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, March 1, 1944 ROBERT RESSIGUE, April 20, 1944 ROBERT A. GIRVAN, May 14, 1944 SAMUEL GALLETTI, May 23, 1944 JAMES DeANGELO, June 22, 1944 WILLIAM STRITZINGER, July 9, 1944 r FREDERICK LOVELAND, September 12, 1944 i 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 5 = THEODORE SCOUTEN, January 12, 1945 - HARRY S. SMITH, January 15, 1945 : WILLIAM SNYDER FRANTZ, January 22, 1945 EDISON WALTERS, February 1, 1945 LESTER L. CULVER, February 9, 1945 JOSEPH RUSHINKO, March 11, 1945 2 ee DONALD J. MALKEMES, March 16, 1945 HE ARDEN R. EVANS, March 19, 1945 WILLIAM PHILLIPS DANIEL T. MORRIS, April 11, 1945 DIED IN SERVICE . GEORGE UTRICH, May 16, 1942 HOWARD A. COSGROVE, July 3, 1942 ROBERT F. REILLY, June 20, 1543 THOMAS CLARK LLOYD, July 4, 1943 EVAN J. BRACE, February 15, 1944 GEORGE S. RACE, October 26, 1944 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 CHARLES BILLINGS, April 3, 1945 DAVID DECKER, May 14, 1945 MISSING IN ACTION HAROLD THOMAS KEPNER, December 19, 1942 JOHN P. GLEASON, March 30, 1943 JOHN E. FRITZ, May 7, 1943 OTTO W. HARZDORF, June 1, 1944 HERBERT C. CULP, July 12, 1944 ELWOOD R. RENSHAW, August 20, 1944 JAMES B. DAVIES, August 25, 1944 PAUL S. KOCHER, December 17, 1944 , JOHN E. REESE, December 26, 1944 GEORGE H. RAY, January 9, 1945 PRISONERS OF WAR CLARENCE H. MORGAN, May 22, 1942 DONALD FREEMAN, May 22, 1942 FRED WESTERMAN, April 70, 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, Jr., July 19, 1944 WILLIAM GENSEL, October 16, 1944 KARL M. KUNKLE, December 5, 1944 ALFRED J. BROWN, December 17, 1944 WELFORD SCOUTEN, December, 20, 1944 % LOUIS C. ACHUFF, February 9, 1945 Tue Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Vol. 55, No. 24 FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1945 6 CENTS PER COPY Spirited Contests Will Be Decided At Primary Election On Tuesday Local Candidates in Dallas Borough, Kingston And Dallas Townships Hold The Spotlight and with the primary election only | five days off whatever interest re- volves around politics is centered in local municipal contests where boroughs and townships will elect school directors, tax collectors, su- pervisors and auditors. In the Back Mountain Region, Dallas Borough will also elect a Burgess and three councilmen. With no contests of county-wide importance at hand, the County Republican and Democratic organ- izations are for the most part fol- lowing a ‘hands-off’ policy leaving the final decision as to the outcome in the hands of the electorate. In three Back Mountain commun- ities: Kingston Township, Dallas Township and Dallas Borough hot contests are in the making or already in full flame. In most other municipalities, Lake Township, Jackson, Ross and Lehman, there is little excitement because of no opposition except ‘in a few isolated instances. For the most part the spotlight of interest focuses on the tax col- lector and school board contests in Kingston Township, and on the school director fights in Dallas Bor- ough and Dallas Township. Kingston Township In Kingston Township five can- didates are in the field for tax col- lector. Two of them, Harry Bogart, incumbent, and Theodore Poad, are from Shavertown.. The other three, Jane Lohman, Roy Morris and Sam- uel Davis, are from Trucksville. Bogart is completing his four- teenth year as collector; three full terms of four years each and two years by appointment. Many people feel that this should brings about his defeat but the size of the field may react to his ‘advantage. In the Shavertown district he is being given the run of his life by Theo- dore Poad, a route foreman for Forty Fort Dairy, who is also show- (Continued from Page Five) Fine New Skating Rink Opens At Sandy Beach. Doris Shonk Ruger, Luzerne, at Editorially Speaking: Look At The Record The Primary election when a majority of Back Moun- tain communities will elect school directors is just around the corner. To some of us this election may seem unim- portant because no County and State offices are at stake; but to others, not motivated by any political considera- tions whatever, this is an important election. Nomination on the Republican ticket in this area is tantamount to election. The men we select now will help to conduct our schools for the next four years. If