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Editorially Speaking:
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Point Of No Return
HE Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
DALLAS
AC
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* The Farm Journal, which has a very large circulation among
rural families throughout the United States, recently ran an ex-
ceptional editorial, which deserves the widest possible circulation.
Here is what the Journal said:
“Never has a nation recovered itself, once the leaders have
lured the people far into the grip of socialistic power. You can
call the roll as far back as history reaches. Countries go on down
to catastrophe as Germany and Italy have gone, as Rome went,
and as Russia will go.
“Americans for a century and a half supported their govern-
ment, kept it well out of their affairs;.and so became the earth's
richest people. Now more and more we ask the government to
support us.
“Government offers more ‘help’ for agriculture, housing, educa-
ation, health and other things. Everybody is encouraged to ask
for something. Every government aid means more taxes and
more regulation. Each new experiment fastens onto the people
a new load, and the load, remains.” :
“When a flier risks stormy weather over the ocean, he ap-
proaches what airmen call ‘point of no return.” Beyond that he
cannot return to safety, He must take his chance on getting
through.
“How near is the U.S.A.
FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
to Point of No Return?”
The proposed face-lifting project for the beautification of Wyoming
Valley and its environs and approaches, sponsored by civic-minded
citizens and organizations, is something which the community has been
needing for some time; but the program should take into consideration
the bony framework of the trouble.
A serious program of tree, shrub, and flower planting is fine, and if
carried out with enthusiasm should
add a great deal to the appearance
of the locality; but there is some-
thing else which should be done
first or at the same time. The
lower portion of the road leading
from Dallas to Wilkes-Barre,
of the most beautiful scenic routes
in the state of Pennsylvania, is
desecrated by sign-boards which
ruin the wiew.
Second Graders
Hear Bird Man
ses | Jackson Pleased With
Mrs. Mason's Class
Pupils in Mrs. Mason's second
grade at Dallas Borough Schools
| were delighter with Frank Jack-
n's talk on “Birds” Friday af-
[own but no more delighted
an Frank was with the treatment
hands of the
Signboards are now beginning
to encroach upon the Tunkhan-
nock highway, a lovely scenic drive
which should surely be exempt from
cheap commercialism.
Dallas Borough has strong feel-
ings on the subject of billboards,
but Dallas Borough's skirts are not
clear ip this ‘matter of highway
signs between Truchsville snd Las
zerne., Several Dallas Borough es-
tablishments are advertised along
this stretch of highway, a state
of affairs suggestive of those feck-
less souls who dump their tin cans
along somebody else's roadside.
he received at the
youngsters.
He had no sooner alighted from
his ger than. crowd of them es-
corted him to their classroom, Then
one offered to take his hat and
coat and others volunteered to
carry in the bird houses and feed-
ers that he had brought along for
a demonstration.
Both Frank and the youngsters
were delighted whefi Prof. Charles
James iA and became an
A determined and concerted ef-
fort could probably do away with
defacing billboards. If the manager
of a business were told that cus-
tomers preferred to deal with es-
tablishments that did not desecrate
the countryside, and if this dictim
were provided with teeth in the
form of a boycott of noncooperative
houses, the chances are that bill-
board patronage would fall off, and
fast.
attentive listener.
They popped-guestions at Frank
from all sides, surprised him by
asking about the field markings of
certain types of birds.
At the conclusion, Frank admit-
ted that he had been a little ner-
vous about giving his talk. “You
know it has been a long time since
I have been in a school classroom
and even then I didn’t go too far;
but those boys and girls were won- |
derful. Mrs. Mason has done a|
splendid job.”
This week Frank sent word to
the second grade that he had spot-
ted three Dufflehead ducks on Har- |
vey's Lake and had also observed |
a great black backed gull flying
over. A flock of fourteen wild geese
also landed on the lake at 2 A.M.
Monday morning and were still
there late Thursday afternoon when
he phoned.
Dallas Teams
Ready For Tilt
This Friday will see the windup
of basketball in the Back Mountain
area as Church League teams, Dal- |
las “A” and Dallas “B”, clash in
Dallas Borough High School gym-
A program of community beauti-
fication is something which can not
be started and then allowed to
drop; for if anything of a con-
structive nature is to be accom-
plished, the entire community must
be sold a bill of goods and array
itself solidly behind the program.
There is a question as to how much
good outdoor advertising does, any-
way. The chances are that an oc-
casional ad in the local paper would
accomplish just as much and leave
the roadside in its original state of
beauty.
