We Remember KILLED IN ACTION RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942 DIED IN SERVICE - GEORGE UTRICH, May 16, 1942 HOWARD A. COSGROVE, July 3, 1942 MISSING IN ACTION KEATS POAD, March 3, 1942 WALTER CEASE WILSON, May 9, CLARENGE H. MORGAN, May 22, 1942 DONALD FREEMAN, May 22, 1942 HAROLD THOMAS KEPNER, December JOHN E. FRITZ, May JOHN P. GLEASON, March 30, 1943. 1942 19, 1942 7, 1943 Zditorially Speaking: What Are American Soldiers Thinking Bbout the Future? “Very little if at all” is the answer given by Drew Mid- dleton, the brilliant young North African correspondent of the New York Times. Although the educational level of the American soldiers is considerably higher than that of their opposite numbers in the British and French armies, indif- ference and complacency mark their attitudes toward win- ning the peace. Drew Middleton, himself only slightly older than the sol- diers, has observed them ‘‘in Iceland, Britain, North Africa, in camps during maneuvers, aboard transports, and on trucks rolling to the front.” He has no doubts whatso- ever about their determination to smash through to vic- tory. But, “it is in the organization of the world after vic- tory that they are not interested.” His findings, given in full in the lead article of the New York Times Magazine of May 2, may be digested as follows: American soldiers want to go back to the same kind of world they knew in 1939. Few realize it can never be the same kind of world again. United States pilots evidence little interest in the prob- lems of global aviation after the war. They will tell you, “Why, the air’s free, just as the ocean should be’—and then change the subject. Senior air officers encounter diffi- culty in interesting subordinates in the future of air power. America’s real position as a world power is not under- stood by our soldiers. They overestimate the importance of our industrial strength and underestimate the immense moral strength of the United States in world affairs. They are unaware of their own power of shaping Amer- other United Nations. treaty. armed but they are asye “Very few understand tie for that future. ments. time.” Most American soldiers ag No, the trouble goes deeper. teachers, we employers, those of us who run newspapers all of us in short who have had a part in molding the atti- tudes of our young men now in uniform—we are to blame. As one high officer in the morale division puts it, “it is the devils’ own job to enlighten American soldiers and to open minds that have been closed the greater part of their life- ican policy in the post-war years. Rarely do they give at- tention to our relations with Britain, China, Russia, or the f Russia's position both now ard after the war is little un- derstood. Few soldiers have heard of the Anglo-Russian co Germany should be dis- . haw it should be doze. i “hears of Fascism, io" most soldiers it is ‘“‘some sort of politics practiced by Germans and Italians.” Some domestic brand of Fascism, proper- ly camouflaged, might easily deceive our soldiers. In conclusion, Middleton reveals that this apathy toward the future seems to many of their senior officers an tll omen Is all this the Army’s fault? On the contrary, the Army uses every means at its command—motion pictures, daily lectures by company officers, news reports, special pamph- lets, weekly news-maps to troops—to make the soldiers aware of the background of the war and current develop- We parents, we school This officer goes on to say, “If there were a thousand ar- ticles like Drew Middleton’s appearing in the press, the time might come when we could turn the tide. In the words of Woodrow Wilson, ‘what we need now is not less criticism, but more;’ criticism that will waken our entire people to a new realization of their responsibility.” FROM. PILLAR TO POST By Mas. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. There is a Dallas Post fan way down in Charleston, South Carolina, who insists that the most fascinating part of the whole publication is the advertising section. Each week, upon receipt of the current issue, he ab- sorbs the editorial and the letters in the Out-Post, not neglecting, of course, that outstanding literary gem, puff for our own brain-child some- where—and then, skipping lightly over the legal notices, he settles down ecstatically to perusal of the classified ads. The advertisement that intrigues him especially is the one which deals with the removal of dead animals, or about-to-be-dead animals, freshly deceased or in an advanced state of decay. He pictures this philanthropic individual ‘as prowling about the community, shovel in hand, tidying up the back lots. We pricked that rosy little bubble for him by telling: him that there was a thriving rendering plant close at hand, and that the animals thus removed were simmered down into a variety of by-products useful to man. This bit of information ruined his illusions, but he still reads the classified ads. He also enjoys the small item in which big-hearted Herbert offers to clean out your attic entirely free of charge, and maybe even pay you for the privilege. He is living for the day when the Dallas Post will run an exchange- (Continued on Page Six) give comments. Pillar-to-Post—we have to get in a Honor Roll To Be Dedicated One Hundred Twenty Names On Lake Plaque The Lake Township Honor Roll, containing the names of approxi- mately one hundred and twenty servicemen, will be dedicated Sun- day afternoon at 1:30 on the lawn of the Laketon High School. Local servicemen home on furlough will unveil the roll. The program will include the fol- lowing: An overture by Lake Town- ship High School Orchestra, solo by Mary Delaney, selections by the Laketon Glee Club, and community singing. Rev. Morgan will give the invocation and Rev. O'Leary the Benediction. Guest speaker will be the honorable Murry Turpin and master of ceremonies will be Her- man Kern. Several war mothers will i! Tux Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION BACK UP comm) YOUR BOY (115% Buy an Additional 3 Hr LOAN Hl Bond Today Vol. 53 Future Farmers Dined At Lake County Leaders Give Addresses An Father and Son banquet was held in the high school auditorium by Future Farm- enjoyable and instructive Wednesday = evening ers of America Chapter, of Laketon High school. Invocation was given by Rev. David Morgan, of Alderson, Burton Gordon, chapter president, gave the welcome address, and Myron Wil- liams a talk on chapter achieve- ments and summer home projects. Short impromptu talks were given by Harold Payne, Kenneth King, John Sidler, Sheldon Mosier and James Hutchison. Address of the evening was given by H. E. Newcomer, vocational ad- viser for Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties. “Jim” Hutchison showed a current three reel movie .on “Swine Management’. Ray Henney, vocational agricultural instructor, gave a talk on the value of the de- partment to the community and ex- plained how the equipment and ser- vice could be of help to local farm- ers. A fertility test of soil from a number of local farms and display of modern equipment proved inter- esting. Music was furnished by E. | Roderick, music supervisor, and mother and teachers prepared the delicious dinner. Present were: Rev. D. R. Morgan, H. E. Newcomer, James Hutchison, ! John Sidler, Sheldon Mosier, Ray ! Henney, Russell Hoover, Kenneth | King, John Sutton, Edward Roder- | ick, Rodell Kocher, Wayne King, Ellwood Oney, Roy Rogers, R. H., Williams, Anthony Stefanowicz Sr., Lyman Williams, Raymond Smith, Joseph Hagel, Francis Shiner, George Stolarick, James Taylor, Charles Murphy, Fred Swanson, Harold Payne, Clifford Booth, Peter Eckerd, George Swire, Herbert Bronson, Walter Wesley, George ‘Mathews, Joseph Gablonski, Joseph G:. Shilanski, Burton Gordon, George Sutton, Al Gulitus, Roy King, Charles Murphy Jr., Warren Hoover, Ellis Hoover, Stephen Stol- arick, Anthony Shiver, Kenneth Kocher, Walter Wesley Jr., Walter Bronson, Glen Rogers, Myron Wil- liams, Hendrick Williams, Junior Smith, Harold Martin, Ellwood Mathers, Harry DeLong, Bruce Swire, George Eckerd, Anthony Stefanowicz, Albert Shelanski, Jo- seph Gablonski Jr., Carl Mathews, Luther Hummel, Harold Hagel, Earl Taylor, Byron Oney, Samuel Smith, Jack Rogers, John Bronson, Charles Smith, Ted Davis, Arden Kocher and A. Stefanowicz. Young Marine Feted At Party Melvin Adler Leaves For Navy Hospital Pvt. First Class Melvin S. Adler of the United States Marine Corps was the guest of honor last weekend at a party given at Shavertown Fire House by his friends and neigh- bors. Pvt. Adler, wounded on Gau- dalcanal, has been spending a 35- day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Adler, of Shaver- town. He received a gift of money from the guests. Refreshments were fol- lowed by a musical program, group singing and