PAGE TWO
BuildingBoom Wou
School Consolidation Issu
. Dallas Firemen To Meet
1d Revive Tonight At Hose House
The regular meeting of Dr. Henry
M. Laing Fire Company will be held
tonight in the hose house on Mill
Long-range Plan
Seen As Major
Need In Dallas
Cooperation Of Borough
End Twp. Suggested
By Interested Citizen
The likelihood of increased
building and growth in the
Dallas area in the next five
years is reviving talk about
consolidated schools and there
is a strong possibility that
school boards will soon face
again the issue which has
aroused so much discussion in
the past.
Twice within the last fifteen
years Dallas Borough and Dal-
las Township have discussed
a consolidated school system,
and each time obstacles have
been unsurmountable. Both dis-
tricts have good high school build-
ings now, but signs of overcrowd-
ing are apparent, and consolidation
probably will be a paramount ques-
tion before long.
The merging of the two school
districts has been suggested by the
Department of Public Instruction at
' Harrisburg before this. The pro-
ject was given serious consideration
in 1929, when the State pointed to
the tremendous savings and in-
‘ creased efficiency which would be
possible through consolidation.
At that time an official of the
State Department recommended a
joint supervising principal and co-
operation in teaching such subjects
" as music, health, shop, home eco-
nomics and foreign languages, with
THE QUEEN
: Lana Turner rules the domain
Hearts. The M-G-M starlet dons re
Defy Cupid for the throne of hearts.
Street. Calvin McHose, chairman
of the play committee, will report
OF HEARTS
production on March 7 and 8 and
tickets will be distributed. A full
attendance is urged.
Dallas Borough Board
“Till Meet Tonight
The February meeting of Dallas
Borough school board will be held
on plans for the firemen’s benefit |
THE POST, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1940
Judge Sentences
Fernbrook Men
Brothers Convicted Of
Taking State's Gravel
Andrew and Joseph Sebolka of
Fernbrook were convicted this week
of stealing crushed stone from the
Pennsylvania Department of High-
ways and were paroled from a six-
month prison sentence on promise
to pay the cost of the stone and the
prosecution.
Andrew Sebolka was arrested on
complaint of Superintendent W. C.
Schmink of the Highway Depart-
ment, who charged that the man
tonight (Friday) in the high school
building at 8 p. m.
New Schedule Announced
For Lehman And Idetown
Rev, C. Duane Butler, pastor of
Lehman charge of the Methodist
Church, yesterday announced a new
schedule of services, as follows: Ide-
town, church service, 10 a. m.; Sun-
day school, 11; Lehman, Sunday
school, 10 a. m.; church, 11:15.
Wolverine Work Shoes
Shell Horsehide shoes—built to
stand hard work with comfort
and at low cost.
— LUZERNE —
QUICK SHOE REPAIR
130 MAIN ST. LUZERNE, PA.
took 32 tons of stone from the
property of George Learn at Jack-'
son Township.
His brother, Joseph, was givén al
similar sentence by Judge John S.'
Aponick after it was est
that he had taken five
crushed stone from the s
erty. The men told the ci
were informed by a “farmer” that |
they could have the stone and they |
did not realize they were commit-
ting a crime,
DAN—Low mileage
—everything about
his car is original—Black finish,
ires, etc. Unconditional
guarantee on this car. $495 |
CITY CHEVROLET CO.
— Phone 7-1171 — |
Market & Gates Sts., Kingston
1938 PLYMOUTH
DELUXE FOUR-
DOOR TOURING SE-
of romance for 1940 as Queen of |
d satin suit and crown of jewels to
particular reference to grades 10, 11
“and 12.
"Questioned about the oft-discussed
plan, a man who has had long ex-
perience in local school affairs, de-
cried the lack of a constructive,
long-term, joint plan for develop- | ees
ment of school facilities here. B. E. Snyder of Luzerne has been
Stop-Gap Plan Costly double-crossed by a groundhog.
“School facilities in this ‘section| Just when everything was in
have grown by leaps and bounds | readiness for Br'er Groundhog’s an-
and are still growing, in the same’ nual prognostication last Friday the
manner,” he said. “The difficulty is | contrary woodchuck decided to post-
that no permanent program is con- pone its 1940 reappearance and
sidered and even after spending a! didn’t even stick its snout out of
lot of money, piecemeal, only stop- | its, winter home in Mr. Snyder’s
gap schools are provided for a short | cefiar, :
time. In a few years population in-! As a result, the groundhog missed
crease or obsolescence of buildings a tempting meal and Mr. Snyder's
SNYDER'S GROUNDHOG SLEEPS
ON, MISSES CHANCEFOR FAME
friends are still in the dark as to}
what kind of weather the next six
months will bring.
The woodchuck is still in there,| SNE
Mr. Snyder declares, even though he
hasn’t seen it since last September.
