i 3 (Continued From Last Week) “In 1855 I joned my father in law building the grist mill at Huntsville. ter it was finished we sold out our farms, both his and mine, in Jackson and Lehman, to Anson Atherton. 1 then sold out my store and good will to J. M. Hollenback, my house and lot to Robert Watt, and in the fall of 1856, in company with my father-in-law and rother-in-law, G-—— Atherton, and our families, we left for the West, and ocated in Huron county, Ohio, my present home. We purchased a good farm and bought out the only mer- chant in our village, and did a pros- rous business. I was always active in politics—a Democrat up to the breaking out of the Civil War in 1861. I then united with the Union party. he only plank in their platform was to put down the Confederacy at any cost. The course pursued by the ‘Democrats of Ohio I could not ap- ove, and I became identified with the epublican party. I held the office of unty commissioner six years, justice ‘th peace six years, and had the honor of representing Huron county yur years in the Legislature of Ohio, and have been notary public for the ‘last fifteen years, and hold that office still. In early youth I as baptized into the thurch by Elder Griffin Lewis. I e tried to live a consistent Chris- , never denying my religion. My “hope in Christ is the comfort of my declining years—looking for the com- ing of my Saviour with joy, in the full faith of having a part in the resurrec- ‘tion of His appearing. ~ “I could say much more about the Ides, ( Whitemans, Jacksons, Harrisses, Husteds, Majors and many others of those early days, but I suppose you have had enough. i “Your friend, Ny : “BE. Bogardus.” ¢ Coming back again to the territory within the boundaries of present Dal- Jas township, the Shaver family ap- pears as an early, and, like the Honey- wells, aa numerous settler. The name was at first spelled Shaver or Shafer and Shaffr. Adam Shaver, Peter | Shaver and Frederick Shaver were residents of Kingston township as early as 1796. Adam was a shoemaker by trade, but, in 1868, he started, and for several years, ran an oil mill at Mill Hollow, now Luzerne borough, at the place now (1886) occupied by ‘Schooley’s plaster and chop mill. Adam Shaffer was also certified grantee of "the northwestern half of lot five in " gertified Brandford, now principally owned and occupied by John Fergu- son, Esq. The exact date when the Shavers first settled in Dallas cannot now be determined with certainty. ~ They were Germans and most of them came direct from New Jersey, vicinity of Newton. ‘About the year 18 12-123, Philip Shaver and his sons John and William became the owners of large tracts of ‘land in the southeasterly portion of ~ what is now Dallas township and in adjacent portion of Kingston township. For a long time, and even to this day the settlement is locally known as and called ‘“Shavertown.” Philip Shaver was a progressive man. ' One of his earliest purchases was in 1813, of the whole lot of three, certified Bedford, from William Trucks. The same year he sold a portion of the northwest half to Jonah McLellon, also a -Jerseyman © from (Knowlton topvnship, Warren county). On that portion bought by ~~ MeIellon the present village of Dallas, as MecLellonsville, as it was originally named, was built. ~ Philip Shaver was born and spent his boyhood in the valley of the Danube River, near Vienna, Austria. Jt was a cardinal principle with him ‘that a man was not really running in debt when he bought and owned for real estate at a reasonable price. He settled and built his home, a log house, on the hill about a quarter of a mile ~pouth of the cross roads near late resident of Jar :s Shaver, deceased, on the ground afterwards occupied and ‘owned by Asa ‘Shaver, now deceased. Philip Shaver was generous and pub- lic spirited to a marked degree for the ‘titrme and place. He gave the 12nd for the public burying-ground, on the hill | ~ mear the pine grove just south of Dal- | las villace, on the road to Huntsville. | as the Shaver hurying-ground, which | | J lies about a mile southeast of the for- mer. The land upon which the first school house in Dallas township was built was likewise a gift from him. | This land lies party in the cross-roads just south. of and adjacent to the present public .school building in Dal- las borough. That school house was erected in 1816 of logs. It was stand- ing yet within my recollection (about 1853 or 1854). I remember attending a Sunday school in it once. Mr. George Oliver was superintendent, and they sang’ “Happy Day(’ and it was the first time I had ever heard it. This school house was also used for holding meetings and services of all kinds, di- vine and secular. Candles, in small