SECTION A —PAGE 2
THE DALLAS POST Established 1889
“More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
Now In Its 73rd Year”
A nowpartisan, liberal progressive newspaper pub-
lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant,
Lekman Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
ita,
: . Member Audit Bureau of Circulations <
Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association /
; Member National Editorial Association Sorat
Member Greater Weeklies Associates, Inc.
“Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas,
Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879, Subcription rates: $4.00 a
year; $2.50 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less than
six .months. . Qut-of-State subscriptions; $4.50 a year; $3.00 six
months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 15¢.
We will not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manu-
scripts, photographs and editerial matter unless self-addressed,
stamped envelope is enclosed, and in no case will this material be
held for mete than 30 days.
When requesting a change of address subscribers are asked
to give their old as well as new address.
Allow two weeks for changes of address or new subscriptions
to be placed on mailing list.
The Post is sent free to all Back Mountain patients in local
hospitals. If you are a patient ask your nurse for it.
Unless ‘paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance
ciat announcements of plays, parties, rummage sales or any affair
for raising money will appear in a specific issue.
Preference will in all instances be given to editorial matter which
has not previeusly gppenred in publication.
National display-advertising rates 84c per column inch.
Transient rates 80c.
Political advertising $1.10 per inch.
Preferred position additional 10c per inch. Advertising deadline
vonday 5 P.M.
Advertising copy received after Monday 5 P.M. will be charged
at 85¢c per column inch.
Classified rates 5c per word. Minimum if charged $1.00.
Single eoples at a rate of 10c can be obtained every Thursday
morning at the following mewstands: Dallas — - Bert's Drug Store.
Colonial Restaurant, Daring’s ~~ Mark:i, Gosart’s Market,
Towne House Restaurant; Shavertown — Evans Drug Store, Hall's
Drug Store; Trucksville — Gregory's Store, Trucksville Drugs;
Idetown — Cave’s Maket; Harveys Lake — Javers Store, Kockers’s
Store; Sweet Valley — Adams Grocery; Lehman — Moore’s Store;
Noxen — Scouten’s Store; Shawnese — Puterbaugh’s Store; Fern-
brook — Bogdon’s Store, Bunney’s Store, Orchard Farm Restaurant;
95a"
* Luzerne — Novak's Confectionary.
Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY
Associate Publisher—ROBERT F. BACHMAN
Associate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
Advertising—LOUISE C. MARKS
Accounting—DORIS MALLIN
Circulation—MRS. VELMA DAVIS
Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK
2 Safety
IT IS A PLEASURE
Dear Sir:
Bearing in mind that October 14
was designated as National News-
paper week, we wanted to take this
opportunity te thank you for the
publicity you render the Red Cross.
Thank you.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Robert Schuler
Public Relations Chairman
GOOD COVERAGE
Dear Mr. Risley:
Congressman. and Mrs, William 'W.
Scranton = aré* delighted with the
coverage which your newspaper has
been giving his candidacy for gover-
nor.
Because he" 5 so busy campaign-
ing, I am writing this letter on his
“behalf thanking you for your inter-
est and support.
The Congressman sends you his
best wishes and with kindest per-
sonal regards, I am
Sincerely your,
ERNEST J. GAZDA, Esq.
Executive Assistant to
William ‘W. Scranton, M, C.
PRAISES VALLEY CREST
Dear Sir:
Enclosed is a sort of testimonial
in deepest appreciation to the Valley
Crest Home and all workers there.
As it states, I'm writing in behalf of
John Hoppes, my brother, formerly
from Ruggles who is now a very
satisfied, grateful patient at Valley
Crest. We have visited him many
times during this past year and
each time he has more praise for
the care he and the others receive
from these wonderful people. One
other instance I failed to include in
the enclosed page is that once be-
cause of a minor upset he was con-
fined to bed, when the Nurse looked
in on him she’ felt he was lonesome
and rather dejected so proceeded to
roll him, bed and all into the So-
larium where he could be with the
other wheel-chair patients and en-
joy the television even while in bed.
