- FROM * PILLAR TO POST By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Are you one of the unfortunates who are fighting the Battle of the Bulge? Do you loosen your waistband with a resounding plop before attacking your dessert? Do you yearn for a double chocolate malted be- tween meals, or a helping of chocolate ice-cream with a marshmallow and a sprinkling of nuts and a cherry and a dash, not too niggardly a dash, of whipped cream as a top ping ? There are several things that can be done to ease the situation as well as the waistband. The main thing is to steer clear of the pages devoted to cooking in the leading Women's magazines, and to pass lightly over the colored illustrations of baked ham, stuck with cloves and surrounded by candied yams and fried pineapple. Advertisements of baked goods are taboo, especially those featuring three-layer chocolate cakes with swirls of icing masking the top and sides. It is not cricket for the pur- veyors of such delights to show a picture of a cake with its innards exposed, but such is the nature of advertisers, and very little can be done about it. The sight of a layer cake with its filling spilling out of it to mingle with the icing leads to furtive trips to the refrigerator for just a little snack. Adjust a pair of magnifying glasses securely to the bridge of the nose before toying with the spear of broccoli, the helping of butterless carrots, the leaf of let- tuce and the ounce of ground beef which is your portion at the family dinner table, wearing blinders to shut off the sight of the loaded plates at either side. Fletcherize each mouthful until the food, if food it may be called, reduces itself to a formless pulp and slips down the alimentary canal without guidance ‘or effort. Get a job on the Dallas Post and forget to bring your lunch. You wouldn’t have time to eat it any- way. Yale President Is Related Here Griswold Is Brother- in-Law of Arch Brooks “One of the most entertaining and delightful guys I've known”, is the way Mrs. Arch Brooks charac- terized her brother-in-law, A. Whit- ney Griswold, who has just been elected president of Yale Univer- sity. - yg oe , “He is a fine student, very bril- liant and serious, but there isn't a pedantic thing about him.” Mrs. Brocks’ summation came in answer to questions from a Post re- porter who had read that Whitney Griswold is the husband of the for- mer Mary Brooks of Scranton, and suspected that the new Yale presi- dent might be a brother-in-law of Archibald Brooks of West Dallas. Mrs. Brooks told several inter- esting yarns about the man that heads one of the nation’s oldest universities. On the day before Pearl Harbor, Mr. Griswold who is an authority on the policy of the United States in the Far East, gave a brilliant talk before a woman’s club in Connecticut giving authen- tic reasons why Japan could and would not attack the United States. Not long ago Arch and his sister Mary were discussing the respective merits of Yale and Princeton foot- ball teams. Griswold listened amused then interrupted, ‘You would sit there talking football while the world is falling down around your heads.” This had its sequel some months later when Griswold, and his little daughter Molly were watching a tight Yale baseball game which was loosened up when a Yale batter hit a home run. “Isn’t that the guy you flunked, daddy ?”’ He admitted that it was. Yale students are, however, deeply loyal to their new president who started out in Wall Street, became a Yale professor, an author of several books, among them “Farming and Democracy” and was surprised by his elevation to pres- ident. Ash Building Plumbing Display Room and Shop Harold Ash has begun construc- tion of a two-story frame and con- crete display room and shop on N. Main Street, Shavertown, for his plumbing and heating business. The 26 by 37 feet structure will have two three-room apartments on the second floor. Whitesell Brothers have the contract. Mr. Ash is also constructing a gas storage warehouse for his rapidly expanding bottled gas bus- iness on Lawn Avenue, Shaver- town. License Refunds Refunds to townships in Luzerne County from licenses issued by the Liquor Control Board, include