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Mrs. Battisson Has No Children;
Takes On The Neighborhoods
‘Twenty 4-H Club girls in Sweet
Valley have an up and coming lead-
er in Mrs. Joseph Battisson, a recent
addition to the community, but with
long background of 44H work in
~ Brunswick, Georgia.
Last summer Mrs. Battisson
taught her girls to cook with such
success that each girl won a certifi-
cate and a blue ribbon at the Pat-
terson Grove 4-H Roundup. At the
same time, Mrs. Battisson was given
a charter for the club, a gold seal
for one hundred percent attendance,
and a certificate from the State or-
ganization as leader.
[An outgrowth of the 4-H work
was last summer's dinner for moth-
ers, cooked and served by members,
ranging in age from eight to fifteen.
Girls decide on their own project
for the year. There is a possibility
that this coming summer it will be
plain sewing: Mrs. Ruth Darbie,
i Home Economics Extension (Service
for Luzerne County, supervises the
4-H clubs, but does not lay out the
‘program, which is optional and in-
dividual to each group.
Marie Lukavitch is assistant lead-
er and president of the club. Bonnie
~ Piper is vice president, Janice Brown
secretary-treasurer; Dixie Piper is
game-leader, and Margaret Maran-
sky song leader.
~ Sunshine baskets of fruit will be
distributed as a civic project for the
Christmas season. [Carol singing is
planned for Friday night. T the
weather permits, the tour will be
“undertaken in person, with George
Wesleys bus for transportation. If
‘the weather is poor, carols will be
sung over a loud speaker system
rigged up at the Battisson home.
The Battissons, without children
of their own, have taken the chil-
dren of their mew community to
their hearts,
~The basement of the new ranch
house teams with children Friday
evenings during the winter, when
films, carefully selected for whole-
some amusement value, are shown
tio invited guests ranging in age from
6 to 12.
[Last year some fifty were shown.
After the holidays, film-fun will start
again, with Dean Bronson as junior
manager, and Martin Maranski as his
assistant, Last year Dean Bronson
was assistant, but mow he is full
fledged as manager, in charge of set-
ting wp and storing folding chairs,
and attending to the lights in the
basement.
The way the Battissons happened
to settle in Sweet Valley is that
when a young boy living in Ashley,
Mr. Battisson used ‘to visit Sweet
Valley with his mother. When his
mother died, Joseph, then ten, re-
tained happy memories of ‘Sweet
Valley and looked upon it as a love-
ly place to live.
So when he retired as Master (Ser-
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ale in 1952.
geant from the army in March, 1950,
after serving in the war as 1st Lieu-
tenant, it was Sweet Valley that he
thought of for a permanent home.
Mr, anl Mrs. Battisson had lived
in twenty different posts since ‘their
marriage in Jacksonville in 1940.
Service with the United States Army
took them from Florida to Califor-
nia, from Seattle to Boston, from
Providence to Des Moines, Towa. In
each post Mrs. Battisson was em-
ployed by the Civil [Service in one
capacity or amother, most of the
time ‘as statistical clerk.
During those ten years of military
service, 4-H Club work was neces-
sarily dropped. But the experience
in Brunswick, Georgia, where Mrs.
Battisson, then Anna Edith Powell,
first entered 4-H work, had a strong
pull, and she knew that as soon as
she located somewhere permianently
she would go back into it.
A 4-H member herself from the
age of ten, she was first an assistant
leader and then a leader, finally rep-
resenting the 4-H for her district, so
she brings a variety of personal ex-
perience to the project.
Building ‘the ranch house was fun,
Mrs, Battisson says. Not wishing to
wait for completion of the building,
and wanting to be right on hand to
decide all questions of construction
without delay the Battissons first
moved into the second floor of the
garage and set up housekeeping.
Both Mr. and Mrs, Battisson have
Masonic connections, Mrs. Battisson
is a member of Eastern Star, Mr.
Battisson belongs to A Provilence
lodge originally organized in Co-
blenz, and open only to men who
have served in a war.
Noxen
Noxen folks have been without
water for two weeks. Thinking it
wouldn't get repaired right away,
some people pulled out plugs, and
when the water came on again it
did considerable damage.
Mell Hoffer lost a coop of
chickens.
Mrs. William Keiper and her
son Albert spent Christmas with
her daughter, Mrs. Phillip Dend-
ler, Vestal, N. Y.