These are the things that must
mean so much to one not able to
take care of himself.
I think very. often if we have no
specific reason ‘to visit an institu-
tion such as this we let it go un-
noticed, and this is a grave mistake
in the case of Valley Crest. People
in the Valley should be very proud
of this Home and should visit so
they could really appreciate it. John
asked that I write a note of ap-
preciation on his behalf and see that
it was published. However, it is
difficult to put into words what we
really. feel; but maybe this will give
some idea.
Thank you.
! Sincerely,
Mary Hoppes Montross
(Mrs. Clarence)
~My brother, John Hoppes, is one
of the “fortunate unfortunates” to
be a resident of the Valley Crest)
Luzerne County Home.
Unfortunate because he was born
a cripple, never being able to walk
without the aid of a cane and be-
cause of this our parents left their
homes here in the Valley to try to
get medical aid for him. Through
the years he never really improved
and after the death of our parents
Valve . . .
he tried to maintain his own home;
but after a serious illness a few
years ago became confined to a
wheel chair.
Fortunate, because he was one of
the first patients to be admitted to
Valley Crest last January 2, 1962.
We mean this word ‘fortunate’ in
the fullest meaning because the
care, the consideration, the en-
couragement, the medical aid that
he receives there is greater than
words can tell. There was little ad-
justment to the new environment on
his part because of the treatment
he received — the sincerity and
graciousness of the attendants in
making him feel at home.
On each of our visits to him he
couldn’t tell us enough of the care
he received and how really good
everyone was to him. More recent-
ly we wisited him to learn that he
had been ill (as had most of the pa=
tients) and he said he realized even
more fully what consideration and
care could be given. Of course he
received immediate mdical treat-
ment almost before he realized he
was sick; and although he was con-
fined to his bed, he was in no way
slighted or forgotten because the
Nurses and others took time out to
“look in” on him every little bit,
He told us that although there
were many of them sick at the same
time, each one was treated as
though’ he were the only one sick
and had individual care. He is cer-
tain that no one any where could
have given him the care he received
there and wanted everyone to
know it.
October 25, 1962
Ruth Arendt Dies
(Continued from page 1)
The driver, David L. Arendt, 16,
failed to negotiate a right-hand turn,
and the car swerved into the heavy
lumber fence surrounding Sterling
Farms. It traveled 281 feet before
coming to a halt, right-side-up in a
field.
When the doctor arrived, David
was wandering in the field in a daze.
Ruth was pinned in the car.
John Stenger and Lee Zimmerman
came in the Harveys Lake ambu-
lanee, and Police Chief Edgar Hughes
and Assistant Chief Walbridge Leint-
hall investigated.
Ruth’s body was turned over to
Nulton Funeral Home, and Dr. Said-
man took David to Noxen Clinic
where he was treated for lacerations
of face and jaw. He was later taken
to General Hospital Where he is a
patient.
Since the accident happened in
Monroe Township Chief Hughes turn-
ed thg case over to State Police.
Ruth was the daughter of Mrs.
Mary E. Arendt and the late Samuel
E. Arendt, former pastor of the In-
dependent Bible Tabernacle, Noxen.
The family lives on Tunkhannock
Road, Noxen.
Miss Jessica Thomas, English
teacher at Lake-Lehman and resident
of Noxen, describes Ruth as having
been an “outstanding student’, as
are David and her oldest brother
Stephen, a freshman at Wilkes Col-
lege. Stephen was a winner of the
Rotary Book award.
The deceased will be buried from
Nulton Funeral Home, Beaumont.
Looking At
T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Robert Horton, who left “Wagon
Train” last June after five years as
.| the frontier scout, Flint McCullough,
has been signed up to play the male
lead in a new and as yet untitled
Richard Rodgers and Alan Jay
Lerner musical.
Horton has been eager for some
time ‘to try his luck on Broadway,
preferably in a musical.
