"PHONE 300 FOR WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR BUSINESS The Dallas Pos More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution HARVEST TIME— A TIME TO ADVERTISE IN THE POST : VOL. 47 THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1937 [POST SCRIPTS SUICIDE CREDIT PARADISE “FIN” GOSSIP The other day a car stopped near the high school, a gentleman climbed out from behind the wheel, reached in and got a spray gun and began to spray the rear seat of the car ener- getically. Then he stretched out on the back seat, folded his hands and closed his eyes. The neighbors in the vicinity, who had watched the proceedings with rapt interest, were mystified and after com- paring notes furtively a few of them became convinced that the gentleman was up to no good. They tried to reach Chief of Police Leonard O'Kane but he was out on another call, so they ’phoned Dr. G. K. Swartz and urged him to come immediately. The whole thing was a little vague by that time but the general idea -was that the man was either ill or committing sui- cide. So up the hill roared Dr. Swartz's automobile and out rushed the doctor swinging his little bag. He took one look at the reclining figure and turned solemnly to the matrons who Were watching from their porches. “He's asleep,” Dr. Swartz announced. Seems the man had merely been scattering a little fly spray around to assure himself an uninterrupted nap. eee rem If the swirnmers who have been in training at Harvey's Lake win the President's Cup Race at Washington, D. C., tomorrow (and our aquatic de- partment informs us there is a very good chance they will do just that) Al Kistler of Harvey's Lake, composing room foreman at the Times-Leader and “The Sleuth” of that paper's sports page, should be counted in on any credit. The whole Post organization piled in on the Kistlers a few nights ago for a swim and a wiener roast and we couldn’t help but notice that Mr. Kist- ler seemed to be ducking in and out pretty frequently. One time when he came back Wwe heard him say, ‘rather pleased, “Well, we've got $18 now.” “What does he mean,” we asked someone, ‘He's collecting 'money to pay the swimming team’s expenses to Whash- ington”, someone said. Before ' we left Mr. Kistler came back again, with news they had suf- ficient money to finance the trip. Win or lose, the swimming team de- serves a round of applause, and Mr. Kistler and his helpers deserve anoth- er for making the trip possible. are Eric Weber welcomed us to his log cabin, Paradise Lodge, on a hill back of Squire Davis's at Harvey's Lake, the other evening, just as the moon was throwing a flimsy veil of silver over the wavelets below. " “You ought to meet that fellow,” someone had told us. “He's very in- teresting.” Eric Weber is. Young, clean-cut, rather good-looking, he lives alone, all year 'round, in the tiny cabin stuck against the hill. On the low door is a poem Which pretty much explains Mr. Weber's philosophy. In effect, it tells visitors that the rest of the world is merely the front and back yard of Mr. Weber's cabin. The interior is scrupulously clean, and bright with flowered cretonne. On one wall hangs the guitar which Mr. Weber plays when he sings his lonely songs. On a table are the drawings which are testimony to Eric's ambi- tion to be an artist. The bed, cov- ered with a cheerful spread, is set in a stout lean-to, and when Mr. Weber looks past his feet at dawn he can, through a narrow window, see the sun bursting upon the lake over the wood- ed green shore to the east. Beds of flowers surround the cabin and a high, rustic fence of poplar branches guards a flower garden on the woods side. Wieber and Elwood Davis built the cabin, about four years ago, and something has been added to it each vear, a new flower bed one year, a reproduction of the Bok Singing Tower the next, a tiny pond for a water lily the next. - (Continued on Page 8) 7-Room Addition Will Be Opened As Term Starts $47,000 Annex Gives Kings- ton Township Junior- Senior High School ai ENRoLLE Ise The new $47,000 annex to Kings- ton Township High School will prob- ably be accepted by the township school board next week and will be ready for use when school opens on Mbnday, September 13. With the opening of the seven ad- ditional rooms and the transfer of seventh and eighth grade pupils from the grade schools to the main build- ing the township will inaugurate the first Junior-Senior high school in the Back Mountain section. The annex, which forms a wing on one side of the high school building, has been under construction since January, when the $28,000 contract, was awarded to Wi J. Kear. Except for $5,000 for equipment, the balance has been financed by a PWA grant. With a high school building which | is less than five years old, the new an- nex, a remodelled Shavertown grade school building and a Trucksville building. which is now being repaired, Kingston Township school distret’s physical equipment ranks among the leaders in this section of the state. : Congestion Relieved Although the enumeration census is not yet complete, James A. Martin, supervising principal, anticipates an increase over last year’s enrollment. He estimates that the number of stu- dents in the district will exceed 1,100 this year, the largest enrollment of any local high school. The transference of