a FORTIETH YEAR \ _day when rain in the - WEATHER FORECAST Eastern Pennsylvania: Saturday, Partly Cloudy With Slowly Rising Temperature 301mm) a) a 0 0 , has \ The Tell as * 2x3 a AT) WW os ame oma we ATTEND TI't® BENEFIT HENRY M. LAING FIRE COMPANY AT KUNKLE COMMUNITY HALL DANCE FOR THE TONIGHT 2) 600( GED eID) CUES) i \ THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY ' DALLAS, PA., AUGUST 17, 1929 FORTIETH YEAR Drought Forces Dallas-Shavertown Water Company To Warn Consumers To Boil Water For Household Uses Present Season Is The Dryest Since .. 1911 And All Wells And Springs Oi The Company Are Taxed To Meet The Demand—July One Of The Dryest Months Of The Year REPAIRS BEING MADE Faced with one of the droughts that this section has seen since 1911, Dallas-Shavertown Water Company is making every effort to meet the demand for water in this sec- tion under conditions that would be discouraging to a smaller public utility. With unusually/dry weather condi- tions prevailing, fhe.eompany has been “the Tsaack spring in Shavertown in order to rewall it and prevent a serious leak which has al- lowed a large amount of water to es- cape. Along with the building of a new wall the company is having the spring’ dug deeper and completely cleaned. During the time that it has . taken to do this work a large number of the consumers in Shavertown have been: without water supply or have had only intermittent service. Full service was, however, restored yesterday. To forestall any danger of disease which might be present during periods of low water, the company has issued a warning to consumers to boil water used for drinking’ and cooking pur- poses for at least twenty minutes be- fore using. Tests are beng made oO. water in all of the wells and springs in order to make certain oi the purity of the water. The zeal with which the new co.n- pany has taken over the project of modernizing the water works equip- ment and rendeering efficient service speeaks well for the future of the Dallas-Shavertown water supply under the new ownership. 3 H. L. Frotner, general superinten- dent of the local company, in a state- ment issued yesterday, declared that the water shortage here could be greatly alleviated if consumers would take care to see that no water is wasted. Leaking faucets and the use of garden hose are a constant source o fwaste and seriously deplete the available supply of water. Announcement was received this week from the home office o fthe In- land Utilities Company that Mr. Fort- ner has been appointed permanent gen- eral superintendent of DallasShaver- town Water companies. Albert Shoe- maker of Tunkhannock will be outside superintendent and will have charge ot outside work here and at Tunkhan- nock. He will also be assistant super- intendent of the Tunkhannock com- pany. Mr. Fortner,*® who came here from Mahanoy City when the local company was purchased. by Inland Utilities, will move his family here within the month. They will occupy the house owned by Earl Monk in Dallas. Yesterday Ace Hoffman was in Dal- las and Shavertown taking pictures of the two communities which will be used in 'the home office of the Inland company in New York City. = HG) eat 4 DALLAS AND LUZERNE TO ' PLAY FINAL GAME OF SERIES With two games of a three-game series divided between them, Dallas Independents and Luzérne Reds will meet again in a third and final game tomorrow afternoon on the new Dallas Athletic Field. Manager of both teams have scouted around for more new players so that the game will be sure to please the fans. The line-up for Dallas will be practically the same aS in the two previous game, while Man- ager Thomas of the Reds expects to have a number of new men in the lineup. ; A hard-fought baseball game Dbe- tween Dallas Independents and Lu- zerne Reds was broken up last Sun- sixth inning drove the fans to the shelter of their cars and homes. For the most part the teams were evenly matched. The game was, however, given to the visitors, singe the score stood 3 to 1 in their favor when the downpour drove the teams from the field. om your your advancement and large earnings happy today because their sons secured through this school. WILKES-BARRE BUS Address Namie: cha severest. PARENTS! What of the Future of Will they be happy and successful in life > Will they be able to earn a goog living? Business training at the Wilkes-Barre Business College prepares boys and girls for office positions where opportunities for Return this ad for full details of plan, time required and reasonable rates. DID YOU EVER NOTICE? . That while he says very little, ‘makes no loud boasts or far- fetched promises, Warden Kunkle is always ‘on the job?’ He's as nearly an unbiased booster as Dal- las has; not afraid to work, nor yet to play. As president. of the borough council he unquestionably holds a place; of trust, but just as surely his business ability fits him to administer that trust both ably and justly. He is a citizen of whom Dallas 'may well be proud and one who is whole-heartedly interested in his town’s welfare. Driver Cuts Out Of Traffic Line And Injures Two Accident On Fernbrook Road Is Re- sult of Dangerous Driving—Injured Will Recover A dangerous driver cutting out of a line of traffic on the State highway below Fernbrook on Sunday noon was responsible for the complete ruin of two autcmobiles and the injury of two persons. The accident occurred when John Tamelis of Kingston, driving a Willys- Knight sedan, shot around a line of north-bound traffic on a curve below Fernbrook and crashed into a new Nash sedan being driven by Joseph Dietz Fot Edwardsville. The impact forced the Nash across the road and into the Chevrolet being driven at the head of the north-bound line of traf- fic by Michael Westor of Mountain Top. The Westor machine, containing the driver, five children and two women crashed through the highway guard rail and on down into the creek. Mrs. Barbara, Fleight, aged 74, of Mountain Top, and Matilda Killer, aged 15, of the same place, were thrown into the creek bed. So serious were thelr injuries and the shock re- ceived that Mrs. Fleight was imme- diately gaken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. The ‘Killer girl was treated by Dr. G. K. Swartz. The Chevrolet and Nash were both made complete wrecks while the Ta- malis machine was only slightly da:mn- aged. The driver of the machine was taken before a local justice of the peace and fined $25 for reckless driving, $10 for passing on a curve and put under $500 bail for assault and battery to appear at the next term of court. AEA TELEGRAPHIC HOAX CAUSES EXCITEMENT » Confusion’ “of names and places caused | considerable worry Friday morning to the relatives and friends of Helen Czulegars John L. Sullivan and family. A telegram regeived by Ray Harris, who is in charge of the Meridian Restaurant during Mr. Sulivan’s tour of the southwestern United States, stated that “John” had been killed in an automobile accident in Texas. The telegram was sent from Corpus Christi, Texas, and signed with initials. Immediately upon hearing of the telegram, relatives of Miss Czulegar, who is with the Sullivan's, got into telephonic communication with the party in El Paso, Texas. They learned that everybody was in good health and no trouble had been experienced on the tour. The telegram was evidently meant for another Ray Harris = in Dallas, Texas, the John hoax being the son of the man to whom it was addressed. There is frequent confusion between the names Dallas, Texas, and Dallas, Pennsylvania. And although Dallas, Pennsylvania, is much the smaller of the two it is not infrequent for freight and express and letters addressed to Dallas, Texas, to be sent here. — > OARS t boy? girl? abound. Hundreds of parents are and daughters hold good positions INESS COLLEGE, INC. Epworth League Will Give Play Alderson Young Folk to Present “A Henpecked Hero” On Thursday Night “A Henpecked Hero,” a three-act farce, will be presented by the Alder- son Epworth League at the Alderson I. O. O. F. hall, Thursday evening, August 22, at 8 o'clock. This play has been staged in nearby towns with marked success and will undoubtedly be well presented by the present cast. Many of these players have displayed their talent in previous performances and everyone can be assured that the play will be one of the best ever staged by this group. “A Henpecked Hero,” a hilariously funny three-act farce, revolves around. the misfortunes of a meek little man 1 with a romantic-minded bride and a strong-mindéd mother-in-law. His studious nature and un-athletic physique 'make him a victim .of do- mestic tyranny until the bride's long- ing for a cave-man type of husband causes him to to a real cave and be- come a real caveman—with nearly fatal results. Before it is over Dame Misfortune pays call after call on the unhappy husband in the guise of various veiled persons dressed in widow’s weeds with