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Revolution,” which was a
staggering revelation of the strides socialism has been
making in this country, recently addressed the Associa-
tion of American Physicians and Surgeons.
the menace of socialized medicine.
He spoke of
And then he said
this: “The point I want to stress is that this is not just
a fight for socialized medicine. .
is just one. battlefield in a generalwar . .
on our whole economic and social system .
. The field of medicine
. The war is up-
. . There is
another battlefield in this same war—to socialize the
power industry . . . There is another one in agriculture,
under the incredible terms of the administration-backed
Brannan Plan .
. . There is still another battleground in
the field of industry where through the administration-
backed Spence bill they propose to make the first danger-
ous steps in government-owned and government-planned
industrial plants . .
of credit... .
. There is still another in the field
“The Federal government is now planning to get its
hooks into the schools by gradually invading them by
means of tax grants .
. Unfortunately, each of these _
battlefields is more or less neglected save by the group
which happens to be involved in any given attack. What
I want to impress on you is that each of these battles
is man’s battle
The coming of socialized medicine
will be speeded by the coming of socialized power . . .
The doctor, the educator, the free workingman,
the
banker, the farmer, the manufacturer, the free citizen
must each of them realize that no more battles can be
lost and that wherever the attack is pressed all must fly
to the defense.”
That is one of the best and clearest statements on
American socialism that anyone has yet made.
There
are no isolated skirmishes in this ideological war. Each
is part of the whole—and the whole is found in the clear
intent to socialize and regiment all the resources and en-
ergies of the nation. The
emphasis may periodically
shift from one place to another, but the purpose is never
forgotten.
must join in the
posed and defeated.
And all who believe in freedom and justice
defense if socialist strategy is to be ex-
PILLAR TO POST
By Mgrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
It all comes from reading the Helpful Hints for Householders in the
pages of the women’s magazines. Those things are dynamite. Ask any
man who has plans to settle
no, woman alive who can see a
job she faces in the
Whether or not she yields to temp-
tation depends upon a mess of
intangibles, early home training, a
premature yen for an Easter hat,
or what have you.
Usually, she yields.
Last Saturday, balancing a stack
of dishes en route to the sink, I
saw Tom going through the pre-
liminary stages of getting set for
the evening. He had already
thrown another little chunk on the
kitchen heating stove, had waited
until it burst into flame, and then
propped the door open so that he
could enjoy the cheery blaze, He
poured himself another, and boot-
leg, cup of coffee, and leaned down
to ease his slippers.
“I got some wallpaper for that
middle bedroom upstairs today,”
I began, conversationally, “but 1
don’t believe we can put 1t on
until we get some of that old paper
off, just those places where it is
pulling away from the wall.”
Tom looked up resignedly, gaug-
ing with accuracy the.exact mom-
ent at which he must turn in his
cup. 3
gulp, he rose to his feet, slid the
cup into the dishpan, and prepared
to be a model husband.
“How do I get it off, kitchen
knife 2”
“Nope, the article I read says
you spray it to loosen the paste
and then it skins right off like
peeling a banana.”
“What kind of a spray?”
“The directions didn’t say. Prob-
ably an insect spray would be
about right. You could localize the
dampness and scrape off the wet
paper in patches.” .
Tom went upstairs to case the
joint. I yelled after him, “The
ceiling looks pretty good, and who
ever sees a ceiling anyway? We'll
just let that alone.”
Tom stuck his head over the
railing. “What'll we do about the
bed ?”
“Can’t we just push it around?”
“Not unless you want it full of
loose paper.”
I let the hot water out of the
sink and sidetracked the dishes.
I'd been hoping for a good excuse.
. We took down the bed, placing
springs and mattress on top of the
bed in the front room, stacking
side rails and head and foot
against the wall. This maneuver
left an inviting open space. Tom
reached up and yanked on a loose
section of wall paper. It let go
cheerful tearing noise.
“Probably won’t need a spray,” he
announced happily, slipping his
finger under a loosened section and
applying leverage. The crack widen-
ed, ran up the wall, and kept on
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Taking the last half in a]
down for a luxurious weekend. There is
i man stretch out his legs to relax after
" a full meal without being tempted to furnish him with constructive em-
ployment to match the clean-up
kitchen.
