5 Thrifty Housewives Read The Ad- THE DALLAS POST ener Everybody Reads The Classified vertising Pages Weekly—There Are Ads. It's The Community Market Bargains Galore In These Pages For People Who Have Something This Week. To Sell Or To Buy. More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Vol. 49 THE POST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1939 No. 33 a N. B. God Creates Beauty Man’s Utility Destroys Mayhem, the unconsidered act, might be adjudged as a primal and atavistic urge back toward canni- balism, but, though it lack premedi- tation, it is righteously and justly punished when proved. The courts refuse to serve as catcher’s mitts for throw-backs to the cave-men. Mast- icate your neighbor's ears as you ‘would munch mince-meat and you'll be mincing steps around the corri- dors of the jail-house. The theme of your correspond- ent’s thought today is marauding, especially marauding that is masked by a mandate. Preferentially, I would have brought to debate that form of mischief practiced against private property and which is as destructive of physical contours as are the teeth of the carnivorous ad- versary used on the physiognomy in rough-and-tumble conflict. It is mischief that is not malicious, but only because it is committed by a corporation, which Webster de- scribes as a body without a soul and, therefore, without a conscience. What farmers have endured for all the years since the first railroad was laid, down through the coming of the power line, pipe line and conversion to concrete of the cow- path roads re-dedicated to civiliza- tion on the proposition of the straight line being the shortest dis- | tance between two points; what the farmer has endured with only oc- casional revolution the city folk came to experience this week. Be- lieve this one among them and they don’t like it. Somewhat less than a year ago an agent of the traction company called around to suggest that the transition of travel from trolley to bus was handicapped by shade trees. Why not remove the trees? As simply as that he stated the case, just as though leafy beauty reared to a height of half a hun- dred feet might be nothing more than a set piece in the scheme of the American scene. Your correspondent might have been poetical about the situation; he might have struck a posture and borrowed from the lines dear to the reading lessons of years ago. But the agent was no woodman and he had no thought of sparing the trees. He was, however, shooed away. Less technical were the’ gentlemen who succeeded to his job. They came along the other day, conveniently at a time when husbands were off to their hus- bandry and wives waist-deep in their womanly worries. They came, they saw, they conquered; true to the spoilman’s instinct, they knew : what they wanted and what they wanted they took. What was desired a year ago was that trees affording shade to front porches should be taken out to give clearance for bus passengers alight- ing at the curbs. Obtained this year was a right-of-way through the branches, a clear path for the second materialization of substi- tutes for the street car. The track- less trolley is about to operate. It requires a course that is serpen- tine, back and forth between the curbs and the main traffic channel. When householders awoke to the portents of change, they were as | choleric as wildcats. The foliage | of the shade-trees had been neatly | halved. Still in evidence were those limbs abutting the front yards; gone were the others that had formed arbors over the curb and street. Especially and irrevocably gone was the curtaining beneficence patient- ly provided by Nature oetween the porch-sitters and the orb of day. Did the city folks console them- selves with the assurance that such is the price exacted by progress? They did not. Such consolation as that was for farmers; what the city folk wanted was financial re- covery and the price of trees sud- denly went sky-rocketing beyond the highest dreams of the lumber kings. Their estimates had little to do with physical values; they counted in the spiritual worth of shade plus the energies expended by Mother Earth and the sum total for each tree had a low of one thousand dollars. What they will get, in due course, is nothing at all. That's what your correspondent was head- ing toward, a consideration of the raid made by the rail-quitters and what lay behind it. As far as can be discovered the ordinances bear- ing on shade trees provide that limbs shall be removed to a height of ten feet above the sidewalks, so that even the tallest man and the most stately woman may make (Continued on Page 5) TIRES COST $2,000 EACH They move dirt fast these days out on the Evans‘ Falls- Lutes’ Corners road, thanks to the combination of power, re- siliency and brains crystallized in those big Le Toureau “Turn- apulls” used to remove dirt and prepare a new roadbed. Each of these great machines, and there are several of them, scoops up its own 23-yards (or ton) load, scoots with it up or down grade at 15 miles per hour and dumps and levels the load on the run. Then back for another load at 25 miles per hour. These work giants, relatively new in road con- struction in these parts, are possible because the tractor tire started the makers build- ing them big. Tires on the “Turnapulls” cost about $2,000 each or $8,000 for each ma- chine. The cost means nothing in view of the accomplishments they make possible. Legion Will Raise Flag At Rice Cemetery Hope To Stimulate Interest In Restoration Of Hallowed Spot In an effort to further