APACE 2
DALLAS POST Fstablished 1889
lore Tham +4 Newspaper, A Cc mmunity Institution
Now In Its 73rd Year”
A nowpartisem, liberal progressive mewspaper pub-
ed every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant,
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or raising money will appear in a specific issue.
Preference will in all instances be given to editorial matter which
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i Single copies at a rate of 10c can be obtainesi every Thursday
oorning at the following newstands: Dallas - - Bert's Drug Store.
Colonial Restaurant, Daring’s Mark.s, 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;
xen — Scouten’s Store; Shawnmese — Puterbaugh’s Store; Fern-
— Bogdon’s Store, Bunney’s Store, Orchard Farm Restaurant;
be — Novak's Confectionary.
Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY
te Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
Accounting—DORIS MALLIN
Circulation-—MRS. VELMA DAVIS
itorially Speaking:
A Great Country Editor
is is what the Wilkes-Barre Record, in its issue
December 27, had to say of Howard Risley on the
ial page: Te
could be truly said of Howard West Risley, editor
blisher of the Dallas Pbst, that he has carved for
a niche in his community of Dallas and the entire
ountain area which will be difficult, if not im-
e to fill. SRT ba
Mr. Risley’s life work, as a formulator of public
inion, of leading worthy ‘causes through his editorial
Llumns in the Post, bore ‘the mark: of distinction and of
brsonal dedication. . fa i
Aside from his duties to the newspaper, he always
fund time for such worthy causes as the Summer auction
nducted for the benefit of the Back Mountain Memorial
brary, which under his leadership, was built into an
ent meriting national recognition. Fa
Howard Risley was a true country editor, in every
se of thé phrase. No duty or task, however trivial
ithe surface, was “beneath” him — he always had a
‘word for anyone who dropped into the Post, at any
‘he of the day — he was always available whenever a
ject needed his stimulus or advice, and his news and
itorial columns were open to the service of all, without:
r or favor. Sa ny fa :
Mr. Risley’s personality was. stamped firmly, upon
his beloved Dallas Post; it influenced the work of all his
colleagues on the newspaper. His Post was not only a
yuntry newspaper, it was an integral part of Dallas. and
p the Back Mountain area, perhaps to an extent which
{onger ‘exists in rural communities throughout the
ion, especially where there has been a comparable in-
of new residential developments and home expansions.
in his lifetime, many honors were heaped upon
“oward for his initiative and hard work In"community
affairs. He accepted these modestly, and oftentimes with
“embarrassment.” Many times, he would request that
no “fuss” be made over him -— that he was. merely doing
his job as an editoy and as an’ average'resident of the
community. TR ave : ;
4 For Howard West Risley, who received his early
training as a reporter for the Wilkes-Barre Record. before
b acquired the Dallas Post, we write “Thirty” at the end
ig life's story — the. journalist’s sign for ‘‘the end,
no more to come.”
But hig life’s story will live on, to encourage and to
re others to take his place, and to carry on where he
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REAT TEAM
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Valve . . .
has given in publicizing the activi-
ties of the YMCA this past year.
Best wishes for a Happy Holida
Season. :
Sincerely,
Louise Dickinson
Public Relations Secretary
Cub Pack 530
Dallas Post: have
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land your person-
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part of your
grateful,
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Roger Boston,
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les. Arnold,
Steven Patton.
Sr., and Mrs Chester Keiper.
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INBC-TV with feature films. The
| that “children are going to be sub-
{ introduction of advertising in Jack
‘| up to the
Cub Scout Pack 530, Noxen, met
recently at the V.F.W. Hall when
membership cards were given to
Dale (Clark, Loren
Case, Joseph Newell, Brent Steele,
Gregory Moyer, Allan, Kitchen Jr.,
Teddy Scouten, David Smith, Char-
Hugh © Murphy and
Den Mothers’ cards were given ito
Mrs. Fred Case, Mrs. Allan Kitchen
Parents attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Boston, Mr. and Mrs.
wed (Case, Mildred, Mr. and Mrs.
