FROM sight, and daffodils budded late in with the season. February, there’s something wrong of prophecy on our own, we are going to pay for this balmy weather by wading through a blizzard ia March, and ‘those hardy souls who always plant peas, come St. Pat- rick’s Day, will penetrate the froz- en soil by means of a blow-torch. We'd like nothing better than to be proved wrong, Lilacs on the first of April would suit wus fine. We'd like to think that the apple buds could emerge from their pro- tecting sheathes prematurely with- out danger of nipping. But what we're really hoping for, before the spring is too far advanced, is enough cold weather, mow when it can do no damage, to offer some slight hope of no killing frost after It's been fine to smell spring in the air coming up Franklin Street hill every morning. We've wel- comed- with open arms tales about the first robin, the second, and finally a yard full, but it's time to ‘cut it out. Any robin, that comes north before the middle of March deserves to be a trifle frost-bitten, to teach him judgment in the years to come. A message to the robins should include fair warning that the ther- mometer has been known ‘to drop to zero on March 1, with snow every day (thereafter until roads are choked and folks extend a shovel on which ‘the mail-carrier may place their mail when condi- tions prevent him from reaching thie box, Robins should know these things before they leave lush feeding grounds in the south and chance the changeable weather in these latitudes. ‘A March snowbank is no place to bring up a family. We've seen snow piled almost to the top of the lilac bush, and within a foot of a mest where a robin was attempting to keep her eggs warm in the tecili of a north wind taa® {threatened to shiver her timbers. (And on the other hand we've noted a temperature of eighty-five on March 20, and have gone swim- ming in Virginia on [St Patrick’s Day, with a movie film fo prove it. Wie'vie been warmer after the duck- si A come cold, come snow, come high March wind, come rain, sun, or cyclone, spring is on the way, and it won't be long now. That dormant mosquito, reviving in the warm air of the kitchen after being routed out of this winter quarters fin a crack behind the sink by an exploring paint-brush last night, didn’t wait an instant, “Hurray, here comes food,” he sang, burying his fangs in an ankle which at the moment was guiltless of hosiery. He drank deep three times before being slapped down. You can’t fool the insects. Most any day now we'll find a moth in our fox collar, if we can lay it aside long enough for a moth to lay an egg on it. And then we'll know that spring has come. Mrs. Benjamin Jones Stricken In Dallas The sympathy of the entire Back Mountain area is extended to Judge Benjamin R. Jones land his sons, Benjamin and Morgan, whose wife and mother, Dorothy Richards Jones, was stricken [Saturday eve- ming while visiting at the home of Atty. and Mrs. John Phillips of Huntsville Road, Mrs. Jones was taken immedi- ately to |General Hospital where che died Sunday momming. Judge wnid Mrs. Jones recently purchased ‘the [Fred Kiefer home at Shrine View anld they had been here Sunday afternoon inspecting the redecoration and renovation prior to moving. " Mrs. Jones had been in delicate health for some months and had undergone a serious major opera- tion just prior to Judge Jones’ ele- vation to ‘the Bench. She had im- proved and was apparently on the road to recovery and in good spirits when she was stricken, Largely attended funeral services were held from the family home in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. Mrs. Ross Lewin To Manage Shop Mrs. Ross Lewin will assume managership of “Cards and Stuff” gift shop, Main Street, Dallas, March 23. Ruth says she saw the ad in the Dallas Post, interviewed the owner that same afternoon, and had the job the following moming, FFA Officers Meet Thursday Dallas-Franklin Host To Two Counties Officers of Dallas-Franklin Town- ship FFA were hosts last Thursday to forty other officers of Future Farmers in Luzerne and Lackawan- nia counties. Tt was an all-day ses- sion, with lunch served by the