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By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr
PILLAR TO POST HE DALLAS Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
If you have never felt the housing shortage breathing down youryol. 60, No, 17
neck or heaved out one cherished idea after another to appease the
appetite of the wolf pack that is snapping at your heels, brother, you
ain’t lived.
Throw out the fireplace. Maybe a circulating heater would be just
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as cozy, come those long winter
evenings.
If you have a furnace, you have
to throw coal on the thing, making
round trips up and down the cellar
stairs several times a day. Surely
more efficient to stoke a heater. So
that’s all right. Throw out the
furnace.
And it's a fallacy to cling to a
bath a day. After all, there is
nothing like a good brisk dry
polish. Throw out the bathtub.
And with the bathtub gone, why
bother with pipes that tend to
freeze in sub-zero weather? Throw
the pipes to the wolves.
They aren’t satisfied?
Well, doggone it, give them the
pump. After all, there is an ar-
rangement whereby a moss-covered
bucket can be lowered on a rope
over an open well curb and wound
up with a crank.
The pump was indigestible ?
Move over, Diogenes, and let's
share that barrel. How do you get
to think you can live in luxury in
the midst of a housing shortage ?
Lions Enjoy
Video Program
Harvey’s Lake Lion’s Club was
entertained at its meeting Wed-
nesday April 26th with a television
program. Arthur Godfrey's ‘“Ches-
terfield Program’ was the main
feature followed by wrestling
matches.
Calvin ~McHose, president,
thanked all members for their part
in making the recent Charter Night
celebration such a big success. In
addition a report on the Easter
Parade promotion was given by the
chairman of the publicity commit-
tee. Comments from many hundreds
who viewed the parade indicated
that the Harvey's Lake Lion’s Club
float was well accepted.
Plans were discussed pertaining
to the acquisition of funds to en-
able the club to carry out its many
functions as a service organization.
Following . the regular meeting
the board of .lirectors met to dis-
cuss future plans.
Next meeting of the Harvey's
Lake Lion’s Club will be May 10th.
All members are urged to be pre-
sent.
Red Cross Driver
Delivers the Goods
Mrs. Ralph Davis, Pioneer Av-
enue, made her first trip to Blooms-
burg, Shamokin, Danville, Ashland
and Sunbury with blood from the
Blood Bank on Wednesday. She
was accompanied by Mrs. Stephen
Panetti of Kingston.
Mrs. Davis has been a member
of the Wyoming Valley Red Cross
Motor Corps for a year, giving two
days a week to its service.
The Blood Bank on South Frank-
lin street serves seventeen coun-
ties, rushing the proper type of
blood to whatever hospital in this
area calls for it. Mrs. Davis says
that in the very nature of the
thing, the calls are urgent, and
that the panel truck which delivers
the blood is accorded all possible
courtesy by the highway patrols.
Cooke Will Visit
Here On Thursday
Luzerne County's Cooke for Gov-
ernor Rally will be held at Irem
Temple, Wilkes-Barre, on Thurs-
day night, May 4, at 8. Arthur H.
James, former governor of Penn-
sylvania, will be among the speak-
ers. At the conclusion of the rally,
Young Republicans for Cooke and
Kunkel, will hold a tea and recep-
tion downstairs to which the pub-
lic is cordially invited.
Goodleigh Cow
Sets High Record
A registered Guernsey cow, Good-
leigh Consort Manet, owned by
Dorrance Reynolds, Dallas, Penn-
sylvania, has completed an Ad-
vanced Register record of 17,384
pounds of milk and 837 pounds of
butterfat in the 365 day division,
starting her record as a 5-year-old.
Goodleigh Consort Manet is the
daughter of the registered Guern-
sey sire, Coldspring’s Hardwick
Consort.
