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{HE DALLAS POST Established 1889
“More Than A Newspaper, A Commumity Institution
Now In Its 73rd Year”
A nowpartisan, liberal progressive mewspaper pub-
lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant,
Lehman Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
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Towne House Restaurant; Shavertown — Evans Drug Store, Hall’s
Drug Store; Trucksville — Gregory's Store, Trucksville Drugs;
{detown — Cave’s Maket; Harveys Lake — Javers Store, Kockers’s
Stare; Sweet Valley — Adams Grocery; Lehman — Moore’s Store;
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brook — Bogdon’s Store, Bunney’s Store, Orchard Farm Restaurant;
Luzerne — Novak’s Confectionary.
Editor and Publisher— HOWARD W. RISLEY
-ssociate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS
Sports—JAMES LOHMAN
Accounting—DORIS MALLIN
Circulation—MRS. VELMA DAVIS
Editorially Speaking:
He Was BR Great Man
Newspapermen were shocked at Howard Risley’s un-
timely death. The Tunkhannock Republican, where ties
between the paper and the Dallas Post were unusually
close, hag this to say:
HOWARD W. RISLEY
‘By the sudden death of Howard W. Risley, editor-
publisher of the Dallas Post, we have lost one of our best
~ and most respected friends in the newspaper business.
from the same teacher, the revered Frank Hefferan. We
suffered together through expansion projects and installa-
tion of new newspaper presses . . . crying on each other’s
shoulder . . . exchanging ideas and suggestions.
During the natal days of our editorial page, Howard
was one of our strongest boosters, offering encouragement
and commendation when we needed it most.
% Several times when extremely heavy advertising
budgets left us short of display type, we called Howard for
help, which we knew would be cheerfully given, even
though it disrupted his own publication schedule. We
are happy that he felt he could call upon us in the same
manner when trouble developed.
To us, Howard Risley exemplified everything a good
newspaper man should be. The news content of his paper
was geared to family readership, and he fought editorially
~ for anything he thought would benefit his community.
Without being sanctimonious, he battled long and hard
against the menace of the drinking driver and against
tavern proprietors—including his own advertisers—who
sold intoxicants to minors.
Perhaps he gave too much of himself to his com-
munity. He not only used his outstanding newspaper to
back worthwhile projects in the Back Mountain area, but
also became personally involved to the point where his
health was threatened by overwork. The most notable of
his efforts were those connected with the Back Mountain
Library and its supporting auction, which has merited
national attention.
Howard was honored with Man of the Year awards
from the Daddow Isaacs American Legion Post in 1959
and the Back Mountain Protective Association in 1962.
But more importantly, he was the one individual more
closely identified with the Back Mountain region than
any other. :
Often in our travels about the state, when we men-
tioned that we were from Tunkhannock we heard “Oh,
then you must know Howard Risley over in Dallas.”
Yes, we knew Howard Risley and hope in some
measure to emulate his dedication to his community, his
“newspaper and his home.
He was a great man.
* * *
Telegram received Thursday, December 27, 1962,
from W. P. Hastings, publisher of the Milton Standard:
We are shocked and deeply saddened by the passing
of Howard Risley. He represented the highest ideals of
Pennsylvania journalism, and his dedicated service to his
home community commands recognition and admiration
throughout the State. Our profoud sympathy to his family,
his staff, and his town in this tragic loss. .
*
From the Abington Journal:
We are not overskilled at writing obituaries, but we
are well experienced at feeling the tragic mood inspired
by the death of a friend and the sickening knowledge that
comes from time to time when we realize that he is no
longer present to share a laugh or to offer sound advice
and help. :
To say that we miss Howard Risley is trite indeed,
but there is no other word in the language that means the
same thing and we will say loud and long that we miss the
knowledge that he no longer is close to his telephone
down in Dallas where we could always call on him for
clear, intelligent comments on printing and publishing
. matters that perplexed us.
Although this is Howard Risley’s obituary, we don’t
think he will mind our bringing in the fact that we still
miss Zeke Howell in the same way. The two men shared
the same love of their fellows and of their communities
and if there were some way that we could reach beyond
the curtain and introduce them to one another, we know
that they would get along well.
