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Edi
cident i
itorially Speaking:
A Recognition
Long Overdue
College Misericordia richly deserves the honor ac-
corded it Monday night, when notables gathered to add
‘their
bit to formal recognition of an institution of higher
“learning which in the short thirty-seven years of its his-
tory has established itself as one of the leading women’s
colleges of the State.
~~ College Misericordia represents the best in education,
‘in a period when much education, so-called is going over-
‘board in its pursuit of non-essentials.
Standing four-square upon its broad base of integrity,
sits dedication to learning and research, its determination
to give the best in culture and education to its young
women, and to engender an honest feeling for community
“responsibility, College Misericordia has quietly forged
ahead to a place in the educational field which many an
“3vied college of an older regime may envy.
Serene upon its rolling hills, College Misericordia
“Jooks down upon the busy world.
Its daughters, caught up in the harried pace of the
modérn world, look back upon it as a retreat, a place
“where
“may be sought:and found.
the eternal verities remain; a place where peace
The Back Mountain, in taking cognizance of the im-
portance to the
community of the college in its midst,
sed for a moment Monday night to reflect with grati-
upen' the cultural “benefits which the College
4 1ght to it, and inade a gesture of hemrtfelt ap
as
eciation
. - the only recognition within its power to give... a
gesture long overdue.
3 « ® e Safet y
ABOUT THE BUDGET
Dear Editor:
Simple lapse of time seems to be
taking away one by one all the
aternatives to a substantial increase
4 hope of federal aid, never
, has about flickered out
leral bills are bogged down
in controversy. Even if one were
passed now, which is far from ac-
complished; it would be practically
impossible to make all arrangements,
to have aid requested and approved
in. time to be legally incorporated in
the present budget in preparation.
The time for final adoption of the
“not be ant
budget and levying of the school
taxes is getting short.
Any substantial increase in rev-
enues from increased assessments,
which is perhaps the last hope, can-
ipated with any degree
of probability. To begin with, a
relative increase in simple valu-
ation due to ad@itional or better
buildings and property = improve-
ments stands to be self defeating.
" By the provisions of the reimburse-
ment laws, districts with a higher
relative valuation receive a rela-
tively: lower reimbursement. All but
about one sixth of the districts in
the state now are faced with this
reduction. In 1959, due a storm
of protest, the legislature passed an
act freezing the old reimbursements
temporarily so that the districts
might carry on with the same rev-
enues as before. The ‘temporary
freeze expires at the end of this
month: Even if renewed, it will pro-
vide no additional money.
The board has requested = the
county assessors, in a left-handed
to increase the assessments.
For this year, this also is a forlorn
idea. The new system must be in-
appeal,
stalled “for the entire county”, The |
Act of May 17, 1957, (amended in
minor particulars in 1959) reads |
in. part:
“After any county has established |
and completed for the entire county
the permanent system’ of records
property |
consisting of tax maps,
record cards, and property owner's
index,
Valve . . .
TUM....OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IT
LEVIED = ON. SUCH PROPERTIES
THE PRECEDING YEAR, mnotwith-
standing the increase valuations of
such properties under the new asses-
ment system... The tax rate shall
be fixed for that year at a figure
which will accomplish this purpose.
With the approval of the court of
common pleas upon good ° cause
shown, any such political subdivision
may increase the tax rate herein
prescribed notwithstanding the pro-
visions of this paragraph.”
The CAPITALS are inserted by
the writer. The court approval ment-
ioned in the concluding sentence
would certainly not be given with-
out full budget hearings. Time alone
closes this door also.
‘A Reader
AND WITHOUT UNCLE’S HELP
Dear Editor,
What this country needs is more
citizens like the farmers of the
Molalla Riven valley in Oregon. And
it may be the fact that they have
attracted attention as far away as
Dallas, Texas, (which is about as
far away as you can get and still
be in the US) justifies the hope
that their example may be con-
tagious.
“The Molalla River in Oregon,”
says the DALLAS STAR POST, is like
many peaceful small streams that
under storm conditions go on a ram-
page. At a horseshoe turn in its
course it has been eating away valu-
able farm land on its periodic
sprees, so the farmers affected organ-
ized the Molalla River District Im-
provement Co., Inc. Following the
current practices, aid was sought
from the Great White Father. This
led to the US Corps of Army Engin-
| 6ers. Then the fun started.
