| Ediiorially Speaking:
Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Little Dog Gone
Every dog, so they say, has his day and the muts of
Luzerne county had theirs last week. Dallas dogs, more
fortunate than their city brothers, roam at will as is their
custom. They can wag a tail comfortably anywhere.
Their good fortune, we learn now, was just a matter of
economics.
It costs more to drive a Humane Society ambu-
lance to Dallas to pick up a stray than in the more populous
alleys and narrow streets of the valley. Wear and tear on a
truck costs money and the chance that the dogcatcher might
have to chase $2 worth of ears all over our rocky hills and
wood lots, makes this the land of freedom for dogs.
Of
course if someone notified the chief dispatcher’s office that
some meek little pooch was cornered in a house or yard, the
white ambulance might come all the way to Dallas to pick
up the pet and “find a nice home for him” in the valley—
dog heaven we now learn was his destiny.
A “profitable” Humane Society has to have dogs in
volume to make money at $1 an ear; it, like any other busi-
ness has got to have turn-over.
This area was a land of di-
minishing returns; that’s why a lot of Dallas Dogs still have
their ears, and why well bred city dogs coined the expression,
“Td give my ears to live in Dallas.”
It might not always have been so pleasant for Dallas
dogs. Another year of big volume like last year might rapidly
have depleted the urban dog population. Then Dallas dogs
would have come in for more Humane consideration even
if less profitable. The law of supply and demand—not the
dog laws—would have seen to that. This fertile field might
well have become the happy hunting grounds for the hu-
manitarian work of the Humane Society. With the organiza-
tion really on a production basis, it is not likely that the
whole of Luzerne county could have supplied enough dogs
and we would soon have had to import them from surround-
ing counties.
Even the lowly hot dog might soon have been
forced to grow ears. Such a possibility was avoided with the
publicity given the Humane Society’s slaughter shop by the
State Dog Inspector this week.
All jesting aside, it is a serious situation when the pub-
lic is imposed upon by an organization which in most com-
munities has gained the respect to give meaning to its name.
The primary motive behind any humanitarian organization
is not profit nor to become self-supporting. If the Humane
Society needed memberships or financial support to carry on
its legitimate work, it could have secured it from those who
love animals and pets. Unfortunately it needed memberships
only for a front, and those were supplied by well-intentioned
sentimentalists who failed to see that the organization was
properly conducted.
The most important lesson in the fiasco is this:
Let
those who lend their names freely to organizations seeking
public trust and confidence assume the responsibility of
making certain that they are run honestly and above board.
FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
* We read a Fetter to Dorothy Dix in a competitive sheet a little while
ago.
A young woman of eighteen was complaining because her mother
kept trying toimake her go out with a friend of the family, “54 old man
of thirty-seven.”
She had better things to do, she said, than assist this
wreck around the streets, better things to listen to ‘han his antique
lecherous prattle. Miss Dix agreed
with her warmly, and so do we.
Youth ought to stick to youth. Once,
when we were eighteen, we went
out with a dear old lady about
thirty-five and she swiped our
watch. That cured us.
Boston stories continue to seep
southward. There is for example, the
case of the Western lady who was
taken to the meeting of a club’ there.
“And just where do you come from,”
one of the dames asked, “From Ida-
ho” the Western lady told her. In
the kindliest possible way, the Bos-
ton: lady patted her hand and said,
“My dear, I'm sure you won't take
offense. if I tell you something you
ought to know. We pronounce it,
Ohio.” It must have been at anoth-
er Boston Club meeting that the
topic of conversation revolved
about family backgrounds. “You
know,” said a Back Bay matron, “in
Boston we think breeding is every-
thing,” and an honest Westerner re-
plied, “well, in the West we think
it's a lot of fun but we don’t think
it's everything.”
We'd bet, if the electric light
companies, could narrow it down,
their charts would show a greater
consumption of light on Friday night
than on any other night of the week.
That is the evening most folks read
Time—and if they are lucky Life
once in a while gets there ahead of
Time. But that’s the light company’s
problem and the reader’s, not ours.
What interests us is the way these
magazines and the Readers Digest
are accepted in the best and lowest
circles.
