Post Advertisers Rnow—
You Can’t Sell Them
If You Don’t Tell Them
Send In Your
Subgostions For A
Civic Program
VOL. 45
More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
DALLAS, PA. FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1935.
BIDS ON DALLAS TOWNSHIP
ANNEX EXCEED ESTIMATES;
DIRECTORS HAVE NEW PLAN
‘Because the lowest bids for complete construction of additional class rooms
and auditorium exceed the bond issue voted last fall by $10,500, Dallas Town-
ship school board has decided to reject all bids, ignore the bond issue, and bor-
row only enough money to complete necessary class rooms to accommodate
% Although
classes next year.
POST
SCRIPT
SPRING
FLOWERS
RHEUMATISM
MAMMY
VOTES, AGAIN
Here is Spring five weeks gone and
the only thing whien has sprung out
of the ground to date is the school
trouble.
—(Y—
Last Saturday's warm sun sent wus
off to the Kitchen Creek Country to
watch the flowers burgeoning gayly.
‘We can report that the season is as
late in the Western part of the county
as it is here. The only interesting
things we saw were a black squirrel
and the president of the Miner's Bank
wandering about happily in a flannel
shirt.
Cy
While we were sitting along the
creek pegging rocks at a “No Tres-
Jpass” sign it occurred to us how for-
tunate we are to be able to enjoy the
woods in the spring, Some people,
we've been told, go through an entire
lifetime without ever seeing a tree.
You can get a great deal from the
woods and the fields at this time of
the year. Mostly, we get rheumatism.
Oy
Al Jolson, who made a fortune bawl-
ing for his Southern mammy under a
thousand spotlights, would have retired
from the scene in shame on Tuesday
night if he could have heard Jim
Oliver’s plaintive rendition of “Mam-
my”, with original variations, at the
Contestants’ Dinner.
—Cr
Mrs. Louis Ferneaux, who came only
two places away from a prize in the
late lamented contest, has a brother in
Birmingham, England, who is a regular
correspondent for the London Daily
Mail, one of the world’s greatest news-
papers.
my
This, we promise, will: be the last |
paragraph this column will try to pin
on the Trade Expansion Contest, the
humorous possibilities of which should
have been exhausted long ago.
Only the extreme importance of dis-
patches which arrived just now by a
pony express rider who has been in the
hospital since Monday when he was
cracked over the skull while sneaking
through Plymouth would excuse our
bringing up the matter of votes again.
Our exclusive tip is this: President
Roosevelt is considering solving the in-
tricate money problem by following the
plan of the contest and using votes in-
stead of money.
According to our Washington man,
who was left behind by the bonus army
three years ago and has been unable to
get home since, the news of the con-
test and the staggering billions of
votes reached Washington despite all
efforts of Pallas business men to keep
their secret, :
Besides ‘Mr. Tyler, the campaign
manager, Mr. Roosevelt is the only man
who can look a row of eleven figures
and a dollar mark in the face without
flinching. He produced the column of
vote totals at one of the meetings of
the Washington I.odge of the Brain
Trust. :
“Any of you fellows know anything
about this contest up in Dallas, Pa.” he
asked, grinning.
Ail of them looked over the columns
of figures and expressed some evidence
of envy at the huge totals which the
contestants had accumulated but ad-
mitted this was something they'd not
studied.
“Well, see here” said Mr, Roosevelt
piqued a little but still grinning, “sup-
pose Huey Long or the Republicans
got hold of a thing like this for their |
platform. Where would we be. I wan't
you boys to get working on this.”
Of course the plans are still tenta-
tive yet and nothing is really definite
but the idea is to use votes for money.
When you go to the grocery store and
the clerk wraps up a pound of butter
he will say “20,000,000 votes”. You'll
bring out a paper voting ballot and
scribble the number of votes on the
slip and hand it to the clerk. It won't
matter how high prices get, All you'll
have to do will be to learn how to fig-
ure big numbers.
That will do away with all the argu-
ments over inflation, gold and silver, |
and monetary control, There will be
only two kinds of business, printing
plants, to manufacture the ballots, and
banks, to bale the paper. That will sa-
tisfy the strikers who don't want to
work, anyway. The scrap paper which
the banks receive will be baled and
sold to European countries to be used
for writing diplomatic notes, there be-
ing a sudden scarcity of paper for that |
purpose abroad. The money the Euro- |
pean countries pay for the paper will |
be applied to the war debts and will be ;
. made into paper for free vote ballots.
