Editorially Speaking: Have A Home To Come Back To! Are you going away for a You'll have a better chance if you make a “fire checkup” vacation or a long weekend? to have a home to return to before you leave. The National Board of Fire Underwriters has made some simple suggestions which should be followed to the letter before you take off. Here they are: The DaLLas Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Vol. 60, No. 40 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1950 BOX SCORE Back Mountain Highway Deaths and Serious Accidents Since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed DALLAS J pr Jails DALLAS TOWNSHIP | C1 “LEHMAN a1 | 1 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP 38 5 "JACKSON TOWNSHIP 2] “MONROE TOWNSHIP ¥ 3 1 "ROSS. TOWNSHIP 2 “IAKE TOWNSHIP. yo) _FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP | | 3 " TOTAL 65 TC 6 CENTS PER COPY zl ! Inspect every room for cigarette butts, and empty ash- trays and wastebaskets. Turn off all electric appliances—radios, fans, lamps, and so on—and all gas jets. If you're going to be away for a month or more, pull out all flexible cords from the electric outlets in the walls. Inspect closets and basement for accumulations of com- bustible rubbish and clean it out. Remove all water-filled jars and bowls from near win- dows—sunlight shining through such vessels has caused fires. Have a neighbor inspect your home about once a week, just to be sure everything is all right. Probably he'll be able to spot any trouble before it gets serious. These are all little things—but it’s the little things that can save a home and a life when it comes to fire. Have a fine vacation—and make sure you're home will be there when you come back! FROM. PILLAR TO POST By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. In the children’s ward of the Johns Hopkins Hospital some years ago there was a steady customer who was admitted and readmitted for skin grafting. He didn’t have any ears, because they had been burned down to stubs, and his face was pulled sidewise in a fixed grimace from scar tissue. tried to make a face for him that® would pass in a crowd, something not too suggestive of Boris Kar- loff. Gene had found a box of matches when he was about three years old, just the age when run- abouts are getting into everything. | His mother had slipped out to the grocery store, leaving Gene play- ing with his blocks in the kitchen, and locking the door behind her. A neighbor had called to her as she reached her steps, and she had paused with the key in her hand. In the small seconds while she was fumbling with the lock and gossiping hurriedly with Mrs. Flannagan, the damage was done. Gene struck a match, a triumph of dexterity. He had tried to strike several, but this one worked. He held it up, enthralled with the tiny flame, rose to his feet, and waved -it at his mother through the glass door. Horrorstruck, Mrs. O'Brien called to him to drop matohy Gene obeyed, + and. cotton rompers ‘went up ‘in fla He started to run. Mrs. O'Brien dropped the Kot in her nervous haste. By the time she had made her paralyzed fingers unlock the door, the cur- tains were on fire, the kitchen a mass of flames. Mrs. O’Brien beat out the flames from the rompers with blistering hands as she carried the shrieking child from the doomed house. The ambulance took both of them to the hos- | pital, and the firemen prevented | the houses next door from catch- ing fire. It was all’ completely needless. The matches should not have been left where a ‘three-year-old could find them. The door should never have been locked on a helpless child. Pick up almost any newspaper and read about children burning to death. It makes gruesome reading, but a good many folks seem to need to be hit over the head before they can shake them- selves loose from: careless; habits. Children are so completely help- less. Adults who smoke in bed have themselves to thank if they wake up in eternity. - But children deserve everything we can give them in the way of safety. They have no background of experience. The world is new ‘and exciting. They must be guarded. With the grisly tollo.of disaster due to home fires fresh in mind, pointed up by ‘National Fire Pre- vention Week, it is a wise thing to list up assets: and liabilities. Fire is no respecter of persons, but |: