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VOL. 46
POST
SCRIPTS
MAIN Officials ing Of Case
VS. :
TI m Es : EXAMINE COMPLAINTS TAX SIAT DELAYED =~
Not since we stepped clumsily in the
path of the baseball which gave us
that shiner we were sporting around
week before last have we been struck
by anything so forceful as the realiza-
tion the other evening that Broadway,
after all, is only another Main street.
It was a rather startling thought for
DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1936.
WHERE ROOSEVELT WILL BE NOMINATED NEXT WEEK
Launch Movement
To Erase Health
Menaces Locally
—
County Medical Director
Gives Promise Of Aid To
A determined effort to wipe out un-
sanitary conditions in this section has
been launched by Dr. F. E. Donnel-
ly, Luzerne County medical director
for the State Department of Health,
with the support of local health au-
thorities.
Threaten Appeal
To Higher Court
On Dinger’s Case
To Authorize Re-Qpen-
arry L. Tennyson of Midway,
s0ew supervising principal of
Dallas Borough S di y
rrvrervim BAtract with the dis-
trict this week. He is expected
to arrive here next week, to as-
sume his duties July 1. The con-
! tract was forwarded to M
Y king and | / : 4 3 x |
aan eR ay ty A hovel the action is aimed pn yo Lidge McLean
ao Ths ibilities. marily at long%tanding abuses of the ad ruled that the present con-
day without seeing its possibilities 3 tract held by Norman B. Dinger
Then we remembered that W. A. Per-
rego suggested a year or more ago,
apparently in all seriousness, that the
name of Dallas be changed to New
dancers.
(pen.
Show us a sensation that has rocked
Broadway more than the three court
cases involving Dallas School Board
have excited Main Street. Let Manhat-
tan have its vice crusades as long as
we can have our injunctivns, In a pinch
Dallas might even be able to supply
some mild vice,
ae
There are stories along Main Street,
too, stories as smooth and as sophisti-
cated as amy ever printed in The New
Yorker, and just as difficult to under-
stand. We've tried to place the respon-
sibility for this one. Some one along
Main Street gave it to us last week.
‘About the man who went to a bakery
to order a cake, made in ‘the form of
a letter “S”. The baker could do it,
but it would: take three or four days.
So the man said alright, he would re-
turn then. In four days he came back
and the baker produced a splendid-
looking specimen of his skill. “I'm
very sorry” the man said. “You have
made the cake in a script “sg”. I want-
ed it in a block letter “S”. The baker
apologized and said it would take at
least three more days to make the cake
of the bona to be delivered from local
postoffices arrived early Monday
morning and postal officials acted with
praiseworthy efficiency in dispatching
the bonds immediately along rural
routes. Local veterans received their
bonds from one to three days ahead of
Wyoming Valley vets.
Postmaster George T. Kirkendall of
Dallas sat in Dallas Borough High
School on Monday and Tuesday nights
and attended the American Legion
meeting on Wednesday night to assist
veterans who desired to cash their
bonds. '
Postmaster William Luksic of
Trucksville established headquarters in
the Trucksville grade school, where he
assisted veterans from his territory in
translating their bonds into cash.
Other postmasters made similar ar-
rangements to speed the process.
Eighty bonds had been received at
the Dallas post office this week, about
forty of them being for veterans on
rural delivery. It was estimated that
there would be at least twenty more
bonds for veterans who had not ap-
plied yet for their bonuses or whose
payments had been delayed.
Trucksville post office estimated it
sumers last April ‘and accepted condi-
tionally by Dallas Business Men’s ‘As-
sociation was filed with = the Public
Service Commission at Harrisburg this
week and will go into effect on Wed-
nesday July 1.
Adoption of the new tariff will end
the 150-day postponement granted by
the utility last January, when Robert
Hall Craig, general manager, agreed
to revise the first schedule proposed
by the company. The present increase
published in detail last April in The
Post, differs from the original sche-
dule in that it excludes homes in the
Parrish Heights section from the in-
crease and reduces meter rates con-
siderably from those first proposed.
