©. ties of helium-filleq DON'T FORGET The First Annual Policeman’s Dance Friday, September 11 / More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution The Dallas Post. DON’T FORGET The Fireman's ; Clam Bake Saturday, September 12 VOL. 41 THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1931. John J. Hibbard Candidate For Register of Wills Popular Attorney’s Candi- dacy Being Well Received Throughout Luzerne County. Attorney John J. Hibbard of Wan- amie, Newport Township, who filed for the office of Register of Wills is waging an active campaign for the of- fice throughout the county. Attorney Hibbard was born in New- port, Township forty-two years ago and at what he learned at night school—prepared him for a high ‘school education. He later entered He taught school in various com- munities for a period of five years be- college taking up the study of law. fore entering active practise and today i srecognized as one of the foremost been county solicitoir for three years and solicitor for various municipali- ties. ; l He left his law practise to enlist in the world war and upon his return resumed his practise of law. Attorney Hibbard feels that as the Register of Wills Office is semi-judi- cial that an attorney of experience can be not only a benefit to the office but the public as well. Raise Standards For School Heads One of the recent acts of the Legis- lature which will affect all newly com- missioned superintendents and assis- tant superintendents of schools is the amendments to the School Code which raises the qualifications of candidates for such 6 positions, officials today pointed out. 3 The new amendments exact the fol- lowing requirements for a commission to act as superintendent or assistant superintendent of schools: All newly commissioned superinten- dents must be college graduates and must have completed certain approv- ed courses in administration and sup- ervision of public schools. The for- mer section of the school code which prescribed requirements for superins tendents established normal school graduation as one of the requirements for this type of certificate. The new requirements prescribe that no person shall be eligible for el- ection or appointment as a county dis- trict, assistant county, asssistant dis- | trict or associate superintendent who has not had six years successful teaching experience not less than three of which shall have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity and provided further that he has com- pleted in a college or university a graduate course in education appr oved by the State Council of Education. The new requirement is expected to raise the professional status of the of- fice of Superimtendent of schools in the State. ‘While many of the school districts now employ only such persons Who. have met the requirements as appr OV- ed, many school districts do not. The effect of the new law will be to in- crease the efficiency and management of the public schools throughout the Commonwealth, it is believed. (Continued on Page: 4) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Helium For Nov Giant Air. ship “Akron” Supplied From Bureau of Mines Plant The new giant Naval airship “Ak- ron, recently christened and which is soon to take its maiden voyage, de- pends for the helium used in its navi- gation on the Government plant near jAmarillo, Texas, which was designed and constructed and is operated by the United States Bureau of: Mines, Department of Commerce. More than 6,000,000 cubic feet of this rare nonin- flamable gas has been shipped from the Amarillo plant. Although the establishment at Am- arillo has been in operation only a litte more than two years, it has pro- duced more than 22,000,000 cubic feet of helium at an average net cost for that period of $11.47 per thousand cu- bic feet. An indication of present im- prov. i plant performance, brought aboy through experience in plant op- erati n and improvements in process and ~quipment constantly introduced is ot cn in production figures for June 1931, when the net cost of $5.95 per thousand cubic feet was attained. It is interesting to recall that not more than 16 years ago, helium was an extremely rare gas, only a chemi- cal curiosity. There was not a cubie foot of it in the United States, though small amounts had been sold at the rate of $2,500 per cubic foot. * At that price, to have filled a ship the size of the Akron -would have cost more than $16,000,000,000. The present cost of production is a good example of what! may be gecomplished by applied Tesenrell The late Dry R. B. Moore, who' at the time was ¥unerintendent of the Bureau of Mines eX iment station at Golden, Colo. W instrumental during the World W4 intereseting the Army and Navy] fhe possibili- a ter-than-air perimental 7) craft. As a result, (Continued PAUL SCHMIDT ANNOUNCED FOR RECORDER Former County Controller, Will Wage Formidable Contest. Attorney Paul J. Schmidt, former county controller, has announced his candidacy for recorder of deeds. The friends of Attorney