Editorially Speak ing: Dear Uncle Jake Those of us who complain about the meatless Tuesdays and the eggless Thursdays in America might have our backbones stif- fened by the following letter. It was handed to us shortly after we had written the Barn- yard Notes for this week. The letter had this effect on us; in- stead of talking about helping those more unfortunate than our- selves, we went home, ‘dug up some warm clothing and sent it off to the cleaners so that we can ship it to Europe. If you feel after reading this letter that you would like to do Tur Daiias Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION BOX SCORE Back Mountain Highway Deaths and "Serious accidents since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed Vol. 57, No, 43 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1947 6 CENTS PER COPY DALLAS | 2 | 10 LEHMAN 1 | 1 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP 20 i 3 JACKSON TOWNSHIP 2 MONROE TOWNSHIP 3 1 ROSS TOWNSHIP 2. * LAKE TOWNSHIP 1 | TOTAL j= 78k i 15 the same thing, we can give you the names of a dozen families in Europe and the names of their little children so that you can send your gifts directly to them. The writer of the following years of age. letter is a dressmaker, forty-five Her husband, an expert woodcarver, can find no employment “at his trade, and is now working in a retail coal yard weighing out small bags of coal. This couple has three dau- ghters aged twenty-four, twenty-three, and five. Their condition is not so desperate as in many European homes; but a weekly wage of thirty-five marks doesn’t go very far when a bar of soap costs twenty-five and a pound of sugar costs four hundred. Ten marks equal one American dollar. My dearest uncle Jake, After receiving your last two gift parcels I am so happy that I just can't thnk you enough. All I can say now is, “thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the very much needed things you sent to me and my family.” The red sandals fit me per- fectly. Péaple stop me in the streets on my way to work, to ask if those shoes came from America. 2 Even in’ a big city like Munich the good news of a package from America travels quickly. Every one here is just as bad So we have plenty of visitors. off as we are, and they all think that maybe we could give them something. , The food package had an emergency wrapping, but nothing was stolen, not even the sugar and coffee. the top of the black market list in Those articles are at price. My husband, Jacob, makes 35 marks a week. We can barely get along on that, and can’t afford to buy in the black market. Sugar sells for 100 marks per pound; coffee, 400 marks per pound; a bar of soap 20 to 25 marks; 1 Ib. flour, 16 marks; 1 Ib lard, 200 marks; 1 spool thread, 5 marks; 1 egg, 7 marks; 1 American cig- arette, 5 marks; 1 lb. fallen apples, 5 marks. Kitty was offered 800 marks marks for ‘the yellow slipover sweater you sent. wouldn’t dream of giving them for the red wool dress, and 700 Of course she up, even at those prices, because Lord only knows she could never replace them. There just isn’t anything for us to buy. ‘As you know, the four of us have been living in an unfinished attic room, ever since we were bombed out in 1944. I don’t mind too ‘much about us, but I do worry about my baby, Gabriele. There is no building material to have our room finished, None of the city’s officials try to do anything for the people who were bombed" out. We could get an apartment, through the black market, ‘if we could give a case of whiskey or a few hundred pounds of sugar. You can see no such prices, only those connected You can’t that § ot for al ner we of x FROM PILLAR and food 0 ¥ x average wage earner could afford with the black market. imagine what it means to us, dear uncle, to know live or starve. Thank you again : eg) in Xx TO POST By M=zs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Leave it to Fate, to a wry sense of humor on the part of the Weather- man, or to utter stupidity on the part of a person who casually allows waste-baskets to overflow before emptying them. No sooner do I burst self-righteously into print with lurid warnings about the dangers of fire, underlining the main theme that rank carelessness is the cause in ninety- nine cases out of a hundred, than I fan into flame a neat little blaze of my own, a blaze calling for the offices of the fire department. You'd think that anybody with a grain of common sense would re- frain from burning the