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CROP To Gather
Food For Hungry
Of War Nations -
Farm Produce Will
Be Collected From
October 23 to 30
G. WESLEY LEWIS
A concerted drive to obtain farm
produce for the hungry of Europe
and Asia wil be carried on by
Christian Rural Overseas Program
(CROP) in Luzerne County during
the week of October 23 to 30.
Wesley Lewis, general chairman,
has announced that the goal will
be at least one car load of dried
milk or its equivalent valued at
$5,000. Sixty carloads are the goal
for the sixty districts in Pennsyl-
vania.
At an organization meeting of
the county committee on Monday
night at Luzerne County Agricul-
tural Extension offices in Wilkes-
Barre, Mr, Lewis was elected chair-
man, W. F. Spaulding, Sugar Loaf;
Ralph Hosler, Berwick, and George
Rice, Dallas, were elected vice
chairmen. Mrs. Ruth Darbie was
elected secretary. Assistant secre-
tary is James Hutchison, George
Ernst is treasurer. County Com-
modities chairmen are John Reb-
ennack, Meeker, and John Hewitt,
Idetown.
CROP is sponsored on a nation-
wide basis—thirty states are par-
ticipating—by Catholic Rural Life
(serving War Relief Services of the
National Catholic Welfare Confer-
ence), Church World Service (ser-
ving twenty-one Protestant denom-
inations), and Lutheran World Ser-
vice (serving eight Lutheran syn-
ods of tlic Natal Lutheran Couns
cil of America.
Food is sent to twenty-two of
the forty-three countries served by
these agencies. In addition it re-
ceives commodities for American
Jewish Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, American Friends Service
Committee and Mennonite Central
Committee and other organizations.
It is the first united church pro- |
gram of its kind in the history of
our civilization.
District chairmen appointed
were: Lehman, Russell Ruble, John
Rebennack and John Hewitt; Car-
verton, Leon VanTyle and Nel-
son Lewis; Dallas Township, Mary
Weir and Sheldon Mosier; Hunting-
ton, Floyd Wolfe and Oscar Saxe;
Briggsville, Luther Smith and Carl
Raedler; Hobbie, Lee Peters and
Lyman Bloss; Conyngham Valley,
Harold Welsh; White Haven, Wil-
liam Somers; Butler Township,
Marvin Young and Righter Wood-
ring; Black Creek, Willis Knelly;
Salem, Ralph Hosler and Emory
Kisner,
Attending were: James Hutchi-
son, county agent; Mrs, Ruth Dar-
bie, Home Economics Extension;
Mrs. Catherine Birth, Home Ec-
onomics supervisor, Luzerne County
Schools; G. Wesley Lewis, Pitts-
ton, = George Loveland, Wilkes-
Barre, Ralph Hosler, Berwick,
Righter Woodring, St. Johns, W.
F .Spaulding, Sugar Loaf, Theodore
J. Sampson, Retreat, Floyd Wolfe,
Shickshinny, John Rebennack,
Meeker, Rev. William A. Parsons,
Kingston, Howard Risley, Dallas,
Rev. William Schmidgall, Tunkhan-
nock.
Dallas PTA Opens
Season Monday Night
School days will start again for
patrons of Dallas Borough High
School on Monday night at 8 when
the Parent Teacher Association
holds its first meeting of the year
in the school auditorium.
After a brief business meeting
parents will meet the teachers who
BI-COUNTY LEAGUE STANDINGS
Noxen 13 2 367
Harding 12 750
Shavertown 11 5 .688
Vernon §ics: 642
Jackson 10 6 .634
East Dallas 9.7 a63
Beaumont 8 8 .500
Dallas 8. «8 500
Orange 8 8 .500
Carverton 3.+12:.200
Falls 3.13 :.189
Osterhout 0 16 .000
BI-COUNTY LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Sunday, September 18
Vernon at Carverton
Harding at East Dallas
BI-COUNTY LEAGUE SCORES
Sunday, September 11
Jackson 6 Vernon 2
East Dallas 20 Harding 2
Jackson's 6-2 thumping of Ver-
non Sunday makes it impossible for
Bi-County playoffs to start before
October 2. Vernon, with two games
to make up, plays Carverton Sun-
day and will. meet Noxen the fol-
lowing week. All Vernon has to do
is break even to force a playoff
with Jackson, further delaying the
finals, To shorten the delay, Ver-
non must win both games, Carver-
ton should be no trouble but the
Noxen game will be a humdinger.
