“People Are: Talking About The Articles Raymond Pitcairn Is Writ- ing On The American Constitution. Be Informed Read His Arguments In His Second Article On Page 3. The Dall More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Karenina” Post's Another New Feature This Week— “Sagas Of The Sky-Ways” on Page Timely, Interesting Features. “Anna, To March With The Weekly Parade Of New, Coming—A New Serial VOL. 45 DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1935. POST SCRIPTS CREDIT SIGHING LAB SCOUSE MEN-MICE GOSPEL Charting our perilous course amidst the dangerous pitfalls of geneology, we have plumped ourselves smack in- to a series of little word sketches which, with awe-inspiring originality, we call Back Mountain Biographies. Since people seem to be reading them, maybe we ought to give due credit to H. C. Bradbury’s 1509-page History of Luzerne County, from which—we may as well get this thing over now—we lift most of the information. —Qn— At the risk of showing ourselves up again as a know-nothing, we'll explain that we don’t know anything about Mr: Bradsby himself. Reason we got into the book in the first place was the rhapsodic way Mr. Bradsby started off. “Rich and beautiful Luzerne County!” he sighed. “On thy face the hills swelling away in the blue distance at whose feet are the valleys where the bright waters forever sing their lulla- bies as the mountain brook joins the valley stream and both rush into the winding river in its merry, ceaseless race to the sea.” That gives you a rough idea. —(— Mr. Bradsby published his exhaus- tive—it’s all we can do to carry it over to our desk each week—volume in 1893 in Chicago. There can’t be many copies left. We got ours under rather suspicious circumstances. We tell our- selves it was all right though because we're using it for a better purpose than the people who had it originally, If the series stops suddenly in the middle you'll know that they finally got rooting around in the storeroom and saw the vacant space between the Greek grammar and the second volume of the Book of Knowledge —— Mr. Bradsby “started with Luzerne County as it came from the hands of God and covered about everything up to 1893. Among other things he col- lected an astounding amount of detail about prominent men of his day. Be- tween Acker, Daniel, banjo teacher, and Zukoski, John, merchant, Ply- mouth, there are exactly 818 pages, filled with key facts about early residents of Luzerne County. That's where we range, biographing until the wee hours of the morning. yn You'd be surprised at the fun we have picking out recipes we use back on Page 7 occasionally. We get them everywhere, from motherly old ladies who come in to boast about their Welsh rarebits, from Cook’s Nookers who mail us trick recipes and—they all do it—from other papers. We'd have to admit we never tried any of them. Mostly, we select them by the names and we're getting a lettle hep- ped on that business. We had a re- cipe titled “Almond Torte” and no- body seemed to care—but when we re- named it “Pink Angels’, half the world wrote in. The names ~ we like are Slitherybacks (fried mashed potato and flour cakes) Cockaleekie (that’s chicken and vegetable soup with leaks in it, catch on?) ... Wooden Leg Stew (the shinbone of the cow sticks up out of the beef stew). Our favorite so far, is Peasant-Girl-With- a-Veil, which turned out to be Scan- dinavian black bread pudding with jam and whipped cream. pa Once we called something “lab scouse” and a lady wrote in excitedly to tell us it was “lob”. Said it was a “very elastic recipe made by sea cooks who I think use anything they happen to have”. The same lady gently pointed out that our “slumgullion” is no family dish because it's slang of the frontier and lumber camps. Well/ we wrote back, are we men or are we mice, —Q— Professor Morris—after all, it doesn’t hurt anyone to call him “Professor”, and it pleases him—was in this week to sing for us again and to thank us for the story we wrote last year about his early life in a slave cabin. The Professor—a kindly, old colored gentleman—is around securing funds ‘for the Lowery Institute, a negro in- stitution in the South. We met him first about three years ago ad now he