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DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA,
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1929
FOR ALL THE
NEWS OF
GREATER DALLAS
Grade School
Children Give
Spring Program
Drills, Plays, Marches, Readings
Make Up Varied Program Given
Before Small Audiences
Grade school children of Dallas
Borough schools presented an excellent
program Tuesday afternoon and eve-
ning before students, parents and
friends in the new high school audi-
torium.
Drills, plays, songs, readings and
dances were carefully executed. Color-
ful costumes were featured in many
of the numbers. From the beginning
to the end there was not a hitch in
the entire program, speaking well for
the training the children had received
at the hands of their teachers. The
program was as follows:
‘Welcome Everybody, fifth and sixth
grades; recitation, “The Ragged Man,”
James Evans; operetta, “Little Folk
in Green,” second and third grades;
sunflower drill, third and fourth
grades; songs, third and fourth
grades; play, “The Bremen Musician,”
first’ grade; daisy. drill, third and
fourth grades; shadow play, “Hey! Ho!
the Prince,” fifth grade; song, “The
Little Fiddle Boys,” second and third
grades: play, “Sleeping Beauty,” first
and second grades; play, “The Bank of
England,” fifth grades; song, “Rock-a-
ve GQirls,” second and third grades;
drill, “John Brown's Ten Little In-
juns,” sixth grade; song, “Good Night,
Folks,” all grades.
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Borough Schools
Close Tuesday
With Program
Sol
Rotary Club Presentation To Be Fea-
ture of This Year’s Closing Exer-
cises
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Dallas Borough schools will close
for the year with a special program
Tuesday night in high school audi-
tétium. One of the features of the
evening will ‘be the presentation of
the Rotary Club cup to the highest
ranking student in the high school. I.
A. McHenry will make the presenta-
tions.
The evening's pregram will feature
playlets, readings and musical® num-
bers. The program will be as follows:
“A Real Old-Fashioned Welcome,”
school; © “The. Garden,” recitation,
Dorothy Moore; “The First Day of
School,” ’a playlet by students; Ro-
tary Club presentation, L. A. McHenry;
“Bake That Chicken Pie, Boys;” “Don’t
Forget to Come Again,” by the school.
Junior Baseball
Team Organized
At Shavertown
A Junior baseball team, made up
of boys ranging in age from twelve
to fourteen years, is being organized
at Shavertown, The team is practicing
and expects to win many games be-
fore the close of the season this Fall.
Squire Malkemes, “Red” Swartz and
Charlte Ayers are sponsors of the
team. They have asked those who
have baseball bats, gloves and balls
to contribute them to the team.. Dur-
ing the summer season several socials
will be run to help pay for the sup-
port of the team. Uniforms will be
purchased and the team entered in
local and State contests.
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Alumni To
.
Hold Dinner
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Alumni of Noxen high school will
hold their first annual alumni dinner
Tuesday night in the Methodist
Church house. A special program. of
music and addresses by former stu-
dents and teachers has been arranged.
The affair is being sponsored by the
Junior class. Advance ticket sale in-
dicates that there will be a large
crowd in attendance.
MEMORIAL DAY SPEAKER
CLARENCE A. BOSTON
Cashier of the Tanners Bank of
Noxen, who was the principal
speaker at Memorial Day servioes
at Centremoreland.
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300 Attend
Memorial Program
at Centremoreland
Decoration of Graves, Addresses and
Special Fogram Features
of the Day
More than 300 persons attended the
Memorial Day program held at Cen-
tremoreland under the auspices of the
Grange, Daughters of America and Jr.
O. U.. A, M.
During the morning ‘there was a
memorial program at the cemetery
with decoration of the graves of the
GAL TR,
At noon the Ladies’ Aid Society of
the Methodist Church served dinner
in the church hall,
The afternoon program was held in
the Grange hall. G. H. Geist, worthy
master of the Grange, was master of
ceremonies. There were special selec-
tions by the women’s quartet and
men’s trio. . C. A. Boston, cashier of
the Tanners Bank of Noxen, was the
speaker of the afternoon. fn
The program: America, audience;
invocation, Rev. Munyun; selections,
ladies’ quartet; reading, Frank Brown;
reading, Ethel Shook; reading, Janet
Thomas; reading, Leland Gay; read-
ing, Blanche Howell; address, C. A.
