King
John—John L, for short— who
is making coal mining and
coal so expensive that more
and more people will keep
warm via oil and gas. There
will be a number 20 man in
the coal fields—in due time.
Who will be number 20 man ?
There, is a resolution on how
to avoid being same.
And for everybody—bronze,
black—white—18 to 80—keep .
your hand off the horn at the
red traffic light, and also be-
ware that double “no cross-
over” line on the highway.
In short—courtesy. Make 1949
more pleasant—and safer. Be a
lady. Be a gentleman.
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA
oa
Sweet Valley Ladies
Hold Christmas Party
SRNR a
he WE ds
Ladies’ Bible Class and Ladies
Aid of Sweet Valley Christian
Church enjoyed a joint Christmas
party during the holidays. Present
were: Mesdames Ira Button Arline
Dennis, Sally Hutchinson, Beatrice
Stook, Ruby Hutchinson, Arline
Adams, Alice Wallace, Lillian
Oliver, Elizabeth Smith, Rena
Adams, Della Hann, Maude Moore,
Gertrude Jaquish, Elmira Long,
Lucille Laning, Caroline Irving, Lil-
lian Rastin, Mae Cohick, Thelma
Twarek, Doris Ferry, Marion
Stroud, Sadie Dodson.
Mrs. Jennie Scattergood
Dies At Germantown
Friends and neighbors” will be
grieved to learn of the death Tues-
day night of Mrs. Jennie Welsh
Scattergood, mother of Alan Scat-
tergood of Crescent Park. Mrs.
Scattergood, though an invalid for
some years, died suddenly at her
home at Germantown of a heart
attack. Funeral services will be
held from a Germantown funeral
home on Saturday.
Alan, husband of the former Lois
Mosier, has a good many friends
Back of the Mountain.
Christmas Party
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Williams,
Overbrook Avenue, Huntsville, en-
tertained at a Christmas party at
their home recently. Present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Clark, Mr, and
Mrs. Donald J. Evans, Mr. and Mrs.
Oswald Griffiths, Nevile Shea, and
the host and hostess, Mr. and Mrs.
Williams.
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GOOD BOOKS DELIGHT YOUNG
CHILDREN
by Janet P. Smith
This is the Saturday morning
Story Hour at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library and I have just
started to read “Snippy and Snappy
Were two Little Field Mice.” No
need to say, “Hear ye, hear ye”
because the opening sentence of
this clever book SNIPPY and
SNAPPY, by Wanda Gag attracts
the attention of the children as a
magnet attracts a needle.
The ages of the listeners range
from four to eight or nine years.
Sometimes we find it necessary to
ask two tiny tots to sit on the
same chair, but this works out
since they often sit on the tippy
edge anyway and two seem to keep
a better balance than a lone sit-
ter.
I glance up to make sure that all
are comfortable and I see forty-
eight pairs of eyes staring at me—
so we are off for an hour of fun.
We take Snippy and Snappy
through one adventure after an-
other, chasing Mother Mouse's big
blue knitting ball all over creation.
The children love the surprises of
the field mice in finally recaptur-
ing the ball of yarn.
It has taken practice on my part
to develop the art of showing the
pictures in a book and reading
the story at the same time. The
skill comes in not missing anyone.
If a listener doesn’t get his “look”,
there is always an interruption;
either a booming voice saying, “I
didn’t see”, or a child jumping up
and flinging himself over my shoul-
der so as to get a close range view.
I don’t mind two or three little
arms flung around my neck but
when they get five and six deep I
have to shake them off and promise |
to be more accurate in showing the
pictures.
Our next story is THE BLOW
AWAY HAT, by Leone Adelson.
David and his Mummy and his
Daddy go for a walk on a par-
ticularly windy day. The wind
blows Mummy’s hat away, but
David is a hero who outwits the
wind in a long chase that ends
comically. We must take a little
time out and listen as several child-
ren tell of similar experiences,
Now we read the gay little story
FLUFF AND THE FIREMEN, by
Genevieve Cross. The children
chuckle over the kitten who runs
away. The excitement grows as
we read about racing fire engines
and the rescue of Fluff, who prom-
ises never to run away again.
