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Single copies at a rate of 10c each, ean be obtained every Thursday morning at following newsstands: Dallas—Berts Drug Store, Dixon's Restaurant, Helen's Restaurant, Gosart’s Market; Shavertown—Evans Drug Store, Hall's Drug Store; Trucksville— Gregory’s Store, Trucksville Drugs; Idetown—Cave’s Store; Har- veys Lake—Marie’s Store; Sweet Valley—Adams Grocery; Lehman—Moore’s Store; Noxen—Scouten’s Store; Shawanese— Puterbaugh’s Store; Fernbrook—Bogdon's Store, Bunney’s Store, Orchard Farm Restaurant. Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Publisher—ROBERT F. BACHMAN Associate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY.MRS T. M. B. HICKS Sports—JAMES LOHMAN Advertising—ILOUISE C. MARKS Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Circulation—DORIS MALLIN Editorially Speaking: \ WAS IT YOU? Eight shivering little puppies whimpered in the snow- bank, searching frantically for the warm comfort of their mother’s soft flanks, and her caressing tongue. They hud- dled together, curled against each other for relief from the bitter wind, their little paws flailing the snow, their muzzles buried deep in each other’s fur, their eyes, large with panie, seeking hopelessly for the mother who would ‘mot share it. VV VV VV VV UY PU VY VT VY UV Vv V YY YT TY : , 3 t \ never come again. Somebody, sitting by a warm fireside, had condemned the puppies to death. (Just heave them out, Bill, they'll freeze quick, and we can always get more puppies.) It was too much trouble to put them into a carton and take them to the SPCA, where they would have been eased gently out of existence without pain, or found them- selves a good home. Mary Frantz came along just in time. Horrified, she scooped up the babies and took them home with her. She has them now, warm and well fed, waiting in a coop for somebody to adopt them. Who abandoned those helpless little creatures? Was it you? . . . Safety MORE ABOUT JUPITER ’ January 130, 1961 Deland, Florida Dear Mr. Risley: A lovely event is taking place here, but I am afraid the North can- The planet Jupiter finally emerged from behind the sun and is coming up just before day- light just to the right hand side of the sun. Since the sun is very low on your winter horizon, the planet would also be very low, and the 100 mile gatmosphere would ruin your view. Here, the sun is quite high and the sight of this “creamy” planet is magic beyond words. It shimmers like whipped cream being beaten up. Every day it will come up a few minutes earlier, and then in a few weeks its moons should be visible clearly to binoculars. It presented a clear round disc this morning for about half an hour be- fore the sun rose. If you do look for it, try 3:45 or 4 a. m. around! ~ March ‘15. Your sun will be higher by that time. We have had some wobbling, and deep-toned . explosions not ade- quately explained by the Navy. “Jets shooting the sound barrier” are words bandied around, but official sources say NO. And as the missile bombs do not affect central Florida in this way, except for noise, we are all mystified. Intense earth movements are more like it to us. The wobbling has been going on for several months. The ground rolls gently as in a light earthquake. ‘Windows were broken yesterday in Ocala during the move- ment. 1 time it every three hours. There is seldom any sound follow- STOCKS - BONDS MUTUAL FUNDS Lemuel T. TROSTER TELEPHONE Dallas OR 4-3041 , @ Russell R. Rivenburg BROKER - DEALER Hop-Bottom, Pa. ave o —— adbeast Adel added Sa r Valve . . . ing the movement. Yesterday's was a humdinger. There were no mis- siles or jets'shooting at the time, so maybe it was an earth move? I am peculairly sensitive, eyes, ears and nose, and I have felt ‘the same movements in Dallas, but never the explosion afterward. Ever notice it? We have had four now in the past month, where the ex- plosion followed the movement. I nofice it more at might. Jets some- times break the sound barrier, but there is never such a strong country- wide movement afterwards. I think they are trying to hush something up, and people are getting jittery. * Me, I'll die with my boots on any- way, and I refuse to panic. When you study astronomy, these hapzen- ings interest you, as does time and space and relativity. Hilda Newberry County Agent Outlines Penna. Growth Series Pennsylvania citizens who would like to study and discuss economic and social improvement for their communities will be interested in a new series of discussion guides which will be available through the cooperative extension office. These