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VOL. 43
THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS PA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1933.
Agencies Gave
4,122 Services
Here Last Year
Welfare Federation Seeks
Support In Campaign
Starting Nov. 13
MAJOR NAMED
Mrs. George B. Kirkendall has been |
appointed major of the Dallas Dis-
trict in the Community Welfare Fed-
eration’s campaign organization, it
was announced recently from campaign
. headquarters.
i As head of this important drive unit,
Mrs. Kirkendall will have charge of
the solicitation of Federation pledges
from all prospects in the district which,
# includes Dallas Borough, Dallas Town-
ship, Kingston Township, Shavertown,
© and Trucksville.
Because affiliated agencies of the
Community Welfare Federation have
been very active in this district during
the past year and because of the many,
many services rendered the people of
this community by those agencies,
Mrs. Kirkendall feels that the current
campaign to raise funds in support of
these agencies is deserving of: the
wholehearted interest
support of everyone in the entire dis-
trict.
Federation agencies rendered a total
of 4,122 major services during the
past yearly period, Mrs. Kirkendall
stated yesterday. This total includes
1,476 free days of hospital care given
residents of the Dallas District by the
General Hospital; 1,460 free visits on
the part of the Visiting Nurse Associa.
tion; 179 free days of hospital care
given by the Mercy Hospital and 137
free days by the Homeopathis Hospital
147 services by the Red Cross; 104
by the Wilkes-Barre Salvation Army;
90 services rendered by the United
Charities. In addition, the Luzerne
Branch of the Catholic Charities per-
formed a total of 28 major services for
residents of this district; the Crippled,
/ «Children’s Association 19, and the
Crittenton Shelter, 11.
Mrs. Kirkendall has expressed the,
belief that these figures, and the fine
record of service which they show, will
encourage increased giving to the
Federation fund on the part of resi-
dents of the Dallas District during the
coming solicitation appeal, which offi-
cially opens Monday, November 13th.
Mrs. Kirkendall expects within the
next few days to announce her team
aides in preparation for the opening
of this group’s solicition effort.
—
Hallowe’en Capers
Transform Dallas
Energetic Celebrators Spend |
Night Decorating Main
Street Of ‘Borough
Witehes Swaliced and ghosts danced
"with renewed vigor, Tuesday night as
the youth of Dallas took a renewed in-
terest in the celebration of Hallowe'en
and did one of the best jobs in years.
Corn Stalies swere littered from one
end of ‘Ma Street to the other, im-
pressing “early morning risers with the
energy of Dallas youths. A two-horse
hayrake reposed on the American store
porch and the Meridian A Restaurant
bore a large “no parking” sign.. The
outhouse at the Lehigh Valley rail-
road station received its perennial re-
moval. Store windows were properly
soaped and parked automobiles got
their share, too. 7
While those on the street celebrated
in the old time manner, still, other
youthful citizens and their ‘elders held
forth in the High School gymnasium
where Dr. Henry M. Laing fire com-
pany conducted its annual Hallowe'en
Ball until a late hour. Warhola’s or-
chestra, furnished music for dancing.
The gymnasium was gaily decorated
with cornstalks, and Hallowe'en colors.
There were Hallowe'en games,
and square dancing and refreshment
booths.
A grand march was held at nine
o'clock and the variety and novelty of
the costumes made it difficult for the
judges, A. P. Kiefer, C. A. Frantz and
Mrs. Zel Garriniger to pick the win-
mers. After coming to a decision the
awards of the judges were announced
by James Besecker, Master of cere-
monies. They were as follows and
each received a novel prize: Best
dressed; Kalisha Parsons and Helen
Chamberlain: Most original, Betty
Jane Owens and Jackie Lewis; fun-
niest costume, Fred Oberst and Robert
Oberst. The Oberst brothers were
dressed as mother and child. The
child occupied a baby carriage much
to small for his size.
and financial
round '
FORMER STUDENTS OF
KINGSTON TWP. PLAN
ALUMNI DAY TOMORROW
Former students of Kingston
Tonwship High School will cele-
brate Alumni Day tomorrow in
conjunction with the township
football team’s game with Wyo-
ming Seminary Junior ’Varsity
at 2:30.
