If You Missed The First Chapters of Zane Grey's “Robbers Roost”, You May Secure A Reprint Of The First : The Post Is Your Newspaper. When- ‘ever You Have News Items Or An- nouncements ’Phone Them To Dallas 300. 7 VOL. 44 F oh More Than: A Newspaper, A Community Institution THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, | PA. Installment At The Post. AY, AUGUST 17 17, 1934. ee — res POST CRIPTS LONGEST FRIENDS ‘DRUNKS WRITING ORCHIDS An aggressive young Dallas business man of our acquaintance has lost a number of customers and so-called good friends because of his insistence on the prompt payment of accounts. We know him well enough to believe that he is as anxious for husiness as ‘any man in the world. And we also know that when he promises to meet his own obligations his word is as “good as gold”. This is so only because he insists on others meeting their obli- gations to him as they promise to do «or as is a when credit is ex- tended. Somehow we ive the man who has the spine to treat all of his cus- tomers alike; who insists upon the ap- preciation of credit by his friends as * well as his acquaintances; by the wealthy as well as those not so well off. For years without end we who live in rural communities have gone on the assumption that credit is some- “thing that can be carried over an un- limited time by the local businessmen who know us while ‘outside institu- tions and those who know us not at all must be paid promptly. ; If we could only learn that our busi- ness is worth nothing to any one un- less we pay our bills in thirty days, we might not be so quick to take a dicta- | torial attitude toward those who ask «only for that which is their due, —O—— Our Dallas acquaintance will have + difficulty in educating this community to meet its bills promptly. Habit is too firmly entrenched to be overcome in a might Like all leaders in any activity he will be criticized and he will lose some . friends, some business, through it all he can be buoyed up and sustained by the knowledge that “short accounts make the longest friends”. : —( en. The increase of drunks seen on the village streets and highways of this section leads us to wonder whether the Repeal of the Prohibition law has brought about the much ‘tooted” tem- Darance thatthe dicuor deslers and old. soaks claimed it would. Despite all of the arguments to the contrary bootleg- ging appears to be about as popular as it was before Prohibition with little or ‘less effort to stop it than ever before: Those who had a leading part in the return of hard liquor, including that ‘ brilliant thinker, James A_ Farley, will do well to give heed to their brain child for if ever Prohibition returned to this country it will be here to stay and to be enforced. —— We like what a friend of ours says with regard to his writing. It fits well the thought back of this column. A few people who know me person- ally say that they do not see much of me in what I write. If this is true, the answer is that I try to present myself as I should like to be, not as I am. When I give advice to others I am really giving advice to myself. The act of writing is a source of pleasure to me because it is a way of clarifying my thoughts and expressing my ideas. To take vague notions out of one’s head and put them on paper where others may appraise them is a delight that, once indulged in, is never surren- dered. In conversation it is difficult to say just what you think, because the other person will seldom give you time to finish, But in writing you may con- tinue until you have put the period af- ter the last word _ In a way then, I am talking and preaching to myself when I write. I could not detect the weakness of others if IT did not have those ‘weaknesses myself. I complain of nobody without complaining of myself. — et We know a group of “old fossils” who have never been known to contri- bute either from their pocketbooks or by kind words or actions to any com- munity enterprise. Like a millstone around a drowning cat's neck they heap their criticism and the sage witticisms on the backs of any mem- ber of this community who takes a progressive attitude or attempts to change the “status quo” from the way it was twenty-five years ago. A snapping turtle or a hermit crab may be of some use in nature, but God knows what it contributes to any com- munity. A sense of humor is the ideal fountain ‘of youth. We'd like to see some of these old birds crack a smile once in a while even if it did take them back fifty years ago in their memories. —e The telephone rang. We answered