Dallas Borough Taxpayers’ Associa-
tion, which filed a protest with the
Public Service Commission when the
original increase was proposed last
January, was to have met on Monday
night to decide whether it would at-
tack the revised schedule. Because of
the absence of the president, Henry
Disque, the meeting was postponed. A
date has been set tentatively for
Thursday, June 25, but. the meeting
tuck
T'wo Kingston Township Pu-
pils Cited For Five-
Point Award
For their outstanding qualities of
honor, courage, scholarship, service and ;
leadership, two pupils of Kingston
Township eighth grade have been
awarded engraved bmedals and pins by
the Veterans’ Association of Kingston
Township. ;
Richard Edgar Crompton and Marian
Frances Jones are the two students
who have been selected by their teach-
ers for the coveted American Legion
award. Childrgn who win the medal
must give outstanding evidence of
strength of character, high standards
of conduct, a keen sense of what is
right, truthfulness, devotion to duty,
bravery scholastic attainment, indus-
try, leadership, kindliness and protec-
tion of the weak and promotion of the
interests and welfare of associates
without hope of personal award.
Eighty-four members of the eighth
grade classes have been promoted and
will enter high school in the Fall. In
State’s health code, Dr. Donnelly’s
forces will pay particular attention to
the Harvey's Lake section, to guard
summer residents against exposure to
solution which would eliminate the’
need for dumping refuse and sewage
into the stream.
Despite the fact that a good bit of
the sewage from Dallas is carried off
by Toby’s Creek. hundreds of children
bathe in its waters daily during warm
weather in the vicinity of Luzerne.
The custom of draining household
wastes into the creek is not only un-!
healthy but unsightly and the stench
along the stream during warm weath-
er is unbearable.
Section 2, Article II of the rules and
regulations as to Public Health
Nuisances as set by the State Depart-
ment of Health, reads: “No privy,
urinal, cesspool of other receptacle for
human excrement shall be constructed,
maintained or used which" directly or
indirectly drains or discharges over or
upon the surface of the ground or into
any waters of the State.”
Chief To War On
Reckless Drivers
Council Authorizes O’Kane
is invalid.
The possibility of an appeal by Nor-
man Dinger from Judge’ William S.
In' the absence of Attorney Thomas
Lewis, who was attending the Republi-
can convention, Attorney Henry Green-
wald, Mr. Lewis’s associate in repre-
senting Mr. Dinger, presented the plea
for a re-opening of the contract case
by the court en banc late last Thurs-
day. ;
Judge McLean, Judge Clarence
Coughlin, Judge Benjamin Jones and
Judge W. A. Valentine heard the ap-
peal, Judge Fine, the other member of
the court en banc, being at the Repub-
lican convention.
Before Attorney Greenwald made his
request, Judge McLean reviewed the
case, referring frequently for verifica-
tion to Attorney B. B. Lewis, solicitor
for Dallas School Board. When Mr.
Greenwald began his resume he was
interrupted first by Judge Coughlin,
who asked if the plaintiff was seeking
a reversal of Judge MclLean’s decision.
After some hesitation, Attorney Green-
wald explained that in substance, that
was the purpose of the hearing. 2
Both Judge Coughlin and Judge Val-
entine expressed some surprise at such
a course and intimated they would
have preferred to have had the plain-
tiffs follow the usual course of appeal-
: yo rs jstri t seventy-five i is- (addition to thes ils th ill b
i ag uw well” said |Would distribute "abou may be called earlier upon Mr. Dis- on to these pupils there will be : : s
Sve Falla Ay days.” [bonds and Shavertown was expected to | gues return from his vacation. enough others to make the Freshman To Enforce Speed Laws i i case, if ey 56 Jegireg rane
e : ‘ |have a similar amount. The figure of| . . s cass total ninety-six. : In an to re-open it before the Luzerne
So in three days he reappeared and the Kingston Town- Originally, the increases asked by Borough County .Court, a member of which had
baker showed him the cake. The man
said “Yes, that is exactly what I
wanted.” Then the baker asked, “Where
shall we send the cake? To your
home?” And the man said, “Oh, no. ri
eat it right here.”
ney
Main Street, of course, has no swank
Colony or Reuben’s but the genial at-
mosphere at the Suburban on a day
when “Doc” Jeter, Ad ‘Woolbert, Sr.,
Odd Devens, George Kirkendall, and a
few others are gathered there for lunch
is as pleasant as any roof garden Man-
hattan ever hung in the skies.
—O—
It is only the blind who say Main
Street is drab or uninteresting. Even
now Dallas is entertaining the former
captain of police of Amsterdam, Hol-
land. It is
that. For the past several weeks the
man who had the privilege of being
defeated by David Lloyd George in
hig first political campaign some forty
or fifty years ago has been helping
out at The Post. Within the last month
the Governor of Pennsylvania has look-
(Continued on Page 8.) :
more cosmopolitan than’
$250,000 for Dallas,
ship, Dallas Township, Lake Town-
ship, Lehman, and Noxen was believed
to have been a conservative estimate.
