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Single copies at a rate of 10c each, can 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 i Advertising—ILOUISE ‘C. MARKS ‘ Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Circulation—DORIS MALLIN Editorially Speaking: Community Grieves For Dr. Grover His many friends and staunch admirers in the Back Mountain feel a genuine grief at the death last Thursday of Dr. A. W. Grover, grand old man of the Nesbitt Hospi- tal staff, Dr. Grover, for 52 years a practicing physician and surgeon in Kingston, took a friendly interest in everybody who was admitted to Nesbitt. The sight of his lean figure in its operating gown and cap, going through the halls at 3 a.m., was reassuring to anxious relatives, ~~ There was nobody quite like Dr. Grover. Honors came to him, but he never sought them. He was too busy caring for his people. Rest well, Dr. Grover. Some 0f Us Are Confused Some of us are confused That is because we think in terms of butter and eggs, the price of bread, the mounting cost of fuel, and an un- usually hard winter. We wonder if the solution to not being able to afford a cook is to hire two upstairs maids and a butler. The new 2 cent gasoline tax (temporary, to last only one year, of course), will solve all our problems. . vers, anxious to take advantage of being taxed, will hasten to buy large cars whose tanks will accommo- date more gasoline, z Manufacture of large cars, capable of using more gas, will take an upward swing, and the trend to more eco- nomical cars will be reversed. This will give a shot in the arm to the steel industry and to the manufacturers of cars. The importation of small and economical foreign ears will slacken to a mere dribble. ~ Domestic economy will skyrocket. Workers, receiving boosted minimum wages, will rush to buy greater and greater quantities of gasoline. Food prices will continue to advance, but this will be balanced off by higher wages, enabling more people to buy more gas, to oil the wheels of progress. Some of us are confused. « . . Safety ANSWERS MISS STEINBRUCH Dear Editor: I read Nellie Steinbruch’s letter with considerable interest and must say 1 fm in complete sympathy with her apd the hundreds like her who have forced to seek employ- ment elsewhere. This is one of the sad aspects of the employment pro- blem we have been asked to face up to. I do not see how R. C. A. or any other company figures in anyone’s criticism of the trouble that ails us. It is a fact of life that in good times and bad it seems to be established practice to have someone speak for us when a good job is at stake. ' Now that jobs are at a premium and so many people want the same job we can expect that desperate people are using any contact they have to get work. It seems to be a part of human nature, The trouble with our times here is that any one lucky enough to find a good job is accused of using all sorts of influence to get it. May- be they do and maybe they don’t but I think anything like this is a reflec- tion on the times. People are always hurt in the process. But I'm sure that the companies, themselves, are not aware that little people like myself or Miss Steinbruch are sometimes the victims of favoritism at the lower levels of management. I can speak from experience. Thank God I have a job now. As far as I know, no one got it for me. The price I paid was long waiting and mounting bills. As for RCA, 1 had my application in there, too. But when I heard that 1 was in the same boat as z thousands of others I did'nt get my Valve . . . I say regardless of methods of hiring, favoritism or what not if we can get more companies in here and bring the supply of jobs anywhere near the demand, much of what Miss Steinbruch criticizes will disappear. Meanwhile, it seems ‘this is the time for action by everybody and less talk. Diane Gets Letter And Picture From Nixon Ten-year old Diane Davis, fifth grade student at Dallas Borough, re- ceived not only ga letter from defeated candidate Richard Nixon, but a picture of the former vice pre- sident, in response to a letter in which she expressed her disappoint- ment at the outcome of the election, from the point of view of a small girl, “If I had been old enough,” she wrote, “I would have voted for you.” Diane is daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Carleton Davis, Machell Avenue. She took her letter from Mr. Nixon, with enclosed photograph, to school, to share with her classmates. Drawn For Jury Duty Drawn among 160 Luzerne County residents for jury service in the ‘March session of the Court of Com- mon Pleas are six Back Mountain residents. For the March 13 term are: John Baur, Shavertown; Mrs. Alyce Kasa- bor, Franklin Township; and Mrs. Edna Tait, Trucksville. March 20: Stella Lewis and Mrs. Mary Lipp, Dallas RD 3; Jane Ruggles, Dallas, RD4. ~ Subscribe To The Post .