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We Remedies
KILLED IN ACTION
RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942
KEATS POAD, March 3, 1942
DONALD FREEMAN, March 31, 1942
WALTER CECIL WILSON, June 28, 1942
HAROLD THOMAS KEPNER, December 19, 1942
JOHN P. GLEASON, March 30, 1943
. JOHN E. FRITZ, May 7, 1943
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
OTTO W. HARZDORF, June 1, 1944
JAMES DeANGELO, June 22, 1944
. WILLIAM STRITZINGER, July 9, 1944
HERBERT C. CULP, July 12, 1944
JAMES B. DAVIES, August 25, 1944
FREDERICK LOVELAND, September 12, 1944
HARRY BEAN, September 13, 1944
EDWARD METZGAR, October 12, 1944
CHARLES KINSMAN, November 5, 1944
DONALD L. MISSON,
WILLIAM J. GAREY,
2 BOX SCORE
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. , i ; Serious accidents since V-J Day
: Injured Killed
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Vol. 56, No. 13 FRIDAY , MARCH 29, 1946 6 CENTS PER COPY TOTAL {4 |. 4
December 11, 1944
December 12, 1944
Five Hundred
Served Weekly
By USES Office
Weekly Payments
Are Soon Expected
To Exceed $1,500
Approximately 500 persons—the
majority of them veterans—will be
PAUL S. KOCHER, December 17, 1944
JOSEPH YANEK, December 22, 1944
JOHN E, REESE, December 26, 1944
GEORGE H. RAY, January 9, 1945
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
DANIEL T. MORRIS, April 11, 1945
WILLIAM PHILLIPS, May 4, 1945
DAVID DECKER, May 14, 1945
RICHARD E. JONES, May 27, 1945
BURTON E. BONELL, August 28, 1945
DIED IN SERVICE
GEORGE UTRICH, May 6, 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
Editorially Speaking
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Study The Record
There was a period of some 150 years in the United
States, which is more or less a myth in the minds of the
: during which time i
planned and financed the enterprises that made this the
most progressive nation in the world, with the highest
standard of living, the greatest production per man, and
younger generation,
the highest wages.
That was the era when practically every modern con-
venience we enjoy today was made available to the public.
_ The development of electricity was a private under-
taking carried on by men with vision and courage whose
neighbors often thought them crazy. But in a short half
century, every nook and corner of the United States was
given electric service.
Then we ran into a new era, and following the lead of
European countries where government sought to be wet
nurse to the people, political planners promoted the idea
that it was time for our government to control the oppor-
tunities and activities of its citizens. st
having the government pour hundreds of millions of dol-
lars into electric power development to compete with or
destroy established companies.
gandized to the effect that this was necessary to prevent
a power shortage, although there had never been a power
shortage and there was no prospect of one.
This is but an example of the technique that was em-
ployed by European politicians to establish socialistic re-
gimes which made government slaves out of tens of mil-
Freedom and individual liberty fly out
the window when government steps into the driver's seat.
The younger generation would do well to study Ameri-
can history and compare the current socialistic trends in
our own country with the principles upon which this
government was founded. If they favor socialism, as they
have seen it work over the world, go ahead with the
present program. But if they prefer the American system
of individual opportunity and freedom from regimenta-
tion, kick camouflaged socialism out of the political
lions of people.
window.
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FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
The month of April has been officially designated as a month in which
the ravages of a dread disease are to be brought soberly before the pub-
lic in an effort to awaken the country to a realization of its prevalence
and of ways in which it can be checked.
Until a decade ago, the very name of Cancer was spoken under the
if some social stigma’ S
breath, as
attached to its victims. Do you
remember that Tuberculosis shared
this same under-cover atmosphere,
and that people spoke of it by the
oblique method? It was only when
the inroads upon the public health
were made public knowledge, that
Tuberculosis could be combatted
and cured. Eve'y year, now, Tuber-
culosis seals aye sold and the rev-
enue turned toward the giving of
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LAWRENCE GAVEK, February 26, 1945
HOWARD E. LYNN, April 1, 1945
CHARLES BILLINGS, April 3, 1945
FRANCIS SIDORICK, June 17, 1945
FRANCIS GREY, June 25, 1945
MICHAEL W. O'BOYLE, December 29, 1945
MISSING IN ACTION
ELWOOD R. RENSHAW, August 20, 1944
individuals
They succeeded in
The people were propa-
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Watchman Is Injured
William Shelly of Beau t,
watchman at the Ruggles Brothers
Lumber Mill, was injured last week
when he fell against a beam while
performing his duties early in the
morning and then fell down a flight
of steps bruising his knees, hip and
spine. Fortunately mo bones were
broken. He was treated by Dr.
served this week by the Dallas of-
fice of the United States Employ-
ment Service located in the former
Dallas Borough Building on Mill
street. This is twice the mumber
served last week—the first week
the office was open.
