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 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, 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 DONALD J. MALKEMES, March 16, 1945 ARDEN R. EVANS, March 19, 1945 WILLIAM PHILLIPS DANIEL T. MORRIS, April 11, 1945 7 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, Apri] 3, 1945 DAVID DECKER, May 14, 1945 we 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 20, 1943 ALFRED E. MAURY, February 5, 1944 ise ~ 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 £ DAaLL MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Post Vol. 55, No. 25 FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1945 6 CENTS PER COPY Canning Center Opens Shortly Advisory Committee Is Named To Assist Lehman Community Canning | Center is being made ready for opening soon after July 1. At a meeting of the advisory committee Monday evening two successful test runs were made, of chicken and pineapple. The canning center will be opened this summer according to the need. Anyone wishing to use the facilities must call Lehman Township High School in advance to make arrangements. More de- tailed ‘announcements ‘and instruc- tions will be made next week. The canning center will be ded- icated in the near future, at which time anyone interested may inspect the machinery. and watch food in the process of being canned. H. C. Fetterolf, chief of Agriculture Edu- cation in Harrisburg, will be pres- ent. Fa The Advisory Committee is a rep- resentative group from the com- munity who act as advisors on the operation of the center. Members are: Mrs. William Lance, Mrs. Loren Keller, Mrs. Russell Walters, Mrs. Peter Lukasavage, Mrs. Garfield Goodman, Mrs. John Rebennock, Mrs. Francis Lewis, Mrs. Catharine Birth, Mrs. Hannah Orr, Howard Newcomer, Arthur Ehret, Alfred Rice and H. L. Hendricks. Jive Junction Popular Place Seventy-five Attend Opening On Saturday “Jive Junction,” Dallas Teen-Age Center, has been pronounced highly successful by adults and young folks alike. Between 75 and 100 teen-agers attended the opening Saturday evening and received of- ficial responsibility for the youth center from now on. Nelson Shaver, speaking for the Odd Fellows, presented keys to the Main street building to Mrs. Lloyd Kear, chairman of the adult com- mittee. She in turn presented them to William Hart, acting president of the junior committee in the absence of Jack Nelson. Editorially Speaking: Too Little, Too Late While James Hutchison, county farm agent, is ur- ging Victory Gardeners to plant to the limit and to continue planting gardens until July 1 in order to overcome the effects of a backward season, Office of Price Administration announces that canning sugar will be limited to five pounds per person. Not that canning sugar is needed to preserve most garden vegetables—it isn’t, but because OPA has bungled practically everything it has touched in the realm of food—this makes the Victory Gardener see red. There isn’t a farm housewife who doesn’t know from practical experience without consulting a book of economics or the latest dope on preserving with honey, corn syrup or tar, that five pounds of sugar per person isn’t enough for her even to get started on her annual preserving of the small fruits she grows. She also knows, if she does any baking, that her regular sugar ration is too small to take care of her family requirements. She can look for little hope from that quarter to help her wth her canning prob- lems. ! There is no alternative for her, or her husband. They must sell all their fruit for immediate con- sumption and go without next winter. Just as they sold their chickens when OPA ceilings made it un- profitable to continue feeding them. Now they have a few eggs for themselves but not enough to send to market where high-paid defense workers will pay any price for a dozen. They quit raising chickens and producing eggs for the market rather than go in the Black Market. Now OPA has raised the ceil- ing—but too late to overcome shortages for many months to come. Last year the market on chickens was so depressed by artificial controls, that hatch- eries were asked, to close for the summer months. This summer any scrawny hen sells for five dollars. As always, OPA