TAGE FOURTEEN
My Typewriter Talks
My brother thinks of nice
ways of doing things on my
birthday. The printed verse was
to ‘wish you ‘‘Happy Birthday”
And a year of happiness’’—and
then he bracketed that part and
wrote “I wouldn’t limit it to a
year!"
A year ago Cathy brought me
a huge and lovely Fuschia plant
with it large pendant flowers
with white centers and red, red
petals. Several times through
the year it has renewed its blos-
soms as if to say, ‘‘We want it to
be a bright birthday all through
the year.” And so now it seems
to know it's that time again. The
buds have appeared, followed
by the blossoms saying, as only
flowers know how to say it—
“Happy birthday again, and
~ again, and again.
A few weeks ago after our
other amarylis bulb had
bloomed itself almost out of the
containér with flaming red
flowers, Catherine brought
home another bulb, this time
with a tag saying this would be a
red and white striped one. Or
red and yellow. Already with a
short stalk it has a standard
raised up with two swollen buds
about ready to explode with
beauty. It will be open tomor-
row (22nd) in time for my birth-
day!
The birthday wishes already
coming in are like these
flowers, just overflowing with
wishes for everything glad and
beautiful now and forever. I
take these good wishes serious-
ly and believe they will come :
true, just as I believe the amar-
vlis flowers will be out when I
"come downstairs in the mor-
ning.
At Valley Crest this morning
it was a bit dark on account of
some rain and more clouds and
tinally low-hanging fog. When I
sang to them, as I often do, the
song ‘How Great Thou Art,” I
told them how wonderful the.
Creator was because he makes
rain come down and the grass
/ gets green and greener and our
daffodils come out bright
yellow. But, I said, when that
rain falls on my raincoat I don’t
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and yellow daffodils! So our
Maker brings us such a variety
of visions of his wonder that we
can well sing and say ‘‘How
Great Thou Art!”
Often when I lie awake
looking at the ceiling of my bed-
room I see the lines where the
joints of the plaster board are.
And I have thought how easy it
would be to fasten nailers along
that ceiling and then attach
ceiling blocks to the nailers.
Just nail the strips at the places
where the plaster board sheets
have been nailed to roof strips.
Catherine and I have often
thought it would help prevent
heat loss if we did such a thing
to the ceiling. We both agreed it
would be a simple matter.
But it wasn't! When we at-
tempted to drive a nail through
the nailer we found no solid
beam of attachment. Again and
again we tried with a nail, then
with an exploratory drill.
Result! Something like a lot of
bore holes in the ceiling. Finally
we cut a section of the plaster
board out to admit Catherine’s
exploratory head. She reported
a variety of timbers up there.
She brought her Polaroid to the
situation and took some flash
bulb exposures into the dark
upper reaches. Our trouble
seemed to be too short nails to
reach the nearest cross-beam.
So I went to the hardware and
brought home a quantity of ten
penny nails. So we did get three
nailers attached ready to begin
the job of attaching a block
ceiling. That will be another
story or chapter to this same
story.
Last week—or some week—
the concert I'd been forecasting
as Elijah, was performed to a
larger house than last year.
Elijah went off beautifully.
Then three days later we went
down to hear the concert on the
play-back, which was an excel-
lent tape recording. It was a
treat to witness the interest of
many of the performers as they
listened to the concert in which
they had been singing part but
not a listening audience. When
you are in the middle of the per-
formance you are not in a good
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position to know the total im-
pact. Both the director and the
chorus seemed pleased with the
total result.
It has been our annual delight
to be serenaded on spring even-
ings with the chorus of peepers.
. There has been enough of the
pond overflowing into our Low
Meadow section so that the pic-
colo ensemble could be up
further toward the front of their
performance. The decoration
for their concert is a bed of daf-
fodils glowing like pure gold at
the edge.
So this is Earth Day—at least
it was when this column was
written. And so I have the thrill
of giving my thanks for coming
to earth for the first time on this
Earth Day. Twenty one years
from now will come my hun-
dredth birthday, bringing to an
end my first century on earth.
