_————eey | \ DIED IN PRISONERS months. We Remember KILLED IN ACTION RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942 KEATS POAD, March 3, 1942 WALTER CECIL WILSON, May 9, 1942 CLIFFORD S. NULTON, November 26, 1943 ELWOOD BLIZZARD, ROBERT RESSIGUE, SAMUEL GALLETTI, JAMES DeANGELO, WILLIAM STRITZINGER, July 9, 1944 FREDERICK LOVELAND, September 12, 1944 HARRY BEAN, September 13, 1944 EDWARD METZGAR, October 12, 1944 CHARLES KINSMAN, November 5, 1944 DONALD L. MISSON, December 11, 1944 WILLIAM J. GAREY, December 12, 1944 JOSEPH YANEK, December 22, 1944 CHESTER GORCZYNSKI, January 10, 1945 THEODORE SCOUTEN, January 12, 1945 HARRY S. SMITH, WILLIAM SNYDER FRANTZ, January 22, 1945 EDISON WALTERS, February 1, 1945 LESTER L. CULVER, February 9, 1945 JOSEPH RUSHINKO, March 11, 1945 ARDEN R, EVANS, March 19, 1945 CHARLES BILLINGS, April 3, 1945 GEORGE UTRICH, May 16, 1942 HOWARD A. COSGROVE, July 3, 1942 THOMAS CLARK LLOYD, July 4, 1943 EVAN J. BRACE, February 15, 1944 GEORGE S. RACE, JOHN LAITY, January 1, 1945 RAYMOND H LOVELAND, January 8, 1945 JOSEPH POLACHEK, January 22, 1945 ROY G. SCHULTZ, February 19, 1945 LAWRENCE GAVEK, February 26, 1945 HOWARD E. LYNN, April 1, 1945 MISSING IN ACTION HAROLD THOMAS KEPNER, December 19, 1942 ? JOHN P. GLEASON, March 30, 1943 JOHN E. FRITZ, May 7, 1943 ROBERT A. GIRVAN, May 14, 1944 OTTO W. HARZDORF, June 1, 1944 HERBERT C. CULP, July 12, 1944 " ELWOOD R. RENSHAW, August 20, 1944 JAMES B. DAVIES, August 25, 1944 KARL M. KUNKLE, December 5, 1944 PAUL S. KOCHER, December 17, 1944 JOHN E. REESE, December 26, 1944 GEORGE H. RAY, January 9, 1945 DONALD J. MALKEMES, March 16, 1945 CLARENCE H. MORGAN, May 22, 1942 DONALD FREEMAN, May 22, 1942 FRED WESTERMAN, April 20, 1943 ALFRED E. MAURY, February 5, 1944 EDWARD SMITH, April 14, 1944 PETER SKOPIC, May 29, 1944 RAYMOND F. SUTTON, May 29, 1944 PAUL F. NULTON, WILLIAM GENSEL, October 16, 1944 ALFRED J. BROWN, December 17, 1944 WELFORD SCOUTEN, December, 20, 1944 LOUIS C. ACHUFF, February 9, 1945 HE Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Vol. 55, No. 16 FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1945 6 CENTS PER COPY March 1, 1944 April 20, 1944 ” May 23, 1944 June 22, 1944 January 15, 1945 SERVICE October 26, 1944 OF WAR Jr., July 19, 1944 Get Building Title Back Mountain Memorial Library Association this week received the title to its building on Main street: from the Ryman Estate. Grange To Meet Jackson Grange will meet Satur- day evening at 8 in the Grange Hall. Miss Betty Ide, Miss Anna Ide and Miss Mary Britian Major of Lehman will entertain with mus- Miss Miriam Lathrop of Rutgers] ical selections. / University, recently elected libra-i There will be a spelling bee fol- rian, will be here this weekend to|lowed by a short memorial service confer with the building committee. | for the late President Roosevelt. Charles Billings, Father Of Two,” Dies On Luzon Shavertown Man Was An Expert On Heavy Equipment Technician Sergeant Charles Bil- ling, 33, died April 3, on Luzon ac- cording to a War Department mes- sage received yesterday morning by his the Elizabeth Frantz, whose home is at 4 Brook wife, former Street, Shavertown.- There were no further details. Sgt. Billings was a member of an Engineering Depot Company in, charge of heavy construction equip- ment and had spent five months in New Guinea after going overseas last fall. He wrote his wife on March 28 that he had just landed in the Philippines and was feeling fine and “ok” except he was very busy. He also informed her that his duties had been changed some- what and that he had several heavy cranes and bulldozers to maintain. 5 After entering the army in March 1944, Sgt. Billings trained at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. He was one of eight men selected for the U.S. Army Maintenance-Inspection Team and transferred to 2nd Army Head- quarters at Memphis, Tenn. As a member of the team and as an instructor he inspected heavy equipment that was destined for overseas. Later he returned to his old out- fit then stationed in Kansas and went overseas. In New Guinea he was again, made a member of an inspection team and flew by plane to various points inspecting equip- ment being forwarded to battle areas. In frequent letters he said that he enjoyed his work very