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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
THOMAS CLARK LLOYD, July 4, 1943
MISSING IN ACTION “
KEATS POAD, March 3, 1942
WALTER CEASE WILSON, May 9, 1942
HAROLD THOMAS KEPNER, December 19, 1942
JOHN E. FRITZ, May 7, 1943
JOHN P. GLEASON, March 30, 1943.
CLIFFORD S. NULTON, November 26, 1943
PRISONERS OF WAR
CLARENCE H. MORGAN, May 22, 1942
DONALD FREEMAN, May 22, 1942
FRED WESTERMAN, April 20, 1943
798 Free Posts to Soldiers this week.
Editorially Speaking:
“We must beware of trying to build a society in which
nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official,
a society where enterprise gains mo reward and thrift no priv-
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‘The January thaw, prolonged be-
‘tended to be. Usually the barn, thus
- gallons of gas from a sympathetic
ileges.”—Winston Churchill.
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Home Sweet Home
We hear a lot about the
sweethearts should write to
sort of letters families and
give our fighting men and
women confidence and a feeling of closeness to home
wherever they may be. We don’t hear enough about the
news they should get from American industry to assure
them that some of the things they are fighting for, free-
dom of opportunity and jobs,
will be reality after the war.
This is one of the prime responsibilities of American busi-
ness today.
An example of what can b
e done by a company to let
its men and women in the service know that they not only
have something to fight for, but something to come back
to, can be found in the Curtiss Candy Company, of Chi-
cago.
Simply assuring the 750 employes of this firm that
they will have jobs to come back to has not been enough
to satisfy its founder and president, Otto Schnering. He
has also made provision that certain employe benefits they
have enjoyed, such as pensions, profit-sharing and insur-
ance plans, will still be available for their protection when
they return.
He writes personal letters to them every
month, and sends them boxes of the candy such as they
used to help make, as well as samples of new food products
developed by the company. They also get the news of the
x d proviae th
writes regularly to seven
fighting front.
Here is a pattern that can
’s activities and the activities of their fe
llow
hrough
fellow emp] oyes
be followed to a greater or
lesser degree by every firm that has one or more men or
women in the armed services.
Such interest shown from
homes and business makes good soldiers better fighters,
because they fight that much
harder to preserve and come
back to the things they left and that they know are await-
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ing their return.
FROM
PILLAR TO POST
By Mgrs. T. M.
If you want to get concrete results
B. Hicks, Jr.
, advertise in the Dallas Post.
In a recent issue, there was a delightfully alluring item in the Trading
~ Post, advertising a farm for sale. The farm was described as having all
modern improvements, two dug wells and a drilled well, a tight little
barn, a three-car garage with an attached work-room, a chicken house,
and several million apple trees. Also
thirty-two acres of land.
It sounded too good to be true.
yond all record, had induced the
annual attack of spring fever.
Spring fever in our family is in-
variably associated with the desire
to buy a farm and commune with
nature.
Our yearning to get back to the
land. never goes far enough to sug-
gest livestock, on account of we
don’t like to shovel stuff. Serving
as handmaiden to a cow is one of
those things that requires rising
while it is yet dark, and we are get-
ting soft in our old age. Too soft:
to learn new tricks.
"So the barn suggested, not cows,
but a bunk-house for visiting chil-
dren and offspring, .a° large area
where they might yell and whoop
to their heart's content without
tangling with the adults.
Probably there is not a woman
in existence who has; not dreamed
of revamping a barn into some-
thing it is not, and was never in-
transformed, represents an outlay
far greater than the expense in-
curred in starting from scratch with
a set of blue-prints and a rising
young architect, but it is nice work
if you can get it. You can go com-
pletely arty, hanging swings from
the exposed beams overhead, and
painting the seats a bright Chinese
blue to add a note of color to the
living room. And you can use the
exposed beams along the sides for
bookshelves.
