Should A Wife Consider Her Husband’s Career Before Her Own Happiness? Lynn Conway Thought Not, Until—. Read “The First 100 Years” On Page Two. More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution lS POST Good By, Broadway, Greetings, Broad Street! Edna Blez Brings You News of Pennsylvania's Big- gest City Each Week On The Post's Editorial Section, Page Six. Vol. 48 THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1938 No. 15 ray POST SCRIPTS WEATHER SHAME ZEPHYR PROTOPLASM NEPTUNE We "have never been as disgusted with the weather as we were last week. It waited until we had our spring col- umn in type and then, with a fine display of indifference toward our rep- utation, it unleashed the worst snow- storm of the season. There we were, in a driving snowstorm, babbling about Spring. Fact of the matter was we wrote last week’s column three weeks ago but had to hold it out of the paper at the last minute for lack of space. Then we tried to sneak it in last week's paper, and the snowstorm caught us. Everything happens to us. Watch for our big winter column next July. —_—C— Judge Arthur James has consist- ently refused to reveal publicly his fraternal affiliations because he does not believe a man should attempt to capitalize on purely social relationships but there is one club in which he not only admits membership but about which he will talk for hours if given a chance., It is the Zephyr Club, which is probably one of the most exclusive organizations in the state. It was or- ganized about forty years ago, in a rickety barn behind the home of the James family to further the cause of temperance. After the first couple of meetings temperance was dropped in favor of boxing and from boxing it drifted to other concerns as its mem- bers grew older. The nine youngsters who founded it are all still alive. Elev- en more members were admitted, all miners or small business men, but the club hasn’t taken in a new member in the last tyenty-five years. The club has no meetings, no dues, no club- house, but occasionally the Zephyrites get together to talk over old times. The other night they recalled a lazy afternoon when they gathered in the barn and the talk turned to what each member hoped to be in later life. One wanted to be a policeman. Another dreamed of operating the Plymouth street car. The freckle-faced, red- haired kid they called “Art” said he] was going away to law school to study | and become a lawyer and his fellow- Zephyrites gasped. None of the boys had ever been away from Plymouth overnight. But the kid managed it somehow and it became one of the club rituals to see him off on the train to Carlisle and to meet him upon his re- turn. They saw him become a lawyer, then district attorney and later a judge of the Superior Court. They're laying odds now they’ll see their fellow Zeph- yrite in the Capitol at Harrisburg, come November, and there are even those who bring up the matter of the White House upon occasion. Who knows? ye We are indebted to Charles Eipper, who is as philosophic as his hard-hit- ting brother, Chris, is pugnacious, for the following bit of thoughtful dog- gerel: Said the scientist to the protoplasm, 'Twixt you and me there’s a mighty chasm. We represent the extremes, my friend; You're the beginning, I'm the end. To which the protoplasm said in re- ply, E As he winked his embryonic eye, Well, since I've seen you, old man, I'm rather sorry that I began. ne Because we reported her uncle, Wil- liam Thomas's visit to Singapore aboard the S. S. Trenton in February. at the height of the Anglo-Japanese crisis, Miss Betty Niemeyer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Niemeyer, thought we might be interested in some seafaring mementoes she received from her uncle this week, and we were. Mr. Thomas, to refresh your memory, was among the American sailors who steamed into the British Empire's Asi- atic stronghold in a friendly gesture which prompted reports of an English- American naval alliance. His greetings to. his niece throw no additional light on that international subject, but he did inclose a rather interesting mime- ographed magazine published by the sailors of the U. 8. S. Trenton, to cel-| ebrate their crossing the Equator. The saltiest bit of the magazine is its “Summons Extraordinary” from the High Court of Neptunus Rex, and addressed to the “ large and slimy cargo of landlubbers, swabs, hay-toss- ers, beach-combers, gardo rats, sea- lawyers,, lounge-lizards, parlor-dunni- gans, plow-deserters, park-bench war- mers, chicken-chasers, chit-signers, soda-inhalers, dance-hall engineers, four-flushers sand-crabs and other living creatures of the land, and last but not least, he-vamps and liberty hounds, falsely masquerading as sea- men.” This motley crew is ordered by King Neptune to appear before his court and to accept “with good grace the pains motion for his admission was made by Two Local School Districts