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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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.” :
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grandstand or for the securing of
advance grandstand tickets.
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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
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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.
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| 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.
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: 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.”
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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.
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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 /
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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
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»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-|
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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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