Editorially Speaking: Get Ready For Winter Summer and early fall are the times for preparing homes for winter—with especial attention paid to the elimination of fire hazards. TEE One of the major causes of home fires is defective heating units, ranging all the way from oil stoves to central heating systems. Even the best of appliances become worn. Flues and chimneys become filled with soot. During the war, it was often impossible to adequately maintain heating and labor. plants due to shortages of parts There are still shortages, but not as severe as in the immediate past. The money spent will pay tremendous dividends in safety and security. Faulty electric wiring is still a major destroyer of homes. Im- portant repairs should be made by a qualified electrician. Frayed cords should be replaced. Then, when your electrical equip- ment is subjected to the heaviest use, it will safely carry the load. Lastly, during the pleasant weather, homeowners should carry on a rigorous campaign to rid their property of junk. Thousands of fires have originated in attics and cellars and closets filled with old clothes, furniture, magazines, etc. Many fires have resulted from improper storage of paint, gasoline and other inflammables. A clean and orderly house offers fire few opportunities. X Xx x FROM PILLAR TO POST By Mgs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. The way to go about a lengthy and somewhat monotonous job is to broad- cast your intentions, enlarging upon them with fanfare of trumpets, send out an S. O. S. for donations of materials, and let nature take its course. People , begin to inquire brightly how the braided rug is progressing, and they ask to have a look. Sheer shame keeps you enthusiasm has faded, to be replaced ® by a dogged determination to keep going if it takes a leg. As a braided rug grows in diameter, it also grows appallingly in circumference. A cir cuit that was easily polished off in half an hour near the center can now be measured in terms of a career. 1 could have been saved all this effort if somebody with a grain of ptiy had contributed a braided oval rug to the Library Auction Sale. There were a couple of oval rugs, but they were crocheted instead of braid- ed, and I was holding out for a braid- ed rug if I had to braid it myself. Which I am now doing. Materials have been coming in from all directions. The roster reads some- thing like this: One rose-beige blanket, tattered and torn. : One pair of pants, oxford gray. Three pairs of navy blue socks, darned. Two pairs of black wool socks, ditto. Three indisti et. § The te; which staged i : some twenty-eight years ago. One pair of pale blue pajamas, shrunken. And the gem of the collection, eight Turkey-red wool bandages intended for the comfort of the rheumatic, but gathering moss in the cedar chest for the past thirty years. # These contributions, together with wool ‘scraps rounded up from the per- sonal wardrobe, should make a large oval rug unless the large oval rug becomes discouraged and sinks to the bottom of the bureau drawer along with the pieced quilt. That pieced quilt started off with a flourish, but it never got to first base. - Probably a feathered star pattern was a little complicated for an amateur. Twelve blocks somehow got themselves sewed together, but they are still waiting to be assembled and quilted. That pieced quilt reminds me of the little bush in “A Sense of Hu- mus.” “What is the matter little bush you planted?” % “It needs to have you carry a bucket of water to it every night and work the earth around it.” “Goodbye, little bush.” + When and if the braided rug is ever finished, there will be a large Detour sign posted conspicuously nearby, and in rainy weather callers will be met at the door with a pair of felt bedroom slippers and a firm request to remove their shoes upon entering. Walk on anything as prec- ious as that rug? Never. That rug is designed to delight the eye, not to comfort the feet. with that Mary Morgan Thomas Dies At Daughter's Home Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Morgan Thomas, ~ 61, last surviving member of a pioneer Begumont family, were held Wednesdayf from Nulton Funeral Home, Beaumont. 4 Mrs. Thomas died Sunday fat the fome of her daughter, Mrs.f Erpést Race, Tunkhannock RD 5«%ollowing a lingering illness. She was one of four daughters and a son born to Mark and Sarah Hoover Morgan, whose families were early settlers of the region. She was © born in Baumont and lived there until seven years ago. She taught at the Beaumont school for several years. Her husband, Edward, died seven years ago. She is survived by the following children in addition to Mrs. Race: Mrs. Elwood Tatman, Long Beach, California; Edward, Rehoboth, Delaware and Elias, Wilmongton, Del- aware. eT Funeral services were in charge of Rev. Nevin Korb of Tunkhannock Church. Pallbearers were Charles and George Clark, Jacob Straley, Wayne Hadsall, Murray Traver and Cragg Herdman. Interment was in : Beaumont Cemetery. 