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iE DALLAS POST Established 1889
go down; money is easier.
| 95, with a current yield of 4.74 per
buys on the basis of tips and
‘to invest through a broker.
Opportunity Without Takers
Medicine today offers more opportunities and re-
wards than ever before. But the signs say that many
young persons are failing to take advantage of them.
This unhappy piece of intelligence comes from the
American Medical Association. The number of applicants
for admission to the nation’s 85 medical colleges has been
dropping. In 1947, for instance, nearly seven per cent
of all college graduates made applications to these schools.
In 1958, only four per. cent did. There are known reasons
why. The low birth rate of the 30's is one. Also, multi-
plying opportunities in other professional fields are
believed to be diverting possible medical candidates.
The pity of it is, as the AMA points out, that those
who pass up medicine today are doing so at a time when
it has become one of the most rapidly progressing fields
of all, offering maximum promise for a young man or
woman. In 1940, medic4l research amounted to $45
million—the 1960 figure was roughly $600 million, and
predictions for 1970 go as high as $3 billion. The deniand
for medical researchers in the future will be matched only
by the opportunities,
So far as the individual is concerned, the possible
rewards are great, and the greatest one by far is the doc-
tor’s capacity to do so much good for so many people.
All of us should want to leave the world a little better place
because we passed through it. The M. D. degree offers
one big way of doing that.
It's A Tough World
The foundation stone for juvenile delinquency is
frequently laid in the super-market.
Children who are permitted by their parents to roam
the store while Mother selects her groceri€s, pose 4 con-
stant problem to the store manager.’
: Shall he complain to the mother when he spots her
child tearing open a sack of hard candy and filling his
mouth and his pockets?
Shall he bear in mind that the mother is a good
customer, and that her weekly food bill passes the fifty
dollar mark? Can he risk offending her?
One such manager recently found that a small child
had opened three cellophane bags of candied cherries,
taking oné cherry from each bag.
He escorted the small culprit to the mother, showed
her what the child had done, and asked her to pay for the
- merchandise.
3.0 “But he’s a VERY small child.” the mother responded,
and he didn’t know any better.” i
Why didn’t he know any better?
After the mother’ has paid 90 cents apiece for the
three sacks of opened cherries, will she see to it that he
DOES know better, or keep him with her as she makes _
her rounds?
Children who habitually pick up candy bars and stuff
them in their pockets, are on the road to the juvenile
court. :
Property rights are extremely important. A child
who steals candy when he is five years old, is laying the .
corner stone for a light-fingered future. The second time
is always much easier than the first.
He is a very lucky little boy indeed if he is caught
the first time.
It is no favor to a child to let him establish a habit
which will get him into trouble later.
' It will be a blow to his pride and his dignity to be
obliged
blow. |
It will save him, and his parents, the humiliation of
appearing in juvenile court five years from now.
| Looking at
| With so much available time why
to return the merchandise, but a very salutary
Whitesell Attends
Window Workshop
Trucksville Pupils See
Film On Care Of Teeth
| interest for the viewers and it has
Trucksville elementary school stu-
dents, gradés 4, 5, and 6, viewed a
film recently, “It’s Your Health,”
stressing care of the teeth, as part
of National Childrén’s Hedlth Week
observance. The film, released by
Dairy Council, stressed drinking of
milk for sound teeth.
Principal Adaline Burgess, and
teachers Marion Young, Mrs. Arlene
Trimble, Mrs. Margaret Garrison,
and Walter Prokopchak, cooperated
in laying down rules for cleanliness,
visits to the dentist, and proper diet.
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Elwood Whitesell of Whitesell
Brothers Building Supply, Inc. re-
cently attended a two day “Window
Workshop” at the Andersen Corpor-
ation, manufacturers of Andersen
WIDOWALLS at Bayport, Minn.
The Workshop included a trip
through the plant, which is the
largest in the world devoted entirely
to the manufacture of window units.