Personally, Mr. Snyder believes the
groundhog’s decision to, take an ex-
tra 40 winks is a sign of an early
spring, to say nothing of a long,
hard summer.
requires another spurt. |
“The trend is toward consolida-
seemingly everywhere but
ws have been enacted to
€ncourag- and in some cases enforce
tion
|
Butler's Grandfather
‘Dice In Wayne County
consolidation of district wr ur” Cer- as :
tain schools in adjoining districts. | William H. Shaffer of Gravity,
Local interests and prejudices have; Wayne County, grandfather of Rev.
always been so noticeable here that | C. Duane Butler, pastor of Lehman
any real effort of consolidation dis- | Methodist Church, died on January
tricts has been dropped like a hot
potato. ?
“The Dallas area is apparently be-
ginning to experience a building
boom. The new by-pass ana water
ifiprovements as well as general
conditions would seem to point to
such an experience. While the reg-
ularly elected school directors are
legally responsible for coping with |
this outlook, they always have had
enough headaches in their routine
duties to occupy their minds and in
practically every local change here-
tofore frantic effort is made AFTER
the need arises to provide school |
facilities which by that time are
urgently required and demanded.
New homes are usually erected by
young married people, which means
an increase in younger pupils first.
These gradually move through the
school systems step by step and
after the pressure once starts at the
bottom makes difficulty over a pe-
riod of perhaps ten years. Trying
to make ten frantic adjustments to
stich a situation means ten years of
hard work for the school directors
and many years of unsatisfactory
facilities for the pupils. ;
“Additional - building means In-
creased tax revenues. While im-
posing prohibitive taxes would be
the worst thing to do to encourage
building, a reasonable tax expendi-
ture will eventually be requiréd and
new home owners should be grad-
ually educated to expect to assume
such a burden. Cost figures pub-
lished locally and nationally indi-
cate that in very few families do the
parent-taxpayers contribute the ac-
tual expenses of the education of
their offspring.
Deplores Procrastination
“Improvements in Dallas Town-
ship and recent building changes in
other nearby districts appear on the
surface to provide adequate schools.
However, if past experience means
anything, this is a delusion. It is
only a temporary relief of acute
pressure. Sitting idly by until an-
other and harder pressure is felt is
going to make it possible for some
impractical group to leap into a
poorly located and inadequate school
building because of extreme emerg-
ency which makes doing something
at once more meritorious than do-
ing it properly.
“Just now when there is no hard
pressure anywhere would be the
ideal time to begin work on a real
ng-time program. No one can
e a difficult problem under
ss as well as after mature de-
ption.
|28 at the age of 90. Mr. Shaffer
| was one of 12 children, 11 of whom
! died past the age of 70, five being
in their 90’s. One sister, 82, survi-
| ves. Mr. Shaffer had six children,
all of whom survive him.
i Mrs. Norman Thompson
Of Noxen Died Sunday
{ Mrs. Norman Thompson, 49, Nox-
| en, died on Sunday afternoon at her
| home and was laid to rest in Or-
cutt’s Cemetery, Noxen, on Wednes-
| day afternoon. Services were held
in the Noxen Methodist Church,
with Rev. David Morgan officiating.
Mrs. Thompson is survived by her
{ husband, four daughters, Mrs. Mary
{ Klopka and Mrs. Ruth Dymond of
Noxen; Mrs. Mildred Campbell, Dal-
las, and Norman at home; five
| brothers, Jacob Traver, Ruggles;
Peter and Frank Traver, Evans
Falls, and Daniel and Severn Traver, |
Noxen; four sisters, Mrs. Frank!
Turner, Mrs. Charles Patten and
Mrs. Edward Nelson, Noxen, and
Mrs. Sarah Dymond, Binghamton,
N. Y. Six grandchildren also sur-
vive.
Death Takes Child
{
Norman Sutton, 7, son of James
Sutton, died at 8 on Sunday morn- |
ing at the home of William Nulton,
Alderson. Death was attributed to
pneumonia. The funeral was held
i from the Nulton home on’ Tuesday
afternoon, with interment in Beau-
mont Cemetery.
“As far as Dallas Township and
Dallas Borough are concerned con-
solidation is not new. They once
were consolidated. Efforts have
been made from time to time in
comparatively recent years to either
consolidate the districts again or
consolidate their facilities. But at
such times the acute condition has
prevented any calm and reasonable
consideration of any proposals.
“Grandiose schemes of consoli-
dating all the rural section into one
district have always fallen of their
own weight and perhaps always
will. Some of the larger districts
can well maintain themselves and
receive outside pupils on a tuition
basis. On account of their peculiar
situation it would seem that the
two Dallas districts could well work
together on the high school prob-
HERE'S a tire that's famous for
quality and long mileage.
And—at a 25% discount from list price!
Explains Relief
Rule On Property
Judgment Banned While
Family Occupies Home
Assurance that properties owned and rugged for long wear. It's
by relief recipients will not be seiz-| scientifically designed to 4
ed upon their demise so long as a| protect against skidding.
spouse or children survive, even
though he or they do not reside in us equip your car with
the property, was given this week Firestone Standard
by R. J. Bartow, county director of | Tires—the value
the DPA. { sensation of
Attention was called to Mr. Bar- 19401
tow’s explanation by Kingston
Township Branch, No. 22, American |
Progressive League, which interpret-
ed the ruling to mean that no at-
tempt will be made to recover on
relief payments by filing judgment
against real property and furnish-
ings as long as one or the other
parent lives or as long as there are
surviving children.