| patches); SUCCESSFUL INVESTING... Investment Advisor and Analyst Q. We are a little worried about the market. We own small amounts of A. T. & T., General Motors, U. S.. | Steel, Eastman Kodak and Scott | Paper. There have been some shake- outs in the market and we wonder if it would make sense to sell most of what we have and hold the cash | to buy back later.—M. B. A. Minor fluctuations in the { market worry some investors, may- {be because they fall into a habit of | calculating what their stock is | worth day by day. Investing ealls | for both alertness and patience. You have to be alert to .avoid holding indefinitely the stock of a company that was once on the up-grade, but has begun to go downhill. You have to be patient to get the full invest- ment values out of stock of a com- pany that is going uphill, but not necessarily steadily .or at an even rate. In the case of the stocks you own, you have been well advised. Q. Aren't most companies growth companies, actually, with the steady increase in population and in the gross national product ? —J. J.P. A. Growth of the country is re-. flected, in part, in growth of indi- vidual companies, but the point about so-called growth companies. is that they are growing faster than their competitors. One measure is the rate of growth of annual net earnings. Take a group of companies in roughly the same field, measure the growth in annual earnings over a period of five or ten ‘years and you will ‘come up with a definite leader in the field. Anything like an average 10 to 15 per cent growth over 5 to 10 years is ‘a mark ‘of vigor. Editor’s note: Questions on in- vestment 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. 35 RECEIVE AWARDS AT BLUE-GOLD DINNER Presentation ‘of awards high- lighted the Blue and Gold dinner held by Pack 281 of Dallas Methodist church last Wednesday evening. Awards were made by Wilson J. Maury, . Cubmaster, as follows: Wolfe, gold and silver arrow—Thom- as Balutis, Bruce Young, James Miller, David Dobson, Scott Saffian; Wolf, gold arrow—Scott Lefko,; silver arrow—Fred Parry; Bear— Tim LaBar, Fred Parry; Bear, gold and silver arrow—Caddje LaBar, Jr.; Bear, gold arrow—Thomas Bot- tom; Bear, silver arrow—David Fitch, Garry Garris; Lion—Scott Blase, Damon Young, Roger Maury, Bill Kingsbury (these four advanced to the Webelo Den and received Scout Handbooks and Webelo Den Lion, gold arrow—Damon Young. i One year pin—Allan Haycock, Robert Snyder, Robert Katyl, Thom- as Bottoms, Donald Chamberlain, William Yarnal, Tim LaBar; Two year pin—Chucky Garris, Carl Remely. Fiftieth Anniversary awards went to Damon Young,Scott Lefko, Bruce | Young, Scott Saffian and David Fitch. Graduated to Boy Scouts and re- ceiving 'Webelo Badge and Three Year Pin were: Joseph Goode, Jr.; “| Eric Mayer; Robert Kelley. These boys attached the President Eisen- hower Ribbon Award to the Pack flag. Investiture was held by Scoutmas- ter Bruce Davies, assisted by Bruce Davies, Jr., Donald Bulford, Jr. and Arthur Miller, Jr. A one year Den Mother service pin and appreciation award was pre- sented to Mrs. John Churry by her son Craig Churry. J. Warren Yarnal was toastmaster for the affair. Rev. Russell Lawry, pastor, gave the Invocation. Opening was held by Mrs. John Churry, Den Mother for Den #2; closing was by Mr. Joseph Goode, leader of the Webelo Den. Mrs. Robert Block was song-leader for the evening with Mrs. Arthur ' Miller acting as chairlady. Families of all the boys receiving awards were present at the dinner. Attending with their families also were: Douglas Bulford, John Cath- rall, Michael Vitale, Drew Bitten- bender, Robert Hale, Jr., Charles LeBerge, Jerry Richards, Jr., Charles Baker, Richard Whitlock, John Souder, Allen Brown, George Block and the family of Rev. Russell Lawry. Wins Bward For Column At Virginia Convention Barbara Harding, who has been writing a column for the Herndon- Chantilly Times for the past year, won second place in competition with Virginia news-writers. The award was presented January 23 at a convention in Roanoke. The col- vmn was one of three submitted in her behalf by her editor, without her knowledge. Barbara, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Pioneer Avenue, was accompanied on her weekend to the convention by her husband, R. Martt Harding. Mrs. Harding not only writes a weekly column, but teaches kindergarten and ballet dancing in Herndon, Virginia. The world’s only international {park is Glacier-Waterton, joining | across ‘the U. S.