We Remember 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 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 8. 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, Janyary 22, 1945 EDISON WALTERS, February 1, 1945 LESTER L. CULVER, February 9, 1945 JOSEPH RUSHINKO, March 11, 1945 & DONALD J. MALKEMES, March 16, 1945 of ARDEN R. EVANS, March 19, 1945 ST 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 Fa ; 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 sy JOHN LAITY, January 1, 1845 ‘RAYMOND H LOVELAND, January 8, 1845 : 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 Hn x x The Goal Must Be Justice The nation may be on the verge of a witch hunt. In- flation has reached the hardship stage. economic hardship prevails, some group usually takes the rap. This time, if care is not exercised in the needed re- vision of labor laws, labor will suffer. Arrogant labor leadership has created an incalculable reservoir of popular resentment. The resentment is justified. Generally speak- ing, a man may not hold a job in a basic industry today without paying tribute to a labor boss whose union is legally accountable to no one. The danger is that short- sighted politicians will try to cash in on this resentment, just as a decade ago every demagogue in the country sought office with sweeping attacks on industry. There were two outstanding domestic events in 1946. First, was the November election which, partisanship to ; one side, was a magnificent reaffirmation of the doctrine & of free government at a time when most of the world : seems to have deserted to the forces of reaction, which * the super-state represents. The vote amounted to an in- dictment of autocratic government, and to an indictment of labor abuses as well. Millions of people who belong to labor unions spoke unmistakably at the polls for a re- turn to first principles. The second event was the coal strike and its dramatic, unprecedented conclusion. There ‘¢éuld be no mistaking } the public's sense of outrage when one man callously de- cided to subject the whole nation to industrial paralysis, widespread unemployment, and actual destitution. Mr. Lewis’ defeat was foreordained—mno man and no group of men can forever be contemptuous of the public welfare. As one magazine put it, an era had ended—a long era, in which labor leaders, drunk with power and free of public responsibility, had received almost anything they demanded. This was the real significance of Mr. Lewis’ surrender to the forces of law and public opinion. When special interest and the general interest are joined in con- flict, the general interest must win. Judged by volume of comment by editors and colum- - "nists, correction of union abuses should be the first order \ ! of business of the 1947 Congress. There is a chance that before the year is out an individual may once more have the right to work, and pay tribute to no one. There is a good chance that unions will have to give an account- ing of themselves before the law, the same as any corpor- ation. It is a practical certainty that the license of a union leader to call a strike and cripple an entire nation at the nod of his head, will be terminated. = But the line between needed correction and the witch hunt can easily be crossed. And that will actually be the great problem of 1947—not to cross the line. To cross this line now when our country is bedeviled with the racking strains of inflation, would be disastrous. Industry itself, which has suffered an era of political ecution, can now prove to be labor’s staunchest ally. stry knows the havoc that punitive legislative attacks an wreak. It is extremely encouraging that both indus- trial and labor leadership seem opposed to taking the easy way out, which is to have the government make all the decisions. Once that philosophy became entrenched, both labor and industry would find themselves facing ‘what amounted to dictatorship. "The outcome of any war may be determined by events far from the shooting. So it is with the labor problem. (Continued on page three) Tur Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION a Back Mountain Highway Deaths and DALLAS BOX SCORE Serious accidents since V-J Day oe) Killed 10 Hospitalized | 2 SHAVERTOWN TRUCKSVILLE MONROE TOWNSHIP LAKE TOWNSHIP 1 1 3 2 1 Vol. 57, No. 2 FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1947 6 CENTS PER COPY | | | ROSS TOWNSHIP J | | TOTAL | | | 1 | | | 10 18 ‘Hutchison Sees Bright Future For Agriculture County Agent Warns, However, Against Forced Production BUSINESS OUTLOOK Civilian employment now is the highest on record—around 58 mil- lion with only a little more than 2 million unemployed. National income running more than double of pre-war, Accumulated individual savings are at record levels—more than three times as great as pre-war. Production of consumer goods is at high levels. Output of auto- mobiles, housing, farm equipment and household equipment is lagging far behind demand. Efficiency of industrial workers is at low level. This means high costs. A new wave of strikes may be in prospect. If this happens, costs will go still higher and output of houses, automobiles, ete, will lag further. Most economists. expect a reces- sion to begin in the latter part of 1947 or early 1948—something dmilar to 1921. It may take a year to recover. A depression similar to the thirties seems