: Editozially Speaking:
; ~ HR]Jobless Man vs. A Manless Job
Z A youngster of our acquaintance was graduated two
- years ago from Colgate University. When he matriculated at
‘Hamilton, New York, no one gave him a “fiddler’s chance” to
finish four years of college. He had no money. But he plugged
and finished only to come out into a hard world of eco-
nomic royalists, WPA and no jobs.
Six months after receiving his sheepskin he was selling
Real Silk Hosiery, running errands, and writing letters to
the presidents of 100 different big industries to secure in-
terviews for a job. Any kind of a job! He received kindly re-
plies from most of them—from others opportunities for in-
_ “terviews at some vague future date. Nothing else. No im-
- portant executive would insult a college boy by offering him
a chance to sweep out the office or work in the grit and grime
of industry. Here was a youth who deserved a good job—
one with future. Unfortunately all these jobs were filled and
had long waiting lists. The letter-writing was a “flop”.
All the neighbors sympathized. Some of them were out
of work too. “No jobs for men past forty.” “A swell world for
~ young men to enter.” ‘No jobs for anybody.” Still others
“more sentimentally remarked, “My heart bleeds for young
- people today—they haven't a chance.” That was the gist of
the help this young fellow got. He could have thrown in
the sponge right then and applied to the NYA, WPA, asked
for relief or joined the army to escape the reality of a world
that demands hard men for hard jobs . . . of a world that
says, as it always has said, ‘there is no soft way to success”.
This youngster didn’t know enough to be licked. He
wasn’t as smart as the chaps who refuse to work overtime or
let business and a career interfere with pleasure. He was
dumb by all modern standards so he answered a New York
Times classified ad for a young man with some knowledge
- of photography. Photography had been one of his hobbies.
He got the job. It was somewhere down in the Newark
“meadows. A combination office boy, sweep-up sort of job
. . . similar to thousands of jobs beneath the dignity of a
. great many young Americans. But it was a place to catch
“on. A place where a college degree didn’t mean a thing, but
‘where the ability to sweep out the corners and do the task
at hand well, and as though the success of the whole com-
pany depended on it, did.
Lt That was one and one-half years ago. But the youngster
was dumb, so he started to do a lot of extra work in his room
nights learning about the products his firm manufactured
Sometimes the sun was breaking over the horizon when the
light went out at his window. He was too dumb to yawn
when he got back on the job or to shirk so that he could
complain of the sacrifices he was making for a cold-hearted
industry. He was even too dumb to get married.
Friends dropping into his room nights were interested
in his gadgets—in his experiments with photography and the
exposure meters his firm manufactured—asked him to ex-
‘plain them to their camera clubs. He did. Soon other cam-
era clubs were inviting him to speak—on his firm's products,
mind you. Then one day he suggested to that old crab
his boss—he was too dumb to call him an old crab even to
his back—that many people were interested in exposure
‘meters—that many dealers as well would welcome a r monthly
publication explaining them and the results achieved with
them. The boss gave him more work, gave him the respon-
; sibilty of editing and getting out such a publication. But
no raise in pay! Eight hours in the office, lectures at night—
now another job. A smarter lad might have quit right then.
This was too much of a good thing. After all he had been
‘hired to do certain work. Wasn’t he doing it? Wasn't he
being paid to do just that work? Why do anything move?
0 Nobody patted his shoulder. Nobody “puffed his ego”
or orator that the company couldn’t get along without
him. And he was too dumb to see that. He worked as though
the success of the whole outfit rested on his shoulders .
“and he didn’t “bitch” when the going was tough or more
work was thrown his way. One thing was sure the measly
~ little job he’d been hired for had been expanded a hundred
fold since he'd taken hold . . . he was too dumb to know it.
But the company wasn’t. Neither was the old crab boss
nor the president of the corporation that employs 3,000
men. The insignificant little job, too small for smart men,
the job that any kid off the street could have handled, ex-
panded the other day. The president and the old crab boss
now have a job in their plant that few men are competent
to fill. But there’s an opening for a lad in a combination
~ office boy and sort of sweep-up job.
Fi And if a moral is needed for this story it is this: There
.. are still plenty of tops for men big enough to make them big
jobs.
THE DaLLas PosT
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Vol. 50
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1940
No. 2 6.
markings and numerals on all homes in
Dallas, Shavertown and Trucksville.
national defense measures.
Dallas Borough.
er highway between D:
vey’s Lake before 1942.
tion in the Dallas area.
THE POST WANTS:
Permanent and legible street
Emphasis locally on activities
will train men and women in
The installation of fire plugs in
The construction of a new, short-
allas and Har-
Centralization of police protec-
More sidewalks.
