po DON'T FORGET The First Annual Policeman’s Dance Friday, September 11 JPost. | More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution DON'T FORGET The Fireman’s Clam Bake Saturday, September 12 VOL. 41 THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1931. No. 36 _ Bloomburg Talks On Co-operative Groups to Rotary Speaker Traces History and Development of Building and Loan Association Arthur Blocomburg, general manager of Hazard Wire Rope Company of Wilkes-Barre and secretary of Key- stone Building and Loan Company was the speaker Thursday night at the meeting of Dallas Rotary Club. Mr. Bloomburg gave a short history of building and loan associations sta- ting that the movement started in England a little over one hundred years ago. It was brought. to this country as a system of financing homes in which a group of ten or twelve persons collected together, each contributing a definite amount of money each month to a common fund. After this amount has been contribu. ted for ma number of years, usually ten or twelve, these men divided the fund equally . and each bought himself a home thus concluding the association. As an outgrowth of this type of as- sociation there sprang up or introdu- ced’ what is known as the series of associations. berships which open periodically, in many associations series open two to three times a year thus making the association perpetual. As contrasted with the early associ. ations every one. who now takes out membership does not necessarily be- come a borrower, whereas in the early associttions all were borrowers. ‘Another difference today is that a member can borrow money for a home immediately upon joining; this, how- ever, is conditioned by the turn of his application. Today Building and Loan companies serve two functions; first, a good investment for one who does not care to borrow, yielding from seven to nine percent on the money depending upon the association; se- cond as a safe and economical way of financing a home. Everybody who borrows must be a member, but as Mr. Bloomburg stated everybody who belongs does not need to be a borrow. er. Advantages to Borrower The advantages to the borrower are first that he has a cheap rate of in- terest averaging as a rule about four and three-quarters percent over the period of time. The second advari- tage is the borrower has a long period of time in which to pay for his home, on the average about eleven years. The third advantage is that he escap- es a heavy financing fee as when ne renews mortgages through the old) system of borrowing to build a home. In addition he has a modest, definite and stipulated sum to pav each month over this entire period of time. This amount usually is about what the borrower would have to pay in rent and at the same time takes care of his interest and principal. The Building and Loan associations have made America a country of home owners through the eass of financing the modest interest rate mu the long time terms. If more of the homes in Wyoming Valley had been financed through the Building and Loan asso- ciations there would not have been the tremendous number of Sheriff sales which have been evidenced during the present business depression. There are only five building and loan as- sociations in Wyoming Valley whereas in Altoona, a town of less population, there are sixty-six associations. They can be considered a co-operative, philanthropic association that pays cash dividends. Preceding Mr. Bloomburg’s address Attorney Karl Swanburg, assistant State attorney of Chicago, who was the guest of his brother-in-law T. A. McHenry, spoke on Chicago Crimi-~ nals. 0 ELECTED DELEGATE ° The New York Conference of the Free Methodist Church, which em- braces this section, will hold its 58th annual session at Spencerville, Mary. land; September 9-13. Mr. Luther G. Roushey of Shavertown has been elec- ted delegate by the Dallas-Trucksville circuit to represent them at the con- ference. Lose Spirits With most of their $10,000 dis- tillery reposing safely in the Quackenbysh warehouse at Scran. ton, where Federal Agents had or- dered it taken, Sam Saroco and Placido DiCarlo of Luzerne were put under $4,000 bail each on Mon- day night by U. S. Commissioner C. P. Krick of Wilkes-Barre pend- ing action of the Federal €ourt in Scranton on October 19. Saroco and DiCarlo were pros. perous manufacturers of Kingston Township until Monday when when Federal agents swooped down upon them and disturbed their busy brewing activities in a $10,000 farmhouse distillery a short distance from the Trucks- ville-Carverton road. Saroco and DiCarlo hated to leave their two 500 gallon stills, their 500 gallons of alcohol and their 10,000 gallons of mash. It was a modern plant and a dandy. But the Federal officers couldn't wait so the-two put on their hats and left their brewing—aperations, for a few days at least, to more inexperienced hands. 