ry PAGE SIX Musicale Draws Varied Talent St. Paul's Sponsors Program on March 18 Some of the best musical talent of the Back Mountain area have been organized for the second An- nual Musicale to be held in Kings- ton Township High School on Fri- day night, March 18. The general response and the unexpected suc- cess of last year’s musicale prompt- ed its sponsors to make this out- standing musical program an an- nual event. Organized to encourage a greater! interest in music in the Back Moun- tain communities, the sponsors have been surprised at the amount of talent available in the area, and according to the committee some of the best musicians and vocalists have consented to participate in the 1949 Musicale. This outstanding talent, which is confined to this area, will include %esidents of Dal- las Borough and the townships of Kingston, Dallas, Lehman and Lake. Selections of classical music from modern composers as well as the old masters will be in the program, including selections from Chopin, Chaminade, Mendelssohn, DeBussey, Kreisler, and Rachmaninoff. Num- bers on the program will include group singing, vocal solos, piano, cornet, clarinet, and bell lyre sel- ections. vi This Second Annual Musicale is sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Shavertown. BERUMONT Mid-Term Tests were given at school this past week. Please ex- amine your child's report card and feel free to call on the faculty for any discussion on the same. The school collected $40.30 for the March of Dimes. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schaw are on the high seas enroute to Ger- many. Mrs. Schaw was formerly Rachel Downs. Robert Pilger of Rochester spent the weekend here. Mrs. Ned Dress is ill at her home. Mr. Jacquish and Miss Stanko- wich of the Wyoming County Home Extension Service plan a meet- ing at the High School for men and : ~ women Wednesday, February 9th, at 7:30 p.m. Miss Johnston of State College will be present to show slides on nutrition. Miss Stanko- wich requests a can of home canned food or some clothing she has made “from each woman to exhibit same WEST SIDE BUILDING MATERIAL CO. G. HOWARD LEWIS, Prop. Plasterer and Mason Materials Brick—All Kinds Calcium Chloride **Heatilator™ Fireplaces Septic Tanks— Drain Tile Sewer Pipe—Flue Lining Roofing—Insulation Steel Windows “Everything But Lumber” DIAL KINGSTON 7-1312 262 Union Street, Luzerne for the evening. The public is urged to attend. Beaumont High dropped a ‘tough game to lose’ to Tunkhannock last Friday at Tunkhannock by a score of 24-23. The Gerald Roots have a new Crosley! Mrs. Louise Nieman was given a ‘surprise party’ last Friday by her students who remembered her birthday. IDETOWN Mrs. Frank Wright has returned to her home after spending the last week with her daughter-in- law and son, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright of Kingston. Callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Sutton on Sunday were Mrs. Edward Dungey, Jr. of Wilkes- Barre, Mr. and Mrs. Walter And- rews of Shavertown, Mrs.. James Casterline and James Krieger. Frank McKenna, son of Mrs. Claire McKenna entered the Navy on Tuesday. Arthur Dickson of Wilmington, Delaware spent the weekend with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Swan. Mrs. Cecil Sutton and son Rich- ard returned to their home on Wednesday from the General Hos- pital. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Crispell and children Corrine, Judy and Thom- as of Monticello, Illinois spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs.Walter Kitchen. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Dymond and daughter Linda of Meridan, Conn. spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Dy- mond of West Dallas. Wesley Hilbert Jr., of Easton spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hilbert. Mrs. Hilbert is recovering from an ill- ness, The Ruth Bible Class will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank Wright on: Friday Afternoon. TRUCKSVILLE W. J. Robbins Sr. of Staub Road has returned to his home following several weeks illness in Mercy Hos- pital. His wife is still a patient at General Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conklin and sons, Charles Jr., and David of Butztown, Pa., spent the week- end with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Shaver. Mr. and Mrs. William White and family of White's Ferry spent Sun- day with Miss Pauline Besteder. Mrs. Arnet Albee of Ashley spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. George Shaver, Mrs. William Shoemaker of Car- verton Road is a patient in Gen- eral, Hospital. Marvin Miller of Carverton road has returned to his home from Nes- bitt hospital. Lady Toby Rebekah Lodge 514 of Trucksville were hosts to the Rebekah Lodges of the Western District of Luzerne County on Wed- nesday night at the lodge hall. Bingo was played following the meeting and prizes given. Mrs. George Shaver, Jr. visited her grandmother, Mrs. S. J. Harri- son of Kingston on Friday. Venison Dinner Harvey's Lake Camp, United Sportsmen, will hold its annual venison dinner Monday evening, January 31, at Herman Kern's Tavern. As Little