No PAGE TWO “The Totem Pole” Harrisburg, August 12—Governor Jim Duff, skipper of the good Ship of State “Pennsylvania” apparently has decided not to “lower the boom” (or politically de-capitate) the assorted and sundry lads and lassies whose sponsors and political friends opposed his wishes at the Republican National Convention in June. It was feared for a time that the Governor, who was in terrible fettle . following the Philadelphia conven- tion in which Dewey was selected as the GOP presidential standard- bearer over the wishes of one J. Henderson Duff, would embark on a left and right reprisal program Ropitol Hill here. ever so far there have been teworthy dismissals of em- ps sponsored by the Martin- _Owlett team which bucked shes of the Chief Executive. Eny a heavy breath was orn by some of the people under jurisdiction of the Governor, fol- lowing the convention fracas,” com- mented Grampaw Pettibone from his precarious perch in the batter- ed cherry tree. As he. angrily waved away forag- ing birds competing for the prize black oxhearts, the old political sage confided that he had it on the word of “good authority” that no such reprisals would be made “this year.” Asked what was meant by the qualification of “this year’, he ex- plained that in 1949 the Legisla- ture stumbles into session and that during the hectic days of said ses- sioning, reprisals could be taken on the Governor's plans, should he take any reprisals now himself. “The whole thing is a ticklish affair,” quoth the old gent as his feet touched the ground, a pail of cherries in one hand and his bat- tered, smoldering pipe in the other. “Chances are good right now that the Legislature will crack down on Governor Duff”, he said. “Industry in Pennsylvania, namely the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, never quite recovered from the now-famous remark of Duff’s to the effect that industry should lead the way towards bust- ing the inflation bubble by curbing prices.” a! All of which certainly has a smacking of sharp fact to it. When the good Governor expressed his feelings along this line to the in- dustrialists of the Keystone State at the annual banquet of the PMA a few months ago, there was a considerable note of shocked alarm and up-and-down movement of adam apples. The leaders of this group have not forgotten and ‘having some in- fluence of no piddling degree in the Legislature, they can be ex- pected to whet their knives and oil their muskets in preparation for legislative tiffs next year. It is understood that the Gover- nor, to cut the smoke of battle to a bare minimum and keep dam- ages as small as possible, has de- cided to forego the political neck- wringing for the present at least, in the hopes of - pacifying some- Harold Howells Dies Sunday Harold Howells, 45, died 3:30 P. M. last Sunday at his home on Elizabeth street, following a four month illness. He had been trou- bled for a. number of years by a heart condition, which recently in- capacitated him. For the past 23 years, he had been a mail carrier in Miners Mills section of Wilkes- Barre. Deceased was born in Parsons, the son of Lewis Howells Sr. of Parsons and Allentown and the late Eliza Miller, a schoolteacher in Parsons. He had resided in Dallas for the past four years and was a member of St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown, and was active in church affairs, being a member of The Holy Name Society. His daughter, M}s. Willialn Wag- ner, former Rosem Howells, gave birth to a“baby daughter just a few hours prior to his death. Surviving are his wife, the form- er Rose Ryan; children, Mrs. Ed- ward Vivian at home; Mrs, William Wagner, Dallas; father, Lewis Howells Sr. of Allentown; brothers, Robert and Lewis Jr. of Allen- town. Services were held at St. Therese’s Church Wednesday and interment was at Hanover Cem- etery. Social At Meeker Church A home-made bake sale and ice cream social will be held at Meeker Church Friday evening at 7. Members of the committee are Mrs. Albert Rebennack and Mrs. Thomas Foss. All are welcome. what these gents who now have a sharp eye on his requests of the 1949 Legislature. In view of these developments it is not difficult to see why the legislature session next year promises to be a rather bustling af- fair—the likes of which has not ‘been viewed by the people in the “hinterland” for many a moon. © King