SECTION A — PAGE 2 \ THE DALLAS POST Established 1889 “More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Now In Its 70th Year” * Member Audit Bureau of Circulations < Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association 3, National Editorial Association 1to , ry Ou 0" 5 Cyent A non-partisan, liberal progressive newspaper pub- lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant, Lehman Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: $4.00 a year; $2.50 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less than six months. Out-of-State subscriptions: $4.50 a year; $2.75 six months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 15¢. When requesting a change of address subscribers are asked to give their old as well as new address. Allow two weeks for changes of address or new subscription to be placed on mailing list. 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Advertising copy received after Monday 5 P.M. will be charged at 85¢ per column inch. Classified rates 4c per word. Minimum if charged $1.00. Unless paid for at advertising rates,. we can give no assurance that announcements of plays, parties, rummage sales or any affair for reising money will appear in a specific issue. Preference will in all instances be given to editorial matter which has not previously appeared in publication. Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Publisher—ROBERT F. BACHMAN Associate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS Sports—JAMES LOHMAN Advertising—LOUISE C. MARKS Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Circulation—MRS. DORIS MALLIN OEE EEE EEE RA RES ER AAT EE EE EE Come Aleng Sometime This weekend marked an excit- ing two-day twenty-one mile drift down the Susquehanna from a spot north of Laceyville to where the trip ended. The trip will long be remembered by the following who made the drift: Paul’ Gates, Sordoni Enterprises, and sons, Paul, Jr, and James, Dal- las; Harry Burns, industrial represen- ‘tatiye, Binger Sewing Machine Co. Daffas, and guest, Jimmy Healy, New Jersey; Ed Friar, Friar and Pizano Glass ‘Tile Co., and son, Edward, Jr., Shav- ertown; ; Vincent Novick, New Jersey Con- struction Co., and son, Billy, Trucks- ville; Tom Considine, Wilkes-Barre Publishing Co., and sons, Tom, Jr. and Pat, Wilkes-Barre; Jack Jennings, Jennings Art Ser- vice, and sons, Brian and Garry, Wilkes-Barre, and guest, Atty. Joe ~ Saunders, Justice ‘Department, Washington, D. €., and son, Joe, Jr.; Joseph Gates, Stegmainer Brew- ing Co., and sons, Joseph, Jr., and Paul, Wilkes-Barre, and nephew, Larry Miller, Dallas, Texas; SET FIN. FUR & FEATHER By The Post’s Wildlife Reporter—John Kupstas LT TT | Captain William Gates, U. S. Air | Vosburg | HH EERE En | Force, Military Air Transport Com- mand, and son, William, Jr.; Anthony Yuknavage, instructor at Myers High School, and son, Rich- | ard, Wilkes-Barre; | Tom and John Kupstas, Hunts- ville. We gathered at Root Hollow Lodge in Forkston Township where we spent Friday night. Arriving at. the lodge about 8 p. m., all pitched in to get supper of potatoes, pancakes, pizza, cheese. and bev- erages.. A brief run-down of the food ‘for the trip included 23 chick- ens, 40 pounds of hamburg, 25 days work for a flock of hens, Can- adian bacon and about five yards of Kielbosi and beverages, a small river in itself, and a vast variety of other things from juices to mustard. At 10 p. m, all the kids hit the sack, some on cots, others in sleep- ing bags and. others were just too mischievous to sleep. The men called it a. day about 2 a. m. after having a midnight snack. The first morning, after a hearty breakfast, we started for Laceyville where the boats were beached. (Continued on Section A, Page 6) Your Library by FRANCES DORRANCE The Library Auction The splended picture of the Ro- tary members sewing the canvas tops for the Auction booths reminds .me of our first auction in 1946. We had English weather—sunshine and showers, umbrellas went up and then went down. Our only tent covered the block and a small group of bidders, all who could squeeze under it. Harry Ohlman and Howard Risley tried their voices and wit at auc- tioning so successfully that the pro- fessional auctioneer, who had offer- ed his services, got mad and went home. ~ Col. Dorrance Reynolds had given a pedigreed bull calf, to be guarded by the Colonel's granddaughter, Mary Belin, and Joanne Levin. ~ (Both girls are now married). When the shewers came, Joanne’s rain- coat was thrown over the calf, and the two girls braved the downpour. That year, Joey Peterson (I wonder if he'd like to be called that now) gave his beloved scooter and re- joiced in the tidy sum it added to the day’s treasury. That first auction was great fun, as have been all that have followed. The Library Board had been wor- ried about plans for raising money to