JOSEPH YANEK,
DIED IN
EVAN J. BRACE,
Ws. Bomenbion
RICHARD WELLINGTON CEASE, January 29, 1942
KEATS POAD,
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
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
GEORGE UTRICH, May 6, 1942
HOWARD A. COSGROVE, July 3, 1942
ROBERT F. REILLY, June 20, 1943
THOMAS CLARK LLOYD, July 4, 1943
GEORGE 8S. 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
3 RALPH FLOWER, October 13, 1945
MICHAEL W. O’'BOYLE, December 29, 1945
ACTION
March 3, 1942
Tue D arias Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
December 22, 1944
SERVICE
February 15, 1944
Vol. 57, No. 8
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1947
6 CENTS PER COPY
DALLAS 10
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
| Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
What Is Value?
"Our reaction to the price of any commodity is naturally
conditioned by past experience.
today’s prices, for example.
Any one who compares
with those of 1941 or 1936,
is due for a shock. And it is very easy to get into the
habit of thinking that “normal” prices, to which we will
some day return, are those
twenty to accomplish now.
of a vanished year in which
a five-dollar bill would do a job that it takes a ten or
The hard truth of the matter is that prices are not going
to return to the remembered lows, short of an economic
debacle of the utmost severity. We have, for example,
some $260,000,000,000 worth of Federal debt, which. in
itself is an inflationary factor. We are paying record wages
to all classes of labor, and in many important fields, out-
put per man-hour has declined while costs have risen. ; We
are fastened with the highest taxes, corporate and indi-
vidual, in our history, and these are reflected inevitably
in all prices. We are, in short, living in a high-priced econ-
omy, and there can be no valid comparison of the present
with the past.
The best we can hope for is honest value—which is
simply the lowest prices, quality for quality, commensur-
ate with the conditions of the times.
The American mer-
chant, whether he operates a little crossroads store or. an
outlet for a national chain system, is the consumers’ most
- dependable friend in giving us that. He is the man who
- pares his operating costs in order to hold price raises to
the minimum, and to lower prices when he can. : He is the
man who buys with care, so the the customer will get the
most for his money. He can’t perform the impossible—
v
wallet.
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but he can and does do all in his power to protect the pur-
chasing power of that green folding stuff you carry in your
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TO POST
By Mgs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
Children on the whole have too many toys.
There is no room for the
development of imagination, because the designers are way ahead of the
children in dotting their I's and crossing their T's.
Maiden aunts and doting uncles
invade the stores at Christmas time,
and at Easter time, and well in advance of the birthday of the pampered
one, each with intent to outdo tie
rest of the adults in the family.
Aunt Bessie is expected to come a-
cross with something pretty special,
and Aunt Bessie, with the praise-
worthy desire to hold up her end
of the bargain, peels off the bills
and invests in an expensive item
designed to put out Uncle Willie's
eye, with very little thought for
its suitability. The child, surround-
ed by a ring of breathless aunts
and uncles, opens package after
package, discarding the pretty wrap-
pings and the curly ribbon bows in
her haste, gives a briefly interested
glance at the contents, and passes
on to the next bit of loot. Aunts
(Continued on page seven)
Open New Building
A “trade opening” last night, at-
tended by many of the top men of
the automobile business in Wyom-
ing Valley, marked the first of three
big nights of the informal opening
of Oliver Motors Incorporated, new
Oliver Hudson outlet in Kingston.
The public is invited to be pres-
ent this evening and tomorrow eve-
ning to view the spacious, modern
building, beautiful showroom, com-
pletely and modernly equipped shop
and up to date parts department.
«James Oliver emphasized the fact
that the Dallas shop will continue
to give the fine service for which
it has become famous.
Court Probably
Will Have To
Name Director
Warriner Evans
Mentio To Fill
Dan Aichards’ Term
s both fadtions on Dallas
Town$hip School Board can degi
upon nd e
to fill the vacancy created by Direc-
tor Daniel Richards whose resigna-
tion was lalccepted at the February
4 meeting, Luzerne. County Count
will probably be asked to fill the
vacancy.
The Board has thirty days in
which to make the appointment but
such appointment would be in effect
only until the next election, so that
any one appointed by the Board
would serve only until next De-
cember 1 unless he should decide
to stand for election. A Court ap-
pointee would serve out Mr. Rich-
ard’s unexpired term,
Present directors seem to favor
a court appointment, believing this
may go a long way toward creat-
ing harmony on the Board.
Among those whose names have
been suggested for the position are
Paul Warriner and Donald Evans.
