hrs iin = AS OST. DALLAS, PA, SATURDAY, JUNE. 2, 1929 1 (An artificial lake along Beaumont- CJ x ~~ =Idetown- Square Dances EVERY Wednesday Night The young BILL'S PLACE Beaumont munity. George ‘Wilson rish. Tunkhannock Road) MUSIC BY TOMMY FLANAGAN 3 |last week. PROMPTER, CALVIN KEIPER the Tresher ADMISSION, 50c and 25¢ | Forty Fort. The young ladies of the Conference Class of the Idetown Sunday school held an ice cream social on the church lawn Tuesday night. and andy were served to a large crowd. people are AT for a worthy purpose and efforts of this sort should be encouraged by the patronage of every person in the com- Miss Mame M. Weaver and week-end guests of Mrs. E. R. Ethel Wright visited her aunt, John Rice of Maple street, Kingston. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams of Wilkes-Barre spent the week-end at cottage. was formerly Miss Louise Tresher of |day, June 29. are invited to attend. ing at 11. Ice cream, cake raising funds pital. MTS. | in honor of their daughter, of Allentown were Par- son, Mildred Greene Mrs. | Pond. day evening at 7:30. Mrs. _Lehman- Children’s Day exercises will be held in Lehman church next Sunday morn- Paul Freeman, at Old Forge. Mrs. Flora Thomas and daughter, Mildred, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Richards of Berwick. Mrs. Herman Brandon and daughter have returned from Homeopathic hos- home of Mr. and Mrs. Kathleen Johnson, William Thomp- |. ws in this section of Prayer meeting will be held Thurs- IDE REUNION The annual reunion of the Ide family Williams | «i1] pe held at Fernbrook Parl, Satur- All friends and relatives Bea umont- Mrs. C. D. Johnson is attending the graduation exercises of her nephew, Mr. and Mrs. George Traver spent last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Evans and family at Harding. Mildred McDougall, Emma and Nellie Bigelow are acting as jurors at Tunkhannock this week. William Montross and family have moved from Johnson City into the A birthday party was held ate the [house formerly occupied by Mae Jack- Alice Whitesel | Son of Mrs. Jackson is living with her ; father, Eugene Montross. The State inspector has been testing the county. cows con- Celia. and Norman | yr p, Goodwin had five Harturgood spent Monday at South |demned and Walter Derhammer one. The school board of Monroe town- ship has elected the following teachers for the coming term: Marian Hadsali, first and second grades; T.ouise Downs, third and fourth grades; Ruth Lutes, fifth and sixth grades; Thomas Smith, seventh and eighth grades; Dorothy Gilmore, Evans Falls school; Mildred MacDougall, South Run school. There are two vacancies in the township—principalship and assis- eant. Mrs. Amanda Johnson called on Mrs. Only By Independent Dealers. OW that the warm weather period ‘is here—and every mother anxious to simplify her work, why not cut out bread baking entirely? You can have the most delicious, most healthful meal—just by buying WIL- LIAMS HOLSUM BREAD. . ALL family will enjoy it immensely! WILLIAMS HOLSUM BREAD THE WILLIAMS BAKERY, 26 HILL STREET, WILKES-BARRE, PA. 1 | Elizabeth Phelps last Thursday after- noon. Mrs. Phelps is in very poor health. Miss Myrtle Martin entertained Mrs. Walter Bush of Newark, N. J, and Mrs. Rex Cataldo of Wilkes-Barre last Wednesday afternoon. : Born, to Mr. ‘and Mrs. Dora Schoon- 13 over, a daughter, on Friday, June 14. Mrs. Schoonover before marriage was Miss Marilla, Richards. Mrs. C. . Loomis of South Tampa, Florida, is visiting her son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Denton Loomis. Mrs. Loomis is enjoying the best of health. the : Her many friends are glad to welcome her back to her native town. She ex- pects to return to the south sometime in October. The Beaumont high school alumni banquet will be held in the high school auditorium, Saturday evening, June. 22. —FEast Dallas- Miss Ida, Mae Moss of State Hos- pital, Danville, made a business trip to Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, parents at this place. Miss Moss was Danville Hospital. She wil remain at that institution until fall, having z taken a position there. LL nnouncing Mo PERE that create eve” Higher Standards i PLyMouT Performance, Comfort & Quality something new and altogether beyond comparison in performance, comfort and quality. Today’s improved Plymouth has a much heavier crankshaft; much larger main bearings and connecting rods; a full-pressure lubricating system of new design — and other Chrysler advance- ments that have a brilliant new effect on Plymouth performance. 