a Eastern Pennsylvania: Cloudy, probably showers Little Temperature Change THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY WHOSE ADVLRTISE C : APPEARS IN THE DALLAS POST FORTIETH YEAR DALLAS, PA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2471929 _FORTIETH YEAR Noxen Boy and Spring City Insur- ance Man, Blames Rash Act On Financial Worries ++ Spring: City, Sept. 27.— (Special to ‘the Post)—The lifeless remains of ‘Robert R. Reinhard, aged 35, former | - Noxen boy ‘and well known resident of Spring City, insurance agent for ‘the Metropolitan Iife Insurance Com- pany and World War veteran, were found about 5:30 o’clock Saturday eve- ' ning in the gas-filled kitchen of his home, 418 New street, by George I. Sload and Herbert Yeager, who had gone to investigate when the man failed to arrive with supplies for an outing at Zion’s Lutheran Church. Working their way into the house through a cellar door, when Reinhard failed to answer the door bell, the two men were nearly overcome with gas, and entering the kitchen found the remains of the man lying on the floor. Dr. Robert W. Randall, of Royersford, who was summoned, stated that he had been dead about an hour. Four burners of the gas stove in the kitchen had been turned on. A note found on a table, addressed to his wife, ascribed financial worries as the cause. The unfortunate occurrence caused a great shock to the many friends of the young insurance man who was exceed- ingly popular here, and who was noted for his cheerful and genial disposition. He was seen in his customary happy mood on Friday evening attending a meeting of the Caffrey Post American Legion, and at Zion Lutheran Church, where he was very active in church and Sunday school affairs. Members of his family and church feel that shell shock suffered while , overseas with the United States Army may have been indirectly the cause of ‘his rash action, for his financial stress, if any, was not great. As he had frequently done before, Reinhard took his wife and four chil- dren to the home of her mother, Mrs. ~ William H. Yeager, on Walnut street, on Saturday morning, after which he went to the Pottstown office of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Comany. He had previously arranged to be in attendance on Saturday afternoon at an outing and base ball game in Zion's Lutheran church yard, where a large crowd of Sunday school workers was enjoying an outing. Reinhard had agreed to bring along with him the rolls, and coffee for a picnic lunch. ‘When he failed to appear shortly. after 5 o'clock, his brother-in-law, Harold Yeager, and George 1. teered to go to Spring City and inquire about him. When they found the .doors locked they investigated and en- tered the house through thé cellar, making the discovery about 5:30 o’ciock. They notified Rev. A. B. Markley, pastor of Zion’s Church, and Dr. Randall was summoned, while an investigation was under way. The ‘ physician said that the man had been dead about an hour. In the absence of Deputy Coroner R. E. Clevenstine, who was out of town, permission to remove the remains was given by Deputy Cor- oner F. B. Neiman of Phoenixville. A certificate will be issued by Deputy Coroner Clevenstine sometime Mon- day. Robert Reinhard came here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Rein- hard, from Noxen, near Harvey's Lake, about fifteen years ago, and had re- sided here ever since. While a student at Allentown Preparatory school, pre- paring for the ministry, he was drafted as the war broke out. He trained at Camp Meade, Md. wand Camp Hancock, Georgia, going over seas with the medical corps of the 103rd Sanitary Train of the 28th Divi- sion on May 19, 1918. He was in France about a year, going through the encounter without being wounded. A. brother, Fred, now of Norristown, lost a leg in battle. Robert was dis- charged May 20, 1919, and a year or two later accepted a position with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in the local district. He was married to the former Myrtle Yeager about. eight years ago and they have been living at 418 New street. Deceased was an active member of Zion Reformed Church, being super- - Shell Shocked Veteran Ends Life Ji ~~ With Gas As , Robert R. Reinhard, 35, Well Known Gay Picnickers W ait Dallas Hardware Company Partner Dies At Meeker William J. Meeker, Well Known Lum: berman, Victim of Heart Disease at Age (of Fifty Years The funeral of William J. Meeker, aged 50, who died Monday evening fol- lowing a brief illness of heart disease, was held Thursday from the late home in Meeker, followed by services at Lehman church and interment in Lehman cemetery. Mr. Meeker was a well known busi- ness man in this section for many years, having conducted a successful lumber and prop business at Meeker. He was also a half owner of the Dallas Hardware Company. For the past six months he had been in failing health, although able