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: Now In Its 73rd Year”
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lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant,
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Drug Store; Trucksville — Gregory's Store, Trucksville Drugs;
{detown — Cave’s Maket; Harveys Lake — Javers Store, Kockers’s
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x Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY
= ssociate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
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Editorially Speaking
Journalistic Responsibility
“Integrity in journalism, ag in law enforcement, can-
not be a matter of percentages,” says J. Edgar Hoover:
“It must be complete and imp¥nable. As guardians of
American liberty, the press andthe police are charged
with a sacred trust.
lives of millions of
reproach.
sand the perpeduatiohiof law
ment ranks.
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hich closely affect the
“In addition to its innate responsibilities, the press
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dence of abuse of authority and corruption within enforce-
However, fair and objective reporting of
mych of
On occasion, to be
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forcement and society.”
L. . Safety
PASTOR ' LEAVING AREA
] December 8, 1962
Dear Mrs. Hicks:
This is to ask you to please re-
move my name as Pastor from the
~ church notice of the Independent
Bible Church of Noxen. I have ac-
cepted the Pastorate of Laurel:
Mountain Chapel, near Somerset,
Pa, and am leaving this week.
I wish to thank you for all your
| cooperation and consideration these
~ past years. We shall always remem-
ber the Dallas Post, and hope we
will be able to subscribe to it when
we get settled out there.
Yours sincerely,
Rev. Robert L. Sutton
POTENTIAL USERS
RD. #3
Wyoming, Pa.
November 27, 1962
Dallas Pogt
Dallas, Pa.
Gentlemen:
Concerning a change in base
rate for the Commonwealth Tele-
phone Company to allow free calls
~ to destinations other than Harding,
Dallas, and Centermoreland; it
seems to me, since the base rate
in my area for a private residence
is already $10.25, compared with a
base rate of $4.95 with a company
not two miles distant with exten-
~ sive non-toll call advantages, if a
_ change is made it should be to in-
crease the service and decrease the
~ base rate.
We realize that the competitive
company has many more subscri-
bers to reduce the cost . . . but
~ rates in our area are certainly not
Biigaciive enough to encourage new
subscribers. I too am of the
opinion that if a survey were made
} in Commonwealth's area and the
| competitive company’s area, we
would find that the percentage of
homes without telephones, com-
pared to homes with telephones
would be much greater in this area.
A substantial number of potential
customers are here, but Common-
wealth seems to be content to not
| give these people the advantage of
~ the convenience of the telephone
by putting it within their reach,
k Very truly yours,
Mrs. W. R. Bowen
. FOR THE AUCTION
~ Dear Editor:
| My sewing room is overcrowded,
which means I must get rid of some
dolls. So I am offering Library
— rv a
Valve . . .
Auction dolls and clothing at Aue-
tion prices.
If .my new line of baby dolls for
Christmas, with complete ward-
robes, is successful, I will include
them next year among the dolls I
always dress for the Library Auc-
tion. The clothing has no pins or
buttons to endanger small chjldren,
and is made to wear and wear.
After Christmas T will have Bar-
Bee doll outfits, the kind that can-
not be bought in stores. And in
January I will start making Li-
brary Auction quilts.
I was amazed at the number of
Back Mountain women who dressed
dolls and stuffed toys for the Nes-
bitt Hospital, and hope that the
same women will take time to make
something for the Doll Booth at the
Library Auction. Cooperation would
make it one of the nicest booths at
the Auction, and would give me
more time for Auction quilts and
antique dolls.
Thanks a lot
Jennie Newman
Ed. note: Each year Mrs. Arthur
Newman makes an outstanding con-
tribution to the Library Auction by
dressing dozens of dolls, She needs
a hand.
December 4, 1962
LAKE WANTS NO TOLLS, TOO
Dear Mr. Risley; —
I am enclosing a copy of the let-
ter T sent to Mr. Landis at the
Commonwealth Telephone Com-
pany.
I know your fine editorial of a
week ago was not meant for Dallas
alone. You know, we too, are
“Back Mountain” and will appreci-
ate your support.