Boston; benediction, Rev. DMunyon.
Members of the ladies’ quartet were
Mrs. James Winters, Mrs. Zelda Gay,
Ophelia Race and Mrs. Harry Daily.
Members of the men’s trio were Theo-
dore Grey, Stanley VanScoy and C. S.
Schoonover.
Members of the general committee:
Mrs. Eugenia Shook, Mrs. S. A. Van-
Scoy, Mrs. Albert Raee, Mrs. Waiter
Besteder, Mrs. Stanley Corby, Mrs.
Eva Brundage, Leland Gay, Clarence
Besteder and Wayne Weaver.
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RETURNS FROM FISHING TRIP
John L. Sullivan, Burgess Harry An-
derson and Prof. F. F. Morris were up
to Nigger Pond on Wednesday last
and came home with a nice mess of
catfish. The boys reported that when
they started home over two hundred
machines were parked around the
three dams, all occupants either fish-
ing or making preparations to spend
the night there fishing. This hot
weather sure has brought out the
fishermen.
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Mentioned For Auditor
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Morgan Wilcox of town has been
mentioned for the office of auditor.
Morgan would make an exceptionally
fine candidate and would make an
honest, conscientious and real andit.
Better run, Morgan.
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“Abie” Morris is back at Charley
Gregory's store again, taking charge of
the men’s department.
Much Mors
It Is more easy to be wise for oth
ers than for ourselves.
Bring your
Ford here!
Ford
spection at $1.50.
We'll oil and grease it at a low price and help you to
keep it in the very best running order at all times. All
labor billed at low, flat rate.
arts. Specially trained mechanics who take
pride 1n doing a good job.
New Ford Coupe
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$550
(F.C.B. Detroit)
We use only genuine
Ask about the Special In-
J. F. Besecker CO
Lake St. Dallas, Pa
BD. S. 16
Cappelini Cottage
At Lake Burns
Thought To Be the Work of Foes
of the Late Mine Workers’
President
The beautiful cottage of Rinaldo
Cappelini, past president of the United
Mine Workers in this district, burnea
to the ground early Tuesday morning.
Authorities are investigating the re-
port of a fisherman who was fishir®,
on the shores of the Lake nearby, that
he saw two - men in a high powered
automobile drive out of the Cappelini
driveway immediately after smoke was
seen coming from the building.
Only a few months ago a brand new
Cadillac automobile was stolen from
Mr. Cappelini which was never found.
Dallzs School
Directors Fix
Tax Millage
Favoring Increased Taxes
Temporary Indebtedness, Some
Directors Disagree On Liquidating
At a special meeting on Monday
night the school board, assisted by
Mr. Doll. and Mr. Bowen, went over
the financial situation for next year
and after several hours deliberation
fixed the millage at the same rate as
last year, 25 mills, with the per capita
tax of $5.
Directors Morris and Waters sub-
mitted separate budget estimates
which each ‘totalled approximately
$20,000 for operating expenses for next
year. Secretary Besecker and Messrs.
Morris and Waters were appointed as
a budget committee to compare the
proposed budgets with the expenses
for the present year and submit a cor-
rected report at the next meeting.
There was considerable difference of
opinion among the directors as to how
the board's temporary indebtedness
should be liquidated. During the fis-
cal year just closing the board has ex-
pended about $1,000 for renewals and
alterations to old building and about
$60,000 for the new building About
$41,000 of this amount was covered by
bonds, leaving about $20,000 to ‘be
raised by taxation The present fiscal
year wil close with about $13,000 out-
standing Much of this is offset by
State appropriations applicable to
this year remaining unpaid, taxes not
yet collected, and cash on hand
* Several of the directors were in
favor of raising the tax to provide
suficient revenue to wipe out all the
short term indebtedness thereby
eliminating the interest charges, which
in the long run would bé a substantial
saving. Others held that the tax bur-
den is now plenty heavy enough and
that the debt should be paid oft over a
period of years to avoid any increase
in the millage.
The present millage will permit the
payment of several thousand dollars
each year.