much but that no place overseas was like home. Born in Wyoming County, Sgt. Billings was the son of Mr. and Mrs Albert Billings of Mill City. He graduated from Falls-Overfield Vo- cational School and was a member of the Mill City Methodist Church. For a time he was in the trucking and machinery business with his brother-in-law, Leslie Frantz in Tunkhannock. He was considered an expert on construction machin- ery and was employed by Stone & Webster at Williamsport and by the Murray Corporation during the construction of its plant at Scran- won. His wife is the daughter of the late George and Emma Frantz of Dallas Township. They have two children, Albert, 10, and Florence 5. Mrs. Billings moved to Shaver- town to be near her brother when her husband was inducted. New Jersey Man rty Has Twenty Rooms: 4 Fireplaces Sunset Hall on Lake street, fam- iliar Dallas landmark for five gen- erations, has been sold by the owner, Mrs. Morgan A. Wilcox, to George Uebe, textile exporter-im- porter of Boonton, N. J. The transaction was completed this week and Mr. and Mrs. Uebe expect to move to their new home just as soon as alterations can be completed. Mrs. Uebe is a sister of Dr. Charles Ashley of Jackson Township and was for many years foreign correspondent of Vogue Magazine. Seventy-five years ago Sunset Hall served as a Methodist Church. After the present Dallas church was built the building was used as a broom factory for a year and a half. It was later purchased by the late Chester G. Wilcox who remodeled it into a two-family dwelling. Standing one evening under the fine old trees in front of the porch, Mr. Wilcox was spellbound by a beautiful sunset, “I think” he said “we will call this building Sunset Hall.” Later his son, Morgan A." Wilcox occupied one of the apartments while he and Mrs.. Wilcox were building their own home on Lake street. Some years later he pur- chased Sunset Hall. For ‘a number of years prior to the building of College Misericordia, the Sisters of Mercy occupied the property as a summer residence. Sunset Hall contains four great fire places and has twenty rooms. It has a frontage of 100 feet on Lake street and extends to Maple street in the rear. Commenting on the sale, Mrs. Nilcox said, “We have owned these Lake street properties for twenty- two years. After the death of my wisband I' decided to: sell Sunset Iall and the adjacent lots. Two veeks ago I put a small classified 1d in The Dallas Post. Mr. and Mrs. Uebe came up from New Jer- sey to look at ‘a property in Forty Fort, but they saw my ad in The Post first. I've also sold three lots from that ad and have only one left on Lake street and two on Maple street. Spearheaded Attack ! Mr. and Mrs. A. S. James, Trucksville Gardens, have received a letter from their son, Flight Of- ficer Alfred, saying that he has just returned to a rest camp near Paris after spending two days in combat at Wessel, Germany. Flight Officer James is a glider pilot and in his letter tells how, the gliders spearheaded the attack and waited for General Montgom- ery’s men and tanks to come up. HERBERT WILLIAMS Three sons and son-in-law of Squire and Mrs. Herbert Williams of Trucksville are doing and have done their bit for Uncle Sam. S/Sgt. Herbert R. Williams, Jr., has served in a fighter squadron in China for the past year and prior to that was with a Tactical Recon- noisance Squadron in India“for four A member of the Class 1941 at Kingston Township High School, he enlisted on September 10, 1940, and trained with the Ninth Signal Corps at Fort Bragg, N.C. An injury received while play- ing army football prevented his/at- tending Officer's Training School at " Fort Monmouth, N. J. He trans- Three Sons And Son-In-Law In Military Service RALPH WILLIAMS ferred to the Air Corps at Pope Field and trained at 19 different fields in all parts of the country. He received a fractured ankle in a crash landing which prevented hic departure for overseas with the rest of his squadron. He is married tc the former Laura Lanier of Nash- ville, Tenn. Pfc. Ralph Rood Williams was with the Marines during the inva- sions of Guam, Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima where he was wounded | was sixteen and served six years | during the fourth day’s fighting. He is now in a naval hospital in the United