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{hk DALLAS POST Established 1889
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Editorially Speaking:
CELESTIAL POST
Dear departed friend, I guess
You are busy at your celestial press
Recording the news. The What and Why and Who
The Where and When of those that live with you.
Copying the names from Birth
Department before they go to Earth
To be recorded there. Stop and see
‘Which songs of reverence or glee
The choir will sing tonight }
Before the Throne, in His sight.
Stop to praise and inquire
Of the Divine Nine as they aspire
To the Heavenly League Crown.
Write their chances down.
Stop for some quick looks
At the library’s new books.
Note the collision of two
Angels at Wing Lane and Blue
Sky Way. Meet and greet
A timid soul on the street
‘Who for the first time passed fhrongh
The Pearly Gates. Ask who
He was. And with your usual flair
I'm sure that there
You'll have an auction block
Complete and full of stock
Of second-hand angel wings,
Antiques, knick-knacks, divine things.
And if this were not enough, most
Of all, at your Celestial Post
It would not be you
Without an animal or two.
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Elizabeth Ross
Ed. Note: Mrs. Ross is a member of the Adult Crea-
tive Writing Course, taught by Robert Hukill, at Dallas
Senior High School. She recently switched from writing
children’s stories to writing poetry. She did not know
Howard personally, but was deeply conscious of the in-
delible impress made by him upon the community, and
the sense of loss felt by everybody in the area when he
died.
PROTEST COMES TOO LATE
By Dorothy Anderson
With the current crisis over drivers license applica-~
tions creating quite a stir in the community, one wonders
why no voices were raised in like protest when our post
office was gobbled up by the Wilkes-Barre installation.
* Your local postmasters had completed a survey and
sent it to the Postal Department for the purpose of estab-
lishing door-to-door delivery, in our township. By com-
bining the Shavertown and Trucksville offices, we could
have had the same type of service offered at present, with-
out coming under the jurisdiction of the city operation.
Dallas residents were not so easily fooled when
similar strategy was used to bring that office under con-
solidation. They fought for their rights and preserved
their individuality.
Dallas has an independent Post Office and a Post-
master, who does not have to consult with the executive
staff in Wilkes-Barre on each and every minute detail.
Now, we, the people of Kingston Township, no longer
have a Postmaster and we have forfeited our identity. In
the twinkling of an eye, both local offices were combined,
the staffs of both units shoved together under one roof,
in impossible and cramped quarters.
The change two years ago occurred right before the
Christmas rush.
‘We have a new Post Office. It would have been there
without the merger, for it was part of the blue print set
up by the department when local plans were made.
As it stands now, we have only a Superintendent of
Mails, with no opportunity to make decisions on his own,
nor can he hire local residents from civil service lists to
fill openings needed by our own people. All appoint-
ments come from the Wilkes-Barre rolls. Check the em-
ployees.
Now is the time to support a worthy cause of lasting
benefit to your community. This is the opportunity to
seck a change. Let's go back to an independent postal
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Better Leighton Never
by Scott
D’ja wonder where I've been? I
was on my way to school, much to
your relief, but eventualities put me
back to work.
With lots 6f time to do nothing
in early December, I had oppor-
tunity to get everything to the
cleaner, write letters, and also to
work up enough nerve to make my
regular check-up visit to the den-
tist. That's always a tough one.
Well, let's get with it. I had time
to fill up my Leighton’s Library of
essential information too.
LITTLE KNOWN FACT
From the newspaperman’s daily
mail: This is the second time in
American history that the first-class
letter has a base rate postage of
five cents. Postal Service lowered
the rate from a nickel in 1851.
DALLAS CURFEW
Borough Council recently con-
sidered what to do about reconciling
the curfew ordinance with the
American Legion dances Saturday
night, Everybody ‘ agreed that the
dances are well-behaved, and so
forth, but they clearly let out after
10.
And minors under eighteen aren’t
supposed to be in public places
after that hour, according to law.