dancing. Among those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Appleton, Rev. Herbert E. Frankfort, Mr. and Mrs. John Miles, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Weiss, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Sedler, Martha Sedler, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Haymaker, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Youngblood, Mr. and Mrs. William Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Owens, Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Long, Mr. and Mrs. William Dierolf, Mrs. Ellen Pritchard, Betty Hodgen, Willard Lozo, Daniel Evans, Daniel Shaver, Joe Schrey, Howard Conrad, Roy Carr, William Tregan, William Tod- dy, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Adler and daughters, Ruth and Laura. The musical program included solos by John Miles and Laura Ad- ler, followed by group singing. On Monday Pvt. Adler left for the Naval Hospital, in Philadelphia, ac- companied by his. fiancee, Martha Sedler, her aunt and uncle, Mr. and his mother. J Mrs. Stephen Sedler, of Dallas, and with handling them, if they were FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 Two Sons Are In Service CLARENCE E. LABAR JAMES LABAR Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy LaBar, of Main street, are in the United States Army. Corporal “Jimmy” is stationed somewhere in North Africa and his brother, Clarence, is on military leave of absence from Dallas Borough High School, where he was instructor and physical edu- cation director at the time of his induction. A graduate of Stroudsburg State Teachers’ College, he is now a second lieutenant A. C., stationed at Jefferson Barracks;, Mo., where he service director and assistant director is physical fitness director, special of plans and training. Just Like Rockefeller, Dallas Bank Is Giving Away Fresh Minted Coins John Rockefeller used to give away bright; gliptéring new dimes to acquaintane@s. Now that the re- cently coined pennies are the same silver color, First National Bank of Dallas is doing the same thing with pennies, of course, not with dimes. Early this week the bank received its first shipment of the new coins, a smaller quantity than had been ordered from the Federal Reserve Bank but enough so that the com- munity could become acquainted distributed in small numbers. It was then the bank decided on the novel course of giving a new penny to every customer. Fred Eck, assistant cashier, placed the whole shipment in a box on one of the check counters and placed a sign above it: “New Pennies Free—Take One.” Reporting on the results, Fred says the demand has been brisk. Nobody has yet taken a fist full— except one of the bank directors and that was to be expected. A few customers have made more frequent trips to the bank than usual, but Fred can’t say whether it is the box. of pennies or an up- surge in business that draws them in. At first sight the new war-time pennies are hard to distinguish from dimes, but they have an oily sur- face different from dimes ‘and a dead leaden sound instead of a clear ring when dropped on some- thing hard. The pennies have been coined from the new metal because all available copper is being used for war purposes. Red Cross Chapter Opens First Surgical Dressing Station Here Similar Centers Will Be Opened In Other Areas If Plan Is Successtul Women of the Back Mountain Region will have an opportunity to share as a unit in the responsibility of making surgical dressings for the armed forces, next Wednesday morning at 10 when Wyoming Valley Chapter American Red Cross opens its first production center outside of Wyoming Valley at Irem Temple Country Club. Virginia Ferry To Give Recital Dallas Borough Senior To Play at Plains Virginia Ferry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Ferry, of Machell avenue, will give a violin recital in the Sacred Heart Auditorium, in Plains, Friday night, June 4th. Some of the selections she will play will be McDowell's “To A Wild Rose”; Maurice Telma's ‘“Adora- tion”; “Frasquita’ arranged by Fritz Kriesler; Thurlow Lieurance’s “By the Waters of Minnetonka”; R. O. Suter’s “La Donseause”. Miss Min- del Schmall, of Wilkes-Barre, will be accompanist. Miss Ferry, drum majorette at Dallas Borough High School, is a member of the graduating class. For the past eight years she has been studying violin under Sister Mary Bertrand, Order of Sisters of Mercy. This