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ditorially Speaking:
No Apology Needed
There has been so much criticism of business men for
so many years that many business men are beginning to
lose faith in themselves, and the institutions they repre-
sent.
Some of them avoid the use of such terms as capi-
talism, free enterprise, private initiative and individual-
ism, in the belief that the public is skeptical of the whole
private enterprise system. But if that belief is true, then
the public must also be skeptical of the American form of
government.
One cannot live without the other.
And if
the public must be cajoled by indirection into accepting
the principles of free enterprise, the outlook for mainten-
ance of representative government is dark.
Free enterprise is not a luxury; it is a necessity. Our
metal and coal mines, oil wells, power plants, railroads,
manufacturing and distribution industries are private en-
terprises.
They employ millions of independent Ameri-
can citizens who can tell their bosses or their President in
Washington where to get off, any time they wish. They
would not have this privilege under any other system. As
the New York Times points out:
“Men cannot lose their
economic liberties without losing their other liberties.
When they depend on the state for their jobs, they dare not
exercise freely their nominal liberties of speech and
thought, no matter how firmly safeguarded the latter
might still remain in theory or on paper.”
Private enterprise clearly has given this nation more
than material comfort in the form of autos, radios, tele-
phones and thousands of other conveniences.
It has pre-
served the freedom in practice that the Constitution pre-
serves in form. The oft heard threat that private enter-
prise had better do this or that— or. else, is not a threat
against the business man.
liberties of every man, woman and child in America.
It is a threat against the basic
The
business man should make no apologies for private enter-
prise. ‘None are needed.
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Zango
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Bango
Six hundred thousand key men in the scrap salvage
campaign throughout the length and breadth of the United
States this week heard the story of Donnie Besecker, and
the part he played in Dallas Borough High School’s scrap
campaign through the medium of a Dallas Post editorial
reprinted in the Scrapper, national bi-weekly publication
of the War Production Board.
Naturally we are proud of that recognition . .. not for
ourselves alone . .
. but for Donnie, and the hard working
scrappers of Dallas high school, and because the name of
Dallas and its part in the salvage campaign has been car-
ried to the far ends of the United States.
SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND CIRCULATION! That is 200 times our regu-
lar audience.
One little boy with a big idea started it all.
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BR Different Story
Freezing labor in highly-paid industries is a far dif-
ferent story than freezing low-paid labor on the farm.
John Brandt, President of the National Cooperative Milk
Producers’ Federation, points out that ‘farm labor frozen
into its jobs would soon be taking advantage of the situa-
tion.
Men forced to stay in farm jobs at fixed wages,
while industrial labor enjoys high wages, short hours and
luxury living, can be expected to become resentful and
shirk their work.
“Tf American farmers are going to be able to produce
enough food to win this war, it is time Washington took a
realistic attitude toward agriculture and adopted a pro-
gram that will be practical, workable and really helpful to
the farm men and women who ask for only two things: the
same consideration that labor receives; and an opportunity
to help win this war by cessation of bureaucratic theoriz-
ing, regimentation and interference.”
FROM
PILLAR TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
With Christmas just around the corner, the house is crawling with
pink elephants.
The casual guest on entering the living-room would have
good cause to rub his dazzled eyes and wonder if he could be seeing
things.
ET.) Or more aptly, drunk.
What started out modestly
enough as one elephant has ex-
panded into what promises to be a
career.
The whole seizure can be laid to
the purely persona] family share in
the unprecedented national baby
crop. It seemed desirable to make
a soft stuffed toy for Little Squawky,
that wonder child from Alabama,
that infant phenomenon from the
Deep South.
A gingham elephant has held un-
disputed possession of the oxbow
highchair for several years, and has
been much admired and coveted by
every small visitor. This elephant
seemed destined by providence to
act as a model for other elephants.
So B. H. dusted it off, laid it on a
sheet of newspaper, and traced a-
round its various anatomical de-
tails. With the help of a tape-
measure and a red crayon, she
made a workable pattern, then raid-
ed the scrap bag for material.
The first elephant was delightful.