to go about his duties and to attend to the many details of his business. g Besides a number of brothers and sisters the qreaed leaves the follow:ng sons and daunghters: Mrs. Ray Gor- don of Pike’ Creek, Jennie, Ruth and Mildred at home, and Walter at Meeker. Clinic Opens For Children n Thursday Toxin- xin to Be Given Free of Charge at Dallas M. E. Church on Thursday Afternoon In keeping with the efforts being made throughout the State of Penn- sylvania to check the spread of diph- theria, Wyoming Valley Community ‘Welfare Federation will cnduct its first toxin-antitoxin clinic ate Dallas M. E. Church parlors on Thursday, October 3. Immunization inoculations will also be given on the three follow- ing Thursday. The service will be free and all 'mother ofchildren not already inoculated are urged to bring them to the clinic. \ The clinic will be in charge of Dr. G. K. Swartz of Dallas, who will be assisted by a Se, rt ERE | ent age will be A each week at 1:30. Pupils from the Goss school at 2:30 and those from the borough school at 3:30. Members of the local committee in charge as clinic assistants are: Mrs. Harold Titman, Mrs. James Besecker, Mrs. Coke of Fernbrook, Mrs. Zel Gar- inger and Mrs. Sterling Machell. On the publicity committee are: Mrs. Robert Moore, Mrs. Lloyd McHenry and Miss Ruth Waters. Hostesses are: Mrs. Georgia Patterson, Mrs. Stanley Davis, Miss Ruth Race, Mrs. Wilfred Morgan and Mrs. Robert Moore. The Dallas station is but one of 103 similar stations established by the Community Welfare Federation. 34,000 school children have received the toxin-antitoxin immunization since the first campaign was launched in 1928. And it is hoped that the number re-- ceiving theinoculation this year will bring the total up to 50,000. intendent of the Sunday school and a member of the choir. He was a mem- ber of the Walter Caffrey Post, Ameri- can Legion, of Spring City. since its inception and was a past commander. He was selected as the Republican nominee for Spring City borough council, Third ward, ot the primary election held last Tuesday. In respect to his memory all services of Zion's Church and Sunday school were dis- pensed with yesterday morning. He leaves his wife, Myrtle, and four children, Robert, Beatrice, Marion and Jean, at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Reinhard, of Heckle avenue; a brother, Fred, Norristown; a brother, Henry, of Ohio, and a sister, Elsie, wife of Albert May, Noxen, Pa. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon. OFFI We Are The INSPECTION STATION For This Section Arrange Early and Avoid Delay F. BESECKER CO. DALLAS, PA. CIAL Surrounded by his pupils of .a for- mer day, -all grown to: manhood now, Frank F. Morris, grand old schoolman of this section, was the guest of honor Friday night at a touching testimonial dinner sponsored. by Dallas Rotary Club in Higgins’ College Inn. Among the guests were 'men high in professional, business and govern- mental circles of the State, many of them with national reputations. A number .came from distant cities to pay their tribute to a man who had influenced their lives thirty, forty and fifty years ago. In that company were men Mr. Morris had known only as boys and that he had not seen for thirty years, others were from nearby communities and his daily neighbors, yet he recognized them all without a moment's hesitation... Many there were who because of distance could not at- tend the dinner but they sent their letters to be read at the gathering. One of the guests, Asa Shaver, was a pupil in Mr. Morris’. classes more than fifty-five years ago. With such a gathering recollections of a former day were the leading topics of conver- sation. Mr. Morris was born at Orange seventy-seven years ago, the son of Dr J. C. Morris, who, as his son puts it, spent most of his practice of ‘medicine in a buckboard wagon. Frank Morris was educated at West Pittston Acad- emy and Wyoming Seminary and at the age of seventeen started in the profession in which he was to spend thirty years of his life. [His first school was at Michigan, Franklin township. Later he taught in Par- sons, Drums, Dallas township, Mos- cow. Faairview and Dallas borough After leaving Moscow at the time when Lackawanna was separated from Luzerne County, Mr. Morris ran for county superintendent of schools in Luzerne county and was defeated by two votes. He could have had those but he refused to buy them, five votes having been offered him by the direc- tors of Black Creek township if he would pay $25 for them. Mr. Morris refused, saying that the whole town- ship full of scrub oak wasn't worth $25. During a part of the time Mr. Morris taught in Dallas his salary was $12 a ‘he oarded ound with the ee TERA a At a later date the school associa- tion paid for his board and he lived at the Dallas hotel. In those days the Dallas schools were under the direc- tion of the high school association. and