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PUBLIC LAND OPEN TO HUNTING
While the number of Pennsyl-
vania hunters was doubling in the
past 30 years great acreages of
open small game territory were be-
ing closed to shooting. In some
cases hunting is prohibited now in
whole townships. Mainly, housing
developments, the building of high-
ways and the expansion of indus-
tries caused the shrinkage of open
land on which small game hunting
could be enjoyed.
On the other hand, an up-to-
date record shows well over 1, 700,-
000 acres owned in the name of
the game commission, or leased by
the agency, open to public hunting.
This is exclusive of refuges, safety
zones, game propagation areas, etc.
Included in this total are huntable
acres on Farm-Game Projects and
game land holdings. The latter are
largely woodlands administered by
the Game Commission. The total
amount of Commission owned or
leased areas aggregates of two mil-
lion acres.
About 1,500,000 acres of state
land managed by the Department
of Forests and Waters are also open
hunting territory, as are nearly one-
half million acres of the Allegheny
National Forest.
The total acreage, then, of public
land on which Pennsylvania hunters
may pursue their sport without
fear of trespass is between 31% and
4 million acres.
GIVE WILDLIFE A BRAKE
Persons who have studied the
problem of wildlife kills on high-
ways agree that a little caution by
motorists would prevent much of
the slaughter. Importantly, wild
species slain on roads in spring and
early summer account for a much
greater loss than at other times be-
cause they represent brood stock.
Being unpredictible, some wild-
life will run or fly to unpreventable
destruction in front of a car or
truck. In many cases, however,
allowing just an extra second of
time to clear the vehicle’s path
would make the difference between
life or death for wild creatures.
Game authorities are conscious
of the highway hazards humans also
face. They make it clear no one
should endanger life or property to
avoid striking a bird or animal
However, if drivers who can do so
safely will slow down much wild-
life will be spared without risk to
anyone.
SPORTSMEN PLANT
To most people, mention of spring
activities on the farm means soil
tilling and planting. Crop harvest-
ing suggests colorful fall scenery
stores of ripened
grains, fruits and vegetables.
But in recent years an increas-
ing number of sportsmen’s organ-
izations, Boy Scouts, beagle clubs
and others have engaged in plant-
ing. In their case grain and fruit
crops are seldon harvested; they
are planted largely to supply, where
grown, food and protection needed
by wildlife. In other words hunt-
ers, having a stake in the game
are participating in sound
food and cover management prac-
tices to preserve and increase wild
species.
Numerous are
Main Office
Market and Franklin
planting grains or food-bearing
trees, shrubs and vines on their
club property. Others, lacking land
on which to plant, pay farmers to
allow strips of grain to stand un-
harvested close to protective game
cover along woodlands or hedges.
Corn in the grain for which they
usually contract because it pro-
vides the best winter food for a
variety of wild creatures. In cases
where protection is more necessary
than food the emphasis is on estab-
lishing evergreen plantations, thick-
ets, briar patches, and brush piles.
Some sportsmen’s organizations
have done food and cover develop-
ment work on state or federal land.
On such holdings, with proper con-
sent and supervision, they have
planted food strips, pruned apple
trees and released food-bearing
species from choking vegetation.
Some enterprising clubs have plant-
ed game foods on the open strips
along power lines and gas and oil
rights-of-way, with permission.
Each year more sportsmen ask
what they can do to improve hunt-
ing conditions in their own area.
This shows they have learned the
importance of food and cover to
the production and survival of the
game crops they enjoy harvesting
with gun.
GAME FUND GAINS
Deer hides collected by Game
Commission personnel last fall and
winter, have been sold to the high-
est bidder. The transaction netted
the Game Fund $2,831,80. The
number of hides involved was 2,151.
The hides were from deer killed
illegally in the 1953 seasons, a
number of road-killed animals and
many shot while destroying crops.
In numerous instances, too, hunters
turned deer hides over to the game
protectors rather than waste them.
WOODCHUCK AND COON
HUNTING
Replying to inquiries, the Game
Commission furnishes the following
information:
Raccoons and woodchucks may
be taken in unlimited numbers dur-
ing the period closed to dog train-
ing. But it is unlawful to use dogs
to hunt, chase or train upon these
wild game species in that period—
extending from the first day of April
to the 31st day of July.
A 1953 hunting license must be
owned and worn by persons hunt-
ing woodchucks, coons or any man-
ner of wildlife, whether classed as
game or predator, any time of year.
New Members Received
At Shavertown Church
The following new members were
received into the fellowship / of
Shavertown Methodist Church on
Sunday by the pastor, Rev. Robert
DeWitt Yost:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coburn,
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Edwards,
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Frederick,
Mrs. Donald E. Himlin, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard J. Holdredge, Mr. and
Mrs. William F. Kingsbury, Mr. and
Mrs. Ross E. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas F. Maurer, Mrs. Eleanor A.
