¢ \ WEATHER FORECAST Eastern Pennsylvania: Friday Showers and Slightly Warmer FORTIETH YEAR r A ‘ ot DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY MARCH 7, 1930 THE LARGEST CIRCULATION OF ANY COMMUNITY WEEKLY IN LUZERNE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM “TELL YOUR FRIENDS ST. PATRICK'S PARTY MARCH 13 or FORTIET YEAR Yard and Garden Contest to Open Here: Every Home Invited to Join and ° Every Contestant Will Be Repaid By More Enjoyable Surroundings in the Community “YOU WIN IF YOU LOSE” Valuable Prizes Offered to Those| Beautifying Their Places of Resi- dence To give every home in this com- munity 'more attractive surroundings so that living will be more enjoyable, a healthier environment for all citi- zens will be created and the entire community. will be improved and beau- tified, a community-wide yard and garden contest will be conducted here, it was announced today. The Mit. Greenwood Kiwanis Club is sponsor- ing the campaign. Every family in the community is invited to enter this big contest and help make it a community forward morement. There is no entry fee. Small home yards and gardens wil! have an equal chance with more pre- tentious grounds in winning one of the many valuable prizes offered, as the contest is so arranged that each all will compete at no disadvantage. Every entrant will be greatly bene- fited by joining this big community \ » beautiful movement even if hedoes | not win a prize. This ‘fact is ‘em- phasized by the contest slogan: ‘You ‘Win If You Lose.” Township Boys Upset By Fast Kingston Team & Defeat at Kunkle Puts Township Boys Out of the Running For First Place in Bi-County League Another upset was recorded in the Bi-County I.eague last Friday night at Kunkle when Kington Township de- feated Dallas Township 29-23. The Trucksvllle boys showed vast improve- ment since the first game the two teams. The contest was fast and hard fought from the beginning. The score at the end of the first half was 15-18 in favor of Dallas. Midway in the third quarter a Dal- las player became confused mo- mentarily and scored a field goal for | his opponents. still in the lead at the time. This unfortunate incident was, without doubt the turning point in the game. Kingston Township then took on new life and romped off to victory. Coach Hazletine, however, has molded a fast, aggressive team which is capable of ¢ causing trouble for any team in the league. Ross and ‘Morris of Dallas Township played a fine brand of ball, particularly in the first half. The Rowland brothers were outstanding for Kingston Township. The result of the game places Lehman in second place and Dallas Township in third. Tonight Dallas Township plays Monroe Township at Beaumont. Only one other game remains on the schedule. That is against Take Town- ship on the IL.aketon floor. { St. Dztricl's Party Thursday Night Everything is in readiness. for the big St. Patrick’s party which will be held in the Dallas high school audi- torium Wednesday night by Shaver-- town Branch of Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary. The date of the party has been changed from Saturday, March 15, to Thursday, March 13, so that more people can attend. Members of the committee in charge made the change in date so that all merchants and other business persons who might be busy on Saturday night could attend the affair. Included in the night's program will be a variety of entertainment num- bers, all kinds of games. and booths where candy, pastry and other deli- cacies can he purchased. The auditorium will be attractively decorated "in St. Patrick’s day colors. » and there will be something doing every minute. A ye en MINSTREL REHEARSAL Members of the cast and all persons wishin gto have a part in the fire- men’s minstrel show are asked to meet at the high school building tonight at 8:30. It is important that all persons interested in the production attend this meeting. CHICKEN DINNER Members of the Ladies’ Aid Society of Dallas M. E. Church will hold a chicken dinner in the church Wednes- day, March 12, at 5:30. The local so- ciety is farmed throughout this section for the excellence of these dinners and everything points to a capacity attendance at this one. Dyer Lauderbach AUCTIONEER Call Dallas 209 between | Dallas Township was | Make Grounds More Attractive COW WITH WINDOW IN SIDE IS DEAD Homestead Pennstate Jessie is dead. Four years of important experi- ments in vitamin and bacterio-~ logical research came to 2n end with the passing of the famous Penn State cow with the window in her stomach. During that time it was learned that a cow could manufacture her own vitamin B in the rumen, or first stomach, when her feed contained none of the vitamin. Pennstate Jessie became the best known cow in the world dur- ing the time she was making con- tributions to science. Newspapers all over America and in many for- eign countries carried stories about her. Requests for informa- tion about the part she played and the results obtained came to State College from scientists all over the world. Thousands of people visited the college to see her in the past four years. School Building To Be Completed Directors Also Approve New Cur- ricalum For