Sincerely,
Doris S. Pierce
December 4, 1962 ,
Dear Mr. Landis: —
My neighbors and I are very dis-
appointed to learn you are not in-
cluding Harveys Lake in the area
where the elimination of toll
charges to Wilkes-Barre is being
considered.
The reasons for the removal of
the tolls from the calls in the Dallas
area are just as valid for Harvey
Lake. We, at the lake, feel, we are
part of the ‘Back Mountain’ and do
not like to be considered outsiders.
Won't you reconsider ?
Sincerely,
Doris 8. Pierce
Jane A. Cooke, descenant of
Francis Cooke, Mayflowe pas-
senger, eighth generation in the
country, was born in 1814 n New
Jersey and married there n 1833
to Isaiah Seeley Bennett About
1867, after some of their thildren
had grown up and married, he fam-
ily removed to Beaumont. Isaiah
had been a shoemaker ad local
preacher and. he continuedin both
capacities. Jane Cooke Bennett
died in 1878, Isaiah in 182, both
buried at Beaumont. Tir chil-
dren were Elsey, Esteranr (Hester
Ann), William J., Sarah Abbey,
Eliza, Lydia, Margaret, ard Isaiah.
Two daughters, Elsey andl Sarah,
died young. Two other, Hester
Ann and Abbey, married aad reared
families but never liver in this
area. The families of he others
are listed separately belaw.
William J. Bennett married
Martha Cook. [They livel with his
parents and he ran the fam. Their
six children were: Irvin 1 Bennett,
Alice M., Elizabeth A. [saiah L.,
William E., and Harry J. Irvin A.
Bennett married Harriet fllsworth.
They lived in Kingston, axd moved
to Dallas over fifty years ato. Their
daughter, Margaret, is narried to
Clarence LaBar with thrie daugh-
ters Helen, Della, and Daa. Alice
M. married Gilbert Andason who
died young. She later lived at
Trucksville. Elizabeth A died un-
married. Isaiah IL, marritd Martha
Stooky, having two gons, John and
Robert. William -E. was the hus-
band of Jennie Anderson, three
children Sheldon, Ruth, aid Esther.
Harry J. married Jennie Davis.
Eliza E. Bennett marded Frank
W. Newberry, who served in the
Civil War.
mont, where both are bwied. They
had five children. Albirta New-
berry married Frank Parks and re-
moved from this immediate area.
Josephine married a distant rela-
tive, Elmer F. Cooke. Eate New-
berry married Fletcher Remaley.
Frank M. Newberry was the hus-
band of Florence A. Codke, ='~5 a
distant relative. oJseph P. died
unmarried.
Lydia M. Bennett was married
at Beaumont to John Wilson. They
had two children who married and
left this immediate area.
Margaret - A. Bennett married
Horace Lozo. Their six children
reared families and resided out of
the immediate area.
Isaiah Bennett married Elizabeth
Patterson. They lived at Bowmans
Creek and Beaumont. Many of the
above mentioned are buried at
Beaumont.
Isaac’ Cooke, brother of Sarah,
wife of Jacob Rice of Trucksville,
a son of Levi'Cooke, came to Hunts-
ville after the Rices. His first wife
and children had died. He married
secondly, in 1836, a widow, Mrs.
Anna Bulkeley Worthington Fuller.
They had one daughter, Maria, who
married John Geddes, later lived in
the West.
Asa Copke, another brother of
Mrs. Rice, came to Trucksville be-
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Rambling Around
By The Oldimer — D. A. Waters
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They reside¢ at Beau-
IMPRESSIONS
by Robert G. Aldrich
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1962
A 3 TE RR NN NN NNR NNN Nx %s
fore 1826. He was a partner with
Rice, in a store there and is buried
in the Rice plot at Trucksville.
The above is condensed from The
Family of Elisha Cooke, of New
Jersey by Florence Cooke New-
berry. This Volume contains ad-
ditional information on those who
removed from this area. The in-
formation printed in the book is
about thirty years old, during which
period many changes have taken
place.
