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BRASHNESS
SKIPPY
‘We have developed a severe Charlie-
horse in the right arm as a result of
throwing stones for the entertainment
of Skippy, the nervous little Boston
bull which has filled.the vacancy left
by Pete, the crow.
‘Pete used to caw and tap on the
window when he wanted us to come
out. Skip sticks his head in the door
and wags his stubby tail wildly until
we agree to put things aside and come
out to play.
In view of the effort it takes to
Yio throw a good-sized cobble-stone we
[a are strongly in favor of the use of
iN sticks in this game of throw-and-re-
i trieve. Skip won't even look at a stick.
Regardless of our repeated warnings
concerning the horrible things which
are happening to the enamel on his
teeth, Skip insists on prancing around
* with three-pound rock fragments in
his mouth,
In our varied experience with dogs,
we have never seen a friendlier canine
than this ‘Skip, who belongs to our
neighbors, the McCarthy's. He practl-
cally exudes personality. And his ap-
{ petite for stones is nothing short of
marvelous, It is now a question of
which will give out quickesi=-our
right arm or Skip's teeth.
—_——
For sheer bulk, the metropolitan
newspaper leads. But for reaching out
through space and unlocking the me-
mories of what the editor calls “former
local citizens” there is nothing quite
so potent as the small town weekly.
In Kansas there is a town of 1,300
population called St. Mary's, where
The Star comes out every week, rain
or shine. A short time ago that paper)
County Committee Scramble Sole
High Spot In Tuesday’s Primary
Despite the important issues at stake in this year's elections, Tuesday’s
primary bids fair to a singularly mild affair locally. It is no exaggeration
to say that more than half the voters do not know the names of the candidates.
Because it comes close to home, the scramble for posts on the county Re-
publican and Democratic committees has excited spotty interest. traditional
lines between Independents and the County Ring candidates have been drawn
and in a few isolated instances there is close rivalry. In most cases the cam-
paigns are fairly meek.
Some seventy-five men and women
in Dallas Borough, Dallas Township,
Jackson Township, Kingston Town-
ship, Lake Township and Lehman are
candidates for positions on the county
committee.
Wilcox Is Unopposed
In Dallas Borough, Morgan Wilcox,
aspirant for the Republican position in
the North District, has no opposition.
William H. Price and s Forester H.
Still seek the South District, position.
There are contests in each of Dal-
las Township’s three districts. Fred F.
Honeywell and Palmer Updyke aspire
to be Republican committeemen from
the North District, Earl H, Layaou and
Arthur Newman, president of Henry
M. Laing Fire Co. are seeking the
election in the South District, and Clif-
ford Ide and Fred Turpin oppose each
other in the Middle District.
Although the Democrats in this sec-
tion are far in the minority, there are
several spirited contests for posts on
the Democratic committee. A complete
list of all committee candidates ap-
peared in the April 3rd Post.
Few candidates for major offices,
with the exception of those who are
residents of this section, have conduct-
ed aggressive campaigns here. William
Carey, Jr.,, of Wyoming, and Willard
Shortz, incumbent, are seeking the
Republican nomination for Representa-
tive to the Legislature from the Sixth
District. Donald Wilkinson of XKing-
ston also is a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination.
Two local Democrats, John Sullivan
and Bernard McNelis, beth of Dallas,
are candidates for the
nomination for Representative for the
Legislature. Three other Democrats,
Charles A. Malpass of Forty Fort, Ro- |
bert N. Bierly, Joseph Tighe and Ed-
ward L. Keim, all of West Pittston, are
seeking the same nomination.
Congressman C. Murray Turpin of
Kingston is a candidate for re-election.
He is opposed by Robert McCallum of
Wilkes-Barre Township for the Repub-
lican nomination, Harold Flannery of
West Pittston is the strong candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress. His opponents are John R.
Reap of Avoca, Michael F. Caffrey of
Sugar Notch and Frank Lenahan of
Sugar Notch.
Road Costs Triple
In Election Year
Property Owners’ Associa-
tion Appeals From
Annual Audit
An explanation for almost unbe-
!lieveable increases in road mainten-
carried a series of reminiscenses by |ance costs in Luzerne County in 1935,
“Old Timer”, recalling hard times of
. the past and comparing them with the
present.