Schmidt feel after two months of quiet cam- paigning that regardless of last min- ute announcements the former con- troller will lead the field. He bases his candidacy on his re- | cord as Controller; together with a re- putation for probity and efficiency es- tablished over years of active interest in public affairs. Attorney Schmidt's petitions will carry the names of more than thirty thousand voters throughout the coun- ty. ‘He will file for both Democratic and Republican nominations. USE OF HIGHWAYS AS REPAIR SHOPS IS SAID UNSAFE “Don’t make’ a repair shop of the highway when something goes rons with the car!” That advice is given automobile operators. by W. W. Matthews, De- puty Commissioner of Motor Vehic- les. It is based on the all too preva- lent © custom of strewing tool kit equipment and spare tires along the road. These obstructions fréquentiy added to by solicitious friends of the operators who also aid in blocking the highway. “So many cause have accidents from this been reported, some of them serious, that they necessitate this warning,” Matthews says. “In creased speeds and the greater vol-= ume of traffic have made this dan- ger greater than in ‘the past. The advent of warm weather with over- heated and worn tires increase the possibility of ‘flats’ Qf course, they must be fixed, and occasionally you'll have to do a little tinkering with your motor, but for your own safety and the safety of others don’t make a repair shop of the highway. If pos- sible drive the car entirely off the road before attempting repairs. This is = particularly applicable at night.” EBB Ht | MISS MILLER BECOMES BRIDE OF DR. FLEMING In Stella Presbyterian church. Wy- oming avenue, Forty Fort, on Satur- | day evening at 6. Miss Grace Miller of Wyoming was married to Dr. J. C. Fleming of Dallas. The church was attractively decorated with palms and cut flowers. The ceremony was per- formed by Rev. Hansen L. Bergen. Mrs. W. R. Levering played the wed- ding marches and gave the numbers, I Love You Truly, and At Dawning before the ceremony. The bride wore a ivory eyeleted lace over taffeta made along princess lines and a Madonna cap of real lace arranged at the sides with orange blossoms and having a shoulder length veil. She wore white lace mitts and her bouquet was of bride’sroses and. lillies-of-the-valley. She wore a crystal necklace, a gift of the bridegroom. The maid of honor, Miss Amanda Harris, a classmate of Nthe bride at college, wore a pale blue gown of eveleted lace over taffeta made simi- larly to that worn by the bride. Her hat was a large model of felt to cor- respond and she wore blue lace mitts and carried an arm bouquet of pink rosebuds. The bride's gift to her at- tendant was a crystal necklace, The flower girl, Mary Jane Fleming, daughter of Dr. and Mrs Bruce L. Fleming of Philadelphia, and niece of the bridegroom, wore a yellow organ- die frock. She wore socks and hat of matching shade and carried a basket of mixed summer flowers. The bride presented a white gold bracelet to the flower. girl. Dr. W. R. Levering of Stroudsburg, a former classmate and faternity brother of Dr. Fleming, was best man. The bridegroom’s gift to his best man was a matched set of belts and buck- les. FollowIng the ceremony there was a dinner and reception for the wedding party and close relatives at Irem; Temple Country club. The couple have left on a motor and boat trip. They will reside at 63 Main street, Dallas. State Forests Offer Varied Attractions gown of white “A rare mingling of streams, lakes, and mountains, offering to the lover of the out-of-doors every, opportunity for the enjoyment of nature,” is the de- scription given the State Forests of Pennsylvania by enthusiastic corres- pondent writing to the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, In commenting upon this praise of Pennsylvania’s woodland, Secretary Lewis HE. Staley said, “Never in the history of forestry have so many people sought récreation in Penn's Woods, where the ideal summer climate with warm days and cool nights, caused many visitors to prolong their vae:- tions. “For those who spend the weekends in rest and recreation and their vaca- tions in the open, there will be found within the one and one-half million be N (Continued. on Page 5) It Makes A Difference 1 According to statements made by state and county highway employees they received orders this week to de- face and tear down all pole posters placed along the high- "| ways by independent candidates for office, and to post in their places the cards of the Fine-Langan-Kehoe-Bird list of candidates. County and State road employees did this work on time paid for by the taxpayers of Luzerne County for im- provement and maintainance work on the highways .These employees knew that their jobs were insecure if they did not follow orders. No highway employee has ever lost a job for loafing but plenty have lost their jobs for not fol- lowing the instructions of the machine. : The work was pleasant pastime for the road caretakers, but just why