It is noted that many families
now bearing other names, having
Cooke ancestry, frequently use the
name ‘‘Cooke” as a middle name,
or even as a first name.
This column completes the local
descendants of [Francis Cooke, May-
flower passenger. With previous
local families:
Sarah Cooke, wife of Rev. Jacob
Rice, who came to Trucksville in
1814. In addition to the families
they have three daughters with
five sons bearing the name Rice,
other married names.
married - Lyman Mumford. Mary
Ann was the wife of L. James
Phoenix, and Sarah Caroline marri-
ed Dr. Joel Jackson Rogers, famous
physician of Huntsville.
Asa Cooke came to Trucksville
before 1826.
Isaac Cooke came to Huntsville
before 1836.
Samuel B. Cooke and family
settled in Beaumont in 1855. His
sister Margaret Craig Cooke became
the second wife of Abram Ryman
of Dallas in 1863.
Jane A. Cooke and husband Isaiah
Seeley Bennett moved their family
to Beaumont in 1867.
Charles H. Cooke of Dallas came
to the area in 1871.
If any other local families have
Mayflower ancestry, we will be
glad to receive such information.
We assume no responsibility, how-
ever, for looking it up for them.
In a letter from Valley Stream,
N. Y.,, Mr. A. E. Walker qudtes Ed-
ward T. Line, an employe of the
LV.RR. for fifty-two years, now
ninety-six years old, that the L.V.
Black Diamond was detoured over
the Bowmans Creek Branch for
one trip only about 1886 or 1887
account high water east of Towanda.
I knew Mr. Line when he was an
operator at the various towers at
Pittston Jct. and am glad to re-
ceive his recollection on this. This
does not dispute my statement that
such detours were not made “In
time and long before.” The same
applies to comment of Mr. Stitzer
regarding 1902-03.
According to W. P. Ryman’s
“History of Dallas Township” the
first locomotive passed through
Dallas Dec. 9, 1886. Even when
the Bowman's Creek Branch was
all new, and engines and cars much
smaller than now, such detours
were not continued as common
practice.
During part of his retirement,
Mr. Line lived in Dallas about four-
teen years.
The first snow storm or frost after
Labor Day curtails swimming, pic-
nics and the sale of soft ice cream.
About all it brings out is the dread
of winter and warmer clothing. The
first snow after Thanksgiving cur-
tails little but travel, while it is on
but it does bring out a different at-
titude in people. Thoughts of Christ-
mas shopping are taken in earnest
and the spirit of that noble birth,
nearly two thousand years ago is
fused into the smiles, greetings and
sparkle of human eyes for the nine-
teen hundreth time,
Cape Canaveral as a launching pad
or Lake Placid as a ski jump center
can always rely on East Center
Street in Shavertown, should their
respective facilities fail. If you really
want to get the feeling of an as-
tronaut at launch time, try negotiat-
ing East Center Street's railroad
siding at any speed greater than ten
to fifteen miles per hour. It's my
impression that this is just another
example of why the railroads have
taken second place to every other
form of transportation. Certainly in
these times of advanced techniques
in every field including construction,
there is a way to build crossings so
that you arem’t flung into orbit every
time you attempt to negotiate one.
Last Thursday, when the snow
was piled high and the streets were
covered with hazardously slippery
areas, was a good time to consider
the merits of one of those conven-
iences that became modern long
before the time when our forefathers
drew a bead on the first redskin at
Plymouth Rock.
The convenience was then (and
still is) called a sidewalk and by any
other name, it still has saved a lot
of pedestrian’s lives and provided
assurance in walking along main
traveled streets and highways. Rest
assured, I'll be the first to say, “I
told you so,” the first time one of
1]
your children or older people could
have been spared injury or death
because the lack of sidewalks in our
communities forced them to walk in
the highway.
Sure, all these conveniences cost
money and inconvenience to con-
struct but how much would you give
for the added assurance that your
child might travel more safely to
school or a loved one attend the
affairs of the day that perhaps re-
quire walking to the store?
