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¢ Dinner Party
Mr .and Mrs. James Mackie of Per-
rin avenue entertained at dinner re-
cently. Following dinner, cards were
playéd and prizes awarded to Mr. and
Mrs. William Dietz, Mrs. Walter
Kressley. Those present were: Mr.
william Good, Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Lueder, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert ‘Wilcox,
Mr. and Mrs. William Dietz, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Robertson and Mr. and
Mrs. James Mackie,
Mrs. John Seymour of Glen View
Terace entertained at cards recently
in honor of Mrs. Joseph Moore of
Philadelphia. ;
‘The Kellar Klass of the M. E.
Church will meet at the home of Mrs.
Ray Isaacs this evening. A full at-
tendance is urged. .
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church will hold an “aprou
social” in the basement of the church
: this evening. -
x Mrs. Kathryn Malkemes, who un-
‘derwent an operation at the Nesbitt
West Side Hospital during the past
week is improving.
Bop, Covered Dish Supper
SEA covered dish supper was held at
the Methodist Episcopal Church on
Wednesday night. The troop com-
d mittee ‘and mothers were guests.
Games were played and stunts were
given by different patrols. The fol-
. lowing were present: Troop commit-
tee and mothers: Mr Walter
~ Fletcher, Mrs. Martin Porter, Mrs.
Harry Bogart, Mrs. Henry Sipple,
Mrs. Vester Vercoe, Mrs. Herbert
Williams, Mrs. William Ferrell, Mrs
Preston, Mrs. John Gallagher, Mrs.
John Stevenson, Mrs. Charles Ayers,
Captain Mrs. H. F. Henry; Lieuten-
ants Mrs. Wheeler Hess and Esther
Thomas; Girl Scouts: Emily Preston,
Mildred Isaacs, Charlotte Monk, Mar-
garet Kocher, Shirley Mitchell, Emma
Ruth Shaver, sther Warden, Mae
Warden, Jane Hontz, Marjorie Hughes,
Betty (Carvie, Ruth Evans, Eleanor
__Cortright, Marguerite Patton, Eliza-
beth Searfoss, Virginia Rosser, Vivian
3 Eckhert, Helen Gallagher, Dorothea
Sl Ayers, Grace Ferrell, Edna Hunt, Mar
jon Heale, Beatrice Williams, Jean
Vercoe, Hilda Stevenson, Rebecca
Piatt, Clara Mae Evans; visitors,
‘Doris Vercoe, Verna Nutchlar, Dorothy
Carey, Jean Hughes, Nell Clemow.
‘Tickets were given out for the enter-
tafnment to be held January 29 in the
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<5 wis MB. Church, proceeds to be used for
buying badges for the scouts. The
first girl selling ten tickets will re-
3 ceive three blue ribbons. Mrs.
Nis Wheeler Hess is in charge of the
Sh tickets. 3
~The local Girl Scouts, Troop 9, had
the pleasure of going through the
Miners Bank on Wednesday afternoon
as their educational trip.
~ Mrs. Maretta K. Wardan, North
Main street, entertained members of
the Birthday Club at her home on
the occasion of her birthday anniver-
sary. Cards were played and
juncheon was served to the following
members present: Mrs. Nellie Makin-
gon of Forty Fort, Mrs. Margaret
Mrs. Helen
Honeywell of Dallas, Mrs. Anna K.
Richards of Beaumont, Mrs. Estella K.
Isaacs, Mrs. Amanda W. Herdman,
Mrs. May H. Conden and Mrs. Mario
Rydd, all of Kunkle; Sherman, Eli
beth, Abilene Wardan and Sherman
Kunkle.
: Auxiliary Meets
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of St. Paul's
Latheran Church held its regular
meeting at the church recently. Busi-
ness was transacted and plans for an
“apron social” to be held this evening
in the basement of the church were
completed. A, good time- is assured
all who attend. Aprons have been
‘poailed to a large number of women
_folk of the town. A program of en-
A tertainment , has been arranged and
: refreshments will be served. After
the business session luncheon was
" served by the hostess, Mrs. K. Lemke,
to the following members present:
| Mesdames Ayers, Avery, Batey, Eck,
Drum, Dressel, K. G. Laycock, C,
Malkemes, BE. Monk, G. Norton, G. E.
