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The Sharon-Stroudsburg route
through Central Pennsylvania will
shorten the Cleveland-New York
‘City trip by 100 miles.
If approved for construction un-
der the Federal Interstate Building
program, the state would pay only
10% of the cost, with the federal
government paying the balance.
Free access construction or im-
provement such as Route 6 would
be on a 50-50 basis.
. The Keystone Short Route would
be Toll-free and instead of compet-
ing with the Pennsylvania Turnpike
would actually alleviate the con-
gestion predicted for it by 1970.
The Keystone Shortway would
be constructed without tunnels and
therefore be more saboteur and
bomb resistant in case of . enemy
attack.
The proposed Shortway would
provide quick lateral dispersement
for Philadelphia and Pittsburgh un-
der civil defense plans.
Vast areas of Pennsylvania now
industrially dormant would become
most attractive to industry assured
of faster New York City-Chicago
connections,
President Eisenhower’s ‘program
allocates 261.1 million dollars for
interstate construction in the next
three years in Pennsylvania and
$1,865.8 million over the 13 year
program.
Turnpikes increase population:
the 29 counties in southern Penn-
sylvania gained 8% between 1940
and 1950; we in the northern 38
counties lost 1%.
Farm to market, industry to con-
sumer and tourist alike are served
by this proposed shortest link be-
tween New York and Chicago, our
nation’s two largest cities.
New Jersey has agreed to con-
struct an eight-lane 17% mile Ber-
gen-Passaic Expressway to U. S. 46
to connect to the Stroudsburg Junc-
tion. If we build our Shortway,
Ohio will have only to extend its
Turnpike approximately ten miles
to the Sharon connection.
The exact route can only be. de-
termined by qualified engineers, but
it will closely follow the airline
drawing on the map shown.
SAFETY VALVE
KEYSTONE SHORTWAY
Dear Editor:
As a fellow editor along the route
of the proposed Keystone Shortway,
I know you'll be interested in the
following quotes from the June 29
U. S. News and World Report:
“FOR ENTIRE REGIONS, new
highways bring increased develop-
ment.
“Industrial firms like to locate
plants along super-highways be-
cause of the saving in time and cost
for their truck traffic, and because
they can attract workers
. greater distances.
“Massachusetts’ new Route 128
around the outskirts of Boston al-
total of 100 million dollars worth of
industrial plants and shopping cen-
ters into that area.
“Land values rise near super-
highways. One 23-acre tract in New
York State, valued at $100 an acre
before construction of the New
acre after the highway was built.
Along the route of the Northern
Sacramento Freeway in California,
land that formerly sold for $600 an
acre went up to $10,000 an acre
after the Freeway was built.”
These are but three of the reasons
you and I should want the Sharon-
Stroudsburg route included in the
90% Federal Aided Interstate road
program.
As you know, State Highway De-
partment Secretary Joseph L. Law-
ler approved the plan Tuesday and
Burgess Smith Is Home
Burgess H. A. Smith returned
Monday from Nesbitt
Hospital where he was a patient
for more than four weeks. He is
convalescing at the home of his
grandchildren, Mr. and Mrs. Thom-
as Jones of Oak Hill,
He says he is feeling fine and
expects to be back in Dallas within
a few days.
forwarded it to the Bureau of Pub-
lic Roads in Washington. The op-
position is working harder than
ever to defeat it.
We, along the proposed route, are
small in population, but our col-
lective editorial voice can be heard
if we alert our communities to the
need and local value of the Short-
way.
Here are a few facts:
Ask your readers and community
leaders to clip editorials, add com-
ments to them and mail to C. D.
! Curtiss, Commissioner, Bureau of
{ Public Roads, Service Bldg., Wash-
ington, D. C. We, here, intend to
do the same!
Mr. Z. H. Confair, chairman of
the Shortway Association and form-
er Congressman Rich will soon make
Memorial
Mr. C. D. Curtiss. They will keep
| regular AP releases, but “mail-in
action”
way through.
May I count on you?
