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COLUMNS: MONTROSE: David L. Robinove, who has sold goods from the wagon for the past dozen years, finds that his health is such as to necessitate his giving up the road soon and has an announcement in another column relative to disposing of his present stock. He will visit all his regular customers again and will be at home Saturdays. Mr. Robinove has built up a large trade and his many friends will regret to not only learn of his ill health, but also that he is to discontinue his trips. ALSO, Harry McKeeby, who has been the fireman on the L. & M. for the past year, was “bumped” Monday by another fireman, older in point of service than Mr. McKeeby, and the new man came on and worked one day, when he concluded he did not like the run, and threw up his job, going back to the farm. Mr. McKeeby had just leased a house for a year, and his friends hope he may be left here. The matter is uncertain, as the run will now likely be advertised. EAST KINGSLEY: There was quite a brigade of fire fighters Sunday afternoon on Wesley Sloat’s hill. There was a fire started in the slashing about 4 p.m., and it raged fearfully, but the men in this vicinity and Kingsley were soon on hand and had it subdued about dark. It is a mystery how it got started, but we all feel if it was an incendiary’s work [and] the prison bars ought to be his windows. ALSO, G. L. Palmer has been doing a fine job of painting and papering for Mrs. E. E. Titus, especially the graining in the dining room. THOMPSON: Ernest S. Potter and Linn Spencer have bought out C. R. King, who has run a hardware business for some years on Jackson St. The new firm is Potter & Spencer. The young men were raised in Thompson and have the best wishes of all for their success. ALSO, there are five automobiles owned in Thompson now, and we may say that there is much dust in the air these Sunday afternoons. CLIFFORD: Uriah Ridgeway, veteran of the Civil War, and a lifelong resident of Clifford, died May 9, 1911. He was a member of Post 307, Grand Army of the Republic, having served three years as private in Company A, 107th Reg’t, PA Volunteers. He is survived by the following children: C. W. Ridgeway, East Benton; Mrs. Edward Sherwood, Fishville, NY; Mrs. Charles Decker, Susquehanna; Mrs. Chester Ross, Clark’s Summit; Elmer S. Ridgeway, Lenoxville and U. G. Ridgeway, Honesdale. FLYNN, MIDDLETOWN TWP.: At the last meeting of the Old Maids Thimble Club, the older members being present, this question was raised: “At what age an old maid gave up all hopes of matrimony?” There being one present, nearly 80 years, it was thought surely that the question would be settled for good, but she said they would have to ask some one older than her. HALLSTEAD: On Sunday afternoon, about four o’clock, the fire alarm was sounded from the shop whistle and after a hard run to the scene it was found to be in the home of Conductor Edward Stack, on lower Main St. When the fire company reached the house the fire seemed to be chiefly confined to the roof, but with the aid of a bucket brigade it was kept partly under control until the arrival of the fire company and they soon had a stream playing on the flames and they were soon under control without very much damage being done. The fire was started by a passing passenger engine throwing a spark from the engine onto the roof and as the building is situated quite close to the track the blaze was soon started and this seems to be a common occurrence. NIVEN: Mrs. Alvin Button has sold her farm bordering on Card Lake to parties from Scranton. They will erect a new house and make other improvements around the lake. CHOCONUT VALLEY: A tornado struck this Valley on Friday, about 4 p.m., doing considerable damage. The worst was on the places of P. Dean and C. E. Chamberlain, where it uprooted a large number of trees in each orchard, also breaking many limbs of other trees. A large elm, which had stood the blasts of probably 100 years, was also uprooted. A woodshed, which Mr. Dean had just completed, was carried several feet from its foundation. LENOX: News was received of the death of John Cameron, at Bradford, McKeen Co., Pa. He was a former resident of this place and was a member of Co. B, 177th Regiment during the Civil War and of Capt. Lyons Post, G.A.R., of Glenwood. HARFORD: Dirt Road Jones, as they call E. E. Jones, of Harford, is trying to get an appropriation to be turned over to the supervisors to be used on all roads. The Sproul bill enumerates some 700 miles of road that will cost about $10,000 a mile, but what will become of the other 90,000 miles of road? The Jones bill provides something for all of the roads. ALSO, Lieut. Andrew Smith, of the U. S. Army, a former Harford Soldier’s Orphan School boy, is located at Fort Houston, Texas NORTH JACKSON: The ground is being broken and the foundation being laid for the building of an annex to the North Jackson Methodist church. The laying of the cornerstone will be observed with appropriate services on Tuesday afternoon, June 6. LYNN, SPRINGVILLE TWP.: Miss Meta Greenwood will open an ice cream parlor in the late Donald Tiffany’s photographic studio, on Saturday afternoon and evening, May 20. FAIR HILL AND