} t i } me Editorially Speaking eens Seventy Years of Life 'oday, October 21, the 70th anniversary of Edison's invention the incandescent lamp is celebrated. The lamp, which is so commonplace today, marked the beginn- THE ALLAS PosT MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY. INSTITUTION g of the electric age—even as it marked the beginning of a reat industry whose service has revolutionized agriculture, in- dustry, and domestic life. Today there are nearly 40,000,000 wired homes in the United States. Almost all have radios. The great majority “have electric refrigerators, irons, washing machines and other labor-saving conveniences that are virtually considered necessities now—and would have seemed the wildest luxuries not long ago. Rural electrification got its real start in 1929—a mere 20 years back. At the end of that year, the power companies had brought service to 500,000 farms. Today nine-tenths of all our farms have service available and 82 percent are using it. In those 20 years, the average farmer has tripled his consumption of electricity—yet his ;annual electric bill has increased only 40 percent. Last year, according to the Department of Commerce, electricity took less than one perent of the average family budget—and for that tiny sum it renders miracles of service. Vast Monopoly One of the better editorials on recent excesses by powerful labor groups appeared in the Washington Daily News. It said: “This country is heading for possible disaster. Combined coal and steel strikes could disrupt American business and bring a depres- sion. . _ Both the coal and steel controversies are on a scale so vast that they are getting beyond ordinary means of control . . . The vast, monopolistic system of industrywide bargaining has been chiefly forced by Messrs. Lewis and Murray . . . The lead- ers in this struggle are over-reaching themselves to the point that their struggle can wreck free unionism and free business. Regardless of what happens in the future in the coal, steel, or other basic industries, it has certainly been demonstrated beyond argument that labor monopoly has reached an intolerable point. The Taft-Hartley law has corrected some injustices, but it has not gone to the root of the matter. Under existing law -along with various decisions handed down over a period of time in the: Federal courts—labor is completely free of the antitrust and anti-monopoly statutes which apply to all other elements in the economy. Labor can effect “combinations in restraint of trade” of a nature which, if they were attempted by industrial or finan- cial groups, would bring an immediate crackdown backed by all the power of the government. Of these restraints, industrywide bargaining, which gives a single union the absolute power to de- cide whether vital commodities in 48 states shall or shall not be produced, is the most glaring and dangerous. In the interest of all the people, including the working man whose own freedom and welfare are at stake, we must bring labor monopolies under the antitrust laws that apply to all the rest of us. Xx ¥ Xx "ROM. By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Cycles have a way of completing far in the opposite direction. themselves, pendulums of swinging “Born thirty years too soon” is no joke, estimated in terms of the human equation. Thirty years ago babies lived entirely by the clock. When the clock said that four times sixty minutes mother gratefully lifted her squal- ling infant from the bassinet, and handed down the moon for which the poor baby had been desper- ately howling for the preceding two hours. The baby, comforted by the first few nips of warm food, and totally exhausted by crying, dropped off to sleep before his hunger was appeased. An hour later, refreshed by a brief nap and now ravenous with hunger, he ask- ed for further food. The baby said yes, the clock said no. The young mother, practically reduced to tears herself by the clamor, watched the clock until the hour had struck, scooped the baby into her arms and supplied nourish- ment. By this time, the moon, churned by emotion, had convert- ed itself into a fount, not of bless- ing, but of what amounted to poison, and the baby got the colic from his hasty gulping. Times were tough for babies. The strict injunctions against feed- ing before a four-hour period had elapsed were in themselves a swing of the pendulum away from too frequent feedings, too incessant a trotting of the tired baby upon an adult knee, too constant a round of attention, but the remedy