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lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant,
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Speaking:
Not A Yellow Journal
The Dallas Post is not a yellow journal.
A family newspaper of
long standing and enviable
reputation, a leader in weekly publications of Pennsyl-
vania and the Nation, it will continue to publish the facts,
without implication, and without recourse to screaming
headlines designed to boost the circulation.
The Dallas Post is not in such dire need of subscrip-
tions that it will stoop to sling mud upon the area it has
served for over seventy years.
The Back Mountain is a good region, Sa ‘
One hundredth of one percent of its yolingtfolks oe=
casiondlly suffer from growing pains.
When they are too blatant about it, they will get
ritten up in the Dallas Post.
There is no occasion to view with alarm. Times
same.
change, customs change, but human nature remains the
To Graduate
THOMAS ONEY
Thomas Oney, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Oney, Shavertown, will
{graduate from Wilkes-Barre Busi-
ness College June 3 with a degree
in Accounting.
A graduate of Westmoreland
High School, class of 1961, Mr.
Oney is married to the former Joan
Clemow, Edwardsville. The couple
has a five month old son, Tommy,
Jr. They reside at 163 N. Main
Street, Shavertown.
‘Shaver Will Install
New Emergency Siren
At a meeting of Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company Monday night
Paul Shaver, lone bidder, was a-
warded contract for installation of
the new siren, recently purchased
by the company.
Siren arrived several weeks ago,
and firemen have been preparing it
for installation,
Two grass fires, and a fire in a
television set were reported for the
month.
It was announced that the Ameri-~
can LaFrance was still down with
pump trouble, but the company
dauntlessly accepted the invitation
of parade marshal Shaver to parti-
_cipate in the Memorial Day parade,
| despite the propensity of OF Num-
ber 1, a 1927 Mack, to overheat in
| slow procession.
| Richard Oliver, James Finn, and
L. R. Scott were welcomed into the
organization as members, Applicat-
ion for membership were received
from David LaBar and Bruce Slocum.
For Letter Press
Ty The Dells Post
Eligible Farmers Must
Bpply By End Of May
Howard R. Porter, Chairman of
Penngylvania Disaster Committee,
reminds all eligible farmers under
the Livestock Feed Program to sub-
mit their applications for assistance
prior to May 31, 1963.
This is the final date that farm-
‘| ers in the 51 disaster counties in
Pennsylvania will be able to re-
ceive CCC-owned Feed Grain for
the preservation and maintenance
of foundation herds of cattle includ-
ing production dairy cattle, sheep
and goats, at not less than 75%
of the feed grain support prices and
for other eligible livestock 100%
of the support prices.
Allocated to Luzerne County are
thirteen carloads, 26,000 bushels of
corn.
Tennis And Swimming
Club Opens May 30
Opening of the Valley Tennis and
Swim Club,: Harris Hill Road,
Trucksville, May 30, is announced
by J. Huston Day, president; Carl
Hedden, chairman; and Mrs. Thom-
as Turner, social chairman.
Opening will be marked by a
family style picnic, at which the
pool and all facilities will be avail-
able for use. Members are re-
quested to bring a picnic lunch.
Mailman Injured
Ray Kuderka, Dallas, R.D. 3, while
carring the mail, slipped on wet
leaves and tore a tendon in his leg.
He is recuperating at his home.
~ Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
It Happened
30 Years Ago
Bids were solicited for a new con-
crete road in Harveys Lake, extend-
ing from Idetown to Carpenter
Road.
A frame garage aflame on the
property of John Sullivan, Parrish
Heights, called Dallas firemen from
a meeting concerning the installation
of two more cylinders in the fire
truck engine. The building was de-
stroyed and the proposed improve-
ments voted down.
Dallas Borough reduced its school
tax millage from 30 to 25 mills.
Farmers were urged to use the
flashing bar while mowing, to pre-
vent destruction of young game bird
eggs.
L. E. Cottle, Shavertown, breeder
of fine wire-haired fox terriers, and
his wife attended National Dog
Show at Madison, N. J. i
Lee Tracey, Broadway star, visit-
ed his mother, Mrs. W. L. Tracey,
Shavertown.
It H uppened
20 Years Ago
Lt. John P. Gleason, U. S. Air
Corps, Cum Laude High School stu-
dent, reported missing in action.
The year, 1942, was reported wet-
test since 1890.