The upshot of reading the adver-
tisement was we wrangled three
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College Seniors
Start Training
Twenty-Seven Girls
Are Practice Teachers
Twenty-seven Senior Education
students of College Misericordia
this week began their six-weeks
period of practice teaching in
schools of the Back Mountain Re-
gion and Wyoming Valley.
The girls and the schools in which
they are teaching follow:
Pauline Bankovich, Eleanor Heal,
Lucille Hoban, Swoyerville; Mary
Clarke, Barbara Cook, Marguerite
Corrigan, Sallyanne Frank, Lenore
McGowan, Mary Rogers, Irene Sav-
age, Hanover; Nancy Gallagher,
Catherine Oldfield, Larksville; Lil-
lian Grelecki, Helen Hajduk, Marie
Morris, Sadie Morris, Plains; Mar-
ion Jones, Kingston Township; Joar)
Kenny, Dallas Borough; Joan Law,
Towanda; Mary Mangan, Laketon;
Mary Miles, Eleanor Wyte, Luzerne;
Claire Mullins, Miriam Newcomb,
Wyoming; Nancy O’Brien, Dallas
Township; Rosemarie Seleski, Ed-
wardsville; and Rose Mary Harring-
ton, Wilkes-Barre Township.
Ration Tokens Arrive
First Nationa] Bank, Dallas, has
received a shipment of 25,000 of
the new red and blue plastic ration
tokens that will be put into use
shortly as change for ration cou-
pons, which will all have a uniform
value.
Vol. 54, No. 5
Two Youths Die 'F ighter Planes
In Auto Crash
At Sandy Beach
. Sedan Rams Tree
Bs Driver Turns
Head To Visit
Two Lake Township youths of
army age were instantly killed and
two others were injured early Sun-
day morning when their 1935 sedan
crashed broadside into a tree near
Sandy Beach, Harvey's Lake, and
was all but sheared in two.
The dead youths, Thomas Wal-
ters, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan
Walters, of Dallas, R. D. 1, _and
Harry Hoover, 22, son of Mr. and
Mrs. William Hoover, also of Dallas,
R. D. 1, were on their way home
after attending a dance at Kunkle
with Roy Rogers, 17, of Outlet, and
David Walters, 19, a brother of
Thomas. ;
Neither Roy Rogers nor David
Walters were seriously injured, but
their two companions died almost
instantly from fractured
The injured were treated by Dr.
H. A. Brown, of Lehman.
Chief’ of Police Fred Swanson, of
Harvey's Lake, and Privates dJo-
seph Keefer and William Dough-
erty, of the State Police, investi-
gated the accident and learned that
it occurred at 12:30 a. m., when
the driver failed to negotiate a
curve, after he had turned his head
to speak to Hoover, who was seated
in the back of the car.
Police also learned that David
Walters had become a licensed driv-
er only four months ago and that
he was home for a weekend visit
from Binghamton, where he is em-
ployed by Spaulding Baking Com-
pany.
Funeral services for Harry Hoove
were conducted Wednesday after-
noon at 1 o'clock, from the home of
his parents. Beside his parents, he
leaves his wife, the former Audrey |
Sorber; daughter, Nancy
sisters, Mrs. Harry Rossman, Out-
let, and Mrs. Philip Pascoe, of
Wilkes-Barre.
The funeral of Thomas Walters
was held Wednesday at 2:30 from
the late home, with further services
in Lehman Methodist Church. Be-
side his parents, he leaves
brother, David, and these brothers
and sisters: Rose, Binghamton;; Mrs.
Richard Huey, Kingston; Addison,
United States Army; Ruth, Bing-
hamton; Reese, Washington; Wil-
liam, John, Herbert, James and
Dolores, at home. Interment was in
Lehman Cemetery.
Club Officials
Endorse Highway
Lehman-Idetown
Has Perfect Gr
Officials of Wyoming Valley Mo-
tor Club this week gave their hearty
approval to plans of the State High-
way Department to construct a new
highway between Lehman and Ide-
town as the final link in the route
between Williamsport and Wilkes-
Barre.