W. A. Henry, who is in charge,
said that scores of persons from
ley and Noxen are now visiting the
Dallas office instead of going to
other Wyoming Valley Employment
offices.
Within the mear future he ex-
pects as many as 750 persons to
be served weekly through Dallas.
Total weekly payments will then
amount to about $15,000.
Shriners Make Flight
To Trenton Ceremonial
Harry Ohlman was a member of
a party of Shrine officials who flew
to Trenton, N. J., last weekend to
attend the Ceremonial at (Crescent
Temple. In the group who were
the guests of Russell Smith in his
Stinson Voyager were: Roscoe B.
Smith, Potentate; Harry Ohlman,
Oriental 'Guide; Butler Bower,
Treasurer and Russell Smith, Guard
of the Outer Gate. The trip re-
quired 55 minutes. The party re-
turned on Sunday.
Install Big Water Tank
At Trucksville Dairy"
The abandoned water storage
used by Dallas Water Company has
been removed and installed by Earl
Monk at Harter’s Trucksville Dairy.
The storage tank has a capacity of
10,000 gallons.
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SUGGESTED NAMES FOR
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY—ALL
ONE OF THEM—SWAMP US
So -far as suggestions are
concerned, it will make little
difference to the public
whether the memorial tree
planting along the Harvey's
Lake Highway is called Sloppy
Joe's Mistake or the Swail
Brook Trail. That's the im-
plication after reading last
week's suggestions—all one
of them.
A week still remains in
which readers can send sugges-
ted mames to The Dallas Post
for consideration by the com-
mittee appointed to select an
appropriate name. After that
it will be up to the public to
remain quiet and accept the
name selected. That also goes
for the fellow who always has
a worthy substitute for the all
inclusive: Back Mountain.
If you still think you have
imagination and can print,
draw, .- write. or use sign
language, * fill out the coupon
below. But remember, we
warned you, it'll still © take °
three cents to mail it to Mem-
orial Highway Committee, C/O
The Dallas Post.
points as far distant as Sweet Val-.
tank on Parrish Heights formerly
French Youngster
Lieutenant (Clifford “Bud” Fink
Jr., of Shavertown, who piloted an
A-26 Attack Bomber on forty-three
missions over the Western Front
last year'and won the Air Medal
with seven oak leaf clusters, has
received a letter from an old friend
of those fighting days.
The friend is ten-year-old Ti-
bruce Weiss whose family came
from Czechosolvakia to the French
village of Mesuil shortly before the
outbreak of war. There some years
later he met Lieut. Fink’s squadron
billeted in tents among a grove
of tall pine trees for the winter.
Little Tibruce would come across
the fields daily—his pockets bulg-
ing with eggs—for Lieut. Fink and
his tentmates, ‘Capt. John Gilbert
Henry, operations officer; Lt. John
Miers, flight leader, and Gordon
Heald, co-pilot. He persuaded his
mother to do the airmen’s laundry
and often after a visit he tugged
their bag, stuffed with shirts and
clothing—across the fields for his
mother to launder.
Often he would bring his younger
brother with him, sometimes to his
embarrassment for the little fellow
motivated more by primitive in-
stincts than awed by the American
gods Tibruce worshipped, would let
his bulging, roving eyes become
fixed on a stray orange or bit of
fruit and would ask “Pour moi?
Tibruce would remonstrate and try
to restrain him politely. More of-
ten than not the oranges and chew-
ing gum were soon his.
The airmen grew fond of Tibruce
‘and little (Worry Wart. Often when
Lieut. Fink was out on a mission
it was Tibruce who waved to him
as he flew away and it was Tibruce
who waited near the runway for
his safe return. Then the day ar-
rived when the airmen flew to
Cambri in- preparation for their
the distance.
