torial, this column last week. about town. ‘© one or two of the players. : A Are You ied To. Make our Taxes Higher? Read Our Edi “We re All To Blame,” On Page Two Of This Week's Post, z / The Dall as More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Vol. 2 THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1938 No Paper Devotes As Much Space To The Affairs Of Dallas That Makes This Paper Truly Your Home 3 And Vicinity As The Post. Paper. oE POST SCRIPTS | THANKS TYKE TEAM ~ PORCH ENGINE SHIT T omnnnnuonfE] ANNA RRA EERE RSE RARER T RRR R ERAN R EAU NE RED RARE The brazen courtship which The Sun- ‘day Independent and The Dallas Post have been carrying on for some years must ~ be a little embarrassing to the readers of both papers. First we tell our readers how good the Independent is and then the In dependent says nice things about us. It must bewilder folks who think newspapers should be at each other's throats consis. tently. fof The latest gracious gesture on the part on The Independent came last Sunday, when Wyoming Valley's Home Newspap- ier complimented The Post and, indirectly, several faithful contributors who filled out | ~ pletely exhausted the usual methods heming Mr. Heffernan and his Independ- All we can say Is that when we | Bite! ‘up we want to be an Independent. ‘held 168 meetings, mailed 2,358 router) —0— “No one is, better known in this’ com- munity than Tyke, who makes his head- work she directed ranged from teaching quarters at the Risley home but is scarcely “ever there. Tyke prefers the gay excite | ment of Main Stret and when Pebar thor- one way and another. His favorite meth- od of bringing curb-stone discussion | ~ groups to life is to stretch out in the mid- dle of the street for a nap, forcing motor- | ists to detour around him and bringing the | hearts of nervous _ pedestrians into their - mouths. The son of a foils sloe-eyed hound and ‘a collie with the devil in his eyes, ~~ Tyke constantly spurns a comfortable dog ~ house in favor of odd nooks and crannies Lately he has taken a fancy to the doormat on the back porch of the Culbert home and accepts Mrs. Culbert’s best efforts and refuses to give up the corner. Mrs. Culbert has, even removed the welcome mat, but her strategy is no match for the North Wind, which always drives Tyke back to the protected porch. Even Mrs. Risley’s co-operation has been fruitless in coaxing Tyke back to his dog “house, Kroviing Tyke, we're afraid there isn't much use in trying to dislodge him. Spring breezes will lure him again to his | ‘accustomed rounds. — ee The great Baseball Team ANE of 1938 is solyed. Pred (Sherlock Holmes) Welsh has i dentified alk the players in the old photo- graph which was reproduced in The Post a month ago. Ever since we printed the old picture we've been hearing from people who thot they knew the players. Several times we received lists which recognized all but The end of! the race was very close. Fred Welsh | got under the tape just a few hours be- fore Ralph Rood, who also had the cor- rect identification. Mr. Welsh and, Mr. the baseball players in ‘the picture were: First row: Claude Shaver, Lew Reese, Bob | Frailey. Second row: Charlie “Take” Lloyd Shaver, Harley Misson, Art Mont- ross and Tom Reese. Last row: Nesbitt Garinger, Bill Ock- enhouse, Russell Morris and Ed Evans. The picture was taken about 1917, Mr. Welsh believes. He must have received some belated satisfaction from being the one to identify the players. A player on the team, he was supposed to have been in the picture, but he couldn't get around that day. —— It was strange that Ralph Rood should have been the one to submit the only other correct and complete identification. About the time the picture was taken Mr. Welsh and Mr. Rood were playing on opposing teams, although both nines were ‘from Dallas. Had they arrived at our office at the same time we should prob- ably have been treated to one of the fin- est sessions of reminiscences we could i magine. As it was we succeeded in holding Mr. Welsh long enough to hear a few tales which he had heard from old-timers and had added to his collection of local lore. One of his stories we had never heard before. It concerned his father, who was engineer on the first locomotive which travelled along the tracks which now are used by the street cars. That line was