~ Back Mountain Library Book Club enjoyed a Christmas party ‘at the Library Annex on Wednes- ‘day. The Harris Haycoxes showed colored slides of their trip to Hawaii. 3 Prevent were Mrs. Ray Hedden, Mrs. Gerald Dettmore, Mrs. Ross, Mrs, H. W. Smith, Mrs. Stan- ley Davies, Mrs. J. Stanley Rine- himer, Mrs. Fred Howell, Mrs. A. D. Hutchison, Mrs. Dana Krump, Mrs. Joseph Schmerer, Mrs. Harry Stuhlmuller, Mrs. Warren Unger, Mrs. Henry Peterson, Mrs. Mitchell Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Hay- cox and Ruth. Art “DR. JOSEPH L. FAULL Chiropractor Announces The Opening Of His New Office In The GREGORY BUILDING 5 Main Street, Dallas Phone 468-R-0 for Appointments. Mon. thru Sat—2 p. m. to 4 p. m. 7 p.m. to 9 p. m. XMAS SPECIALS Manufacturers’ Prices on Children’s Wagons $6.0C ~ Tricycles $2.95—$3.50 © Scooters $2.95 J. Laux & Sons Mfg. Co . Dallas 202 ro SRST 124 Pioneer Ave. Shavertown Plumbing & Heating HARRY A. PEIFFER Phone Dallas 426-R-16 { SERIE i S ; 2 » 9 iS A » FA » » » I 0 » » » Fd Happy New Year Rebenunck & Covert | 267 WYOMING AVENUE—KINGSTON—T7-4514 TTT AAT 8 Nesom ICE CREAM ARTY CAKE (ALL ICE. CREAM) ONLY $1.69 SERVES 8 Your choice of VANILLA FUDGE or STRAWBERRY VANILLA EVANS DRUG STORE ~ Shavertown Penna. love... peace... these Joy... are the words that guide us in our celebration of the Christ- mas and New Year Season. Our wish — that we all keep Christmas with us in spirit, the whole year through. A Happy Holiday to you all! _ PEOPLE'S LAUNDRY WILKES-BARRE, PA, 't churches, THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1951 Know Your Neighbor REV. CHARLES H. FRICK Two folks of different denomin- ations leaned their elbows on the counter at the.Dallas Post one day while waiting for a printing job to be wrapped up, and started dis- cussing this and that: One of them said, “You know, if a Bishop for the Back Mountain were to be chosen, I'd bet on Rev- erend Frick.” ) We pricked up our ears. The second man agreed. “Yes”, he said judicially, “he'd get my vote too, He exemplifies everything that is fine in the min- istry.” So here’s a Christmas wish for the Bishop of the Back Mountain, and a hope that he and his wife will have many happy New Years in the new parsonage at Huntsville, When interviewed, Rev. Frick said he was sorry that he could not furnish a long list of letters after his name. He added, rather ruefully, that his Hiram College de- gree, awarded in 1906, was a mod- est sort of a degree, but that it had § | given him the foundation for his life work, the establishment of new churches. Back Mountain folks who know and love Rev. Frick for his kindly humor and the twinkle in his eye as well as for his never failing sym- pathy and his wise counsel, would endorse another degree for him, that of LLD—Doctor of the Larger Life. That tall, spare man has never had a chance to go soft and take on weight. He has been too busy. He says now that he thinks he has spread himself a bit too thin, and that maybe he will cut down his bee colony. And he says it's all right with him if he is never persuaded. to judge another flower show. It's al- ways his luck, he says, to share honors as a judge with a couple of women who are well up on the rules, while he enjoys free-lancing it a bit. A lovely flower to Rev. Frick is a lovely flower, whether it has all the characteristics of a prize-winner or not, estimated solely on points. Bees don’t take too much atten- tion, but it all adds up. Bees, he says, are pretty sensible, but easily frustrated. They don’t like to be caught in a trap, so Rev. Frick wears something over his hair, and rolls his sleeves high and tight. A bee that finds itself imprisoned by hair or sleeves will sting its way out. Rev. and Mrs, Frick embark on a cooperative business tour each September and October, covering schools and colleges over a wide area in the interests of the Crow- ell-Collier Publishing Company, and returning to Huntsville only over the weekends. In the midst of Friday's swirl- ing snow, Rev. Frick pointed to the tower with its newly installed loud speaker system, Huntsville Christian Church wired for sound. “Lucky we got that set up yes- terday’’, he said, “Nobody could keep footing on that roof today.” Cracked ribs and all, (Rev. Frick took a ‘header a few weeks ago in that most domestic of spots, the loud speaker in the Christmas carol broadcast, which will be heard for the first time from Huntsville Church on Sunday. The ribs; now nearly healed; have slowed him down a bit, perhaps, ing install time for brush from the slope beneath the nursery rows at Pikes Creek, beautifying the grounds the house and the church. mering the subject to the order of the government that seedlings be set out hit or miss instead of in nursery rows, nursery rows are far more prac- tical until a tree reaches a :size trees, he says, which cost more per thousand, but are worth it are more practical to buy from the government than seedlings, able to stand on their’ own feet almost from the first, and soon