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| Editorially Speaking:
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Make It A Thank Offering
November is the month for the collection of funds
for research into the causes of Muscular Dystrophy, and
development of a possible cure.
Like any other medical research, painstaking lab-
oratory tests and procedures cost money. Wheelchairs,
crutches, transportation, special care, all cost money.
Compared with the incidence of measles or chicken-
pox, Muscular Dystrophy strikes very seldom. But when
it does strike, it is 100 percent disaster for the child in-
volved. A child who contracts Muscular Dystrophy usually
dies in the teens, the muscles fading away to mere strings,
incapable of supporting the bony framework of the body.
Nobody knows why a child develops the disease. No-
body knows the cure. Indications are that it is a deficiency
condition.
It is easy to say, “There are so many drives for funds,”
and ignore the Muscular Dystrophy fund.
It is worthy of your support. Some youngster,
freckled and growing like a weed, down the block from
- you, could develop the condition.
: Some other youngster, challenged by the unknown,
~ could grow up to find the cause in the research laboratory.
Provide the funds, so that others may use them
~ wisely in helping to eradicate human misery. You may
not be able to man a microscope and a test tube your-
self, but you can implement research by giving what you
can afford.
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A Positive Program
It has been charged that the medical profession is
indifferent to the medical needs of the aged because it
opposes the Medicare scheme for providing various medi-
cal benefits to everyone drawing social security payments,
The truth is that medicine is vitally concerned with
improving medical aid for elderly people—and all other
groups as well. But it seeks this end through means that
will get maximum results at minimum cost in money and
other resources — and that will not subject doctors, pa-
tients, and others concerned to political controls that
would inevitably become more stringent, and result in
lower standards of care.
As an example, the American Medical Association
has postulated, and is following, a positive program for
the aged. It urges contributed implementation and ex-
pansion of the Kerr-Mills programs, which provide govern-
ment aid, under a workable federal-state system, for those
who actaally need it; amendments to the income tax laws
to permit taxpayers to deduct all medical payments for
over-65 dependents; continued expansion and improve-
ment of health insurance and prepayment plans, and ‘so
on. Other facets of the program have to do with such
critical matters as mental illness among the aged, and
compulsory retirement and other discriminatory employ-
ment practices. The program, above all, is based on
“Recognition of the aged as individuals, with greater op-
portunity to use their talents in activities which encourge
self-reliance and independence.”
This is the sound way to really help the aged. And
it can do that without turning millions of men and wo-
men into faceless statistics.
| FLORIDA, FROM PALMS TO BATHING BEAUTIES
by Donna Smith
Dear Sens:
We had a marvelous time on our
trip to Florida. We arrived late
Friday night and a friend of ours
met us at the airport and drove us
to the motel at Clearwater.
The next day we rented a car
and I don’t know what we would
have done without it. First we went
to Weeki Wachee Springs.
in an underground theater and
looked through glass windows into a
natural spring where girls put on
. an underwater show. Next we drove
We sat
across Tampa Bay and went to
see the Singing Tower and the
. Great Masterpiece. They were real-
ly beautiful. On Sunday, we went to
my father’s aunt’s house for din-
ner and she showed us around
" Tampa. We found out that it’s one
. of the only industrial cities Flor-
lda has. The waves from the Gulf
were so high that day going across
without skis.
the causeway the spray came in the
car windows. During the next cou-
| ple days we went to Cypress Gar-
dens which was one of the nicest
places we visited. The water show
was fantastic. The performers did
everything from the waterballet and
the human pyramid to water skiing
We drove across the Sunshine
Skyway, the longest bridge in the
world. It’s fifteen miles long and
we got a beautiful view of the Gulf
of Mexico, especially from the rise
in the center. The same day we
drove across, a man jumped off
and committed suicide. We also
went to Sunken Gardens where
they had trees, plants, and flowers
from all over the world. Besides
the hundreds of different kinds of
palm trees and flowers, we saw
pink banana trees, Christ’s thorns
and’ giant cactus. We saw the Lon-
don Wax Museum and the sunset
on the Gulf of Mexico, too.
