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THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY
WHOSE AOVERTISNG.
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DALLAS POST
~ FORTIETH YEAR
FORTIETH YEAR
DALLAS, PA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1929
Speeding Automobile Upsets
At Ruggles Crossing, One Man
Killed And
CA Occupants © oC Car Are From
Tunkhannock — Ernest Wagner,
Father of Three, is Killed—Other
~v._Men Are In General Hospital
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TWO WILL RICOVER
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‘Oneman was instantly killed and his
two companions seriously injured yes-
the
which they
were driving at a rate of sixty miles
hour overturned on the curve
crossing the Lehigh Valley Railway
tracks at Ruggles station on the Har-
vey’'s Lake-Noxen road.
The dead man is Ernest Wagner of
Tunkhannock and the injured men.
who are both in Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital, are Howard Clifford and
Clayton Emmons of Tunkhanock.
The men had been visiting friends
"in Luzerne and were on the way to
their homes in Tunkhannock when the
accident occurred. According to a
motorist who was driving in the same
direction and who veered out of, the
road a short distance from the cross-
ing in order to let the speeding road-
ster pass, the machine was traveling
between sixty and sixty-five miles an
hour, when Clifford, who was driving
the car, atempted to make the curve
and crossing.
The wheels of the ,Willys-Knight,
unable to stand the terrific strain of
the sudden turn, ditched and the auto-
mobile turned completely over.
‘When assistance arrived Wagner
was dtad. His companions in a dazed
and
attempted to hide their identity. Lz.
George Rauch of Noxen treated the
injured men and Brickel’s ambulance
was called to take the injured 'men to
‘Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where
at a late hour yesterday afternoon the
seriousness and extent of their injuries
had not been fully determined.
‘Wagner for a number of years had
conducted a gas station on the State
highway between Eatonville and was a
cripple, having a wooden leg. He is
survived by a wife and three children.
Emmons is a Tunkhannock painter and
Clifford, whose is in New Jersey and
in whose machine the group was rid-
/ing, has a mother and grandfather in
Tunkhannock. AlAl of the men were
of middle age.
Exeter Power
Team Plays
Here Tomorrow
Dallas Independents After Defeating
Best of Rural League Will Meet
Fast Industrial Team Here
With two hard-fought games, played
last week-end to its credit, Dallas In-
dependents will tomorrow afternoon
start a three-game series with the fast
Exeter Power Company team. Fresh
and encouraged with its recent vic-
tories the local team is out for the
championship of this region.
The Exeter team is cne of the best
to eb found anywhere and has a long
record of victories to its credit. Every
Wyoming aVlley team that has played
this strong combination has been de-
feated and the Exeter outfit comes
here wih an abundance of confidencs
in its ability to defeat Dallas. Walter
Harned, veteran pitcher of the Power
Company. team, wil be on the mound
against Dallas, while the Independents
will use its regular battery. The
game will be of unusual interest and
should draw a record crowd.
In the estimattion of ‘many local fans
the Independents advanced several
notches up the ladder of popularity on
Labor Day, when the team of all stars
from the Rural League went down to
defeat before the onslaughts of a hard-
hitting alert Lallas team.
On the Sunday p tceding the game
with the All-Stars team the Indcpen-
dents defeated Billy Thomas’ reorgan-
ized Luzerne Reds in a hard-fought
up-hill battle Ile Reds stepped out
at a fast pace and help the lead until
the ninth inning when Dalls tied the
score to win out in the tenth by virtue
of LaBar’s timely hit. Basily the star
of the game, LaBar also featured in
several clever double plays.
Two Badly Injured
Mrs. H.V. Bogart
Buried At Noxen
Life-Long Resident of This Section
~ Had Many Relatives Here Where
* She Lived For Seven Years
The funeral of Mrs. ipdlve A. Bo-
gart, aged 81, who ed Saturday
morning after a long illness of com-
plications, was held Tuesday afternoon
from the late home in Noxen followed
by services at the Noxen Methodist
Church. Interment was in the family
plot at Orcutt’s Grove Cemetery.
Church services and prayer at the
home were in charge of Rev. Miller,
pastor of the Noxen M. E. Church and
Rev. Levi Yiengst, pastor of St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church.