it and heard a woman's pleasant voice. “I just want you to say something nice about the Dallas policeman” she said _ It seems a young lady drove into town last week under the impression that there was a hotel here.” She took her troubles to a local policeman and he, instead of chasing her abruptly to ‘Wilkes-Barre, helped her to find a room in a home ‘in the borough. The young lady was profusely grateful for the attention and, as our informant re- marked; “believed in giving flowers to people while they are living”. The orchids in this case, we under- stand, go to Jimmie Gansel. buts , Roosevelt's Present Office enough working space there. below, is being built. struction, pictured above, has alre work on the bunting-trimmed by the Shavertown firemen. been fixed as the goal for the earnival “eclipts. It will be used te carry on the protec- tive work of the company for the next year. The carnival will be held on the Downer Plot on Main Street, Shaver- town. Already the sale of tickets for the roast beef supper to be held on Satur- ‘day night in the Humpleby Building directly across the street from the car- nival grounds, has exceeded expecta- tions. } Tonight there will be a parade of members of the fire company, headed by the community fire truck and Ralph Smith's German band. The parade will visit Trucksville, Shaver- town, Dallas, and Fernbrook, and will leave Main and Center Streets, Shaver. town, at 6. Trucks will make a house-to-house canvass today to gather all articles which have been donated. The entertainment program. on Sat- urday night will begin at § and will include The Three Tumblers; a magi- cian, Tomboy Betty Gale, singer and dancer; Dorothy Smith, another sing- er and dancer; and the inimitable German Band. The band will give its concert at 6:30. . The Ladies’ Auxiliary will have charge of the dinner, which will begin at 5. They will be assisted by a num- ber of women of the community who, although not members of the auxiliary are interested in its work. Mrs. Z. R. Howell is chairman. She will be as- » ‘ended in his arrest, w Roosevelt's New Office Even though the SReCHiIve offices of the White House in Wash- ington have been enlarged three times since 1900, there is still not Accordingly, a new addition, indicated This will be an extension along nearly the en- tire east side of the office building, with a second story added. Con- ady started. Shavertown Firemen Out To Raise $800 During Carnival Tomorrow Everything Ready For Fourth Annual Fete, Hammers banged and saws whined busily last night as a hard-working corps of volunteer carpenters hurried final booths around which will take place tomorrow (Saturday) the biggest carnival ever staged Eight hundred dollars has®— sisted by Mrs Harold Lloyd and the : Mrs. H. Lohman, Mrs. W. Jones, Mrs. J. Waldo, Mrs. ¢, Deitrich, Mrs. Oscar Dymond, Mrs. H. Randall, Mrs. C. Crispell, Mrs_H. Free- man, Mrs, R. Case, Mrs. G. R. Downer, wrs. F. Garris, Mrs. H. Appleton, Mrs. Shewan, Mrs, L Evans, Mrs. J. Cort- right, Mrs. J. Engler, Mrs. A. JacK- son, Mrs. G. Swan, Mrs. W. W. Brace, Mrs. H. Ralston; Mrs. H. Henle, Mrs. A. Davis, Mrs. H. Van Campen, Mrs. H. Bogart, Mrs. R. Isaacs, Mrs, F. Layou, Miss Mildred Isaacs, Miss Bea- trice Riley, Miss Betty Bilbow, Miss Clara Evans, Miss Ruth Evans, Miss Marion Heale, Miss Helen Gallagher, and Miss Mary Veitch. Waitresses are requested to be at the hall by 2:30 and are requested also to take flowers and vases for the tables, The kitchen committee is urged to re- port at 9:30. Mrs.' A. B. Belford, who will have charge of the kitchen will be assisted by Mesdames Major, Patton, Llewellyn Mitchell, Shaver, Isaacs, K. Kocher, L Brace, R. Bertram, A. Garay, B. Stit- zer, D. Sprye, S. Risler, D. Woolbert, F. Youngblood, Bessie Stroh, W. Ockenhouse, and W. Seible. Mrs. Em- ma Kocher and her assistants will have charge of the dishes. The men who will have booths are: Bingo, 'A.! J. ‘Fisher, L.. T. “Red” Schwartz, Willard = Durbin; baked goods, Mrs. C. Malkemes, Mrs. Bron- son; candy, Mrs. Charles Dressel, Mrs_ Charles Youngblood; fish pond, Mrs. George Shaver, Mrs. Byron Kitchen; fancy work, Mrs. Charles Reed, Mrs. Albert Bush; hot dogs, Mrs. Ray Isaacs, Mrs. J. Pritchard, Mrs. J. Dob- binick, Mrs, J. Regan, and Mrs. A. Major. ; following women 400 Musicians Will Take in the new band park at Montrose. At this concert a group of 400 musi- cians, drawn*from eastern Pennsyl- vania and southern New York, will present a concert under the direction of a dozen or more prominent band leaders, An audience of 7000 