We Remember
| KILLED IN ACTION
\ RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942
: : KEATS POAD, March 3, 1942
nit : 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
ELWOOD R. RENSHAW, August 20, 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, December 11, 1944
WILLIAM J. GAREY, December 12, 1944
PAUL 8S. 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, 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
FRANCIS SIDORICK, June 17, 1945
FRANCIS GREY, June 25, 1945
RALPH FLOWER, October 13, 1945
MICHAEL W. O'BOYLE, December 29, 1945
Tur Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
"BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious accidents since V-J Day
THE POST, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1946
Do you want to see what ha when a few 0
youths take matters into their own hands and are condon-
ed in their actions by their parents?
Take a little trip over to Lehman and- learn what is
happening in one of the best scheols in this county.
Talk with the schéol childrenstalk with parents, talk
with the teachers; and talk«tith any citizen you meet in
this quiet, peace-loving” above the average American
hamlet. ” :
You'll learn -f#6m them that this country is no longer
run by those who are willing to submit to authority for
the good of all; but by those who refuse to conform and
want the world to revolve about their every whim—
good or bad.
If you are looking for an answer to the question that
is on every thoughtful person’s lips, “What's wrong with
our youth today?” all you have to do is step over to Leh-
man and talk with the parents and the lawyers of the
fifteen youths who organized a student strike around the
flimsy pretext that the Lehman student body is being sub-
jected to ‘cruel and inhumane corporal punishment.”
Fo Then decide whether this controversy isn’t degenerating
i into a cheap community brawl with the future of this
excellent school system and its capable faculty as the
pawns. *
It doesn’t require a Mr. Anthony or a child psychologist
to put his finger on the problem; but before you make
is any decision, study the case history.
Background: Capable observers rate Lehman schools
as among the best rural consolidated schools in the State.
Lehman has for years maintained a high student, facul-
ty and parent morale, and its graduates rank with the
best in this area.
The school’s physical plant, buildings, surroundings,
and equipment provide ample facilities for all students
to obtain a well-rounded, modern. secondary-school
education. It has the means, the vision and the desire
to turn out graduates who are physically strong, mentally
i alert and morally straight.
: The school has established an excellent reputation
: throughout the county for its class room and extra-cur-
ricular activities, for its playground and its youth pro-
grams.
Located amid beautiful surroundings, its campus is
clean and made attractive by the efforts of faculty and
students alike. Its modern building, well-lighted class-
rooms, and clean corridors are conducive to an atmos-
phere of study and good citizenship. A tree has been
planted as a memorial to every Veteran alumnus.
A fine school spirit has helped this school become a
center of community life. It has likewise helped it
to lead in Red Cross Drives, War Bond Sales, Scrap Salv-
age and Paper Campaigns, Magazine Sales Drives and
other character-building activities. It was the first
school in thte state to receive a War Bond Flag.
~ Well equipped shop, home making department, library,
oN cafeteria, agricultural department, business department,
7X canning center and music department have long made
these schools the envy of other larger districts. Its cafe-
teria provides students with a wholesome luncheon for
12¢. Its band and chorus are known far and wide and
have taken part in State competitions. Its classes make
educational tours under school sponsorship. In athletics it
has held its own despite handicaps of war and this year a
serious attempt has been made to build up that depart-
.ment. In fact Lehman school has long pointed the way
to other schools of the Back Mountain Region.
~ Faculty: For years Lehman School District has had
a better than average faculty composed of trained educa-
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Gets Big Bear
Bucky Kester
Makes Kill Monday
In Root Hollow
B. E. (Bucky) Kester of Demunds,
made the first bear kill of the
season in this area following an
an exciting chase shortly after one
o'clock Monday afternoon at; Root
Hollow. f
Bucky left home alone around
noon, arriving at his selected spot
in approximately a half hour. After
loading his gun he was only a few
steps from his car when the bear
hove into sight. A quick shot
turned the animal which ran in the
opposite direction.
A chase of more than a mile,
directed by bloodstains, brought
Bucky to a series of ravines. As-
‘suming that the bear was ahead of
him by some distance he stopped
at the edge of a ravine. He was
startled to hear sliding rock below
him. Inspection revealed the bear
in the ravine,
A second shot caused the bear
to raise on this hind legs, while the
quick motion of taking aim threw
Bucky off balance and he slid down
the slope toward the wounded
animal. Coming to a stop fifteen
feet from the dangerous beast he
again wounded it. This time the
bear went into violent action.
