A
APR May JAN
or
THE DALLAS POST Established 1889
“More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
Seti
wes
RA PERT NI RAT EEE AEE 3 BAR SALA BARR BUBE eR 1 wel ;
FREE EERE RA VR EA he
dry for the whole trip afield.
SECTION A — PAGE 2
Now In Its 71st Year”
ATED 4
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations 5 ):
Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association KX Va
Member National Editorial Association Pans
Member Greater Weeklies
5
Associates, Inc.
The Post is sent free to all
fospitals.
held for more than 30 days.
National display advertising rates 84c per column inch.
* Transient rates 80c.
~ Political advertising $1.10 per
Preferred position additional 10c per inch. Advertising deadline
Monday 5 P.M.
Advertising copy received after Monday 5 P.M. will be charged
at 85¢c per column inch.
Classified rates 5c per word. Minimum if charged $1.00.
Unless paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance
that announcements of plays, parties, rummage sales or any affair
~ «for raising money will appear in a
Preference will in all instances
‘has not previeusly appeared in publication.
If you are a patient ask your nurse for it.
: We will not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manu-
scripts, photographs and editorial matter unless self - addressed,
~ stamped envelope is enclosed, and in ‘no case will this material be
Back Mountain patients in local
inch.
specific issue.
be given to editorial matter which
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas,
Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: $4.00 a
year; $2.50 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less than
Out-of-State subscriptions: $4.50 a year: $3.00 six
Back issues, more than one week old, 15¢c.
When requesting a change of address subscribers are asked
to give their old as well as new address.
Allow two weeks for changes of address or new subscription
i
3.
"six months.
months or less.
fo be placed en mailing list.
-
Associate Editors—MYRA ZEISER
Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY
Associate Publisher—ROBERT F. BACHMAN
Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
Advertising—LOUISE C. MARKS
RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Editorially Speaking:
for many people.
cribed a man—much like all
biscuit at the super market.
But James Thurber was
glad to settle for any one of
satires, fantasies, complaints
‘We are not likely to see
In Tribute To Thurber
James Thurber is dead and the world is a little lonelier
Thurber was the gentle and sardonic
man from Columbus, Ohio, who brightened the lives of
millions with works like “Men, Women and Dogs”, “The
Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze”, and “The
Secret, Life of Walter Mitty”.
In the last, a whimsical masterpiece reprinted for the
second time in the November Reader’s Digest, he des-
a plane through a storm, performing a miracle of surgery,
and facing a firing squad without a handkerchief over his
eyes—but who has trouble remembering to buy puppy
cost him an eye as a boy and the sight of the other failed
gradually and in his last years he was completely blind.
But the growing darkness did not dim his wit nor cloud
his courage nor impede his fame in many fields.
“Most writers,” a colleague once wrote, “would be
He has written the funniest memoirs, fables, reports,
, fairy tales and sketches of
the last twenty years, has gone into the drama and.the
cinema , . . and has littered the world with thousands of
men—who dreams of flying
no Walter Mitty. An arrow
Thurber’s accomplishments.
his equal soon.
Curious Arrangement
The tragic death of 70
flaming airliner near Richmond, Va., has thrown the spot-
light on a curious and long-standing acceptance by the
Defense Department of the objections of the commercial
airlines to allowing the military to fly its own personnel.
Assuming there would be no difference in the safety
factor, it may be hard for the taxpayers to understand
why they paid out $2 million last year, for instance, for
such commercial transport with the skies full of service
planes whose pilots were rolling up required flying time
—going nowhere. Investigation is indicated.’
r Tips
Outdoo
HUNTIN
No one who has hunted for long
will deny that deer are wary and
tricky critters. Just when you think
you're one up on ‘em, the smart
buck will come up with a few more
tricks. that aren’t in the book. If
you hunt in hilly country, here's a
tip to“put you one up on the next
whitetail or mulie you see. A buck
that’s been shot at will usually
head for ‘a ravine to hide out. In-
stead of tracking right after him,
walk along the ridge of the ravine,
and chances are that you'll see old
Mr. Big down below waiting for you
to give up and go home.