pay-. ments of $150 to Fairmount, and $200 to Lake. Amateur Show Draws Crowd Contestants Come From Several Schools Amateur night at Lehman High School Friday night featured con- testants not only from Lehman schools but from Beaumont, Dallas and Tunkhannock. The program, under the directorship of Jule Bartley, Senior Class Sponsor, of- fered entertainment ranging from tap dancing and vocal selections to expert twirling and accordian play- ing. George Malta played and sang “Ol Man River”, winning first place for his obvious talent and poise. Helen Marr won second prize with her blindfold playing of the Marimbaphone. Goldie Ide placed third with a spectacular exhibition of twirling with a lighted baton. The Floradora Boys, muscular creatures arrayed in hemp wigs and short red skirts, short socks and stout shoes, panicked the au- dience with their rapidly vanishing equilibrium. So enthusiastic was the audience reaction to this novel- ty number that it was erroneously announced from the rostrum that the sextette had won the first prize. Later evaluation of the score- boards with the novelty number eliminated showed results as given above. Dorothy Rogers sang and tapped “Shoeshine Boy”; Florence Sobie- ski sang “Silver Moon”; Peggy Sponsellar gave a vocal solo, “I Love You”; Clara Patton played the accordian; Lois Lee and Mari- lyn James gave a duet; Marlene Cease tapped; Treva Traver sang “The End of a Perfect Day”; Ada and Joyce Gordon sang ‘“Whisper- ing Hope’; Alice Ehret gave her own version of boogie-woogie; Pam and Tom Dewitt of Tunkhannock did a tambourine dance; Carol Mather, very small, did a song and dance routine; Carl Heddon, Dallas, turned in a good performance on Mis iliciiun; Janet Cornell played a piano solo. Evelyn Keller filled in the gaps with incidental piano music. ' Judges were: Mrs. Loren Keller, Idetown; Charles H. Long, Sweet Valley; Miss Bethia Allen, Harvey's Lake; Laing K. Coolbaugh, Lehman- Jackson School Board; Mrs. “T. M. B. Hicks, Dallas Post. Chest Disturbed; Too Many Drives To Discuss Problem At Annual Meeting Problems of increased health and welfare campaigns will be discussed at the annual meeting of the Wy- oming Valley Community Chest Tuesday evening, March 14th at 8 at St. Stephen's Church Auditor- ium in Wilkes-Barre. William O. Sword, President of the Chest, stated that every con- tributor to the fall campaign of the Chest is urged to attend the meeting and participate in the dis- cussion on what the people of Wy- oming Valley should do about mul- tiple appeals. Citizen groups in communities throughout the country are trying to find answers to this situation, and Mr. Sword pointed out that a public discussion is one way to find a remedy. Speakers who will briefly des- cribe the problem are: Julius Long Stern, Owner Isaac Long Store; Joseph T. Murphy, Managing Editor, Times Leader Evening News and Douglas P. Falconer, Executive Di- rector Wyoming Valley Community Chest. Police Share In Fund Dallas gets $19.22 as its share of the funds available for police pensions, as announced by Auditor General Weldon B. Heyburn, Harris- burg. Total for the entire state $225,084.89, distributed among 563 municipalities on the Common- wealth. Former Airmen Honored Charles Warden, Shavertown, with twenty-six missions and seven decorations, and George Hackling, Noxen, with thirty missions and six decorations, were honored at the Paramount Theatre, Wilkes- Barre last Thursday evening at a showing of “Twelve O’clock High”. Seven other ex-airmen appeared on the stage, all nine selected after a valley-wide canvass. Tue Darras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Vol. 60, No. 