4 , Mr. and Mrs.
laire, Mr. and
Sr., Mrs. Frank-
ard Smith, Mrs.
'ommy, Nicholas |
Looking At
T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Alumni Fun is the title of a new
show that makes its debut in Jan-
uary over ABC-TV. The program
will be produced by John F. Cleary,
who also produces “College Bowl,”
on which undergraduates compete.
This new show will feature promi-
nent graduates of colleges and uni-
versities who will appear on
“Alumni Fun” to match wits for
csish awards to their alma maters.
John K. M. McCaffery has been
named host and moderator.
| Jerry Lewis—Right in the middle
of negotiations by both NBC and
CBC to wrap Jerry Lewis into an
exclusive contract for next season,
ABC came in the back door and
signed the comic to a five-year
deal. |
The contract calls for Jerry Lewis
to do a two-hour weekly show on
Saturday night frém 10 to 12. This
will necessitate moving the Gillette
fights outs oi=#x Saturdedy spot but
woulde‘prefer going back to its Fri-
day night 10 to 11 period where it
was for years.
Saints and Sinners and “It's a
Man's World,” will be replaced by
“Price is Right” will most likely be
switched to Friday at 9:30 p. m.
“Talents Scouts” will be a Monday
night fill-in. The Hollywood feature
films on Monday evening (7:30 to
9:30 p.m.) will begin Feb. 4 and
continue until next September when
the network will re-program its
Monday night schedule.
“It's a Man’s World” was the
lowest rated show on NBC’s entire
prime time schedule.
TV Ads for Children — To many
parents ‘the increased dosage of ad-
vertising aimed at children is a
source of grave concern. But Dr.
Frances R. Horwich, who for ten
years was “Miss Frances” 2 of “Ding
Dong School” a prize winning chil~
dren’s television show takes a dif-
ferent viewpoint.
She acknowledges that ‘Children
are being bombarded with advertis-
ing as never before” but she adds
jected to advertising all of their
lives. They will have to learn at
some stage to be selective I think
that if children are confronted early
in their lives with advertising they
will learn at a younger age tp un-
derstand the difference between
truth and fiction and to interpret
sales language.
“Even children of 4 and 5 years
of age can easily recognize adver:
tised brands in the supermarket
and may ask their mothers to pur-
chase them.
“But that doesn’t mean that the
parent necessarily must cater to
every childish demand. Children
have always made demands and
parents have always had to deny
many of them.”
Dr. Horwich has just been named
director “of children’s activities at
Curtis Publishing Company. Part
of her job will be to supervise the
and Jill, a magazine for children
of 5 to 10 years of age. This maga-
zine has refused advertisements for
the last 24 years.
Leretta Young’s Show never did
click. It was just not believable,
too much sweetness and maybe too
many characters. Whatever the
cause, beautiful Loretta goes off
and “Password” will move from its
Sunday spet at 6:30 p.m. to fill the
vacancy. This seems like a good
move on the part of CBS. “Pass-
word!" might just be alle to stand
_ competition of serious
Ben: Cagey.” oda "iE |
All the light-hearted viewers will
find “Password” a. fast moving show
and thé two well-known guest per-
sonalities add extra human ‘irterest.
Survival Plan
A young mother whose husband is
an officer iin the Air Force, stationed
in a primestarget area on the Atlan-
tic seaboard, shares Air Force in-
structions with ‘the general public
in case of attack: : ;
Service personnel MUST survive if
at all possible. .It is ‘an order, in
direct contrast to’ the feeling on the
“would be very little ise in surviving
at -all, should an atomic attack sear
the face of the world as we now
know: it. :
In sheltering from fall-out, use an.
inside room if no good cellar is.
available. If phere is a hallway;
use that, or an enclosed stairway.
Radiation does not turn corners.- Tt
moves in a straight line. If there
are windows in the room chogeén,
keep sandbags on hand at all times,’
filled and ready for use, inside an
out. 3
Stay away from all outside walls.
