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By Mrs. T. M.
B. Hicks, Jr.
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Tur DaLras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Every time I see one of those cartoons showing a woman lazing Vol. 59, No. 49
around in bed after getting her husband off in the morning, dallying over
a third cup of breakfast coffee at noon to the strains of a soap opera,
then noting the time at five P.M., and dashing for the broom and duster
so that she may fall exhausted into her husband's home-coming arms
at five-thirty, I feel like uttering
a, loud Bronx cheer. And I keep
La wondering if everybody in New
York, where most cartoons are
born, is entirely childless.
That isn’t the way things go in
the Back Mountain region, or in
any household where children dom-
inate the picture,
There is one six-footer with a
thinning thatch of bright red hair,
who will never commit that an-
cient and unforgivable sin of in-
nocently inquiring what the wife of
his bosom has been doing with
her spare time. He knows all about
the facts of life, after having taken
over the rat-race of running five
children for brief periods of time,
including feeding them their lunch
and pinning the daily grist of dia-
pers to the line, He knows that
spare time is the one thing you
don’t have to take into considera-
tion. There isn’t any.
Recently his wife drove to town
for a hurried canvass of the five
and ten in search of small items
for the Christmas stockings, calling
back instructions about the baby’s
bath as she rounded the corner.
The man of the family decided to
shoot the works. Not only would he
bathe the baby and wash the dia-
pers, but he would feed the child-
ren their lunch and have them all
in the sack by the time their
mother came back from town. And
then, as a final whee, he would
wash the dishes and mop up the
resultant flood on the kitchen
floor,
~All this he did, and was just
sinking into an easy chair when
Barbara barged in, dropping an
armful of small packages on the
couch.
She announced that she was
hungry and could use a spot of
lunch. The substitute homemaker
hauled himself from the depths of
the easy chair, and the couple en-
tered the kitchen, Barbara noting
and commenting with delight upon
the spotless sink and the draining
dishes.
She opened the ice-box and em-
and the rest of the =
hot vodst bool # sary
dumped the gravy in sms
saucepan and lighted the burner
under it Then .she lokeod over the
drainer with a calculating eye, sel-
ecting a soup plate and a cup and
saucer This was too much for the
harried help
“Hey, are you going to use those
nice clean dishes? I just got
through washing them.” Then, in
an injured appendix to the original
statement, “It took me a whole
hour.”
“So what?”
“Well, but I'm telling you.
took me a WHOLE HOUR to clean
up after lunch.”
“And again, so what? Were you
planning to save those dishes for
posterity 7”
“Not exactly, but it took me a
WHOLE HOUR. I had to stop and
blow noses and the twins got under
foot, and finally I had to stop and
put everybody to bed for a nap.
By that time the water was cold
and I had to dump it and start all
over again, It took me a WHOLE
HOUR.”
The come-back to that one was,
“Well, you ought to speed up a
little. That's about ten minutes’
worth of dishes at the outside.”
An outraged bellow, “But you
don’t understand. I had to stop and
undress the kids and throw them in
the sack. It took, etc. etc.” __.
“Oh yes, brother, I do under-
stand. It happens every day. I put
the kids to bed first, see, and then
draw hot water and wash the
dishes. That way I don’t waste hot
water and soap. And just hand me
that bread and butter plate, will
ya, and that knife and fork and
spoon, The beef gravy’s hot, and
I've had a wearing day in town.”
To Give Pageant
Elementary pupils of Jackson-
Lehman Schools will present a
Christmas pageant, ‘The Children
Find their Gifts” in the High School
Auditorium on Monday evening.
Sam Eggleston At
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School Boards
Reorganize
New Members Take
Oaths Of Office
In keeping with the State Law,
School Boards throughout the Back
Mountain Region reorganized on
Monday. Newest Board to elect
officers was the Lehman-Jackson
Joint Board which wag/formed this
year. LS
Dallas Bofgueh
Dallas Borough reelected: presi-
dent, Harry Ohlman; elected: vice
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president, L. L. Richardson; re-
elected solicitor, Attorney John
Hessel. Affidavits of reelection
filed by directors Harry Ohlman
and Louis LeGrand.
