oriall Speaking
Freedom's Textbook
a : The most important books in a nation’s life are its text-
books. The nation of tomorrow is determined by what it
is studying today, for textbooks do more than impart in-
formation.
the years to come.
They mould the very spirit of the nation for
America’s passion for freedom was
born out of a century of colonial education centering in
one book—the Bible.
The simple social structure of| those
days was reared upon three institutions; the home, the
school and the church, in all of which the Bible was su-
preme.
~The political structure of the United States Government
‘designed by men trained in colonial concepts reflects the
teachings of the Bible.
There it is in the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The
attitude of the United States toward her neighbor nations
has always been more like that of the good Samaritan than
it has like that of the robber.
Today our nation faces not
only her responsibility for ridding the world of interna-
tional gangsters but the next task of rebuilding the world
on the patterns of her own national structure.
No day in
‘any of these war years is, therefore, any more important
than Universal Bible Sunday, which may serve to remind
the American people of the source of their nation’s
strength.
The American Bible Society has suggested the slogan
“Watch Your Scripture Reading’ for this year’s observ-
ance,
We suggest that among the other wholesome habits
to which we are now being summoned as contributing to
the winning of the war, that every citizen add the regular
reading and study of the Text Book of American freedom.
Calvin Coolidge once said
“The foundations of our Gov-
ernment rest so much on the teachings of the Bible, that
it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teach-
ings should cease to be practically universal in our coun-
try.”
How can we have faith in them unless we know
them? Let every American turn to his Text Book of Free-
dom.
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Purely Personal
Like many another industrial organization, The Dal-
las Post is now working short-handed. Many of our men
are in the armed service and all of us who remain must
double in a half dozen jobs to get the paper out. It is im-
possible to pick a good printer off the street or make a
high school girl or boy into a capable newsman . . . It takes
months of training along with some natural ability to
turn out a capable newspaper writer.
In a suburban field such as ours, something else is
required . . . an intimate knowledge of the community . . .
a wide acquaintanceship, and an enthusiastic acceptance of
‘this region’s way of life.
‘If those of us who are left spent twenty-four hours a
day on our work, we would still fall far short of providing
the complete news coverage we want to have in the Post
each week. We know that we have a resnonsibility to the
hundreds of servicemen who get this pape every week and
~ we want to give them as much of the local news as possi-
ble.
We'd appreciate it if the folks of this community
would attempt to understand our problem, not for us
alone, but for the fellows who look forward eagerly to the
arrival of the paper from home.
We'd appreciate it if
folks would" uit offering to pay Mor soldice wubsciiptions
lor suggesting donations ranging from $25 to $100 and
~ just become a little more practical—and send us the news.
Local funeral directors might be a little more consid-
erate and telephone us the obituaries of people who die...
families might call us before we have to call them. Physi-
cians might give us‘the names of those in the hospitals,
/ accident patients; and the names of new parents.
These
are little things but they will help greatly and they will
mean more to us and more to the men in service than all
the generous donations that so many have offered.
Please don’t expect us to rehash stories from the daily
newspapers—if it isn’t worth a little effort on your part it
isn’t worth our publishing.
. and while we are on the subject, see to it that
your own subscription is paid to date and that your neigh-
bor is on our mailing list. We'll take care of the soldiers.
OM.
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FR
PILLAR TO POST
By Mgzs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
We call it hawgwash or sheep-dip, depending upon the depth of our
dejection.
A recent letter from a flying field in Mississippi stated that
the only redeeming feature of the mess-hall was the steaming coffee urn.
The writer went on to say that he was accustomed to downing five large
cups per meal, a quantity which went a long way toward washing down
the army chow.
