’ @ o— GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU BUY JOB PRINTING - he More T han A Newspaper, A Community py A MODERN PLANT ASSURES SATISFACTION WHEN YOU BUY PRINTING HERE @®. VOL. 42 Ww THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1932. = ” “Plan Gives Work State by furnishing free fuelwood, ac- sons, particularly those who were un- forestry _ ford counties. “yised by local unemployed to take ad- “of fuelwood size. Needy Get 9000 / - Cords Of Free Fuel In Forests to ‘Unemployed; Lessens Fire Hazard - : More ‘than 9000 cords of wood froin the Pennsylvania State Forests have helped keep feedy families warm the rast winter as -a result of the offer] made last fall by the Department of Forests and Waters to assist in the re- lief of unemployed throughout the cording to an announcement made to- day by Secretary Lewis E. Staley. So ‘far 1160 permits for cutting wQod | have been reported fourteen’ for-: esters. The quantity of wood cut amounted tc 9067 cords, which are equivalent to 453 freight cars of fuel- wood.- Individuals cut 6496 cords. Welfare groups, which availed them- selves of the opportunity to provide fuel for needy families in the com- munities covered by their activities, removed 2571 cords. In many cases choppers were hired by the welfare associations who paid the workers on a cord basis, after deducting the costs of hauling and their food. The fuel was then turned over to needy “per- by able to do their own cutting. The officials carefully supervised the proper disposition of the wood in order to avoid having individuals cut and sell the fuel. The Susquehannock State Forest in Potter and Clinton counties provided the largest amount of free wood, 2067 cords. The Bald Eagle State Forest in Snyder and Union counties furnish- ed 1952 cords; from the Penn = State Forest in Center and ‘Mifflin counties, 1275 cords were removed; and 1096 cords were cut in the Buchanan State Forest in Franklin, Fulton, and Bed- The forester in charge of the Tiadaghton State Forest in Ly- coming and Clinton counties reports 1050 cords removed. : : Various Methods Various interesting methods were vantage of the Department's offer. In the Michaux State Forest in Franklin and Cumberland counties the forest ranger supervised the cutting of burn- ed timber by a group: of forty-five unemployed’ sponsored by- the chief of police of Chambersburg. The area which had been severly burned by for- est fires in the summer of 1930 was cut clean of all dead hardwood growth In the Buchanan State Forest wood choppers brought to the State Forest daily on trucks, and food for feeding them was donated by in nearby towns. Secretary Staley estimates that in addition to helping needy families ap- proximately 1614 acres of State For- ests were improved by reason of hav- ing dead, defective, and fire scarred timber thinned out of the growing for- Although the utilization was rather complete, were | businessmen est stands. of the timber the foresters who supervised the oper- ations saw to it that. sound, living trees of good species were not cut. Ose of the most striking instances of the Department's free fuelwood policy benefiting the needy was re- ported by Secretary Staley in the case of two sisters of advanced . age who tried to support themselves doing laundry work using cordwood cut from the Tioga State Forest, Tioga coun- ty, and hauled to their hut at the base of Mount Tom by friendly neighbors. After one sister died fhe second was kept supplied with free wood cut to stove length until she was taken 111 in January. Although the doctors say she has but a short time to live, she is still supplied with wood from the State Forests and is assisted by the county authorities financially. - A&P Sales Down “and Pa- Sales of the Great Atlantie cific Tea Company for the five week period ‘ending April 2nd were $88,912,- 192. This compares with $104,742,250 for the same period in 1931, and is a decrease of $15,830,058, or 15.11 per cent. March sales, expressed in tons, were estimated as 520,198 this year, com- pared with 552,825 in March 1931. This of merchan- 5.90 per is a decrease in quantity sold of 32,627 tons, or dise cent. 3 Average weekly sales in March were $17,782,438, compared with $20,948,450 in 1931, a decrease of $3,166,012. age weekly tonnage sales were 104,040, compared with 110,565 in March 1931, Aver- Tanners Bank Of Noxen