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Champion Major Dies
Sunday Afternoon At 80
Champion Major, 80, died at his
home in Huntsville Sunday after-
noon after a prolonged illness. A
member of Lehman Methodist
Church, he was buried Wednesday
afternoon in Lehman Cemetery,
following services at 2' conducted
by Rev. Frank K. Abbott.
He was born in Plymouth, De-
cember 29, 1870, but spent the
larger part of his life in Hunts-
ville. His wife, the late Lydia Gar-
inger Major, died October 2, 1937.
Two children of the couple died in
childhood. Five sons survive:
Ralph, Lehman; Albert, Shaver-
town; Elmer, Homer and John,
Trucksville. There are 12 grand-
children and two great grand-
children. :
Mr. Major's father was Boswell
Major, his mother Arsenith Bouse
Major; grandfather and grand-
mother were John and Anna Case
Major. John was the second child
of Thomas and Mary Britton Major,
who came to America 130 years
ago from England with eleven chil-
dren. A twelfth child died in Eng-
Jand, a thirteenth was born upon
arrival in America. .
Pallbearers were Bud, Corey, and
Bryce Major; Thomas Watkins,
Willard Cease, and John Garinger.
ECRVECRVEVELRVEVDEVDELLR
BE STRONG
BY
MALTBIE DAVENPORT BABOCK
Be strong!
We are not here to play, to dream,
to drift;
We have hard work to do, and
loads to lift;
Shun not the struggle—face it; ’tis
God's gift.
* Be strong!
Say not, “The days are evil. Who's
to blame?”
“And fold the hands and acquiesce
—oh shame!
Stand up, speak out, and bravely,
in God's name.
Be strong!
It matters not how deep intrenched
the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day
how long;
Faint not—fight on!
comes the song,
Tomorrow
This poem is the fourth of a
series to be used in this space
each week. Presented by .. .
‘Stephen M. Glova
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Parsons Serves
On Destroyer
Navy Course Takes
In Summer Cruise
Midshipman David E. Parsons,
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Parsons, Dallas RD 1, has finished
a six weeks cruise on Destroyer
USS Gyatt, berthing at Norfolk,
and taking in points from Cuba to
Labrador. He returns immediately
to University of Idaho where he is
a Junior in Forestry, a Sophomore
on a four-year scholarship in the
Navy. Before starting on the sum-
mer cruise late in July he had
worked on a conservation project in
the Idaho forests.
Parsons took first year college
work at Wilkes, then took compet-
itive examinations for Navy scholar-
ship, and on winning was stationed
in Idaho where he .could follow
both courses, with equal opportuni-
ties for both forestry and a navy
career, When graduated, he will
serve two years in the Navy, start-
ing as an ensign.
On Arctic Mission
William B. Russell, seaman, USN,
of Route 3, recently participated in
the annual set resupply mission to
the Canadian Arctic regions in sup-
port of the Joint Weather Station
Program which is being carried out
by the governments of Canada and
the United States.
The program was initiated. to
provide meteorological observations
required for more accurate short-
range forecasting, and to accumu-
late research data necessary for
the solution of long-range fore-
casting problems.
The sea resupply mission was
carried out by four U. S. Navy
ships—the icebreaker USS Atka;
the cargo vessels USS Wyandot
and Achernar; and the tanker USS
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THE POST, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1951
Rough and ready, from dungarees to the smudge of grease on his
upper lip, here is David E. Parsons, Midshipman, aboard Destroyer
USS Gyatt, on a six weeks training cruise somewhere in the Atlantic.
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(Continued from Page Two)
abandon the weaving of crepe and
broadcloth and georgette, and re-
turn to school in preparation for
the ministry, the manager offered
him a much better position to re-
main, but his mind was made up.
Entering Wyoming Seminary at
20, several years beyond the usual
age, and with five years of produc-
tive work behind him, he realized
the value of an education and ap-
plied himself. As he phrases it,
he “worked his way through at the
end of a bell rope and a shovel”.
We inquired particularly about
the bell rope. The shovel was self
explanatory. It developed that on
Mondays the bell had to be rung
16 times, from rising until retir-
ing time, and it was Fred's job
to ring it. Dr. Sprague also as-
signed him classrooms to clean,
and there were the inevitable
tables to wait on.
During his senior year he filled
the pulpit at Thornhurst.