the public should be paying the costs of poli- tical bill posting is a question in the minds of many tax- payers. Beautification of the highways might be an argu- ment brought forth, but who could be so bold as to say that the pictures of the Fine-Kehoe-Langan-Bird candidates plastered on poles helps to beautify the landscape. when it comes to beauty it is And hardly necessary for the Pitt- ston gang to come to this section of the county to start their work of improvement, pretty much to hold our own There are a lot of pretty tical office on Independent tickets this year, some of them | f S0 far we have been able in that line. good fellows running for poli- aren’t so handsome, but its only once in a while that they get a chance to distribute their pictures about the’county. If this election is going to turn out to be a beauty contest we'd like to catch a glimpse of all of the entrants. It can’t be that all of the good looking and all of the decent fellows are lined up with Morgan Bird, John Fine, Ambrose Lang- an and John Kehoe. ~ SCHOOL BOARD MEETS; SELECT ARCHITECT Members of the Kingston Township School Board held a special meeting tat the Trucksville school house last Thursday. with the following members, Hay, Schooley, Nicholas and Hill, be- ing present. Howard Appleton was unable to attend, being confined to his home with sickness. Herbert Hill ac- ted as secretary. The meeting for the purpose of naming an archi- tect to draw plans for the proposed new school building for the township which has becomé a necessity, due to overcrowded conditions that exist at the present time. After carefully con- sidering the various plans that were submitted by the architects, the board members present went on record by a last week was called motion made by Mr. Hay and second-: ed by Mr. Schooley to notify the township solicitor to draw up. a reso- lution engaging the ‘services of Mack and Sahm as the architects to draw up the plans. -At the meeting these men had submitted a set of plans for an eight-room school house with an auditorium, gymnasium combined of fireproof construction, at their esti- (Continued on Page 4) (M. E. CHOIR HOLDS COVERED DISH SUPPER The members, and their friends of the choir of the Dallas M. E. Church held a Covered Dish Supper at Fern- ‘brook Park, Friday evening and all reported having a good time. : After supper quoits and other games were played. It was decided to hold gnother covered dish supper in the early winter. Those present were: Samuel Griffith, President, Mrs. James Oliver, Treasur- er; Mrs. Wm. H. Baker, Secretary; Wi A. Collett, Organist and Choir Lead- er; Mrs. 'W. ‘A. Collett, Mr. 'W.' H. Baker, Billy Baker, Betty Aston, Mrs. Winifred Griffith, Nany Griffith Mary Gricith, Mr. A. H. Van Nortwick, Mrs. A. H. Van Nortwick. Mr. I. W. Le- Grand, Mrs. L. W. LeGrand, Mr. J. H. Frgntz, Mrs. J. H. Frantz, Mrs. Flor- ence Phillips, Mrs., Margaret Hilde- brand Mr: Clarence LaBar, Mrs. Clar- ence LaBar, Helen LaBar, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pittman, Mr. ‘and Mrs David Brace, Leonard O'Kgne, Mrs. Leonard O'Kane, Audrey O'Kane, Mrs. James E. Jones, Theo. R. Dix, Mrs. Theo Dix, William Dix, Donalld Dix, | George Beisinger. “Sandusky Sea Serpeni” Quickly Exposed as Press Agent Yarn by Ohio The ingenious attempt of two car- nival men, posing as cement sales- men, to put over a story of their cap- ture of a huge sea monster in Lake Erie recently, might have been a big success if it hadn't been for the ridicule laid on thick by head- line writers inthe nearby cities of To- | ledo and Cleveland. A day after Sandusky was excited by stories that a “sea serpent” had been seen in the lake, Clifford Wilson and Frank Gagentose, strangers in the city, came to town with an 18-fiot python and a hair-raising story of how they captured it. They said they had been fishing in a boat when the snake came to the sur- face nearby and startled them almost speechless. Wilson swung at it with an oar, whereupon the “sea serpent,” emerged high out of the water, emit- ting a large cloud of “steam” from its tail. Wilson swung again and the blow rolled the “serpent” over on its back. The two men pulled the “monster” across the stern of the boat and rowed to shore, where with the aid of sev- eral others they landed the serpent,” which weighed more than 100 pounds. Then the animal revived and attemp- ted to crawl back into the water, but they. recaptured it, put it into a crate and placed it on exhibition in a gar- age, where several thousand persons viewed it. Copyreaders pounced on the story and news editors gave it big page-one play. One of the early heads was: SANDUSKY’S SNARLING SEA SERPENT SNARED BY SEAGOING SALESMEN Startled Pair Defend Selves With Oars in Erie Epic. 18-Foot Lake Varmint Emerges: From Water to Meet Waterloo = -t Headline wv riters Another read: SEAGOING SALESMAN SNARE: SANDUSKY’S SEA SERPENT Startled Cement Sellers Smack Saucy Snake Silly; City Seethes as San- duskians Seek Sight of Steam Snorter. A second-day story, by-lined “By the Snake Editor,” told of the positive identification ef the snake by Dr. Har- old IL. Madison, curator of the Cleve- land museum of natural ‘history, as an Indian python; also of its delicate ap- petite and sleeping habits. The head read as follows: SANDUSKY’S SNICKERING SER- PENT SNORES SERENELY; SCOFFERS SMILE SUS- PICIOUSLY Delicate Sea Snake Should Be Fed and Cared for Carefully to Pre- serve Health, Experts Declare After Examination. {me Toledo paper, advertising a hali-fare steamer excursion to Cedar LP &, Lake Erie resort near Sandus- ky," started the deep two-column ad like: this: C THE BIG CEDAR POINT C SERPENT The captors had said they would take the “monster” to Cedar Point for exhibition, but canceled the engage- ment; After two days of furore in Sandus- ky and diligent searching of the “S” section of the dictionary by copyread- ers, Wilson, one of the “heroes” of the capture, was identified by an uncle as a carhival exhibitor. By the time this fact was established the two had dis- appeared from Sandusky. When can- celing {the . Cedar Point exhibition by telephone, Wilson said, “Things are too hot¥ Edward 'A. Smith, acting menage said. ‘ { CHARLES A. JONES ; DIES IN HOSPITAL © Charles A. Jones, 46, of 112 Dele- ware avenue West Pittston, died last night in Pittston Hospital, death be- ing caused by complications following an operation. He was the son of T. W. and Sarah Jones of 36 Snowden street, Forty Fort. He is survived by his widow, ‘Ann Howell Jones; two daughters, Virginia and Helen; his parents, two brothers, William of Wilkes-Barre and Harold of King- ston; also two sisters, Bessie at home and Mrs. Joseph Chittenden of Jack- sonville, Fla. The funeral will be held from the parents home on Friday afternoon at 2:30. Rev. J. B. Craven, pastor; of Grant street Presbyterian church, will officiate. Interment will be at West Pittston. Mr. Charles A. Jones was a former resident of Dallas, Pa. rr ——() Civil Service Examinations Announced 4 The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open com- petitive examinations as follows: School social worker (visiting teach- er) $2,300 a year, Indian Service. Clos- ing date, December 30, 1931. Assistant radio operator $1,800 to $2,160 a year, Bureau of Lighthouses, Department of Com-~ merce.. Closing’ date, September 18, 1931. i ‘All States except Deleware, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire; Vermont, Virginia, and the District of Columbia have received less than their share of appointments in the appor- tioned Department Service at Wash- (airways). ‘ington, D. C. Full information may be obtained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Examin- ers at the post office in any city which has a post hee of the first or the | second class, . from the United States Civil Fw Commission, Washington, D. C. 5,000 PERSONS EXPEC- TED TO ATTEND POTATO SHOW, At least 5000 persons are expected to atfend the 1931 Potato Exposition at State. College, Pennsylvania during ‘| the three days, August 24, 25, 26, an- nounces L. T. Denniston, executive secretary of] the Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association. Approximately 100 potato growers from Luzerne County plan to attend, announces J. D. Hutchison. One of the new features on the pro- gram this year is the Ryra! Choir and Chorus contest which will be staged in the college auditorium Tuesday even- ing. Eight choirs and choruses re- | presenting eight counties are compet- ing. Other features of the, program in- clude educational tours; inspection trips over the college farms. demon- strations of modern methods and equipment, grading, packing and marketing demonstrations, and demo- strations on the preparation and use of potatoes. Several prominent speakers will ap- pear -on the program including R. L. Watts, Dean of the School of Agricui- ture; E. L. Nixon, Professor of Plant Pathology; F. P. Weaver, Professor of Agriculture Economics, all from the Pennsylvania State College. Honor- able G. A. McSparran, State Secretary of Agriculture; E. S. Bayard, Editor, the Pennsylvania Farmer; Wheeler McMillon, Associate Editor, County Home; Mrs. Clara Phillips, Member of the Board of Trustees, the Pennsyl- vania State College; A. P. Yorkes of the International Harvester Company, and others. 