‘#taking: datchel’s Arrival editorial is from the New York Herald uly 9 1948. Permission to reprint granted k Herald Tribune). ange: Satchel Paige, the tall sycamore of Negro Who may or may not have been the world’s greatest pitcher, makes his delayed arrival in the big leagues, and the event stirs only a minor flurry on the sports pages. THE Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Back Mountain Highway Deaths and BOX SCORE Serious accidents since V-J Day For the benefit of the erudite who plod more solemn orbits for the world’s progress in human relations, Mr. Paige is a fabu- Vol, 58, No. 33 FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1948 6 CENTS PER COPY Hospitalized Killed DALLAS | 2 | 11 LEHMAN | 1 | 1 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP | 20 | 4 JACKSON TOWNSHIP | 2 | MONROE TOWNSHIP | 3 | i ROSS TOWNSHIP | 2 | LAKE TOWNSHIP | 1 TOTAL | 31 | 17 lous fellow who for twenty years or more labored outside the color line. This durable Alabamian, who seems to be a perpetual thirty-nine, met white competition frequently enough in exhibi- tion games to establish that he was around the top in the great art of blazing a baseball. The Satchel was good enough to trim Dizzy Dean 1 to 0 in thirteen innings, and in a quiet moment Dizzy once commented that two such Olympians between them could turn in sixty winning games a year. Satchel, it should be added, thought they could do better than that. Paige or no Paige, the Negro was forbidden in polite and or- ganized baseball. It was not a subject for discussion; silent eva- sion was the rule. As a commercial sport, baseball year after year year saw no need for change. Branch Rickey, to his immortal credit, took the big plunge, and installed young Jackie Robinson at Brooklyn last year. And Robinson, to the great pleasure of practically all, made good. The traditionalists no longer threw up their hands in horror. No walls tumbled, no stars fell. More Negroes were tried out; some stuck, some didn’t, all on the basis of ability. Thus, in the late afternoon of his career, Paige is called to Cleveland at a pretty penny because Bill Veeck’s first-place club needs a tough right-hander who can save games. The Satchel should have been there long ago, but better late than never. Here's to good pitch- ing, Satchel. FROM. PILLAR TO POST By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. The country has gone questionnaire-mad. Every radio station features quiz programs to stump the experts, every popular magazine runs at least one question and answer page. This is O.K., and legitimate entertainment, except when the radio program or the popular magazine starts delving into questions best left unasked and unanswered. Some® questions can be pretty dangerous HUNTSVILLE MAN’S STORY IN SATURDAY EVENING POST and some answers can be dynamite The fad for applied psychology is the curse of present-day thinking. “The Troublesome Age”. by Patterson McNutt appears in the August 14 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. Mr, and Mrs. McNutt are spending the summer in Mrs. Joseph Coughlin’s cottage at Huntsville. Mrs. McNutt is the former Mildred Coughlin, dau- ghter of the late James Cough- lin, peri ndent of Wilkes- Fo, ools. was ye: > ber of the edi- torial staff of the old New York Morning World. Later he wrote and produced a dozen Broadway plays including “Pigs” produced by Goldyn and “Kibitzer” starring Edward G. Too many parents are on the hunt for too many answers as to what makes Johnny tick, why Johnny! won't eat his spinach, and why Johnny is lukewarm about being | housebroken. The fear of Serir oping inhibitions in Jobnny which! X, Nh will later cause Johnpy~ to) “become | for five to occur to the parents that the! enfire structure of civilization is! based upon inhibitions and taboos, ! znd that without them there would | be no civilization at all, simply a mass of uninhibited folks milling: arould and. doidg eiscily as they Robinson. He has written please with total disregard for| So Stories for Colliers, : merican Magazine and The gverybody else. Saturday Evening Post. The same pseudo-psychological; For twelve years he was in attitude dictates a great many of the questionnaire pages in the! popular magazines. Hollywood writing for motion pictures and it was while there that he obtained the material within his own family for “The Troublesome Age.” How to make marriage work, for instance. There is a lengthy, blurb about the necessity for ad- justing to the parents-in-law and' . brushing the hair before dinner- Pl T B Id time, then the reader is i an 0 ul to take pencil in hand for the pur- D H pose of answering a series of ozen ouses questions. The first five questions! must be answered with an em-| phatic NO, the next fifteen with | an equally emphatic YES, if your | score is less than fourteen, you may | as well fold up your marriage and call it a day, entering the divorce court as unobtrusively as possible. of land being opened along the Now that may all be straight Tunkhannock-Dallas Highway in goods BUT, the wrong