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JO SERRA’S COMMENT
ON THE NATIONAL SCENE—
A WEEKLY FEATURE!
VOL. 47
THE DALLAS POST,
FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1937
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POST
SCRIPTS
JIMMY
CONGO
ACTOR
DIAMONDS
CHICKENS
_ We thought we had met a man nam-
ed Dmitris Propotopolous this week,
but his name turned out to be Pro-
topapas.
It would have been swell to ve
been able to say casually to all our
friends, “Have I told you about my
friend, Dmitris Propotopolous?”’ We
can see the envious look in their eyes,
these people who wouldn't know any-
one named Dmitris Propotopolous.
Of course calling him our friend
might, have been a little inaccurate
but “my friend, Dmitris Propotopo-
lous” is the kind of a verbal bomb-
sell that enlivens dull conversation,
and we frequently get so bogged down
we need some bright, casual remark
like that to get things going again.
We met him the other evening,
where doesn’t matter. His American-
ized friends call him simply “Jimmy
Pappas” but not us, for “Jimmy Pap-
pas” doesn’t go at all with the kind
of an interesting career our Mr, Pro-
topapas has hung up.
A huge man with a tiny, graceful
mustache, he might very easily play ex-
tra roles as a Grand Duke in the mov-
jes. He was born in Sparta, and, siz-
ing him up, you can ve§y easily be-
lieve all the tales that are told of the
hardy warriors ‘and athletes who came
from that Grecian province.. :
—
‘When he was nineteen years old he
heard stories of shrewd traders who
went into the interior of Africa with
a bag of salt and came out laden with
fortunes in ivory. So Dmitris enlist-
ed two partners and set off into the
Congo, determined to parlay a load of
baubles and trinkets into a tremen-
dous fortune.
They! had been on the way a week
or more when one of the partners,
frankly admitting that he was afraid,
took his share of the mules and na-
tives and turned back. Dmitris and
his remaining partner pushed on.
One night, deep in the jungle and
not far from their destination, Dmi-
tris’ friend, who had been growing
restless, said he felt ill, and ventured
to wonder if they should go on.
“Look,” said Dmitris, if youre get-
ting scared, too, tell me mow, so we
can both turn back, because I cannot
go on alone, and if this thing is to
fail, it may as well fail right here”.
His partner resented Dmitris’ inti-
mation, and became more silent than
ever, They plodded on next morning,
the partner growing steadily sicker,
but keeping his silence lest Dmitris be-
lieve him afraid. Sometime during the
night, the partner died, and next morn-
ing Dmitris was alone as leader of
the safari.
Off the trail a day and a half march
was a missionary outpost, the natives
told Dmitris. Determined to give his
© friend a Christian burial, the nineteen-
year-old youth headed the safari to-
ward that spot. At mid-day, when the
equatorial sun was stabbing its burn-
ing rays even through the thick jun-
gle growth, Dimitris knew he, too, was
ill. He felt a chill beginning at his
toes and spreading icily to his head—
and then he felt nothing, for he col-
lapsed.
He regained. consciousness seven
days later, on a cot in the missionaries
hut. He had missed his friend's fun-
eral. He had barely escaped his own.
His illness, the missionaries told him,
had been caused by a bite of the dread
tsetse fly__whose victims seldom es-
cape.
Dmitris—alone of the three who had
started, for the first man to turn back
was never heard of __ retraced his steps
to the coast, minus his fortune, but
ready to start the second chapter in
his colorful career.
el) re
The tale above came not from Mr.
Portopapas, for he seems not to like
to talk about himself, but from ‘the
friend who introduced us. Mr, Proto-
papas talks ‘mostly of other people and
things he has known during his rest-
less wandering about the globe.
Mr. Protopapas, who once owned a
rug factory in Greece, is now an ex-
pert on Persian rugs.
many other things. Once he had a
(Continued on Page 8)
He has beenj
Disputed Levy
Carried Board |
Safely Through
Dallas School Di
Fiscal Year
(See Editorial, Page 2) .
An examination of the finances of
Dallas Borough School District at the
end of its fiscal year shows that the
much-disputed 1936-37 budget, which
was the storm center for a series of
legal disputes a fyear ago, carried the
district safely through the year and
leaves it with a balance of $150.36 in
the general fund and $154.80 in the
sinking fund.
The balance is significant in view of
the controversyover the millage a
year ago, when a group of taxpayers
petitioned the court to reduce the
board's levy from 30 rmills to 27. A
compromise was effected and the court
fixed the millage at 29 a year ago this
month. That millage saw the district
through the par without financial
strain, thanks to an unexpected ap-
propriation from the state, and leaves
the board in sound financial condition
as the new year starts.