In this way practically all the major
problems except war will be settled by
one bold stroke and people will be so
busy buying things with free votes
they won't want to stop long enough to
|ty factor,
this a considerable
change from previous plans, which
would have given the township school
ample class room space and provided a
fine new auditorium for school enter-
tainment - functions, it 1s necessitated
because the board is without authority
to spend in excess of the amount au-
thorized by the electorate. The $25,000
set as the figure for the bond issue
last fall was at that time within $5,000
of the maximum amount of money the
board could borrow. Since the board
will have paid off $5,000 of its old bond-
ed indebtedness by the end of the term
it could now borrow $10,000 additional.
The lowest of eleven bidders for the
general contract was Sutton of Nesco-
peck with a bid of $25,600, Bids on
other phases of the work bring the
total expenditure required to $10,500 in
excess of the bond issue. Lowest of
five heating and ventilating bidders
was John L. Turner company of Nanti-
coke with a bid of $7,000. Lowest of
four plumbing bids was $537, also that
of the Turner company. Lowest of
three electrical bidders was J. Laux
and Sons, Shavertown, with a bid of
$2,330. }
Faced with the urgent need for ad-
ditional class room space and knowing
that the opportunity to use the $25,000
bond issue approved by the taxpayers
will expire in November unless it is
used to build both class rooms and au-
ditorium, the school board has decided
to ignore the bond issue entirely,” let-
ting it go by default. The board will
borrow money to construct a one-story
addition of five class rooms. A part of
this class room space will later be
used as the stage of the auditorium
when funds are available for its com-
pletion,
In adopting this temporary construc-
tion measure the board will not aban-
don its previous construction plans en-
tirely, but will add such class rooms as
are needed from time to time until all
class rooms and the auditorium are
completed. The addition to be built
this summer will fit into the general
plan in such a manner that construc-
tion costs will not be greatly increased
nor the general beauty of the building
marred.
Community Mourns
J. B. Hildebrant
Funeral Services Held At!
John H. Frantz
Home
John B. Hildebrant, for many years a
prominent figure in the business life
of this section, died on Monday at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. John H.
Frantz, 84 Norton Avenue, Dallas, six
days before his 83rd birthday.
Funeral services were held yesterday
afternoon at the home, with interment
in Warden Cemetery at Dallas.
Mr. Hildebrant was born in Warren
County, N, J, on Fay 20, 1852. He was
married to Miss Lena A. Brace in 1875,
Since his wife's death, 24 years ago,
he has lived with his daughter here.
He was known widely for his suc-
cess as a farmer. He occupied the farm
new owned by Frank Martz in East
Dallas for twenty-five years. For nine-
teen years he was a member of the firm
of Hildebrant & Frantz, millers of Dal-
las.. He retired from business thirteen
years ago.
He was one of the incorporators of
First National Bank of Dallas and had
been a director.
He was a member of the Grange, the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Dallas,
and served several terms as a Dallas
councilman
‘Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Elmer Parrish and Mrs, John Frantz,
both of Dallas Borough; three grand-
children, Albert Parrish of Benton, Co-
lumbia County: Mrs, Sandel Hunt of
Dallas Borough, and Mrs. Charles K.
Cage of Lansdowne, Delaware County, |
and five great grandchildre.
Six Take Tests
“INITIATION” WINS
BEE FOR JACKSON
TOWNSHIP YOUTH
When Catherine Fisher of Black
Creek Township, his last opponent,
stumbled over “Initiation” Charles
Breslin of Jackson Township be-
came Luzerne County spelling
champion,
The spelling bee took place on
Wednesday night in Forty Fort
High School. “Sincerity”, “peril-
ous”, “asthma”, “parenthesis”, and
“hippopotamus” were some of the
other words. responsible for fail-
ures.
Robert Fleming of Dallas, coun-
ty oratorical champion, gave his
address, “Patriotfsm” again at the
contest at Forty Fort,
| Township
Six applicants for appointment as
postmaster at Trucksville took the Civil
Service Examination at Wilkes-Barre |
postoffice last Saturday morning. They |
were William C. Luksic, incumbent;
Mrs. Fred Gobel, Thomas Carle, Jr., B.
F. Johnson, Frank McCary, and Gene
Considine,
To Discuss Plans
For Civic Program
Dallas Business Men Meet
Tonight At Oliver’s
Showroom
A Program of community develop-
ment to guide Dallas Business Men's
Association during its first year will
be discussed at a meeting of the as-
sociation tonight at 8 (D, S. T.) in
Oliver’s display room on Main Street.
Each member will be asked to sug-
gest three projects which he believes
deserve an important place on the
club’s program for 1935. The sugges- |
tions will be discussed and from the!
opinions expressed the officers of the |
club will select those which, in the
minds of the majority of the members,
are believed to be worthy of concen-
tration.
