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The schools of Dallas Township
have no more vigorous defender than
Chris Eipper, whose wrath, on occa-
sions when The Post speaks slight-
lingly of the school district he heads,
causes editors to quake and printers
to slink behind their type-cases. No
mincer of words, Chris is always ready
to leap into his Ford roadster and
storm the dastard who doubts that
Dallas Township has the best schools
anywhere.
Anyone who is acquainted with
Chris’s devout loyalty to his school
' - hoard and his delight in a good fight
could understand why we threw forti-
fications up in front of The Post sev-
eral weeks ago, We had just published
information that the
Department of Public Instruction had
decided Dallas Township pupils. could
attend the borough schools if they pre-
ferred an academic course, instead of
the township's vocational training.
Came the dawn and, as inevitably,
Chris Eipper. Now the thing that
makes an argument with Chris pleas-
ant is that he laughs all the while he’s
lambasting you. And after roaring us
clean out of our composure, he told us
he hadn't come in to argue, but to
give us some more news. Dallas town-
ship School District, he said, had es-
tablished its own academic course and,
what was more, had received a very
complimentary letter from the State
Department congratulating the district
for its progressiveness,
“And”, said Chris, “I want that put
right up there in the corner of the
had. the other
item.” What Chris says, goes around
here, so here it is, in all its glistening
Eipper’s Vindica-
tion Of The Dallas Township School
District.
Chris, incidentally, shares with Jim
Farley any current laurels for accur-
ate prophesying. Mr. Eipper, as far
as we know, is. the only man who
guessed that Dallas Township's foot-
ball team would defeat the Borough in
its Armistice Day game. The township's
string of defeats before that, accord-
ing to Mr. Eipper, were only a strat-
egy to.fool the borough eleven.
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~ Mille. Berthe Hebert, who teaches
music at | College -Misericordia: "and
whose last name is pronounced ‘ay-
ber,” ‘thought the leaves ron Dallas's
trees “were so beautiful last month she
‘sent some of the gayest golds and reds
to friends in France. French trees, it
seems, never achieve anything spright-
lier in the Fall than a dull brown.
A
few days ago she get back an amusing
French poem in return. Her friends
above suggested that Dallas's red
leaves were blushing. For what, we
didn’t: learn.
We are indebted this week to Mrs.
W. M. Major of Lehman for her arti-
cle on this page recalling some of the
incidents in the history of Lehman M.
E. Church, which has been celebrating
its eightieth anniversary.
It is rather fitting, we’ think, that
_ Mrs. Major should be the one to read
the church history on Sunday morni:
Her father, J. R. Wagner, was a paste
at the Lehman Church forty-two years
ago. That's how Mrs. Major, who wa:
born in Mountain Top sixty-two years
ago, came to meet Mr. Major, and Mr.
Major, of course, is the reason why
“Mrs, Major stayed on to become one
of the best loved ladies in her neigh-
borhood.
Mrs. Major herself is one of the most
active members of the church and her
assistance has helped many a pastor
who followed her father. The Post is
proud to have her as a contributor
this week and is grateful also to Rev.
Mr. Willetts, who arranged for the use
of her article.
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One of our correspondents who a»
pears to be getting an awful lot of fun
out of the election has been pokin
fun at the Republicans. This week she
slipped another note in with her item:
“We noticed that just before election
one of the favorite slogans of the G.
O. P. was ‘On November 3 Our Na-
tion Will Speak’ ” she writes. “Two
days after election we saw hanging in
a shop window of one of our prominent
business men a very nicely-painted de-
sign with the words on it. ‘Our Nation
Spoke—and we think it did with a
thundering voice’ ”. Completely disre-
garding our correspondent’s jibes, the
Republicans of her bailiwick are plan-
ning to hold a “Victory Dinner” pretty
soon.
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We never know what's going to hap-
pen when our telephone rings. Some-
times it's an advertiser, ‘complaining
because we put his radio cut in up-
side d@own or a subscriber complain-
ing because her paper didn’t come on
time or just someone with a pet peeve
to pust off on us. That's why we're
particularly glad to get mice calls.
One day this week when we answer-
ed the phone a pleasant voice said:
“There's one man in Dallas who does
a lot and doesn’t get the credit he
should. I think you ought to recognize
his service by some public mention.”
Always eager to kick bushel baskets
off deserving candles we came right
back. “Who it is?’ “Reverend Free-
man” our telephoner said.