7 going long after the first fine flush of Social Security To Be Explained Public Is Invited To Meeting Thursday All residents of this section, some of whom should be receiving social security pensions but are not because of misunderstanding on their part, will have an opportunity Thursday, Sep- tember 11, to learn the facts about the social security program. Christo- pher G. Boland, manager of the Wilkes-Barre Social Security office, urges the people to attend the com- 8 P.M. at Meyers High School, Wilkes Barre. Featuring the program will be an address by Oscar C. Pogge, National Director of the Social Secur- ity Administration, covering the pres ent Social Security Act and amend- | formerly taught in Lebman. ments recommended for increasing : I . v of Commerce as a public service. The Jaycees, after learning of the confusion on .the part of many local residents, agreed to sponsor the affair. Each person who attends Thursday night's meeting will have an opportun- ity to learn of the monthly benefits he will receive when he retires. Since benefits . are based ‘on wage records, each person upon entering the audi torium will receive a card which he may send to Baltimore for a statement of his wages from 1937 to January 1, 19477. Upon receipt of the wage rec- ord each individual may compute his own benefit in accordance with the social security formula. The latter will be explained ‘thoroughly during the evening's program. Bessie Stroh Taken By Death Funeral Will Be Held On Saturday Miss Bessie May §troh, 3, died at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Thursday morning at three oeock following a lingering illness. Services will be held from the family home on Spring street, Shavertown, Saturday after- noon, followed by services at Shaver- town Methodist Church. Miss Stroh had been Shavertown for more than twenty years. She was bora at Center More- land where her father, the late George Stroh, conducted an undertaking bus- iness. She was a member of the Shaver- town Methodist Church, the Berean Sunday School "Class and the WSCS. She also was a member of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Shavertown Fire De- a_resident of partment. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Boynton Brodhum and a brother, Bert P. Stroh former Commonwealth Telephone Company manager, both of Shavertown. Rev. Howard Harrison, pastor of Shavertown Methodist Church, will conduct the services. Interment will be in Perrin’s Marsh Cemetery, Center Moreland. Arrangements. by Wool bert. Bnna Naugle Seriously Stricken In Washington Mrs. Willard Cornell of = Pike's Creek and her brother, William Naugle, recently flew to Everett, Washington, because of the illness of their sister, Anna Naugle. Miss Naugle a teacher in the public schools at State College, Pa., suffered a severe ’ stroke while visiting relatives and friends in Washington. Her brother has since returned here, but Mrs. Cornell is staying on. Miss Naugle was reared in Pike’s Creek and - MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Back Mountain Highway Deaths and BOX SCORE Serious accidents since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed JA OST Vol. 57, No. 36 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 6 CENTS PER COPY DALLAS | 2 10 © LEHMAN | 1 | Y KINGSTON TOWNSHIP ¥ 15 | 2 MONROE SHIP 3 1 With Kingston Township a battle- ground of wet and dry sentiment a close and hotly contested Primary Election is expected on T voters will have an than _local attention is evidenced by the volume of literature that is being mailed to voters by State organiza- tions opposed to prohibition. These groups are taking. an active and ag- gressive interest in the outcome. Other powerful interests are also supporting the wets. But the dry leaders in the town- ship say that they are confident of | victory on Tuesday if parents and church people will get out and vote. They refute the argument that all veterans are in favor of liquor by saying that such sentiment depends largely on whether the veteran has a family or is single. On Wednesday night leaders of the dry movement representing Trucks- ville, Carverton and Shavertown met at Trucksville Methodist Church and laid plans for a mass meeting