| 72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Insti Back of the Mountain tution LE PIN CENTS PER COPY—EIGHT PAGES : o Court Appoints Gloria Thomas ~ Probation Chief Shavertown Lawyer Follows Tradition + Of Legal Family * Appointment of Atty. Gloria Thomas as chief probation officer for Luzerne County is a real feather in the cap, not only for Mrs. Thom- as, but for the Back Mountain. Un- ow solicited and unsought, the appoint- 7 ment won unanimous approval of + the court en banc. February 1, Mrs. Thomas will assume her duties, giving experi- enced assistance to families smart- ing under marital difficulties, deal- ing with the varius complications that arise from illegitimacy, div- orce, poverty. Mrs. . Thomas, with two children of her own, a well adjusted hus- band and a smoothly running house- hold, may well have the common sense answer to many questions of domestic maladjustment, plus the legal know-how in implementing the solution. wil - With the recent closing of the school sessions, forbidding children to go home for lunch, many women of brilliant intellect, well able to carry on profession or business, are now able to pursue their chosen work during the daytime. A woman’s place, Mrs. Thomas says, is definitely in the home un- til her children are well established in school, but once they are away from home most of the day, a wom- an who has talents and training to offer, should certainly offer them. And if a salary can go along with the work, that is all to the good. Ever since she and her husband, Atty. Enoch Thomas, were married on Valentine's Day, 1948, in her native Meadville, she has been a 2 resident of Greater Wyoming Val- 3 J first in Wilkes-Barre, then King- ston and Forty-Fort, then Shaver- ~ town. Since settling here six years ~ ago, she says she has never wanted to leave, and the children love it. _ “I'm a small town girl at heart,” she says. ‘“ and this looks like home to me. Meadville, where I was born, has the small town atmosphere, a college town where everybody knows eg os everybody else. Cities leave me cold.” ” | Mrs. Thomas the frraior lei Pepicelli, graduated (with ‘a Phi Betta Kapva key) far younger than most girls do, taking an accelerated’ ~ course at Allegheny College in Mead- ville. and going on to study law, a 4radition in her family. She obtained her law degree at University of a Pennsylvania. : “ Returning to Meadville, she passed her bar examinations in Crawford , County at the age of 23, the first woman and the youngest lawyer » to be admitted to the bar. She be- | ‘came assistant district attorney of Crawford County. She maintains an office in Min- er's National Bank Building, in as- sociation with her husband, and At- torneys James Reinart and William Farrell, : She is pleased that this appoint- ment, following the resignation of incumbent A. Stuart Powell of King- ston, who retires January 31, is not a political one She is beholden to nobody for the appointment. She and her husband Enoch are both vitally interested in schools and civic advancement. Their two daughters, Gloria, 10 and Megan. 9, attend Shavertown school, where their parents have been active in ~.. PTA work. Mrs. Thomas belongs to Wilkes- Barre Junior League, has done vol- unteer work for the United Fund, ® Cancer Society, YWCA. She is sec- / 7 y by i i retary of Back Mountain Library Book Club; a former board member | of Wyoming Valley Council of Girl | Scouts; and belongs to the State | Board of Pennsylvania Citizens ~As- sociation. “Tt will be. a challenge,” she ad- mits, ‘running’ a household in con- junction with a fascipating job, and | keeping up with tHe girls’ home- | work at night as vell as seeing | that meals are. prepyred on time, la’ Wfth- but it will be very! much while. And so interesting, ~ Peter Weaver oy. | For Injuries Peter S. Weaver, i Me HR WewenP2 2 My wad) is asking $10,000 dd hunting companion “ally discharged fireal sive injury to his ch ago on the Harter Northumberland Cou then 15, was not es for several weeks afte] Defendant is Arth; Forty Fort, whose: owned the 22 -calib Christmas gift from } Ralston To Be % George F. Ralston, i at Wilkes College will _er at the St. John's Ij hose accident- m did exten- Game Farm, hty. The boy, ected to live r the accident. r F. Watkins, son Fred, 16, re