is deputy grand master of Wyoming "has been a member of the order for moved to Alderson and transferred an honorable veteran’s jewel for his TRY OUR JOB PRINTING. “WE AIM TO SATISFY” = PO G0 a) aD 0 0am 459 ) ES () a) (DO SIC 39 hs ye) 4 eo rea jammer a | READ THE POST i FOR ALL THE i "NEWS OF ; | GREATER DALLAS yh : 2 THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1929 THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR Veteran's Jewel for Odd Fellow © At Baaumont —0— Members of the I. O. O. F. from Truvkscille, Dallas, Sweet Valley, Harvey’s Lake, Noxen, Tunkhannock and Factoryville met with Ahiman Lodge No. 760, Beaumont, recently. Mrs. Loveland and Miss Thomas of Noxen, entertained with piano duets; * Mrs. Miller, of Noxen, with a vocal solo; Miss Mildred Housch, of Lake- ton, recited and Ralph D. Wells of Tunkhannock Lodge No. 699, district ~ County, spoke. Edward Hight of nits, a director of the Sunbury home, de- scribed the work being done at the “home and how the children are cared for. Past District Deputy Steel of Red Jacket Lodge No. 524, Factory- ville, gave a history of the order from the time it was organized in England in 1812. + C. E. Shaver of ‘Harvey’s Lake, gave a history of Beaumont Lodge from the time it was organized in 1872. Robert M. Sims of Factoryville, presented veterans jewels to Fred Odenkershen, of Alderson, and J. M. Hadsall, of Beaumont, both members of Ahiman Lodge. Mr. Odenkershen nearly sixty-three years. He was born in Germany, May 3, 1845 and - came’ to this country at the age of 6. After a journey of eighty-four days he landed .at New York. Ie joined Forest Lodge, No. 251 at White Haven in 1866. In 1896 he his membership to Ahiman Lodge at Beaumont. He was presented with long membership. = Mr. Hadsall was ‘given a veteran’s jewel in recognition of his being a member, for thirty "years. Following the program a dinner] was served in the basement of the Beaumont church by the Ladies’ Aid Society. The committee in charge of the affair was made up of Andrew " Thomas, Charles Goodwin, Alpha Freax, Ellis Meeker and Edward | McDougal. Luzerne County Lawmakers Attend Gov. Reception —0:1— Luzerne County Legislators, some of whom were accompanied by their wives, attended a reception given on Tuesday night by Governor John S. ‘Fisher in the executive mansion on Riverside Drive, Harrishurg, to mem- bers of the Legislature. The Luzerne County members of | the Senate and House of Representa- | tives first attended a dinner given by Temple University to members of the Legislature and then went to the gubernatorial reception. Among the legislators who were ac- companied by their wives were State Senators Andrew J. Sordoni and Lan- ing Harvey, Representatives Albert Aston, Ben Jones, John Hermansen and Willard G. Shortz of this district. 10; HOUSE FOR RENT On Trucksville Carverton road. A six room house, gar- age and Large garden. Inquire Mrs. John McGahren Senator Sordoni Donates Land for Tennis Courts| —i0 i Land for tennis courts has been donated by Senator A. J. Sordoni to the Y. W. C A. near its Blue Triangle Leafs 4 Harvey’s Lake. Two courts are already loaned by Arthur H. Stull. The lodge will be open for wee-ends beginning with May, and for the season on Monday, July 1. Dallas Orchestra Practising At ~ Higgins Inn —:0i— The Dallas Orchestra, which is or- ganized and practising several nights each week have changed their meet- ing place to Higgin’s College Inn. Thom says the boys can have the use of the dining room on Tuesday even- ings which is very much appreciated. The orchestra has been using the hall room of the Witch Kitch Inn through the courtesy of Mrs. Nellie Hislop without charge, but do to con- verting the room into other uses, the change was necessary. The boys are very appreciative to Mrs. Hislop for the privileges they enjoyed while iii Merchant fl —:0i— James R. Oliver was confined to his home the early part of the week with illness. Jim’s absence is always noted when | he is not on the job at his Dodge show rooms. Stricken 11 At Philadelphia —210R=—m the construction of two |: William B. Fine, while on a busi-| ness trip to Philadelphia, was striek- | en ill with Sinus trouble and was en- tered at the Philadelphia Hospital for treatment the past week-end. Hannah Dewitt Dies At Her AT Falls —:0— The death of Mrs. Hannah Fitch DeWitt, widow of the late Andrew M. Dewitt, occurred early Tuesday morn- ing at her home at Falls, Pa., of com- plications. She was born March 19, 1840 at White’s Ferry, Pa. She