built as a rival to the railroad and some difficulty was experienced in getting a right of way through Dallas. The big obstacle was the old Odd Fel lows’ building (forerunner of the present structure) which stood directly in the path of the tracks. ed to run the tracks over the spot which was taken by the porch. But the owners refused to budge an inch in their decision not to alter the structure. Blocked at every turn, with directness typical of industry in that | the promoters, era, decided to solve the problem in their | own way. One night Mr. Welsh’s father rolled a locomotive full speed up: the com- pleted track and dammed into the ‘Odd Fellows” porch. ' We have com- |urer. of | vision of the farm bureau, Miss E. Nit- James D. Hutchinson, ~oughfare becomes dull he enlivens it in | \gave the lengthy report of the association's | Rood agree that | Reigle. | The promoters want- | The wrecked porch was | Farm Bureau Staff Covered Association CENTERMORELAND MAN A were given at the 24th annual meeting of A. on Wednesday. ther year. Paul Edinger of Pennsylvania 20,000 Miles In Last Year Farmers Of County Hear Reports And Eleet Officers At ' 24th Annual Meeting Of Agricultural Extension Wednesday | » SECRETARY-TREASURER Reports of activities which took the staff of Luzerne County Agricultural Ex- tension over more than 20,000 miles of county roads within the last twelve months the association in Wilkes-Barre Y. M. C. Besides the reports, farmers from all parts of the county heard informative ad dresses on farm problems and re-elected officers of the association to serve for ano- State College and Rabbi Samuel L. Wolk of Wilkes-Barre were the speakers at the public meeting in the afternoon. of Huntington Mills, president; Nelson: Y. Lewis, ‘Exeter! Township, vice-president, and Arthur Gay, Orange, secretary-treas- Reporting for the home economics di- | zkowski said she had visited 119 homes, | {letters and covered 8,795 miles by autor mobile since the last annual meeting. The {farm women to make dresses to conducting la summer camp. county agent, {work in agriculture and rural sociology \during the year. He and his assistant, J. H. Book, visited 800 farms and travel {led 17,489 miles. The bureau held 248 meetings, which were attended by 11,881 persons. The trend toward better marketing con- tinued during the year, with attention be- ing paid to the grading of eggs and por tatoes especially. Scores of ‘demonstra tions were held throughout the county. In the report on dairy husbandry, Col- onel Dorrance Reynolds’ Goodleigh Farm herd came in for special honors. Colonel Reynolds’ herds showed an average pro- duction of 434.4 pounds of butterfat for the twelve months. As evidence of the improvement in local herds, it was repor- ted that the average production increased from 309.4 pounds last year to 362.2 I pounds this year. Three local men won honorable mention fin the reporiin.) agcoriomy. Thomas Pol. | (lock, Alfr ed Rice and George L. Rice, | lall of Lehman, passed the 400-bushel-per- acre potato mark in 1937, Mr. Rice pros ducing 569 bushels on one acre. In. concluding his report, Mr. son said: “The Extension Association wishes to | take this means of extending thanks to the leaders in the communities, both men 'and women, girls and boys, for without the aid of these leaders it would be ims possible to carry out the year’s po (of activities. | “If your community has lacked in par- ticipation of any of these projects, and | ‘there is a need for any of them, we | would be pleased to talk it over with you lor a committee from vour community. “We also wish to thank the Board of {Luzerne County Commissioners for mak- |ing the appropriation available for local {expenses of the Extension Association land also the Pennsylvania State College land the Agricultural Extension = Depart-|. |ment for their assistance in furthering the work for agricultural improvement in Lu zerne County.” Eid ————— - G. F. Stitzer, 72, Called By Death Noxen Coal Dealer Will Be Buried On Saturday Afternoon Hutchi- George F. Stitzer, 72, prominent resi dent of Noxen for the last twenty years, died in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital at 12:30 on Wednesday morning. The funeral will be held Saturday af- ‘ternoon at 2 at the home, with interment at Orcutt’s Grove Cemetery, Noxen, Rev. Guy