Born at Sweet ‘Valley in October,
1847, where she spent her girlhood,
Mrs. Bogart was one of the oldest
residents in this section. She was the
daughter of the late G. A. Steele, a
veteran of the Civil War, who for
many years was a local minister in
the Methodist Church and well known
in Dallas and vicinity.
On July 28, 1867, Mrs. Bogart was
‘married to her first husband, Preston
H. Saxton of Wyoming, who had been
a Union scout and spy during the Civil
War. Of this union the following
four daughters are living: Mrs. Wil-
liam Ress, Johnson City, N. Y.; Mrs.
C. C. Nichols, Clarks Summit; Mrs.
Margaret Chapman, Niagara Falks, N.
Y.,, and Mrs. S. J. Harmon, Johnson
City, N. Y. There are fifteen grand-
children wand fourteen great grand-
children living.
Following ‘the death of Mr. Saxtin,
Mrs. Bogart a few years later married
on ‘February 3, 1887, H. V. Bogart of
L.ehman. Like her grandfather, father
and first husband, Mr. Bogart, who
survives her and is ninety-one years
of age, was a United States war vet-
eran, having served during the Civil
War. Her only son, Calvin, was born
of this union was likewise to be a
soldier. He served with the American
forces during the Mexican campaign,
where he was killed in 1916 while with
the Funston expedition along the
Texas border. A daughter, Mrs. Frank
Laux, lives at Johnson City, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Bogart, after living at
Lehman for some tirne, moved to Hays
Corners on the farm opposite the Hays
Corners trolley station. Here they re-
mained for seven ‘yars, moving to
Noxen twenty-seven years ago.
Like Mrs. Bogart, Mr. Bogart has
been previously married and Mrs. Bo-
gart took up the duties of mothering
seven step-children, of whom the fol-:
lowing are living: F. V. Bogart, of
Shavertown; Mrs. C. A. Garrison,
Fredericksburg, Va.; Mrs. {Henry
Shotwell, Berwick; Mrs. L. L. Sickler,
Newark, N. J.; j;Addison Bogart, Dal-
ton; Mrs. C. M. Gordon, Dallas, and
Henry M. Bogart, Dalton.
Mrs. Bogart was a member of the
Methodist Church ever since her girl-
hood and she always took an active
part in the work of the church up un-
til the beginning of her long illness.
She taught a large Sunday school
class of boys in each of the communi-
ties in which she lived and was ever
eager and willing to be of service in
whatever way she could in her com-
munity.
Three years ago while on a visit to
her daughters in Johnson City, she
suffered a stroke from which she never
fully recovered and which in the
weakened condition which followed led
to a fall this Spring when she broke
her hip and was confined to her bed
until the time. of her death.
Cheerful in any adversity, a loving
mother and step-mother, a willing and
helpful neighbor and a woman highly
respected and admired, the passing of
Mrs. Bogart takes from, this section a
character whose influence will go on
in spite of her absence.
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COUNTY IMPROVES ROAD
The county road men put a new
coat of tar on Huntsville street on
Friday. While the street is for a time
in a disagreeable condition, the recoat-
ing process is necessary to keep it in
good condition.
Rural League
Starts Series’
Of Elimination
O
West Wyoming, Dallas, Beaumont and
Hunlock’s Creek Finish Season in
Order—All Are Set For Champion-
ship :
Get set, fans! There's going to be
a real fight for baseball honors when
Dallas and Hunlocks, Beaumont and
West Wyoming get started in their
three-game series today to decide
“who’s who” in the Rural League.
At this time we may mention East
Dallas,, who put up a game fight but
lost out in the last stage of the race
to get a crack at the pennant. Those
boys went big all summer and looked
like sure winners until Hunlocks
spruced up and staged a rally to win
the past five games. ‘Tough luck for
East Dallas, but breaks are breaks
and for that reason they will have to
take it.
Getting back to he eliminaion series,
the fans are going to be sure of sone
keen rivalry, as all four clubs are
loaded to the teeth and are sparing
nothing to come out on top.
The Dallas club will journey to
‘Hunlocks for the opening game and will
take Culver, Hutch and Billy Garman
as its pitching staff. The latfer was
the boy who curved Beaumont into
submission last Saturday when he
handed that club an 8 to 0 shutout.
On the receiving end it is expected
that Harry Weir, former New York-
Penn League star, will do the honors.