According to one critic, on hearing
the rugged six-foot performer sing,
he said: “Mr. Horton set the audi-
ence back on its heels when he
began to sing. No one expected him
to be that good.”
Horton has been taking singing
lessons for some time.
Asked how Horton got the role,
Mr. Rodgers replied: “We had seen
him on television.”
So being in “Wagon Train” paid
off in more than a fat salary.
Princess Grace will give the tele-
vision viewers a guided tour of tax-
free Monaco. CBS-TV is sending in
a camera crew to film the special in
November.
The Revue Studios in Hollywood
have been hired for the job, which
will be done in the Jackie Kennedy
White-House tour tradition. The
special will be shown February 17.
The Peace Corps is being made
into a series for next year. Revue
Productions plans to dramatize real
experience in hour-long episodes
with the cooperation of the Peace
Corps.
Don Ameche left for Tokyo ‘to film
the Kinoshota Circus in Osaka and
performances at the Mikado Restau-
rant in Tokyo.
He is taking his wife along. When
he finishes in Japan they will con-
tinue on a round-the-world trip
returning about December 1.
Don has roamed through dozens
of European countries during the
past 18 months taping his season's
show.
A tremendous amount of prepara-
tion is necessary because many cir-
cus acts don’t televise well.
The producers spend weeks lining
everything up and Don usually
arrives three or four days before the
show is actually filmed.
LAWYERS, LAWYERS, EVERY-
WHERE and mot a case to loge.
Well, maybe a few according to
E. G. Marshall of “The Defenders,”
but not so for Raymond Burr of the
“Perry Mason’ show or Edmund
O’Brien of the new “Sam Benediev~
show. 1
A couple of years ago Perry
Mason did lose a case. This event
so unnerved his faithful viewers
that his record as television's most
successful defense attorney has been
without a blemish since.
Lawyers as a group don’t seem
to resent the image as created by
Burr.
He is frequently invited to speak
before lawyer groups. When May
1 was designed “Law Day, U.S.A.”
by Presidential proclamation. Ray-
mond Burr stood up at the end of
the broadcast and urged his viewers
to share his own interest in legal
processes.
E. G. Marshall has become so in-
terested in law since he started the
series that he now reads legal bul-
letins from the American Bar Asso-
ciation and National Legal and De-
fender Society. Both organizations
have adopted him and deluged him
with their literature which he finds
fascinating.
E. G. MARSHALL is still astounded
at his enormous popularity. He
didn’t think the ladies would find
him interesting but they have, more
so than young Robert Reed.
Like every show the program has
received’ its share of complaints,
most of which came from court
stenographers saying that the tele-
vision stenos were phony, so now
the director checks with a real
court clerk and eliminates the mis-
takes before they are televised.
Some of the viewers of “The De-
fenders” were so impressed by
Marshall's performance that last
season fifty of them wrote asking
that he handle their cases and in-
quiring about the fee.
E. G. Marshall is a very serious-
type person on and off the tele-
vision screen. He is health, accident
and weight conscious. He never flies
if any other type of transportation
is available. He restricts himself
to one real meal a day. He rises
at 6 a.m. rides his bicycle some
blocks to the studio from his apart-
ment on 92nd street. Lunch time
he settles for a piece of fruit. Part
of the lunchtime is used for a twen-
ty minute nap.
A number of guest stars were
approached for this coming season.
Lilian Gish will star in “Grandma
TNT” to be seen at Christmas Ac-
cording to E. G. Marshall, it is a
masterpiece.
Another episode, “Voice of Death,”
starring Ruth Roman is so good it’s
already being mentioned as a pos-
sible Emmy candidate.
EDMUND O'BRIEN stars as a
flamboyant lawyer in a rush, a
man who simultaneously might be
involved in handling a $75,000
trust case, defending an accused
murderer or with equal fervor col-
lecting a two-dollar bet from a
friend.
