PAGE TWELVE THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1957 Post Readers Express Views On Many Subjects SAFETY VALVE JACKSON STREET PROBLEMS Dear Editor: There is a fire hazard on Parrish Heights. I speak of the old shell of a bungalow that was burned out seven years ago on Jackson Street. It still stands, a gathering place for kids and an eyestore to the com- munity. Can't something be done about it? i Also there is another problem. * Jackson Street is overrun with dogs. People who love dogs, and I am one of them, should think enough of them to keep them under control, off the street where they might be killed and out of their neighbor's gardens and flower beds. Respectfully, G. ® Your best bet for action is to have the neighbors petition Borough Council for relief or better still, speak to the owner of the dog per- sonally and ask him if he won't please keep his dog under control. He'll get sore but he'll do it.—Ed- itor. PEEPERS ARE HERE April 1, 1957. Mrs, Hicks: On Sunday, March 24, my friend and I were walking the railroad here by my home and we heard peepers. They were quite weak but and sounded they were peepers, pretty cold. For two weeks now the frogs are making plenty of noise here in our nearby swamps. The geese are still flying strong. UPPER ROAD Your Best Bet For EASTER FLOWERS ls HILL -the-florist Phone Dallas 4-7331 SHAVERTOWN All Types Of Plants, Cut Flowers And Beautiful Corsages This morning four large flocks went over in just a few minutes’ time. Isn't it thrilling to see and hear them ? Mrs. Albert Armitage, Harveys Lake. NOTE: Mrs. Frank Ferry, Hunts- ville Road, has heard peeprs, too. Spring . . . ain’t it wunnerful ? NEWSPAPER RESPONSIBILITY Editor The Post: How many people have been in- jured or killed on the streets and highways in your circulation area? How many accidents in your area ? hb Are your doing anything about this serious problem ? Suppose the ambulance rushing to the hospital carried three small- pox victims instead of three acci- dent victims, would you be as com- placent in your news and editorial columns ? You, of course, know that traffic accidents are affecting many, many more people than disease. If you think polio, heart or cancer deserves community control efforts, take an- other look at your accident figures. Are you living up to the respon- sibilities a newspaper holds? As the ‘best citizen” in your community your newspaper should be creating public interest in the need for a sound program of safety. It is not your job to be the safety expert, but it is your job to stir your community to action. We do not ask that you send us the answers to the questions asked here, but we do ask you to give thorough attention to this problem. If all of us join in a real safety promotion program, the results will be well worth the effort. Your PNPA Safety Committee. Quinton E. Beauge, Chairman. P.S.: Have you ever tried relating your enforcement (program with your accident record? This is a periodic totaling of arrests and ac- cidents. You likely will find as en- forcement increases, accidents re- duce in number. NEWSPAPERS MUST HAVE SOUL Dear Editor: No doubt you read the Publisher's Auxiliary report on the recent meet- ing of the Georgia Press Institute at the University of Georgia, and particularly on the address of Ed- itor Jenkin Lloyd Jones of the Tulsa (Okla.) Tribune, and president of the A. S. N. E. Mr. Jones compared the cowardly editor, who would rather be popular than forthright, with a cowardly soldier who runs from battle. Such a man, he said, “has in his hand a keen, bright sword” which he is afraid to use. Some, he charged, resort to “Af- ghanistanism,” editorializing on subjects that are too far away to hit back, rather than risking disfavor by taking a stand on an issue that is controversial at home. Others, he said, publish ‘editorials which view with alarm and look with dis- may but never present a workable solution.” “There is a compelling reason why a newspaper must have a soul,” said Editor Jones, ‘why it must have arms that comfort, fists that strike, eyes that shine, and a voice that wil be heard. “That reason is you. “If our swords lie rusty and tar- nished it is our disgrace. If our voices are silent in the presence of | tyranny or evil it is our betrayal. If we could lead well and choose to lead badly or not at all, it is our shame.” Obviously this was a resounding and inspiring speech Nor is there much question that it needed to be made. But it is too bad that Mr. Jones’ audience was restricted to editors of a single