people read the vicinity of Goss Manor. these articles and Suestionnalres.s Intelligent people give them a passing glance, smile a quiet smile, and go on about their business. Unfortunately a young bride who — a Open New Street Near Goss Manor A dozen or more $12,000, to | $17,000 homes, all F.H.A. approved, will be built shortly on a new plot Jay Evans, Tunkhannock con- tractor who built Hanson's new Drive-In Theatre at Harvey's Lake, ! has the contract. : 5 Ni Two of the two-story homes will is blessed with the minimum num, be built facing Route 309 while ber of brajps has very little 0 the others will be built along a occupy her attention, so she hes new street which is being con- ample leisure to batten on what- structed at right angles to the ever so-called literature is hers for -. : : : x . highw. d the direct f the reading. With a high-school ! or od a n ® Jechon 0 psychology at her good right hand, | : she methodically pursues the ques- tionnaire from start to finish, end-' Boat Races At ing up with an honest score of thirteen. Obviously her marriage, " is headed for the rocks, though | Lake Silkworth this state of affairs had not been! 3 manifest to herself or to anybody! Water sport enthusiasts will have else until she read the question- a field day Sunday, at the Lake naire. With the knowledge forced Silkworth Water Carnival. There upon her that she has not enough Will be motor boat races and a interests: in common with her| group of Kayak, Canoe and - Boat husband, and nobody on hand to| events plus a series of entertain- point out to her that common in-| ments for all. terests are a matter of gradual| The Carnival is sponsored by growth, she delves more deeply| Lake Silkworth Volunteer Fire into the subject, pulling up her | Company to reduce the debt on its affection by the roots to see if| Community Building and Fire it is flourishing or withering away. | House. : The people who write these In observance of the Third An- articles and questionnaires have the | nual Lake Silkworth Day, many of very best of intentions, but they|the homes and boats along the unwittingly do a great deal of|lake front will be gaily decorated damage under the cloak of frank-| and lighted. Our Lady of Mt. Car- ness and analysis. A little knowl-| mel R. C. Church will sponsor a edge still remains a dangerous| dinner during the day at Zata- thing. ° | wecki’s Grove. "GOP To Picnic offered to the winner of the =) throughout the East, on Saturday, August 21. make the annual trek to Berwick Legion Plans To Build New $15,000 Home Quonset Hut Will Be Located Along Memorial Highway Daddow-Isaacs Post, Legion, has approved plans for a new $15,000 home at the junction American similar to the Kingston, will to Memorial High ample facilities to serve asa meet- ing place for civic and faternal organizations as well as for. the Legion. The building will be approxi- mately 40 x 60 feet and will cost $2,700 before erection aid without fixtures. This type d structure was selected after onsideration was given to economy and ease of further expansion. An adjacent grove will be land- scaped and equipped for outings and picnics. : Post Commander Dasid Jenkins has appointed the folloying build- ing committee: Frank Ferry, John Nash and Primo Berrettini. Funds will be raised through a bond issue. On Saturday members of the Legion started clearing the ground with a power saw and heavy equip- ment lent by Mr. Jenkins. Those who helped fell the first trees were: Joe LaValle, Harry Eshelman, Frank Ferry, Primo Berrettini, Don Verfaille, John Nash, Kenneth Grose, John Yeisley, Charles Van- Buskirk, Alden LeGrand and David Jenkins. The Legion's present home is in the Wallo property on Huntsville road. At Wisniewski's Reunion Will Be Held September 4 Luzerne County Republicans, united for the 1948 Presidential, Congressional and Legislative elec- tions, have increased the committee assignments for their reunion and outing at Wisniewski’s Grove, De- Mund’s, on Saturday, September 4. It will be an all-day affair. Music, speaking by party notables, sports and “al fresco” luncheons will high-light the outing. Republican = County chairman, Olin W. Evans, has announced that all excepting the speakers, to be introduced at the all-day outing, is definitely set for the reunion. County Commissioner Robert Lloyd and State Highway Superintendent Harradon Smith are co-chairmen of the reunion and outing, Executive duties in association with Republican outing will be directed by the seven chairmen of Legislative districts, with County Commissioner Herman C. Kersteen acting as their outing chairmen, as follows: First, John Watro; sec- ond, Robert Lloyd; third, John Shivell; fourth, Jack Williams; fifth, Morgan Bird; sixth, Oscar Phillips; seventh, Oliver Price. Berwick Fireworks Saturday, August 21 Two outstanding displays of fire- works will feature the 38th annual celebration of the Maria Assunta Society, on Saturday night, Aug- ust 21, at Berwick,. The pyrotechnic exhibitions will be fired at the site of the old Airport, along Route 11. Without a doubt it