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DALLAS, POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1931
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DALLAS SCHOOL GIRL STRUCK
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Theresa ~Polachek Walking Home
From School Is Run Down By
Student Returning From College
BURIAL MONDAY MORNING
Theresa Polachek, aged 10, daughter
‘of Mr. and Mrs. John Polacheck, of
_ Ternbrook, was fatally injured Wed-
nesday afternoon at 3:30, when she
was run down.by an automobile near
the intersection of Franklin and Main
sirevts, Dallas.
~The dying child was immediately
Placed in an automobile and rushed to
‘Nesbitt, West Side hospital, where she
died at '5:15 without regaining con-
sciousness. She “suffered a fractured
siull, several fractured ribs and leg
and arm injuries.
In company with two other little
girls the Polacheck child was on her
“way home’ from Dallas borough school,
"where she in the fifth
grade. The children were walking on
the right hand side of the highway in
the direction of Fernbrook, when the
Nash sedan, drivens by Miss Helen
dCelly, of 45 Pringle street, Kingston,
“came up the road behind them. Ap-
parently bewildered by the
¢f the the little
oh =irl darted across. the road to the
directly front of the oncoming
“miotor car. Miss Kelly quickly applied
. her brakes, but not before her machine
% had bumped the child and thrown her
to’ the surface of the concrete
Joad.
With Miss
"students returning
at Misericordia College.
the occupants of a following
bile, they placed the injured child in
the automobile and rushed her to the
“hospital. For time there was
confusion as to the identity of ithe
child. At the hospital Miss Kelly tele-
phoned to Burgess Harry Anderson, of
Dallas, notifying him of the accident
and then drove back to Dallas, where
whe notified the child's ‘parents of the
accident and then took them to the
hiespital.
John Polacheck father of the dead
ghild, is sexton of Sacred Heart Slo-
vak cemetery, near Fernbrook Park.
Jn addition to her parents she leaves
the following brothers and = sisters:
John, Josephine, Anna; Michael, Jos-
eph, Bernard and Marie. She was a
fnember of Junior Order of St. Anne's
Society ‘of Branch 362, First Catholic
Slovak Women's Union.
The funeral will be held Monday
morning at 8:30. A high mass of re-
guiem will be celebrated in Sacred
Heart church on North Main street,
Wilkes-Barre. Interment. will be in
Sacred Heart cemetery, Dallas.
was a pupil
approach
machine, Polacheck
left,
in
hard
Kelly four
were other |
home from classes |
Assisted by
automo-
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POST I HA
The Dallas Post is the title of a new
paper that has found its way to our
desk. It gives a weekly resume of the
iecal news in that section, but is
printed in the Times office at Kings-
fon.
The above item was clipped from the
#orty-year ago items in last week's
iwsue of The Tunkhannock Republican:
W.C.T.U. Plans
Institute Session
February Meeting Will Be Held At
Home of Mrs. Clinton Henry At
Maple Grove
‘Rev, Paul Koleskinoff and Rev.
James Burleight, of Lehman, gave ad-
dresses on temperance before the
members of Dallas District W. C. T.
¥. at its meeting Tuesday afternoon at
fhe home of Mrs. E. E. Adelman. Other
seatures of .the program were two
readings by Mrs. W. F. Westover and
a duet by Billy Baker and Bobby
Westover.
The February meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Clinton Henry, at
Maple Grove... On. March 17, a W. C.
®. U. Institute and all-day session
will be, held in Dallas M, E. church
and & covered dish luncheon will be
served.
Those who attended the meeting
were: Mrs. W. A. Higgins, Mrs. R.
"Achuff, Mrs. Victor Rydd, Mrs. Charles
¥Werdman, . Mrs. Alice Brodhun, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hildebrandt, Mrs. A. C.
Bevens, Mrs. H. S. Doll, Mrs. Rose
Anderson, Mrs.” W. H. Condon, Mrs.
