THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1944 PAGE F' KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Mrs. Howard Ide Truckswville Mrs. Oscar Dymond Shavertown Shavertown | Trucksville | Larry Graves has returned to Uni- | Aviation Cadet Richard Warner, versity of Alabama, having spent | of Miami, Florida, was granted a | the holidays with his parents, Mr. | few days’ leave to visit his mother, | and Mrs. H. N. Graves, of East| Mrs. Calvin Warner, who is seriously | Franklin street. Dr. Bernard Weber, | ill at the Nesbitt Hospital. Ee former professor of ancient history | Mrs. C. S. Hemenway, of Hillside at the University of Alabama, was ; Farms, entertained the C. P. Club at ! house guest of Mr. Graves during | her home on Wednesday afternoon. the holidays. Dr. Weber is at pres- Mrs. C. S. Perkins is recuperating ent in the Intelligence Department from an attack of bronchitis. of the Army, stationed near Wash. Pfc. Frederick’ M. Johnson, son ington, D. C. { of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson, of Miss Madge Herm, of Scranton, Carverton road, graduated on De- has returned after spending several | cember 18th from Kessler Field days with Rev. and Mrs. Felix | Technical Training School. He is now Zaffiro. Miss Helen Roberts entertained | ance of B-24 Liberator Bombers. her card club on Tuesday night.| James H. Baker, son of Mr. and Present were: Fanny Williams, | Mrs. Archie Baker, of Mt. Green- Katherine Newhart, Dorothy Pope, | wood, has been promoted to assis- Maude Stéwart, Elsie Pritchard, | tant superintendent for the L. F. Aileen Dymond, Beatrice Lewis and Branch Manufacturing Co., at New- hostess. lark, N. J. | Mrs. Lauren Dymond has returned | Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Henning, from Greensboro, N. C., hee he | visited their parents during the spent a week with her husband, who | holidays. is receiving training as an air cadet. | Mr. and Mrs. William A. Rhodes, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brodhun spent | of Rice street, have returned from the weekend with his mother, Mrs. ! Amagansett, Long Island, where Minnie Brodhun, of Spring street. they spent ten days with their son- Mrs. Hazel Major spent in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wednesday as a guest of her sister, { Frederick P. Anthony. Mrs. Elwood McCarty, of Parrish | Mrs. Lewis Roushey is improving street, Dallas. following an illness of bronchitis. Mrs. Alonzo Prutzman is confined | Service Mothers’ Club will meet to her bed with illness at her home, | Monday, January 17th, at the Fire on Ferguson avenue. | Hall, at 8 o'clock. Since this is the Mrs. Clark Krum is a patient at first meeting of the year, all moth- the Nesbitt Hospital. "ers are asked to be present. Trucksville Auxiliary Ladies’ Auxiliary of Trucksville Betty Lou Griffith Heads Home Guards Betty Lou Griffith was elected president and Eunice Swank, vice president of the Home Guards at their meeting in the White Church on the Hill, Monday afternoon. Oth- er officers elected were: John Cash- Fire Company met in the Fireman's Hall Monday evening. Business ses- sion was conducted by Mrs. Vincent McGuire and entertainment in the social hour by Mrs. Ray Finney. Present were: Mrs. Joseph Schooley, Mrs. William Hanson, Mrs. Thomas Ayre, Mrs. Fred Schutz, Mrs. Fred Polk, Mrs. Ray Greenwood, Mrs. mark, treasurer, and Billy Eckert, secretary. Following the election, | an airplane mechanic in mainten- | table decorations for the roast beef supper were made. The Home Guards are made up of boys and girls up to the age of 15 years. Mrs. Laurance Swank is lead- er. Sgt. Ehret Honored Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foss, of Meeker, entertained in honor of Sgt. Sheldon Ehret, of Fort Lewis, Wash- ington, last Wednesday evening. Present were: Sgt. and Mrs. Ehret, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cobleigh and Delbert, Janice Comiskey, Steward Ehret, Howard Ehret and the host and hostess. Sheldon Ehret Returns Sgt. Sheldon Ehret returned to Fort Lewis, Washington, last Fri- day after spending