guides are being especially written for use by small groups in informal discussions in their homes. County Agent E. V. Chadwick, ex- plains that the guides consist of four factual leaflets to be mused in as many meetings of the group. The series is entitled ‘Pennsylvania Growth.” Interested individuals are urged | to arrange for from 5 to 12 of his or her friends and neighbors to meet for four weekly discussion meetings. Necessary materials can then be ob- tained by writing or calling the Extension office. Each couple or individual in the group will be supplied with a kit containing an introductory statement, the four factual leaflets, and tips for dis- cussion leaders and participants. Following each discussion period those taking part may fill out an opinion ballot to allow them to ex- press their own views. These ballots will be sent to the Extension office for summarization, and results from all participating groups will be re- turned to group leaders. Materials for the series of discus- sions will deal with Pennsylvania’s need for economic growth, the demands to be made on people, educational and community organi- zitions, and the possibilities for “ SUCCESSFUL INVESTING . . . Investment Advisor and Analyst Q. Are warrants good invest- | ments ? A. Warrants are ments, but speculations. Warrants are long-term options to buy a eer- tain stock at a fixed price. Most warrants have a. termination date. If that date is reached and the stock is not at a price making it worthwhile to buy it, the entire cost of the warrant is lost. Warrants have in some instances been profit- able speculations, but they are not for amateurs or long-term investors. In addition, of course, warrants pro- vide no income, so that the unsuc- cessful speculator loses not only his principal, but the interest on it as well. Q. How does an.investor know when he is getting close to specula- tion ? A. Investment advisory services rate stocks and bonds; such ratings are a good guide to the investment quality of individual issues. But perhaps what you mean is how an investor detects signs of speculative fever in himself. The first and surest sign of it is impatience. Spe- culative fever makes its victim thirst for a big quick profit and he is accordingly unwilling to take the time for study and proper weighing of the pro's and con's. There is another time-tested guide: the yield or current return of what you plan to buy. If it's way above average, it means that continuation of the current dividend rate is in some doubt. Fortunately there are fewer victims of this variety of specula- tion, the search for an abnormally high yield. There are far too many victims of the other variety, the search for overnight capital gains. Editor’s note: Questions on invest- ment may be addressed to the author of this column in care of this newspaper. Those of general in- terest will be answered in this column. It will be understood that no questions can be answered by mail ’ THE DRIVER'S Did you ever wonder why. . .. The person who politely steps aside to let you pass when you meet in a, crowded church aisle ruthlessly cuts in front of you on the highway when you both are behind the wheels of your cars. . . You never have to change a flat tire when you are dressed in work clothes, but are sure to have a flat when you're all dressed up for a special occasion. . . Kids who ride bicycles on the highway at night don’t realize you can’t see them until you're almost | on top of them... . ‘ A driver will risk his neck to pass you on a crowded highway, then slow down and cruise along lazily once he’s in front of you. . . Street name signs aren’t made of the same reflective material as most stop signs so you could read them easily in the dark. . .. Many people freely admit they are so mechanically inept that they can’t drive a nail straight, yet are supremely confident they can safely repair a complex machine like an automobile. . . Every prospective car buyer kicks the tires and nods wisely as though he’s discovered a universal truth. . . We are shocked when a plane crash kills 50 people, yet accept the annual traffic death toll of 37,000 without comment. . . Gas station attendants insist on polishing your perfectly clean wind- shield, yet often forget it when it’s coated with dust or grime. . . The guy whose foolish “actions cause a minor accident is always the one who gets mad at the other driver. developing the natural resources of the ‘community. The series of leaflets are being prepared by specialists at the Penn- sylvania State University in a non- partisan, factual manner, for the purpose