Harding and East Dallas will
play a three-game series to deter-
mine which team is best fitted to
enter the playoffs from the South
Division. East Dallas, which fin-
ished third during the regular sea-
son in the South Division, won the
first game to put them ahead in
the series 1-0. The end of this ser-
ies will coincide with the final
Vernon game. This mix-up leaves
Noxen and Shavertown awaiting
the outcome of the Jackson-Vernon
and East Dallas-Harding tangles
before the playoffs can begin. *
Jackson Wins Crucial Game
In a fast, well-officiated game,
Jackson won over Vernon, 6-2 to
keep in the running. A loss to
Vernon would have eliminated
Jackson. J. Levi and Vogrin were
deadlocked 2-2 in a pitching duel
until Jackson broke the ice in the
seventh. A walk to J. Levi, three
succese =~, bunt singles. by Rusil-
oski, Fedor and' A, Levi followed
by Urick’s sharp single scored the
winning runs. Vernon managed
five hits off Levi while Jackson
reached Vogrin for eight, four com-
ing in the fatal seventh. Vernon's
centerfielder, Brunges, pulled a
fielding gem when he hauled Bom-
bick’s long drive from the fence,
robbing him of a home run. Levi
with 12 strikeouts puzzled the
Vernon batters and Vogrin proved
a like mystery for Jackson.
East Dallas Mauls Harding
East Dallas smashed three Hard-
ing pitchers for 22 hits in notching
a 20-2 victory Sunday. The first
inning set the stage for the re-
mainder of the game—12 men
batted for six runs before Harding
could put out the fire. Three hits
broke Harding's resistance when
they accounted for nine runs. They
were Fred Steven's double, Tex
Wilson's home run and Harry
Hughey's triple, The Harding bats-
men were baffled by Harry Mar-
tin’s 17 strikeouts for a season
high. Only Andy Prebola and Al
Greb solved Martin's fast hop.
Each had two hits, East Dallas
unloaded its heavy artillery, Art
Bellas, Howard Garbutt, Fred Ste-
vens, Tex Wilson and Harry Hugh-
ey had 16 hits good for 22 total
bases to lead the barrage on Pre-
bola, Haines and Greb.
Jim Hutchison
Paces Winners
With a large percentage of vot-
ers turning out to select the can-
didates of their choice, Kingston
Township residents found James
D. Hutchison, candidate for school
director, polling the largest num-
ber of votes with Herbert Williams,
Trucksville Justice of the Peace al-
so garnering a high score.
Elected to the offices of school
director on the Republican ticket
will outline the year’s work, ex-
plaining and demonstrating meth-
ods.
Plans will be completed for a fall
Festival to raise funds for new
play equipment for the school
grounds.
Prizes will be given to the rooms
getting 100 per cent membership.
Second grade mothers will be
hostesses.
Costello and Marvin
a To Address Parents
Atty. Harry Costello will speak
on problems of defective hearing
among young children at the first
meeting of Dallas Township Par-
ent Teacher Association on Mon-
day night. :
Ira H. Marvin, Forty Fort, will
discuss problems in speech correc-
tion.
were James Hutchison and Stan-
ley R. Henning, with Albert “Hub”
| Pesavento making a fine show-
ing for a new man on the political
scene.
Ted Poad won the nomination
for tax collector with Henry Kann
second in the race.
Officer Louis Banta captured the
nomination for constable over Offi-
cer Francis McCarty by one vote.
Reelected to the offices of alder-
man in Trucksville and Shavertown
were Herbert Williams and William
Roushey.
David Schooley, auditor and Ar-
thur Smith, road supervisor were
reelected without opposition.
Democratic nominations were
won by Albert “Hub” Pesavento,
Francis Youngblood and Lois Ban-
ta.
Box score of respective returns
for each candidate follows:
Tur Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
EE As
Vol. 59, No. 37
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1949
Break Ground For Prince of Peace Church
Within the tent that sheltered
From left to right: The Right
Photo By Hudson
| Edmund G. Hildebrant,
them from the heavy rain during | Rev. Frank W. Sterrett, Bishop of | Warden; Charles Wheaton Lee,
the ceremonies incident to break-
ing ground for the new Prince. of
Peace Church are the Bishop, mem-
bers of the vestry and community
representatives. 8
the Diocese of Bethlehem; Fred H.