According to Norman Johnstone,
secretary of the Club, the new route
will save the State about $380,000
in grading and paving costs and
| will be very little longer than an
alternate route which would in-
volve considerable relocation.
Mr. Johnstone said the Lehman-
Idetown link will leave the present
concrete at a point not far from Leh-
man Cemetery and will run almost
in a straight line past the cemetery
and on through Lehman Center and
the fields near Honeysuckle Inn.
Henry Lee Is Given
Cum Laude Honors
Henry Lee, of Machell avenue,
son of Captain Larry Lee, was one
of seven members of the Senior
Class of Wyoming Seminary who
were, elected to Cum Laude mem-
bership at the school this week. In
order to become a member of Cum
Laude, a national society based on
high scholarship, students must
have an average of 88 and no single
mark under 78.
Henry has been a student at
Wyoming Seminary for only two
years, having attended the borough
schools up until] that time. 1
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1944
Fly Over Dallas
Sky Tuesday Night
Is Filled With Them
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Estimated to contain 50 and 100 |
ships, several groups of fighter
planes on night flying operations
flew over Dallas Tuesday night, be-
twen 8:30 and 10:30 o’clock.
The first plane, travelling at high
speed and with engines roaring,
zoomed over the eastern horizon
shortly after 8:30 and headed di-
rectly west.
vals by single planes flying in the
same direction, but at lower alti-
tude. About the time the sound and
lights of each plane disappeared in
the west, another plane appeared on
the eastern horizon.
At 9 o'clock, a group of five in
closer formation passed over and
from then until 10:30 groups of
, four and five crossed the horizon.
Many citizens, attracted by the
sound of the first plane, left their
radios to stand on chilly porches
and watch the procession of red
and white lights cross the sky.
Some persons said isolated groups
of planes continued to fly over the
Back Mountain Region until after
4 a. m. Wednesday morning and
| that other groups, further north or
south, could be heard, but not seen
from Dallas.
Sheldon Evans, Shavertown drug-
gist, speculated that the planes might
be on their way to Detroit from
some eastern plane factory. He was
of the opinion: that some of them
were not fighters, but might be
transports, since he thought he
could observe cabin lights on two
or three of them.
Paul Shaver,
the ai
chief observer of
aft warning service, said:
great to stand t
feel that you c
nes without fea
obably the only cou
y world where you could do that”.
Mr.
Shaver said that he was
over Dallas again early Wednesday
morning on a return flight from the
west to their home base. A large
| flight, he said, went over just be-
i fore daybreak. He heard them, but
| didn’t get up to see them or count
! them.
Shavertown Lad
Proud Of Photo
Gen. MacArthur Sends
Rutographed Greetings
Young Charles Douglas Wool-
bert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Woolbert, of Shavertown, is a little
immature to appreciate it right
now, but he'll be a pretty proud
boy when he is old enough to study
show his classmates a photograph
of Douglas MacArthur, autographed
in the General's own handwriting.
Charles Douglas received the
photograph Tuesday morning in an
official envelope, from ‘The Office of
the Commanding General, General
Headquarters, Southwest Pacific
Area”.
The picture, postcard size, in-
scribed “To Charles Douglas Wool-
bert, from General Douglas Mac-
i Arthur”, a gesture of appreciation
| for the card and letter Mrs. Wool-
bert sent to General MacArthur for
his birthday—January 26. In her let-
ter, Mrs. Woolbert enclosed a small
photo of Charles Douglas with the
notation: “I wish you an all-out
lucky birthday. My daddy named
me after you because he thinks
you're tops! I'm buying war bonds
to back you up and all the boys in
service. Just one of the many kids
named after you. From a little fel-
low, Charles Douglas Woolbert.
