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reports some very successful teaching
methods in Dallas Borough's schools.
‘The other day one of the teachers, an-
‘ticipating Christmas, was teaching the
words of a lullaby to a group of small
. children. To make’ the lesson more
graphic she selected one of the pupils,
‘took him in her arms) and showed the
.class how a mother sings hér lullaby.
Everything went fine and the children
% enjoyed the demonstration but when
‘the teacher finished her song she found
her subject strangely limp. So lulling
had her plaintive melody been that he
child had fallen sound asleep.
RAD a .
In a very simple way we'd like te
convey to a lad in Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital the hope that we'll see him
kicking a football around for Lehman
‘Hizh School again next year.
That boy is “Junior” Goodwin—
George Raymond, Jr., on the Lehman
happens he can carry the red badge
of courage in his heart to his dying
day. Ray Goodwin of The Record, who
paper work, and Mrs. Goodwin—whose
courage belongs in another story—
gust be very proud of “Junior” today.
We should like to carry on that swell
~~ victory on the day before he shattered
4 his leg with a load of buckshot. If
we know Junior, we'd guess that he
was pretty disgusted with that legend.
The truth of the matter was that Junior
missed the buss, and wasn’t even in
f the game. We can at least set the
‘facts straight for him. And besides,
the story of what happened the next
: day doesn’t meed any journalistic
\ gilding. ;
. Junior has been a woodsman since
he was old enough to prowl through
the forests which roll back from his
home on the shore of Lake Silkworth.
He knows guns and woodcraft and
boats as seasoned foresters twenty
years his senior know them. It wasn’t
carelessness that caused his accident.
It certainly wasn’t lack of thorough
training. It was just the breaks. It
} wis, we'll say, the wind.
: " For if the wind hadn't reversed his
light canoe the shotgun which caused
the damage would have been pointing
~ away from him, instead of toward
him, when the hammer caught on the
cross-piece and discharged the gun.
It is difficult to find words to g?-
scribe the pain Junior Goodwin must
have suffered after the shotgun load
had ripped into his left leg. His pad-
dle had floated away. It was a long,
long way down the lake to his home.
And the water was cold—as cold ‘as
spring water can be in near-zero tem-
peratures.
Let's just say that Junior Goodwin
. paddled home across Lake Silkworth—
3 using his hands as paddles. It should
take very little imagination to under-
stand what teeth-gritting, soul-tearing
agony that must have been. This,
then, was the courage and the stamina
of a boy only seventeen years old.
Mrs. Goodwin was ill in bed. Some-
how, though, she was at the water-
side when they lifted Junior from his
canoe. Moreover, it was she who
finally carried Junior to Nesbitt Mem-
orial Hospital, because the car which
took him first blew a tire and was
stalled when Mrs. Goodwin, following
against the advice of friends, drove up.
He was taken to a room not far
from another in which his aunt, Miss
Helen Goodwin of Kingston, was re-
. covering from an automobile accident.
There is considerably more to the
story—the courage, for instance, which
the boy showed at the hospital—but
we suspect neither Junior nor his
father will relish this publicity, so we
will add only one more incident.
Last Tuesday night Junior's team-
mates gathered at the home of their
coach, Stephen Summerhill, to cele-
brate their championship. It was a
gala, occasion, and justly so, for Leh-
man had completely upset the dope vo
become the conference leaders. Junior's
accident took a little bit of the gaiety
from the celebration, a little bit of zest
from healthy appetites. Time after
time, the fellows found their minds
turning toward the hospital room
where one of their linemen lay. No
celebration yet for him. ‘There must
be something they could do. There
was. Interrupting their festivities,
those broad-shouldered, ruddy-cheek-
ed, stout-hearted members of the Leh-
man High School football team—
Champions of 1936—stood awkwardly
for a minute while each man breathed
a silent, devout prayer for the lad in
‘Nesbitt Hospital.
And to their prayer, may we add
ours, and say “May this courage stay
with “you always.”
Migs Margaret Husic, who was edi-
tor of Miss Recordia, the College Mis-
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FORCES
A considerable expansion of the
work usually carried on by The Dallas
Post at Christmas will be made pos-
sible this year as a result of the de-
cision of Dallas Women’s Club to- co-
operate. 3
The club, which carried on an am-
bitious program of social service
throughout the year, had already
planned to collect toys from members
and conduct a party for a group of
underprivileged children when The
Post announced its amnual toy distri-
Sophomore class list—and whatever |
taught us much that we know of neys-.
story of how Junior led his team to.