To Get Money From Fund Trustees Prepare To Divide Income From Lands Set Aside Years Ago ELEVEN TO SHARE Two local school districts—Kings- ton Township and Franklin Town- ship—will receive gifts soon from the shrewd = Connecticut Yankees who made provisionsgmore than 150 years ago for the education of succeeding generations gf children. . began to settle this section it set aside land which was to be’ used to pro- vide income for the support of pub- lic worship and to maintain common schools. Some of the best land in the original Kingston Township, which once included most of the territory on the West Side of the Susquehanna between Edwardsville and Exeter, stretching west to the present county line, was put aside for that purpose. Intervening years brought many complications. For example, it was discovered that coal had been illegally mined under some of these lands and suits were instituted to recover. Final- ly, about six years ago, accumulated income totalling about $141,000 was distributed among the eleven school districts in communities which former- ly were in Kingston Township. At that time Kingston Township re- ceived $13,703.63. The installment to be paid from the present accumulation will, of course, be considerably less, but it will be a welcome help to Kings- ton Township, which has been under financial strain as a result of slow payment of taxes. Known as the Proprietors’ Fund of the Certified Township of Kingston, the trust income will be distributed as follows: Kingston Borough ......... 28.77% Pringle Borough .........i. 5.299, Courtdale Borough ........ 1.65% Luzerne Borough ..: ..... 11.46%, TOrtY Tort avis inaain'ss saan 13.63% | Swoyerville ". LLG. uLL 0.0 14.759, Wyoming Borough ........ 7.880% Kingston Township ....... 9 66% Fdwardsville ..... ... 00, 2.509, Franklin Township ........ 28% Townend Admitted To Higher Court Young Local Attorney Is! Recognized By State Supreme Court a’ Attorney Frank TeWwnend, son of Mrs. Mae Townend of Pioneer Avenue, Dallas, was admitted to practice be- fore the Supreme Court of Pennsyl- vania on Monday at Philadelphia. The Stanley W. Root. Mr. Townend is a graduate of And- over Academy, Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He was ad- mitted to Luzerne County bar on~Jan- vary 24 and is associated with At-| torney Neil Chrisman of Wilkes-Barre and has offices with Mr. Chrisman. Attorney Townend has opened an office also on the second floor of the Kitchen Building on Main Street, Dal- las, for the convenience of local per- sons who desire to consult with him evenings. Township Band In | Concert On April 29 band will appear in its first concert] on Friday, April 29, with 46 members. Mrs. Haley, music supervisor, directs the band. LEAGUE CHAMPIONS WILL BE HONORED AT PTA DINNER Members of Dallas Borough High School's In this picture are: First row, left to right; Mary Elizabeth Morgan, coach; Char- Mountain League. 1938 champion basketball team of the girls’ Back lotte Roberts, captain; Betty Niemeyer, manager. Second row, 1. to r.: Rhoda Thomas, Alberta Har- vey, Mary Ellen Templin, Patricia Klug, Dorothy Van Horn, Florence Miller. Third row: Stella, Misson, Alma Nelson, Louise Frantz, Audre O'Kane, Maydell Van Campen, Gertrude Kintz and Betty Him, assistant manager. WPA Beautifies Gutters But Leaves Holes In Road Alone Girls’ Champions To Be Honored Terrific Waste Of Energy, Morale And Money Evident On Borough’s Athletes; Guests Nearby Highways As Recession And Approaching Election Increase Number Of WPA Projects Citizens of this section were treat 4 corps of WPA workers beautifying gutters:and berms along a highway on which the pave is so badly in need of That example of hindside reasonin turvy sights which greeted Post investigators one day this week on a tour | of some nearby WPA road projects. There were WPA workers so thick® in spots they almost blocked the high-! ways, forcing traffic to slow down to a snail’s pace. In one place the yen were scattered far and wide through fields adjoining the road.[ On Another project only one man was rking— gathering pussy willows! At another the watchman had his flag stuck in a roadsign, while he reclined under it, indifferent to passing cars. Everywhere, authority was notable only by its absence. What men there were working seemed to be proceeding under the vaguest sort of a plan. The final picture was one of a dishearten- ing waste of energy and morale. Mounting relief rolls and the near- ness of a crucial election are reflected in the increasing number of WPA trucks which rumble through town morning and evening, five days a week, bound for the rural highways which criss-cross about Dallas. The spectacle of a flood of road) workers before an election is not new here. Long before WPA it was cus- tomary with the Republicans to hand out road jobs, on the assumption that gratitude would be expressed at the ballot-box when it was needed. But it is