SECTION A — PAGE 2 THE DALLAS POST Established 1889 “More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Now In Its lst Year” en ] ! or’ Member Audit Bureau of Circulations - Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association o National Editorial Association At A non.partisan, liberal progressive mewspaper 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 Aet 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, 15c. 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 t0 be placed on mailing list. Single copies at a rate of 10c each, can be obtained every Thursday morning at following newsstands: Dallas—Berts Drug Store, Dixon's Restaurant, Helen's Restaurant, Gosart’s Market; Shavertown—Evans Drug Store, Hall's Drug Store; Trucksville— Gregory’s Store, Trucksville Drugs; Idetown—Cave's Store; Har- veys Lake—Marie’s Store; Sweet Valley—Adams Grocery; Lehman—Moore’s Store; Noxen—Scouten’s Store; Shawanese— Puterbaugh’s Store; Fernbrook—Bogdon’s Store, Bunney’s Store, Orchard Farm Restaurant. The Post is sent free to all Back Mountain patients in local Hospitals. If you are a patient ask your nurse for it. ‘We will not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manu- scripts, photographs and editorial matter unless self - addressed, stamped envelope is enclosed, and in no case will this material be held for more than 30 days. : National display advertising rates 84c per column inch. Transient rates 80c. Political advertising ‘$1.10 per inch. \ Preferred position additional 10c per inch. Advertising deadline Monday 5 P.M. Advertising copy received after Monday 5 P.M. will be charged at 85¢ per column inch. > ! 3 Classified rates 5c 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 raising 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—ILOUISE C. MARKS Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Circulation—DORIS MALLIN Editorially Speaking: STAMPING OUT PROSPERITY Back in the mid-fifties when those bug-like foreign cars first began to appear in numbers on U. S. highways, some of them sported a window sign that read: ‘Help stamp out Cadillacs.” It was supposed to be a joke. Evidently, though, this appeal was taken seriously in some governmental circles. At least there seems to be a concerted drive that is having the effect—if not the in- tent—of stamping cut not only Cadillacs but all other makes of standard-size automobiles. The bludgeon for this campaign is the gasoline tax. Both the state and federal governments have been boosting the rate of this tax at such a pace that they have also boosted the sale of midget-sized cars. : First came a swarm of miniature imports from over- seas. Then American manufacturers found themselves forced to follow the trend. Now the foreign car fad is turn- ing into a compact car landslide, with the result that ex- perts are making this prediction: By 1964 one of every five cars on the road will be an ‘“‘economy-size” model. The most ironic twist is that this derives from a de- sire for fuel economy at a time when the actual price of gasoline makes it one of the most economical buys in the market place. Over the past ten years the national average price of regular grade gasoline went up only an almost imperceptible five percent. But motorists pay substantially more for this pro- duct because in the same period the national average tax on gasoline increased 51 percent—to more than 10 cents a gallon. The federal gasoline tax alone has risen 166 per- cent since the start of 1951. Last year’s boost in this federal tax—bringing it up to four cents a gallon—was supposed to be temporary, last- ing only to June 30, 1961. But now Congress is being sub- jected to a campaign to persuade it to toss that promise out the window. Instead of letting the ‘temporary’ tax expire, pressure is on to pile another half-cent on top of that four-cent rate. Those pint-sized foreign cars are no longer any joke, and there's nothng funny now about the saying: ‘Help stamp out Cadillacs.” For the heavy gasoline tax that did so much to make those small cars popular can cause a lot of other changes, too—unless motorists and business people start putting up road blocks against higher tax rates. It's Easy When You Know How A recent AP wirephoto shows a two year old child with its head . caught between iron railings, while a mechanic cuts the bar loose with a hacksaw. Shades of Charles Dickens! Anybody who has read Bleak House knows how to get a child out of that predicament, as easy as falling off a log! : Remember little Peepy? A two year old child's body will go wherever his head has gone, if the head is caught in a vertical trap with room to maneuver the shoulders. It is impossible to pull the head back through the railing without removing his