contents of a waste-basket out of doors during a dry spell, and you'd be right. A shred of burning paper danced on the wind, whirled aloft and landed in the, middle of a patch of dry weeds. In two minutes flat a roar- ing blaze was sweeping toward the orchard and the fire department was on the way. That fire = department, take it from one who has had recent ex- institution to be perience, is an proud of. I had replaced the tele- phone receiver, snatched up a broom, and beaten the bushes for perhaps two minutes when the fire truck drew to a stop, and men swarmed out ‘of it with sturdy brooms and a hose attached to a tank of chemical. In two more minutes. the fire was on its last legs. : But it was all absolutely unneces- sary. Ord Trumbower of the Acme should not have been obliged io leave his store. Jim Besecker and other volunteer firemen should not have been interrupted in their work. The fire truck should not have been -called upon to make an expensive run. Pat Reynolds and Dick Haines should not have been obliged to hotfoot it down from the Goodleigh Farm to lend a hand at fire-fighting. Plain, sheer, thexcusable careless- ness, that’s all. + I've had it from all sides, includ- ing the ‘driver of the fire truck, neighbors who dropped in to assist in controlling the blaze, and from Mimi Weir. It has reached the stage where I meekly extend an ear to be slapped down. Right now I am typing with one eye on the machine and the other extended on a stalk, like a hard- crab, toward the field where a change of wind might still whip up the embers and start trouble all over again. From now on I burn the contents of the waste-baskets in the furnace or eat them, ‘depending upon the quality. In the interests of public safety, how about sending up an airplane and heaving a few pounds of dry-| ice into a cumulus cloud? . We could use a good soaking rain. Three weeks of Indian summer climaxing a period of near-drought adds up to trouble. : 3 Horsemen Elect First Officers Form North Mountain Trail Association Horsemen of this area whé an- nually take part in the 0-mile North Mountain Trail Ri ave re- cently formed the North Mountain Trail Association with the follow- ing officers: Harry Fassett, Forkston, president; Dr. Stevens, Wyalusing, vice president; Edward Holmes, Tunkhannock, secretary; Ben Bow- man, Tunhannock, treasurer; and John Blackman, Idetown, historian. Organized ten years ago by Mr. Blackman who made the prelimin- ary survey and had the trails clear- ed, the 100-mile ride has annually become more popular and attracted horsemen from greater distances. Mr. Blackman has long contended that no part of the country offers more beauty than the North Moun- tain trails during the early fall. Two weeks ago twenty-three horsemen made the trip, with the Fassett Farm at Forkston as the starting point. Two different routes were followed through Wyoming, Sullivan and Luzerne counties with the horsemen returning each night to the Fassett farm. In previous years the trips fre- quently started from Idetown, Har- vey’s Lake and Noxen. Winners this year were: Lowther Brown, Trucksville, Edward Holmes, Tunkhannock, Dr. Stevens, Wyalus- ing and Ben Bowman Tunkhannock. Among the local men taking part were John" Blackman, Wayne Lance, Rullison Evans, William Maj- or, Thomas Heffernan, Walter Els- ton, Denton Durland and Luther Cease. Others came from Wyoming, Wayne and Dauphin Counties. Dr. C. D. Parks, Honesdale, direc- tor of the American Morgan Horse Association, rode the Morgan mare that won the Vermont Trail Ride earlier this year. Hospital Patient Wesley Himmler is a patient at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital where he 'mderwent a surgical operation last ‘Saturday and will undergo another today. His condition was reported as improved yesterday. Find nme eed : dependents. Praises Dallas Schools’ Shop Dr. Knerr Calls It “One Of The Best” Dallas Borough Schools have one of the best planned industrial arts shops to be found in Luzerne Coun- ty, according to Dr. M. W. Knerr, area coordinator of Industrial Ed- ucation of the State Department of Public Instruction, who - has just completed a three-day inspection of school shops in this area. So enthusiastic was Dr. Knerr that he said “I plan to bring other interested school men from other parts of the State to see this shop. It shows" what can be done when you really go out after it, but you mss also have a well-qualified in- { dustrial arts man to do the planning | when you have a shop like this, ! Dr. Knerr referred to P. E. Reith- | offer, recently/appointed industrial | arts instructgt in Dalla Borough i Schools, why laid out” the shop ar- | rangement Jof po The shop, willbe one of the many features of the school that will be ‘open Monday night for inspection | Then all residents of the Borough 1 are invited to attend the “Know | Your School” program sponsored | by the school board, faculty and Parent-Teacher Association. | There will be a twenty-minute band concert, short business ses- : sion, and a review of school im- { provements - by Board President { Harry Ohlman. Supervising Prin- ‘cipal Charles James will be chair- | man. | All class rooms will be open with teachers in attendance and there will be exhibits of student work in the grade rooms. Girls of the Home ! Making Department will serve re- | freshments. During the past week students + delighted with the . exhibi- magic given by Pdardo, the and ventriloquist, sday afternoon | auditorium. Forty per cent of the ! proceeds went into the fund to help pay for the school motion picture | projector. | During the Wednesday morning Assembly students saw ‘‘Washing- ton,” a motion picture depicting | scenes in the national capital. ‘Rotary Hears Farm Manager Mary Weir Speaks On Herd Improvement Miss Mary Weir, manager of i Goodleigh Farm owned by Lol. Dor- rance Reynolds, spoke to /members of Dallas Rotary Club a ecent ‘meeting in Irem Temple Club. Miss Weir *spoke on herd management, and the methods for developing de- sirable breeds. It is notable that the Goodleigh Farm has had many prize winners in nationally conducted shows, and much of the credit for these achievements can be attributed to Miss Weir. Program for the evening was un- der direction of Paul Warriner who introduced the speaker to the Ro- tarians. : Last night's meeting was presided over by Harold Payne, president. After a business session, the meet- ing was turned over to David Jen- kins who had charge of the pro- gram. Next Thursday the Club will hold a Hallowe'en party for members, wives and guests. The party, which will be in costume, will start with dinner at 6:30 P. M. at Irem Temple Country Club. Dancing will follow 9 o'clock until 1. Prizes will be awarded for the best dressed, most original and funniest costumed couples. Harold Titman is chairman, and will be assisted by Charles Lee, music; Don Ide, reservations; David Jenkins, Nesbitt Garringer and Dan Robin- hold, decorations, and Paul War- riner and Don Evans, prizes. Fire Companies Get Share Of State Funds Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company and departments in six neighboring townships will soon receive $915.56. The money represents their share of the two per cent tax imposed on fire insurance written locally ‘by out-of-state firms. The Dallas firemen will receive $194.15 while townships and the amounts they will receive are: Dal- las, $119.73; Franklin, $30.06; Jack- son, $56.63; Kingston, $290.73; Lake, $187.79; Ross, $36.47. Monies will be forwarded to the treasurers of the various munici- palities who will turn it over to the relief association of the fire department serving their com- munity. By state law the funds may only be used by the relief departments of the. fire companies to aid injured members or their § i En fr last in the school 1 of Pioneer Avenue. Local Dogs Entered In Back Mountain Club Show Hundreds of the best.dogs in the country from fourteen States are entered in Back Mountain Kennel Club Show which opens Sunday morning at 10 in the Kingston Armory. The show is for the benefit of Back Mountain Memorial Library. Among the entries are top notchers from as far west as Wisconsin, as far south as South Carolina and as far north as Canada. the biggest number will be from the three States, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey, and some of the best dogs entered from Penn- sylvania will come from the Back Mountain country. Eighteen judges will judge the classes. Welsh terriers, father and son, Yanto and Little Boy, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson of the Country Kennels, West Dallas. Boxer, Deacon of Little Nook, owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wagner German short-haired pointer, Sipp, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johns of Huntsville road. Sipp was imported from Germany when Mr. Johns returned from overseas service. But Seventeen Women Attend Convention Seventeen local