it can be prevented by sensible precautions. Almost all fires start in a very small area. The. small area may be a sackful of oily rags shut away in a closet to get them out of sight, or it may be the four square feet surrounding a child who has found himself a fascimating toy in the shape of a box of parlor matches. Mrs. Czuleger Dies At Redondo Beach Mrs. Helena Czuleger, longtime resident of Dallas, and removed within the past year to Redondo Beach, California, died on Wednes- day at her home. She had been reported earlier in the week as being critically ill, with last rites administered in expectation of death. Surviving are two sons, Charles and William, Redondo Beach; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Feeley, Forty Fort; Mrs. Joseph Collis, Kingston; and Miss Helen Czuleger, Redondo Beach. Requiem Mass will be sung Sat- urday morning in St. Jame’s Church, and interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Los Angeles. There really wasn’t much to work with, but the surgeons Mrs. Booth Back From Turkey Climbs Pyramid; Pats Sphynx Back from a four-month trip to Turkey to visit her son, Nelson and his family, Mrs. C. M. Booth is in Dallas for a short time. Mrs. Booth found a contrast be- tween the Norwegian Line boat, the Fernfiord, on which she travel- ed East, and the Turkish boat, Tarsus, on which she made her re- turn trip. - Norwegian food and Turkish food are as far apart as the poles. The trip to Turkey by freighter took 37 days, with a five-day stop in Genoa, and a visit to Egypt. Mrs. x lilac found herself going up the de of “a pyramid, with the as- flame. | cending passage growing: smaller and smaller. She says she did not attempt the outside, but she did pat the Sphynx. Landing in Istanbul, she was met by her son and his family, who escorted her by train to Ankara, 500 miles distant. Ankara, she says, is really two cities, the one on the lower level completly modern, the walled city on the heights above antedating the time | of Christ. | The trip back on the Tarsus took 22 days, including stops at { Malta, Marseilles, and the Azores. Water was taken aboard at the Azores to relieve a shortage on the boat. Mrs. Booth’s son is with the Turkish Government as Airport Ex- pert on a five-year tour of duty, with . two years still to go. This was her second trip to Ankara. Fowler Birds Capture Show ° John Fowler, Justice of the Peace of Orange, was awarded Grand Champion of the Show at Bloomsburg Fair last week with his Red Plye cock. Mr. Fowler exhibited fifteen birds and won eight firsts, four seconds, two thirds and one fourth. Mrs. Fowler also exhibited a beautiful crocheted table cover and was awarded first prize. Mr. and Mrs. Flower spent three days at the fair. They celebrated their thirty-ninth wedding anni- versary on September 28. Kingston Township Has Two New Ttechers New teachers in Kingston Town- ship are Ann M. Stapleton and Charles: L. Peterson, both of Kings- ton Borough. ‘Miss Stapleton, a graduate of Marymount College, New York, with graduate work at East Stroudsburg will teach third grade in Shavertown. Peterson, a grad- uate of East Teachers’ College, and holder of | four varsity football letters, will fill the vacancy created when Rob- ert F. Becker was recalled to ser- vice in the air wing of the Navy. League Meeting Back Mountain Basketball League will hold its first meeting of the 12, 8:00 PM at the Dallas Post. All interested teams must have representatives present as impir- ‘tant matters will be. brought up for discussion. Stroudsburg State | season Thursday evening, October | ‘Booster Day Big Success Will Have Spot On Dallas Calendar Booster Day Parade Saturday had one more band in line than plan- ned. Avoca High School scheduled to play football on Dallas Town- ship Field, sent its band to the game, and the band swung into line along with Kingston Town- ship, Dallas Township, Lehman, Lake, and Dallas Borough. Fire apparatus from Kingston and Luzerne, supplemented fire trucks sent by Back Mountain communi- ties. Kunkle’s and Noxen’s new outfits made their first public ap- pearance. Horsemen and State and local police led the procession, with Dyke Brown acting as marshal. Wyoming Valley Red Cross Blood- mobile, with Mrs. Fred Kiefer, new- ly appointed chairman of Back Mountain area, seated in the cab, was followed by. Alfred