Evening star., 1948-06-27
Neiehbors Leave
Hoying to Greet
Him at Station
By the Associoted Press

I
thusiastic, honey reception from
1000 fellow townsmen.
Farmer Tom" dog-tired, arrived
In this quiet Dutchess County viii
rage on special train from Phila-
delphia.
More than 1000 of his neighbors
cheered and applauded as the COP
standard bearer appeared on the
observation car platform with Mrs.
Dewey and their sons, Thomas, jr.,
and John M.
Many Called Him Tom
AS he stepped slowly from the
train he was surrounded by towns
men with hands extended. Many of
them called him Tom"
A 2-year old girl named Margaret
Ann Gree stepped up and shyly
gave Mrs. Dewey a bouquet of
flowers.
At the side Of the wooden rail-
road station the Deweys chatted
leisurely with their neighbors, then
stepped into an open car. They
were home at last.
Down the main street, fianked
with tall elms, the Deweys rode
at the head of procession OF auto
mobiles and the fire department S
motorized equipment. Gray-clad
state troopers on motorcycles furn-
ished the escort.
The party rode two miles to Trim
ity Pawling School atop Quaker Hill,
overlooking a lush green valley,
There, halfway down the slope OF the
hill, stood hastily constructed plat
form. decorated with red, white and
crepe paper,
A Balcony Right Off.
Massed in front Of the platform
were several hundred more neigh
bors. most of whom were not at the
railroad station.
Mayor John A. Sheridan, DEM
ocrat, called on the assemblage to
sing the National Anthem. The
Wassaic State School Boys band
played.
Then Lowell Thomas. radio COM
mentator and Gov. DeWey's neigh
Dor, stepped to the front.
He said the platform was really
designed as a balcony, and, recalling
that President Truman recently had
one built at the White House, added
that the Deweys might as well get
used to a balcony Immediately.
James Stark, a farmer, presented
Gov Dewey as the next President
of the United States.
Raised $1,000 for Dewey.
I'VE appreciate your approach to
farming problems he continued,
land we are proud to welcome you
as a fellow farmer
Gov. Dewey, smiling broadly, and
obviously glad to be back in these
upstate hills, said:
You are the most wonderful
neighbors in the world and l hope
I may be your good neighbor for
all the years to come
This village is Democratic. But
the folks here got together several
weeks ago and raised more than
$1,000 which they gave to Gov.
Dewey for his campaign.
Gov Dewey thanked them for
their contribution. He said:
Il will never be able to tell you
the depth of my gratitude and en-
barraSsment when l found my
friends and neighbors were raising
a fund for my convention head
quarters at Philadelphia
A Neighbor Is Praised.
Mrs. Dewey, clad in gray suit
dress and wearing a pert green hat,
called to the Governor from her
seat on the platform.
Gov. Dewey listened for moment
and turned back to the audience:
Mrs Dewey has told me to tell
you that the money was spent on
nv main convention headquarters
In the ballroom Of my hotel.
There never was another one
like it. It was the most wonderful
headquarters ever run. 1t was run
entirely by women.
Gov. Dewey praised one Of the
directors of the enterprise, MIS-.
Carl Hogan, a personal friend and
PaWling nelghbor.
The Governor recalled that Dem
cratic PaWling always had given HIM
smashing majoritieS" in all his
election contests and added:
They meant more to me than
any vote I ever got any place in the
United States
Given Three Rousing Cheers"
He spoke of the terrifying pros
pect that it shall fall to the Re-
publican ticket to take the lead in
the cause of peace
IT hope we shall be able to bring
to the Government he went on, "a
philosophy and a group of people
who have not forgotten the farms
and the small towns of this country
Here I have found a leisure. a
generosity and an understanding
you don't often find in the con-
gested cities. Here we take time
to think and listen to the other fel-
lows point of view"
The crowd responded to Thomas
call for three rousing cheers for
the First Lady and for Governor
Dewey"
Tomorrow at II m. the DeWeys
will attend services at the COM
munitv church. The Governor said
he would loaf the rest of the day
and perhaps go down to see his
herd of 56 COWS around milking
time
Pawling's little cluster Of shops
and stores closed down and farmers
called a halt to their haying to
drive in for the ceremonies.
Gov. Dewey, who spends much of
his time here when not in Albany.
bought his 300-acre farm, Dapple-
mere. in 1887. He has been de-
scribed by his neighbors as a good
farmer whose fields are well kept
and whose herds show the result
of good management
The Deweys country residence
is an old, 12-room house. painted
white and framed by ancient shade
trees.
The Governor will return to
Albany early next week.