The association was organized re-
cently to advance the commercial, in-
dustrial and civic importance of this
section, All business men are requested
to attend.
ship Girls
Win Silver Cup
Take Second Place In
Glee Club Contest
In Valley
Miss Madge Anderson’s Kingston
Township High School Girls’ Glee
Club won second prize, a silver cup, in
the Luzerne County inter-school coxn-
test last Friday night at Edwardsville
High School.
The glee club will sing next Wednes-
day night at the Senior class night ex-
ercises.
Members of the club are: Sara Wag-
ner, Emma Ruth Shaver, Flora Jean
Stock, Mae Warden, Norman Henning,
Hazel Hughey, Pearl Roushey, Ellen
Gregory, Marion Rogers, Ruth Evans,
Eleanor Belford, Mildred Isaacs, Esther
Warden, Nell Clemow, Marian Finney,
Marion Heale, Alice Hand, Louise
Webb, Grace McGuire, Dorothy Love-
land, Dorothy Schmoll, Gertrude Grei-
ser, Irene Belford, Frances Bilbow,
June Evans, Doris Crocker, Charlotte
Martin, Marjorie Nichols, Dorothy Up-
dyke, Marjorie McKeel, Susan Palmer,
Mildred Thompson, Emily Preston,
Rebecca Piatt, Marjorie Jones, Bertha
Riley, Janet Downer, Betty Palmer,
Kingston Township
Graduates Forty
Prof. James A. Martin Gives
List Of Seniors To Win
Diplomas
Forty members of the Senior Class
of Kingston Township High School will
be graduated on June 4, Rev. James A.
Martin, supervising principal, an-
nounced this week.
Class Day will be on May 29 and the
Baccalaureate Sermon will be on Sun-
day, June 2.
The graduates are:
Robert Appleton, Richard V, Bos-
worth, Thomas H. Bosworth, Philip H.
Carle, Robert P. Dove, Clifford R. Fink,
Wilbur R. Gemmel, Howard R. Hughey,
Clarence W. Jones, Royal W_ Lyne, Al-
fred J. Metzgar, Malcolm G. Ohlman,
George R. Reimiller, William IL. Row-
lands, Walter Schuler, Edward V. Stub,
Evangeline P. Atherholg, A. Eliza- |
beth Bertram, Mary Bolbow, Nell IL.
Clemow, Eleanor M. Earle, Madline R.
Evans, Marion N, Finney, Melba E.
Gregory, Mae 'W. Herbert, Mildred
Lorene Isaacs, Josephine A. Kaletz,
Sarah E., Knorr, Virginia A. McGuire,
| Marjorie J. Mekeel, - Jean E. Philo,
Mary V. Rosser, Beatrice E, Riley, Em-
ma R. Shaven, Araminta Smith, Sarah
(R. Wagner, Esther R. Warden, Clara
[V. Wells.
Richard J. Suttles, Warren R,
bert.
‘Wool-
LOCAL POST TO AWARD PRIZE
TO STUDENT SUGGESTING NAME
The recently-organized Post 674,
World War veterans from this section,
The prize will be given by M. J.
Brown and the name selected must ex-
press the historical background of the
section or some outstanding communi-
as “Black Diamond” sym-
Kingston post. The will be]
awarded in ninety days.
The next meeting of the local legion-
aires will be on Thursday night, May
22, The charter will be kept open for
ninety days. Twelve new members
have been enlisted since the original
group enrolled, making a membership |
prize
have a war.
of 34.
| American Legion
| College to the senior
{bolizes the anthracite industry for the |dént who writes
| Americanism.
American Legion, which has as members
will award a prize to the school student
who suggests the best name for the post,
The post is co-operating in the
plan to award a
Pennsylvania State
high school stu-
best essay on
scholarship at
the
The Dallas unit also intends to play
an active part in curbing communist
activities which are making their ap-
pearance in various parts of the coun-
ty.
Prospective members may secure in-
formation from Commander Arthur
Brown at B. and B. Supply Co.
Resolution Asks Board
To Meet With Committee
‘Hoops, My Dears’ a la Japan
Few pictures tell more v
ividly how modern the Japanese have
become than this recent beach scene, picturing
comely daughters of
Nippon, clad in the abbreviated manner of their western cousins,
doing a bit of ‘“hoop-rolling.”
Such a scene would have been un-
imaginable a decade ago, when the activities of Japanese womanhood
were controlled by rigid, century-old customs.
