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’ By Mrs. T. M.
NS
If you pan % escape solicitation for the Library Auction you will
Y’ have to dive into a hole in the ground and pull the hole in after you.
Each and every one of the residents in the Back Mountain area has
at least one thing to contribute to the auction.
- Dont’ be a tight-wad. Part with that pin-tray. You never liked it
B. Hicks, Jr.
anyhow, and it gathers dust. Let:
Aunt Samantha's hand-painted bit
of china gather dust on somebody
els¢’s bureau. :
Those chairs you put away In
the attic, too good for a rummage
sale, too dated to look well in your
newly decorated dining room. Do-
nated to the Library Auction, those
chairs will get a face-lifting from
some young married folks who are
crowding their budget, finding that
new furniture costs a fortune and
sensibly deciding to pick up some
used pieces of solid construction.
How about those crocks down
cellar? And those flat-irons? Flat-
irons bring a surprising amount.
Folks use them for doorstops (ever
stub your toe on one of those
babies?) and for bookends. Decor-
ators pretty them up with Penn-
sylvania Dutch designs, but for my
money they look best polished or
with a coat of black enamel. Notice
the stir of interest in the crowd
when the flat-irons and the crocks
are ranged on the auctioneer’s
stand. Never knew they had real
value, did you?
high-chairs, baby-
perennial crop of grandparents who
like to keep on hand equipment for
the wisiting young.
Do you have a light hand with
pie-crist? Do your neighbors ap-
proach you with timid requests for
your devil's food recipe? Can you
make creamy fudge, the kind that
melts in the mouth, remains in the
alimentary canal for a couple of
hours and then appears as an
addition to the midriff for the rest
of your life? How about some cin-
namon buns? or a crusty loaf of
home-made bread?
The Bake-Booth and the Candy
Counter will dog your heels for a
contribution. Folks get hungry at
an auction sale. Many a cake, de-
signed for supper that night, is sur-
reptitiously cut into bits with a
pen-knife and eaten on the spot.
This leads to the Bake-Booth and
the purchase of another cake,
which in turn leads to added rev-
enue for the library.
Within the next two weeks you
will receive a flyer. We hope it
Reinfurt Heads
Area Ministers
Association Covers
Wilkes-Barre District
Rev. Frederick Reiffurt of Dal-
las Methodist Chur¢h has been
elected president Wilkes-Barre
District Methodist Ministers’ Asso-
ciation succeeding | Rev. Norman
Clemens of First Methodist Church,
Wilkes-Barre whose term expired.
The Association is composed of
more than 100 ministers in the
Wilkes-Barre District area which
extends from Montrose to Moun-
tain Top and from Avoca to Nan-
ticoke.
Other officers elected are: Rev.
Benjamin Ridgley, former Navy
chaplain, now of Meshoppen, vice
chairman; Rev. William B. Grit-
man, Parrish street Methodist
Church, secretary-treasurer, and
George R. Savage, Firwood Church,
program chairman.
The Association meets once each
month from September through
May.
Rev. Reinfurt’s election is a dis-
tinct honor to the Back Moun-
tain Region. Rev. Reinfurt is a
member of the Leadership Educa-
tion Committee of Wyoming Valley
Council of Churclies and chairman
of the annual drive of the Council
of Churches in the Back Mountain
area. He is chairman of the annual
Hemelright Community Service
Award in the Back Mountain Area
and has been .pastor of Dallas
Methodist Church for six years. A
graduate of Dickinson College, he
received his degree from Drew
Theological Seminary Magna Cum
Laude. He conducts the Bible Mo-
ments Hour for the Wyoming Val-
ley Council of Churches over Sta-
tion WILK every Thursday morn-
ing at 8:05.
reaches you in adva eat
spring festiva
‘no clotuing
sale. Articles destined for the auc-
tion block must be in good enough
condition to be worth selling. They
do not have to be antiques. Any-
thing that is usable will find a
purchaser.
Things are already beginning to
come into the barn, some of them
very nice, There are some items
left over from last year.
Half the fun of an auction is at-
tending it and watching the bid-
ding on your own contribution.
There have been cases on record
when a favorite bit of furnture has
been smuggled out of the house
and given to the auction without
the knowledge of the party of the
first part. The treasure appears on
the block, the auctioneer goes into
his song and dance, and there is a
wounded bellow from the audience.
From that point until the hammer
descends the bidding is brisk and
heart-felt.
Sometimes it is the wife who
suffers a change of heart. Some-
times husband and wife, separated
from sight of each other by the
sea of faces, bid against each other.
7 Sh is part of the fun, and good
for a note in the Dallas Post on
high-lights of the auction.