to be held Sunday night at 8 at Trucks ville Fire Hall. Rev. Samuel Truscott, pastor of Dorranceton Methodist Church will be the speaker. Rev. Truscott will discuss the problem the Dorranceton congregation faced when Luzerne County Court ruled that a liquor establishment could remain in the vicinity of the church. The pub- be as tlic is invited. ~~ Those who are inyclose contact with sentiment in the Township are of the ; : : . | opinion that less than twenty votes | munity meeting which will be held at; will determine the outcome with the ‘drys having the edge because conser- | vative property owners fear that new + saloons j areas. may locate in residential While many in Kingston Township have no regard for Prohibition on a national scale they “have ‘expressed de Oo New Mine Law Now In Effect Coal Strippers Must Resurface Operations By Pennsylvania News Service Harrisburg, September 4—With soft coal strip-mine operators already required to re-face ravaged areas re- sulting from their operations, strip- mine operators in the anthracite re- gion have now fallen under the thumb of State regulations in this respect as a result of a new State law which went into effect September 1. The new hard coal strip mining law requires operators to re-fill the gaping holes left in the earth by their surface- gouging operations, and to level off these areas which are then to be plant- ed with trees and shrubs. Operators not desiring to follow-up this work themselves have the option of paying the Commonwealth $60 per acre to do the job. The law also requires hard coal operators currently engaged in strip- | ping operators to pay an annual license fee of $25 and the posting of a bond oh $200 per acre to insure compliance with the new regulations. 3 The regulation requiring soft coal operators to replace scourged areas has been in effect for several years, al- though the constitutionality of the act has been hotly contested and batted back and forth ia the courts. Only recently the Dauphin County Court here ruled that the law was constitutional, but an appeal to the court ruling has been prepared by rep- resentatives of the operators, who contend, among other things, that it is impractical to reforest such areas as required by law. Mine operators employing as low as from two to five persons are now required to abide by the safety regu- lations of the Commonwealth as set up by the State Department of Mines, which requires inspections every six months and gives the State’ the right to close mines classified as unsafe. The measure was strongly opposed by independent mine operators. Eleven Are Baptized At Sweet Valley Eleven children were baptized on Sunday at North Lake, Sweet Valley by the Reverend Ira Button of the Christian Church. They were: Dor- othy Shirley Shaw. Wilbert Lee Shaw, Kaye Asenithe Shaw, Timothy D. Shaw, Neva Edwards, Emlin F. Iver- son, Norman H. Iverson, Elzabeth J. Iverson, Marjorie Lewis, Carol Cohiek, and Crawford Henry. . Dry Forces Are Favored To Win In Kingston Township On Tuesday Evils Of Drink Are Not Only Factors Involved; Many Fear Property Depreciation 2 Has Record Enrollment Lake Township schools-have~an en ment of 3 KTS fall, St enrollment in constituting the seven years, supervising principal George Taylor has announced. This represents an increase of almost 100 students over last year. Approximately forty of these formerly attended the closed Loyalville school. The first grade is having one of its biggest years with a total of forty- one beginners enrolled. Largest at- tendance at the school to date was 488 established in 1940, Jackson Board And Lehman Talk Consolidation No Action Taken Pending Further Study, 0f Problem” At a joiit meeting of Lehman and Jackson Township Sefiool Boards, R. j #€t of consolidation n of the State De- ublic Instruction out- lined thrée general trends that are ef- fecting school districts under. Legis lative Acts 403 and 417. First, small schools of less than 100 pupils are closing up. Attendance areas are thus being enlarged. Second, there is a rapid reorganization from 8-4 to the 6-6 plan of school organ- ization. Third, is the creation of larger units of school administraton. This is being accomplished by the union of districts or by the formation of joint districts. In the former case each district loses it identity. In the latter case each of the boards maintains s identity. ickson Township: with an enroll ment of about 190 ‘pupils in the ower grades housed in four small one- room buildings must either build one modern building or send its elementary pupils to other districts. At present 100 of