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VOL. 47
THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1937
No. 36
POST
SCRIPTS
SUICIDE
CREDIT
PARADISE
“FIN”
GOSSIP
We have spoken before of the hor-
rible day when we discovered that the
answers to the weekly puzzle corner
had been mislaid—and had to work
the whole business out ourselves. Well,
that was a pleasure alongside of what
happened this week.
The syndicate which supplies
comic strips sends us a supply for
four weeks in advance usually and
each week's strip is numbered so that
all we have to do is select the next
number in succession and, lo, we have
Dash Dixon or Detective Riley out of
the predicament in which we left them
last week and headed for some new
problem,
This week, as We prepared to select
the regular quota of laughs, chills and
adventures, we suddenly discovered
that the syndicate had become con-
fused and mixed up the sequence. Dash
who we had left last week “swimming
toward a little island whose rocky
coast rises defiantly above the crash-
ing breakers” was, in the next week’s
strip, way off somewhere else, and Mr.
Riley, the detective, who had been fly-
ing across the Pacific in the preceding
strip was involved in an entirely new
adventure with some gentleman called
“The Gas-House Gang.” ;
There was, obviously, nothing to be
done for the nonce except to leave
Dash and his girl struggling through
the water and Mr. Riley suspended in
the air while we dispatchel a desper-
ate appeal to the comic strip people
to, for Heaven's sake; get Dash and his
girl out of the water and Mr. Riley
down to earth.
Which explaing why youll find a
couple of substitute comic strips on
Page 6 today. Never try to kid your
readers, that's our motto. Next week
(we hope), the estimable Messrs. Dix-
on and Riley will pursue their fantas-
tic adventures without interruption.
Heaven knows they have enough trou-
ble as it is. '
our
—O—
Ask any young man fresh out of |
college what it takes to get along in
the world, and he will have an ans-
wer ready for you: “Pull”. You have
to know the right people; you have
to go to the right places; you have to
know who to say “yes” to—and when.
Strangely enough, all the evidence
in the world doesn’t prove that such is
the case. Of course, a great many
people have jockeyed themselves into
comfortable positions politically—even
if the berth isn’t likely to be perma-
nent. But a greater number_and the
tops—have made their own way. It's
true today, and it has been true for
years, in every country where there is
any kind of democracy. :
The story of the Curies, Madame
Marie and Pierre—now running in The
Saturday Evening Post—is a case in
point. The Curies had no time for po-
litics. They had no time for anything
except each other and their work, They
lived strictly private lives. But they
got along. They achieved fame that
will last as long as civilization. They
were decorated by governments—the
highest honors countries could bestow;
and the Curie babies played with the
medals while the Curie parents, unim-
pressed, went on about their business.
Eventually, through sticking strictly to
their knitting and using no influence
whatever, they even made a fortune.
—o
In the college boy's philosophy, elec-
tion to the French Legion of Honor
would be worth a mint of money be-
cause it would give the recipient a
chance to be with the very best people
in the country. When this great hon-
or was offered to M. Curie, busy in his
laboratory, he wrote: ‘Please be so
kind as to thank the Minister and in-
form him that T do not feel the slight-
est need of being discovered.”
And then the Nobel Prize. ‘The No-
bel prize would put a fellow right in
line for big-time stuff. When Marie
Curie received it, the honor, the pub-
licity, the banquet with “big people”
and all that went with it__the things
that would give her all the ‘pull’ in the
word—the award meant less than no-
thing, “We have been given half the
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TRUCKSVILLE PIGEONS
FLY FROM HARRISBURG
'N LESS THAN 3 HOURS
Speeding from Harrisburg in 2
hours, 54 minutes ‘and 16-Seconds,
one of WL. G. Moss's pigeons led
the race to the home lofts in Wyo-
ming Valley on Sunday. In fact
the first 32 birds arriving were en-
tries of the Trucksville man,
Mr. and Mrs. Moss, who came
here in March from Albany, began
raising pigeons to eat, but they be-
came so interested in the birds
they began to train them for rac-
ing. They have about fifty breed-
"ers and 100 young ones. Mr, Moss
is manager of the Sherwin-Wiil-
iams store in Wilkes-Barre.
150th ANNIVERSARY OF CONSTITUTION NEARS
Among historic military outfits from the thirteen original colonies which will march, 4,000 strong,
in the Constitution Week parade at Philadelphia Saturday, September 18, will be Philadelphia’s fain-
ous Washington Grays (above), who were organized in 1813.
