- ber of aspirants to other State offices,
«@qd there will be little organized oppo-
sition to those candidates. !
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= drawing. petitions will be "Monday.
. Sunday Schools will hold an
3 Young People
Post Advertisers Are
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Advertising Does Pay!
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VOL. 44
Leaders Plead
For Compromise
On State Slates
Withdrawals Expected Mon-
day In State And Local |
Contests
3,000 PETITIONS
‘While the State’s political leaders
sought this week to effect compromises
@umong the twenty-five candidates for
Governor and the unprecedented num-
early political interest here was cen-
tered on the Congressional, State Sen-
atorial and State Representative con-:
tests.
Little interest has been shown yet in
the committeeman campaigns, which
will be the only strictly local contests,
"The Fine organization has decided on
committee candidates but it is expect-
. Seven candidates filed for Congres-
sional nominations, including C. Mur-
ey
Vacancy Filled
By Election Of
Eugene Lazarus
Dallas School Board Accepts
Besecker’s Resignation;
Elect Successor
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"PITTMAN SECRETARY
The vacancy on Dallas
School Board resulting from the resig-
nation of James Besecker was filled at
the board's last meting by the elec-
tion of Eugene R, Lazarus of Machell
Avenue. ' :
Harry Pittman was appointed secre-
tary for the remainder of the term
which Mr. Besecker was serving. Mr.
Besecker presented his resignation a
week ago and it was accepted last
Friday night.
Although many persons throughout
the borough were eager to have Mr.
Besecker reconsider his resignation and
continue to serve, the choice of Mn,
Lazarus is approved by the majority
of persons, it is believed.
way Turpin, incumbent, He will be op-
Wvilkes-Barre, who was defeated two
years ago. Another opponent is Paul
Baynock, Swoyerville ex-policeman,
who will go on trial in Criminal Court
mext week on a charge of arson and
who was acquitted recently of fatally
‘assaultin a young. man in front of a
Swoyervilla (anes Hall. Michael J.
Riley, Sugar Notch, Amos H, Ayres,
Wilkes-Barre, A. P. Conniff, Wilkes-
Barre, and Homer R. Mallow, manager
of Hotel Maliow-Sterling and. owner
of the Yacht Club at Havey’s Lake,
_are the other Congressional candidates.
. Senator Andrew J, Sordoni will be a
candidate for re-election, Other peti-
tions were filed by Albin Grumblis of
Iingston; William Sheridan, King-
ston; John T. Jones, Plymouth; and
Carl E. Mau, Kingston, :
, The only Back Mountain Region
man to file a petition Was Charles
Dressel of Shavertown. He filed for
Representative to the State Legislature
from the Sixth District, of which Dal-
las and vicinity .are a part. Willard G.
Shortz, incumbent, is considered the
strongest candidate. Others who filed
were Thomas Lewis of Wyoming,
lLadislaus Wpywierski, Duryea, and
Felix J. Pawloski, Duryea. !
Den ; :
Two Luzerne County men, George KE.
‘Gwilliam, former recordfr of deeds,
and Thomas Kennedy, Hazletofl labor
leader, filed for lieutenant governor.
+ There were twenty-five candidates
who filed for Governor and it is ex-
pected the majority of those men will
be eliminated from the race by the
‘compromises that are being effected
itis week. The final day for with- |
Dallas District
Sunrise Service
To Greet
Easter At Early Worship
At Shavertown
The young people of Dallas District
Easter
Sunrise Service in the Shavertown M.
HB, Church next. Sunday morning at
6:30. This service is planned for the
voung people and others in the district
and it ig hoped each one will share the
experiences of the early morning ser-
vice. Ai
The service planned will be similar
‘to the one that was held in the same
church last year. The theme of the
gervice will be “Living in the Spirit of
the Risen Christ.” Rev. Mr. Crompton
of the Trucksville M., E. Church will
_wosed again by John J. Casey of |worker for community
A. property-owner and an ardent
interests, Mr.
{Lazarus has played an important role
in a number of projects recently, not-
|ably ‘the problem of adequate water
for fige protection and drinking pur-
poses. He has been an active member
of the Dallas Borough Taxpayers’ As-
sociation, :
I 7Testinony to his ability as a busi-
ness man is given by his long affilia-
|tion with Kingston Cake 2%. Mr.
Lazarus becamé associated with ‘that
firm whei it was a modest plant in
Edwardsville. He “has continued as an
executive member of the firm during
its growth to its present quarters in
the former Remington-Rand plant at
Kingston. ?