Roat Hardware
Opens New Store
In an advertisement in another
section of this issue the Roat Hard-
ware Company announces the opening
of its new store at 729 Wyoming ave-
nue, Kingston. For the third: time. in
less than three years this young
energetic firm is moving to new and
larger quarters. This time into its
own building, the one on Wyoming
avenue formerly occupied by Ira Win-
ter’s dairy.
The members of the firm are well
known to local persons. They have
been associated in the hardware busi-
ness for a number of years. Stuart
Major of Kingston was formerly a
resident of Noxen. Harry and Arthur
Roat and Clayton Jones have many
friends in this vicinity. An interesting
coincidence is that the two Roat boys
and Mr. Major were all former mem-
bers of the United States flying corps
and are now associated .in business
together.
During the official opening of the
store all this week there will be spe-
cial demonstrations- of paints, elec-
trical equipment and hardware sup-
plies. Each visitor to the store will
be given souvenirs and at the end
of the week there will be more than
fifty prizes awarded to persons who
have visited the store during the week.
Included in the prizes are breakfast
nook sets, electrical equipment,
mechanics tools and two score other
prizes.
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LOCAL REFEREE ACTIVE IN
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
Local Referee Asa E. Lewis is quite
active among his friends oa behalf of
C. Murray Turpin, the Republican
candidate for Congress. Mr. Lewis
feels that the only way this con-
gressional district will receive any
recognition whatsoever in Washington
is to return a congressman of the ma-
jority party. While sentiment is only
lukewarm in regard to the election in
most parts of the county, the agricul-
tural districts are planning to return a
big vote.
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MEMORIAL DAY SPEAKER
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Z. R. Howell, supervising pricipal of
Kingston Township schools, was the
principal speaker Thursday at the
Memorial Day services held at New
Columbus. The program was under
the direction of the six churches of
the community. Gregory's orchestra
furnished music. 0
Dallas Council
Fixes Millage
To Retain Old Millage and To Start
Repair Of Roads—One To Be
Hard Surfaced
The local borough council met Tues-
day evening with all present with the
exception cof Stevens.
After some discussion it was decided
to fix the millage at the same rate as
last year, to-wit, fifteen mills general
borough; three and one-half mills for
light, and three and one-half mills for
sinking fund.
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Hot Weather
Stimulates Crop
Growth In State
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Most Plantings Coming Along in Good
Shape—Early Potatoes Grow
Rather Slowly
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The week was generally fair with a
goodly amount of sunshine. The soil
dried out to a good workable condition
and field work made fair to good pro-
sress. The week began cool with
frost in many places, but was gen-
erally seasonable during the middle
and latter portions, and crop growth
was stimulated to a eonsiderable ex-
tent. Corn planting is nearly finished
in the central and southeastern
counties, is in full swing in the west-
central and southwestern counties, an
is just getting well under way along
the ncrthern border Early plantings
are coming up a little unevenly, but
generally a good stand Winter wheat
and rye are heading and are generally
promising The grain shows a heavy
growth of straw in most places Oats
is a little backward in some places, but
generally in fair to good condition and
will improve rapidly with higher tem-
peratures Pastures and meadows are
mostly good, and are reported as very
fine in some sections Early potatoes
continue to grow rather slowly and
unevenly 3
The planting of the main crop con-
tinues in most sections, and is well
advanced in the southeastern counties.
Truck crops are still somewhat back-
ward, but improved during the week.
They are generally in a healthy condi-
tion and need only higher temperatures
to bring a good growth. Tobacco plant-
ing has begun in a few places, and for
the State as a whole are considerably.
better than last year. Pears -and
cherries are not so good Strawberries
have been nipped by frost in some
localities, but for the State as a whole
they are generally promising. Black-
berries seem to be good to excellent.
The week as a whole was the most
favorable of any during the month of
May.
Post Dollar
Campaign Off
To Good Start
A number of boys and girls got their
five free Post Gold Dollars from the
Post Gold Dollar Man this week and
School Districts o
Hildredth Kocher
Party Guest
A: surprise party was held at the
heme of Mrs. Harry Hoover on Mon-
day evening, May 27, celebrating the
fifteenth birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Kocher’s granddaughter, Hildredth
Kocher. .