To tell the truth no one should have
had to call us up to remind us to tell
Rev. Francis Freeman how much this
community appreciates him. We didn’t
hear his sermon last Sunday, which
our friend who telephoned said was
especially fine, but we do know some-
thing of Mr. Freeman's unselfish
spirit. We have yet to hear of Rev.
Freeman's failure to respond to any
need for a minister and we agree heart-
ily with his anonymous booster when
she says “he does a great many fine
things of which no one ever hears ex-
cept the people he helps.”
WHERE PRESIDENT MAY DELIVER THANKSGIVING ADDRESS
More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20, 1936.
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Representatives of twenty-one na-
tions of the western hemisphere are
today converging on the city of
Buenos Aires, capital of the Argen-
tine, where the Pan American con-
ference opens on December 1 to dis-
cuss the possibility of an all-
American League of Nations.
And in glamorous Rio de Janiero,
capital of a vast empire
of tropical jungles and sub-tropical
plains, the American colony eagerly,
awaits the expected visit of Presi-
is hoped his
on
(above),
It
arrive
dent Roosevelt.
warship will there
Thanksgiving Day so they may hear
the President give his Thanksgiving
Day proclamation from an Ameri-
can cruiser in a foreign port.
Brazil, which has its capital in
Rio de Janiero, will, incidentally, be
the biggest and perhaps the po-
tentially richest of the twenty-one
nations which will attend the Pan
American conference.
To the left is the gigantic, 130-
foot statue of Christ which domin-
ates Sugar Loaf, a hill adjacent to
the city. The photos are from fhe
first issue of Life, a new publica-
tion of Time, Inc. ioaafad
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Township Again
High On List Of
Wealthy Towns
Ranks Tenth On Personality
Tax List Among Seven-
ty-Two Communities
FIVE TOWNS GAIN
(See Editorial, Page 6)
Although the.value of their taxable
personal property is about $800,000 |.
less than 7 was iast year, citizens of
Dallas Township hold their claim to
being “one of the richest groups by
ranking tenth among the seventy-two
cities, boroughs and townships in-
cluded in the listing of personalty
taxes announced this week.
The valuation in Dallas Borough,
which ranks twenty-sixth in the coun-
ty, also has decreased since last year
but the assessments in Franklin, Jack-
son, Kingston, Lake and Lehman
Townships are higher.
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The valuation is used as a basis for
the county's four-mill tax on personal
property, which includes mortgages,
notes, interest-bearing accounts re-
ceivable, loans, securities, stock shares,
ete. The assessments of such property
held by the citizens of the seven local
communities has increased $500,000 net
during the last two years, a reflection
of improbed business conditions.
In Luzerne County taxpayers will
pay about $68,259 more. in taxes on
personal property this year than last
year.
The valuation and the taxes to be
paid by local communities are listed
as follows: $
Town Valuation Tax
Dallas Borough . $208,579 $ 834.31
Dallas Township 994,612 3,978.46
Franklin Township 70,265 281.07
Jackson Township 92,742 370.97
Kingston Township 658,317 2,633.29
Lake Township .... 108,858 435.43
Lehman Township . 238,836 955.35
Women’s Club Askes
For Children’s Clothes
The Dallas Junior Women’s Club re-
quests any persons having .any cloth-
ing that they wish to dispose of to
get in touch with Mrs. John Durbin.
The Club has had numerous requests
for caps, gloves, jackets and other
children’s clothing which it has been
unable to fill. Any clothing besides
the children’s will be acceptable.
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years—can be the happiest ever.
able to resist the happy tide of 125
The upswing — myth of a
to brighten the business section.
ventures.
bration.
concert on Christmas Eve.
AN EDITORIAL
For America, this coming Christmas will be the happiest in six
No one—from the multi-millionaire reconditioning his yacht for
a Southern cruise to the kid enjoying his first Christmas tree—will be
,000,000 people moving confidently
ind inspiringly toward the greatest comeback in history.
no longer a hope. ‘It is here, in thousands of new jobs, millions of
dollars of new business, a revived confidence in the system of De-
mocracy, the coins that are jingling in your own pockets.
i+ This Christmas there can be fio 3xcuse for a haphazard observance
in Dallas.” Only laziness and lack of community spirit can stop Dallas
and its vicinity from celebrating the holidays in a manner which will
bring credit and a glow of satisfaction to the town.
Let the firemen erect a tree in the Main Street triangle.
