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Editorially Speaking:
One Woman And A Dream
The death of Mrs. Lewis LeGrand early Saturdav
morning, following months of discouraging illness and
frustrating partial incapacity, removed one who has left
a rich heritage to this community.
Within her family, her church, and Back Mountain
- Memorial Library her valiant spirit will live on!
; A native of Nebraska, where she obtained her early
training and college edugation, Mrs. LeGrand was, until
marriage, a teacher. Throughout her lifetime she main-
tained a deep interest in education and things cultural—
art, literature and music.
For many of her early years in Dallas she was a busy
housewife and mother, rearing a family of five active
redheads at her home on Baldwin Street. She could easily
have become lost in the routine of homemaking; but she
had too much vitality and, too much zest to become sub-
merged. i EPR Te
: In a community, which at that time offered few cul-
tural advantages outside of schools and church, Mrs. Le-
Grand solicited the cooperation of her neighbors in form-
ing a Book Club. She walked from house to house, and
street to ‘street, explaining its purpose. Each member
purchased one current book and, after reading it, passed
it on—#ill it went full circle by the end of the year. So
many wanted to join the original club that she organized
another! ;
Spurred by this interest among Book Club members,
Mrs. LeGrand came to the conclusion that the time was
ripe for the establishment of a small library in Dallas,
perhaps a branch of Osterhout. ;
With characteristic determination to do something
about it, she explored the possibilities in several conver-
- sations with Miss Grace Estes, then librarian at Osterhout
Library. Miss Estes encouraged her, offering the full
cooperation of the Wilkes-Barre library in an effort to
establish a branch in Dallas. :
This was all Mrs. LeGrand needed! Guided by an
idea, encouraged by her book clubs, and ‘armed with the
support of Migs Estes, Mrs. LeGrand presented a tentative
plan for the creation of a Dallas Library in a talk before
Dallas Rotary Club. :
Her enthusiasm was the spark that kindled the fires
for a community effort that saw its culmination in the
establishment of Back Mountain Memorial Library—a
permanent memorial to the men and women of all wars
who have served to preserve the American ideal—not for
Dallas alone—but for the whole Back Mountain country!
At its beginning, Mrs. LeGrand served as a director
and secretary of the Association and was instrumental in
obtaining a generous contribution from the Ryman family
toward establishing the new library in the former Ryman
homestead on Main Street. She and her husband were
among the first 100 to contribute $50 toward the purchase.
Likewise, and of her own volition, she kept a volum- -
inous scrap book of all library and associated community
activities.
When it became necessary to raise more funds to keep
the library going from year to year, it was Mrs. LeGrand
who came up with the suggestion of an annual Auction.
A friend in Western Pennsylvania had suggested in a letter
to her that $1,000 might be raised that way!
And years later, when both the Library and its Auc-
tions were acknowledged successes, she suggested a Book
Stall, as both an appealing and profitable feature of the
Auction. :
The Library Book Club, with its 196 members, an
integral part of the Library, is but the continuation of the
Clubs she established years ago!
It was typical of the indominable spirit of this woman
that during the years when she was partially paralyzed,
she took care of much of her own housework, improvising
means by which she could assist herself to prepare meals
and be less of a burden to her devotel husband.
And through it all her interest in the library was un-
diminished! It was the first topic of conversation when
visitors called, and whenever it was physically possible, she
attended Library Board of Directors meetings.
Her indomitable courage made her final years, per-
haps, her finest ones; but her dream and spunk gave the
Back Mountain its library!
Robin In The Snow
Arch Hutchison, West Overbrook
Avenue, could hardly believe his
eyes Saturday noon when he ob-
served a robin flitting about in the
snow just opposite Shavertown
Methodist Church.
Annual Meeting
Annual meeting of Noxen Com-
munity Ambulance Association for
the election of officers will be held
Monday night, February 6, at 8 at
the home of Earl Crispell. The
public is invited. :
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ONLY
YESTERDAY
Ten and Twenty Years Age
In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO:
Charles H. Cooke, 80, ill only two
died here.
estate, and his attack was attri-
buted to overwork.
# Harveys Lake is a paradise for
skaters these days. On Saturday,
a plane piloted by Howard Sterne
landed on the ice, offering sight-
seeing trips to visitors.
Lares of Luzerne 41 to 27.