Ivy Pettrick, Mrs. Susan Pettrick, Mrs.
Zel Garinger, Mrs. Charles Mayer, Mrs.
Graydon Mayer, Mrs. E. E. Adelman,
Miss Mary Machell, Mrs. D. F. West-
over, Mrs. W. H. Baker, Mrs. A. A,
Heely, Rev. Paul Kolisnikoff, Mrs.
Paul Kolisnikoff, Mrs. Charles Kunkle,
Mrs. Harry Pittman, Mrs, David Brac~,
\Mxs. Bertha® Blockage, Mrs. A. M.
Mor, Mrs. W. R. Neely, Mrs. FI. A
Bry > Mrs. A. B. Ide, Rev. James
BL oh, Mis. Georgia Patterson, Mrs
Ralpli®Ashburner, Mrs. William Brace,
(Pittston,
( Association.
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pottery,
10, DIES IN HOSPITAL
Luzerne County
Past Grands Assn.
Rev. Edward Hughes, of Edwardsville,
Delivered Most Interesting Address
Atl 0. 0. F. Past Grands Associa-
tion Meeting Held in Kingston
Rev. Enoch Hughes, of Edwardsville,
pastor of Edwards Memorial church,
delivered a most interesting and in-
spiring address hefore the members of
the I. 'O. O. F. Past Grands’ Associa-)
tion of Luzerne County, held Tuesday }
evening, January 20, with Kingston
Lodge No. 709 at Kingston. Rev.
Hughes spoke on “Love of Mankind,
Or Friendliness Toward a Man in
Need.” He told of the work of the
Odd Fellows had done for
and others. He spoke of some of the
things the Order stood for, a_belief tn
a friendly civilization, friendliness to-
ward mankind. His talk was greatly
enjoyed ' by - all. Hon. Willard “G.
Shortz presided.
Entertainment was furnished by the
old-time fiddlers of I.chman. Those
taking part were Clarence Fox, Carl
Brandon and Chauncey Terry. ‘A
tenor solo was sung by John Mitchell,
of Lazerne, accompanied by W. D.
Jones on the plano. Lewis Smith, of
entertained’ with a recitation.
Luzerne county di-
rector of the Odd Fellows’ Home for
Aged at Middletown, gave a brief talk
on the home and expressed his appre-
ciation of the Christmas ‘donations
made by members and lodges at the
annual Christmas party held “by the
George Russell,
Announcement was made that Osage
T.odge No. 712, will hold a chicken
supper in the M. E. church at Lehman
for members and their wives on Thurs-
day evening at 6:30 o'clock. Reserva-
tions can be made with the Secretary
of the Association.
A large number of the members will
attend the meeting of the Lackawanna
County Association on Friday evening,
January 30, in the hall of Lackawanna
Lodge No. 291, at 419 Lackawanna
avenue, Scranton: The contest between
the two “Associations will take place.
The contestants are Gomer Morris, of
Wilkes-Barre, and Harry N.: Leathe,
of Scranton. 1
At the close of the meeting refresh-
ments were served by the members of
Kingston Lodge No. 709.
CERAMIC PLANTS OPEN TO
STATE COLLEGE STUDENTS
of ‘ceramic manufacturers
Pennsylvania, the makers of glass,
tile, bricks, etc., will. open:
their plants for detailed study by stu-
ents specializing in ‘ceramics at the
Pennsylvania State College. The ac-
tion followed the suggestion of Joseph
B. Shaw, head of the’ Penn State De-
partment, at a recent meeting of the
Pittsburgh . Section . of the A
Ceramic Society.
Under the proposed plan, which will
be tried for the first time this year,
students will spend the summer fol-
lowing their junior year in college in
half a dozen industrial plants, each
specializing in a different branch of
ceramics. Two weeks are to be de-
voted to each plant.
