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HOWARD WHITESELL
Success At 29
Well-Known Builder
Started When A Boy
Howard Whitesell does not whole-
heartedly recommend to the rising
generation that they follow his
recipe for success, but it worked
for Howard, and prospective busi-
nessmen might well follow his ex-
ample in buckling down to some-
thing constructive at the age of
fourteen, even if they don’t leave
school in order to do it.
Howard, after two years of high
school at Harveys Lake, decided
that school was not for him, and
signed himself up as an apprentice
carpenter with his uncle, William
Whitesell, a Kingston contractor.
This move laid the foundation for
the present construction program,
which has seen Whitesell Brothers
building upwards of 150 houses in
an area embracing Bear Creek,
Mountain Top, North Lake, Nanti-
coke, Harveys Lake, Dallas, Shav-
ertown, and Lehman.
The present project at Oak Hill,
a ninety-acre development near
Idetown, already has thirty-two
completed houses, with a dozen
more in the building. The goal is
the best house that .can be built
with a moderate investment, qual-
ity not sacrificed to quantity pro-
duetion.
The supply store at the turnoff
where Route 115 leaves the Har-
development. Howard and Elwood
needed. convenient headquarters.
Alan Kittle manages the yard, How-
on the building program, but most
of the jobs overlap.
It all started when Howard found
he did not care for farming, but
preferred to work with wood. The
farm that he had bought at Pikes
Creek after his return from the
South Pacific, found a ready sale
to his father, George Whitesell. A
barn on the property lent itself to
remodelling for a wood-working
shop, and Howard, Elwood, and
George started to turn out mold-
‘ings and other interior strip and
general millwork. One thing lead-
ing to another, and carpentering
being in the family blood, the next
step to actual building and even-
tually to contracting was com-
pletely logical.
Howard was already a carpenter,
a member of the AF of L after
serving his four years apprentice-
ship with his uncle. Almost imme-
‘diately after getting his creden-
Howard, Elwood, and their cousin
‘Willard Shaver joined the Marines,
Until
1945, the scene changed from Penn-
sylvania to the South Pacific, with
first-wave assault landings at Gua-
‘dalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleleu.
Howard rose from private to staff
"sergeant and developed an abiding
hate for tropical islands.
Before his discharge, he married
the former Dorothy Harmond of
Dallas. The couple has two boys,
Gary, 8, and Ronald, 5. After sell-
ing the farm, he built his present
home on Fernbrook Road.
There isn’t too much time for
recreation in a schedule as tight
as that maintained by the White-
sell brothers, but Howard gets up
to Canada in the spring for a ten
day trek into the lake region above
Quebec during trout season, and
Elwood breaks away later in the
summer for bass. The first day of
rabbit hunting finds Howard afield
for small game.
Vital statistics show him born
June 8, 1924, at General Hospital,
his parents George and Bessie
Whitesell, then living in Forty Fort.
When he was four years old the
family moved to Oklahoma City,
moved back to Pennsylvania and
settled at Pikes Creek when he
was six, just in time to launch him
in the first grade in a one-room
school house after kindergarten ex-
perience in Oklahoma. Until he was
twelve years old he attended this
school, going to Laketon school for
the two years mentioned.
Not many young men of twenty-
nine have accomplished as much
in this area. His success reflects
credit upon his forebears, upon his
own initiative, and doubtless upon
the down to earth education re-
ceived in the one-room school.
In California a car driven by
Thomas Coffey collided with that
of Ben Pott: No grounds; no ar-
i
Police of Kingston Township®-
started March 1 to solicit funds
from local merchants to finance the
annual Easter Egg Hunt on West-
moreland High School grounds
scheduled this year for April 17.
Parents will be asked as in years
past to hard-boil and dye as many
eggs as possible for the event. And
again, baskets will be prepared for
crippled children and shut-ins.
On the committee are Arthur F.
