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AS POST, DALLAS, PA.
FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1934
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THE DALLAS POST PROGRAM
THE DALLAS POST will lend its support and offers the use of its
eolumns to all projects which will help this community and the great rural-
suburban territory which it serves to attain the following. major improve-
ments: : 2 .
~~ 1. Construction of more sidewalks for the protection of pedestrians in
Kingston township and Dallas. 4 :
~~ 2. A free library located in the Dallas region.
3. Better and adequate street lighting in
Fernbrook and Dallas. {
~ 4. Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas.
B. Closer co-operation between Dallas borough and. surrounding townships.
~ 6. Consolidated high schools and better co-operation between those that
ow exist. . Ete? gt
7. Adequate waten supply for fire protection. -
8. The formation of a Back Mountain Club made up of business men and
ome owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in
Pallas, Trucksville, Shavertown and Fernbrook.
5 ne A modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and connecting the
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Trucksville, Shavertown,
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ivan Trail at Tunkhannock.
THE PROBLEM IS THE COMMUNITY'S
~The folly of supétficial tax reductions in communities such as Dallas was
“proved this week when Dallas Borough School board defaulted in the pay-
ment of $2400 worth of its bonds.
There is no question that a critical financial situation has faced the sehool
-board—and the community ever since the new building was erected and a
our-year high school course established here.
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Most citizens and especially parents have seen the wisdom of having good
“schools in Dallas. They have wanted their own children to have the same ed-
cational opportunities and advantages that children in other communities have.
But they have not been willing to shoulder the financial burden which such an
educational policy is bound to put upon a small community.
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The matter of school finance is not a problem for the school board alone
to" solve, nor one where the responsibility for its ultimate solution can be
shifted to any group other than the community itself.
© No recent school boards are to blame for the financial crisis which the
hools fate. The blame goes further back to those “old time” citizens who
refused to face facts and work for consolidated economical schools. = Even
y it would be impossible to furnish any kind of proper educational oppor-
es for Dallas youth without the magnificent generosity with which the
te annually pays sixty percent of the educational costs in Dallas. =
J¢ the financial crisis cannot be laid at the door of the school board,
either can it be shifted to the delinquent tax payer, although the situation
would be greatly eased if all taxes were paid to date. And unfortunately, like
the poor, the delinquent taxpayer is always with us.
If the present high type schools are to be maintained in Dallas, parents
and taxpayers as well must realize that they will have to be paid for out of
taxes. Those taxes have got to be sufficient to cover school costs and relieve
schools with no money. The present board and none of the past boards has
wasted public moneys in foolish expenditures. They could not, even had
they wanted to, for there was no money available.
“It is time that parents who are interested in the educational welfare of
men they have elected to manage school affairs; to give that support both in
oice and in action so that there will be no more foolish gestures of unwarrant-
ed tax reductions. ' Too long Dallas school boards have turned an attentive ear
taxes and personal advantage. Too long has the tail wagged the dog. Too
long have those who are large of mouth and small of mind let their mighty
yoices echo on school problems which required straight thinking.
It is time for the parents, our most substantial citizens; to realize that
there is no economy in poor schools and low taxes.
BARGAIN HOMES
~~ If present plans to stimulate construction mature, a typical home in Dal-
las that would have cost $9,500 in 1929 will cost less than $7,000 in 1934, ac-
cording to the American Builder. Financing charges will be 18 to 25 per cent
ess. . Real estate costs will be lower, by as much as 50 per cent in some cases.
And more efficient equipment and better planning will also produce substan-
fial dividends for the home-builder. :
During depression construction has stood still—but architects and de-
signers haven’t. The five-room home of today has the same efficiency as the
six-room home of a few years back, due to better arrangement. New methods
have been evolved, new ideas created. That means that the home builder gets
‘8 better break than he ever got before.