public in- terest in the restoration of Rice cemetery on Huntsville Street, Daddow-Isaacs Post No. 672, Amer- ican Legion will hold a re-dedication and flag raising service there Sun- day afternoon at 3. Taking part in the program will be members of Dallas Borough Council and School Board, American Legion Auxiliary Unit 672, Henry M. Laing Fire Company, Dallas M. BE. Church choir, Sons of Union Vet- erans’ Firing Squad and a band composed of local citizens. At that time a new flag presented by Josephine Norton will be un- furled on the flagpole recently pre- sented by Elmer * arth Francis Freeman will speak and taps will be sounded by a bugler. The band and choir will furnish music. Last spring when the local Post was making a survey of seven near- by cemeteries for the decoration of soldiers’ graves, they found the graves of eight Union veterans, all members of the famous 143rd Penn- sylvania regiment, in Rice cemetery. (Continued on Page 5) Treasurer Candidate John B. Wallis of James Street, Kingston, has only one hobby. It's not golf, or fishing, or stamps—it’s success. Success in business and civic affairs. Success in anything he undertakes. On the basis of his success and ability—particularly in the financial field—he is Republi- can’ candidate for County Treasurer. Born in Ashley in 1876, Mr. Wal- lis became prominent in business there while still a young man. He served as director and later vice president of the First National Bank of Ashley, achieved his great- est business success as agent for a national powder firm, with which he worked for 40 years. He has lived in Kingston 16 years, is married, attends Grace Episcopal Church. He is an Elk, belongs to all the higher Masonic orders. Industrious and businesslike since boyhood, and with a fine record behind him, he is ‘a business can- didate for a business office.” Burgess Warns Against Dumping On Pine Crest Notices have been posted and citizens warned to refrain from dumping garbage and refuse in the vicinity or on the wooded lots on Pine Crest Avenue. Burgess Her- bert Smith has notified borough officers to arrest violators. Rev. | PLANT WHERE LOCAL MEN INVESTED MONEY This is the section of the plant where raw clay was to be brought in for prep- aration and grinding be- fore being made up into bricks which would later be sent on small steel cars. to .the kilns for burning. This view, taken during construction of the Dutch Mountain Clay Products plant at Lopez, shows the section where bricks were to be burned but does not show the two big kilns. Devens Is Only Bidder For Dutch Mountain Property Sale Awaits Confirmation Of Court Before It Can Be Considered Final Midget Auto RacerKilled Death Follows Accident At Tunkhannock Track A crackup on the Tunkhannock Fair Grounds auto racing track on Saturday resulted in injuries which were fatal to D. Henry “Hank” Bruning, 28, of Carbondale whose “midget” car failed to negotiate a turn, crashed and overturned. Bruning who drove under the name of Hank Davis, was champion of the Southern Tier ‘Racing Assoc- iation, New York, last year. Some- time ago he participated in the midget races at Ashley. Two weeks ago Sunday, racing on | the Tunkhannock track was banned by Pennsylvania Motor Police act- under order of District Attorney Joseph F. Ogden of Wyoming Coun- ty and the races were postponed to Saturday. The district attor- ney’s action came as the. result of a petition signed by residents of Eaton Township, principally members of Eatonville Baptist Church, whose property, church and cemetery, ad- join the Fair Grounds. The com- plaint charged that Sunday auto racing is a public nuisance, a dese- cration of the Sabbath, and that crowds violated the sactity of the church and churchyard cemetery by trampling over graves and oth- erwise trespassing on church prop- erty. Young Man Hangs Self From Tree Brother Finds Body After Day's Search The funeral of Howard Arm- strong, aged 37, of Orange who was found dead Tuesday afternoon by his brother, William Armstrong, will be from the late home with services in charge of Rev. Thomas Kline of Centermoreland M. E. Church. The young man who had been despondent and in ill health for some time was well known and respected by his friends and neigh- bors. He was a member of Cen- termoreland Methodist Church and active in the Sunday school. Since the death of his parents in 1923, he and his brother had lived togeth- er at Orange where they engaged in farming, and kept a home with the aid of a housekeeper. On Tuesday when William Arm- strong returned from market about 10 a. m., he was unable to find his held this afternoon at 2j brother anywhere about the farm. (Continued on Page 5) A. C. Devens, Dallas miller, was the sole bidder wihe.