Renard, Honorary Senior Warden;
Fred Schmitt, vestry; Alfred S.
James, secretary; Elwood Hudson,
vestry; Donald C. Clark, treasurer;
Senior Warden; Sheldon T. Evans,
vestry; Rev. William R. Williams,
rector; Lewis LeGrand, contractor,
and Howard Risley, The Dallas
Post.
Lehman Opens
At Tunkhannock
Out To Revenge Last
Season's 19-0 Defeat
Tonight marks the opening of
the Back Mountain football season
with Lehman meeting Tunkhan-
nock on the latter’s field.
Although the portable lighting
system used by Tunkhannock
makes the high punts and passes
harder to handle, Coach Tony Mar-
chakitus hazards that his team will
give a good account of itself.
Depending largely on nine sen-
iors, the' Scotties team will be a
replica of last year’s small, fast,
hard-charging eleven. Last year
Coach Bunnell's Tigers defeated
Lehman 19-0.
Marchakitus is relying on vet-
erans Mont, Graham, Hutchinson,
Nuss, Kern, Roskowski and Car-
ichner to bring to Lehman the
coveted Kiwanis Club Annual Foot-
ball award.
Library Featured
By Grit Newspaper
Back Mountain Memorial Library
was given wide publicity last week |
in a full page feature article on
the front page of the Family Sec-
tion of the September 11th issue of
The Williamsport Grit.
Included were pictures of the
second annual auction, a close-up
of auctioneers Herman Sands and
Harry Ohlman, and exterior view
of the library, an an interior view
showing Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks ex-
amining books in the stacks.
Grit has a large rural circulation
throughout the eastern United
States from Maine to Florida,
Release Pheasants
One hundred fifty pheasants,
twelve weeks old, were released by
Carverton Rod and Gun Club on
their posted grounds last week,
While a torrent of rain washed
| the earth, The Right Rev. Frank
W. Sterrett, Bishop of the Diocese
of Bethlehem turned the first
spadeful that marks the beginning
of the new Prince of Peace Church
on Lower Main street, Dallas, Rev.
William R. Williams, rector, assis-
ted him.
More than 150 men, women and
children defied the rain to take
part in the ceremonies under a
large tent erected on the grounds,
Attending clergymen included Rev.
Ralph Weatherly, Grace Church,
Kingston; Rev. Fred Trumbore, St.
Clement's, Wilkes-Barre; Rev. Rob-
ert Kline, Calvary, Wilkes-Barre;
Rev. Harold Boon, St. George's,
Nanticoke; Rev. William MecClel-
land, St. Mark’s, New Milford; Rev.
ELECTION RESULTS IN BRIEF
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
T S C Totals
Henning 249 272 46 567
Hutchison 335 367 47 749
Pesavento 220 223 20 463
TAX COLLECTOR
Poad 98 205 15 318
Youngblood 71 168 16 255
Kann 220 46 5 271
Bogart 102 134 30 266
CONSTABLE
McCarty 346 138 37 521
Banta 133 372 17 522
Bulford 11 22 8 41
JUSTICE-OF-THE-PEACE
Williams 356 246 43 645
Roushey 164 143 26 333
Morgan 117 187 11 315
Price 75 192 9 276
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
SCHOOL DIRECTOR
M F-brook Kunkle Total
Evans 119 279 53 451
Richards 174 195 58 427
Dodson 95 246 84 425
Parsons 144 165 3 382
Photo By
Richard White, St. Luke's, Scran-
ton; Rev. David Doughton, St.
Mark’s, Dunmore; and Rev. William
Schmidgall, St. Peter's Tunkhan-
nock,
A reception followed at the home
of Mr. and Mrs, Anthony Broody.
Seeks Factory
Site In Dallas
Business Groups To
Discuss Location
Dallas Business Association will
be given its first problem in com-
munity promotion Monday night at
its meeting in Back Mountain Mem-
orial Library.
| The Association will be asked if
it wants. another industry, with a
$2,500 weekly payroll, established
in the community and if it is will-
ing to assist in locating or con-
structing a building suitable to
house the industry.