Shavertown Honor Roll was
scheduled for dedication on May 30,
honoring 127 in the service.
Five children of Mrs. Anna Wal-
ters, Lehman, were engaged in same
defense plants in New Britain, Conn.
Gus lead the group and was soon
followed by sisters, Edith, Anna,
Emily, and Martha (Mrs. F.E. Mur-
tha).
Two thousand chickens were
dressed daily at new North Star
Farm plant in Shavertown.
Funds from the sale of scrap were
turned over to Air Raid Wardens
by Dallas Township.
Servicemen heard from: Joseph
Hudak, Donald C. Smith, Dick Le-
Grand, Vincent Spaciano.
Mildred Porter chosen May Queen
by Dallas District Girl Scouts.
W. H. Dean, Ietown, celebrated
83rd birthday.
Died: Benjamin Goldsmith, 71,
Dallas Township, son of old Back
Mountain family; Mrs. William Wat-
son, formerly of Noxen, died at
Lawton.
It Happened
0 Years Ago
Twelve-year old Jimmy Kelley,
Dallas, was in fair condition after
being struck by a car, minutes be-
fore the beginning of the Little
League Parade in Fernbrook.
Linda Hetrick was named valedic-
torian and Beverly Louise Colwell,
salutatorian at Westmoreland High
School; Theresa Burnat, wvaledictor-
ian, Donald Glas, salutatorian at
Lehman; Lena Misson, valedictorian
and Irene Shultz, salutatorian at
Dallas Township.
Chris Drapiewski, Sweet Valley
florist, was admitted to Mercy Hos-
pital when he mangled the fingers
of his left hand in a power motor.
Mrs. Nelson Shaver, Dallas, com-
pleted plans to fly to Ireland after
an absence of thirty four years.
Married: Jane Ide, Kunkle, to
James Murray, Plymouth; Bernadine
Rasmus, Trucksville, to James Doug.
herty. Kingston.
Died: Mrs. Ralph Frantz, Hunts-
ville; Joseph Petrick, 33, Dallas
Township; Mrs. S. L. Seavy, 88,
Dallas.
Grouse Lavs False
Scent For Hounds
Nature note of the week: The
Weidner family, prowling the woods
near Center Moreland, spotted a
wounded grouse trailing a wing dis-
tressfully. The family dog took off
after the grouse, and thirteen baby
grouse froze into immobility along-
side a stone wall, blending with
the dappled shade. The dog re-
turned panting, and the mother
grouse, miraculously restored, eased
herself over the wall to rejoin her
brood.
Heights Roads Paved
Country and Borough road de-
partment paved Elizabeth and Jo-
seph Streets this week.
Local Winners
In Centennial
Flower Show At First National
Mrs. James Besecker Jr. general
chairman of the First National Bank
of Wilkes-Barre Centennial Flower
Show last Saturday and Sunday,
staged in conjunction with the An-
nual Fiesta in Public Square, reports
that the Bank was crowded on Sun-
day to see exhibits, many of them
entered by Back Mountain flower
lovers.
Among the winners of special
awards and blue ribbong were: Mrs.
Leonard Adamshick, who was given
an award of appreciation for her
arrangement for president Thomas
Kiley’s desk; Mrs. Albert Ide, who
won a National Award of Merit for
har educational display of birds-
nusts, flanked by drawings of the
birds by LakesLehman high school
students,
A ten year old Dallas girl, Elaine
Kuehn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kuehn, took a First in the
[National award class, for her entry
from Girl Scout Troop 201. The
Junior Achievement honor was
given for her arrangement of white
Tris, hasta leaves, and sedum, in a
low bowl floored with marbles.
Blue ribbons in arrangements
went to Mrs. Arnott Jones and Mrs.
Chester Nesbitt, consistent winners
in flower shows. Mrs. Nesbitt's
arrangement of a desert scene was
highlighted by Mrs. DeWitt Smith’s
painting, “Sand Dunes of Montauk.”
In the horticulture class, Mrs.
Louis Maslow took three blues; Wil-
son Cease, Mr. and Mrs. Arch
Hutchison, and Mrs. Arnott Jones
were alsa Winats,
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THE DALLAS POST, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1963
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Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
Probably the first area-born doc-
tor to practice Back of the Mountain
was Dr. Alfred Brace, born at Orange
in 1800, second son of Elijah and
Susannah (Burrell) Brace. He stud-
ied with Dr. John Smith and was
graduated from Jefferson Medical
College at Philadelphia. He practiced
at Falls, Orange, and Wyoming. In
1828 he married Catherine VanLoon.