weapon, a is father. beaker an of men the speak: i 4G George M. Dallas Loda F & AM. y at Irem Temple Count @ c1ub Tues- ia day night January 23: 8 ovations may be made by call: i ©} coun. ’ | Sime 2 Sn try Club. : -when the plant was employ Sutton Road, mages from a | st three years | v dinner of New Year Bleak: Fires Dravh At Noxen Tanjery Five Employ{es Remain For Knal Closing Of Plint It was a grim outloolfor the new year in Noxen. Fires in the big Arfgur Leather Company plant were flled on Fri- day and for the first thhe in seven- ty years—even durin the period when the plant was Id waste by fire—only four perso are now temporarily employed. They are the last 108 men who worked there util recently; the last of 217 who wire employed perating at its peak in 1941. These four, under {he direction of Les Kocher, a vetelan of twenty years with the Armopr Company, ' E DALLAS ms NSIEEEET POST VOL. 74, NO. 1, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 19 MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Santa And Legion Members Visit Little Boy are pumping out th{ last of the tanning liquors from tle vats where millions of hides were tanned dur- | They | are also loading and shipping a few | of the odds and ends »f supplies to | ing the past seventy years. be used in other plants of the com- pany. | All of the heavy mjchinery that could be used in the|other plants has been shipped; buj most of the machinery remains iy the gaunt, silent buildings that lonce bustled with the whirr of electric motors, rattle of machinery |id hiss of escaping steam. Even the immaculalé generator room, always warm, ahd throbbing, where power was profluced for the machines, is silent, deserted and cold; its doors locked %xcept for the Christmas | little boy. More than 300 On his way to the Party of Daddow-Isaacs Post Amer- | ican Legion on December 23, Santa | children other | were entertained at the Legion Home Claus stopped off to pay a special | where David Joseph acted as song visit to Robert Commy, son of Mr. leader accompanied by Mrs. William and Mrs. Robert Commey, ers of the plant, on Friday, and | Monday started his Tew duties as | foreman in the Armour plant at | Williamsport. Some of tke younger | men have moved their families to | other communities where they have | found employment i@ the tanning | business. Others have gone with other industries; but they are in the minority. Some older men, lifetime employees, ‘have received pensions. All others have received some type severance pay, But, for most of h, iddle aged x the .outlogh wis bleak. “You'll never know ¢uite what its like”, says Les oh uth you look at these dark buildings at evening. There’s not a light any- where. Not the faintest vapor of: escaping steam or life, It's a sad situation!” Dr.Farley fil Speak To PTR G5 Lehman-Jackson-Ross | Group To Meet Jan. 8 Dr. Eugene S. Fanley, president of Wilkes College, will speak to Lehman-Jackson-Ross | PTA Monday night at 8 in the Lehman gym. He will be introduced by Mrs. Richard Stroud, program chairingn. Dr. Farley will talk on parental responsibility for conditioning stud- | . ents toward obtaining an education. discussion previously growing at site of the new Lake- planned for im will take | Lehman High School, in spite of A panel place ‘at a Ik .: nounced. | Mrs. “udward Kenoghy asks sev- | enth grade ‘mothers to serve re- | freshments. : dafje, to be an- | Loe I Dallas Set For League Cener League Champions To Test Stvoyerville Here Action g the North league cam- paign gets underway Friday evening with Svlloyerville meeting Dallas Senior Hoh at the new Senior High I the top game of the even- 4 gy ing. | Dallas with only one starter back from last seasons champion- ship squad, Tom Gauntlett, will have its hands full if it hopes to repeat as champs. According to early season predictions Sugar Notch, Swoyerville and Fair- view will be the clubs to beat. Dallas wound up its exhibition | schedule with a 6-2 slate against | mostly, Wyoming Valley League | teams. It turned back Northwest, | Cughlin, Plymouth, Hanover, West | Pittston and Forty Fort, | The locals lost the opener to | Wyoming 55-52 and wound up the | exhibition play with a 71-46 loss at the hands of a powerful Kingston team. After downing Plymouth 67-61, Dallas turned back