Three top writers are the pro-
ducers of this series. All intend to
continue writing for the series. E.
Jack Newman, who wrote the open-
ing script for the first show of
“Dr, Kildare,” will write the open-
ing script for “Sam Benedict.” The
other two writer-producers are Wil- |
liam Froug and Joseph Calvelli.
Ld
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1962
CE IH HH HH HH HH HHH HH KH H HHL RHHREKRRKS
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer
Milk, one of man’s oldest foods,
handled for thousands of years on
a more or less hit and miss basis, has
in our own lifetime become big busi-
ness. And in the past summer it has
had public attention, more than for
some years past.
The prolonged drought nearly
ruined many pastures and seriously
damaged the hay crop, with possible
damage also to other forage crops.
According to a compilation by Penn-
sylvania State University, in July
alfalfa hay jumped in price 22%
over ‘the price a year earlier, and
other hay 24%. In the same period
soybean meal was up 1% and a 20%
dairy feed up 3%. This seems to
support the long time arguments of
farmers that the prevailing practice
of reducing the farmers price for
milk in the summer is all wrong.
Then there has been a lot of com-
ment on regulation of the milk
business. Over the years there have
been placed in effect numerous
restrictions and other arrangements,
none of which satisfy everyone. The
U. S. Supreme Court recently ‘threw
out an arrangement for a kick-back,
called “Compensatory P ay ments,”
required from out of territory sup-
pliers to the New York Milk Control
Area, the specific area applying in
this case to certain counties in New
Jersey, across the Delaware River,
supplied by The Lehigh Valley Co-
operative in Pennsylvania. Public
hearings are being held to develop
some plan to circumvent this deci-
sion.
And as usual, all the time, all
groups at interest are grumbling
that some or all of the other groups
are getting too much of the dollar
paid by. consumers for milk, and the
consumers are complaining that they
are paying too much. Prof. C. W.
Pierce of Penn State, also a milk
economist, recently testified at the
New York hearings that prices paid
for regular table milk “are probably
too high.” He spoke for the north-
east territory only.
Both the gubernatorial candidates
have promised to do something about
milk control in Pennsylvania. Nei-
ther is specific, for the good reason
he does not know what to do. And
in ‘the long run, neither does anyone
else have a fool-proof, one hundred
per cent, plan to cover the whole
situation and satisfy everyone. The
milk business is just too complicated.
There are four parties at interest.
The dairy farmers, commonly called
producers, who keep the cows and
sell the milk in bulk, unprocessed.
The handlers, processors, and dis-
tributors, who buy raw milk and
eventually get it to 'the consumers.
The consumers who buy table milk,
milk powder, cream, butter, ice
‘to time.
— D. A. Waters
A
cream, cheese, flavored milk drinks,
condensed and evaporated milk, ete.
And finally, the milk regulatory
agencies, publicly created and oper-
ating with public authority, intended
to act as umpire to protect the in-
terests of the other three groups.
Each of the four works zealously to
do his own share of the job, as he
sees it, and is sometimes so success-
ful at his own end of it that he hurts
his own interest. While no one can
compute the total number of cows
in the world, nation, or state, milk-
ing or dry, on a specific day, and to
the last quart the milk produced
and what is done with it for a
specific recompense, there are
masses of statistics compiled by hard
working economists and bureaucrats
who do the best they can. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture, on re-
quest, recently furnished me with
543 pages of such information, and
I have accumulated some from other
sources. I hope to develop in this
column some information getting to
the bottom of the milk business.
Taking the last of the four parties
first, ‘the regulatory agencies, there
has developed a hodge-podge of
orders issued by federal and state
governments, constantly changing,
and each restricted to some extent
by the other, either in the same or
nearby territories. The states can-
not control interstate shipments.
Some have tried to control prices to
producers, others prices to con-
sumers, some both. Most of the
larger states have given up the at-
tempt, only Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and California having continued re-
sale pricing.
