® Candid—but an honor “Winn the shot was made. Graflex Photo Contest. "CAMERA TOPICS By T. T. Holden* because the picture w Speed Graphic photograph by Heyward Crowson from the 3 carefully planned before DON’T MAKE YOUR PICTURES TOO CANDID The days of the rigid subject staring with glazed eyes at the camera are fortunately dead and gone; and good photographers know that the best pictures show a split-second of unposed activity. In an effort to shoot natural pictures, many amateurs go to the opposite extreme. They sneak up on an unwitting subject and * blast away with little regard for composition, lighting, focus or any other fundamentals of good photography. The simple fact'is that pictures can be too candid. For good pictures, the photog- rapher must plan his setting, ex- posure, focus and so forth just as carefully as if he were working in a studio. He must watch out for bad backgrounds, choose the camera angle that gives the most dramatic effect and see that his ‘model is properly groomed and posed. There is a big difference between windswept hair that has been carefully arranged, for in- stance, and untidy, tangled locks. 3 Even the most interesting action makes a poor picture if it is out of focus or shot against a clut- tered background. ; When we watch a good movie, we know perfectly well that be- hind it is many hours of rehears- ing to make the actors appear natural, much study of lighting and camera technique. : Good still pictures require the same careful approach. Next time you are tempted to sneak up and shoot sister at play, take time to look over the background. See if asking her to move a few feet might not improve the lighting. Pick up the best camera angle rather than the one that happens to be most convenient for a quick shot. Wipe the smudge off her cheek. Only when you are satis-' fied that all the elements of your picture are right are you ready to watch for that unpredictable instant that will make the picture youll cherish. > : *Graflex Photo Director’ Read The Classified Golumn mic moc classic 1.95 brown and red leather The shoe with floating power . . . to glide you through each active day. Sturdy but light, sleek and smooth fitting, you'll find it the cherished favorite in your casual shoe wardrobe. The BOSTON STORE lon Dit mY lek A GREAT STORE IN A GREAT STATE « WILKES-BARRE, PA. Membership Still Open In Dutch Treat Club - Headine-makers are stock in trade of the National Dutch Treat Club whose program opens in Wilkes-Barre on Monday evening, November 12. There are seven features in all, one on the second Monday of November and Decem- ber, one on the first Monday of each month, January through May. There is no ticket sale at the door. The features are guaranteed by memberships that are made available through the National Dutch Treat office, 730 Miners Bank, Wilkes-Barre. No profits are taken and only those who have signed up for the memberships at nominal cost of $10 for each will be ad- mitted. Scotland Yard’s Dick Harrison will be one of the visitors, as will be the New York Times’ Delbert Clark, fresh from Korea and earlier from Russia and Germany as chief foreign correspondent of the World’s greatest newspaper. Television's most important star, Susan Fletcher of Canada, will be an attraction, and others will include Korea's Chief Foreign Minister, Colonel Ben C. Limb; the internationally famed woman lawyer, Muriel Richter, and the famed Dr, Wilson with “My Six Convicts.” Memberships will be closed the first week in November. Stunting For Good Cause PALISADES PARK, N. J—In order to dramatize nation wide clothing collection for civilian vic- tims of Korean War, Maryln Rich of Arcadia, California, executed death defying stunts from a tra- peze suspended from a fast flying helicopter which took off from Pal- isades Amusement Park, N. J., flew down the Hudson, around the Statue of Liberty, and then hovered over the Lower Manhattan skyline as thousands looked skyward. Max Hess, Jr., president of Hess Brothers, nationally known depart- ment store executive of Allentown, Pa., arranged for the novel exhibi- tion to inaugurate the national col- lection drive. Sells Fine Holstein Warren Mekeel, Lehman, recent- ly sold a registered Holstein-Frie- sian cow to Abe Slater, Hunlock Creek. Change of ownership for this animal, Sylvia Mekeel Pietertje Ona, has been officially recorded by The Holstein-Friesian Associa- tion of America. The Association issued 34,389 registry and transfer certificates to Pennsylvania breeders during 1950. SHAVER THEATRE SHAVERTOWN FRIDAY and SATURDAY Rich, Young and Pretty” with