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Boy Scout Week
Across the land the week of Feb-
as the 44th anniversary of Boy
Scouts of America. The theme will
be ‘Forward on Liberty's Team.”
More than 3,300,000 Cub Scouts,
Boy Scouts, Explorers and their
adult leaders will observe this an-
niversary. Deserved tribute will be
paid then, on local, state and na-
tional levels, to adult volunteer lead-
ers of 89,000 Scout organizations for
the contribution they are making to
the boyhood of America.
The Honorary President of Boy
Scouts of America is Dwight D.
Eisenhower, President of the United
States of America. About eight
months ago, for the first time since
World War II, the Boy Scouts or-
ganization was called upon by the
President of our country to carry
servation of our natural resources
—soil, water, minerals, forests,
grassland and wildlife. President
Eisenhower points out that the fu-
ture of our country depends lagely
on how these resources are man-
aged today and in the years ahead.
He wrote to Arthur A. Schuck,
Chief Scout Executive of the Boy
Scouts of America, expressing the
wish the Scouts would “accept this
opportunity to perform a national
conservation Good Turn in 1954.”
Ross L. Leffler, long time mem-
ber of the Pennsylvania Game Com-
mission and widely known as a
conservationist and Boy Scout offi-
cial is chairman of the planning
committee for the Scouts’ nation-
wide conservation Good Turn pro-
gram of 1954.
Beyond the economic and na-
tional safety aspects inherent in
thrifty resource use, wildlifers and
informed hunters are conscious of
the effects of soil and water man-
agement and the practices of hu-
mans on wildlife populations and
their necessary environment. The
Outdoor Code of the Scouts paral-
lels that of sportsmen-conservation-
ists. It will materially affect the
outdoor manners of millions of peo-
ple in future. It is: 1. As an Ameri-
can, I will do my best to be clean
in my outdoor manners. 2. Be
careful with fire. 3. Be considerate
(of property) in the outdoors. 4.
1953 Bear Kill and Report
Knowledge of the actual bear kill
in any year is important to the
state authorities in planning the
next season. Aware that some bear
hunters do not report their kills
the Game Commission’s research
chief made a survey of bear tag
reports received since the 1953
season.
Of 193 bears checked by game
protectors in that season 26 were
not reported to the Harrisburg of-
fice of the Game Commission by
mid-January. (The law requires
that reports of big game kills be
mailed to the Game . Commission,
Harrisburg, within 5 days after the
close of season.) This check-up in-
of the
bruins bagged last season were not
reported. Compared with other sea-
son figures this is considered a fair-
ly high return.
reported on the same tag with deer
kills. The separation and count of
deer kills by sex and antler growth
is still going on, therefore it will be
some time before: final tabulations
of the bear and deer harvests of
'53 are available, game officials say.
NEWS OF THE BIRDS
By EDWIN JOHNSON
Creeper this year?: From all re-
ports no one has seen this little
bird all winter. Frank Jackson re-
ports that it is the first time in
many years that he has not had
that rather unobtrusive fellow at
his feeder. :
The Brown Creeper is a small
brown ‘and white ‘bird that has the
odd habit of walking up a tree,
usually in ascending spirals. When
he reaches the top, he flies down
to the base of the next tree and
begins his climb again. The object
of these ascents is to search for
hibernating insects, insect eggs, and
lice. ‘It often appears that the
Brown Creeper uses his tail as a
balancing agent in his climbings.
This small bird has little fear of
man and may be approached to
within ‘a few feet before he will
fly to a nearby tree.
Several people in Jackson Town-
ship have reported seeing Robins in
their area during the last week.
Reverend and Mrs. Jones of Hunts-
ville have several Tufted , Titmice
visiting their feeder daily.
If you have any bird news, con-
tact the Dallas Post so that your
information can be shared with the
other readers.
The project sponsored by Stefan
Hellersperk Boy Scouts in Troop
200 of making and distributing bird
feeders as their part in Boy Scout
Week is a good one. They have
eighty-seven feeders which they
built ready for distribution free to
those who will put them up®and
start a program of bird feeding. If
you would like one, telephone Mr.
Hellersperk.
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The best way for a woman to
protect her wedding ring is to soak
it in dishwater three times a day.
—Margaret Puchir
You cannot have jobs without
assets behind them.—Earl Bunting,
managing director of NAM
A confirmed bachelor is one who
has“ lots of married friends.—Ed-
ward H. Dreschmack
A woman can bear up under any
—1U. F. Newlin
It’s all right with the Lord if
you pray for a good harvest—but
He expects you to keep right on
plowing! PRE
It ‘wouldn’t be so bad to let one’s
mind‘ go blank if one always re-
membered also to turn off the
sound.—Press-Citizen, Iowa City, Ia.
