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LEARNING HOW--Area wrestlers who participated in the
recent Keystone Junior College wrestling school held on
the college’s campus in La Plume included, seated, left to
right, Craig Otto, and Steve Novick, Clarks Summit;
Lake, Andy Pisaneschi, Wapwallopen; second row, Andy
Pinter, Dallas; Brian Kane, Glenn Summit; Glenn
Williams and Bob Thomas, Mountaintop; Tom Sanders,
Clarks Summit; Bob Andes, Mountaintop; Randy Kester,
SUSQUEHANNA
COUNTY: With our suc-
cessful spring gobler
season a matter of history,
Wilson Moore, sportswriter
for the Montrose In-
dependent, contributed his
part in making local
history by bagging a
turkey sporting a 3% and a
9% inch bear. District
Game Protector, Donald
Day, Hallstead, Pa.
BRADFORD COUNTY:
(Remember) The land,
wildlife and air belongs to
all people. Some are living
and some have died, but
most have not yet been
born. District Game
Protector, William Bower,
Troy, Pa.
NORTHUMBERLAND
COUNTY: Recently upon
stopping in a. store to
purchase cigarettes, a
young man was in the
check out line ahead of me
and among his purchases
were two mouse traps. It
seems that the gentleman’s
wife had purchased a
hamster and on the way
home from the store the
hamster escaped and made
its home in the air con-
ditioning system of the
vehicle.
Upon seeing me,
frustrated shopper turned
and implied that I do
something to solve his
problem. My suggestion
was to use a strong
aerosol type spray and
perhaps the vapor would
gas ths -~nimal into
leaving. rier the young
man departed, another
shopper, who overheard
the conversation, had the
most fool proof remedy,
sell the car. District Game
Protector, James
Kazakavage, Sunbury, Pa.
BRADFORD COUNTY:
The Halstead Brothers
have a farm in Ridgebury
Township and related the
following ‘true’ story to
me.
They recently purchased
several beef animals at the
Athens Livestock Sale. The
animals were delivered
and released in their
pasture. One of the cows
immediately got out and
started a cross country
tour.
The boys searched for
her and with the assistance
of two-way radios and
neighbor’s reports tracked
her for several miles
before losing contact. The
area was well searched
and they were ready to
give up when they received
a radio message from the
home farm that the cow
had just returned following
a 'deer.
They were amazed upon
returning to find cow and
deer docilely feeding
together in the field.
Evidence indicated the
young deer had been
nursing on the cow and she
had adopted it. They
learned that the cow had
believe this is the reason
for the strange relationship
but don’t know why they
returned. District Game
Protector A. Dean Rock-
well, Sayre, Penna.
PIKE COUNTY: The
strongest instinct for any
animal, be it human or any
other animal is that of self-
preservation. This is
usually the case except
for spring time when
wild animals are raising
their young and then the
mother will go to almost
any lengths to protect her
young.
Bears are a primary
example of this but
turkeys are not usually
noted for fighting for their
young. Deputy Carl Birtel
of Tafton was working on a
complaint about dogs
chasing deer and happened
to flush some turkey poults
which went one way and
the hen went the other way.
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Lake Ariel;
In a flash the hen was back
and charged Carl, who was
between her and her
poults. The hen tried to get
at him but he managed to
keep her away with a stick
as she made three circles
around him trying to peck
and flog him.
Finally she left having
successfully beaten off this
two-legged intruder, who
had invaded her feeding
ground. District Game
Protector, Robert Buss,
Shohola, Penna.
LUZERNE COUNTY:
We are all concerned about
the increased amounts of
discarded paper, bottles,
cans, etc., we see in our
travels and much ‘money
has been spent learning
how to recycle these waste
items to something useful.
Perhaps we sould observe
wildlife in our quest for
some answers for George
Meiss of West Hazleton
reported that a bluejay had
used three of the plastic six
pack holders for next
reinforcements.
A close friend, Glen
Reakes of Sugarloaf,
adopted the CB handle
“Houndawg”’ due to his
fondness for raccoon
hunting. He had also
aquired a descented skunk
of which he was very
proud, especially since she
had given birth to three
cute little critters. He had
been handling the young
ones for several weeks and
was more than happy to
accommodate his sister
when she asked him to
bring them over to show
the kids.
‘““Houndawg’’ proudly
walked into the house with
a little critter in each hand
but suddenly realized he
had overlooked something -
his sister’s large dog which
came running toward him
and barking! ‘‘Houn-
dawg’s’’ new CB handle is
“Flower.” Need I explain
further?
I received a phone call
from Troop ‘N°
headquarters that Trooper
Hess of the Interstate
Patrol ‘was bringing a
turkey to my house on his
way while off duty. He
stated he had observed the
bird lying on the berm of
180 with its head in the air,
put a rope around its legs
and put it in the trunk.
Fortunately, we slowly
opened the trunk, saw the
loose rope and located the
alert looking turkey in the
We put it in a large live
State Game Lands 187 in
Oley Valley none the worse
for -its encounter with an
interstate highway vehicle.