proved worse than the disease. After all, the average adult begins to feel the pangs of hunger after four hours, and sneaks out to the refrigerator for a little snack. Babies are smaller machines, and in need of more frequent refueling. For the past several years the pediatricians and the baby books in close harmony have been sing- ing the praises of a more elastic schedule, a system of goods in or- der to condition them to accept the idea. The latest dope is unprecendent- ed, classic in its simplicity. When the baby cries for food, feed him. Refusing food when nourishment is indicated will do something to that delicately balanced ego that is howling himself purple in the bas- sinet. If you really want to go the whole hog and be miles ahead of your day and age, rock the baby ‘while you feed it. Psychologists -~ have discovered somewhat tardily ~.. that babies need rocking as much as «they need food. Your great- grandmother knew this, but it takes four generations to redis- cover basic truths. 2 Research into the infant mind, manners, and customs, has pretty much established the belief - that (Continued on Page Five) pS Sie Ae / Two Thousand Visit Bank On Saturday All Are Impressed With Efficient, Friendly Atmosphere Two thousand persons attended the open house at First National Bank on Saturday and viewed the many changes made to the quar- ters of their community bank dur- ing the summer months. In their numbers were bankers from Wyoming Valley as well as from Montrose and Pittston. Among them were: Harold Tippett, presi- dent, and Samuel Thompson, cash- ier, Kingston National Bank; Doug- las Lathrop, cashier, Farmers Bank and Trust Company, Montrose; Ger- ald Garney, cashier, Miners Savings Bank, Pittston; Robert Jones, cash- ier, First National Bank, Kingston; Homer Moyer, cashier, Citizens’ Bank of ,Parsons; Alfred Boyson, cashier, Plymouth National Bank; Walter / Black, Miners National Bank Nantigbke. Eveyybody”was interested in the Drive. eposit window, the night depository, the vault with rows of gleaming safe deposit boxes and the pleasing decor of the main bank- ing room, bookkeeping department and directors’ room. The doors of the Bank were opened at 8:45 AM. and it was long after 8 P.M. before the last visitor left. During the day bank employees and directors acted as escorts show- ing visitors the intricate workings of a modern bank. There were many baskets of beau- Jtwo by four feet. Vol. 59, No. 42 Heat Experts | Beating Path To Trucksville Coal-0-Matic’s New Anthra-Flo May Win Markets Lost to Oil With orders pouring in from widely separated parts of the Un- ited States and Canada, and with coal dealers, heating contractors, architects and engineers visiting the plant daily, Coal-O-Matic Com- pany, Trucksville, is becoming the anthracite heating center of the East, The reason for this interest is the development of the new Fire Chief Anthra-Flo, low cost anthra- cite burner. This revolutionary home heating unit was conceived by Coal-O-Matic engineers working in co-operation with the Anthracite Institute to produce a piece of auto- matic anthracite coal burning equipment that could recoup the markets now being dominated by oil, : Anthra-Flo is the answer, It is low in initial price and operates in small space at low cost. It sells at a price comparable to an oil burner unit, but the cost of operation is 25 to 30 percefit lower than fuel oil in the anthracite area. Anthra- flo can be ey and easily-in- stalled. / ~~ So enthbisiastic has=ifs reception been that major coal pro- ducing company is urging its deal- ers to push it, It is their answer to the terrific competition of oil which has disrupted their markets for the cheaper steam sizes of coal. Never before has so simple an automatic anthracite unit been placed on the market. Anthra-flo has less than one-half the moving parts of the simplest conventional stoker, It is completely automatic with electrical controls and motor, attractive in appearance and com- pact, occupying floor space of only h pit or foundation mechanism for the s to the can as used’ 1 er. © ent has been elim- inated, Ashes fall by gravity from the burner into the ash receptacle. This eliminates ninety per cent of the problems of conventional stoker operation. With coal dealers and heating experts beating a path to Trucks- ville, the Coal-O-Matic Company has established 95 dealerships from Maine to Virginia. Contracts have been obtained for 500 complete units from D.L. & W. Coal Sales Company of New York (sales out- let for Glen Alden Coal