ears; but it is perfectly simple to turn his shoulders and thread the rest of him between the bars. ~ Many a child with his head between the banisters has been rescued by a smart mother and an older sister, or a grandmother, one supporting the child from beneath, one gently easing the child through te aperture from above, Eleven years ago in the Dallas Post the system worked with a set of twins, one after the other. One twin experi- mented, was rescued, and the other twin felt that his brother was getting all the attention. And the very week the Dallas Post carried the story, The Saturday Evening Post came out with one of its “What would you have done?” problems. The problem: What to do when a child gets caught in the banisters? The answer: Thread him through the railings. Don’t try to remove his ears. Williams Reunion Cafeteria Volunteers The Williams Reunion will be held | on Saturday, August 13.at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weidner, Pop. lar Street, Fernbrook. charge of volunteers for Gate Mrs. Jerome Gruver will have of Heaven Cafeteria for 1960-1961, | succeeding Mrs. John Exarhopoulos, SUCCESSFUL INVESTING... ROGER E. SPEAR 0 Advisor end Actlyes Frying Pan to Fire * Not Wise Jump Qs “I am concerned about Harris Intertype as I hold 210 shares of this stock and have over $5,000 paper profits. Should I sell and take profits, hoping to buy back at lower prices later, or should I hold for capital gains over the next five years?” G. V. . A. This is always a difficult question to answer. If you are seriously concerned, say to the point of staying awake nights, I would do what J. P. Morgan once advised, sell down to the sleeping point. If your holdings in the stock are en- tirely disproportionate to your list as a whole, it would be prudent to bring your investments into balance by | disposing of part of your holdings. Aside from these personal considera- tions, I see no reason to sell Harris Intertype. This stock has a strong position in printing equipment and has moved into electronics. On offi- cial estimates of $5.50 a share net in the current fiscal year, the stock sold recently at 11 times earnings, which is reasonable for a situation that seems to be in a strong growth trend. I believe the long-term out- look for the shares is excellent, and on this basis I would not sell. . Q. “I am thinking of selling my Jupiter Oils and buying Waltham Precision. What is your opinion?” J. H. : A. TI go along with you on the sale of Jupiter. This is a relatively small exploration and development situation that I believe has very limited prospects. But why step out of the frying pan and into the fire? If you get out of one low-priced speculation that has caused you a loss, I would consider it good judg- ment to stay out of this general field and go for better quality. If you want. to buy into electronics and can assume market risk, T would rather see you buy Baird-Atomic, which has shown definite signs of growth. Neophytes Advised Te Avoid Warrants Q. “I have heard much talk about money being made in war- rants. Just what are warrants and what is your opinion of them as a trading medium?” G. S. A. There have been a number of inquiries about warrants in my mail lately, so I intend to devote my entire column today to: this subject. Warrants represent the right to buy a given stock at a fixed price, some- times with no time limit but usually within a specified period. Aside from this right, warrants are worthless. They represent no ownership in a company, and they pay no dividends. Stock warrants are pretty much the same as real estate options, which give the holder the right to acquire property under specified conditions. The speculative attraction in war- rants is that they normally sell well below the price of the stock on which they have a call. Because of this factor alone, in a rising market, warrants can show a proportion- ately much higher gain than the stock to which they are tied. There is another side to the coin, of course. If the stock falls, you are likely to suffer a far greater loss percentage in your warrants than in the related shares themselves. Most warrants today are fully priced and command a substantial premium over their option value. As you say, there is a great deal of talk about money made in warrants. Money is made but largely by professionals and by knowledgeable people who are able to devote a great deal of study to this medium. Unless you fall into either of those categories, I would avoid speculating in warrants. In my experience, a great deal more money is lost than made in them, but you never hear much talk about that side of the picture. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) = SAFETY VALVE / STATIONED IN ALASKA Dear Mr. Risley: May I please have information about the cost of sending The Dallas Post to my son-in-law, Floyd L. Weber? He will be stationed at Ladd Airforce Base in Alaska for fifteen months. He is formerly from Harveys Lake and is naturally hungry for Back Mountain news. We send him clippings, but I know he would enjoy having the paper. Sincerely, Mrs. Sheldon Frantz Dallas, RDI. Youth Crusaders Camp Donald Smith, Betty Jane Scott, Sonia and Sandra Pizarro are camp- ing with 100 other Christian Youth Crusaders at the CYC camp on Barnes Lake near Beach Lake. They are members of the Trucksville Free Methodist CYC chapter. Donald Smith has attended this camp three years and always has managed to catch at least one big pickerel out of the lake. Campers sleep in tents in the woods, in sleeping bags, on cots, or on the ground and love it and come ‘back for more every year. Activities include archery, boating, fishing, track, softball, wolleyball, hiking, Bible study, swimming, chapel time, and food time, yi Subscribe To The Post as L amid Norman Johnstone, executive sec- THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1960 SHIR nn Rambling Around By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters A IR For relaxation there is nothing like brated our thirtieth anniversary by a trip up across Lake Superior. This started by train around the western = end of Lake Ontario, through the Canadian fruit and vege- table region, thence across the neck of the Canadian Arrowhead from Toronto to Georgian Bay. We liked the trains. The dining cars use a place mat which is an interesting map; the stations are painted red with yellow trim, surrounded by lawns and flower gardens and adorned with flower window boxes and equipped with screen doors. It was mostly a region. of lake plains, blending into rolling country with rail fences, many horses in the pastures, comparatively few silos and dairy cattle, some shorthorn cattle. It did not look particularly prosperous, but then that was a dry year, New York State being practically parched. A noteworthy sight was an area of tobacco fields and new drying houses about lati- tude 440 N. or more northerly than Portland, Maine. Apparently Uncle Sam’s price support program favors Ontario tobacco like it did potatoes a few years ago. Georgian Bay, on the shoulder of Lake Huron, is almost a big lake in itself with 30,000 islands and great stretches of open water. It was the avenue of French expansion to the north and west to escape the Iro- quois and the scene of much of the Jesuit effort to Christianize the natives, especially the Hurons. Near the south end is a Martyr's Shrine, commemorating Fathers Brebeuf, Lalemant, Garnier, and Chabanel who died in 1649. With Lake Huron it was important in the fur trade and the struggle for mastery of the continent. Today it is a short route for Lake freighters carrying grain from the northwest for transship- ment to eastern points and overseas. It is 223 miles from Port McNicoll to Detour Light at the foot of the St. Mary’s River, mostly open water, the few islands seen being pictur- esque. The trip is enlivened by group singing, dances, horse races, various games,” movies, and eats upon eats. They serve a hearty breakfast, then bouillon from 10:00 to 10:30 a. m., a full course lunch, then afternoon tea 4:00 to 4:30 p. m., with a big served in staterooms by request And no one is hungry after a meal. The menus are long and the portions | large. If one at a table orders cake’ for dessert, a big plate of assorted kinds is produced and passed around Ji everyone. If one orders fresh fruit, a basket of half a dozen kinds is brought out and also passed to everyone. We were introduced to Stilton cheese and crackers for des- sert, also passed around and dished out with a big spoon. The chairs were firmly fastened to the floor, really revolving stools. The entire boat, made in [Clyde shipyards, Scotland, was heavily ornamented a boat trip. Five years ago we cele- dinner in the evening. Night lunches | jing the entertainment steward, were | with brass which shone, Decorative tubs of beautiful plants were in the public rooms and flowers scattered around and on the tables. The boat was not large as boats go, about 350 ft. long, 44 ft. wide, two stateroom decks, speed fifteen knots. We shivered as two nurses at our * table told of Manitoba winters, and learned something about international business from a traveling man selling machinery. Leaving Detour Light, about fifty miles mostly twisting and turning brought us to Sault Ste. Marie, at the foot of the “Soo” locks, which is’ becoming an industrial area. It was Sunday and we attended a ser- vice in the ‘United Church of Canada,” and looked over the freight locks on the ‘American side, the world’s busiest waterway, handling