abouts. ~ KEATS POAD, LLED IN ACTION NGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942 DIED IN SERVICE UTRICH, May 16, ~ MISSING IN ACTION WALTER CEASE' WILSON, May 9, CLARENCE H. MORGAN, May 22, DONALD FREEMAN, May 22, HAROLD THOMAS KEPNER, December JOHN E. FRITZ, May 7, 1943 JOHN P. GLEASON, March 30, 1943. COSGROVE, July 3, 1942 - March 3, 1942 1942 1942 1942 19, 1942 1942 “We must beware of trying to bwild a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, tleges.”—Winston Churchill, Zditorially Speaking: | a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no priv- A Perfect Tribute You'll travel quite a way before you'll find an honor roll that fits into a community better than the one in Shavertown. that board—its background In fact the honor roll just about makes a . community out of Shavertown. There's something about of old trees, close cropped grass, tidy concrete walks and restful benches that makes that little plot of earth the center of village life. We can understand how the people of Shavertown feel about it and why they pause a moment every time they pass to read the names again. There is something restful, . hallowed and inviting about the board and its surround- ings. We've been told that for many years Delbert Husted saw the possibilities of that location and tried repeatedly single-handed to make a beauty spot out of the corner adjoining his house. But motorists insisted on parking their cars on his newly planted grass, dogs used it as a romping ground and school kids cut corners and scarred it with well worn paths. Finally Mr. Husted gave up. Weeds crowded out his timothy and clover, discarded wrappings from candy bars, empty cigarette. packages, cigar stubs, and tattered handbills came to rest on the bit of earth he wanted to make beautiful. preciate what he saw there. Nobody else seemed to ap- Toby’s Creek gurgled its bawdy way under the Center street bridge, weeds thrived and went to seed unmolested. Mr. Husted’s lovely little spot looked pretty much down at the heels. Then the new highway came, and the war. Maybe Main street was down and out for good. There weren’t so many young fellows idling at the Cozy Corner now. The kids that used to keep Mr. Husted awake at night making whoopy in “an old jalopy or holding rendezvous on the “bridge between ‘the “Lusteflice and Main street were goue, Shavertown was sleepier than ever. Fewer cars traveled the road. More folks road the buses and at some time or other waited patiently for a bus right there on Mr. Husted’s ground. Then one day somebody got an idea. Maybe it was one of the firemen—maybe it was a kid, maybe it was one of the fellows chatting with Postmaster Davis or Ike Brace. Anyway the gist of it was: an honor roll. expensive, bigger 'n better than any place else.” the start. “Shavertown ought to have Something big and gaudy, elaborate and That was But somebody somewhere along the line must have said: “We don’t want this honor roll in the middle of the new highway. We don’t want it stuck up against the fire house, or a barn or a gasoline station. there next to Mr. Husted’s house. We want it right There by the bridge and the dirty little creek and those trees that every boy knows.” Whoever said that had vision. But it took some guys with energy and muscle to see the thing through. Some collected money, others gave; some leveled ground, others mixed concrete; some built a fence, some painted the flag pole; some hauled long strips of sod and laid them gently into a lawn, some planted geraniums; some built benches, some worked on committees; some planned a parade. No- body figured he was making a country community out of Shavertown, giving it a soul. Somehow we think that is what an honor roll ought to do. It ought to improve a town, make it brace up and show new spirit, and it ought to do it by taking the most neglected and untidiest spot in town and transforming it into a little world of beauty all its own. Its a mean and dirty old world our boys and girls are tackling, and a bigger job too, but that’s what they hope to do. FROM. We can do no less when we honor them. PILLAR TO POST By Mgrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. A great many families are now faced with the problem of letter writ- ing in a big way, keeping tabs on several sons in the service and relaying the information from each member to the absent ones. Letters go out weekly to the South Seas, to North Africa, Alaska, and China. Writing these letters is a labor of love, but a labor none the less if there are many details to be passed on. Probably the idea of a compre- hensive circular letter every two weeks to supplement the more per- sonal correspondence, is nothing new, but new or old, it still works like a charm. Our own particular family circular. is edited by Tom every two weeks, and nine carbons are struck off. One carbon is kept on tap in the home files for pur- poses of reference, the other eight are mailed in eight directions. Brothers and sisters as well as mothers are included in the mailing list, though the primary purpose is to keep the immediate children