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Evans, Galloway
Seek New Trial
Jury Finds Men Who Attack-
ed Gallup Guilty; Recom-
mends Leniency
A. petition for a hearing on a new
trial was /filed thig® week for Jay
Evans, 23, Forty Fort, and Harry Gal-
loway, 19 Beaunibnt, who were con-
victed last wegk of assulting Creston
D. Gallup, caretaker at Lake Catalpa,
on October 9.
The two men pleaded “not guilty”
when their case came up for trial last
week. They pleaded self defense,
charging that Gallup attempted to kill
them, that they struggled with him in
an effort to get his pistol, and tRat
during the‘ struggle the gun was dis-
charged.
Gallup was shot in the arm and
chest. Both defendants suffered slight
wounds from bullets during the struggle
and escaped. They were rounded up
a week later by Chief of Police Leon-
ard O'Kane of Dallas.
The jury took the case on Friday
and returned a verdict of “guilty.” It
recommended, however, that the judge
show leniency in sentencing the men.
On Tuesday the request of Attorney
W. L. Pace, who defended the men,
for a hearing on a new trial was
granted.
Sentence will be withheld pending
the transcribing of the trial record and
the disposition of the request for the
new trial.
Snyder Funeral
Services Today
Death Of Local Church
Worker On Tuesday
Shocks Community
Funeral services for Miss Florence
Anne Snyder, who died at the family
home, 111 Lake street, | Dallas, / last
Tuesday morning, after several Weeks’
illness, will be held at the heme this
afternoon at 2. Some?
Rev. Francis Freeman, pastor of
Snyder was a member, will officiate.
Interment will be in Fern Knoll Ceme-
tery.
Although Miss Snyder's condition
had been critical for several days, her
death came as a real shock to the com-
munity. She was born in Melrose, N.
Y. on March 9, 1881, and has spent
most of her life in Wilkes-Barre. She
moved to Dallas fifteen years ago.
‘She was president of the Women’s
Missionary Society for five years gnd
had taught a Sunday School class for
a number of years.
Surviving are her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles M. Snyder; two sisters,
Mrs. Nevin R. Gerges of Bloomfield, N.
J., and Mrs. Thomas Gangloff, Dallas,
and a brother, H. R. Snyder, Loos An-
geles.
CLUB AND POST COMBINE
TO COLLECT TOYS
bution movement,
To prevent duplication, the club and
the newspaper will work jointly. Last
year the club collected a number of
toys and presented them to The Post
for distribution. ;
The Post already has a number of
toys and will call for any which can
be distributed to needy children be-
fore Christmas. Boy Scouts will re-
pair the toys before distribution. A
number of new toys have been sent
to The Post this year.
Dallas M. E. Church, of which Miss |
LEHMAN GRID CHAMPS
CELEBRATE VICTORY
WITH TURKEY DINNER
Lehman High School football
team, which clinched the Back
Mountain Championship ‘with its
victory over Kingston Township on
Thanksgiving Day, celebrated its
victory on Tuesday night at a din-
ner at the home of Stephen Sum-
merhill, the coach.
Ralph Johnson, left end on the
team, was toastmaster. Among
the speakers were Gerald Snyder,
supervising principal; Alex Wil-
liams, captain; Lewis Kulp, center,
and Robert Parks, manager.
Mr. Summerhill awarded
to members of the varsity
Mother Pays Bet
To Son On Game
Mrs. Elston Serves Chicken
Dinner To Townshi
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Paying a wager she made with her
son before the Dallas Township-Dallas
Borough football game on Armistice
Day, Mrs. Ralph Elston entertained
the entire Dallas Township football
team at a chicken dinner on Monday-
day evening.
Marvin favored the township to win.
Mrs. Elston promised him the chicken
dinner if the township defeated tha
borough, which was favored to win.
The township took the game—and Mrs
Elston, a real sport, paid her generous
bet, with the team paying high praise
for Mrs. Elston’s cookery. It is under-
stood the boys want her to bet or
every game next year.