Kerr Estimates 125 Cases
Of Measles In This Section
Nearly All In Trucksville And Shavertown
The epidemic of measles which
has
been sweeping through the State
reached this section this week and Elmer Kerr of Harvey's Lake, district health
officer, estimates there are 125 cases
Trucksville and Shavertown
of the disease, concntrated mostly in
O’Leary Welcomed
By Parishioners
it—
Pastor Of St. Therese’s
Honored Guest At
Celebration
About 250 members of St, Therese’s
parish of Shavertown joined in an en-
thusiastic welcome to their pastor, Rev.
John J. O'Leary at a reception on
Wednesday night in the church audi-
torium. Rev. Father O'Leary returned
a week ago from Florida.
Peter Jurchak gave the formal ad-
dress of welcome .and Rev. John F.
Carroll and Rev, Joséph Lawler spoke
briefly expressing their delight at Rev.
Father O’ Leary’ s return in good health,
Rev. Father O'Leary responded 8ra-
ciously in a brief but gracious talk in
which he expressed his joy at being
with his parishioners again.
A quartet from Colege Misericordis,
having as members Mary Donahoe,
Marie McDonald, Kathryn Rickert and
Helene Heinrich, sang, accompanied by
Miss Harriet Neufeld.
The juvenile program included re-
citations by Claire Halpin and Nancy
Lawler, students of Cora Griffith Krie-
ger; a tap dance by Marjorie McHale,
accompanied by Agnes Miller. vocal se-
lectiong by Xatherine Gobel, an ac-
robatiec dance by Ruth Spiel, violin se-
lections by Miss Helen Beline, accom-
panied by Margaret Rnodes, vocal se-
lections by Wilma Metol and Margaret
Jones, tap dancing by Wilma Metol and
Margaret Jones, and saxaphone selec-
tions by Kathleen Sheridan.
St. Therese’s Choir, directed by Fred
Hahnobol, sang on the adult part
the program. Miss Helen Bendick gave
several vocal selection=, accompanied
by Miss Anna Firmanek,K The OKklah-
ma Ramblers presented a novelty en-
tertainment.
Mrs, Nora Lowry Law sang several
vocal selections, accompanied by Miss
Agnes Miller. James Veltine gave a
piano and vocal selection, and Terry
Jones Trio and Bednarek, Hodgkiss,
Cihocki, and Walsh and Company pres-
ented. humorous skits.
Contestants Feted
At Dinner Tuesday
Merchants Host To Thirty|
At Suburban
Inn
Contestants who competed in the re-
cent Trade Expansion Contest were
guests of the seven firms which spon-
sored the contest on Tuesday night in
Suburban Inn. About thirty attended.
Each of the business men who had
co-operated in the contest thanked the
contestants for their hard work, Ho-
ward W, Risley, who presided, express.
ed the opinion that the contest had
focused attention on Dallas as a trad-
ing center and that for that reason,
and because it had been responsible for
the creation of many new friendships,
it had been a tremendous success for
everyone,
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® The prevalence of measles in the
State this year leads physicians to be-
lieve that it is the most serious epi-
demic of the disease ever recorded in
Pennsylvania,
About two- thirds of the caser which |
have been reported to Mr. Kerr-ai® i
Shavertown. Other parts of this: seéc-
tion have only scattered cases. Ex-
treme care by school officials and par-
ents will prevent appearance of the
epidemic in other local communities,
The epidemic has about spent itself
in Wilkes-Barre. More than a month
ago it made its appearance in Leh-
man, where about 100 cases were re-
ported. In Columbia County two deaths
were reported this week, Locally, the
cases are mild ones.
Mr. Kerr this week asked for co-
operation from parents who can pre-
vent the epidemic from spreading if
they will keep close watch upon their
children to protect them from contact
with the germ, or by keeping them
from school if they show symptoms of
measles.
A case usually begins with sneez-
ing or coughing but occasionally the
first sign is a redness or watering of
the eyes. Any child who developes these
symptoms, particularly if accompanied
by fever or indisposition, should be
kept away from school until proper
diagnosis has been made. The measles
rash usually begins on the face, neck,
or chest and develops rapidly. A great
danger of measles is the chance for its
development into pneumonia.
The epidemic here comes at an un-
tunate time because it necessitates
keeping children from school at a per-
iod when they are ending their courses
for ‘the year.
Decline In City
Wilkes-Barre is gradually recovering
from a measles epidemic which Dr.
Charles B_ Crittenden called yesterday
worst in the last quarter cen-
tury.”
Early this morning the cases were
being reported in the city at the rate
of fifty a day. The total number of
cases reported during April was 840.
