Publisher’s Point Of View
Robert Allan Hooftallen
      For the past several weeks, our rural delivery driver has failed to reach the majority of our subscribers and a couple of our dealers. Our driver was suddenly without a vehicle and it has taken him the better part of three weeks to rectify that situation. While that was certainly not our fault, no...
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Through An ‘Old Timer’s’ Eyes
By Howard ‘Mac’ McDonald
      It saddens me to see the troops in the field who do not have a clue of how to fight a war. It should be mandatory for the leaders to study Patton and learn how a general should act. Attack, attack, attack was his way of keeping the enemy off balance. They do not seem to realize that our enemies are...
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Chamber Plans Revised
      To the editor: In the past three or four years the Special Events Committee of the Chamber of Commerce has been trying to bring back a Christmas tradition that was popular in Emporium 20 years ago -- the drawing of gift certificates on Christmas Corner.
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Trapping Is Cruel
      To The Editor: We read, with great concern, your recent article about the Pa. Game Commission’s misguided promotion of trapping as a means of wildlife control. Trappers worldwide kill millions of raccoons, coyotes, wolves, bobcats, opossums, beavers, otters, and other furbearing animals every y...
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