FAIRDALE: Temperance meetings, under auspices of [the] County W.C.T.U. and County Remonstrance Committee, will be held Sunday, May 21, at the following places: At Fair Hill M. E. church in the afternoon at the regular hour, and at the Fairdale church in the morning, at the regular hour. Rev. J. A. Hudgins will address both meetings. Subject: “Barabbas, the Robber.” BRIDGEWATER TWP.: Boys searching along the shores of Lake Mont Rose have found many fine Indian arrowheads the past few weeks. One boy picked up four perfectly formed arrowheads one afternoon recently. FOREST CITY: Frank Norvick, age 16, was brought to Montrose on Wednesday afternoon and placed in jail, charged with throwing a tin can at a child named Miehle, cutting him on the head. At a hearing before a local justice a short term was given him. It would seem as though almost too many boys were being sent to Montrose from Forest City on trivial charges and that a stiff reprimand by the justice would produce the same effect. A little fellow, 10 years old, was put in jail a few weeks ago, charged with some mischievous prank. The boy’s father wrote Atty. F. A. Davies and placed the matter in his hands, Mr. Davies securing the boy’s release on habeas corpus proceedings. When the boy was let out he showed little evidence of viciousness, if any, and was several times on the verge of tears. “Frank” took up a collection to pay the boy’s fare home, donated his legal services and seemed satisfied with the case.
From the Desk of the D.A. I attended a local town hall meeting hosted by Congressman Tom Marino a few weeks ago - and I was struck by the questions being asked by some of the folks in the crowd. It demonstrated starkly the problems that our elected officials face when attempting to make hard budget decisions. In the end, if the hard decisions are made by our elected officials, then people are going to be unhappy, frustrated, angry and personally impacted by budget cuts. The first question related to federal funding for Planned Parenthood and Public Television - and the questioner objected to any cuts in funding for those programs. Congressman Marino answered the questions quickly by stating that the government does not have any money, but then went into a more detailed response on his pro-life views as they relate to public funding of Planned Parenthood and his objections to federal monies being used to pay for abortions. I sat there in pure wonderment as I watched this exchange. By any fair measure, the financial situation of this country is teetering on the edge of a terrible abyss. The bond rating for the United States of America was recently lowered - indicating that outside analysts know that our burgeoning federal debt is sinking the creditworthiness of this great nation. We are not only borrowing money that we cannot pay back - but we are simply printing and introducing additional currency into the economy with reckless abandon. These reckless fiscal policies have caused the value of the dollar to fall into a death spiral, which is causing the cost of everything to go up with the primary example being gasoline. Housing prices have collapsed eliminating the most important investment for most of the middle class. The price of gold and silver continues to climb as investors scramble to find some investment that is secure. With these dire financial concerns, the first thing that Congressman Marino had to address was an objection to any cuts in funding to Planned Parenthood. There is not even a Planned Parenthood facility in Susquehanna County - and I am not sure that there is one in Congressman Marino’s entire district! Listen, I know that there are people out there that support Planned Parenthood, but it is a non-profit organization like thousands of other non-profit organizations across this country. The vast majority of these non-profit organizations never get a single dime of federal monies; instead, they raise money through fundraising activities and donations to sustain daily operations. I sit on the Board of several non-profit entities that I believe provide a tremendous service to our community, but I have never expected nor believed that the federal government should be funding our activities. We simply raise the money to sustain our programs. Can Planned Parenthood independently raise money to support its operations? I suspect that the answer to that question is yes, but it is far easier to get the government handout. The only way to truly answer that question is to cut off federal funding. Necessity is the great motivator - and we all know that cutting federal spending is truly necessary. The same analysis relates to the funding of public television and/or radio. Given the number of options for news through television, radio and internet, there is no need for the government to continue funding it. If there is a market for it, then it will sustain itself. If people want to support it, let them support it by sending donations or contributions. The idea of continuing to support public television would be similar to a family in foreclosure continuing to pay the cable bill rather than the mortgage. It makes no sense. Congressman Marino then had to answer a question about social security from a