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Editorially Speaking:
Lincoln .
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. A Failure For Forty-seven Years
History is vole with the names of great persons who de-
fied discouragement and surmounted great obstacles to obtain their
objectives.
- For example Demosthenes, with an impediment in his speech,
became a great orator.
become Prime Minister.
But perhaps the greatest demonstration of fortitude was displayed
by Abe Lincoln in his struggle for
Abe encountered forty-seven years of failure before he finally
reached his objective.
of a worthless partner.
He fell in love with a beautiful girl, became engaged to her—
then she died.
Entering politics he ran for
trounced. He then tried to get an appointment to the United
States Land Office, but failed.
He became a candidate for the United States Senate and was
badly defeated.
In 1856 he ran for the vice presidency and lost.
In 1858 he was defeated by Douglas.
But in the face of all defeat and failure,
achieved the highest success in life, and undying fame to the end
of time.
This great man was so humble that once while driving along
a country road with a friend he lifted his hat in response to the
“Surely it isn’t your custom, Mr. Presi-
dent to tip your hat to a Negro?” asked the friend in surprise.
replied Lincoln:
to permit a Negro to outdo me in politeness.”
Compare this humble backwoods-
salute of an aged Negro,
“Why yes, indeed”
Of such is greatness made.
man with those of lesser stature
forever' the common touch.
When Lincoln was a young man, he ran for the legislature of
Illinois, and was badly swamped. He next entered business,
failed, and spent seventeen years of his life paying up the debts
D’Israeli overcame racial prejudice to
Helen Keller recognized no barriers
in her struggle and overcame the worst of physical handicaps.
THE DaiLas Post
RE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Vol. 58, No. 7
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1948
6 CENTS PER COPY
DALLAS 2 11
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
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Congress and was thoroughly
he eventually
“you couldn’t expect me
who upon achieving success lose
FROM.
PILLAR
By Mgrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
While you are wallowing around in the snowdrifts,
* weather of the distance between the Barnyard and the office of the Dallas
Post, you may think of me, doubtless with a slight gritting of the teeth,
as strolling on a grassy sward among the camellias in Charleston. It’s a
fact, the camellias are blooming great guns, the pear trees are showing
TO POST
making heavy
signs of bursting buds, the pansies®
are in bloom, and the jonquils are
well above the ground.
This morning the tide is well up
along the shores of the Ashley
River, with little pools of salt water
showing between the rushes and
white herons stalking about, on the
prowl for fiddler crabs. Those
herons are going to be disappointed
when they find that the fiddler
erabs are in hibernation. Not a one
in sight, though during the summer
‘months the marshy ground beneath
the huge ive: oak tree at the foot
his HL ver the pn claw help-
ing in locomotion.
There has been no snow along
"this part of the coast, but the snow-
line extended well to the south of
- Florence, which is only a hundred
~ toll-houses ‘were closed.
miles away. Looking from the
windows of the bus last week, the
snow grew progressively scantier
and scantier as we rolled south,
but patches of it were still visible
along the north slopes of gullies and
in fence corners. In spite of there
having been no snow, the weather
hereabouts was cold enough for a
brief spell so that the Cooper River
Bridge with its high spans and its
steep approaches had to be closed
to traffic because of a glaze of ice.
It is only in the south that a bridge
of this sort could be constructed, =
because in the northern states it
would be impassable for most of
the winter months. It resembles a
huge camel with two humps and a
bend in the middle. The spans ac-
commodate beneath them, without
benefit of a drawbridge, the largest
vessels in the U. S. Navy. A toll-
bridge for several years, with a toll
of seventy-five cents for car and
driver and an additional fee for
each passenger, the bridge is now
open to traffic at will. As soon as
the indebtedness was paid off, the
As the
bridge is on Route 17, the most
direct route north, this is a break
for the travelling public.
Yesterday we parked for a few
minutes on the sea-wall of the Bat-
tery, looking out toward Fort Sum-
ter. Through the fog and the murk
a long line of porpoises were swim-
ming steadily out to sea, not leap-
ing and playing as they do on clear
and sparkling days, but going on
their way in a businesslike fashion
with only an occasional fin or tail
above the gray water.
