7 um-sized wrench by
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That All Men May Have Enough
Phelps Adams, Chief of the Washington Bureau of the New
York Sun recently defined the essential difference between capi-
talism and communism in these
words: “The communist, seeing
the rich man and his fine home, says: ‘No man should have so
much.’
The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: ‘All men
should have as much.’ . . . Communism—born of poverty and
hunger—seeks to perfect a system for the equal distribution of a
scarcity: of goods, so that ultimately no man has enough of any-
thing. Capitalism—born of hardship and toil—seeks to provide
such a plentitude of goods that,
of everything.”
The main technique used by
ultimately, all men have enough
communists and socialists is to
argue that capitalism makes possible luxury for the few, while
it exploits the many. Yet, according to a study recently com-
pleted at the University of Notre Dame, the opposite is true.
Over a thirty-year period, 88 pe
r cent of all our income has gone
to those with earnings of less than $5,000 a year. And—of equal
importance—the long-time trend has been to steadily raise the
percentage earned by people of modest means.
And how does capitalism sta;
ck up against the other Systems
which are in operation throughout the world? The evidence in
its favor is overwhelming.
46 per cent of the world’s el
According to Mr. Adams, we have
ectric power, 48 per cent of its
radios, 60 per cent of its life insurance policies, and 85 per cent
of its automobiles.
So much for the material gains
. The record also shows that cap-
italism is the only economic system which can’ exist along with
representative government and a
maximum of individual freedom:
Every system of controlled enterprise, no matter what name it
goes by, inevitably is accompanied by more and more regimenta-
tion of the individual—and, in
based on terrorism and slavery.
the final stage, by a government
When the Olympic games ended in London recently, the press
services carried a significant story. A number of athletes from
Czechoslovakia and ‘other countries within the iron curtain re-
fused to leave.
and the United States. They
had a small taste of freedom, a
There is a lesson in that for tho
way of life that has given more
more people than any other.
They hope to find sanctuary in England, Canada
have seen oppression, they have
nd they have made their choice.
se here at home who denounce a
material and spiritual benefits to
FROM.
PILLAR
TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
I'm about to start a one-man campaign for the abolition of the voting
machine and the reinstatement of
size of a horse-blanket.
the time-honored paper ballot the
In marking a paper ballot the voter can split
a ticket without inviting in the backbone of the Back Mountain to view
the remains of the voting machine and doubtless chalk up a large black
mark against the registrant. -
The voting machine crouches be-
hind its green curtains until I en-
ter the booth, when a bell starts
tinkling at headquarters in New
York. The man who handles the
monkey-wrenches selects a edi
re
trol and bides his time.
the easy way out, giving one twist
to the big lever and walking out of
the booth, all goes well and thet
wrench is laid aside, but just let)
me push up one little black lever
and pull down another in the in-T
terests of a personal friend, the
monkey-wrench is hurled into the
works. “Ah-Hah, there goes Mrs.
Hicks splitting her ticket, the heel.
And who does she think she is, to
get away with splitting her vote?”
At this point the machine sets
its jaw, and no amount of pulling
will budge the lever. Urged to per-
form, by a series of twists and
jerks, it begins to shed its teeth,
spitting levers and nuts and bolts.
This is too much. “This thing is
stuck”, I yell through the slit in
the green curtain, and a willing
worker comes to the rescue. He
not only comes to the rescue, he
waits patiently and with consuming
interest while I once more struggle
with the levers.
Now this is exceedingly hamper-
ing to rugged individualism. Who
am I to split a vote in the august
presence of the Party? Reassur-
ing myself that after all the elec-
tion is in the bag, I grab the first
lever I see, pull it hurriedly, and
relinquish my place in the booth
to the next in line.
It would be a lot simpler to
hunch over a sheet of paper," go
down the line of candidates with
a furtive pencil, and slip the folded
ballot through a slit in the ballot
box. My attitude on the voting
machine is that it is O. K. for the
mechanically minded, but that for
those of limited intellect it is a
total loss. It digests a straight
ballot with no signs of inner tur-
moil, but it does not take kindly to
seasoning. I believe that the pros-
pect of manipulating the levers is
enough to keep the potential vote-
splitter at home on one flimsy pre-
text or another.