heard the concert last year, and the number will undoubtedly ‘be much larger this year The soloist of ile evening will be Robert Isele, 16-year-old trombonist of Harrisburg. Mr. Isele is without ques- tion one of the outstanding trombone soloists of the United States. He has taken honors in many state and na- tional contests. The Montrose Massed Band is simp- ly a friendly get-together of bandsmen, and is not staged for the benefit of any organization, nor is it in any sense a money makifig proposition. There: is no admission charge, the expense of the concert being met by a collection and the Sale of seats in the most de- sirable locations. Some of the towns and cities contri- _buting musicians this year are: Penn- 400 MUSICIANS TO PLAY IN BAND CONCERT AT MONTROSE Part in Annual Concert The annual Montrose Massed Band Concert, which has in past years at- tracted so much attention, will take place on Friday, August 24, at 8:30 p. m.,, sylvania — Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Dickson City, Old Forge, Carbondale, Honesdale, Hawley, Clarks Summit, Kingston, Pittston, Tunkhannock, Meshoppen, Laceyyville, .. Wyalusing, Monroetown, Canton, Troy, Sayre, Waynesboro, Factoryville, Hallstead, State College, Williamsport, Harris- burg, Philadelphia, etc. New York— Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, Windsor, Hancock, Green, Whitney Point, Cortland, Syracuse, Bainbridge, Afton, Walton, etc, This list is not cemplete, but it gives some idea of the territory covered. The Montrose Massed Band Concert will be in charge of Maurice D. Taylor, leader of the well-known’ Montrose High School Band. An invitation is extended to bands- men to come as participants rather than as spectators. A rehearsal will be held at Montrose on Monday at 8:00 p. m. It is not necessary that all who are to play in the concert attend the rehearsal, In “American Tragedy” Case Attorneys Silent On Plans For Edwards Trial Next : Month | FRIENDS LOYAL Close secrecy veiled the preparations of attorneys who will - oppose each othey when Robert Edwards of Ed- wardsville is tried for the murder of Freda McKechnje at Harvey's Lake on August 6 but it became increasingly evident this week that the trial will be a sensational one—perhaps the mast sensational ever tried in this ‘county. Three weeks ago Robert Edwards was unknown outside of Wyoming ¥al- ley. Today, caught in the '‘mesh of the tragic and sordid circumstances which he is known to thousands who have read his name splashed across the pages of metropo- litan newspapers. Half a hundred or more reporters, sob esisters, and special writers will come to Wilkes-Barre next month to cover the trial in Luzerne County Court House. The Western Union has requested thirty typewriters for the temporary press room’ in the court house. Arrangements have been made for more than that many press seats in the court room. New York news- papers are carrying daily stories on the case in the ‘build up” which al- ways precedes a major murder trail. District Attorney Thomas M. Lewis, who has sent more slayers to the chair than any other prosecutor in the history of Wilkes-Barre, refused this week to divulge any information which might disclose the State’s plans for prosecution. The defense, in charge of Attorney Leonard Morgan, former county controller, also Witahelg news of its plans. The illness of Evan C. Jones, who was mentioned at first as the defense chief, a brother of Judge Benjamin R. Jones, indicated this week that he will be unable to accept the assignment. ? Schoolmates Loyal The schoolmates of Robert Edwards at Mansfield State Teachers’ College are loyal to the young surveyor, George Carroll, a special writer for the New York Evening Journal, reported this week. Edwards and Margaret Crain of Aurora, N. Y_, returned to Mansfield for a visit several days before Freda McKechnie’'s body was taken from Harvey's Lake. Robert had been presi- Hoover i at £ 60 His sixtieth birthday, Aug. 10, found Herbert Hoover living quietly on his Palo Alto, Calif., estate, working on a forthcom- ‘ing - book. The former presi- dent, born in 1874, in West Branch, Ia., is shown above in one of his most recent pictures. Community Loses Fred P. Kunkle Wide Circle Of Friends Mourns Esteemed Resident The funeral of Fred P. Kunkle, aged 53, ‘of Kunkle, who died last Friday fol- lowing a brief illness of complications, was held Monday afternoon at Kunkle M_ E. church with scores of persons attending from this and nearby com- munities. Mr. Kunkle was one of the best known men in the rural