Bronson’s ambulance. = With sirens wailing the fire apparatus came back around the circuit of Mill and Main Streets, and the spectators got all the sound effect of an air- raid alarm without the anxiety. The baby-doll parade, engineered by the Senior Woman’s Club under chairmanship of Mrs. Gus Con- doras, was held on Dallas Town- ship School grounds immediately after the main parade. Nancyjane Dodson got first prize for the most original arrangement; Judy Robin- hold for the prettiest, with second prize going to Carol Mae Smith. Bake-Booth sold out, Mrs. David Joseph closing up shop by the end of the football game. Fishpond was well patronized, also the white elephant booth, Mrs. Dorethy Dod- son and Mrs. Floyd Chamberlain chairmen. Al Gibbs auctioned off four tons of coal, two from Back Mountain Lumber Company, two from Dyke Brown. Bill Guyette with his Trucksville Radio. Service sound. truck, kept spectators . informeds of coming events and attractions. Three hundred turkey dinners were served in the school dining room. Two roast turkeys were left over, and later sold. Mrs. Guy Dunham and committee were in charge of the dinner. Service, an- nounced as cafeteria style, was done by members of the committee. Four squares from Franklin Township who have been practicing for some time at the Trucksville Fire House, appeared at the eve- ning dance. Black Bow Ties, four boys from Dallas Township school led by Al Hudak furnished the music for both square and modern dancing. The caller was Al Der- hammer. Arrangements for dance were in charge of Mrs. Robert A. Williams, Junior Woman's Club. Mrs. Arthur Newman was chair. man of Booster Day. Norman Smith and Mrs. Newman, pleased with the response, state that Booster Day for the benefit of the Community Center Building, will become part of the annual Back Mountain calendar, scheduled for the second Saturday in September. Bid Farewell To Tokyo-Bound Son Mr. and Mrs. A. S. James, Trucksville Gardens, have returned from a trip to Murfreesboro, Tenn- essee, to visit their son, Lt. Alfred James and his family, prior to Lt. James’ departure for Toyko on September 24. Lt. James, recently graduated from air installation school, will be engaged in his | specialty in Japan. His family, | unable to accompany ‘him because of recent army orders, will remain in this country. Program Planned For Fire Prevention Week Next week being National Fire Prevention Week, Harry Ohlman, president, and Henry Peterson, trustee, of Dr. Henry:M. Laing Fire Company, will speak on Fire Prevention before the assemblies jat Dallas Borough, Dallas Town- i ship and Lehman Schools. Motion pictures, “Crime of Care- lessness and The Torch” will be | shown through the courtesy of Wyoming Valley Insurance Ex- change and the Anthracite Field Club, at Himmler Theatre and Dal- las Outdoor Theatre. During the week Laing Fire Company, under the direction of James Besecker, chief, will inspect local schools for fire hazards. Durbin Bake Sale Durbin Sunday School class will hold a bake sale at Dixor’s Market Saturday starting at 10.. Wounded In Korea PFC. ROBERT KEMMERER Suffering from a critical head injury, Pfc. Robert Kemmerer, 19, son of Mr. ‘and Mrs. Robert Kem- merer, Trucksville, has been placed on the serious list among Korean casualties. Kemmerer went to Japan two months ago with the First Marine Division. He has been with the Marines for two years. A letter received by his parents, dated September 18, stated that he was on a troop ship heading for Korea and expected soon to be in com- bat. Robert attended Dallas Town- ship Grade School, Wyoming Mem- orial High School, graduated from Kingston Township, where he played on the varsity football team. Juniors Adopt Year's Program Includes Schools, First Rid, Scouts After seeing a Red Cross Film, and one put out: by The March of Time on ‘Better Schools, Dallas Junior Woman's Club voted to go along on ‘both a Red Cross course in First Aid, and the movement of the Citizens Committee aiming at better schools. The October meeting, held at Donahue’s Restaurant, Tuesday evening, covered a variety of bus- iness. Members were in favor of sending six of their number to the next meeting of the school committee, to. be held at Kunkle Community = Hall’ =Tuesday night. Women of the club will support work of the Senior Scouts, as set forth by Miss Deborah Morris, Field Director from headquarters, and appointed Mrs. Howard Jack- son and Mrs. Robert Fleming to the Troop Committee. Ten dollars was voted to Town and Country Y. M. 0.