Both are residents of the middle
district from which Mr. Richards
was elected. Until his resignation
there were two representatives on
the board from the South District;
two from the Middle and one from
the Nonth. It is felt that this is
the ideal balance in proportion to
population.
Mr. Warriner is a college grad-
uate and a long time resident of
the township where he has been
active in Rotary, Back Mountain
Library and other civic affairs, Mr.
Evans is likewise a college graduate,
a member of Rotary, and has chil-
dren in the schools. A younger
man, he has shown an active in-
terest in all community affairs dur-
ing his shorter residence here. He
is associated with his brother in
Evans Drug Store, Shavertown.
Many important decisions are to
be made by Dallas Township School
Board within the coming year, not
the least of which is the creation
of a cafeteria, excavations for which
have been completed. Plans for
this addition will be prepared short-
ly and then bids will be asked for
its erection and equipment. Funds
spent by the Board for this purpose
will be matched by the State and
Federa] government.
Youth Center Is
Host To Forty
Forty Fort Pastor Is
Pleased With Reception
Forty young members of Forty
Fort Methodist Church, their pastor
and his wife, enjoyed the facilities
of the Shavertown Youth Center
Tuesday evening after tobogganing
at Irem Temple Country Club.
Rev. Edgar Singer of the Forty
Fort church, contacted Robert Cur-
rie, Shavertown Youth Center di-
rector, Monday to ask if the Center
could be used by his group. The
Forty Fort young people wanted a
place to have refreshments after
the toboggan party that would be
suitable for their group.
Mr. Currie and several members
of his staff had the building in read-
iness Tuesday. The Forty Fort
group cooked their hot dogs, drank
soda, danced and played ping pong
for an hour. As they left, Rev.
Singer remarked that ‘‘something
like this is needed in Forty Fort.”
ELLSWORTH
NOT GUILTY
Joseph Ellsworth, Lehman High
School teacher, was adjudged not
guilty of assault and battery in a
decision handed down yesterday
afternoon in Luzerne County Court
by Judge Harold Flannery.
Atty. Joseph O'Donnell, repre-
senting the plaintiff, Andrew Kie-
ban; Atty, William Valentine, rep-
resenting the defendant; Joseph El-
Isworth, and Supervising Principal
Howard Hendricks were the only
one’s in Judge Flannery's chambers
when the decision was rendered.
Judge Flannery expressed the
hope thiat the decision would go a
long way toward clearing up any
be in Lehman Township,
/
Mr. and Mrs, T. J. Swainbank of
Lehigh street, Shavertown, cele-
brated their fifty-fourth wedding
anniversary at a family dinner at
the home of their daughter and son-
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R.
Phipps Sunday, February 16. At
the same time, the betrothal and
wedding date of their granddaugh-
ter, Marjorie Phipps and Stanley N.
Shewan was announced as March
29th.
Though the [Swainbanks have
been residents of Shavertown for
only seven years, they have made a
host of friends. For thirty years
prior to, that, they made their home
in Forty Fort where Mr. Swain-
bank was engaged mm: mining. He
was retired ten years ago.
Mrs. Swainbank is the former
Minnie Blakeslee of Shade’s Creek,
daughter of prosperous farmers. Mr.
Swainbank was born in Parsons. He
and his family spent their early
years at Stull lumbering with the
A. L. Lewis Lumber Company.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Swainbank,
now in their seventies, are active
and “fit as a fiddle.” Mrs, Swain-
bank not only keeps a spic and span
cr
MRS. EDWARD MULLIGAN
GIVES 200 CHILDREN’S
BOOKS TO THE LIBRARY
Back Mountain Memorial
Library Book Club members
had an active day at their
meeting Wednesday pasting
book plates and pockets in
more ‘than 200 children’s books
recently given to the library by
Mrs. Edward Mulligan ' of
Huntsville.
Among those working with
glue pots and scissors were:
Mrs. Harold Flack, Mrs, Rob-
ert Currie, Mrs, Fred Howell,
Mrs. Robert Scott, Mrs. Zelma
M. Porter, Mrs. Harry Snyder,
Mrs. A. C. Baltimore, Mrs.
Raymond Kuhnert, Mrs, L. V.
Lacy, Mrs. A. C. Durham, Mrs.
Dana (Crump and Miss Miriam
Lathrop.
&
Judge Farrell To Hear
Citizens On Taxation
Judge Thomas Farrell has set
next Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock as the time when he will
hear all citizens of Kingston Town-
ship who oppose a one mill increase
in taxation for road purposes.
The announcement was made yes-
terday at'a meeting when the Judge
was forced to continue a hearing
{on the petition of the Supervisors
for increase in taxes in order to
take care of twenty-five miles of
roads. Atty. Donald Coughlin rep-
resented the Supervisors. The citi-
zens’ group was without counsel.