Blue Ridge FFA
Wins Two Prizes
Demonstrates At
Harrisburg Show
Award of $100 won by Blue
Ridge Chapter of FFA, Lehman-
Jackson high school, last fall for
a safety demonstration, was made
official at the State FFA Associa-
tion convention held during the
week of the Pennsylvania State
Farm Show in Harrisburg. The
demonstration was the culmination
of a year of intensive work includ-
ing field trips, community meet-
ings, farm clean-ups study of safety
procedure, posting of safety signs,
proper storage of poisons and in-
flammable materials.
Five members of the chapter
worked up a twenty-minute dem-
onstration on farm, home, and
school safety. Presented before
several local organizations, it was
once more given in Harrisburg,
where it placed sixth in competi-
tion with other vocational demon-
strations from all over the State,
winning an additional $25 for the
sponsoring group.
Frank Rozinski and Abe Slater
were awarded State Keys for their
individual efforts in safety. These
were the first and only keys ever
so presented in Pennsylvania.
Russell Ruble heads the depart-
ment of Agriculture at Lehman,
and accompanied the students to
the Farm Show.
Association To
Name Directors
Hendricks To Give
Talk, Show Slides
Directors of Back Mountain Me-
morial Library Association who are
retiring after a three-year term
will be replaced Thursday evening
by popular vote of the members at
the Annual Meeting, to be held in
the library at 8 P. M. All associ-
ation members who have paid dues
of $1 as Friends of the Library,
will be entitled to vote.
Howard Hendricks, supervising
principal of Millersburg schools,
formerly principal at Lehman, will
show colored slides taken on a
recent tour of the western states.
Refreshments will be served by
a Book Club Committee headed by
Mrs. Walter Elston.
Economy League
Official Talks
At Township PTA
Robert E. Pickup
Stresses Need For
Quality in Education
Robert E. Pickup, Director of the
Northeast Division of the Pennsyl-
vania Economy League addressed
Dallas Township P. T. A. Monday
evening on school district reorgan-
ization. The central ‘theme of his
informative talk was the fact that
in order to pay for the quality of
education now demanded for their
children by the people of Pennsyl-
vania, it will be necessary to im-
prove the efficiency of school ad-
ministrative units. Such reorgan-
ization is highly desirable since
greater educational opportunities
will normally result.
Mr. Pickup emphasized that
problems of education are of mo-
mentous importance to the nation,
the state and the community. He
pointed : out that education in
Pennsylvania while not at as low
an ebb as in many states is com-
ing in for careful reevaluation by
many interested groups of educa-
tors and laymen.
In general, the solution of the
most urgent problems facing small
school districts is to join with
others to form larger and more ef-
ficient districts. This can be ac-
complished in two ways: (a) the
establishment of a joint district
through contractual agreement be-
tween two or more small districts
and (b) the formation of a union
district by the complete abolition
of ‘two or more smaller districts
by direct vote of the people.
While the second system has
many practical advantages from an
administrative point of view, the
financial benefits are obtained by
savings .in operation costs rather
than increased subsidy from the
state.
On the other hand, the jointure
method normally results in appre-
ciable increases in state subsidy in
addition to many educational ad-
vantages. Over and above all
questions of tax savings, Mr. Pick-
up stated that the indirect and
often intangible values of a con-
stantly improved educational sys-
tem are of tremendous magnitude.
Mr. Pickup was assisted in his
able handling of questions from
the audience by Mr. Robert M.
Freeborn.
Attorney Robert
sided.
Charles Roberts, chairman of the
executive committee, gave a report
on a recent meeting of that com-
mittee. Suggestions were made to
be acted upon by the president and
the P. T. A. as a whole. Among
these are: Setting up a finance
or budget committee to study the
P .T. A. income and expenses; con-
tinued support of the playground
committee; appointment of an im-
partial committee to attend meet-
ings of the Citizens’ Committee and
bring back reports to P. T. A;
appointment of a parlimentarian to
help interpret the by-laws; plans
to send a delegate or help finance
a delegate from Back Mountain
Council to attend the State P.T.A.
convention.
Fleming pre-
A report from the playground
committee stated that the recently
ordered equipment has arrived and
is waiting to be set up. Two hun-
dred dollars was ordered paid to
the school board to help pay for
the equipment.
The annual alumni banquet will
be held on either the first or sec-
ond Saturday following Easter.
More definite plans will be made
soon.
Rev. Ira Hancock, pastor of Free
Methodist Church, Farmington, is
the special speaker for the four-
day Sunday School convention to
be held in connection with the
Wilkes-Barre District meeting in
the Free Methodist Church on Car-
verton Road, Trucksville.
