® FROM. VOL. 64, No. 41 The Dallas Post Telephone Numbers 4-5656 or 4-7676 aration. After curiosity had reached the boiling point and threatened to escape in jets of steam under pres- sure, he did a spot of explaining. It seems he and his wife have six children, four of them adopted, not rationed out according to dictates of nature, but bestowed upon the happy couple at odd times and under a variety of circumstances. Almost anybody has toyed at times with the idea of taking a flower-like child to the heart—if it has blue eyes and golden ringlets and an impeccable background dat- ing back to the Mayflower with no bar sinister anywhere along the line. The phenomenon should resemble great-aunt Matilda, or if it's a boy, Grandfather Elias. But most folks shrink from adopt- ing a child who has something wrong with it or whose skin is dusky. One of the adopted children is an Indian, a little girl who was not adoptable according to ordinary standards. One, like Topsy, “just grew.” Mr. X said that up to date, no Negro child had been taken into the fold, but that it wouldn't make any difference to himself or his wife. They like children. Any children. But especially children who need something done for them, children who might have to spend years in children’s ‘homes, children who are considered not adoptable by place- ment bureaus. Off hand, it is impossible to fig- ure out any greater contribution to the world than this. Captains of in- dustry and dictators drunk with power go ruthlessly about reducing the world to rubble. People like the X’s build it up again, salvaging here, poulticing there, giving the most important thing in the world to those who need it the most. “Love, '{Inlimited,” it should be callew. But it takes a certain type of couple to make success of it. Two people have to work together on the project, pouring out love and un- derstanding without stint. It has to be the most fascinating game in the world to them, superseding those concerns which keep the aver- age couple bound to a treadmill, keeping up with the Joneses, pursu- ing a sterile path to a sterile goal, happily blind to their own lack of directive. The X’s don’t consider themselves noble, which is in itself the explana- tion for their success. They're hav- ing fun. They enjoy the children. They scoff at the notion that “It’s such a risk to take strange children.” They say, “How can you tell how your own children are going to turn out? How do you guarantee that there won't be a throwback to that horse-thief hanging on everybody's family tree?” It's the environment that counts. And environment does not mean fancy fixings or elaborate food. It means affection, given without stint, the foundation stone for everything good in the world, affection that has a child’s best interests at heart, that controls and guides and that em- braces endless patience. Not the tight-lipped patience, but the kind that takes into consideration the slow unfolding of a flower. It is a gift, that kind of love, the only real emotional security. Lucky little adopted children, free to expand in an atmosphere denied to so many children born into the average family. Ed Haskell’s Collie, Wendy, Guards Bicycle Edward Haskell, who recently re- turned from Europe where he gave several lectures this summer, park- ed his bicycle near Boyd White's Store last week while he ‘went to Wilkes-Barre by bus.’ He was unaware that his mongrel Collie Wendy had followed him from his home on Huntsville Road or that she stood guard beside the bicycle all afternoon and all night until ‘he returned for it the follow- ing day. Evidently Wendy had made up her mind that she was never going to be left behind again—as she was all summer. Mrs. A. C. Devens In Scranton Hospital Mrs. A. C. Devens is a patient at Moses Taylor * Hospital, Scranton where she underwent an operation for cataracts this week. Her room adjoins that of C. A. Boston of Nicholson whose condi- tion remains unchanged since his Dallas Township Workers Listed Red Feather Drive Begins In Area Mrs. Paul Monahan and Mrs. Elmer Dennis, co-chaimen of Dallas Township Community Chest Drive, announce workers and their areas. Mrs. Floyd Sanders will cover Pioneer Avenue; Mrs. Edward Mul- ligan, III, Overbrook Avenue; Mrs. Robert Dolbear, Overbrook; Mrs. George Bittenbender, Country Club Road; Mrs. Jack Williams, Mrs. William Cooper, Mrs. Herman Tho- mas, West Dallas. Mrs. Stephen Tkach and Mrs. George Ward, Old Goss Manor; Mrs. Vern Groff, Church Street; Agnes Gregson, Shrine View; Mrs. Robert Trethaway, Idetown; Mrs. Sherry Nulton, Briar Crest Road; Mrs. Jack Barnes, Elmcrest; Mrs. Cora Finn, Center Hill Road; Mrs. Joseph Simp- son, Midland Drive. Mrs. Fred Houlihan, Tunkhan- nock Highway; Mrs. James Harris, Jr., Demunds Road; Mrs. Reese Finn, Jr., and Mrs. Harry Gebler, Alderson; Mrs. David Williams, Ter- race Drive; Mrs. Paul Mulcey, Fern- brook; Mrs. Paul Goddard, Center Hill Road; Mrs. Harry Schooley, Ide- town; Mrs. George Montgomery and Mrs. William Morgan, New Goss Manor; Mrs. Daniel Meeker, Kunk- le; Mrs. Elmer Dennis, Kunkle and Fernbrook; Mrs. Dana