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My neighbor Billy Williams tells me that he has seen more dif-
ferent varieties of birds this winter than ever before.
When 1
asked him what kind they were, he smiled and said I'd have to ask
‘his wife or Emily Besecker.
every new variety.”
“They're the ones that spot and know
Myra put a long distance call through to Granny in Florida the
other night to tell her how my mother was coming ‘along ‘after her
siege at the hospital.
Granny was relieved with the news and then
started to relay what some speaker had said at a lecture she had
attended earlier in the evening. At long distance rates, Myra had
her postpone the recital to some later date.
All of which reminds me that my sister found an item of a $1.50
on her phone bill not long ago which represented a telephone call
between Granny in Dallas and my mother in Nicholson.
That ex-
plains why the line is busy when I want to get a local number.
Just think of the $1.50 conversations that go on on party lines
where there are no toll charges!
Faced with a complete change in their daily lives because of the
national emergency, the American people are beginning to question
why another war within a decade is necessary.
They have only to look about them for the answer.
Human life, honest toil and a good name no longer have any value.
If we are led down the road to war, we may find some of the an-
swers within ourselves.
Let’s take a look. We accept slaughter on the highways with a
Some 200 loved ones are killed within a
ripple
shrug of the shoulders.
matter of weeks in railroad accidents, and it creates only a
of excitement.
We have become calloused to license and confuse it with personal
liberty and freedom. We allow a few ruthless leaders to disrupt
our railroads and other phases of our economy, we submit to any
inconvenience against the public—and say we can do nothing about
it.
We preach honesty, thrift and frugality and close our eyes to
gambling in our own communities.
We refuse to legalize betting
on the horses—but play the slot machines in our own clubs and
meeting places.
We want to get something for nothing—and stop the music or
break the bank on the radio is another evidence of the same thing.
We fawn before those who exhibit wealth or a car or diamonds
they can’t afford.. We seldom question illegal gain and question
wealth only when it is obtained by hard work, perseverance and
pluck.
Revelation of corruption among political leaders, evasion of in-
come tax on illegal income leave us cold and bring no dishonor.
We no longer respect those who rise above the common herd by
their own ability and effort. We extend our palms for government
handouts.
In short we have lost our sense of values and morality. . We have
discarded for a mess of pottage the truths learned from our fathers
and the examples set by rugged men like Lincoln who have helped
make America great.
Faced on all sides by the greatest industrial capacity in the world;
by the highest standard of living and the greatest scientific ad-
vancement for the preservation of life, we accept highway killings,
train wrecks, a cheapening of the value of life, and morality as
inevitable. War is something we can do nothing about.
We blame those in high places for our predicament and for our
own lack of responsibility.
We need only look about us for the answer.
We have become
so engrossed with our own selfishness and greed for personal com-
‘fort and security that we are insensible to the public good except
where it touches us.
We elect only hacks and wind bags to public office—men who can
do something for us alone rathes than for all of us.
We need ‘only examine thoss
e complacently accept as leaders
on the local level to appreciate what we have elevated to national
leadership: In the main they are those who need the job rather
than those the job needs.
Among our acquaintances are senators,
congressmen, judges,
commissioners, court house employees, supervisors, burgesses and
school directors.
Look them over.
Weigh them.
There is not one among us who cannot find in business, the pro-
fessions and in all walks of life men capable of doing a better job,
more honestly, efficiently and at less cost—but who are not elected
because of those very attributes.
If we would have honesty and ability in our national leadership,
we must first be honest with ourselves.
~ glad handers and hacks because we know them and because “they
Instead of electing yokels,
can do something for us” we must elect those whom we know have
ability.
There is your answer for war.
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would take a time like that to do
us wrong. I was to have met
Mother in Providence for dinner
and a concert, leaving Norma at
home with the boys. However, we
were waterless, joyless and ment-
ally depressed in general and a
trip to the city and the vision of
Mother’s bathtub looming on the
horizon gave birth to a horrible
thought. Norma and the boys
would go to Providence with me
and stay at Mother’s while she
and I pursued culture.