Ernest Montross and Bethel
Shook were married at the Center
Moreland M. E. parsonage.
m/ Parents of five small children in
Idetown were sent to jail for neglect-
ing their family while they went on
a binge. The children, ranging in
age from eight months to seven
years had been alone without food
in an unheated house from Friday
until Monday. Toes of the baby
were frozen. |
Irem Country Club will be reno-
vated during the next two months.
to April 1.
V Gas and oil leases are being pro-
cured in the Forkston area, with
2,600 acres already under lease by
Wayne Canfield, North Moreland.
Date of drilling has not been an-
nounced.
IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO:
No definite date has been set for
beginning of construction of the new
Harveys Lake Highway in spite of
optimistic reports from Wilkes-Barre
papers.
Rev. (Charles Frick, pastor of
Huntsville Christian Church, will be
given a one-year leave of absence to
join the armed forces as chaplain
of the 109th at Indiantown Gap.
Rev. Frick was with the army during
the first World War.
Harry J. Harter has been elected
school director to replace the late
W. E. Bennett in Kingston Town-
ship.
w Rotary will hear Ray Helton on
zoning, in line with Dallas Borough's
efforts to. draft a workable zoning
ordinance.
«John Stredney, 22 year old foun-
der of an athletic club in Kunkle,
was instantly killed by a fall of rock
at. the Harry E. Colliery. Boys had
outfitted the Condon chicken house
with muscle-building equipment,
weight-lifting apparatus, ping-pong
table, Indian Clubs and dumbbells,
and under John’s instruction were
all set to build their bodies to the
best advantage.
Dr. Henry M. Laing Firemen are
closing the year with a cash balance
of $1203.46, nine times as much as
a year ago.
¥ School millage could be reduced if
delinquent taxes were collected, re-
ports Dan Waters, school board sec-
retary. Most of the overdue taxes
are on vacant lots. 3
A newspaper poll taken in Port-
land, Oregon, shows 90 percent of
the people in favor of no strikes in
defense factories.
nternational pressure is mount-
ing, with strong anti-German feeling
rampant.
Mrs. Elizabeth Searfoss, stricken
with a sudden heart attack on
Sunday, died at her home in Alder-
son,
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Lois M. Rogers,
Trucksville, to Sgt. William May-
nard Berni, of San Antonio, Texas.
Florence A. Park, 73, descendent
of pioneer settlers of this area, was
buried in Idetown cemetery not far
from the home where she was born
and spent her entire life.
AND 10 YEARS AGO:
« Howard Hendricks, former super-
vising principal of Lehman Schools,
spoke at the annual meeting of Back
Mountain Memorial Library Associa-
tion, showing slides taken last sum-
mer while he was on vacation tour
of National parks. Miss Lathrop,
librarian, reported circulation for
the year over 50,000, including
schools, Catalogued are 22442
volumes.
Tug Weyant, Noxen, has been
named as the first executive secre-
tary of Back Mountain YMCA by
Lewis, LeGrand, president.
The Grover Anderson home at
Harveys Lake was damaged by fire
from an overheated furnace. En-
tire interior will have to be redec-
orated because of smoke damage.
Lehman-Jackson joint schools
have the green light from Harris-
burg to go ahead with a gymnasium
wing to the present high school
building. It will include not only a
large gymnasium, but a shop and
four extra clasrooms, at a cost of
approximately $250,000.
\/ Robert Bachman, associated with
Lynn-Fieldhouse for the past five
years, has been appointed as sales
representative for Brown and Bige-
low.
Peter Skopic, Lehman, has been
upped to the rank of Captain in the
Air Corps at Westover Field, Mass.
/Sloppy Tony's estate is being sued
for $43,000 damages for a traffic
accident August 19, 1949. Mr. and
Mrs. ‘Anthony Burnett, proprietors
of Sloppy Tony's, died by suffocation
by coal gas in their home in Wilkes-
Barre on Christmas day. Plaintiffs
are Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Gels-
leichter, Shavertown.
Mrs. Nellie Allen, 64, Noxen, died
suddenly on Saturday at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. James Miers,
of Kunkle,
-
days following a severe heart attack, |
He was stricken ‘while |
attending court sessions in Wyom- |
ing County. He had been extremely |
busy in settling the Albert Lewis |
Local Meridians of Dallas defeated |
It will be closed from February 1 |
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1961
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By The Oldtimer
Rambling Around
—D. A. Waters
CRI,
Never throw away anything. |
| This is a man’s maxim impossible |
| to live by as it gets no support from |
| women. Either by nature or train- |
{ing women seem to‘have only two |
| ways to dispose of anything: (1) put |
it away; (2) throw it away. |
By good luck and careful man- |
agement a man can cometimes sal- |
vage something he knows will be |
useful some day, but it requires
ingenuity and watchfulness to get
away with it. The rewards are well
worth the effort. A few examples
follow.
