7 A Man Becomes Great , . . See ‘The Pictures of Washington's Career on Page Six. A Great Man Dies . Rives = Matthews Writes a' Masterly Account of "That Man's Passing. VOL. 47 POST SCRIPTS LOTUS WEATHER WARMTH BANDITS CUP Hiya, Lotus! —0— Unaccustomed as we are to associ- ating with hippopatami (to say noth- ing of trying to spell it), we must ad- mit that we've taken a yen for you, Lotus. Of course, we're glad the make-up man put us over on this side of you. ‘Wie might have ended up over there in column two. Oh, my! ‘Wie're right proud of you, Lotus, and _ mighty glad to have you with us in The Post this week. Sorry you can’t come up and see us in the flesh some time. We'd have a swell time scar- ing two or three of this section’s hard- est drinkers into signing the pledge, we bet. And would we show those fellows out at Harvey's Lake that got so much publicity with Alex, the Bear? Wow! Cw This has been a very unusual win- ter for fellows like us who like to write :about the weather. Just about the time we begin a piece of descriptive writing on how beauti- ful the new-fallen snow looks on the evergreen outside our winter there comes a thaw and that's the end of that. If we speak of the mild winter we're sure to bring a blast of wintry weath- er around our ears before the column gets into print. We took a walk last week up over the hill to Huntsville Dam, figuring It might be worked into a paragraph here some way. Down on Lehman Avenue, it was mild, Spring-like weather, peo- ple walking along with their top-coats open, and the grass turning green. ‘We hit the temperate belt at Pinecrest Avenue and began to long for a dog team shortly above. Final- ly, figuring it was no use trying. to get too far ahead on our Annual Spring Column we just sat down and threw snowballs at a ground hog, who apparently had been wearing black glasses on February 2. 7 Se If the cold weather keeps up, though, we’ll almost have to support Jack Roberts' for school director this Fall. ‘When he delivers milk up on our street, along about dawn every morn- ing, Jack, with his usual neighborli- ness, drops in to put the draft on The Post’s furnace. Result is when everybody arrives to set the wheels of this organization running there's no waste time waiting for the place to thaw out. It’s been working fine all winter— until the other morning. We changed the lock on the door and forgot to tell Jack and so he couldn't get in and we had to work all morning in muff- lers and ear-muffs. Wie understand it’s all been straight- ened out now and in appreciation of Jack's fine work this winter the boys are preparing to throw their support to him if he runs for re-election this Fall. Their slogan is going to be “He made it hot for us. Now let’s give him warm support.” If we know them right they'll elect him, too. — Special Notice to the Bandits Who have been Operating in This Section: The safe at the Dallas Post will be open every evening from 5 p. m. to 8 a. m. If you promise not to break anything you are welcome to examine its contents. If you find anything, let us know. It will be a complete sur- prise to us. —O0— Speaking of bandits, it may interest them to know, if they should happen to run across this column, how near they came to having their hands blown off on one of their petty thefts here this month. ‘At one of the gas stations they rob- bed, the proprietor, who was in a sec- ond-story window overlooking the sta- tion, had a revolver sighted on them and could have, with one little twitch of his finger, ended the unworthy career of at least one. He didn’t shoot because want to risk harming an ‘person. In view of what four bandits will do for twenty dollars it is probable that they would not exercise such restraint under similar circumstances. ‘Wle just thought they might like to know. The next time they might not ‘be so lucky. he didn’t inhocent iO) 'The Great Basketball Cup Mystery has been solved! The three-year search ended this week with the discovery of the long- (Continued on Page 8) e Dallas Po More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1937 pe L Photos, Bob Wallace GOING NORTH femmes remem —— and Lotus GOING SOUTH S————————————— IT WAS on her 25th birthday that Lotus, the only trained hippo- potamus in the U. S., posed for these photographs. ‘A circus per- former, Lotus was snapped at winter quarters in California. She weighs 4,800 pounds. Pictures from current issue of LIFE magazine, reprinted