dire consequences. In all, five “widows” are in evidence and get the poor man, as well as each other, hope- lessly mixed up. In fact, it gets so that nobody except the audience knows who is which. The play is cast as follows: Hallmark, a college senior, Lillian York; Doris Darlett, another senior, Adda Garinger; Butsky, a rushing Russian, Michael Kuchta; Lily, Rus- sia’s fairest lily, Esther Garinger; Barker, a defective detective, Joseph Dauch; © Ted Slocum, the football coach, Harry Allen, Jr.; Mrs. Holden, why son-in-law left home, Ruth York; Iantha Brown, the romantic bride, Genevieve York; Prof William Brown, Helen her lessere half, Paul Avery;Bud Ced- | ST a sons who have signified their inten- man, with good intentions, Peter Kuchta; Countess Kolmanoff, the cause of it all, Mary Kuchta. Oo Circus Comes To Town Today } Ketrow Brothers’ Motor Cirohis Exhibits On Athletic Field—Parade at 1 _ O’clock It’s not often that” a circus visits Dallas, but todaysis circus day as far as Dallas lis €Concerned. Beside the show there’ll be a street parade and all the fixing that go with it, ineluding clowns, band, animals and real! In- dians. Ketrow Brothers, motor circus, mak- ing a long distance jump frora the New England states to North Carolina, will exhibit here this afternoon and eve- ning on the field across the street from tne new Dallas athletic fiexd. The advance motor advertising cars of the circus were in town on Monday and with the assistance of a dozen or so of the younger generation of Dallas the circus press agent distributed posters throughout the town and placed ;:osters in stor=3 -~n barns and vacant buildings. ’ The circus travels by motor trucks, having eighteen of theni. All of the performers own their own sleeping cars, making up a complete motorcade of mere than thirty trucks, wich carry the equipment of the circus and the personal effects and sleeping quarters of the sixty actors and circus helpers. : One of the featur:s of the show is Lucy, a highly: train:d eight-year-old elephant, granddaughter of the fa nous Jumbo of the Barnum circus. Lucy made a great hit when she appeared in the David Wark Griffith photoplay, “Sally of the Sawdust.” Other circus features include acro- Lats, aerialists, contortionists, clowns, dog and pony performers, a display of lions and a tribe of Indians. The show is reported to be one of the cleanest on the road and is well liked wherever it goes. The street parade will be given at 1 o'clock. Tie two performance are at 2 and 8. O PETITIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN The last day fo candidates to with- draw petitions filed with county com- missioners is August 19, before 4 p. m. Noxen Board Hires Teachers Ann Czulegar of Dallas Appointed to Teach in the High School—Twe Other Teachers Get Jobs Noxen school board at its meeting Tuesday night appointed Ann Czulegar of Dallas to teach in the Noxen high school during the coming term. Other teachers appointed were Margaret Burrett of Wilkes-Barre, to teach the seventh . and eighth grades, and Dorothy Gillmore of Noxen, to teach the second grade. Misses Czulegar and Burrett are graduates of College Misercordia and .Miss Gillmore is a graduate of Blooms- burg State Teachers’ College. Other r'matters brought before the board had to do with -the fencing of the school grounds and the bids for the school bus routes. In the past, automobile drivers have made a habit of taking short cuts across the school grounds in order to get from one street to another. The board will break up this practice by having a fence placed about the school grounds this fall. A half dozen or more bids were re- ceived for the three bus routes for the carrying of school childen. These were extended until the coming week because of change in the specifications for the bids, the board having dccided that all busses must be of modern construction and built especially for hauling of school children. Arrangements were made for Prof. Ernest Wood of Dallas to: continue his music teaching work in a room set aside for the purpose in the high school. Directors present at the meeting were: Severn Traver, James Murray, Morton Whitaker, Lawrence Race and Clarence Boston. The six-year term of Director Boston expires next spring, so that a new director will be elected in his place this fall. Mr. Boston has said that he will not run for the office again. Per- tions of running for theoffice are Al- bert Dendler and Irwin Newberry. Kunkle