Consolidates’ With Wyoming National, ‘Tunkhanneek’ 3 FOR TOWNSHIP BONDS; OPEN BIDS TONIGHT | Kingston township will dispose of its bond issue totaling $85,000 without difficulty, according to all indications. Approximately 15 bond houses have requested information and bid sheets on the bond issue. The bids are to be opened at a special meeting to be ‘held at the tonight. <I With so many bidders interested, it is expected that the interest rate will ‘Ibe less than 6 per cent. School board of- ficials estimate that an interest rate +of about 5% per cent. will he obtained. The investing public has been look- ing more kindly upon municipal bonds in recent weeks. The bonds exempt from taxation and also provide safe long term investment. 0 Girl Scouts Collect Clothing : For Needy emi Girl Scouts, from every troop in Wy- a oming Valley, are now very busy: col- lecting cro.nife from their friends, ic Clothing Ex- Public the swell the Community change, which will open on to needy of our Community. Square next Monday. clothe The scouts are following instructions given to them: : 1. Visit the homes of their parents and friends and solicit clothing. cured are brought to troop headquar- ters. 3. The Troop Committee and Troop Leaders are asked to arrange to con- dition the clothing or ask the aid of Mother's Clubs or Aid Societies. © © 4. Wheti ‘sufficient clothing is collec- ted it will be brought to Community Clothing" Exchange Headquarters, The Scouts are meeting a need. They are out every day asking ‘for clothing. They are known by an identification card which they earry with them. The card bears their name and is signed by their troop leader. Help them do their Good Turn—Give all you have to Give. Past Grands Meet The monthly meeting of the I. O. O, I. Past Grands Association of = Luz- erne County will be held on Wednes- day evening, April 20th, in the hall of Osage Lodge No. 712 at Lehman. The principal speaker will be Rev. Henry R. Taxdall, vicar of St. Georges Epis- copal Church at Nanticoke. All Odd Fellows are invited. Prior to the Association meeting from 6 to 8 o'clock members of Osage Lodge will serve a Dutch supper at the M. E. Church to all Odd Fellows and their friends. Im- mediately following the supper the As- sociation will hold a short business session in the Lodge Hall, The pro- gram will take place in the M. E. Church to which all Odd Fellows and their friends are invited. Preparations are being made to entertain 300. Newly elected officers of the Asso- ciation will preside. Hon. Willard G. Shortz, president will be assisted by the wives and following: Russell of Wilkes-Barre, Dean, of Wanamie; J. H, Kindig of New Columbus and Robert N. Schaf- fer of White Haven. A campaign for new members is being arranged by the Officers and the Districts will be divid- ed between the four vice-presidents. Vice-Presidents, George Robert I. mam————(C teem DALLAS TOWNSHIP P. T. A. HOLD VERY SUCCESSFUL CARD PARTY The committee who sponsored .the Card Party for the Dallas P. T. A, which was held at the shop of John Girvan on Friday night last wish to thank the people for the co- operation they received. It was one of the most successful affairs ever held by the P. T. A. There were over 100 present at the party and all expressed the opinion that it was a very lightful affair. ET QUOIT CLUB TO MEET Township de- The Quoit Club of Alderson will hold a meeting in Javer's Store on Monday night, April 18. = All those in forming a league in this community interested a decrease of 6525 tons. are asked to attend this meeting. Trucksville school house: * 2. The clothing, shoes, etc., so pro-. At Lehman Lodge Consolidated Tatitions Will ~~ Resources of One and a * Million Dollars BOSTON | IS S CASHIER Quarter ~ 7 NEW CASHIER Clarence A. Boston, of Noxen, becomes cashier of Wyoming National who | Bank, Tunkhannock following con- | solidation of Tanners’ Bank with that | institution. f The first ‘consolidation of banks in the cured this week of Bank of Noxen and Wyoming National The latter is institution in the ‘history of Wyoming county oc- with the DONTE. ment consolidation of Tanner's Bank of Tunknannock. the ,oldest banking county and the latter is the youngest. Through the consolidation the com- bined of more: than one and a quarter mil- institution will have resources lion dollars and will be in an advan- tageous position to serve its deposi- tors