Before the game, members of
former classes will ' register in
the high school building so a
record can be kept of the grad-
nating classes that are represen-
ted.
After the game there will be
a get-together meeting for
alumni in the high school au-~
ditorium, when plans for activi-
ties of the Alumni Association
will be discussed . :
Business Section
Undergoes Change
Four Local Firms Taking
New Quarters On Main
Street Of Dallas
J
. The business section of Dallas under-
went considerable transformation this
week as four Dallas business places
made preparations and changed their
| quarters.
Early in the week work was started
on the removal of Meridian restaurant
from its present location to its new
quarters in the store building occupied
by the A & P stores company. Car-
penters are now at work remodeling
the former restaurant building so that
it will soon be in readiness for the lo-
cation of the new combination store
and meat market which will be open-
ed there by the A & P company.
In the meantime the kitchen of the
Meridian has been moved to the stor=
age room of the building occupied ‘by
the A & P store and the Meridan night
club is being used temporarily as a
restaurant. According to present plans
the building occupied by the A & P
store will be transformed into an up-to
date restaurant with soda fountain in
connection. The store front will also
be remodeled along modern restaurant
lines. There will be a direct connec-
tion between the restaurant and the
night club in the rear.
The new A & P quarters will be
much larger ‘than those formerly oc-
cupied by the company and when al-
terations, which are now under-way,
are completed the A & P will have one
of its finest stores in the Wilkes-
| Barre district located here.
Hardware Moves
A second change of business loca-
tions was made this week when Ar-
thur Brown, local hardware merchant,
moved his large stock of hardware in-
to the store property formerly occupi-
éd by the Risley Hardware company
completing the consolidation of the
two local stores which will henceforth
be conducted by Mr. Brown and Mr.
Bluhdorn.
The interior of the hardware builds
ing has been completely remodeled and
enlarged. [New fixtures, counters and
display cases have been installed and
the firm plans to open one of the fin-
est and most complete hardware and
5c to $1.00 stores there is to be found
in any community the size of Dallas.
Although no definite arrangements
have yet been made it is understood
the store room in the Kunkle building,
formerly occupied by the Brown hard-
ware, will be occupied by a new drug
store. The Post was however unable
to confirm this at the time the paper
went to press.
Enlarges Stables
| George Stolarick, manager of the lo-
cal A. & P. store who has a farm at
Lehman, now has twelve riding horses
in his stables there. On Sunday a
party of twelve persons from Wyoming
Valley hired the horses for the day for
a jaunt through autumn hillsides. Mr.
Stalarick’s stables are 'a popular ren-
dezvous for local horse lovers and
many local residents are wavailing
themselves for the opportunity to take
up riding as a recreation. The stables
have been rebuilt recently to make
room for more horses. Mr. Stolarick
expects to hold a rodeo sometime in
the near future when a group of west-
who are touring the
country will put on an exhibition of
bull dogging, fancy riding and bronco
busting.
ern. cowboys
Lehman Farmer Late
State’s 400-
\
George L. Rice of Lehman is the
newest member of Pennsylvania's 400
Bushel Club, with a yield of 477 bush-
els per acre.
This is the first time that Mr. Rice
has become a member of the club. The
methods used by Mr. Rice in growing
‘this excellent crop were as follows: —i
During the week of May 27th, he
planted Michigan Russet seed potatoes
that had been certified seed the year
previous ‘at the rate of twenty-two
bushel per acre. Eight hundred pound
of 4-8-7 mixture of fertilizer was ap-'
plied, all in the row, at the time of
planting. The potatoes were planted
in rows 32 inches apart and the seed
was placed 16 inches apart in the row.
st Member Of
Bushel-To-Acre Club
After planting the field was floated
once, but not harrowed, and during the
growing season they were cultivated
six times, also they received seven ap=
plications of liquid Bordeaux mixture,
during the growing season, with a po-
wer at three hundred .and fifty pound
pressure. Y
The potato field previous to this
vear was planted to truck crops, and
during the winter received an applica-
tion of ten tons of manure. The land
was ploughed early this spring at the
average depth of eight inches and was
harrowed once previous to planting.
field were effected with grub worm in-
jury, due to the fact that it had been
in truck crops the previous year.