States and last week telephoned his mother and dad not to worry. His right arm, fractured LOREN WILLIAMS in two places, and his left hand, also fractured, prevented his hold- ing the telephone but a Red Cross Worker assisted him and also writes his letters. A star football and basketball] man at Kingston Township High School, Ralph en- listed in the Marines the day after his graduation in June 1943. He trained at Parris Island and Camp LeJuene. Loren Williams enlisted when he as a regular army man, first with the Air Corps at Mitchell Field, L.I. ‘and later with the cavalry veterina- rian department at Carlisle Bar- ELWOOD DYMOND life (in defense work with the Crucible Steel Company of Harrison, N. J.) he re-entered the army on February 4, 1944. Injuries received in combat training caused his hon- orable discharge last October. His wife is the former Catherine Jones. There home is in Wilkes-Barre and they have one child. Elwood Dymond, a son-in-law, is a Motor Machinist's Mate aboard a L.C.S. somewhere in the Pacific. The son of Mrs. Mame Dymond of Sweet Valley, Elwood attended Kingston High School in 1930. Be- fore entering the navy on April 15, 1944, he was employed by Wilkes-Barre Railway Company. His wife is the former Rachel Williams. They have three children. racks. After a perind of civilian : AEs PR A i i i i picture was drawn by shipmate. eis er FE RR NE Pe Bs an Hh SB Sh el a The | | the National Clothing Collection. ~~ Killed In Action - Germany ARDEN R. EVANS September 23, 1921—March 19, 1945 Honoring another soldier who gave his life in the service of his country, young folks of ‘Lehman paid simple and fitting tribute -to their late President, Franklin Dy Roosevelt Friday morning when with their own hands they planted their 218th memorial tree on the High School campus. The student body gathered in the High School auditorium and led by Cadet Nurse Judy Simms and War- rant Officer Donald Brandon, home aiter 18 months in Iceland, filed out of the building and formed a hollow rectangle completely sur- rounding the rustic board that marks the memoria] trees. During the procession the con- cealed High School Band played softly. When the music ended, every student was in place. There was no sound save the rustle of nearby trees. Prof. Howard Hend- ricks offered a ° memorial prayer. Then Cadet Simms and Warrant Five Hundred Hands Help Plant Lehman's 218th Memorial Tree Officer Brandon, flanked by two color guards, stepped forward bear- ing a wreath which they placed at the base of the board while the clear notes of a distant bugler sounded taps. 5 Then again there was complete silence. At a point forming a V with the two memorial trees on each side of the board, students placed another larger tree in hol- lowed earth prepared earlier. As the band again played softly, each student stepped out of line and tenderly placed a handful of soil on the tree roots. Five hundred students, each in his turn took part in the tribute. At the conclusion of the planting with the earth heaped high about the 218th tree, Prof. William Crum offered prayer and the band broke into the stir- ring strains of the Star Spangled Banner. Thus did Lehman honor a great man in a simple Back Moun-, tain tradition. Missing Flyer Reported Safe Engineer<Gupaet Was Lost On First Flight Mr. and Mrs. Albert Burkhardt, of Hunlock Creek R.D. 1, have re- ceived word. that their son, Cpl. Edwin A. Burkhardt, who has been missing in action since his flight over Germany on December 17, 1944, is now back with American, Forces. The telegram said only: ‘ The Secretary of War desires to inform you, that your son, Cpl. Edwin A. Burkhardt, returned to military contro] March 29, 1945.” he message is the only official communication received by the Burkhardts since their son was re- ported missing. They did, however, learn from the families of other members of the crew, that all of the crew, with the exception of one who was killed in action and their own son, were prisoners of war. Three of the prisoners were wounded. Cpl. Burkhardt, 21, was an en- gineer-gunner on a B-24 Liberator Bomber. His family assumes that he was among Air Force prisoners released during the sweep of Ameri- can armies through Germany. Give Clothing Give all the clothing you can to NEE CR a Fire Destroys 'Brooder