as much tonnage as Panama and Suez combined. All passenger ships use the Canadian lock, its passage being one of the high spots of the trip. In early times this was a place of hard and dangerous portage. ] Lake Superior, the world’s largest lake, is 35 miles long, 165 miles wide at the extreme width, 603 ft. above sea level, about 21 feet above Lake Huron. In twelve hours you sight land maybe once or twice. At the (Canadian Lakehead there are several very large and deep bays. Fort William and {Port Arthur, originally pioneer trading posts and frontier settlements, dating from 1678, are ports for shipment of grain and other products and also vacation centers, 272 miles from Sault Ste. Marie. Our total mileage by water the round trip. was just under 1100. Terminal and passing boats pro- vided a lot of interest. One yacht, which had moved up from the Gulf and tied up at Sault Ste. Marie must have cost as much as several fine homes. Freighters were mostly grain and ore carriers, long, blunt, cigar-shaped craft with many hatches and not much superstruc- ture. : Passengers came from everywhere and from all walks of life. An old lakehand reminisced in our hearing. A retired paper man explained the business as we watched pulpwood loading at Port Arthur. An employe of the Canadian Grain Board, on vacation, talked about wheat grading and controls as we passed grain elevators. Many of the crew, includ- students. A nurse brought on board _an Indian baby, who. had undergone ‘a serious: head operation. Several retired people were on board, some on transcontinental trips. One French-Canadian mother who had been educated in France and had traveled extensively there was interesting to talk to, and her daugh- ter more so. The girl had been brought up under strict discipline, after the first grade, in girls schools. She was insisting on attending some exotic co-educational college, espe- cially where the girls were allowed to wear shorts. . TET ONLY YESTERDAY Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Post From The Issue Of August 4, 1950 Joseph Pooley has an editorial on the Family / Reunion in this issue that is worthy of framing. Harris Haycox, manager Lazarus Department Store, of will team of Dallag Indians. SProhibition Party supporters held a rally Saturday afternoon at the Free Methodist Camp Grounds, at which candidate for governor Richard Blews spoke, introduced by Rev. H. D. Olver, Jr. Albert Crispell, candidate for 14. Governor, also spoke. Kunkle firemen got their first workout ‘with the new pumper on Friday, when lightning set fire to two barns, Denman’s in Beaumont and Patton’s in Buckwheat Hollow. Both barns were a total loss. Lake Silkworth is planning the annual Water Carnival, which will feature = story book : floats, “for August 20. ; Luzerne County rejected an ordi- nance as illegal, designed to bring Natona Mill into Dallas Borough. Dallas Township and Dallas Borough have been in dispute on this point for some time. The case was tried June 8 before the court en banc, Judges Pinola, Aponick, Flannery and Lewis. William Young, held prisoner after Corregidor, whose health was under- mined by hardship, died last week. His wife Shepherd of Dallas. Mr. Young was a key man in National City Bank in its Oriental branches, and returned to Manila after the war at the specific request of General Mac- Arthur. Four weddings on the social page: Dorothy Weaver of Kunkle to Henry Kraft of Noxen; Jean Zimmerman of Wilkes-Barre to James Martin of Sweet Valley; Mildred Lyons of Dallas to Robert Broody, Main Road; Helen Urick of Jackson Township to John Niezgoda of Lehman. An increasingly serious condition is centered in Susquehanna 'and ‘Wayne Counties, where rabies is on the increase. Game and agricultural agencies are joining forces to por- mote a program of fox poisoning considered the prime suspect in pread of rabies. Much valuable live- | stock has been lost. : / sponsor a Litttle League baseball is the former Martha retary of Wyoming Valley Motor Club, says the road around Harveys Lake will be improved, and chuck holes filled, also a guard rail will be erected at Warden Place. Erom The Issue Of August 2, 1940 i Steady streams of khaki-clad soldiers will continue to move all next week over Back Mountain roads following the same route taken by the 93d Infantry last week, National Guardsmen converging on Plattsburg for the biggest peace-time military maneuvers. William Thomas, home in Dallas from one year in the Navy, says he is glad he is an American. He saw too many refugees on the fringes of the War for comfortable memory. i A terrific storm in the Back Mountain put. phone lines out of order, killed cows harboring under trees, washed out roads, and flooded streams. Dr. H. O. Boston, veterinary sur- geon, formerly of ' Noxen, died in Orange, N. Y., after several months illness. His father is Dr. C. L. Boston of Noxen. President Roosevelt may mobilize the National Guard. ’ l Washington OKs a. $10,000 WPA job for improvement of Trucksville school grounds. 