A very few of the potatoes in this:
er
No. 44
m—
Voters To Have Say Tuesday On
Twelve Changes In Legislation
Dallas voters will have opportunity on' Tuesday to vote on twelve Dropos-
als which would authorize direct changes in several important laws.
These amendments as they will appear on the General Election ballots,
follow:
Important Amendment To Be On General Election Ballots
Amendment 1 would enable the Gen-
eral Assembly to make appropriations
to adult blind, thus supplementing lo-
cal funds. >
Highway Amendment
Amendment 2 would empower the
Legislature to authorize cities and bor-
oughs to assess costs of highway im-
provement upon abutting property in
cases where no prior assessment has
been made for a similar improvement.
Thus a state constructed road might
assess property owners who live along
a proposed route part or all of the
cost when the route is in a borough or
‘| city.
Amendment 3 would permit the
Legislature to prescribe the nature and
kind "of investments for trusts to be
made by all types of fiduciaries.
Amendment 4 calls for a bond issue
of 50 million dollars to compensate for-
mer service men for loss in wages
while in service. It would benefit
Spanish-American and ' World War
veterans.
Amendment 5 would eliminate the
taxpaying (county or state) qualifica-
{tion for voting—a provision inserted in
the State Constitutional Amendment of
1901. Subject to the laws regarding
registrations, the amendment provised
that the voter shall be a citizen of the
United States at least one month, a
resident of the state one year and a
resident of his election district two
months.
Amendment 6 relates to the tax li-
mit of cities and counties. The lat-
ter would have the limit raised from
seven to 10 per cent.
Amendment 7 proposes a law de-
signed to prevent unfair or unequit-
able rates being charsed by: Tailroads
and canals.
Eight Key A andmsat,
Amendment 8 would authorize the
borrowing of 25 million’ dollars most
of which would be used for unemploy-
ment relief during the yar 1934.
publicity has been given to this
amendment than to all the others com-
bined.
More
Dallas Township
Meets
Amendment 9 has to do with the
right of eminent domain for advance-
ment of rapid transit facilities and
gives cities power to levy assessment
on property for such improvements.
Amendment 10 would empower the
Legislature to authorize cities to take
more land and property than is need-
ed for actual construction in laying
out, widening, extending or re-locating
highways or streets connecting with
bridges crossing streams or tunnels
between Pennsylvania and other states.
Amendment 11 is of interest parti-
cularly to Pittsburgh and Alleghaney
counties and has to do with the ar-
rangement for a vote on consolidation
of townships and boroughs into a
“Greater Pittsburgh.”
Amendment 12 would permit the
state to incur indebtedness to the
amount of 10 million to purchase toll
bridges the bridges to continue as be-
fore until tolls collected have paid all
interest charges and the principal sum
paid for them.
p Important To Firemen
. Former Governor John S.
made the following statement
newspaper reporter last week, regard-
ing amendment No. 11. It ‘ois. 'my.
hope and trust that the members
of the volunteer firemen of the state
of Pennsylvania will not permit them-
selves to be misled by propaganda
which is so unfounded and groundless.
I hope they will vote for the amend-
ments and aid Pittsburgh in her ef-
fort to take the place to which she is
entitled among the leading great cities
of our country. At the same time they
will give a constitutional standing to
their organizations, which mo act of
legislature could thereafter ‘endanger.
Any careful and intelligent reading
of the amendment will show that in-
Fisher
to. a
cal volunteer fire companys and po-
Jlicemen the amendment strengthens
the right of municipalities by a con-
stitutional guarantee which has not
heretofore ‘existed and gives express
constitutional authority for the sup-
port of local fire and police forces and
maintanance and improvement of their
houses and their equipment.
St. Nicholas;
Kingston Twp. Plays Sem. Jr. Varsity
Two Of Three Local Teams
Were Victors In Last
Week-End’s Game
Football teams from
Township and Dallas Township both
victorious in their games last week-
end, will meet two of their most diffi-
cult opponents this afternoon.
Coach Hick’s Kingston Township
squad, which defeated the strong
Tunkhannock team last Friday, will
meet the Wyoming Seminary Junior
Varsity on Saturday afternoon.