bought their own books. In 1900 Mr. Morris gave up the teaching pro- fession to become postmaster at Dal- las for the next thirteen years. Dur- ing all his teaching years his favorite subjects were mathemetics and Eng- lish grammar. Among thé many tributes, that were paid by each of his former students at the dinner was one by a man who holds degrees from the leading col- leges and universities of the country that among his many instructors he had only three real teachers, the laty Rufus Howland of Wyoming Seminary, Dr. A. A. Stevens of the University of Pennsylvania and Frank F. Morris of Dallas. There were twenty-eight former students at the dinner together with the members of Dallas Rotaary Club. All of the boys who had studied un- der Mr. Morris paid tribute to his ability as a teacher, and his influence in urging them to go ahead to secure an education and to amount to some- things in life. All of the speakers em- phasized the point that Mr. Morris was never an old fashioned teacher but forty years ahead of his time in edu- cational principals. Among the first speakers on the pro- gram were: Dr. Byron H. Jackson and Dr. H. W. Albertson of Scranton. Claude Isaacs was toastmaster. A let- ter was read from Edward Martin, auditor general of the State of Penn- sylvania, who had planned to attend but was unable because of last-minute duties. Another letter reproduced here, was read from M. S. Hoover, head of Gregg Business College at Twin Falls, Idaho. September 12, 1929. The Rotary Club, Dallas, Pennsylvania. Gentlemen: I thank you very kindly for the invitation to attend the dinner in honor of our former teacher, Mr. F. F. Morris. I have many, many times in my work found use for the knowledge which Professor Morris helped us to get in those pleasant school days in “The Little School House on the Hill.” I have traveled far away from the “Scenes of My Childhood,” but “Fond recollections present them to view” as I read your letter. I sincerely regret that it will be Pupils paid $1.25 a month for ‘tuition | ‘Meyers, SCHOOL BOYS OF OTHER DAYS HONOR FORMER SCHOOLMASTER WITH TESTIMONIAL DINNER Frank F. Morris, Guest Of Honor, At Testimonial Dinner Sponsored By Rotary Club. Guests Number Of Men Of State And National Repute impossible for me to come. ©: Yours: truly," M. S. HOOVER. William R. Neely sang a comic Dutch German song which he sang 45 years ago, in a closing day exercise in one of Mr. Morris’ classes. The presentation of this song brought much applause from the audience and was a practical demonstration of how long-lasting are the early impressions made on the mind of a young pupil. Mr. Morris readily remembered the first time Mr. Neely sang the selection and it was at this suggestion that the solo was given. Replying to the many eulogies and complimentary addresses that were delivered at the gathering of his for- mer students, Mr. Morris said in part that in reviewing conditions of the former school days, it was impossible to realize or grasp the fact that the boys—the little shoots and seedlings of the mundeveloped manhood that he had attempted to lead or direct in an educational way, had grown into such sturdy timber of the social forest and, that he did not attribute much of their many successes to the instruction of those days. The gratifying results attained was due to persistent effort and an underly ing determination to succeed in every undertaking by the representative men assembled, and that these influen- tial, professional and business men re- flect great credit on the home town in which they were reared. He drew attention to the fact that all may have had their adversities, hindrances, besetments and reverses and obstacles to oppose them and to re- tard their progress, and perhaps many times were nearly overwhelmed by tte prevailing conditions that besel them. But the evidence of their uncomnyuer- able character was apparent from the accomplishmed results. To symbolize this condition he gave the following quotation: “Not in Prosperity’s broad light can Reason justly scan sterling worth which viewed aright most dignifies the man Favored at once by Wind and Tide, well may a pilot safely guide. his bark safely on, The “|'Blt when the harbor “he “has carey gained He who no conflict has sustained No mead has fairly won.” Then, in concluding, he expressed the thought he desired to make most em- phatie, that the memory, the recollec- tion of that hour would be a talisman, a beacon light continuously illuminat- ing his pathway down through the shadow of the twilight, the evening, the sunset and the darkness of his closing days. At the conclusion of the program Mr. Morris was presented with a beatiful walnut chime cloch, the gift of Dallas Rotary Club and his former students. The guests were enthusiastic in their praise of the program and the werk done by the Rotary Club in brivsging the dinner about and expressed the de- sire that