Jane Powell, Vic Damone Cartoon, News 2 P. M. Saturday Matinee for Benefit of PTA “Hills of Home” with Lassie MONDAY and TUESDAY iéCaitle Drive” with Joel McCrea Dean Stockwell Cartoon, Comedy WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY Comin’ Round the Mountain” with Abbott and Costello Comedy, Cartoon HIMMLER THEATRE Dallas, Pa. FRIDAY and SATURDAY “Meet Me After The Show” technicolor Betty Grable Cartoon and News MONDAY and TUESDAY “Young As You Feel” Monty Wooley Cartoon and Sport Short WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY ““Sorocco” Humphrey Bogart Pete Smith Short and Cartoon ; Know Your Neighbor =~ | GRANVILLE H. SOWDEN idea of going into the lumber business when he was going through the Granville Sowden had no lean years following the 1929 crash, but a brokerage business provides insight into possibilities for sound investment, and it seem- ed to him over a term of years that building materials would al- ways be basic, and capable of al- most limitless expansion. So when an opportunity pre- sented itself to make an investment in a lumber and coal business, the manager of Goodbody and Com- pany, South Franklin Street, seifed it. That was in 1944, five years after the Sowden family had first moved to the Back Mountain from Wilkes-Barre, with one foot still in town in case they didn’t care for the hills. They've never wanted to go back to the city, and are build- ing a big ranch-type home on top of the hill where they get a mar- velous view. : The young firm started out with Paul Eckert and Granville Sowden, expanded to take in Dr, M. C, Rum- baugh, and is now composed of Sowden and Rumbaugh, with Gran- ville Jr., 22, lately graduated from Wesleyan, taking an active part and learning the business from the ground up. Like most men who have drop- ped out of high school before grad- uation to enter business, Mr. Sow- den is adamant on the subject of college graduation for his children. He says it’s easier afterwards, even though a man can get himself a liberal education along the way. It will be a long time before Mar- sha, now five, will be ready to select a college. Right now she is in the joint school kindergarten and having a wonderful time. Granville Jr. finished in June. He was awarded the eighth grade American Legion prize in the Kingston Township schools, then at- tended Wyoming Seminary before entering Wesleyan. It was Mr. Sowden’s suggestion, to the point and barbed with com- mon sense, which broke up a meet- ing called for discussion of Town- ship schools and ways in which to improve the standard of scholar- sip some years ago. The audience, its pocket-book nerve tingling, made a hurried ex- odus after Mr. Sowden stated his opinion that higher standards re- quired higher paid teachers who would have an economic stake in continuing to serve Back Mountain children, and who would be able to take college extension course in the summer instead of hunting jobs. Higher salaries would necessitate higher taxes, and what were we waiting for? It was then that the meeting broke up. Mr. Sowden points out, as to Star-Lile DRIVE-IN ROUTE 309 TUNKHANNOCK, PA. FRIDAY and SATURDAY “Palomino” (Technicolor) with Jerome Courtland and Beverly Tyler Plus Cartoon, News & Sports SUNDAY and MONDAY “Target Unknown” with Mark Stevens and Alex Nicol Added Cartoons TUESDAY DOUBLE FEATURE HALLOWE'EN SPECIAL “Frankenstein Meets Wolfman” with Bela Lugisi and Lon Chaney “Dracula’s Daughter” with Otto Kruger and Gloria Holden Also Cartoon WEDNESDAY and, THURSDAY “The Groom Wore Spurs” with Jack Carson and Ginger Rogers Plus Cartoon and Comedy (Adults, 60c; Children 12 to 16, 25¢c; Children under 12 admit- ted free). : THE POST, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1951 jointure for the Back Mountain, that students would not necessarily have to be herded into one enorm- ous high school. That in Wilkes- Barre several high schools accom- modate several sections, but all come under one common district so that unification of program and income spent where income is need- ed is possible. He forsees an even- tual plan such as this for the whole Back Mountain, with schools retain- ing their identity and their posi- tion in the several communities, but under a unified system that will promote scholarship and raise standards. The decision to expand facilities and build the present modern hard- ware store on the new highway was an outgrowth of paint sales. If people were willing to come around the old road to buy paint, it seemed obvious that they would buy a lot more paint if it was handier to reach. So