“Dissatisfied with the engineers’
estimate of ' $188.000 for a flood
control improvement in addition to
| erosion elimination, to be carried
out at some uncertain future date,
| the farmers decided to start a ‘do
it yourself’ project. They borrowed
a tractor last fall and in some two
| weeks cut a new 500-foot-long
as required by. section 306 of | channel for the river to bypass the
the act herein amended, and has | 1800-foot horseshoe. It has con-
made its first county assessment of trolled the erosion. The cost was
real property under that system and | gomeé $1500, compared with an es-
at values based upon an established timated $188,000 for the more ex-
predetermined ratio, as required by |
this section, each political subdiv- |
ision which ‘hereafter for the first
time levies its real estate taxes on
first assessment shall for that
first vear REDUCE TTS TAX RATE
IF NECESSARY FOR THE PUR-.
that
tensive government project.
“Commenting on this self-help,
the Feather River, Calif, BULLETIN
said: ‘It costs the federal taxpayers
nothing. Tt! makes one wonder how
much of the federal tax bill could
be eliminated, at the same time
PNET OF HAVING THE TOTAL increasing the! efficiency of ioper-
IN THE CASE OF A SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT. NOT MORE THAN cox!
CEN-
HUNDRED AND TEN PER
LTVIED FOR THAT YEAR... EQUAL ations now financed by the tax-
payers, if a little common sense were,
Sbrlied ito the problem”
It also nak :
ONLY
YESTERDAY
Ten and Twenty Years Age
In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO:
grandmother committed suicide. |
Rose Pahler, 60, grandmother of ten, |
shot herself at her home on the
Lake-Lehman road.
instantaneous from a. rifle bullet.
Wet grounds canceled out first
games of all the Rural League ex-
cept those of East Dallas and Meeker.
{A reception for Rev. Frank Hars-
sock was given at Dallas Methodist
Church, to welcome the new mini-
ster.
marriage of Helen Hess and Melvin
Evans.
The American Home Shop, a com-
plete five and ten cent store, was
opened on Main Street, Dallas by
Mrs. John Williams.
Frederick Ellsworth, 72, died at
| his home in West Dallas after a
long illness.
Harry S. Major, Shavertown, died
, after prolonged illness.
Engine 32, running over Bowman's
Creek branch line, collided with a
truck in Forty Fort delaying mail
deliveries over the routes, by several
hours.
Sugar cost 47 cents for 10 pounds;
butter, 79 cents for three pounds.
Fig bars were two pounds for 19
cents; hams, 21 cents per pound.
Shredded wheat was 10 cents a box,
| shrimp 15 cents a can.
The WSCS was still the Ladies Aid
in church announcements. Methodist
churches were spoken of as M.E.
churches.
Peter D. Dohl of Dallas died.
Charles Grey, Shavertown, was
buried with military rites.
IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO
A nephew of David Richards, Leh-
man Avenue, was one of twenty
British seamen picked up in an open
boat on the Atlantic after the Mer-
his uncle here on February, while
on convoy duty. Trevor's’
brother Edwin was drowned when |
the Royal Oak was blown up.
Students set out bushes at Dal-
las Borough school on Arbor Day.
‘Lehman Township, also on Arbor
Day, dedicated two trees, for “Peace”
and “Youth.”
Ralph Rood, teacher in Dallas Bor-
ough schools, received the Oscar for
the best performance in the Dr.
Henry M. Laing Fire Company show.
Traffic was rerouted over resid-
ential streets in Dallas to avoid con-
struction work at main spreet inters
section.
Dr. Budd gehboley was written
up in a Know Your Neighbor column.
George W. Watkins, 47, former
resident of Dallas, died at his home
{in Binghamton after a long illness.
Dissension over selection of a
foreman delayed start of a $34,888
WPA street project in Dallas.
Lehigh Street in Shavertown was
being widened, with expectation of
being hard-topped later.