The big show-places around
Charleston are not yet groomed for
visitors, though motorists passing
through from Florida do a bit of
sight-seeing on general principles.
Another month and the azaleas will
be in bloom, with the famed gardens
doing a landoffice business in tour-
ists at two dollars a head with an
extra fee for a guide and a lavish
tip to follow. It is not necessary
to visit these show places in order
to enjoy the azaleas and later the
magnolias, as Charleston itself is
full of azalea, and Summerville, only
twenty miles away, is a riot of wis-
teria in late March or early April.
When Tom called on the tele-
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ELECT NEW PRESIDENT
TO REPLACE BOY WHO
WAS DROWNED IN EAKE
A meeting of t Luzerpe
and Lackawanna Cgdunty Vbca-
tional Agriculture feaghfers, and
F. F. A. presidents was held at
the home of R. L. Ruble, teacher
of Agriculture at Lehman
Schools on Wednesday evening,
February 5. Kenneth Hewitt
Dilton fvas elected president
e place of Richard
ker, who was drowned
Pcember 20 while skating on
Chapman Lake.
A report on the farm show
was given by Jack Metcalf of
Huntington Mills.
Methods ~ of financing the
Area Council were discussed.
Area project contest awards
were given out by H. E. New-
comer, County Supervisor of
Vocational Agriculture.
At the next meeting the boys
from each school in the area
are to bring in the total re-
ceipts, expenses, and profits
from the project work for the
year of 1947. '
Also attending the meeting
were the wives of the Voca-
tional Agriculture teachers.
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Famous Persons
Send Parcels
Sale and Entertainment
Tonight At Lehman
Lehman Township Parent-Teacher
Association will hold its much
heralded Parcel Post Sale tonight at
8 in the high school auditorium.
The event has created consider-
able interest due to the fact that
parcels have been received from
practically every state in the Union;
from United States territories and
from other lands. Many parcels
have been received from nationally
known celebreties, including Mrs.
Harry Truman.
While most of the parcels will be
sold unopened for 25c each, those
from celebreties and from a great
distance will be sold at auction.
The program will open with a
free entertainment followed by the
sale of parcels. Then will come the
auction sale and finally the sale
of refreshments. ' Admission will be
free.
All persons having parcels are re-
quested to bring them to the audi-
torium early so that they can be
properly displayed.
Arrest Motorists
Pennsylvania State Police arrested
a number of local motorists ‘on
Memorial Highway this week’ for
not having their automobiles in-
spected. Two of the offendérs were
residents of Machell avenue and
one of DeMunds Road.
Jackson Firemen
Elect Officers
And Buy Pumper
Harold Bertram Gives
Land At Chase For
Community Building”
Louis T. Wilcox, Chasey” has been
elected chfirman of the newly-
formed
Jackso #Township Volun-
teer Fire any.
At a recent organization meeting
held in Rome School House on the
coldest night of the year, forty
property owners of the township
met to lay plans for the company
and to elect officers.
Edward Kropp was elected vice
chairman; Norman Smith, secre-
tary; and James Twaddle, treas-
urer. Trustees elected were Harold
Bertram, 3 years; Earl Balliet, 2
years, and Elmer Laskowski, 1 year.
Dennis Bonning, Sr., was elected
fire chief. Members appointed to
the Ways and Means committee
are Frank Thompson, Paul Gross
and Alden Wagner.
The company has already pur-
chased a White pumper from Han-
over Township Fire Department for
$400 and originally planned to in-
stall a 500-gallon booster tank. The
pumper has a capacity of between
400 and 500 gallons per minute.
It is without hose.
After members of the company
had an opportunity to view the
Hi-Pressure Fog pumper being used
by Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire
Company, they recommended that
similar equipment be purchased for
Jackson and that the Hanover!
pumper be traded in on it.
The Sweet Valley equipment! |
carries a 500-gallon booster tank
which can furnish a supply of
water for the Hi-Pressure Fog sys-
tem for twenty minutes while fire-!
men are laying larger lines and,
making connections for the pumper.
