Others.” + true. more often than not, when some proposed reduction in Here is one big reason why today’s federal tax bill taxes than in all of 1940! people. Xx x FROM you cook it, scrub it or anything ?” The phone sounded fagged out. Pat the market, very little fat, no bone, so dense that there would be very little shrinkage, and the end pro- duct guaranteed to jell down into easily sliced lunch meat with no wastage at all except the skin. "You remove the coating as soon as ‘the tongue is out of the kettle, we'd - explained, to prevent its cementing itself to ‘the meat when cooled. And you could cook cabbage with it during the last fifteen min- utes, if you liked corned beef and cabbage. The flavor would be about the same, with the essence of smoke detracting ‘nothing from it. Pat had gone off with [the tongue, but she’d mun into complications filed under the heading of “Too many cooks spoil the broth.” She said, “I called up Ruth Lew- in, and Ruth read me a recipe out of her cookbook, Tt said you had to mse peppercorns. Last time I looked in Dallas for peppercorns, there weren't any. And I don't kinow exactly what is a peppercorn anyway.” “What do you want peppercorns for? Haven't you any black pep- 213 “Well, I thought maybe you just ‘assumed I'd know Rall about pepper- corn when you told me how to boil it, and failed to mention it.” “Skip it. You don’t need pepper- corns. All you have to do is boil if.” “But I want it for tomorrow night, not two iweeks from tonight.” “Who says you can't have it tomorrow night? Put it over the fire now, and let fit boil about three hours for a tongue thalt size. Let it icool a little in, its own broth before removing from the kettle to skin, That's all there is to it.” “Well, IT called up Claire War- riner, and she looked up a recipe in an old cook-book of her moth- er’s. The recipe said you had to soak it for two weeks. And then Paul yelled out from the back- tongue was put it in ‘the oven and bake it like a ham. I'm confused.” «Just heave it into a kettle of water und turn on the fire. It'll cools while you wash windows.” One hour later the phone rings again. “Think maybe the timer’s off. Shouldn’t ‘the tongue be done? I stuck it with a fork and it was about like rubber. Amy sugges- tions 7” : “The timer isn’t off, Jose, just getting tired of washing windows. Boil it some miore, and don’t mangle it with a fork. Stick it with a paring knife, and when [the knife goes in as into cheese, it’s dome.” " (We never had” the nerve to call back and inquire about that tongue, Pat, but we hope it finally got [done Little News On Patrons Urged To Install Boxes Now Postmaster Joseph Polacky urges all patrons within the proposed city mail delivery limits to have their houses numbered and letiterboxes put in place so that they ican be assured home delivery of mail as soon as fthe service starts. No mail will be delivered to homes where there are no numbers or where letter boxes have not been provided, Mr. Polacky said he could make no definite statement when delivery will start but that carrier bags and straps have already arrived and letter cases for use in sorting the mail within the office have been shipped. He has also been instructed ris for en automobile to be used in delivering parcel post and pick- ing up outgoing mail from drop boxes. He has received no instructions on who the ftiwo mew mail carriers will be, but expects some word from Washington shortly. He said it will take some time ‘to get the let- ter cases installed and labeled after they arrive, Although city delivery may start earlier; he said he was certain that it will start no later than July 1st when the postoffice’s new fiscal year begins. Only One Race In The Borough Four Candidates For Justice-of-the-Peace Except in the contest for Justice- of-the-Peace there appears to be little excitement in the offing for Dallas Borough voters during the coming Primaries, All current office holders who will be seeking re-election appear to have no opposition except James Besecker and Leonard Harvey who will be running to succeed them- selves as Justices - of - the - Peace. Their opposition will be provided by Robert Brown, teller at [First National Bank, and Jack Roberts, Dallas dairyman. This fight promises to be hot with Besecker and Brown paired off against Harvey and Roberts. Other candidates running for re- election are: Borough (Council, War- den Kunkle, Fred Welsh and Joseph Jewell; [School Director, David Jen- kins; Tax Collector, Arthur Dun- gey; Burgess, Herbert A. Smith. Among (the many old time pic- tures that have come into