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RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
A nan.partisan,
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Lehman’ Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Editorially
Speaking:
Cometh The Dog-Poisoner
The dog-poisoner is with us again,
During the past three months, three dogs on Skyview
Avenue in New Goss Manor have been poisoned with
strychnine. During the past year and a half the toll has
all within a short distance in that neigh-
been five dogs,
borhood.
John McCormick let his
short run at supper time Monday evening.
the dog whined to come back into
Five minutes later
the house.
: Forty-five minutes later, the family pet was dead,
dying under the horrified eyes of his little mistress, eight-
year old Mary McCormick, who has been. house-bound with
scarlet fever.
.. Dr. R. C. Post, unable to save the suffering animal,
said that poison had probably been injected into candy or
into raw meat.
have peta.
People who do not like
the pleasure of owning a dog, ought to move into an apart-
ment in town where they will
Poison in candy?
Suppose a child
include children?
. . . Safety Valve . . .
APPRECIATES SUPPORT
Dear Editor:
For myself, the uniformed Unks |
and Nobility of . Irem Temple, I
would ‘like to express my sincere
thanks and appreciation for your
assistance in i our recent
Shrine Circus success that it was.
We shall welcome your continued
co-operation in the future and with
our best regards to your organ-
ization.
Bincerely yours,
Thomas E. Lehman TIT
- Potestate
rem Temple
EVER HEARD OF THEM ?
Dear Editor:
I wonder if the anglers in Luzerne
county still use either the Susque-
banna Spinner or what was once
called a June Bug Spinner such as
we used many years ago at Lake
Carey for yellow ‘bass. I believe
there was a slight difference between
these two types, but I cannot re- |
member the details. |
‘The item seems to be unknown |
here in Rhoda Island, and I thought
perhaps you might have some friends
who still use them and could obtain
# couple for me if they still exist.
I want to do some experimenting in
Rhode Island lakes,
1 hope that all of you In Dallas
are enjoying good fishing and that
weather will soon be warm sand
comfortable.
Sincerely,
Bruce Zeiger
Providence, R. 1.
“SONNY”
Dear Editor:
My heart aches for him. Sixteen
years old this month, partly blind,
and his right foot badly crippled
with rheumatism.
Up until two months ago,
I thought he had found the fountain
of youth, for he continued to sing
so beautifully despite his age, far
surpassing the younger canary. :
But now ¢ld age has really crept
up on him, and he finds even the
business of eating quite a chore.
“Sonny,” ~— for that is his name,
has not been able to jump up on
hig swing or upper perches for many
years. He hobbles over to one of
the lower perches, — feels it with
his bill and jumps wp to reach food
and water. He still twitters grate-
fully when I fill the feed cup. He
has the sweetest personality of any
bird I have ever owned, and T have
had many.
If you'd look in his cage at night,
you would see Sonny on the bottom
in one corner, looking much like a
baby chick.
The past month he has not been
People move to this area so that their children can
picked up the piece of candy?
Or does a hate-filled personality extend that hate to
wire-haired terrier out for a
to see other folks enjoying
not be annoyed.
he always enjoyed. Now I must
lift him into the tub and he only
washes his feet! :
Before he became ‘grounded,’ he
would never fly out of his cage no
matter how long the door was left
open. But there came a day when
I heard the flutter of wings over
‘my head as I sat by the radio. Sonny
had taken advantage of the open
door and landed nearby. He looked
at me accusingly, then informed me
something was definitely wrong.
His behavior brought me to my feet
in a hurry, and upon investigation
found his feed cup empty! 1 got
busy and so did he!
Nine years is the longest a bird
has lived for me. When Sonny was
10 yrs. old I thought he was doing
very well, — but now he is 16. .1
never heard of a canary living so
long.
A year ago Sonny was ill and did
not sing. He spent much time in
a corner on the floor of his cage.
My husband, watching him one day
said, “If Sonny dies now we will
have to wrap him ia foil and put
him in a jar until the ground isn’t
frozen.”