its’ upper grade students are tuition students at Lehman. The directors discussed the possi bilities of forming either a joins board or consolidation; but no action will be taken until study can be made of the many factors which will effect either move. Lake Students Open Drive Miss Shirley Boston has been elected student manager of the second annual Lake Township High School magazine drive which began Wednesday morn- ing. Miss Boston will be assisted by the following home room captains: Gladys Burkhardt, Albert Rebbennack, Audrey Harris, Richard Cornell, Alice Eply and Frances Stepanovitch. A goal of $900, which is $100 more than collected last year, has been es tablished. The profits, which last term amounted to $240, will be used to finance the general activity fund, purchase visual aids and aid in financ- ing the school yearbook. Lake students attained an average of $5 per pupil during the initial drive in 1946, setting the pace for Back Mountain schools. New Men's Shop To Open Shortly Rustine Préperty Is Convertéd | By Joe Hand A new men’s clothing store to be known as Joe's Men's Shop will open on Main street Dallas within the next week or ten days. ? The store will feature standard brands of men’s and boy’s furnishings, and will be located in the Rustine property on the corner opposite Acme Market. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hand are the owners. Alterations to the residence have been completed providing two nice sales rooms with modern counters and fixtures. Before embarking on the new en- terprise, Mr. Hand was Street Com- missioner of Dallas Borough and Mrs. Hand was formerly a teller at First National Bank. Woman's Club Meeting First dinner meeting of Dallas Sen- ior Woman's Club will be held at Irem Country Club Wednesday eve- ning, September 10 at 6:30. Attor- ney Peter Jurchak will speak on “Wills and Estates.” Reservations should be made with Miss Grace Cave by Tuesday noon. ) Local Veterans Rush To Cash In Their Bonds First Day's Total Exceeds $16,700 At First National Bank Back Mountain veterans seem to be following the general country-wide trend toward cashing Terminal Leave Bonds as soon as possible and the First National Ba has been doing a booming busigess this weeks A total of seventy-seven vetepafis cashed bonds $16,70040n Tuesday, action was legal. cashed Tuesday at was for $626 and the smallest was worth $51. The average bond was worth $220. Only four of the bonds cashed were for less than $100. Frederick Eck, that two or three of the 77 veterans were waiting for the bank to open. The remainder poured through the doors in a steady stream throughout the day. Use to which the, funds were to be put varies, said Mr. Eck, with some vets using the money to be married and many going out to-buy “jaloppies, and I do mean jaloppies.” One man announced his cash would be used to get his wife and new-born baby out of the hospital. Although many vets are using their cashier, said cash to pay ridiculous prices for used cars there is no evidence of grafters in town. Percentage of veterans cashing their bonds is high, according to Mr. Eck but he does not believe that they re- present a majority. The, tendency is to’ cash the bonds and it is expected that many veterans will do so within the next few months. Veterans who do not immediately need the money are advised to let the bonds accumulate interest. Term- inal leave bonds accrue 2 1-2% ‘per annum. Interest to date is paid when- ever the bonds are cashed. Mill Is Building New Waste Plant Production Retarded Until Completion Construction of the new” waste treatment works om held up operation of the dye hélse and finish- ing departments atona Mills was started th eek by Sordoni Con- struction Company. _ Construction which will include a series of concrete tanks and chemical treatment works, is expected to be completed in about four weeks. Plans were drawn by a sanitary engineer to comply with the regulations of the State Sanitary Water Board concern- ing wastes entering public streams. Approval will not, however, be made by the State until after actual analysis of factory , wastes = passing through the plant have been made. As soon as this approval is obtained the plant management will start oper ation of all of its departments in- creasing its present personnel from 100 to 250 or 300 persons. In addition to the waste treatment works, workmen were this week com- pleting the installation of boilers and other equipment in the power plant. Local Dogs Win In Berwick Show There were several at the Greater Berwifk Dog” Show, on Labor Day. Muffay Scureman showed his young