Below: Center: Albert M. Greenfield,
Chairman, Pennsylvania Constitution Commemor: tion Committee, with Lester K. Ade, State Super-
intendent of Public Instruction,
George H. Earle and Chief Justice John W. Kephart of the State Supreme Court, at right.
local people are members of the state-wide Pennsylvania Constitution Commemmoration
and Mayor S. Davis Wilson of Philadelphia, at left, and Governor
Three
conmittee:
Miss Frances Dorrance of Huntsville, Col. Dorrance Reynolds of Dallas Township, and State Sena-
tor ‘A. J, Sordoni of Kingston.
NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY
BRINGS 171 PEOPLE
TO REVIVAL MEETING
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The Fife brothers, who ‘are.ecn-
ducting a series of revival meet-
ings at Sweet Valley Church of
Christ, promised a Bible to the
person who brotght the most peo-
ple to last Sunday's services.
Jimmy Graham, 9, son of Mrs.
Carola Graham of Sweet Valley,
got the Bible.
He had 171 friends at the ser-
vice.
The revival meetings, held each
night at 7:30, will be concluded
on Labor Day.
Players To Ride
Donkeys In Game
Mounted Local Teams Clash
Wednesday On Township
Athletic Fiield
Two teams of prominent local men,
‘mounted on donkeys, will play in a
novel baseball game on Dallas Town-
ship athletic field next Wednesday
night. The game will begin at eight
and will be played under floodlights.
The Henry M. Laing Fire Co, will
sponsor the game.
The line-ups tentatively announced
follow:
Team 1: Clyde Lapp, Jim Oliver,
Corey Frantz, Peter Clarke, James
Ayre, Warden Kunkle, Gus Kuehn,
Add Woolbert, Robert Hislop and Al
Culbert.
Team 2: Archie Wolbert, Tom Bun-
ney, John Isaacs, Garnet Carpenter,
Arthur Neuman, Dr. G. K. Swartz, Dr.
Sherman Schooley, George Gregson,
Fred Kiefer, and Earl Layou.
Lake Association
Elects Officers
Frank Wagner Succeeds Ar-
thur Stull As President
Of Group
!
Frank GG. Wagner was elk cted presi-
dent of Harvey's Lake Protective as<
sociation at a meeting Friday night,
succeeding Arthur Stull. Mr~Wagner
is vice president and general manager
of Lehigh Valley Coal Corp,
Other officers: Vice presidents, Dan-
iel C. Roberts, Judge Arthur H. James,
A. 8. Galland and Attorney Andrew
Hourigan; secretary, A. T.. Glahn;
treasurer, A. I. Stull; assistant sec-
retary, W. E. Myers.
Directors: One year, J, BE. Johnson,
Sterling Wiandell, Dr. C. C. Groblew-
ski, and Dr. Xavier Collman; two
years, A. A. Stull and R. Heber Wil-
cox; three years, George W, Carey,
Warren M. Goff, "Percy A. Brown,
Thomag F. Heffernan; A. J. Llewellyn,
John MacLuskie, S. T. Nicholson, At-
torney Thomas M. Lewis, D. C. Ro-
berts, Roscoe Miller, Senator A. J.
Sordoni, William J. Parry, J. R. Tay-
lor, Samuel Hirsowitz ang Joseph F.
Gillis. :
J lin Township, 81 years old.
Half Of Population Here
Too Busy To Protect Vote
DEMOCRATS CUT REPUBLICAN
LEAD SLIGHTLY
Only about half of the population ot Dallas Borodgh and Ballas Town-
ship, Kingston Township, Lehman Township and i i
eligible to vote in the primary election on Septe
A check-up shortly before the deadline for
Wednesday showed that 4,403 persons had registered. The population
of the five towns is over 9,000. i :
The figures which include the last-
minute rush at the court house are
not yet compiled, but unless they are
unexpectedly high there will be few-
Age No Handicap |
To Loyal Voters
ler people registered here than voted
lin last year’s Presidential election,
Octogenarians sister A-| when 5,328 ballots were cast in the
y five t ;
new While Ydunger Per- | o_o : To
’ Pr emocrats made continued gains in
isons Lo
e strength during the new registration,
but did not end the traditional Repu-
. {blican leadership in this section. The
Although thousands of persons in| G. O. P. has about two voters here to
this section were too disinterested in|every one for the Democrats.
their gover z i !
1 irs vernment to take the time to G.;0 PP. Leads, 210 1
register, ‘men and women of advanced | 3
age showed commendable sprightliness' Nearly-completed returns gave the
in complying with the new registration | vePublicans 3,021 voters and the De-
law. mocrats 1,382 in the five towns.