doubtful that, in its palmiest days, the Republican organization was guilty of such flagrant waste as confronts any traveller today. The road from the old Goss school house in Dallas Township to Demunds is in deplorable condition in spots. The entrance to it from the main high- way is rocky and pitted. At intervals along the road there are spots which are badly in need of repair. Yet this week several hundred WPA workers were scattered along beautifying the gutters. problem of repairing the road itself. Such incidents are not unusual in an era which has given Luzerne Coun- ty a national reputation as one of the (Continued on Page 8) Flight To Capitol Awaits it Winner In Essay Contest An invitation to local high school|es ef air transportation as it affects | pupils to compete in the nation-wide Air Mail Essay Contest was extended yesterday by Joseph Polacky, acting] postmaster at Dallas. The winner of the Pennsylvania con- test will be given an air trip to Wash- ington, D. C., where he or she will at- tend a dinner of all state winners at which the national awards will be an- nounced. Essays must not exceed 250 words. The subject must be “Wings Across America” and the essay should deal {Continued on Page 8) with the ideas, purposes and advantag- modern communication. Kssays must be postmarked not later than midnight, May 1, 1938, addressed to State Chair- man, National Air Mail Week Essay Contest, in carefof your le€¢al post- master. The basis of judging essays will be fifty per cent for originality, twenty- five per cent for continuity and con- struction and twenty-five per cent for spelling, punctuation and mneatness. Mr. Polacky can supply any additional information needed. that highway, | : Not ‘a thing | The Dallas Township High School} wag being done about the fundamental | ed this week to the ironic spectacle of repair iti: almost impassable in spots. | g was, however, only one of the topsy- | Analyzes Events Of Passion Week Sees Lord’s Resurrection As Moving, Dynamic Influence By REV. FRANCIS E. FREEMAN Pastor, Dallas M. E. Church There is no week of the year which arouses so much expression of relig- ious devotion as this, the Passion Week of our Lord. The events of this week stand out vividly in the minds of Christians: Sunday, the triumphant entry into Jerusalem; Monday, the cleansing of the temple; Tuesday, a series of four questions; Thursday, the Passover; | Friday, the Crucifixion, and Sunday, the Resurrection. One can fill in by his reading of the New Testament the minutia of the en- tire week. Christians have apparently chosen Palm Sunday as the beginning of their deeper devotions, as they have | chosen the Passover Supper (The Holy Communion), the Crucifixion and the Resurrection as the great symbols of their faith. Thus, to all Christians, the partaking of the Holy Communion, the meaning of the cross, and the | Hosannas of Easter form the source of! their constant inspiration. | Several Scripture references might be given for our thought now: The Holy Communion: “He said unto them, ‘With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before | I suffer; for I say unto you, I will | not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God’.” Luke 22: 15, 16. “And as they did eat, Jesus took bread and blessed and broke it ana gave to them, and said, ‘Take, eat, this is my body.” And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it | to them; and they all drank of it. And ‘he said to them, ‘This is my blood of | the new testament, which is shed for { many.” Mark 14: 22, 23, 24. | The Cross: “And when they were come to the place, which is called Cal- vary, there they crucified Him . Then said Jesus, ‘Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do?” Luke 23: 33, 34. “And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, “Father, into Thy hands IT command my spirit.” Luke 23: 46. | The Resurrection: “Woman, why weepest thou?” “Because they have taken away my Lord.” John 20: 13. Of PTA Affajr On April 29 The girls’ basketball team of Dal- las Borough High Schvol, #which wom | the Back Mountain championship last month, will receive the league trophy at a supper to be sponsored by Dallas Borough Parent-Teacher Association at the high school on Friday, April 29, at 6:30. Letters will be awarded to members of the girls’ championship team, the boys’ football team and the boys’ bas- ketball team. Mrs. Grace Xintz is general chairman of the affair, which will be sponsored by the PTA, in con- junction with parents of team mem- bers. H. I. Tennyson, chairman of the program, expects to have an outstand- ing speaker. James Forces Open Headquarters Here Office On Lake Street To Be Hub Of Campaign In Dallas Area A headquarters for the-James-For- Governor Campaign will be opened by a local committee in the building own- ed by James R. Oliver, formerly oc- cupied by Besecker’s garage, on Lake Street, Dallas, tomorrow. The office