08 SETTLE IN LAKE a
tier townships, was formed in 1841, of land taken from Lehman
and Monroe Townships.
Matthew Scouten, who was employed by the owners of the land
tract, where Jacob Sorber afisyvard settled, and set out a few
; apple trees.
7
and the marsh there was nam-
ed Lee’s pond for him. Mr. Lee
~ was employed by Plymouth
farmers to care for cattle
~ Jackson Township and began clear-
the Spring of 1838.
‘Sawmills Which Flourished About Lake Cut
Millions Of Feet Of Sound Lumber Every Year
(This is the second of a series of articles on the history of
local communities)
Lake Township, the biggest of Luzerne County's northern
The first white man who lived in Lake Township was
to look after the property, as early as 1792. He cleared a small
~~ BE
DUSHORE AIR RAID
SHELTER UNDER STORE
FIRST IN THE STATE
Daniel Lee ‘settled at ih
head of Pike’s Creek in 1806,
What is probably Pennsyl-
vania’s first Air Raid Shelter is
being constructed under Walter"
Hoffa’s store at Dushore.
The subterranean retreat will,
according to the Sullivan Re-
view, be air conditioned, heated
and well stocked for any emer-
gency. Tunnels have been driv-
en underground to nearby
stores, so food supplies can be
‘which were driven there to
graze during the summer.
In 1836 Otis Allen moved from
ing the land in the vicinity of Lee's
pond. He took his family there in|
During that
year Josiah, Nathan and Stephen
Kocher, brothers, moved into the
Andy Pallo of Weirton, W. Va., shows his children, Mary Ann, 7, and
Andrew Richard, 4, how he intends killing himself if immigration officials
deport him. He fled Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia, was deported
from the U. S. once, but returned illegally, using the name of a dead
~ township from Hunlock Township,
and John Jackson, Andrew Free-
man, Thomas Lewis’ and Ephraim
~ King arrived.
Others of the early settlers were
Jonah Roberts, Elon Davenport,
Daniel Casebear, David Moss, John
~ Fosnot, Moses C. Perrigo, Jacob
Sorber, Jonah Bronson, Jonathan
Williams, Clarke Wolfe, Jessie
Kitchen, George P. Shupp, James
Hawley and Edward Ide.
y Sawmill At Outlet
~ Hollenback and Urquhart, who
owned nearly the whole of Lake
Township at one time, built a saw-
~ mill on the outlet of Harvey's Lake
in 1839. Joseph Frantz also built
a mill in 1843. It burned in 1879.
A Nathan Kocher had a small mill
replenished in case of long air
raids.
The newspaper also reports
that a smoke screen can be
summoned by an appliance
which starts an up-draft in the
chimney, igniting ‘a chemical
which scatters dense gray
smoke.
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Fire Crew To Sponsor
Shooting Match Oct. 19
The Kunkle Fire Crew will spon-
sor a shooting match at Shady Side
Dairy on Saturday, October 19, at
12. A valuable list of prizes has
been announced and .all marksmen,
including interested amateurs, are
invited to take art.
a mile below the site of Beaver Run
tannery, S. Raub had built one in
~ 1847, Jonathan Williams built a
small mill on Harvey's Creek for
‘Kocher and Urquhart in 1849, and
~~ Otis Allen built one on Pike’s Creek
§ in 1860.
At one time the mills of Hollen-
back and Urquhart, at the outlet of
Harvey's Lake, cut each year over
1,000,000 feet of tumber. Before the
Yamber trade expired, Albert Lewis's
~ mills at Harvey's Lake also were
noted for their size and- volume.
All the early settlers lived in log
‘houses, except Otis Allen and Jacob
Sorber, who built block-houses. The
first frame dwelling was erected by
Josiah Kocher in 1841. The Kocher
brothers were carpenters, as were
bir the sons of Otis Allen. The Allens
were also millwrights. Stephen
Kocher was the first blacksmith in
Lake Township.