by spacial permission. WPA Rectoation Program Started Here By McHose Seven Towns Offered Oppor- tunity to Have Own Play- grounds Next Summer EMPLOYS LEISURE (See Editorial, Page 6) The most ambitious program ever launched in this = section to provide recreation during leisure hours for young people and adults is being car- ried on in seven local communities in co-operation with their school officials. The program, initiated by the Adult Education Reereation Department of the WPA, in co-operation with the State Department of Public Instruc- tion, is being directed by Calvin Mec- Hose; Luzerne County project head and former supetvising principal at Dallas Borough Schools. If present plans are successful the movement may; expand into this sec- tion’s first system of supervised play- grounds next summer. — Carls lastrislor The adult education recreation de- partment has named Tyrus Carr, Shayvertown, as the instructor for courses in physical education and rec- reational periods scheduled weekly in nearby ‘high schools. Young men and women of the com- | munity a. “4 adulis are invited to at- tend these courses and participate. The recreational periods are held from 7 to 10 p. m. The schedule: Monday evening, Orange; Tuesday, Kingston Township (three groups, Shavertown, Trucksville, and Trucksville Letter- men; Tuesday, Lehman. Wednesday, Lake Township; Thuwsday, Dallas Borough; Friday, Dallas Township; Saturday, Dallas Borough. . Two periods are hela each Satur- day in Dallas, one from 9:30 to 12 for young men and women and an- other, from 1 to 4, for older men and women. Mr. Carr’s program includes health exercises, gymnastics, competitive games, _calisthenics, basketball and volley Vito al - For Playgrounds If the communities co-operate by providing a site for a playground the Adult Education Recreation Depart- ment, which 1s financed by the fed- eral government, will supply such ath- letic equipment as quoits, volleyballs, mushballs, handballs and hard base- balls and pay the salaries of experi- enced supervisors. Any stationery equipment on the playgrounds must be supplied by the school district or the community, al- though the supervisors named by WIPA will care for such equipment during the summer. The Dallas Borough Parent-Teach- ers Association already is making plans to raise money to buy equip- ment for a playground in the borough next summer. In view the possibility of the ex- pansion of the program and the desire of WIPA. to use local supervisors whenever they are available, any per- sons in this section who hold teach- ing certificates and are eligible for a WPA appointment may submit their names to The Post to be referred to the officials who have charge of the program. Lancaster Pastor Here Next Sunday Rev. Herbert E. Frankfort of Lan- caster will conduct the morning serv- ice at St. Paul's Luthsran Church, Shavertown, Sunday. Rev. Mr. Frankfort ig another guest preacher, a graduate of tho Tautheran Seminary Class of 1936. All members of the con- gregation are urged to be at a meet- ing Sunday night at 7:30 since a new minister may ‘be. selected then. NEW SOIL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED; NO DIVERSION PAYMENTS HERE Details of the 1937 Agricultural Con- ‘servation Program, as it applies to Luzerne County farmers, were an- nounced yesterday by W. S. Hagar, State Executive officer. Local farmers will not receive pay- ments for diverting acreage from soil- | proving farm lands building practices, unless county and state committees secure approval to add Luzerne to the list of counties so designated. Luzerne County will be hy farmers eligible to earn soil-building payments for each of the approved practices. Most of the soil-building practices aim at’ these goals: Improving or estab- lishing pasture land, increasing acre- age of legume hay and productivity of all hay lands, reforesting hillsides, im- and improving Soil-conserving crops in orchards and vineyards. ~ For most farms, soil-building allow- ances will be larger than they were last year, Local Couple, Wed F ifty ¥ oars, Observe Anniversary On Monday MR. AND MRS. NEELY DUE FOR CONGRATULATIONS A good thing to remember, to assure happy mri life, is that there are two sides to every question. This is a part of the advice Mrs. A. A. Neely of Lake Street, Dallas, gives as she and her husband prepare to celebrate” their fiftie €dding anniver- sary next Monday. . . Another of Mrs. Neely's favorite