-A, The - First-Aid class will meet every two weeks, time and place to be announced later by the pres- ident, Mrs. Alva Eggleston. Present were: Mesdames Wilson Garinger, Harry Evans, Robert An- derson, Samuel Margellina, Sher- man Harter, Harry Gallagher, James A. Oliver, Fay Hopkins, Percy Love, William Hanna, E, W. Guyette, Robert Lewis, Harold Brobst, Clyde Brace, Wendell Jones, John Richards, Jr., Allen Montross, Robert A. Williams, Charles Mahler, Roger Owens, John Theis, Robert Brown, Harold Els- ton, Robert Garris, Robert Moore, Fred Balester, Howard Jackson, John Szela, Russell Parsons, Fred Stevens, Alva Eggleston, Robert Fleming, and Miss Claire Grose. Attend Wilkes School Conference Supervising principal, James A. Martin, principal W. Frank Trimble and Miss Pearl Averett, Kingston Township schools, attended a con- ference on secondary education at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Dr. Frederick L. Pond, Consultant, State Department of Education, had charge of the pro- gram. W. Frank Trimble will attend the annual conference of Second- ary School Principals in Harris- burg, October 30. Lake Trap Shooting Harveys Lake Sportsmen’s Camp 274, United Sportsmen of Pennsyl- vania will have trap shooting every Sunday with the new trap starting at 1:30, October 7 and ending with a turkey shoot on October 29. The public is invited. There will be a special meeting on October 23 at the camp rooms followed by a turkey shoot on November 19. Joseph MacVeigh Heads Drive Little Theatre Plans To Give Five Plays With Joseph H. MacVeigh, Dal- las, as chairman, the Back Moun- tain area is taking an enthusiastic part in the twenty-eighth annual membership drive of the Little Theatre of Wyoming Valley. He has as his co-workers from this area Eleanor Smith, co-chairman, Ralph Smith, treasurer, and Harry Swepston, Harris Haycox, Bernard C. Banks, J. B. Carr, Mrs. W. H. Conyngham, Senator T. Newell Wood, John W. Roddy, Wallace Wakefield, Harrison Smith, Rulli- son Evans, and Ray Hedden, vice chairmen. In pointing out the two func- tions of the Little Theatre, to give good entertainment and to supply talent and technical know-how to civic school or charitable groups who stage their own shows, Mr. Mac Veigh said, “It has a fine record on both scores. The twenty eighth year of the Little Theatre's existence finds it an institution that our entire valley can be proud of”. Three Broadway smash hits will be produced this season. Born Yes- terday, a comedy, Command De- cision, a drama, and The Silver Whistle, a comedy-drama. Also a play and Romberg’s musical, New Moon. Under the direction of Michael Toma of New York City, the 1950-'51 season promises to be a memorable one. Membership in the Little Theatre comes under three groups. Sus- taining, patron and general. Sus- taining membership, $50.00, en- titles the member to four choice, reserved seats. The tickets are mailed out to members ten days before each performance. Patron, $20.00, entitles the member to two reserved seats. General member- ship, $6.50, to one seat each per- formance. Fall Festival For Firemen Jackson Volunteers Ask For Donations Harold Bertram, chairman of solicitation for Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department Fall Festival, says: Your, Volunteer Fire Department is "having ‘its annual Fall Festival, Saturday, = October 21, at the Trucksville Fire Hall. The Fall Festival will consist of an auction of farm produce and miscellaneous items, plus our turkey supper (last year we served over 600). We need contributions of pota- toes, apples, - caulifiower, cabbage, honey, eggs, chickens, butter, can- ned fruit, canned vegetables, can- ned cream. We can use or sell anything "you will donate. Deliver all donations to Harold Bertram’s Farm not later than 12 o'clock Saturday, October 2nd. If your donation is potatoes or apples we would like to have it Thurs- day or Friday so we may repack it in smaller baskets etc. If you have no way of bringing the merchandise to Bertram’s, call 485-R-11 or 315-R-14 and we will call for your contribution. The merchandise you donate will be attractively displayed and sold at auction. Proceeds will go in the building fund for a community building. 