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ation.
: his world completely.
by the kindly atmosphere:
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO:
Store and home of Asa Prutz-
© man at Chase were competely des-
troyed by fire.
Funds were transferred under
police guard - from the old bank
building to the new.
James Kunkle, Dallas Township
supervisor, died of pneumonia.
Word had been received that Dr.
E. C. Honeywell, Dallas native, died
at Norristown.
Lehman cagers took Dallas Town.
ship 50 to 42.
Official inspections stations open-
ed, inspection mandatory.
John Girvan married- Agnes Prior
of Germantown,
Harrisburg inspectors looked over
plots of land suggested for the
new high school in Kingston Town-
ship.
: Himmler Theatre was showing
Huckleberry Finn with child stars
Jacke Cooper and Mitzi Green.
You could get 3 tall cans of
evaporated milk for 20 cents. Lard
was 7 cents a pound.
William Hier of Laketon, dropped
dead in the doctor’s office in Beth-
lehem,
The new excise tax on cars was
deplored by James Oliver, who
asked customers to write their
congressman,
rr uappeNeD 2() years aco:
Harveys Lake police, using a
powerful submarine lamp, were un-
able to locate the body of a six
year old boy who slipped through
the ice into the river at Sunbury.
Search lasted two days.
Ice harvest reached its peak at
Mountain Springs. Three Lehigh
Valley engins handled the ice cars
over the heavy grades.
Called in the draft were Glen
Amos Kitchen, Kenneth Paul Jones,
Calvin Harding = Ferrell, Henry
Chester Zarno, and Robert Sum-
merville,
Senator Andrew J. Sordoni was
elected president of Wyoming Val-
ley Motor Club.
Mrs. Rose Walter, Shavertown,
was 85 years old.
A thaw, with high temperatures,
spoiled skating at Harveys Lake.
Letters began coming in to the
Post from goldiers in training
camps, / )
7
A man imprisoned in a flooding submarine.
thousands of miles out in the far blue younder.
Editorially Speaking:
OUT OF THIS WORLD
~ What with the moon-shoot going thirty thousand miles
astray and the astronaut unable to get himself off the
ground, things are in a sad state in this space age.
To be sure, thirty thousand miles is a mere bagatelle,
compared with mileage along the Milky: Way, but if there
were an astronaut encased in that capsule, headed for the
~ fringes of the universe, he might be now thinking long
~ thoughts about the planet he had left behind forever.
Commonsense reminds us sternly that each time we
get behind the wheel of a car we take our life in our
hands; that bathroom and kitchen are lethal spots in any
household; that heart trouble takes a deadly toll of our
population, and that the common cold, accompanied by
terminal pnemonia, is forever with us.
But there is something about outer space that is'chil-
ling in its very concept. The thought of an intrepid astro-
naut blasting his way toward infinity,
behind him the point of no return, staggers the imagin-
leaving eons
A man
Out of
There’ is something so comforting about: ‘green grass
Binehth the feet, and arching blue, up there where it
belongs, its fiery brilliance and its deadly cold cushioned
We are such infinitesimal specks of sensate mat-
ter . . . and so in need of the old familiar things, the bridge
from ‘the unknown to the unknown.
ir HAPPENED ]() YEARS Aco:
L. W. LeGrand and Jasper B.
Carr were named to the YMCA
board. ;
Mrs. George. Babchalk won a
$300. Laundromat for the last line
of a jingle. d
Farmers were told by State
College that an alarm clock is
cheaper than supporting a rooster
for a year.
Dr. Jacob Tilem opened an of-
fice at Harveys Lake. i
The body of Cpt. Frederick
Brown, killed in action in Korea,
was on the way home for burial.
Dan Richards was elected presi-
dent of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire
Company.
Bowman's Restaurant had the
only clock of its kind, a mammoth
cuckoo job from the Black Forest.
Jean DeRemer became the bride
of Robert Whitney.
Miss Susie L. Seward, Orange,
died aged 92 at the Ransom Home.