Nothing is more uncomfortable
than ‘a bootful of snow. Your feet
and legs get wet and you feel like
giving up right then and there.
Here's an idea that will give you
added protection when you're hunt-
ing and traveling in snow. Cut two
rubber bands from an old inner
tube. Place your trouser legs on
the outside of the boot and wrap
the rubber band around to hold
each trouser leg. Now snow won’t
be able to sift over your boot tops,
and your feet and legs will keep
Here’s still another idea on keep-
ing warm and dry afield. This one
ig especially for hunters who use
blinds. Duck or goose blinds can be
mighty damp and chilly places on
a frosty morn, but an old coffee can
filled with charcoal briquets wil’
warm things up in a hurry. Place
some mud underneath the can so it
won't burn the floor and your’re all
set for a comfortable shoot.
FISHING
Small screws and stuff have a
habit of disappearing when you're
cleaning and oiling a fishing reel
for storage. But the situation can
be kept in hand if you take a few
precautions before you start to
work. Get hold of a board and
scribe a circle the size of your reel
on it. As you begin to take apart
your reel place each part on the
circle. (An indentation would help
hold it in place, or you can use
cellophane tape.) Now youll have
young Army recruits in a
you need it, and there'll be no more
hunting on hands and knees for
fishing equipment parts.
3When the Little Woman. is doing
her nails, take careful notice of
where she stores the emery boards.
Then when she’s out shopping, bor-
row a few. Why take this risk?
Well, there's nothing quite like an
emery board for sharpening fishing
hooks and keeping them in fighting
condition, Get the point?
(Try for a $50 prize. Send your
AA. tip to A.A. Contest, 959 8th
Avenue, New York, N. Y.)
FISHING
Fishing rods are a man’s best
friend (it says here) and deserve
to be treated gently when they're
put away at the end of the season.
Cork handles have a tendency to
split and dry out over several seas-
ons’ wear. You can prevent this by
coating the cork with glycerine or
a similar liquid before storing your
rods for the winter. The coating will
wash off easily next spring and
your rod handle will be as good as
new.
Fishing where rocks are always
has its problems. Lines and partic-
ularly sinkers hang up more often
than not. A piece of chain of several
links makes a practically no-snag
sinker for rock fishing. Use as many
links as are needed for the correct
weight.
A magnet placed in your tackle
tray can be a mighty important
item. Tt won’t attract more fish to
your boat or hooks, but it can
keep your hooks in good shape for
the fish when they do come around.
A magnet will prevent the hooks
from rattling or spilling and keep
them right handy.
Night crawlers can be kept crawl-
ing and lively until it’s time to put
them to work if you keep them
in a container filled with peak moss
instead of dirt.
CAMPING
Plastic has practically taken over
the household these days and now
it’s beginning to move out-of-doors.
The next time you go camping and
‘haven't the room or ambition to
every nut and screw in reach as
I Ar dE
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO:
The Hermit of Huckleberry Moun-
tain, hale and hearty, stated that
the report of his death some weeks
earlier in the Dallas Post was gross-
ly exaggerated.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kyttle, Sweet
Valley, observed their Golden Wed-
ding. :
George Stroh, 82,
home in Shavertown.
died at his
Bears were plentiful, and game
commissioners anticipated a banner
hunting season. Ten bears were
killed the first day.
The anthracite output was de-
creasing.
Sliced bacort was 23 cents a
pound, oyster - crackers 2 pounds
for 25 cents.
An Editorial deplored the bill-
boards along the highways.
An item stated that by applying
early for motor vehicle licenses, a
rush ‘just in advance of 1932 could |
be eliminated,
Wilson Garinger’s little black hen
laid 351 eggs in the course of a
year, a record for a Black Minorca.
rr HAPPENED 2) YEARS Aco:
Willard Garey was building new
sidewalks in front of the IOOF
building in central Dallas.
