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VOL. 45
DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20,
1935.
By-Pass Topic |
For Business
Men Tonight
Will Lay Plans For New
Campaign For
Project
ATTENDANCE URGED
An aggressive campaign to speed the
contemplated Luzerne by-pass ‘will be
launched at the meeting of Dallas Bor-
ough Business Men's Association to-
night at Suburban Inn.
The business men will lay plans for
a revival of interest in the project and
will consider suggestions for securing
the co-operation of all Back Mountain
communities interested in having the
short-cut between Dallas and Wyom-
ing Valley constructed.
The project was first presented sev-
eral years ago and on several occasions
committees have been instrumental in
pushing the plans close to realization.
If successful, the plan would elimin-
ate the present bottle-neck passage
through Luzerne and cut directly from
Union Street or Division Street, in
Kingston, across the Pringle flats to
connect with the Luzerne highway not
far from where the concrete highway
begins.
Luzerne merchants have opposed the
plan because it would deflect traffic
from the business section of that bor-
ough. On one occasion plans were held
up because Luzerne merchants indi-
cated they had a scheme to improve
traffic conditions without construct-
ing ‘a by-pass. Nothing has been done,
however, to relieve the congested traf-
fic conditions in the borough.
It is understood that a number of
prominent business and civic leaders
in this section are ready to join in a
concerted action to secure the by-pass.
Dallas Township business men are
also invited to attend this meeting,
Panama’s Heat No
Fun, Say Youths
Templin (Here's Your Name,
Dick) Makes High
Exam Mark
“ Heat—the humid, tropical variety—
is a big factor in the letters being re-
ceived from the four Dallas youths
who are serving with the United
States Army in the Panama Canal
Zone.
One of the young men, Richard
Templin, recently made a mark of 100
per cent. in competitive examination in
which 159 soldiers took part and as a
result has been admitted to the radio
school for special training,
William Disque, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Disque of Dallas, sent the
following letter to local friends this
week:
“I am receiving The Dallas Post
every week here and I am sure glad
to get it. So is Dick. When it arrives
here he looks it through about ten
times, trying to find his name, but he
has failed to find it and now is brok-
en hearted. He thinks everybody has
forgotten him.
“Dick belongs to the regimental
radio corps and now everything is
radio. You ask him where he is going
and he always answers ‘To the radia
station.’
“As for me, I am in the Second Bat-
talion Telephone Section, sometimes
working switchboards, other times a
telephone orderly. By that, I mean
(Continued on Page 5.)
Bennett, McCarty,
Trumbower Win
Republican School Director
Nominee Victorious In
Three Districts
With wide pluralities in each of the
Kingston Township districts, W. E.
Bennett captured the Republican nom-
ination for school director in the town-
ship on Tuesday.
He defeated his opponent, Siegel, by
better than a two-to-ome majority.
Although he had resigned #rom the
race, Harry Nichols received fifteen
votes.
E. T. Trumbower received the nom-
ination for road supervisor and Fran-
cis McCarty took the Republican nom-
ination for constable.
The Democratic nominees will be
Charles Dressell for supervisor, Glen-
wood Bulford for constable, and Jo-
seph Bulford for school director.
Nearly 900 votes were polled in the
three Kingston Township districts.
remem SG Aer
Wyoming National
Trustee For Fund
$500 Memorial Fund Was
Left To District By
Jacob Belcher
A $500 fund left in 1909 by Jackson
Belcher of Dallas Borough and held
until recently by the estate of Charles
Cooke will be turned over to Wyoming
National Bank.
The action will be taken as result of
an order handed down by Judge Hel-
ler upon petition of Attorney Roscoe
Smith, solicitor of Dallas 3orough
School District.
Upon Mr. Belcher’s death Charles
Cooke was named trustee and since his
death five years ago the estate has had
charge of the fund. Last year the board
collected the interest due it but last
Monday night it decided to gain direct
control of the principal. The interest
will be used for prizes for high school
Primary
This editorial, we promise, will
are. That is what Heaven is for!
fluences of county politics.
