“ @ a = a - Ti Re- of ol- re- ith FERRET FERS TRE EER RON EEE SVE Ea EN EE Ee YEE EE EY Eww een sw en er ct, on is <le BRE OW ORR Ew We RSE w an, ne ow EE RE Ree a eee Eee wwe ow ew wR TE we oR Eee ew ew Eee ew was Hee wee gw “x ww Ww EE Mle eve now ee | DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA ~ SAFETY VALVE EXPERT BUCK-PASSING Dear Anonymous: People who write anonymous let- ters to the Dallas Post, should ex- pect an unsigned reply. Does the writer of a letter on the subject of hospitals realize what a staggering sum it costs to erect such a hospital, and what the cost is of maintaining such an institution ? She says she will not contribute to the General Hospital, but would gladly contribute to building a hos- pital out here. How much ? A- million dollars? Bemillion dollars would be a good rufifiing stant on a small hospital, allowing something for a sinking fund’ for maintenance and opera- tion, ¢ 2 Has the anonymous writer any idea of the length of time that would be required to build such a hospital, even supposing the fund could be raised ? Is she willing to wait for erection of a Back Mountain Hospital if she finds that she needs surgical care? If her child is injured in a traffic accident, will $he wait until we have a Back Mountain hospital before she has his skull X-Rayed? Does she realize what a marvel- ous service a large hospital gives its patients, a service which has to be based upon expensive equipment as well as top-notch medical knowl- edge ? d Construction of a new building at General Hospital will benefit everybody in the area. It will add to the general stock-pile of equip- ment, and make it possible to care for more people relieving the pres- sure on overburdened hospitals. The anonymous writer's excuse seems pretty weak. It is so easy to say, “Well if some- body else will do something, so will 1.” 7 So easy to say, “If I can’t write the rules, I won't play ball.” So easy to think, “It’s always the other fellow who gets hurt. 'I worn’t be in any accident. Nobody will put me on’ a stretcher after I | have crashed on the Turnpike, and take me to General Hospital. I without protein loss. er EE A So =] and haytime’s the time for experience -not experiments See the Cunningham today... it’s the World’s Number One Hay Conditioner. ..with more acres of condition- ing experience than all the other makes combined. Get ‘ the full story on how Cunningham’s “crimping action” ; gets your hay out of the field 50% to 80% faster... Go By Experience Ge ID (Cunning The World's Number One Hay Conditioner {CHARLES H. LONG SWEET VALLEY, PA. ug an ' ACTUAL SIZE 100 BUSINESS CARDS FOR A Savings ! 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The concert is co-sponsored by Wilkes-Barre: Philharmonic Orches- tra and Junior League of Wilkes- Barre. Students’ names have been .sub- mitted to Mrs. Houston Day, chair- man, for a musical quiz contest during intermission. Eight names will be drawn from all the contestants and the eight will participate in the quiz. The grand prize will be an RIC.A. hi-fi phonograph and there will be token prizes for the other seven contestants. Mrs. Day also announced that school music supervisors have been most cooperative and there will be music demonstrations during school classes by Philharmonic members. The demonstrations along with a thirty-minute educational television program on ‘Channel! 28 WERE, Saturday morning at 9:30 will help to prepare the students better to understand and enjoy the concert. don’t USE General Hospital.” Can you afford to wait until a Back Mountain Hospital is built be- fore making your contribution ? And now, how about that $2? That is ALL you are being asked to give. The price of half a tankful of gas. A very small roast of pork. A large jar of instant coffee and a pound of butter. A shampoo and pin- curls. v J On second thought, I can’t write an anonymous letter. I always like to stand up and be counted. Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks. Special-of-the-Month 100 Business Cards $4 '| paign to _ THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959 May Month To Improve Home Harrisburg — A State-wide cam- improve the homes of Pennsylvania was inaugurated this week by Governor David L. Law- rence, * The month of May has been de- clared “Home Improvement Month” by the State’s Chief Executive. The Governor, in an official Proclama- tion, urges all property owners to improve their homes through mod- ernization and repair. In this declaration, the Governor calls on all citizens to undertake or plan improvements and moderniza- tion during the month of May. “Aware of the magnitude and urgency for this need of rehabilita- tion of many homes,” he said, “It is our desire that lending institu- tions, contractors, dealers, manufac- turers, trade associations, and real- tors join with local civic organiza- tions and private citizens within the State to assist in promoting a mod- ernization plan for all homes in need of improvement or repair.” The Federal Housing Administra- tion is cooperating fully with the Governor's program. Under the Governor's home improvement loan insurance program the lowest rates for property improvement loans are available. No collateral or mortgage is required and payment may be up to five years with a maximum of $3,500 per home. All loans to property owners for improvement and repair are made by local lending institutions on un- secured notes insured by the Gov- ernment. In twenty-five years of helping homeowners improve the livability and value of their homes, the FHA property improvement program has insured over 22 million repair, alter- ation and improvement loans valued at more than $11% billion. NO APRIL FOOL JOKE Harrisburg—Don’t be stuck with- out a sticker on or after April 1. Any passenger car owner who has not received an application for the 1959 registration year was urged to- day by the State Department of Revenue to notify the Bureau of Call THE POST OR ..-5656 Motor Vehicles immediately. ine To WE WILL SELL YOU OF YOUR CHOICE - Only 10% Down Payment— BALANCE ON NOW IS THE LET US PUT YOUR We Sharpen and Repair All GARDEN TOOLS ! {Main Highway v . 