ER mm DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA, DAY soPTEMEER 2, 1932 “The Dallas Post, ESTABLISHED 1889 TELEPHONE DALLAS 300 A LIBERAL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER 2 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING lpr AT THE DALLAS POST PLANT SEY 7h LEHMAN AVENUE, DALLAS, PA. od BY THE DALLAS POST INC, ICTR bis HOWARD RISLEY . Managing Editor HOWELL E.REES if S203 vreereresmesiasaee so Advertising Manager! RUSSELL WEAVER... ~i.... eR EA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES American Prose Association, 225 West 45th Street, New York. ~The Dallas Post is on sole at local news stands. Subsoription price by mail ‘$2.00 payable in advance. .Single copies five cents each. Entered as second-class matter at the Dallas Post-office. ~~ Members American Press Association; Pennsylvania Newspaper Publish- ers Association; Circulation Audit Bureau; Wilkes- Barre-Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce. \ iit : Published by ! a . 8 THE DALLAS POST, INC et THe DALLAS POST 1s a youthtul weekly rural- suburban newspaper, awned, edited and operated by young men interested in the development of the great rural-suburban region of Luzerne County and in the attainment ‘of the : ~ bighest ideals of journalism. Thirty-one surrounding communities contribute weekly articles to THE POST and have an interest in its editorial policies. THE POST is truly “more than a newspaper, it is a community institution.” Congress shall make no law * *'= abridging the freedom of speech, or of Préss. From the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Subscription, $2.00 Per Year (Payable in Advance) THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM - THE DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its selumns. to all projects which will help this community and the great rurafl- suburban territory which it serves to attain the following major improve- ments: i 1. Municipal lighting plant. 2. A free library located in the Dalles region. 3. Better and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern- brook and Dallas. : ! = 4. Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. x 5. Closer co- operation between Dallas borgugh and surrounding. town- : ships: § 6. Consolidated high schools and better co-operation between those that i ’ WIE now exist. x 8. The formation of a Back Mountain Club made up of business men and home owners interested in the ‘development of a community consciousness in pales, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook. = 9. A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and sennecting the Sullivan Trail at Tunkhannock. TE : 10. The elimination of petty politics from all School Boards in the region ‘covered by THE DALLAS POST . 11. Adequate water supply for fire protection. ; 12 And all other projects which help to make the Back Mountain section The fact that President Theodore Roosevelt gave away his niece, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, at her marriage to her distant cousin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, back THE in 1905 does not tend to smooth a family ROOSEVELT breach widened since Governor Rooseevlt {COUSINS became candidate for president. : Probably a considerable amount of Re- ; publican pressure has stimulated the rather caustic remarks a number of the relatives of the late president have aimed at Franklin D. Roosevelt recently. The Governor of New York has as much and as honorable a claim to the name of ~ Roosevelt as any member of the family bearing that name. ~ The fact that many ignorant voters confuse him with the great “Teddy” is as much of a liability as an asset- Not ~ everyone in the world, even the ignorant, loved “Teddy” so much that he could win the presidential election when run- ning on the Bull Moose ticket. If Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the coming election it will not be by the votes of those who ~ confuse him with members of President Theodore Roose- _welt’s kin. Although there might be enough ignorant vot- ‘ers in the United States to do that very thing judging from the intelligence level at which both the Democratic and Re- publican parties are aiming ther propaganda. The condition of Toby’s Creek as it runs through the communities of Dallas, Shavertown and Trucksville is little short of deplorable. At a recent meeting of Dallas board of health attention was given to the condition of the creek as a menace to health and proposals were put forth to have the State investigate. Signs STREAM MENACES : HEayon ~ zens from dumping refuse salsewsge inte the stream und er penalty of fine.” 5s 5 - _ Communities. ‘bordering 1 the creek have. been fortunate: : There have been no serious epidemics‘to ‘date. “ But ‘that is fo eriterion upon ‘which to'say that the creek does; not daily. dumping: sewage into the stream “and the whole ‘territory will be laid open to’ the ‘spread of the dread disease. At the |? 