tin holders, turned over at the top to form reflectors, and hung on nails driven here and there, in window and door frames, furnished the only light at evening meetings. The candles were home-made dips contributed by the different persons who were in the habit of attending the evening meetings there. Evening meetings at that time were always announced to commence at “early candle light.” The luxury of a clock was indulged in by but few, and of a watch by almost none, so that the surest way to get a congrega- tion together at a particular time after sundown was to fix the hour as above. I am told by a lady who attended meetings in that school house when she was a girl, nearly fifty years ago, that a bonnet was seldom seen. The ladies wore handkerchiefs tied over their heads instead. The first or one of the first schools in that school house was taught by one Doty, an Irishman. He was very strict and had a long list of rules, to break any one of which was sure to subject the offender to severe punish- ment. No two pupils were allowed to go out or be out of doors at the same time during school hours; and in or- der to avoid such an occurrtnce, a card was susppended on the door, one side of which was printed in large letters the word ‘“out” and on the re- verse side the word “in.” When any- one went out he must turn the card so that the first named word could be seen, and when he came in the card must be again turned so that the sec- ond word could be seen. No coaxing or reasoninng would prevail to let anyone go out ‘while the word “out” could be seen on that card. (Continued Next Week) Lil se Ca ie FAMILY REUNION The Anderson family will hold its annual reunion at Fernbrook Park on August 14. All relatives and friends are invited. James Anderson, Chairman. ge XJ OUR ROOF- Any ‘leaks after Thursday's good rain? 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James Pelham is driving a truck for Daniel Meeker at Beaumont. Mr. and Mrs. James Bigley ‘and daughter, Stella, of Kingston, visited Mrs. A. Searfoss on Sunday. Quite a number of people attended camp meeting at Demunds last week. Most of the farmer’s have their hay- ing done. While the weather is hot and dry for other crops, it has been fine haying weather. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Moss from Lu- zerne visited Mrs. Moss’ parents, Mr. and Ms. Freeman, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Colburn of Kingston were callers at the Serfoss farm last week. Mrs. Lawrence Frempter called at Leon Dalley’s on Sunday. | Died GRADUATES FROM MOODY INSTITUTE Many friends of Miss Marian Mar- gartt Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Baird of Oronge, sent her con- gfratulations last Thursday when she graduated from the Moody Bible In- stitute in Chicago. She has accepted a position in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as as- sistant pastor of Hillside Presbyterian Church. Her duties will include choir and orchestra management, young people’s activities. Her new congre- gation will welcome her at a reception in the early part of September. G. A. A. KUEHN IMPROVES SHAVERTOWN PROPERTY G. A. A. Kuehn has just completed an addition to his Shavertown store building. The floor space was added to that already occupied by the A. & P. Tea Company rather than adding another store room. It doubles the space of the former store and will much more conveniently accommodate the tenants and the public which trades there. Nagle AT SUBSCRIBE FOR DALLAS POST. AT FREE BOOK OF INFORMATION fully expliinthe our courses. Enrollments now being made. Our graduates secure positions. New term, September 3. 1929. WILKES-BARRE BUSINESS COLLEGE, Inc. TTT | PATTERSON The "sixteenth Patterson Grove, The details of agricultural picnic This year's program promises to be the most interesting one in the history | county agent. of this annual picnic. will be announced the latter part of GROVE PICNIC |speakers, excellent band rious competitive and en: will. be held at A / . |stunts in which both young : annual grange and |can participate and enjoy. There will be something doin August 15 and 16.|the program during) both afternoons and evenings, states J. D. Hutchison, C. H. Dildine of Orangeville will the program, which | have charge of the first day’s program and E. D. Sutliff of Bloomingdale the this week, will consist of prominent |second day. TO DALLAS TOWNSHIP TAXPAYERS port, which I shall sincerely appreciate, D.C. LAUDERBAUGH I hereby announce to the voters of Dallas Township my-can- didacy for the office of Tax Collector of Dallas Township. I believe that my ability and my integrity warrant your sup- J vel / W, ing more. 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