d—The Bulletin, Mt. Joy, Pa., Thursday, August 17, 1950 MUTT AND JEFF | OWL LAFFS | | | —BY- | A WISE OWL I have just been enlightened! My | daughter ' tells that the | they have wooden anniversaries is block- | me reason to remind the men what heads they were.---Makes sense, | too. { Over at Gretna on Sunday I| overheard a little five-year old girl | complain to her mother that didn’t like her hew bathing suit. | When her, mother asked what was | wrong with it, explained: “I want one like the big girls wear— | just a skirt and ear-muffs.” | | she she Which reminds me of the little girl from uptown who was caught | telling a fib. Her repri- | manded her severely, and ended Ly | saying: “SHame on you. :I never told lies when I was a little girl.” And her little girl asked: “Waen did vou start, mama?” mother Up at Kulp’s the other night | Ruthie exclaimed: “I just swatted | five flies: Two were males and three | were females.” “How can you tell?” | asked Vivian. So Ruthie explained: | “Two were cn- the bar and three were on the mirror.” This is not my idea, but if I don’t piss it on I'm sunk. ----“Hey,” cried Satan to a new arrival, “you act as though you owned the place.” “I do,” came the reply, “my wife | gave it to me before I died.” “Let's buwy Junior a bicycle,” suggested an East Main St. mama. | “Do you think it will improve his | behavior?” asked papa. “No,” an- | swered mama, “but it will spread his | meanness over a wider area.” en | I joined the sidewalk superin- | tendents watching a construction | job, when I heard a boss yell: ‘Hey, what are you doing?” The | worker called back, “I'm sharpening | 1 pencil.” The boss hollored: “You | can’t do that; youre a bricklayer. | Give it to a carpenter.” — H-E-L-P! | A fellow at Maytown had just | bought a dog and one evening ic| acted rather queer so he called his | neighbor. “I think my deg has the | distemper,” said. “I understand | your dog had the same ailment the other week. What did you give it?” “lI gave it turpentine,” came the reply. “I see. Well, I'll try it,” the fellow continued The following day | the first man called his neighbor | and exclaimed: “Say, my dog died after I gave him some turpentine.” And his neighbor replied: “Don’t | surprise me. So did mine.” he Always think twice hefore you | talk to the youngsters tcday, I was visiting nearby today and the man of the house was dressing down his son for not having advanced beyond the errand boy stage at his place of business. He scolded: “Why, when George Washington was your age he was hard at work as a sur- veyor, earning good money.” “Sure,” replied the youth in a swift coun- ter-attack, “and when he was your age he was President of the United States.” «wee See what I mean? On an inspection tour of several manufacturing plants, I asked: “What part did your company play in the last war effort?” The manu- facturer pointed to a monster tank with a terrific firing power and said: “See that big tank over there? Well, we made the clips that held the blueprints together.” | essentials for wildlife of the Key- | ary, | special preserves. | announced that notice of this years | a decline in the crop of wild ducks | and geese, the regulations can be | and marsh birds fall prey to these! | predacious reptiles. | the bank | run in front of his auto on a road| ants merely indicates AH, IM IN LUCK | HERE'S A SEAT Weekly Letter | By Penna. State Game Commission Few people realize the time, effort, equipment and money re- quired ty provide and improve the stone State, Each necessary 10 maintain 880,400 acres of State- owned Game Lands including servicing over 3500 miles of bound- 865 miles of roads, 605 miles of fire trails, and 156,400 acres of refuges, propagation areas “HICKORY GROVE In order that food and cover de- velopment work on 13 million acres of land owned and leased by the Game Commission may be car- ried on efficiently, roads, buildings year it is {HE LOW DOWN from As I Hawkshaw around ‘here and there I put 2 and 2 together. Then I deduct. Well, says Henry, eluci- and other items must be built or|date versus beatin’ around the maintained. bush. All