Plant bushes, plant flowers, plant
trees, but also lay a strong found-
ation for future scenic beauty by
nipping the billboard menace where
it hurts the worst—in the pocket-
book.
Away back in 1920 after the
first World Cataclysm, a Russian
hospital orderly attached to the
Army of Occupation was trying to|nasium. Teddy Hanauer, famous
explain to an American Major why | Wilkes-Barre Baron player, will
he did not like the French girls | officiate.
of the village. John had no Eng-| In a preliminary game, Dallas |
lish, the American Major no Rus-' Victorians girl's team will meet
sian; so they comprised on basic Lehman Scotties. Both teams play |
French, using gestures to elaborate | regularly in the Playground Asso- |
the theme. | ciation League at Meyers High.
2 = : | Dallas “A”, the playoff winner, |
Beaucoup le rouge”, said John, had the strongest team in the lea- |
rubbing a gaunt cheek furiously to gue, but Dallas “B” has been lay- |
illustrate his meaning. Then, with: : . |
a disdainful finger caressing the ing for this game and promises the
: | “A” squad a tussle. Proceeds will
territory back of the right ear, |p ygeq by the teams to purchase
“Pas le savon.”
needed equipment for the Church
Rouge on the cheeks is O. K.
softball team,
and highly attractive at times; but
soap behind the ears is the found- Slightly Better
ation of good grooming.
Ralph Williams, Main street, who
Billy Berti Breaks Arly. | 1° Mew seriously il at Gonwal
3 Hospital since he was taken their
Billy Berti broke his left “fm last Tuesday night in Howard Wool-
Wednesday afternoon when he fell | bert’s ambulance, showed some im-
from the runningboard of his |Provement yesterday. He has sub-
father's truck while removing ashes | mitted to daily blood transfusions
Vol. 39, No. 11
FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949
6 CENTS PER COPY
Senior Home Economics Students Are Hostesses At Dinner
| Thursday evening in the school
| auditorium.
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Eighty persons including hus-
bands and wives of members of
Lehman, Ross and Jackson School |
Boards, the Faculty and Custodian
Staff were guests of the Senior |
Home Economics Department of
Lehman Schools at a turkey dinner
supervising
Russell
Lester B. Squier,
principal, was toastmaster.
Ruble gave the invocation. Inter-
tainment was provided by the
faculty and included a piano solo
Senior Economics Students At Lehman
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PHOTO BY
evening.
Left to right: Ruth Shallhamer,
who entertained members of three | instructor; Albina Pall, Leona Lord,
‘ HUDSON
Here are the Senior Home Econ-
omic students and their instructor
Thursday
school boards and the Lehman {Janet Wright, Alice Culp and Char-
faculty at a turkey dinner on |lotte Clup, general chairman.
Memorial Library Lists Books
Helpful In Choice Of Careers
Young men and women seeking no fees. If you are not now a bor-
to learn more about careers which | rower don’t hesitate to stop at the
they might wish to enter following | library and become one.”
high school : graduation will find | Among the books on careers
many books to assist them at Back | which Miss Lathrop suggests are
Mountain Memorial Library, accord- | the following:
ing to Miss Miriam Lathrop, lib- |
) Twenty Careers of Tomorrow,
rarian,
| Huff; I Find my Vocation, Kitson;
“What do you want to be” she | Occupations Today, Brewer; Select-
asked. “If you don't know, why | ing and Operating a Business of
not ask for some of these books | your Own, Larson:
the next time you visit the lib- | Jobs for Men; Jobs for the Physi-
rary ?” | cally Handicapped; Careers in Pho-
“Everybody is eligible to borrow | tography, Neblette; Be an Artist,
books from the “library, there are' (Continued on Page Eight)
Scouts Celebrate Thirty-Seven Years
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Smiling proudly above are mem- | long tedious hours of illness.
bers of Dallas Girl Scout Troop | presentation on Friday is the last
149 who have just presented a|step in the earning of the Child
Rainy Day Box to the children’s | Care Badge.
ward at Nesbitt Hospital to com-| Accompanying the girls to the
memorate the thirty-seventh birth- | hospital were Mrs. Jack Barnes,
day anniversary of Girl Scouting |leader and Mrs. Raymond Titus,
in America and the twenty-fifth | assistant. Mrs, Raymond Hedden
in Wyoming Valley. The box con- | and Mrs, Karl Loucks, committee
tained scrap books, crayons, pen- | women acted as chauffers. Photo
at the Ohlman home. The truck|to make up for that lost through
stomach ‘hemorrhages.
was standing still at the time.