state. That Publisher’s Auxiliary has spread the gist of it nationally is all to the good. But we feel that the metropolitan editors, who stand in greatest need of these admonitions, are not the ones who read the Auxiliary most sedulously. And since we did not hear the speech or see a transcript of it, we can only hope that Editor Jones paid appropriate tribute to the example of courage and inde- VEY range LIVE Corpor LUZERNE ELECTRIC DIVISION ~The U. G. I Company 24 Wyomag Ave, — Kingston : | don't get out much anymore- with that Electric Range! \ 100 yin aN? "Lay ries YY? rindi 7, For a STAY-CLEAN KITCHEN nothing measures up to Eleciric Cooking That’s just where the bucket you use to help clean walls and ceilings belongs— in a dark closet. And that’s just where it will stay, when there’s a modern electric in your kitchen. Walls—cabinets—curtains—ceiling, all will keep their “just painted” look much longer, when you cook with clean electric heat. Youll say goodbye to soot scrubbing and pot scouring drudgery. Remember—For a Stay-Clean Kitchen, Nothing Measures Up to Electric Cooking! See the new electric ranges at your local dealer’s. . . and cook BETTER ..Electrically BUtler 71-3131 pendence set, for the most part, by the small-town, grass-roots editor. Sincerely, Bob Taylor. ® For Stamp Collectors ® By EARL P. L. APFELBAUM Practically every stamp collection is different. Each is the reflection of the one who makes it. All col- lectors, even those who use a stand- ard printed album, add extra pages for novelties, varieties and notes of explanation. These things increase the interest of the collection when it is shown to friends. The so-called general collector fol- lows the plan of putting in his al- bums at least one of each variety available. His aim is to get as broad a representation as possible of the 150,000 different kinds of postage stamps that have been issued since 1840, when they were invented. There are dozens of other plans of collecting which in- clude savings stamps in blocks, or on the original envelopes as used through the mails. Some collectors like particular types of cancellations or restrict themselves to used stamps only, or to unused only. Because of limitation of time or money it is frequently desirable to collect on a restricted basis. This may be geographically limited to a country or group of countries, chronologically confined to stamps issued in certain years, or restrict- ed to stamps bearing pictures of a certain type. Since practically everything known to man has been pictured on stamps the latter form of philately is endless in its variety. There are topical collectors of sports, medicine, automobiles, bridges, waterfalls, women, bearded men, children, flags, lakes, hair-dos and butterflies. There are even col- lectors of stamps of certain colors, the most popular being purple or black. Collectors of United States stamps have many different varieties that they can acquire. There have been about 1,000 different regular post- age stamps, including many pic- torial commemoratives. Then, since ADDITIONAL DALLAS OFFICE HOURS DR. A. S. LISSES Optometrist 5 Main St. Dallas Phone 4-4506 TUESDAY WEDNESDAY ! FRIDAY SATURDAY 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. “Complete Personalized Optical Service” | | | | | 1 DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA 0 Wyalusing Plans Historic Drama In Observance of The residents of Wyalusing, are in the process of producing a his- toric outdoor pageant to be pre- sented August 30 and 31 on their community park in observance of the town’s 205th anniversary cele- bration. Although the script for the show has been considerably changed, the production will be based on the colorful history, of ‘Wyalusing and vicinity much the same as it was in two previous presentations given in 1953-54. The entire show is produced by Wyalusing people with no profes- sional assistance, including the script, original music, costumes, lighting, scenery and the building of an outdoor ampitheatre. The two previous productions were viewed by thousands who thrilled to the dramatic presentation of the righ historical background on which the show is based. Among the highlights of the show will be portrayal of the rescue of Mrs. Roswell Franklin, a resi- dent of Wilkes-Barre, who, with her four small children, were saved from their Indian kidnappers by her husband and a group of soldiers following a deadly battle on Lime 1918 a total of 48 different air-mail stamps have ‘been printed. To these can be added the stamp for