Of course Sonny heard this and
thought, “That old fossil, — put me
in a jar will he, — huh — T’ll show
him!”
He shook off his illness and soon
was singing more beautifully than
ever. S60 much so that the younger
bird stopped singing completely,—
too much competition. We now feel
Sonny may even out live us! God
bless him.
I verified his age when purchasing
him. He has a number on his leg
band and the lady looked. it up. He
was hatched the last week of April
1945.
Florence J. Gemmel
35 S. Pioneer Ave.
Trucksville
Sewage Disposal Forum
Kingston Township residents are
invited to attend a report meeting
on the recent Sewage Feasibility
Survey Monday night’ at 8 at West-
moreland High School. Supervisor
Austin Line will preside. There will
be a question and answer period.
Dan Kistler To Train
At Fort Knox, Kentucky
Dan Kistler, son of Irwin Kestler,
Dallas, left Saturday to engage in
six months active duty at Fort Knox,
Ky., with the 109th 1st. Howitzer
Battalion. Mr. Kistler, a graduate
of Pennsylvania State University,
has been affiliated with College Life
Insurance of America at State
College. 8
His wife, the former Gale Hoover
of Trucksville, will reside with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon
‘able to haths, and that is something
.| aticas and purple finches.
ONLY
YESTERDAY
Ten and Twenty Years Age
In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO:
The demand for General Persh-
ing’s own story exhausted the sup-
ply of Dallas Posts, and many peo-
ple were disappointed.
Wesley Daddow. installed black-
smith equipment at the Borough
Building for repair of equipment.
A brush fire at Lake Silkworth |
burned to within a few feet of ten |
cottages before being extinguished. |
A home in Idetown, property of
Harry Ide and occupied by the |
Jesse Boice family, was destroyed |
by fire. Defective wiring in the at- |
tic was given as the cause.
Kingston Township School Board,
with no compensation insurance, was
appealing the decision of Referee |
Asa Lewis in awarding $4,800 to !
Mrs. Z. B. Howell, in the death of
her husband in a traffic accident
near Harrisburg while Mr. Howell, |
then a candidate for Luzerne Coun- |
ty superintendent of schools, was
in Harrisburg on school business as
well as to make contacts.
Fire warden Melvin Hewitt of
Trucksville, Sheldon Whispell and
Fred Turpin of Dallas, were busy
fighting a rash of forest fires. A
serious fire raged on Maltby Moun-
tain, and a fire in Huntsville burn-
ed fifteen acres.
Dallas Rotary Club staged its an-
nual children’s egg hunt, hiding
3,000 eggs at Fernbrook.
James iCalladine of Fernbrook
opened a studio in his home for in-
struction in band instruments. A
native of England, in his youth he
was cornet soloist with Robin Hood's
Rifle Band of Nottingham.
Changes among the Methodist
ministry saw Rev. Harry . Henry,
pastor of Shavertown, transferred
to Binghamton. Replacing him was
Rev. D. M. Corkwell, Luzerne. Rev.
A. J. Chapman, Trucksville Metho-
dist, went to Vestal, N. Y. His pul-
pit was filled by Rev. Rolland
Crompton of Meshoppen. Rev. W.
E. Webster, Dallas, was transferred
to Westford, N .Y. Rev. Frank D.
Hartsock replaced him. Carverton’s
Rev. E. M. Greenfield was replaced
by Rev. J. N. Bailey.
Six deaths were noted briefly:
George C. Travis, Shavertown; Mrs.
Howard McNeel, Lake Township;
Joseph Roushey, 47, Noxen; the
Charles Dressel infant, Shavertown;
Mrs. Alice Storey, Eatonville; Ed-
ward Waters, 37, Center Moreland.
The Risley-Major Company ad-
vertised everything for the gardner.
IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO:
Featured on the front page of the
April 18 issue was a picture of a
Navy transport ship in drydock in
Seattle, newly reconditioned from
Panama Pacific liner, City of New-
port News.
Peter D. (Clark, chairman of the
Sixth Legislative District, was named
tax senior examiner.
Dr. Robert Bodycomb was the
suject of a Know Your Neighor
column, the only full-time practicing
dentist ‘in the area.
Atty Peter Jurchak was making
gradual recovery from an operation
at General Hospital.
Grover Jones and his fire crews
were busily fighting forest fires.
A youngster of a Jehovah's Wit-
nesses family made headlines when
he declined to salute the flag dur-
ing morning exercises at Dallas Bor-
ough School. ;
Mrs. Allen Sanford was director of
the Woman’s Club Glee Club.
Wedding bells for Florence Hazel-
tine and William Monk; Janet Miles
and Andrew Kuchta; Jeanne Hay-
den and Gerald Snyder.
Dr. Sara Wychoff and her moth-
er opened their summer home on
Center Hill Road, delighting in hep-
AND 10 YEARS AGO: ._...... ....
Meadowcrest Housing Authority
was beginning work on Carverton
Road, with heavy equipment and
material arriving daily.
Quicksand delayed construction
of Commonwealth Telephone Com-
pany building on Lake Street, but
pouring of exterior wall foundations
was finally started. Fantastic num-
bers of piles were driven into the
ground to support the weight of the
building against the quicksand.
seeing-eye dog, given by combined
efforts of Back Mountain Kennel
Club and Harveys Lake Lions.
Dan Robinhold opened his merry-
go-round at the Lake, and Francis
Ambrose his concessions.
Grace Barrall, Lehman senior, won
a full scholarship to College Miseri-
cordia. :
Charles Eberle was elected pres-
ident of Shavertown PTA. ;
Local sirens shrieked late at night,
announcing ‘to startled residents
that General Douglas MacArthur had
landed in San Francisco,
Adult courses at Kingston Town-
ship high school wound up after ten
weeks of evening instruction.
Mrs. Fred Anderson was subject
for a Know Your Neighbor.
Lorraine Turner became the bride
of James Jolley.
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Ebans, Carver-
ton, observed their Golden Wedding.
Rebecca Hummell was wed to John
E. Boone.
A picture of the 1910 Dallas base-
ball team showed Nial B. Still, field-
er; ‘Albert Smith, Catcher; Harry
N. Major, second baseman; W. B.
| Jeter, scorekeeper; Harry Anderson,
manager; Ralph Sorber, pitcher;
Claude TM. Isaacs, fielder; Harold
Shaver, fielder; Lynde Ryman, cen-
ter field; Henry L. Lee, third base;
Hoover, Trucksville, until he returns.
Marian Comer, Dallas, received a
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1961
TT arr LL
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
re
IPSWICH, Massachusetts Bay Col- when women began to put up their
ony, 6th of Nov, 1685, Meeting of Sel- ! hair in elaborate and high styles, but |
ectmen:
Agreed, with respect to Rev. Mr.
That Mr. Rust provide if he can
against the funeral gloves suteable
for men and women to the value of
five or six pounds, not money pay |
and some spice and ginger for the
syder.
That a man be sent to Lyn to ac-
quaint friends with ye solemn
providence here.
That some be taken care with the
| Corps be wrapt up in the Coffin in
Tarr with canvas,-That some persons
be appointed to look to the burning
of the wine and heating of the syder,
against the time appointed for ye
funeral next Monday at one of the
clock and such as will be careful in
the distribution.
The selectmen desire Ensign Stac-
ey to se there be effectuall care taken
with respect to above named particu-
lars, care having been taken about
the above named occasions, and an
account taken of the charge and cost
expended. © .
Imprimis-
To Deakon Goodhue for wine 32
gal at 4 is 6-08-00 for 62 1b sugar of
said Goodhue at 6 d per 1b 1-11-0 for
gloves of said Goodhue 1-10 0 To
Mr. Nathanial Rust, money laid out
for funeral 2-04-00 (10 other small
items are listed)
(Of course this was English pounds,
Suma Totalis shillings, and pence).
