By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
What’s in a name? I never
gave it much thought until
recently, in an editorial staff
meeting, someone brought up
the subject of nicknames.
How do people acquire nick-
names, how do they relate. Oh,
we probably all know persons
named Bob, Lou, Sam or Billy.
But do we know why they’re
called what they are?
Is it Bob for Robert, Lou for
Louis, Sam for Samuel or Billy
for William? Yes, you say-well,
not the “Sam” I know, nor the
Lou nor the Billie. No, indeed!
Sam, who bowls in the Imperi-
alette League at Back Mountain
Bowl in Dallas is really Joyce
Wolfe, whose nickname has no
relation to Samuel. It began
when she met her husband,
Larry, and some of his friends
called Joyce ‘Witch’. The
name later changed to which is
“Sam’’ short for Samantha, the
TV witch, who twinkled her
nose, just as Joyce can do.
And Joyce’s husband, Larry,
was nicknamed ‘‘Lew’’ by mem-
bers of his wife’s family
because Joyce and her three
sisters all dated men named
Larry. To avoid confusion,
Joyce’s Larry was called
“LEW”, a nicknamed derived
of the initials of his first, middle
and last name. Incidentally, two
of the girls married their
Larrys, the other two didn’t
make it.
Billy is not a William, not the
one I know. Billy is “Billie”
Elston, known to most everyone
by that name as long as they
have known her. Her legal
name, not known to many, is
Willda.
How many people know
“Pooch” and ‘Little Pooch’
Kozick? ‘‘Pooch’’ is Dallas
Township Tax Collector Leon-
ard Kozick and “Little Poorch”
is his niece Arlene Kozick. Did
you know, however, that Leon-
ard was dubbed ‘Pooch’ when
he was high scorer on the
Bloomsburg College basketball
team and Arlene was called
“Little Pooch’> when she
achieved the same honor years
Iter as a member of the College
Misericordia cage team.
Dallas High School Coach
Clarence Ozgo is probably not
aware ‘that we know his nick-
name is ‘‘Stretch’’, but the
name is not surprising since his
height confirms he did stretch
at one time or other.
Who ever heard of ‘Barney
Bander’”” — he is real. That's
the name Mike Kozick was
known as when he was an ama-
teur boxer at the CYO. He
boxed under the nickname so
his mother would not know he
was fighting.
“Skinny’’ Kozick was no
stranger to residents of the
Back Mountain a number of
years ago since all of his friends
knew ‘‘Skinny’”’ was Danny
Kozick.
The Wagner brothers, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner,
were Bob, Bill and Barry, but
for years when they were
younger they were called
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“Tinker.” Bill and ‘Henry’ —
to avoid confusion because of
the capital “B’s’’, according to
Bill.
How many would guess the
nickname The Dallas Post’s
own Jane Renn had while in
school, but considering the
younger generation, it makes
sense that she was called
“Byrd” — with a “Y” she
emphasized. (Renn, or wren —
get it?)
Most friends of ‘‘Pudgie’’
Gordon are not aware that her
real name is Dorothea since her
cousin, Rita Bulford, called her
‘“Pudgie’’ when she was born.
Was she really a roly-poly
baby?
Nicknames are common in the
Elston family, so common that
members of the family have no
idea why their parents and sis-
ters and brothers are known by
their nicknames — names their
friends and neighbors call them.
Their father, Ralph Elston
bore the nickname ‘Rouser,”
their late mother, Agnes, was
“Twister.” The children were
‘““Dot’’ (Dorothy), ‘‘Ike’’
(Gomer) probably because his
middle name is Isaacs, a family
name; ‘“Jiggs’’ (Marvin), “Sis”
(Lana); “Chick” (Gene) and
“Baldy’’ (Wayne) which didn’t
make sense since he had a head
of thick red hair.
And why do most people call
this reporter ‘“Tooties’ instead
of Charlot! That’s the name the
doctor gave me when I was
born. Later, when I was chris-
tened, my name was changed to
Charlot, but it was already too
late for that name to catch on.