Company) and for 125 units from the Betting- er System of Buffalo, N.Y., largest wholesalers of D & H Coal in Scran- ton. Because it is the newest thing in automatic heat the Anthra-flo has held the center of the stage at re- gional conventions of fuel dealers throughout the east. New England dealers were en- thusiastic in their praise for it at their convention at Swamscott; Mass. It was shown again at the University of New Hampshire at Durham, N.H. and to the middle and western New York Fuel dealers convention at Rochester, N.Y. It has been accepted by the Massachusetts State Housing Board and approved for installation in 10,000 project homes, in an area where the use of anthracite has been practically eliminated; but here coal strikes have so under- mined the confidence of home owners in anthracite that coal burn- ers will probably be installed in only one-percent of the project homes. Next week, Paul Gross, owner of Coal-O-Matic Company and the man in whose mind Anthra-Flo was perfected, has been invited to speak on the “Newest thing in automatic heat” at the convention of 700 fuel dealers at Haddon Hall, Atlantic City. There, too, Anthra-Flo will be operated under fire and hold the center of attention for it is anthra- cite’s best bet to regain the mar- kets already lost to oil. Board Awards Bids Kingston Township school board awarded contracts for painting and supplies for new cafteria and home economics department at a special tiful fall flowers sent by local and out of town business houses. Every youngster received a siren whistle ‘and all adults received a vase and key chain as an opening day gift from the bank. Twenty-Three Fire Calls Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany has responded to twenty- three fire calls so‘far this year, di- vided as follows: Dallas Borough, 5;- Dallas Township, 15; Harvey's Lake, 1; Jackson Township, 1; Cen- meeting, Wednesday night. | Contract for painting the cafe- | teria, kitchen, home economics to Millard’s Decorating Service of Nanticoke at their low bid of $348. room and band room was awarded | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1949 On Mediteranean Cruise Robert C. Henney, fireman ap- prentice, USN, son of Mr, and Mrs. Ray Henny, Dallas, 1, recently visited Istanbul, Turkey, as a crew member aboard, the destroyer USS Turner, which enabled the crew to spend liberty ashore after inten- sive maneuvers in the Mediterran- ean with the Sixth Task Fleet. The Turner arrived in the Medi- terranean September 16 for a four-month cruise that is taking it to many ports throughout the area. Pointer Field Trial Attracts Eastern Dogs Descendents of German Champion Take 7 Places First German Shorthaired Pointer Field Trial ever held in Pennsyl- vania was held Saturday at George Bulford’s beautiful Posten’s Pond. The sponsor was the newly formed Pennsylvania German Short Haired Pointer Club, and the trial was run under American Kennel Club rules. Overcast skies cut down the ex- pected entry list and gallery, but there were dogs enough to stage a fine test before 150 spectators from this area, Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York, The greatest number of entries was from New Jersey, New York, and Philedelphia, but the main event of the day, the All-Age Stake, was won by a Dallas dog, the two-and-a-half-year old Blick V. Grabenbruch, owned by Mr. and Mrs, Richard Johns of Hill View hFarm. Blick’s excellent work on two pheasants won for his owner the sterling silver “Sepp V. Grab- enbruch” Trophy, presented by the Pennsylvan German Shorthaired Pointer Clup. Blick is .a”son of Sepp, the dog memory the trophy w: sented. This stake Lwas for dogs over twh. and a half years" old. The first three winners of the Puppy Stake "were from Philadel- phia, New Jersey, and upper New York State. All puppies in this class were under seven months of age and -had but little experience on game due to their tender age. The Derby Stake, for dogs over one year old but under two years old, was won in smashing style by William B. Jeter Jr's, Biff V. Grab- enbruch. Biff had two quick finds on pheasants and two good re- trieves, This young dog was con- sidered the greatest German Pointer puppy in the East last season and undefeated in the only two short- haired trials staged last fall and early this spring in New Jersey. There should be a bright future for this youngster. Second place winner of the Der- by Stake was another Dallas pointer, Lokey, from the kennels of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johns. Third