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AGAIN ~~ EATING ALL OUR ¥
VEGETABLES !/
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PND THEY STAY OUT, 100.
FOUR TIMES A CANDIDATE, JAMES
HAS BEEN VICTORIOUS EVERY TIME
GOT GREATEST MAJORITY IN COUNTY'S HISTORY
(This is the concluding installment; of the biography of Arthur H. James)
Once he was settled down in his new law office in Plymouth Arthur H.
James began another battle—for recognition in his profession.
It was slow going, but persistence won. Scattered clients came, and his
reputation grew with each case he handled. His fame as an orator spread,
and people said he had a canny insight into the mysteries of the law.
Word of mouth advertising brought
more clients, and in a short time he °
opened another office in Wilkes-Barre.
There he continued in practise until | some extent for its rigors by endowing |
1919, when he was elected! for his first) him with rugged strength. Even in
term as District Attorney of Luzerne later after he
County. :
In 1912, James married Ada Morris,
his childhood sweetheart, from nearby!
Sugar Notch.
years,
he indulged whenever
A bag
dating
were discovered a few
John B. Fassett of Tunkhannock in an
old safe which had been owned by his
father, who died fifty
vouth compensated Judge James Lo [years ago.
Undisturbed for
which was tucked in a pigeon-hole so
Fassett had never seen it be-
| work with his hands, his aetive na- |fore, contained Spanish, Mexican, Bo-
German and two U. S.
had ceased to|that Mr.
ture demanded vigorous exercise, and |livian, French,
possible in his | coins.
Tunkhannock Man
Finds Old Coins
——
Oldest Was Minted In 1735;
Foreign Money Is
Included
back
Alvah Fassett,
years, th
e ‘bag,
The United States coins were
In 1915 twins were born! hobbies of swimming, rowing and fish- | dollars dated 1798 and 1799. O
to increase their happiness, a boy and ing. No matter whether at home or|eign piece was dated 1735.
to increase their happiness, a boy and| away in connection with his duties on
a girl. The boy died, but the girl, Dor- | the bench, he rarely misses a four-mile | ally
She now helps keep hike before breakfast. He says he finds | were among the earliest sett
that quite the best time to assemble | Northeastern Pennsylvania. His
father,
Fassett homestead at
othy, survives. :
house for her father. In 1918 another]
son, Arthur H., Jr., was born. He is a|his thoughts for the day’s work.
student at Wyoming Seminary. |
It is believed they
to Mr.
His main non-athletic hobby is sing- | old
belonged
Fassett’s ancestor
Asa Stevens, who
ne for-
origin-
s, who
lers in
grand-
owned the
Scottsville,
With his election to his first office|ing. When he is in his Wilkes-Barre| Windham Township, was (killed in, the
of major importance, James’ rise was | office,
steady. He achieved state-wide reco- | Building, every tenant on the ninth
in the Miners National Bank | Wyoming massacre.
| It was on Mr.
nition for his conduct of the Luzerne | floor can hear him, each noonday, join | Timothy Pickering was taken when he |
Stevens’
County District Attorney’s office. He in with the chimes of a nearby church |was captured at Wilkes-Barre
farm that
in an
Beaumont
Beaumont Victor
In Track Events
The Wyoming County track meet
of old coins—some of them was held on Wednesday, May 4, with
more than 200 years—|eleven events scheduled. Beaumont
weeks ago by | captured six first places, one second
and one third. The track team has
as members Jack Wall, Tom Gavek,
Herbert Goodwin, Ralph Taylor, Clara
Blizzard, Margaret Phelps, Eunice Pat-
ton and Elizabeth Stevio.
Beaumont In Lead
At Half-Way Mark
The Nort league Baseball} season
ended its first half last wedk with
Beaumont still out in front and™unde-
feated. Beaumont has defeated Lacey-
ville, 6-1 and 12-3; Factoryville, 6-5:
Noxen, 5-4, and Mehoopany, 4-2. Beau-
mont’s only setbacks came in its pre-
season games with Dallas Township
which it lost, 3-0 and 2-1.
effort to have him concede to the de-
mands of the Yankees, who were
fighting the Pennamites at that time.