FROM
* PILLAR TO POST
Discussing Last Week’s Front Page
Starting with the editorials, which is as good a spot te begin as any,
- the first on “A Great Book .
. is to be highly commended. As for the
second, concerning the job of snow removal being too big a job for the
Republicans, let me ask, what job confronting the Republicans has not
been too big for them to handle in the last two years? Of course, this
removal business strikes close to home. I agree that economy is economy,
but safety is another thing entirely.
It’s not fun to pay insurance prem-
jums, but we expect a lot from our insurance at a later day. Clearing
highways, no matter what the cost, is not money ill spent.
; The return of Lee Tracy to the legitimate stage is a news item to my
liking. In Lee’s “Front Page” days we saw a lot of one another in Jack
Canovan’s Place on 46th St., I have
always felt that Tracy's real strength
as a fine actor lay behind the foot
lights and not on the screen.
My delight at finding Brooklyn
will not be lost—like Atlantis—to
the rest of the world, is great. The
thought of * never seeing so many
jolly people from this nice residen-
tial section was almost too much to
contemplate. Oh well—Joe Mac-
Veigh knows what it is to be lost.
He lived in Alabama once. I sug-
gest to the Brooklyn folk that they
accept Mr. Herber’s invitation to go
to Harrisburg on the matter of the
bridge outlet and while they're. down
there they can throw out some of
those 2700 Democrats still on the
payroll.
"If Fire Chief Warhola lost another
battle below Silkworth, you can bet
your firemen’s boots that he and
his crew were in there fighting.
Our good friend Cal McHose now
knows there is no security in poli-
tics although he may take some
pleasure in the fact that his suc-
cessor is getting less money than
he. Cal acquired his education at
a great institution where he, Profes-
sor Williammee and the writer
seemed to miss each other some-
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Township Music
Director Resigns
Mrs. Haley Will Join
Husband In Michigan
Mrs. Ralph Haley, supervisor of
music in the Dallas Township school,
tendered her resignation and will
leave next week to join her hus-
band in Dowagiac, Michigan, where
he is supervisor of music in the
city schools. Under her direction
the school band and glee club have
grown until they are of much credit
to this region.
Mrs.
State Teachers’ College and is a
graduate of Penn State College. At
college she was a member of the Pi
Mu Sorority, the College Choir, the
Girls’ Varsity Quartet and the Thes-
pians Musical and Dramatic Club.
During her three years here Mrs.
Haley has made many friends who
will regret her departure and their
best wishes go with her to her new
home.
Haley attended Mansfield
Honor Memory Of
Late Schoolman
Dedicate Program To
Supervising Principal
In a program dedicated to the
memory of Professor Maurice J. Gir-
ton, former principal of the school,
one hundred and ninety seven stu-
dents of the Elementary Grades of
Dallas Township School will pre-
sent an operetta, “The Kidnapping
of Santa Claus”, next Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Girton
died last January.
Taking leading parts in the per-
formance will be: Eddie Adolph, Ju-
lia Updyke, Bobby Henney, Ro-
maine Morris, John Kellogg and
Glen Howell. Miss Lena VanTuyl
is chairman, assisted by the follow-
ing committee members; Misses
Mary Jackson, Evelyn Everard, Aline
Davis, Dorothy Williams, Martha
Zehner, Emily Goldsmith, Ruth
Carbaugh and Iona Evans.
A huge Christmas tree, the gift
of Mr. C. F. Goeringer, will be trim-
med and gay holiday decorations
hung by high school students. Ushers
will be: Grace Mahler, Molly Poad,
Maude Jones, Janine Sawyer Ethel
Harris, Roberta Quail, Marella Mar-
tin, Mary Louise Ward and Milderd
Kitchen.
Band Orders
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Seeks Funds To Pay |
For Them On Arrival
Twenty-eight new blue and gold
uniforms have been ordered for
Dallas High School Band and will
be delivered about January 20th in
plenty of time for the benefit con-
cert scheduled for February 6.
Outfits consist of gold-braided,
blue overseas caps and blue capes:
with gold trimming ‘and insignia.
Girls will wear white skirts and
boys will wear white trousers. Ap-
proximate cost of a cap and cape for
each musician is $6.75, somewhat
less than originally planned when
it was hoped to include a white
gold-braided vest in each uniform.
Cost of the vests is $2.00 each. Dal-
las Borough Band Parents’ Associa-
tion has decided to purchase new
music and additional instruments
rather than add to the expense of
the uniforms. Several bass insfru-
ments are needed and there is glso/
a desire to purchass a Bell Lyra.
