2 . Editorially Speaking: : A Highway—Or A Revolution? ~ We doubt if many people in the Kingston Township- Dallas area are aware even now of the far-reaching effects the new $750,000 highway now under construction is bound to have upon this territory. This it not just another road. It is almost a revolution, for besides changing the physical appearance of this area it will bring innumerable benefits and problems which will transform the social character of the community for all time. As the spinal column of the body politic it will link these adjoining towns together as they have never been united before. As a traffic artery it will give access to undeveloped ‘meadows where building has until now been unthinkable. As a civic asset it will attract new taxpayers who will swell the municipal coffers. As a social factor it will create new business districts and cause growth in an entirely new direction, reversing the trends of the past 10 years. As a gateway to the loveliest scenic area in Northeast- ern Pennsylvania it will bring a steady flow of tourist dollars into this section every summer. Nothing as important as this new highway has hap- pened here since the first restless settlers tramped through the gap in Kingston Mountain and erected their log cabins along Toby's Creek. So far the community has been content to sit back and watch the highway take shape. ‘There has been no effort to control the conditions which will spring up as a result of the new route, to solve the problems it will create nor to capitalize upon the opportunities it will present. If this complacency persists, Dallas and its neighboring commun- ities are certain to fumble their biggest opportunity in years. There is a crying need, right now, for some sort of a planning board, representing the citizens of Dallas Borough, Dallas Township and Kingston Township, to investigate the significance of the new road, study its probable effects upon the community and recommend measures for development of the residential areas it bisects. Unless something of this sort is dome, we shall all some day regret our lack of foresightedness. Are there to be restrictions on the type of building which will be permitted along the highway? Is the scenery to be hidden by billboards? Is there to be any sensible system of feeder roads, or are présent intersecting streets, such as Mill Street and Sumpter Street in Dallas, to be abandoned ? What sort of traffic control will there be through the towns along the highway? Are visitors to Dal- las to be greeted by a row of backhouses? There are a score of important questions pleading for an answer while munici- pal officials mark time. Pennsylvania is investing more than three-quarters-of- a-million dollars in our section of Luzerne County this sum- mer. As a result, we are on the verge of a sweeping change in the appearance, character, prospects and wealth of our community. It will be tragic if we have not the public spirit to add our appreciation, our imagination and our efforts to that investment. POST SCRIPTS We know our limitations, so we [ | 1 | | | | | | | | Weather Delays Road Operations Big Cut Takes Shape As Ratchford Speeds Job After a week’s rapid progress, shan't try to write any preface to | operations on the new Dallas High- the letter which follows. Our clum- sy circumlocution might spoil it. It's from a 13-year-old girl, who has | written to her aunt in this country. Dear Auntie: ! Hans and Sara, Mummie and me Were up in London for dinner and tea; We had for our luncheon, as soon you will guess, Cheese, milk and rolls, mustard and cress. It was such a wonderful day! The sun woke up in a hurry and let us know it. We jumped on a bus and jumped off at Parliament Street, ate our lunch in St. James's Park, fed the ducks and the birds, and then went on to Hyde Park and Kensing- | ton Gardens. The rabbits were | wriggling their furry ears and shak- ing their bob-cotton tails and Peter | Pan looked as happy as ever. The| Serpentine was rippling so peace-| fully, glistening like gold. We walked past the Army huts, and sand-bagged guns where the] new recruits “were being drilled. | Sara and Hans were interested to | see the political what-nots having | their say at the Marble Arch Cor- | ner. Speakers and shouters and squeakers, for or against the Gov-| ernment, all talking about what they jolly well pleased. Sara and Hans| had never known anything like that | in Germany and it gave them a lit- | tle idea of what we do in England. ! Later we went to Lyons and had some ice cream and cakes. Oh, I] hope you won’t think I'm too