PAGE TWO EE. You Know Me ei Al Himself On Thanksgiving Day we decided to go out to eat. We never remem- ber having anything else for dinner on Thanksgiving Day except turkey. Aren't we the lucky dogs? With only three of us home now it is a task for our wife to prepare a large dinner with all the trimmings, so for the past few years we have dined at a restaurant. We do miss the left over pumpkin pie or part of the cold bird for days after the holiday, but that is not what we want to write about. What we want to tell you is that this year, in dining out, we found something else for which to be thankful. It has been our custom, as it has been yours, to tell each other what we are thankful for, We were thankful this year that we had at least three of us home; we were thankful for our health and that we could still enjoy a good turkey dinner whether it was at home or at a restaurant; we were thankful that all our kids were alive and although not all with us were hav- ing a good time with kids of their own; we were thankful that we have a good job and so far are almost able to pay our debts; we were thankful for many things too personal to mention here, but this year we overlooked one thing and that was brought forcibly to our attention as we passed the site of Daniel Meeker’s former garage at Beaumont when we were on our way to Tunkhannock to dine, You know that Mr. Meeker’s home and place of business was burned to the ground recently. No insurance. Not anything execpt he and his family and the plot of ground where his home formerly stood ‘was left, On the way to Tunkhannock we noticed that quite a croud was working at his place with pick and shovel. We marvelled at it, but were more interested in our dinner so we continued on; but on the way back we stopped and inquired from Mr, Meeker as to why all these persons were working on Thanksgiving Day. A check is the most each check. A Personal hoch Account nomical, and the most efficient way of paying bilis. You sit at your desk and write your checks; the Bank does the running around to pay your bills, and sends, a receipt right on the back of the check. At The Kingston National Bank the small checking account is treated just as courteously, and handled just as efficiently as the largest. On our Special Checking Account Plan the only cost is $1.50 for 20 checks. deposits—no minimiim balance required—no month- ly service charge. And your mame is imprinted on “% KINGSTON NATIONAL BANK convenient, the most eco- No charge for AT KINGSTON CORNERS "FOUNDED 1304 Member F.D.LC. “I don’t know,” replied Meeker, “I just came out and started to dig a ditch for a foundation toward rebuilding my home and garage and the first thing I knew one of the neighbors came along with a shovel and then more came and so here are twenty-two of them help- ing out—count ‘em, twenty-two. We did. Some were with picks, digging a foundation ditch and they had to hustle as two feet behind them others were laying stones in the fresh made mortor that others were pouring into the ditch. One was looking through a surveyor’s instru- ment to see that the wall went up straight. Two were holding a string along the wall to help the stone layer. The job seemed to have no boss, everyone knew exactly what to do. Just then a truck back- ed in and dumped a load of sand. “That’s twenty-three helping you,” we remarked to Mr, Meeker. “Yeh,” he answered, “twenty- three or twenty-four, maybe you'll see some more if you'll stick around long enough, ‘scuse me, I have to get to work.” 4 “Just one more question,” we begged ‘Are you hiring these people or did they volunteer their services,” “Money ?” asked Mr. Meeker. “Yes,” we replied. “Money! why you don’t under- stand, some of my neighbors offered me help in cash, but I'd rather have it this way. Wouldn't your friends help you out if you were in the same fix?” “Well, I guess they would, where we live now,” we said, “but in New York, where we came from, if we were digging a ditch to re- build our garage and home our next door neighbor mayn’t even know it was ours.” “Gosh,” said Mr. Meeker as he went back to work. We turned to his son, the young fellow from Kunkle, and remarked what a wonderful thing it was that neighbors helped out like this. “Yeh,” said young Meeker. «1d like to get their names,” we said. “What fcr?” he murmered. “To print them in the paper,’ replied. “Maybe they wouldn't like that,” said young Meeker, “Just say that everybody in Beaumont helped.” We got in our car and left know- ing we had one more thing to be thankful for. Thank you, God, we prayed, we are thankful that we live in the Back Mountain District among neighborly friends like those good people in Beaumont, we Burke's Bar-B-Cue SUNSET HARVEY'S LAKE at the sion of the flashing pig DEeLncious BARBECUES FisH and CHIPS The home of the Ranchburger Telephone H. L. 3756 Open All Year ‘Round If you have driven your car into Central City lately, you'll know how difficult it is to park. But this is no problem when you use a transit vehicle. Why