the dinner be made an an- nual affair with both women ard men who studied under Mr. Morris attend- ing. Former students present were: Edgar Gregory, president and gen- eral manager of the Hitchner Biscuit Co. West Pittston; John Williamson, United States Civil Service, Wilkes- Barre; Joseph Ellsworth, Pennsylvania Power and Light Company, Wilkes- Barre; Dr. Byron Jackson, one of the leading ex-ray specialists of America, Scranton; James Litts, Superintendent, [Pennsylvania Power and Light Com- pany, Wilkes-arre; Lewis Shaver, far- ‘mer, Dallas; Ira D. Cooke. American Creditors’ Association, Attorney M. J. Martin, outstanding corporation law- of the state and the man who is lead- ing the fight against the seating of Watson for Federal Judge; Theodore Kingston druggist; George Norton, manager Banker's Drug Store, Kingston; Frank Youngblood, Wilkes- Barre, district manager F. W. Wool- worth Company; Truman Barker; Kingston. manager Matheson Ware- house Company, L. D. Hallock, Hones- dale, president Deer Park Lumber Company; James Franklin, Dallas, Wilkes-Barre Railway Company; Al- bert Perrego, Dallas, carpenter; Dr. Harry Albertson, Scranton; president Pennsylvania State Medical Associa- tion; Asa P. Shaver, Dallas, retired; Leland Pierson, Wilkes-Barre, realtor; W. R. Neeley, Lehman, merchant; James Landon, Kingston, contractor; Melvin Mosier, Dallas, farmer; Nelson ‘Whipp, retired; Harry Still, Shaver- town, lumber dealer; Charles Moore, Dallas, farmer; Dr. G. L. Howell, Trucksville, ex-ray specialist; Dr. George Rauch, Noxen, phisician, Frank Bulford, Dallas, retired; and Joseph P. Schooley, Trucksville, far- mer. THE BRIDGE INN “JUST ACROSS THE BRIDGE”. At Trucksville; Pa, Afternoon Teas, Luncheons and Dinner Parties a Specialty Ella Cox Hughes, Hostess PHONE 326 Former Resident | Dies At Berwick Emmanuel Delay, Veteran Of Many) Civil War Battles Dies At Home In Berwick Emmanuel Delay died at his home in Berwick on Sunday at the age of eighty-nine. He was born in Dallas township December 1, 1839. About forty years ago he moved to Berwick. He enlisted in the 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and served the United States during the Civil War. He participated in the following en- gagements: Siege of Yorktown, April 5 to May 3, 1862, Williamsburg, Vir- ginia, May 5, 1862; T. Pines, May 31, 1862; Fair Oaks, May 31, 1862; Mechanicsville, June 26, 1862; Gaines’ Mills, June 27, 1862; Savage Station, June 29; Charles City-Crops: Road, June 30, 1862; Turkey Bend, June 30, 1862; Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862; Buil Run Bridge, August 27, 1862; Chan- tilly, September 1, 1862; South Moun-. tain, Md., September 14, 1862; Antie- tam, Md. September 17, 1862; Fred- ericksburg, December 13, 1862; Salem Church, May 3, 1963; Chancellorsville, Muay 1-4, 1863; Salem Heights, May 18, 1868; Gettysburg, Pa., July 1-3, 1863; Funkstown, July 12-13, 1862; Rappa- hannoek, November 7, 1863; Mine Run, November 26-28, 1863; Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 8-18, 1864. He was wounded in tle left hand by a gun shot in one of these engagements. The regiment engaged at Cold Harbors June 1-12, 1864; Petersburg, June 15-19, 1864; Weldon Railroad, Monocacy, Md., July 9, 1864; Fort Stevens, Washington, D. C., July 11-12, 1864; Snicker’s Ferry, July 18; Winchester, August 17, 1864; Summit Point, August 27, 1864; Smithfield, August 29, 1864; Opequen, September 19, 1864; Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864; Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864; Fall of Petersburg, April 2, 1865; Sailors’ Creek, Va., 1865; Appotomat- tox and Lee’s Surrender, April 9, 1865. He was honorably discharged on June 28, 1865, at West Philadelphia by rea- son of close of war. In 1861 he married Miss Mary Fer- guson of Jackson. Eight children were born to this union. Surviving are his wife and the f#i- lowing children: Mrs. Ella Heller, Kingston; Mrs. Estella Fowler, Ber- wick; Mrs. Etta Dingle, Lehman; Ed- ward and Everett, Berwick; thirty- three granchildren and forty-two great grandchildren. The funeral was held from his home on Tuesday afternoon. Pall bearers were grandsons Lloyd Elston, Clarence Elston, Gaylord Delay, Earl McCreary, Herbert Hardy, Leslie Heller. Flower carriers were Robert and Alice Me- Creary. Services were in charge of Rev. Unger and interment was! in Fowlersville cemetery at Berwick. 