aN Lay aiter J. Nebins of Peoria, TIL, Thursday evening after a two eeks’ visit with her sister, Mes “2I- n Whipp. Mrs. Nebins will perhaps e better reinembered by her ‘riends ere as Miss Elizabeth Major. ~ Mr. and Mirs. George Russ have re- ned from a month's vacation in ¥iorida. | Mr. and Mrs. Russell Case and ily were guests on Thacksgiving Day of Mrs. Case’s parents, Mr. and 5. Richard Evans of Madison street, W.lkes-Baxrre. ~ Dyer Lauderbach spent Thanksgiv- ng with friends in Wilkes-Barre. a John Girvan, Jr. of Philadelphia d Camden is spending the holiday a week-end with his parents here. ~ Cecil Stevens came Thursday to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick ~ Turpin. Mr. Stevens’ home is in Cam- n, N. J. 3 Mr. and Mrs. G. A. A. Kuehn spent “Thanksgiving in York. ' ev. and Mrs. W. E. Webster have urned home after spending several Mays in New York City. oris Lauderbach spent Thanksgiv- ing with her aunt, Mrs. William ange of Trucksville. 2 and Mrs. James Ritchie enter- tained Mr. and Mrs. William Riddle on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Riddle re the only members of their family x America. Their other relatives are in Scotland. John Haxton of Hayfield Farm and Frank Lauderbach of Orchard Farm, were in Toronto, Canada, the early Art of the week attending the To- ley bought blooded cattle for the onyngham Farm. Mrs. Charles Gregory, who is a pa- jent at Wyoming Valley Homeopathic ~The Idetown Woman's Home Mis- sionary 4Society will meet at the home of Mrs. A. A. Neely on Tuesday after- oon, December 3, at 2 p. m. Church of Edwardsville held a pig roast at to: home of A:airew We. fitchko at Rast Dallas Wednesday Omiotioerin tater AUXILIARY TO MEET The West Side Hospital Auxiliary 11 meet at the home of Mrs. Fred Guernsey in Shavertown on Friday, December 6. Many members from this ction were present at the hospital Wednesday when it was open for pection for the first time, ; is -Kunkle- Mr. and Mrs. Seldon Whispell on turday ef Tast week. A very de- lightful time was spent in vocal and instrumental music, after which lunch was served to the following: r. aMnd rMs. Clifford Tde and son Dean of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. R. O Girard of Springfield, Mass., Michael Wassel of Wilkes-Barre, Helen Ber- No ey of Wilkes-Barre, Frank Robbins of Beaumont, Michael Melas, Mr. and Mrs. E. Whispell, Mr! and Mrs. Seldon Whispell and daughter, Betty Estella. Why Pick on England? Commenting on the prevalence of gambling among Bnglish women, a magazine article says: “There is not a friendly game of bridge in England.” ~ Why pick on England. particularly 7— Detroit Free Press or TT SBLBOBOEB HIMMLER I THEATRE TONIGHT Drag With Richard Barthelmas TUESDAY NIGHT Rio Rita With Ken Maynard 2 hw THURSDAY NIGHT Single Standard With Greta Garbe NEXT ‘SATURDAY NIGHT Thunderbolt i. With George Bancroft ' recite, usually twice a day. Pupils went to school in that way from | a few of them from necessity rubbed | these rudiments, | ground | by a very few, and ‘History of Dallas and all my right side weak and almost helpless, so much so that I cannot labor. = Besides, I have lost my dear companion with a lingering consump- tion, which, for ‘nursing, medicine and necessaries (for she ate well most of the time) involved me in debt to the amount of four hundred and six dol- lars, and, as I have no means to pay this honest debt, and cannot work, I have written a book which I want to get printed and bound and sold in or- der to pay what I can of this honest debt. The book is a religious book and will contain perhops two hundred oc- tavo pages, and be worth perhaps fifty cents. It is my earnést desire that it may be a blessing to 'my fellow men in whose hands it may fall, and, if it is, I would lie at the feet of Jehovah and give Him praise, for it is His due. I hope each gentleman wand kind- hearted lady will give what money he can spare to help to get the books printed and bound, and the Lord will bless them. Any sum will be received with a low bow, which is my sincere thanks. He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord, and He will repay it again. O, give relief and heaven bles your store. Your: unworthy dust and needy petitioner.—Thomas Sweazy.” Mr. Sweazy died soon after, and the book, I am told, was never printed, though many names were signed and money paid for the book. Among the sobscribers for this book were the names of nearly all the active and leading business men of Wilkes-Barre and vicinity of that time (1848). Soon after the passage of the law (1834) providing for the establishment of free schools, the second school house in Dallas township was built upon lands of Richard Honeywell about three-fourths of a mile north of Me- Lellonsville, where the present school house now stands, near the residence of William XK. Goss. Another school house was erected in Dallas about the same date near the Frantz saw-mill, before mentioned, which is still known as the Frantz school house. Still an- other school house was erected about the same time on the divide known as Chestnut Hill or Brace Hill school house, but was abandoned twenty odd years ago. ‘ These buildings supplied the needs of Dalla$S township for many years. The West Dallas school house, near the residence of William C. Roushey. the Memond school house, near late residence of Ransom Demond, near headwaters of northernmost fork of Toby’s Creek, the Shaver school house in “Shaverton,” on the lower end of lot five of certified Bedford next to Kingston township line, and the Hunter school house, €érected on west- ern land of lot six certified Bedford, near late residence of Edward Hunter, and the Kunkle school house at the village of Kunkle, were erected later, in about the order named, as there seemed to he demand for them. They were all small, one-room buildings, and the schools kept in them were of the crudest kind. Classes in A, B, C's, two or three classes spelling, many in classes in reading, one or two | in arithmetic, possibly a class in gram- mar and another in geography, were | all called to the center of the room t ‘When all had recited once ond a little time had been school was let out for noon. The after- | | in as | given to exercise in writing, | noon was nearly a quite a repetition of the forenon. during school