‘A few weeks ago, L. J. Van Laeys,
general manager of the Wilkes-Barre
Record and a former intimate of Gov-
ernor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas,
was lounging at the Press Club in New
York City. Some one called to his at-
tention an editorial which appeared in
The Star. Mr. Van Laeys, it developed,
had once lived in St. Mary's. And,
what was more, he had gone through
some of the very incidents described
by “Old Timer”.
The sequel to the story is that about
the same time the editor of The Star
received Mr, Van Laey’s letter from
the East Coast another letter came in
from Santa Clara, “Cal, about: the
same editorial.
Even Mr. Van Laey’'s Record could
be proud of such “coast-to-coast” cir-
culation.
ig ;
\ From the traditional caricature of
the corporate interests you might sus-
pect that Robert Hall Craig, who man-
ages the local water company from his
office at Harrisburg, would be an over-
fed gentleman wearing a cutaway and
a high silk hat, and strangling small
figures labelled “consumer” in each
hand. We'll never believe the cartoon-
ists again.
Actually, Craig is a friendly, rather
youngish-looking fellow, with a plea-
sant sense of humor and a very real
sense of fairness. Now that the smoke
of the water rate battle is beginning to
settle we can admit that we have a
¢ deep respect for him. That respect, we
believe, is shared by every local per-
son who has had contact with him dur-
ing the trouble over rates.
Even while we were tossing brick-
bats in his direction with monotonous
regularity, Mr. Craig was setting us
an example of sportsmanship with his
affable courtesy. His frankness, his ob-
vious ability and his willingness to dis-
cuss, within reason, any phase of the
controversy call for some such testi-
mony as this now that the company
and the consumers seem to be at peace
with each other for a while again.
pees
‘One thought more. There are several
thousand new readers of The Post
again this week. For these two Farm
issues we have tried to reach every
family in this territory. We want to
° devote the last part of this column to
welcoming them and expressing the
hope that sometime soon they will be-
come regular readers. The rest of the
column is especially for them, so if
you subscribe to this paper you need
not bother coming along any further.
The Post, as must be obvious to you
new readers, is published in Dallas as
the home newspaper for the suburban
communities nearby and for the rich
agricultural region Northwest of
Wyoming Valley. It is almost forty
years old now and getting more sense
and circulation every week.
Perhaps the most interesting thing
about the paper you're reading free
this week is that it refuses to admit
that rural readers don’t deserve as
good a quality as city readers. What
we mean is that for many years coun-
; try editors have excused their sloppy
\ make-up, their ancient style and their
prejudiced reporting with the claim
that country readers didn’t want bet-
ter methods.
~ One upon a time that may have
been true. When the country news-
paper was ‘the only contact the rural
dweller had with the rest of the world
he would have been glad to get it if it
had been printed in fruit juices on
bark, as long as there was some news
in it. But today, with radio, and daily
newspapers and monthly magazines
linking the country folks with the rest
of the world, they know how well
(Continued on Page 8.)
lan election year, was being sought this
week by Luzerne County Property
Owners’ Association, which filed an
appeal from the recent audit. The costs
were questioned editorially by The
Post several weeks ago.
Luzerne County spent $386,247 on its
156 miles of highway last year, an
average of $2,500 on each mile. In 1934
it spent $122,935, three times as much.
Not since 1931, another election year,
had Luzerne County spent within
$200,000 of what it spent last year,
A comparison on maintenance costs
of highways near Dallas in 1934 and
1935, as Draw by .¢he Property
Owners’ Association, follows: :
Exeter-Franklin ~~ $1,376.02 $30,439.64
Kingston-Franklin 4,376.18 23,002.95
Carv’ton-Trucksv’le 1,539.05 5,482.77
Orange-Dallas 5,924.68 5,533.80
Dallas-Franklin 423.85 1,790.15
Orange-Sickler 1,606.43 4,331.50
Fernbrook-DeMuns 2,229.70 38,412.48
Hillside-Chase 292.05 2,100.45
Dallas-Huntsville 1,258.80 5,713.47
Lehman-Outlet 1,406.40 5,348.82
Kunkle-Alderson 815.40 6,893.18
The mileage on the above highways
ranges from one mile to five and one-
tenth. Only one stretch exceeds four
miles and the majority are less than
that.
Old-Fashioned Bee
To Be Held May 12
Spellers Called To Perform
At Dallas High
School
A Public Spelling Bee will be held
at Dallas Borough High School on
Tuesday evening, May 12, with four
classes of contestants competing, from
the tiniest school children to the adults
with an orthographic bent.