4 Out-of-county trucks, are bringing bootleg coal to this area. Watch out for short weight. Looks as if heavy equipment, due to the European war, will be in short supply. W. H. Schaull, operat- ing at Dallas, is purchasing $47,000 worth of heavy tractors. ‘Mrs. Bertha Carkhuff, 48, buried. An East Dallas youth was drowned at Lake Louise. Thomas Miller, 17, is Companions tried to rescue him, but were unsuccessful. Ruth Churnside of Parsons became the bride of Edward VanHorn Friday evening. The couple will live in Dallas. ‘Esther Barnes of Huntsville and Lawrence Smith of Sweet Valley, were married in the parsonage of Wyoming Avenue Christian Church, Rev. Charles H. Frick officiating. Announcement has been made of | the marriage of Muriel Craft. to Judson Baily. : stepped off a ledge into deep water. | Kingston Township supervisors Ais [Looking at T-3 With GEORGE A. and i EDITH ANN BURKE JUDSON LAIRE has been head of various television families since 1949, but the tall (6° 1”), distin- guished-looking, gray-haired actor readily accepts such type-casting. “After all,” he explains, ‘when you've reached my age you can’t ex- pect to play young leading men.” Laire has portrayed Emory Ban- nister, the millionaire head of the Bannister clan, on ‘Young Doctor Malone” since July of 1959 when he created the role on the ed wide popularity \n the role of Papa on the “I Remember Mama” series. He played the part during the eight years the program was on TV. Though he has been acting now for 26 years, Judson started out as a salesman and sold real estate for 12 years before switching careers. He never regretted his decision. Born in New York City on Aug. 3, 1902, Laire moved to Pleasant- ville, N. Y., at the age of two and has lived there since. A ‘“‘serious- minded amateur actor,” to use Jud- son’s own description, he performed with local groups after = business hours until the depression. The real . estate business was hard hit and he felt he wouldn't be risking anything if he changed careers at this time. In 1935, just a few years after turning professional, he made his Broadway debut in “First Lady.” During the next several years he acted on radio, in stock and toured in “Rain from Heaven,” and other plays. In 1948 he appeared in the first ‘“Philco Television Playhouse” program, ‘Dinner at Eight,” This past season he was on Broadway in “Third Best Sport,” starring Celeste Holm. He also was featured in the recent movie, “John Paul Jones.” A bachelor, Laire lives in New York City during the week but spends weekends at his Pleasant- ville home, where he relaxes by gar- dening. He also enjoys traveling abroad and listening to music, es- pecially operas. PENNY PARKER, 19 year-old ‘singer and actress who plays the role of the grown-up on the Danny Thomas’ show was visiting in Holly- wood when an agent spotted her and got her three quick roles on net- work shows. Penny’s real name is Jacqueline Francine Parker; She was born in New York, where she attended Pub- lic School 70 and Professional Child- ren’s school. After studying and playing little groups in New York, she played in the original Broadway production of “Anniversary Waltz,” with Marjorie Lord who plays Dan- ny Thomas’ wife in the television show. WRANGLER — a new Western series, will have its premiere tele- cast on Thursday, Aug. 4. The week- ly half-hour program stars Jason Evers as Pitcairn, a wandering ad- venturer of the Old West. The program will take the time period of the vacationing Tennessee Ernie Ford. ARLENE FRANCIS who pinch-hits for Parr will serve as hostess for the “Today” telecasts during the week of Aug. 1-5 while Dave Garroway is on vacation. LIBRARY OFFICIALS have been heaping letters of praise on the pro- | ducer of “The Howdy Doody Show,” for its ‘Reading Is Fun’ project. The new feature was introduced on the program last March 19 to interest children in reading books “for enjoyment.” Each week Howdy Doody recommends several books especially selected for young readers by a committee of experts in the children’s book field. Librarians report that because of Howdy Doody many children who never visited the library are report- ing faithfully each week asking for the books recommended on “Howdy Doody Show.” are widening Oak Street between Harris Hill and Carverton Roads. From The Issue of August 1, 1930 | / The water situation is becoming acute, and citizens are staging a protest. PUC will send engineers to make a survey. Many families have been without water recently. Elwood Elston