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ybody Know Where to Find a Frow
Add to Zel Garinger's Collection?
with another curiosity. The last
time she had a pair of coal scut-
tles made to order in Mt. Upton,
N. Y. tall and narrow, holding as
much as the average scuttle but of
such a shape that not a lump would
be spilled in coaling the kitchen
range. |
“Nice to hold glads', she said,
“or Christmas greens.”
Mr. Garinger screwed a combin-
ation apple corer, peeler and slicer
to the porch flooring and demon-
strated. The finished product, min-
us peel and core, was sliced in a
spiral, ‘and under gentle tension
expanded like an ‘accordion. It
was good to eat, too. Probably in
the days when folks dried apples, it
was a boon to humanity, for any
child would get a tremendous kick
out of running the apparatus.
folks used to split shingles with
row. Mr. Garinger remembers
e of shavings from shingle-
ing on his father's farm at
Harveys Lake that to his childish
ye seemed as high as the barn
itself. Zel made inquiries at the
brary Auction, and was met with
blank stares. But not from Mrs.
icks. Mrs. Hicks had seen a frow
action in New York State when
‘small child, and knew what Mr.
Garinger was talking about.
One thing leading to another, the
of a report on what is a un-
e collection of implements was
hate Li j
Ir>- Ghritpjger was shingling his
garage roof on Lake Street on
Friday, and he was planning to go
eer hunting later in the day, but
took time out to display and
explain some of his treasures,
With Hallowe'en coming on some
weeks ago, Mrs. Garinger trans-
rred some of the more lethal
weapons from back porch to the
( with visions of Scotch
sickles, flails, and scythe blades
broadcast around the neighborhood.
From time to time, Mrs. Garinger
Mr. Garinger began selecting
things from the shelf.
he invited. “See how that heavy
screw releases the catch? Made
on somebody's forge, that was, and
he must have been an expert
blacksmith. It's heavy, but it's
handsome too.”
We wanted to know where he
| picked it up.
That item, he said, just ran up
to him. He was showing his im-
plements at Lake Townhip for some
A message from all of us to
all of you . . . May this be
the merriest of Christmases
for you, filled with joy and
good cheer.
YOLETIDE,
cheer!
Carvel Dari-Freeze Store
MARY and JOHN TIBUS, owners
Our wish to you on this §
Christmas day is like the
evergreen, always there and g
never fading. A gay Yule
fo you.
RS EOE TRE
_ Fran & Jimmie Trebilcox
LUNCHEONETTE
Main Highway Trucksville
It would take more than a
blizzard to sto p us from
sending you these wishes
for a merry Christmas and
loads of Yuletide fun.
Sandy Beach Drive-In
Harveys Lake \ Penna.
ST A SR
“Look at this hand-made lock,” ’
sort of a doings, and a man looked
them all over, then said he had
something to add to the collection.
When the unknown came back
from his car, he handed Mr. Gar-
inger this old forged padlock.
He picked up what looked like
a pair of tongs. It developed that
it was a contraption to ease a tight
shoe over a corn or a bunion.
The two Scotch sickles looked
like illustrations from a Bible
story, much longer than the pres-
ent-day models, and used, not for
chopping or slashing, but for sever-
ing the grain heads gently in a
clump.
There were some blacksmith
tools, and a pair of shoes designed
for the cloven hoof of an ox.
Mrs. Garinger made another trip
to the kitchen and back again to
the porch, this time with a tailor’s
goose, “And a gosling”, she added,
setting down a smaller edition. It
reminded us of the story about
the man who wanted to order a
tailor’s goose in duplicate, but was
unsure of the plural. “Send me a
tailor’s goose’, he wrote, and then,
“P.S. Send me another.”
Now a pair of steelyards came to
light. Zel hung an old flat-iron
on the hook and balanced the
weight. “It’s 125 years old”, he
said.
There was a candle-mold, twelve-
candle size; a bullseye carriage
lamp, and a lamp lighter.
A hatchel, a group of tapering
spikes clumped in the middle of
May the happy days in your
life be as many as the
fiakes that cover this land-
scape.
to you and you and you.
Frank Jackson
“The Bird Man” Maker of Bird Feeders & Bird Houses
HARVEYS LAKE
a long board, was once used for
THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,
processing flax for linen.
Among the ready-to-wear for
men and oxen were two shoulder
yokes, one to slip over the head
and distribute the weight of two
brimming buckets, the other to fit
over a pair of massive necks.