“MERIDIANS” WIN FIRST
GAME FROM NOXEN
“The Meridians,” a newly organized
basketball team, which will play inde-
pendent, teams throughout the winter
season, played their first game on
Wednesday evening in Meridian Hall.
Their opponent was the fast Noxen
A number
keep up the fast pace set by the locals
and went down to defeat by the score
of 50-22.
It is the intention of the manage-
ment of this new aggregation to play
games twice a week-—Wednesday and
Saturday—and will have as opposing
teams the best that can be scheduled
from the surrounding towns. There
will be dancing after each game.
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HAVE YOU A HEATING |
PLANT TO SELL?
Last week the ffollowing clas-
sified ad appeared in THE
POST:
FOR SALE—Pipeless furn-
ace in good condition, $40.
Apply 477 North River
street, Wilkes-Barre.
A Wilkes-Barre - subscriber
seeing the ad hastened to buy
the furnace, but he was too
slow. The furnace was sold to
a Dallas man before the Wilkes-
Barre subscriber could gct. to
North: River street to. see it.
You've got to hustle when you
buy things from POST classified
ads, because 75 per cent of them
resnlt, in immedinte action. If
you have a pipeless furnace for
sale advertise it in THE POST
classified ad section and you'll
Miss (aroline Brace,
and WwW:
William Baker |
iam Westover. Le
the aged |:
squad, but the visitors were unable. to |
1Orondo ballroom, has succeeded in se-
Mrs. Henry Under
Care of Nurse 4s
Result of Injuries
Automobile Skids on Iéy Pavement
And’ Runs Into Stone Wall—Both
Occupants of Machine Are Injured
H. IE.
of - Shavertown,
from Wilkes-Barre General
hospital to her home Shavertown,
where she is under
Carr, R. N.,, as the result of injuries
received Monday morning in an autos
mobile accident at Mt, Greenwood.
Mrs. Henry received severe\lacera-
tions of the head and face and both
legs as well as head and body bruises.
Rev. Henry, though receiving injuries
to the head and knees, is able to De |
about. {
"he - accident oecurred when, the |
| Henry automobile started to slide on!
the slippery pavement. In order to
avoid running over a steep bank on |
the left hand side of the road, Rev.|
Henry attempted ito veer his machine;
Mrs.
Henry,
Henry, wife ‘of Bay. H.
has’ heen
TL
Yi
moved
in
in: the direction of the home of /T.am-
bert Holcomb. As he did so the
tomobile lunged behind a guard ‘sil
and along a stone wall for about 4:6
car lengths before taking a nose d ve
over the wall. The automobile ¥as
badly damaged.
TO GIVE PLAY
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Dallas Chapter, Order of Easern
Star, willha ve charge of a. play cn-
titled, “The Automatic Butler,” to be
given by the Methodist Masquers of
the Xingston Methodist church on
Tuesday, February 10, at 8:00 o'clock
at the Shavertown M. I. church. Ad-
mission is 35c for adults and 20c for
children. Plan to enjoy an evening's
entertainment on that night.
St. Therese’s
Card Party
And Dance
Final Arrusgoments EB, Being Completed
For Card Party and Dance to Be
Held on Wednesday Evening, Janu-
ary 29, At Orlondo Hall, Wilkes-
Barre
The committee, which has been so-
liciting prizes for St. Therese's card
party, to be hald January 29, at the
curing many beautiful gifts. All who
have promised prizes, but have not as
yet sent them in, are urged to do so
at once.
The reception committee, the night
of tht card party, will be made up of
the following: Chairman, John Galla-
gher, assisted by Thomas Amos, Frank
Anstett, Anthony Brinolo, Jacob Be-
line, W. Arthur Blewett, John Breza,
William Beline, John Bertsche, Jolin
Baur, Martin Bilbow, Jr,, Harold Hor-
ton, James J. Brown, August Czuleger,
C. J. Dress, Guy Dunham, John Dep-
inick, John Duda, Henry Fronzoni, ii.
