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Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY
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Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
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Lditorially Speaking:
‘suburbs in this area,
speculative land values;
PLANNING AND YOUR COMMUNITY
I. The Changing Scene
The Back Mountain: Area is changing rapidly. Our
communities which once were basically rural have changed
in the past decade.
The open spaces between the popu
lation centers have disappeared and are now occupied by
suburban developments. Industrnial plants have been
built providing jobs and income in the area. Shopping
Centers have sprung up practically over night. The
effect of ‘this growth on the schools has been explosive.
The erection of new school facilities, the improvement of
‘the highway and the new state park will attract even
more people.
Indications are that the Back Mountain
will continue to absorb the impact of this move to the
and that the problems of public
oncern will grow in magnitude and complexity with the
rowing population.
Original residents object to tax assessments on
they complain about being
taxed to death to pay for new school facilities, buses and
‘more teachers to accommodate the growing population.
New residents complain about fire hazards, inadequate
lighting, etc., in the existing school buildings. Serious
traffic hazards develop. Sewage and garbage disposal
aroyses: growing conceyn. {Homeownerg ohject to junk-
yards developing across the road or a trailér moved onto
the vacant lot next door.” Trailer Owners ask where they
should go. Municipal authorities are harassed by citizens
petitioning them to take over the maintenance of
inferior roadways requiring expenditures which are not
covered by present income through taxes.
In this situation, the individual is helpless. If
someone does not care to live across from a proposed
junkyard, he can either “outbid” the other fellow for a
"piece of property he does not want, or “move out’. Con-
sequently, if problems of this kind are to be solved,
solutions must be found in public rather than private
action and further, since these problems are local in char- -
acter they should and must be solved by local authorities.
Existing ordinances are inadequate, therefore, new
ordinances must be enacted. Such legislation should be
framed with careful thought and professional study. Com-
munity planning for our area is a “must”, if we are to
control our growth and preserve tnhe area’s desirable
character.
II. What is Community Planning?
III. How is Community Planning Implemented?
IV. Zoning and Subdivision Controls.
V. Present Local Efforts.
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Hostility to youth is the worst vice of ‘the middle-aged. It is
7 silly to quarrel with the chamois because he has not come by the
mule path.
wait; he will get plenty of chances.” How do they know?
I hate to hear people saying, “He is young, he must
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J. A. Spender The Comments Of Bagshot
The late Henry Ford was once asked in an interview if he felt
that there were any disadvantages in having great wealth, “Well”
drawled Ford, “for me it was when Mrs. Ford quit cooking.”
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A Prayer for All of Us
(Former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York
likes to quote this prayer, sent to him by William E.
Robinson, who, in turn, received it from its author,
a Mother Superior who wishes to be anonymous.
Reprinted by permission of The Reader's Digest.)
Lord, Thou knowest better than I know myself that
I am growing older, and will some day be old.
Keep me from getting talkative, and particularly
from the fatal habit of thinking I must say something
on every subject and on every occasion.
Release me from craving to try to straighten out
everybody's affairs.
Keep my mind free from the recital of endless details.
Give me wings to get to the point.
I ask for grace enough to listen to the tales of others’
pains. Help me to endure them with patience.
But seal my lips on my own aches and pains. They
are increasing and my love of rehearsing them is becom-
ing sweeter as the years go by.
Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally it is
possible that I may be mistaken. :
Keep me reasonably sweet. I do not want to be a
saint—some of them are so hard to live with—but a
Jour old woman is one of the crowning works of the
devil,
Make me thoughtful, but not moody; helpful, but *
not bossy. With my vast store of wisdom, it seems
a pity not to use it all—but Thou knowest, Lord, that
I want a few friends at the end. 3
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
ir HAPPENED J{() YEARS Aco:
A Dailas Borough school child,
John Hazeltine, 6, died following
an operation for removal of an
eye.
Burgess Harry Anderson was
pointed deputy coroner.
Elisha Ryman, 73, died of pneum-
onia at his home in East Dallas.
[Stocking of trout at Harveys Lake
was started. )
Mrs. J. P. A. Schmerer headed
the newly formed auxiliary for Dr.
Henry M. Laing Fire Company.
Lee Tracy, Shavertown, was work-
ing in a cast headed by Douglas
Fairbanks, for First National Pict-
ures.