Cost of the Drum Major's uniform
will be $25.
With the nineteen uniforms al-
ready in use, those just ordered will
completely outfit the forty-seven
members of the organization.. Con-
tributions received are close to $100.
and include individual donations as
well as $20 received from the re-
cent Alumni dance. ' Glass banks
have been placed on counters in a
number of business places to re-
ceive contributions from interested
members of the community. A num-
ber of parents have signified their
intention to purchase uniforms for
their children. They are: Dr. G. K.
Swartz, Charles Mayer, Mrs. Frank
Ferry, Paul * Shaver, Fred Welsh,
John Hislop, Prof. Ernest Wood and
Dyke Brown.
Individual contributions include
the following: C. A. Frantz, $6.75;
J. H. MacVeigh, $6.75; Harry Ohl-
man, $6.75; C. W. Lee $6.75; H. L.
Titman, $6.75; Joseph Polacky,
$6.75; Clyde Lapp, $10.; Addison
Woolbert, Jr. $6.75; Fred Kiefer,
$10.
Borough PTA To
Have Xmas Party
‘Musical Numbers Will
Be Featured Monday
A gay holiday program will be
presented at the meeting of Dallas
Borough Parent-Teacher Association
in the high school auditorium Mon- |
day evening. H. W. Peterson, pres-
ident, will be in charge.
Miss Mollie Crossin, student at
College Misericordia, will give a)
reading; Howard Hallock, music di-|
rector, several instrumental selec-
tions; Jay Gould, whistling num-
bers; Mrs. Thomas Moore, vocal se- |
lections. )
THEIR SHIP WAS TORPEDOED
This dramatic photo, released by the Royal Canadian Navy, shows the
rescue on the high ‘seas of the survivors of a torpedoed merchant ship.
The rescue was made.by a Canadian destroyer. Note man in foreground,
obviously too weak to climb the rope thrown to him, holding on for
dear life.
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Alderson Childten To Present
Delightful Christmas Pageant
“The House of Christmas,” a de-®
lightful pageant directed by ‘Mrs.
{Harvey Kitchen, will be presented
at the Christmas service in Alder-
son Methodist: Church, Tuesday
evening, December 24, at 8 o'clock.
Assisting Mrs. Kitchen are Mrs. Giles
Comstock, Miss Bethia Allen, Miss
Rohannah Shoemaker, Mrs. Albert
Armitage, Mrs. Nelson Harris and
Mrs. Alfred Rogers.
Preceding the pageant will be the
following program: “Star of the
East,” orchestra; “Hark the Herald
Angels Sing,” the congregation;
“Christmas Time,” song by the chil-
dren; Welcome, Louis Kitchen,
Thomas George, George White;
|prayer, Rev. David Morgan; Offer-
tory, orchestra; “Joy to the World,”
congregation.
Taking part in the pageant will
be: Spirit of Christmas, Edna Miller;
Gaity, Mary Delaney; Mother, Mar-
garet Harris; candles, Thomas Be-
secker, Neilon Garinger, Herbert
Davis, Arnold Garinger, Leonard Be-
secker, Billy Morgan, Betty Sorber;
trees, Richard Stine, John George,
William Besecker, Larry Brobst,
Junior Davenport, Charles White;
star beams, Carol Scouten, Eliz-
abeth George, Lois Ward, Ruth Zim-
merman, Eleanor White, Angeline
Biery, Dorothy Webber; wreaths,
Lucy George, Barbara Zimmerman,
Barbara Biery, Joan Murphy, Doris
George, Elvira Murphy; bells, Jessie
Armitage, Rita Searfoss, Henry
Dalka, Robert Morgan; gifts and car-
ols, Elaine Avery, Bernard Rogers,
Dorothy Brobst, Robert Garinger,
Harold White; recitations, Harry
Allen, 3rd, Joan Cowan, Betty Co-
wan, Patsy Sorber, Nelson Condon,
Joseph Galka, Cookie Morgan, Rich-
ard Garey, Loraine Sitton, Jerry and
Jean Lutinsky, Jimmie Ward, San-
dra Brobst, Beverly George; or-
chestra and chorus, Lillian Ward,
Mildred Kitchen, Florence Ward,
Wilda Zimmerman, Mary Delaney,
Bernard Rogers, Earl Weyenmeyer,
Teddie Davis, Kenneth Davis and
Ethel Harris.
Harvey Kitchen is in charge of
distributing holiday goodies to the
children of the church.
Admission Is Can Of Food
A can of food to help fill the
Christmas baskets of Kingston's
I needy is all the admission any child
needs to attend the special Food
Matinee which will be held Satur-
day morning at 10 a. m. at Kingston
Theatre. The picture will be “Tug
Boat Annie Sails Again.”
