3 Farm And Home Edition i’ VOL. 44 eats . Debaters Seove Second Victory Over Nescopeck Affirmative Team Scores Victory On Wednesday NEGATIVE LOSES "Dallas The affirmative team from Dallas Borough defeated the negative team from Nescopeck Borough on Wednes- day afternoon at Nescopeck in the second debate of the series being con- «ducted in Luzerne County schools. The borough’s negative team lost to ‘Warrior Run at Dallas. The county-wide contest is being sponsored by principals of the com- peting schools. Dallas Borough is en- tered in the triangular debate which wives them Warrior Run and Nesco- peck ag opponents. The winner will meet the victorious team in the trian- 2le which includes West Hazleton, 4 Forty Fort, and Edwardsville. The question being debated is “Re- solved: That at Least One-half of all Revenue for State and Local Purposes ; should be derived from Sources other than Tangible Property”. Debates have uncovered a wealth of oratorical abili- tv among the pupils and give evidence of careful research and logical argu- ment. ‘On Wednesday, March 14, when the first debates were held, Dallas Bor- ough negative team defeated the Nes- copeck team, but the Warrior Run team defeated the Dallas affirmative team, which won this week. Prof. Ralph Rood was chairman of the program at the high school on Wednesday afternoon. Judges were Prof. Lester Squire, Lehman High ‘School; Kenneth Terry, assistant county superintendent, and Morgan ‘Wilcox, Dallas. In the debate Robert Lewis, Hazel Baer and Lawrence Cragel spoke, Ro- Lert Lewis delivered the rebuttal. A special feature was the vocal sel- wctions by Audre O'Kane, JUNIORS. DRAW CROWDS Many local persons and others from afar are attending the weekly round and square dances being held in Dal- las high school auditorium every Sat- ~ THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1934 he Dallas Post. More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution BOYS’ FIRST TEAM Edward Williams, Capt., Laketon George Elias, Laketon Robert Hislop, Dallas Township Right Glen Smith, Kingston Township Franklin Hemingway, FIRST TEAM Helen Halowich, Laketon Margaret Lyons, L.ehman Ruth Smith, Laketon Eva Culp, Dallas Borough Right Hilda Allen, Capt., Laketon Minnie Adamchick, I.ehman All-Conference Basketball Teams For 1933-34 Right Forward Left Forward § Center \ Left Guard Dallas Township GIRLS’ TEAM Right Forward Left Forward Center ‘Side Center Left Guard TEAM SECOND TEAM Ward Yorks, Kingston Tow nship Emory Elston, Lehman Walter Schuler, Kingston Township Guard Andrew Kuchta, Laketon Benja:nin Rusoloski, L.ehman SECOND TEAM | Barbara Disque, Lehman || Mildred Jones, Beaumont Louise Searfoss, Capt, Lehman { Helen Girvan, Dallas Township Guard Florence Hausch, Laketon | Jean Zimmerman, Lehman Coaches Cast Votes For Players On All-C Nl eroani Team! & Posts Annual Laketon And Daltis Twp. Lead With Positions On First Team LAKETON HIGH SCORER The Dallas Post today announces thes results of the poll conducted among basketball coaches of the iv high schools to select ou Yin players for positions on the nd second All Bi-County Interscholastic Conference Teams for 1933-'34. The coaches named their first choice and a second choice for each position. A first choice was counted as two votes for the player, a’ second choice as one vote. When the votes were compiled positions on the first teams were given to those players who had the greatest number of votes for their position. The players having the second greatest number of votes were given Campaign Against Diphtheria Starts | Health Authorities Will Administer Toxoid In for free seeds and plants for |gardens. jcepted from other families {where the relief is justified. tent religf. {will be the property of the gardeners ‘Free Seeds For Needy F amilies In This Region ‘Applications May Be Made With Arthur Rainey In Dallas : A 300 EXPECTED / Novptics a Arrangements were made this week | by Arthur H. Rainey, local representa- itive for the Luzerne County Emergen- icy Relief Boad, to accept from needy applications home { families of this section Each of the 300 families from Lake, | Lehman, Franklin, Jackson, and Dallas {Township and Dallas Borough now on the relief rolls will receive an allotment (of seeds and applicationgswill be ac- in cases The seeds, fertilizer, or other pur- |chases in connection with the garden progam will not be deducted from pres- All products of the gardens and their direct aid will not be reduced because of the added income. Applicants from Lake, Lehman, Franklin, Jackson, and Dallas Town- ship, and Dallas Borough, the territory supervised by Mr, Rainey, will be re- ceived at his office at 162 Main Street, Dallas, heginning immediately. The geeds will arrive in ample time for sowing. a Because of the great number of va- cant lots an® fields in this section it is expected that there will be no de- mand for plots of ground on