Mr. Garinger still mourns over
the coffee grinder which used to
hang ‘on the wall. He says he
never saw another like it, and de-
scribed it in detail.
Then he gave the cherry-pitter
an experimental twist, and went
on to the spud.
A spud? What's a spud, we
wanted to know.
A spud, Mr. Garinger explained,
is something you take bark off the
trees with, in the spring of the
year when the sap is up. Hem-
lock and oak, mostly, and the
bark. is for tanning.
“This”, said Mr, Garinger, bal-
ancing a handmade hoe head on
his finger, “was picked up in the
basement of the White Store church
in Mt. Upton. See that eye to hold
the handle? That was forged in
by hand in some country black-
smith’s shop.”
He showed a king-pin and wrench
from a lumber wagon, a black-
smith’s hoof knife and a‘ hoof
cleaner; a square razorstrop of a
type practically extinct; a broad
two-pronged paddle = for lifting
steaming clothes from the boiler
or yarn from the dye vat; and
crowning touch, a whip made from
elephant hide which sang viciously
when snapped.
Season’s Greetings
Main Highway
Rave's Nursery
Your Neighborhood Nurseryman :
Main Highway
SCA IB FEAT DA
Holiday bells ring out in
joyous Yuletide greetings.
Garinger Machine Service
We sing our wishes for a
very happy holiday season
and send our thanks for
your past patronage.
James Kozemchak
PHOTOGRAPHY
Huntsville Road
" Under your Yule tree, we
all hope you find happiness
for the season to come.
Merry Christmas.
Main Highway
AAR RRR
Fernbrook
Huntsville
1951
We want to join in the cho-
rus. Here’s a Merry Christ-
There was a powder-bag for load-
ing a muzzle-loader, the muzzle-
loader in .person, and a 32 rim-
fire rifle, initialed T.K.S. and sup-
posed to have been the property
of T. K. Sturdevant during the
Civil War. x
When the Garingers were in New
York late in November, they drop-
ped in at Altman’s to see the dis-
play of antique gadgets, and Mr.
Garinger was able to put the man-
agement of the department right
on the uses of a short handled
four-tined fork, employéd to push
cornstalks or straw through a cut-
ter without endangering the fingers.
“There’s one more thing you
ought to see”, said Mr. Garinger,
leading the way through’ the house
to the side porch, ‘“here’s a har-
ness vise.”
On the way through the living-
room we noted a Rogers Group,
“The Elder’s Daughter”, and a cal-
endar. clock pointing to not only
twelve-fifteen but to Friday, to De-
cember, and to seven. An educa-
ted clock, that.
We had by no means plumbed
the depths of Mr, Garinger’s col-
lection, but we had seen a con-
siderable sample.
As we were leaving, he called
our attention to the rosebushes
by the driveway. ‘Been in our fam-
ily for a hundred years”, he said,
“And I've got some golden rasp-
berries, too. Very rare these days.”
Mr. Garinger goes in for the
unusual.
mas to you, from all of us.
Gavy's Market
AMBROSE GAVIGAN, prop.
Trucksville
Meeker WSFS Enjoys
Party At Rebennack’s
£ pl
~ Methodist, were
WSCS, Meeke y
entertained at the home of Mrs.
John Rebennaclk Saturday evening.
Following a brie business meeting,
the Christmas ¢°FY Was read by
Mrs.” Russell steele. Santa Claus
distributed pres(nts and revealed
identity of Myst; Pals.
Christmas refféShments were
served to Mesdd 2° In
Ho?Ver :
wl, Air Fee, Moe J
Kittle Mary DiVis, Wayne King,
Fagen Robinsor’ Lawrence Wolfe,
Russell Steele, Pod Reres Eine
Karschner, Will?™ Urabick, Jo
Hildebrant, W: ter Wolfe, Helen
VanBuskirk, GePrge Weintz,. John
Davenport, Berf ; }
James, Bruce VeIReh Martin Sites,
Misses ILetha. tvolfe and Nancy
Hoover, and the hostess.
Beaumont Students
Have Chrisimas Party
Beaumont stidents will have
their annual ChyiStmas party today
at noon, with general carol singing
and a visit fron, Santa Claus after
the noon meal Yesterday was the
annual turkey inner, with all the
trimmings. Eact ems room will
have its individ" Es ;
Dismissal for e holidays 1s
P. M., with return
scheduled for 2 ma Ra i
to school at ti
uary 2.