supplement the appropriations from the school districts. Mrs. Le- grand spoke of a letter from La- trobe, reporting that they had raised $1,000.00, by an auction. We hoped that we could do as well. We set to work, committees took up their . responsibilities. Every one gave generously. Unexplored attics were rifled for their treasures. Everyone worked eagerly and we outdid the Latrobe people, for instead of only one thousand dollars, we cleared thirty-five hundred. Unbelievable. That first auction was great fun, as have been all that have followed. Each year, the same enthusiasm, the same faithful workers, the same generosity andthe same big gath- ~ RTT A pa "7 | erings, fathers, mothers, grandpar- ants and many children have made “he same successful auction. Many veople from out-of-town come each vear. The Chevrolet. people sen’ “heir photographer, whose pictures made up a large part of a succeed- ‘ne issue of their magazine. In looking over the early library ~crapbooks, faithfully kept bv Mrs TeGrand, one finds repeatedly the names of Harrv Ohlman, Howard Risley, Henry Peterson, Fritz Hen- 1ricks, Henry Jones, Joe MacVeigh, Ir. Sherman Schooley, Norti Berti, Herbert Hill, and many others whose enthusiasm and continued effort established the Auction on the firm basis it has had throughout the years. As the attic treasures grew fewer, the committee began soliciting new goods and the ready response and generosity of the merchants and firms have helped maintain the high level of the receipts, so that the first $3,500.00 has grown annually to $10,000.00 and over. From the very beginning, espe- cially in the post-war scarcity, everything could be found for sale at the Auction, farm utensils, cook- ing gadgets, dishes, glass, furniture and live stock, especially puppies, so eagerly bid for by the children. The different booths are most successful, while the antiques collection wins rapt bidding. Especial thanks should go to the. Book Club members, for their mag- nificent work in soliciting generally. There are many thrills, which keep people standing or sitting until late in the evenings, the thrill of devo- tion, cooperation of all the splendid men and women who give of their time and strength and enthusiasm. The auction — your auction — has been called “a wonderful community undertaking, in which everyone joins because all are interested in your Back Mountain Memorial Lib- ‘rary.’ SUCCESSFUL INVESTING... by ROGER E. SPEAR lavootmsamt Adviser and Analyst MAGNETIC TAPE COMPANIES ARE VERY FEW IN NUMBER-—— GOOD GROWTH SEEN AHEAD Q. From Connecticut, “I own a tape recorder and have had a good deal of satisfaction from it. It oc- curred to me recently, as I bough’ some magnetic tape, that this field must have tremendous possibilities in many commercial uses that I know nothing about. How would T set about making a small invest ment in the industry? I can afford some risk and will welcome any suggestions.” A. I agree with you wholeheart- edly, The magnetic tape industry ic relatively young, growing rap'dly and has. as vou sav, tremendous nossibilit'es ahead. These lie in in- dustry, entertainment and in missile and space age development. About a year ago, America's first space passenger was given up for lost. A three-months old female mouse named ‘Laska soared hundreds of m'les above the earth in the nose cone of a giant Thor-Able rocket Though the nose cone was never recovered. 'Laska’s sacrifice was no’ in vain. Her reactions to the brief and violent journey, along with data on the behavior of the missile, were automatically transmitted to earth and recorded on magnetic tape. An Electronic Age “Must” The magnetic tape which is an integral part of our missile program | serves a lot of other purposes in electronics. It is used to a large extent in computers, both commer- cially and in defense work, to record da‘a and act as a memory for the machines. You have seen for your- | self the number of uses for tape [in the home. In the entertainment world, at present, lies the biggest pounds of potatoes, eggs— a couple | market for tape. All “live” radio | programs are recorded on magnetic | tape for future re-broadcast. Master (discs for pressing phonograph rec- ords are made from tapes, which ‘can be edited for a perfect perform- ance. « There is a growing market stereo tapes for high-fidelity sound. I believe that there is a {large industrial market for tapes in the future, as an essential element in automation. Only 4 Major Stocks At present, only four major com- panies account for the bulk of tape production. The largest is Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, on the Big Board, which controls over half | the market with its “Scotch” brand | magnetic tapes. Reeves Soundcraft (unlisted, but probably soon on the American Exchange) and Audio De- vices (ASE) are pretty close to one another in