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Residential And
Commercial
Growth Forecast
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In Trucksville Gardens six new
homes have gone up this past year
and a modern bungalow is under
construction now, with more build-
ing planned for the near future. The
home of Robert Breslin was finished
at Druid Hills recently, and at least
two more will go up there this year.
Over on Goss Manor three new
homes are going up now. John
Connolly is building at the intersec-
tion of Saginaw avenue and the
new highway, the Sullivan home on
Hilldonia avenue is nearly complet-
ed, and another house is being built
by F. G. Mathers near Fern Knoll
Cemetery. During the past year the
lovely new home of Willard E. John,
a partner in the Luzerne Lumber
Company, was completed in that
section.
Building on the Elston develop-
ment has been brisk this year. Four
new tenant houses—two six-room
homes and two four-room bunga-
lows—are now in use, and Wilson
Maury of Wilkes-Barre is construct-
ing a new Cape Cod Colonial type
house there.
Aside from sub-divisional build-
ing, a number of private homes
have been completed, particularly
in Dallas borough and Shavertown.
Here on Lehman avenue the two
beautiful houses of James and
George Ayre have been built, and
in Shavertown, on Pioneer avenue
several new homes have gone up.
That of Miss Anna M. Richards,
principal of Plymouth Junor High
School, is one of the most striking
in this section. The Nogle house
on the lower end of the avenue is
nearing completion and farther up
Jim Reese of Rees Drugs is build-
ing beside the year-old home of
Louis Baltimore. On Goeringer ave-
nue P. M. Malkemes is building a
new home, the Shaver property on
Main street in Shavertown has been
remodeled completely, and Charles
Watkins is building a new house
on Ridge street.
More and more people who have
owned undeveloped plots in the
Dallas Region for years are begin-
ning to have homes built now, and
since the FHA has made possible
good homes within the salary range
of far greater numbers, private
building will become more and
more attractive and substantial—a
fact well demonstrated by the re-
cent new homes in this section.
Small country estates, such as the
Blackman and Alborn properties
out in Idetown and the homes at
DALLAS POST COMMUNITY BUILDING EDITION
—
LANDMARKS OF A FORMER DAY
hill on Huntsville street.
from Dallas.
These stately pines once stood like gaunt sentinels watching over the little cemetery at the top of the
Towering high above the horizon they could be seen for miles in any direction
Shrine View, are expected to grow
in numbers here, too, and not to be
disregarded is the development of
dual purpose dwellings. Numerous
properties on which a three- or five-
acre plot is devoted to the raising
of vegetables, chickens and other
produce have been bought here in
recent years, and real estate men
expect this type of development to
assume greater importance, appeal-
ing to small income families.
First In Goss Manor
First home erected in Goss Manor
was this English type dwelling built
for R. M. Stapleton, Luzerne drug-
dist.
The first clearing to be made in
Dallas township was never again
found by the men who made it.
Charles Harris and his father hewed
the clearing from the thick woods
in 1777, but when they returned to
this territory after the Wyoming
Massacre they couldn’t find their
claim.
Service Clubs Play A Vital Part
In Developing Community Spirit
Their Constructive Planning Works Toward
Unified Solution Of All Area Problems
Service clubs of the Back Mountain area play a vital part in stimulat-
ing civic spirit and making the Dallas area a better place in which to live.
Kiwanis Club, organized some thirteen years ago, has 18 active mem-
bers, devoted to the desire to be of service to underprivileged children.
Following leads given them by ministers and school teachers, they in-|
vestigate thoroughly and then fur-
nish purchase orders for new shoes,
| | glasses and tonsil operations when-
ever needed. Past presidents of the
club in order of their service are:
Rev. Henry, Dr. G. L. Howell, two
terms; Edward Hartman, George J.
Reynolds, Jr., R. Bruce McDermott,
Kenneth Woolbert, Del McGuire,
Dave Joseph and Herbert A. Lundy.
Back Mountain Rotary Club was
organized back in 1927 at the old
Raub Hotel down on Main street.
To their initiative and energy be-
longs much of the credit for pushing
to completion the Luzerne By-Pass
and the fine new Route 92. They
have done creditable work with
crippled children of the area, in
many cases paying for braces and
supports that have entirely correct-
ed badly twisted legs. Twenty-
three members are headed by the
newly installed president, R. J.
Breslin. Other presidents in order
of their service have been: Claude
Isaacs, G. Harold Wagner, James |
Besecker, Henry Sipple, L. A. Mc- |
Henry, J. Fred Frace, William H. J. |
McIntyre, Herman VanCampen,
Peter Jurchak, Warren Taylor, L.
R. Kingsley, A. N. Garinger, and
Cal McHose.
Rotary Anns devote much of their
energy to helping needy mothers
clothe new born babies. Quantities!
of complete layettes are furnished
every year to Back Mountain in-
fants.
Co-operating with Mrs. Paul Bed-
ford and her Shut-in workers, they
have organized a Back Mountain
Shut-in club that has brought cheer,
good reading matter, holiday bas-
kets and other little remembrances
to people of the area who are con-
fined to their homes with illness.
Mrs. John Nicholson is president.
Dallas Junior Woman’s Club had
BA Toast To Your
Good Health!
Every glass of milk boy and
girl drink is a tribute to their
own development. Milk makes
so many cooked foods better,
too!
to
it
Use it often for health.
Milk really does help children grow—because it builds vitality,
resistance against illness, and aids muscular and bone development.
Our pasteurized milk, irradiated for vitamin-value, is a contribution
It comes from inspected cows of the fine
Back Mountain farms and is delivered fresh to your home, Serve
your child’s well being.
by the quart, daily.
had Side
" DAIR
DALLAS ROAD © KUNKLE, PA. ©
PHONE DALLAS 216-R-0
She may some day
be “FIRST LADY”
of these United States or just "FIRST
LADY” to a typical family of fine
healthy boys or girls . . . but you can
be sure she'll see to it that they follow
her example by drinking plenty of
good, rich
its inception at an informal meeting
held at the home of Mrs. Marie
Woolbert Richards in 1932. From
the 29 charter members it has
grown by leaps and bounds until
it now has well over 100 active
members. In past years it has done
splendid service for the community
by furnishing milk and clothing to
under-privileged children. This year
it has devoted a good many hours
to knitting and sewing for the Red
Cross. Its latest venture is sponsor-
ing a dental clinic which will open
this fall under the direction of Dr.
Robert Bodycomb and repair teeth
of needy school children. Presi-
dents have been Mrs. Lettie Lee
Culver, Mrs. Mary Durbin, Mrs. Beth
Love, Mrs. Edna Whitesell and to-
day’s president, Mrs. Berneice Lun-
dy.
Services rendered by Dr. Henry
M. Laing and Shavertown Fire Com-
panies and their auxiliaries are self
evident. All live progressive organ-
izations, they have given freely of
their time and energy to make pos-
sible the purchase of adequate and
up-to-date equipment.
The first frame building in Dallas
township was built by William Hon-
eywell in 1809, with the help of R.
M. Duffy, first carpenter to come to
this section. Most of the early set-
tlers’ homes were built of logs.
FOR SALE—
ST. BERNARD DOGS
. Reasonable
BARRY FURNEAUX
FALLS, PA.—Star Route
Back Mountain
REAL ESTATE
is my specialty!
Through years of association with Back Mountain Real Estate I know every
nook and cranny of the area intimately.
may be, I probably have a line on just the property you desire whether it is
a suburban home, a piece of land, a farm or a small estate.
Elmer Parrish
No matter what your requirements
Dallas.
Current Real Estate Bargains
10 acres, 5 room house near Wyoming Camp Ground, $575.00.
14 acres land, Dallas Boro, @ $80.00 with spring water, shade trees.
Goss Manor lot with cellar dug, $350.00.
6 room, all modern, Parrish Street, $2,800. Dallas.
New 7-room, all modern, Park Street, $4,100. Dallas Boro.
Trucksville, Harris Hill Road, 6 rooms, well and creek, 2 acres, $2,000.
45 acres, 6 room house, barn, fruit, water, near Sandy Beach, $3,000.
Hl ELMER PARRISH Write
79 MAIN ST., DALLAS
PHONE DALLAS 230
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