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1950 Dallas ‘Woman's Club Chorale In picture, left to right, Mrs, William Baker, Sr., accompanist, Mrs. Leonard Harvey, Mary Ben- nalack, Rita Cummings, Mrs. Harry Bogart, Mrs. Frederick Eck, Mrs. Bernard Whitney, Mrs. Lewis Reese, Area's Quota Is $3,313 In Red Cross Campaign Mrs. Valentine Lists Names of Her Local Captains and Workers Quota for the West Side Chapter of the Red Cross, comprising the territory from Trucksville to Har- vey's Lake and from Huntsville to | Kunkle, has been placed at $3315, a substantial increase over last year’s $2100. The increase is ex- plained on the grounds that the quota for 1949 was oversubscribed, and that the population of the area has increased, also that the Blooms- burg Mill is now in full operation with several hundred workers to draw upon. Mrs. Jonathan Valentine, Hunts- ville, vice-chairman under Mrs. J. Franklin Robinson, Trucksville, an- nounces the list of captains and workers in the absence of Mrs. Rob- inson, at present in Iowa City be- cause of the illness of her father. Captains and workers for the cur- rent Red Cross Drive, as announced by Mrs. Jonathan Valentine, vice- chairman, under Mrs. J. Franklin Robinson, are as follows: Dallas Borough: Captain, Mrs. Milford Shaver, workers: Mesdames Donald Bulford, Donald Arnold, Ray Shiber, Peter D. Clark, Samuel Ash- ley, Jack Dungey, Edgar Brace, Wil- liam Hodgson, Norwood Brader, Donald Clark, Thomas Kingston, Raymond Titus, Walter Black, Les Warhola, Richard Owens, LaVerne Race, L. L. Richardson, Norti Berti, Ransome, John Reeves, Henry Pet- erson, Earl Monk, Robert Brown, Harris Haycox, David Hutchinson, Ord Trumbower, Anthony Broody, Mr. and Mrs. Charles James. On the organization committee are Mrs. James A. Oliver and Mrs. Stanley Davies. Shavertown: Captains, Mrs. Mal- colm Borthwick, Mrs. Ambrose Gav- igan. Workers, Mesdames James Eckert, Clyde Faatz, Gordon Ed- wards, William Morgan, Lewis Tur- vin, Lewis Underwood, Thomas Graham; Robert Clark, Marjorie Merolla, Lemuel Troster, Budd Hir- leman, John Dubinick, Ralph Gear- hart, Hilbert Stark, Howard Con- rad, Carl Remley, Luther Powell, John Grant. > Franklin Township: Captains, Mrs. Harold Brace and Mrs, Arthur Em- anuel. Workers: Mesdames Dan Dy- mon, James Mitchell, Byron Kester, Richard Berlew, Wesley Harris, Charles Parrish. Jackson: Captain, Mrs. Norman Smith. Workers, Mrs. Lynn Ash- worth, Mrs. Robert Culp. Bloomsburg and Natona Mrs. Harry Ohlman. Trucksville: Captains, Mrs. John Doane and Mrs. James D. Hutchi- son. Workers, Mesdames G. Wilbur Nichols, Lowther Brown, Robert Slaff, Edward Hessler, John C. Lew- is, George Bonning, Ben Davis, Ben Post, Samuel Miller, Burdett Crane, Arlene Bessemer, Jacob Beline, Bert Fennell, Dana Sickler, Ralph Sands, John Cannon, Homer Allen, Peter Malkemes, Charles Perkins, Albert Groblewski, Harry Glace, Vought Long, Fred Houghwout, Herbert Williams, Katherine John- son, William Litsert, and Misses Loretta Olver and Esther Saxe; Warren Unger, J. A. Boline. Lehman: Captains, Mrs. Orman K. Lamb and Mrs. Charles Nuss. Workers, Mesdames Edward Drop- chinski, Emily Wildoner, Clinton Ide, Vera Whitesell, Albert Ide, William Dradick, Russell Ide, J.C. King, J. G. Lewis, Gilbert Ide, Bruce Williams. Dallas Township: Captains, Mrs: Paul Goddard, Mrs. Floyd Chamber- (Continued on Page Eight) Mills: | Mrs. Harold Payne, Mrs. Algert An- | tanaitis, Mrs. Robert Lewis, Mrs. | Charles Mahler, Mrs. Peter Rekus, | Mrs, Wiliam Purcell, Mrs. Robert | Wiliams and Mrs. Norman F. Pat- | ton, director. Not present when the picture was taken were Mrs. Howard Gar- ris, Mrs. Robert Garris, Mrs. James Keiper and Mrs. Lewis . LeGrand, Jr. Indian Tribe Invades Dallas, More Coming In Other Areas Concert Goers To Hear Chorale Community Concert Scheduled March 24 Through popular demand Dallas Woman's Club Chorale, directed by Mrs. Norman Patton will again give several numbers at the Third An- nual Community Concert at Kings- ton Township High School, Friday night, March 24th. Composed of members of both the Senior and Junior Woman's Clubs of Dallas, the chorale was organized in 1948 by Mrs. Patton. Officers for the 1950 season are: Miss Mary Bennallack, president; Mrs. Algert Antanaitis, treasurer; Mrs. William Purcell, publicity, and Mrs. Harold Payne, librarian. In addition to the Chorale, the con- cert will include: William H. Burn- aford, tenor; Mrs. Ruth Turn Rey- nolds, soprano; Atty. William A. Valentine, piano; Robert Shewan, clarinet; Mrs. Louis -Weigand Ayre, piano; a concerto with two pianos by Mrs. Louie Weigand Ayre and Harry Trebilcox, 3rd.; Mrs. Verus weaver, soprano; Patsy Pickett and Winifred Decker, flute duets, and specialty tap dancing by Ralph Mar- tin. Names of More Donors Listed Two hundred and thirty-nine in this area have now signed to. give their blood to the Red Cross Blood Bank according to an announce- ment made yesterday by Harry Ohlman, general chairman. Additional donors announced this week are: Lehman Schools, Lester B. Squier, Mrs. Alfred Simms, Jule C. Bartley, Ruth Shellhamer, Dor- othy Mattes; Dallas Rotary, Leslie Warhola; Auto Dealers, Victor Cross, Robert B. Lewis, Russell Par- sons, L.