23 Models Show Styles Tonight Senior Club Presents Frills And Fashions A black wool jersey skirt with double-breasted beige suede jacket modeled by Millie Devens; a dusty rose two piece dress trimmed with black velvet by Mrs. Ralph Dixon; and a two-piece velvet suit with new stand-up collar by Mrs. Shel- don Evans will be three of the styles shown at the ~ Senior Woman's Club Fashion Show to- night at Dallas Township school. Twenty-five models from Back Mountain, Wilkes-Barre and Hazle- ton will show dresses and suits from stock of Mrs. Jessie Gruver, Country Dress Shop. Mrs. Charles Whitesell will be the commentator. A number of sport and after- noon dresses will feature the new bat sleeves. The wedding gown to be shown was designed by Mrs. Gruver. An added attraction will be the cast of the Tom Thumb wedding as presented by King’s Daughters, Shavertown Methodist Church. : Mrs. Jack Barnes and Mrs Don Harris are co-chairmen, 100 Donors Needed For Dallas Day Red Cross Unit To Accommodate Local Residents Back Mountain. Blood Donor Day is set for November 2 at Dallas Borough School, according to Mrs. Fred Kiefer, newly appointed head for the local area.. The Bldodmobile which services outlying districts will make its first stop in Dallas, and if results warrant, return again in two months. To make it worth while for the Red Cross Bloods- mobile to make a special trip, 100 donors are necessary, 144 can be handled between 2 and 8 P.M. Many Back Mountain residents have said that they would gladly give blood if it did not take so much time to visit the Blood Donor Center on South Franklin street. In response to this the Blood- mobile is being sent to Dallas, making it convenient and speedy to part with a pint. At a preliminary meeting held Monday night at the home of Mrs. Fred Kiefer, Shrineview, the fol- lowing Back Mountain residents were appointed as chairmen: Rev. Robert Yost, all Methodist churches; Mrs. C. F. Goeringer, Centermore- land and Orange; Fred Dodson, Kunkle Fire Department; Jack Nothoff, Lady of Victory Church; Ken Oliver, Back Mountain Busi- nessmen; Irene Haycox, Girl Scout leaders; Mrs. Stephen Hellersperk, West Dallas; Mrs. Robert Breslin, Altar and Rosary Society, St. Ther- ese’'s; Mrs. L. E. Jordan, Catholic D. of A.; Norman Smith, Jackson Township; Mrs. Florence Banks, societies of Our Lady of Victory Church; Mrs. E. J. Bower, Noxen; Mrs, Dana Crump, Canteen; L. L. Richardson, Dallas; Mrs, Thomas Robinson, Kennel Club; Howard Risley, Dallas Post, Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Book ‘' Club; Mrs. Jean Kuehn, Eastern Star; Mrs. Harriet Thompson, Natona Mills; Mrs, Bar- bara Oliver, Irem Golf Association; Mrs. Lettie Culver, Senior Woman's Club; Mrs. Edwin Heller, Jr. Junior Woman's Club; Charles W. Lee, Dallas Rotary; Mrs. Charles Lee, Women of Ro- tary; Calvin McHose, Harveys Lake Lions; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ander- son, Kiwanis and Women of Ki- wanis; Charles James and Ray- mond Kuhnert; Back Mountain Schools; Primo Berrettini, Ameri- can Legion; Mrs. Paul Shaver, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars Auxiliaries; David Schooley, Trucksville Fire Company; Harry Ohlman, Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company; John Sheehan, George M. Dallas Lodge; I. O. O. F. Dr. Robert Body- comb; Clarence Woodruff, Prince of Peace Church; Mrs. Ben Ed- wards, Auxiliary, Prince of Peace; Mrs. Frank McGarry and Mrs. George Keller, Women’s Societies of St. Therese’s; Mrs. Joe Wallo, Dallas Fire Company Auxiliary and Parrish Heights; Fred Swanson, Daniel C. Roberts Fire Company; Mrs. Fred Swanson, Harveys Lake Woman's Service Club; Mrs, Arthur Newman, Fire Company Auxiliary. { Korean Wounded Include Updyke Kunkle Boy Has Back Injuries Kiler Updyke, 21; son of Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Updyke, Kunkle, will be in the Medical Evacuation Hos- pital in Korea for three months before being sent home for further treatment. A letter received by his parents and dated September 23, reported that he had been blown out of the foxhole where he had been calling mortar shots for his outfit, 24th Division, by a shell which had fallen short of its mark. He has serious injuries to his back. Kiler had been injured slightly