FROM. The Dallas Post Telephone Numbers 4-5656 or 4-7676 By MRS. T. M. B. HICKS Nonnie not emerging from behind the brief TV interview, Bill felt let down. After all, he had risen at the To anybody who was watching that T-V show Thursday afternoon, and wondered about Willie, that’s the kind of hand puppet that I turn out by the dozen, usually of any scraps of biege coating that happens to be left over from the current crop of snowsuits, but oc- down with bright black eyes and pink-lined ears. The name is always Willie, for no good: reason. Willie makes a marvelous bedtime toy, lending himself to tucking under the pillow with only his head pro- truding. Willie was not scheduled to appear on ‘the program, but when the phone call came that announced imminent arrival of five grandchil- dren well acquainted with Wiilie in all his various guises, he seemed indicated. Billy retrieved Willie from my pocket and attempted to fit him into the radio, but there was fortu- nately no easy aperture, so he de- sisted, abandoned Willie, and made a bee-line for Pinky, who retreated precipitately under ‘the Franklin stove, peering out with a wary eye. Pinky has lived and suffered. In his early youth he was played like an accordion, stuffed up the rain- spout, and subjected to various other indignities which left him wary of anything under five feet tall. All children, he reasons, are alike, and though Bill wouldn’t harm a hair of his beautiful striped grey coat, Bill has to sell his good inter- tions all over again‘every time he comes to visit, cajoling Pinky until 1 ole: higiself to bes pettc a6 1 up a great deal of room. Bill never can do anything in the accepted manner, but is inclined to draw upon his imagination. “Let’s tippytoe down ithe front stairs,” says Barbara, suiting ‘the action to the word. The twins glide silently down the banister, Susie and Chuck tippytoe according to the pattern, but Bill coasts down on his stomach, headfirst, arms ex- tended as if on a sled. On the second step Bill's pockets begin to: disgorge ‘their freight of marbles and by the time he reaches the bottom he is descending in a hop- a length. : And nobody is as much surprised as Bill. Overalls ought to be quiet enough, thinks Bill, surveying the situation with a bewildered expres- sion. What could be more silent than a well upholstered tummy? Far quieter than tippytoes. Dear me. Bill retrieves his marbles from under the teakwood chest and the couch and behind ‘the door and the largest upholstered chair, and goes off to the kitchen to help grate raw cocoanut for the Easter eggs. He is so absorbed in this fascinating process ‘that imperceptibly he leaves his high-chair and kneels on top of the table to get a good purchase on the grater, and eventually he grates a bit of finger. But as Barbara says, what's a drop of gore between friends, and anyhow it’s all in the family. And the candied cherries will camouflage the error, and the melted chocolate conceal it completely. Bill's ready now to oversee the making of the brown sugar cookies and the doughnuts, and eager to help whip up the meringue for the lemon pie. His eyes sparkle as he hauls his high chair to the table where the baking is going on, and clambers up to get his finger into the pie. After the doughnuts are out of the fat, sugared; and in the crock, Bill is ready to blow eggs for the Easter egg tree. Bill is about as big as a pint jug, but what he lacks in size he makes up in atomic energy. Hillside Fire Burns J Acres William Harlos, fire tower oper- ator at the Harvey tower above Irem Country Club, reports that at 1 P. M. Wednesday afternoon, a forest fire which burned five acres on the mountain above Hillside, was under control. Mr. Harlos spotted the smoke at 10:15, alerted a crew at Nanticoke immediately, and another at Pitts- ton at 11:30. Fifteen fire-fighters Motorist Skids On Highway Mud Cecil Ross Has Facial Injuries Cecial Ross, 51, is a patient at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital recover- ing from facial injuries received Saturday night at 6:30 when his 1938 Plymouth skidded on the mud covered highway in front of the William Wasser