For generations a broken chair,
which had belonged to one of my |
| grandmothers, or maybe to one of |
| her ancestors, had been around.
Numerous times it was headed for
the bonfire or woodpile but was
rescued just in time. Finally one
of the boys, in the early days of the
| Auction, wiped it off with oil er
| something, puttied up a hole where
a piece was missing, and took it
i down as the Auction was in pro-
gress. He swung it up on the block
and backed into the crowd. In
minutes it brought $5.
Then we had an old roll-top desk
that originally belonged to Jesse
Albertson. My sister bought it for
the postoffice. 1 used it for ten
| years for school board work. Finally {
it just had to go. But parts of it
are still useful. The two end sec-
tions containing drawers hold most
of the family papers. A panel forms
a shelf for plants and magazines on
a radiator in the summertime and
the top, insulated with fibreglass
| and aluminum sheets, covers an:
| other for plants all the year round.
| The roll was pretty well destroyed
| before we woke up to the fact that
| the oak strips are just right to tack
{on screening, etc.
The old ice refrigerator made of
| sturdy oak took a couple of days to
| dismantle but it provided a pile of
| small pieces and boards still holding
{| out. When one of the grandchil-
dren climbed on a radiator in: the
bathroom and fell, the old refrig-
erator top was just the right size
for a protecting and very useful
shelf. Even the hinges and sheet
metal have seen use since.
A console radio once owned by
David Blocksage had a beautiful |
cabinet of walnut veneer. This is |
written on a table made from the
top board and the bottom portion.
The side panels have also been used.
When Harriet Laing put in some
new kitchen cabinets maybe half a
century ago, she gave my father an
old fashioned kitchen cupboard,
hand made probably for Ira 'D.
Shaver in the days when twenty-
four inch clear white pine was com-
mon. here. Most of
drawers in their original condition.
it has b
worked into use, including the ®
James Peddebone, local carpenter
and cabinet maker, made for us a
cupboard for kitchen use in what is
now Clifford Space’s basement. It |
today cantains my tools. After over |
fty years it was almost impossible
to tear apart the flour bins, etc,
grooved, screwed, and glued to-
gether. They would have held water
even then. The old artisans were
| real workmen.
About 1911, Wes Daddow got
Scout Troop No. 1,
pine and some oak.
I made a ladder from two of the
oak staves and some salvaged fence
pickets. This year I tore it apart
and used one of the staves painted
white for a pole for the new fifty-
star flag. We were complimented
on it. /
To cultivate narrow rows in the
garden, my father made by hand a
short whiffletree. He also accumu-
lated quite a collection of trace
chains wariously equipped with
rings, hooks, and snaps. With the
whiffletree they make perfect equip-
head. : ?
Right now backyards and nearby
points are littered with discarded
Christmas trees. About the most
desolate thing to have around is an
abandoned Christmas tree, but they
are excellent for at least two pur-
poses. Clip off the limbs with the
tree pruning shears and burn them
a few at a time in the fireplace.
The crackle will please the young-
sters no end and the aroma is really
something. Of course you want to
be sure the damper is not closed or
you will have real trouble. Then
the branches make excellent cover-
ing for binding around rose bushes,
ete. They usually are green in the
spring.
And years from now when you
want to mix up a spray solution, or
make a cleaning solution, or similar
item where an exact measurement
‘in ounces is necessary, you , will
you threw away.
Altar And Rosary To
Install New Members -
Gate of Heaven Altar and Rosary
Society invites all the women of the
parish to join in a missa recitata
mass at 9 a. m. on Sunday, and
attend a meeting in the evening for
installation of new members.
A social hour will follow the short
business meeting. Mrs. Leo Mohen
and Mrs. George Arzente, Jr., are
co-chairmen of the affair, which will
take the place of the usual February
meeting.
Mrs. Ted Popielarz will preside,
ev, Francis A.’ Kane, pastor
and moderator will officiate at the
When I was about four years old,
installation.