‘Warren Hicks, senior at Syracuse
Universiy, won the intramural golf
championship, shooting a 75 against
his opponent’s 79.
Bundles for Britain organization
completed ten bomb-shelter kits.
WPA completed work on
streets in, Goss Manor.
Mrs. Mesech Roberts died quietly
in her sleep at Hillside. 3
An anonymous donor contributed
$100 to purchase of additional band
uniforms for Dallas High School.
Captain Harry Lee was in the
hospital at Fort Bragg, ill of ex-
posure following a truck upset
involving the 109th Field Artillery,
in North Carolina on maneuvers.
Dr. Borton’s dog, Buster, took
three first prizes at the American
Dog Show in Hazleton.
Dallas Borough Council rejected
a proppsed bond issue of $20,000,
since income had been boosted by
collection of delinquent taxes.
Sam Woolbert sat for a pen por-
trait in a ‘Know Your Neighbor”
column.
Forty-nine new members were
inducted into Dallas Woman's Club.
With membership at an all-time
high, the matter of formation of a
senior and a junior division was
proposed.
Twenty-four men were examined
for military service. Induction was
postponed until after Christmas.
Lehman, Dallas Township, and
Dallas Borough bands played in the
Armistice Day Parade in Wilkes-
Barre.
Alarm clocks were going off the
market, due to priorities.
Andrew Hourigan was seriously
suggested for Governor by a Phil-
adelphia paper.
Mushrooms were 25 cents a
pound; apple-butter, large jar, 10
cents; tub butter two pounds, 73
cents; boiling beef, 12 cents, chuck
23 cents. ¥
Doris E. Little, of Kingston, be-
came the bride of George Scovell,
Lehman.
Ernest ‘Gay and Ruth Ross became
man and wife.
Marion Eipper married Allen Oc-
kenhouse.
Announcement was made of the
wedding of Dorothy Hughes to
Robert Royer.
Mrs. Jennie May Honeywell,
widow of Dr. Eugene Honeywell,
was buried from the Brickell Funer-
al Home.
IT HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO:
Bishop Hafy dedicated Gate of
Heaven parochial school.
Glenn Carey, Westmoreland, was
Senior of the Month, honored by
Dallas Rotary Club.
Norti Berti, later Burgess of Dal-
las, was the subject of a ‘Know
Your Neighbor” column.
Four new vestrymen were elected
at the annual meeting of Prince of
Peace. They were Joseph H. Mac-
Veigh, Allison Simms, John F. Shee-
han, and Arlean T. Bowman.
Asa L. Day was elected to the
board of American Bottlers of Car-
bonated Beverages at the conven-
tion in Washington, D. C.
Joe Wallo, driver for General
Soule, sailed from Japan.
The Redskins lost to West 'Wyo-
ming, Lehman lost to Wilkes-Barre
Township, Mary Jacobs became the
bride of Curtis Conklin.
Himmler Theatre was showihg
“Kind Lady” featuring Ethel Barry-
more; Shaver Theatre, “That’s My
six
Boy,” with Jerry Lewis. ~ Remem-
ber?
Mrs. Ella Major of Lehman
completed 57 years of Sunday
School teaching, and was the sub-
ject of a feature story.
Rev. Charles Frick took a fall in
his own home, breaking two ribs.
“One thing I have always admired
about my brother Cecil, the movie
producer,” William De Mille once
said, “is his ability to bite off more
than he can chew—and then chew
B® ?
9 x 12 sheet of plastic. Draped over
a lean-to frame ,the plastic will
provide shelter for as many as five
campers. What won't they think of
-
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1961
INSEE
El
We are astounded sometimes
when. apparently well-reared chil-
dren from highly respected families
land in juvenile court. And fre-
quently we never do find out just
what was wrong to make such a
result.
Just what does make a delin-
quent ?
