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“FARM TOPICS
Farm Values Are Up
Pennsylvania farm values,
pushed by inflationary forces, re-
cently reached an all-time high, re-
ports Wendell McMillan, Penn
State extension agricultural eco-
nomist. The new peak is 15 per
cent above a year ago and more
than double the level of 1940.. In
the nation, the peak is two and a
third times the 1940 mark.
Control Cabbage Worms
Protect cabbage and related
plants from worm attacks by dust-
ing or spraying rotenone or DDT.
Be sure to discontinue the DDT 30
days before harvest and the rote-
none one week before harvest.
Clip The- Pasture
Next to lime and fertilizer, the
most important means of impro-
ving permanent pasture is timely
mowing, reminds A. E. Cooper,
Penn State extension agronomist.
The clipping cuts off tall uneaten
grass and weeds, thus giving new
growth a better chance.
Shape Christmas Trees
To keep down the cost of the
work, begin shearing Christmas
trees when they are 4 or 5 years
old and first become spindling or
irregular.
Fertilize Farm Pond
To grow fish in a farm pond ap-
ply an 8-8-4 fertilizer, says R. H.
Thompson, Penn State extension
wildlife management specialist. The
fish eat insects and small water
animals. The insects get their food
from algae plants which grow in
the water. The fertilizer, 100
pounds per acre, feeds the algae
plants.
Protect Vegetables
To protect vegetables from rab-
bit damage, spray with one ounce
of aluminum sulphate in a gallon
. of water to which is added a cup
of hydrated lime, or you can
scatter dried blood near the plants.
Alderson WSCS Plans
Annual Flower Festival
W.S.C.S. of Alderson Methodist
Church met Thursday evening at
the Church with Rev. Ruth Under-
wood in charge for worship service
and Mrs. Donald Smith presiding.
Final plans were made for the
Flower Festival to be held at the
Church Wednesday from 3 until
9 P.M.
Present were Mesdames Fuller
Ashton, Warren Dennis, Otis Allen,
Wal Leinthall, George Armitage,
Herman Garinger, Joseph Rauch,
Robert Avery, William Deets, John
Cowan, Harry Allen, Albert Armi-
tage and Donald Smith; Rev. Ruth
Underwood.
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“Bess, I'm afraid I was a little late in getting his signature
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Two Local Men Get
U. Of P. Degrees
James F. Besecker, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Besecker, Nor-
ton avenue, was awarded a degree
in Bachelor of Science Wednes-
day morning at University of Penn-
sylvania, among 2,400 graduates of
the 195th senior class.
James D. Shepherd, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. D. Shepherd, Mount
Greenwood Road, Trucksville, re-
ceived a degree of Doctor of Laws.
| Besecker graduated from Dallas
Borough Schools in 1945, entering
the Navy July 31 and serving for
a year at Lido Beach, Long Island.
He shortened the four-year course
at the University by attending a
summer session year before last.
He demonstrated his business
ability while at school by serving
as steward of his fraternity house,
Lambda Chi Omega.
His parents drove to Philadel-
phia early Wednesday morning to
attend graduation.
| William Beck Has
JUSTICE OF
VOTERS OF DALLAS TOWNSHIP
When you choose a man for
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
look into the
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE MAN.
How he can and will serve you
in this
IMPORTANT to you office.
George Prater has served before,
is now serving by appointment.
He stands on his
PAST AND PRESENT RECORD
VOTE
A. GEORGE PRATER
; Fernbrook Road
THE PEAGE
Dallas Township
Penn State Degree
William G. Beck, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Harry C. Beck, East Center
Street, Shavertown, graduated from
Pennsylvania State College with a
degree of Bachelor of Science on
Monday.
Educated in Kingston Township
Schools, Beck attended Wilkes
College for two years before enter-
ing Penn State. He is a member
of the Chi Phi Fraternity.
He will be affiliated with the
Electric Storage Battery Company
in Philadelphia.
Rev. Olver Attending
Quadrennial Conference
Rev. Herbert Olver, Jr., Carver-
ton Road, Trucksville, is one of the
ministerial delegates who is at-
tending the 23rd quadrennial con-
ference of the Free Methodist
church of North America at Hills-
dale, Mich., June 13—26. Elected
by members of the New York con-
ference of the Free Methodist
church, Mr. Olver, accompanied by
his wife and Miss Helen Galey of
Beachlake, Pa., arrived in Hillsdale
Wednesday, June 13 where he will
serve as official conference repre-
sentative. Mr. Olver is the District
Superintendent of the Wilkes-Barre
and New York Districts of the Free
Methodist church.