was a member of the M. E. Church at Falls, having taught the Boys’ Bible Class for fifty-three consecutive years. Mrs. Dewitt is survived by one son, J. Alvin Dewitt, at present county commissioner of Wyoming County, and five grandchildren. Fun- eral services were held from the late residencea t Falls yesterday at 1:30 p. m. with additional services at Falls M. E. Church at 2 p. m. in charge of | Rev. L. M. Davis, Interment was in the family plot in Roberts Cemetery. Visiting Friends : —i0i— Mrs. James Thomas, of town, spent Wednesday and Thursday visiting 118 Carey Avenue Wilkes-Barre friends at Wilkes-Barre and Plym- mouth. ALEMITE oamle Hi-Pressure Greasing and Lubricating GENERAL CAR REPAIRING TSP 8~r—eets J. F. BESECKER CO. Dallas, Pa. “Expenses Must Be Curtailed,” Says Butts —30i— The report of County Controller Harry T. Butts for the year 1928 is made public for the first time on an- other page of this issue of The Post. Tt contains a detailed report of the financial affairs of the county during the past twelve months. Interest in the past year’s report is increased by the insight it gives to the change in the financial status of the county that has been brought about by the sub- stantial decrease in revenue from coal taxes. The total receipts of all kinds dur- ing 1928 were $5,041,166.11. In this amount were temporary loans by the banks of the city, the amount of which for 1928 was $1,850,000. The total disbursement for the same period, including payments of $850,000 on temporary loans, amount- ed to $5,208,742.97. Taking the bal- ance due on temporary loans, the county came to the end of the year with a deficit of $1,017,576.86. Important sources’ of receipts for the year were taxes from collectors, which amounted to $2,688%,760.86; re- ceipts from personal tax amounting to $206,474.52; gasoline - taxes amounting to $138,256.31, and in ad- dition a little over $30, 000 came from fines, costs, ete. During 1928 it cost the county $67,034 to meet interest charges on temporary loans and the bonded in- debtedness. Other outstanding ex- pense items were as follows: Some Expense Items , Court expenses $127,539; election ‘expenses, $156,000; expenses at court house on building and grounds, $123,- 000; State Armory at Westmoor, $93,000; bridge construction, $926,000, maintenance and repair of bridges, $65,000; new road construction, $526,- 000; road damages, $208,000; main- tenance of roads, $889,000; charities and correction, s $179,000; Kis. Lyn School, $91,000; tuberculosis patients, | $109,000; county officials and clerks, | $485,000. Payments on the Market Street bridge amounted to $836,000 and the the county $176,000. Another large | relocation of the Trucksville road cost expense during the past year came in payments by the county for- road damages. These damages in 1928 amounted to $208,000. only half the damage claims met, there has been paid on the Trucks- ville new highway $135,000. This means that the property damages along this road will amount to more than a quarter of a million dollars. ; Unusual Items During 1928 the district attorney’s office was unusually expensive, the disbursements by that office amount- ing to more than $81,000. The cost of fighting the coal companies on tax matters has also been expensive, the | expenditures in the various court ac- tions amounting to more than $37,- 000. The coal companies still owe the county for taxes assessed against coal holdings $1,184,000. Whether or not this tax can ever be collected de- pends on the Supreme Court. The belief is quite general that the coun- ty will not gain a complete victory in this litigation. For the year 1928 the coal compan- ies are withholding 22 1-2 per cent of the taxes levied against their holdings. This amounts to $880,000. The appeal from the assessment has not been completed and no one is yet in position to predict what will hap- pen. Owing to this unsettled finan- cial condition it is expected that there will be a big curtailment in the 1929 program of expenditures. 100 Local Man Busy Altering Store Room —0— ; ‘John Sullivan is pn these days remodelling the rear por- tion of his building on Main Street. John has made the front store room into an exceptionally attractive place, and has held several social affairs. 