The first class will be open to all
children twelve years of age and under.
In the second class all public school
children will be invited to compete.
Anyone will be eligible for the third
class. The most unique division will be
the fourth, a general information test,
open to anyone.
Entertainment will be provided be-
tween the contests. Three prizes will
be awarded in each contest and the
contests are not limited to Dallas
Borough. It is hoped, in fact, that
neighboring districts will send dele-
gations of spellers. All old spelling en-
thusiasts will find real thrills in the
competition. A small admission will be
charged.
DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1936.
Democratic |
LOCAL MAN GETS GOOD »
EXAMPLE OF CAPITOL’S
SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
More than one man has lost his
_..shirt in politics, but Howard Isaacs
Shavertown automobile dealer, lost
his sunirt, suit, overcoat, and suede
jacket just looking over politicians
last week end in Washington, D. C.
In company with Bill Hamilton,
his assistant, Howard motored to
the Capital City to visit Bob and
Dorothy Eck. Sunday morning
from 10 a. m. until noon he parked
his car on a busy thoroughfare and
went out to see the city. When he
returned he found that thieves
had broken a rear window in his
car and made away with his cloth-
ing. Otherwise the trip was fine,
says Howard, and he enjoyed hear-
ing Bob Eck talk on the wonders
of Washington.
“Bob” is a guide on one of the
big sight-seeing busses that visits
points of interest in the city. His
sister, Dorithy, is employed in one
of the government bureaus.” But
Howard wouldn't’ go back to
Washington again if he were elect-
ed to Congress—not unless he had
a ‘State cop or a police dog with
him. :
Council Reduces
Millage To 15.5
Makes Plans For Collection
Of Rubbish During
Next Week
Dallas Borough Council reduced its
tax levy one-half mill at a meeting in
the borough building on Tuesday night.
cutting the millage from 16 to 15.5
The reduction was accomplished by
cutting the sinking fund from 3 mills
to 1.5 mills, increasing the general fund
from 10 mills to 11 mills, and keeping
the light fund at 3 mills.
Subsequent to complaints concerning
the poor condition of Center Hill Road,
council authorized Secretary William
Niemeyer to inform Dallas Township
supervisors and ask them to make re-
pairs promptly.
Complaints were received also about
sidewalks on Church Street and Mr.
Niemeyer was instructed to notify
owners. A request was made that resi-
dents refrain from dumping ashes into
drains.
Councilman Peter Clark reported a
conference with officials of Dallas
Water Company during which he was
informed that the company cannot
supply enough water for fire hydrants.
Mr. Clark suggested that the borough
engineer make a chart of wells and
cisterns which can be used in case of
fire. Citizens are requested to report
the location of such supplies of water
to John Jeter, borough engineer.
Bills totaling $77.56 were ordered
paid.
Dallas, Penn., Thanks Dallas, Tex.
For Invitation To Big Centennial
Dallas, Pa, this week sent its thanks to Dallas, Tex., for its invitation to
the special “Dallas Day” celebration to be held at the $25,000,000 Texas Cen-
tennial Exposition this summer.
At the suggestion of the Post, Wil-
ilam Webb, general manager of the
great exposition, acknowledged the
kinship between the two towns last
week, He sent a special invitation to
Dallas Citizens and announced theshe- |
ginning of plans for a Dallas Day.
The expense of the trip West would
be a handicap in any plans to send a
delegation to Texas, as Mr. Webb sug-
gested. There is no question that such
promotion would bring this section
beneficial publicity. It was thought this
week that some residents of the Dallas
section may be planning a trip to the
Southwest this year. In such a case,
the party could carry greetings from
local officials to the officials of the ex-
position and would be as€ured a thrill-
ing time.
Dallas, Tex., was named for George
Mifflin Dallas, son of the man for
whom Dallas, Pa., was named.
In response to the local interest in
the Centennial, The Post will publish
a full page of pictures of its bustling
kin city next month.
This week Pennsylvania joined with
Texas in honoring forty-three sons of
the Keystone State who aided Texas in
gaining her freedom—among them
George Mifflin Dallas. Five thousand
workmen = building the Centennial
ceased work at noon on Tuesday to
pay tribute to the man who went from
Pennsylvania, to fight for the freedom
of Texas. -
Alexander ‘Dallas, for whom Dallas,
Pa., was named and whose son’s mem-
ory is being honored by Texans this
year, was an intimate friend of Ben-
Jamin Franklin and an outstanding fi-
‘gure in Colonial America.