Dallas Township
Dallas Township elected: presi-
dent, Stephen N, Davis; vice presi-
dent, Thomas S. Moore; reelected
solicitor, Attorney Jonathan C.
Valentine.
Jackson Township
Jackson Township elected: pres-
ident, Verncn Cease; vice president,
George Bulford; treasurer, Walter
Shouldice; secretary, Laing K.
Coolbaugh. Earl Balliet was" seated
as a new member. Board will meet
the last Monday at 8 p.m. at the
Rome School.
Kingston Township
Kingston Township elected: pres-
ident, S. R. Henning; vice presi-
dent, Robert Currie; treasurer,
Stanley Davis. James Hutchison
and Mr. Henning took the oaths
of office as directors.
Lehman Township
Lehman Township elected: pres-
ident, Charles Nuss; vice president,
Arthur Ehret; treasurer, Miners
National Bank; secretary, Lewis B.
Ide, Samuel W, Rhoads, William
Naugle, Harry W. Ruggles, Jr., are
the other members of the board
ar ownship - Jackson
Township Joint School Board
elected: president, Charles Nuss;
vice president, Vernon Cease; treas-
urer, Miners National Bank; secre-
tary, Lewis B. Ide. Joint Board will
meet the second Tuesday at 9 p.m.
at Lehman High School, The board
is composed of all directors of Leh-
man and Jackson Townships.
Karen Charlotte Harvey
haired Katt,
Golden
only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Harvey of Woodlawn drive, won
fourth prize in the beautiful baby
contest recently sponsored by the
Dallas 5c to $1.00 Store. Karen,
on December 7 celebrated her third
birthday arniversary with a party
for her little friends and a huge
cake lighted with three candles,
In the picture above she wore a
cunning yellow frock, just the color
of her curls.
Ninety-One
Still Finds Life Exciting
Samuel Eggleston of Harvey's
Lake will celebrate his ninety-first
birthday anniversary today, De-
cember 9— probably shoveling
snow.
Still finding life as full and ex-
citing “as a sixteen year old”, in
the words of his granddaughter,
Helen Eggleston, he fills seven
days a week with activity—cutting
grass and growing vegetables in
the summer, shoveling walks in
the winter, caring for bees at the
Eggleston farm at Vernon and
growing plants in his hot-frame
in between times.
His reading, which fills in the
long dark winter evenings, is no
slipsod pastime. He thoroughly
enjoys history biography and cur-
rent events—‘‘something that really
happened”. iINo whodunits or fiction
for him! | Pd
Mr, Egg originally owned
and planted the sixty-acre Eggles-
ton apple orchards now operated
by his son, Clyde and grandson,
Alva. He was the first to make
and promote the Eggleston cider
and vinegar now so familiar at
every stand and grocery store in
the crisp autumn months.
His friends and neighbors wish
him a very happy birthday—and
hope that he will get as much
fun out of his hundredth year as
he has out of his ninetieth.
Schools Are
Not Accredited
Anderson Moves To
Restore Office Of.
Supervising Principal
A resolution restoring the office
of supervising principal was pre-
sented to Kingston Township
School Board by Director Frederic
Anderson at its meeting on Mon-
day night.
It was seconded by Director
James Hutchison who said that he
had heard so much about the posi-
tion that he was anxious to hear
all sides brought out in the dis-
cussion, He later withdrew his
second, saying that he was not pre-
pared to vote on the motion, The
question was tabled until a later
meeting.
The Board was informed that the
Middle State AsSociation of Sec-
ondary Schools” has refused to ac-
credit Kingston Township Schools.
The informgtion was forwarded to
W. Frank’ Trimble” high school
principal’ on ember 10 by Dr.
Ira KragybilleSecretary of the Mid-
dle Sta Association.
