THE POST, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940
Record As Leader
His First Term Notable
For Unique Achievement
Few legislators who go to the
State Assembly at Harrisburg
achieve a record to match the
one Don Wilkinson has hung up
while he has been representing this
section at the State Capitol during
the last two years.
Representative Wilkinson, who
will seek the Republican nomina-
tion at the Primary Election on
April 23, was directly responsible
for the passage of 12 of the 16
major bills relating to local govern-
ment passed during the 1939 Ses-
sion. In addition, he was elected
to three important House commit-
tees, was a member of the Select
Committee on relief problems and
Chairman of the Joint House-Senate
Committee on Municipal Corpora-
tions.
These were unusual rewards for
a hard-working first termer, but
there was more recognition of his
ability. Last July he was selected
to fill a vacancy on the Pennsyl-
vania Local Government Commis-
sion and he is now chairman of a
sub-committee which is studying
one of the most perplexing prob- |
lems in Pennsylvania, the revamp-
ing and codification of the local
tax laws of Pennsylvania.
In view of Mr. Wilkinson's ex-
perience before he went to Har-
risburg it was not surprising when
he was drafted to lead so many con-
structive movements. As far back
as 1929 he had organized the Blue
Circle Patrol, collectors of taxes
and municipal accountants, which
today is the largest business of its
kind in Pennsylvania. He was
elected secretary of the Pennsyl-
vania Tax Collectors’ Association in
Wilkinson Makes | Man, 65, Falls In Culvert
Along Carverton Highway
John Bailey, 65, Carverton Road,
Trucksville, suffered a fractured
arm and lacerations of the face
when he fell about eight feet into a
culvert at Carverton and Bunker
Hill roads on Sunday. He was ad-
mitted to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.
Bailey was rescued by Thomas
Walker, proprietor of the nearby
Checkerboard Inn, and Carl Givens,
who took him to the hospital.
To Remove Curve
On Lake Highway
Supervisors To Improve
Road At Silkworth
The supervisors of Lehman Town-
ship have notified Luzerne County
Commissioners that they are ready
to improve the road near the out-
let of Lake Silkworth if the county
will move its bridge across the
overflow.
The spot affected by the change
is a steep, sharp eurve which has
proved dangerous and it is the plan
of the supervisors to eliminate the
curve and improve the highway to
facilitate the movement of. traffic.
County officials have indicated
|they will authorize work on the
| bridge if Lehman will assume re-
sponsibility for any land damage
in connection with the project. Leh-
man officials expect no damages,
since the road flanks a swamp,
where value of the land is neglig-
ible.
It is understood Lehman is plan-
ning additional road improvements
at Lake Silkworth, beginning this
year and continuing through 1941.
Lightning Strikes Barn
to their country
933 and was re-elected yearly tol ‘Two large barns at Eatonville
this office until 1937, when he was’ were burned on Wednesday of last
elected Field Secretary, the office 'week in this section’s first electrical
which he still holds. He is also sec-
retary of the County Unit of the
Pennsylvania Tax Collectors’ Assoc-
iation.
In 1935 he helped to found the
Pennsylvania Home Rule Associa-
tion and he is now chairman of its
Legislative Committee. In 1937 he
became a member of the Executive
Committee of the Conference of Al-
lied Local Officials. Such qualifica-
tions won for him the overwhelming
support from voters in this section
when he aspired to the office of
Representative in 1938.
Besides his political and civic in-
terests, Mr. Wilkinson is interested
in outdoor life. He is a member of
the American Federation of Musi-
cians, Old Hickory Gun Club, Wyo-
ming Valley Equestrian Club, the
Y. M. C. A., the Lions’ Club, West-
moreland Club, an associate mem-
ber of Black Diamond Post, Ameri-
can Legion, the P. O. S. of A., the
Fraternal Order of Eagles, the
Knights of Malta and the Forty
‘Fort and Kingston Township fire
departments.
Six From Dallas Airea
On Rp<il-May Jury List
Six men from the Dallas section
have been selected for jury service
during the last week of April and |
the first week of May. The names
follow: Week of May 6—Jackson
Township, John M. Hewitt; Kings-
ton Township, Leroy Morris; Week
of April 29—Kingston Tiwnship,
B. G. Crandall, Edward F. Kropp;
Dallas, Wilbur Manning, Raymond
Marsh.
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storm of the year. A bolt struck
one barn, which burst into flames
and ignited the second structure,
about 20 feet away. A team of
horses and about 15 head of cattle
were saved, but three calves, hay,
feed, machinery and tools were de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Roller Skating Party
The Freshman Civics Club of Dal-
las Township High School will spon-
sor a roller skating party at Jack-
son’s Rink, Dallas, on Friday night,
April 19, at 7:30. Thorwald Lewis,
a faculty member, will direct the af-
fair. Dorothy Berinski is chairman
of the ticket committee and Miriam
Moore is club president. Tickets
can be secured from any member of
the class before 6:30 April 19.
Treasure Island on San Francisco
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Hailed By Vets
Ex-Soldier Himself, He
Still Fights For Peace
Although he is an ex-soldier him-
self—a. veteran of the Spanish-
American War—and a descendant
of soldierly ancestors whose service
stretches back
through every American war, Dr.
C. Murray Turpin has been waging
a battle for American peace since
his first term in Congress in 1929.
“I've seen war,” Dr. Turpin said
once. “I know what it is. Much of
my time in Congress was spent
trying to help ex-soldiers, whose
lives had been blackened by war.
Our country must be strong and it
must be prepared to defend itself
—at whatever cost—but I am con-
vinced more than ever that the
greatest blessing this nation can
give to mothers and their sons is
peace. I shall always do every-
thing I can to preserve that peace.
Dr. Turpin has a wide following
in the Back Mountain section, partly
because his mother and grandmoth-
er came from this region and partly
because of his diligence in repre-
senting this district in Congress at
Washington from 1929 to 1936. It
was largely because of the record
he made at the Capitol in those
years that he was drafted to be a
candidate for the Republican nom-
ination for Congress at the April 23
Primary Election.
It is said of Dr. Turpin that no
one was ever refused an audience
with him when he was in Congress.
The neighborly welcome he gave to
friends from home who came to his
office is responsible for his reputa-
tion as a man of the common people,
devoted to their interests. His rec-
ord is starred with expressions of
loyalty from high officials of the
A. F. of L. and labor leaders in the
affiliates of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen.
His work in assisting veterans—
particularly those who were disabled
—was noteworthy and his record in
Congress is one of honest inde-
pendence, which placed public need
above party affiliation. He has
never recognized any boss but the
people.
Miss Iveson Writes Play
A play, “Plantation Party’, writ-
ten by Miss Ida Iveson of Hunlocks
Creek, will be presented in the Five
Forks Church at Hunlocks on Satur-
day night, under the direction of
Mrs. Arthur Bird
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| Dallas Chief's Brother
Dies At Luzerne
John Covert, 74, lifelong resident
of the West Side and a brother of
Chief of Police Walter Covert of
Dallas, died on Saturday afternoon
at 2 at General Hospital and was
laid to rest on Tuesday afternoon
in Fern Knoll Cemetery.
Suriving are the following broth-
ers and sisters: Mrs. Olive Roselle,
Wyoming; Joseph Covert, Luzerne;
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Mrs. Marilda Heller, 95, formerly
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She was a member of the Chris-|
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Laing Firemen Extinguish
Chimney Fire At Hauck’s |The funeral was held from the Cool. |
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a Dallas bus had caught fire.
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Dr. C. Murray Turpin
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