Take Life for example. For more
than three years we have been
watching a very bothersome struggle
in the publishing world—Life trying
to figure out a way to print a pic-
ture of a living, breathing woman
with absolutely no clothes on. The
especial problem of Life, of course,
is that everything in it has to have
the air of a respectable, high-minded
commentary on America. Life, that
is, can’t publish a picture of a naked
woman with the simple caption;
Woman Undressed, It has got to
say something. Once in a while they
get it. We are glad to report that
after years of frustration and sev-
enteen million angle shots that al-
most got there but not quite, the
editors have finally seen the an-
swer. Like all truly great things it
was simple. They merely photograph
life art classes in various univer-
sities from East to West. Once they
photographed Yale Art school. That
was their best. It had Yale, it had
Art, it had Class, it had America; it
had everything, including no clothes
on. It was Life’s dream come true.
It was a tremendous relief to us.
And a very interesting picture, too.
Time doesn’t have to worry quite
as much as Life, One must be able
to read to get much from Time so
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Frantz Named To
Fairlawn Board
Huntsville Man Is
Outstanding Grocer
Gerald Frantz, progressive Hunis-
ville merchant, was honored this
week with appointment to the Board
of Control of Fairlawn stores. The
Board is the governing body of the
Northeastern Division of indepen-
dent merchants comprising the or-
ganization and meets semi-monthly
at offices in Pittston. There are 25
members on the board, 10 of whom
are appointed and fifteen elected.
Mr. Frantz has been a member of
the Fairlawn organization for just
one year and it speaks well of his
ability as a merchant and business
man that he has received this ap-
pointment. His store is well known
throughout the rural section for its
cleanliness, modern display’ and
modern merchandising methods.
During the past few weeks he has
again had it redecorated in spotless
black and white and has installed
new shelving and florescent light-
ing.
When Mr. Frantz joined the Fair-
lawn organization last year he ex-
panded his store with the inclusion
of a meat department in charge of
Henry Salaza. The store is operated
on a cash and carry basis. Mr. Frantz
has been in his present location for
the past four years. His modern
merchandising methods, volume and
attractiveness of display have made
it one of the outstanding country
stores in this section.
County Audit Is
Published Today
Audit of Luzerne county financial
affairs for 1940, as prepared by
Robert N. Bierly, county controller,
is published in this paper today. The
report should be of interest to every
resident of the county.
Valuation of the county at the
end of the year, personal and real
estate, was $337,347,310, while the
total debt was estimated by the
controller as $3,269,614 of which
$2,207,000 represented bonds.
Cost of holding elections in this
county, with all the machinery of
registration, rent of polling places
and the like, came to $180,823 last
year.
All county disbursements and re-
ceipts are broken down in a compre-
hensive manner.
Buys Guernseys
Norton Montross, Tunkhannock R.
D. spent several days last week in
Jefferson County, where he pur-
chased 11 Guernsey cows. This
makes about 50 head in the Mon-
Vol. 51
Few Early Risers
‘See Army Convoy
Lee Routes Battery. B’
Through Home T own
Few local pegséhs were on the
streets Wedne§day at 7:15 as Capt.
Larry Lee of Battery B and his con-
voy of twelve trucks and artillery
pieces passed through Dallas from
Tunkannock to the 109th Regiment
Armory in Kingston.
The captain is proud of his out-
fit. Late Tuesday night he telephon-
ed Burgess Herbert A. Smith that
he had made arrangements to route
his heavily loaded trucks through
Dallas so that local residents might
have an opportunity to see a part
of the regiment depart for Indian-
town Gap. .
The Battery left the Tunkhannock
armory promptly at 6 a. m., arrived
in Dallas at 7:15 and left Kingston
at 8. In the convoy were several
field pieces, station wagons, regular
trucks and two of the army’s latest
four-wheel drives with trailers.
Three Battery members were un-
able to accompany the convoy. They
were Sgt. Robert Passmore of Tunk-
hannock, kept home by illness; Corp.
Ralph C. Sands, whose mother is se-
riously ill in a Wilkes-Barre hospital
and Pvt. Lloyd Baker , who is in
General Hospital.
Outstanding Actor
ToReceive Award
Will Bestow Honors
At Annual Dinner
Each year the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences makes an
annual award to the outstanding
actor and actress of the production
of the year. The awards for 1938 and
1939 were given to Robert Donet for
his work in “Good Bye Mr. Chips”
and to Vivien Leigh for her acting in
“Gone With the Wind.”
Friday night at the last perform-
ance of “Let Us Take Council,” Dr.
Henry M. Laing Fire Company's an-
nual production, James O’Boyle re-
ceived the award for his outstand-
ing work in last year’s production,
“West of the Rio,” establishing a
custom which the firemen hope to
continue each year. This year’s
award, a beautiful bronze shaft,
known in motion picture slang as
an “Oscar,” was the gift of Fred M.
