You Can’t Sell Them
If You Don’t Tell Them
Post Advertisers Know—
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VOL. 45
DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1935.
@he Dallas Post.
More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
10,000,000 Bonus Votes
On Every New
Subscription
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BUSINESS EXPANSION CAMPAIGN T0 END
POST
SCRIPTS
oq CHICKENS
HATS
EDUCATION
GATES
: ODDS AND ENDS |
A reader of this paper who has some
considerable experience in the cur-
rently profitable business of raising
chickens gave us a few pointers this
week. He thinks an incubator has the
d hen beat a mile. Of course, he ad-
nits, the - incubator doesn’t always
~ hatch all the eggs but he never saw an
incubator take its baby chicks out in
the wet grass where they’d catch cold,
either. iit
.
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Now that the mental strain of cal-
culating all the millions and billions of
votes in Dallas’s Trade Expansion
‘Campaign is nearly over we're a little
sorry that the Tuesday Free-Vote day
bedlam will be mo more,
There was a regular carnival atmos-
phere up here last Tuesday, even to
the yellow and orange pennants strung
along the ceiling. There were people
y here from Scranton, Shrine Oak, N. Y.,
¢ Berwick, Tunkhannock, Ruggles, Ver-
non, Olivers Mills, Pittston, Swoyer-
«ville, Lansdowne, Md. Plymouth,
Shickshinny, Bushkill, Pike County,
Philadelphia, I.ake Catalpa, Sugar
Notch, and probably a score of other
towns.
——
We're sorry the campaign will end
without an opportunity for Charlie Gel-
sleichter’s hat to win a prize. We had
a contest for the “Oldest Newspaper”
and the “Oldest Magazine” and every
ik Tuesday when he came in Mr. Gel-
sleichter’s hat made us envious. It's
the kind of a hat men like—well broken
in. Mrs. Gelsleichter did tell us how
old it is but we've forgotten. Last
Tuesday Mr. Gelsleichter. meant to
wear his good hat but he clean forgot
about it and came up wearing his an-
cient but worthy’ skypiece; “We would
have given him a few thousand votes
just for allowing us to see: it if ‘the
judges would have allowed us.
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Our Higher Education Department
turned over to us this week a few
choice bits selected from papers sub-
mitted in an English class test. No one
will believe that these really were writ-
ten by pupils, we suppose—except Eng-
‘ casionally, Anyway, here they are and
you can believe us or not:
“I think Aristophanes’ Bird is sub-
lime because to me it did not have
much sense. I also believe that “Hippo-
polysis” is sublime because it is so
very hard to understand.
“On Milton: Even in his blank verse
he unobviously introduced rhyme with
misleading intervals between.”
“Her reputation was practically
ruined, People looked at her with a
hatred eye. But her determined will
led her to the point that she wasn’t
he worthy of such mistreatment and fin-
ally did but through perseverance.”
“One could almost smell the vitals
from the vivid description of their
odor.” ;
“In Browning’s ‘Incident of the
French Camp’ the boy was mortally
_ wounded. * When he was congratulated
for his heroic bravery he died smilingly
© like an athlete when he was told he
won second prize when he really won
the first.”
“After T read Milton's essay on Edu-
cation I thought our educational sys-
tem was too laxitive.”
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- This one is going the rounds along
Main Street. It seems that two bankers
died and met at the pearly gates, Saint
Peter came in response to their knock
andrasked them who they were and
what they had been doing on earth.
The applicants for admission to the
streets of-g6ld stated their names and
added the information that while on
earth--they had been engaged in the
banking business. Saint Peter told
them to.wait outside and he would re-
turn later with his report and his de-
cision.’ In the course of time he came
“pack but the bankers were gone—and
so were the pearly gates.
Our idea of the next thing to com-
plete oblivion is the job of being Loui-
siana’s other Senator.
ire
This story comes to us indirectly
from the convention of newspaper men
. which was held in New York City last
week. 3
A fellow married one of identical
twins and after a few weeks his best
friend said, “Say, I've been thinking,
with those two girls looking just alike
“how the devil do you manage to decide
which one is your wife?”
The benedict grinned, “I can't. My
wife's sister has to look rout for her-
self.”