For many of the ex-soldiers it was
more money than they had ever had at
lone time in their lives. A few drew the
full bonus, approximately $1,500. The
majority of the payments ranged from
$500 to $750, postmasters estimated.
How They’ll Spend It
The veterans who waited seventeen
years for their adjusted service com-
pensation displayed no uncertainty
concerning what they intend to do
with their money. Practically all have
decided how they will spend it. The
largest chunk, if you can believe the
stories the men told as they received
their bonds, will go to pay debts. Other
veterans will take vacations, buy auto-
mobiles, outfit their families with new
clothes, start in business, get married
—and a few will hold the bonds, which
will begin to bear interest in a year.
There were some touching, Scenes at
local postoffices as the veterans re-
ceived their bonds. One man broke
down completely and sobbed for joy
(Continued on Page 8.)
JOHN SULLIVAN DINES DALLAS
BOROUGH'S BASKETBALL CHAMPS|
Following his annual custom, John J. Sullivan honored the 1936 champion
basketball team of Dallas Borough High School at a dinner at his home on
Huntsville Street on Monday night.
Among ‘the speakers’ were Ernest
Line, athletic coach who, was largely
son, Captain’ Bob Wiestover, . Junior
Murphy, Bill Westover, Phillip Temp-
the water company would have cost
Dallas consumers an additional $1,870
a year. The schedule filed with the
Public Service Commission this week
will give the company $750 additional
revenue. Of that amount, approximate-
ly $300 will be collected through the
$1 a year increase for domestic con-
sumers. The balance will come from
business places, which will be charged
according to meters which were in-
stalled a year ago but which have
not been read monthly.
Dallas Business Men's Association
conferred with Mr. Craig when the
present schedule was first submitted
last April and agreed to try the rates
if an adequate service is assured to
all parts of Dallas. The Taxpayer's As-
sociation has taken no formal action
yet on the schedule but spokesmen
have said unofficially that the group
‘will oppose any attempt to increase
rates.
Freak Storm Hits
Center Moreland
Lightning = Strikes Cherry
Tree Near Home of Rev.
Mr. Ether
Centremoreland experienced a freak
electrical storm yesterday :@ morning
when lightning struek a eherry tree in
the rear of the home of ‘Rev. Fedor
Ether, then ‘apparently = spread into
(Continued on Page 8.)
Sellers Addresses
Borough Graduates
Hazgl Baer Wins Misericor-
ia Scholarship At An-
nual Commencement
Eighteen graduates of Dallas Bor-
ough High School and a large audience
of parents and friends heard Rev. Fred
M. Sellers, pastor of Shavertown M. E.
Church, deliver an inspiring address
at the annual Commencement exer-
cises of the borough schools in the au-
ditorium last night.
The College Misericordia scholarship
was awarded to Hazel Baer for out-
‘standing scholastic achievements. Miss
Baer also won the Dallas Borough
Parent-Teacher Association award of
$2.50 for her highest academic stand-
ing. Robert Westover won a similar
prize from the PTA for having made
the greatest improvement of any stu-
dent in the last year. The Commercial
Prize given by Miss Angeline Dymond
for excellence in business subjects went
to Velma Haring.
Rev. Francis Freeman, who invoked
blessing upon the: gathering, Norman
B.: Dinger, supervising principal, and
the Seniors sat upon the stage. The
faculty and members of the school
board. occupied a reserved section and
took part in the impressive procession.
Dr G. K. Swartz, president; of the
Several protests against the speed
with which automobiles flash through
the borough caused Dallas Borough
Council to declare a crusade against
reckless drivers this week and author-
ize Chief of Police Leonard O'Kane to
tighten enforcement of the speed laws.
Traffic between the valley and Har-
vey’s Lake has reached its summe:
volume and on several occasions on
Main Street recently pedestrians have
had narrow escapes.
At the same meeting of council on
Monday night the light committee or-
dered erection of a light at Lincoln
Street. Council accepted the recom-
mendation of the road commissioner
that Spring Street be oiled and gravel-
led to complete the WPA project there.
‘William Niemeyer, secretary, was in-
structed to write to Dallas Water Co.
informing the firm of the condition of
the pave at Lehman and Machell Ave-
nues, where a section was torn up to
replace pipes.
already handed down a decision.
The apparent attitude of the court
left little doubt but that the judges
would support Judge McLean's decision
and force the plaintiffs to appeal to a
higher court if they desire to carry on
their case. ! ¢
Such an appeal would be an expen-
sive proposition and would expose the
plaintiffs to the necessity of paying
the costs if the higher court sustains
the earlier decision.
