5 Poze 5 Elwood McCarty, Wellington he hagd®t quit. “Indeed not,” have enough to do around here in my yard, and with wood- working projects I have never had time to finish, to keep me going for quite a while. And I expect todo a day or two’s work here and there each week.” Mr. McCarty retired Jan. 1 of this year after completing 31 years of service as a route man with Dairylea, known locally as the Woodlawn’ branch. During the Woodlawn Dairy, then it became Foremost Woodlawn but changed ownership again when the government declared it a monopoly. It was then purchased by Dolly Madison Foods of Philadelphia, and most recently it has become a part of When Elwood McCarty first started as a driver, he covered his route in Luzerne with horse that time, many of the trucks were put up on blocks and the company had at least 26 horse and wagon routes in order to conserve gas rations. mediately after the war, however,’ the company made the trp tion back to truck deliveries. Mr. McCarty was on the Luzerne route for only a short while when the company called him in and gave him the Back Mountain area route where he has been since that time. i In the beginning he covered the entire area ‘including Harveys Lake, Lehman, Chase, and traveled at least 75 miles daily. In later years he had less area to cover and averaged about 50 miles daily. Prior to the flood, his working day started when he arose and reported to the dairy at 5 a.m., loading his truck before starting out on his route. After the flood while it was necessary for the drivers to operate from Scranton, he left home at 4 a.m. in order to get started on time. In addition to his deliveries, Mr. McCarty had to be his own bookkeeper, keeping his route books, maintaining accurate records, etc. The son of the late Kirk and Mae McCarty, Back Mountain residents, Mr. McCarty was born in Dallas, attended Dallas Schools, and later moved ‘to Lehman where he graduated from Lehman High School. His parents’ homestead was part of what is now the property of the Irem Temple Country Club. While a young boy, he lived with his parents on the Ryman farm (today known as the Space farm) and spent many a winter afternoon sledding down across the pasture fields, jumping the stone ledges and maneuvering gates. He married. the former Marian Brown of Lehman in 1926 and the couple have four sons, Lester in New Jersey; Eugene; Plymouth; Victor, Huntsville; and Lynn at Hop Bottom. They also have seven grandchildren—four girls and three boys. Before assuming his position Carty worked for C.A. Frantz, former grocer in Dallas, and his son-in-law, Harold Titman for about 16 years. Both Mr. and Mrs. McCarty speak endearingly of their grandchildren and the pride in their voice is evident as they talk about their oldest two, John St Stenger, Chet Davis. Gunton. Earl Jan. below. HOUSHA amendments: two-thirds of those voting. Virginia Lee Gajewski (Mrs. James Gajewski) living in New Jersey, and Margie McCarty, daughter of Victor, who recently graduated from the school of nursing at King’s County Hospital, N.Y. | Elwood and his sister, Alice McCarty Donachie are the only two surviving children of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk McCarty. Loren is recently deceased; Harvey, deceased a number of years automobile accident while still young. Always interested in wood- working and restoring antiques, Mr. McCarty has already started working on several items. One is a huge copper kettle which he is cleaning and restoring to its original con- dition. In the family for more than 150 years, it was used by his parents, grandparents, and greatgrandparents to make apple butter. He is also sanding and refinishing an antique ‘yarn counter,” a family heirloom which is put together with pegs. Years ago it was used to wrap and count the number of feet in skeins of yarn. He also has a large spinning wheel which he plans to un- dertake as a restoration project in the near future. Prior to the holidays, he completed five huge Santa Claus figures which he gave away. He plans to continue similar projects throughout the coming year, but on a more comprehensive basis. Mr. McCarty enjoys sports as a spectator and particularly enjoys baseball and the World Series. He and his wife also like to travel and look forward to making several trips during the year, especially to New Jersey to visit their son and his family. Mr. McCarty told the Post that he has always had a special interest in gardening and yardwork. To get outside, work with flowers and foliage, and to plant his own garden is a delight to him. “Once a farmer, always a farmer,” he stated. He and his wife are members of Dallas United Methodist Church and Mr. McCarty is a member of the International Order of Odd Fellows and the Encampment and Canton of the Odd Fellows. He is also a Past Grand and Past Patriarch, and Captain Retired. Retired, Mr. McCarty is, but inactive never! Before the ink was dry on his official retirement papers, Elwood McCarty was busy at home refinishing antiques and starting to work on a new woodworking project. As he said, ‘‘he has not quit!” Subscribe To The Post ‘Retirement’ Fred Lamereaux resigned last year as headmaster for Dallas Township. He vowed then to take it easy and enjoy ‘his retirement, but Fred never really retired. He could be found every day of the year at the Dallas Township garage supervising repair of a truck or driving the