But with all the extra-curricular
work and the hard study, Reinfurt
had time to play in the school band
and be president of the Debating
Team. He says he still uses Galen's
principles in building his sermons,
employing thesis, antithesis and
synthesis. One of his most prized
possessions is the Nesbitt medal
for oratory.
After graduation from Seminary,
he entered Dickinson, and here
again he was on the Debating
Team, It was when a freshman at
Carlisle that he competed in a
regional track meet, winning a
medal for his half-mile work, and
here also that he developed tech-
nique in tennis and: ping pong.
He still takes on all comers at
ping-pong, and up to date the
only contender hereabouts who has
been able to floor him is Wilson
Garinger, an ex-champion at Penn
State. :
Rev. Reinfurt did not develop
those huge shoulders by playing
football, because football practice
takes up too much time.
them by working on the railroad
and in logging operations in the
sub-zero woods, as well as by sum-
mer work on State road construc-
tion.
At Drew Theological Seminary
he travelled 300 miles each week-
end to serve two charges in Jack-
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He got
With Bombardment Wing
2nd Lt. Clayton L. Cairl, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William F, Cairl,
Cemetery street, Dallas, has recent-
ly been assigned to the 92nd Bom-
bardment Wing at Fairchild Air
Force Base near Spokane, Wash-
ington.
Lieutenant Cairl attended Dallas
Borough High School. He enlisted
in the Air Force at Wilkes-Barre,
in June 1943 and was commis-
sioned at Napier Field, December
1944.
The Lieutenant is married to the
former Dolores Douglas of Tunk-
hannock R. D.
son and North Jackson, Susque-
hanna County. He was one of
two in his class who "graduated
with a Magna Cum Laude.
When he was pastor at Mel-
bourne, Florida, he wrote a weekly
column for the Melbourne Times,
captioned, “The Parson Edits the
News.” He recollects with a chuckle
that writing a review of the Eng-
lish version of “One Foot in
Heaven’ was funny, because English
taboo prevents the use of the word
“Heaven”.
“One Foot In Trouble”. He is the
author” of ‘Dark Churches”.
During his pastorate in Dallas he
has built up the church from a
moderate sized congregation to 715,
a gain of 425 new members, pre-
ponderantely adult, one of the most
spectacular growths in the district.
Last spring he was accorded the
signal honor-of being named special
speaker for the Harold Stassen
Committee of Internation Council
of Religious Education on publica-
tion of a new revision of the Bible.
He is chairman of Worship Com-
mittee of United Churches of Wy-
oming Valley.
He was elected President of the
Wilkes-Barre District in 1950,
For three years he served as
chairman of ‘the Hemmelright
Award, the committee which votes
on the Man of the Year for the
Back Mountain region.
His wife, the former Catherine
M. Partridge, is active in church
work, but preeminently a home-
maker for her husband and three
children.
Charlyn, 14, the eldest, will en-
ter Wyoming Seminary this term.
She won the American Legion
award upon graduation from the
eighth grade, Dallas Borough
Schools: in June.
Donald, 13, is in the eighth
grade and plays in, the band.
Frederick Junior, five plus, will
be entering school this fall.
Rev. Reinfurt likes to hunt and
fish. Until recently he has emula-
ted the late Calvin Coolidge in
dangling the angleworm before the
hungry trout, but has lately turned
to fly-casting, a sport in which he
is picking up technique.
Two years ago he satisfied what
was practically a life-long ambi-
| tion, and now goes careening about
the countryside on his Harley-
Davidson motorcycle, accompanied,
one at a time, by his family. Asked
why he didn’t add another wheel
and a flying bath-tub to the motor-
cycle in the interests of taking
them all at once, en famille, he
said side cars were sissy, and the
family could just hang on to the
driver’s waistline. ;
The title came out,’
: Church News
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH
St. Paul’s Lutheran . Church,
Shavertown, announces its sched-
ule for the week of September 16.
Sunday
9:45 A. M.—Sunday School.
11:00 A. M.—The Service. The
pastor of the Church, the Rev.
Frederick W. Moock, Jr., will con-
tinue the “Home Coming” theme
with a sermon on “Lord, Increase
Our Faith.”
7:00 P. M.—“Doggie Roast” for
the members of the Luther League
and their parents at the outdoor
fireplace of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Gerlach.
