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Sequatchie County Jewel Thief
By BILLY ROSE
A few days ago I got the following letter from a Mr. Jake With~
ers of Sequatchie county, Tennessee:
Dear Mister Billy Rose,
In some recent issues of the Nashville Tennessean I noticed the col-
umns you wrote about educated animals—dogs that could add and sub-
' tract, and horses that could figure out cube roots—and so I figured you
; might be interested in hearing about the smartest four-legged critter in the
' history of Sequatchie county.
To begin at the beginning, there’s
a truck farmer down here by the
name of Lem Al-
bright who owns
a 'possum hound
which is as black
as the inside of a
tar barrel. Lem
calls him “Ein-
stein” and, to
hear Lem tell it,
the dog has more
brains than a pas-
sel of professors
—and after what
happened the other night at our
smoked-ham supper and square
dance, most everyone in Sequat-
chie is inclined to agree.
Here’s what happened:
w * *
A COUPLE of weeks ago, Mrs.
Will Purd’ys mother, who lived
across the line in Grundy county,
passed away, and when the family
gathered for the divvying up,
Will’s wife got a gold brooch set
with eight diamonds, three of
them genuine. Needless to say, she
Billy Rose
wore the brooch to the smoked- |
ham supper and square dance, and
needless\ to recount, it got more
attention than a team-of-four with
their tails trimmed.
Everything went smooth as mo-
lasses at the social until right in
the middle of a “swing your part-
ner’ when Mrs, Purdy let out a
screech and fainted dead away.
And when they brought ber
around, she began hollering for
someone to lock the doors be-
cause her brooch had been stolen
from right off ber chest.
Fortunately, our sheriff was on
hand, and after he banged the lid
of the piano to get people quiet he
said, ‘Don’t nobody leave tnis
room. I hate to say it, but there’s
a low-down, thievin’ crook in our
midst, and I'm a-goin’ to search
every man-jack until I find Mrs.
Purdy’s brooch.”
“Sheriff,” said Lem Albright,
“I don’t think that'll hardly be
necessary. My hound Einstein, as
you know, is the best-behaved ani-
mal in Sequatchie county, but the
one thing he can’t abide is to have
a thief scratch his belly. So, sure
as shootin’, the minute he feels the
fingernails of the fella we're after,
he’ll start in to yowl, and we'll
have the thief in no time a-tall.”
- * -
SOME OF US began to laugh,
but the sheriff took Lem aside,
talked to him a minute, and then
banged the piano lid again.
“I don’t rightly know whether
Lem’s notion is going to work,”
he said, ‘‘but there ain’t no harm
in givin’ it a try. I'm goin’ to ask
him to take Einstein in the next
room, and then I want all of you to
get in single file and come in one
at a time and scratch the hound’s
belly.”
Everybody, including the fid-
dlers, did as told, and sure
enough, 20 minutes later the sher-
iff pointed at a farmband as be
came out from seeing the hound
and said, “It worked, like Jake
seld—thetg's the criminal.”
When the man was grabbed and
searched, the brooch was found in
his pocket, and so, on top of a
smoked-ham supper and square
dance, there was a running-out-of
town party to top off the evening.
And all in all, it was easily the
most successful social in a long
while,
Next day, when Lem was inter-
viewed by the editor of our paper,
he didn’t brag much about his
hound. “To tell the truth,” he
said, ‘‘the sheriff and me, we
wasn’t too sure Einstein could spot
the criminal, so we helped out a
mite. I rubbed a little soot from
the stove on the hound’s underside,
and every time anyone came out
of the room the sheriff looked at
his hands. The first person with
clean hands figured to be our
man, because the thief was a cinch
to make believe he was scratchin’
Einstein without really touchin’
his belly a-tall.”
Yours truly,
Jake Withers,
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As a kid we remember Easter as
a joyous day that culminated forty
days of sacrifice from the beginning
of Lent. How we disliked Lent.
Mom would ask us to give up some-
thing we liked for forty days and
how we hated it. We would try to
stall around, offering to give up
baths, but Mom was wise, she
knew we liked jelly beans, so that
was our sacrifice. We didn’t know
then what Easter meant, but after
all the sacrifice, when Easter came
and we knew it was a time of re-
joicing, a time to build anew,
Spring was here, things were grow-
ing, and Mom was right. Easter was
a day when ‘we could start being a
boy again, and later, when we
learned that Easter was the day
Christ had risen we realized all over
again how wise Mom was in having
us sacrifice.