An instance has come to our
attention several times during the
past fall where delinquency is just
as assured as if deliberately planned
and arranged, bought and paid for
in advance.
A childless husband and wife
adopted two small children, and
shortly thereafter were divorced,
each taking one of the children. To
the man was given a little girl, now
four years old, whom we will call
Susie. Rearing a four-year old girl
without the help of a wife would
be a major responsibility for any
man, and in this case was made
more difficult by the fact that his
employers sent him to a South Sea
or other distant location to be gone
for months or even years, where the
child could not be taken. He finally
placed her with a relative of his
former wife, making a verbal agree-
ment to pay for her support a stat-
ed amount, which was very liberal.
This was several months ago and no
payments have been received.
The woman who has Susie did
not want her in the first place and
tells everyone so, in the presence
of the child, any time, anywhere.
And since there is no money forth-
coming she is getting very decided
about it. In the meantime she has
a baby boy to which she gives al
her love and attention. Susie can-
not fail to understand the glowing
face and gentle admiring talk, com-
pared to the treatment she re-
cieves. As a result she takes off
around the neighborhood, unre-
strained, to get some attention and
amusement, .
She has no conception of property
or privacy, for which she is not to
blame. ‘She will pick up anything
in sight, and take over any unused
toy, regardless of location or owner-
ship. If ignored she will ride off a
concrete step or fall somewhere and
raise an ‘uproar simply to attract
some attention.
Any unlocked door means free
access to her and she has no sense
of privacy. She moves quietly like
a little animal” and neighbors are
likely to find her standing behind
them in any room of the house,
entirely unsuspected. She rum-
mages around everywhere unde-
tected. In one instance she got
. « . Safety
EEE EE ETE EEN ETE EE ELE EU ETRE TOT EERE
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters
AE EET EET EEL EE EEE INCOR RET CEI HS
(EIEN:
into a neighbor's basement and
| among other things, pulled the plug
| out disconnecting the freezer. She
| was found in the basement but the
freezer change was not detected
until sometime later when a gallon
of ice cream was found melted and
running down over the contents of
the freezer, most of which had
started to thaw.
Presumably Susie has an ade-
quate place to sleep, and probably
has enough food, but in these
respects is about as well off as
many a family dog. She gets no af-
fection, attention, training, or disci-
pline. What she will do when win-
ter prevents roaming around like a
little human animal remains to be
see.
What is her outlook, say ten
years from now ?
Before leaving Susie, perhaps we
had better say that Susie is not her
real name. And lest any of my own
neighbors be subject to suspicion,
it is only fair to say she does not
live in Dallas.
In this column recently, danger
to children on the streets was dis-
cussed and within a week of pub-
lication an outstanding case was
presented. In very heavy two-way
traffic on Northampton Street,
Wilkes-Barre, almost bumper to
bumper, two cars in front of me
stopped dead, and there opened to
my left an opening where traffic
moving in the opposite direction
had likewise stopped suddenly.
Then coming around in front
of the stopped car could be
seen two little girls, dressed in
their best, probably about three
years old, the oldest certainly not
over four. And behind them six or
eight feet came the mother leading
a toddler. She releasd his hand to
dust off her skirts which had evi-
dently been soiled when she came
between parked cars in the middle
of the block nearest to Pennsyl-
vania Avenue. They all crossed be-
tween parked cars on the north
side and continued on their way.
All observing drivers heaved a sigh
of relief and proceeded.
And what is going to happen to
those children ?
A little less attention to the ap-
pearance of all members of the
family, and a little more common
sense in not crossing in heavy traf-
fic in the middle of a short block
would have been in order.
Correction
Through an error at THE POST
last week, the name written “Por-
ace” Bealer was printed “Horace”
| Bealer. ;
Valve © oo
THE PHILHARMONIC
Dear Howard,
Many Back Mountain people are
ardent boosters of the Wilkes-Barre
Philharmonic Orchestra, including
Mrs. Stefan Hellersperk who is sec-
retary of the board this year, and
Patty Davies into whose shoes I
have stepped as publicity chairman.