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Yes, the story in this column last
week was a true one. About five of
every ten readers, we'd guess, would
know the name of the doctor in whose
home the suicide took place.
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ODDS AND ' ENDS: One of every
forty-two persons you pass is a cri-
minal or has a police record ... There
¢ were only 53 bank failures reported in
1934, the lowest number since 1920,
and of these nine were covered by Fed-
eral Deposit Insurance Corporation . , .
Box office receipts in Wyoming Valley
theatres have dropped since D. S. T.
(Continued on Page 5.)
lish teachers who suffer from them oc-.
munity development?
»
ate.
IF YOU WERE BOSS...
If the Back Mountain Region were a nation and you were its dic-
tator which projects would you put foremost on your program of com-~
At the next meeting of Dallas Business Men’s Association each
member will suggest three major projects.
Association will formulate its civic program for the year. In an effort
to provide the Association with a broader and more representative
cross-section of public opinion The Post asks that its readers co-oper-
If you believe some particular project deserves an important posi-
tion on the Association’s program will you write us a letter, outlining
your reasons for favoring the improvement
the editorial column on Page 2, may suggest something to you.
The Post will publish the letters, without the outhor’s name if that
is requested, and will present a compilation of the projects most fav-
ored to the Business Men’s Association for its guidance.
From the discussion the
The Post’s platform, over
the next meeting on May 17.
Business Men Will Discuss
- Suggestions For Civic Plan
Three projects on which Dallas Business Men's Association should concen- |
trate during the coming year will be discussed by each individual member at
Members have been asked to present what they think are the three most
important objects for the community to attain during the year and to back
they should become a part of the Busi-
ness Men’s program, After all members
have been heard the group will select
the three projects which will be incor-
porated in the yearly program.
At its last meeting, on Thursday
night, the association elected the fol-
lowing as directors: C. A. Frantz, W.
B. Jeter, Ralph Hallock, Dr. J. C.
Fleming and Chandler Bluhdorn. Dues
were set at $2 a year and the third
Friday night of every month wag set
as the meeting time.
By-laws, written by Attorney Tur-
ner, were approved. Membership in
the association is open to any indivi-
dual, firm or corporation of good stand-
ing, having a residence or place of
business or employment in the Borough
of Dallas and having registered in writ-
ing with the secretary for a period of
one month giving name, place of resi-
dendyg;fiaturs UL “Husiness or employ-
ment and intention to become a mem-
ber.
The Association is organized for the
purpose of advancing the commercial,
Dallas. In its activities it is non-par-
|tisan and non-sectarian and will have
no part in, or render its influence or
opposition to the election or appoint-
ment of any . candidate
state, county,. or municipal office,
| At the conclusion of business mat-
ters relative to organization the meet-
ing was thrown ‘open for discussion and
matters relating to community devel-
opment were brought to the attention
of the membership. Ira Cooke discus-
sed the matter of unequal assessments
in the borough; Earl Monk discussed
the proposed Luzerne by-pass ncw un-
der consideration of the State highway
department and Harold Wagner and
Jack Roberts brought out advantages
and disadvantages of daylight saving
to the community.
President Peter D. Clark appointed
committees and explained the duties of
each committee, closing the meeting by
reading a paper on the Need for Com-
munity Support by all good citizens.
Those present were: James Beseck-
er, John Roberts, James Oliver, At-
torney Bert Lewis, George Kirkendall,
Dr. J. €. Fleming, Earl Monk, Elmer
Parrish, W. B. Jeter, John Jeter, Alex
Johnstone, Dr. Robert Bodycomb,
Claude Shaver, Joseph Wallo, A. N.
Garringer, Charles Gregory, William
Baker, GG. Harold Wagner, Theodore
Dix, Ira Cooke, Attorney Arthur Turner
|Ralph Rood, Howard Risley, Peter, D.
| Clark,
Quoit Club Elects
Officers For Year
Disque Heads Ring-Tossers;
Last Year’s Stars Out
Again 0
Henry Disque ‘was named president
of the Dallas All4Starg Quoit Club at
an organization meeting held this week
in preparation for theisummer season.
Other officers are Scott Van Horn,
vice-president; W. J. Jones, secretary;
Grant Shaner, treasurer; Charles
Stookey, captain; Dominick Detter,
first assistant captain and ground
keeper; Phil Anderson, second assistant
captain, and Grant Shaner, official ref-
eree.