0 SEPTUAGENARIANS / ~ ENJOY FOX HUNT (0 rm : Following a precedent established several years ago, three venerable Dalals residents whose combined ages now total more than 231 years, cele- brated the birthday anniversary of oné of their number on Monday with a fox hunt and birthday dinner. The men who made up the hunting party, guests and host were Charles Cook, aged 76; Frank Norris, aged 77, and John Wilson, aged 78. The din- ner was held at the home of Mr. Wil- son and in his honor. As at a pre- vious birthday fox hunt five years ago, Mr. Wilson this year killed a fox dur- ing the hunt to ag#® to the happiness of the day. In commenting on the hunt one ot the party said: “I still love to hunt as much as when I was a boy. The only difference is that I used to juge§ over all of the fences but nw fall head over heels over all of them.” MRS. RS. HEALY 'ENTERTAINS Mrs. Irene Healy of 151 Pioneer ave- nue, Shavertown, entertained a few friends at her home on Tuesday eve- ning at a wiener and marshmallow roast. Qarmes provided the entertain- mnt. Those present were: Misses Marie Kane, Regina Carey, Florence HaHIl, Marjorie Hope, . Hannah May, Mary Evans, Edna Zurybil, Mrs. Irene Healy and Neill Howell, 5th. Bandits Caught At East Dallas Solve Milk Theft Judge Jones Makes Short Work of i Trio Caught Monday and Wednes- day Sends Them to Huntingdon Solution to the series of milk thefts committed in this region during the past few weeks was brought about Monday night with the arrest of Wil- liam Bruder, aged 28, Jorn Gittens, aged 20, and James Brown, aged 21, all of Swoyerville. [Although police have been working in the milk thefts for a number. of weeks, direct sota- tion came late Monday night waen Gittens and Pearn were captured while: } attempting t rob the store and butcher shop of Frank Moore of East Dallas. In Monday night about 11:30, Gittens and Pearn broke into the Moore butcher shop to steal meat. That es- tablishment had been robbed on sev- eral previous occasions and Mr. Moore had rehently. installed an electric bell system from the shop to his home, which is about fifty yards distant. When the alarm rang, Mr. Moore went to the store with a gun while his wife summoned Dallas police for help. Un- able to locate the police officer, Mrs. Moore telephoned Higgins’ restaurant and Mr. Higgins summoned her son and several friends from a party thay were ‘attending at the Beisel homé. When they reached the scene of the robbery the elder Mr. Moore, who has been in poor health for some time, was holding the ‘Tobersb at bay. Bruder, the third member of the trio, escaped in an automobile parked some distance away. Pearn and Gittens were brought to allas and later placed in the Luzerne borough lockup by local police. When qestioned they confessed to other work in this section including the stealing of milk from in front of houses along the milk routes of Trucksville Dairy, Woodlawn Dairy and aGringer Dairy. They said that the milk was taken to the home of Bruder in Swoyerville, where it was allowed to sour and tin churned into butter and sold. They accused Bruder of being the “brains” of the outfit, saying that in company with him and his wife and children they visited the Moore butcher shop on Sunday night and laid plans of how they would rob it early in the week. After being given a hearing on Tues- day before Justice of the Peace Mualkemes of Shavertown, the men were bound over to court on Wednes- day. Judge Jones committed iGttens and Pearn to the Huntingdon formatory and ‘sent Bruder to county jail for sentence later. Bruder is a married man with a wife and three small children and the judge in- structed Mrs. Harding of the proba- tion ofice to investigfate home condi- tions before he imposes sentence. iE te oe CTIA DALLAS BOROUGH'S TEAM We 'must not forget our football team. They really are a credit to our school. You must come and see them yourself to appreciate them. Our coach, Earl Young, is all a coach should be, and then .some. When he: barks you should see the boys move. And how he can bark! Our beloved captain, William Brickel, after re-learning the fundamentals of the game, is now nearing the mark of the best quarterback our school can boast. The coach also told Wesley that he carried the ball like a real player. The other players are also do- ing their best. Our lineup at present is as follows: : Right end, Dick Coolbaugh; tackle, Russell De Remer; right guard, Clarence LaBar; center, Richard Tem- plin; left guard, ick Disque; left tackle, Kenneth Disque; left end, Robert Eipper; quarterback, William Brickel; right half, Earl VanCampen; left half, Glenn Schmoll; fullback, Wesley Himmler. LY hy ki ATTEEND KIWANIS CONVENTION The district cnvention of the Ki- wanis Club was held Nonday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Hazleton. Rev. Harry Henry, r. G. L. Howell and M. E. Keeler were delegates from the Mt. Greenwood Club. Reports of the con- vention will be made at the next regu- lar meeting of the local club. 2 CET WORLD ENORMOUS POWER To reach out SUPERB TONE Electro-Dynamic ENJOY IT NOW. We can deliver J Main Street, ON A NEW SCREEN-GRID ATWATER KENT WE HAVE IT — Electro-Dynamic of course’ NEEDLE POINT SELECTIVITY Test it. Here or in your home. SEE THE BEAUTIFUL CABINET MODELS. Priced right-easy payments § A GIFT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. 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