of stimulating free discus- sion and arousing awareness of the problems confronting Pennsylvan- ians who are interested in their state and communities. Cooperation in this project is be- ing given many organizations of the county. The series Pennsylvania GROWTH is a part of the educa- tional program of all Pennsylvania county Agricultural and Home Eco- nomics Extension Associations. . For more detailed information about the ‘Pennsylvania GROWTH Series,” interested individuals are invited to call or write the Exten- sion office at the Court House Annex, 5 Water Street, Wilkes-Barre, VA 5-4596. Humming Bird A darting flame of flickering blue A visitant to open flowers. A flash of spark-electric hue A gleam in sunny hours. An equatorial messenger Between the North and torrid South An international traveller With honey in its mouth. ’ A bit of loveliness, so small, Had it a larger frame— One could not look on it at all, Blinded by Beauty’s flame. JEP Harveys Lake, Pa. . ” not invest-: ~- THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 NEES TI ONLY YESTERDAY Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Fost ET ps IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO: Lake ‘Township basketball team defeated Kingston Township 23 to 21, taking the lead in the League. Players. for Lake were Kuchta, Crispbell, Holowich, Travers, Payne, | | Dallas, at St. Peter and Paul Russian | and Grey; for Kingston Township, Holmgren , Woolbert, Sickler, Swingle, and Rowlands. Back Mountain is within $700 of Welfare Federation goal of $2,325. Meridian Basketball team defeat- ed Keystocne AC,whitewashing the visitor 70 to 10. | A ten year old Kingston boy, Wil- liam Garney, died in Nesbitt Hospi- tal of injuries received when struck by a car operated by H. S, Van- Campen of Shavertown. The child darted into the path of the car. Mr. VanCampen took him immediately to the hospital, where he died a few hours later. G. A. Shook of Noxen has strained honey, five pounds for $1.00. Monroe Township's new high sch6ol was dedicated last Friday. James Harveys Lake. Clark Smith rescued Jennings by Casterline, going under for the sec- ond time, was also rescued with the belt. Smith on his “tactfulness.” IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO: Harry Ohlman says installation of ten hydrants in Dallas would lower insurance costs by 40%. Dallas Water Company is talking in terms of a four-plug installation in cent- ral Dallas. Fifteen men will be taken from this area in the March draft. Twelve have already volunteered, leaving three names to be drawn. Dallas Township school library will receive a portrait of the late Maurice Girton, former supervisor. Huntsville Christian Church will erect a Gothic pulpit, gift of the late Marvin Schooley, 82, who left money for the purpose. The money had been increased by various pro- jects, sufficient now to finance the pulpit. Mrs. Jessie Ryman, 80, who lived in the big white house on Main | Street until ill health forced her to close it two years ago, died at Glad- wyn. tions the family had played a lead- ing role in the community. (This is the house which is now the main building of Back Mountain Memorial Library.) Mrs. Margaret Lavelle Detter, 70, mother of fifteen children, had six sons in the World War. Now she has four sons, still of draft age, who may serve their country if it should join in the European: conflict. Alan Kistler, a Dallas Post printer for four years, has left for Fort Meade where he will take a year’s training. Ross Lapp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lapp, has passed his flight | test at Norwich University. Captain Harry Lee of Dallas will leave for a year of training with the 109th. - : Jesse Kitchen, 67, froze his hands seriously when exposed all night to winter weather within fifteen feet of his shack at Harveys Lake. Rear’ Admiral Yarnell, former commander of the Asiatic Fleet, has Kromelbein, | Casterline and William | Jennings skated into open water at | extending his belt. | The Lehman Township school | news correspondent complimented | For more than five genera- | | been recalled to active duty. | Marriage of Helen Thorne to | J Thomas Kosakowski has been an- | nounced. came the bride of James Kozemchak, Church. Married at Trucksville Methodist Church were Grace Morris, Mt. Greenwood, and Robert Bachman, Trucksville. They will make their | home at State College. ting afghans for the Red Cross. W. F. Newberry has purchased a pure-bred Guernsey bull from A. J. | Sordoni. 