The fans that have seen him in action
are satisfied there are no better in the
league.
Now for Hunlocks. There can be
plenty said of its pitching staff. Ben-
son, a left-hander, has been going big,
while Graboski, a right-hander, has
been a big factor in keeping Jack Pol-
lock’s boys in the race. Brown, one of
the best hitting catchers in the league,
will have charge of the backstop work
and from the balance of the lineup it
should be a great ball game.
West Wyoming will journey to Beau-
mont to open the series with Archie
Austin’s clan. It is expected Kromnel-
bein will start the game with Lewis
Hackling on the receiving end.
Manager Austin let it be known that
he has another fast pitcher signed for
the series and expects to give West
Wyoming a battle. Arrangements have
been made to have umpires assigned
from the County League, which should
be a good break for the fans. All
games will start at 3:15.
Final Standing
W. Pct.
.800
.600
500
500
450
{200
West Wyoming
Dallas
Beaumont
Hunlocks 10
East Dallas 8
Roaring Brook 16
Fans will note Beaumont and Hun-
locks. finished in a tie and as both
clubs were anxious to keep shy of
West Wyoming, a coin was flipped
which gave Hunlock the fourth place
position.
Today's Game (Elimination)
Dallas at Hunlocks.
Wyoming at Beaumont.
Next Saturday.
Hunlocks at Dallas.
Beaumont at West Wyoming.
BABY CLINIC THURSDAY
Miss Ruth Ray was back in Dallas
on Thursday for the regular baby
clinic held in the Sunday school room
of the M. E. Church. After a two
months’ vacation she will be here
regularly again flow. The next clinic
will be held September 12.
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KIWANIS NEWS
George Williams of Wilkes-Barre
and district trustee of Kiwanis, spoke
before the Mt. Greenwood club at the
regular meeting last week. Almost a
100 per cent. membership was present
to transact the business which fol-
lowed. Next week Kiwanis will hold
a clam bake and corn roast at Farmers’
Inn.
Forest Fires
Sweep Region
Above Stull
Fire Crews From Dallas,/ Shavertown
and Noxen Called Qut atrol
Burning Area
- Forest fire crews from Dallas,
Shavertown and Noxen were called
out this week to help extinguish and
keep undericontrol a serious forest fire
that has been raging this week on the
'nountains north of Dinstles, along
Bowman's Creek.
The unusually dry weather of the
summer has led in many sections to
the serious outbreaks of forest fires
and the drying up of many mountain
streams and lakes. Although the fire
at Dinstles has burned over a ten-mile
area, it has been confined mostly to
the ground and to old stumps, not
seriously injuring the young second
growth timber. There is danger, how-
ever,, that it ‘may spread to the State
Game Preserve and do serious damage
to wild life in that sections. Sports-
men are much concerned because of
the recent planting of coveys of game
birds and wild animals in that section.
Since the establishment of the State
preserve some years ago many deer
have been brought from the Southern
United States and released in the State
Game Preserve.
On Tuesday night Melvin Hewitt,
State fire warden, took the following
crew from Shavertown and Trucks-
ville to patrol the fire during the night:
Glenn Strour, Clifford Howell, Elwood
Travis, John Smith, John Rice, Walter
Mathers, Richard Mathers,
Jones, Lyle Carle, Richard Stevens and
Leslie Thomas. The crew was on duty
from 8 at night until 10 the next day
when it was relieved by a force of
men from: the tannery at Noxen. On
Wednesday night a crew of men from
Dallas relieved the Noxen fighters.
Rains during Wednesday night helped
to prevent the spread of the burning
area.
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Fruit Growers
To Picnic At
Cummings Pond
Program On September 11th Will
Have Many Interesting Features.
W. E. Schoonover To Be Host
The Luzerne County Horticultural
Society will hold its annual fruit
growers’ picnic at the farm of W. B.
Schoonover on the Demuns-Orange
county highway near Cummings Pond
on Wednesday, September 11 with an
all day session.
Some interesting things will be
shown the fruit growers on the
Schoonover farm, rnore especially a
spraying demonstration which has
been conducted by J. D. Hutchison,
county agent, on a block of McIntosh
and Red Astrachan apple trees.