has been appointed special traffic officer in Dallas Bor- ough at 60 cents an hour. . Mrs. G. H. Bulford, 61, was buried in Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. Four sections of an excursion train from Coxton Yards went through Dallas on Thursday, passengers standing in the aisles. Reminiscent of days when excursion trains to Harveys Lake were a daily feature. Firemen stood helplessly by while the Bollinger home burned to the ground for lack of water. A new house burned to the ground on the old Fair Gounds, Tuesday night. It is believed to be the work of an arsonist. Engineers are working on the new gasoline pipeline which will convey gasoline from Philadelphia to Syra- cuse for the [Sun Oil Company, the only such pipeline in the United States. With headquarters for this section in Trucksville, the company expects to employ 100 local workers. Ryman Reunion Ryman family reunion is scheduled ‘for -August 20 at Colonial Park, on { | Route:92, between Tunkhannock and Nicholson. The affair will be a basket rs Fafa daytime | drama series. Laire previously earn- | the |- DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA § Barnyard Notes The russet fields of oats are ripe for' harvest along North Eaton Road where it trails the slumbering Susquehanna from Tunkhannock until it suddenly comes to an end in a patient farmer’s barnyard near Hunter's Ferry at the great bend opposite Vosburg. Black Eyed Susans nod in the August sun as the dug road skirts away from the damp overhanging ledges and cuts through gently sloping river bottom farms. Sleek Holsteins—a study in white and ebony—graze in lush meadows. : Along the hedgerows, Jewell weed—the children’s touch-me- not—peeps timidly from beneath the rank growth of sturdy lavender bergamot and taller blossoms of the dainty flowering purple ras- berry. ” A flock of crows, disturbed from their feast around the carcass of a groundhog on the road ahead, caw noisely as they rise to the protecting limbs of a¢nearby pine. ; The sky—now wide—is as azure as the St. Lawrence, once it. passes Quebec and tumbles toward the Atlantic—and as hard to grasp. Billowing clouds—white as a bride's gown, float gently above the sturdy green hemlocks grasping for a foothold on the rocky palisades on the distant side of the river. This was Indian country, less than 200 years ago, when the silent war canoes of hostile Iroquois glided down river from their rendezvous at the juncture of the Chemung at Tioga Point. It is historic country. Lovely country—a place where the wan- derer can escape the daily hurly burly; where a man can dream, if he will, and soak in the beauty that lies within minutes of the beaten path. they will be trampled by the. irreverent—by those who want to get there fast and strew beer cans in their wake. Pioneer farmers hewed these fields from the wilderness and dug roads through the narrows long before post riders and river boats carried the mail down river. : Read the names on the mailboxes in front of these old river homes—Dana, Robinson, Williams—families whose forebears settled these lands shortly after the Revolution. But this land along the river that was to be named Eaton Town- ship in 1817 after General Eaton, the hero of Tripoli, was settled many years before the Revolution by Zebulon Marcy, Adam Bowman, for aa At times I hesitate to write about these favored spots for fear whom Bowman’s Creek was named; Philip Bush and Adam Wort: gs man. The three last named were low Germans: With the exception of Wortman, a Tory, all of them left before the war. Wortman, who gave aid to the British and Indians before the Battle of Wyoming was killed by a scouting party when he raised a gun against the settlers. After the Revolution, three brothers from Connecticut came to North Eaton. They were Obadiah, Aaron and John Taylor. Obadizh, a Revolutionary soldier, rests in the old Robinson Burying Ground—a jewel of memory near Walter Robinson's Farm at Hunter's Ferry, once the site of a thriving shad fishery. Obadiah took Lot 33 as his claim from Connecticut and there one of his daughters met Capt. Jarid Robinson of Forkston, another Revolutionary soldier. Obadiah was the grandfather of Markland Robinson—a name kept alive by a great grandson who still tills these ancestral acres. © No one should drive up North Eaton Road who has not time to pause under the summer sun and cloudless sky at the old Robinson Burying (Ground, green amid surrounding fields of oats. It is the oldest of three in the township and antedates the Baptist Burying Grounds at Eatonville by many years. ; This hallowed spot is beautifully preserved by the Robinson fam- ily in simple contrast to the gaudy memorials of more modern burial parks. : 3 Delicately carved soft brown flagstone is