Help The Legion !
The Circus Is Coming !
‘June 24 and 25
Get Your Ticket
For The Legion Circus
Before The Rush ! ’
VOL. 47
POST
SCRIPTS
LISTLESS
HORSE
FARMER
LEGION
SIGNS
This column hasn't been itself
since the Cooking School. In fact it
hasn't even been here at all the last
two weeks. A month or so ago we
could have blamed it on Spring fever.
Now, with Summer staring us in the
face, we're struck by the horrible pos-
sibility that it is just old-fashioned |"
1aZiness.
Whatever it is, it’s knocked every
jdea we had completely? out of our
head, and grinding out a column this
week is going to involve some of the
toughest work we've done for some
time.
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—
It wouldn’t be tough if we had a
better system for filing notes. A lot
of interesting things happen, and help-
ful folks tell us. We scribble some
notes, put the scrap of paper awag!
somewhere, and never find it again.
We've lost at least twenty good col-"
umns that way.
Somewhere around here we had a
few notes about a horse whose name
Faith Hope Charity Harding remem-
- bered. Last year, as we remember
' the tale, Faith, who was then about
nine months old, made a fuss over the
© horse when its owner, who we think
was a Mr. Frantz, used it in plowing
up a field next to the Hardings. The
' horse’s name was Mary, an unusually
sentimental name for a plow-horse.
At any rate the plowman came back
this year with the horse and Faith,
who is now twenty-one months old if
our arithmetic is working (and it sel-
dom does) spotted it through the win-
dow, clapped her hands and shouted
“Mary”. We, who have difficulty in
remembering people's names overnight
can join the tribute to Faith Hope
Charity’s keenness in keeping the
horse’s name in mind a whole year.
Wie think that's the way the story
went, anyway, and if it isn’t please
don’t anybody call us up, because we
apologize now.
h :
On his wap “pack from an ice
cream social in Lehman the other
night one of the scouts for this col-
umn ran smack into. ‘al Story which he
swears is the truth.
A farmer in that section, 50 ‘the tale
goes, bought for $5 a dilapidated auto-
mobile which he intended to use for
hauling about the farm. Owing to
its great age, the automobile frequent-
ly stalled and could be made to run
on its own power only after it had
been pushed or pulled into action.
One day, shortly after he had bought
the car, the farmer had great difficulty
in starting it. After considerable
fruitless effort, he got his mule and
hitched it to the front if the car.
The mule strained and the car mov-
ed. ‘The farmer stood up and’ waited
for the first sign of life from the en-
gine. Finally it came, with such a
terrific roar it startled the poor man
clean out of his composure and in
his confusion he pulled the reins and
shouted ‘whoa’.
True to its training, the mule stop-
ped, but the automobile kept on, leap-
ing ahead with new-found energy. The
farmer recovered enough to put on the
brakes before the car went through
the fence, but the mule is no more—
a sacrifice to agricultural progress,
BE
If we were sure of the spelling of
her mame, we'd salute the comely
young woman who breezed into Dal-
las this week to help the legionaires
put on their circus. On second thought
we'll call her Miss Carney and salute
her anyway.
Wie can think of easier jobs than
getting 100 people together and train-
ing them for a show in less than two
weeks in this weather. But we're
banking on Miss Carngy to have the
gang letter-perfect come June 24th
and to produce a show that will be
an eye-opener.
She got off from a standing start,
bucking the weather and a general
listlessness among the town’s drama-
tic talent, on Tuesday, and by that
night she’d had her first rehearsal.
She’s been cracking the whip ever
since. ‘She even jarred this office out
of its customary languor and has us a
bit feverish over the circus atmos-
phere.
A. petite person, ith a sparkling
personality, Miss Carney (we're still
guessing about that spelling) should
do as well behind the footlights as
before them. But she seems to prefer
the frenzy of producing and directing
the show. She’s modest, too. That's
why we don’t know how to spell her
name.
