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VOL. 43
Football Squads Start Training;
First Game At Luzerne, Sept. 29
Opening Of f Schools Sees®
Candidates Out For
Early Practice
Resounding smack of leather meet-
ing leather echoed from football fields
throughout the Back Mountain Region
this week as squads from local high
schools went through their prelimi-
nary paces in training for what bids
fair to be the best football season
ever played here.
Coaches lost little time after the op-
ening of schools in calling candidates
for practice and, aided by brisk fall
weather which was conducive to phy-
sical exercise, are nearing the point
were scrimmage will be an important
part of the afternoon practice.
Almost ail the time devoted to prac-
tice so far has been given up to a
study of the fundamentals of the game
and to the systems which will be used
by the different coathes in athletics
at local schools. It is expected that
some lively scrimmage will be tak-
ing place by next week.
Highlights on the prospects
some of the local squads follows:
Dallas Borough
About 25 men are out for the Dal-
las Borough Football Teapa, which will
open its ‘season on September 23
against Luzerne at Luzerne. The Lu-
zerne squad will be divided, half to
play Dallas Borough and half to play
Dallas Township.
Coach Homer Nelson has three
games definitely scheduled, the Lu-
zerne game, a game with Lehman at
Dallas on September 29 and the big
game of the season with Dallas town-
ship on Thanksgiving. Other games
are expected to be scheduled with Wy-
oming Seminary Reserves, Dallas
township, Tunkhannock and Forty
Fort. !
Clarence LaBarr and Richard Dis-
que are co-captains of the team and
‘Wilbur Davis is manager, Nine let-
termen from last year's ’'varsity are
back on the squad as a nucleus for
the team. Majority of the other play-
ers are freshmen and sophomores.
Backfield men are of a good weight
and the linemen tip the scales at
Bpots average weight.
Dallas Township
Coach Donald Kester of Dallas
Township has about twenty-three
boys .out and the entire squad is
confident that the season will be one
of the best the township has had.
Dallas Township will open its sea-
son at Luzerne, playing one half of
the double-header which will take the
worough ‘téam to the Wyoming Valley
community too.
Other teams which are expected to
be on the township's schedule are Ex-
eter, Forty Fort, West Wyoming and
Lehman. The township-borough game
will be on Thanksgiving Day.
Kingston Township
Forty candidates are trying for po-
sitions on the Kingston Township
team, Coach Walter Hicks reports.
Ten games have bgen scheduled, as
follows:
September 22 Meyers High
School at Wilkes-Barre: September
29, G. A. R. at Wilkes-Barre; Octob-
er 7, St. Nicholas at home; October
14, Edwardsville, away; October 21,
Dallas Borough, away; October 27,
Tunkhannock, at home; November 4,
Seminary Juniors; November 11, open
date; November 18, Hughestown,
home; November 30, Lehman, at
home.
Children: Break rons
At Picnic Grounds Fete
for
. Youth was king for a day at Har-
yev's Lake Picnic Ground on Sunday
when ‘the management played host to
about: 15,000 - children at the first an-
nual Children's Day. - The crowd broke
attendance records for the summer
and the tremendous success. of the:
event was even greater tham Bed been
anticipated. .
Fifteen nutond tickets which Tad
been distributéd to’ children through-
out this ‘section ‘gave the youngsters’
free access to the arhusements® and
won “for” them free ice c¢reai,-‘soda,
pretzels and other refreshments. Hur
dreds of pounds Of free’ gifts. weve’
distributed - by the management and
the firms which “co-operated. +-
. Firms co- operating were Harrington
~ Toe Gream €0.,; Glendale Farms, West
Pittston. Bottling Works, Chocolate
Popcorn Co.;; and Allentown Pretzel
Co. :
* The management of the picnic
grounds has “announced that another
special offer will be made next Sun-
days -All- ¢hildren under 16 years of
gee will be sadmitted to rides for a
fares of two~cents. . The charge will be
five cents for children ever 16. 4
““PERSONALITIES IN
POLITICS” NOVEL
NEWSPAPER COLUMN
“Pergonalities In Politics”, the
department which appears on
Pages 3, 6 and 8, is one of the
most comprehensive and ambi-
tious attempts ever made by a
newspaper in this section to ac-
quaint its readers with the ex-
perience and careers of the men
aspiring to public office.