The first store was kept by Hol-
lenback and Urquhart for the bene-
fit of the men in their employ from
about 1850 to 1860. F. N. Ruggles
established a store near the South-
east corner of the township in 1872,
and sold out in 1874 to his brother,
C. W. Ruggles.
a store at Booth’s Corners in 1863-
65.
The Ruggles and Shonk tannery
was built in 1874.
The first person buried in Lake
Township was Otis Allen, who died
in January, 1842, aged 56 years. He
was buried in the Allen cemetery.
The oldest graves in other ceme-
James Sorber kept
Philip Kunkle is warden of the
crew, which numbers about 20 men
now. The shooting match has been
planned to raise money to maintain
the crew's truck. Henry Shupp, who
has had considerable experience in
conducting matches, will supervise
the events.
Dallas Man Injured
In Tumble From Truck
: Robert Stroh, 60, Dallas Town-
ship, was seriously injured Tuesday
morning when he fell from a truck
on which he was riding to work on
a WPA project. Elmer Matthews
and William Gries took Stroh to
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, where he
was treated for internal injuries and
fractured ribs.
teries in the township are: Kocher
Cemetery, Stephen Kocher, who died
in September, 1842; West Corners
Cemetery, Mrs. Sarah Perrigo, wife
of Moses C. Perrigo, June 26, 1852;
White Cemetery, Eva A. Wolfe, aged
2 months.
The first school in Lake Township
was taught ‘by Jonathan Williams,
at the house of Otis Allen, during
the winters of 1842-43 and 1843-44.
A schoolhouse was built during the
summer of 1844 on the farm of Hen-
ry Ide. The first schoolhouse at West
Corner was taught by a Mr. Wil-
liams, in the winters of 1847-48 and
1848-49.
whom
should you prevent your
quately protected against
your property should fall victim to
fire, a dozen problems may confront
you. What should you do first? With
doubly glad you have a home-town Agent to whom to turn for
advice and assistance. For the home-town Agent is on the job
not only to help you plan your insurance program wisely and
econpmically but also to help you when disaster comes.
The Local Agency system is a basic feature of CAPITAL
STOCK COMPANY FIRE INSURANCE. That is one reason
‘why four out of five people choose capital stock company
fire insurance in preference to other types.
Let us help you make certain you are properly and ade-
should you get in touch? How
claim? That is when you'll be
the haz
American.
Miss Cule Found
Dead In Her Home
Had Expired A Week
Before, Police Believe
Margaret Cule, 76-year-old Har-
vey’s Lake woman, probably was
dead almost a week before police
broke into her home and found her
| body in a first floor bedroom last
Friday. Her death was due to
apoplexy, the Coroner's office said.
Mrs. Stanley Gregg and Mrs. Le-
land S. Weinheimer, neighbors who
were worried because they had not
seen Miss Cule, notified police. She
usually went to church on Sunday
and she had not visited the Gregg
home all week. She had stayed
there nights until recently, when
she decided to sleep at home.
Chief Ira Stevenson found all
doors and windows . locked. Miss
Cule was last seen a week ago Sat-
urday, when she bought some goods
from the driver of a bakery truck.
She was an aunt of Joseph Cule,
who was killed in a motorboat ac-
cident at the Lake in August, 1939.
She is survived by a sister-in-law,
Mrs. J. C. Cule of Scranton, and
Dallas Township Man
Named GOP Treasurer
Stephen J. Tkach of Goss Manor,
Dallas Township, chief clerk to the
County Commissioners, was this
week named treasurer of the Lu-
zerne County Republican Commit-
tee.
Mr. Tkach has been active in Re-
publidan affairs, particularly in
marshalling the new nationalities
behind GOP standard bearers. At
the same time his appointment was
announced, David Vaughn, county
chairman, named State Senator Rob-
ert M. Miller as secretary of the
county committee.