Our ‘time was pretty well taken
up but I still found time to swim
in the motel pool, go shopping and
do my homework which I had plen-
ty of. We left from the airport
at mine-thirty Wednesday morning
to come home. I was glad to be
coming back to the mountains end
cooler weather since the tempera-
ture was ninety-five degrees most
of the time we were there. The
plane trip was nice but there were
quite a few stops and we didn’t get
home until about five o’clock. We
were tired out but I think it was
worth it since we had such a won-
derful time.
Donna
* Noted Statewide
Noted from the Post in Pennsyl-
vania Township News magazine:
| Fred Lamoreaux’s accident, a fall
from a lurching township truck
~ some weeks ago, while paving.
Public Notice
NOTICE. Sealed proposals will
be received and publicly opened
and read by the Supervisors of Lake
Township, Luzerne County, at Har-
veys Lake, Pennsylvania, until
10:00 A.M. EST., December 7, 1963,
for a rubber tired, 4 wheel drive
loader of 15,000 pounds minimum
weight, with a Hough Model H U
for trade.
Proposal form, specifications,
form of contact and instructions to
* bidders may be obtained by writing
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to John H. Stenger, Secretary,
Board of Supervisors, Harveys Lake,
Pennsylvania.
The successful bidder, when
awarded the contract, shall furnish
a bond with suitable, reasonable
requirements guaranteeing perform-
ance of the contract or delivery to
be made, with sufficient surety in
the amount of 50 percentum of the
amount of the contract. And an
additional bond in the amount of
50 per centum Second Class Town-
ship Code, Article VIII, Section 803,
Bonds for protection of Labor and
Materialmen.
All proposals must be upon the
. form furnished by the undersigned.
The Supervisors reserve the right
to reject any or all proposals,
Thanksgiving Hike
[Susquehanng Trailers Hiking
Club announces the hike to be led
by Ben Ungar, Sunday, November
24th, will be to Mehoopany, in dir-
ection of the fire tower. Those in
Dallas vicinity interested in hiking
to this area, may contact any of
the club members and meet in Dal-
las,
Hikes are gcheduled for every
Sunday of the year, weather permit-
ing, at 1 p. m. leaving from Kirby
Health Center, Wilkes-Barre by car,
and hiking at the area listed.. Any
adult man or woman interested in
in hiking is invited to join.
On Thanksgiving Day, the group
will leave Kirby Health Center at
10:30 a. m. to go to McKendree
Grange, Shickshinny, for dinner. A
hike will be led later by Ricky
Ward in ‘that vicinity. The group
will then meet at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Richard Ward, Shickshin-
ny, for a short meeting, followed
by slides and movies of hikes al-
already taken.
On December 1, the group will
hike on Jackson Twp. Road, Chase,
with Eugene Stawicki as leader.
On Tuesday December 3, a meet-
ing will be held at the Wilkes-Barre
American Legion, N. River Street
with dinner at 6 p. m. Meeting
will start promptly at 7:45 p. m.
with Dixon Miller presiding. ;
On December 8, group hikers will
hike to Carverton Road, Wyoming
led bv Miss Vera Mirmak.
DINNER POSTPONED
Dallag Rotary Club has postpon-
(Signed) ed its turkey dinner, originally
John H. Stenger, | scheduled for late Novonter. until
Secretary. January.
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
30 Years Ago
Coldest November in years, with
snow and ice and zero tempera-
tures, frozen radiators, frozen cars,
frozen ears.
Football game on snowy field
saw Dallas Borough clobber Kings-
ton 7 to O.
Rural Basketball League was re-
organized with Noxen, Orange, Sha-
vertown, Trucksville, and Possibly
Dallas. i
A contract for erection of a one-
room schoolhouse on the Lake
Silkworth Road went to Frank
Mathers at his low bid of $3,495.
Harley Misson, Shavertown
broke his kneecap in an accident.
Kingston Township, defeated by
Dallas Borough football team, start-
ed a move to have the game re-
played on a neutral field, for bene-
fit of the Community Chest. Rivalry
was keen before Kingston Townsihp
and Dallas Borough formed a school
jointure.