Their children were: Francis, Louisa,
Susan, Ella, Henriette, Marietta, Bur.
rel and Albertine.
Dr. George W. McKee was born in
Bradford County, son of Asa and
Fannie (Chubbuck) McKee, who
came from Hartford, Connecticut. He
studied with Dr. H. S. Chubbuck at
Elmira, N.Y. and was graduated in
medicine at the University of Michi-
gan in 1856. He practiced at several
rural places in the upper Susque-
hanna Valley, a couple of years at
Orange, later moved to Plymouth.
His wife was the daughter of Solo-
mon and Elizabeth (Young) Frantz,
and was a pharmacist. Dr. McKee
had a son; Frank, also a physician.
Dr, William Thomson, born in
Nanticoke in 1823,studied with Dr.
A. P, Gardner of Carbondale and was
graduated from Castleton Medical :
College, Vt. in 1845. He practiced
about six years at Nanticoke, an-
other six at Orange, then moved to
Centermoreland where he practiced
about thirty years. His wife was
Mary Ann, daughter of John and
Eliza (Naylor) Urquhart, having
children Frank, Bejamin and Ruth.
The doctor was commissioned an
army surgeon in the Civil War serv-
ing successively with the 133 Pa.,
42 Pa., 198 Pa. Late in life he be-
came a business man at Luzerne.
Other early doctors in the general
area around Franklin Township in-
cluded a Dr. Skeels, a Dr. Parker,
a Dr. Dornsife, a Dr. Lazarus, ahd
Dr. John C. Morris, who lived across
from Orange Church in the house
presently occupied by Mrs. Myrtle
Vopleus.
Dr. John C. Morris (1816-1900)
came to Wyoming County in 1839
and to Orange in 1854, where he
lived until his death. On both siues
he was descended from families old
in the country but not in this area.
His father, a reputed descendant of
Robert Morris, financier of the Rev-
olution, was Issachar Morris, who
lived in Bucks County, was a mer-
chant in Philadelphia, and later re-
moved to Columbia County, where
he died in 1835.
The mother of Dr. Morris was
Elizabeth Corssen (1778-1853), a
fifth generation descendant of Corn-
elius 'Coressen, a FrenchmProtestant
or Huguenot, who fled from France
with hundreds of others in 1685.
Some hundreds of thousands were
killed or fled due to religious per-
James Post III Cited
At Military Academy
James Post, III, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Post, Dallas, will grad-
uate from Valley Forge Military
Academy, Wayne, Pa., June 4, com-
pleting his academic training and
achieving a rating in the top five
per cent of his class.
He was also promoted to staff
sergeant and was presented with
Activity Awards for excellence in
Reporting and Physical Training.
Sgt. Post also holds many honors
at the school, among them the
Anthony Wayne Legion of Honor
and the Ruben Dario Society.
His admission to the Anthony
Wayne Legion of Honor, was given
as a result of efficiency and pride
in his unit. The Anthony Wayne
Legion Guard is the Honor Guard
in the Corps of Cadet, and there ig
great competition in achieving
membership in this elite organiza-
tion.
The Ruben Dario Spanish Society
is by invitation only and each mem-
| ber must maintain a straight “A”
average in this subject.
James has also been cited for
being sports editor for the annual
yearbook, “Crossed Sabers.”
Before attending Valley Forge,
Sgt. Post received his elementary
and Junior High School education
in the Hanover Township schools
and Wyoming Seminary, prior to
enrolling at the academy.
He will enter Penn State Uni-
versity in the fall to pursue major
in business administration, market-
ing and merchandising.
Bnnounce Birth
A seven pound two ounce son,
Russell John, was born to Mr: and
Mrs. John Bogart, Main ‘Street, Dal-
las, May 13 at General Hospital.
There are three daughters, Cheryl,
four, Donna, three, and Linda, two.
Mrs. Bogart is the former Alberta
Gregory, Muhlenburg. Mr. Bogart
isemployed as a driver for Inter-
state Bakery.
