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Mgrs. T.M.B. Hicks, LeigaroNn R. Scott, Jr.
Myra Z. RISLEY
ce es eee
Social Editor .............. Megs, DoroTHY B. ANDERSON
Advertising Manager ................ Louise MArks
Business Manager ................ uv. Doris R. MALLIN
Editorially Speaking
No Higher Calling
Every day is Mother’s Day. ;
"Mothers all over the world go quietly about their
business of making a house into a home. They are con-
tent, for the most part, to remain behind the scenes,
smoothing the way for the more aggressive members of
the family.
They take little credit to themselves.
Many of them do not realize that there is no higher
calling.
To many people, being a mother classifies as ‘no
occupation.”
A true home-maker combines the wisdom of the
ages with the realization that times do change; that ad-
justments must be made; that children are leaping eagerly
into the future of the space age, and that time rushes
by on such winged feet that nobody can keep up with it.
Mothers are apt to feel a little dizzy at times, but
they would do well to remember that the eternal verities
do not change, no matter how swift the pace.
That honor, and decency, and integrity, are still
pearls of great price.
That love is vital for without it, a child can never
realize his full potential.
And that instilling fundamental principles into their
children is the most important thing that ‘mothers can
accomplish.
The Unhappy Beagle
Political capital is going to be made of President
Johnson’s picking that unfortunate beagle up by the ears
‘to hear him yelp.”
And it is also going to be made of driving on the
wrong side of the road at excessive speed.
Not to mention that can of beer.
What it amounts to, in an election year, you can’t
afford to be natural, if you don’t want to explain to the
hecklers. :
Everybody has at some time driven on the wrong
side of the road. The traffic cop issues a warning if he's
around, but it is nothing that gets into the newspapers.
A large segment of the population bends an elbow
upon occasion, but this does not set off a national crisis.
Many people honestly believe that the proper way of
lifting a rabbit is by the ears. The SPCA entertains a
different view. They say, lift it by its midriff.
Hoisting a beagle by its ears is guaranteed to make
him yelp.
It is also guaranteed to make the country yelp, if the
hoister is high in the councils of the mighty and intend-
ing to run for office.
Elections are won or lost upon such issues as a polka-
dot necktie, a brown derby worn at a cocky angle, a large
black cigar, or an outraged beagle.
Its A Powerful Drug
Tt has been said time and time again, but one more
time does no damage, and it may save some child’s life:
KEEP THE ASPIRIN BOTTLE AWAY FROM THE
CHILDREN.
Most of us think of aspirin as completely harmless.
It is a valuable drug, but it is a DRUG.
And in large doses, it can be fatal to a child.
Children will swallow anything. And with all due
respect to the drug companies which have endeavored to
make life pleasanter for the children by flavoring aspirin
so that it tastes like candy, they have done something
which can be lethal. It’s perfectly OK for a drug to taste
like medicine, and far safer.
Lock up all the drugs. Don’t leave the aspirin around
for children to sample, any more than you would leave
the can of lye or bottle of disinfectant.
Children like to play doctor. They will pump pills
into a younger brother or sister. :
Nip this in the bud by seeing that there are no pills
easily available,
wanted criminal,
las, died.
Only
Yesterday
Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
T10-Years Ago
Chief Blackbird, of the Chippewa
Indidans of Northern Wisconsin,
spoke to students of Dallas high
school. Arrayed in a white moose-
hide chieftain’s robe and wearing a
ceremonial headdress of feathers,
Chief Blackbird told legends of his
people and sang Indian songs to
the accompaniment of a tom-tom.
Made a big hit.
Farmers reported that winter-
kill of vegetation and shrubs was
almost unprecendented. Cold wea-
ther continued, with no chance for
the soil to warm up. Farm work
wag about two weeks late, due to
heavy frosts in April.
Political ads invited everybody
#o vote for George Marsden for rep-
resentative of the sixth District;
for Thomas Lewis, State Represen-
tative. oer
Four-page job, very slim pickings.
Those were the days when the Dal-
las Post was just squeaking by.