An unoccupied bungalow in East
ap-
| Dallas, owned by George LaBar, was
completely destroyed by fire.
Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club was
studying the thorny school problem
in Kingston Township.
Women were urged to attend a
cooking demonstration staged at
Oliver's showrooms, where prepar-
ations were made for 150 guests.
Prince of Peace services were
held at the Lutheran Church.
Cigaretts for $1.25 per carton,
hot-cross buns two dozen for a
quarter.
| IT HAPPENED 20) years Aco:
Harry Ohlman, president of Dr.
Henry M. Laing Fire Company, was
chairman of a minstrel show plan-
ned for early March. Hank Peterson
was in charge of advance publicity;
Fred Kiefer, interlocutor; David
Jones, director.
Ladies Slovak Union started pro-
ceedings to take over the Sullivan
Building.
Mrs. Rachel Wykoff, 90, had an
article in Nature Magazine on ob-
servations made at the Bird Sanct-
nary.
James Hutchison, Luzerne County
Agent, was baffled by area farm-
ers’ indifference to raising a cash
crop of tomatoes for the cannery.
Canned tomatoes were a staple for
army purchase, and farmers were
passing up a financially desirable
operation.
Dr. Henry M Laing Fire Auxil-
iary was celebrating its tenth an-
niversary. Mrs. John Girvan re-
viewed its history for a large gather-
ing.
‘Dr. Bodycomb’s aunt, Mrs. Mar-
ian Bodycomb Hazel, was instantly
killed in Washington D.C. when,
on the verge of being rescued by
firemen from a burning apartment
house, she fell from a high window
to the pavement.
Mrs. John Garbutt was appointed
chairman of the Women’s Division
Luzerne County Council of Defense.
rr uappeNeD 1() YEARS Aco:
The rabies epidemic was abating,
but mad raccoons were still seen,
‘rolling about in the road, and mad
foxes, completely fearless,
prowling the countryside.
Ben Banks, founder of Harveys
Lake Lions Club, was feted by 350
roaring lions at a dinner held in
his honor at the Country Club.
Louis Kelly, Tdetown, was recalled
to the service, stationed at the
Naval Air Station in New Orleans.
- Harry Ohlman, president of Dal-
las firemen for ten years, was hon-
ored on his retirement.
Members of Prince of Peace ves-
try were painting walls and floor
of the parish hall under direction
of Paul Goddard.
Charles Long was the subject of
a Know-Your-Neighbor column.
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Safety Valve
FUN IN THE TRADING POST
Dear Mr. Risley:
Tn last week’s Post appeared an
Ad which through some unknown
reason presented the solution to a
problem but entirely eliminated the
problem. The Ad as you can recall
read thusly: ADVISEMENT CORD-
TALLY GIVEN. METICULOUS WORK
| PERFORMED FOR THE DISCRIM-
INATING HOME OWNER.
This Ad not only provoked the
advertiser but = also presented a
very amusing chain of events. Dur-
ing the course of the day Don
Edwards who placed this Ad was
besieged with calls from his friends
and neighbors asking advice on all
forms of endeavor. Advice to Teen-
agers, The thickness of the ice at
Harveys Lake, Jungle Rot, Stock
Market Fluctuations, Prenatal care,
Falling Hair and Psychiatric treat-
ment. Indeed, Mr. Edwards friends
thought he had gone off the deep
end for submitting such a controv-
ersial advertisement.
[Contrary to the erraneous set up
of the ad please be assured that
Don Edwards is very much with
imbred artistic talent. May I again
present Don’s ad as it should have
appeared. z
Paper Hanging and Decorative Ad-
visement. Meticulous work per-
formed for the Discriminating Home
Owner. Estimates cordially given.
D. L. Edwards, 76 Perrin Avenue,
Shavertown OR 4-3482.
A Faithful ‘Subscriber
P. S. The phone calls in reference
| to this ad were not malicious but
merely ribs from his many friends.
Sell Quickly Through
Post Classified Ads
it. A craftsman in his field with an |
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1962
THEE
After the Council of Constance
(1414-15), composed of hundreds of
Church and temporal dignitaries,
had deposed three competing Popes
and selected a new one, they tack-
led the problem of heresy in Bo-
hemia. John Huss or Hus and Jers
ome of Prague were tried and
condemned, "and, notwithstanding
they had been guaranteed safety,
they were burned at the stake. This
touched off a big rebellion.