place winner was Lady Karon V, Grabenbruch, owned by Vernon Johns of Kingston. This young fe- male showed a great deal of prom- ise. Second and third place winners of the open All-Age Stake were dogs from New Jersey. The sterling silver trophy for the Derby Stake was presented by Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Weaver of Dallas and the silver trophy for the puppy stake was presented by William B. Jeter Jr. Live pheasants were shot over the dogs’ points under special li- cense from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The birds were tagged with leg bands by a State Game Officer which allowed contestants to transport their kills back to dinner tables in several states. The birds were secured through the cooperation of Harry Ruggles Jr., of Haddonfield Farm. Judges were Kylie Meyers of Morristown, N.J. and James Gray of Boonton, N.J. The results of the trial were gratifying to Mr, and Mrs. Richard Johns whose kennel produced win- ners in seven of the nine possible places. First place winners of three stakes were sired by their cele- brated German field trial champ- ion, Sepp V. Grabenbruch, now dead. Another field trial will be held here early next fall | Trucksville Auxiliary's Hallowe'en Party 40. Bids for supplying small kitchen equipment was awarded to E. M. * Bartikowski, Star Products Co., and ‘L. "J. Scott Sales Company, all of Wilkes-Barre and Janitors Supply House, Baltimore. Directors present were Stanley Davis, Stanley Henning, and Fred. termoreland, 1. Anderson. Trucksville Volunteer Firemen Auxiliary is making extensive plans for its annual Hallowe’en party to be held Friday evening, October 28 at the Kingston Township High School. There will be modern and square dancing. Abe Bellas will be caller. ; There . will be plenty of prizes and good refreshments. Country Fair To Swell Funds For New Fence Hope To Complete Memorial Field For Tunkhannock Game Bigger, better and more complete than ever, Dallas Township school fair will open tonight in the school auditorium and continue through tomorrow night. Started three years ago by alum- ni and citizens at the suggestion of Mrs. Kate Wilson and Mrs, Arthur Newman, the fair has attracted hundreds of persons interested in the welfare of the schools and their extra curricular activities, Organized primarily to help de- fray athletic expenses, proceeds this year will be used to help pay for the new fence that is being erected around the athletic field. Grading is now underway and it is hoped that the fence can be completed so that the Tunkhan- nock game can be playéd there un- der the lights on November 5 or 6. Cost of grading is $969 and cost of the fence is $5,500. The School Board has underwritten the entire project, but the athletic fence com- mittee has $1,200 to apply to the project and hopes to have consid- erably more at the conclusion of the fair, Between fifty and sixty feet have been added to the Dallas end of the field by grading. When com- plete Dallas Township will have one of the best athletic fields in the area. Entrance to the field and ticket office will be at the left of the main entrance to the school, Main gates will be supported by two brick columns, The field will be known as Memorial Field in memory of Dallas Township boys and girls who served in World War I and II Construction is under the super. vision of Earl Johnson of Beau- mont who has the contract. Ultimately it is planned to add bleachers. The entire field will be enclosed by Atlas woven . metal fence. Fe : ; Among those businessmen who have cooperated with the fair com- mittee, headed by Mrs. Arthur Newman, are: Himmler Theatre, Dallas Hardware and Supply, Sam Ashley, Hislop’s - Market, Dixon's Market, Acme Market, James Be- secker, Henry the Jeweler, Robert Hislop, Jr., Grace Cave, Herbert Lundy, Dallas 5c, 10c to $1 Store, Joe Hand, Kuehn's Drug Store, Boyd White, First National Bank, Clark Hildebrant and the Dallas Post. Three Teams Play At Home This Saturday Entertain Duryea, Tunkhannock and Factoryville Here All three Back Mountain football teams see action at home tomor- row with two, Lehman and Dallas Township, entering their games as decided favorites. Kingston Township, playing amaz- ing ball to hold Forty Fort to a 6-0 victory last Saturday will again be the underdog against a high-scor- ing Tunkhannock eleven. Tunk- hannock has yet to be scored on this season and has run up the im- pressive total of 81 points in three games, However, while Kingston Township has yet to break into the win