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THE DALLAS POST
More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution
~ Each Week On Its Editorial Page
The Post Endeavors To Interpret
The News As It Sees It. To
Understand Local Trends, Read
The Editorial Page Regularly.
Vol. 48
POST
SCRIPTS
MEMORIAM
PARALYSIS
BATTLE
PIONEERS
TOMORROW
There is no Kunkle news in The
Post this week, no word of folks who
‘attended the grange meeting at Beau-
mont or entertained their cousins from
Sweet Valley over the week-end. There
is no- Kunkle news, for Minnie Kunkle,
who - chronicled the doings of her
neighbors for so many years, died last
Saturday night.
This week there is no one from Kun-
kle to come in and sit across from
at our desk, as Minnie Kunkle didfso
often, recalling fine things in some
life that had just reached its end. Odd-
ly enough, Mrs. Kunkle seemed to re-
- member only the best things about
people, Perhaps that is why, now that
‘she has gone, we are impressed by the
consistent fineness of her own life.
We can scarcely believe that she will
not be in today or tomorrow, apologiz-
ing because she has missed her dead-
line. She worried when her items were
overdue. She never failed to ‘Phone us
if her column was to be late. Only an
editor knows how rare such consider-
ation is. And that was typical of Min-
nie Kunkle’s thoughtfulness.
She knew that readers were disap-
pointed when her items were missing.
Two weeks ago illness prevented her
from writing her column, but last week
we saw her coupe roll up and when we
went out there she was, tired and ill,
but with three sheets of Kunkle items.
It should not be difficult to understand
why we admired Mrs. Kunkle.
Her items were not the kind of
journalism which wins Pulitzer prizes,
but they did reflect, as nothing else
written does, the every-day life of a
typical American community. Each
week in British Columbia, in Panama,
and in Oregon home-sick subscribers
scanned her personals for names which
brought them home for a second.
Mrs, Kunkle was our oldest, our most
‘faithful and our most valuable corres-
_pondent. We would . be unworthy of the
long loyalty to this paper if we ne-
glected to recognize now the simple
creed of service and kindness which
she has bequeathed to all of us.
ee ;
Last Fall a wave of infantile par-
alysis swept across the mation, taking
nineteen lives in Chicago and alarming
: health authorities elsewhere. In Sep-
tember two cases were discovered in
Dallas and a shiver of panic ran
through the town. Schools were closed
quickly and for a week parents lived
in dread of an epidemic. Then the
frosts came and everyone breathed
. easier, because the danger to them had
passed.
The one case, George Phillips, re-
covered quickly, and without serious
effect. The other victim, Agnes Kline,
personable and healthy 29-year-old
girl who had been stricken while she
visited her sister, Mrs. Daniel Waters
on Huntsville Street, was less fortun-
ate. When most of us were forgetting
the poliomyelitis scare, Miss Kline was
just beginning a fight to regain the use
of her paralyzed legs.
Only a few years ago there would
have been little use of fighting. But
through the efforts of her family and
of Congressman J. Harold Flannery,
Miss Kline was taken to the world-
famous hospital at Warm Springs, Ga.
where President Roosevelt recovered
from infantile paralysis, and which is
now financed by money raised by the
President’s Ball.
Miss Kline went to Georgia last Nov-
ember. From time to time news has
come by letter or through relatives
who have visited her of her courage-
ous battle. Since the beginning it has
‘been a slow, hard fight, frequently dis-
couraging, but her own splendid spirit,
with the help of the scientific equip-
ment available at Warm Springs and
the masterful skill of her physicians,
has not been wasted. We learned this
week that on a great day recently Miss
Kline, the girl who was helpless nine
months ago, walked upright about her
bed. And if this should reach her, we
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FAITH HARDING WINS
MENTION ON PROGRAM
BROADCAST OVER WOR
Faith Hope . Charity Harding,
precocious daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry G. Harding of Trucks-
ville and whose predictions of fu-
ture events have puzzled many
people, was the subject of a sketch
on a program called “Women Make
The News” on Station WOR on
Tuesday.
It was the second time WOR has
discussed the child’s peculiar men-
tal faculties within a month. Last
month a commentator described
the methods being followed to keep
a record of amd check Faith's vi-
sions of future events.