us dur- ing the past few weeks is this one which will be easy for you to iden- tify. [Within the next few weeks we will run pictures of former Sha- vertown, Trucksville and Lehman classes, Harley Misson, Fred Welsh, and Mrs. Ruth Simms have brought us some [pippins, In the meantime if you have pictures of old Back Mountain scenes and personalities bring them in we'd like to see them, We can’t promise to run them all but we'll use the most interesting. Clare Winters recently brought in an excellent picture of the old Oneonta Hotel at Harveys Lake, and we're still looking for a good picture of the late Dr. Henry M. Laing. at the Value Shop are pouring into Back Mountain Memorial Library Annex, with members of Dallas Wo- mans Club tabulating lists and marking items with size and price. The shop will open for business today with a large assortment of merchandise in a wide variety of styles, colors, and sizes. Widespread community interest insures a good crowd for opening day. iComitrary to expectations, it's the women’s clothing that predomin- ates, not the children’s. There are plenty of suits for spring, starting with size 10 and going up, both dress..and sport styles, and some nice coats. Some lucky child will get = bar- gain in a Kenwood set of matching coat and hat, size 12, worn only for best and showing no wear at alll. There's a white confirmation dress, also size 12, just in time for spring ‘confirmations. A size sixteen can be outfitted in a variety of clothing, all of it good, much of it colorful. And for the half-size woman there are a mumber of suits and dresses in size 18%. Late Wednesday afternoon sev- eral suits for men were received, clothing for teen-age boys and small children, and a tuxedo in very goad condition, sized for an average man, In Serious Condition Earl Henwood Jr., is in serious condition at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital where he suffered a second heart attack yesterday. Mr. Hen- wood suffered a heart attack last Wednesday and last Thursday was stricken with an embolism. He was making a slow but steady recovery until the attack yesterday. Westmoreland High School Band will present its annual Spring Con- cert under the sponsorship of the Westmoreland Band Association next Friday evening in the High School Auditorium. Featured will be a varied pro- gram by both the Senior and Jun- ior Bands under the ‘direction of Lester Lewis. Front Row: L. to R.—Jean Mon- ka, Pauline Spencer, Diane Jenkins, Louise Perrin, Gail Hoover, Nancy Jane Jones, Sandra Sprout, Sondra Clark, oo 3 Second Row: Lester Lewis, con- Married Man Is Held On Serious Charge Charged with attempted rape and indecent exposure a twenty-three- year old mentally deficient Bunker Hill married man is in Luzerne County Jail awaiting the appoint- ment of a iunacy commission be- fore receiving sentence, after pleading guilty before Justice-of- the-Peace Herbert Williams of Trucksville. He is Elmer Gardener who was apprehended the day after he gained admission to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pierce of Meadowcrest and attempted to rip the clothing off the young mother who was alone with her three in- fant children, aged 3 years, 2 years and six months. He entered the house about 11:30 last Thursday night after rapping at the door. Mrs. Pierce opened the door thinking that it might be a neighbor. Of slight build, he stood for a moment with- out speaking then slapped her and knocked her to the floor in an at- tempt to tear off her blue jeans which were fastened with a belt. Mrs. Pierce screamed, attracting the attention of a neighbor; Charles Hartle, who ran in the back door just as the intruder ran out the front. Kingston Township police inves- tigated and apprehended Gardener the following day. Last October the same man en- tered Nester’s Market on Harris Hill Road and was driven out when he indecently exposed himself. dustor, Ted Hons, Richard Mathers, Billy Strasser, Jack Pritchard, Bar- bara Hirleman, Charlotte Dymond, Joan Walp, Joan Sickler, Barbara Balut, Lorraine Harrison, Barbara Franklin, Janice Roberts. § Third Row: Roberta Williams, Connie Chappell, Emma Engler, Melvin Vrhel, Richard Shaffer, Rob- ert Bodycomb, John Roushey, Betty Barstow, Ada Mae Houcli, Betsy Rowlands, Dawn Dick, Billy Shaffer. Fourth Row: Phyllis Monko, Lee savage, Burton Berrettini, Keith Yiesley, Billy DeRemer, Daisy Fit- ‘Mother Of 3 Shoots Herself Mrs. Sophie Rusiloski In Critical Condition {Seriously wounded with a self- inflicted shotgun wound in the left side, breast and pelvis, Mrs. Sophie Rusiloski, 31, is