‘The tables were decorated with
flowers and the school colors, red ana
white, arranged to form the letters
“D.T.H.8.»
The following attended:
letters
squad.
Ronald Doll, coach; Keats Poad
captain; Ray Williams, Chet Austin,
Fred Girton, Fred Stevens, Forrest
Stevens, Bobbie Pickett, Eddie Lumley,
Mike Kozemchak, David Mahler, Gor-
don Austin, Gomer Elston, Marvin
John Elston, Mrs. John Isaacs, Doro-
thy Elston, Elstella Elston and the
hostess.
Shoppers Return;
Find Home Ruined
:
Blaze Levels Lehman Struc-
ture While Richards
Are Away
A roaring blaze, fanned by a stiff
wind, ruined the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Richards of Lehman last Sat-
urday afternoon, leaving the family
only the clothes it was wearing.
Mr. and Mrs. Richards and thelr
three children were in Wyoming Val-
ley shopping when the fire started,
probably from an overheated stove in
the kitchen. Neighbors formed a
bucket brigade but were unable to save
the home. The fire burned for about
two hours.
their home was completely destroyed
The building, on the road from Yde-
town to I.ehman, is owned by the
Sherwood estate. The Richards and
their children are living temporarily
with-the Lance family in Plymouth.
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W.P.A. Gives Claude
Street Needed Repairs
Claude street ig undergoing exten-
sive repairs under the Wi. P. A. It is
unjer Township supervision. Thi
road has needed repairs for some time
and the residents are very much en-
couraged at the rapidity at which the
work is progressing.
‘Wihen the family returned |
Dana Frear Came
Of Pioneer Stock
Death Takes Life-Lo
mont Resident,
ant Of H
‘Beau-
scend-
enots
In the veins of Dana F. Frear, Beau-
mont agriculturist who died this week
at the age of 81, coursed the blood\ of
the French Huguenots, who fled from
France ‘in the 18th Century because
of religious oppression.
Most of the Huguenots settled in
South Carolina but many of them came
to New York State. Among these were
Mr. Frear’s ancestors. Their name
Mr. Frear’s ancestors. Their name
years later that it became American.
ized.
In the latter part of the Seventeenth
Century Mr. Frear’s grandfather, Rev.
Abraham Frear, came to Eatonville.
His son, William, Dana Frear’s father,
was born in Eatonville, and moved to
Beaumont after his marriage to Eliza-
beth Parrish. They were among the
first settlers in Beaumont.
Three sons were born in the home
which the elder Frear built at Beau-
mont in 1822. Edwin, a doctor, died in
Iowa, several years ago. Another
brother, Charles, lives now in King-
ston. Dana had spent his entire life
in the old homestead, and died there
on Sunday after an
days. ¢
Mr. Frear was widely known through
this section and was extremely active
in his younger days in the civic and
fraternal life here. He was a thorough
farmer and his farm was one of the
most prosperous hereabouts.
Mr. Frear is credited with having
owned the first automobile in this sec-
tion. It was a hobby of his to save
his yearly. license plates, and nail them
on the wall of his garage. The oldest
one there is License No. 96, issued by
Luzerne County in 1904. In those days
the county, rather than the state, is-
sued the tags.
His interest in motoring brought him
considerable enjoyment during his la-
ter years, after he had retired. He
travelled to most parts of the United
States and was an ardent member of
Wyoming Valley Motor Club.
Despite his advanced years Mr.
Frear was unusually active. He was
a member of George M. Dallas Lodge,
No. 531, F. & A. M.; Chapter 182, She-
kinah Royal Arch; Dieu le Veut Com-
mandery, No. 45 Knights Templar;
Keystone Consistory, Irem Temple;
Irem Country Club, Ahiman Lodge, No.
760, I. O. O. F.; Lodge 641, Monroe
Grange.
Surviving are his widow and a
brother, Charles, of Kingston.
The funeral, largely attended in
testimony to the high esteem in which
Mr. Frear was held, was on Wednesday
afternoon, with services at the Union
Church, Beaumont. Rev, Guy Len-
thal, pastor of Alderson M. E. Church,
officiated. Interment was in Beaumofit
Cemetery.