Features Syndicate. All Rights Reserved J DIONNEQUINTS promptly relieve coughs of CHEST COLDS MUSTEROLE 3 ves [1 i — It A ELECTRIC RANGE or WATER HEATER You're Thinking bout Buying An Bsk Us Or Your WE WILL PAY Not to exceed $30 for an El Electric Water Heater. About Our Liberal WIRING ALLOWANCE LUZERNE COUNTY GAS ~ AND ELECTRIC Electric Dealer WIRING COSTS ectric Range or $20 for an CORP. THE POST, FRIDAY, AUGU A NATIVE OF VIRGINIA,HE IS A GRADUATE OF JOHN MARSHMAN H.S5. RICHMOND. .RECD. B.A.DEGREE AT HAMPTON-SYDNEY COLLEG £ M.A, AT COLLEGE OF WILLIAM «MARY coo HE DID GRADUATE WORK FOR PH.D. IN PSYCH = OLOGY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. \ DURING RECENT WAR HE WAS IN CHARGE OF GAS RATIONING REGULATIONS FOR UsSe AT WASHINGTON,D.LC. ENTERED RADIO WORK IN WILKES-BARRE ; 1%4b © 1S NOW STATION MGR.OF W--LK, GETTING READY FOR FM BROAD - CASTING © TELEVISION. ceo HE 1S VICE-PRES. WYO. VALLEY JR. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE....MEMBER-DALLAS KIWANIS, ADVERTISING CLUB OF WILKES-BARRE. ST 13, 1948 [msmmm—— v4 HIS FIRST JOB WAS MANAGING A SERVICE STATION. LATER HE TAUGHT © COACHED ATHLETICS AT UPPERVILLE,VA. E35 © WASPRINCIPAL OF HIGH SCHOOLS AT STEVENSVILLE, VA. « BRISTOL ,VASTENN. TAUGHT SUMMERS RADFORD COL. HIS HOBBY IS READING -ce-NARRIED FORMER CATHERINE BALL OF PULASKI,VA.---THEY ¥AVE TWO CHILDREN:TOMMY © TRINA...HE'S ALSO ACTINE INTRUCKSVILLE GARDENS PROGRESSIVE ASS0. © TRUCKSVLLE VOL.FIRE DEPT. Thomas E Shelburne. State Teachers Seek Pay Hike THE DILLAS POST “More than a mnewspaper, a community institution’ Will Ask Legislature For Further Incréases By Pennsylvania News Service Notwithstanding salary increases granted by the Legislature last year, Pennsylvania’s 52,000 school teachers are preparing to ask the Legislature next year for another round of increases. Indications are at headquarters here of the Pennsylvania State Ed- ucation Association that the law- makers will be asked to approve the $2,400 minimum and $4,800 maximum scale they declined to do last year. : (In 1947 the Legislature granted the teachers a mandated scale of $1,950-$3,200 and. in addition granted local school districts the right to impose local taxes, which in many cases have been used to pay “cost-of-living” increases to local teachers.) In asking again for the $2,400 minimum, the PSEA pointed out that since last year prices have shot upward which in itself calls for revision of the minimum scale. Suggestions are requested from teachers throughout the State. PSEA noted that the boost grant- ed last year has been absorbed in rising costs to the point where present salary scales are considered little better in terms of buying power than that of 1939. Fire Auxiliary Supper Members of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company Auxiliary and their husbands will hold a covered dish supper on Tuesday evening at 6:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Newman. PROVES WONDERFUL FOR ITCHING SKIN RASH! First applications of Zemo—a doc- tor’s wonderful stainless, invisible antiseptic—promptly relieve itching, burning of Skin Rashes, Eczema, Pimples and similar surface skin and scalp irritations. Zemo ALSO aids healing. Backed by amazing record ESTABIISHED 1889 Member Penns/lvania Newspaper Publishers’ Association A non-partisan liberal progressive newspaper pub- lished every Friday morning at the Dallas Post plant Lehman Avenue, Dallas Pennsylvania. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscrip- tion rates: $2.50 a year; 31.50 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less than six months. 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HICKS Elston Reunion Second annpal reunion of the descendants of Ransom and Kath- ryn Elston will be held at Norris's: Glen on Saturday, August 14. Noon and evening meals will be enjoyed. of continuous success! First trial convinces. ZEMO ————————— 1 & A meeting will be held during the afternoon. TIOGA MI SUPER BRO This low fiber, highly ORDER ANNOUNCES ITS NEW increased profit. IT TOODAY LLS ING. ILER FEED efficient feed returns Phone 337-R-49 KUNKLE, PA. DEVENS MILLING COMPANY A. C. DEVENS, Owner Phone 200 DALLAS, PA. ASKS DIRECTORS TO RECONSIDER Dear Editor: Local newspapers recently print- ed the disturbing news of the re- tirement of two Kingston Town- ship teachers. It seems that the local school board has