READ POST ADS ~ EACH WEEK More’ Than A Newspaber, A Community Institution START THIS WEEK TO READ “KING” OF THE JUNKLE” ~ THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1933. No. 3. OF The Week $ TUNKHANNOCK'S TAX With $7,000 in the hands of the bor- ough treasurer, Tunkhannock borough ‘council followed a precedent estab- lished last year when it reduced the A summary of this week's news of international in- terest, reviewed for Post readers. : millage, by making a further five mills | reduction last week. The total re- duction in borough taxes in the past two years means a saving of about $13,000 to Tunkhannock taxpayers. i The borough school taX, because of dts splendid new high school building, is still high. Twenty-four mills, real ~ estate;5 1% mills bond and a per ca- pita tax of $5.00. Tunkhannock’s eight mil] borough tax includes two mills, fixed by vote of the citizens at the time the community fire pumper was purchased, so that actual tax for bor- e pug work is six mills. = ¢ PAYING FAIR ‘While other county fairs throughout the. State showed a loss last year, ~ Wyoming county Fair association : showed a net#profit of four hundred dollars. Percy Brunges, capable sec- retary of the association gave as his reason, “While other fairs cut down on their entertainment and amuse- ment features because of the "depres- : increased them, In times of on people want a real ‘show r money. We gave them their - "The $20,000 Mrs. Tlene Thelma Na- hil of Philadelphia won on a fifty cent | lottery will be used to obtain a divorce, The drawing on which Mrs. Nahill won | e money was that which led to the ( tment of. United States - ELA Ue 7 rake i Attempting a flight from London to Cape Town, two British society girls were forced down in the wilds of Tan- anyika, Africa, this week. Rescue parties set out by air, by automobile and foot. \ suits, even when they involve 2,000, can’t spoil a friendship. Tom Mix, cowboy film actor, and Colonel k T. Miller, former Wild West sh w promoter, so agreed this week an Erte, Goust. Though Miller is and plaintiff chatted together in riend y akashion at frequent intervals. TECHNOCRACY h Technocracy reached the Balkans is week. Long articles in the news- ‘papers explained the principles of the “movement of Serbian peasants. Tech- i nocracy’s warnings mean little: there. Whereas a century ago it :took the. ‘Serbian peasant 1,000 hours to do a certain piece 6f farmwork, it now takes hin 999 hours, his tools being practi- gaily unchanged. * * * TRIBUTE » The Senate will be asked soon to grant to Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge, | widow of the former president, the | right. to send her mail by signing her | = in the corner of the envelope. * * 0% ARMS he' Pennsylvania Farm show at] arrisburg this week, Governor Pin- let said Pennsylvania's farmers are uch better off” than the farmers of any other States, if not all of them.” ptt «es ARBO BCreta Garbo, film actress, was re- i sted this week planning to sail soon , the United States. She is, holm, in seclusion. Er ieee MNKS: CC | Eiht St. Louis banks failed to open bis week, making a total of 16 with bgregate deposits exceeding $15,000,- D0, closed in the city and county with- twelte days. Most of the: closed stitutions were small neighborhood Banks.’ Lake Township Twins Die win ils were born to Mr, and rs. Adrian Taylor, of Lioyalville, on hnuary 10th. Two days later one of e children died, and on Tuesday last e other one passed away. The feath of the latter occured at the fine of Ray Daily at Meeker, whose | fe had kindly taken the little one to "> home the day previous to care for ' The little ones were buried in the ] iman cemetery. Mr. and Mrs Flor still have nine children living | The uraie birds are larger than the Will You Help? The editor appreciates the in- terest of the Post's readers in the | content of its news stories. It is | impossible for us to learn of many important happenings without the assistance of readers who tele- phone us and give us information or ask us if we know of certain happenings. To thig end we “wel- come telephone ca S.