Band Will Make
Debut Thursday
New Borough Musical Unit
Will Wear New Uniforms
For Concert
The recently organized band/of Pal-
las Borough High School will make
its first public appearanceson Thurs-
day night, December 10,in the high
school auditorium, i
Howard Halleck, supervisor of mu-
sic at the local schools, will direct the
band in its first concert. Although the
borough schools have attempted to or-
ganize a band before this is the first
time the band has attained enough ex-
perience to give a concert.
The twenty-five members will ap-
pear in natty new blue and gold capes
and overseas caps.
illness of four
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250 Employes Share
; ~ Reflections Of Better
Freight Shipments
Increase At Tannery
Six Per Cent Increase At Mosser Plant One Of
or
erous
Business Here; cal
Highest In Years
The prospects of the merriest Christmas in years for local people brighten-
ed still more this week as developments
its full share of the country’s spirited
indicated that this section is receiving
business boom. ;
Outstanding among the week’s good news was the announcement from
Mort W. Whitaker, superintendent of
the J. M. Mosser Leather Company's
tannery at Noxen, that 250 employees will receive a Six per cent increase, ef-
fective December 6.
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BUSINESS MEN WILL
DISCUSS XMAS PLANS
AT MEETING TONIGHT
A meeting of Dallas Borough
Business Men's Association has
been called for tonight at Subur-
ban Inn to discuss possible action
toward stimulating interest in
Main Street as a Christmas shop-
ping center. . :
Peter D. Clark, president, parti-
cularly urges that members be
prepared to make any suggestions
for brightening the business sec-
tion of the town or stimulating the
observance of Christmas here.
Since there is another meeting af
the Sururban Inn it is hoped that
members will be prompt and that
the business can be transacted
with dispatch for an early adjourn-
ment,
“The Tin Hero” Is
Senior’s Choice
Betty Culbert Directs Annual
Play Of Borough Senior
Class
The Senior Class of Dallas Borough
High School will produce its annual
play on Friday night, December 18,
with Betty Culbert, a member of the
faculty, directing.
The play is a comedy,
Hero,” by Charles George.
Members of the cast are: Douglas
Goodyear, Robert Fleming; Mrs.
Blanche Goodyear, Elsie Johnston;
Grace Goodyear, Jane Knecht; Virginia
Ferguson, Alberta Himmler; Baxter
Warner, William Niemeyer; Mrs, Bax-
ter Warner, Florence Kelly: “Bunny”
Wheeler, William Mann; Annette Cov-
erdale, Leila Cragle; Adelaide Youne,
Roberta Van Campen; Victoria Esmond,
Elsie Culp; Mlle, Claudette Bordoni,
Verna Sheppleman; “Spike” Ryder,
Raymond Kuderka.
“The Tin
Schools Prepare
- For Basketball
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Borough To Play Pre-Season
Game With Swoverville
Next Week
With Old Man Football laid on ice
for another twelve-month scholastic
athletic circles in this section are re-
turning their attention toward the ap-
proaching basketball season.
Dallas Borough’s quintet, coached by
E. E. Line, will get off to an early
start when it plays Swoyerville on
Friday night, December 11.
Two meetings have been held al-
ready by officials of the Back Mount-
ain Conference and although schedules
have not been completely outlined the
beginning of the season has been fixed
tentatively for Friday night, January
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‘On that date Lehman will meet Dal- |
las Borough and Laketon will meet
Dallas Township. Kingston Township,
the fifth team in the conference, will
be idle. E
Each team will play eight games in
the local conference. Dallas Borough
may play a few games with teams out-
side the conference. The schedule will
continue for about eight weeks.
Last year Dallas Borough won the
local championship but was defeated
by Luzerne in the P. I. A. A. playoffs.
Basketball is always the most popular,
sport in this section. Officials of the
conference this year are: Gerald Sny-
der, Lehman, president; E. E. Line,
Dallas Borough, secretary-treasurer,
and M. J. Girton, Dallas Township,
vice-president,
Idetown Woman Hear i
Review Of New Book
The Missionary Society of the Ide-
town M. E. Church met at the home
of Mrs. Robert Fresher. Mrs. George
Jones, president, had charge. She
gave a review of Grace Livingston
Hill's novel “The Old Guard.” Mrs.
Jones was also in charge of devotions.
