PAGE TWELVE
Two local men, brothers, one a
farmer, the other a contractor, are
in the throes of bringing a new
business to the Back Mountain . . .
peat moss.
When. Paul Eckert, Shavertown
contractor, purchased 14 acres of
the old Weiss Farm on Machell
Avenue, Dallas, it was his intention
to build several homes on the new-
ly acquired property. That plan has
been shelved for the present.
His brother, Bill, manager of
Nesbitt Farms, and for 30 years
interested generally in ‘gardening
and particularly in peat moss, had
an idea there was peat moss in the
bog that covers most of the proper-
ty and decided to find out about it.
After Bill dug around with a
shovel and found the peat moss, he
and Paul decided to find out how
much of it there was and how good
their find was. A New York test-
ing laboratory took samples and
reported this was the best com-
mercial, high fertility, peat moss
they have ever tested. Additional
tests are now being made by Penn-
sylvania State University.
As to the amount of peat moss
available Bill says, “We will prob-
ably never get it all out.” A pipe
thrust down into the peat moss in
the center of the bog recorded at
east a 32-ft. deep deposit. The
bottom hasn’t been reached.
Last week the A.R. Ferraro Com-
pany brought in a big dragline on
a 50-ft. boom with a yard and a
half bucket to start digging opera-
tions. They are taking out an
amount of peat moss sufficient to
meet the needs of the Eckert's esti-
mated spring demand. The piles of
mucky peat moss will be allowed to
drain off during the winter months
and then, in the Spring, the moss
will be shredded and baled ready
for consumer use.
As an incentive to the new busi-
ness, Howard Stull of Stull Broth-
ers, has ordered the first load to be
delivered in the spring.
Paul and Bill will build an office
on the property this winter to be-
gin the development of their new
enterprise. It is their intention to
sell directly from the digging
grounds with the gardener, home-
owner and nurseryman as their
main targets and a concentration
on local markets.
An interesting follow-up of the
peat moss digging is that, as the
moss comes out, the big holes are
filled with water. The Eckerts say
this will eventually produce quite
a good sized body of water that
will serve a dual purpose. It will
be a nice lake for the area and
will serve homeowners with a good
source of water for fire prevention.
Just another example of the pos-
sibilities that exist in everyone's
hometown and how two brothers
with Yankee ingenuity are making
the most of it. Another step for-
ward in the growth of the Back
Mountain that isn’t so far back of
the mountain after all.
Bishop Warnecke To Be
At Prince Of Peace
The Rt. Rev. Frederick J. War-
necke, Bishop of the Diocese of Beth-
lehem, will make his annual visita-
tion to the Prince of Peace Episcopal
Church on Sunday at the 11 o'clock
service. He will also visit the Church
School classes at 9:30 a.m.
A class of fifteen has been re-
ceiving confirmation instruction and
will be presented to the Bishop at
the morning service to receive the
ancient rite of Confirmation. Al-
though he has visited the Parish
twice previously as Bishop Coadju-
tor of the Diocese of Bethlehem, this
will be the first visit that Bishop
Warnecke has made to the Prince
of Peace since becoming Diocesan
last February when the Rt. Rev.
Frank W. Sterrett, D.D., LLD. re-
tired.
The Couple's Club will have a re-
ception and coffee hour for the
Bishop immediately following the
11 o'clock service.
One who is anosmic lacks a sense
of smell,
Dymond Is Leaving
Korea For Benning
Army Sgt. Albert L. Dymond, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dymond,
Route 2, Dallas, Pa., is a member
of the 3rd Infantry Division, which
is leaving Korea for the U. S.
The “Rock of the Marne” division
is scheduled to be assigned to Fort
Benning, Ga.
Sergeant Dymond, an assistant
platoon sergeant with the 15th In-
fantry Regiment's Company B, en-
tered the Army in January 1953
and arrived in Korea in July 1953.
He is a graduate of Dallas Town-
ship High School.
Mt. Vale Council 224
Election And Party
Daughters of America, Mt. Vale
Lodge No. 224, will combine elec-
tion of officers with a Christmas
party December 10 at 7:30 p.m. in
the IOOF Hall. Members are asked
to bring $1.00. Christmas presents
for exchange.