2 present. time there is one case: of spinal meningitis in the 3 borough of Tuzére,’ “How and’ from whence it came no, one knows. But with hundreds of children swimming in Toby: S|, Creek daily’ it might easily’ be that the vietim picked 0 ‘the Sigtass. from the contaminated stream, £ bho 15703 Every time: Congress tackles the. budget: we are remin- propriation. is close to a. billion . dollars. - Your father can remember ‘the time ‘wher Sith sum ‘would have been" “pretty ‘nearly sufficient’ to run’ every branch of ‘govern- #4 e1iw osiord ail SE i! J only a-few months ago- that our governmentmade its "final | pension payment for the War of 1812. Tt seers that a ver BT ris aie # 10OL3 young, girl had married a very old soldier, and had soon be- > come entitled toa widow's’ pension... We are still‘paying for the War With México World War will ‘be a . The Vedi do898 Dae Hoo In Bi he W Ww & PARCONL DLE -— : i gage on everybody’ s bank account for a-century «to:come, | Eo CT OF, WAR. bt 3 Hoar bos HEH WO SQ a first eat pa - Mechanical Superintendent) were also ordered to be placed along the creek warning citi- t = ~ endanger ] life. One . case of typoid i in any one of the homes | | with Miss Margaret Kunkle Ro of ‘the a cost of war. The 1932 veteran's relief aps | federal, state, and local. It was | {and Mrs. W. O. Washburn | 68 %Eest 1 |LETTERS . eis ~ TO THE «... EDITOR 3 ~— ~ To the Editor: : : It is my desire in ‘writing this letter to correct in ‘the public mind a wrong impression as to the character of: Ab- raham Lincoln's ancestors. : ; Probably no man in history has been more abused than Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln. He has been labeled as “shiftless and improvident,” “a mi- gratory squatter without strength of character,” “a man whe could neither read or write,” “an idler, without am- bition for himself or his children.” Contrary to textbooks and popular biographies, evidence has been found revealing Thomas Lincoln as descend- ed from an old distinguished family — a family of at least moderate wealth, certain social distinction, and very de- finite political prestige. Instead of being a squatter, Thomas owned all his homes and other’ “Teal “estate and |was in good standing with the local merchants. Thomas went to work as a day laborer, then a carpenter. apparently was’ a hard worker thrifty, for he bought four different farms and until he became an old man prospered as much as the average pio- neer. ¥ These records show that he was dir- ectly related to the famous Lincoln family of New England, one of his kinsmen being a governor of Massa- chusetts, another a governor of Maine, and a third Thomas Jefferson's attor- ney-general. His own grandfather, Abraham Lincoln, Sr., nent citizen and owner of 5,544 acres of Kentucky land when massacred by Indians in 1786. His widow lost most of the land through faulty land titles. In denial of the charge that Thomas Lincoln was illiterate, a court dodu- ment ‘is signed by him in 1803, six ‘years before the president’s birth, has been found. was a promi- Although I have been engaged Lincoln research for more in than ten vears, the last four have been devoted almost exclusively to examination of Lincoln’s ancestory. This has com¢ about as a result of a commission giv en to Paul Manship, noted sculptor, to execute a statue of Lincoln for the plaza of the Lincoln National Life In- surance company building in Ft. Way- ne, Ind.” He was asked to depict Lin- coln as a Hoosier youth of 21, an age at which no photograph of exists. Lincolr To get the data that would en- able him to portray Lincoln as a youth, I collaborated with Mr. Manship in = search of all available records, and it was in this search that .we found the evidence of the real Thomas Lincoln So the Manship statue, which is to be dedicated September 16 with Secretar. of ‘Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde a principal speaker, portrays young Lin- coln as a-clean cut, lithe-limbed fron- tiersman such as might be the son of a sturdy pioneer rather than a shift- less, indolent rover. 