property at Lake Catalpa and crashed into a tree. Mr. Ross was enroute to visit his sister Mrs. Horace Ferrell of De- Munds when his car struck a thir- ty-foot patch of -mud that had oozed over the highway from the rains of Friday night. The car turned completely around as it skidded, and was damaged to the extent of several hundred dollars. Albert Frantz assisted Mr. Ross to his sister’s home. He was treat- ed by Dr. Richard Crompton who had Mrs. Ferrell take the injured man to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital where X-rays revealed a triple fracture of facial bone in the vicinity of the sinus. H. A. ANDRUSS Monthly meeting of Dallas-Frank- lin Township P. T. A. will be held Monday at 8. This is ‘the regular meeting postponed because of the Easter Monday holiday." The speaker will be Dr. Harvey A. Andruss, president of [State Teachers College, Bloomsburg. Dr. Andruss has had a varied and use- ful career. He has been president of Bloomsburg since 1939. He was consultant and department head of the American Army University, Berkshire, England. He has lec- tured at Columbia University, New York University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Oklahoma. He holds degrees from Pennsylvania State University, Northwestern University and Uni- versity of Oklahoma. Dr. Andruss is also the author of numerous books relating to busi- ness law and accounting. It is the hope of President Charles Rinehimer that the auditorium will be filled because of the calibre of the speaker. Delegates will also be appointed to represent the P. T. A. at the spring meeting to be held at Forty Fort May 1. Church Street To Be Surfaced Harold E. Flack has received con- firmation from Bernard J. Harding, District Engineer of the State High- way Department, that Church Street, Dallas; long badly neglected, will be resurfaced this summer. Mr. Harding's letter stated: “We are pleased to inform you that as a result of your untiring efforts, we have succeeded in securing the ap- proval of the Secretary of Highways for the resurfacing of Church Street in Dallas Borough and its extension leading to Dallas Township School. “Barring anything unforeseen this work should be approved and placed underway sometime during the early pant of the construction sea- son.” Called As Witnesses A number of local persons were called as witnesses in the Grand Indian pumps, augmented by vol- unteers picked up along the way. Jury investigation of the Gilhool homicide Tuesday and Wednesday. Annual Dallas Borough-Kingston Township grade « schools: are scheduled for next week, Shavertown is first, Monday evening, 7-9; Dallas, Tues- day 7-9; Trucksville, Wednesday, 7-9. Work of individual pupils, and unit work, showing collaboration’ of all students in a given room, will be shown. Unit projects are care- fully worked out, to show a com- plete experience in learning, involv- ing English, social studies, music and mathematics, as well as art. Mrs. Arline Trimble’s first grade room at Shavertown takes Story- land as its theme; Mrs. Grace Flem- ing’s, Brown Top Circus. Mrs. Edythe Kromelbein’s second grad- ers portray Indian Life, Bertha Sut- liff’s second graders Our Town. Mrs. Rachel Porter’s third grade has been working on Eskimos. Mrs. Ruth Novy’s fourth graders are in- terested in Frontier Days. Joseph Industry. James Latin America. Mrs. Jeanne Jones and Mrs. Han- nah James, teachers of the jointure kindergarten, will show original pictures of “What we are Doing.” If the exhibit follows the pattern of former years, gay children will be brushing their teeth with four-foot arms, dressing for a party, or pat- ting the family dog. Mrs. Arline Rood, grade 1, has guided her pupils in construction of a Farm Scene. Mrs. Antoinette Mason’s second graders are work- ing out Our Helpers. Cornelia Davis, third grade, Our Island Home. Mrs. Louise Colwell’s fourth grade takes Pennsylvania. Mrs. Louise McQuil- kin’s fifth grade has a triple theme, Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and the Gold Rush. John Mulhern’s sixth; a Coffee Plantation. At Trucksville, the exhibit starts with the Four Seasons, a unit de- veloped by