cafeteria staff, Lehman-Jackson, West. Hazleton, Newton-Ransom, and Scott Town- ship sent delegates, Howard New- comer, Luzerne and Lackawanna County Advisor, opening the morn- ing session, explained Parliamen- tary procedure according to Rob- erts’ Rules of Order, followed by Frank Wilson, Montrose, State president of FFA, who ‘talked on the project program. Following lunch, Frank Parrish, Scott Township, who won the award for outstanding poultryman of Pennsylvania among FFA mem- bers at the State Farm Show, talked about poultry raising. He traced his career from the starting point of 200 baby chicks while fin seventh grade, to his present enormous flock of thousands of broilers and egg producers, his turkeys, and his $8,000 poultry house, recently fin- anced from profits from poultry and dairy cattle. He graduated last June, is mow giving full time to farming on his father’s sixty acres. An oral quiz on FFA followed the talk. Donald Weidner is president of Dallas-Franklin FFA; John Godek, vice president; Roy (Carr, treasurer; Sam Fowler, secretary; (Carl Gries, public - relations; Sheldon Mosier, supervisor of agriculture, advisor. Officers present from Lehman- Jackson were: Daryl Major, presi- dent; Barry Edwards, vice presi- dent; Frank Roginski, secretary; Edmund Castellani, reporter; Larry Drabick, supervisor of agriculture, advisor. Lewis LeGrand Heads YMCA Fleming, Jenkins, Churry, Neal, Elected Lewis LeGrand chairman; Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, vice ichairman; and Atty. Robert Fleming, trea- surer, were re-elected to office at Monday might’s meeting of Back Mountain YMCA, John (Churry is recording secretary; Roy [E. Neal, finance secretary. Reports of activities indicate pre- sent and future healthy operation. Letters of thanks were authorized to Dallas Rotary [Club for financial assistance in sending four Tri-Hi- Y girls to Harrisburg to the model UN Assemdly, amd to Musician's Union for supplying music for the canteen dance. Slatf Home Is Entered Monday Burned Matches Are Strewn Everywhere The home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Slafff, Pioneer Avenue, Trucksville, was ransacked sometime Monday evening by an unknown intruder. ‘When Mr. and Mrs. Slaff, who hlad been absent since noon, ar- rived home about midnight, they found a bathroom window on the lower floor open. Investigation showed that every drawer and cupboard in the house had been opened and namsacked, but nothing of value appeared to be missing, Burned wooden matches were strewn about the floors and a hole was burned in the carpeting in, ‘an upstairs bedroom. The intruder made his exit through an upstairs hall window. State and Kingston Township police are investigating. Another Big Television Mother Virginia, Convalescent Home, Trucksville, has recently in- stalled a twenty-seven inch screen, television set for entertainment of the patients. Guyette handled in- stallation, BN VOL. 63, No. 9 Seated, left to right: Mrs. Char- les Beech, Mrs. Charles Frantz, Mrs. Fred Kroll, Mrs. Robert Evans, Civic Group To Obtain Charter Earl Henwood, Jr., Elected President An interesting discussion of com- munity problems marked the sec- ond meeting of Kingston Township Civic Association Thursday night at Trucksville Fire Hall. Forty persons attended, took part in the discussion, and elected per- manient; officers: Earl Henwood, Jr., president; Odis Moore, vice presi- dent; Mrs, Jack Weber, secretary anid Esther Saxe, treasurer. a charter and write constitution and by-laws were: Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, Rev. Robert Yost, Leon ‘Wiazeter, Theodore Poad, Esther Saxe, Jack Thornton and Rev. Rob- ent Webster. It was voted to hold meetings with the mext meeting at Shaver- town [Fire House on. April 7. Membership dues were set at $1. per year. One of tthe first projects of the group will be to obtain a traffic light at the intersection’ of Route 309 and Carverton Road. Other priojects discussed were elimination of dumping and garbage disposal along the highways, removal of un- sightly bill boards and general beautification and improvement of the community, Prioper steps. to