Opinator Wins
. The Opinator and Wyoming Sem-
“and Ray Dewees.
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High Honors
Student Publication
Is First In Nation
The Opinator of Wyoming Sem-
inary, student weekly publication
produced in The Dallas Post print-
shop, was awarded first honors in
a competition among student pub-
lications of the United States held
last week at Columbia University.
Awards of ribbons and medals were
presented to the winners at Hotel
Commodore, New York City. There
were 1,600 publications in compe-
tition.
The Opinator, one of the oldest
secondary school publications in
Pennsylvania and the recipient of
many previous awards, received dis-
tinctive rating for editorial content,
general make-up, unique linoleum
block covers and art work. Excel-
lence of lay-out, typography, and
presswork—the contribution of the
printer — were stressed by the
judges in making the awards with
the following comment: “We can®
not commend you and your staff too
highly for your selection of a
printer who has produced this out-
standing student publication among
periodicals from schools throughout
the United States. It is a wonder to
us that you would permit your
school annual, which has not re-
ceived such distinction, to be print-
ed by a shop other than the one
which has produced your winning
magazine—The Opinator.”
Results of the competition were
telephoned immediately to The Post
by Prof, Charles March, faculty ad-
visor and William Sword, business
manager, who were among the Sem-
inary representatives who attended
the conference at Columbia. Dr.
Wilbur H. Fleck, president of Wy-
oming Seminary, also extended his
congratulations.
Throughout its years of publica-
tion, The Seminary Opinator has
furnished the training ground for
many students who have later be-
come high ranking college journal-
ists. Its high standards have re-
ceived frequent praise of edu-
cators, professional journalists, lay-
men and literary men and women
alike. Its annual poetry edition has
developed latent talent and won
national recognition.
Miss V. Helen Anderson of the
Seminary art department has sup-
ervised the art work for many
years. Students under her direction
have weekly cut the linoleum blocks
for the covers—many of them of
delicate and complicated design re-
quiring close register presswork in
five and six colors, In this field
alone—linoleum block cutting—
inary stand among the first five
student publications and schools in
the United States, if not first.
The editorial work is directed
and supervised by Prof. Charles L.
March who in a way belongs to the
Back Mountain area where he has
spent his summers for a number of
years.
Joseph P. Flanagan, Jr., is stu-
dent editor and Nancy Parke, stu-
dent associate. Local members of
the board include Ernestine Banker
The award not only brings dis-
tinction to Wyoming Seminary, The
Opinator, and its staff of student
editors, but also reflects upon Dal-
las and The Post where it has been
produced weekly for a number of
years by local craftsmen. Harry
Post of Trucksville is manager of
The Post's print shop and to him
goes much of the credit for me-
chanical perfection.
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Mrs. Emily Smith
Passes Away
Trucksville Woman
Mourned By Friends
Attended by many sorrowing
folks from this section, funeral ser-
vices for Mrs. Emily Greenley
Smith of Trucksville were held
Wednegday afternoon at 2 from the
Frederick Funeral Home, Forty
Fort, with interment in St. John’s
Cemetery, Drums. Rev. James B.
Miller; pastor of Plymouth Chris-
tian Church, officiated.
The deceased, wife of Arthur F.
Smith, passed away at 12:05 Mon-
day morning at the family home on
Carverton Road, following a linger-
ing illness of more than three years.
She was 52 years old.
Mrs. Smith moved to Trucksville
from Miners Mills in 1931, and in
her years of residence here gained
the close friendship of many local
people. She was born in Wilkes-
Barre, daughter of Alonzo and the
late Margaret Jardine Greenley, and
spent most of her life in that com-
munity. She was a member of the
Plymouth Christian Church and ac-
tive in its affairs.
Surviving are her husband, two
children, Betty Jane and Donald,
both at home, her father, Alonzo
Greenley of Edwardsville, and the
following sisters and brothers: Mrs.
William Williams of Trucksville,
Mrs. Ray Brotherton and Mrs. Ro-
land Shelley, both of Wilkes-Barre,
Louis and Fred Greenley of Ed-
wardsville and John Greenley of
Larksville.