magetnic tape sales. | ORRadio Industries (“Irish” tape) comes fourth in value, but not in importance. ORRadio is closely tied in with Ampex Corporation, which is the largest manufacturer of mag- netic tape recorders, and is a whale | of a company. | Reeves Soundcraft Seems Best Choice Of the four stocks available, my strong personal preference is for Reeves Soundcraft. Last year Reeves completed what is believed to be the most modern and efficient manufac- turing plant for magnetic tape in the world. The plant is located in Danbury, in your own state. Change- over and start-up costs left very little in the way of earnings for Reeves in 1958. I look for better ; results this year. Up to the present time, the firm’s major emphasis has been on volume. When this is built up, as I expect it will be, a profitable ‘operation should’ be established. Reeves sells between 9-10"and ‘must be considered a reasonable degree of risk, I believe this stock offers you the best opportunity to be rep- resented in the magnetic tape field. A QUESTION ON AMPEX Q. A Pennsylvania reader asks, “Do you think Ampex is a good buy ? Im looking for the long now ? range; that is, the next ten years.” | A. Your question ties in natur- ally with the inquiry which is an- | swered above. Ampex is not cheap the stock has come down in price | I like Ampex for the long-range | burpose you outlined. In your place, I would buy the shares, provided you don’t lose sleep over possible price fluctuations. (Send your investment questions to Mr. Roger E. Spear, c/o this paper.) Route 115 Construction (Continued from Section A, Page 1) superintendent of construction Mr. Stabler from Harrisburg, make it their eating headquarters. Things will be fine by late fall, Mrs. Steele says, but she wonders if she'll ever get rid of the mud. During the conversation a large - bulldozer grunted up to the side door, level- ling off another load of fill, and the phone went dead. The latest dope is that work will be completed, black - top over crushed stone, with wide shoulders and much widened road-bed, some time between October and Novem- ber. In the meantime, more and more cars are using the section of road that has already been treated with crushed stone, and find that con- | sitions are not as bad as they had been led to believe. Want To Sell Your House? Use The Trading Post | out the hopes for a time. on the basis of earnings, although | almost 20% from this year’s high. | THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 195% i wy nn SETI July 4, 1826 Fifty years ago this date Declaration of Independence signed in Philadelphia, the was died in their respective homes: John Adams at Quincy, Mass.; Thomas rile, Virginia. By Hon. Thomas H. Benten Doubtless there was enough of similitude in their lives and deaths to excuse the belief in the inter- yosition of a direct providence, and ‘everence with which the news of heir confident demise was received hroughout the country. The parallel between them was romplete. Born nearly at the same t'me, Mr. Adams the older, they ‘ook the same course in life—with the same success—and ended their rarthly career at the same time, and ‘n the same way: in the regular course of nature, in the repose and tranquillity of / retirement, in the bosom of their families, and on the 30il which their labors had con- tributed to make free. Born, one in Massachusetts, the other in Virginia, they both receiv- 2d liberal educations, embraced the same profession (that of law). mixed literature and science with their legal studies and pursuits, and >ntered early into the ripening con- ‘est with Great Britain — first in their counties and states, and then ‘n the broader field of the General Congress of the Confederated Colon- ies. They were both members of he Congress which declared Inde- vendence—both of the committee vhich reported the declaration—— both signed it—were both employed in foreign missions — both became vice presidents—and both became nresidents. They were both working mens; and, in the great number of efficient laborers in the cause of Independ- ence which the Congress of the Rev- olution contained, they were doubt- less the two most efficient—and Mr. Adams the more so of the two.. He was, as Mr. Jefferson styled him, “the Colossus” of the Congress— speaking, writing, counseling — a member of ninety different com- mittees, and (during his three years’ service) chairman of twenty-five— chairman also of the board of war and board of appeals; his soul on fire with the cause, left no rest to his head, hands, or tongue. Mr. Jefferson drew the Declara- tion of Independence, but Mr. Adams was “the pillar of its sup- port, and its absent advocate and defender” during the forty days it was before the Congress . .. And it unanimous nomination. In the division of parties which ensued the establishment of the ‘| federal