This is stressed again and again.
Do not touch even a piece of fur-
niture which is up against an out-
side wall, as”it will conduct: radia-
tion straight to you. : 2,8
"Plan on a one-week minimum of
being confined. Have food and water
where you -can snatch it-up in a
hurry. Dump out your garbage and
bring in the trash can for human
wastes. Keep plastic bags on hand
for this purpose. ;
. Keep houseplants growing, take
them into your shelter to help man-
ufacture oxygen. If possible, have
enough water on hand in the shelter
to wash off body and hair after
attack has passed. Destroy as soon
as possible clothing | worn, equip-
ment used: during ‘tha attack.
Sounds grim ? Py
part «of many “people ‘that there}
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| The heading of this column was
Howard Risley’s personal selection.
He probably carried it in his mind
for a long time before it ever ap-
peared in print. )
| For several years, he asked me,
every once in a while, to write a
column for THE POST. Finally,
after I had eased myself out of all
public affairs, it was started. He
never issued any instructions about
it, either as to length, nature of
contents to be included, or view-
point to be adopted. Once only
that I recall, he said, “T do not
agree with what you say, but will
run it anyway.” He did.
Frequently he would pass along
a favorable comment, sometimes
would write a little note, “Thought
your column on . .. was excellent.”
On the other hand, when things
seemed to be running along pretty
smoothly he once remarked, “Stir
things a little.” Just recently when
two people write in, picking on a
specific word in the middle of a
long sentence, and ignoring the six
words which began the sentence,
he said, “TI am glad to see all the
excitement.”
The column is just finishing the
fifth year, over 250 weeks it has
been printed. It has been five years
of very pleasant association. Early
in the time, I learned it was unwise
for me to stop and chat with How-
ard. We would get so interested
in discussion of history that he
could get nothing done and I would
be late for whatever I had to do.
Since I work evenings and nights,
I never attended his Civil War
Roundtable, hut it must have been
really something, If they got into
their talk one per cent of what he
knew about the Civil War, it would
have been an education.
So much has been said in the
last few days about hig activity in
the Library, the Auction, and other
public affairs, that little has been
devoted to his main interest in life,
THE DALLAS POST. To those of
us who have lived with the POST
over half a century, the change in
his time is outstanding.
* While I remember Mr. W. H.
Capwell as an individual very well,
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
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some of the time I could not read
and then was not interested in
newspapers. Recent mention in this
column was based on old clippings
and not on recollection. I do re-
member the long years under J.
Harry Anderson very well but noth-
ing especially striking about them.
THE POST ran along on a fairly
even pace and form, much of its
interior material secured in pre-
set form from national agencies,
with the amount of really local
news, and local advertising very
limited.
Howard took over THE POST
about thirty years ago, during the
great depression, but the POST was
not in a depression; it was falling
apart. It was in, or on the verge
of bankruptcy. Its reputation was
in all ways, if possible, worse than
its financial standing. There had
been several changes in manage-
ment in a short time, each seem-
ingly worse than the preceding, and
all on a flyby-night basis.
All he had to start with wag the
name, the location, a small build-
ing, and some equipment probably
about thirty years out of date, much
of it not only obsolete but well
worn. His own financial condition
was not easy at first, but he stuck
with it and pulled through. The
present POST, compared to that
when he started, is about like a
Sunday edition of THE NEW YORK
TIMES compared to a local week-
day paper published nearby.
His special editions have shown
a lot of foresight and hard work.
Nine years ago he pyt out a
Thanksgiving issue which ran to
sixty-four pages, filled with local
history and community booster
items, especially photographs, some
of which covered a full page, illus-
trating the beauties of the area and
recent changes.
A few month ago he put in a new
process, so far used for tabloid
supplements, which reproduces
photographically anything either
typed, drawn, lettered, even pic-
tures. He was very pleased with
it and showed me other papers, one
issued entirely with that process.