-Canada border, in| northwestern Montana. THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 ALI ST, ONLY YESTERDAY Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Fost ATER TE TO IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO: Kunkle ‘Community Center ‘was host at a two-day Farmers Institute program staged by State College and Luzerne County Agricultural exten- | sion. Ira Brown, son of John Brown of Noxen, is improving slowly after a seige of blood poisoning in the arm. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kunkle have received a present of a package of Columbia River smelts from Kelso, Washington. %/ The Meridians defeated the Olym- pics 34 to 22. Dobby, TFortner, Woolbert, Dorsett, Austin and Mil- | ler comprised the home team. Vv. Menroe Township school board, Charles Smith, Lawrence Hilbert, Gale Clark, Harry Bigelow, and Elmer Crispell, saw plans for a new high school at Beaumont realized ‘as 400 residents gathered January 30 for dedication of the building. 'G. A. . a . . | Robinson, supervising principal, was host to the gathering. That same week, the Beaumont town team beat Tunkhannock Hose Co., and Beau- mont high school defeated Noxen. +/ Twenty-one States in the Union are suffering the after effects of widespread drought. Misery is being relieved as far as possible by the Red Cross. In many areas, game is gone because of lack of food and because desperate landowners are shooting remaining animals for food. IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO: The John Crispells, ‘Shavertown, had their first greatgrandchild as a Valentine present on the eve of celebration of their 57th anniver- sary. \/ A band concert to raise funds for uniforming of the Dallas Borough High School band, netted $230, not enough, but a good head start. Sam Brace, football star of Dallas Borough high school, has been called up in the current draft. Four carloads of surplus apples from this area are being shipped from Carverton and Lehman to the Surplus Commodities. + Hobart Henson, Shavertown, has been transferred to USS New York, the same ship on which his father, the late Grady Henson, served 23 years ago. Defense courses at Lehman and Dallas Township, are attracting 70 young men. New machinery is being installed. Looking at | | TY | ¥ David Richards has recently seen | ‘his nephew, Travor ‘Griffiths, a | Merchant | Trevor, a native of Wales, |] His | ‘brother Edwin, with the Royal Navy, i was killed when the Royal Oak was | {'stoker in the | Marine. was in port for a few days. Royal | torpedoed. Travor says morale in | England is high. Nobody ‘doubts | that the war will be won by England. | Melvin Mosier has recently added | to his stock by buying four Hol- | steins from the farm at KisLyn. A | Holstein sire was recently pur- | chased at Milan. Announcement has been made of | the marriage of Esther May of Out- let to William C. Baer. also of Outlet. | AND 10 YEARS AGO: h George Swan, Shavertown, lost his right hand in a circular saw, while working for Eyerman Construction Company on the new building ‘of Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company. Church Basketball League plans a ‘benefit game for support of Back Mountain Memorial Library. Tug Weyant is taking training to prepare him for leadership of the newly established Town and Country YMCA. His tribe of Friendly Indians defeated Plains Indians. / John Cashmark has won the God Mand Country Award in Boy -Scout- ing, presented by his pastor, Rev. Robert Webster. \/ Little League will reorganize under Al Gibbs. [Last year for the first time, boys from 8 to 12 had an opportunity to play organized base- ball under the aegis of Little League. Two deer have been found frozen to death, due to sub-zero weather. One was found in the beaver dam at Beaumont, the second along Bow- mans Creek. services, out of a family of eleven living children of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Duda, Parrish Heights. At a church wedding in Carverton, Laberta Schultz was married to Lyle Merithew. Mrs. Helen Ross, 49, formerly of Idetown, died after a long illness. Mrs. Donald Harris, Shavertown, lost an uncle, William Pintard of New Jersey, in ‘the Pennsylvania Railroad wreck last week. Professor Jay Young will talk to Dallas Borough PTA on ‘What to do in event of an atomic attack.” EIS 3 z ® am Rambling Around : By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters J . Dallas Free Methodist. Church families of the