Forty-eight cents would buy you
ten pounds of sugar. Eggs were
nineteen cents a dozen, ‘dried
prunes, three pounds for two bits.
Jim Besecker was advertising that
John Dillinger, the Nation’s most
drove Ford V-8
cars exclusively because of the
quick get-away properties.
20 Years Ago
The Dallas Post sent out 808 free
copies of the paper to soldiers that
week.
Carried on the front page, upper
left, were names of soldiers missing
in action since onset of World War
II, prisoners of war, died in ser-
vice, killed in action.
Killed in action: Richard Welling-
ton (Cease; died in service: George
‘Utrich, Howard Cosgrove, Thomas
Clark Lloyd, Evand J. Brace; miss-
ing in action: Keats Poad, Walter
Cease Wilson, Harold Thomas Kep-
ner, John E. Fritz, John P. Gleason,
Clifford Nulton; prisoners of war:
Clarence H. Morgan, Donald Free-
man, Fred Westerman.
Dorothy Cornell took top honors
at Lehman.
Five girls were in the running for
May Queen at Lehman: Judy Simms,
Margaret Lukasavage, Ann Sydlow-
ski, Melba Reakes, and Pauline Eh-
ret.
A Flying Fortress thrilled Dallas
as it shattered the Sunday morning
quiet. Col Kirkendall, natch.
Dallas Borough baseball team won
the first two games of the season
taking Lake Township 6 to 5, and
Kingston Township by forfeit.
Heard from in the Outpost: Wil-
lard Crispell, England; Harry Sny-
der, Ellington Field; James Daven-
port, Fort Pierce; John Garbutt,
Amarillo; Lou Kelly, Florida; Harl
Borkowski, Harlingen; Richard Gib-
son, Georgia; John Blase, Florida;
George Dymond, England; Edward
Staub, Fort Benjamin Harrison;
Howard Culp, in the Pacific; Larry
Lee, North Africa. E
Residents were urged to conserve
every scrap of waste paper, to make
into cartons for supplies for front
line ‘troops. Remember those paper
drives?
Married: Marian Ruth Gay to Law-
rence Smith. Mary Martindale to
Wilfred Moore.
‘Alexander Wilson, 87, East Dal-
1/0
30-Years Ago
Charlie Steinhauer’s sporting
goods store was robbed by three
boys,who took fishing tackle.
Wild driving during the com-
mencement season was the topic
of discussion by police, tavern keep-
ers, and educators.
Seven school districts decided to
try again for a jointure.
Anne Woicekowski was chosen
May Queen for Dallas-Franklin,
Kingston Township school board
doubled its per capita tax. Members
passed into a state of shock when
two visitors applauded the action.
Flannigan Furniture , creditors
were still trying to salvage a little
something from the bankrupcy pro-
ceedings.
The community turned out, aided
by State Police tio search for a
three and a half year old child,
Ronnie Ray, who was found at dusk
in the woods near Huntsville dam,
guarded by Sport, Mrs. Edna Ray's
cocker spaniel. Norti Berti found
the little boy.
Willard Bidings, 8, Alderson, in-
jured in a car accident, was improv-
ing at General Hospital. :
Dallas Community Ambulance
{Association viewed a 1948 Buick
Buick Ambulance with discussion
of purchase. Other vehicles were
also considered.
Married: Irene Berretini to Harold
I. Knox. Naomi Veitch to Donald
Lewis. 8
Died: Mrs. Emma Tredinnick, 78,
Dallas. Luther H. Flynn, 57, Hun-
lock Creek.
Parking lot was black-topped for
Gate of Heaven parishionérs, and
for a playground for school child-
ren, /
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Boston ob-
sered their Golden Wedding.
Back Mountain wag steaming up
for the May 18 Primaries. Newell
‘Wood had a full page ad, candidate
for State senator. Harold Flack was
running on the Republican ticket.
READ THE TRADING POST
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964
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Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer
In buying a business or a house,
Or even a new car or major ap-
pliance, or any other contract, most
of us read the fine print and foot-
notes, check the. computation of
figures, etc. But in considering pub-
lic business there is a tendency to
have confidence in an elected of-
ficial or anyone appointed to public
responsibility if he belongs to the
“right” political party or faction
and is endorsed by our favorite
people, labor unions, etc. regard-
less of what he says or does.