! Cordially,
| SUN-GAZETTE
Williamsport, Pa.
Your Health
From The Luzerne County
Medical Society
The man in the wrecked auto
had a fractured spine.
*® * *
Over - zealous helpers forcefully
pulled the man from the car and in
doing so damaged the spinal cord
which resulted in paralysis.
* * *
injured from
done expertly
Removal of the
wrecks should be
rather than hastily.
* * *
A total of 9,600,000 accidents
were reported in this country in
1953.
* * *
Of this number 95,000 were fatal
accidents.
* * *
Prevention of death or aded dis-
ability after an injury begins at the
scene of the accident.
* * *
First aid and emergency handling
of the injured is in 95 per cent of
cases, done by lay persons.
* * *
In industrial plants there are
aid teams.
* * x
However, the majority of injuries
physician is immediately available.
* * *
In such cases, the aim is to keep
the victim alive land in as good
condition as possible until proper
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List Value Of
Census Bureau Gives
Luzerne County Figure
The value of products sold in
1954 by operators of 1,990 farms in
Luzerne County was $7,154,490, ac-
cording to a preliminary report of
the 1954 Census of Agriculture pub-
lished by the Bureau of the Census,
U. S. Department of Commerce.
The value of all crops sold was
$3,365,441 and included $1,091,262
for field crops, $1,178,984 for vege-
tables, $450,914 for fruits and nuts,
and $644,281 for horticultural spe-
cialties.
The value of all livestock and
livestock products sold was $3,761,-
600 and included $2,183,183 for
dairy products, $1,094,795 for poul-
try and poultry products, and $483,-
622 for livestock and livestock pro-
ducts. :
The value of forest products sold
from the county's farms was
$27,449.
Information on the value of farm
products sold is presented for each
county in a preliminary State re-
port, copies of which may be pur-
chased from the Bureau of the
Census, Washington 25, D. C., at 10
cents each.
VV VV V VV VV VV VOU UeveVYY
Hunt & Fs & Fishin’
with SSQUIRRELY
thm
VV vv VvVVvYy
This column is made up of
material taken from contacts
with the Pennsylvanish Fish &
Game Commission and com-
ments of the writer of this
article. All news of hunting and
fishing interest will be welcome
and full credit will be given to
persons sending in this type of
information. Write to Huntin’ |
& Fishin’, c/o Dallas Post, Dal-
las, Penna., or phone either of
our two numbers, 4-5656 and
4-7676.
Hi-Lites On Local “Sports” . . .
The regular meeting of the North-
eastern Pennsylvania Coon Hound
Association will be held at Shivells
Hotel in Falls on August 24 at 8
p.m. A field trial for members of
this club will be held on August 26
at Campbell’s Grove, near Clarks
Summit. All members are urged to
attend.
Stan Hoyt and Kenneth Martin,
both of Kunkle, got their limits of
trout last Saturday in Bowmans
Creek. These men have had good
catches on several different occas-
ions this spring and summer.
Trout Hitting Better At “Lake” .
Quite a few fishermen were ob-
served with fine catches of trout
and perch at Harveys Lake this
week. They caught them both trol-
ling and still fishing. Two fishermen
in particular, one known as “Glen
Lyon Joe”, had a nice catch of trout
and perch.
Knows Where To Get ’Em . .
If you want to know where to
catch some of those big lakers, stop
in -at Kearney’s Barbecue on the
Old Road at Harveys Lake and he
will tell you where to troll for them.
Another Crazy “Cowboy” .'.
Thorns to the driver of the large
Chris-Craft motorboat that cut the
water less than 25 feet from a fish-
ing boat last Sunday, causing Todd
Martin, local resident of Kunkle, to
lose almost 50 yards of monofila-
ment line and a large Flatfish plug.
This utter disregard of respect for
other boats should not go unpun-
ished. Not content at spoiling the
fishing, they rub it in by grinning
all over their selfish faces as they
go flashing by.
My advice to persons receiving
this sort of treatment is to take the
license numbers of these boats and
turn them in to the local fish war-
den or Harveys Lake Police!