Leighton
At first the Council tried to
equate the chaperones at the affair
with the “parent” or “guardian”
who is supposed to accompany the
after-hours minor. That wasn’t the
answer, they determined.
So what evolved was the most
sensible solution under the circum-
stances: That each case of a public
place in which young minors were
found after hours would have to be
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1963
What Is News?
What is news?
The spectacular? The dramatic? The out-of-the-
ordinary? Stark tragedy? The heartbreak of a family
when a son goes astray? The loss of a good man, mourn-
ed by the community?
Sometimes news is much smaller. A woman goes
about her business in the home. She is not a saint, but
she has a feeling for her neighborhood.
On foot, she makes a daily trip to the grocery, and
walks back up the hill, laden down with bundles.
Not all of them are for her. A house-bound neighbor
a loaf of bread. Would it be too much to ask... Of
course not. And could she stop at the Light Company
and pay a bill? Again, of course.
“And what are you doing coming down those icy
steps with those bundles?’ A helping hand outstretched.
A telephone appeal: “Won't you call the doctor for
me? I'm feeling sick.” The call is made and the doctor
comes.
It is a marvelous advertisement for the human race
that it is the burglaries and the accidents and the un-
pleasantness that constitute news, and that it is the kindly
everyday deeds that go unrecorded.
The plain fact of the matter is that we EXPECT
people to be good, and to be decent and to be helpful. It
is only when they defy our laws of conduct that people
are noticeable.
Few people make the front page because they are
going about their business, lending a hand when needed,
and making, in their small way, the Back Mountain a
better place to live in.
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Rambling Around
* By The Oldtimer
— D. A. Waters
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In the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture statistics on the milk busi-
ness, the numbers are so long that
it has been necessary to use round
numbers. Therefore the following
should not be taken as exact, but
considered on its own merits, if and | will show trends and are approxi-
when occasion arose.
So who needs the curfew ?
NEW HIGHWAY PLANS
I hi look h
$300 pet 8 chance to look: at the just under 2 billion dollars.
‘was an average of 4,167 lbs. per
blueprints of the new Dallas-Lu-
zerne Highway, notice what's hap-
pened to intersections.
Hillside - Huntsville Road, old
Route 115, receives a long-needed
squaring off with the highway. This
will deaden the temptation, now
present in three places on the road,
to make a flying, morth-bound left
turn, no matter whether anybody’s
coming toward you or not.
A worse “flying left” intersection
is the lower end of Pioneer Avenue,
which will really take on some
weird configurations.
At that point, there will be three
— count ’em — three big intersec-
tions. And don’t ask me what this
engineering is about. But I hope
it'll work this way:
Present approach will be one-
way, for south-bound traffic, coming
off Pioneer toward Luzerne. Then,
a squared-off junction opposite Har-
ris Hill Road for left turns on to
Pioneer Avenue by north-bound
traffic, and for access from Pioneer
to Harris Hill. The last joint is one
which bends back from Pioneer
toward IShavertown, at least for
south-bound cars to turn onto ‘the
upper road.
Other possibilities, such as turn-
ing from Pioneer up toward Dallas,
will depend on the traffic-light
system used.
The communities will each decide
what lights they want, and where.
Shavertown and Dallas intersec-
tions will undergo minor changes
only, and basic present direction
will be maintained in those cases.
Kingston Township
(Continued from Page 1 A)
James Gordon, Grove Street ad-
joining Trucksville Grade School,
disclosed that water was pouring
down from Harris Hill Road and
settling in the school yard, where
children were forced to play in
large puddles.
Mr. Hauck directed Lawton Cul-
ver, road superintendent, ‘to in-
vestigate.
Mrs. Elizabeth Wormeck, who
operates the 24-hour self service
laundry, Shavertown Shopping Cen-
ter, asked for a curfew in the town-
ship.