Sam T. Allen, Outlet, died at
71:
Lehman-Jackson Jointure pur-
chased a station wagon.
William R. Neely, Lehman Sunday
School superintendent for many
years, died at 88.
In the death of Samuel Eggles-
ton, 93, Harveys Lake lost a pion-
eer apple man.
Mad foxes were reported in in-
creasing numbers.
Lydd Bom Warren
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Warren,
Tunkhannock Highway, announce
the birth of a baby girl, Lynn Ann,
at General Hospital on January
5. They have three boys, Frank,
aged seven, Walter, six, and Billy,
four.
Mrs. Warren is the former Vir-
ginia Brungess, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Water Brungess of Claude
Street. Mr. Warren is son of Mrs.
Monica Warren, Germantown, and
Frank Warren, Philadelphia. He
is associated with Smith Kline and
French Laboratories in Philadelphia.
Brynn Elizabeth Oney
Mr. and Mrs. William Oney, New-
ton, N. J. announce the birth of
a baby girl, Brynn Elizabeth, five
pounds, six ounces, at Hamneman
Hospital Scranton. This is their
first child.
Mrs. Oney is the former Barbara
Cottell, daughter of Mrs. Floyd Cot-
tell of Daton. Mr. Oney is son of
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Oney of Shaver-
town. He is employed by A. T. and
T. as switchboard ' installation
mechanic at Newton,
Heads Real Estate Board
THOMAS P. GARRITY
Thomas P. Garrity,
resident. of Harvey's Lake, was in-
stalled as president of the Greater
a lifelong
Wilkes-Barre
Tuesday night.
Owner and operator of the Thom-
as P. Garrity Real Estate and Insur-
ance business with offices at Stone-
hurst Lodge, Harvey's Lake, Mr.
Garrity is one of the area's well-
known residents.
Other officers who will assist
Mr. Garrity include Robert Laux,
Midland Drive, Dallas Twp., a sec-
ond vice-president; and Harry Goer.
inger, East Dallas, named to a two
year term on' the board of direct-
ors. Robert Harvey is first wvice-
president; Michael J. Repa is treas-
urer, and Claire Hart Cummings is
secretary. Carl A. Leighton, retir-
ing president is board ' chairman,
and John P. Sammon is state dir-
ector. Other board directors are
Robert Hoffman, 1-year term, and
Betty Kanarr Bierly, 3-year term.
Mr. Garrity, whose community
activities are rivalled by his numer-
ous positions with realator and ap-
praiser groups, is the present chief
of the Daniel C. Roberts Co. at Harv-
ey's Lake and is a past president
of the Harvey's Lake Lions, . Pro-
tective Association, and Rod and
Gun Club.
Mr. Garrity, who has operated
his real estate and insurance busi-
ness at Harvey's Lake for more
than a dozen years after an as-
sociation with Wesley A. Freeman
Agency, Sweet Valley, has improved
the Stonehurst summer resort area
with 15 imots spread over 14 acres
with a 260-ft. private beach area.
He is senior member of the Soc-
iety of Residential Appraisers, mem-
ber of the Right of Way Association,
Philadelphia Chapter; member of
the Pennsylvania and National Real
Estate Boards, and appraiser for
the FHA.
Mr. Garrity is a director of the
Rural Building and Loan Associa-
tion, Dallas, and a member of the
Board of Advisors of the Dallas
Branch of the Miners National
Bank.
During World War 2 Mr. Garrity
was an Air Fore pilot with 8th
Air Force and 20th Air Force in
England. He is presently serving
as training officer of the 92nd Air
Terminal Squadron with the rank
of captain in the Air Force Reserve
here. The 92nd Squadron, was the
Real Estate Board
first category. A unit assigned to |.
the Eastern United States when it
was first activated by Mr. Gar-
rity.
Mr. Garrity is currently engaged |:
in study for a master’s degree in
appraising, which is comparable to
post graduate work for a doctor.
ate in education.