Mrs. Roswell T. Murray, 35, Pion-
eer Avenue, died after being ill five
months,
Bread could be bought two loaves
for 15 cents; butterfish was 7 cents
a pound; Louisiana strawberies were
2 ‘baskets for 23 cents; gelatine
dessert, 3 packages for 10 cents. All
steak cuts were 29 cents a pound,
and chuck roast was 19.
Gloria Chance, Fernbrook, became
the bride of William Diesenroth.
Himmler Theatre was showing
“Andy Hardy's Private Secretary,”
with Mickey Rooney.
Shavertown Methodist honored
Rev. and Mrs. Russell May at a
ception.
Duke Isaac opened a used car
was tying up the road in front of
‘his regular location.
AND 10 YEARS AGO:
Barbara Ferry, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ferry, Dallas, won
a music scholarship to College Mis-
ericordia.
Louise Brzyski was named May
Queen at Dallas Township School.
[A picture loaded with babies at the
bottom of the front page of the May
4 issue honored Mrs. James Ide,
grandmother and greatgrandmother,
celebrating her 85th birthday at an
Ide dinner party.
Adult classes sponsored by Wyo-
ming Valley Playground Association
would open up at Kingston Township
high school with an exhibit and Open
House.
Two small boys in Kingston Town-
ship” admitted to Louis Banta that
they had set a fire which threat-
ened St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and
had been guilty of thievery of mag-
azines and candy. Furthermore, they
had dumped a baby carriage in
| Toby's Creek.
Marion Comer, Dallas, flew to
Detroit to pick up her seeing-eye
dog.
John R. Benner, 67, rémained in
critical condition after crashing a
traffic guard rail at the light in
Shavertown. He had suffered a
stroke, and lost control of his car.
Fred Boote celebrated his 95th
birthday at a dinner given in his
communities are , right this moment
dreaming up chores for Uncle to
do as extravagantly as possible at
fatuous idea that it isn’t going to
cost the community anything! The
Molalla River District Improvement
Co., Inc., has pointed the way-the
one practical approach-to income
tax reduction.’
7 | Mehesn, Ne.
A despondent and discouraged
Death was |
. Announcement was made of the |
chantman Western Chief was tor- |
pedoed. Trevor Griffiths, 21, visited | for two wives, Gertrude, first wife,
lot in Luzerne, while construction |
the expense of all of us-and with the |
Bob Taylor od i
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1961
| The real Oldtimers in this area
| rest in several of our very old ceme-
teries, some of which are overgrown
with brush fand weeds with markers
toppled, broken, and missing. For
example is the old Rice Cemetary
on the to op of Huntsville Street hill.
I It was enclosed on all sides except-
ing the front with astone wall and
the front protected by an iron
fence, the same type of
| enclosure as found in several near-
by old cemeteries. No doubt there
are many unmarked graves, probably
some of the oldest. Some of the
stones are badly eroded making
dates illegible, but it appears there
are about a score who were born
before 1800, with about the same
number who died before the Civil
‘War. The portion nearest the road
had no graves due to an outcrop of
rock but was marked with very high
pine trees, a landmark for gener-
ations.
One ‘of the first buried was Elsey,
Wife of William Honeywell (consid-
erable variation in spelling) died
March 1, 1824, age not available.
Richard Honeywell died June 10,
1830, no age shown. Apparently the
first-born of those with marked
graves was (William Honeywell
1760-1844 . Other older Honeywells
were Jane, wife of Richard 1789-
1849, Nathaniel 1797-1852 Charles
1799-1862, Hannah Lewis Heneywell
1810-1887.
Peter Ryman 1776- 1838, and his
wife Mary 1781-1854, were the first
of that family in {the neighborhood.
Joseph Anderson 1770-1850 and
his wife Catherine 1769-1861; Amy
Steward wife of James, 1776-1842;
David Donley 1772-1845; and Jane
W., wife of Henry King, 1775-1841
were all children in Revolutionary
War times. {
Pioneer of the Rice family who
once owned land adjoining and prob-
ably the cemetery itself, was Chris-
tian Rice 1781-1865 and his wife
Sarah 1780-1856.
Christopher Snyder 1790-1880 is
the only one with graves marked
1788-1853 and Nancy, second wife,
elder | 1788-1880.