Democrats Reduce
Traditional Lead
0f GOP In Dallas
Registration Is Most Evenly
Balanced In Years
Figures Show
DEMS GAIN STEADILY
(See Editorial, Page 2)
Heavy and steadily increasing gains
in Democratic registration throughout
Dallas And vicinity since President
Roosevelt's election in 1933 are dis-
clogéd by current registration figures.
epublican registration has main-
tained its former approximate ratio of
5 il one in Dallas Borough and
ingston Township alone. Registra-
tion figures show a Republican ma-
jority of about two to ome throughout
the Back Mountain district in the most
evenly balanced registration in years,
reflecting the general trend of Lu-
zerne County since its Democratic
capture in local elections last fall
Most notable Democratic gain was
shown in Lehman Township, with the
Southwest district in that place show-
ing a Democratic plurality.
A strong drive by Sixth District
Chairman Peter Clark and his Republi-
can forces, leading up to registration
deadline on October 9th, will boost the
Republican figures to a very great ex-
tent, it is believed, but from all indi-
cations, the Democratic registration
will very nearly keep its present pace.
Judging by the wrecent lopsided pri-
mary, however, Judge Arthur H.
James, Republican candidate for Gov-
ernor, will poll an immense majority
in this section in the general election
next fall.
Current registration figures:
d Rep. Dem.
Dallas Borough .......... 531. 162
Dallas Township ...... Ve 730 406
Kingston Township ..... 1270 420
Lehman Township ..... .. 414 256
Lake Township .......... 458 423
Franklin Township ...... 199 102
Jackson Township ....... 315 223
sales iss iairidem nic gB1T 1992.
Fireman Set’$1, 000
For Campaign Goal
Dallas Volunteers To Make
First Appeal In Two
Years
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(See Editorial, Page 2) |
A campaign to collect $1,000 in
pledges during the next month wil be
started by Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire
Co. at its annual supper at Adam
Kiefer’'s red barn at Shrine View to-
MOrrow.
The firemen have made no public
appeal for funds since 1936 when $700
was contributed. Recently several
lengths of worn-out hose burst and the
firemen purchased $900 worth of new
hose, borrowing from the bank to pay
for it.
Formerly the fire company conducts
ed several benefit shows and a carni-
val every year to raise funds. The
plan of appealing directly to citizens
for cash pledges met with such suc-
cess two years ago that the company
has not had to sponsor any fund-rais-
ing schemes since.
The equipment of Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Co. was purchased with
contributions from the people of the
borough and the township and the
men serve without compensation.
Clyde Lapp is chairman of the drive,
which will end on July 18. Tom Rob-
inson is chairman of the Bean Sup-
per, tickets for which can be purchased
from any member of the company or
at the Red Barn.
To Connect Noxen
On Lake e Exchange
Subseribers Will Have
Dial Phones After
July 5
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About 385 telephone sets in Noxen
homes will be converted into dial
phones next month, Michael Kuchta,
manager of the local branch of Com«
monwealth Telephone Co. announced
yesterday.
Noxen telephones are connected with
the Centermoreland exchange now but
will be on the Harvey's Lake exchange
after the switch’'is made, Mr. Kuchta
explained. | Ashew line has been erect-
ed along the five miles between the
Lake and Noxen,
The changes will not be in effect
until after the new directory is issued,
probably after July 5, and none of the
new numbers can be used until after
they are published. Harvey's Lake al-
ready has dial telephones, as has
Tunkhannock,
{umphs as a lattice-top fruit pie;
making. delicious frozen desserts and |-
THE DALLAS POST
STAR OF KITCHEN
Mary Lou Lender, who plays
the part of Dedee Abot in “Star
in My Kitchen, the moving pic-
ture which will be shown at Him-
mler Theatre on June 29 and 30
and July 1 in connection with
The Post's Second Annual Free
Cooking School. Miss Lender is
as lovely and sweet as her photo-
graph indicates and has just fin-
ished an important part with one
of Hollywood's famous male stars
in a picture yet to be released.
Advice, As Well As
Fun, In Free Movie
Cooking School June 29, 30
And July 1 Has Full
Program
Going to school in a theatre!
It sounds odd, doesn’t it? But that
is what women of Dallas and neigh-
boring communities will be doing when
The Post's Second Annual Motion Pic-
ure Cooking School comes to town on
June 29.
