SERT Ao _PAGE 2 : : : THE DALLAS POST Established 1889 “More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Now In Its Tlst Year” Metber Audit Bureau Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association National Editorial Association NITED Yi of Circulations 2 A > 3 One \ Cunt A nenapartisan, liberal progressive mewspaper pub- lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant, Lehman Avenue, Dallas, Penns ylvania. : Entered as second: clags hatter 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. months or less. Qut-of-State subscriptions: $4.50 a year; $2.75 six Back issues, more than one week old, 15c¢. When réquesting a change of addréss subscribers are asked to give their old as well as new address. Allow two Weeks for changes of address or new subscription 16 be placed on mailing list. Single eopies at a rate of 10c: each; can be obtained every Thuikday morning at following’ néwsstnds: Dallas—Berts Drug Btore, 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 fr ee 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. 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 préviously 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—DORIS MALLIN Editorially Speaking: WE, THE PEOPLE, ARE THE GOVERNMENT Folks who do not vote, have no business to complain about what they get in the way of government. It has been said 80 ®ften that it is thereadbare, WE, the VOTERS, are the Government. his year, there are many burning questions, National and International, at issue. If you honestly believe that Republican administra- tion as exemplified by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is _ best for this country and for the world balance, let your © ballot express your convictions, If you honestly. believe that the! Democratic party offers the best hope of the world, cast your ballot for that party. The operational word is ‘honestly.” The important thing is that every American citizen express his convictions in November, Br And to vote, you must be registered. . In this country, nobédy, can. tell you how to vote. fluential man in town. ) But no matter how small‘a place yéu hold in your com= munity, your vote is just as large as that of the most in- SAFETY VALVE : STAR HUNTING J Dear Editor: Fn tickles me. to hear the’ young * fry ‘Putt Putt, I'm on a space ship * and on my way to Jupiter.” Well mothers, southeast, high in the sky at 10 p. m. is Jupiter—white « —cold and beautiful. If you have 7x50 binoculars you can show them ithe merry moons of | Jupiter orbiting merrily around the planet proper. You can see as high “ as six sometimes. A clear sky before " moon is up is fine. To the left of Jupiter is rather small (this time of year) Saturn. Yellow in color. Certain times of the year when Saturn comes up before the sun its moons and rings are a magnificent sight. But at present ~~ Jupiter rules ‘the night. To tell a star from a planet—if on a clear night it doesn’t twinkle, its a planet. The rest are stars. Star or planet studying must be done away from artificial lights or moon- light. [Some people call this evening star Venus. Not so. Venus never wanders far from the sun and sets soon after or rises before the sun. At these times it is a gorgeous sight but has no known moon. Earlier far in east is the huge square of Pegasus to the left of ‘the the square is the mysterious spiral of Andromeda. This is considered to be a possible other world by progressive scientists. Peopled too- maybe. You don’t need glasses to see the square or the other costellations— «Big dipper, medium and baby dipper. The baby dipper is Pleiades (Seven Sisters) ‘and is mentioned in the Bible as Heaven. Happy Star Hunting, Mrs. Severn Newberry ' A FINE SPIRIT. Dear Editor: ig In behalf of the Westmoreland High 8¢hool football team and my- self, personally, I want to express my sincere gratitude and apprecia- tion for your fine article announcing the opening of football practice at Westmoreland High. In my twenty some odd years of coaching I have never had the pleasure of starting a high school football season with such a com- plete and favorable announcement. A) It was complete in every detail, and sceftainly should encourage a large*turnout of candidates on the part of students and parents. We need every encouragement of press, parents, teachers, administra- tors, students and the public to get the boys. out for our athletic: teams so that our area might have the representative teams it deserves. “ 1% Your fine article typifies the pro- gressive attitude we should like to develop in athletics at Westmore- land High School. Sincerely grateful, Eddie Brominski (coach) Mrs. Harvey Kitchen Is Hostess