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.
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