We are now in school budget
time and we will be flooded with
figures. There is a favorite practice
of holding down criticism of high
expenses at home by trying to show
that they are even higher else-
where. A common basis of compari-
son ig average annual cost per
pupil.
But this is affected by many
things. You could take a dozen sets
of correct figures regarding oné
school; make accurate computations,
and come out with a dozen correct
answers, but not one of them would
give a fair comparison with an ad-
joining school unless every element
of the computation was based ex-
actly on the same conditions.
[Some places have divided ele-
mentary and high schools in differ-
ent administrations and even in
different districts. Some states have
public colleges. There is a wide
difference regarding night schools,
summer schools, etc. Some figures
include such things as state bureau
and official expenses.
And what is a pupil? Does a
housewife who goes out for an
hour of driving instruction about
ten times count as much as her
boy who rides in a publicly paid
bus, is issued a lot of books and
supplies, given the services of half
a dozen teachers and the use of a
two million dollar facility, and rides
home at public expens over a hun-
dred and eighty days a year? Do
you count a pupil who has moved
away? And what happens to your
figures when you have an epidemic
dropping attendance 20 per cent?
Official and professional sources
have come up with two standards:
first, average daily attendance; and
secondly, average daily member-
ship, which is most dependable as
the expense incurred whether full
attendance is maintained or not.
And for fair comparison only reg-
ular elementary and secondary day
schools are to be counted as basic
figures. Special expenses should be
reported separately.
There can also be wide variation
in what expenses are included. Since
— D. A. Waters
widely from year to year and from
place to place, for big comparisons
it is better to leave them out in
short term checking. -
The question of time is important.
Every year expenses go up, due to
increased costs and built-in auto-
matic increases. Old figures are use-
ful for comparison but not valid
as close standards to stick to. Fu-
ture periods and the current year
are only estimates, however care-
fully they may be prepared. Past
periods should be actual.
School expenses, like other things
such as the cost of living, vary
widely in different sections of the
country and in different conditions.
Since they have better staffs em-
ployed and keep better records,
bigger districts are usually reported
in early figures.
In a study for 1959-60 covering
332 districts with over 12,000 en-
rollment, the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare showed an
average annual expense per pupil
of $333 compiled on average daily
attendance and $313 on average
daily membership. Eight of these big
districts were in Pennsylvania. The
expenses were for the highest, Read-
ing, $438 computed on ADA and
$419 on ADM, running in decreas-
ing amounts for Alentown, Erie,
Philadelphia, Bethlehem, Harris-
burg, Pittsburg, to Scranton, the
lowest, $359 computed on ADA. and
$335 on ADM.
In a survey for 1960-61, The Na-
tional Education Association com-
piled a report covering 480 districts
maintaining elementary and second-
ary schools, all having over 30,000
population. The lowest expense per
pupil was $172 for one district in
Alabama. The highest (was one New
York District $948. Twelve districts
had less than $200 and eleven had
over $600, each being about 3 per
cent of the total. About 65 per cent
were in the range $300 to $499.
The highest expenditures were in:
the bigger cities. The same source
for the same year showed an aver-
age expense per pupil for 37,475
basic administrative. units of $369
computed ADM and $393 on ADA.
Those figures were estimates only.
For 1961-62 the same source
showed units dropped to 35,330 and
estimated average expense per pupil
increased to $388 on ADM and $414
on ADA.
For 1962-63, the same source
showed estimated current expendi-
tures for public elementary and
high schools only, excluding debt
service and capital outlay, for 50
states averaged $433’ computed on
ADA and $404 on ADM. Pennsyl-
capita: outlay and debt service vary
vania $485 and $458, respectively.
Better Leig
Ruralvania Indeed
Rooting back through old Dallas
Posts, specifically in the 1940 edi-
tion, I came across ,what may have
been our most notable lapse of edi-
torial judgment. The Post adver-
tised that a number of people had
expressed . disatisfaction with the
name ‘‘Back Mountain,” as it im-
plied this area was a hillbilly hav-
en, not at all conversant with the
high degree of civilization in Wilkes-
Barre.