0; - We are sorry to hear that the fam- ily of Sterling G. and Maude E. Jen- kins have been ill with the grip for the past two weeks. .. First Harry who is well and attending school and then Maude, who is well again. Wil- liam, he is very much improved at this writing. Dr. Swartz attended. — AUCTIONEERING— d C. O. Brown, Centremoreland 5 Call Gay’s Store =~ Bell Phone 11-R-7 Controller’ S Statement In This Issue — 0: Sai County Controller Butts, who has issued the yearly controller’s state- ment, showing receipts and expendi- tures for Luzerne County the past year, is publishing same in this issue of The Post. The Post appreciates the Controll- er’s action in selecting this paper as a good representative of the press for the rural section. Controller Butts, in a statement to The Post, which appears in another section of this paper, clearly states that expenses must be curtailed this coming year. Lehman Man Injured When Car Skids — 0: en John Perkins, of Lehman, Salta several broken ribs and possible in- ternal injuries Thursday when hig automobile skidded on the icy pave and went over an embankment on the Lake Silkworth road. Perkins was extricated from beneath the over- turned automobile and taken to his home where a physician was sum- moned. Perkins was on his way to work at the time. . Death of Mrs. Floyd Spencer —_0 Mrs. Floyd Spencer, of formerly of this pla eral Hospital on M of complications following the birth of a son on Sunday. Mr. Spencer had been ill for several weeks with pneumonia and pleurisy. Mrs. Spencer, before marriage was Miss Alta Myers, of Hop Bottom, Pa. and was married to Floyd, Spen- cer in September, 1914... She is sur- lowing children, the oldest of whom is 14 years of age, the youngest three, Viola, Dorothy, Ervin, Clyde, Reba and Cora Jane. The infant born on Sunday did not live, also a sister, Mrs. Hazel Baird Already, with | {and Mrs. Charles Bickham of Beau- | ments were authorized: ‘| the new building were "discussed, in- of Nanticoke. : Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. H. Harris at the home of Mr. mont on Wednesday afternoon and interment was in Beaumont Ceme- tery. : Eastern Star To Hold Dance —:0:— Several young people about town are planning to attend the annual card party and dance of the Eastern Star which will be held February 22, at Irem Temple. Rotary Holds Business Meet —:0:— Dallas Rotary held its monthly business meeting on Thursday even- ing. Several applications for mem- bership were presented. Bert Stroh presented a biography on Doctor Swartz. \ Local School Local Fi Fruit table discussions. vived by her husband and the. fol-| Board Meets: —:0— At the meeting of the school board | Tuesday night report was made of | receipts of $872.30 from 1928 taxes, and $1,142.45, State appropriation. Treasurer Brickel reported 316,- 185.64 on hand. The following pay- Dommer- muth & Co. certificate No. 5, new building, $8,690.60; R. L. Hallock, payment No. 2, new building, $4,500; J. H. Frantz, coal, $98.75. Bids for electric light fixtures were opened as follows: Paul B. Shaver, $270; Gunster and Messer- smith, $285 The contract was awarded to Mr. Shaver. Various questions pertaining to cludings ome criticism, and action taken to correct such items as pos- sible without much expense. The board decided to postpone the official public opening of the school until Saturday, April 20. Actual use of the building will begin as soon as ready which will be in a short time, —:0 —AUCTIONEERING— 0. Brown, Centremoreland Call Gay’s Store Bell Phone 11-R-7 Growers Are Té Lead Discussions —:0:— A number of local apple growers will assist in the annual meeting of the Fruit Growers, which will be held at the Carverton Grange Hall on Tuesday, February 12th. The Carverton Grange Hall is lo- cated four miles west of Wyoming on the county concrete highway leading off from Eighth Street, Wyoming. A very interesting program has been planned for the morning session at 10 a. m. and the afternoon ses- sion at 1:30 p. m. At noon a dinner will be served by the ladies of the Carverton Grange at a nominal sum (it will be good, I know). cured the services of Mr. Edgar Bauer, a magician, who will entertain from 1:00 to 1:30 p. m. We trust that all the county fruit SrOWers ‘will attend this interesting program, and enter into the round If you have any serious disease and insect damage on your apples and don’t really know what they are, please bring the af- fected apples to the meeting. Also if -you don’t know whether you have European Red Mite in your orchard, bring along a handful of fruit spurs and, have them examined. Dallas Ladies ae Aid To Meet The Dallas Ladies’ Aid Society will meet at the home of Mrs. Elmer Par- rish on February 14th. Emma Shaver, Mrs. Hefft, Mrs. William Carle, Mrs. Earl Carle, Mrs. J. H.