inter-' ested in things to eat. I just think it adds spice to letters to tell what nice things one has sometimes, don’t you? (Really, there's no use put- (Continued on Page 8) way were held up this week by! rainy weather, but clear skies yes- terday saw Ratchford & Sons, the sub-contractors, moving ahead again with excavating and grading. The 30,000-cubic-yard cut below Dallas is about one-third finished and will probably be finished in about a week and a half. Forms have been erected for several of the nine bridges which are to be built. The grading is being hurried so Coon Construction Co., which is ready to pave parts of the link northward from the Fernbrook in- tersection, can use the spur in trucking concrete from its mixer at Dallas. ' Record August Low Touched Last Sunday A record-breaking low tempera- ! ture for August occurred on Sunday Pennsylvania according to the Weather and Crop Report. On that day the mercury registered a low of 29 degrees at Kane. Light to heavy frosts accompanied the cold spell throughout this section. The average temperature for the week {was 61, about 8 degrees below av- | erage. Two Canoes Are Stolen Bt Harvey's Lake Chief of Police Ira C. Stevenson is investigating the theft of two canoes stolen from Harvey's Lake recently. One, a red Old Town | with the name “Pudger,” was the property of Alan Kistler. The other one, also red, was stolen from Penn Williams. READERS TO SELECT NEW NAME FOR ‘BACK MOUNTAIN REGION’ Beginning next week, The Post will invite its readers to vote on a new name for what is now called “The Back Mountain Region.” From the names which have been ness for the tag “Back Mountain Region” and asked The Post not to abandon it, so it, too, will be in- cluded in the names on the ballot. submitted in the last three weeks | the judges have selected 15. The contestants who submitted the win- ning names each have received an:Grace B. Smith, “Bedford Hills”; |lays in the securing of tickets eith-| This week’s winners and the names they submitted are: Mrs. Alan G. Kistler, “Ruralvania’; Mrs. MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION THE POST WANTS: 1. The election of Wendell L. Will- kie as President of the United States. 2. Emphasis locally on activities national defense measures. 3. The installation of fire plugs in Dallas Borough. 4. The construction of a new, short- er h 5. tion | Vol. 50 Undset And Adler Among Lecturers To Visit College Misericordia Prepares To Welcome Unusually Large Freshman Class Anticipating its ‘biggest and best year”, College Miseri- cordia is preparing to welcome an unusually large Freshman Class on Wednesday, Septem- ber 11, with members from as far west as Wisconsin. The new students will re- port jon that day for a series of conferences and tests which will continue through the week. Upper classmen will report on Mon- day, September 16; and the formal | opening of the new term will be smarked on Friday, September 20, at a high mass. Several new and important cours- es have been added to this year’s curriculum and an imposing array of lectures has been arranged, in- cluding Mme Sigrid Undset, world- famous Norwegian novelist, and Mortimer J, Adler, internationally- known psychologist and author. There will be several new mem- bers of the faculty. Freshman Week Program The schedule for Freshman Week follows: Wednesday, September 11: 9 a. m., general assembly, welcome, in- troduction to class counsellors and sectioning of classes; 10, registration for Sections 1 and 3; medical exam- ination for Section 3; 12:30, lunch; 1:15, Registration for Section 3; medical examination for Section 1 and 2. Thursday, 9 a. m., general assem- bly; 9:30, psychological tests for o speech clinic for Section 3. Friday, 9 a. m., English placement test; 11:30, introduction to library for Section 1. and 3; speech clinic, Section 2; 12:30, lunch; 1:15, in- troduction to library, Section 2; speech clinic, Section 1; 2:30, tea and introduction to faculty. Thorwald Lewis Helps Father Compile Book Thorwald E. Lewis, a teacher in Dallas Township high school, has assisted his father, Victor E. Lewis, supervising principal of Edwards- ville schools, in compiling a booklet of selected contemporary verse, rhymes and poems. The title is “Poets and Poetry of Wyoming Val- ley.” : The anthology is dedicated to the pupils and teachers of Luzerne County. public schools and to citi- zens of the valley who have influ- ‘enced the social, educational and religious life of the community. : There are 200 poems by 141 writers who represent 33 towns in the county. Lake Township Wettest