they are far-sighted, progressive men the schools will reflect . their good influence. schools will likewise reflect their bad influence. We believe the proper criterion on which to select school directors is to investigate their backgrounds, or if they are seeking re-election, their past records. On the whole, men with children in school should be more interested than men without children in school. Men with no political connections should be less suspect than those who have to curry political favor to get in office and to remain in office. It is just sense that a politician is more interested in holding a job or getting a new one than he is in the welfare of*the other fellow’s children. Politicians aren’t altruistic when they support school directors. Men who have taken an active part in community life, who are interested in seeing their town develop, who are first to contribute to worthy causes, are likely to make better directors than those who hang back and let others take the lead. Then there is the matter of educational and business background, a man who has gone through four years of high school and on to college for several more years should have acquired a pretty good understanding of edu- . cational requirements. We can only have better schools than we now have if we select better school beards than we now have. For ourselves we do not believe that the expenditure of more money will assure us any better education for our boys and girls. We do believe that high minded men serving unselfishly on our boards will bring that about. We do not believe that increased taxation is necessary in any of our school districts. We do believe that sane, sensible conduct of school affairs by boards who use the best that all five members have to contribute, rather than tional standards and actual money savings. We cannot have schools if we let prejudices and personal considerations influence our vote. If you are satisfied with your schools as they are vote for the men who are seeking re-election. If you think a change would be to your benefit and to the benefit of your children then vote for the men who advocate a change. - X of If they are narrow, selfish men the: the opinions of one or two men, can result in higher educa- : present in charge of the Skating Palace in Wilkes-Barre, together with Michael A. LaRose, has opened the Lake View Skating Palace at Sandy Beach, Harvey's Lake which is already drawing large crowds oi young folks from Back of the Moun- tain. Lake View Palace, formerly the dance hall at the Beach, has been completely renovated. A new floor ‘has been installed and new skates purchased for customers. The new rink is open most after- noons and evenings. Questions Not Answered Early in this campaign, in sufficient time so that their answers could have appeared in this paper, the Post asked thirty-four questions of Wesley Himmler and Richard Owens who are seeking. election to school board in Dallas Borough. Those questions were not answered, they truthfully answered, they would seriously have harmed their campaign. : To date this newspaper has answered in its columns every question put to it through the anonymous letters of them and their “Home Rule Committee”. If today another anonymous letter appears raising questions that we will have no oppor- tunity to answer, we hope our readers will remember that we gave our opposition a chance and they gave us none. And we hope that everybody will remember that we are inter- ested only in better schools; not in a political job or favors. With regular Republican candi-® dates for county office unopposed NI Pd Sh NL MISSING BROTHER WILL BE HONORED GUEST AT VANHORN FAMILY PICNIC #Ffr. and Mrs. Robert Van- Horn wil] entertain a welcome visitor at a family picnic Sat- turday on ‘their’ Lake Street lawn. He is Mrs. VanHorn’s brother, Cpl. Paul E. Jones of Plymouth, who returned Wednesday after being a German prisoner since De- cember. Also included in the 22 members of the family who will attend is Mrs. VanHorn’s cousin Philip Jones, who com- pleted 73 missions over Ger- many as crew chief of a bomber. Mrs. VanHorn heard nothing of her missing brother until a card came from him on May 14, telling her he had been liberated April 28. He arrived in Boston June 10. From January until the Rus- sians