FROM. Editorially Speaking: =m Sweet Valley Frocks Sweet Valley's Community able job in bringing in a clean, new industry that will employ in leaders have done a commend- THE Darras PosT MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION the neighborhood of two hundred persons. A community as quaint and homey as Sweet Valley can absorb one industry without losing any of its character and can bring immeasurable benefits to the industry itself. Progress isn’t always marked by humming spindles and belching stacks; but a thriving industry and a happy relationship between workers vantages to rural living. and management can bring many ad- Industry is not an end in itself, nor is the additional money that it will bring to Sweet Valley. But if it helps Sweet Valley to provide more comfortable and gracious living for those who now live there and for those who will live there in the years to come, then it will have served its true purpose. The same applies to other Back Mountain communities, We welcome industries and the jobs they create; but we don’t want them faster than we can absorb them. Nor do we want them simply because they can find space no where else or because we have a. beautiful countryside free from mine caves. ‘The. movement of. industry to the country where workers can go about their daily duties amid clean surroundings, breath- ing: fresh mountain air, looking out onto wooded hillsides and green pastures, is a far step toward making life worth while. But if industry. destroys these things or fails to appreciate them, it serves neither the worker, the community nor itself, “Industry cannot come in as a stranger, interested only in what it can: obtain here. Industry cannot remain aloof from our community problems, It must accept them for what they are and help us to ‘solve them. It must understand our attitudes toward zoning; our needs for better schools; our desire for better housing. It- must appreciate that our yards and gardens, our unmarred distant vistas; the peace and quiet of a small village are what have brought: most of us here in the first place. Industry and this res- idential and farming community can work side by side and shoulder to: shoulder to develop here a better way of life—if they will. ‘Sweet Valley Frocks is a lovely name. Along with Fern- brook Fabrics and Natona Laces it is another label that will iden- tify new products manufactured in the Back Mountain Region. It connotes all that is clean and ‘Wholesome about our former way of life.” "Let us hope that we shall all be proud of these labels, proud of the inspiration that brought them here. proud that they are. an interested vital part of our community. x ¥ ¥ PILLAR TO POST By Mgs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. | Get out the sunflower seeds, here come the robins. Goodleigh Farm called on the phone a couple of days ago to report that there were not two, not three, but a wh le flock of robins, 2 3 d D they are shout though common sense warns that we are due for some more winter, and of a charac- ter that will be a blow, coming as it does on top of all this phe- nomenally mild February weather. You can’t discount the groundhog’s having seen his shadow in a blaze of sunshine on the second of the ~ month. | There . seems to be. a difference of opinion on that groundhog bus-, iness, some folks claiming that if he sees his shadow he'll dive back into his burrow and pull up the blankets for six more weeks, some people pish-tushing that particular myth and holding that if he doesn’t see his shadow he’ll be discouraged by the lack of sunshine and good- ness. knows how long spring will be ‘delayed. : This is very confusing to a per- son who was brought up to believe that you could count on six weeks of winter or else a very early spring, with no middle ground, all depending on that shadow. The foundations of my childhood beliefs are being undermined, and good- ness knows where this will lead. Maybe Santa Claus and the Easter Rabbit will be the next victims. And by the way, did you know that it used to be called Bear Day instead of Groundhog Day? Neither did 1, until my mother set me right in a recent letter. Seems her father always called it Bear Day. - At any rate, the robins seem to place little confidence in the groundhog’s weather predictions. They are here, and in great num- bers, though the Pump House has so far been ignored, probably be- cause of the lack of evergreen