Large and soft and cuddly, with a
pug-nosed trunk and huge flapping
ears, the main body black and white
checked gingham with bright red
accessories, the eyes large and lig-
uid and applied in such a manner
that they looked straight down the
trunk and threatened to meet.
One good toy deserved another.
Little Squawky was now provided
for, but there was a red-haired baby
boy in western New York State who
rated an elephant as an antidote to
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He might even lay it to something he had et. (And I do mean
D.T.H.5. Pupils
To Give Pageant
Parent-Teacher Affair
Will Feature Carols
“All the World at Christmas,” a
pageant in which all members of
the school will take part under the
direction of Miss Doris Vercoe, mu-
sic supervisor, wil] be presented at
the meeting of Dallas Township
Parent-Teacher Association on Mon-
day night.
Having as its setting, the living
room of any or all American homes
on Christmas Eve, the pageant will
provide an informal presentation of
group singing and spontaneous con-
versation.
Pupils of the first and second
grades will sing, “Little Jack Hor-
ner” and “Three Little Kittens.”
Third and fourth grades will give
Chebogar, a Hungarian folk dance.
Fifth and sixth grade pupils will ap-
pear as an English choir singing
“What Child Is This?” and “O,
Come All Ye Faithful.” The Junior
High School will sing a group of
representative Christmas Carols and
a Plantation Christmas song, as
well as a Bulgarian folk tune. They
will also present a Shepherd scene
with musical background and flute
accompaniment.
Tue Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1942
No. 51
Draft Group
County Boards Are
Reclassifying Men
In 38 to 45 Group
Following a trend evident
throughout Luzerne Co., registra-
tion of 18-year olds throughout the
Back Mountain Region during the
first period was the lightest ever re-
corded in selective service history.
Only two boys born between July
1 and August 31 registered at Dallas
Borough schools and only one reg-
istered in Dallas Township. Start-
ing today, December 18, youths born
between September 1 and October
1, 1924 will be registered.
Classify Older Men
Nineteen county draft boards this
week received instructions from
Washington to place all registrants
from 38 to 45 years of age into a
new classification—4-H,
Name of the new group was an-
nounced during the week-end by the
Office of War Information at Wash-
ington which issued the following
list of classifications:
1-A registrants available for gen-
eral military service.
1-A-O registrants who are con-
scientious objectors available for
non-combatant military service
when found acceptable to the land
or naval forces.
1-C registrants who have been in-
ducted into, enlisted in, or appoin-
ted to the armed forces.
2-A registrants who are necessary
or essential in their civilian activi- |
ty. >
2-B registrants who are necessary
or essential to the war production
program, excluding agriculture.
2-C Necessary or essential men
in agriculture.
oA
engaged in less essential industry or
less essential agriculture.
3-B Registrants with dependents,
engaged in an activity necessary to
the war production program.
3-C Registrants with dependents
engaged in essential agriculture.
4-A registrants who before induc-
tion have become 45 years of age
since they registered.
4-B registrants who are deferred
specifically by the law itself.
4-C registrants who are Aliéfis not
acceptable to the armed forces or
who waived their rights to become
citizens to avoid military service.
Clergy in 4-D
4-D registrants who are minis-
ters of religion or divinity students.
4-E registrants who are conscien-
tious objectors available only for
service in civilian work of national
importance.
4-F registrants who are mentally,
morally, or physically unacceptable
to the armed forces.
4-H registrants who are 38 to 45
years of age. New class.
Express Office Swamped
Extra employees at Lehigh Valley
station were swamped last Saturday
by a last-minute influx of used au-
tomobile tires. S. A. Culbert, agent,
estimates that more than 1,500 used
tires have already been shipped to
government warehouses from the
Dallas office.
Members of the section gang have
been pressed into service to help
Mr. Culbert with the extra burden
of work.
Fost. clits with depend niong the first settlers
operations on Jap-held Solomon Islands.
Equipment Captured By Leathernecks
. Oficial U.
