Back Mountain Folks Will Enjoy
The Article On Hardy, 87-year-
Old Mrs. Wilson, Who Bets She
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“Vol. 48 THE DALLAS POST FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1938 No. 33
POST
SCRIPTS
QUEBEC
HARRISBURG
RIVER
SENATE
PROBLEMS
Harrisburg—From Quebec to Har-
risburg is a jump of approximately
600 miles and two centuries.
A few days ago we were standing by
the St. Louis Gate listening to the
tinkle of the $6,500,000 which tourists
leave in old Quebec each year.
Tonight, from where we are pound-
ing our borrowed typewriter, we can
hear clearly the jingle of New Deal
funds, priming the pumps of Pennsyl-
vania, rolling out from a Capitol which
is as typical of a new day as Quebec
is of an older one.
ert
We liked Quebec, we think, very
much more than we like Harrisburg. |
There were tourists galore, but even |
that invincible breed has not destroyed
entirely the mustiness which clings to
the thick city wall, to Sous-le-Cap,
where urchins clambered over the x
pleading for pennies; to the damp un-
derground passages in the Citadel, to
the many traditions which have sur-
vived since the days when Quebec was
the flower of New France.
We dropped a card to Fred Kiefer
to tell him we had just stood at the
spot in the Lower Town where Bene-
dict Arnold was wounded in his val-
iant, but futile, effort to take Quebec.
Like us, Fred has an appreciation of
the good qualities of this country’s
most infamous and misunderstood trai-
tor, and he would have enjoyed re-
tracing the steps Arnold’s men along
the Richelieu and into Quebec.
Our guide, too, was an admirer of
Arnold, although our warning that we
would ‘stand for no cracks aimed. at
the fiery American General who led
the almost superhuman march against
Quebec may have influenced M’sieu
Gagnon’s comments. At any rate he
seemed to have a proper respect as he
told us that if Arnold had not been
shot and Montgomery killed in the first
French volleys on that stormy De-
¢ember 31 he (M’sieu Gagnon) would
unquestionably be a countrymen of
ours today.
Lily
But now M’sieu Gagnon, with the
blue St. Lawrence, is nothing more
than a vacation memory, if a very
pleasant one, and we are on the banks
of another river, this time the Susque-
hanna. It is a little difficult to realize
that the broad stream which flows
past Harrisburg is the same little
stream we followed coming down
through New York State.
It is also difficult, in Harrisburg’s
current heat wave, to imagine what we
shall ever do with the fur cap and the
snow shoes which we somehow acquir-
ed in Montreal. If the predictions for
a long, hard winter are wrong, we're
going to look very foolish stumbling
along Main Street, Dallas, in a fur cap.
dn
We planned this trip to Harrisburg
while there was indication that Gov-
ernor Earle would be explaining cer-
tain unfortunate connections to the
easy satisfaction of his Senators and
Representatives. While we were in
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Local Folks Urged To
Help In School Census
Considerable resentment was en-
countered . by Lee Weinmeyer this
week as ‘he went about his work of
conducting a school district cenus in
Dallas. As a result of New Deal legis-
lation and a mecessary state law ac-
companying it, several new questions
have been added to the questionnaire.
This has resulted in bringing out em-
barrassing facts in a few cases. One
person discovered that she was an a
lien, a fact she did not know.
“1 realize that people don’t like all
these questions,” explained Mr. Wein-
meyer, “but there’s nothing I can do
except ask them. I'm required to do it
by law. I would appreciate it very
much if those whom I interview would
remember that I am in an uncomfort-
able position, too.”
Among points covered in the syrvey
are: a list of school children in each
family; a list of aliens, with details
of the time they entered this country
and from where; a list of those who
can read or write; and several others.
LOCAL WOMAN MOURNS
Mrs. Francis Finch of Dallas mourns
for her brother, Marion Jackson of
LaGrange, who died August 7 at
the Scranton State Hospital. Death of
the 73-year-old man was due to com-
plications following a long illness.
Mr. Jackson, born at East Lemon,
was the son of the late Thomas A.and
Elizabeth Miller Jackson. A son, Wil-
liam Jackson of Tunkhannock, and
one other sister, Mrs, Merton Perry of
Dalton, survive, in addition to Mrs.
Finch.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day, August 10, with interment in
Sunnyside Cemetery.
'S. No, 237.