There isn’t a local business that wouldn’t benefit from stimulated domestic
onstruction. Insurance, steel, electric, railroad, lumber, paint, cement—every
time a home is built money is released that goes into their coffers and thence
fo the pockets of workers. : = >
It is reliably estimated that a potential $1,500,000,000 of capital exists
that could, under favorable circumstances, be turned into the channels of home
construction. If that is done, unemployment and hard times generally will
ke a serious set-back. 3
SOMEBODY BLUNDERED
Study of the statistics reveals that a majority of the 756,500 automobile
accidents in the United States in 1933 occurred on straight, dry roads in clear
eather, and involved cars in good condition driven by persons with a year or
more of experience. Over 75 per cent of these drivers were persons of mature
ge—from 25 to 64. The majority of the 30,000 deaths and 850,000 injur-
s must be attributed to blunders. =
: A recent analysis by the National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Under-
ters shows what the blunders were. There are eight in all,
1. Drove too fast for conditions—this accounted for approximately three-
fourths of all mishaps in 1933 assigned to driving blunders,
2. Failed to slow down at intersections.
3. Failed to keep to the right.
4, Tred to
obstructed. : :
5. Failed to slow down on approaching pedestrians.
6. Passed on the right of a preceding vehicle.
7. Ignored important traffic control devices.
8. Parked at dangerous spots.
If drivers will obey the eight common sense rules suggested by these viola-
tions, tc «nual accident record can be reduced to a negligible figure.
pass another car going in the same direction when view was
the school board of the constant headaches of attempting to maintain good |
their children, attend school board meetings and give their support to the
those childless and self centered individuals whose only interest is lowey
New Yorkese
By : Brant Munsch
A Pact.
A few years back I became resigned
to the fact that, despite the title vest-
ed in me by the Township of Mt.
Bethel’ and the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, I was not the sole resi-
ident of the little four room cottage cal-
led Sans Souci. It so happened that
stances forbid my living here twelve
months out of the year and for quite a
few years the local field mice have ex-
ercised a sort of squatters’ right of do-
main during my absence in the winter
months. Times being as they were,
isuch an arrangement was. perfectly
[satisfactory to nie, provided however
|that they departed at the time therein
ragreed upon in our mutual under-
‘standing. After all as long as I could'nt
{be there myself, why assume a dog in
the manger attitude and shatter the
tradition of a hospitatlity so dear to
the hearts of the congenial Munschs.
It's Mutiny.
However, last year, evidently em-
boldened by my generous concessions,
they refused to vacate even when I
tactfully reminded them that their
lease had expired by announcing my
arrival with a few thunderous raps on
the ceiling with a broomstick. My next
move was to issue a more formal no-
tice by setting a few of Princess
Mdivani’s mouse traps, baited with a
very tempting morsel of Roquefort, Al-
lowing the usual space of time to
elapse in between my service of no-
tice to vacate, and their filing of their
reply, I busied myself with a bit of
spring cleaning and dusting when to
my utter chagrin, embarrassment and
rage I discovered that Minnie Mouse
had settled into the bed of the guest
room to await the arrival of Sir Stork,
and believe me, she had not waited in
vain,
It is perhaps true that Minnie knew
absolutely nothing of the teachings of
Margaret Sanger and perhaps it is
true too that d€spite the hard times.
her man figured that he could still pro-
vide for another six mouths, but such
a deliberate abuse of my hospitality
proved to be the final straw. T am not
cruel and revengeful by nature but |
there are some crimes against society
which automatically call for capital
punishment and never was justice dis-
ipensed with such celerity, After all
making a maternity ward out of a gen-
tleman’s boudoir is hardly an act of de-
{ corum, coming even from a mouse.
{Mop Up
| After cracking down on this family
I next preceeded against their kin-
folks and those who had passed up my
sumptous spread of Roquefort, certain-
ly went in a big way for my tid-bits
of croutons fried in Crisco and topped
with a generous sprinkling of arsen-
ious acid. :
All's Well.
This year, whether the furry var-
mints remembered my wrath of the
previous season or whether I arrived
after they had received and answered
the call of the out doors, I do not. know
but I do know that they were decidedly
conspicious by their absence and this
is one of the things that prompted my
opening remark that this would pro-
bably be a peaceful and soothing so-
yjourn.
Broadway and
Hollywood Number, h
Into the life of every scribe, (so he
calls himself a scribe arreddy) comes
the urge, sooner or later, to do a piece
on the gay boulevards of New York |
and Hollywood, and so with an apolo-
getic bow to Ed. Sullivan Walter Win-
chell, Paul Yawitz et al, here it comes.