3 Funeral services were held for Mt. Zion, Rev. Charles Gilbert offi- | ciating. ; Machell Avenue affords excellent coasting. Borough Council closes it to traffic from 3 to 10 p. m. | AND 10 YEARS AGO: Dan G. Robinhold has been ap- | pointed to administer Luzerne | County [Housing Authority. One house is already under roof at Mountain Top, and the Kingston Township development will start as soon as weather permits. Directors of Dallas Borough and | Kingston = Township schools have signed a jointure agreement, to take effect the first Monday. in July. Elected first president of the joint board was Harry Ohlman. W. O. Washburn has left the area to live in Sarasota, Florida. Four members of Dallas Borough high school basketball team were among the eight students suspended for cutting classes. They will not be permitted to play in any athletic event this year, though suspension ends Thursday. from serious injury when his coal truck overturned while making a turn from Center Hill Road. Janet Smith and Helen Lamb, on their way to an art class at the home of Mrs. Charles Ashley, were | plunged into a swollen and icy brook | when the Lamb car skidded on ice and crashed down into a ravine. Both women were badly shaken and suffered’ from exposure. Yes, the groundhog saw his | shadow, and badly frostbitten, dived | back into his burrow. The Green Pennant program of safety for school children has been launched in this area. Governor Fine is the sponsor. Kathleen Hunter became the bride of Harold Cornell at a candle-light ceremony at Sweet Valley, Rev. Ira Button officiating. _Alice 'Brown,Barington, R. I. be- ®me the bride of Edward Stencil, Trucksville. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Frederick Reinfurt, in’ Dallas Methecdist Church. Bertha Dierolf;, 52, ill for two years with a heart ailment, died at her home in Shavertown. = . Mrs. Mary Hodakowski, a native of Poland and resident of Orange for the past fifteen years, was buried at Memorial Shrine. : Mrs. Grace Derr Johnson, 83, Huntsville, injured in a, traffic ac- cident near Stroudsburg last week, died after a week in the Stroudsburg Hospital. SHE Bens LL Rambling Around By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters A few years after Columbus made his historic voyage there was manu- factured in Europe a portable time- piece, forerunner of the watch. One very necessary but small part of the watch is the balance wheel. It con- tributes nothing to the forward movement of the hands, but re- strains them from running too fast. Not long after the landing of the Pilgrims, a Dutch ~methematician named Huyghens studied out a for- mula for the movement of the pen- dulum, making possible the clock, which in colonial times began’ to replace sun dials and sand glasses for computing time. The effective part of the pendulum is the escape- ment mechanism which you do not see. The regular repeated motion of the pendulum releases the mov- ing parts just fast enough for the clock to keep time, in a sense, being similar in effect to the balance wheel of the watch. Just about the time of the devel- opment of watches and clocks there was an upheaval of religion in Europe, with dissatisfaction, pro- tests, Reformation and Counter Reformation with splitting off of large numbers of people and areas of government from the established Roman Catholic Church. Opposing parties fought each other with fan- atical fury, committing in the name of religion excess unknown among barbarians. Then the split-off fac- tions began to split among them- selves, fighting each other, becom- ing more intolerant than anyone had been before. And many times those who had been cut off or cast out, or woluntarily had left an established system due to severe restrictions, themselves set up re- strictions more intolerable than any- one had even dreamed of. This was perticularly true in parts of New England, where efforts were made to regulate everything, Just re- cently this writer, in a History of Ipswich, Mass., came across an ac- count where one of his own ances- tors was indicted in 1651 for wear- ing finery, in violation of a decree by the town fathers forbidding the wearing of a long list of things by a ‘person whose visible estate did § not exceed 200 pounds.” Her hus- band proved he was worth the re- quired sum and she escaped penalty, but nothing was advanced to show why this“ was more sinful among the poor than among the rich. And driven by necessity, our forefathers worked hard, having little use for the lazy and improvi- dent. They reached a point where hard work was a virtue, and pleasure a sin. Eventually they had gone so far that their heavy-handed rules could not be maintained, and