Married to the former Mary De-
laney, the couple has two child-
ren, Christine and Michael. They
are members of Our Lady of Vict-
ory Church at Harvey's Lake.
Mrs. Paul Gross Is
Hostess To Golfers
Mrs. Paul Gross, Trucksville,
golf chairman of Irem Temple
Women Golfers, entertained at
luncheon officers and chairmen
for the coming season on Friday.
Plans were discussed for weekly
and monthly tournaments and a
special tournament scheduled for
May.
Mrs. John R. Vivian and Mrs.
William Wicks were chosen to assist
in redecorating the ladies’ locker
room.
Officers and chairmen selected:
Mrs. Gross, Chairman, Mrs. C.
Russell Havey, team captain, Mrs.
George Dean, secretary, Mrs. Warren
Unger, handicap chairman, Mrs.
Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Mitchell Jenkins,
Mrs. William Pack, rules committee,
Mrs, Charles Phillips, Mrs. George
Montgomery, Mrs. John Pritchard,
advisory board, Mrs. William Wicks
and Mrs. George Common, prizes,
Mrs. F. E. Hopkins, publicity, Mrs.
Harold Snowdon, hostess, Mrs.
Frank Wagner, lockers.
Present at ‘the luncheon: Mes-
dames Kear, Wicks, Common, War-
ren Uager, Dean, Snowden, Phillips
and Hopkins.
Mrs. Frank Lutinski Heads
Lake Altar And Rosary
Mrs. Frank Lutinski was installed
as president, at the January meet.
ing of Our Lady of Victory, Altar
And Rosary Society, Harveys Lake,
Other officers for the New Year
are: Vice President, Mrs. Thomas
Meighan; Secretary, Mrs. Joseph
Orzechowski; Treasurer, Mrs. Wil-
liam Ziminski.
Retiring Officers are President,
Mrs. Vera Bennett; Vice President,
Mrs, William Purcell; Secretary,
Mrs. Thomas Cadwalader; Treasurer,
Mrs. Myron Williams,
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1962
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King Charles II (a lukewarm
Roman (Catholic) granted to Wil-
liam Penn ( Quaker) ownership of,
and authority to govern with minor
sylvania, One of the Charter
clauses provided that the Bishop of
London (Established Church)
might send out a minister when at
least twenty residents desired it.
Neither the King, whose late father
had been executed by the hard-
headed Puritans, nor Penn, who had
been jailed for his religion, had any
intention of establishing an intoler-
ant Church. Penn announced ‘An
Holy Experiment” with guarantee
of religious freedom for all law-
abiding persons who ‘‘acknowl-
edged one Almighty and Eternal
God to be the Creator, Upholder,
and Ruler of the World”. Office-
holders had to be Christians, and
later upon pressure from England,
Catholics were excluded from office.
A great variety of religious sects,
refuge in Pennsylvania,
The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns oc-
cupied the lower: Delaware, includ-
ing. what is now Delaware, granted
separately to Penn. They had reli-
gious - meeting places before Penn
came. Gloria Dei (1642) was con-
sidered the first congregation in
Pa, The Quakers came from Eng-
land, "Wales, and Ireland, being
numerous and many of them weal-
thy, well educated and influential.
With help from minor groups they
dominated the. Provincial Assembly
for decades, until the dire necessity
of the French and Indian campaigns
forced abandonment of their pacif-
ist policies. They did not believe in
elaborate churches and ecclestical
authorities, their groups being
known as ‘‘meetings” with large
“annual meetings” for promotional,
organizational, and missionary pur-
poses. There . were also monthly
and ' quarterly meetings in some
places. They soon established
“meetings” in Philadelphia, Darby,
Haverford, Radnor, Chester, etc.
Penn gave them a burial ground in
1701,
Ancestors of [Daniel Boone and
Abe Lincoln worshipped at a meet-
ing in Berks County established in
1725. They had spread as far as
York County in 1745, to Catawissa
in 1775 and to Lycoming County in
1799. Penn's sons forsook the faith
and became Episcopalians, which
was bad for the Colony as it
tumed out.
