PHONE 300 FOR WAYS TO INCREASE YOUR BUSINESS Hey The Dal as Post ‘More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution HARVEST TIME— A TIME TO ADVERTISE IN THE POST uty VOL. 47 THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBR 10, 1937 ——— No. 37 POST SCRIPTS FORECAST FOUNDER POST WHIGS MAJORITY The chill touch of Autumn over last week-end produced the first flock of prognostications on the coming Win- ter’s weather. So far, it looks like a mild winter. Someone reports having seen several brown caterpillars crawling over a barn door, and anyone who knows “caterpillar signs” knows that you can bank on a brown caterpillar to bring a mild winter. If the caterpillars are black, or very dark in color, the winter will be se- vere, but if the caterpillars are light brown or yellow, as the ones seen lo- cally the other day, settle back in your chair, light your pipe and enjoy a balmy winter. Of course, if the caterpiller is light at both ends, and dark in the middle, it means the late fall and early spring will be pleasant, but mid-winter will ‘be bad. There's always the chance, though, that the caterpillars may be wrong, so don’t saw the handles of your snow shovels just yet. —0— While checking on the date of The Post's birth this week, we were re- minded that this newspaper will be able to celebrate its fiftieth birthday anniversary in two years. y The Post was founded in 1889 by A. A. Holbrook, whose motto was “There is nothing too good for Dallas.” Mr. Holbrook published every week, with- out a miss, and was succeeded in 189 by W. B. Capwell 8 The Post's founding father was a native of Susquehanna county and the son of a Methodist minister. He was educated at Wyoming Seminary and imrmediately upon leaving school began work on the Kingston Times, a weekly paper which had just been started. Mr. Holbrook had worked for that newspaper only a few months before he purchased it and changed it to a semi-weekly, which he continued until the fall of 1889, when Mr. Holbrook, who was called “the youngest news- paper publisher in Pennsylvania,” bought out The Morning Times, a daily newspaper. Apparently all was not smooth, be- cause the paper was eventually taken over by the Times Printing Co., which however, retained Mr. Holbrook as manager. In September, 1891, C. B. Snyder secured the paper and moved it to Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Holbrook came to Dallas in 18- 92, and assumed the management of The Post. rs Williazm Harrison Capwell, who suc- ceeded Mr. Holbrook in 1895, was from Clinton Township in Wyoming county. An attack of rheumatism at the age of sixteen had left him a cripple. He gave up teaching to learn the print- er's trade and purchased the Nanti- coke Tribune im 1885. In 1891, he moved the office to Plymouth and made it the Plymouth Tribune, An inventory of Mr. Capwell’s plant ‘at Plymouth included “one heavy Cottrell cylinder press, a Washington hand press, and two job presses’. ey The Republican party, which never is disappointed in the election returns from Dallas, might well hang up a memorial placque to the eleven men who, just about 100 years ago, laid the foundations for this section's very stubborn loyalty to the G. O. P. Originally, Dallas was almost un- animously Democratic. The Jersey- men who settled the community were almost as faithful to their political be- lief as to their religious principles. Dallas was, in fact, known widely as a Democratic stronghold. It was in 1836 that three men, Fay- ette Ollen, Christian Rice and Alex- ander Ferguson, decided to part com- pany with the old line Democrats. They became united with the Whigs and for three or four years this trio stood against the tide. By 1840 they had made eight new converts, John ‘Williams, Abraham Ryman, Jacob Rice, Charles Ferguson, Joseph Shav- er, Henry Simons, Samuel Worden and Joseph Richards. These eleven Whigs were the very creators of a local Republican organi- zation which built so well that it was strong enough to resist Democracy’s strongest tide 100 years later. They converted Dallag and its meighboring communities so thoroughly that al- most 100 years later there were dis- tricts that had eight Republicans to every one Democrat. “The stubborn loyalty of the major- ity of voters to the Grand Old Party, in goed times and bad, has been an amazing thing. Dallas gave Hoover a majonity when the rest of the coun- try was bent on shooting him out of office, Dallas stayed Republican while the state was electing a Democrat ‘for the first time in forty years. And Dallas yoted for Landon while forty: {Continued on Page 4) oy RA a: ; ’ ( ~ LIGHTNING STRIKES 100-YEAR-OLD TREES ON HUNTSVILLE FARM Two pine trees on the fapm of B. Frank Bulford on the JFunts- ville-Fernbrook Road wen strael by lightning during the severe el- ectrical storm last Saturday af- ternoon. One of the trees was split from the top down and toppled across the road, which was blocked un- til the tree was moved on Sun- day morning, The second tree was not des- troyed entirely, but the bark was badly broken. Mr. Bulford esti- mates the trees were 'nore than 100 years old. Youths Arrested By Chief O’Kane Were Creating Disturbance