The next day and a half was spent
learning how windows effect the
livability of a home.
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SUCCESSFUL
INVESTING ...
Investment Advisor and Analyst
Q. Why so much talk about easy
money and just what does it mean ?
—P. C.
A. When terest rates on bor-
rowed money ténd to go down or do
When
this happens; already existing in=
debtedness; like corporate bonds
issued when going intérest ‘rates
were higher, tend to conform, bond
prices going up and yields coming
down. For example, with money
“hard,” a corporate bond with a
415 per cent coupon might sell at
cént, whereas the same bond, with
money ‘‘easy,” might sell at 105,
with a current yield of 4.29 per cent.
If there is a lot of talk currently
about easy money, it is because
many investors think that money
will get easier in the near future
and that good bonds will accord-
ingly offer opportunities for capital
gains,
Q. Isn't a. brand-new investor
hikely to make so many mistakes
that it will take him years fo get
‘even ? :
A. Yes, if he plunges into invest-
ment alone and uninformed and
hunches. But there is nothing to
keep a neophyte investor from pro-
fiting from the experience and ex-
periences of others. You will have
Given
& good broker, tell him everything
that he needs to know about your
personal circumstances, your objec:
tives, how much you have to invest.
Ask him for information. Study
that information carefully. When
you have a clearer idea of what you
want to do and what the results
will be, go back to your broker for
more advice. ' Every broker needs
to know what is in the front of the
investor’s mind, and what facet of
investment policy gets top booking.
Editor's note: Questions on invest-
ment may be addressed to the auth-
or of this column in care of this
newspaper. Those of general inter-
est will be answered in this column.
It will be understood that no ques-
tions can be answered by mail.
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With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
WHY ' THE SAME EVENING ?
do the networks schedule the best
for the same night, Why don’t
they want a complete audience for
each performance rather than a
split audience wondering if the
other show is the better one.
The Bing Crosby special and the
Ingrid Bergman special will both be
on opposite each other on March
20. Ironically, each had been
scheduled for an earlier date.
CBS-TV had tabbed “Twenty-
Four Hours in a Woman’s Life,” the
90-minute drama starring Miss
Bergman, for March 6. But because
the cosmetic sponsor is planning a
spring promotional campaign it was
requested that a later date would
be beneficial. So the program was
moved to March 20, from 9 to
10:30 p.m. :
ABC-TV's Bing Crosby Show,
with Maurice Chevalier and Carol
Lawrence as guest stars, originally
was scheduled for March 13. But
it seems that the auto sponsor did
not want it televised on the night
when the Floyd Patterson-Ingemar
Johansson heavyweight title fight
was shown on the theater EV cir-
cuit. So now the Crosby hour is
set for 9:30 to 10:30 p.m. on
March 20.
Let’s hope the sponsors will con-
sider us viewers and one of them
change his time schedule as a
public service.
FINIS—Fred Astaire says viewers
will see his final performance on TV
as a dancer in the repeat of his
“Astaire Time Monday, February 20,
over NBC. The colorcast was orig-
inally shown last September 28. At
that time Astaire said it would be
his last dance special, the third given
on NBC in as many seasons.
GUNSMOKE will be expanded to
a full hour on the CBS network next
Fall. Tt will be telecast Saturdays
from 10 to 11 p. m. And under
another title, re-runs will be pre-
sented on Tuesdays at 7:30 p. m.
JULIE HARRIS and Farley Grang-
er will co-star in “The Heiress” the
next Family Classics presentation,
on February 13.
This series which: started out as a
show for the entire family and with
a “two-part” format, will be changed
to a complete, one-hour dramdti-
zation aiméd strictly to adults.
Reason for the change is that 4
two-part show does not maintain the
been discovered that the younger
members of the family are not
watching the classics.