Maybe Charles Douglas is a little
young to appreciate General Mac-
Arthur’s thoughtfulness, but his dad
and mother are convinced now,
more than ever—“Douglas MacAr-
thur is tops”.
Dog Owners, Notice!
Peter D. Clark, Luzerne County
Treasurer, asked that a notice be
put in the Post to all dog owners,
that he cannot issue Dog Licenses
until on and after March 1st for the
year 1944. This is owing to the fact
It was followed at minute inter-
had been sunk in recent sea battles, are
13 enemy U-boats were sunk.
U-Boat Prisoners
6 CENTS PER COPY
BLINDFOLDED SURVIVORS, picked up from the sea after their U-boats
shown in this picture aboard a British
destroyer guarded by a bluejacket as they “follow their leader” to go ashore.
These are only a few of the many who have been brought in during recent months.
During the first half of December alone, British warships and American, |
Canadian and British aircraft fought three big convoy battles in which at least
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Pacific Veteran
WILFRED MOORE
History Repeats
For Lake Angler
Armitage Recognized
The January issue of The Penn-
sylvania Angler, pulished by the
Pennsylvania Board of Game Com-
missioners, contains two full-page
pictures of George Armitage, of Al-
derson. The first picture, taken
thirty years ago, on July 12, 1913,
shows George, a youthful sports-
man, holding a fine specimen of
lake trout, weighing ten pounds
and ten ounces and thirty-one in-
ches in length.
The second picture, entitled
“History Repeats”, shows the vet-
eran George, flanked by oars and
heavy fishing tackle, displaying an-
six ounces less than the one caught
on July 12, 1913. The second pic-
ture was taken on July 12, 1944.
Both fish were caught thirty years
apart to the day. }
According to the Pennsylvania
Angler, lake trout are few in Penn-
sylvania and are found only in very
deep waters, like those of Harvey's
Lake. Mr. Armitage has had his
greatest luck combing the deep
spots with a trolling spoon.
Right now he is in Florida, and
unless his cronies are all wrong,
will return with some pictures of
that Dog Tags have been delayed,
due to lack of material.
big fish and a flock of good Florida
fish yarns. >
other beautiful lake trout weighing
Dallas Sergeant, Veteran Of Two
Major Pacific Combats, Is Home
Proudly wearing his service bars
i rs for participa-
gements, Tech.
veteran of the
Harbor and of the
paign, has arrived home to spend
a well-deserved furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Moore, of Main street, Dallas.
Not quite so jaunty and carefree,
and ‘forty-five pounds lighter in
weight than he was on March 1,
1941, when he enlisted in the in-
fantry, Wilfred looks back on his
Pacific experiences with pride, but
says that he would hate to return
to the tropics unless he could be
with his old friends and buddies in
his old regiment. “I wouldn't take
a million dollars for the experience,
but I hope they send me to fight
Germans this time, instead of
Japs”.
Wilfred was stationed at Scho-
field Barracks, on Ohau, Hawaii, on
the December morning when Jap-
anese airmen strafed the Barracks.
“At first we thought it was just
some of our own maneuvers, but we
soon learned that it was the real
thing. All of us ran to the barracks
and got our rifles out of their racks
as quickly as possible. I don’t re-
member anybody being killed, but I
caf say honestly that we were all
scared’.
In December 1942; Wilfred land-
ed on Guadalcanal. “The Marines
i By Fish Commission __|were there and they looked as
though they had taken a real pum-
meling. That took some of the
cockiness out of our outfit, but we
soon learned how to handle the
Japs”.
Sgt. Moore was in communica-
tions work that took him into the
front lines. ‘The noise of battle
{
There was seldom a lull in the
| noise. Machine guns were going all
| the time, and mortars and rifle fire
added to the din. Then our artillery
would open up with a barrage and
the shells screamed overhead. The
Japs didn’t seem to have much ar-
tillery support”.