THOSE TV COMMERCIALS
TO THE EDITOR
Dear Mr. Risley,
I so enjoyed the article on tele-
vision by Mrs. Carleton Jones which
appeared in the Dallas Post on
Thursday, January 26th. Her spark-
ling comments on the value of
“selected” television viewing were
refreshing. What a grander view of
the world we live in we all have as
the result of TV coverage. For in-
stance, 1 have attended a Corona-
tion, a Royal Wedding, a United
Nations Meeting, a Senate Hearing,
an Inauguration Ceremony and In-
augural Ball, and just the other
evening an historic Press Conference
without leaving the comforts of my
livingroom.
As I took my seat at the United
Nations Meeting, the gray chair near
the fireplace, I became so engrossed
in the proceedings that I neglected
to explain the ways and wherefores
to my small companion. After sit-
ting quietly by my side for several
pages of a very pompous speech, in
a language not our own, my little
son said “This is sure a long com-
mercial, Mommie.” Which brings
me to a delightful subject—TV Com-
mercials.
The frequent interruptions of com-
mercial messages during a favorite
television program have prompted
many an interested party to cam-
paign for non-commercial television.
As a mother of small children, my
concern is not with the interruptions
as such but with the effect these
messages from the sponsor have
upon the children who can become
completely absorbed in them.
Television commercials often play
odd tricks on the imaginative minds
of little viewers. A child's inter-
pretation may be somewhat differ-
ent than what is actully said. What
do you tell a member of the very
young set when he. insists that all
you have to do is buy him a box of
Crusty Brand cereal and he'll be
able to win a new car for the family,
or when he wants you to change
from your favorite dishwashing pro-
duct so he can send for a space suit ?
My heart goes out to a little candy
lover when the announcer, with his
mouth full and lips smacking, offers
a taste of his candy bar to the tele-
vision = audience and says ‘Don't
you wish you had a “Marvelous
Mallow Bar, kiddies? Ask Good Ol
Mom to get you one right now.”
And of course, Good OI’ Mom
doesn’t happen to have one in her
pocket at that very moment!
On the humorous side of course is
the child’s eye view of certain com-
mercial promises. A well informed
little lad in our house advised me
that with a Lazy Dazy completely
Valve . . .
carefree automatic washer and dryer
installed convienently in just the
smallest space, I'd have so much
spare time, I could color or play
cowboys every morning. It was also
necessary - to clarify the fact that
there IS more to producing a perfect
pie than simply by buying a can of
Bliss shortening.
I am not campaigning for or
against commercial television! - Our
children certainly have received a
liberal education in the field of
alphabet identification’ and word
association from product displays,
and like millions of other youngsters
of ‘their generation, they could spout
a television commercial, word for
word, before they had learned a
nursery rhyme. To them, the com-
mercial is often the best part of the
show.
And so I say “Thanks” to the
sponsors for making it possible for
us to enjoy the wide variey of Tele-
vision viewing available today.
(Mrs.) Jane B. Roberts
65 Davis Street 8
Trucksville
WANTS TO COME BACK
Dear Editor:
I am, writing concerning the piece
in the paper Thursday, January 12,
about the job campaign in the Back
Mountain area. I own my home and
five and a half acres back there.
I pay my taxes and spend my money
back there, and I have to be down
here working in Bristol.
1 would be glad to put 25¢ or even
50c a week for a donation, but let
me tell you I wouldn’t give anything
if they are going to pick the ones
they want. I ‘don’t believe in that.
I have my application in two times in
RCA at Mountaintop, and I know for
a fact we got to know someone to
get in. When I get a job I'll do my
job and that’s it. I don’t have
people get me a job. It's awful, I
have a home and I can’t live in it
and enjoy it. 1 just hate to live
down here, I room and I have always
wished they'd get jobs back there, so
I could come back and work closer
to my people.
Sure I'd save some money, espec-
ially 25 cents a day, but if I didn't
get a job, I still wouldn't give it to
them.
A steady subscriber for the Post,
Nellie Steinruck
207 Wood Street
Bristol, Pa.
PS. You can publish this if you
want to, so they'll know how we feel
about it, us poor people.
Over one-third of all the cloth-
ing produced in the U.S. is manu-
factured by firms in New York
State. / 7 !
some eight foot staves for old Boy |
some yellow |
Ten years later |
ment to suspend long ladders over-
think of all those good baby bottles
Looking at
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With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
St. Valentine’s Day, vaudeville
and Victor Herbert’s music will be
the theme for this Friday's “Bell |
Telephone Hour.”