Coughlin 56-46 as Gauntlett tossed in 19 and Letts 17. y In the Kingston tilt, Gauntlett was held far below his average as he was held to 12 points while Letts hit for 16. play with a 25 point per game average, tallying 200 points in eight contests. L as Roadmaster in Kingston Town- Ashley- | Gauntlett finished the exhibition ! | May 34 Burn- Baker. Each child received a stock- dale Road. Bobby has had a tough |ing filled with goodies and the time of it with illness so Santa | Auxiliary served hot dogs and soda. with his associates Leonard Dough- erty, Chief of Police Russell Honey- | tributed fruit and food baskets to well, Commander Edward Buckley |ill members of The Post. and Past Commander Thomas: Reese Santa was impersonated by Dick brought some extra cheer for thel Oliver. Borough Officials Sworn In Rt Reorganization Meeting Three Delas Wgrough Council- | Robert Moore, vice president; Robert men, Grace Cave, tobert Moore and | Brown, secretary and W. B. Jeter, Wilbur Davis, reelected to their | ’ ) | treasurer. second terms, were sworn into of- | 4 fice by Mayor Thomas Morgan at | Others appointed were: Extra pol- the annual reorganization meeting |°® Alvin Shaffer, Raymond Titus of Borough Council Tuesday night | 80d William Berti; borough engin- in the Borough Building. eer and building inspector, John Mayor Morgan, also reelected was | previously sworn in by Justice of | Fleming; roads supervisor, Alvin the Peace Fred Jennings, acting for Shaffér and road men, Andrew Per- the first time in that capacity. Also sworn in was Chief of Pol-| an. ice Russell Honeywell as Constable.| Next regular meeting will be | Council then elected these of-| Tuesday at 8 p.m. when the temp- | ficers, Harold Brobst, president; | orary budget is presented. Dallas Outdoor Theatre Sold To Richard A. Fox Dallas Outdoor Theatre has been snld to Richard A. Fox, owner of Fox Drive-In Theatres, with head- quarters in Reading. cold weather and snow. The sale was consummated in The only part of the proposed | November, and the former corpora: building which shows no steel | on liquidated. framework is the gymnpsiom. Officers were: John Coon, presi- Steel is well along on classrooms, | nt V Groff. vi ident: A afeteria, auditorium and shop ent; Vern Groff, Vice profidenty; av 28 | Harden Coon, treasurer; Thomas units. | S Graham, secretary. Raymon Hedden contractor, has 2 y about thirty men on the job. work- | ing in fair weather or foul. Richardson's Smith Is Fired | mith Is Fire ‘Home Entered As Roadmaster Thirteen years of faithful service Sunday Thieves Take Ring And Cuff Links Sneak thieves entered the home of Mr. and Mrs.. L. L. Richardson on | Terrace Drive sometime Sunday | afternoon between 3 and 5:45 and { made off with a college ring and by Lawton | Culver, owner of the Checkerboard I links belonging Jo thelr on Tavern on Carverton Road. ; Rate of pay for the new Road- | Mx master will be $2. per hour, a raise j of 20c per hour above the amount | received by Smith-and considerably | more than the $100 salary that | Smith offered, to do the job for. Although more. than 50 taxpayers | | attended the reorganization meeting | | of the Supervisors at the Township Building Tuesday night, none was { permitted by the Chairman to voice | { an opinion or word of protest. | | The dismissal comes at an un- | fortunate time for Mr, Smith whose | family has been plagued by serious | illness for several months and | whose age will make it difficult | for him to obtain other employ- ment. Forest Of Steel Rising Steadily " Lake-Lehman High School Takes Shape A forest of structural steel is ship came to a close Tuesday night for Supervisor Arthur Smith who won reelection to office by an over- whelming 700 votes against the | | candidate supported by his two associates on the Board of Super- visors, He will be replaced and Mrs. son Jimmy were in Fleetville vis- iting Mr. Richardson’s mother at | the time, but Bob had been home until 3 o'clock when he went out | with some friends. Returning home at 5:30 he turned on the kitchen light, picked up some keys and|went to the Richardson Showrooms on Lake Street to look after the fires. When he returned home about twenty minutes later, he smelled burning matches. vegas he found that thieves Jad entered through a cellar door, gone