\ PAGE 18 _ PATIO DIVIDER A patio split into halves some- times works better than one big pation, and. here’s where divider screens do ‘a real job. Screen is built of western red cedar 1x6 boards set in louvered pattern be- tween 2x4 rails. Posts are 4x4s. Planting bed fore and aft accen- tuates divider screen, brings gar- den right on to the patio. RELAX! J. B. Post Company is always at your service. Our fuel oil customers have NO | HEATING WORRIES .. . be | cause we give them automatic delivery and a convenient 10- | month budget plan with LOW { monthly payments. g | In addition, J. B. Post’s Certi- | fied 17-Point Oil Burner Main- | tenance Plan GUARANTEES trouble-free heating, because we | keep your burner in top condi- tion all year round with regular | check-ups, 24-hour emergency service and complete cleaning service, | A most relaxing plan! Send for | information today ! ‘66 Oxford Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa: Phone 825-3401 or Dallas 674-7781 Newcomers Join Beautiful New Altar Is Installed In Edwardsvi Kintzer Family Unexpectealy two more lambs have joined the Larry Kintzer Barnyard. Laurene and little Dorothy were all thrilled to.receive a baby lamb at Easter time and quite intrigued at the bottle feedings required. Last Sunday morning their dad was amazed no end when on enter- ing the barn he found two new babies lying near his ewe. One is black and other white and the youngsters promptly named the newcomers, Ozzie and Harriet, who are also being bottle fed. The Kintzers are animal lovers and just recently Mrs. Kintzer brought home two squirrel faced monkeys from the SPCA. Eight months old, the friendly creatures have already adjusted to their new quarters. A Sicilian donkey is another favorite and hitched to his cart hauls the children abotit the Kint- zer farm. Often he is accompanied by one of the four dogs, who guard the premises, a German Shepherd, two collies and a terrier. The dogs have no objection to the sixteen cats, many of them longhaired, who also inhabit the premises. Some were acquired when they were cast off in the area. Mrs. Kintzer is most indig- nant when she hears of a helpless animal callously abandoned. A pet duck, Dinky, who is re cuperating from a broken leg and several horses complete the East Dallas Barnyard. The Kintzers welcome and visi- tors and show their “menagerie” with pride. Mr. Kintzer is custodi- an at Dallas High School. SPRING They used to say itwasn’t Spring until you’d seen a robin on your lawn and your neighbor had tried to borrow your lawn mower. Now- adays the spreader seems to have taken the lawn mower’s place as the most passed around item in the neighborhood. NOW AN ANTIQ UE Not long ago, driving through New England, we stopped at one of those antique shops where all the big stuff is spread out all over the lawn in front. What stopped me was the sight of something right in the middle of the ladder back chairs, coffee grinders and earthenware jugs. It was a beat up old lawn mower. Not much older than I am, if any, and already a bit of authentic Americana. ENGLISH MEMORIES It's four hundred years since Shakespeare’s birth and they tell me that more than a million visi- tors are expected in England this spring and summer. If they’re any- thing like us they’ll come back with two outstanding memories. The greenness of the lawns and the beauty of the roses. Blue As In Primrose r Loren Keller has a variety of primrose that is new and different, to use as a house plant now, and later transplant to the garden where it will spread into a beautiful bor- der. It comes in tones of blue, from pale to dark, with a much larger flower than the regular primrose. And in his collection of geran- iums, he is showing a trailing vari- ety that has exquisite little clusters of pink flowers like a climbing TOSE. The Keller greenhouse is down over the brow of the hill in Idetown, just before you reach the Fire House en route to Harveys Lake. Septie Trouble? Just Call on Us! Personal Care Appliances Increasing “Americans are such handsome people,” a visitor from overseas remarked recently and then she continued, “but then, you have so many electric products to make you beautiful.” Inquiring what she meant, she answered, ‘Oh, electric toothbrushes, shavers, hairdryers, shoe polishers.” “It’s true, the number of electric “personal care” products is in- creasing. A compilation of electric beauty, health and grooming pro- ducts, prepared by The Electrical Women’s Round Table, resulted in 18 different categories. The list in- cluded those beauty items men- tioned by the visitor plus such items related to health as electric massag- ers and vibrators, heat and