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VELMA DAVIS Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK A Editorially Speaking: ‘The Mess Gets Messier i: Eight days of sea and air ‘blockade’ of Cuba — in which no ships were ordered to reverse course and no sub- marines forced to surface — were interrupted by two days of US inaction to allow UN Secretary General U Tnant and a covey of aides to fly to Cuba and fly back again, after Castro (Khrushchev’s newest Charley McCar- thy) told them where to go. ¥ Two days of loss for the US — Joss of face and loss of- “initiative, at very least — and two days of gain for the Reds sum up the ignominious score for the President’s bold action of October 22 as the blockade effort (if it really is one) is resumed. oy ; It Seems certain that American ‘military action to contain Cuba and to prepare further steps necessary to “~ x¥emove the threat of Soviet missel attack from those = shores jolted Khrushchev into his offer to pack up hig bal- listic playthings and take them home. What is still very # wnclear, however, is whether we would be expected to do ~“Ekewise in Turkey, and why President Kennedy pledged —for the whole Western Hemisphere — that there would be no invasion of this island satellite, if only K would take those missiles away. As for the U Thant turn-around, which was to have promptly established procedures for UN inspection of the Russiang’, dismantling of their bases and removal of weap- ons, it apparently accomplished no more than to provide Castro with a sounding board for the “five points” he says must be fulfilled before there can be any UN inspec- tion. In spite of the fact that an unspecified “UN spokes- man” reported ‘general agreement” with Fidel on UN participation in settlement of the Cuban threat, it is noted that the Thant aides who were expected to remain in Havana hurried back with him. And in Washington es there is talk that perhaps we can check up on the Rus- #eians fairly well without UN inspectors on the ground. . “Mr. Thant said he would talk further with the Cubans in New York. We just wonder, somehow, whether this ridiculous development of Castro’s idiotic demands—such as giving him Guantanamo, for example — could possibly be a part of Khrushchev’s game. He is eager, of course, to do as we wish — but Castro won’t let him! What could be more tragically absurd than for President Kennedy’s monumental effort at a bold front to lead us once more into an interminable UN clambake — while our enemy proceeds with his original plans? Resumption of our blockade—in real earnest—may prove differently. But events are trending toward another talkathon in the New York Tower of Babel. ; Stranger Than Fiction Few tears will be shed, we suspect, over Nehru’s fir- ing his old pal Krishna Menon out of the job of India’s Defense Minister - even though it is said to mean the po- litical demise of the man most talked of as Nehru’s suc- cessor. It seems Menon was pretty terrific at strategy, logistics and the rest of the military arts when it came to wiping out the defenders of the tiny, 400-year-old Portuguese enclave of Goa. But it also seems that he fell on his face when it came to defending his country from the Red Chinese invasion over the Himalayas. : The Indian troops, according to report, were so poorly equipped they didn’t even have blankets with which to fight the bitter cold of the world’s bleakest mountains. Thus, Prime Minister Nehru, in a charming display of Indian logic, has now made Menon Minister of Defense Prbduction - and voted again to seat Red China in the UN! * Krishna is remembered in the UN as a champion of India’s present enemy and a particularly nasty foe of the West - from whom he must now secure guns to shoot Red Chinese. - By 2 If this makes no sense to you, it may be because it makes none to us either, £2 Only Yesterday Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Post It Happened 30 Years Ago: Franklin D. Roosevelt swept 42 states. Herbert Hoover carried the Back Mountain, Kingston Township was seeking status as a borough. Mrs. C. Roscoe Lee was appointed Major for the area in the Welfare Drive. Captains were: Mrs. Lee Scott, Dallas; Mrs. S. R. Schooley, Shavertown; Mrs. William Thomas; Mt. Greenwood; Mrs. Wilbur Man- ning, Shrine View and Kunkle; Nel+ lie Leach, Trucksville; Mrs. Homer Teale, Parrish Heights and Hunts ville; Mrs. L. A. Tompkins; Pine crest; Mrs. Grover Anderson, Har- veys Lake; Mary Veitch, Hillside; Kenneth Woolbert, Trucksville stores. An editorial called attention to the golden opportunity for pooling efforts and finances in all school districts of the area, with an eye to future efficiency. Another editorial called the ecoun~ try to rally behind the new presi- dent. Five thousand banks had failed, millions of workers were idle, farm prices had plummeted, life= long savings