t YA |, a--Aéserves the commendation of thu : 4 ~ a Fair With Rising Temperature DX a | re ~ FORTIETH YEAR THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY DALLAS PA, URbAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1929 | WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS IN THE DALLAS POST FORTIETH YEA Many Attend Masque Dance On Hallowe'en Good Music and Clever Costumes Make Firemen’s Annual Dance Out- "standing — Proceeds More Than $100. Ghosts walked and goblins danced Thursday night when the Dr. Henry Bl. Laing Fire Company held its annual masque ball. in the new high school auditorium. While the older folk and the younger set danced to the com- pelling strains of the Rythm Kings’ ynusic, the still younger set made ‘whoopee’ ‘on the outskirts of Dallas by tipping over mail boxes and outbuild- ings and hauling away wagons, gates, “fences and all other untied property. But the activities of the hardy young- sers who adhered to the old school style of celebrating Halowe'en were somewhat cramped by the presence of two State police who put a damper on \ the ardor of the more daring spirits. The local police assisted by’ State troopers kept quiet and @ignified Dallas on the straight and narrow for ‘the greater part of the night so that for the most part the masque dance was the one lively spot of the eve- ‘ning. The auditorium was attractively decorated With Hallowe'en streamers and festoons hanging from the center of the ceiling to the four corners of ~ the rooms where theye were booths, decorated in fall colors, where cider, ‘candies, pies and popcorn confections could be purchased. In every detail the auditorium made a fitting background for the gaily cos- tumed dancers and the activities of Thom Higgins, who dressed ag a clown, for a time, at least, acted as master of ‘ceremonies. Early in the evening there | was a grand march and prizes were awarded to the best costumed patrons. So many were the attractive outfits that the judges had difficulty in pick- ing the winners. Among those which : excited considerable comment were: Dr. George ‘Swarz, looking for all the world like a vampire in a blue ‘ ening dz dress; Captain C. N. Booth ade an excellent double for a son of Old Spain, dressed in all the regalia of a real Spaniard, or was it Mexican. ~ Among the other charming girls was Nesbitt Garinger, who found difficulty getting untangled from his skirts; Zel Garinger ,though not a painter, £ used plenty of it in his facial make- J up as a clown; George Gertner + was no “heathen Chinee” in the beautiful red frock of a Chinese mandarin. ~ While the men turned into women under the magic spell of Hallowe'en, a number of the women turned into ~ men in retaliation and there were lenty of good looking Beau Brummels mong the wives of Dallas citizens, rs. Thom Higgins was dressed as an ld-fashioned lady, but she wore a red wig; ‘Mrs. James Besecker appeared as a little girl and Mrs. Harry Harter as a tomboy. Bob Allen acted as “bally-ho” artist d captured many an. elusive dime by staging a side show back of the audi- torium curtains. {Here with the lights turned low Bob produced a real Hula Hula girl who excited the admiration and blushes of a large audience. From start to finish the ball was one of the rmost successful ever given by the firemen and the committee whieh Had charge of the arrangenients ort community for its hard “work. After all expenses are paid it is expected 1Z. E. Garinger, Mrs. Charles Gregory, Make Interesting Trip To New Jersey Points of Interest Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoover and Party Atend 250th Anniversary Celebration at Trenton Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoover accom- panied by Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wil- son and daughter Rita of Luzerne, :no- tored to New Jersey last Sunday for a visit with elatives. © They spent some time with Mr. Wilson, Mrs. Hoover's Mrs. Marvin Oney and family of Lake- wood, N. J. Mrs. Oney is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and was the contributor who sent the very intec- esting comparison of Zeppelins, pub- lished by the Post some weeks ago. The party stopped over at Sommers- ville and Princeton and on their re- turn trip visited Trenton, which city is celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding. Agreat