to his bedroom where they burned several matches while going through his dresser. The only things known to be missing are the college rings | Reimbursement For Buses | ™2y have been picked up. | | Bob thinks the thieves probably Dallas School District will receive were in the house when he Jit the reimbursement from the State of kitchen light and were scared away. $35,293.74 for bus transportation of | Chief of Police Russell Honeywell | gap. Dale Shales was the high point- | i students for 1960-61, 'is investigating, / ae Al. James Besecker Moves Offices In New And Larger Quarters In Dallas Faith in the future of Dallas is exemplified by James Besecker, who moved. his Real Estate Offices to a newly purchased and redecorated building across Main Street from his former quarters in the Gregory Building, completing the move dur- ing the holidays. first floor office. Phyllis Pope, Shav- ertown, is his secretary. The former Henry - the - Jeweler building is a natural for Mr. Beseck- er’s twelve-year old Real Estate and Insurance business, easy of access from bank and’ store parking lots, and with no stairs to climb. Jim has been one of the foundation ‘stones of the community ever since the mid-twenties, serving his town as Fire Chief for years, and as a Borough Council member. Sixteen-Pound Ball Smashes Big Toe. A sixteen pound bowling ball, swinging from the finger of a bowl- er returning to his place at Crown ‘Imperial Bowling Lanes Thursday night, smashed the toe of a spec tator. .~ Mrs. Helen Bolton, sitting it out instead of bowling with the Bolton ‘ Diner team, will be sitting it out for at least four more weeks, while the team goes on without her. X- Rays at Nesbitt Hospital, after ex- After the party, the Legion dis- | amination by Dr. H. G. Gallagher, { showed a bad fracture of the big i toe of the left foot. Mrs. Bolton is | getting about painfully on crutches. | Vivian Replaces Banks ' On Ruthority Board | John Vivian, of Lehman, replaces | Benjamin Banks on the Lehman | Authority Board. Action was taken by Road Supervisors the Friday before Christmas. On Wednesddy, Jim opened the | doors of his mahogany panelled | Panel To Study Language Goals English Teachers To Answer Questions Richard Demmly, chairman of Citizens Committee. for Better Schools, announces the next meet- ing for Monday at 7:45 p.m. in Room 1, Dallas Senior High School. Subject for discussion in the con- tinuing study of students’ prepara- | tion for advanced education, will | be English. Dr. Irvin Jacobs, chairman of the Study Committee, will be moder- ator. On the panel will be English teachers: Miss Dorothy Guerra, Chester N. Molley, and Mrs. Teresa Rutkoski from the Senior High | School; George Domek, William E. | Price, Miss Judith Richards, Mrs. | Guida M. Taylor and Mrs. Theresa | Shiner from the Junior High School. | Questions from the floor will be requested to clarify details of what is now taught, future goals, and students’ progress in English. Of- ficers will be elected. Proposed by the nominating committee under chairmanship of Mrs. Thomas Vern- on are: chairman, Morris Slater; vice-chairman, program, Dr. Irvin Jacobs; vice-chairman, public rela- tions, Mrs. Paul Rodda; secretary, Mrs. Morris Slater. Nominations remain open. Con- tact Mrs. Vernon or Richard Dem- my. Parents and students interested in preparation for advanced educa- tion are urged to attend. House To Be Moved Sometime . today, the Roberts home on lower Main Street, is go- ing to be moved one block up the hill to its new location on the corn- er of Main and Orchard Streets. Three rubber-tired heavy duty dol- lies are already in place under the two-story house, which now rests at the edge of the property next door to Tommy Noon’s Garage. The road has been extensively ashed | ready for the haul. It is not ex- pected to take more than an hour, once the street is blocked off. East Dallas Is Leading League With Five Straight Victories T. Jeter; solicitor, Atty. Robert L. | anto, Kyle Cundiff and Frank Morg- | . Bast Dallas maintained its su- | gap. Dale Shales was the high point- | premacy over the rest of the Church | Hinkle and Gene Brobst each tallied ; ; . 19 points in the losing cause. League Saturday night md Next week’s schedule, at Dallas Shavertown 49-43 for i : : , > | S y .m., victory in as many starts. Hunts- | galor Bigh: School ot 7 pm . 