be taken toward having all homes numbered were touched upon, The membership ex- pressed a desire to have all cce- tions of Kingston Township repre- sented in the group and hoped that meetings on alternate months at |Carverton, IShavertown and Trucks- ville can stimulate that interest. Harold Flack, representative from the Sixth Legislative District, ex- plained ‘that he was willing to co- operate with group in its efforts to obtain a traffic ligh“ Among those alttending were: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Mrs, Wil- son Cease, Herbert Williams, Rev. Robert. Webster, Rev. Robert Yost, Odis Moore, Natalie Kennan, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Henwood, Jr., Mr. and Mrs, Jack Weber, Florence Finney, Jack Thornton, Don Finney, Ted Poad, Mrs. 'G. L. Howell, Mrs. Justin, Bergman, Jr., Mr. land Mrs. Vincent McGuire, Esther Saxe, Leon Wazeter, Edward Harbold, Mr. and Mrs, Morris Lloyd, Harold Flack, Howard Risley, Hilda Finney, Rob- ert ‘Anderson, William Hewitt, Mrs. James Bottoms, Ted Hinkle, Ben | Post, and Mrs. J. J. Howell. Kozemchack’s Picture Used By Nation's Press A picture of Allen (S. Haywood taken by James Kozemchak just a few moments before the vice presi- dent of the |(C.I.O, dropped dead at an Installation Dinner Saturday night at Hotel Redington, was pur- chased immediately by the 'Associ- ated Press and has been carried by newspapers ‘throughout the United States. Mr. Kozemichak was so upset by tthe tragedy that he failed to icon- tinue snapping pictures during the sequence of events after Mr. Hay- wood was stricken. The sequence would have been in great demand from mews magazines amd news- 8 Cents Mrs. Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Arthur Ross, Mrs. (Charles Brooke, Mrs. Byron Kester, Mrs. Stanley Davies, Mrs. Four To Attend Model Assembly Local Girls Will Represent Argentina Jean Ide and Eunice Traver, re- presenting Lake-Noxen Senior Tri Hi-Y Club, together with Helen Skiopic and Grace Major represent- Club are the four lucky girls who have been selected to represent Tri Hi-Y Clubs of the Back Mountain Town and Country Branch YMCA alt Harrisburg for the Model United Nations Assembly on March 27 and 28. These four girls, together with ene representative of the Tri Hi-Y Club of Tunkhannock, who is chair- man of the group, will represent | GIV per Copy— Ten Pages Arlene Deeter, and Mrs. Irvin Mar- vel. Graham Signs With Pirates Friends Entertain At Farewell Party Bernard Graham who has signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pir- ates management was given a good luck going away party by his team- mates and friends of the Jenks Baseball team of the Bi-County League Sunday might at Herman Kern’s Restaurant at Harveys Lake. (George Shupp, president of the Bi-County [League extended the wishes of all to Mr. Graham and presented him with a number of gifts from teammates and ,friends. A buffet luncheon was serves! and games were played. ! Attending were: Bernard Gra- ham, Romayne Smith, Donald Pil- papers, Sixteen proposals for discussion, Maplewood Avenue, Dallas, of school sports, with one year Sixty mations will be represented Class, and was treasurer ‘of his Freshman Class. He is alsc a mem- ber of the Letterman's Club. As a member lof the Naval Reserves, he has hopes of studying mechanics in his future years with the Navy. Gene was elected Senior Boy of the Month unanimously by the Senior Class. Pictures Of Africa To Be Seen At Orange “The Gospel according to Africa,” Delegates will be housed at the Harris and Harrisburger Jackson Volunteer Firemen, had on Three-Point (Charge, Maine, N. Y.. ger, William Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Campbell, Mr, and Mrs, Thom- | as (Gavick, Mr. amd Mrs. Edgar A. Belles, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Pat- ton, Mr. and Mrs. Merl Bigelow, Mr. anid Mrs. Arnold Patton, Pat- | ricia Nieman, Charles Bigelow, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Schacht, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kern, and George Shupp. Stray Dog Bites Child's Fingers Head Sent To Lab For Examination Head of a stray dog which bit