Sometimes I think the audience is
mostly Back Mountain—at least the
people I see at the concerts seem
to be mainly from there.
They will - be interested to hear
about the remarkable young man
who is soloist at the first concert on
November 20th.
Joel Rosen, the brilliant young
American Pianist who is as well
grounded in the sharps and flats
of international diplomacy as he is
in Chopin and Mozart, has recently
returned from a third triumphant
tour abroad. Under the auspices of
the U.S. Department of State, he
performed 65 concerts throughout
Latin America during a four-month
period. Last year, he traveled a-
round the world, giving concerts
and lecture-recitals from Greece, to
Japan, reaping lavish public and
critical acclaim wherever he went.
The aesthetic emissary-musical in-
cludes among his diplomatic and
musical credentials some rather
unique qualifications. Simultaneous-
ly enrolled as a full-time student
in two colleges—Mr. Rosen acquired
a strong education both in music
(from Juilliard) and political science
(from New York University). And
an intensive interest in world af-
fairs—plus a close social relation-
ship with many members of the
United Nations delegations—and one
may -appreciate the young pianist’s
desire to “utilize his art toward
the goal of greater world under-
standing and friendship.” This and
the fact that he speaks French,
Spanish, Portugese and German flu-
ently add to his ability to develop
friendships with people in other
countries.
The articulate Mr. Rosen has al-
ready crowded considerable success
into his young life. In addition to
numerous American hearings, in-
cluding two major solo performances
at Lewissohn Stadium with the New
York Philharmonic Orchestra, he
has attained mmusual international
prominence as “a brilliant artist and
an exceptional goodwill ambassa-
dor” to quote the U.S. State De-
partment reports of his work.
He will play with Wilkes-Barre
Philharmonic Orchestra on Novem-
ber 20th at this Season’s first per-
formance of the Orchestra. It is
hoped that Irem Temple will be
filled to capacity to hear Wilkes-
Barre’s very own orchestra and such
a distinguished soloist.
Perhaps you would include this
carry a tarp take along instead a
lad a 4 "
next?
letter in the Dallas Post, from an
hy
ex-native who remains always a Back
Mountain enthusiast.
Sincerely
Ruthie
P. S. The day after the SP.CA.
Newsletter went out, someone con-
tributed $100 for the Statue for the
Pet Cemetery—and another person
offered to since then.
Editors Note: Mrs. Schooley’s S.P.C.A.
newsletter appears on page 1 sect-
ion C of this week’s Post.
IT WAS OUR JOB
Dear Sirs: :
Let me take this opportunity to
thank you for your assistance dur-
ing our recent 1962 Torch Camp-
aign.
The cooperation we have received
from you and your staff throughout
our community-wide effort was ex-
cellent, The rugged task we faced
would have been much more dif-
ficult without your support, espec-
ially in the Back Mountain area
where your paper is so widely circ-
ulated.
Again, my deepest appreciation for
a job “well done”.
Sincerely yours,
J. J. O'Malley
1962 Torch Campaign
Chairman
FOR ALL OF US
Dear Sirs: y
[Please accept my thanks for your
cooperation during the United Fund
Torch Campaign.
Support by papers such as yours
does much to make our effort a
truly area-wide program to be sup-
ported by all.
Cordially
Peter Fava
AROUND TOWN
WITH LOUISE
THREE GRAND OPENINGS sched-
uled this week . .. On Sunday the
Robert Laux Agency will stage a
first showing of the MAINLINER
home in this area. Located next to
the bowling alley on Memorial High-
way . . . it should be creating a
big flurry of interest 'specially when
folks realize how inexpensive the
home is . . . and that it is surpris-
ingly large! Bob wants all of his
friends and neighbors in the Back
Mountain to meet him at THE MAIN-
LINER. Check his ad for correct
time and details.