Rev. Hancock who is active in
Sunday School work in western
Pennsylvania, spoke last night and
will speak again at 2:30 this after-
noon and this evening at 7:45.
Saturday afternoon the meeting
will be continued with tape record-
ings of Sunday School lectures de-
livered by Dr. R. L. Decker. :
Mrs. Mary Schlosser, missionary
to China 1909-1949, will speak at
the public rally Saturday at 7:45.
Heads Installation
Grace Barrall, president of Leh-
man Jackson and Luzerne County
FHA, who headed the model in-
stallation at the Pennsylvania State
Farm Show in Harrisburg.
10 Lehman Girls
Visit Farm Show
Home-Makers Stage
Model Installation
Ten Future Home-Makers of
America from Lehman-Jackson
High School staged an installation
ceremony at the State Farm Show
in Harrisburg on Thursday. Selec-
ted for this demonstration at the
Regional conference last fall, the
delegation represented 14 counties
of Northeast Pennsylvania.
Grace Barrall, president of the
local chapter FHA and of the Lu-
zerne County Council, was assisted
by Mary Alice Lewis, Freda Evans,
Carol Price, Eleanor McKenna Pat-
sy McKenna, Evelyn Niezgoda, Mil-
dred Katchmar, Geraldine Eustice,
and Joan Oliver. The girls wore
long black skirts, long-sleeved
white blouses and a red rose; the
table was covered with a white
cloth and bore eight white candles
to represent the eight ideals of
FHA flanking a bowl of red roses.
Lehman-Jackson home-makers
won two other honors in addition
to the demonstration, two first
prizes in sewing. Grace Barrall
took a first with a red gabardine
skirt featuring unpressed pleats;
Mildred Katchmar with a tailored
navy blue suit with bound button-
holes and other intricate details.
The delegation, including Ruth
Shelhammer, Home Economics in-
structor, and Mrs. Charles Nuss,
who drove the girls to Harrisburg,
spent two days there, part of a
crowd of 165,000 visitors.
Press Lauds Bob Smith
As Best Service End
Lt. Robert N. “Bob” Smith, form-
erly of Huntsville, son of Col. Nor-
man Smith, and a former Wyoming
Seminary and Annapolis football
star, won an end position on the
All-Service Football Team this
year.
According to press dispatches:
“Lt. Robert N. Smith, Trucksville,
Pa. 6’ 2” tall and 225 pounds of
Parris Island Marine Base, found
his way to the first team. The
former Naval Academy star grid-
der has been considered the very
best end in service football this
year by his aggressive end play.
The ‘press box poets’ of the western
coast consider the rugged Marine
the best pass catcher to appear
on a service team on the coast in
several seasons.”
Trucksville Church Is Host
To Sunday School Convention
Her knowledge of present events in
the missionary world promises to
be most interesting. Her son,
John Schlosser, was forced fo leave
China recently and is now doing
pioneer missionary work in the
Philippines on the island of Min-
danao.
Pastors and laymen from fifteen
Free Methodist churches will at-
tend this convention. Rev. H. D.
Olver Jr., District Superintendent,
will preach in the Sunday morn-
ing service. Love-feast in the after-
noon conducted by. Res. H. J. Ga-
briel, pastor in Wilkes-Barre. The
Sunday evening sermon will be de-
livered by Rev. H. J. Deats, pastor
in South Cannan. °
Local Men Win
At Farm Show
Hillside And Sands
Show Prize Stock
BY C. S. HEMENWAY
The 1951 Farm Show is history.
The annual Harrisburg event was
even more successful than usual.
An unusually large show of ex-
cellent heavy horses was noted.
The writer heard of an offer of
$2,500 for one of the teams in the
pulling contest.
The very large exhibit of beef
cattle was notable for uniform
; quality, true also of the sheep and
swine exhibits.
The Dairy Cattle exhibit which
commands the central location at
the show drew unusual attention.
The quality was excellent, the
breeds represented were Holstein,
Guernsey, Ayreshire, milking
Shorthorns, Brown Swiss, and
Jersey.
Hillside Shows Shorthorns
Of local interest: Hillside Farms,
Trucksville, exhibited ten head of
milking Shorthorns. There were
62 head of this breed from eight
exhibitors, and the quality was
noticeably higher in this the third
year that this breed has been
shown. Winners from Hillside in-
clude 2nd, four year old cow; 2nd,
yearling heifer; 2nd, Senior get of
sire. Eight of the ten animals
shown were sired by Anderson
Jerome, grand Champion bull in
1949.