A study of the financial report in-
dicates that the 27 mill levy requested
by the petitioners would have been in-
adequate and would have necessitated
severe cuts somewhere.
The amount budgeted was $36,732,
but since this included payment of
loans which were immediately replac-
ed by new loans, the actual expense
of running the district was a little
more than $P8,000.
The district received $309.28 more in
delinquent taxes than it had estimated
and a $696.20 appropriation from the
state that had not been counted on.
These excess receipts were nearly
balanced gy deficits on property taxes,
tuition and interest accounts.
The directors cut under estimated
expenditures in several accounts, their
biggest saving being in plant mainten-
ance, where they spent only $566.85 of
the estimated $929.
All in all, the financial report of
Secretaamy Daniel A. Whaters indicated
a very sound financial condition for
tht local school distrecti.
Carverton Woman
Dies dn Hospital
Suffered Ho Auto
Injuries
Cras Sturday
Injured in an automobile accident in
Wyoming last Saturday night, Mrs.
Herman Sands, 50, Carverton Road,
died early Sunday morning in Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston.
Mrs. Sands had parked her car on
the right side of Wyoming Avenue,
near Third Street, and was crossing
to a store where she intended to buy
a, birthday gift for her husband. She
wag struck bp! a car driven by Victor
Zdonowicz, 49 East Fourth Street,
Wyoming. Mrs. Sands fell to the pave-
ment and was rushed to the hospital,
where examination showed she had
suffered a fractured skull, fractured
ribs and internal injuries.
The driver of the car was released
under bail on an involuntary man-
slaughter charge.
The funeral was held at the home
at Carverton on Wiednesday afternoin
at 3:30. Rev. Eugene Heim of Trinity
Episcopal Church, and Rev. Charles
Gilbert of Carverton M. E. Church, of-
ficiated. Interment was in Carverton
cemetery.
Roe Is Official
In Swimming Unit
Irving Roe of Dallas elected
vice-president of the V#woming Valley
was
Swimming Association at a meeting
this week. The association is spon-
soring a series of meets, the first of
which was held last Sunday at Har-
veys' Lake.
NEXT CHANCE TO REGISTER ON
JULY 15; MAY FIX OTHER DAYS
The next date for permanent regis-
tration in Dallas and vicinity will be
July 15, next Thursday} but it is like-
ly that additional days for registration
will have to be fixed as a result of
confusion shown so far.
Less than 10 per cent of the voters
registered on the first day. Only those
who are registered under the new ar-
rangement will be permitted to vote
thig Fall. ;
Persons not yet registered will not
be allowed to sign petitions of candi- |
dates, according to an. unofficial opin- Cornmissioners’ offices.
jon from the Bureau of Elections this
week,
The primary election will be Tues-
day, September 14, and the general
election will be on Tuesday, Noven-
ber 2.
Candidates for office must file their
petitions for the primaries by Monday,
July 26, and will have until July 31 to
withdraw.
Wednesday, September 1, will be the
last. day for borough and township
residents to
register at the County |
THEY GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS
ROM hundreds of little fishing villages along the
east and the west coasts of Canada, fishermen daily
go down to the sea in ships. These fishermen are as
picturesque as the villages they live in.
remained utterly unspoiled by the advance of a rather
hectic civilization and they are just beginning to be
discovered by tourists, especially
hotographs, Canadian Nation
Both have
by those who visit
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the \ ispe
Peninsula. In the upper left hand corner of the layout,
a swordfish fisherman is just launching his harpoon in
the famous waters off Cape Breton Island; upper
right, a Nova Scotia tuna is being hoisted on to a
wharf near Chester while the lower group shows two
rugged Atlantic fishermen and one of the typical fish-
ing villages that dot the shore of the Gaspe Peninsula.
FIREWORKS BANNED IN BOROUGH
AS RESULT QF THOUGHTLESS USE
Council Adopts. Ordinances
Prohibiting#Sale And
Se y
COMPLAINTS MADE
As a result of numerous complaints
concerning careless use of fireworks
over the holiday week-end Dallas Bor-
ough Council moved promptly on Wed-
nesday night to ban the sale and the
shooting of fireworks in the borough
in the future.
Thoughtless celebrators were re-
ported to have set off their fireworks
near the home of several residents of
town who are seriously ill, and to
have ignored requests to move else-
where. In one case firecrackers were
said to have been thrown on the roof
of a home where a woman was ill. al-
though there were no serious injuries,
several children suffered, burns cele-
brating. ; .