Sullivans Will Attend
Democratic Convention
Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan of Dal-
las will attend the Democratic National
Convention in Philadelphia next week.
Mr. Sullivan attended the convention
staunchest local boosters for President
Roosevelt when he was nominated
then. j
mittee of Luzerne County.
Dr. H. A. Brown of Lehman has ac-
cepted the position of Medical Chair-
man for Dallas and Lehman and will
carry out his work voluntarily, with
CHILDREN FROM RELIEF FAMILIES
TO RECEIVE FREE MEDICAL EXAMS
In an effort to forestall any unfortunate heritages of the depression, chil~
dren from relief families in this section will receive free examinations and ad-
vice through a plan now being perfected by the Emergency Child Health Com-
conduct nutrition classes, to which
mothers having undernourishéd chil-
dren will be invited to attend, so they
may be instructed ‘in the foods best
for their child. The Committee plaps to
a
responsible for the team’s splendid [lin, Odel Hensen, Raymond Kudecka,|three balls of fire, school board, awarded the diplomas. the aid of several local . physicians. |examine children in Dallas, Salem
showing; Jack Roberts, a member of |Corens Harding, Bill Mann, Ralph| One of the balls ‘broke two windows| The program included an oration Clinics will be held when children will | Township, Franklin Township, Trucks-
the school board; R. I. Brickel, treas- Rood, Gerald Sullivan, John Sullivan, in the homé of E. HE. Montross five “What the World Wants” by Miss |be examined thoroughly and their con- |ville and other nearby communities.
urer of the athletic council, and Ralph
Rood, a member of the faculty.,
The following attended: Ernest Line,
_Ronald Doll, Norman Dinger, Jack
Roberts, Robert Fleming, Manager Ma-
Ralph Brickel.
The guests were enthusiastic in ex-
pressing their thanks to Mr. Sullivan’
for his" fine spirit in entertaining the
basketball champs.
hundred feet away. The other broke
two. windows in the home of Joe Stat-
nich an equal ‘distance from the Ether
home, {but’ in the opposite | direction
from. the Montross home.
Baer,” and an oration, “The Crisis of
Character” by Willard Westover. Miss
Haring gave a reading. / The orches-
tra from Kingston Township High
School played.
dition recorded, When physical defects
are discovered, the Committee will en-
list ‘the ‘support of various agencies to
help the child. ‘
Mrs. Margaret Williamson, R. N. will
The central office is in Kirby Health
Center. Miss Isabelle E. Hearn, R. N.,
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Court En Banc Not Expected :
four years ago and was one of the
i
A York. Maybe he saw it, too. di
Bn isease through carelessness of cot-!McLean’s decision invalidating = his
= RI tagers or campers. : r
Wherever people gather, we Suppose, three-year contract with Dallas Bor-
they build pretty much to the same The drive follows several complaints h Sec gal 1: l
pattern, be it Manhattan or Dallas. concerning flagrant violations of |°Ugh School District arose this week
They need shops and reporters (?) and : health laws in communities in this sec- |as parties involved awaited the results
restaurants and amusements. They die The interior of Philadelphia's Convention Hali and nominate President Roosevelt as the Demecra- Yon. One'ot the first vesulis has been of fF h ;
or get murdered, get married and get as it will look during the Democratic National tic standard-bearer. The President will be formally a report on several places at Harvey's an effort to have the Luzerne Coun-
divorced, have children and spoil them, Convention next week, when close to twenty-thou- notified of his nomination as a mass ‘meetin in Lake, made at the request of the Lake by. Coun = banc Te-open Mr. Din-
and Broadway differs from Main Street sand people will gather to adopt their platform Franklin Field, Philadelphia, on June 27 g Protective Association. No serious vio- ger’s suit. : }
only in the matter of volume. x . lations wege uncovered but Dr. Don- A WE
‘As a matter of fact there are 2% nelly has assured the Protective As- ne omis M. Lewis, who
many stories to every square foot o Q Of A Milli Sh d sociation that he will enforce sanita- |TE€PTesente r. Dinger, is authority
Giiot os thera ore to ny savare uarter ion owere HARVEY'S LAKE QUOIT tion rules strictly all summer. or the statement that the case may
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foot of Tires Suave T Bee 21%, 2 of : PITCHERS TAKE EARLY Edward Thomas, health officer for be taken to the State Supreme Court
we, ynerstand, tales On as On Dallas Area As Vets Collect LEAD IN RURAL LEAGUE [this section, investigated the com-|Commenti h ibility, direct-
here they are relayed by old-fashioned # , h > € plaints with the help of Chief of. Po TERRY pu that possibility 2 direct-
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on RL Emel Harve Lake quot team has [160 It C. Stevenson of Harvey's Lake, iio, SHPiowsed, eonfidence that | the
; « : r. Donnelly h i €r court wou A
ans EX-BUDDIES KNOW HOW TO SPENP'NEW WEALTH | token an ®wily lead in the Rural [pr Donnelly has urged particularly | FERS court mem June
: Quoit League with Tifly victories | that Persons building new cottages at an s decision but expressed fear that
—— : 3 : / : . ; and fourteen defeats. Skytop and e c sgek. advice from his staff in ithe ;unexpected in
On Broadway it's Lindy’s and A glistening shower of new-found weghth—the long-awaited soldiers’| Fernbrook are tied for second |LrPy Health Center with regard tof, cod iH th T Tenis bile ok
Child’s; on Main Street it's Mrs. Sha- | honus—fell on the Back Mountain Regiga”this week to stream on down in| Place: ter sunpiy and the disposal of hi Ee mid i
ver's and JHislop’s. In Times Square it's | oo 0 op pha oo hove: ofc Bs On Monday night the Fernbrook |S€Vasge. Frequently, such advice saves ance the district’s budget.