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The obviously greater quality and value of the improved Plymouth are apparent in every phase of its appear- ance and behavior—in its greater in- terior roominess and comfort—in its greater economy of operation—and in its greater stamina and long life. Equally obvious is the greater safety of Plymouth—made certain by full-size (055° ID Chrysler weatherproof internal- expanding hydraulic brakes on all four wheels. This is Plymouth’s National Display and Demonstration Week. Make it a point this week to examine and drive the improved Ply- mouth. It will be well worth your time. v v v Coupe, $655; Roadster (with rumble seat), $675; 2-Door Sedan, $675; Touring, $695; De Luxe Coupe (with rumble seat), $695; 4-Door Sedan, $695. All prices f. 0. b. factory. Plymouth dealers extend the convenience of time payments. AMERICA’S LOWEST-PRICED FULL-SIZE CAR 254 JAMES R. OLIVER Main Street Dallas, Pa. Hadsall | [that the perch are biting. after which she spent Sunday with her member of the graduating class of ~ -Alderson- Alderson has been rather a noisy town these last few days. The con- crete mixer and other machines used by Contractor Coons have raised a racket all day long. All the concrete has ben laid except an outer part of the curve at Alderson, which, we un- derstand, will not belaid until the other has hardened. The new road is in use up .as far as the Y. W. Lodge and it will not be long until the entire road (is opened to traffic. Miss Iris Kitchen, nurse at the General spending her vacation at her here in Alderson. Mrs. Emma Honeywell and grand- daughter, Doris Crocker, of Luzerne, are spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Allen. Mrs. Sarah Jane Lamereaux and Miss Lucy Hoover spent Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Lamereaux of Hunlock’s Creek. The. Bowman's Creek branch is stepping out nowadays. Every day a real honest-to-goodness bull moose engine, No. 383, to be exact, brings the local freight through. This change eliminates the extra light engine which was often needed to make the steep grades on this line. who is a student Hospital, is home Mr. and Mrs. Corey Allen are visit- ing friends at Sweet Valley. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Arniitage and family of Plymouth are now occupying their summer cottage here at the Lake. Alfred Rodgers is suffering from an attack of rheumatism. Edward Gaynor spent a few days this week attending the meeting of the Dairymen’s League at Syracuse. ' We have the honor of announcing The yellow flies that invade this place every sum- mer have arrived and all thesfishermen are collecting them and, in turn, col- lecting fish with them. We have seen few days and we are tempted to try our own luck. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Avery . and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams of Wilkes-Barre. H. D. Major is making extensive changes in his bathing beach at the park. He has added quite a few im- provements this year, making his beach a very nice place at which to bathe. : Mrs. J. E. Altemus. Miss Emma Odenkirchen and Miss Mary Xuchta atended the W. C. T. U. at Idetown last Tuesday. The Epworth League held i jts monthly meeting at the parsonage last Tuesday evening. Plans were made for the summer after which games and refreshments were enjoyed by those present. A party in honor of Miss Carrie Smith of Lewisburg was held at the First National Bank DALLAS, PA * x = Members American Bankers’ Association * * >» DIRECTORS R. L. Brickel, C. A. Frantz, D. P. Honevwell. W. B. Jeter, Sterling Machell, W. R. Neely, Clifford W. Space, Wm. Bulford, George R. Wright. OFFICERS several nice messes of fish in the last 1 justice of the peace, and died a Fer George R. Wright, President D. P. Honeywell, 1st Vice-Pres. C. A. Frantz, 2nd Vice-Pres. W. B. Jeter, Cashier * = o fhree Per Cent. on Savings Deposits No account too small to assure careful attention Deposits Payable on Demand Vault Boxes for Rent Self-Registering Saving Bank Free a Week Almost atin with the liam Truciss = settlement, possib little eariier, was the- sett.emen Huntsville, on the. southwest fo Toby’s Creek,. then in Plymoy township ard Tallas township as iginally laid out. The place too! name in honor of William Hunt there about the year 1800. One of first stores at that place was by Mr. Hunt, and of him the sto is told that he was once complan in a half bragging way, about extravabance of his family in the Toby's Creek, t then h in Plym they had their full swing he rea pounds a year. Hunt was the orig: certified grantee of part of lot f in. certified Bedford, part of whi was by him sold to Peter in 1829, h since remained in the hands of family and descendents, and cons utes a part of the Ryman farm The earliest settlers of Hunt however, were of the Baldwin: Fullers. ared Baldwin had alre: ected a saw mill there in 1779. Am Baldwin and Judge Baldwin, “hatt by trade, also had a half interest a saw