And the moral of that, accord-
ing to the orthodox, is “Don’t split
your ticket”, to which I reply,
“Nuts to that attitude. If I wish
to vote for a candidate outside the
fold, I shall exercise my inalienable
right to do so, and if I wish to
write in the name of a candidate
not on the ticket, whose headache
is it but mine?”
This is a little tough on the vot-
ing machine, but there is always
somebody around to wunscramble
the levers.
Jackson Man To
Offer Plan For
) s al Plant
3 J. K. Murray Thinks
! One Could Be Built
For-About $40,000
THe need for an “Incinerator
and Disposal Plant” to take care
of the Back Mountain Communi-
ties will be presented soon by J.
K. Murray of Jackson Township.
Mr. Murray is a property owner
in Jackson Township and is secre-
tary treasurer of Jackson Super-
visors
Planned somewhat on the man-
Wilkes-Barre’s
plant, but on a smaller scale, the
ner of disposal
plant will be designed to take care
of the growing Back Mountain
communities for some years to
come.
Just where the
will be located has. not been de-
cided.
Mr. Murray says: The throwing
away of tin cans, garbage, old
paper, ashes, and other miscellan-
eous refuse along the streams,
highways and secluded spots of
the different townships and com-
munities must be stopped eventu-
ally, and the quicker the problem
is faced, the better it will be for
the communities bounded in the
Back Mountain district.”
disposal plant
Mr. Murray plans to present his
proposals to township officials for
‘consideration. He 'thinks a suit-
able plant could be erected for
about $40,000 and could be paid
for in a matter of five or six years
if all local municipalities’ would co-
operate.
Births Exceed Deaths
(Special To The Dallas Post)
Harrisburg, November 4—(PNS)
—Luzerne County had 611 live
‘births and 289 deaths due to all
causes during the month of Aug-
ust, according to the final tabula-
tions just completed by the State
Bureau of Vital Statistics.
This compares with 682 births
and 318 deaths during the preced-
ing month in Luzerne County, ac-
cording to a report prepared for
Pennsylvania News Service.
Dorcas Class Meeting
Dorcas Class of St. Paul’s Luth-
eran Church will meet in the
Church basement Tuesday. Mrs.
Dale Zimmerman is hostess.
ue DaLras Pos
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
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Vol. 58, No. 45
Parade Draws
1,500 Persons
On Hallowe'en
Bert Hill Steals
The Show Costumed
. As Aunt Jemima
Color and costumes” reigned su-
preme Saturdaywnight as the best
Back Mountain Hallowe’en parade
since the event started nine years
ago took place.
Horses, donkeys, antique auto-
mobiles, and all sorts of costumes
made up the parade that reached
clear around the block from Main
Street to Memorial Highway.
The cold weather seeemed to
make the affair more lively, as en-
thusiastic watchers shivered in
tempo to the Dr. Henry M. Laing
Fire Company Community band,
which led the parade. Good music,
gay costumes, and the expressions
of delight on the faces of children
who won prizes, made up for all
the trouble and work required to
make the parade a success.
Bert Hill, . Shavertown florist,
aroused adult interest in the par-
ade by dressing in a last minute
giant replica of Aunt Jemima.
Through Mr. Hill's efforts, it is
expected that adults will be taking
a more active interest in the par-
ade and will be in costume along
with their children next year.
Henry Peterson
chairman.
Prize winners were: best dressed:
first Jean Dymond; second, Penny
Ruggles; third, Wallis Ann Be-
secker; fourth Velma Davis; fifth,
Gail Jenkins; special prizes, Rose
Pavlick, Beverly Bergstrasser, Doris
Faye Whipp, Joyce Oliver, Marion
Ruggles, Charlyn Reinfurt.
was general
Most original: first, Mary Dora
Scott, dressed as a fully set table;
second, Durelle Scott, dressed - as
a shower bath; third, Lee Ohlman,
dressed as a pack of Pall Mall
cigarettes; fourth, Murray Scure-
man, dressed as an Atlantic ‘gaso-
line pump; fifth, Nancy Schooley.