as $200 Down— You can own a new Crosley for the price of an 8-year-old, high-upkeep used carl Come in—see all the new Crosley mod- els—Sedan, Station’ Wagon, Converi- ible, Pickup and Panel Delivery. KINGSTON, PA. [ROSLEY ANNOUNCES BIG NEW MODELS... =LROSLEY- a FINE can Goodwin Auto Company 651-653 Wyoming Avenue It's here — the new Crosley with hundreds of improvements —the smartest car you've ever seen. New Crosley De Luxe Sedan is big—the latest. word in American design. New speed-line styling, sweep fenders. Mew, rich interior, fine fabric upholstery. Seats 4 with ample luggage room. New Crosley Statien Wagon has larger, longer body lines, luxury interior appointments. Seats 4, or 2 with Y, ton load. All-steel. No increase in price. And Crosley leads again in the high compression field with 7.8 to 1 compression ratio for even more power, even better hill climbing and greater economy —up to 50 miles on a gallon of regular gasoline. PHONE 7-3526 | TCI THE POST, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1949 When you want constant mo- tion, and alert ready-for-anything companionship, just get one of my relatives. Save for our coats, we look like our cousins the Smooth Terriers. We're small dogs—16 to 18 pounds—so we're popular both here and in our old English home. We used to “go to ground” after foxes and other game, and we still like to hunt. Today, though, our most important work is keeping our masters laughing at our antics. By Margaret McLuckie Cottle The fox terrier—smooth coated and wire-haired varieties—is the best known and most widely dis- tributed of all purebred dogs. Though now both the smooth and the wire, haired are recog- nized as one breed, they sprang from vastly different sources, the smooth’s principal ancestors be- ing the old smooth coated black and tan and the old fashioned bull terrier, while the wire-haired was bred from the rough coated black and tan working terrier of Wales, Derbyshire, and Dunham. In the early days wires were liberally crossed with smooths, chiefly to give the wire the pre- dominating white pigmentation, cleaner cut head and the more classical outline of the smooth, and no extended pedigree of a wire will be found without many smooth ancestors. However, this practice has been discontinued 'for many years. Very few of the early dogs possessed sufficient merit or ex- hibited enough prepotency to be- come factors of any importance in the development of the breed they preceded and the present day: fox terrier—both smooth and wire—is the product of about 75 years of selective breeding. During this period the ‘‘weeds” have pretty well been removed. The good speci- mens were closely inbred in order to “fix” the attained improvements, and there have been developed such a wire range of good dogs among both wires and smooths that neither needs go outside of the variety to find top quality to which to breed. Wire Fox Terrier Wire breeders in the early days were far behind smooth fanciers in trying to breed refinement into The Fox Terrier We're experts at that. There are bigger dogs—but there aren't any better. Ask any of our folks. They'll tell you we've got a strict sence of property and the brains, courage, and ability to back up our loyalty to our loved ones. Pictured here is Champion R.B.N. of Fenbor, the outstanding wire- hair of the 1947-48 dog show year. Bred by Mrs. H. M. A, Tucker he is now owned by ArFor Kennels, Kansas City, Mo. In The Interest Of Purebred Dogs their stock, continuing to select their breeding specimens from those dogs which were most qualified in the field and around the farm, but the delay was offset by two im- portant genetic advantages in time and source. The longer era of breeding wires solely for utility purposes served to fix the virtues of gameness and vitality so that little was lost in the subsequent attention paid to refining the wire. Also the wire breeder had the ad- vantage of being able to stay safe- ly within the fox terrier breed by drawing directly on the already comparatively set type of the smooth for refining qualities. After approximately 1910 it seemed need- less to resort to further crosses and thereafter the process was dis- continued. The ‘‘Standard of the Breed” is the same for both varieties of the breed except for coat in the wire haired, “which must be broken. The harder and more wiry the tex- ture of the coat, the better. On no account should the dog look or feel wooly; and there should be no silky hair about the poll or else- where. The coat should not be too long so as to give the dog a shaggy appearance but should show a marked and distinct difference all over from the smooth species. The dog whose picture is used to illustrate this variety is an ex- cellent specimen of the breed “Champion R. B. N. of Fenbor” bred by Mrs. HAL M. A. Tucker, shown to his championship by Rob- ert Neff and now owned by ArFor Kennels of Kansas City, Mo. This dog was the outstanding wirehair during the 1947-1948 dog show year and is proving himself in the stud as he has in the show ring. Merchants Would At a recent meeting of Dallas Business Association, Grace T. Cave, Ord Trumbower and Lawrence Up- dyke were