visits us annually. (Continued on Page 4.) Of 1918; “Big Push’ Indiantown Gap, August 29—Their Guard. For nearly two weeks they have been involved in mock warfare— sloshing through mud and rain to take up battle positions, throwing bridges communication lines in pitch-black darkness, moving to attack under scudding clouds lighted by the blind- ing glare of rockets, moving in great masses on a split-second schedule. Realism has been the keynote of the maneuvers —even to hospitals for theoretical casualties and cemetery areas for the statistically dead. Today the 15,000 troops concentrat- ed here are resting after the smashing climax of the two-week maneuvers, the “big push” which brought the monstr- ous war problem to an end yesterday. Ten men from the Back Mountain Section are in the 109th F. A. Head- quarters Battery which has played an important role in maneuvers. The Bat- tery, with C. E. Patton of Kingston as captain, successfully executed one im- portant problem which consisted of moving into position under cover of darkness and laying down communi- cations without detection by enemy planes. The local men in the battery are Sergeant Robert’ Montanye, Trucksville; Sergeant Frederick G. Frank, Birch Grove; Sergeant Robert W. Little, Shavertown; Sergeant How- ard G. Young, Shavertown; Sergeant Matt M. Evans, Shavertown; Sergeant Alfred M. Camp, Trucksville; Corporal Harold Rood, Dallas; George R. Lewis, Dallas and Floyd A. Young, Shaver- town. John Youran, a corporal from Sha- vertown, is in Battery D of the 109th, which also has had important work to perform. Battery F, 109th F. A., also has a large contingent from the Dallas sec- Long-Awaited WPA Projects Approved More Than $46,000 Will Be Spent On Three Local Jobs Authorization to begin work as soon as practicable on three projects in the Dallas section wag given by Edward N. Jones, State Director of Works Progress Administration, this’ week. “The jobs will employ several hun- dred men for several months and rep- 000 for labor and material, former getting the greater share. of $19,000,000 made to Luzerne Coun- ty through President Roosevelt's re- employment program, Other local pro- jects are expected to be approved in the near future. One grant provides $2,708 for labor in paving Ridge Street in Dallas Bor- ough, The Borough will pay about $500 for materials to be used on ‘the job. The two major grants made for this section were the long-awaited projects for construction of sections of the Dal- las-Orange highway. Two separate al- locations were made, one for $19,065, the other for $13,034.25, and the coun- ty will spend an additional $11,000 for materials. 7 —— Pr Water Carnival Winners The following were winners in the second annual water carnival held at North Lake on Sunday: Most beautiful float, first award, Miss Alice Ross; second, Mrs. Otto Hoover; honorable mention, Charles Malpass; most ori- ginal float, first prize, Robert Jones; second, Camp Minnieska; swimming and boating awards: James Miller, Ed- ward Cosslett, Thomas Malpass, Bar- bara Gillette, Shirley Higgins, Harry Malpass, Jack Miller, Thomas Brittain, Marion Smith, Donald Malpass, Tho- mas Davis and Robert Malpass. BACK MOUNTAIN BIOGRAPHIES: NO. 3 Christopher Kipper Like many other pioneers of this section, Christopher Eipper, unaware that coal was some day to make millionaires of most of the early property owners, sold his land in the valley because acreage was cheaper and crops were better back of the mountain. among the pioneers of this section. Germany, on April 5, 1814, I . He had been born along the Rhine, When he learned his tra He lost a fortune but he won a place in ide as a wheelwright he joined the throng moving toward the New World, came to New York, then to Wyoming, finally, in 1844, to the Breza and Kozemchak families in Huntsville. holt in 1843 and had ten children. One of them christened Asa T. He had a son, Christopher, later became Thomas A. Eipper. in Richmond, Va., grew up Christopher the second moved back since become one of Dallas's in Wyoming leading citizens. 