about a month ago, and returned to his post. This time, according to the letter, the war is over for him, Kiler has been in the service for five years, three of them spent in Japan .and Formosa. He was called back to active duty late this summer, his home leave cut short by several days, he was flown from San Francisco to Japan and Korea, and was at the front eleven days after leaving the country. Rug Works Moved Here After fifty-six years of operation in Wilkes-Barre, Old Colonial Rug Works was this week moved to Trucksville by Wiliam Robbins, Jr., present owner. Township Board Asks For Joint School Survey Kuehnert and James To Make Study And Report To Boards Dallas Township School Board at its meeting Tuesday night voted unanimously to have Supervising Principal Raymond E. Kuehnert meet with Charles A. James, super- vising principal of Dallas Borough Schools to make a plan for the consideration of the Board as to the feasibility of a joint arrange- ment between the two districts. Attending the meeting were Paul Mulcey, Francis Ambrose, David Williams, Joseph Maza and Dr. L. E. Jordan of the Back Mountain Citizens Committee for the Public Schools. Mr. Ambrose and Mr. Maza, act- ing -as spokesmen, presented a study of class enrollment and teacher loads in the districts, and pointed out how many of prob- lems of overcrowding, difficult teacher schedules, and better in- struction might be solved by the two districts working together. It. was the committee’s opinion that no new building is necessary if both districts take advantage of the facilities available to them. The Committee said that Dallas Borough School District at its last meeting had gone on record as favoring such co-operation and had sent a letter to that effect to the Dallas Township Board through the medium of the Citizens Com- mittee. There was a lengthy discussion of the Committee's findings and proposals, but on motion, the Township Board voted unanimously to have the supervising principals draw up a plan of jointure for the Board's consideration. This met with the approval of all present including two citizens from the Fernbrook section who have been concerned for months by overcrowded conditions in the township schools. They were Frank Heidere and J. C. Hartman. When a Township Director asked Mr. Heidere what he ‘thought of the Board's resolution, he replied promptly, “You did a fine thing tonight.” Mr. Hartman said crowded conditions in the Town- ship schools are a well known fact and should be corrected as soon as possible. Later the Board voted to correct the crowded conditions in the Fifth and Sixth Grades by immedi- ately making the present music room available for a regular class. The Fifth and Sixth grades will thus each have two rooms and two full time teachers instead of one class made up of a combina- tion of Fifth and Sixth Grade pupils, The Board also elected Ann Marie Feeney, a graduate of Col- liege Misericordia, as head of the Home Economics Department, School Committee To Meet At Kunkle Back Mountain Citizen's Com- mittee meets at the Kunkle Com- munity Hall on Tuesday night. Films pertaining to Better Schools will be shown and reports of Com- mittess will be given. The various committee members of the Back Mountain Citizen’s Committee have done an outstand- ing job and much progress toward the ultimate goal of Better Schools for our children has been made. Within the past month, all of the service clubs, including Rotary Clubs, Kiwanis, Lion's, Women’s Clubs, PTA Orgafizations and Church Organizations have had films and speakers on the subject of Better Schools presented at their monthly meetings. Committees will continue to visit the various clubs and organizations and acquaint the personnel with this work. A cordial invitation is extended to all civic-minded citizens who desire better education facilities for their children to attend the meeting at Kunkle at 8 o'clock sharp. Womanless Wedding Lady Toby Rebekah Lodge, No. 514 I. 0. O. F. of Trucksville will present the Womanless Wedding and Fashion Show at Kingston. Township High School on Octo- ber 20. TV Reception Is Good Fred Brokenshire of Harveys Lake Hotel reminds us that tele- vision reception at Harveys Lake is excellent, programs coming in well on all channels. : Sound 4 je SER i,
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