Thrilling And Educational, “The History Of Luzerne Coun- ty,” Which Appears Each Week On Page 6, Makes Worth-While Reading For Young And Old. Start It Today! More Than A Newspaper. A Community Institution Post Classified Ads Have A Reputation For Results. Perhaps You Can Profit By Using One. Send Your Copy And Cash Or Stamps (2c A Word) In For Next Week! ; THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1938 POST SCRIPTS LINCOLN ENGLAND 1. Vol, 48 0} OUO I O EE ERE ERENT EER RRR EARNERS RARE = AER RE RSET We have kept our international mail out of this column for some time but this week the postman brought a letter from Lincoln, England, which deserves a bigger audience than one. It is from Geoffrey W. Serth of the Lincolnshire Chronicle. Jeff, who is one of the five British and one Australian newspapermen who carry on a correspon: dence with this department, has made Post Scripts before and we know from the res: ponse we got when we introduced him that this latest epistle will make more American friends for him. It is noteworthy that he begins his let- ter by talking of war. “Over here,” he rites, “you can find reference to war and the European situa. tion in almost every daily paper you pick up. The main topics of conversation are, as usual, football and cricket, racing and the football pools Thinking that you would be interested, I have kept a careful note of the number of times that the dan- vate conversations with me during the past fortnight or so. I have broached the subject myself several times but only twice has it been brought up by some one else. You can see, therefore, that it is not the subject that is uppermost in everyone's mind. “A. R. P. (Air Raids Precautions) are the subject of fairly frequent lectures and it has been announced, fairly frequently, that everybody is to be supplied with a gas mask, that buckets of sand and shov- els must be in every house in case of fire; but nothing has been done in Lincoln- shire in this connection. Only the other day I was chatting to the organizing A. R ~ P. Officer for Lincoln and he referred to the utter lack of enthusiasm and interest being shown by the people. i “Under Mr. Hore Belisha—the man + who was go ahead enough when Minister ‘of Transport to revolutionize our traffic system—the Army is being brought up to date. Conditions have been improved, te been taken to make promo- tion from the ranks much easier, almost all the aged heads of the Army have re- tired and, altogether, the Forces are be- ing vastly improved. The Air Force was, of course, tip top before (don’t believe all those stories about lack of machines and poor quality ones at that). The re cent flight of a standard R. A. F. mach- ine from Edinburgh to London at 409 miles an hour (think of getting from one end of your country to the other in about three quarters of an hour!) shows that the ’planes are not too bad. “1 read that America is laying down the keels of a few new warships. Do tell me about them. Principally, I admit, ow- ing to armament work there is not mucn unemployment in this country. It is, 1 suppose, inevitable that there will always be some people out of work, a proportion of whom are unemployable but the total now is more or less wieldy. There are “distressed areas” which are suffering badly, but in Lincoln for instance the to- tal is 2,000 men out of a total popula- tion (men, women and children) of a- - bout 66,000. In Southorpe, 30 miles out of Lincoln, where the principal industry is the manufacture of iron and steel, un- employment is negligible and wages rule high. “The price of most manufactured artis cles containing metal has risen enormous. ly as the producers find it impossible te buy iron and steel at reasonable prices, and, when they do find a firm ready to take their orders, they have to wait a long time before receiving the metal. “It is probable that when the Govern. ment has finished its expenditure on ar- maments we shall see an improvement made in the roads of the country. Already the Government is making substantial grants to county councils to help them in making new roads and improving old ones. - But when they start their new scheme I shall look for improvements on a much bigger scale. One thing we very badly need is a uniformity in width and colour of our trunk roads. Many roads are tarmacadamed with a black finish that is terrible to drive on at night. There is terial that will reflect instead of absorb- ing the headlights of cars. “One of the latest Government drives to interest the people over here was the Keep Fit Campaign. In some parts of the country it has gone down well. In Lin- coln no one is really interested. Volun- tary instructors have received special train- ing in conducting physical culture classes and know how to make their classes in- teresting but at the recent class there were less than a dozen men present—from a city of 66,000! The real fact is, I sup- ° pose, that those people who are interested in sport and athletics are already devoting all the spare time they can afford, and a bit more, to their sport. Those who aren’t interested are jolly well not going to be. Added to that is the fact that the people don’t like the idea of doing anything in the nature of Government-ordered physi- cal jerks. The cost of attending these tlasses is, I believe, 2d a week, yet lots (Continued on Page 8) ger of war has been introduced into pri-| every probability