103-acre farm now occupied by the He married Lucinda Ather- Eipper, who was born Valley. Twenty-two years to this section, bought a farm, has Known best as “Chris”, Mr. ago Eipper is president of Dallas Township School Board, is proud of the 3,000 chickens he has on his mode farm problems as few men ever Florida. NEXT WEEK: J. O. 73-acre do. farm in the township, and knows His father, Thomas, lives now in IDE Naa aA Sy Army Life Ends Tomorrow ‘For Local Men With 109th, War Problems Realistic—Even To Hospitals And Cemeter- ies; Mud, Rockets, And Night Tactics Reminiscent (By A Staff Correspondent) or more men from Dallas and its vicinity will return to their homes this week end, carrying with them indelible memories of the mass war maneuvers which have demonstrated here the efficiency’ across creeks and deep rivers, laying resent an expenditure of close to $50,- | president. with the |daughter, who is 78 now, They are a part of the initial grant | United States. ’ Climax Of Training - annual period of army life ¢ ended, thirty and strength of Uncle Sam's National tion, headed by William B. Robinson, Jr.,, a lieutenant, of Dallas. Three members of that battery, Joseph E. Ide, Idetown, Sergeant; John Gosart, Har- vey’s Lake, mess sergeant, and Walter Hines, Fernbrook, were in the detach- ment which fired the salute of nineteen rounds for Governor Earle. Among the other local members of the battery are Clarence “Monkeywrench” Sorber, De- Munds Corners, Motor Sergeant, and Russell Sorber and Carl Daubert of DeMunds Corners. John Gallow, a staff sergeant, is ser- geant-major of the Second Battalion Headquarters. Lieutenant Larry Lee of Dallas is with Battery B of the 109th, which has its headquarters at Tunkhannock. Others in Battery B who are known in this section are Captain James M. Davenport, Second Lieutenant Walter H. Jarvis, and second Lieutenant Charles K. Snyder. Private Clifford “Barney” Allen has been a popular source of entertain- ment with his songs and recitations. Most of the selections he renders are his own. Battery “B” staged an old-fashioned farm dance during one of the recrea- tion periods. That battery, of the six-gun batteries, was chosen as the full war strength unit for field maneu- vers. An example of the problems which the men from Dallas and its vicinity are called upon to executive ig this one: The enemy has fortified a posi- tion to protect a route leading to its extensive artillery ammunition stock. The mission of our forces is to des- troy supplies. We attack their forti- fied position and by maneuvering our infantry, supported by artillery, we are able to break the flanks and gain our objective. Two Generations Cover 139 Years Mrs. Stang’s Father Born While Washington Was President Seldom does the span of two lives stretch over such an historic period as that which is inclosed in the two gen- erations represented by Mrs. Mable Stang of Shavertown and her father, ithe late Augustus Allen. mit. Jlen was born on October 29, 172 . while! (George “Washington was Hig life and the life of his cover the Presidents of the terms of all the The unusual case won mention ih Robert 1. Ripley’s collection of strang facts several years ago. Mrs. Stang is the widow of Rev. W. H. Stang and lives on Shagbark Drive, Shavertown. She is the sole survior of her family and recalls vividly the home in Wayne County where she was born, Cooking was done on an open fireplace, baking in a brick oven, and the only illumination was from dip- ped candles. Mrs. Stang still has a number of articles from those days, in- cluding a high boy that has been in the family 150 years and a decorated drinking tumbler which’ antique ex- perts say is 300 years old. Mrs. Stang is an active member of Shavertown Methodist Church and rarely misses a session of the women’s Bible class which she has taught for fourteen years. She has two sons. Philip Allen Stang |is an executive with a power company at Easton and Dr. Ambrose Stang is employed in the Bureau of Standards at Washington. Vacancies Filled By School Board Kingston Township Directors Decide Opf\Rate For Use all f ~ Two teachers were appointed to fill vacancies at the meeting of Kingston Township School Board. on Monday night, y William J. White of Scranton was named a commercial teacher at a sal- ary of $1,350 a term and Miss Verna Ridehoffer of Forty Fort was appoint- ed to