Naturally the boys chose to dilly
dally on the way home: from school
which got us off to a late start.
We had the deep well cooker full
of turkey soup, two quarts of milk
and a box of crackers as we knew
Mother wouldn't be prepared for
an invasion of this type.
We had been having trouble
with the overhead door in the
shed. It is only distantly related
to. the type we installed in the
red barn back home. This one is
a solid mass of green lumber which
lifts up all in one piece and spends
its entire life contracting and ex-
panding with the fickle New Eng-
land weather. On the day I speak
of we sallied forth expecting a bad
time with the door but it came
down so easily that Keith, an in-
nocent bystander, got the full
weight of it on his small nose. He
howled with the injustice of it all
so we were off to a crying start.
As we raced down route 44 the
windows kept steaming up so
Punchy kept cleaning off my side
with his mittens. I thought it was
the turkey soup as it was piping
hot when we put it in the car. We
smelled like the Cordon Blu on
tour.
Pretty soon a smoky odor as-
sailed my nostrils. I said in great
exasperation, ‘Norma, if you have
to chain smoke how about open-
ing a window?” Her injured voice
came ricocheting from the depths
of the back seat, “Phil ‘I haven't
had a cigarette since we left
home. My brain began to function
about that time so I brought the
car to a fast stop. As soon as we
stopped, smoke began to pour in
around us and Punchy had the
presence of mind to suggest that
we get out before the car exploded.
He's a wonderful kid in an emer-
gency (I'm all for more of them).
He was out of the car in a flash
and had lifted the heavy hood and
shouted, ‘Mrs. S. I hope your fire
insurance is all paid up.” That kid
should know by now what a demon
for insurance his father is so I
assured him everything was under
control. Keith's only concern was
the soup. We stood by the road-
side waiting for the car to burst
into flames but it didn’t.
Several nice looking ' cars drove
by without even looking, then an
old jalopy. tore by, used what
brakes it had to stop, then backed
up to where we were parked. The
man jumped out and asked wus
what happened. We told him our
problem and I must admit I re-
sorted to some of my old tactics
I had to use during the war, when
Norm was in Africa and I used to
run out of gas. Looks like I might
as well brush up on them anyway
as I'll no doubt end up with an
“A’ ’sticker again.
Our new found friend was pre-
pared for any emergency. He got
out a tow rope, sgave me last min-
ute instructions how to follow him
and we were off to the nearest
gas station, ten miles away. Noth-
ing could have pleased Keith any-
more. He lives in a world of his
own where trucks and tractors and
old jalopys far outnumber people
and he was taking everything in.
I knew he would be towing cars
over my hooked rugs for a month
to come.
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ONLY
YESTERDAY
From The Post of ten and
twenty years ago this week.
Ten Years Ago In The Dallas Post
From The Issue Of
February 7, 1941
Installation of ten fireplugs in
Dallas would save 40% of fire in-
surance for a large proportion of
the village population, according to
a recent survey.
Mrs. Margaret Detter, Maple-
wood Avenue, had six sons in
the first World War, four eligible
for service in this one. Her fore-
bears have been in every war
fought -by the United States since
1640.
Alan A. Kistler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alan C. Kistler, Harveys Lake,
member of Post staff for four years,
left Monday for Fort Meade.
Portrait of the late Supervising
Principal Maurice J. Girton, will
be hung in the Dallas Township
school library by the Class of 1940
at the February PTA meeting.
Mrs. John Ryman, widow of the
late John Ryman, prominent bus-
inessman of Dallas, was buried to-
day.
Huntsville Christian Church will
have a new pulpit, gift of the late
Marvin Schooley, who left a sum
of money in his will to use for any
desired purpose. The fund has
been augmented by several gifts
until it is ten times the original
amount.
A fifteen weeks course in First
Aid was completed by a group
of residents of Noxen, Ruggles,
and Alderson.