Three types tured in firing condition by U. S. Marines during successful landing
of eapons Sanlu ® oper gun FA Jap 70 mm. piece captured at Battle of
Tenaru River, Guadalcanal. Jap “Chatterbox,” a light caliber machine gun, lower right, and
three-inch anti-aircraft gun, lef, were also seized on Guadalcanal,
5 Marine Corps Photo
Harvey's Lake
Native Die
George Anderson@nce
Captain Of Lake Boat
George M. Anderson, 73 year old
native of Harvey's Lake, died sud-
denly last Tuesday night at his
Mr.
Anderson was the Captain of the
home, the victim of a stroke.
Harvey's Lake steamboats for many
years. After the steamboat service
was discontinued, he drove a Lake
Township school bus until his 70th
birthday, and then only stopped be-
cause of a state law forbidding driv-
ers over 70.
Mr. Anderson’s family - were a!
of tire Back
Mountain region: His" father asl
Girton Anderson of Beaumont and
his mother, the former Martha Heff- |
ner of Stull. They settled on the |
farm at Harvey's Lake and there |
reared their family. When George |
grew up, he married Kitty Kocher,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T.
Kocher of Outlet, and brought her
to the farm home to a house he had
built himself. =~ Here they lived,
reared their children and died.
Mr. Anderson is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Harvey May of Out-
let, Mrs. Edris’'Bevan of New York
and Mrs. Ralph Kocher of Alderson;
a sister, Mrs. Ruben Shaver of Dal-
las; a brother, Charles Anderson of
Outlet; three grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren.
The funeral services held Satur-
day afternoon at 2 from the home,
were in charge of Ahiman Lodge,
IOOF of Beaumont of which he was
a member. Reverend David Morgan
of the Alderson Mehodist Church
officiated. Pall bearers were J.
H. Hadsel, Charles Smith, Andrew
Thomas, Glenn Clark, Earl Johnson,
and Edward MacDougall. Harold
Payne, Peter Sickler, Thomas Sut-
ton and Joseph Anderson were flow-
er carriers.
Perrigo Cemetery, Harvey's Lake.
Kills Buck
Frank Jackson of Harvey's Lake
shot a four-point buck at Cider Run
on Saturday. The animal weighed
about 100-pounds hog-dressed. In
the party with him were George Ar-
mitage, Emil Swanson and Robert
Jackson.
“Little Bull” Will Have To
Pass New Year's
Pvt. James “Little Bull” Smith,
25, whose annual winter dip in icy
waters of Harvey's Lake New Year’s
Day has attracted lots of attention,
regrets Uncle Sam will not grant
him a furlough to repeat the feat
this year.
Writing to David Blight, 186 Main
Street, Luzerne, the former Luzerne
Anthracite Colliery worker from
Marcytown section of Luzerne, in-
formed him he was all set to take
his New Year's dip but that he
could not get a furlough.
Pvt. Smith, who lived up to his
reputation as “one of the Mountain
Boys” while a private citizen, is
stationed with an air base squad-
ron at Miami Beach.
Dip In Lake
“Little Bill,” as he was known
to distinguish him self from his
older brother, Malcolm “Bull
Smith, gained headlines on two oc-
casions by jumping and swimming
around for a short time, in the icy
waters in Harvey's Lake in January.
In 1941 the temperature hovered
near 18 degrees above zero and last
year it was near 32 degrees and
snow falling.
Informant Blight said Pvt. Smith
is a life guard at the Officers’ Re-
placement Training Center at
Miami Beach and is doing his share
to “Keep ’em Flying.”
He said he had successfully res-
cued two future pilots out of the
ocean.
Interment was in the!” ‘Band Bid Him Farewell
Housewives Desert Kitchens
‘To Act Bs Plane Observers
By Fred M. Kiefer
It is interesting to note the var-
ious classifications into which the
a
volunteers at the Air Warning
gate. It is, fur
credit of the entire personnel and to
Chief Observer Paul Shaver, that,
regardless of their regular work
they serve here, well and willingly.
That they serve willingly, down
the long, laden minutes of a six-
hour stretch, goes without saying.