When all is said and done, there
is nothing that has the entertain-
ment value of a country auctio’
Entomologist
Visits Dallas
C. J. Strutt Has
Japanese Guest
Dr. Toshibumi Kojima, Forest En-
tomologist from University of Tok-
yo, had a reunion With school-
mates from the University of Mu-
nich when he spent the day with
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Strutt,
Heights, on Friday. Gilbert Schap-
pert, instructor at G.A.R., a stu-
dent with Strutt in Munich at the
time Dr, Kojima was completing
some graduate work, joined the
party. Y
This is Dr. Kojima's first visit
to America. When his itinerary
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», was being planned in Japan, he
specifically requested that his re-
search into the gypsy moth ques-
tion be carried out in Wilkes-Barre,
so that he could renew former ac-
quaintance. He is in the United
States for three months studying
various phases of forest entomology
from coast to coast.
Dr. Kojima is a member of a
group of Japanese educators who
are in this country under travel
orders from General MacArthur.
The plan is known as “Interchange
of Persons Program for National
Leaders.”
Department Store
Irving Karp and Irvin Steiner of
Wilkes-Barre have taken an option
to buy the Main street business
building formerly occupied by Acme
Market and owned by Walter C.
Herget of Syracuse, N.Y.
While their plans-are not definite
they have/ beer considering open-
ing a department store there and
have moved in some fixtures.
Mr. Karp now operates the Army
and Navy Store on South Main
Street, Wilkes-Barre, and Mr.
Steiner was formerly in a similar
business.
The building has been vacant
since the Acme Market moved into
its new quarters on Church Street.
It was originally constructed by A.
Ryman & Sons who conducted a
general store there. Later for many
years it was used for a hardware
store. George Huey is the realtor.
Merchants Plan
Community Days
Special Attractions
June 16-17
The weekend of June 16 and 17
has been selected as Community
Days for Dallas Borough merchants
“Get Acquainted” promotion sales
and demonstrations.
The dates were chosen at a
largely attended meeting of Dallas
Business Association Monday night
at Bowman's Restaurant.
Robert Lewis, assistant general
manager of American Stores Com-
pany in the Wilkes-Barre area, out-
lined plans for the event and offer-
ed the cooperation of his firm in
preparing store signs and assisting
with , radio promotion.
Lawrence Updyke, head of the
Community Days committee had
charge of the program.
Cooperating merchants plan to
offer special prices during the two-
day event and also to have dem-
onstrations and other novel enter-
tainment features in their stores.
Bake Sale Tomorrow
The Dallas Senior Women’s Club
will hold a Mother's Day. Bake Sale
on Saturday, May 13 at Boyd
White's Appliance Store from 10
until 2. Mrs. Raymond Elston will
be chairman assisted by Mrs. Fran-
cis Ambrose, Mrs. Robert Bachman,
Mrs. Wiliam Carpenter and Mrs.
Robert Bodycomb.
All club members whose last
name begins with ‘A’ through ‘F’
are being contacted to bake for
this sale. 2
Vol.
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
60, No. 19
FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1950
With New Mobile
Wyoming Valley Tuberculosis So-
ciety will hold a mass chest X-Ray
survey in Shavertown early in
June,
Miss Florence Frantz, health ed-
ucational secretary of Wyoming Tu-
berculosis Society met with the lo-
cal committee last week and out-
lined plans. :
It is hoped that the response
will be 100%, but it is not com-
pulsory. The Society’s new mobile
unit, in charge of trained person-
nel will be stationed at Shaver-
town Fire Hall to take chest X-
rays of residents from fifteen years
upward from June 5 to June 9,
inclusive. X-rays will be taken
Dallas Woman's Club Chorale
will present its second annual con-
cert on Thursday, May 26th, at
Dallas Township High School. This
year’s. concert will be titled ‘“‘Mu-
sical Souvenirs.”
In the cast will be Mrs. Harold
Brobst, Mrs. Philip Cheyney, Mrs.
Charles Whitesell, Mrs. Alfred Bron-
son, Mrs. Roger Owens, Mrs. James
Oliver, Mrs. George Flack, Mrs.
Robert Williams, Mrs. Jack Mallin
Shavertown To Have Mass Survey
X-Ray Unit
every. afternoon from 1 to 4 p.m.
On Wednesday and Friday even-
ings from 5 to 9, the technicians
will X-ray those unable to take ad-
vantage of the affernoon ho
d all reports
will be confidential. Only the per-
son involved and his physician will
know what the report reveals. Top
X-ray men in the Wyoming Valley
area will read the X-ray films. Last
year, Plains residents turned out
5,400 strong to check for symptoms
of tuberculosis.