WHITESELL BROTHERS are
also holding “OPEN A HOUSE”
. . . at their latest home in Mid-
way Manor. “THE ASHWOOD”
boasts some really special extra
features, plus furnishings by
Town & Country Furniture Gal-
leries, Draperies, Curtains and
Spreads by Bergman’s Dept.
Store and Rebennack Appli-
ances. The furnishings, they
tell us, are in keeping with the
Looking at
T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
FOLLOW THE SUN is rapidly
sinking as a TV series. This should
not be a surprise to anyone who
has watched this program.
Robert Sarnoff, chairman-of-the
board of NBC made this statement,
“The schedule offers something for
everyone, If you disagree, I respect-
fully suggest you employ the best
little program regulator ever in-
vented, the forefinger and thumb.
“Grasp the switch of your set
firmly, snap it off and your mes-
sage will come through and clear.
Sponsors, like nature abhor a vac-
uum.”
Viewers seem to be following Mn
Sarnoff's advice this season.
Programs in trouble because of
lack of viewer's interest are “Father
of the Bride,” “Window on Main
Street,” “Bus Stop,” and “Ichabod
and Me.”
TIME SPOT helps many a rating.
A perfect example of this is the
Joey Bishop Show. Undoubtedly it
is a poor show but rating-wise it
is doing okay because it is between
Wagon Train and Perry Como.
“Hazel”, which comes on right after
Dr. Kildare and before “Sing Along
with Mitch,” also seems to be do-
ing nicely in the statistical depart-
ment.
“The Price is Right” has slipped
quite a bit in the rating department
since it moved to its new Monday-
night spot.
LAWRENCE WELK was one of
those who lost their beautiful homes
in the California fires. Many mem-
ories must have gone up in the
blaze.
HOWARD K. SMITH, former CBS
news correspondent will be the host
for “Great Decisions-1962,”” a series
of eight half-hour programs to be
distributed to educational stations.
The series will be sponsored by
the National Educational Television
and Radio Center in cooperation
with the Foreign Policy Association.
GOING MY WAY is going to be
made into a TV series, with Gene
Kelly playing the role of Father
Chuck O'Malley, the role that Bing
Crosby made famous.
There will - be some changes in
the TV version. A Protestant min-
ister will be added to the cast.
The TV series is described as
drama with strong comedy over-
tones—based on the 1955 Paramount
movie.
It tells the story of a Catholic
priest in New York and his relations
with his parishoners and his min-
ister friend.
The. role of theiminister will ‘be
an important one with the big-name
actor chosen for it sharing co-star
status with Gene Kelly.
Gene Kelly's own packaging com-
pany, Kerry Productions, will pro-
duce the weekly series with Revue
Studios, which is owned by the
Music Corporation of America.
Kelly arrived in Hollywood this
week from Paris where he directed
Jackie Gleason's new movie “Gigot.”
Although production doesn’t start
until early 1962 he’s already started
to look for a producer, a director
and writer.
MICKEY MOUSE CLUB will be’
seen again as re-runs. This means
that former Mouseketeers will get
rich on residuals.
THE NEW BREED is finding it
rough going, not because it is a poor
show, but because the competition
is just too good.
It is up against Red Skelton and
“The Dick Powell Show” a situation
ABC-TV hopes to remedy by moving
it into an 8:30 p.m. time slot start-
ing on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
GARY MOORE and his cast make
it difficult for any show on their
time slot. Each week they seem to
put on a show more clever than
the previous week.
surprise you, I'm sure.
THE LAST . . . BUT CERTAINLY
NOT THE LEAST . .. GRAND OPEN-
ING . . . will be Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week, when
Bernice and James Blackmer, E:
Center St., Shavertown, open the
first store in the newer section of
Dallas Shopping Center. Next to the
A&P, THE NEW DALLAS CLEAN-
ERS is offering a “TWO FOR ONE”
special for these first three days
(check their ad) Do step in and
make the Blackmers welcome in
our community. They plan to stay
with us a long time.