is the most out- standing celebration of its kind in the East. Society officials believe that this year's fireworks: fete will surpass any held heretofore, with a crowd in excess of 40,000 persons expect- ed. In 1947, the fireworks were presented, despite a slight drizzle, later in the evening. Competing for the cash prize, hibitions, are two big fireworks companies, one from New York and one from New Jersey. They both promise displays unexcelled Many persons from this area for the fireworks. Over two hundred friends and | neighbors gathered in the High School auditorium al Lehman Mon- day evening to bid iarewell to Mr. end Mrs. Howard Hendricks and family. The Hendricks will leave for Millersburg this week where Mr. Hendricks has accepted the position of supervior of publié schools. Gilbert Tough, gereral chairman, acted as toastmaster of the affair. Robert Martin preserted Mr. Hend- ricks with a fitted travelling bag, gift of the High Sclool faculty, in appreciation of his many kindnesses to them. Friends ind neighbors, through Mr. Tough, gave them a lovely lamp. Little Shirley John- son, one of the fou and five year olds in her .Sunday School Class, presented Mrs. Herdricks with a colorful bouquet of handkerchiefs. Entertainment wa furnished by Miss Alice Ehret who played ma- rimba selections md. a quartet composed of Mrs. Leonard Ide, Mrs. Robert Scott, Mrs. Howard Ehret, and Mrs. Bryce Mijor, who sang original farewell jhgles. An autographed ‘able cloth was given to the Hendicks as a per- manent record of those at the party. Present were: Ann Havrilla, Margaret Lukasavaje, Joann Luka- savage, Loraine Iukasavage, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Elsworth, Louise, { Kenneth and Howarl Ellsworth, Mr. | and Mrs. Oliver Whitesell, Mrs. Joseph Havrilla, Mrs. Kenneth Shel- lhamer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Martin Mr. and Mrs. Reed Travis, Ruth Shellhamer, Mrs. Clara Mekeel, Mrs. Dorrance Mekeel, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Coolbaugh, Harold Cool- Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hendricks Are Honored At Farewelt-Party Grace Ide, F. A. Elston, C. S. Nuss, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brandon, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Steele, Judith and Russell Steele, William Neely, Alice Ehret, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Foss, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ehret, Miss Estelle O’Donnell, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lewis, Mrs. Harold Rood, Ralph H. Rood, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Howell, Mis. Albert Ide, Mrs. R. L. Ruble, Mre. Robert Disque, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon James, Nancy James, Peggy James, Shirley Ac- chammer, Mrs, Faye Brown, Mrs. Joseph Stolarick, Mrs. Eugene Lam- oreaux, Miss Janet Wright, Eleanor McKenna, Mr, and Mrs. R. E. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. William Tre- theway, Walter Elston, Edwin Sto- larick, Garvin Tough, Tom Elston, William M. Simms, Warren Disque, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, Jerry Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Ide, Leonard Ide Jr, Eleanor Louise Ide, Gilbert Tough, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cooper, Mrs. A. M. Major, Mrs. Alex Tough, Lillian Burgess, Mild- red Weidner, Mrs. Bernard Gerrity, Bernard Gerrity, Belle Ruckel, H. M. Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Lester B. Squier, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Major, Arthur Major, Vera White- sell, Mrs. Emma Ide, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Evans, Doris Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Basil Steele, Joy Steele, John Steele, Mrs. Wesley Moore, Julia Skopie, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nulton, Janet Lamoreaux, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Johnson, Mary Lamoreaux; Mary Joan Williams, Eleanor Ide, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Oncay, Joyce, Edward, Billy Oncay, Mrs. Robert Ide, Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Major, Beverly and Tommy, Will- iam Major, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Ehret, Leonard Ide Jr. and the baugh, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ide, A former Dallas man made head- lines in the Providence (R.I.) Journal last week. He is John L. Sullivan, one-time Dallas post- master, restaurant proprietor, and owner of the properties now oc- cupied by Deven’s Mill and Lundy's Restaurant. Here's what the Journal had to say: A political newiomer to Rhode Island with the belligerent name of John L. Sullivan promised last night to give Gov. hn O. Pastore a real scrap for tie Democratic nomination in the {eptember pri- mary. That's what 1e said. ‘I've got nothing against Pas- tore,” he explained “but under! the new primary lav anyone can run for any office ht wants to. I just want to see hov it works out in practice.” "Sullivan said he made up his mind at 1:30 p. m. jesterday to get into the primary canpaign. A half hour later, he said, he walked into the Secretary of Stite’s office and filed his papers, Sullivan lives wit} his wife and daughter at 16 Poasset Avenue. The family occupies the ground floor of a modest thee-story frame house. “When I become governor,” he said I expect the stite to furnish a mansion.” Asked about campaign plans, the 57-year-old Sullivan said he would rather not discuss them so early in the battle. “I think I can get some votes,” he said. “I may build up an or- ganization too. I know some key men around.” guests of honor. 