Leinthall and Rev. Harry Rundell will officiate. A former resident of Rifigston, Mr. Sti- tzer was a coal dealer. He was held in high esteem by a great number of friends, who sincerely mourn/his passing. He is survived by the widow, four children, Mrs. Beulah Van Campen of Noxen, Mrs. Frank Etting, Dunmore; Albert Stitzer, Shavertown; Ernest, Kingston; three sis ters, Mrs. Noah McClusky, Mt. Springs; Mrs. Etma Miller, Mrs. Albert Sensan- baugh, Pocono Lake; two brothers, Albert and Charles of Stroudsburg; 13 grand- children and three great grandchildren. Lehman Republicans Officers elected are Fred Bittenbender® Girls’ Teams Are In Deadlock Too Both Local Leagues Tangled As End Of Season Approaches Post-season games may be necessary at the end of the local scholastic basketball season to decide championships in both girls’ and boys’ divisions of the league. Lehman and Dallas have been tied in the boys’ division for several weeks and gince the two teams are not scheduled to meet again during the regular season only a defeat’ by one or the other will break the tie. Last Friday night Dallas Borough girls’ team nosed out the previously undefeated and league-eading Kingston Township girls, 10 to 9, to deadlock that division. Lehman has no game tonight, but Dal las Borough will meet Dallas Township. Kingston Township will be at Laketon tonight. h , Last Friday night, Dallas defeated Kingston Township in a hard-fought game which ended 29 to 23, starring again for Dallas. Dallas girls’ team was one point behind with thirty seconds to play when Miss Harvey scored the goal which won a tie for the local team, ; On the same night Tom Propchinski, {Lehman's scoring ace, led his team to a] [32 to 23 victory over Dallas Township Dallas Township girls registered a 25 to 110. victory over’ Lehman. The standing in the league follows: Ww Pet. Dallas Borough 6 .857 Lehman Township 6 .85'7 Dallas Township .500 Kingston Twp. .168 Laketon .000 5 3 1 0 ee Reynolds s’ Herds Goodleigh Farm Guernsey Is| Tops In Bi-County ‘Rating The Guernsey herd at Goodleigh Farm in Dallas Township, owned by Col. Dor- rance Reynolds, made an unusual high record in January, according to Clarence C. Keller of the Columbia-Luzerne County Cow Testing Association. One of Colonel Reynolds’ Guernseys, a four-year-old, produced 1,674 pounds of milk or 82 pounds of butterfat. Colonel Reynolds’ herd also headed the list in’ av- erage production, his Guernseys producing an average of 781 pounds of milk or 37.8 fat. Hillside Farms, Inc., also had a high { production month, ranking second. Other herds ranked in this order: Alvin Sut 1iff, Luzerne County Institution District, Danville State Hospital, Samuel Yost, W. J. Pairchild & Sons, Hauck & Son, C. H. Moore, and J. B. Sutliff. Board Has Ruling On Per Capita Tax No Exemption For Mailmen Or WPA Workers In Future Dallas Borougn School District hat re- ceived from the Department of Public Instruction at Harrisburg a ruling that employes of federal, state, county or mun- icipal government are not exempt from payment of per capita tax. The ruling is significant because in the past many local government employes, who Lehman Republieen Club will meet on Tuesday night, Washington’s Birthday. A good crowd is expected, since plans will | {be made to obtain a better registration {of Republican voters in the Lehman sec | tion. I Ore | Local Men Attend Bankers’ Meeting | | pa TARE W. B. Jeter, C. W. Space and Fred Will Meet Tuesday | are exempt from certain tax classifications, [have claimed exemption from the per cap- lita tax. The same condition has prevailed lin other nearby districts, which will find new revenue of extreme help in relieving financial strain existing now because of {difficulty in collecting taxes. | Many mailmen have claimed exemption {for some years and recently WPA work | ers have protested against the per capita {tax on the grounds that they are employed iby the government. The Department of {Public Instruction cites several lezal de: such a convincing argument that the owns {Eck of First National Bank, Dallas, at | cisions which agree that the per capita tax ers relented and permitted the railroad ! tended the convention of Group 3, Penn- |is a tax upon the individual, not upon his to continue its tracks over the disputed |sylvania Bankers’ Association, on