Special prizes, Bruce White, dress-
ed as Miss Natona; Marilyn Lundy,
Micky Van Horn, Kathleen Lavelle,
Debby Sieger, Carol Malkemes,
Eric Vrbel, Jeffery Gibbs, Todd
Gibbs.
Most humorous: first, Bert Hill,
dressed as Aunt Jemima, refused to
accept the prize and insisted it
be divided among the children; sec-
ond, Roy Tryon, third, Elizabeth
Cross, fourth, Nelson Wilcox, fifth,
Joseph Galey. Special prizes,
| Mabel Davis, Richard Lavelle, Anna
Shafer, Mrs. Blanche Knoll.
Best groups, first, Richard Hazel-
tine, Alberta Cross; second, Rowena
Sedler, Mrs. Frank Sedler, Carolyn
Morris; third, Scotty Brooks, Kathy
Brooks; fourth, Diana Bowman,
Sally Kear; fifth, John Hidocek,
Dale Rattigan. Special prizes, Bet-
ty Jackson, James Davies, Don
Werkheiser, Dan Werkheiser, Hetty
Wilcox, Clara Wilcox, James Se-
ward, Bud Seward, Douglas Trum-
bower, Nancy Rockage, Linda Stev-
ens, Beverly Birnstock, Irene Van-
denbrook.
Bicycles: first, Robert Cross,
second, Mildred Kingston, third,
Charles James, fourth, Shirley
Welsh, fifth William Berti. Special,
Robert Richardson, Lee Culver,
Thomas Richardson, Lee Lamor-
eaux, Robert Rice.
Special prizes: Sandra Sprout,
Beverly Gossart, Mary Jane Tryon,
Connie Hislop, Fred Johnson.
Following the parade there was
singing led by Sam Davis, accom-
panied by Jack Titus on the ac-
cordian.
Two Dogs Attack
Hillside Dorsets
But for the timely arrival of
Dorman Schooley, who shot and
wounded one of them, two large
dogs might have killed several
sheep in the Hillside Eatm flock
on Wednesday morning?
When Mr. Schooley arrived at
the pasture on Sutton Road where
100 Hillside Dorsets graze, the dogs
had a ewe down and were tearing
out mouthfuls of wool from about
her throat.
Mr. Schooley shot and frighten-
ed the dogs away. One was a large
brindle and white dog and the
other black and probably part
hound.
Last year an Irish setter and
several smaller dogs attacked the
Hillside flock but were dispatched
before they did any damage.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1948
6 CENTS PER COPY
The Dewey and Warren Families In A Happier Mood
This is the picture we had plan-
ned to run this week and so we
are running it. If Mr. Truman
had been as optimistic before the
election, we would have had his
Poachers Kill
Four Lake Deer
Four Arrested For
Shooting At Dicks
Poachers are active b spelen
ity of Sterling Farms at Alderson.
Chief of Police Fred Swanson
reports that three dead deer have
been found in that area within
the past few weeks and that one
deer is known to have been killed
and carried off by the poachers
during their nocturnal operations.
He also reports that deer are
plentiful in the vicinity of the lake
and that several have been seen
swimming across it, “during the
mating season which is now in
progress.”
Ducks have been plentiful on
the lake but there has been some
illegal hunting. Last week four
Luzerne boys were arrested, their
guns taken from them, and given
preliminary hearing for hunting
ducks out of season.
Chief Swanson warns that the
lake is a poor place for duck hunt-
ers because of the nearness of
highways, cottdges and boathouses
which make the guns dangerous.
Rabbits and small game are
scarce in that area this season.
Few hunters report any sizable
kills, this may be due in some
measure, the Chief thinks, to the
dryness of the woods.
Six Hundred Eighty-One
Cast Votes In Borough
Six hundred and eighty-one
votes were polled in Dallas Bor-
| ough on Tgesday. In the North
District there was a total of 420.
Dewey 344, Truman 59; Stroh 299;
Flood 109; Flack 333, Maziarz 59.
There re forty-one” split votes.