At Dallas Township High School ee Seven Luzerne youths who were charged with having credited a dis-| turbance at Dallas“=@$wnship High | Chief of Police Leonard O'Kane on Wednesday morning after they had returned to annoy teachers and pu- pils again. Township school officials said the boys entered the high school Tues- day, while school was in session, and were responsible for considerable of nqise and some damage. Then they went outside and annoyed classes by yelling. When they returned on Wed- nesday morning the janitor notified Chief O'Kane, who arrested the youths whose ages ranged from 16 to 20, on Main street. : They were given a heaning before justice of the peace John Q. Yaple on Wednesday night. Ambrose Dowling Taken By Death Dies Within 2 Weeks After © 7 bixtieth Wedding Anniversary, Less than two weeks er he and his wife had observed their sixtieth weddineg anniversary, Ambrose Dow- ling, 85, of Lake Township, died last Friday night.” ot Mr. and Mrs. Dowling celebrated their anniversary on Saturday, Aug- ust 21, and several hundred persons visited their home on that day. Mr. Dowling had been seriously ill but his condition seemed to improve some- what. On the evening of the anni- versary he had to retire before the well-wishing crowds had departed. Mr. Dowling was born in Wales, and came to Edwardsville. He mov- ed to Harvey's Lake about thirty years ago. Besides his widow, Mr. Dowling is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sadie LaRue of Harvey's Lake. The funeral was held om Tuesday morning at 10 at the home with Rev. John Albright of Noxen officiating. Interment was in Fern Knoll bumial park, Dallas. Youth’s Council Convenes Today Outlet Young Man To Give Adress Of Welcome At Wilkes-Barre The annual conference of the North- eastern Pennsylvania Youth's Tem- perance Council will be held Septem- ber 10 and 11, at the Central M. E. church, Wilkes-Barre, with delegates from 13 counties, including a number from the Dallas section, attending. The conference will reach its cli- max Saturday night, when State offi- cers take charge of the program. Planning the conference are the fol- lowing officers: William J. Williams, president, Wilkes-Barre; Harold W. Kocher, Outlet, vice-president; Dor- othy Belles, Kingston, secretary; William Ashburner, Outlet, treasurer. ‘The ‘following state officers of the Y. T. C. will attend: James A. W. Kilip, Philadelphia, president; Delmar E. Wiggins, Philadelphia, E. Mae Weiss, Tunkhannock, James Stevens, Kingston, recording secretary, Xen- neth A. Beaner, Johnstown, treasurer. Harold Kocher of Outlet will deliv- er the address of welcome at the e- vening session at 8 tonight, and Dr. Verne Leslie Smith will be the speak- er. Tomorrow services will begin at 9:45 a. m., and continue all day, with evening session at 8. me el A fy ee SCHOOL OPENS Dallas Borough Schools Were open- ed on Wednesday morning with an enrollment about the same as last Jyear. School on Tuesday were arrested hy! Season Of Fairs Lures Visitors To Gay Midways Tunkhannock Exposition To Start Tuesday; Ends On Friday OTHER FAIRS ON Brakes scream wildly as flying autos skid around curves in clouds of dust — the drumming of flying hoof-beats thunders over the grand- stand—wheels of chance spin madly while crowds wait for their num- bers to come up. The raucous voices of barkers mingle with the lowing of cattle, the |} squeals of fat, prize swine and the mournful cries of a lost baby. Amplifiers split the air with mar- |} tial music, slightly off key, and al} tom-tom marks a slow, seductive rhythm for Little Egypt's wiggles. It’s County Fair Time again, and although Dallas’s own fair is no long- er, the people of this section are staunch Fair Fans, For the next few weeks they will be busy attending the great expositions which are held with in easy motoring distance of Dallas. Tunkhannock Ready Tunkhannock’s Wyoming County Fair will begin next Tuesday and continue until Friday, with a fast- moving program of fireworks, horse racing, baseball, vaudeville, agricul- tural exhibits, cattle shows, midway events, grange exhibits: and band con- certs. The entertainment before the grand- stand will include the Carlos Comedy Circus, a review with dogs, ponies and a bucking mule; Mike Cahill, in- ternationally known aerialist, Made- line Berlo, performing high, trick and fancy diving into a glass tank, and a host of clean, lively acts. Allentown Fair Among Luzerne County exhibitors at the great Allentown Fair, to be held in Allentown, September 21, 22, 23, 2%, and 25, will be Carter Hache of Nanticoke. Mr. Bache will again show his choice Guernsey Cattle, on which he won a first prize at last year’s Allentown Fair. ‘This year the Allentown Fair will reach a new peak as fan as interesting exhibits and entertainment are con- cerned. It will be truly an educational fair in every respect, and the program includes races on Tuesday, Wednes- day, Thursday and Friday and auto- tmobile races on Saturday. “The Revue of Tomorrow” will be the theme and title of the big out. door extravaganza. One of its fea- tures will be the appearance of the internationally famous Gay Foster Girls, the same dazzling beauties that