Jesse Benjamin was stricken
with a heart attack while em-
Off we go into the New Year, full of good
: resolutions, some already down the drain.
~ that all our good friends and customers in
‘the Back Mountain get the best service pos-
GUYETTE’ S
Tru Rae RADIO SERVICE
ployed at the Armour Leather
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gable have
been. stopping with Mr, and Mrs.
Elwood Schenk. They are planning
on going back into their own
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Beahm spent
Christmas Day with their daugh-
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
George Boice,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Space Jr.
moved to Bristol where Ralph got
a job.
BN NRE NNN NS PARI
“ Oh,
anyway.” One, how-
the resolve to be sure
ourselves with,
Trucksville
THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1952
4
Link BUSINESS
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Daler taller
«f thought for a minute you said the boss wanted to see me!”
Two Dealers
Display New
1952 Plymouth
There Are 46
Improvements
In New Models
The new Plymouth for 1952 will
go on display here and through-
out ‘the United States today, both
Howard Isaacs and L. L. Richard-
son have announced.
A long list of improvements—46
in all—has been incorporated in the
engine, the brakes, the electrical
system, the chassis, and to the in-
side and outside of the body.
The new Plymouth may be seen
at the display rooms of both
dealers
The new Ploymouth may be seen
hugging, sweeping appearance, ac-
cented by changes in the external
adornment, A new luxurious stand-
ard for interiors is attained with
high quality upholstery fabrics in
harmonious colors which blend with
the instrument and door panels.
The smart hardtop club coupe,
the Belvedere, has glistening, live-
ly two-tone colors which set it
apart and give it the continental
look. The color used on the roof
follows the Belvedere’s streamlined
contours around the spacious rear
window and down over the rear
deck. Sparkling chrome molding
outlines the top and carries back
to separate tht two colors at their
junction at the rear quarter-panel.
The following color combinations
are available for the Belvedere:
Suede Tan with Sable Bronze top;
Belmont Blue Polychromatic and
Sterling Grey Top; Mint Green with
Biack top
Smooth Performance
A mew, smoother flow of power
results from the newly designed
combustion chamber in Plymouth’s
famous floating power engine. The
six-cylinder, 97 horsepower engine
has a 7 to 1 compression ratio.
To further insure smoothness of
performance and faster getaway,
several refinements in the new
‘Synchro-Silent transmission permit
faster, easier shifting, and more
rapid and positive engagement of
gears. The rear axle is improved,
and there are provisions which per-
mit more accurate gear and bear-
ing adjustments,
The traditionally sturdy ‘Safe-
Guard Hydraulic brakes have been
given greater ease of operation, and
much longer life. New Cycleband
brake linings provide greater brak-
ing area and longer braking life.
Passenger and driver comfort has
been increased with improvements
to Plymouth’s ‘“Safety-Flow ride.”
New cushioning-type ports in the
Oriflow shock absorbers, increased
travel in the front springs and a
new interliner for the rear springs
provide quieter operation, reduced
steering wheel shock, less friction
and an improved ride.
Quicker starting in hot or- cold
weather with less drain on ‘the bat-
tery is assured by the new ‘Follo-
Thru” anti-kickout feature of the
erous changes in the electrical sys-
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JANUARY 2-31
starter, the foremost among num-
tem. Greater visibility under ad-
verse driving conditions is provided
by a ten [per cent increase in the
electrically - operated windshield
wipers.
Luxury and color harmony are
the beautiful upholstery and trim.
An attractive “Lustre-Tone” instru-
ment panel features controls which
are colored and lettered for easy
reference while driving.
Solex tinted safety glass is avail-
able throughout the Plymouth line
as optional equipment at small ex-
tra cost. The glass reduces interior
temperatures on hot summer days,
minimizes fading of upholstery or
seat cover fabrics, and reduces sun
glare.
* “PAGE FIVE
ALDERSON CHARGE
Services with Communion Medi-
tation by the pastor and The Sacra-
ment of the Lord’s Supper will be
held in the Methodist Churches
of the Alderson-Noxen Charge on
Sunday, January 6th. Ruggles
Church service will be held at
8:45 A.M. with Sunday School at
10 o'clock. Noxen Church Service,
10:00 AM. Sunday School, 11
o'clock; Alderson Church School,
10:15 A.M., Alderson Church Ser-
vice, 11:15; Kunkle Church School,
10:30 A. M., Kunkle Church Ser-
vice, 7:30 P. M.