Upkeep of Kingston Township
misunderstanding that there might roads during the current year cost
$11,099.
Celebrate Fifty-Fourth Wedding Anniversary
MR. AND MRS. T. J. SWAINBANK
house, but finds time in between to
crochet and tat for Marjorie’s hope
chest. Granddad Swainbank does
odd jobs around the house and sees
that the family mail is delivered
twice a.day in the winter, and
keeps a mighty fine lawn in tip-top
shape during the summer. Early
spring will find him digging long
straight rows in his flower and vege-
table garden or trout fishing in
Bowman's Creek or the Lehigh
River.
The couple has reared a family
of six sons and two daughters: Mrs.
William Farmer of Scranton; Mrs.
Robert Phipps, Shavertown; Charles
of Dallas; John of St. Albans, Vt.;
Ted of Seymour, Conn.; Emerson,
Little Falls, N.Y.; Walter, Union
N.J.; Thomas, Shavertown. There
are nine grand children and one
great grand child.
Present at the dinner were: Mrs.
William Farmer and daughter, Hel-
en of Scranton; Mr. and Mrs. Char-
les Swainbank of Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert R. Phipps Jr. and dau-
ghter, Kathy of Forty Fort; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert R. Phipps and daughter
Marjorie, and the guests of honor.
Lively Group Discussion Marks
Anniversary Program Of PTA
Atty. William Valentine Raises Question,
“How Do Our Schools Compare With Others?”
oD
The “first energetic group dis-
cussion” of its two years of exist-
ence featured (Shavertown PTA
meeting Monday evening, attended
by eighty persons. Also on the pro-
gram was an anniversary play, with
parents cast in the leading roles.
Atty. William Valentine led the
group discussion. }
The discussion began during the
routine meeting and lasted for
nearly an hour. Questions raised
dealt mostly with the condition of
the school and teachers. Specific-
ally asked were “How do Kingston
Township Schools rate with ether
schools in the Back Mountain?”
and “How do Kingston Township
schools rate with those in this sec-
tion of Pennsylvania?”
Question was also asked “how
well do Kingston Township schools
prepare our children and can pupils
of our schools enter colleges with-
out taking special tests or afttend-
ing preparatory schools?”
James Martin, supervising princi-
pal of Kingston Township schools
answered for the school ‘and
teachers.
No Basis For Comparison
Mr, Martin stated that the State
has no method of comparing effici-
ency of schools in the Back Moun-
tain. Area and that it is impossible
to say one Back Mountain School
is better than another. He be-
lieves that Kingston Township
schools compare favorably with any
in this area. .
In answer to how well children
are prepared in Kingston Township
schools Mr. Martin remarked that
students in the upper fourth of the
academic course can enter any
college without special tests. Stu-
dents taking other courses, such as
commercial, would have to make up
(Continued on page five)
PAID FOR COPIES OF
AUGUST 1, 1
Believing that the best way
to acquaint the Woman's (Club
of Hilo, Hawaii, with the Dallas
area is through visual educa-
tion in the form of scrap books
land other interesting pictures,
Mrs. John Corliss and Berna-
dine Shafer are searching for a
copy of the August 1, 1941
copy of The Dallas Post. This
40-page’ issue, known as the
brown edition, contained many
stories and pictures of historic
significance as well as many
pictures of Back Mountain
homes and business places. No
copies of ‘this edition are now
available except as they may be
found in the homes of subscri-
. bers who may have saved them.
The Post will be glad to pay
$1 each for the first two copies
that are sent to its office, These
copies will be given to the
‘Woman's Club for inclusion in
their scrapbook for Hawaii.
Kunkle Groups
ToMeet Monday
Will Discuss Policy
0f Community Building
, Interested members of Kunkle
community, including Kunkle Fire
Crew, Silver Leaf Club and mem-
bers of the Community Hall Associ-
ation, will meet Monday night at 8
at the Community Hall to discuss
future operating policy of the As-
sociation.
Many younger people of the com-
munity, identified with a church
Basketball League, are eager to have
permission to use the facilities of
the Hall while certain others in the
community are opposed. It is ex-
pected that much of the discussion
will ‘revolve about this matter.
The Community Hall, which was
abandoned as a school building a
number of years ago when Dallas
Township schools were consolidated,
was purchased by the late John
Isaacs at his low bid. After talk-
ing with Dorrance Reynolds and
Miss Mary Weir, Mr. Isaacs decided
to help organize a Community Hall
Association and sell the building to
the Association for community pur-
poses. Since that time the Associ-
ation has made many improvements
and paid for the building through
rental fees for dances and other
community programs, as well as
by public subscription.