F. Fahringer, Martin Fahey, John Fa-
bian, Patrick Elias, Joseph Enrich,
John Estook, Anthony Farber, William
Gabel, Carl Gabel, Jacob Gabel, Jacob
H. Gabel, Jacob, S. Gabel, W. F. Ga-
briell, Thomas Garrahan, Adam Ger-
mann, Thomas Burke, Francis Girvan,
Michael Hazlinski, Edward Hoefling,
Fred 1. Hannebaul, Christopher Hock,
Anthony Hudak, William Hansen; E.
sell it in a hurry.
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D. Jenkins, PP. J Jacohs, Peter Jure-
i nesday
town M.
the care of Doris |:
Mrs. Hale Garey
Buried At Lehman
Was Active Member of Shavertown
M. E. Church and For Seven Years
Secretary of W. C. T. u. es
The funeral of Mrs. Hale W. Garey,
aged 43, of Shavertown, was held Wed-
afternoon at 2 from Shaver-
E. church with services in
charge of Rev. H. F. Henry. Burial
was in the family plot at Idetown
cemetery. :
Mrs. Garey had not been well for
several years, but it was not until
about two months ago that her condi-
tion became worse resulting in . her
death Sunday morning at 11:45. Before
marriage Mrs. Garey was ‘Audrey Ide
of T.ehman.
She-was a woman highly respected
throughout the community and well
known throughout thé region of Sha-
vertown and Lehman, where she grew
to-womanhood. She was a member of
Shavertown MM. E. church and for
more than seven years had not missed
a meeting of the W. C. T. U. of that
church “of which she was secretary.
was a member of Berean Bible
class and of the Women's Home Mis-
sionary Society.
Besides her husband she leaves the
following to mourn her passing: two
sons, Willasd and James, at home;
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Ide,
of Lehman, and the following brothers
and sisters: Howard, of Shavertown;
John and Robert, of Lehman; Clifford,
of Shrine View, and Maren of Dallas,
TO SHOW MOTION PICTURE
AT SHAVERTOWN CHURCH
She
The motion picture, “The Good Sa-
maritan,” will be shown at Shaver-
town M. E. church Sunday night at
the 7:30 services. All are invited to
attend.
Program Is
Announced For
Ministerial Session
Fifty-Third Annual Session of Wilkes-
Barre District Ministerial Assecia-
- tion, Wyoming Conference, To Be
Held At Centermoreland, February 2
The fifty-third session: of Wilkes-
Barre District Ministerial Association,
Wyoming . Conference, will be held
Monday, February 2, in the Methodist
Eiscopal Church, Centermoreland. Dis~
trict Superintendent Dr. Fred E. Lott,
of Kingston, is president of the asso-
ciation; Rev. E. A. Martin, of Tunk-
hannock, vice-president, and Rev. E.
Laurence Martin, of Avoca, secretary-
treasurer. Two interesting and instruc-
tive sessions will be held, morning and
afternoon.
Program of the morning session
follows: 10 o'clock, devotions, led by
Rev. W. Sylvester York, of Alderson;
10:15, association address by Rev. W.
C. Dodge, of Montrose; alternate, Rev.
H. L. Benville, of Abbott church,
Wilkes-Barre; 11, forum period: “The
Midweek Service,” Rev. F. F. Free-
man, of Moosic; discussion leader,
Rev. A. J. Chapman, of Trucksville;
“The Sunday Evening Service,” Rev.
H. F. Henry, of Shavertown; discus-
sion leader, Rev. G. G. Summerson,
‘Wyoming; 12:15, business session.
At 12:30 o'clock luncheon will be
served by the ladies of Centermore-
land church. %
Afternoon session: 1:45, devotions,
{Continued on Page 5)
Rev. A. L. Davies, of of Derr Memo-
scribed by
| by the Rev.
