Post'sFootloose Expedition Covers Fair's Opening Day Hardy Reporters Stumble Back Into Town With Report On Extravaganza (By Staff Correspondent) Footsore but flushed with triumph, The Post's Expedition to Explore the New York World's Fair 1939 stumbled back into town early Mon- day morning, having penetrated to the heart of the Flushing wilds and plant- ed its banner (a relic of the late la- mented Dallas Agricultural Exposi- tion) in the middle of Grover Wha- len’s gaudy extravaganza, hard by the towering Trylon. Assigned to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about the fair, the expedition brought home two trunk-loads of notes, most of which had been written in such a dither of excitement they were illegible. From such memoranda as were decipherable, the hardy ex- plorers were able to produce a few conclusions which may be helpful to Dallas folk who are contemplating a jaunt to The World of Tomorrow. Unless you enjoy being a pioneer, don’t be in too great hurry to see the fair. Mr. Whalen’s publicity to the contrary, the exposition is not 90 per cent completed. There is, of course, more ready than you can expect to see in one day, but you may be disappoint- ed to discover that the very exhibit you've been dreaming about has a sign “Open Soon,” on the door. The opening crowds didn’t seem to mind that, though. In fact, you could tell the incomplete exhibits by the clusters of people who found enjoyment in pressing their noses against the closed doors and speculating on what was to be inside later. In two weeks most of the really important exhiblis should be ready. If you make New York City your base of operations don’t try to drive to the fair. The IRT and the BMT have efficient schedules but probably the best bargain is the train service. World's Fair trains leave the Pennsyl- vania station every 10 minutes, make the trip in a little more than the claimed 10 minutes, cost only 10 cents and save hours of time which would otherwise be consumed in dodging traffic and maneuvering into a park- ing lot. Besides, the trains disgorge their passengers directly Fone the turnstiles which lead onto Bowling Green, the heart of the fair grounds, and there you are, before you know it, smack in the middle of The World of Tomorrow. How To See The Fair There are two schools of thought on how to see the fair. The catch-as- catch-can school favors the reckless plunge into the bewildering pageant of color and line. Such folks wander blithely about, stopping as they please, oblivious to everything but the discov- ery immediately ahead. More practical folk immediately board one of the lounge cars or sight-seeing busses for a guided tour about the grounds. On that tour they have an opportunity to learn the lay of the land and select the spots they intend to visit. To list all the sights, free and other- wise, would take at least an entire newspaper page. Personal taste will dictate which of the exhibits or amuse- ments will have appeal to each indi- vidual. The Trylon and Perisphere, because they are the theme of the fair and inclose the breath-taking “Democ- racity’’, might head any list of “What to See”. The admission to the theme center (fifteen cents) is as reasonable as most of the prices seemed to be at the opening, a consideration which im- pressed visitors favorably. Once inside the Trylon, the visitor ascends to the Perisphere on a briskly-moving esca- lator, being catapulted at length onto a slowly-revolving platform, from which he can gaze down on ‘“Democracity’’. Above, stars twinkle in a deep blue sky and feather clouds float gracefully, reflecting the moon’s silvery beams. Below, Democracity sleeps. Necklaces of tiny lamps outline the streets. The broad highways stretching out into the countryside, broken frequently by but- terfly intersections, are just discernible. In the skyscrapers, lighted windows make broken patterns of yellow squares. Dawn Over Democracity Music pours from some hidden place, flooding the softly-lighted globe, and as dawn comes to Democracity, throbbing chords thrill the enrapt audience. A voice, deep and vibrant, adds to the symphony of melody and light as the sun’s rays steal slowly over the pano- rama far below, bringing day again to The City of Tomorrow. Now the light is that of mid-day, and the city is alive and brave, challenging man to make it more than a dream. The day ends. Soft shadows, purple and green, bathe buildings and slip across Democracity, like fingers pulling a mantle of twilight over the world. Night falls again. The revolving plat- form has made its circle and the spec- tators, lost in the beauty of tomorrow’s world, step through a door into the real world of today. From the theme center the fair spreads in every direction, to the Court of Peace, which leads from the Peris- phere to the massive Federal building, Ol ACCIDENT RECALLS TRAGE ON DAY FIRST TRAIN ARRIVED Over a span of more than 50 years fate reached this week to contribute a weird coincidence to the death gfDallas’s trolley link with Wyoming Valley. ¥Y line, reached Dallas. first train chugged i ford, who lived in a farmhouse beside the tracks, tried to save a colt which had wandered on to the