Therefore, the Post sponsored a
contest, no prizes, for 3 new name,
and these are what the people came
up with:
Ruralvania, Bedford Hills, Dall-
area, ‘Sylvan Mills, King-Dal-Lake
Mount (wow), Mountainboro, New-
er Dallas Region, Dallwood Heights,
Suburban Heights, Suburban Hills,
Mountain Parkway, Blue Ridge Re-
gion, DalXKing Suburbs, Dallmont,
and Highland Manor.
Now, about these names. First
of all, does anybody like them?
How would you like to live in Su-
burban Hills or Heights? Sounds
like: some place in New Jersey.
King-Dal-Lake Mount is too much.
Newer Dallas Region and Dal-King
Suburbs sound like a zoning map.
Dallarea has me guessing as to
pronunciation, but seems wrong,
somehow, for any reason you like.
.How did the contest turn out?
By the fifth week, Suburban Hills
led all contenders by a thin mar-
gin. By the sixth, Ruralvania (Oh,
woe.) nosed into first. But even
after the first week, it was becom-
ing apparent to the editors that
Back Mountain wasn’t as repugnant
to people as first appeared, and
it was holding its own against all
the upstarts, much to everybody's
embarrassment. Votes continued to
trickle in for the others; but those
who liked the old name, of course,
probably didn't even bother to
write in, but simply cornered the
editor on Main Street when they
got a chance:
The editor got sick of the whole
thing, people lost interest, Back
Mountain prevailed. Praises be.
The Midnight Dog
Clarence the midnight dog ac-
cepted last week’s story with only
passing interest. He indicated to
me that it was all he could do to
put up with the sloppy weather re-
cently, which tended to take the
appeal out of his evening walks.
So he spent almost all of last
week with the cats, asleep on the
back porch, stepping out only for
lunch.. One consequence is that his
coat has stayed nice and clean,
which disturbs his sleep a little,
but makes him ga more welcome
guest.
“If the weather keeps up much
more like this,” he heard one wom-
an say, “we'll all get webbed feet.”
Our doggy friend headed right
hton Never
sun broke through, and has been
at large since then, coming in only
on the offer of a piece of candy.
Business picks up with nice
weather, and if there's anything
that gets [Clarence down it's busi-
ness.
SEEN AND HEARD
The wrecking company that's
taking up the railroad tracks for
scrap has one big problem: they
can't get a railroad car to ship the
scrap out of Wilkes-Barre.
Tried to mail an envelope “Do
Not Bend” from the postoffice this
weekend, but learned that, in
order to write ‘Do Not Bend” on
it, I am required to put. enough
rigid material in so that the enve-
lope cannot be bent. So why should
I write “Do Not Bend” on it?
Pennsylvania Gas began work to
lay in pipes along E. Center Hill
Road this week.
Borough road department re-
painted tke stripes on all school
crossings this week.
Certain Lake parents were heart-
sick when their kids got in trouble
over that cottage burglary epi-
demic. Wonder how (or why) a
town paper figured the kids as
“Dallas Area’.
Wesley Lewis To
Be Honored
Boxholders of R.D. 3, Wyoming,
will honor Wesley Lewis, Mt. Zion,
at an informal testimonial dinner
Saturday evening, May 16 at Car-
verton Grange Hall.
Affair is scheduled for § p.m., and
a_ program and refreshments have
been arranged.
Rev. William Reid, Carverton
Methodist Church, Rev. Stanley Ko-
lucki, Rector of St. Frances Ca-
brini Church, and Justin Bergman
are heading the committee to honor
the retired mail carrier, so highly
esteemed by the community he
served for 30 years.
Arrangements are in charge of
Elmer DeWitt; refreshments, Mrs.
Merle Safford, Mrs. Richard Gar-
man, Mrs. Peter Sherman, music,
Carol Sutton; decorations, Mrs.
George Kromelbien; publicity, Mrs.
Robert Robbins.