In giving candidates an op-
portunity to use its columns
within reason, The Post is ful-
filling its desire to givé a com-
plete and impartial picture of
these candidates.
No political barriers were
raised in accepting the sketches.
Every sketch received by The
Post was used and those can-
didates who are not represented
. [celebration of
Tax Group Saves
Citizens $7.500
Four-Month Report Shows
Proud Record For
DD. B.T A.
Tremendous strides in the collection
of delinquent taxes and an eight-mill
reduction are the major accomplish-
ments of Dallas Borough Taxpayers’
Association in the first four months
of its existence, according to “Henry J.
Disque, president.
The eight-mill reduction secured by
the taxpayers represents a saving -of
approximately $6,000 on the 1933 dup-
licate, Mr. Disque estimates. Added to
this is the $2,081.35 which has been
collected from delinquents, as com-
pared to the $507.98 which had been
collected until this time last year, an
increase of 240 per cent,
A compilation of the collections this
vear and last follows:
School
1933
$110.48
200.99
316.11
451.99
May
June
July
Aug. .
255.03 $1,079.57
1932 1933
$ 6.13 § 13.78
5.21 24.36
5.68 24.68
38.93
$20.49
1932
$ 55.73
56.37
70.38
49.98
$101.75
1933
$148.40
152.85
275.90
322.88
$232.46 $900.03
RR SER Fo $2,081.35
507.98
Lalas Chreh
Begins 11th Year
Anniversary Coupled With
Completion Of New
Imuvrovements
Coincident to the celebration of its
tenth anniversary, Lutheran Church at
Harvey's Lake last Sunday night
marked completion of extensive alter-
ations and improvements at special
services.
Rev. Dr. John C. Mattes, pastor of
St. John’s Church, Scranton, compli-
mented the congregation on its pro-
gress during “the last decade and the
loyal enthusiasm with which, despite
the depression, it raised funds for the
redecoration of the. building.
The church was crowded for the
service which ‘was’ in charge of Rev.
G. Elson Ruff, pastor. Masses .of
flowers were arranged on the rostrum.
The program included selections. by
the choir, directed by Miss Pauline
the choir and, congregation.
The congregation will, continue the
its anniversary next
Sunday.” Holy Communion will be ad-
ministered at the morning service at
9:30. Sunday school will be held at
10:30.
The church council has as members
by, Elmer Kerr, Frank Swansan and
Fred - Swanson. Mrs. Elmer ‘Kerr is
president of the Women’s Auxiliary.
Clyde Mayer is president of the Luth-
er League.
Davis, and the singing of vespers. by |
A. M. Biery, David Deater, Henry Der-.
DALLAS PA. "FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1933.
1,500 BLACK BASS
AND 3,000 SUNFISH
DISTRIBUTED HERE
The Fish Commission at Har-
risburg yeaterday announced the
distribution of 1,500 black bass
and 3,000 sunfish in waters of
Luzerne County. Both species
were placed in Harvey's Lake.
Black bass rank as a favorite
game fish with anglers in this
section. The sunfish is a fav-
orite with the fishing public, too,
particularly with the youthful
fisherman.
Borough P.T. A.
Begins New Year
First Meeting Monday Night
At 8 In High
School
First regular meeting of the Dallas
Parent-Teacher association this year
will be held on Monday night at 8 in
Dallas High School auditorium. All
parents of-school children and others
interested in the school will be wel-=
come. N
{New officers for the 1933-34 term of
schools am: President, James Ayer:
first vice-president, Calvin McHose,
principal of Dallas Borough schools;
second vice-president, Theodore Dix;
secretary, Mrs. Joseply Schmerer;
treasurer, Ralph Brickel.
Plans for the year will be discus-
sed. The association meets on the
third Monday of each month.