Frank McKenna Visits
Naples and Rome
Frank T. McKenna, machinist’s
mate, third class, U.S.N., home ad-
dress, Dallas R.D. 1, has arrived in
Naples aboard the light cruiser USS
Roanoke, Sixth Fleet, recently en-
gaged in maneuvers in the Medi-
terranean. Leave has been arranged
for servicemen wishing to visit
Rome and Mount Vesuvius and the
Isle of Capri.
Bus Service For
Dallas Heights
Monday, May 1
Inaugurates Run
Dallas Heights Bus Service will
become a reality Monday morning
at 3:55.
The turn-around will be at the
American Legion Home, Huntsville
road, as originally planned. Buses
will come down Huntsville road,
over Lehman Avenue, and down
Machell Avenue to the usual point
of departure, leaving American Le-
gion Home ten minutes ahead of
scheduled departure time for Dallas.
Heights Service will not interfere
with Upper Road service as it is the
Lower Road buses which are taking
on the extra circuit.
The buses, according to John-
son Wright, Wilkes-Barre Transit
Company, will leave the Legion
Home at 3:55, 5:50, 6:30, 7:10, 7:50,
and 9:10 AM. One noon bus will
leave at 12:30. Afternon and even-
ing buses leave at 2:30, 4:30, 6:30,
10:30 and 11:50.
Buses leave "Pomeroy’s, Wilkes-
Barre at 5:20, 6:00, 6:40, 7:20, and
8:40 AM. for Dallas Heights; 12
noon, and 2:00, 4:40, 6:00, 10:00 and
11:20 p.m. :
81st Birthday
WILLIAM H. EVANS SR.
William H. Evans Sr., 19 Lawn
street, Shavertown, known more
familiarly to a host of friends as
“Pop” whenever they drop in at
Evans’ Drug Store, will observe his
81st birthday tomorrow.
Born April 29, 1869, in Mahanoy
City, Schuylkill County, son of the
late Daniel H. and Jane Brown
Evans, Mr. Evans has resided in
Shavertown for ‘the past 22 years.
Prior to that time, he has been a
resident of Ashley, Edwardsville,
old Dorranceton, now Kingston, and
Forty Fort.
Mr. Evans’ constant activity in
the Drug Store and elsewhere belies
his advanced age. He has been an
ardent sportsman all his life and
is a familiar figure to all local
hunters and fishermen in the Back
Mountain area.
Mr. Evans is a communicant of
Prince of Peace Episcopal Church,
and is active in Masonic circles. He
has been a member of Coalville
Lodge of Masons for over 52 years,
and is a regular attendant at Cald-
well Consistory initiations at
Bloomsburg, and of the Shrine at
Irem Temple.
Joining with Mr. Evans in ob-
serving his birthday will be two
brothers, Dr. Daniel A. Evans and
Charles S. Evans, Ashley; and these
children: William H., Sandusky,
Ohio; Daniel H., Danville; Sheldon
T., Shavertown; Donald J. Dallas,
and Mrs. Paul R. Daily, Shaver-
town; also eight grandchildren. His
wife, the late Ida Thomas Evans,
passed away four years ago on May
1st, 1946.
Library Story Hour
Over For Season
Children’s Story Hour at Back
Mountain Library held its final ses-
sion for the season the day before
Easter. Janet Smith, the story-
reader, says that with the advent of
spring weather attendance drops
off, and she feels that the children
are better off outdoors. The Story
Hour will be resumed late next fall.
Baskets For Auction
Five baskets and five aluminum
covered sauce-pans in assorted
sizes, all of them brand new, and
an electric heater, also brand new,
have been contributed to the Li-
brary Auction by Dave Schooley.
8 FRIDAY; APRIL 28, 1950
6 CENTS PER COPY
ROX SCORE
Sack Mountain Highway Deathe amd
Serious assidents since VJ Day
Hospitalized Killed
Will Compete
In Pittsburgh
Local Students
In State Contest
Three high schools from this
area, Dallas Township, Kingston
Township, and Lehman-Jackson,
are sending delegates to the Foren-
sic and Music League competeition
to be held in Pittsburgh May 4, 5,
and 6.