Crump, Yeag- er Avenue. Three Will Get DeMolay Honor Program To Be Held At Masonic Hall DeMolay Legion of Honor degree will be conferred upon Rev. Howard Goeringer, George W. Kanarr and Atty. Theodore A. Evans on Satur- day night, October 16. The degree is the highest honor conferred by the Grand (Council Order of DeMolay and will be pre- sented at George M. Dallas Masonic Hall in connection with the degrees to be conferred upon a Back Moun- tain Class by Susquehanna Chap- ter Order of DeMolay. Members of Susquehanna precep- tory conferring the degrees are: R. Leroy Dourand, commander in the East; Fay Hopkins, commander in the West; Dr. Ralph W. Decker, commander in the South; Edward Steinhourer, marshall; Willard Horst, herald; F. Burdette Moore, standard bearer; Clarence Adams, Bert Husband, Theodore Hinkle, Charles Houck, Charles Mannear, William A. Valentine and Dr. Her- man Zeopke, preceptors. Leo Brink Stationed With 9th In Germany Pvt. Leo Brink, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Brink, Sweet Valley, is with the Ninth Infantry Division, stationed near Ulm, Germany, his second tour of overseas duty. From November, 1951, to December, 1952, he fought in Korea, engaging in three major battles. Upon return from Korea, he instructed in Signal Corps School at Camp Gordon, Georgia, leaving for Germany the following September. He expects to be home sometime next Spring. Dallas Ambulance Board Dallas Ambulance Association Board will meet tonight at 8 in the Dallas Borough Building. Sands Herd Again Tops Bloom Fair Mollie Belle Lyons Is Grand Champion Holstein Third Year Ralph Sands Holsteins swept the show at Bloomsburg Fair's 100th anniversary last week. Animals from the Sandsdale herd took ten first prizes and six second places. \ There were sixteen exhibitors in the Holstein Division, making it the largest in the history of the fair. As she has done for the past three years, Sands Mollie Belle Ly- ons, took first prize for aged senior female and was grand champion. Her daughter, Sandsdale Sover- eign Lucky Mollie took first prize for senior yearling and was junior champion female of the show. A son, Sandsdale Dandy Dew Drop, took first prize for bull calf and was junior champion male. Other winners from the Sands herd were: Sandsdale Sovereign Winner, 2nd prize bull calf; Sands- dale Texal Sovereign, 2nd prize two-year old bull; Sandsdale Spot Rock Hill, 2nd prize aged cow; Sandsdale Sovereign Whitie, 2nd prize heifer calf; Sandsdale Sover- eign Mary, 2nd prize aged cow; Sandsdale Sovereign Happy, 3rd prize junior yearling. In addition the herd took first for best uddered cow; first prize exhibitor’s herd; first prize breed- er's young herd; first prize dairy herd; first prize senior get of sire; first prize junior get of sire; first prize produce of dam and seventh prize produce of dam. All in all it was the finest show- ing made by Ralph Sands in his seven years of showing at the fair. In fact the Sands herd took all but one of the first places in the Hol- stein Division. The exception was Senior Grand Champion Bull which went to Howard Weiss of Lebanon who exhibited the same animal who took Grand Champion ‘last season at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show. Sands Farm Dairy did not show its aged bull. Judge was George (Dutch) Sny- der of St. Johns. Commenting on the fine showing of Mollie Belle Lyons who went grand champion for the third year in a row, Mr. Sands said, “she is one of the greatest—the best cow we ever had.” Turtle-Toters Please Note!" Wonder if the turtle story will ever be completed. Now we hear, from the curator of the National Zoo in Washington, that it is a marvel that Rollie Bulford’s terra- pin didn't pass out before being returned to its native element. Seems a big fat terrapin, crowding its shell and decidedly overweight, needs to be transported on its back to prevent its sheer weight from crushing its lungs. When it’s in the water, and for short stretches on land, it can stand the gaff, but not for too long. This is the final word on the turtle—unless Rollie can catch the other one in the pond, and it turns out to be as heavy as the first, in which case the National Zoo would be delighted to have it—transport- ed on its back with its feet in the air. Nesbitt Auxiliary Meets Friday At Library Annex Shavertown Branch, Nesbitt Hos- pital Auxiliary, met for a business meeting followed by a tea Friday afternoon at Back Mountain Mem- orial Library Annex. Mrs. Theodore Baker presided. Forty-two mem- bers were present. It was voted to purchase a season ticket to the Wilkes-Barre Little Theatre performances for use of a nurse, following the lead of other branches on Nesbitt Auxiliary. Members will knit squares for an afghan. The half a dozen glossy brown chestnuts looked pretty small in William Compton’s large hand. He rolled them around Tuesday morn- ing at the Dallas Post, decanting them carefully onto a desk. Not like the times when he was a boy and went chestnutting, he said. In those days he used to strip off his windbreaker, mound up the chest- nuts on it, tie the sleeves