The squad from Dallas Township
will meet St. Nicholas team of Wilkes-
Barre this afternoon at Wilkes-Barre.
Dallas Borough, which was schedul-
ed to play St. Nicholas, will have no
game this week-end.
The Borough team suffered two de-
feats during the last week-end, both
tempered by the satisfaction that the
local squad had made a good’ showing
against teams which were recognized
as superior in their class.
The first defeat was on last ‘Satur-
day, when Dallas played West Wyom-
ing and lost 19 to 0. Ordinarily a
mediocre team, the West Wyoming
squad this year is built around Yalick,
a quarter-back who is one of the
fastest and most versatile players in
Wyoming Valley. His ability spelled
the downfal of the local team. Dallas
has 14 first downs to Wyoming's sev-
en. $
On Monday afternoon( Dallas was
defeated by Meyers High School of
Wilkes-Barre 19 to 0,
Kingston
Local Church Is
Ninety Years Old
Huntsville Christian Church
To Celebrate Anniversary
Of Dedication Next Week
The Huntsville Christian Church
will celebrate its 90th anniversary next
week. The week will be made signifi-
cant with an unusual service Sunday
morning, preaching at 7:30 'sach night
and the anniversary dinner Thursday
night.
Rev. Henry Hampton Halley,
mous Bible recitalist, will speak at the
Sunday morning service at 9:30 on
“The Greatest Need of Protestantism.”
Edward Byerly, violinst, Paul Frick,
‘cellist; and Mrs. N. H. Raiber accom-
panist will play at this service. At
10:30 will occur the anniversary ses-
sion of the Bible School.
Each evening at 7:30 guest pastors
will speak. Sunday evening Rev. M. C.
Frick of Pikes Creek’ Monday evening
Rev. P. A. Davis of Westmore and
Tuesday evening Rev. Edwin Wyle of
Plymuoth and Wednesday evening Rev.
C. A. Frick of Downsville, Maryland, a
former pastor of the church.
On Thursday evening will occur the
anniversary banquet. The Dallas Ro-
tary Club is taking over the ceremon-
ies with V. A. Shindel in charge, as-
sisted by Heine Kleinkauf.
Stills For
Forest
Birch
Wintergreen Become Fewer
Another of Pennsylvania’s waning
forest industries is. the distillation of
birch and wintergreen oils. Once an
important source of income for people
living in the mountainous sections of
the State, the distillation of these oils
is now falling off owing to the sub-
stitution of cheaper synthetic oils and
a consequent loss of market.
Raymond Carlson, a forester at-
tached to the Department of Forests
and Waters, recently completed a
study of the vanishing birch and win-
tergreen oil distillation industry and
finds that it is now largely confined
to Pike, Monroe, and Carbon counties.
Carbon county at one time contained
a larger number of stills than any
other county.
In the distillation of wintergreen
oil the leaves of the wintergreen, also
known as teaberry,
July and August. A good picker
gathers from 150 to 200 pounds of
leaves per day.
The price of distilled oil is now
roughly about $3.50 per pound. Dur-
ing the World War when distillers
received from $12 to $16 per pound(
for the oil the industry was at its
height.
are picked in late |
VETS TO HEAR SPECIAL
ARMISTICE EVE SERMON |
, To mark the Fifteenth Anniversary
of the Armistice, World War veterans
from all parts of this section will as-
sembled at Shavertown M. E. Church
on Friday night, November 10, the eve
of Armistice Day, to hear Rev. Fred M.
Sellers, former war aviator, preach
a special sermon, :
The service is sponsored by the
Kingston Township Veterans’ Social
Club but all ex-service men, regard-
less of the army in which they served,
are urged to attend .
Restaurant To Remain
Open Throughout Winter
nic grounds has announced that the
restaurant will be open through the
winter months in response to the re-
quest made by a number of patrons of
the resort.