Mr. Trimble and Stanley Hen-
ning, Board president, were author-
ized to go to Philadelphia today for
a conference with Dr, Kraybill to
learn how Kingston Township
Schools can meet the scholastic re-
quirements of the Association,
Mr. Kraybill visited the Board
during the summer months and at
that time expresed pleasure with
the progress being made by Kings-
ton Township Schools. This led
some of the directors to believe
that the schools would be accred-
ited when the Association met in
November.
James Hutchison, newly elected
board member and Stanley Hen-
ning, who was reelected were given
the oath of office by retiring presi-
or the new term
phing,” president,
and” Robert D, Currie, vice presi-
dent. Attorney William A, Valen-
tine was retained as solicitor.
Thomas Shelbourne, president of
Trucksville Parent Teacher Associa-
tion expresed concern over the
overcrowded conditions existing at
Trucksville grade schools and urged
board members to seek a solution
to this important problem.
Mr, Shelbourne stated that the
average enrollment per room was
32 plus, with several classrooms
having 40 students. He further
stated that a proper educational
program could not be successfully
carried out with such a condition
existing.
The Board informed Mr, Shel-
bourne that the State appropria-
tions for teacher salaries are based
on 30 pupils "per teacher. Some
classes are slightly above that num-
ber and some are slightly below.
The Board said it felt that
crowded conditions will be elim-
inated next year when 130 Jack-
son Township students now attend-
ing Kingston Township grade
schools are absorbed in the new
Jackson-Lehman school.
A report on the new cafeteria was
given by Robert Currie, More kit-
chen equipment is needed to take
care of the large number of stu-
dents taking their noontime meal
at the school. The board voted to
purchase more dishes, silverware,
trays and chairs.
Cafeteria workers have been
seriously handicapped in being un-
able to use the dish washing mach-
ine, due to the insufficient supply
of hot water available. This condi-
tion necessitates the drying of
dishes by hand, thereby causing
delay in the serving of meals.
A motion was made to call Mrs.
Bess Grant, substitute cafeteria
worker to help out during the
emergency. The hiring of several
students during the noon hour rush
was also authorized.
Improvements to the present hot
water system were advised and
turned over to the architect and
property committee to devise a
solution.
The resignation of Mrs. Margaret
Davis Shepherd, mathematics in-
structor was accepted with regret.
Mrs. Shepherd will leave January
30 to assume a teaching position in
Philadelphia where her husband is
attending college. Mr. Trimble was
authorized to secure applications
for this position.
The secretary was authorized to
write Commonwealth Telephone
Company requesting the installa-
tion of a private line at the high
school as soon as possible.
Committees appointed for the
year by, K Mr. Henning are as fol-
lows: administration, all members
of the board, Stanley Henning,
chairman; property, Robert Currie,
chairman, Stanley Davis, James
Hutchison; finance, Stanley Davis,
chairman, Robert Currie, Stanley
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949
Kingston Twp. |Chorale Sings
Christmas Airs
Group to Broadcast
Week of Christmas
Dallas Woman's Club Chorale in-
augurated its second season of
Christmas music with a concert of 1
traditional airs before Dallas Jun-
ior Woman's Club on Tuesday ev-
ening.
Composed of members of
Junior and Senior Women’s Clubs,
the group sang old familiar carols
and several spegial holida’ selec-
tions. Outstanding was ‘Phe Christ
Child”, an arrapgemepf for three-
part women’s vO} and “The Lul-
laby of the Christ Child”, based on
an old French carol.
On Wednesday, December 14th,
they will sing at the annual Christ-
mas party of the Senior Woman's
Club and anticipate presenting a
broadcast over WBRE the week be-
fore Christmas, Tuesday before
Christmas they will participate in
the Community sing in Dallas.
Mrs. Norman Patton is the dir-
ector with Mrs, William Baker as
accompanist, Members of the Chor-
ale are Margaret Antanaitis, Mary
Bennallack, Evelyn Eck, Wilma Els-
ton, Catherine Garris, Janet Garris,
Arvilla Keiper, Beatrice Lewis, Ad-
Mahler, Charlotte Payne,
Margaret Purcell, Marion Whitney,
Fanny Williams, and Margaret
Winter.