That they serve well is attested to
by the fact that during the month
of October the Post earned, and
was presented with, 5 gold stars
for excellence . These stars are sent!
out from Army Control and are is-
sued when no mistake of any kind
has been made through the period.
Each star covers one week. There
are other colored stars for rating
in lesser degrees.
Housewives lead all other groups
and generally cover the daylight
shifts. There have been, at differ-
category of 13 to 18, stand second
ent times in the history of the Post,
42 serving. Students, in the age
to the total of 21. Insurance men,
Township Will
Dedicate Honor
Roll On Sunday
Judge Harold Flannery
Will Head Speakers At
Fernbrook Dedication
An honor rol] commemerating the
service of more than 110 young men
and women from Dallas Township
who are now in the Armed Forces
will be dedicated Sunday afternoon
at 2 on the Goeringer plot at Fern-
brook Corners.
The 8x8 board standing more
than 10 feet high above a lattice
work base is being erected at a cost
of $125 and is the work of George
P. Steinhauer & Co., of Luzerne. It
is flanked by two columns surmoun-
ted by carved American eagles.
A 40-foot steel flagpole topped
with a large copper bal] has been
erected by the men of the town-
ship who also built the concrete
foundations for both the pole and
board and erected the supporting
posts. County Commissioner Her-
man Kersteen gave the flag.
Although the idea of an honor
roll for Dallas Township had its
origin only three weeks ago, a hard-
working committee has already
raised $209 in the south district
alone to pay for the entire costs of
construction.
The program on Sunday will in-
7; laborers, 4; those of 3 each, farm-
ers, truck drivers, investigators, car-
penters, salesmen. Groups consist-
ing of 2 each: school teachers, han-
dymen, merchants. Of one each,
caretaker, plasterer, mason, road
maintenance, service station own-
er, painter, trackworker, auditor,
ticket cashier, clerk, gardner, mail
carrier, plumber, miner, steeplejack,
and retired.
Chief Observer Shaver carries 112
names on the active list, which cov-
ers one 28 day month of total ob-
servation. At six hours per ghift;!
eight watchers are needed per day. !
On a seven day week, 56. Since the
shifts repeat only twice per month,
the total becomes 112.
Should a watcher wish to be ex-
cused from a particular shift, he,
of course, may be so. The C. O.
asks, only, that he be notified in
sufficient time to provide a substi-
tute.
Large Flocks of Ducks
Winter On Huntsville Dam
A flock of several hundred wild
ducks is wintering on Huntsville
reservoir. Although that body of
water is frozen over with a thin
coating of ice, the ducks spent their
time in the middle of the lake out of
reach of any poaching hunters. A
few ducks have also been seen on
Harvey's Lake.
Band Director
Leaves For Army
Parents, Faculty And
Robert Henderson, director of
Dallas High School Band, left this
morning for New Cumberland where
he will be inducted into the United
States Army.
On Tuesday evening members of
the Band Parents’. Association en-
tertained in honor of Mr. Henderson
at the high school and presented
him with a money belt and a sum
of money. About 70 persons at-
tended.
On Sunday members of the fac-
ulty entertained at dinner at His-
lop’s Restaurant for both Mr. Hen-
derson and William Moran, former
faculty member who came up from
his station at New Cumberland for
the party.
Members of the band gave their
farewells to Mr. Henderson at the
conclusion of band practice on
Thursday afternoon after he had
completed his last day of teaching
in the Borough schools.
Listed In Who's Who
Larry Isaacs, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Isaacs, and a senior at Susque-
hanna University is among those
listed in the current “Who's Who In
American Colleges.” An outstand-
ing athlete, Larry has enlisted in
the Naval Reserve and will go into
active service at the close of the
school year.