2% Federal agents destroyed the pr ucts. In this series are mem- ) Districts Get New School Busses Pictured above are two of the new busses which will be put in operation this season for the tramsporta- tion of pupils in Dallas township and Monroe townshi p. Shupp and the Dallas township bus will be operated by Dan Hontz. local Ford dealer. Monroe township pupils. The Monroe township bus is owned by Clarence Both busses were sold by J. F. Besecker Mr. Besecker also sold a similar bus to Oscar Patton of Noxen for the transportation of LOCAL SCHOOLS OPEN TUESDAY Prof. Bowen Announces School Cakander For the Coming Year Sessions will day, be resumed on Tues- September 8, and all beginners must present vaccination certificates. Pupils must also present a birth cer- tificate or an affidavit showing their date of birth. . Pupils who will become six years of age on or before January 1st will be allowed to enter and, all beginners must be entered during the first two weeks of the opening of the schools. School Calendar The yfollowing holidays and vaca. tions will be observed: Francis Wil- lard day, Friday September 25, schools open with excersises in the afternoon; Columbus Day, Monday, October 12, schools open with exercises in the af- ternoon; Pennsylvania Day, Saturday, October 24, observance on Friday, October 23, school open with exercises in the afternoon; Armistice 'Day, Wednesday, November 11, schools closed; Thanksgiving Vacation, Nov- ember 26 and 27, schools closed; Christmas Vacation, schools elose on Wednesday December 23, and re.open on January 4, 1982; Lincoln’s Birth- dav, Friday, February 12, schools open with excercises in the afternoon; Washington’s Birthday, Monday, Feb- ruary 22, schools open with excersises in the afternoon; Easter Vacation, schools closed. March, Friday 28; Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, schools closed. 0 Historic Lantern On Display Here W. R. Garinger Has 150 Year Old Candle Lantern—May Have Been Made by Paul Revere W. R. Garinger of Huntsville street {is exhibiting a number of interesting antiques taken from among the effects of the late Suzanne Warden who died recently at the age of ninety-eight years and eight months. Miss Warden was one of the oldest residents of Dallas and her parents and grandparents all lived to ripe. old ages in this community. Among the most interesting of the antiques which Mr. Garinger has at his home is an wold candle lantern which stands about eighteen inches high and is in excellent condition. The lantern is of the type manufac- tured by Paul Revere of revolutionary fame, and Mr. Garinger believes that this lantern may. have been manufac. tured by that famous American. The lantern is more than 160 years old and is known to have belonged to Miss Warden's grandfather. It is so constructed that no matter which way it is swung or carried the flame will not go out. It is made of tin, decor- atively cut and was first used long before kerosene oil was in use for lighting purposes. Among the other antiques Mr. Gar- inger has in his possession are; a drop leaf, gate leg table, six kitchen chairs, a beautiful old horsehair rocker with ornately carved back and in perfect condition and two rare old beds An idea of the age of one of the beds can be gained from the fact that Miss Warden died in it, her father and mother died in it and her two grand- parents died in the same bed, and the parents and grandparents lived to more than ninety years of age. 0 BEAUMONT GRANGE HAS NOVEL PROGRAM — A special program has been arrang- ed by Lecturer Lois Downs for the meeting of Beaumont Grange which will be held Saturday night. All mem- bers of the Grange are urged to at. tend and bring a photograph of them- selves taken before the age of six. The program will be of a humorous na- ture and will centre about the Gran- ge’s own newspaper prepared by mein- bers of the Grange. Comedy will be the chief headlines of the paper. There will be many other numbers on the program including stunts, songs, games and a humerous read. | Austin Appointed Beaumont Principal Popular Young Man Appoint- ed to Vacancy Left by Re- signation of Prof. Robin- son Who Goes to Mill City William A. Austin of Beaumont as- siistant principle of Monroe township Schools for the past two years, has been appointed principle of the schools to fill the vacaney left by the resigna. tion of George Robinson who has been elected principal