To Club Board Mrs. Harvey Kitchen entertained members of the Harveys Lake Wo- man’s Club Board at her home when plans were made for a Fashion Show to be held at the Lake School Building on September 23. Regular meeting of the club will be held on September 8. Present at the meeting were Mes- dames Sam Margellina, Bruce Re- nard, Arthur Darnell, Albert Armi- tage, Grace Martin, Lee Bicking, Roland Ritts, Wilford Ide, Malcolm Nelson, Howard Jones, Richard Williams, Ralph Lutes, Ruth Deets, Charles Williams, Harvey Kitchen, and Miss Treva Traver. PFC Robert Hontz Is Promoted In Korea Pfc. Robert C. Hontz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hontz, 74 Franklin Street, Shavertown, who has been stationed in Korea since September 1959 as a photo laboratory tech- nician with the U. S. Army has been promoted to Specialist 4th Class. Pfc. Hontz was graduated from Westmoreland High School in the Class of 1953 and attended Wilkes College for two years. He has been serving his gonintry for two and a half years. He expects to fly home around September 14. "The Low-Gear Type It’s entirely possible that you have heard abcut the woman who called her husband “Hydramatic” because he was shiftless. ~{Chicago Tribune / | BUCCESSFUL INYESTING ... Effects of Stock Splits Discussed Q. “ I am confused as to why stocks are split and whether or not a. split means anything to the in- dividual stockholder. Could you en- lighten me?” R. A. A. Td be glad to. A lot of people do not understand the ways and wherefores of stock splits, and I get quite a number of questions similar to yours. The primary reason for a company’s splitting its stock is to get the price down to a level where it will attract ‘more stockholders. Most people don’t like to buy stocks : in a high price range. They do like to buy stocks selling, say, for less than 30. Now, suppose Company “A” wants its list of stockholders broadened. Perhaps it is.in the food business and wants more stockhold- ers, A new stockholder is a good potential customer. Its stock is sell- ing at 50. You own 100 shares. The company declares a 2-for-1 split. In other words, it gives you 2 new shares for each share you own. You wind up owning 200 shares. But other things being equal, the new stock sells at 25. Your original holdings were worth $5,000. After the split your holdings are still worth $5,000. The advantage to you as a stockholder comes from the increased popularity of the stock. The market is broadened, more stockholders are attracted, and this buying pushes up the price. Your new stock may soon sell at 30, and your 200 shares become worth $6,000—not because of any change in - the company’s outlook, but simply because more people want to own more of the stock around 25 than was the case ‘when it was around 50. Also, a stock split is often accompanied by an increase in cash dividend rate and this, of course, makes the stock more valuable. Retirement Portlolio. Shows Good Judgement Q. “Iam in my late forties and want fo plan my future security. My holdings are 150 shares of American Telephone and Telegraph; 200 shares of Public Service of New Hampshire; 20 shares of Gillette; 300 shares of Electronics Investment Corp. mutual fund; 50 shares of Polaroid and 65 shares of Syntex (bought at $40 per share). Will you evaluate my holdings, please? Should I sell my Syntex, Polaroid and Electronics mutual fund to pur- chase more Gillette?” B. M. A. I never encounter any more important’ investment problems | than those of people like yourself who ‘are planning for retirement. You have made a good start and you have no serious problems: on your present, holdings. American Telephone is ' excellent for almost any portfolio. Public Service of New Hampshire offers only moderate growth, but the yield is good and well secured. Gillette is a sound stock which has entered a new growth phase through a super razor blade that has had wide acceptance. Now we come ‘into the area where you are feeling’ some “doubts. In your position, I would hold Pola- roid. The shares are priced pretty fully on earnings, but the company really has something. Among other things, it has a president wHo?is a near-genius. Your mutual fund has had a satisfactory record, and I would retain these shares. Syntex looks very high priced near-term, but this is a research stock in .a promising area of drugs. As a long- pull holding for your retirement, I would stick with it and ignore short swings. ‘Add to Gillette by all means, but I wouldn’t do it at the expense of your present portfolio. Q. “Didn't Atlantic Coast Line give its shareholders a dividend of Alico Land Development shares? I arh ‘a stockholder as of March 23 