decided very definitely .on a retirement age of sixty-two. This .is generally ac- cepted as being below the average retirement age. Residents are wondering if the board is forced to follow the policy of such a law age retirement or if it is a matter of its own volition? If the latter is true, why did the board three years ago seek out a very capable first grade teacher at a time when she was satisfactorily employed by another school district and implore her to join the staff of Kingston Township in order to raise its standards in the primary grade? This she has unquestionably done to the utmost satisfaction of the parents, whose children have been entrusted to her care. The other teacher involved has been in the employ of the school district for twenty-seven years. Both teachers are physically fit, capable and efficient. They are long time residents of the local community and loyal supporters of its every endeavor. There are still two vacancies to be filled in the primary grades. The school board states that it is most anxious to raise the stand- ards of the schools under its juris- diction. If so, when better teachers to replace those retired, have mot been found, why does the board still say it will not reconsider its decision? Why, when no charges of any nature can be preferred against those dismissed, is the board so anxious to retire these two ? A group of interested parents at- tended the recent school board meeting to plead for the return of both teachers to their former posts. They were not hospitably received. The president of the board emphatically stated that he would not consider rehiring Mrs. Hazeltine and Miss Lamoreaux as full time employees. Why? He further stated that thirty-five to seventy pupils would suffer, were they allowed to remain any longer under the supervision of these two instructors. If such is the case why have no suitable replacements been found and why are the parents of these pupils so anxious to have these teachers reinstated in their former positions ? The community is aroused. It demands that its wishes be respected. It is the sincere hope of its citizens that the Board of Kingston Township will reconsider its | decision. Kingston Township Parent iowh SS. Plenie Idetown Sunday School picnic will be held at Benton Park on Saturday. Transportation will be by private vehicles. Anyone plan- ning to drive who has space avail- able for other passengers, is asked to get in touch with Loren Keller. Cars will leave the church at 9:30. SAFETY VALVE # an op Barnyac Mr. and Mrs. Glen Billings’ application fo "> iid geese has apparently been turned down. A vania Game Commission arrived at the Billing “saved” for posterity the young wild goosg and fed since last winter with their flo Impressiig Mrs. Billings with her gra ence and in general making her feel like a poacher or refugee from a chain gang, the agent explained in ‘no uncertain terms that the Billings could be arrested for harbouring a wild goose. The editor who gave them the goose could also be arrested and fined, he added. “Ignorance of the law, is no excuse’ for saving and protecting a wild goose. The agent didn't like the way the Billings surreptitiously let the goose live with their flock. It takes a long time for the Game Commission and its agents to catch up with the news. If it wants to know what is going on in this end of the county it might read the Dallas Post occasionally where the story of the wild goose has been played up a dozen times since the editor rescued it from Dallas streets where it came close to being killed by passing automobiles. Fact is we thought it was a neighbor’s goose for several days until we called in Mr. and Mrs. Billings who are something of local authorities on geese, and like ourselves, probably have as much affection for wild and domestic animal life as the State’s hirelings. \ } i5y1- “and ave petted C geese. The Game Commission works in wondrous ways its miracles to perform—and slowly. Its agents’ insistance upon impressing in- nocent conservationists with their authority, efficiency of Gestapo courtesy, may awe some nature lovers. The lumbering agent who made Mrs. Billings feel like a heel and implied that the editor was criminally inclined is probably not the same agent who mistook a fellow hunter for a bear a few years ago in nearby woods, but he was about as awkward in his efforts to make