40th COMMENCEMENT
The fortieth annual commencement
I ownship will be held in
6 at Tunkhannock High School. They | the high school on May 26. After the
are Agnes Clark, Betty Transue and [presentation of the diplomas, the alum-
Rachael Downs. The school cer tainly n banquet will be held The
would feel proud if one of the three | home economics class will have charge
came through. It would mean much | of catering, under
TAKE TESTS |
|
Monroe
Three
took the State Senatorial tests on May | of Monroe T
Township Seniors |
the supervision of
more than an athletic event. Much|Miss Edith Gans and Miss Mildred
could be said for the girls for they are | Titus of the part-time vocational ser-
truly three worthy students, hard-|vice of Pennsylvania State College.
working and co-onerative, |
: IReasaasaaaasm all a +
Pennsylvania’s great canal system |
of the past century had its real begin- |
ning at a great meeting in Harrisburg
October 20, 1789. i
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SOLD
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Lacey's
Flower Shop
will be open before Decora
tion Day in Meeker’s Build-
# ing in Noxen for the benefit
MRS. RUTH BERTRAM tof Back Mountain folk who
Mt. Airy Road, Shavertown J b
Phone 107-R-11 wish to buy
MISS RUTH BERTRAM
announces
A Dress and Apron Style Show
MAY 11 to 20
You are cordially invited to attend
of 1938 models in day-
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a showing
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time frocks and aprons.
your friends will enjoy seeing it.
No Obligation To Buy
A Valuable Prize Will Be Given
lowers.
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was known as a vigorous prosecutor, ! and sing the hymns. His love for |
vet a just one, who always placed hu- | music is a heritage from his Welsh |
man rights over personal aggrandize- ancestors. |
ment. | A keen sense of humor and a pleas-
His uniform success in the first term |ant good-fellowship have made him |
led to a demand for his candidacy for one of the most beloved men in the |
a second. He consented, and despite| community in which he has lived all |
a bitter fight he was returned to office | his life.
by the greatest majority ever recor ded! For eleven years Judge James has|
at the polls of the county. served as a member of the Republican |
State Committee, as well as being dis- |
| trict chairman of the Luzerne County
| Republican Committee. He is one of |
resigned to take the office of Lieuten- the Board of Incorporators of Dickin- |
ant-Governor, to which he was elected | Son Law School, and was first presi- |
in 1926 by a majority of 760,000 votes | dent of the Plymouth Kiwanis Club. |
He had served three years of the]
second term with the same distinction
which had marked the first when he|
He presided at the bienniel sessions He is a former borough solicitor of |
of the State Senate in 1927 and 1929. | Flymouth.
| Judge, James lives with his two
Once more in 1932 his name was |
placed before the voters, and once more
they welcomed the opportunity to send
him into a still higher office when they
elected him to the Superior Court for |
a ten-year term.
children and his mother-in-law in a|
shady side street in Plymouth, almost
| within sight of the towering black |
| Nottingham colliery where he earned |
i his first dollar and started his career.
i He still attends the same church, the
In his political career, Judge James | piymouth Methodist Espiscopal, to
never has been defeated for elective | which he went as a child, and is a
office. | member of its Board of Trustees. He |
Tragedy marred Judge Arthur James’ | rarely misses a Sunday there when in
triumphs at their. peak. In 1935 Mrs. | Plymouth.
James, who had been constantly at his!
side during his various compaigns, died | =
suddenly at Plymouth, a few minutes 38
after talking over the ‘phone to her
husband in Harrisburg. - The jurist was |
then faced with the grave problem of |
being both father and mother to his |
children. His mother-in-law, Mrs. |
Grace Morris, helped take charge of his |
household and still is the hostess there. |
Hard manual labor in boyhood ana’
FARM FOR SALE !
50-acre farm at Lehman; cheap if
sold at once. Apply B. W. Ber-
tram, Shavertown. Phone 107R11.
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STOP giving Labor
PRIMARY,
Only a fighter and a winner can toss
the political plunderers and blunderers
out of Harrisburg.
Only a man who knows hardship him-
self can have real sympathy and under-
standing for the overtaxed, the
underprivileged and the oppressed.
Only a man who sincerely wants to
help people caa rid this state of Wash-
ington domination and crackpotideas.
James is the onlyREAL Republican run-
ning for the nomination for Governor.
Take all the others—individually and
collectively—the other ‘Republican’—
or the flock of Democrats—they’re all
tarred and feathered withNewDealism.
Throughout the state there is a gigan-
tic, spontaneous swing to James—the
Republicans Vote
JAM
MAY 17 -
ARTHUR H.
JAMES FOR GOVERNOR
REAL Republican.
Never have liberal-minded Republi-
cans had a better chance to crush New
Dealism — elect a Republican gove
ernor. Don’t muff this chance. ss
don’t toss it away !
Vote for James for governor ia
the primaries and WIN with a Repub-
lican in November.
for
§ for GOVERNOR
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY STATE COMMITTER
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