government, Mr. Adams and policy, and became heads of op- posite divisions, Rambling Around By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters Today two signers of the above subject of political Jefferson at Monticello, Charlottes- | was he that conceived the idea of, inscription which he wished to have making Washington commander-in- | chief, and prepared the way for his buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of Mr. Jefferson differed in systems of | but without be-! N TITHE EEE TEETH EAL EEE EEA EEA EOE EE Rb coming either unjust or unkind to each other. Mr. Adams sided with the party designated as federal; and in that character became the attacks, from which his competitor generously de- fended him, declaring that “a more nerfectlv honest man never issued from the hands of his Creator”; and. though opposing candidates for the Presidency, ne‘ther would have anvthing to do with the election, which they considered a question between the systems of policy which w Justiy the festing of mysterious | they represented, and not a question between themselves. Mr. Jefferson became the head of the party then called Republican— new Democratic; and in that char- acter became the founder of the nolitical school which has chiefly prevailed in the United States. He was a statesman: that is to say, a man capable of con- ceiving measures useful to the coun- try and to mankind—able to recom- mend them to adoption, and to administer them when adopted. (The above from Benton's “Thirty Years’ View”). Bv John Lord, LLD He (Adams) was domestic matters—founder of an il- lustrious house, eminent for four successive generations. His wife, who died in 1818, was one! of the most remarkable women of the age . to whose influence the great- ness of his son, John Quincey, is in no small degree to be traced. Adams lived twenty-five years after his retirement from public life in 1801 . . . dividing his time be- library. He lived to see his son president of the United States. He lived to see the complete triumph of the institutions he had helped to establish. - On his final retirement to Mon- ticello in 1809 Jefferson de- voted himself chiefly to his estate which had been much neglected during his presidential career. To his surprise he found himself in come while president. But he did not essentially change his manner of living which was generous, though neither luxurious nor osten- tatious . . . His correspondence was enormous—he received sixteen hun- dred and seven letters in one year and answered most of them. After his death there were copies of six- teen thousand letters he had writ- ten . . . His house was the largest in Virginia, and this was filled with works of art, and the presents he had received. But his financial diffi- culties increased from year to year. Among his papers was found the engraved on his tomb: ‘Here’ was | the Declaration of American Inde- pendence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia.” (The above from “Beacon Lights of History’). : A ONLY YESTERDAY Ten and Twenty Years Ago In The Dallas Post TT From The Issue of July 1, 1949 In this issue there is an archi- tect’s drawing, of the proposed Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, developed by Edmund G. Hilde- brand, junior warden and architect of the edifice. Plans were laid for the new church in 1930, but the coming of the depression cancelled Rev. William Williams, rector, announces that the Diocese of Bethlehem has been most generous in providing funds, through Bishop Sterrett. The building committee — Donald J. Evans, Theodore Raub, Elwood Hud- | son, Paul Goddard, Charles W. Lee and Rev. Williams. chfldrents Service Center at Stull | has been rebuilt. The original camp | building was burned two years ago. | Rev. Bernard Grogan, | priest of St. Therese’s, has been transferred to Williamsport to the Church of the Annunciation. | Anne Dorrance writes of the his- | tory of the Wyoming Massacre. An egg-packing plant in the base- ment of Dixon's Market has been opened by William Hodgson of Bloomsburg. Noxen Veterans will stage a fire- works display on July 4. Main, Lake, Huntsville Road, Church Street intersections get mer- cury vapor lighting. Warren Yeisley’s fungral services draw a throng. He was court steno- grapher for 35 years. Odd Fellows, Oneida Lodge, will sponsor a game between William- sport and Wilkes-Barre A Monday night for benefit of the IOOF or- | phanage. Thaddeus Szela, former Kingston Lieutenant in the Marines. Norma Van Tuyle becomes the bride of James C. Hutchison. Betty Shields is wed to George K. Douglas.” Joann Vandenburg is married to Bud Joseph Diffenbach. painting new back drops and scen- ery for the Dallas Township school stage. Mrs. Marie Rebennack, Meeker, dies at 75. Mrs. R. H. Scureman, 81, former- ly of Dallas and Kunkle, has private funeral services. George