Lemar ie edits
Grangers Meet
At Muhlenburg
Granges representing many parts of
this section met with Muhlenburg
Grange last Saturday for an interest-
ing and educational session.
After routine business at the morn-
ing session, Frank Harris, secretary
of the Briar Creek Fire Insurance Co.,
gave a splendid talk. Lecturer Hontz
had charge of the afternoon session,
which was well attended. The pro-
gram included musical selections and
readings. Miss Catherine Wheeler
spoke on Home Economics.
‘After the evening business meeting,
the Muhlenburg group presented a
Abandon Move
To Have Vote
On Beer Here
Referendum On Local Option
Was Planned For Dallas:
Huntington To Vote
MAY TRY LATER
Although it was planned to call for
a local referendum in Dallas to decide
whether 3.2 beer will continue to be
sold for consumption, indications were
‘last night that the move would be
abandoned temporarily.
Parlier in the week a group inter-
ested in prohibiting the sale of beer
in Dallas Borough planned to call for
a vote under provisions of the Mc-
Clure beer control act, which requires
that any municipal sub-division must
hold an election of this sort at any
time ten per cent. of the voters peti-
tion for a referenda.
A spokesman for the greup said last
night the plans have been abandoned
for the time on advice of the attorney
advising the followers of the dry
cause. It was intimated, however,
that the movement will be revived
again.
One other community in this sec-
tion, Huntington Township will vote
on local option at the general elec-
tion on November 7. This township is
the only one which has petitioned the
county commissioners to have printed
on the November election ballots for
that township space for sounding pub-
lic sentiment on the question of sell-
ing 3.2 per cent. beer in that muni-
cipality.
In the petition filed by Huntington
Township with the county commis-
sioners’ 171 persons who voted at the
last general election ask that they be
allowed to void a local ordinance
prohibiting the sale of beer in the
township.
So far as the commissioners’ secre-
tary could ascertain this is the only
township, borough or city in Luzerne
County where the sale of 3.2 per cent.
beer is forbidden, though there gre
several municipalities in the adjoin-
ing Columbia County which have
petitioned for referenda on the beer
question.
Voters, under the local option clause
of the act, cannot prohibit the sale or
distribution of 3.2 beer and wines by
brewers, manufacturers and whole-
salers who sell by the case direct to
pageant, Carnival of Days. Jackson
Grange presented twenty-one id
certificates. Centre. Hill and Moun-
tain Grange will present three sold
sheaf certificates.
consumers. By a majority vote within
a city, town, borough or township they
can bar only the sale of the beverages
by retailers selling for consumption on
ithe premises.
Luzerne County
Asked To Cut Wheat Acreage
acreage reduction plan to every wheat farmer in the county, has arranged
Luzerne County Wheat Control Board, desiring to explain
the following meetings in the principal
Farmers Are
wheat
wheat growing sections of the county.
Tonight, 8,
Church, Conyngham Borough;
night, 8, Huntington Mills M. E.
Church; Friday, 8, Drums School |-
Building; Friday, Septeuher 15 Hob-
bie Church, Hobbie.
. There may be certain features of ‘the
plan that: the farmers do not under-
stand.or that may not approve of, So
that every wheat farmer is urged to
attend his negrest scheduled meeting
and enter into the” discussion.
The Wheat Control Program is an
emergency issue, planned and design-
ed to aid agriculture as. a. whole. It
is the N. R. ‘A. for the farmer, ‘and
thus, the County ‘Wheat Board is ain-
xiouq to have every whedt farmer: mn
Luzerne County attend one of" these
meetings and become acapainted with
the ‘details bE. this “program.
To-
Conyngham = Lutheran®—
Hein’
Firemen To Have .
: Outing Tomorrow
‘Henry M.. Laing Fire Co. of Dallas
Borough - and Dallas Township will
hold its fifth annual clambake at
Frank Martz's farm on Saturday, be-
ginning at 12 oiclock.
Elaborate plans have been made
and the affair is expected to be one
of the most enthusiastic and enter-
taining. ever held by the local fire-.
men. A good program of talks has
been scheduled and refreshments -will
be the best. ..