the marker in memory of Abagail Taylor who died in 1807 at the age of 75. Nearby are the markers of Anasa Robinson who died in 1845 and of his wife, Pru- dence, who died in 1851. Note the little markers made of field stone and the moss covered one bearing two moon-like fames, simply carved by gn unknown artisan. / ! $ » 7 i Nearby, carved in delicate simplicity, are four of the most beauti- ful memorials I have ever seen. They mark the graves of a modern’ generation of Robinsons—Louis N. 1880—1952, a former professor at Swarthmore College, and his wife, Caroline Hadley 1885—1946, one of the leaders of. the Planned Parenthood movement in America. One cannot stand here alone in this lovely countryside reading the inscriptions without knowing how they loved North Eaton: ‘“‘Be- cause I love this:life—I know I shall love death as well” from the writings of Tagore, the Indian philosopher—and on Mrs. Robinson's stone, “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise if thou wilt—who stands here in this fair scene.” ' It Pays To Advertise Avenue, says it pays to advertise in the Dallas Post. The household items that she advertised could have been sold- six times over: Calls started to ‘come the afternocn Sf the day: of Robin Ku h publication, and by the next day |and Roderick Bliss there was nothing left. From Pillar To Post . By MRS. T. M. B. HICKS All the grands seem to be going in for sports, even the ones who once could not be pried’away from their books. Here are Scotty and Dickie, out in Boulder, Colorado, posing for their newspaper pictures in the line-up of the winning Little Lea- gue team. Here is Bill, down in Virginia, grimly downing an opponent at ping-pong, as per newspaper six, and in the next breath breasting the tape in the 440 yard event, grey-faced and about to collapse, but mindful of his coach’s instructions, the only boy on the playground team who listened with both ears pinned back. N “Just plug along in the rear,” said the instructor, “and don’t try to get ‘ahead. Keep up with the tail end. Then, the last quarter of the race, put on steam and pick them off one after another. They'll never know what's happening to them until you've gotten past them. Pick off the lead man with a final spurt. He won't know you're coming, either, and by~that time it will be too late.” And here is Susie, delightfully’ long-legged, winning a new bike in the bicycle safety contest, for her adroit handling of her own bike “against strong competition. And Howie, practicing with Bill in the side yard, acting as catch- er for a young chap who has aspirations toward a pitching job next year, and getting a fast ball in the eye for his pains. Todd, a businessman this year, with tuition to earn for next year’s schooling, has put away childish things and holds a wide variety of jobs, lawn mowing, garden tending, etc, keeping up his muscles as he adds to the kitty. And where did he get those muscles ? : Nothing like this Little League stuff for building brain and brawn. Lucky kids these days, to have men come down off their pedes- tals and take a hand in training boys to play ball, to box scientifical- ly, to wrestle and to pole-vault. ‘Lay it to the five-day week, to the heightened appreciation of the privileges of fatherhood, or what you will, but fathers are spend- ing a lot more time with their sons than they used to. Men who used to shudder at the idea of a camping trip, nobly pack their dunnage and help out with the Boy Scouts. So the rain drips down their necks and the fat’s in the fire, and so what? It’s part of living these days.’ . And mothers yell themselves hoarse at the Little League ball park, restrain themselves when that small freckled face contorts with the searing pain of a mashed finger, remind themselves that the boy is a man in minature, that he has his pride, and that they will never be forgiven if they rush to the rescue. And little girls . . . how emancipated they are these days! How long has it been since anybody has used the term “Tom-boy ?” They're all Tom-boys, praises be, and they dress for it in pants and shirts and sneakers. : . They're all taller and slimmer and more agile than they used to be, lithe and strong and able to take on the world. It's a good world, and don’t let anybody tell you different. : And the kids in it are growing up to be men and women who will be able to walk up to a lion and give it the first bite. Enjoy Wiener Roast Mrs. Robert L. Knecht, Overbrook Alton Kubic. i ph 3 ¢ * Green Castle Cub Scouts, Center- moreland, enjoyed a wiener roast at the Tunkhannock Roadside Rest lon Thursday. Present were Dennis Darrell Faux, Ted Schoonover, y Kubic, Richard Klimas, John and leader, Mrs. ~& cm —— EATER, ee ia
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