Jumpil¥’ jiminy—here it is
Christvas day. We all wish
you a wonderful Yuletide,
a joyous New Year.
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greetings. We too, wish
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May
lovedlf ones the grandest
holidi@y You've ever had.
James F.
Your Local Real Estate
Ha Ak the herald angels
wish | You hearty holiday
i Trucksville
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fe wish you and your
nd Insurance Agent
Dallas
Bryant, Gordon’
|
: ~ Poet's Comer
of Rice Street and Mrs. Donald Bos-
; | moved from Berwick to San Diego,
| We're way out West at Christmas,
2 | All we have out here is sunshine,
x: Please, don’t get us wrong,
1 | But we should be home at Christ-
3 Way back East where we belong.
2 | Thanking God your prayers were
9: For the snow that fell last night.
| We remember how the sun shone
x | On the newly fallen snow,
% | Cold and crisp the air on Christ-
i | But we loved it all, you know.
s | Since we can’t get home for Christ-
? Would you take an Eastern Christ-
R Box it up and send it here?
: Kingston who met so tragic and
Rave Boys Move
To New Location
Establish Nursery
In Shavertown
Rave's Nursery has changed its
location from Dallas, where it has
operated for two seasons, to Sha-
vertown. The triangle between the
old highway and the new, south of
Hall's drugstore, was purchased
from the Fred Howell estate in
March and plans drawn for perma-
nent occupancy and extensive land-
scaping. :
Whitelsell Brothers erected a
small office building and Sev New-
berry designed the sign in a fence
effect which will eventually be
flanked with yew trees to broaden
it and reduce the apparent height.
A rustic: footbridge will cross
Toby's Creek and connect the two
sections, with the background filled
with rhododendron and azaleas
against the old stone wall, a per-
fect backdrop for the flower beds
along the new highway. The sun-
ken garden effect will be preserved,
according to Robert Rave. There is
a demand for English wallflowers
by people who have stone walls or
rock gardens, and this call will be
catered to.
In clearing the acre for business
purposes, great care was taken to
preserve all good trees, with sap-
lings and brush thinned out. The
soil across Toby's Creek is prac-
tically virgin, built up by flood
waters when the creek changed its
bed.
Both Rave Brothers are gra-
duates of Pennsylvania. State Col-
lege, Louis in Horticulture, 1949,
Robert in Landscape Design, 1950.
Both have had a great deal of ex-
perience in landscaping and gar-
dening. : 5
The 15,000 four-year old yews on / eh
the Martz farm sre an outgrowth of i
Louis’ gardening after he graduated bv
from high school. The yews will be al
ready for sale in another three Eh
years. ; fli.
Both® boys, prior to graduation, :
worked summers on landscaping.
They say there is great opportu-
nity for this type of work in the ie
Back Mountain, with so many new ih
homes going up.
Herbert Webster Pe
Upped To Sergeant go
Herbert Webster, 23, son of Mr.
and Mrs, Alfred L. Webster, Trucks-
ville, has been recently promoted
from corporal to sergeant.
Webster is stationed at Eta, Jima,
Japan, assistant instructor in the
dozer-scraper ‘classes in the largest -
training school for American sol-
diers. He was selected for in-
structorship from 400 applicants.
Eta Jima, he says in a letter to
his mother, is the former Japanese
Naval Academy, modelled after the |
Naval Academy at Annapolis, but i
even more beautiful. Webster has I
been overseas since August, flying
from Avoca to California August
22, en route to Korea. Transfer
was made upon arrival in Japan.
Webster graduated from Kings-
ton Township schools in 1946. Base-
ball was his main sport. He pitched
on the school team. He also bowled
and played basketball and base-
ball in the Church League. He is
a member of the White Church on
the Hill.
It was Webster who was the
mother of the bride in the Woman-
less Wedding. He has been active
in all sports and community affairs.
TITER
aN ~
The following poem was written
by Alma Thrash, and sent to her
aunts, Mrs. Harry Decker, Hunts-
ville Road, Mrs, Marvin Scott of
Davenport Street, Mrs, Oscar Culp
ton of Loyalville after she had
Cal. - f
And we're feelin’ mighty low,
When we're wishin’ for some snow.
We appreciate the sunshine,
mas,
Where you wake up Christmas
morning
And you find the ground is white,
answered
mas,
mas,
Maybe not for many a year,
mas,
In Memoriam
In loving memory of Thomas
untimely a death four years ago
on December 23.
His mother, father and sisters, / .-
Jacquelyn and Mildred. :
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