4 PROMINENT WOMEN f BREAKS LEG Mrs. Ambrose Rutz; well known resident of Dallas, and wife of Am- brose Rutz, beauty parlor proprietor in Wilkes-Barre, is slowly recovering from a painful compound fracture of the leg, which she sustained Thurs- day-night of last week while attending a social function at Sandy Beach, Harvey's Lake. mn) Bulford Reunion The annual Bulford reunion will be held at Fernbrook Park, Wednesday, September 2. All relatives and friends are requested to be present, Robert Bulford is president of the organiza- tion and Elizabeth Breckenridge Se- cretary. Members of Garden Club Have Lun- cheon, and Tour Members of Garden Club of Wyom- ing Valley and their guests visited gardens at Trucksville and Shaver- town and vicinity on Wednesday. Persons making a tour had luncheon at Colonial tea room at Fernbrook at 1. The first two gardens visited on Wednesday were those of Mrs. Burr C. Miller at Hillside and Johan N. Con- yngham at Hayfield Farm, Lehman. Other gardens in Trucksville and Shavertown were visited in the fol- lowing order: James O’Boyle, Pioneer avenue; Malcolm Burnside, Pioneer avenue; Mrs. R. M. Scott, Mt. Green- wood road; W. A. Steelman, Wardan street; Mrs. Eulalia Cox Dow. Wardan avenue; Joseph G. Schuler, Mt. Green- wood road; Nellie Leach, Oak street; Mrs. Lee C. Hessler, Rice’ Street; Mrs. E. J. Hessler, Rice street. {two men out on strikes. jus was that he looked up at the stand. Big Score .Featured | Bal Game and the Big Guest Mayor Daniel L. Hart o Wilkes-Barre, Made Every- body Happy By Richard Lawley There was a real suburban) touch Tt Shavertown last Saturday, when everything went over big at the Fire- men’s open air affair, and church su per held in conjunction. Attended b: a steady stream of visitors and home people from early to late the patron age was well taken care of with a gratifying degree of gain and pleasur The weather was about perfect and all promises were carried out without mis- hap. Thehome team defeated Wilso champions of 1931 by just a smalle margin that the score of July 4t when All went down 11 to 1; the re sult of the last game being 10 4 2 Scotty VanHorn picked up a Bay of Volley Ball artists which suffere defeat at the hands of another agar gation; but it was full of interest and greatly enjoyed by early visitors; a few of the players proved expert at this game and were distinguishable. The Vercoe family, all musical, brought forth applause after applaus and got.the audience looking for mor entertainment when they finished an Tom Griffith's was there with bells when his Washtub troupe got down to business. Griffith is an old-timer with the drum and bones and now resides in Courtdale, where he trained the rest .of his performers. The Noxen band featured at night with plenty o. music and singing.’ Mayor Daniel I. Hart, of Wilkes Barre brought all minds to home—=th love and protection of home; its ‘in imates, its pets and its more restfu I help, which so often perish in flames and cause sorrow gnd loss. It was a Firemen’s day speech well taken and 4 accepted for its kind advice and wis- dom. Everyone felt lucky to havg heard the Mayor speak and in coy menting upon it, the Mayor stg that he thought it as m his, as anything else. Talks 1 needed but nobody ever Kk! they hear one spoken. always welcome to Shavey Other guests were Bill retary of the Kingston Will Gerlach; foriner school teacher of | Hazleton. Prof. Rood of the 8th grade school also came down from his summer home, and Harold G Wagner formerly of the “Township spent most of the day here. ‘There were not many who did not want to see the ball game and mana- (Continutg on Page 4) ONE BEAR WIN S IN TILT WITH BULLS In a battle of one bear Against two bulls, the former won, regardless of the situation on the New York stock market, acording to a damage claim to the Game Commission. 3 Leonard Wright, Kelsey, Elk ty, reported the Killing of two one a two-year and weighing pounds, by a bear. Because of the abundance of natural food few damage claims have been made recentiy to the Commission. Fa Drm Enthusiasm Blanks | Wastefulness and Deceit coun- bulls, 600 How Former Stars Worked Out Their Own Salvation And Chances Of The Play- ers Of Today. Let’s Help! \ By Richard Lawley - It requires more enthusiasm than nerve to make a success out of any- thing. People may think. that nerve does it but enthusiasm wins out. ‘Where there is no enthusiasm the job will look artificial when a thing is done. "His Pa Watched Years ago, over in West Side Park, (now called New Westmore,) we used to play many games, and one fellow just out of college, was certainly a fel- low chuck full of real enthusiasm. He was a southpaw pitcher too! He was pitching one day in front of a well-filled grandstand. As he pitch- ed he kept account of his record in- ning by inning. One inning he had ‘What struck putting up two fingers of his hand free from the glove, he yelled, “I struck out two batters, pa.” His parents went to every game in which he then pitched like Pa and Ma . Stribling followed their son on his fight engagements. His name was Schaffer, who later pitched for Billy Thomas’ Luzerne Reds, as Billy will remember. y More Southpaws - Another enthusiastic pitcher in those days was Harry Hess, deceased, of Nanticoke, also a left hander, who pitched many games for Rowley Wolfe's Luzerne Reds, before Billy got into high ranks. Right now we have “Pinky Swingle and Lefty Thomas, both enthusiastic and hard working boxmen. Lefty has a fast ball and a business-like deliv- ery, while “Pinky” has some wicked throws that get results. ; Both of these southpaws have a bright future. Swingle is much like fj Senager, although more the size of (Continued on Page 5) *
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