Anyway, if she gets the proper co-
operation she'll give the legion and
Dallas a shoy to remember, Just from
watching her work, were bett! 3 on
that. a
: —_—— X
Native wit holds its own amidst the
welter of high-pressure “advertising
along nearby roadsides.
A filling station operator, ‘desirous
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CHAIRMAN
JOHN LANING
John Laning, who’ has been
selected as chairman of a Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania Bi-
centennial ~~ Committee in
‘Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Lanning,
who wag’ graduated from the
College of ‘Arts’ and Science
of the University in 1895, is a
member of the Pennsylvania
Society of the Sons of the
Revolution, the 'Varsityy Club
of the University of Pennsyl-
vania and a number of other
organizations. He. has long
been active in alumni affairs
and - is - widely known among
former students of the Uni-
versity in this section, His
committee will support a pro-
gram to develop the Univer-
gity’s educational services and
help to conduct a series of
events which will feature the \
Bicentennial Celebration.
Street Cars Give
Way To Bus Lines
Expect Busses To Connect
Dallas, with Valley
Betore. Long
Railway Corp. is
considering the ab 3
street car line to Dallas before long
and the substitution’ of busses.
The change from street car to bus
line has been made on several branch-
es of the traction company’s system.
One of the first changes took place on
the link from Dallas to Harvey's Lake
several years ago when busses replac-
ed the cars. Since then the electric
cars have come only as far as Dallas,
connecting here with a bus for the
Lake.
The advance of the automobile has
reduced patronage on the street car
line and, the necessity of maintaining
a convenient schedule has been costly
for the company.
‘With labor difficulties solved as a
result of the two-year contract nego-
tiated with emphasis this week, the
company 'is expected to turn its at-
tention to its program of ehanging
from street car to bus.
Any abandonment of the local tracks
will have a double sil! .ificance to local
people, because it will mean that the
right-of-way in the vicinity of Lu-
zerne will be available for a highway.
It is likely that the street car route
will be purchased promptly as the
site of the proposed Luzerne by-pass.
Forty Years Old
The street car line has connected
Dallas with Wiyoming Valley for more
than forty years. Originally, called the
Wilkes-Barre and Northern Railroad
Company, it was organized by John B.
Reynolds and Arthur A. Holbrook
about 1896, beginning in the upper
part of Luzerne.
The Wilkes-Barre and Harvey's Lake :
Railroad had been in operation since
1886, tapping the lumber regions above
Dallas, but the new company, whose
tracks paralleled the older railroad
tracks, was promoted to handle sum-
mer passenger traffic between the val-
ley and Harvey's Lake.
It was first operated by small steam
locomotives and was responsible for
rapid growth of Hillside, Trucksville,
and Shavertown, first as summer re-
sorts and later as places of permanent
residence. The company became en-
tangled in financial problems and was
sold Ry judicial sale. The Wilkes-
Barre, Dalius and Harvey's Lake Rail-
way, a subsidiary of the traction com-
pany, was formed to take it over. Soon
after this sale, in 1898, the use of the
locomotives wag discontinued and it
was thereafter operated by electricity.
Until the automobile became com-
mon the line to Harvey's Lake was
one of the busiest, especialy in sum-
mer. Scarcely a day passed but that
a string of special cars passed thru
Dallas, bound for Harvey's Lake, at
which place picknickers embarked on
the traction company’s steamers for
the trip across the Lake to the Pic-
nic Grounds.
Community Mourns
THE yeep P
SURVEYORS ARE BUSY
ON PROPOSED ROUTE
OF LUZERNE HIGHWAY
A corps of surveyors have been
bug, at work mpaking a new sur-
vey along t route of the pro-
posed new Wuzerne highway.
Authoritdtive information this
week said {the State Highway De-
partment h¥SeRob given fp “plans
for starting at least a part of the
new road this year.