Dallas Township will send five
contestants: Patsy VanCampen and
Gloria Davis will compete in the
twirling contest; and Theresa Pola-
chek, Elsie Andrews, and Judy
Heir in vocal trio division.
Kingston Township is sending
Sylvia Jones and Harry Trebilcox.
Sylvia is a mezzo-soprano. Harry
competed last year at Pottstown,
winning first place for excellence in
piano. He is a pupil of Mrs. Louie
Ayre, Trucksville.
Lehman-Jackson is sending one
delegate, Goldie Ide, the twirler
who put on such an exceptional
performance at the Lehman Ama-
teur Show in March.
The North-Eastern District com-
petition, ordinarily held in advance
of the State Competition was not
held this year because of lack of
a suitable school to sponsor it.
Kingston Borough high school
which held the N.E. competition
covering eleven counties last year,
found itself unable to arrange its
schedule this spring.
Luzerne County contestants, how-
ever, had the benefit of appearing
in a county contest held at Kings-
ton Township in March before ap-
pearing in a state-wide competi-
tion.
Augment Ranks
Of Blood Donors
Forty-One Names
Added To List
Forty-one names have been added
to the list of Back Mountain Blood
Donors. Names and organizations as
released by Harry Ohlman, head of
the Back Mountain division, in-
clude:
Sixteen students from College
Misericordia: Margaret Mary Fel-
lin, Rosemary Blandina, Pauline J.
Katrosh, Jeanne W. Cosgrove, Glo-
ria A. Roof, Dolores I. Batdorf, Jean
McAndrew, Margaret Mary McGin-
ley, Lavina Mae Rogers, Anne E.
Paye, Jean R. Hart, Claire R.
Doyle, Florence J. Uhlinger, Helen
M. Collins, Justine C. Shircliff, Jo-
sephine Steinbacher.
Nine members of Trucksville P.T.
A.: Mrs. Thomas Shelburne, Al-
thea Gross, Rebecca Grey, Alice
Davis, Russell DeRemer, Paul Du-
gan, Marian Campbell, Elizabeth
Unger, Mrs, Stanley Farr.
Three members of Kiwanis:
Frank Mathers, Melvin Mosier, John
J. Murphy.
Six members of Girl Scout Or-
ganization: Janet Langdon, Eleanor
C. Barnes, Virginia Durand, Mar-
garet Spencer, Ruth O. Major, Na-
omi Nuss.
Book = Club: Kathleen Brooks;
Kunkle M.E. Church, Phyllis Kun-
kle; Harvey's Lake M.E. Church,
Mrs. Florence Condon; Dallas M.E.
Church, Margaret Veitch; St. Paul's
Lutheran, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Woolbert.
Rev. Frederick Moock, not yet
registered, was passing the Blood-
Bank on Tuesday, and dropped in
to donate his pint.
Street Signs
Nearly Finished
Boy Scouts Paint
180 At Hi-Shop
Street signs for Kingston Town-
ship, 180 of them, have had two
coats of white paint and 100 have
already been stencilled in black.
Within a week the Boy Scout
street sign project should be com-
pleted, with signs ready for erec-
tion at street crossings.
The work is being done in the
Kingston Township shop by Boy
Scouts of Troop 155, Charles Lut-
sey, leader. Joseph Rakshys, shop
instructor, is supervising the job,
assisted by Thomas Jenkins, also
of the high school faculty.
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Some of the signs requiring more
letters than the average stencil
provides for, need special stencils
cut, and these are being made by
Charles Lutsey.
Trucksville Auxiliary stands back
of the Boy Scouts in this ambitious
undertaking and Township Super-
visors have agreed to erect stan-
dards to support the signs.
orial Trophy which will be awarded
to the outstanding entry in Sweet
Valley’s Rural Communities on Pa-
rade on Memorial Day. The award
is in memory of Donald Hunter who
was killed during the Battle of the
Bulge and who was the only cas-
ualty from Ross Township during
World War II
The award will remain in the
possession of the winner for one
year, and will become his perma-
nent property if he wins for three
years. Winners names will be in-
scribed each year.