#® assets of the Dutch Mountain Clay Products Company were put up at auction Friday at the Lopez plant by: E. P. Whitby, receiver. About seventy- five persons representing creditors, lien-holders, stockholders, employes, and a cross-section of Luzerne County Bar attended the auction. None showed a willingness to bid, with the exception of Mr. Devens. In an effort to attract bidders the! receiver put the various assets of the company up separately and in groups and evidenced willingness to arrange any combination that might bring competitive bidding. All bids were invited subject to the approval of the court before the sale can be consummated. Mr. Devens’ bid of $1,350 was on the land, buildings, kilns, person- al property, a stock of 100,000 bricks and ' miscellaneous equip- ment including, steamshovel, con- veyors, wagon loaders, boiler, power plant, wheelbarrows, etc. Equipment sold subject to the approval of the court did not in- clude brick-making machinery pur- chased on lease from the E. M. Freese Company of Galion, O., and upon which there is still an unpaid balance of $10,000. Nor did the bid include Diesel engines purchas- ed from Standard Equipment Com- pany and approximately seventy- five steel cars for the transporta- tion of brick purchased from the Chase Foundry Company. Liabilities of the company in which local businessmen invested more than $85,000 include $2,800 wage claims, $19,000 in first liens and a $7,000 first mortgage held by seven local businessmen. Considerable litigation surrounds efforts of Freese Machinery Com- pany to repossess brick-making ma- chinery which the receiver refuses to release contending that the equipment was sold under an Ohio lease which is not recognized in Pennsylvania and that the installa- tion of improper machinery is large- ly responsible for the company’s present financial condition. It is claimed that the equipment was manufactured primarily for work on light Ohio clays rather than on the heavier Pennsylvania materials. Since its installation, the machinery has never worked well and on the day of the plant's opening expensive parts of it broke down with subsequent breakdowns at intervals later. The company’s problems have been mainly those of production since there is an unlimited de- mand for its products and its en- tire output has been contracted for. Clay deposits in the vicinity of the plant, according ‘to competent analysis, are the best to be found anywhere. Officers of the company are: Dr. G. K. Swartz, president; A. C. Devens, vice president; James R. Oliver, treasurer and D. L. Edwards, secretary. Heckled Speaker Quits Meeting Kunkle Republicans Have Lively Rally “My candidate is bigger than the Republican party.” These words uttered at the height of a political speech were the signal for a heck- ling which drove George Kanaar, county. assessor, off the speaker's platform when he appeared before a large audience gathered at the North District Republican Club rally at Kunkle Community Hall, Monday night. All invited county and township candidates had finished speaking when Mr. Kanaar, whose home is in Luzerne, asked for permission to speak in behalf of a county com- missioner seeking re-election. The early part of his address was in- differently received but when he rose to oratorical heights, panda- monium broke loose. There was scuffling of feet, catcalls and re- quests for refreshments, which the committee decided to serve with- out delay. Under the circumstances Mr. Kanaar decided to let some one else carry the banner of divided Republicanism to the voters of Dallas Township and withdrew from the stage. Candidates who preceded him on the platform and who received gen- erous support and attention from the audience were: Frank Slattery and John Hessel, rival candidates for the office of District Attorney; Edward Miller, candidate for County Commissioner; and Shad Goss and Herbert Miller, candi- dates for school director in Dallas Township. Palmer Updyke, presi- dent of the club, presided. All of the candidates for supervisor in the township were introduced. Native Of Wales Is Buried Here William Kelly Dies’ After Lingering Illness The funeral of William J. Kelly, 50, who died early Friday morning following a lingering illness of com- plications was held Monday after- noon from the late home on Jack- son Street with services in charge of Rev. John M. Owen of Wilkes- Barre. Mr. Kelly was a native of Wales where for many years he was a mine contractor. Hé came to Wilkes-Barre seventeen years ago and five years ago established his home in Dallas. He had been em- ployed as a shaftman at South Wilkes-Barre Colliery for the past thirteen years until confined to his home with illness. The number of his friends and former associates who attended the funeral attested to the respect in which Mr. Kelly was held in his adopted homeland. During the services David Rich- ards sang “Abide With Me” and (Continued on Page 5) A Local Schools Announce Opening Dates During Next Two Weeks | Accident Delays Work On Bridge Landslide Topples Big Pile Driver Into/Creek Work on the second and larg- est bridge on the new Evans’ Falls- Lutes’ Corners highway was re- sumed this week after temporary suspension of operations last week | when a piledriver overturned in | the creek bottom as the result of a landslide. No one was injured in the mishap, the operator jumping to safety as the big machine tum- bled down the embankment, but the boom was badly damaged and had to be replaced before opera- tions could be continued. About thirty-five men are em- ployed on the pile driving opera- tions where a new channel is be- ing dug for the stream that enters Bowman’s Creek from Root Hol- low. Just east of the bridge, Banks Construction Company is completing | the last fill and grading of roadbed. Thousands of cubic yards of ma- terial are being transported by truck for a considerable distance in order to complete this phase of the work this week. In. the vicinity of Evans’ Falls! where the new road joins the com- pleted highway from Tunkhannock, another large force of men is at work pouring cement in forms for a , retaining wall along the creek bank { where the new road is confined | between the creek on one side and high banks on the other. At the Dallas or Lutes’ Corners rend of the construction, work is moving rapidly on the first and smallest bridge