Gives Benefit Dance : For Fire Truck | Proceeds From The Affair To Be Held ' Tonight In Community Hall Go To Henry M. Laing Fire Company A large. attendence of Dallas resi- dents is expected at the dance being being given tonight in the Kunkle com- munity hall for the benifit of the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company. All pro- ceeds from the affair will be turned over to the fire company by the board of trustees of the Kunkle community Hall Association. All roads from Dallas to Kunkle are in good shape. The community hall is located just off the Dallas Tunkhan-- nock State Highway on the road con- necting Kunkle with Harvey's Lake. Although the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company purchased its new truck just a little over three ywars ago at af cost of approximately $9,500, the in- debtedness, in the meantime all danc- | $1,000 has been entirely paid off. | $1,500 has been paid on the euuipment| since the first of March. During the winter months card par- ties will be held at intervals to help | ra;Se the remaining amount of the in- | debtedness, in the meantimee all danc- | ing Dallas citizens will be at Kunkie | tonight. | Ce ey Nl Se FIRE DESTROYS NOXEN HOME Fire resulting’ from a defective flue completely destroyed ‘the home and | household furnishings of John Stein- ruck of Noxen on. Saturday afternoon. So far advanced were the flames when the fire was discovered that it was impossible to remove any of the furniture or the clothing of the occu- pants. The house was located on Dimmock hill and was so far away from a water supply that nothing could be dong to truck loads of Noxen 'men drove to the fire to be of assistance in putting it out. The house was owned by J. C. Gosart of Harvey's Lake. Mr. Steinruck car- ried about $500 on the houehold ef- fects. THE BRIDGE INN “JUST ACROSS THE BRIDGE” At Trucksville, Pa. Afternoon Teas, Luncheons and Dinner Parties a Specialty Ella Cox Hughes, Hostess %° (ll 20 Imagine IT! A Quart Of Ice Cream For PHONE 326 Li —— - — — Special Introductory Sale Smith’s Gold Seal Ice Cream 1 pt. Package ......30c Second pt. package. ..... 5c 3 TO-DAY AND TOMORROW August 17th and 18th Local Interest In Pro thonotary Fight Grows As “Dummy Candidates” File Petitions To Oppose Wagner REGARDING DELIVERIES THE POST is making every ef- fort to deliver each week’s issue to its subscribers on time. If you are not receiving your paper regularly, let us know at once. All papers are mailed from the Dallas postoffice late Friday night so that all sub- scribers in the vicinity of Dallas should glet their copies on Saturday. No papers in Pennsylvania should be received later than Monday morning. The large number of sub- scribers living outside the State’ should get their papers in relatively short time according to their dis- {| tance from Dallas. ? Youngsters Have Fun At Annual Picnic Crippled Children Not Downhearted in Spite of Summer Showers and Chilly Weather In sppite of persistent and numerous showers, about 600 crippled children from the valley enjoyed the entertain- ment provided on Wednesday by the Nobles of Irem Temple at the Coun- | try Club here. Wyoming Valley Crippled Children’s Association furnished names of all the boys and girls who might qualify and they were notified to be ready to leave at 9 a. m. Cars furnished by Shriners took the children to the club where the women of Irem were hostesses. There was a huge supply of picnic eats as wel las plenty of ice cream and chocolate milk. Balloons were given to the children and they enjoyed the music furnished by the Wilkes-Barre City Boys’ Band. There were ponies for the children to ride and free use of the swimming pool, a magician to open their eyes and an aerial perform- ance by Sandy Underwood. The Dallas Rotary Club, whose par- ticular work is crippled children, looked after the registering’ and trans- portation of the children in this sec- tion. About twenty children were registered from the Upper West Side,/ though the rain prevented some cf them from finally going. ; ar ND ml NEW BOY SCOUT TROOP ORGANIZED AT GLEN VIEW A new Boy Scout troop is being or- ganized at Glen View Terrace under the supervision of the P. M. Church at that place. James Noble has con- sented to act as scoutmaster and is well qualified for the place. Donald Stevens will be assistant scoutmaster. Similiarity Of Names Of Candidates Recalls Famous McAvoy Case In Lu- zerne County. Martin