Arrangements have been made to
keep the restaurant comfortably warm
even on the coldest day and to serve
|the clean and pure food for which the
| resort has gained a reputation.
under streams which forms boundaries;
stead of taking away power from lo-j
fa- |
Management of Harvey's Lake pic-:
COUNCIL. AND TAX COLLECTOR
~ FIGHTS CENTER OF INTEREST
Atlantic’s Faith
InN. R. A. Shown
New Fuel, Supported By
Advertising Campaign
Creates New Values
The Atlantic Refining Company has
faith in President Roosevelt's recovery
program, according to Joseph R. Rol-
lins, Director of Publicity. It is de-
monstrating that faith mot only by
bringing out at this time a new and
vastly superior motor fuel, but by
backing that fuel with one of the lar-
gést and most aggressive campaigns
of newspaper advertising in the com-
pany’s history.
“Atlantic is mot content merely to
subscribe to the NRA code for the
petroleum “industry,” Mr. Rollins said
today. “Under the code, this company
has created many new jobs;' it has
added greatly to its payroll. But that
is not enough. We believe that the
spirit of the recovery program not!
only calls for the creation of jobs but
new values and we are proceeding
along that line.
“On and after November 1st, there
will be available at all’ Atantic White
Flash pumps a new motor fuel, Atlan-
tic White Flash Plus, which is far and
away the finest regular priced ' fuel
ever produced by this company in its:
68 vears of ‘existance. ‘It is not only
improved on every important point,
but it contains the same anti-knock
fluid used in more than 90% of all
premium-priced gasoline sold in the
United States. Motorists will notice
particularly its unusual quick-starting
qualities, and its high anti-knock.
“To let the public know about At-
lantic White Flash Plus, we are de-
pending chiefly jupon. newspapers. IL
is our experience that no other adver-
tising medium is quite so forceful or
so productive as the newspaper pro-
perly. used. Other mediums have their
place, but the mewspaper is the back-
bone around which a campaign should
be built. In these days, particularly,
with competition so keen, every dollar’
spent in advertising must return its
fair proportion in sales and good will;
and the newspaper stands high in this
regard.”
VESPERS MARK START
OF GIRL SCOUT WEEK’
Girl ‘Scout Week was ushered in on
.|Sunday with a vesper service in the
.Shavertown Methodist
Church. All
troops in Dallas District, including
Brownie Packs, with leaders; lieuten-
ants troop committewomen, parents,
and friends were in attendance.
Miss Ednestine Kahlin of the Wyo-
ming Historical Society, Wilkes-Barre
who was introduced by Mrs. A. S. Cul-
bert, chairman of Dallas District
Council, gave a very interesting talk
on the history of this locality.
She gave the origin of the names of
the towns, Trucksville, Shavertown,
Dallas, Orange, and Pike’s Creek. She
told of the struggles of the early set-
ters in this district, who labored to
clear the land. Indian raids were fre-
quent in the history of the early set-
tlers. In 1814 it took five days for a
horse and wagon to travel from
Wilkes-Barre to Dallas, so difficult
was the traveling over muddy roads.
About 150 Girl Scouts, comprising
the eight troops of the Dallas District,
made an impressive sight as they
marched into the auditorium of the
church_led by their captains and color
guards to martial music played on the,
pipe organ by Mrs. V. V. Vercoe. Rev.
TF. M. Steller offered the invocation.
The Junior Choir of the Shavertown
M. E. Church rendered an anthem.
The service closed with taps, sound-
ed by Harry Beck, Shavertown Boy
Scout. ;
Voters Have Choice
Many voters apparently confused as
to the procedure followed in voting at
the general election. Unlike the pri-
mary election where the voter must
vote for candidates on the ticket for
which he is registered, he can at the
general election vote for any candidate
regardless of ticket. He can vote
straight Republican, Democratic or In-
dependent if he chooses or he can split
his ballot and vote for candidates on
each one of the tickets as long as he
does net vote for more persons than
ars to be chosen for the office.
.| Dallas borough,
Factional Lines Strong As
Candidates Await
Voter’s Decision
ELECTION TUESDAY
When they march to the polls on
Tuesday Dallas borough citizens, like
other voters throughout the State, will
have an opportunity to record their
views on Prohibition repeal, impor-
tant constitutional amendments and at
the same time select the men who are
to conduct the affairs of the borough
for the next four years. - \
Interest in the general election in
Dallas borough centers about the con-
tests being waged for borough ‘council
and for tax collector. Further interest
is brought about by the announcement
made last week that a pre-empted in-
dependent ticket will carry the names
of candidats for every borough office.