LaBar, Orange artist, is! Township coach, is promoted to First | | to Charles Long, Sweet Valley; Betty From The Issue of June 30, 1939 Two shifts of road builders with bulldozers and shovels are working at Lutes Corners as reconstruction of a stretch of highway between Lutes Corners and Evans Falls gets under way. Dallas Roller Skating Rink will be closed on Sundays, due to pressure from residents who complain about the noise. Stray rifle bullets have Dallas in | family was routed when stray bul- former | | Staub are appointed postmasters of | dent of Rotary Club, William Reilly an uproar. A child on Main Street narrowly escaped when a bullet passed over her head, and a family on Davenport Street was endan- gered. Three year old Patsy Poliski was badly frightened when a rifle bullet broke a window in the Tim- othy LaBar home, and the Mintzer lets spattered their yard from the woods. Joseph Polacky and Nicholas Dallas and Trucksville respectively. A. N. Garinger was installed presi- vice president. A Shavertown man, Justice of the Peace G. Harold Lloyd, will run for sheriff. Three cars in a week are wrecked on the Ruggles Crossing curve. Chief Ira Stevenson asks for elimination of the curve. The latest car to tangle with the railroad ran 250 feet down the Lehigh Valley track before the Plymouth driver could get it under control. Debora Jeter, Dallas, joins the American Airlines as a trainee for stewardess. Grandview Avenue in Goss Manor will be developed .Twenty new houses are on the drawing boards, awaiting OK by the FHA. June weddings abound. Recent ones are: Doris Reilly of Forty Fort to Paul E. Rice, Endicott; Helen Himmler of Dallas to Alvah Eggle- ston of Vernon; Florence Carey, Kingston, to Orval Averett, Shaver- town; Evelyn York, formerly of Ald- erson, to Hugh Templeton of Ply- mouth; Almira Post, Sweet Valley, Harter, Hillside, to Raymond Beck, Kingston. since | remarkably | blessed in his family, and in all’ ‘ween his farm, his garden, and his debt, having lived beyond his in- | Taoking Al TV With GEORGE A. and ~ EDITH ANN BURKE Geodirey has decided not to at- tempt to resume his heavy schedule of radio and television programs which last season totaled eight hours, an unusually heavy weekly schedule. : Godfrey will have a radio show Monday through Friday, 9:05- 10 a. m. In addition to the radio series, Mr. Godfrey plans to do a maxi- mum of four special one-hour tele- vision programs during the 1959-60 season. The first of these is ten- tatively scheduled for September 16. No details are available as yet, but Godfrey promised the ‘very best that I can dream up.” sod Discussing his recent’ operation, Mr. Godfrey said that ‘‘briliiant and " heroic” ‘surgery had freed him of the cancer of which he had been a victim two months ago. He has been swimming, hunting, flying his plane, and last week, riding his horse, “Goldie”. again. Sam Levison who took over Arthur Godfrey's show, will con- tinue in that show, Monday through Friday, 10:30-11 a. m., EDT. | Andy Williams takes over as singing host of his own hour-long summer musical show on Tuesday, July 7, with Janis Paige, Johnny | Carsen, Eddie Hodges and Peter Ap- 'pleyeard as premiere guests. “The Andy Willams Show” will be pre- sented as the summer replacement for “The Garry Mocore Show.” | Eddie Hodges, who has been very busy since he first appeared on | “Name that Tune” lost out on the | role that he tried very hard to obtain. Choice for the role of Johnny Dorset in O’Henry’s ‘‘The Ransom of Red Chief” was between Eddie Hodges or Teddy Rooney, son of Mickey Rooney. Teddy Rooney, who is nine years old will star with William Bendix in the Rexall TV Special on Sunday, August 16, on NBC. The freckle-faced Teddy varies from the description of Johnny Dor- set only in that his hair is blond, rather than the fiery red described by O. Henry. lad with “bas-relief freckles,” a boy endowed with boundless energy to fulfill the difficult task of por- traying a little monster who hands -out such punishments to his can- tors that they try to return to his father before a cent of ransom has been paid. This plav will mark Teddv’s first dramatic TV appearance, although he has made two apvearances as himself on Jack Parr’s show and last month took part in “America Salutes the Merry Month of May.” He has a role in the newly released Doris Day picture, “It Happened to Jane.” Who Bays? This new panel quiz show, which will be telecast 8-8:30 p. m. on Thursday, stars Mike Wal- lace. ds emcee, with Sir Cedric Hardwicke Celeste Holm and Gene Klavan as panelists. In tha came, the panelist will try to identifv a guest celebrity (tem- porarily hidden), by questioning three persons who work for the visitor. The employees will svlit $400 if the panelists cannot identify the celebrity. Each show will pre- sent two games. Jimmy Durante, who hasn’t been ‘n a live television