Contributions may be mailed to
Harry ‘Spare or he may be con-
tacted to pick them up.
Careys Say Thank You
Mr. and Mrs. Melbourne Carey
and family, Claude Street, Dallas,
wish to thank everyone for being
so kind to them, during their re-
cent upset, when their home caught
fire. They especially want to thank
the Dallas Fire Company for being
sc prompt.
for the cool grass again when the
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David J. Joseph
Dies At General
Dallas Man Active
In Many Projects
Losing a valiant fight against
overpowering odds, David J. Joseph,
80 Norton Avenue, Dallas, one of
the Back Mountain's most civic
minded citizens, died Saturday
afternoon at General Hospital fol-
lowing a short illness.
Becoming ill suddenly on April
18, Mr. Joseph was admitted to
the hospital three days later, where
his condition continued critical un-
til he succumbed. : :
A man who strongly believed in
helping the less fortunate, whose
independent mien covered a heart-
ful of compassion, of keen insight,
and sparkling humor. Mr. Jo-
seph’s presence was welcome every-
where.
His devotion and pride of family
was evidenced also in his role as
an executive of Glen Alden ‘Coal
Company, where as general super-
intendent, he guided his men with
a thought always of their safety.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the
son of the late John D. Joseph, a
former superintendent of Lehigh
and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company,
and Mrs. (Gwen Joseph, Shavertown.
As a lad growing up he spent his
weekends and summers learning the
breaker business first hand, and
upon graduation from Coughlin
High School, gained full time em-
ployment in the underground work-
ings. Advancement was rapid due
to his executive ability.
He married the former Ann Tay-
lor, Lee Park, with whom he" cele-
brated his 42nd wedding anniver-
sary on December 8, 1963. The
couple has lived in the Back Moun-
tain 30 years, the last twelve of
which were spent in Dallas.
~ Mr. Joseph will be well remem-
bered as a song leader much in de-
mand, and organized and directed
a number of minstrel shows to aid
churches and service clubs in their
fund-raising projects.
He was a member of Huntsville’
Christian Church and its board of
trustees, Lodge 655, F. & A. M.,,
Keystone Consistory, Scranton, and
Irem Temple. Past president and
privileged member of Dallas Ki-
‘wanig Club, he was also past presi-
dent of Retired Men’s Club of
Wilkes-Barre, and a member of
Daddow Isaacs Post No. 672,
American Legion, Dallas.
In addition to his wife, he is sur-
vived by a daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Thomas, R.N., Dallas; sons, John
T. Joseph, Silver Springs, Md.; Sgt.
David T., stationed at the Penta-
gon with the U.S. Air Corps, Arling-
ton, Va.; Charles Remphrey, Atkins,
Ark.; and eleven grandchildren. Al
so his mother, three sisters, Miss
Anne and Mrs. Arthur Evans,
Shavertown; Mrs. Kenneth Wool-
bert, Trucksville.
Services were held Tuesday after-
noon from an Edwardsville Funeral
Home with Rev. M. Richard Bevan
and Rev. Edmund L. John officiat-
ing.
Interment was
Cemetery, Dallas.
in [Fern Knoll
Gloria In Excelsis
Tower Dedication
Today, at impressive ceremonies,
dedication of the Gloria in Excelsis
tower will take place at the Protest-
ant Episcopal Cathedral of St. Peter
and St. Paul in Washington, D.C.
At 10:30 a.m., Festival Morning
Prayer for Cathedral schools and
colleges.
At 12:30, dedication of the tower,
with the ‘Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court the speaker.
At 4 p.m., Festival Evensong and
Dedication of the Ten-Bell Ring.
At 8 p.m., the Gloria from Bach's
B-Minor Mass, and lighting of the
tower. Narrator, Basil Rathbone.
Rev. Charles Frick
At Vet's For Checkup
Lt. Col. Charles H. Frick, former
pastor of Huntsville Christian
Church, is at Veterans Hospital for
a check-up.
Rev. Frick has been preaching in
Benton ever since the first of April,
jumping the gun by a solid month
after recovering from a serious in-
jury in New Orleans. Doctors had
told him to rest until May 1. He
is now walking without a cane after
fracturing his pelvic bones. At 86,
he is still young in. heart and
astoundingly healthy after his acci-
dent.