Monroe Township seniors order-
ed a clock and bell system for the
high school. Funds were raised by
giving a Halloween party.
Jim Hutchison, county agent,
advocated planting of black walnut
and hickory in spots where the
seedlings could remain permanent-
ly, saying the nut trees have a
long tap root and cannot be suc-
cessfully transplanted.
20 Years Ago
Leon Kromelbein, father of star
football player Harold, who had
made the winning touchdown in
the Tunkhannock-Dallas Township
game, dropped dead of a heart at-
tack while crossing the field after
the game. Mr. Kromelbein, 43 was
a Tunkhannock resident, once res-
ident of Noxen.
Record crop of turkeys, but try
and get one for a civilian table. Tur-
keys went to the boys in the ser-
vice, and folks back home settled
gladly for lesser fowl.
Michael Stencil, Trucksville,
somewhere in the South Pacific,
won the Purple Heart for wounds
received in a bombing expedition.
Ray Shiber was appointed to fill
the vacancy created by the resigna-
tion of John Durbin from Dallas
Borough school board.
Dr. Malcolm Borthwick, William
White, and Fred Swanson got bears
first day of the season.
A half-tamed 14 point deer, while
being petted and fed in the Brace
orchard at Beaumont, took fright,
and knocked Mrs. Arthur Smith off
her feet. Falling against a rock,
she broke her arm in two places.
In ‘the Outpost: Don Gabel, Eng-
land; Irving Koslofsky; Bob Evans,
Memphis; Elwood Ide, Edenton,
N. C.; Stephen Crispell, New York
APO; Jay Gould, Norfolk Naval Hos-
pital; Elmer Lamoreaux, Italy, Ro-
bert Price, Sicily; Stanley Davies,
Ambherst.
...Married: Charlsie Matthews
Charles Windsor.
Died: Chizles B. Hoyt, 71, Hunts-
ville.
to
{0 Years Ago
Monkey-bit by the Freeman mon-
key at Beaumont, Dorothy Pellam
spent three days at General Hos-
pital.
County Board of Assessments re-
stored old ratings after the hassle
at Dallas Borough [School, when
school directors had attempted to
level out inequalities in assessments.
Heights residents had led the pro-
test. This failure to iron out in-
equalities and get a more equitable
rating,
assessment of the area on a county
basis.
Norti Berti answered a fire call
to the Hix home, excavating in the
fireplace to uncover a smouldering
beam, Norti was always around
when hé was needed.
Javers store in Alderson was
damaged by {fire caused by elec-
trical wiring.
Nobody got a bear in the area,
first day of the season.
Larger jointure of schools was
still’ being argued pro and con.
Died: Mrs. Fred Renard, 75, Dal-
las; Mrs. Ellen Brown, 73, Hol-
combs Grove; Professor Warren
Taylor, Trucksville, sudden heart
attack. Mrs. Clyde Kocher, Endi-
cott.
Mrs. Catherine Stoeckel was 92.
Guests From Omaha
Enjoy Beauty Here
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Wickard,
Sweet Valley, R. D., had as recent
visitors, Mr. Wickard’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Wickard and ma-
ternal grandmother, Thompson, O-
maha, who made the trip east by
train.
Duane and his wife, the former
| Joy Steele, ,and the children had
just moved into ‘their new home.
The Wickard’s youngest child,
Barbara, 18 months met her grand-
parents for the first time and the
other children staged a reacquain-
tance. ov
Mr. Ernest Wickard plans to re-
tire from the Union Pacific R. R.,,
in ‘a year and a half and plans to
come to the beautiful State of Penn-
sylvania . for a few months out of
each year.
Mr. and Mrs. Basil Steele en-
tertained the wisitors at a big fam-
ily dinner.
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resulted eventually in re- |
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It would be interesting, like a:
fire marshall after a fire, to dig
around among the scorched and tar-
nished exhibits to see what happen-
ed in the fire and brimstone school
board election. Political labels - are
not important. Some Republicans
showed more zeal for Democrat
Farrar than they ever did for Scran-
ton, Nixon, or others.