David Thomas Roberts
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts,
Gosart Court, [Sweet Valley, an-
nounce the birth of their first child,
David Thomas, at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital, May 7. The new
arrival weighed six pounds, four
and one-half ounces. Mrs. Roberts
is the former Joyce McKeel, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Harriet McKeel and the
late Arthur McKeel, Pleasant Val-
ley. Mr. Roberts is an employee
of the Pennsylvania State Game
Commigsion. He is the son of Mrs.
Frank Chapin and the late Ferris
Roberts,
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Biviion
secution at the time. The particular
group left in two ships, one of which
landed in Charleston, S.C., the in-
tended destination. The other, in
which Corssen sailed, landed at Stan-
ten Island. The French refugees
made up a little community of them-
selves in an otherwise Dutch neigh=
borhood, and built a log church, also
serving as a school.
Between the first Corssen and
Elizabeth were three generations of
men, all named Benjamin, who re-
moved to Bucks County about 1726
and became landowners and farmers
for generations, The first Benjamin
and wife Nelly had a family when
they moved. The second Benjamin
born 1718, married Maria Sedam or
Suydem and had eight children. The
third Benjamin (1743-1811) married
Sarah Dugan. Elizabeth Corssen was
the sixth of eleven children. The
family was noted for doctors, before
and since.
Dr. John C. Morris, ninth of ten
children, was educated at Philadel-
phia and Bloomsburg, He married
Caroline Fuller, (1821-1889) daugh-
ter of Henry and Lucy Harding Ful-
ler, of Centermoreland. They had
five children, two of whom died
young. John Jr., moved to Indiana.
Another, Will, who married Caroline
Cooper lived at Tunkhannock. A son
Frank, removed to Dallas.
Frank Fuller Morris (1853-1932)
long a school teacher and later post-
master at Dallas, married Alphreta
Shaver (1864-1951), commonly cal-
led Allie, in the old Methodist Par-
sonage, between the present resi-
dnce of Durrell Scott and the old
high school building. She was a
daughter of Ira D. Shaver, descend-
ed from Philip Shaver, local Pioneer,
who once owned much of the pres-
ent Dallas. They moved to Franklin
Street about sixty years ago. Their
daughter, Phoebe Caroline, whose
husband Howard Caperoon recently
died, still lives in the same house.
Their son, Charles, (1894-1957) was
in my class in high school and later
lived in the south. Russell (1897-
1950): last lived in the vicinity of
Towanda. Ira, born in 1905, lives in
Washington, D.C. The youngest son,
Frantz, died in infancy. All the child-
ren of Frank and Allie Morris, ex-
cepting Russell, had children. The
oldest grandchild, Richard Major,
son of Mrs. Caperoon by her first
marriage, who grew up here, lives
in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Shortly before World War I, Dr.
G. B. Perry came from Pittston and
lived on the Draper Raub Farm
where he practiced for about six
years. The family dater moyed to
the vicinity of Reading where his
widow and two children still reside,
at last report.
Organ Group Enjoys
Early Pipe Organ Meet
On Sunday, May 19, members of
the Back Mountain Hammond Or-
gan Club enjoyed an afternoon at
Irem Temple, Wilkes-Barre, where
members were. acquainted with a
1908 Austin Pipe Organ. All mem-
bers attending played the instru-
ment. The club is open for mem-
berships and interested people
chould contact Burl Updyke, GReen-
leaf 77-2026. Members attending
Sunday’s outing were, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Britt, Ricky, Debra, Donna
and Doris, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kane,
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Updyke, Mary,
Allan, Duane, Bryan and Janine
Louise. The next meeting of the
club will be June 12, at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wilkenson.
Ellis Weaver Heads
Miers Cemetery Group
At a recent meeting of the Miers
Cemetery Association, these officers
were elected: President — Ellis
Weaver; V. President — [Stanley
Weaver; Sec'y. - Treasurer — Mrs.
Wayne Brace. Trustees: Howard
Dornblazer, 5 year term; Florence
Weaver, 4 years; Nile Frempter, 3;
Wayne Brace, 2; Stanley Weaver,
1.
It was decided to see if some-
thing eould be done about re-
setting grave stones that have
fallen over. This past winter
several more have fallen and some
are so badly broken that they can-
not be repaired, however those that
can, will be. There will be con-
siderable cost involved, so we are
asking that anyone interested, or
those having relatives buried there,
please help, as a loving tribute to
the memory, by sending your con-
tribution, however small, to, Mrs.