Peter Rousey 1787-1854 is prob-
ably of the same family now spelled
Roushey. His daughter Mahalith who
died in 1846, age 18, shows the same
short spelling. Also Levi 1837-1861.
The only Brown family noted was
Elizabeth, wife of John, 1788-1873.
Most of the Browns are buried in
the old Ide Burying Ground in Leh-
man Township.
Military markers include John
Huget, Private Co. D, 143 Regt. Pa.
Rambling Around
Buy The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
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Vol; Isaac Hughey Co. B, 143 Regt. |;
Pa. It: Peter Spencer, Private Co. |
C 4 Regt. U.S. Art. |
Oldest of the Brace family seems |
1845 age not given; also Mary and |
Lucy, both died 1862, age not |
available.
Other graves moted, of persons
buried approximately a hundred
years include [Hannah Bensteen- |
burgh 1802-1847; Roxann Fisher,
wife of John 1820-1862; Jane Brown,
wife of Robert Holly, 1827-1854;
Wesley Moss, son of David and Sarah
Moss, 1837-1861, his parents sur-
vived him about twenty years; Han-
nah, Nulton, wife of Jacob died
1857, age not available; her daugh-
ter Mary died age 21 in 1839.
Miles Spencer 1805-1851 seems “to
be the oldest of the Spencer fam-
ily. Most of the Spencers are buried
at Wardan and other cemeteries.
Burials were made in this ceme- |
tery in my o6wn time ,but omly a
few. There are a lot of markers
bearing dates irr the last half of the
last century, but practically none
in the last sixty years.
‘Weeping Willows and other de-
signs appear on older stones, some
rhymes.
There seems to be no organization
responsible for this cemetery. Many
descendents of these pioneers have
moved eway, and those remaining
take no interest in maintaining it.
The large pine there were removed
about thirty-five years ago, as a safe-
ty measure, by authority of the Town
Council. The Council probably auth-
orized the first small building as an
observation point in World War 11.
The iron fence has been damaged by
County road employes cutting out
the rock in which it was imbedded,
and generations of school children
have walked along the brink of the
ledge hanging on to it until it has
been nearly destroyed in some parts.
Replacement pines were planted
by the Boy Scouts of Troop 281 in
1927. A few years later the W.P.A.
mowed the plot and erected some
fallen stones, but many are not in
position now. About the same time
new stone steps were built.
These pioneers who subdued the |
local wilderness and carried on af-!
fairs here for a century deserve a
better memorial than this cemetery
in its present condition.
And to make matters worse, the
Borough has installed a loud fire
siren, which breaks out in an ear-
splitting vibrating alarm; a most |
obnoxious disturber of the tran- |
quillity we like to associate with
cemeteries.
Dinner To Honor
Miss Pearl Averett, teacher of
geography at Dallas Junior High
School, will be honored by fellow
members of the faculty next Thurs-
day evening at a testimonial dinner
tendered her in recognition of long
years of faithful and inspired ser-
vice. She will retire at the end of
the school year.
Alfred M. Camp, program chair-
man, arranged to have several mem-
bers of the Junior High School band
present selections recently used as
part of the annual spring band pro-
gram.
Among them will be Andrea Krim-
mell, who will play the oboe, ac-
companied by Marsha Sowden. The
special trumpet trio will be heard,
composed of Patsy Evans, Robert
Allen, and Wesley Cave, accompanied |
be accompanied by Miss Louise Ohl-
man in a vocal solo.
Invocation will be by Rev. Frede-
ric Eidam; remarks by Dr. Robbert
A. Mellman, William A. Austin; W.
Frank Trimble, with special re
by John Rosser, Junior High School
principal
Miss Averett is a graduate of |
Kingston Township High School and
Pennsylvania State University. Ex-
cept for seven years spent in teach-
ing in Luzerne, she has confined her
honor by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Post
of Trucksville.
Jack Lewis, 63, died at his home
in Trcksville following surgery for a
brain tumor. -
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hilbert celeb-
rated their 56th wedding anniver-
sary at their home in Idetown.
Virginia® Berryhill and Charles
Morris of Dallas were married in
Alabama.