} Sg asTonce
Three Churches
To Welcome New
Pastors Sunday
“Cha
rton
Conference Mak
At Trucksvillg, C
Lehman
BAILEY RETIRES
_ Three local congregations will wel-
come new pastors this Sunday as the
result of the annual assignments which
climaxed the 85th sessions of the Wiyo-
ming Conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, in Scranton on Monday.
Rev. Charles H. Gilbert of Meshop-
pen will come to Carverton to fill the
vacancy caused by the retirement this
week of Rev. Judson N. Bailey.
Rev. J. Rolland Crompton, pastor at
Trucksville for the last five years, will
go to:Dorranceton ‘M. E. Church, and
willbe ' succeeded by Rev. Harry M,
Savacool of Whitney Point, N. Y.
In a last-minute change, Rev. Lynn
H. Brown of Lehman was transferred
to the Moosic M. E. Church. Rev. Ho-
ward B. Willetts of the Falls-Mill City
charge will come to Lehman.
Rev. Francis E. Freeman was re-
turned to the Dallas M. E. Church and
Rev. Fred M, Sellers comes back to
Shavertown M. E.
Several Retirements
Rev. Mr. Bailey’s retirement was one
of several at the conference. Rev,
James D. Benninger, pastor at Dor-
ranceton M. E, and a former pastor at
Lehman and Alderson, and Rev. Frank
W. Young of Moosic, former pastor of
Kingston M. E. Church and well-
known here, also retired.
Sixty-eight of the 214 ministers in
the conference will face new congresu-
tions on Sunday, beginning of the new
Conference year. The greatest turn-
over was in the Wilkes-Barre district,
where three ministers retired. Twenty-
one churches change pastors here,
cluding three of the five local charges.
Rev. Mr. Savacool, who will assume
the pastorate at Trucksville M. E.
Church, attended West Virginia Wesle-
van and graduated from Drew Theolo-
gical Seminary. His first charge was
in Mehoopany in 1923. He spent seven
vears at his second charge, Mehoopany
and has been at Whitney Foote, N. YX.
for three years.\
Rev. Mr. Willett, new pastor at Leh-
man, entered the conference in 1919,
and accepted a charge, at Slaterville,
Other charges were at Berkshire, Ona-
quaga, Portlandville, Afton, N. Y., and
Falls-Mill City.
Rev. Mr. Gilbert, who leitored™ the
in the same class as Rev.
Crompton, comes to
from Meshoppen. He entered the con-
ference in 1920 and has served at
Lisle, Flemingville, Lisle (second time)
Kirkwood, Great Bend, Oak Street,
Binghamton; Forest City and Meshop-
pen. :
Receptions will be held for the new
pastors in about a week. They will
move to their new parsonages in the
middle of next week.
Ww. C. Thompson In
Fl a Hospital
Condi on Of f Local Man Is
Better After Serious
Crash
The condition of W. C. Thompson of
Wellington Avenue, Dallas, who is in|
Elmira, N. Y. Hospital suffering from
severe injuries he received last Satur-
day night in an automobile accident
was improved this week.
Mr. Thompson, who is employed by
Armour Co., and who spends much of
his time travelling, was on the way
home when the accident happened near
Elmira. He and the man who was driv-
ing the company car had been working
long hours and it is believed they were
fatigued when they started the home-
ward trip. The car struck an object
along the road and Mr. Thompson was
thrown against the windshield. His
lung was injured, his breast bone was
broken and he suffered a slight cut on
the face. The other man was not seri-
ously injured.
Mrs. Thompson received word early
Sunday morning and left immediately
for Elmira. She remained there this
week. Mrs. Blanche Thompson, the
mother of the injured man, went to
Elmira on Sunday and returned early
in the week. F
Although Mr. Thompson's condition
was critical on Saturday and Sunday,
it seemed likely this week that he
would recover.
Local Woman Drawn
For Jury Service
Mrs. Kuehn Among Ten Lo-
cal Folks Selected For
Service
‘Only one woman, Mrs. G.- A. A.
Kuehn of Dallas, was chosen among
the hundreds of names selected by
Jury Commissioners this week for
service during the May term of crim-
inal court.