Let the business men meet and agree to decorate their store fronts
Let the Rotary Club start plans for some sort of a community
party—perhaps a Christmas Party for children.
Let borough officials stand ready to co-operate in any of these
Let Dallas Woman's Club volunteer its aid in a community cele-
Let the newly-organized glee club plan to sing carols at a public
And, most of all let all citizens, filled with the spirit of a united
community, stand behind what ever is proposed.
All this will mean work, hard work. The Post, which annually
receives, ‘wraps and distributes toys for some 200 needy. children,
knows how much work such things are.
Dallas is a community of which we can all be proud—a town blessed
with unselfish people of splendid vision.
Is Dallas that kind of a town—or doesn’t it care?
rests pretty much with you, and the next few weeks will tell us!
thousand wishful editorials — is
But it will also mean that
The answer
Auxiliary Buys Stove
For Local Fire House
The Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany Auxiliary met on Tuesday night
at the home of Mrs. Charles Swain-
bank on Jackson street. Fourteen
members were present for the regular
made to conduct a Bingo party on De-
cember 4 at the Suburban Inn,
The purchase of a coal stove was
announced. The stove will be installed
in the hose house and it is hoped that
| became the Police «School of Eastern
Do Your Share!
Give Generously To The
Welfare Campaign
Will Open Bids Today On
Three-Mile Link Between
Dallas And Tunkhannock
Likelihood Of Construction Yet This Winter on Stretch
From Eatonville To Sugar
Hollow Seen; Two Bridges
To be Included In New Contract
NO IMMEDIATE PLANS FO
Bids for the construction of 16,589
between Dallas and Tunkhannock, will
retary of Highways Warren Van Dyke
Eatonville and extend to join with the
Hollow. \ :
R OTHER CONSTRUCTION
feet of concrete highway on Route 92,
be opened today at the office of Sec-
of Harrisburg.
The new’ construction, which may be laid yet this winter, will begin near
newly-laid concrete stretch at Sugar
Two bridges—one a 155-foot, plate-girder bridge, the other a reinforced
bridge—will be a part of the new contract,
To Push Construction
Will Discuss Plan
For Police School
Loveland Invites Local Po-
lice Officials to Conference
" Tuesday
Police officers and townghip officials
from local communities have beepn,.in-
vited to a conference to be.h€ld at
Bucknell Junior College, Wilkes-Barre,
on Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 to dis-
cuss a plan for a police school which
would be available to all law-enforce-
ment officers in towns within a thirty-
mile radius of Wilkes-Barre.
The invitation, which was sent by
Charles N. Loveland, mayor of Wilkes-
Barre, is in ‘line with The Post's edi-
torial suggestion a few weeks ago for
a centralization of local police agen-
cies,
Dr. John A. Detlefsen, director of
the Police School of Eastern Pennsyl-
vania, has been invited to address the
assembled policemen and officials, ex-
plaining what has been done at Villa-
nova, College for the suburban around
Philadelphia, and at Lehigh Univer-
sity for Northampton, Lehigh and
Berks Counties,
Realizing = that adequate modern
training for the very great majority
of police in cities and municipalities
outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
was possible only through cooperation,
2 group of four progressive police
chiefs and four public-spirited citi-
zens founded the Delaware County
Police School in 1934.
The plan expanded quickly because
it. was above all things 'eminently
practical and useful, and «this: school
Pennsylvania, serving all Philadelphia
suburban counties at their request.
‘ The first general fundamental and
pert in their various fields. The sub-
cal demonstrations include elementary
police work, patrolling, observation,
traffic control, methods of communica-
tion, disarming and apprehending sus-
pects and offenders, training on the
range with various types of weapons,
first aid, preservation of physical fit-
ness, methods of identification, obtain-
ing latent and hidden evidence, prepa-
ration of evidence for court and de-
tails of court procedure. The most
common and most frequent offenses
are discussed by persons particularly
expert in the practical handling of
problems of .larceny, burglary, va-
grancy, juvenile problems, crime-pre-
vention and the like.
Dr. Detlefsen was a member of the
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survey course has 15 instructors, ex- |
jects taken up in lectures and practi- |
At the Scranton office of the State
Highway Department, from where the
announcement came this week, it was
intimated that every effort will be
made to award the contract promptly
and start work on construction this
winter.
The new link, a little more than
three miles in length, will be twenty-
feet wide.