Trimbles Attend
School Sessions
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Trimble at-
tended the two-day sessions-of the
Middle States Association of Sec-
ondary Schools and Colleges at
Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic
City over the Thanksgiving week-
end.
During the sessions Principal
Trimble heard his own Westmore-
land High School announced as one
of twenty-three new schools ap-
proved for admission out of twenty-
five that had applied.
Other nearby schoolmen attend-
ing were: Dr. Ralph Decker, and
Dean James Adams, Wyoming Sem-
inary; Lambert Broad, Mining &
Mechanical Institute and George
Ralston, Wilkes College.
Guests At Luncheon
Advisory Board of Dallas Branch
of Miners National Bank were
guests of David Schooley at lunch-
eon in the Pennsylvania Room at
the Boston Store Wednesday fol-
lowing their semi-monthly meeting.
Council Meets Tuesday
Monthly meeting of Dallas Bor-
ough Council will be held Tuesday
night in the Borough Building.
MEN’S ALL WOOL
Muffler Set
2.91
Snow Boots
White, Red, Brown
XMAS SALE
PRICED
Sizes 4 to 11Y;
ARTICS
SOCKS
SNOW SUITS
Sizes
2 to 10
Open Thurs.
Fri., Sat. Eves.
Daily to 6
in time for Christmas.
EXTRA SPECIAL
Colors
POODLE
DOG
With Purchase
5.60 | Slips
3.99
Sale
55¢
2 for
1.00
Sale
Genuine
Reg. Value
up to $24.95
If Perfect
Sizes
5 to 8
XMAS SALE
PRICED AT
Men’s Houndstooth, Flannel
hirts
Many Colors
+ 1.88
Sizes
small
to
extra SALE
PRICED
XMAS
SALE
Sizes
1.00
SIZES
SMALL
MEDIUM
LARGE
19¢
Priced
Sizes
3 to 8
99c
Leather, Black or Red
Priced at
3.49
Across
From Luzernef
Theatre
diggings.
Big Game Hunters
Need Not Get Lost
If more persons who hunt bear or
deer in the rugged sections of the
State would take a few simple pre-
cautions there would be fewer cases
of lost hunters.
Wildlife authorities recommend:
1. Tell your family the area you
will hunt, how long you will stay
pass, and carry one; 3. Get a map
of the territory you plan to hunt.
Study it to learn locations of roads,
streams, and other landmarks; 4.
Fill your cigarette lighter with fluid,
or carry a waterproof container of
your map and compass. Follow a
course in one direction; 6. If lost
don’t allow yourself to become pan-
icky. Build a fire for warmth, then
rest and conserve your energy; 7.
If hunting from a car, know where
you left it so that you are not still
“lost” after being rescued.
These precautions and common
sense could have saved discomfort,
worry, or even serious results for
many a big game hunter in the
past.
Wildlife Pets and
Wounded Big Game
Many persons ‘persist in consider-
ing small wildlife too cute to be
harmful, or they approach wounded
big game animals incautiously de-
spite warnings by those in best
position to know the habits and
tricks of wildlife.
Not long ago, a pet raccoon
chewed the hand of a three-week-
old southeastern Pennsylvania child
so severely amputation of the fing-
The 1954 bear and deer seasons
will prove exceptional if there are
no authentic stories of hunters
mauled by wounded bears, or in-
jured by the antlers or hoofs of
frantic deer not so dead as they
appeared to the excited hunters
who put them down.
The Life of a Game Protector
The Pennsylvania Game Protec-
tor is a carefully selected, well-
trained public official whose duty
it is to administer the game law
and Game Commission regulations
and policies. He is sincerely inter-
ested in the use or misuse of soil,
water and all the things that grow
on the land, knowing their import-
ance in relation to wildlife popula-
tions and the economic welfare of
our people.
Colorful as the game protector’s
calling may appear to be, like any
other job it comes under the head-
ing of work. There are enjoyments
in the occupation, but with them
goes plenty of labor in all weather
and at all hours, often under un-
pleasant or dangerous circumstan-
ces. This officer must prosecute
violations of the law without fear
or favor. He needs have the attrib-
utes of policeman, woodsman, sales-
man, farmer, lumberman, educator,
public speaker, scientist, and pat-
riot.