Beating its chest and dropping to
all fours, it moved toward Bucky,
paused, reared again and turned,
giving opportunity for a final shot
which killed it. Three men in an-
other party gave assistance in drag-
ging the carcass to Bucky's car.
Thé animal weighed 283 pounds
and measured seven feet from tip
to tip, making it the largest shot
here in some years. Last year,
Chief Fred Swanson, of Harvey's
Lake, sole bear killer in this area
shot a 125-pound animal.
Bucky used a 30-30 carbine, a
| came on
light gun for bear hunting. Asked
whether he was scared when he
d so close to the bear he replied
at he wasn't. His only thought
as whether to shoot while moving
or after stopping. He admitted
some nervousness after the excite-
ment was over. 3
Mr. Kester has done lots of deer
hunting but this is the first bear
he ever killed. He plans to have
the head mounted and the hide
made into a rug.
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Scores of cards, a brand new
white ename] Victory freezing unit,
six tons of coal, seven pounds of
hundreds of hearty best wishes for
dozens more birthdays, made Sat-
urday, November 15, a pretty full
and happy seventy-eighth birthday
anniversary for Mrs, William [F.
Cairl Sr.—and left her feeling
mighty cozy and secure about com-
forts and kindly friends for the
coming winter months.
Six chickens are already tucked
in the freezer, so pretty ‘that we
keep it in the sitting room,” said
Mrs. Cairl, “and I have six more
plump old hens that will keep them
company before long. While Wil-
liam is home we'll butcher our two
hundred pound hog, and then we'll
be ready for the long cold winter.”
Mrs. Cairl, daughter of the late
Daniel and Lucinda Wesley, Sweet
Valley farmers, is the last of her
family. “Sometimes it makes me
feel a little lonely to think of
them”, she said, “but then I re-
member my lovely children, grand-
children, and great grandchildren,
and Pa—and I'm ashamed of my-
self.” :
A very special birthday surprise,
though a bit belated, was the un-
expected arrival of Mrs. Cairl’s son,
Captain William F, Cairl Jr, who
morning prior ‘to reporting for mew
duties at Camp Stoneman, Cal. Bill
has reenlisted and returns for duty
December 7.
The Cairls have thte following
children, grandchildren, and great
grandchildren; Mrs. Viola Schmass-
man, Bedford Hills, N.Y., Florence
Blackman, Philadelphia, ‘Captain
William F, Cairl Jr., Earl, Norris-
town, children; Clayton Cairl, Gray-
don Cairl, Earl Cairl Jr., Bonnie
Mitchell and Betty Johnson, grand-
children; Priestley Johnson, William
Johnson, Marjorie Jean Johnson,
Richard and Robert Mitchell, great
grandchildren.
sugar, several kitchen novelties, and |
from Indiana Monday!
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FIRST WOMEN TO FACE HANGMAN IN CANADA
AWAITING EXECUTION BY HANGING, in Toronto, these three women are the first in Canada’s history to go to
the gallows. They are (lL. to r.): Mrs. Evelyn Dick, scheduled to die January 7 for slaying her husband;
Mrs, Marie Desmeules, who must die November 26 for the murder of her landlady, and Mrs. George Popowich,
who will die with her husband for the ride-murder of a neighbor, from whom they stole $100. (International)
Army Recalls
Capt. Wm. Cairl
Dallas Man Assigned
To The Pacific Area
Capt. William Cairl, Jr., has been
recalled to active military service
and will report to the Overseas Re-
placement Depot, Camp Stoneman,
Pittsburgh, Cal., on December 3.
Since his discharge, Capt. Cairl
has been employed by North Elec-
tric Co., Galion, Ohio, manufac-
turers of dial telephone equipment.
.He arrived in Dallas Monday to
make final arrangements before his
assignment to the Pacific area.
Capt. Cairl has a total of twelve
years military service having served
an enlistment in the Navy as well
as overseas with the army. during
the first World War, He saw four
years and two months service in
World War II
For the present, Mrs. Cairl will
remain in*Dallas, but will probably
join her husband after he is es-
tablished overseas. ‘An expert on
dial telephone equipment. Capt
Cairl was employed by Common-
wealth Telephone Company before
he was commissioned.