One June-17, Dr. Charles Myers
will address all residents of the
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Mrs. William Carpenter, Mrs. Ed-
ward Keller, Mrs, William Stewart,
Mrs. David Williams, Mrs. H. Mich-
ael Strub, Jr., Mrs. Ralph Dixon,
Mrs. Malcolm Borthwick, Mrs. Jaek
Barnes, and Mrs. L. L. Richardson.
Members of the Chorale from left
to right are Mrs. William Baker Sr.,
accompanist, Mrs. Leonard Harvey,
Miss Mary Bennellack, Miss Rita
Cummings, Mrs. Harry Bogart, Mrs.
Fredrick Eck, Mrs. Bernard Whit-
questions of the generation.
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RECORD VOTE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY
Eyes Of Nation Focused On Duff's
Bid For Power In Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s liveliest Republican primary is drawing to a close.
The nation’s eyes will be on this state next Tuesday when an expected record-break-
ing number of Republican voters go to the polls to settle some of the hottest political .
~~ For weeks, campaigning has been at fever heat. Candidates have used every variety of
approach, from the older types, such as handshaking, letter-writing and personal appear-
ances down to the ultra-modern devices of sound-trucks, radio and television.
Commencement Dates
Commencement dates for local
schools are: Dallas Borough, June 6,
Class-Night, June 5; Dallas Town-
ship, June 5, Class-Night June 2;
Kingston Township Commence-
ment 7, Class-Night 5; Lehman,
Commencement, 2; Lake, Com-
mencement 6, Class-Night 2.
Chorale To Present Musical Souvenirs
ney, Mrs. Lewis Reese, Mrs. Harold
Payne, Mrs. Algert Antanaitis, Mrs.
Robert Lewis, Mrs. Charles Mahler,
Mrs. Peter Rekus, Mrs. William
Purcell, Mrs. Norman Patton, direc-
tor. Not present when picture was
taken were Miss Peggy .Crolius,
Mrs. Howard Garris, Mrs. Robert
Garris, Miss Claire Grose, Mrs.
William Hanna, Mrs. James Huston,
Mrs. James Keiper and Mrs. Lew-
is LeGrand, Jr.
In State Chorus
EDWARD KRAFT
a member of the senior
Class of Dallas Township High
School, Edward Kraft, son of Rev.
and Mrs. Henry C. Kraft of Noxen,
will represent the northeastern dis-
trict in the All State Chorus of the
Pennsylvania Music Education As-
sociation at William - Penn High
School, Harrisburg, on May 18, 19,
and 20. Edward is a second tenor
and won a place in the All State
Chorus at the district contest held
recently at Clark’s Summit High
School. He has attended Dallas
Township schools since his sopho-
more year. He oxpects to enter
Muhlenberg College this fall.
Local Students
In Competition
~ Two Win Rating
Of Excellent
£
Two ratings of excellenf were
awarded to local students in the
Forensic and Music League Com-
petition held in Pittsburgh May 4,
5, and 6. Patsy VanCampen, Dallas
Township, rated excellent in twirl-
ing, Harry Trebilcox, Kingston
Township, excellent in piano.
Sylvia Jones, mezzo-soprano,
Kingston Township, won a rating of
good -in vocal, Gloria Davis, Dallas
Township, and Goldie Ide, Lehman,
placed in the fourth class in twirl-
ing.
Back Mountain men who served
with Jay Cooke or knew him dur-
ing military service are enthus-
iastic in their praise of his cour-
age, fortitude and steadfast adher-
ance to the principles of indepen-
dent Americanism.
Lt. Col. Frank Townend, com-
mander of the 109th Field Artillery
Battalion, said this week, “I knew
Jay Cooke in combat and liked
him a great deal. We went across
on the same boat. He was inducted
in February 1941 as a captain, and
by the time we got to England
was a Battalion Commander. He
went into combat in France with
the Third Battalion of the 110th
Infantry, the regiment that was
supported by our own 109th Field
Artillery.”
“Cooke was a quiet spoken man.
lot. He held one of the most dan-
gerous positions on the field. Dur-
ing World War 1 it was said that
Bi-County League was able to
play its opening games Sunday, al-
though the weather was more
suited to kite flying than baseball.
Results of the five games came as
surprises with Dallas’ 7-6 wictory
over Noxen a major upset. Noxen
was the class of the league last
year. Next was Carverton’s 8-7 tri-
umph over Beaumont; Fall's de-
feat of Shavertown 8-6 sand Or-
ange’s 6-2 protested win over Ver-
non. East Dallas took the measure
of Osterhout 11-4, as was expected
although the game was close up to
the eighth inning.