° L. Richardson, James Lord; Bloomsburg Mills, Alex Bom- ber, Edward Cundiff, Thelma Cun- diff, Herman Fisher, William Jen- kins, Edward Kozup, Jack Lamor- eaux, Douglas Larson, Howard Ma- jor, David Powell, Angela Raub, Er- nest Reese, James Tracy, Michael Tracy; Natona Mills, Mike Markow- ski, Ivor J. Dahlgren, Jack Stanley, Charles Rinehimer; Kunkle Church, Phylis Elston; Borough Schools, Charles A. James, Bernard Rocko- vich, James Krum; St. Therese’s Church, Jane DeWees, Myron Wil- liams, Mrs. Phillip White, Ann Pes- avento, Fred M. Kiefer, Mary Gir- van, Peter Jurchak, Jr., Laska Jur- chak, Don Frantz, Lois Kiefer, Mich- ael Novajosky. PTA Square Dance Nets About $66 Dallas Borough P.T.A. sponsored a Square Dance Friday night at the High School building. The $66 profit will go into the Playground equipment fund Mrs. W. E.. Mec- Quilkin, president, reports. Music .| was furnished by a three-piece or- chestra, Dorothy Dodson at the piano, Abe Belles caller. Loses Finger Byron Keener of Huntsville lost the first finger of his left hand and cut three others badly last Tues- day while repairing his coal truck. He was treated at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Don’t be alarmed one of these days if you see a tribe of youngsters resembling Indians, head dress and all, stomping down your street. Re- lax. It is only evidence of the YM CA’s attempt to solve the problem of transportation for Back Moun- tain YMCA members coming to the Central YMCA in Wilkes-Barre. In- stead, the YMCA is “bringing the ‘Y’ to the boys” in their home com- munities. Many boys carry member- ships at the Central ‘Y’ Building. The spotty attendance, proved by a recent survey, indicated that. the travel problem is the cause. Charles W. Royce, Extension Secretary of the Wilkes-Barre ‘Y’, with the assistance of parents and business leaders in Dallas Borough and Township, has two groups merrily on their way. The first YMCA Friendly Indian Group has been meeting in the homes of mem- bers. This group of boys, 8 to 11 years of age, have chosen as their Tribal name, The Mohicans, Their Tribal boy leaders are: Chief, Lee Ohlman, ‘Black Hawk”; Scribe, Dan Robinhold, “Golden Eagle”; Tom Tom Beater, Robert . Piznar, “Hawka”; Indian Runner, Lee Mint- zer, “Little Beaver’; Medicine Man, Andrew Peranto, “Red Fox’; and Wampum Bearer, Jack Berti, “Flaming Arrow”. In addition, the following Braves are members of the Tribe: Conrad Hislop, “Young Hawk’; John Hay- cox, “Silver Streak”; Allen Root, “Little Tomahawk”; David Estus, “Red Feather”; Burten Berrettini, “Running Buffalo”; Richard Body- comb, “Little Horse”; and John Es- tus, “Big Buck”. Older high school boys, David Evans and William Dettmore, are assisting Mr. Royce as Big Chiefs. The Tribe enjoyed a toboggan trip to the Country Club Sunday under the leadership of Mr. | Royce. The Tribal program is - built around Indian-lore. Tribal meetings are held Fridays, after school. Mr. Royce indicates that the pro- gram and philosophy of “bringing the ‘Y’ to the boy” has been well received. The next Tribe will get underway in the Center Hill road and Claude street neighborhood. The second ‘Y’ group already ac- tive in its program is Dallas Bor- ough Hi-Y Club. This club was started with the boys in the Sopho- more Class. The club meets at the high school on Tuesdays. This club (has for its purpose “to create, | maintain and extend throughout school and community, high stan- dards of Christian character”. Hi-Y Club Officers recently elected are: Tom Peirce, president; Carl Young- blood, vice-president; Don Watch- ulonis, secretary; Russell DeRemer, treasurer. Other members of the club are Carl Bailey, Robert Carbohn, Wil- liam