entered Berlin, Mrs. Van- Horn listened closely to all German short wave broad- casts, hoping -for some news. Although she never heard any- thing of him, she sent out 150 cards to families of others men- tioned. She has had between 80 and 90 replies thanking her for those welcome mes- sages. Silas Ide Wrote Family History Forebears Came From England In 163 Silas Callendgr I more about the any other person, died at Loyal- ville Saturday night, June 9, in the home where he was born and ‘spent most of his life. In poor health for the past four months, he had been confined to his bed only two days. He would have been seventy-eight on July 4. : The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon, June 13, at 1:30 from the home and 2 o'clock at the Loyalville Methodist Church with services in charge of Rev. Joseph Fiske. For twenty years Mr. Ide was historian and president of the Ide Reunion and wrote a book contain- ing the geneology of the Pennsyl- vania branch of the family, tracing it back to Nicholas Ide, who came to this country from England in 1636. Mr. Ide’s great-grandfather Nehemiah Ide brought his family to Lehman Township from Massa- chussetts in 1800 and was one of the signers of the petition which in 1817 separated Dallas Township from Kingston Township. Silas Ide and his twin brother Clark, who died in 1932, were born July 4, 1867, sons of Henry and Sara Callender Ide. A member of Loyalville Metho- dist Church, he served as a local minister for several years. He was always active in community affairs and held several township offices. His main interest was his farm, especially the fruit trees, although at one time he owned a saw mill and was in the lumber business. He is survived by his wife, the former Dora Albertson and these sons and daughter: Linford and Marian, Benton; Donovan, Trucks- ville; Gilbert, Idetown; Wilfred, Loyalville; Elthera May, Philadel- phia; and Mrs. H. G. Bonta, Newark, — N. J. There are eleven grandchil- dren. G. Harold Wagner, Auditor Gen- eral of Pennsylvania, has named F. Gordon Mathers, Trucksville, contractor, special investigator in the Bureau of Corporation.Tax, De- partment of the Auditor General. He has been assigned to the Wilkes- GORDON MATHERS APPOINTED | TO IMPORTANT STATE POST ’ Barre office for North tern Penn- sylvania. Mr. Mathers is widely known in Luzerne County business dustrial circles. He has been head of Mathers Construction ‘Company for a number of years. and in- Sidler Leaves Lehman Schools Popular Teacher Takes Job Near Old Home John Sidler, head _of“the Agri- cultural#Department which he or- ganipel, sicSear ago at Lehman High*School, has resigned to accept a similar position with Washing- tonville and Jerseytown Junior High Schools. Mr. Sidler’s resignation becomes effective July 1. Mr. and Mrs. Sid- ler and their three children, Jo- anne, William and Helen, will move to their new farm which Mr. Sidler recently purchased on Danville R. F. D. 2 on June 29. During his teaching career at Lehman, Mr. Sidler coached the baseball team and beside teaching agriculture, conducted classes in bi- ology and also taught evening classes in farm machinery repair. Active in community life he was one of the leaders in the establish- ment of Lehman Township Voiun- teer Fire Company and was its chief until his resignation. He was ad- viser to Blue Ridge Chapter Future Farmers of America, and taught an intermediate class of boys at Leh-| man Methodist Sunday School. ‘Commenting on his resignation |’ he said: “It was one of the hardest decisions I have had to make in a long time. I am leaving Lehman only because the new position is in my old home territory and near my parents, but Lehman Schools and the people of Lehman will always|" be close to my heart. The Board of Directors, Mr. Hendricks, the faculty and the students have been fine to me and I think as rural schools go Lehman is just about tops.” No successor has yet been ap- pointed. Jive Junction {Opens Saturday Teen-Age Center Has Fine Equipm “Jive Junction”, Dallas teen-age center, opens Saturday evening. The name was picked and plans made for the opening at a mass meeting of the young folks Tues- day night in Dallas Borough High School and the meeting of the Junior and Senior Committees which followed. Membership is open to all young