The Dallas Post believes it was
power to give.
find reward in our new friends.
Postlude
officially close our rather breathless
participation in the primary elections.
Those readers who have been patient enough to hear us out will un-
derstand why we were not entirely satisfied with the outcome. We seldom
Primarily, though, this final word is to acclaim the victory nearest
to our hearts—the overwhelming success in Dallas Borough of those can-
didates who are pledged to keep local offices free from the entangling in-
The returns from Dallas Borough’s primary elections should be in-
scribed permanently somewhere as a constant warning to any ambitious
office holder who might sometime again be tempted to offer his office as
a medium for strengthening the county organization.
Once and for all, the citizens of Dallas Borough have demonstrated
that they consider themselves competent enough to handle their own af-
fairs without outside interference or assistance. :
In proof of that they defeated every local candidate associated with
the county Republican organization and elected each of the eleven men
and women who ran as independent Republicans.
fulfilling a needed public service in
helping to elect those men. It believes it is doing another in reminding
them that the tremendous support Dallas voters gave to them calls for the
finest, most unselfish and most productive adininistrations within their
Finally, The Post is sincerely grateful for the encouraging comments
which have come to it from the most unexpected sources during the cam-
paign. If it is impossible for us to convert our opponents, we can, at least,
Battle Promised
At Harvey’s Lake
Democratic Gains Indicate
Warm Contest In
November
Although most communities in this
section are so preponderantly Repub-
lican that few candidates seek Demo-
cratic nominations, Harvey’s Lake will
have complete G. O. P. and Democratic
slates in the field for the general elec-
tion.
In the last year the strength of the
Democratic party in Lake Township
has about tripled. The candidates al-
lied with the Mundy Democrats took
three of the five Democratic nomina-
tions which were at stake in Tuesday's
primaries and it is assumed that the
two independent Democratic candi-
dates who were elected will join with
the organization nominees for a vigor-
ous campaign this Fall.
A strong slate of Republican candi-
dates will be on the other side in the
battle.
The Democratic candidates nomin-
ated in Tuesday's election are Frank
Jackson, school director; Alex Kocher,
supervisor; Corey Grey, poor master:
Hugh W. Hummell, constable, and
John Baur, auditor.
The Republican standard-bearers
successful on Tuesday are: Russell
Hoover, = school director; Cornelius
Smith, supervisor; Ernest Baer, audit-
or; George Searfoss, overseer of the
poor; A. R. Kocher, constable.
Harvest Outlook
Bumper Apple Crop Reported
By Several Local
Growers
Farmers in thejvicinity of Dallas are
preparing for one of their, most boun-
tiful harvests in’ a number of years.
Apples, corn; and hay are leaders
this year, and with _pFices up farmers
are contemplating “the immediate fu-
ture with pleasure.
The apple crop, in particular, is un-
usual. Among the growers who are
preparing for bumper harvests are Ira
Frantz of Orange, whose orchards and
storage equipment are among the fin-
est in Eastern Pennsylvania; George
Fruit Farm, Northeast of Harvey's
Lake. Frank Garrahan of Dallas also
has an unusual apple crop on his farm
near Lake Carey.
Corn is a strong crop and the hay
crop is said by some farmers to be the
greatest ever harvested in this section,
although early in the year its appear-
ance was not promising. Oats and
(Continued on Page 5.)
Bright Near Here
Clarke of Beaumont and the Richard's
Township Voters
Wilson Leads Anti-Organiza-
tion Candidates To
Victory
Besides turning in the biggest plur-
alities in this section for the indepen-
dent county candidates. Dallas Town-
ship voters also favored independent
candidates for a majority of the Re-
publican nominations for township of-
fices. ;
Led by Giles Wilson, who was nom-
inated without opposition for re-elec-
tion to the school board, the indepen-
dent forces succeeded in establishing
Dallas Township as the stronghold of
anti-organization sentiment in this
section,
Mr. Wilson's father, Alex Wilson,
was nominated supervisor with a plur-
ality of 144 votes, defeating Charles
Martin and Arthur Updyke.