The following are members: TLeslie
‘Warhola, Scott Van = Horn, William
Tredinick, Joseph Wallo, P. H. Ander-
son, Harry Pittman, Thomas Reese, A.
C. Woolbert,. W. J. Jones, George D.
Williams, Dominick Detter, Ted La-
velle, D. N, Blocksage, James Stem.
Joseph Polacky, Kenneth Disque,
Kirk McCarty, Frank E. Wagner, John
Meade, Walter Covert, Jr., Ted Dix,
C. A. Stookey, Handel Thomas, William
Baker, Ray Harris, Bud Williams, Eu-
gene Lazarus, Thomas Swire, Grant
Shaner, Charles Stookey, and Henry
Disque,
rr Qe rn
The many friends of Mrs, Fred Cle-
mow of 35 Lake Street will be pleased
to know that she is, home from General
Hospital, where/she underwent a ma-
jor operation, ‘She is recovering nicely.
their proposals with the reasons why%®
industrial, civic and general interest of |
for national, |
Red Cross Plans
Direct Roll Call
Local Leaders Named In
Drive To Enlist 13,000
Members
Wyoming Valley Chapter, American
Red Cross, will seek to increase its
membership to 13,000 in a Roll Call to
begin May 13, the first direct appeal
from the local chapter in thirteen
years. v
Three local women who have volun-
teered for service are Mrs. Grover An-.
derson of Harvey's Lake, who will
have charge of the Lake Township i
vision; Mrs. Peter Clark, who will head
the Dallas district, and Mrs. H, A.
Brown of Lehman Township.
The Roll Calr, necessitated by the
inability of Community Welfare Fed- |
eration to supply the local chapter with |
funds sufficient to carry on its national
program in disaster>and other activi-
ties, is indorsed by the Federation.
Henry Weigand, chairman of Wyo-
ming Valley Chapter, has announced
[that Frank IL. Pinola, leading barrister, |
a past state commander of the Ameri- |
ca Legion, will be general roll call
ea
The quota of 13,000 memberships set
for the Roll call is proportionately less |
than many Pennsylvania areas, includ-
ing Scranton which, with a smaller
population jurisdiction, sent in 17,000
memberships, 3,000 more than its quota.
‘When the local Red Cross became
affiliated with Community ‘Welfare
Federation it was with the understand-
ing that it would have a membership
allotment of 10,000. In two years, when
strike conditions lowered the Federa-
tion's receipts, the chapter's member-
ship was cut 1,000. "When the 8,000
memberships were sent to National
headquarters with an explanation of
conditions the National Red Cross re-
funded 2,000 membership fees to the
chapter—which made the actual mem-
berships for that year 6,000.
The American Red Cross depends on
the annual Roll Call largely for sup-
port of its national program in disaster.
Fifty cents per member is sent to the
National Red Cross for this work. Last
(Continued on Page 8.)
TEMPERANCE
CONVENTION
HERE TODAY
Luzerne County W. C. T. U.
Will Meet In Dallas
M. E. Church
51ST ANNUAL SESSION
The fifty-first annual convention of
Luzerne County Women’s Christian
Temperance Union will be held today
in Dallas M. E. Church,
Mrs. Thomas Bryant, colunty presi-
dent, will preside and Mrs. Howard
Patton of Shavertown will conduct the
devotions which will open the morning
session at 10.
The delegation will be welcomed here
by Rev. Franci$ Freeman, pastor of
the local M. E. Church. Mrs. Earl
Weidner will greet the visitors in be-
half of the local union and Mrs. Charles
Birth will give the response.
Among the reports to be given are
those of Mrs. Jane Stevens, treasurer
and Mrs. Floyd Thompson, secretary.
Officers will be elected at the morning
session, which will end’ with moontide
prayer by Mrs. Mary Stone.
Mrs. Lynn Brown, wife of the pastor
of Lehman M. E. Church, will lead de-
votions in the afternoon. An official
board meeting will be held at 1:15 and
an executive committee meeting at
1:40.