Such equipment will cost between
$7,000 and $8,000.
About an acre of suitable land
within a half mile of Chase Cor-
ners has been donated to the com-
pany by Harold Bertram for the
erection of a fire house and Com-
munity Hall. E
At a meeting last night at the
home of Mr. Bertram, further plans
for the company were discussed
The new organization will serve
about 350 homes in Jackson Town-
ship and is being enthusiastically
supported by the people of the
community.
McCusker Seeks
Community Help
Ponders Installation
Of Whistle /At Natora
John McCusker, ghrietal mafager
of Natona Mills
While Mr. ey sn]
a responsibility this|is o
like to have the
him settle.
Shall Natona Mills install a
whistle? Many of those in Mr. Mc-
Cusker’s organization have told him
that they would like to have a’
whistle at the plant .to signal the
start of the day shift; noon recess;
resumption of work at one o'clock
o'clock.
“Whether we install a whistle,
Mr. McCusker, says depends upon
the community. We can install a
big whistle that will echo through
these hills and be at the disposal
of the community for fire alarms
celebrations and on Armistice Day;
or we can install a little whistle
that can be heard only within a
short distance of the plant. Whistles
come in all sizes and we've got
plenty of steam; but what I want
to know is what kind of whistle the
community would like to have.”
Whistles come in all manner of
tones and pitches, too, but Mr. Mc-
Cusker didn’t go into that. Those
who have an opinion on the matter
are asked to express it through the
columns of The Post.
Water Line Bursts
One of the main” joints iff the
water line supplyidg Nat6na Mills
blew out on ee a time
endangered the plant's water sup-
ply. An emergency crew from Dal-
las Water Company quickly repaired
the leak and had water soon flow-
ing into the mill without retarding
production.
and the end of the day shift at five
Sixty Attend Fellowship Dinner
And Conference At Alderson Church Reflect Break
Fourth Quarterly Conference of serve.
Alderson-Noxen Methodist charge
was held Tuesday evening at the
Alderson church.
Rev. Roswell W. Lyon, Superin-
| tendent of the Wilkes-Barre District
of the Wyoming Conference,
sided.
A comprehensive report of the
year’s activities was given by the
pastor, Rev. James J. Hilbert, after
which the Superintendent compli-
mented him on the fine work done
during the year.
pre-
Reports of the officials and heads
of Women’s Societies, Sunday
Schools, and youth groups were
read and approved. All reports
gave evidence of the churches of
the charge being in a fine financial
condition.
Ruggles and Noxen are planning
to build new churches in the not
too distant future. ‘Alderson plans
building a church house for social
activities and the purchase of an
electric organ for the church.
Both Alderson and Kunkle re-
ported substantial increases for the
pastor’s salary in the coming con-
ference year.
The pastor paid tribute in his
report, to Mrs. Flora Jones of Nox-
en, who has been church treasurer
for 23 years, but who now, due to
ill health, must be relieved of her
responsibilities. He stated that she
has been the most efficient treasurer
he has ever had in ‘any of the
churches he has been privileged to
Fighter Pilot
Killed In Japan
Mrs. Williams® Brother
Dies In Plane Crack-Up
Mrs. Edgar L. Williams, Jr., Ide-
town, has recived gard® that the
body of her brother, Lieut. Frank
M. Corser, a fighter pilot missing
over Japan since December, has
been found.
Lieut. Corser, whose home was
in Binghamton, N. Y., was accom-
panied by Capt. Odie Minitra of
Galveston, Texas, on a rountine
flight from Itami Air Base on Osaca
to his own air base at Itazuki on
northern Kyushu. Lieut. Corser
had reached his destination, buzzed
the field and was circling when the
plane must have become lost in
adverse weather, The wreckage and
both bodies were found after a
three weeks search on January 14
on Beppu mountain on the far
northeast corner of Kyushu. Capt.
Minitra’s wife had been in Japan
only five days before his death.
Lieut. Corser was well known
by many persons in this area, hav-
ing visited his sister at Irem Temple
Country Club while her father-in-
law was manager there.