She stated that her place of busi-
ness had become a late hour meet-
ing place for teen-agers, that the
frequentors dirtied her floors and
damaged her equipment. She said,
“What's wrong with parents that
they don’t set a time for their chil-
dren to be home and fail to check
on their whereabouts as the early
morning hours approach?”
Mr. Hauck stated he had con-
tacted both Senator Harold Flack
and Representative Fred Shupnik,
concerning undelivered license ap-
plications. Senator Flack said he
would send down envelopes, but
Representative Shupnik asked that
a list be compiled, giving individ-
uals’ name, address and plate num-
ber, stating he would pick up same
on January 14, take it to Harris-
burg and have changes expedited,”
Hauck reported, he top had failed
to change his address.
“Mr. Republican”
Misses Ceremonies
Ted Poad, Shavertown, known as
“Mr. Republican” throughout the
Back Mountain, was forced to sit
on the sidelines on Inauguration
Day.
Ted, who received an engraved
invitation to attend ceremonies held
in Harrisburg had planned for
months to be on hand when Gover-
nor Scranton took over the reins
of government.
A painful knee increased in dis-
comfort as the day drew near, and
Ted was forced to watch pi ceced:
mately correct.
In the country as a whole, in
1924, 21 million cows produced 89
billion 1bs. of mik with a farm value
This
cow, containing 163 lbs. of milk-fat,
or 3.92%.
All of these figures increased year
after year up to 1944, when there
were 25% million cows, producing
117 billion lbs. with a farm value of
31, billion dollars. Average pro-
duction per cow was 4,572 lbs. con-
taining 182 lbs. of milk-fat, or
3.98%. Since 1944, number of cows
and milk-fat percentage has de-
creased right along, but total pro-
duction and value has increased.
In 1960, 17% million cows pro-
duced 123 billion lbs. of milk, farm
value over 5 billion dollars, Average
per cow was 7,004 lbs., milk-fat 263
lbs., or 3.7%. There is wide varia-
tion in production per cow and size
of herds. In 1959, farms averaged
9.2 cows each, nearly doubled in ten
years due to smaller number of
farms. In Pennsylvania in 1959 the
average was 14, up from 6.8 in
1940.
Leading states, with approximate
production in billions of lbs., 1960,
were: Wisconsin 18, New York 10,
Minnesota 10, California 8, Penn-
sylvania 7, Iowa 6, Ohio 5, Michi-
gan 5. Here arises the first big
problem. The production in certain
areas greatly exceeds the demand
in that area, and other areas can
use outside milk.
Wholesale dollar value in the big
states: Wisconsin 590 million, New
York 430 million, California 320 mil-
lion, Pennsylvania 304 million, all
for 1960.
In 1960, California led the mation
in production per cow, 9,770 Ibs.
Other high ranking states showed:
New Jersey, 9010 lbs.; Washington
8,510; Wisconsin 8,300; New York,
8,140; Idaho, 8140; Pennsylvania, in
tenth place, 7,700.
All the New England, Atlantic
Seaboard, and southeastern states
have shown consistently high rat-
ings in milk fat, but most of these
do not show high quantity produc-
tion per cow. State averages of 4
to 4.5% are fairly common in these
areas, also in Washington and
Oregon. (California has never re-
ported as much as 4%, the 1960
figure being 3.7%. Wisconsin and
show relative low fat averages, 1960
averages, 3.7% and 3.5%.
Now what did the farmers do
with all this milk? Annually they
have fed from 2, to 3% billion lbs.
to calves, the lower rate recently.
They have themselves consumed as
fluid milk and cream from 13 bil-
lion to 5 billion lbs. recent rate the
ower, In ‘1924 they used over 13
billion lbs. to make butter on the
farm. This has dropped right along
until now it is about one-tenth as
much. In 1924 they retailed as
milk and cream over 6 billion lbs.
since dropped to less than 2 billion.
