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Centermoreland
Mr, and Mrs. Jason Harding and
son Darrell visited their twin sons,
Keith and Kenneth and families of
Washington, D. C., over last week-
end.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Schoonover
are happy over the arrival of a
daughter, Beverly Mae on Thurs-
day, June 16th. Mrs. Schoonover:®
was the former Nona Winters.
Miss Emily Motichka, student
Nurse of Sayre Hospital visited her
parents over the weekend.
Rev. Carl Brandon is holding
vacation Bible School in Baptist
Church this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Shook and
children are wisiting their parents.
Mrs. Gladys Geist and daughter
Florence, are visiting relatives and
friends.
Mrs. Clark Jackson and daugh-
ters, Florence and Ida Schoonover
attended the wedding of Miss
Marian Jackson to Joseph Reeves
of Washington, D. C., on Satur-
day, June 11th in Washington,
D. C. Miss Florence Jackson was
maid of honor for her sister.
Mrs, Clifford Dickinson daughter
Marian spent last week in Atlantic
City, N. J., New York City and
other places of interest. Miss
Marian Dickinson was brides maid
for Miss Evelyn Smith of Hoboken,
N. J., formerly of this place.
A daughter was born June 7th
to Mr. and Mrs. Stacy H. Schoon-
over of Demunds.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Schoonover
announce the birth of a daughter,
Thursday, June 16th at Nesbitt
1 Hospital.
The cast of W.S.C.S. held a
party at Holmes Cabin, Sugar
Hollow on Saturday evening. Every-
body had a lovely time.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Schoon-
over and sons were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs, Stacy
Schoonover at Demunds.
Mrs. Herbert Smail entertained
Sunday for her husband, it being’
Father’s Day and also his birthday.
Many more such days Herbert!
ALDERSON
Miss Betty Loomis is a patient
at the Mercy Hospital.
Mrs. Gertrude Dunsavage and
Miss Lois Avery, of Wilkes-Barre,
and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kapson
of Shavertown, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Avery on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, Peter Kuchta, and
daughter Judy, of Hazleton spent
the weekend with Mr. and Mrs.
H. R. Garinger. :
Production of the farm, orchard
and dairy in the state of Mississippi
is large and valuable.
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THE POST, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1949
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The book that Sam Humphrey
loaned us is a history of 540 pages
of évery hamlet, township, borough
and city of Luzerne, Lackawanna
and Wyoming Counties. So many
of its pages are filled with writings
about the cities that very little
space was donated to Lake Town-
ship. Edited and composed by W.
W. Munsell and Company in 1880
from articles and tales from many
different persons, there is no way
of telling who wrote the two-page
story of our township. Whether
it is authentic or not, we have no
idea, but we will soon find out
from some of the old timers who
have listened to tales from their
grand, or great-grand parents, so
here goes:
Lake Township was formed from
Lehman and Monroe in 1841 and
Harvey's Lake covers 1,285 acres.
At one time nearly all of the land
of the township was owned by a
firm named Hollenback and Ur-
quhart. This company built a saw-
mill on the outlet in 1839, a year
later it established a grist mill and
soon a planing mill. Prior to the
erection of these buildings they en-
gaged Mathew Scouten to look after
their property so he settled in the
townschip in 1792. According to
this history book he is the first
white man to live here. He cleared
a small tract where Jacob Sorber
later settled and planted a few
apple trees.
Daniel Lee built a home at the
head of Pike's Creek in 1806 and
the marsh was named Lee Pond.
The farmers of Plymouth used to
drive their cattle to graze here dur-
ing the summer months and Lee
was hired by them to watch and
care for the stock.
Otis Allen arrived from Jack-
son Township in 1836 and began
clearing in the vicinity of Lee's
Pond. He brought his family here
two years later. During this year
Josiah, Nathan and Stephen Kocher,
brothers, moved into the township
from Hunlock. The same year saw
John Jackson, Andrew Freeman,
Thomas Lewis and Ephraim King
arriving. In 1839 Jonah Roberts,
Elon Davenport, Daniel Casebear,
David Moss and John Fosnot came,
and in 1840 Moses C. Perrigo, Jacob
Sorber,Jonah Bronson and Jona-
than Williams decided to try their
luck in these hills. Previous to
1845 Clark Wolfe, Jesse Kitchen,
George P. Shupp, James Hawley
and Edward Ide became residents.