7g haa a ik is J
Looking At
T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
Overweight is a problem for any-
one but for an entertainer it is dis-
astrous. Merv Griffin, trim host
of his own Monday-through-Friday
afternoon TV show, once had this
problem. He was a singer on radio
and he weighed 250 pounds. Pub-
licity was the last thing he or the
radio station desired. An opening
came on television and he switched
over to this medium. The camera-
men tried every devise, usually he
was seen singing behind a water-
fall or a beach umbrella:
Finally Merv decided to do some-
thing about his weight. He took
a year's vacation. He managed
to lose 80 pounds. First job when
he returned was as host of “Look
Up and Live.” After this he be-
came host of “Play Your Hunch.”
At New York's City Center, he play-
ed Woody in a revival of “Finian’s
Rainbow.”
This year he filled in for Jack
Paar. He received so much favor-
able mail that the network gave
him his present assignment.
Born in California, Merv is 37
years old. He attended Stanford
University and the University of
San Francisco, where he majored
in music. He started ‘out as a
pianist and then switched to sing-
ing. He was a vocalist with Freddy
Martin’s Orchestra. He recorded
‘I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Co-
conuts,” ‘a record that sold more
than 3 million copies. Financially
it didn’t mean anything to Merv,
who had received a flat fifty dollars
for his singing assignment.
He is married to the former Jul-
ann Wright, who was one time
secretary to Robert Q. Lewis. They
have one son, Anthony Patrick,
who is 3 years old. They live in
a Manhattan duplex apartment and
spend their weekends on their New
Jersey farm, where they raise
quarter-horses.
Judy Garland deal is growing cold.
ABC officials refused to meet her
demands and talks with her repre-
sentatives have been discontinued.
ABC is undecided whether “Gal-
lant Men” will be around next fall.
It depends on how it does in its
new Saturday night time slot. “The
Untouchables” will probably be
dropped next year as will be “Our
Man Higgins.”
“Going My Way” is believed to
have a good following but unless
ABC receives more mail from the
viewers this show may be dropped
from next year’s calendar.
“Going My Way” is good enter-
tainment. It is well written, well
directed and well acted. The stories
and guest actors and actresses are
better than average. This is one
show that the parents can enjoy
without wondering how some scene
or dialogue is affecting your minds.
Tired TV Commercials is getting
the business. False claims is the
charge against the J. B. Williams
Co., makers of Geritol liquid and
tablets. ‘Neither the liquid nor
the tablets will be of benefit in
treating tiredness, loss of strength,
rundown feeling, nervousness or ir-
ritability except in a small minority
of cases . , .” said the FTC com-
plaint.
It further charged that in the
great majority of cases these symp-
toms are not caused by deficiencies
of vitamins, a fact the advertising
failed to reveal.
“Nurses” is another show that
will make time change. It is due
to shift to Thursday from its present
9 pm. slot to a 10 p.m. slot, now
occupied by Alfred Hitchcock.
Hitchcock will move into the Fri-
day night 9:30 slot now occupied
by “Fair Exchange” which is being
axed.
“Fair Exchange” received more
acclaim from the” critics than any
other new program on CBS but
rating wise it never made it.
Has Birthday Abroad
PFC. JOHN C. HONEYWELL
Celebrating his nineteenth birth-
day at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii,
is John C. Honeywell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Honeywell, Sorber
Mountain. He is attached to Com-
pany C, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor-
ed Division, where he drives a tank.
Graduate of Lake-Lehman High
School, 1961, John received train-
ing at Fort Jackson, S. (C., Fort
Monmouth, N. J.,” and Fort Knox,
Ky., after entering the army in
April, 1962. He was sent to Hawaii
in November.
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 _
By The Oldtimer
EE NN NN NN EN NN NYY
“We, the people of the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania, grateful to
Almighty God for the blessings of
civil and religious liberty, and
humbly invoking His guidance, do
ordain and establish this Constitu-
tion”. (Preamble to Constitution
of 1874, the present one).