Rehearsals for the Spring season
will start the end of January and
all members of both Junior and
Senior Woman's Clubs are cordially
invited to attend.
Veterans Elect
New Officers
Will Cooperate
With Blood Bank
Richard Reese was elected presi-
dent of Kingston Township Vet-
erans Association at ‘a /meeting
Tuesday evening, and nrad Or-
chard, vice president ussell Par-
sons is secretary Henry Kahn,
treasurer.
Directors elected for a two year
term were Edward Davies, Matt
Sloyan and John Hart. An inaugur-
ation address was given by Mr,
Rees with Martin Porter, retiring
president also making brief re-
marks,
The Association indicated that it
will work wholeheartedly with the
Red Cross Blood Bank and will
shortly give local workers a list of
4 its donors and their blood types.
There was considerable discus-
sion of Dallas Business Associa-
tion’s Christmas program for the
Back Mountain Area. As many vet-
erans as possible will take part in
the Christmas Carol Sing in. Dal-
las on Tuesday night, December 20.
Many said they planned to enter
their homes in the Outdoor Christ-
mas decoration contest, and the
veterans also decided to decorate
their home on Luzerne-Dallas High-
way.
Plans are underway for a New
Year's Eve program at the Home
with music, dancing and refresh-
ments. Members of the committee
in charge are: Bob Considine,
chairman, Richard Rees, Joe Hart,
Matt Sloyan and Martin Porter.
Members will be notified of costs
later.
Alterations for improving the
building were discussed, with the
new improvements reported as un-
derway.
Whitesell Brothers
Having Busy Winter
The up and coming young firm
of Whitesell Brothers, Builders of
Low Cost Homes, now has several
houses under construction in the
Back Mountain area and at Tills-
bury Terrace in West Nanticoke.
In the firm are George Whitesell
of Pike’s Creek who has spent a
lifetime in construction work and
his two sons. Howard, Fernbrook
Road, and Elwood, Loyalville.
Both of the boys “were in the
First Marine Division during the
war having enlisted on January
2, 1942. They were in the same
company and participated in the
first landings on Guadalcanal and
saw rugged action at Cape Glou-
cester and on Peleliu. On their
return they established a success-
ful wood working plant at Loyal-
ville and have since branched out
into the general construction bus-
iness. ;
Working with them on subcon-
tracts on most of their jobs have
been George Wesley of Sweet Val-
ley, excavations; Russell Shaver,
Dallas, electrical work; Charles
Frantz, painting; Harold Ash,
plumbing and heating and Stanley
Suseck, plastering.
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Devens Warehouse Threatened
Timely discovery of flames lap-
ping through Devens Milling Com-
pany warehouse probably pre-
vented a serious conflagration in
Dallas on Friday night. Frigid
PHOTO BY KOzZEMCHAK
temperatures and high winds
would have seriously hampered Dr.
Henry M. Laing Company had the
fire continued a few minutes longer
before its discovery.
Firemen Avert
Serious Blaze
Devens Warehouse
Threatened Friday
Devens’ Milling Company ware-
house, was saved from serious
damage and possible loss by the
quick action of Dr, Henry M. Laing
Fire Company early Friday night.
Discovered by two patrolling
State Troopers and Al Shaver who
lives across the street, the fire was
gaining headway when Chief Rus-
sell Honeywell, notified by the
troopers, turned in the alarm.
Shaver, joined by Howard Johns,
drove the fire truck out of th
Hose House, directly across Po
street from the LC cioyger” They
were joined by a of firemen.
Among them Jim Besecker, Tom
Kingston, Dan Richards and Ord
Trumbower. “Real fire-fighters”,
as Chief Besecker said,
The flames were working their
way up the outside window frames.
The fire apparently started from
a cigarette carelessly tossed into
one of several stacks of new bushel
baskets stored in the warehouse.