Upper High School Classes Plans for the addition of the twelfth” year to the high school cur- riculum were discussed at the meet- ling of Dallas borough school board | held in the high school | Tuesday night. Other business in- cluded payment of all bills and dis- cussion of plans for the completion of unfinished classrooms on the second foor of the high school building. One New Teacher Georg 3owen, . principal of the school? fr Ai a tentative course of study for the four high school classes and the two upper classes of the] grammar school. The change in| couses is made necessary by th adoption of the junior-senior higl school system for the school year 1930-31. There will also be the addi- tion of*an elective business course for grades nine to twelve. The board ap- proved the addition ' of one new teacher to the elementary grades and this matter was referred to the teacher committee. Principal Bowen said that it would "not be necessary to add an additional teacher to the staff of the high school even with the enlarged schedule for the coming term. Courses of Study As approved, Mr. Bowen's tentative course schedule is as follows: Seventh year—English, arithmetic, U. S. history, geography, spelling, pen- manship. Eighth year—Engilish, rnathematics, civics, geography, spelling, penman- ship. Ninth year—English, algebra, civics, ancient history, general science, Latin, junior business training. Tenth year—English, algebra, mod- ern history, biology, Latin, bookkeep- ling. Eleventh year-—English, plane geo- metary, American history, physics, German or French, bookkeeping. Twelfth year—English, public speak- ing, solid geometry, trigonometry, problems of democracy, chemistry, German or French, stenography and typewriting. Some of the subjects and some elective, pupils quired to complete the units of work required by are required being re- number of the State. In wall years periods are provided for music, art, health, home economics for the girls and shop work for the boys. ; Completion of Rooms During the discussion relating to the completion of class rooms, the build- ing committee presented figures on the cost of the completion of three rooms. These figures were found to be less than the board had expected. Witn this in mind the board instructed the building committee to have Architect Podmore submit detailed specifications for the the entire floor. not be needed next year and for this reason some of the directors expressed the belief that it would be ‘more eco- nomical to finish only a few of the; rooms at this time. Other directors held to the belief that it would be | at’ one time than to finish them in groups. Final decision will be made after the bids are received. It is planned to have the work done this summer during the school recess so that the rooms will be ready for use next fall. Bills Paid Bills were ordered paid as follows: Interest on notes, $50; J. R. Oliver, merchandise, $1.11; J. H. Frantz, coal hauling, $20.85; . Scott-Foresman Co. books, $5.55; American Book Co., 9. = $5.79; H. A. Whiteman, stationery, $ H. G. Phillips, pencils, $19.20; elec- trical repairs, $12; Empire Mfg. Co., merchandise, $3; Dallas Water Co. $57.40; Luzerne County Gas and Elec- tric Corp., light and power, Iron Fireman, stoker rental, $25. $278.31. BRANCH MEETS TODAY Members of the Shavertown Branch, Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary, will meet this afternoon at 2 at the home of Mrs. ‘A. W. Blase of Shavertown. The president has asked that all members be present since there is important business to be discussed, Total, building on | , world; twelve pure bred Angus cows, planning to attend the Livestock Field Livestock Day At Conyngham Farm On March 12th Farmers of This Com Community Plan to Attend Interesting Exhibit at Hay- field [Farms Many Luzerne County farmers are | Day at Hayfield Farms, owned by J. N. Conyngham, at Lehman, March 12. The Hayfield Farms is one of the outstanding livestock farms in East- ern United States, containing some of the best animals in the country. Time and again the Conyngham’s Clydesdale horses have obtained the highest awards in the annual International Livestock Show held at Chicago each year. In addition to the fifty-five Clydes- dale breeding horses, there are one hundred and forty-five steers, fifty pure bred Chester-white brood sows, thirty-five Black Faced sheep, twenty Welsh sheep, one hundred twenty-five pure bred Shropshire ewes, fifteen Shetland ewes, ‘seven breeding don- keys, imported from the Isle of Sar- dinia, the smallest donkeys in the thirty pure bred Short-horn cows; twenty-two head of Scottish Highland cattle, there are only two herds of this type of cattle in the United | States, thirty head of imported Irish donkeys, wild deer and too many other thing's to mention. There are seven hundred acres of farm land. Starting at 10 a. m., of the farm will be made. | Lunch at noon. 1:15 p. m., short talks will be given by William Connell und L. €. Madison, | sheep and swine specialist from State | College. After these talks, oppor- | tunity will be given to inspect the an inspection | farm further. All farmers in Luzerne county and | nearby counties are invited to attend | this