1 am now con- vinced, however, that much additional data never before published can vet be found and I would appreciate receiving from any of my readers familiar wit} Lincoln's life information that would throw further light on Lincoln's parentage. any Very truly yours, Louis ‘A. Warren, Director , Lincoln National suite Koundation, Bree © ZKunkl | Geraldiné Howell of Fernbrook is Lia AA 9 Visiting Doris’ Hedy : Mrs. Julia Kunkle spent part of last week with Mrs; SHeRsy Isaacs, of Shavs ertown, & : 3 T4 . Miss Gertrude Smith. and Eleanor Kunkle spent the” Week end With their . aunt, Mrs. ‘George! Deitrick Gt Fans Miss-JAnnar Kunkle Sof Forty! Kort visited at, thehome off Mr: and Mos. W. S._ Kunkle: for seeyral days, last 4, week, she also Sat “Sunday evening —and is spending#several days this’ Weel) with Mrs. Lyman Moore of; Lakes Catalpas Mr. and. Mrs. Fi Fe (Kunkle. and Mrs, Annie Ross enjoyed a trip to Bing- hamton on Sunday. 3 Mr. ald Mrs 8 Ww Fhe ar. Lf! Mrs. William Brace and children, Charles, Allen cand (Caxoline: rispent, a Sunday . recently. witk Mr. . and MTS. Archie “Corby at their cottage at t Wy- oming “Camp &round.” bh £ Pabens Mr. afd Mrs ©) We Kufikie® Pha ME | Dallas attended) the Lindsley family; {reunion at Binghamton, on. + Raturday, 4 Mr. and Mrs. ‘Washburn Yeturned home I | visited velativhs ABC oaRIY, Nw! Tom ‘and Halstead, P#nsylvania and atten- ded the Fish family reunion with Mr. | and Mrs. ‘Warren Fish who accom. even if the soldiers are reasonable in their demands. panied them home on Thursday. He }- cand |- Thére’ before returning to" Long Island,’ dd) Councils ‘fortHeoming™ bulletin on “Bennsylyania ; Populations Prefids.” obsons: oat) of edéh’ 100 weve’ 45 or [ninfe’ cit of7 edloh F100)’ ~[ebanges, have been i“ Pernsyly aid 6d s710 becombd State| : “Of + Whermiddle-aged, andcelderlyg This Jon Monfay add" Wr, “Arid” Mrs, Runkle A WORTH WHILE LABOR DAY PARADE _Alderson- Miss Olga Vogel is on an eleven day cruise of the Great Lakes to Duluth, Minn., and other points of interest. She | will spend a few days with her par- ents at Buffalo, before returning. Genevieve York, of Harrisburg, spent the week end at her home here. Rev. Josuah A. Brundle, of Wilkes- Barre, preached the morning sermon in | the M. E. Church on Sunday. The | Edwardsville Glee Club furnished mu- sic. i ; Miss Peggy Nichols, of Trenton is spending several days with Mary Ku- chta. Members of the cast of “Miss Ad- venture” held an outing at Terry's, Evans Falls, on Friday night. and music followed the supper. present: Mary Kuchta, Peggy Nichols, Ruth and Lillian York, Rosella Kasp- er, Laura Kritzburger, Mary Marlome, Betty Roscola, Esther, Adda and Elsie Garringer, Hilda Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Garinger, Mr. and Mrs. George Armitage, Mike and Peter Ku- Games Those chta, ‘Allan Perkins, Carl Kasper, Ol- ga Vogel, Al Armitage, Joe Rauch, Ruth Jackson, Smith, Ross George Garinger. : Mrs. Frank Jackson entertained at luncheon on Thursday, Mrs. Harvey Kitchen and daughter Mildred, Mrs. Otis Allen and daughter Bethia, Mrs. Walter Fletcher and daughter Frances) of Shayvertowm | (WED HOY +f (Ruth York. ‘has: completed 5 weeks. course at Golumbia., Uniyersity.! She” ‘will spend a few days at Ther home! wwhereZshe” teaches! AL Zao sda Eo + ooanip Average Age. Yo Cost, Council Survey Shows ¥¢ ~The average age off Porusylvania’s people. Is -Steadily. increasings, 0" This is one of the interesting facts fdeveidped n° ‘the’ Greater “Pennsylvan- + In 1900. only eighteen Pennsylvanians out of every 100 were more than 45 years of age. In 1930, ‘twenty. three Over: c 1% pn - ¢ nid In 1900, forty E50 out. of.. each 100} persons were less than 20. years of age, id in “1930 there * were only ~ Thirty- In 1900 there wererforty:‘pérsons out’ of each 100 between, the ages: of 20] ng “48. ‘© 1930" ‘the préportion had deelfned to 1880 (UL win wWBhe 5 chief Vactor [1 causing these! the rdecreasing i number. of children due to EN falling) Birth rate. 93 the decreasing death] vats pt the other end’ of ‘the’ dgescale. | {28 ean a. slow hut, Af fundamental 1revo ut n in the mass “hee s and | eccthiotic MHanits “SF (HE Qed pre” which| lLmust.-be. taken-into-aecount-by-governs. { ment and industry,” said Dr. Charles l ‘third on Bednar’s single and ‘to the fence. he arrived. SPORT SLANTS By “Red” ningston township took a fall out.of , Fernbrook last Saturday, August 20th. Daugert started on the mound for Fernbrook and was hit hard, the first three men to face, hit safely, | Lloyd being put out at second when he | attempted to stretch his hit two baggery Kitchen was walked and Winters hit one to second with the bases full which was too hot for Kil- len to handle and two runs came in. each into a Three more runs were scored in the second when Bednar walked, Parry singled, Kitchen doubled over the fence in jeft field for two runs. Win- ters then with a hit to the pitcher, MacDougal was walked to force in a run and Bulford struck out. Two more runs