unbridled excesses cropped up in places, here and abroad. : ; In the meantime actual fighting over religious things has diminished and practically disappeared, but the churches have become so interested in dogmas, doctrines, liturgies, cere- monies, buildings and programs for their organizations that they seem to have paid insufficient attention to the basic rules for individual humans laid down by THE TEN COMMAND- MENTS, acknowledged by Jews, Catholics, and Protestants, If the rabbis, priests, and ministers would all simultaneously start intensive in- struction in these commandments and bear down on it for a few years this would be a different place in which to live. No one can deny that some such action is needed. Few modern clocks show a pen- dulum. Many children grow up and never see one. Modern science has either eliminated them or con- cealed them, but the clocks keep time, ~ i But in moral and spiritual things modern scientific instruction is not as successful, witness frightful events in our own area, the state and nation, and throughout the world. We have lost our religious balance wheels. and pendulums, or is the word pendula ? This was written before the Edi- tor's recent Editorial about thefts in the supermarkets. It was in- spired by the theft of five gallons of gasoline, not the first, from the writer's own car on his own pro- perty, a few feet from his house. Women of this area are asked to | scour their attics for yarn for knit- | Alfred Stockton from the home in | Norti Berti had a narrow escape | at | Looking -V With GEORGE A. snd 'EDITH ANN BURKE | Ann Wasnick of Wilkes-Barre be- | Canadian. ¢ | He was the star of the most re- | cent “Hallmark Hall of Fame” pre- | sentation on Thursday in which he played a sensitive French prince in love with the memory of a deceased eccentric ‘ballerina. He has starred in five Hallmark shows. Maurice Evans and Julie Harris are among a few performers who can claim more starring roles. His many TV specials’ credits in- clude “The Lady’s Not for Burning,” “Oedipus the King” and “Prince Orestes,” all on “Omnibus”: “The Prince and the Pauper” and ‘The case’’; “The Gathering Night” “Studio One,” and Son” on “Our American Heritage.” He is noted primarily for the polish, authority and style he gives than anything else. “After Hour” on “Sunday Show- case,” in which he portrayed a lonely executive who finds love in a psychiatrist’s ‘office on Christmas Eve, and ‘Philadelphia Story” (he played the reporter) were Plum- mer’s previous comedy credits on TV before ‘Time Remembered.” Let's hope the list of plays with Christopher . Plummer in starring roles. will grow and grow as we | really enjoy his excellent perfor- | mances. Mitch Miller will be back again | this Friday at 9 p. m. with another | good “Sing Along” show. Because so many viewers wrote | letters expressing thejr pleasure in | the program Mitch had his contract | rewritten. The original contract was {only for a short number of weeks, as a fill-in program. | A question frequently asked of Mitch Miller is “Do you consider the ‘Sing Along’ albums to be corn?” The good-natured Miller responds “No. | Mitch points out that songs are as uses of songs of an early vintage find the artists deliberately ‘hoking’ them up in an ancient manner. We achieve the best sound possible, arrange the voices in the most musi- | original composer must have tended them to be sung. The only ‘time we ever make a change is when a number might be a bit too fast, and then we'll slow it down so that the audience will find it easier to sing along. “Some. people say the public doesn’t know what constitutes good music, but they're wrong. They may not be able to give a definition, but they know it when they hear it.” Miller concluded with a grin, “Just remember, an awful lot of good things are made out of corn!” Jackie Gleason, one of the most talented men of our day is setting a new pattern with his Friday night show. It's no wonder viewers are switching channels at 9:30 p. m. Who else but Gleason could sit on an empty stage with a few chairs, a cup in his hand and just talk to the audience. There is a certain element of suspense in his show, every week there is that question will he be able to do it again this week ? Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, and Julie London will be among the 12 top TV and movie personalities who will serve as presenters for the special “Bob Hope Buick Sports Award Show” Wednesday, February 15 (NBC-TV, 10-11 p. m. EST). Hope, as emcee, will honor top- flight American athletes, both pro and amateur, from every major sporting field. One Hundred Years Ago The Civil War Day By Day By WILLIAM H. McHENRY February of 1861 started with Texas leaving the Union. Six states had already seceded. South Caro- lina had left the Union in December, Mississippi January 9th, Florida on the 10th, Alabama on the 11th, Georgia on the 19th, and Louisiana on the 26th. Would the seceding states fight the United States for the right to leave the Union ? Yes, but not alone, for other states were considering secession, and it seemed to the world that the Union was crum- bling. : i Lincoln would not take office until March fourth of that year. Lincoln was, at that time, no figure to inspire confidence in the Nation. The Northern states were willing to try other compromises. Texas had voted 166 to 7 for secession on the first day of Feb- ruary. Sam Houston, the old gov- ernor of Texas, had done everything he could to prevent secession, and once secession became a fact Hous- ton still had not given up. He worked for the last two years of his life to keep Texas independent of the Confederacy. The State of Texas simply pushed Gov. Sam Houston aside, made the Lt. Governor the governor in Houston’s place, and then Texas became one of the fighting forces. (Continued on Page 6 A) gill. i NE | | { { | | Christopher Plummer—Think of | | the best television plays and you | think of this 33-year-old native | § Barnyard Notes TAG LINES REPLACES LEAVES Maybe you've seen these before: ; ; “Plan for the future. That's where you'll spend the rest of your life.” . “To make an easy job seem difficult, just keep putting it off.” “The time to make friends is before you need them.” “Always put off until tomorrow the things you should not do today.” “One good thing you can give and still keep is your word.” “If you can’t write it and sign it, don't say it.” ? These now-famous Salada “tag lines” are but a sampling of those that have gone forth attached to several hundred million tea bags to give fresh sparkle to the ancient ceremonial of tea drinking. \ As a result of a flood of letters from tea drinkers over the nation who have been amused, encouraged, even inspired by these or DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA tag lines, their creator, the “Confucius of the teabag” is now revealed. He is 53-year-old John W. Colpitts of Boston, an advertising and marketing executive who is also a colonel in the Air Force Reserve, a veteran of World War II, a prominent churchman, bank director and spark plug of numerous community, trade, professional and fraternal organizations. His family includes a wife and three sons. In explaining how he came to dream up the tag line idea, Mr. Colpitts said: “Tea drinking is a friendly, social, relaxing and gracious Prisoner of Zenda,” both on ‘Du- Pont Show of the Month”: “Cyrano | de Bergerac” on “Producers Show | on | “Autocrat and | to - classical, . often tragic, portrayals | yet he says he enjoys comedy more | musically valid and excellent “as | we can make them” and adds: “Most | cally valid way we can, and present | | them seriously in the way that the | in- | thing. We knew that about 85 percent of the tea drinkers made their tea in a tea cup instead of in a tea pot. It takes from three to five minutes steeping time to make a good cup of tea. During that time we wanted to give people something unique and interesting to occupy their minds.” : That Mr. Colpitts has succeeded, probably beyond his expecta- tions, is evidenced by the fan mail that reaches him. There can be fully as much as a crumpet. gi GRAND OLD MAN OF THE LAW x There is inspiration for all in the remarkable career of Dean Emeritus Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School. A February Reader’s Digest article acclaims him as ‘“‘the man who perhaps knows more law than anyone else in the world” and reveals how he is living zestfully at more than 90 in Cambridge, Mass. 8 Because his eyes were weak, Pound early in life developed a pro- digious memory. As a boy, he studied both botany and law, enrolling at the University of Nebraska in his native state at 13 and attending Harvard Law School for a year. He earned a Ph.D. in botany and the glory of having a fungus named “Roscoepoundia.” : : He became a national figure in 1906 with an address to the Ameri- can Bar Assn. at St. Paul denouncing the courts as archaic. Appoint- ments to the faculties of Northwestern, Chicago and Harvard followed. Throughout his life, he has fought legal abuses. 