Warden Kunkle was. the only coun-
cilman to oppose the “measure. He a-
greed that some control was neces-
sary, but he argued that the shooting
of fireworks has become an establish-
ed American patriotic custom and one
which most people enjoy. He sug-
gested that council investigate some
plan to control the use of fireworks to
satisfy those who are annoyed and
those who will be disappointed.
A number of communities in the
county already have ordinances pro-
hibiting the sale and use of fireworks.
In some cases, when children are de-
prived of the thrill of celebrating in
a noisy manner, the community stages
a public demonstration of fireworks on
the evening of the Fourth.
At the same meeting of council a
drive to force property owners to cut
weeds on vacant lots by August 1 was
started. If thgy neglect to obey the
ordinance, the weeds will be cut by
the borough and the bill sent to the
property owners.
Two-Family Rally
Attracts Throng
Frears And Parrishes Renew
Acquaintances At
* Reunion
The, thirty-first annual
the Frear and Parrish families was
held at Montross Grove, Perrin's
Marsh, on Wednesday, June 30.
reunion of
The officers retained for the follow-
ing year are: Nelson Parrish, presi-
dent; Dorothy Johnson, secretary-
treasurer; and Florence Frear, histor-
ian.
Mrs. Cora Frear Hawkins of Wiash-
ington, D. C., daughter of the late Dr.
E. D. Frear of Sioux City, Ia., gave an
interesting folk.. She requested re-
cords to help complete the famiy, his-
tory she is making.
Sylvia Lyons, granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Lyons, gave several
readings,
The following attended:
Noxen: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Meeker,
Karla, Faye Meeker, Mrs. Elsie Dennis,
Norms and Harold Dennis, Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Meeker, Lorraine Meeker,
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Saxe, Karl Saxe
Keiper, Ernest Weber.
Beaumont: Xr. and Mrs. Earl John-
son, Warren and Jack Johnson, Callie
Parrish, Cora Frear, Mrs. William
Belles, Ralph Richards, and Florence
Frear. ;
‘White Haven: Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Altimus, Mrs. Oscar Sipler, Lillian,
Edith and Madelyn Sipler, William
Trimmer.
(Continued on Page 8)
Building permits for new houses
were granted to Nicholas Cave and
W. T. Sheehan, both of Huntsville
Street. Repairing permits were grant-
ed to Conrad F. Miller and to H. A.
Smith.
I'm up a tree, half the time.
there helpin’ around.
cribs.
even more comical.
LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY RIDGE
goin’ on is goin’ on backwards from what I got used to when my
mother and father was down there on the farm and us boys we was
We was happy as larks, I know that, even though once in a
while we did work a speck and get up a sweat and look as black as
the ground, so you wouldn't know us by night, after runnin’ a har-
row all day. And we tried to raise all the corn we could every year,
and some years we raised lots, and some years not so much. :
But now, things are so kinda left handed like ¢! at a farmer don’t
know what to do, ‘cause one year Uncle Sam tells hii. to slow down,
and then the weather turns dry, and he has no crop. And this year
it is just the opposite, and they are broadcastin’ to fill up the corn
Just like women wearin’ men’s pants—they sure look comical,
and with these swivel chair boys down there in Washington tellin
a regular farmer how much, and how, and where to plow, they a:
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA
Seems like just about everything
{
Reckless Drivers
Scored In Trial
—
Prominent Folk In Unusual
Drama At M. E. Church
Tonight
“Death at the Wheel”, a tense drama
of the highwawpt, described as ‘“‘a cure
for reckless driving”, will be presented
by a cast of local people. at Dallas M.
E. Church tonight at 8 in the interest
of civic righteousness. better govern-
ment and highway safety. >
Attorney! B. B. Lewis will :¢ the
judge, Rev. Francis 1. Freeman wili be
the district attorney and Rev. E. N.
Bergerstock of the Anti-saloon League
will be the defense attorney.
Others in the cast will be Walter
Rau as Frank Jackson, the defendant;
Joseph Jewell as the policeman; John |
Durbin as Doctor Stover; Helen Him-
mler, Mrs. Thomas Him, Eugene Fiske,
Machel Hildebrand, Leonard O'Kane,
Ruth Kintz and Barbara Clark.
The jurors will be Thomas Him,
foreman; A. H. Culbert, Mrs. LaVerne
Race, Mrs. M. Baker, James Oliver,
Zel Garinger, William Baker, John
Frantz, Mrs. E. Weidner, Miss Eleanor
Machell, Mrs. H. Scott, and Mrs. David
Blocksage.
Members of the cast are asked to re-
port for a rehearsal at 6 p. m.
Fix Grade School
Value At,/$10,000
§
d /
Borough School fous en
‘Over Year’s Records
To Auditors
A committee of school directors fixed
the valuation of the grade school
building at $10,000 at a meeting of
Dallas Borough School Board on Wed-
nesday night.