Sec. 3, Art. T “All men have a
natural and indefeasible right to
worship Almighty God according to
the dictates of their own con-
sciences, no man can of right be
compelled to attend, erect, or sup-
port any place of worship, or to
maintain any ministry against his
consent; no human authority can,
in any case whatsoever, control or
interfere with the rights of con-
science, and no preference shall
ever be given by law to any reli-
gious establishments or modes of
worship”.
Sec. 4. “No person who acknowl
edges the being of a God and a
future state of rewards and punish-
ments shall, on account of his reli-
gious sentiments, be disqualified to
hold any office or place of trust or
profit under this Commonwealth.”
The above sections carry forward
the ideas of William Penn, who
wrote 157 books and pamphlets,
one fifty editions in five languages.
He published a notable book in
1670, “THE GREAT CASE OF LI-
BERTY OF CONSCIENCE”. Before
he came to America he issued a
guaranty of religious liberty, subse-
quently adopted by the Provincial
Assembly, which included freedom
of worship for all law-abiding per-
sons who ‘acknowledged one Al-
mighty and Eternal God to be the
Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of
the world”. Penn had served time
in jail on account of his Quaker
religion. Pressure from the home
government forced exclusion of
Catholics from holding office, for a
time, but this was later overcome. |
Many early settlers came to
America to escape religious per-
secution at home, and in some
cases set up more restrictive reli-
gious conditions than they had
escaped from. The New England
Puritans were particularly strict,
and even after the first firmness
had relaxed a little, required, in
Massachusetts, every town to sup-
port “public Protestant teachers of
piety, religion, and morality.”
Church attendance was forced.
Later, persons were allowed to at-
tend services other than the official
Congregational ones. Services on
Sunday were sometimes four, five,
or six hours long, broken by time
out for a meal.
Similar Puritan Congregational
churches dominated Connecticut.
- Four or five groups driven out of
Massachusetts settled Rhode Is-
land. New Amsterdam had an of-
ficial Dutch Reformed Church
under the Classis of Amsterdam in
Holland. The Anglican Bishop of
London supervised established
Rambling Around
— D. A. Waters
churches in Virginia, New Jersey,
and the Carolinas. In most of the
above, preachers of the approved
denomination were paid out of the
public funds, in Va. 16000 lbs. of
tobacco annually per year. Except-
ing in Rhode Island and Pennsyl-
vania, Quakers, Baptists, and other
dissenting groups were persecuted.
In Maryland, the Catholic proprie-
tors were fairly tolerant, could not
safely be otherwise. Eventually
over a long period, tolerance be-
came common almost everywhere
and state support of churches
gradually diminished.
In the closing paragraph of THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPEND-
ENCE we find, “Appealing to the
Supreme Judge of the World for
the rectitude of our intentions . . .
with a firm reliance on the Protec-
tion of Divine Providence . . . ”
July 4, 1776.
Amendment 1 to THE CONSTI-
TUTION OF THE UNITED STATES
says, ‘Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of reli-
gion or prohibiting the free exer-
cise thereof ...,"” .
The pendulum of religious free-
dom has now swung so far from
restrictions against dissenters, that
the dissenters are trying to wipe
out all public religious activity, or
any religious gentiments, in all pub-
lic affairs and management, parti-
cularly the public schools.
Now there is no magic in ten
verses of The Bible, read without
comment, and there may be none
in reciting The Lords Prayer, but
certainly these activities do no one
any harm, especially when pupils
may be excused if requested by
parents. And these days, when
crime is increasing and juvenile de-
linquency is an urgent problem, is
no time to eliminate or down grade
religious activity of whatever kind.
There are good points in all reli-
gious beliefs, and few bad ones in
any.
This nation was founded and has
been perpetuated by religious
people of many different beliefs.
Our coins bear the inscription, “In
God We Trust”. Our National An-
them and many of our patriotic
songs, The Pledge of Allegiance,
and many popular poems and other
American writings contain similar
sentiments... Congress and many
h
official ceremonies open with
prayer. Our armed forces have
chaplains.