Pallbearers were P. M. Malkemes, |
Marshall Rogers, Ralph Kessler, El-
mer Wirsing, Miles Shales, and
Ralph Greenley. Flower carriers, all
nieces and nephews of the deceased,
included Jean and Marion Shelley,
Muriel Smith, Arthur Shelley, Har-
old Smith and Frederick Brother-
MEEKER
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ehret and
family were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Foss on Easter.
Misses Anna, Edith, Emma, Mary
Walters and August Walters of
Connecticut, spent Easter with their
mother, Mrs. Anna Walters.
Mrs. Hiram Varner is a patient
at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scran-
ton, Her condition at this writing
was not good.
Mr. and Mrs. William Drabick en-
tertained on Easter their son, Law-
rence of Baltimore.
Mr, and Mrs. Fred Alderson and :
son, Fred of Hazleton, Miss Shirley
Howell of Lehman, Donald King of
Baltimore and Miss Dorothy King,
student at Nesbitt Hospital, were
guests of their. parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne King over the week-
end.
Mrs. Jacob Winter and son, Fred
spent a few days last week in New
Jersey with Mr. and Mrs. Edison
Henish.
Miss Esther Decker, student at
Stroudsburg Teachers’ College, was
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Decker for Easter,
An Easter cantata was presented
in the church Sunday morning, di-
rected by Mrs. William Drabick.
Taking part were: sopranos, Mrs.
Lloyd Rogers, Mrs. John Rebennack,
Mrs. Walter Wolfe, Mrs. James
Davenport, Miss Edna Drabick, Miss
Esther Decker, Miss Marie Reben-
nack, Betty Rebennack, Hazle Belles
and Winifred and Frances Decker;
altos, Mrs. Thomas Foss, Miss Letha
Wolfe and Miss Pauline Ehret.
Pvt. First Class Harry Decker,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Decker,
is a patient at the station hospital
at Fort Mier where he submitted to
an appendectomy.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Steele and
family and Mrs. Edna Karschner
called at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
John Steele in Mooretown on Sun-
day.
THE
POST, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1942
They Jumped By Night
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With Their Faces and even teeth painted black, British parachute troops like these floated out of the night
over Occupied France recently in the first important ma ss raid on the European continent since the fall of
France. They quickly captured and blew to bits an im portant German radio-locator station near the coast,
then—taking the surviving Nazis with them as prisoner s—they fought their way back ta the beaches, where
the Navy was waiting to pick them up for the homeward journey. The four men in this photo are shown look-
ing down through the hole in the fuselage of their Wh itley transport, preparatory to jumping.
KUNKLE
Nile Hess of Harrisburg spent
Easter with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Hess.
Chris Eipper called on Mr. and
Mrs. Victor Rydd during the Easter
vacation. Mr. Eipper is engaged in
defense work in’ Philadelphia,
Mrs. Leroy Hess was hostess to
the W. S. C. S. at her home Wed-
nesday afternoon. Mrs. A. C, Devens
presided,
Phyllis Kunkle celebrated her
twelfth birthday anniversary Easter
Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Harris have
moved into the house recently va-
cated by Mr. and Mrs. John Getz.
Many people enjoyed the Sunday
evening services at Methodist
Church when Robert Morgan, young
son of Rev. and Mrs. Morgan
preached the sermon.
Mrs. Fred Dodson, Mrs. Ralph
Elston, Mrs. Stella Isaacs, Mrs, Jane
Isaacs, and Mrs. Margaret Woolbert
have rev. ned from Youngstown,
Ohio, wher. they were called by
the serious illness of William
Isaacs, a brother of the late John
Isaacs. :
Ray Henney substituted at Dallas
Township High School Tuesday for
Lloyd Drake who was absent be-
cause of the death of his mother.
| Pennsylvania's
Skyline Trails
In these days of tire and oil
shortages, Pennsylvanians have a
fine opportunity to make use of the !
many walking trails in their State |
for outdoor recreation. To do so, in
th coming months of spring and
summer, will build health in our
people and use none of the tires, oil
and gasoline now being conserved
by everyone for the nation’s de-
fense.