Ide Patriarch
Dies At Lehman
Arthur B. Ide Buried On
Tuesday, Mourned By
Hundreds
Many sorrowing friends and rela-
tives from all parts of the Back Moun-
tain country attended the funeral of
Arthur B, Ide, 72-year-old patriarch of
the pioneer Ide family of Lehman
Township, held from the Lehman
Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. Duane Butler conducted
vices at the church and at fhe y
plot in Lehman Cemetery.
Mr. Ide, oldest local member of the
family and long recognized as its head,
died early Sunday morning after an
illness of some months. For nearly a
year prior to his death, Mr. Ide had
been forced to restrict his diet con-
siderably due to a serious stomach ail-
‘ment. Old age, weakness from his
stringent dieting, and the disease it-
self brought about his death.
The grand old man of the Ide family
was born in October, 1865, one of twin
sons of the late Jonathan O. and Mar-
garet Ide, pioneer residents of Lehman.
A lover of the soil, Mr. Ide practiced
farming on his land in Lehman until
his retirement from active work about
two years ago.
Mr. Ide married Anna Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Brown of Chase, some 45 years ago.
The couple had two sons and a daugh-
ter, all of whom are living.
He was a kindly, charitable man,
greatly loved and respected by all who
knew him. A friend describes him as
“the best friend and neighbor a person
could have”, He was a devout member
of Lehman M. E, Church, active in the
Men’s Bible Class, and a member in
good standing of Shalimar A. M., O.
Surviving Mr, Ide are his wife, An-
na; a daughter, Mrs, James A. Cooke
of Beaumont; two sons, Arthur B. Ide
of Tunkhannock and Walter S. Ide of
Tuckahoe, N, Y.;: brothers Thomas and
Warren Ide of Philadelphia, and Wil-
liam Tde of Kingston; and four grand-
childreh, Betty and Donald Ide, chil-
dren of |, Walter .B.,' and Arthur and
Anna Cooke, children of Mrs. Cooke.
His twin brother, Walter, died a year
or so 2z0 44 kis homp in’ Maryland.
Many beautiful floral tributes were
at the funeral, which was one of the
largest held in this section this year.
Pallbearers were: Leonard Ide, Dean
Shaver, Willard Sutton, Loren Keller,
Arthur Major, and Arthur Ehret.
Flower bearers included Steven Wolfe,
Chester Sutton, Edward Ellsworth and
Willard Shortz, both of Kingston, Jos-
eph Walton, Hale Jerey, Jacob Win-
ters, Millard Stair, Austin Snyder and
Louis Ide,
.
Lehman Child
Hurt By Auto
Francis Wentzel, 2, Injured
By Auto; Billy Lerch
Has Bad Fall
Two children from the Back Moun-
tain district were added to the major
accident rolls this week.
Little Francis . Wentzel, 2, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee G, Wentzel of Leh-
man Township, was hit and knocked
down by an automobile in front of Lu-
zerne National Bank Monday evening.
The accident was mainly due to the
youthful restlessness of the little. fel-
low, for, according to his mother, he
broke away from his brother and sis-
ter, who were holding his hands, and
started to run across the street. As
he stepped off the curb, a machine op-
erated by William Pace of Rutter ave-
nue, Kingston, knocked the little boy
down.
Mr, Pace took Francis to Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital immediately. The
boy was treated for his injuries, which
were not serious, according to hospital
attaches, and discharged in the care
of hig mother. Pace was not held.
Billy Lerch, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Lerch of Laketon ,suffered a
possible serious concussion of the
brain on Sunday, when he fell from
the top of a 25-foot sliding board at
Benton Park. %
Observers say that the boy's foot
foot caught in some obstruction at the
top of the slide, and that he toppled
over the edge when attempting to dis-
engage it. Billy was knocked uncon-
scious by his fall, and his parents
thought he was dead when they rushed
to his body.
First aid was rendered immediately
by two men who witnessed the acei-
dent, and the lad was rushed to the
office of Dr. Albertson of Benton. The
doctor said that there is a possibility
that Billy suffered a serious comncus-
sion of the brain from his fall. The
full extent of the injuries will not be
known until Billy has been given a
thorough examination sometime the
latter part of this week.
e ser- L.
Mrs. Wesley E. Oliver
Mrs, Wesley E. Oliver, newlywed
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, R. H.
Rood of Lehman Avenue. She
was married Monday morning im
Mehoopany M, E, Church.
Teacher's Pay
; Voted By Board
Salaries To The
Of $14.4
Be
ount
ill
d
Teacher's salaries totalling $14,420
were appropriated by the school board
at its meeting Wednesday night, as it
decided on Tuesday, September 6, as
the opening date for Dallas school.
