<4 4 ——— sm SE THE POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1949 There is something about Feb- ruary that sets it apart. When a man tears the first sheet from the colorful Feed Store calendar it is still the heart of winter. Snow is deep on the land; Earth is in its deep sleep; pasture brooks and meadow creeks run slowly beneath the ice. Twice in the annual cycle of seasons a hushed expectancy broods: over the country-side. In February and again in August, be- fore the major climatic changes, Nature calls a pause. When the second month arrives, man’s heart lifts to the promise of Him who ordains the never-failing miracle when warmth shall return to the land. The sun takes a noticeably high- er are now as it climbs toward the pole of the horizon. Dusk still drops in the valleys like a gigantic blan- ket suddenly dividing day from night; but twilight lingers a few minutes on the hillsides; mountain peaks flame for poignant inter- ludes in the sunset after-glow. There comes a morning this month whem a man pauses on his way to the barn with the milkpail on his arm. He stops and sniffs the clear, crisp air. Yes, the wind is swing- ing inte the south and a thaw is on the way to loosen winter-taut cold chains. By noon, water is dripping stead- Country Flavor THE PROMISE ily from the eaves and little riv- ulets poke down the curving sled tracks that wind from the woodlot. As February works along the signs are increasingly definite. Days grow longer. Brief, intermit- tent cold snaps may suddenly lock the land in an icy grip. But the spells are shorter now; King Win- ter has had his heyday. Go out on the snow-covered land and you can read the message. Listen to the brooks after a thaw; that crescend- ing music is the introductory move- ment to Spring's swelling sym- phony. Listen to the chickadees chant in the orchard and the blue jays bugling from the sugar grove. Toward month's end in an aver- age season you will see the point- ed green nose of a skunk cabbage lifting above the shrunken snow at swamp’s edge. The buds on the red maples show first signs of crack- ing and lilac buds by the ell door have begun to break their imbri- cated stitching. Stand in a grove of evergreens and you can hear the murmuring excitement of their whispering. Nature's scouting pat- rols are out on the land. This is the time of promise. Day by day Win- -ter’s strength wanes and its forces are pushed back to the northern tundras. Man knows that Spring is on the way. Dr. J. Franklin Robinson ‘To Talk At Trucksville Trucksville ‘Elementary School Parent Teacher Association will meet Monday evening at the Truck- sville Fire Hall and hear Dr. J. Franklin Robinson talk on Child Psychology. Plans have been completed for the Farmer Dance to be held in Kings- ton Township High School March 11. Members of the community are To Sponsor Reading Friendship Class of Trucksville Methodist Church will present Mrs. Howard Murphey Sunday night, March 6 at 8 p.m, who will read “The Big Fisherman” by Lloyd Douglas. All are invited. There will be a silver offering. Missionary To Speak Rev. Robert Smith, missionary from Africa, will be guest speaker at the Christian Church, Sweet Val- | ley Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. CORTE RRR REET C2 QUALITY PLUS SERVICE EQUALS Old Toll Gate Ja JIM HUSTON, Prop. E =Luzerne-Dallas Highway—Phone Dallas 520-R-2 = Feed Service re 610 Union Street, Luzerne Anthony Jackowski, Owner TRUCKS 3 11 USES Soles -Ports-Service Mii. HoLLOW REO Dial Kingston 7-6653 - Doc Burger, Sales Mgr. ~ — RY SAFETY VALVE... (Continued from Page Two) ~ a pompous talk and suave assur- ances talk of establishing a federal district here, it is not for erosion control, but for more political jobs. Governmental waste of your own substance must stop sometime but the political vampires are joyously unable to see any immediate end. When it does come it will be_a sad day for several million leeches who will have to go to work for a living, but it will not come unless you do something about it. If government spending and waste is | not stopped, the economic system | our forefathers have so carefully founded will be smashed. This Wednesday evening a meet- ing at Hotel Redington will bring this issue of erosion control to the public. If you wish to repudiate the vicious policy of governmental waste, be there. If you wish to let County Agent Jim Hutchison know you think he is one of the finest, most efficient and loyal pub- lic servants you can hope to have, | ! TIE i FIRST 11'S EASY TO GET TO. If It's REAL ESTATE You want To BUY Or SELL Or RENT See SCOTTY Dallas 244-R-3 or D. T. SCOTT & SONS Established 1908 Dallas Representative DURELLE T. SCOTT, JR. Real Estate and Fire Insurance TELEPHONE Dallas 244-R-13 or W-B 3-2515 Residence 54 HUNTSVILLE ROAD Dallas, Pa. be there. The time is 8 P. M. If you do not care; if you are indiffer- ent as your nation is being rapidly catapulted into totalitarianism; if you can remain unstirred as your take-home pay is shaved for gov- ernmental gluttony until you may eventually be working for the government Monday, Tuesday, Wed- nesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, sit at home that night. Dale Warmouth Texas leads all states in many items. It has a much larger produc- tion of petroleum than any other state in the Union, its lands are productive of many kinds of farm crops, and in all parts of it are manufacturing institutions of wvari- ous kinds. “The Bookworm (Continued from Page Two) I~] exactly the right books to whet the reading appetite of any ‘green thumber”. Try Miller's “Bulbs for Beauty” or to find the answer to any flower gardener’s problems, “Woman’s Home Companion Gar- {| den Book” edited by Nister, a com- pilation from the pens of the best brains in the business. For pure recreational reading in the gardeners’ vein any of David | Fairchild’s works, and truly you've | missed much if you don’t know “Pleasant Valley” and ‘‘Malahar Farm” by Louis Bromfield. | Repairing Church Roof Repairs to the roof of Huntsville Christian Church began this week as members of the congregation re- | moved pews and auditorium furni- | ture. While work is being done church services will be held in the Sunday school rooms. 7 — { a a Don't sell your antiques before calling LEIDINGER’'S. Rifles, Revolvers, Guns, Furniture, Glass, Silver and Coins. En- tire Estates Bought. LEIDINGER’S 117 S. Washington St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—Phone 3-9459 PAGE SEVEN WEST SIDE BUILDING MATERIAL CO. G. 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