The Easter baskets the bunny
brought, the colored eggs, the
Easter lilies were things to look
forward to and later when we be-
came a parent, what fun we had
with our own brood hiding baskets
all over the house.
We remember working on a new
job for six months before bringing
our family to the town. We moved
our family up on Easter day and
before we left Good Friday after-
noon we remarked to one of the
girls in the office that we were
sorry our kids would miss looking
for their usual Easter baskets as we
hadn’t had time to see the Easter
bunny. What was our surprise when’
we arrived at our new home to find
baskets all over the house. The
girls in the office whispered to-
gether, consulted the bunny, and
there were the baskets. '
Easter Day is now determined
as the first Sunday after the pas-
chal full moon which matures on
or after March 21st. If the full
moon is on Sunday, Easter Day is
the first Sunday following—well,
we all know that, or at least we
can find out by looking up any en-
cyclopedia, which we did, but what
started the Easter baskets, - the
colored eggs, the use of lilies to
commemorate the day, the Easter
sunrise pilgrimmage?
Our idea, or maybe we read it
somewhere, is that these symbols
all sprang from the word ‘“resur-
rection”. This is the time to rise
again, let's have new life, spring.
The Norsemen chose the rabbit as
prolific reproducers of species, and
also the egg as a symbol of starting
new life. The coloring of the Easter
eggs, red, blue, yellow, etc, was
borrowed from the rays of the Aur-
ora borealis—the northern lights—
and the dawning hues of the Easter
sun.
The lily, we presume, was chosen
as a symbol of Easter because of
its color—white—purity.
Among the many Easter sunrise
services this Sunday, the Rev. Ruth
Underwood of ‘Alderson Methodist
Church, will welcome those who
wish to start off the day with a re-
ligious service at 6:30 a.m. at the
church at the lake. Methodist
Youth Fellowships of Kunkle and
Alderson charge are sponsoring the
service.
' How the Easter sunrise services
started we do not know, but we do
know that" they are becoming more
popular each year, and one Easter
over 6,500 attended the Easter Sun-
rise Pilgrimage to the Father
Serra Cross on Mount Rubidoux,
about seventy miles from Los An-
geles.
Sunday is Easter. Spring is here.
Our tulips, hyacinths, daffodils
have pushed four inches through
the ‘ground. We have planted our
sweet peas. The ice still covers the
lake, ‘tis true, but it is soft and
will not bear one’s weight, a good
wind will drive it out.
The robins are here and we are
at peace with all the world, or at
least we will be when we finish
painting the kitchen. ;
Discuss Branch Y
Representative citizens of the
Back Mountain area met Monday
night at Back Mountain Library
with representative of Wilkes-Barre
Y.M.C.A. to discuss the prospects
of establishing a branch Y.M.C.A.
here.
Wins Luzerne Jackpot
Mrs. Ida Fister, Dallas 1, was the
winner of the Luzerne Jackpot,
sponsored by Luzerne merchants,
at the drawing held Saturday night
in front of Luzerne National Bank.
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YESTERDAY
From The Post of ten and
twenty years ago this week.
Ten years ago in the Dallas Post
April 5, 1840
Council decides not to abandon
Board of Health. John H. Frantz,
health officer for the Borough,
urged that health matters remain
in the hands of the Borough, not
be delegated to the State. James
Franklin is the president of the
Board, members are John H.
Frantz, Dr. G. K. Swartz, Karl
Kuehn, W. J. Niemeyer,
Residential area host to flood
refugees. Towns back of the moun-
tain sent blankets, boats, trucks,
men and money to help in relief
work in the flooded Wyoming Val-
ley.
Red Cross work in the flood seen
as a stimulus to the Red Cross
Drive by Mrs. Kenneth Oliver,
chairman for the district. “If any-
body has hestitated to give to the
current drive, the flood in Wyom-
ing Valley has demonstrated just
how invaluable the services offered
by the Red Cross are to the com-
munity”, says Mrs. Oliver.
Lois Gregory weds Sam Ashley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Shiber, Center
Hill road, entertained during the
high water Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Westover, Rutter avenue, Kingston.