In line with efforts to win over
opposition in. Luzerne, proponents
of the new road suggested this
week that the term “by-pass” be
dropped, since it implies ‘passing
by” Luzerne. Under the latest
plans the route known as the “by-
' pass” will be within the borough
limits, probably using the right of
way of Wilkes-Barre Railway
Corp., which will be taken over by
Luzerne Borough.
Elizabeth Oliver
Meeker Church Worker Pass-
es To Ropar At Age
Elizabeth Ann Oliver; resident of this
section for many years, an ardent
church worker, and the mother of a
fine family, passed to her reward last
Saturday night, leaving behind her an
inspiring example of Christian living.
She was 86 years old, and a great
part of her life had been devoted to
unselfish service ‘for others. Her
death brought sorrowful expressions
of spmpathy from hundreds of persons
who had admired her unique c¢harac-
ter. iret
She left one of the finest monuments
a ‘mother can achieve, a family of
men and women who hold positions of
leadership and responsibility in their
communities. On her 86th birthday,
last month, thirty-two of her children,
grandchildren. and _ great grandchil-
dren had gathered at the home of her
grandson, D. I. Edwards of Mt.
Greenwood, to honor her.
Mrs. Oliver was born on May 2, 1851,
in Slocum Township. She spent most
of her life in Maple Grove and Meek-
er. A staunch Christian, she was a
charter member of the Ladies’ Kia,
Society of Maple Grove M. E. church
and was active in affairs of that
church.
She is survived by the following
children: Frank Oliver, Kingston; Mrs.
3 lead; Willard Lauderbach as Squeak,
FKane,
«| fat lady; Arthur Dungey, the fire eat-
of, Y, JUNE 18, 1937
Dallas is to have a circus!
Oldest of entertainments,
No ordinary show, this circus will
have Jo-Jo, The Dog Faced Boy, The
Man on the Flying Trapeze, clowns,
The Mighty Rajah, The Strong Man,
The Lion Tamer, The Fat Lady (who
will do a fan dance) and all the trad-
itional glamour and excitement of the
big top. And if you look carefully
under the false whiskers and the
make-up you may recognize your
next-door neighbor.
Some of the talented local people
who will appear in The Legion Circus
will be - Bill Thomas, in the leading
role as Bob Strong, and Marie Wool-
bert, playing Virginia, the feminine
Cecil Wilson as Pete, Bert Roberts as
Beardo, Ralph Rood as Zacharius, Les-
lie Wiarhola, Tony; John Durbin, ring-
master; Margaret Robinson, Marjie;
Arthur Keefer, Bobo; Mrs. Jane O’-
Toyo; Arthur Newman, Sir
Peter Var Mildew; Lettie Culver, Lady
Van: Mfildew, Albert Hoffmeister, Bet-
tina; Clyde Lapp, Little Luella, the
er; and Zel Garinger, Strongo.
The story is about Bob Strong, own-
er of the circus. *'Bob must net a pro-
fit of ten thousand dollars in one year
or his uncle, Zacharius, will take over
the circus. A few hours before the
year is up, Bob discovers that he is
ninety-nine cents in the réd. At this
propitious moment, “along comes Sir
Peter, a wealthy! but dull Englishman.
What could be nicer, They will sell
some freaks to Sir Peter. Sir Peter
is carefully watched by his mother,
Lady Van Mildew, but in spite of that
they think an auctien of some freaks
will do the trick. «-
Of course there is-a ringmaster, the
freaks, clowns, a side show ‘and a
highly educated mule,
The’ production ig under profession-
al ‘direction provided by the Amateur
Theapes Guild of Boston, and is Be-
ing sponsored by the local legionaires
to raise money for community service.
A matinee for children will be’ giv-
en on Thursday afternoon, when each
child will receive a free ice cream
the old-fashioned circus has been
lined”, dressed up, brought indoors, enlisted the services of about 100 local
men and women, and will be produced by Daddow-Isaacs Post, American
Legion, next Thursday and Friday nights in Dallas Borough High School.
