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| deer hunter,
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By William J. Robbins Jr.
THOUGHTS
| Why do so many people ask, a
“if you get a deer
please let me have a piece; I've
never eaten: venison!” and at the
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same time know ‘that if they do
get la nice cut of this pure meat, it
will wind up in the garbage can.
I have often wondered how
many pounds of venison are
wasted in this manner. I know
many who have accepted. a select
cut of deer from. me have never
used it. As. a: matter of fact the
wives of ‘some recipients wouldn't
‘permit “the horrible stuff” in the
house, let alone cook: it.:
I've often wondered, i too, how
; many people know: just how to pre-
' pare venison. The American Indian
did char flesh. food: over the open
fire, and rest assured: there was no
waste in their camps. Even the en-
trails were ‘cleaned ‘and: made into
stew. Marrow from bones’ was: con-
sidered a delicacy. Pem-i-can was
half deer and bear meat, seasoned
with mint or ‘penny-royal.-
I saw plenty of antlerless deer
"the first day, but none with horns.
"Had a splendid “opportunity
‘look at a bear over the sights of
“Loud Lucy”, my faithful 270 Cal.
. He was big and pretty; As a mat-
to
ter of fact, the largest bear T have
‘ever seen,
woods, or in & Z00. A fair guess of |
dead’ or alive, in ‘the
its weight. would be some ‘over 300
‘through a sunny
“sparkled like a loaded, coal truck,
‘going down the road on a clear
_ day.
Each passed
“coat
timg he
spot his
pounds,
Now that the’ hurting season has
‘about come fo.a. close for. many, |
there is still a lot of sport to he
‘had . during SnOW- -shoe rabbit sea-
son, and. many. pleasant. hours can
be had if you own a good fox
“hound. The, baying: ‘of a, hound on
“a warm scent has for:many, the
same. thrill. .as diound, after cotton
. %ails.
soo If you do fake. to. the. winter
woods, why. not. take: food for wild-
life with you. With the swing of a
light hatchet :many sumac. can be
SAVE FOR. NEXT CHRISTMAS, NOW!
y Every year, hints seems far off in until suddenly—it’ s here, with
no time left to; start saving “that little extra’ you always need to see
‘‘you through. That's why joining our Christmas Club for 1952 is impor-
Choose Whichever Office Is More Convenient For You.
cut. A couple dozen -ears: ‘of corn: in
a hunting coat require little addi-
tional energy, and can: be dropped’
in a wood-chuck hole that is.oc=
I cupied by rer ‘rabbit, or if you
ce
have no special time to return, an
ear of corn can be pegged or spitted
so that it remains above snow le-
vel, but not too high for game to
reach,
For those who have finished with
their guns proper cleaning comes
next on the agenda. This program
should be followed with precision.
A thorough cleaning given every
three weeks during the winter
months, and every six or eight
‘weeks during summer,
April ~~ 15th will
around.
If you want the little woman to
raise the roof or blow her top,
soon roll
start fly ‘tying on the dining-room
table, This diversion can evolve
into a project that can last weeks
or months, In addition to fly mak-
ing, one can get into plug carving,
and if ambition runs rampant, even
go in for rod making. These ad-
juncts will tax the initiative of any
Ike Walton adherent, even if the
first ‘made articles are not prize-
takers.
Someone should instruct the
néw Game Protectors inthe right
approach to motorists at their es-
tablished roadblocks. The question
arose in my 14-year old son‘s
mind, why he was asked to show
his license when he was a passen-
‘ger in a car.
He was not hunting from the car,
and. this should have been appar-
ent to the protector. As a matter
of fact I doubt if anyone saw him
hunting during the day. The only
answer I could give was, that this
was a new man on the job and
just a little eager to show his au-
thority. 3
The, thought has occurred to me
many times, just where do the
Game Protectors. spend their. days?
In nearly thirty years of hunting
I've met but two .in the woods,
Harry Meiss and Warren Ohlman.