During the war he was a gunner
{ with the Eighth Air Force on the
famed Flying Fortress
Southern
Comfort which was the first Ameri-
can bomber based in England to
complete twenty-five missions over
Europe. He was shot down twice
{and once limped back across the
English channel where the entire
crew baled out with but one cas-
ualty.
He received the Distinguished
Flying Cross with three Oak Leaf
clusters. It was shortly after his
return from England that he visited
Dallas. He received his permanent
commission in the air force three
months ago and had been in Japan
since July 1946 with two and one-
half years yet to serve there.
Unmarried, Lieut. Corser enlisted
in the Air Corps when he was 19
He was 25 at the time of his death.
He is survived by his parents,” Mr.
and Mrs. Virgil F. Corser of Bing-
hamton and by nine brothers and
sisters.
Clerk Hit By Truck
While Pumping Gasoline
Knocked down by pickup truck
as he was pumping gasoline in front
of the store, Arthur S clerk
at Shook’s “store, Céntermoreland,
received painful bruises Saturday
afternoon.
The truck, driven by Levi Brown,
80, apparently became unmanagable
as Mr. Brown drew up in front of
the store. Mr. Shook was taken
to his home where he still remains
in bed under the treatment of Dr.
C. G. Perkins of Trucksville.
An election of charge officials
and committees was held during
the meeting.
The conference was preceded by
a fellowship supper attended by
more than sixty persons:
Rev. Roswell Lyon, Rev. and Mrs.
James Hilbert, Mr. and Mrs. War-
ren Montross, Mrs. Laura Jones,
Mrs. Angeline Shalata, Mrs. Clifford
Mansfield, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nul-
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dennis,
Mrs. Florence Condon, A. J. Caster-
line, Mrs. Caradoc Rees, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Schupp, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Maurer, Joseph Delet-Kanic,
Jason Kunkle, Mrs. Daisy Crispell.
Mrs. George Dendler, Miss Stella
Shook, Mrs. Ruth Fields, Mrs. Ruth
Bennett, Mrs. Althea Hackling, Mrs.
Herbert Bronson, John Bronson,
Mrs. Mina Harrison, Mr. and Mrs.
Verne Kitchen, Mrs. Vera Loomis,
Mr. and Mrs. William Keiper, Mrs.
Albert Ruff, Harold Hackling, Fran-
cis Thompson, Franklin Patton, Mr.
and Mrs. Osmond Casterline, Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Gunton, Mrs.
Lulu Gilmore, Mrs. Helen Scouten,
Mrs. Edna Miller and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Witter,
G. O. Shook, Mrs. Vida Comstock,
Mrs. Albert Armitage, Mrs. Roy
Schultz, Mrs. Raymond Garinger,
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Carpenter,
Mrs. Frank Jackson, Mrs. George
Taylor, Fred Dodson, William Wea-
ver, Miss Roannah Shoemaker, El-
mer Wyant, June Kistler.
Library Book
Circulation Up
Book Club Will Elect
Officers Wednesday
Cold weather and a desire of
most persons to stay close to their
own firesides has had a stimulating |
effect on book circulation at Back
Mountain Memorial Library.
Miss Miriam Lathrop, librasfan,
reports the largest circulatiéh since
the library opening g#furing the
month of January.™
Among the books most sought
are: “House that Jacob Built”,
Gould; “East Side West Side”,
Davenport; “House Divided, Wil-
liams; “Prince of Foxes”, Shella-
barger; “Moneyman’’, Costain. “Dan
Sickles, Hero of Gettysburg and
“Yankee King of Spain”, although
two years old, has also been popu-
lar this winter.
The library has all of the cur-
rent best sellers and in many in-
stances two copies of each.
Two beautiful new volumes re-'
cently added to the shelves are
“Natchez on the Mississippi”’—Kane,
depicting in color many of the fam-
ous Colonial homes of the lower
Mississippi region. The other is
“The American Past” —Butterworth,
and is the gift of Mrs. Mae E.
Townend. Although not fiction, it
is a current best seller.