region, where for the past nine years he had served as road supervisor on the county high- ways. Born January 8, 1881, he was the son o fthe late Charles D. Kunkle and Hester Baird Kunkle and the great- grandson of Philip Kunkle, early set- tler of Kingston and this section of dent of the ireshman class of '81 and had been a member of the Gospel Team, a group of students who showed a leaning toward the ministry. “Robert Edwards ¢i'n't seem the same,” Anna E. Ham :.ess, chief nurse of the college irfirma:y, told the re- porter. “He was too ’uiet; he wasn’t himself, But Margaret, she was her same lovely self. She éven seemed happier than usual.” A friend of the youth who will stand trial next month was staunch in his defense. ‘Bobbie was alright” he said. “We're pulling for him, We don’t be- {lieve he did it.” Firemen Report On Carnival Receipts $442 Added To Treasury Of Dallas Fire Company Members of the committee in charge of the recent Carnival held by Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire company an- nounce that after payment of all ex- penses proceeds from the affair show a profit of $442.43. A net profit of $232.98 was made on the Carnival while the” Ladies’ Auxi- liary made a net profit of $219.45 on the annual Community Supper held on the last night of the Carnival. The total income from. both the Sup- per and the Carnival amounted to $703.26 but there were expenses deducted from this amount. Members of the fire company and of the general committee in charge were disappointed in the profits made. Al- though crowds were large each night of the Carnival there was little spend- ing, reflecting general economic con- ditions throughout the community, Since the company is in serious need of money to carry on its work in the vicinity every effort will be put forth to make the annual Clam Bake to be held September 1 at Frank Martz's Farm one of the largest in history. - . HENRY M. LAING FIREMEN ANNOUNCE CLAM BAKE PROGRAM A program of Field Day events including feats of strength and skill as well as a base ball game have been scheduled for the an- * nual Glam Bake of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire company which will be held Saturday, September 1st at the Frank Martz It'll Do Farm. Another feature will be the pre- sence of the German Band which was So well received at the recent carnival given by’ the company. Refreshments will be served throughout the afternoon and eve- ning. Tickets are already on sale, and weather permitting, the company expects the largest attendance in its history. Tickets entitle the holder to participation in all of the athletic events and to all the food ; and refreshments he desires. ? amounting to $407.28 which had to be; Luzerne county. . Mr. Kunkle died on jt» farm where he was born and Iv re, ‘for the exception of fifteen -ars spent in the lumbering business i a the state of Washington, spent his entire lifetime. It was while in Washington that he met Minnie Millar who became his wife and who survives him. In 1914 Mr. engaged in farming until his appoint- ment as road supervisor in 1923. He was a man brusque and outspok- en in temperament, but whose big- heartedness and generosity won him scores of friends among his associates and throughout the countryside. For several years he had been handicapped by deafness which became acute dur- ing the past year when he suffered from mastoid trouble He, neverthe- less, maintained his jovial good nature and continued his road duties until Saturday as usual, He was taken ill on Sunday night suffering an embolism which resulted in his death on Friday. He was a member of the Wilkes- Barre Aerie of Eagles, Kunkle Grange he had: and Mrs. | Kunkle returned to Kunkle and there | Dallas Council Seeks U. S. Borough Bore Entire Cost SEEN AS NECESSITY Dallas Council Seeks Making of Map A new map of Dallas horough giving topography, streets, elevations and other important surface features of the region will be prepared by a group of engineers and surveyors within the next few months if efforts of Dallas 1 Borough Council to have the Publ Works Administration finance the | work are availing. Sy The cost of preparing such a map, if born by the borough, would be ap- proximately $1,000. Members of bor ough council are, however, confident that the larger part of the expense wi be born by the Federal Government. since relief agencies are anxious to give more jobs to the white collar clas to which engineers and surveyors b long. The importance of having a borough map is better appreciated when it is data