Olenick, James Edward Olenick,
David W. Powell, Mrs. Robert T.
Price, and Mr. and Mrs. Russell H.
Williams.
Bob Tales
By BOB
Those of us who often had coffee
at Evans Restaurant with Paul
Graver while he was working here
in Dallas, find it hard to believe
that such a quiet, mild-mannered
fellow is now being held as the
primary suspect in the Gilhool case.
The Republican organization
claims it has eight workers in the
Back Mountain area expounding the
virtues of its candidate, Flack, and
that it’s a foregone conclusion who
will win. I wonder. .
A: J. ought to send WBRE-TV a
letter of thanks. Now that they
have a 7 a. m. program my set is
on 17 hours a day. Wow, what an
electric bill.
Westmoreland school directors’
wives are wondering why their hus-
bands are sprucing up more than
usual for their regular meetings.
Could be the newest director has
something to do with it!
With the Wilkes-Barre papers on
strike aren’t you glad there's a
Dallas Post?
Ask Sherm Harter to show you
the Hula Dancer tie that Harry
Peiffer gave him for his birthday
. . it's a lulu.
My daughter celebrated her 12th
birthday this week. I can’t believe
it! I still feel like a young man
but I guess I'm “over the hill”.
From now on I won’t bother look-
ing at a luscious blonde when she
walks by.
Folks are seeing a lot more of
the Evans Drug Store crew these
days. With those new windows
they're on display all the time.
One of our young Back Mountain
attorneys was seen with his ex-
wife this week. Could it mean
there’s a reconciliation in the off-
ing? Gee, I scund like Walter
Winchell on this one . . . Risley
should pay me more.
The Yankees aren’t going to win
the pennant this year. Anyone want
to bet?
Still have my little boy believing
in Santa Claus but I'm hard put to
it to get this Easter Bunny deal
across.
Now that my ideal, Ben Hogan,
has suffered defeat I won't feel so
bad when Granville Sowden comes
in with an 85 and I'm still in
the 90's. ‘
We have a new linotype operator
at the Post this week, Clark Ruch,
Jr. To see if he’s any good just
check this column for errors. I bet
you won’t find any.
The Major Brothers of Lehman,
who _just .started ..their ..sporting
goods store know a good promotion
when they see one. They put ad
handbills in the car of every fisher-
man at Harveys Lake the first day
of trout season.
Joy Class Appoints
Committee For Tea
Joy Class, Kunkle Methodist
Church, plans a Mother-Daughter
tea May 4, 8 p.m., at Kunkle Com-
munity Hall. Committees were ap-
pointed at Tuesday night's meeting,
held at the home of Mrs. Corey
Besteder. Mrs. Thomas Landon and
Mrs. Allen Brace hostesses.
Mrs. Wayne Elston is general
chairman, Mrs. Fred Dodson heads
program, assisted by Mrs. Dan Mee-
ker and Mrs. Jack Birnstock.
Mrs. Clyde Hoyt, decorations, Mrs.
Harry Sweppenheiser, Mrs. Allen
Brace, Mrs. Austin Wertman assist-
ing; Mrs. James Knecht, refresh-
ments, with Mrs. Thomas Landon,
Mrs. James Miers, and Mrs. Gomer
Elston; Mrs. Harry Haas and Mrs.
Donald Ide, prizes; Mrs. Corey Be-
steder, publicity.
Wyoming ‘at Union
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THE DALLAS POST
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YESTERDAY
From The Post of ten and
twenty years ago this week.
From the Issue of April 14, 1944
Independent Republicans unite
behind Harold Flack. Rally at Kun-
kle deplores meddling by court
hiouse group.
Draft board calls fifty-seven local
men.
Granville Carey will fill unex-
pired term of R. J. (Culp on Jackson
School Board.
Lehman organizes fire company.
Frank E. Matukitis, Dallas, wins
Distinguished Flying Cross.
Edward Smith, Noxen, is missing
in Ttaly.
In the Outpost: Tommy Evans,
Italy; A. E Brown, England; Norm
Rosnick, Pacific; Herbert Goodwin,
Anzio Beachhead; Joseph Wancho,
Italy; Squire Williams, C-B-I Thea-
tre; Lawrence Ide. Sardinia; Elwood
Ide, Fleet; George Ray, New Guinea;
Stan Hoyt, Alcan Highway; Richard
Williams, New York APO; Emory
Kitchen, New York APO; Art Hun-
singer, South Pacific; Jay Gould.