throughout the county. the consolidation also comes the announce- ‘Along. with announcement of ment that Clarence A. Boston, cashier of the ‘Tanner's Bank become cashier of th€ consolidated banks. Mr. Boston is considered one of the best banking men in Wyoming county jand has been with the Tanners’ Bank since its organization ten years ago. Aside from his banking dutie§ he has been active in civic and fraternal af- fairs throughout the county and has a wide circle of friends and business acquaintances both in Luzerne and Wyoming counties. Mr. Boston is a member of Dallas Rotary Club, Wy- oming Lodge No. 468 F. & A. M,, Consistery and Shrine, he is district deputy grand master I. O. O. F. and a member of the American Legion hav- ing served 23 months overseas during the world war as Tegimental sergeant major. Donald C. Harding, present teller at Wyoming National Bank and a young man of pleasing personality and abil- ity, will be assistant cashier of the combined institutions. John B. Hen- brother of S. R. Henning of Trucksville, will remain as president of the institution. (Continued on Page 4.) will ning, Have ‘I the ensuing year. ‘Church Board ~ Plans. Canvass Financial Sistoment of M. E. Church To Be Issued Soon ~The official Board of Dallas M. E. Church met Tuesday evening with the Mrs. S. B. Davies, A. H. Van Nortwick, L. W. LeGrand, H. S. Doll; C. S. Hildebrant, Z E. Gar} Thos. Him., F. W. Bogert, W. H. Theo. Dix, and Dr. F. D, Hart- following present: inger, Baker, sock. T= Plans for an every “member canvas was “arranged to meet: the budget for It is hoped to com- plete the canvas by April 24th. The financial statement of the church will be issued within the next This will ‘port of all the activities of all bran. two weeks. include a re- ches of the church together with the. names of all members and friends: of the church, the amount each has con- tributed during the year. Persons who desire to increase the amount they have donated the past year will be privileged to do SO up to April 17th. at which time the financial report will be placed in the hands of the printer. After: the resignation of FF. OW, _ financial | secretary, { accepting Bogert as [the vacancy for the ensuing Bogert “year. Mr. was persuaded to retain the recording secretaryship, ALS. -Culbert will continue as ZireRsurer for anoti- er year. It is the consensus of the great ma- jority of the church anembership that F. Ww. Bogert, retiring financial secre - tary, has proved to be the most effi- cient and painstaking - secretary the church has probably ever had. His detailed reports and exact data of church matters was alwa¥s at hand and has been a scource of satisfaction to all who were associated with him in his labors. i ' th The pastor and officers of the Ep- worth League have been ‘requested to have joint meetings each Sunday ev- ening. This will permit the church’ to dispense with Mr. Collitt's service Sunday evenings and also be a ‘small saving in fuel and light. Ae W. C. T. U. Meeting The monthly meeting of the Dallas W. C. TE. U. will be held at the home of Mrs. W. A, Higgins Tuesday after- noon at 2 P. M. : ¢ S ilagacGugue nn} DALLAS BOROUGH P. T. A. TO ENTERTAIN 2 EER At the meeting of the Dallas Bor- ough P. T. A. on Monday night, April 18, at Dallas High School, the associa- tion will have as guests the Dallas Township P. T. A A very interesting program has Been arranged. Rev. G. Elston Ruff, pas- tor of the Shavertownm Lutheran Church, will be guest speaker. A play lentitled, “A Boy's Ambition,” ‘will be i presented by the sixth grade. There will also be several instrumental solos. Refreshments will be served by first, eleventh and twelfth grades. Everyone is very cordially invited to ant evening is assured. \ Kingston township school district is one step nearer receiving its share of the fund held by trustees of the Proprietors of original Kingston township as a result of a decision re- cently. handed down by Judge Valentine who over-ruled exceptions and confir- med the distribution as outlined by the municipalities. : Movement to have the fund distribu- ted has been underway for about eight years. Objections were raised which halted the plans) about a year ago. Disappointed municipalities had counted on their share as a means of offsetting loss in coal valuations. Since then school districts have been en- gaged in an effort to have