Twenty years ago in the
Dallas Post, April 11, 1930
Russell D. Honeywell, Dallas, re-
ceived his first regular assignment
in the Marine Corps after under-
going trairing at Paris Island for
several weeks. He is stationed at
Quantico, Virginia with the Tenth
Artillery.
During the year of 1929, not a
single person was drowned at Har-
vey's Lake.
Negotiations have been started
by William LaBar, manager of the
Sunday baseball team, for the en-
trance of Dallas into the Wyoming
Baseball League. 2
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In line with the annual spring
refurbishing, the library has on
its shelves a book on upholstering,
one on ‘the restoring of antique
furniture, and one on braiding
rugs.
“Upholstering Home Furniture”
by Blanche Pope, gives exhaustive
directions with plenty of blue-
prints. There is a chapter devoted
to turning a crate or a box into
an upholstered chair for a child,
and a chapter on the correct mak-
ing of draperies with the work-
ings of the traverse rod explained
in detail.
“How to Restore Antiques” is
a book which spends most of its
tine with one antique fan after
another. This book explains the
removal of successive layers of old
varnish, the repair of broken arms,
the tightening of the structure, and
the eventual reupholstering, over-
lapping in this department the in-
structions given in “Upholstering
Home Furniture’. Both these books
are on the Memorial Shelf.
“How to Make Braided Rugs”,
by Dorothy Altpeter, with Corinne
Anderson and Margaret Thostesen,
is self-explanatory. But this is a
book for a perfectionist, not for a
common or garden rug-maker. It
suggests, with profuse illustrations,
that the rug-maker treat each suc-
cessive round as a unit, not as a
snail. The results are truly mar-
velous, but if time is of the es-
sence in rugging a room, pass up
this volume.
For those who wish to improve
their speech-making, C. W. Weight
has given examples of formal and
informal speeches in ‘Better
Speeches for All Occasions.” Val-
uable for club presidents, folks who
may expect to be called upon to
make a few remarks, and for
people who find trouble in organ-
izing their thoughts or thinking on
their feet.
“The Quaker Story’, by Ludwig
Lucas, is a fascinating exposition
of the story of the Friends, from
historical to modern times.
‘Our English Heritage”, by Ger-
ald W. Johnson is fifth in a series-
in-the-making of “The Peoples of
America”. Valuable source ma-
terial for anybody interested in
the beginnings of our country.
“Halfway to Freedom”, words
and photographs about India, by
Margaret Bourke White. Miss
White has travelled extensively
with her camera and her note-
book for Life Magazine, covering
practically the entire globe in her
fact-finding expeditions. The vol-
ume about India shows pictures
of starvation as against pictures
of fabulous wealth, the lights and
darks of an incredible country.
Read the Post Classifieds
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the services of a firm
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If these advantages
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LAKE STREET MAN WAS BUDDY
OF JAY COOKE IN FIRST WAR
One man in Dallas who knows
Jay Cooke intimately and fought in
an adjoining infantry company
with him during World War 1
“can’t understand why he wants to
be governor—he has everything
without it.”
He is C. A. Hoffman of Lake
street; district manager of Esso
Standard Oil Company with offices
in Wilkes-Barre. He and Cooke
were fellow officers in the 316th
Infantry Regiment of the 79th Div-
ision and have maintained their
friendship over the year at annual
meetings of the Officer's Associa-
tion of the Division.
“You can be sure,” said Mr.
Hoffman that “Jay won’t use the
Thirty-Four Dogs Are
Entered In Parade
Every dog will have his day as
well as horses in the Gay Nineties
Easter Parade. Listed among the
entries from Back Mountain Ken-
nel Club will be the following
owners with their dogs.
Billy Miller, Larry Powell, Cliff-
ord Melberger Sr., Bob Krewson,
St. Bernard; Billy Prebola, Jerry
Prebola, Clifford Melberger, * Jr.,
Joseph Bohan, Jr., Ray Judge, Clin-
ton Memory, Lois Melberger, Jo-
seph Bohan, Sr., Leo Mayewski,
Jane Crumley, Joyce Crumley, Col-
lie; Al Gibbs, David Goddard, Box-
er; Justin Bergman, Jr., Doberman
Pinscher; Nancy Kocher, Cocker
Spaniel; E. P. Hindricks, Irish Set-
ter; Alice Kocher, Beagle; Dick
Johns, German Shorthaired. Point-
er; Tom Robinson, Great Pyrenees;
Sally Kear, Skipper Drake, Tom
Goddard, Welsh Terrier; Gene
Kreidler, Coonhound; John J. Am-
brose, Jr. Patricia Ambrose, Af-
ghan Hound; Donald Clark, Jane
Matchett, Dalmatian.