Seniors Present
Mystery Tonight
Township Class To Give
Recent New York Hit
“The Case of the Laughing
Dwarf,” a mystery in three acts,
will be presented by Dallas Town-
ship seniors this evening (Friday)
at eight. Two murders, a Chinese
detective, a comedy policemen, sus-
pense and thrills are just a few of
the assets of this recent New York
stage hit. The cast includes Shirley
Goss as Georgia Devine, Edith Spen-
cer as Tonkie, Isabelle .Veitch as
Fannie, Jim Harfman as Phil Hun-
ter, Marion Jackson as Cilia Shaw,
Lawrence Smith as Dr. Crane, Wil-
liam Colvin as Elias Grottingham,
Betty Kriedler as Blanche, Robert
Patrick as Inspector Britt, Harold
Dymond as Wing, Irene Stofila as
Myra and Chuck McManus as Dean
Philips. If you like mysteries, don’t
miss it!
clude selections by Dallas Township
High School Band; Remarks by Rev.
J. J. O'Leary, Rev. Austin L. Prynn,
Rev. Harrison, Judge Harold Flan-
nery and Commissioner Kersteen.
Herman Kern will sing several pa-
triotic numbers and - Earl Layaou
will introduce Bernard Whitney,
general chairman, who in turn will
introduce the speakers. The honor
roll will be unveiled by mothers of
Dallas Township soldiers and mem-
bers of the Girl Scouts in Dallas
Township will raise the flag.
Members of the committee who
have helped with the solicitation of
funds and erection of the board are:
Eddie Sidorick, John Shields, Ray
Williams, Thomas Moore, Russell
Case, Benjamin Brace, Giles Wilson,
Albert Perrigo, Milton Perrigo,
Grant Alt, Iggy Kozemchak, Fred
Lamoreaux, Steve Apolesky, Lewis
Stritzinger, Steve Merchick, Frank
Nyhard, Jr. George Prater, Earl
Layaou, and Bernard Whitney. Shel-
don Fahringer painted the names on
the board.
Widow Of William Cook
Is Laid To Rest Monday
Mrs. Mazie A. Cook of Norton
Avenue, 78-year-old widow of Wil-
liam A. Cook, and resident of Dallas
for over 45 years, died at General
Hospital Saturday morning after a
lingering illness. Mrs. Cook was
the former Mazie A. Wanick of
Bloomsburg. Early in her child-
hood, her father died and she spent
her younger years with her aunt
and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Courtright of Wilkes-Barre. She
and the Courtrights spent many
summers at a cottage near Court-
right Pond in Dallas. After coming
to Dallas she took active part in af-
fairs of the Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held at the
Brickel Funeral Home with Rever-
end Austin L. Prynn in charge. Pall
bearers were R. L. Hallock, William
Franklin, Paul B. Shaver, H. Stan-
ley Dohl, Daniel Richards and F. M.
Garrahan. Interment was in the
family plot in the Woodlawn Ceme-
tery.
Dallas Couple Has Open House
On Golden Wedding Anniversary
Neighbors and friends dropped in
and chatted with Mr. and Mrs.
James Franklin yesterday to help
them celebrate their golden wedding
anniversary. Fifty years ago, Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin were married in
the Dallas Methodist parsonage by
Reverend Jonah Underwood.
Mrs. Franklin, now 67, is the
daughter of Ira and Anies Bailey
Demond of Demunds Corners. At
the age of three she was left an or-
phan and came to live with W. J.
Honeywell in Dallas, where she at-
tended the borough school. She is
a member of the Dallas Methodist
Church and stands watch at the
local observation post of the air-
craft warning service.
Mr. Franklin, 71, is the son of
the late Fred and Anna Patton of
Dallas. His mother came from Ire-
land. He attended Dallas Borough
School and was employed by the
Dallas broom shop for 16 years. He
worked for the Wilkes-Barre Trac-
tion Company for 35 years after
which he retired. He has been
treasurer of the Board of Health for
7 years, a member of the Dallas
L.O.O.F. for 40 years and was its
secretary for 31 years, served two
terms on the Dallas Borough Coun-
cil, is a member of the Dallas Meth-
odist Church and teaches the Ladies
Bible Class there.
The Franklins have three chil-
dren, William of Dallas, Arthur of
Avenel, New Jersey, and Anna Kins-
man of Luzerne; five grandchildren,
and one great grandchild.