The big issue was money. Prior
to the several steps of reorganiza-
tion, we were told that the schools
would be bigger and better and
cost less and less, largely because
of more favorable state reimburse-
ment. But the cold, dollars and
the tax collectors to local taxpay-
ers proved this was all wrong. The
schools are certainly bigger, there
is divided opinion as to whether
they are better, but they are cer-
tainly mot costing less and less, and
the proportion of state appropria-
tion is dwindling instead of in-
creasing.
In this particular election, the
sole result that could be attained
was a change in the trend, whether
we should continue to spend more
and more, or level off, It was gen-
erally conceded by all factions that
good schools now cost money, even
big money. And with minor excep-
tions and limitations, the better
a school is, the more it is likely
to cost. However, bureaucrats have
turned these conclusions to read,
“Big costs make good schools, and
the more they cost the better they
re.” This is disproved right in our
own county where, for decades,
Hanover Township school costs
have topped all others, and their
schools have mever been better
than mediocre.
This “Pay More” idea has dom-
inated our school management. The
superintendent, at the start, was
given $2,500 more ‘than his prede-
cessor, who had served thirty years
and carried the whole burden of
building the mew school. And he
has since received a raise up to
$14,000, which is more than paid
in Wilkes-Barre. An additional
Rambling Around
. By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
raise of $500 at a secret meeting
of the school board, according to
a story published recently was de-
feated. by a single vote, as were
raises in smaller amounts, Other
rates have been raised, whether
mandatory or not, even part time
ones, Clerical andsome other for-
ces have been doubled. Compared
with eighteen more ‘teachers in the
past six years, we have added thirty
other employees, some only part
time.
In round figures, the published
budget for 1960-61 showed a total
of ‘950 thousand dollars of which
the state would pay 480 thousand,
more than half. The budget for
1963 - 64 shows total 1,203 thou-
sand, state paying 586 thousand,
only 48.72 per cent. (Take nIote
thetotal expenditures in 1958-59
amounted to only $776,849.)
Why the drop in state appro-
priation, compared to budget total?
First, state payments are reimburse-
ments, based on several different
formulas for different things, cal-
led * reimbursement fractions. They
are computed on only certain stated
minimums. For easy figures, they
usually run about 70 per cent. Now
if you have a fixed base for teach-
ers of say $5000 and the state pays
70 per cent, you pay 1500. But if
you jump this man to $14,000, you
still get $3500 and out of your own
pocket you pay $10,500. Astronom-
ical spending can Never show sav-
ings when you get back only 70
per cent of it at best, in most
cases, even less.
Another and more important
thing — state reimbursement rate
is always loaded in favor of poor
districts, Big cities get less than ru-
ral areas. As valuation builds um
our fraction will decrease. Even
the rental on the new school will
cost us more and the state less
as time goes on.
Some of the more important
points raised by both cides will be
included when this is finished next
week. g
Safety Valve
IT HAPPENS
Dear Editor:
‘What kind of police force do we
have in our township when one
of our officers will deliberately kill
a dog very dear to its family, just
because it was in his yard? His
dog is in heat, and he lets it run
loose. How can he expect his neigh-
bors to keep their dogs tied? It is
only nature that a male dog will
break loose time and again when a
female dog is‘ in heat.
Why doesn’t he keep his dog in-
side when she is in heat, so other
dogs wouldn't come around? Why
couldn’t he tell the owner that his
dog was loose?
It’s a shame when such a person
is heartless enough to run off the
‘road on the wrong side just to kill
a defenseless dog that meant no
one any harm.
Do they think they can get away
with anything just because they
have shiny badges?
Name withheld for
obvious reasons,
Editorial note: It's difficult to re-
peal the laws of biology. What
makes you believe that the killing
was deliberate instead of an acci-
dent?
Editor of ‘Dallas Post”.
We, the guests of Valley Crest,
wish to hank you for your kind-
ness in sending us the Dallas Pogt.
Every Friday, we enjoy the Ed-
itorial page, Pillar to Post.
