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FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS
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DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY,
, DECEMBER 14, 1934.
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~ 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