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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
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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
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: i gage on everybody’ s bank account for a-century «to:come, |
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OF, WAR. bt
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- 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
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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
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| 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
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