Den 6, Cub Pack 281
Visits The Dallas Post
They lined up at the counter of
the Dallas Post, laboriously printed
their names, and were ready for a
personally conducted visit to the
printing plant—ten Cub Scouts from
Pack 281, with a fringe of small
children belonging to den mother
Kathy Barlow.
Under convoy of Leighton Scott,
they toured the plant from soup to
nuts, getting a load of linotype
machines, composing stones, the big
press, the small press, the medium
size press, and the cutter and fold-
ing machines.
‘Do we get our names in the
paper?” they wanted to know.
Yes, you do: Richard Lawler,
Bobby Daubert, Mark Barlow, John
McAndrew, Roger Owens, Brad Ar-
naud, Stephen Paul Summa, Michael
Yenason, Matthew Barlow, John
Barlow, Nora Barlow, and Mrs.
James Barlow,
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
From—
Pillar To Post...
By Hix
If the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York is anything like the 1939
World’s Fair twenty-five years ago, it would be a solid idea to wear
old shoes, carry a raincoat, and leave the hard-boiled eggs and
fish sandwiches at home.
Hard-boiled eggs, pelt, have a way of soaking through the
bottom of the paper sack, and it isn’t smart to eat tuna fish—
with mayonnaise, after you've been carrying the sandwiches around
for half a day.
So, economy-minded or not, better leave the home-packed
lunch behind, and rely on the hot-dog stands at the Fair. The kids
will demand hot dogs anyhow. Their capacity is unlimited. Begin
putting ‘shiny coins in the piggy-bank right now, and by the time
you start for the fair, you'll have enough for the hot dogs.
They say there’s so much entertainment for free that you don’t
really need to spend very much on entrance fees, once inside the
gate:
‘ Offhand, the most painless way of attending the Fair would
seem to be to go by bus, with a group of friends who all want to
see about the same thing. This eliminates the car-parking problem,
and insures passing into a pleasant coma on the way home, with
a professional doing the driving, and no necessity ‘to prop the eyes
open after a day of sight-seeing.
The way it worked out twenty-five years ago, the ill-advised
experiment in an economy lunch, complete with hard-boiled eggs
and soupy sandwiches, was jettisoned in a convenient trash can
along about eleven o'clock, and from that time on, the hot dog
stands did a thriving business.
Grandma walked the legs off the kids.
‘When they collapsed on benches, panting with ‘exhaustion,
Grandma was still raring to go. “What's the matter with them ?”
she wanted to know. “They shouldnt wear out so quickly.” Grand-
ma was approaching eighty at the time, and Grandma wanted to
get her money’s worth. After all, whoknew when the next World's
Fair would come along? Chances are it would be in some completely
inaccessible spot, while New York was close at hand.
Hauled to their feet, the kids stumbled along in Grandma’s
wake. ; ,
One blonde visitor from the Pacific Coast, where summers are
cool and a fireplace fire is necessary every night the year round,
could not take the heat, and passed out while waiting entrance to
the Futurama, draping herself across a convenient steadying arm:
Grandma, next in line, was sympathetic, but she ‘wag not about
to give up her hard-won place. The visitor, under convoy of an
alert guard, was hustled off to the air-conditioned infirmary in the
basement of the Futurama, and eventually viewed the exhibit from
the moving armchairs . . . and in the next unit was Grandma,
the line finally having delivered her to the entrance and provided
her with a place to sit.
She said afterwards that all those little cars on the cloverleat
intersections of the Futurama were pretty cute, but that of course
it would be impossible to build such huge roadways. It would take
up all the space now devoted to farms.
Farms, she had announced on one occasion, were probably
necessary, but fields of corn grew monotonous. She enjoyed a drive
through the country, it made her so thankful that she didn’t live
there.
And as for airplanes, she didn’t take much stick in airplanes:
The vision of the future was interesting, but completely impractical.
That was before the world was catapulted into Space Age.