At this time of year many hunt-
ers meet the game protector in the
role of law enforcement officer,
usually considered his principal
year-around duty. Actually, illegal
operations in the wildlife field may
call for his police authority any
time, but during most of the year
he is engaged in such a variety of
operations it would take a fair-
sized book to describe them all.
Some of his other major duties are:
the many phases of land manage-
ment on Game Commission hold-
ings or wildlife work on private
lands through agreement; engaging
in conservation programs with co-
operating farmers on Farm-Game
Projects; investigating crop damage
by wildlife; assisting sportsmen'’s
organizations and farmers in rear-
ing pheasants; presenting educa-
tional programs before schools,
sportsmen, service clubs, youth
groups and over the air; fighting
forest fires} searching for lost per-
sons; feeding game in winter; co-
operating with the press and air
stations who inform the public on
wildlife matters; assisting in re-
search projects and game surveys;
aiding in Fish Commission pro-
grams; liberating game; teaching
and practicing predator control; in-
vestigating the facts behind human
casualties caused by hunters’ guns;
and others.
Many a person will remember a
wildlife officer for his on-the-spot
efficiency in emergency. Often, his
knowledge of first-aid or his quick
action was the deciding factor be-
tween life and death in the case of
a gunshot wound, a venomous snake
bite, a near drowning, a flood eva-
cuation, or some other unhappy
circumstance requiring help in the
open.
So, a game protector’s life is
made up of an assortment of duties,
some of which are pleasant and
some distasteful or rigorous. These
duties subject the officer to call 24
hours a day. Not such a glamorous
life after all, but one from which
the game protector receives satis-
faction and a measure of pride
through serving in a field affecting
the lives and pleasures of people
today and in years to come.
When a lefthanded man weds a
southpaw woman, it usually turns
out to be a happy marriage.
Association To
Guard Taxpayers
Dr. F. B. Schooley Is
Reelected President
At a recent meeting of the Back
Mountain Protective Association Dr.
Budd Schooley, by unanimous vote
of the members, consented to re-
main temporarilly as president. Due
to the absence of the solicitor,
Atty. James L. Brown, many mat-
ters of vital interest to the tax-
payers and home owners of the
Back Mountain, were held over for
the meeting to be held in the Back
Mountain Library Annex = next
Thursday night, December 9.
The water shortage and assess-
ments were discussed, also the fact
that Kingston Township is deriving
no taxes from the Meadowcrest
Housing Development, despite the
fact that taxes were included in
the rentals paid by the tenants.
This and many other matters were
discussed at the meeting.
A resume of the accomplishments
of the Protective Association were
discussed, going back to its or-
ganization. The battle against un-
equal assessments was related and
plans were made to increase the
membership in all of the townships
of the Back Mountain.
Following a discussion a commit-
tee was appointed to keep the as-
sociation informed on any antici-
pated increase in assessments in
Back Mountain communities. The
following were appointed: Paul M.
Winter, Albert Pesavento, Mrs.
Joseph Wallo and John Kaschak.
All citizens are invited to attend
the meeting next Thursday night.
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Home Topics =
Timely reminders from the
Pennsylvania State University
College of Agriculture.
Provide Diets—More farm fami-
lies have adequate diets than do
rural nonfarm families, according to
a survey in the north central part
of the country. So reports Helen L.
Denning, Penn State extension nu-
tritionist.
Save Toddler—Keep your toddler
from danger’s door. Store deter-
gents, poisons, cleaning fluids and
barbiturates where he cannot find
them, Marguerite L. Duvall, Penn
State extension family life specialist
suggests.
Treat Stains—Permanent stains
on rugs can usually be avoided if
the spot is treated at once. Soak up
liquids with a clean, absorbent
cloth. A dull knife or spatula is good
for picking up anything semi-solid,
Sanna Black, Penn ‘State extension
home management specialist, states.
Pep Up Pot Roast—A seasoning
that lends itself well to pot roast
is curry powder. About 45 minutes
before the meat is done, mix 1 table-
spoon curry powder and 1 teaspoon
sugar with one-half cup water. Stir
into liquids around roast. You'll like
the pep it gives the meat, believes
Marjorie J. Wormeck, Penn State
extension nutritionist.
