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Mrs. Harvey Sink, Harris Hill
Road Truscksville is a patient at the
General Hospital.
Mrs. Herman Monroe of Stafford
Street Trucksville has been confined
to her home for the past [four weeks
because of illness.
Fred Anderson Pioneer Avenue,
Shavertown, is a patient at the Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital after having
suffered a heart attack [Sunday even-
ing at his home.
Mrs. Fred Handley, Main Street.
{[Shaventown, has returned from Long
Island where she spent a few days
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Edmondson,
Merrick.
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Milton Altemus of Hazeltine
Street, Shavertown, recently re-
ceived his honorable discharge from
the U. S. Army after having served
two years in England. He is now
employed by the Sordoni Construc-
tion Company.
Captain Howard Young, Maple
Street, Shavertown, is in Texas at
advanced officers’ training school for
three months.
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(© National Wildlife Federation
Mallard Duck
If census takers could count every
duck in North America, it is likely
that they would find more Mallards
than any other kind. There are
tame ones on farms and wild ones
living in most parts of the contin-
ent.
Wild Mallards spend their sum-
mers from Alaska to Greenland and
south as far as California and Vir-
ginia. In the winter, they live
in the southern half of the United
States, and down into Mexico and
Central America.
With the change of seasons, great
flocks of them take to the air.
They make good time on their jour-
neys, says the National Wildlife
Federation, because they can fly
up to sixty miles an hour.
While beating their strong wings,
they watch for pools or lakes of
fresh water where they can live
and find food. In the water they
get mosquito larvae, insects, snails,
and shellfish. Around the edges
they feed on the seeds and stems
of plants.
Among the weeds and bushes
near the water, the Mallards build
nests of leaves and grass, with
linings of dark gray down. When
her nesting place is ready, the
female lays from six to thirteen
large eggs. The eggs may be light
greenish or gray-brown.
After she sits on them for 26
to 28 days, the eggs hatch. The
baby ducklings, covered with soft
yellow down, quickly learn to walk |
and swim.
As they grow, the young birds be-
gin to look more and more like
their parents. The females are
mostly brown, with marks of black.
They have dull yellow bills and
feet. :
The males have green heads and
necks, white collars, and purple-
brown breasts. They are light
gray underneath and darker on
their backs, with a touch of blue
in their wings. Their bills are yel-
low and their legs and feet are
orange.
Mallards grow to be about 28
inches long. . They weigh between
3% and. 4 pounds. The females
are slightly smaller than the males.
According to the National Wildlife
Federation, they are among our
most valuable wild ducks.
Interesting information on other
wildlife species ‘can be obtained
by writing to the National Wildlife
Federation, Washington 10, D. C.
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THE POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1952
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Raising hamsters, a new and
novel hobby, is beginning to take
hold in the Back Mountain area.
Rev. R. W. Edmondson, is an en-
thusiastic fancier. :
The hamster is the small animal
over which a great deal of interest
has been created in the last few
years, for it is proving itself to be
a wonderful pet as well as a labor-
atory animal. The Golden Hamster
is a native of Syria, having been
brought to this country in 1938.
Rev. Edmondson says: Hamsters
are of friendly disposition and
fully grown are not over six inches
in length. The fur is soft and short,
and the skin is very loose, so
much so that folds at least two in-
ches deep can be pulled out. from
the body. The eyes are black, spark-
ling and prominent. Perhaps the
most interesting thing about the
hamster is its cheek pouches in
which it can put a large amount
of food. These pouches extend
backward half the length of its
body.
An adequate “home” for the
hamster is a cage eight inches
high, ten inches wide, and twenty
inches long, according to Rev.
Edmondson. The front should have
an opening at least three inches
wide covered ‘by one-half inch
hardware cloth to provide light and
fresh air; it also affords opportu-
nity to watch the hamster at work
and play. \
The cage may be made of wood
with all joints very tight; more
satisfactory cages may also. be
made from sheet metal or alumi-
num. A small jar or glass should
be fastened inside the cage and
secured fast. This may be used for
water for the hamster which re-
quire very little. Inside the glass
or jar should be forced a piece of
hardware cloth which the little
ones use as a ladder if they fall in.
The bottom of the cage may be
covered with shavings or any type
of ‘clean absorbent litter, and
should be replaced once a week.
Because of its clean habits and lack
of odor the hamster may be kept
anywhere in ‘the house. While
adult males may be kept together
it is advisable to keep adult fa-
males in separate cages.
It is a wery simple thing to feed
hamsters. They will eat table
scraps and will thrive on dog ra-
tions or rabbit pellets. Due to the
fact that they are not exposed to
sunshine, green leafy vegetables
are necessary to furnish certain
vitamins. A hamster will not over-
eat, but will store his food away;
neither will it eat food of any kind
that is spoiled. An animal given
enough green feed will live inde-
finitely without water. ;
The hamster is the fastest breed-
ing animal known to man, and may
be used for breeding when two
months of age. From the time of
breeding to date of birth is sixteen
days, and there will usually be
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Do you suffer from hot flushes,
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due to functional ‘change of life’
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“Theres a delightful creek runs right by the door!”