two years ago the Back Moun- tain’ Lumber Company opened the most modern and up to date of plants. Hardware business is a good clean business, says Mr. Sow- den. Most passersby on the highway, or customers at the store, in the market for a percolator or a pound of ten-penny nails, do not realize that in back of the retail store there is a huge lumber yard, all under cover, a shop for making up spec- ialities in wood, and farther down the road the coal pockets. Attending to the needs of the little fellow, the man who wants to build a hencoop or replace rot- ted side rails on his back steps, is more important than catering exclusively to big builders and con- tractors, says Mr. Sowden. Con- tractors’ demands are necessarily seasonal, while the little fellows’ demands come right along through the year. And, he says, there are so many more little fellows than big ones. They’ provide a solid backlog of trade, and they have an astonishing way of growing up into big fellows. Redwood siding was introduced to the area by Mr. Sowden. He takes pride in the fact that any- thing for the construction and out- fitting of a house, from foundation materials to plumbing orsan auto- matic furnace, can be found in his store or lumber yard. In these days of keen competi- tion, he says, all a dealer has to sell is service. The old slogan, “The customer is always right”, holds good as a policy. It is vital to handle materials that the manu- facturer will stand back of, and vital to get the material to the customer at the time he wants it. When a new item comes in, it isn’t pushed until it is tested out, like the septic tank cleaner which had a good workout on Mr, Sow- den’s own installation before be- ing recommended. Or the material, as elastic as putty, which can be crowded into fissures in cellars carved out of solid rock, and pre- vents water from seeping in. It would never do to leave Mrs. Sowden out of a pen portrait of her husband. Mrs. Sowden is in there pitching all the time, carry- ing on the work of the office. She was the former Mary Williams of Ashley, a graduate of Hanover Township High School. The couple has been married for 26 years. Vital statistics show Mr. Sow- den born in Wilkes-Barre. He be- longs to the Shavertown Methodist Church, and the Republican party. Active in the Masonic Order, he belongs to Irem Temple and Cald- well Consistory, and is Past Master of the Dallas Lodge. Friday Night Opening Popular At Dallas Bank Fred Eck, Cashier of First Nation- al Bank of Dallas, reports that the Friday evening opening has been a popular move. Inaugurated four weeks ago, the first Friday night saw the lobby crowded at five, thinning out after six-thirty. The next Friday was Columbus Day, a bank holiday. The third week saw a more even dis- tribution of patrons, with deposi- tors going and coming all evening. Banks in town, says Mr. Eck, which have instituted a Thursday night opening, report that it is not worth while to open between five and six. This is due, he thinks, to a generally earlier dinner hour for people who would normally patronize an evening banking hour. Out here in the Back Mountain, where many men carry on business in Wilkes-Barre, dinner hours are generally later, and men drop in at the bank on their way home. A second influx occurs after dinner when folks do their week’s market- ing. Toll Gate Lions Hear Cardoni On Columbus Atty. Herman Cardoni, in an ad- dress on Columbus before Old Toll Gate Lions Club Tuesday night, stated that a menace from the East, the Ottoman Turk, and the throttling of commerce, prompted Columbus to try another route. Today, he said, we are again faced with a menace from the East, If Western civilization is to be saved we must have faith in our country and its institutions. J. Lear Wagner, chairman of the Triple Scrap Drive, reported that the committee had already turned in a quantity of scrap. Mr. Wagner turned over the first check re- ceived from sale of scrapmetal, and reported that they now had the use of a truck to collect scrap iron, tires, old batteries, etc. He urged the community to report to him any materials they might contri- bute. Sam Patner presided. Robert Williams reported on the Turkey Party to be held on No- vember 15th. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, November 13. Westmoreland Band Parents Name Officers Westmoreland Band Parents As- sociation met Monday night to elect officers. President is Harold Croome; vice president § Richard Owens; secre- tary, Mrs. Richard Mathers; treas- urer, James Dick; publicity, Mrs. George Davis. On the Ways and Means Com- mittee are Richard Owens, chair- man; and Mrs. John Dana, Clyde Birth, and Leslie Barstow. Lester Lewis heads the member- ship drive. Chairman for Dallas area is Donald Clark; Carverton, John Dana; Shavertown, Mrs. Howard Hontz; and Trucksville, Mrs. John Roushey. It was announced that West- moreland Band would lead the Hal- lowe’en Parade next Wednesday evening. Annual card party and bake sale is scheduled for January 26; An- nual Band Banquet February 23, both at the High School. “Doodlesack” is a colloquial name for bagpipes. Read The Classified Column SANDY BEACH DRIVE-IN THEATRE FRIDAY and SATURDAY “Lucky Nick Cain” George Raft, Coleen Gray “Where danger moved in with a stiletto” Cartoon & News SUNDAY and MONDAY “Where Danger Lives” Robert Mitchum Faith Domergue Claude Rains “See Mitchum in action” FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON WE WILL BE OPEN EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY & MONDAY WITH THE FINEST OF SHOWS. Shows at 7:00 & 9:00 p.m. Merchandise Party Every Friday and Saturday, starting at 7 A. M. Sunday at 2 P.M. MOONLITE Open-Air Theatre on Shoemaker Ave., between West Wyoming and Swoyerville WEST WYOMING, PA. Admission 50c tax in. TONIGHT “Copacabana” A musical, with Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda at their best and funniest. A barrelful of belly laughs. Cartoon and Comic SATURDAY ONLY “Night and the City” starring Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney You'll enjoy every minute. Cartoons SUNDAY and MONDAY “Whispering Smith” In Technicolor Starring Alan Ladd Cartoons Monday night is FAMILY NIGHT Admission for a carful or a truckload, only $1.00. Pack ’em in, folks, no limit on numbers. TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY Double Feature for Hallowe'en “Devil Bat” and “Yoodoo Man” Boys, glue your hair on before you see this. THURSDAY and FRIDAY “Rope of Sand” Starring Bert Lancaster in a story of breathless suspense. . What is the name of this cut of meat? . Salt pork. . Where does it come from and how is it identified? . The side of pork. Spareribs are > Or Oo removed leaving a boneless piece, the bacon strip. Cured in salt, it is salt pork. Smoked, it is bacon. . How is it prepared? . . By roasting or panfrying. In either event the salt pork is cut into slices about 14 inch thick, covered with hot water and allowed to stand for 5 minutes. Slices may then be removed, dipped in milk and rolled in corn meal. To roast, slices are placed on a rack in a roasting pan and cooked for 30 minutes in a 350°F. oven. In panfrying, the coated slices are slowly cooked in lard or drip- pings until well browned. Salt pork is frequently used for > O seasoning vegetables and other dishes also. Poet's Comer HUNTING TIME There's a mystery that intrigues me Each year about this time, For I note a new born vigor Within that man of mine. His keen anticipation @ Makes each day seem too long While the open meadows beckon Like ‘some fair siren’s song. At last the season opens He's up before the dawn, He gulps a hasty breakfast Then with his pals, he’s gone. I turn the clock’s old buzzer off And lock the kitchen door, We won't be needing that alarm, My man was up at four. I chuckle as I climb in bed At him atrudging far, For he can’t get around the block Unless he drives the car, He'll scale the highest mountain ridge And shiver with the cold, But you couldn’t drag him from the spot 2 Until the day grows old. Toward bedtime he comes weary, Oft times bedecked with game, While little voices shout with glee Behind the frosty pane. = With pride he bears his trophies in For all of us to see, I praise him well, but most of all I'm glad he’s back with me. —By Mrs. Frederic W. Anderson DALLAS OUTDOOR THEATRE Children Under 12—Free FRIDAY “The Good Humor Man” Jack Carson, Lola Albright © “What a man!” Cartoon and News SATURDAY “Dakota” John Wayne, Vera Ralston Walter Brennan “A mighty romantic drama of America’s last frontier” Cartoon. and News “SUNDAY and MONDAY “Rogue River” Color Rory Calhoun and introducing Peter Graves “Along a river where you had to be a giant among men to survive” Cartoon and News TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY DOUBLE FEATURE “The Tiger Man” Vera Ralston, Richard Arlen Erich von Stroheim also “The Vampire’s Ghost” John Abbott Cartoon and News THURSDAY “Tell it to the Judge” Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Marie McDonald “The comedy you've been waiting for” A Variety of Cartoons’ ‘Two shows starting at dusk 3
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