members were among those who attended the County W. C. T. U. Convention at Forty Fort Methodist Church on Wednesday. Mother Moore of Philadelphia was the principal speaker. Fourteen women and their children were tied with white ribbon and took Temp- erance Pledge. Ls The Y. T. C. was in charge of the evening meeting which included a speaking contest. Those attending from the W. C. T. U. units in this area were: Dallas, Mesdames Wesley Hoover, William Higgins, Albert Parrish, C. S. Hilde- | brant, D. A. Waters, J. C. LaBar, Dorey Rogers and Miss Ann Rich- ards; Idetown, Mesdames, E. R. Parrish, Hattie Hadsal, Ada Fritz, Bruce Shaver; Lehman, Mesdames, S. R. Searfoss, Harry Howell, H. P. Reilly; Outlet, Minnie Hoover and Laura Kocher. t Traffic Lights Rearranged Traffic lights on Main Street have been rearranged according to State requirements and are now in opera- tion except for timing which will | Hotel be established by the State. Lozos’ Teanis Lead town, league which c up from the membership. League games, which began sev- eral weeks ago, are played on Forty Fort Bowling Alleys, Town Halli, Forty Fort. Busses Assured For Circus Trip Twenty-Two Local Men Are Circus Daddies Andrew Bittenbender has offered the services of three of his big school busses and Clarence L. Myers has offered two of his to transport Dal- las Borough school students to the Hamid-Morton three-ring Circus which is being spongdred by the November 1. Dallas childred wi end the show that starts at . M. on October 29 and w eave here at 1:30. Their admission has been paid by twenty-two Dallas Circus Daddies under the chairmanship of L. L. Richardson. These men and organization are: Joseph. H. MacVeigh, James F. Be- secker, L. L. Richardson, H. L. Ohl- man, Lawrence Updyke, Howard Risley, Dr. R, M. Bodycomb, David H. Jenkins, Paul Shaver, Bowman's Restaurant, Dallas Shoe Repair, Dixon’s Fairlawn Market, Dallas Water Company, Himmler Theatre, Hazeltine’s Auto Service, Henry Mastalski, Dallas Portable Welding, Edmondson’s Gift Shop, First National Bank, Cooper’s Dairy, H. A. Smith, and Devens’ Milling Company. A few additional tickets for young- sters. not attending school but who live in the Borough will be available at Dallas Borough Schools and at the office of The Dallas Post. Schools Receive State Payments Auditor General G. Harold Wag- ner has approved payments totalling $454,333.23 to forty-seven school districts of the fourth class in Lu- zerne County. The funds are paid from Legislative appropriations for the support of public schools. Local districts, and the amount each will receive are: Dallas Bor- ough, $9,816.20; Dallas Township, $19,840.54; Franklin Township, $3,744.64; Jackson Townshi p, $4,973.43; Kingston Township $26,244.95. Prize Classes Are Announced Lehman Plans Big Hallowe'en Party Lehman Community and School {will hold an old-fashioned Hallo- Todd Gibbs, 4, Stricken With Poliomyelitis Son Of Mr. And Mrs. Alfred Gibbs Is In 7 Contagious Hospital( Todd Gibbs, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Gibbs, Huntsville road, is a patient at Wilkes-Barre Contagious Disease Hospital where he was taken early Tuesday morn- ing after being stricken with in- fantile paralysis. According to his mother, Todd complained of an ear ache when he awakened Tuesday morning. While she was treating him he also said his neck hurt and slumped in her arms when she tried to have him sit up. Mrs. - Gibbs immediately got in touch with Dr. C. Hayden Phillips who came at once and diagnosed the ailment as polio. Yesterday Todd was showing con- siderable improvement and had the use of one of his arms. His legs were not affected. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs moved to this area in April when they pur- by James Keiper. They have an- other son," Jeffrey, aged 2%. Mr. Gibbs is district representative for the industrial division of United States Rubber Company. Asked what effect the appearance of polio in Dallas might have upon the schools, Supervising Principal Charles James said that he and Mrs. Grace Moore, school nurse, had been in touch with Dr. J. T. Milling- ton at Kirby Health Center and had been informed that there are no tests to give other children and that schools should continue classes as usual. age, he had played with a number of younger school children on Mon- day and had attended the Library Story Hour on Saturday morning. A member of the Board of Health who asked not to be quoted said that the Gibbs home would