LOCAL MINISTER GROWS
HAMSTERS FOR SCIENCE
four to ten in a litter. The little
ones are born blind and naked,
and on about the fifth or sixth day
are covered with fine fur. On about
the sixteenth day they open their
eyes, although before this time they
will be found eating and walking
around the cage. After five or six
more days the litter is weaned and
the female allowed to rest for a
week, After this week of rest she
is again ready to breed.
Hamsters are being used by bio-
logists who, plant human cancer
in the cheek pouch and are able
to observe and treat living human
cancer in the open. However, the
hamster is a wery popular pet with
children, delighting the youngsters
with their antics as they scamper
around their pens.
Past Grands To
Meet Monday
Robert W. Brown, of Oneida
Lodge 371, Dallas, president of the
Luzerne County Past Grands Asso-
ciation, I. O, O. F. announces that
the monthly meeting of the Asso-
ciation wil be held on Monday eve-
ning, March 17th with Sons of Lib-
erty Lodge No. 1103, corner South
Meade and East Market Street,
Wilkes-Barre. All Odd Fellows are
invited.
Ben L. Jenkins, past grand mas-
ter of the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl-
vania, will speak on proceedings of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge.
Eugene Harvey, of Berwick will
entertain with stories. District
deputy grand masters are re-
quested to see that lodges in their
respective districts are represented
at the meeting.
Prior to the program a brief busi-
ness session will be held for the
admittance of new members. Pro-
gram will be in charge of Sons of
Liberty with Ellis Owen chairman.
President Brown urges all Odd
Fellows to attend.
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PRIVATE MAZER SAYS HE
KNOWS WHERE THE CROWS
COME FROM FOR FOX BAIT
Pvt. Bernard Mazer, Indian-
town Gap, answers the query
in last week’s Dallas Post,
“Where are the crows coming
from for the poisoned bait, and
how is the Game Commission
killing them?”
Mazer snipped a clipping
from the February 29th issue
of the Tomahawk, news organ
for the military reservation,
and sent it to his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Mazer, of Leh-
man.
Indiantown Gap is playing
a major role in Pennsylvania’s
current war on rabid foxes.
Thomas D. Frye, Harrisburg,
disclosed that marksmen from
his office have been killing
crows for bait, bagging as high
as 500 in iwo nights in the
region.
“One night”, says Frye, “we
bagged seventy-three just in one
valley. We waited for the crows
to gather on their favorite
roost, and then gave them both
barrels.”
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Wesleyan Circle Meets
Wesleyan Circle of the Shaver-
town Methodist Church met at the
home of Mrs. Elsie Pritchard. Mar-
ion Katacinski presided and Char-
lotte Remley led devotions.: The
circle is selling Dorothy K. Worth'’s
Easter candy and anyone wishing
to purchase it can get in touch
with any member of the circle.
Mrs. Walter Cook gave a chapter
of the study book, ‘“We Ameri-
cans, North and South.” Those pre-
sent were: Mrs. Betty Brace, Mrs.
Clara Brown, Mrs. Erma Eicke, Mrs.
Hazel Honeywell, Mrs, Shirley
Jones, Mrs. Charlotte Remley, Mrs.
Betty Lamereaux, Mrs. Katherine
Newhart, Mrs. Dorothy Pope, Mrs.
Gerry Pope, Mrs. Marion Katacin-
ski, Mrs. Thelma Rood, Mrs. Wal-
ter Cook, and the hostess, Mrs.
Elsie Pritchard.
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HARD TO GET items in RE-
VERE COPPERWARE, and
“MIRRO” Aluminum are in
stock in our kitchenware sec-
tion. It’s a mighty good place
to look for “Bridge” and Party
Prizes, too. ,
Customers say—“the price is
right, and the fixtures are
nice,” when they look at our
3-piece bathroom set for $140.
No jokers either—this includes
piping to the floor. If you
check, we'll be your plumbers,
Spring can’t be far off — we
hope. Our Bulk Garden Seeds,
Baseball equipment, and other
exciting spring items have ar-
rived.
“REMINGTON” has the big-
gest gun development of 1952
—NEW SLIDE ACTION DEER
RIFLE—3 CALIBERS—30-06,
300 Sav. and 35—CLIP LOAD-
ING . .. also a 28-gauge shot-
gun—you can see them here
soon. Have a good used 35
Remington now too.
It’s Chick Time again, and
you'll find here the newest
gadgets to do the job safer
and easier. Those INFRA-RED
BROODING LAMPS . . . new
types of feeders and fountains
- . . and our price is right.
Six used tractors are getting
the final overhaul in “EL-
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