White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1928-01-06
IF CARNEY SAYS THEY
CAN'T PASS THEY DON'T.
New Road Blocked by Home
of Football Star.

Scranton, Pa.-Johnny Carney, hero
of the Yale-Dartmouth football game
and Old Ellis latest football luminary,
came by his stubborn fighting spirit
naturally.
Especially the stubborn part.
That unshakable will to do that sent
him crashing time after time through
the Dartmouth line when every men,
Der of the big Green team was mutter-
ing, "He shall not pass; that deter
mination that he wouldn't and that
conviction that he couldn't be stopped,
are natural heritage.
Stubbornness is an outstanding trait
Of the Garvey family, as witness what
was going on at home while Johnny
was booting the football around for
his alma mater.
Garvey halls from the borough Of
Moosic, suburb of Scranton. The
| road between Scranton and Wilkes
Barre, which passes through Johnny's
home town, long has been described as
one of the worst in the state. For
years and years motorists have spilled
more cuss words to the mile on this
road than there are freckles on
turkey egg.
Then new road was planned that
was to provide direct route over
concrete. But the powers that be,
even as the Dartmouth football team,
reckoned without the name of Carney.
Try and Get 1t.
The Garvey homestead lay in the
path of the proposed road. A Carney
had built the home as years ago, and
Garvey lived in it ever since. And
when q Garvey makes up his mind to
keep anything, whether it be football
or three-story frame dwelling, try
and get it from him.
When the new road was laid out q
board Of viewers appraised the prop
erty and set a valuation on it. This,
the borough of Moosic claimed, was
excessive and refused to pay. The
[ borough officials have taken an appeal
0 to the Superior court and have filed
!. exceptions to proceedings which went
on two years ago.
=. Meanwhile, the Carney home stands
:. on it's original site.
The new road leads right up to Its
very back door, and there stops alb
l. ruptly. In order to pass the Garvey
barn a piece half the width Of the
!. road for the length Of the barn was
n left out. In this niche the barn sets
. complacently as of yore. To pass the
:. Garvey house the motorist is com
= PEELED to detour through. a 15-foo
. alley running alongside the building.
IS The Pennsylvania department o
q highways has shown how it feels abou
le the matter by posting sign In from
Q. of the building at the point where tn
highway halts by reason Of the OF
l., struction and the detour begins, reaC
:, ing:
~ "This highway will be completed q
~ soon as the Moosic borough author
" ties remove the house in the middle {
ne the road.
LII PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT
OF OF HIGHWAYS"
os Family Is Undisturbed.
III Members of the Carney family, an
y especially Johnny's mother, are as III
ia perturbed over the matter as they ar
II, over Johnny's successes on the grit
=. iron. Mrs. Garvey is quiet, mothe
- ly woman, happy in her boys success
~ but seeing nothing in it over which
" make q fuss.
w She was asked how she felt thu
'ea memorable Saturday afternoon whe
na Johnny got his chance In the Oar
ill mouth game and made good with sue
OF vengeance.
II was busting around here in IL
living room," she said, "and thougl
n I'd see what was on the radio. l tune
M it on and the first words heard wei
nd 'Garvey's got the ball. SO l tuned
w off quickly.
OF "When Bill (Johnny's father) can
Id home he said, Did you hear abo1
3D. the gamer
Die 81 said, NO
-. "He said, Johnny made two touc
&c downs
- "But / didn't see anything to 6
much excited about in that. Oh,
or course, l was glad he got his chan'
re- and made good. But 1t was," and 81
laa gave a deprecating laugh, 1T WI
lis what expected John to do. He's
ity fine boy in his classwork, as well as
q football, and that means more to q
~ than anything else"
And her brown eyes twinkled ma