German Shepherd, Adolph, for the first time. He took | a blue ribbon in the Puppy Class, being judged best of breed, and sec ond best working dog. local winners Country kennels, owned by Tom and Margaret Robinson, exhibited two Welsh Terriers, Yanto of Robinson Farm and his son, Little Boy. Yanto won the American Breed Class with four in competition. He was best of his breed and second in the terrier group. The dog which beat him in this last event was Terry's Irish Lad, a Kerry-Blue owned by John J. Con- ner of Kingston, and later chosen best dog in the show. The show was sponsored by the Berwick , Lions Club. It was the first show they had ever given, and the Lions called in Mrs. Margaret Robin- son of Dallas to assist them as Show Secretary. Enrolled As Student Nurse Nursing is apparently losing some of its appeal for young women of the Pack Mountain Region. Of a class of thirtv-one who reecistered at the Wilkes-Barre General Hosoital School of Nursing Tuesday. Vivian Ruth Kleigleng, 49 Orchard street, Trucks. ville, was the only local girl. - | | | Permits Issued For $100,800 Worth Of New Construction In Dallas Boro. Names Of Seven Citizens Suggested To Council To Serve On New Five-Man Planning Commission BABSON MAKES GOOD ON 34 FORECASTS IN LESS THAN 9 MONTHS In its first issue in January, The Dallas Post published Roger W. Babson’s Fifty Forecasts for 1947. Of these, thirty had come to pass in the first seven months of 1947, while during August, he has made good on four more relating to suburban real estate; city real estate; small farms and rents. In substance, here is what he said. “Suburban real estate will continue in greater demand with still higher prices while city real estate may hold its own due to less available space caused by pulling down structures to save taxes and provide parking spaces. There will be a disinclination to build due to high costs. Small subsistence farms will continue to. increase in peice, but large commercial farms will sell for less than in 1946. Ofhce and resi- dential rents during 1947 will continue to increase.” Milk Prices Go Up A Cent Pennsylvania Ranks Fifth In Milk Value By Pennsylvania News Service Harrisburg, Sept. 4 problem at hand. Na” Following a one cent increase in the Wilkes-Barre and Harrisburg areas a State-wide increase is expected to fol low, boosting the price of milk from 19 to 20 cents a quart. The local boost was based on testi mony, prevalent throughout the State, that milk producers and dealers could no longer absorb increased labor, equipment, feed, processing and dis tribution costs. Pennsylvania's milk picture has been the cynosure of all eyes according to Secretary of Agriculture Miles Horst who said recently the quality of pro- ( duct, skill of dairy farmers and near- ness to the largest markets in the world combine to make Pennsylvania one of the most important dairy areas in the United States. Considered to be one of the great- est dairy States, Pennsylvania ranks eighth in volume - fifth in value of milk produced and fifth in value of the dairy cows. The State’s dairy industry accounts for more than one- third of Pennsylvania farm cash in- come from all sources. As of January 1 of this year, the Commonwealth's dairy cows had’ a value of $196,000,000.. Milk produc- tion last year was within less than one million pounds of the all-time record of 5,404,000,000 attained in 1945. With July of 1947 setting an all- time high record and an equally high production anticipated for August, it is expected by Agriculture officials that farmers will be doing their best to keep up production during the coming Fall months. Secretary Horst pointed out that prices. would be higher than tBey are now if it were not that the State's dairy farmers are doing their utmost to maintain and advance production. Four Generations Enjoy Mrs. Mary Smith's Party Mrs. Mary Smith, widow of L. L. Smith and a life-time resident of Lehman Township, celebrated her 80th birthday at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. ‘Lavine Shouldice on Sunday. Games were played-and . . £ Pd a picnic wagfserved on the~tawn. Four generations {of the family were present: the guest of honor, her dau- ghter-in-law, Mrs. Emma Smith, grand- children Ziba L. Smith and the hostess; and seven great-grandchildren. Pictures of the family group were taken. Mrs. Smith lives in her own home in Lehman and does her own work, including sewing and canning. She is constantly busy, even carinw for the sick whenever needed. Last winter she knitted fifteen pairs of finger gloves for members of her family and friends. She has a lively