same mame in the | building was not originglly built as a church. In 1892 Charles H. C6oke built it as an amusement building, and for a decade or so it was called Cooke's Hall. For a short period the Cooke family lived upstairs while their Machell Avenue house was being built. Boxing matches and dances were held as well as various less known activities. The Misses Edith , and Edna Ryman held flag drills and similar activities for small young- sters. This writer recalls partici- pating in them. Claude Cooke recalls that the carpenter who did the actual construction was Cham Rice, who later removed to Virginia. At the time Mr. Cooke operated a saw- mill at the back of the property with logs hauled in via the road passing the railroad station. The local Free Methodist Church, organized about the turn of the century, bought ‘the property in 1901. It was used without much change for about forty-five years. In 1946 the bell tower and florentine glass windows were added and the inside renovated and redecorated. About ten years ago the outside was covered with asbestos shingles. An oil burning furnace was installed about three years ago, and rewiring was completed within the past year. The church is small in numbers as churches go, as a result of which the local charge has usually included other points, from time to time, amcng which were Outlet, Platts- burg, Orange, Trucksville, and per- haps others. It is part of the Wilkes- Barre District of the New York Con- ference of The Tree Methodist Church, with pastors assigned in annual conferences held in July. The Church last year celebrated its hun- dredth year as an organization. Other than Marshall B. Myers, names of early pastors are not avail- able. Since then the following have served, the year first appointed being shown: 1904 D. J. Santmier; 1906 A. E. Mier; 1909 J. W. Tamb- lyn; 1910 M. Rider, who later became a missionary in China; 1912 O. IC. Kettels; 1915 William E. Frederick; 1917 Moses Hayden; 1920 A. K. | Lindsley; 1923 Dana F. Dimick, a native of Noxen, now retired and living at East Branch, N. Y.; 1925 Milton Parker; 1928 Raymond Smith; 1930 H. M. Faulkner, now re- tired and living near Providence, R. I; 1934 Gertrude Ross, widow of Rev. Charles: Ross, formerly of Factoryville; 1937 John D. Howard; 1939 A. P. Reining, first pastorate here; 1942 Ernest Kratzer, later transferred to Northern Illinois Con- ference; 1944 James S. Payne, how serving at Syracuse, N. Y.; 1948 Alberta Sickler, who later married and lives at Allentown; 1950 Joseph Sproule now serving at Lanesboro, Pa.; 1956 Grove Armstrong, pres- ently at Trucksville; and 1957, for his second pastorate here, A. P. Reining. Sume families have furnished members and workers in the church for several generations, others moved in more recently. And sometimes there have heen several church at the same time. Family names include: Allen, At- kinson, Austin, Ashburner, Brown, Button, Biery, ' Blossom, . Crispell, Evans, Finch, Fiske, Garnet, Gansel, Gensel, Goodman, Galey, Husted, Hoover, Hadsel, Ide, Johnson, Koch- er, Keller, LaBar, Loreman, Milbrodt, Mintzer, Mahler, Orr, Patterson, Ryman, Rogers, Roushey, Richards, Shotwell, Swartz, Sorber, Sutton, Shupp, Sickler, Traver, Turner, Whiteman and Wilcox. Present Official Board includes Rev. A. P. Reining, Nellie Reining, Donald LaBar, Beatrice LaBar, James LaBar, Jane LaBar, Thomas Gansel, Edith Gansel, Andrew Mah- ler, Anne Mahler, Maud Richards, and Martin Button. The treasurer is Beatrice LaBar; assistant treasur- er, Carolyn Sutliff. Donald LaBar is superintendent of the Sunday School, James LaBar, his assistant. Approximately half a century ago, the Free Methodists started a camp meeting in Whipp’s Grove, on ‘the hill between Machell Avenue and Center Hill Road. It was a beautiful spot with a spring of ex- cellent water, and very quiet and well suited to the purpose. Except- ing. one year ‘when the borough authorities ordered its closing during a thereatened epidemic of polio, it was very successful and well attend- ed for about eight years. The Whipp property was rented. About thirty-five years age the Wilkes-Barre District acquired a property between East Dallas and Demunds and developed a perman- ent Camp Ground, named the Roberts Memorial from the name of their first bishop. As of now it in- cludes a tabernacle, a youth chapel, a childrens chapel, two dormitories, dining room and kitchen, and about thirty-five cabins, two thirds of which are owned by individuals or by churches. Following a program similar to that last year there will be a camp meeting this year June 30 to July 