field day and see the outstanding | | record Dallas ‘Rotary Attends Inter- Club Meeting Journey to Tamaqua Last Monday Afternoon and Hear Address By| International President—Fifty Clubs Represented On Monday evening last Dallar Ro- tary attended an inter-club meeting at Tamaqua, Pa., at which time fifty Ro- tary Clubs of the Iifty-first district joined in paying honor to the Tama- qua club which had attained a record of fifty-three weeks on hundred per cent meetings in point of attendance. | The meeting was attended by over eight hundred Rotarians, having ‘many prominent guests, men active in pub- life life in Pennsylvania. Judge George W. Maxey of Lacka- | wanna county was one of the speakers and gave an interesting address.. The Tamaqua Club presented a re- view of its many activities sponsored by the club during the last five years, including a boys’ band of fifty pieces, a fife and drum corps, boys’ club, crippled children, health clinics, athletics and many others of a like nature. A brief minstrel skit was presented by the club, it being composed entirely by members of their club. International President Gene New- som of Durham, Nerth Carolina, was presented by the president of the Tama- qua club and his speech was a master- piece. He spoke on the objects of Ro- tory, told of the Sixth Object and In- | ternational peace and what part Ro- tary is playing in bringing that about. Rotary through its members repre- senting in a good measure the busi- ness men of the world are working to hat end. He spoke of club activities and the danger of some clubs in over- looking many of the important activi- ties of Rotary and just being active in | . one or two things. He praised the Tamaqua club for its of perfect attendance each week covering a period of a year and one week, this record being broken by | and interesting livestock farm of the the serious illness of one of its mem- | east. | bers. ¢ Dallas Borough Council Passes New Building Ordinance But Votes “No” On Land Purchase For Sewage Plant plans ana completion of | The entire floor will | { cheaper to complete all of the rooms | $76.41; | Councilmen Vote Two to Five For Passage of Building Ordinance Over the Veto of Burgess J. Harry Anderson—Many. Businessmen Cri of Council By a vote of five to two Dallas borough council passed the new build- ing ordinance over the veto of Burgess Harry Anderson. Councilmen voting against the ordinance were Hildebrant and Parrish. Council also voted against the purchase of land for the future erection of a sewage dispcesal plant. The building ordinance calls for the appointment of a building inspector to pass on plans for all buildings which will be constructed at a future time in the business section of Dallas. Such buidings are to be of fireproof construction and all plans must meet | the approval of the building inspector, whose fees will be paid by the owner of the proposed building. The pur: pose of the crdinance is to reduce the fire hazard in the congested businei: section of the community. There has been considerable discus- sion for anl against the passage of such an ordinance. A number of local business men are of the opinion that the ordinance was passed not so much with the welfare of the borough at heart as with the desire of the council to say who shall and who shall not Cope Endorsed By Dallas Twp. School Board Directors Plan to Give Full Publicity o to All Meetings Township School Board, .At the meeting of Dallas township school board held Monday night in the | high school building I church parsonage, plans were made | to give full: publicity to all meetings of | the board so that taxpayers will have | full knowledge of the board's activi- ties. The school board, through this | publicity, hopes to keep the taxpayers | in touch with all board activities and thus do away with fictitious reports | and rumors which board meetings. | ing Dr. | town M. E. Church, Brotherhood of St. frequently follow Directors present were Mosier, | Montross and Husted. Director | Devens was absent due to illness in his family. principal, suggestions contributed success of the meeting. Following the regular business ses- sion, when all bills were ordered paid, there was a short discussion on M. J. Girton, supervising’ was also present and his much to the who the board should support in the] coming election of a county superin- tendent of schools. The unanimous decision of the board was to support the present superintendent, A. P. Cope. Upon the question of Philip Kunkle, bus driver, the board advised that he was not obliged by law or contract to carry students living east of Miseri-- cordia trolley station. Complaints from the Fernbrook séction concerning school busses were acted upon. Fre- quently these busses are late and often overcrowded. The cry icize Action dc business in Dallas. Others main- tain that the ordinance will work a dis- tinct benefit to the community through the reduction of fire risks. A report was made at the meeting that the State Department of Health has again recognized the borough board of health and all health matters in the borough will be handled by the local hpard and its health officer, J. H. Frantz. It is known that residents