What these early settlers did
for a living is not stated in Humph-
rey’s book, but some of them built
mills.
Joseph Frantz, who is not men-
tioned in any previous paragraph,
built the Wildrick mill in 1843,
which burned in 1879. Nathan
Kocher built a small mill a mile
below the site of Beaver Run tan-
nery in 1845. The mill owned by S.
Raub in 1880 was built by Ben-
jamin in 47. Later lath and shingle
businesses were added. Jonathan
Williams built on Harvey's Creek
for Kocher and Urquhart in 1849.
A mill was built by Otis Allen
prior to the Civil War on Pike's
Creek. George Snyder and Ira B.
Sorber built mills in 1866. F. A.
and E. Williams erected a steam
portable mill in 1879.
The first road was chopped out
by the proprietors about 1795 to
induce settlement, and ran from
Wilkes-Barre to Bradford County.
It does not state who ‘the pro-
prietors” were but we may assume
they were Hollenback and Urqu-
hart.
THIS PROPERTY HAS—
Six acres of ground and
two houses, near center
of Dallas.
Over 950 feet along street.
One house has been used
as duplex,
six rooms and bath on the
first floor and five rooms
and bath on the second.
All sorts of improve-
ments including stone fire-
place, vapor heat and
stoker.
Other house has
rooms and bath.
If you can use this sort
of place, it is a good
buy at
$32,500
SCOTTY
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WILLIAM HART
Dallas W.S.C.S. Holds
Luncheon At Church
The Methodist WSCS held its
June meeting recently with a
covered dish luncheon, on the
Church lawn.
Mrs. William Baker presided at |
a short business meeting, during
which the budget for the ensuing
year was approved.
Mrs. Edgar Brace led devotions.
Mrs, Belle Lauderbaugh was named
Fellowship Chairman, and Miss Es-
tella Goldsmith, co-chairman of the
Society. Mrs. Homer Moyer was
named chairman of teas to be given
in various homes during the sum-
mer month, to raise money toward
the purchase of new dishes and
kitchen equipment.
Mrs. Joseph Coughlin of Wilkes-
Barre, gave a very interesting talk
on a year's visit in Chili, Porto
Rico, and Guatemala mission sta-
tions.
The next regular meeting will be
held in September.
Present, Mrs. William Baker,
Mrs. J. R. Benner, Mrs, Edgar Brace,
Mrs. Thomas Cease, Mrs. Joseph
Coughlin, Mrs. William Deibert,
Mrs. Gerald Dettmore, Mrs. A. R.
Dungey, Mrs, David Evans, Mrs. O.
L. Harvey, Mrs. Raymond Kuhnert,
Mrs. Belle Lauderbaugh, Mrs. L.
W. LeGrand, Mrs, Sterling Machell,
Mrs. Homer Moyer, Mrs. Frederick
Reinfurt, Mrs. Stanley Rinehimer, !
Mrs. Ray Shiber, Mrs. Sterling
Williams.
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Bruce Winter
Mr. and Mrs. Allen T. Winter,
Bath, Pa. announce the birth of
a son, Bruce on June 1. Mr. Win-
ter is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Winter, Shavertown, who are quite
delighted at the arrival of their
first grandchild.
All the early settlers, according
to this history, lived in log cabins
except Otis Allen and Jacob Sor-
ber, who built block houses. The
first frame dwelling was erected
by Josiah Kocher in 1843. The
Kocher brothers were carpenters,
as were the sons of Otis Allen.
The Allens were also millwrights,
Stephen Kocher was the first black-
smith in Lake Township.
Well, girls and boys that is all
the “history” of the township we
are able to print thus far, but
more is coming about the first
stores, cemeteries, schools, mail
facilities and churches—that is—
if we are not run cut of town by
irate citizens who believe that their
great, great granddaddie was the
one that founded Lake Township
and not the ones mentioned here,
and as far as we know, they may
be right.