The next story is so humorous
that the children sound a bit hil-
arious but it is only spontaneous
laughter rolling out of them. JAS-
PER AND THE WATERMELONS,
by George Pal is about a little col-
ored boy who was told to stay
away from the ripe, luscious water-
melons that grew just outside of
his house. Poor Jasper! There was
one melon that was just too much
for him. He forgot his Mammy
Lou’s warnings and “ate that melon
all up”. Then strange things happen
and Jasper has surprises beyond
anyone's expectation.
For variety we now read some
poems and verse. The ever popular
books NOW WE ARE SIX and
WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG,
by A. A. Milne are always on hand.
Also EVERYTHING AND ANY-
THING, by Dorothy Aldis, and sev-
eral anthologies of children’s verse.
Little voices chime in when we begin
some of the irresistible rhymes
such as:
“Christopher Robin goes
Hoppity, hoppity, ’
Hoppity, hoppity hop.”
or
“Jonathan Jo "
Has a mouth like an ‘O’
And a wheelbarow full of sur-
prises.”
or
“Hear that crickley, -crackley
static. -
Perhaps it’s fairies in our attic.”
“There was a little turtle,
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle,
He climbed on the rocks.”
We just have time to read
BOBBY BUNNYFLY, by Kay Rob-
erts. Bobby is a lovable little bunny
who wants to fly like a butterfly.
He decides to use his ears for
wings, so he ‘flips them’ and ‘flaps
them’ and ‘zoom’ he is off. It is
fun until a big storm begins to
‘| blow, then Bobby wants to go
home. On the last page we find it
is all a dream, but Bobby has
learned that ears are for hearing,
not for flying.
I look at the clock and see that
our hour is over. As the boys and
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MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
girls are leaving, (many with a
cheery ‘thank you’) one little fel-
low comes back with a book and
asks, “Please read this one next
time. It looks ‘awful’ good.” It is
THE SAGGY BAGGY ELEPHANT,
by K. B. Jackson. I agree that it
does look good and promise to read
it first next Saturday. These are
only a sampling of the many, many
delightful books for young children
on our well stocked library shelves.
I have found that the modern,
realistic “every day” type of story
| best satisfies the group of listeners
on Saturday morning, but there are
books to meet all age levels and
every reading or listening interest
from the toddlers to the teen-agers.
There are fascinating picture books
and wholesome story books; whim-
sical tales and verse; books about
animals, people, and things; as well
as make-believe and fairy tales.
Also informative volumes on all
sorts of subjects and biographies
of great people.
Children who take advantage of
the library are benefited beyond
measure. They find hours and
hours of sheer enjoyment and
pleasure in the world of books;
they have a greater fund of know-
ledge and understanding of peoples
and things; their reading skills and
habits are further developed; their
thinking is stimulated; their read-
ing and speaking vocabularies are
further increased; and their liter-
ary tastes are broad and wide, be-
yond mediocrity and trash.
Reading is so satisfying when
we have something good to read.
Let’s help our children and good
books get all mixed up together,
Brother and Sister
United After 29 Years
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Middle-
ton of Lehman recently entertain-
ed Mr. Middleton’s sister, Mrs.
Charles Hanify of Port Angeles,
Washington. It was the first tinie
in twenty-nine years that the
brother and Sister had seen each
other.
While here Mrs. Hanify and the
Middletons visited New York City.
Although she lives in what East-
erners consider one of the most
sightly regions in the United States,
she was impressed with the beauty
of the Back Mountain Area.
Mr. Middleton and his sister were
born in Missouri, twenty miles
from President Truman's home
town.
Mrs. Hanify now lives in Mt. Ol-
impic National Park where her
son-in-law is a district ranger in
the National Park Service.
BACKACHE
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7
YOUR HEALTH.
The stomach is a fine piece of
mechanism and functions well if
treated fairly.
This muscular sac or pouch is
lined with a complex membrane
which secretes a powerful digestive
fluid.
Waves of contractions run over
the stomach every twenty seconds
'| or so, breaking the food down in-
to a pulp and mixing it with gas-
tric juices. >
At intervals, a small amount of
the mixture is squirted into the
duodenum, the first portion of the
small intestine.
Here it is met by bile from the :
liver and gallbladder and by a
powerful digestant fluid from the
pancreas.
As the material is moved on-
ward through the many coils of
small intestine, it is broken down
into more and more simple sub-
stances.
All along this intricate digestive
tract is an involved system of
nerves which, like telephone wires,
connect one part of the intestine
with the other and all parts, with
the brain.