One tree of each of these varieties
was left as a check, no application of
spray being applied and the remainder
of the trees had the applications as
recommended by the Spray Service
letters sent out from the agricultural
Extension Association. A check-up
was made on the effectiveness of these
sprays and it was found that the Mec-
Intosh, a variety that is most suscep-
tible to scab, is absolutely free from
scab on foliage and fruit where the
spray applications were made.
The check tree which did not receive
any spray showed a 91 per cent. infec-
tion of scab. At the present time the
majority of the leaves have dropepd
off this tree and also hardly any fruit
is left.
The count on the Red Astrachan tree
showed only two-tenths of 1 per cent.
where they received the sprays and 18
per cent. infection on th check tree.
Also on the Schoonover farm
some interesting fertilizer demonstra-
tions on trees.
There are other
on this program.
are
interesting details
All fruit growers
are invited to be present.
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.two groups of three readings
Wedding Nuptials
Held At Laketor
Miss Emma A. Mayer Becomes Bride
of Calvert L. Ayre of Parsons in
. Lutheran Church at Laketon
The wedding of Miss Enma A.
Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton
D. Mayer of Laketon, and Calvert L.
Ayre, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Ayre
of 211 Ash street, Parsons, took place
Tuesday, September 3, at noon at the
Lutheran’ Church, Laketon.
The wedding party included the fol-
lowing persons: Maid of honor, Miss
Josephine Grey, Alderson; brides-
maids, Miss Wilma Ayre, sister of the
groom, and Miss Pauline Davis, Lake-
ton; Helen Mayer, sister of the bride,
was the flower girl. Leslie Roth, of
Quincy, Mass., acted as best man and
Russell Dorner of New York City as
usher. Miss Ruth Brittain, of the Con-
servatory of Music, Scranton, played
the wedding march. Mrs. Helen Yeager
of Laketon sang two numbers. Rev.
G. Elston Ruff of Shavertown offi-
ciated at the ceremony.
Miss Mayer is a graduate of the
Kingston borough high school and
Wyoming College of Business. Mr.
Ayre is a graduate of the Coughlin
high school, Wilkes-Barre, and is at
present with the Lehigh & Wilkes-
Barre Coal Company as a member of
the engineering corp.
A reception was held at the home
of the bride’s parents following the
ceremony. The following were pres-
ent: Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Ayre,
William S. Ayre, Mrs. Donald F. Alex-
ander, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ayre, Mrs.
John G. Ayre, Sr., Hannah Ayre, Nat
Ayre, Harry H. Ayre, Jr.,, and Mr. and
| Mrs. Tudor James, TF. H. Shaffer,
Florence Shaffer, Helen Ayre, Enid
Sweet, Mrs. J. J. Lantz, Mrs. H. A.
Wood, Mae S. Wood, Earl L. MacLean,
Marjorie D. MacLean, G. H. Hill, Betty
Roth, Mr. and Mrs. William Frey, Mr.
and Mrs. G. Dorner, J. Leeby, Alice
Welker, Doris Buckalew, Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Roth, Russell Dorner, Wilma
Ayre, Ruth Brittain, Pauline Davis,
Josephine Grey, Clarence Roth, ,Mrs.
Charles Mayer, Mrs. David Mayer,
Graydon Mayer, Mr. and Mrs. Corey
Grey, Harold Grey, Mrs. Ambrose Dow-
ling, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mayer, Helen
Mayer, Harold Mayer, Anthony Mayer,
Clyde Mayer, David Mayer, James
Tyler Ayre, Mr. and Mrs. James Ayre,
Eli Ayre, Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Ruff,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred M. Myers, Mrs.
Harry T. Butts, Mrs. M. Shiffer, Mrs.
W. J. Simmons, Mrs. C. L. Hebron,
Mrs. W. D. Buzby, Miss Veonette L.
Butts.
After a wedding trip by auto to
Boston, Mass., ,Mt. Vernon, Maine and
other points, they will be at home to
their friends after October 1 at 233
Hollenback avenue, Parsons.
Freeland Club
Entertained By
Local Rotarians
Attorney B. J. Brueger of Freeland
was principal speaker at the Dallas
Rotary Club on Thursday evening, |
when they were hosts to the Freeland |
club in its entirety. He chose as his
subject | “International Trade,” and
gave a very interesting talk, linking
international trade and good will with
the spirit of America as manifested in
Rotary. Attorney Brueger was born
and educated in Austria-Hungary,
came to the United States for further
education and _ expected to return
within two years. The democratic
spirit of this country typified in Ro-
tary appealed so strongly he changed
his mind and became a U. S. citizen.