The Federal Orders cover a specif-
ic district, being designed ‘to cover
a natural contiguous area, regardless
of state lines. The districts have
been divided and merged from time
At present there are about
eighty districts, some dating from
1936. ‘
Pennsylvania milk has been con-
trolled by the State Milk Control
Commission for twenty-eight years.
Originally a depression time agency,
it was designed to prevent price
cutting, both by farmers and dealers.
Competition being the life of trade
but also the ruination of prices, it
was thought that strict price controls
would protect everyone. No one is
completely satisfied for very long,
in ‘the past, or at the present time.
The same report giving the heavy
increase in hay and feed prices in
July, shows that the farmer's aver-
age price dropped in July 3%, under
a year ago when there was no long
drought, to $4.35 per cwt. which
figures out to about nine and a third
cents a quart.
This series will be ential
Only Yesterday
rr HAPPENED J(} YEARS | AGO:
The hardy perennial panther story
was being featured again, with timid
residents keeping out of the woods.
Turned out to be a bear cub, not
even a wildcat.
At the Bureau of Vital Statistics
in Harrisburg, a baby was registered
under the name Viola Depression
Palestine Davis, a salute to the hard
times.
Governor Pinchot said he was
sure that chestnut trees, wiped out
by blight in the early twenties,
would return to Pennsylvania.
An applicant, when asked what
the center white line was for on the
highway, was refused his license
when he opined it was for bicycle
riders.
Kingston Township was preparing
for dedication of its new high school,
with: pupils slated to be transferred
to the newly completed building
after Teacters Institute.
Dallas Borough football team, de-
feating Tunkhannock, was launched
on a streak of victory.
Lack of walter resulted in total
destruction of a cottage at Harveys
Lake, when ithe Beleski home
burned to the ground within sight
of the Lake, Hose lines too short,
creek supply inadequate.
You could get six tall cans of
evaporated milk for 29 cents; sliced
bread for 5 cents a loaf; Honeymoon
tobacco (you're sure to like the
flavor) 3 packages for a quarter,
Chuck roast was 12 cents a pound.
rr HAPPENED 2() ¥EARS Aco
Walter ~Woolbert, [Shavertown,
yielded his seat on a plane bound
for England to the First Lady of the
Land, Mrs. F.D. R. Rosevelt.
Dr, Henry Ma. Laing Fire Co. pur-
chased two Indian pumps for use in
confined spaces,
Mrs. Ruth Simms, Mrs. alr
Derr and Mrs. Charles Wagner in-
structed Red Cross classes. A mass
meeting for giving of certificates to
graduates was arranged by Joe Mac-
Veigh for Dallas Borough high
school building.
John Newell joined the army, left
for basic training, A surprise black-
out was a failure in isolated com-
munities, siren blasts not penetrat-
ing, lights remaining on.
Picture on the front page, tanker
Ohio being helped into port at Malta
after being twice torpedoed. Cargo
safe.
Mrs. Russell Shaver spotted a pic-
ture of her son Willard and nephew
Elwood Whitesell making a practice
landing with the Marines snapped
for Life magazine.
In spite of the War, Dallas was
going ahead with preparations for
the Hallowe'en parade, anticipating
1,000 costumed marchers. A metal
key for ithe salvage drive, said
Henry Peterson, was the price of
admission.
Service men heard from: W. E.
Simpson, Australia; George Gracely,
Florida; William Rhoads, New York
APO; Glen Ehret, Maryland; Lewis
Kelly, Navy; Chester Rusiloski,
George Salanski, Michael Filipowski,
Clifford Fink, Burton King, Glenn
Kocher, Jay Gould, Pat Finnegan,
Larry Lee, Harold Kittle, John Bor-
ton, Norman Smith.
Died: John Rogers, Ballas.
Holcomb Shavertown.
Mrs. Bertha Jenkins, Huntsville,
was 78.
Married: Hilda Allen to Walbridge
Leinthall.