17-19-00
The above is from “A. History of
Ipswish in the Massachusetts Bay
Colony, 1633-1700,” by Thomas Fran-
klin Waters (no kin to this writer),
published by the Ipswich Historical
Society. Original spelling is pre-
served above.
The same book is filled with intim-
ate accounts of the life of our fore-
fathers. About 1650 numerous indict-
ments were made of women for wear-
ing finery.
A fad developed when ladies dec-
orated their faces with court plaster
cut in fantastic shapes, such as coach
and four, geometric designs, etc.,
both in Old and New England. One
local wit put out a verse,~-
‘Her patches are of every cut
For pimples and for scars;
Here's all the wandering planet's
signs
And some of the fixed stars,
Already gummed to make them
stick,
They need not other sky.”
The forefathers were provoked
| more so when they began to wear
| periwigs. When a periwig shop was
| Cobbitt’s tuneral-That Deakon pro- | established they soon had to give up
| vide one barrill of wine and half a | regulating dress and appearance.
| hundred weight of sugar, and that |"
| he send it to Mr. Cobbitt’s house next from reading items like the above,
| second day of the week in the morn- | particularly since the “Deakon Good-
| ing for which he is to have in pay, | hue”, above, was one of his own an-
| not money, four shillings by the gal- | cestors.
[lon and six pence a pound for the |
| sugar.
This writer gets keen enjoyment
It is noted above that the Deacon
was to receive in “pay, nét money,
| four shillings.’. The following from an
| account of her travels in 1704 by
| Sarah Kemble Knight explains this:-
“PAY is grain, pork, beef, ete, at
the prices sett by the General Court
that year; MONEY is pieces of eight,
ryalls, or Boston or Bay shillings or
GOOD HARD MONEY as sometimes
silver coin is termed by them; also
wampum, vizt. Indian beads which
serves for change. PAY AS MONY is
provisions, as aforesaid one third
cheaper then as the Assembly or
General Court sees it; and TRUST as
they and the merchants agree for
time. )
“Now, when the buyer comes to
ask for a comodity, sometimes before
the merchant answers that he has it,
he sais, “Is your pay redy ?’ Perhaps
the chap reply’s ‘yes’. What do you
pay in? say's the merchant. The
price is set; as suppose he wants a
sixpenny knife, in pay it is 12d- in
pay as money eight pence, and
hard money its own price, viz. 6d.
It seems a very intricate way of
trade...”.
Mrs. Edith Eustice
Passes Away
Mrs. Edith Eustice, Carverton,
died last Wednesday at Pittston
Hospital, where she. had been a
patient for nine weeks. She was
buried Saturday in Pittston Ceme-
tery. Her pastor, Rev. William
Reid, of the Carverton Methodist
Charge, officiated at services held
at a Wyoming funeral home.
She was born at Yatesville,
daughter of the late William and
Sarah Bainbridge Humble. Prior to
moving to Carverton twenty-six
years ago, she lived in Wyoming.
She was past president of Mount
Zion WSCS, and belonged to the
Mary T. Lewis Sunday School Class.
She is survived by her husband
Henry; a son Harold, Carverton,
former Franklin Township member
of Dallas School board; a daughter,
Mrs. Marjorie Guilford, Wyoming;
two sisters: Mrs. Alice Roxby and
Mrs. Jennie Eustice, Inkerman; Mrs.
Margaret Robinson, Johnson City,
N. Y.; and Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson,
New York City; a brother, Wesley
Humble, Binghamton, N. Y.; three
grandchildren.
SCORCHED EARTH
by Confederate troops.
the Union.
rifles and sidearms,
Southern workers to save it.
pre-dawn sky.