None of the Milling Company
employees had been in the build-
ing since four o’clock in the after-
noon. Workers for a Florida Pack-
ing concern were however, there as!
as late as five-thirty moving
tomato packing machinery for
shipment elsewhere.
Mr, Devens, summoned by tele-
phone drove over at once to find
the firemen, using water from the
booster tank and the-fire practic-
ally under control. Loss was esti-
mated at $150.00. D. L. Edwards
carries the insurance.
“My praise for the Laing Fire
Company volunteers is beyond de-
scription”, said Mr, Devens, “They
handled the job efficiently and
without lost motion. I am greatly
indebted to them.”
Harry Ohlman, president of the
fire company, said only early dis-
covery of the blaze, prevented a
serious loss. “Five minutes more
and on a cold night with a high
wind like this and we would have
had a fire on our hands the likes
of which Dallas has seldom seen.”
Three are Fined
For Game Violations
Three Back Mountain men paid
fines to field officers of the Penn-
sylvania Game Commission during
the past week for game law vio-
lations.
They were: Gilbert J. Phares,
Noxen, $25, killing ringneck pheas-
ant hen; William C. Ganski, Hun-
locks Creek R. F. D. 2, $74.50, tak-
ing seven muskrats in closed sea-
son; Joseph A, Lenchik, R.F.D. 1,
Trucksville, $29.50, hunting on
State Game Propagation area.
State Approves
School Payments
Auditor General Weldon B. Hey-
burn has approved payments to six
Back Mountain school districts for
the school year which ended July
1949. Payments were authorized by
the appropriation for Transporta-
tion Reimbursement,
The districts and the amount
each will receive are: Dallas Town-
ship, $7,784.32; Jackson Township,
$8,256.49; Kingston Township, $5,
118.91; Lake Township, $8,553.79;
Lehman Township, $9,927.06, and
| Ross Township, $7,367.91.
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Fire Destroys
Widow's Home
Nine Are Homeless
In Buckwheat Hollow
Nine persons are homeless, six
of them children, as the result of
a fire early Sunday afternoon that
completely destroyed the home of
Mrs, David Traver, a widow whose
son and daughter-in-law, Mr, and
Mrs. Emory Traver and six grand-
children lived with her at Buck-
wheat Hollow near Noxen.
The flames are believed to have
started around an overheated
chimney in the attig of (the six-
room house and were raging be-
yond control in the second floor
when they were discovered while
Mrs. Traver was preparing Sunday
dinner.
The home was located in an iso-
lated area and was withoutsfele-
phone, so that the best t family
could do was call to neighbors for
help and gather as quickly as pos-
sible a few personal possessions
from the lower floor.
Practically everything including
clothing was detroyed. In the cel-
lar were 1,200 quarts of fruit and
vegetables canned this summer by
Mrs, Traver and her daughter-in-
law, All of it was destroyed.
There was a small amount of insur-
ance on the place.
Mrs. Traver, whose husband died
some twelve to fifteen years ago,
has been a hard worker all of her
life and held the farm together,
after the death of her husband,
by her own efforts and the assis-
tance of her children. Her son,
Emory, has currently helped her
with the farm and care of sixteen
cows while at the same time em-
ployeed in the Noxen Tannery.
Some years ago after the death
of her daughter, Mary, Mrs. Traver
brought her granddaughter, Eve-
lyn, now fifteen to live with her.
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Traver have
five sons aged, twelve, nine, six,
four and seventeen months,
Until she can complete her plans
and decide whether to rebuild,
Mrs. Traver and her granddaugh-
ter, Evelyn, are living with a son,
Jack, in Buckwheat Hollow. Mr.
and Mrs. Emory Traver and their
boys are living with Mrs, Voyle
Traver, a sister, at Evans Falls.
The Wyoming County Red Cross
has offered to assist, but persons
who have warm clothing suitable
for any members of the family
are asked toc contact Mrs, Paul Nul-
ton at Beaumont or Mrs. Earl
Crispell at Noxen. Later if Mrs.