Thanking you again for your
kindness.
Sincerely yours,
Larry V. Hummel
(Guest of Valley Crest)
KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED
Dear Mrs. Hicks:
I was so very pleased to rond
the editorial in the Dallas Post con-
cerning the Garden Clubs in endors-|
ing the “no advertising” signs and
also your observations which I
think were just great.
I went to see Georgia Besecker
after talking to you and just wrote
to her and also Joe MacVeigh.
_ I hope we can accomplish our de-
sire in this and thank you so much
for your great help.
My affectionate regards to Myra,
and hope she is feeling better.
Sincerely,
John H. Blackman, Jr.
RAISING A PROBLEM
I hear ii said, between bumps and
groans as we drive the highway
through Trucksville, that the dirt
and rock fill designed to eliminate
the blind left turn onto Pioneer
Avenue may have just raiped the
problem up in the air a few feet. |
Kunkle WSCS To Hold
Christmas Party
Christmas party of the Kunkle
WSCS will be held at Mrs. Frank-
lin’s, Main Street, Shavertown, on
December 11 at 6:30 p.m.
Reservations must be made with
Mrs. Ralph Ashburner and 50 cent
gifts will be exchanged.
Attending the recent meeting of
the class were Mesdames Russell
Miers, Llewellyn Williams, E. R.
Kerin, Nellie Nulton, Allen Brace,
‘William Brace, Gomer Elston, Ralph
Elston, Fred Dodson, Julie Kunkle.
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pass on the Wyoming 38.
Dallas moved to the Redskins’
20 before two passes went astray.
Failing to gain, Wyoming was
forced to punt with Parra’s boot
going ‘to the Dallas 36 from where
the Mountaineers moved 64 yards
for their third score of the after-
noon.
Noon and Farley alternated on
running plays to reach the Wpyo-
ming 22 before Baker, on a keeper
play, raced into the endzone only
to have ‘the run nullified by an in-
fraction.
Baker then hit Noon with a pass
at the 11, from where Baker ran
the keeper play again for the TD.
Dorrance’s kick again went wide...
Dallas 19, Wyoming 0.
Harris Does It Again
Harris intercepted his last pass
on the first play after the ensuing
kick-off at midfield, and ran it to
the Wyoming 41 to setup another
Dallas score as the quarter ended.
Staying on the ground, Dallas
used ten plays with Noon crashing
over from the 1 for his third TD.
This time, Dorrance’s kick split the
uprights for a 26-0 lead.
Trying desperately to get on ‘the
scoreboard, Wyoming filled the air
with passes in the final period,
throwing thirteen times and com-
pleting six with one intercepted.
Baker To Farley
Wyoming completed four con-
secutive passes to reach the Dallas
40 before the secondary of Dallas
tightened and the next four passes
were incomplete to stop the drive.
On first down, Dallas sent four
men deep and Baker hit Farley
with a beautiful pass in stride at
the Wyoming 40. Farley went the
distance untouched, as Noon put a
good block on the final defender at
the 30. Dorrance’s kick was wide
and the scoreboard looked like this
. Dallas 32, Wyoming O.
Staying to the air, Wyoming
reached the 48 and the final play
of afternoon saw sophomore Tony
Bonomo make a great interception
at the Dallas 15, to make it six for
the afternoon for the Dallas de-
fense.
Statistics
Dallas picked up nine first
downs, completed two of five
passes and had none intercepted.
The Mountaineers showed a met
rushing of 207 yards and gained 72
yards on its two pass completions.
Wyoming picked up ten first
downs and attempted twenty-six
passes. It completed eleven and
had six intercepted. The Redskins
showed a net rushing total of 38
yards ~ while gaining 124 yards
through the air.
In a clean hard fought game,
Dallas was penalized 15 yards and
Wyoming 10.
