More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution NEW, FREE CUTS FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS ADVERTISING DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, , DECEMBER 14, 1934. Mentors Select Stars For All - Conference Grid Team Post’s Annual Back Mountain Eleven Ready ~ CHRISTMAS _JOHNNIE " ELEPHANT ALMANAC ANNIVERSARY leven months of the vear we a cynical pessimism concern- alleged intelligence and un- sh ess of mankind in general—and | year, just before Christmas, ody comes along and shoots big our. unkind philosophy. istmas is a very bad time of the iconoclasts, cynics, atheists, nihilists. It is the time of the when _beople represent humanity tit best—a, time of the year when they determine to do. all the unselfish 1 indly things which, if they were pr ad evenly over the other eleven onths, would do away with icono- S, eynics, atheists, and nihilists little incident about ohnny’s shoes, for example. Within ty - four hours after we had men- tioned casually in this column that ny couldn’ go to school because ht away and bill them. we'd like tell you their names but they pledg- us to secrecy. And then we saw ny and he told us someone had | him in the story and had a pair of shoes. Or ake the gracious young lady who ent four chilling hours last Saturday ing from store to store, buying d-new toys for distribution by the ‘Scouts in the Back Mountain Sec- « . . or the people who telephone us ite ell us that they have gathered up enough toys to fill a box and will we for them. ‘ou just can’t be hard-boiled in the e of things like that. —— /hat with new shoes and publicity our young friend Johnny. is » a staunch booster for The He was in on Wednesday, the : “you believe in Santo Claus, of ourse?” we asked. He did. And Jack Frost ‘seemed. “I think” he said “there won't be much Christmas at our house this year too; i. it ‘We don’t have the money to pay Santa | “Claus”. ~ We explained that it has been our privilege this year to act as a sort of | ‘local press agent for the jovial from the arctic and that we might put - Johnny's case up to Santa and see of ome sort of an arrangement for long- term credit might be made. Johnny gave his approval to the plan. 45 flor a second we were tempted to give Johnny a glimpse at the toys ‘which Santa had left at The Post to be called for on Christmas Eve, but ‘we were afraid that might be a breach of confidence and, with only a little more ‘than a week before Christmas, we can't afford to risk our present A-plus stand- ing with the good Christmas saint. Wess d —O "One more item about Johnny: Be- ‘fore he left for school wearing his new shoes, rubbers, and stockings, he gave us a little green, metal elephant. He “paid a penny for it some time ago, he said. ; i Along with the toys which were re- ceived at The Post this week thére was a ‘baby carriage considerably too large for any doll we ever saw but perfect for the human infant. We'll be happy to turn it over to some family which ‘needs a good baby carriage if someone will send us the name of that family. —— - Sometimes the pulling power of this 3 newspaper amazes even us. Now peo- Sey ble are calling up to ask where they ‘can buy copies of The Old Farmers’ Almanac which we described in this ' column several weeks ago. Almost any ‘news stand has them wr —Q— On Wednesday this Commonwealth | of Pennsylvania was 147 years old. It was on December 12, 1787, that Pennsylvania entered the Union, the second star in the American flag. It was Pennsylvania which, by her deci- sive action, tilted the balance in favor of the Thirteen Colonies and inspired ~ them to embark on a way in which they pitted their seemingly feeble strength against the might of Great Britain. December 12 might well be a legal holiday in Pennsylvania. The date cer- tainly has as much significance as some of the other occasions on which we honor past events. d. B. Scott To Go To Naval Hospital J, B. Scott of Dallas has returned irom St. Cloud, Fla. and is stopping put 509 Luzerne Avenue, West Pittston. 