Editorially Speaki £ . no matter how deeply she herself "It's Your Inflation” Life magazine recently published one of the best edi- torials on inflation which has the Administration’s ‘cheap yet appeared. It dealt with money’ policy which has made higher prices and depreciated currency inevitable. At the end it said, “The va st maze of Federal lending agencies which together make the U. S. Government the biggest source of ‘private’ credit are going right ahead with loan policies which also stimulate Spokesmen for such respected further shave your dollar. ~ 3 BOX SCORE ; Back Mountain Highway Deaths and ’ . : Serious Accidents Since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed : DALLAS was | 13 DALLAS TOWNSHIP 5 3 LEHMAN 1 1 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP 42 5 ] ~_ JACKSON TOWNSHIP 2 __ MONROE TOWNGHIP 3 1 ROSS TOWNSHIP 2 MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION “LAKE TOWNSHIP 12 FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP 2 Vol. 61, No. 10 FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1951 6 CENTS PER COPY Tor poll inflation and groups as the Twentieth Century Fund and the Commit- tee for Economic Development cry at the tops of their voices that insanities of this sort may draw the country into an extereme inflation that could be avoided. All the Charles Wilsons, Eric Johnstons and Michael DiSalles in Washington cannot prevent price, wage and commodity or cure this inflation with controls if the root fiscal causes of inflation are not only unchecked but actually encouraged... . “It’s your money. It’s your inflation. Better speak up, while three cents still pays the postage on a letter to Washington.” Largely due to high-level political blandishments, mil- lions of people have placed a wholly unjustified faith in the power of arbitrary controls to stop price rises, and even to roll prices back to the levels of the first of the year, or pre-Korea or some other arbitrary date. At the same time, millions of people have been led to place the blame for inflation on doorsteps which are wholly or largely innocent. We blame the producer—forgetting that his dollar has cheapened just as ours has, and that his costs are swollen. We even blame the retailer with whom we do our day-to-day trading—despite the obvious fact that he must pay the going wholesale rate for his goods, and that his prices to us are simply based on current costs. In other words, the emp causes of inflation, but on hasis has not been on the the symptoms of inflation which are high prices and a fifty-cent dollar. The govern- ment has steadily evaded taking the only actions which can block inflation, and it has gone steadily ahead with ‘policies in the field of money and credit which are in- flationary. That is an economic crime against a misled people. FROM. PILLAR TO POST By Mgrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Hardly a week passes that somebody does not phone the Post in a great state of nerves. Mrs. Whozit dog you ever saw, black and white, perfectly housebroken, a treasure if are insane with grief. The phone rings again five min- utes later, and Mrs. -Whatsit is on the line. It develops that a wretched little dog, black and white, or black and tan, or cafe au lait, is haunting her premises. He's a nasty little thing, probably somebody’s pet, as he is wearing a collar, but who would ever har- bor a dog like that is beyond im- agination. The children are going insane with fear, as the little stranger is _nlayful and nips. at their ankles. And please run an ad. : : The phone rings again, this time about a cat. We just can’t bear to DISPOSE of it, mourns the voice, but we just can’t have a stray cat around. And my dear, in a hushed whisper, it is going to have KITTENS. We make a mental reservation that cats sel- dom have pups, and make sooth- ing sounds. The voice, now with a tinge of acerbity in it, says that surely SOMEBODY, jettisoned that cat at her doorstep, knowing it was in a delicate condition, and the Humane Society is the only answer. Nobody knows what a nuisance a cat with kittens can be. We make more soothing sounds, and Mrs. Nobody Noze is per- suaded to harbor the prospective mother until the end of the week. Surely there is somebody in the Back Mountain who has been look- ing for a barn cat. We remember that stray cats, with their time upon them, usually fasten on the middle of the guest room bed as the one and only spot for the accouchment, and trust that Mrs. Noze will provide a padded box in the garage as a counter attraction. With five minutes to spare, we call Mrs. Whozit and relay the news that her vanished pet is with Mrs. Whatsit, and that Mrs. What- sit will be delighted to give him up to his proper owner without thought of reward. Mrs. Whozit suggests that Mrs. Whatsit really should have compensation for part- ing with such a sterling pet, once the pet has wriggled its way into her affections. With a thought of Mrs. Whatsit’s description of the pet, we assure Mrs. Whozit that Mrs. Whatsit wouldn’t dream of depriving a rightful owner of a nice little dog, might be enamored of it. We call Mrs. Whatsit and tell her the owner will be right over for the dog, to which Mrs. Whatsit responds that it is about time, the dratted dog has chewed up her bedroom slipper, the one