Laing Fire Company
Meets Tonight At 8
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company
of Dallas will have a regular meet-
ing at the company’s quarters on
Main Street tonight (Friday) at 8.
Only a small attendance turned up
for the last meeting, so Secretary
James Besecker has urged that a
good crowd be present tonight.
brother. The funeral was held on
Monday Interment was in Shawnee
\
War Is No Ten
To Stop Building
Desire For Security Is
Stimulus, Jurchak Says
Instead of discouraging home
building, the grave situation in the
world should stimulate man’s age-
old quest for security for himself and
his family, Attorney Peter P. Jur-
chak, leader in Dallas Rotary Club’s
Community Service Program, point-
ed out yesterday.
theory in response to The Post's
query concerning the possible effect
of fear and uncertainty upon the
burgeoning building boom started
here by the new boulevard. He re-
ferred to an article in ‘The Ameri-
can Builder” for September, listing
10 reasons why Europe’s “blitzkrieg”
has stimulated home construction in
the U. S.
Whatever happens, Attorney Jur-
chak said, families will still need
safe, secure places to live. Congress
is now considering a plan to prevent
foreclosure of mortgages against
men drafted for service. As a mat-
ter of fact, it is unlikely that men
with families—the kind who usually
buy homes—will be drafted.
A home is about as sure an in-
vestment as a man can make, At-
torney Jurechak says. Even in case
of inflation or a sharp rise in living
costs, the home-owner is on the
winning side., because his mortgage
would be paid off in ‘cheap’ money.
Besides, higher rents are highly
probably, and families can buy
homes at a lower rate of amortiza-
tion than ever before.
Building costs and interest rates
may rise under the effect of the
huge national defense program, so
those who act promptly will gain big
advantages.
Wind Downs Maple Tree
A strong wind during Monday
night’s rain storm blew down a large
maple tree in the rear of the frame
school building on Huntsville Street.
TRE WYOMING
NATIONAL BANK
OF WILKES-BARRE, PA.
‘PERSONAL LOAN SERVICE
$25 to $1000
Payments On $100—
$7.75 Per Month—15 Months
Discount Rate $6 per Hundred
LOANS INSURED
With or Without Co-Makers
You need not be a depositor to
apply for a Personal Loan at
THE WYOMING
NATIONAL BANK
OF WILKES-BARRE, PA.
David Cule of Shavertown, a half-
Cemetery, - Plymouth.
92
Per Month To
Blectrical’y
_ A, T. Bowman of
et, Dallas, 1
$2. 25 Per
her electric
9 0
A Month Pays For
Cooking Electrically
Mrs. Mary Richards’
of Lehman Avenue,
Dallas, monthly bills
prove $2.00 pay for
cooking electrically for
her family of three.
family of four.
With
$2.
A
3 &
A Month Pays For
Cooking Electrically
seven, $3.15 a month
pays for cooking elec-
trically
Tryon’s
Avenue,
30
PAYS FOR COOKING
Electrically!
Tue AVERAGE cost per month for all
the families shown above is only $2.30.
15
a family of
in Roy R.
home at Cedar
Shavertown.
Month
ards of fire, explosion, riot, wind-
storm, or whatever would endanger
the use and occupancy of your
bome or business.
WM. J. NIEMEYER, Agent
74 Davenport St. PHONE 382 Dallas, Pa.
Cheap? It most certainly is . .. And, it's
better and easier, too. Come in and see
the new low-priced Westinghouse
shown at the right.
3
A Month To Cook
Teeny
59 00_
A Month Pays For
Electric Cookery!
Only $2.00 a month
to cook electrically for
a family of three says
Basil Goss of Claude
Street, Dallas,
DN ane 66: 6-66
FULL-SIZE
Electric
Danse
(CASH)
Completely Installed
Luzerne Gounty Gas & Electric Corp.
Attorney Jurchak submitted this p
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