teach in the seventh grade. Mr. White will fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Lewis Griffith, who has accepted a position at High Bridge, N. J., and Miss Ridehoffer will fill the vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Miss Mary Minnick, who will Martin, Arthur C. Updyke; D., John Shupp. eo Constable—R., Lester R. Schultz, ‘Irvin Whispell, James Gansel, Curtis Public Office Goal For 89 In Primary Battle Twenty-Six Offices At Stake In Five Communities Here DRAW FOR POSITION Eighty-nine men and women from Lake, Lehman, Kingston and Dallas Townships and Dallas Borough are seeking nominations for the twenty-six offices which will be at stake in the Fall election, Lake Township has the most crowd- ed field, with twenty-three candidates after five offices; Dallas Borough is next with twenty-two candidates, but there are seven offices to be filled in the borough and four men are to be elected to council alone. In Kingston Township, Lake Town- ship and Dallas Township there are candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for nearly every office, as- suring a spirited general electien, but in Dallas Borough, unless defeated candidates file on independent tickets, many of the contests will be settled in the primaries, In the borough the only candidate seeking a Democratic nomination is Raymond L. Harris, an aspirant for a school director post. In the five townships only three can- didates are without aspiration, and all of them are seeking positions as au- ditors. In Dallas Township Wilson Ry- man is the only candidate for auditor; in Lehman Township Russell A. Ide is without opposition for the same office Grand has no opposition. The complete list of candidates for the five towns, as their names will ap- pear on the ballots, follows: Kingston Township Auditor—R. Stanley Davis. School director—R., Harry IL. Nicho- Is; D., Joseph Bulforad, Eugene Piatt, Fred Hughes, Supervisor—R., E. T. Trumbower, Herbert Lahr, Grover C. Stack; D., Charles Dressell, Constable—R., Melyin C. Hewitt, Francis McCarty, Lynwood Bulford. Lake Township of Poor—R. H. B. 'Wil- liams, George Searfoss; D. Corey Grey, Grover Anderson. (Constable—R., A. R. Kocher, Walter Sorber, F. N. Higgins; D., Hugh W. Hummel, Patrick J Garrity, Fred R. Weitzel. Road supervisor—R., derson, Cornelius Smith, Frank Gos- sart, Jacob Traver; D. Sherman Hoover, Albert Gray, Alex Kocher, School director—R., Russell Hoover, David J. Martin; D., Frank R. Jackson. Auditor—R., Ernest Baer, Charles H. Wolfe; D., John Baur, Dallas Township Supervisor—R., Alex Wilson, Charles Milton Doughton; Overseer Charles An- Anderson, D., Fred Schray. School director—R., Harvey Kitchen, Russell Z. Spencer, Clifford Ide, Giles Wilson, D., Major J. Brown. Auditor—R., Wilson Ryman. Dallas Borough Council—R., Harvey D. McCarthy, John Durbin, Warden Kunkle, William Davis, James Ayre, Thomas H. Him, (Continued on Page 5.) Winners At Fair To Share $15,000 Premium List For Blooms- burg Exposition Highest In 80 Years Bloomsburg, August 29 — Active preparations have begun for the an- nual Bloomsburg Fair, fastest growing in the state and one of Pennsylvania's largest, the week of September 23. A new fence has been erected around a part of the 105-acre grounds, which are the largest in the State, and re- taining walls built to prevent a section of the plot from becoming soggy in the damp weather. Already many of the headline at- tractions for the week have been ob- tained. Premium lists have been in- creased for hogs and cattle this year, insuring one of the finest livestock shows in the East, and the displays in past years have been outstanding. “The World on Parade”, a revue with a cast of forty, will make one of its itwo Pennsylvania appearances in Bloomsburg, with a novelty effect se- cured as the chorus disappears into a tank of water. Superintendents of every department of the huge exhibition have begun overtime work in their effort to make this year’s show even more outstand- ing than have been the exhibitions of the past. Light acts of high class vaudeville have been booked for afternoon and be married this Fall. Although Director Newhart moved | that a man be appointed in place of Miss