seventh and eighth grade pupils to the main build- ing will relieve congestion in the low- er grades. vk In the new annex will be three re- gular classrooms, one science adjust- ing room, two commercial rooms and one home-making ‘room. The home-making course, a new one this. year, will be required for the séveniil ¢ishth and ninth grade girls. Shop courses will be required for the seventh, eighth and ninth grade boys. . To Have Open House Tentative plans have been made to invite the public to inspect the new annex, Mr. Martin announced. “Open House” probably will be held on Sat- urday, September 11, so visitors may see the addition before school starts. In announcing September 13 as the opening date, Mr. Martin calls the at- tention of parents to new legislation which says “that the compulsory school age shall be lowered to the age that the parent elects to send his child to school and raised to the age of 17 years, beginning with 1938-1939, and to 18 years beginning with 1939- 1940, with provision for exemption for certain children. ; ; Lehman Schools Open Wednesday Parents May Consult Snyder Monday Or/Tuesday At School ——— { The schocls of Lehman Township will open next Wednesday<morning at 8:50. TH. Austin /Snydef, supervising principal, will be ‘at” the high school on Monday and Tuesday to consult with any parents who have questions concerning the enrollment or courses of their children. Members of the faculty have been requested by Mr. Snyder to be at the high school at 7:50 for an important meeting. There will be three new members of the Lehman faculty this year. Mrs. Lee Faylor will teach English and Latin, succeeding Mrs. H. Austin Snyder. Mrs. Faylor also will coach basketball. Miss Dorothy XKarshiner will succeed Miss Lydia Smith as first and second grade teacher and Miss Lillian Burgess will fill the vacancy caused by the death of Miss Wolfe, third and fourth grade teacher. Malcolm McCullough, who was ap- pointed last term to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen Summerhill, will again be coach. : AMBITIOUS PROGRAM ADOPTED BY LAKE/TAXPAYERS' GROUP gh An ambitious program calliig for “better rural utility services, better) roads and bridges, lower taxes, fire. dn® surance rates, better bathing and fish- ing facilities and better fire and police protection” was launched by 130 per- sons who organized the Inlet and Wiar- den Place Taxpayers’ Association of Lake, and Lehman Townships at the Casino, Harvey's Lake, on Monday night. David Bryant of Kingston, summer resident at the Lake, was elected pres- ident and Attorney ‘Al J. Kine was rd nape solicitor. ‘Other officers are JAH orge H. Eckrote, vice-president; Thomas Meignan, recording secretary; Nicholas Glasser, financial secretary; George Smith, treasurer. Most of the persons present are summer residents at the lake. Directors are Max Roth, Mrs. Jose- phine Haefling, and Frank Thomas. A charter will be applied for and a- nother meeting will be held on Monday night at the Casino to further plans for presenting the organizatino’s de- mands formally to proper authorities. | THEY ARE PAID 18 CENTS A DAY married. Meanwhile; their cheap China. Natori from Black Star Potent force behind Japan’s war for markets, these girls are a few of the thousands who are flocking from farms to Japanese fac- tories to find employment at 18 cents a day. They work, sleep and eat in the factory. Above, a section of one of the dormitories. girls pay six cents a day for their meals, take about three years to save up enough money—usually about $90—to return home and get The labor, coupled with mass produc- tion machinery, forms a combination which threatens world markets as ominously as the march of Emperor Hirohito’'s troops menaces will contribute to the property dam- ages are awaiting the results of the survey with interest, since the esti- important step—actual appropriations for damages. The route being considered by the engineers is the one acceptel by the State Highway Department, through Kingston, Pringle and Luzerne, and designated as No. 40105. Route Follows Tracks ‘This route follows the right-of-way of the Harvey's Lake Branch of the railway corporation and it is likely if it is the one finally accepted the trac- tion company will abandon its street car line to Dallas and substitute buss- es, The paving of Main Street, Luzerne, hinges to a great extent upon final ap- proval of plans for the by-pass, be- cause the Highway Department will not pave the traction company’s right- of-way on Main Street and the utility could not justify a heavy expenditure there as long as the possibility of a- bandoning its tracks existed. : In summing up the status of the Luzerne by-pass at present, Norman Johnstone, secretary of Wyoming Val- ley Motor Club, said yesterday: Will Defeat Problems “A great many problems still stand in the way of the Luzerne highway but if all motorists stand solidly be- hind us, Wyoming Valley Motor Club and other organizations which are, co- operating will eventually achieve the goal toward which we have been work- ing for the last twelve years. “Senator Leo C. Mundy, chairman of highway committee, and Senator A. J. Sordoni, our vice-president, have worked and are working tirelessly to iron out the complex difficulties which are bound to stand in the way of such ambitious projects as this