now that all new roads | will be dressed with a light coloured ma- | THEY'LL CARRY DEMOCRATIC STANDARD GOV. GEORGE H. EARLE For U. S. Senator "DR. LEO C. MUNDY For Lieutenant-Governor CHARLES ALVIN JONES For Governor THOMAS A. LOGUE For Secretary of Internal Affairs Selected by the State Democratic committee, these four men will seek Democratic nominations in the May primaries. ' Luzerne County men seeking a major Dr. Mundy is one of three state office this year. Judge James of Plymouth is a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor and this week Thomas P. Kennedy of Hazleton, secretary-treasurer of the United Mine Workers, announced he will be mocratic nomination for Governor. an independent candidate for the De- He will have the support of John L. Lewis, powerful CIO leader, who opposed the state committee’s slating of James. a ——————— ROTARY AND KIWANIS WILL MEET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS PROGRAM Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club and Dallas Rotary Club will have a joint meeting at Hillside Inn on Wednes- day night, March 23, to discuss fur- ther plans for the proposed Commun- ity Council, Various ‘committees have been in- vestigating various suggested civic im- provements and are beginning to make their reports to the joint com- mittee from the two civic clubs in vestigating the plan. Reports of - those committees will be printed in The Post in the near future. Dickey Will Talk To Potato Growers Meetings To Be Held Next ~ Week At Lehman And Carverton Four meetings of interest to potato growers and general farmers will be held in Luzerne County next week under aus- pices of Luzerne County Agricultural Ex- tension Association. John R. Dickey, who is in charge of the Crops Extension Department of Penn- sylvania State College, will address the meetings on potato growing, lime, legum- es and general crops. Mr. Dickey is con- sidered an authority on farm crops. Any grower is welcome to attend. The schedule of meetings: Tuesday, 1:30 p. m., Carverton Grange Hall; 8 p. m,, Huntington Mills High School; Wed- nesday, 1:30 p. m., Lehman M. E. Church; 8 p. m., Junior Mechanics Hall, Sugarloaf Township. Dallas Girls Win Basketball Title Defeat Kingston Township In Post-Season Game, 18t0 9 / ; [ oo Coach Mary Elizabeth Morgén's crack girls basketball team from Dallas Borough High School clinched the Back Mountain championship in a post-season game with Kingston Township girls on Tuesday nite at the Dallas Township gymnasium. The game, which ended 18 to 9 in the champions’ favor, was necessary to break a tie for first place between Dallas | Borough and Kingston Township. Dallas | took an early lead in the game and held it until the end. For the last seven years Lehman High School girls have been Back Mouhtain champions but this year that team finish. ed the season in a last-place tie with Lake- ton. Dallas Borough lost only one game during the season. crmmom—— GE Grn Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Huff, Shavertown, who has been ill, is ‘much improved. She celebrated her 84th birthday on Monday. Her husband, C. D. Huff, is seriously ill. Lent Adjusts Eyes To Divine Reality Prepares Man For Trium- phant Note Of Easter Morn, May Believes This is the second of a series of articles on Lent being written espee: ially for The Post by local clergy- men. Next week Rev. Guy A. Lein- thall of Alderson will be the guest contributor. It is hoped that these sermonettes will bring about a finer appreciation of Lent among all de- nominations. Ok a ' By REV. RUSSELL J. MAY # Pastor, Shavertown M. E. Church * Man has always been a two-world crea- ture. In his best moments he has in- stinctively known that life consists of more than food and raiment. Since long before the ancient Psalmist said, ‘‘Be still and know,” mankind has felt the inner urge of the soul upward. In our modern day of proud sophistica- tion it may be the popular thing to place a question mark before everything that appears to be religious, but the person who thinks, knows that life without de- pendence upon a higher Power is a pret ty sordid and discouraging experience. The Lenten season gives us a definite time before Easter during which we may readjust the focus of our eyes from the near things of ordinary human experien- ce- until the glorious background of Di- vine reality appears. True faith is like the colors of a gorgeous sunrise, the deli cate tint of a rose, the stirring harmon. ies of a symphony or the security and love which turn a house into a home. A person may ‘exist without any of these but he cannot live victoriously. If God lives and loves, as Easter as- sures us, then life cannot be the same. The greatest thing that could ever hap- pen to any individual would be the com- ing of a soul stirring certainty that Je- sus lives! If he does then we shall live also. If he does not then nothing else matters. The testimony of the Ages gathers together in the triumphant hymns of Easter to assure us that he does. “Be still and know. — te SCOUT HONORED Francis J. Pierce will receive the Gol den RBaglet Award of the Girl Scouts tonight at 7:30 at a ceremony at Shaver- town M. E. Church. Traction Company And Wilke a as filed Wilkes-Barre Rai . Pennsylvania an application with the Utility Commission requesting permission to abandon its street car service between Wilkes-Barre and Dallas. At the same time an affiliated