had been swept away. It was the time for everybody to pull together to build a new era. Pork loin was 10 cents a pound; lamb chops 14 ‘cents; evaporated peaches 10 cents pound. It Happened 20 Years Ago L. L. Richardson burned his hands painfully when he snatched red hot wires from the motor of a used car he was testing. Surplus from the Hallowe’en par- ade was $2. After due thought it was given to the fund for the ob- servation post. The Dallas Post had a supply of Victory flags for use of families having men in the service. A young buck which, had been a pet of the Stock family on Serber Mountain was found bleeding to death by the side of the road, shot by a hit-run sportsman. A New Milford driver swung his heavy lumber truck into a field to avoid collision with a train near Fernbrook. Clarence Lawrence scat- tered his load all over the fields, overturned his truck, but escaped injury. : Dr. F. Budd Schooley urged Dal- las Borough to establish a board of health that would institute needed measures. Motorists who failed to file tire inspection reports were denied gasoline. Fifteen men were called in the draft: James Coolbaugh, Dana S. Campbell, Cyril J. Betsko, Ernest W, Strohl, Earl W. Mason, William H. Welch, Lester W. Fiske, Frank S. Smith, Wayne Schmoll, and Edward Fielding. Fort Benning, Georgia, and Fort Bragg, N. IC. were getting their green tomatoes from Dallas crops grown by Michael Kozemchak and Ray Cagterline, Jiggs Elston was playing in the Marine Band at Parris Lsland, 8; C. John N. Staub, Trucksville, died at 87. Smelts were 12 cents a pound; standing rib roast 33 cents; veal roast 29; bread, two loaves 17. Must have been a glut of cabbage, with 50 pounds for 75 cents. Heard from in the Outpost: Larry Yeager, Texas; Chester Tutak, South Dakota; John Sidlowski, North Carolina; Alva Jones, Sioux Falls; H. B. Roberts, California; Palmer Lewis, Fort Monmouth; Elwood C. Ide, Parris Island; George Yanek, Tucson; Richard Templin, Seattle; Robert Price, Mississippi; Lawrence! K. Ide, England; Joined up: Ignatius Kozemchak, John Joseph, Charles Warden. Women’s fashions on the social page looked very odd, with padded shoulders. Martha Hadsel’'s script club for service men was going great guns. Captive barrage balloons were guarding California factories. It Happened {0 Years Ago Clyde Myers, principal of Lehman High School in 1913, was assigned to set up a school system in Iran. One of Mrs. Z. Platt Bennett's white English bull terriers placed first in the Back Mountain Kennel Club show. Lehman - Jackson cancelled its veterans program, to permit vets to enroll in a similar school at Dallas- Franklin without duplication of program. Lake Township bought a new cruiser, and reconditioned the com- bination ambulance and prowlcar. Commonwealth announced an in- crease in rates, to take effect in January. The new Dallas Post Office was nearing completion. Hunters were being peppered, as usual, with shotgun pellets from anonymous sportsmen, No casual- ties to date. Redskins took Seminary Squires 25 to 6. Married: Ada Morgan to Lawr- ence Brown. Carol M. Isely to Peter Roushey. The body of Captain Alfred James, who was drowned in ‘the Hudson River in a plane accident, was recovered. Robert Steltz, 80, Shavertown, suffered a fatal heart attack, THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1962 Sa A EN EN EN NN EN ENRON Rambling Around By The Oldtimer EE RR RR NR RIN > Much of the color and glamor goes out of college football in this latitude shortly after the flaming foliage leaves the trees. By early November the season is two-thirds over and every game is a “must” for both sides, either to maintain a winning streak or to get out of the loser’s column. By this time, most of the players are well drilled in their respective positions, and the team clicks in good plays, but in- jury to key players frequently upsets the best plans. : And ‘then the cold November rains, sometimes mixed with heavy melting snow, come along. In spite of advance precautions the field be- comes wet and slippery. Uniforms become wet, soggy, and muddy. Players hands are wet and cold. And the football becomes wet and slippery even though the officials wipe it off or exchange it frequently. In snow, particularly, top ball car- riers fall down with no opponent in five or ten yards, and an ordinary routine pass becomes a marvelous performance. And the spectators seem to be affected even more. Some crackpot pantywaists come with big umbrel- las, seemingly to block the vision or poke out the eyes of those next behind, also to drain off their own fair share of the water down the necks and shoulders of the people in front or on the knees and feet of those behind. A few coeds will come out with bright smiles and spike heels, but most of the crowd is definitely colorless and seems to become progressively more exhaust- ed as the game goes on. Sometimes half the spectators will give up and leave before the game is nearly over. Even this raises difficulties. Steps are slippery. Pools and streams of water flood supposedly flat walks, and good roofs discharge a cold stream, here and there, at the most unexpected places. The recent Penn State-Maryland game lived up to all the above with snow in good measure, with a few noticeable refinements. A punter] from Maryland, Pete Brody, in line with his fair-weather procedure, re- moved the shoe from his kicking foot and kicked the ball with wet foot encased only in a wet sock. He was not as effective as usual. The Penn State punters averaged about six yards more per punt. Dick — D. A. Waters Shiner, before the game the leading college passer in the nation, com- I'pleted only 5 out of 13 for a total of 33 yards. His understudy, Jim Corcoran, completed 2 out of 5 for about the same in the closing min- utes. Maryland lost the ball three times on ‘fumbles, to none for Penn State, and intercepted one pass against three interceptions by Penn State. Two of the State interceptions by Don Caum, defensive quarterback, set up State scores. The State passers did not shine in the snow either, completing only 4 out of 12 for 22 yards. On the ground, how- ever, the State ball carriers stayed on ‘their feet better and made 201 yards against 123 for Maryland. In the beginning the only score for a long time was a field goal by Penn State. Maryland scored a touchdown in the second quarter and scored the extra point, holding team tightened and dominated the game thereafter with three touch- downs but only ‘one two-point con- version. There was not as much snow in State College as in Dallas over the Saturday. It was very heavy and wet and froze during the night in some places. Coming home, the snow increased this side of Williamsport. The winter-tread tires I had car- ried in the trunk and had put on at State College were highly useful in backing in at home. The general look around the place was not one, “Where every prospect pleases.” The Key Club having defaulted at Hallowe'en time in removing cider apples on account of a mere sprink- ling of snow, I had expected to see them removed by others in my ab- sence. Instead I am now faced with the necessity of getting them up myself or trying to run a power Last spring I spent hours raising and wiring limbs on our big pine, to get them out of my face while mowing without cutting them off. It was a mistake. The supported limbs, and those to which they were attached, all broke. If left alome they might have sagged and sur- vived. % We get too soon old and too late smart, ceived in a long time: The letter, from my devoted Fleck, invites Myra and me to supper Saturday night honoring Mable Scott March and Sterling Wandell who will be married Saturday, December 15 in Kingston Methodist Church. Mable is the sister of Durelle of the late Prof. Charles March, beloved by every student who ever sat in his English classes at Wyoming Seminary. —And they don’t come in a better mold than Sterling Wandell; long associated with financial institutions. in Wilkes-Barre and Penn- sylvania, devoted to his mother, his church and his community. My congratulations to both of them! & * Another note from a former Kiler Richards, now of Vestal: “We have brought my father up to Vestal to spend the winter ‘with us. I am enclosing a check. Will you please arrange to have his Post sent to him here and discontinue the one going to the Lake. “We just hope we can keep him contented here away from his shop and his friends. “If the check isn’t enough, let me know. If it ds too much, just drop the change in one of your vatious ‘good deeds’boxes onl the the counter” — R. R. Time makes many changes in Barnyard Notes 4 Qf Bornyard Notes da de bed dd DB Be i BB DB lo i ee De Bl Be on le Ds Be Bo de ll dio Bo Be i Bd In a square envelope bearing one of those new Dag Hammer- skjold stamps and bearing my name in hand writing strikingly re- sembling my late mother’s, comes the nicest bit of news I have friends, Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur H. T. Scott of Dallas and the widow * Harveys Lake, girl, ‘Mrs. William this community and we can think a 7-3 lead so long that the home. fans became worried. But the State | mower through them next summer. | of no one we'll miss more this winter than Frank Jackson whose fre- quent telephone calls about the arrival of new birds have cheered otherwise dreary days and whose fine example of Christian living has been an inspiration to all of us. Frank would want the ‘extra “change” to go in the “good-deeds box.” This time the pup that guards the coins for the Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals! . . . Safety DEDICATED WORKERS To My Cancer Crusaders: A short time ago, I was the re- cipient of the American Cancer So- ciety’s Silver Sword for Volunteer Service: I accepted this with mixed emo- tions and humble heart, for those who know the agonizing suffering which accompanies this disease, work only in a small way to help relieve and eventually stamp out this mysterious killer. There is no thought or desire for award. As I accepted the symbolic sword, T knew that it represented the com- bined efforts of the Cancer group in the Back Mountain area, for one does not work alone on a project like this. To all my cancer dressings groups and volunteers, past and present, to my former board mem- bers and to my present aides; Mrs. John H. D. Ferguson, Mrs. Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Willian Pethick, Mrs. Jack Barnes, Mrs. Harold Flack, Mrs. Sheldon Bennett, Mrs. David Perry, Mrs. ‘Charles Gosart, Mrs. Mabel Evans, Mrs. Charles Michel, Mrs. Frederick Eidam, Mrs. Charles Hartman and the Ruth and Hannah circles of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, I say a most sincere thank Valve . . . you. As we continue our combined efforts, it must be our goal to great- ly expand the American Cancer Society’s educational program. We are happy that our text books are already in use at Dallag Area and Lake-Lehman Schools. But there remains so much more to be done. Your friends, family and neighbors must be made aware of the ‘early detection methods used in recognizing the onset of the disease, for herein lies our salvation. Most sincerely yours, Dorothy B. Anderson November 9, 1962 THOUGHTS ON ELECTION Dear Editor: T would appreciate it if you would publish this letter as an expression of my thanks and appreciation to all those in the Back Mountain Area who supported and voted for Bill Scranton and the other Repub- lican candidates. To all of these people, I wish to state further that I am sorry that I was unable to win the Sixth Dis- trict Legislative seat for the Repub- ‘lican. Party. Because of the large percentage vote given a Democrat | Better Leighton Never by Leighton Scott ODE TO A GREAT MEAL I ate three full plates of turkey dinner at Jackson Fire Hall Thurs- day night. It was delicious, and the service by the Rotarians was won- derful. I wasn’t that hungry, but wanted to go on record as never one to en- deavor anything half-heartedly Among those Rotarians we didn’t immediately recognize in their chef's clothes were George Jacobs, Dr. Robert Mellman, Warren Stan- ton, Myron Baker, and Jim Beseck- er. : There were others you wouldn't have recognized either, but I'm just mentioning those near my table. Practically everybody in the Back Mountain was there, and those that weren't were thinking about going, but couldn’t make it. Standing in line downstairs in front of an already sold-out bake sale, Howard Risley and I greeted a | number of well-stuffed friends on | the way out, including Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maturi, Mr. and Mrs. Jay | Alexander, Mrs. Louis Marks, Mr. and Mrs. James Lacy, all with families, and Mr. Bart Collett. Hats off to the Rotarians, who re- fused to take the food away until we sagged in a stupor. For some reason Howard, Gilbert Tough, and Mr. and Mrs. John Wardell thought they were supposed to talk instead of eat, and missed out on most of the meal. , The Wardells, had with them their two sons, who go in for high school wrestling, and one had to keep his weight down, So he missed out, too. How can sports be good for a kid if they don’t let him eat right? Incidentally, the potatoes were mashed at Dallas High School, and the consistency was unimpeachable. Plaudits to the High School for doing a fine Mashed Potato. I was thinking afterwards, if one could find two or three such meals every week somewhere nearby, he wouldn’t have to get married. But even so, my balloon was punctured. The Fireman's Auxiliary was super- vising the kitchen. Republican candidate to carry the Back Mountain Area (exclusive of Lake and Lehman Townships), by at least 3,000 votes, West Pittston by at least 600 votes, Wyoming by at least 200 votes and Forty Fort by at least 1,200 votes. I came very close to the necessary figures in West Pittston and Wyoming, but fell far short of it in the Back Mountain Area and in Forty Fort. This is nobody’s fault but my own, since I failed to campaign actively in either the Back Mountain Area imperative that I spend the bulk of my time in other areas. This proved to be a mistake, and I am confi- dent that the Republican candidate for this legislative seat two years hence will be more successful than I was if he starts a little earlier and campaigns throughout his entire district. : I am thankful that, despite my own failure to do my part as ef- fectively as TI should have, the voters of this area contributed ma- terially to Bill Scranton’s success in carrying Luzerne County. Very truly yours, Robert L. Fleming The Dallas Post Has Hundreds