Week of May 18
Kingston Township—H, W. Appleton,
Sherman P. Frantz, George A. Hunt.
Dallas—Charles IL. Albert, W. B.
Jeter.
Week of June 1
Kingston Township—F. G. Anderson,
Matthew G. Gray.
Dallas—Arthur Gay, Jean Kuehn,
in- |
SOUTHERN TRIP ENDS
TWELVE HOURS APART
FOR TWO LOCAL MEN
Jim Oliver and D. L. Edwards,
who left last week on a business
trip to Florida, returned this week
—but twelve hours apart.
On the homeward trip Mr. Oliver
drove one car and Dewey the
other.. Somewhere in North Caro-
lina, the two automobiles became
separated, and Dewey found him-
self charting his , Own course
through the Southern wilds. What ~
complicated the situation was that
Dewey, who had expected to be
home sooner, found himself run-
ning short of funds and had to
send a frantic wire Northward for
money.
Worried a little. over his
nephew's disappearance, Jim pull-
ed into Dallas early in the morn-
ing. Unperturbed, and completely
enjoying his trip, Dewey drove in
twelve hours later. He denied the
report that he had stopped along
the way to pick up a few insurance .
customers.
Community Mgurns
Mrs.Z. E. aringer
Motivated From Girlhood By
Highest: Christian
Ideals
mrs
The funeral of Mrs. Z. BE. Garinger
whose sudden death last Thursday |
night came as a shock to the entire
community, was held Monday morn-
ing at 10 from the late home on Lake
Street with services in charge of Rev.
Francis Freeman, pastor of Dallas M.
E. Church, assisted by Rev. Judson
Bailey a former pastor of the church.
Up until the time of her death, Mrs.
Garinger had apparently been in aver-
age health. On Thursday she spent the
day with Mr. Garinger visiting farms
throughout the countryside where he
hadsbusiness calls to make. When they
reached the J. B. Schooley farm about
five in the afternoon Mrs. Garinger
went in the house to call on Mrs.
Schooley while her husband transacted
business with Mr. Schooley. Shortly
after entering the house she mentioned
a severe headache and soon thereafter
was stricken with a cerebral hemmor-
‘Thage which resulted in her death at
eleven that night.
© “(Continued on Page 5.)
Lehman Grange Calls
- Members To Meeting
An important meeting of T.ehman
Carvetton \Grange will be held on Saturday night
ifn the Grange Hall. Since there are
several unusually important matters to
be acted upon, officers have requested
a full attendance. One of the things to
be discussed will be a proposed change
in the meeting night.
Tax Levy Adopted
May Be Inadequate
Board Said To Be Thinkin ng.
Of Revising First
Action
Possibility that Dallas Borough
School Board may be forced to adopt a
millage higher than that fixed at its
meeting a few weeks ago loomed this
week.
Under pressure of the minority fac-
tion, which protested a suggested 30-
mill levy, the board agreed to adopt a
basic millage of 28.5, the same as of
last year. Since then there has been
a growing demand for a higher millage
which will insure the district against
a deficit at the end of the year.
About $2,000 in unpaid bills con-
fronted the present board after its re-
organization last September. Strict
provisions of the school code make 1t
practically impossible to revise the
budget if additional funds are needed
later. For safety’s sake, say proponents
of the higher millage, the board should
adopt a levy which will provide a sum
adequate for school expenses.
Chief opponent of the plan to in-
crease the levy one and one-half mill
is Henry Disque, deposed majority
leader of the board. When Director
Disque took office the millage was 25.
Shortly afterward the board of which
he was majority leader raised the mill-
age to 30. Later it was reduced to 281%.
The next meeting of the board prob-
ably will be held on the first Wednes-
day of May.
| nounced it is ready to accept condi-
Adequate Supply :
Must Be Assured,
Say Business Men
Ready To Accept New Sche-
dule If That Condition :
IsMet =~
SETTLEMENT EXPECTED
The Bkelihood of - of an senloitie seb
tlement of the local water rate contro-
versy seemed probable this week as
Dallas Business Men’s Association am~
tionally the revised and tentative sche-
dule presented last week Ly Dallas
Water Company.
Originally, the utility, which car
out a $7,000 improvement program
year, filed a new schedule which would
have cost local consumers $1,870 !
year. The newest schedule, prepared
after a protest against the proposed
schedule, will bring the company an
additional $750 a year.