' ticles that will help while away
cils, picture books and other ar-|by Hudson, Post photographer.
Reading from left to right they
i | Sweet Valley on Monday, May 30.
500 Postwar
Its |
by Mrs. Verus Weaver; a piano duet
by Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gerrity
and a vocal solo by Mrs. Leonard
Lipski,
Brief talks were given by Charles
Nuss, president of Lehman Board,
Sweet Valley
Plans Parade |
Committees Named
For Memorial Day
| “Rural Communities on Parade”
{ will be the theme of the third an-
| nual Memorial Day Observance at
Plans for the program, sponsored
| by Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire
{ Company whose members come
from all surrounding communities,
are about completed. i
Working" with the Fire Company |
are Back Mountain Lion's Club,
Lake Silkwgrth, Lehman and Jack-
son Fire Companies and several)
other civic organizations.
Last year~the Sweet Valley Par-
ade attracted a crowd, estimated
by Pennsylvania State Police, at
more than 12,000. Roads were in
some instances blocked so that
many were unable to see the pa-
rade.
Adequate parking facilities will be
available this year and traffic tie-
ups will be eliminated according to
Alfred Bronson and Sherman
Kunkle, co-chairmen. A large com-
mittee, headed by Constable John
Lukavitch and assisted by State
Police is now working on plans to
keep all roads open.
A refreshment committee is also
arranging to have sufficient stands
located along the line of march.
The program will last all day and
will start with entertainment in the
morning to be followed by family
and church dinners at noon.
The parade will start promptly
at 2:30 P.M.
All Back Mountain individuals,
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of Service
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PHOTO BY HUDSON
| are: Carol Ann Rudy, Patsey Per-
| ento, Marilyn Shaver, Charlyn |
| Reinfurt, Mary Catherine Polachy,
| Ann Marie Dunham, assistant sup-
| ervisor of nurses, Ann Jones, Jo-
| anne Lewin, Susan Wielnfan who
| presented the box, Nancy Fitch,
Dianne Bowman, Jane Matchett,
| Louise Loucks, Jean Franklin and
| Dolores Lundy.
Cariger Society's Local
| Goal Is Set At $2,000
Photo By Hudson
Jesse Hann, president of Ross
Board and Vernon Cease, president
of Jackson Board.
Edward Holmes of Tunkhannock
delighted everybody with a chalk
talk.
German Women
Are Grateful
Book Club Thanked
For CARE Package
An appeals letter from the
Widow Marti fStivy ut! Franziska
Veuheuser o en-Scheid, West-
falen, Germany, was read at the
meeting of the Library Book Club
Wednesday afternoon.
The / letter was in appreciation
for.the CARE package which the
club” sent - to - Germany at Christ-
mas time.
So impressed with the poverty
of these two elderly women was
the club that its members contri-
buted $11.25 to have another pack-
age sent to the same address. Mrs.
Fred Howell, presided and announ-
ced that the Book Club had 148
paid up members during 1948. It's
present enrollment is 162, twenty-
two members having joined since
the beginning of the year. ,
Four new members enrolled at
the meeting were: Mrs. Jack Loucks,
Mrs. Edward Ribotski, Mrs. William
Camp and H. W. Smith.
During 1948, 164 books were
purchased by the club and it end-
ed its year with $47 in the treas-
ury. During March it has purchased
nine new books.
At the conclusion of the formal
program refreshments and tea were
served. Mrs. A. D. Hutchison and
Mrs. Lewis LeGrand poured.
Attending were: Mrs. Murray
Scureman, Mrs. Roscoe Lee, Mrs.
R. R. Heddon, Mrs. Lewis LeGrand,
Mary Elliot Gates, Mrs. R. L. Hal-
lock, Mrs. Thomas Varker, Mrs.
James C. Langdon, Mrs. William
Diebert, Mrs. Ralph Dixon, Mrs.
William Camp, Jr., Mrs. William
Lamb, Mrs, C. ‘N. Cooper, Mrs.
Lloyd Kear, Mrs. J. C. Fleming, Mrs.