Or perhaps I should say the be-
ginning of my second century!
For when I became fifty I said
this was the beginning of my
second half century!
What a lot of fun a mere type-
writer can have stringing to-
gether a lot of words!
Deborah Circle
elects officers
The regular monthly meeting
of the Deborah Circle of the
Shavertown United Methodist
Church was held April 13 at the
home of Mrs. Granville Miller,
Elmecrest. Mrs. Milton Evans
was co-hostess. Dovotions were
led by Mrs. John Porter.
A skit entitled ‘The Redemp-
tion Center’ was given by Mr.
Raymond Parsons and Mrs.
Joseph Allen. Discussion was
led by Mrs. Everell Chadwick.
Election of officers for the
new year was held. New officers
to be installed in church next
month are: chairman, Mrs.
Donald Grimm; vice-chairman |
program, Mrs. Fred
secretary-treasurer,
Mrs. Patrick McGough; ways
and means, Mrs. Keith Murray;
membership, Mrs. Granville
Miller ; devotions, Mrs. Kenneth
Kirk; publicity, Mrs. Joseph
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St. Ann's set
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St. Ann’s Altar Society of St.
Andrew’s Eastern Orthodox
Church of Dallas will sponsor a
game social May 3 at 3 p.m. at
the Jonathan R. Davis Fire
Hall, Idetown. Mrs. Robert
Rhodes is chairman and Mrs.
William Ostrum and Mrs. Paul
Selingo are co-chairmen. They
have selected the following
committees: kitchen, Mrs.
Costy Archacavage, Mrs. Anton
Huminik, Mrs. John Panco,
Mrs. Frank Lengyel, Ignatius
Kozemchak, Mrs. Michael Brin
and Mrs. Edmund Yankoski;
waitresses, Mrs. Jacob Brin,
Pamela and Paula Selingo,
Monica Brin and Frankie
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Kriel, Mrs. John Prokopchak
and Mrs. William Ostrum;
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Selingo; bake sale, Mrs.
Thomas Wolfburg; door and
tickets, John Kriel; callers,
Anton Huminik and Steve
Kozemchak.
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from any member of the
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Prince of Peace set
for antigue show
Final plans are being formu-
lated for the 18th annual Ant-
iques Show and Sale at the
Prince of Peace Episcopal
Church, Main Street, Dallas,
May 5 and 6, from 11 a.m. to 10
p.m.
The following dealers have
been announced:
Gene Hanley and BobDavis of
the Silver Sleigh; Mrs. P.J.
Morgan, The Red Door, Forty
Fort; Marlene Kapes and Mrs.
Kimball, The General Store,
who specialize in general line,
primitive and jewelry; Esther
- Schwartz, Den of Antiquity spe-
cializing in small furniture, cut
and art glass, clocks, brass and
copper, Victorian and English
china.
Joseph Brode, Patchogue,
N.Y.; Diane Philbin, Tall
Spruce Antiques, general line
with early furniture; A. R.
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Rock Antiques.
Graydon and Shirley Mayer,
“Century House Antiques,’
country furniture, primitive
tools, cut and pressed glass,
locks, keys and brass door
knobs, letters and stamps from
Civil War; Bryce Major, Majors
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Mrs. Joseph Stegner, furniture,
china and early glass.
Another feature of the show
will be the Flower Mart where
you will find a variety of gerani-
ums—ivy, scented Martha
Washington, novelty, tree ge-
raniums plus regular gerani-
ums. The mart will specialize in
bedding plants, African violets
and household plants.
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Not all the big ones get away!
At least, that’s what seven year
old Martin John Cook thinks.
Martin, a first grader at Leh-
man Elementary School,
caught three trout the first day
of fishing season, including one
‘that measured 13 inches.
Pictured above are three persons who are active in making
preparations for the Prince of Peace Antique Show and Sale.
Left to right are: The Rev. John Prater, rector of the church;
John Sheehan, superintendent of the Sunday School, who has
helped with the annual event since he was a young boy, and A.
Antanaitis, who has done the lighting for the show for the past 18
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