Wagner of Plymouth And H. E. Wagner of ? Hunlock’s Creek Lend Their Names To Fine-Nicholson Outfit G. HAROLD TO PROTEST _ ‘G. Harold Wagner of Dallas, one of the two recognized and outstanding candidates tr the office of Prothono- tary, sugests that there seems to be ample evidence of fraud in the peti- tions of each of the two “smoke screen dummy’ candidates which have filed last-minute petitions. Mr. Wagner's attorney has already started legal proceedings in the court to oust both of the so-called “dummy” ‘Wagners’ petitions on the basis of in- suficient affidavits necessary when a candidate does not have the legal number of signers on his petition as in the case of Martin Wagner. Further evidence seems to show that the petition of Martin Wagner was circulated in blank throughout Ply- mouth by men known to be friendly to Mr. Bonin .but who represented the. petition to be that of G. Harold Wag- ner of Dallas. G. Harold Wagner, candidate from this district, has been gaining amazing strength in Plymouth during the past ten days. names on the petition, supposedly of Plymouth residents, who do not reside ' there. If either of the two charges are sustained, the petitions will be ruled out as ilegal and fraudulent. : The petition of the other “dummy’ Pringle borough, although H. E. Wag- ner is a resident of Hunlock’s Creek. This petition was also circulated in blank, it is alleged, and was repre- sented as being that of G. Harold Wag- ner of Dallas. An interesting feature of the Martin ‘Wagner petition is the presence of: the signature of a man who was setrving a term in in the Luzerne County jail This petition will be presented to the court as being fraudulent. ; It is believed by many promine ‘citizens in and about Dallas, Lehm and Sweet Valley the E. E. Wagner, merchant, and father of the Hunlock ° Creek Wagner, most emphatically frowns on such procedure if proven even irregular not to say illegal. a COUPLE CELEBRATES SIXTY THIRD ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Eli Parrish kept open house last Saturday in honor of their sixty-third wedding anniversary. Many The boys meet every Monday evening | at 7 o'clock in the church. Application | was made this week for a charter which will ‘make the following boys Scouts: Russell Hoover, Walter | | gram of games and contests planned extinguish the flames although several 1 @ Lewin, Arthur Belles, Edgar Balls] Earl Vivian, George Shultz and Ziba | Martin. New members will be taken| in at the next meeting. o PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHURCH HOLDS PICNIC! The members of the P. M. Church | of Shavertown held their annual Sun- day school picnic at Perrin’s Marsh last! Friday. There was a large at- tendance of grownups as well as chil- dren and everyone enjoyed !the pro- by the program committee. The fol- | lowing were prize winners: Peanut] race, June Thomas; fifty-yard dash for girls, Duth Evans; fifty-yard dash Tor boys, tie between Ralph Conner and Walter Lewin; sack race, James Harf- man; cracker eating contest and nail driving conest, Mrs. Ellen Pritchard; peanut wand knife race, Marjorie] Jones. \ relatives, neighbors and friends came". in to congratulate them and join in the celebration. Mr. Parrish is 86 and Mrs. Parrish is 93. While Mrs. Parrish’s health has been failing some through the last vear, Mr. Parrish is still comparatively well. Mr. Parrish served with the 140th Pennsylvania Volunteers, one of the regiments which accompanied Sherman in his march to the sea. After the war he joined the navy and served out his term there. From there he returned to Carverton, where his sweetheart was sweetheat was awaiting’ him and they were married. Or ENJOY PICNIC DINNER The following people motored from Turbotville to the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Girton on Thursday and en- joyed a picnic dinner and social time: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Martin, Mrs. John L. Reynolds, daughter Margretta and son John, Jr., Mrs. John Moon and daughter Martha Jane, Mrs. Myrtle Menges and son Lee, Mrs. Martin lotPts, Mrs. Murray Herr and Dalph Doebler. Mr. and Mrs. Girton were forme esidents of Tubotville. Oliver’s Main Street, | Garage. Dallas, Pa. The MERIDIAN, Dallas, Pa. * the bona fide . In addition, it appears that there are: ot yi candidate was circulated throughout on the day the petition was circulated. dd Set rr » ‘ #
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