Charles Reigle, general chairman, is
jssisted by John Yaple and Ad
ters in the election of school
didates for each of the other
for the minor offices.
Interest At — Pitch As =
Primary Battle Nears End
Powerful Slates Function In Exciting Borough Contest; |
Lines Sharply Drawn BY Factional Groups
With but four days remaining before the Primary elec
tion next Tuesday, battle lines are being sharply drawn by
political leaders in both Dallas borough and township. In
the surrounding townships of Lake and Lehman little in
terest is manifest while in Kingston township interest cen
directors with dozens of can-
offices complicating the battle.
Many From Lehman
Off For College
High School Welcomes A
Large Number Of New
" Students
Correspondents for this column
from Lehman High School have been
selected was follows: Faculty adviser,
Jane E. Park; editor-in-chief, C. Irene
Major; sports editor, Emory Elston;
senior editor, Dorothy Karschner;
junior editor, Ruth Searfoss; sopho-
more editor, Fern Howell; freshman
editor, Delphine Searfoss.
Alumni
Charlotte Parrish, graduate in the
class of '33, is entering the Nesbitt
Memorial hospital. During her last
year at High School, she was captain
of the Girls’ Basketball team, playing
side-center on it.
Helen Kinsman '33 and Myrna
Stair ’'32 have entered Wilkes-Barre
Business College. Helen played cen-
ter on the Girls’ basketball team dur-
ing her high school days. Myrna was
an honor student, and the Nigh
School pianist.
Herman Jasuweit, a nhonor student
of ’33 is entering Wilkes-Barre State
College Extension School.
Jane Connor, an honor student of
’33, is returning, for her second year
at Southern Seniinary, Va. :
Madeline Searfoss, an honor student
of ’32 is returning for her second
year to Syracuse University.
Wilbur Searfoss, student of class ’32,
is entering State College after attend-
ing Perkiomen School for heys.
Robert Stroud, student of class ’31,
has returned to State College for his
second year.
Louise Brown, former student of
Wyoming Seminary, is returning for
her second year to Goucher College,
Baltimore.
Emerson Brown, former student of
‘Wyoming Seminary, is rgturning to
University of Pittsburgh for his sec-
ond year.
James Hildebrandt is returning to
State College for his third year.
The new students enrolled in the
High School from other schools dre:
Lucy Dropchinki, Myers High School.
Andrew Brinzo, Plymouth [High
School; John Gudlin, Luzerne High
School; June Shaw, Xingston High
School; Leona Okoneski, Ross Town.
ship; Wayne Rosencrance, Rosy Town-
‘| ship.
i AG yrs
Honeywell’s “Cattle
Win Towanda Prizes
In the exhibit of two-year olds at
the Towanda fair recently, two Hol-
steins entered by Jack Honeywell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Honeywell of
Dallas won first and second prizes re-
exhibited by Mr. Honeywell won first
prize and a Dorset Ewe ‘won second
place. Mr. Honeywell has. a farm | in
Wool rt,
Susquehanna, county.
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Isaacs And Honeywell Debate On Dispute Over Audit
: Mr. F Honeyiilire: Letter
“Mr. Isaacs claims that he telephoned
me nearly two. months after the 1932
audit was made, asking me the amount
the. ,sehopt hoard owed him for col-
lecting taxes for the year of 1931,
and that & said it.was $907.40. John
Isaacyg gnaver. telephoned to’. me and
told (fmesthat the audit of 1932 was
nd that, the amount given in
it of $759.04 was not correct.
The truth of the matter is as fol-
lows; John Isaacs told ‘the secretary
of the school board, George Landon,
that the aulfit of July 1932 was not
correct. - George Landon has said that
from the beginning an® in the pre-
sence of John Isaacs, and he repeat-
‘fed it again,in the high school build-
ing in Dallag township on the even-
ing of September 5, 1933, in the pre-
sence of nearly 100 people,
George Landon has a copy of the
audit, and had a written notice that
the amount due John Isaacs was
$759.04, but John got the correct
amount: over the air. That is what he
told George Lamdon, and it was $907.-
40. John and George disagreed on the
evidence put in their hands by the au-
ditors and fixed the amount to suit
themselves, $907.40 being $148.36 more
than was due John Isaacs.