Our eyes dwelt fondly on that
section of the letter, and we read
it aloud two or three times to get
the full flavor. Then we poured
the boiling water on the evening tea
leaves and inhaled the resultant
mild brew with what grace we could
muster. :
There was a time when we drank
coffee four times a day, but those
halcyon days are gone forever, or
at least for the duration. A year
ago a pound of coffee lasted exactly
three days during the comparatively
light demands of the middle of the
‘week, or two days over the week-
end. And tea was reserved for
summer icing. ;
When the great coffee shortage
began to make itself felt, we did
not even own a teapot. We skirm-
ished around and found tucked
away under the sideboard a two-
part glass coffee-maker of an an-
tediluvian vintage, whose bottom
section could be converted into a
teapot of sorts.
Maybe we just don’t understand
tea, but we seem to drink an as-
tonishing amount of hot water a-
long with it, and the effect on the
family disposition is anything but
elevating.
Probably Jennie had the right
idea. Jennie was a Polish maid
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Santa Visits
Rotary Party
Children Receive Gifts
At Annual Xmas Party
Dallas Rotary Club held its an-
nual Christmas party last night in
the Blue Room at Tally-Ho Grille.
Members brought their youngsters
and those that had none adopted a
neighbor's boy for the evening.
There was a real Santa Claus, per-
sonified by Sgt. Thomas Swain-
bank; a Christmas tree and a chim-
ney by means of which Santa ar- |
rived. Entertainment included
songs, motion pictures and the op-
ening of gifts.
Those attending were: Mrs. Wil-
liam Baker, Bill Rogers, Howard
Risley, Sgt. Thomas Swainbank, Dr.
Robert Bodycomb, Robert Jr., and
Richard Bodycomb, L. L. Richard-
son, Tom and Bob Richardson, Dr.
W. L. Lanyon, Lee Eckert, Nesbitt
Garinger, Bob Besecker, L. F. King-
sley, William McIntyre, M. J. Brown,
Tom Brown, Peter Jurchak, Peter,
Paul, and Tony Jurchak, Carl Dick,
Warren Yeisley, Peter and Bud
VanCampen.
Tar Darras Post
‘MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Vol. 52
Registration
Dates Listed
By Two Boards
Three Specific Periods
Are Set For Youths
Born On Different Dates
Registration of men required to
register for selective service at the
ed by Local Board No. 1 in the Back
Mountain area will be as follows:
Those who were born on or after
July 1, 1924, but not after August
31, 1924, shall be registered on any
day during the week, commencing
Friday, December 11, and ending
Thursday, December 17.
Those who were born on or after
September 1, 1924, but not after Oc-
tober 31, 1924, shall be registered
on any day during the week com-
1 mencing Friday, December 18, and
! ending Thursday, December 24.
November 1, 1924, but not after
December 31, 1924, shall be regis-
tered on any day during the week
commencing Saturday, - December
26, and ending Thursday, December
31.
Registrations will be taken at the
office of Local Board 1, in the Bor-
ough Building at. Wyoming from 9
a. m. 10.5 p. m. on any of the ahove
named days or in the Back Moun-
tain section at Dallas Borough High
School, Dallas Township High School
and Kingston Township High
! School. Those in charge of the three
local registration places will be T.
A. Williamee, Raymond Kuhnert,
and James Martin.
tration will be from 9 a. m. to 5
p. m.
Board 5 Registration
Registration places within the
territory over which County Board
for the sixth registration selective
service period:
Harter High School, West Nanti-
coke.
Lehman Township High School.
Office of Local Board 5, 24 West
Union Street, Shickshinny.
The hours at Harter High School
and Lehman High School during
which applicants may register will
be Monday to Friday, inclusive, 9
a. m. to noon; 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
The board office at Shickshinny will
be open Monday through Friday,
9 a. m. to noon; 1 to 5 p. m.; Sat-
urday 9 a. m. to 12 noon.
Seven Defense
Councils Meet
Co-ordination Will Be
Aim On Monday Night
Seven local Councils of Defense in
Zone 9 will hold a joint meeting
Monday night at 8 in Dallas High
School auditorium to discuss meth-
ods for the co-ordination of all de-
fense activities and to insure a mu-
tual understanding on all problems
of civilian defense.
