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THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, | PA.
Installment At The Post.
AY, AUGUST 17 17, 1934.
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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.
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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-
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‘ended in his arrest,
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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.
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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