The marriage of Grace Louise
Morris and Robert Bachman was
solemnized at Trucksville Metho-
dist Church Friday evening, Rev.
Harry Savacool officiating.
The marriage of Helen Thorne,
Ceasetown, to Thomas Kosakow-
ski, Sweet Valley, has been an-
nounced.
Machell Avenue is closed to
traffic every day from 3 to 10 P.M.
to allow coasting.
No Quorum At Meeting
Due To Icy Highways
Community Center Meeting at
Dallas Township School Tuesday
night was dismissed with no bus-
iness accomplished after it became
evident that due to the icy roads
there would not be a quorum pres-
ent. Mary Weir, acting for Nor-
man Smith, President, dismissed
the meeting.
“Take a Tip”
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EIPPER SPEAKS AGAIN
To the editor of the Dallas Post
and any one else it may concern.
I am not a candidate for School
Director in Dallas Township. When
I am a candidate for any office, I
will personally let you know, until
then please keep my name out of
‘t. If I were a candidate I would
consider it an honor to run on a
ticket with Floyd Chamberlain. Due
to the fact that I have a mind of
my own and wish to exercise it
myself, I was not considered good
material for a school board, by
the lousy skunks that crop up in
the political world.
When any one who is not elected
to the office can tell those who are
elected, who they should appoint
for school teachers, janitors, etc.,
and how to transact the business
of the school district, I want none
of it. It is an empty honor any-
way and the majority of business
men will think twice before run-
ning for the office. That was the
reason I was defeated 2 to 1 when
I ran for re-election and the reason
Dave Bevan lost a bet by 7 wotes.
Now a new disease has been
discovered in the Back Mountain
section, diagnosed as Jointureitis.
So far I have had only a mild
case of it, but because I have not
swallowed all the microbes, and
got thoroughly saturated with it,
and called in the Doctors to pre-
scribe for me, the past has to be
dug up. All I, as well as many
others want to know is, the cost
of a cure and all the facts con-
cerning this disease, before getting
a serious case of it. If that is a
crime let it be one.
So far the Doctors have not
handed out this information for the
general public. Each School Board
may know all about it, but the
public, who pay the freight, are
kept in the dark until such time
as the five directors on each board
sign their death warrants.
Just why chaos and confusion
should be injected into the Dallas
Township school system just to
give Dallas Borough a transfusion,
is more than I, and many others
can see. In my opinion amputation
would be better for all concerned.
By that I mean that if Dallas Bor-
ough school board had closed its
school and gone along with Dallas
Township and Franklin Township
in building an addition to the
Township School, we could have
had a complete school in one place,
and one that any one in the Back
Mountain section could have been
proud to recognize. Transporta-
tion costs could have been held
to their present level, and any one
moving in either place would not
have to be furnished a map, show-
ing the location of the various
schools in order to know where to
send their children to school.
At the present time money for
this project could be borrowed
through the School Authority, at
a low yearly rental over a period
of 40 years.
By doing this the three boards
could plan for any additional sub-
jects or courses they might wish
to add to the present program. The
(Continued on Page Six)
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Al Himes!
Well, we see by the papers that
“They” are going to tax television
sets, automobiles, refrigerators,
radios, phonographs and other
electric, gas and oil appliances
25%. There “They” go, soaking
us rich again.
We are on a week's vacation and
have gone down to our ol’ home-
town, New York, and are talking
things over with the natives there.
Our first impression, before we got
around to our favorite hangout to
see the boys was that there was a
war breaking out tomorrow. Every
third block, on Broadway, there is
a big sign with a large “S” and
an arrow pointing to a shelter.
Under the arrow there is printed,
“This Shelter Holds 400 Persons.”
We saw three of them before we
realized what they were. We ask-
ed one of the natives and he was
as unconcerned about an immedi-
ate war as we are at Harveys
Lake. He doesn’t know where the
shelters are, doesn’t care and if
New York is bombed, said he'd
run down the first subway steps.