Harvey Kitchen will be the Repub-
lican nominee for school director and
Curtis Anderson will be the G. O. P.s
nominee for constable,
Although her name was not on the
ballot, Mrs. John Girvan became the
Republican nominee for overseer of
the poor when twenty voters wrote her
name.
W. S. Kunkle, the Democratic nom-
inee for overseer of the poor, had no
opposition. There will be however, three
other Democratic nominees in the
November general election: Fred
Schray, constable; John Shupp, super-
visor, and Major Brown, school direc-
tor. Wilson Ryman was unopposed as
the Republican nominee for auditor
and he will have no Democratic op-
ponent.
(Continued on Page 5.)
ATR ston
Tennis Teams Meet
For First Tourney
Racqueteers From Shaver-
town And Dallas Clash
Tomorrow
A group of tennis players from Dal-
las will meet the recently-organized
Kingston Township team for this sec-
tion’s first tournament at the new
day) afternoon.
Members of the
will be Machel Hildebrant,
| Bachman, Ray Major, Willard 'Wool-
bert, Dr. Malcolm Borthwick, A. G.
Eddinger, John Jackson, Fred Eck.
The Dallas team will have as mem-
bers Philip Anderson, Edward F.
Kotchi, Willard Westover, Chan Bluh-
Shavertown team
bert Westover ana Jack Hazletine.
0. K. Independents
Shavertown courts tomorrow (Satur- |
Robert |
dorn, Howard Carey, William Dix, Ro- |
Independents Win Smashing
~ Victory For Local Offices
HIGHLIGHTS
of the
PRIMARIES
Voting was slow and heavy in the
Borough. There was not a break in the
lines of waiting voters from the open-
ing of the polls until closing time.
Both local election boards handled
their work efficiently and courteously,
relieving the monotony for waiting
voters with occasional bits of wit and
good-humored banter. The vote was
the heaviest cast here since the elec-
tion of Calvin Coolidge.
oe
From the very start there was a
predominance of borough slate work-
District Chairman Henry Disque was
on hand early but did not stay long,
ol ye,
Tim LaBar was one of the most
active workers for the borough slate.
Early in the day he predicted defeat
of the drganization ticket but kept
right on ‘bringing in voters until the
polls closed. Tim is a worker to be
contended with in any man’s election
iid he certainly was enthusiastic in
his desire to bring defeat to the or-
ganization slate.
CO
Chief of Police Leonard O'Kane was
temporarily out of the battle for a part |
of the dav, He suffered a slight heart
attacl- and was sent home to bed by a |
physician. He appeared at the polls
later in the day, still pretty weak, but
able to take an active part in the jub-
liant celebration of victory.
Ege
The Chief, with 345 votes, polled the
highest vote of any man on the bor-
ough slate. Closely following him in
order were Clyde Lapp with 311; Jo-
seph Jewel with 304, and Warden Kun-
kle with 303. John Jeter with 347 votes
was the highest man in the election,
but he was not, strictly speaking, an
exclusive borough slate candidate as
he also had the support of the opposi-
tion and was on its ticket.
— gs
Any one doubting Warden Kunkle’'s
popularity or approval of his adminis-
|tration on borough council had those
| doubts wiped away when he saw the
| splendid vote “brought home by this
iveteran of many borough battles.
Aga
Dr. Mundy must have envied John
Sullivan, local Democratic leader. John
[didn’t have to contend with any fac-
itional strife. In fact, he could confine
{all of his activities to the single can-
|didate on the local ticket who was |
[without opposition. And yet, all wasn’t
[harmony on the local Democratic tic-
‘ket.
James Coolbaugh, candidate for Jus-
tice-of-the-Peace, entertained voters
| with .airplane stunts during the early
(part of the day. Despite the fact that
| Jimmie looked down on all the voters |
nobody went up in the air about it.
