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THE POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1952
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By William J. Robbins Jr.
The mention of flax wheels and
their Operation in this column two
weeks ago brought many inquiries
that formed the basis for this week's
disquisition,
It is a problem to fully describe
the operation of a device that is the
least bit mechanical. Though not
as complicated in structure, the
wool spinning whesl also held a
station of importance. in the home of
the early settlers of this. cOuntry.
The operation of this large wheel
was carried on for the most part in
the summer months, when the
person controlling the yarn denier
could walk out through the yard,
while a second person turned the
Although the method of weaving
has changed since it wads first dis-
covered many centuries B. C. there
have been added variations in the
lay-out or pattern of ‘the product
desired. TO mention and describe
more than two patterns of cloth,
whether flaxen or woolen, would
require more than the allotted space
for this column, so,” for those who
are interested I shall attempt a
description of Kersey ICloth and the
still very popular and durable Her-
Both these cloths are made on
what js known to weavers as a Four
Harness. Loom. The harness controls
the movement of the warp that runs
length wise through the cloth, some-
times referred to as the weft. The
filler, or woof is that which crosses
the cloth. The science; of weaving
does not change, for -it' is a cOn=
tinued series of threads crossed. be-
hind the filler. . Abe NS
Colors in either warp or filler, or
both, and the cOntrol of the harness
lends to the attractiveness of the
product and should be given much
consideration, On most of the old
looms the harness was controlled
by foot pedals, but the operator of
the modern loom has been relieved:
of this by cams installed on a cen-'
tral axle that does the work for him.
To make description easy, and
understandable, we shall eliminate
colars. The warp or yarn, after spin-
ning, has been spooled in order to be
run ontO the beam. The operation
of beaming we shall skip because it
is impossible to descrbe. When the
required number of threads for the
spread or width has been run onto |
the beam the harness threading is
taken up, starting in the eye of
the heddle on the first harness
frame, then the second, third, and
fourth. Then starting in the first
and so on wmtil the threads have
all been drawn through. The weight
and closeness of the cloth is
governed by size of .thread and
filler. The reed, through which the
threads must still be run, is located
in the lay-bar or that section which
-beats ‘the filler up into place.
Herring-Bone weave is a zig-zag
pattern of the warp and this effect
is reached by threading the hlarness
one, two, three, four, one two, three,
four, which brings ‘you to the top
of the zig. In order to add the zag,
the ninth thread is run through the
third. heddle eye, and then the
second, first, fourth, third, second,
and first after which the same oper-
ation is carried out for the complete
spread, }
‘The movement of the harness if
foot controlled can best be explained
by first stating the warp crOsses two
filler threads. The operator holds
the first and second wp, then the
second and third, and the third and
founth, - and then the fourth and
first. after which the pedal pro-
gression is the same. Diamond pat-
terns can be obtained at the begin-
ning of the ninth pedal series by a
reversing Of the operation.
Vegetable dyes made from butter-
nut shucks and tree bark, berries
and roots, were used by cloth
makers, and being free of harmful
acids, did. not destroy the durability
of the product. Striped cloth was
the first attempt at ornamentation,
followed by plaids and checkered
cloth made by striping: the warp
with colors and weaving bands of
filler materials in contrasting shades.
With fhe advent of modern
machinery, complications of pattern
and . design have increased. . This
field continues to grow, for research
is continually improving woven pro-
ducts. The invention of the Tricot
machine which knits cloth makes
possible an endless number of pat-
terns with but little effort and
expense on the part of an operator.
"All the fancy colors, weaves: and
knits of ‘the modern manufacturer
are appealing to the buying public
today, but I am a little ‘dubious as
to wearing quality. A piece Of linen
Poet's Comer
“A HITCH IN HELL”
It's just across the 38th parallel,
Korea is the spot;
Where we are doomed- to serve our
time,
In the land that God forgot.
Down with the bullets and shells,
When a man gets blue;
Right in the middle of nowhere
Nine thousand miles from you.
We sweat, we freeze, we shiver,
It's more than we can stand;
Hell, folks we're not convicts,
We're defenders of our land.