Samuel Gould of Scranton, who
has successfully operated a dress
factory in Clark’s Summit, is seek-
ing a location in this area.
For a time Mr, Gould considered
the former Acme Market on Main
Street, but sewage disposal prob-
lems and renovation costs to make
it suitable for a factory, preclude
its ready adaptability, Five thous-
and square feet of floor space are
needed.
In the meantime Mr. Gould has
interviewed scores of women, many
of them without previous exper-
ience, who would like to have em-
ployment in a dress plant. He is
convinced that there is a large
available supply of help that can
be trained and that Dallas is an
ideal location for a plant. Only the
building is needed.
Harry Smith, president of the
Business Association, has invited
all who are interested in helping
Mr. Gould obtain a building to at-
tend Monday night's meeting
| whether they are members of th
| Association or not. :
Hudson
Junior
| Store, Dallas Hardware and Supply,
6 CENTS PER COPY
Back Mountain
Features At
Armory Tonight
Ten Booths Will
Promote Area At
Parade of Progress
When the 1949 edition of the
in Kingston Armory, the Back
Mountain Region will have played
its part in making it a success.
Not only have two of its sons,
Arlean Bowman and Kenneth Rice,
contributed to the advance pub-
licity with their covered wagon
trek from Washington, D.C. but
scores of others have helped to
make the Back Mountain Region's
display at the Armory one of the
outstanding features of the show.
Designed by Joseph Elicker and
constructed under his supervision,
the exhibit will occupy ten 4 x 6
booths representing a giant living
room with nine windows through
which visitors may see a complete
aerial view of the Back Mountain
Region from Harvey's Lake to the
Luzerne Narrows. Construction of
the set is of Colonial Maple fin-
ished in grayed white,
Solicitation of funds for the pur-
pose was undertaken by Donald
Clark assisted by a committee com-
posed of Sheldon Mosier, Francis
Ambrose, Margaret Weaver, Kath-
erine Valentine, Harry Lee Smith,
Gertrude Bodycomb and Helen
Williams.
More than $1,350 has been ob-
tained. Although this does not rep-
resent the entire cost, the Junior
Chamber of Commerce has agreed
to give the Back Mountain Region
all ten booths, since this will be
the first time that any community
[2 a whole has undertaken such a
promotion at the Parade of Pro-
gress.
Among those making the «display
) possible are: Fernbrook Builders’
{ Supply , Dallas Post, Henry's Jew-
elery Store, Dixon's Fairlawn Store,
Bowman's Restaurant, LaBar’s Ser-
vice Station, Smith's Economy
Joe’s Men's Shop, = Shavertown
Builders’ Supply, Harvey's Lake
Light Company, Dallas Rotary
Club, Dallas Kiwanis Club, Dallas
Women of Rotary, Dallas Senior
Woman's Club, Dallas 5c, 10c to
$1 store, Harry Goeringer, Real-
tor, Dallas Outdoor Theatre, Elm-
crest Development, Puterbaugh’s
Store, Rex Restaurant, Nothoff’s
Restaurant, Shaver’s Gas Station,
The Grotto, Burke's Barbecue, Al
Coury’s Hotel, Herman Kern, Bro-
kenshire’s Harvey's Lake Hotel,
Circle Inn, Edwin Kern, Rinkin’s
Inn, Sunset Beach, Earl's Drug
Store, Orchard Farm, George Bul-
ford, Harter’'s Dairy, Orange Dairy,
Back Mountain Lumber and Coal
Co., Sterling Farm, David Schooley,
Forty Fort Dairy, Dr. R. M. Body-
comb, Dr. Richard Crompton and
Dr. Sherman Schooley.
Those contributing their services
toward building the display are:
Paul Shaver, electrical work; Sev
Newberry, Signs; Elwood Hudson,
photography; Sheldon Hoover,
painting; Granville Sowden, con-
struction; Smith Flying Service,
air photography; Tomberg Electric,
fixtures,
Volume Of Mail
Shows Increase
Volume of business at Dallas
Postoffice is running far ahead of
last year with no decrease in sight.
So great has been the increase,
that Postmaster Joseph Polacky
believes the addition of another
carrier is essential to serve rural
patrons.