SHIRLEY TEMPLE'S SHOW on
Sunday, January 29 should be a
horror show, since evén an ordinary
story is presented in a way that can
scare young childfen. A number of
parents have reported that they do
not allow their children to watch
Shirley’s show for: this reason.
This week's story is titled “The
Terrible Clockman”—a 19th Century
fairy tale about a man-sized me-
chanical clock that becomes an
obedient monster.
The script is based on “Master
Zacharias,” ah early short novel by
Jules Verne.
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1961
TAX FACTS FOR THE
BUYING, SELLING OR IMPROVING YOUR HOME
(The following article is the second in a series of four
articles on income tax filing prepared for this newspaper
by the Committee on Taxation of the Penmsylvania Insti-
tute of Certified Public Accountants and in cooperation
with the local district office of the Internal Revenue
Service.)
Home ownership, like so
ries with it certain tax implications which the home owner
should know. Consequently, complete and accurate records of
all transactions which might have some bearing upon the com-
putation of the gain or loss resulting from the sale of the
property should be maintained.
In certain respects, the sale of the principal residence
of a taxpayer must be considered the same as any other in-
vestment and any gain resulting from ‘the sale must be com-
pletely reported in the taxpayer's income tax return for the
year in which the sale occurs.
of a personal residence, however, is considered to be a personal
loss and is not deductible for tax purposes.
Sale of Residence
During the past few years of rising prices, residential pro-
perty has tended to increase in value. Consequently, in many
instances the sale of a personal residence results in a gain.
The gain may be taxable in the year of sale or it may reduce
the cost, or basis; of a new residence acquired by the home-
owner, depending upon whether or not replacement is made,
If you sell your residenée and purchase a new home with-
in a period of one year before or after the sale. the gain is tax-
able only to the extent that the adjusted sales price of the
former residence exceeds the cost of the new residence. That
portion of the gain which is not reinvested is subject to tax
as a long-term capital gain (asuming that the home had been
owned more than six months) at a maximum rate of 25 percent.
The same rule applies if construction of a new home is begun
within this two year period and occupied by the owner within
'18 months of the date of sale.
purchased a home five years ago for $15,000 and sold it last
year for $20,000. The entire gain of $5,000 is taxable if re-
placement is not made. However, if a new residence is acquired
within the applicable time limits for $20,000 or more,
gain is not taxable in the year of sale but reduces the cost of
the new residence,
The point to watch is that the new residence must cost as
much or more than the amount you realize from the old
residence. If in the above example the cost of the new résidence |
was $19,000, the portion of the gain not used in replacing
(1,000) would be taxable as a long-term capital gain. Bear in
mind that the portion of the gain that is not taxable in the
year of sale because it is used in dcquiring the new residence
reduces the cost of the new residence. The cumulative gain may
be taxable when the last principal residence is sold without
being replaced, depending upon whether a gain is realized or
a loss incurred in that transaction.
Home Improvements and Repairs
Improvements to your home increase its cost and must
be considered in computing the gain for its sale. Additions to
the home and assessments for sewers, etc. are considered in
this category. This is one of the reasons why complete records
are essential.
Repairs on the other hand are considered personal ex-
penses. They are not deductible and do not increase the cost
of your home for computing gain. Certain repairs and main-
tenance costs, however, such as painting and papering, may
be used to reduce the amount which must be invested in the
new house in order to postpone payment of income taxes on
the gain. However, this applies only to those costs which are A
incurred within 90 days before contracting to sell the residence
and paid within 30 days thereafter.
HOMEOWNER NO. 2
many other things today, car-
A loss incurred upon the sale
For example, assume that you
the
ST Wrest 2,
Miss Frances Dorrance, of Church
Street, is one of the very few whose
families can show connection with
Wyoming Valley for over two hun-
dred years. In 1753 John Dorrance
with others signed a petition to the
Connecticut Assembly
claim to them a large quantity of
land upon the Susquehanna River at
a place called Quiwaumuck, where
there is no English inhabitant that
lives on said land nor near there-
unto.” No Dorrance was in the First
Forty, but they arrived shortly
thereafter and the family has re-
mained prominent to this day. In
fact, John Dorrance was in the val-
ley in 1762 with a group for about
ten days, several years before the
First Forty came.