A G K.,
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By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks
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If you wish to become acquainted
with a very nice group of people,
just pass the word around that
you have African Violets. It seems
that African Violet growers will
travel for miles to see what the
other fellow has and to ask him
how he does it. There is no doubt
that Saint Paulias is one of our
most popular house plants.
There are people who have be-
come quite discouraged because
they could not get the plants to
live, or coax leaves to root. Others
say their plants have fine healthy
leaves but add disgustedly, “All
the flowers they ever had are the
ones the florist put on.” Others
ask the successful grower, “Do you
have any secret as to what you do
to make them bloom”?
The African Violet is, of course,
not a wiolet at all even though
it does come from Africa and its
more usual deep purple blooms are
of violet form and color. Actually,
it is a member of the Gesneria fam-
ily to which belong the velvet
leaved Gloxinia.
Numerous varieties, more pro-
fuse in flowering than the original
type, and varying in size and color
of the flower, have been developed
and have contributed greatly to
its popularity. Not only varieties
with blue flowers, such as Blue
Boy and Blue Girl, but varieties
such as Pink Beauty, Pink Lady,
White Lady and Red Head are
available from florists and plant
dealers.
Virginia Lee Gardens of Greens-
boro, Maryland says, “To the best
of our knowledge, no yellow violet
has been developed”. Helen Van
Pelt Wilson says that popularity
has, of course, brought color exper-
imentation. The royal purple shades
still seem, to many of us, the most
lovely, but pink and white are at-
tractive too. A yellow shade has
been mentioned, but this seems
an impossibility since the color of
the flowers are derived from the
anthocyanins which provide only
a blue, pink and white range. Yel-
low and orange are derived from
pigments which just are not here.
Maroon and scarlet are future pos-
sibilities, however.
The African Violet is one of the
few flowers which will grow and
bloom well in a window that re-
ceives little direct sun light, but
the plants will be stronger and
bloom better if they have some sun.
Most authorities on the growing
of African Violets agree that an
east window is best. In Spring
and Summer, the sun may be too
strong for them and they should
be moved away or shaded in some
manner. Long exposures to a
strong sun will affect the foliage,
turning it yellow.
A light, rich soil with a good
porportion of humus will be best
growth and bloom. Equal parts
of garden loam, sand and peat-
moss is the accepted mixture. (I
use fine coal ash screenings instead
of the peatmoss.) Care must be
taken not to overfeed the plants,
and they need not be potbound
to flower well. Only small quanti-
ties of any kind of plant food is
necessary. The safest and easiest
way to water this plant is to stand
ithe pot in a pan of room-temper-
ature water and leave it there until
the water has worked up to the
top of the soil. The excess water
should then be removed. Water
only when the top of the soil is
slightly dry to the touch. This
should be checked daily. The ideal
temperature for best growth is
about 70 degrees, while warmth of
less than 60 degrees check both
growth and flowering.
Increasing your supply of violets
is a simple matter. Mature speci-
man can, with care, be separated
into a number of small individual
plants. Very fine plants can be
grown from mature leaves, cut with
their stems from mature plants.
These, rooted in water or sandy
soil, often develop into flowering-
size plants in three to six months.
The best place to secure inform-
ation on African Violets is from
your local library. Several very
interesting books are available. One
in particular, “The African Violet”
by Helen Van Pelt Wilson, has
everything that a violet grower
wants.
Betty and Jerry Dettmore
P.S. After this article was written,
we met a woman from Long Island,
New York, who insists that she has
seen a yellow violet in blossom.
She has promisted to get a leaf
from this plant and send it to us.
Who knows, a year from now we
may have a yellow violet.
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Alfred D.
Bronson
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
SWEET VALLEY, PA.
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SC Barnyard Notes §
From an old friend, Helen Williamson, teacher in the Friend's
School in Philadelphia comes a welcome letter.
“I read Pillar-To-Post and the Barnyard and how I enjoy those
live tales of birds, dogs, cats and squirrels, tree-toads, trees and
gardens.
“I think you might like this. One of my little men (aged about
seven) is going to camp for the first time this summer. He loves
our bird pictures and eagerly asks questions. He visits museums
whenever he has a chance.
