PVE. Faron
KILLED IN ACTION
RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942
KEATS POAD, March 3, 1942
DONALD FREEMAN, March 31,1942
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
DIED IN SERVICE
GEORGE UTRICH, May 16, 1942
HOWARD A. COSGROVE, July 3, 1942
ROBERT F. REILLY, June 20, 1943
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
FRANCIS SIDORICK, June 17, 1945
FRANCIS GREY, June 25, 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
EDWARD SMITH, April 14, 1944
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Editorially Speaking:
We're Glad You're Back
He was holding his little boy in his arms as he stood
bronzed and straight in the mid-afternoon sun, reading
the lists of names on the Dallas Honor Roll. He was a
stocky figure in khaki, completely oblivious of scooting
Harvey's Lake traffic—of everything except the names
on the Honor Roll and the warm, wet lips that pressed his
swarthy neck and hugged against his protecting shoul-
der. The Pacific Theatre ribbons, Philippine Liberation
medal, combat stars and two-year overseas service stripes
were concealed as he scanned the roll.
It was swell to be home, to draw the Back Mountain
air deep in your lungs, to feel the chubby fingers pawing
at your face and hair, fingers that you had touched for
the first time twelve hours ago. It was swell to smell the
sweet, unfamiliar, baby smells and to experience the first
shock of rompers growing warm, rather damp—then wet
against your arm. aL
It was swell to stand there with your wife waiting in
the car close by, and your mother in the front with the
baby things. It was good to forget for once that there
was anything in the world except home and family—to
wait after two years for your dad and sister coming home
on the bus. This is what you had wanted. This is what
you'd been fighting for. : y
Then the rattle of brake rods and the pounding wrist
pins of an over-age truck recalled other familiar Thursday
afternoons. Then the Dallas Post truck jolted down
Machell avenue on the way to the post office for mail
bags. It buckled in the middle, wagged at both ends and
shivered to a sereeching stop. y
“Hiya, soldier!” It wasn’t much of a greeting. You
beamed all over and said, “Whatcha think of my little
boy?” Gee, it was good to see you, to shake your strong
hand—and then the bus pulled in. Somehow we didn’t
feel that we belonged around those parts just then. But,
we'll be seeing you, soldier.
Another of our boys is home! :
So it’s actually happening—the boys are coming home.
There are no bands to greet them on Main street, and no
flags waving from housetops—but the welcome is deep
and sincere. :
It’s good to have you back. The old town’s got more
of a spring in its step, and ginger in its joints. There's
a brighter look on its face. One of its boys who fought
at Midway—and has five combat stars, if he'd wear them
— grins from behind the post office as he shoves out Ma's
mail, Pa’s mail and the paper for Mrs. Murphy” to the
neighbor’s noisy kids. It’s fun helping to toss the garbage
and ash cans on the truck of the Guadalcanal veteran
who's opened a new trucking business. A youthful flyer
back from a German prison camp sweats as he tosses a
load of hay at his dad’s farm in Beaumont and another,
downed while he bombed the Fatherland, keeps Fernbrook
alert with the busy clatter of his lawnmower. Two bud-
dies, both prisoners, from Trucksville, bedevil the Ration
Board for more gas to visit relatives, and the boy who
was clipped after St. Lo grins and raises his arm as he
ells, “hello.” -
y —and the girls in town never looked prettier, and who
cares if they lean close on their soldier’s arms—and young
wives, faithful and loyal, betray none of their old anxiety
and terror—for he’s coming home soon. ;
—and if sometimes we others fumble, and don t at first
greet you by name, remember, boy, we're getting older—
and “you’ve growed some since you went away.”
But, Gosh! Don’t you doubt-for a minute—the whole
town’s glad to have you back! : :
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T ue DaLLas Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Vol. 35, No. 31
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1945
6 CENTS PER COPY
Freeman Killed
In Early Days
Of Pacific War
was reported
| missing in action in the Philippines
| were ended this week for Wilbur
| Freeman of Jackson Township with
receipt of a War Department mes-
sage declaring that Sgt. Freeman
was killed in action on March 31,
1942, during the Japanese invasion
of the Philippines.
A member of the 59th Coast Ar-
tillery, Sgt. Freeman was stationed
at Fort Drum on the Island of El
Fraile which guarded the entrance
to Manila Bay. After the fall of
that fortress was brought about by
Japanese air and naval bombard-
ment, Sgt. Freeman was reported
missing in action on April 2, 1942.