Sands Wins Ribbons
Ralph Sands won 2nd for a year-
ling bull and 2nd and 3rd for year-
ling heifers in a very strong and
large class of Holsteins, probably
the highest quality show this breed
has made in a number of years.
Sands showed three entries, won
three prizes. This was made pos-
sible by a happy selection of herd
sires.” Ralph went all out when
he bought “Explorer,” sire of 2nd
and 3rd prize winning yearling
heifers. His “Sovereign” is a
comer.
Ralph’s Junior 2nd prize heifer
was defeated only” by the Junior
Grand Chapion female of the Show
and his Springbank Piebe Sover-
eiign was defeated only by the
Junior Grand Champion.
County Exhibits
Also of local interest was the
steer shown from Luzerne County
by a 4 H Club boy from near
Hazleton. For the milking Short-
horn breed this steer finished
very well, selling at the auction
for 39¢ per pound when strictly
beef-bred steers sold at 40-41lc.
The farm show is of interest to
people from every walk of life.
Home Economics, fruit, school
projects, historical exhibits are
some of the attractjons. Large
farm machinery, seed, feed, wild
life, forestry, poultry exhibits, at-
tract much interest.
The night shows drew capacity
crowds two hours before schedu-
led starting time. One outstand-
ing feature was the 4 H Club pro-
jects. These young people put in
long hours of hard work and
achieved results: comparable with
those attained by much older and
experienced people. The onlook-
ers were thrilled when these young
folks came into the show ring with
fine animals beautifully fitted and
groomed.
Many a tear was shed when the
animals were finally led through
the sale ring and sent on their way.
The Grand Champion Steer sold
for $1.40 per pound, weight 1130
pounds.
Calves Admired
Two baby calves shown by Hill-
side Farms received much atten-
tion. Youngsters petted them and
the older folks also loved them.
One was a month-old pure white
calf, son of Anderson Rosabel, 3rd
prize 2 year-old milking Short-
horn; the other, we called Hill-
side Harrisburg, the first calf born
at the 1951 Farm Show.
Kenneth Hughes, 4
Recovering Slowly
Kenneth Hughes, four-year-old
victim of a sledding accident last
week on Lehigh Street, Trucksville,
is making steady progress toward
recovery at Nesbitt Hospital, but
will remain there for some time
longer.
The little boy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Hughes, Birch street,
was operated upon immediately
after admission with a compound
fracture of the skull. He was
dangerously ill for several days,
but is now able to take a little
food and recognize his parents.
Never too rugged, he has lost con-
siderable weight. He is not yet
able to sit up.
(A
Public Forum to be Held on Jointure
School Board Directors to be Presengp.
BY DR. L. E. JORDAN
As a result of rapid development in the school situation,
the
Back Mountain Citizens’
Committee for The Public
Schools is anxious to have a large turnout at its January
meeting. This will be held at Kingston Township High School
Auditorium Tuesday night, January 23 at 8.
The program has been arranged so it can be a clearing
Pic. Andrew Zosh Jr.
To Leave For Overseas
Pfc. Andrew Zosh Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Zosh Sr.
R. D. 1, Dallas, is spending a twen-
ty-day furlough with his parents
prior to leaving for overseas duty.
Andrew, a graduate of Lake
Township High School in the class
of 1949, took his basic training in
San Antonio, Texas. He is now
stationed at Davis Monthan Air
Force Base at Tuscon, Arizona.
Old Toll Gate Lions
To Meet At Colonial
Old Toll Gate Lions will hear a
talk on “Why we need a Back
Mountain Chamber of Commerce”
by Arlean Bowman, president of
Dallas Businessmen’s Association,
on Tuesday, 6:30, at Colonial Inn,
Fernbrook.
At the last meeting, Lions saw
moving pictures illustrating
“Waters of the Commonwealth,” a
film shown by Bernard Bush, san-
itary engineer for Pennsylvania
State Department of Health, slant-
ed toward purification of streams.
Lehman Firemen
Buy Gas Masks
Lehman Fire Company purchased
two new gas masks at its meeting |
on Monday night.
Members of the company are
completing the work on their build-
ing. Volunteers are completing
the carpentry and painting every
Monday night.
Ladies Auxiliary has recently
completed work in the kitchen in-
stalling a new gas stove and hot
water heater. New dishes have
already been received.