over the top, and lug home the bulging bundle. But that was before the blight struck Pennsylvania along with the rest of the United States, and de- prived the rising generation of the joy of clubbing the branches and stepping clear of the rain of chest- nuts, roasting them on a shovel over a bonfire, or taking them home to eat raw or boil in salted water. The older they got Me sweeter they became, until, hard and shrivelled, they defied the sharpest tooth. Mr. Compton found his half doz- en chestnuts under a ten-foot sap- ling on Maplewood Heights while training his dog. There is a big stump nearby, probably the parent tree. He hopes this sapling has developed immunity. ; Distinguished Daughter Third Friend Of Post Is Honored Gertrude Williams Given Gold Medal With 'the selection of Mrs. John Howell Williams, Kingston, as one of the ten Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania honored at the Governor's Mansion in Harrisburg on Tuesday, a third staunch friend of the Dallas Post has been tapped for this honor. Three years ago Miss Sophie O'Hara, also of Kingston, was se- lected. Two years ago Miss Frances Dorrance, Dallas, was named. On Monday, Miss Dorrance and Mrs. Williams drove to Harrisburg together, to attend Tuesday’s lunch- eon, the third of such occasions for both women. Mrs. Williams receiv- ed the gold medal and award from Governor John L. Fine. Students who have studied Eng- lish or Journalism under Mrs. Wil- liams at Wilkes, are delighted with her selection as a Distinguished Daughter. As one of them expressed it, “Mrs. Williams expected the best, so we produced the best we had in us.” Gertrude Marvin Williams, a graduate of Wellesley, spent a num- ber of years as a reporter in New York. She taught at Wilkes College for ten years, serving as Dean of Women for two years. Last year she reduced her teaching to one course, Short Story Writing. She is the author of several books, out- growth of time spent in India. She is a past state president of the American Association of University Women. A former member of the Department of Welfare in Harris- burg, she served as chairman of the Womans Division of Civilian De- fense during World War II. She is a member of Grace Episcopal Church, and active in community affairs. Hillside Place: Well At Shows Hillside Farms had three animals at the first Pennsylvania Black and White Show held at the Farm Show Building in Harrisburg Sep- tember 24. Their Bull Calf, Rag Apple Whirlhill Vulcan won fourth in its class. Hillside Burke Princess was third in a class of twenty-two two-year old heifers. Hillside Ros- anne of Valley View placed sixth in a very outstanding class of Aged Cows. At the close of the Black and White Show, Hillside Farms moved its animals to Bloomsburg Fair, where the bull calf again placed fourth. The two-year old placed third. The aged cow stood third in a large class of Holsteins. Six young Milking Shorthorns in very keen competition stood: First, bull calf; first, Junior yearling heif- er; second and fifth, senior yearling heifer; fifth and sixth, heifer calves; second, young herd; second, junior get of sire; and third, produce of dam. Scalded Baby Will Be Badly Scarred Sixteen-month-old ‘Curtis Good- win, Beaumont, will be badly scar- red after his terrific scalding, but the scars will be on back and upper legs, not ordinarily visible. After twelve days at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital under. drugs, he was al- lowed to come home on Tuesday. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Goodwin, will need to take him back to the hospital for necessary dres- sings for some time to come, but some of the bandages have already been removed and he is far more comfortable. He was injured September 26, when he backed into a bucket of scalding water on the kitchen floor. New Building For Dallas-Franklin Deemed Necessity Finance And Building Committees Authorized To Consult Architect Dallas-Franklin School Directors, feeling that there can be no further delay in providing much needed additional classroom space, directed their Finance and Building commit- tees, at Tuesday night's meeting, to work with architect Robert Eyer- man, to present costs and specifi- cations for a new building at the next monthly meeting. Two plans are to be considered. One to provide a shop, agriculture classroom and additional classroom, the other tg provide shop, agricul- ture classroom and three additional classrooms. Harry B. Schooley, Jr. acting president for the meeting, pointed out that this expansion plan does not conflict with possible jointure plans. He stated that it seems prob- able that a building program under a new jointure, will take consider- able time to accomplish and that meanwhile the Dallas-Franklin board must meet its urgent problem of overcrowding right now. The pro- posed building, Schooley said, would be an aid to a future jointure rath- er than a drawback. / The site for the proposed build- ing is directly north of the present building where there is presently a parking lot. Raymond Kuhnert, supervising principal, reported that