shelter. Birds seem determined to fly in the face of Providence. Weeks ago, way out in Kansas, and in the teeth of an impending blizzard, great numbers of wild geese fell into the city streets, their wings iced and useless, to take off again into the upper air when their wings thawed. Motorists drove carefully around the staggering birds, but in spite of their care, one or two car owners had roast goose for dinner. Those geese couldn’t have been flying south, so they must have been flying north to their artic Woesting grounds. It is pretty dif- ficult to fool a bird, endowed as he is with an instinct that pre-dates the Stone Age. ~ Maybe an early spring really is in the cards. League Lays Somebody from “4 a Dinner Plans First Play-Offs On February 28 Plans were made for the play- offs, and a banquet committee ap- pointed at a meeting of the Church League Tuesday, at St. Paul’s Luth- eran Church. It was decided to schedule the playoffs for Saturday, February 26 at Dallas Township gym, if possible. Arrangements call for a series of three sets of games starting with the first place team meeting the third; the second meet- ing the fifth and the fourth meeting the sixth. The three winners of the first set will play each other—one of them drawing a by. If one of the victors happens to be the regular season winner, it automatically draws the by and plays the victor of the second set. The two remain- ing teams will meet for the trophy, a 12%” gold figure on a mahog- any base. Plans for a consolation game to precede the main attrac- tion will be discussed. A pennant will be awarded the regular season winner. Prizes will be awarded to the League's high- scorer and most sportsmanlike play- er. The trophy must be won three years in a row for permanent poss-, esion.” Members in arrears for reg- istration dues are urged to turn | them in immediately. Father Bernard Grogan was el- ected chairman of the banquet committee, assisted by Rev. Fred Reinfurt, Rev. Robert Webster, John Roberts, Alex Tough, and Dale Zimmerman, In case of a first place tie, a playoff game will take place to determine which team receives the pennant. A tie for sixth place will be played off to decide which team will enter the playoffs. Other ties will be decided by a flip of a coin since they will have no effect on the playoffs. Back From Conference A. C. Woolbert Jr., of Dallas, has just returned from Syracuse, where he attended a conference of several hundred Purina Feed Deal- ers. Feed dealers from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were present at the conference where they were told of developments and trends in the feed industry eaves a Vol. 59, No. 7 Marble C. Gay Dies In Crash Head of Tunkhannock Firm Dies In Crash Marble C. Gay, Jr., 51, secretary and general manager of the Gay- Murray Co., Tunkhannock, died Tuesday evening ats “Scranton State head-on automobile collision a few hours earlier on Route 6 near Clark’s Summit State Hospital. Mr. Gay was en route home from Scranton at 4:30 when his car, a Chevrolet coupe, collided with a Buick sedan driven in the op- posite direction by Raymond E. Decker, 33, Dalton RFD. Both driv- ers were alone. Decker died a few minutes later, but Mr. Gay was taken to Scranton State Hospital where he was identified by papers in his pocket. He died at 8:05 with- out regaining consciousness, His brothers, Charles and George were with him to the end. There were no witnesses to the accident but the impact must have been terrific for the engine of Mr. Gay's car lay at the edge of the pavement twenty feet from the rest of the wreckage and ‘the entire front end of Decker’s Buick was demolished. Mr. Gay was head of one of the outstanding rural businesses of the State. He was a past president of the Pennsylvania and Atlantic Sea- board Hardware “Association and a director = of Wyoming National Bank of Tunkhannock, Born at Laceyville, the son of Marble C. and Marion Champion Gay, he graduated from Mehoop- any High School and Rochester School of Business. About twenty- five years ago he and his father opened a farm equipment business in Tunkhannock. Later the firm became affiliated with the Murray Company of Honesdale and together these organizations have become donghter; Mrs. Elaine Jones of Cedar Lake, Michigan; his parents, who have been spend- ing the winter in Florida; two brothers, Charles and George of Tunkhannock, and four sisters, Mrs. Gladys Reed, Chenango Forks, N. Y., Mrs. Marjorie