It is time for the hundred and
fifteen million church people in this
country to unite and reverse the
pressure being put out by a few
eccentrics. We are entitled, as
religious people, to the benefits of
the second phrase of the First
Amendment, “Or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof”.
Although, sad to say, we have
allowed Christmas to be com-
mercialized until it has little reli-
gious significance, we are not ready
to become a nation of atheists.
Key Club
(Continued from Page 1 A)
Four years ago some Key Club
members, wishing to start a project,
conceived the idea of a marching
unit. George McCutcheon, their
advisor, drilled the teams, later
stepped aside, and a senior took
over the chores. Since then a new
Captain is elected by the boys each
year. L
The first uniforms were khaki
shirts, trousers, borrowed helmets
and rifles, and leggings given to
the boys by a valley businessman.
The boys marched in this uniform
the first year and saved money
received for participating in
parades. They ran a car wash
at Clyde Birth’s Esso Station, re-
ceived rifles from the school beard,
and a banner from Kiwanis, and
the money saved and earned was
soon enough to buy the uniforms
they now wear. [Uniforms are now
replaced a few at a time each year.
The second wnit formed was the
Colorettes. This unit was organ-
ized when the large American flag,
found five years ago in the Borough
Building, was made available. High
school girls wore Bermuda shorts
and white blouses to carry the flag
in parades. Later the school pur-
chased some surplus material and
the present Uncle Sam uniforms
were originated. The expense of
buying material for the trouser part
of the uniform and the Uncle Sam
hats was paid by the Key Club
Rifle Team.
These high school girls then asked
Mr. McCutcheon if they could or-
ganize a girls’ drill team. The
Keyettes precision drill team began
practicing. The three units marched
all over Pennsylvania, and in New
York during the second year.
When the units reported for
spring practice the third year, the
turnout was too great to handle.
Thus it was decided to start a Jun-
ior High Drill Team to make certain
that every girl who wanted to
march would have that opportunity.
The unit was organized, and since
that time, the four units have been
representing the Dallas School Dis-
trict in many parades in widely
separated communities.
As the number of units grew,
it became impossible for Mr. Mec-
Cutcheon to handle all the groups.
Help was immediately afforded
by parents of the marchers: Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Inman, Mr. and
Mrs. William Wright, Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Love, and many other par-
ents who attended the parades. The
present units have an advisor for
each group, Mrs. Raymond Titus
directs the Colorettes, Mrs. William
Wright the Keyettes, Mrs. William
Hanna the Junior High Drill Team,
and ‘George McCutcheon the Key
Club Rifle Team, assisted by
William Wright.
Fred L. Williams
Honored By Firm
Fred L. Williams, 64, Trucksville
Gardens, recently honored by his
employer for forty years service, is
a veteran sales manager, and can
recall back through the Depression
to days when young salesmen
worked on foot.
Things have changed and varie-
ties been added, but Mr. Williams
is still a stalwart for H. J. Heinz
Company, Pittsburgh, where he re-
ceived hig honor.
The twenty-two year resident of
Trucksville is now account execu-
tive in the Philadelphia sales dis-
trict and handles sales to 80 Acme
markets between Williamsport and
Waverly, N. Y. He will retire next
year.
Before [Heinz reorganized its
selling network, Mr. Williams was
Scranton area Branch Manager,
dealing with all the big super-
market firms. He and’ Mrs. Wil-
liams and two children moved to
Kingston where they lived fifteen
years before coming to the Back
Mountain,
Fred, Jr., is a career marine in
Los Angeles, and Nancy Claire's
husband, F. O. McDonald, also a
marine, was recently recalled from
Cuba after the recent trouble sub-
sided.
Mrs. Williams is employed by the
Red Cross Blood Bank, Wilkes-
Barre.
135 Children To Be
Confirmed On Sunday
One hundred and thirty-five chil-
dren will receive the [Sacrament of
Confirmation at St. Therese’s
Church Sunday afternoon at 3.
The Most Reverend Henry T.
Klonowski, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop
of Scranton, will administer the
Sacrament,
Music will be directed by Adrian
DeMarco and performed by the
Men’s Choir of St. Therese’s. Organ-
ist will be Edward Zaboski.