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FOURTEEN YEAR OLD
OUT POINTS FATHER
ON FIRST DEER HUNT
Clarence Elston of Hunts-
ville shot a 4-point buck this
week back of Mooretown, but
his son Harold, aged 14, and
hunting for the first time, went
his father five points better
when he shot a nine-point buck
in Wyoming County.
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Norman Smith To
Speak At Banquet
Firemen Elect New
Officers At Meeting
Plans for the second annual King-
ston Township Football banquet to
be held in the Shavertown Hose
House Monday evening at 7 o’clock
were announced at the meeting of
the firemen Monday evening. Nor-
man Smith, coach at Wyoming
Seminary, will be the principal
speaker and Herman Kern of Har-
vey’s Lake toastmaster, chairman
Howard Woolbert announced. Miss
Dorothy Weaver will be accomp-
anist. All reservations must be made
by tonight (Friday).
New officers elected at the meet-
ing were: president, John Miles;
vice-president, Clarke Diltz; secre-
tary, Byron Kitchen; treasurer, L.
T. Schwartz; financial secretary,
Dan Evans; trustee for five years,
Herman VanCampen; fire chief,
Howard Woolbert.
Bills amounting to $184.88 were
ordered ‘paid. Claim for compensa-
tion for injuries received at the Ray
Warden fire were filed by Asa Pem-
bleton. Following the meeting Re-
lief Association met and elected
Byron Kitchen, president, Willard
Lozo, vice-president, L. T. Schwartz,
secretary, treasurer, Fred Malkemes,
trustees, James Merical and Clarke
Diltz,
Republican Women
The Dallas Township Women’s
Republican Club will meet Tues-
day evening at Squire Neyhard’s
office, Fernbrook. Every member
is urged to be present as there is
important business to come before
the club and officers are to be elect-
ed for the coming year.
DALLAS TO GET BIG NEW FOOD MARKET
Main Street Property Is Sold
To American Store
Alterations Will Comp
Exterior; Floor Space
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letely Change
To Be Doubled
Confident of the continued growth of this area and im-
pressed with the immediate pos
sibilities of Dallas as a business
center, American Stores Company, operators of Acme Food
Market, Main Street, will start at once on a program of ex-
pansion and improvement that will give Dallas one of the
finest food markets in the grocery store chain.
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ALVA EGGLESTON SHOOTS
HIS EIGHTH DEER IN AS .
i MANY HUNTING SEASONS
Not since James Fenimore
Cooper titled his famous novel,
“Deerslayer” has any one in’
this vicinity deserved that sob-
riquet more than Alva Eggles-
ton of Vernon. Last week Alva
shot a doe deer near Forkston.
It was his eighth in as many
seasons. In the opinion of most
local sportsmen that puts him
in the classification of “Deer-
slayer”. But, maybe, “Daniel
Boone” would fit better because
Alva shot a bear earlier in the
season. Comparing venison
with bear meat as a good food,
the Vernon sure-shot, says, “it
is a toss up. The bear meat was
sweet and delicious, anybody
that doesn’t like bear meat,
never tasted it.” “It was just as
tender as could be, Pd rather
have it than turkey” were the
- words of Mrs. Wesley Himmler
confirming her son-in-law’s
opinion,
A.A. Neely Feted
On 80th Pirthday
Father Owned Tannery |
Near Present Home
Alec A. Neeley who has lived in
the healthful atmosphere of this
rural region all of his life, celebrated
his 80th birthday anniversary Tues-
day at a family dinner at his home
in Idetown.
Mr. Neeley will tell you that con-
genial surroundings, hard work, and
a happy mind are the things that
promote long life. His eighty years
prove him right. His father, the
late Zachariah Neeley, operated a
large tannery for many years in
Idetown on the farm where Mr.
Neeley now lives. From boyhood
until he retired some years ago,
Mr. Neeley led an active life farm-
ing—and still leads an active life,
though he says officially he has
retired. He still grows his own veg-
etables and potters among the flow-
ers he loves. He cultivates three
acres of land and in the words of his
daughter-in-law, ‘does everything
he ever did, although not so much.”
He has always taken a great in-
terest in the church and has been
a trustee of Idetown Methodist
Church for many years. His wife,
the former Jennie Ellsworth, is 75
years of age, and to her devotion
and kindliness Mr. Neeley attributes
most of the congenial home condi-
tions that make for long life—not
forgetting the good air and beauti-
ful surroundings of this rural region.