(Events exactly 100 years ago this toc! i
told in the language end syle ¢p oj
100Years Ago ThisWeek...in
THE CIVIL WAR
Mud Wear—
Norfolk, Harper's Ferry
Installations Destroyed
NORFOLK, Va.—April 20—The U.S. Navy Yard here—a $30,000,000
facility—was virtually destroyed today by Union forces fearing seizure
It was the second military catastrophe for the North in two days.
Barely 48 hours ago, the Federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Va.,
scene of John Brown’s abortive anti-slavery raid, was abandoned by
The 45-member garrison there fired the arsenal, severely damaged
several smaller buildings and made kindling wood of some 20,000
LZR A
APPARENTLY all 45 escaped—some by swimming. Harper's Ferry,
a picturesque hamlet despite its bloody history, is near the confluence
of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.
The arsenal commander, Lt.
damage to his installation in the face of-fierce efforts by pro-
Roger Jones, inflicted massive
Alerted to the approach of Rebels from nearby Charlestown—scene
of John Brown’s hanging—Jones spread gunpowder on the floors of
the buildings and told his men to be ready to touch it off.
* Some of the powder was dampened by the anti-Union workers.
But as the entrained attackers reached Halltown, four miles away,
with intentions of running their guns to Boliver Heights where they
could shell the Federal buildings, an awesome light spread over ‘he
The arsenal had been destroyed.
* %
METAL parts of the burned small arms are being collected by the
Rebels for shipment to Richmond, Va., and repair.
Harper's Ferry became a household word Oct. 17, 1858, when Brown,
a rabid abolitionist, led a party of 22 in an anti-slavery “invasion,”
capturing Federal property and imprisoning private citizens.
Federal units broke up the short-lived rebellion, killing eight of
Brown’s band outright, mortally wounding Brown's two sons, Watson
and Oliver, and wounding Brown himself.
Brown and six others were hanged at Charlestown the following
Dec. 2. Others were executed later.
nation was at war.
Federal Unit Casualties a Shock
WASHINGTON, D.C.—April 19—The 6th Massachusetts Regiment
arrived here today—and the Capital realized with a sting that the
The unit br. 1ght with it 17 wounded on stretchers, victims of
mob violence in Baltimore, Md.
Four of the 6th’s soldiers were killed in the rioting, which broke
out as the regiment was marching between train stations. Their bodies
were packed in ice for shipment home. At least 12 of the anti-Union
mob members were reported killed in the clash.
, earlier in the day.
ing at the age of 75.
moved out of his stately home
Rood, first baseman.
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COPYRIGHT 1961, REGEWISCH NEWS SYNDICATE, CHICAGO 35, ILL. .
Col. Lee Resigns From Union Army
WASHINGTON, D.C.—April 20—Col. Robert E. Lee, U.S. Army,
resigned herc today and left immediately Zor Richmond, Va., to take
command of the Confederate Army of Virginia.
Col. Lee earlier in the weck had been offered the post being
vacated by Gen. Winfield Scott, Uni n Army chief, who is retir-
After resigning, Lee, who arrived here recently from duty in Texas,
in Arlington Heights, overlooking
hird Washington, and left immediately for Richmond.
Beau Mulligan, shortstop; and Ralph |
buyer having answered, then the’
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Services This Morning
For Oscar L. Roth, 81
Services for Oscar Roth will be
conducted at 11 'this morning from
the Williams Funeral Home, with
burial at Fern Knoll. Rev. William
McClelland, rector of Prince of Peace
Episcopal Church, will officiate?
Mr. Roth, 81, well known Wyom-
ing Valley jeweller, passed away
Monday afternoon at the home on
Church Street where he had lived for
the past twenty-four years. His wife,
the former Amelia Schmidt of
Wilkes-Barre, died three years ago.
Mr. Roth was born in Wilkes-
Barre, son of the late Frederick and
Sarah Walton Roth. For forty-three
years he operated the jewelry store
in the Simon Long Building, where
of late years his son, Edwin T. Roth,
has been associated with him.