In af Sous Dic the total
was 26 ey 199, Truman 56;
Stroh 171, Flood 82; Flack 196,
Maziarz 50. There were twenty-
six split votes.
| picture to run, too.
{man who
beforehand what the
Pennsylvania Fur
The only local
accurately predicted
Truman’s election was Dr. F. Budd
Schooley who told us three weeks
outcome
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would be. Maybe you recall his
“Labor At The Crossroads”, in The
Post of October 15.
Some 40,000 Trappers Will Harvest
Crop This Winter
Thousands Of Fur-Bearing Animals Will
Be Taken Between November 1 and March 1
The Winner!
Harold Flackys representative in
the Sixth Legilative Distriet, had
: the highest majority of afly candi-
date in the fseven 1slative dis-
« tricts in Luzerne @6unty. He polled
4,985 more es than his oppon-
ent, Edward A. Maziarz.
Cottle To Address
Lehman PTA Meeting
Lehman Parent Teacher Associ-
ation will meet Monday night in
the school auditorium. First and
third grade rooms will be open
preceding the meetings for visitors.
Vocational Agriculture boys will
present an exhibition.
L. E. Cottle, chairman of Wy-
oming Valley Chapter, American
Red Cross will speak on First Aid.
| Two short films will be shown.
Sweet Valley Businessmen Erect
Building For New
Dress Plant
Will Start Operation Early Next Year /
And Employ 200 To
Sweet Valley will shortly have a
new dress factory employing be-
tween 200 and 300 women.
The announcement was made
this week by Alfred Bronson, pres-
ident of Sweet Valley improvement
Association, the organization which
is responsible for bringing the com-
pany to that community.
A building to house the plant
is now under construction on a
plot of land near the Christian
Church and is expected to be ready
for occupancy about February 1.
Mr. Bronson said the plant will
be operated by a firm that has
been in business in Plymouth for
the past seven years.
Sweet Valley business men are
erecting the 50 x 112 feet one-
story concrete and glass building
and will lease it to the Plymouth
300 Local Women {__.
firm for a period of two years with
an option for ten-year renewal.
The building will probably cost
in the neighborhood of $20,000,
and may later be air-conditioned.
Officers of the Association which
is financing the project are: Alfred
Bronson, president; William LaBar,
vice president, Sherman Warden,
secretary; Wesley Freeman, treas-
urer; Atty. Miner Aylesworth, solic-
itor. Directors are Sheldon Pol-
lock, Charles Bonham, Carl Drap-
iewski, Pat Huntsinger, = George
Wesley, Stephen Alexander and
Glen Morris.
Excavation for the basement of
the building was completed last
week by George Wesley and foun-
dation footings were poured last
Saturday.
According to Game Officials ap-
[ proximtely 40,000 trappers, many
of “them farm lads, will harvest
hundreds of thousands of furbear-
ing animals in Pennsylvania this
fall and winter, reaping cash re-
turn of from one to two million
dollars depending on the market.
Officials said that the Keystone
state has a ‘much larger fur in-
dustry than the average citizen
realizes. Muskrats are by far the
most plentiful and most sought
after. More than 500,000 are taken
annually. Next ‘comes the much
maligned “pooh” kitty, the skunk,
more than 90,000 of which are
taken each year.
Minks, least numerous of all the
furbearers except the beaver, have
the most valuable pelts except the
beaver.
Reports of Pennsylvania fur
dealers are a good barometer of
the extent and value of Pennsyl-
vania’s fur business. Based on
them it appears that Keystone
trappers take annually, in addition
to the muskrats and skunks al-
ready mentioned, approximately
12,000 minks, 50,000 opossums,
1700 beavers, 50,000 raccoons, 22,-
000 to 25,000 red foxes, and 15,-
000 to 20,000 gray foxes.
A few otters are found in the
northeastern part of the state.
They are the only known enemy
of the beaver aside from man him-
self, and for that reason they are
included on the harvestable list.
From 10 to 15 are eaken each
year.
The first season on furbearing
animals in Pennsylvania: this year
opened on Monday, November 1,
with racoons and skunk in the
stellar roles. The season for both
species closes February 1, 1949.
Racoons are limited to 30 a sea-
son; skunks are unlimited.