Kiefer, co-author of the 1940 and
1941 shows. Presentation was made
by Calvin McHose, chairman of the
show committee.
The “Oscar” for best performance
in “Let Us Take Council” will be
awarded at the annual dinner for
the east late in March. Selection will
‘be made by popular vote of those
who saw the show. During the next
four weeks a ballot will appear in
this newspaper and at the conclusion
of the voting a committee of judges
will count the ballots and disclose
the winner to the committee in
charge of making the award.
Ballots may be mailed or brought
to The Dallas Post. All ballots must
be signed, and no more than one
ballot should be sent in by the same
person.
(Ballot on Page 8)
Dallas Church To Hear
Mrs. Albert A. Drasher
Mrs. Albert A. Drasher, soloist at
the Kingston Presbyterian Church,
will give a fifteen minute recital in
Dallas Methodist Church Sunday
evening in accordance with the plan
to have special music at the church
one Sunday evening a month. Mrs.
Drasher will sing “The Good Shep-
herd” by Van de Water and “A
Song of Patience” by Beethoven.
Tux Darras PosT
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1941
WHEN AXIS LEADERS RELAXED AT FLORENCE MEETING
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Adolf Hitler (the bum) and Benito Mussolini (a bigger bum) relax and temporarily forget about their
set-backs in their attempted invasions of England and Egypt respectively as they attended a concert in Flor-
ence, Italy. It is believed that it was during this conference Hitler agreed to send Nazi mechanized forces which
Mussolini now says are helping the Italians in Africa which the British confirmed this week.
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Fire Company Nets /
$514 On Annual Stow
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Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company
will hear final reports of committees
in charge of its annual play, ‘Let
Us Take Council” at its meeting to-
night in the fire house. Arthur
Dungey, * financial chairman of the
show committee has announced that
the show made a net profit of $514.
He will give his complete report to
the company this evening.
Methodist Army
Will Raise Funds
Local Churches Help
War Relief Program
More than 100,000 men, enough
to make a sizeable army if assembled
in one place, will “right dress’ and
“forward march’ down the aisles
of the Methodist Churches of Amer-
ica on Sunday, the denomination’s
“Day of Compassion,” in & maneuver
which, while not military, is defi-
nitely war-related.
Armed with offering plates they
will receive gifts in a campaign to
raise a total of a million dollars
from eight million Methodists for
three appealing causes: aid to Bri-
tish Methodists; general overseas re-
lief; religious and social welfare work
among the boys in training. Because
the nation-wide effort centers on
a single day, Methodist ministers
are asking those who cannot be
present to send their “offerings in
advance or by someone who can
place it on the plate.
All Methodist churches of this area
will have special sermons. At Dallas
Methodist church Rev. Francis Free-
man will use the parable of the Good
Samaritan as his sermon theme.
Wyoming Rotary Host
To Dallas Rotarians
Members of Dallas Rotary Club
were guests of the Wyoming Club
last night at an Inter-city meeting
in observance of the 36th anniver-
sary of the founding of Rotary In-
ternational. Chairman of the meeting
was Atty. Max Rosen. Speakers were
Dr. George Williams and Rabbi Sam-
uel Wolk.
Among the 800 officers and men
of Wyoming Valley’s own 109th
Field Artillery when it left bright
and early Wednesday morning for
Indiantown Gap, none was more
eager to be up and going than its
newest member Capt. Larry Lee's
Great Dane, giant Gross Adolph.
The Dane, purchased especially by
Larry to guard his hearthstone while
the Captain is away at the wars,
soon took to army life and soldiers
rather than domesticity, and now is
a full-fledged mascot of Battery B.
His sleek tan coat and fine physique
make him a popular member of the
outfit.
When Adolf neglected home duties
and trailed Larry to the regiment, he
had no more ardent pleaders for his
induction than two majors and the
regiment's Adjutant Policoff, who
by 4... way is a veterinarian and
pledged to. look out for the dog’s
health.
For the past ten days Adolph
has been stationed with the Battery
tross herd.
at Tunkhannock living at the Arm-
Gross Adolf Takes To Army Life
And Joins Up For The Duration
ory with the men. On Sunday, con-
tented gentleman that he now is, he
lay quietly at the front of the Epis-
copal church, head resting on paws
and eye pealed at his fellows seated
in military rows at divine services.
Every day at meal times he paced
with the company, prouder than a
peacock and with ears high, to local
restaurants for his meals.