Cargo ship went down with 4,986
sacks of mail bound for soldiers
overseas, torpedoed in the North At-
lantic. No Christmas packages for
those boys.
Howard Risley was advertising
one New Hampshire red rooster with
every 20 pullets, for free.
Community War Chest went over
the top 115.7%), with $3,004.64.
IT HAPPENED |(} YEARS AGO:
Eva
Dallas firemen selected a new
truck, an American La Franie 750
gallon model.
John 8S. Mitchell of Orange was
elected president,” H. R. Weaver,
Dallas, vice president, of Wyoming
Valley Boy Scouts.
Woods were powder-dry, with
great danger of forest fires. Fire-
tower men were on constant look-
out. At Root Hollow 100 acres were
burned, and sporadic fires broke out
in other localities.
Captain Alfred S. James, 32,
Trucksville, was swept away by a
strong current in the Hudson River
when his plane crashed. Memorial
rites were held at Stewart Air
Force Base.
{ Harry L. Ohlman was elected to
the five-man Luzerne County School
Board.
Died: Alvin Deater, 68, Noxen.
The “Police Action” in Korea was
in full swing.
Married: Marilyn Lois Miller to
Dean Daubert. Frances Yurevitch
to Cecil Sickler.
Edwardsville took Westmoreland
25 to 0.
Governor Fine issued a ban on
hunting until snow flies or enough
rain falls to wet down the woods.
Alfred Camp, after serving 18
months in the Korean War, was
honorably discharged from the U.S.
Artillery.
Paper was filled with political ad-
vertising, Eisenhower and Nixon
predominating. ‘
Better Leighton Never
by Leighton Scott
INVASION FROM THE NORTH ...
Two cars cruised up and down
Route 309 Friday night, watched
by Dallas Township police who
knew the cars well.
Occupants were a bunch of boys
from Mehoopany area, involved the
previous weekend, among others,
with a slightly smaller number from
Dallas area, in a minor gang-war.
The war reached its climax in
Fernbrook where it was stopped
before it got started the night of
October 20, Saturday, by Borough
and Township police.
The previous night, according to
one of the leaders, a car-load of
Dallas youths ran a Mehoopany
boy off the road. The latter re-
turned Saturday with an army.
His threats before he left, how-
ever, gave warning, and the Me-
hoopany-dwellers were met by quite
a garrison, about three car-loads
on each side. For some reason,
they drifted from the intersection
of Routes 309 and 115 down to the
parking lot of Forty Fort Ice Cream
Store around 11:45.
The manager saw trouble brew-
ing, and, being against the whole
idea, called the police. Said one
kid to them: “You got here about
three minutes too soon.”
That seemed to be about it for
the feud. Friday night, the
Mehoopanites were met only by
cold air, burned a little gas, and
went home. {
Wish I'd Said That
“The biggest trouble with political
‘promises is that they go in one year
and out the other.” — Lockwood
Phillips, Morehead City (N. C.)
News Times.
“A lot of political candidates who
are ‘standing on their records’ are
defying the law of gravity.”—Frieda
J. Monger, Duluth (Minn.) Publicity.
“One reason politics make such
strange bedfellows is that all kinds
of people enjoy the same bunk.”’—
Lloyd S. Waters, Mountain Home
(Ida.) News.
“This newspaper has consistently
endorsed John Connally for Gover-
nor. Please don’t let that influence
you; vote for him anyway.”’—James
H. Russell, Belton (Tex.) Journal.
“It's a smart politician who can
keep the note of envy out of his
voice while accusing his opponent of
fooling the public.” — B. J. Dahl,
Chewelah (Wash.) Independent.
“Political platforms are for one
party to stand on and ‘the other to
jump ron.”—Fred W. Grown, Edge-
water (N. J.) Bergen Citizen,
“Luna Butler may get twice as
many votes ‘as his opponents. He's
the only candidate with window
cards printed on both sides.”—
Louis Nelson Bowman, King City
(Mo.) Tri-County News.