The Neeley’s have the following
children: Mrs. Bessie Hawke of Bear
Creek, Mrs. Ralph Welsh of Dallas,
Ralph of Wilkes-Barre and Floyd
at home. Ralph and Floyd are twins.
At the dinner were Mr. and Mrs.
Sherman Frantz of Chase—Mrs.
Frantz is Mr. Neeley’s sister; W. R.
Neeley, a brother of Lehman; Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Hawke, Mrs, Ralph
Welsh and daughter, Shirley, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Neeley and sons,
Ray and Ralph and Mr. and Mrs. A.
A. Neeley.
A huge birthday cake with candles
and ‘Happy Birthday” inscribed
upon it was cut by Mr. Neeley.
Table decorations were purple and
pink streamers with rose buds and
lighted tapers as a centerpiece.
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SPECIAL EDITION
As a special service to late
Christmas shoppers and adver-
tisers, The Dallas Post will pub-
lish a special two-color edition
for distribution Monday morn-
ing, December 23. This issue
will be four days earlier than
our usual publication date. We
ask correspondents and adver-
tisers to forward all copy so
that it will reach us not later
than Friday night, December
20. Space in this issue can be
reserved by calling Dallas 800.
Disclosure of the company’s
plans, follows closely on the
announcement that a five-year
lease has been signed with
Walter C. Herget of Kingston,
assistant general manager of
American Stores in this area,
who purchased the building
this week from the Commis-
sioner of Closed Banks, follow-
ing several weeks of negotia-
tions.
O. R. Mullison, general manager
of American stores in the Wilkes-
Barre area, has always been inter-
ested in Dallas, having been reared
in this section and spending his
summers at Harvey’s Lake. The
new market will be the realization
of a dream he has had for many
years—to give his home community
a beautiful Acme Market,
Mr. Herget said the ‘building will
be completely renovated both on
the interior and exterior and that
about 2,000 square feet of floor
space will be added making a total
of 4,500 square feet exclusive of
storage room. A new 25x80 section
of steel and concrete construction
will be added to the building to give
it full 50-foot width from front to
back. Mr. Herget added that a
wide double entrance will be built
and there is a likelihood that a por-
celain front will be installed. Apart-
merits on the second Yoor! will also
be remodeled. Work will start Mon.
| day under the supervision of chief
construction engineer Ward of
Philadelphia who has been respon-
sible for the most modern stores in
the American Stores system. Mr.
Herget said that construction will
not interfere with the routine of
the market during the holdays be-
cause work will first be started on
the addition and walls will be re-
moved when that section is com-
pleted.
Praise Dallas °
J. K. Robinson, vice president and
general manager and John T. Allen,
real estate expert of the Philadel-
phia office of the American Stores
Company, were in Dallas last week
making a survey of the area and
going over plans for the moderniza-
tion of the market. Both were en-
thusiastic following their visit and
were especially impressed with the
modern front and arrangement of
the Dallas 5c, 10c, and $1. store
next door to the present market.
Mr. Robinson said that he believed
Dallas had splendid business oppor-
tunities and hoped that he was right
because the American Stores are go-
ing to spend a lot of money here
to give Dallas one of its 1941 show
stores. He expressed the opinion
that Dallas with its new highways
and fine homes will rapidly become
a center of modern shops and stores.
Interior alterations to the market
will include complete new fixtures
throughout including the latest
types of electric refrigeration in the
meat, dairy and green goods de~
partments. Shelving, display count-
ers, ‘cases, and arrangement will be
of the latest design to afford con-
venient shopping.
Sold Once For $21,000
While the price at which the
building was sold to Mr. Herget was
not disclosed, it was understood to
be considerably under $10,000, The
location is one of the best on Main
Street and has housed a business
property for more than fifty years.
It was formerly occupied by A. Ry-
man and Sons as a general store and
sold by the Miners Bank as execu-
tor for Leslie Ryman to Rolland S.
Stevens in 1923 for $6,000. Addi-
tional land and the property now
owned by John Williams were later
purchased by Mr. Stevens from Earl
H.- Monk for $10,000. In 1928 the
Dime Bank purchased the property
at a sheriff's sale for $21,000, The
lot has a 50-foot frontage and depth
of 130 feet.
Scout Committee Meets
The Girl Scout Committee of
Troop 16, met at the home of Mrs.
Sara Chapin, Orchard Farm, last
Tuesday evening. Those present
were: Mrs. Dorey Rogers, Mrs. Ed-
gar Adolph, Mrs. Walter Gerlach,
Mrs. Edward Sidorek, Mrs. Claude
Cooke, Misses Margaret Gerlach,
Jane Case and the hostess.
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