The Episcopalians formed the
fashionable church. From the par-
‘ent Christ Church, founded 1695 in
Philadelphia, in which = George
Washington and Benjamin [Franklin
and other notables held pews, they
spread out as far as Carlisle by
1751. Many rural congregations
all over. the state held services in
union churches’ or in schoolhouses
without a separate church building,
sometimes for generations, and this
applied © to many Protestant de-
nominations.
HALTER AE ESA EE TEES CA EI
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters
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restrictions, the Province of Penn.
many persecuted in Europe, found
(IIEINTHITING
acm
The Germans included the Lu-
therans, Reformed, and Evangeli-
cal, with some smaller sects. The
great organizer and educator of the
Lutherans was Henry Melchior
Muhlenberg who was a pastor in
Montgomery County of a church
founded in 1700. He is buried at
Trappe, which church he built in
1743, the oldest unchanged Luther-
an Church in the State. They had
spread to Westmoreland County by
1773 and to Chambersburg by
1780. ‘A ministerium was organized
in Pa. in 1748,
The Reformed; who had theologi-
cal ideas more like John Calvin, in-
cluded the Holland Dutch and some
Germans; and spread out over a
similar area. They were in Mont-
gomery County in 1727, Easton in
1745, Adams County in 1747,
Chambersburg in 1780. Their great
organizer and educator was Michael
Schlatter, a Hollander. Another
group, led by Jacob Albright, was
the Evangelical, which held. its first
general conference in Union Coun-
ty in 1816. In 1800 Dr. Philip Wil-
liam Otterbein: founded ‘the United
Brethern Church, These two were
united as the Evangelical United
Brethern Church at Johnstown in
1946 making a church of about
three quarters of a million mem-
bers. In general the German type
churches have so many sectional
synods = with, mergers here and
there “that they are difficult to
comprehend,
The Mennonites, already nearly
two hundred years old, came about
1683 settling Germantown, with a
church built in 1708. In the same
area was another group, The Dunk-
ers, led by Peter Becker, in 1719
with a building built in 1735. Ger-
man Baptists under Conrad Beisel
probably organized the first Sunday
School in the U.S. in 1740. We are
running out of space before we get
to the other Baptist groups, The
Methodists, © the Moravians, most
missionary of all the early churches
in the state, the Presbyterians, who
were probably the most widespread,
and the Roman Catholics. Several
sects, who were distinctly different
in beliefs and manner of life, flour-
ished in Pennsylvania.
It might be said that many of
the divergent groups, which peopled
Pennsylvania and contributed to
her prosperity and prominence,
were not popular in their former
homelands. Probably the govern-
ments there were glad to get rid of
them. And they did not come to
Pennsylvania by accident. Penn con-
ducted aggressive campaigns to en-
courage. settlers.
© Since 1745, The Evangelical and
Reformed Church at Tulpehocken,
founded 1727, has held a ceremony
paying to ‘the heirs of ‘Caspar: Wis-
tar. ONE RED ‘ROSE, the annual
rental required for him for the land
to be: paid forever. In Lancaster
County, The Lutheran Church at
Manheim, founded 1762, makes a
similar payment to heirs of Baron
Stiegel.
Looking at
T-V
With GEORGE A. and.
EDITH ANN BURKE
MIKE WALLACE has made his
evening show such a success that
“PM West” is being dropped as
of February 2nd and the show will
be known as plain ‘PM.” The whole
90-minute program will come from
New York.
Mike, with the blessings of his
sponsor, may revert somewhat to
his manner on “‘Night Beat,” which
means his interviewing = technique
may become more sharp and prov-
ocative.
Abe Burrows, a frequent guest on
the show will become a ‘‘regular.”