There will be real lessons, too,
lessons in measuring, mixing, and
blending the ingredients for many re-
cipes; in the preparation of such tri-
in
salads; in laundering fine fabrics, and.
in planning healthful meals for grow-
ing children, i
- The class won’t be all work, though,
for there is a constant play of sparkl-
ing humor, the appeal of tender ro-
mance, the suspense of a coherent, in-'
telligently-directed story, which dra-
matizes everyday happenings, in “Star|
In My Kitchen,” the full-length, all-
talking, part-technicolor picture which
will be the main feature of the three-
day cooking school.
Everything will be free, admission
to the school, the daily recipe sheets,
the samples, the generous store of gifts
that will be carried home and the ad-
vice and exhibits which will be spon-
sored by manufacturers and merchants.
Everyone who attended last year’s
highly successful school will be back.
All those who missed last year’s show
are urged to be present. Complete and
final details will be announced in next
week’s Post. Watch for them!
GETS SCHOLARSHIP
‘Florence Dempski, veriion student at
Dallas Borough High School; has been
awarded a scholarship by International
Correspondence Schools.
SCOUT HIKE
Dallas Girl Scout Troop hiked to the
fire tower on Tuesday and ate dinner
at the country club picnic grounds. In
the afternoon Mrs, Stanley Davies
awarded badges.
FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1938
Police Are Still
At Work On Noxen
Shooting Scrape
Farmer Says He Fired Shot
Thinking Nephew Was
Prowler
TWO ARE QUESTIONED
State Motor Police were silent yes-
terday on the results of their investi-
gation of the shooting of William
Brown, 23, of 27 Kelley Street, Lu-
zerne, at Noxen last Saturday morn-
ing. They reported they are still work-
ing on the case.
William Xibbler, a Noxen farmer
and Brown’s, uncle, is reported to have
shot the Luzerne man in the left leg
in the belief that he was a chicken
thief. Charles Hartman,
in charge on the case, was mot a e
barracks yesterday ot be
learned if any ve been
brought against,
Two men with Brown,
d Edward Nafus
of Luzerne; taken into custody
for questioning shortly after the shoot-
ing but State Police would not admit
that they are still being held.
Brown says he went to the home of
his uncle early Saturday morning and
found the place closed. He knocked
on the door, he said, and was leaving
when someone fired a shot and he fell
wounded.
Kibbler said he was awakened by
noises in the rear of his home and be-
lieved thieves were after his chickens.
He got his gun and fired at one, of the
men. He did not know it was his
nephew, hs declared,
NO DEFICIENCY AID
Dallas Borough School District has
received word from the State Highway
Department that it will not receive
deficiency aid provided to stricken
school districts this year because its
financial condition is good enough to
permit it to borrow. ;
Beaumont To Test
Arrows’ Baseball
Dallas Nine After Revenge
For Hard Loss Four
Weeks Ago
Apparently recovered from their
early-season lethargy, the Dallas Ar-
rows will go after Beaumont’s scalp
on Sunday afternoon at Espy field in
an attempt to gain revenge for a 5-4
defeat at the hands of Beaumont in a
ten-inning game last month.
The Arrows managed by Don Grose,
have shown great improvement in
their last two games, defeating East
Dallas, 14 to 3, and Jenks, 5 to 2. Last
Sunday’s.game with Jenks was called
in the seventh inning because of rain,
Previously Dallas had lost to Jenks,
Beaumont, and Noxen.
Sunday’s game should be a close and
exciting one. Since the two teams
played their thriller, the Dallas nine
has shown vast improvement in hitting
and fielding. There will be no charge
for admission but an offering is taken.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs, Olin Kunkle and Mar-
garet Kunkle wigh to express their ap-
preciation to all those: who sent flow-
ers or helped in any way in their re-
cent bereavement.
Corporal Punishment Right
Of Parents,
Townsfolk Say
BELIEVE CERTAIN AMOUNT IS JUSTIFIED
A certain amount of corporal punish-
ment in the schools may be necessary
to maintain discipline, but under or-
dinary circumstances parental punish-
ment should be adequate, according to
a cross-sectional concensus confueted
in Dallas this week.
Generally. speaking, the men inter-
viewed felt that the day of the hickory
stick has passed, and that only mild
physical punishment in extreme ca
should be permitted. Most/ ‘of the 'wo-
men believed that all corporal punish-
ment should be administered at home
at the discretion of the parents.