people in Dallas Borough and Town- ship from seventh grade to nine- teen years of age. Dues are one dollar a year. Visitors will be charged twenty-five cents a night, but all teen-age service men will be welcome guests. “Jive Junction” will be open Monday, Wednesday and Saturday evenings at seven; closing time will be 9:30 for seventh and eighth graders and 11:00 for older mem- bers. The supply of equipment on hand should assure everyone of having a good time. A piano, juke box, ping-pong table, bowling alley, dart games and pin-bal] machine are already installed and twelve game tables with checker-board tops are on the way. Hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, soda and potato chips will be available at the snack bar. Two chaperons will be present whenever the center is open and any adults who will volunteer for duty are asked to call Mrs, Thomas Robinson. The building and the work of remodeling and repairing at a cost of $1,500 were given by Dallas Odd Fellows. Junior Committee members are: Jack Nelson, president, Bill Hart, vice-president, Lois Griesing, sec- retary, Lee Knecht, treasurer; Senior Committee; Mrs. Lloyd Kear, president, Mrs. Louise Colwell, vice- president, Margaret O’Boyle, secre- tary, Gerald Dettmore, tredsurer. Building Committee members are: H. W. Peterson, Harry Ohlman, Dr. Bodycomb. General Committee members are: David Joseph, John “| Roberts, James Huston, T. A. Wil- liammee, Miss Julia Dolton, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferry, Mrs. Nelson Shaver, Mrs. Paul Goddart and Mrs. F. B. Schooley. Accepted By Navy Jack Scoble Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Scoble of Carverton, has been accepted by the Navy. Memorial Library Directors Hold First Meeting In New Building Eleven-Member Library Board Is Named To Carry On Active Work Of Association Meeting for the first time in Back Mountain Memorial Library Build- ing, directors of the association on Friday night elected officers to serve 2 until the annual Se which will be held on the last Thursday of January. Those elected were: Cal asiner ‘president; Howard Risley, vice- c =~ MARINE CENSOR WHO ANSWERED XMAS CARD IS KILLED IN ACTION Marine Lieut. Ernest A. Clark, the censor who sent Mrs. LaVerne Race a lovely letter after receiving her Christmas card addressed “To the man who censors my son, Bob’s mail,” has been killed in action. ' News of the Mississippi Lieu-, tenant's death was received "recently by Mrs. Race in a letter from Bob, now recover- ing from shrapnel wounds re- ceived on Iwo Jima on Feb- ruary 28, just a few days be- fore Lieut. Clark was killed in action on the same island. Bob, who served as Lieut. Clark’s runner, said of him: “he was just like that, always doing things himself to save the other boys. I know he was killed doing something to help somebody else.” A graduate of Mississippi State College, Lt. Clark was in charge of a rifle platoon. He was one of a family of ten children. Addressing Mrs. Race as “Mom” in his Christmas letter he said of his mother: “My one and only girl friend remains my mother. She is getting a little gray now, a few wrinkles are showing up, but really, Mrs. Race, she is a little sweeter every time I see her”. Then he "added, “During the coming months of hard- ships it is Bob and I who will share the same fox holes, eat- ing, sleeping and living as close as brothers. It is. my solemn promise to you that I will take the best of care of him.” BN reed First Summer Concert Sunday Community Band Will Wear New Uniforms Dr. Henry M. Laing Community Band will hold its first outdoor concert of the season on Sunday June 17th at 3 P. M. at the Band Stand on the Warden Kunkle Plot on the Dallas-Harvey’s Lake high- way. Mr. Howard Cosgrove will con- duct the Band Concert, and will be assisted by Mr, Ralph Paul, pres- ident of The Community Band. The band members will make their first appearance in uniform. In case of rain the concert will be held the following Sunday at the same time. Opening selection—*Star Spangl- ed Banner’; March—'‘ National Em- lem”, Bagley; “Song of Love”, Rom- berg; March— ‘Chicago Police Band”, Mader; ‘Dawn of Love”, Theo. Bendix; March—“E] Cap- itan”’, Sousa; Cornet Solo—‘Blue Bells of Scotland”, Dodsworth, Fea- turing John