not let us take you where you want to go and bring you back again—without parking worries or driving jitters. It costs about 8 cents a mile to drive your car. Add to that the fee for parking. You'll find that using your car for trips back and forth to business and shopping areas is pretty expensive. Why not travel transit—for economy, safety and convenience. Transit service is the way to progress for Wyoming Valley—because it means greater service for the greatest number of people. THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1949 i ae THE DALLAS POST “More than a newspaper, a community institution” ESTABLISHED 1889 Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association A non-partisan liberal progressive newspaper pub- lished every Friday morning at the Dallas Post plant Lehman Avenue, Dallas Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa. the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscrip- tion rates: $2.50 a year; $1.50 six months.. 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Unless paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance that an- nouncements of plays, parties, rummage sales or any affairs for raising money word. will appear in a specific issue. In mo case will such items be taken on Thursdavs. Preference will in all instanees be given to editorial matter which has net previously appeared in publication. Editor and Publisher HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Editor MYRA ZEISER RISLEY Contributing Editor MRS. T. M. B. HICKS Sports Editor WILLIAM HART ing at the ar. Tyne Grille, Bovmars | 8% a Restaurant; Evans’ d 0 5 Drug Store; Ti regory’s With universal accent on the in- Stare; Shavers Stores. Idetiven— dividual child—his growth, behav- Store; Aliderson—Deater's Store; ior, and psychological development Fernbrook-—Reese’s Store. 3 —Dr. Arnold Gesell and Dr. Fran- When requesting a change of ad- x : “ : Ge to ave || ces Ilg in their book, “The Child "YOUR HEALTH There is a condition known as chronic housewife’s fatigue, There are neurological, physio- logical and psychological factors in- volved. The routine of monotony, the constant repetition of dull tasks, lack of diversion, and domestic anxiety bring on this unfortunate state more or less common among housewives between the ages of 30 and 50 years. Among early symptoms are irri- tability, intolerance, and lack of concentration. These are followed by headache, which often stops after the last “fatigue” of the day is finished, backache, giddiness and sometimes blackouts. The treatment of chronic house- wife's fatigue calls for rest, al- though rest may be almost imposs- ible in many instances. Rest must be both physical and mental. Prescribing rest depends on the environment, and where it is poss- ible, a rest ofione and a half hours in the afternoon in bed is nor- mally adequate. A day off once a week or at least once every two weeks is an excellent trestment for housewife’s fatigue. From Five to Ten”, have given us an excellent study and summary of the complex growth gradients,— the patterns of behavior, which tend to occur in the child from five to ten. To quote, “This book was written to make your child more intelligible to you.” It is comfort- ing to know your child of six is; simply acting according to pattern when he takes things belonging to others and tells tall tales; to know | your child of nine ‘is anxious for | good marks and works for them—| that he can be discouraged by fail- | ure and when failing he usually | needs individual attention rather | than isolation.” Dr. Gessell and Dr, Ilg have care- fully presented a complete picture of the philosophy of growth, the } development trends in behavior, and growth gradients for each year from five to ten. Growth gradients such: as ‘motor characteristics, personal hygiene, emotional ex- pression, fears and dreams, self and sex, interpersonal relations, play and pastimes, school life, ethical sense’ are explained and diagnosed —they produce ever-changing pat- terns of behavior. It was found these growth gradients effect one another for there is a unity of: growth, likewise the gradients for | one age affect those of the next. In order to understand the nine year old, one must first understand the eight. Dr, Gensell emphasizes the fact we must know the problems of growth with which every child is faced to understand his behavior, and in understanding give the child intelligent, sympathetic aid on his road to maturity. “Ignorance of the ways of growth lies at the basis of many of our difficulties.” The layman will find this book rather technical and clinical in treatment—a book that can only be assimilated in minute gulps— but one of inestimable value and interest to every parent and teach- er who guides the growth and wel- fare of a child, and through the child—all mankind. In pleasant companionship with friends, anxieties tend to diminish or disappear, Taking mother out to dinner once in a while is a wonderful treat and often prevents a break- down with