Mortgage Burned
As Pastor Prays
Huntsville Christian Church
Celebrates Cancelling
Of Note
While flames consumed a cancelled
mortgage note on their church, the con-
gregation of Huntsville Christian
Church sang and their pastor, Rev. C,
H. Frick, prayed, as testimony of their
thanks.
The cancellation of the mortgage
took place last Friday night at a spe-
cial service. The final payment on the
note had been made recently by the
Christian Helper’s Class of the Church.
Charles Davis of Scranton spoke on
“Temple Building” and Elma Major,
instructor in Forty Fort schools, pres-
ented a group of her pupils in a pro-
gram of entertainment. Herbert Ma-
jor, president of the church board,
presented the cancelled note to the
congregation,
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DEF ENDS McHOSE
AGAINST ACTION
Charges Directors Erred
Seriously In Ignoring
Minority
HARMONY SOUGHT
Resolutions asking for a special meet-
ing of Dallas Borough school board to
consider the retention of Calvin Me-
Hose as supervising principal were for-
warded this week to members of the
board by the committee appointed re-
cently at a community protest meeting.
The resolutions, in part, were as fol-
lows: “We, the people of Dallas Bor-
ough, petition the School hoard of Dal-
las borough for the retention of Calvin
McHose as supervising principal. We
feel that a grave injustice has been
done to the schools, to Mr, McHose
and to the cause of education in this
community by the dismissal of a loyal
teacher and one who has done more
teward the upbuilding of the schools
and the promotion of harmony than
any other supervising principal in a
number of years.” %
“It is likewise our opinion that the
board has erred seriously through the
calling of secret meetings by majority
members without the knowledge of the
minority, who as duly-elected represen-
tatives of the people, are entitled to
know and express their opinions on
matters of school conduct and man-
agement.”
In framing these resolutions we are
in no manner motivated by political
consideration or interest, although we
feel that the method by which Mr. Mec-
Hose was dismissed and other teach-
ers appointed, places the stigma of
politics upon the considerations of Ea
board.”
“We, therefore, ask for the bonrdts
reconsideration of Mr. McHose as su-
pervising principal that harmony can
again prevail in this community and
that the schools and our children shall
not suffer from lack of consideration.
‘We further request that a special beet-
ing of the school board be called as
quickly as possible in order that the
following committee can have an op-
portunity personally to discuss the re-
tention of Mr. McHose with the board
Signed: Clyde Lapp, chairman; Wil-
#mn Karns, Mrs. Arthur Thomas, Ro-
hort Allen, Ralph Eippey, Mrs. Clyde
Vietch, Mr. LaVerne Race and Mrs.
Leonard O'Kane.
Meeting Not Fixed
No announcement of a special meet-
ing has yet been made by the board
although it is understood that a special
meeting will be called before the June
regular meeting to consider matters
pertaining to the budget.
Greenfield Dies |
Of Long Illness
Former Coal Company Offi- ¢
cer Known For Splendid
Character
An illness of nearly a year brought
about the death of George A Green-
field, aged 46, former assistant treas-
urer of Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal
Company, at his home in Shavertown
on Tuesday morning.
Mr. Greenfield, who was born in
Wilkes-Barre on July 4, 1888, entered
the employ of Lehigh and Wilkes-'
Barre Coal Company when he was six-
teen years old. He was transferred to
‘the payroll department and in 1917 be-
came retail coal clerk.
In 1926 he was appointed assistant
treasurer, a position which he held un-
til April 1, 192¢ Thereafter he devoted
his entire time to retail coal work, in
which he was engaged during the re-
mainder of his service, carrying
through with the merger of Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal Company.and Glen
Alden Coal Co. which brought Mr.
Greenfield under the supervision of the
D, I. & W. Coal Co., selling agents for
Glen Alden.
He was a member of Knights of Col-
umbus, St. Conrad’s Society, and St.
Therese’s Church.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Gertrude Ward, and the following sis-
ters and brothers: Mrs. Harry Schap-
pert, Audenried: Mrs. George Ecken-
rode, Mrs. John Mattern, and Mrs;
Frank Williamson, and William and
Joseph Greenfield of Wilkes-Barre,
DAYLIGHT SAVING
TIME IS ABANDONED
BY LUZERNE FIRMS
The Luzerne Merchants Associa-
tion, at a special meeting this week
decided to abandon Daylight Sav-
ing Time and return to Standard
Time for the summer
Jacob Mann, president of the as-
sociation, explained after the meet-
ing that the decision had been
reached after a discussion had
shown that it was impractical for
the merchants to attempt to ob-
serve Daylight Saving Time.
Luzerne Borough officials, the
mines in that section, and the
borough schools did not adopt
Daylight Saving Time when other
communities in this section chang-
ed. '