Not many Pennsylvanians realize,
it is pointed out by the State Plan-
ning Board of the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Commerce, that one of
the most beautiful sections of the
famous Appalachian Trail stretches
across their own State from the Del-
aware Water Gap along the summits
of the Blue Ridge Mountains down
into the highlands of Western Mary-
land.
Pennsylvania is, in fact, a gate-
way to this 2050 mile pathway over
the most romantic wild scenery of
the eastern United States. Beneath
a Pennsylvania pine tree, high on
a mountain trail, is the halfway
spot on the longest mountain foot-
path in the world, which stretches
in an unbroken line from the bare
granite of Mt, Katahdin in the wild-
erness of Maine to the spruce pines
of Mt. Oglethorpe in northern Geor-
gia.
Crossing the Delaware at the Wa-
ter Gap, the Lehigh at Palmerton,
and the Susquehanna a few miles
above Harrisburg, this long trail,
following the ridges of the moun-
tains, affords a splendid opportunity
to the people of our State for out-
door adventure and exercise, It of-
fers superb views, a constant va-
riety of mountain and woodland
scenery and the thrill of wilderness
life only a few miles from civiliz-
ation, from big cities, from railroads
and bus lines, and from comfortable
hotels.
Starting at Mount Minsi at the
Water Gap, one of the most striking
scenic spots in our nation, this
“Sky Line Trail” (for that was its
original name. in Pennsylvania),
bears southwest to the Wind Gap,
the gorge of a long vanished river,
afterwards following the line of the
old western frontier of our nation
in the days of the French and In-
dian War. From this northern sec-
tion of the trail, detours and side
trips can be taken into the heart of
the Poconos, or to the picturesque
country along the route to Lake
Lenape. For those who have neither
time nor inclination for a long walk-
ing trip, such side routes, all along
the Appalachian Trail in Pennsyl-
vania, afford pleasant days of walk-
ing, usually close to transportation
and the shelter of good inns and
hotels.
At Manada Gap, Pennsylvania's
Horseshoe Trail joins the Appa-
lachin footpath. Along this route are
a number of hotels at easy walking
distances apart. The Horseshoe
Trail, a bridle trail and also a foot-
path, follows the ridges of Penn-
sylvania’s hills, past Hopewell Fur-
nace, a National Park area, past the
old Elizabeth Furnace made famous
by the great 18th Century glass
works of ‘Baron’ Stiegel, and on
through the Cornwall forest to Val-
ley Forge, The main trail bears west
from Manada Gap to the Susque-
hanna, through a region of splendid
views and great natural beauty, and
at the river bends south through
the Caledonia State Park to the
Maryland border.
During the next outdoor season,
two important personal obligations
are laid on us all—to keep physical-
ly and mentally fit for the great ef-
forts now facing every citizen of the
nation, and to conserve all those re-
sources and materials which the na-
tion must have available for the
grim business ahead in 1942, and
the years that follow, no matter how
many or how few those years of
trial and effort must be. The many
Pennsylvania outing and hiking
clubs which have maintained their
sections of the Appalachian Trail,
as well as the Horseshoe Trail As-
sociation, have done yeoman work
to provide our people with means
of healthful outdoor recreation for
this hour when so many of our ac-
customed activities have to be cur-
tailed. Information as to the routes
and facilities along these Pennsyl-
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Although Belgium Proper has been under Nazi occupation for nearly two years, Belgium as a fighting nation
is far from finished. Photo shows four native soldiers of the Belgian Colonial forces, guarding an outpost of the
Wilkes-Barre
Guarding The Congo
“Patriots” also reconquered Ethiopia (Abyssinia) from the Italians.
!rich Belgian Congo, whence the United Nations get much of the copper and tin they need for their arms pro-
duction. Soldiers like these, together with white Belgian, South African and British troops, and Abyssinian
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vania mountain pathways may be
had from the Tourist Division of
the State Department of Commerce,
as well as from the Appalachian
Trail Conference in Washington, D.
C., and from the Horseshoe Trail
Club in Philadelphia.
Retired Farmer Of
Hunlock Creek Dies
James Parkinson, 67-year-old re-
tired farmer of Hunlock Creek, was
buried Wednesday afternoon at 2
from the home of his son, George
Parkinson of R. D. 1 Wapwallopen,
with interment in Alden Cemetery.