#81ving us “tips” on stories or more detailed information concerning them. Don’t hesitate to call us when you know a good story whether you think we know about it or not. So- cial items are always welcome. With your co-operation we are sure that we can give you a com- munity newspaper each week alive with interest and worthy of the slogan, “More than a newspaper, a community institution.” Beautiful Birds " Released Here Reeves Pheasants, Cross Be- tween Grouse and Ring- neck, Liberated near fy Club Siig A patty of loge sportsmen includ- ing John Yaple, Warden Kunkle and Clifford Jee, released thirteen Reeves pheasants on Sunday in the neighbor- hood of Irem Temple country club. Although only twenty-two of the birds Dallas received were received in the county, Club United thirteen of them through the co-opera. Sportsmen, tion of Game Protector Harry Miess. The Reeves pheasant is one of the the State Game commission Tts colorful r - most beautiful birds released by | plumage rivals that of le ring neck junds English pheasant, The bird is gew being a cross between ek and common grouse ring neck pheasant and have tail feathers extending four feet in length. {The colkying is yellow, brown "and | white, It is believed the birds will { prosper in this. locality as they are more of a woods bird than the ring- | eoks and thrive on a diet .of buds when the snow covers other food. In the flock released on Sunday were | five full grown roosters and eight hens, For the next few weeks grain will he placed at convenient places near the vicinity where they were released. These birds have never been game fowl, and are rigidly protected by State law. 2 It is expected, however, if they thrive, to make them game birds. In flight the male birds fly almost straight up with the tail fluttering along like that of a kite, CHURCH MAKING IMPROVEMENTS J Work is moving along af a good rate on the excavation G0 under- neath the Methodist ch most part the work fs being done pe men employed under [the Talbot #e- lief Act. Although plans arg not ful oped and only a cellar’ wi structed at this time, it members of the Sunda¥ school to de- | velop the pasemedt into dining room iand kitchen where church and com- fommity suppers can be held. rch | Enjoyable Meeting “Is Held By W. C. T. U. ~~ Regular monthly’ meeting of the W. C. T. Us met at the home of Mrs. Harry Pittman on Davenport Street. After the business = session, Mrs. Hildebrant gave a detailed account of her work as Scientific Temperance In- structor. Mrs. D. Westover read a paper on temperance which was very interesting. After recess, Miss Lola Pittman de- "lighted the audience by singing, In- dian Love Call; 1 Passed By Your Window; and Love's’ a Merchant, = + Mrs, Neeley, Mrs. Pittman and Mrs. Brace sang Spring Hope. ! A dainty, lunch was served fo the following leaders: Mrs. Charles Herdman, Mrs. Sw “3. Baler, Mrs. J. L. Ryman; Mrs. H."$S. Doll, Mrs. Frank Hess, ‘Mildred Dev- ens, Mrs. D. F, Westover, Mrs. A. A. Néely, Mary Machell, Elizabeth = M. ‘Hildebraifit; Mrs. F. Nelson Garinger, Mildred Welsh, Ola K. Frantz, Mrs. Zel Garinger, Mrs. S. P. Frantz, Jane Keener, Mrs. Walter Brown, Mrs. Karl Andsrson, Mrs. Clifford Ide, Mrs. Wil- liam Monk, Mrs. Alonzo Keller, Mrs. B. R. Hefft, Mrs. Carrie Kunkle, Mrs. A. C. Devens, Mrs. W. A. Higgins, Mrs. Harry Pittman, Mrs. Bertha Blocksage, Mrs. D. A, Waters,: Mrs. David Brace, Mrs. Stella Fiske, Lola | Pittman, Mrs. D. Roberts, Mrs. Uber, . | Mrs. Georgia Patterson. For the ¢ | who co-operated in making a, merry Board Elects New Teacher H. E. Nelson Named To Suc- ceed Coach Donald Wormley At a special meeting of Dallas bor- ough school board on Monday night Homer E. Nelson of Cochranton, Craw- ford county, was elected from a list] of approximately fifty applicants for the position on the school faculty left vacant by the resignation of Donald Wormley. Mary Edwards Miles of Kingston was elected a substitute teacher to serve in the high school. Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Ebin- boro State Teachers’ College as well as Pennsylvania State college having received his bachelor of science degree from the latter institution last June. He has served four years of teaching in the schools of Crawford county in- cluding ‘two years of coaching and ath- letic supervision. He is a registered basketball referee with th P. I. A. A. Beside athletic supervision, Mr. Nel- son will teach mathmatics, science and wood working. His salary is $130 a month. ‘All teachers in the borough schools | will receive their salary checks on’ Friday. CANDIDATES FOR | POSTMASTERSHIP | | If street rumors are true, two new | candidates for the Dallas postmaster- ship have developed within the past week. These are W. B. McGuire, who | occupies the Swallo Inn property of | Joseph Wallo, and Bernard McNellis, | a popular player on the Shavertown | basketball team: Just how far these reported candidates have gone in their | efforts is not known, but the fact that | both may really be in the race is giv-} ing concern to other candidates. | Dallas Township School Sponsors Benefit Dance .: Dallas | | The - senior class of the township high school is giving a dance ‘Wednesday, January 25, Community hall. An excellent dance | program has been arranged and round | at the Kunkle | ture of the evening. | | be in charge of several meetings to be | : u following demonstrations | Lewis, Exeter Fruit Farm, Exeter, Pa.; | January 25th, 1:30 p. m., Sherman and | ing | evening stereoptican lecture on China. The con- State Expert Prunes Trees Demonstration Will Be Held Wednesday Afternoon At Hildebrandt Farm Luzerne County apple growers can take advantage of favorable weather in winter pruning their trees, says. County Agent J. D. Hutchison. In accordance with recommendations of the past few seasons, extension fruit specialists of State College are again urging slight pruing each year again urging slight pruning each year] intervals. Early winter pruning is just as de- sirable, from a practical standpoint, ag late winter or early spring prun- ng, provided the trees have gone fully into dormancy. If judicious pruing has been prac- ticed in the past, large cuts will not be necessary. However, if large cuts have to be made, it is advisable to apply some good building paint to the wounds, or special preparations manu- factured for this purpose may be used. Pruning peach trees at this time of the year is not recommended, Mr. Hutchison explains, because of the se- verity of winter weather conditions. An extremely cold wave may kill the | peach buds and in that case the prun- ing would “have to be done again or modified in the spring. / Mr. John Reuf, Extension Fruit man of the Pennsylvania State College will held and will prune both young and old trees at the demonstrations. The have , been Tuesday. Howard | scheduled in this vicinity: January 24th, 9: 00 a... Mm, Wiant, Huntington Mills; Wednesday, January 25th, 9:00 a. m., Mrs. Phoebe { Joan Hildebrandt, Dallas Township. —@ ~~ —————— M. E. Services ‘Sunday ‘services at Dallas M. E. church will be held as follows: Morn- service, “The Quest for Bread”; service will be devoted to a Benefit Dance | Kunkle Community association will [pontine the entire proceeds from its dance to be held in Kunkle Com- | munity building on January 28 to the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire company. Warhola’s orchestra will play for dancing. College Debators Defeat Pittston Blame For Depression Lies At Door of Capitalism Contention Of Winners The Misericordia College ‘Debate team defeated the Pittston Knights of Columbus team Monday night at the College on the subject “Resolved, that Capitalism as a System of Economic Organization is Unsound in Principle.” The College debators, Marianna Powers, Madeline Burke, and Cath- erine Smith composed the affirmative, while George Durison, Joseph Sharkey and Joseph Gilroy represented Pitt- ston and upheld the Negative side of the question. The affirmative contended that Capi- talism is responsible for the current depression, and that it is tantamount to slavery as far as the laboring man is concerned, Capitalism’s inability to cure its own ills, chiefly, over-produc- tion and unemployment was pointed out, and with it its resultant abuses was compared to the system of feu- dalism. It was predicted that capital- ism, too, would decline and fall in the discard and another order, more ade- quate and more flexible would replace it, 4 On the other hand, the negative: stated that our present economic ord- er was not a burdensome yoke. In- stead, it was claimed, that all of our present comforts, conveniences and our high standard of living are due to the initiative of capitalism. Inventions, too, were sponsored by this beneficent order. Capitalism wags given the cre- dit for making it possible for the av- | erage man to own a car, radio and his home. Capitalism’s responsibility for the depression was disclaimed, it be- gregational meeting which was to and" square daacing will be the fea- have been held Monday night will be | ages depressions have made held Mo: Gay night, February 1. Nd Plans Many New @ Shavertown Improvement Association Community Projects Review Of Accomplishments Shows Worth Of Such An Organization Shavertown Improvement Associa- | tion meeting at Shavertown school | last SFriday night, went on record to | assist wherever possible relief of the needy of the community. One of the | main projects will be to secure a! community store here if the present: plan of the govérnment to assign these in various communities is car- | ried out. A committee was named to! investigate, ‘Another project was the forming of an unemployed wnion | whereby all men will be’ given ployment wherever ‘odd jobs may be | secured at a gate agreeable to all con- | cerned, The neighborhood relief | which will care for the families who are in need is. expected to do some | good among the neighbors. Another | was the electing or the appointing or a poor board such as Dallas tow nship | has.” Under present conditions men} who receive relief orders must go to Wilkes-Barre to receive their compen: | sation, many times being forced to make several trips to get their allow- ances at a considerable expense, On the borough question, Rev. W. H. Stang, reported that he hag not re- ceived any notification of the presen- ting of a petition by a group of citi- zens other than reading newspapers notices. If this is true, Mr. Stang re-!l’ ported that he is in favor of giving on the idea of a borough form of government here, but not until he re- ceives the official notification. : The committee in charge of the dis- tribution of food baskets to the needy at Christmas extend thanks to all Christmas for .the unfortunate ones. Fifteen baskets, with enough . food stuff.for several days, were: distributed | locally, u .. Rev.. Stony also sited that: reports are being circulated that the local Im- provement association will cease. . to exist: “He pointed out that many other improvements are being planned the organization and cited the follow- | ing improvements that have been made here since the organization was form- ed in 1924. The organization of the local fire company in 1925, when the! organization was known as the Men's Club; laying of a cinder walk from the | M. E. church: to the" by | I homes; y for ‘cupational, are $10,95 - 356.36. ‘Ferrell, | H. Wilson, : | naming of streets: number of | moving the trolley station to a new location; slowing down of I. V. R. R. trains at Center street; street lights; community house, now the small school house, opening of sever- al streets. bridge; Present Budget Township Auditor, Stanley Davis, presented the audit of the supervisors the past year, the resources are $18,595.41. Liabilities, $16,903. 21, of which there are bank notes totalling $16,150.00; The assessed valuation of real estate was $1,621,375.10 and oc- $58,930. Taxes collected 7.09; unpaid taxes are $14,- The auditors recommended slashes from $5.50 ‘to ‘$5. per day for Sapa. | sors and from:-45 to 40 or 37 1-2 cents per hour for laborers, this to Te con- | sidered by the supervisors. : The report will be posted in various places in the | township. | Name Committees Standing committees named by Pre- sident H. W. Hall for the year 1933 are as follows: id Road — Adam Stock, Ross liams, Isaac Brace, Theodore bower. Sanitation — C. D. Huff, Dr. Schooley, John Evans: Education — HW. Rood, A. G. Eddinger, men’ of the community. i (Neighborhood Relief — Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Fink, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Button, Charles | Dressell and William Hunt, Public Utilities; Light and Water ee Ernest Keller, Stanley. Davis, W, A. Seigle, P. M. Malkemes, B. P, Stroh. ‘Refreshments and Entertainment — Harold Lloyd, J. 'H, Rau, W. E. Bafey, ‘John Eck, Herman Bauman, - Alpert’ Belfong, Fred Kromelbien, “ Finance, Ways and Means ~—:.A. George Prater, Albert? . Blase, Bogart, Andrew Fisher, William R. Wil- Trum- S. R. Appleton, Otis and the clergy- Christmas ‘Fund — H. W. Garey, A. Ernest Johnson, Charles] Youngblood, Ralph Smith, Publicity — A. G. Eddinger, Schwartz, W. E. Batey, Thomas, Edward Preston. Advisory — Rev. W. H. Stang, Hor- ton® Averett, C. D. Huff," L. T. Schwartz, Harold Lloyd, Ross Wil- liams, Adam Stock, Stanley Davis, am John H. Toby Creek | Herman Bauman, | 7 the plan now being Harry: f The building trades ing pointed out that all through the fien- regular selves felt at more or less | cycles. The spontaneous wit and clever tac- tics of the affirmative especially in the rebuttal, brought many a chuckle from an appreciative audience. > The judges of the debate were: M. C. McDonald, Ashley; R. A. Liningston,} Nanticoke; and A. J. Kane, Wilkes-- Barre. - Miss Rose Ferdinand acted as Chairman. Rotary Bowlers Defeat Freeland Eighteen Members Visit Freeland Club at Good- will Meeting Eighteen members of Dallas Rotary club attended ‘the Goodwill meeting with the Freeland Cluh ‘at Freeland last Thursday night. Dinner was sot- ved’ ate Centraj- ‘hotel; Yeraquavgens of thé Frealind ‘club: At the’ conclusion of thé dinner the ¥ secretary of Hazléton - Chamber of [Commence addressed ‘the members on |’ sponsored by the State ‘Chamber oflComrherce: for a State wide reduction: in taxes. . This was. followed by: an address on Technocracy’ in: which the speaker eni-4 dorsed the ‘plan of. statistical research but repudiated the deductions of the engineers who had made them, Following the:more ‘formal part of the pr ogram’ members of the clubs ad- jurned ta the new Freeland Y. M. C. Al, + where ‘the bowling team of the Dallas club defeated the host ‘Gluby in three straight games.” Members of the. local howling: team are: Barl Monk, Harold, Wagner, Russell Case, George Metz, George . Shaver, Ray, . Ki gsley, | Paul Laux and Her man Van Campén. At