¢ DE Pennsylvania’ s Tax Load Diiis though it may seem, taxpayers of Pennsylvania will be called upon to pay a total hidden taxes as their share of federal budget proposed by President Truman for the coming fiscal ‘year beginning July 1. This estimate of how the Fe - Chamber of Commerce after an © ing proposals. of $3,251,440,000 in direct and Tue Dawras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION the cost. of the $41,858,000,000 deral Govérnment’s proposed re- cord high peacetime budget affects Pennsylvania taxpayers—both individuals and business concerns—has been evolved by the State analysis of the President’s spend- The State Chamber's study showed that the share of the one- year 1950 federal budget cost to. be borne by Pennsylvania is more than 3 and one half times the two-year cost of our State Govern- ment, as measured by total state appropriations and allocations ‘during the current 1947-49 biennium, Expressed in other ways, Pennsylvania's $3. 2 billion share of the 1950 federal budget: (1)—Is over 13 times greater than all taxes paid in 1948 into Pennsylvania’s general fund,” from which school subsidies, pub- liciassistance, health, welfare, and the like, aré financed. ..{(2)—Is over nine times greater than the total amount of real and. personal property taxes, occupation and per capita taxes lev- ied in 1946 by all local units of government in Pennsylvania. (3)—Would pay all costs (state and local) of operating the public schools of Pennsylvania, ture. for .nearly 15 years. (4)—Is equal to approximat salaries received by Pennsylvani at he present: rate of expendi- ely: one-third of the wages and ians in 1947, or more than one fifth of the income received from all sources by Pennsylvanians that year. {(5)—Will mean an average cost of odors) government for ig man, woman and child in Pennsylvania of $309, and for a family of four the cost: would ameunt to $1236. Commenting on the figures sh owing Pennsylvania’s share of the proposed Federal Budget, Leonard P. Fox, General ‘Secretary of the State Chamber said: “This is a very stiff tax bill for Yonmeshiatans to pay for fed- eral services, especially. when we consider that many of the vital functions of government, such as police, health and fire protec- tion, public schools, and highways. are primarily responsibilities of local and state government. The money handled by Wash- ington comes from the people in the states, minus, of course, the administrative costs which are eral agencies.’ The State Chamber head decl is <‘not the whole story,” drained off for operation of fed- ared that the $41.9 billion budget saying that: “In addition, there will be deficiency and supplemental approp- riations added from time to time, contract authorizations will be made for projects that will run into more billions before comple- tion; and still more billions will be added. ultimately if new spend- ing proposals are adopted.” x * FROM. x x Two or tl ree weeks ago there was a pathetic little item in Barnyard Notes about a family of mice which had developed a cozy little home in the corner of the chicken-house, and we've been wondering at odd times how they are getting along and how they compare with our own brood down in the basement. Field mice definitely belong outdoors in the field, but it is next to im- | possible to convince a gravid mouse that an outside burrow affords the same comfort for the accouche- ment that a warm corner of the cellar does, or equal facilities for subsequent rearing of the young. There have been signs and por- tents about the house, mostly in the mud-room, that we have a small visitor, but with the over- supply of black walnuts stored out there in baskets it seems futile to | set a trap with anything less tooth- some than the banquet already spread and waiting. To make things easier for all concerned, the mouse included, and to act as a bribe designed to keep her away from the kitchen, we've been cracking a brace of walnuts each evening and leaving them in a handy spot at the head of the cel- lar steps. This, we felt, would fill her up so completely that she would . retire to the cellar in a state of happy lethargy induced by ‘a full stomach, but we had not taken into account her need of rec- reation. : Last Sunday we took down the - Christmas tree, still fresh and green dr une r in its crock of water, but clearly out-dated a month after Christ- mas. The small plastic wheeled . toys, the tiny strollers and rock- ing horses and wagons and see- saws, each containing its quota of small pink rubber dolls, which had represented the eleven grandchild- ren under the tree, were placed on the stairway in a corner well out of the stream of traffic, ready to be taken to the second floor by the first civic-minded traveller, where they have been studiously ignored with single purposefulness amount- ing to genius. It was Monday morning when the mouse entered the scene, flat- tening herself to get through the » crack under the mudroom door. I started up the stairs, and there, on the first step, was the mouse, gently rocking the pink plastic see- saw with its tiny dolls at either end. Now, Howard and Myra, stand le back for a real mouse-lover. Have you ever picked up a mouse by the tail, watched it buckle in the middle and start climbing your wrist? That, friends, takes a steady hand, plus unlimited confidence in the mouse. A mouse, desperate from fright, can drill a hole right through your finger. This mouse was not bloodthristy, but neither was she happy. Having gotten her by the tail, firmly but unexpectedly, the problem of dis- posal arose, good housekeeping in- stinct warring with sympathy for all small and frightened creatures. Furnace? Not on your life. A quick bash on the head? Equally un- thinkable. Return her to