the recent patch test conducted by the Tuber- culosis Society was administered to 600 pupils, a larger number than had ever submitted to the test be- fore. This is part of a program which the TB Society has been trying to establish on a permanent basis for the last four or five years. Other business before the board included granting a request for ad- ditional secretarial assistance in Mr. Kuhnert’s office. Also an appeal for extra pay for leading the band at the Bloomsburg Fair was denied Alfred Camp, music instructor, on the grounds that this does not constitute extra-curricular activity but is a part of the music instructor’s regular job. Find New Dump Cannot Renew Lease On Bunney Property Fines amounting to $67 for auto- mobile law violations were turned over to Dallas Borough Council at its meeting Tuesday night. Fifty-seven dollars of this amount was turned in by Burgess H. A. Smith and $10 by Justice of the Peace Nelson Shaver. Two building permits issued: one for $6,300 to Marvin Carkhuff for a home on Huntsville and the other for $5,000 to James Barton for a new home on Highland Avenue. Bills for current expenses amount- ing to $3,019.55 were paid. Secretary James Besecker read a letter from Dallas Township Super- visors instructing the Borough not to renew its lease for the Bunney property at Fernbrook for dumping purposes. This will mean that a new dumping lot will have to be pro- cured for the Borough. Two new street lights will be erected shortly; one on Lehman Avenue and the other on upper Machell Avenue. William Watchulonis, Elizabeth Street, took an hour to explain how Borough (Council might remedy water shortages in certain sections of the Borough. Hallowe’en Parade Date Is Announced Annual Back Mountain Hal- lowe’en Parade will be held Thursday evening, October 28. Starting time will be 6:30. As in past years the event will be open to all children and school children in the Back Mountain area. Co-chairmen will be Henry Peterson and Francis Ambrose. The parade date has been set ahead be- cause of the Women’s Club Plantation Party on Saturday night, October 30. State Store To Open Tomorrow Warren Reed Will Be Local Manager Pennsylvania State Liquor Control Board will open its 612th store in the Borough Building Saturday morning at 10. Warren Reed, Dallas, and Francis Gabel, Wilkes-Barre, have been ap- pointed manager and assistant man- ager. Both men have been with the Liquor Control System for the past fourteen years. ‘ Mr. Reed has had assignments. at S. Main Street Store, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, White Haven and Nan- ticoke. Mr. ‘Gabel has served at Kingston, Shickshinny and Duryea. The local store is considered one of the most attractive in the North- eastern Pennsylvania area. It has larger display space than any other store in the county and it is one of three stores to have its display bins fluorescently lighted. The store will be Number 4003. It will be open daily from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. Dog-Show Entry Deadline Oct. 18 Kennel Club Marks Tenth Birthday Back Mountain Kennel Club will celebrate its tenth birthday at the Ninth Annual Dog Show, scheduled for October 31 in the’ Kingston Armory. An impressive trophy list has been prepared, 112 articles of leather, sterling silver, aluminum, and cop- per. Awards will be made to first four placings in the Junior Show- manship classes, and cash awards for the first four placings in obedi- ence classes. Entry blanks have already been sent out, with a deadline of Octo- ber 18. Entries are expected from all over the United States and from Canada. Judging starts at 10 a.m., to con- tinue throughout the day. Dogs not needed for further judging may be excused at 3 p.m. For further information, call Mrs. Thomas Robinson, secretary, Dallas 4-7021. A dinner at the Dresden for mem- bers and guests is planned for Octo- ber 29, for which reservations must be made by October 15 with Mrs. ‘Charles Whittier, 78 N. Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. Stanley Henning In Buffalo Hospital Stricken ill while shaving in his home, Stanley Henning, general foreman of the Bethlehem Steel Plant at Buffalo, N. Y., is a patient in Mercy Hospital, Buffalo. Mr. Henning is the son of Mrs. S. R. Henning of Harris Hill Rogd, Trucksville. His wife is the former Betty Fink of Lehigh Street. Nature of the illness has not yet been determined. Residents who have complained about the condition of Dallas Town- ship dump are assured by super- visors that measures will be taken to correct the situation. For the past two weeks a persistent smould- ering has been present, noxious fumes making it impossible for households close by to keep their windows and doors open during the unseasonable heat. Mrs. Glenn Billings, owner of the property operated under lease by the Township, checked on the situ- ation on Sunday, while on a visit to her mother, Mrs. Herbert Wil- liams, Trucksville. Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Perrego and Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Moore, former neighbors, reported that contrary to specifica- tions, the dump was not kept cov- ered and level, and that unsanitary conditions were breeding rats. Fred Lamoreux, one of the Dallas Township supervisors, had assured residents that a dump located on the piece of swampy land selected would gradually fill in the swamp, and prove an asset rather than a liability. John Yaple, health officer, was asked by Mrs. Billings to inspect the dump, and subsequently con- tacted Township supervisors to ad- vise compliance with the law. Truckers from outside the Town- ship pay $1.00 per load for dump- ing. Billy Berti takes two loads a week, and Don Smith a number of loads each day. Funds are there- fore available for bulldozing. . Mrs. Billings, notified during the early spring that conditions were not good, planned to cancel the lease and close the property to dumping, but found that she was six days late in making her wishes known to the supervisors, the lease automatically renewing itself May 1. Congress Votes Milk Subsidy For Children Will Reduce Cost To Pupils For Morning Snack Mrs. Florence Hozempa, an ex- perienced teacher, was voted a place on the substitute list, and Miss Lenora Wardan, fifth grade teacher at Trucksville Elementary, granted a sabbatical leave of ab- sence, at Monday night's Board meeting of Dallas Borough-Kingston Township schools. Supervising principal James Mar- tin reported that there were no emergency certificates among facul- ty personnel. Such certification, ex- tending for a period of over a year, makes the school liable to penalty from Harrisburg. W. Frank Trimble, high school principal, will attend the secondary school principals conference in Har- risburg November 1 and 2. Miss Esther Saxe will attend the PSEA convention in Bloomsburg. Milk Reimbursement Public schools of the area were not reimbursed for any part of the milk program last year, Congress not having voted funds for this pur- pose. Recent action of Congress in- sures a 15 million dollar program with 2 million allocated to Penn- sylvania. The reimbursement per half pint bottle will be greater than in the past. Only whole milk is reimbursable. Private and parochial schools drew reimbursement of 2 cents per half pint bottle last year, the money coming from the Department of Agriculture instead of Education. Cost to students will be reduced to match reimbursement, as soon as the program goes into effect. Schools charge exactly what it costs to finance the program, realizing no profit, and such savings will be passed on to the children. Surplus foods received by West- moreland Cafeteria include cran- berry sauce, green beans, and sev- enteen cases of butter. Building and Grounds D. T. Scott, Jr. speaking for the Building and Grounds Committee, reported that it would be impos- sible to move athletic field bleach- ers back the eight feet recommend- ed at last month’s meeting, without extensive excavation of a rock ledge. Four feet, he said, would be possible, at a cost of approximately $292. Board members agreed that if work were carried out now it would interfere with home games. With three yet to come, it seemed more practical to postpone the work un- til late spring, when bleachers might be extended along that side of the field to seat more spectators after present bleachers should be moved back. In this connection Mr. Trimble suggested that a fence around the entire field was the only insurance of substantial re- ceipts from games. The water situation at Westmore- land does not allow for complete use of some of the equipment in the Home-Making department. Rul- ison Evans, Trucksville Water Com- pany, will be invited to make a personal inspection of the building to the end that a better supply may be procured. : Willard Garey has installed shut- ters over recently mounted exhaust fans, to eliminate draft in cold weather. Mrs. Charles Eberle called the Board’s attention to a swampy place, reported on several occasions heretofore, located behind the Sha- vertown elementary school. An in- vestigation will be made. There is a reasonable suspicion that sewage and waste water may be respon- sible. Miscellaneous Health in the schools is good, with no epidemics, and only one case of scarlet fever. Medical and dental examinations are going for- ward according to schedule. Program for Fire Prevention Week was outlined, also for the current Community Chest Drive. Tuition for kindergarten children living outside the school district was set at $90 for the school year, payable by parents in nine install- ments. There are twelve such children. Present were James Martin, Charles James, James Hutchison, D. T. Scott, Lewis LeGrand, Charles Mannear, John Wardell, L. L. Rich- ardson, W. Frank Trimble, Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, Eleanor Jones. Lemon Lilies Bloom During the more than thirty years she has grown lemon lilies, Mrs. Ruth McCarty, Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, does not recall a season their having bloomed in October. This week she plucked several that were in bloom in her garden.
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