He will be on the show until
Spring, when he goes to London
to start the British company of
his Broadway hit, “How to Suc-
ceed.” S
Viewers will see less of Miss Dav-
idson who has been criticized for
some of her remarks to guests. She
will appear only once each evening
in a special interview feature.
Guests on this show’ receive a
smaller fee than Jack Paar’'s going
rate of $320. Mike pays $265.
Fees do not harm his guest list.
Sammy Davis, Jr. will appear on
the Feb. 2nd evening, the final
evening under the old system.
The opening night of the new
“PM” = program . will have Carol
Baker, Abe Burrows, Dorian Leigh,
the highest paid model in the
world, the Maharishi Mahest Yogi
from India ‘and poet-cab- driver
Louis Blugerman from Brooklyn.
Bette Davis, Perle Mesta, piano
satirist Alex Templeton and Ed-
ward Everett Horton are the guests
for the second evening. It would
be difficult to do better than this
guestwise.
The new show will jump around
quickly from subject to subject. As
viewers know the old system has
the show built around one theme.
This made it rather difficult. An
idea that would have been excel-
lent for maybe twenty or thirty
minutes just didn’t stretch to 60
minutes, so many good ideas were
just discarded.
“PM” is taped eight days ahead
of schedule before a’ live audience
of about 100.
JACK PAAR will make a guest
appearance on the Bob Newhart
Show on Wednesday, February 7
at 10 p.m.
CAR 54, WHERE ARE YOU is
doing very well. It is rated in the
top fifteen shows.
Some people thought the New
York - police might. resent the port-
royal of a couple of cops as comic
characters. But it is just the op-
posite.
According to Nat Hiken, creator
of “Car 54,” every once in a while)
some policeman , comes up to him
and tells him confidentially that
there is a Toddy in his precinct.
Joe ‘and Fred attended a police
affair and got a standing ovation
when they appeared.
Officers and committee chairmen
of Gate of Heaven Holy Name Soc-
iety pictured above are, seated
left to right: Secretary, Gus Shul-
eski; Retiring President, Victor Bor-
zone; Pastor and Moderator, Rev.
Francis A. Kane; President, Andrew
Lavix; Vice President, Leonard
Dougherty. Standing: Marshall, Jos-
eph Noon; Ways and Means, Wil-
liam Motyka; Treasurer, John
Spencer; Youth, William Hartman;
Pubicity, Paul Williams.
President Lavix has announced
the formation of an Advisory Board,
Gate Of Heaven Holy Name Installs Officers
made up of the following men:
John Casey, Thomas Garrity, Dr.
William Kennedy, Abdon Kupstas,
Robert Laux, Roger McShea, Jr,
Phillip Moore, James O'Connell,
George [Ruckno, Alfred Ranstall,
Stephen Tkach, Dr. Louis Vitale.
SAFETY VALVE
SAVE YOUR LIFE
Community-wide participation in
the Woman’s Club of Dallas ‘Crus-
ade for Seat Belts” are urged to-
day.
Far too few of us are taking
advantage of this proven lifesav-
ing device due, in part, to lack of
full understanding of the needs
and benefits to be gained through
regular seat belt use.
For example, more than half of
all injury-producing automobile ac-
cidents occur at speeds less than
40 miles per hour. And, three out
of every four traffic deaths occur
within 25 miles of home. This
means that we, in our everyday
driving, could be involved in an
accident-producing situation.
help protect automobile passengers
in both major and minor accid-
ents. In collisions, seat belts help
keep passengers from being eject-
ed, and reduce the force of im-
pact of the body or amy part of
the car's interior.
The Dallas clubwomen are dis-
tributing special Crusade Cards to
encourage increase in the number
of seat belt users in our commun-
ity. The cards point out the fol-
lowing advantages for equipping
motor vehicles with seat belts:
Added protection for your family.
Releasable with one hand instant~
ly. :
Comfortable and reduce fatigue.
Helpful to new drivers.