LEGIONAIRES BRING UNIQUE
| CIRCUS TO TOWN NEXT WEEK
PARADE SATURDAY TO
GIVE GLIMPSE OF SHOW
*‘stream-
IN CIRCUS CASi.
MISS AUDRE O’KANE
Miss Audre O’Kane, qaughter of
Chief of Police and Mrs. Leonard
O'Kane, who will lead the German
Band girls in the indoor circus to
be sponsored by Daddow-Isaacs
- Post, American Legion, next
-Thursday, and Friday nights.
{congestion
{ers
Kunkles At 24th
Mrs. ‘Roannah La Landon Oldest
Person At Yearly
Gathering
The twenfty-féurth annual reunion
of the Kunklg/family was held on Sun-
day at the/Kunkle Community” “Hall,
with 110 m mbers and visi present.
At the bu ng in the at-
termoon the following siofficers’ ere
elected: President, Wardan “Kunkle;
vite-president, Mrs. Sherman Wardan;
secretary, Mts. Minnie Kunkle; treas-
urer; Russel Miers.
The oldest person present was Mrs.
Roannah Landon, aged 88 years. The
youngest person was John Thomas,
cone. There will be evening perform-
ances on Thursday and Friday.
Tickets may be purchased at the
B. and B. Hardware Store or from
any member of the American Legion.
A parade will be held through the
borough Saturday afternoon to arouse
Charles M. Edwards, Williamsport;
Mrs. George Wkintz, Meeker; James
R. Oliver, Dallas; and Eugene Oliver,
Kingston; 14 grandchildren and four
great grandchildren,
The funeral was held on Tuesday
afternoon at the Weintz home in
Meeker, and interment was in Maple
Grove ‘Cemetery, with Rev. George’
Sweet in charge of services. In ac-
cordance with Mra. Oliver's request,
grandchildren and great grandchildren
carried the beautiful flowers. Pall-
bearers were: Sheldon Oliver, Wesley
Oliver, Dean Oliver, Kingston; Arden
Oliver, Berwick; Kenneth Oliver, Dal-
las, and D. L. Edwards, Mt. Green-
wood.
kiyn ‘Evangelist
Boe 8 Outlet I vernadie
“Mickey” ‘Walsh, evangelist of the
city of Brooklyn, N. Y. will come to
Outlet Bible Tabernacle on June 24 to
conduct a four-day Bible conference.
Myr. Walsh, who has been all over the
world has been preaching for about
five years. All are invited. The con-
ference will be directed by Carl Bran-
don and Robert Sutton, and there will
Township
+8 general debility.
interest in the circus.
Farmer
e Of 81
"Rest
cks-
Dies At
Milton White
Yesterday Ae
ville
id
A. highly-respected resident of this
section for many years, Milton White,
81, died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Maude Lampman, Bunker Hill,
Kingston Township, on Tuesday, of
Funeral services were held yester-
day (Thursdap) afternoon at 2 at the
home of Mis. Lampman, with inter-
ment in the family plot in Trucksville
Cemetery.
Mr. White was born at Thurston,
Wyoming County, but had lived on
his farm on Dallas R. D. 3 for most of
his life. Hes survived by the follow-
ing children: Mrs. Lampman, Claude
White, Thurston; Mrs. Coray White,
be meetings each night at 7:45.
father, Jacob Frantz, was a native
country as a youth. EL. IL. was th
educated in Monroe County.
—the first of its kind in what was
business man.
Lizzie Gardner. His wife had been
and Mts. Frantz had three children,
turned his experiences gave him a
years. A devout church member,
staunch Republican and a smart
Back Mountain Biographies: ‘No. 138
E. L. FRANTZ
E. L. Frantz, who owned a 100-acresfarm in. Sweet Valley at the
turn of the centurpy was born near “Stroudsburg, Monroe County, in
1851, the son of Thomas and Eunice (Metzger) Frantz.