News that the State Highway De-
partment is actually moving toward
construction of another link will be
greeted enthusiastically by local civie
groups which have been clamoring for
a better road between Dallas and.
‘Tunkhannock for years.
May Pave Balance
It has been reported on good auth-
ority that the State is also seriously
considering laying 11% miles of comn-
crete from Evans’ Falls to Dallas next
Spring.
The route from Dallas to Tunkhan-
nock would be a short cut for up-
state folk bound to Williamsport and
points West and is also slightly short-
er than the Susquehanna River route.
If it is concreted it will divert traffic
through Dallas, to the possible advant-
age of business here. Fi
will, when completed, reduce the dis-
tance from Wilkes-Barre to Tunkhan-
nock by about two miles.
Lehman M. E. Ends
Services Sunday
Celebration
, iscopal
Church will be climaxed on Sunday by
a full day of special services, con-
evening,
Large crowds have been attending
the special series of services at the
church which started last Sunday
night. The last of the week-night ser-
vices will be held tonight, when Rev.
James Burleigh of Hamlin, a former
pastor, will return for a Young Peo-
vle’s Rally. Arthur Miers, who is ac-
tive in young people’s work, will be
chairman and Miss Edna Sutton will
lead devotions. After the service there
will be a fellowship hour in the social
rooms.
it original Police Chiefs and Citizens and
was charged by his colleagues with
the responsibility of keeping the whole
machinery of instruction mo ving
smoothly. He is a physiologist who
served on the Philadelphia Hospital
and Health Survey, President Hoover's
White House Conference for Child
Health, and in many other capacities
and was knighted by the Danish King
for his work in physiology and special
services to the Dgnish people. Fe is
an honorary member of both the
! Southeastern and Pennsylvania Chiefs
tof Police Associations.
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THANKSGIVING DANCE
in the future the auxiliary will hold
its meetings there. Prizes for the
Bingo party will be solicited from the
| members of the organization. Thirty
business session at which plans were |! games will be played with a prize for on Thanksgiving Eve. Hugh McLaugh-
levery game. There will be in addition
| a door prize.
The Thanksgiving Dance in Kunkle
Community Hall will begin at 8 and
continue until 12 on Thursday, Thanks-
giving night. Originally it was an-
nounced that the dance would be held
lin will be caller and his orchestra will
play. i
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| Mus. Major Recalls Pioneer Days Of Lehman M.
See Congregation Holding
Sacred Legacy From
Founder
BY MRS. W. M. MAJOR
When one beholds a massive en-
gineering achieivement he exclaims
over its vastness; he wonders over its
completeness; he admires its beauty;
he is pleased with its adaptability—
but, seldom does he consider the many
months and probable years of thought
and planning necessary before visible
work was begun; neither does he re-
call the countless hours of toil con-
sumed to produce and place the ma-
terial. He is unmindful of the risks
taken and dangers encountered. Weuld
he not value it more highly if he
meditated upon those unseen forces
necessary for its accomplishment?
How about our church Would we
not prize it more, were we informed
concerning the thoughts, the hardships,
the labours, the despair, the devotion
and the zeal that attended its mak-
ing? Our church pioneers — who
planted the tree of eternal life in our
garden; a tree warmed by the suné of
Righteousness and watered by ithe
Living Fountain: a tree of refuge and
a hallowed meeting place for the Di-
vine Father and His children. “Who,
‘were they? Just how did they begin?
Wie are all beneficiaries of past gen-
erations. We are reaping what they
sowed. With a reverent hand, I turn
the pages of our church history.
Our first reference concerns a lone
circuit rider, coming from afar. Back
in 1814 he stopped in Bedford to
preach his simple, inspired word to a
small group of lonely settlers. Later
a part of Bedford became Lehman
Township] We find that Methodism
was introduced into our locality about
1820" by Elisha Bibbins, a member of
the extensive Wyoming Circuit. He
rode from place to place and held ser-
vices among ‘he early residents. The
first religious society was formed in
Lehman in 7.24 when Morgan Sher-
man and Jos ph Castle were the cir-
cuit riders. Ij 1841, the Wyoming Cir-
cuit was disided and the territory
West of Wiy¢ming became the North-
moreland Circuit. There were no
churches. Services were held in school
houses, private homes, barns and
wooded groves. !
By 1852, Lehman had grown to a
size comsidered worthy to have a cir-
cuit its own. Rev. €. Perkins was
#4fle pastor and - ther¢ were eleven
preaching places. Our first parsonage
was built in 1853, costing about $1,100.