Polly Bergen, Roberta Peters,
Carol Lawrence, Paul Whiteman,
Jorge Bolet, Theodore Uppman,
Kelly Brown and Russell Arms will
| take part in the song and dance.
NBC Opera Company will do the
English version of Beethoven's
“Fidelio” in a repeat performance on
Sunday, 3-5 p. m.
Two Good Plays will be presented
on Tuesday, February 7. The first
one at 7:30 p. m. will be “Time Re-
membered” on “The Hallmark Hall
of Fame” program. Dame Edith
Evans, Christopher Plummer and
Janet Munro co-star. An eccentric
woman (Dame Edith Evans) con-
the lethargy of her rich young
nephew (Plummer), who is in love
with the memory of a dead girl.
At 10 p. m: will be ‘‘A String of
Beads,” by W. Somerset Maughan.
Jane Fonda, George Grizzard and
Glenda Ferrell have the starring
roles. A secretary (Miss Fonda)
faces unexpected penalties when she
refuses to return a $60,000 pearl
necklace, sent to her in error by 'an
exclusive Jewelry store. ;
“A String of Beads” will' mark
Jane Fonda’s dramatic debut on
television. She is appearing on
a March.” A year ago she was
voted “The most promosing young
actress of the '59-’60 season” in the
New York Critics award:
Jack Paar wasn’t kidding the
other night when he said that he
might be living down in Florida next
year. He has requested a release
from his contract by the end of this
year.
| He owns land in Key Biscayne and
he would like a home built on it.
| Also he would like to travel. After a
| year he believes he would like to
return to television but not another
version of his night. show:
Jack seems to feel that NBC will
grant his request.
Unlike Perry Como. who loves to
watch television and admits to being
a Western fan, Jack Parr says he
only averages an hour a week before
a television set.
Robert Horton, the scout on Wag-
on Train” is a strong, rugged look-
is on the sickly side should take
hope from watching him because at
one time Robert Horton was re-
stricted from most sports because of
a kidney ailment. The only sport
he was allowed to take part in was
swimming and he became an @ ex-
cellent swimmer. * At that time it
was never thought he would develop
into the rugged, healthy 6-foot, 1
inch 185-pounds of action.
During the war he served in the
Coast Guard. After his discharge he
came to New York to gain exper-
ience as an actor. He worked in
little theater productions.
During the past three years Hor-
ton’s singing voice has been paying
dividends. He starred in the sum-
mer presentation of . “Guys and
Dolls.” His appearance at London’s
Palladium last year was recorded
and quickly became one of England's
top-selling albums. : :
_ Bobby Darin didn't start out to be
a singer. He wanted to be an actor.
| But a whole year of trying and not
getting one job changed his mind.
He and a young song-writer friend
formed: their own business of writ-
ing radio commercials." They were
successful in a small way. As a side
line they wrote songs that didn’t
sell. Then they wrote ‘Splish,
Splash, Taking a Bath’ and it sold
one million records.
After that came ‘Mack the Knife”
which sold over two million copies.
Lake Service Club
Plans Interesting Talk
The pages of history will turn
back for a revealing look into the
lives of some of Pennsylvania's
pioneers tonight, Thursday, Febru-
ary 2, when Rosemary P. Simonic,
public relations representative . of
the Bell Telephone, talks about
famous women of the Common-
wealth at the meeting of Harveys
Lake Woman's Service Club at Lake
Noxen School. She will show how
the ‘‘man’s world” was gradually
changed as vigorous, adventurous
women fought for careers and posi-
tions of leadership in fields once far
beyond their reach.
The above arrangements were
made at a recent board meeting
held at the Ray Garinger home.
Present were Mesdames George
Searfoss, Howard Jones, Carrie
Rood, Malcolm Nelson, John Zorzi
Jr., Bruce Renard, Lee Bicking, El-
wood Whitesell Rowland Ritts, Ar-
thur Darnell, Albert Armitage,
Richard Williams, Wilfred Ide, Pau-
line Davis, Ruth Zorzi and the
hostess.
Lake Legion To Meet
At Kerns On Tuesday
Harveys Lake American Legion
will geet at Kern's Restaurant, Har-
veys Lake on Tuesday, February 7.
Commander Jackson urges all mem-
bers to be present to help make
plans for the Easter Egg Hunt.