Seti
| The only drunks in evidence during
[the day were those supporting the “so-
| called” temperance or opposition slate.
Results of the election will probably
BACK MOUNTAIN BIOGRAPHIES: NO. 6
In 1812, Chriseon Rice, a New
and headed toward Pennsylvania.
the first painted house and the first
enough war.
had six children, four of whom grew
liam H., and Sarah J.
pupils.
Jacob Rice
Jersey wagon maker, grew tired of
watching his friends move westward without him. He packed his humble
belongings and his good wife Sarah aboard one of his own sturdy wagons
At Trucksville he stopped and built a
home but in 1816 he moved to Dallas and purchased a tract of land on
which he built the town’s first water power sawmill.
Chriseon had a son, Jacob, who grew to achieve many things, among them
In 1817, Sarah and
spring wagon in Dallas. Jacob was a
farmer but when he saw more families moving in he branched into business
as a side line and built a store which he kept for twenty years. Then he
saw the natural advantages of Harvey's Lake as a
“Lake Grove House”. With all this, he still had a fondness for the militia
so in 1839 he hecame a first lieutenant in the 115th Pennsylvania Militia
and ten years later he was commissioned captain of the Dallas Artillery.
When the War of the Rebellion came,
to quartermaster in the 53rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. After the war end-
ed, high officers recommended him for further promotion but Jacob had had
He returned to Dallas. His wife was Susan Ferguson and they
resort and built his
Jacob Rice had worked his way up
to maturity, Zibe B., George H., Wil-
have a sobering effect. Over zealous
supporters of the borough slate who
let a little fire water get the best of
them were soon eliminated from the
{Sgere by their efficient compatriots,
|who considered their work done for
| the day.
. 07
James Ayre and John Durbin came
out of the contest with plenty of votes
|and plenty of new and loyal friends.
[Both of these men made personal calls
at practically every home in the com-
| munity before election. Everywhere
[they went they were met with old-
(fashioned hospitality. Theirs was the
[type of campaign that gives borough
|officials an insight into the actual
[needs and desires of the electorate.
—0=
| The poor showing made by many of
{the organization candidates was not
|personal. As independent candidates,
jwithout organization support, they
{might have been winners. But the com-
{munity in this election was voting for
freedom from outside interference.
| Any one with organization support
Iwas doomed from the start.
Harvey Kitchen
{Russell Spencer ,
policies of local government, Dallas vot
borough candidate.
ough of a government free from entang
the cause of so much bitterness during
"Complete Independent Slate
Assured Of Election In Fall
In vigorous protest against efforts by county political leaders ta dictate the
ers turned out in record-breaking num- :
bers on Tuesday to give overwhelming victory to every slated independent :
SE
eaccmainen perme
Not one candidate receiving the support of the local wing of the county
Republican machine was nominated. Since the Republican nomination here
amounts virtually to election to office, the returns Tuesday assure Dallas Bor-
ling political alliances which have been
the past several years.
/
ELECTION
RETURNS
DALLAS BOROUGH
ers at each of the polling places, lead- Republican
ing many observers to predict early in
the day that the borough slate would SCHOOL DIRECTORS
have a nice magority in the final vote Dist Dist Total
tally. el Clyde Lapp 203 108 311
Mrs. Clyde Vietch, Mrs. Earl Cairl, | Grant Shaner OUNCE 108 ITs
Mrs. LaVerne Race, Mrs, Grace Kintz, (Four To Be Elect
Mrs. Leonard O'Kane and Mrs, John |, .. : 0 Be Elected.)
| Ho a g : Warden Kunkle 203 100 303
Roberts were active from the start Hs go
._ {John Durbin 203 96 299
and worked hard and long to put their Teton Ayre 188 06 5d
candidates in the winning column. aL aa Tn { > ° : 284 |
5 .. | William Davis 159 97 256
Without the assistance of such work- Pon. trants 99 oT 186
= ne hae story might have been Harvey MoCarty 7 96 173
Qlicorent. Robert Moore 2 82 163
RT “abu Thomas Him 67 132
There were many faces missing from CONSTABLE
he Rn he ey el Leonard O'Kane 299 123 345
on he (old gstandbys were Clarence Esser 83 137
HIGH CONSTABLE
leaving slate affairs in the hands of LT. 1p! ns oo
his candidates and faithful workers, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Bud Williams, Ray Harris, James (Two To Be Elected.)