Ruff, M. Phillips, J. Harfman Guests:
Mrs. George and William Dierolf, Mrs.
Carl Kast and Miss Helen Anderson,
of Dallas.
Local Church Services
Church of the Prince of Peace—Ser-
vices Sunday will be held at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church with Sunday school
at 3 p. m. and evening services at 4
p. m. Rev. Paul Weatherly, pastor.
M. E. Church—Church school at
9:45; morning worship at 11 a m.;
vesper services at 7:30 p. m. Rev. H.
Henry, pastor.
St. Therese’s—Masses on Sunday are
at 8:30 and 10:30 with Sunday school
following the 10:30 mass. Rev. J. J.
. OfLeary, pastor.
Glen View P. M.—Sunday school at
16 a. m.; preaching service at Il a m.;
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‘and Mrs. Walter Kresley, Mr. and Mrs. |
CHWARTZ :
Christian Endeavor meets at 6:30 p.
m.; preaching service at 7:15 p. m.
Rev. A. Iveson, pastor
St. Paul's Lutheran—Sunday school
at 10 a. m.; morning service at 11 a.
m.; vesper service at 7:30 p. m. Rev.
G Elson Ruff, pastor.
Statement Corrected
Due to a number of telephone calls
during the week on the action taken
by the court en banc on the local ap-
pointment of chief of police here, we
wish to make a correction to read as
follows: The petition was then sent
to court, who; in turn, handed down
an order “authorizing” and not direct-
pointment. He hope this correction is
satisfactory to all who called.
Fire Company to Meet
The local fire company will meet at
the school house Monday evening at 8
o'clock. + Captain and lieutenants on
the membership drive are requested to
turn in all new membership cards at
this meeting.
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SEEN AND HEARD
By Will Wimble
Dropped "into the tonsorial ~ em-
porium during the week and found
things all topsy-turvy due to the fact
that George is having the place all
painted up and Bill Reilly was doing
the work.
We heard that at the fire company
election last week that the candidates
must have had some railroad experii-
ence the way some of them were rail-
railroaded into ofice, but they all got
a kick out of it.
It was also heard that Stanley
‘Wrisler went so far ad to go and pay
| 50 cents for every vote he received.
Twenty-one votes at that price would
mean a layout of $10.50. Potato busi-
ness must be good. We think Stan
will make a good chief.
WwW eis someone would give us
some information this “Green
Dragon’ that is said to be in town
some place.
on
“Jiggs” VanCampen was a hustler
in the fire company and a hard
worker. We don’t “Red”
Schwartz very well but from what we
hear “Red” will make a, fine president.
If you need any help, “Red,” come
around. ( We will help you.
know
The campaign for new members is
meeting with much success. Every-
this drive is on. The firemen need
your help. The dues are but $3 a
year with $1 for initiation fee. The
money received from the dues help
the men buy hose, pay
rent and other necessities for a fire
company.
tires, acids,
The township supervisors have
erected “Twenty Mile Speed Limit”
signs along the two main roads of the
“School Zone”
signs where children have to cross
the roads while going and
from school.
township as well as
coming
The Dallas and Shavertown fire
companies were helpless at the fire
which destroyed the home of Mrs.
Chernesk last Sunday morning. The
fire had a big start before it was dis-
covered, due to the heavy wind. The
boys did good work in keeping the
fire confined to the one building.
C. W. Hoffman, pulled the piano
half way out of the parlor when he
became all puffed out and asked a
few men to help hin. It took eight
men to carry it to a neighbor’s house.
One of the boys from Dallas came
to help put the fire out with a rub-
ber coat ovier his pajamas. We won-
der if he felt the wintry blasts?
F. CC. Malkemes cranked his
“Graham Cracker” for half an hour
trying to get it started with the
switch turned off to get to the fire.
Rev. Harry Henry was there and
when the blaze was at its highest
Rev. Henry remarked: ‘Boys, that's
a hot fire. Now's the time to mend
your ways.”
Stanley Wrisler, the newly elected
fire chief, has been a very busy man
the past week. Stan saw to it that
the tanks on the truck were fully
charged and those that were not were
made so. The brass was all shined
up ‘and the lenses were taken to be
re-nickeled. New batteries were put
in the hand lamps. Atta boy, Stan!