The Noxen tannery is a subsidiary
of the Armour Leather Co., and is one
of five units in Pennsylvania where
substantial increases will be given em-
ployees this month,
Every employe of the Noxen plant
will share im the increase, Mr. Whit-
aker said. Last year’s payroll was be-~
tween $260,000 and $270,000 and the
total increase in wages will be ap-
proximately $16,000.
This will mean an average of $64 a
year more for men employed at the
Noxen tannery.
Freight Shipments Up
The Lehigh Valley Railroad is ex-
periencing its best season of freight
shipments in this territory in years,
A. S. Culbert, local agent, announced
this week. .
On Monday a carload of lumber was
shipped to Mountain Springs where
repairs are being made to the ice
storage warehouses. Last year heavy
snows early in the season crushed in
the roof of the storehouses and little
ice was harvested.
After the repairs are made a force
of men will be put to work harvesting
and it is expected there will be con-
siderable dice stored this year for ship-
ment. be
Directors Plan
Joint Meeting
| ope Discussion Will Settle
Controversy Over
Tuition
A joint meeting of Dallas Borough
and Dallas Township School Boards te
discuss the borough district's claims
for tuition due for township pupils
who attend the borough schools was
suggested at a meeting of the borough
board on Tuesday night.
Several months ago it was discover=-
ed that pupils from the township who
desired an academic course were at-
tending the borough schools and al-
though parents of some agreed to pay
tuition the State Department of Edu-
cation ruled that the township 1s re-
sponsible for such payments,
Township directors claimed they
were not responsible for the payments
and recently obtained a reclassification
of their system to permit students to
take the academic course in the town-
ship from now on.
Dr. G. K. Swarts, president of the
borough board, told directors Wednés-
day night C. J. Eipper, president of the
township board, has suggested a joint
meeting for discussion. The borough
directors authorized the secretary,
Daniel E. Waters, to inform the town-
ship directors a meeting could be ar-
ranged when convenient.
Because it is necessary to hold a re-
organization meeting on Monday the
usual order of business was dispensed
with and only urgent matters were dis-
cussed. ;
Russian Singers
To Give Concert
Notes? Mixed Chorus From
City At Shavertown
M. E. Sunday
The famed Russian Orthodox Choir
of Wilkes-Barre will sing at Shaver-
town M. E. Church at the Sunday
evening services at 7:30. Last year
a male chorus from the city church
sang a splendid concert at Shavertowu.
There will be forty men and wome
in the chorus this year. They will
sing a selected program of church mu-
sic, including an arrangement of “Holy
Night” in their own tongue. Basil
Pelesh is director,
Relief Anplications
Can Be Made Locally
For the convenience of people living
in Dallas Borough, Dallas Township,
Lake Township, IL.ehman Township,
Franklin Township and. Kingston
Township, the Luzerne County Emer-
gency Relief Administration has made
arrangements to také applications FOr mre R
relief in the Himmler Building..E¥Ke
street, Dallas, ory eamedlay from
9 a. m. to noon a om 1 to 3:30 p. m.
People living in this territory have
heretofore made application in the
Pittston, Wilkes-Barre and Plymouth
District offices.
TWO LOCAL DRAMA GROUPS IN
COUNTY TOURNAMENT THURSDAY
Two dramatic groups to represent]
Luzerne County in the bi-county
tournament later this month will be
selected at Bloomingdale Grange Hall
next Thursday night when the county
finals are held.
The two plays sponsored by The
Dallas Township Parent-Teacher As-
sociation, one by a group from East
Dallas, the other by a group from
Fernbrook, will compete in the county
tournament.
Competing against them will be the
winner from the Southern end of the
county, the Beach Haven Home Ec-
{
onomics Club and the Dorrance Cor-
gers Group.
Judges will select from the four
competing plays two plays to repre-
sent this county against the two best
plays from Carbon County. The win-
ner of that tournament will go to Har-
risburg in January to compete against
dramatic groups from all parts of the
state,
‘There has been keen interest in
these play tournaments, which are a
part of the educational program con-
ducted in rural sections by the Lu-
zerne County Agricultural Extension
Association.
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- come one of the greatest in all histogy. Cs oa oy fhe re Psi
Read of it in “Camille” in The Post your advertising message to them
| next week. : + through The Post.
More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
VOL. 46 DALLAS, PA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1936. 48