deal of time and expense has been lavished on the gor geous decorations which completely transformed th famous old city and re- call its thrilling early history. Through the influence of Mr. Ooney and his daughter, Miss Gladys, who is secretary to Captain Pierce, com- manding officer at Lakehurst, the party was admitted to the famous hangar and escorted by an 0.7; through the more famous airship, Los Angeles. ’ Later in the week Mr. and Mrs. Hoover and their friend motored to Banagat and visited the radio tower. The tower which is the largest in the world is 800 feet high and contains 136,000 tons of steel erected on a crystal glass foundation containing seven crystal glass cylinders. It is used for sending stock market reports to Europe and warnings to ships at sea. It is used only for com- mercial purposes. The material was made by the Germans before the war and was erected by the General Eles- tric Company in 1920. A Lipa CLASS HOLDS PARTY A Hallowe’en ‘party was held at the home of Mrs. J. E. Hildebrant on Fri- day evening by Mrs. Brickel’s class of the Sunday school. The following en- joyed a very pleasant evenin: Mrs. R. L. Brickel, Miss Winifred Griffith, Miss Gertrude Wilson, Miss Ruth Waters, Mis Marguerite Frantz, Miss Edith Rozelle, Miss Faye Whipp, Miss Margaret = Thomas, Miss Elizabeth Hazlett, Mrs. Eva Machell, Mrs. Laura. Shaver, Mrs. C. A. Frantz, Mrs. John Cummings, Mrs. William Krause, Mrs. William Neimeyer, Mrs. Arthur Meyers, Mrs. Henry Welsh, Mrs. Pit- man, Mrs. A. D. Hull, Mrs, Charles Jones, Mrs. Donald Frantz, Mrs. W. E. Webster, Mrs. Arthur Thomas, Mrs. Mrs. William Wilson, Mrs. George Brown, Mrs. Lee Weyhenmeyer, Mrs. D. F. Webster, Mrs. Alice Gordon, Mrs. Edna McCarty and Mrs. J. E. Hilde- brant. EE .. “DUDLEY” MATHERS IN HOSPITAL Frank Mathers, Jr., better known to his friends as “Dudley” Mathers, was taken to General Hospital on Tuesday, where he is sucering from a nervous breakdown. He never fully recovered from an accident in which he was in- | jured last summer while he was work- ing for A. J. Sordoni. cleared more than $100 which will be applied on the debt on the new fire that the fire company will have — — JAMES F. If You Want Good Schools for Your Children At a Minimum Taxation VOTE FOR FOR SCHOOL DIRECTOR —On The — STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN TICKET engine. © BESECKER sister, Mrs. Della Newell, and Mr. and | The above picture shows what lovers distribute tons of food woods and distribute it where the ter cover the scarce food supplies of birds and other game. in this manner. carrying a pocketful of scratch feed with you when you go in the Good Sort Feeds Game happens when heavy snows of win- Game Do your bit now by birds can reach it. Scout Troop Attend First Autumn Rally Hallowe’en Party Held in Conjunction With Program in Shavertown M. E. Church The first Girl Scout. rally of the fall was held in the form of a Hal- lowe’en masquerade at the Shaver- town M. E. Church on Wednesday evening. Members of the M. E. troop of the formal Girl Scout opening and introduced the new field captain, Mrs. Lehman, Truckville, Dallas Shaverown ILatheran troops guests. A ? Mrs. A. C. Culbert, who is district chairman, gave the address of wel- come. Miss Edna Reese took charge of the final Girl Scout opening and in- troduced the new field captain, Mrs. Grover Allen. Miss Maude Brotherhood of Wilkes- Barre, a ‘member of the board of di- rectors of the Red Cross, and Miss Julia, Montanye, instructor in home nursing of the district, took charge of were the entertainment. Prizes were awarded to Emily Lewis for the prettiest costume and Dorothy Major for the most original. Mrs. Earl Monk, Mrs. A. D. Hull, Miss Julia Montanye, Mrs. Sherman Schooley and Mrs. Martin Porter were prize win- ners. : The evening closed with a grand march led by. Ruth Chapman and Frances Keeley, officers of Troop 19 of Trucksville. Mrs. Henry Sippel, Mrs. Herbert Williams, Mrs. Sherman Schooley, Mrs. ‘Walter Fletcher and Mrs. Vester Ver- coe were members of the troop com- mittee. ( The next rally will be held in Leh- man with: the Lehman girls hostesses at Thanksgiving time. 0 THOM. HIGGINS War Veteran FOR BURGESS Republican: Ticket as Merchant —) WHEN IN LUZERNE EAT WEIDNER'S We have plenty of Oysters and crackers and we're always ready