the ‘meeting Tast” “night L. 7% McHenry Fave of elas¥itidation alk on: real estite:: He pointed ut: that real’ estate is the basis of ali-lgan lateral. Se the relat mshi Tis foltotwea _ 'puitding’ and’ thdt the building’ trades are ‘among the first to recover after the depression, employ more persons than any other industry. In like manner the shipment of building materials is one of the big items from which railroads secure: revenues. It ig therefore to the best interests of all to constructively think of methods to put real estate back on the active list again. ‘Methodist Conference, - | an Valuable Clay Deposits Are Found Ay. oxen Especially Adapt) 5 Use In Manufacture Of Rubber 2h¥ Considerable local interest is being shown in the drilling operations now being carried to completion on the former Hettisheimer property at Nox- en. Drilling equipment has been at work for several months and it is un- derstood that exceedingly rich depos=~ its of clay extending to a depth of more than forty feet have been found. The clay extends over a considerable area and is located in a ravine, near the Mosser Tanning company reserve dam on the side of Schooley Moun- tain. The deposit of clay ig located where it is easily assessable and not far from the Lehigh Valley Bowman's Creek branch. ' 3 Chemical analysis shows that the particular deposits of clay found there are especially fitted for use in the manufacture of rubber products and has a ready market among the large rubber manufacturing plants of the x country. The quantities of clay mix- ed with crude rubber in the manu- facture of rubber goods such as tires, rubber gloves and kindred products varies from 15 per cent. to 75 per cent, Although little more tis been done by the owners than drilling and analy. sis of the product, it is understood that a number of rubber companies are ready to sign contracts for the en- tire product. The clay after refin- ing is said to have a value of about $15 a ton. If the owners decide to remove the clay, it is understood, that they will move a number of steam shovels to the property, erect a storehouse. and other needed machinery and employ in the neighborhood of thirty men. ‘Whether present economic" conditions will retard the development of the clay pit or not work has now progressed to the point where the owners know that valuable deposits of clay exist there and that it has a real commer- cial value. Drilling has also given evidence of other valuable deposits of “sand and other less saleable clays. No other minerals of importance have been found. Local Freight ShiDmenise Increased During 1932 Business transacted during. 1932 at i the local Lehigh Valley freight sta- tion exceeded that done during 1931 by more than $700 secording to ALS, Culbert, agent. Freight shipments to date during 1933 are likewise exceeding those of 1932. Asked if there were any unusu- ally large shipments which might have caused the $700 increase last year or the increase during 1933, Mr. Culbert said that he didn’t believe so. He be- lieved that the increase was due to a gradual upturn in business with the resultant increase in freight ship. 5 ments. J : Shipments of feed, enbel automo- biles, gravel and tar make up the big- gest shipments received here while outgoing’ freight is composed largely of farm products, “4 <= ~ ® “Te 0 CHARLES M, PHOENIX Charles M. Phoenix, son of James Phoenix and Mar v- Ann Rice Phoostix, was born: in Monroe township, { oming county, Pa. in 1856, and d at Tacoma, .Wash., on December 21, 1932, _ Burial took place on December 24 at Tacoma. Mr. Phoenix received his education’ in.:the:o0ld Beaumont Academy under C.K. €anfield, after which he came to Tung, anneck and studied law un- der tnefiate W. E. and C. A, “Little, and was admitted to the bar. - Later he went to Wilkes-Barre, where he was ‘associated with Charles Foster in the Practica? of law for some time. - From, Wilkes- Barre he went to Iowa where 1, ‘was married and joined a preaching for ‘qiiite a ‘humber of years. His health failed and he was obliged to give up the: midistry. , and he took up insur- ce, .gnd ‘real estate business, which he followed’ for about twenty-five years.: “On September 6, 1930, he was , [Strick ‘by ‘an automobile and injured "so that hé never fully recovered. Af- ter a,time he fell and then was oblig- ed to go to a hospital. ‘Mr. Phoenix leaves a wife and the following children: Charles Foster: Phoenix, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. Ruth McCullough and Clarence Henry Phoenix, both of Portland, Oregon. He also leaves one brother, Clarence Phoenix, of Monroe township, and one sister Mrs. Elizabeth Ryman of Wyome ing, Pa. — Tunkhannock Republican.
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