who live in the region south of Dallas boroug | have complained against the: state of affairs in Dallas borough which al- lows sewage to be dumped into. the open stream which cuts through Dal- las borough. At certain seasons of the | year when the creek is low the condi- | tion of the stream is of such a na‘nrve | as to be a dangerous menace to heaitl. Should an epidemic of typhoid or other disease break out as result of this system of sewage disposal 1t is likely that the borough would fazz a situation more costly than a tar- sighted plan to take care of the Dal- las sewage problem in a healthful and sanitary way. a, To Organize Church Base | Lehman "Girls Win: and Tie ie Lote For First Place Honors in the Bi-County Basket Ball League CUT FROM LIST The nublishers of the Post are pleased with the response received to the notices sent out to all sub- scribers more than one year in arrears. Many of these sub- scribers have sent in their re- newals by mail, others have made personal calls to the office and had their subscrintions renewed. Where there have been errors the Post has always taken the word of the subscriber and corrected them according to subscribers’s records. We are assuming that subscribers who are in arrears aiid who haven't written or called our office, want the paner discon- tinued. We are, therefore, cut- ting more than fifty subscribers from the list this week. ems Fire Destroys W.M. Major Home Short Circut In Attic Causes Blaze Which Consumes Beautiful Farm Home at Lehman Fire originating from defective elec- tric wiring completely destroyed the beautiful farm home of W. M. Major on the IL.ehman Centre-Meeker road early Tuesday afternoon. All of the furniture and thousehold equipment with, the exception of that in one bed- room was saved by neighbors who hurried to the scene soon after the fire was discovered. Only a small amount of insurance, $2,200, is said to have been carried by Mr. Major on the home. The fire was discovered by Mr. Ma jor’s son, Burton, as he was leaving the house after dinner. Seeing smoke curling from underneath ‘the eaves of the building he rushed back into the house to the attic. The smoke was so thick that he was unable to get near the flames or to throw water on them. Other members of the household came to his assistance but seeing that notn- spect and equipped with electricity | had hardwood floors throughout. Ball League At a meeting of the Brothorieod of t. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shaver- town, held Monday evening at the plans for the for- mation of a baseball league among the churches of the Dallas district were made. This league will be ‘made up of the Men’s Clubs of the various churches willing to paly twilight ball. Various churches mentioned as will- to go along on this plan were Place’s Bible Class of the Shaver- Paul's Lutheran, Primitive Methodist, Church of the Prince of Peace, *St.| Bs il Trucksville M. E. and Dal- s M. E. committee appointed to get in touch with the various church organi- zations is made up of “Red” Schwartz and George Hunt. They are at present working out various plans and any- one who is interested in the formation of a league is requested to get in touch with these men so that they can find out how many are willing to take part in the league. If it is impossible to get a team or- ganized in each of the church organi- zations it might be posible that a team could be organized by combining two or more churches. The time is short, so everyone is urged to get going on this splendid idea and make the Dal- las district church league one of the best organized ball leagues in the county. for economy prevents the use of aun other bus for this section, although of taxpayers | Board meeting adjourned at 10:20. one could be used to good advantage. | ‘sity for Just a few minutes before the dis-| covery of the fire, Mrs.) Major had! been in the attic which she used as a | of the band. place to dry laundry. There had been ‘were only able to gain Lake Boys’ ‘Team Defeats Lehman Boys to Tighten Its Hold On First Place in Bi-County League SEASON NEARS CLOSE Play-off For Girls Team Will Be Staged On Neutral Floor Should Both Teams Win In three exciting games in the Lek man gymnasium © last Friday the Laketon boys’ varsity defeated the home team by the score of 14-9, while the Lehman girls were victorious by te score of 31-29. The score in the game between the second teams was | 15-12. In the boys’ game, the downfall of ? the home team came in the third quarter. In that session Laketon scored six points while Lehman was scoreless. In the last half the locals six points while their opponents picked up five. It was a fast contest, marred only by inaccurate shooting on the part of oth teams. Since Dallas Township lost to Kingston Township there is nb longer any mathematical possibility that Laketon will be routed from first place. The girls’ game was certainly the fastest and most interesting ever seen on the local floor. It was nip and tuck until the last minute. of play. The re- sult created a tie for first place in the league. Each team must play one more game, and shonld both win, a play-off will have to’ be staged on a neutral floor. The Lehman scrubs kept up their tradition of winning in a close game which also had plenty of thrills. : More than three hundred persons were in attendance at the games and the new bleachers were packed tu capacity. - The excellent work of the cheering sections was an added fea- ture. The scores: Boys’ Game Laketon ing could be done, immediately began the removal of furniture, bathroom | e G. FE. fixtures and other household equip |Z aon: 2 Ese ex web g > ment. . Phil Se de No Water Available © Secher. 