Nervous persons find that this
network of communication between
the brain and the digestive tract
sometimes interferes with the nor-
mal process of digestion.
Financial worry, fear, and other
abnormal mental states may easily
bring on an upset of the digestive
process.
Every day doctors see patients
who have nervous indigestion and
who do not need medicine.
What they need is a steady in-
come, a loyal spouse, and a peace-
ful homelife.
DO YOU KNOW?
A man of fifty may expect to
live to the age of 70, according to
tables of life expectancy, and for
each year that he has lived be-
yond 50, one-half year can be ad-
ded to 70; for instance, at 60 the
life expectancy would be 75, at 70
the expectancy is 80.
Jane LeGrand, Engaged
To Charles C. Cuccio
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis LeGrand Sr.
of Baldwin street have announced
the engagement of their daughter,
Henrietta Jane, to Charles C. Cuc-
cio, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony
Cuccio of Queens, N., Y. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Miss LeGrand is a graduate of
Dallas Borough High School, at-
tended College Misericordia and
University of Nebraska, was grad-
uated from Wilkes-Barre General
Hospitay School of Nurses and Col-
umbia University 4 She served for
two years as first lieutenant with
the Army Nurse Corps in the South
Pacific. She is now doing public
health work in Westchester County
with headquarters at Tarrytown,
N.Y.
Mr. Cuccio is a graduate of
Queen’s College and received his
Master’s Degree at Columbia. He
served for three years as first
lieutenant with the infantry in
Europe. He is now taking his in-
terne year in Clinical Psychology
in New York State.
Both Miss LeGrand and Mr. Cuc-
cio spent Christmas at the Le-
Grand home.
John E. Evans, 56,
Buried At Wyoming
Funerals services were held
Wednesday, December 29 for John
Elias Evans Sr. fifty-six, Back
Mountain plumber, from his home
at 183 E. Center Street, Shaver-
town. Mr. Evans died Friday night,
December 24 in the office of Dr.
C. G. Perkins following a heart at-
tack .suffered on the way to see
his son, T. Emerson Evans at
Trucksville.
Born in Edwardsville, he had
spent the past twenty-six years in
Shavertown where he took an ac-
tive part in George M. Dallas Lodge
and Shavertown Methodist Church.
Besides his wife he is survived
by the following children: T. Emer-
son, Trucksville; Mrs. Clara E.
Powell of Elmira, N. Y.; John E.
Jr., Iowa Falls, Iowa, and Robert
E. at home, also the following
brothers and sisters: Charles
Bankus and Mrs, Fred Nogle of
Kingston; Lewis Evans of Shaver-
town and Mrs, John Hislop of Dal-
las and four grandchildren.
Officiating at the services were
Rev. Howard Harrison with Mrs.
Benjamin Jenkins as soloist.
Pallbearers were Harry Beck,
Norman Ringstrom, Ike Brace, Ross
Williams, Granville Sowden and
Fred Eck.
Burial was in Wyoming Ceme-
tery, Wyoming, where George M.
Dallas Lodge 531 Masons ‘were in
charge of the services.
started out like this:
Dear Sir:
wonderful for
day ads.
his wife grows in the garden.
out.
it’s crusted with snow and ice.
powerful headache.
gardener laid down.
choice and likes it.
Barnyard Note
“You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white.
And yet you incessantly stand on your head. !
Do you think at your age, it is right ?”
Usually we publish every letter that is sent to us.
white space; but for obvious reasons we’ll be unable to publish all
of the following letter from Al Kistler of Harvey's [Lake which
What the heck has become of your “Barnyard column ?
can write a column about barnyards in the spring, summer and fall
when the robins come around and the sweet peas bloom, and the
corn starts to ripen, and the roses open, the carnations are too
proper expression, the pumpkins get mellow, the
chickadees chirp; but it takes a real man to write about a barn-
yard when it’s crusted with snow and ice ....”
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Lewis Carroll
They fill gaping
Any one
If we published all of Al's letter there would be no room for the
rest of the Barnyard which he obviously is anxious to read even
during the busy harvest when the Post sprouts a fine crop of holi-
An editor has to eat; and he can eat bettér from a fat
newspaper than he can from the green beans and asparagus tips
It’s great to have your public that wants to read the Barnyard.