7 He will leave soon for the Naval Hos- ‘pital in Philadelphia ,to undergo an operation. Later he will return to Florida. : Mr. Scott served in the Navy dur- ing the Spanish-American War and lost an arm in an accident in which he fell from a mast. ell gent | By EDWARD high school teams who have, by thei The selections follow: FIRST TEAM: WWHITESELL, Lehman GOULD, Dallas Boro. yMAZNIK, Lehman "Ry Mm AN, Kingston Twp. HOFFMAN, Kingston Twp. SCHULER, Kingston Twp. BELAS, Dallas Twp. SUTTON, Lehman DISQUE, Dallas Boro. # MATUKITIS, Dallas Twp. LOVELAND, Kingston Twp. The coaches selected Ted Loveland, Kingston Township fullback, as the most valuable player. ¥ Strong Team. The All-Star team this year appar- ently was selected with less difficulty than in any previous year. Four men on the first team were the unanimous choice of the local coaches and two more came within one point of being the unanimous choice. ; The team, too, is one of the strong- est All Conference aggregations ever selected, especially with regard to the backfield, which consists of valuable triple-threat men who hung up re- cords for their running, passing, and kicking. Schuler, Bill Disque, Loveland, and Sutton were the players chosen unani- {mously and Matukitis and ‘Whitesell lhad a near-unanimous rating. Lehman's champion team had the greatest representation on the two teams chosen. Three Lehman men placed on the ’Varsity and six are on the second team. Kingston Township had four men on the Varsity and two on the second team. The Post is desirous of expressing its gratitude to the coaches who co-0p- erated in the selection of these teams. VNA Busy In Back 11189 Visits Made Locally During Month Of November At the monthly meeting of the West Visiting Nurse Association this it: was reported that the nurses busy in the district |which includes Trucksville, Dallas and Harvey's Lake. There were 189 visits made. > | The meeting was held at the home of [Mrs. E. B. Mulligan, James Street, Kingston. Miss Mary Ross, fare chairman, reported four clinics held in the Dallas section, with an at- tendance of forty-five babies. The nurses co-operated with the physicians in this area is caring for many scarlet fever patients. This district is represented on the West Side Visiting Nurse Board by Mrs. Ralph Brickel, Mrs. George Rey- nolds, Sr., Mrs. S. R. Schooley, Mrs. C. B. D. Wood, and Mrs. Harry W. Montz, who is president. Mary A. Machell Called’ By. Death i st And Most Respéetted Residents Of Dallas | Side | week lare unusually A Dallas lost one of its oldest and most highly respected residents last Saturday morning when death came to Miss Mary A. Machell. Funeral services were held at the late home on Machell Avenue on Mon- day afternoon at 3 and were marked by a large attendance and a profusion of floral offerings. Mrs. Machell was 72 years old. She was a life-long resident of Dallas. She was active in the W. C. T. U., the Wo- men’s Bible Class, and the Ladies’ Aid Society of Dallas M. E. Church. Surviving her are a brother, Charles Machell, and two sisters, Mrs. C. F. | Hildebant, and Mrs. H. P. Reilly. Rev. Francis Freeman had charge of the services on Monday afterncon and interment was in ‘Warden Cemetery, Pallbearers were Stanley Doli, Hen- ry Disque, Paul Kocher, John Frantz, C. A. Frantz, and H. S. Smith. me QE rr New Management Mrs. Emma Shaver has taken charge of the former Suburban Inn, which will be known now as Mrs. Shaver's Dining oom, 21-POINT BUCK IS REWARD FOR THIRTY YEARS OF HUNTING and his son-in- law, Edward Williams, of Noxen, killed a 200-pound buck with twenty-one points last week on Schooley Mountain. It is the larg- . est rack on record in Wyoming County. Mr. Williams has been hunting for thirty years and the kill last week was his first deer. He is hav- ing the head mounted at Paul Nul- “ton’s in Beaumont. Corey Schooley Mountain Region Baby Wel- | F. KOTCHI The Post today announces the names of those football players from local r general excellence, been selected by coaches as members of the All-Conference team. SECOND TEAM: BAKER, Dallas Boro. BRINZO, Lehman GIRTON, Lehman WILLIAMS, Lehman McCULLOUGH, Dallas Boro. CALKINS, Lehman ONEY, Kingston Twp. DONACHIE, Kingston Twp.. R. Disque, Lehman HEMINGWAY, Dallas Twp. (C) SIMPSON, Lehman Kirkendall Lists N Early Mail Dates Warns Against Last-Minute Deluge Of Christmas Packages Evidences of the holiday season