right, I says— and pay In the Commission's last fisca some heed — you don't need to keep year, 70 miles of roads were con- L ¢ : i a greenhorn : our life, structed, primarily to permit access on being a greenhorn all you to areas where food and cover for/and especially on “Reclamation, wildlife are being established orithe latest racket. maintained, and over 4 miles of new The latest mulligan cooked up fire trails and 43 miles of new . : for the people is water and power. uge lines were cut. To furnish housing for equipment and mach-/A big commission is beatin’ the | inery, 11 storage sheds were con- drum, holding meetings, viewing structed. Fourteeen additional corn cribs were built to provide storage rs. ak handy to distribution points and Water shortage, navigation, and not with alarm a threatened dilemma, | Commission-owned dwellings, stor- least, “Recreation.” There is the age sheds and corn cribs were kept come-on bait — recreation. Lunch in repair. . iis iat Yepa lclubs go for it— they invite the Seasons Will Be Late Albert M. Day, Director of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, big Govt. Boy to explain and ex- pound his. proposed sweet gift. Now folks, listen—hark close- waterfowl hunting seasons and bag don't go looking out the window, | limits will be delayed beyond the|yoy are in the middle of a losing- usual] August 1 date to allow ad- albino. dir You ditional time to receive last minute” affair. The slick Govt, information from continental gift man will tell you that with a breeding grounds. If the later information indicates your=-shirt nice dam there on your crick, you | will have fishing and boating and leisurely lolling—and free—at your doorstep. out. altered to hold the line. If the news But look With the is good, the sportsmen can be given|dam will come a powerhouse, and the Eenefit by a lessening of the built with your own dinero. A restricticns, either in the bag limit | \werhouse full of Govt. employes or length of season. : lwil] ke next. But there will be no Snappers Are Predators next on taxes—there will be mone— Game Protector Jonn Lohman,| spd Milford reports; “I killed an 18 andthe Govt. pays taxes—it . Just a 20 pound snapping turtle last|collects same. month. It is my belief that a great! Folks, keep your hand over the number of young ducks, muskrats no chain—social- man is ped- old geld watch and ism is what the Govt. I watched one turtle that lay on dling—don't be a greennorn on of a slough, its moss-|Reclamation, like Henry. covered shell resembling a moss-| Ycurs with the low down, covered stone. A redwing blackkird| JIMMY flew close. The turtle’s head shot Si pli i lip from under the shell and its jaws barely missed closing on the in-| tended meal. On another occasion a farmer who had been losing ducklings mysteriously found the! cause to be a large snapper in Nis| yume weed-choked pond.” | di Bears Can Take It The afternoon of July 28th, a Philadelphian named Stanley Gold- stein was startled to see a black bear weighing about 300 pounds New Caitle Dock | in esstern Pennsylvania. | ® Goldstein's car collided with thes bear, which rolled a considerable distance, arose and took off into the forest. 1'he injured bruin could not! OH, THIS PICTURE 1S SO } GAE a , Mennonite with Central theatre-goers, CAULKINS “Tillie, | perennial favorite Pennsylvania re- turns to the Gretna Mt. Thursday, August 17, for a week's stay. This delightful show has been a stage, Gretna, on big box-office draw in former years and with the outstanding cast now at Gretna to give it a lively revival, this year's production may smash all previous records. Cast in the role of Tillie is Miss Gae Caulkins, popular leading lady of the Gretna company. She is shown above in cne of the costumes she will wear in the play. ——— OW eee. menthly meeting at the airport last Tuesday night. a solo cross country trip to Wilson and Rocky Mount, North Carolina c¢n Sunday. Tota] flying time for the entire trip Alfred Gusler made was eight hours and minutes. Aviation Service chased an ERCOUPE airplane dur- Donegal pur- be found, attesting again to the bear's amazing ability