We were unaware that it had so many readers until it was crowded
Al implies that it takes a real man to write a barnyard when -
Well, he’s talking to a guy who
kept up the old barnyard tradition by drinking a quart of milk on
New Year’s Eve, and who woke up the following morning with a
The idea wasn’t exactly ours, but it was a condition the other
No milk, no New Year’s party. You takes your
We took our choice; but we didn’t like it.
Grandmother has always claimed
that the older apple varieties made
the best pies. “These fancy apples
are all right to eat,” she would
say, “but Grandfather wanted his
pies made of Northern Spies, Bald-
wins, Blue Pearmains, Kings or
Snow Apples.” The list of pies in
this nation is one tangible reason
why this is a good country in
which to live. With the exception
of wish-washy, flabby, unpredict-
able custard all pies are excellent.
They have a soothing influence at
all three meals; a quarter of a
flavorful juicy pie and a glass of
cold creamy milk constitute top-
flight fodder. They have a bene-
ficial influence at all three meals;
a quarter of a flavorful juicy” pie
and a glass of cold creamy milk
constitute an excellent mental con-
ditioner before one seeks uncon-
sciousness for a few hours.
Occasionally one comes upon an
item that shows fundamental, en-
couraging good sense in the human
race. Such is the case with apples.
It is the most popular fruit of the
planet; there are over 2,500 named
varieties. Early pioneers carried
apple whips and seeds with them
as they climbed mountain passes,
floated down rivers on flatboats
and crossed grassy plains in lurch-
The Confidence Class of Idetown
Methodist Church held its Christ-
mas party at the church house
last Tuesday evening.
Margaret Laity and Kathryn Kes-
ter led devotions. Mrs. Kenneth
Bonning, president had charge of
the business meeting. New officers
elected for the coming year are:
president, Mrs. Glenn Spencer; vice
president, Mrs. Bruce Williams,
secretary, Mrs. John Garinger;
treasurer, Mrs. Leslie Agnew. Mrs.
George Honeywell and Mrs. Clar-
ence Rinken were taken in as new
members, after which games were
played.
Country Flavor
APPLE PIE
ing schooners and solid conestogas.
Many a hard-headed farmer was a
soft mark for a glib nursery sales-
man, but as the cherries, plums,
quinces and apples came into bear-
ing, there was deep satisfaction in
home produced fruit. ie
Most housewives make several
mistakes in concocting apple pies.
A first-class affair has maple sugar
and butter spread on the lower
crust so it will be candy-like and
crunchy instead of a weary slab
of sodden dough. No apple pie is
worth considering unless it is an
inch and a quarter deep. Have
a generous hand with cinnamon
and toss a dozen bits of butter or
margarine over the rounded dome
Next, spZce half
a dozen bits of sharp cheese the
of sliced apples.
size of a chickadee’s egg. Put one
tablespoon of tangy molasses in the
center and then scatter a whiffle
of brown sugar over the entire sur-
face. Tuck on a short, rich crust;
sprinkle it with water; and punc-
ture a few holes so the amber,
rich juice can ooze up and paint
a picture.
a day’s labors with a quarter of a
pie of this caliber, he takes an
optimistic viewpoint regarding the
peculiar actions of his peers.
Idetown Sunday School Class
Holds Annual Christmas Party
ilowing: Mrs. Al Rinken, Mrs. Clar-
ence Rinken, Mrs. John Garinger,
Mrs. David Ide, Mrs, Howard Boice,
Mrs. Roswell Frederici, Mrs. Claire
Bo
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ay
MceKnna, Mrs. Claude Agnew, Mrs.
Ralph Welsh, Mrs. Kenneth Bon-
ning, Mrs. Leslie Agnew, Mrs.
Thomas Lyons, Mrs. Willard Cris-
pell, Mrs. Bruce Williams, Mrs.
Harold Donnelly, Mrs, Dean Shaver,
Edward Heck, Mrs. Hayden
Mrs.
Williams, Mrs. Lloyd Jennings, Mrs.
Gilbert Husted, Mrs. Harvey Bot-
toms, Mrs. Harold Cragle, Mrs.
Glenn Spencer, Mrs.
sel, Mrs. George Honeywell, Mrs.
Margaret Laity, Mrs. Kathryn Kes-
A lunch was served to the fol- | ter, and Bess Cooke.
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