hours, and few, if any, study of N one could well study wolud out school hours. month to month und year to year, and off a little turned away finished to the satisfac- tion of the Non thoughts of a higher than information and were many of parents. education thus. worn off and entertained with fewer still! In time | began to in, were except was there any desire for it. teaching of this kind looked upon as mere physical which one person could perform with about the same A lady teacher was all that was desired | be labor skill as another. for the summer because then the big boys on the farms, and she was capable of manag- ing the girls and smal boys; but for the winter terms, when, the farmer boys were allowed to go again, a man terms, were working teacher was required, and a good, able- bodied one, too, in order to do the flogging which indispensable. With such ideas prevailing, it is not strange that in hiring a teacher the only question was how cheap it could be done. y Skiled teachers, who were worth and could command good salaries where good schools were appreciated, many of them refused to compete in this low bidding and disappeared. Conituned From Page Five was BOILS to a natural head BEAR BRAND SALVE! i Of e Includes spats ula.bandage and tape ROBLEWSKI 8.CO. Plymouth.Pa. founded 1692 2 packa f Tore 2% £2 | ‘There were, of course, notable excep- tions to this rule. Dallas had some } excellent teachers, and passed through several periods that in a small way might be termed periods of the Re- vival of Learning. With what pleasure many of us now recall the school days in Dallas under the teaching of John Whitney—a gentle, kind, brave and good man, beloved by all, but most by those who knew him best. He came to Dallas about 1865--7, and opened a general merchandise store upon the spot where the store of Ira D. Shaver now stands. He continued in the mercantile business but a short time, however, when he leased his store building and entered into the business of teaching, which seemed more congenial to his tastes. He fol- lowed teaching until the breaking out of the great Civil War of 1861. At the first sound of the alarm he dropped everything and was among the earliest volunteers in the three months’ service. When that tern was ended he renewed his enlistment and remained actively in the service wherever duty called. We who remember him so affec- tionately as our teacher, read with fearful solicitude the death roll after each great battle in which he was likely to be engaged. The dreaded messenger came at last—Whitney had been shot and killed, and in a few days his body was brought home to be buried. His school teaching at Dallas was all at the little red school house which first log school house of Dallas town- ship had stood. Whitney began with a night school, and had a few sub- scription pupils who were asked to come in and learn geography by singing it. He had a fine set of maps of the world on a large scale, such as had never before been seen there. To these was added a familiar knowledge and unbounded zeal on the part of the instructor. The result was marvelous. His class soon through the geopgraphy of the whole world to the tune of Yankee Doodle, after which the multiplication table was taken up and learned by many of us to the same music. This success to Whitney but the sharpening of desire to do more. His class had learned more in the few short weeks of close application under his drilling than ever before in many times the same period, and they were all willing sup- porters of any plan Whitney had to offer. He at once proposed to the school directors to remodel the in- terior and seating arrangement of the school house at his own expense and take charge of the school under cer- tain conditions. His offer was at once accepted. At this Whitney threw off his coat, turned from g¢eacher to car- sang was LLL 77T77 77777 iir7rrrlrriiideeiiuiiiiiiid Many Of Your ‘Friends Have | earned That Spanier Soppe can offer them quality merchandise — stylish in design—at a price lower than elsewhere, Since the time of our opening three months ago, we have steadily increased our business with women from the Dalas section. The reason for this is plain— low rent, experienced salespeople, quality merchandise have combined to produce low prics and satisfied customers. Remember We Are Still Offer- ing 20 Per Cent. Off On All Coats THE SPANIER Shoppe 69 MAIN STREET LUZERNE penter, and in an with his own hands tore out the old long backless benches and clumsy desks, which were but little bettwr than racks of torture, and made them over into a set of new and graceful and easy seats with backs, and so ar- ranged that each pupil, large or small, was provided with a comfortable seat and a desk in front of him on which he could rest a book. The effect of this change was magical. It was now possible to have comfort and do a little work during school hours. The opening was auspicious. New and im- proved school furniture, a large at- tendance, affectionate respect for the teacher, and a riciprocal love on his part the ominous of success and success cer- for pupils, were indeed incredibly short time 1 tainly followed in the few months that John Whitney remained. His teaching and influence gave an impetus to edu- cational desire that has never been lost. To it more than to anything else I attribute the establishment so soon after ‘of the splendid graded school of which Dallas borough now so proudly and justly boasts. John Whitney was a frank and genial man, of tall, slen- der and delicate build, scrupulously neat but never foppish, gentle as a woman, but every inch of him was manly and brave. ‘When duty called he knew no fear. He will long be held in affectionafte remembrance in Dal- las by all who knew him. ‘The John Whitney Post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Dallas is named in his honor. - / (Continued Next Week) ¥ Classified Advertisements FOR SALE Because I am closing my house fet, china closet, chairs and diningroom table. James Calladine, DeMuns, 372-R-13. LOST Es Small fold pocketbook, containing money; Friday night at high school; i ? fraternity seal face. Reward. Phone Dallas 283-R-2. i : — tel FOR SALE Queen Bengal cook stove in good i Price =: condition, with warming oven. $15.00. 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