England; Howard Wilcox, Moses
Lake AAB; Eric Weber, USN Fron-
tier Base
Mrs. Martha Bronson, Sweet Val-
ley, is ninety years old.
Mrs. Maude Yeisley heads Rotary-
Anns.
Jean VonDolteren, Savannah,
weds Earl Williams, Trucksville.
From the Issue of April 13, 1934
First scarlet fever fatality is Ev-
elyn White, 5, Sweet Valley.
Calvin McHose is reelected to
head Dallas Borough schools.
Sherman Christy Henning, 7. died
in Trucksville,
Dallas Township estimates cost of
high school addition.
Dallas-Tunkhannock highway in
deplorable condition following bad
winter. :
Light snow blankets region.
Eggs, 20c per dob.; seedless rais-
ins, 5c per pkg; celery, 3 bunches
25¢; butter, 2 lbs. for 49c; lard, 2
Ibs. for 15c; coffee, 19c per Ib.;
candy bars, 3c.
Mary Magdalen Sholtis
To Wed John L. Parrish
Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Mary Mag-
dalen Sholtis, daughter of Mrs.
Blanche Sholtis of Demunds Road,
to Robert L. Parrish, son of John
Parrish of Wyoming. A summer
wedding is being planned.
Miss Sholtis is a graduate of Dal-
employed as an assistant at Miseri-
cordia College. Mr. Parrish was
also graduated from Dallas Town-
ship High School and is employed
at Natona Mills.
SAFETY VALVE
IN MEMORY OF FATHER
Editor The Post,
Dear Sir:
I am thankful for the nice things
you have done for me.
To show my gratitude toward the
people lof Dallas who wrote to me,
I am sending a book that has a bit
of history and pictures of the oldest
castle in Germany ‘today.
I went through it and it is so
nice I wish you could see it, but I
know a lot of people around Dallas
will nexer get an opportunity to
see it, so when the book comes
please put it in the Library for me
as a memorial to my father, Merle
Shaver.
Your friend,
Pvt. Howard E. Shaver,
US 52262268,
APO 166,
22 QM Subsist Supp. Co.,
C/O Postpaster,
New York N. Y.
APPRECIATE PUBLICITY
Dear Sir:
The Junior Class of Lehman-
Jackson-Ross High School would
like to express deepest appreciation
to the whole newspaper staff for
the wonderful job you did in ad-
vertising our play, “Stranger in the
Night.” It was a great success be-
cause of the wonderful cooperation
we received from you. We thank
you very much.
Sincerely yours,
x Junior Class,
Of L..J. BR. H S.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Mr. Howard W. Risley,
Editor, Dallas Post,
Dear Sir:
I wish to commend you for the
time and effort you have given to
traffic safety in recent weeks. I
have noticed with great interest
the space devoted to safety in your
paper and the interest shown by
the business and professional men
and women of your community in
helping to sponsor safety ads in
your paper.
It is very evident that they are
aware that safety needs to be ad-
vertised and sold to some people
in much the same manner you
would sell them a commodity.
Transportation is our greatest
asset and fast becoming one of
our greatest problems for the rea-
son that approximately 10% of all
drivers of motor vehicles are in-
volved in accidents resulting in the
deaths of nearly 38,000 people
yearly, plus nearly $4,000,000,000
a year in accident costs.
I wish we had more people like
to sponsor safety ads in your paper.
Your promoting of traffic safety is
helping to bring about a better un-
derstanding and respect of traffic
laws and more courtesy among
drivers.
Please accept my thanks for your
help in making your community
and other communities in Pennsyl-
vania a safer and better place to
live and bring up our children.
Sincerely yours,
Oliver H.. Metcalf,
Governor's Highway
Safety Advisory
Committee.
—
. . . and I quote:
ws
“Adolescence is when daughter
knows best.” — William Franklin
Gaines. :
“A wife is a woman who can be
very sweet when she wants.”—Dan
Bennett.
“The way of the transgressor is
‘hard — especially on others.” —
Shannon Fife.
“America will continue to pro-
gress in social and economic free-
dom and strength as long as our
young people are taught to cherish
and defend their heritage.” —
Charles R. Slight, Jr.
‘Some folks’ idea of the curse of
drink is having to pay for Tit.”—
H. G. Hutcheson.
‘In Hawaii, men often make
passes at girls who wear grasses.”
—Harry Rolnick.
As Steel Goes—
The steel industry, without whose
production most of the nation’s fac-
tories would grind to a halt, has
been spending $1,300 a minute for
the last seven years to expand its
capacity even further. It has in-
vested $5,000,000,000 since the end
of World War 2 on new facilities.