feature the chorus in the Roxy The- atre in New York City. Million Dollar Fair The stage is set, the principals ready for Pennsylvania’s million dol- | lar agricultural exposition, the Great Reading Fair. §/ Recognized as the largest county fair east of the Mississippi, Reading's eight-day harvest festival will open this Sunday. As an opening attrac- tion, the management of the fair has booked Edwin Franko Goldman and his famous concert band. The musi- cians will play at 3 p. m. and 6 p. m. Reading’s five-day Grand Circuit horse race meeting will open Monday and will feature a $2,100 futurity for two-year-old trotters. Big-time sulky competitions will be presented also on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday, with stakes estimated at a- bout $12,000. Every evening from Monday to Sat- urday, Gay Foster's Roxyetteg will be presented on the grandstand stage. A (Continued on page 4) ang less and illegal hunters. Seth Gordon, executive director of the Pennsylvania Game Com- mission, center, Wi. C. Shaffer, director of the Bureau of Protection, left, and Judd Turner, assistant director of the commission, night, destroy unsafe firearms, confiscated during the past year from care- Under a new state game. law, guns which are in poor condition are to be junked in the interests of safety. STATE TO DESTROY UNSAFE FIREARMS i TINSLEY TAKES LINE'S PLACE AS COACH OF BOROUGH ELEVEN / ~~ Dallas Opens’ Football Sea- son On September Twenty:Foufth SHORT ON MATERIAL Howard Tinsley, assistant coach of football at the Dallas Borough High School last year, has been promoted to be coach, succeeding Ernest Line. Mr. Line, who is still a member of the borough faculty, will retain charge of the school’s physical education de- partment. Dallas Borough will begin its sea- son on September 24, when it meets Tunkhannock High School at Tunk- hannock. Other games scheduled are: October 1, at Factoryville; October 8, Wyoming Seminary Jayvees, here; October 16, at Nicholson; October 22, at Lehman; November 11, Dallas Township, here; November 19, Kings- ton Township, here. X An effort is being 'made to have a game either on October 29 or Novem- ber 5, both of which dates are open vet, Coach Tinsley, who played football at Meyers High School, Wilkes-Bar- re, before he went to the Millersville Teachers’ College, has issued a squad call and is in the midst of trying to develop a team from the nucleus Ieft after graduation. Only 3 Regulars Left Eight of last year’s first string men were graduated or have left school. 1 Bill Mann, captain and end, Bill Nie- meyer and Ray Kuderka, halfbacks, Gerald =~ Sullivan, quarterback, Bob Fleming, guard, and Karns Harding and Bob Hull, tackles, were graduates. Earl Mason has left school. Of last year's regulars only Phil Templin, center, this year’s captain, Evan Brace, back, and Loren Fiske, end, are left over to start this year’s teams. Wilson Garinger, Odall Hen- son, Carlton Rogers and Clyde Vietch, all of whom showed promise last fall, will however, be standbys for Coach Tinsley. Township Opens With G. A. R. Kingston Township gridders, who have been out working under Coach Water Hicks for some time, will open their season by playing G. A. R. at Wilkes-Barre. (Continued on Page 3.) and a loud pop-and then go out, the noise. : And in this Senate war. Yours with THE LOW DOWN from HICKORY GROVE Some kind of a battle seems to be goin’ on just about everywhere and right here in the U. S. the paper it says, that war has been de- clared on the Senators. And the Senators the war is called on, they call ‘em rebels. And they are rebels because they didn’t say, yes sir, to the boss. So they are going to eliminate this type of person. And the side trying to eliminate the Senators, they have plenty of guns, but lots of them are pop-guns and squirt-guns. But the really big (guns, they just keep on shootin’ up in the air, people are not payin’ so much attention to them, any more. like when you watch roman candles and rockets go up with a hiss I would not want to be on the other side, and tackle some of these senate rebels, bare-handed, for they have backbone and are smart ducks. And when it comes to votin’ they are the kind of hombres the people like. JO SERRA. And it is something and after awhile you get tired of the low down, | to maintain the high standards, NIMRODS! PASTE THESE DATES IN YOUR HATS! General small game, including wild turkeys, rabbits, ring-neck- ed pheasants, black birds and squirrels__November 1 to Novem- ber 25. No open season on wild turkeys in these counties: Clar- ion, Clearfield, Forest, Schuylkill, Venango and Warren, Snowshoe or varying hares, ruf- fed grouse—November 1 to Nov- ember 13. Deer—November 29 ito Decein- ber 11. Antlerless Deer — Open season this year, November 25 to No- vember 27, inclusive, in 54 coun- ties. Special license must be ob- tained. Bear—November 15 to Novem- ber 20. Premiums At Fair To Total $20,000 Annual Hloomsburk Expo- sition Will Open Septem- ber Twenty-Seventh Bloomsburg Fair Grounds are be- ing put in A-1 condition these days in preparation for the 83rd annual fair opening on ‘September 27 and contin- uing day and night for a week. Although the opening