* The new Pope, Martin V, ordered
a crusade, followed by four more,
and in every one the immense arm-
ies of the invaders were soundly
defeated by the fanatical Bohem-
ians, who thereupon fell to disput-
ing and fighting among themselves.
j= the end the Church made some
i concessions to stop the fighting. Out
of all this, which continued over
many years, there eventually em-
erged the Unitas Fratrum, later
known as Moravians, They were
noted for simplicity, piety, accept-
ance of the authority of the script-
ures, episcopal form of church org-
anization, and absolute fearlessness.
Some moved to England in the
early 1700's, and the 1735, John
Wesley met, and was impressed
by a group journeying to Georgia
and Pennsylvania.
They had the respect of pract-
ically all men, white and red. Most
of the Indians accepted them glad-
ly and they moved everywhere in
missionary work. They lived in Ind-
ian villages, and at least one, Christ-
ian, Frederick Post, married an
Indian girl. In his book “Indians
in Pennsylvania”, Paul A. W. Wal-
lace quotes from Post, also six
other missionaries: George Henry
Loskiel, Benjamin Mortimer, David
Zeisberger, John Jacob Schmick,
Nikolaus Ludwig Graf Von (Count)
Zinzendorf, and John Heckewelder.
The latter is said to have traveled
30,000 miles. There were many oth-
ers. They established Christian Vil-
lages at Gnadenhutten at Lehigh-
ton, Friedenshutten at Wyalusing,
Lawunakhannek on the Allegheny,
had a mission at Sheshequin with
residents at many villages. They
organized Indian schools. The Gnad-
enhutten settlement later moved to
Ohio.
Tn 1741 David Zeisberger and a
small group established a white
settlement on the Lehigh River which
Count Zinzendorf on Christmas Eve
named “Bethlehem.” They erected
substantial stone buildings, some of
which are still standing, including
a [Single Sisters House, Single
Brothers House, Widows’ House, and
girls and boys schools. The Mora-
vian Church, present building built
in 1806, is head church of the Mora-
vians in America. Moravion College
is the outgrowth of their early
girls school. They maintained hos-
pitals during the Revolution. Count
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Zinzendorf preached
Valley in 1742.
In 1743 they founded Lititz, Pa.,
named for the town in their home-
land where their Church was found-
ed exactly three hundred years
before. Here the buildings con-
structed were similar to those in
Bethlehem, also used by hospitals.
Also in 1743 they bought a tract
and started Nazareth, Pa. with a
similar set up of buildings and
schools. Here they maintain a
museum. In 1754 Bishop August
Gottlieb Spangenberg took a group
south and founded Salem, N. C,,
with a set-up quite similar to those
in Pa.
All the above named white set-
tlements prospered, with many of
the older buildings are still standng.
However their Christian Indian vil-
lages did not do so well. To the
disgrace of the white men be it
said, the Christian Indians were
treated worse than the savages.
There were several massacres of the
unarmed and unoffending Indians,
in Wyoming
under Lazarus Stewart, subsequent-
ly killed in the Battle of Wyoming,
and in Ohio at Gnadenhuetten on
the Muskingum. Best known of all
the White Man's massacre of Ind-
iang was of all the family of John
Logan by men of Col. Michael Cres-
ap, who later claimed he was
personally not present. Some of
Logan’s family had once been Rom-
an Catholics and some had be-
come Lutherans. They were not
Moravians. '
Logan’s letter to Lord Dunmore,
Governor of Virginia, 1774, is one
of the classics of our language:
“I appeal to any white man to
say if ever he entered Logan’s cab-
in hungry and I gave him not meat;
if ever he came cold or naked and
I gave him not clothing”.
“During the course of the last
long and bloody war Logan re-
mained in his tent an advocate
of peace. Nay, such was my friend-
ship for the whites, that those of
my own country pointed at me as
they passed by and said, ‘Logan
is the friend of the white man’.
I had even thought to live with
you but for the injuries of one
man. Colonel Cresap the last spring,
in cold blood, and unprovoked, cut
off all the relatives of Logan; not
sparing even my women and child-
ren. There runs not a drop of my
blood in the veins of any human
creature. This called on me for
revenge. IT have sought it. I have
killed many. I have fully glutted
my vengeance. For my country, I
rejoice at the beams of peace. Yet,
do not. harbor the thought that
mine is the joy of fear. Logan never
felt fear. He will not turn on his
heel to save his life. Who is there
to mourn for Logan? Not one.”