informed of each other's where- Resigns After Over Twenty Years’ Service Gale Clark, secretary of the Mon- roe Township School Board, resigned this week after twenty-one years of faithful service. Mr. Clark was a native of Beaumont and was greatly interested in the welfare of that community. The board will have a hard time trying to find a man to fill his place as well as he has during the past years. Guest Breaks Arm Mrs. Carrie Fraley of Wilkes- Barre while visiting her sister, Mrs. Hattie Rauch, of Harvey's Lake, fell down the stair steps and broke her arm. aeons hs MORE THAN A BLLAS Post NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Buy an Additional Bond Today Vol. 53 oo FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1943 (Single Copies 6c) No. 28 owns In Georgia One of three brothers in the ser- vice of his country, Thomas Clark Lloyd, 18, son of E. R. Lloyd, Mt. Greenwood Road, Trucksville, drowned Sunday morning about 9:30 when he- was seized with a cramp while swimming with fellow soldiers at Camp Stewart, Georgia. According to a message received by Mr. Lloyd from his son’s com- manding officer, Clark—as he was best known to his family and friends—was swimming under the command of a battalion officer dur- ing morning calisthentics , when he suddenly called for help. His com- panions swam to his assistance and managed to drag him to the ropes where the swift current wrested him from their grasp and carried him down stream. The body, recovered late Tuesday afternoon, has been because it is indefinite when it will arrive, funeral arrangements will be announced later. Pvt. Lloyd was inducted five weeks ago, shortly after his family moved to Trucksville from Kings- ton.: He was assigned to an anti- aircraft squad and was enthusiastic about the army: In his last letter which his father had been reading a half hour before the arrival of the fateful War Department mes- sage, he concluded an account of camp life by saying: “A fellow is awfully lucky to have such a swell dad!” A graduate of St. Nicholas High School, he appreciated army life be- cause he had feared that he would be turned down by the draft board because of a heart murmur and because he had undergone an ap- pendectomy shortly before induc tion. He was a young man motivated by high ideals and one whose ra- diant personality made him a host of friends among classmates and older persons. Besides his father and step- mother, he leaves the following brothers and sisters: Sgt. William, with the Air Force in Texas; Corp. Harry, with the infantry in Georgia; Margaret, Sally and Jerome, at home, and Mrs. Robert J. Turnbach, who with her husband, Dr. Robert J. Turnbach of West Pittston, moved to Pioneer avenue some months ago. Clark’s mother, the former Anna Schwalb, died a year ago. His father is a fire insurance inspector. Cave Named To Dallas Council Joseph MacVeigh Is Elected President Zz i¢holas Cave, Huntsville Road, mber of the firm of H. A. White- man & Co., Wilkes-Barre wholesale paper merchants, was appointed a member of Dallas Borough Council at its meeting Friday night to fill the unexpired term of Peter D. Clark, who was recently appointed Luzerne County Treasurer by Gov- ernor Edward Martin. Joseph MacVeigh was elected president to succeed Mr. Clark and Warden Kunkle was elected vice president. Other members of Coun- cil are: John Roberts, Morgan Wil- on William Davis and Clyde Veitch. Mr. Clark gave a brief farewell talk during which he thanked the Council members for their co-oper- ation and expressed his pleasure with the associations made as a member of the village governing body. Secretary James Besecker report- ed that the government has released 30,000 gallons of oil to the Borough for street resurfacing purposes, and Council advised him to advertise for bids for this quantity. Only Eight Offer Blood To Red Cross| Only eight volunteers fropf the Back Mountain were recéived to give blood to the Red Cross bank for the men in service. Two of these called too late to be accepted. Out of the other six, three were from Trucksville and three from Dallas. The drive was for thirty-two volun- teers, twenty-seven people from the Back Mountain having offered their ‘blood previous to last week. 3 shipped from Camp Stewart, but Wh | | 7,000 other Filipinos in the Army and Navy, homeland and of all other ‘occupied nations. Ready for Action SE: THE SPIRIT OF THE UNITED NATIONS is symbolized by three Filipino officers shown here in Washington at the Philippine Government offices. All three are now serving with the armed forces of the United States. Like they have pledged themselves to restore the freedom of their Philippine On the left is Midshipman Sergio Molano of the U. S. Naval Academy; "Ensign Enrique S. Estevanez of the U. S. Coast Guard is in the center; and on the right is 2nd Lt. Leon J. . Hernandez, of the Air Forces, who was graduated from Annapolis this year. Take New Course Durbin And Chicknosky John Durbin of 116 Franklin street and Stanley Chicknosky, both of Dallas, are numbered among the clerks, salesmen, architects and en- gineers who are now