When the auditors met in July,
1933, we discovered this glaring mis-
take. We, the auditors, notified John
Isaacs and George Landon, secretary,
to appear before the auditors, which
they did. The auditors produced the
proof necessary to ' convince John
must blame only themselves.
Isaacs that he had $148.36 that be-
district, and he said he would pay it
gn: { dniby Aelita “a
BE aN
“Two' onsia me bs received Ahost, simultaneously
a week BY The*Post-from
Dallas Township, and D. P. Honeywell, Dallas Township
Auditor, explain-definitely the position taken by both men
in the audit dispute ‘which.
tention in the township. =
The disagreement arose from the
Township School District took to Mr.
trict books.
great amount of work necessary- to secure & correct audit was caused by the
contradictions ‘and mistakes in the distriét’s records.
After Mr. Honeywell addressed the directors,
bill presented by the auditors: These
ledge of the content of the other, are presented by The Post with a desire to
be fair to both sides.
Mr. Honeywell defended his bill with counters charges that ‘the
John Isaacs, tax collector in
as aftracted corfiderable, %
jist’ ar 2
at %
exceptions the directors
of Dallas
np
Honeywell's pill for ,auditing the. dis=
it was moved to pay the
messages, each written without know-
back to the ‘school treasurer. John
and George left the auditors with that
promise.
But John had a dream. He dreamed
that the Dallas township school dis-
trict owed him for postcards and post-
age for the year of 1931 and he told
George about this dream, and the
amount was $59.75. We, the auditors,
were notified that John had given. a
check to the school treasurer for
$88.61 and that the balance, $59.75,
was accounted for by off-setting a bill
that the school district owed John
Isaacs. On further investigation by the
Mr. Isaacs’ Letter
In answer to Mr. Honeywell's letter
as it appeared in the Dallas Post of
September 1, 1933, I would like to
make a statement of facts as they
were. When I settled my 1931 school
duplicate with the school board on
the first Monday in July, 1931, the
school board had no money to pay me
for collecting. So I waited until the
following September. for my pay.
George Landon came over to my store
and said they. had money to pay me
and asked me how much they owed
Ta
Ter AuedtipAdd ‘the -
. . Pe TE
“honesty” of Mr.
Honeywell, I suggested te Mr. Landon
that” we call Mr. Hdheywell and find
out, as he was one of the auditors and
held the audit in his possession.
I called Mr, Hedeywell .at his office
and he told me the amount was $907.-
40 and Mr. Landon Save ‘me. a chéck
for this amount. - When the auditors
came to audit the 1932 tax, they dis=
covered his mistake and Mr. Honey-
well called me up about it. I went
down to his office, and we went “over
the books. At that time it was dis-
cussed how that mistake was: made.
After thrashing things out pro and
con and correéting other mistakes it
was agreed that I owed the township
$80.38.
I said to Mr. Heneywell: “Del. how
are you going to show this in your
audit”.
His reply was “You give us a check
for $80.38, deposit it with Mr, Jeter,
treasurer ‘of the school board. Nobody
has been wronged and nobody need
to know about it.
This, I thought, was a gentleman's
agreement, and I fulfilled my part of
it. /
The next saving he calls your atten-
tion to is where I had eight names
down twice, a saving of $40. When
Mr. Honeywell called me about this
I went down to his office and we
checked things over together, we both
agreed instead of $40, I owed ' the
township one dollar. Mr. Honeywell
has papers in his possession at the
me. My reply was “I do not remem-
| [long to the Dallas township school [auditors it was learned that the bill
(Continued on Page 4)
ber the exact amount”, and as I nev- J
present time to this agreement, Mr.