Marguerite A. Greenwood, Trucks-
ville Gardens, became the bride of
Carl R. Loucks, Wilkes-Barre.
| Bill Robbins, shown with two pet
foxes, was subject of a . Know: Your
| Neighbor, ;
£
by Loe Philor. Gloria ;Dolbear will |
arks
Pearl Averett
_interests to the young people of the |
Back Mountain.
She began her teaching career in !
the one-room schoolhouse on Bunk-
er Hill, which offered grades one to
eight. She walked back and forth
during the four years, earning $40
a month at first.
A native of Pittsburg, Kansas, her
parents, Horton M. and Susan E.
Harford Averett: moved to Ioda,
Kansas; before little Pearl reached
school age. She completed her ele-
mentary work in that state. Later
the family moved East, to the |
Trucksville area.
Memberships in various organ-
izations include PSEA and NEA.
She served as secretary for Luz-
erne County PSEA; 1939 to 1948, and
was instrumental in raising member-
ship from 375 to 800. She worked
diligently for tenure, higher salar- |
ies, equal pay for elementary and |
secondary teachers, and improve-
ment in educational standards for
teachers.
When fourth class school dis-
trict teachers were discriminated
against in salaries, she organized
the Back Mountain Teachers Assoc-
iation which is now Area 6 of Luz-
erne County PSEA. She was the sec-
ond president, following Ronald Doll.
She was appointed to a State com-
mittee, the ony classroom teacher
among thirteen male superintend-
ents.
Her efor ts, which involved going
to Harrisburg once a month, during
1941 and 1943, raised standards for
classroom teachers! salaries, legis-
lative action giving the first two
increments of $50 each, after a per-
iod of nine years in which there had
i been no increments. Elementary
|- teachers at that time were paid
| $900 per year, secondary teachers
$1,700.
Several times she served as State
and National delegate to conven-
tions. 8H
| In 1950, County Superintendent
| Eugene Teter appointed her a mem-
ber of the State Curriculum Commit- |
tee to revise the stury of Geography.
Bulletin 412, now in use in Dallas
Schools, is the work of that com-
I mittee.
As a member of Pennsyvania and
National Geography Society, she
presented “The New Course’ at the
Conference of Northeastern Geog-
raphy Teachers at Stroudsburg in
1951. 7
She is a charter member of Tau
Chapter of Delto Kappa Gamma, a
| National and International member,
land has held offices. Last summer
she attended the convention in
Miami. -
| She is a member and former of-
ficer of American Association of
University Women.
She belongs to Shavertown Meth-
odist Church. As a teenager, serv-
offices in the Epworth League, serv-
ing as Dallas District president. From |
1927 to 1940 she was Dean of Wom-
to be Stephen 1793-1846; Ann died |!
local show.
| Harrigan. & Son, The Corrupters for
| peats of Gunsmoke) for local show,
| tribution of $4,000 toward the re-
en tof Wyoming Gonforense Epworth, pe
| Looking at |
| 1-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
NEXT SEASON’S SHOWS—Look-
ing over the advanced listings for |
‘next years shows doesn’t show any |
great variety for the future and it |
does indicate a large number of |
shows being replaced. |
NBC — Sunday. Walt Disney for
Shirley Temple and National Vel-
vet, Nat Hinken comedy for Tab
Hunter, Bonanza (from Saturday)
for Chevy Show, DuPont Show for
Loretta Young and This is Your
Life,
Monday — 87th Precinct for
Wells Fargo (which moves: to |
Saturday) and Acapulco, Thriller |
(from Tuesday for Barbara Stan-
wyck.
Tuesday — Dick Powell (from
CBS for Thriller (moved to Mon-
day), Cain’s 100 for Specials.
Wednesday — Bob Newhart for
Peter Loves Mary, Brnkley's Jour-
nal for local show.
Thursday — Tell it to Groucho |
for Bat Materson, Haxel for Ten- |
nessee Ernie Ford, Sing Along with |
Mitch- for Groucho and local show. |
Friday — Carnival Time for |
Happy, Captain of the Detectives |
(from ABC, formerly Robert Tay- |
lor’'s The Detectives) for Nanette |
Fabray and Five Star Playhouse.