of Mill City high school in Wyoming County. Mr. Austin is a young man of out- standing ‘ability and is an enthusiastic worker in his chosen profession. Te received his Bachelor of Arts degree this year at the summer Commence- ment exercises of Susquehanna Uni- versity. He is a graduate of Beau. mont high school, Coughlin high school and took a three-year course at Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College where he was a four-letter man in athletics. Elected Coach WALTER R. HICKS The last vacancy in the ranks of Kingston township school faculty was filled at a meeting of the school board last Thursday evening, when Walter R. Hicks of Meyerstown, Pa. was named coach of all sports in that high school. Mr. Hicks graduated from Miniers- ville Teachers College with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. While attending the teachers’ college he played three years on the varsity foothall team, two years on the base- ball team and three years at basket- ball. Besides coaching the above, he is capable of coaching fennis, swim- ming and boxing. Mr. Hicks will also teach mathema. tics at the high school. He comes highly recommended to the school of- ficials. 0 Scouts Observe Parents’ Night Boy Scouts of Dallas troop observ- ed Parents’ Night at their regular meeting on Monday night in Dallas high school Out of a membership of twenty-six scouts, twenty-three attended the meeting three of the boys absent were out of town. After the routine scout boys in Jimmy LaBar’'s patrol presen. ted a play, and the members of Wil- lard Westover’s patrol gave a number of orchestra selections. Bobby West- over gave a piano solo. On account of Labor Day next Mon. day it was announced that there will be no meeting during the coming week. Last Friday night thirteen members auditorium. meeting, of the troop took part in an over- night hike to Joseph Wallo’s farm. : 0 TO GIVE PLAY Ladies of Glen View Primitive Methodist Church of Fernbrook will give a play, “The Old Maid’s Club at Noxen on Friday, September 11. SCHOOL BOARD ~ RENEWS NOTES Delay in Receipt of $1,388 Appropriation Due Local School Board Forces Note Renewal — Dallas borough school board is still bs ; ; X : bin a quandary as to why L [= the district | as not yet received $1,388.38 of past [ue appropriation from the State. At pie meeting on Wednesday night the board authorized Director Waters to delve into the matter and see why the | funds are not forthcoming. . > The de- 5 A In receiving the appropriation orced the hoard to renew a short | term note for $1,500, due on Septem- ay 23, which it had borrowed against ; appropriation. A note for $1,500 { borrowed against incoming taxes and | due on September 23, was also renew- |ed. Both notes were renewed for beriod of thirty days. 2 The board elected Mrs. clean ang Sweep the building during the term at a salary of $65 ga month and appointed Mr. Keller as janitor and truant officer for a period of two months at a salary of $50 g month Unsuccessful bidders were; Ray King who offered to do all of the work Fou a salary of $125 g month; Mr. Hull who bid $115 ang Mrs. Kocher who Lid $100, to do all of the work, On the vote of three of the direc tors, directors Culbert and Waters not voting, Mr. Edwards was reelected to teach during the coming term : Kocher to salary of $130., per month, oe schools will have no fourth Zrade teacher this year, the work Being handled by several of the teachers who will teach fourth grade subjects during various periods of the aay. The report of treasurer Brickel showed a balance of $604., on hand. 0 DRIVER CONFUSED; CAR LANDS IN CREEK is driver became confused the lights of an approaching automobile, a Pierce Arrow sedan be- longing to Dr. John F. Connole of Wilkes-Barre crashed through he guard rails on Saturday night at the approach to the Crooked Bridge on the Tunkhannock-Dallas road below Lut- es’ Corners and dropped twenty feet into Bowman's Creek. None of the four wccupants of the machine was seriously injured although the auto. mobile was wrecked beyond worth of salvaging, In the automobile dt the time of the accident were Dr. Con- nole’s son and daughter and two friends. Since the bridge was constructed some years ago there have been nu- merous accidents at its approaches, many of them serious. The bridge is especially dangerous since it is con- structed at right angles to the ‘State road which runs along a rocky ledge at a steep grade. BUILDING FOREMAN BROADCASTS POEMS When the from P. O. Zillig, who is in’ charge of con- struction for the Tillgman Moyer Co., on the new Dallas Bank building, gave a program of uncopywrited poems last night over