Wesley Himmler, Peter (Clark and
Harry Garrahan, Republican nominees
for council are receiving the support
of old line Republicans and citizens
who vote without regard to party lines.
Himmler and Clark, are however_ op-
posed by the county Republican or-
ganization and its representatives in
the united support of ‘all factions.
Himmler and Garrahan both have
Democratic nominations as well as
Republican and will receive a number
of votes from that party at the’ elec-
James Franklin, Democratic nominee
and George Stookey, independent can-
didate, will' have the ‘support of the
followers of the County Republican or.
ganization in Dallas and of the Wallo,
Stem, Blocksage group in the South
district of Dallas borough.
Probably the closest in the whole
field will be that between Arthur
Dungey, Republican nominde, and M
B. Coolbaugh, Democratic nominee fo:
tax collector. |Neither of these men
were supported or backed by political
factions in the primary contest, but in
the general election M. B. Coolbaugh
will receive the support of the inde-
pendent ticket and county organization
while Arthur Dungey will receivé the
support of the local or borough group.
There will be no contests for the
office of school director since Henry
Disque and Harry Pittman received
both Republican and Democratic nom-
inations at the primary and since they
were satisfactory: to the county Re-
publican organization they will have
{no opposition in the General election.
‘Since the primary election, A.
Culbert, whose term expires as bor
ough auditor, has entered his name in
the lists in opposition to Handel
Thomas who received both major party
nominations and was unopposed at the
primaries. Mr. Culbert did not run at’
that time because of a misunderstand-
ing as to which of the borough audit-
or's terms expired. The court having y
appointed the present board of au-
ditors none was sure just whose term ”
expired this year. :
In the south district of the borough |
there will be a spirited contest for the
minor office of Judge of Election be-
tween David Blocksage, Republican
and Democratic candidate, and Walter.
Davis, who although on a pre-empted
ticket, is opposed to the efforts being
made by outside politicians to control
the borough.
There will be no contest for the of-
fice of Burgess since the incumbent,
J. H. Anderson, won both major party
nominations at the primary election.
Dallas Rotarians Guests :
Of Tunkhannock Members
ot eee.
Good fellowship reigned last night
as Dallas Rotary club was entertained
at Tunkhannock by the Tunkhannock
a dinner program, novelty numbers,
group singing, musical numbers and a
bowling contest between teams re-
presenting the two clubs.
It was the first night of the atten-
dance contest being conducted by the
Dallas club during the months Viof:
November and December and every
the Wyoming County Club.
Heine Klienkauf pianist of the Dal-
las Club, and his orchestra, furnished
music while Vincent Shindel, song
leader of Dallas club, added to the
merriment by his banter and skillful
handling of community singing.
Election Boards Ask For Greater
Speed From
Members of the election boards in
this district are asking voters to use
speed in their voting on election day,
November 7. The law allows three
minutes time for each voter to cast his
vote. He can cast in this time only
when he studies the specimen ballot
beforehand and knows how he is going
to vote when he enters the booth.
At the recent primary eleétion, 375
persons cast their ballots in the North
district of Dallas borough. Had each
voter taken his alloted three minutes
to vote, only 240 persons could have
voted in the twelve hours the polls
were open, Some voters, however,
take as long as seven minutes to cast
their vote and when asked by the
Voters Next Tuesday
board to hurry, become mervous and
confused as well as out of patience.
Many of the election boards of the
district have now come to the conclu-
sion that the only way to cast the
large poll within the alloted time, and
be fair to all, is to set the time limit
of three minutes on each person and
adhere strictly to it. They point out
that any voter who studies the speci-
men ballot and makes some prepara-
tion before entering the booth can vote
in less than a minute. The additional
two minutes allowed should afford
i
while Garrahan has
tion on Tuesday. hi
Rotary Club. Entertainment included
member of the club was present to
partake of the hospitality extended by
i
plenty of opportunity for the voters to
check his ballot and see that he has
recorded the proper vote before pnll-
ing the lever. 4