Tuesday
“Harvest Home Baked Ham Sup-
per’ at the Church. The Ladies’
Auxiliary are responsible for this
project.
Wednesday
1:00 P. M.—Ladies’ Auxiliary
meeting. Mrs, E, R. Marley and
Mrs. John Malkemes are the hos-
tesses.
7:30 P. M.—Luther League Choir
rehearsal.
8:00 P., M.—Senior
hearsal.
Friday and Saturday
Third Annual Stewardship meet-
ing at Trinity Church, Reading.
St. Paul's Congregation will be
represented by the pastor and Mr.
Richard M. Rudy.
Choir
re-
DALLAS METHODIST
“How Big Is My Church?” will
be the basis for discussion in the
three adult classes on Sunday
morning at 10..
(The Bible reference is in Acts,
Chapters eleven and fifteen, and in
1 Second Corinthians 9:1-5.)
Youth Division will elect repre-
sentatives for the Youth Council
in the Sunday School hour. The
council will include a boy and girl
from each department, one repre-
sentative from Woman’s Society of
Christian Service, and Methodist
Youth Fellowship Evening meet-
ing counselors. :
~The minister will speak on
“When The Expert Failed” in the
Morning Worship. Mrs. Ruth
Turn Reynolds will be at the organ.
Parents of pre-school children are
invited to leave their children in
the Church Nursery.
Finance Committee will meet
after the Service to elect a chair-
man and to discuss certain items
of business. Following are mem-
bers, Paul Phillips, Ray Evans,
Peter D. Clark, Mrs. Stanley B.
Davies, David Evans, Floyd Ide,
Floyd Bogert, and Lawrence Up-
dyke. \
Youth Council “will meet at the
home of Mrs. Louise Colwell Sun-
Lee Landmesser Has
Surprise On Birthday
Lee Landmesser, Pikes Creek,
was so completely surprised when
forty-eight friends gave him &n
unexpected birthday party Satur-
day afternoon, that he construed
the long line of approaching cars
as evidence of a fire, and stepped
outside to inspect the roof.
The party was engineered by his
sister-in-law, Mrs, Arthur Land-
messer, Wilkes-Barre, and the el-
aborate cake came from Allentown
under convoy of Andrew H. Land-
messer, Lee’s brother.
day evening at 7 to organize the
youth program for the year.
Country Couples Club will hold
their monthly meeting Sunday eve-
ning at 8:15. Officers will be elec-
ted. Miss Frances Dorrance, Libra-
rian. of Hoyt Library, and a life-
long student of Wyoming Valley
history will speak.
Troop 281 will meet Monday at
7 P. M. Plans for fall will'be made.
Brace Bible Class will hold a
Corn Roast at Butternut Grove,
Lake Street, Tuesday, 6:30 P. M.
Wives and friends are invited.
Eleventh Annual Fall meeting of
Wilkes-Barre District W.S.C.S. will
be held at Firwood Methodist
Church, Wednesday. Luncheon res-
ervations can be made with Mrs.
R. E. Kuhnert or Mrs. Z. E, Gar-
inger by Friday, September 14th.
Wilkes-Barre District Missionary
Institute will be held in the same
Church on Wednesday. Rev. Charles
R. Britt, missionary in Liberia and
the Rev. Dewey D. Etchieson, sup-
erintendent of Oklahoma Indian
‘Mission will be the speakers.
Choirs will rehearse on Thursday.
Junior Choir, 4:15; Youth Choir,
6:30; and Senior Choir, 8.
This is the first meeting of the
children’s and youth choirs. All
those interested are urged to con-
tact Mrs. Ruth Turn Reynolds.
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have moved to Lake Ariel, where
Mr. Drabick has accepted a posi-
tion as agricultural teacher in the
high school.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Dawe and
Billie have just returned from a
trip to Newport News, Va. and
Nag’s Head, N. C.
Miss Barbara Gregory of Kings-
ton spent last weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. A. B. Simms.
Mr. and Mrs. Ornan Lamb have
just spent a week in Atlantic City.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Rood re-
cently visited Luray, Va. and toured
the Skyline Drive.
Miss Blanche Taylor is recover-
ing at her home from an appen-
dectomy.
Miss Priscilla Abbott is spend-
ing a week with her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. F. K. Abbott before re-
turning to Bloomsburg State
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