Formerly they skimmed much of the
milk and sold more to dealers as
cream than as whole milk, but re-
cently farm - skimmed cream
amounts to only about 8 billion Ibs,
with sales of whole milk to dealers
running over 100 billion lbs.
Combined average price per 100
Ibs. received by farmers was -2.16
in 1924, moved up and down to a
low in 1932 of $1,24, in 1960 stood
at $2.17, equivalent to 46, qts.
This is a ‘national average, and
varies widely in various areas.
Now, what conclusions of general
% can be drawn from all
igures.
First, the troubles of the farmers
are not due to inefficiency. Increas-
ing the production per cow, nation-
al average, nearly 70% is certainly
not bad, considering that many are
far above that figure.
Secondly, the great surplus in the
middle west, particularly in Wis-
consin and Minnesota, hangs over
the market of all other areas, since
transportation of milk is now im-
proved and also very efficient.
The making of butter and of
cream on the farm has decreased to
very small amounts. This may ac-
count for the fact that it is practi-
cally impossible to get a decent
drink of buttermik. The oldtime
farmer never heard of ‘‘cultured”
buttermilk.
Retailing of milk by farmers has
almost been discontinued, except-
ing ‘those farmers who have estab-
lished and are now operating pro-
cessing and distributing businesses
or restaurants.
Farmers apparently are struggling
against a packed pricing system.
Last week the administrator of the
New York-New Jersey marketing
area announced that farm prices for
the first half of 1962 probably would
be about 20 cents per cwt. less than
in the same period of 1961. He also
estimated an increase in production
expected to be about 8%. This pre-
liminary threat of a reduction in
prices only adds to the surplus, the
in:
th
| farmers forcing up ‘their production
Minnesota, big quantity states, also | to balance out on money income.
Poet's Corner
WHO WOULD STEAL
A CHRISTMAS TREE,
Whose footsteps violate the snow,
Whose hands have stolen tree and
bough,
‘What thieves have triumphed here
Where scented pine and blue
spruce grow ?
What does the marred snow’s face
relate?
That some human creature and his
lady mate
Through * some
have picked
Our blue spruce grove to dese-
crate?
The tall white birches' branches
bleed
Where vandalism’s rush and greed
Have torn their bark and spilled
their seed
Such senseless slaughter without
reason, without creed.
Is it wrong that I should grow
The lovely spruces in a row?
Have I wrongly tempted you
By my trees of white and blue?
“Come back,” I cry, “by light of day,
“I'll gladly give all you need away.
“Only dig them deep and cut them
clean,
“And leave unspoiled the Woodland
scene.”
My mind seems like a soning
sea,
A pondering, troubled memory —
compelling need
‘Who would steal a Christmas tree?
by Herbert Downs
Ed Note: Mr. Downs is a member
of the adult class in Creative writing
at Dallas High School. When he
found deep footprints, male and
female, outlining the place where
once a perfect blue spruce had
stood, he took pen in hand instead
of a shotgun. We can hear the
marauder now: “Well, it was just
growing there, wasn’t it?”
New Book By Local
Resident Acclaimed
“The American College Girl”, a
new book by Dr. K. C. Cirtautas,
professor at College Misericordia, is
praised by Francis H. Horn, presi-
dent of University of Rhode Island
and a frequent reviewer of educa-
tional books in the New York Times.
Mr. Horn writes to the author:
“I am delighted that out of your
experience you are dealing with the
pleasanter side of the life of Amer-
ican college girls. I, too, have been
pretty much fed up with the psycho-
analytical studies which would lead
one to believe that all American
college girls are maladjusted and
bound straight for hell. You are to
be congratulated upon having pre-
sented the other side of the picture”.
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Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
It Happened
30 Years Ago:
Valuable clay deposits were found
at Noxen. Located in a ravine near
the Noxen Tannery dam on Schooley
Mountain, drills showed a depth of
forty feet, suitable for use in man-
ufacturing rubber. The site was near
Bowman's Creek Branch line, easily
accessible by freight train.