The Dorrance family traces de-
scent from Rev. Samuel Dorrance, a
native of Ireland, who graduated
from Glasgow University and settled
in Connecticut in 1723. He was pas-
tor many years and died in 1775, age
90. Apparently the present Miss Dor-
rance inherits her vitality. Two
sons of Rev. Samuel came to King-
ston Township, John and George.
The former, unmarried, was surveyor
of highways, constable, and tax coll-
ector. He was the defendant in a
test case brought by a Pennsylvania
claimant Vanhorne, to dispossess the
Connecticut claimants. Dorrance lost
after fifteen days of a famous trial,
but many years later the Connecticut
people were confirmed in their poss-
essions which they had never relin-
quished.
Geo. Dorrance was a second lient.
in the 2 nd. Co., 24th Conn. militia,
and was gradually promoted until he
held the rank of Lt. Col . in June
1778. With others of the more level-
In this story, kindly, wise clock-
maker Zacharias creates a man-
shaped clock as a gift for the King,
who visits the village, Meanwhile,
évil alchemist Van der Craf arrives
and is attracted by the clockmaker’s
daughter. Rebuffed by the beautiful
girl he brings the clockman to life
and commands the monster to cap-
ture the girl and bring her to his
ghostly castle.
How about that for thé kiddies!
COMING—Jack Benny heads a
cast of top stars who will review
the great songs of the past three
decades in a full-hour musical-
variety special to be broadcast«on
February 9.-
The McGuire Sisters, Andy Wil-
liams, Connie Francis, Juliet Prowse
and Harry James will be featured.
WINTER CARNIVAL—The grand
parade of the annual St. Paul Winter
Carnival will be telecast for oné-
hout on Saurday, January 28 on the
NBC-TV Network,
Sra
pars
Rambling Around
Bu The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
“To quit- |
Ae,
headed, he favored delay when the
colonists: moved out to meet the
Indians and Tories, and commanded
the left wing in the Battle of Wyom-
ing. He was badly wounded and cap--
tured. The Indians thought he might
be worth ransom and held him for a
day or two but later killed him. =
His son Benjamin, born 1767, mar-
ried Mary Ann Buckingham. He was
elected sheriff, county commissioner,
member of the legislature, and was
first president of the Wyoming Bank
of Wilkes-Barre. Rev. John Dorrance
son of Benjamin, was a Presbyterian
preacher for about thirty years, the
last twenty-eight in Wilkes Barre.
Another son Charles, whose wife was
Susan Ford, was a colonel in the mil-
itia and held some public office. He
also was president of the Wyoming
Bank; serving 1845-1892.
Benj. Dorrance, born 1846, son
of Charles, was a lawyer, who marr-
ied Ruth Strong. They were parents
of Misses Anne and Frances, who
resides in this immediate area, and
several other children. Mr. Dorrance
was president of the Wyoming Com-
memorative ‘Association in which
post he was succeeded by his two
daughters. The family resided in an
imposing red sandstone house on
Wyoming Avenue, at the corner of
Dorrance Street, which in Europe
would have ratéd as a palace, or at
least a chateau. The Borough of
Dorranceton, since merged with
Kingston, was named for them, as
was the street. The estate included
greenhouses, from which the sisters
acquired a knowledge of, and love for
plants and both published works on
certain aspects of horticulture. Both
‘were graduated from Vassar and
took additional training elsewhere,
Miss Frances being trained in library
work, in which shé has engaged in
one manner or another for about
half a century.