The meeting will be in charge of
Robert Currie and Clarence Laidler
with possibly several other speak-
ers from the Luzerne County Coun-
cil. The session will be in the na-
ture of an open forum and one of
the main points of discussion will be
air raid sirens.
the proper planning, sirens can be
located so that there will be no
duplication of warnings, and instal-
lation costs reduced. This can only
be brought about, they say, by prop-
er co-ordination and mutual un-
derstanding between all of the
Councils of Defense.
The seven Councils invited are:
Jackson, Lake, Ross, Lehman, King-
{ ston and Dallas Townships and Dal-
las Borough.
Father And Son Get Deer
Albert Hardisky, Demunds, a stu-
dent at Dallas Township High
School shot an 8-point buck weigh-
ing 100 pounds within a half mile
of his home on Thursday. Albert's
father, Andrew, shot a nice two-
point buck at Noxen on Saturday.
Shoots Red Fox
John Hildebrant shot an unusual-
ly fine red fox in the swamp near
Dallas Fair Grounds on Thanksgiv-
ing Day.
sixth registration in the area cover- |
Those who were born on or after !
Hours of regis-
5 has jurisdiction will be as follows |
Zone leaders believe that with °
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1942
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No. 50
GREEK STUDENTS lead a march through the streets of Athens to celebrate Greek Independence Day, March 25,
i | 1942. This picture, which was smuggled out of occupied Greece, shows the beginning of the demonstration. Later the
{ | students laid wreaths on statues of Greek heroes. They were attacked by Nazi and Italian police and two were killed.
Major Smith Is
Hyrt Ty Action
I Huntsville Man Shot
{ In African Fighting
! Receiving what he termed: “a
| slight flesh wound from a French
, bullet,” Major Norman Smith of
‘Huntsville is the first known cas-
| ualty from the Back Mountain Re-
gion with the American forces fight-
ing in North Africa.
Major Smith, a veteran of the
‘Dieppe battle and until recently sta-
tioned in England where he trained
Commandos and Rangers, asked his
wife, Phyllis, not to become excited
when she received his. letter from a
‘hospital. His wound had been
slight and he had been able to walk
out of the receiving room after it
had been dressed. :
While he was walking through
the hospital, Major Smith said, he
had met the seriously wounded
brother of . Mrs. Smith's closest
friend in Providence, R. I., her home
city. He had not seen him before
in Africa and asked her to write
the boy’s family and tell them that
the wound was clean and that he
would recover. This, Major. Smith
explained, might forestall the wor-
ry that a routine army message
could cause. : :
Included in Major Smith’s letter
was a small piece of a blood-stained
French parachute made of finest
silk. It had belonged, he said, to
a French soldier who was shot while
landing behind the American lines.
The Major indicated that he likes
the “wonderful climate” of Africa
better than that of England and
gave his wife a slight thrill when
he spoke of the beauty of North
African women.
Before entering the army, Major
Smith, was a coach and physical
instructor at Wyoming Seminary.
He was stationed for a time at
Aberdeen and Washington, D. C.,
and after the visit of Winston
Churchill to this country was selec-
ted with a number of other officers
to leave for England to train Rang-
ers. He went to Africa before the
American invasion and is believed
to be stationed in Algeria.
Henderson May
Enter The Army
‘Dallas Band Leader
Has Examination Today
A military leave of absence has
been granted to Robert Henderson,
music supervisor of Dallas Borough
schools, who will take his second
physical examination at Wilkes-
Barre Induction Center on December
11 for induction into the Army of
the United States.
Mr. Henderson has had charge of
the Dallas High School Band since
the resignation of Howard Hallock,
two years ago, to accept the leader-
ship of Kingston High School Band.
The school board has not yet ob-
tained any one to take Mr. Hender-
son’s place if he is accepted into
the army after his second physical
examination.
Severe storms and blizzards last
week turned a four-day duck hunt-
ing trip along the St. ce
River a
cation for Jud Hauck, James Oliver,
Dr. Charles Ashley and Hugh Jones,
Edwardsville funeral director.