At least you can’t say that I didn’t
warn you.
Flash!—Exclusive—
via Postal-Union.
“Baby Le Roy and Shirley Temple
(little Miss Marker) have reached the
point of ebulition., Little Miss Tem-
ple when confronted with the printed
rumors made the following statement.
“I am a great admirer of Baby Le Roy
and I think he is an actor who will
carve a niche in the Hall of Fame.
Possibly he is of Pulitzer Prize cali-
bre but please do not confuse our oc-
casional visits to the Brown Derby
with indications of love. Baby Le Roy
has been a friend of the family . for
years and to link his name with mine
romantically is too, too ridiculous. Be-
sides, Maxie Baer has the first claim
on’ my heart.”
Hollywood, California.
The cinema Capitol will be stunned
when through this column exclusively.
it learns that Lupe Velez has not pur-
chased a new bracelet in at least two
weeks. =
Lee Tracy, while standing on a bal-
cony in the public square exposed him-
self to severe criticism by emitting
three lusty cheers for Mexico and the
Mexican police, :
Things | Never
Knew Till Now.
(and I'm still not sure.)
The name of the Vice-President of
the United States is John Nance ‘Gaf-
ner.—Even the greatest of the scien-
tists in the United States are in ga
quandary. They are all baffled, and
both Professors Albert Einstein of
Princeton and Basil J. Skelly, of Ford-
ham, admitted confidentially to your
correspondent, that they too were
stumped. It seems that a young stu-
dent while conducting an experiment
in physics, took a 22 caliber rifle and
pointing it straight up in the air he
pulled the trigger. A short time later
the bullet on its return trip came
down and struck the Student squarely
on the head killing him instantly, The
scientists do not know whether to _at-
tribute his death to the du Pont de
Nemeurs theory of explosives or to
Newton’s law of gravitation. In other
words should they consider the stu-
dent shot or hit by a falling bullet?
The Nudists of America have banned
all makes of mayonnaise in their colo-
nies because (this will positively slay
you Graham) someone reported that
mayonnaise was dressing. Ouch!
Dots Dashes and a f
Couple of Semi-Colons.
Mae West, who was a big bust in
New York and had to go to Hollywood
to attain stardom, wishes to emphati-
cally deny through this column the un-
founded rumor, that after completing
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{whereas the spirit is willing, circum- |.
{been planned.
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The*second Annual Picnic of the
Dallas District Epworth League has
It will be held at Sor-
doni’s Picnic Ground, Alderson, on
July 10. A program of games etc, is
to begin at 5 p. m. Supper will be serv-
ed at 6:30, at which time a short busi-
ness session and entertainment will be
held. "This will take the place of the
summer Rally. A campfire service will
close the evening, The Cabinet of the
Alderson Epworth League is the com-
mittee in charge. Notices have been
sent to all Leagues in the District, and
their cooperation is expected. The
committee has announced that children
are not invited to this picnic. A large
crowd of Epworth Leaguers is expect-
ed to attend.
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Poets’ Corner
“THE TEMPTER”
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To look, at him, one would not know |
That his intentions were wicked and |
low.
He's always neat and spice and span
And looks like any other man.
But soon a wise remark he’ll make,
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And shortly know ’twas a mistake. -y :
For where there's one that might be- a AY
come his prey, /
each OLRETS WhO Would re: Francis S. Dane, Jr, of Lexington, Mass., with one of our
: % dog teams at Pressure Camp. =
tls tongue 1s oily ang likes 10 wag LITTLE AMERICA, ANTARC in the meteor showers of Juns 8
And how this tempter likes to brag. TICA, June 26 (via Mackay |and 7 we were seeing about three
And tell how women think him grand, Radio).—] have just come down [times that number. And we believe
And rush to him at his command. from the astronomical tower after |him! This 18 a careful calculation
observing my trillionth meteor. |based on a two months’ observation
That I may never yield I pray, May be it was my squillionth! Any-|by five observers. In all probability
But walk the straight and narrow how, it is pitch dark and I'm cold |this is due to the great depth of the
path alway, and tired, but 1 must get this story | atmospheric canopy in these lath
And hold my head erect and say, off to you on time. tudes, also to the complete freedom
The tempter I did not obey. ] am now a& regular member of |from dust, smoke and vapor
: —Mrs. John A. Girvan what we call the “Meteor Party,” |here at the bottom of the worl
———— helping Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, of | These observations will be co!