After a period at Osterhout Libra-
ary, she became Director of Wyom-
ing Historical and Geological Society,
where she remained for several
yedrs, then transferred to Hoyt Li-
brary after the death of Miss Marg-
aret Jackson. After retiring there she’
served for a time at Wilkes College.
Miss Dorrance has beén interested
in all kinds of cultural activities
including musical organizations and
the Little Theatre. She became a
very active member of the State
Archaeological [Society and the local
chapter, Frances Dorrance Chapter
No. 11, was so named in her honor.
It is a going concern, meeting regu-
larly at the Historical Society Build-
ing. In recent years she has lectured
to local groups on various phases of
the United Nations, and maintains an
interest in: Backi Mountain Memorial
Library. 7
ONLY
YESTERDAY
Ten and Twenty Years Age
In The Dallas Post
It Happéned 30 Years Ago:
Theresa Polachek, ten year old
school child was fatally injured ‘when
run over by a car at intersection of
franklin and Main Street; while
walking home from school. Dying a
Nesbitt Hospital of 4 fracturéd skull
and multiple injuries; she did not
regain consciousness. She was daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Polachéck
Jf Fernbrook.
Proceeds of ‘a benefit basketball
game between all-stars of the Baek
Mountain in Ddllas Borough gym-
nasium January 29 will go to relief
of needy families.
A move is on foot to have the Eff:
ort Mountain read paved: Wyoming
Valley Motor Club is sparking the
drive to get legislation passed for the
18 mile paving project.
Mrs. H. F. Henry, wife of Shaver:
town Methodist ‘minister; is recovers
ing from injuries received when the
family car. skidded on “ice and
rammed a stone wall.
Robert BE. Knarr; Féernbrook : Jus-
dice of the peace, died Friday
morning, 5 ;
Ice skating has been spoiled by
heavy snow. Sandy Beach is plough-
ed, ready for skaters; and the res:
taurant is open. 2
wFor a limited time, and because
times were hard, the Dallas Post,
thirty years ago, published adver-
tisements offering employment, with
no charge for the service.
It happened 20 Years ago: .......... ik
\/ Fred Swanson has rescued two |
loons trapped by encircling ice
at Harveys Lake, carrying them to
the Outlet, where two acrés of water
still remains unfrozen. Loons cannot
e off without water.
William J. Jones, brother of Mrs.
William Neimeyer, detects = under
currents in US. Navy preparations.
Great quantities of supplies are be-
ing shipped to Pacific bases and Ha-
wail. “Something is up, for sure,”
he writes. :
M a in Streeet ‘may get fire
hydrants. ;
Lehman school children are re-)
turning to classes as the epidemic of
influenza wanes. Noxen schools are
now closing, and flu is on the in-
crease among Dallas Township |
students. $
Defense courses for civilians are
being set up in Lehman and Dallas.
Courses include automotive mech-
anics;, metal work, wood work, and
elementary electricity. ai
ealth offices sare investigating
sanitation on Franklin Street, where
overflowing sumps pose: a health
problem. ;
Thief who stole Fred Swanson’s
car turns out to be a Scranton man
on parole. ; : Ie
A third bridge across the Susque-
hanna at Wilkes-Barre is recomm-
ended by the Rotary Club. :
Ice fishing is poor this year:
Mrs. Jerusha Ide, 85,°'a wheelchair
prisoder for twenty years, died ‘of
influenza. : 4a
Mrs. Louise Frick, 77, native’ of
Germany and long time resident of
Lake Township, is buried at Fern
Knoll. :
Concrete has been poured on the
underpass at Fernbrook, and Banks
Construction Co. is grading between
Fernbrook and Trucksville. .
A record speed of 620 m.p.h. is set
by a pilot in an Airocobra Inter-
ceptor plane. : '
Harry Hill; 77, for forty years a
month illness.
Women of the area are helping
with sewing for the Red Cross, for
clothing of destitute - people in
Europe. ;
And 10 Years Ago: ........... ima
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hubble of
Beaumont collided head-on with
another car in front of thé Union
Church, but escaped serious injury.