‘Well done, Howard,
(Continued fro
good credit. You can arrange to pay
some in 30 days, some in 60 days,
and some at 90 days; but be sure
to pay a little before your account
is due. Good credit at a good retail
store will help you and your hus-’
band (or wife) when you may need
this credit later to buy real estate
or start a business of your own.
Cuban Outleck
I forecast that the Cuban problem
will not be settled in 1963. It may
extend until after the 1964 presi-
dential elections. The Russians have
removed their missile installations
and bombers from Cuba, in accord-
ance with President Kennedy's de-
mands. In return, Mr. Kruschev will
undoubtedly want some concession
in Berlin, or in Turkey—which now
bottles up Russia in the. winter due
to Turkey's control of ‘the Dardan-
elles.
Kruschev must placate his people
at home by improving rather than
reducing their standard of living. I
saw this very clearly when I was
in Moscow. He helped Castro only
so that he would have something to
trade with the United States, either
in connection with Berlin or with
our bases which we mow have in
Europe. Krushchev expected to later
withdraw from Cuba when he first
decided to help Castro. He knew
Russia could continue to use Cuba
as a base for Russian submarines.
Now both Krushchev and Castro are
looking to save face at home.
Some think the Cuban fracas will
make President Kennedy much
tougher with labor here in the
United States, but I disagree. Labor
leaders may be more reasonable in
their demands, but they will con-
tinue to have friends at the White®
Houses :
~ (Labor. and the Profit Margin
Readers: should realize that the
steel workers can reopen their wage
contract after May 1, 1963. The
settlement ofithis contract will be
very likely to, fnfluence other labor
disputes, depending largely on in-
ternational coriditions.
I feel that our country is becom-
ing’ “immune” ‘to crises, believing
that the cold war will continue for
| years to come. There, however, will
be no nuclear war within our gener-
ation; and no international war of
any kind in’ 1963. So
sw Labor should begin ‘to realize in
(1963 that wages finally depend upon
‘the employer's margin‘ af profit. The
year 1962 has seen many employ-
ers close. down because of their slight
margin. Small : businessmen—both
manufacturers and -retailers—must
‘have a larger margin or profit in
order to exist. There are too many
mergers into bigger units and too
many failures of worthy employers.
Labor leaders are largely responsible
for this unfortunate development
and are slowly pricing themselves
out of business. Sooner or later this
can result in much. unemployment,
A tax cut will not Solve ‘this diffi-
culty, > ;
: Commodity Prices
Nineteen-sixtg-t hree will
many basic cg
er prices. J
Jities sell for low-
: aestic produc-
tion. cutba 1 mater-
ials, wor] ntinue
iru les in
BABSON'S REPORT—
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downward pressure on commodity
prices in the U.S. There will be ex-
ceptions in hybrid corn, Idaho seed
potatoes, and other selected crops.
Much depends upon the weather and
the ability to hold over surpluses.
Prices of peaches, apples, citrus
and other fruits depend principally
upon. the weather. Improvements in |
canning, freezing, and storage have
been greatly advanced, while the big
supermarkets have been beneficial
in stabilizing prices. The hope of the
fruit growers rests in co-operative
advertisements in newspapers and
other media.
Certain basic chemicals will sure-
ly decline in price due to over-pro-
duction and competition from im-
ports. The U.S. Justice Department
claims to be working for consumers
in its fights with many companies
such as the dairy concerns, but in
the end supply and demand will de-
termine the result and not legisla-
tion or court decisions.
Taxes and Inflation
Before the Kennedy 'Administra-
tion retires, I forecast that we will
have either more taxes or more in-
flation. Neither, however, need come
in 1963. The stock market may dis-
count the expected inflation by tem-
porarily continuing above 600 on the
Dow-Jones Industrial Average. The
November elections indicate that the
voters want a ‘“‘welfare state” and I
believe this means more inflation
rather than more taxes.