We're soldiers of the Eighth Army,
Earning our measly pay;
Guarding folks with millions,
For about three bucks a day.
Living with our memories
Waiting for our gals;
Hoping that while we're away,
She doesn’t marry our pals.
Oh! Nobody knows we are living,
And nobody gives a damn; -
And so we are soon forgotten,
Though we belong to Uncle Sam.
The time we spend in the Army,
The time of our lives we missed;
Boys, don’t let the draft board get
you,
And for God's sake don't enlist.
But when we pass the pearly gates,
You'll hear St. Peter yell
Fall in you boys from Korea,
For you've served your stretch
in Hell.
PTA Board Meeting
Parent Teacher Board “of Dallas
Borough Elementary School met at
the School Monday night. Present
were Mrs. John Dungey, Mrs. Robert
Weaver, Mrs. Dave Robertson, Mrs.
Mrs. Harold Smith, (Charles James,
Walter Black, Leslie Barstow, Mr.
and Mrs. William McQuilkin and
Mrs. L. L. Richardson.
St. Therese's Scouts |
Plans were discussed for a roller
skating party to be held in the near
future at the Rollerdrome at the |
meeting of St. Therese’s Boy Scouts,
Explorer's Post 232 in St. Therese’s
auditorium recently. 3
Bob Condger was elected Insti-
tutional Representative.
Next meeting will be Monday
| night at 7:30.
cloth made from start to finish by
my Grandmother and still in perfect
condition is proof of quality of a
product, made by peOple spoken of
tn our histories as mugged individ-
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YESTERDAY
From The Post of ten and
twenty years ago this week. °
SAFETY VALVE
FED UP
Dear Editor:
It has been said time and again
by peoples all over these United
States—that we are nothing like
so afraid of Stalin and Communism
as we are of the New Deal and
Truman and the professional Labor
leaders and so-called organized
labor, One of them—Staln— is
5,000 miles away; he’s broke so far
as cash money is concerned, al-
though he has tens of millions of
slave labor.
The other one, the group of
greatest danger, Truman, the New
Deal and professional labor leaders,
are right here in our midst; they
have scores of millions of dollars
freeworking capital and too many
of us are disposed to go along with
the bad, wicked influence; too
many of us, in politics particularly,
are disposed to make it too easy
for this disruptive, revolutionary
‘element; too many of us, in politics
particularly, are disposed to fin-
ance and refinance and heavily fi-
nance the most dangerous elements
in our country.
There has been a program of ad-
vertising on placard of cars, etc. in
this region, but the real ads are
run in more conspicious places in
the larger cities and it reads as
follows: “Ten thousand more people
added to Social Security. Are you
one of them? Ask your local Se-
curity office. .
Printed letters are being sent out
from the so-called Social Security
offices of residential sections that
read like this: ‘‘According to our
records, you are more than 65
years of age, so you have Social f
Security money coming .to you if
you want it. Come in and see us
and find out about it.” There's
another lot of money—taxpayer’s
money—being spent to multiply the
cash wasting distributions of so-
called Social Security. It's bad,—
it’s terrible.
All of those things are bad.
Right now, the professional labor
leaders and the bleeding hearts and
the Anarchists and Communists
and a good many of our Congress-
men and Senators, not to mention
local political officials, are asking
for a thirty hour week with forty
hour wages. That's bad. The mat-
ter of time and a half for overtime
and double time for holidays is bad.
Unemployment relief is bad in
itself and in addition, wherever we
have unemployment relief, we also
have crass dishonesty. All of those
things are an aid to Communism.
They seemingly point out that the
capitalistic system is bad, that em-
ployers are bad, that it's so easy
for capital . to multiply itself, so
easy for the employer to make
money, that the whole thing must
From The Issue Of
March 6, 1942
The deadline is approaching, but
sugar rationing is still a mpstery.
Borough tax rate may be upped.
two or three mills this year if a
proposed bank loan to clear indeb-
tedness and make road repairs goes
through.
Firemen's Minstrel has a repeat
performance.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bickel battled
a blaze in their kitchen Monday
morning ‘when their refrigerator
burst into flames.
