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SECTION B— PAGE 2
fixed.
Editor Enalyzes
Manners And Morals
(Cont. from Page 1)
if Johnny can’t read by the time
he’s ready to get married let’s find
out why.
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Let's look at the distribution of
public largesse, and if, far from
alleviating human misery, it is pro-
ducing the sloth and irresponsi-
bility that intensifies it, let's get it
» * *
Let’s quit being bulldozed and
bedazzled by self-appointed long-
hairs. Let's have the guts to say
that a book is dirt if that’s what
we think of it, or that a painting
Y may be a daub if the judges un-
wittingly hang it upside down. And
if some beatnik welds together a
collection of rusty cog-wheels and
old corset stays and claims it's a
greater sculpture than Michelan-
gela’s “David” let's have the cour-
age ‘to say that it looks like junk
and may well be.
* *
Let's: blow he whistle on plays
that would bring blushes to an
Americar: Legion stag party. Let's
not by awed by movie characters
with barnyard morals even if some
of them have been photographed
climbing ‘aboard the Presidential
yacht. Let ‘us pay more attention
in our news \columns to the decent
people everywhere who are trying
to do something for the good of
others.
PI
In short, let's cover up the cess-
pool and start. planting some
flowers.
* * *
Fed Up to Here
Well, that’s the jeremiad. I never
dreamed I'd go around sounding
like an advance man for Carry
Nation, On' some people I still think
bikinis look : fine.
But I am fed up to here with
the educationists and pseudosocial
scientists who have under-rated our
potential as a people. .
I am fed up to here with the
medicine men who try to pass off
pretense for art and Prurience for
literature.
I am tired of seeing America de-
based in the eyes of foreigners.
And I am genuinely disturbed
that to idealistic youth in many
countries the: fraud of Communism
appears synonymous with morality,
while we, the chief repository of
real freedom, are regarded as being
in the last stages of decay.
To the Typewriters!
We can learn ga lesson from his-
tory. Twice before our British cou-
sins appeared to be heading into
a collapse of principle, and twice
they drew themselves back. The
British court reached an advanced
tree of corruption under the
Stuarts. But the people rebelled.
And in the wild days of George IV
and William IV it looked as though
Britain were rotting out again. But
| the people banged through the re-
form laws, and under Victoria went
on to the peak of their power.
Tn ‘this: hour of misbehavior, self-
indulgence and self-doubt let this
be the story of America, Unless I
misread the signs a great mumber
of our people are ready. Let there
be a fresh breeze of new pride, new
idealism, new integrity..
And here, gentlemen, is where we
come in.
We have typewriters.
‘We have presses,
We have a huge audience.
How about raising Hell ?
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There was a good crowd ‘at the
Twin Covered Bridge dedication at
Forks Sunday afternoon, with cars
lining all approach roads and jam-
ming the parking lot.
The newly refurnished bridges,
glistened with red paint, their metal
roofing reflecting the sudden sun-
shine after an overcast day.
Underneath the longer span,
Huntington Creek was balked by a
small dam, thrown up two days
before by a bulldozer in the inter-
ests of forming enough of a pool
to make the bridge interesting and
provide a wading place for children
visiting the new recreation area.
Only a store’s throw from Forks,
traffic goes by on a new concrete
structure, leaving the abandoned
twin covered bridges to become an
attraction for - picnic parties and
tourists with cameras. :
The new red paint came out of a
drum, not out of the sour milk
bucket that once furnished basic
material for barn-red paint when
mixed with brick dust and a quan-
tity of coal-oil.
The bridges were reconditioned
when it was decided to make them
a focus for a recreation area. Weath-
ered siding was ripped off and re-
placed, leaving intact the mammoth
beams which are framed together
with oak pins toward the roof,
heavy metal bolts farther down.
The heavy planks, where horses
and buggies, carryalls, and loads of
hay once raised clouds of dust as
they rumbled hollowly through the
tunnels, have been ripped up, and
a smooth flooring substituted. Heavy
enough for picnic crowds, the floor
is not intended to withstand traffic.
Both ends of the bridges are guard-
ed by stout barriers, and the in-
teriors once reverberating to the
clop-clop of horses’ hoover, now re-
sound with childish laughter as
mothers settle themselves for a day
in the shade while youngsters go
skipping off down th steps to the
gravelled shore and the blissful cool-
ness of the shallow creek.
Picnic tables and benches, con-
tributed by Columbia County fra-
ternal orders and places of business,
march down the middle of the two
bridges.
On Sunday, visitors from neigh-
boring towns crowded the bridges,
and spilled over into the open space
between them where the ceremonies
were scheduled to begin at 2:30,
and actually got under way at 3
p. m, Part of the crowd had gone
sailing past the Forks to Sillwater,
where another abandoned bridge,
much longer than the twin struc-
tures, awaits the mod from the
County Supervisors and the Theo-
dore Burr Covered Bridge Associa-
tion.