Smith, Chief Jesse Coslett, Patrol-
man Herbert Updyke. Supplemen-
tary police will assist in keeping
order at the egg hunt and distribut-
ing prizes. Pre-school children will
have a section of their own, smaller
grade school children another sec-
tion. Eggs for older children will
be hidden in more inaccessible
spots, and no infringing upon small
children’s territory will be per-
mitted.
Last year 1500 children were ac-
commodated.
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With rushing winds and gloomy
skies
The dark and
dies;
Far - off,
cries,
Bidding her earliest child arise:
March —Bayard Taylor
stubborn Winter
unseen, Spring faintly
No person was ever honored for
what he received. Honor has been
the reward for what he gave.
One robin doesn’t make a spring,
but one lark sometimes brings on
a fall.
One of the greatest victories you
can gain over a man is to beat him
at politeness.
Life lived just to satisfy yourself
never satisfies anybody.
Every Day At
because . . .
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1953 PLYMOUTH
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Radio, Heater ...."~ 1295
1952 MERCURY
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1951 FORD
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Fully Equipped
1951 PLYMOUTH
(Cranbroo 4-Door $895
Fully Equipped ..
1951 STUDEBAKER
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2 1951 KAISER
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1950 CHEVROLET
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Radio & Heater
1950 FORD
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1950 CHEVROLET
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R&H. Power Steer- $ 1395
ing. Auto. Trans. .
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in 1951 BUICK
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1951 FORD
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1951 CHEVROLET
Deluxe 4 Door. 975
Radio & Heater.
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1950 PLYMOUTH
Club Cpe.
Fully Bauipped ers $745
1949 BUICK
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$195
1949 PONTIAC
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1949 CHEVROLET
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News Of The Birds
Already the Robin has become
commonplace in our area, but there
are some newcomers that are not
as plentiful. The Fox Sparrow was
first reported by Frank Jackson
Next Thursday the Susquehanna
Holstein Club will visit the Sands-
dale herd of Holsteins at Carverton |
and Hillside Farms Inc., at Trucks-
ville.
The Susquehanna County Club is
an up and coming Association doing
an excellent job of breeding and
promoting top quality cattle.
It is with a great deal of pleasure
that Sandsdale and Hillside Farms
welcome and show the Susque-
hanna breeders their Holsteins. We
are justly proud of our Holsteins.
Hillside Farms is one of the oldest
breeders of Holsteins in the state
and Ralph Sands is one of the
younger progressive breeders.
When money talks these days,
it’s probably asking what happened.
There is not much collective se-
curity in a flock of sheep on the
way to the butcher.
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was seen in Lehman. White
Throated Sparrows héve been seen
in Forty Fort. I have not heard
of any visiting Dallas, but more
than likely they are here. The
Mourning Doves have been in Dal-
las for several weeks as well as the
Purple Finches. It is interesting to
note that the Mourning Dove is one
of the few birds that is known to
nest in every state in the Union.
In the open fields the newcomers
include the Killdeer, the Horned
Lark and the Woodcock.
It is a wonderful time to go
afield. The winter birds have not
yet departed, and some of the ear-
lier migrants are already here, add-
ing spice to one’s field trip. If you
have ever seen ‘a Coot, and care
to, you may see a pair at Smith's
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~ow $2,399
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4 Dr.
. Kingston, Pa.
1950 PONTIAC
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2. STIG | Jae sas
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1947
1947
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1946
1941
1947
1946
$495
$445
$395
$295
$195
$65
$195
$245
Market St. 690 Hazle St.
Gates to Thomas Sts.
Any trip to the surrounding
ponds and lakes will reward the
bird watcher with an infinite num-
ber of ducks and possibly geese. A
few that may be seen are Scaup
Ducks, Black Ducks, Mallards, Me-
PAGE SEVEN
| Express Gratitude
Mrs. Lewis Blizard and family of
Noxen wish to express their appre-
ciation to all the friends and neigh-
bors who so kindly assisted them
in any way at the time of their
bereavement.
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