From a large number of applicants
Miss Leona Kingsley, of Millertown,
was recommended by T. A, William-
mee, new supervising principal for the
position of teacher of home economics
and ether subjects. She was elected
and her salary fixed at $1170 by the
board at the motion of J. T. Jeter.
Ordering, of texbooks for the stu-
dents was put off after Mr. Williamee
stated that he would need time to give
the. matter further consideration be-
fore he could make his recommenda-
tions as to what texts should be pro- |
cured. Two. substitute teachers were
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Laura M. Stiles
Buried Wednesday
Beloved Noxen Woman, 67,
Died Monday At Home
Of Son
cca”
Beloved 67-year-old Laura M. Stiles,
was laid to rest in Beaumont Ceme-
tery Wednesday afternoon, after large-
ly attended funeral services conducted
from the home of her son, Earl Rich-
ards, of Noxen. Rev. L. R. Grier of
Free Methodist Church officiated at
the gervices.
Mrs. Stiles, who had been ailing for
the past three months, died early
Monday morning at the Noxen home of
her son, Earl Richards.
Kindly, well loved and respected, her
demise is mourned by her hosts of
friends throughout this section of the
county. She was born in Centermore-
land, the daughter of the late Samuel
and Arlinda Turner.
Sometime after the death of her
first husband, Richard Richards, she
re-married, becoming the wife of an
old friend, the late J. C. Stiles. She
spent most of her life in and around
Noxen and Centermoreland. Mrs. Stiles
devoted her last years to helping oth-
ers, and her hospitality and friendship
was known and prized by her many
acquaintances.
Mrs. Stiles is survived by two sons,
Richard Richards and Earl Richards
of Noxen:; four daughters, Mrs. Henry
Farr of Wilkes-Barre, Mrs, Otis Phil-
lips of Kingston, Mrs. John Wilcox of
West Pittston, and Mrs. Asher Kresge
of Noxen; and two brothers, F. C. and
Leon Turner of Noxen,
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Noxen Tannery
Starts Work On
New Sludge Pit
Officials Mark Better Times
With New Tannery
Addition
Construction work on the new sludge
pit for the Noxen Tannery has been
going full blast for the last two weeks.
The new embankment, which will
cover about two acres of ground, will
be used as a dumping ground for the
refuse resulting from the tanning pro-
cess at the plant. The tannery’s other
sludge pit will take care of the use
for over a year yet, but thes plant's
officials believe in being prepa Hex
sides, the new pit will
chances of any of the refuse polluting
the creek which runs near the tanning
plant. :
The sludge, which is produced in
large quantities at the plant, as be-
tween 450 and 500 hides are run
through every. day, is carted away by
Noxen farmers for use as fertilizer.
The refuse is rich in lime and other
mineral matter important to rich soil,
and is excellent fertilizer.
The R, H, Odell Construction Com-
pany of Williamsport is building the
new pit, using a power grader, a bull-
dozer, and a steam shovel for the job.
It is expected that the half dozen men
working on the pit will have it fin-
ished within three weeks.
Noxen Tannery employs regularly
about 250 men, and is working stead-
ily, turning out about half a hundred
hides a day, Shipments of hides come
in steadily from the West, keeping the
plant working to capacity. The tanned
hides are sent to a Williamsport clear-
ing house, whence they are shipped to
all parts of the East.
Old Timers Take
~The Field Sunday
Arrows To Play Veterans
Sunday After Donkey
Ball Game
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Dallas baseball oldsters will take the
spotlight away from the young whip-
per-snappers of Dallas’ Bi-County
League team this Sunday when the)
tangle with the Arrows in a special
exhibition game.
Promising the younger players a real
run for their money, several ex-greats
from Dallas’ teams of yore will don
their gloves again and sharpen up
their batting eyes. A tentative roster)
for the exhibition includes such no--
tables as Add Woolbert, Bert Stitzer, {
Bob McDougal, “Baldy” Morris, Tom-
my Reese, Lefty Danko, “Pants” Lee,
Bill LaBar, and Bob Hislop.
The Arrows bowed to Carverton 6-1
last Sunday before the largest crowd
they have had for some weeks. Using
the same combination which had tak-
en the measures of Carverton the
week before, the Dallas team had trou-
ble getting started, and the game was
lost before the locals had hit their
stride.
Although still fairly certain of a
position in the play-offs for the Bi-
County League championship, which
will be held the first Sunday in Sep-
témber or thereabouts, the Arrows may
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BORDER PEOPLE SCOTCHED Y
\
Wyoming County will be included in
a vacation resort publicity to be\re-
leased by Pennsylvania Publicity
Commission, two commission repre-
sentatives revealed last week, as they
made a survey of the county's recre-
ational possibilities. The representa-
tives were F. H. Wetter and L. B. Al-
bert. The campaign will be carried on
to combat border residents who have
been routing motorists around the
state because of new . traffic safety
laws.
