Named
Bier
Says Marriage
Needs Humor
Mr. Bmos Talks
On T-V Program
William Amos, former resident of
Dallas, appeared on the television
program, ‘Life Begins at Eighty”
Sunday evening, disturbed not ‘a
whit by unusual surroundings or
the novelty of his first session with
the panel. Residents who saw him,
report that his bearing was as old-
world and courtly as ever, and his
grooming faultless.
Mr. Amos, asked what he con-
sidered a fundamental for a happy
married life, replied that in his
opinion a sense of humor was very
important.
Questions about John Philip
Sousa, whose hundredth anniver-
sary is approaching, were directed
to other members of the panel, and
the origin of ‘Stars and Stripes
Forever” brought’ out by Sousa’s
daughter. The tune came to the
composer full-blown, not one of its
notes later changed, while he was
aboard ship in mid-Atlantic.
A note to The Dallas Post staff,
mailed from New York by Mr. Amos,
asked that everybody to keep fing-
ers crossed. 3
Mr. Amos, at present a guest at
the ‘Sutton Home in Wilkes-Barre,
remembers his residence on upper
Demunds Road in Dallas with nos-
talgia. When approaching the age
of eighty -seven, he frequently
walked the three miles to Dallas,
topping off this trek with the steep
climb to Lehman Avenue and the
office of The Dallas Post, where he
was always sure of a hearty wel-
come. The son and -daughter-in-law
with whom he made his home, Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Amos, have recently
left the community for Florida.
Book Club To Hear Talk
On How To Dry Flowers
“How to Dry Flowers” will be the
subject of a talk by Mrs. May Sam-
uels, Country (Club Road, at next
Wednesday's meeting of the Book
Club in Back Mountain Memorial
program chairman, promises an in-
teresting program by an expert in
her field. ’
Hostesses who will assist Mrs. H.
W. Peterson-and Mrs. John (C. Phil-
lips, chairmen, are: Mesdames Harry
Stanley Rinehimer, Robert Rinehim-
er, Howard Risley, James Robinson,
Thomas Robinson, Harold Flood,
Arthur Ross, H. G. Rutherford,
Floyd ‘Sanders, J. W. Schaffhauser,
Thomas Shelburn, Ray ‘Shiber and
Vincent Shindell. li :
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Storage space under the
basement stairs can be pro-
vided by using the construc-
tion already in place. With a
minimum of additional fram-
ing and paneling, a neat and
attractive “extra room” is
added.
A frame of 2 x 4’s is made
to fit beneath the stairs as
shown in the drawing. The
dimensions will depend upon
the height of the basement
and stair landing, but these
are typical.
By building the frame flush
with the outside edge of the
stair stringer, the stringer
may be used to hold the wood
paneling. Closet frame mem-
Cerernve Love
78>
Feroor
Dose Jronws
National Lamber Masulacturers Associstios
bers are toe-nailed to the joists
and stair framing.
Tongus and grooved boards,
if used for paneling, will pro-
vide a dustproof closet. Or,
if plain boards are used, the
closet may be lined. As a fur.
ther precaution against dust,
unevenness between the stairs
and landing and the basement
wall should be caulked.
At the lower end of the
stairs, the closet should be 80
inches high. The space be-
tween this end and the bottom
step may be used as a small
closet, with its own door, or
left open for miscellaneous
storage,
STAs” Weie FRAME
Henry W. Shoemaker, Pennsyl-
vania Folklore Chief, said today a
number of people in eastern states
claim that the mountain lion or
panther is not extinct.
“Old times in Pennsylvania in-
sist that the panther still lurks
about, and cite many newspaper
articles as evidence of its being still
seen in its dark mountain haunts,”
Shoemaker said.
“James Bassinger, a noted trap-
per and canal boatman, who passed
on at Lock Haven in his 88th year,
had many stories to relate to his
adventures with panthers from
Snyder to Warren counties. His
legend of the Lick Run panther was
one of his best, dating back to his
first days on the West Branch
Canal, which began at Farrandsville,
north of Lock Haven, Clinton
County.
“An old woodsman named Abe
‘Simcox shot a superb 10 foot ‘paint-
er’ which he caught drinking in ‘the
Susquehanna, just beyond its junc-
tion with Lick Run. Several canal-
prize, but finally Ike ICarskaddon, a
Clinton county boatman, secured it
for thirty dollars in shiny ten dol-
lar gold pieces. He stuffed the giant
frosted skin, and set it up in a de-
fiant position, on the prow of his
boat, Fremont, a boat without a
cabin and used for hauling freight,
timber or coal.
“Piled high with cargo, the helms-
man could not view the bow, and
the mules were guided by his
twelve-year-old son, Wesley. Need-
less to say, the triumphal craft drew
large crowds as it proceeded down
stream; into regions where panthers
had long faded back into more in-
land forests, and had become folk-
lore legends.
“It appears that Jake Winebren-
ner’s cat hounds drove a giant male
panther down the west Mahan-
tango, where it climbed on the flat
boards of the fence which ran
between the ‘big ditch” and river.
There it walked one evening, not
sure what future course it might
take. Just at dusk Ike's boat, hauled
ed for Harrisburg, young Wesley
riding the lead mule, the old man
lounging at the stern by the tiller,
a mammoth Pennsylvania lion, skill-
fully mounted, crouched by the
prow.
“True, the hind mule had object-
ed to this near companion, but the
Carskaddon black snakes assured
Danny it could do no harm. The
live panther walking on the fence,
was in an angry, uncertain mood,
not able to make up his mind, and
viewing the stuffed ‘painter’ on the
boat, resolved to give it a battle.
It seemed to be a robust male and
of similar proportions. Quickly he
sprang from the fence top to the
craft, and struck at the silent lion's
head with his heavy claws. The
mounted ‘painter’ was nailed by
the feet to the deck and took some
pretty severe pounding to come
loose, but the fusillade won at last,
and the Glory of Farrandsville tum-
bled into the murky waters.
“The the living panther victor,
crouched in the vacated position, to
figure on his next move. It was soon
decided and he sprang from the
prow on the hind quarters of the
dusky mule, digging his cruel claws
into the muscular flesh.
“The mule came wide awake, and
began ‘a panic, kicking wildly, and
screaming like an injured child. By
some trick move he broke off his
captor’s hold, perhaps not dug in
deeply, and the fence having been
passed, threw the live panther to
the river's edge.
“Old Ike climbed over his cargo
of planks, saw his stuffed panther
about to plunge into the billowy
waters of the Half Falls. He was
Harris With Army
In Hawaiian Islands
25th Div., Hawaii — Army Pfc.
Donald F. Harris, 19, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph A. Harris, 96 Claude
| Street, recently took part in bat-
back in an instant, to where he
kept his fowling piece, which fre-
quently brought down tasty Trump-
eter swans, and aimed at the pan-
ther now swimming for the east
shore. It bobbed about so, it escaped
his shots, and probably became the
panther so notorious to the hog
PAGE NINE
| talion training tests held by the
25th Infantry Division on the island
of Hawaii.
The two-day test was divided into
| three phases— defense, night with-
drawal and attack. The island is
| about 200 miles from the unit's
home station at Schofield Barracks
on Ozhu.
|" Private First Class Narris is a
driver in Cormpany D & the di-
vision’s 35th Regiment. He sntered
| the Army in January 1954. Harris
{ was last stationed in Korea.
Harris attended Dallas Township
{High School and was a farmer be-
| fore entering the Army.
| “A philosopher's a guy who
| doesn’t cry over spilled milk, but
| consoles himself with the thought
that it was four-fifth water any-
way!”"—Mary Mayo.
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