Memorial services will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 at Westover
Air Force Base, Mass., for Major
Earl R. Cairl, 46, grandson of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William Cairl
and nephew of William Cairl Jr.
and Mrs. Viola Schmassman of
Dallas.
Major Cairl, the son of Earl R.
Cairl, Sr., formerly of Dallas, now
of Philadelphia, and the late Elsie
Evans Cairl of Tunkhannock, was
lost last Friday night when he fell
31,000 feet from an Air Force B-
12 Stratofortress on a training mis-
sion over Thule, Greenland.
In command of the plane, Major
Cairl was attempting to correct a
minor electrical difficulty when the
escape hatch jettisoned and he fell
out. After the mishap, the co-pilot
took over the controls and brought
the plane in safely.
Major Cairl, his wife Kay, a nat-
ive of England, and their two sons,
Grey and Brett, aged 3 and 5, spent.
Grandson Of Late Dallas Couple
Falls From Plane Over Greenland
some time here last August, dur-
ing the week after his grandmoth-
er passed away. His cousin Capt.
Clayton Cairl also in the U.S. Air
Force was visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wlliam Cairl Jr., at the
time and the two men had much
in common to talk about.
Major Cairl, a tall handsome of-
ficer, was born in Kingston June
19, 1916. During his youth he lived
for a time wth an aunt, Mrs. How-
ard D. Wormer, Forty Fort, and
spent some of his summers with
grandparents and relatives in Tunk-
hannock.
He entered service in June 1941
and served in Europe with the
Air Transport Command. A year
ago he was transferred to West-
over from Riverside, California,
where he still retained a home al-
though his family was now with
him at Granby, Mass, not far
from Westover Air Force Base.
Moore Advanced;
James G. Groendyk, president of
rubber operations for Great Amer-
ican Industries, recently announced
the appointment of Philip H. Moore
as vice-president and general mana-
PHILIP MOORE
ger of Linear, Incorporated. Mr.
Moore, in his new capacity, assumes
complete responsibility for all opera-
tons at the Dallas plant. In his
new capacity he will be responsible
Linear Furnished
Components For Glenn's Rockets
for all manufacturing, financial,
sales and administrative activities.
Mr. Moore resides at Oak Hill,
with his wife Mildred and daught-
ers, Jacqueline and Geraldine. He
joined Linear in 1935 and has
served in various supervisory cap-
acities during his tenure. He is a
member of Gate of Heaven Parish
and serves on the Executive Com-
mittee of its Holy Name Society.
He is also a member of Dallas Rot-
ary Club.
Linear, Incorporated, a subsidi-
ary of Great American Industries,
New York City, is engaged in the
manufacture of precision moulded
mechanical packings and plays an
important role in national defense
and space exploration programs.
Of particular infterest to Wyoming
Valley residents was the support-
ing role Linear played in Col. John
Glenn’s successful earth orbit last
Tuesday when it had been chosen to
furnish critical components of both
the booster rockets and space cap-
sule, the latter furnished by Me-
Donnell Aircraft of St. Louis, Mo.
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With so many moon probes being
planned, the first man to land there
is likely to be an enterprising used-
rocket dealer.—Changing times
particularly at Conestoga in Lan- i
caster County by the Paxtang Boys
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Looking at
T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Fourteen Countries have request-
ed prints of the White House Tour
with Mrs, Kennedy.
Since the show was televised
with an estimated total of 46,550,-
000 American viewers looking on,
the Columbia Broadcasting System
has been asked to supply prints to
countries interested in putting it
on their stations. Communist Hung-
ary is one of the interested count-
ries.
‘When the show was made, Mrs.
Kennedy delivered introductions a-
bout a minute in length in French
and Spanish as well as in English
with an idea to foreign - distribu-
tion.
Television prints have been sent
to New Delhi, India, an experiment-
al TV area and to Karachi, Pakis-
tan, a non-TV area. They will be
shown in advance of Mrs. Ken-
nedy’s trip to those countries next
month.