tracks. was killed. Last Sunday was a sentimental occa- sion. That night Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp. was to abandon its 42-year-old Dallas-Wilkes-Barre line. At 2:30 p. m. one of the cars, nearing the end of its last days’ labor, rolled down from Dallas. At Mt. Greenwood a sedan was approaching the crossing. There was a crash, and when the street car had been jacked from the wrecked automo- bile two men, badly hurt but still alive, were extricated. So an era, begun in blood, ended in tragedy. The men injured Sunday were Stan- ley J. Scovitch, 118 Arch Street, Ed- wardsville, driver, who suffered a dis- located hip, lacerations, abrasions and body injuries, and Ben Ed Williams, 77 Arch Street, Edwardsville, who had a finger of one hand amputated and suffered lacerations, The car folded like an accordian under the vestibule of the street car and it was necessary to jack the car up five feet before the injured men could be removed. almost Mothers’ Day Service The annual Mothers’ Day service will be held at Outlet Free Methodist Church on May 14 at 7:30. The pastor, Rev. Marjorie S. Sweppenheiser, will be in charge and have an appropriate message. There will be several recita- tions and songs and awards will be made to the oldest and youngest mothers and to the mother of the largest family. Each mother will re- ceive a white handkerchief. to the fascinating industrial exhibits, to the Court of States and the buildings of foreign nations, a bewildering array of bizarre architecture and eye-appeal. She | New Busses Speed Service To City Advantages Of New Plan Please Local Commuters Transportation between Dallas and Wilkes-Barre was speeded up consider- ably this week by the change from street-cars to busses. The fast 30-passenger vehicles tra- vel on a 20-minute schedule, giving al- ternate service to Pioneer Avenue and Main Street in Shavertown, and cut 10 minutes from the old street car schedules. The first bus for Wilkes-Barre each morning leaves the terminal on Main Street, Dallas, at 4 o'clock. Busses leave Public Square for Dallas at 5 a. m., 5:40, and every 20 minutes there- after until 11:20 p. m. The Dallas sleeper leaves the Square at 12:30 a. m. and leaves Dallas at 1:10. The last bus to Dallas on the night shift leaves Wilkes-Barre at 2 a. m. Beginning with the second morning bus from Wilkes-Barre, busses leave Dallas every 20 minutes until midnight. Busses leaving Wilkes-Barre on the even hours go over Pioneer Avenue and take the same route every 40 minutes thereafter. Odd hour busses go over Main Street in Shavertown. William The Fourth Arrives At Niemeyers Long live William Niemeyer the Fourth! A bouncing son, born to Mr. and Mrs. William Niemeyer, III, of Jackson Street, Dallas, last Friday afternoon at 4:30 will be the fourth boy to bear the name of William Niemeyer. The baby’s grandfather is secretary of Dallas Borough Council. His great- garndfather was a well-known resident The amusement section of the fair was far from completed on opening day. | Undoubtedly, its Merrie England, its Old New York, its Children’s World and such gay spots will be magnets all summer, but most of the fair visitors will move to New York’s White Way at night. And New York is ready to profit by the World’s Fair. Night clubs are gaudier than ever, policemen are polite, scores of good plays will run through the summer, hotels have re- decorated every spare room, restau- rants are vying with each other to com- pete for tourist trade and everywhere you look you see the Trylon and Peri- sphere, more fliply designated as “the ball and bat”. New York Steels Itself For New York City it will be a big! summer, in more ways than one. One! cabbie voiced the opinion of a large segment of the metropolitan populace when, in the midst of trying to extri- cate his taxi from a tangle of automo- biles being steered by wild motorists from the hinterlands, he moaned pray- erfully, “God, I wish this summer was over!” What was the outstanding thing about the fair? Our stalwart explor- ers babbled of many things, but of all Mr. Whalen’s $165,000,000 worth of wonderment our maniacs seemed to like best the horns on the “jitterbug” lounge cars, which render a tune which can best be described by having you hum “The Sidewalks of New York”. When you come to “boys and girls to- gether” you've got it. That's the only way to describe the musical phrase which probably will be- come a legendary part of the New York World’s Fair. And when your goggle-eyed amazement is shattered by a lusty rendition of “boys and girls to- gether”, issuing from a lounge car horn just behind you, you'll leap for safety and know that you're in The World of Tomorrow, The New York World's Fair 1939. FIRST NATIONAL BANK DALLAS, PENNA. MEMBERS AMERICAN BANKERS’ ASBOCIATION DIRECTORS R. L. Brickel, C. A. Frantz, W. B. Jeter, Sterling Machell, W. R. Neely, Clifford W. Space, A. C. Devens, Herbert Hill. OFFICERS C. A. Frantz, President Sterling Machell, Vice-President W. B. Jeter, Cashier Interest On Savings Deposits. No account too small to secure careful attention. Vault Boxes for Rent. of East End. The baby weighed 9 pounds, four ounces at