Miliauskas; March— “Veni, Vidi, Vici”, R. B. Hall, Fea- turing miss Wilma Hess; Twirler; Intermission; Overture—‘ ‘Morning, Noon and Night In Vienna”, Suppe; March— “Mothers of Democracy”, Panella, dedicated to all our War Mothers; “In A Monastary Garden”, Ketelbey; March—‘Bombasto”, Far- rar; Novelty—‘Sally Trombone”, Fillmore; March— The Kilties”, Morris; Hymn—“My Faith Looks Up To Thee”, Mason, dedicated to the Boys and Girls of The Back Mountain. Area serving in the Armed Forces of The United States; March—“Our Fighting Men”, Ro- certo; (Closing selection—‘‘Star Spangled Banner”. Plowing Gardens Clarence Keller has been the busiest man in these parts this week trying to finish up plowing his neighbors’ gardens between showers. Clarence does a swell job too with Clifford Spaces small red tractor. rodka ‘president; Mrs. Lewis LeGrand, secretary; Harry Ohlman, treasurer, and Atty. Peter Jurchak, solicitor. The Board of Directors also elec- ted a seven-member Library Board which with the four officers will serve as an Executive Committee and have the responsibility of work- ing with the librarian in the active. management of the library. Members of the Library “Board are: F. Budd ‘Schooley, Miss Frances Dorrance; James Hutchison, Miss Agnes Laughlin, Mrs. merer and Charles Wheaton Lee. The library will open to the public early this fall’ Prior to the election, Atty. Jur- chak presented the Constitution Prof. Howard Hendricks, Dr. Joseph Sch- and By-Laws for a final reading. After minor changes they were ap- proved and adopted by unanimous vote. * Building Renovations William Archard, chairman of the building committee, reported on the progress of renovations and was asked to submit an estimate on the cost of installing shelving for books. He also presented a bill of $1,500 for alterations to date. Members of the association were enthusiastic in their approval of the improvements at such moderate he cost and gave Mr. Archard a vote of thanks for the manner in which he has handled the repairs. These alterations include removal of partitions, erection’ of sound- proof ceilings in twa library rooms; cutting two arches between main stack and installation of in main library and reading and redecoration of rooms in powder blue. Also covered by Mr. library and rooms; floor: reading Archard’s bill for $1,500 was the construction of a Kitchenette, cupboards and in- stallation of a sink in the librarian’s apartment and redecoration of four rooms in the apartment. work included electrical work, in- stallation of fluorescent lighting in three library rooms and repairs to heating and plumbing systems as (Continued on Page Four) Parents Are At Son's Bedside Bud Nelsons Condition Shows Improvement Condition of Pvt. Edwin “Bud” Nelson who is seriously ill at the Army’s Stark Hospital, Charleston. S. C. is slightly improved according to word received by neighbors from Edwin his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson who left here early Saturday morning to be at his bedside. With the Nelson’s are their sons, Jack and Bobby and Bud's gir] friend, these : hardwood’ _ > \ Other Miss Shirley Sanders of Trucksville. They arrived in Charleston Sunday night after an emergency colonec- tomy had been performed Sunday morning. Pvt. Nelson, member of a radio company, was seriously wounded in the abdomen and his Captain was killed in action following V-E Day in Italy. Whether the injuries were from sniper fire, shrapne] or a land mine is not known. Re- turned to this country, Pvt. Nelson was making good progress until symptoms of pneumonia set in and he was placed in an oxygen tent. Army authorities appraised the Nelson's of his condition Sunday night and wired the family to come : immediately. Barring complications they now believe the young man has a good chance for recovery. “Bud” class of 1942 at Dallas High School where he played in the band and was a popular member of younger set. Imports Cat Family Determined not to be eaten alive by Toby Creek rats, Harold Titman this week imported from Trucks- ville a mother cat and two babies. The family belonged to six-year-old Betsy Rowlands, who parted with them only after Harold had prom- ised he'd catch Toby Creek fish for was a member of the the them daily, as she had been doing. x
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