The following students partici-
pated in the Church Services on
Student Recognition Day, Sunday,
December 30: Noxen Church, Nancy
Gunton, Florence Keiper, Clara
Patton, Bloomsburg State Teachers’
College; Alderson Church, Arnold
Garinger, Bloomsburg State Teach-
ers’ College; Kunkle Church, Lois
Ward, College Misericordia, Nelson
Ashburner, Wilkes-Barre Business
College.
The Official Board and the Board
of Education of the Ruggles Church
will meet Tuesday evening, January
8th at 7:30 P. M. at the Church
Hall.
The W. S. C. S. of the Noxen
Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Warren Montross, Tuesday
evening, January 8th.
DALLAS METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday 10:00, Sunday School.
Adult classes using the Interna-
tional lesson series will ‘begin the
the general theme,
Christ.”
study of a unit of two lessons on
“Finding
The Scripture lesson is
News of the Churches
based on John 1:35-49. Other
classes use closely graded materi-
als. Classes begin at age three.
11:00 Morning Worship. The
Universal Week of Prayer begins
today. The sermon and service
will be in keeping with this obser-
vance. The pastor will speak on
“A Lesson In Prayer”. Special
music will be presented by the
choirs and at the organ.. Mrs.
Ruth Turn Reynolds is organist
and director of choirs. Pre-school
children are cared for in the
Church Nursery. Junior boys and
girls recess to the Junior Church
before the sermon. Visitors are
always welcome.
6:30 Methodist Youth = Fellow-
ship.
Monday—7:00 Regular meeting’ of
the Boy Scout Troop.
Wednesday—7:30 Cottage Prayer
College; Harold Harding, Jack :
Fields, Porn State College; - Tedfl o0tRE at the jome of Mrs. Ed.
Jones, Mansfield State Teachers’ || 82F . S. Brace, e street. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all to unite in these services of in-
formal discussion, prayer, and
fellowship.
There will be an election . of
Trustees after the Morning Wor-
ship Service, on Sunday, January
20th.
LOYALVILLE METHODIST
Prayer Meeting Friday evening
at 8, at the home of Nancy Cragle.
Official Board meeting in the
Church Hall, January 10, at 8 PM.
Sunday services: Church Service
8:30, Church School, 9:30.
Professor B. Everett :Lord, Wyo-
ming Seminary, will officiate. Rev.
Henry G. Kiessel, retired for ill
health, has been temporarily re-
placed by Dr. Lord.
Among the many features which
have been retained in the new
Plymouth are the wide, deep chair-
height seats, the ease of entrance
and exit, the combination ignition
and starter switch, automatic elec-
tric choke, super-cushion tires, and
safety-rim wheels.
There are ten body types in the
new Plymouth line: the Concord
series includes a two-door sedan,
a three-passenger coupe, and the
popular all-metal Suburban, and
its country club cousin, the Savoy;
the Cambridge series has a four-
door sedan and a club coupe; and
the Cranbrook series includes a
four-doors sedan, a club coupe, a
convertible club coupe, and the
pace-setting Belvedere.
1 DAY OF PHYSICAL
THERAPY
TE a PER
150 DIMES =
C. WAYNE
FREE METHODIST
Sunday School at 10; preaching
at 11 followed by Communion.
Class Meeting 6:30 p.m. Prayer
meeting, Tuesday at 7:30 p. m.
Susan Breaks Leg
Susan, five year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Franklin Fritzinger,
Midland Drive, Goss Manor, will
be in the Nesbitt Hospital for six
to eight weeks with her leg in ex-
tension.
The fracture, perfectly clean and
with no damage to tissues, is in
the femur, upper third, so near
the hip joint that putting it in a
cast is inadvisable:
Susan and her brother Eddie
were playing with Christmas sleds
Saturday afternoon at 4:30. Su-
san’s hit an obstruction in the
driveway, and stopped suddenly.
Eddie’s came on and ploughed into
Susan. :
Fred Cochayne, next door neigh-
bor, carried the child to the house.
Mrs. Fritzinger ‘had Susan's snow-
suit off before the condition was
apparent. Dr. A. A, Mascali ar-
ranged a temporary splint to pre-
vent further damage, and Susan
was admitted to the hospital.
Susan attends Dallas kindergar-
ten. Right now she is home sick
and would appreciate cards and
pictures from her classmates.
Eddie, a student at Dallas
Township School, celebrated his
eighth birthday the day before the
accident.
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