one. “We are much nearer to the reallza- (Continued To Page 5) Survey Of Damages Next Step Toward New Highway State, County and Traction Company Engineers Nearing Completion of Detailed Survey, Carroll Tells Wyoming Valley Motor Club; Johnstone Sums Up Status MAIN STREET PAVE AWAITS BY-PASS DECISION One more step toward reaelization of the long-awaited Luzerne by-pass will be taken with completion of a detailed survey of estimated property damages which is quietly under way now. Engineers from the State Highway Department, Wilkes Barre Railway Corp. and the County Commissioners’ office are working together on the study, which will be the most complete estimate of damages since the movement for a by-pass was started twelve years. ago. Various municipal groups which®—— 2 mates will pave the way for the last | Local Trio Out Of Potomac Races Roe, Davis And Campbell Not To Compete In Ma- jor Event tories all su T will not swim in the President's Cup Race at Washington, D. C., tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. Instead Emory Check of Wilkes- Barre, Bob Jackson of Harvey's Lake and Tommy Brislin of Wilkes-Barre will represent the valley swim assoc- iation in the long-distance event. Irving Roe of Shrine View, who, with Elwood Davis of Harvey's Lake and James Campbell of Hanover Township, won several important long distance A. A. U. championships in the East this year, told The Post other things interfered with their plans to compete on Saturday. It is also under- stood Campbell's legs have been both- ering him, Last year Roe, Davis and Campbell jolted swimming circles by winning second place in the big 'meet, which attracts crack swimmers of the East. Although Bob Johnson is the only local swimmer on the team, a group of Harvey's Lake people are financing the trip to Wiashington. The expenses will be paid by a fund raised by the following contributions: Ira Stevenson, $5; John Hansen, $5; Al Kistler, $5; James Brennan, $5; Tom Pugh, $5; Gus Condoras, $3; Ralph Davis, $3; George Armitage, $2; Frank “Slim” Turoski, $2; Ambrose Rutz, $2; Mrs. Sophie Osko, $2; An- thony Burnett, $2. it is where they are fixin® to have Al cosmetologist is something all about. be watched. . more, ‘and Uncle Sambo. THE LOW DOWN from HICKORY GROVE When I get to squintin’ around in the paper, I always seem to run across something or other that is kinda comical. And I looked her up, and it is a person who tells you why it is that you look so funny, and what you should do about it. And they are like a fisherman, and any person who believes a fish story, it would be safer to lock him up. And a person who imagines that a touch of purple paint at 2 dollars per touch, is gonna do anything except make you look like a sick Sioux, they hight also But these artists of the cosmetics, maybe they do some good, ‘cause I see where the Gov't says that we should put money in cir culation. And instead of saving, or payin' our bills, we should spend And for fish stories, it is a tight race between the cosmetologists Yours with the low down, JO SERRA. And the latest, a convention of the cosmetologists. that maybe everybody don’t know { Japan. if it is possible to get in. War Scenes In Far East Are Familiar To Gibson: Veteran U. S. Steel Man And Family Leave Here Next Week, Bound For Tokyo Home; Hope To Be In Shang- hai By October; Know Two Of Americans Killed ALL DEPENDS ON VIEWPOINT, GIBSON SAYS | The Sino-Japanese conflict is a very real war for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murray and their two children, who will leave Dallas Monday for Tokyo, Mk. Gibson, who is foreign sales representative for Bethlehem Steel com: pany in the Far East, expects to be in Shanghai by the middle of October; He already has his passport, although many Americans have difhiculty in obtaining passports. its home in Tokyo, where it has lived during the past several years. The Gibson family has been spending the summer with Mrs. Gibson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Washburn, of Idetown and Wilkes-Barre. His family will mak A veteran representative of Amer SUMMERHILL ACCEPTS COACHING-POSITION AT BIRMINGHAM, ALA. J # Summerhill, the foothalt” a position to teach science and coaching at the Birmingham, Ala., high school. Summerhill resigned from the faculty at Lehman last spring to play professional baseball. He had contracted for a try-out with the St. Louis Cardinals, and after a period with the “Gas House Gang” in training camp, was “farmed out” for experience. He played most of the season in the Alabama-Florida League and led that league in batting. His record this summer, local friends believe, will win a berth for him next year on the St. Louis Cards if he decides to follow pro ball Borough Schools Open September 8 |Facu 1ty Unchanged; Pre- School Registration Days Are Announced In contrast to recent years, there will be no radical changes at Dallas Borough High School this year, The faculty, headed by Supervising Prin- ciple Harry IL. Tennyson, will be the same as last year, the only change being the employment of Howard Hal- lock, director of music, on a full-time basis. Mr. Tennyson announced ‘this week that new pupils, including those who will be starting school in the first grade will be required to report for re- gistration, with their credentials, on