4 Lg Ye, /. “u “ \ . LAST MINUTE RUSH — IN PERFECT CONDITION e THE POWER MOWER EASY TERMS ! Featuring “Lawn Boy” and “Torro” TIME — AVOID OLD LAWN MOWER Trade-In Your Old Mower For A NEW MODEL ! WM. ECKERT =. Trucksville things: good seed, good soil return you get crisp texture, rich flavor, the convenience and economy of fresh supplies at your doorstep. You can raise many interesting and commercially. It’s a lot of fun. FROM YOUR GARDEN By Lyman N. White ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS No summer hobby offers so much for so little as a veg- etable garden. Vegetables are easy to grow, given three and plenty of sunlight. In unusual plants not grown Warning Secretary Maurice K. ‘sylvanians rules: “Farmers In Trash Burning gusty winds, and dry grass and leaves make an explosive mixture.” He added: one follows the following simple ing off field or brush piles should |and tools with you as you attend notify the nearest District Forester’s | the fire. SkUTION B— PAC office before they burn. This aye dispatching wardens to cheél ke. {Don’t burn in the middle of the day in dry, windy weather. Burn) Goddard warned Penn- | in Jate evening hours when the air that “warm weather, |is damper and calmer. Burn after a : | rain. Never leave trash, debris, or | brush fire unattended. Use lots of 1 | water to put out the embers. Burn ! | small amounts at a time. ok And, finally, always keep water On Danger | of Forests and Waters | “Tt will help if every- and contractors burn- ‘The cool-weather species come first, chiefly the salad plants, of which lettuce is the leader. There are two main types—the commercial lettuce with leaves rolled into a tight ball for con- venience in trade handling, and the loose-leafed type, which is better for the home garden as it is richer in vitamins and food value and can be picked a few leaves at a time, instead of lift- ing the whole head. There are many varieties, such as the big Simpson’s Curled, the bright Grand Rapids and the heat-re- sisting Oak Leaf. They can all be readily raised from seed, though young plants may be bought. courtesy JAsgrow Other spring greens should be grown to complement lettuce in the salad bowl. These include cress or peppergrass, mustard, radishes and chives, which are miniature and mild members of the onion tribe, raised from little bulblets for their long leaves like green knitting nee- dles. Their heartier, more robust cousin is the scallion, or bunch- ing onion, which does not make a round bulb and is usually grown from tiny onions, known as sets. The secret of having all these saladings in perfection is moist soil that is rich in plant food, especially nitrogen for leafy plants, since they should grow quickly, yet all have light root systems, not fit for foraging far in search of food. They need a well-prepared bed in the sun- light of spring. For the first potherbs, or boiled greens, spinach is the standard. It is a hardy plant, so much so that seed may be sown before winter sets in and left to come up as the cold abates. More frequently it is one of the first rows to be made up, and cutting will normally start in six weeks, though the new hy- brid spinach should shorten the time by about a week. Where there is a good cook in the family, so that spinach is rel- ished, a 12-ft. row will not be too much, but it should be sown in 4-ft. lengths at intervals of a week. Peas are now popular all the year round, thanks to freezing and canning, but still green peas fresh from the garden are at their delicious best, the pride and joy of the gardener as the first fruits of spring. Varieties range widely, from the low- growing Little Marvel, which requires no brushwood on which to climb, through the medium types such as Thomas Laxton to the tall and late-maturing Alderman, : A good way to sow peas is to set them in a shallow trench, at the same time placing in posi- tion any brushwood needed. Later, when the seedlings are three or four inches high, the sides of the trench are pulled in with a hoe and firmed down, thus giving a deeper set and killing incipient weeds at the same time. Peas are legumes, and the roots of all legumes de- pend for essential nitrogen on certain beneficial bacteria. It is therefore necessary, if peas have not been grown in the gar- den before, to shake the seed with the proper inoculanty, a powder which can be had at the seed store and costs but a few cents. Two other early and valuable crops are asparagus and rhu- barb. Both are perennials, start- ed from roots. They give no yield for a year or two, bat once established in fertile soil they will brighten each spring for a lifetime. NEXT WEEK: Flowers. LEGION NEWS Paul Shaver spent the Easter hol- iday with ‘his daughter, Claudia, in Falls Church, Va. Tom Reese, Sr. is fighting the virus at his home on Franklin Street, Dallas. William O'Brien has given up his position as relief steward at the club. Anyone interested contact Sandy McCulloch. Howard «Whitesell has rejoined the Post after a couple of years absence. Welcome back Howard. The magic number for “Over the Top Membership” is now eighteen. Let's get the dues in boys. After March 31, the 1958 Legion cards cannot be used. Herb Brobst dropped in to see the boys Monday. .Herb lives in Pringle. The plans for the Westmoreland Championship Basketball Banquet at the Legion April 4 have been com- pleted by the committee. The Aux- iliary expects to serve about fifty guests a delicious ham dinner. If anyone has a piano they would like to get rid of call Ed Buckley. The Legion is in need of one. Standing Stalks Aid Corn Borer Survival About forty per cent of the corn borers wintering in stalk fields have survived, the State Department of Agriculture says. Enttomoligists checking borer pop- ulations in corn fields have, found that winter weather, birds and other predators have reduced the population to “about normal levels.” A 10 Machell Ave. — 5 == rR SE—— —— Ee————] Er IL Ji 7 | Elmer T. Williams FUNERAL HOME i Dallas, Pa. Bureau of Plant Industry inspec- tors report that bird activity is espe- cially great in fields of corn picked by hand. Dr. Thomas L. Guyton, director of the bureau, said that to reduce possible damage from corn borers this summer, farmers should be sure to plow under all corn stalks. HERE FOR smooth SUBSCRIBE .TO THE POST If you have a mind for a home of your own . . . if is that you can buy or build it years sooner than yo have thought possible. 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