Stop the Camera (for. Sing Along |
with Mitch which moves to Thurs- |
day. Dinah Shore and Bell Tele- |
phone (alt.)
Saturday — Wells Fargo (from |
Monday) for Bonanza (moved to |
Sunday), Post 1950 movies for The |
Deputy. Our Nation's Future and |
ABC — Sunday — Follow The
Sun for Maverick (which will be
seen at 6:30) Bus Stop for The
Rebel and Winston Churchill.
Menday — No change. °
Tuesday — Bachelor Father (from
NBC) for The Rifleman (which
moves to Monday), Calvin and the
Colonel for Wyatt Earp, the New
Breed for Stagecoach West. Alcoa
and Close-Up (alt) for The Law and
Mr. Jones.
Wednesday — The Forces® for
Hong Kong, Top Cat for Ozzie and
Harriet (which moves to Friday).
Thursday — Room For One More
for Guestward Ho.
Friday — The Hathaways
for
The Detectives.
Saturday — No change.
CBS-Sunday — No change.
Monday — Window on Main
Street for Bringing Up Buddy,
Mother is a Freshman for Henne-
say (which moves to Wednesday),
I've Got a Secret (from Wednesday
for June Allyson.
Tuesday — Marshal Dillon (re-
Double Trouble for Father Knows |
Best rerums. |
Wednesday — Alvin the Chip-
munk for Malibu Run, Three to |
Make Ready for Danger Man and
My Sister Eileen,
Thursday — Frontier Circus for |
Summer Sports Spectaculars (which |
replaced Ann Sothern and Angel),
Fasten Your Seat Belt for Dick
Powell’s Zane Grey Theater {which |
i
moved to NBC), Checkmate (from
Saturday) for Gunslinger. {
Friday — Father of the Bride for |
Way Out.
Saturday — The Defender for
Checkmate (which moved to Thurs-
day, new hour long Gunsmoke for
old Gunsmoke and local show.
DAVID BRINKLEY — NBS has
signed up David Brinkley for a week-
ly half-hour show. There is no set
format for the show, he can discuss
anything he wishes, the capital
subway, cherry blossum season, |
sidelights to the main happenings
of the day or even spot news if he
wishes.
The new program from Washing-
ton will not interfere with his
present participation with Chet
Huntley in the evening newscasts.
NBC is hoping that Brinkley’s
laconic and pointed wit will come
thru more clearly to the viewers |
when he is not restricted to news
reporting only.
Express Gratitude
The family of the late William C.
Price wish to thank all the friends
and neighbors who kindly assisted
them during the illness and at the
time of the death of their father.
League Institute Summer Camps,
where she taught missions, craft
work and nature.
Later, she held many important
offices, serving as last president of
the Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society, when women’s groups form-
ed the present WSCS. When the
WSCS observed its 21st birthday
in April, Miss Averett occupied the
chair. For fourteen years she has
served on the Official Board in an
official capacity. For over twenty
years she taught in the Youth De-
partment, and was superintendent
of Youth Work for ten. From 1950
to 1954 she taught Kings Daughters.
Some of the things to which she
points with pride are: purchase of
the church bell by the teen-age
group; purchase of the piano, the
first, and still used, by the Epworth
League; purchase of the pipe organ
by the Keller Class; payment of two
mortgages on the church» which
was built in 1928. And, WSCS, con-
eomtly: educational balling
DID YOU READ
THE TRADING POST
= | From
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
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‘Pillar To Post .
by HIX
We certainly need Mr. Rood around here, to spell “Khrushchev”
and “Chiang Kai-Shek” for us in the hour of need, and to total a
column of figures with a deft accuracy which at least one member of
the office staff lacks, and to a notable degree. .
Speaking for myself, if a column of figures comes out the same
way twice running, it is a miracle.
To be sure, there is the adding machine, but that’s cheating. It
has to be done the hard way, with a carefully licked pencil point, to
meet specifications. x
There was that raft of figures showing population gains for the
Back Mountain, according to 1960 and 1950 census tabulation. You'd
think it would be plain sailing.
There were the two sets of figures, headed by 1960 and 1950. Add
them up and subtract the smaller from the larger. Elementary.