And Wednesday when the com-
pany departed from Tunkhannock
Adolph rode in an officer's car to
109th Armory in Kingston where he
took part in an impromptu radio
broadcast by barking his impatience
to be off with the outfit again. Then
he trotted to the sidewalk on Mar-
ket Street and forgot to await his
turn to jump in one of the big trucks
rapidly loading with soldiers. As the
trucks pulled out in convoy and
away over Market Street bridge,
there sat Adolph on top of a blue
duffel bag, with an expression that
said to all the world, “Bring on your
Blitzkrieg, we're ready; you take
care of the hearthstone.”
Farmers Enthusiastically Support
o Establish A Cannery
even PerCent Of Those Polled Can
Supply One-third Of Crops Needed
s
First returns from 58 out of 900
farmers polled in Back Mountain
Townships by Luzerne County Farm
Bureau to determine the amount of
acreage available for three cannery
crops—tomatoes, sweet corn and
peas—indicate an enthusiastic ac-
ceptance of the proposal to interest
a reliable canner in locating here.
The first 58 farmers to reply, or
about 7% of those polled, said they
could provide 343 acres for cannery
crops, broken up as follows: 138
acres tomatoes; 154 acres sweet corn
and 51 acres peas, or about one-
third of the necessary acreage to
provide a cannery with ample pro-
duce for profitable operation.
James Hutchison, county agent,
said he was pleased with the ac-
ceptance accorded the
Many farmers jotted comment on
their return cards. One said, “A
cannery will not only create a new
market, it will strengthen our pres-
ent one.” Another wrote, “This is
what I have long wanted to see es-
tablished in Luzerne County.” Many
wrote, “I am very much interested,
count on me for continued co-opera-
tion.”
Mr. Hutchison said he knew that
many more cards would be in his
office before the close of the week.
He urged farmers “to take their cards
from behind the clock on the kitch-
en shelf where they have put them
for safe keeping and further study,
and mail them in right away. When
I asked farmers to return their cards
before February 25, I forgot about
no mail deliveries on Washington's
Birthday; so we have extended the
period for return another week.”
Mr. Hutchison further stated, “If
a canner can be assured from 300
to 400 acres of tomatoes, about the
same acreage of sweet corn and
200 to 300 acres of peas, he'll be
right interested in establishing here.
With definite figures on which to]
work we can really get down to
business and have something to of-
fer.”
In his letter to 900 farmers, Mr.
Hutchison said: “For sometime there
has been considerable interest in
the organization of a cannery in
the northern end of the county. 1
personally believe a cannery would
greatly increase the use of much
idle land, and also increase the cash
income per farm.”
“In the formation of a cannery it
is my thought, that there should be
no local promotion or investment of
money, but that an effort should be
made to bring in a canner who is
looking for a site in an area where
quality vegetables can be produced.”
“There is no question that with
our upland soils, we can, weather |
permitting, produce quality in to-
matoes par excellent, and likewise
with corn.”
“Before we can interest a canner
in locating within this area we must
give him an idea of the acreage that
might be available, We can’t prom-
ise definitely that a local cannery
can be established but we can with
every farmer's effort make a real
attempt to get one.”
Members of the temporary con-
sulting committee set up by the
Farm Bureau are Harvey Moss, Dal-
las R. D.; Walter Wolfe, Dallas, R.
D.; E. B. Vosler, Shickshinny R. D.;
John Lord, Wyoming R. D., and
Charles VanTuyle, Pittston, R. D.
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ST. PAUL'S BIBLE CLASS
LOSES ALL QPMITS BOYS
WHEN SIXTH JOINS ARMY
The last of six boys in the
Young People’s Bible Class at
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
Shavertown, to join the military
services, Robert Dierolf, Battery
1. 109th, left for a year’s army
training on Wednesday. Others
who have gone before him in-
clude his brother, William Dier-
olf, Walter Thompson, Harold
Thompson, Bryant Rinus and
Charles Girton. The class was
originally made up of six boys,
eight girls and the teacher,
Fred Girton, a student at Buck-
nell Junior College.
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Township Parents
To Hear Concert
Unusual Instruments
To Be Played Monday
Dallas Township Band Parents’
markings and numerals on all homes
in Dallas, Shavertown, and Trucksville.
national defense measures.
Dallas Borough.
er highway between Dallas and Har-
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-
Lake before 1942.
Centralization of police protec-
More sidewalks.