to serve you. Ask for your coupons. These little tickets will give you free oil at Weidner’s New ‘Gas Station: at Hillside. REMEMBER Weidner’ Lunch Established 1904 LUZERNE, PA. and | ‘building today follows ' SCHOOLS PROGRESS UNDER SUPERINTENDENT A. P. COPE Hundreds of Luzerne county teach- ers return home today after spending five profitable days at county institute in Wilkes Barre, arranged by County Superintendent of Schools A. P. Cope, the fourth held under the administra- tion of this able schoolman. Able educators of national reputation were engaged and these, through personal contacts ‘and sectional lectures, gave intensive aid and assistance to the young teacher and encouraged the older one in the application of new methods abreast the times. ‘The institute, incidentally, was the first to be held following the introduc- tion of a Cope idea, that of giving ex- pert aid to the one-room rural schools, long neglected, and the employment of an elementary superintndent in charge of the more advanced and larger town and borough student bodies. The schoolboy and girl of the one-room courses of study as accurately and as thoroughly as the city boy and girl. To bring this about ‘Prof. Cope was obliged to en- ‘gage Miss Clara Winans, a, rural school specialist of Mansfield State Teachers’ College. To aid the elementary schools Miss Wesley, formerly elemen- tary superintendent wut Lynn, Mass. was employed. The efforts of both have been attended with outstanding success. % Prof. Cope, in his brief period of ser- vice, has demonstrated his fiitness for the job and close application to duty, foresight and tireless energy are abso- lutely necessary to the completion of any constructive program. Politics wre sacrificed for efficiency with the result every school child has benefited and the standards raised until th sys- tem now rates second to none in the state. —_——— — TO SERVE DUTCH SUPPER The girls of the Senior Teen-age Class of the East Dallas M. BE. Church will serve a real Duteh supper at the church on Friday evening, November 8. Anyone who has ever Dutch meal anywhere knows there | will be plenty of good things to eat and when East Dallas serves they are doubly sure of a good “feed.” So come early and bring all the family. Everyone is welcome and the admis- i sion is’ small. Dr. ROBERT M. BODYCOMB Dentist Announces the Opening of His Modernly Equipped Office for the Practice of Dentistry S60 Main Street DALLAS HOURS—9 to 9 or 9 orby Appointment | hard worker all of his life, attended a | Dallas Township Supervisor Is. and Democratic Nominee For Super- visor, Life-Long Resident HAS NEVER MISSED A VOTE Alex Wilson, Republican and Demo- cratic nominee for supervisor of Pallas township at the coming election on November 5th and at present holding said position under appointment hy the court of Luzerne county, presents a life-long record of service to the Re- publican party. . Mr. Wilson has been a voter and worker for the Republican party for fifty-two years, never missing a vote in all that time. ‘While a Republican in county, state and national politics, he has given un- stinted service to the people of Dallas township for ‘many years in helping to elect to township ofice men who were capable to the positions to which they aspired; men who by their past per- formances shown that they had the interes of the township at heart, and men who worked and represented the taxpayers and good residents of the township regardless of party. Over seventy years in age, Mr. Wil- son presents to one who has never be- ‘I fore met him, an active man of fifty or fifty-five. Having lived in the township practically all of his life raised a family of eleven children, a a pic- turesque figure in Republican circles, and one of the conscientious citizens the township ever had, the homor be- ‘stowed upon him last primary in giv- ing both the Republican and Demo- cratic nominations to him is just little of whatthe people of Dallas township think of this grand old worker. While he has a little opposi- tion by an opponent on the Socialist ticket, the people of the township want Alex Wilson for their next supervisor and will so record their vote on Tues- day next. SS La LT ENTERTAINS FOR DAUGHTERS AT HALLOWEEN PARTY A Hallowe’en party was given at the a home of Mrs. W. H. Morgan, Shaver- town, on