“Main Street U. S. A.” the title
and topic for many a stirring tale in
our past is fast passing into oblivion.
In the not too distant past it repre-
sented the brightly lit, shopping, en-
tertainment, fantasyland, core of
every hamlet and city in this fair
country. Today, it has been replaced
by this shop for sale, this excellent
location for lease, will re-design to
suit your needs, going out of busi-
ness, dirty windows, broken down
buildings, inadequate parking, aban-
doned theaters, reports that business
is terrible and shopping plazas.
A government subsidy will never
save main street anymore than it
has saved the farmer, railroads,
schools or anything else. It will only
provide support for missing incen-
tive.
The answer is evident. An ag-
gressive, merchants association
guided by a board of directors com-
posed of the best minds available
and if they are not available, then
they should be employed. Through
this association, adequate parking
can be provided, main street can be
cleaned up, powerful promotions can
become effective, live merchants can
be induced to return to the vacant
shops and the lights can be turned
on in Main Street again. The other
alternative is the continued rapid
disintegration ‘to the point that it
will become warehouses for the
plazas or g suburb to the suburbs.
Karen Thomas, Guest
Mrs. William R. Thomas, Wood-
bine Road, Midway Manor, enter-
tained at a birthday party on Nov-
ember 28 for her daughter, Karen,
who was seven. Present were Mrs.
John Skokna, Mrs. Donald Seprun,
Jackie Horwatt, Pam Ellis, Harry
Goeringer, Donnie Soprun and the
guest of honor,
Twenty Fourth Birthday
John Fluck Jr. celebrated his
twenty-fourth birthday Sunday aft-
ernoon at a family dinner given by
his parents at his home at Harveys
Lake. Guests included Rev. and Mrs.
Andrew Derrick, Fernbrook; his
brother James, home on leave from
Fort Knox, Ky.; and his sister Kath-
erine. | A
Margaret |
"Why Santa Came”
By WILLIARD G. SEAMAN
If you listen as closely, as closely can be,
I'll tell you a story my grandma told me,
And the story she told me is why Santa came
Way back in the years fore most folks knew his name.
My grandma told me that her grandma told her
Of a snow covered land and bears with white fur,
Where a funny old couple with no girls and boys
Lived in a house that wag chuck full of toys;
Because Santa Claus (that was really his name)
Just loved to make toys for the fun of the game,
And way, way up there, I don’t think that he
Ever thought of how famous one day he would be.
His workshop was tiny and crowded as well
And wherever he stepped, over new toys he fell,
"Till the workshop and all of the house overflowed
And at last Mrs. Santa said “They're in my road,
You'll have to find space that’s outside of my house,
Now scat” — and old Santa as meek as a mouse
Backed out to go down to his workshop below,
Tripped over some toys and fell flat in the snow.
He grunted, sat up, and cleared snow from his eyes
And there to his wonderful joy and surprise,
Coming into the yard were none other themselves
Than his old friends and neighbors, the Carpenter Elves.
The elves gathered ’round and helped Santa rise,
And he gleefully said, “You're a sight for sore eyes,
For I need your kind help a new workshop to build,
And no one can do it like elves, of your guild.”
So the elves went to work and first thing you know
A new workshop stood where before was just snow,
And Santa had helpers and workrooms to spare
For the elves said right out, they'd like to stay there,
This was surely the home for which they'd been looking
And then too, Mrs. Santa did wonderful cooking;
So the thing was all settled, the elves had a home
And Santa had time to go shopping in Nome.
So early one morning he rose from his bed,
Hitched up his six reindeer, and loaded his sled
With the newest and brightest of some of his toys
To give out in Nome to a few girls and boys.
Then Santa and reindeer pulled out through the snow
(For as yet over housetops they’d not learned to go)
And through the deep snowdrifts they puffed on their way
{Cause Santa was heavy and so was the sleigh,
But at last, with a jingle of bells and a shout
They pulled into Nome and Santa got out.