Other nations expressing interest
include Switzerland, Great Britain,
Belgium, West Germany, Italy, Swed-
en, the Netherlands, the Philippines,
Japan, Australia, Argentina, France
and Ireland, where television has
only recently begun,
Gale Gordon, a character actor
who plays comedy parts, has been
selected for a new role in “Dennis
the Menace.” The show has been
renewed for another year before
the death on Saturday of Joseph
IS. Kearns, who portrayed Mr. Wil-
son.
In the series’ last six episodes
to be televised this season, Mr. Gor-
don will play John Wilson, a broth-
er of the other Mr. Wilson. He will
live in the house formerly occupied
by his brother.
Just how the absence of the orig-
inal Mr. Wilson will be explained
hasn't been determined as yet.
Mr. Gordon was a regular in
“Our Miss Brooks” and “The Broth-
ers” and he was a guest on the
“Danny Thomas Show.”
New Show - A filmed slapstick-
comedy series entitled, “Oh, Those
Bells!” will make its debut on the
CBS-TV network soon. It will re-
place the Bob Cummings program.
The Wiere Brothers, Herbert, Har-
ry and ‘Sylvester will play the
Bell Brothers in the series. They
will portray employes of a Holly-
wood theatrical property house that
tents props, costumes and special
effect devices to movie and televi-
sion studios.
' The Wieres are not familiar to
television audiences since they have
worked primarily in night clubs and
motion pictures.
Sing Along With Mitch has been
renewed for two years. Even though
it is not definite it is thought that
the program will be put in an earl-
jer time spot in the Fall.
Try-Outs - Three shows that are
being considered as series next
Fall will be shown as pilot films
on ‘‘Alcoa Premiere”.
The films are “Salty O'Rourke,”
a comedy-drama starring Ernest
Borgnine asa PT boat commander
in the South Pacific during World
War 2; “Rope-Riders,” ‘a rodeo
drama starring Earl Holliman and
Andrew Prine, and “The Best
Years,” a drama about college life
starring Henry Jones and Jason
Evers.
The dates on which the pilot
films will be televised have not been
announced as yet. :
Viewers who write and give their
reactions to these pilot films will
be helping to decide whether or not
they should become series.
Fred Astaire is host and narrator
of the “Alcoa Premiere.”
John James Audubon
1785 - 1851
By Rosemary and
~ Stephen Vincent Benet
Some men live for warlike deeds
Some for women’s words
John James Audubon
Lived to look at birds.
Pretty birds and bunny birds
All our native fowl
From the little cedar waxwing
To the Great Horned Owl
Let the wind blow hot or cold,
Let it rain or snow,
Everywhere the birds went
Audubon would go. .
Scrambling through a wilderness
Floating down a stream,
All around America
In a feathered dream.
Thirty years of traveling,
Pockets often bare,
(Lucy Bakewell Audubon
Patched them up with care).
Followed grebe and meadowlark,
Saw them sing and splash.
(Lucy Bakewell Audubon
Somehow raised the cash.)
Drew them all the way they lived
In their habitats,
(Lucy Bakewell Audubon
Sometimes wondered ‘‘Cats?”)
Colored them and printed them
In a giant book, :
“Birds of North America’’—
|All the world said, “Look”
Gave him medals and degrees,
Called him noble names,
—Lucy Bakewell Audubon
Kissed her queer John James.
From [A Book of Americans
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DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
From
Pillar To Dost. s
by Hix
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(A totally unsolicited plug for Frigidaire, from a satisfied customer)
For twenty-seven years it has been ticking away in the kitchen.
It has never needed any tinkering. It has survived three moves,
starting up again on each occasion without complaint. *
It is small, and it is somewhat old fashioned, standing on four
sturdy little legs instead of meeting the flagstone floor in a solid
column of white enamel.
Why don't I get a more up to date model ?
Actually,
small space under the cupboards, wedged in that space between
sink and wall.
Also, because I have great faith in that sterling principle,
“Never monkey with the carburetor when the engine is doing all
right.”