H. E. Nelson was elected to fill
the vacancy in Dallas Borough school
caused by resignation of coach Don-
ald Wormley.
Excavation of: a cellar under Dal-
las Methodist Church was ' being
done largely by help of men work-
ing under the Talbot Relief Act.
The editor was asking readers
for tips on news stories, “It is im-
possible to learn of many important
happenings in the area without co-
operation from residents,” said How-
ard Risley. “Please phone in any
tips.”
John Yaple, Wardan Kunkle and
Clifford Ide released thirteen Reeves
Pheasants near the Country Cub,
for breeding stock.
Two newborn twin girls born to
Mrs. Adrian Taylor, died. Mr. and
Mrs. Taylor, Loyalville, had nine
{living children.
Charles M. Phoenix, Monroe
Township native, died in Tacoma,
Washington.
Freight shipments were on the
upswing.
Misericordia Debating team de-
feated Knights of Columbus of Pitts-
ton,
More reminiscenses by former ed-
itor, Harry Anderson,
“King of ‘the Jungle” was still
going strong, filling up a lot of space
in the four-page paer.
You could get stewing lamb for
ten cents a pound, ham for 12%,
any size piece. Sugar was 10 pounds
for 39 cents. Peanut butter 2 pounds
21 cents.
It Happened
20 Years Ago
Robert Loomis, 25, was seriously
injured when the truck which he
was driving was struck by a fast
passenger train in Kingston.
David Smith, Pottsville, was elec-
ted to head the Dallas band. The
story added: ‘until he gets called
into the: service.”
Farmers were urged to meet with
canners, to assay what property
could be used for growing ‘tomatoes.
Teen-age boys were warned they
would be in the next draft, but
students would be permitted to fin-
ish their high school education.
Commonwealth Telephone Com-
pany turned over to the scrap drive
3,000 discarded dry-cell batteries for
salvage of zinc.
Servicemen heard from: Joseph
J. Hudak, Fort Benning; Arden C.
Steele, Florida; Marion J. B. Disque,
DesMoines; Albert W. Klump, San
Francisco APO; Peter [Skopic, Fort
Meade; Jack Ruggles, US Navy; Wm.
Cairl, California; Phil Cheney, New
Cumberland; Willard Shaver, Guad-
alcanal; Leonard Harvey, Coast
Guard; Donald Deans, Maxwell
Field; William Hayes, Santa Monica;
Dorey Evans, Texas; Mart Waltick,
Colorado; Ted Parrish, Fort Bragg;
Velton Bean, Groton; Herbert Culp,
San Antonio; Jack Link, Fort Bliss;
C. H. Davis, Amarillo.
“Married: Peg Hicks to Grover
Anderson. Rina Mascielli to Fred
Galletti. Lillian Spencer to Dr. John
J. Foot.
Died: Mrs. Mamie Santee, Shaver-
town. Mrs. Alice Stock, 81, Shaver-
town. Arthur James, Noxen.
It Happened
{0 Years Ago
Local folks were preparing for
inauguration of General Dwight Eis-
enhower, many residents planning to
drive to Washington,
Sally Kear was home again after
a grim battle with death. She had
been injured December 29 in a crash
which left three dead, three serious-
ly hurt.
Ray Henney won a Keystone
Farmer degree at the Farm Show,
in recognition of his Rush School
students having won more than
forty awards.
Burgess Herbert A Smith was
recovering from a cataract opera-
tion,
Died: Mrs. William Griffiths, 81,
Trucksville, Clarence Gay, 57, Bing-
hamton.
Married: Jean Robertson, Robert
Abbott. Joan Nichols, R. B. Hart-
man,
‘William Amos spent his 87th
birthday in the hospital.
Mrs. Elsie Winter, 90, had her
first hospital experience, submitting
to surgery under local anesthetic.
Jonathan Valentine became assis-
tant district attorney.