Decision is a sharp knife that
cuts clean and straight; indecision,
a dull one that hacks and tears and
leaves ragged edges behind it.—
Gordon Graham.
Merely having an open mind is
nothing. The object of opening the
mind, as of opening the mouth, is
to shut it again on something solid.
—Gilbert K. Chesterton.
It isn’t enough for people to be
proud of the place they live in.
They have to live so the place will
be proud of them.—Clarence Fran-
cis.
Our country,
When right, to be kept right; when
wrong, to be put right—Carl
Schurz.
§ Barnyard Notes
We were about to go to press, with another column this week when
there arrived in the mail a letter from Bess Cooke enclosing Frank
Brookhouser’s “Man About Town” column from the Philadelphia Eve-
ning Bulletin with this note scribbled across it, “Howard Risley should
see this column.” We think you should see it too, so here it is.
MAN ABOUT TOWN
By FRANK BROOKHOUSER
A mongrel dog named Terry will end a lot of lonely wandering this
weekend. 3
He will rejoin his master way out in Racine, Wis., writing finis to
a story almost unbelievable in its unusual developments and involving
a number of kind people in this town—a story to warm the heart in a
troubled time.
This biggest journey of Terry's life will be made in style.
He will be flown from this city to his master on a United Airlines
plane.
And that trip will end the traveling which began eight months ago
for Terry, when he ran away from a place near Wilkes-Barre—no doubt
looking for his master—and somehow found his way to Philadelphia.
* * *
Ironically enough, it was a tragic incident, almost claiming Terry's
life, which has now set the stage for the happy reunion of a man and
his dog.
Terry was struck by a car in Fairmount Park on March 20. He was
with a small boy and another dog. They disappeared after the accident.
But Miss Ethel B. Thaw and Mrs. Ann Winkler, of 6308 Sherwood
road, happened along. Both of them love dogs and they stopped their car,
put Terry on a blanket, and took him to University of Pennsylvania's
Veterinary Hospital.
The driver of the car which had hit the dog, Murray Harris, also
loves them and he insisted that Terry have the best of care at his expense.
Terry was completely paralyzed on his right side, and it looked as
though he would never be completely well again.
This made Miss Thaw and Mrs. Winkler more anxious than ever to
find his owner.
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Returning from the hospital, where they had made arrangements for
Terry’s care, they drove up and down streets near the accident scene
looking for the boy.
And finally they made a telephone call to the Luzerne County court-
house in Wilkes-Barre, for the dog had a license from that county.
They found that Terry belonged to Donald Foote, of Hunlock Creek,
Pa., and they sent two telegrams and two special delivery letters to Foote.
These were forwarded to Racine.
And last Friday night Miss Thaw received a call from Foote. He was
extremely happy to hear that Terry was still alive and had been located.
“He must have talked $200 worth,” Miss Thaw says. And he asked that
the dog be shipped to him, whether or not Terry was crippled for life.
“He’s been too good a pal to forget him, now that I've found him
again,” Foote said.
Foote explained that he had moved to Racine from Hunlock Creek
eight months ago, and had left Terry with a neighbor, who was to ship
the dog to Wisconsin after his master was settled. The dog had run away
and had found his way to Philadelphia. Foote didn’t know this, of course.
All he had known was that Terry was lost and he would probably
never see him again.
Miss Thaw and Mrs. Winkler offered to drive out to Wisconsin with
Terry. Harris said he had to make a business trip to Chicago soon and
would take him that far.
“No, I don't want te wait, «Foote said, “Ship,him by planeyas soon
as he is well enough.” J
The doctors here had done their job well, with the help of wonder
drugs. Terry, they said, would be all right again. He would not be
paralyzed on one side for life. He was coming along fine.
And so, although Terry doesn’t know it, he has the biggest thrill of
his canine life coming up on Saturday.
He'll see his best pal and be with him for good—thanks to some
Philadelphia people who know that any dog is just a little feller in a big
tough world. :
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Lights On
By Dorothy Anderson
Will your lights go on, my brother,
Brightly at the close of day?
Will you join the mighty battle
Wiping out dread cancer’s sway?
Will your lights go on, my brother,
Will you help to fight the foe
Whose unsuspecting victim
You and I can never know?
Will your lights go on, my brother,
Will you lend a helping hand,
Bringing aid to countless thousands
Stricken now throughout the land?
Will you give your bit, my brother,
Whether it be great or small,
For those crying out in anguish,
Will you heed their pleading call?
Will your lights go on, my brother,
Will you join this great crusade?
Your few coins may yet tomorrow
Rescue dear ones from the grave.
Will your lights go on, my brother?
Hearken to the dying plea—
Wipe out cancer’s deadly horror,
Lest it next strike you or me.
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