He stabled his reindeer, unloaded his toys,
And soon was surrounded by small girls and boys
Who loved him not only for toys that they’d find,
But because he was lively, and jolly, and kind.
Then he called out their names and for each had a toy,
But when all names were called there was one little boy
Who stood there with nothing, so Santa spoke out,
“How is it I never have seen you about?”
The little boy answered and brushed off a tear,
“My mamma and papa just came up this year
From a town where we lived in the good U. S. A.
But no one like you ever came down our way,
And lots of the kids never saw any toys
Except, maybe some of the rich girls and boys.”
Santa looked thoughtful and said, “Yes, I know,
A often have wished I could go down below,
But for such a long, trip not enough time have I .
Unless, like the birds, all my reindeer could fly.”
Then he added the little boy's name to his list
And told him that never again he’d be missed.
So, happy and singing, the kids said goodbye,
And Santa went down to the grocer’s to try
To purchase the things Mrs. Santa had listed
(A job he disliked ‘cause he sometimes got twisted)
But at last he was finished, his sleigh was piled high,
And his six reindeer eager the trip home to try;
So away they all raced through the wind and the snow
For homeward too Santa was anxious to go —
. Then, so covered with snow they seemed more white than
brown,
The reindeer at last entered Santa Claus town;
And though it was late, Mrs. Santa was waiting
And the elves quickly came from where they were skating,
To help tired Santa unload his large sled,
Unbhitch the six reindeer and put them to bed;
Then, yawning and sleepy, they finished their chores
And Santa Claus town was soon filled with their snores.
But Santa’s first job when next day he got up
Was to see that each reindeer received a large cup
Of special cooked oats with some vitamins added
And that each stall with plenty of straw was well padded,
For he knew that the trip had exhausted them all
So that each needed long hours of sleep in his stall,
And he made up his mind as he worked with them there
That to his reindeer he’d add one more pair,
‘Cause the sleigh and it’s load seemed too heavy indeed
And the team he now had couldn’t make enough speed.
Now Santa was thinking of that boy in Nome
Who told how the kids in his U. S. A. home
Had no one like Santa to keep them in mind,
And who’d never heard of this old man so kind;
So maybe, thought Santa, if I have a team
‘Of eight speedy reindeer with plenty of steam,
I might make a trip at least part way down there
And see that more kids of my toys get their share.
Then Santa stepped out and looked up at the sky
And the day seemed so fine, he decided he'd try
A hunt for the reindeer he wanted so badly
And the elves, when he asked, said they'd go very gladly;
So they all strapped on snowshoes and headed northwest
To a spot where the hunting would likely be best,
For that was the spot where, the oldest elf said,
A reindeer had once flown right over his head,
But the elves, who had all heard his story before
Laughed loudly and asked if he knew any more,
For whoever heard of a reindeer that flew,
There was no such thing as most everyone knew.
Then suddenly Santa told al] to keep still’
For a large herd of reindeer was over the hill,
And the elves’ swiftest runners he then singled out,
Gave each one a halter and told him about
The kind of a reindeer he'd like them to find,
And not to be rough, but be gentle and kind;
Then when each had his reindeer, to let Santa know
By using a whistle he gave them to blow.
So the runners went back and circled the hill,
While Santa Claus waited, and soon there came shrill
The whistle of one, then of two, and of three,
And Santa and elves were delighted to see
The runners returning and each one was leading
A reindeer that he had surprised at his feeding;
So Santa examined them all with great care,
(Though they danced and grew nervous and leaped in
the air)
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| Township school board.
‘Kern was mistaken for a deer by
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Only Yesterday . . .
It Happened
30 Years Ago:
The Colorado River was being
diverted through a tunnel in prep-
aration for Boulder Dam, the first
step in the 165 million dollar project.
A picture showed the huge steam
shovel throwing up an earth wall for
diversion of ‘the stream.
A letter written by General
George Washington to Zebulon But-
ler in 1780 was on display at First
National Bank of Dallas. The letter
was in reply to Col. Butler's request
for more troops in the Wyoming
Valley.