Rainbow Girls
On Saturday the Charles James
Memorial Assembly will meet at
7:30 p.m., at the Trucksville Meth-
odist Church Educational Building
for an installation service.
Worthy Advisor Jo-Carol Birn-
stock will be installed, and Mrs.
Betty Meeker, Worthy Matron of
Dallas Order of Eastern Star, will
be installed as mother advisor,
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DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
From—
Pillar To Pest...
By Hix
The January thaw was nice while it lasted, but it didn't last long
enough. Solid chunks of ice that were joyfully kicked off the under-
side of car fenders as the temperature rose, solidified again into rocks
that menaced traffic as the thermometer plummeted Sunday night,
and folks who depended upon the sunshine to take care of the snow
blanketing the windshield, got a nasty surprise Monday morning
when they found that it had frozen on.
Tip to the car-owner: (that is, if she happens to be of what is
laughingly called the gentler sex) It's a lot easier to aim a well placed
kick at the frozen car latch if you're wearing nylon tights that give
you latitude than if you're hampered by the classic garments of your
sex.
It may astonish the passerby to see a length of fireman red long-~
John tipped by a substantial sneaker, raised in a determined assault
on the car-latch, but it works. And on a zero morning, what works
is the only thing that cuts any ice or loosens any latches.
For awhile there, this driver bore a strong resemblance to the
headless horseman, peering through the only clear spot on the wind-
shield, roughly eight inches square, and fogging constantly.
Talk about tunnel vision, this was it.
Usually, a pitcher of cold water poured over the windahield.
with the windshield wipers in motion, does the trick.
‘| specting them before sending them
dodge has a detour sign on it.
better.
to clear the ice off a windshield
anything about this?"
the coke do to the car finish?”
If it does anything to the car
terior decor of the driver ?
afety
THE TOLL-FREE QUESTION
January 12, 1963
Dallas Post:
In regard to the matter of this
Commonwealth Telephone Company
wanting subscribers to pay a dollar
a month more for free toll service
to Wilkes-Barre and Kingston—The
people of Dallas seem to be in
apathy about the matter. There
must surely be more people who
have few toll calls than those who
do. Most people in this Back Moun-
tain area have telephones for local
convenience and necessity, not for
indulgence of toll calls, and many
are on. fixed incomes and cannot
afford a dollar more per month for
their telephones.
This is the biggest piece of im-
position that has come up yet. The
people seem too stupid to see its
nature. If it goes through the
Dallas area it will be all over the
system.
If the Company cannot get along
on what they are getting, they
should sell out to the main Bell
Telephone Co. They must certainly
be getting paid for all toll calls.
What more do they want?
We of course pay more for utili-
ties than any other area, and still
we must be gouged for more.
It is a nice “swan song” to be
told there is something free, but
the people better get wise to what
the “free” means, that is, paying for
some other person’s toll calls.
Non-toll subscriber
Elsie M. Gillman,
Dallas RD 4
Margaret Dykman
(Continued from 1—A)
Major Carl has a heritage. Last
December, when Mrs. Dykman help-
ed decorate for Christmas at Red
Rock,- she had taken advantage of
an offer to servicemen to tape a
record of Christmas greetings for
their families. The tape recorded
by Mrs. Dykman to her son, was
mailed to Korea, a living reminder
of the mother to whom he was
devoted.
This spring, Mrs. Dylan had
expected to replace the antiquated
pump with an up-to-date system
which would not require her to
climb the steep hill back of her
house in icy weather to check on
the water supply. Another winter,
she said, it would be automatic,
with a tank in the house instead
of a gravity tank high on the hill.
Sometimes in severe weather, ice
formed and hindered the flow. Al-
ways, the pump had to be checked
once a day.
Mrs. Dykman formed the backlog
‘of a number of worthy community
projects. She solicited for the Red
Cross drive, was active in Blood-
mobile arrangements, helped found
the Nesbitt Hospital hospitality
shop, and was active in church
work at the White Church on the
Hill.