Official warned that all traps
must contain the required metal
tags.
Officials said they will do every-
thing in their power to break up
the malicious practice of trap
stealing and urged all honest trap-
pers to cooperate in this endeavor.
They also urged trappers to refrain
from setting their traps in trails
to avoid destroying game and in-
juring dogs.
Other seasons include minks, ot-
ters and muskrats in unlimited
numbers from December 1 to Jan-
uary 1, 1949; beavers, 2 per indivi-
dual per season, from February 15
to March 1, 1949. Muskrats and
beavers may be taken by traps
only. Twenty-two counties are
closed to beaver trapping includ-
ing Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver,
Butler, Cambria, Clarion, Crawford,
Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene,
Indiana, Lawrence, McKean, Mer-
cer, Potter, Somerset, Venango,
Warren, . Washington and West-
moreland. One person may set,
tend or operate 10 beaver traps
(Continued on page five)
| Church, Tuesday at 7:45.
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
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Lumber Company
Breaks Ground
Yor New Store
Back Mountain Lumber
And Coal Announces
Expansion Program
One of the largest commercial
expansion and building programs
in this area in some years was an-
nounced this week by Granville
Sowden for Back Mountain Lum-
ber and Coal Company of Shaver-
town.
The firm of which Dr. Marshall
C. Rumbaugh and. Mr. Sowden are
owners, is now embarked on a
program that will give it modern
mill, storagef and store facilities to
handle all o € requirements of
the builder and home owner, and
will at the same time make it one
of the outstanding lumber and
building supply firms in Luzerne
County.
First step in the program is the
installation of planing mill and
woodworking shop in the former
North Star Farms building on Main
street, Shavertown.
More than $20,000 worth of
equipment has already been moved
into the plant which will be in
operation within the next two
weeks under the supervision of
William Martin, Kingston Borough
Councilman, who is plant manager.
Four men will be employed in the
shop.”
Next step includes the erection
of concrete block two-story lumber
and building materials storage
sheds north of the planing mill.
Plans eventually call for the con-
struction of a bridge or ramp
across Toby's Creek for easy ac-
cess to Lehigh Valley Railroad
tracks and a siding.
Already under construction is a
new 50 x 100 foot, 2-story, con-
crete block store room facing Me-
morial Highway and adjacent to
Shavertown Hose House. Complet-
ion is expected in March.
This building will be modern in
every respect with facilities for the
display of paints, builders’ hard-
ware, doors, windows, cabinets and
built-in units. Both floors will be
used by the firm.
Rear of this building will house
the offices of the firm and will be
convenient to the lumber storage
yard and planing mill across the
street.
The building will be set forty-
five feet back from Memorial High-
way to assure ample parking space
for patrons. William Hoover is
manager of the lumber yard.
In commenting on the expansion,
Mr. Sowden, who has been in the
brokerage business for the past
twenty-six years and a resident
of the Back Mountain area since
1939 said: “We want to develop
somthing here that has never been
had in the Back Mountain area
before—a complete mill and build-
ing supply business to supply every
need of this rapidly developing
area. We feel that the best is none
too good for the 20,000 people who
live here.”
Hobarts To Preach
At Shavertown Church
Rev. and Mrs. Gerald Hobart,
of Southern Highland Evangel
Misson will be at Shavertown Bible
Rev.
and Mrs. Hobart have accepted a
call to be missionaries in East
Lynn, West Virginia, and will show
colored slides of the work they
will do there.
On Saturday and Sunday, No-
vember 20 and 21, Rev. Vernon
Grounds will be guest speaker.
The Saturday night service will be
a special Youth For Christ Meeting
with Harry Lewis’ of Wilkes-Barre:
as song leader, and Daniel Redka
and Charles Beck soloists. Helen
Marr will play $pecial selections on
her marimba.
Club Honors Schuler —
Joseph Schuler, Trucksville, mem-
ber and director of the Wyoming
Valley Motor Club for the past thir-
ty years has been elected second
vice-president of the club. Mr.
Schuler’s election to the vice-pres-
idency was in recognition of his
many years of service to motorists
of Wyoming Valley.