a long way off unless labor and manage- ment fail to iron out their differ- ences and get down to full pro- duction at low cost per unit of output. A strong demand for most agri- cultural products is in prospect at least until next fall, OUTLOOK FOR COMMODITIES Dairy All the milk that can be pro- And when duced relfcionily will find a ready ng the mext 12 months, farmers in first 4 average higher 1946. In the first | the situation may be versed. Cow numbers are about 4 per cent below last year (June survey). Dairy economists urge farmers ito get ready to cull, to raise the good heifers, to improve milk quality, to produce more fall milk, to em- phasize high production per cow, and to keep costs at a minimum consistent with good management. Poultry and Eggs Hens on farms in the United States October 1 were 9 per cent below last year. Northeast had 13 per cent less. Egg production in 1946 will be about 3 per cent below 1945 but 48 per cent above 1935-39. Demand for poultry meat should strengthen during late winter and spring. Keep hen houses well filled with high producing birds. When time comes to cull, meat prices should be relatively favorable, Be cautious about over-expand- ing hen numbers for next year. (Continued on Page Two) Beverly Piatt Engaged To Willard Puterbaugh Mr. and Mrs. Barl”V. Pig” of Huntsville announgé engage- ment of their d ter, Beverly Ann, to Willard S. Puterbaugh, son of Mr, and Mrs. Willard Putérbaugh of Mt. Airy Road, iShavertown. Miss Piatt is a graduate of Leh- man High School and recently com= pleted a course in beauty culture in Philadelphia. At present she is employed at Barnes’ Fairlawn Store, Huntsville. Rural Thefts Police Solve Recover Miss Jackson’ S Car In Sullivan County Thefts of ‘two; ots and burglaries of a home ahd service station at Beaumont sere solved thiseweek when Pvts{ William Teeh#fianski and Sherwood Dormt&f of Dushore de- tail, State Police, arrested Phillip L. Tilley, Jr., Tunkhannock, R.D. 3, at Mildred, in one of the stolen vehicles, Monday evening. State Police were put on the trail of the thief Saturday, Decem- ber 27, when it was learned a 1941 Dodge sedan belonging to Miss Mary Jackson, Beaumont, had been stolen the previous night. Further in- vestigation revealed that the home of Alpha Dymond and service sta- tion of Stanley Kozak, both in Beaumont, had been entered the same evening. A diamond ring and other jewelry were stolen from the Dymond home. Loot was piled on the counter at the Kozak station but the intruder had evidently been frightened away Without taking anything. Tilley abandoned the Jackson se- dan near Dushore and stole another! car belonging to Joseph Obert of Dushore. He returned to the Jack- son vehicle and removed the wheels and tires, which he had in the Obert car when captured. Neither car had been damaged and with the return of the wheels to Miss Jackson's machine, both were in good condition. Cpl. Francis Duffy, Dushore detail, said Tilley, who is 21, admitted two counts of auto theft in New Jersey at an undetermined time. For one of these he served a year in Anondale Reformatory at ‘Anon- dale, N.J. He served six months in the Army, receiving a medical discharge. illey has been unemployed for e time. During the summer worked at various farms around, hannock, where he said his parents live. Pvt. Harry Numan, Tunkhannock detail, State Police, is investigating Tilley’s connections there. Tilley was given a hearing at Dushore Tuesday and charged with larceny of an automobile and bur- glary. He is being held for trial in the County jail at Dushore. Po- lice are investigating the possibility that Tilley may have been the man who attacked Mrs. Ralph Balut at her home near Hay's Corners earlier the sameér night that the robberies occurred at Beaumont. Citizens Want Better Highway Move Is On To Take Over Trolley Roadbed Petitions are out to have the State or County. take over the old traction company right-of-way for a new highway from St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Kingston Town- ship to Fernbrook Corners in Dallas Township: Backers of the project say that the new highway will eliminate dangerous curves on the present county road which skirts Toby's Creek for a distance of several hun- dred feet, . Within the near future a meeting is planned with officials of Wyoming Valley Motor Club, ‘County Com- _missioners, State Highway officials and supervisors of both Kingston and Dallas Township in attendance. The Tunkhannock said this week: Harold W. Mayberry, of East Tioga Street, representative for Beacon Feeds, was enroute home from ‘Wilkes-Barre Monday night. In the vicinity of Dallas he saw a man and woman with a small child, frantically summoning a ride from passing motorists. Upon stopping, Mr. Mayberry learned that the child was very ill, and the parents had tried in vain to get neighbors to take them to a hospital. One gave the excuse that his car would not start. An- other did not have enough gasoline. Hearing this, Mayberry turned Republican Good Samaritan Has Auto Damaged On Mercy Errand around and rushed the family to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where the child, about one year old, was immediately placed in an oxygen tent. He waited until the child had been properly admitted to the institution, then brought the parents back to their home, on a narrow dirt road, back from