Dallas took an early 5-1 lead,
and then staved off a last inning
Noxen rally which saw the Noxen
team scoring four runs, just one
shy of the tying counter. Master-
ful pitching by Lefty Harry Grose
kept Dallas in the lead all the way.
Ken Grose and Dick Vanderbrouck
with three hits apiece sparked the
Dallas attack followed by Glen Rob-
erts with two. The two Taylor
brothers and Art Blizzard were the
big guns for Noxen. Harold Brobst
shone defensively with several
difficult catches in left field.
To know him was to like him a!
Colonel Frank Townend Says
Jay Cooke Was Great Soldier
the platoon leader, the second
lieutenant, was in the most danger-
ous spot, but during World War II
it was the Battalion Commander
who held that distinction. Out of
nine battalions in the 28th Divi-
sion we lost nine commanders in
the first two weeks of combat.”
“We invaded Normandy the first
week of July. Cooke, you know,
was badly shot up and lost an eye
sometime between July 5th and
August 10, and was sent home to
recover. At the close of the war
when the 28th Division was re-
formed, he was honored by being
made first commander of the 111th
Infantry of Philadelphia.”
“It's too bad everybody hasn't
got a chance to talk with him. He's
a personable guy that everybody
would like and should be proud
to have as a candidate for gover-
nor. I think even his opponents
would admit that,—and that he’s
a red blooded Pennsylvanian!
Dallas A.C. Upsets Noxen
In Bi-County Opener
East Dallas ran over Osterhout
11-4 behind the five-hit pitching
of Harry Martin and Warren Stan-
ton. East Dallas had only seven
hits, but combined these with the
11 walks given up by pitcher J.
Ross to sew up the ball game.
Stanton and Fred Stevens with two
hits and Harry Hughey with a
double, East Dallas’ only extra-
base hit, wefe the major part of
the attack. Tex Wilson and Martin
drew three “walls” each, with Wil-
son scoring on two. Seven of the
eleven runs were put on base by
walks or errors. Ken Howell had a
triple and Ross a double and a
single for Osterhout.
Falls came from behind 4-4 in
the middle innings to finally take
an 8-5 lead in the eighth and em-
erge with an 8-6 victory. Hay-
wald was the winning pitcher and
also was the batting star with the
longest hit of the game, a triple.
Shavertown connected for plenty of
hits, including three doubles, but
the defense was loose, committing
costly errors. Art Kitchen was the
starting pitcher while Russ Hon
finished up. ;
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Library Auction
Starts Rolling
Sara Schmerer
Names Committees
Solicitation committee for used
goods for the Library Auction in
July met at the Library Monday
afternoon at the call of the chair-
man, Mrs. Joseph Schmerer, to map
out the campaign.
Flyers to acquaint residents of
the Back Mountain area with the
forthcoming campaign will be dis-
tributed in advance of actual solici-
tation for goods, eliminating return
trips for the members of the dis-
trict committees.
An effort is being made this year
to wrap the entire solicitation in
one package, approaching residents
once and once only, but with a
variety of subdivisions in mind.
People who have used furniture
may also sign up for contributing a
cake to the Bake-Booth and a
pound of candy to the candy table.
Flyers are being printed and will
be ready for distribution next week.
Heads of solicitation include in
addition to the general chairman
Mrs. Schmerer: Mrs. Fred Howell,
Mrs. A. D. Hutchison and Mrs.
Howard Risley, co-chairmen of an-
tiques; Mrs. Ralph Dixon, candy
counter; Mrs, James D. Hutchison,
Mrs. Joseph B. Schooley, plants
and produce; Mrs. Edgar Brace,
Bake-Booth.
Mrs. Lewis LeGrand, head of a
table displaying small household
appliances, and Mrs. H. W. Peter-
son and Mrs. Raymon Hedden, co-
chairmen of odds-and-ends table,
all three on the general committee,
do not appear in the roster of so-
licitation chairmen, They are de-
pendant for their stock on articles
weeded from other classifications.
Parish Ponders
Building School
Gate of Heaven
Will Decide Shortly
Gate of Heaven Parish is unde-
cided whether to build an eight
room grade school with auditorium
where church services can be held
temporarily or to construct a new
church on its property on” Ma-
chell Avenue, Rev. J. J.” O'Leary,
pastor of St. Therese’s Church,
said this week.
While plans have not yet crystal-
lized, Father O'Leary said he was
confident that construction on a
new church or school will get un-
der way before fall.