show since June, 1956, will star in a TV special Sep- tember 25. The show. “The Best of Durante” will highlight great mo- ments in the entertainer’s career and will also feature several guest stars. . Chet Huntley is off to Africa to cial programs on African national- ism to be telecast on NBC-TV. During the past year, Huntley has traveled about 50,000 miles. Noxen Cub Scouts Have Outdoor Party Dens 4 and 6, Noxen Cub Scouts, held a covered dish fried chicken picnic at Dymond’s Grove on Sat- urday. Present were Mrs. Gerald Grant, Garry Patton, Mr. and Mrs. William Hollos, Edward, John, Ray- mond, Stanley, Leroy Scott, Den Mother Mrs. Franklin Patton, Stev- en Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Schenck, Keith and Marshall, Stev- en Arendt. Den Mother Grace Keiper, Allen, Tommy, Teresa, David and John Mulligan, Mrs. Charles Engelman, Den Mother Mrs. Dick Traver, Richard and Robert Traver, Chris and Stacey Lattimer, Mrs. William Siglin, Sharon. Dorine, Lyle Siglin, Carol Patton, Mrs. Fred Case, Mildred, Ricky, Loren, Roger, Richard Wilson. Two Local Students On Dean's List At Wilkes Two Back Mountain students were named on the Dean’s List at Wilkes College for the past semes- ter. They were: Frederick J. Roberts, Shavertown, who gradu- ated first in a class of 248 with an average of 4.00, the highest ob- tainable; and Beverly Major, Lehman, a sophomore. Mr. Roberts is son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Roberts, Yeager Avenue. Miss Major is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Major. She is a Student Government representa- | tive and a member of Theta Delta SUBSCRIBE TC THE POST Cen Rho Sorority. a The role calls for a |. DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA § Botnyard Notes : > > Who put the fireworks in the Fourth of July? Much of the credit goes to John Adams, according to The World Book Encyclopedia. The Founding Father declared that Independence Day ‘ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward for evermore.” So, from that time forward, the birthday of the U. S. has been marked by brilliant explosions of color and noise . . . and the deaths and accidents that invariably accompany them. Americans, however, got the idea for fireworks from Europeans, who got the idea from the Arabs, who merely copied the Chinese. In 1232 A.D., when a Chinese city was besieged by Mongols, f. defenders cooked up a batch of saltpeter, sulphur and charcoal & frightened their attackers with “arrows of flying fire.” Arabs were quick to copy these weapons, which probably were rockets. The Crusaders brought them back to Europe, where the Italians discovered that they made fancy exhibitions as well as for- _midable weapons. By the time fireworks spread to England and France, figures and structures of wood and plaster had been added. In 1520, when Henry VIII met Francis I on the Field of the Cloth of Gold in northern France, the historic moment was celebrated by the appearance of a huge dragon that thundered across the sky breathing fire. fr Spe i By the 1600's, fireworks had developed into such an art that two schools of thought had arisen to argue over methods of display. The Southern school, centered in Italy, concentrated on building elaborate structures such as castles and temples, from which the fireworks were exploded. The technique of setting off the fireworks was shrouded in mystery. The Northern school, influenced by the Protestant movement in Germany, thought the Italian procedure smacked of popery. The Northerners exhibited their fireworks before the show, for all to admire, and then made them the important part of the display. While the two schools fumed over their firecrackers, fireworks crossed the Atlantic and became an American institution. x A LIFE FOR AN IDEAL ® We salute the hundredth anniversary of the birth of a great American, Walter Scott Lenox. He never led an army. He never ran for public office. He never held a press conference. So far as we . know, he never made a public speech. Nor did he ever compromise or discount the ideal for which he lived and worked and suffered. No pressure of friends or foes or finances ever forced him into the expediency of mediocrity. After a lifetime of struggle, overtaken by blindness, partial paralysis and debt, Walter Scott Lenox achieved his goal. He had made the world’s finest china in America, achieved the recognition of Europe for his artistry and craftsmanship and established a company ‘that would keep alive through the years his contribution to the country’s prestige. Born in the pottery center of Trenton, N. J., Lenox became an apprentice potter at a tender age. Spurred on by a love of beauty and a capacity for painstaking care, he advanced rapidly, became art director of his company at twenty. But he realized that American china was quite crude, and that he would have