the main highway. Enroute to the hospital, Mr, May- berry’s car skidded on the icy street and he hit a tree, damaging the front end of the machine quite badly. However, he had no regret for this if his assistance aided in saving the child's life. Fred Anderson Is Installed As Club President Kiwanis Hears Report By Howard” Isaacs On Underprivileged Work Fred was ins B stdent of Ki- wanis Club at an impressive instal- lation program conducted Wednes- day might at Irem Temple Country Club by Dr. J. P. Kuschel of Pitt- ston, past lieutenant governor of the eleventh district of Pennsyl- vania, : Other officers installed were Al- bert Schaffer, first vice president; Clarence Shaver, Jr., second vice president; ‘John A. Parsons, secre- tary; David J. Joseph, treasurer; and directors: L. J. Troxell, im- mediate past president, John Hen- ninger, George Montgomery, Samuel Thompson, Ralph Hazé..ne, Melvin Mosier, James Lenahan an James A. Oliver. In a brief address president £n- derson outlined the program of the the united efforts of the club mem- bers to bring about an accomplish- ment of its objectives. The past President’s pin was pre- sented to Leroy Troxell by David Joseph, a friend of thirty-five years. Howard Isaacs, chairman of the under privileged children’s com- mittee gave a comprehensive report of the year’s work and of the com- mittee’s activities at Christmas time, Shoes, arctics and clothing were distributed to more than 100 chil- dren in five school districts of the Back Mountain area during the holidays. . ‘All of these children were between the ages of three and fifteen. Mr. Isaacs” spoke with feeling when he said that he had had no idea that such conditions existed in this area and that there were children who were actually not in school because they lacked adequate footwear and clothing. He said there was still an urgent need for good used clothing and asked the members if this could not be ob- tained through personal contact and left at his business place in Trucks- ville for later distribution. During the year, he said, arrange- ments had been made in certain cases' to aid crippled children and others in need of glasses. There were forty present, among them several guests. Five new applications for mem- bership were received. Congregation Names Officers Rev. Button Starts Twelfth Year As Pastor Reports were heard and officers elected to serve during 1947 at the annual meeting of Sweet Valley Christian Church on Saturday. Rev. Ira Button who has served as minister for the past eleven years was rehired for 1947. His son, Lewis W. Button was granted a local preacher's license by the church, During Rev. Button's ministry many new members have been taken into the church so that it now has an active membership of about 155 persons. . Officers elected were: Jesse Hann, treasurer; Mrs. Della Hann, secre- tary; Loren Dodson was reelected trustee; other trustees are Jesse Hann and Charles Updyke; Mrs, Doris Cragle was mamed pianist and Arlene Dennis, Mrs. Sara Cole and Mrs. Walter Tworek were named as her assistants. Church School officers elected on Sunday were: Fred Updyke, super- intendent; Loren Dodson, assistant; ‘Walter Tworek, secretary; Reynold Morris, treasurer; Mrs. Morris, as- sistant treasurer; Dilys Hunter, pianist; Sara Cole and Mrs. Walter Tworek, assistants. Teachers are: Arthur Cragle, Men's Class; Mrs. Della Hand, Ladies: Class; Mrs, Crawford Henry, Young People’s Class; Crawford Henry, Junior Class; Sara Cole and Freas Morris, Intermediate Class; Mrs. Rena Adams and Mrs. Ira Button, Beginner's Class, The church is free from debt and ended the year with all bills paid. club for the year and asked for’ Economy Store Changes Hands Joe Schmerer Retires Because of Mill Street{ former Red Cross Field. Director with nd Airborne Division, has purchased Schmerer’s Economy Store on Huntsville Road. Joseph Schmerer, who has owned the store since 1936 but who has been in ill health for the past sev- eral months, plans to retire. He. will continue his residence in Dallas. ~ Mr. Schmerer has been in busi- ness in Dallas since July 1, 1936, when he entered a partnership with Barton Long under the firm name of Long & Schmerer. In 1938 he purchased Mr. Long's interest in the, business and has since oper-' ated as Schmerer’s Economy Store. From the first Mr. Schmerer im- pressed the community with his knowledge of the grocery business. Having had years of previous ex- perience with the A & P stores, he modernized the store, improved the lines and through courtesy, service, and fair-dealing, built the business to its present position in the community, Both he and Mrs, Schmerer have taken an active interest and leader- ship in community life. Before purchasing a home on Mill street last year, Mr. Smith was with the 82nd Airborne from its early campaigns in Africa, Sicily, to its D-Day invasion .»f France and campaigns in Belgium and Ger- many. He is a graduate of Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, and at- tended Duke University. "He was assistant credit manager at Benesch's on Public Square and has been engaged in the advertising field with Crolly Advertising Agency. He plans to continue the policies established by Mr. Schmerer and will be assisted in the store by his wife, the former Dorothy Hab- blett, who has been with the Boston Store for ithe past eight years. The store