The State Support Law, as
amended last June, required that
relief recipients sign ‘reimburse-
ment agreements” and much con-
fusion has arisen as the result of a
misunderstanding among recipients.
low-priced tire made with the patented
Gum-Dipped Cord Body which gives
greatest protection against blowouts.
The Firestone Standard is the only
| Remember that!
Look at that tread! I's deep, tough
Come in today and let
STANDARD
Firestone STANDARD TIRES
gud Ee
ATL
[Io dos
4
RO le
ERT
LANE TE
TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN
YOU
PAY ONLY
LIST
SIZE PRICE
Those who need cash can
now obtain loans quickly,
conveniently and confiden-
tially in an approved busi
ness-like way. A steady in-
come and established credit
make you eligible for
First National's
BUDGET-PLAN
LOANS
5.25-21
4.40/4.50-21.....
4.75/5.00-19. .....
4.50/4.75/5.00-20.
5.25/5.50-17. .... |
5.25/5.50-18. ... ...
5.25/5.50-19.....
5.25/5.50-20. ....
5.78
5.89
6.15
7.61
7.20
6.86
8.21 || |
8.51 || |
10.45 | 7.84
12.70 | 9.53
$7.70
7.85
8.20
10.15
9.60
9.15
10.95
11.35
Rates are only $6.00 per PRICK
INCLUDES YOUR OLD TIRE
hundred per year . . . re-
payable in twelve month-
ly installments.
“Kinst
Fog
and the Firestone Symphony Orche
Wallenstein, Monday evenings, over
Listen to the Voice of Firestone with Richard Crooks, Margaret Spedks
stra, under the direction of Alfred
Nationwide N. B. C. Red Network:
NATIONAL BANK of
WILKES-BARRE, PA.
59 Public Square
*
Member Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation MAIN HIGHWAY
ROBERTS OIL COMPANY
The Big Gulf Station At Hillside
TRUCKSVILLE, PA.
lem.”
GE LL LIL a
1859
EGOS
1b
WHOLE MILK
SHARP CHEESE
23¢
Ann Page
COOKED
SPAGHETTI
FANCY PEA BEANS
RITZ CRACKERS
4 15% oz. cans 925°
| _GORTON'S CODFISH CAKES
71 IONA LIMA BEANS
SPAGHETTI DINNERS meatless
| Encore Brand
MACARONI,
SPAGHETTI,
or ELBOW MACARONI
3°" 23¢
2 lbs. llc
i-lh. pkg. 22¢
2 cans 25¢
4 (-ih. cans 25¢
pkg. 33¢
Campbell’s
Tomato Soup
3" 20¢
ANN PAGE KETCHUP
WET SHRIMP
MADONNA TOMATO PASTE
PINK SALMON (Coldstream)
LARGE PRUNES (40 to 50 to pound)
N B C Excel
Soda Grackers
2" 17¢
{4-0z. hot. 4c
can 5¢
{-1b. can 15¢
2 cans 29¢
3 lbs. 25¢
California
in Tomato Sauce
Fels Naptha
SOAP
6 25¢
Jane Parker
Hot Cross
BUNS
SARDINES
2 oval ~19¢
Fancy
Biue Rose
RICE
2" 11e¢
Pure
LARD
2" 15¢
2- 25¢
ON SALE EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Kiddies Will Enjoy These
Walt Disney’s
Jane Parker
ANGEL FOOD
Cakes
Characters
PINOCCHIO
on Genuine Libby’s Safedge
doe
GLASS TUMBLERS
Filled With These
ANH PAGE FINE FOODS
PEANUT BUTTER
SANDWICH SPREAD
ORANGE MARMALADE
GRAPE JAM
BLACKBERRY PRESERVES
PINEAPPLE PRESERVES
9 “= 9m
START TO COLLECT A SET TODAY
Jane Parker
Century of
Progress
LAYER CAKES
~ 19e¢
Vienna Twist or
Sliced Rye
BREAD
2 loaves 17°
NEW CABBAGE
2 pounds 0 e¢
MORRELL’S TENDER PROCESS
SMOKED PICNICS
Cello Wrapped—Short Shank
w 14c
Lean, Roasting
PORK LOINS oh. ™
5 bs.
10¢
From Tender Young Porkers
FRESH PICNICS
* 10¢
Best Center Cut
CHUCK ROAST
* 19¢
Fresh and Lean
PORK BUTTS
Ib. 122¢
SLICED BACON (Sunnyfield)
SMOKED PORK SQUARES
COD FILLETS
FISH FILLETS
Boneless Boston Blue Fish
FILLETS HADDOCK
Boneless—Celle Wrapped
SLICED STEAK COD
PREITY I
i-lb. pkg. 19¢
ib. 10c
Ib. iTc
Ib. 10c
Ib. 9c
Ib. 19¢
Prices effective until Saturday night, February 10
oF
®
®
a.
er