A few years ago the R.F.D.
routes of the Dallas office were
cut from four to three with no
curtailment of service, That change
was brought about because of bet-
ter roads, better snow removal
during the winter, and better trans-
portation facilities permitting car-
riers to handle their work in fewer
hours. Now, increased volume,
makes a fourth route necessary.
To better serve rural patrons,
Route 2, carried by William Cor-
coran, was increased six miles this
week to take care of thirty-two
families. Among the areas to be
served are Elmcrest, an extension
to Dr. Charles Ashley’s residence
in Jackson Township, and an ex-
tension along highway 115 from
Lehman road to the Urbanovich
residence. Formerly patrons at
Elmcrest had to go to the Dallas
office for their mail; those in the
vicinity of Dr. Ashley’s residence
walked a half mile to a corner for
their mail and the five families liv-
ing near the Urbanovich residence
had to walk a mile to a series of
boxes for theirs,
Postmaster Polacky and Con-
gressman Daniel Flood were in-
strumental in having the route
changed.
DALLAS | 2 Lita
LEHMAN T
KINGSTON
JACKSON TOWNSHIP |
MONROE TOWNSHIP |
ROSS TOWNSHIP |
LAKE TOWNSHIP I
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP I |
TOTAL |
Parade of Progress opens tonight |
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
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31 50
‘Board Is Asked
To Reinstate
James A. Martin
Two Groups Want
Restoration of
Supervisory Post
Two petitions asking for the re-
instatement of James A. Martin as
supervising principal were present-
ed to Kingston Township School
Board Monday night.
The first, signed by Kingston
Township Teacher’s Association, ex-
pressed the confidence of the fac-
ulty in Mr, Martin, and voiced the
fear that absence of a supervising
principal will endanger the school’s
effort to obtain a satisfactory rating
from the Middle States Association
of Secondary Schools.
The second, bearing signatures of
111 residents of the township, pro-
tested the removal of Mr. Martin
from his former post.
The position of supervising prin-
cipal was abolished six weeks ago,
the Board giving as its reason de-
creased pupil enrollment. A resolu-
tion presented at that time by
Director Robert Currie was ap-
proved by Directors Davis, Mal-
kemes and Currie, opposed by Fred-
erick Anderson, Board president,
and not voted upon by Director
Henning.
Directors Anderson and Henning
and Malkemes were the only Board
members present Monday night to
receive the petitions, Directors
Currie, Davis and Solicitor William
Valentine being absent,
In the discussion that followed
Director Henning said that he be-
lieves the matter deserves con-
sideration and that the board may
have acted hastily. He suggested
that action be tabled until all dir-
ectors are present, probably at a
special meeting.
Other business taken up by the
Board included a protest from Rus-
sell Lahr objecting to the em-
ployment of non-resident painters.
Dallas Chapter Order of Eastern
Star received permission to use
the school auditorium on Novem-
ber 4 for a variety show. Senior
class received permission to sell
refreshments at football games and
to hold weekly tea dances. Kings-
ton Township Band Association re-
ceived permission to use the audi-
torium for a free band concert,
September 23,
On recommendation of E, S.
Teter, county superintendent,
schools will be dismissed Monday
at 1:30 so that grade school teach-
ers may attend the Elementary
Teachers Conference in Dallas. The
High School faculty will have a
teachers meeting at the same time.
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Admitted to Bar
ATTY. ROBERT FLEMING
Atty. Robert Fleming was admit-
ted to practice law before the
Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne
County yesterday morning at im-
pressive induction ceremonies be-
fore the Court en banc.
Admision was on motion of his
preceptor, Atty. James Harris.
Atty. Fleming, the son of Dr. J.
C. Fleming was born in Dallas in
1919 and has the distinction of be-
ing the only student ever admitted
to Harvard College directly from
Dallas Borough High School. He
completed additional graduate work
in history at Cornell.
During World War II, Atty.
Fleming served four years in the
U. S. Navy as an aviator winning
the Silver Star Medal for gallantry
in rescue operations under heavy
artillery fire of Bouganville in
the Solomon Islands. He is a Lieu-
tenant in the Naval Reserve,
His wife is the former Eleanore
Jane Duncklee of Mystic, Conn.
They have three daughters, Susan,
4; Margaret, 3; and Jean, 2. They
live in Dallas Township on the old
Kunkle Beaumont road.
Atty. Fleming will maintain offi-
ces in Wilkes-Barre and at his
home.