Rev. W. H. Hahn officiated.
The deceased, a native of Nanti-
coke who had resided in the Back
Mountain Region for the past eight
years, was found dead at his home
Sunday morning. His passing was
attributed to a heart attack.
He is survived by eight sons and
daughters, two of them, Mrs, John
Trescott and James Parkinson, Jr,
of Sweet Valley.
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Wake Up, America---It’s Late!
The following editorial, brought to our attention by Dr. G. L. Howell of
Trucksville, reprinted by special permission from the New York Telegram
in which it first appeared March 5, has a special significance for every Amer-
ican, wherever and whatever he may be. Since its publication, the World Tele-
gram has received a flood of letters and telegrams praising its vigorous and
outspoken stand. We earnestly recommend that men and women everywhere
read every word of it—=Editor.
The nation needs to awaken to the full
gravity of the peril that confronts it.
It needs to appreciate how badly we have
been defeated in three months of war.
It needs to understand that it is possible
for the United Nations and the United
States to lose this war and suffer the fate
of France—and that this possibility may
become a probability if the present tide does
not change. :
It needs to realize that there is grave
chance of the Japanese pushing through In-
dia and the Germans driving through the
Near East, to join their armies and re-
sources in an almost unbeatable combina-
tion.
It needs to get away, once and for all,
from the comforting feeling that while we
may lose at the start we are bound to win
in the end.
Only when fully aware of existing perils
will the United States do its utmost. Pray
God that awareness will not come too late,
as it did in France!
Production Director Donald Nelson ap-
peals for vastly increased industrial output
on a 24-hour, seven-day basis—168 hours a
week. Maximum production, in short.
Can we get it?
Not on the present basis—not under the
psychology of recent years.
Not until we quit thinking in terms of
less work for more money.
Not while there is greater concern about
overtime pay than overtime production.
Not while farmer politicians are more in- .
terested in higher prices than raising more
essentials,
Not while government bureaus—created
to meet a depression emergency that is
ended—continue to grab for themselves
money needed for armaments.
Not while an army of federal press agents
clamors to promote and perpetuate activ-
ities that have no present need or value.
Not while Congressmen try to put over
useless canals and river schemes and take
up the time of defense officials clamoring
for factories and contracts as if war were a
great gravy train.
Not while WPA, despite a shortage of
labor, seeks to carry on projects which it
doesn’t have the men to perform or the
need for performing.
Not while CCC and NYA stretch greedy
hands for funds to pamper young men who
ought to be in the armed forces or the war
plants. 4
Not while strikes hamper war production,
despite a solemn promise that they would
stop.
Not while the life-and-death need for un-
interrupted production is used as a weapon
to put over the closed shon.
Not while double time is demanded for
Sunday work which is only part of a 40-
hour week.
Not while a man can’t be employed on an
army project or in a war plant until he pays
$20 to $50 or more to a labor racketeer.
Not while criminal gangs control em-
ployment and allocation of men to work on
the Normandie and the other ships along
New York’s vast waterfront.
Not while fifth columnists are pampered
and enemy aliens move freely in defense
areas.
Not while the grim job of preparing our
home communities against air raids and
sabotage is gummed up with a lot of high-
falutin, boon-doggling, social service ac-
tivity.
Not while pressure blocs clamor for high-
er benefits, bounties and pensions.
We will not get maximum production, in
short, unless, first, we fully realize our aw-
ful peril; and, second, get over the gimmes
of recent years.
Gimme shorter hours, gimme higher
wages, gimme bigger profits, gimme more
overtime, gimme less work, gimme more
pensions, gimme greater crop benefits, gim-
me more appropriations and patronage,
gimme plants for my Congressional district,
gimme fees and dues to work for Uncle
Sam, gimme ham ’'n’ eggs, gimme share-the-
wealth, gimme $30 every Thursday.
; France had the gimmes, too—had them
till the Germans were close to Paris. Then
SVerybedy went frantically to work—too
ate.
; France has no gimmes today—except
gimme food for my baby, gimme a place to
lay my head, gimme death.
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