He was a member of Prince of
Peace Episcopal Church:
Survivors are: a daughter, Mrs.
Robert S. Roberts, Baltimore, Md.;
sons, Oscar W. Wilkes-Barre; and
Edwin T., Dallas; four grandchildren.
Republican Rally
According to an announcement
by Ray Titus, Dallas Republican
Committeeman, there will be a rally
of dll County Republican candidates
Thursday evening, May 4; at Amer-
ican Legion Home on Memorial
Highway. District Committeemen
will also be present.
| Looking at
| T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Pat Boone who hasn’t been seen
on TV for some time will be on this
Thursday with a full-hour salute to
springtime. Guests for the show will
be The Kingston Trio, Joanie Som-
mers, Fabian, Johnny Mercer and
Dorothy Provine.
Dorothy Provine is the attractive
blonde singer and dancer on the
“Roaring 20's.” It will be interest-
ing to see Dorothy sing and do a
modern dance.
Highlights of the Circus with
Arthur Godfrey as ringmaster, are
scheduled from 8 to 9 p. m. on Thurs-
day. Acts from the Ringling Brothers
and Barnum and Bailey Circus now
in New York will be featured.
Godfrey plans on riding his horse
Goldie.
Milton Berle is moving back to
New York from the West Coast. He
starts work on a starring role in an
up-coming Broadway play. According |
to Berle he will find working nightly
in a live play easier than a weekly
TV show. >
Castro, Cuba and Communism, one
of the most gripping documentaries
of the year will be repeated from
10 to 11 p. m. This is a hard hitting
film recently smuggled out of Cuba
under Castro’ nose. Westbrook Van
Voorhis is narrator. If you missed
the first showing, by all means take
advantage of this second showing.
‘ Jackie Gleason will star in a 90-
minute TV special on CBS this Fri-
day at 8:30 p. m.
The television show is based on
_| his original story. In the show he
is kidnaped and held for $1 million
ransom, which the kidnapers de-
mand must be paid by CBS.
Ed Sullivan, George Jessel, Everett
Sloane and Peter Falk will be seen
in the 90-minute comedy.
Wedding Plans—Jackie Gleason is
spending the summer in Europe but
before he leaves he is making the
preliminary plans for his oldest
daughter's wedding in the Fall.
Geraldine, 20, will be married this
Fall to Jack Shutak, a boy she met
while she was a student at UCLA.
' Checkmate which was being
dropped by CBS has gained a new
lease on life, thanks to the interest
NBC began showing in this show.
As a result “Checkmate” now will be
moved from Saturday to Wednesday
nights at 8:30 p. m. come next Sep-
tember. In its Saturday night 8:30
spot on CBS will go “The Defenders.”
The Defenders will be a courtroom
drama series starring E. G. Marshall
and Robert Reed in a father-son law
partaership,
Candid Camera — Allen Funt
laughs when he goes to a movie and
the hero leaps into a conveniently
empty and waiting taxi, and shouts,
‘Follow that cab!” In the movie the
chase begins at once, with both cabs
careening wildly through heavy
traffic. / :
Funt said that he tried that re-
cently in New York on about 20
different cabbies. Not one reacted
in the traditional Hollywood version.
“One hackie was rather put out.
He said, ‘“Whatddaya mean, follow
that cab? With all that traffic?
What are you—nuts?
“Another was more explanatory
with ‘I don’t do nothing like that;
Mister. I just take you to place not
after other ‘cabs.’ :
“Still another was interested only
in the potential fare. He said. Not on
your life, buddy. Maybe he stops
after one lousy block, and then
where am I?
In almost three hours of jumping
in and out of cabs,” concluded Funt,
“I couldn't find one that would
follow another.”
Funt has explored the possibilities
of another standard Hollywood
scene in which the beautiful heroine,
being trailed by a foreign agent,
rushes up to a handsome stranger
and pretends they are old friends.