appointed to make a study of store hours. During recent years the real shopping day of the week in Dallas has changed from Saturday to Fri- day, although the actual day is im- material so far as the merchants are concerned. The Association realizes that the Back Mountain area is growing and that the stores must grow too; but this cannot be accomplished without cooperation. In anticipation of demand, local merchants are stocking their stores with nationally advertised merchandise to meet customers’ needs. Like To Know Your Choice Of Store Hours Realizing it is much more con- venient for customers to shop with- in walking distances of their homes and where parking space is avail- able if they drive, the merchants wonder why many ride crowded busses or seek expensive, crowded parking lots in order to buy what they can more conveniently get at home. ? Because of this the following questionnaire has been prepared by the Association. The merchants hope their friends and customers will be sufficiently interested to answer the questions and mail the coupon to The Dallas Post or drop it in the boxes set up for that pur- pose in all Dallas stores. 6. If not, give reason? 1. Do you like ‘to shop Friday might 2... oo Ll Lo 2. Would you prefer to shop Saturday night?.._......_...__.._.._.____ 3. If local stores were open Saturday night would you shop in Dallas in preference to shopping elsewhere? 4. If stores were closed Wednesday afternoon the year around, would you be inconvenienced? ....__ rE a le 5. Do you buy everything you possibly can in Dallas ?................. 7. Remarks : SWEET VALLEY Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tworek en- tertained at dinner Sunday Mrs. Elizabeth Smith. Mrs. George Matthews and mother, Mrs. Ella Morgan, Elwood Mathews of Wilkes-Barre and El- mer Wolfe of Pike’s Creek called on Miss Bess Klinetob on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Callender spent Sunday with the latter's mother, Mrs. Nellie Harrison at Huntington Mills. Mr. and Mrs. George Wesley spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Yetter at Pike's Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hazelett have been on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Farver and son, Elton of New Columbus spent Sunday with Rev. and Mrs. Ira Button. Michael Horniak who has been stationed at Fort Warren, Wyom- ing, is spending a furlough at his home before going overseas. He was dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Bronson Monday. Mike was employed at the Bronson store be- fore entering the service. County Trappers Get Good Bounties Luzerne County residents who trapped and hunted predators dur- ing December received $748.00 for their efforts from the Game Fund according to the Divisional Head- quarters for the nine northeastern counties located at Forty-Fort. Two hundred forty-eight weasels, eighty- three gray fox, thirty-four red fox, and eight great horned owls were probated by the successful hunters and trappers of the county. This amount is part of the $33, 470 paid out to claimants for the month of December in the entire state. Since June 1st a total of $81,643 has been paid out of the Fund for claims on 6,231 weasels, 8,016 gray foxes, 9,644 red foxes, 16 goshawks and 1,175 great horned owls. $2,178.00 of this amount has been returned, to trappers and hunters of Luzerne County in this period. Information regarding bounty claims can be secured from any District Game Protector, Alderman Justice of the Peace or Magistrate. Game Commission officials point out that the fur crop of Pennsylvania annually amounts to nearly two million dollars, a highly prized nat- ural resource. Store Talk Two more worthy causes are knocking at your door, this week— “The March of Dimes” and the “Red Cross.” The ‘March of Dimes” brings hope to those on whom the door to health and hap- piness has been closed forever. When you open your door, re- member that the Red Cross takes care of many who don’t even have a door left. Surely you'll want to aid both these worthy causes. Do It Yourself has become a popu- lar saying during these times of rising prices. “Congowall”, the miracle linoleum wall covering is applied just that way. There are 13 colors of it in block design. Just the thing for your kitchen or bath rooms. 13c for square foot is what it costs to make your home a palace beautiful. Prices? With all the present day predictions, no one knows just what will happen in 1949—except that there will be a little change in steel goods and machinery. We offer you better prices from the advantage of quantity buying in many cases, but in general we'll have to grin and bear it while labor rules the roost. Frigidaire Ranges for 1949 have the ! zippy look you want plus all the | ; high . speed and convenience fea- | tures possible to incorporate. Frig- idaire quality hasn't changed. See y it and you'll buy it. Hay choppers available now! By a! surprise purchase we can offer al small number of “Dellinger” ma- chines now. This machine is well made and has many desirable fea- tures. Take a look on your next visit. : hE NT Trae | Flash! A carload of Tractor drawn manure spreaders just