John H. Thomas, adjutant of the
Daddow-Isaacs Post, American Legion,
believes that the law passed in 1931
forbidding corporal punishment in the
schools is a significant factor in the
change in teaching methods, and that
sufficient discipline can be maintained
in classroom without recourse to force.
A younger and more modern type of
student has made the old strong arm
methods unnecessary, he said.
Peter M. Oberst, Main Street barber,
expressed an opinion that some boys
have no respect for the words and or-,
ders of their elders, and that chronic
disobedience of such boys can be re-
medied only through timely punish-
ment. A reasonable amount of physical
punishment is the only practical means
for gaining respect, he stated.
C. F. Clemow;35 Lake street, an em-
ploye at Janes Oliver's service station,
said,-on “the other hand, “I question the
pits of any teacher to inflict corporal
punishment, and the necessity of using
force to maintain discipline.”
Arthur Brown, business man of Main
street, expressed a belief that a great
deal of harm can be done to a child
when punishment is inflicted /hastily
and forcefully, and that modern pupils
seldom, if ever, need such punishment.
Any punishment that is thought ne-
cessary should be left to the parents,
he stated.
The women interviewed, none of
whom wished their names to be dis-
closed, felt that the proper place for
punishment is in the home. “There is
some law against a teacher punishing
pupils physically, isn’t there?” asked
one. “I there isn’t, there should be,”
she said.
the officep|
No. 24
First Of Several Hundred
Distraint Notices Served
Acting On Demand Of School Board, Dallas Borough Tax
Collector Appoints Professional Collection Firm As
Deputy In Drive To Reduce Balance Owed District
BOARD WILL RESUME LINE'S CASE NEXT WEEK
The first of several hundred distraint notices to be served on delinque
taxpayers in Dallas Borough were issued yesterday by Tax Collector Arthu
Dungey, who has been ordered by Dallas Borough School Board to “crack
down” on delinquents who are responsible for the more than $2,100 balance
he owes the district.
The notices will be served by Kishbaugh-Smith of Kingston, professional
delinquent tax collectors, and persons who have neglected to pay their per-
capita taxes will be charged a fee in addition to the penalty already due. The
per capita tax in Dallas Borough is $5.
The drastic action followed a meet-
“ing of the borough school board on
FIREMEN MUST REPORT
ON RESERVATIONS FOR
: BEAN SUPPER TONIGHT
A special meeting of Dr. Henry
M. Laing Fire Co. will be held to-
night to receive reports on the sale
of tickets for the Beam Supper to
be held at Adam Kiefer's Red Barn
tomorrow (Saturday) night.
Tom Robinson, chairman, has re-
quested that any members unable
to attend send in a report of their
sales so the committee can esti-
mate the probable attendance.
One hundred fifty are expected.
Bolt Strikes Barn;
Cattle Die In Fire
Fodder And Most Of Herd In
Welsh’s Barn Destroyed
By Flames
Five cows and a bull and tons of
fodder were destroyed when lightning
struck thé barn, of Ralph Welsh, orf
the Lake Road, near Castle Inn, early}
| Sunday morning. The bolt
‘struck
during one of several itreak storms
which hit this section early in the
week, bringing strong wind and hail.
‘It is believed the lightning struck
about 2, killing some of the herd in-
stantly. Mr. - Welsh was not aroused
until about an. ‘hour later, when John
Thomas, who lives about one-half mile
from the barn, saw the flames and
ram to the Welsh hom®&, With the help
of Allan Montross and Arthur Mon-
tross, two horses, two pigs and three
calves were saved.
The equipment ‘destroyed included a
reaper, corn cutter, gas engine, feed
mill, corn sheller, cultivator, two-horse
hiller, spray machine, marker and
shovel plow. Eight to 10 tons of hay,
three to four tons of straw, 200 bushels
of corn and 40 bushels of oats also
were destroyed. The loss was esti-
mated at more than $4,000 and was
not covered by insurance. ‘
Two years ago Mr. Welsh’s herd was
stricken fatally by Bangs disease and
he had been building up a new herd.
His cattle have been beginning to pro-
duce and in expectation of increasing
milk volume he had just built a new
milk house. /
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Semmens
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Store Partnershi
§ Az] ‘Dissolved
The part in of Joseph Schmerer
and Barton Long, who have operated
a retail grocery store on Huntsville
Hill, has been dissolved, Joseph
Schmerer announced this week. Mr.