“In politics, if it's against you,
it's a machine, If it's for you, it’s
an organization.” — John L. Teets,
Richwood (West Va.) Nicholas Re-
publican.
“A space trip would be a bad one
for politicians. They wouldn't be
able to throw their weight around.”
—W. H. Goldthorpe, Cuba Fo
(Mo.) Tri-County Press. Press.
Protect Fami Family
From Fall-Out
In event of nuclear attack, what
protection are you giving your fam-
ily? Will you have water to drink ?
Does your fallout shelter have built-
in ventilation? Will your pets or
livestock be sheltered? Are your
food and feed supplies adequate ?
You can’t evade radioactive fall-
out in nuclear attack. But you can
provide some protection for your
family and livestock.
Pennsylvania State University of-
fers a new correspondence course
“Fallout Protection For Family, Food
and Farm.” Nuclear explosions are
discussed. Possible biological dam-
age to humans, livestock and plants
are explained, and instruction given
on protective methods. Alert and
warning systems are outlined, and
methods of decontamination ex-
plained.
Anyone can get the course by
mail. Simply write to Correspond-
ence Courses, 202 Agricultural Edu-
cation Building, University Park, for
information.
Home Makers Holiday
Last Session Tuesday
Last session of Back Mountain
Home-Makers Holiday will be Tues-
day.
Next series starts January 13,
1963.
Lined up for the classes starting
in January are: Mrs. Thomas and
Mrs. Yarnall for hats and sewing;
Mrs. Adamsheck for flower arrange-
ments and Easter decorations; Mrs.
Alen Turner for bridge; Mrs. John
Vivian for art; Mrs. Frank Wilson
for party cooking.
Bowling will be taught at Crown
Imperial Bowling. Lanes. A First
Aid and Survival course is sched-
uled, teacher to be announced
Classes are divided between
Shavertown YMCA building and
Shavertown Methodist Church
House,
From—
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
©
Pillar To Post...
By Hix
Folks hereabouts were somewhat disturbed last week when the
Cuban situation came to a boil, but nothing like as disturbed as .
people who live in the prime'target area of the Nation's Capital.
It is always a grim thought that children may be separated from
their parents while fleeing disaster. Nobody expects anything like!
that to happen, but it could, and nuclear war is so far ahead of any-
thing in the way of conventional bombing or military action, that
it is inconceivable.
A letter written from the environs of Washington, D.C. the
day following The President's appearance on a nation-wide television
hook-up, gives some indication of the depth of concern felt at the
heart of the Nation.
Dearest Mommie,
When 1 say that we have emergency equipment laid; out and :
evacuation plans made you'll know I feel the news is very grave.
Last night I filled water jugs, laid out an army spade, blankets, food
for three days, flash lights, Toddy’s battery-powered radio etc. You
don’t need a blue print. We are too close to Washington to feel any-
thing but grim concern.
In the event of bombing during the day, we'll be badly scattered.
The children are evacuatd to Winchester by bus if possible. If there
is time in an alert, all children are sent home as quickly as can be
managed. Hm and TD would stay at school of course. Alexandria
being where jt is, this would be very bad.
We all figure, if scattered, to attempt to contact you or reach
your place. No hope of driving. The roads would be demolished. I
don’t feel you live near enough anything important to be in immedi-
ate danger.
Martt in Nebraska of course. I seriously doubt that they'll gend
him home on the weekend. If they do it will mean that the immi-
nence of war is past. He is at the moment, of course, on active duty
so it would be very easy for them to hold him; there.
We have ample space under our new annex. It is not really
under ground, but it is safer than anywhere else. We have the fur-
nace cut-off switch in the kitchen so could flick that to lower the
danger of explosion.
I suppose gay things have been happening here abouts but at
the moment, things seem pretty business like. I can’t imagine the
Russians backing down. = Somehow I never thought it would come
to a head, it has been so near so many times. But this seems far
too near for safety.