The quartet left here a week ago
last Saturday for Wolfe Island,
Canada, expecting to enjoy a few
‘days hunting and then return. From
{Cape Vincent on the American side,
they took a three-quarter mile mo-
tor boat ride to the island where
they were met by Timothy O’Shea,
guide. The party enjoyed good
hunting on Monday “although the
weather was: cold. Birds were fly-
ing again on Tuesday but in the
| afternoon storms broke that washed
away the blinds and some equip-
ment. The party was forced to re-
tire to the O'Shea home and from
then on there was no more thought
of duck hunting. All transportation
by ferries and fishing boats between
the island and mainland was stop-
ped. The storm held forth unaba-
ted until Saturday.
None of the marooned men had
planned to be away from their
businesses for any length of time
BLIZZARD MAROONS LOCAL DUCK
HUNTERS ON CANADIAN ISLAND
and as the days passed their wives
kept the long distance telephone
wires busy with calls on business
matters. On Saturday the storm
subsided somewhat and the men
persuaded a local boat owner to
take them across. He'd try it, he
said, if they would go at once.
Waves on the river were so high
that the usual 20-minute ride re-
quired almost an hour and raised
fears that the tossing boat would
be swamped before it reached shore.
It was the roughest ride any of the
men had ever had in their years
of experience on the river, but none
were seasick.
They had hardly landed when
another terrific blizzard struck mak-
ing the return passage impossible
for the boatmen. But the Dallas
party was safe on the mainland
with fifty ducks, an automobile and
an urgent desire to put as many
miles as possible between them and
the St. Lawrence. None of the men
will ever forget the trip in a forty-
foot boat from Horn’s Point on
Wolfe Island to Cape Vincent, nor
the skill of Canadian Customs Offi-
cer Horn who guided them across
the angry river.
Hislop Granted
License Change
Tally-Ho Grille
Is Re-Decorated
The State Liquor Control Board
has approved the application of
Robert Hislop, Jr., for the transfer
of his liquor license from the Dallas
Inn to his new location in the Tally-
Ho Grille on Main street. Opposi-
tion to the transfer developed when
a group of local citizens disapproved
the location of two liquor places on
Main street.
During the time the transfer was
held up, Mr. Hislop had the interior
of his restaurant compl re-dec-
orated and opened a new Victory
Room in the basement which will be
used for banquets, dinners and par-
ties. :
The color scheme is carried out
in four shades of blue. Scenes on
the walls depict ocean views. Mr.
Hislop has also redecorated a small
room in the restaurant which will
henceforth be known as the Blue
Room and will be used for private
parties and service club dinners.
Bob is now starting his eighth
year as a restaurant proprietor in
Dallas. He conducted Hislop’s Res-
taurant on Main street for three
years and has been proprietor of
Dallas Inn for the past four years
until he took over the Tally-Ho
Grille when Philip Cheney enlisted
in the army.
Lapp Starts Fourth Term
Clyde N. Lapp was elected presi-
dent for his fourth term, and John
Durbin was elected vice president
at the reorganization meeting of
Dallas Borough School Board this
week. John Hessel was retained
as solicitor.
Eleven Local
Men Are Called
Wyoming Board Sends
93 For Examinations
Eleven local men are among 93
under the jurisdiction of Draft
Board No. 1, Wyoming, who will be
called up for their second physical
examination at Wilkes-Barre Induc-
tion Station on December 14 and 15,
Two men who would have been call-
ed in this group but who have al-
ready enlisted are: Elmer W. Weav-
er, Dallas R. F. D. 3, and Arthur |
James O’Boyle, Pioneer avenue, Dal-
las Township.
Those who will take the examin-
ation are:
Trucksville: Harry Patrick Hart,
Harris Hill Road; Benjamin J. Van
Ness, Harris Hill Road.
Shavertown: Arthur James Gray,
Pioneer Avenue; Theodore Roose-
velt Wilson, Terrace Drive.
Dallas: Aaron Paul Major, R. D.