Dallas Township school board
elected A. P. Kiefer president, Ar-
thur Newman vice president.
Plams were afoot in Kingston
Township to extend Lehigh Street to
the new high school, using unem-
ployed workers.
Rural Basketball League opened
with Noxen defeating Dallas 69 to
20. Lehman taking Trucksville 27
to 21.
An editorial called attemtion to
the jobless, said any kind of work
was preferable to charity, asked
folks with jobs to create jobs for
the unemployed, fixing up the pre-
mises, anything. The depression was
acute. ’
You could get 4 packages of seed-
less raisins for a quarter; 2 pounds
prunes for 15 cents. Eggs had risen
a little in price, and butter had gone
up to two pounds for 61 cents. Meat
was still very cheap, spare-ribs 5
cents a pound, chuck roast 14 cents.
‘Warm weather continued. “Tru-
dalsha” was the mewest of the names
suggested for Back Mountain.
It Happened
20 Years Ago
Farmers were required to keep
records on the sale of meat to a
neighbor, but could slaughter for
their own use without red tape.
Livestock raisers who tem years be-
fore had been paid for plowing un-
der the pigs, were confused.
Fred Kiefer was elected president,
Fred Hughey vice president of Dallas
A large pig belonging to Edwin
a trigger-happy hunter, drilled right
through the stomach. .
Robert Hislop had his liquor li-
cense transferred from Dallas Inn
to new (quarters at Tally-Ho. The
Grille was completely redecorated.
Called for examination in the draft
were: Harry Patrick Hart, Benjamin
J. Van Ness, Arthur James Gray,
Theodore R. Wilson, Aaron Paul
Major, William Harry Tredinnick,
John Lewis Kunkle, Leslie P. Sne-
decker, Howard Stanley Rice. Char-
les Dewey Mitchell, Walter Charles
Pegler. In the draft but %mlisting
ahead of ee were Elmer W. Weavy.
er and Arthur James O'Boyle.
Dallas band leader Robert He
erson enlisted.
Major Norman Smith, Huntsville,
was slightly injured in fighting in
Africa, the first known Back Moum-
tain casualty in that area.
Marooned by a blizzard in Canada
were local duck-hunters Jur Hauck
James Oliver, Dr. Charles Ashley,
and Hugh Jones.
The Dallas Post, shorthanded be-
cause of the war, asked folks to stop
offering money for mailing of news-
papers to service men, and start
sending in news over the phone or
written out. Papers for service men
were sent by the Dallas Post, but the
boys needed news from home in the
papers.
Servicemen heard from: Louis
Kelly, University of Virginia; George
B. Turn, Harvard; Hal Johnson, San
Francisco APO: George Frank, Fort
Monmouth; John Borton, Kessler
Field; Walt Schuler,, Fort Dix; Ed-
ward Nafus, Virginia; Denville Mor-
ret, Chanute Field; Allen Kittle,
Camp [Shelby; Dean Kocher, Fort
Benning; Clifford Davis, Texas; Carl
Carey, Guadalcanal; @Velton Bean,
Groton, Conn.; Daniel Rusiloski, San
Diego; Bob Avery, Aberdeen Proving
Grounds; Ted Scouton, Miami; John
and Alexander McCulloch, England;
| Bill Fletcher and Bob Hansen, Fort
Sheridan; Eddie Simpson, Australia;.
Jay Gould, Norfolk; Albert Gould,
March Field, Calif.; Frank Smith,
Texas; Harry S. Smith, Fort Myers;
Evan Brace, on leave in Dallas. ;
Married: Florence Rolison to John -
Helfrich. Elizabeth Bunny ‘to Michael
Kuchta. Bertha Walters to Sheldon
Ehret.
Florence Rusiloski joined the
Wacs. .
Mrs. Jennie Gebler, Alderson,
died.
It Happened
0 Years Ago
Masons planned to build a $40,000
home on Main Street, Dallas. James
Lacy to draw up plans.