crowding out the weeds. Rev. Frick numbers photography believer - schools, and organiza- tions, he has for the past several | signed the | family bath-tub) he has been help-{ years switched from stills to mov- ing pictures. For eight years he was president of the West Side Garden Club, still retains membership. He's interested in music, too. It was young Charles Frick who or- ganized the first orchestra at Hir- am, working from a foundation of six lessons on the guitar. He hopes to have good music broadcast from the belfry, not just on Sundays, but on warm evenings during the summer when folks are sitting out- doors, The tower, high above the surrounding countryside, is advan- | tageously placed, Rev. Frick says, to broadcast for a long distance. A brief survey shows him as a young graduate embarking upon his career as Organizing Secretary of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Missionary Society by establishing three churches . during the first three years, one in Brownville, one in Butler, and one in Phillipsburg. The church in the Firwood sec- tion of Wilkes-Barre, on Carey Av- enue and Horton Street came next, and® here Rev. Frick served for some years until entry of the United States into World War I He was chaplain of the 310th Ar- tillery, and later the 313th in France, seeing the first five bodies buried in the famous Argonne Ce- metery. After the Armistice, and now president of the Missionary Society, he founded the Wyoming Avenue Christian Church and served as pastor for twenty-two years, until Pearl Harbor precipitated mobili- zation of the 109th of which he had been chaplain since returning to ci- vilian life. A flashback to Newark, Dela- ware, seventy-four years ago, shows a son, Charles, born to Rev. and Mrs. M. C. Frick. Bessie Hale Jackson, Toledo, Ohio, crossed his path in college. They were married, and have four children, Paul, Earl, Jack, and He- len. Helen is now Mrs. Gordon Wol- verton, and lives on, the Pikes Creek Farm. Rev. Frick resigned from the pastorate of Huntsville Christian Church at the beginning of World War II, at the same time he re- from Wyoming Avenue Christian Church; but in the case of Huntsville, the resignation didn’t take. It was never accepted. So after a brief term as Chap- lain of the 109th at Indiantown Gap, with the rank of Colonel, with retirement for age following close upon mobilization, and a six-year pastorate at Mount Rainier, near Washington, Huntsville once more had its pastor. Westmoreland Students Save In Stamps, Bonds Value of School Savings for the four school buildings in the Dallas Borough-Kingston Township Joint District’ from September 6th to December 19th is $3417.80. High School students purchased $618.85 in stamps, $131.25 in bonds; Dallas Elementary $635.90 in stamps, $18.75 bonds; Shavertown, $609.70, $262.50; Trucksville, $824.- 90, $37.50; kindergarten, $278 in stamps. School Savings Program is flex- ible, adaptable to all grades from kindergarten through high school. Technique is varied to suit the grade level. In the primary grades, School | Savings gives children experience in handling small sums of money, teaches them to value their pos- sessions and to develop the habit of saving. In the intermediate grades, School Savings helps boys and girls de- velop a broad concept of planned savings and wise spending, In junior and senior high school, School Savings helps students to develop and manage a business-like activity on an adult level. ‘The Program projects the school’s func- tion of teaching the relation be- tween earning and saving into the necessary practice of thrift in adult life. Death Takes Mother Of Norman Johnstone Norman Johnstone, secretary manager of Wyoming Valley Mo- tor Club, was called to Rochester Wednesday morning by the death of his ninety-one year old mother, Mrs. Mary Johnstone. Norm always spent Christmas at Rochester, arriving with a car load of fruit, hams and turkeys and other holiday goodies. . ls —— Classified jas Cet Re Hesulis RT Te Te Te re Te ee a The finest Selection of CHRISTMAS TREES in the Region SPRUCE, PINE AND BALSAM WREATHS Ground Pine & Spruce T5¢ to $4.50 GRAVE BLANKETS Norway & Blue Spruce $5.00 to $7.50 EVERGREEN BRANCHES 35¢ Bundle or 3 for $1 OPEN EVERY DAY EVENING and SUNDAYS AVE'S NURSERY Shavertown, Pa. RR RR RR RRR RRR RR RR ER TERI RTT Greetings Our best wishes to the folks of the Back Mountain Area for prosperity, fagainess. and good health in the New Year. Fernbrook Park Mill BEI Division Of fi BLOOMSBURG MILLS, INC. in “his project of clearing under- | new home overlooking Huntsville | Dam, but have not stopped him. | He plans to set out young dog- | \l woods and rhododendron from his around | There is a series of articles sim- | in Rev. Frick’s mind, on | of reforestation and | conservation. He says that contrary | where it can master the surround- | ing weeds without help. Transplant- | ‘among his many interests. A great: in visual: education for i5
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