Since that time his father had re-
Killed In Action
Philippine Theatre
DONALD FREEMAN
July 24, 1917
March 31, 1942.
ceived no further information andj
held some hope that his boy might
be a prisoner of war like Cpl. Clar-
ence Morgan, son of the late Heddie
Morgan, who enlisted with him on
February 5, 1940.
Cpl. Morgan, a member of the
60th Coast Artillery, was captured
by the Japanese after the fall of
Corregidor and has since written
to relatives in Dallas Township
from a Japanese prison camp. Both
boys were stationed together in the
same outfit in (California prior to
going overseas.
Sgt. Freeman was born at Hun-
locks Creek on July 24, 1917. He
moved with his family to Jackson
Township where he finished the
grade schools, and before his en-
listment was employed on the farm
of Ray Prutzman.
Beside his father, he leaves a
sister, Mrs. Emery Garnett, of Ply-
mouth Mountain, and three bro-
thers, Harold of Sweet Valley; Cecil,
with the army in the Philippines,
and William with the army in Wis-
consin.
Lehman Schools
To Open Sept. 0
Hendricks Announces
1945-46 Calendar
H. L. Hendricks, supervising prin-
cipal of Lehman Township Schools,
has announced the following cal-
endar for the 1945-46 school year:
September 4, teachers’ meeting;
September 5, school opens; Novem-
ber 21, dismissal for Thanksgiving
vacation; November 26, school re-
opens; December 21, dismissal for
Christmas-New Year vacation; Jan-
uary 2, 1946, school reopens; April
17, dismissal for Easter vacation;
April 23, school reopens; May 30,
no school, Memorial Day; June 3,
Teachers’ day, no school for stu-
dents; June 4, school closes.
Scrap Paper Collection
Lehman Canning Center users
are urged to bring their scrap paper
to the’ school when they come to
1 can.
Father Notified
Missing Son Died nl
Act Drum
Thr, suspense and
anxi which his son, Sgt.
Rotary Hears
Lacy Talk On
South America
_Brchitect’s Firm Is
Designing Textile To
Be Located In Peru
Something of the present prim-
itive living conditions and future
possibilities for business in South
America were discussed by L. WV.
Lacy of Shavertown in an informal
talk before Dallas Rotary Club last
Thursday night.
Mr. Lacy, a member of the
Wilkes-Barre “architectural and en-
gineering firm of Lacy, Atherton,
Wilson and Davis, made a 12,000-
mile trip through South America
early this year in company with
Andrew J. Sordoni to visit the site
of a large woolen mill which his
firm will design.
Leaving New Orleans they visit-
ed Central America, Panama, Col-
umbia, and spent a week in Lima,
Peru. Thence they traveled over-
land to Arequipa, Peru, and from
there by railroad to Jullica, high
in the mountains and the site of
the plant.
There they had an opportunity
to observe the native Indians, de-
scendants of the once highly civ-
ilized Incas who were so ruthlesss-
ly slaughtered during the Spanish
conquests. Mr. Lacy spoke at
length of the retarded methods of
transportation and agriculture used
by these people. Much of the till-
ing is still done by hand with a
crude hoe or by oxen. Sheep rais-
ing is an important occupation.
The native llama is used as a beast
of burden and also produces a fine
wool-like hair which when blended
with sheep’s wool is manufactured
into beautiful cloth. :
It is to manufacture this cloth
that local capital will erect a mod-
ern woolen mill in that area. The
plant will be known -as Frbrica de
Tejidofs del Altiplano, meaning
Textile Factory of the Plateau.
Mr. Lacy gave an account of the
return trip home along the shores
of Lake Titacaca, highest lake in
the world, and thence to LaPaz,
Bolivia, where he and Senator Sor-
doni spent about a week. From
there they flew over the Brazilian
jungles to Rio de Janeiro. Leav-
ing Rio they flew along the north
and east coast of Brazil and over
the West Indies to Miami. The
flight from Rio consumed three and
one-half days.
“ Daniel Richards, recently in-
stalled president of Dallas Rotary
Club, presided, and welcomed Mr.
Lacy to the meeting as a neighbor
and member of Wilkes-Barre Ro-
tary Club.
Other guests were: John Nichol-
son, past president of Dallas Club,
now of Rochester, N. Y., and Sgt.