Honeywell tries to show a saving of
(Continued on Page 2.)
spectfully. ‘A. pure bred Dorset ram |
©® Not in many years has there been
so much interest in a primary elec~
tion as is being shown in Dallas bo
ough and township. In both of these
districts powerful slates have been
formed. S
In Dallas borough leaders of the
county organization held a meeting
early in the week and
group of candidates who will have thi
support of organization workers
the borough. This list includes J. H
Anderson for burgess and Justice-of-
the-peace; James Franklin, Harry
Garrahan and Charles Stookey for
borough council; Henry Disque an;
Harry Pittman for school directors
and David Blocksage for judge of
election in the South district.
though all of these men will have the
support of the local branch of the
that wing of the Republican party.
A second slate of candidates and am
enthusiastic one is that making up
the Independent slate or local slate.
Heading the list is G. Harlod Was
ner for burgess; Ira D. Cooke for
Justice-of-the-peace; Peter Clark
Wesley Himmler and Harry Garrahan
‘for council; Henry Disque and John
Durbin for school directors and Wa
ter Davis for Judge of election in’ the
south district.
Neither slate has thought it politi-
cally expedient to carry the name o
a taxcollector. This means that there
four candidates, F. M. Gordon, M. B.
Coolbaugh, Arthur Dungey and Donald
Frantz. With the community divided
in, its choice between two slates and
with these four men running in
pendently, it is almost a toss up as to
who ‘will come off the winner.
County Candidate =
Dallas also has a candidate in the
county fight in the person of John
Sullivan, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat
who is seeking the office of Prothono-
tary on the Democratic ticket and who
hopes to carry the votes of old line
Democrats with him to victory. ¥
. The Big Fight
The big fight in the borough cen-
ters about the candidacy of G. Hare
old Wagner for burgess. Through his
activities against the Fine organiza-
tion he has won the hearty dislike of
that group of politicians and every e
| fort will be made on their part to de
ected Burgess J. H. Anderson as
their standard bearer and he will get
their support whether he wants to be
allied with the organization or not. At
all events the primary will be a merry
one with practically every voter in the
| borough going to the polls to cast. Bie,
“|vote on Tuesday.
at
Dallas Township %
In Dallis township the battle
are drawn between the forces cham
pioned by Squire John Yaple and
Adam Kiefer and those carrying the
‘banner of the Taxpayers’ Associati n
whish has gpdorsed a group of oe
didates for all township offices.
like © the ‘situation in the vou
where all candidates are aligned on
one slate or the other with t
ception of taxcollector, in the “to
ship there are so many candida es
running for all offices.
Endorsed by the Taxpayers’ ssn
ciation are such candidates as Russ
Case, C. J. Bipper, Mrs. Margaret Gir-
van and Giles Wilson for school
-{ector; Wilson Ryman for dixciiecior:
Mrs, Katie Wilson for Overse
Gor; D. P. Honeywell for audi
Olin Runkle and Corey dior and
Supervisors, Stressing its accom-
plishments in securing a reduction of
taxation in the township this ye ©
association will: bring ‘many vo 5
those it has ‘endorsed for. office. 3
All candidates whether endorsed by
depents
the associdtion® op running in
ly will find a stubborn oppona Sant
the candidates supported by
John«Ya who is the recog!
political Teader of the “township. n
_|the slate which is receiving his ate
“candidates as:
tention ‘are such
George Landon, Clifford Ide d
Giles’ Wilson for school director; Mil
ton Perrigo for auditor; John Invaxs
for taxcollcetor; Corey for.
supervisor and Leslie Spencer for
Overseer of the poor. :
Kingston Township
Down in Kingston township chief
interest surrounds the candidacies of
four men for school director; only
two men can be elected and whether
it is Wilbur Nichols and ~ Howard
Appleton or George Prater a
Thomas Carle is the big question to
be settled. The odds at this writing
are heavily in favor of Nichols and
Appleton who are died in the wool
campaigners and astute politicians.
The campaigns for all other office
ip the township take a poor second |
place to that for school director. Pos
sibily the next one of interest is thal
for tax collector where the campaign:
of Ray Laux, Harold Lloyd, Floy
Bogart and Frank Mathers are tho
most heard about. :
endorsed a :
Fine organization it does not mean
that they are all necessarily a part of
will be a merry scramble among ths
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