Berti, Richard Lavelle, Russell Honeywell, Bruce Berretini, Bernard Hoover, Robert Stair and Lee White. Counselors are Bernard Rocko- vich and Patrick Reithoffer. The Dallas Borough Hi-Y ‘Club fy be associated with similar Wiy- oming Valley Clubs in Kingston, Forty Fort, Hanover, Plymouth, Coughlin, and G.A.R. There are “now 11,621 Hi-Y Clubs in the U.S.A. with a total membership of 310,306. It is hoped that these clubs may increase and be established in most of Back Mountain communities. On Jersey School Board Mrs. Leon Dailey, formerly a resident of Trucksville but for the past seven years located in Gar- wood, N.J., has been elected to the school directorship, the only woman to hold office on that board. Mrs. Dailey has four boys and two girls. She is the daughter of Mrs. Amy Searfoss, Dallas. 6 CENTS PER COPY BOX SCORE Sack Meuntaln Highway Deaths and Serious aseidents since VJ Day Hospitalized Killed 2 20 Township School Entered Karl Kuehn, 49, Druggist Dead Funeral Will Be Saturday at 2 Although it had expected . the end almost daily for several weeks, the community was deeply sad- dened Wednesday night to learn that Karl Kuehn had passed away at seven at his home on Main street. Karl had been ill for many months with a heart ailment that had kept him from his familiar haunts behind the counters at Kuehn’s Drug Store, a business es- tablished more than 50 -years ago by his father, the late G. A. A. Kuehn and more recently conducted by Karl and his mother, Mrs. Jean Kuehn. During his long confinement, with alternate periods of suspense in the hospital or of recuperation at home, he put up a valiant struggle to re- gain his health. But in spite of the faithful attention of his wife and family and the constant study of his case by competent physicians the end came for him at forty-nine. Like his late father, he had hundreds of friends and acquain- tances throughout the Back Moun- tain Region, and he always had a moment to spare to pass the time of day or tell them a story. He was especially kindly and gentle with older people who were as devoted to him as to his father. Karl was not what you would call a church-goer, but he was a mem- ber of Dallas Methodist Church and he could always be counted on to support any worthy cause in the community. He was a member of the Luzerne County Pharmaceutical Association and Dallas Business- men’s Association. The funeral will be held Satur- day afternoon from the home of his his mother on Machell Avenue with Rev. Frederick Reinfurt in charge (Continued on Page Five) Board Favors Plan For High School Survey Interested Citizens And Parents Attend Township Meeting On motion of Donald Evans, Dallas Township School Board unanimously passed a resolution to ask E. S. Teter, County Superin- tendent of schools, to conduct a survey of the facilities and econ- omic set up of all schools of the Back Mountain area with a view to establishing one central Junior- Senior High School to serve Lake, Lehman, Dallas, Jackson, Kingston and Franklin Townships and Dallas Borough. The survey is to be com- pleted and report made to the dis- tricts by July 1, after all school budgets have been adopted in May. The. resolution is the outgrowth of recent efforts of the County Superintendent's office and local school boards to establish joint school boards in this area to im- prove education and to help boards meet the financial emergency facing them in the next few years. All directors and the following citizens were present to discuss closer cooperation between all dis- tricts of the area: Mary Weir, Lettie Culver, Charles Brooke, Michael Strub, Francis Ambrose, Alfred Gibbs, David Williams, Marty Walsh, George Prater, H. A. Ran- dall, Clarence Laidler, Arthur New- man, Clarence Myers and Chester Hartman. Mr. Ambrose spoke for the Rotary Committee which has been visiting all boards and Parent Teacher Associations to arouse in- terest in better education. Miss Weir asked the Board a number of pertinent questions con- cerning tax rates. : Mrs. Culver, a resident of Dallas Borough, appealed to the Board to forget differences between com- muities and think only of all chil- dren of the area. . Although a citi- zen of