which to plant the gardens. In Wyoming Val- ley arrangements are being made to provide such plots for persons desiring to plant relief gardens. Last year only Local Schools local | >] IPians were made this week for a | wide-spread campaign against diph- | theria in all schools of this section and | during the next month thousands of | children will pe given the toxoid | treatment which guards them against | the disease. Consent slips to be signed by parents | eager to: have their children protected ! are being passed out in all schools. Parents who desire that children of pre-school age, fron six months to six vears, be given the toxoid treatment may receive slips from school princi- \ three persons applied for plots of ground. Eighty persons in Dallas Borough received free seeds or fertili- zer last year. Meetings were held in Wilkes-Barre this week to complete plans for the thrift gardens and Mr. Rainey was ‘among those attending. James Y. Humphrey will be chair- man of the county com:.nittee with Frank M. Devendorf as secretary, and George B, Kirkendall, James D. Hut- chison and Mr. Devendorf as members of the executive committee. 75 Years Old; Best Post Advertisers Are Finding That Advertising Does Pay! _No. 12 Spring I Finds Farmers ; In Optimistic Mood Fights War Bruce Barton, one of the highest- paid writers in America and who this week launched a tremendous advertising campaign against war, First advertisement in the unusual campaign appeared in The New Yorker and showed wide files of khaki-clad soldiers marching. “These Are Dead” proclaimed the caption. Ties Broken For land was selected by coaches as the League Positions Lehman Girls C Champions By Victory; Kingston Twp. Boys Win y Loi Ties for the first place in the girls’ division of the Bi-County Interscholas- tic Basketball League and the second place in the boys’ division were broken on Tuesday night in two exciting games which gave Lehman the girls’ championship, and Kingston Township boys the second place position in their league. Lehman girls won a decisive victory over Laketon to decide the champion- ship 25 to 16. The sixteen points tal- lied for the losers were made by Helen Halowich, who this week made the Post’s mythical All-Conference team New Legislation And Credit Seen As Prime Aids To Agriculture | PROSPECTS GOOD HERE jon definite prospects of relief from conditions of the last several years, characterizes plans for Spring work on farms throughout Luzerne County. Inceased facilities for credit, mort- gage relief, acreage reduction, improv- ed methods of distribution, the pros- |general appreciation for the problems lof the farmer contribute ti the cheer- ful mood in which the famer finds himself. . Increased Credit One of the most valuable aids of- fered by the Federal government to lo- cal farmers is the regulation for mak- ing emergency loans from the $40,000, Congress. Through this government unit, ify ers will secure money for plantine, fallowing, and cultivating crops, and for the feea for farm livestock, Loans will be made to any individual who needs relief to help carry on the basic farming operations necessary in mak- ing a lving. Arrangements have not yet beef made for the distribution of seed loans. in Luzerne County but it is expected plans will be completed and announced within the next week. "The maximum amount which will be vear for crop loans will be $250 and the minimum will be $25. The inter- est rate will be 5% per cent per an- num. Primarily, these measures are for farmers who cannot; qualify for credit elsewhere, v Weather - Mild weather this week indicated that ploughing will not be delayed as long as was expected. Many farmers were of the opinion that the cold weather, which send the frost deep in- to the ground, would result in a late Spring and a subsequent delay in starting work. winters which are cold = Generally, A genuine spirit of optimism, based made available to any one farmer this 000 fund recently made available by 2 pects of good soil for plowing, and the Cod “best offensive player”. Miss Halowich also took high scoring honors for the season, a Kingston Township's defeat of Leh- man, to give the township second place and have generous falls of snow leave the ground moist in the Spring and suitable for quick, easy plowing. The past winter also helped the food-value of the earth. Speller In County pals. There are about 5,000 school children in this territory and it ig ex- pected that about half will receive the treatment. Later, the Schick Test wili positions on the second team. Edward Williams of Laketon receiv- ed a majoigty of votes for the title of “best offensrse piayer” “and “Bennie” Rusiloski was voted the “best defen. | urday night under the sponsorship of the local council of Jr, O. U. A. M. Terry's Orchestra furnishes the music. ay J. Rivie 1° 'otherton, aged 75, White Haven,” former New York City attor- ~ pie ln the family