company, Wyoming Valley Autobus Corp., has asked for a Certificate of Public Conveyance to estab- lish bus lines in place of the trolleys. There will be a hearing on the petit ions before the Commission in Lackawa- nna Court House at Scranton on Friday. February 25, according to notification re- ceived by Dallas Borough Council this week. . Council met in special session on Wednesday night to discuss the proposed change. The move to substitute buses for the street cars here is an outgrowth of plans for the Luzerne by-pass. Part of that highway will follow the traction com- To Abandon Street Car Lines Subsidiary Applies To State Commission At Same Time For Permission Tg Establish Bus Line Between Dallas arre; By-Pass Takes Right-Of-Way ei eri pany’s right-of-way into Luzerne Bor | Asks Right - A ough. Late last year negotiations for the purchase of the right-of-way were con- cluded and plans were started to begin the by-pass this spring. ; The company’s decision to change is probably influenced further by discussion of a proposed superchighway between Wyoming Valley and Dallas which would utilize parts of the traction company’s right-of-way between Mt. Greenwood and Dallas. : : , Some’ years ago Dallas Council agreed to permit the traction company to use buses through Dallas on occasions when street cars were unsuitable. The street car service between Dallas and Harvey's Lake was abandoned several years ago and buses connect the two points. If the Public Utility Commission will grant the requests it is probable that the | change to buses will be made within the next few months. Dallas Township People Want Cop Petition Court After Series Of Thefts Show Need For Prgtection Fo More than tyfenty five property own. of Dallas Township, which has time, police {officer, peti the court this week to al the appointment of a policeman in the township. A series of thefts in recent months motivated the request. Kurt Anderson, who is constable in the township, did excellent work in helping to round up thieves responsible for the burglaries recently but he does not re ceive a salary which would warrant his full time on police work. Attorney Peter Jurchak represented the petitioners and Judge John J. Aponick fixed a date in April as the time for a hearing. Most of the names on the peti- tion were of people in the lower end of the township. —— Board Considers Building Program Dallas Directors Will Meet With Architect Next Monday Night on the Dallas High Scheol building with a matching addition, such as was provid. ed for when the building was constructed in 1928, was discussed by school direc tors at their meeting on Wednesday night. L. V, Lacey, who prepared plans for a new annex several years ago, was ask- ed to meet with the board next Monday night to consider the proposition further. Finances of the board are in such shape now that the plan for enlarging the high school, to meet future needs, is entirely possible. The directors continued revision of fire insurance schedules, dropping two poli cies, one for $3,000 with Stanley Doll and one for $3,500 with James Robinson. Policies for $3,500 with George Gaertner and $3,500 with William Niemeyer were renewed, the latter for three years. Warr dan Kunkle received two policies, one for $3,000 and one for $3,500. A discouraging report of tax returns was submitted, showing continued failure of taxpayers to respond to the urgent re- quest for prompt payments. The board authorized the secretary to apply to the State again this year for emergency aid which is being granted to school districts. Rev. Howard’s Wife Undergoes Operation Mrs. John Howard, wife of the pastor of the Free Methodist Churches of Dal- las ‘and Trucksville, underwent an opera- tion for mastoid in General Hospital on Wednesday night. The operation was successful and reports from the hospital indicate her condition is favorable. EQUINE ARISTOCRATS TO COMPETE IN KIWANIANS’ SHOW NEXT MONTH Interest in the horse show to be spon- | sored by Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club | vents scheduled. The show will begin on at 109th F. A. Armory, Kingston, on ponies will compete in the variety of e- Saturday evening, April 23, and will con. April 23 and 24, was spreading swiftly | tinue on Sunday afternoon, April 24. this week, practically assuring success of the ambitious venture for the local civic club. Scores of entries from outstanding owners are being received almost: daily, attracted by the $500 worth of prizes | Hunt and the Kiwanians have announced. ers, jumpers, gaited saddle ‘horses “A special feature will be the Horse Show Charity Ball in the 109th F. A. { drillshed on Saturday night, after the e- vents. Tommy Donlin’s orchestra will | play for dancing. The affair will probably be the most ambitious horse" :show ever attempted in this section. Ne ~ A plan to replace the wooden annex | | not exist under our Constitution and our | Court Kills Act To Change Lines Dallas Back In Old Sixth District For Fall Election rt “What gave promise. of being this sec- tion's most exciting election in years col- lapsed this week with abolishment of the new Seventh Legislative District, a “‘ger- rymander” created by the Reapportion- ment Act of 1937 which the Dauphin County Court declared unconstitutional last Friday, The decision, anticipated in last week's Post, puts Dallas back in the old Sixth Legislative District, with Courtdale,