radio station WBRE of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Zillig’s work as foreman of construction has taken { him to all parts of the country and in the course of his travels he has gath- ered together a large number of un- copywrited folk poems. He expects soon to compile a book of these bits of verse and have it published. In the meantime he is still hard at it collect. ing new poems that are worthy. of in- clusion in the book. He has recited these poems in broadcast over many of the radio stations of the country and last year gave a series of broad- casts over station WOR. BR CONCERT AT P. M. CHURCH WEDNESDAY A delightful concert is being arrang- ed for Wednesday, evening, September 9th, at the Glen View P. M. Church, of Fernbrook. The committee has se- cured John Watkins and party from Scranton, well known singers and en. tertainers. Judge William S. McLean will be the speaker. The public is in- vited to attend. “Chicago Not As Bad As Painted,” Says Attorney | State Attorney Swanburg of Chicago Gives Views of Windy City While Visiting Dallas “Chicago’s crime is not as bad as it is painted” according to Attorney Kari Swanburg, assistant State attorney of Chicago, who has been the guest of his brother-in-law L. A. McHenry for the past week. Mr. Swanburg in an interview with a representative of the Post stated, while not excusing Chica- g0’s criminals, that per thousand of population Chicago rates far down the list criminally. Chicago is far sur. passed in crime by Philadelphia for example. Mr. Swanburg in no way minimized the feudal warfare between Chicago gangs characterizing it as “dog eat dog.” He explained the criminal reputa- tion of Chicago as an unintentional act of the press, that the press in its zeal, to stamp out crime gangster warfare played up these crimes mueh the same as metropolitian newspapers play up trival coal strikes which are of little importance in Wyoming Val- ley but which look important when played across the headlines of big city newspapers. Part of this publicity may have come from an attempt to embarrass the administration of Big Bill Thompson former mayor of Chi- cago. Mr. Swanburg, while opposed to Thompson, politically, nevertheless gives him a clean bill of health in the management of that office. He does not believe that Thompson ever took a dishonest dime. By nature, he says, Thompson, is a showman and loves publicity and would go to almost any length of ballyhoo and wild west ro. deo to stage a political campaign. ‘As an interesting sidelight on Thompson's character, Mr. Swanburg cited an act put on by Thompson dur- ing the recent mayorality campaign where Thompson mounted the stage with a jackass and a regular old time Missouri mule. Thompson, dressed in Texas cowboy regalia, addressed the two animals as though they were his opponents for office, from time to time stoppinig his speech to address ques- tions to the animals. By way of summery, Mr. Swanburg, emphatically stated that Chicago is a much safer place to live than either New York City or Philadelphia or in fact many of the smaller cities of the country. He paid a glowing tribute to the present State attorney Swan- son, and ended his interview by invit- ing all of greater Dallas to the World's Fair at Chicago in 1933. ITALIAN FIREWORKS DISPLAY HERE SUNDAY Exhibition expected to Attract Thou- sands of Local Residents. A great display of fireworks will be put on by two companies competing for prizes Sunday night at Fernbrook Park as a conclusion to the Italian Day picnic sponsored by the Italian Merchants’ Association. Fireworks exhibited ‘on Italian .Day are noted throughout Pennsylvania . for their brilliance. Thousands of local resi: dents are expected to take advantage of this opportunity to see one of these displays so nearby. During the day there will be concerts by MacLuskie's band and a base ball game between two picked teams. County candidates for office will be on the speaking pro. gram. C GOOD TEAM MANAGER Despite his active campaign for Jus. tice of the Peace in Kingston town- ship, Herb Williams has found the time and put in the work this year to build up a winning baseball” team in Shavertown. /This is the first time that Shavertown has had a real base- ball team worthy of the support of the confmunity and Herb's energy is the motivating force back of the team. Shavertown would probably not have a team this year but for the series of events, which though unfor- tubate for Mr. Williams, have given him the time to devote to base ball. Crippled in an automobile accident a few years ago so that he is unable to do active work, Herb has neverthe. less, the spirit to carry on