Thanks to Trooper Hess,
the bearded tom turkey is
back with his mate.
District Game Protector
Robert Nolf, Conyngham,
Profile
by Paul Canevari
Within the last ten years and espec-
ially the last few, no single area per-
son has achieved such public accept-
ance and acclaim as our own District
Forester Manny Gordon. Manny,
whose name is synonymous to his
slogan “ENJOY ENJOY’ and have
become household words throughout
Northeastern Pennsylvania, has cele-
brated his 43rd year in forestry. With
that in mind I asked him what major
change has occurred in forestry dur-
ing those 43 years. Without hesitation
Manny replied that without a doubt
there has been more interest gener-
ated toward conservation and forest
conservation in particular in the last
few years than there has been at any
time in his 43 years with the Depart-
ment. He felt that this sudden upswing
in interest has taken place because of
public awareness towards our great
outdoors and conservation over what
it used to be years ago.
He went on to say that during World
War II he was in charge of twenty
eight prisoner of war forestry camps
in Europe where he saw first hand
how particular and careful the people
were with their natural resources,
stating that we used to waste more
than they had. He often wondered if
we in the United States would ever
have the same feeling for conserva-
tion as they did there, going on to state
that he’s happy to say that we do. He
feels that one word and one word only
has done it, and that has been ecology,
the relationship of all living things to
their environment. He gives the youth
of today credit for bringing on this
great awareness in this country.
Keeping along these lines, I asked
Manny what his philosophy was con-
cerning public awareness and educa-
tion. He replied that with the aid of
radio, T.V. and the press he is able to
reach so much more people today. His
philesophy when doing commercials
or news releases is more or less of a
soft sell nature. He feels people are
.and don’t do that’, whereas you get
the same results and still get your
message across in a softer more
meaningful manner. He commented
that the news media of Pennsylvania
have been tremendous in getting the
message across to the public, who in
turn - have been tremendously
cooperative in following through and
carrying out these messages.
Without even having to ask my next
question concerning his early life and
what spurred his interest in this field,
Manny went on to say, contrary to
what the public visualize as a for-
ester, he was not raised in a ‘Daniel
Boone” atmosphere. In fact he was
born in the. small town of Marcus
Hook, Pa. At that time there were
very few trees in that area and only
one very small forest area that Manny
can recall playing in as a child. Even
though the environment was not that
conducive as far as stirring an inter-
est in someone in forestry, Manny ad-
mired Gifford Pinchot, who was twice
governor of Pennsylvania and one of
the first formally trained foresters in
the United States. It was through his
admiration of Pinchot that got Manny
first interested in forestry. In fact it
was Manny’s initial resolution to en-
shrine Gov. Pinchot’s mansion as a
public landmark to be used for public
conservation education, that first got
the ball rolling in that direction.
After graduating from high school
he was accepted as a Forestry Major
at Penn State where he received his
bachelors in forestry. After grad-
uating he worked as a junior forester
with the CCC camps, building roads,
camping sites and trails. He served as
Assistant District Forester for the
Petersburg, Williamsport, Norris-
town and the Caledonia Park area.
Finally in 1939 he came to Scranton as
the District Forester. It’s interesting
to note that Manny has served longer
as District Forester for our area than
all the previous District Foresters
the standpoint of service in the state.
When the second world war broke
out, Manny, as stated before, was
drafted as a private and later was in
charge of 28 forestry prisoner of war
camps, where he made sure that the
German prisoners of war were cutting
according to forest principles. He
says they must have done a fairly
good job because when they were fini-
shed the French government gave
them a citation for actually improving
the forest.
Manny feels that the future outlook
of Pennsylvania forests is tre-
mendous. He stated that few people
realize that 65 percent of the state is
forested. He always felt that Pennsyl-
vania had everything, from our im-
mense forest areas, scenic vistas,
parks, and camping areas. Not to
mention being able to reap the re-
wards economically from our forests
because of careful and professional
forestry techniques. He feels there is
no reason that with proper forest
management, we can have our
forestry cake and eat it too. We can
have all these ecology benefits and at
the same time we can have forest
economics.
In the numerous talks he gives, he
often uses the example that one acre
of young vigorous trees will produce
four tons of oxygen per acre per year,
enough for the oxygen needs of 18
people per year, but at the same time
that one acre will also grow four tons
of wood per acre per year. And once
again by using good old commen
sense and proper management, there
is no reason why we can’t have both
for many, many years to come. He
also feels that the future of forestry
and related job opportunities are also
growing, emphasizing that any young
girl or boy who is interested in fores-
try or a related field should not hesi-
tate in carrying out that interest.
I finally asked him the inevitable
question, how he came up with his
now famous ENJOY ENJOY. With a
smile he replied that one day he and
Forester Tony Santoli were coming
home from a meeting out near Wya-
lusing. and loving the area of Wyalu-
sing Rocks for its scenic beauty, as
well as history, since this was the
place Marie Antoinette was supposed
to come before she lost her head, he
couldn’t help but look out over the
beautiful countryside and say it was
too bad more people can’t enjoy,
enjoy this wonderful area. The
thought then occurred to him that just
maybe that slogan could be used in his
radio and T.V. spots. The rest is his-
tory.