of Modern Type Faces To Select From or in/ Forty Fort, feeling that it was | DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA From— : Pillar To Post... By Hix Aunt Myrtie was gathering the dubbies swiftly into a mound, rolling them out on the floured breadboard, and stamping out more doughnuts. My brother and I could scarcely believe it. Mamma always saved the dubbies for us, putting them to one side as she separated them from the circles with a deft finger. After she had finished frying the doughnuts and had lifted the kettle of bubbling lard to the back of the stove to cool, she fried all the dub- bies at once, thriftily utilizing the last of the heat while the teaket- tle now steamed on the front, spurred on by three sticks of dry pine, and the blaze roared up the chimney. ’ The dubbies were ours. Always. Mamma drained them on brown paper, sugared them by shaking them up while still hot in a paper bag, with a spoonful of sugar in it and let Marsy and me take them to a corner of the kitchen. There, we divided them carefully, ranging them around the rim of two soup-plates. And here was Aunt Myrtie, reducing the dubbies to an anoym- ous mass of dough while we watched her in thunderstruck silence. But our faces must have spoken for us. Aunt Myrtie paused, one eye on the clock. nal “Mary,” she inquired of Mamma, “is it all right if the children have a little something to eat before supper? Just a small amount?” Mamma said yes, it was all right, she usually fried up the dub- bies for ws, and it didn’t seem to interfere with our appetites. Aunt Myrtie gathered up the dough again, and cut it into long thin strips. Each strip, she rolled between her palms, then deftly | twisted, with a final pinch around the middle. We watched her, enchanted, as she dropped the twists into the kettle, turning them expertly with a long-handled fork as they rose : to the top of the fat. They looked exactly like little men, but without arms. Would Aunt Myrtie know how to sugar them? J Aunt Myrtie did. “I wouldn't want your children to feel cheated while they're here on a visit,” Aunt Myrtie explained, as she shook up the crisp little men in a small paper sack,” and I clean forgot you always fried the dubbies. dubby. He has to have at least four man-size ones.” Mamma already had the soup plates in her hand. p “Let's put a spoonful of apple butter in the middle of each plate,” Aunt Myrtie said.” That way, — the children can do a little drinking. Ought to keep them happy until Uncle Will comes in from doing the milking.” : Marsy and I retiredto a corner beyond the woodbox. A large black and white cat shoved his nose experimentally into my soup plate, 'touched the apple butter, sneezed, and retreated under the fringed red and white edge of the kitchen table cloth. We settled down to steady work. \ ig Not exactly like dubbies, we agreed, but palatable, definitely palatable. ? Only we didn’t say it that way. We mumbled between bites, a contented purr that rivalled the purr of the black and white cat under he table. Wm WER And that all came to mind because last week's untimely snow- storm precipitated the doughnut season. Mamma always fried dough- nuts the day of the first snowfall. 4 “Want some doughnuts?” I inquired of Tom. Tom, as always, was enthusiastic. “Sure. But homemade ones, not boughten ones.” 3 “Shall I fry the dubbies?” : £oi0% “What's a dubby ?” “Maybe your mother called dubbies ‘holes’. : “Oh, holes. Don’t bother with holes. Just make some man- size doughnuts, huh?” I Am Still Rich - 1 am still rich The morning comes with old-time cheer; The sun breaks through the blurring mist; “And allethe sosrows.of the night = ~~ By new-born rays of hope ar Up and rejoice! a spirit cries, : What is your loss, with morning skies! I am still rich. My friends are faithful, as of old; They trust me past my poor desert.. They ask no gift of golden gain, : But only love. With their strength girt, Can I not face the road ahead— Though some old treasured joys are dead! I am still rich. 1 have done my work, which constant calls; I could not loiter, if I would; Each moment has some task to speed, Some work to do. How kind, how good, Is life that God now grants to me— A segment of Eternity —Thomas Curtis Clark. , 100 COUPON GOOD WED. NOV. 21 100 | Women’s Seamless Mesh (1.19 value) | | i | | | | | 77 | | | candidate in certain areas within this district, it is necessary for a . 100 EXTRA S&H GLOBE IN LUZERNE | 100 i THROUGHOUT STORE In Addition to Regular Stamps On Cash Purchases of $5.00 or more. / | 100 S&H GREEN STAMPS ; THIS COUPON GOOD THROUGH ! | SPECIAL! NON-RUN NYLONS GREEN STAMPS with $5.00 Purchase [100 MEN’S THERMAL-LINED DOUBLE HOODED SWEAT SHIRTS (4.99 Value) 53-99 Sizes M-L-XL. Red, Green Yellow, Navy, Grey, Black Same in BOY’S 2.99 \ Uncle Will wouldn't be bothered with a - — & mre tee EC eB BE Smt 2 Sk a “Pa \