First figures for Dall i i-
A check-up of the registration list! . . > 2 23am its M1
; cinity follow:
discloses that a mumber of the prom-
inent older residents of Dallas and its
vicinity were among the first to pro-
tect their vote.
Rep. Dem. Pop.
439 116 1,188
661 337 1,829
1,138 345 3,434
358 211 1,283
425 373 1,377
Total 3,021 1,382 9,111
Although the registration returns
practically assure election for those lo-
cal candidates who win Republican
nominations in this month’s primar-
ies the result is not so encouraging to
the county G. O. P.
‘The Republican party has always
looked to this section of the county to
{turn in an overwhelming Republican
majority to balance Democratic leads
elsewhere. Obviously, with far less
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Dallas Borough
Dallas Township
Kingston Township
Lehman Township
Lake Township
Some of the elderly citizens who
showed up less patriotic younger peo-
ple are:
George L. Weitzel, Shavertown,
years old last Sunday.
Fred G. Shulde, Noxen, R, D. 1, of
Lake Township, 87 years old. :
M. C. Frick, Sweet Valley R. D. 1,
Lake Township, 76 years old.
Giles E. Gay, Dallas R. D. 3, Frank-
90
George Decker, Main ‘Street, Trucks.
ville, 81 years old.
Alex Watson, Dallas R. D. 80 years
old,
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THE LOW DOWN from HICKORY GROVE
There is more people around tryin’ to fix things than you
can shake a stick at, and most of ‘em they don‘t know anything
about what it is that they are gonna fix, but they say it would
be great stuff to fix it. And they are smarter than they look,
or we think, ‘cause they make a livin’ at it, and somebody else
they pay the dues.
And if something they are fixin’ don’t work, we don’t read
anything more about it. And some of the persons who was
gonna fix it, nobody knows where they are, and the others they
just start some new spasm.
And if you will look back a month or two, you can maybe
remember when somebody was in a great sweat and gettin’ ready
to do something big and grand for you—but didn’t work out so
hot, anyway not for you.
And all the catchy slogans, they are turnin’ out to be just
another I O U. o
Yours with the low down,
JO SERRA.
300 From Seven
States To Come
Here Next Week
Rev. Mrs. Ross May Receive
New Charge At Annual
Conference
OPENS WEDNESDAY
More than 300 delegates from coast-
al states from Maine to Virginia will
be here next week to attend the an-
nual meeting ‘of the New York Con-
ference oi the Free Mgthodist church.
The conference will begin on Wed-
nesday, Septembef 8, and continue,
with morning #nd evening business
sessions and eYening religious servic-
es, until Sunda, Septeabers a=
Services on Sunday, the final day
of the conference will include preach-
ing at 10:30, 2:30 and 7:45 and a meet-
ing of young people at 6:30.
Bishop Robert Warren of Whashing-
Lion, one of the four bishops of the
)
Free Methodist church, will be pre-
( siding officer at the conference.
| For clergymen, the major event of
tthe conference will be the assignment
of charges for the year on Saturday
afternoon, before Sunday’s concluding
services. District Elders’ appoint-
ments will be made early in the con-
ference.
It is possible Rev. Gertrude Ross,
pastor of the Dallas Free Methqdist
church for the last three years, will
be one of the preachers transferred to
new charges.
Most of the delegates will stay with
local families, the tents and cottages
on the camp ground being unsuitable
for living quarters so late in the sum-
mer. Some of the visitors will stay
at the cottages in B. T. Roberts Me-
morial Grove, however, where the ses-
sions will be held.
Among the distinguished clergymen
here will be Rev. and Mrs. F. I. Baker
Battle Creek, Mich. Rev. Mr. Baker,
who is General Missionary Secretary
for the Free Methodist Church, will
have charge of the bookstand at the
conference,
Angry Taxpayers
Get Quick Action
Highway Department Agrees
To Improvements At
Lake
/
Although the/ Inlet and Warden
Place Taxpayers’ Association of Lake
n
already suc-
several important
promises from the State Highway De-
partment,
As a result of complaints about the
roads at Inlet and Warden Place, John
Conlon, listrict superintendent of the
highway department, and John Mec-
Hugh, assistant inspection engineer,
inspected the roads Saturday after-
noon,
This week the department announc-
ed it will lay a stone base on First
and Second Avenues and High Street,
Wardan Place; raise the level of the
sidewalks at Inlet, and install proper
drainage on Carpenter’s Road.
The Taxpayers’ Association
meet tonight (Friday) in the Casino!
to make further plans for its aggress-
ive improvement crusade.