E. Felton of Camden, N. J. Sgt.
Felton recently returned from Ger-
many after spending eighteen
months overseas where he was one
of ten men in his group to receive
the Presidential citation for meri-
torious service. He will leave at
the conclusion of his 30-day fur-
lough for an assignment in the
Pacific Theatre.
Can 138 Crates
Of Pineapples
Judge & Mrs. Hourigan
Also Can at Lehman
Mrs. Hannah Orr, supervisor of
the Lehman Community Canning
Center, has announced that the
cannery will be open from 9 AM.
to 5 P.M. every Tuesday, Thurs-
day and Saturday until further
notice.
Last week 138 crates of pine-
apples, as well as berries, peas and
chicken, were processed. So ripe
they would have spoiled going
through regular retail channels, the
pineapples were obtained at reduc-
ed price from a Wilkes-Barre whole-
saler. Between forty and fifty
women worked at the cannery two
days to preserve the fruit.
Several people from other com-
munities, including Judge and Mrs.
Andrew Hourigan of Wilkes-Barre,
took advantage of the opportunity
and canned a crate of pineapples.
Anyone may use the canning
center, but should call Lehman High
School in advance to make arrange-
ments. ‘ \
“Goldenrod” owned by Thomas
Kehoe of Shrineview is one of the
many entries that will be seen
this Saturday and Sunday at the
First Annual Irem Horse Show at
Irem Temple Country Club. In the
picture above Miss Anne Leslie is
up.
The show is being produced for
the benefit of the Shriner's Hos-
pitals for Crippled Children and is
sponsored by Irem Mounted Patrol.
Cash prizes in excess of $2,000
make up the premium list, one of
the largest prize offerings in the
East.
Before It Crashed
‘REV. J. J. O'LEARY
Local Parishes
Plan Festival
Buction Will Feature
Hard-To-Get Products
Sandy Beach Pavilion at Harvey's
‘Lake will be the scene, Wednesday
evening. August 8 starting at 7:30,
of the 1945 edition of the annual
Lake . Festival sponsored by St.
Therese’s Church, Shavertown, and
Our Lady of Victory Chapel at the
Lake. Last year the Festival at-
tracted almost 1,000 persons and
with new features added to this
year’s program and with fair wea-
ther prevailing, a record breaking
crowd is expected.
Through the generosity of many
friends of the two parishes, mer-
chandise rarely seen these days on
merchants shelves will be on dis-
play. This is but one feature of
the regular party and dance that
made last year’s festival such a
success financially and socially.
To top it all, an auction has been
arranged which should prove profit-
able to some, and amusing to all.
Father O’Leary, the pastor, Fa-
ther Kennedy, the regular assistant,
and Father Palmer S.J., the guest
assistant, are looking forward to
welcoming again the host of parish-
ioners and friends who attended
last year's party.
An 1l1-piece band will play for
dancing, starting at 10:30 p.m.
Bus service from the Square in
Wilkes-Barre will be on a forty-
minute schedule from 6 p.m. to
11:40 p.m. and the last bus will
leave Sandy Beach for Wilkes-
Barre at 12:20 am. ’
Goldenrod Goes Neatly Over A Jump
The show grounds are located
on an abandoned section of the
golf course, and despite recent
heavy rains have been put in ideal
condition. - Ample provision has
been made for handling animals,
and for spectators. All ringside
boxes have been sold, but there is
still some bleacher space available
and adequate provision has been
made for parking cars. With fair
weather prevailing it is expected
that the show will attract the
largest crowd of horsemen and
horse lovers in the history of local
horse shows.
Newberrys Watched Bomber Circle
In New York
Mr. and Mrs. Sev
Wellington Avenue,
have been spending
in New York City,
those who witnessed
a U.S. Army. Bomber
pire State Building
morning.
With scores of other guests of
the Hotel Dixie on 43rd street, Mr.
and Mrs. Newberry had watched for
several seconds the obvious danger
into which the plane was running as
it flew blindly at about the sixty-
seventh floor level among the high
buildings and finally headed for
the fog enshrouded Empire State
Building.
“The plane’s motors were appar-
ently in good order”, but according
to Mrs. Newberry, “the pilot seem?
ed to circle in an effort to find his
way to Newark. The crash and
explosion ‘and disintegration before
our eyes as the ship hit the build-
ing was indiscribably horrible. The
plane seemed to hang in mid-air
for a moment and then splinter into
a cloud of smoke and all we could
see was a yellow streak of flame.