the Capitol: on Main Street it's Him- 0 1 IW A ys BY i Club took seven of eight games the builder the cost of expensive Tax Suit Del
miler's., Forty-second Street has its nly a small part of the espfiated quarter of a million dollars which| with the Shavertown aquoit pit- [Changes of violations uncovered, Dr.| o . ici sieved
Grand. Central, but Main Street has z camd to veterans jof this sectiopefhis week could be spent, because most of the| chers. Standings as announced this |PoBRelly said. Se opens WA Jevelops
railroad track, a street car track an 0 1 1 rei Ww i. - Dinger's attempt to hold
a ie stop conveniently established wi es h ; 0 Gover nt bonds which had to be certified and cashed ar PHN Een i To Watch Campers Dallas Borough School District to its
Fcbooen Stanley's afd: the American ore they cou nt. Won Lost. Pot Health officials also will keep a close {long-term contract with him the board
Store. Can the camaraderie of The The full force of the buying wave®— Harvey's Lake 50 14 781 watch on campers at the lake to see also was forced to mark time on the .
Stork Club or Leon and Eddie’s im- | will not be felt until the checks in Com an Files New SKVIOD vipx.asas 38 nt. ees Siiiot Tiles of Sanliniion ore being ols Sere which has heen rausht assist 1%
prove upon the neighborly freemason- payment for the bonds begin dribblin P y Fernbrook .. 43 21 672 lywes. 1 i by tAsvRysiy Who charge tut the buts
ry at Johnny Hayden's, winter or sum- | k 2 2 T 4 F Shavertown ..... 35 29 547 Ts [a0l us SXosmeins:
mer “The Coolest Spot In Town”? Can ack next week. The only actual cash ariff or Dallas Trucksville ...... 30 34 469 eed A 2 inp on that suit, 10s ve
any automobile agency on Brdhdway the veterans received this week was Dallas Borough. 26 38 408 tions Miseovered. rought Sgalnst whe [local § sehoot
sell a better Dodge than Jim Oliver or from the checks for whatever odd sum |Increagé And Meter Charges| Independents 25 41 00288 Toby's Cg gain Sioait nae event snd pall
ive better service? What bank in all Id b 3 g 3 B / was scheduled for Monday morning
give better a could not be put into a $50 bond. 111'Go Into Affect OX-Bow. ficnes.- 6 5%. 097 Most glaring#“examplé of an un- before Judge John S. Fine, It Was hosts
in those you get from Those checks were immediately cash- Je : healthy nyi€ance in this section IS|poned first until the afternoon a
The First National Bank—and, for that |able almost anywhere. 1 . 1WTe Pos fe apie ee then until the following, when illness
ar ate ote astor pial Boy And Girl WwW in De een peop © 1omes prevented the Judge from taking addi-
ilding? What has Broadway that we The fevised schedule of rates pre- : TAS tional testimony.
0, building? Vv a) ys ay It was ‘a busy week for the post-| icq ror th sdabait | S h 1 s H As long ago as 1932 The Post urged
z haven't gov: ype : "2 meastérs 0 Meir midcal-earriers. Most S onsiderationat wort cno astic ONO | communities in this section to seek al Judges Hear Greenwald
is secretary, of the committee jand the"
work is being supervised by Dr. Fran~ =
cis T. O'Donnell of Wilkes-Barre,