backhoe. Thus it came as no Surprise at the reorganization meeting of the Dallas Township Supervisors that the name of Fred Lamereaux was submitted as by Ralph Nader WASHINGTON—The new team of Presidential ap- pointees, soon to take over at the Department of Tran- sportation, has a great op- portunity to push through a number of technological breakthroughs in auto safety and auto economy. Here is part of the agenda which they must vigorously publicize if they are to derive the necessary public support in forthcoming struggles with the auto in- dustry: —The air bag restraint system, or its technical equivalent, is slated for in- stallation in new vehicles before the end of President Nixon's second term. Although shoddily Company and the industry’s minion, the national American Automobile Association, the air bag has undergone successful testing by the government, Allstate Insurance Co., General Motors and other automotive supply and manufacturing companies. Surprisingly enough, General Motors is one of the most en- thusiastic supporters of the air bag. GM President, Edward Cole, has gone on the record saying the air bag is ‘‘ex- tremely reliable’’ after ex- headmaster for 1973. Fred may have retired—on paper—but he never really left. Philip Walter also remained as chairman of the board and Glenn Howell will be the secretary-treasurer for the coming year. Frank Townend will be solicitor at a fee of $600 plus $200 for real estate transfer tax collections. The only difference in the budget this year is a salary increase for police department. Chief Pete Lange will be paid an Ambulance A freak accident occurred at the Lehman Firehall shortly after midnight last Wednesday and resulted in the head of Leh- man’s ambulance committee being rushed to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. ; Robert Disque, Lehman, had driven the Lehman ambulance out of the firehall and intended to continue on to Harveys Lake to offer standby assistance at a fire at Hanson's Amusement Park. Putting the ambulance in “park,” he had stepped from the vehicle to close the large slipped into reverse and sent the ambulance smashing through Crewman the dor. The door was knocked off its rollers and hit him in the mouth, breaking his nose and lacerating his face. - Lewis Ide, who had also responded to the call for assistance, came upon the scene to find Mr. Disque bleeding and dazed. He ren- dered first aid assistance to Mr. Disque and another ambulance crew member, Barry Edwards, drove the injured man to the hospital where his cuts were sutured and his bruises treated. Mr. Disque is reported recovering satisfactorily from his painful experience. annual salary of $7800 and the seven regular police officers will get $7200. remain as depositor. Fred Dodson was reappointed zoning officer and sanitary engineer. Don Wilkinson Agency will be the deliquent tax collector. Truck drivers will, be paid $3.25 per hour and laborers $2.50 per hour. The regular monthly meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Dallas Township Building. tensive testing. Unlike Ford, GM did not join in the suit against the Department of Transportation to block the air bag. There are indications that some air bag equipped GM models will be offered as op- tional equipment in 1974 and 1975. ‘The question remains, however, as to whether GM will continue its practice of gouging the consumer for this safety feature which ‘in: mass production can be manufac- tured at a cost of under $10 per unit. —The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) experimental safely vehicle program needs more funding and quicker deadlines. This program is designed to contract for the construction of supersafety vehicle prototypes suitable for mass production. Already several non-auto in- dustry companies have built such vehicles and had them crash tested under government auspices with good results. GM and Ford have produced their version of the experimental safety vehicle and sent them to the Department of Tran- sportation. Although GM’s vehicle is more advanced than Ford’s, both companies designed them so that they could advise the government that they were not really practicable. The US govern- ment has entered into agreements with Japan and several European nations to help develop prototype safety vehicles and exchange in- formation. VW, Mercedes, Volvo, Toyota, and Nissan have built experimental safety vehicles. Several of these vehicles are in the lower weight category—under 2500 pounds. The purpose of this safety car program is to accelerate the development and adoption of safety features which could make collisions up to 60 mph nearly injury free and higher speed impacts survivable. Compared to the government publicity devoted to weapons of ..EDWARD DECOURCY in The Newport (N.H.) Argus- Champion: Television commercials are, for the most part, silly, illititerate, insipid, ridiculous, ludicrous, dense, crass, benighted, exaggerated, bombastic, degrading, insulting. The visitor from outer space, or the historian of the future looking back at us through repeat broadcasts of these commercials, must conclude that we are a beer-guzzling yr common NORTH. DAKOTA n Tan eof Lr Ral i joe | ! zon Trim domed fee Jew mexico To TT oxi anoma : : i fe TaroauAs od | Taxing | Ng hon Svanngd, mel —ss . . \ . ° \. te Map by Common Cause committee chairman or House chairman. Appropriations subcommittee