training in Allentown in preparation for jobs as minor engineers in the aircraft industry. | They are enrolled in the first of la series of state-wide classes de- [oignad to produce 1,000 technicians for Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation within a period of six months. The first class opened in Allentown last month and other classes are scheduled to open twice monthly until the full quota is reached. The training plan, first of its kind to be undertaken by industry on a nation-wide scale, was adopted by the company to meet expanding needs in technical personnel and may be expected to be enlarged as the program progresses. Allentown, Hazleton, Pottsville, DuBois, Scran- ton and Altoona are being consid- ered by the college as supplemen- tary training sites. The college already maintains war training cen- ters in these cities. Larry Boeing, personnel director of the company, said that all train- ing will be done by Penn State's extension service, under the terms of the government-sponsored En- gineering, Science, Management War Training program, and that the facilities of the United States Em- ployment Service will be utilized to recruit qualified personnel. Persons chosen for this training, Mr. Boeing said, will be paid by the company for the duration of the training. Immediately upon the conclusion of their training, the re- cruits will be assigned to jobs as minor layout draftsmen, junior stress analysts, liaison engineers, and production checks at Consoli- dated Vultee plants in twelve dif- ferent cities of the United States. The training covers a period of eight weeks. Censors Call Off State-Wide Blackout The State-wide Educational Black- out scheduled for 10:30 p. m. last | night was cancelled by direction of | the ‘Office of Censorship which held that radio participation in such a test would tend to create confusion in that it might cause people to de- pend on radio in a real air raid when radio would be off the air. It had been arranged for 45 Pennsyl- | vania stations to broadcast during the drill a running explanation of the signals, as a means of promot- ing fuller public understanding. Flames Do $4,200 Damage Damage done to Lal ownship High School by 0 weeks ago | was estimat@d this week by adjust ers to amount to $4,200... Will Become Engineers | Two Dallas Men 125 Dallas Scouts Close Camp With Colorful Water Carnival | Crowning Of Miss Wildwood Features Closing Ceremonies This Afternoon Something unique in the line of war effort will be completed today in It won't receive a Navy and Army “E,” although it was conducted, and achieved its aim, in a manner deserving of that award. It is the Dallas District Girl Scout Day Camp, which will close ‘today at Dallas District. Wildwood, Harvey's Lake, after a a= COL. SMITH AND HIS RANGER PUPIL, LANNY ROSS ARE ON RADIO Local friends of Col. Norman Smith of Huntsville were thrilled last Sunday afternoon when they heard him broadcast from a Roanoke, Va., station where he was on a program with Lanny Ross, famous radio singer. Ross, now a member of the army, has just completed a course in the Ranger School directed by Col. Smith. Mrs. Smith, who had no advance knowledge of the broacast was unable to hear her husband’s 10-minute talk on wartime ex- periences in Africa and Ameri- ica because friends kept her telephone line busy telling her _ that Col. Smith was on the air. About the time she got away . from the phone the program ended. = — aS State Guard To Bivouac Here Company A Will Camp At Irem Company A, Pennsylvania State Guard, comprising about 80 officers and men, will hold an overnight bivouac at Irem Temple Country Club picnic grounds this weekend. The company will leave the Armory at Kingston, Saturday af- ternoon at 1:30 and will return late Sunday afternoon. According to announced ‘plans there will be several special events at the bivouac area, such as skeet and target shooting and military problems. The company will bring its own food and tents and will use the outdoor ovens at the picnic grounds for the preparation of meals. It is expected that the company will take part in a colorful retreat program at the lowering of the flag Saturday evening on the Country Club grounds. Lake Business Suffers Due to the ban on pleasure dri ing, business was at’ a st: ill at Harvey's Lake on e Fourth of July. Harvey's Lake Police report- ed less automobile traffic than on « the previous Sunday. | anyone. two-weeks’ period of unprecedented attendance and success. Mrs. Rus- sell Case is camp chairman. Overcoming obstacles that would have floored most people, the Dallag District Girl Scout Council realized that there must be a day camp this year, of all years, as its contribu- tion to the war effort, in building better young citizens, and boosting home morale. So the members went to work with a will, and due to their perseverance, 125 girls en- joyed a camping experience. Miss Florence Hausch, capable di- rector, assisted by a large staff of skilled counsellors, put over a pro- gram of sports and crafts which was heartily enjoyed by the entire camp. The evening relaxation