Mrs. William Cairl Celebrates
Her Seventy-Eighth Birthday
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Four More Due
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SURPRISED and happy over the
news, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Henn
are shown with their one-year-old
ran, Charles, Jr., after a Baltimore,
Md., doctor declared the British war
bride is to become the mother of
guadruplets. The physician said
that X-ray photos showed the four-
some. (International Soundphotot
Named Notary Public
The appointment of Miss Mar-
garet F, Czuleger, Dallas, as a No-
tary Public for Luzerne County has
been announced by Governor
Martin.
Miss Czulegar is employed at
Oliver's Garage.
Rev. And Mrs. Ira Button
Celebrate 40th Anniversary
Li
Students Enjoy
Marine Concert
Three Back Mountain
School Bands Attend
Five hundred and sixty-seven |
students from Back Mountain
Rev. and Mrs. Ira Button of Sweet
Valley their . fortieth
wedding anniversary happily sur-
rounded by members of their family
and friends Sunday, November 17.
celebrated
A former native of Noxen, Mrs,
Button before marriage was Lillie
Hubbell, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Brazil Hubbell. Rev, But-
ton is the son of the late Mr, and
schools were among 10,000 who | Mrs. Timothy Button of Forty Fort.
attended the student concert of the The couple was married by the Rev.
United States Marine Band at! John B, Sweet at Binghamton, N.Y.,
Kingston Armory Tuesday after- 17, '°1906 ‘and lived
noon. ; :
or the next nineteen years in
3 November
This was the first appear- f
ance of the Marine Band in this!
: Kingston.
area since 1937. A
Uniformed bands of Lehman] About twenty-five years ago,
Township, Dallas ' ‘Township and they hecame an active part of the
Dallas Borough were among the Back Mountain area whén they
many which participated in the | Moved to Shavertown where Rev.
program. . Lehman headed bands Dutton took charge of services at
from West Side schools: as they! Beaumont Baptist Church and Laf-
lin Methodist Church. For the past
the Armory. There columns from €leven years they have lived at
West Side and East Side united S%eet Valley where Rev. Button
and, led by Captain William F, | heads the [First Christian Church.
Santelmann, conductor of the Mar-! The Buttons have two children,
ine Band, gave a stirring, en masse Lewis who is employed by the gov-
rendition of Military Escort by Ben- ernment at Arlington, Virginia, and
ett. Mrs, Truman Stewart of East
Dallas Borough, Dallas Township Stroudsburg; also four = grand-
and Lehman Township bands were children, Philip and Janet Stewart
marched from Kingston Corners to
‘| provided transportation to and from | Who like nothing better than to
| year— the first year the pest was
the concert by tthe schools. Stu-
dents ' from all Back Mountain
schools were free to go but had
to provide their own transportation.
Many from near the bus lines took
advantage of the traction com- |
pany’s offer of free transportation
for any holder of a student ticket
and busses were jammed.
Principals were unanimous in
their reaction. All appreciated the
opportunity presented to students
to hear good music by an organiza-
tion known all over the world and
all agreed that the students them-
selves made ‘a. fine showing of that
recognition by their large turnout.
Corn Borers On
Increase Here
First Appeared In
County During 1945
European Corn Bore! which a-
gain this year ravaged Pennsyl-
vania’s corn crop t¢ the tune of
nearly $3,000,000, s :
crease in incidence im Luzerne
County in 1946, according to the
State Department of Agriculture.
The percentage of infestation for
the county was reported as 2.8 per
cent this year as compared with an
infestation rate of 1.0 per cent last
officially in Luzerne
County.
Throughout the State as a whole,
34 counties are listed as catering
to the borer and generally the pest
has shown a slight decline in pre-
valence this year, according to Dr.
Thomas L. Guyton, director of the
Bureau of Plant Industry of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
In spot tests made by agents of
the Department in Luzerne County,
the average number of borers found
per corn stalk was ‘1.0 this year.
It is interesting to note that in
neighboring ‘Wyoming County the
reported
pest has not been reported as yet.
spend the summer months in the
country with Grandma and Grand-
dad Button and Marilyn and Nancy
Button, two and five months old
respectively.
Mrs. Stewart and the children
spent the weekend with her par-
ents. Other callers Saturday eve-
ning were: Mr, and Mrs. Calvin
Hosier, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Straub
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Loftus of West Pittston; Mr. and
Mrs. Blair Rennie of Pittston; Mr.
and Mrs, Cragg Herdman and Re-
becca of Beaumont; Mr. and Mrs.