There’ve been some changes made, but one thing remaing just
about the same. ; :
That's the hot dog, a hardy perennial,
Bet the hot-dog stands are doing a rousing business, and that
by the end of the summer the hot ‘dogs consumed by the visiting
public would, if laid end to end, encircle the globe in a wide band, f
probably lapping over the poles and trailing off into outer space,
headed for the moon.
Prince Of Peace Antiques Show
Is Its Usual Complete Success
Prince of Peace Annual Antiques
Show and Sale Tuesday and Wed-
nesday drew a crowd which gather-
ed before the official morning op-
ening hour, and thinned out only
toward the 10 p.m. closing.
Dinner on both days wag served
to a capacity seating, chicken on
Tuesday, beef on Wednesday.
The Flea Market and Flower Mart
in the basement drew folks who
like to do their own furniture re-
finishing, and garden enthusiasts.
More flowers were procured for
Wednesday sales, as Tuesday after-
noon crowds had just about bared
the shelves.
Heard upstairs in the parish hall:
“Well, we DID have a marvelous
cherry corner cupboard, but some-
body came along and insisted on
buying it just before the show. But
we've got a couple nice ‘dry sinks,
and this year we're specializing in
framed prints of birds.”
And there they were, a Silver
Sleigh exhibit, birds and more birds,
attractively framed.
The Powder Horn was a new ex-
hibitor. Space is severely limited in
into the lobby, and even into the
outdoors, where flowers were ar-
ranged in a red wheelbarrow, and
white iron garden furniture was
shown.
Glass and silver predominated,
as is usual in a show where space
is at a premium.
Mrs. Joseph Schooley stopped on
the way out to chat, shifting her
potted plants from one arm to the
other .Ollie Schallenberger was on
hand, looking like a new man. Mrs.
Edward Ratcliff subsided thankfully
into a chair in the small area allot-
ted to food, and tackled a piece of,
cherry pie and a cup of coffee.
“Home-made pie?”
Of course, home-made. We always
make the pies, every year. It's
been a busy day. Glad to sit down.”
It was perfect weather for the
show, mild and sunny both days,
the kind of weather that jolts a
home gardener into action and
leads to purchase of pansies and
pink geraniums.
Prince of Peace Antiques Show
is always one of the highlights of
the spring season.
the parish hall. Exhibits spilled out
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RING LOST
Dear Editor: i
I'm appealing to parents and
teen-agers of Lake-Lehman school.
My son’s class ring was stolen while
he was changing his clothes at gym.
Parents, would you please ask
your children if they know anyone
who has it and ask to have it
returned. It is a great loss to my
son, as he only had it a few weeks
and worked hard to get the money
to pay for it.
I'm asking you to listen to your
conscience and let it be your guide.
Please, parents, how would you
feel if your child’s ring or some-
thing else of sentimental value was
stolen? Have a heart and return
it. We are not rich people.
Here's hoping that someone will
read this and return the ring to
Raymond ‘Scott. Parents, please help
your child to understand what a
great loss this is.
Mrs. Raymond Scott
CARD OF THANKS
Carl Frey wishes to express his
deep appreciation to all those
friends and neighbors who sent
cards and flowers and performed
many acts of kindness during his
recent bereavement,
Valve . .
SUMMER OCCUPATION
Dear Editor:
It seems there is an urgent need
in our community for a Youth Em-
ployment Service for our young
friends between the ages of 12 and
20. &
A clearing house for available
jobs during the summer months
either full or part time such as
baby sitting, pool cleaning, yard
work, painting, car washing, etc,
seems to be almost a must.
Our youngsters desperately need
to keep busy during the long days
of summer.
I have decided to try to organize
job placement for Back Mountain
young people by starting a Job Op-
portunity Bureau (JOB).
Individuals and businesses may
register now for a very minimum
fee.
Let me emphasize that this is
only a Job Opportunity Bureau and
all aspects of the Job such as sal-
ary, hours, etc., will be decided by
the employer at the time of the
interview.
For further
this service, write JOB, 324 Center
Hill Road, Dallas or phone 674-7671
evenings only. 3
Elizabeth F. Davis
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