ENTIRE PROC
\
Captains Named
In Welfare Drive
During Past Year 1.110 Days of Treat-
ment Were Given Local Residents
In Three Hospitals Affiliated With
Welfare Federation
As the opening date of the ninth
annual Wyoming Valley Community
Welfare Federation draws nearer, the
Dallas solicitation group, under the di-
rection of ‘Mrs. H! E. Wiese, of Sha-
vertown, is preparing to have the Dal-
las district take an important part in
the success of the campaign. The
campaign opens on February 2 and
continues until February 11. The goal
has been set at $530,000, but General
Chairman John €. Haddock has made
it clear that this amount be oversub-
about $84,000 if the Fede-
affiliated agencies
are to cope with emergencies that may
ration's thirty-one.
arise during the coming year.
In addition to_raising the campaign
goal, Wyoming Valley has been asked |
to assist in raising a quota of $40,000
for the
lief drive.
red Cross national drought re-
Contributors to the Fede-
ration will be asked to give what they
possibly canto the Red Cross drive.
Dallas ‘has had ample opportunity to
learn of the advantages of the Federa-
-tion during the past two It
has accorded | this, distriet, which in-
cludes Dallas borough, Dallas town-
ship, Kingston township, Shavertown
and Trucksville, opportunity to assist
in carrying on the humanitarian and
charitable-work of Wyoming Valley. Tt
interesting to note that sucerers
from this district during the past year
received 1,110 free days of treatment
in the three hospitals affiliated with
the Federation. That alone means that
more than a thousand hospital days
were provided, without cost, to persons
from this area who. otherwise would
(Continued on page 5)
years.
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FUNERAL OF ROBERT E. KNARR
late
the peace of Fernbrook, Dal- | |
‘who died Friday
The funeral of Robert E. Knarr,
justice of
township,
ing of complications, was held from
the late home on Monday afternoon.
| Services were conducted at' the heme
S. E. Davis, pastor of the.
Bennett Presbyterian church, of Lu--
zerne, and Rev. W. E. Webster, pastor
of the Dallas Methodist church. There
was an abundance of flowers. The pall-
bearers were: Minot Gray, Claude
Smith, Harry Piatt, Wilson. Pembleton,
Arthur ‘Spears and Andreas Hender-
son. Burial was at Trucksville céme--
tery.
las morn-
Oia.
MISS MAYO TO PRESENT
DRAMATIS INTERPRETATION
~ AT HUNTSVILLE CHURCH | ¢
Miss Pauline Mayo, of New York, a
dramatic interpreter, will present
Channing Pollock’s play, “The Fool,”
at Huntsville Methodist church, Wed-
Mayo, who travels from coagt to coast,
is recognized as one of the best dra-
matic interpreters om tour. “The Fool”
is a powerful Christian interpretation
of life.- It is a thought provoking play
on present social and economic situa-
tions and contains humor, tragedy and
a startling climax. It has been heard
or seen, - according to eredible esti-
mates, on stage or screen, in theatres,
churches and schools by more than
100,000,000 persons.
—_——
BOYS AND ‘GIRLS
Don’t wait! Get your letters off to
the Comic Editor of THE DALLAS
POST and win those theatre tickets
you read about in THE POST last
week. All you have to do is to tell
the editor why you think every mer-
chant should advertise on THE DAL-
LAS POST comic section which will be
continued in this paper within a few
weeks. Remember, sixty tickets are
going to be given away free. Think of
all the movies you can attend at
Himmler Theatre, Dallas, or at any of
the Paramount-Publix Theatres in
Wilkes-Barre. Ten free tickets will go
to the best letter written by a boy and
ten more free ones will go to the best
letter written by a girl. For the sec-
ond best letter five tickets will be
given to a girl and five to a boy, and
for the next ten best letters, two tick-
tts each will awarded. Don’t forget
this contest closes Saturday night,
January 31. ‘And all free tickets will
be mailed to you February 1. Lots of
nesday, January 28, at 8 o'clock. Miss |
S WILL BE USED
FOR ASSISTANCE 10
Back Mountain
Promised
' TICKETS ON SALE
Co-operating in a communityswid
effort to raise funds for the relief of
needy families in the back mountain
region, basketball teams in the Bac
Mountain League will give an All-Sta
Charity Game in Dallas borough hig
school gymnasium Thursday night
January 29. Following the game Billy
Rowland and his orchestra will play
for dancing. The entire proceeds of
the game will be turned over to Ww. B
Jeter, cashier First National Bank,
who is treasurer of the Communit
Fund for the relief of needy familie
in the back mountain region.