Friday | spot. ‘and’ Saturday. |occupation, and that government employ: es are, therefore, not exempt. partment and received assurance that if Templin | High In J anuary io Will Ask State To Assume Care Of Center Hill Supervisors Can Have State - Take Over Lover End Of Ro ad /CLUB ACTS rp Representing motorists who have com- plained again concerning the condition of Center Hill Road, Dallas, Wyoming Val ley Motor Club this week took steps to have the section from Lake Street to the railroad taken over by the State Depart- ment of Highways, a step which would settle a controversy of many years dura- tion. The dividing line between Dallas Bor- ough and Dallas Township, Center Hill Road has been the cause of a number of disputes and the question of responsibility for its maintenance has even provoked law suits. Several months ago the motor club threatened to have the constable re- turn the highway as a nuisance. The section maintained by Dallas Bar: ough is not in bad condition. Norman Johnstone, secretary of Wyoming Valley Motor Club, visited the highway this week with an official of the State Highway De- MOTO the supervisors of Dallas Township peti’ tion the Highway Department two-tenths of a mile will be taken over immediately. Musical Tea At St. Paul’s Church, ~ The Senior and Young Peoples’ Choir of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Shaver- town, held a Musical Tea at the church Tuesday evening. The program follows: Song, entire group, Mrs. Newton Ness, accompanist; piano solo, Ruth Dressel; tenor solo, Edgar Steinhauer; soprano solo, Mrs. Isabel Santiago, accompanied by Mrs. Edward Griffith; solo’ tap dance, Ruth Ness; piano solo, Lillian Rood; bass and’ tenor solo, Messrs. Edgar and Harry Steinhauser; piano solo, Ruth Hontz; read- ings, Marjorie Howell. Harry Steinhou- er was master of ceremonies and led the lgroup singing. t. "Rev. Herbert E, Frankf ort spoke briefly. The following attended: Mrs. Edward O. Griffith, Mrs: W. E. PRIMARY ON MAY 17 IS FIRST, EVENT ON ELECTION CALENDAR A calendar of election events in 1938 follows: First Day for Signatures on Nomina- tion Petitions February 26 Last Day to File Nomination Peti- tions ... March 28 ' Last Day for Withdrawals, April 2 / Last Day to File Objections esuneieteiustissednsutisacaisieteshysinss errant April 2 Last Day to Register before Pri April 16 Removal No- April 18 Last Day to File Nominating Pa- April 27 Last Day to Object to Nomina- tion Papers May 2 Spring Primary May 17 Last Day to File Primary Expense Accounts Last Day to Withdraw \ | September 6 © Last Day to Register before Elec- i ‘October 8 November 8 Expense Ac December 8 Last Day to File Last Day to File counts Pre To Adopt Definite Program Kiwanians And Rotarians To "Have General Meeting Shortly Encouraged by the unanimous support given so far to the plans of Mt. Green- wood Kiwanis Club and Greater Dallas | Rotary Club for a Community Council, | leaders in the movement.are ‘making ar-| rangements for a meeting early in March to adopt a definite program. A number of committees appointed bv. eral weeks ago have been investigating | various avenues of civic development and their reports are nearing completion. As the reports are finished they will be pre- sented to the public through The Post. Attorney Peter Jurchak, one of the lead- ers in the movement, said yesterday he has been greatly encouraged by the re- action of people in Dallas, Dallas Town- ship, and Kingston Township. So far, he | Batey, Mrs. Isabel Santiago, Lillian Rood, ey Oliver, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Charles | | Drs and daughter, Ruth, Mrs. Mae | { Ash, Mrs. Ralph Franklin, Mrs. Kenneth | P| Inman, Marjorie J. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Ness and daughters, Nancy, Ruth |and Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hontz and daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Paul | |E. Spahn, Mrs. James J. Morrissey, Mrs. | M. J. Borthwick, Mrs. Charles Gosart, {Kathryn Finnen, Mrs. W. M. Porter, Mrs. | | Sherman Schooley, Mr. and Mrs. Milton | Keeler, Mrs. Louise Sharp, Mrs. Edith | Hoffman and daughters, Meta ‘and Mary | Ann, Mrs. Charles, Warren, Mrs. Willard, |Lozo, Mrs. Byron Kitchen, Mrs. John Eck, | Mrs. Katherine Malkemes and daughters, Louise and Shirley. Mr. and Mrs. William Dierolf, Mr. and { Mrs. Fred Kromelbein, Mr. and Mrs. L. |E. Cottle and son, John, Mrs. Lida Mec | Luskie, Mr. and Mrs. J .P. Howell, Mr. |and Mrs. M. J. Girton, Miss Ann Leahey, | Mrs. K. G. Laycock, Marlaine Laycock, ‘Mrs. Wayne Graybill, William Paul Stein- hauer, William PF. Steinhauer, Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- bur Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Bartho- omew, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kromelbein, Mrs. John Garrahan, Mrs. Anna L. Kant ner and daughter, Ruth, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Steinhauer, Miss Beverly Stein- hauer. ; Miss Edna Steinhauer, Miss Emily Steinhauer, Mrs. John Howard, Mrs. Earl J. Atherholt and son; Earl, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Morris King, Valerio Hunt, Walter Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gerlach, Mr. and Mrs. James Harfman, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Wintle,« Regina McAndrew, Mrs. L. Kenneth Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. Har- ry Steinhauer, Miss Bernice Lozo, Mrs. Gladys Thompson, Mary King, Ruth Ad- ler, Laura Adler, Nancy and Jane Bevan, Jane Hutchison and Rev. Mr. Frankfort. Famed Legion Band To Be Here March 8 Daddow-Isaacs Post Will Sponsor Concert Appearance Recognized widely as one of the out standing American Legion Bands in the country, the band of John Stark Post of Greater Pittston will play a concert in Dallas Township High School auditorium on Tuesday night, March 8, under the auspices of Daddow-Isaacs Post, American Legion, of Dallas. The band has been in existence for nearly twenty years and includes among its members some of the finest instrumen- talists in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Dr. R. M. Bierly is the: director. The band has travelled extensively throughout the { Bast and has broadcast over a number of |city stations. At the American Legion convention in 1937 it broadcast on a coast-to-coast hook-up. Howard Cosgrove, Sr., Cosgrove’s Bakery, plays a bass band and his son, Howard, Jr. baritone. Paul Shaver, commander of Daddow- Isaacs Post, promises an excellent program proprietor of in the plays a said, the only division of opinion has been | {on the exact methods to be used to {plish the end. Everyone seems anxious to co-operate toward the attainment of these jends, / A’ brief meeting was held on Wednes- | day night, and it was proposed that a larger meeting be scheduled for early in March, probably at the country club. At that, meeting, prominent civic and busi iness leaders will again be invited to sit in jon the planning. fFccnm- Leadership School! Begins February 28 Sunday school workers from this section are invited to attend the Inter-denomina- tional Leadership Training school to be held at First: M. E. Church, Wilkes-Bar- re, beginning Monday night, February 28, and continuing every Monday to April 4. Several courses under competent inst ructors will be given. Information con- cerning the course can be received by com- municating with Miss Helen. A. Thomp- son, dean, or Thomas Jones, registrar, phone 3-2912. Puppy Bred Here Wins Top Honors Mrs. Cottle’s Six Penny Bit Places High At New York Show { Six Penny Bit of Fenbor, a oor oF Me Margaret McL, Cottle’s Corinthian Cyr- press, won first prize in the specialty show. for wire-haired fox terriers which preceded the big Westminster dog show and placed third in a puppy class of eleven at West- minster last week. Six Penny Bit was bred here but is owned now by Robert Neff of Montclair, N. J. He was sired by Champion Sports man of Wildoake out of Corinthian Cyp- ress and is nine months old. Mrs. Cot- tle has her Merricourt Renndls at Shaver- town. Democrats Discuss Election Activities : The Democratic Club met Tuesday at the home of Scott Van Horn and heard short talks on plans for the coming cam- paign. A resolution to organize a per- manent club was drawn up and adopted. Present were John Frantz, president, Mr. and Mrs. Scott’ Van Horn, Eleanor Mach- ell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallo, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Polacky, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Randall, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mead and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michel. Healey