fall she will enter College Misericordia where she will major in science, and plans to be- come a laboratory technician. Devens Mill Is Busy Place Over Holiday In spite of the Memorial Day holiday, Devens Milling Company was a busy place the early part of this week. Five carload shipments were received in as many days. One contained bushel baskets, an- other oyster shells, another lime and two cars contained feed. The eighth area is the first un- der the jurisdiction of Wyoming Val- ley Chapter to be given this respon- sibility and its success here will de- termine whether .the chapter will open similar production centers in other areas. ' Because the demand for dressings far exceeds the capacity of commer- cial firms to produce them, the Red Cross has been asked to fill the gap between commercial production and need. Half a million surgical dressings every hour is the quota that Red Cross Volunteers are filling for the army under the direct sup- ervision of the Surgeon General. This means that more than 80 per cent of all dressings used are manu- factured by the Red Cross. Mrs. Harry Ohlman is chairman of the production center in the eighth area. She has advised that any woman more than eighteen years of age can volunteer for work at the country club between the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m. every Wednesday. Because of the nature of the work, requiring sterile surroundings, workers will be required to wear headdress and clean white aprons which may not be taken from the workrooms. Those who wish fur- ther information regarding uniforms and transportation should contact Mrs. Ohlman. Church Street Taken Over By Highway Dept. Maintainance crews of the State Highway Department were busy this week repairing Church street which has recently been taken over by the State, through the good offices of Representative Harold Flack. | (Single Copies 6c) No. 23 Russell Krause Is Suffocated Beneath Tons of Sliding Sand Former Dallas Boy Was Working With Construction Company At Corning, N. Y. Buried beneath twenty tons of sand in a t¥uek*16ading hopper which he was attempting to open, Russell Harold Krause, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Krause, of Tunkhannock, was smothered to death ear¥y Tuesday morning at Corning, N. Y. The young man was employed by the Pritchard Construction Company “Jiggs” Elston Polishes Horn And Gets Picture In Philadelphia Record “We've got something to eat here that you haven't got at home” were the cryptic words with which Mar- vin “Jiggs” Elston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elston, of Kunkle, tried to explain his new location to his parents when he was shipped out of the country a few weeks ago with one of the Marine Corps bands. But Mr. and Mrs. Elston weren't kept guessing for long. Two weeks ago ‘Jiggs’ picture and that of sev- en of his Marine Bandsmen buddies appeared in the picture section of the Philadelphia Record. The boys were polishing up a big brass horn and the caption said that they were in Cuba. Then grandma Elston was sure that she was right when she had guessed that bananas were the fruit he had meant in his letter. Until that day, Democratic Philadelphia Records had been almost as scarce in Republican Kunkle as bananas, but once the news got around that “Jiggs” picture was in the Record, every newstand from Kunkle to Lu- zerne was cleaned out. (Just in case Jiggs sees this item in the Post, we want him to know that his grandfather and grand- mother made a spruce looking couple Saturday afternoon when they drove up in front of our office behind their dappled gray mare, Dolly. Their road hack was rather high and we wished we had a step- ping stone in front of our place when Mrs. Elston alighted, but she made it both ways “ok.” If ration- ing continues we're going to find a stepping stone and a hitching post, too, so that the Elstons and Dolly can stay longer on their next call. —Editor.) Lake Graduates Sixteen Seniors Elizabeth Jackson Is Valedictorian A class of sixteen boys and girls were graduated from Laketon High School at their commence- ment exercises held in the high school last evening. Grace Nichols, salutatorian and Elizabeth Jackson, valedictorian, delivered splendid ad- dresses. Musical selections were rendered * by the school orchestra and glee club, under the direction of Mr. Roderick. A. H. Howell, superintendent of the Wayne County Schools, was