So what’s in a name — noth-
it’s worth!
Road
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heard rumors. You always hear
rumors. But nobody approached
me, It was all political.”
Machell, who resigned his
position on Council two years
ago to take the road superin-
tendent job, is paid $17,240 a
year. He doesn’t see the move
as being very cost efficient.
“The town is going to suffer,”
Machell said. “They pay two
other people on the road depart-
ment about $7,500 a year plus
overtime. I don’t get paid for
overtime. I was out plowing the
roads Tuesday night, but I
wasn’t paid extra for it. But the
department is going to be hard
to operate with just two guys. If
one person gets sick, that leaves
all the burden on one guy.”
If Machell’s job is cut, a move
that would would take effect on
January 1, Dan Parsons would
be named foreman of the
department.
Parsons, who has been with
the borough for approximately
13 years, is paid $7.50 per hour,
while Don Chamberlain, who
has been a member of the road
department for two years, will
receive $6.50 an hour.
Shaffer said, however, there
would be the possibility of
hiring a part-time person to
help out, if the need arose. He
also said there might be a
change in the current budget
proposal if a bill before the
State House of Representatives
is passed. That bill would allow
the state’s townships, cities and
counties to split a projected $132
million state budgetary surplus.
In order to meet next year’s
tentative budget of $320,543, the
Council members will also for-
feit their collective salaries for
serving on council. . That
amounts to $2,520.
In other business, the Council:
— Accepted, with regrets, the
resignation of borough secre-
tary Tom Bagley. Bagley, who
has been with the borough for
two years, cited “other commit-
Mens as his reason for leav-
ng.
— Reappointed Robert Dickin-
son to the Dallas Area’ Munici-
pal Authority Board.
— Readvertised for sale of the
borough diesel road grader.
Diets
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Rinse turkey inside and out,
dry. Reserve giblets and neck
for broth. Make stuffing: Mix
bread cubes, green pepper,
onion, chicken broth and spices;
add orange peel and orange
juice. Spoon stuffing into cavity
of turkey, close openings with
skewers. Place turkey, breast
side up, on a rack in shallow
pan. Insert meat thermometer
in thickest part of thigh. Roast
turkey uncovered at 325 degrees
for about one hour. For glaze
combine 2 T. melted butter or
margarine, 2 T. orange juice
and 2 T. honey. Brush turkey
several times with glaze and
pan drippings and roast for
another two hours until ther-
mometer reaches 180 degrees.
When done, remove, keep
warm. Slice and serve.
MAPLE GLAZED
SWEET POTATOES
1 c. butter or margarine
4 16-0z. cans sweet potatoes,
drained, or 4 lbs. fresh sweet
potatoes, peeled and cooked in
water to cover until tender.
Y% c. maple-flavored pancake
syrup
1 c. sunflower nuts
Place butter in baking dish
and place in oven to melt as
oven preheats. Prepare pota-
toes, leaving whole if small or
cut into chunks if large. Turn
potatoes in melted butter in
baking dish until coated on all
sides. Drizzle syrup evenly over
potatoes, sprinkle with sun-
flower nuts. Bake at 350 for 25-
30 minutes or until heated
through. Transfer to serving
dish and garnish with parsley.
PUMPKIN-LEMON
CREAM PIE
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 16-0z. can pumpkin
2/3 c. sugar
1 t. cinnamon
1 t. salt
Y t. ginger
11/3 c. half & half
1 9-inch pie shell
1 c. sour cream
2 T. brown sugar
1 T. lemon juice
Grated peel 1 lemon
Y4 ¢. chopped pecans
Mix first seven ingredients
together and pour into pie shell.
Bake at 425 degrees for 15
minutes. Reduce heat to 350
degrees, continue baking about
45 minutes or until inserted
knife comes out clean. Cool 20
minutes. Blend together sour
cream, brown sugar, lemon
juice and lemon peel. Spread
sour cream mixture evenly over
the pie. Bake 10 minutes more.
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