Highlights
Most of the eleven seniors play-
ing their final game for the Blue
and White had a field day, either
offensively or defensively . . . Noon
picked up 138 yards rushing on 17
carries ,, . . Junior Fred Gosart
turned in a fine defensive game as
he turned in several tackles on a
reverse play that Wyoming tried
often in the first half . . . Dallas
players carried ‘the coaching staff
off the field following the jubilant
victory . . . Tom Kerpovich was
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Better Leighton Never
by' Leighton Scott
Principle
It was sort of quiet at the court
house after election, the air full
of dread and anticipation as things
were about to turn over a new
leaf. T had experienced this scene
once before — on a TV drama about
an ascending (or descending) little
country whose silent main street,
the morning after the coup, bespoke
the established payroll’'s appre-
hension of the wrath of Premier
Combawa, long known for efficient
housecleaning.
Off with the old and on with the
new. It's to be expected, of course,
but a political reversal always comes
as a shock to those whose jobs
depend on the game.
“I'll get another job,” one clerk
told me with a certain amount of
candor. “A lot of them will just
change registration and hope to
go on, but not me. You've got to
| take a stand some place in life. I've
always been a Democrat, and I be-
lieve in Democratic principles.”
Behind The Scene
As everybody knows, the Auction
Kickoff Dinner kicks off the Auc-
tion. But work starts somewhat
earlier. The other day Frank Hutt-
man, 1964 chairman, and George
McCutcheon and the Key Club were
cleaning some of the useless old
appliences out of the barn to make
room for next year.
Pathfinder’s Notebook
Lots of deer tracks in the state
gamelands between Noxen and
Ricketts, I'll tell you, not to men-
tion the four that ran past me
while I hunted for birds. They
won't be there when you want them
though.
You can’t get a turkey without
sitting still and quacking (or what-
ever turkeys do) for them, and you
can’t get a pheasant without walk-
ing around and raising a ruckus,
and there ain't no good medium
between the two so’s to get both.
So the only thing to do is forget
about the turkeys, and go for the
pheasant, cause that sitting around
and quacking is about as much fun
as going around the corner for a
ham sandwich, and much less fill-
ing,
Turkeys, as I understand it, are
rather exclusive about whom they
keep company with, and also have
the best eyesight in all bird-dom,
and I got enough troubles without
spending all day hunting a sharp-
eyed snob.
Telephone Tips
One of the most important func-
tions of a residence ‘telephone is
the security it provides in an emer-
gency.
Because the Commonwealth Tele-
phone Company furnishes telephone
service to a large expanse of rural
territory, party
| must see ‘that their telephone line is
always ready for use in event of
an emergency. :
J. N. Landis, manager of the Tele-
phone Company in Dallas area asks
.| the cooperation of all party line
subscribers in this very serious
problem. Many troubles have been
traced to someone leaving a recei-
ver off. If a fire call, or other emer-
gency call was necessary, and a
receiver had mot been replaced on
the set, a serious disaster could
result.
If the following points are noted
by those peérsons on party lines,
rural telephone service will im-
prove considerably.
Special care should be taken that
the telephone is not used by child-
ren as a toy.
Replace the telephone receiver
after every call.
Excercise discretion in length and
frequericy of calls,
Relinquish the ‘telephone line im-
mediately if an emergency is de-
clared by another subscriber on the
line.
Do mot try to move repair, or
tamper with any Telephone Com-
phone repair service or business
O’fice.
Mr. Landis requested coopera-
tion in another matter. When signs
are tacked or utliity poles and la-
ter removed, the tacks are left in
the pole, thereby creating hazard-
ous conditions for the lineman who
must climb the pole, His climbing
spikes can slip ‘on one of these
tacks and cause serious accidents.
The Telephone Company asks that
persons and organizations refrain
from using ‘tacks or mails when
hanging any poster or gign on a
utility pole.
undoubtedly one of the most under-
rated linebackers in the conference
at the start of the season after
switching from fullback to guard;
he should be a WSC all-star choice
along with two or three more of
the Mountaineers . . . Dallas’ team
not only consisted of brawn, but
brains also as a number of the
boys make the school honor roll
repeatedly . . . The 11 seniors that
closed out a fine high school
career include ends Mike Jones and
Bil] Kelley; tackles John Brominski
and Charles Lockard; guard Tom
Kerpovich; center Bill 'Swartwood;
backs Joe Noon, John Farley, Carl
Kaschenbach, Alan sHarris and Ho-
ward Dymond . . . Noon’s punts
and kick-offs were something to
see; all but one kick-off went down
to the 10 with two reaching the
endzone . . . Dallas finished with
seven wins, two ties and no losses,
scoring 178 points against 25 for
the opposition. Six ‘teams were
shut-out, while Edwardsville scored
the most — 12, Others were Forty-
Fort 7 and Exeter 6.