The reorganized Book Club will
meet at the library on Wednesday
afternoon for the election of officers
and discussion of other important] .
matters. Officers nominated for
election are: Mrs. Harry Ohlman,
president; Mrs. Janet Smith, vice-
president; Mrs. A. D. Hutchison,
secretary and Mrs. Charles Wheaton
Lee, treasurer. All persons interested
whether members of the club or not,
are invited to attend.
Dallas Teams Romp
To Victory Over Lake
Dallas Borough girls’ basketball
team last Friday night showed fine
sportsmanship and. tricky playing
when they romped over Lake Town-
ship to stay in fhe upetisted top
bracket. x
The game was played on the Dal-
las floor with both teams displaying
clean playing. Final score was
29-15. Agnes Berry officiated.
Boys’ Game
Dallas boys started off at a fast
clip and triumphed over Laketon
67 to 22.
Everybody on the Borough team
participated in the game which was
a bedlam of- shots from the court.
The" two Brobst brothers starred
for Dallas with Charlie having 26
points and Herbie making 13 points;
but they were well-backed up by
the rest of the team. Officials were
Harding and Nogle.
Retail Prices
In Grain Market
Some Feeds Are Off
$8 To $10 Per Ton
At Local Feed Stores
The break in the grain markets
has had 4
stock feeds.
All local feed dealers report lower-
ed retail prices on most feeds.
some instances the prices of poultry
scratch feeds have dropped ds much
as $10 per ton with an average
price reduction on all feeds of about
$8 per ton.
A. C. Devens, who has watched
the ups and downs of the grain
markets over a period of many
years, is buying on a day to day
basis and is not willing to predict
what will happen to grain prices
in the next few days.
a high of $6.10 to $5.60; mashes
from $6.20 to $5.80 and cow feeds
from $5.70 to $5.50.
Farmers for the most part are
delighted with the trend. Stanley
Moore, owner of Trucksville Mill, be-
lieves that lowered prices will have
a stimulating effect upon the pro-
duction of poultry and live stock.
During the period of high feed
prices, Mr. Moore says, many pro-
ducers have become discouraged and
reduced their herds of cattle, in
some instances selling good breed-
ing stock for beef. He believes there
has been an overall cut of at least
10% in both poultry and livestock.
Ross Williams at the Old Toll
Gate Feed Store also believes that
lowered prices will have a marked
effect on poultry and broiler pro-
area depend for a large part of their
income. ‘Very few chicks 'have
been started here because of high
feed prices.” Mr. Williams said he
believes feed prices will level off
shortly and will not drop to a point
‘where they will upset the national
economy.
Lowered feed prices have as yet
had no effect upon orders for baby
chicks, according to Clarence Hil-
bert of Beaumont, one of the largest
hatcherymen in this area. Effect
of high prices is shown by his cur-
rent production record which is
1,000 baby chicks per month as
compared with 10,000 per month
during a normal period.
Mr. Hilbert feels, however, that
lowered feed prices will encourage
local poultrymen again to start up
| their brooders.
Mrs. Ike Brace
Breaks Wrists
Also Breaks Heel In
Fall Down Stairs
With both wrists and her right
heel strapped in plaster casts, Mrs.
I. L. Brace, wife of one of Shaver-
town’s most pgbular busi §smen,
returned Wednesday rnoon from
General Hospit: here she has
been a patient since Saturday morn-
ing.
Mrs. Brace received her injuries
Friday night about 8:30 as she was
descending a flight of stairs in her
home on Roushey Street. She had
come down eight steps to a landing
when she misjudged the next four
steps, tripped about sixteen inches
and landed in such manner as to
break both wrists and her heel.
A neighbor who was departing
after making a telephone call,
heard her and came back in the
house to her assistance. Dr. Sher-
man Schooley was summoned and
set the breaks temporarily until
she could be removed next morn-
ing to General Hospital for an x-
ray examination. Her wrists will
have to remain in the casts for
from two to three months.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Brace's son,
Henry, who is employed in the
New York City Postoffice came to
spend a few days with her and
cheer her up.