prob- ably be quarantined for a period of twelve days, although even that is unnecessary since the State no longer authorizes measles, chicken-pox, whooping cough and other childhood diseases. Neither do health officers fumigate homes where there has been dis- ease. This Board member also added that the Gibbs home is located in an area along Huntsville road where seepage from a septic tank was per- mitted to drain along the street for the greater part of the summer. we’en party in the school auditor- ium, Wednesday night, October 29 starting at 8. The grand march will take place’ at 8:40 when $25 in cash prizes will be awarded. Adult classes are: 1. Historical, stage and screen charac- ters; 2. Comic strip characters; 3. Most original; 4. Prettiest, and other prizes at the discretion of the judges. Junior classes are: 1. Rhyme or Mother Goose characters; 2. Funny book characters; 3. Most original; 4. Prettiest, and other prizes at judges. Admission will be free to those in costume but a fee of 25¢ will be the discretion of the. Ferry Elected Post Commander Served For_Th Previous Terms A spirited election attended by fifty members Monday night at the Legion Home on Huntsville resulted in the election of Frank Ferry as Post Commander. : This will be his fourth term. Qut- going Commander is Donald Grose. charged to those who are not. Tickets for cider and doughnuts will be distributed at the door. Pie and other refreshments will be sold. Arranged as a family and com- munity night, all parents and chil- dren as well as the public are in- vited to attend. Chairman is Robert Martin who will be assisted by the following | committee: Joseph Ellsworth, decor- ations and advertising; Virginia King and Ruth Shellhamer, refresh- ments; Mrs. Dorothy Travis and Mrs. Earl Weidner, prizes; Miss Mary Battle and Arthur Harrison, business and finance; Anthony Mar- chakitis, Hannah Culp and Mrs. Lois Allegar, games and grand march; Bernard, music. WE REACHING FOR HIS BUBBLE GUM, TWIN BREAKS RIGHT ARM — Calvin Sutton, twin son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil/ Sutton, is making a good recbvery after breaking his! right arm while reaching for his bubble gum at Standings as of October 17th were as follows: TEAM Ww. L. PTS. W. Lozo, Jr. q 5 10 W. Lozo, Sr. 6 6 9 J. Owens 6 6 % B. Stitzer 5 7 6 Big Ten of the League B. Zimmerman 170, B. Stitzer 165 | C. Hirner 164 W. Lozo, Jr. 157 J. Owens 157} O. Hontz 157! A. Kitchen 152 W. Lozo, Sr. 151 Shupp 150 R. Lozo 148 RB. Beegea: ine EUw 148 EIGHT LIFE MEMBERSHIPS ‘Wyoming Valley Motor Club presented eight life memberships to members obtaining 50 or more new memberships at its meeting in terling Wednesday night. |= the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sutton. Bubble gum isn’t always that dangerous, but Calvin’s hap- pened to be placed on a bed- room dresser. In his efforts to reach it he tipped the dresser over and broke his arm. He was treated at Nesbitt Memor- ial Hospital. As all good bub- ble gum fans know, “what's a broken arm, when you've still got good teeth to chew bubble gum.” : EEA SA Other officers elected were: Har- | old Brobst, vice Commander; Leon- {ard Harvey, second vice Comman- | der; Arthur Dungey, finance officer; Clare Winters, chaplain; Primo Berrettini, service officer; Joe La- velle and Wilson Garinger, serge- ants-at-arms; Steve Pavlick, his- torian; members of the home com- mittee are: Roy Verfaillie, Frank Ferry, and Leonard Harvey; home committee, unexpired term for three years, David Jenkins; adjutant, William Baker, Jr. { Commander Ferry expressed his appreciation for the trust’ imposed in him and urged all members to make the coming year the most ac- tive in local Legion history. Bible Seminary Dean To Speak Shavertown Church Conducts Conference ‘rhe speaker for the October Bible Conterence sponsored by the Shav- ertown Bible Church, will be Rev. Mr. Vernon Grounds. Rev. Grounds was formerly a pas- tor in Paterson, N.J., and is at pres- ent Dean of the Baptist Bible Sem- inary, Johnson City, N. Y. He is one of America’s outstanding Bible expositors. The meetings will be held Friday, October 24 through Sunday, Octo- ber 26. Evening services start at 7:45 P. M. and on Sunday, services will be at 11:00 A. M. and 7:45 P. M. The public is cordially in- vited to attend! all sessions. is chased the property formerly owned While Todd was not of school ° quarantine for WERGCRRRE a
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