Frank Paden built the bridges
back in 1850, before the outbreak
of the Civil War. A young man,
he died of tuberculosis in his early
thirties. ‘A granddaughter and three
great-granddaughters of the build-
er, Mrs. Ernest Hess of Espy, Mrs.
Edward Berteli, Mrs. Henry Hen-
ninger and Mrs. Michael Evina of
Berwick, were present.
Harold A. Swenson, director of
Tourist Promotion, gave the main
address. Dr. Sylvester K. Stevens,
director of Pennsylvania Historical
and Museum Commission, made re-
marks after unveiling of the plaque
bearing the date and names of the
three Columbia County supervisors.
M-C was Richard Walton, chief
clerk.
Somebody turned off the loud-
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1962
Twin Covered Bridges Built At Forks
In 1850 Are Preserved For Posterity
speaker,
The crowd thinned.
An elderly man ran his finger
over a deep-carved legend in the
curying strut of the covered bridge,
“Peter loves Mary.”
A pair of middle-aged men remi-
nisced. “Remember how it used to
sound ‘when we shot holes in the
roof ? Boy, what a big bang.”
The cars pulled out of the new
parking lot, and Huntington Creek
chuckled under the covered bridge.
Naugle - Meeker Reunion
Second Annual reunion of the
Naugle and Meeker familys was held
July 29, at Benton Park, Benton.
Walter Gordon, president, opened
the business meeting with a lovely
prayer.
Minutes of the 1961 reunion were
read by the (Secretary, Gloris
Naugle. Treasurer's report was by
Alice Kuczawa.
Historian, Eleanor Meeker re-
ported the following births: Mr. and
Mrs. Curtis' P. Mc Laughlin, a girl,
Tricia Jane, April 15, 1962; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Smith, a boy, Reese Y.,
Sept. 1961; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rem-
ley, a girl, Denise Jean, Dec. 25,
1961; Mr. and Mrs. ‘Gerald Naugle,
a girl, Lori Beth, Feb. 10, 1962;
Officers for 1963 were elected as
follows: President, Walter Gordon;
Vice Pres., Lloyd Naugle; Secretary,
Gloris Naugle; Treasurer, Marjorie
Huey; Historians, Bertha Ritten-
house and Betty Remley; Entertain-
ment, Alice Kuezawa, Tom Kuczawa,
and Beverly Rebert; Prizes, . Jennie
Steltz, Bertha Meeker and Ruth
King.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Oldest Person, Mrs. Bertha Ritten-
house; Oldest Bachelor, Mr. Glen
Meeker; Farthest Traveling, Mrs.
Neva Johns, Ohio; Longest Married,
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Naugle Sr;
Old Maid, Miss Ruth Fink; Youngest
baby, Lori Beth Naugle;
HOME OFFICE! NEWARK, N. J. o
Irem Women Golfers
Mrs. Frank Wagner and Mrs.
Louis Maslow tied for the -chair-
man’s prize, participating in a 36-
hole medal play. A play-off is
| scheduled for a later date.
At Great Lakes
Henry C. Stefanowicz, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Stefanowicz,
Harveys Lake, R.D. 1, began recruit
training, July 12, at the Naval
Training Center, Great Lakes, Ill.
The nine-week basic training con-
sists of military etiquette, drill, phy-
sical conditioning, swimming and
survival, first aid, shipboard safety
precautions and security duty.
Most re-
cently married, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Remley; Largest Family, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Remley; Nearest Family,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gordon; Sec-
ond Largest Family, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Naugle;
Following the business meeting
games were played by the children
led by Alice Kuczawa.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ken-
neth Huey, Miss Ruth Fink, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Kuczawa and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Joy C. Croop, Mrs. Bertha
Meeker, Marilyn and Glen Meeker,
Mrs. Bertha Rittenhouse, Mr. and
Mrs. Walter King, Mr. and Mus.
Kenneth Rebert, Mr. and Mrs. Bur-
ton Steltz, Mrs. Sam Edwards, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Lanning and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Neva Johns, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold W. Rittenhouse and grand-
son, Mr. and Mrs. William Naugle
Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Carl Remley and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gordon
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart
Weidow and daughters, Mr. and
Mrs. William Naugle Jr. and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Naugle and
family, Mr. Freas Meeker, Mr. Bur-
ton A. Steltz, Mr. and Mrs. Arden
L. Meeker, Miss Eleanor Meeker,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Naugle and
family. Visitors were Mrs. Herman
Lutes, and Miss Edith Ward.