Stem, Mrs. G. A. Kuehn, Lee Weyhen- Toh Teter 206 141 347
meyer, John Hopple, Art Thomas and ra Cooke 133 75 208
others. Coolbaugh 109 86 195
POOR DIRECTORS
Bertha Thomas 165 131 296
William Baker 169 97 266
Mrs. Harry Garrahan 128 101 229
——— et enn.
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
Republican
(Three Districts)
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
(Six-Year Term)
Giles Wilson (No Opnosition)
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
[Clifford Ide
SUPERVISOR
Alex Wilson ..... aTaieviei Sean 258
Charles Martin ...... Lea WE ean 114
ATThur UU DAYRKE (iv oioi nis ceitins «sv. vine 49
co NSTABLE
Curtis Anderson ...... Er sey air ny 261
James. Gane] V. ines sie aly 113
Irvin Whispell ....... PAR - 01
Léster-‘R.” Sehultz sin, en. L 0 22
AUDITOR
Wilson Ryman (No Opposition)
OVERSEER OF THE POOR
Mrs. John GIEVAR i «eies fic sis oie i veins 20
Democratic
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
Major Brown (No Opposition)
SUPERVISOR
(No Opposition)
CONSTABLE
Fred Schray (No Opposition)
OVERSEER OF THE POOR
W. S. Kunkle (No Opposition)
COUNTY OFFICES
Republican
COMMISSIONERS
(Eight Districts In Dallas and King-
ston and Dallas Townships).
John Shupp
McQuffie ..... Saal clseieisioinds » ow 1098
Edwards ...: 0... Rie deinlotertinrate:s 0 907
WITHA Ch eee tier as Falta Cu pv 851
MOOT Lu «oie iio s aie ialaleluielstorn tots oui ute 189
ROSSer (.... ah via Talla Tets, sia telutate a 4 ute 122
West... aaa sn ee a 42
WIROWSKL «., ov ilies viavistadelets’s oid 28
UE, te ols adeieis she 27
IVE@LSE i ols Vids Ve x nih sce nfialole fae iota Re tate dee site'i 16
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Schwartz ..... SERRE INET, ga 545
IBLROPSE: «ve +e veh ie tela eie bale rset kn 400
MIHEE (ove i cin swine ainsi sis 5 253
Smith tae RR Sh 160
Jenkins. «aii hh at 133
Williamsinh, ou vole uu ei 130
CALCIO ie hielo vd ao win si ofelete stature 29
Kill Two Rattlers
Fassett Crosby and Edgar Engleman
of Noxen killed two rattliers on South
Mountain last Sunday.
Eleven Victors
ry the standard for the Republican
Party here in November are: Clyde
Lapp, school director; Warden Kunkle,
John Durbin, James Ayre and William
Davis, councilmen; Leonard O'Kane,
constable; Joseph Jewell, high con=-
stable; Ira Cooke and John Jeter, jus-
tices of the peace; Mrs. Bertha Tho-
mas and William Baker, poor directors.
Only One Democrat *
In Dallas Borough there is only one
candidate aspiring for office as a
Democratic nominee. He
Harris, who was unopposed as a can~
didate for the Democratic nomination
for school director. Dallas has about
100 Democrats registered,
son to about 600 Republicans, so a
for success.
Because it gave birth to the domin-
ant’ issue of the campaign, the school
director contest between Clyde Lapp
and Grant Shaner evoked the most
interest. Mr. Lapp’s almost 2-to-1 vie-
tory over Mr. Shaner will shift the
balance of power
the majority
been led by Henry Disque, Sixth Dis-
trict Republican Chairman and county
ported the defeated candidates.