Wayne Brace, Sec'y., . Treasurer,
R. D. 1, Box 472, Harveys Lake.
David Scull Gives
Graduation Recital
The Graduation Recital on piano
and organ was given by David A.
Scull, student of Carl F. Roth at
Wyoming Seminary School of
Music Sunday afternoon. David
Sutton Creek Road, was formerly
organist at Mt. Zion and lately was
organist and choir director of the
Plains Methodist church. His re-
cital consisted of about one half
hour of organ numbers including
one by Bach. David's playing is
characterized by strength, confi-
dence and skill.
The piano work was longer, in-
cluding besides Bach, Beethoven,
and Chopin, a number by Mous~
sorgsky entitled Pictures at an
Better Leighton Never
by Leighton Scott
Last week a politician, recently
elected, told me the Back Mountain
was full of houses with ‘For Sale”
signs on them,
This man inquired at these
houses why the people were leaving,
and they answered either that taxes
were too high, or that they were
afraid for their own and their chil-
dren’s well-being because of our
“juvenile problem’.
Sure they did.
Anyway, he isn’t quite as bad off
as some others, who are completely
out of touch with reality. These
latter low types, no doubt trying to
bring the movie industry to Lu-
zerne County to bring up the em-
ployment level, have really built
up a scene.
“Toughs . . . ruling the roost”,
indeed. And, all toughs aside,
what's the roost supposed to con-
sist of ?
Plainly, these reports are pure
showmanship designed to peddle
papers.
Tt wouldn’t be so bad, if we had
some kind of juvenile delinquency
epidemic back of the mountain,
and had to live with an earned
reputation. But this sheep-dip,
passed off as news, is plain parasit-
ism and leechery. You are being
used.
It is doubtful (as that same
politician told me breathlessly)
that concern is being registered for
us in exotic corners of the earth
from Maine to California, as well
as in Wilkes-Barre.
But if it is true, public opinion
has reached an all-time low in an-
alytic ability and an all-time high
in credulity.
The same dumb belief in head-
lines, rest assured, cannot be said of
people in this area, judging from
the many T've talked to.
Most are in agreement of one
thing, however, and that is that
every day you can believe less of
what you read.
Most of them also wish that
‘Wilkes-Barre would get off our
back, and mind its own business
— such as it is.
The Back Mountain is
okay, to put it mildly.
Nobody pretends that youthful
rowdyism is nice, but nobody pre-
tends that it's new to 1963 either,
and it hardly constitutes grounds
for bringing out fire-hoses and
dogs 3
I would guess that an epidemic
of grossly outsized headlines and
smelly politics gave the famous
Yanchick case more sensationalized
space than the responsible ‘New
York papers gave the Alabama
racial demonstrations.
doing
PHOTO CREDIT
I was down to Penn State recent-
ly to pick up an award for a pic-
ture I took. .
Subject was the coon-hound wa-
ter races at Elston’s Pond, Kunkle,
October 25, which was, as I recall,
also the day of Shavertown Fire
Company’s open house party.
It was a gray, cold day, and only
the most hard-boiled enthusiasts
were out. I used flash to fill.
It was also one of the last events
“covered by both Howard Risley and
me, and I remember he enjoyed it
tremendously. Often, I suspect, his
heart gave him trouble, and he just
quietly preferred, on such days, to
stay in and pretend to want to
watch the ballgame on TV. Of
course, as anybody knows, he would
have rather been out talking to
people.
Any credit to me on the picture,
or any other picture I take, should
be shared by Jim Kozemchak, who
taught me which end was up on a
Speed Graphic, and whom I still
pester every week or so for advice.
(I'd hate to wish on him credit for
all the ones I goof, which means
about half of my shots.)
Mother From Germany
To Visit Mrs. Mathers
Mrs. Frank Mathers, II, Carver-
ton Road, Trucksville, is anxiously
| looking forward to the coming week-
end, when her mother, Mrs. Joseph
Lohn, Mayen, Germany, will arrive
at Idlewild Airport to spend several
months visiting her daughter and
family.
It will be the first time she has
met her second grandson, Michael
Mathers and the first she has seen
Frank IV, now three and a half since
he was taken to Germany by his
mother, two years ago.
Mrs. John Lohn visited here pre-
viously but before the advent of two
lively grandchildren. She will make
the entire flight by jet.