Wuv,
Mr. Bones
At Geisinger
and Carl Shuler, Trucksville, were
admitted Monday to Geisinger Med-
ical Center, Danville.
§ Barnyard Notes @e
taeda
Dear Friends
Whatever happened to the ‘Do-it-yourself- Age”? It seems to
me the small jobs, like papering the living room, are the ones we
want to do ourselves. The big ones — well, let’s call it the, “Let-
George-do-it Age.”
More accurately, perhaps, it’s, “Let Sam Do It.” When fellows
like you and me, and maybe some better ones, get into a public
project in our city, township or borough, we immediately start
scheming to get state “aid” or federal “aid.” State and federal
officials urge us on. Why shouldn't they like to play Santa Claus
with’ somebody else’s money?
‘IT put the word “aid” in quotes, because any such help merely
represents money that was taken out of our own pockets in taxes, or,
in these days of deficit financing, will be taken from the pockets of
succeeding generations. When are we going to stop kidding our-
selves that it's free?
To some extent, when you and I clamor for state or federal
“aid”, and get it, we are taking the money from our grandchildren
without their consent. That's quite a bit like stealing, isn't it? What!
kind of a guy would steal from his grandchildren?
T'll tell you what kind of a guy would steal from his grand-
children. Guys like you and me and the fellow who's cutting his
grass next door. That's the kind who says, “There’s a federal ap-
propriation for this, so we might as well get our share” It's the
kind of fellow who says, “I don’t think we should do it this way,
but we have to in order to get state aid.” -
It's pretty easy to place the blame on somebody far away, es-
pecially if he belongs to another political party. The fact is, we elect
politicians to do what we want. If we keep hollering for help, they'll
keep on giving it to us — right out of our own pockets, because
there's no place else to get it.
We can change that, you and I and a few million others, as soon
as we wise up. If you disagree, tell me.
Sincerely,
John R. Eldridge
N. Cameron St.
* * PE
Harrisburg
Dear Neighbors:
This is addressed to all our friends and customers and to those
who never heard of us as well. If you agree with us, I hope you'll
let us know. If you don’t; let us know that. Do something. !
We happen to believe it’s time to stand up and be counted. We're
going to speak our piece and invite you to speak yours, whatever it
might be. }
If all businessmen are afitomatically members of the S.0.B.
Club,* we want to stand up and say we're proud td be on the list.’
If it’s wrong to work hard, trying to give your customers the best
equipment and the best service you can give them and trying to make
a profit while you're at it, then we're wrong. We don’t think “profit”
is a dirty word.
We don’t like the way things are going and we want to say so.
We went into business in the early dayd of the “New Deal,” lived
through the “Fair Deal” and don’t believe Jack’s big deal is going to
end it all. We think with a little luck and good management we can
survive the “New Frontier.”
At the same time businessmen — us included — have stood still
for too long and for too much at the hands of guys who put the next
election first. We have sat still time after time and watched one
segment of business or another take the rough side of a political
plank and said to ourselves, “Well, they're not doing it to me, 50
I'll just keep quiet and not get involved.”
When J. F. K. slugged U. S. Steel with the full power of the
Presidency, it made a lot of us stop and think. If the President of
the United States can steamroller a big company, maybe somebody
pretty far down the line can put the flame thrower on a small busi~
ness like ours.
Let us not go in that direction. Let us not drift toward a posi-
tion where only naked political power defines what's right and every-
thing else is to be crushed.
If you object to unrestrained grovernment power over business.
stand up and object now. If you object to me, go ahead — iff I'm]
outvoted, I'm outvoted. But do it now.
Sincerely,
John R. Eldridge
N. Cameron St., Harrisburg
*Sons of Business Club
public on Oct. 22, 1836.
Mrs. Elsie M. Gillman, Idetown,
The
27.
eaten
Sam Houston was inaugurated as
the first president of the Texas Re-
New York City subway
marked its 68th anniversary Oet.
>
RAR 2
ey
A