“One morning this spring at Morning Conversation period he vol-
unteered to chirp like a robin. It was an excellent imitation. Later
he cawed like a crow and hooted like an owl, although he is not sure
that he has ever seen either.
“Then he became interested in the picture and something he had
heard about Whip-poor-wills" camouflage and protective coloring on
tree trunks. Out of his interest and that which he drew, with me,
from all the other children, we produced the following two poems
and used two old ones, which any teacher will recognize, to work
up an Assembly treat.
“Norman hid behind the curtains. In rhythm the rest sang and
recited and N—gave the proper bird notes (unseen) at each ending.
“Oh, I am Robin Redbreast
I hop on your lawn,
I help to make your garden
I wake you at dawn
(Norman chirps)
“Then this one composed by the children for the occasion
“Such a funny bird is he
Snuggling close against a tree,
On the bark he is like a knot
You never can quite see the spot
Where he is hiding—
But whip-poor-will, whip-poor-will
That's his call in evening still.
(Norman whip-poor-wills)
“Then another of our own,
This farmer’s corn looks good to me,
I'll help myself to it, you'll see.
That stuffed straw-man I do not fear
But here comes a dog—
Oh, dear! Oh, dear
Caw! Caw! Caw!
(Norman off-stage in true imitation of crow}
Over in the meadow
In a hole in a tree
Live an old Mother Owl
And her little Owlets three
Too-who-oo said the Mother
Too-who-oo said the three
And they too-who-ooed all night
In their hole in the tree.
(Norman gives a final and very real, but soft too-who-00)
“After that Norman walked from behind the curtains to front
of stage and simply said. ‘I like birds very much. These are the
only bird-calls I know now, but I am going to listen and try to learn
more about them this summer’.
“Some teachers or children may like to follow the idea as I so
often do from other good teachers.
“Wish I could make it for the Library Auction but I dunno as
yet. A ‘werry’ weary school-marm jest about to close the door on
Room 5 and faintly hoping Johnny and Susie aren’t as glad to close
it as I am.”
Sincerely,
Helen Williamson
Found a forlorn baby robin, in the middle of the highway beneath
the big poplar tree coming to work early Tuesday morning. Picked
it up and put it in the barn until we could take Buck back in the
house. When we returned the bird was dead. Outside on the pave
we found another-hardly recognizable. It had been ‘flattener by an
automobile.
Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks strawberries are withering at their roots and
her crop has been cut to a fraction. ‘It takes a powerful lot of
water to keep them going in this weather.”
Dick Phillips is fulfilling a dream he had during those hot days
with the Navy in the Pacific. He is building his own home on Pine-
crest Avenue and plans to occupy it with his bride in September.
Early and late he labors alone—and every day Dick's house draws
nearer completion. :
The flashing red rose that has grown half way up the side of the
barn since last year is “Torch.” Whether we like it or not, more
people ask its name and request a slip than ever inquire about the
Donald and Betty Priors. :
Jane Schooley called to ask if six begonias are too many to put
in a porch fernery. She has a dozen and is delighted with them.
Jane is a real Barnyarder, proud as punch of her new Guernsey
foundation stock that is going to draw her back into the dairy bus-
iness before she knows it.
More than a dozen people called us about the Irish Setter that
wandered to Mrs. Charles Fredd’s house in Kingston. She finally
left without benefit of “goodbye” before any of her well-wishers
could furnish her with a new home. When last seen she was on the
Ashley Boulevard headed for Lancaster County.
Fred Kiefer has fifteen baby chicks for the Library Auction. Bert
Hill has offered a thousand daffodil bulbs and Warren Brown is
giving several of the beautiful African violets he grows so well and
a number of the wishing wells he builds for vines. Ike Mellner is
sending a calf and Dr. John Kulp offered three extractions but has
changed his mind and is going to send hamsters. Hamsters, as you
know, are supposed to have young every eighteen days. He claims
his are doubling up. .
The boys of Lehman Fire Company are planning their biggest
horse show. Lehman provides a beautiful setting in which to spend
the Fourth. The Women’s Auxiliary will serve one of those famous
roast beef dinners at noon. Those who ate there two years ago will
know what they are missing if they are not at Lehman again this
year!
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