and do what he can for the community. He has made an excellent baseball mana- ger and he is going to put up a real scrap for the office of Justice of the Peace. One thing ii certain, if Herb gets the job he'll take it seriously and he'll give Kingston Township one of the best Justices of the Peace it has had in many a moon. Let's give the manager and the team a real vote of thanks for the work they have done this year. May- be a little baseball dinner at the close of the season might not be amiss. Murder Trial To Be Re-acted at Y. M. C. A. «Who Killed Earl Wright?” famous temperance play, will be given Fri. day evening, September 11 in Wilkes- Barre Y. M. C. A. auditorium, under the auspices of the churches of Wy- oming Valley. T.ocal players will make up the caste. The presentation is neither a play nor a mock trial but is the actual court proceedinigs of a trial held in Iowa a few years ago. Local Men Are Turned Down On Local Road Jobs Men From Outside the Dis trict Get the Jobs on Near- by Highways Petitions were circulated throughout all back mountain this week appealing chot to take action townships early to Governor Pin- in the matter of having local men employed on local roads. The circulation of the petitions was brought about when seven men, all residents of Idetown ang taxpayers, applied for jobs Monday on the new rural road construction being done by the State on the Harvey's Lake-Leh- man road. These men were informed that there were no jobs open for them, all of the jobs being taken by men from Wyoming Valley and other outside districts. Although Monday was the first day for work on the new road and the local men got there before work was started they found Wyoming Valley men already on the job. : All local men who applied for work are married, taxpayers, and need work to support their families. In framing the petitions, which were signed two hundred and three back mountain taxpayers, the local men recalled to Pinchot his pre.election proniis- es to help relieve unemployment by. employing local men on rural ro-- projects. In the petitions they asked only that local men be given an even opportunity with men from outside districts for employment. 0 STEEL ERECTED ON NEW BANK Contractors Expect to Finish by Middle of December— Twenty Men Employed Wr With an average of twenty men at work, construction of the new home of the First National Bank of Dallas 1s moving along rapidly. The concrete slab is now being placed for the sup- port of the first floor, with its compli- cated system of reinforcing rods and electric conduits imiedded in concrete, The skeleton framework ¥ also being erected. During the work of excavation and construction of foundations, the work. men have experienced considerable difficulty with the. creek that runs underneath the building. A pump is now being kept continually at work until waterproofing is completed on the walls and flume. The creek wile run through a concrete flume which is large enough to take care of any eme- ergency such as floods, | or spring freshets. : Machinery necessary for lifting heavy steel beams was put into ope eration this week and already much of the. framework and girders has been bolted together. The steel skeleton structure furnish- es ~all the support required for the weight of the building. The walls which will be built around the steel will act simply as curtainsto enclose the building. The floor of this building will be supported on heavy slabs of reinforc- ed concrete, which will be placed as fast as the steel is ready to receive them. On these slabs the finished floor material will be placed at a lat- er date. One item of interest which can be seen .shortly, at the site, is the com- plicated system of steel rods which will be imbedded in the concrete walls of the safe deposit vault. A stagger. ing network of these rods will make it virtually impossible to penetrate the wall without striking several of them. All electric cables required for the vault will also be in place in the forms before the concrete is poured. The next operation will be the building of the walls to enclose the steel framework. The ornamental stone for the exterior walls is now be. ing cut to size and carved at the mills in preparation for the building of the walls. Orders are being placed, and shops starting work, on -the material for later use, which require a longer time to prepare, such as the interior finish- . ing marble, cabinet work and bronze work. FIREMEN ANNOUNCE CLAM BAKE PLANS Elimination base ball games for the championship of the Rural Leagtie, twenty prominent speakers, a prograni of lively entertainment and the dem- onstration of a voting ma