Traver decides to rebuild, used fur-
nishings will be needed,
Madge Space Johns
Gets 6-Point Buck
Putting male companions _teo
shame, Madge Space Johns, wife of
Richard Johns, shot a fine six-
point, 165-pound buck shortly after
noon Tuesday while hunting on the
hill beyond Parrish Heights with
her husband, and William Jeter,
Ed Keller and Bob Johns,
Last year Mrs, Johns also shot
a buck; but it got away, ran some
distance, fell down and was claimed
by two boys who loaded it in a
jeep and carried it off.
Madge made sure of this year’s
kill with a well placed shot. All of
her companions have been hunting
daily since the season started, Her
expedition Tuesday was her first
of the year.
Sack Mountain Highway Deaths and
BOX SCORE
Serious aceidents since V-i Day
Hospitalized Killed
2 11
1
20
3
2
Best Christmas
Lighted Home
To Receive $40
Merchants Discuss
Community Carol
Sing, December 20
Preparations for the most beau-
tiful outdoor Christmas in the his-
tory of the Back Mountain region
were furthered Monday night _at
the meeting of Dallas Business
Association. yr
The first prize for the
i
fost que
door lighted home was ra to
$40. There will be a second prize
of $10 and a third prize of $5. The
best illuminated business place will
receive $10.
Early next week entry blanks
will be distributed to all Back
Mountain business places. Those
who wish to enter their homes in
the Christmas Lighting Contest may
do so at any business place by pay-
ing the required 50c entry fee, If
the entry fees justify, additional
prizes will be given. Entry blanks
may also be obtained by writing
to George Turn, secretary, Dallas.
All homes in the Back Mountain
Region are eligible.
Judging will take place between
December 25 and January 1 after
dark, Lights must be on,
An entry blank is also published
in this issue of THE POST and may
be sent with entry fee to Mr. Turn.
Another feature of the Christmas
Week activities here will be the
All Back Mountain Community
Carol Sing on Tuesday night, De-
cember 20, at the Community
Christmas Tree in Dallas, All Back
Mountain churches, civic groups,
schools, and fraternal organizations
as well as individuals are invited
to take part.
Rev. Carl Brandon of Center-
moreland will be song leader. The
program will include numbers by
the Woman’s Club Chorale, and it
is hoped that College Misericordia
students can take part, :
The program will start at 3.
This week students in all schools
throughout the area started making
posters announcing the outdoor
lighting contest and the Com-
munity Carol Sing. A first prize of
$3 will be awarded in each of the
schools for the best poster, The five
prize winning posters from each
of the schools will then be judged
for an additional $5. prize. Francis
“Red” Ambrose is chairman of the
poster contest. All posters will be-
come the property of the Business
Association and will be placed in
stores throughout the area,
End Woman
CHARLOTTE GREGORY
The senior class of Kingston
Township High School is present-
ing a Minstrel Premiere tonight at
8 o'clock in the high school audi-
torium.
The first act consists of the
laugh-making endmen Donald Case,
Carl Henning, Harry Trebilcox,
Peggy Webster, Harrison Cook,
Carl Johnson, Bruce Cleasby, and
Charlotte Gregory with their com-
ical songs. and jokes. The chorus
is made up of a large group of
students of the high school.
Among the soloists are Shirley
Drake, Jack Merolla, Janice Rose,
James Owens, Louise Mikolaichik,
Sylvia Jones, Harriet Williams and
Edward Charney, The two inter-
locutors will be Dean Johnson and
Ann Mericle.
The second act is a nightclub
scene. The M. C. is Dorothy Houser.
Soloists and comic stars of radio
and screen are well imitated by
the following: Marilyn Spare, Lois
Lamoreaux, Barbara Davis, Dennis
Ide, Bobby Lee Crews, Glen Carey,
Beverly Conrad, Jack Connor, Don-
ald Woolcox, James Owens, Paul
Hughey, W. Long, Jack Merolla,
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