Telephcne Co m pany employees
erected a forty-foot Christmas tree
donated to the community by Arthur
Dungey. 5 A
General Eisenhower conferre
with President Truman on the Kor-
ean War, in advance of taking over
the Presidency. :
Harry Bogart was appointed to fill
the vacancy caused by death of I. R.
Elston on the Kingston Township
board of supervisors.
Fund for purchase of a mew fire-
engine for Dallas reached $10,000.
Lt. Louis Kelly’s wife heard from
him details of the helicovter crash
that took his co-pilot’s life off the
coast of Oahu while on a mission
from carrier Valley Forge.
Married: Ada V. Gordon to Ronald
Kinney. Laura Keener to Nelson
Harris. Bonnie B. Smith to Wilbur
Coolbaugh, Jr. Joy Baltimore to
Herbert Greenwald.
Died: Mrs. R. G, Arracy, formerly
Laff SHavertowil at 91.! Charles Hu'tCh-
ins, 72, Dallas. Earl Weidner, 51.
Mrs. Ida Eyet. 83, Lockville. Mrs.
Malvina Fox, 88.
Yeoman Jenkins Enjoyed Navy's
Bountiful Thanksgiving Dinner
Thomas R. .Jenkins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas H. Jenkins, Perrin
Avenue, Shavertown, has been pro-
moted to Petty Officer, Yeoman 3rd
Class by the U.S. Navy. He is sta-
tioned at the LakeMeade Base of
the, Atomic Administration near Las
Vagas, Nevada.
Tom, who is enjoying his Navy
career, enlisted two years ago. His
dad is assistant principal at Dallas |-
Senior High School.
His parents were greatly intrigued
by his enclosure in a recent letter
of the Armed Services Thanksgiving
menu.
Shrimp Cocktail
Glazed Baked Ham
Roast Tom Turkey
Oyster rDessing
Snowflake Potatoes Giblet Gravy:
Cranberry Orange Molds
Fresh Peas Sauted with Mushrooms
Corn
French Dressings
Tossed Salad Stuffed Celery Olives
Assorted Hot Rolls Apple Jelly -
Fruit Tray Orange Sherbert
Pumpkin Pie With Whipped Cream
Minced Pie :
Fresh Milk . Coffes
Mixed Nuts
Cigars Cigarettes
Blue Cheese
Betsy Lee Raymond
Mr. and Mrs. Harry F. Goeringer,
East Dallas, are the proud grand-
parents of a new granddaughter,
Betsy Lee, born December 6 to Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Raymond, Batavia,
N.Y. Mrs. Raymond is the former
Carolyn Goeringer. :
And two of the finest he finally chose,
Then the others turned loose with a pat on the nose.
Now homeward they turned with the reindeer in tow,
And they danced and they pranced and soared over the
snow,
While the elves were at times almost dragged in the air
As the new reindeer leaped over great snowdrifts there;
So now as he watched them go soaring so bold,
Santa thought of the story the old elf had told rr
* Of the flying reindeer who had streaked through the air,
And he thought up a plan as
he watched the new pair.
The next day he harnessed them up to his sleigh,
And let them pull out for just a short way
So that after awhile they were used to his voice,
And they soon learned to turn where Santa made choice.
Then later the other six reindeer he added,
And out through the snow the eight of them padded;
Soon Dasher and Dancer, (the new reindeer’s names
Leaped into the air as he pulled on the reins,
And Santa called “UP” as he
leaned o’er the six
For he wanted them all to learn Dancer's new tricks.
Each day with his full team he’d go out and try
And after awhile they had all learned to fly
For a short distance over the top of the snow
(But not very high and at first they were slow)
But Santa kept trying and soon got a thrill,
For the whole team flew over a neighborhood hill
With a speed that left Santa
without any breath §
(And while he didn’t say so, most scared him to death)
So now at long last Santa’s dream had come true
And as each day he practiced,
the faster they flew,
Till at last as the country beneath him unfurled
He knew he could travel] all over the world
With toys for the kids not only in
ome
But for kids the world over and in every home.
And so on every Christmas Eve
Santa’s as real as you believe
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