birth. Mrs. Niemeyer was Miss Dorothy Verfaillie before her marriage. Father and grandfather as well as mother, are doing well. Noxen PTA To Meet Monday The Parent-Teacher Association of Noxen will meet in the school auditor- ium on Monday night. GAY-MURRAY | NEWS iN OUR SPORTS CORNER . . . ® We can outfit you for Baseball, Tennis, Golf, Hunting and Fishing or Broncho Busting. Baseball Gloves sell at $1 to $5 Tennis Racquets sell at 95¢ Golf Clubs sell at $1.25 & $3.00 Crow Calls sell at 50c¢ Bamboo Trout Rods sell at $1.95 Good Used Saddles sell at $3.50 ® Exercise and pleasure you need, and our sports corner will interest you. ® Baseball begins this Saturday and Sunday—28 local teams will be prepared to entertain you. Get a bag of peanuts and go see the ball game. ® James Rogers of Montrose found a good buy here in a Per- fection Oil Range and Heater for his new farm home. We have a bargain here for some one who needs a good used oil range, coal range, or bottled gas outfit. ® When you decide to brighten your home, Moore’s paint, and modern electric lighting fixtures are the final touches. Take notice of G. M. Shaw’s home in Nichol- son and you'll see the combina- tion working. Moore’s Paint sells at $2.00 and $2.75 per gallon. Lighting fixtures for a 6-room house, $16.00. ® Prime Electric Fence is often imitated but never ‘equaled in safety, quality, power and years of service. Prices range from $18.50 up to $39.50 while we also have an economy model of anoth- er make at $9.00. Phillip Mush, Geo. Brown, John Denman and Neil Kerns are among our recent purchasers. If you buy for qual- ity, you'll buy Prime. ® Barney went wild last week in the harness and sold new sets to Kenneth Pratt, Byron Sickler and S. E. Stanton—Barney is a triple threat man as he can repair your old harness, sell you a new one, or sharpen your lawn mower. Cay-Murray Co. Ine. TUNKHANNOCK, PA. THEY WANTED TO PAY HIM! fpnoted Lotters From Insurance ig pany Only To Discover They Were Trying To Give Him $2138 Albert West of Dallas, ace tax ac- countant, is accustomed to receiving di- rect mail solicitation for business from insurance companies. One company in particular, he noticed, was persist- ent in keeping his name on its mailing list. The other day Mr. West received a call from the company. “Haven't you had several letters from us?” they ask- ed Mr. West. He told them he had, and he went on to explain that he had all the insurance he needed. “We're not trying to on insurance to you,” the voice said. “Haven’t you read any of those letters ?”” Mr. West admitted he hadn’t. As a matter-of-fact, he had the last one around somewhere, un- opened. “Open it and read it,” the in- surance company suggested. Mr. West did. It was a notification that Mr. West was entitled to a refund of $213.50, which he could have by calling at the company’s office. KING’S DAUGHTERS The King’s Daughters Sunday School Class of Shavertown M. E. Church will held their regular monthly meeting Monday night at 8:15 at the home of Mrs. Charles Hoffman, Jr., of Cedar Avenue, Shavertown. “Wild Life Aided By Local Gun Club Overbrook Sportsmen To ~ Build Cabin At Major's "An organization which is doing con- siderable to promote good hunting and protect wild life in this section is the Overbrook Gun Club, a group of prop- erty owners from the neighborhood of Overbrook Avenue, between Fern- brook and Huntsville. Officers of the club, which was ar- ganized last December, are Herbert Major, president; Edward Estock, vice- president; Andrew Kozemchak, secre- tary-treasurer, Clarence Kresge, audi- tor and Luther Miller, recording sec- retary. The club has released rabbits, has 100 ringneck pheasant eggs ordered at its own expense and is crusading to prevent destruction of game. The sportsmen are attempting to keep dogs and wild cats out of the woods. Plans were under way to build a cabin on Mr. Major's plot on Over- brook Avenue. This summer there will be trap shooting and target practice. A TSR d 3 5 LIN dn -|Evangelists To Preach At Sweet Valley Church Rev. and Mrs. Lester Rasmussen will conduct a series of evangelistic services at the First Christian Church of Sweet Valley this week, by arrangement with Rev. Ira C. Button, pastor. Beginning Sunday night, the services will be held i evening at 8 until Sunday, May Mrs. Rasmussen is an accomplished musician and special music will ac- company each service. Rev. Rasmus- sen will give Gospel messages and everyone is invited to attend. Morn- ing services at the Christian Church will be as usual. Trees Will Be Planted In Soil From Many Nations From all parts of the world will come soil to be used by Tunkhannock Ro- tary Club on May 17 when the Rotar- ians plant two trees at the Tunkhan- nock high school. Clubs in 28 nations have been asked to send packets of their native soil, which will be mixed and used as the dirt for the trees which the Rotarians will plant as symbols of international good will. 2 BIG HEADLINE SPECIALS! LARGE, TENDER, MEATY PRUNES 40 TO 50 TO THE POUND 2 = 29¢ 25 POUND BOX $1.19 IEDC 4 = 25¢ IONA BRAND GOLDEN BANTAM CORN DOZEN CANS 75¢ WHITEHOUSE 4 TALL CANS 23c EVAP. 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