Other entertainment was very
pleasantly rendered by Mrs. Herbert
‘Williams, of Shavertown, who gave
each,
and several vocal solos by Herman
Kern of Alderson. He was accom-
panied by Prof. Harpgood of Mt.
Greenwood.
| Wagner
Citizens To Stage Big
Political Motorcade For
Wagner On Tuesday Night
Torchlight Parade, Band and Larg
Number of Automobiles With Ban
ners to Feature Political Rally and
Trip to Wyoming Va Valley
EIGHTY CARS ENTERED )
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¥ager to lend their support and give
evidence ‘of their loyalty, friends and
neighbors of G. Harold Wagner, can.
didate for Prothonotary from the
Sixth Legislative District, will stage a
great motorcade and torchlight parade
on Tuesday night, September 10, with
the Upper West Side and Wyoming
Valley as the parade ground.
Encouraged and optomistic over the
reports from all parts of Luzerne
county that Wagner is gaining a
legion of supporters among all class
and creeds and especially among
opponents of the Fine-Nicholson group,
residents of the Upper West Side are
enthusiastic to take part in the motor-
To date more Han 100 motorists have
signified their intention of joining the
procession. The entire affair is under
the direction of John Yaple, who will
act as rmarshal, assisted by the follow-
ing captains from the various districts
of this section: Dallas borough, Thom
Higgins, Wardan Kunkle, L. A. Mec-
Henry; Shavertown, Samuel Woolbert;
Trucksville, Ralph Hazeltine;. Idetown,
Bruce Shaver; Alderson, Phil Thomas a.
East Dallas, Ben Brace; ; Kunkle, John
Isaacs; Dallas township, Earl Husted,
and a dozen others from this section
who are gathering groups of automo-
biles for special units in the motorcade.
The motorcade will form at 6:30
p. m. on Church street, Dallas, in fron i
of John Yaple’s house and extend in
the direction of the Dallas township
school. The procession will get under
way at 7 o'clock sharp and will move
through Dallas and Shavertown, thence
to Trucksville and down over the new
road to Wyoming Valley and Wilkes
Barre’s Public Square. There will be
at least two 'musical organizations in
the procession. Banners and noise
makers will be provided by the marshal
and captains when the motorcade
forms. Persons having noise-making
devices are urged by the committee to
bring them along. Red flares and col-
ored lights will be provided for each
automobile and truck. The parade will
be one of the greatest ever staged by
residents of this section and will be
sure to furnish an abundance of fun
and amusement for all who take part
Reports ;from every section of th
county indicate an unusual swing
ward Wagner's support. On Sat rd
night the Non-Partisan League, wh
represests 40,000 veters in Luze:
county, threw its entire support behind
‘Wagner and gave him its unqualified
endorsement. Thomas Kennedy, secre-
tary of the United Mine Workers and
a resident of Hazleton, was one of the
most active endorsers. The endorse-
ment of the league was the greatest
impetus to the swing to Wagner since
the now famous hearing in Luzerne
County court house when Judge Fine
and his henchman, Attorney Herman
Goldberg, played a losing political
| game to keep two other Wagners on
the ballot to confuse the minds of the
voters. This was gerhaps the greatest
[blow to the candidacy of John Bonin
lof Hazleton, a likeable enough youn
‘man in himself, but who is backed by
an organization now thoroughly in dis-
repute among a great group of Lu-
zerne county Yor
HAROLD WAGNER GETS
RESULTS ON ROADS
sty
A force of me under the diteetion’ of
the department of roads and bridges
of Luzerne county, was busy this
week repairing and surfacing the road
over the newly built bridge at Trucks-
ville. ‘
The condition of this road was
brought to the attention of G. Harold
of Dallas, candidate for the
office of Prothonotary, on last Satur-
day afternoon and on Monday morning
operations were started to repair the
road. This is but one instance of what
it would mean to this section of the
county to have a local man in the Lu-
zerne county cour house who could get
results for the Upper West Side.
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Main Street,
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