7 JOHN L. SULLIVAN WOULD LIKE TO BE RHODE ISLAND GOVERNOR six years ago for a yi€it and have been here ever gfnce. The pri mary candidate deSers i as a housing contractor. The fam- ily came from Dallas, Pa., a town of 1800 populition some 10 miles from Wilkes-Barre. Sullivan has been ‘in Democratic politics all his life, he said. He was postmaster of Dallas from 1914 to 1921, and before that had run for county commissioner. He said he dropped out of the com- mission race in return for a promise of the postmastership. The famous Boston bully boy. John L. Sullivan, ‘was a second cousin of his father, Sullivan said. The fighter arrived in Minersville, Pa. the day Sullivan was born. Shown the new baby, the iron- fisted battler chucked him under the chin and said, “Hello, John L.” “That’s what we'll call him,” Sullivan said his father cried. A few years later, he recalled, the fighter arrived on another visit and bought him a red velvet suit with a large white cdllar. “Well, I made up- my mind to test out this new primary law this afternoon and I acted just like that,” Sullivan said briskly, snap- ping his fingers. “My wife wasn’t home and shel didn’t even know that I was a candidate until to- night.” Mrs. Sullivan, a motherly-looking woman, nodded assent. ‘No’, she said, “I didn’t. Myself, I don’t be- lieve in politics. He’s been in it all his life, and I'd just as soon he got out.” John L. Sullivan grinned broad- ly and winked. Fr The Sullivans came to Providence Lake Students Can Register August 23 There will be registration for be- ginning pupils at Lake Township School Monday, August 23, from 10-12 A.M, 1-3 P.M. and 7-9 P.M. announced George Taylor, Super- vising Principal. All parents of children six years of age before January 31 should bring them to the school with their birth and vaccination certificates. Miss Davis, the first grade teach- er, will talk with parents and pros- pective students. Mr. Taylor will be in the school office every week-day during Aug- ust from 9-12 P.M. to interview parents - and students on courses of study or any other problems. Jackson Lawn Social A lawn social will be held on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Ziba Smith of Jackson Tuesday, August 31. Home-made ice cream, pie, hamburgs, etc, will be sold. To Present Minstrel The Mooretown Methodist Church will sponsor a Minstrel Show at Patterson Grove Camp Grounds Friday, August 20. An ice cream social will be held in connection with the show. Rotary Entertained Dallas Rotary Club was enter- tained at a clam bake and corn roast yesterday afternoon at the home of its president Charles W. Lee. To Show Rabbits At Trucksville Rabbit Men Prepare For Freeland Meet Now that the horse and dog shows are a thing of the past, the rabbits are to have their turn. The Northeastern Pennsylvania Rabbit and Cavy Breeder's Asso- ciation are holding a miniature warm-up show this Sunday in pre- paration for their big Fall Show to be held at Freeland Public Park, in Freeland, on October 17. This week’s event is part of their regular monthly club meeting and will be held this Sunday at the Trucksville Mill starting at 2:00 P.M. They expect to have several New Zealand Red Rabbits on hand and will have prominent members of the club judge the stock giving out any information on this particular breed. Tommy Andrew of Shavertown, who is the club’s Secretary-Treas- urer announces that many door prizes will be awarded at this meeting. Door prizes are usually objects pertaining to rabbits and the rabbit industry and a chance will be given to all present whether club members or not. Many Back Mountain folk are members of the local club. Among them; Ernie Caryl, Tommy Andrew, H: Manganello, George Evans, Marian Wood, Stanley Moore, Frank Billings and others. Sunday’s meet- ing is open to the public. Pick Township Band Uniforms Sixty-One Outfits Will Cost $2,860 F list National Has Assets Ofg Three Milliong Bank Observes Its 42nd Anniversary Friday, Bugust 11 First National Bank is observing its forty-second anniversary this week. Although the bank received its charter on April 10, 1906, it did not open its doors for business until August 11 of that year. It was a small institution then and many had grave doubts whether it could continue to exist, There were doubters then as there are now who were willing to sell Dallas short. : During the intervening years the Bank has continued to grow with the region until it now has more and $1,200,000 in checking ac- counts. Its total