Mrs. Wilson, 87, Regrets
She Can No Longer Work
“My biggest complaint in life is
that T can’t work anymore,” remarked
Mrs, Hiram Wilson,87-year-old [mother
of Mrs, Wesley Hoover, thi§ asveek.
She was interviewed during a visit at
her daughter's home, 12 Franklin
steet.
Mrs. Wilson is a true daughter of
the Back Mountain country, for, al-
though she has moved about constant-
ly during her long and eventful life,
she has never lived any farther away
than Exeter. . and that was some
time ago, because for the last 36 years
she has lived on her farm near Har-
vey’s Lake.
‘and I did every thing on the farm ex-
“When my husband and TI first
moved to the farm I was 51 years old,
cept cradle and plow. I used to get
out in the fields and work along with
the men. At noon, I would go in and
get dinner for them, and then after-
wards I would go into the fields
again.”
“I used to be able to hoist a bag of
grain on my shoulder and walk right
off with it. But that’s over now. I'm
not strong enough to do that kind of
work anymore.”
dispell all |:
‘| have made an effort to clean up their
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
p—
The following communication
sent to The Post by a resident of
Kingston Township adds further
light on the school building situa-
tion in Kingston Township and
also ends with a mysterious note.
This newspaper will appreciate
further contributions on the sub-
ject. All communications must be
signed. Your mame will be with-
held if requested.—The Editor.
Regarding your editorial, “No
New Building” in last week’s issue.
Your implication that there was a
delay on the part of the INSUR-
ANCE companies in paying Kings-
ton Township School Board for its
fire loss is false. There was no
delay on the part of the insurance
companies. They would have paid
long before their sixty day allot-
ted period elapsed but the board
delayed six weeks before appoint
ing a contractor to prepare an est-
imate of the replacement value of
the building. The contractor re-
quired two weeks to prepare his
estimate. Eight weeks after the
fire the insurance was paid. Let
no one mislead you. The delay
in replacement of the Kingston
Township grade building cannot
be laid at the door of the insur-
ance companies, If you would do
a little private investigating in-
stead of listening to the school di-
rectors you might get a real story
on the Kingston Township schoo!
situation, There’s a nigger in the
woodpile” or gross incompetence
somewhere. But that’s for you te
find out.
Worker Must Haul
Garbage For Fine
Lake Chief Makes Careless
Worker Haul Garbage;
Starts Cleanup
With today as the deadline, a WPA
truck driver was hauling three truck
loads of garbage from the outlet this
week, at Harvey’s Lake. He was‘the
one of the first offenders caught in
Chief of Police Ira C. Stevenson's lat-
est drive—against garbage dumping
along the road. ¥
“Now that the drive” for ‘sewage
cleanup is well on its way,” declared
Chief Stevenson, “I am determi. 2d now
allow these garbage dumpers to. £6.
scot free, There has been a lot of this
kind of offense, but I intend to stop
it. It’s just as unsanitary and dan-
gerous to health as bad sewage sys-
tem, and considerably more unpleasant
for the residents at the lake.”
The WPA driver was caught dump-,
ing a load of garbage last week near
the outlet, but when he was arrested,
it was discovered that he had no
money with which to pay a fine. “So
we made bargain with him—three
truckloads of garbage for the one he
dumped,” the chief chuckled. “But to-
day’s the deadline, and if he hasn't
completed the job, we'll arrest him a-
gain, and he won't get off so easily.”
A second dumper was also arrested
near Warden place. “I hope these are
the only arrests I have to make,”
Stevenson said, “but I'll make as many
as necessary, and the longer this of-
fense continues, the harder we are
goingto be on dumpers.”
No more arrests have been made
this week in the sewage drive, the
chief stated, and no injunctions have
had to be issued. Three property own-
ers are booked for court from the ear-
ly days of the campaign, but if they
sewage systems by the time county |
court opens, a recommendation for |
1éniency will be made, and it may be |
possible to dismiss the charges. |
“Nearly everyone I spoke to is co- |
operating very nicely, now,” Stevenson
said, “and I am well satisfied with the
results of the drive. Several people
are waiting to make their corrections
only because they can’t find anyone
who is free to do the work. But as
soon as possible, they will have their
systems overhauled.”