and received none.” O. R. A. Yes. The distribution was made March 31 to holders of record March 1. Your purchase was made too late to entitle you to the stock dividend. (Copyright 1960, General Features Corp.) Alderson orn Meet For Covered Dish Lunch W. S. C. S. of Alderson Methodist Church met for a covered dish luncheon on the lawn of Mrs. Alfred Rogers on Thursday. The September meeting will be one week later than the regular meeting night, September 15, at the home of Mrs. Gilbert (Carpenter, with Mrs. Raymond Garinger and Lina Garinger assisting, This will be an evening meeting at 8. Present were: Mrs. Theodore Heness, Mrs. Earl Rogers, Mrs. Everett Hines, Mrs. John Gordon, Mrs. Jessie Garinger, Mrs. Albert Armitage, Mrs. Clarence Kester, Mrs. Garwin Smith, Mrs. Amos Hunsing- er, Lina Garinger, Barbara Jean Newhard, Mrs. Gilbert Carpenter, and Mrs. Alfred Rogers. = John L. Sullivan won the Ameri- can heavyweight championship in 1883, when he defeated Paddy Ryan in 9 rounds at Mississippi City. Newspapers carried complete re- ports of the bout. Newspapers today offer more comprehensive reports than ever of all the important local, national and international news. ; Ton pn Read a good | book regularly, even at the risk of straining your mind. sports THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1960 v Pity the poor school teachers, em- phasis on the “poor”, and this re- fers to efficiency and not to finances. Shortly after my boys had looked out over New York from the top of the Empire State Building,- one of them ran across a picture of the Woolworth Building in a geography text with the caption, ‘highest building in the world”. He took ex- ception to it and was promptly squelched by the teacher who af- firmed that the bock was correct and he was not qualified to pass on such things. They gave each other a very hard time, and thereafter he had no respect for that teacher. Neither did I, and if she had not married and left voluntarily she would have otherwise. A teacher who had never heard of the Em- pire State Building was certainly uninformed. One of our better principals saw an illustration of a monument, lo- cated in a well known city, in one of the textbooks. A couple of years later, happening to be in that city, he asked for the governor's garden which was supposed to contain the monument and found it not. The text had not shown that the gover- nor had been moved several miles in intervening centuries and the monument was in the old location. Most of us of more mature years have felt a lot of sympathy for the King of ‘Siam in Anna’s well known book, who found that the world was full of knowledge he did not know, and he could not possibly learn even a fair share of it. In the musi- cal and most recent movie this is played down, but in the earlier movie Rex Harrison emphasized it. When we are deluged by emphatic statements from men whom we have a right to respect, directly op- posite to those of other equally re- spectable and apparently honest Rambling Around Bu The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters A men, we realize that the facts are not always self evident. And what were certainly provable facts a few years ago are incorrect now. A case in point is the new census. Teachers of social studies, unless they are notoriously lazy, have built up in ten years a pretty well esta- blished view of where the people are and how many. And those of us who have observed and tried to keep abreast of several census re- ports, running back half a century and more, find all our school train- ing and personal observation thrown out the window and we have to start all over again. Old well known po-- pulous states, including our own, are dropping in rank. The country people are flocking to the cities and the city people to the suburbs. Southern negroes are migrating to the north, and northern capitalists and technicians to the south. Peo- ple of all kinds are going west. And what we used to think of as larger cities are now well down the list of the largest fifty, and some insignificant places are moving up. Phoenix, Ariz. jumped, from no. 98 to no. 29; Tampa, Fla. from no. 84 to no. 47; El Paso, Tex. from no. 75 to no. 46, and so on. Ohio re- mains with the largest number of cities of good size, six , but the six are outnumbered on an average by the five large cities in California and the five in Texas. New York has only three but they are big ones. Six other states including our own have two, and nineteen states can show but one each. Our own cities of Philadeuphia and Pittsburgh have lost both people and rank in the list. The teachers are lucky in one respect. They have until Sept. to