Ridehoffer, supervisor, he to act also as athletic | was overruled. Vulcan Iron Works was awarded a | contract to install new grates in the | heating plant. A requisition for text- | books for $676 was presented by Su- | pervising Principal J. A. Martin and | was approved. The board agreed that there will be no free use of the hall | this year. A flat rate of $7.50 a nig ht | will be charged and $5 for rehearsals. | School will open on September 9 and | close on June 3, 1936, {horse racing evening presentation, and, as usual, the fair will close with automobile races, being a feature on the other days. The premium list this year will ap- proach $15,000, a high mark for more than eighty years since the fair was | inaugurated, and the same pride as always is being taken by the Associa- tion in the fact that payment of a premium has mever been defaulted. Of unusual interest is the fact that this successful fair can pay no divi- dends, all its profits, under terms of its charter, having to go back to im- and in Dallas Borough Lewis W. Le- | LOCAL AUTHOR From her own : experiences in winter gardening, Miss Anne Dor- rance of Wild Ledg ges, Huntsville, has written a book, Gardening .in the Green house, which will be published next Saturday by Doubleday, Doran and Co. Blue Ribboners Draft Army Band 109th F. A. Musicians To Give Open Air Concert Here Wednesday Famed for its music and its tradi- tions, the 109th Field Artillery Band directed by John MacLuskie, war time leader, will give an open air concert on the church lawn of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Dallas on Wed- nesday night at 8. The concert will be a feature of the Blue Ribbon Club’s “Military Night”, Ira Cooke, president of the club, an- nounced last night. The meeting will be the club’s first of the season and a banner crowd is expected to attend. In addition to the concert there will be addresses by army officers, a splen- did program, and an ice cream social. The club, organized last year by a group of prominent citizens, had a suc- cessful start and has an interesting schedule planned for this year. Kids! Free Eats And Penny Rides! Picnic Grounds Paradise For Youngsters On September 15 On one day a year Harvey's Lake Picnic Grounds, one of the most popu- lar resorts in Northeastern Pennsyl- vinia, turns itself into the kind of a paradise youngsters dream about— where great stacks of ice cream, pret- zels, soft drinks and pop corn can be had for the asking and a penny is the “open sesame” to every amusement, This year the third annual Children’s Day has been scheduled for Sunday, September 15, and indications are that there will be taller mounds of goodies, more opportunities for fun, and a rec- ord-breaking crowd of kiddies to join in it. There will be 2,000 dishes cream dixies, 1,000 bottles chocolate milk, 1,000 bottles soft drink, 1,000 bags pop corn, 1,000 bags peanuts and 500 bags pretzels given away to chil- dren between 4 and 7. In addition, all children under four- teen years of age will be allowed to ride on the merry-go-round, the whip, the small coaster and the caterpillar for one cent. There will be no charge for using the splendid bathing beach and—although | the program is primarily for children | —adults will find plenty at the park to amuse them, In this way, the management will show its gratitude for the patronage of the season, Co-operating will be Harrington Ice Cream Co., Glendale Farms, Chocolate Pop Corn Co., Liber- ty Bottling Co., Allentown Pretzel Co. and the park employes. This unusual celebration attracts wide attention each year and wins en- thusiastic thanks for the management from the thousands who enjoy the free outing. of ice ’ | beautiful As Tribute To Donor SPLENDID PROGRAM The new quarters of the Daniel C. Roberts Fire Company at Harvey's Lake will be dedicated during a pro- gram on the afternoon of September 21, according to announcement made ‘Besides being the formal dedication of the handsome building, the cere- monies will be a community tribute to Daniel C. Roberts, whose philanthropy made the structure possible. Details a committee of prominent residents of within a few weeks. Although the Lake fire company had needed a building for: many years, it