He moved from there to Daleville in
Lackawanna, where he established a factory for manufacturing clothes
moved to this county, locating at Orange, in Franklin Township, where
he became a blacksmith. He was a first class mechanic and a keen
In 1877 he moved to Ross township, and in
year he married Miss Lizzie Gardner, the daughter of Dr. A. P. and
owned the beautiful residence known as the “Glen Home Farm”.
In 1882 Mr. Frantz took a trip to the West, visiting Kansas and Colo-
rado and going as far South as the Mexican border.
‘Frantz was typical of the early residents of this section,
Dallas; and a brother, Byron White,
Moscow. His wife, Flora, died 111
years ago.
His grand.
of France, and had come to this
e ‘sixth child and was reared and
then Luzerne County. In 1873 he
tre same
born in Carbondale and her father
Mr.
Sarah A. Parcel G., and Lizzie A.
After he re-
colorful store of tales for manj
an office-holder several times, a
wheelwright and blacksmith, Mr.
Jr., aged 17 months. The 1938 meet-
ing will be held on June 5 at Kunkle
Community Hall.
One marriage was reported, that of
William Felter of Binghamton to Ma-
rilla Richards Schoonover.
Births reported were: To Mr. and
Mrs. Owen Ide, a son, Dale; to Mr.
and’ Mrs. John Richards, a daughter,
Annette.
Committees were appointed as fal-
lows: Executive committee, Philip
Kunkle, chairman; Russel Miers, Wil-
liam Brace; refreshments, : Mrs. John
Isaacs, chairman; Mrs. W. S: Kunkle,
Mrs, George Landon; entertainment,
‘Mrs. Carrie Kunkle, chairman; Mrs.
Ralph ‘Ashburner, Mrs. Marvin Sweezy,
Mrs. Ralph Elston and Mrs, Forrest
Kunkle; sports, James Miers, chair-
man; Elizabeth Wiardan,
Kunkle, Richard Rees, Francis Mc-
Carty; resolutions, Mrs. Sherman
Wardan, Mrs. John Isaacs, Mrs. Carl
Makinson.
The following program was given,
under the direction. of.. Mrs. Carrie
Kunkle, and following the singing of
the national anthem and the reciting
of the Lord's prayer: Piano solo,
“America First” by Caroline Brace;
song, girls’ quartet, Helen Elston, Lena
Elston, Estella Elston and Caroline
Brace; recitation, Joan Kunkle; piano
duet, Felice Miers and Estella Elston;
recitation, Beatrice Sweezy; duet ,Alan
Kunkle and Louise Kunkle; piano solo,
Caroline Brace; dance Estella Elston.
The following attended:
Scranton: Mrs. Laura Hartman, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Rolls.
Kingston: Mr. and Mrs, John Thom-
as, John Thomas, Jr.
Forty Fort: Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Mak-
inson. :
Trucksville: Mr. and Mrs. Francis
McCarty, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Sweezy,
Marvin Sweezy, Jr.
Beatrice Sweezy, Mr. and Mrs. Rich-
ard Rees, Rachel Rees, Mr. and Mrs.
Wallace Perrin, Laura Jean Perrin,
Howard Perrin, Corey Perrin, Wayne
and Jane Perrin.
Wihardan, Elizabeth Wardan, Sherman
Kunkle, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Johnston,
Alice Johnston, Elsie Johnston,
Dallas: Mrs. Elizabeth Kunkle, Mr.
and Mrs, Wardan Kunkle, David Kun-
kle.
Orange: Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kunkle,
Paul Kunkle. 3
Kunkle: Mrs. Roannah Landon, Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Kunkle, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Ashburner, Robert and Nelson
Ashburner, Mr. and Mrs, M. C. Miers,
James Miers, Mrs. Carrie Kunkle, Mr.
and Mrs. William Brace, Charles Allen,
and Caroline Brace, Mr. and Mrs. John
Isaacs, Mr. and Mrs. Russel Miers,
Felice, Calvin and Jerry Miers, Mrs.