of the exhib- it is almost a month away, officials have been busy since Spring in ar- ranging what they are confident will be the finest all-round programm in the history of the fair. Interest in the event, which annu-| ally draws its crowds from a wider] radius, is manifested at every ha®d. Schools of the region, opening this week, have started preparation for the school exhibit, one which is a dis- tinct feature at Bloomsburg. ‘While the children are busy in work, mothers and older sisters are putting aside their choice canned and dried foods for exhibition later and placing finishing touches on the need- lework which will be included in the 40,000 exhibits placed in competition for $20,000 in premiums. The runners are coming back. to the fair this year and one or more running races will be on the program from Tuesday through Friday, when some of the best harness horses on the circuit this year will race for premiums totalling $8,000. Free acts have been selected with utmost care, the board being anxious as Bloomsburg has long been recognized as setting the pace in regard to en- tertainment. “Revue of Tomorrow” is the presentation for the mammoth night show. Lucky Teeter and his Hell Drivers are on the program for Friday afternoon and Ralph Hankin- son promises thrills galore when the automobile races are held on Satur- this day, October 2. et a gi he FIREMEN TO MEET Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. of Dallas will meet tonight (Friday) in the hose house. Reports will be made on the clam bake last Saturday. eee een fr. DEMOCRATIC RALLY © About 1,500 persons attended the Democratic Rally held on Tuesday night in Fernbrook Park. All county candidates spoke. : Quiet Election 3 Expected Here Borough Calm In Contrast To Battles In Two Townships SCHOOL FIGHTS HOT rivalty in Kingston Township and Dallas Township, next Tuesday's e- lection in Dallas Borough will be one of the quietest in many years. = There is no opposition to the slat ed candidates for the Republican nomination and there are no Demo- crats aspiring yet, although some names may be written in on Tues~ day. The county contest may draw some voters to the polls, but the vote probably will be exceptionally light. The situation is different in Dallas Township, where the election revolves about a heated battle for two school director posts. Strong slates are lin- ed up in the contest for the coveted Republican nominations ang Tuesday will probably see a spirited struggle at the polls. The school director contest will al- so hold the political spotlight in King-~ ston Township. The complexion of the election was changed somewhat there this week with the withdrawal of Daniel M. Shaver, one of the can- didates for the Republican nomina- tion for school director. One. change in polling place has been announced by the County Com- missioners. A change has been made in Dallas Township from the Van Campen residence to the Shavertown Volunteer Firemen’s fire house. Boy Scout Dies On Journey Home Nephew Of Mrs. Stevens Was Returning From Dutch J ambore i <r J News of the death of yer nephew, aboard a ship bringing /him home from the Boy Scout jamBoree in Hol- land, was received thig fweek by Mrs Hattie Stevens, who A ji rs. Emma Shaver of Mill{ street? The boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Hoyt of McKeesport arrived at the Boston pier on Tuesday to greet their seventeen-year-old son, James, on his return from the world-wide rally of Boy Scouts, only to learn the boy had died Sunday night as the liner Scythia neared the coast. fp rienmints Man Injured When Car Turns Turtle TH Evan R. Brown, 23, Dallas D. 3, was seriously injured last ida night at 5:30 when his automobile skidded and went down a 15-foot em- bankment. He suffered lacerations of the scalp. Kingston Township ; Schools Open Monday About 12,000 pupils in Kingston Township will return to their class rooms for the 1937-'38 term on Mon- day morning, September 13¢ The board recently accepted the MOAEL Dg" new annex and its classrooms will be used for the first time next week. rete EXPLANATION! This issue of The Post will be the last to come from the old Babcock press, which has served so well and so long. As soon ag the faithful old press ended this week’s rum, the workmen began dismantling it, breaking up its concrete base and making way for a fast, modern, ten-and-one-half-ton Miehle that will arrive here today from Phila- delphia. ‘The climax of an expansion program which has been going on all summer, the mew press will occupy a place of honor in The Post’s remodelled basement which has been undergoing extensive al- terations, Massive steel beams have been erected to support the tons of new equipment added this sum« mer and the basement, which formerly was divided by a parti- tion into two long rooms, is now one long, light, airy floor. These changes, and the neces- sity for running the paper early so the press could be dismantled in preparation for installation of the new Miehle are responsible for the reduced size of The Post this week. HE x eee Van Next Tuesday Although there is bitter factional wy N. 1 r Aes
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