loans exceed $1,300,000 and it has invested in U. S. Government and local muni- cipal securities $1,100,000. Capital- ization is $75,000 and surpl undivided profits $152,000. Greatest growth of the local} stitution has come within the past decade. In 1940, total assets passed the million dollar mark. Five years later in 1945 they passed the two million dollar mark and this year they exceed three million dollars. Within recent years it has help- ed to finance many new business ventures and unusual enterprises. More than one half million dollars of its loans are in G. IL Loans. Earlier these loans averaged about $4,000 for home construction or purchase. In line with increased real estate costs they now average close to’ $5,000. GC. I. Loans at the bank helped ex-soldiers to pur- chase eighty-five homes, (fifteen farms and twenty-five businesses. and anfount to Band“ Aid Committee and parents of members of Dallas Township! High School Band met at the’ school on Tuesday evening and chose uniforms for Senior Band.i The order for sixty student and a' director's uniform ill be placed with the Knight Yhiform Company | of Philadelphia at a cost of $2,860." Of this amount $1,800 is in' the hands of the committee, leav- ing a balance needed of approxi- mately $1,000. A drive for this amount will be launched in a few weeks. It is expected that the uniforms’ will be delivered by September 15. Present at the meeting were: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tryon, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stash, Alfred Camp, John Parsons, R. E. Kuhnert, J. G. Maza, Nelson Ashburner, Walter Brunges, | Mrs. Michael Sedler, Mrs. Melvin Mosier Sr. Mrs. Charles Lipp, Mrs. Harry Belles, Mrs. Melbourne Carey, Mrs. Thomas Moore, Mrs. Carl Gries, Mrs. Dorothy Haddle. Meeker Couple Wed 55 Years Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Ruggles of Meeker will celebrate their fifty-fifth wedding anniversary on Monday. The couple was married at Maple! Grove Methodist Church,by the late | Rev. J. W. Price apd” immediately, after the ceremony i ces. | Barre by horse and buggy for their honeymoon. : Ruggles recalls, “but it did the next day, I can tell you.” With the exception of one year when he was engaged in the butcher business in Nanticoke, Mr. Ruggles has lived in this area all of his life. : Mrs. Ruggles is one of the region’s most famed hooked rug makers in addition to being one of its best cooks. “Both of us have enjoyed wonderful health during our life together”, says Mr. Ruggles, “which shows that Mrs. Ruggles feeds me the right stuff.” For years Mr. Ruggles has been a director of Maple Grove Cemetery Association and two. years ago at the age of seventy-two started a movement to have the cemetery placed under perpetual care. The Association now has more than $9,000 in the fund, the income from which assures the perpetual beauty of the spot. They have helped them to purchase i barns, silos, tractors, tricks, dlive- stock and other farm equipment as well as to help them build chielk- en coops and saw mills. One loan helped a ex-Marine open a beauty shop, another open a cafe and restaurant, while still another help- ed a young minister purchase an automobile to visit his flock. In some instances these loans have been put through in the rec- ord time of two days, not a small feat for any bank when the multi- plicity of forms and approvals re- quired are considered. Voters May Register Here All Day Monday An opportunity will be given voters to register for the presi- dential election at Dallas Borough Building on Monday, August 16. Officials of the registration bureau will be at the building from 10 A. M. until 3 P.M. and from 7 P.M. until 10 P.M. to help those who are new registrants or others who wish to register a change of address. Although the registration is pri- marily for residents of Dallas Bor- ough and township, any Luzerne County voter may avail himself of the opportunity to bring his regis- tration up to date. Those who have voted during the past two years, need not register, but those who have not voted during that period would do well to check their registration and see that every- thing is in order, otherwise they may not be permitted to vote at the next election. ‘It didn’t rain that day” Mr. Municipalities Share In State Motor Funds Back Mountain municipalities have funds amounting to $4,896. 05 due them from the State as their share of the tax levied on motor vehicle gasoline consump- tion. These payments will be made only after local authorities have qualified on existing regulations. The funds may be used only for street, road and bridge mainte- nance and construction. Amounts which the various mun- cipal subdivisions are eligible for are: Boroughs—Dallas, $935.82 Townships—Dallas, $595.85; Frank- lin, $429.92; Jackson. $538.98; King- ston, $704.91; Lake, $820.56; and Lehman, $870.01. Building New Home Kenneth Kocher is bilding a new home and garage om\Davenport street. I than $1,613,000 in savings accounts o 4 X “ih A
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