3 One of his great triumphs, the Digest article notes, came in a head-on clash with the big federal administrative agencies, so-called “fourth branch” of the government. Claimants were often judged by the agencies themselves. Pound helped to induce Congress to fol- low due process of law. : Pound retired as active dean in 1936 to become Harvard's first “roving professor,” entitled to teach any subject. For ten years he taught subjects ranging from sociology to Lucretius and retired again in 1947. Since then he has been busier than many men half his age. He learned Chinese at 77, and at 86 began a five-volume work on Ameri- can jurisprudence, which he finished at 89. And only last year he " completed research for an Illinois Bar Assn. court reform project. His career is a story of vigor, curiosity and dauntless courage which is an example not only for all who practice law but for all of us who live under the freedom and protection of American juris- prudence which he has influenced so greatly. From by HIX If it had just happened on the night of the postponed Annual Library meeting, everything would have been under control. The hostess committee can be counted on to have plenty of man-size sandwiches on hand, including such varieties as ham and onion, things designed to stick to the ribs instead of digesting in too great a hurry. - i So dinner would have been no problem when the gas flickered no doubt that the human animal appreciates a chuckle with his tea : Pillar To Post 13 5d its last, leaving a chicken half roasted in the oven. We could have relaxed in front of the T-V for an hour, attended the meeting, and nibbled hard peppermints until the sandwiches and coffee ‘were passed. : a“ February 1 was the probable date of arrival of a son from the Canal Zone. There had been no further word since a hasty com- munication along about January 20. But considering the temperature of the back porch, it seemed perfectly safe to buy a chicken and let it congeal in the arctic air, well in advance. And if the chicken got roasted prematurely, and the wandering son had to settle for cold chicken on Ground-Hog Day, so what? That'll learn him to arrive: on time. Son oven, surrounded by small onions and potatoes. The gas was turned on, and the chicken started to sizzle. The phone rang. “This,” proclaimed a husky voice from afar, is your son from the Canal Zone. Just missed the bus to Dallas, and will wait for another. The dope ran right past me at the Sterling Hotel.” ! “That bus,” I informed him, “was doubtless on its way to the car-barn, and it was the last for the evening.” There was a wounded howl from the other end of the line. “Hold everything, I've got dinner in the oven and I will drive in for you. Stay inside the hotel. It’s zero on the nose.” “Boy, am I hungry. Dinner sounds swell, What's cooking ?’ “A small roast chicken, and it'll be done shortly after we get home.” “Had a sandwich in Newark hours ago. I could use some thing hot. With lots of coffee.” ; Quick trip into Wilkes-Barre and out again. Tommy sniffed the air as we dashed through the door, shutting out the weather. I can smell it now,” he announced, “but I've got to have a cup of coffee right away.” I put on the kettle and turned up the gas. A flickered briefly and died. «Must be the oven is using up all the gas,” I muttered to my- self, “chances are the gas is half frozen.” ; { on feeble blue flame A look in the oven was disillusioning. The chicken was still hot, but a long way from being done. There wasn't any fire. A call to the gas company. Another call to the gas company. A plaintive reply, “I'm doing my best to get the service man for you,” and a matter of fact reminder,” You know it's going to cost you more. getting it this time of night.” ; Shortly before ten, two and a half hours later, the gas arrived. It looked pretty nice to see a blue flame under the teakettle, and the chicken started to sizzle again. ? Fortified with coffee, we settled down to wait for dinner. We could eat it on a card table in the living room while listening to the eleven o'clock news. ® At eleven, we made tracks for the kitchen chicken. . ; The oven wasn’t going. Neither was the top burner. We settled for toast, Cheese, and coffee. ; And how did we get the coffee? I dug out a percolator, electric, that I hadn’t used for years. (And now where did I bury that little hot plate we used to use sometimes ?”’ again to get the / FEW PEQPLE KNOW AMERICAN on private ownership of business. strongest of all the Confederate | SYSTEM U. S. Companies may be proud of their rapport with workers but they still may not have projected a favorable corporate image, Opinion Research Corporation reports. 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