were scored in the fourth when Lloyd singled, went to scored when Kitchen hit to left for a base. Bednar scored when Sabol made a pretty catch of MacDougal's fly. He made a beautiful throw to the plate to head off Bednar. Levitsky blocked the plate but Bednar was called safe. Fernbrook scored its first run in the first inning. Smith singled through the infield and scored on Killen’s sin- gle over short. Killen took second on the throw in to get Smith. Sahol started the fourth inning with ia three base hit. to center. field. Parry; ! attempted to make a shoe-string catch sixi| of his low-hit fly and the ball rolled He was; out there [hen the next ‘three batters ‘were retired. Doyeideyideerta Fefabiroblit Tast tally when he walked, was-advanced to se. || cond, and geored anoSabol'svsecond hit ‘| of the day. 8 wii sbennb Kitchen was put injas clean uprin [the batting order and reame through aid Mot, score any. | In. the last, inning | he made a hair-raising catch of. Grifr fith’s long, fly, in. right field to double off Daugert, on second. : President Bulford, arrived. on the scene in the third. inning. . The game. failed to, get underway; n 3 until 4 p. m., the fans getting home jin time for a cold. supper. t Harley Mission, tipally, got EQ, Press| ton to buy a ticket for, the game when, | Harley will never, forget ithe three “Pikers” who left the game last week just as the hat was heing | passed around, and ieft for Dallas, to (witness: ‘the ‘game there, knowing. that, ithe Dallas collection had already been taken.’ L: “Beatitont went into first place in ithe" Riird] Tléague when it defeated ithe Isddre oF 42 16 70." Doc Iscored his 'Secolid sraieht shiitout vie- itor) eteHtingt Farabréor’ 2 60, two | weeks ‘ago ‘Daflas 1d th Second’ ‘place | with fiveswing and’ thrée ‘déréats’ Lake Summit had an easy tiie ‘dé feating Orange, 20 to 8, Steve Hal. Reitell, council director. lowitch hit a home run for Lake Sumt- || with three, safe, hits, batting. in four | {lof the township's runs, although he | Daras’ ‘at “Beatimont Tast’ Saturday’ by | Traver mit and played well in the field. Sickler cost Orange a run “when he doubled and was on his way home on the next batters two base. hit, Cooke, Jj) catching for Lake Summit squatted on | the plate waiting for the throw in and | Sickler ran back to third, the ball not | being recovered in the outfield. £7 ‘Kingston township defeated | highly rated Fernbrook team on’ the | Shavertown schocl house grounds 7 he [to 2. The township boys landed on the offerings of - Daugert. Levitsky and Sabol for thirteen hits. Kitchen was the star for the township team and Sabol for Fernbrook. : The -games tomorrow will have Kingston township playing at Dallas, Fernbrook at Orange and Beaumont at Lake Summit. > z League Standing : Beaumont 6 2 750 Dallas 5 38 625 Kingston 5 4 556 L. Summit 4 4 500 Fernbrook 3 5 375 Orange 2 6 250 BOY PREFERS PLAY TO WORK, SENDS HIS PROTEST TO BUREAU Every small boy at some time or other has written his own excuse. to the teacher for absence from school, Eleven-year-old Tony R., sets a new precedent by writing a letter of pro- test to the Department of Labor and Industry, coneerningrhis, and his 5 year -old sidtér'é. Violation fof thd Child La- bor Taw, signing the name of a neigh- borhood ‘playmate. The Tetter folltvs: “Dear madam: ‘I "will "tell “you ‘sotfie- thing! about Mrs. R's “éhildren, tie wrap screws and never are out’ play (ings Yours ‘truly, Joe 'M» 7" Lisi #Twoo months ago an’ investigator " lfrom the buredu of ¥woméh “And” “ehilt |dren™ Visiting "Tony's home, found’ him lan@rhis “5-year-old “sister” “wrapping sero? Tony“ heard ‘the’ ‘investigator | tellhis mother that it was'a violation of the Child Labot fdw tor children and that the En pidyer ‘would He oon? lps ito, take the swork away if the | practice continued. The mother pro- Imised. that it. would: not happen dgaing | vit Tony's father forcéd himitoleave {his play to Wrap -Serews day after day, oftéf “until ning o'clock at night. 3 biTheti “He ‘got ‘Joe from across the treet 'to ‘help Him write the letter. THe répresiitative of ‘the bureau of, Iveormes and children investigated again ari found” the children working, The. {employer withdrew the work and Tony is% out” Playing. again Sin the other, [PoYs. Registrars To ste’ The: Regioteals (Of Dati wm twill sit«at therborough buildihie; Test! [dayiand Wednesday) Séptember 16 4d 17 from 30%1a0 1m. until 3-pi: 557h., Sand’ Fi trom. 6&1 po om. Juntitogs (pl mn, ote regis tert All citizens who wish to Vot&" [voters. in the fall elections must be register- ed. under 14 years “of ¢ age to do home works BER
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