One of his buddies came from
Pen Yan, New York, and another
from Philadelphia. When Wilfred
came down with malaria after six
months on the island, the Pen-Yan
boy received Wilfred’s rating. Both
of his buddies were at the shore on
the July day when he left his old
outfit, to be taken to the hospital
on New Caladonia. Then, in Decem-
er 1943, he came home on a cas-
ualty transport for treatment at
Letterman General Hospital, San
Francisco. The malaria left a par-
tial paralysis of the left leg and
Wilfred had to go to Brooks Gen-
eral Hospital, in Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, where he had to learn how
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scares the life out of you at first. |
Sudden Death Of
Mrs. Brickel Is
When Stricken With
Fatal Heart Attack
The sudden death of Mrs. Jennie
| Austin Brickel, outstanding resident
| of Dallas, was ‘a shock to her family
i and many friends in the commun-
ity. Mrs. Brickel underwent an ap-
pendectomy at General Hospital two
weeks ago, and seemed well on the
road to recovery, when she was
stricken with a heart attack Satur-
day. The fatal attack occurred Tues-
day afternoon.
Perhaps most of the folks of Dal-
las wil] remember Mrs. Brickel for
her cheerful greetings to neighbors
when she met them on Main street,
or for the kindly word spoken to
them in time of trouble. Two of her
greatest loves were her flower gar-
den on the terrace beside her home,
and her twin grandchildren, Doug-
las and Dianne Brickel. Although
the greater part of her life centered
around her home and family, she
was never too busy to support’ a
community project, help her neigh-
bors in time of need, or take part
in the activities of the many or-
garications to which she belonged.
The daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Austin, of Olyphant,
Mrs. DBrickel came to Dallas about
| thirty-two years ago, and, with her
! husband, Ralph Brickel, made their
i home at the’ Stair place, across the
road from the family’s present resi-
dence on Main street. A few years
after coming to: Dallas, she became
interested in a small Sunday School
| class of about five members at the
Dallas Methodist Church, and helped
reorganize it. The class was named
after her, and it was d
.
a
t C:S., Order of the East-
ern Star, and W: C. T. U., and was
vice president of Dallag Branch of
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.
Mrs. Brickel leaves her husband;
a son, William, formerly teacher at
Dallas Borough School and now em-
ployed in Wilmington; her two
grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. J.
L. Colvin, of Carbondale.
Se.rvices at the home this after-
noon at 2 o'clock will be in charge
of Rev. Austin L. Prynn, pastor of
will be in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Church To Pray
For Servicemen
New Hymns Featured
On Sunday Program
Dallas Methodist Church will hold
a monthly Service of Prayer for men
and women in the Armed Forces on
Sunday night. Included on the
church prayer list of 121 persons
are members of the church and
church school, friends and mem-
bers of families in the church con-
stituency as well as others for whom
prayers have been exspecially re-
quested. Throughout the Devotion,
there will be a pause after each
number in the order of worship in
which a group from this list will be
prayed for individually.
The program will include several
hymns composed especially for this
type of service. Among them, “O
God, our Father, Hear Our Prayer”,
by Josiah Osmond; a new patriotic
hymn by Henry Tallam Tweedy,
of Yale University, and “A Hymn of
Prayer For Our Fighting Men”, by
i the venerable Frederick = George
| Scott, archdeacon of Quebec. The
latter hymn was written for use as
! a memorial to the historic defend-
ers of Hong Kong on December 19,
1941. Already some 60,000 copies of
this hymn are in use in churches
throughout Canada and the United
States.
“Multiplying the Power of Their
Sacrifice” will be the theme of Rev.
Austin L. Prynn’s sermon.
It is hoped that the families and
friends of those in service will at-
tend.
Postpone Farmer Dance
The farmer dance, sponsored by
the Senior Girl Scout Troops, of
Lake and Lehman, which was to
have been held at Lehman High
School, on February 8, has been
indefinitely postponed.
Shock To Dallas
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