keepi the site of their present mottoes is “Be sure you're right, then go ahead.” She remembers that clear- ly today because it was the title of the play Mr. and Mrs. Neely went to see in. the old Grand Opera House in Wilkes-Barre on their wedding night | fifty years ago. ‘I've always remembered that say- ing,” Mrs. Neely says, “and it's always been a good guide.” Looking back on half a hundred years of happy married life, Mrs. Neely advises young married people to remember that tact, courtesy, appreci- ! ation and understanding are among the most important factors in assur- ing domestic contentment. Mr. and Mrs. Neely were married by Rev. John LaBar, a retired min- ister, at Wyoming, and set up house- home. Mr. Neely was born in that old homestead, on Lake Street, and has spent his entire life in ° Dallas, with exception of two years in the West -when he was a young man. Their present home on the same site, was built since their marriage. Mr. Neely, who had a large farm, retired about ten years ago. 'There are four children, Mrs. Charles Hawk of Bear Creek; Ralph Neely, Wilkes-Barre; Floyd Neely, at home, and Mrs. Ralph Welsh of Dallas. They will be home for the family dinner next Monday evening, Mrs. Neely says. During the day, though, | “open house” will be observed at the Neely home, and a great host of friends of the family probably will drop in to express their well-wishes. Firemen Further Plans For Home Shavertown "Company May Buy Building Occupied By Albert ] Bush Fire Co. will be taken at a meeting in the Shavertown school house next Monday. night at 8. Last week the firemen decided to purchase the building now occupied by Albert Bush's Garage, Main Street, Shavertown. A committee having as members William Cobleigh, Frances Youngblood and Howard Woolbert has | secured a price on the building and estimates on the cost of repairs to the second floor, which is now occupied by the Shotwell family but which would be used as a meeting room and for community activities. The firemen report requests for the use of the new hall have already been received from Kingston Township Vet- erans’ Social Club and the Dallas Chapter, Eastern Star. Other organ- izations desiring to use the building may communicate with members of the company. Further stéps towhrd acquiring a new home fo¥"Shavertown Volunteer. Lehman Pupils In Annual Musicale Outstanding Program Prom- ised For Interesting Event Tonight The annual musicale of the Lehman Township School will be given in the school auditorium tonight (Friday) at 8 p. m. The affair attracts a large audience each year and H. Austin Snyder, supervising principal, prom- ises an outstanding program tonight. One of the unique features will be the Kiddy Band, a group of younger pupils which has grown in the last few years and has some new stunts for its audience. Peter Pappas, solo- ist of the Kiddy Band will sing “The Wise Bird.” Girls of the lower grades will dance to the familiar tunes of “Captain Jinks” and “Where, Oh Where, Has My. Little Dog Gone.” The boys’ chorus from .the high school, largest in its history, will sing “The Capital Ship” and the high school girls will sing “Katy Did.” In charge of the program are Miss Lydia Smith, Mrs. Esther Wolfe and Mrs. Beatrice Cornell, grade teachers; Miss Delilah Kistler, high school teacher, and C. F. Terry, who will have charge of instrumental numbers. AN EDITORIAL On October 23 The Post, recognizing the danger locally because of an old-fashioned system of police protection; asked public officials to call a conference to discuss ways enforcement here. of modernizing and centralizing law I was suggested tentatively that local communities might pool their police resources and finances to establish a centralized system which could have a full-time chief, a motorcycle to answer emergency calls, and possibly a cruiser car, with a radio tuned into the Wilkes-Barre station, to patrol the local territory at night. The editorial stirred no great interest among public officials but ‘one far-sighted clergymen wrote in, commending the idea and saying “The day of high-powered automobiles; good roads and fast-firing ma- chine guns virtually demands that we give to our police sufficient auth- ority to combat the criminal element at least on even terms.” No word from public officials, though. On January 29 three bandits held up Fred Woolbert’s service sta- tion at Trucksville, took $30, and escaped to freedom down the high- way toward Luzerne.