Special Delivery, Parcel Post, News- paper, Postage Due and Revenue purposes. They make an absorb- ingly interesting group to collect and arrange in albums. It is esti- mated that over a million collectors specialize in only the stamps of our country. Hundreds of United States stamps are common and can be bought for a few cents each. These provide the nucleus, but to advance the collec- tion toward completion becomes more expensive, and there are sev- eral stamps that sell for more than $1,000 each. Needless to say, there are very few of these rarities in existence and most collectors can only dream about them. The usual way to acquire stamps is through professional dealers, but many scarce stamps can be found in old family correspondence or business records. There are hun- dreds of fortunes still lying in at- tics. Stamps should never be re- moved from the envelopes on which they were mailed until an expert has approved doing so. The reason is that many postmarks and forms of usage add to the value of the stamp. Next week this column will take up the subject of condition and the care of stamps. Address all inquiries to Stamp Editor, in care of this paper, and PI a stamped addressed en- velope for reply. All Kinds of Insurance HAROLD E. FLAGK AGENCY HAROLD E. CHARLES D. { FLACK FLACK Res. Phone Office Phone Dallas Wilkes-Barre 4-4171 VAlley 38-2189 lot our ow SUPER fouting service assure your Home Complete Protection CALL Sweet Valley 2£ SUPER dlean-burning GULF SOLAR HEAT 2L SUPER -scientifically regulated deliveries yo automatic . . . dependable) and He SUPER -satisfactory - burner vies FOR WORLD FAMOUS PRODUCTS OF TOP QUALITY SEE... Charles H. Long Phone Sweet Valley 7-2211 Tune in to news “On The Farm Front” everyday at 12:55. WHWL 730 on your dial. ing heating oil 205th Birthday Hill, near Wyalusing just after the Revolutionary War. The famous Stephen Collins Fos- ter ‘‘Camptown Races” will be musically, dramatized in the show with thé famous horse race .pro- duced exactly as it is described in the noted folk song about the race at Camptown, a community in Wya- lusing Valley, and written by Foster after residing with his brother in nearby Towanda. A newly written episode will deal with French Azilum, near Wyalus- ing, where the Royalists of the French Revolution attempted to make a haven for their ill-fated Queen Marie Antionette who was beheaded before she could escape and live in the colony. Other episodes will present Wya- lusing’s antique fire fighting appar- atus fighting an actual blaze, an- tique autos and other equipment. A replica of an old-fashioned cal- liope will be featured in one of the many musical numbers especially created for the show. One of the leading characters presented in the production will be that of Stephen Brule, noted French explorer who is credited with being the first white man to arrive in the Susquehanna River Valley. ‘Wyalusing people do not seek to make their show a national attrac- tion as do many summer outdoor dramas but the residents are rely- ing to a great extent on its attend- ance coming from some place other than Wyalusing where just about every one in town is appearing in the show or working behind the - scenes. Blue Ridge FFA Dinner Thursday Dr. Frank Anthony To Talk On Mideast Lehman-Jackson-Ross Future Far- mers of America will see slides of agricultural projects in the Middle East Thursday evening, when Dr. Frank Anthony, from State Univer- sity, is the speaker of the evening at the annual dinner for members and parents. Gary Cooper, president, will be toastmaster. William Ward will give the invocation. Lester Squier, sup- ervising principal, will speak briefly, and Edgar Lashford, president of the joint board, will represent the school directors, Herbert Ward, manager of the Dallas Acme supermarket will speak for the fathers, and Bernard G. Gerrity and Miss Rebecca Button will lead singing. Fred Schobert, Vocational Agricul- ture instructor and adviser to the FFA, will present awards, and give organization officers their pins. Glen Rittenhouse will introduce Jacqueline Keener, the chapter sweetheart, and give her the tradi- tional blue jacket. Miss Keener was given her compact at the Sweetheart dance earlier in the year. Honorary degrees will be present- ed to Edgar Lashford and Robert Disque. Following the turkey dinner pre- pared by the Home Economics De- partment under direction of Mrs. Frances Culp, the annual log-sawing contest will be held, with a number of teams competing. 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