Games were played and an evening
of enjoyment was had by all and
luncheon was served to the following:
Beatrice Kocher, Jessie Kocher, Vivian
Kocher, Ella Crispell, Emma Moyer,
Josephine Higgins, Esther Jackson,
Dorothy Baer, Vineta Baer, Celestine
Kocher, Lela ‘Crispell, Dorothy
Kocher, Hildredth Kocher, James
Montrose, Thomas Traver, George
Smith, Grover Anderson, Dorman
Kocher, Hilbert + Moyer, Torrence
Herbert Moyer, Emmet Moyer, Ray-
mond Grey, Claude Grey, Ernest Baer,
Millard Kocher, Glendean Kocher,
Leslie Kocher, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Hoover and sons, Ellis and Warren,
Mrs. Gordon Kocher, Mrs. Fred Cris-
pell, Mr. Atlee Kocher and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hoover.
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Auxiliary Picnic
Next Friday the annual picnic of
the Shavertown Branch of the Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital will be held at the
home of Mrs. Margaret Hildebrant on
Norton avenue, Dallas. Each mem-
ber is requested to bring a knife, fork,
spoon, plate and cup and saucer, sand-
wiches or a covered dish of some sort.
A god time is in store for all.
Rev. and Mrs. Webster entertained
friends from Germantown Decoration
Day.
There will be a regular practice of
the orchestra at Higgins’ College Inn
Tuesday evening of this week.
Cease Stevens, Fred Turpin, John
Girvan, Loren Eduards spent Tuesday
and Wednesday fishing at Jennings-
ville.
Frederick Turpin, Jr., has accepted
a position at Besecker’s Garage.
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Mr. and Mrs. dison Woolbert and
son, Addison, have returned from West
Chester after attending the graduation
exercises at West Chester State
Teachers’ College. Miss Marie Wool-
bert was a member of this year’s class.
Mrs. Georgia Patterson and Mrs.
Laura Patterson have been attending
commencement at ‘West Chester,
where Miss Dorothy was a member of
the senior class.
Mr. and Mrs. George Gaertner enter-
tained the latter’s sister from Pittston
on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gebhardt and
family left Tuesday evening with
members of the Irem Temple for a
three weeks’ trip to California. Mr.
Gebhardt is general chairman of the
transportation committee.
Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Lapp had as
their guest this week Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Ross of ‘Pittsburg, parents of
Mrs. Lapp.
Frank Tropee of the Dallas Hard-
ware Company, spent Memorial Day
with his mother in Philadelphia.
The condition of E. G. Stevens, who
is in the Homeopathic Hospital, is
about the same.
Robert Hislop, eGorge Gaertner and
are now hard at work getting sub-
scriptions so that they can be Gold
Dollar millionaires and win many of
the fine prizes ooffered by the Dallas
Post, Inc.
The first boy to win a Meade
bicycle is Robert May of Noxen.
Bobbie is a real hustler and expects
to get a fishing tackle outfit and other
prizes as soon as he can get a few
more Post Gold Dollars.
The results to date are very pleas-
ing. The Post is getting many new
subscribers and boys and girls are get-
ting just the prizes they want without
feeling that they have to beat some
other boy or girl or run a race to get
their prize. =
Many boys and girls are not yet
aware of the ease with which they can
win a Collie or Police dog puppie, a |
Meade bicycle, wrist watch, camping
outfit or others of the dozens of prizes
that the Post Gold Dollar Man has
for them. i
Thomas Higgins were on the jury
duty this week.
Mrs. James Besecker is convalescing
at her home on Lake street.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Gebhardt and
family spent the week-end at Easton
visiting Mrs. Gebhardt’s mother.
‘Dr. and Mrs. George Swartz and
Nancy Low spent ‘the forepart of the
week at State College, visiting Dr.
Swartz’s mother and father.
George HH. Stephens and children,
Ardath and Haig, and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Northrope and son Kenneth of
Scranton spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Thom Higgins.
Dr. and Mrs. McDonald ad family
of Hazleton spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Gebhardt.
Miss KEsther and Susan Williams of
Idetown spent a few days recently
visiting at Hershey, Pa.