Kiler Updyke has been transferred
from a base in Toyyo to a hospital
south of there. He was injured in
Korea in September.
Franklin Township's new
truck is due tomorrow.
+ Dr. Roger Owens is winding up his
dental practice in Dallas to join the
Navy. Says he'll be back after the
war is over.
Adult education classes, sponsored
by the Recreation Association, will
start at Kingston Township High
School February 8. They will include
sewing ceramics, and shop work.
An open session on school -join-
ture attracted 200 people to Kingston
Township gym.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church is let-
ting the contract for remodelling to
Arthur Calkins, Dallas.
Fifteenth crash at intersection of
route 115 with the Lake highway
occured Sunday night, when a Wil-
kes-Barre car plunged over the bank
at the dead end. .
Arléann Bowman was reelected
president of Dallas Businessmen.
Kenneth Hughes, 4, Trucksville,
is at Home after a sledding accident
‘in which he fractured his skull:
fire
ers off chickens, dug a hole at the
foot of a big tree, smashed windows,
put TF-V sets out of order, and re:
duced Dallas to darkness,
David Perry, 93, who suffered a
stroke in September; died at his
home in Orange.
W. H. Crispell, 86, resident of the
Lake, died while on a visit to his
son in Phillipsburg. =
Harold Lloyd of Shavertown hds
four broken ribs after a skidding
accident. : el
.. Mr: and Mrs. R. B. Shaver have
been married fifty years.
Lake resident died following a four |
January thunderstorm took feath- |
Tuzerné County Charles Connolly,
DALLAS, PENNSYL
A ®
THOUGHTS FOR A WINTER NIGHT
A great surgeon pits his skill against cancer in “The Man With
A Life In His Hands” an excellent article by W. C. Heinz in the
January 20 issue of LIFE Magazine. ;
If you haven't réad it; by all means, do. It is very well written.
If you aré like most of us; you may want to put it down a couple of
times before you finish it: It i§ as tense as a mystery thriller.
Lucky is thé family that has a good pile of seasoned fireplace
logs heaped handy by thé house in this kind of weather. Logs piled
under the snow in the back yard aren't much use on frigid nights.
I like them stored on the front porch. :
Don't forget the birds. Their survival depends on body tempera-
with good grain and seed. Never feed anything wet or moist to wild
birds in winter. .
i“ This is a wonderful time of the year to study the seed catalogues.
The best gardens I've ever had are those built in imagination in
the middle of thé winter:
Watch out for these young fruit trees planted during the past
. surrounded them with wire screen. You can’t blame the starving rab-
bits if they girdle them above the snow line. They are so hungry
that they hop up to our back porch for bits of lettuce, celery and
cats and dogs.
No‘ book makes bettér winter reading than the Wise Garden
Encyclopedia: If you don’t own one and yet love plants, shrubs,
gardens and the ground around your home, by all means buy a copy.
It is obtainable at any book or department store. It's a lifetime in-
vestment that you will use hundreds of times no matter how well
versed you are in horiculture. " j
A bushel of walnuts, butternuts or hickorynuts and a sturdy
upturned log in the cellar can provide plenty of enjoyment when
TV programs are dull. Its surprising how much fun it is to crack
nuts and now and then a finger. -
I'm willing to bet that our new neighbours Dwight Eisenhower
and Mamie will make a visit to this béattiful part of Pennsylvania
before the summer is over. It would be kinda nice to have them stop
by for the Auction wouldn't it? And then there's that drive up the
Susquehanna from Harrisburg to Athens. I wonder if they have ever
made it. .
This might be a good time to make your first visit to Back
Mountain Memorial Library. I think you might be surprised at the
cordial welcome you will receive from Miss Lathrop and Mrs. Jones.
