Editorially Speaking: Let's Put It Over It is fitting this year that plans are being made for a Back Mountain community-wide observance of Memorial Day at Lehman. The program will be cruited from our own communities. For the past three years the Odd Fellows Lodge of Lehman has had the co-operation of the Lehman churches and Daddow- Isaacs Post of American Legion in sponsoring a community program that has grown with each passing year. This year the suggestion has been made that the whole Back Mountain area take part in this program. Lehman has been selected as the location because of its previous experience in conducting such a community observance and because it is centrally located and not traversed by heavy holiday traffic. The co-operation of all communities and organizations of ‘the Back Mountain region has been asked. Efforts will be made te have all school bands participate and it is hoped that the brator of the day can be selected from among our own citizens. It is not too early to plan to take part in this Back Moun- tain observance of a sacred holiday. It will give all of us an opportunity to appreciate what we have within our own area for our own entertainment. Let us all join together for one day to see what these distinct communities, working as a single unit, can produce when they really put their hearts behind a co-operative effort. made up entirely of talent re- FROM PILLAR TO POST We wish we hadn’t promised a captious reader that we’d muzzle any more dog stories in this column the of our new blue sports coat on Main street. quick as a wink to make a promise under the duress of a tall guy’s glare and just as quick to break it as a icing of a fresh birthday cake. When it comes to making and breaking promises, there are arguments We're inclined, however, to lean toward the birthday cake on both sides. school. Nobody can tell with what fortitude he’ll measure up in a test until he’s alone with a birthday cake or makes the acquaintance of an English Sheep dog like Jimmie Ritchie’s “Bozo”. If our promises go to the dogs, it is because we come from a long line of men who have liked dogs and loved kids. We offer no apologies. There’s a bond between kids and dogs that makes it as futile to keep them apart as it is to withhold dog stories from this column . . . even at the risk of having our buttons yanked off. We've enjoyed the companionship of some famous dogs, since the day we practiced every art of persua- sion in our six-year old bag of tricks to convince a patient mother that a - foundling Newfoundland pup would make a swell house dog. Our early, reading, too, was purictuated with stories of dogs. There were nights when, with a real one snug- gled beside us, we fell asleep read- ving the exploits of The Dog of Flanders or Buck in Jack London’s “Call of the Wild”. Today our mongrel Tyke and Buck, our thor- oughbred wire-haired ‘terror’ bear famous names. One of the greatest dogs of our early recollections was “Bob, son of Battle”, a Scotch Sheep dog hero. Dogs of that same Scotch border breed guard sheep in the West to- day. In these days when dog aris- toeracy is bred for physical char- acteristics that frequently diminish intelligence, it’s refreshing to ob- serve the quick intelligence and firm loyalty of a working Sheep dog. Until Friday we had seen such dogs only in moving pictures of Austral- ian Field trials. In them we have watched a distant shepherd whistle signals, sending his dog to round up sheep and bring them to the fold. We've watched the dog par- ry with a troublesome ram as it charged with lowered horns and threatening hooves. Once we saw a dog cut a recalcitrant one from the flock and bring it to the fold while another dog stood guard at the gate as its companion returned to fetch the more docile members of the flock. But on Friday we made the acquaintance of a real English Sheep dog on our own steep hillsides below Orchard Farm. According to his Scotch master, Jimmie Ritchie, “Bozo” isn’t half the dog his daddy was—probably grown soft from too little work. “Bozo’s” sire came from the old sod in one of the shiploads of Scotch herdsmen, Aberdeen cattle and Clydesdale horses that the