would have to be furnished Commission on elevations in the bo ough from such a map ‘|of the Civil Works administration ir this area and are confident that t project will receive’the approval that body within the near future, ee el eee A tribe of Canadian Algonquin In rians will express their appreciation tc Adam Kiefer of Shrine View, one of the founders of the Gatineau Rod ‘and Gun Club, near Maniwaki, Quebec, on ‘September 19 when they accept him ‘as a member of their tribe and upon him the title “Ki-tci-o- _ki- ma’, Lop: “Big White Chief”, : The ceremony will be held at the Gatineau Club as a part of the open- ing of the Fall season and many sportsmen from this section, including Fred Kiefer, son of the honored gu will be present. Mose Objick, chie: the tribe which lives near the Gatineau Club’s headquarters, will confer i: {honor upon Mr. Kiefer. ; The Indians who will fete Mr. Kiefer, ernors of the tna Rod and Gun |Club, “serve as guides for visiting |Sportsmen and work at various job jduring the year. They are anxious to | show their appreciation for Mr. Kief- er's kindness and friendship since the club was opened ! Local Men On Jury Heard At September Term. 930, and of Quillis Tribe No. 60, Red- men of Cathlamet, Washington, main- taining membership there for the past twenty years. Funeral services were in charge of Rev. W. S. York ‘of Alderson. Vocal selections were by Roger Howell and his daughter, Marjorie, of Kingston. Interment was in Warden cemetery at Dallas. Pall bearers were: John Isaacs, M. C. Miers, George, Landon, Marvin Els- ton ,Warden Kunkle and Wheeler Kun- kle served as flower carriers, were mem- bers of the county road building or- ganization with which the deceased was for many years associated; they were: Kenneth Guest, A. W. Baird, Roy Rogers, Frank Moore, Theodore ‘Cotter, Benjamin Brace, James Stem, Wesley Dymond, and George Brown. Besides his widow the deceased leaves; two sisters, Mrs. Fred Makin- son of Forty Fort. Miss Marguerite Kunkle of Kunkle and one brother, Olin, of Kunkle, Honorary pall bearers, who also: selected for, service ruring the term criminal court which will start at Wilkes-Barre on September 10 are number from this section. Six murder cases, including that of Robert Ed- wards, alleged murderer of Freda Mc Kechnie at Harvey’s Lake, will be list- 4 ed for trial The local jurors are: Week Of September 17 Dallas — Lewis Baker, salesman Lewis A. Tompkins, comptroller. Lake Township—P. J. Garrity, IaBorek 3 Week Of September 24. Dallas—M. C.. Bronson, far mer; “WW. B. Jeter, cashier; Marshall E. eaux, carpenter. £ Kingston Township—Walter Parsons salesman, 3 Week Of October 1_- Na Kingston Township—W. T. Davis, clerk; William R. Ferrell, optician. Dallas Borough—James Ayre, labors er. Dallas gardener. ¥ Township — Jacob Kiefer, er before the throngs which attended Farmers’ Picnic at Patterson Camp Gr The picnic is sponsored by Luzerne County Agricultural Extension Associ- ation and the Granges of this section and has been an institution for many vears., The displays of agricultural machinery, implements, and household furnishings exhibited in the section of the grove given over to that purpose is larger than in past years. C. H. Dildine of Orangeville had charge yesterday. The program bezan at 2 with Fred Brenckman, national, legislative representative of the grange and George W. Schuler, past overseer of the Pennsylvania State Grange, as speakers. The Harveyville Orchestra played. Last night a group from the ADDRESSES AND VAUDEVILLE AT FARMERS’ PICNIC TOD. Sessions Of Tri-County Enc Encampment At 2 and 8 Speakers of national prominence discussed current problems. of the farm the first day's sessions of the annual ound, near Harveyville, yesterday, The final sessions will be held today and preparations are being made to entertain, a larger crowd from Luzerne, Columbia, and Schuylkill Counties. 5 Berwick Grange presented a one- act play entitled “The Road Back". Ay L, H. Denis, Washington,/D_C., a fluent and authoritative speaker, will bv address the assemblage this afternoon. The McHenry orchestra will play. Af 8 tonight George DeMott, a ventrilo quist, magician, and juggler, will en- tertain. Jim Gregory, guitar player and singer, who is known to radio listen. ers as “The! Lone Mountain Boy” will also appear. The McHenry Orchestr will play again. Each day at 11 and 2 there are group: games for youngsters lead by Joseph Patterson of Wilkes-Barre. Prizes will be awarded today tc the winners, i
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