will do something about canning sugar when it is too late to preserve this year’s crop. Its charge now is that canning sugar was wasted last season; that many consumers diverted their ra- tions to illegal channels. That may be so, but if such was the case, OPA was in on the deal either through inadequate investigation or through scandals like that in the Scranton office that ripped all the sham away, and undermined public confidence in the whole set-up. { 5 |up and replant. Primary Election Harry Hirsch, head of youth cen- ters throughout Pennsylvania, was enthusiastic in his praise of the local organization. He pledged full cooperation of the State in provid- ing any necessary equipment in the future. After the brief program the Jun- io. + Committee took charge and all adul.s left with the exception of Mrs. Harry Ohlman and Mrs. Louise Colwell, chaperons for the evening. b Sg x - . = THIS MOTHER THINKS FIFTEEN POUND BABY IS FAR UNDERWEIGHT Weighing less than some hu- man babies do at birth, a filly jeolt stn to Dolly, a pony J ow by Mr. and Mrs. Wil- { Jin Stockert of Idetown is growing nicely. The colt, not yet named, was born on June 12 and walked within an hour after its birth. Mr. Stockert has built a corral for mother and daughter in his front yard and dozens of youngsters have come to visit them. Although Dolly is gentle and knows many tricks, she is very jeal- ous of her offspring, but no one seems to mind that as ‘long as the youngster is gain- ing weight. The colt should have weighed about sixty pounds at birth and still has quite a way to go to hit that - figure. Merle Shaver I~] Repo has had a politically Merle Shaver - who pretty successful year, and otherwise, is the first amateur farmer to report that he is grow- ing potatoes without tops. Merle planted five rows of po- tatoes about six weeks ago. When only one row came above the ground, he was sure the rest had rotted and prepared to dig them delayed the operation but didn't ! strangers ‘have been disappointed Is Growing Potatoes Less Tops DALLAS BOROUGH Republican North South Boro Building Heights Total BURGESS Williams 0: a 145 : 91 236 Smith td, wn. 135 70 205 [3 COUNCIL Rohkle :: :o.oo 0 0 213 144 357 Cave iin ve uy 202 113 315 Welsh iin bilinsin 149 60 209 Garinger =. oid. nln 0 120 74 194 Ide in: nnn nln 119 - 69 188 Mead =i nb db wns 78 67 145 SCHOOL DIRECTOR Richardson 2.5.0. on 0. .0 222 123 345 Bodyeombh vi Sa 186 122 308 Owengt le oF eng 102 79 181 Himmler’ ody ay 118 60 178 Democratic BURGESS Edgar Brace 70 no 9 3 Williams oon dnl 2 2 Smith ei enh na 3 3 COUNCIL John Roberts .......... 6 6 Gave "iy Enon an 4 4 Kunkle, ringer ln 1 aA 3 3 4 4 3 5 Méad nila v0 1 1 SCHOOL DIRECTOR Eugene Lazarus ....... 6 6 Henry Disque... ..... 7 7 Richardson oo. .0 5 5 Bodyeomb:. 2. fu 4 4 Himmler 0 oi. 2 2 Owens". 080 ag 0 2 2 DALLAS TOWNSHIP South Middle North Fernbrook Dallas Kunkle Total SCHOOL DIRECTOR Moore: oqisiing nd 229 138 83 450 Chamberlain .......... 227 133 82 442 Jones 84 31 360 Goss 106 42 339 TAX COLLECTOR Byman oo o.ld- 213 160 96 469 Layaon oof 271 60 26 357 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP . Carverton Trucksville Shavertown Total SCHOOL DIRECTOR Stanley Davis .......... 49 250 217 514 Sr Currie 1... 40 211 206 457 Howard Appleton .. 23 188 179 390 . TAX COLLECTOR Bogart ii |... a 29 TA 164 270 Lohman... ww = 1 145 30 186 Toad Yala 11 12 98 121 Sam Davis... 10 119 40 169 Morris. oll 37 19 56 Potatoes And Eggs Are Both Scarce As Chicken’s Teeth With e2BEand potatoes scarce, rumors have started that they will be rationed. However, OPA ex- ecutives have had no official con- firmation. Some grocers have been doing their own rationing, selling eggs three-to-a-customer in an ef- fort to stretch stocks. Isaacs’ Store Kunkle hasn't tried using this system yet—it just hasn't any eggs for sale. A good many ‘to find there are no more eggs or other scarce items in a “little coun- try store” than elsewhere. When- ever he can get any, Mr. Dodson sells eggs by the dozen, as long as they last. People who try to solve the egg shortage by raising their own chic- kens in the back yard are letting themselves in for quite a job, ac- cording to Clarence Hilbert of the Beaumont Hatchery. They may get enough for their own use, but it |, will cost a lot more than buying them. Mr. Hilbert thinks the maf reason for the egg shortage is tha most people are “meat minded” and kill laying hens and pullets to eat, the wet weather has cuf egg pro- duction, too. Recent rain, may be responsible for a more serious potato shortage in the future. In normal weather, risThatHe deter Mrs. Shaver. She started! to dig up the old hills and there, to her amazement, found dozens ! of new potatoes measuring 2% to} 3 inches in length. 