Conyngham’s must have brought to (Continued on Page 8) BB WHO SAYS THERE’S NO ROMANCE IN ALL THAT MAIN STREET CONCRETE ? Rattle of dump trucks, clank of power shovels and general confusion on Main street this week has more than passing in- terest for one Dallas man as workmen break up the old con- crete paving and block the high- way to establish grades and lay concrete on the final link of the Dallas-Fernbrook road. That man is Harold Titman. Twenty- one years ago, while he was still living in Tunkhannock, Harold, as State Highway in- spector, noted that the con- crete was good and that every thing passed inspection. He noted, too, that Dallas girls were good and passed inspec- tion. Those were the days when Harold first met Eloise Frantz, the girl who is now Mrs. Titman. So those who complain that there is no ro- mance in that old concrete on Main street had best recall the days when a young State High- way Inspector courted a Dallas girl. BN = 8 | English repaired bomb damage to other day when he grasped the lapels That's the way we are; kid is to poke his finger in the soft Lehman Bands Prepare Program Spring Concert Next Friday and Saturday Lehman High School will present their third annual band concert in the high school: auditorium next Thursday and Friday evenings, May 8 and 9 under the direction of Jo- seph. D. Clouser. A splendid pro- gram of group and solo work as well | as novelty numbers has been pre- pared by both the Junior and Senior Bands assisted by the Girl's Chorus. The program: ‘Progress’, directed by Albert Agnew, student director, accompanied by majorettes; ‘De- termination”, overture; ‘“Thunder- er”, a march by John Phillip Sousa; | cornet solo, ‘Carnival of Venice”, Lanora Parks; “Glow Worm”, ga- votte used in court dances of the 17th century; “DeMolay Command- ery’; Songs for Old Folks arranged by M. L. Lake; cornet trio, “My Bud- dy Polka”, Charles Nuss, John Mili- askus and Billy Kessler; “On the Alert”; Novelty Number, *“Comin’ 'Round the Mountain” arranged by Henry Fillman; “Laurel”, conducted by Harold Ide, age 8, accompanied by majorettes; saxophone solo, Fred Schobert; ‘Bolero Non”, composed by Sam Kurtz, musical supervisor Blocmsburg High School; baritone solo, “Ciribiribin”’, Albert Agnew; “Land of America”, written, com- posed and directed by Gomer Jo- seph of Wilkes-Barre; “Red and Blue”, march; trombone solo, “Glen Eden Polka’, Theodore Parks; “Then You'll Remember, Sweetheart”; “Pop Goes the Weasel”; clarinet trio, “Merriment Polka’, Betty Naugle, Marie Rebennack, Ethel Ide; “El Capitan”, Sousa; “Star Spangled Banner”. In addition to the above program, the Girls’ Chorus will render num- bers on Thursday night and the Junior Band on Friday night when Junior majorettes will participate. Collector Will File Tax Returns : Property ‘owners have until May | {5 to pay their 1940 taxes, Tax Col- {lector Herbert Lundy has an- nounced. He has been notified by the County Commissioners that he must file returns on that date for | all unpaid taxes. i | planting ceremony. sang ‘“‘America’’ as a conclusion, |at Binghamton in charge of Rev. | Methodist Church of Binghamton, ‘THE Darras Post ES A RT MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION 1 2. 3. 4. vey’s 5. FRIDAY, MAY 2, 1941 No. 18 markings and numerals on all homes in Dallas, Shavertown, and Trucksville. which will train men and women in national defense measures. Dallas Borough. er highway between Dallas and Har- tion in the Dallas area. THE POST WANTS: f Permanent amid legible street Emphasis locally on activities The installation of fire plugs in The construction of a new, short- Lake before 1942. Centralization of police protec- More sidewalks. Vol. 51 / i Trees AreNamed | "Youth", "Peace" Impressive Ceremony Marks Tree Planting Under bright blue skies in which no hostile bomber zoomed or struck terror, students of Lehman Town- ship schools dedicated two pin oak trees to “Youth” and ‘Peace’ at impressive Arbor Day ceremonies held on the school grounds Tuesday morning. Dedication was part of a larger program during which students, teachers and townsfolk joined in a community - beautification project, planting trees, shrubs, and