! fight to America by way of Wales,
Writes Pilot
Who Was His Friend In France
Iceland, Greenland and Labrador.
Tibruce watched as they flew into
His good wishes fol-
lowed them and then this week his
letter.
Dear Comrade,
I am sending you this little note
to tell you that we are in good
health and I hope you are, too.
Here in Mesuil there is always
much poverty. One is very unhappy.
There are no clothes, no shoes and
no nourishing food. I believe it is
not like that with you. I think al-
ways of you. I should have liked
to have stayed with you; I should
have liked to learn your language.
I thank you very much and in
advance, for the clothes and for
your letter. I wish that you would
send me the addresses of John,
Henry and Gordon.
Now that you have gone, I am
lonely for you and your friends.
I hope that you have returned to
your family in the United States.
I thank you in advance for your let-
ter. I will close now embracing you
heartily. I am your friend who
thinks of you and who loves you.
Your friend,
Tibruce Weiss
We have a neighbor who has
translated your letter.
Lieut. and Mrs. Fink, she was
the former Winnie Davis of Belling-
ham, Washington, have been spend-
ing sometime with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Fink Sr., of Le-
high Street. They will leave short-
ly for the West Coast where Lieut.
Fink will enter forestry school in
preparation for work as a forest
ranger; but before he leaves he and
his mother, who really knows how
to pack a box of food and clothes
for a boy over seas—three of her
own have received them—will pack
a box that will make Tibruce and
Worry Wart's eyes really bulge
out when they open it.
Back Mountain dog lovers have
been ‘filled with apprehension for
their dog friends this week even
and tenfoot fences.
Great Dane, “Dusty” Hauck, con-
fined by a cow Chain ‘that Jud
brought home, pines away in the
back yard. ‘Dusty’, a gregarious
soul, misses her visits with the
neighbors and is growing petulant.
It's steadily growing more evident
that Jud’s going to have to walk
Dusty, cow chain and all, around
the block evenings to pick up her
calling cards.
Bull terrier “Jerry” Joseph is
tied by a stout rope and clothes
line. Resigned to his fate, he’s en-
grossed in putting on a good coat
of tan. For the present he is not
too unhappy basking in the warm
sunshine.
Wire-haired “Buck” Risley spent
a boring week locked in a bed
room, snoozing alternately on first
one bed and then another. An oc-
casional complaining snort reports
his dissatisfaction.
Irish terrier “Jigger’” Thompson,
somewhat of a home-body anyway,
still gets his early exercise running
up the lane—but now with both
Clara and Sam gripping at the
leash. They get theirs too.
“Flicka”, Norwegian Elkhound of
the Arch Hutchisons, looked pretty
disgusted when Jean dropped in at
the Post Wednesday—and left her
on the back seat of the car—se-
curely bound by a one-inch rope.
She’s used to going along and hav-
ing her nose scrat.hed.
Memorial Tree Committee
C/O The Dallas Post,
Dallas, Pa.
Gentlemen:
F. Budd Schooley.
I suggest that the Memorial Avenue of Trees be called:
Masti, Poodle, Terrier, Hound
Not A One Can Be Found =
when restrained by two inch chains
‘Ragsy’”’ Smith is getting up in
years—he rather enjoys guarding
his mistress’ sweater all day on the
front sofa and growling at imagin-
ary foes between cat-naps.
Scotch terrier “Sandy” MacVeigh
regards the past wistfully-—as he
eyes the trees in the grove behind
the house, or recalls how Pop Cov-
ert used to taxi him home when
he wandered to the village. Sandy
doesn’t like to go to the bath room
on a rope.
Twelve year old ‘‘Maggie” Kear
feels just as indignant about the
quarantine as the gay young blades
of the village. Maggie is young in
spirit and misses her daily visits
to homes of the neighbors and to
the movies.
Dalmatian “Pinky” Edwards
doesn’t protest at all. ‘All she does
anyway is. sit and wait for Dewey
to come home—and she can do
that inside as well as out.
Irish terrier “Topsy” Moss is
heart broken. Accustomed to fol-
low Harvey in his daily logging
ventures, she now whines pitifully
as he drives over the hills without
her. Penned inthe house, the fam-
ily console her with large pieces
of liverworst.