House Rozoichaks Lose 200 Baby Chicks Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany, using water from its reserve booster tank, prevented the spread of flames to other farm buildings: shortly after 9 o'clock Wednesday night when fire from an overheated brooder stove destroyed a brooder house and 200 month-old. chicks at the Kozemchak Farm on Over= brook Avenue. Loss is estimated at $90 to $125. There was no in- surance. : The brooder house was located near a larger chicken coop and adjacent to a barn housing a team of horses, two cows and valuable farm machinery. Timely arrival of the firemen kept flames confined to the brooder house. : Trucksville company also re- sponded but did not arrive until the Dallas company had extinguish- ed the flames and was departing. The Lehman Company was not called. * P Albert Cited ; C. L. Albert, Jr, son of Tod,| Albert, Pioneer Avenue insurance man, is one of 13 ambulance drivers "| Barre, during 1928 and 1939. ; transferred to the Florida Confer- F. W. Reinfurt Appointed To_ Dallas Church No Other Methodist Pastoral Changes Made In This Area Rev. Frederick W. Reinfurt of Providence Church, Scranton, be- First Church, Dallas, to succeed the late Rev. Austin L. Prynn in one of the came pastor of few principal changes among Meth- odist pastors announced Sunday night at the closing session of Wyo- ming Conference at Elm Park Church, Scranton. There were no other changes in five others in the entire Wilkes- Barre district where Rev. Dr. J. Rolland Crompton, formerly of" as district superintendent. , : the combined Dallas-East Dallas in 1931-32. as Life For a time he served Work Secretary of the ceeding Rev. Dr. Norman Clemens. He also taught at many of the Con- ference Young People’s held annually at Sidney, N. Y. During student days at Wyoming Seminary where he won the Dav- a member of track team and grad- uated in 1929, he served -as pastor at Jackson, Susquehanna County. He attended Dickinson Cellege Kappa Alpha, national debating so- ciety, y laude at Drew Theological College After graduation he served pas- torates at Candor, N. Y., and at Parrish Street Church, ence later returning to the Genesee ence and has been at Providence half. Mrs. Reinfurt is a native of Honesdale and a graduate of Hones- dale High School where she was valedictorian and later served for seven years as a teacher. She is a graduate of Bloomsburg State Teachers’ for first honors in her class, and has taken graduate work in music at New York University. Charlyn Mae, aged 8, and Donald William, 6. Rev. Reinfurt will assume his pas- Sunday. Sgt. John Owens Lands In Russia Missing in action since March 19 when he participated in a bomber flight over Germany as a radio- gunner on a B-17, Sgt. John Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Owens, of Trucksville is now back with his old outfit in England. Bis In two letters written on March 28 and April 1, Jack this week in- formed his parents that his bomber had been attacked and forced down in Russia by German fighters. All fine spirits. At the time he wrote the letters, the crew was staying at an Ameri- can Air Base in Russia but expected to be returned to England within a few days. : STUDENTS SEE HEALTH FILMS Two motions pictures, “Appendi- citis” and “The Romance of Meat” were shown to students of Dallas Borough, Dallas Township and Leh- man Schools on Wednesday by Dr. F. Budd Schooley, president of Dallas Board of Health. The pictures were part of the school health program sponsored by the local Board of Health. Last week the pictures shown cited by the British Government. Hm ioe ina RRR ko i sd Aba 8 lo hs AN a Ba were: “The Heart” and “X-Ray”. iE il SRN 20 Methodist the Back Mountain area and only Trucksville, is serving his fifth year Rev. Mr. Reinfurt, who assumes charge serving two churches, was admitted to Wyoming Conference Youth Work of the Conference, suc- Institutes enport Public Speaking Prize, was where he was a member of Tau . and graduated magna cum in 1936. it Wilkes- Conference and Wyoming Confer- | Church for the past year and one- College where she tied The Reinfurts have two children, toral duties here a week from this Entire Crew Has Now Returned To England of the crew was uninjured and in
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