column, last week's stand was a definite morale-builder and the Katies will be out to even the record. Dallas Township will take on the Red Rams of Factoryville and Tom Edward’s Redskins should win this one with ease. Lehman Scotties, with a three won, one lost record should have no trouble adding to their laurels at the expense of Avoca’s Green and. Gold, which has not scored a point in four games, Al three teams lost last week- end, Lehman and Dallas Township losing on successive days to Coach Norm Smith's Wyoming Seminary JV’s and Kingston Township gain- ing a moral wictory although losing to Forty Fort 6-0. Forty Fort en- tered the game as odds on favorites and except for a blocked punt in the second period would have been held to a scoreless tie. The heavier, more experienced Flyers, although leading heavily in statistics (fif- teen first downs to two), were held in check by the valiant Katie eleven whenever they threatened to reach pay dirt. Lehman, after spotting the JV’s 20 points tried hard to even it up, but time ran out with the Scotties on the long end of a 20-15 count, (Continued on Page Eight) 6 CENTS PER COPY BOX SCORE Back Mountain Mighway Deaths and Serious aceidents since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed 2 11 1 1 20 4 2 1 Harry Ohlman Selected As Outstanding Citizen Receives Frank L. Hemelright Award At Irem Temple Country Club Dinner PTA SPONSORS FAMILY FROLIC In an effort to raise funds for badly needed school playground equipment, Dallas Borough Parent Teacher Association is sponsoring a family Frolic tomorrow night de- signed to appeal to every member of the community. The Frolic, which will make use of every room in the High School building will open at 7 o'clock. Among the feature attractions will be a country store with elab- orate stage settings set up in one of the first floor classrooms, Here in an old fashioned atmesphere, made more real by old fashioned counter, cracker barrels, and pot bellied stove, patrons will have an opportunity to buy home-made ap- rons, baked goods, canned goods, jellies, kitchen gadgets, house plants, and white elephants. Mrs. Thomas Bottoms is chairman of the store, assisted by Mrs, Alton Sprout, Mrs, Lawrence Updyke, Mrs, Alfred Root, Mrs. John Shee- han, Mrs. Leonard Derby and Mrs. Robert Bodycomb. Another room will be devoted to a Game Room for children. Here there will be a fish pond, wishing well, shooting games, ring toss, and dozens of games of skill, Mrs, D, T. Scott is chairman assisted by Mrs. Warren Brown, Mrs, H. Rs Weaver, Mrs, James Lacy, “Mrs. Homer Moyer, and Mrs, Michael Strub. The real thriller diller will be the Spook Room in charge of Al Gibbs, Michael Strub, Jim Lacy, D. T. Scott and W. E. McQuilkin, They have refused to reveal the deep mysteries in store for visitors, but have preferred to work late nights perfecting additional ones, Refreshments including hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, coffee, | doughnuts and cider will be sold by a committee headed by Mrs. Louise Colwell assisted by Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Robinson, There will be modern and square dancing in the school gymnasium which will be gaily decorated with corn stalks and harvest barn effects. In another upstairs classroom, motion pictures will be shown at 7:20, 8:30 and 9 o'clock. a Mickey Mouse cartoon and sports film will be shown through the courtesy of David Jenkins, There will also be pony rides in the school yard for youngsters who prefer that form of entertainment. Clarence W. Dymond |To Be Buried Tomorrow Funeral services will be held to- morrow at 2 o'clock from the fam- ily home near Lutes Coyne " for Clarence W. Dymond whoidi€d sud- denly of a heart attack Wednesday morning. = Rev. Charles Rowe of Pilgrim of Holiness‘ Church, Tunk- hannock, and Rev. Robert Wal- lace of Misionary Alliance Church, Wilkes-Barre, will officiate. A prosperous farmer, who took great pride in blooded stock and hundreds of turkeys, Mr. Dymond had been about his usual duties on Wednesday. Stricken at 4 o'clock in the morning, he died before the doctor arrived. A veteran of World War 1, he was an active member of Pilgrim of Holiness Church, Tunkhannock. Besides his wife, the former Bea- trice Kresge of Noxen, he leaves a son, Warren, who helped him on the farm, two brothers, Lawrence, of Tunkhannock R.D., Henry Clark, Marsh Creek; two sisters, Mrs, Gil- bert Simmg, Plymouth and Mrs. Edith Hill, Ithaca, N.Y. Interment will be in Orcutt Cem- etery at Noxen. Arrangements by Paul