“THE OTHER FELLER” | Mt. Pleasant, la. chief of our scien- [tinued until the winter night ends
7 itific group and second in command [iD August and we should have somqy | -e
very interesting new data and th
ries which should be of great valu
to all astronomers. 2
Work of this kind makes the
ter night in Little America very ins
teresting and. it has certainly given .
me a chance to acquire some real
knowledge available to only a few
people in the world. Wonder what
I'll be able to do with this knowledge
later on! From cows to seals to as-
tronomy. From aviation to ship na.
vigation to contract bridge. Such 18
life around the South Pole! And
Gee! How I'd like a hot bath, with
real soap and big rough clean tow-
els! Incidentally, we heard perfectly
the rouad-by-round description of
the Baer-Carnera fight. Some
battle!
Schools ‘and colleges are closing
up where you are but 809 entire
classes have enrolled in our club.
If you're interested in what we're
doing, off at the lower end of the
world, send a self-addressed, stamp-
ed envelope to me at our American
headquarters and a blue member
ship card and big working map of
all Antarctica will be sent you, all
without cost or obligation. Simply
address Arthur Abele, Jr., president,
Little America Aviation and BEx-
ploration Club, Hotel Lexington,
‘here while Admiral Byrd is off in
(his hut 123 miles away; James M.
‘Bterrett, of Beaver Falls, Pa.;
Ralph W. Smith, aviator, of Fred-
ericktown, O.; and Earle B. Per
king, of New Brunswick, N.J. Every
night now for several weeks we
have sat in the observation tower,
about which I told you in a previous
story, observing an area about 12
miles in diameter and to an atmo-
spheric depth of about 100 miles. In
Dr. Moulton’s book, “An Introdue-
tion to Astronomy,” which 1 am
studying, he calculates that, if it
were humanly possible, we could
_observe at any given time from ten
to twenty million meteors daily. In
other words, that number of me-
‘teors are in motion and headed
[toward the earth every day within
[the canopy of atmosphere with
which the world is surrcunded.
Luckily only comparatively tiny
pieces of a few of them ever reach
the earth, being burned by the fric-
tion caused by their rush through
our atmosphere. Twenty million full
sized meteors hitting the earth all
at once! Well, we shouldn’t last
long!
Dr. Poulter’s calculaticns, how-
ever, differ from those of Dr. Moul-
ton. Dr. Poulter says there are at
By E. E. Oney.
It seems s0 mighty queer ta’ me
In sech a little town, 3
That all the people like ta’ do
Is run a feller down;
And when they get ’im down so low
He can’t see his way out
It just supplies another line
For gossips ta’ talk about.
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It’s just when a feller needs a friend
That people turn ’im down —
And when he needs a kindly word
Thére ain’t a friend around:
“A friend in need’s a friend indeed”
Or so the poets say;
The trouble is the folks round here
Don’t seem ta’ feel that way.
Why can’t you be a little kind
And lend a helpin’ hand?
Help ’im out of his rut in life
That before ya he can stand—
With shoulders squared and head erect
To fight this world and win,
And overcome the name he has
And the place ya’ put ’im in,
writer on that morning rag who claim-
ed a SCooperoo,
And so in closing I'll tell you that
Baby Le Roy has switched from Shir-
ley Temple to Garbo, Garbo has
switched from Mamoulian to Jimmy
Durante, Durante has switched from
Janet Gaynor (let joy be unconfined)
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her latest film “It Ain't No Sin,” she
is planning a matrimonial venture with
Maxie Baer. So that for the alleged
least thirty million meteors flying
48th Street and Lexington Avenue,
around in space every day and that ’
to Polly Moran Polly has switched to New York, N. Y. f
Ed. Wynn and Ed. Wynn has switch-
ed his ’orse, so ’elp me.