There was not much noise but the
building seemed to tremble for a
moment ‘and then was clouded
from the thirtieth floor up.”
Both Mr. and Mrs. Newberry
agreed that “the crash scared the
daylights out of wus. Just before
the « crash,” Mrs. Newberry, said,
“the streets were full of watchers
and a tense atmosphere seemed
to run through our hotel, but it
was nothing compared to the ex-
citment following the crash. We
spent three hours buying extra edi-
tions of newspapers and watching
fire trucks and ambulances careen
by. Crowds of people rushed out
as though expecting the top most
tower of the Empire State Build-
ing to crash down around them.
For a time we stood in the street
in front of Gimbles but were warn-
ed by the police, who feared falling
debris, to get away.
The suspense was thrilling and
horror-filled.”
“All that day and’ night and
Sunday morning we watched rescue
and cleaning-up operations. We
had planned to come home on Tues-
day but left on Monday morning
instead. Excitement like that
wears you down quickly and we
were glad to get away.”
School Calendar
Is Announced
Supervising principal, James
Martin, has anounced the following
school calendar for Kingston Town-
ship. Schools for the 1945-46 term
which will start Tuesday, Septem-
ber 4.
Holidays: Teachers’ Institute, Oc-
tober, 18, 19; Thanksgiving Recess,
November, 22, 23; Christmas re-
cess starts after December 21st;
School reconvenes, January 2, 1946;
Good Friday, April 19; Easter Mon-
day, April 22; Decoration Day, May
30th. -
Newberry of
Dallas, who
several days
were among
the crash of
into the Em-
on Saturday
Corey A Frantz
Business Leader
Dies Suddenly
Bank President Is
Stricken As He {0
Talks With Daughter
COREY A. FRANTZ
Corey A. Frantz, business and
civic leader for almost half a cen-
tury, died instantly of a heart at-
tack yesterday morning at 8 while
seated in the living room of his
home on Main street conversing
with his daughter, Mrs. Harold
Titman. He was 75 years of age.
As had been his habit for years,
Mr. Frantz arose yesterday riora-.
ing between 5:30 and 6 Lon
He had gone about his usual morn-
ing activities and appeared in good
spirits. © He had not yesterday nor
recently complained of feeling ill,
although he was aware that a ser- :
ious heart condition might take
him at’any time, :
As he and Mrs. Titman visited, 7
she noticed a strange expression
on his face. Then he slumped for-
ward in his chair and before she
could summon other members of
the household or a physician, he
was dead. ¢ 4
With the exception of eight
years spent in business in Pittston,
Mr. Frantz had been a lifelong
resident of the Dallas community.
His parents, the late Mr. and Mrs.
Perry Frantz, and his grandparents
were among those hardy early set-
tlers who laid the foundations of
this community.
He was born on the Frantz home-
stead in’ Dallas Township on Jan-
uary 24, 1870. There. he obtained
his formal education in the rural
schools and worked during the
summer months -and after school
on his father’s farm. It was a
training he never forgot and a vo-
cation that he loved until his death.
When he was twenty-one he left
the community to. go in business
in Pittston, and on Thanksgiving
Day, November 25, 1891, married
the former Miss Nellie Shaver of
Fernbrook, at the Methodist Par-
sonage in Sidney, N.Y. Rev. J. B.
Cook, a former pastor of Dallas
Methodist Church where the young
couple had been faithful atten-
dants, performed the ceremony.
In 1899 Mr. and Mrs. Frantz re-
turned to Dallas and Mr. Frantz
opened “his store. on Main street.
With a rugged determination’ to
make a success of whatever he
undertook, the young merchant
built this enterprise to the point
where increasing business required
the construction of a modern brick
store building in 1908. Again in
1917 he increased the size of the
building with the addition of more
floor space. From humble begin-
ning, the store he founded became;
under his direction, one of the
largest general stores in this sec-
tion. Mr. Frantz built his business
upon the firm foundation of quality
and integrity. E
Although conservative in gen-
eral make-up, he was always quick
to recognize new methods of doing
business and did not hesitate to
adopt them when he believed they
were sound. He was one of the
first to recognize the possibilities
of the motor truck, and his store
was one of the first in Luzerne
County to have motorized delivery
service. .
In 1940, after more than forty
years of faithful service to the
community, he turned the business
over to the younger hands of his
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Titman. -
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