Hound “Sally” Harris is revelling
in the ban—she’s always wanted
to get in the house under the kit-
chen stove—and now she has.
And are all the cats Back of the
Mountain happy!
Editor's Note: All of which
brings us to a point. If the quar-
antine continues ito get townsfolks
out for morning and evening con-
stitutionals so that they can hear
the early morning song birds and
enjoy the rising moon at night—
it has served its purpose.
John King Injures Foot
While Cutting Timber
When his axe slipped oh ed-
nesday morning while he was clear-
ing brush after felling a tree on
the Naugle Lumber Tract, John H.
Goals Exceeded
By Workers In
d Cross Drive
All Comuunities In
Back Mountain Area
Bre Over The Top
As expected, all communities in
the Back Mountain Area have ex-
ceeded their goals in the Red Cross
Annual Roll Call.
Last night Mrs, Harry Ohlman,
colonel, and Mrs. Charles Wheaton
Lee, co-colonel thanked all of their
captains and workers for the splen-
did achievement during the drive.
Results as announced by Mrs.
Ohlman follow: Dallas Borough,
goal $650; contribution $781.53;
Dallas Township, goal $400, contri-
bution $502.65; Franklin Township,
goal $100, contribution $121.75;
Jackson Township, goal $250, con-
tribution $265.51; Lehman, goal
$300, contribution $432.25; Lake,
goal $200, contribution $284.25;
Shavertown, goal $400, contribution
$586.30; Trucksville, goal $500, con-
tribution $600.50.
Contributions from organizations,
not previously reported: W.S.C.S.
Dallas Methodist ‘Church $25; Dallas
Chapter Eastern Star $10; Auxiliary
American Legion $2; Auxiliary H.
M. Laing Fire Company $5; W.S.C.S.
East Dallas Methodist Church $5;
Dallas Township School Faculty
$35.50; W.S.C.S. Orange $5; Faculty
Lake Township School $35; Pupils
Lake Township ‘School 20.75; Leh-
‘man P.T.A. $10; Lehman School
Faculty 53.50; Luella Neely Bible
Class $5; Lehman W.S.C.S. $10;
Meeker W.S:C.S. $10; G. B.. of Hope
S.S. (Class $5; Jackson Grange $5;
Jackson W.S.C.S..2.50; Keller Class
Shavertown Methodist Church $5;
Reynolds S.8. (Class Trucksville
Methodist Church $25; W.S.C.S.
Trucksville Methodist Church $25;
Altar and Rosary Society St. Ther-
“| esa’s Church $5; Trucksville Service
Mothers Club $10; Ladies Auxiliary
Trucksville Volunteer Fire Com-
pany $10; Trucksville Volunteer
Fire Company $5; Loyalville Sunday
School $10; Dallas Borough School
Faculty $27; College Misericordia
$25; Idetown W.S.C.S. $5; Serving
and Waiting (Class Idetown $5; Con-
fidence Class Idetown $5; Henry M.
Laing [Fire Company $10; Ella
Moore Memorial Class $5; W.S.C.S.
Shavertown Methodist Church $10;
Auxiliary Shavertown Fire Com-
pany $10; Shaver Theatre $75;
Himmler Theatre $29.12,
Teacher Hurt
When Car Ski
Alfred Milline Camp...
Returns From—H@spital
‘Alfred Milliner-Camp, injured
last Wednesday in an automobile
accident on the Kunkle Highway,
returned to his home on Lehigh
Street, Trucksville, from. Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, yesterday after-
noon. He received .sSerious ab-
dominal injuries when his car left
the road at midnight as he return-
ed to his home from Meshoppen
High School.
Coming from a late orchestra
practice, he struck a spot, where
mud had seeped on the highway.
The car, .a 1941 Chevrolet sedan,
careened. into a soft shoulder,
throwing him against the steering
wheel. The car sustained damages
to the knee action and the front
fenders were dented.
Remaining conscious, he was at-
tempting to bring the car back on
the road when a passerby offered
to take him home.
officers investigated.