The old saying, ‘We cannot have
our cake and eat it too,” is certainly
true today. The elections referred to
above indicate that the majority of
voters really believe they can have
all these temporal benefits such as
medical care for the aged, medical
and hospital payments, more social
security, ete., without having to pay
the bill either through increased
taxes or through inflation,
With all ‘that is promised to young
people in the form of free educa-
tion, college scholarships, etc. in
addition fo the above-mentioned
‘help, this means that the employed
people, from ages 25 to 65, must
carry the entire burden. Sometime
they will rebel, but it will not be
in 1963 although it might come at
the next presidential election. Cer-
tainly the enactment of a “real” all-
inclusive tax cut is no sure thing.
It may look good to the “working
man” but not to investors or em-
ployers. ¥
The Dollar and Gold
The purchasing power of our dol-
lar will gradually be less, but this
statement applies also to the cur-
rency of all countries. If our dollar
deglines in value it will be the same
for every nation. If we devalue the
dollar’ or temporarily look prosper-
ous by phony bookkeeping, the oth-
er nations will gradually follow
suit and ‘we will all wind up where
we started, : :
. The dollar will not be devalued
in’ 1963, although the Wall Street
and Lombard Street brokers will
put out propaganda to the contrary.
Now, a final word with regard to
gold. The United States will con-
tinue to lose gold on balance dur-
ing 1963. The only way to prevent
it in 1963 is for us to éxport more
goods and import less. This would
It IS grin i
ional
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
It Happened
30 Years Ago:
Warden Kunkle was elected presi-
dent of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire
Company; ‘A. P. Kiefer honorary
life president; Clyde Vietch chief.
Borough Council opposed wage
cuts for employees.
State Superintendent of Public
Instruction James N. Rule advo-
cated larger school districts in order
to reduce cost of operation.
Shavertown took Trucksville 48
to 19 in the Rural League, Ad Wool-
bert ring star.
Sacred Heart
at Harveys
badly by fire. ©
Edward VanHorn, 243;
A dinner for Judge Arthur H.
James was planned, in recognition
of his being elevated to the Superior
Court.
Philip Kunkle was installed as
Master of Kunkle Grange at the
annual dinner.
Early snows covered much of the
native food for game. Residents
were asked to cooperate in a feed-
ing program.
It Happened
20 Years Ago
Babson was forecasting increase
in farm income and reduction of
retail trade, with defense produc-
tion up 50%, and practically no
strikes until the end of the War.
Huntsville Christian Church con-
gregation elected H. J. Major, Har-
vey Moss, and Milton Culp elders.
Dallas Township voted to pur-
chase four air-raid sirens.
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany voted to continue the nightly
curfew. iL
A pair of cardinals, rare in the
area at that time, made front page
headlines.
Residents were reminded that
they had to Dive their car tires
registered. Collee and sugar ra-
tioning were tightening.
Names of Walter Elston, Howard
Risley, Austin Snyder, and Clyde
Lapp were suggested to serve with
Fred M. Kiefer and Gordon Mathers
on the’ Ration Board.
Married: Flora Stock to Donald
Gross. Alice Kay Davies to Edward
L. Stanley.
Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. “Sher-
man Hildebrant, Golden Wedding.
Died: Charles E.- Callendar, 76,
Sweet . Valley. Oscar Terry, 77,
Beaumont.
Heard from in the Outpost, these
servicemen: Burton King, Biggs
Field; Abdon B. Kupstas, Hawaii;
Fred Girton, Columbus, O.; Byron
Atkinson, Bainbridge, William A.