3 “>” | Shavertown vs. Huntsville. 8 pm., Fills presniod Harveys lake Wh Hurveys Lake. ve. Theresos . 19 p.m. Prince of Peace: vs. East into undisputed second place with | phase a 4-1 record, and Prince of Peace | X | broke into the win column at the | BOX 5 CORES: PRINCE OF PEACE Richardson and! and cufflinks although other itepns expense of St. Therese’s beat- | But it is the setting up of the ing the Saints by a lopsided 49-| g f pis. competitive exhibits that is the 28, (which is, incidentally, one of | Coolbaugh, £. 5 Yo major pre-show task. Here the men the lowest point-productions ever | Allabaugh, 8: 8 1 7 and women of the Penn State Univ- put out by a Church League team.) a Bob, f. 2 ! 2 ersity extension service are the un- In the first game, which pitted |p: ey sung heroes. . St. Theresd’s against Poe Of [Bien Tom, g. 2 2 - The competition, whether it is Peace, it looked as though hel Orr % \ 4 : 0 livestock, farm crops, horticulture, Saints should have stayed home as | ine or any other’ phase of agrarian they couldn’ even buy a goal. After 19 11 49 pursuits, is limited to Pennsyl- taking a one-point lead at the end | vania produced products ohly. This of the first quarter, Prince of Peace | ST THERESE’S is also true in the Home Economics threw a man-to-man defense against : f pts departments, the Saints, and that, along with a | Lotis. co 3 1 11 Friday, January 5, upwards of devastating fast break, proved 10 | Yeisle Se 1 9 4 two hundred: men and women, all be the downfall of the losers. The | 5 It TN ) 4 1 9 of them a part of the network of Saints were able to score but one | fo oo : 1 0 sl Penn State extension personnel field goal in both the second and | paoeir, z 1 9 4 that reaches into every corner of the final periods. For the winners, | Derharmer f 1 4 | every county in the Common- Jim Thomas was the offensive star | i wealth, will go to work setting up as he dumped in 20 points, and Bob | 9 10 928 the commetitive exhibit plan. They Coolbaugh, who stood out with his | a will work right through until Sun- | rebounding, hit for 11 points. For | day evening. the losers. Pete re had five | Fase Dallas f is This year. as part of the salute of his team’s nine goals, and was | w g PIS | 40 Penn State University, there | high scorer with 11 init [jyvagner, 2. 0 0 0 will be several special exhibits. | poms, Lasher, c. 0 0 Oi : i The second game, saw East Dal- | Evans. f. 3 9 3! The most beautiful and elaborate- las squeeze: by a determined Shav- | Shelley, g. 3 1 7| wi be he >adow in the foyer, ertown five, probably the best game 'Tencza, g. 5 0-y 2g) Bear tie. Ia eAnnce. of the evening. Shavertown led many | Lewis, - 7 3 17] Everybody Cooperates times throughout the contest, but | Lamoreaux, f 3 1 71 Nearly every arm of state gov- | each time a goal or two by East | : | ernment cooperates. Among state Dallas’ center Bill Lewis closed the | 21 49 | agencies that will have exhibits are gap. Wes Evans, who up to this | ir ! the Departments of Forests and point in the season avaraged 22 | SHAVERTOWN . | Waters, Health, . Public Welfare, points per: game, was able to score | . g f pts. | Revenue, Labor and Industry, and but 8 points as Stan Davis did 2 | Rome. Cc. 4 0 10 | Internal Affairs. remarkable job guarding the star | Dymond, g. 0 0 0! Then there will be exhibits by forward. Bill Lewis, primarily a | Oney, Bill, g. 6 1 13 |the Gamé, Fish, Turnpike, and Civil rebounder rather than' a scorer, | Edwards, f. 7 dig 9 | Service Commissions, and the U.S. proved that he could come through | Newman. eo. 0 0 0! Social Security Administration. with the points when needed, and | Davis, g. 2 4 0 8 | The State Farm Museum at Lan- ended up high with 17 counters. | Fonts, TI 5 0 10 | dis Valley in Lancaster County will For the losers, three men scored | | have a colorful exhibit in the shape | in the double figures, led by Bill| 20 3 43|of a “country kitchen” That is, Oney’s 13 and Bob Hontz’s and | die a combination kitchen-dining room Don Rome's 10 each. Frank Tencza | HUNTSVILLE with all the equipment and utensils | was second for East Dallas with 10 | g f pts. that were avaible to Pennsylvania's | | points. Stransser Lf 3 0 9 | pioneer farm families. : i: | In the final