On Thursday afternoon he was
taken to the hospital for observa-
tion and treatment. After a short
rest he will return to his teaching
position. ‘
Discharged from the army last
month with the rank of Captain,
Mr. Milliner-Camp served on New
Guinea, Leyte and Luzon. For his
duties as administration and artil-
lery liaison officer, he was decor-
ated with the Silver Star and the
Bronze Star. His wife, the former
King, son of Mr. and Mrs. William
King of Loyalville, seriously cut his
right foot.
F. Budd Schooley who found that
an artery had been severed. King,
veteran of the European campaign,
built himself a wooden brace such
as he had seen wounded soldiers
wear and is mow hobbling about
nicely.
He was treated by Dr. |
| Jean Billings, is public schools
| nurse at Kingston Township.
1.0.0.F. Officers Elected
Verne (Whitaker was elected
Noble Grand and William Sweezy,
Vice Grand at the meeting of
Onieda Lodge I. O. O. F. Monday
evening.
Highway Patrol |
No Dogs Shot
In Dallas So
Far This Week
Chief Covert Hasn't
Seen An Unleashed
Dog On The Streets
Local police officers report that
they have not shot any dogs this
week, the first in Luzerne County's
stringent 180-day anti-rabies cam-
paign. So far few dogs have been
seen and in those cases owners
were given clemency because the
animals were of good reputation.
Warnings were delivered to the
owners, however.
Chief of Police Walter Covert ex-
pressed delight because the new
ruling has proved that so many ap-
parently homeless dogs have homes.
he has not seen a single unleashed
dog in Dallas.
Officers James Gansel and Leon-
ard Harvey are -making rounds
twice daily, in early morning and
after sunset. They spotted a few
dogs this week, all of them on
porches or in yards. In these in-
stances owners were warned of the
law, and Constable Gansel said they
all complied willingly.
Chief of Police Fred Swanson has
been dispatching homeless dogs on
complaint of citizens since last fall
when a rabies wave threatened the
Harvey’s Lake region, but he saw
nothing this week.
Similarly, strays have dis-
appeared from Kingston Township.
Officers Russell Cease and Francis
McCarty have seen no dogs yet this
week. Mr. Cease reported Wed-
nesday that the law, spiked with
a fine up to $100, is a threat that
has kept owners from letting their
pets roam.
Officers are willing to give own-
ers every opportunity to prevent
liquidation . of “their pets. Most
police are dog lovers, and in one
way or another they expressed
their reluctance at killing an ani-
mal. They also agreed, though,
that the destruction of ownerless
or roaming dogs will reduce the
threat of rabies in Luzerne County.
A. C. Vertaillie
Buried Today
Former Mill Owner
Dies At Home Here
Last rites for A. C. Verfaillie, 52,
Huntsville Road, will be held this
morning from McLaughlin Funeral
Home, Wyoming Avenue, Kingston
with additional services at St.
«Ignatius Church, Kingston.
Mr. Verfaillie, a native of New
Jersey, died at his home Tuesday
evening after an illness of compli-
cations lasting several months.
He was a resident of Wyoming
Valley for thirty-two years; the last
fifteen he resided in Dallas. Form-
erly employed as a loom fixer in
silk mill in Newtown for a few
years. At the time he was taken
ill, he worked for Royer Foundry,
Kingston.
Mr. Verfaillie was an extremely
quiet man, preferring his own home
and companionship of children to
community affairs. His two grand-
children, Billy and Bobby Niemeyer,
were his hobbies, and he especial-
ly loved to go on fishing excursions
with them. He was a member of
St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown.
Mr. Verfaillie is survived by his
wife, the former Della Nelson of
Edwardsville, two sons in the
Army, Sgt. Roy in Germany, Cpl.
Donald in England; a daughter,
Mrs. William Niemeyer; and eight
brothers and sisters: Fred, Richard,
William, George, Harry, Nellie, Amy*
and Henrietta, all of New Jersey.
Services from the funeral home
will be at nine, with Mass at St.
Ignatius Church at ten. Interment
will] be in the parish Cemetery.
Stanton Discharged
S 1/C Warren M. iStanton,~Urited
States Coast Guard, was dis-
charged from Philadelphia Naval
Base Thursday after two and a
half years of lighthouse duty and
sea rescue. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs, Leslie Stanton, East Dal-
las.
He and Mrs. Stanton, the former
Marilla Martin, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Martin, have begun
housekeeping on Demunds Road.
Since the ruling went into effect
local silk mills, he operated his own