Co-operating with the league ad
agers in arr BRetne he game are: Dal- :
his teat and
POST. : :
There is a marked. rivalry between
the teams of the league, which is made
up of players from Dallas, Trucksville,
Shavertown and IL.ehman. During the
past few weeks the games have at-
tracted large crowds of spectators and
it, is ®xpected with the added appeal
of charity the games next week. wi
attract the largest crowd ever ‘witness-
ing” a game of basketball in the back
mountain region. Two games wil “be
played and the managers promise fast
basketball since the teams have now
passed through their formative period
and are . displaying excellent team
work. AR
Tickets for the charity game and
dance will be on sale early the coming
week. Tickets for the game will sell
for 35¢ and tickets for ihe dance for;
25¢.
Since the organization of “he Com-
munity Fund just prior ito Christmas,
considerable amount of good wot!
has been done in this region. With
limited supply. of funds in the treas-
ury, it has been possible to assist only
the most needy. In a number of in
stances arrangements have been made
whereby families will be cared for dur-
ing the remainder of the winter or.”
until Yhey are able to care for them.
selves.
{ The charity game Thursday night is
a- worthy and commendable’ project.
and deserves “the support of» every
citizen of the back mountain region,
whether attending the game or noft.
OH=="
P. T. A. MEETING
January meeting of the Dallas
P. T. A. will ‘be held Mon-
January: 26, at 7145. P. M., i"
at the township Sehool, : 2
ENTERTAINED SUNDAY SCHOOL
CLASS
Mrs. John Yaple entertdined her
Sunday school class with a sleigh-rid-
ing party at the Irem Temple Counitry
Club Tuesday evening. Later in the
evening the party returned tg Mrs.
Yaple’s home, where a dainty lunch
was served.
Those who were present were
Agnes Him, Ruth Hull, Catherine Geén-
sel, Alice Brown, Lola Pittman, Mar
garet Oliver, ‘Eleanor Machell and Mrs.
John Yaple ans
Effort ot
Pave Urged On
The Legislature
Strong Effort Being Made to Have
This Year’s Session of the Legisla-
ture Pass Special Act to Have Effort
Mountain Paved
Uk strong effort, is to be {ade -
this year’s sesion of the Legislature
to have a special ‘act passed which
will, provide for the State High
Department paving the 18 miles 0
road over Effort Mountain. Wyoming
Valley Motor Club is the prime mover
in the proposal. Sendtor “Laning Har.
vey, who is a director of the club, ae
is also Senator A. J. Sardomi, will in-
troduce the measure. Governor Pin-
chot has given his assurance that he
will sign the bill in ease. it comes. to
him.
Letters are being sent out this week
by the motor club to about 80 leading
citizens in Northeastern Pennsylvania
and in Philadelhia, urging them to pe-
tition their legislatures to support the
bill,
Among those who have Signea reso-
lutions approving the proposal are
taxpayers of Effort, Gilbert, Saylors-
burg, Broadheadsville and Mcllthaney;
Chambers of Commerce of Wyoming
Valley, Philadelphia angaXiaston; Wo-
men’s Clubs of Wyomyg ley
West Side; Wilkes-Bg
City-Club: i
THE DALLAS
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The
Township
day evening,
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boys and girls have mailed their letters
to the Comic Editor. You can. win
tickets, too, if you mail your lette,
ight now. A
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