Adeline Burgess’ first grade takes American Indians for its theme. Marian Young's exhibit has an intriguing name, Pedro of the Andes. Lenora Warden's fifth grade, The Story of Music. Theo- dore Laskowski's sixth grade, Is- lands in the Caribbean. Goodwin, Senior Of The Month Jerry Boone, Lake-Noxen High School, is senior of the month, elected by the senior class from four candidates for the honor of repre- senting Lake-Noxen at the Dallas Rotary Club dinner meeting at Irem Temple on Thursday. Jerry is taking the Academic course, but has no present plans for going to college. He is a mem- ber of the Student Council, and was in the Senior Play. He belongs to the Sports and Clicker Clubs, and has played in Varsity athletics, baseball for four years, basketball three. He likes to hunt for small fourteen years old. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Al- bert Boone, Hunlocks Creek R. D. To Hold Bake Sale Huntsville Christian Church will hold a bake sale at Boyd White's next Friday, April 30, starting at 10:30 a. m. During the next three weeks, homemakers throughout the State will meet for their annual county homemakers day. These days are the climax to the season’s work in home economics extension, and they pro- vide an opportunity for homemakers who have taken part in extension activities to tell the public of their achievements. It’s also an excellent time for homemakers to acquaint the public with the scope of home economics information available through the extension service. All but four of the counties in the Keystone State will have a county Homemakers Day. This year the program theme is “Strengthen- ing Family Living,” and the theme is being carried out in many dif- ferent ways. In Luzerne County the Homemakers Day will be held on Tuesday, April 27, from 10:30 a. m. to 3 p. m. at the Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church in Briggsville. The ladies of the church will serve a luncheon at noon. Representative homemakers from all over the county met on March feature Good Buymanship. Mrs. Elsie Robinson from the Pennsyl- vania Power & Light Company in Hazleton will talk on How to Buy Electrical Equipment. A panel dis- cussion on Our Market Basket is being prepared by the members of the Black Creek Extension Group. An outstanding feature this year will be the McKendree Church Chorus under the direction of Mrs. Laura Devens. County homemakers will report on the special events during the year in which they have participated. Reservation shculd be made with Mrs. Ruth Darbie, Court House An- nex, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., by April 23. New Fire Truck Arrives May 15 Shavertown Company Needs $10,000 Fund Ten days after delivery of its new $15,000 Pirsch Fire Truck on May 15, Shavertown Fire Company will have to make final payment to the manufacturer. That’s not an easy goal to reach, but firemen are determined to meet it. i With Edward Hall, honorary chairman; Tom Morgan as general chairman, and Emil Klinges as as- sistant chairman, the drive for funds got off to a flying start Mon- day night. Firemen started out with the old fire truck at 6:30 and began a thorough canvass of every street in the community. On the first night they collected. $517. Reports of each night's collection are made the fol- lowing day at Ted Poad’s office in Back Mountain Lumber Company, so that the readings on the big Drive Thermometer erected near the Postoffice can be changed every day at noon. Tuesday at noon the thermometer reading stood at $1,- 000. LeRoy Dourand and Emil Klinges painted and erected the thermometer. Of the $15,000 which the firemen have to raise, $5,000 has been as- sured by [Civil Defense so that the total amount actually to be raised in Shavertown will be $10,000. As an added incentive to citizens to donate $5 or more, firemen will give each donor of that amount, or multiples of $5, a ticket good for one chance on a 21-inch television set which will be awarded at the end of the drive. W-V Motor Club Sponsors Trip Two Local Safety Patrolmen To Go Durelle Scott, III, sixth grade stu- dent from Dallas Borough elemen- tary school, will represent