circula- tion by dropping her at the head of the cellar stairs? Good house- keeping might ignore a mouse for a while, but the mouse once in hand, good housekeeping required some sort of action. So I opened the front door and tossed the mouse in a gentle arc out onto the the grass. She lay there for a moment, recovering her breath and her feet, then rounded the corner of the house on two wheels and disappeared, doubtless into her own private entrance to the cellar. On Monday evening the custom- ary bribe of cracked nuts was placed conveniently at hand on the landing of the cellar steps. On Tues- day morning the bribe had disap- peared. William Leacacos Is Winner of Debate Prize William Leacacos, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Leacacos of Mt. Greenwood Road, Trucksville, won the twenty-five dollar prize given annually to the best individual de- | bater in the Amphictyon-Indepen- dent Societies’ debate January 14, His Society, the Amphictyons, however, lost the debate. They were defending the affirmative on the subject, “Resolved, That the Pres- ident should be elected for a single term of six years.” Bill is a member of the Senior Class at Seminary. Bpply for Law Exam Harry B. Schooley, Jr., Orange, a registered student at University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Rob- ert Fleming, Dallas, graduate of Harvard Law School, now in the office of Atty. James P, Harris, Wilkes-Barre, have made applica- tion to be examined at Philadel- phia in March for admission to the Bar, Vol. 59, No. 4 FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1949 Back Mountain Volunteer Firemen Enjoy Dinner 6 CENTS PER CG" 3 Representatives of eight Back Mountain Fire Companies and their friends oi down to dinner Tuesday night at Irem Temple Country Club to discuss common problems. i Anderson Jerome, Hillside Farms’ nationally famous herd sire, took the grand championship at Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harris- burg. Docile and good-natured, Anderson Jerome was a good trouper and the least of manager Heminway’s troubles during the showing. Here Mr. Heminway shows Red Beauty O’Springbrook. She won first prize as senior yearling heifer among the milking shorthorns at the show. Hillside Farms Milking Shorthorns Win Fourteen Ribbons at Farm Show Hillside Farms Inc., showed eight milking shorthorns at the Penn- sylvania Farm Show in Harris- burg and brought home fourteen ribbons, including the banner for the Grand Champion Bull. This was the first year that milk- ing shorthorns were shown at Har- risburg and Hillside won out in competition against six other herds. The breed was represented by some fifty animals from all parts of the state. There was a great deal of inter- est in the breed from farmers in- terested in milk and the fleshing tendencies of shorthorns. Hillside Farms have a select small herd, started twenty-five years ago as the Old Orchard Farm herd. Anderson Jerome the herd sire is not new to the show cir- cuits. He won first in class in nine shows in New England in 1947. He originated at the Anderson Farms, Shelbourne Falls, Mass., where milking shorthorns have been bred for 100 years. Assisting. with the showing on show day were Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Conyngham, Guthrie Conyngham, and Charles Heminway, farm man- ager, and Warren Sutton. When the nationally famous pho- tographers of farm animals, .Stroh- meyer & Carpenter of White Plains took pictures of the winners, Mr. Strohmeyer asked, “Are you related to the Conyngham’s who exhibit the beautiful Clydesdales?”” The boys admitted that the Clydesdales came from Hayfield Farm at Lehman. Then turning to Mr. Heminway, Mr. Carpenter said, “And I know you. Your father, Rev. F. H. Heminway was pastor of the Congregational Church. at Shelbourne!” Milking shorthorns are an Eng- lish all-purpose breed. Last year at Hillside they averaged 8000 pounds of milk, 320 fat on a 4 per cent test. At Speakers’ Table Among those at the speakers’ table were, left to right, Francis McCarthy, chief, Trucksville; Shel- don Wintermute, city editor Sun- day Independent; Henry Peterson, trustee, Harry Ohlman, president; Thomas Kingston, assistant chief, and James Besecker, chief, Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company. Eight Companies At Get Together Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany played host to 98 volunteer firemen representing eight Back Mountain Fire Companies Tuesday evening “at a Bet-together dinner at. Irem Temple Country Club. Called in a spirit of good will to discuss common ‘problems and to promote closer personal contacts among men who protect the lives and property of 16,000 persons liv- ing in the 171 square mile Back Mountain Area, the dinner. was a. genuine success. Fire companies represented were; Dr. Henry M. Laing, Shavertown, Trucksville, Harvey's Lake, Lehman, Sweet Valley, Lake Silkworth and Jackson. Harry L. Ohlman, president of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company, was toastmaster, and introduced Thomas Kingston, chairman of the dinner committee, who in turn in- troduced members of his committee: Alvin Shaffér, © Delmar “Besecker, Howard Johns and Dean Ide. He also thanked James Besecker, chief, who has been identified with the Laing Company. since 1923, for his assistance in arranging the dinner. Jim spoke of the co-operative spirit that has existed among all of the companies and introduced the visiting chiefs seated at the speaker’s table; Francis McCarthy, Trucksville; Fred Swanson, Daniel C. Roberts Company; Howard Wool- bert, Shavertown; Lansford Sut- ton, Lehman, Sherman Kunkle, Sweet Valley and Dennis Bonning, Jackson. R. R. VanHorn, now of Dallas; but formerly of Plymouth No. 1 company, was