to form a company of his own to have the freedom to develop quality that would rival the Old World's finest and he was resolved to make the best, or none at all. In 1889 when other American companies were stamping their wares with English marks to make them saleable, Lenox set out, with the investment of his total savings of $4,000, to establish a mark of his own that the world would look up to. : Twenty-nine struggling years later, Lenox delivered the first American china to the White House, a 1,700 piéce set costing $16,000 and ordered by Woodrow Wilson. On the heels of this recognition came orders from royalty, the great and the near-great over the globe. The Lenox dream was fulfilled. He had made an American fine china the choice of world connoisseurs. His company at last was solvent. In 1919 the blind, almost helpless paralytic called in his associates, burned the firm's paid up notes and mortgages in a miniature kiln set up in the office for the purpose. Within months, Lenox was dead In 1959, to perhaps signalize the founder's centennial, the com pany has brought out its famous ware in a new shape. “Sculpture”, they call it. It would be a monument the founder would like, for this is the type of sculpture Walter Scott Lenox would understand best. 1,550 —d From Pillar To Post . By MRS. T. M. B. HICKS, JR. film the first of two full-hour spe- |. It’s hot up in the attic these days, so plan to do your rummaging for the Library Auction in the cool of the morning before the sun heats up the shingles. There is sure to be something salable up there, along with the treasures that you have to keep because great-Aunt Ella gave it to you for a wedding present and might come to visit unexpectedly. " Hot weather makes an attic or a storage room look overloaded. The auction is the answer. While it is perfectly true that it is the new goods and the i. tiques and the refreshment stand that bring in the cold hard cash, it is the used furniture that brings the crowd. Get a golden oak chest of drawers up on the stand, and watch the bidders go to town. Each woman mentally paints the sturdy chest according to her own ideas, and installs it in the summer cottage or in the nursery, or removes the mirror and uses it downstairs in the play-room for a catch-all. It’s a lot of storage space for a few dollars, and paint will rejuvenate it. And that porch rocker . . . nothing like a tall-backed, porch rocker for solid comfort. Any number of porch rockers can be sold over the block. Look around in the attic and see if you can find one. Maybe you will find yourself buying it back when you see how many folks want it. 3 - Dishes always go at a good price. And it never fails to astonish the owner that a painted caina pin-tray will bring a fantastic amount. Some folks come to the Auction to pick up a bargain for use in the summer cottage, or to see what's doing in the antique line, but most, folks actually come for the fun, and find themselves bidding before they know it. ) The auction is no place for reticence. If you want something, wave like crazy until the auctioneer's attention is attracted, and then speak up with your bid. I have in my collection of ironstone a nice little pitcher which was knocked down to me for a thin dime the first year of the auction. Standing beside me in the drizzle was a woman who looked at me with hate in her eye. “I wanted that pitcher,” QUARTER for it.” “Well, why didn’t you speak up?” “Will you sell it to me for a quarter?” : “Of course not. I love it. It is exactly right for a quart of milk.” The little pitcher still holds a quart of milk in my Frigidaire. It is a cherished possession. And those blue plates I bought from the Odds and Ends counter two years ago. They're lovely. There are times when I deplore the brisk market in puppies. They are such engaging little creatures, but they tend to be homesick the first night out. Grandchildren have a way of sinking into com- plete oblivion when they drop into bed after the Auction, but the puppy, purchased with carefully hoarded cash assets, has mo in- tention of letting any of the adults in the family get a spot of shut- eye. And he has a way of being a she. Always. The Auction this year looks bigger and better than ever. Swim- ming pools and motor boats, no less. And a car. ; It’s different from the first Auction, when folks gathered up what was in the attic, donated it, and went home with their neighbor’s treasures, all in the space of one day. It rained, but who cared? The crowd looked pretty sparse, compared with the thousands who gather now for the big two-day and night event, but it was a lot of fun. And then, as now, it was for the support of the Back Mountain Memorial Library, a peculiar treasure of this community. she hissed, “and I'd have given a whole dé - dD TO = en gn 1 Mv
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