Our church was built in 1856 on land
purchased from William Major for
$100. The building cost about $1,500
and was dedicated on Tuesday, No-
vember-25, of that year.
During the pastorate of F. A. King
and P. M. Mott in 1872, $1,000 was ex-
pended on the church. It was re-
opened on August 11, when Rev. A. H.
Wyatt preached on the text: “Go,
stand and preach in the temple to the
people all the words of this life.” yoy
$1,800 was spent in enlarging and
modernizing the church. A bell was
purchased, sheds and a commodious
Sunday School room were built. | Other
improvements were an alcove forpithe
pulpit, circular pews, memerial Wins
dow and an Epworth organ. |
In 1893, With J. R. Gagner as DaghoL|,
E. Chuuch|
Pays Tribute To Pioneers
Who Founded Church
80 Years Ago |
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1899, at a cost of $2004! FF D. Smith
was the pastor then.
During the pastorate of J. Is
Thomas, the church wag rarsed dnd sac
basement BRT EGe neath the entire;
building. This room ' provided | ppaee)
for a DB ay Free | plants:
a kitol Ui EE. well-lighted
roomy eTehdt 4 ivision [of thE
A (ri het and rec-
redfdAY PHLOEBORIIG PEE
Fhe chiyelyvas painted and tHe in-
terior redecorated again in 1929 jwhen
Mr. Burldgif Was pastor. / f]
This-ends.the. record of the materia
growth. i | 1
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VdEval the CCeRMas Chirel/s¥The fol-
loWit are’ aEeordbdiinered ow
Wyoming Circuit: 1820, Hlisha
wk 18200] IBY, Bibbins and John
Sy 1822, John D, Gilbert and Wil-
154 IT W. Rundell; 1823 O@dofke | Lane
d Gaylord Fatal 45247 MOHAN Sher-
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Bib
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ball,
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| The proeram for Svnday will pegin
{ with the church s ho~l at 10 a. nj. and
{eontinna 4% oss at 4a morning, worship,
(when there will. be Roll Gall gnd a
{readine of the church history by] Mrs.
WM Moior At 12:30 there will be
a fellowship session and dinnef ,and
in the afternoon groups, qf church
members will make a friendly Visita-
tion to shut ins and; persons wh
be unable to attend the ghyrch ser-
| vices. / ras
| Rev. Richard Jones, alumni
tary of Wyoming oSemindry,
preach at the'éVéhidg service,
[will be known'“4$" High!//§ehool Night.
|H. Austin'’ $nyder; "principal! of| Leh-
{man sclool disteiet, ‘will Belichdirman
{of the ‘Sunday’ ‘night program.
‘Has. Sung Before
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Becre-
will
which
TWO vd pho Bg IE een rai (10° :
A-Million Peqple
2 ow Isi} womd—ruy bid
Famous Toronto Yonth Sings
oo AL Trucksville M: E.
(red
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brsod. do oTH—¥6ints a Bi
I Tewepudonesythinteen-ypar-old Ca-
hadian sgoprandrwho will appear at
TrucksWilldl MadEy IChunch en Monday
night at 8 titer auspices of thel Men's
CCIubL fo that! church, has sung 2,500
BONER Iserors Gwe over 1,000/000 [people
MH uridg Shigitoues of ithieriAmerican con-
tient, A10w od
I'to3e
fo 8 bagi
LI uo ox
ensaMasgter Dewey, has, appeared with
Bayl [Whiteman in, (New; York in a
special broadcast from, the observatory
ofr SEmpire, oftate Building, appeared
threevtimes.im)Driroit, with, the great
Chrysler Male Chorus and receibed the
‘Ké€ysAts San Branciscos ing public re-
ception thers. HMO]
Local people will have the rare op-
portunity to hear him because! of the
endship of hig fg several 10-
oe 134 B Bd Mx Bis mother,
LE th iI ) apd fengdeerment in
k a poe he
Assisting artists at Wis concért will
be Bobby Collet, an unusually talented
boy coretisf and Mrs. B. ubrey
Ayre, who has volunteered to comp-
any. Reway. A silyer offering will be
teken ‘ard tHe diab Willk use receipts
for work among the needy at Christ-
" The present parsonage was built im)
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cluding with High School Night in the
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Called, the, sEreatest living} boy sing-