friends for the Game Commission. He might be startled to learn that it was not the Pennsylvania Game Commission nor its “nature loving agents” who first brought the plight of wild geese to the attention of the United States and Canada, but “Ding” Darling, Chicago newspaperman aid nationally famous cartoonist. Through Darling’s ‘one man” camyaign, sports- men’s clubs of the nation got busy and did something about it through national laws and international treaties. Sentimental little guys like Mrs. Billings and the editor played their part in influenc- ing public opinion to “save the wild geese.” . There has been much criticism of the Pennsylvania Game Commis- sion in recent .years, especially in the west central part of the State. Much of it comes from the lack of common courtesy and lousy pub- lic relations work of its agents. Many of its “game protectors” are better after dinner speakers than they are field men while others look upon all citizens as poachers unless they are assembled at a sportsmen’s dinner. Some of us suspect that the Game Commission might be more respected if it devoted some time to teaching its agents how to get along with the public instead of spending so much time planning a palatial and costly headquarters in Harrisburg. The Game Commission and any cne of its agents can succeed only so long as it has public opinion selidly behind it. Stupidity won’t help it to win friends or conserve wild life which after all is its only objective. Country Flavor THE LAMPLIGHTER There are those who remember) answered : the names in old, dog-eared geo- the old lamplighter who went along the village street each afternoon with his wheelbarrow, stubby lad- ) der, oil can and stained Creare Ben cloths. Unhurriedly and methodi- cally he performed his humble daily task. At each cedar post which supported the iron-framed glass cage with the kerosene lamp inside he set the latter, filled the lamp, trimmed the wick, ran his cleaning cloth over the glass surfaces and left them surprisingly clean. He lit a kitchen match, touched it to the wick, replaced the chimney and closed the outside door of the’ cage. Then he trundled his barrow to the next post. As he lit the lamps that would glow in the evening darkness like a string of gold beads on an in- visible string, he was always ac- companied by a retinue of small lads. Old Ben had travelled far in his younger days. ‘He knew fabled ports around the world; he had worked on Texas ranches, in the wheatfields of the nation’s heartland. He knew the lumber camps of the North. As he told his thrilling stories and patiently innumerable questions, grap servant \garning a pittance to eke out a living. ‘He was a familiar part of village life and a friend to one generation of boys after an- other. He lifted the curtain on the outside world, settled argue- ments and made decisions for lads who were perplexed in a society that predicted horseless carriages would supersede beloved Morgans, Percherons and Belgians. He said that some day electricity would come to small villages and that power tractors would do the plow- ing, harvesting and harrowing. The lamplighter was just an old man who lived in a small unpainted house behind the depot. But he brought light to more than a vil- lage street. He lit flames in the hearts of lads who resolved that searching for high adventure on life's mysterious trail. Dallas District W.C.T.U. Dallas District W. C. T. U. will hold its annual picnic next Tuesday at the park at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar George of Idetown. There will be a covered dish din- ner. The program will be “Queen for a Day’ starting at 11:30 A.M. with Mrs. Edward Stair in charge. Those going by bus should take the 11:20. To Teach At Shavertown Rev. Albert R. Smith of Somer- ville, Ind., will be the Bible teacher at special services to be held at Shavertown Bible Chuzch every evening at 7:45, August 16 through 20. ; He will also speak at the Sun- day services on August 22, 11:00 A. M. and 7:45 P.M. All of Mr. Smith’s messages are cleverly illustrated. The public is cordially invited. 363-R-4 Alfred D. “As near as your telephone” FUNERAL DIRECTOR Bronson SWEET VALLEY, PA. pi TT a aa MAYTAG WASHERS Sales and Service REBENNACK & COVERT 265-267 WYOMING AVENUE, KINGSTON some day they too would go far, -
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