9, incl, with Rev. Harry Anderson speaking afternoon and evening and others speaking daily at a service at 11 a. m. Various youth camps are held during the season. The annual conference of the New York Conference is held on the Camp Ground on alternate years. It will be held July 19 to 23, incl. this year. The Free Methodists do not have bishops specially assigned to areas but have four, who conduct conferences, etc. on a rotating schedule. Last conference was in charge of their Senior Bishop, Rev. Leslie R. Marston, residing at Green- ville, Ill. who has thirty-five years service. It is probable that this year the presiding officer will be their second-ranking bishop, with about twenty years service, Rev. Charles Fairbain of McPherson, Kan. A third bishop is Rev. J. Paul Taylor of Spri Arbor, Mich. and the fourth Rev. W. S. Kendall, Portland, Ore., who was here in 1959. Tradition claims that Thomas (the sionary journey to India. (year 52) Five Duda boys are in the armed | doubting apostle) once made a mis-, With GEORGE A. and EDITH ANN BURKE Television Ratings are like stock liprices when ‘they start ‘going down ‘they seem to continue in a decline. Perry Mason's ratings have been Isliding downward lately. The trouble lis coming from ‘The Roaring Twen- ties.” Up to this year Perry Mason has been able to withstand any competition. Early this Fall it looked las though “The Roaring Twenties” | wouldn't be able to make an impres- | sion but as the weeks went ‘by the | show caught on and for the first | time Perry's ratings began to show the effect. ) Dorothy Previne is the feminine | star of “The Roaring Twenties.” She lis a graduate ‘of the University of {| Washington, where she starred in | 35 dramatic production in the four | years of college. ¢ | ‘While in college she had her own local TV show and during the sum- | mer vacation she played in musicals. Following graduation, Dorothy left for Hollywood and 15 months later she appeared ‘in 31 TV shows and appeared in ‘several movies includ- ing “The Bonnie Parker Story,” in which she had a starring role. She also co-stagged with the late Lou Costello in ‘Secret Bride ‘of Candy Rock.” She “was placed under contract with Warner Bros. in April ‘of 1959 and assigned to the ‘co-starring role with Roger Moore in “The Alas- kans.” > Dorothy says she really ‘enjoys | her dancing singing role in the “Roaring Twenties.” Her co-stars are Rex Reason and Donald May. Astaire Time—Fred Astaire will make what he has indicated will be his final TV appearance as a dancer when “Astaire Time’ is Te- peated in color over NBC-TV Mon- day, February 20 (8:30-9:30 p. m. EST). ’ Astaire has made three specials and each one has been repeated once again under the same sponsor- ship. “Astaire Time” opens with a special arrangement of Tshaikov- sky’s “Romeo and Juliet Overture” and closes with a medley of ten songs Astaire made famous. Read Morgan who portrays a rugged cavalry sergeant on the tele- vsion show “The Deputy” with Henry Fonda is six-foot-four. Meet- ing him for lunch you'd expect him to order a huge steak, but it turns out that he is a ‘‘vegetarian.” According to his own words he lives by a blender. f “I toss in some vegetables or fruit and satisfy my hunger in this way. There’s nothing like raw goat’s milk, honey, sunflower, sesame and our wonderful fresh vegetables we get: here out on the Coast. “We have what are called ‘Health Stores.” A number of farmers in California grow produce especially for them. In other words, there are nosprays or chemicals used to hurry the growth of these vege- tables. “When I entertain, I don’t enforce a regulation meal, poor things!" Morgan was born in Chicago. Served two years active duty with the U. S. Air Force in Japan, Korea and Formosa. ‘After the war he headed for New York where he got & minor role in “Li'l Abner.” His first big break came with a part in a Steel Hour television drama. After receiving his pay check which was a large one, he decided that he would head for the West Coast where most of the TV dramas are produced. It was frugal pickings for a while but finally the assignments started coming. He played in “State Troop- er,” “Wagon Train “Laramie,” ‘“M Squad” and GE Theatre. A hundred applicants were inter- viewed for the ‘Deputy’ show but when he walked through the door and clinched it with a bone-crush- ing handshake ‘the role was his. In Exercise Snow Tiger Ist. Cav. Div., Korea (AHTNC)— Army PFC Johnson C. Miers, Jr. whose parents live in Shavertown, recently participated with the 1st Cavalry Division’s 8th Engineer Battalion in Operation Snow Tiger II, a command post