Rhodes, Fleet Postoffice; Frank
Bennelack, Hawaii; Jiggs Elston,
Parris Island; Paul Taylor, West
Indies; Paul Borkowski, Texas;
Stewart C. York, California; James
Murphy, Fort Meade; Bill Oberst,
San Diego; Madara Kriger, Africa;
Emmett Hoover, England; Robert
Davis, The Solomons; Willard Rog-
ers, Utah; William Snyder, Key
Field; John P. Crispell, Chemical
Warfare; Sterling Meade, Guadal-
canal; Fredrick Wilcox, Fort Sheri-
dan; Zigmond Harmon Jr., Tommy
Karkhuff and Pete Tomassie, Bain-
bridge; Howard Johnson, Bolling
Field; William A. Daniels, Camp
Rucker; John Jewell, Baton Rouge.
It Happened
[0 Years Ago
Dr. Charles Perkins headed the
staff at Nesbitt Hospital.
A freak fire caused by a short
circuit, set a doll to blazing ir
Crompton’s Tots to Teens Shop. /
passing motorist smashed the plat
glass window, yanked the doll ou |
on ‘the pavement. Nothing else wa
ablaze.
Sally Kear and Ida Mae Kiefe
were seriously injured in a ca
crash near Berwick. Hopes wer:
held out for their recovery. Botl
had fractured skulls. Two boy.
died, another boy was seriously in:
us. Monastery
jured.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Squier
Nicholson, observed their Golder
Wedding.
Ann Will Dress Company estab-
lished a plant employing forty
women in Noxen,
of our people.
Since my trip to Africa, I have
concluded that the answer is in
producing more gold rather than
leaving it underground. If gold had
a free market, its production would
increase naturally and it would
then represent one of the safest and
most profitable investments avail-
able today. Another one may be
uranium oxide. .
Of course, large quantities of gold
may be found on the surface of
the moon—which brings me to my
final subject, which I hope readers
will take seriously.
Going to the Moon
Nobody will reach the moon in
1963 or in 1964, but you will see
more and more about it in the
newspapers during 1964—or 1965.
Do not think that the United States
will be the only country preparing
for. this trip. Russia, England,
France, Germany, and possibly China
are preparing today to go to the
moon. China does not need to be
a member of the United Nations in
order to send a rocket and three
men to the moon and return.
China’s trip to the moon may be
financed by foreign capital. China
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Boil Dallas: ost, Be Hows :
flg the hospital cofidors -
hoursYoni Christmas night, the thot
now and then. Was the life pf the
ing out forever? If we thohght 2
that it was. {
Over and over it has been sait
in a thousand words, written and
the Dallas Post.” We were all cert
wrong. }
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called it, will go on.
those terrible black
t came to us briefly
llas Post also flicker-
h11 then, we believed
uring the past week,
boken: Howard ‘‘was
n of it. But we were
s creation, grew and
b know now that the
has flesh and blood,
and it has Howard's
ise is to belittle his
Truly the Ole Devil was Howary
survived on his life's blood. 'But vj
Dallas Post is also a living entity. |
and a mind and a heart of its own,
spirit to guide it. To think othe
achievement.
We, here at The House, saw it
bleak Wednesday morning when tl
death struck its crushing blow. |
Hix was the first to come. Le!
through the night at his uncle’s side
Post to deliver the tragic message to
It was press day. y >
Would the paper ever be publigped again? Could it
be? We knew the answer at once, when a pale and shaken
Hix said, “Oh yes, the paper must gb out. One by one
they came over to The House to shate our grief — their
grief. - And then, like soldiers they marched grimly back
to carry on their battle without their general. Nobody
had questioned that ‘Howard woulf want the paper to
go out.” : Ea
They worked all night. Tears age mixed with ink in
that issue of December 27, 1962. At 6}o’clock in the morn-
ing the lights went off at the Post.| ; al,
Myra had cried over and over again, “I can’t do it.
But before anybody at The House was awake on Friday
morning, she went over to face alone the Ole Devil and
to have her grief before anyone else arrived. She knew
that she was needed to get out the pay roll. And she did.
Readers will often find that theq Post will seem like
a little girl dressed up in her mother'§ clothing and teeter-
ing on her mother’s shoes.
Please remember, Readers, (ycffy of course, are also
his friends) that this is a man’s sgt and a super-man's
shoes that must be filled. Follow wiih gentled eyes if you
will. But never doubt again.