guest speaker. Diplomas were pre- sented by David Martin, president of the board of education. Elizabeth Jackson received a four- year scholarship for College Miseri- cordia, which she won by coempeti- tive examination. Other awards were made for proficiency in scholarship, music, dramatics and athletics. Members of the graduating class: Edwin Delaney, Burton Gordon, George Gordon, Albert Gulitus, Elizabeth Jackson, Roy King, Anne Newhart, Grace Nichols, Mabel Oney, Mildred Payne, Katherine Ryan, Mildred Schoch, Charles Smith, Edward Shilanski, George Sutton and Jean Wolfe. Royal Air Force Men Bre Guests Here Bryn Blake, of Abertillery, Mon- mouthshire, South Wales, and John Paterson, of Aloa, Scotland, both members of the Royal Air Force, now stationed in Canada, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. David Thom- as, of Shavertown, the past week- end. The boys hitchhiked from Canada. They were enthusiastic about American hospitality and impressed with the vastness of the American countryside. : : and had gone to the pit about 6:30 a. m., before the arrival of other workmen, with his truck for a load of sand. After the truck was about half loaded, the sand no longer flowed freely and he climbed to the top of the hopper and down inside to loosen several tons of sand held back at the outlet because they were caked by recent rains. As he did so, the whole pile came down on him in an avalanche. The tremendous weight forced his body up to the hips through the hopper opening, and prevented him from struggling up through the sand to safety. There fellow workmen found him a few minutes later when they reported for duty. Al- though they tore the sides of the wooden hopper apart with axes to extricate his body as quickly as pos- sible, he was dead when he was taken from the hopper at 6:50. Russell was born in Dallas on Oc- tober 21, 1925, and attended Dallas schools until his family moved from ° this community about six years ago. His father conducted a farm supply store in Dallas for many years. He was a pleasant, cheerful lad and keenly interested in the Boy Scouts and maintained his membership in a troop in every community where the family lived. His hobby was watch repairing and mechanics and he had hoped some day to become a jeweler. ? For the past several months he had been employed by the Corning Glass Company, at Wellsboro, and later at Corning, until he went 40 work for the Pritchard firm. The funeral will be held Satur- day afternoon at 2 from the family home at Tunkhannock, with serv- . ices in charge of Rev. Samuel Trus-. cott, of Tunkhannock Methodist church. Besides his mother, and his fath- er, who is in a hospital, he leaves the following brothers and sisters: Louise, a telephone operator at Tunkhannock; Marie, a civil service typist, at Hondo, Texas; Ernest, with the U. S. Engineers at Camp Shelby, Miss.; George, John, Jessie, Nancy, Keith, Ruth and Ira at home. ‘re also leaves his grandfather, E. E. Harris, of Church street, Dallas; great uncle Charles Harris, of Dal- las, and an aunt, Mrs. Ray Caster- line, of Shavertown, and several other aunts and uncles. Pallbearers will be: George Brody, Charles Davidson, James Hert, Keith Colbinson and Howard Phillips. Pupils Forego : Annual Picnic Essay Winners Are Announced Because of the shortage of gaso- line, students of Dallas Borough schools will have no picnic on the closing day of the term. In the past it has been a custom for the stu- dents to hold a school picnic at Harvey's Lake, but transportation difficulties and other wartime ne- cessities prevent it this year. Prof. T. A. Williammee has an- nounced that school sessions will be shortened on Monday and Tuesday. Pupils will be excused at 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. on both days. He has also announced the names of the winners of the Char- acter and Citizenship essay contest for a first prize of $10 and a second of $5, awarded by Dr. F. Budd Schooley, in memory of his mother. The first prize winner is Nora Brown, a student in the Eleventh Grade. The second prize winner is Marguerite Mackinrow. Prizes will be awarded at Commencement. Judges in the contest were: Henry Peterson, Mrs. Murray Scureman and Mrs. Howard Risley. Gasoline Tankers Arrive PenFern Oil Company received two tank cars of gasoline this week. That's news in these days of ration- ing.
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