Town In This Section Lake Township, which has 16 liquor licenses and four beer li- censes, is the “wettest” of any local communities, according to the Penn- sylvania Liquor Control Board. But this section also has the only “dry” town in Luzerne County, Ross Township, which includes Sweet Valley. Liquor licenses issued here fol- low: Dallas Borough, 2; Dallas Township, 10; Franklin Township, 1; Jackson, 1; Kingston Township, 3; Lake, 16; Lehman, 4. Beer li- censes: Dallas Township, 2; Jack- son, 1; Lake, 4; Lehman, 1. Bloomsburg Fair Plans 86th Year Annual Exposition Will Open On September 23 The 86th renewal of the Blooms- burg Fair on September 23 is ex- pected to break all existing records for attendance. The fair will con- tinue through the week, closing on 28. Because the fair operates on a policy of putting all earnings into a progressive improvement pro- | gram, there is never a year but that | there are many improvements. It’s | the same in 1940. The convenience ! of the fair visitor has been given full | consideration. | No longer will there be any de- $8.50 book of tickets to the World's | Miss Rita Cummings, “Dallarea”;|er for entrance on the grounds or Fair. Irene Oney, “Sylvan Hills”, and Strangely enough, a number of Mrs. Maude Eipper, “King-Dal-Lake persons have expressed their fond-'Mount.” : HRM SL grandstand or for the securing of advance grandstand tickets. (Continued on Page 8) . Cl Sections 1 and 2; 12:30 lunch; 1:15, | the night of Saturday, September | FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940 THEY CAN STILL STICK TO A SADDLE Dallas Township Directors Appoint Four Teachers Miss Bogart Was Also Rpnointed At Lehman; School Opens Thursday Four new teachers were ap- on Monday night, one of them Miss Jean Bogart of Dallas, who had already been offered a man high school faculty. It was the third offer Miss Bogart 1as received this summer. | The other teachers named are! Martha Russ of Fernbrook, Martha Zehner of Bloomsburg and Robert Dolbear of Plains. They will suc- ceed teachers who have resigned. School at Dallas Township will re- open on Thursday, September 5, Ronald C. Doll, principal, announced yesterday. ] { Registration of all pupils, includ- ing those being admitted for the first time, will take place on that morning. The first meeting of i the teachers will be held in the af- | ternoon of the same day. | The calendar of school holidays has been announced as follows by Mr. Doll: Recess for teachers’ institute, Oc- tober 17 and 18; recess for Armis- tice Day, November 11; Thanksgiv- ing vacation, November 28 and 29; Christmas vacation, December 23- January 1; Easter vacation, April 10, 11 and 14; Memorial Day recess, May 30; closing date, June 5, 1941. Fynlai | rXniams | Martin yin School's Plans | Thursday Opening Day | | AtKingston Township | A sunimary of tHe regulations governing the cpening of Kingston | Township schools next Thurs ay | morning was given yesterday by J. | A. Martin, supervising principal. | The time schedule will be the same as last year, with sessions in the Junior-Senior high school from | 8:30 to 11:30 and from 12:30 to 3:30 and sessions in the ' grade schools from 8:45 to 11:30 and from 12:30 to 3:15. Busses will follow the same routes on the same time schedule as last year. All bus pupils for the sixth and second grades will attend the Trucksville grade school. All bus pupils for the first, fourth and fifth grades will attend the Shavertown grade school. i “A beginner,” Mr. Martin reminds parents, “must have been born on or before January 31, 1935, and must present a vaccination certifi- ‘cate and a birth certificate at the time of registration. Students transferring from other schools to our school must bring health cards, | | vaccination certification, a birth] | certificate and a record of school marks. It is important that all be- ginners and new students be present i the first day.” ! There will be a meeting of all teachers in the high school library on Wednesday at 1 p. m. Clyde Lapp Chairman Of Truck Council National Defense and highway safety will be the chief topics of | discussion at the meeting next Tues- |day evening at Hotel Redington of lthe Luzerne County Council of | Pennsylvania Motor: Truck Associa- [ tion, of which Clyde Lapp of Dallas lis chairman. | “Co-ordination of highway trans- | portation is part of the national de- | fense program, in which trucks will play an outstanding part,” Mr. Lapp { said. | I~ | HOW NEW CONSCRIPTION | BILL MIGHT WORK HERE IF HOUSE OKAYS DRAFT The 12,000,000 American men between 21 and 30 affected by the