3 On Wednesday evening she suir- prised Merle with as fine a dinner of new potatoes as he has had in many years. All in all, Wednes- potatoes would all be planted and growing by now. It's too early for Alfred Rice of Lehman, one of the biggest growers, to make any pre- dictions . on this year’s crop; he hasn't been able to do all of his planting because of the weather, and even the earliest tubers haven't come up yet. Harvey Coon, Carver- ton grower still has seventy bushels to put in; he is planting only sev- enteen acres this year instead of his usual twenty. ‘Whether or not the government decides to ration eggs and potatoes, the OPA reminds every- one that there are still ceiling prices on both—when you can get them. MOUNTAIN EVERGREEN CO. LEASES*“DALLAS BUILDING FO MAKE FLORIST GOODS oo ig Mountain Evergreen Com- pany this week opened its new plant in the Garinger Build- ing on Church Street, Dallas. There the company will em- ploy between twenty and twenty-five men and women in the manufacture of ornamen- tal wreathes for the florist trade. All wreathes are manufac- tured from native Princess Pine in natural colors and shipped to processors where they are dyed, preserved, dec- orated and boxed for .the Christmas trade. : At present - eight persons are employed at the plant un- der the direction of Mrs. Betty (Warhola, but as soon as the ‘company’s application for more help is approved by the Reg- day was a pretty happy day for Merle politically and otherwise.) “Miracles will happen in politics and agriculture,” he opines. ional War Labor Board, ad- ditional workers will be added. Honor Student At Lehman Miss Hedwig Zbick, daughter of Mr. and Mss. Peter Zbick of Jack- son Township, had the highest rank out of a class of 43 students in the graduating class of Lehman High School. Hedwig's average was over ninety-five. Besides making outstanding rec- ords in her class work, she was ac- tive in all extra-curricular activi- ties. She was for three years a member of the year book staff and this year, as editor-in-chief, direct- ed. the making of the finest book that Lehman has ever had. Army Chaplain Writes Parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy Schultz of Har- vey's Lake received the following of the Army hospital at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea, where their son, Pfc. Rey, died February 19. He was stricken with poliomyelitis on December 23, after taking part in the invasion of Leyte and Min- doro in the Philippines. He was evacuated to New Guinea and was apparently recovering when he died: Dear Mrs. Schultz: 1t was my joy to be chaplain of the hospital where Pfc. Roy G. Schultz was confined for some weeks before his departure from this life. I visited him most every day and was always inspired by the happy smile which he had for all who came to see him. He was like a ray of sunshine to the ward of which he was a member. Nurses, wardmen and patients all Joved him devotedly. He never complained and was looking forward with great ‘anticipation to his return home. He was to have been evacuated by plane. 1 told him a few days be- fore his departure: “Roy, one of these days I'm going to come to see you and you will have taken wings and flown away home.” (Of course I was referring to the good U. S. A.) However, it happened in a different way, for he took the wings of an angel and has gone to be with his Savior whom he loved and served. When I mentioned to him about writing to you, he was al] smiles. I'm very sorry that I didn’t find the time to write before now. I am sure that the memory of Roy’s life will always be a blessing to you and the rest of his loved ones. May you say this with Job: “The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away, Blessed