game, Huntsville, | Dietz, G., f. 1 0 o| This phase of the show is also! looking stronger each game, led | Dietz, L.. g. 2 0 4 keyed to the “Century of Pro- Harveys Lake at nearly every point | Fossedal, : f. 8 0 16 gress’ theme. All of the exhibits and won by 12 points, 67-55. It |Kozick, c. 10 5 951 by state agencies will be manned | | was the fine playmaking and re-|Brobst, Ch., g. 2 0 4 | by informed personnel. They will | bounding of Huntsville that spelled | Brobst, Clint, g. 4 2 10|be prepared to answer any and all | {the difference. Several times Don | Berlew, ec. 2 0 4 | questions. Some of them will have | | Fossedal was hit with a perfect informative literature for distribu- | | pass right under the basket and hit | 30 7 67|tion at no cost. : | | for a quick two-pointer. However, err { Multiple Convention | Len “Pooch” Kzik, who played a HARVEYS LAKE {Statistics mean little in relation | | fabulous game both offensively and g f pts.|to Farm Show exhibits, whether | | defensively, was high scorer for the | Hinkle, c., f. - 4 3; 9 | competitive or commercial. For | | winners with 25 points. Fossedal was | Shales, c¢. 9 21 sparqdhe 14-acre building has been | mext with 16 and Clint Brobst has | Searfoss, g. 1, loaded anually to the rafters and | | 10. Bob Berlew, who also was a | Harris, g. 3 41 any exhibitors had to be turned | | big help with his rebounding, put | Winston, c. 0 R>. many jor lgck of space. | |in two goals in the third quarter | Brobst, f, 3 9 0 t. of carrying out the {when they were needed badly to |Crispell, i. 3 Aucatio e, the exhibits £4 | prevent the Lakers from closing the | Price, f. | } 0 n ; codiced prod E - of the Re I maker for the losers with 21 points, | \ 1 ; F A ORchard Show Will Open Monday Morning Hundreds Of Local People Plan To Attend And Scores W Harrisburg,— Pennsylvania’s mam- moth State Farm Show—14 acres under one roof—is the largest mid- winter agricultural exposition of this type to be found anywhere in the world. * The 46th annual show opens at eight o'clock Monday morning, Jan- uary 8, and continues through Fri- day, January 12. During the five days and four evenings well up- wards of a half million people will enter the doors. How many more than a half mil- lion depends in part on the weather. If the weather is normal for Janu- ary it is pretty certain the all- | time attendance record of 685,000 people, established in 1952, will be smashed. There are several reasons for this. The chief one is that this is also recognized as the best balanced exposition of this kind to be found | anywhere. This show has much more than its physical dimensions to attract visitors. It features every phase of agriculture, rural culture and rural living. It blends entertainment with the more serious aspects in just the right proportions to stimulate the interest of everyone, urban and rural dwellers, adults and children, young and old. This time the educational aspects are perhaps being featured more than at any time in the 46 year history. This is so because the “Cen- tury of Progress’ theme is a salute to all land grant colleges and univ- ersities in the nation including the territory of Puerto Rico. Tt was in 1862 that the Morrill Land Grant college act was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Lincoln. The Commonwealth's only grant educational institution is Pennsylvania State University. Only a few states have more than one. Penn State with its ‘nine col- leges and a graduate college located on a 200-acre campus, and with hundreds of acres of experimental farms which are part of the College of . Agriculture, is being accorded special’ honors. Always Has Role The preparations for the State Farm Show are almost a yearround operation. But it is in the last several weeks before the opening date that the big push comes. The most modern farm machin- ery in the world begins rolling into the four-acre exhibition hall several weeks before the opening date. The space commercial exhibit hall was sold out weeks ago. ! TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers land in the four-acre | T= OR 4-7676 room 4-5656 62 x. Pennsylvania's Greatest Farm ill Have Exhibits ture produces. ore In a sense, the Farm Show is | also days and evenings of multiple conventions, Starting Monday morning and