| Frantz, Mrs. Ralph Rood are on the serving committee. i Everyone should try and be pres- ent. Th 0} ~Valentine Party —0— The Rotary Anns of town are giv- ing a valentine party to Dallas Ro- tarians on Thursday evening next. The affair will be held at the Witch Kitch Inn. * 0: Entertains —10i— Miss Esther Williams entertained over the week-end at her home in Idetown. A very pleasant time was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. Thom Higgins, Mr. [and Mrs. G. Harold Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. James Besecker, Mr. and Mrs. C. Herman Ellsworth, Miss Esther Williams, Mrs. Williams and Frank’ Tropea. : : A Dallas Caller dB Miss Bessie Stroh, of Shavertown, spent Thursday with Mrs. Zel Gar- inger of town. E —:0: Clam Bake at Swallo Inn —_—0 i The male members of St. Theres Ss Parish are holding a clam bake at Swallo’s Inn this evening. Admis- sion is fifty cents which entitles one to a fine lunch. Clams and refreshments will be sold in Gane desired. In addition we have se- | Foems “where the proj “Recognition,” 1 see by the report of the Dallas’ correspondent of the Wilkes- Barre Record that Mister Waters devised a schedule for seating in the various departments of the new school build- | ing. = Now, we are to be congratulated upon having a man in our midst so : endowed with mechanical engineering that he is able to allot with preserib- ed ingenuity, the correct location and graduation of fifty or a hundred seats in our public school, and what makes it still more complex is, that many. of the seats are movable and can be and will be pushed around by the teachers and pupils to suit they convenience. i The correspondent omitted to men- tion that at the same meeting a ma jority on the board agreed to bu over twenty-two hundred dollar, worth of seats, desks and chairs; wi the obligation to pay for the same the fifteenth of next October, when, it is assumed they will have more. money to spend. Along with thiss eating deal’ ‘the proposed to turn in all our double seats that are in good condition and » that | cost when new from eight to ten dollars apiece at the nomina value of $1.25 each, turning ned amount on then ew single seats at $12.50 each making them equivalent to a double seat, thereby costin $25.00. Now, this business to me looks like rank needless extravagants, and is similar to the policy of the merchant that sold suits that cost $10.000 for an even $8.00, remarking, that “The only way to keep ahead was to 40 lots of that kind of business.” There is no law in the school code compelling the: sale of old seats or desks, whens they are sound, solid, sanitary and in good conditiog I have spent many yeg desks Rete, wold y ury. This incurring al be paid the next fish pa having prepared for the sam annual budget, is to me just the limit, and a surcharge mighic be ¥ suggested by some taxpayer who does not approve of the adopted plan. The construction, the arrangement, the appearance and a statement of the dwindling resources, and the lia- bility of the schoel district I willl parade as soon as I can gather the data concerning the same; but I might add that up to the present time we have spent $53,208.50 and the end is not yet in sight. Ji I am not solicited or encouraged by the editor of this paper to present this case, but I accept his invitation to offer anything and everything that pertains to the management, environ- ment and encouragement in the cor- rect functioning, of this, our village of Dallas. _ MORRIS, 10: ) New Dodges = On Display — +0 ee When passing on Main Street in - the evening one is immediately at- tracted to theb eautiful window and show room display of our local Dodget ; dealer, Jim Oliver. Jim sure presents to the public, the last word in lighting effects. Jim reports twelve sales of Dodges dur ing the month of January. R2 1—Model 52, all in one 1—Model 40, Console 1—Model 20, less tubes 2—Model 30, less tubes 2—Model 33, less tubes 1—Model 35, less tubes 1—Radiola, No. 28, OLIVER'S BELL PHONE 239-R-2 ATWATER KENT RADIO MID-SEASON’S SPECIALS 1—Model 42, desk cabinet BATTERY SETS 1—Model 30, complete with A & B Eliminator, Speaker and Tubes Tubes, Batteries and Speaker ert % 65.00 $15.00 Sadi $ 49.00 $ 20.00 She $ 68.00 $ 35.00 MRR $ 49.00 $ ie Li $ 50.00 Console with Sn $ 45.00 4 —— Regular Sale Price Price ened $139.50 $125.00 nde $180.00 $135.00 hh $155.00 $125.00 GARAGE, DALLAS, PENNA.
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