Some months ago Tom Earl of
Carverton, former Kingston Town-
ship School Director was similarly
injured, breaking both wrists when
a limb gave way while he was
trimming a tree.
Meets Tonight
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company
will meet tonight.
In
Scratch feeds have dropped from
duction upon which farmers of this!
Five Hundred
Maryland Folk
Honor Pastor
Rev. C. H. Frick Will
Become Huntsville
Pastor On April 1st
Maryland, will resume pastorate
at Huntsville Christian Church on
April 1st. Rev. Frick served the
Huntsville Church as pastor for
about twenty years before entering
the Army chaplaincy during World
War II. Subsequently he became
pastor of Mt. Rainier Christian
Church. He will be the guest
speaker at the Week of Compassion
Dinner to be held at Huntsville
Christian Church on February 19.
Sundays issue of the Washington
Post said:
More than 500 persons—includ-
ing Prince Georges County and Dis-
trict religious, civic and business
leaders—honored the Rev. and
Mrs. Charles H. Frick, retiring pas-
toral couple of Mount Rainier Chris-
tian Church.
Mayor Floyd B. Mathias, of Mount
Rainier, speaking at the reception
in the church at 33d st. and Bun-
ker Hill rd, said Mr. Frick has
always been in the forefront for
civic betterment.
“His leaving will be a distinct
loss to the community,” he added.
Given Plaque by Club
Carl E. Nordeen, president of
the Mount Rainier Lions Club, of
which Mr. Frick is a charter mem-
ber, presented him a testimonial
plaque on behalf of the club. A
basket ‘of flowers and a resolution
came from Oscar T. Harlow, chair-
man of the official board of Mount
Rainier Methodist Church. Wilbur
Smith handed Pastor Frick a sizable
“purse” on behalf of the Mount
Rainier Christian Church’s official
board, of which he is chairman.
Also joining in the program were
Dr. J. Warren Hastings, president
of the Disciples Ministerial Union
of Washington; Mrs. Bernard L.
Teelyea, president of the Women’s
Civic League of Mount Rainier;
James L. Harrison, president of the
Washington Christian Church Coun-
cil; Mrs. George M. Anderson, repre-
senting the Christian Ministers
Wives Association of Washington;
James Davis of the Rattlesnake Pa-
trol, Troop 203, Boy Scouts; Carroll
Zimmerman of Troop 59, Girl
Scouts, and the Rev. Clarkson R.
Banes, president of the Mount
Rainier - Brentwood Ministerial
Union and pastor of Mount Rainier
Methodist Church. Mrs. Ruby F.
Laughton headed the program com-
mittee, assisted by Miss Leona T
Rider.
To Conduct Baptisms
Mr. Frick’'s last act as pastor
will be conducting baptisms next
Sunday at 7:45 P.M. and preaching
at 11 AM. He and Mrs. Frick
will move to the 30-acre farm of
his late father, Rev. M. C. Frick.
at Sweet Valley, until the new par-
sonage is built at Huntsville.
Lake Employs
School Nurse
Temporary Hea
Room Is Equipped
Mrs. Florence Schelb, a graduate
of Ann May School of Nursing, Nep-
tune, N. J, in 1934, has been ap-
pointed school nurse at Lake Town-
ship Schools.
A temporary health room has
been established in the Laketon
Building and will be equipped as
rapidly as possible.
need for one or two cots and any
one who might have a cot to con-
tribute or to sell is asked to con-
tact Supervising Principal George
Taylor. :
Before starting her work, Mrs.
Schell spent several days in Dallas
Borough Schools with Mrs. Robert
Moore, school nurse, studying the
local set-up.
Mrs. Schell’s work of checking up
on student illnesses has according
to Mr. Taylor, been invaluable dur-
ing the recent outbreaks of chicken
pox and scarlet fever which al-
most reached epidemic proportions.
Girls Play At Armory
Dallas Borough Girls’ Basketball
team tied St. Nicholas High School
in a fast game at Kingston Armory
Wednesday night.
Rev. Charles Fric of Mt. Rainjiews
There is still ~
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