Card Shower For
Mrs, Floyd Wells
Friends of Mrs. Floyd Wells,
Trucksville, are planning a card
shower for the hospitalized wisitor
to Florida, who broke her hip just
before the couples return north.
Their address is 817 Ohio Avenue,
St. Cloud, Florida. Apt. 2.
Mrs. Ray Jones Honored
At Stork Shower Party
Mrs. Raymond A. Jones was guest
of honor at a Stork Shower given
Sunday, May 12, at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Eugene Hummell,
Harvey's Lake.
Hostesses were Carol Andrews
and Mrs, Glemn Frantz. Mra. Jones
Fecsived san ya a,
From—
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Pillar To Post...
By
Hix
The Dallas Post went into a state of suspended animation there
for a moment or so last week.
Miss Esther Saxe, standing at the counter to change her address
on the Dallas Post subscription, heard a small sound behind her,
and there was Chi-Chi, looking
even more mournful than usual,
extending her leash in a supplicating paw.
Chi-Chi and Miss Saxe stared each other down.
Chi-Chi was
aware that she did not belong at large, and Miss Saxe was equally
aware.
It was a lucky break that Miss Saxe was clothed in the garments
of her sex instead of wearing Bermuda shorts.
Chi-Chi does not
approve of shorts, or maybe her reactions mean that she approves
of them all too fervently .
. anybody who appears in shorts with
a toothsome expanse of bare leg on view is red meat to Chi-Chi
She fixes her eye on the bait, springs and clings, and the customer
shrieks and cancels her subscription.
But on this occasion, Chi-Chi was feeling meek instead of rabid,
and implored somebody to put her back in her cage, or attach her
firmly to the limb of the pine tree where she could look down upon
passing school children from a superior height.
Chi-Chi does not really care to be at large.
The first warm day
of spring, when the monkey had been attached to the pine tree by
a long chain, she worked at the clasp with her nimble fingers and
detached herself, slipping to the grass beneath with a verve which
set the assembled school children back on their heels and caused
them to scatter in all directions. Two little boys, their freckles
standing out on stalks, panicked ‘through the door of the Post. “Mrs.
Hicks,” they bleated,
“that monkey's loose.
“Stand well back,” I instructed,
Come and get him.”
“or you're going to get bit,”
and added under my breath, “And so, brother, am IL.”
The capture was painless.
Chi-Chi was much relieved at being
once more incarcerated, wrapping her tail around my neck in,
gratitude.
It was equally simple on the occasion when Miss Saxe did not
cancel her subscription. Miss Saxe stood there like a trouper, while
Chi-Chi chattered and held out her leash, ‘and continued to stand
like a statue while Chi-Chi was led by the hand to her cage.
Not
until the door was securely fastened did Miss Saxe let go her breath.
“You know you came near to qualifying for the Monkey-Bait
Club,” I told her.
“Everybody who was ever bitten by Chi- Chi be-
longs to an exclusive club. The membership is not large, but it is
select.”
Chi-Chi is not as avid for red meat as she used to be in her
salad days.
Chances are she is feeling her years.
Nowadays she
settles for a carrot or hardboiled egg.
Safety
FANTASTIC
Dear Sir:
I can’t understand it. I've tried,
but I just can’t understand it. The
“it” referred to is our very recent
election, and more specifically the
results relating to the School Di-
rector’s offices.
It is my pleasure to know two of
the candidates personally, Mr.
Wright and Mr. Peterson. I regard
them both as capable, conscientious
men of integrity, who would have
conducted themselves in office with
dignity and efficiency. The Messrs.
Mannear and Reid I do not know
personally, but based upon their
comments published in the Dallas
Post, and campaign mailings, they
impressed me as being equally cap-
able, equally qualified. So—
With this wealth of ‘talent at its
disposal the electorate nominates
a man who sums up his philosophy
reeducation with . . . what was good
enough for me, is good enough for
my children . ,
Utterly fantastic!
We build a senior high school
that is on a par with any school
around the country; we talk of high
educational standards as a ‘heri-
tage” to our children; we bring in
a ‘School Superintendent who, I
understand, is a fine educator and
an excellent administrator; we at-
tempt to staff the schools with top
flight teachers; we encourage active
PTA’s to establish a fuller under-
standing — and then,
We hang a mill-stone around
their collective necks in the form
of an archaic, out-moded education-
al philosophy.