the Dal- Borough - Kingston Township School Safety Patrol Assembly in Washington, D. C.,, May 7 and 8. Thirty-six members of grade school safety patrols from the Wyoming Valley area are being sent, their expenses 90% defrayed by Wyoming Valley Motor Club. A representa- tive from Dallas-Franklin schools remains to be selected. Those selected will go by Martz bus the morning of May 7, accom- panied by a nurse, two chaperones, [Corporal Rinehart of the State Po- lice, and C. W. Bigelow, secretary- manager of the Motor Club. May 8, 35,000 members of school safety patrols from all over the United States will parade down Con- stitution Avenue. Following the parade, patrols will visit Arlington National Cemetery, Mount Vernon, and other points of interest. On the way to Washington, there will be a stop at Gettysburg. Denied New Trial Forty-six year old Jonah Roberts of Edwardsville was denied a new trial by Luzerne County Court. Lehman Show Saturday May 8 Antiques, Hobbies, White Elephants Lehman Antique and Hobby Show, sponsored by Ladies Auxil- iary of Lehman Fire Department, is scheduled for May 8. Mrs. Edward Oncay and Mrs. Alvin Bolen are co- chairmen. The show, which will be held in Lehman Fire Hall, will be open to the public from noon to 7 p. m. May 8th. Entries will be received Friday evening or Saturday morn- ing. Prizes and ribbons will be awarded winners. Persons having articles for the White Elephant Sale, are asked to leave them at the Lehman Supply where they will be on display. Mrs. Howard Ehret and Mrs. Alice Elston are in charge of White Elephants at the show. Mrs. Lansford Sutton, chairman of the refreshment committee, an- nounces that a ham luncheon will be served during the entire show. Assisting Mrs. Sutton are Mrs. Glen- dora Shilanski, Mrs. John Roberts and Mrs. Leonard Ide. Serving on other committees are: Antique and hobby, Mrs. Randolph Wright, Mrs. Edwin Wright, Mrs. Charles Nuss, Mrs. Lester Squier, Mrs. Bert Sutton, Mrs. Arthur Ma- jor, Mrs. Lewis Ide, Mrs. Stewart Marks; bake sale, Mrs. Edward On- cay and Mrs. Alvin Bolen; door prize, Mrs. William Trethaway; chance books, Mrs. Charles Eley; advertising and publicity, Mrs. My- ron Baker. Sweet Valley Plans Parade Sherman Kunkle Is General Chairman Sherman Kunkle will again be general chairman of the Sweet Val- ley Parade, scheduled this year for May 31, because of Memorial Day falling on Sunday. Michael L. Ad- ams, president of Sweet Valley Vol- unteer Fire Company, states that this year’s parade will be bigger and: better than ever. “Rural Communities” will be the theme of the parade. Floats show- ing horse and hand-drawn fire ap- paratus will show how rural areas once fought fire, as contrasted with modern pumping equipment. Out- moded agricultural implements will contrast with up-to-date mechan- ized farm machinery. Vintage cars will trundle along the line of march. Back Mountain bands will again be on parade, church organizations will sponsor floats, businessmen will compete for first place in foats de- picting their wares, and there will be the usual array of comic relief on foot and on float. At the end of the parade route, there will be concessions and rides, food and fun for everyone. Hospital Patient Rev. William Heapps of Dallas Methodist Church suffered a heart attack Wednesday afternoon and is a patient at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital for observation. 1 Lehman-Jackson-Ross High School Band and chorus will present its annual' concert tonight at 8:15 in the high school auditorium. The theme of the program which will in- clude vocal and instrumental en- sembles is “Spring”. Bernard J. Gerrity is #director. \ Taking part are the following: kneeling, Mildred Wagner; first row, Margo Davenport, Lois Vanderhoff, Beverly Radginsky, Charles Yetter, Jane Cave, Beverly Bogart, Betty Kachmar, Theresa Rodriquez, Janet Cornell, Carol Hadsell, Betty Doran, Jacqueline Spencer, Shirley Park, Russell Steele, Harold Coolbaugh, Fred Cragle, Thomas Williams; sec- ond row, Helen Skopic, Louise Schultz, Louise Ellsworth, Lenora Swan, Althea Disque, Jeanne Cas- terline, Doris Varner, Judith Steele, Barbara