gang of dim-witted hypochondriacs suffering from halitosis, headaches, gassy stomachs, constipation, ar- thritis, psoriasis, cavities, dandruff, loose dentures, dirty false teeth, falling hair, athlete’s foot, wet diapers, body odor, iritis, clogged sinuses, sunburn, laryngitis, head colds, postnasal drip, iron deficiency, neuralgia and rough hands. This column is in praise ‘of television commercials. These creations of ingenious wizards in the elevated think tanks on Madison Ave. are one of the greatest blessings of our age, contributing to our health, happiness and prosperity. Without the television com- mercial, life around us could well collapse. We might not even finish supper. Regardless of Spiro Agnew’s lament, all television com- mentators must pass a rigid training course in saying, “We’ll be back in a minute with more news.”’ The commentator who can’t say that in a con- vin¢ing, eloquent fetching manner is Kaput, because he must be prepared to say it no less than 10 times during every half-hour broadcast. A band of high-powered accountants is preparing an analysis of the number of man hours devoted to “We'll be back in a minute with more news,” both on the part of the speakers and on the part of the viewers. Actually, “We'll be back in a minute with more news,” spoken with all the erudition of a Howard K. Smith or Walter Cronkite or John Chancellor or John Lumpkin, is the cue on which life around us revolves. That’s. when millions of housewives, with pavlovian obedience, arise from their seats to go to the kitchen to get dessert. It’s the signal to turn off the oven or to tutn up the thermostat. That nine-word slogan triggers some to clear the table, and others to feed the dog, who, like his master, has been watching television so long he won’t eat cereal any more, must less the table scraps on which his ancestors thrived. The television commercial is war, it is inexcusable that the government has not put more resources (this program has absorbed. less funds ‘than the cost of one B-52 bomber) and publicity behind «= this in- ternational venture into life saving. Almost 230,000 people yearly in auto crashes around the world. the NHTSA is a public file to receive comments about proposed ‘‘collision ‘avoidance systems.”” This refers to radar or other collision detection systems which automatically slow down or ‘stop the vehicle. safety features as something out of Buck Rogers, motorists should expect science and technology to apply their fin- dings to dramatically safer automobiles at a modest cost increase. Such safety systems would save motorists much more in reduction, fewer repair and replacement costs and, of course, . fewer casualties, medical bills, lost wages and other expenses. vil —Next year, the NHTSA is supposed to issue standards for bumpers which will protect vehicles from damage at low speed collisions instead of receding like egg shells and permitting several hundreds of dollars in damage on a single car at a 5 or 7 mph impact. If the tt of Tran- sportation gives these programs high priority and if President. Nixon will devote only a few hours of attention to support these great life saving and waste-prevention causes, the auto companies can be brought around to compliance. But unless citizens demand more information, more action from these political leaders and organize themselves into ongoing efforts for safer vehicles and alternative mass transit systems, the tran- sportation crisis will worsen and the costs will mushroom. the reprieve during which we turn on the toaster, or turn it off. Or it may provide the .recess during which. we gather the materials and tools and: other equipment for balancing a check book. Here and there among us is a Speedy Gonzalez who takes the commercial period for a quick shave, or a change of clothes. Some men have even been known to shine their shoes during a commercial, and there are some babies’ who have swapped damp for dry gar- ments in this period. : Insurance salesmen and ‘church canvassers have found it possible, once ‘in a while, to explain their mission to their hosts during the commercials. It is surprising how much one. can say in the time devoted by broadcasters to their inanities. Researchers. in the Institute of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit . ° of Happiness are convinced that without television commercials 94.3 percent of human muscles will have atrophied by 1984, for it is only the periodic stretching of leg muscles required to lift our bodies from a chair that gives us muscle tone enough, to get to the car. All this ‘has corralled the = Administration down = in Washington in an agonizing dilemma. On the one hand it supports the position of cutting back on funds for public broadcasting programs are not interrupted by commercials and thus can have a dangerous effect on our health, to say nothing of stopping all life- supporting activity. But on the other hand there are those pronouncements from the Oval Room. Nobody has figured out just how to inject the com- mercials there. _ On balance we are going to continue the commercials, totally ‘abandoning concern for our image in the eyes of outer space observers to future Not only do they trigger us to chores and necessary activities. There have even been instances - where members of a family have been known to talk to each cL
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