Many can recall these two men and
‘this gives an. idea of just how long
‘ago that was.
iCan’t help but wonder if my pet
‘fox ‘met a tragic’ death. She broke
her chain two weeks ‘ago and left
for parts unknown. This has hlap-
pened ‘before but then it was the
collar that snapped and after a few
days’ in" the ‘wilds “she would re-
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get out ‘your fishing tackle and
THE POST, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1951
MORE ON ALCOHOL
Dear Editor:
I was interested in the article on
alcoholism which appeared in’ The
Post but I missed something. now
that there are those who call alco-
holism a disease.
It seems strange thiat sho is no
effort made to discover the cause as
there is in other diseases and re-
move it. Typhoid, tuberculosis, diph-
theria and polio, with its miles of
dimes and miles of dollars used in
research as it should (be, to find the
catise of the disease soa cure can be
found,
I have read a number of articles
on alcoholism and alcohol education
and most of them seem to be more
concerned in finding a way to drink
all they want and still not become
alcoholics.
There are now 4,500,000 alcoholics
in the United States and 900,000 are
women and some of them are moth-
ers, Think of that. Why mot get
after the cause? I don’t think it
would take very long or cost much
for research.
“Wine is a mocker, strong is rag-
ing; and whosover is deceived there-
by is not wise.”’—Proverbs 20:1.
E. M. ROBBINS
Trucksville
PREVENT ‘THE CAUSE
CURE THE DISEASE
December 11, 1951
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Dear Editor,
I feel strongly that the temper-
ance forces of the Back Mountain
Area should make a forceable re-
ply to the article written by: Mr.
John V. Heffernan, Wilkes-Barre
newspaperman, and published in
your paper in the Safety Valve
section under the title of ‘Alcohol-
ism. This will also be a reply to the
reader whose one paragraph letter
appeared .in Safety Valve the fol-
lowing week. The name of the lat-
ter author did not appear, instead
the person was. only identified by
J.-B.
The . question .of what to do
about Alcoholism seemed to be re-
ceiving a great deal of attention
from the Republican: Governor of
Pennsylvania,. John Fine. I would
like to quote from an early spokes-
man of that party as to the best
way of solving the liquor. problem.
I am quoting from the. words.of ‘a
person who is held in high esteem
by “men of .all political parties -in
America. Abraham Lincoln had this
to say, ‘“The liquor traffic is a can-
cer -in society, eating out its vitals
and threatening its destruction. ‘All
easy
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Christmas tree.
for Christmas.
to.
I'm no Democrat.
one, only more so.
lot different today!
folks who had been overlooked.
baskets!
the counter. "
now!
for Christmas, beginning far down
the highway at the big bend where
alcoholic and still continue feeding
alcohol to half the ‘population and
O’Malia’s Laundry has dedicated
continue producing more and more
alcoholics what will be the end re-
sult? Would it not be better to go
to the source land destroy the cause ?
If you were going to build a Panama
Canal and the malaria mosquito kept !
biting and killing your men would’
you say we must build hospitals to
take care of these unfortunate men
ONLY
YESTERDAY
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From The Post of ten and
twenty years ago this week.
Nativity scene flanked ‘by brightly
decorated - Christmas trees.
At“ Harter’s Dairy, it’s: a large
blue spruce with colored lights; at
Isaacs Garage,’ lighted: Christmas
trees and wreaths in the big win-
dow.
! Back#Mountain Lumber has a
conventional = Christmas window
featuring fireplace and tree; Forty
who were bitten? Why not destroy
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From The Christmas Issue, 1941
Editorially ‘speaking:
Christmas, 1941,
for all of us .
is a solemn one
. There are sad
homes this Christmas There
will ‘be more of them next Christ-
mas .. . Our faith in man is sha-
ken . . . Ours is a righteous cause
that we have forgotten too long . .
. But if we are only awake, if we
world in which all peoples can:live
in: harmony, we: shall have saved
the world and our own souls.
If -we forget. the ideal inthe’ ha-
treds. of war—if we refuse-to ac-
real estate. -
“The principal interest
of a. realtor is to see
that the transaction,
large or. small; is com-
‘pleted in an intelligent,
ethical manner.
unwillingly upon us—we shall have
turned our backs on: the: wisdom
Christianity has striven : to attain
for 2000 years.