Floyd Ide Is Honored
Following the vesper music ser-
vice at Dallas Methodist Church
Sunday evening, members of the
Senior Choir entertained at a party
honoring Floyd Ide who celebrated
his birthday anniversary last Fri-
day.
Mr. Ide, a member of the choir
for many years, has never missed
a rehearsal or Sunday service ex-
cept when compelled to by bus-
iness or some emergency.
Attending the party were: Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Ide, Rev. and Mrs.
Frederick Reinfurt, Mr. and Mrs.
Zel Garinger, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Garris, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Garris,
Mrs. Margaret Brace, Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Cross, r. and Mrs. Raymond
Kuhnert, Mrs. John Roberts Sr.,
John Roberts Jr., Mrs. Ethel Oliver,
Dick Oliver, Concetta Abbott, Mrs.
Laverne Race, Adria Jones, Mrs.
Fred Houghwout, Antoinette Ma-
son, Blanche Atherholt, Mrs. Har-
old Turn, Ruth Turn Reynolds,
Fred Brown, William Hewitt, Paul-
ine Wolfe, Sam Davis, William
Baker Sr. and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Kraybill. .
office to his own personal advan-
tage—he doesn’t have to!”
I knew his dad before him. He #M
used to drop down to camp to see
us when Jay was a Second Lieu-
tenant in E Company and I was a
First Lieutenant in F Company.”
“Jay, fresh out of Princeton, was
a right nice boy of 21, an excellent
boxer, always a square shooter,
and a swell all around fellow and
he hasn’t changed over the years.
He had an enviable military re-
cord in World War 1 and in World
War II where he lost an eye and
almost lost a leg.”
“You can bet I'm going to vote
for him. Pennsylvania couldn't
make a better choice.”
Ten Candles For
Carverton Cake
Girl Scouts Will
Celebrate Birthday
A birthday cake with ten candles
will star at the party to be held
Saturday night from 7 to 9 in Car-
verton Methodist Church by the
Carverton Girl Scout troops in ob-
servance of their tenth anniver-
sary.
Miss Delores Morris, Girl Scout
Headquarters, will present ten-
year service badges to Mrs. Edgar
Sutton, Mrs. Dana Sickler and Mrs.
Richard Prynn, members of the or-
iginal troop. committee.
On the program will be Mrs.
Stanley Davies of Dallas and Rev.
Robert Wood, pastor of Carverton
Methodist Church. Mrs. Edgar Sut-
ton will read a history of the troop.
Camp movies will be shown.
From a small beginning of eight
members, the original troop has
grown to three troops: Senior
Troop 86, Intermediate Troop 56
and Brownie Pack 109. Leaders:
Brownies, Mrs. Harold Dixon, Mrs.
Dorothy Culver; Intermediates,
Mrs. Edgar Sutton, Mrs. John Dana
and Mrs. Edward Atkins. Senior
troop, Mrs. James Sands. |
First meeting of the troop com-
mittee was held ten years ago on
St. Valentine's Day at the home of -
Mrs. Alfred Scureman. Membe
of that committee were Mrs. Stokes
ler, Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Prynn, Mrs.
Scureman, Mrs. Wesley Vosburg,
Mrs. Leroy Ziegler, Mrs. Philip
Pascoe and Mrs. Robert Bachman.
Present committee is composed
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of Mrs. Sickler, Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Ml
Pyrnn,™ Mrs. Bud Edwards, Mrs.
John Wardell and Mrs. Burdette
Crane,
Deborah Kamor
Deborah Kamor, irnfant daugh-
ted of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kamor
of Philadelphia, was christened at
St. Therese’s Church last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lagan of
Wilkes-Barre were her godparents,
Mrs. Kamor is the former: Claudia
Cooke of Fernbrook.
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