will be staffed by volun- teer workers, who will be on duty dur- ing day and in the evening. Any per- sons interested in contributing their time during the campaign are invited to communicate with Peter D. Clark, chairman of the local committee which is sponsoring the headquarters. The headquarters will distribute lit- erature, arrange meetings, speakers, and will be available for meetings in behalf of Judge James’ candidacy for the Republican nomina- tion for Governor of Pennsylvania. rs rr lp eR EASTER PROGRAM The Sunday School of Kunkle M. F. Church will hold its Easter program on Sunday morning at 10:30. provide | Flames Destroy 2 Summer Homes, Scorch A Third Lake Firemen On Job Early To Check Stubborn Fire LOSS ABOUT $10,000 Chief of Police Ira C. Stevenson of Harvey's Lake was making an in- vestigation yesterday in an effort to determine the cause of the fire which levelled one cottage, destroyed a sec- ond almost completely and scorched a third summer home badly about 6 Wednesday evening at Warden Place. The blaze began in the cottage of Isaac Fisher of Main Street, Ed- wardsville, which was completely de- stroyed, at an estimated loss of $2,- 200. It was reported the family had been cleaning and preparing the cot tage for the season and had left only about twenty minutes before the fire was discovered. The summer home of Mrs. Anna Yau- kesh, Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, was almost completely destroyed ana Chief Stevenson estimated that the damage would nearly.reach the total valuation of the“ place, about $5,000. The third cottage damaged was that of Mrs. Hannah Simkovicz Cantor, 473 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. Her home is valued at about $5,000 and | the damage was estimated at $2,000. The building was badly scorched. Daniel C. Roberts Fire Co. of Har- vey’s Lake was on the job quickly but the flames spread so rapidly in the Fisher home the firemen were able to do little more than protect other build- ings. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. of Dal- las also responded. Court Dismisses - Request For Cop Farrell Points To Evidence Of Majority Opposition To Proposal The petition requesting the appoint- ment of a full-time policeman for Dal- las Township was dismissed by Judge Thomas F. Farrell on Tuesday at the conclusion of a brief hearing. A. number of residents of the town- ship signed a petition several weeks ago asking the court to authorize ap- pointment of a salari¢d policeman for the township, basing [their request up- on the claim that there is.iffadequate protection at present. Immediately after the petition was filed a second, and larger, group of | township citizens met and circulated |a petition opposing the movement, and | charging that the subsequent neces- sary increase in the millage would be unfair to taxpayers. Attorney Peter Jurchak was counsel for the original petitioners and At- torney Patrick O’Connor and J. Q. Creveling represented the opposition. Curtis Anderson, Dallas Township constable and who was mentioned as the logical appointee for the full-time police job, was the first witness. He outlined his reasons for believing there should be better police protection In the township. John Anderson, township supervisor, who had signed the original petition, was also called by Attorney Jurchak and when asked if he thought there was a need for a full-time policeman he answered negatively, a change of mind which apparently influenced Judge Farrell’s action in dismissing the petition. Judge Farrell also called at- tention to the fact that the opposing petitions carried more names than those petitions requesting a policeman. es PTA POSTPONED The meeting of Dallas Borough Par- ent-Teacher Association scheduled or- iginally for next Monday. has been postponed to Monday, April 25, because of the Easter vacation. (Continued on Page 8) Borough Pupils Will Present Annual Exhibits On April 29 The annual exhibition of the work of pupils in Dallas Borough schools will be held on Friday, April 22, H. I. Tennyson, supervising principal, an- nounced yesterday. Conducted primarily to acquaint the public with the work being done at the school, the exhibit will open at 3:30 p. m. and visitors will be welcome un- | til 4:30. In the evening an operetta, “Tom Sawyer”, will be produced and the exhibit will re-open after the per- formance. i charged for the operetta. | All kinds of craft and art work will | be displayed, as well as products of classes if language, sciences, Mathe- | matics, writing, music and | physi on. Members of the | faculty are co-operating with Mr. Ten- | nyson in preparations. i The operetta, directed by Mrs. Louise Colwell and Miss Helen Anderson, will present Billy Blessing as Tom Sawyer, Betty Thatcher, Lucille Disque as A small admission will be Paul Klug as Huck Finn and Sylvia Lyons as Aunt Polly.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers