‘THE POST WANTS: 1. Permanent and legible street markings and numerals on all homes in Dallas, Shavertown, and Trucksville. 2. Emphasis locally on activities which will train men and women in national defense measures. 3. The installation of fire plugs in Dallas Borough. 4. A community building, ard pub- lic recreational facilities serving the entire back Mountain area, 5. Centralization of police protec- tion in the Dallas area. 6. More sidewalks. Editorially Speaking THE WRITING ON THE WALL The San Francisco News, a newspaper which has always been a strong supporter of organized labor, recently said this: “We wish to see organized labor endure and continue to grow. But we know that organized labor cannot endure if the things from which it derives its prosperity and se- ‘curity do not endure. If organized labor is to endure, the system of free enterprise must endure. Organized labor can- not flourish if business sickens and dies. Economic peace and economic security cannot be obtained by use of force Tue Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Vol. 51 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1941 No. 48 which makes their existence impossible. { “Organized labor has never had such power as it pos- “ sesses today. But by that same token, organized labor nev- er has had such responsibility as it is charged with today. ‘What happens to the labor movement, what happens to business and industry, what happens to the thousands and = thousands of small wage earners who have no interest in the politics of the labor movement, will depend on whether labor leadership becomes statesmanlike, whether it recog- nizes and assumes its proper responsibilities, whether it wields its power with wisdom, or with recklessness and stupidity.” Organized labor should be solidly at the forefront of those who are today fighting the trend toward socialism— a trend, which if it continues, will mean the end of free enterprise, and the end of social and economic freedom for capital and labor alike. And organized labor, for its own selfish reasons alone, should take the lead in preventing strikes in this time of emergency and danger, and should, like industry, submit its grievances to arbitration. The racketeers in the labor movement will destroy all gains made by labor. And the working man, not the fat- salaried labor leaders, will do the paying. Cannot labor see the writing on the wall? . FROM PILLAR TO POST If men are determined to write the ‘household hints for the women’s pages in the newspapers and magazinés, as appears to be the case from the calibre of the hints, why can't they write something of value to the average housewife? I don’t know what male was responsible for that gem of information about the best method of cutting up an anion; but in case you don’t remember the item, he discovered with the enthusiasm of a Balboa looking for the first time upon the Pacific, that an onion slices ‘more easily if cut in two lengthwise and laid flat. This system, says the happy house-husband, eliminates the slipping and sliding which ac- companies the slicing of an onion ~ balanced upon its rounded exterior, and it also eliminates that pursuit across the kitchen floor and under the sink when the slippery globe finally eludes your grasp and takes matters into its own hands. Now that just proves that the ‘editor of that woman's page was no female of the species. Every woman was born knowing how to slice an onion painlessly, and if she wasn't born: that way she learned by tear- ful experience after the first bout with it. Last week I read another house- hold hint, doubtless written by the same onion man. I can see him now, feet propped on desk, onion in but- tonhole, genius burning along with the big black cigar, dictating an- other happy-hints - to - homemakers column, This time he enters the laundry and advises the lady of the house to fold the sheets carefully and smoothly to wringer-size before sending them through the rolls. This, he assures us, will eliminate wrinkles. He probably never even saw a wet sheet, frothing with soap- suds, twisted from its battle with the dingus in the middle of the washing-machine that paddles the clothes back and forth and round and round and up and down. He has no idea how much that wet sheet weighs in the first place, nor ‘what a heroic struggle it would en- tail to fold it at all, much less to fold it free of wrinkles, The same man, or his twin- brother, writes the ads showing the toothy colored woman, bursting with smiles, who is willing to swear —probably for a monetary consid- eration—that it is much easier to iron clothes that have in them no wringer wrinkles. Hasn't the mis- guided man ever seen a line of sheets snapping in the breeze, and realized that the wind takes out any wrinkles the wringer may have put in, and that the only wrinkles a laundress has to contend with are those that she makes herself by careless sprinkling and rolling- down? That man probably comes into the kitchen and rearranges the bowls in the ice-box, tells his wife to be sure to polish the glasses in- stead of draining them, and asks her what she did with that left- over hardboiled egg. I am willing to agree with the harried housewife who said that as for her; she liked men to be helpless around the kitchen, the way the good Lord in- tended them to be. However, there is a small corner where the house-husband could earn his board and keep, sticking to the tools he is accustomed to or maybe I should say ought to be accus- tomed to, leaving the washing-ma- chine and the onion-slicing to his wife. Why doesn’t some bright man tell us a few of the things that do not ordinarily occur to women instead of trying to chisel in ‘on her ac- knowledged territory ? Why, for instance, did not some household hint tell me long ago that a drop of three-in-one-oil on the pulley which holds the window cord might make all the difference be- tween putting a window up and down easily, and breaking my back ? For years I have puffed and (Continued on Page 8.) Local Students Make Who's Who Both Are Residents Ot Kingston Township Biographies of two local college students are among those included in the annual publication of Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities which will be published shortly. The publica- tion, which has the co-operation of more than 600 colleges, was con- ceived nine years ago to create one {national basis of, recognition: for; students. Those included from this area are: Miss Norma Henning, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Henning of Trucksville, who will receive her BS degree from East Stroudsburg State Teachers’ College in June. Miss Henning is a graduate of the Kingston Township High School class of 1938, Arthur W. Lindsley, son of Rev. and Mrs. A. K. Lindsley, Trucks- ville, who will receive his AB de- gree from Greenville College in June. He attended Meyers High School, Wilkes Barre for two years and graduated from Central High School, Washington. Selection of students for Who's Who is made in many different ways, on the various campuses. The students who completed two full years of college or rated as junior or senior and those in advanced study are considered for selection. FallsFrom TopOfBarn | Noxen Boy Escapes With Broken Arm Charles Smith, 9-year old son of Thomas Smith of Noxen broke his left arm on Sunday. while playing in a barn on a neighboring farm. Charles and his older brother, Lester, took a Sunday afternoon hike up to the farm of William Race, a mile west of Noxen, to visit his son Philip, Like all boys who live in town they loved a barn, so that was the place they chose to play. They had climbed and played until Charles, passing from beam to beam had reached the top of the barn where, missing his step, he fell to the floor. Horrified, his playmates ran to his aid, but he scrambled to his feet bravely, thankful to escape with no worse injury than a broken arm. Keep Baskets Moving Friends and neighbors of the Henry M_ Laing Fire Company Aux- iliary are urged to keep the travel- ing baskets on the move, There are still 18 chairladies who have not been able to make reports on bas- kets because they have been held up somewhere along the line, Raise $257.57 Ladies of the Huntsville Christian Church turned in $257.57 as their annual Thanksgiving offering to the property fund at the service on Sun- day. The committee under the direc- tion of Mrs. A. N. Garinger, Mrs. Herbert Major and - Mrs. Ralph Frantz raised the money by can- vassing among members, Polacky Urges Use of Box Keys * Stamps Placed On Sale In Stores Through the co-operation of the Dallas Postoffice, United States gov- ernment postage stamps are now on sale at Bert's Drug Store, Dal- las; Frantz Fairlawn Store, Hunts- ville and Payne's Store, Loyalville. These arrangements have been | made for the convenience of pa- trons of the Dallas office and to make work lighter for the rural car- riers. The village postoffice staff is also upset because many patrons, rent- ing lock boxes, fail to bring their keys to the office with them, but depend on asking for their mail at the window. “This,” according to postmaster Polacky, ‘disturbs rout- ine of the office and retards the sorting of mail, and hampers ser- vice at the stamp and money order window.” The postmaster urges all patrons to bring their bdx keys to the office with them and to send the keys with children and | others who are asked to get mail from the office. He also advises that boxes will not be rented in the future to persons who make a habit of asking for their mail instead of using box keys. ) ) Joseph Maher Buried Today Traction Employee Dies Atter Brief Illness Joseph F, Maher, 58, died Wed- | nesday morning at 11 at his home on Fernbrook Road, Dallas Town- ship following a brief illness from which he was apparently recovering until he suddenly took a turn for the worse two days before his death. Mr. Maher had been a resident of the Back Mountain region for the past four years having moved to the Parrish Heights section of Dal- las from his home in South Wilkes- Barre. For more than 25 years he had been an employee of Wilkes- Barre Railway Corporation as mo- torman on the Georgetown run. He was a devoted family man and fond of flowers which he grew with much success, He also did extensive wood carving as a hobby. Beside his wife the former, Mae Cavanaugh of Wilkes-Barre, he leaves the following children Fran- cis, Andrew and Ruth at home; Ma- rie, Newark; Mrs. William Lynch, Hazleton; Mrs. V. S, Guest, Wilkes- Barre; and Bernard, Ashley; sisters, Mrs. George Reinhard, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Katherine Scott, Detroit and a brother, Robert, Plymouth. The funeral will be held Friday morning at 9:30 from St. Thesese’s Church, Shavertown, with interment in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover. Alaskan Pup Likes Dallas A new resident of Shrine View is popular among the younger set. He is, Chena, a thoroughbred malemute pup whose native heath is Alaska. Chena was born on the Chena Slough near Fairbanks, Alaska, and was brought back to the United States by Fred M. Kiefer when he returned from his recent hunting trip. A sister, also purchased by Mr. Kiefer, was given to Carl Anderson famous Alaskan guide, Chena ap- pears to thrive in the Pennsylvania climate where he is housed out of doors to protect his fine fleecy coat. Had he remained in Alaska he would have become a working sled dog, but in the United States he is growing up to be a pet, a job he thoroughly enjoys. Red Cross Classes Ere now Forming The American Red Cross Canteen Class will meet at Shavertown Methodist Church on December 2. Other Red Cross classes will open in this area in January and all wo- men who are interested in receiv- ing the instructions are urged to register by forwarding a postal card containing their name, address and { telephone number to Mrs. Mae E. Townend, Twin Spruces, Pioneer avenue, Dallas. Cats Destroy Small Game When the body of a grey squirrel dropped from a tree in front of their car while they were patrolling the Hillside-Huntsville road on Tuesday, two State Highway Patrolmen got out of their car to investigate. They found the squirrel’s body still warm and on a limb high in the tree they saw a black cat which they dis- | y j patched with their service pistols, OUR DEMOCRAC Pig an Like Father like son Like forefathers of 1621 WE STORE THE FRUITS OF OUR LABORS AS THEY DID—NOT SO MUCH NOW IN ACTUAL GOODS AND PRODUCE AS IN SAVINGS ACCOUNTS, i GOVERNMENT BONDS, LIFE INSURANCE AND OTHER .EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF TRADITIONAL CINE Te rae > Q hanksgiving = ®70 DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS , AND WHAT WE VE, 4 BUILT AND EARNED AND SAVED. | Governor James Sends Congratulations | As 220 Attend Dinner At Country Club tyMat | Mr. And Mrs. C. A. Frantz Mark Tuesday was not only an event in the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Corey A. y| Frantz who were celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary but it also i took on a holiday atmosphere for most of Dallas as old friends and new P», ' gathered from distances to extend their congratulations and excitedly prepared to attend the dinner in their honor at Irem Temple Country Club. RE , Atherton Sets Defense Meet - County Institute Will Be Held December 1 Col. Thomas H, Atherton, chair- man of the County Council of De- fense, has announced the names and topics of speakers who will appear at the County Deiense Institute to be held on Monday, Dec. 1, at 8 p, m. at Meyers High School. : The speakers, who were selected by the State Council of Defense be- cause of their expert knowledge of specific phases of the civilian de- fense program, will present the la- test instructions for the guidance of Defense Council members in this county. Leaders of various com- munity organizations and profes- sions are invited to attend the meeting also, as well as any citizen interested in the subject of Civilian Defense. The topics to be presented are: “Emergency Medical Services,” “Red Cross and First Aid” and “Air Raid and Fire Precautions.” of Defense has asked Local Defense Councils to include in their winter program. The list of speakers includes Dr. Ross Cameron, Regional Medical Officer of the U. S. Office of Civil- ian Defense; James McCarthey, a field representative to be assigned by the American Red Cross; and Sgt, A. William Ryne of the Phila- delphia Police College. Sergeant Ryne has had a leading part in the program of air raid and emergency fire protection in Phila- delphia. “The institute will not be an en- tetrainment; it will be a program | of instruction,” said County Chair- man Atherton, “It is expected to be of great value to Defense Coun- cil members of this county and also to other community leaders desir- ing to get a better knowledge of civilian defense plans.” Vera Whitesell In Red Cross Recital Vera Whitesell, Lehman pianist, will appear in a concert under the direction of Eva Michael Rundell at Tunkhannock High School, Thurs- day evening, December 4, for the benefit of Wyoming County Chapter American Red Cross. Guest artists will include Grace Hasselberger, Jean Stevens, Jean Yeager and Clarence Cooper. Union Church Service Union Church Services for the Kunkle, Alderson, Ruggles and the Noxen Methodist Churches : were held at Noxen yesterday, Thanksgiv- ing. Rev. David Morgan was in charge, These are | activities which the State Council | Motorists Given Tips For Driving Late November and December means Winter, and Winter, to both the motorist and pedestrian, bring horrid dreams of packed snow on highways and sometimes treacher- ous ice sheets, With the National Defense effort reaching a peak in some sections of the state this winter, public safety authorities today declared snow and ice must be no excuse for traffic tie- ups and skidding accidents, T. Elmer Transeau, Director of Highway Safe- ty for Pennsylvania, warned that this year the following rules are vital when severe weather condi- tions arrive. 1. Exercise more caution gener- ally. The necessity for sudden stops should be avoided on snow or ice. It takes 3 to 11 times the normal distance to stop on snow or ice. 2. Check brakes for simultaneous gripping. Unequalized brakes start skids, When snow or ice conditions prevail, leave car in garage if not prepared to take practical precau- tions. ; 3. Good tire treads'are safe on wet pavements but on ice or snow tire chains (which bite in) should be put on when needed. 4. Make sure windshield wipers and defrosters are working, and that lighting equipment is adequate for longer hours of darkness, snow, fog, and sleet. 5. Reduce speed on snow or ice —don’t throw away the safety mar- gin provided by tire chains, Watch out for children on sleds. 6. Leave more room between you and the car ahead and don’t try to pass on hills or curves, Approach icy curves slowly. If not protected by tire chains —‘‘crawl’”’, 7. Slow down in gear and “pump” brakes on-off-and-on to point of im- pending skid. Keep wheels from locking completely. Traction afford- | ed by chains does not duplicate dry pavement stopping ability, but on snow or ice they do cut stopping distances 40 to 50 per cent, add appreciably to control of car, and avoid traffic tieups. A Winter driving, which is frequent- ly desireable: because of the com- fort, protection and convenience provided by the modern car during bad weather, can be safe with the above precautions, “Research and tests by the Na- tional Safety Council’s Committee on Winter Driving Hazards,” Tra- seau said, “reveal skidding and in- adequate traction as the principal cause of winter accidents. The other most serious hazard is reduced visi- bility, resulting from snow and sleet storms, fog and longer hours of: darkness. The death rate, as related to motor vehicle travel, increases during winter months 40 per cent in northern states, and from 3 to 20 per cent in southern states ac- cording to location and severity of weather,” Motorist Bppears In Natural Colors Wyoming Valley Motorist, official { publication of Wyoming Valley Mo- . tor Club, will appear this month with a four-color cover reproduction of a skiing scene at Buck Hill Falls Inn, Buck Hill Falls, Pa, The process { color plates from which the cover j was printed in the Post Printshop are the work of Craftsmen Engrav- ers, Wilkes-Barre. It represents the first time a four-color engraving from natural color photography has been printed in Wyoming Valley. The photograph is the work of Her- bert E. Atkins, proprietor of the Craftsmen Engravers and the press- work is that of the Post Printshop. The lead article in the Motorist is Harry J. Harter, Trucksville, chairman of the club’s membership committee, 1 500 Invited To Inspect Train Luzerne County Men To Visit Scranton Local office of Contract Distribu- tion, OPM, with headquarters in Ho- tel Sterling, Wilkes-Barre, Tuesday issued invitations to some 500 man- ufacturers and industrialists in Lu- zerne County area as well as civic groups and State Employment Ser- vice personnel to inspect a “De- fense Special” which will visit Scranton on December 5. The train is one of three dis- patched from Washington. a week ago. Aboard it will be representa- tives of the Army, Navy, Maritime Commission and OPM who will out- line the Government's anticipated needs for the expanded defense pro- gram, Representatives of business and manufacturing concerns will be given an opportunity to gain first- hand information from technicians and to witness special exhibits on the eight-car train. The Luzerne County delegation will join a similar group from Scranton area. Approximately 800 individuals are expected to be ac- commodated to inspect the train and confer with officials of the Gov- ernment. Tickets will be available on call at the office in Hotel Sterling, ac- cording to Arthur Nicholson, Jr,, of- fice manager. Concerns which have not already submitted lists of tool equipment are advised to bring them for use on the inspection tour. The special train will be lined up near the D. L. & W. Railroad depot j at Scranton from 9 to 4:30. \ |Shiber Shoots Fine Red Fox Animal Was Running With Flock Of Sheep “A preacher went a hunting it was on Sunday morn and just to keep his religion he took his gun along” . . . thirty years ago a fav- orite old phonograph record ran something like that ending with the preacher either shooting or running away from a bear. Tuesday Rev. Francis Freeman, : Machell Hildebrant and Ray Shiber i returned from the South Auburn | hunting grounds in Susquehanna i County, where the preacher had said beforehand that there was game in abundance—*"everything from chipmunks to bison”’—with the carcass of a red .fox, shot while they were hunting rabbits. Ray made the kill with an ex- pertly placed shot while the fox was running with a flock of sheep in a farmer’s field. After that there was little more hunting for the day. Ray graciously permitted his companions to carry the trophy back to the car, exhibit it, and do all of the talking. Kiefer To Write Hunting Articles Fred M. Kiefer, Dallas sportsman recently returned from a hunting expedition in Alaska has been asked to contribute articles on his trip to three national magazines: Outdoor Life, The Alaskan Sportsman, and The Back Log of the Campfire Clu of America. : Ws SR ie For all of their lives with the ex- ception of a brief period when Mr. Frantz was in business in Pittston, the couple has been closely identi- fied with the Dallas Community where both were born and where Mr. Frantz for 41 years conducted a retail store until his retirement some years ago. Mr. and Mrs, Frantz were mar- ried on November 15, 1891 in Sid- ney, N. Y., by Rev, J. B. Cook, a for- mer pastor at Dallas Methodist Church, where both worshipped be- fore marriage and have been faithful attendants since. Mrs, Frantz is the former Nellie Shaver and lived with her family on a farm near Fernbrook. Mr, Frantz is the son of the late Perry Frantz, one of the early settlers, who operated a farm near the pres- ent borough line. Throughout their lives they have been active in all civic and religious undertakings in the community. They have been devoted friends and neighbors during periods of advers- ity and sorrow and as a country merchant and wife they have through the years come to know every child and parent as well as their parents before them. To hun- dreds no longer living in this com- munity as well as to everybody in the Back Mountain region, the name Frantz has been associated for more years than one can remember with Dallas and with the sturdy brick store on Main street. With quiet daily attention to duty and the rou- tine affairs of home and business, both Mr. and Mrs, Frantz have con- tributed much of their character to Dallas and have in no small measure been responsible for its growth and development. More than 220 of their old friends gathered to say just that and to wish them well as they passed down the receiving line before the beau- tifully banked mantel in the lounge room of the country club on Tues- day night, With them were their daughters, Marguerite, Mrs, Harold Titman and Mrs. O. H. Aurand, As the last guest chatted neigh- borly congratulations and filed into the dining room, the orchestra struck up a wedding march and Mr. and Mrs. Frantz took their place at the host's table. Table decorations were tall white and gold tapers in crystal candle sticks. Each taper was inscribed in gold with the words, “50th Anni- versary.” Table bouquets were bronze pompoms surrounded by yel- low chysanthemums beneath a gold- en horseshoe. At each place were favors in the form of little golden boxes surmounted by a miniature , golden book inscribed with the date and place of Mr, and Mrs. Frantz’s wedding and containing miniature portraits of the couple. A golden book mark was attached to the place card. At Mr. and Mrs. Frantz’s table, arranged in the form of a hollow square facing the other diners, were banks of beautiful chrysanthemums carrying out the golden anniversary color scheme. After The Dinner When Mr. Frantz, slightly nerv- ous, arose to greet the guests, he said: “If there was ever a time when I wished to be an orator it is now in the presence of so many old friends on the occasion of our gold- en. wedding anniversary.” Then with sly humor'and with enjoyment he traced some of the early experiences of courtship in the horse and buggy days when he drove a pair of spank- ing ponies to Fernbrook to court Nellie Shaver, v He recalled his concern the da before the wedding when he dis- covered that a new set of harness ordered especially for the pre-wed- ding trip to the bride's home, ar- rived with traces far too short to fit his shining buggy, and how the harness maker and he had labored until 2 a. m.—“much later than I was accustomed to stay up nights in those days’—to lengthen them so that he could be on time for his own wedding. He spoke of the all-day train journey from Wilkes-Barre to Sid- ney; N. Y., where he and Miss Shaver were to be married by the ‘Rev. J. B. Cook, a former Dallas or, of the two-hour stop over for | trains, and of their meal at a hotel where the entire bill of fare con- sisted of boiled potatoes and sauer kraut. But those were happy days, Mr, Frantz reflected looking ‘back over fifty years. : Then with a twinkle he implied (Continued on Page 8.)
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