Don’t fail to fill out one of the
membership cards when it is handed
to you by one of the firemen. It is
through these means that the fire
company is kept going and they need
your help.
‘We heard during the week that the
Justice of the Peace of Shavertown
submitted to an operation at the West
Side Hospital and that Mrs. K. Mal-
kemes is getting along very nicely.
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ing the supervisors to make the ap-.
History of Dallas
(Continued From Last Week)
: Characters
Abram Pike, the “Indian killer,” was
a wandering medicant for many years
prior to his death. He was found dead
one morning in a barn near the pres-
ent residence of George Ide, in Leh«
man (then Dallas) township. He was
buried by Dallas townsfolk as a pau-
per, under ‘an apple tree near the
Presbyterian Church in old “Ide bury-
ing ground,’ in the present township
of Lehman.
‘The following incident,
with his later years, has been told
me, which I do not remember to have
heard or seen in print* before. The
owners of an eel ware in the Susque-
hanna River, just above the gas house
at Wilkes-Barre, had strong suspi-
cions that some one was stealing thei:
fish, and set a watch to catch him.
In due course the thief was caught,
and it proved to be poor Pike. He
was taken down to old Hollenback s
storehouse, which stood on the river
bank a short distance below Market
street, and locked up. Some wagish
boys put up a card over the door, “The
largest Pike ever caught in the Sis-
quehanna River now on exhibition
here—admission 10 cents;” and it is
said they took a good many dimes
from the curious people who flocked
to see it.
In 1813 Steuben Butler proposed to
publiish a life of “Abraham Pike.” but
for lack of support the work was not
published. The following is a copy ol
the original subscription paper now in
hands of C. E. Butler (verbatim):
connected
Proposals
“For publishing by subscription a
New Work, being the life of Abraham
Pyke, containing his adventures in the
brittish service and in America in the
Wyoming war, etc.,, etc. The work is
ready for the press as soon as suffi-
| cient subscribers will warant the pub-
one in the town should get in while | [#8
lication. It will be printed on goo¢
paper with an entire new tipe ana
stitched in blew, price to subscribers.
50 cents. . o
‘Wilkes-Barre, Pa., August, 1813.
,
“Subscriber’s name.
“
Place of residence.”
(No subscribers). ; ’
‘While speaking of the
propensities of Pike, I am reminded
wandering
of the other two characters who are |
still remembered, no doubt, by many
in widely separated parts of the State
of Pennsylviania. :
Shaw and James or “Jimmy” Brad-
shaw. The latter was a soldier of the
war of 1812 and was very old and very
deaf, at my earliest recollections, and
was a peddler by occupation. He
spent his winters usually at the
charge of the town where he hap-
pened to be when the first snow came.
He was out, however, again with the
first warm spring days, and would find
his way. to some near storekeeper ané
secure a pack of goods to peddle. This
pack consisted usually of a few pins,
needles, buttons, some thread, and pos:
hibly half a. dozen other small articles
costing probably five or ten dollars
for the entire outfit. Of course, his
purchases had to be made on credit,
.but none who knew him would refuse
to trust him. He traveled over a vast
extent of country. Almost everyone
knew him alnog the line of his routes
and was always willing to trade with
him or give him food and lodging. He
was careful to return sooner or late:,
often not until he drifted around next
vear, and pay his bills for purchases
In mind and manners he was as sim.
ple as a child. He spoke with a low,
genteel mumble, which made it very
difficult to understand him. He never
shaved, yet hig face was almost as
hairless and soft as @w woman's.
Jonn Shaw came nearer tu being a
veritable ‘wandering Jew than any
other man of my knowledge. Not that
he was ever supposed to be a bearer
or precusor of pestilence, hut hecause
he was a persistent and constant wan-
dered. About once a year he would
be seen, always alone, slow.s strolling
across the country from the south to-
wards the north, wearing i shabby:
gente~l black suit with bradeloth
frock coat and a much worn silk hat.
He generally walked with his owed
down and hands clasped hzhina him,
as if in deep thought. Lat:r in the
vear ue wceuld pass down: aci)3s the
country again, but in tbe
direction
my fat%or's house in this way many
times, but do not rememb~~ to have
ever sen him look up and speak to
any o72 in passing. No on: so far
as I could ever learn, knew where his
home was or where he went on ‘his
opposite
annual trips.