Here we go. The man who called up last week to get the present
figures for Dallas Township, will be calling back, in order to settle
his bet. And plenty of othér people will be calling in, along with
folks who want to know the exact altitude of Dallas, where they can
dispose of a litter of kittens, and what to do for fallen arches.
The column doesn’t seem to make sense. Far too large, even
for the most optimistic of Back Mountain boosters.
Ah, here's the trouble, we added in the 1960 at the top of the
column.
t’s still too big, thousands too big.
Franklin Township. That's a three-digit figure, and the three
digits somehow spilled over into the fourth column.
Business of putting it all down again, in a ruled column this
time.. And now it’s too small. Must have carried a two instead of
a three.
This time it just has to be right. Take out the story and put it
on the hook, ready for the linotype operator.
A final look at the figures on the rough draft.
Oh, for Pete's sake, that other column, the one representing the
1950 census.
Must have added in the 1950.
And that throws the entire story out of whack.
Bring the story back from the hook.
Have to change the headline, too, as well as the totals.
Better go over the whole business again.
And now the 1960 total is 1,000 shy. i
Two and five and seven and eight. . THAT'S where it is.
The 1,000 is restored, and now it all tallies.
I always did hold that trigonometry and analytics were a lot
easier to master than plain ordinary arithmetic.
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Mr. Rood would have totalled the things accurately in less than
no time, and chances are he wouldn't even have considered adding in
the 1960 and the 1950 at the head of the columns.
Considering the time spent in fruitless burrowing through back
copies of the Dallas Post; the time spent in calling every tax collector
in the area; the time spent in adding up those columns; and the time
spent in revamping the story, rubbing holes in the paper, and finally:
re-typing the whole busines, I’ve an investment of four hours in the
project.
And the than who set the whole thing in motion, where is he?
Chances are he’s already settled his bet, eaten his own straw
hat, or superintended somebody else’s menu.
Anyhow, 1 get A for effort. And it’s probably good for the little
grey cells to get a workout.
And the next thing that will happen (and I'm already braced for
it) is, somebody will call the office and say, “You know that second
column of figures? It’s off by 1,000, and that throws out the whole
calculation.”
~ South’s secretary: of sate. and
THE CIVIL WAR
(Events exactly 100 years ago this week in the Civil War—
told in the language and style of today.)
Naval Beef-Up
WASHINGTON, D.C.—May 6—This week’s call by President Lin-
eoln for volunteers included a summons for 18,000 seamen to partici-
pate in blockade service at Southern ports. Shown above are sailors
in a typical drill aboard a Union man-of-war. Mr. Lincoln also called
for some 42,000 three-year Army volunieers. Naval strength now
stands at only 7,000 officers and men.
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War on North
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—May 6—The South declared war on the
* North today.
The provisional Confederate gov- #
ernment issued the declaration as
it prepared to move its head- ;
quarters north to Richmond, Va.,
to be nearer the areas of actual
combat.
The action followed a stirring
message delivered last week by i
provisional President Jefferson
Davis to the Southern congress. !
Davis said the South was striving
for peace ‘‘at any sacrifice, save
that of honor and independence.’’.
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DAVIS recalled that “peaceful
overtures” had been made in
Washington early in March in an
effort to resolve the hot question
of Ft. Sumter.
Union spokesmen rebuffed
the Southern envoys, Davis
asserted, ‘adding:
“The crooked paths of diplo-
macy can scarcely furnish an ex-
ample so wanting in courtesy, in
candor, and directness as was the
course of the United States gov-
ernment toward our commission-
ers in Washington.”
Key architects with Davis in
shaping of the South’s declaration
were said to be Vice-President
Alexander H. Stephens of Geor-
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long-time law-maker. ~
THERE was no immediate re+
action from the North. Observers
believe the declaration will be offi-
cially ignored—just as the forma-
tion of the provisional Confeder-
ate government has been officially
unacknowledged in Washington.
Tennessee Out
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—May 8—
Welcome word was received here
today of the vote in Tennessee to
secede from the Union and join
the Confederate states.
The Tennessee action followed
by only one day the dramatic 69-1
vote in Arkansas to pull out.
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