Nulton. @® The Frank L. Hemelright award for community service was pre- sented last night to Harry L. Ohl- man at a joint meeting of Dallas Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs at Irem Temple Country Club. Selection of the outstanding cit- izen of the Back Mountain Region was made on Monday night at Dal- las Methodist Church by forty rep- resentatives of Back Mountain civ- ic, fraternal and church organiza- tions. In announcing thes#selection of Mr. Ohlman the copimittee pointed to his work in helping to establish Back Mountain ial Library, his activity in Dr, Henry M, Laing Fire Conipany and his enthusiastic support of all community ventures, For the past three years Mr. Ohlman has been auctioneer at the Back Mountain, Memorial Library auction and this year served as general chairman of the auction committee. He is president of Dallas Borough School Board and is unopposed for a second term. During his tenure he has taken the lead in working for the physical improvement of the schools and in developing a better curriculum. As president of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company he has put that organization in strong finan- cial shape and almost single handed is responsible for installation in Dallas Borough and parts of Dal- las Township of fire hydrants which have materially lowered fire in- surance. Other activities of a civic nature include chairman of Red Cross for Eighth Area, which includes the Back Mountain Region; During World War 2- he was active in the Civilian Defense Corps as a volunteer fireman and bomb reconnaisance agent and also was in charge of salvage in the area. He is a member of Dallas Meth- odist Church. Other Activities Other activities of Mr, Ohlman include membership in Masonic Lodge 61, Wilkes-Barre; Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg; Irem Tem- ple AAONMS, with which he serves as assistant rabban and a member of the board of governors; Shekinah Royal Arch Chapter 182; Dieu Le- Deut Commandery 45; first vice- president of State Shrine Associa- tion; Red Cross of Constantine; Pennsylvania Field Club of Harris- burg; Anthracite Field Club of Wilkes-Barre and Middle Depart- ment Rating Association of Phila- delphia. Mr, Ohlman is an agency super- intendent for Thompson Derr & Bro. Inc., of Wilkes-Barre, covering 20 counties. He has been with the company for 25 years and is a di- rector of the organization. Mr. Ohlman in 1928 was married to the former Clara Johnson of Bar- ney Street, Wilkes-Barre. The couple have two children, a daugh- ter, Marilyn, a junior at Temple University and Lee, a student in Dallas Borough Schools, Rev, Frederick Reinfurt served as chairman of the committee which chose Mr. Ohlman, this be- ing his third year to serve in that capacity. Members of the award commit- tee present were: Kingston Town- ship Veterans Association, Conrad Orchard and Albert M. Clifford; Harvey's Lake Woman's Service Club, Mrs. Albert Armitage, Mrs. Harvey Kitchen, Miss Bethia Allen, Mrs. Fred Swanson and Mrs, Mal- colm Nelson; Dallas Woman’s Club, Mrs.James W. Gross, Mrs, Willard Garey, Mrs, John A. Girvan, Mrs, L. W. LeGrand Sr.; Dallas Methodist Church, Z. E. Garinger and Mrs. Edgar Brace; Dallas Junior Wo- men's Club, Mrs. Charles Mahler; Dallas Women of Rotary, Mrs, Dav- (Continued on Page Eight) Marchers From All Back Mountain Communities Asked To Join Parade All children and school students living in the Back Mountain region are invited to take part in the Ninth Annual Hallowe'en Parade which will be held in Dallas on Mon- day night, October 31. This was the announcement made this week by Henry Peterson and Francis “Red” Ambrose, co- chairmen. “The parade,” they added, “is not confined to those living in Dal- las Borough and Township, We want every community represented and there will be plenty of fine prizes for the best dressed, the most original, the most humerous, best groups of two or more and for the best bicycle, tricycle ‘and scooter class.” For reasons of safety, the chair- men said, no horses or ponies will be permitted in the parade. The parade will form at the in- tersection of Center Hill Road and Lake Street and will proceed to Oliver's Garage where the judging will take place. The procession will be led by Dallas High School Band. We have such a fine list of prizes Mr. Ambrose said, that it will pay all entrants to spend considerable time on their costumes, We are especially anxious to have groups, and we don’t care a bit if adults with youthful hearts join in the fun. ia fA