were apparent in the local post office this week as the first waves of the Christ- mas rush began. George T. Kirkendall, postmaster, warned against the disappointment that comes to tardy persons who neg- lect their Christmas mailing until a few days before the holiday, when the rush prevents delivery, even in large post offices. For the convenience and information of persons having packages to mail to distant states, Mr. Kirkendall has an- nounced the following mailing dates to insure delivery before Christmas Day: December 15—Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. December 16—Colorado, Idaho, Mon- tana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming. December 17 — Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missis- sippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. December 19—Alabama, Indiana, Ill- {inois, Towa, Kentucky, Maine, Michi-~ gan, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Ten- ‘nessee, Virginia, West Virginia. December 20—Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusettes, New Jersey, iNew York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is- |1and, Vermont. Dallas Defeats Shavertown Five High Scorer 41-20 Game At Trucksville Elias In ~ The Dallas Borough basketball team in the Rural League scored a decisive victory over Shavertown, 41 to 20, at Trucksville on Tuesday night. Ball was referee. The score at the end of the first half was 20 to 13 in favor of Dallas. Elias, Dallas forward, scored sixteen points. Sorber was high scorer for Shaver- town, with nine points to his credit, The tallies follow: Dallas: Pts. 6 16 Williams, f., Elias, f., Halowitch, f., Hislop, c., Disque, g., Coolbaugh, | Rodda, 8, Shavertown: Sorber, f., Kocher, I., ... |Novajosky, f., Besteder, c., Anderson, g., Kromelbein, ‘Winters, g., 20 Games scheduled in the Rural Lea- gue for the next month are: Week of December. 10—Dallas at Sha- vertown, Noxen at Trucksville, Orange at Lehman, Trucksville at Dallas, Leh- man at Noxen, Shavertown at Orange. Week of December Noxen at Dallas—Austin, Orange at Shavertown Lehman at Trucksville—Cul- ver, Shavertown at Noxen—Austin, Dallas at Orange—Ball, Trucksville at Lehman—Culver. Week of December 24—Trucksville at m= | Orange, Shavertown at Lehman, Dallas at Noxen, Shavertown at Trucksville, Orange at Noxen. Week of December Shavertown at Dallas, Trucksville at Noxen, I.eh- man at Orange, Noxen at Lehman, Dal- las at Trucksville, .ehman at Shaver- town. Week of January 7—Noxen at Sha- | vertown, Orange at Trucksville, Dallas fat Lehman, Orange at Dallas, Noxen at Orange, Trucksville at S Shavertown. ‘Where a team is scheduled to play more than two games a week either at home or away managers must make arrangements for the playoff of the games. This arrangement is because the Shavertown and Trucksville teams play on the same night. jon Monday You’ve done remarkably generously. We're not their repairs. A little more than a week remains before Christmas. toys which are to be distributed should be in before next Friday and preferably before that so the scouts will have adequate time to make Let’s pile up the toys higher this week. EIEN 2 IEE Re aE LEND A HAND, NEIGHBOR CRS You’ve been bothered a great deal with one kind of charity and another in the last four years and you've responded nobly. You've paid in taxes, you've contributed to the Community Wel- fare Federation, you've had your own private charities, yet a simple request for toys to be distributed by Boy Scouts and this newspaper at Christmas time brought from you enough old and new playthings to make a hundred homes happier this Christmas. well—but homes which must have toys before December 25th if we're to assure every child in this section of the merry Christmas he deserves. there are still a hundred We're not asking that you contribute money—you’ve done that even asking scouts from troops in Huntsville, Shavertown, and Dallas are collect- ing worn toys and repairing them so they make fine gifts. that you buy new toys. The \ A great many people have responded already and to them the scouts and this newspaper are sincerely grateful. All the In the lower right corner of his? page there is a coupon on which you may want to write the name of a family which deserves some of the toys which have been collected. tion will be brought to the attention of the committee. If you send it to us your sugges- @ dants had criminal records. g Local Men Admit Robbery Of Meridian SENTENCE WITHHELD BECAUSE BECAUSE OF GOOD RECORDS William LaBar, 26, and Glen “Pete” Schmall, 19, of Dallas, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of robbing the Meridian Restourgue here, were paroled by Judge W. S. McLean yesterday. 