the objec- tions over-ruled and the funds distri- buted immediately. Willard Shortz, Harry Gordon, Wil- liam Brewster and Richard B. Sheri- dan began the movement for wdistri- bution some years ago and succeeded in having a bill passed by the State legislature. Several years ago an el- ection of the trustees was held Forty Fort and immediate steps were taken toward distribution. ‘When announcement was made that in Township To Benefit By Fund Distribution tHe fund was ready to be distributed) Wilbur Nichols, secretary of the town- ship board, learned that the township was not to receive its proportion and, with Attorney Arthur I. Turner and William Brewster, Mr. Nichols motor- ed to Harrisburg, where ‘they filed claims for a larger portion of the fund. It has be=n learned from good author- ity that the trip has proven to be ben- eficial to Kingston township for in the near future the township will receive something in the neighborhood of $14,- 000 instead of the $11,700 that ‘was to be the share of Kingston ' township. Only for the watchfulness of Mr. Nichols, Kingston township would not receive the increase, which will in a way defray the entire debt of the school district. Fund a Find For Lawyers As time draws near for a distribu- | tion of the funds in the hands of the trustees. of the fund among eleven school districts on the West Side the attorneys for - the districts present bill, a mere $14,185 for their services. The trust fund ‘has indeed been a find for the legal profession (Continued on Page 4) their | ford, aged fifty- three, Dallas for Miss, Ruth W. ters was “elected ed to Athy = and George Snyder; Mrs. attend this meeting, and a very pleas- |’ ture from the lower Pneumonia Takes Horace Crawford : ] fab dh Local Plaster Confrac eath’s Vic- tim After Weeks Illness The tiara ¢ of Horace Greeley Craw- who “died Mon- day morning following a week's illness of complications and pneumonia, was held Wednesday from the late home on Parrish street, Dallas. Mr. Crawford has been a resident of the past seven years and was a plastering contractor by trade, although he had not followed the oc- cupation for sometime having been in- jured in an accident sometime which incapicated one. of his arms. He had otherwise been in good health and had he lived until this Sunday would have observed his 56 birthday anniversary. E 5! "He was a, man Of cheerful and pleasant disposition and well liked by all who knew him. He was a member of Dallas M. E. Church and of the | Loyal Order of Moose: ¢ ; - Beside his wife, Elsie, following _chitdfen; Mrs. Marion Gar- Ralph D. Crawford and Ruth C. Crawford, Dallas andfone Sra donanan, Georgia Garrett. ix reft; Syracuse; TRUCKSVILLE WOMAN BURIED ON THURSDAY The funeral of Mrs. Low BE Smith, 61 years old, who died at her home in Trucksville on Monday morn- ing after a three days’ illness of apop- lexy, was held yesterday from the Trucksville M. E. Church, with Rev, J. R. Crompton officiating. Mrs. Smith was formerly Edith M. Snyder, daughter of the late Adney and Hester, Warden Snyder, and was born in Wilkes- Barre. After her mar- riage she lived in Jackson until twelve |: years ago, when she moved to. Trucks- ville.. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Stanley Nelson of Frucksville; one son, Lawrence, of Jackson; eleven grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Charles ¢ C. H. Wolfe, Mrs. M. A. Dymond, Mrs. &lbert: Me- keel and Mrs. Leroy Reese. Bueband: © one {LOCAL PASTOR ATTENDS CHURCH CENTENARY - Rev. F. D. Hartsock attended the one hundredth anniversary of Carbon- dale M. E. Church on Thursday “even- ing. It was from the Carbondale jchurch where Rev. Hartsock served | ten years ago, that he was appointed district superintendent of the Scran- ton district of the Methodist church. In his four years ministery at Carbon- dale, Rev. Hartsock had the unique distinction of gaining 1022 new mem- bers for the church. (bmn FIRE DESTROYS HOME destroyed the home of [Peter Traver, of Evan's Falls last Thurséay noon. A defective flue is supposed to have been the cause. Members of the family were Fire of unknown te completely seated at dinner when they heard a queer crackling noise upstairs, upon in- vestigating they found that the en- tire upper story was in flames. They immediately began removal of furni- but the spread of the flames was so rapid that floor much was