Rt. Reverend James T. Clarke,
Chaplain at Misericordia College and
the Very Reverend Monsignor Donald
Duel, Director of the Catholic Youth
Center in Wilkes-Barre will be
among the large group of attending
clergy. :
Only
Yesterdey
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
It Happened
30 Years Ago:
C. A. Frantz was elected to presi-
dency of First National Bank of
Dallas, filling the vacancy caused
by the death of George R. Wright,
who had been president since the
institution’s foundation 26 years
earlier. Herbert Hill was elected a
director.
A Birch Grove man won the Lu-
zerne County Gas and Electric
Corporation prize for the most ef-
fective bit of outdoor Christmas
decoration. Edward Perrego’s dis-
play showed Christ the Good Shep-
herd leading His flock.
Franklin E. Umphred, East Dal-
las, died aged 69.
Donald Wormley, athletic coach
for Dallas schools, accepted a simi-
lar position at Mattituck, Long
Island.
George Bronson became Sweet
Valley Postmaster. :
Tax collector Harry Bogart re-
ported tax returns of $1,358 for
Kingston Township.
Harry Anderson, former publish-
er of the Dallas Post, was asked by
editor Howard Risley” to write
something on his memories of Dal-
las. Looking back at his thirty-five
years of publishing, Mr. Anderson
spoke of the boy who was now
guiding the Dallas Post, reminisced
about the days when he had written
up everything that went into it,
and then set the material by hand,
and spoke of the time when the old
building burned to the ground.
You could get butter two pounds
for 53 cents; coffee for 19 cents a
pound; a devils food cake for 10
cents; two big cang of sliced pine-
apple for 29 cents; pork sausage,
14 cents a pound.
A carload of heavy work horses,
weighing 1250 to 1600 pounds, well
broken, were advertised to be auc-
tioned off in Tunkhannock.
Himmler Theatre was presenting
The Golden West starring George
O'Brian.
It Happened
20 Years Ago
The country was on War Time,
one hour earlier than usual, which
made 7 a.m. still feel like the mid-
dle of the night in spite of gradu-
ally lengthening days after the
winter solstice.
Harold Flack was sworn in as
one of the new members of Penn-
sylvania House of Representatives.
Harold looked a bit less well up-
holstered than he does nowadays,
but not a bit handsomer. ‘And
for that, Harold, we expect a seat
in the grandstand for inaugura-
tion.)
Jim Hutchison arranged for a
mass meeting of potential tomato
growers and canning officials, in a
further effort to get farmers inter-
ested in location of a cannery.
Barne Tribler, Huntsville, native
of Copenhagen and one of the sur-
vivors of the Titanic disaster, died
aged 49, ending a life of high ad-
venture all over the world.
Paul Shaver, chief plane spotter
was pleased with response to his
request that spotters divide the
holiday time of duty to give every-
body a break.
Long - range weather forecasts
were a thing of the past, because
of the possibility of aid and com-
fort to the enemy, so a severe sub-
zero spell took the area by sur-
prise.
Gas rationing was playing hob
with school basketball schedules.
Stella Cummings, Dallas, stumped
the Quiz Kids, and won herself a
prize.
Fred Kiefer warned motorists of
a serious traffic jam if they did not
get their tires registered in a
hurry. / .
Dr. H. A. Brown of Lehman did
it ‘again . . . met the Stork again
on New Year's Day, delivering to
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shouldice of
Jackson a bouncing baby girl.
A serious feed shortage was
threatened.
Servicemen heard from: Warren
Johnson, Quantico; Glenn Kitchen,
Fort Custer; Robert Covey, Fort
Edwards; Granville C. Brace, New
York APO; Peter Shiner, Fort
Bragg; Jimmie LaBar, Louis Kelly,
William Woolbert, Ben Brace, Ed-
ward Nafus, Alfred Davis, Arja
Brown, Lewis Linsinbigler, Durwood
Splitt, Woodrow Ruth, Frank
Kamor, William Renshaw, Willard
Rogers, Madara Krieger.
