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Editorially Speaking:
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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.
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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
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Russell R. Rivenburg
BROKER - DEALER
Hop-Bottom, Pa.
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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
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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. .
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961
NEES TI
ONLY YESTERDAY
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Fost
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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
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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 |
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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.
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§ 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 |
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“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 |
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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
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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 :
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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
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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.
It disclosed that only one out of
four workers interviewed recently
talism as
could explain the meaning of capi-
an economic system based
Furthermore a large majority of em-
.. the chicken, thawed out and in the roaster, was in the
ployees did not grasp the meaning of
such words as dividends, depletion,
productivty, socialism and technol-
ogy. :
It. takes S80 railroad wars to
‘transport the New York City tele-
phone directories from Chicago
which prints the major volume of
the nations telephone directories.
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