Officers of the Association are:
Corey Miers, president; Mrs, George
Landon, secretary, and Julia Kunkle
treasurer. Trustees are: George
Landon, Charles Martin and Corey
Miers. Members of the Building
Committee are William Thomas,
Fred Dodson and Thomas Landon.
Phil Kunkle is caretaker.
Whether the purposes of the
Community Hall Association were
ever clearly defined in a set of by-
laws was a question which this
week attracted the attention of both
the Association officers and those
who want to make use of the build-
ing.
Adult Classes
At Shavertown
. All Citizens Invited
To Take Active Part
All high school studénts and
adults of the Back Mountain region
who are interested in/the orga
zation of 10-week at
classes in sewing,
and handicrafts are invited by Fred
Malkemes, president of Shavertown:
Parent-Teacher Association, to at-
tend an organization meeting Tues-
day night at 7:30 in Shavertown
Grade School Building.
{Classes will be under the direc-
tion of Wyoming Valley Playground
and Recreational Association and
will be held one night each week
for ten weeks. Both the grade
school building. and Shavertown
Youth Center will be used in con-
nection with the classes which will
also include instruction in chess,
checkers, bridge, pinochle and danc-
ing as more practical subjects.
There will be no charge for the
classes and all residents of the
Back Mountain Area are urged to
take advantage of them,
124-Foot Stack
Is Completed
At Natona Mills
Three-Quarters Of
Main Building N
Enclosed’ I ass
Workmen yesterday completed
the 124-foot brick stack on the
boiler room at Natona Mills, The
stack has a five foot diameter af
the top and will provide the draft
for the twa big boilers, one high
pressure and the other low pressure,
which will be installed in the boiler
room as Soon as floors are laid.
Both boilers will be fed by stokers
and burn anthracite coal.
Only within the week was the
final design of the boilers “oked”;
that being one of the. reasons for
delay in completion of the boiler
room.
Three-quarters of the main build-
ing are now enclosed in glass with
only the northern section uncom-
pleted. All of the buildings are
the boiler room where work started
yesterday on the installation of roof
trusses and two heavy steel beams.
Exterior of the front office is a-
bout completed with the exception
of the circular cafeteria section
which will probably be completed
next week.
Some partitions are already be-
ing installed in the main building
where Joe H. Schmida, electrical
contractor, has a crew of men busily
at work.
contractor, is also making good pro-
gress with interior plumbing. .
The interior sprinkler system,
being installed by Walter C. Wil-
liams, is practically complete but
there is considerable exterior work
ply line to the storage tank on the
hill in the rear of the main build-
ing.
Drill 285-foot Well
Dallas Water Company completed
drilling a 235-foot well after mid-
night Monday and has installed a
Deeming electrical pump. The well
has a flow of ninety-five gallons
per minute. Plans are not yet com-
pleted for the erection of a 100,000
gallon storage tank which will sup-
ply another storage tank to be
erected by the Lace Company. An
eight-inch main will be laid from the
pump to the water company tank.
While much of the work in the
main buildings is completed, there
is still considerable excavation to
be done before landscaping of the
grounds can be completed. Con-
will be constructed as soon as
weather permits.
Alan Bisbee, general manager of
the local plant, said this week that
he hopes to have a number of weav-
ing machines installed in the build-
ing, before March 15th, but that
production will probably not get
under way until a later date.
Tom Earl Breaks
Wrist In Fall
School Director Is
Though still experiencing ¢on-
Tom Earl, Franklin Township school
director, is home from Nesbitt Hos-
pital where he was under treat-
ment for eight days as the result
of a fall in which he broke both
The accident occurred on the
morning of February while he was
morning of February 4 while he was
the Sutton Creek highway where
he is caretaker.
Mr. Earl was removing several
low hanging limbs from a hickory
tree when the limb on which he
was standing broke and threw him
headforemost ten feet to the ground.
In extending his hands to save him-
self he broke both wrists. He was
also badly bruised about the face.
George Landon and Sammy Rowe
took him to the office of Dr. G. L.
Howell who had him removed to
Nesbitt Hospital for x-rays ' and
further treatment. ;
One of the first things he did
after his return home was to ask
the Post to extend his thanks to
his friends and neighbors for their
gifts and cards and many expres-
sions of sympathy. oy
under roof with the exception of
Joe Hughes, plumbing
to be done including the main sup- .
crete roadways, curbs and sidewalks
siderable pain and gE
having both hands incapaci XT
Home From Hospital
be