study up a little before some bright pupil floors them. SER ONLY YESTERDAY Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Post From The Issue Of Aug. 18, 1950 wDaniel Murray Edwards, 32, bar- tender at Irem Country Club, was instantly killed at 3:30 a. m. on Tuesday while endeavoring to win a could get to Luzerne from Harveys Lake faster than Anthony Daywood of Wilkes-Barre could make it in a borrowed 1950 Chrysler sedan. Ed- wards hit the service pole at the las Daywood’s car, out of control from being hit with pieces of flying pole, crashed the guard rail® Several people had followed the cars from the Sunset end of Har- veys Lake, to see if the drivers reached Dallas without accident. $10 deposit apiece had been placed in a cigar box in the tavern where the men had been drinking beer. The victim was the driver who nine years before had killed Melvin Mosier, prominent Dallas Town- ship farmer on Route 309 at the intersection with Country Club road near Dallas Township school. Mrs. Lydia Kraybill, Dallas Metho- dist Church soloist, was killed when she plunged headfirst down the basement stairs at. Dallas Methodist church where she was re- hearsing for a solo, mistaking the basement door for the outside door. George Drake, 16, apparently re- covering from injuries sustained when he fell from a tree on the Van- Horn place, died at his home a few days later. Ray Shiber was one of the bulls in the gladiolus classes at the Bing- hamton show. Mary Ellen Hill of Robesonia and James 8. Walters will become man and wife tomorrow. Mrs. Annie Heitsman, 96 years old, resident of Center Moreland for most of her life, has died. Paul Warriner, Demunds, was painfully injured” but sustained no fractures when his legs were caught between car bumpers Friday night. From The Issue Of Aug. 16, 1940 Eleven mile length of new high- way between Trucksville and Lutes Corner is marked with gashed earth and toppled trees as the way is cleared for the $750,000 stream- lined highway. Two homes near Shavertown have been moved, those of Jasper Swingle and Ben Ny- hardt, and a third, belonging to the Monk family on Mill Street, has been razed to make way for the spur leading into Dallas. Nine bridges will be built, one of them near the Shavertown School. Paving near Kunkle will pro- bably start within a month. Dairymen are seeking a boost in | prices to keep step with advanding costs. Retail prices will doubtless rise to match. At present it ranges between twelve and thirteen cents per quart. Two-year old Ronald Cobleigh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cob- leigh of Fernbrook, was killed Satur- day night when a car driven by Benjamin W. Samuel of Kingston struck the carriage in which the baby was riding. The baby was thrown thirty-five feet by the im- pact. A certificate signed by Dr. Mal- colm Borthwick states that the man had been drinking. Two Tunkhannock men narrowly escaped death Wednesday at 4 a. m. when their. car crashed a guard rail at Alderson and turned over three Himes, / Dallas Township residents are ask- “ing for a full time police officer such as Dallas Borotigh has. The Town- ship has eleven licensed liquor bet that his 1941 Buick convertible wide curve leading into central Dal- | Free | places, an amusement park and two picnic grounds. Its protection de- pends upon Constable James Gensel, with calls frequently. made at his own expense. T. Newell Wood Jeaped into Har- veys Lake to save his life when his motor boat burst into flames Sun- day. A few weeks ago a tractor overturned on him, and he was hospitalized for some time. Formerly of Dallas, Mrs. Carolyn Dixon, 40, died in Tunkhannock. Mrs. Rachel Wyckoff celebrated her ninety-second birthday with an open house for her friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Lewis, Trucks- ville, announce the marriage of their daughter Emma to Matthew Bandish. . Grace Lindsley will be married to Rev. Herbert D. Olver on Sunday. Florence Olive McMichael . an- nounced her marriage to John E. Jones. Fram the Issue of Aug. 15, 1930 Harold Rittenhouse had a narrow escape on Tuesday when the tim- ber truck he was driving, loaded with seven tons of timber, upset on the Plymouth-Kingston highway. Accident was caused by a defective rear axle. Mrs. Ziba Howell, widow of the late supervising principal of Kings- ton Township schools, seeks com- pensation for the death of her hus- band February 4 who died in a traffic accident while en route to a State Convention of “School Direc- tors. V Four miles of Dallas Borough’s eight miles of streets will be hard surfaced by fall. Newly installed pumps at the Sil- vus and Spencer wells of Dallas Water Company are giving a