A BIG, BIG ‘WELCOME BACK to
Katherine Scholl at Forty Fort Ice
Cream Co. Katherine was the victim
of an automobile accident and has
been suffering for many weeks. She's
on the road to recovery . . . and
pretty as ever!
THE LUCKY WINNER . . .of a
Refrigerator Freezer from UGI in
Kingston was Mrs. J. Letts, Stafford
St., ' Trucksville.
TALKING ABOUT WINNERS . . .
its kind of late, but Charlie and
Helen Gosart were recent recipients
of a wonderful trip to Jamaica and
Panama (all expenses paid by Gib-
son Refrigerator Co.,—They're still
enthusing and Helen brought back
the most beautiful handmade blouses
we've ever seen!
DON'T MISS the big 3rd Birthday
celebration at the Back Mountain
Shopping Center in Shavertown . . .
it’s always a SAVING EVENT and
there's Birthday Cake and Coffee
too! ) A
Next week’s paper should be the
start of CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING
will be
. . . we're publishing EARLY . . .[
1 so that THANKSGIVING FOOD ADS
BE
From
_DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Pillar To Post...
7
by Hix \
Just before the polls closed on election night the phone rang, and
I dragged myself away from reminiscences of Ephraim Tutt, that wily.
old scalawag fathered by Arthur Train away back when. Mr. Tutt had
just borrowed a yaller dog from the pound and smuggled it into the
court room to illustrate a point.
The phone call was ill-timed, but a newshen always answers the
phone.
supper, a fire out at Carverton,
Could be a crash down the highway, mayhem at a church
No use commenting mentally, “If I weren't here in the house, I
couldn't answer it, so what's the difference?”
: (The judge leaned over the bench and whispered, “Eph, where
did you get that dog?” Mr. Tutt enlightened him.)
I answered the phone.
An accusing voice at the other end ‘of the line said, “Don’t you
know what day this is?”
Heavens, had I missed somebody's birthday ?
’
Failed to attend a
school board meeting ? Promised to go to somebody's turkey supper ?
Missed out on a hair-dressing appointment ?
The Voice waited patiently.
“You Do know it’s Election Day, don’t you ?”
That was elementary. How anybody on the staff at the Dallas
Post could possibly escape knowing that it was election day, was a
mystery.
“Yes, of course it’s election day.”
“Well, weren't you planning to vote?
In ten minutes the polls
will be closed. Do you need transportation 2’
“For Pete’s sake, I voted at 10 a.m. I wouldn't DREAM of not
voting.
cooks 7”
I'm the breed that gets up out of a sickbed to vote.
What
“Not according ‘to our list,” stated the VOICE firmly.
“You're sure you're calling the right phone number?”
“What phone number is this?”
“ORchard 4-4281"
“Oh-0Oh.” “f
I returned in a daze to Arthur Train, and more of Mr. Tutt's
shenanigans.
Mr. Tutt is about the best antidote to a tough day at the Dallas
Post that I have ever encountered. Whether he is selecting a jury
composed entirely of small and henpecked husbands weighing no
more than 110 pounds apiece, in order to effectively cook the goose
of a large and amorous lady weighing 195, Mr. Tutt is entertaining,
In fact, Mr. Tutt constitutes about the best escape reading I've
been exposed to in many a day.
He lives at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, and is to be
had for a simple signature on a card.
Combat Training
PARRIS ISLAND, 8. C. (FHTNC)
—Marine Pvt. John A. Nekrasz, Jr.,
son of John A. Nekrasz, Sr. of 52
Monroe Avenue, - Dallas completed
recruit training, October 17, at the
Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris |
Island, S.C.
The 12-week training course in- '
cludes drill, bayonet training, phy-
sical conditioning, parades and
ceremonies, and other military sub-
jects.
necks revort to Camp Lejeune, N. C,,
for combat infantry training prior
to attending a service school for
specialized - instruction or being as-
signed to a unit of the Fleet Marine
Force.