peace-time draft bill rep- resent about 10 per cent of the population. = | ! Ten per cent of Dallas’s pop- : ulation of 1,479 would be about 148 young men here who would be required to register. But only 900,000 draftees— or a little less than 8 per cent | of the eligible men—will be in training at one time. | If, then, the national ratio | holds in Dallas only about 11 men from the town will actually be called for the first year’s “hitch.” ~~ | pointed by the directors of! Dallas Township school district | teaching position on the Leh-| N. Y., and Tobyhanna. No. 35! % PTY Pennsylvania Motor Policemen answer calls and patrol highways in fast sedans, nowadays, instead of riding horseback as they did in the ‘days when they first earned a reputation as relentless man-hunters, but they haven’t lost their old-time skill at horsemanship, as this trooper demonstrates in one of the series of rodeos being staged in dif- ferent parts of the state. ™ 7 Old Presentation Of "Book Of Friendship’ Dallas's ‘Corey FrantzDay' Friends Pay Warm-Hearted Tribute To Guest Oi Henor Et Neighborly Reception At Church A “Book of Friendship” containing hundreds of signatures linscribed by his neighbors was presented to C. | tired business man, banker and civic leader in Dallas for the last 40 years, at a reception in his honor in Dallas Methodist Milk Price Rise Likely This Fall . Control Board Supports Enti-Chiselling Plea / ( The possibility of a one-cent-a- quart increase in milk prices, to aid farmers who are producing for less than cost now, looms as a result of arguments presented by dairymen at a hearing before the Pennsyl- vania Milk Commission at Scranton on Wednesday. The producers also pleaded for protection against dealers who “chisel” on milk prices and John H. McKee, chairman of the Com- mission, asked producers and dis- tributors to co-operate in enforcing price regulations in fairness to all groups. Milk is selling now for 12c a quart. It is probable that the price level will be returned to that of last winter, when producers re- ceived $2.76 a hundredweight, in- stead of their present $2.50, fluid milk containing 3.5 per cent butterfat. Rutos Kill Two Daily Pennsylvania's pedestrians met death on the highway at the rate of more than two a day during the first six months of 1940, the A. A. A. has reported. 109th F. A. Home From Camp Expect Mobilization Sometime In December Three weeks’ intensive training, the last few days on grounds soggy from the steady rain, will end for for | »Church last night. The presentation was made by Attorney B. B. Lewis, who presided during the informal program at the church. A ded- ication in the front of the book characterized the event as “an American tribute to a good American.” Mrs. Frantz re- ceived a lovely bouquet. The reception climaxed what Bur- gess Herbert A. Smith had proclaim- ed as “Corey A. Frantz Day.” Con- gratulations came to Mr. Frantz numerous messages, including one from Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany, thanking him for his co-op- eration in the firemen’s behalf over a long period. At the church a huge banner an- nounced “Dallas Honors Corey Frantz.” Several hundred persons heard many of Mr. Frantz’s old friends speak feelingly of their ad- |miration for him. There was a de- | lightful musical program and re- ifreshments were served after the speeches. The messages to Mr. Frantz in this “Book of Friendship” said in part: “Your career is a living con- firmation of the theory that men cannot acquire what they do not produce. In our town, your name |is synonymous with stability, sound, |ness, decency, character and wise I counsel. I “In your activities as a business man, banker and civi¢ leader dur- ling the last 40 years you have | stearfastly exemplified the vprinci- ples on which this fledgeling na- [tion was founded. Simply, quietly, and without fanfare, you have given vitality to the glorious Amer- ““lican legend that in our country a boy with brains and two willing | hands and enough ambition can still | make his own career.” 