will be known as Smith’s Economy Store, Raymond Jones Joins Air Tour Local Pilot Will Fly To Florida Raymond Jones, Jr., Fernbrook, will take part in the Sixth Annual Air Tour to Florida, an event which will bring into the air the largest number of private pilots in the history of aviation, Major Al Wil- liams, moted speed flyer, Pulitzer trophy winner and head of the aviation department of the Gulf Oil Companies, has disclosed. Jones plans to take off after January 2nd from Scranton airport. Designed to encourage cross- country flying, this unusual Air Tour is open to any pilot of a plane of 125 horsepower or less. Several thousand private pilots from all over the country are expected to take part in this flight. Pilots will use the nearest of four especially worked out Gulf Airways to Florida, all of which will converge at Or- lando, branching out from that city to both Florida's east and ' west coasts. Free oil and gasoline will be provided participants by Gulf dealers at some 70 intermediate refueling points along these air- ways. Beaumont Ski Tow Relocated Mountain Trails And Slopes Now Available Wyoming Valley Ski Club under auspices of Wyoming Valley Play- ground Association has relocated at Traver’s Park, four miles north of Beaumont beyond Bowman's Creek on Route 309. 2 Relocation of the tow makes available mountain trails and slopes and also affords an opportunity for watching the skiers from the high- way. The club welcomes new members and will operate the tow Satur- days, Sundays, and evenings when the skiing is good. Beaumont Ski Tow operated by - ! able to find the source. Mrs. Habblett Is Arraigned In Murder Case Chase ‘Woman Shot Her Husband Last Thursday Morning The January Grand Jury will re- ceive for study today a transcript of the arraignment of Mrs. Pearl Habblett, Chase, charged with the murder of her husband William Habblett at their combination store and home in Chase on the morn- ing of January 2. Mrs. Habblett was given a hearing at the office of Squire William Roberts of Kings- ton, Wednesday afternoon. Condition of Mrs. Habblett's health held up the arraignment for a week, She has been a patient at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital since the fatal shooting and was returned there after the hearing. Doctor Joseph Erhart, her physician, pro- tested removal of Mrs. Habblett from the hospital, maintaining that a condition of shock persisted and it would be dangerous to move his patient. It was pointed out to him that the transcript would have to be in the hands of the January Grand Jury by Friday. Otherwise the case would not be considered now and would be remanded to the next session of the Grand Jury. Time elapsed between sessions would have to be spent in jail by to an arraignment Wednesday. Mrs. Habblett was taken to Squire Rob- erts’ office for the hearing and re- {turned to her hospital room im- mediately after. Arra’gnment evolved from the fatal shoouing of William Habblett, 57, in Chase e«'vlv in the morning of January 2. A son. Forrest, liv- ing ‘at home, heard a revolver shot dressing, he left his room to find ‘his’ mother standing at the top of wrested the gun from her grasp. During the struggle the gun was ac- in a partition. Forrest then hurried downstairs to the part of the build- ing used as a store and found his father dead with a .22 revolver in his hand. He called the Dallas operator and asked her to send State Police to the home. ; Testimony and evidence gathered later leads police to believe Mr. Habblett had disarmed his wife after being shot and made his way downstairs to where he died. Mrs. Habblett was immediately removed to Nesbitt Hospital where she was described as being in shock, IShe was placed under technical ar- rest and a police guard was estab- lished at her room. Unusual circumstances surround the tragedy. Neighbors believe that Mrs. Habblett considered herself to be dying of an incurable disease and had requested her husband to turn their small business over to their son. They also state that relations between the couple had mot been amicable for many years and that a continual state of bickering ex- isted between them. Rumors per- sisted that Mrs. Habblett had taken poison after the shooting. Her son small, unlabeled bottle after her husband was shot and before police had arrived. A stomach pump was used on her admittance to the hos- pital but no trace of poison was found. There is some question of her mental condition at 3 time of the shooting. Services were conducted for Mr. Habblett Saturday, January 3, from the Bronson Funeral Home, Sweet Valley. Rev. E. J. Waterstripe of- a ficiated at the services and at Maple Grove Cemetery. Pallbearers were Edward Lamor- eaux, Thomas Johnson, David Litz, Harold Bertram, Albert Cadwalader and William Lance. Answer Silent Alarm Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire (Com pany answered a silent the home of Dr. J. C. Flex ing the heavy snow storm | evening. Smoke issuing from partitions alarmed the family who were un- James Besecker Sr., James Besecker Jr., and Paul Shaver rseponded. They found no flames, but a smoke leak in the furnace. Mrs. Habblett. Dr. Erhart agreed at two in ‘the morning, Hurriedly reported that she drank out of a . the stairway holding a shotgun. He ‘cidently discharged,blowing a hole - cm
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