The meeting at which Mr. Lazarus’
appointment took place was held at
the home of Henry J. Disque, with
Directors Roberts, Disque, and Pitt-
man present,
Mr, Lazarus is a graduate of Girard
College and of Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania.
At its meeting the board also dis-
cussed collection of delinquent taxes.
It was explained that ninety-five per
cent of the delinquent taxes are owed
by' non-residents of Dallas,
No action has been taken yet toward
appointing Clarence West to copy
‘material which will enable the direc-
tors to keep a more accurate check on
owners of properties, Mr. West Sug-
gested a method by which the records
might be kept. "
W.F.M.S. To Meet
Tuesday, April 6
Coast - to - Coast Motorcade
To Be Greeted At
Scranton
Preparations are nearing completion
for the Fourth Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Institute of the Wyoming
Conference to be held next Tuesday,
April the third, in Elm Park Church,
Scranton, in joint session with the
visitation of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Coast-to-Coast Motorcade.
{Women wishing to have luncheon at
the church should make reservations
with their auxiliary presidents before
noon Saturday, March the thirty-first.
Only the first four hundred and fiity
reservations will be accepted. Motor-
cade marshalls are urged to get the
local motorcade in motion early enough
to insure arrival at Elm Park not
later than 9:30 A. M. so that all regis-
trations may be completed before the
opening of the morning session at ten
o'clock.
At ten thirty the institute will divide
speak. The service will be conducted
entirely by the young people of the |
Sunday Schools. |
The Young People’s Council which
represents the young people of the dis-
‘trict, has been active in planning a
worthwhile program for the district
work, A discussion conducted by Rev.
Mr, Sellers of the Shavertown M. E.
“Church on “International Relations”
has been much enjoyed by the group
- for three monthly meetings. The coun-
cil is now preparing a drama, “Ballots
for Bill,” which will be presented in
the Trucksville High School on May 2.
4 eG) Ge eee
‘Shavertown Men To
Hold Turkey Supper
First annual turkey supper will be
served and sponsored by the men of
Trucksville M.. E. “Church on April 10
at 5:30 in the church parlors. The
‘committee working on plang is headed
by Bruce Feng, who will be assisted
. by Harry Owens, =~ William Rhodes,
- Archie Woolbert, Fred Turner, George
feynolds. There will be a special mu-
sical ‘program and preceeds Will be
“used for current church expenses.
Tickets may be secured from members
of the committee,
into five round tables presided over by
five skilled discussion leaders who are
ymaking every effort to arrange for
fruitful exchanges of ideas. Round
Table No. 1, Mrs. W. Gray Jones of
Carbondale presiding, will take up the
Missionary Workers’ Training Course
“A” dealing with the objectives and
methods of the General Woman's For-
eign Missionary Society. Round Table
No. II, Mrs: Harvey R. Williams of
Carbondale presiding, will consider
Missionary Workers’ Training Course
“B” dealing with the objectives ang
methods of a local society. Round
Table No. IIL will have for its leader
Mrs. Roland H. Ruger of Wilkes-Barre,
who will present the Missionary Read-
ing Course, assisted by Mrs; N: H.
Myers, ,Mrs. Paul Sherwood, and Mrs.
W. A. Edgar of Wilkes-Barre, and
Mrs, Harold Silcox of Forty Fort.
Round Table No, IV will be in charge
of Mrs. E. B, Singer of Old Forge, con-
ference secretary of stewardship. She
will present “The Sharing Life” with
Mrs. Clarence Hickok of Scranton,
Mrs. Ruth Edwards. of Dalton, and
Mrs. Howard Haefele of Nanticoke
leading in a discussion of Three-fold
Stewardship. Round Table No. V with
Mrs, Wilbur H. Fleck of Kingston as
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EMERGENCY CROP LOANS TO
iy wm
BE GRANTED NEXT FRIDAY
The Emergency Crop Loan Section
‘of the Farm Credit administration will
again make loans to farmers in this
county for the purpose of buying seed
we and fertilizer for this season's plant-
ing.
_ Donald Rose, field supervisor, will be
in ‘Wilkes-Barre on Friday, April 6, at
ithe court jiouse, from 9:30 a. m., until
“4 p. m, to, accept applications and to
assist applticants in making out their
applications. After April 6 borrowers
Will apply ho Edward. C. Gunster. in the
basement Jaf the courthouse who will
: X Es :
bave a supply of Emergency Crop
Loan Application blanks and will ac-
cept applications each Monday and
Tuesday.