In the movies the stranger invariably
falls right in with the ruse and the
villain, as the saying goes, is foiled
again.
According to ‘Candid Camera’ it | , cou,
ty | operated the farm in Sweet Valley,
doesn’t work.
These were exciting days—100 years ago in Luzerne County.
Never had ‘patriotic fevor been so deeply stirred. Unsophisticated -
youths were eager to enlist in a war where only the other fellow was
supposed to get shot. Later they were to learn that their friends and
neighbors died in war and they were not so anxious to enlist.
But during the April days of 1861 every one thought that the
war would be short—that the South would back down just as soon
as the Union mobilized its manpower and showed its strength of
purpose. Mr. Lincoln thought so, too, and called for 75,000 volunteers
for only three months service in a sort of police action.
Wyoming Valley was quick to respond and the first regiment to
march was the Eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers—one of only two
regiments almost completely recruited in Luzerne County during the
four years of war. The other was the famous 143rd recruited in the
summer of 1862. 3
The Eighth was mustered in on April 23, 1861 for three months
service, Unlike the 143rd it saw little or no action, During its brief
existence. Its headquarters were at Chambersburg where it became
a part of the 3rd Brigade of the Second: Division: of Pennsylvania
troops. :
After guarding the fords along the Potomac and protecting the
borders of the State, the enlistments of the men expired and they
returned home or enlisted in other three-year regiments. Later many
of these men enlisted in Wyoming Valley's own 143rd.
But to the Eighth goes the honor of being the first regiment to
respond from Wyoming Valley during the early, uncertain days of
the rebellion.
In its six companies were probably not more than 600 men.
Company C was composed of the Wyoming Light Dragoons of Wilkes-
Barre. Company D had an overflow of recruits from Wilkes-Barre;
Company F was composed of the Wyoming Artillerists of Wilkes-
Barre who had earlier taken part in the War with Mexico; Company
G was made up of the Wyoming Yagers of Wilkes-Barre composed
mainly of German residents who had received some military training
before coming to America. In the same company the Jackson Rifles
of Pittston. Companies B. E, and H. came from upper Luzerne Coun-.
tty and were later to be credited to Lackawanna County after its ¥
separation from Luzerne,
One of the regiment's officers who was to become famous as
colonel of the valorous 52nd Pennsylvania Volunteers, was young
Lieutenant John Butler Conyngham of Wilkes-Barre who was prac-
ticing law in the office of A. T. McClintock at the outbreak of hostili-
ties. Conyngham was a graduate of Yale where he and 14 other class-
mates had formed DKE fraternity.
Years after the war Conyngham Post of the GAR in
was to be named in his honor.
Later I shall speak of the 52nd Pennsylvania whose companies
A. H. IL and G. were recruited for three years in Wyoming Valley.
This regiment lost nearly 50% of its men at the Battle of Fair Oaks
on May 31, 1862 Later it was tragically to storm Fort Johnson in
Charleston Harbour where many of its Luzerne County men were
to be taken prisoners and died slow deaths in infamous Anderson-
ville prison.
There were strong men in 1861 and John Butler Conyngham was
one of them. i
Wilkes-Barre
Pillar To Post hie
by HIX
Things I worry about in the middle of the night:
Did I leave half a bologna sandwich in the bottom drawer of
the desk, stashed there hastily when a pink page proof was delivered,
moist and ink-smeared, for proof-reading ? . Re?
And if I should suffera stroke in the middle of the night; would
anybody find those grisly remains in the drawer before they became
all too fragrant?
Just how long would it be before somebody noticed that some-
thing was wrong and investigated ?
Too late now to do anything about it. Half past midnight already,
and probably nobody at the Dallas Post to check on the oversight.
Still and all, the paper was getting out pretty fate today. Could
be somebody is still in the basement, sleepily slipping section two
inside of section one, paper after paper after paper.
Risk a phone call? Well, what can you lose? If there isn’t
anybody ‘in the office, nobody will answer. ?