The Gate of Heaven Parish will
serve about 200 Catholic families in
this area and proposals for con-
struction have been considered for
some time,
If and when building is started it
will be the second church con-
structed in this area under Father
O’Leary’s supervision, St. Therese’s
being the first. Father O'Leary also
supervised the completion of Our
Lady of Victory Chapel at Har-
vey’s Lake.
KIDS! CHOOSE A NAME
FOR DALLAS TEAM AND
WIN A FIELDER’S MITT
The Dallas AC has opened
its contest to select a nickname
for the team. Entry blanks ap-
peared in last week’s Post
and others will be distributed
to the schools the early part of
next week. The prize for the
winning entry is a dandy Wil-
son Professional Ball Hawk
Fielder’s Glove.
The rules are simple. The
contest being open to all local
boys ages six to sixteen. No
boxtops, tin can labels, or flour.
sacks are needed. Just fill
out an official entry blank with
a nickname and in 25 words
or less state the reason for
your choice. All entries should
be mailed to the Sports Editor,
Dallas Post.
Nt
ade
Key figure in this exciting situ-
ation is Governor James H. Duff,
candidate for nomination for U.S.
Senator. He is the man whom the
votes next Tuesday will make or
break. He will emerge as the big-
gest political “boss” since the Civ-
il War—or as just another de-
feated candidate.
Governor Duff learned his poli-
tics in Pittsburgh, and it is notor-
ious that politics is: a rough game
in the Smoky City. The bitter fac-
tional wars there, and the rule or
ruin approach, have “made” many
powerful individuals, but have
wrecked Republican solidarity there
almost beyond redemption.
For his four years as Chief Ex-
ecutive, Governor Duff has been
preparing for the present tug of
war. He has done what no other
Pennsylvania Governor ever at-
tempted—made full use of all the
prestige and power of the Gover-
norship to try to take personal
command of the statewide Repub-
lican organization.
If he is successful, and if the
voters at large indorse these meth-
November, he will become the first
one-man political commander the
state has ever known—even more
powerful over Pennsylvania than,
for example, “Boss” Crump in Ten-
nessee, or Pendergast in Missouri,
or Hague in North Jersey.
“The Party is me”
Governor Duff has set out in
this primary to “purge” and des-
troy all independent or opposing
elements in the party. If these are
crushed next Tuesday, the Gover-
nor will be able to imitate the
words of the famous French king:
“The Republican Party—it’s me!”
The Governor’s rival in this pri-
mary is Congressman John C. Kun-
kel, of Harrisburg, who plunged
into the campaign for U.S. Senator
“on his own”, but has rallied be-
hind him large segments of the
Republican Party. From his original
“under dog” position, the Con-
gressman has gained ground stead-
ily until political observers feel it
is nip and tuck whether he has not
already passed the Governor.
Congressman Kunkel has vigor-
ously denounced the political
schemes of Governor Duff. The Duff
program is simple in design, bold
in execution. He has brought the
political power of the state payroll
into partnership with a number of
county political organizatibns—Mec-
Clure’s in Delaware County, and
Fine’s in Luzerne, for example,
and those in Schuylkill, and part
of Philadelphia.
. Success of such a partnership,
the Congressman has pointed out,
would have the result of throw-
ing the state government into the
hands of the worst elements to be
{ found in Pennsylvania politics.
Mr. Kunkel has been especially
critical of Duff’s runningmate for
the Governorship, Judge John 8.
Fine. Governor Duff personally se-
lected Fine, and jamed his indorse-
ment through a closely controlled
meeting of county chairmen at Her-
shey, in which most of those pre-
sent were on the state payroll.
Judge Fine has long been a po-
litical hot potato because he has
openly combined his activities as
with service as a judge.
: Judge Fine’s opponent for nom-
ination for Governor is Jay Cooke,
war hero, former Republican lead-
er of Philadelphia, whose home is
in Montgomery County. Mr. Cooke
has been warmly supported by all
of the anti-Duff factions of the Re-
publican Party, as well as by a con-
siderable body of those who wanted
to go along with Duff, but who
drew the line at supporting Judge
Fine.
Governor Duff has attempted to
beat back this walk-out by those
whose support he had been count-
ing on, by his frequent and violent
demand that all those who voted
for him also support Judge Fine.
There is evidence that this attempt
to dictate the Governorship has
backfired badly against Governor
Duff.
Through most of the campaign,
Cooke and Kunkel ran their cam-
paigns independently, although
they were fighting a common foe.
A widespread desire to confront
the Duff-Fine ticket with a ticket
representing the other elements in
the Republican Party resulted in
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a eo ree
ods in the General Election next’
political boss over Luzerne County