Has Large Supply of Bait . .
Caddie LaBar, jovial proprietor of
LaBar’s Sunoco Service Station and
Sporting Goods Store on Memorial
Highway has a good supply of min-
nows (large and small) and red
worms and nightcrawlers. Caddie’s
motto is “If I don’t have what you
want, I'll get it.” He recently re-
turned from a fishing trip to Alaska.
Humor Department . . .
“I notice .that in telling about
that fish you caught you vary the
size of it for different listeners.”
“Yes, I never tell a man more
than I think he will believe.”
* * *
There was an old man of Cape May
Who reeled in a mermaid one day;
He said: “She’s a queen!
But you should have seen
The one that fell back in the bay!”
Looking Toward Frosty Mornings .
These cold mornings and nights
bring the pulse- quickening know-
ledge that Fall will soon be here,
and with it the hunting season.
Then shotguns and rifles will emerge
from closets and corners, to be
polished and oiled by their proud
owners. Old and new buddies will
and weekend jaunts to their cabins.
This is the time they will be glad
that they are living in a country
that has such a wonderful wildlife
conservation program.
PLEASE send in that news of
your hunting and fishing trips, va-
cations, etc. You enjoyed doing it,
we will enjoy printing it, and — our
subscribers will enjoy reading it!
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SCARLET TANAGER
SCARLET TANAGER
Piranga Olivacea
On the day I wrote this, a neigh-
bor called me excitedly on the
phone to say that she had been
trying to identify a rather plain
greenish bird when suddenly a
bright red bird with jet black wings
and tail flew down and mated with
it. She wondered if it was unusual
to have two birds of different spe-
cies mate and what the story back
of this observation might be. It
happens that on at least three other
occasions I have received phone
calls from persons who have made
similar observations. I remember
once having a large class in the field
which was attempting, without
much success, to identify a partially
hidden female scarlet tanager, when
a male dashed in to help settle the
story.
At one time, I had occasion to
review a manuscript written by an
author who is now considered one
of our best known nature writers.
In this story President Calvin Cool-
idge was reputed to have been thril-
led by the observation on a Christ-
mas morning of a brilliant red male
scarlet tanager perched beside a
red cardinal on one of the ever-
greens near the White House
grounds. The story emphasized how
our taciturn president became ex-
cited over what he had seen. As a
matter of fact this observation is
worthy of some excitement because
at this season scarlet tanagers are
wintering far south of the United
States. The story explained that the
bird seen was a young male which
had missed out on the southern
migration and for some unknown
reason was hanging around Wash-
ington. This explanation was ob-
viously misleading because the
young males are not a brilliant red
at Christmas time any more than
are the older members of their sex
and species.
Scarlet Tanagers measure about
7% inches in length. This is about
an inch longer than the vireos
which they might be considered to
remotely resemble. The male loses
his brilliant red breeding color in
the fall to take on an appearance
somewhat similar to that of the
females and young birds which are
dull green above and yellowish'be-
neath.
Scarlet Tanagers breed from
southern Saskatchewan to Nova
Arkansas. They winter from Co-
lombia to Peru and Bolivia migrat-
ing through Cuba, alogg the west
coast of the Gulf of Mexico, eastern
Yucatan and Central America.
The nest is built on a horizontal
limb up to heights 50 feet, usually
platform of rootlets,
grasses. The 3 to 5 pale greenish
blue eggs have brown specks and
are about 1 inch long. They are
incubated for 13 days by the female.
Young males assume the brilliant
plumage in one year. Since the
once again that a beautiful thing is
not necessarily useless. The Nation-
al Wildlife Federation is proud to
lend its support to a better under-
standing of these remarkable birds.
—E. Laurence Palmer
Men who hang around waiting for
something to turn up, should begin
with their own sleeves.
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HIMMLER
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Dallas. Pa.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
“The Man In The
Grey Flannel Suit”
(Cinemascope and Color)
starring on
Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones
Starting time at 6:30 and
9:00 p.m.