Loans will be made in amounts
from $25 up to $250. These emergency
loans are for borrowers who are unable
to qualify for a loan with the Produc-
tion Credit ‘Association in their dis-
trict.
All borrowers must conform to the
Agricultural Adjustment Administra-
tion program and agree not to increase
production of basic farm products.
Borough |
~~ THE DALLAS POST. DALLAS, PA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1934
+ Do You Know? +
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creating fine spawning beds
the government in Canada.
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Local Churches Prepare Programs HY
For Annual Celebration Of Easter
Photograph, Canadian ‘National Railways
HAT a beaver dam looks like? ' Here is one that these industrious
little animals have built across a stream in northern Quebec. Al.
though these dams are built by the beavers with: the object of providing
a depth of water to make a safe underwater entrance to their lodges,
they also assist materially in Storing up large reservoirs of water and
for game fish. The beaver is protected by,
Services which have been held in local churches this week in observance
of Holy Week will be climaxed today with solemn worship to marke the anni-
versary of the death of Jesus Christ and will end on Sunday with elaborate
programs in commemoration of the resurrection. ; ~
Recognized as the chief holiday of
the church world, Easter will be ob-
served with special services and elab-
orate musical programs in the follow-
ing churches: B
St. Therese's
Masses will be conducted at St.
Therese’s Church each morning until
Easter, beginning with the mass and
procession yesterday. On Sunday Eas-
ter masses will be read at 8:30 and
10:80. In keeping with the traditional
custom, holy statues will be covered
until, Saturday morning and, after
Good Friday Mass, no-bells will sound,
no music will bé ‘heard, until Saturday.
St. Paul’s Lutheran
The Litany will be sung at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church tonight at 8 and
Rev. G. E. Ruff, pastor, will preach a
sermon appropriate to Good Friday.
On Sunday morning at 11 Holy Com-
munion will, be administered and the
traditional church Liturgy will be sung
by a full choir. Ten new members will
be received, At 4 p. m. there will be a
Baptism Service for children and in
the evening at 7:80 there will be a
children’s pageant, “Our Redeemer
Liveth”, directed by Mrs. G. E. Ruff
and Mrs. Newton Ness.
D0'JNTY FARMERS GET
$2,203 WHEAT GRANT
FROM FEDERAL A. A. A.
Luzerne County wheat growers’
will receive $2,203 of the $458, °
136 distributed in Pennsylvania :
for retirement of land growing
wheat and tobacco. The sum was
appropriated by the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration.
Majority of the payments in
this county were to be for wheat,
but in the state Tobacco growers
received the larger share, col-
lecting $320,176 in eleven coun-
ties. Columbia County farmers
received $5,011 for wheat acre-
age reduction.
Shavertown M. E. .
Easter services at Shrvertown M. E.
Church, of which Rev. F. M. Sellers is
pastor, will’ begin with the Sunrise ser-
vice at 6:30, with Rev. Ronald Cromp-
ton as preacher. The regular morning
service will be held at 11, when a class
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Easter
the head.
him.
to say, a place of a skull,
And they crucified him. ,
*
And about the ninth hour,
Eli; Eli, lan
hast thoti forsaken me?
man calleth for Eliag;
the ghost.
the sepulchre.
from the door, and sat upon it.
*
Jesus, when he had cried again with a
==1934
And when hey had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon
his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they bowed the knee be-
fore him and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on
And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off of
him and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify
And as they came out, they found a man of Cygene, Simon by
name; him they compelled to bear his cross.
And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is
~ They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall; and when he
had tested thereof, he would not drink,
Jesus eried with a loud Voice: Saying
lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why
Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This
And straightway oné 6f them fan, and took a spunge, and filled
it with vinegar, and put it on 4 feed, and gave him to drink.
The rest said, Let be, let us sec ‘whether Elias will come to save
loud voice, wielded up
And, behold, the veil ‘of the temple was rent in twain from the
top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.
. ® x Sa
In the end of the sabbath, as it begun to dawn toward the first
day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see
And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the
Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back Se stone
His countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as
SNOW.
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead
men
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye;
for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
where the Lord lay.
Fay A
SE OS SS SS
He is not here; for he is risen, as he
| Austin Candidate
i Superintendent of ‘Schools in Wyoming
‘| mont
{Degree in education with completion
“residence. .