to absorb rsical is 5 : physical punishment. | Shown here is a view of the Albinism In Wildlife |. recently-completed truck un- On" July 23rd Jonas Hager of| loading dock for cattle at the Hattield, Pa., said he saw an al-| Chicago stock yards as seen in Li : : bino pheasant chick in a brood of full operation on opening day. ycung follow the mother bird] The dock is the largest and Seross a country road in Montgom-| oct modern in the country. ery County. It has a capacity of 14 trucks at An autnority on ringneck pheas-| ants agrees that Mr. Hager saw a! rare featheration, since only one pheasant in 5,000 is white, but states! Irrigation Given as Way that the white plumage in pheas- To Prevent Frost Damages an unusual color phase, the reverse of the black! Irrigation is being cited or mutant pheasant, occurring Practical and economical method occasionally because of a lack of| of preventing frost damage to crops pigmentation in the skin; Helin addition to serving as a protec- says that pink eyes are the indi-!tion against dry weather. cation of the true albino, that pink-| Strawberry growers in Michigan eyed pheasants are unknown to report that nearly 100 per cent suc- him. [cess against frost was realized on Albinism, partial or complete, that crop when the crops were kept occurs in animals (including hu-|covered by sprinkler irrigation sys- mans), birds and even reptiles.items which were used last spring Wildlife so marked is usually un-lin the first test of the procedure, fortunate. For example: Crows! “pick on” gray or white members of their clan, and white pheasants| Canvas *‘tarps” ere spread over and reptiles are usually “rubbed| the ‘‘gridiron” befcre the games to out” by their enemies kecause they| keep the field in good condition and lack the protective coloration com-| protect it from weather damage mon to their kind. Being white or tite ee taco light colored, they are more easily Passenger Cars a time. as a Gridiron seen, therefore are more readily; Railroads of the United States, located by their enemies. having extensive f ger serv- ical washers iors of pas- | ice, now use mech: for cleaning the exter senger-train cars, U.S. Potato Crop Ten to 20 per cent of the U. S. potato crop (field run) consists of small and cull potaioes, They are suitable for livestock feed. Used Auto To Elude Weasels Leonard Hartman, Kempton, tells this story of a smart rabbit and its luckless pursurers: | While driving to the post office on June 8th I saw a rabbit being chased by two weasels along the road ahead. I slowed my car near the bunny and it jumped on the running board. The weasels tried to follow suit but their leaps were Lurb Service short and both fell under the rear wheel of the car. Result: two dead Curb service is not as modern as one might think. Inthe seventeenth anon and Lancaster. The growing importance of Dcn- egal Airport to the c¢ mmunity is reflected by the increasing number of business flights in and out of the local field. M in the past has been pilot training st of the flying here and pleasure flying by pilots own- ing or renting airplanes. It is grati- fying to see the personal type air- plane fitting more and more into local business travel. TE Qe eee: The Bulletin’s Scrapbook ! Week's Best Recipe: Hawaiian Salad: 1 T salt, 3 qts. boiling watery 8-o0z. el- bow macaroni, 4; c¢ mayonnaise, 1 ¢ cubed cooked ham, chicken, 1 ¢ diced celery, 1 ¢ chunk style pineapple. Add salt to rapidly boiling water. Gradually add mac- so that water Cook uncevered, occasionally, until macarcni is ten- der. Drain in colander and rinse in Macaroni lamb or aroni continues to boil. stirring Chill thoroughly and serve on crisp greens. Serves four. A Summer Treat: Maid,” a Playhouse DID YOU LOSE > SOMETHING, J 1 mn SIR? 1 . BB A a Aix i rs us OF 1950 Positively the most talented group of Juveniles to appear at Rheems — They're sensational. LeRoy Brothers The World's greatest Puppeteers. This is, a whole show itself — Worth" the entire’ admission price. Roy Reber’s Orchestra EATS ~ GAMES ~ AMUSEMENTS Parking Free ~~ ADMISSION 50c Children under 12 free ot — Gl tor mc ter the Su