better supply for residents. «” Burgess Harry Anderson has sus- pended officers Avery and Elston, after both officers had refused to observe duty hours laid out by the Burgess. . Thomas Hughes of Trucksville died suddenly Friday evening. Serious drought conditions pre- vail in Pennsylvania. Announcement has-been made of the marriage of Helen Cooke Win- ters to Arthur Clemow August 4. Dale Clark, Guest On Seventh Birthday Dale Clark, Noxen, was guest of honor at a birthday party last Wed- nesday afternoon. He was seven. Present were Paula Smith, Candy, Elizabeth ‘Jones, Steven Patton, Chester Visneski, ‘Gail Luketic, Gail Space, Laura Boston, Peggy Crossman, Darlene Casterline, Ger- ald Rittenhouse, Christine and David Race, Linda and 'Dennis Evans, David, Debbie and Douglas Schooley, Mildred Jane (Case, Loren Case, Ricky and Rogers Case, Mrs. John Jones, Mrs. George ‘Schooley, Mrs. William Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark and Clare. Dallas Ambulance Calls August 10—Ralph Rood, Lehman Avenue to Nesbitt Hospital. Crew: Al Shaffer, Don Bulford, Lee Stew- art. August 14—David Bibey, from Sacred Park to Nesbitt Hospital, fell out of tree. Crew: Ray Titus, Wil- liam Beérlu. Crew on call August 22 to 29: ‘Captain, Stéve Hartman, Al Shaffer, Howard Johns, Ralph Downend, Jr. Looking at 1-V With GEORGE A. and EDITH ANN BURKE Jack Paar and his late-night show are causing people to eat less eggs, according to one observer. Viewers who watch TV shows into the early morning are failing to eat breakfast egg consumption by 3.6 billion, it was claimed by ‘‘eggspert’” Ray E. Parmenter’ in an interview with Richard Connelly of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn. ery Federation, “The Jack Parr Show” and other late-night TV at- tractions are causing many people to sleep late. “They don’t have time for a good breakfast. They don’t have time for eggs,” he says. Coffee breaks carry these people over to lunch. But if you are a Paar show and stil] have time for an egg fast in the morning, Parmenter gives these analyses to your charac- ter: Scrambled: Indicate a dynamic person, personable and intelligent. Poached: Indicate an artistic, ner- vous temperament, also passion. Fried: Indicate a sturdy eater, solid and magnetic. viewer Bioled: (Soft) Indicate delicate- ness. (Hard) Show determination, resiliency. Paar likes all varieties, but gives a slight preference to poached and soft-boiled. Three Week Vacation: Jack Parr wil] start August 29 on his vacation. He will travel throughout Spain and visit. several countries in North Africa. He will be accompanied on his travels by his wife, Miriam, and their daughter, Randy. He will show films of his trip on the show when he returns. Hugh Downs will replace on the first week. Jonathan Winters will be host of the program during the second week and Joey Bishop will take over the assignment for the third week. Color will be added to Jack's show on September 19. Mondays through Thursday the program will be broadcast in color. On Friday the ‘“Best of Paar” will be a taped show in black and white. Cuban Crisis—Cuba, “hot spot of the Caribbean,” will be examined on “World Wide 60.” (NBC-TV, 9:30 p. m. EDT) telling program (January 23, 1960) jon the same subject.” Now. it will take a fresh look at the troubled nation, using the same reporting team—Lee and Wilson Hall, now in Cuba and narrator Frank McGee— which contributed to the premiere program, ‘‘Castro’s Year of Power.” Fidel Castro's famed pajama-clad bedside appearance on Cuba tele- vision and his frequent tirades will be shown in a segment on how he uses television as a means of per- petuating his regime in power. National military training, carried as far as drills for broomstick- brandishing teenagers and blind children, will be studied. “Cuban - Crisis” will investigate the spread of Communism and the munism. Viewers will see Mikoyan’s visit to Havana, the visit of Raul Castro to Moscow and Prague, and many of the nation’s leaders. The special will also show the seizure of U. S. sugar and oil properties in Cuba, resistance to the Castro government and the new construc- tion by the Castro government. The Angels, four youngters aged five to eight, will become members of the Spike Jones family when they sign a brace of songs on “The Spike Jones Show,” Monday, August 22 (9:30-10 p. m.). The two brothers and two sisters, just signed to a recording contract, will sing “Gopher Cha<Cha” and “In the Still of the Night.” Spike Jones will return as Leon- ard Burnside, this time discussing drums with the help of comic Len Weinrib. Shirley Temple will return this Fall as hostess and frequent per- former of a weekly