3 "Judge Mclean first sentenced the two to from three io six months in jail, then paroled them because it had been established that neither of the defen- “.aBar and Schmall, rested on Tuesday and pleaded guilty when arraigned before Judge McLean at’ Luzerhe County Court House on Wednesday. According to police the two men were at the Meridian until closing time night with the proprietor, Jack Hayden, and, after visiting an- other local establishment, returned to Dallas, removed part of a front win- dow at ‘the restaurant, and took mer- chandise valued at $25.. Most of that merchandise has been returned. On Tuesday morning police inter- viewed several persons who had seen an automobile parked before the res- taurant and the arrests were made promptly by Chief of Police Leonard O'Kane of Dallas, Sergt. Theodore Enoch and Private Charles Hartman of Troop B, State police, and Constable Francis McCarty of Kingston Town- ship. The men were questioned. coneern- ing several recent local robberies but police expressed opinion that they had no connection with those cases. At court, Sergt. Enoch testified that, as far as he could learn, neither of the young men had been in trouble before and Judge McLean said he would post- pone sentence until the records and character of the men have been inves- tigated. The formale#Charge against the two is breaking ind entering and larceny. gory Dies; Long-Time Resident Was Widow Of Grist Mill Owner; Native Of Centermoreland A resident of Dallas for many years, Mrs. Lydia J. Gregory, aged 74, the widow of Charles Gregory, died last Thursday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Paul Shaver of Dallas. Mrs. Gregory was born in Center- moreland, the daughter of Rev. George Winters, a Baptist minister. She moved to Dallas some years ago. Her husband owned a grist mill here. Mrs. Gregory attended Dallas M. E. Church and was highly respected by a large circle of friends. She is suvived by six Claude of Wilkes-Barre. “Mrs. Lee Gregg of Dallas, Mrs. Paul Shaver of Dallas, Charles of Dallas, Mrs. Claude Shaver of Dallas, and John Gregory of Philadelphia. The funeral was held on Monday morning, with interment in Pine Ceme- tery. Rev. Francis Freeman, pastor of the local M. E. Church, officiated. Dallas Boy Heads F. and M. Eleven J. I. Roe of West Dallas has been elected manager of the 1935 football tea mat Franklin and Marshall Col- lege in Lancaster. both well-@ known through this section, were ar-| | children, ! bert Atherton, Hildebrant N dined Master Of Grange Pomona Has Busy All-Day “Segsioh At Lehman Hall Luzerne County Pomona Grange, No. 14, held three sessions last Saturday, at the Lehman Grange Hall in Meeker, elected officers for the next two years, awarded prizes for membership in- creases, and heard interesting address- es on pertinent subjects. Among the granges represented were Mountain Grange of Carverton, Exeter, Beaver Run, Kunkle, Center Hill, Jack- son, Slocum, Bethel Hill, Muhlenburg, Pond Hill, and Monroe. John A. Hildebrant was named mas- ter. Other officers elected: Overseer, Alfred Bronson, ‘Lehman Grange; lecturer, Mrs. Ernest Keller, Center Hill Grange; steward, Sheldon Gay, Mountain Grange; assistant ste- ward, Harold Rice, Jackson Grange; chaplain, Mrs. IL. U. Case, Jackson Grange; treasurer, I. U. Case, Jackson Grange; secretary, C. S. Hildebrant, Center Hill Grange; gate keeper, Her- Muhlenburg Grange; Ceres, Beatrice Harris, Mountain Grange; Pomona, Myrtle Major, Jack- son Grange; Flora, Iva Bronson, Leh- man Grange. assistant steward, Jenny Major, Jackson Grange; executive com- mitteeman for six years, R. D. Major, Jackson Grange; a member of finance committee for six years, Porter Michael, Mountain Grange. Mountain