You will likewise be impressed with the variety and quality of
books available for your enjoyment. I suspect that a number who
have never been within the library doors, think of it only as a store
house for novels and a place where middle aged and elderly women
have tea.
This isn't farfetched. I've listened to too many people ask ques-
tions about the library.
Well just for fun how much interest do you think’ the following
on the Kentucky rifle, how to mix cement; repair a gasoline motor;
cure pork; grow Christmas trees, build an outdoor fire place, design
a new home; handle bees, shoe a horse, survive if lost out of doors
in midwinter, caught in a burning hotel. You can find the answer
at the library. t
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Folks who glued themselves to the television last Friday to watch
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Huntley intoned, ‘Here comes the Squedunk High School Band, and
‘we will now have a word from our sponsors.” %
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reviewing stand.” Reap ; <
‘Chances are that the viewers, up to their necks in soapsuds,
courtesy of the sponsors, made a solemn promise to themselves never
to buy that product again, and were tempted to throw a cake of soap
through the TV ‘screen. pe
After. all, there ‘are other ways of getting a message across.
“Courtesy of Slimex,” would have been enough, and delighted, aunts
her way down Pennsylvania Avenue, fingers securely frosted to the
.Alute, but nonetheless beaming in her hour of. glory. FH
~~ briefly. upon the’ marchers, with no obstruction.
the first two units, but I, too, was watching for one small marcher,
fifty-star flag. : ;
The day started early for the Boy Scouts. If they could get to
Seven Corners in Virginia by nine o'clock, the Army would trans-
port them to the place where they were to assemble for the parade.
The blizzard cancelled out any private means of getting them
to Washington. :
A phone call from Herndon just after the Inaugural and the
solemn oath of office: Rl
marching with the massed flag unit. He'll be somewhere else, but
he doesn’t know where.”
That much for watching for the massed flags. ;
This accounted for the increasing fury as Slimex demonstrated,
hour after hour, how the stuff doesn’t leave a ring on the sink, and
how it reduces itself to wafer thinness, bath after bath after bath,
without losing its symmetry. (I have always felt equal to polishing
off a ring on the sink, or even heaving broken soap into a shaker.)
It began to get dark, and both Slimex and I were worn to a
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Chet Huntley announced, ‘It's getting too dark to see the
marchers.” : x
But there stood the newly inaugurated President, game to the
last, taking the parade to the bitter end. ia
Maybe he even waved to one Boy Scout, gallantly bearing a new
nylon fifty-star flag.
Goodness knows when the Boy Scout got home, doubtless to
be treated to a mustard footbath for extreme exposure. :
I've been afraid to ask. After all, I'm only his grandmother.
Those future citizens certainly stuck it out, and probably with-
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Police Chief Instruction
Starts At Wilkes College
Kingston Township Police Chief
Herbert Updyke will study one
afternoon a week for fourteen
weeks, with other police chiefs tak-
ing a specialized course Tuesday
afternoon at Wilkes Collége. Former
Chief John Schwartz, of Easton, who
writes a column in Law and Order,
a: national police publication, will in- |
struct. ;
Among those who will speak on
various subjects, including preven= |
tion of crime, public relations; and
records, are Chief of Detectives for
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and Captain Harry Meeker, of the
Philadelphisz Pélicer Academy.
An advanced course for police will Hop-Bottors, Pa.
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tures up. Toss bread and crackers on the snow and fill the feeders’
carrots that Myra tosses out. ‘They appear to have lost fear of the
books would have for dainty ladies who love to drink tea; Books -
and it seemed of vital importance to see him carrying a new nylon
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few years. The rabbits and field mice will get them if you haven't
for the fourth marcher from'the left, ‘sixth row, in the Squedunk
High School Band, must: have been frantic with fury when Chet
and uncles could have enjoyed the sight of frozen Flossie tootling
3 The “Courtesy of ‘Slimex” might even have been superimposed
“Normally, I wouldn't have watched an Inaugural Parade beyond
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