full-hour series scheduled for a Sunday evening time period. Shirley plans to star in 13 of the 39 colorcasts. Fishing Surveyed A study of fishing conditions in the Susquehanna River, authorized by the Pennsylvania Fish Commis- sion at its meeting in January is being made with six sampling points in the vicinity of Lewisburg, Danville,” Sunbury, Amity Hall, Bainbridge and Columbia. : At each of these stations detailed chemical tests are undertaken at regular intervals across the river. When it is found at a given station that the conditions are the same from one shore to the other, it is » considered as being representative of the areca .Where conditions vary, fish samples are collected in each zone of the station and then studied and considered separately. Where a drop in. water quality is accom- panied by a change in fish produc- tion, more detailed attention is scheduled and applied ‘ upstream from the station. With weather conditions favor- able, the survey is expected to pre- sent a detailed report on fish populations of the river and will be teady for presentation to the fish- ermen by early winter. = and therefore have cut the U. S.] According to Parmenter, president | of the American Poultry and Hatch- | break- - The NBC series began with a’ linking of Cuban leaders with Com-- § Barnyard Notes neighbors. After a serious illness of niany eck, Ralph Rood died at Nes a bitt Memorial Hospital, denied one of his frequently expressed de- sires—to live until his sixtieth wedding anniversary on Monday. When I came to Dallas more than thirty years ago. Mr. Rood was one of the first men I met. years before that. need help,” my brother-in-law said as he introduced us. Over the years as neighbor and co-worker, I learned that what he had said was true. td Mr. Rood always had time to chat with us about the old days urck = of the mountain. He knew the old families and their fathers before them. He was familiar with property lines, and the early history of the schools and borough for he had had an important part in cre- ating some of that history. Most of all T think I appreciated his deep love of nature. know,” he would say, vane or appreciates it more than I'do.” Then he would tell me the weather outlook for the next twenty-four hours. right! “You reading, he taught me more about English grammar and spelling than I had ever learned in preparatory school or college. Sometimes he was a little impatient, almost considering it a personal affront, when some of us made a stupid error the second . and third time. He was proud of his work on the newspaper and was intolerant with mistakes. I know he didn’t .want anybody to think Last Wednesday evening shortly after The Dallas Post went to .. bed, this newspaper and its editor lost one of its oldest friends and = I had known of him, however, many “Here is a man who can guide you if you ever “T"don’t think any one looks at your weather- He was always _ In later years when he came across the street to help with proof- : . Ralph Rood would let a typographical error go through! We admired » him for'it. All of us here in the office enjoyed seeing him beam when an ; old student‘came back and asked: see him.” And then, when Mr. Rood would come out from behind his moun- “Where is Mr. Rood, I want to * tain of proofs, peering over his glasses, almost the first sentence | spoken would be “I still remember them, Mr. Rood. all.” Of course ALL were the counties of Pennsylvania! Every one of his former students knew them by heart as they did other prac- tical short cuts to knowledge that they had learned from him. He was deeply religious, but no prude. one day when I offered him an egg nog, “I might have been a heav drinker, I love the smell and taste of whiskey,” it, nor did he smoke or use coffee. We, like so many others in this community and that larger com- I can repeat them “You know,” he >Y : but he never used munity where his influence as a teacher continues on, share with ia family their deep personal loss. Mr. Rood was a good neighbour and friend—a patient Ce i and an outstanding citizen. He was a gentleman of the old school. From Pillar To Post By MRS. T. M. B. HICKS 2 # The Dallas Post will miss Ralph Rood. The staff started missing » him months ago, when he had his first heart attack, and was unable to read proof. He used to retire to the back room with a stack of galley- prot A and a stack of copy, and woe betide the writer who carelessly used a double negative, a plural when singular was indicated, or took liber- & K ‘ ties with construction. + If there was any doubt about a spelling, Mr. Rood looked it up : in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, and that