A vagrant, mearly frozen, was
warmed and fed by Patrolman Fred
Swanson at the Lake Police Station
on Tuesday.
New Dallas-Tunkhannock high-
way is designated as US route to
replace Sullivan Trail riute 309.
Chickens, 29 c¢ per lb; stewing veal,
15 ¢ per Ib; boiling beef, 15 c fper lb;
19 cents.
sylvania.
and interesting little men.
vin Smith.
William Davis on Saturday.
Wednesday.
land, was buried on Wednesday.
From The Issue Of
March 4, 1932
visitors to inspect it in operation.
terv.
league player.
moni Saturdav night.
the vear on Fridav.
Hotel Fort Durkee, $1.
« farm. :
standing rib roast, 29 ¢ per lb; dried
pea beans, 2 lbs. 15 c; flour, 24 lb.
sack, $1.15; asparagus, two cans
It’s maple sugar ‘time in Penn~
"A column of eighty years ago, dis-
covered by Mrs. Sherman ‘Schooley,
refers to the Japanese @s strange
Iris Kitchen becomes bride of Gar-
Verna Jule Morgan will wed
Mrs. Emma Hazeltine, 90, resident
of Shavertown for 69 wears, died
Mrs. Byron ‘Sickler, Centermore-
Dallas Post plant installs a fast
automatic Kelly Press, and invites
IC. 8. Hildebrant has been an-
pointed caretaker of Wardan Ceme-
Peter Culp, surviving member of
the GAR, Dallas Post, will celebrate
his minetieth birthday on Sunday.
Jimmie Mitchell is the outstanding
A member of the
Orange team, he caged fourteen
field goals in the game against Beau-
James R. Oliver unloaded his fifth
car of automobiles since the first of
World’s best Table D’Hote dinner,
Female help wanted, $10 to $15
per week guaranteed for piece work.
For sale: work horses at Payme’s
be wrong, that we can all stand
the multiplied taxes, that there's
enough income in business, unfair
profits, to take care of all the
graft and corruption in Washing-
ton and in state capitals.
Under the New Deal, we are
taught, and led to believe, that
capital is so greedy that it can be
black-jacked interminably and for
anything. It all encourages Com-
munism, Anarchy and Socialism.
Everything possible is being done
by the labor leaders, encouraged by
politics, to decrease production, to
increase costs, to limit macninery
extension, to prevent scientific
management. There was never any
doubt as to F.D.R. or Eleanor as
to how far they would go to get
votes— nor Saltonstall nor Lodge
nor Brewster. Crying Charlie Tobey
of New Hampshire was a Kidder,
vant, and for years and years of
his life he was a confirmed Isola-
tionist. Then, all of a sudden, over-
night, he flocked over and became
a great CIO enthusiast, a great
labor follower. We're in a danger-
ous situation and in naming those
personal names we're not at all
covering the subject.
Today there is no teaching of
thrift. No understanding that a
penny saved is a penny earned.
When politicians and economists
tell us that the country is in great
shape because there are more per-
sonal savings in the banks of the
country than ever before in the
history of the United States, its
all misleading. I stood in the lobby
of a bank a few days ago and saw
people going up to the receiving
teller, putting in their personal
savings. These were not people who
were saving money so that some
day they could buy new radios or
new televisions or new automobiles.
They were old-time folks whe were
saving lagainst a rainy day. And
they put their money into the
banks and they don’t draw it out
except in emergencies. The great,
big ratio of savings that are in the
banks today are in there by thrifty
people not to be used in the im-
mediate future to make business
good, but to safeguard those de-
posits against the terrible depress-
ion, the awful catastrophe that
they fear and which we are sure is
coming to us and we're going to
get it—we're going to get it harsh-
ly—because of the terrible extra-
vagances of our Federal and state
administrations through these last
twenty years of the New Deal and
the Fair Deal and the new ideology.
. No one is teaching us to strive,
| to work hard for larger earnings—
} we're being taught to lean on un-
treatment of their animals such as
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Peabody man, a Wall Street ser-|-
It was a pleasure,
and good size for their age.