sun lamps, portable air purifiers and whirlpool baths. Acceptance of electric personal care products for use in homes raises the question of what provi- sion is being made for using them in the bedrooms and bathrooms of new homes. Among the many de- lights of Full Housepower in Me- dallion homes is that bedroom and bath areas are amply supplied with convenience outlets to accommo- date such electric products. Electrical industry representa- tives who established the standards of electrical quality and capacity in Medallion homes took into consid- eration such needs. “The Honey Dippers” RALPH FITCH & 185 HUNTSVILLE RD. 674-8311 THE DALLAS POST — THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 lle This beautiful altar, installed re- cently at St. John the Baptist Rus- sian Orthodox Church in Edwards- ville, is the work of Stefan Heller- sperk, West Dallas, an expert cab- inetmaker with wide experience in construction of unique pieces of his own design. Painstakingly fashioned of oak, it measures 36 by 36 inches, and is 37 inches in height, a suitable size for use of visiting clergy. Fashioning of the altar consumed two months. Completing the hand carving, Mr. Hellersperk enlisted expert help in applying the gold leaf to the heads of the angels and to the cross. Mrs. Charles Nuss, Lehman, handled the tricky gold: leaf assignment, a fine art best left to one who has studied it at lengtn. The Dallas Post, some years ago, published a number of pictures of massive furniture fashioned of solid birch for the Polish Room at Wilkes College by Mr. Hellersperk. The thirteen pieces are to be seen on the first floor of Parrish Hall, the former Glen Alden Coal Building. The collection includes a large oval table, smaller tables, a carved bench, book cases, arm chairs. A carved eagle fashioned by her son is the gift of Mrs. Stefanie Hellers- perk, still a resident of Poland. Meticulous hand carving poses a challenge to a man who is blind in one eye, and hence without depth perception. Mr. Hellersperk has trained his fingertips to take the place of his eyes in gauging depth. It was while he was a prisoner in Siberia following the end of World War II that he lost the sight of his eye. Brutality of a guard all but blinded him permanently, but four months after the beating was ad- ministered, faint but increasing vision returned, and sight was re- stored to one eye. The account of Stefan’s imprison- ment was published ten years ago in the Dallas Post, grim auto- biography which was a sequel to his five years in the Polish Under- ground. Attached to the Polish Embassy in Washington, expediting imports and exports, after experience with the Embassy in Paris, he met Mel- anie Kocyan in Chicago, where she was with Carson Pirie Scott asfash- ion coordinator. The couple decided to spend the honeymoon in Poland, a decision which set off a train of circum- stances. _ World War II exploded under their feet, sweeping the young cav- alry officer into the Polish forces. Wounded, he returned to the suburbs of Warsaw, join the Under- ground. And when the Russians moved in to ‘liberate’ Poland, the trek from prison camp to prison camp, nine altogether in the Ural Mountains, reduced the gently-bred Stefan to a scant ninety pounds. He was released to returnto War- saw in December of 1947. The ac- count of his escape from Poland the following year reads like a first class mystery story. But it was finally accomplished, and Stefan landed in America via Sweden, to rejoin. his wife and son, another Stefan. Mr. Hellersperk treasures a deco- ration, the Silver Cross of Merit (with swords). He seldom breaks it out except on state occasions, when a formal Polish function of his compatriots requires white tie and tails. In 1951, he became a citizen of the United States of America. | LAWN QUBSTIONS. How do I get rid of moss in the lawn? Moss may be the result of acid soil, but it is more likely due to de- ficiency of nutrients, poor drainage, deep shade or any combination of these. Moss can be controlled by correcting the cause, but if it per- sists apply five ounces of copper sulfate in four gallons of water or ten pounds of sulfate of ammonia per 1,000 square feet of infested lawn area. Do not exceed these amounts. (Favretti) What height should I set the mower for cutting my grass? The grass should not be cut too short. A height of one and one- half inches to two inches is ideal. Turf grass is made up of plants. They need their leaves to manu- facture food in ordertobe vigorous and develop strong roots. Bent- grass used for golf putting greens is an exception; it must be mowed closely. (Favretti)
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