Enlarged Acme
Market To Open
Next Thursday
Store To Be Closed
Monday And Tuesday
To Complete Work
Painters, roofers and carpenters
were busy this week putting the
final touches on the new 25x60
foot addition to the Acme Market
on Main Street. When the store
closes for business Saturday night
the market will not re-open until
Thursday morning in order to give
employes and construction crews an
opportunity to renovate the interior
of the entire store, install new fix-
tures and rearrange stock.
Exterior of the building along
Mill Street is being sided with as-
bestos shingles and the two-story
front will be painted in cream with
blue trim. At the same time roofers
are at work laying a fire proof com-
position roof on the building.
Interior arrangement will be the
most modern design with complete
new lay-out of fixtures and shelving.
The meat department will extend
along the entire rear of the store
room, with an up-to-date fruit and
vegetable department at the right.
The dairy department will be one
of the most modern units to be
found anywhere. Special fixtures in
this department are among the first
to be used in any similar market
in Wyoming Valley.
When the market reopens on
Thursday morning, officials of the
company are of the opinion, that
it will be one of the most modern
and progressive stores in the Amer-
ican Stores system.
Defense Classes
Are Overcrowded
Township Hopes To “
Add Another Course
Enrollment in National Defense
shop classes which are being held
five nights a week at Lehman and
Dallas Township schools have ex-
ceeded all expectations. Classes
have been ‘limited to 20 students
at Lehman and 25 at Dallas Town-
ship.
Because neither school has facil-
ities nor the instructors to handle
larger classes, authorities at Dallas
Township are seeking approval to
open another class in woodworking
and metal work. If 10 to 12 addi-
tional youths register their desire
to join classes at Lehman a similar
effort will be made.
Classes in sheet metal work in
Dallas Township are being held in
the old Goss school. While the class
in metal work has been cut to 25
| there are still approximately 30
men on the waiting list: The Town-
ship schools have’ made application
with the State Department of Ed-
ucation to open preliminary courses
in woodworking for these men.
Thorwald Lewis, supervising princi-
Association will hear music played
on unusual band instruments Mon- |
day night when a representative of |
Gage Musical Instrument Company
attends their meeting at Dallas
Township High School.
The program is’ sure to be of in-
terest to all parents of prospective
members of the band. At the same
time plans will be laid for the an-
nual spring banquet for the band.
Another feature of the program
will be a concert by the band with
a number of the young musicians
playing special ihstruments loaned
by the Gage Company.
pal, says that there are not now
any additional funds provided in the
State for new classes but legislation
is being rushed to provide such
funds.
If the Township application is ap-
proved additional equipment for
woodworking courses will be order-
ed. This will include pedestal grind-
er, wood lathes, band saws, jointers,
scroll and circular saws.
Most popular phase to date of
‘the metal working courses is the me=
chanical drawing station. Students
who fail to attend class regularly
are dropped from the courses im-
mediately and men from the wait-
ing lists are given their places.
Eddie Wallo Brings Home The Bacon,
Crown Of Roses And A Championship
No soldier returning from rs
ever came home la more
trophies than Eddie Wallo, Hunts-
ville boxer, when he returned from
the British Gloves Boxing Tourna-
ment held last Thursday and Friday
in Binghamton, N. Y., for the British
War Relief Fund. In addition to a
new set of boxing gloves, new
punching bag and $20 worth of
merchandise donated by Binghamton
merchants, Eddie also brought along
a crown of roses, rather withered,
but all the same the crown for the
championship in his particular box-
ing class.
Eddie had a field day at Bing-
hamton winning over three oppon-
ents—one of them Donald Setzer
of Mildred, his nemesis in the CYO
tournaments at Plymouth a few
weeks ago when the Mildred lad
won two out of three tilts in succes-
sive bouts. Eddie needed just one
round at Binghamton to win over
Setzer with a technical knock out.
He also won over Virgil Gunder-
man of Binghamton by a technical
knock out in the third round and
in the semi-finals beat Neil Bunnell
of Endicott by a knock out in the
first round.
Champions were determined in
each of the weight classes in the
finals. Many of the bouts were re-
fereed by Jimmy Braddock, former
world’s heavyweight champion. His
manager, Joe Gould was also pres-
ent.
Local champions were: Eddie
Wallo in the 160-pound novice class;
Edward Williams, Wilkes-Barre, 112-
pound novice class; Mickey Suder of
Wilkes-Barre, 135-pound novice
class. All the boys came home with
crowns of roses similar to Eddie's.
In addition to their gifts each of the
champions received red and blue
satin robes with the inscription,
“British Gloves Champion 1941”
woven on the back. 1,600 fans wit-
nessed the tournament.