Miss Eleanore Murphy,
been ill, is much improved.
who has
The best way to win a prize is to
get started in the campaign now.. No
matter whether a boy or girl gets one,
a dozen or one hundred subscribers, he
or sha is sure tp win some prize.
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Former Trucksvile Boy Breaks Neck
Rel ha
Andrew Mahler, Jr. age 17 of Eley
St. Kingston, a former Trucksvile Boy
died yesterday morning at his home,
the first swimming victim of the
season.
The death occurred fifteen hours
after he had dived into shallow
water at Sandy Beach, Harvey's Lake,
Memorial Day. Young Mahler was an
expert swimmer. He and several
members of his family went to Sandy
Beach on Memorial Day to enjoy the
cooling waters.
He dove into the water and a short
time later dove again. Coming t8& the
surface he complained of an injury to
his neck. He was immediately taken
to his home in Forty Fort. Dr. Baker
was called into consultation with Dr.
Davenport who decided that the youth
had fractured the vertabrae in his
neck, Death occured at 8:20 the follow-
ing morning.
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Forty Mile An Hour Speed Limit
ps
TODAY, it is legal to travel forty
miles per hour over Pennsylvania
Highways. The law fixing the limit
at forty miles per hour went into
effect last night at Midnight.
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High Ranking Students In The Six
To Receive Rotary Club Trophy.
THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
f Greater Dallas
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Presentations Will Be Made With
Appropriate Ceremonies at the
Commencement Exercises in the Five
Districts This Week ’
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| PLAN KEPT SECRET
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Carrying out a .plan proposed an
adopted several months ago, Dallas
Rotary Club will present high scholar
ship trophies to the ranking students
in each of the Six schools of the
upper West Side district. RI
Up until this week the plan of giv. A
ing away scholarship trophies has been
kept a secret. Students have had no.
information concerning the plan. If
was thought best by the club to follow
this procedure in order that the
trophies might be. awarded to the
natural workers in the schools and not
to those who might put on last minut
efforts to win. The faculties of
various schools were informed of th
nlan some time’ ago. ox
Schools where the trophies will be
awarded are Dallas Borough, Dalla
Township, Kingston Township, Leh-
man Township, Lake Tounship and
Noxen,
The awards will be engraved with
the seal of Dallas Rotary Club ana
with the name of the students to
by the local club that these trophies
will stimulate interest in high scholar-
ship and will stimulus toward
development of better students and
better schools in this vicinity
All of the schools in this territory
close this week and presentations will
be made at commencement exercises
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In observance of the fourth anni-
versary of the Women’s Auxiliary of
he Lutheran Church special features
are being planned. The meeting. wil
be held at®the home of Mrs. Jacob
Rau on Wednesday evening, June 5, at
8 p. m. All charter members are
urged to be present, together with the
newer members, to greet Mrs. Russe
Stien, the founder of the society. I
is hoped the ladies uill make this a
banner night. SRE
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Aged Resident =
Laid To Rest
«Charles Cole, aged 78 years, 11
months and 27 days, a former resident
of Dallas, died in the hospital at Tay-
lor on Friday, May 24th, of complica-
tions. Deceased came to this section
from New York State and until re:
cently made his home at Kunkle and
Dallas, being well known here. He is
survived by his wife, who is seriously =
ill; a daughter, Mrs. Etta Stroh of
Kunkle; a son, Orville, of Plains, and
a step-son, Ira Steel; also eighteen
grandchildren and five great grand-
children = The services were held from
the home of Mrs. William Monk of
Rice street, Monday at 2 p. m. with’
interment in Warden Cemetery.
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FALCONS’ CATHOLIC UNION
HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE
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Branch 59, Falcons’ Catholic Union,
held its first annual Memorial Day se
vice at- the Slovak Cemetery o
Memorial Day. A high mass was cele-
brated at 10 o'clock by Rev. Louis ;
Morines, acting rector of Sacred Heart
Slovak Church, North Wilkes-Barre.
[A picnic at Slovac Park followed th
open air service. :
| AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC HEAVY
ON MEMORIAL DAY
The automobile traffic was quite
|heavy- on Thursday, Memorial Day.
While due to the Trucksville-Luzerne
road being closed, traffic was not as
heavy as in previous years, but local
police officers were quite active Keep-
ing it moving. : pr xf
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