plot | Cewdtery at Dallas, orig Trucksville ~ Woman Passes Away sive player”, Coaches of the girls’ teams selected Miss Helen Halowich of Laketon as the “best offensive play- er” and Miss Beulah Brace of Dallas Township as “best defensive player’. Miss Brace nalrowly 'missed a position Mrs. James P. P. Anders Was Resident Here Since 1898 p= BE Mrs. James Prutzman Anderson, 84, former resident of Luzerne Borough, died Wednesday afternoon at her home, 27 East Main street, Trucksville. Mr. ‘and Mrs. Anderson celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary last May. ~~ Mrs. Anderson was born at Lake Winola, Wyoming County, November 19, 1849, daug ghter .of John and Julia ‘Walp Prutzman, former residents of Monroe County, where they were early settlers. Mr, and Mrs. Anderson were married in Scranton, May 27, 1873, and spent the greater part of their lives in Luz- <rne where Mr. Anderson conducted a Zeneral store for nearly 30 year. In 1898 he disposed of the business to A. IL. Davenport and moved to Trueks- ville. Mrs. Anderson was a member of “the Trucksville Methodist Episcopal Church and an honorary member of its Ladies’ Aid Society. She was a woman of sterling character and will be mourned by a host of friends, Surviving are her husband and two children, Chariés Anderson and Mrs. Louis Schuler, both of Trucksville; three granddaughters, Mrs. James Tre- bilcox, Helen Anderson and Mrs. Ed- gar Worthington, and three great- grandsons, Donald and Robert Worth- ington and Harry Trebilcox 2nd. She also leaves a sister, Miss Amanda Prutzman, of Luzerne. The funeral will be held from the home on Saturday afternoon at 2 with Rev. J. Rolland Crompton, pastor of Trucksville Methodist Church, officiat- ting. He will be assisted by Rev. J. I. Thomas, retired minister. Burial will in Woodlawn on the second team. Edward Williams ‘wag also honored with the captaincy of the mythical all- onference boys’ team and Hilda Allen, so of Laketon, was named captain of the girlg’ first team. Both had excep- tional records for the season. George Elias was high scorer for the year, with 105 points garnered. Walter Schuler took the honors of high scoring in any one game, with 17 points. For the girls’ division, Helen Halo- wich was high scorer, with 205 points, and high individual-game scorer with 31 points. Laketon, which ended in the third position in the league, rolled up the greatest number of points, 345. Among the girls’ teams, Lehman led with 335. Laketon was a close second with 334 earned points, Records of the boys' teams follow: Team: Scored Against Liaketon 345 205 Lehman 271 221 Kingston Twp. 240 229 Dallas Boro 190 237 Dallas Twp. 182 176 Bedumont 93 286 These statistics do not include those for the post-season games on Tuesday night. Two players, Edward Williams and Helen Halowich, both of Laketon, were chosen unanimously, otherwise ‘the voting was pretty well distributed among the players of the Conference, Through an odd quirk in the balloting, Schuler, Kingston township, lost: out by one vote in tieing for the = Center position. LL —— a On Grand Jury John Anderson, Jr., Dallas, was one of the persons whose names were drawn, for service on the Grand Jury at Luzerne: County Courthouse, beginning April 23. ROTARY EXPECTS 1,000 AT ANNUAY, EASTER EGG HUNT If rain or continued Gmphoss continues the Annual Easter Egg Hunt of Dallas 1_Rotary Club may be held next Township High School grounds, rather arigihally scheduled to be held. Saturday, March 31, at the Kingston than at Fernbrook Park, where it was This announcement was made yes- ® |e able to find their prizes, there will be lerday by Rev. F. M. Sellers, general chairman, who suggested that children planning to attend the gala affair watch the newspapers: carefully so ihere will be no misunderstanding con- cerning the place where the hunt will be held. . Plans for the annual affair are mov- is estimated that about 1,000 children ing rapidly toward completion and it! whose ages will range from mere In- fants to those fourteen years old will compete. Thousands of colored hen’s eggs, jelly beans, and candy eggs will be hidden for the children to find. As a protection for the: younger children; and to assure them of being three large divisions, the first for chil- dren to 6 years of age, the second for children from 7 to 10, and the third for children from ten to fourteen. The Easter.Egg hunt is being spon- sored by Greater Dallas Rotary Club and is an annual community project for that organization. Complete de- tails will be announced in next week's Post, : Captains and lieutenants for the hunt are: George Metz, captain, assis- ted by Todd Albert and Bert Hill; Wil- liam Kingsley, captain, assisted by William McIntyre and Warren Yeisley; James Besecker, captain, assisted by Peter Jurchak and L. A. McHeary. iline be given to assure the effectiveness of ithe treatment. Dr. W. F. Davison and {Bimer