We received the following
nice letter from Mr. and Mrs.
Clinton ‘Ide who are now in
Mexico. We do wish we were
with them!—Editor
GOING AFTER MARLIN
Dear Howard and Myra,
‘We flew down here this week via
Chicago where we stopped off and
visited friends.
Harden and Marjorie Coon drove
down via Dallas, Texas, and are
here at the Del Prado. We joined
them on Wednesday night at din-
ner in one of the good restaurants
to. celebrate their wedding anni-
versary. There is a local English
language paper, “The News,” and
they were very nicely written up.
Mexico is a lovely vacation coun-
try which you folks would enjoy so
much. The weather is just perfect
during the winter which is the dry
season.
We are going down to the Pacific
Coast from here for some tropical
sun and fishing in the South Seas,
first at Zihuatanejo which was a
and where we will try for marlin.
Then on to Acapulco where we had
such good luck with the sail fish
last year.
I hope you plan to get down here.
Dr. and Mrs. Fleck come every
year. They are here now.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
Clint and Jule
FACTS ABOUT DCAA
To the Editor:
An opinion should be based on
correct information, and apparently
facts have been overlooked by a
great ‘many people. Facts in rela-
tion to the Dallas Community Am-
bulance Association are as follows:
1. An ambulance is essential.
Dallas Borough and Township are
using Kingston Township ambu-
lance.
2. A group of civic minded citi-
zens met and invited all residents
to attend, for the formation of such
an organization. Where were you?
3. A discussion of cost was held
in open meeting and the majority
opinion prevailed. Did you vote?
4. The cost of a good used ambu-
lance was $2,500 (1947 model).
5. Cost of a new ambulance and
essential equipment, $7200.
6. Trade-in value of a used am-
bulance, practically nothing.
7. Trade-in value of a new ambu-
lance after three years, $4,200, or
a new ambulance every three years
for $3,00.
8. The $10,000 announced goal is
to make the initial purchase of an
ambulance, take care of mainte-
nance, insurance, mileage, and
equipment such as blankets and
9. There is no obligation to con-
tribute. But if every family gave
drive-in theatre, the ambulance
would be a reality.
This project was given careful
investigation and thorough study by
doctors, businessmen, merchants,
insurance men, office workers, la-
borers, housewives, women’s civic
organization leaders and members,
and young men and women of the
community. This will be a cash
collection with no pledges or prom-
issory notes. No one is asked to
give beyond his means.
The way it sounds, a lot of people
with bad coughs don’t go to the
doctor—they go to the theater.—
Graphic-News, Osawatomie, Kan.
Main Office
Market and Franklin
Kingston Office
Wyoming at Union
up quickly.
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. next pay
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YESTERDAY
From The Post of ten
twenty years ago this wee
ROGER BABSON
Says—
Dollar Is Getting
To Be Worth More
From Issue of February 4, 1944
Two Harveys Lake men, Thomas
Walters, 18, and Harry Hoover, 22,
die instantly in a traffic crash at
the Lake.
The proposed new Lehman-Ide-
town road is approved by State
Highway Department and Motor
Club.
George Armitage, Alderson, makes
headlines in the Pennsylvania An-
gler, with two full-page pictures
taken thirty years apart, showing
him with enormous lake trout.
Sudden death of Mrs. Jennie Aus-
tin Brickel, founder of the Brickel
Class, is a shock to residents of
Dallas.
Wilfred Moore, veteran of two
major Pacific Combats, is back in
Dallas on furlough.
In the Outpost: Bob Price, New
York APO; John Szela, San Fran-
cisco APO; Eugene J. Fogle, Navy
Yard, N. Y.; Larry Drabick, Texas;
Albert Salansky, Fort Lewis; Harry
Boehme, Texarcana; Walter Covert,
Camp Edwards; Bill Johnson, Geor-
Goldsmith, Richmond; Irvin Miller,
N. Y. Fleet PO; Foster Sutton, In-
dia; Patrick Finnegan, South Pa-
cific; Edward Nafus, Hawaii; Claude
Warden, N. Y. APO.
Coffee, 2 lbs. for 47c; evaporated
milk, 3 cans 26c; pork loin, 25¢ per
1b, and 5 pts.; pea beans, 2 lbs. for
15c¢; grapefruit, 3 for 20c.
Married: Jean Hadsell, Dallas, and
Sgt. Herbert Updyke, Trucksville;
Lt. Dorothy King, Ruggles, to Frank
E. Wadas, Jr., Gulfport Field; Mary
Elizabeth Jeter, Dallas, to Lt. James
B. Davies, Dallas; Lt. Antonia Ko-
zemchak, Overbrook Road, to Corp.