destroyed, ‘Mr. Traver had $1,200 insurance on the house and $400 .on the furniture. TUNKHANNOCK TO HAVE ~~ STATE ROAD WAREHOUSE The plan of the State Highway De- partment to ‘build a -storage ware house for machinery and road mater- ials in Tunkhanonck now seems likely to be carried out the coming summer, an allocation of $29,000 having been made for it. That is more than was appropriated for any other. of the counties except Pike, which is allow- ed the same sum as Wyoming, Rumor has it that the site selected for the building is on the old ball ground near Susquehanna avenue. — Tunkhannock Republican. Interment was in Dennison cemetery, Forty Fort. "| Which the electric utilities have taken Joh ‘ago, 3 PY on UE leaves the | | for years. It has done ‘I properly-guarded polling |they get a ballot they usually tear Dry Issue is Ets to Back da ; In Luzerne County But Comes to Seesss In 1930 ‘the P, ennsylvania Power and. Light Company took $4,018, 000 mere AN from its customers than a fair 7 per 5 cent. return on its actual money: in~ * vested, and the Luzerne County Gas and Electric took over $250,000 more than a 7 per cent. return on its ac- tual inv estment. This makes a total of 4% million dollars; of excess mousy, out of the pockets of consumers. This was not their, money. It was yours. It should have stay ed in the. ‘consum- er's pockets. A . Every third child examined in Lu- zerne: County was found to be under- weight—36 per cent. to be exac the people of Luzérne County had their share of that excess four million : dollars a year in their own pocketsd where it belongs, they could begj to take care of some of these undg fed children in: the way they dg to do. id Regulation of the present | whiskies the utile mene have no right to have, is a luxury. We : cannot afford luxuries in these times. #4 ‘The Public Service Commission has known atl ahout these excess earning nothing to stop them. Seven’ men haye received $10, 000 ‘each every year from the tax- payers to do a job. They have had = clerks, engineers fag accountants by the $100,000 worth,” and yet they have not done ‘the job for the people. It. is the one State department where. money is not being spent for the people, and ¥ am for getting our money’s worth from those gentlemen, or know the reason why. Th It’ is like bringing goats to New Cas- A certainly realize the necessity, changes in our present Public sefvice Company Law. Your courage and ten- acity in this long and bitter struggle TN with the Federal Water Service Com:- pany has won the admiration of every civic minded citizen in this Commo! wealth. TI have been extremely grati- fled by the interest displayed through=- out the State in the outcome of your fight. Your fellow Pennsylvanians are. certainly’ pulling for you and I an you to know that you have their com- » plete support. My sincere wish is that you have a full and complete i measure of success. 3 “(Continued on Page 4) i ATHLETIC CLUB TO HOLD DANCE Dallas Township High ‘School Ath- : “etic Club will sponsor a dance to be th held in Kunkle Community Hall on Tuesday “evening, April 19. Proceeds 7 will be used to purchase equi 4 the club. Everyone. is invited t tend. A small admission charge Bi or be made. * On The Literary Digest “Poll” ““I am asked all around the United States whether not the Literary . Digest poll on prohibition is ‘honest.’ I do not know; presumably it is, but I don’t know, and cannot know. I do know this, the only official and system we is at the: or have in the United States regular elections. I know another thing: the official elections are the only elections or ‘polls’ which have any attractions for the prohibition- $53 ists of this country. There is not the slightest use in advising them to € vote in such: polls as that conducted by the Literary Digest, because the vast majority of them simply will not do it. They resent the whole thing and act accordingly. Rightly or wrongly, they consider the proposi-- tion simply a wet scheme concocted. 3 for propaganda purposes, and when it up or throw it in the waste-bas- ket. : “Suppose I got up a wet ‘referen- dum.’ Would the wets vote in it?’ They would not. They would con- sider that I was-simply trying to put over a dry argument. In affairs of this kind, it seems almost inevitable He that a wet man or wet corporation (Continued on Page 8)
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