Eight hundred dollars in cash will
Main Gate
Donald Hunter Memorial Award
Photo by Hudson
This is the Donald Hunter Mem- | be awarded in the eight divisions
of the parade. The grand award, the
Hunter Trophy, will go to the best
of these winners.
The eight divisions are: bands,
churches, lodges and organizations,
agriculture, business firms, riding
and driving horses and ponies,
clowns and comic, and patriotic.
Anticipating the biggest parade
since it started four years ago, the
committee urges all to make their
entries immediately so that they
can be listed in the program, which
goes to press chortly,
Entries may be called to Dallas
363-R-4; 363-R-3 or 9095-R-7
next spring. Considerable grading remains to be done this summer.
will play on the field this fall, seeding will not be done until early winter or next spring.
At Dallas Township Memorial Field
LeGrand Heads
Provisional Y
Mitchell Jenkins
Is Vice President
At a meeting in the Back Moun-
tain Library, Monday night, a group
of citizens representing Lake, Dal-
las, Kingston, Lehman, Jackson,
Borough elected a Provisional Back
Mountain Town and Country YMCA
spective officers.
The newly elected officers of the
Provisional Board are: Lewis Le-
Grand Sr., Chairman; Atty Mitchell
Jenkins, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. Ed-
ward Keller, correspanding secre-
tary; Mrs. Thomas Bottoms, record-
ing secretary; and Charles Nuss,
Treasurer.
Representatives to the Board
from the Townships and Borough
James Huston; Kingston, Fred An-
seph MacVeigh; Franklin,
Borough. Groups and clubs
the
of Directors
Approval from
YMCA Board
the Central
necessary to begin operation.
The first meeting of the Provis-
; Mountain Town and].
Country YMCA Board will be held |
ional
at the Library Monday night.
Here is the main gate and ticket office at Dallas Township’s Memorial Field. On the pillar to the
left is the recently erected bronze plaque honoring the memory of fourteen former Township boys who
gave their lives during World War II
Although the field is now completely enclosed, it is not expected that it will be completed before
Since Township football teams
fense of their country.
tain region.
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Names of Fallen Township Boys are Cast In Bronze
This bronze plaque will keep alive the memory of fourteen Dallas Township boys who fell in de-
Memorial Field is located in one of the most sightly spots in the Back Moun-
PHOTOS BY HUDSON
and Franklin Townships,and Dallas
Board of Management and its re-
are: Lake, Mrs. Harold Payne and
derson and Dr. M. Borthwick; Dal-
las Borough, Clyde Cooper and Jo-
George
Dymond and Russell Race; Dallas
Twp., Francis Ambrose and Robert
Fleming; Jackson, Laing Coolbaugh
and Vernon Cease; Lehman, How-
ard Stull and Walter Chamberlain.
The program of the Town and
Country YMCA will be organized
in each of the Townships and the
will
form in their respective home areas
and will make use of any and all
available community facilities. The
Executive in charge of the program
will work out of an office in Dal-
las Borough, which is the center
and focal point for all of the town-
ships. No YMCA building is planned
until such time as the Back Moun-
tain Area is sufficiently populated
to need and want such a building.
Wilkes-Barre
was
granted at a Board meeting held at
YMCA, Wednesday,
April 26, to the Provisional Board,
| to organize this work and to fur-
ther all plans to secure the means
National Honor
For Girl-Scout
Gail Woolbert To
Receive Award
An unusual award will be given
this evening at the Girl Scout
Camp Promotion meeting at Sha-
vertown Methodist Church. The Na-
tional Honorable Mention for life-
saving will be presented to Gail
Woolbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Woolbert by Mrs. Donald
Coughlin, Commissioner.
