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No. 3.
OF The Week
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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,
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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.