Ground Machine—F or safety's
sake your washing machine should
be “grounded.” A wire attached with
a clamp to the leg of the machine
and clamped to a cold water pipe
will do the job. Be sure the paint
is scraped off where the clamp
touches the metal of the washer,
says Doris L. Conklin, Penn State
extension home management
specialist.
Mrs. Ralph Welsh Is
Hostess To W.C.T.U.
Mrs. Ralph Welsh, Idetown, en-
tertained members of Dallas Dis-
trict W.C.T.U. at her home last
Tuesday with Mrs. E. R. Parrish
presiding.
Mrs. C. J. LaBar conducted an
educational program on “The Paths
of Knowledge”, in which these
points were brought out: There are
twenty-two departments in the
W.C.T.U.; W.C.T.U. sends cookies to
soldiers and sailors; it helps foreign
born mothers; it has financed
twelve pictures and eight script
films; it promotes alcoholic educa-
tion; it has established at Evanston,
Il, the second largest library for
alcoholic research, in the world.
Plans were made to send Christ-
mas cards to veterans at Retreat
and Perry Point.
Present were: Mesdames Ernest
Fritz, Lulu Shultz, Goldie Kitchen,
Mattie K. Hadsell, E. R. Parrish,
Homer Middleton, Grover Anderson
Sr., John Hildebrant, D. A. Waters,
H. L. Kleintob, H. P. Riley, O. L.
Harvey, Carlton Reed, Hattie Smith,
Ruth Sorber, William Higgins, Ger-
trude May, Laura Kocher, Z. E.
Garinger, Minnie Hoover, Elizabeth
Milbrodt, Ralph Welsh, H. E. Reil-
ley, Helen Dymond, Harry B. Allen,
Addie Searfoss, Esterlle Goldsmith,
Terra Ann Milbrodt.
In Photography Club
Abram Nesbitt, III, Lake Catalpa,
and a senior at Nichols Junior Col-
lege, Dudley, Mass. is the newly-
elected purchasing agent of the col-
lege Photography Club. Nesbitt is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Abram
Nesbitt, II, and formerly attended
Oxford Academy.
Then there’s the story of the
baby sardine that was frightened
by a submarine and went crying to
its mother. ‘There, there, dear,”
soothed Mama Sardine. “Don’t be
upset. It’s only a ‘can of people!”
WHITESELL'S STORE
Has Lots To Offer
Mr. & Mrs. Homeowner
All the boys went hunt-
ing this week but we
managed to keep open.
Now they’re back and
all our Christmas items
are displayed for you to
see.
There’s little
item here for the man
in the house. It’s called
Evan’s Measure Chest.
It contains one 50 ft.
tape measure, one 12 ft.
white-face tape measure
and they’re in a trans-
parent utility box that
will make Dad a swell
fishing tackle box. It
has a $7.17 Retail Value
but, come out and see it,
we’ll let you have it for
$5.69.
a neat,
Many women like prac-
tical gifts at Christmas
time so may we suggest
one of those attractive
Telechron Kitchen
Clocks. No use putting
prices in here ’cause
they come in all differ-
ent styles at different
prices. Come out and
make your choice.
Dad, do you really want
to thrill the kids this
Christmas? Nothing
would make them hap-
pier than an Official
Basketball Bankboard
and Basket. We have all
the official information
to show you how to
build one or we’ll do it
for you. And we’re not
sure but we think we’re
the only ones who hand-
le the official 18” cir-
cumference, 5/8” ring
and net. And you’ll be
surprised at how inex-
pensive it is.
Got an electric train?
Then you really ought
to have a good sized
Christmas Tree Plat.
form to run it on. We've
got a dandy here we’ll
sell you for $5.95.
In case you didn’t real-
ize we had them we’ll
mention here our
Eveready Flashlights
from $1.19 up, Nu-Tone
Door Chimes $4.95 up,
Xmas Tree Light Sets
and many other timely
items.
‘Oh, oh, almost forgot!
We’ve got a big Special
on an Electric Range.
This nationally advertis-
ed range has the exclus-
ive Rotary Roaster. We
need space so we've cut
it to $299.95.
WHITESELL BROS.
BUILDING SUPPLIES
Rt. 115—Just off the Dallas-
Harveys Lake Highway
Phone Dallas 4-3606