settled the matter. ' He was also adamant on pronunciation, wondering frequently why * radio and television announsers could not get together on the proper | tg ” rendition of Los Angeles. It was either a soft or a hard one, and it could not be both. (This variation on the 2 of announcers ey bothered a lot of people.) And there was that pronunciation of “Caribbean,” also. Ask Mr. Rood when February 29 would come again on a and he had the answer. Ask him how about doing a _ spot of figuring in decimals, an he worked out the answer in a neat banker's set of figures. (I never know whether to move the decimal point to the right or the left.) Ask him what planet’ it is that is so brilliant at sundown, and Mr. Rood had a star-chart. A quotation from the Bible? Mr. Rood had a concordance andy would be glad to look it up. Barly history of the area? Mr. Rood had all the answers. He had pictures and exhibits. He had been there. i Mr. Rood did not need to read proof. He read proot because e! hated to be idle. He could have written many of the stories in far better English ‘than the English which reached his copy desk. He firmly corrected dangling participles, clucked over split infinities, Friday, i and deplored sloppy grammar. tain has been lost forever. At a lovely double ring ceremony performed by Rev. Robert Rayeroft, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Har- vey, R. D. 2, Shickshinny, married A/3C Earl W. Meeker, son ‘of Alvin E. and the late Ellen Meeker, R. D. 2, Trucksville, in Harveyville Metho- dist Church, Harveyville. Arlene Dennis played the wedding music, Rachel Belles was soloist. Mrs. Lawrence Whitenight was ma- tron of honor and Lawrence White- night, Berwick, best man. Jeanette Harvey, sister of the bride, was bridesmaid. Cousins of the bride, Karen Baer and, Bing Wolfe, were flower girl and ring bearer. Ronald Harvey, brother, and Larry Meeker, cousin of the groom, served as ush- ‘ers. : { The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore waltz length gown, with rose lace fitted bodice, sweet heart neckline, - three quarter sleeves and ruffle net full skirt over taffeta. Her finger tip veil, nylon white nylon head band and she car- ried a white Bible with a pink or- chid. chose blue and pink identical nylon dotted swiss over taffeta gowns with fitted bodices and full skirts, trim- med in deeper shade of satin rib- bands. The flower girl wore baby blue ny- lon dress trimmed with lace, pink head band and white shortie gloves. sies. The brides mother selected a blue sweetheart neckline, with which she Madelyn A Harvey Marries A-3C Car Meeker On Saturday: August 13, Madelyn A. Harvey, edged with lace, was zttacked to a Matron of honor and bridesmaid bons and bows, and matching head-, They carried Colonial bou-| quets of blue and pink pom pons. She carried a basket of white ‘dai- flowered nylon, sleeveless dress with’ You never got away with a thing with Mr. Rood, but he never | let you: down if you needed information. it was his joy to instruct, and he was unfailingly patient. 3 A book could be written about Mr. Rood. | With his death, much of the early history of the Back Moun=* For many years a teacher, . v \ wore white accessories and a white corsage of mums. Bride's maternal grandmother was dressed in navy blue flowered dress of silk, with black accessories. The paternal grandmother chose a black silk pol- ka dot dress with black accessories, accented by her corsage of white mums. <h Following the ceremony a recep- tion was held for relatives and friends in the Harveysville Hall where the couple received many beautiful gifts. : A pre-nuptial shower was given for Mrs. Meeker at the home gof Mary Mincavage. ow Mrs. Meeker chose for going away, a beige dacron dress with fitted bo- dice, full skirt, beige accessories with an orchid corsage. Mrs. Meeker, a graduate of North- west Joint High School, was for- merly an employee of Karens Sportswear, Inc. Harveysville. A/3C Meeker is an alumnus ‘of Lake-Lehman Jointure. He is now serving with the U. S. Air Force stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. A After a brief stay with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Meeker will leave by car, on an extended honeymoon for ‘Texas, where they will reside. ; — About 75% of all electrical ap pliances are bought by people who had no intention of buying them ‘at the beginning of the year. And since 88% of American families re- ceive a newspaper every day, the chances are that a newspaper} ‘ad jave them the idea. troyer of paiistion: - Self-interest has Aes been she ] toe of national security, the dese 1 J N L>—0 |
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