Smartly designed, colorful
colorfast.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Francis Fry
and
Research in auto crash injury
cases hag shown that seat belts
Elmerest Drive
Dallas, Penna,
Woman's Club of Dallas
OR 4-5534
TWO FOR A TWOSOME
Dear Mr, Risley:
For the last two weeks we have
been receiving two copies of the
Dallag Post. This is wonderful! My
husband and I don’t have to scram-
ble for the paper—but it is not
right. We enjoy the post very
much and I'm sure someone else
would like to have that extra
copy! Mrs. Carl Gries Jr.
Ed Note: It's the measure of our
regard for you. Two papers for two
nice people. Youll be sorry! Prob-
ably both papers will now be
stopped in an excess of zeal or
8
This is a good week to do the
things you promised yourself you
would do last week,
thrift. ]
From
time.
just as the front door opened.
received earlier in the week.
expected, or had already left?
on. hand.
“What's for breakfast?’
A hold at 45.
“Where's the toy box?”
Still holdiig at 45.
the astronaut.
room.
TV.
piece of toast.
the astronaut in reasonable peace.
worked out so well.
“Due to weather conditions,
celled.”
Gate Of Heaven Society
To Receive New Members
Altar and Rosary Society of Gate
of Heaven Church will receive new
members at an Enrollment Cere-
mony to be held Monday evening,
8 p.m. at the church. All women
are invited to attend whether they
be former; present or prospective
members. Those enrolled last year
will renew their pledge to the soc-
iety. Rev. Francis A. Kane, Pastor
and Moderator, will officiate and
install the new officers." Mrs. George
Arzente Jr., will preside at the
follow.
Mrs. Joseph Wentzel is chairman
of the affair and Mrs. Joseph Kus-
iak Co-chairman. = The following
Band Leaders are aiding with the
membership drive: Mary Weir, Mrs.
Don McCrea, Marie Thevenon, Mes-
dames Raymond Jacobs, Clifford
Burkhardt, William Henninger, Wil-
liam ‘Wasser, John Polachek, Jr.
Walter Weir, Jr., John Kaschak,
Martin McEnrue, J. Warren Yarnal,
John McAndrew, Ignatius Gallagher,
Robert Young, John Yalick, Willard
Whalen, John . Elenchik, George
Stolarick, Robert Lavelle, Matt
Evans, William Gallagher, Stephen
mer.
The Society will receive Holy
Communion in a body at the 9 am.
Mass on Sunday.
Little Girl Swallows
Poison Tablet
A little two year old in the
Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia
has had a miraculous escape from
deadly damage to delicate tissues,
caused by swallowing of a tablet
not designed for internal use, but
for laboratory use. Little Deborah
Haegenbaugh, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Haegenbaugh of Leh-
man, is now able to swallow soft
food as well as liquids, and daily
stretching of the esophagus is slowly
correcting strictures. She entered
the hospital January 12, and ex-
pects to remain for at least one
more week.
In the meantime, she hopes for
pretty cards. It helps to while away
the time. Address one to Deborah
today.
Firmness is that admirable qual-
ity in ourselves that is merely stub-
bornness in others.
TA eg. US. Pu. OF.
PRD Helge
“I took my car to the garage
that uses the Want Ads —
now it's stopped smoking,
too!”
business meeting. Refreshments will |
be served and a Social Hour will |
Would they be arriving Saturday ‘morning,
Monday morning? “Keep your schedule elastic,”
“We'll take our coffee right in there and finish it in front of the Bi
The procession formed, each marcher carrying a cup. and a a
We settled down in front of the T-V. Now, we could oh :
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Pillar To Post...
by Hix
They came boiling into the house Saturday morning, shortly
after the crack of dawn, while the astronaut was still lying in his
capsule atop lethal tons of explosive, sweating it out until take-off
The horn beeped gently in the driveway, but with sufficient
authority to cause a sleep-sogged Nomnie to vault from her blankets,
tie a bathrobe sash around her midriff, and stumble down the stairs
Sunday morning,
was the warning
“Could be most any time, but chances -
are we'll keep an eye on the weather and if there’s a blizzard in the
making, we'll hightail it out of Colorado right ahead of the storm.