continuing through Friday, 30 statewide farm groups will hold, meetings and banquets. For many of them it is the annual meeting. They are: . Beekeepers Assn., Christmas Tree Growers, Crop Improvement Assn., Crop Reporters, Dairymen’s Assn., | Society of Farm Women, Flower Growers, Flying Farmers, Future Farmers, Future Homemakers, Guernsey Breeders, Holstein Assn., | Horse and Mule Assn., 4-H Club livestock committee, 4-H Club rec- reation, Jersey Cattle Club, Nut Growers, Polled Hereford Assn., Po | tato Growers, Poultry Federation | Raw Milk Producers, Sheep an | Wool Growers, Shorthorn Breed: rs [Swine Breeders, Vegetable Growers | Yorkshire Club, Young Farme: | Pennsylvania Angus and Penns: | vania Ayshire Breeders Assns. | At these meetings the edu tional theme will be carried throu | and progress made during the pg | year will be noted. Ample Food | There is no admission charge 1 | the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Ani {once inside the only way to spend | money is to buy food. There is a cafeteria seating around | 700 at one time to feed the | multitude “and the concessionaire {also has small stands scattered | around through the buildings. | Central Pennsylvania . churches | have eatings stands at the east end | of the main exhibition hall where | wholesome food is ' dispensed at | moderate prices. 2 But the biggest attraction for | the hungry is the food stands at {the east end of the exhibition hall | operated by Pennsylvania food in-. | dustries. g Here the turkey people dispense | sandwiches, eggs, eggnog, turkey | sandwiches, soup and anything that | the poultry industry produces. | Then there is the Dairymen’s { Assn, with milk shakes, milk, and : dairy * products generally. And the | State = Horticultural Society 2 | have every variety of apnlas mn | juices. ; {~The Potato Growers do | office business with. their 7 potatoes and with other i | made with potatoes. And the Be | keepers sell ice cream, candice cakes and other products zn {they are all sweetened with honey and nothing else. | The Entertainment | For the food there. is a charge. | But - there are headline entertain- { ment programs for which there | no charge. * | The judging of competitiv | exhibits starts Monday morning. | It provides thrills for the partic- ipants and their rooters. The formal opening comes at | 7:30 Monday evening in the large | arena. This is Governor's night. | Presiding will be Secretary of | Agriculture . William L. Henning. | Gov. David L. Lawrence will de- § liver the welcome. Then follows the State Police rodeo. | Beginning at 6:15 Tuesday eve- { ning the Future Farmers of America band of 100 pieces will render a one-hour concert. At 7:30 the Folk Dance Festival and Contest gets { under way. There will be 60 teams or “sets” of dancers of eight each, or 480 individuals competing. The horse pulling contest starts at 5:30 Wednesday afternoon. There are 20 teams entered in the light- weight class and 12 in the heavy- weight class. | | At seven o'clock Thursday eve- | ning one of the big thrills of the’ | week comes. It is the livestock | cavalcade with prize livestock of | the Commonwealth on parade. | There will be a Belgian six-horse a la 2 1s { hitch demonstration and there will ibe a horse show with rare demon- | reinmanship {4-H Club boys and girls. | All the above will take place in the large arena, seating around | 8,000 persons. There is no charge | and there are no reserved seats. { Those who come early get tha | choice. seats. ? At the same time there will be {a 4-H sheep blocking and groom- ; | ing contest in the small arena. : | Many City Visitors Annually visitors come | many states, from Canada, | America and from Europe. | year will be no exception. It is a mistake to believe that the show attracts only the people from the agricultural and horticul- tural areas. The city forces are there and express greater amaze- ment at what Pennsylvania agri- culture means to the economy and what it produces than the pro- ducers themselves. The annual State Far in effect the state col | stration of by the from South ~ This * Show is’. of the farm-city ogee 3 Farm Show irectyy John B. Mc ool, aor. Clinton County arm age! Penn State extenfision ser wed farm s Ln My
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