1 Shee ee 2 2 An alarm was immediately sent to P Kuchia CARE Re ih 0 8 the Dr. Henry M. Laing fire company, Yai BT i aad 0 3 which responded at once. When the ie RGR Eh HR 0 fire company reached the scene the re Ga ar Whole Upper STOTY GF the house was in| Totals .. i flames. Because of lack of water ; | there was little the fire fighters coula | : F. Pts so but play a stream, of chemicals on Sutton, f. z B the rapidly burning building. Major, f. 2 2s By this time a crowd of four hun-| Rogers, f. 1 1 drew school students, neighbors and | Brown, c. 1 x men from Dallas had gathered and Johnson, Br tiie, 0 0 0 many of them assisted in removing | Busiloski, g. ........... 0 0 0 furniture from the house. 4: — mr ied A telephone call to Harvey's Lake | Totals \..u.. Nh be, 2 5 9 asked that fire company to stand in| TEL readiness in case the nearby home- | Girls’ Game stead or barn should catch fire. With | Laketon the additional hose from Harvey's | : Bh i Laake it was believed that the com- |L+ Kocher, f. ..c........ 9 1 bined line of the Dr. Henry M. Laing |Hausch, f. ............. 3 4 company and the Harvey's Lake com- Balavage, c. ........... 0 0 pany could pump water from a creek | Allen, S. Coovnnnnnii 0 0 a half mile away. A strong southwest | 1088 gins, c. .........LL 0 0 | wind, however, blew the flames away OD€Yy, 8 ............... 0 0 from the surrounding buildings al- 73 7m | though sparks and burning embers als ............ 12 5 were blown for .a distance of half a Lehman # mile. i i, Built Twenty-eight Years Ago | Conner, 00) 38 dicieieie ae nbs 6 1 The home was one of the finest in Johnsons £. ............ 8 2 this section of the county and was | Stolarick, Co vrrnniaan 0:40 built twenty-eight years ago by Mr. Eni 8.60 Jou Jan, 0 Major and adjoined a house in which Anson, sg LCL d0 LTA 0 0 he was born and where his daughter, | Searfoss, I 0 0 | ‘Mrs. Alfred B. Sims’ family now “Hives. | I ry | Running around one side of the house | Totals ........... 0. 14, 3 were wide verandas facing a beautiful | TO FORM BAND sloping lawn shaded by maple trees. | Pe rh | The home was modern in every re-| Aj students interested in, the or- | ganization of a school band are asked (2nd modern plumbing and heating, and | to meet at the Dallas Township voca- | tion school this morning at 10 o'clock. i Instruments will be furnished to all i students wishing to become members , Instruction will be free. Prof. H. Rich of Wilkes-Barre will be no evidence of fire in the attic at thai | {na director of the band and practice time. Mr. Major is justice of the | will be held once a week throughout peace of Lehman township and then remainder of the school term and sympathy of the Post and the. entire community is extended to him in his loss. NO PAY-UP SUNDAY AT DALLAS M. E. The sermon topic for the Sunday | morning service at Dallas M. E. Church will be “The Meaning of Lent.” To satisfy all the financial obliga- tions of the M. E. Church during the conference year ending April 1, the official board has decided to hold a “pay-up Sunday” next Sunday at which time all members and contribu- tors who have not yet completed their customary payments are asked to pay them so that there: will be no neces- last-minute solicitation of funds to complete the fiscal Year. Last year at conference time there was found to be a deficit and the church officials are desirous of avoiding such a, condition again. Many of the mem- bers of the church pay to its support in one annual payment and not a few | hold this off until the end of the fiscal the treasurer. The officials of the them treasurer. The officials of the church desire to close this year’s ac- counts early to make room for the taking of next year's subscriptions be- fore conference. On Tuesday night there will be a | meeting: of the official board and all | members are urged to be present. | | { | | during the summer months. re () L. A. S, TO MEET The regular meetng of the Ladies’ Aid Socity of Dallas M. E. Church wil b held Thursday, March 13, at 12:30 at the church. Members of the re- freshment committee are: Mrs. J. E. Hildebrant, Mrs. Claude Cooke, Mrs. Wesley Daddow, Mrs. John Frantz and Miss Marguerite Frantz. COMMITTEES MEET Chairmen of the various committees of the Dallas Club of United Sports- men held a brief meeting Wednesday at Higgins’ College Inn to discuss the election of a board of directors for the club. lle SOCIETY TO MEET Dallas Y. W. M. S. will meet with Mrs. C. A. Jones on Tuesday night. Al members are urged to come dressed as children. A special program has been arranged. c 0. ‘Brown 3 AUCTIONEER Telephone . Call W. D. Gay’s Store CENTERMORELAND nN
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