A neighbor has been alerted to welcome the moving vans, just in
case we can’t stay until the furniture leaves.”
Tom and I went into a huddle Friday night.
son Tommy in Chicago, to see if the wanderers had been there, were
Too late, we decided. >
ting folks out of bed to ask questions. Food in quantity was already
Should we call
No sense get
We mapped it out in our mind. A thousand miles from Boulder
to Chicago, another thousand to Dallas.
have started was Wednesday evening. So, the errliest they could
get to Dallas would be Sunday morning.
prepared. They just might jump the gun.
chorused eight voices.
girding his bathrobe, and added a ninth. ”
The astronaut atop his capsule, far from the madding thong 3
lay strapped to his couch. The announcer intoned the ‘time, ‘the,
weather: condition, the emotional. state of tha astronaut. NE
The earliest they could
Still, it was well to be
Tom: appenred, 4
Plenty of time to make a caldron of hot chocolate, boil up- a
kettle of oatmeal. The astronaut continued to lie in his capsule, and
the announcer continued to give prevue shots of the flight. ;
Mass adjournment to the kitchen and the Franklin stove, leaving
the astronaut flat on his back. Well have breakfast, and THEN
we'll go back into the living room and ' watch the blast-off.
astronaut can get along without us for a few minutes.
The
“Hold everything, I'll get you kids something to play with. on
the rug. Finish your oatmeal first.” :
A quick foray ‘to the second floor to locate some battered A
animals and a flock of toy airplanes, one ear tuned to the annoucer. .
Small children established on the big rug, safely apart oh
Big children accommodated with chairs in front of
the T-V. Four weary adults sipping hot coffee in the kitchen and
finishing off the hot buttered toast.
An eye on the astronaut by remote control.
“Count-down started,” came a warning yell from the living
Nice that the breakfast schedule
the orbital flight has been can- :
Takes Special Course
ROBERT H. EVANS
Robert H. Evans, of Charles H
| Long, M -Ferguson dealer in
Charles Glawe, Paul Gates, Joseph | one Boaey LT
Wentzel, Andrew Stash, Leo Chase, week advance technical course, at
Sweet Valley, is attendin
the M-F Service Training Cet
in Detroit, Michigan.
Established to develop “better
customer service at the dealer level,
Schmaltz, Leon Bartz, Edward Gil- | the center offers M-F dealer person-
nel a choice of fourteen courses,
ranging from shop management to
tractor hydraulics. The one - to
| four ‘week courses ensure dealers
| are up to date on
the latest in-
Tuy service techniques, as wel
as the maintenance and = operation
of the company's expanding lines
of agricultural and industrial equip-
ment. The world’s largest rofl)
ducer of tractors and combines,
M-F markets its products in 161
countries.
Stanley, co-chairman of the Dal-
Will Complete Laying
01 Drains This Week
All drains for the septic tank
will be laid at the new Lake-Leh-
man High School by the end of
this week, preventing any possible
flooding during the spring thaw.
Weather is slowing all work.
Electricians and plumbers, skele-
ton crews of three and four, are
working steadily, along with a few
maintenance men. Twenty inches of
frost was encountered even before
the subzero temperatures of Tues»
day and Wednesday nights.
Returns To Base
Capt. John Werts, Navigator ®
United States Air Force, recently
returned to Offutt A.F.B., Nebras-
ka, after a two week visit with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Werts, Wyoming Campgrounds Rd.,
R.D. 1, Pittston.
Capt. Werts is a 1949 graduate
of Westmoreland High School, and
served. for four years in the U. S.
Navy during the Korean Conflict.
Admitted By Ambulance
Mrs. Joseph Marsh, 101 Welling-
ton Avenue, was taken to General
ital in Dallas Commuity Am-
bulance Wednesday: afternoon at 1,
on order of Dr. Michael Bucan.
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