Oh, don’t let’s be ridiculous. That sandwich (if there IS a
sandwich) will not develop any unpleasantness before morning.
‘And tonight, I don’t propose to have a stroke. Too much to do.
Haven't had time to make out a will, for one thirg.
The Reader’s Digest says it’s smart to make out a will, even if
you have nothing to leave. Saves red tape, and the possibility of get-
ting the bank account tied up in knots. J
Let’s see now. . .which of the kids was it who wanted that marble-
topped bureau with the large mirror ?
And that mahogany cradle, up in the attic. Not as reeking with
’
h
atmosphere as the hooded job that brought such a fantastic figure
at the Library Auction a couple of years ago, but a very nice old
cradle, and loaded with family memories. No room for it on the
ground floor, nor in any of the bedrooms. Visitors tend to fall over
rockers.
And where on earth did I put that stack of manuscript ? It didn’t "
turn up when the great switcheroo in furniture was accomplished at
the time of the papering of two downstairs rooms It should have
been in one of those middle drawers in the chest with the glass knobs.
Let's see, now. . for awhile it was in the sewing room.
A bright light dawns.
Another earlier switch in furniture. I'll look it up in the morn-
It’s bound to be in the dormitory now, in a desk drawer.
Desk drawer. . .the cycle is complete, and we're back at that
bologna sandwich. ;
Be sure your sin will find you out. That sandwich was strictly
bootleg, filched from ye editor's lunch basket. To be sure, he had
said he would send the remains to the dogs at the house, and there’s
no sense in wasting a good bologna sandwich on a dog, not while I
have my strength and bigness, bolstered by inherited New England
thrift. I
Still, it wasn’t MY sandwich. I had already had my sandwich.
But it looked like a late night at the Dallas Post, and maybe there
wouldn't be a chance to slip out for a bite of supper and a cup of
coffee.
Well, get up, you dope, and get a sleeping pill. And don’t
bother to have a stroke, this isn’t the time nor the place.
That sandwich will definitely NOT spoil before morning.
And could be, it isn’t there.
It just MIGHT be. -
‘be.
ing.
Only one place that stack can possibly 8k
“
Mrs. Nellie Wallace
Lies At Maple Grove
Mrs. Nellie Wallace, long-time
resident of Sweet Valley, was buried
at Maple Grove Monday afternoon,
Rev. Ira Button and Rev. Kirby
Jones, former and present pastors
of First Christian Church, Sweet
Valley, conducted services from th
Bronson ‘Funeral Home. :
Mrs. Wallace, 73, died Thursday
night after a brief illness.
She was born in Muhlenburg,
daughter of the late Hiram D. and
Mary E. Edwards Fink. Her brother
ace printer for the Dallas Post.
For forty-three years she lived in
Sweet Valley, leaving that area for
a few years when she and her hus-
band Alexander, who died three
years ago, moved to a trailer park.
She returned to Sweet Valley after
his death, a short time after the
couple observed the Golden Wed-
ding.
During the time when the couple
Clifford, was for a ‘mumber of years |
Mrs. Wallace specialized in raising
flowers, taking many blue ribbons
at flower shows with her prize
gladiolas.
She belonged to Sweet Valley
Christian Church; Daughters of
America, Friendship Council 21.
Surviving are: a son Albert,
Sweet Valley; two grandchildren and
three greatgrandchildren; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Ada Faust and Mrs.
Blanche Lewis, both of Wilkes-
Barre; a brother Clifford, Shaver-
town. ] >
Pallbearers were «Clifford Hontz,
Mason Bidleman, James Wallace,
Herbert, Peiffer, Sam Bronson, and
Frank Foss. .
Toastmasters Meet
Back Mountain Toastmasters Club
will meet tonight at 8 at Back Moun-
tain Memoria] Library Annex. Ten
new members will be admitted as the
result of the membership drive now
in progress.. :
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