Only one man in a million under-
stands the international situation.
Isn’t it odd how we keep running
into him ?
One woman recently scribbled
Upon completion of recruit train- | “atomic” in the age blank of her
employment application.
ing at Parris Island, new leather-
100 Years Ago This Week...in
|THE CIVILWAR |,
(Events exactly 100 years ago this week in the Civil War—
told in the language and style of today.),
“THE TRENT AFFAIR> ..
*
Envoy Seizure at Sea
Stirs Capital Dissent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17—The capital is in an uproar—probably
the most critical since the opening of the war with the South—
over the seizure by Union naval forces of two Confederate envoys
from the British war-sloop, “Trent.”
Advisors to President Lincoln,
including Secretary of State
William H. Seward, have
warned that repercussions
might be enormous—even to the
point of a possible war with
England.
President Lincoln is said to
have told Seward to calm down
the British at all costs, warn-
ing: :
“‘One war at a time.”
Seward is said to be already
hard at work mapping plans to
placate Britain's Queen Vic-
toria, her consort Prince Albert,
and, many outraged citizens on
both sides of the Atlantic.
* kx
THE, FIASCO began Oct. 12.
The two Confederate delegates
to Europe, James Murray Ma-
son and John Slidell, left
Charleston, S.C., aboard the
Rebel blockade runner, ‘‘Gor-
don.”
Mason was to represent
the South in England; Sli-
dell had been posted to
Paris. -
They sailed to Cuba and, after
some delay there, boarded the
“Trent’’ for the voyage to South-
hampton, England.
But early in the journey the
U.S.S. San Jacinto, under com-
mand of Capt. Charles Wilkes,
hailed down the Trent and, un-
der a torrent of objections from
“her British skipper, forcibly re-
moved Mason and Slidell.
As the two seized envoys
left, Slidell called back to
his wife on the Trent that he
would meet her in Paris “in
60 days.”
— Wilkes, a sea dog of 63 who
once was court-martialed for
harsh punishment of a crew-
man, now is being considered
~ either a hero or a fool.
His detractors point out that
his seizure of Mason and Slidell
on the high seas was without
orders—strictly his own idea—
and that the action closely re-
sembled that which kicked off
the war between the United
States and Britain in 1812,
Ed * *
QUEEN Victoria, in a procla-
mation last May 13, recognized
the Southern States as a hel-
ligerent power and specifically
outlawed co-operation by British
forces with either the North or
Soath .: ; i
Victoria forbade her subjects
to enlist for land or sea service
‘under either belligerent; banned
in plenty of time for femily |
‘the supplying of munitions and |
SECY. SEWARD
“One War at a Time.”
the ‘‘conveying of officers, sol-
diers, dispatches, or arms of
either belligerent, or any other
act tending to give assistance
to either.”
Critics of Wilkes say that un-
der terms of this regal injunc-
tion, he would have been
justified in seizing the “Trent”
as a prize of war—rather than
just seizing the envoys
* * * 5
IN THE SEA action itself, the
“San Jacinto’ fired two shots
over the bows of the Trent, a
Royal Mail packet. This stopped
the British ship and a boarding
party commanded by Lt. D. Mac
Neill Fairfax reached the
“Trent” to report he had infor-
mation that Slidell and Mason
were aboard.
The two envoys stepped up
and identified themselves. Then,
while passengers and crew
shouted criticism at the North-
ern borders—one even suggest-
ing that Lt. Fairfax be tossed
overboard—the arrests took
place.
Indignation in England is said
1 to stem largely from reports of
how Slidell’s 15-year old daugh-
ter was threatened by bayonet-
wielding marines after she
struck out at Fairfax in protest
of the ‘‘arrest’’ of her father.
The envoys, meanwhile, are
"bound for captivity — of highly
uncertain duration—in Boston’s
Fort Warren. E
Ls Congright, 1961, Hegewisch News
yndicate, Chicago 33, Ill.
Photo: Library of Congress.
nl
4
{