Kerr, district health officer, will {direct the campaign, assisted by school physicians and nurses. Four new cases of scarlet fever were reported to Mr. Kerr this week and he urged that families with symptoms of (Continued On Page 5.) ney, will represent Luzerne County in the state spelling bee in Harrisburg on April 4. BHe defeated other spellers from the county in the finals held in Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. Among the words given were: Che- nille, sebaceous, escritoire, inquefoil, seismograph, chiffonier, suede, achieve- ment, chameleon, cirrhosis. shears, “will be here on Wednesday and form his duty.” 5 The staff snapped to attention, pres snowstorm, Never Believe It’s Spring You Read It In Your Newspaper Or, Fulfilling Your Duty To Your Readers. “Spring” remarked the editor,.scratching the back of his till neck with his I expect every man jack of you to per- ented pencils, and filed out into the Lemuel Murgatroyd Pulitzer back first, His story read: “Spring, that beauteous Princess in whose court robins are the courtiers and violets are the ladies-in-waiting, came to Dallas on Wednesday and found King Winter refusing to abdi- cate.” “Rhapsodizing again, huh, Pultizer” snarled the editor, tearing . the type- written sheets to bits. “Back to your book review.” And Lemuel Murga- troyd, crushed, sneaked away. Earl E. Bird was in next. The snow had stopped but his nose shone redly and ‘he paused by the radiator before he handed in his story. It went like this: “Rhaphodizing again, huh, Pulitzer” bright future characterized the spirit of the great Back Mountain Region this week as Spring came and sounded the signal for the greatest business re-. vival since 1929.” $ The editor sighed. “Sorry, Bird, you've failed, too. Just give me a squib on the poultry meeting.” George Bernard Einstein drifted in next, The editor grapped at the copy and read. : “The vernal equinox .ended and that period which’ precedes the summer solstice (March 21—June21) started on Wednesday and Dallas had Springtime. Thus, as an effect of the earth’s revolu- tion around the sun... ”, Weakly, the editor tossed the paper in the waste basket. “No good, George” he said, shaking his “Who'll give me my Spring story? Two hours to deadline and only one man to hear from.” i It was fifteen minutes before dead- when we saw Colonel Ernest Van Heffernan, our war correspondent, puffing up the street. He reached the door, then, holding a scrap of paper to- ward the editor, he fell -across the stoop. Tensely, we listened while the editor read: “A robin red-breast sang on Par- rish Heights Wednesday, three baby snakes crawled across the Huntsville Road, and Bock Beer signs are being nailed up all around town, SPRING IS HERE!” “Gentlemen” voice breaking, the editor said, his “we can duly note the arrival of Spring.” And, as we stood by, heag's uncovered and lowered, he pushed the Colonel under the desk and | gave the signal to start the presses. head. | was®— . Sweepstakes Prize For Laketon Woman Cable Brings News Of $500 Prize To Mrs. Louis Frick / Cable dispatches on Wednesday in- formed Mrs. Louisa Frick, aged Har- vey's Lake resident, that she had won 100 pounds sterling, nearly $500, with her ticket on the Irish Sweepstakes. Mrs. Frick, who resides near Sandy Beach, held five tickets on the draw- | ing it was reported. The cablegram which informed Mrs. Frick of her luck was from Dublin, Ireland. The name drawn on the ticket was “Mayflower, Laketon Postoffice, Pa.” I. a. Rood, postmaster, received the telegram’ about noon on Wednesday. Mrs, Frick assured questioners that she would put the money to “good use.” Americans won two of the ten seven- thousand pound prizes distributed in the drawing, D. Shafter of Hanover was another winner. Tanners Triumph In Valley Match Noxen Quintet Surprises “Y” With Victory Over - Georgetown The Noxen basketball team in the 1Rural Basketball League entered the Y. M. C. A. tournament to decide the county arnateur championship on Mon- day night and reversed the. predictions of experts by defeating decisively the Georgetown All Stars, 38 to 32. The Tanners’ team displayed 'naster- ful form as it swept away its first ob- stacle on the way to the William A. Rogers Trophy. The victory was more note worthy when it is considered that the Georgetown quintet numbered among its members several former outstanding scholastic players from the valley. / the nation, declared William B. Healey, in the league standing for the season, was sensational because until the third quarter Lehman was leading. .As the final period began, I.ehman was ahead, 20 to 12. Kingston Township staged an exciting rally, held Lehman scoreless, and ended the game on the winning end of a 27 to 20 score, Protest Successful Dallas Township faced the possibili- ty of being excluded from scholastic sports temporarily as a result of the protest filed by Kingston Township