To make the choice doubly
make the choice in its favor.
agreed on.
High School learning that fact.
the labor,
last almost solid. »
time.
Park to Cameron, Arizona was in-
deed a memorable one. First
climbing to unbelievable heights,
then descending on winding, nar-
row roads; never knowing what
was ahead, we came suddenly
upon the little trading post of Ca-
meron.
It was scorching hot here; and
while the car was being serviced,
we stepped inside the post to re-
fresh ourselves. A wonderful as-
sortment of Indianware was on dis-
play. There were rugs, moccasins,
hammered jewelry, beaded belts,
fancy bags, head gear, and leather
goods. This was truly souvenir
hunter's paradise. As I studied fas-
cinating items, I wondered just
how long it really took to make
each piece and under what con-
Larry Drabick, Vocational-Agricultural Inst
Jackson High School, is pinch hitting this week for
of this column—who has not eloped.
Recently I watched a boy make a difficult decisilon.
The dilemma was finally resolved in favor of a
black animal. C. S, Hemenway, herd manager and dispenser of quietly
authoritative information, gave his approval, and the purchase was
The story has an interesting sequel.
Alfred, who had been an interested spectator, went back the follow-
ing day and purchased the other calf.
John and Al are both students at Lehman-Jackson
John is presently a Sophomore in Vocational Agriculture, while Al
expects to enter the Vo-Ag course next year. The start they now
have toward a future in farming is an example of the good jcb being
done by Vo-Ag boys. This early recognition of the importance of
good livestock for a successful farming future is important, and it
is gratifying to see the results becoming apparent. \
Similar recognition of the value of proper tractor maintenance
seems togbe lacking with some farmers. Sheldon Mosier, Ray Sear-
foss, Bill Keil and myself recently spent a day at Newton-Ransom
the regular author
f-
It was a pleasure because the boy, John Mahzoni of Jackson
was deciding which of two registered Holstein calvies he wanted to
purchase. Both calves came of Hillside Farm's excel
with high production records on both sides of their}
looked like future show heifers, with nice marking
difficult, each calf whs watching the
proceedings with the alert curiosity of their kind, Inaking’ friendly
overtures as though attempting to induce the undecided John to
\predominantly
John's younger brother,
Joint School.
A representative of a nationally known petroleum company was
on hand to supervise; his company furnished the lubricants; local”
farmers furnished the tractors and a group of Luzerne and Lacka-
wanna county Vo-Ag teachers and Veterans’ instructors furnished
The findings were impressive. Bill and I drew a machine to : oo
work on, on which the valve adjustments, supposed to be set at 012
of an inch, were better than .037 of an inch. The loss of power re-
sulting was considerable. The oil filter was plugged with goo and ;
the air cleaner oil bath cup was coated with a slimy covering... °
Neither could do its job of protecting the engine properly. The out-
standing example of neglect was in the crankcase and transmission
lubricants. When drained, the oil was foamy, black and, toward the °
The point is, these tractors were in use every day, but under
conditions which made it impossible for them to deliver their best
performance. And most everything that was wrong could have ‘been
taken care of on the farm. at little expense and without using much
Ray and Bill are having the petroleum company man in to speak
to their veterans’ elass on March 27. They have said they will open
the meeting to the public. If your own tractor has been let go, or
if you are interested in learning how to operate any internal combus-
tion engine more efficiently and economically, you can attend the.
meeting. It will be worth your time. 3 R5ae
Arnolds Shoot Indians i :
The drive out of the National
ditions. Prices were rather high
and people weren't buying, just
looking, while munching on their
hot dogs or sipping * refreshing
drinks. ;
From Cameron to Jacob Lake,
Arizona, gateway to the North
Rim of Grand Canyon would have
been a very monotonous drive if it
hadn’t been for that beautiful, col-
orful Painted Desert and her In-
dians. As we drove along the miles,
we noticed that the boulders and
huge rock formations were of var-
ied shades. Some were pink, others
salmon colored, while s others
were just plain grey or pure white.
The land in some places took on'a’
purplish hue and, in others, a bril-.
liant gold—small wonder than that
this land of magic colors is called
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