was unable to start a definite building at an annual meeting of the company, it was announced that Mr. Roberts, a retired Woolworth/Co. executive, would donate $2,000 toward a fund. Plans were made immediately to raise money to start construction this inerested in the project and informed the firemen he would pay the entire cost of the building, an amount Which was nearly $15,000. one way of showing its appreciation, the company changed its name to the Daniel C. Roberts Fire Company, Since then Mr. Roberts has helped the company in the purchase of a truck which probably will be delivered next month. The building is one of the most in Northeastern Pennsyl~ vania. It was designed by L. V. Lacy and built by Sordoni Construction Co. The exterior is of stone, much of which was quarried from a deposit The structure houses the fire the police department, vation, department, the chief of police. Post’s Poll Ends Majority Opposed To Pr Policies Of Roosevelt / Administration = Voters in The Post's straw vote, which ended last night, have sympathy with only a few of President Roose- velt’s policies, would defeat his re=- election, and would nominate Senator William E. Borah of Boise, Idaho, as the Republican candidate for President in 1936. i Nine hundred twenty-six persons, most of them from the vicinity of Dal- las but many of them from scattered points throughout Northeastern Penn- sylvania, voted. The majority of them voiced opposition to President |Roose~ velt’s policies. Three hundred eight expressed some sympathy for some of the President's aims, but 618 were opposed to his poli- cies. Seven hundred ninety-nine of the 926 voters indicated they will mot vote for Roosevelt next year. The Idaho Senator received during the second week of the poll enough votes to give him a lead over Hoover, the first week’s winner, although Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher, made great gains during the last week. | A poll last week of 2,600 G. O. P. | county chairmen gave Borah a ma- | jority with Knox second and Governor | Alf Landon of Kansas, who received only two votes in The Post’s poll, third. in The Post's poll were: Fishing Trip Two hundred fish were caught by a party from Shavertown over the week- end at Great Bay, N. J. The party in- cluded Howard Isaacs, Edward Hall, Robert Eck, James Garey, Robert Laux, Fred Eck, Ray Laux and A. E. Adams. News Of The Week The possibility that Russia will reports of progress in this country. IN CASE Xenia, Ohio—Verne Gross was big barn. . EUROPEAN COUNTR armaments, one country announce revenue comes, or used to come, provements of next year’s exhibition. Casino, caused white-haired Prince Louis to cut expenses, fire Mon- aco’s entire military force, numbering 27. : © (Continued on Page 8.) y U. S. EASY ON SOVIETS escape with only a scolding was ap- parent last night as United States failed to take any action to punish the Soviets for rejecting the State Department’s note in protest of Communist OF FIRE dismayed to discover his barn afire. Thinking quickly, he started the baler working and called the neighbors. - Good hay went to the baler, burning hay out the door. 25 tons; saved—1I,500 bushels of emall grain, 60 more tons of hay, one Result: Baled Y DISBANDS ARMY! Monte Carlo, Monaco—While European countries race for big- s its intention to disband its entire army! A deficit of $669,000 in the tiny country of Monaco, whose mainly from Monte Carle’s famed Firemen Plan Ceremonies of the program are being planned by Harvey's Lake and will be announced campaign until about a year ago when, Spring but Mr, Roberts became further discovered on the site during the exca-. William Borahy iv .ide yl 218 votes Herbert Hoover ............ 191 votes | Frank iBmox: fis Thea, 121 votes (Henry Fletcher. .\ iv is isinaividls 87 votes I Robert Moses +5 0 hi 41 votes . Charles Lindbergh Ji... s..i. 22. votes Gifford Pinchot ....4. 00 3 votes John S. Tine al iainalss esis icle 2 votes Al Tandon’ wai laden 2 votes yesterday by officials of the company, ° Work was started last Fall and as With Borah Ahead cells for prisoners and a ‘residence for = ) The potential Presidential nominees
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