Memorial services will be directed by
Mrs. N. H. Myers and talks will be
given by Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Summer
Dennis, Mrs. Edward Keen, Mrs. Ho-
ward Haefele. Musical selections will
include those by the Idetown Woman's
Chorus and solos by Mrs. Rhodes and
Mrs, Amelia Anderson.
An organ prelude will open the even-
ing service, at which Mrs. Gwilym
Davies will lead devotions. Mrs. Davies
will lead devotions. Mrs. Davies also will
have charge of awarding prizes. Music
will include selections by the Junior
Choir, solos by Miss Lola Pittman, and
a group of songs by the Westover
brothers. Mrs. Jane Stevens, county
Young People’s Branch president, will
talk. Benediction will be pronounced
by Rev. Francis Ereeman.
York Transferred
To Valley Charge
M. E. Conference Makes Only
One Change In Local
Pastorates
The transfer of Rev. W. S. York from
the Alderson-Noxen charge to fill a va-
cancy at Bennett Memorial and St.
Andrew’s churches in Wilkes-Barre
was the only change in local pastorates
made at the meetings of Wyoming
Conreret.ce of ‘the Methodist Episcopal
Church which ended at Endicott, N.Y.
this week.
Rev. Mr. York, who has been at Al-
derson and Noxen for more than five
years, was extremely well-liked. He
will be succeeded by Rev. Guy ILein-
thall.
Other Methodist Episcopal churches
in this region will have the same pas-
tors for the ensuing year. They will be:
Carverton, Judson N. Bailey.
Centermoreland, Fedor C. Ether.
Dallas-East Dallas, Francis F. Free-
man. \
Lehman, Lynn H., Brown.
Shavertown, Fred M. Sellers.
Trucksville, J. Rolland Crompton.
Tunkhannock, George N. Underwood.
Rev. Emory Greenfield, once pastor
of the Noxen M. E. Church and lately
pastor of the Throop Church, was
transferred to the Hawley and White
Mills Charge.
*
AWARDING
at 9 p. m. to signal the closing of the
later.
SATURD
AY NIGHT
*
OF PRIZES
*
TO CLIMAX CONTEST
; Leading contestants in the Trade Expansion Campaign which seven Dallas
firms have been sponsoring for the last four weeks were bunched closely yes-
terday for a whirlwind finish to climax the contest which will end tomorrow
night at 9 when the prizes, valued at $650, will be awarded.
The prizes will be awarded as soon as the final count is completed on Sat-
urday night, probably about 10 or 10:30.
ver’s Used Car Lot if weather permits and the fire alarm siren will be sounded
The awarding will take place on Oli~
campaign. No ballots will be accepted
HOW THE FIRST
FIFTEEN CONTESTANTS
STOOD YESTERDAY
Alice Johnston ....... 9,711,486,350
Mrs. Clifford Ide ..... 9,270,372,630
Mrs. Louis Ferneaux . 8,896,093,740
Mrs. P. H. Parks ..... 8,633,725,000
Mrs, Harold Rood .... 8,572,268,810
Robert Eipper ....... 8,405,600,200
Melvin Mosier, Jr... ..8,183,426,630
Mrs, William Niemeyer 7,780,468,460
Mrs. Minnie Kunkle .. 7,769,105,070
Jean-Ritchie:. .\ suds. 7,435,522,550
Charlotte Harkins ... 6,507,666,310
(William Thomas .... 5,648,786,000
Robert Hislop, Jr. .... 5,321,192,200
Mrs. Leonard O’Kane 5,246,445,630
Mrs. G. Hofmeister .. 4,775,323,050
© Judges Selected
, Judges who will count the final bal-
lots and award the prizes are: Rev.
Francis Freeman, pastor of Dallas M.
E. church; G. Harold Wagner, burgess
of Dallas and Peter D. Clark, president
of Dallas Business Men’s Association.
Standing Changes :
Alice Johnston took the lead in the
contest yesterday, with Mrs. Clifford
Ide second and Mrs. Louis Furneaux
third.
Today and tomorrow, the last two
days of the campaign, will be marked
by the biggest vote-gathering oppor-
tunities yet offered by the seven co-
operating merchants.
List Of Prizes
A list of the prizes to be awarded
tomorrow night follows:
First, prize—$300 in cash.