The committee was assigned to set
the value when the auditors listed the
building at a valuation lower than
that set by W. C. Shepherd, who ap-
praised it last year. Directors Ro-
berts, Lapp and Davies were members
of the committee,
At the same meeting the board
turned over its record for the last
year to the auditors. Bonds for the
secretary and treasurer were ordered.
Bids for janitor and school supplies
and building repairs were opened and
referred to a committee having as its
members J. E. Roberts, Stanley Davies
and H. L. Tennyson, supervising prin-
Directors Give
Martin Contract
Kingston Township Board
Obeys Co S Ruling On
| Tdst Case
START PLAYGROUND
Following instructions of the court,
Kingston Township School Board on
Wednesday night awarded a pears
contract to James A. Martin, super-
vising principal.
Upon advice of attorneys the direct-
ors decided not to appeal from the de-
cision of Judge William S. McLean,
who ruled that the township board
had violated the new Mundy Teacher
Tenure Bill when it refused to re-
appoint Mr. Martin.
In renewing Mr. Martin’s contract,
the directors voted to increase his sal-
ary $300, making it $2,500 yearly.
Earl Newhart, president, voted a-
gainst the motion to award the conm-
tract and to increase the salary. Di-
rectors Bennett, Prater and Appleton
voted affirmatively?
The awarding
of the
of the Tenure Bill, which provides
only upon proper charges. Although
Kingston Township board presented
arguments in its case it did not, at
any time, bring charges against Mr.
Martin.
(Continued on Page 8°
Township Board
Awards Contract
Cobleighs Get Order For
Coal For Dallas
Township
Cobleigh Bros. of Shavertown re-
ceived a contract to supply coal to the
Dallas Township School Board at its
meeting on Tuesday night. Kenneth
Cobleigh’s bid was 20 tons of chest-
nut size at $6.25 a ton and 150 tons
of buckwheat at $3.90 a ton.
The board also purchased twenty
typewriters of various makes at a
total cost of $1,200. Successful bid-
ders were E. I. Ofgant, A. C. Dampf,
J. M. Hart and M. R. Welch.
Bids on typewriter tables and chairs
were referred to a committee,
!Noxen Men Visit
Soaring Contests
See Ace Soarers Topping
Air Currents For
Long Flights
77
W. Fassett Crosby and Robert Tur-
rel of Noxen spent an interesting af-
ternoon last Sunday at Elmira, N. Y.,
watching famous glider pilots of the
world competing in the National Soar-
ing Contest winch is being held at the
New York state citys for two weeks.
Mr. Crosby, who was associated with
the hiladelphia Air Transport Co. at
Norristown and piloted his own plane
Lor some years, was especially inter-
ested in the ability of the gliders to
stay for hours in the air by takiag ad-
vantage of air currents. Gliding, he
says, demands a thorough knowledge
of meteorglogical phenomena und the
soaring meet attracts a number of
scientists who study the performance
of the light gliders.
There was only! a light breeze on
Sunday so some of the heavier gliders
were being towed aloft by planes, Mr.
Crosby reports. Once up, some of
them could ride one currtnt after ano-
ther for hours. The gliders take off
from the heights above the Elmira
airport. The pilots maneuver them
with the aid of pedals and a stick and
have instruments which record the
flight.
Mr. Crosby and Mrs. Turrell were
especially impressed by the flights of
Lieut. Bronius Oskinis of Lithuania,
whose” soaring plane, brought to this
country, crashed in a forced landing
cipal, for a report at the next meet-
ing.
on Tuesday.
PER CAPITA COST FOR PUPILS
HERE BELOW 300-CITY AVERAGE
The cost of educafing a pupil«h D
las Borough schools is $36,726“ per year
less than the avfrag st computed
recently following™a survey of 300
school districts throughout the nation.
Recently “Public Education”, the
monthly bulletin of Pennsylvania De-
partment of Public Instruction, report-
ed that the average per capita expense
per year for one pupil's education in
300 cities was $96.18. A study of the
new budget of Dallas Borough school
district indicates that the figure for
the borough is $59.42.
This brings the. cost of educating
one pupil in the local school district
to thirty-three cents a day, as com-
pared to fifty-three cents per day in
the 300 cities in the survey. ?
In Dallas Borough, the cost of in-
struction, operation, maintenance, ad-
ministration and services far one year
totals $23,769. This includes $600 for
tax collection and $500 for the retire-
‘nent board not listed in the figures
given in the survey which would re-
duce the borough’s figures even more,
And $300 Raise
Ts see A
contract
brought to an end the board's test
that directors may discharge teachers
or
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