Gail Woolbert wins the coveted
award for quick-thinking last year
in applying a tourniquet above the
knee to shut off the flow of rattle-
snake venom to the heart. Dr. John
McCorkle of Mehoopany who ad-
ministered anti-venom to Mrs. Bob
Hislop of Dallas after she had been
bitten by the rattler, stated that
in his opinion the tourniquet had
saved Mrs. Hislop’s life. He also
commended Gail for her cool-head-
edness in not blanching at the
sight of blood when the wound was
opened.
Gail and her mother, together
with some other friends, were bath-
ing in the rocky pool formed by the
North Branch of the Mehoopany
Creek near the Hislop cabin’ at
Lovelton when the rattler struck
Mrs. Hislop on the calf as she was
climbing some rocks at the far
side of the pool. Little Sandra His-
lop was below in the pool. Mrs.
Hislop seized the rattler and threw
it from her, narrowly missing San-
dra.
Gail applied a tourniquet, using
snake-bite first aid supplies in the
cabin, then accompanied Mrs. His-
lop to Dr. McCorkle’s office in Me-
hoopany and later to the Nesbitt
Hospital.
The scarlet ribbon headed by a
single bar, and bearing a Girl-
Scout insignia backed with scarlet
enamel, is one of the most sought-
after and infrequently awarded
honors the National Girl Scout or-
ganization has in its power to bes-
tow. Application for it goes through
channels, applicants are rigorously
investigated. The Scout Troop which
acceeds in, obtaining the scarlet
riohon for one of its members must
lay much groundwork, and every
step must be checked and rechecked
with circumstances completely
authenticated.
Second-class awards and badges
will be presented to scouts complet-
ing vequirements.
Miss Helen Sellers, Girl Scout
Headquarters, will show movies of
camp-life at Wildwood and Ona-
wandah, and Mrs. Ralph Dixon will
Jipeas on summer camping.
Formal cpening ceremony will be
| performed by Troop 66, welcome
by Troop 75. Fernbrook Senior
Troop, Mrs. James Brown, leader,
will close the meeting.
_ Brownies, led by Mrs.
Kromelbein, will ‘sing.
Chairman of refreshments, Mrs.
Chester Nesbitt, assisted by Mrs.
Ralph Ell, Brownies; Mrs. Jack
Jones, Troop 66; Mrs. Romaine
Stark, Troop 75; Mrs. Ralph Whipp,
Senior Troop.
Program: Mrs. Calvin Hall, assist-
ed by leaders, Mrs. George Kromel-
bein, Mrs. Dorothy Heslop, Mrs.
George Turn, Mrs. Bess Grant, Miss
Madeline Bauer.
George
73% Increase
In Pledges
Prince of Peace
Vestry Pleased
Results of the canvass for re-
newed pledges and new pledges for
Prince of Peace Episcopal Church
conducted last Sunday afternoon
by members of the vestry and fi-
nance committee were most grati-
fying. C. A. Woodruff, chairman of
the canvass drive, reported a 75%
increase in pledges, and these will
amply supply- the need for current
operating expenses of the church
for the fiscal year. Taking part in
the canvass were Rev. William R.
Wiliams, rector; Charles W. Lee,
Fred H. Renard, Edmund G. Hil-
debrand, Donald C. Clark, Alfred S.
James, Donald J. Evans, Paul God-
dard, Elwood C. Hudson, E. Robert
Weaver, Calvin Hall, Ralph Davis,
J. Sheldon Cave, John F. Sheehan,
James O. Lacey, Marcus F. Ludt,
Sheldon T. Evans, Howard Young
and Fred C. Schmitt.
Next Tuesday evening, May 2nd,
a roast beef dinner will be served
the congregation of Prince of Peace
Church, in Shavertown Fire Hall.
Mrs. Marcus Ludt, and Miss Lois
MacAvoy are co-chairmen for the
dinner.
To Serve Ham and Eggs
Men of Trucksville Boy Scout
Committee, plan a ham and egg
supper for May 25 at the Fire Hall.
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