Second prize — Seven-piece walnut
Ruff Speaker At
Blue Ribbon Club
Life Is Like Game, He Tells
Large Audience Of Men.
And Boys
The elements of courage, sportsman-
ship, and co-operation which spell suc-
cess on the baseball diamond have a
tremendous value in the game of life,
Rev, G. Elson Ruff, ‘pastor of Shaver-
town Lutheran Church, told nearly 100
men and boys who attended the Boys’
Night meeting of the Blue Ribbon Club
in Dallas M. E. Church on Wednesday
night. <
Rev. Mr. Ruff's inspiring talk was
the climax of an enthusiastic megting.
1 Robert Fleming, Dallas Borough "High
School Senior, gave his Prize-winning
oration, “Patriotism”. “In introducing
Mr. Fleming, James Beseckei told of
| the interest that has been created by
| the youth’s masterful presentation of
| his essay. Since he spoke before the
Dallas Rotary Club, Fleming has given
his oration before Rotarians in Tunk-
hannock, Wilkes-Barre, and Pittston
and it ig likely that he will visit at
least ten more clubs,
Ira Cooke and Mrs. Besecker spoke
briefly on the mushball league to be
sponsored by church organizations
from Dallas, Trucksville, and Shaver-
town.
Burgess G. Harold Wagner also
spoke, expressing the happiness of the
club members and the community be-
cause Wyoming Conference reassigned
Rev. Francis Freeman to the local
Methodist Episcopal Church for an-
other year. Rev. Mr. Freeman had
charge of the meeting,
RE,
To Welcome Priest’s
Return From Southland
Rev. J. J.. O'Leary, pastor of St.
Therese’s Church of Shavertown, will
be welcomed enthusiastically by mem-
bers of his parish, who will celebrate
ception.
Andrew S. Fisher has been named
general chairman of the reception. ‘Any
one desiring to assist the committee on
arrangements or entertainment is re-
quested to communicate with Mr. Fish-
ST
LOCAL “GAZETTES” TURN OUT TO BE JUST TWO
OF MILLIONS OF REPRINTS OF ANCIENT PAPER
Sole Original Of Issue Of
January 4, 1800, In
Washington
The two copies of “The Ulster Coun-
ty Gazette” for January 4, 1800, which
were entered in The Post's “oldest
newspaper contest” were, it develops
now, just two of the millions of re-
prints of the ancient journal which
have been printed in the last century.
Their worth, according to authori-
ties, is from ten to twenty-five cents
as a curiosity.
Even had one of them been one of
the long-sought originals of the famous
“Gazette” its value would mot have ex-
ceeded one hundred dollars.
Hardly a week goes by without at
least one of the millions or reprints be-
ing offered for sale to the New York
Public Library and in most cases the
owner honestly believes his to be au-
thentic, regardless of the thirty dif-
ferent imitations which the Library is
able to show him .
A great many people have wondered
why there are dozens of different re-
prints of the issue of the Ulster County
Gazette which carries an account of the
funeral of George Wlashington,
First, there is a practically universal
interest in old things, possessed of
familiar historical association. Second-
ly, the fact that it includes the sad ac-
count of Washington's: funeral makes
the issue of January 4, 1800, of unigne
interest.
For many years historical authori-
ties conducted futile searches for ori-
ginals of the “Gazette”. There were
numerous rumors and, of course, thou-
sands of reprints, but it was not until
five years ago that the most famous of
all American historical ghosts was fin-
ally laid.
Three original numbers of the Hud-
son Valley newspaper for December 28,
1799, January 4 and 11, 1800, were se-
cured from a descendant of a Revolu-
tionary soldier and are now in the
Library of Congress at Washington.
The middle issue is the only original
known of the facsimiles which were
brought to The Post.
There’ are sixty-odd typographical
variants which are common in the re-
prints—errors which the printers who
were copying the original made unin-
tentionally or because they had no type
similar to. that used in the real “Gaz-
ette”.
To begin with, the name of the paper
at the head of the first page must be
printed in slanting italic type used in
the known original numbers, If the
heading is set in a vertical roman type
it is a reproduction. But this is not an
infallible test, for there are many re-
productions which have the italic head-
ing, just as there are many others in
which it is set in Roman type.