MONDAY & TUESDAY
“That Certain Feeling”
(Technicolor and Vista Vision)
Bob Hope, Eva Marie Saint
— ALSO CARTOONS —
President Eisenhower has pro-
claimed this National Farm Safety
Week to direct the farmers’ atten-
tion to the fact that more farm
workers died by accident last year
than workers in any other major
industry.
Tom Jurchak, Assistant County
Farm Agent, announced that the
Luzerne County Agricultural Exten-
sion Service is cooperating with the
National Safety Council in promot-
ing the observance in an effort to
lower the national loss of 14,000
fatalities and 1,200,000 injuries that
occur on farms.
Besides newspaper and radio pro-
motion, members of the Luzerne
County 4-H County Council are put-
ting up display posters in rural
places of business to remind county
farmers of the need for caution
during this busy season to avoid
the hazards of farming. Direct mail
pieces are also’ being used in all
correspondence of the Luzerne
County Extension Association dur-
ing the last two weeks of July.
Of all the causes of farm acci-
dents, the tractor is still the worst
killer taking 1,100 lives each year,
but the most unfortunate fact is
that 16 per cent of these victims
were under 10 years of age.
In a recent survey made by Penn-
sylvania State University, it was
discovered that: nearly twice as
many farm accidents occurred be-
tween 2 and 5 o’clock in the after-
noon as during the morning hours.
This suggested the need for some-
thing similar to industry’s ‘coffee
break” to relieve the fatigue that
makes all farmers less aware of the
hazards of their work.
This is only a beginning, Jur-
chak points out, and farmers can
learn a lot from industry about
accident prevention. Simply fol-
lowing the manufacturers’ direc-
tions and instructions in the use of
machinery and farm chemicals
could reduce the annual toll by 25
per cent.
However, farm work is not the
worst crippler according to the Na-
tional Safety Council since the
number of accidents in the farm
home is as high as the combined
number of farm motor vehicle and
farm work accidents. The best
remedy against home accidents is
still common sense and caution.
LUZERNE
THEATRE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Joan Crawford
“Autumn Leaves”
SUNDAY & MONDAY
John Wayne
“The Searchers”
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
“The Proud Ones”
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GOLDEN MIST DINNERWARE
TO THE LADIES
BETWEEN
SWOYERVILLE AND WEST
WYOMING
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
August 24 - 25
DANA ANDREWS
“Comanche”
The terrifying cry that stopped
the westward push dead in its
tracks!
“The Killer Is Loose”
JOSEPH COTTEN
RHONDA FLEMING
A cop used his wife as bait for
a killer . . . electrifying! .
SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY
August 26 - 27-28
TYRONE POWER
KIM NOVAK
“Eddy Duchin Story”
A love story your heart will
long remember . . . terrific!—
plus 3 cartoons.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
August 29 - 30
$ Entire Family Carload $
CORNEL WILDE
“Star Of india”
JEAN WALLACE
A thousand men died for it! .
a thousand women loved and
lied for it . . .
ALSO
“The Night My
Number Came Up”
GO TO THE MOVIES
FORTY FORT
THEATRE
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
“Pardners”
SUNDAY & MONDAY
Joel McCrea
“The First Texan”
SANDY BEACH
Drive-In Theater
SATURDAY
— Double Feature —
“House Of Bamboo”
(Cinemascope and Color)
Robert Ryan, Robert Stack
PLUS
“Seminole Uprising”
(Technicolor)
George Montgomery, Karin Booth
SUNDAY & MONDAY
— Double Feature —
“Timberjack”
(Trucolor)
Sterling Hayden, Vera Ralston
PLUS
“The Shrike”
Jose Ferrer, June Allyson
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
: “Lucy Gallant”
(VistaVision and Color)
Jane Wyman, Charlton Heston
“It could only happen in Texas”
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
— Double Feature —
“Jump Into Hell”
The battle story of the leaping
one-man armies in the hottest
spot on earth,
PLUS
“The Dam Busters”
Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave
Friday &
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