Library Board Meets
Back Mountain Memorial Library
Executive Board met at the library
Tuesday evening to discuss routine
business and ‘lay further plans for
the kick-off dinner for the Library
Auction. Originally planned for
February, the dinner has been
postponed until after Easter.
Members present were Miss
Frances Dorrance, president; Henry
Peterson, treasurer; Mrs. Fred
Howell, secretary; Miriam Lathrop,
librarian; Howard Risley, Charles
Nuss, Mrs. H. W. Smith, Mrs, Jos-
eph Schmerer; Mrs. Lewis LeGrand,
Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks.
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DUCKS SMELL SPRING
IN THE AIR, FLOCK TO
BACK MOUNTAIN POND
Spring has come. Mrs. LeVan
Beisel counted forty ducks on
White Lake, in the hollow be-
low the interesection of the
new road from Lehman with
the older Route 115. Ralph
Rood, taking the joy out of
life, gives it as his opinion that
the ducks probably are winter-
ing hereabouts instead of com-
ing on from the deep south.
It is more encouraging to think
that those ducks smelled
spring in the air and got the
vernal urge.
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®house for the many questions that
are on parents’
{ minds. Citizens’
arranged to have supervising prin-
cipals and School Directors of
Kingston Township and Dallas Bor-
ough answer questions concerning
the Jointure being studied for those
two districts, and general questions
concerning the overall picture of
the area.
The Citizens’ Committee wel-
comes the interest and discussion
that is now taking place. While
it is not all in agreement with our
thinking or present school laws,
it does show that people are think-
ing about our schools and that is
a healthy situation which will lead
to the correct solution.
‘or taxpayers’
While our efforts are progressing
too slowly for some of our critics,
two Jointures, one formed and the
other in the process of formation,
seem to us to be faster progress
for six months work than we had
expected. I recall public projects
that lingered much longer with no
results, Anything well worth while
and as large in scope as this pro-
ject, surely cannot be done accord-
ing to a time table.
In this paper last week Mr, D. A.
Waters had an excellent article on
the financial problem of Jointure.
It deserves some enlargement. The
Committee has been criticized for
discussing finances too much, but
you can not divorce it from your
mind, as you, the taxpayer, will
quire money, whether they can
oul increase in taxation is oi pui-
amount importance.
The attitude of the State Legis-
lature has been to favor Jointures,
by making the State appropriation
attractive financially. Schools un-
der Jointure are receiving more
State appropriation in most cases
than comparable individual school
districts with the same number of
students. The reason is clear. The
Legislature under Governor Duff,
felt that Jointure could offer a
better educational program, than
the same districts operated indi-
vidually as our districts are now.
There are many reasons for this.
We will discuss them from time
to time.
Governor Fine has consistently
supported Gov. Duff's policy and
|in his campaign talks, stated that
school support from the State
would be increased. At the pres-
ent time, bills have been drafted
which will be introduced in the
next few weeks to effect this school
jaid. We do not know what the
| attitude of the new legislature will
|be. It is felt certain that appro-
priations for individual school dis-
| tricts, Jointure school districts and
| teachers’ salaries will be increased,
with the favor still towards the
| Jointure system due to its more
| economical operation, better teach-
er load and increased educational
facilities.
1 There is no one in the Citizens’
Committee who is setting himself
up as an expert in financial affairs.
All the figures in connection with
the Jointure have been studied by
the Supervising principals, consid-
ered by the School Boards, ap-
proved by the. State before an
agreement is signed.
School Code on Jointure
For those who are interested,
we will explain Jointure finances
las outlined in the School Laws of
Pennsylvania, 1949-1950, and wver-
ified by the
| dent’s office.
| In Article XVII ,such a system
County Superinten-
jie referred to as a Joint School.
Section 1701. Establishment—
| The board of school directors in
{any two or more school districts
| may establish, construct, equip,
| furnish and maintain joint elemen-
| tary public schools, high schools,
. provided for in this act. The
cost of establishing, constructing,
equipping, furnishing and mai
taining such joint schools
shall be paid by the several
tricts establishing the same, in
such manner and in such prépor-
tion as they may agree upon. No
joint school . . shall be estab-
lished without receiving the affir-
mative vote of a majority of the
members of the board of schoo}
directors in each district estab
lishing the same.
(Continued on Page Five)
of
Committee has
make it the prominent issue. It
naturally follows that good educa- -
tion and educational facilities re-
be provided under Jointure with-