The real test of genuineness is to be
found in an examination of the paper
and ink. Most of the newsprint made
Story Of Old Hudson Valley
Newspaper One Of Most
Fascinating
in America at the beginning of the
nineteenth century was coarse, uneven
yellowish - Brown and considerably
thicker and softer than that used in the
reprints of the “Gazette”, This is par-
ticularly true of the paper used by the
small-town printers who patronized the
crude local paper mills. The only good
quality was that made from linen rags,
it was tough and strong. But it did not
take the thick, sticky ink well, especi-
ally as the type and presses were gen-
erally worn and uneven. Then, too, the
ink was very unevenly spread on the
type with ink balls and not with the
present-day even-spreading rollers.
It is interesting to note that students
of the “Gazette” have commented fre-
quently on the fact that “two heifers
owned by Benjamin Demyer have
strayed, one of them (‘has a small star
in her forehead, is white under her
belly, and a little white to her tail; has
a piece cut off her left ear’) having,
happily, ‘been found by Seth Mosier,
who has another advertisement con-
cluded with the remark that: ‘the own-
er by paying charges is desired to take
her away.’ ”
Mr. Mosier, who inserted the ad in
the New York paper 135 years ago, ‘was
a relative of Melvin Mosier of Dallas
Township.
his return from. Florida at a gala re- |
i
bedroom suite.
Third prize—Studio couch.
Fourth prize—Walnut cedar chest.
Firth prize—Pull-up chair. ’
The merchants who are sponsoring
the campaign include Devens Milling
Co., B. and B. Supply Co. Oliver's
Garage, Charles B. Gregory, Dallas
Dairy, C. A. Frantz’ Store, and The
Dallas Post, Inc.
Crowds Break Records
Another record-breaking crowd des=
cended on the seven firms sponsoring
the campaign last Tuesday to take ad-
vantage of the free vote offers. The
crowds which were attracted to town
gave the merchants their busiest day
of the year and all stores, includnig
those mot affiliated with the campaign,
reported unusual sales volume as a re-
sult of the activity.
One of the more unique angles of the
campaign has been the collection of
junk, which ended en Wednesday.
Meridian Hall has been nearly filled
with old tires, bales of magazines and
newspapers, radiators, batteries, and
collections of brass, copper, leaq and
aluminum,
The junk will be sold by the mer-
chants to help to defray the cost of the
campaign.
Charter Granted
Legion Post Here
Essay Contest For High
‘School Pupils Offers
Scholarship
A charter was granted to the Dallas
Post of American Legion at a meeting
of the county committee on Monday
night. The local post met last night to
discuss committee appointments and
plans for its program of activities,
An effort will be made to hold week=«
ly meetings for a while. Any eligible
veteran interested in joining can secure
information from Arthur Brown, post
commander, or Stuart Major, chairman
of the membership committee. Already
about twenty-four members have join-
ed.
Officers of the Post have invited
high school Seniors in this section to
compete in the essay contest through
which some pupil, boy or girl, will re-
ceive a scholarship to Pennsylvania
State College.
(Continued on Page 8.)
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Township Juniors
Present Play Hit
Juvenile Thespians Ring Bell
With Clever Presentation
Of Farce
\
Juniors of Dallas Township High
School scored a decided success with
their clever presentation of a three-
act farce, “Listen to Leon”, by Janice.
Gard, in the high ‘school building on
Wednesday night. . :
Margaret Wallace directed the pro-
duction.
Members of the cast included Elwood
Conden, Lillian Spencer, Alberta Hof-
meister, Charles Birton, Jack Edwards,
Leon Austin, Marie Keifer, and Alice
Eipper.
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RALLY ATTRACTS 400
Local Girl Scout Troops Strike
International Note At
Meeting
The world-wide influence of Girl
‘Scouting was suggested by the program
which featured the rally held by Dal-
las District Scouts last Saturday night
in Kingston Township High School.
About 400 persons attended.
Opening with a greeting to scouts
from all countries from Marjorie How-
ell of the Shavertown Troop, the meet-
ing continued with representations of
Japan by the Harvey's Lake Troop,
Wales by Dallas, Switzerland by Fern-
brook, England by Dallas Troop 54
Hawaii by Trucksville.
The Shavertown troop dramatized
the Girl Scouts’ laws.