citizen who was objecting to any changes in his social security benefits or programs. This is also a sensitive issue, but as I listened I wondered if that gentleman realized that I already know that my benefits are going to be cut - the Social Security Administration has already told me that I will only receive about 75 percent of the benefits because the government has so horribly mismanaged the social security trust fund. Frankly, I would be surprised if I get one dime from social security - any rational person knows that it not a sustainable program unless some drastic and dramatic changes are made to it. But, then again, every time there are suggestions about reforming social security or any other entitlement program, our elected officials kick the can down the road and make promises that they know the next generation cannot keep. Congressman Marino did his best to explain the reality of the situation, but I don’t think anyone was really listening. As I type, there is a heated debate over whether the United States should raise its debt ceiling again, i.e., take out another credit card knowing that there is no feasible way to pay it back. Here we go again, kicking the can down the road, but the reality is that each kick is a little shorter and the can gets a little heavier. The day will come when there will be no more kicking and, if we wait that long, it will be too late. Please submit any questions, concerns, or comments to Susquehanna County District Attorney’s Office, P.O. Box 218, Montrose, Pennsylvania 18801 or at our website www.SusquehannaCounty-DA.org or discuss this and all articles at http://dadesk.blogspot.com/.
The Healthy Geezer Q. Can you get brain cancer from using a cell phone? The best answer I can give you is from a statement by The National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health: “Interphone, an international collaboration, and the largest study of its kind to date, reported that overall, cell phone users have no increased risk of two of the most common forms of brain cancer - glioma and meningioma. Furthermore, there was no evidence of risk with progressively increasing number of calls, longer call time, or time since the start of the use of cell phones. However, for the small proportion of study participants who used cell phones the most - measured as cumulative call time over their lifetime - there was a suggestion of increased risk of glioma, though the authors call this finding inconclusive.” The study was published online May 17, 2010, in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The 13-country Interphone study looked at cell phone use among more than 5,000 people who developed brain tumors and a similar group of people without tumors. Overall, the study found no link between brain tumor risk and the frequency of calls, longer call time, or cell phone use for 10 or more years. The researchers noted that shortcomings of the study prevented them from drawing any firm conclusions, and that more research was needed. There have been about 30 studies into cell phone use and tumors. These studies have produced similar results. In most studies, patients with brain tumors do not report more cell phone use. Most studies do not show higher risks of brain tumors with increasing cell phone use. Cell phone use began in Europe in the 1980s. It came into widespread use in the United States in the 1990s. The number of cell phone users has increased rapidly. As of 2009, there were more than 285 million subscribers to cell phone service in the United States, according to the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association. This is an increase from 110 million users in 2000. Cell phones use low levels of radiofrequency energy (RF). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have developed guidelines that limit the amount of radiofrequency energy that cell phones are allowed to give off. The RF exposure from cell phones is measured in Specific Absorption Rate (SAR). The SAR measures the amount of energy absorbed by the body. The SAR permitted in the United States is 1.6 watts per kilogram (1.6 W/kg). According to the FCC, this amount is much lower than the level shown to cause any changes in laboratory animals. Every cell phone manufacturer is required to report the RF exposure of each of its phone models to the FCC. The RF waves given off by cell phones don't have enough energy to damage DNA, the nucleic acid that carries the genetic information in cells. Because of this, many scientists believe that cell phones aren't able to cause cancer. Most studies done in the lab have supported this theory. There have been other health concerns about cell phone use. For example, there is a concern that RF waves from cell phones might interfere with medical devices such as heart pacemakers. According to the FDA, cell phones should not pose a major risk for the vast majority of pacemaker wearers. However, people with pacemakers may want to take some simple precautions to help ensure that their cell phones don't cause a problem, such as not putting the phone in a shirt pocket close to the pacemaker. If you have a question, please write to fred@healthygeezer.com.
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