Next year’s reunion will be held
at Rummages Grove, Date to be set
later. Cards will be sent.
Happy Angler
DIANE DAVIES
Diane Davies, an experienced an-
gler at 11 years of age, who has been
handling a fishpole ever since she
could” stand alone, on Wednesday
landed a 22 inch pike in front of
the log cabin which made headlines
for Dr. and Mrs. Carlton Davies last
summer in the Dallas Post.
Diane saw the pike jump in the
rapids of Mehoopany Creek, and
cast her flat-fish out into the cur-
rent. The pike struck, and Diane
reeled it in, expecting her pole to
crack or her thin nylon line to
break before she could heave it up
on the bank. She will have it
mounted as a trophy. The prize
is said to be the second largest ever
caught at Mehoopany Creek,
Williams In Japan
ATSUGI, Japan (FHTNC) —
Marine Private First Class David C.
Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don-
ald T. Williams, Huntsville road,
Dallas, is serving with Marine Air
Base Squadron 11, a unit of Marine
Aircraft Group 11 at the Naval Air
Station, Atsugi, Japan.
The aircraft group is a unit of the
“| Leonard Adamshick,
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Barbershop Quartet To
Sing At Lehman Program
Wilkes-Barons barber-shop quar-
tet will sing some prime old
favorites Friday night at Lehman
Methodist Church, the first appear-
ance of the group since it joined the
National SPEBSQSA. Harry Taylor
is the ‘ead; Sheldon Ehret, first
tenor; Harry Howell, baritone; Gar-
win Tough, bass.”
Friendship Class is sponsoring the
program, a reading by Mrs. John N.
Ferguson. At the Lehman Horse
Show parade, the Friendship Class
staged a tableau to advertise “Ap-
plesauce Needs (Sugar’’, with Mrs. A.
Vanderhoff, Mrs. Sterling ‘Barnes
and Mrs. Albert Ide, modelling Mo-
ther Hubbards designed by Mrs.
paring and
tossing out apple sections along the
road. Attention was riveted on the
big bags of sugar alongside the par-
ers, Applesauce Needs Sugar de-
votes a whole chapter to “Sugar.”
The story is about a family of
nine, and their life in Texas and
Oregon at the turn of thecentury,
a warm and witty story revolving
around the mother, who has an
abiding faith in the goodness of the
world.
To Run Philadelphia
NBC Radio Station
Migs Shirley Rasmus, formerly
of Trucksville; has been named
Assistant Radio Promotion Manager
for Station WRCV Philadelphia,
NBC owned, it was announced by
WRCV Station, Manager, Dick Pais-
ley.
Miss Rasmus was with Arndt,
Preston, Chapin, Lamb & Keen
Advertising Agency, after greaduat-
ing from Westmoreland High School
in 1955.
Her mother resides in Trucksville.
First Marine Air Wing, which pro-
vides aerial support for the Third
Marine Division on Okinawa in its
field exercises and training opera-
tions.
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Firemen’s Auction
Is Marked Success
Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire Com-
pany thanks all who donated artic-
les, contributed in any way, and
worked toward making Saturday's
Auction-Rummage sale a success.
Auctioneers were Cletus Holcomb,
Sr., Loren Cragle, Jr., president of
the Firemen. They were assisted by
Bill George, Barry Ray, Ronnie
Hontz and Gerard Kipp. Mrs. Cletus
Holcomb, Jr., president of the
Auxiliary, acted as cashier.
New goods, along with used goods
and some antique pieces were of-
fered over the block. Bidders had
the convenience of being inside
since the auction was held at the
Ross Elementary School.
Under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Ord Trumbower, the ladies in the
kitchen, working hard, served a
tasty menu, featuring home made
pies. 4
The Firemen will meet tonight of
8 at the Fire hall.
Mrs: Troxell Will Retire
From Beauty-Shop Field
Mrs. Clara Troxell is retiring
from business in the Beauty Parlor
field. Taking over her establish-
ment on Main Street, Dallas on
September 1 will be Shirley Mae
‘Wall, her assistant for nearly two
years, and well acquainted with
Mrs. Troxell’s clientele. .
’ For thirty-five years, Mrs. Troxell
has been in the business, the last
eight years in Dallas. With the
death two years ago of her husband,
the late Roy Troxell, Mrs. Troxell
laid long-range plans for retire-
ment, selling her home on Machell
Avenue and making her. residence
with her son Wayne and his family
in Shavertown.
She belongs to Huntsville Chris-
tian Church, Order of Eastern (Star,
American Legion Auxiliary of
Wilkes-Barre. She is a past presi-
dent of Women of Kitvanis.
Enjoying a rest long overdue,
Mrs. Troxell expects to spend the
winter in Florida before laying,
plans for the future. {
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