Monday, August 30. Pupils in the ninth and tenth grades will report Tuesday between 9 and 12 and pupils of the eleventh and twelfth grades Wednes- day between 9 and 12. Classes wil] be- gin on Wednesday, September 8. The daily sessions will be on the same time schedule as last year. Parents of children who will begin school this year are reminded by Mr. Tennyson of a change in the com- pulsory attendance rules which decrees that the compulsory age will be the age at which the parents decide to en- roll the pupil. In the past children who attended school at the age of six and who were less than eight years old could be absent from classes if par- ents desired. Now a child will have to attend regularly once -it has started school. This rule is one of 141 mew laws adopted by the Pennsylvania Le- gislature in its recent session. The curriculum will be much the same as last year, with one improve- ment, the expansion of the art course. Miss Charlotte Hildebrant will have charge of girls’ art which will in- Iude additional home arts, and Howard Tinsley will add mechanical drawing to the boys’ shop course. The school has secured approval ‘for several WPA projects, one for repair. ing and cataloguing of library books, another for setting up a permanent record system. The football season will begin on ‘September 24, when Dallas will go to Tunkhannock. (Continued To Page 5) WANTED _Good country home for some nice, young cats ang kit- tens. Owner. must part with them. 238 Pioneer avenue, Shavertown. —_—0— Sometimes being a one-woman hu- mane society gets a little too much for kindly Miss Ella Benedict of Shaver- town, who spends a good part of her time administering to the needs of the stray dogs, cats and robins, It’s too much right now! And so Miss Benedict put her problem up to The Post this week, as she does oc- casionally when her assorted live- stock gets out of hand. Music Supervisor A “ww, . . . ican commercial interests in the Fa East, Mr. Gibson brings to any dis cussion of the Eastern situation a cos gopolite’s viewpoint of the position in which the American business man 411” Shanghai now finds himself. He knows China and Japan well and ¢ newspaper accounts of the conflict hold more than passing interest fo him since both he and Mrs. Gibson know personally many of the persons whose names are mentioned in the daily press dispatches. Knew Bombing Victims For years, they have spent a num. ber of months each year in Shanghal Where the greater bulk of all Chinese business is transacted. A number of those killed during the bombardment of the city were personal acquaint ances of many years’ standing, | Hallett Abend, chief of staff of T New York Times in China, who was wounded in the leg; H. S. Honings~ burg, former Buick representative Who was killed, and A. Fox, who threw a six-inch unexploded shel] of of his hotel room window when landed in a chair, were all well-known to the Gibsons. Dr. Robert Reischauer, Princeton lecturer, had his leg torn off and died when he was hit by a shell in the lobby of the Palace hotel where Mr. and Mrs. Gibson stop while China. “Wthat's it all about?” a represent tive of The Post asked Mr. Gibsofi as they sat together on the porch o the” Washburn summer home at Ide- town, discussing recent press dis. patches. His reply was one that indi cated his intimate knowledge of thi Japanese citizen, soldier and busine: man. 1 This Is The Crisis Throughout Japan for the past few years, he said, there has been conti A ual talk in military circles of an im (Continued To Page 5) Business Course At Township ow Nam- | ed; School To Be Open- ed Wednesday The most important change when Dallas Township schools open next Wednesday will be the inauguration of « a commercial course, equipping town= ship pupils for business careers. % This step, coupled with the addi- tional facilities in the new annex which was opened last year, will give Dallas Township one of the most up-to-date and well-rounded schools in the sec- tion. The comrmercial course will b available for jurors and seniors. 3 Another innovatjon will be a com plete music department, directed by. Evelyn Van Antwerp, a new member of the faculty. : There are five other new teachers. Margaret Lynn will take over mathe- matics classes formerly taught by M. J. Girton, supervising principal; Wil- liam Banks will teach geography, suc- ceeding Grace Merritt and Thorwald Lewis will teach science and English. In the grades a second teacher will be added for the lower grades, Ruth Mae Hazel. Ronald Doll will be athletic ‘| coach again. The registration, Mr. Girton es- 3 timated this week, will be about the same as last year. Five hundred seventeen pupils have enrolled to date. MIAOW! MIAOW! SEVEN KITTENS SEEK HOME WITH GOOD F/ Post readers may remember tens Miss Benedict rescued fro stone fence near her home last fall. Well) two of those kitteng-have now acqpired families of their own and ily cats have actumulated, more than Miss B ict can conveniently tend to 8S winter. ; S Benedict vouches for the char- acter, manners and training of the fe- lines, We vouch for Miss Benedict. If you'll apply for one of the kittens there'll be a deep sigh of satisfaction all 'round. The address, as we said, is 238 Pioneer avenue, and you'll en< joy meeting Miss Benedict.
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