Our election laws reserve for
adults the right to make mistakes
on behalf of their children. The
decision is ours — the penalty is
theirs. In a modern world that
makes Buck Rogers and Jules Verne
seem dull, we succeed in taking a
great leap backward.
Viewing the results I'm relieved
that my own daughter is past school
age. However, I can’t help but
feel a little guilty about short-
changing my neighbors’ kids,
How do we do it?
0, Tempora. =O, Mores.
Just a passing thought — why
don't the various PTA’s and other
interested residents close ranks be-
hind one (or two) of the defeated
candidates, and start a “write-in”
campaign on their behalf. It is a
tough battle fought for noble causes.
i Jack.
Valve . . .
Maybe we may yet correct in No-
vember, the mistake we made in
May.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT S. SLATER
Axe The Billboards
Dear Myra and Mrs. Hicks:
I have thought so often of how
beautiful and impressive our Lu-
zerne Notch would be if all adver-
tising signs were removed and the
area planted. The Highway De-
partment has a huge nursery near
Milton and would cooperate in a
real effort toward beautification.
Right now ‘would be the time to
organize a project to accomplish
this before the road is completed
and it seems to me that a woman's
organization would be perfect for
this. Howard interested me years
ago in joining the Roadside Council
and this fine organization of dedi-
cated women are most responsible
for keeping outdoor signs from the
interstate highway in Pennsylvania.
I spoke to Joe McVeigh about this
last week when I was home for a
few days. He might help in inter-
viewing a woman’s group. Surely
there must be a real interest in ac-
complishing this. Would jyou two
help this good cause?
Cordially yours,
JOHN H. BLACKMAN, JR.
Editor's note—More power to you,
We've got a hate on bill-
boards, too.
DRIVE SUCCESSFUL
Dear Mrs. Hicks:
Your excellent editorial and the
generous space granted by the Dal-
las Post to the Wyoming Valley
Crippled Children’s Association dur-
ing its recent Easter Seal appeal
were greatly appreciated by the
Board of Directors.
Our response this year from the
Back Mountain area surpassed all
previous returns. Please be assured
that your assistance has been of
immeasurable value to the further-
ance of the work of the organiza-
tion.
Although we still need $2,000 for
our needed goal of $22,500, we are
confident that many Wyoming Val-
ley residents will yet contribute so
that we will not need to curtail our
services.
Sincerely yours,
DAVID M. OGDEN
Chairman
1963 Easter Seal Campaign
Packing Bundles For
Leper Colony Patients
Mrs. Sarah Moss, Shaver Avenue,
Fernbrook, entertained the Glen-
view P.M. Church's Missionary So-
ciety at her home on Thursday
evening. The project for the cur-
rent month is leper bundles, con-
sisting of a cardigan sweater, or
3 yards of cotton cloth, nail clipper,
comb, hankie, soap, toothbrush,
toothpaste, safety pins all rolled
and pinned in a large turkish towel.
The group will eend 15 bundles
shortly. They are also collecting
good used clothing, cancelled post-
age stamps, and labels and coupons
to be used in the Red Scissors plan.
After the business meeting re-
freshments were served to Mrs. An-
drew Derrick, Mrs. Corey Crispell,
Mrs. Nesbitt Moore, Miss Verna
Lamoreaux; Mrs, George Shaver,
Sr., Mrs. Anna Compton, Mrs. John
Gosart, Mrs. George Shaver, Jr.
Mrs. John Fluck, Mrs. Edythe Phil-
lips, Mrs. Roy Moss, Mrs. Henry
Randall by the hostess
Next. eg will be ald at sl
Crates Piled Neatly
In Roadway At Lake
Motorists coming round the bend
just below the cove at Warden Place
Harvey Lake Saturday afternoon
around 2:30 were amazed to have to
avoid several stacks of soda cases
piled neatly in the inside lane.
Had they looked up in the adjacent
driveway, they would have eeen the
answer —a soda truck on the’ bus-
iness end of a wrecker. The truck's
overhang was too much to clear the
angle between the two roads, and
it had to be pulled clear.
The stacked cases made the load
lighter and for some reason the
soda men didn’t regard them as too
much of a traffic hazard.
Will Buy Uniforms
Dallas Ambulance will buy thirty
new overalls with ‘Dallas Ambul
ance” written on the back in one
inch script, it was decided at a
meeting tecendly,
‘home of Mis. Corey Criapell- on
J une 1th,
gop on buioh wlitv
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