Schmerer will continue the business.
Share In Payments
From Old District
Kingston Township Receives
$1,364; Franklin Gets
$34.43
The: school district of Kingston
Township received $1,364.50 this week
as its share of funds which have ac-
cumulated from income from lands
which were set aside by the proprietors
of the original Kingston Township
more than a century ago.
Ten other school districts also re-
ceived shares of the $14,348.01 which
was destributed by Attorney W. P.
Brewster, representing the Trustees for
the Proprietors of the old township.
Franklin Township received the small-
est share, $34.43. Other districts which
benefited are In Wyoming Valley.
The money had accumulated since
1822, when certain land was set aside
to finance schools and churches. The
was distributed about ten years ago.
discovery of coal brought tremendous
revenue for a time and about $140,000
Wednesday might, when Mr. Dungey
reported the balance due the board on
the 1937 duplicate. After all allowances
had been made, Mr. Dungey owed the
school board $6,241.27, Thirty-four ex-
onerations, totalling $178.50 were de-
ducted, as were the land returns,
amounting to $4,643.46, leaving a bal-
once of $1,419.31 due the district. Of
that amount, $1,257.31 is in per capita
taxes.
In addition to that balance due on
the 1937 duplicate, Mr. Dungey also
owes the board $134.06 on the 1934
duplicate, $234.21 on the 1935 duplicate,
and $385.38 on the 1936 duplicate, a
total of $2,172.96. Unless he cam re-
duce that balance materially his ap-
pointment to collect the 1938 duplicate
will be endangered.
As in other nearby communities, tax
collections in the borough have been
increasingly difficult and the drastic .
action inaugurated yesterday by Mr.
Dungey comes only after ordinary col-
lection methods have failed. The Kish-
baugh-Smith collecting agency was re-
cently restrained from collecting when
the former attorney general, Charles J.
Margiotti, charged its methods were
illegal. Since then the organization
has had a decision warranting its
methods of collection and is permitted
to serve in Pennsylvania as a deputy
< & vegulary-elected tax collector,
“Hearing Next Week
At the same meeting at which the
directors. denferred with Mr. Dungey
they made arrangements to resume
hearings in the case of Ernest ¥, Line,
member of the high school faculty who
has been charged by the board with
misleading it as to his certification
and punishing two boys physically.
The directors notified Attorney Arthur
Maguire, counsel for Mr. Line, that
they will meet any time at his con-
venience during next week.
A contract was executed with T. A.
Williammee as the new supervising
principal of the high school and the
secretary was authorized to write a
letter to the present principal, Harry
I. Tennyson, thanking him for his
splendid services and expressing best
wishes for his future.
The following contracts were award-
ed:
Laboratory supplies, W. W. Welsh,
Chicago, $86.45; coal, buckwheat,
Frank Edwards, R. D. 3, $3.90 a ton;
egg, Mineral Springs Coal Co. $6.70 a
ton; janitors’ supplies, Kurtz Bros.
Clearfield, $74.17; Anthracite Janitors®
Supply Co., Plymouth, $45.75. J. I. Hol-
comb Co., Indianapolis, $65.00; general
school supplies, Kurtz Bros. $175.77;
H. A. Whiteman, $72.37.
SHOTGUN WOUND FATAL
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An accidental discharge.of the shot-
gun he was carrying "blew out the
brains of Cecil DeWitt, Carverton
farmer, Wednesday morning, when
he interrupted a hunt for crows to tie
up a stray cow, and then tripped over
the chain with which he had secured
the animal. The body was taken to
W. T. Scureman funeral parlors in
Wyoming, whénce the funeral will be
held this afternoon.
Nicholas Staub Is
‘Named Postmaster
Succeeds William Luksic At
Trucksville; Long
A Resident
The appointment of Nicholas Staub
of Trucksville as postmaster at the
Trucksville office was announced from
the office of the Postmaster General
in Washington, D. C. yesterday. ;
‘Mr. Staub will succeed William
Luksic, who has resigned after filling
the position” for the last four years.
The salary is $2,000. Mr. Staub is the
son of Nicholas Staub and a member
of a pioneer family of the Kingston
Township section. :
In addition to his farming activities,
‘Mr. Staub is engaged in construction
work.