Robert Dolbear, Plains.
Engaged: Laura Jean Adler,
Shavertown, to Walter ‘S. Davies,
Forty Fort.
Deaths: Mrs. Emmajean Mott, 68,
Pikes Creek. Miss Celia Durkin,
Shavertown.
From Issue of February 2, 1934
Irvin C. Davis succeeds Herman
Yan Campen as Shavertown post-
master.
James R. Oliver purchases the
Raub Hotel property.
Lehman Township dedicates its
new grade school at Lake Silk-
worth.
Kingston Township is -assured of
a new junior high school in spite
of obstructionists.
New school community library in
the Dallas Borough school building
gets 200 books from interested
residents.
Shavertown residents will plant
laurel and roses along the highway.
Mrs. Susan Kline Zimmerman, 88,
dies at Huntsville.
W. H. Hutson, 72, dies in Dallas.
Day by day, in buying power,
your dollar is getting to be worth
more. You have only to glance at
the advertisements in your news-
papers to confirm this cheering fact.
Merchants all over the country are
offering some of the best winter
long time.
Goods Galore
Thanks to this country’s tremen-
dous productive capacity, which has
been greatly increased in recent
years, all kinds of consumer goods
have been coming on the market
in almost unprecedented volume.
The late Korean War did little to
dampen the flow. As a result,
stores everywhere have bargains in
good merchandise. Some of it has
not been moving too well, at least
not fast enough to suit the store
owners. Perhaps prices have been
out of line with the ideas of pros-
pective consumers. In a number of
cases, this undoubtedly has been
true. But now the picture has
changed.
Semi - annual stocktaking clear-
ance sales are under way from one
end of the land to the other. Sales
floors and store counters this win-
ter are loaded with bargains that
many can hardly afford to ignore.
Merchandisers are more than anx-
ious to reduce stocks, and they well
know that the best way to do it is
to cut prices, even if profits are
pared to the bone. In some in-
stances, they are doing exactly that.
Merchants like “turnover” much
more than “holdover.” It costs
money to carry goods from one
year to another, or from one season
to another.
Fur Lover’s Paradise
For those of the fair sex whose
fancy turns to furs, now is the time
to indulge it. Furs definitely are on
the bargain counter. In some cases,
they can be bought at half their
former price, although I do not
guarantee the quality. The fur mar-
ket was hard hit by abnormally
warm weather earlier in the season.
Inventories have piled up and com-
petition has become extremely se-
vere. To point up the situation, I
might mention that one prominent
Boston concern not too long ago
advertised the largest fur stock at
one price — drastically + reduced—
ever assembled anywhere under one
roof.
With spring just around the cor-
ner, clothing stores in many local-
ities are cutting prices on men’s
wool suits. Some are being offered
Winter
overcoats and wool bathrobes also
often are marked down sharply at
this time of the year. If you are
in need of any of these articles
now, or will be next winter, don’t
delay in picking them up. Shop
aggressively for the best buys. Also
watch the store ads in your paper.
Household Goods
A number of household goods and
appliances are available now at bar-
gain prices. The field is broad, but
the goods are there and rightly
priced if you shop around. Just the
other day, for instance, I saw a
new combination food freezer-
refrigerator offered at a saving of
20% under a month ago. But buy
these electrical appliances from re-
liable stores and be sure to get the
standard guarantee. Now is the
time to buy from a reliable dealer
a used car at a low price. These
cars will sell for more money in
the spring and early summer.
This is the time of year also when
many types of soft goods can be
purchased economically. These in-
clude sheets, pillow cases, and tow-
els. February traditionally is a
month when household furniture is
offered: at special prices; this Feb-
ruary should not be an exception.
I also must mention Oriental rugs,
prices of which have been cut
sharply. I have seen some of these
items recently advertised as selling
at half former prices.
A Word to Merchants
Perhaps bring to your city the
stock of some out-of-town firm that
is liquidating. Be not afraid to cut
your own prices for a short period.
You will win customers by it in the
end. Otherwise, don’t today over-
stock in anything except in ‘‘park-
ing space,” which now is the best
buy. I forecast you can purchase
parking space for customers cheap-
er now when the ground is frozen,
snow is falling, and business is
poor. “Sell Merchandise—Buy Park-
ing Space” should be the 1954
motto.
Mitchell With Airborne
Regiment Now In Japan
Beppu, Japan — Pfc. Richard E.