Frank (Cole, Miss Eleanor Dober- |
stein, Mr. and Mrs, Crawford Henry,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tworek, and
Walter Blair. i
Monday evening members of the
Church surprised the Buttons, drop-|
ping in with ice cream and cake to
help them celebrate. Present were:|
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Mrs. Hattie
Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. McKinley
Long, Mrs . Della Hand, Mr, and
Mrs. Freas Morris and children, |
Mrs. Maude Morris, Mr. and Mrs.
Clayton Thomas, Mr. and Mrs,
Elias Davis’ and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Dodson and daughter, Mrs. Jaquish, |
Mrs. Sara Roberts, Mrs. Annie!
Wintermute, Harry Edwards and
Frank Cole.
Firemen Sponsor
Turkey Dinner
Ladies’ Auxiliary of Lehman Fire
Department, under ithe direction
of Mrs. Lanceford Sutton, will serve
a turkey supper at the high school
tomorrow evening. Provisions have
been made to serve the expected
300 diners at one sitting. Serving
will start promptly at 6:15.
Following the dinner an auction
sponsired by the PTA will be held.
Howard Sands, well known auc-
tioneer of the area will be in
charge. Entertainment will be pro-
vided during the auction. Goods
to be auctioned range from a plat-
form scale to toothpicks.
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Jenkins’ Plate
Hits Mountain
In Fog Sunday
All Three Occupants
Escape Unharmed But
Plane Is Destroyed
David Jenkins, Dallas School
Director, and two Wyoming Valley
business
associates marrowly es-
caped serious injury Saturday at
4:30 PM. when Mr. Jenkins’ new
Stinson four-passenger plane crash-
ed and burned on Nescopeak Moun-
tain near Stone Ridge.
Returning from a ‘business trip
to Milwaukee, Mr. Jenkins, John
Williams, Ashley and Robert Miller,
‘Wilkes-Barre, became lost in heavy
fog as they passed over Williams-
port. Searching for an opening in
the clouds, Mr, Jenkins found one
and piloted his plane for it, but
the fog again closed in before he
reached it. Losing altitude in an
attempt to find ‘another hole in the
overcast, he descended too far and
collided with a tree on the moun-
tainside.
The three men barely cleared the
wreckage before the plane burst in-
to flame. Making their way down
the mountain in search of help they
heard the shouts of a searching
party that had heard the crash and
set out in the heavy fog to find
them.
After treatment by a local phy.
sician for superficial bruises and
sprains, the men called their fam-
ilies in Wyoming Valley. Mr.
Jenkins asked his wife to meet him
at Wyoming Valley Airport in an
hour but said nothing about the
mishap until he reached there a-
bout 9 o'clock.
The plane which Mr, Jenkins re-
ceived in June was completely des-
troyed. There was no insurance.
The party made the trip to Mil-
waukee on ‘Thursday and had plan-
ned to return on Saturday, but bad
weather conditions in that area
prevented their departure until
Sunday morning. They had good
flying weather until they reached
central Pennsylvania.
Large Audience
Present At PTA
Besecker Pleased With
Increasing Attendance
Two hundred and minety persons
attended Dallas Borough PTA meet-
ing Monday night, making it, in
the words of President James Be-
secker, “a good meeting, with the
largest crowd on record present.”
Main business revolved around a
discussion of plans to purchase
playground equipment for the
school. Members of the committee
stated that, due to material short-
ages, they have been unable to ob-
tain promises of spring delivery.
Elementary grades presented the
entertainment. Two Thanksgiv-
ing plays were featured along with
group singing and recitations.
Ice cream, cake and coffee were
served by ninth and tenth grade
students.
Mr. Besecker said that member-
ship cards will be available for the
next meeting and that a member-
ship drive will start then.
Teachers Named
At Convention
Several local teachers were elec-
ted to serve on the Board at the
meeting of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania State Education Association
| last Friday and Saturday at Hazle-
ton.
They were Raymond XKuhnert,
principal of Dallas Township
Schools, administrator; Miss Sophia
Morris, Kingston Township, secre-
tary library department; Miss
Louise Miller, Dallas Township,
secretary mathematics department;
Miss Pearl Averett, Kingston Town-
ship, junior high school, Resolutions
Committee; - Miss Esther Saxe,
Kingston Township was reelected as
secretary of the Association and
chosen to attend the National Edu-
cational Society convention ne
July. : X
The annual meeting will be held
in ‘Scranton next year.