be the name of the Lord.” Henry O. Malone, Joe Hardisky, Shirley [Sheive, Jackson Township, and Elwood Matthews, Lake Town- ship, who were among 95 members Dallas Township; awarded the Keystone Farmer de- | gree at the annual Pennsylvania F. F. A. association convention held early this year, are commended for their achievement in an article appearing in the current May-June issue of “The Furrow’, national farm publication, published by John Deere, Moline, Illinois. ¢ A photograph of the new state letter this week from the chaplain | School Board Majorities Upset In Three Local Municipalities Williams Defeats Burgess H. A. Smithy In Biggest Upset Of Primary Election In the hottest local Primaries in years, independent candidates swept into office Tuesday in prac- tically every municipality in the Back Mountain Region upsetting school board majorities in Dallas Borough, Dallas Township Kingston Township, in a clear man- | date from the people that they want better schools. While pluralities of most of the candidates were larger than any of them had expected, the outcome Was no surprise except in the Bur- gess contest in Dallas Borough where George Williams, newspaper man, defeated the incumbent Bur- gess H. A. Smith; and in Kingston Township where - the veteran school director Howard Appleton a three-cornered field. In the latter community Harry Bogart, serving his fourteenth year as tax collector, split by five candidates. Voting generally in Kingston Township was indifferent and lack- adaisical and Township, smooth running ma- chines and scores of workers bat- tled it out in the drizzling rain for both sides. ‘At times explosions. were imminent in the south dis- trict (Fernbrook) of Dallas Town- ship but elsewhere, voting was quiet though all sides were detef- mined. In the final analysis, with plenty of money and plenty of workers working for both slates in each community except Kingston Town- ship, the outcome was the result of the independent vote unswayed by political or factional alignments. Sg s Sees Bo esulis Helped Return Many Liberated Prisoners S/Sgt. John L. Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Owens of Harris. Hill Road, Trucksville, radio RN operator and gunner on the Eighth {pt Air Force Flying’ Fortress “Lonely Lady”, recently took part in a shuttle-flight/ to Lin% Austria, to return liberated Allied prisoners of war to their native countries. Flying at the low level of two thousand feet, the combat airmen were able to see at close range the tremendous destruction done before V-E Day by the incessant heavy bombing attacks on German war industries and transportation. According to Sgt. Owens, “The liberated Allied prisoners we car- ried back to Belgium and France jumped with joy and excitement as we flew over their native coun- try.” Many of the long imprisoned troops were sick and injured. Sgt. Owens graduated from Kingston Township High School and was a clerk in First National Bank, Wilkes-Barre, at the time of his enlistment in October, 1943. He landed in England February 28, 1945, and was reported missing in action over Germany on March 19. However, his plane landed in Russia and a few days later he rejoined his outfit. Casts Vote Early Up bright and early and chipper as a robin, J. E. Seward of Lehmah avenue was one of the first Dallas" ii residents to cast his vote Tuesday morning. Mr. Seward is almost 84 years old and never misses an elec- tion. He, with the help of Jackie Drake, does a swell job of taking care of the Dallas Cemetery. NATIONAL MAGAZINE COMMENDS THREE LOCAL FUTURE FARMERS officers terms appears with the article. They are Merle E. Hess, Chambers- burg, president; Albert M. Grant, Harford, vice president; James M. Freyermuth, Meadville, secretary; | John Curnow, Blairsville, treasurer; Joe Clapper, Jr., Hopewell, chaplain, and Michael Farbotnik, Doylestown, reporter. Hess was delayed enroute to the convention to receive an award of $100 for the most outstanding Guernsey. dairy project in the state, the writer points out. and went down to crushing defeat in : retained his office with a nice plur- ality in a field where the vote was but in Dallas Borough - # a elected for the 1945-46
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