What does the future hold for
Manny Gordon? Well, being with the
department for 43 years, Manny has
more than once thought about retire-
ment but confesses that every time he
gets ready to retire, some kid yells
ENJOY ENJOY and he puts it off a
little longer. And truly Manny does
ENJOY ENJOY his work. His philo-
sophy, both past and present is that a
forester can’t just live among the
trees, he has to be a well rounded per-
son, able to communicate with the
public.
Upon Manny’s retirement, North-
eastern Pennsylvania will not only be
losing a District Forester, but a man
who genuinely cares for our area
forests as well as its people. In turn it
must be gratifying to him to know that
the people have responded both in
interest and in love to a special kind of
man. Manny Gordon is truly a man
for all seasons.
by Pinky O'Neill
I asked the young mother why her family was packing
up to leave the campground so soon. There was still a day
and a half left to the long holiday weekend.
“There’s just too much noise. My two children couldn’t
nap and there was commotion all last night,” she said
sadly.
‘And the language being used by the campers around us
makes my husband and me feel uncomfortable with our
small children.” admitted the concerned mother
When I asked her about changing sites, she said, “We'd
love to, but everything is filled, even the overflow area.
We'll just have to come back when it’s not so busy. We do
like the campground.”
Most campgrounds are filled to the brim Memorial Day,
Fourth of July or Labor Day Weekend. Many people with
as many different lifestyles will be camping that last fling
before school starts and the routine sets in. That’s why
camping courtesy will have to be practiced even more
during the holidays than at any other time.
Each campground gives out a set of regulations for the
campers to follow. Please take a few moments to read
them yourself and to your children. It could save some
embarrassing moments later.
Campground owners will not take the responsibility for
lost or stolen articles. Although adults are usually careful
about trespassing on the next campsite, children don’t
always realize the importance of this. The adjacent site,
located so close to theirs, is inviting to youngsters, and
they think they should be allowed to play where they want.
A brief explanation of how each site is compared to a
family’s home usually helps the child to understand.
Trespassing on property not belonging to the
campground is also a no-no. The boundary lines are
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Some campers get upset because campgrounds will not
allow minibikes and motor cycles around the area. This is
not to discriminate against those who prefer this less
expensive way to travel. In most places you can take your
cycle to your site or park it at a special area. But riding
around the roads within the camping area is
prohibited... mainly because of noise and small children
playing. Bike and cycle trails are becoming more popular
at vacation spots. Check with the campground when
making reservations concerning this policy if you're a
cyclist.
Unfortunately, some campers think ‘‘absolutely no
firearms or fireworks to be displayed or used in
campground” does not apply to air rifles, sling shots, or
firecrackers. However, I've seen ‘‘good”’ customers
asked to leave because they disobeyed this rule.
Pennsylvania state campgrounds do not allow pets, but
generally private ones will allow them “‘on leash.” The
camper should, however, be aware of cleaning up after
the animal and not letting the pet be chained to the picnic
table while going out for the day.
Look around for a young camper that would be willing to
“pet sit” and earn some extra cash for the day.
Look around for a young camper that would be willing to
“pet sit” and earn some extra cash for the day. The child
would probably enjoy taking the dog for a occasional
walk, feed and pet it a couple times while you're away.
Children and bathrooms can be disastrous! Don’t let
young ones go alone and give the older ones instructions
on short showers, picking up dropped paper, using trash
cans, crawling under toilet stalls, using toilet paper rolls
for decoration, etc. Let them know you'll be checking on
them if they don’t return in a reasonable time. Then do it.
Remember, you wouldn’t want your kids to mess up a
neighbor’s bathroom...why. this one? Also, children do not
instinctively know what's right or wrong. They must be
reminded constantly.
I could go on and on with other do’s and don’ts and you
could add some of your own. But my wish is not to turn
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you off to the joys of the outdoors, rather to make them
more pleasurable. If each of us is a ‘‘defensive’”’ camper
rather than an “offensive” one, we’ll all enjoy our
camping experiences and have fond memories.
Send your favorite camping courtesies and ideas to:
Pinky O’Neil, Campground Association of Pennsylvania,
RD 1, Box 39, Winfield, Pa. 17889. If they are used in
publication, you will receive a free weekend of camping at
a Pennsylvania campground, courtesy of CAP.
KT Rec. sponsors events
The Kingston Township Bros.; “Sons of the
recreation staff is spon- Desert,” Laurel and
soring activities Hardy.
throughout the summer
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Nay Aug Park Zoo and The
Avoca Airport. They plan
to tour the Children’s
Museum in Kingston on
July 21, stopping for lunch
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taken place are the pet
show and 4-H Orientation
Day. An ambulance and
firetruck demonstration
was put on by the Kingston
Township Municipal crew
on Tuesday, July 19.
The film “King Midas”
was shown inside the
Trucksville Elementary
School. On Friday, July 22,
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