A film “Operation Abolition” can
be obtained by any civic group by
ceives a fantastic plot to cope with |
Broadway currently in ‘Invitation to |.
ing individual. -Any youngster who |’
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From monn 4
Pillar To Post...
This spell of sub-zero weather has created a tremendous down
draft in The Franklin stove, and has caused it to deliver a billow of =
smoke instead of the anticipated radiant heat. In fact, the situation +
became so acute last week that the stove had to be jacketed in a * °
plastic sheathe to prevent cold air from flooding the kitchen. ;
All the usual expedients were tried. Burning paper, held at the ©
throat of the chimney, failed to reverse the downdraft. All that
happened was that the paper, still burning, blew back into the room,
accompanied by more black smoke than one section of the Dallas
Post should normally produce.
The plastic was readjusted and secured by a bellyband of stout
string. Around the edges seeped the arctic air. The small stove pipe :
elbow connecting the stove with the chimney, became so frigid that ©
the fingers threatened to stick to it when its temperature was taken.
I got a lot of free advice. One heating expert said I ought to «
have a chimney crown, the kind that turns with the wind.
Another inquired in horror, “But you surely have a damper in’-"’
that stove pipe? Turn it off.” \ i
No, we don’t have a damper in that stove-pipe. The crooked
little pipe elbow that runs through the brick facing of the kitchen
wall to the outside chimney, isn't tailored for a damper. Not enough
horizontal or vertical space to accommodate one.
Well, how about building the chimney a few feet higher? 5 r
No Comment. Brother, it's zero outside, not chimney building ‘
the peak of the roof. Se
All day Friday the plastic quivered under the impact of the
down draft. : 3
Joe dropped around Saturday morning.
“Joe, I've got a problem.”
I explained. Joe made sympathetic noises.
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weather. Besides, it’s high enough, rearing itself several feet above ..
“You tried a wad of newspaper already burning, held up against ig
the back of the stove right under the smoke shelf?
“Uh-huh.” Sb
“Try ‘poking it right up into the hole?”
All'1 get is three bushels of smoke, right in the face.” :
. I demonstrated. We readjusted the plastic after groping our
why back to the stove through the encircling gloom. 3
Joe ruminated. Together we discussed and abandoned: slinging a a
a tray of burning charcoal under the elbow to.heat it up; running gg
of steel wool in k.rosene and lighting it in the throat of the stove, :
putting off having a fire until. next summer, to give the outside
chimney a chance to heat up. ; os 1d
“Lemme at it,’ quoth Joe, removing the plastic, and letting -
himself down joint by joint until he was hunkered down on the
flagstones, staring up the chimney.
“Light another piece of newspaper,” he directed,
to see what happened.”
We both reeled back from the puff of smoke.
“Light another piece, a good big one,” says Joe.
Joe inflated his chest.
I touched a match to the newspaper and rammed it against the
opening. :
“Who0000000f, says Joe, shrinking his chest against his back-
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“While I watch
bone ; .
The flame danced, and the smoke reversed itself. 3
“Now, let’s give it the gun again,” says Joe, “a good big wad
of paper this time, and I'll stuff it right up the chimney.”
Joe got ready to act like a bellows again, but this proved un-
necessary. The second installment of the draft reverser exceeded
all expectations. There was a crackling and then a roar, as the soot
inside the elbow started to burn.
“That'll do it,” says Joe, letting out his breath, but gradually.
The stove pipe elbow started to glow cherry red and there was
a stench of hurning stove enamel. y
“I'll give the chimney a good cleaning, for free,” says Joe.
“Just step outside, Joe, and see if we've got sparks coming out
ofthe top ‘of the chimney.” .
Joe came in again, stamping snow off his feet. :
“Nope, no sparks, and very little smoke,” he reported, and added,
_ from the eminence of a laboratory man in the senior year of West-
moreland, “Combustion Must be jut about complete.” ' / /
Combustion in the stove was doing fine. The kindling crackled, "
a trouble light with a big bulb up inside the elbow; soaking a wad **® :
rounded up an enthusiastic group
contributed greatly to the dressings
contacting Kenneth Jackson, Leo
Wodaski or Calvin Strobel. |
a dhe dah a to LE
* the dry wood slabs caught, and the cherry glow in the stove pipe & ':
faded. rr hen, Panna
“Joe-the-Blow, “I remarked, “if you're not on the cheering squad 9.