exercise in Korea. Snow Tiger was planned to ‘test procedures which would be used in employment of nuclear weavons under cold weather conditions, fight- ing in darkness, snow, high winds, and sub-zero temperatures. The exercise featured an offensive drive against a heavily entranched, simulated enemy force. Miers, 19, an engineer equipment repairman in the battalion’s Head- quarters Company, entered the Army in August 1959 and received basic combat training at Fort Dix, N. J. He arrived overseas in Jan- uary 1960. He is a 1959 graduate of West- moreland High Schoal. In The Mediterranean Norfolk (FHTNC) — Richard G. Newell, fireman USN, Park Strest, Harveys Lake, departed Norfolk, Va., February 2, aboard the destroy- er USS Strong for a seven-month cruise in the Mediterranean. The Strong, operating as a unit of the Sixth Fleet, is scheduled to visit France, Greece, Italy, Spain and other countries along the Red Bea, | Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf. If a feller doesn’t keep moving, somebody will soon fun over him. | my diet on my guests. They have cedures successful in the Store in Trucksville. t | | | { | 1 1 i S Barnyard Notes | There is nothing more relaxing ‘on a winter afternoon than a visit ‘to Floyd ‘Wells Barber Shop cozily perched above Gregory's Floyd operates what I would call an old-fashioned shop complete with checkerboard, outdated copies of Holiday, Life and the colorful publications of the Arizona Highways Commission. : | Just through the doorway is his neighbouring woodworking shop | where amid sawdust and busy hum of wood saws the genial barber fashions smoking stands and odd Noon. the company of his fellows and to tion. development. He attended public “He entered the army and showed him how .to terrace the parks. and swam in public pools. way program. “Then, one day, he wrote to Constitution.” and participated in the federal lunch program. : : bits of furniture when customers are scarce. That isn't often now that he is semi-retired and keeps th shop open only on the last three days of the week. What T like about his¥lace is the customers you meet there on a winter afternoon and the leisurely pace of the conversation which ranges from the 1936 flood, to the shortest route to Florida. Some- times there are profound explanations of why the Democrats won the last election and what's to be gained once we do put a rocket on th Nobody seems to be in a rush to reach the barber chair, get a quick haircut and get out. Everybody appears to be content to enjoy indulge in unhurried conversation, recapturing the homespun atmosphere that in another day surrounded the potbellied stove in every country store and rural railway sta- RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM—NEW STYLE I think you will like the following little story called to my attention sometime ago by Peter D. Clark. It appeared for the first time ‘in the Rotary magazine and has now been inserted in the Congressional Record by Congressman Frank Bow from Ohio: “It seems a young man lived with his parents in a public housing school, rode the free school bus, * upon discharge kept his ‘national service life insurance. He then enrolled in the state university, using- 3 his GI benefits. Upon graduation, he purchased a farm with an FHA loan, then obtained an RFC loan to go into business. : “He expanded his ‘activities by buying a ranch with the aid of.« a GI loan and obtained emergency feed from the government. Later he put part of his land in the soil bank and the payments heipedyy ‘liquidate his debts. REA lines supplied electricity. The county agent’ ® ranch, then the government paid part of the cost of a pond and stocked it with fish. The government * also guaranteed him a sale for his farm products. Z “His parents lived very comfortably on the ranch with their = social security and old-age assistance checks. : Va i “His children grew up, entered public schools, ate substantia lunches, rode free busses, used a public library, played in public “He owned an automobile so he favored the federal-aid high- : “He signed a petition seeking federal assistance in developing an industrial project to help the economy of his area, and he was a * leader in urging new federal buildings and public projects. i his congressman and said: “I wish to protest excessive government spending and high taxes. I believe in rugged individualism. their own feet without. expecting handouts. I am opposed to all socialistic trends and 1 demand a return to the principles of our 1 think people should ‘stand on “Here we have a rather startling account of the varied areas of daily