- The following week The Post again brought up the need for a more modern and centralized system of policing. “The present lack of or- ‘ganization” we pointed out ‘exposes the citizens of this section to the danger of hold-ups and burglaries.” No word from public officials yet. On February 10 four bandits drove up to Hillside Gas Station, took $20, and fled through Dallas to freedom. ~ Sull no word from public officials. On Sunday night, February 14, four bandits drove up to the Pen Fern station at Fernbrook, relieved the attendant of his receipts, took a watch, and escaped. Fortunately the attendants in all three cases have been sensible enough to hand over the money without resistance, so murder has been avoided, but the likelihood of more serious results sooner or later will exist until criminals learn that police protection here has been stream- lined to meet modern conditions. In anticipating the danger and calling public attention to it The Post fulfilled its duty and can do little more except to stress that from now on the safety of this section rests squarely upon the shoulders of the public officials who should have taken steps to improve police protection here four months ago. Trucksville, L.ehman, GANNETT’S PETITIONS OPPOSING PRESIDENT’S BILL NOW AVAILABLE A number of the petitions which will be forwarded eventually to the Senate and the House oppos- ing President Roosevelt's bill pro- posing changes in the Supreme Court have been sent to The Post by Frank E. Ganhett, publisher of the Gannett newspapers, with the request that they be made avail- able to those persons who oppose the proposal. Mr. Gannett, an. ardent support- er of some of the President's pol- icies, is organizing a nation-wide committee to oppose the Presi- dent’s bill on the grounds that it would grant the nation’s chief ex- ecutive “power that would be dan- gerous even in the hands of the best-intentioned man” and would “destroy the Constitutional balance among Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments uf the govw- ernment.” Any one wanting copies of the petition may call at The Post. ' Dallas Team Faces Big Test Tonight Basketball Clout in Fine Frenzy As Season . Nears End STANDING OF THE LEAGUE ks. Pet: 714 .666 B71 .333 .166 Dallas Borough Kingston Township Lehman Laketon 2 2 3 4 A furious, last-minute race for the basketball championship of the local scholastic circuit developed this week as Dallas Borough, which has been on top most of the season, braced it- self against the oncoming rush of the Kingston Township basketeers. If the borough defeats Dallas Town- ship in their game tonight (Fridayy the borough will be assured of noth- ing less than a tie. But Dallas Township, even though it is having a bad season, is always a threat to Dallas Borough. Last Fall Dallas Township had =a poor football season but it upset the dope and defeated a highly-favored borough squad. The township jinx ‘worked early in the basketball season, when the borough, which was leading the league, lost to Coach Ronald Doll's township five, in a game so rough three of the borough’s players were out of the next game. So a fighting township team will try tonight to block the chances of Coach Ernest Line's. eagle-eyed, fast- playing borough quintet for the Back Mountain championship. another hurdle to jump. Coach Walter Hicks’ Township team must meet TLaketon tonight and Dallas Township next Friday night before concluding its sea- son. If Dallas Borough wins tonight and Kingston Township wins its two re- maining games there will be a tie for first place. If Dallas Borough loses tonight and Kingston Township wins its two games the Township will win the scholastic championship for the first time. If Dallas Borough loses tonight and Kingston Township wins only one of its two games there will be a tie. A tie will necessitate a series three post-season games. Kingston of Ruff Installed In Down-State Charge The formal installation of Rev. G. Elson Ruff, former pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shavertown, as new pastor of Christ Lutheran Church at Schuylkill Haven, took place on Mon- day. Dr. E. P. Pfatteicher, president: of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsyl- vania, officiated. Mrs. Louis E. Cottle, 30 East Cen~ ter Street, Shavertown, received quite a thrill when she learned ‘that “Scalawag of Fenbor,” an eleven- month-old wire haired fox terrier bred by her and now one of a stringw. good ones owned and being shown throughout the East by the Fenbor Kennels of Robert B. Neff, Montclair, N. J., topped his class at the West- But even if the borough wins it has!’ History . . . Romance . . . venture . . . Packed Into Samuel Hopkins Adams’ New Post Serial, “Maid of Salem.” Begin the First Installment on Page 7 of The Post This Week. W.C.T.U. Delegates Oppose Changes In Supreme Court Say Roosevelt’s Plan Would “Preparé The Way for Dicta- torship”’; Resolution to Be Sent to Congress; Dele- gates Also Consider Temperance CHARGE REPEAL HAS NOT ENDED BOOTLEGGER ——" The mounting opposition to Plosident Kooseverts bil proposing changes in the Federal court system enlisted & er new ally this week when dele- gates attending the district meeting of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Shavertown M. E. Church went on record opposing the plan. There were women at the meeting from churches in Dallas, Shavertown, Chase, Idetown, Huntsville and Wyoming, They adopted the following resolution: ; “Believing that the proposal to re= vise and weaken the United States Supreme Court would prepare the way for a dictatorship in our country, we earnestly urge you to use your influ- ence against the measure.” The resolution will be sent to the United States Senator and Represen. tative from this district. Bootlegger ®till Busy The charge that sixty per cent of all liquor sold is still sold by boot- leggers was made by Mrs. Paul J. Kolesnikoff, home missionary working under the ministerium union of Wiyo- ming Valley in charge of the Brook- side Mission in Wilkes-Barre. “As a matter of fact,” she said, “the hope that repealing prohibition would drive out the bootlegger has not come true.” She said that temperance is really a people are needed to support it. “All-Day Session Rev. Fred M. Sellars, pastor of the hostess church, welcomed the dela~ gates at the morning session. A five-point demonstration on tem- perance was presented by Mrs. A. H. Van Nortwick, Mrs. Howard Patton, Mrs. Herbert Riley, Mrs. Ernest Keller and Mrs. J. Lienthal at the morning session. At noon, Mrs. W. H. Stang offered prayer. In the evening a missionary and temperance play was given by Howard Frantz, Catherine Brace, Jen- nie Hill, Robert Koons, Wilma Hunt, Leroy Miller, Delbert McGuire, Willard Puterbaugh, Mary Porter and Mildred Porter. Mrs. William Ashburn of Outlet led devotions. dinger sang. Robert Fritzges played a violin solo. Mrs. Earl Weidner of Dallas presided and Mrs. Howard Pat- ton led the worship program. $200 On Education It was announced that the group had spent $200 on educational work in this section last year. A number of pos- ters were displayed, including that of Louis Spaziano of Shavertown, who won first prize in the contest. Prizes will year for children. Three Robberies Net Thieves $55 Gas Station, Drag Store and A. &P. Among Week’s Victims essays and posters of school It’s a hard way to make a living! The gas station bandits who have been striking with serpent-like swift- ness here in the last month have stol- en $55 in three robberies. Split among the four, that nets each one a little less than $14 for three stick-ups, not to mention the oc- cupational risks of their profession and the threat of imprisopniet hang. ing over them: i'hey stiuck the thifd time within a land |i month last Sunday” night when they held up the wa hi station at Fern- | brook Corners And escaped with $5 a watch. een taken fr the station ten min- - 's before the bandits arrived. Zollowing Ar established proce- «ure, the bandits i a- tion for gas, held up George Hein- baugh, attendant, and took a watch from Oliver Thebey, who walked into the station while the bandits were - working, The bandits were operating a tan Ford stolen from Wyoming the day before. Police believe they are guilty of a number of other robberies in the vicinity of Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. Evans's Store Looted On the same night, Sunday, thieves broke a window in the rear of Shel- don Evans’s Pharmacy, Main Street, Shavertown, forced a lock and took about $25 in cash, a .22 calibre pistol and about $30 in merchandise. i * The same method was used in at- tempting to gain entrance to the A. and P. store, next door to Evans’s, but the thieves could not get in. Sam De- Witt, Shavertown, manager of the A. and P. store, discovered the attempt to enter on Monday. morning at 7:30. ice tlle