vines. In all, five pin oak trees were named and planted along the high- way in front of the school building. As each tree was placed in the ground, a student read a poem ap- propriate to the name. Names of the trees and those who read the poems were: Hope, Amelia Crossin; Joy, Florence Hawley; Peace, Jane Grzham; Youth, Beverly. Piatt, and Love, Mary Crossin. As the two trees which guard the pathway to the main entance were planted, Donna Culp, president of the Class of 1944, dedicated one to “Peace” and Martin Calkins, president of the Class of 1943 dedicated the oth- er to “Youth”. Members of each class formed a bank about the trees during the dedicatory ceremony. The program opened with re- marks by the announcer, Margie Sparrow, which were followed by a recitation, “The Heart of A Tree”, by Bertha Dribelbis. At the con- clusion of “Trees” by the Girls’ Chorus, Charles Nuss, president of the Lehman School Board, spoke briefly. The Girls’ Chorus sang “Tis Springtime”. Then came the high point of the program—the tree The audience The entire program was under the direction of Miss Delilah Kistler of the school faculty. Planting was directed by James Hutchison, County Farm agent, assisted by John Sidler of the school vocational depart- ment. . Boys of the agricultural classes prepared the ground for planting and had the assistance of a number of men of the community. Former Resident Is Buried Here George W. Watkins Was Brooks & Co. Manager | The funeral of George W. Wat- kins, 46, formerly of Huntsville street, Dallas, who died Sunday fol- lowing a prolonged illness at his home in Binghamton, was held Wednesday afternoon from 80 Main street, Dallas, with interment at Fernknoll. Beside his wife, the former Flor- ence Honeywell, daughter of the late Ira T. and Mrs. Honeywell of Luzerne, the deceased leaves three children, Barbara, George, Jr., and Thomas all at home and his mother, Mrs. Adda Watkins of Binghamton. Mr. Watkins was born and edu- cated in Scranton and for a num- ber of years was assistant manager of Brooks & Company offices in Wilkes-Barre owning his home in Dallas until he was made manager of Brooks’ Williamsport offices. For several years prior to his death he was manager of the Binghamton of- fices of Brooks & Company. Funeral services were conducted H. E. Relyra, pastor of Tabernacle who also conducted the services Wednesday in Dallas. Pallbearers were: D. D. Durland, Elwin Webster, Kenneth Biesecker, Harry H. Allen, Fred Swanson and James Shaw. nue, Dallas, is one of twenty British Stoker Of Torpedoed Merchantman Rescued After Days In Open Boat Trevor Griffiths, 21-year-old nephew of David Richards, Lehman ave- and taken to Lisbon, Portugal, when the merchantman Western Chief was torpedoed and sunk some days ago in mid-Atlantic, according to letters reaching relatives in New York. seamen rescued from an open boat The youthful stoker whose home is in Merthyr-Tydfil, Wales, visit- ed his uncle in February when he accompanied his fourth convoy to Halifax, Nova Scotia, and later, with members of his crew, came to New York to pick up an American boat for service on the British trans-At- lantic routes. Up to that time, the young sea- man said, he had never encountered an enemy man-of-war on his re- peated trips to America or during perilous voyages through the Medi- terranian carrying war supplies to Alexandria, Egypt. He gave a graph- ic picture of conditions in the port cities of England and paid high trib- ute te the quickness with which the docks and railway lines. He told relatives not to reveal the name of the Western Chief, the’ ship on which he was to sail from Halifax to England, or wherever his cap- tain might head when he opened sealed orders several hours after departure. According to information avail- able, Trevor with nineteen others of the crew managed to secure a place in an open boat which drift- ed for two days on the Atlantic be- fore being picked up by a friendly ship and taken to Lisbon. The young man’s brother, Edwin, was killed when the battleship Royal Oak was torpedoed early in the war. Canadian Ace General William (Billy) Bishop, on U. S. Tour - air marshal of Canada and the do- minion’s most distinguished World War ace, is pictured (front left) as he and other officials inspected the Douglas Aircraft plant near Los Angeles. He is making a tour of U. information on American production. S. plane factories, getting first-hand Queeno' the May Will Reign Over Rustic Dancers At Lehman Two-Hundred and Fifty Rural Students Will Be Her Loyal Subjects for a Day Know Your Neighbour Dr. F. Budd Schooley Americans Need Bhility To Relax Dr. Schooley Says War Brings Mental Problems Memory plays tricks when Dr. Frank Schooley tries to recall the day he first decided to become a physician. Probably he was born to be one, because he can’t remem- ber the time when that was not his goal. It was that early desire that spurred him toward his objective when the way looked rough and dis- couragements had a way of creep- ing up on all sides. Dr. Frank Budd Schooley was born in Peckville, Lackawanna county, November 25, 1905. His parents Orlando J. and Clara ° Nicholas Schooley named him for two im- portant men of the community, Frank H. Hemelright, president of | the First National Bank, and Dr. Budd, the family physician. Maybe they added the physician's name as an afterthought or it might have been out of necessity for F. Budd was one of ten children. His father, born and reared in Noxen, and his mother, a native of Lehman, after marriage moved to Peckville where his father was shop foreman with Temple Coal company for thirty years. In 1916 when Frank was ten and the youngest in the family was four, his mother died. Frank pays tribute to the way his father held the family together during those days when tragedy struck. Years before on a day after July 4, when he was six, he had been the victim of another tragedy but there was s¢me one to console him then. A ‘neighbour youngster had found a queer metal object resembling an (Continued on Page 8) In medieval England, lads and lassies sallied forth on May Day morning to gather the hawthorne blossom. or “May” along the coun- try lanes. With it they crowned the fairest maiden of them all and proclaimed her “Queen o’ the May’. Then setting up the Maypole decked with garlands they danced the mor- ris dance the whole of the live long day. “Old times are gone, old man- ners changed”, but Lehman Town- ship will revive the traditional fes- tival Tuesday, May 8 at 1 when 249 students take part in colorful May Day festivities on the school cam- pus, crown the Queen o’ May and dance around two gaily streamered Maypoles. The one and one-half hour pag- eant will depict the evolutioon of the English May Day from its be- ginning to its revival in the schools of America, Interspersed will be patriotic drills and musical numbers by youngsters garbed in costumes of every tint and color. Festivities will open with a salute to the flag led by Girl and Boy Scouts followed by the crowning of Jessie Bonning, a. senior, selected as Queen o’ the May by the popular vote of her schoolmates. Robin Hood and his men of Sherwood for- est, heralds, Druids, rustic swains and lassies will all have a part in the crowning which will open and close with dances around the May- poles. The Eaton Boys, composed of members of the 9th grade will have a special number as will milk maids in peasant costumes. Fifth grade youngsters will provide a pa- triotic flag drill and the Girl’s Chor- us will have special parts. An or- chestra composed of selected mem- bers of the band will furnish the musical background. The program is under the dir- ection of Donald Dodson, physical education director, assisted by grade school teachers. The student body has been rehearsing for weeks, and mothers with busy needles have been creating the many delicate hued costumes for their children. In addition special costumes, such as those for Robin Hood and other leading characters, have been pur- chased from costumers by the schools. At the conclusion of the May Day festival, Lehman Township Baseball team will play Kingston Township. Council Will Discuss Delayed Street Project Efforts to cut through the red tape of political entanglements that have prevented the opening of a Borough-wide W. P. A. street im- provement project will probably be made at a meeting of Dallas Bor- ough Council which has been post- poned from next Tuesday night un- til Friday so that all members of Council can be present. The project was supposed to have opened weeks ago, but dissension over the appointment of a foreman has turned the $34,888 W. P. A. project into a political battle. | Rotary Director Will Be Guest Local Club Will Entertain Covault | A director of Rotary Interna- tional, Harold I. Covault, of Lorain, Ohio, will be the guest of Dallas Rotary at its meeting next Thurs- day at Irem Temple Country Club. Seldom is a club the size of Dal- las Rotary honored by the presence of an International Director at its dinner meeting, so that members are making arrangements to enter- tain fellow Rotarians from neigh- bouring clubs and have extended an invitation to Wyoming Rotary to join them in an Inter Club meeting. Mr. Covault has been a member of the Rotary Club of Lorain since 1926. He has served as club secre- tary, president and committee mem- ber and has been active in Rotary Harold I. Covault . « . who will be guest speaker at the meeting of Dallas Rotary Club on May 8. and chairman of the extension com- mittees, He iy a director of Rotary International for 1940-41, He is engaged in the Casualty Insurance business and is president of the; Lorain County Insurance Agents Association. He was founder of the Lorain Industrial Foundation and is past president of the Lorain Chamber of Commerce. Young Gardeners Plant Shrubbery Every Student Takes Part In Arbor Program | Woe betide that hapless trespasser whe injures a newly planted shrub or freshly peeping blade of grass on Dallas Borough High School Grounds for he will find a whole school full of gardeners to make him rue his thcughtlessness. Friday the entire student body took part in its own Arbor Day, There was not a youngster from the small first graders to the sedate Sen- iors who did not play his part with shovels, spades, picks and watering cans to help beautify the grounds. First graders had charge of one section, second graders another and so it went through all the grades with the Junior High School culti- vating the section in front of the main building and the Senior High School assuming the responsibility for the large area along Franklin street. The planting program was plan- ned by T. A. Williammee, William Brickel and Miss Julia Doltan as- sisted by Ray Shiber and Mr. Ed- wards of Huntsville Nursery. Indi- vidual students and school organiza- tions contributed toward the cost of shrubs and trees purchased from the Nursery and Mr, Shiber. Among the citizens who gave plants and foliage were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Titman, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mayer, Sterling Machell and Mr. Shiber. Plants included moun- tain laurel, blue spruce trees, bar- berry, hills of snow, honeysuckle and forsythia. For days after the planting, stu- dents carried water to give their own sections of planting every op- portunity to survive and thrive. Other students spaded sections in the lawn where grass failed to grow in previous years and replanted it with new seed. There is not a tree, bush or berry planted on the grounds that is not the particular favorite of some stu- dent who planted and is nurturing it, so students say woe to the hapless trespasser who stirs the wrath of 300 young gardeners. Improve Lehigh Street Kingston Township Road Super- visors started work this week wid- ening Lehigh street, Shavertown, Back Mountain Oscar Awarded | ToRalph Rood — | Presentation Made Before Large Crowd At Annual Dinner Ralph H. Rood, ‘teacher in the public schools and public-spirited Dallas citizen of many years, re- ceived the ‘Back Mountain Oscar”, gift of Joseph MacVeigh, for the outstanding performance in this year’s fire company show at a din- ner for the cast and friends in the Borough High School Building, Mon- day evening. The dinner, prepared and served by the Woman's Auxil- iary of the fire company, was large- ly attended. Fred M. Kiefer, co-author of the show, was toastmaster and intro- duced the speakers; Clyde Lapp, Cal- vin McHose, Burgess H. A. Smith and Joseph MacVeigh. Mr. Kiefer used the dismounted bell from the fire truck to limit speeches ang keep the program moving. A previously unannounced fea- ture was a radio quiz participated in by Clarence West, Tom Robin- son, John Roberts and John Yaple on one side and Mrs. H. A. Smith, Mrs. Lewis LeGrand, Mrs. R. J. W. Templin' and Mrs. Sally Hauck on the other. Questions included such brain teasers as: “Who is buried in Grant’s Tomb ?”’ and “What was the President’s name forty years ago?” The winners, Tom Robinson and Mrs. LeGrand were awarded dic- tionaries. The conclusion of the program for which every one had waited expectantly came when the “Back Mountain Oscar” was presented to Mr. Rood, who spoke briefly in re- sponse. Mrs. Sara Sanford sang several solos and led group singing. Mrs. William Baker was pianist. Les Warhola’s orchestra furnished music for dancing. Attending were H. W. Peterson, Leslie Warhola, H. A. Smith, Harry L. Ohlman, Fred Morgan Kiefer, Mrs. Harold Rood, Joseph H. Mac- Veigh, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Be- secker, Clyde N. Lapp, Arthur New- man, Doris Stooky, Marjorie Evans, Jane Joseph, Ruth Stookey, Velma Haring, Jane Case, Doris Bonell, Lillian Ward, Arline Ide, Alma Nel- son, Jane Ayre, Harold Niemeyer, Gertrude Moore, Robert Price, J, E. Roberts, Joseph Jewell, Mr. and Mrs. Z. E. Garinger, Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Fleming, Mrs. Victor Cross, Mr, and Mrs. Ord Trumbower, Miss Rita Beardsley, Romayne Harvey, John Jewell, Don Cosgrove, H. A. Cos- grove, Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Constine, Forrest Constine, Oswald Griffiths, Grace Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hislop, Mrs. Leonard Harvey, Mrs. Philip Cheney, Mrs. Robert Isaacs. Arthur R. Dungey, Ralph H, Rood, William Baker, Jr., Jack A. Dungey, Jack Daniels, Charles W. Randall, Basil R. Heis, William H. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Marley, Bar- bara Miers, Lanthy Eveland, Rose- mary Barry, William H. Davis, Car- olyn Y, Shaver, Mrs. R. J. W. Tem- pleton, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sed- ler, Mrs. Arthur Newman, Mrs. La- Verne Race, Mrs. Nelson Shaver, Nelson Shaver, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis LeGrand, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Joseph, Calvin. McHose, Mrs. F.- B. School- ey, Mrs. Mable Dorn, Mrs. Grant Shaner, Mrs. Joseph Wallo, Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. Henry Disque, Mrs. George Snyder, Mrs. John Gir- van, Mrs. William Vivian, Mrs. J. L. Kintz, Mrs. J. Polackey, Lucille Disque, Doris Monk, Mrs, Marcus Ide, Mrs. Jennie Hazletine, Mrs. Ear! Monk, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hauck, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence West. Mrs. W. H., Baker, Mrs. David Evans, Robert Beilman, Henry Beil- man, Mr. and Mrs. H, A. Smith, Jr., Mrs. Leslie Warhola, Mr. and Mrs. Allan W. Sanford, Mrs Helen Miers, Mrs. Thomas Kepner, : Mrs. J. E. Hildebrant, Mrs. Martha Barry, Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Eck, Frances W. Williammee, T. A. Williamee, Don- old E. McDermott, Mrs. Ray Hunt, Miss Eloise Hunt, Mrs. David Rob; erts, Jeanne Dampf, Mr. and Mrs. W. Charles Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Brickel, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kiefer, Mrs. H. W. Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd W. Chamber- lain, Mr. and Mrs, Charles R. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Yaple, Dolly Sawyer, Emory Kitchen, Mrs. Ade- laide: McManus and Dorothy Mec- Manus. Kenneth Kocher, Mrs, J. I. Roe, Jr.,, Mrs. Harry Ohlman, Mrs. Charles DeWees, Mrs. Wilbur Man- ning, Mrs. William S. Powell, Mrs. Harold Titman, Mrs. Nelson Booth, Mrs, Arlene Kiefer, Mrs. Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Joseph MacVeigh and Mrs. Herbert Smith. Traffic Re-routed Heavy through traffic and motor busses were routed over the resi- denitial streets of Dallas this week due to paving operations at the in- tersection of Main street and the which will later be hard surfaced. spur highway.
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