living which are touched by government. Surely it explains why the government dips so deeply into our pocketbooks.” i From in full bloom. booster on a bleak winter day. ing up near the roof?” asking for a ripe tomato at’ this this time ‘of year?” by.” “Oh look at that little teeny marble,” 1 discovered rapturously. But what a lovely ride. Pillar To Post . : The ravens have been feeding me again. Last month it was a deeliy steak from Michael Traver’s deep-freeze in Noxen. This week it was” a frozen catfish from the Smith Pond, with a side helping of hothouse *' tomatoes and lettuce, a sprig of fresh green parsley and a snip of sages I ‘saw the ripe tomatoes. They caused my mouth to to asking for the Hope diamond. - These things take a certain amount of adroitness. ny Reh “Could T have a couple sprigs of parsley? It's beautifully .greergsy And what is that, getting ready to blossom? Surely not a pansy a E) : Y 5 This true confession takes into no account the sandwiches which I swipe from the editor's covered lunch basket on press day, good raven fare if there ever was any. Myra makes very tasty sandwiches, much better than the unappetizing variety I turn out myself. They have plenty of mayonnaise to float the cut-up bits of this and that, and they are sinfully nourishing, a great morale It was delightfully sunny on Saturday. The car, unleashed after visiting the garage to get its timing apparatus and its carburetor adjusted, was raring to go. It seemed a good time to take the Cease- town road and drop off for a minute at the Ziba Smith place, to see what was growing in the greenhouse. ; Mrs. Smith had ‘just taken down the Christmas scene, packing away the straw-thatched stable that had stood by the quiet little pool in the greenhouse until five minutes earlier. It smelled heavenly in there, warm and moist, and suggestive of early spring. : “What ‘on earth is that?” I inquired, pointing to a leggy look+ ing plant with a trunk almost as thick as that of a wisteria. i “That,” replied Mrs. Smith, “is a tomato plant. It’s eighteen months old, and. it is-still producing. See those ripe tomatoes hang- o water, bug season of the year is equivalent: The sage was in purple blossom, end the pansy was indeed pre- paring to bloom. Almost I could hear the whirr of bluebird wings. “How do you manage about fertilization of the blossoms inside a greenhouse?” 1 inquired, my eyes glued to the tomatoes. =~ “It helps if you invite in a bee, but a little shaking of the plant distributes enough pollen. This time of year, bees are hard to come tomato, just the ‘size of a red Mrs. Smith plucked the marble. She also reached up and plucked two more ripe tomatoes, right off the ceiling. Then she reached across the aisle and snapped off four lovely ice-green lettuce leaves. ~ Mrs. Smith, you were taken for a ride. * Tomatoes shipped in from the south can never taste as deli- cious as those that ripen on the vine in the direct sun. : Tll never have the nerve to go out there again, even to check up on what is happening te the nice old farmhouse that the Smitké its charm. I could hardly wait to thaw are remodelling, taking pains to preserve its atmosphere and add to those catfish. Fried, with tomato and lettuce selad alongside, it was a dinner fit for a king. Post Office Inaugurates Drive Against Obscenity The Post Office Department plans a crack-down on mailing of porno- graphic literature, adopting ‘pro- FBI, working without publicity, with all manpower concentrated upon track- ing down of violators. The general public, says Post- master Genera] J. Edward Day, is surely aware of the stern laws against this type of corrupting ma- terial, and will report it wherever it is ‘seen. It is up to the public to help in ferreting out a constant threat to its children, uncovering it at its source, and destroying it root and branch. Most. of our north-south highways bear odd numbers, while most east- Lt A 3 a a i west ones carry even numbers. | | Poets Corner oy 1 WONDER In winter when our yard is white We say to all ““Tis a pretty sight.” The cardinals red and jays so blue Sparrows, peewees and snowbirds too, : They all come for bread crumbs and Gobble their food and fly off agaig. 1 sit by my window and marvel anew How our feathered friends can be so true. : They live a life so free and gay They sing and scold and even play. Why can't WE live without worry or care EXP % La And depend on BIRDS for our daily fare ? : fins E.8.14e ) rth Pi pts 3 TE RE MAR Sod a8 tae CA ath ses gC Td al IP OP Al was de bah an . oa nls gol Tl Sh OE eg lt
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