Grange of Carverton was awarded the membership banner for initiating the largest class during the last quarter. The afternoon session, .in charge of the lecturer, Andrew M. Hontz, of Muhlenburg Grange, was opened with selections by Lehman Grange orchestra composed of John Rebennock, leader; Rev. George Sweet, Walter Wolf, Mrs. George Sweet, Alfred Bronson, Iva Bronson, Mrs. Harold ‘Wagner and (Continued on Page 4.) Final Hearing Of Complaints On December 21 Climax” Te Water Relief Battle Next Friday Morhing Nn ptt RELIEF INMINENES Another effort to deeds upon mea-= sures to improve the distribution of water to homes in this section will be made next Friday, December 21, at 10 a. m., when the Public Service Com= mission sits for the second time to con= sider the local complaints. Attorney Herman J. Goldberg, who heard the original complaint early last month, will take reports of the water company and State engineers and pro= bably decide on the action which the water company must take. Attorney Goldberg has already assured the coms plainants that he is in sympathy with their demands. Attorney 'B. B. Lewis, counsel for the Dallas Borough Taxpayers’ ASSO<. ciation and other local community and civic organizations which are supports ing the complaint, received notice of the hearing from Louis Tevell, P. S.'C. secretary, early this week. Officials of the water subsidiary of a concern quarters in Harrisburg, the hearing. At the tirst hearing considerable testimony was taken from local per« sons who told of difficulties and in conveniences resulting from shortages of water in their homes. It is unlike= ly that there will be any testimony next week except that by the water company officials and the State ene gineer. The water company had one survey made some time ago and the recome mendations made as a result of that survey were not acted upon, it was company, & with head~ will appear at «testified at the first hearing before the Commission. Local Grid Touin Feted At Dinner Sullivan Host To Football Players on Monday Night Members of the Dallis Borough High School football team were guests of John Sullivan at a dinner in Meridian Restaurant to mark the end of the 1934 season. Homer Nelson, coach, was toastmas- ter. He introduced the lettermen of the team and gave an interesting sta- tistical resume of the team’s accom= plishments this Fall. Calvin McHose, supervising principal, also gave a splendid talk. The Guests were: Florence Kelly, Madge Space, Velma Herring, Dorothy Verfaille, Roberta VanCampen, = Claudia Cook, Peggy Shindel, Ethel Maitman, Xlsie Johns stone, Elsie Culp, Verna Sheppleman. William Disque, William Burke, Bur=« ton Roberts, James LaBar, William Templin, William Niemeyer, Roy Vers faille, Thomas Murphy, Howard De« Remer, Gerald Sullivan, Richard Mas jor, Paul Labar, Wilbur Davis, Alex McCullough, William Dix, Philip Tem« plin, William Monk,» William Meyers, Wayne Harvey, Paul Oberst, Kenneth Davison, Calvin McHose and Homer Nelson, : Club Meets The weekly meeting of the Sparton Athletic Club of DeMunds was held at the home of Gordon Austin, Jr, on Monday night. Keith Kresge was a visitor. After the meeting games were played and refreshments were served. The next meeting will be held at the home of Hugh Ransom on Saturday night, December 15. Removing Debris Workmen of Wilkes-Barre Railway .Corp., are removing the ruins of street cars which were burned during the blaze which levelled the Dallas car barn several weeks ago. Benefit Postponed Because of the frigid weather, the benefit football game scheduled to have been played on Monday between the borough team and a picked team of alumni stars was postponed the weather is more suitable. (Clip this Coupon and Mail it to The Post if you know of a worthy family whi The Dallas Post, Dallas, Penna. Gentlemen: ch should have toys.) I should like to see the children in the following family receive some of the toys which are being collected by the Boy Scouts and your newspaper: ADDRESS 00 fiestas shat enti senes (Give address in detail so there will be no 0 difficulty in . delivering Numer OF CHILDREN SENT IN By ........ Jetseasensurndeiese the toys.) until
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