Ann Richards, Marian Ann Schonover,
Dorothy Elston, Estella Elston, Mar-
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Annual Reunion
No. 25
Farmers To Get
More Room For
Market In City
Wilkes-Barre To Relieve Con-~
gestion By Buying A
New Site
SHOULD HELP SALES
Local truck eran who sell pro-
duce several times weekly at the
Wilkes-Barre farmers’ market greet
ed enthusiastically this week the neva
that Wilkes-Barre intends to enlad foe
facilities at the market, thereby
lieving the congestion problem which
has existed for years.
conditions at the market was taken
this week when Wilkes-Barre Coun-
cil acquired an option on a tract of
land near the South Street bridge in
Wilkes-Barre. Buildings will be torn
down and the space will be used as
a new site for a farmers’ market.
facilities for farmers, Wilkes-Barre
has recently turned its attention to the
on South Pennsylvania.
Avenue during the hours when farm-
congregate there to have their
produce inspected by retailers and the
opportunity to take some action came
as a result of the vote approving a
$400,000 bond issue. Fifteen thousand
dollars of that amount will be approp~
riated for the purchase of the new
market site from the William H. Shib-
er Estate. :
Acquisition of the property will pro-
vide spaces for farmers’ trucks all the
wqy from Pennsylvania Avenue to
State Street. '
The present wholesale curb market
is so congested farmers are handicap-
ped in their transactions and retailers
complain.
‘Annually. in Luzerne County, $3,500,~
000 worth of fresh fruits and vege-
tables are sold. A survey last year
shipped in from outside, despite the
fact that ninety, per cent of the local
local “products.
partly responsible for the condition,
Increasing competition from outside
truckers, failure of farmers to grade
their produce uniformly and lack of
merchandising methods are other rea-
sons why local farmers lose literally
millions’ of dollars yearly, {
Wilkes-Barre is ene of the few
Pennsylvania cities in which there are
no farmers’ markets, despite the fact
Mrs. Olin
that it is surrounded by some of the
finest truck gardens in the State.
College Announces
Summer Schedule
Misericordia Classes Begin
Next Monday; End
August 2
The Summer session of College
Misericordia will open on Monday,
June 21, and will close Monday, Aug-
ust 2. Registrations will begin to-
morrow.
The purpose of the Summer course
is to offer instruction in college sub-
jects to students, teachers, and others
Betty Sweezy,-
Shavertown: Mr. and Mrs. Sherman:
who are qualified to do college work
but who cannot avail themselves of
the regular sessions.
College Misericordia’s regular staff
conducts the work, which is approved
by» the Pennsylvania Department of
Public Instruction. All courses will be
of collegiate grade and college credits
will be granted.
Nicholson Plans
Anniversary Fete
Judge Farr Heads Committee
For 150th Birthday
Party
Judge E. B. Farr of Tunkhannock,
President Judge of Wyoming Valley,
has consented to be Honoramys Chair-
man of a committee which is planning
the 150th Anniversary celebration of
Nicholson on July 26-31, in connection
with the fire company’s fair.
Speakers prominent in civic and so-
cial life will address meetings during
the celebration, which will be climaxed
by an “Old Home Day”, when all for-
mer Nicholsonians from far and near
will be urged to return,
THE
WOMAN
HE LOVED
He was the uncrowned Xing
of Irel~d, but he sacrificed all
hr "ad achieved because he lov
eu another man’s wife. Read
the stirring story in .“Parnell”,
a thrilling three-part serial be-
ginning in The Post this week.
The first step toward improving
Long afterward in providing proper
indicated that sixty per cemt of it is
storekeepers interviewed prefer, to acl S
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The copgestion. at the ark »"
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