Idetown Classes Hold
Joint Christmas Party
Christian . Boys’.- Class, - Kings
Daughters Class. and Mrs. John
Garinger’s Class of Idetown Meth-
odist Church held their Christmas
party in the Churchhouse. Satur-
day night. Present were Mrs.
James Brace, Mrs. John: Garinger,
John Race, Dorothy Meade; Lor-
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Ide, Roxie Hoover, Donald Williams,
Nelson Carle .Jr., Roland Ide,
Bruce Ide, William = Allabaugh,
Shirley: Welsh, = Frank Prutzman,
Kathryn Kidd, Kenneth Kidd, Sally
Spencer, Jerry Spencer, Mary Lou
Rogers, Jimmy Rogers, Jack Paul,
Harry Thompson, Carlton Hadsel,
Lynn Hadsel, Tony ' Toluba "and
Teddy Toluba.
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§ Barnyard Notes
Yes, sir, that was a great Christmas.
Back Mountain is all dressed up | and
its largest window to ‘a colorful:
Three sections of this week's Post have gone to press and there's
still a ten-inch two column hole to be filled on page 2 with what
are facetiously known as Barnyard Notes.
Three nights of working almost around the clock, a snowstorm,
one fellow off sick, and another gone to greener pastures have put
us behind the eight ball, if that’s ‘what you call the ornaments on the
We've never had a more harried Christmas season, except maybe:
the one twenty years ago when I gave Myra an electric heating pad
She's never forgotten it—and I haven't been allowed
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That was quite a Christmas! There wan't enough money in the
till to pay the help, so all of us gathered in the little office after the
paper was out and divided seventy-five dollars.
a lot of Republicans who can’t remember those days; but I can and
I suppose there are
Well, as I was saying, it was a Christmas season just like this
There were underprivileged kids, plenty of them
that hadn’t seen Santa Claus for a couple of seasons.
were plenty of folks who didn’t have too much coal and weren't
too’ choosy about the kind of meat they'd have for Christmas dinner. =
Rotary, the Churches, Kiwanis and the American Legion didn’t
have to hire the F. B. I. to find somebody they could help.
And: there
It'sa
I don’t know where you'd turn to find some-.
body who needs something unless he’s sick or in love.
Well, in those days, Jim Oliver, The Dallas Post and Mrs. Mitten
who Wed then at the Country Club decided to fill a few Christmas
baskets and distribute them around the countryside.
lot of the stuff in my old blue Ford, and, believe me, a lot of folks
who got those baskets were grateful.
to college; but they were a long way from doing it then!
After a day of bucking through snowdrifts and delivering baskets,
along about six o’clock Christmas Eve we. found there. were some
I hauled a
Some have since sent kids
That meant more food for more
And that’s where my share of the $75 went. :
In those days my father ran thé hardware store and since my
credit wouldn’t have been any good in a Wilkes-Barre store, I talked
the present proposition over with him.:
I am sure he would have let me have anything in the store, for
he liked “the little Dutchman,” too. I could have given her an axe,
a length of log chain or a kitchen range; but they wouldn't have
been quite so appropriate as the heating pad he dug out from under:
Almost as uch snow as
Back Mountain Shops and —
All Lighted Up For Christmas
colored lights; . Flannigan’s
Furniture has window decorations
developed
colored lights, with garlands fram-
ing the door; Dallas Hardware has
a Manger scene; Grace Cave's shop
windows bloom with scarlet poin-
settias.
in white ‘branches and
Up the hill at the top of Hunts-
ville - Road, Harry Smith has an
effective “window, marked off in
tiny panes with snow in the corn-
ers, and Santa- Claus beaming; in
the. background. »
Many house-holders have decor-
ated, both inside and out. One of
the outstanding pieces is the il-
luminated snowman glowing golden-
ly at the entrance of Peg Weaver's
driveway on Franklin Street.
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