around the campfire revealed much hidden talent among the campers, includ- ing one camper who could sing in Chinese and another in the Indian language. Mrs. Claude Cooke and her help- ers, in charge of the meals, accom- plished a Herculean task in provid- ing approximately 125 meals three times a day. When asked how she did it, she replied laughingly, “Have you ever tried frying fish cakes for 125 people? Or distributed 65 quarts of milk a day? My Red Cross canteen training surely came in handy. We had enough money as each gir] paid $1.50 each week, and enough points. The problem was to find the food to buy.” The first week, the nights were unseasonably cold, sometimes 35 degrees. Mothers and neighbors rushed blankets to the camp and with a little doubling up, all kept warm and snug. Each of the four units had its own sleeping quarters, (Continued on Page Eight) Pressure Cookers Are Demonstrated At Class A successful first meeting of the canning cldss was Meld in the Dal- las Boroygh Hi School Tuesday afternoo even pints of peas were canned as a demonstration of the pressure cooker method. Pam- phlets on home canning were dis- tributed. These meetings will be held every week during July and August for discussion and demonstration of dif- ferent methods of preserving. food. Oven canning of fruits and vege- tables will be demonstrated at the meeting Tuesday, July 13. Pressure cooker methods are espe- cially recommended by the govern- ment for canning of non-acid vege- tables. The pressure cookers at the school are available without cost to For information call Dallas Lake Property Damaged By Fire Nearby-Steres-fmd Cottages Are Saved Prompt action by Daniel C. Rob- erts Fire Company assisted by Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company Wed- nesday afternoon at 2:30 saved sev- era] closely-built stores and cottages when a blaze raged through a sec- ond-floor apartment in a building owned by Charles Randell, next to the old Gossart store at the Sunset end of Harvey's Lake. Believed to have originated in an oil stove left burning by the occu- pant while he was away at work, the fire spread rapidly through the frame upper story but was still within the confines of the walls when the Harvey’s Lake company arrived. Several lines of hose were used to pour thousands of gallons of lake water into the structure and a call ‘was sent in for assistance from Dallas because of the threat to near- by wooden buildings. The Lake company, however, soon had the flames under control. Chief Fred Swanson reported that the upper story was gutted but that there was little damage, either by smoke or water, to the first floor where several tons of flour were stored. A portion of the first floor is occupied by the owner, Charles Randell, and the bailing of water from the upstairs apartment pre- vented much damage to his quar- ters. Prutzman Wins Fine Promotion Becomes Partner In Old New England Firm Announcement was received here this week that C. Darrell Prutzman, son of Mrs. Olive Prutzman and the late Alonzo Prutzman of Shaver- town, has been made a partner in the advertising firm of Horton-Noyes Company of Providence, Rhode Isl- and. Mr. Prutzman is the brother of Mrs. Howard Woolbert of Shav- ertown and has been with the New England firm since 1928, going there after a successful career with the Rickard Agency of New York City. The Horton-Noyes Company han- dles the advertising accounts of Colt’s Patent Fire Arms Co., Phil- lips Screw Co., Field and Flint Co., Fire Association of Philadelphia; Dr. Locke Shoes, American Optical Co., and many other nationally known advertisers. Mr. Prutzman was graduated from Luzerne Borough Schools in 1922 and it was while living in Luzerne that he first became interested in advertising. Employed for a time by the Henry C. Johnson Company as a store boy he made a reputation for his attractively decorated store windows and won national recog- nition when the Dutch Boy White Lead Company published photo- graphs of some of his displays in national publications. Later he attended Dickinson Col- lege and in 1925 entered New York University where he took the course in advertising. His wife is the for- mer Ruby Lane of Lakeland, Florida. They have a daughter, Janifer Lane, who is eleven. Reckless Driver Lands In Jail Unemployed Driver Had B Rations Edgar Brunn, 27, of Shavertown, was sentenced to ten days in Lu- zerne County Prison Wednesday morning when given a hearing on a reckless driving charge before Squire Herbert Williams of Trucks- ville. Brunn, unemployed in a world at war, was unable to furnish bail when charged by Officer Howard Woolbert with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license, reckless driving and disorderly con- duct. Woolbert said that he arrested Brunn at midnight Tuesday when he drove his dilapidated Chevrolet coupe upon the lawn of Byron Kitchen in an attempt to run down a couple of Shavertown youths who had been pestering him. He was | 4 and ask for Miss Dolton. operating .the car. .on a B- ration sticker,” = Peas RR RR REL
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