1; William Harry Tredennick, Cem-
etery street; John Lewis Kunkle, R.
D. 1; Leslie P. Snedeker, Claude
street; Howard Stanley Rice, R. D.
2; Charles Dewey Mitchell, R. D. 1.
Alderson: Walter Charles Pigler.
Pig Victim Of Deer/ iy
Hunter's Stray Bullet”
Edwin Kern lost a fine 300-pound
pig Friday at his farm in Alderson.
The animal was in excellent health
when fed at noon but was dead
when one of the farm help went to
feed it at night. At first, Mr. Kern
thought it might have eaten a nail
or glass, but investigation proved
that it had been struck by a stray
bullet, probably from the rifle of
some deer hunter in the adjacent
woods. Examination showed a clean
hole through the skin and quanti-
ties of blood in the stomach.
Farmers Must
Keep Records
Of Slaughter
OPA Meat Ozd
Affects Animals
Killed For Others
Time was when the local farmer
who killed his little pigs received a
| medal and a Government check for
not raising them, now a local far-
mer may kill a pig for his own use :
but he will have to open a complete
new set of books if he wants to
sell it to his neighbor. According
to new Federal meat regulations he
must keep a record of the day and
date he slaughters any of his ani-
mals, how much they weigh, and
whom he sold them to. How long he
will be able to sell any of them to
his neighbors or to others was a
question that remained unanswered
yesterday when this newspaper
contacted Luzerne County Agricul-
tural Conservation office of the Uni-
ted States Department of Agricul-
ture.
That office said:
Every person in the United States
who slaughters and delivers to oth-
ers even so much as one animal of
the sort listed in the meat restric-
tion order of October 1 is subject
to the restrictions of the order and
to its penalties in case of violation.
Farmers who slaughter animals only
for their own use are exempt, and
are not subject to dny fine. Ani-
mals covered are cattle, calves,
sheep, lambs, and hogs. Delivery of
meat from these animals is limited
so that there shall be enough for
the fighting forces of the United
States and its allies.
Records of all
livery to others:
be available to
OPA, by everyone fro
butcher, or the farmer augh
ters meat for others, to the largest
packing houses. False statements
of the number of animals slaughter-
ed and delivered, or other violations
of the restriction order, subject of-
fenders to fines up to $10,000 or
ten years in jail, or both. re
These facts were stated by OPA
emphatically to call attention to the
wide scope of the order. All slaugh-
terers, including small country
slaughterers, butchers, and custom
slaughterers who kill animals belong
ing to others, are subject to the
terms of the order, as are farmers
who kill animals except for the use
of themselves and their families.
Anyone, to repeat, who kills and
delivers to others, animals from
which are obtained beef, veal, lamb
and mutton, and pork, is accounta-
ble. They must keep records of all
slaughter and delivery, and they
must keep within the limits set by :
the order for deliveries to civilians.
Slaughterers, other than those kill-
ing more than 500,060 pounds in a
quarter, are limited to no more than
the same amount of each of the
kinds of meat that they slaughtered
and delivered to others in the cor-
responding quarter of 1941. The
larger slaughterers are limited to de-
liveries considerably below 1941
levels.
Kiefer Elected
To Head Board
Three Vacancies Ope
On Township Faculty
Fred M. Kiefer was elected presi-
dent, and Fred Hughey was made
vice president at the reorganization
meeting of the Dallas Township
Board on Tuesday night. Donald
Coughlin was retained as solicitor.
Following the election, the Board
voted to change the hours of daily
school sessions because Wartime
during winter months causes many
pupils to get up at daybreak in or-
der to arrive at school by bus. With
the resumption of school on Janu-
ary 4 after the Christmas recess
classes will start a half-hour later at
9:20 A. M. instead of 8:50 A. M.
Classes will be dismissed in the af-
ternoon at 4 o'clock instead of 3:20.
This schedule will remain in effect
at least until March 1, or until such
time as conditions warrant a
change. Termination of the new
schedule will be left to the super-
vising principal.
The board accepted the resigna-
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