Died: John WM. Crispell Jr., 26,
Beaumont. David J. Davis, 786,
West Dallas. Amanda E. Zimmer-
man, 85, Dallas. Mrs. George King,
72, Loyalville.
Married: Patricia Ann Lyons to
Robert Jones.
Wyoming Valley was enjoying an
unseasonable flood.
It Happened
i0 Years Ago
New Years baby was Christine
Donahue. >
Sherman Schooley Blood Donor
Day was being promoted, :
Westmoreland was looking for-
ward to seeing the Inaugural over
TV. .
Borough Council appointed 'W. B.
Jeter treasurer.
Council took action to get a new
Borough Building. Locations and
plans were to be considered,
A § pe 3 Fie
From—
By
couple of weeks.
he got a column every week.
brought forth a comment.
blotter.
“so here’s a clock to help you.
ahead of the one in your bedroom.
a foot out of bed.”
the silent stars blazing overhead.
business . .
Howard was nine feet tall.
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Pillar To Pest...
Hix
It has been impossible to write a Pillar to, Post for the past
‘A column founded over twenty years ago on a light note, finds
itself with nothing light to write about.
Howard expected a column every week, and with few exceptions
Usually the columns dropped into the paper with all the com-
motion of a feather falling into a pan of milk, but occasionally they
Howard expected good work from the people associated with,
him. He did not insult people by telling them that the job was good.
But one morning there was a small desk clock ticking on my
“Thought you'd like to know I laughed my head off about your
recipe for getting up in the morning,” said an accompanying note,
You can set this one half an hour
It should help. By the time you've
figured what time it really is, you should be awake and able to put
And another time he called up one night to say, “You've just
turned out the best column you've ever written.” '
That was a column about walking the road at midnight, with
There have been some newstories over the years that have
evoked praise, but there, again, the work was supposed to be good,
and if it wasn’t, there was acid comment.
Which is one way of teaching a newswoman to hew to the line,
cut out editorial comment in a straight news story, use the one apt
word to replace loose phrasing, eliminate extraneous detail.
It has been a privilege to work under Howard.
A rural newspaper is the one best place to learn the newspaper
. but how could anybody find an editor like Howard?
«Safety
THE SHOW MUST GO ON
29 December 62
Dear Hix:
To you Dallas Post folks go my
condolences. If I can catch my
breath, I'll try to repeat that in a
more desirable manner at a later
date.
Meanwhile, lest your achievement
be overlooked in your shock and
grief, this preliminary note is in-
tended as an expression of admira-
tion for the superior job which this
issue of your paper is. In make-up
and especially in writing, your
emergency handling of the front
page is exemplary.
As you don't need to be told by
the likes of me, tragedy sometimes
is binary in its impact, in the sense
that in addition to its normal ef-
fect, it occasionally evokes the
heroic, evokes extraordinary talent.
The heroic may be manifested in
the realm of effort or of personal
character, the extraordinary talent
in the realm of pefsonal ability. .
Of course, certain stations in life
by their very nature make a
special call on their occupants’
will power in times of crisis —
“the show must go on,” no matter
what. Newspapering is such a sta-
tion. :
You people did this tradition of
your profession proud.
Faithfully,
Prosper D. Wirt,
Editorial note: So fresh from
tragedy of your own, it was parti-
cularly good of you to think of
others. We appreciate it, and will
try to keep on living up to your
expectations. It is difficult to oper-
ate without an engine puffing away,
out there in front, providing motive
power.
A GREAT LOSS
December 31
Dear Mrs. Hicks,
Happy New Year. Our big loss,
of course, will be Mr. Risley, T was
shocked to hear of his death when
I returned to Dallas on the night of
December 28th to make a retreat.
I shall convey my sympathy to Mrs.
Risley by mail and look forward to
seeing her soon.
Thank you for all of your con-
sideration during the past year.
Sincerely yours,
Sister M. Michiael, RSM
Valve . . .
WE APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT
The College
Dallas, Pa.