The business men, who discussed
new schedule on Monday night at ‘a
meeting in Suburban Inn, agreed to
try the new rates if the company as-
sures adequate service to all consums=
ers.
As part of its proposal last We
the’ utility agreed tentatively that no
increase will be charged in the Parrish
Heights section .until improvements
have been made to assure an adequate
supply of water to homes there,
The business men expressed the
opinion that when the new meter rates
go into effect consumption in business
places will be decreased, allowing a
greater supply for domestic consum-
ers.
The new rates call for a $1 a year
increase from domestic consumers and
a. new schedule of Meter rates for
business places.
Background of Case
The schedule which now appears to
be the solution to the long controversy
is the latest step in a series of events
which began several years ago with a
spirited campaign among consumers
to force the company to give better
service. !
That protest ended with the Public
Service Commissions’ demand for a five
point improvement program to be
completed by Dallas Water Co. by
August 1, 1935. The most important
step was the erection of a 70,000:gallon
reserve tank above Dallas to assure an
adequate supply of water.
When it decided the case in favor oF
the consumers, the Public Service
Commission intimated that the neces-
sary improvements might be financed ]
by a $400-a-year increase in rates.
Last February, the water company
filed an increase.
‘When ‘Dallas Business Men protested
the increase last February, Mr. Craig
came from Harrisburg at their request
and listened courteously to their com-
plaints. A few days later he postponed
the increase for 150 ‘days.
In the meantime Dallas Taxpayers’
Association had filed a complaint with
the Public Service Commission but en
iadvice of attorneys agreed to an inde-
finite postponement of any hearing
pending efforts at arbitration.
wttorney J. Gordon Mason, attorney
for tie Taxpayers’ Association, has
conferva d recently ‘with water com-
pany attorneys at Harrisburg but has
made no anfouncement of tangible re-
sults... A 4 bh
Seamstresses Isola
Work At Wilikes-
Seamstresses from the WPA
project here displayed their wor
Saturday at the Redington Hotel
luncheon which was attended by
150 persons. Among the SPONSOTS Pre
ent from the Back Mountain we
H. Rainey, Bertha Thomas, Otilla Ti-
tus, Mrs. Ray, Mrs, Herdman, Katie \
Wilson and Margaret Girvan.
Build Pretzel Ride
At Picnic Grounds
I The management of Harvey's Lake
Picnic Grounds. which is cleaning its
beach, equipment, and ground in pre-
paration for its summer opening next
month, believes this will be one of .the
best resort seasons in many years.
With that optimistic view, the own-
ers will introduce several new features
this year and at least one new amuse-
ment, the Pretzel Ride, a covered
structure said to be the latest in fun-
making thrills,
The purpose of Clean-Up Week is to
stimulate community-wide interest in
sanitation and the removal of nuisanc-
es and fire hazards, Primarily, it is in-
tended that during this week obscure
corners and places not ordinarily
cleaned should be cleared of rubbish.
To spur progress, Dallas Borough
will have its trucks collect rubbish,
which must be placed in containers in
front of homes. On Monday, the trucks
will collect from Lake Street and Main
Street, on Tuesday from Parrish
Heights and on Wednesday and Thurs-
day, between Lake Street and Parrish
Heights.
All sidewalks should be cleaned, gut-
ters cleared and ditches opened. Ac-
Rakes And Brooms Weapons In Next ~~
Week’s Clean-Up Attack In Dallas
(See Editorial, Page 2.)
An army of citizens, armed with rakes and brooms, will rout the enemies
of cleanliness next week in Dallas’s annual Clean-up Week.
Each year Dallas Council designates one week as Clean-Up Week. The.
opening date of the campaign this year is April 27, next Monday.
up and burned when there is little or
no breeze. Be sure the “last spark” is
extinguished. Breeding places for flies
or mosquitoes should be cleaned out
and germ spots disinfected. Cess-pools
should be cleaned and limed and stable
yards, chicken coops and outhouses
should be cleaned thoroughly. Accu-
mulated junk and trash in attics and
cellars should be removed. Cellars
should be whitewashed. Discarded rub-
bish, such as may be found in most
cellars and attics, provides, beside a
breeding place for disease, a danger-
ous fire hazard.
It is the experience of borough offi-
cials that such a program carried out
cumulated debris (brush, leaves and
vines) along fences should be cleaned
in the Spring is followed by excellent
sanitary results.