Few Disturbances
Although the vote here was the
thusiasm ran high all day, there were
no serious disturbances at the polls.
The voting places were crowded. early
in the day,
ord-breaking crowds and partly be-~
cause of the great number of candi-
dates on the ballot. During the day
the trend of the voting was evident
and the announcement of a victory for
the
prise to the majority.
At the North District polling place
when. the high constable called out
the closing time an intoxicated man
ance until he was ejected forcibly,
vote despite the warning that she was
not a citizen, although her husband
was.
There was confusion because some
registered as Democrats. In a number
voters were allowed to cast their bal-
lot for Republican candidates.
So keen was the interest in the re-
sults that election officials who, de-
crowds, had maintained a high stand-
ard of efficiency and fairness all day,
read the totals off to ,the waiting
had been compiled.
South District was first to finish and
it verified the expected victory for the
independents. When, a few minutes
later, the board at the North District
finished and the victory
tain, pandemonium broke loose. The
fire siren shrieked the signal for the
celebration, which was climaxed by a
parade of about fifty automobiles, led
by the fire truck, over the main streets
of the town.
Moore Gets 4092
Votes In Cor unty
Only Candidate From This
Section Ranks
Fifth
Nelson Moore of Dallas Township,
the only candidate from this section in
the county primaries, received 4,092 to
rank eighth among the candidates
seeking the Republican nomination for
county commissioner. -
which wil Itake the form of a recep-
ing in his home district, the Sixth
Legislative District, but he also made
a surprising showing in the First Dis-
trict, where his votes outnumbered
those for Rosser, Witkowski, ILuffff,
West and Weitz.
slates for the November general electio
With pluralities running as high as
33,000 organization Republicans defeat-
ed every independent candidate. The
same thing happened in the Democra-
tic Party, where the complete slate in-
dorsed by the county committee was
victorious.
As a result,
have in November one
closely contested two-party battles in
Luzerne County will
of the most
ie
| There were many voters who re-
{membered the crowded, smelly hole in
ithe high school where they were forced |
ito stand one whole evening last spring |
|ahd listen to a dominated school board |
refuse to heed the desires of the citi- |
|zens. There were many who could hear
(Continued on Page 5.)
its history. Republicans outnumber
| Democrats in registration but the min-
| ority party will be strengthened by Re-
| publican voters who were dissatisfied
with the outcome of the Republican
primaries.
Two Democratic nominees in parti-
cular—Lieut. Col. Thomas. Atherton
and William Fahey, candidates, res-
ORGANIZATION SLATES SURVIVE
FOR FINAL CHOICE OF VOTERS
Republicans and Democrats throughout Tuzerne County followed the dic-
tates of their county committees on Tuesday and elected strictly organization
n.
pectively, for sheriff and district at-
torney, are strong.
Other Democratic nominees are John
A. Riley of Sugar Notch and Thomas
J. Callahan of Swoyerville, county
commissioner nominees who defeated
John A. Carroll, present commissioner;
Stanley Janoski, county treasurer; At-
torney John S. Lopatto, register of
wills; Dr. Charles Graziano, coroner.
- The Republican nominees will be
John McGuffie and Lewis Edwards,
county commissioner; Leon Schwartz,
|district attorney. William R. Thomas,
sheriff; Henry Jones, county treasurer;
Joseph Morris, register of wills; Dr. I.
er, recorder of deeds. : b,
The. Trend In 3
The eleven candidates who will car-
is Raymond
in compari~
Democratic nominee has little chance
on Dallas Borough
School Board. For the last two years
faction of the board has
employe and whose organization sup-
heaviest in ten years and factional en-
partly because of the rec-. -
independent forces was’ no sur-
who wanted to voté created a disturb-
On the Heights there was a quarrel J
99 (when officials permitted a woman to
persons who intended to vote for Re-
publican candidates found themselves
of cases affidavits were sworn and the
spite the keen competition and large
crowds even before the official returns
became cer-
C. Morgan, coroner; George R. Steck-