arrived at the warehouse. Buzz 50-50 if you want to get rid of a tough job. Steel Roofing, in all lengths is again in stock. This particular roofing ‘has a heavy coating of asphalt on both sides and is known as “Plasti- pitch.” If you want a rugged roof this is it. GAY-MURRAY CO. Tunkhannock Babson Thinks Utilities Safe Stocks to Hold New York City, Jan. 6—During the past few days I asked many investment bankers: “In view of the business and mar- ket uncertainties, what are the saf- est stocks to hold?” The general answer was that the stocks of the operating utility companies offer the best combination of safety and income. OUTLOOK FOR BUSINESS Total kilowatt hour output of the utilities will decline . with general business, but this decline will be from industrial customers. As many electric companies are now short of generating capacity, and cannot take on many new residential cus- tomers, this could be a blessing in disguise. Residential customers are much more profitable than large industrial customers. There- fore, by. switching customers, the total output could decline without a decline in profits. Electric companies have very few labor troubles. In the case of water power companies, the labor ex- pense is only 20% compared with 80% in the printing industry. The | labor expense for the entire elec- trical industry is low, equalled only by the chemical industry. There- fore, it has little to fear from the much-talked-of “fourth round” of wage increases. OPERATING EXPENSES The electrical industry is a large purchaser of supplies including mil- lions of miles of copper wire, mil- lions of poles, arms, and insulators, thousands of trucks, as well as great quantities of coal, oil and natural gas. Although there may be some further price increases on some of these products, yet the cor- ner has turned downward on the average This should benefit the utilities so long as we avoid war with Russia or the Chinese Com- munists. The only ‘nigger in the wood- pile” is the attitude of utility com- missions regarding rates. Many util- ity companies are in need of high- er rates, especially street railway and bus companies which have large labor expense. As, however, these rate-making bodies clearly understand that to take care of their customers the utilities must have more capital, and in order to raise more capital must give in- vestors a reasonable dividend, they should gladly grant these needed rate increases. INFLATION HEDGES Utilities of operating companies can be recommended for safety and for income, but they should not be selected as hedges against inflation. If considering only the cost of replacement, stocks of util- ity operating companies should be worth double what they were ten years ago provided they cannot be caught by the “Depreciation Form- ula”. The fact, however, that util- ities are not free to raise their rates without special permission, is a distinct handicap. Hence, for inflation hedges it is better to buy steel or merchandising stocks. A live merchant can always keep one jump ahead of inflation. It is wise to confine one’s pur- chase of electric company stocks to the territory in which you live. You, yourself, should know the attitude of your local authorities on this rate-making problem; it is reflected by your local newspapers. If you believe that your public ser- vice commission is fair, then buy the stock of the company supplying your home with electricity; but not otherwise. IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSIFICATION Of course, you should not put all of your eggs in any one basket, however good that basket may be. This means that one should not have more than 20% of his funds in public utilities, and not more investor should have his funds divided amongst different indus- tries, different companies and diff- erent sections. As a final thought, I urge you to avoid utilities in big cities that might be bombed in case of World War IIL Tax Load Is Almost Ten Times Heavier Special to The Dallas Post. Harrisburg, January 20—(PNS)— Luzerne County taxpayers—on the basis of population, buying income and taxable payrolls—will be pay- ing approximately $125,831,000 of the proposed 1950 Federal budget the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce which said this is 9.6 times greater than the total local William Penn, founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, died in England July 30, 1817 at the age of 74. —PNS. { FY BEY rrr YOUR NAME PRINTED ON EACH CHECK NO REQUIRED BALANCE NO CHARGE FOR DEPOSITS OPEN YOUR ACCOUNT WITH ANY AMOUNT AT ANY TELLERS WINDOW IN 114 YEARS % BANKING SUCCESS AT Corner Market & Franklin Streets Member Fed. Deposit Insurance Corp'n. Steam Boilers NEW AND USED ALL POPULAR MAKES WE HAVE ALL TYPES IN STOCK CALL NOW AT THE Luzerne Plumbing Supply Co. SAM WEBER, Prop. 340 UNION STREET LUZERNE DIAL 7-4415 | DOMESTIC TRY IT TODAY.” 749 TERRA E Available RABBIT ERAT SOREN 158-R-10 TOMMY ANDREWS T BAR A DRIVE ShAvERTONN | 9 Also At HISLOP’S and DIXON’S STORES in Dallas ; HONTZ’S and ACME STORE in Shavertown i biol iA than 5% in any one company. An of nearly $42 billion, according to: taxes of the county levied in 1946. | ?