Ole Devil Dallas Post will
*
come to life on that
e news of Howard's
bhton, after standing
had gone over to the
hem as they arrived.
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In Memoriam To Hos
by
Mrs. Fredric W.
I was at the Post Office, Wedhesday morning, when
‘1 heard the news. My friend Hdward Risley, was dead.
Heart chilling dismay and porrow swept over me,
wiping out all thoughts of the day's planned activities. I
could not believe that this fine man, whom I had spoken
to hours previously, concerning the week’s news, would
not be on the other end; of the line, when I called in the
future. >
We had pledged to write only good stories for the
coming year. I had known he Was carrying too heavy
a load for the past several months, due to the loss of some
of his staff and the sudden illness
that those with cardiac problems
had replied that there vas too. m
For people such as Howarg
plans for improving his adopted
of compassion for his fellow mn
sparrow the ugliest mongrel stray
time to do the things which neé¢
better world in which to live. ©
His was the temperament
highly tuned, so appreciative of!
and the enchantment of growing
a touch of realism and a strict
" the whole man a perfectionist ¢
He was a scholar. He enj@®© !
browsing through old records offfpistory, particularly the
Civil War years, books of poet§y and the editorials of
others. Many hours were spent gitietly reviewing the many
papers and journals which were mailed to his door, with
his beloved pets, chattering or relaxing nearby.
Howard was a family mar. A kind, generous and
thoughtful son to his late mother, companion to his sister
and deeply devoted to his wife, Myra, with whom he shar-
ed his work, his interests, and his recreation. :
; He was a good neighbor, always in sympathy with
their problems and greatly amjised by the antics of their
children, which often formed the background for the anec-
dotes he wrote in his column.
He was a real friend, sta
and offering consolation to x
loss. The very heart strin
tragedies which occurred in
community down through t
A fine newspaper ma
that which he believed to be |
concerned. He was often mi
him deeply, for his motives
calibore. | a :
His talent for writing, hel Was willing to share with
others—and many he encouraged to develop this mode
of self expression. :
Many years ago,
with this outstanding countr)
between being a full time moth"
lowing that which I yearned tS
left the Dallas Post. ; :
Some months ago, he nedled a bit of help and, so.
again began our working togeff€’: The briefness of my
close association with Howard §isley in the writing field
will always be gne of my deeffst regrets. a
The Dallas Post will go fp Others will write its
stories and its editorials; but I fanot conceive how 1t will
be quite the same — without Egvar d there to put his per-
sonal finis to every copy su ted.
Risley, “so fertile with
ommunity, and so full
n, even to the humble
there was not enough
d doing, to make this a
ture’s abundant beauty
things. This, cast with
dherence to duty, made
d a born crusader.
ed nothing better than
”
yv beset by suffering and
lof the man were torn by
his beloved Back Mountain
years.
he consciantiously printed
r the best interests of all
nderstood and this hurt
ere always of the highest
| 1B opportunity of working
od £ | editor, but the conflict-
to my children and fol-
t to do, ended when I
Mips to the moon may pull them
of their troubles. By enticing
te capital which is now in need
India and ultimately get Burma. 2
Buying of “going to the moon’
stocks may become a very active |
speculation. The original boosters
will be paid for by some government,
but their operation will be left for
profit. The situation may compare
with our great “gold rush” in 1849
However, it will not be limited t
gold, but will also include diamor
platinum, and perhaps othey
ments which are not yet i
chemistry books. ‘My great
parents were all seafaring m
ing people from New Englan
the East Coast of South
around the Horn and up th,
Coast—a trip of two mor
astronauts say that they dq
the trip to the moon easi]
than four days. One final
If the Kennedy Administr§
into too much of a ja
me attractive speculative in-
ents, this might even bring
another big stock market
in ‘the late Sixties.
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br marshlands while hunting,
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band at the ankle and the
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