To him, it is just one of the many
ways that “These Guys” have of |
spending our tax money.
The Port Authority, that's an
authority formed by the States of
New Jersey and New York that
control the tubes and bridges under
and over the Hudson River, has
built a gigantic bus terminal in
New York City between Eighth and
Ninth Avenues, right off the Lin-
coln Tunnel, around Fortieth Street.
Busses coming in from Jersey
through the Lincoln Tube drive up
a ramp right into the terminal
without passing through any city
streets. It’s marvelous. Soon
there will be no busses on the city
streets except locals. One may
then come out of the tube in a
passenger car and drive the ten
blocks across Manhattan in almost
the same time it would take to
walk it.
if Martz or Greyhound uses this
terminal. The cop wouldn't let
us get cut of our car’ to ask despite
the fact that we were at a stand-
still while the trafic light went
green and red ten times before
the long line of trucks ahead of
us moved.
Maybe the traffic tie up was be-.
cause of the Railroad Strike. There
were no commuter trains running
to Westchester, Jersey or Long
Island so every one had to use
the family car back and forth from
Manhattan to work. We don’t
know what persons without cars
did. We couldn’t find any one
that hasn't a car.
We also see by the papers that
Price Administrator Michael V. Di-
Salle stated: “There could not be
a general price rollback without a
similar rollback on wages.”
wish some one would tell him that
prices have gone up steadily for
the last two years without any one
except miners receiving a wage
raise, but we fear that no one will.
We'd like to inform our friends
that our eldest daughter, Emily,
graduating from N.Y.U. got a
teacher’s job in New York City
which has been her ambition. Par-
don us for bragging a little, but
we are proud of that girl. After
graduating from Coughlin High
School she worked as a baby nurse
for eight years, earning enough
money to put herself through col-
lege. Kids are wonderful these
days. We still think it is a good
old world that we are living in.
We'll be back at the Lake in a
few days. Drop in and see us for
a game of canasta. We are still
able to buy enough coal at present
day prices to keep the living room
warm.
Left At The Post
First baby lamb of the season
arrived at Highland Acres on Sat-
urday. Ten visitors brought greet-
ings to Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Thomas on Sunday, in spite of bad
roads. There are 36 Hampshires
in the flock, and the baby is a ewe,
totally unexpected on the date of
arrival.
One flashing cardinal can keep
a whole neighborhood happy, going
from feeder to feeder and giving
everybody a break. &
Bess Klinetob, Sweet Valley, re-
calls that when she was a little
girl a neighboring farmer, well in
the eighties, took great pride in
his abounding health. “I can fall
down as quick as ever I could” he
claimed. His wife thought a min-
ute: “But you gotta roll over fore
you git up” she contributed.
Classified ad: Lost, six Shropshire
sheep, six ewes and a ram. Can-
celled before publication. Like
Little Bo-Beep’s the sheep came
back, bringing their tails behind
them.
Mrs. Norman Brader negotiated
for a home for a black cat, but
held off on delivery until Nancy
came home from school. Nancy is
fond of cats. Frantic telephone
call from Mrs, Brader: “Can you
take the cat tonight? The boy-
friend is allergic to cat-feathers.”
That Noxen bobcat is safely
Bagged after three weeks’ of" start
ring in the city papers. Intrepid
hunters are now promoting an-
other mountain lion to take its
place. It pays to advertise.
February Robin Count: One frost-
bitten robin sighted by Clifford
Fink in Shavertown, February 1.
Rescued from the creek bed after
an auto accident on Wednesday,
Mrs. William Lamb decided she
was all wet, and raised an um-
brella.
All
our freedom.
TODAY THE
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We're all playing for keeps now!
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Businessmen of the electric power companies
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KILOWATT ELECTRIC POWER for years.
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The Mighty Atom
Americans!
Once again
ELECTRIC INDUSTRY IS
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LIEVE IT OR NOT, AT THE SAME OR ONLY
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