3 | Acknowledging the tribute, Mr. | Frantz made a typically modest | statement. “You know,” he said, } “I've really only done what any | citizen should do.” the 109th F. A. when it returns to- | NEW BOAT CLUB AT LAKE WILL day from its maneuvers at Lisbon, The regi- iment includes a good-size detach- yment and several officers from the | Dallas section. | How long the men will have with {their families before they are mo- | bilized remained a matter of con- which will train men and women in vey’s Lake before 1942. & Frantz, re-| { throughout the day and he received | ighway between Dallas and Har- Centralization of police protec- in the Dallas area. More sidewalks. Firemen Would Organize Defense Corps For Dallas Fred Kiefer Sends Word Encouraging Committee To Speed Its Plan Impressed by the national defense preparations he has ob- served on his 2,000-mile trip northward to the Canadian Rockies, Fred M. Kiefer of Shrine View sent word home this week of Dallas to speed its plans to organize a drill team which i could serve as a training corps for local young men. by the firemen at their regu- (lar meeting last Friday night and a committee was appointed to consider forming a drill team to serve as the nucleus of a program | “I am encouraged to believe an organization of this type will mean much to the company and will be a direct benefit to the community,” Mr. Kiefer wrote home after seeing what other towns are doing. Awakened by official recognition try, a number of communities are | inaugurating their own corps to supplement the job the army is doing. Modern air warfare, | with its parachute troops, has made | civilian training essential. - It is also recognized that such vigorous activity on the part of | American towns will have an effect jon pugnacious foreign countries | which might be tempted to invade ‘this nation. They would be less | eager to attack a country which has a population which can submit to discipline and knows how to use | firearms. Besides, home défense is typically | American and has been since the first settlers in this section kept long property rights. Suggests Weekly Drill Mr. Kiefer, who has been one of the most active members of the lo- | cal fire company, proposes that the {drill team or defense corps be made up of members of the fire company suggests that a bugle corps might be organized in conjunction with the drill team and that drill be held at least one night a week and more (often if convenient while the weath- |er permits outside drill. He points to the number of ex- army officers or present commis- sioned officers of the National Guard in Dallas and its vicinity who could command the corps, and be- lieves guns, even if not uniform as | to make or calibre, could be secured | by the members of the team. Mr. Kiefer then proposes that the firemen secure a 200-yard rifle prac- tice range, so the members and other interested citizens can become jacquainted with the use of guns. | He believes it would also be ap- | propriate to design a special fire company flag, which could be flown | beside "the national colors on ap- pearances of the drill team. | Joe Elicker In Midst | Of Nassau's Excitement | Joe Elicker of -Dallas, who is as- sociated now with the Development Board of the Bahamas government , at Nassau, has been one of the priv- ileged eye-witnesses at the excite- ment attending the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the famous tourist resort. Mr. Elicker has been in Nassau since January and his duties have identified him with the preparation which were made to welcome the new Governor. On his next trip home he will undoubtedly have a fresh supply of the stories which Joe tells so well, a probability his num- erous friends are anticipating with pleasure. SPONSOR RACES ON LABOR DAY ski race will be two of the principal | jecture this week. The calling of | Harvey’s Lake will sponsor a water | features. There will also be races ‘the National Guard will be a pre- {liminary step to conscription, be- cause it will be needed to train the recruits who will be drafted. One report from Washington ‘is that the local outfit will be mobil- {carnival on Labor Day. | A two-mile course has been laid out, starting at Rudy Hochreiter’s boathouse north of the picnic | rcumis. The first races will begin at 10 a. m. and after a recess for | for 6-cylinder inboards, 4-cylinder | inboards, 4-cylinder outboards and | 2-cylinder outboards. | Entry blanks can be secured from | Chief of Police Ira C. Stevenson, at Zorzi’s, at Stonehurst Cottage at ized about December 15 for service |lunch the contestants will resume | North Corners, at Jack Nothoff’s or at Indiantown Gap, near Harris- —&® burg. the program at 2 p. m. A sailboat race and an aquaplane from Reese Meredith, president of the boat club. : encouraging Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company Such a plan was discussed | to interest young men in the volun- . | teer fire company. ‘ of espionage activities in this coun- ° training rifles in the corner to insure their who are also American citizens. He ’
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