Dallas, Mrs. Culver said she recognized no township or borough lines when it comes to education or other community problems. “My friends come from every com- munity”’, she said. Most of the meeting was devoted to the discussion, but the directors had an opportunity to hear that new tables and chairs have been put in use in the cafeteria, and that Fern VanSante, a member of the faculty has received her perm- anent teaching certiicate. Stubborn Safe Foils Attempt Of Burglars Police Suspect Same Gang That Robbed Kingston Township Continuing the series of robberies that has plagued this area for sev- eral weeks, robbers entered Dallas Township High School early Thurs- day morning but were thwarted in their attempt to obtain any money by a sturdy safe that stubbornly refused to yield to their pipe wrenches. It was: the second time within two weeks that a Back Mountain school has been entered. The robbers made their entry by breaking a window in a boiler room door and then battered down a dividing door to enter the main school corridors. Once inside they went directly to Supervising Prin- cipal Raymond Kuhnert’s . office where they broke a glass in another door to get at the safe. No other rooms were entered or tampered with, indicating that the thieves knew their way around. Following the same tactics and working with the same tools used in the Kingston Township High School - robbery which netted them $486.60, the robbers broke the com:= bination lock and jimmied hinges on the safe but were unable to re- lease the door which protected a considerable sum of money. The robbery was discovered when day morning and State Police were immediately notified. They believe entry was made between 10:45 Tuesday night when the janitor left the building and 1 AM. Thursday. Mud tracked through the building would have been frozen after that hour. Wrench marks on the safe were the same as those found in Kingston Township. Dallas Township High School was | previously entered in 1947 when |a series of robberies were commit- ited in high schools &hrpughent Northeastern Pennsylvania. Over a period of several years State Police were baffled, but the robber left a half chewed cigar in Kingston Township High School. From it, po- lice working with a dentist obtained impressions of the robber’s teeth which later led to his arrest in Reading. He was an agile 55-year old man who had been living as a retired gentleman in an Easton hotel while committing robberies at intervals of several weeks in schools through the State. He was sentenced to from 9 to 18 years. Bowman Heads Businessmen Arlean- T. Bowman was elected president of Dallas Business Asso- ciation at its meeting Monday night. Other officers elected were Joseph Hand, vice president; Eugene Sick, secretary and James F. Besecker, treasurer. Main topic of discussion was the forthcoming Easter Horse Parade. William Stoeckert reported that fourteen floats have been entered and that no further wagons are available. From now on those who wish to enter floats in the parade will have to furnish their own wa- gons and horses, Mr. Stockert said. Entries are being received from all parts of Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. Horse entries should be sent to Mr, Stockert and entries for walking groups and individuals should be sent to Harry Lee Smith. Next meeting of the Association will be a special meeting on March 21 at Bowman's Restaurant, where subsequent meetings will also be held. Attending were: Daniel Robin- hold, Herbert Hill, Harry L. Smith, George Turn, William Stoeckert, Lawrence Updyke, Joseph Hand, Arlean T. Bowman, Ord Trum- bower, Norti Berti, Grace Cave, Charles Youngblood, Dr. R. M. Bodycomb and George Stolarick. Fairview Loses 41-39 To West Wyoming Fairview, Back Mountain League champs, undefeated in league play, lost a heartbreaker Wednesday night, to West Wyoming, North League class C victors, 41-39 in the District 2, Class C PIAA finals. Frankenfield and Strauss paced Fairview as the Mountain Toppers came back fast after a slow start to give West Wyoming a real bat- tle. the janitors arrived on duty Thurs: 3 HESS (RY SiS Re
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