A. D. Hutchison, Mrs. Fred Howell,
Mrs. John H. Doane and her two
sisters-in-law, Stella Doane and Al |
ice Doane of Mansfield, Mrs. Peter
D. Clark, Mrs. Z. E. Garinger, Mrs.
Dana Crump, Mrs. James Besecker,
Mrs. H. W. Peterson, Mrs. Edgar
Brace, Mrs. John Benner, Mrs. Al-
fred Bronson, Mrs. George Bonning,
Mrs. Stanley Rinehimer, Mrs. Jo-
seph Schmerer, Mrs. Gerald Dett-
more, and Miss Miriam Lathrop.
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A quota of $2,000 has_heerf” set
for the Back Mountain Region in
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
NROE
TOWN P
TOTAL
BOX SCORE
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Killed
11
Hospitalized
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Local Dealer
Rations Coal
Sowden Says “There
Need be no Suffering”
Like those elsewhere, Back Moun-
tain coal dealers were hard pressed
this week to supply the demand
due to the two week’s holiday de-
clared by John L. Lewis.
Most dealers, however, were con-
fident that all customers would be
| supplied and there would be no
hardship if the public would be
patient and remain satisfied with
a half ton, instead of a complete
order.
| Granville Sowden whose Back
| | Mountain Lumber and Coal Com-
pany is probably the largest sup-
plier in the area said: ‘Nobody
will run out of coal and all of our
customers and possibly some others
will be supplied if they will be sat-
isfied with the amount we can
bring them.”
Mr .Sowden said his firm has
several cars of coal on the way
at considerable extra freight costs
in order to prevent any one from
being out of coal, Despite the heavy
additional freight charges, this coal
will be distributed at regular re-
tail prices and at an actual loss to
his company.
Paul D. Eckert, Lehigh Valley
distributor, said, “The surprise
strike called by John L. has hit
us like a bombshell as we had ac-
cepted a number of orders for coal
which we are now unable to fill.
The newspapers have been saying
there is a considerable amount of
coal above ground im storage, but
fail to mention that this is for car-
load shipments rather than for
local haulers.”
Mr. Eckert said his firm began
hauling coal again last December
and was quite pleased to be able
to deliver orders promptly from the
mines. “All I can say now’, he
added, “Is please be patient with
us until we can construct a storage
bin this summer so if “there are
any future ‘surprises’ we will be
able to supply our customers with
enough coal to carry them through
any emergency.”
Individual haulers like Norti Ber-
ti who had been able to supply
their customers with coal above
ground and run through breakers,
found their source of supply shut
off on Tuesday morning when Uni-
ted Mine Workers officials called a
halt to breaker operation.
Pyramid Club
Pays Off 53.500
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Interest Begins /
To Wane Locally...
Enthusiasm for membership in a
Pyramid Club which reached its
zenith early in the week was on
the wane throughout the Back
Mountain Region as the Post went
to press.
Although seven local residents
who had joined during the first
phases of the craze had received
a total of approximately $3,500,
none attained the grand peak of
$2,048 on their payoff nights which
took place just twelve days after
their first party.
Some brackets each chain
broke down as less enthusiastic
members joined and each Pyramid
fanned out. In no instance did
thirty-two persons appear with $64
each for the person at the top of
the Pyramid.
Some of the amounts received on
payoff night were $155; $255; $175;
$700, $275, $425.90 and $400; but
these amounts were augmented by
some later payments.
First payoff party in the Back
Mountain area was in Shavertown
followed closely by three others
on Parrish Heights, Dallas and two
on Center Street, Shavertown.
At the latter two parties 170
persons were present on the first
night and about 100 on the second
in
campaign of the American Cancer
Society which opens on April 1.
More than 2,000 letters will be
sent to residents of the area by a
committee headed by Mrs, Gran- |
ville Sowden and Mrs. Fred Howell, |
Coin cans for collections will be
placed in all schools and ‘business
places. Last year the committee
mailed 1,000 letters and raised
$800 in the area.
District chairman is Howard W. |
Risley. Treasurer is W. B. Jeter, |
president of First National Bank. |
The goal for Luzerne County is
$35,940. |
night. Some of those making pay-
ments came from Bloomsburg, Nan-
ticoke, Pittston and West Pittston,
and one’ member from Towanda
telephoned that he would bring
his $64 a day later.
Those who reached the top of the
Pyramid were loathe to reveal the
amount received for fear the In-
ternal Revenue Department might
want to collect income taxes—all
this in spite of the fact that hun-
dreds of persons knew their iden-
tities by reason of their member-
| ship in some one of the scores of
clubs in operation.