at high school you're wasting a marvelous set of lungs.” { CC
“You ought to have a pair of bellows,” he suggested. “You know, »
those things you pump to give a fire more air? ; y BS :
“I've got a pair of bellows. They're right in the living room by &
the fireplace.” ; A PT :
Joe's comment, plain to read on his face, but left unspoken was, &
“Well, how dumb can you get!" \ 2 : Cop :
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re Dedicated
Local Women A
To Work For Cancer Victims
By DOROTHY ANDERSON
Throughout the heat of the sum-
mer, while others relaxed, ~ two
Shavertown women spent their
spare time making Cancer dressings.
Mrs. Charles Gosart, Sr. and her
neighbor, Mrs. Charles Michel with
the assistance of Mrs. Charles Sieber,
Mrs. Ruth Houser, Mrs. Florence
Kast, Mrs. Arthur Marth and Mrs.
Bess Gerloch made 381 dozen dress-
ings during this time.
It was Mrs. Gosart who also
of ladies when the Back Mountain
Cancer Center needed new volun-
teers last year. The same group
with the addition of Mrs. C. F.
Kresge, Mrs. John Ferguson and Mrs.
W. Alexander work faithfully on
Tuesday afternoons at the Back
Mountain Library Annex.
Other faithful workers who have
been loyal in their volunteer work
at the Center ar Mrs. Edgar Lashford
and Mrs. Joseph Emerick, Chase;
Mrs. Sheldon Bennett, Mrs. William
King and Mrs. George Pearce, Truck-
sville,
Mrs. Seady Sauers, Mrs. Richard
Cook and Mrs. Lowther Brown also
project by making dozens of dress-
ing at home, throughout the year.
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i a a a a
Numerous others have served such
as Mrs. Harold Flack and Mrs: Mabel
Evans, who for years organized and
supervised a group at Goss Manor.
Last year, two dedicated volunteers
were lost to this area when Mrs.
Donald Weeden and Mrs. Glenn
Sickler moved from the area. EE
Mrs. Sickler had organized th
Carverton group and made bandages
in large numbers, also at her home.
She in turn interested Mrs. David
Perry, Jr., in the project. Now Mrs
Sickler has gathered together a
group of men and women from the
Couples Club of Carverton Methodist
Church who are enthusiastic over
their services to a worthy cause.
Mrs. Harold Flack has now inter-
ested the members of Prince of
Peace Auxiliary in the dressing pro-
gram and this group will contribute
its services to the project each
month. :
For the past year the Senior Girl
Scout Troop 9 of Harveys Lake has
done an admirable job in supplying
needed dressings. All these groups
and individuals are part of the pro-
gram planned by the Back Moun-
tain Cancer Board headed by Mrs.
Fredric Anderson. Mrs. Hat'®
Crawford is in charge of volunteerS*
at the Center. Mrs. Lloyd Kear is
dressings chairman.
Dallas Woman's
Chik Chomle™
Enjoys Thirteenth Dinner
Dallas Woman's Club Chorale
staged its thirteenth annual dinner
Monday night at St. Paul's Lutheran
Church. Arvilla Keiper was master
of ceremonies; Mrs. Alva Eggleston,
senior club president, gave the in-
vocation; Mrs. William Carroll, new
choral director, and Mrs. John Culp,
junior club president spoke briefly.
Games were directed by Evelyn
Seely, and group singing was led by
Mrs. Carroll,
Mrs. Victor Cross, Mrs. Charles
Mahler, and Mrs. Joseph Schneider
presented ‘Clothesline Gossip” a
hilarious comedy skit adapted to
the audience.
Theme eof the decorations was
“June in January,” cleverly carried
out by Mrs. Clifford Troup.
General chairman was Mrs.
Charles Nicol Jr., assisted by Mrs.
Charles Kishbaugh, Mrs. Robert
Price, and Evelyn Seely.
Others present were Mesdames
William Baker Sr., Roy Bohlander,
Russell Case, John Chapple, Joseph
Goode, Hilda Grifed, Leonard Har-
vey, William Hanna, Joseph Katyl,
George Kostenbauder, Howard Gar-
ris, William Krimell, William Mun-
ncie, Joseph Perry, Lewis Reese,
Burton Roberts, Bernard Rogers,
Theodore Ruff, Stephen Sedler, Fred
Templin, and David Carey.
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