mill, posibly partners of I iel Allen in another mill, at the time. ehiel Fuller is credited with ha ing a still house in the same neig borhood in the same year. In the y 1779 Jared Baldwin still I mill while Amos and Jude Bal confined themselves to their trade not mentioned again by the asses about there at that day to make this time, 1799 or 1800, Jared Bal erected a bgrist mill near ‘where he present grist mill in the village Huntsville stands. In the year 18 the active business portion of consisted of Jared Baldwin, the ther, and Tibbal Baldwin, Amza Bal dwin, Amos aldwin and Jude Bald: sons. All were united, at that ft in the ownership of the grist and half of the saw mill at Hun ville. The following additional fa concerning the aldwin family may of interest, viz: Jared Baldwin from Connecticut in 1795 and the hat factory at Huntsville the remnant of his means. He h been quartermaster in the Conn cut line of the Continental army, ¢ quartermasters in that struggle their fortuneh into supplies and ted the government to reimburse; t but the Continental script b worthless. After building the hat tory and saw mill, which burned 1 1809, on the opposite side of t stream from the -present one, he re- turned to Connecticut where he de about 1817. His son Tibbais built log house near the little orchard ba of Harvey Fuller's present dwel and died there. Other of the sons moved to Pitcher, N. Y. Jude conti ued au wusiness a Huntsville, died of typhus or (typhoid) feve i 1821, as did several of his fami 3 There had been erected a dam overflow the old marsh whe Wilks-Barre Water Company's now is. This overflow killed a lot of standing timber and is said to have caused an epiidemic of fever of some very fatal kind. Ambrose, Lewis and Watson, sons of Jude went to Ohio in 1832, Burr followed in 1839, and died in Williams county in 1855. Mrs. Eleanor Brown, iate of Lehman, was a daughter of Jude. Ambrose after- wards moved from Ohio to Ottaw Kansas, where he was twenty years years ago. Joshua Fuller and Benajah Feuer were the owners of the other hal } the saw mill. Next year, 1805-6, “his saw mill was burned down. The sam joint owners rebuilt it, however, at once, and with a distellery, These mill stod within, or very nearly within the territory afterwards included {1 Dallas township at its formation i 1817. Mr. Pearce states in his Annals of Luzerne County, that the first saw mill in Dallas township was built Jude Baldwin on a branch of Tob Creek in the year of 1813. Jude win did build the a mill at that dat on Toby's Creek about one mile above Huntsville, but there is doubt aE it being the first mill in Dallas town- ship as orrigannally laid out, though it may have been the first within the present territory of Dallas township. | Minor Fuller, afterwards, about 1847, built another saw mill on the same creek. Both of these mills have been torn down within the past twenty | years, there being no longer no need for them. The Fullers and Baldwins were vigorous pioneers and natural mill builders. I cannot more approxim- ately conclude this subject than by quoting from some valuable letters regarding those earlyq people, whi i First National Bank PUBLIC SQUARE WILKES-BARRE, PA. United States Depository: Capital Stock ....... . $750,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits earned... ...... ...$2,000,000.00 Officers and Directors Wm. S. McLean, President Wm. H. Conyngham, Vice-Pres. C. F. Huber, Vice-Pres. Francis Douglas, Cashier F. W. Innes, Assistant Cashier Direetors. S. McLean, C. N. Loveland, F. O. Smith, George R. McLean, Wm. H. Conyngham, Richard Sharpe, C. E. Huber, Francis Douglas, Edward Griffith, T. R. Hillard, Lea Hunt. Safe Deposit Boxes for Rent 3 Per Cent Interest Paid On. Savings Deposits $1.00 Will Start An Accounf. Hon. Evart Bogardus, of North Mon- roeville, Ohio in response to my eran- est solicitations, did me the hono | write, dated April 7th, 1886: (Continued Next Week) home of Miss Ruth Jackson last Wed- | nesday evening. Those present were: Misses Carrie Smith, Mary Kuchta, Pauline Davis, Harriet Stern, Myrtle Rood, Genevieve York, Lillian Yor Mildred Shaver and Ruth Jackso Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson Messrs. Vernon Rood, Benjamin Ro Michael Kuchta and Paul Avery. Smith, who was formerly a teache: Laketon high school, has been visiti friends here during the past week. ———O FREAR-PARRISH REUNION The twenty-third a reunion of the Frear and Parrish families will be held in Montross Grove at Perrin Marsh, near Centremoreland, on ‘wed- nesday, June 26. All relatives ‘and friends of both families are cordial: invited to attend : I) =, 0 at pa Bs Floating Shop i Along the west coast of Scot many of the small islands ha
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