a week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ehret, of Lehman. Three other boys from Wyoming Valley, also stationed at Fort Lewis, one from Forty Fort, one from Plymouth and one from Pittston, made the trip with him. Stanley Cashmark, Mrs. Raymond Finney, Mrs. John Kennan, Mrs. Earl Gregory, Mrs. Morris Lloyd, Mrs. John Dykman, Mrs. Ralph An- thony, ‘Mrs. Harvey Sink, Mrs. A. J. Bagby, Mrs. Fred Houghwout, Mrs. Cedric Griffith and Mrs. Jacob Harrison. Entertain At Tea For Berean Class Mrs. C. Darrow and Miss Bessie Stroh, of Shavertown, entertained at a tea for members of the Berean Bible Class, Tuesday. Present were: Mrs. Percy Hart, Mrs. Louise Van- Norman, Mrs. Henry Isaacs, Mrs. Ed. Minnie Brodhum, Mrs. Ada Evans, Mrs. I. L. Brace, Mrs. Beulah Cal- kins, Mrs. Walter Shaver, Mrs. Rob- ert Phipps, Mrs. Alice Watson, Mrs. Ralph Whipp, Mrs. Eckley Kocher, Mrs. Edward Roberts, Mrs. William Hunt, Mrs. Ernest Kellar, Mrs. Wil- liam Morgan and Mrs. Oscar Dy- mond and the hostesses. READ THE TRADING POST Ww AVES oom 5 n Action xxx A S. PHOTOGPAPH These girls are training to be aerographer’s mates — the “weather girls” of the WAVES. After a 12 weeks’ course, during which they receive instruction in the operations of weather observation, such as the use of meteorological instruments, charts, weather codes, etc., they’ll wear the rating is adjusting badge shown in the inset. The girl at the right a theodolite to check rate of ascension and drift of the balloon which the other WAVE is about to release. These are among the many interesting win-the-war jobs open to American girls from 20 to 36, who have had two years’ high or business school education, are in - ~~d health and ww» can farnich g~od character ref nar Ensign Kirchner, WAVE Recruiter, can be contacted any day at her office at the Navy Recruiting Station, Post Office Building, Wilkes- Barre. Extend Sympathy The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kear, of Lake street, are sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Kear’s brother, Trevor Ball, Sunday, at Minersville, after a short illness of pneumonia. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Ida Hawke Dies Heights, To Celebrate Birthday | | i | { | | | { PFC. KENNETH P. JONES Pfc. Kenneth P. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, of Edgewood Trucksville, will observe | his thirty-second birthday on Jan- uary 29th, somewhere in England. This is his second birthday to be ob- served overseas. Inducted into the army February 3rd, 1942, he received his training at Fort Bragg, N. C., and was sent overseas in October of that year. He saw action in Tunisia and Sicily. He has a daughter, Edith, who resides with her grandparents. Native Of Beaumont To Be Buried Today Mrs. Minnie Vopleus, Aifty-year- buried this afternoon Sith. services at the home. Mrs. Vopleus died Wednesday morning at her home in eral months. The daughter of Eugene Montross, who died last May, and his wife, she was born in Beaumont and spent all her life there, except for a few years when she lived in Orange. She was a member of the Beaumont Methodist Church, and was active in church and school af- fairs, until her illness. Surviving are her husband, Cecil Vopleus, and six daughters, Mrs. | Nelson Dymond, Mrs. Joseph Gavek, Mrs. Ida Hawke, mother of Clif-| Mrs. Albert Patton, Alberta, Made- ford Hawke, of Dallas, was buried Monday afternoon from the Brickel funeral home. Mrs. Hawke died Thursday night at Forty Fort. line and Arlene, at home, and one son, Cecil, Jr.; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Jackson, of Florida, and Mrs. Clay | Moore, of Johnson City; and one ber:-home “in phrother, William Montross, of John- | son City. "PUT THESE IN YOUR : boys in service, so we are printing old native of Beaumont, will be. Beaumont, after an illness of sev- | Rev. John Tenhove of Union Church, will have charge of the services. Interment will be in Or- cutt’s Cemetery, Noxen. BIRTHDAY BOOK! We thought you'd like to know the birthdays of the Back Mountain So that you will have plenty of time to get a them