Radginsky, Joseph Har- disky, Elwood Thompson, Paul Dar- goy, Babetta Hewitt, Janice Barnes, Elaine Major, Carole Williams, Es- ther Ide, Nancy Williams, Bonnie Piper, Mary Sorokin, Jane Connor; third row, Beverly Major, Barbara —Photo by Lyon’s Studio fourth row, Mary Ann Kupstas, Ellen Ray, Jane Barrall, Kenneth Masters, Edward Wallo, Joel Rood, Harry Thompson, Jay Long, Janice Bronson, Marcia Elston, Joyce On- cay, Lorraine Varner, Gertrude Cragle. Seven Routes To Be Surfaced By The State Twelve Miles Of Back Mountain Roads Will Be Improved The State Department of High- ways has authorized the improve- ment of seven Legislative Routes in the Back Mountain area. The work will get under way and be completed during the summer ac- cording to an announcement made this week by the District Engineer’s Office in Scranton. Routes and distances to be im- proved are: Route 40052, 1.55 miles, 8th Street, Wyoming, towards Mt. Zion, resurface by means of moto-paver; Route 40106, .43 mile, near Harveys Lake, resurface with motopaver; Route 40124, 4.38 miles, West Wyoming to Trucksville, heavy resurfacing by motopaver; Route 40131, 1.70 miles, Dallas Township School to Ketcham Corners, resur- facing by motopaver; Route 40107, 87 mile, Laketon ito Ruggles, con- struct with 8-inches CAB, AT-1 surface, 14 feet wide; Route 40115, 92 mile, Outlet toward Loyalville, construct with 8 inches CAB, AT-1 surface, 14 feet wide; Route 40134, 2.31 miles, Lehman to Meeker, con- struct with 8 inches CAB, A-1 sur- face, 14 feet wide. Lights-On Drive Not Complete Mrs. Ohlman Says Many Are Missed Mrs. Harry Ohlman, chairman of the “Lights On” drive for the Can- cer Crusade, in announcing a col- lection / of $1,577.72 for Tuesday night, states that many people who always contribute were either not at home, had failed to turn on their lights, or were missed by solicitors. Checks and cash are still coming in, and much more is expected. The goal is $2,500. Containers left at stores and (business places will be collected May 1. Residents who have not contributed may send a check to Mrs. Ohlman. : Steady workers at Cancer Infor- mation headquarters in the Library Annex Tuesday might were Mrs. Ohlman, Mrs. Mildred Strittmatter, Gwen James from Wilkes-Barre of- fice, Mrs. Jack Barnes, Mrs. Clyde Cooper, Mrs. Charles Flack, Mrs. David Hall, Russell Honeywell and W. B. Jeter, from the Dallas Bank. Mrs. R. M. Bodycomb was the first solicitor to finish with her street and turn in her funds. Coffee and sandwiches were served. Bringing their collections, in ad- dition to those above mentioned, were Mrs. Frank Parkhurst, Eileen O’Boyle, Mrs. William Purcell, Mrs. Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Charles Frantz, Dennis Bonning, Joe Ide, Mrs. Reese Finn, James Gansel, Mrs. Harold Gebler, Mrs. Rachel VanHorn, Mrs. Ornan Lamb, Mrs. H. W. [Clewell, Mrs. Byron Creasy. All Back Mountain police did their usual good job in assisting with the district collections. Firemen Discuss Larger Building Lehman To Build Community Center Lehman Volunteer Fire Company has received tentative bids for the construction of ‘a 40x60 foot addi- tion to itis present building in Leh- man, The addition is planned to serve as a Community (Center with ample room for community meetings, din- ners and recreational activities. The company recently completed purchase of a 200 by 200 foot lot between its present building and Route 115, and it is on this ground that the concrete block structure will be erected. John Roberts, president of the company, said this week that the present bids of $11,000, $13,000 and $21,000 are actually only esti- mates for the guidance of the mem- bership in determining the size and type of building. Definite action will probably be taken at the Company's regular meeting on Wednesday, May 19. Barbecue Demonstration All members of the Library Auc-- tion Barbecue Committee are urged to attend the Barbecue Demonstra- tion which will be presented Thurs-- day, May 6, at Mill City by special-- ists from Pennsylvania State Uni-- versity. The demonstration willl start at 3:30. J ¢
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