January2, 1963
Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks: :
I thank you warnily for your
generous article regarding the little
books. I very much liked the way
you handled it, greatly improving
my unjournalistic efforts. I hope I
can live up to a little of the en-
coniums,
I recall Miss Piazzi’s trying to bring
about a meeting. If it ever occurred,
it was all too brief. Maybe we
could reach a point of meeting after
the gathering. We writing people
can’t have too many ideas to share.
My cousin’s husband, Dr. Eugene
Wolfe of Forty Fort spoke in the
highest terms of your recently de-
ceased editor. I heartily sympathize
with you. You can’t, without much
grief lose anyone so close. Please
extend very warm sympathy to the
dear other bereaved. His efforts,
I'm sorry we never met."
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yours, and theirs shave brought it,
to a fine level of perfection. God
rest his capable and beautiful soul.
May God send you inspiring co-
workers, worthy of Mr. Risley, and
may He comfort your deprived soul
as only He can.
Most sympathetically yours,
Sister Miriam
A SHOCK
Dear Dallas Post:
What a shock it was when I
learned of the untimelly death of
Mr. Risley. He did many kind-
nesses, which were not known.
When I came home from the
Johnstown Rehabiliation Center in
March, I was anxious for something
to do and he was kind enough to
let me be a correspondent.
I know the whole community will
suffer from his absence.
Carol Williams.
Dallas Post,
Dallas, Pa.
Dear Sirs:
We are very soorry to hear of the
untimely passing of our friend Mr.
Risley. He was a fine person and
a credit to his profession. Please
accept our condolences,
Sincerely,
Carl B. Olsen,
Lt. Col, 402nd MPC,
Wilkes-Barre, A
Happy About Cards
Mrs. Jennie Evans, resident of
Methodist Home for the Aged, Nar-
rowsburg, N. Y., writes that she
received well over a hundred cards
for her birthday and Christmas
which occur close together. She
also was recipient of some lovely
gifts.
C'mon, Help Out!
Mr. Alvah Wilson is a patient in
Nesbitt Hospital. Mrs. Wilson has
no means of transportation to the
institution.
If anyone is going down for a visit,
she would certainly appreciate a
ride!
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Sally Kear and Ida Mae Kiefer,
injured in a holiday crash, were on
the road to recovery.
Kingston Township ambulance
crew started first aid under Lewis
Cottle.
Married: Mary Bethia Allen to Bur-
ton King. Diana Jane Llewellyn to
Edward Barnes.
Anniversary: Mr.
Traver, 57th.
Died: Edwin F. Hay, 73, Carverton.
Harry Ruggles, lumberman, Leh-
man native. Charles Spencer, 66,
Shavertown. Mrs. Ethel Yaple
Oliver, 66, Dallas. Crawford Rosen-
cranz, 77, Ross Township.
Harry Trebilcox, talented young
concert pianist, suffered a virus in-
fection which rendered his right
hand almost useless. (Since that
time he has made a liability an
and Mrs. Jacob
asset, specializing in works for one
nd.), i
Scott Brooks Fourth
Generation Broker
J. H. Brooks and Company,
Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton
and New York,
Scott A. Brooks, has been admitted
to general partnership in the firm
and that as a member of the New
York Stock Exchange, he will
répresent the brokerage company
on the floor.
Mr. Brooks, born while his par=
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Archbald
Brooks now of Dallas, were resi-
dents of Waverly, attended Phillips
Andover and the Choate School,
goings on to graduate at Princeton
University. During Bill Scranton’s
recent campaign, Mr. Brooks served
‘as State Chairman of Federated
Youth Clubs for Scranton and Van
Zandt.
His recent admission to the New
York Stock Exchange marks the
fourth generation of the Brooks
family to engage in the brokerage
business since it was first organized
in 1905,
First Fire Company
Trucksville was ‘the first Back
Mountain community to form a fire
company. After much thought as
to what sort of machine to buy, the
officers decided in January, 1918, on
a hand driven, rather than a news-
fangled motor-driven pump.
THE DALLAS POST
OFFSET DEPARTMENT
Is One Of The Finest
In Pennsylvania
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