Hughes, Bing- hamton, N. Y., Mrs. Marion Hughes, Binghamton, N. Y., and Miss Madge Gay at home. Must Register Within Five Days Eighteen-Year Olds Permitted No Option Eighteen-year old jboys living in comunities under 4 furiicion of Local Board No. Plymouth must register on their 18th birth- day or no later than five days thereafter, Board Chairman Thom- as A. Warman reported during the weekend. The office is located at Eley Building, (2nd floor) 1 West Main Street, Plymouth, and is open from Monday through Fri- day from 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. In several cases recently, boys have appeared at the Board later than the five day limit. Boys in the following communities must register with Local Board No, 93: Plymouth Township, Plymouth Bor- ough, Larksville Borough, Lehman (Continued on Page Eight) All Merchants To Dallas Business Association under the leadership of Lawrence Up- dyke, vice president and chairman. of the membership committee, has started an intensive drive to enroll all Back Mountain Businessmen in the organization. Several members have already enrolled from Idetown, Shavertown, Trucksville, Fernbrook and Leh- man. Membership is open to any Back Mountain businessman upon payment of $3 dues. Harry Lee Smith, newly elected president, is arranging an espec- ially interesting program for the next meeting at Back Mountain Memorial Library on Monday, March 7, and has expressed the de- sire to see representatives from all Back Mountain communities pre- sent. “We have organized a Credit Hospital of injuries sustained Anat” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1949 % Two automobiles cannot .pass on this dangerous single lane bridge on Center Street, Shavertown. At times trucks are lined up on either side of the bridge extending back to and on the Harvey's Lake High- way. Center Street is one of the most traveled thoroughfares in the Town- ship. Traction Company busses use this bridge on their regular routes. Hundreds of pedestrians and school Season Opened Hundreds of Pennsylvania trapp- ers have set their traps for the annual beaver season which open- ed Tuesday and runs through Feb- ruary 28 this year. Non-residents are from trapping them. Beavers are fully protected pnd may not be legally !' trapped in twenty-two counties: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Cam- bria, Clarion, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, McKean, Mercer, Potter, Somerest, Venango, Warren, Wash- ington and Westmoreland — but may be taken in all other forty- five counties. Ten is the maximum number of traps any qualified trapper may ‘attend, set or operate and not more than two beavers may legally be taken by any trapper. A metal tag bearing the name and address of the owner must be attached to each trap and all tags must be placed above the ice or waterline to permit checking without dis- turbing the traps. It is illegal to set a trap upon the structure of any established beaver dam or house or within 25 feet of the waterline on the structure of any beaver dam or house. The penalty is $50 for each separate offense. No trapping is permitted at dams posted by the Game Com- prohibited or within 200 feet of such areas. Successful trappers are required to present the skins of their kill for tagging within a period of ten days following the close of the season and should present them to the Game Protector in the district in which taken. None can legally be disposed of unless properly tagged. Beaver trapping was first per- (Continued on Page Eight) Business Association Invites Be Members Bureau”, he said, “which can be most effective only if every busi- | essman will cooperate with us. Self interest alone should be enough of an inducement to make any person who is in business want to join this association.” “From time to time we will have speakers on other business problems, At our April meeting we expect to have an expert here on store lighting. If Back Mountain businessmen expect to make this a shopping center that can compete on favorable terms with Kingston, Luzerne and Wilkes-Barre stores, then we've got to adopt modern methods.” “We can do that best by working together. A few hours a month de- voted to this purpose isn’t too much to ask of any merchant who calls himself a businessman.” Three school busses use it daily. . Beaver Trapping mission prohibiting such trapping | children must use it to reach the post - office, grade schools and churches. In spite of repeated efforts on the part of citizens to bring this bridge to the attention of the State Highway Department, that body has failed to recognize it as a haz- ard to life. Center Street is a sec- ondary State highway. If the Township had an alert Board of Supervisors they would see to it that the State did some- Forty-Nine At Club Meeting Mrs. Fisher Shows Miniature Furniture Forty-nine Back Mountain wo- men attended the eting of the Library Book Club Wednesday af- ternoon and enjoyed Mrs. Dwight Fishers’ lovely collection of minia- ture furniture. New members at the meeting were: Mrs. Herbert Ray, Mrs. Ed- ward Hartman, Mrs. Charles Hoff- man, Mrs. Walter Elston, Mrs, Wil- liam Lamb, Mrs. Roscoe Lee, Mrs. Earl Johnson and Mrs. Harry Stull- muller. Eighteen new . books were pur- chased in January and thirteen so far this month. Serving committee consisted of: Mrs. Joseph Schmerer, Mrs. Fred Howell, Mrs. John Doane, Mrs, Mur- ray Scureman, Mrs. H. W. Smith, Mrs. Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Henry Peter- son, Mrs, Dana Krump, Mrs. Har- ris Haycox, Mrs. Edgar Brace and Mrs. Gerald Dettmore. President, Mrs. Fred Howell, and retiring president, Mrs. Harry Ohl- man poured. Committee chairmen for the new year are:. Program, Mrs. Peter Clark; Volunteer Workers, Mrs. Ed- gar Brace; finance, Mrs. Harris Hay- cox; book, Mrs. Murray Scureman; membership, Mrs. Dana Krump; tel- ephone squad, Mrs. Henry Peter- son; hospitality, Mrs. Joseph Schmerer; publicity, Mrs. Gerald Dettmore. Present were Mesdames R. R. Hedden, Herbert Ray, Earl John- son, E. V. Hartman, Mitchell Jen- kins, T. M. B. Hicks, Harry Stull- muller, Harold Flack, Paul Goddard, Lloyd Kear, Freb B. Howell, John H. Doane, Harry Ohlman, A. G. Rutherford, J. D. Hutchison, A. D. Hutchison, Raymond Kuhnert, Wil- liam Lamb, Ralph Dixon, Walter Elston, Felix Weber, Earl Tremayne, H. W. Smith, William Deibert, Dana Krump, Stanley Davies, R. L. Hallock, F. W. Bogert, J. R. Benner, Alfred Root, Edgar Brace, Joseph Schmerer, Murray Scure- man, Herbert Griesing, Mary Bit- tenbender Nelson, L. V. Lacy, Peter Clark, Henry Peterson, Lewis Le- Grand, Dwight Fisher, C. N. Booth, Z. E. Garinger, Floyd Sanders, Pri- mo Berrettini, William Hart, Rob- ert Crawford, Michael Kevolic, Ger- ald Dettmore; Miss Miriam Lath- rop. Harold Cragle, Host, To Sweet Valley YTC Harold Cragle of Sweet Valley entertained members of the Christ- ian Church YTC at his home last Thursday evening. Present were: Dayton Long, Beryl Updyke, Rich- ard Thomas, Robert Adams, Carl Rood Jr., Fred Cragle, Betty Ad-|. ams, Shirley Britt, Barbara Cragle, Carrol Coheck and Mrs. Ira But- ton. i 6 CENTS PER CG®Y Another Death Trap on Center Street Photo By Hudson thing abort this bridge instead of throwing up their hands and dis- claiming, “We can do nothing about it; it’s the State's problem.” The “wiggle and wobble” atti- tude of the Supervisors was re- vealed again this week when they were unable to reach a decision on whether Kingston Township should be zoned. Kingston Township needs. leadership. It is NOT getting it from its Supervisors. Firemen View Giant Pumper Trucksville Firemen Given Demonstration Trucksville Volunteer Fire De- partment had an opportunity to view and test one of the latest de- velopments in fire fighting equip- ment last Friday when representa- tives of the Hahn Truck Co., of l® Hamburg brought a sixteen cyl- inder pumper here for a demon- stration. The mammoth truck mounted two eight cylinder Ford engines, operating in combination or as a single unit and each with its own 500-gallon purdp. The truck///carried a 1,500 gal- lon water thnk weighing more than 10,000 pounds, when filled and per- mitting it to ope Jor. twenty minutes without any other’ source of supply. Of special interest to the fire- men were the vehicle's unique six- teen wheels mounted similar to the trucks on railroad cars, each set of wheels operating as a unit. Reputed cost of the outfit is $16,500. A committee of firemen was given a demonstration of the truck’s maneuverability and power on Carverton Road, and then brought it to Dallas’ for Dr. Henry M. Laing Firemen .to inspect. The Trucksville Company is plan- ning to purchase new equipment this year and the demonstration Friday was one of several that will be made by different companies before the committee reaches any decision. Catholic Daughters To Observe Book Week In observance of Catholic Book Week, Court Our Lady of Fatima 1478, Catholic Daughters of Amer- ica will hold a special reading and tea Sunday afternoon at 3 in the auditorium of St. Therese’s Church. “Seven Story Mountain’’, an auto- :biography of Thomas Merton will be read by Mrs. Edmund Kelly Jr., of Scranton.’ Book week'aim is to send reading material of Catholic background to countries overseas that have no such literature at all. All persons wishing to give books are asked to donaté them at this time. Mrs. Joseph Purcell is chairman of refreshments and will be assist- ed by Mrs. Raymond Laux. There will be no admission charge. The public is invited. Makes College Team Marilyn Ohlman, sophomore at Temple University was chosen as a member of the Swimming team this week. Marilyn gets her practice in the summer, as well as a good coat of tan, as life guard at Irem Temple Country Club. BOX SCORE Back Mountain Highway Deaths and Serious accidents since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed 11 4 1 2 31 20 Laing Firemen Saved Property Worth $381,500 Answered 25 Calls During Yedr With During the year just closed, Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company re- sponded to twenty-five fire calls protecting property valued at $381, 500 with an actual fire loss of $12, 160. Greatest fire losses occurred in those areas furthest removed from Dallas and where lack of available water was a distinct handicap to the fire fighters. The company answered eleven fire calls in Dallas Borough. A little over $22,000 worth of property was involved with an actual fire loss of $150. Seven. calls were answered in Dal. las Township where there was a possible fire loss of $323,000. Actual loss was $6,000. The biggest fire was the maternity barn at Good- leigh Farm, where firemen were able to prevent complete destruc- tion. Second largest fire was the Mrs. E. B. Moore barn which was a complete loss. ; Four calls were answered in Toth son Township with a possible fire loss of $31,000. Actual loss was $2,500, the Scovell home being completely destroyed. The company answered one call at Northmoreland Township. There lightning struck the barn owned by Michael Koslosky at Centermore- land. The loss was complete, $3,500. The company also responded to one call each in Lehman and Lake Townships. Many Attend NEPA Meeting Veterinarians Hold Panel Discussion At the annual meeting of the Tunkhannock Artificial Breeding Co- operative, attended by 525 persons which was held at the Dietrich Theatre, Tunkhannock, on Friday, | February 11. The following direc- tors were re-elected for 3 year terms—Donald Williams, Tunkhan- nock; George Morrow, Clarks Sum- mit; and Paul Iffert, Meshoppen. One of the highlights of the meeting was the panel discussion by the local veterinarians—Dr. L. L. Ellsworth, Meshoppen; Dr. E. S. Stone, Dr. J. H. Towers and Dr. Walter Parker, Clarks Summit. R. H. Olmstead, in charge of Dairy Extension at Pennsylvania ‘State College, was in charge of this dis- cussion when questions concerning mastitis and breeding problems were answered, R. H. Olmstead gave a review of plans on Bangs Disease as sug- gested to the Bureau of Animal In- dustry, by breed organizations of the state. A. E. Coper, extension agrono- mist, reported on the hay contest which was won by Oscar Henry, West Nicholson. The hay" of Ted Burgess, Forkston, placed second, and Jobe Derhammer’s, Alderson, placed third. Prizes' were donated by Gay-Murray, Tunkhannock. Mr. Coper in his discussion of the need- ed minerals that are being contin- ually removed from the soil with- out replacement, stated this tends to exhaust the supply and a de- ficiency results in the forage. William Schaefer, manager- of N EPA Artificial Breding Cooperative, reported on the program of the N EPA organization and also the handling of the herd sires at Nepa. The door prize, a purebred Hol- stein calf was won by Oscar Heits- man, Tunkhannock. Parents May Take Bus To Township Meeting Meeting of Dallas Township Parent Teacher Association on Mon- day night will be in charge of the teachers. It will be report card night and teachers will be in their rooms to interview parents at 7:30. : In order to accommodate parents who want to attend the meeting, the 7:20 bus from the Square will go direct to Fernbrook and thence to Dallas and Dallas Township school. E 1 1 A Only $1£,160 Loss —
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