athletic officials, who charged that Dallas Township had used two men who had played on other teams. The protest was approved. tentatively by the P. I. A. A. but another meeting will be held within a few weeks and it is possible that the restriction may be lifted. Not only Dallas’ Township fans but many others throughout this sec- tion objected to the penalty this week as being too extreme and increasing bitterness between the two schools. Qe Crime Combatted In School-Healey the in The classroom can ‘be one of biggest character-building forces warden. of Luzerne County prison, hii his address before Dallas Borough Parent-Teacher Association on Mon- auditorium. Mr. Healey cited example: to show the résponsibility of the school in building the character of the child. Dr. W. F. Davison spoke on care of the eyes and Edward J. Pugh, bacterio- logist from Kirby Health Center, de- scribed the method of giving toxoids. The twelfth grade had the largest number of parents present. Entertainment, sponsored by the ninth Grade, included a play, “Who Is The Boss”, given by James Knecht, Elsie Culp, Florence Kelley, Verna Sheppelman, Lela Cragle, Betty Weia, Robert Fleming Richard Major, and day night in the Borough High school | A% far as could be learned this week, ther¢ was no appreciable damage from ithe cold weather in this section. In the lower end of the county, where large peach crops are grown each year, con- siderable damage was done to trees and there will be a considerable loss. The severe winter caused a great deal of bark injury to fruit trees in this section, but none that will be seri- ous. The apple crop, ift particular, has escaped injury. Stone fruits may be slightly below a commercial crop. } Seed Corn Prospects Luzerne County farmers are facing a serious seed corn situation, prelim- inary tests indicate, as a result of the extremely cold weather in November. ture and the severe freezing undoubt- edly caused the injury. ; J. D. Hutchison, Luzerne County presentative, said this week that be- cause of the early freeze and the sub- normal cold during the winter farmers seed corn only by careful testing. Since 1930 dry and rather 'mild winters have allowed seed corn to come through in fine condition for satisfac- tory germination, Any of the ordinary systems of testing, such as the sand- box or rag-doll tests, will tell if the seeds are good. Mr. Hutchison will supply detailed information to any far- mer who desires it, : Guard Against Surplus Fearing that the encouraging out- look night lead farmers to farget the danger of surpluses in certain crops, authorities urge that care be exerciged in selection of the crops to be harvest- ed and that the advice of Agrienlinea) experts be taken. Although a survey shows that the. total acreage of crops harvested de- creased by 2,000,000 acres in 1932 and 1933, in that same period consumption and export of agricultural productg de- creased, leaving the production from 13,000,000 acres as unmarketable sur- plus. Even during 1925-1929 when con- sumption and exports were high there was an unmarketable surplus produc- Gerald Sullivan, Betty Weid gave a tap dance and Lola Pittman sang. (Continued on Page 8) business, political and educational phas It stands for placing agriculture on equality with industry, thereby bring- ing to the American Farmer a just measure of prosperity. By its aid in passing good laws and its defeat of measures injurious to rural life has rendered valuable service to the farm- er. Outstanding benefits include 1896, Rural Free Delivery Parcel Post; 1872, Started a fight for re- gulation of public utilities; 1876, Movement to raise the Department of Agriculture to first rank by making its head a. member of the President's cabinet; 1911 the grange was largely responsible for creating legislation for the Postal Savings Banks: 1862, Land Grant Act for establishment of Agri- GRANGES WIELD GREAT POWER FOR GOOD THROUGHOUT COUNTY BY C. S. HILDEBRANT The Grange is an organization of persons interested in the social, moral, It bas played an im-. portant part in all movements for the betterment of agriculture. : = es of rural life. cultural Colleges, making possible one of the most comprehensive systems of agricultural and- industrial educations ever known; 1877, experiment stations and research; 1914, Agricultural Ex- tension County agents, etc, The Grange has worked for a better system of Farm Loan Legislation pro- tecting the farmer against the manu- facture of Oleomargerine and was largely instrumental in having the Pure ¥ood and Drugs Act of 1906 passed. It hag supported legislation preventing and controlling contagious diseases atmong farm animals and has demanded reasonable compensation for (Continuad on Page 8) Corn then contained excessive mois- can be sure of the condition of their ’ Agricultural Extension Association re- =
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