here for you. card and mail it, we will publish the names four weeks in a row previous to the birthday. If you haven’t the address or do not know where to get it, just call Dallas 300 and ask for Martha. | Stephen Sanders, Jr. Jan. 15 Warren Montross Jan. 15 Elwood G, Whitsell Jan. 15 Melvin J. Morris Jan. 16 Donald Kocher Jan. 18 Kenneth Warrell Jan. 19 | William E. Davis Jan. 20 Charles McCue Jan. 20 Madara W. Krieger Jan. 21 Harry E. Metzgar Jan. 21 Leon F. Wazeter Jan. 21 Goodwin P. Hilbert ~~ Jan. 22| Glenn E. Ehret Jan. 23 Frank R. Klug Jan. 25 Denzil J. Morrett Jan. 25 Harold H. Holcomb Jan. 26 + Roy Schultz Jan. 26 G. Wesley Cave Jan. 27 Robert C. Pogar Jan. 28 Loren Fiske Jan. 29 Kenneth P. Jones Jan. 29 George S. Race Jan. 30 "William Sayre, Jr. Feb, 3 Richard W. Prynn Feb. 4 Raymond F. Sutton Feb. 4 Carl Misson Feb- 5 George V. Dymond Feb. 9 Harold L. Brobst Feb. 9 Joseph W. Garrity Feb. 9 James Roberts Feb. 9 FORVICTORY | | BUY UNITED STATES DEFENSE HOSPITAL PATIENTS Each week this box ‘contains the names of your friends and neighbors who are in the hospi- tal. In order to make this ser- vice as complete and useful as possible won’t you co-operate with us by telephoning Dallas 300 when any members of your family are in the hospital ? William Fowler, East Dallas— Nesbitt. Mrs. Donald Yeager, Huntsville road—Mercy. 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[J Successful Farming [1 True Story [1 The Woman . [] Woman’s Home Comp... 3.25 [J Your Life 4.00 FILL IN AND MAIL TO THIS NEWSPAPER TODAY Please send me the POSTOFFICE Charter No. 8164 Reserve District No. 3 REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF DALLAS in the State of Pennsylvania, at the close of business on December 31, 1943. Published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes. ASSETS Loans and discounts (including 47c overdrafts)...................... $ 283,934.21 United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed 624,657.50 Obligations of States and political subdivisions. ...................... 57,880.00 Other bonds, notes, and debentures............o..................... 79,060.00 Corporate stocks (including $4,500 stock of Federal Re- Serve bank) cL aR en 4,500.00 Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balance, and cash items in process of collection......................... 250.896.81 Bank premises owned $38,000, furniture and fixtures $1.00 38,001.00 Real estate owned other than bank premises..................i... 2,097.53 Total Assets. 0 a SL $1,341,027.05 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corpora- OnE nd tm i a Sn a $ 422,986.46 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 661,274.35 Deposits of States and political subdivisions. ......ccoccoooeoeeeeeees. 523.91 Other deposits (certified and cashier’s checks, etC.).-occeceanns 2,183.93 Tota] Deposits... $1,163,968.65 Other ‘Habilitles i nr au A asa a a 1,734.42 RS aN EN $1,165,703.07 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Capital Stock: (c)- Common stock, total par $75,000. ....cccccciiiieeionensniionas $ 75.000.00 Surplus Cn lS Ln a 75,000.00 Undivided profits i ni iota Sheds saith 25,323.98 Totall Capital Accounts... iid a oat 175,323.98 Total Liabilities and Capital Accounts..............coooooooeeio... $1,341,027.05 MEMORANDA Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): (a) United States Government obligations, direct and and guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and other abilities: «coe Ser i LE i a en SRE NES 27,000. Ce) =Total i rf ESR edna 27,000.00, (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to re- quirements of Jaw 5nd SA NE a 33,552.37 (8) Tole wan be Sm aR $ 33,552.37 State of Pennsylvania, County of Luzerne, ss: I, W. B. Jeter, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. B. JETER, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of January, 1944. J. T. JETER, Justice of the Pege, My Commission expires first Monday in January, 194 Correct—Attest: C. A. Frantz R. L. Brickel A. C. Devens Directors.
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