To Address Men’s Brotherhood County Prison will address members of the Brotherhood of St. Paul's Lutheran Church on Monday night, February 28, at 8. His subject will be “How The Warden William B. Healey of Luzerne | Three More Men Taken In Drive Brings Recovered Loot To $1,000 \ Three men are beginning jail sentences and three more are locked up. awaiting | week in an effort to s@lve scores of petty crimes which have been tompmitted during the last few months. About 31,0004 goods stolen from local people hds been recovered. The second police raid of the ol was on Wednesday when a Kingston owns ship father and his two sons were arrest ed after about $500 worth of loot had" been discovered in their garage. Although |the names were withheld for a time, pend- are Frank Hilstolski and his sons, ley, 19, and Henry, 18. They will probably be #rraigned today, tharged with stealing Accessories from the garages of Nicholas, Cave, Ross Le win and Fred Honeywell ™m-Ballac—s John Wilson, Jackson Township, Mary R. | Berlew, Franklin Township. robberies took place last week. The men were arrested at their home jon a Wyoming R. D. route in Kingston Township. One of the brothers was ap- | prehended first and police laid in wait at the home until the father and other bro ther returned. 4 Ernest Wilson, 45, East Dallas, and hiv brothers-in-law, John and Barney Eydzin- {sky, were arrested Saturday and sentenced in the eounty jail. = After the raid on | Wilson's h worth of ‘stolen property to its owners. For months police have been trying to line and accessories from automobiles in near the moving picture theatre the high school. week solved most of the thefts. Working with Chief of Police Leonard or vates Arthur Jones, Frank Supudar, Stans- lice. | |Lozo Heads Quoit League Meeting Is Sure ; Omen That Spring Is Near / season in a few months, representatives of teams in the Rural Quoit League met re- possibility of forming an eight-club cir cuit this year. Willard Lozo of Shavertows was - elec- ted president of the League. ‘Other offi- cers named are: Howard Schenck of Ox- Bow, vice-president; Stanley Davis, of Shavertown, secretary; Harvey's Lake, treasurer; L. T. Schwartz, Shavertown, publicity. from each of the six clubs was appointed to try to enlist two more teams in the lea- gue. The committee has as members Ig- gy Kozemchak, Oliver Phebey, Hale Gar. | ey, Willard Lozo, Elwood Stevens, Irvin Davis and Stanley Davis. i THE LOW DOWN from HICKORY GROVE — It seems like we just naturally crave to be bamboozled. You go any place, like at a circus or a fair where some nimble stranger has 3 shells and one pea, and there is a crowd around him. And we bet the gentle man we know which shell the pea is under—and we go home without our shirt. But if a feller you know and have known before has a bank, and he asks folks to put their money there for safe keeping and interest it is not exciting enough. A person with some’ common sense idea about business don’t get to first base with his ideas. He don’t even get up to bat. He is an old fogey, and we don’t want him around. But if some duck comes along with something cracked, but new, and he says, boys, I have here what the country needs, we give him 3 cheers. And the gent pulls out a vial-—a new elixir—that will cure everything. It sounds great. So he shakes up his bottle and an- noints us, and lo and behold—ijust the same old medicine—and we mos- ey home again, half naked. Average Citizen Can Prevent Crime In His Community.” in connection with the concert. held in the basement of the church. The meeting will be | Yours with the low down, JO SERRA CRIME WAVE CHECKED ome police returned about $400 local garages or parked on borough streets O’Kane and Constables Curtis and Melvin Anderson of Dallas Township were Pri 1 \ To Curh Thefts Second Police Raid Of Week investigation in the , vicinity of Dallas this * Nh 3 ling identification of the goods, Wyoming (Barracks announced last night the men Stan. Harris, Franklin Township, and George The Dallas Monday to serve from one to two years catch petty thieves who have stolen gasor ‘The wholesale round up this ~~ field and Banghatt of the State Motor Po- A Tossers For 1938 \ Looking ahead to the opening Often cently, elected officers and discussed the | Elwood Stevens, A committee made up of one member /