also introduced as the oldest fireman present. Stephen Finney addressed the gath- ering for the Trucksville Company. Henry Peterson, trustee of the Laing Company, introduced Sheldon Wintermute, city editor of the Sun- day Independent and assistant chief of Kingston Company as “a man who was practically born with a fire extinguisher in: his hand.” Mr. Wintermute spoke as a vol- unteer fireman and as an instruc- tor in fire fighting in the army during the war. “The rural fireman can teach the paid, city profesional fireman many tricks,” he said, ‘“besause the rural fireman has an enthu- siasm for his job that is unmatch- ed.” “I was amazed when I returned from military service to find that two Back Mountain companies, Sweet Valley and Jackson, had high pressure equipment developing 600 to 800 pounds pressure to the square inch. I had been told in the army that such pressures were top secrets and that we should be careful to prevent their falling into enemy -hands.” Mr. Wintermute presented some interesting figures relating to the local companies. “You,” he said, “protect four percent of all tax- (Continued on Page Eight) Gregory Closes Out Stock And Will Rent Store Bowman's Restaurant To Have Dining Room In Former Storeroom Charles Gregory, who has been in the clothing business for the past 25 years, sold the entire stock of the store this week to a Scran- ton jobber. The store fixtures were purchased by Joe Hand, who is planning construction of an addi- tion to his present store. Mr. Gregory said he would devote all his time to the barber shop he has maintained in the rear of the store. Charlie has occupied half of the first floor of the building since he erected the structure in 1928, but now that the clothing business is gone, he will move the barber shop to the front of the store, and will let Bowman’s Restaurant occupy the remaining space. Mr. Bowman said that present plans call fora doorway to be constructed between the restaurant and the former store, and that the additional space will be used as a semi-private dining room. It will also be available for private parties and dinners. Mr. Gregory will have with him in the barber shop, Sarga Toni, of Parsons, who has been associated with him since the latter’s dis- charge from the service, E. H. MacPherson, known to everyone as “Mac”, who has been with Mr. Gregory for the past 16 years, Bowman. Though the clothing business is gone, Mr. Gregory said he would continue to specialize in custom- built suits and shoes of extra nar- row and extra wide widths. L. B. Hilbert Buys Iva's Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Hil- bert, formerly of Allentown and Alderson, have purchased Iva’s Res- taurant on Route 309, Shavertown. Mr. Hilbert said some remodell- ing would be done, and that new equipment is being installed. He hopes that the restaurant, popular with both local and distant truck- ing firms, would soon be serving the general public. Mr. Hilbert, who for five years was fire inspector for Farm Bur- eau Insurance with a territory of ‘36 counties in the state, having reached the retirement age was not ready to retire completely, so he has started here in business. will be employed by Mr. BOX SCORE Back Mountain Highway Deaths and 8erlous accidents since V+) Day . Hospitalized Killed 2 1 20 2 3 2 1 31 St. Paul's Will Install Pastor Sunday Morning St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Shavertown, will be the scene of an impressive ceremony this Sunday morning at 11:00 when Dr. Emil E. Fischer, president of the Luther- an Ministerium of Pennsylvania will officially install the Rev. Freder- ick W. Moock, Jr., as pastor of that congregation. It is an unusual hon- or to have the official head of the United Lutheran Church in Penn- sylvania as the installation clergy- New Pastor Rev. Frederick W. Moock, Jr. man. Pastor Moock, the recently-elect- ed pastor of St. Paul's Church, comes to the Back Mountain com- munity with many qualifications, and much valuable experience. Born in Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, he received his education in the pub- lic schools of that city. He also attended business schools at the | University of Pennsylvania and at Temple University, and completed courses dealing with his employ- Presiding Clergyman Dr. Emil E. Fischer 3 ment with one of the leading life insurance companies of Philadel- phia, where he was employed by the same company for 16 years. During his years in the business world, Pastor Moock was president of Luther League, teacher in the Sunday School, superintendent of the Sunday School, and member of the church council of the Luth- eran Church of the Ascension. : In 1942 Pastor Moock transferred his membership from the Lutheran Church of the Ascension to a newly {formed mission congregation, { known today as the Church of the Reformation, and he devoted much time and effort in helping to estab- lish this mission congregation. At this church he served as vice-pres- ident of the church council, coun- cil member, and Sunday School Superintendent. In 1938 he married Annette L. Basquin, of Richmond Hill, N. Y. They have a daughter, Pauline Christina, aged 7. Impelled by a conviction to serve the church in a more active capa- city Pastor Moock entered the Phil- adelphia Lutheran Seminary at Mt. Airy in the early part of 1946 and was graduated and ordained as pas- tor of the Ministerium of Pennsyl- vania on Thursday of this week. It is of interest to note that Pas- to Moock was baptized, confirmed, graduated, and ordained in the Lutheran Church of the Ascension in Philadelphia. This church is lo- cated on the Mt. Airy Seminary campus and the graduation and ordination ceremonies were held , there. i
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