How do I know that a newer model would run for twenty-seven
years? ’
Visitors to the kitchen marvel: “How can you manage with
such a small refrigerator?” &
It holds eveything I want it to hold. Let the super market keep
the frozen food. (Have to go to the store for bread in any event,
and that involves passing the frozen food cabinet.) ’
How do women who own refrigerators with automatic . de-
frosting mechanism keep the contents of the refrigerator under
control? The time to sort out the two prunes floating in a sea of
syrup, the pair of hot dogs past their prime and sprouting greenish
whisker, and the jar of accumulated vegetables intended for soup
three weeks ago, is when the refrigerator door is open, the
motor turned off, and the jacket of ice dripping clammily into the
pan beneath the unit. i
If the refrigerator does its own remembering, it should also
have a built-in device for heaving out the dying left-overs, a selec-
tive mechanical brain that can distinguish between articles which
still have a breath of life in them, and those which are obviously
defunct. ;
Such items could be detoured down a chute. (Watch it, here
comes that dab of tomato paste and the ‘wilted salad.)
Come to think of it, why do I want anything that will last
another twenty-seven? At the age of ninety-seven, I might not
even need a refrigerator.
because very few refrigerators would fit into that
Poet's Corner
“MUGGS”
To Linda, Marc, and Diane
Muggs was a fine and loyal dog,
A true member of the family.
He was sturdy and strong, a big Boxer dog,
Yet always so gentle and friendly.
He'll surely be missed by the folks at home,
For there was no pal more sincere.
And no other pet will quite take his place,
He'd been with them many a year.
You see, there came a silent call one day,
As God whispered he wanted him near.
He was needed in heaven to romp and play,
With the other dogs safe in “Gods” care.
From Aunt Laura }
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100 Years Ago This Week...in
THE CIVIL WAR | *
(Events exactly 100 years ago this week in the Civil War—
told in the language and style of today.)
Union Troops Occupy
City of Nashville, Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Feb. 28—The bloodless occupation of this
“Southern metropolis was completed today, with Union troops under
Brig. Gen. Don Carlos Buell in full command.
The invaders poured into the
undefended city as its 30,000 in-
habitants watched dourly. Fresh
from rousing victories at Fort
Donelson and Fort Henry, some
70 miles northwest on the Cum-
berland and Tennessee rivers, the
Union troops presented a smart,
orderly appearance.
The occupation ended days of
unrest, rioting and looting in
Nashville, one of the last Tennes-
see strongholds for the south.
* * *
"AS DID other cities, Nashville
launched a big celebration two
weeks ago after the false report
that Southern forces had been
victorious at Fort Donelson. Actu-
ally, the rebels lost 2,000 men
there. .
When word of the fort’s surren-
der Hit town, the citizens began
to flee in tha belief that Brig. Gen.
U. S. Grant was advancing swift-
ly. Southern defense forces pulled
out at once, on order of Maj. Gen.
William J. Hardee, their com-
mander. ;
Gov. Isham G. Harris and
other state officials left for
BRIG. GEN. BUELL -
Takes First Rebel Capital
stored order. Forrest directed the
shipment of vital military goods
Memphis with a trainload of |to other Southern cities.
official papers. , AS A PARTING defense move,
The hysteria reached its peak |Col. Forrest ordered destruction
with survivors of the Fort Donel- |of the city’s two bridges across
son rout, led by Brig. Gens. [the Cumberland.
Gideon Pillow and John B. Floyd, | Nashville is the first Southern
arrived with terrifying stories of | capital to be seized by Union
bloodthirsty Union troops in hot | forces. Tennessee was the last of
pursuit. the seccessionist states to leave.
Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest|the Union, and pro-north senti-
and his cavalry, also in retreat|ment still is felt by many of its
from Fort Donelson, finally re- | citizens.
New U.S.S. “Monitor”
Readying for Sea
NEW YORK, N.Y.—March 3— Extensive preparations were being
made today for the departure from this port of the U.S.S. Monitor,
* the Union Navy’s first ironclad man of war. ho 4
The 172-foot vessel, launched five weeks ago after a whirlwind 16-
week construction period, carries two 11-inch guns housed in armored
turrets. It has a 41-foot beam and a 10-foot draft.
Its construction was ordered after Union officials learned of Con-
federate plans to launch an ironclad as a blockade runner. :
The Southern ship, the Merrimac, is a former 3,500-ton, 40-gun Union
frigate that was scuttled last Spring when Union forces were swept
out of Norfolk. : 3
(Copyright, 1963, Hegewisch News Syndicate, Chicago 38, Ill. Photo: Lfe
brary of Congress.)
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