Poultry Men
jerne
Rotary
- Easter
Ready For Annual
Tomorrow
Egg Hunt
For Morgan’s J obs!
Beaumont Principal Conceded
Good Chance To Win
Election
Announcement by John E. Morgan oi
Tunkhanneck that he will resign as
County was the signal this week for
the opening of a spirited
among school heads who will seek ap-
pointment to the position vaeated by
Mr, Morgan. & He
The election will be held on April 10!
at Tunkhannock, when all directors
from Wyoming County districts will
meet, Six candidates are said to be
=n :
seeking the position. Among these is
William A. Austin, principal of Beau-
schools and widely known
through this section. Mr, Austin is the
only candidate from the territory on
the “West Side of the river and he is
reported-to have strong support in sev-;
eral districts on the Tunkhannock side
of the river. : >
In the statement which announced
his candidacy, Mr. Austin explained
that he is a native born son of Wyo-
‘ming = County, having received his
grade and high school education and
taught seven years in the county. Af-
ter spending three yecars af State
Teachers! College at Bloomsburg, Mr.
Austin became assistant principal at
Beaumont in the Monroe Township
High School, During the next three
years ‘he completed enough work
through extension and summer school;
classes to receive his Arty Degree
from Susquehanna University at Sel-
insgrove. Since then he has been doing
post graduate work in the field of ad- |
ministration at Pennsylvania State
College. He will receive his Masters’
of one additional] summer's work in
|‘ stand,” said Mr. Austin, “for good
schools ‘with courses of study suited to
Wyoming County. I have learned the
value of the tax dollar and feel worthy
of placing my application at your dis-
posal to seek this position, which calls
for physical strength, mental initiative,
moral integrity, and social adapt-
ability.” RA
Of
County To Meet
Penn’ State College Men
To Discuss Common
Problems
“© POULTRY DAY.
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Great interest is being shown by
poultrymen relative to the Annual
County Wide All Day, Poultry Meeting
to be held in the ‘American Legion
Home in Kingston, ‘Thiitsday, April
5th, 2 RZ :
This is being conducted by the Luz-
County Agricultural Extension
Association and all poultrymen ‘are
welcome to attend this meeting: Z
Speakers well known throughout the
United States will address the meet-
ings. Some of the speakers are: :
try Department of Pennsylvania State
College, who is known to many poul-
trymen in this section. :
Mr. H. D. Munroe of Harrisburg, who
formerly was in charge of the poultry
Extension Lepartment of Pennsylvania
State College. :
Mr. D. C. Henderson of Pennsylvania
State College. 3
Plans are under way to secure sever-
al othér speakers of prominence,
266 Stolen Cars
¥ 4
The theft of 226 automobiles was re-
ported by Pennsylvania residents dur-
ing February, Records of the stolen
car unit of the Bureau of Motor. Vehic-
tles show 197 cars were recovered dur-
ng the month, including 132 of those
stolen during February. In addition,
sixty-eight cars valued at $24,310, tak-
en by “joyriders” and abandoned with~
in twenty-four hours, were recovered.
. meee etl erm
Mr. H. C. Knandel, head of the Poul-"
| championship,
To Be Held At Kingston
~ Township High School
oF Grounds :
HUNDREDS OF PRIZES
The annual Easter HEgg Hunt of
Greater Dallas Rotary Club will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 at the -
Kingston Township High. School Ea
grounds, instead of at Fernbrook Park, 5
as originally planned, ho a
“Although the event has always been
contest by, 14 at Fernbrook Park‘the snow this
week left the grounds damp and it
was believed by the committee that the
high school grounds would be a much
better place tg hold the hunt, 3
The candy and eggs will be hidden in
the fields and clumps of trees about
the school building by the Rotarians,
who will be assisted by Boy Scouts.
There will be nearly 4,000 bags of jeffy
beans, candy eggs and hen’s eggs ai
prizes for the youthful hunters, 3
The children will be entered in three
different age groups which will be
policed by Rotarians who will direct
the start and the progress of the hunt.
The band from Kingston Towaship ’
High School will play. - =
Street cars will stop at the point
nearest to the school grounds so
children will have only a short walk to
the place where the hunt will be held
te Children from one to six years
5 will be in charge of George
OE ies by Todd Albert anc berg J
Hill. ’ ol
; Children from seven to ten years will
form 4d group in charge of L. Kingsley,
and assisted by William McIntyre and
‘Warren Yeisley. : Ee
‘The older: children, aged 11 to 14
yeat§; will be under the care of J. EF.