Mitchell, son of George Mitchell,
Route 1, Dallas, is now serving
with the 187th Airborne Regimental
Combat Team in Japan.
Veteran of two combat jumps
into Korea, the 187th “Rakkasans’”
fought as infantry with nearly every
UN division. It is now stationed in
Japan as a security force.
Mitchell, an assistant automatic
rifleman in Company L, joined the
September 1952, he has been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge and the Korean and UN Ser-
vice Ribbons.
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Dear Barnyard:
Barnyard Notes
I was fascinated by your comments on the Nicholson Viaduct
and the account of my purchase of the silver spoons—all in the
same issue.
To set you right, I don’t think there is any substance to the
old yarn about the workman who was buried alive during the con-
struction of the Viaduct. f
Mrs. Reece who was a good friend of mine and the widow of
the chief engineer on the job told me a few years ago that it would
have been impossible for any one to have been buried alive because
of the peculiar construction of the forms which were interlaced with
steel cables or rods before the concrete was poured.
The story as I first heard it, told how a man’s arm was discov-
ered in the concrete after the forms were removed and that work-
men were ordered to saw off the arm and cover the spot with a
coating of concrete.
Be that as it may there are many interesting stories about this
great structure that dominates our village.
The two men, members of the firm of Waltz and Reece, who
designed the viaduct are buried in Nicholson Cemetery in adjoining
graves with identical headstones. ]
live out his remaining years and be buried in Nicholson within the
son, Dr. Philip Reece, who is an instructor at Rawlings College.
The firm of Waltz & Reece was one of the finest of its genera-
tion and had constructed many great dams and bridges in the West
before taking on the Nicholson Viaduct for the Lackawanna Railroad.
be with her husband. Most of her married life was spent with her
husband in engineering and construction camps on vast projects,
mostly in the West, but also in other parts of the United States.,
rock. It was 'here that the engineers ran into quick sand and had
of the bends (a condition which deep sea divers sometimes suffer)
hoisted out of the excavation by an inexperienced hoisting engineer.
Many lives were lost during the tremendous relocation: project
of foreign extraction and spoke little or no English. They were here,
there, and everywhere and it was almost impossible for foremen to
keep track of them. Their foremen were also never sure whether
it was not always easy to tell whether they had lost a man or not.
Look to your dictionary, if it is a Winston, you will probably
‘find a picture of the Tunkhannock Viaduct on the page with the
definition of ‘“viaduct.” We never refer to the Nicholson structure
and spans a valley.
embedded in the superstructure and help to support it, extend for
two miles on either side of the viaduct and are anchored in solid
rock.
no one has yet REtgmDied to commit suicide by Jumping, jfrom the
viaduct.
So much for the Teithennigde Viaduct, now to gob a the. Spoons.
mental reasons because you and Papa always called me “Josie.”
I wouldn't pay 2c for J. C. B. standing for Josephine Clara. :
I rose to the bait. You said I'd write.
Your Sister
VALENTINES REALISTIC TODAY
old days.” A new era has begun!
ises of undying love.
Valentines be, as one says:
A little bit lacy,
A little bit frilly,
And just the littlest,
little bit silly!
Many leading Valentine publishers agree:
romantic traditions.
Valentine sentiments that were just too good to be true.”
over billets-doux like this:
The pains which I endure
No medicine can cure;
No drug that I can find
Can heal my lovesick mind;
Come feel my pulse, dear,
And banish every fear;
Unto my wish incline
And be my Valentine.
describe it with a Valentine that chuckles:
My heart does such
Tricks at the sight
Of you, Lamb,
That I right away
Quick need a CARDIOGRAM! ;
And where the 19th century Romeo promised castles in Spain,
the 20th century lover shells out one to five dollars for an elegant
orchids, lapel pins, or a pearl necklace and earrings to match.
Valentines for married couples are often even more realistic.
One that pictures a gay young housewife scrubbing away frankly
declares:
You're the only guy
In the world, by gosh,
For whom I'd gladly
Do the wash!
changed. Time was when eight lines of choice Victorian poetry
wasn’t enough. Today, a Valentine may simply say, “I'm yours—
be mine!” or “It'd be thrilling—if you'd be willing!”
else discovers me,” He'll get the idea, and probably reply by Tsturm
mail with a Valentine saying:
While we're young
And in our prime,
Why don’t we
Stop wasting time? ;
Next Sunday is St. Valentine's Day, when lovers everywhere must
stand up and be counted—some twice, it seems. For with the U. S.
census halted at 160 millions, it’s estimated that well over 300 mil-
lion affectionate Valentines will be tucked into mailboxes and under
doorways.
two Valentines per person ratio.
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