“In carrying out these campaigns,”
the chief explained, “I'm not just en-
forcing the law. I’m thinking of the
good of the community. These reforms
are necessary if visitors are going to
continue to come here and feel safe
and comfortable about swimming in
the lake water and staying here for
their vacations.”
State Purchase Of
Hill Road Suggested
Wyoming Valley Motor Club
through its secretary, Norman John-
stone, has urged this week that the
Board of Supervisors of Dallas town-
ship write a personal letter to W. H.
Carroll, division engineer of the State
Highway Department, to have two-
tenths of a mile on Hill Road taken
over by the State. Mr. Johnstone an-
nounced that Mr. Carroll has assured
him that funds will be made available
for' completion of this road if the su-
Her husband, Hiram Wilson, has
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pervisors will write to-him immedi-
~~
ately. A
Record Broken
At Lake When
Youth Drowns
Year’s First Casualty Met
Death Tuesday Off
Wardan Place
The sunny waters
rippled coldly Tuesd
f Harvey's Lake
morning, when
William Morgan, 16-year-old boy of
Carey Street, Ashley, who is the first
drowning victim of the year at the
lake, swam out beyond the step-off
near Wardan Place, at a point where
the lake bottom drops precipitately.
Badly frightened at having gone be-
yond his depth, Willi#m became hys-
terical, and threshed wildly about in
the cold waters for a short time be-
fore he went down.
His young cousin, who had been
playing with him in the water, ran
immediately to a nearby cafe for help.
Chief Ira C. Stevenson was summoned,
and about fifty swimmers volunteered
their aid in recovering the hody of the
boy. ’ : biery
William went under a short time be-
fore ten o'clock, but his body was not
pulled to the surface until about three
o’clock, Artificial respiration was ad-
ministered by Benjamin Shipas and
Joseph Urban, lifeguards, all to no
avail.
The boy’s funeral will be held Fri-
day afternoon at 2, with interment in
Maple Hill Cemetery.
Another version of the tragedy says
that the drowning was not discovered
until a young couple abott to go swim-
ming at Wardan Place were confront-
ed by a tearful little boy. “Don’t go
swimming there,” he was supposed to
have said, “because my cousin just
drowned in the water.”
The death of Morgan, the first fatal-
ity of any kind at Harvey's Lake this
summer, breaks up the fine record
maintained by Ira C. Stevenson and
his wideawake Lake police. “It's a
wonder that there haven't been more,
though,” said Stevenson, “because I
am always dragging boys in from the
lake who have swum into dangerous
waters, I have called at least ten boys
in from the deep water during the last
two days.”
Chief Stevenson has igsued warning
that any boys he catches from iow on
who are swimming out in deep water
without a boat nearby will be hailed
before Squire Davis.
Dairymen To Vote On Milk
Regulation Bill Tomorrow
Local dairymen who supply milk to
the New York metropolitan marketing
area will travel to Tunkhannock or
Nicholson tomorrow to vote their ap-
proval or disapproval of the order is-
sued by the Secretary of Agriculture
to regulate the handling of milk in the
New York City area.
The program on which the dairy
farmers will vote is designed to es-
tablish minimum prices which hand-
lers will be required to pay for milk
bought from dairy farmers. Producers
will be paid through the operation of
a market-wide- pool to insure a uni-
form rate of return to dairy farmers.
The pool will operate in such a way
as to provide for the equitable sharing
of the benefits of fluid milk sales in
the market, as well as for the equitable
sharing of the burden of surplus milk.
Polls will be conducted from 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m. tomorrow at G. L. F. Food
Store in Tunkhannock and Bush’s Mill
at Nicholson.
Nicholson Fire Company’s
Success Example For Locals
Inspiration to Henry M, Laing Fire
company may be found in recent re-
sults of the Nicholson fire company’s
sults of the Nicholson fire organiza-
tion’s drive for funds. Through the
recent Fair week and a donkey base-
ball game, members of the company
found they had increased their trea-
suary by $650. Most of this came from
the Fair, the baseball game netting
$39.
Tunkhannock Operator
Scored For Negligence
“And when the fire department got
there, the house was burned down.”
Tunkhannock council moved to elim-
inate this danger by instructing the
telephone operator to turn on the fire
siren immediately after a fire call is
received. To remove the necessity of
sending out scouts to find where the
fire is, council also decided that it
may zone the town in the future, and
assign a certain signal for each zone.
Dallas Township Football
Players Asked To Report
All football candidates for Dallas
Township High School team are asked
to report at the first practice session
August 29 at 9:30 a. m, at the Dallas
Township field.
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