Artist Observes
90th Birthday
will]
George Weitzel, Shavertown,
Still Skillful As
Painter
J
George I. Weitzel of /Shavertown,
whose paintings have een winning
recognition for him rat
of a century, observed “his ninetieth
birthday anniversary last Sunday.
Mr. Weitzel, a native of Germany,
came to Wilkes-Barre in 1871, after
having studied painting under an Eng-
lish artist in Patterson, N. J. He mov-
ed to Shavertown shortly after 1900.
He has done a variety of kinds of
painting—from portraits to interior
decorating—but his most notable work
probably was the scenery he designed
for some of the important stock com-
panies and theatres of the country.
Aside from his success as a painter,
Mr. Weitzel hag had a colorful life.
He was seasoned traveler, has hunted
alligators in Florida, knew “Uncle Joe”
Cannon and once attended a reception
at the invitation of President McKin-
ley. :
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NAME TEACHER
The school board of Dallas Town-
ship met Monday night and elected
Miss Armanda Walsh of Plains as a
Commercial teacher, completing the
Bus Lines Will :
Depend Entirely
On New By-Pass
Street Car Company Awaits
Decision On Luzerne
Highway
NO FARE CHANGE
Buss lines from Wilkes-Barre
through Dallas to Harvey's Lake will
replace the trolley cars when the by-
pass at Luzerne is paved, a spokesman
for Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp. told
The Post this week. IR
The move has been under cofisid-
eration for some time but it isfassur-
ed as a result of plans of the cdmpany
to do away gradually with its street
cars and substitute trackless trolleys
in Wyoming Valley. This program
will begin as soon as the Public Utils
ities Commission approves the plan,
probably in about sixty days. ,
When the by-pass is paved the State
Highway Department will route the
new highway over the present right-
of-way of the traction company, which
will then inaugurate bug lines th
this section,
The busses, The Post wag infor}
will travel from Public Square to H
vey’s Lake, eliminating the necessity
for a change at Dallas, as at present.
The fare will be the same.
The traction company has no def-
inite word concerning when the pav-
ing of the by-pass will be started and
its plans for buss lines here await
action by the State Highway Pepar-
ment and the County Commissioners
on the by-pass. :
Will Share Damages
Although the detailed survey being
made by engineers from the State
Highway Department, the traction
company and the county is not com-
plete yet, County Commissioners dis-
cussed estimated property damages at
a meeting Mondey. i
They told C. A. Albert, chairman of
Greater Dallas Rotary Club Commit-
tee, that they will not assume respon-
sibility for all property and land dam-
ages but promised they would make a
“liberal” contribution towarq the totai-
expense. bli,
They would not say what they mean
by a “liberal” amount, preferring to
wait until the new survey is com-
pleted. 3
Democrats Launch
~ Strong Offensive
Monster Rally To Be Held
Tuesday At Fernbrook
Park
Encouraged by strong gains made
here against an established G. O., P.
leadership, Democratic leaders are con-
ducting their most spirited campaign in
vears in an effort to gain votes here.
Voters from eight local towns have
been invited to a monster rally. at
Fernbrook Park next Tuesday night at
eight. The rally is being publicized in
Jackson Fxeter, Franklin, Iehman,
Lake, Dallas and Kingston Township
and Dallas Borough. :
Attorney Edgar H. Lare of Luzerne
will be the plincipal speaker. He will
introduce to the voters Attorneys Tho-
mas H. Farrell and John Aponick can.
didates for judge; Robert Bierly, can-
didate for controller Peter Margie can-
didate for prothonotary, and Harold
Shaube, candidate for clerk of courts.
Refreshments will be served and
there will be entertainment, including
Terry Jones as humorist. About 2,000
persons are expected. Everyone will be
welcome.
Firemen Ready For
Clambake Saturday
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. will
have a clambake on Saturday at the
Martz Farm. Dr. C. Murray Turpin,
former Congressman, will be the
speaker and there will be a sports pro-
gran, climaxed bl a baseball game
between the married and single men.
HARVEY’S LAKE YOUTH
COMES IN TWENTIETH
IN WASHINGTON RACE
Robert Jackson , of Harvey's
Lake finished twentieth in a fast
field of swimmers competing in
the three-mile President's Cup
Race in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal at Washington, D. C., Sat-
urday.
His team-mate, Tommy Brislin,
finished twenty - second. ¥Emery
Check, third member of the Wyo-
ming Valley team, was forced
from the race because of cramps.
Fifty-six swimmers from all
parts of the East competed. Scran«
ton. won the team championship
and, Steve Wozniak §f Niagara, N.
Y., was individual winer.
faculty for this year,