across Bowman's Creek. The final footer was in- stalled this week and it will be only a matter of a short time before it is completed. With heavy grading, filling and relocation out of the way, the op- erations force of 130 men has been somewhat curtailed But within the next week forms will be set for the pouring of the concrete roadbed and a full force of men will be employed for several weeks to come until the road is completed. To Hold Bake Sale Don’t forget the bake sale con- ducted by the Idetown M. E. Church every Saturday on the R. D. Shaver lawn. Commissioner Candidate Attorney Peter E. Turek, presi- dent of the Polish Union of the United States of North America and a World War veteran is a Republi- can candidate for County Commis- sioner. A native of Glen Lyon, where he lives with his 93-year-old father, Atty. Turek has been president of the Polish Union since 1933, played a big part in bringing the national headquarters to Wilkes-Barre. He attended New Port High School, Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College, Susquehanna University and Dickinson Law School. He was a three-letter athlete during his school days, was a coach and teach- er at Newport High School. He was one of the first to enlist in the army when the U. S. entered the war, served for two years and four months, and left the army as captain of heavy artillery. He or- ganized the Newport American Le- gion Post. Atty. Turek served 11 years on the Central Poor District Board, is a member of the Elks, American Legion, Wyoming Valley Motor Club, Wilkes-Barre Law and Li- brary Association, and the Pennsyl- vania Bar Association. He also served as director of St. Stanislaus Orphanage, Parents Urged To Have Birth And Vaccination Certificates Ready Shortened hours of daylight, goldenrod nodding: along the high- ways, orchards of ripening fruit are of the approach of autumn, but these ominous signs are less sinister to youngsters than the announcements of the opening of school two weeks from next Tues- day. T. A. Williammee, supervising principal of Dallas Borough schools announces September 5 at 8:25 a. m. as opening time for Dallas high school and the same date at 8:40 a. m. as the opening date for the elementary schools. warnings Registration of first grade stu- dents will be held Thursday, August 31, from 1 p. m. until 3:30 p. m. Miss Cornelia Davis, first grade teacher, will have charge of regis- tration. Parents are requested to bring birth certificates of those to be enrolled if possible. High school students who will be in the tenth, eleventh or twelfth grades are requested to register on Wednesday, August 30, between 9 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. or on Thuzs- day, August 31 between 9va. m. and 12 noon, or Friday, September 1, between 9 a. m. and 12 noon. Registration will be held in Room 6 and individual programs will be made out. Junior High School students will register on the first day of school. ' Two new teachers will be on the. Dallas faculty at the opening of school. They will be Miss Julia Dolton of Philadelphia, a graduate of Drexel who replaces Miss Kings- ley in the Domestic Science de- partment and who will also teach Junior High School English, and Clarence LaBar of Dallas, graduate of Stroudsburg Teachers’ College who will teach Physical Education and High School Geography. School calendar for 1939-194 makes provision for the new’ date set for Thanksgiving by Presi- dent Roosevelt. The calendar: Sep- tember 5, school opens; October 19-20, County Institute; November 23-24, Thanksgiving recess; Decem- ber 25- January 2, Christmas re- cess; January 17, State Farm Pro- ducts Show; March 20-25, Easter recess; May 30-June 4, Memorial Day recess; May 26, Baccalaureate sermon; June 4, Class Night; June 6, Commencement; June 7, last day of school. Kingston Township The Board of Education of Kings- ton Township schools which takes in Shavertown, Trucksville and Carverton, has set Thursday, Sep- tember 7 as the opening day of school and Friday, June 7, as the end of the term, All beginning students must be six years of age before February 1, 1940, and have been requested to enroll the first day of school so as not to disturb the classes later. Supervising principal J. A. Mar- tin, advises that now is the time for all parents to check up on the vaccination certificates and birth certificates of all beginners and of all students who are transferring from other schools. Lehman Band On Picnic Program Pomona Grange Picnic At Benton Park Today Lehman High School Band will have an important place on the program today (Friday) when Pa- mona Grange of Luzerne and Co- lumbia counties hold their first get-to-gether picnic in several years at Benton Park. All Grangers, their families and friends, are welcome to attend the gathering and weather permitting it is expected the pic- nic will be the biggest gathering of Grangers in years. C. H. Dildine, chairman, Orange- ville, has arranged an interesting program, as follows: 1:30 P. M.—Band concert by the Lehman High School Band. Speeches by nationally-known Grange leaders: L. J. Tabor, Master of the National Grange; J. A. Mec- Sparran, former Master of the Pennsylvania State Grange. 3:00 P. M.—An interesting base- ball game: Orangeville vs. Hunting- ton Mills, 6:00 P. M.—Musical concert: Leh- man High School Band; Fishing Creek Community Chorus. 6:00 P. M.—Movies and singing. All Grangers, friends and their families are welcome to attend this first annual gathering.
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