a ae girl on, Carverton Road two | weeks previously, was sent, tto [Har- | risburg for examination on Monday {by Dr. George Flack, Trucksville. No report has been received. The «child, daughter of Louis Mazalin, Carverton Road, was bit- ten on ‘the fingers. |A child spec- ialist from Wilkes-Barre ordered the dog tied for fourteen days, an order carried out by supervisor Arthur Smith and Francis Young- blood. On Saturday, ithe day before he was to have been released, he re- proached. On Sunday, he died. PHOTO BY KOZEMCHAK Have A Heart E TO THE HEART FUND And Save A Heart Back Mountain Red Cross Fund Captains Named "$3,225 Goal Is Ten Percent Bbove That Raised Last Year Captains who will serve in the Back Mountain Division of the 1953 Red Cross Fund Campaign of the Wyoming Valley (Chapter have been announced by the division's co- chairmen, Mrs, Robert R. Evans, Idetown, and Mrs, John N. Conyng- ham, Shavertown. Captains in the following areas are: Dallas Borough: (Captain, Mrs. Lloyd B. Kear: co-captain, Mrs. Irvin Marvel. Dallas Township: (Captain, Mrs. Stanley S. Davies; co-capifiain, Mrs. Floyd W. Chamberlain, Franklin Township: (Captain, Mrs. Byron Kester. Jackson Township: Captain, Mrs. Charles S. Frantz. Lehman Township: Captain, Mrs. Ornan K. Lamb; co-captain, Mrs. Winthrop’ Sargent. Lake Township: Captain, Mrs. Fred H, Kroll; co-captain, Mrs. Wil- liam E. Evans, Jr. Shavertown: Captain, Mrs. Gil- bert D. Austin; co-captain, Mrs. Charles K. Beech, Trucksville: Captain, Mrs, Charles Brooke, co-captain, Mrs. Sam B. Dilcer. Dallas Organizations: [Captain, Mrs. Arlene Deeter; co-captain, Mrs. Anthur H. Ross. Final plans for the March first launching of the house-to-house campaign. were discussed by the captains and their co-chairman at a meeting held at ‘the home of Mrs. Robert R. Evans. The Back Moun- tain’s share of Wyoming Valley's $145,378 quota for the 1953 Red Cross Funda will be $3,225. This quota represents a 10% in- crease over 1952 to help absorb the heavy financial demands of the gamma - globulin program. Gamma golbulin, a, derivative. of 006: is N os e veapon against paralysis wi In addition to its job of collecting blood for Korean wounded, civilian hospitals, and the national defense plasma. program, the Red [Cross must enlarge its blood-collecting facilities fin order to meet the urgent mieed of an estimated 2,000,- 000 children in polio epidemic areas next summer. Distribution: of gamma globulin will be made through an agency chosen by the Office of Defense Mobilization, The Red (Cross re- quires an aldditional $7,000,000 this wear for the collection and [process- ing of blood for. this purpose. The Back Mountain Division holds the distinguished record of always meeting fits financial quota as well as giving its generous sup- port to fthe volunteer and blood program of the local chapter. Shavertown Gets 382 Lock Boxes Two Postal Employees Serve 1,600 Patrons Service alt Shavertown Postoffice where Irvin [C. Davis has been Post- master for the past nineteen years, was greatly improved and speeded up this week with the installation 350 new lock boxes and thirty-two larger second-hand lock |boxes. There are also thinty-two call boxes. The rest of ithe mail will be de- livered alt ‘the general [delivery Until the installation of ithe lock boxes, the 1,600 patrons of the office were served from 241 call Boxes and at the general delivery window. There are no rural routes out of the [Shiavertown office where two regular workers, Mr, Davis and Mrs. Jean Glahin, clerk, sort, distribute and dispatch all mail and parcel post. Mrs. Grace McGuire assists occasionally as substitute clerk, To further speed up the work and provide grester patron conven- iene, the office has been extended nine feet in depth providing a total floor space of about 459 square feet. One fourth of the area is used as lobby. The office has also been rear- ranged so thalt lock boxes run the length of the building rather than across it. Bake Sale Tomorrow Women of Prince of Peace (Church will conduct a bake sale at Boyd White's store starting [Saturday morning at 10.
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