Besecker, assisted by Peter Jurchak'
and L. A. McHenry, SHG Teh
Following are the committees in
charge 6f the affair: *. = EMA
Prizes: Earl Monk, George Russ,
James F. Besecker, Bert ‘Hill, Bert
Stroh, Tom Evans. Sead oes
Publicity: Harold . Wagner,
McHose. & dae
Candy and egg$i Herman Van Camp-
en and Rev, F. M. Sellers. ~~ Hid
Coloring and bagging comniittee:
Earl Monk, Calvin McHose, James Be-
secker, Russell Case. . a
Music committee: Vincent Shindel, ~
Heinie Kleinkoff. fa STE
Hiding comrmittee: James Martin,
Calvin McHose, Warren Taylor, Rev. F.
M. Sellers. HR A a
Police: Fred Frace, Ralph Hallock, A.
N. Garinger. : > BR
The Rotarians expect about 1,500
children from this region to attend the
hunt. } A
Dallas And Lehman ¥
~ Open Final Series
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Calyin :
Orange And Noxen Eliminat-
ed In Scramble For Rural
Championship
Elimination of Orange and NoxXen
from the four-way contest for the
championship of the Rural Basketball
League on Tuesday night left Dallas
and Lehman fighting in ° the final
series. Bl
The games in which Orange and
Noxen were defeated were two of the
hardest-fought games of the season,
each entering an extra peried before -
the winner was known. Orange, try-
ing to clinch its fourth consecutive
1 made a thrilling attempt
to defeat Lehman, tieing the score at
31 as the game ended. In the extra
period Lehman scored the two points
which gave it victory and a place in
the finals. Lit 8
Morris was high-scorer for the Dal- =
las five, he scored fourteen points, six
of which were made in the extra per-
iod, which ended with Dallas leading,
29 tg 27. The score -see-sawed back
and fourth all evening: At no time un-
til ‘the final winning tally was eithél
team leading enough to assure victory.
~ Dallas and Lehman were to play
their first game last night. The second
game will be played next Wednesday
night at Dallas Borough High School,
Efforts are being made to promote a
‘game between the Wilkes-Barrg Bar.
onettes’ girls’ team, and the Dallas
High Bchool five, before the Dallas-
New Record
A Guernsey cow owned by 8. CG
Price of St. Johns has just finished a
new official record -for production
which entitles her to entry in the Ad-
vanced Register of the American Guer-
nsey Cattle Club. This animal is ten
years old Imp. Violet of Maison de Bas
214436 with a production. of 9727.5
pounds of wild and 495.5 pounds of fat
Lehman game. If the two teams arg
Cine on So wg on, 03L Weeki game 8
third and deciding contest will be
scheduled, er OE
District Meeting
Cabinet - members and officers. a
Dallas sub-district, Epworth League,
will meet 6n April 4 at Carverton M.
in class A. r :
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Wyoming Valley Kennel Club of
Wilkes-Barre, which will: conduct its
annual Spring show on May 2-3 in the
109th Field Artillery Armory at King-
ston, this week announced the judges,
all of them authorities on the breeds
they will judge and well known among
dog fanciers.
Louis J. Murr of Spring Valley, N.
Y., will judge all working classes and
a few in both the hound ahd non-
sporting classes. Miss Emily’ B, Shire
of New York City will judge Boston
said, Come, see the place
Terriers; Walter G. Hark, Bethlehem,
sporting spaniels; Joseph
PROMINENT JUDGES FOR DOG Ee
SHOW AT ARMORY NEXT MONTH
E. Church as the guest of the Epworth
League of that church, - ; .
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Wilmnigton Del, basset hounds, beag-
les and fox hounds; James W. Trullin-
ger, Harrisburg, all toy breeds; Hugh
McLauglhin, Bronx, N. Y. pointers,
English setters, and Irish setters:
George N. Owen Great Neck, L. I; N.
Y. all terrier breeds and speéial for
best in how; Miss Percy Hoops, West
Chester, children’s classes; W. S.
Mears, Catham, N. J., chows; H. C.
Standbridge, Media, bull dogs.
The show will be a point show con-
ducted according to rules of the Ameri-
can Kennel Club and sp
Wyoming Valley K