Read The Post Classifies
Princeton Graduate 2
Jerome Marshall, son of Dr. Je-
rome Marshall of Kunkle road, was
a member of the graduating class
at Princeton University Tuesday.
Jerome is a graduate of Wyoming
Seminary where he was an honor
student.
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Know Your Neighbor
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It is impossible to write a pen
portrait of Mrs. McQuilkin with-
out finding Mac himself in the
picture. There he is, that tall for-
ester, long and lean and remark-
ably efficient, holding up the back-
drop. Once a man is listed with
a front name and a middle name
in the records of the government,
no amount of red tape-cutting can
get it off. So William he remains,
but only on government blanks.
His\ father and mother call him
Everett, and his friends hail him
as Mac.
Mr. and Mrs. McQuilkin make
an excellent team.
When they moved to Dallas from
Beltsville, Maryland, in 1947, they
bought the old Hoover house on
Franklin street and started to reno-
vate it, achieving something nearer
their hearts’ desire. It was Mac
who laid the asphalt tiles in the
playroom, remodelled. the kitchen,
and built the shelves in the living
room; Mrs, McQuilkin who con-
ceived the color schemes for the
interior, figured out a compromise
between antique furniture and mod-
ern setting, and decorated with
hanging wall brackets and plants.
Both of them collaborated on
the planting of the terraces back
of the house, and the establish-
ment of a family picnic area high
above the rooftops on a far ter-
race, with a lovely view of the
hills.
Some of the iris came from Col-
orado. There is a huge yellow spec-
imen that grows on a heavy stalk,
twice the size of a regular blos-
som. There are flowers and stone
enbankments everywhere. Mac's
summer project is laying a flat
stone terrace just outside the back
door, highly decorative as well as
utilitarian.
The McQuilkins lived in the west
during their childhood and college
days, Mac in Colorado, Mrs. Me- |
Quilkin in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She |
attended Doane College in Crete,
some twenty miles south of Lin-
coln. Upon graduation, she taught
at Albi~~ Nebraska, met Mac, and
ate in Plant Ecology. Here again
he had a teaching fellowship.
There was a grass-planting pro-
gram in Linco» Nebraska, follow-
ed by six years in Asheville, North
Carolina. Bobby was born here.
In this area, Mac serves as an
Ecologist with the Federal Forest
Service.
In this area, Mac serves as Eco-
logist with the Federal Forest Ser-
vice.
There should be more people like
the McQuilkins in the community,
married teams which make it dif-
ficult to tell where one starts and
the other leaves off, both halves
of the whole completely competent
to tackle any situation, and both
not only able but anxious to lick
their weight in wild-cats. :
married him in 1927. |
They moved to Johnstown, Col- |
orado, where Mac studied chemis-
try before deciding that plant life
was his dearest love. Mac got a
teaching fellowship at the Univers-
ity of Nebraska, and for three
years studied Plant Ecology, getting
his master's degree in that field.
At Syracuse, he spent a year
studying forestry, and was joined
there in the early winter by his
wife and infant daughter, the tall
young lady who has been attending
Wilkes College this year.
John J.
ALLARDYCE
Republican Candidate
for SHERIFF
of LUZERNE COUNTY
Your Vote and Support Will be Appreciated
PRIMARY ELECTION JULY 24, 1951
MORE THAN 20
YEARS EXPERIENCE
AS A LAWYER
BEN R.
JONES
For Orphans Court
JUDGE
on
Republican and
Democratic Ballots
PRIMARIES
Tuesday, July 24
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Remember:
We. the voters, elect the school boards. Selections of teachers
and administrators is in the hands of the boards. The effective-
ness of our public school system is, therefore, our direct responi-
bility.
CITIZENS OF THE
Health services are limited or inadequate.
In most instances both grade and high schools are housed in the
same building so that all age groups share the facilities.
There are many overcrowded elementary schoolrooms:
Secondary teachers are often overloaded with too many subjects.
High school students are unduly limited in their choice of
courses.
THIS IS THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF ADVERTISEMENTS PUBLISHED BY THE
Back Mountain Citizens’ Committee For The
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Library facilities are limited or inadequate.
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ACK MOUNTAIN AREA!
HERE IS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OUR BACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEM:
Shop and laboratory equipment is inadequate and often obsolete.
‘Bll School Districts—including the Joint District—are smaller
than the recommended size for efficient administration.
Enrollments are increasing and, therefore, in most cases the over-
There is no long term plan to overcome these common short-
EDUCATION
MOLDS OUR
BETTER SCHOOLS BUILD
A STRONGER AMERICA
IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CITIZENS AND THE CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY
Public Schools
The family then moved to Phila-
delphia, where Mac took his doctor- A
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