A story is told of him that on one
occasion he was taken sick while then
tramping through one of the lower
counties of Pennsylvania, and was
I refer to» John
. consisting mainly of farms and coal
I have seen him pass By |
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obliged to take a room ut a hotel. The
appearances not being favorable to
the theory of his having much wealth,
there was a coldness and lack of at-
tention on the part of the landdlozd.
Shaw's genteel, though. much worn
hat and apparel, together with his
natural shrewdness, came to his relief.
Assumin gan importance and dignity
equal to his purpose, he sent for the
landlord, and hinting that he feared
that his illness was something of a
most serious nature, which might ter-
minate fatally, he asked to have a
doctor and a lawyer sent for at once.
The former, of course, to
physical ills, and the latter to draw
his will. He hinted at large posses-
sions in other parts of the state, and
from this on the doctor, lawyer and’
landlord were all attention to his
wants. He dictated a will with great
care and elaboration, disposing of
large blocks or imaginary estates,
cure his
lands in and about Kingston and
‘Wilkes-Barre ,making most liberal
provision for the doctor, lawyer and
landlord. With the excellent attention
and nursing that followed he was soon
convalescent, and through the Kkind-/
of the landlord was favored with
many long and pleasant drives in the
fresh air. When, later on, he was
strong enough to walk, short strolls
were indulged in from day to day, un-
til one day, when recovery was quite
complete, Shaw continued one of his
strolls so far that he failed to return,
leaving the landlord and other at-
tendants to grow wiser at their
leisure.
Some Dallas Yarns and Incidents
There was at one time, before the
days of the organ and choir in the
Dallas church, a good deal of rivalry
between Jacob Rice’and his brother-
in-law, William €. Roushey, both
leading’ members, as to which could
best start the tunes. During the
hymn it was not an uncommon oc-
currence to see each of them rise
from his seat and remain standing.
The boys generally understood from
this that there was fun ahead, and|
were seldom disappointed. Hardly
would the last words of the reading
be finished before each of the tune
starters would make a drive at the
singing. Sometimes the same tune,
but sometimes different tunes with
different meters: A long meter hymn
fo a short meters tune, or vie versa,
The question with them was which
‘To say that the music was
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would the congregation follow. One or
the. other usually got the following,
though T have known instances when,
to my untrained ear, it seemed thal
each Tw.d a following a different tune.
usually ap
“executed” well, would, as I recall Je
now, seem, to define the situation: per f
fectly. FE Ang
As an example of how greatness is
sometimes born mn us and sometimes
thrust upon ws, it is said of Mr.
Roushey that he once remarked that
he did not understand how it was that
50 many people knew him whom he
did not know, unless it was because
he started the tunes in church. Mr. {
Roushey was a much vespect .d cits.
zen through a long lite spent in Dal- a
las, but like most of us, he hal pect !
liarities. which ite is difficult to dir
associate from hig memcery Ie was
a privileged character in his church, 5
and felt it his duty te interrupt the H
minister at any time, from his seat, if
he thought any misstatenirnt was be- oo
ing made; and. not infrequently 1
have heard him call to the minister
during the reading of a him und ask 2
for its number, which probably he had =
not accurately heard at the first an-
nouncement. This probably grew out
of, his desire to be ready to start the
tune.
Another amusing svory is told in
which this same Mr. Roushey figures
somewhat. He. had recently been
Licensed as a local preacher or ev-
Forter, and began by tryinz hinvsel? ¢
on the Dallas congregation. Among
those present was John Linskill, a
large-brained’ ,sharp-witted Yorkshire |
Englishman, whose critical compre-
hension nothing ‘uttered by the
preacher was likely to escape. Of
course the sermon and the text must
be delivered without notes, lest some-
on emight question the genuineness of
the “call to preach,” and as a result
there were some “bad breaks.” The
text probably intended to be used
was “The ways of the wicked are an |
abomination to the Lord,” and to this
text he stuck. Faithfully for a long
hour he chased it up and down and
ran it into all kinds of human experi-
ence, and pictured the horror and
abomination = of the Lord over the =
prayers of the wicked. How wicked
it was for the wicked to pray. To
those who happened to be awake dup-
ing the long harrangue, among ‘them :
Mr. Linskill, of course it was all very
ludiicrous. {
(Continued Next Week)
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