For fourteen years she acted as
choir-mother for the smaller chil-
dren, checking on their robes, in-
up the narrow stairway, then wait-
ing for them at the foot of the
stairs to see that they did not fall.
She and Mrs. Schooley shared
the same love of growing things.
Their rock gardens on Harris Hill
Road stopped traffic in the spring.
At the Library Auction, Mrs.
Dykman was always enlisted for
service in the Plant Booth, where
she gave advice as well as selling
plants and flowers.
Mrs. Dykman | was of the stuff
of the pioneers.
But when the windshield wipers are frozen solid, that clever
At this point, with another zero night behind us, we're doing
The car latch remains tractable after that first ferocious
assault upon it, followed by a spray of something which is guaraniond
and doesn’t.
Somebody claims that a bottle of coke poured over the at
shield will crumble the ice like nobody’s business.
. Anybody know
Inquiry around the office brought the question, “What does
finish, what does it do to the in-
And the answer to that has to be nuttin, on account of coke is
a standby of the long distance driver, or even the short haul driver,
and nothing must be permitted to undermine a tradition.
Valve . . .
TELEGRAM FROM TRACY
Just received from Rbt Scott Dal-
las Post of Dec. 27. I extend to you
my sincere condolences, as I recall
so forcibly the several talks I had
with Howard in your home.
He left with me a far deeper and
lasting impression than I have car-
ried away from chats with men of
national renown.
He had something, and I feel the
community’s loss is intangible.
Lee Tracy,
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Dear Mrs. Risley, .
While we do mot know you per-
sonally, through the pages of THE
DALLAS POST over the years weé |
feel ‘you and Mr.
Hicks were friends.
Due to the holidays, I am late
with my reading of our papers so
it was only yesterday that I read of
‘the death of your husband. And
believe me we were stunned. Then
today I came to the January 3rd
issue” with the letter
House”.
Mr. Risley is proud of you all,
and my faith may be rather simple
but I feel he will continue to watch
over you ‘and his Ole Devil Dallas
Post.
{ hope you will not feel we are
intruding but we did want you to
know that we are thinking of you.
Bob and I know that God will give
you the strength to carry on.
Sincerely,
Winnifred - S. Taylor
FREDDIE’S CLASSMATE REPORTS
Dear Editor:
I had the pleasure of visiting a
classmate of mine, while at ‘the
Pennsylvania Rehabiliation Center,
during his Christmas vacation.
James David Bebey, Owen Street,
Swoyersville, is physically handi-
capped, due to a back injury, so
therefore a wheelchair is necessary
for him to get around. Bebey has
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a hand controlled automobile and
drives back and forth frequently,
but being a member of the “Wheel-
ers,” the basket ball team, he
doesn’t get home as often as he
would otherwise. Bebey will com=
plete his 18 month business course
along with therapy in March.
I paid a visit to Freddie Henne-
baul, also a trainee at the Center,
while he was home over the holi-
days. He is cheerful and looking
well. Freddie hopes to complete
his Junior and Senior High School
years at the Rehabiliation Center.
His mom and dad, who is employed
at Clyde Birth’s Service Station,
were almost daily visitors, while he
was a patient at Geisinger Medical
Center.
A delicate bone graft operation
has strengthened Freddie's neck
and long hours of daily. occupational
and physical theraphy are paying
off with great imrovement,
Freddie returned to the Center
Saturday via the Harveys Lake Am-
bulance.
Carol Williams.
Missile Technician
Returns To Base :
Robert F. Palmer, missile techni-
clan third class, USN, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ogden B. Palmer of 34
Grove Street, Trucksville, returned
to Long Beach, Calif., aboard the
guided missile cruiser USS Topeka
just prior to Christmas.
The Topeka had been in the West-
ern Pacific for six months as part
of the Seventh Fleet, a major ele=
| ment of American seapower overs
seas.
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