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Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks, LeicaroN R. Scott, JR.
Social Editor... ..........n .. .Mgs, DoroTHY B. ANDERSON
Business Manager .....cv.ovvisevnis Doris R. MALLIN
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From—
Pillar To Post...
By Hix
It was exactly the kind of rain we needed, gentle enough to
penetrate the surface of the parched earth, prolonged enough to
sink in and soak the shrivelled grass roots.
But it will be a long time before the wells are brimming again.
Many people have been without water. Nobody knows how dependent
on water we are, until something happens to the supply. This gentle
rain was a gift of the gods, after a long, long drought.
The personal drought at the house on Pioneer Avenue yielded
to the ministrations of Willis Ide, who dropped around Monday
night on the edge of dark, crawled into the coal bin to unscrew the
dingus, took the blood pressure of the tank (zero), and tapped
on a couple of pipes.
Then he said, “Where's the switch box?”
The switch box was back in a far corner of the cellar. Some
bulb snatcher had been busy as a beaver. Illuminated with a 100
watt replacement bulb, the switch box gave up the secret.
“Got any fuses?’ inquired the miracle man.
Two minutes later the pump was pumping like nobody’s busi-
ness, and the drought was over.
“Go on upstairs and turn on a lot of water,” Mr. Ide instructed.
“You mean, throw out all that water I've been saving in milk
bottles all day, not wasting a drop?”
“You won't need those bottles of water any more. You've got
lots and lots of water,” was the comforting assurance.
It seemed like tempting providence to tip the milk bottles into
the sink, but there was a heartening gush of water from the tap, and
the carefully hoarded supply went down the drain.
Horrifying visions of digging up the well and hoisting 155 feet
of six-inch pipe straight up into the ar, wth the submersible pump
dangling from the bottom, faded away.
Relegated also to the realm of nightmare was the possibility of
It had taken days
and days to drill that well, and the product had been a slimy grey
hiring a well-digger to come and dig some more.
mess which did the flowerbeds no good and tracked into the house.
And it hadn’t been for free.
Whee ! !'!
more pleasure.
Chances are that prices per foot had risen in the meantime.
But that ghost, also was laid forever.
“Have to charge you 3.50 for service, Mrs. Hicks.”
Never have I emptied a change purse with greater alacrity and
It’s as fickle as the breezes
For it soon will le, knee deep, upon my lawn.
BALLAD OF THE LEAVES
Comes mow the Fall whose flaming beauty
Paints a picture that is marvelous to see
But—when leaves begin their falling
It’s the summer I'm recalling
When each leaf is firmly wedded to the tree.
In the front yard, in the back yard
Trees that flame like eastern skies at break of dawn
But—though the picture briefly pleases
Oh October—nature’s jewel
With your sparkle and your color scheme divine
I would find you more exquisite
I'd enjoy your autumn visit
If your falling leaves sought other lawns than mine.
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Willard G. Seaman.
Anybody See This Dog?
Has anybody seen this dog? He
is a large coon dog, three colors,
front legs white with black spots,
very friendly. Bugle disappeared
while hunting with his master,
Gene Elston, Thursday night near
the Children’s Home above Noxen.
A classified ad in this issue offers
a reward. License number 14388
jon leather collar.
Going To Convention
Charles Gay, president of Gay-
Murray Co., Tunkhannock, franchis-
ed Harvestore Systems dealer in
this area, will attend an annual
sales meeting in Chicago Novem-
ber 20-23. Meeting will be de-
voted to a review of new develop-
ments in agricultural practices and
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