Wednesday October 30, from 2 0 5 o'clock in honor of her daughters Verna and Elizabeth. The home was attractively decorated with orange and black and many striking costumes added to the colorfulness of the occa- Various guests contributed of their talent to the entertainment, after which group games were played. Prizes were awarded to Marie Hays, most original costume; Betty Carey, funniest costume; Gladys Schoonover, prettiest costume. _Little Ruth Morgan received recogni- tion for her ability to entertain. Lunch was served to the following: Doris Leek, Betty Carey, Ruth Evans, Eleanor Belford, Nell Clemo, Eleanor Brown, Marie Hay, Florence Roberts, Ruth Hontz, Gladys Schoonover, Louise Dierolf, Ruth Iszanders, Vercoe, Beatrice Riley, Jean Vercoe, Bertha Riley, Irene Belford, Eleanor Belford, Betty Fink, Olive Anthony, Ruth Anthony, Fannie 'Ockenhouse, Francis Fierce, Verna Morgan, Eliza - beth "Morgan, Ruth Morgan, Mrs. George Appleton, Mrs. Raymond Mor- gan, Mrs. Jennie Morgan, Mrs. Eliza- beth Mehm, Marjorie Schoonover, Ruth Morgan jand Mrs. W. H. Morgan. sion. Doris Voter 52 Years ——— | roy Alex Wilsen, Being Both Republican Plenty of Rabbits Wany Sportsmen i Take To Woods As Season Ope 2 Pheasants Make Uf For Closed Season On Grouse : x Yesterday the small again opened in Pennsylvania and the advance guard of an army of’ “about 700,000 hunters took to the fields and mountains. And there will be lots of gamefor their bags this season. But what wbout next season ana; other seasons to come? We are on the verge of a hard winter, and this to- gether with the fact that there is hardly any food left now for our squir- rels, turkeys, quatl, etc., should owaken every of placing food for these cratures. \ If every hunter who goes afield would take only one poundof scratch feed in the pocket of his hunting coat and scatter it in likely places, it would mean the saving of hundreds ot game birds and animals. Placing of | food will also relive damage to crops in many sections. squirrels are literally carrying away the corn fields and the bears are forced into open territory where they prey upon sheep and destroy hives of bees. \ 5 The, State Game Commission is al- ready places months ahead of the usual time, ond it will have to spend at least three: times as much as ever before for feed- feeding in many should have used for the purchase of more game for the State. must preserve what game we have be- : fore it can undertake the purchase of ¢ ‘more. hi And with the utmost ite can do, at least fifty per cent of the game in the state will be lost by starvation t¥is win- er unless many, many persons help out voluntarily and faithfully. There will be about seven hundred thousand hunters in the field this season, and if one pound of game food it would mean in addition. to what is distributed through the usual channels. ‘ Don’t leave the Game Commission and the sportsmen’s organizations to do all this—do your part also, whether you hunt or not. Even those who never hunt, or don’t ' believe in hunting, ought to be eager to save these beau- of man, YAnd get the boys in your locality interested in helping save these crea- tures, especially the Boy Scouts and of) school boys. Such work on their part i will not only help save the game the pense to propagate, but it will help the boys themselves to grow up better citizens. The boy who has spent a winter helping to feed the game and to save it from starvation cannotegrow up into against the law of human nature. rp} UNLOADS CAR OF FORDS James F. Besecker Co. unloaded a carload of new Ford automobiles at the Lehigh Valley freight station this week. The Ford Company has just announced a price drop on all of its models due to the increasing produc- tion and elimination of further ex- pense in the Frd factories. This price drop has greatly stimulated sales throughout the country. f Main Street, Don’t Delay Just 14 More Days to Get Your Car Inspected J. R. OLIVER x game season sod English ) if hunter to the immediate need desirable $ : ‘Even now the {A two ing game’ this winter—money that it i? Butt all these hunters would carry out even. = three hundred and fifty tons altogether | tiful and beneficial but helpless friends 3 5 state has taken such pains and ex- a game hog and lawbreaker, it,s simply
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