interest in politics both local and national. She is happy that sportsmen enjoy fishing at the Meadow Lake property of her grandson, Ziba Smith. Mr. Smith is the fourth generation of the family Ito own and operate this farm. i Hs : X = ARE hi tas j Included amos Pennsylvania's fluctuating milk prices fare again the’ Tuesday night ma Building permits totalling $100,800 were issued at the meetipg of Dallas Borough Council o uesday night. hem was $81,865 for road by Dale Realty Company, sub- sidiary of Natona Mills. ‘Other new construction included new home, Paul Stoner, Park street, $5,935; new home, Harold Howell, Sunset avenue, $5,750; garage, Atty. Burt. Lewis, Cemetery street; ware- house, Dallas Hardware and Supply Co., $6,000, rear of present building; garage, Warren Reed, Lehman avenue. Beulah Frantz was issued a permit to reroof her home. Council was asked to extend Wy- oming street to connect with new street being constructed by Dale Realty Company at Luzerne street. This was approved and Wyoming street will be extended 150 feet. A committee composed of William Vivian and Steve Morotchik requested Council to take over Lincoln street. which runs off of Orchard street in the Fernbrook section. Council sug- gested that these property owners se- cure releases from Harry Goringer and present them to Council so that definite action may be taken at a later date. Mr. ‘Goeringer originally owned the, land where the projected street is to be built. Fines amounting to $25 were turned in for traffic light violations. Secretary James Besecker advised Council that the present tax duplicate may produce an income of $15,447.86 for Borough purposes. With other in- come received from the State Highway Department and from the#State liquor Control Board the Borough will have about $20,000 for operating purposes. The treasurer reported, that the present balance is $1,019.95. There was considerable discussion of the appointment of a five-man plan- ning commission under the new zon- ing ordinance and the names of seven persons were suggested for member- ship on that body. Appointments will not be made until all have been contacted and asked if they will be willing to serve if appointed. Ap- pointments will be for one, two, three, four and five years. : A request was received for the in- stallation of two new fire hydrants. in the Center Hill area.” In keeping with its policy of approving installa tions of hydrants for fire protection just as rapidly as adequate water mains are available, Council approved the installation with the provision that they be installed just as soon as Dallas Water Company lays. a four- inch feeder line connecting the present four-inch main in that area. At present the company has a four-ihch main in that area but the feeder line is only three inches. It was brought out that a similar condition exists on Parrish Heights where Council is eager to provide fire protection and will install hydrants just as soon as Dallas Water Company provides adequate mains and adequate supply of water. Parrish Heights is now the only unprotected area in the Borough. While there are likewise no hydrants in the Fernbrook area, Dr. ~ Henry M. Laing Fire Company has said that there a creek provides an amply supply of water for fire pro- tection. All Councilmen were present with the exception of Clyde Veitch who has been spending several days in New England. School Cafeteria Opens October 1 Mrs. Mary O’Brien McGrane has been appointed teacher of Home Econ- omics at Dallas Township High School to replace Miss Jean Stapleton who resigned earlier in the week to accept a similiar position in Forty, Fort schools. Board of Directors at their meeting the appointment which founds out [the school faculty for the year with {the exceptifn of a cafeteria director who will#e appoint- ed this month. Directors were pleased with the progress being made on the new school cafeteria and announced after the meeting that it will be ready for operation on October 1st. Plastering will be completed this week and then sheet metal work will be completed and’ asphalt floors laid. Applications for the position of cafeteria director should be made directly to supervising principal Ray- mond Kuhnert. Contracts for . supplying milk for school children were made with Or- chard Farm Dairy for the first half of the year and with Shady Side Dairy for the last half of the year. # Election Day Supper On Election Day, Tuesday, Sep~ tember 9th, the Reynolds Bible Class ip AE A els ESA of the Trucksville Methodist Church will serve lunch and a hot-ham sup- per at the Trueksville Fire House. a Ee