its accompanying in- capacitation. A restful change breaks up the deadly monotony of cooking, clean- ing, ironing, washing dishes, and cooking, cleaning, ironing, washing dishes, and cooking. DO YOU KNOW? Antoine Laviosier, French chem- ist, credited with being the father of the modern science of nutrition lost his hesd on the guilliotine In 1794, If you must drive clothes out That’s why more and more p For finer dry cleaning LADIES and GENTLEMEN drive them down to The MASTER GARMENT CLEANERS Drive-In Service on the Luzerne- Across from Luzerne Lumber Co. or at 886 WYOMING AVENUE, KINGSTON There is no finer quality than ours at any price. Colors are bright, Prices are right MASTER GARMENT CLEANERS Office and Plant 880-886 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston THE MASTER Satisfaction Guaranteed to be dry cleaned and pressed, Dallas Highway eople are steadily switching to and pressing send it to 4x, Barnyard Notes There ain’t much happened since the last writin’. : Except I am sittin’ at the kitchen table Monday night eatin’ a late snack and listenin’ to the sleet on the tin roof, when in walks Myra in her stockin’ feet holdin’ a handkerchief to her nose like she has another nose bleed and makes preparations to close up for the night. * She gathers up the evenin’ paper, puts the cat out and is all the time holdin’ her breath and not sayin’ a word, serious like, when I says: “Gee, you're havin’ too many of those lately,” her havin’ a nose bleed Sunday mornin’. “I have no nose bleed,” says she sharp like, “it’s that Limburg cheese you're eatin’. I can step in it,” she says, “but I can’t eat 3%” That retort sorta makes me feel humble, folks’ sensitive nostrils. A while back when we had kittens in the cellar—against my wishes, because the old cat will persist in usin’ the fresh loam in the greenhouse benches for her own private purposes, I could've kept the cheese in the cellar with no one of the women folks bein” Ever since Dewey Edwards took his horses out of the barn and the Auction has taken over, that is a poor domicile for d ! cheese cause it does need a bit of sweat and ammonia to hide it | any wiser. from sniffers geared to Chanel No. 5. For a while I thought the skunk might be some help; but he has gone where ‘the woodbine twineth since we bought the last batch of cheese from Ralph Dixon. So I says, defendin’ my position, “Limburger cheese is very good for the stomach—you needn’t hold your nose—and has medicinal properties and probably would be a lot better for you than those last hundred vitamin pills you bought from Shel Evans for $4.86.” And to prove I'm right about the proper name for this delightful food, I goes into the front room and looks up “Lim” then “burg” in the dictionary and for the love of heaven Webster has it—Myra’s way—and Funk & Wagnalls neglect they not bein’ gourmets. Most folks that don’t like Limburg have never tasted it and won't because they have very nasty minds and their imaginations wouldn’t let them enjoy it if they did eat it; but people with wholesome minds or no minds at all can eat it and enjoy it. Still Myra continues to carry on with that handkerchief up to her nose and complains about the awful smell in the kitchen perforce expectin’ me to go out on the back steps and eat in the sleet. “Why, “This ain’t Limburg cheese,” I says, “It's Limburger—just look in your dictionary, you bein’ an old school maam.” She and her mother are always makin’ cracks about one of man’s most delicious foods which in our house is kept in winter in an old sugar can on the back porch and in summer mostly in the barn or elsewhere out of range of the women- to mention ' ¥ | 3 it altogether even the dog won't eat it,” says she with a final fling of her kimona. “. And there is “Buck” sittin’ right beside me; some—and he relishes it. “Buck does too, eat it,” says I givin’ him a very friendly and com- fortable pat on the head. “Yes, association will do a lot. So you can’t win. a tightly closed tin can. CONFIDENTIAL NOTE TO HUSBANDS A woman, good sirs, doesn’t ask for a lot Or expect to be always adored, But she wants at the least to be noticed, and not, As soon as she’s marnied, ignored. It isn’t your face, or your flatness of purse, That leaves her, in time, disenchanted. She knows she was taken for better or worse, But she will not be taken for granted! so I hands He's sunk to your level.” Where can a man eat Limburg in the winter time without bein’ insulted. The flavor is ruined when it's kept in Maybe it could be buried in the garden without some one complainin’, but then there’s the frést to bother; and diggin’ for cheese in the winter does seem a little bit undignified! him po “A Richard Armour Back Mountain Basketball League 1949-50 3 Dallas Twp. at Kingston Twp. Kingston Twp. at Lehman Kingston Twp. at Hartey Laketon at Kingston Twp. Kingston Twp. at Dallas Boro Open at Kingston Twp. Kingston Twp. at Fairview Harter at Kingston Twp. Kingston Twp. at Dallas Twp. 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