with the maribou pompon. We shred two classified ads and drop them in the wastebasket. We chew a pencil, trying to figure out winged words which will sell a barn owner a bill of goods on a litter of prospective ratters. The phone rings again. “Say, have you had an inquiry for a lost dog? There's a spotted hound been sleeping on our back porch for the past week. He eats as much as a full grown man, and we just can’t keep him. Can you run an ad?” We sigh and reach for the yel- low pad. : beauty spot that has lost her dog, the cutest little or black and tan, or cafe au lait, there ever was one. The children And please run an ad. Easter Parade Not Planned May Have Spring Parade Later March 25 is too early for an Easter Parade, =~ Dallas Business- men’s Association decided after discussing the matter with horse fanciers, Horses will not be ready to put up a good appearance so early in the spring, owners re- port. ! There is a good chance, however, says Al Bowman, president of the Businessmen, that a Spring Parade may be staged when weather can be expected to be favorable and horses in the pink. Such a parade, he thinks, should start from Trucksville, allowing many more spectators. to enjoy the show. Jackie Yaple Wins Magazine Contest Thirteen-year-old Jackie Yaple won the recent two week’s maga- zine contest put on at Dallas Town- ship School, grades seven to twelve, by selling more than twice as many subscriptions as his nearest competitor. He sold $94.80 worth and Rosann Patton, his runner-up, $44 worth. Last year Roseann won the con- test with $135 worth, while Jack trailed with $125. Proceeding in a business-like way, Jackie checked his last year’s list for one-year subscribers and got the renewals this year. He found the Saturday Evening Post at $6 a year easiest to sell. Little League Asks For Shavertown Field Little Baseball League, Al Gibbs spokesman, brought before the Joint Board of Dallas Borough and Kingston Township schools Mon- day evening, a suggestion that the league designate Shavertown grade school playground as the official diamond, improving it to make a would reflect credit upon Shavertown as well as the league. Such improvement would be carried out with league funds, and all Little League base- ball games would be played on it, within easy access of all Back Mountain areas for both players and fans. The proposal was referred to a committee. Mount Vale Council Meets Tonight, IOOF Mount Vale Council 224, D. of A. will meet tonight at the IOOF Hall at 7:30. Books distributed by Mrs. Alice Fiske should be returned to her tonight. Officers are requested to wear white. Those taking part in the district rally are asked to report for practice. Dallas Township High School Band, under the direction of Al- fred Milliner-Camp, will present its annual concert Friday night, March 16 at 8 in the high school audi- torium. First row, left to right: Thomas Evans, Betsy Bunney, Karl Land- messar, Robert Rice, Mary Sholtis, Regina Klein, Virginia Brungess, twirler; Alfred Milner-Camp Direc- tor; Theresa Chukinas, twirler; New Housing Construction To Start With Good Weather Next week Banks Company’ equipment for digging sewers and constructing roads will move into the Luzerne Housing Authority acreage near Trucksville Gardens, and as soon as weather permits, preliminary excavation will start, according to Dan Robin- hold, secretary for the project. The twenty-two acre tract will have two roads to service 25 hous- ing units, . There will be a c¢om- plete sewage disposal plant, and water will be furnished from drilled wells feeding a large storage tank. Each unit is a four block build- ing housing four families. Build- ings are planned to front on the streets, with entrances to each house readily accessible. No gar- ages are contemplated. Buildings will occupy lots of 150 foot frontage and similar depth. Weather conditions are making progress difficult at the Mountain Top project, almost identical with the Trucksville plan, but three buildings are roofed, and plumb- ing and wiring is now being in- stalled. © At Mountain Top, the Spring Brook Water Company will supply water. Sewage disposal plant will be practically identical |’ with Trucksville’s. To Meet March 16 Shavertown Branch, Nesbitt Hos- pital Auxiliary, originally sched- uled to meet Thursday, March 15, will meet instead on Friday, March 16, at the home of Mrs. Marian Courtright, Harris Hill Road, at 10 A.M. Members are asked to bring sandwiches. = SPORTSMEN WILL HELP IMPROVE GAME LANDS AT MOUNTAIN SPRINGS Game Protectors of the Northeast Division plan to ex tend the improvement work on Game Lands in the vicinity of Mountain Springs in Lu- zerne and Wyoming Counties this weekend. All officers of the division will aséémble at the Kitchen home at Mountain Springs on Saturday and will camp there overnight after spending that day at work on the lands. The following day they will be assisted by volunteer workers recruited from the ranks of the sportsmen of the surround- ing counties. Last year on the same area a similar project accounted for some twenty-five acres of forest opening. This work was later expanded by bulldozing, clearing and planting of food plots, with the result that the game carrying capacity of the area has been greatly in- creased. % This year’s project is plan- ned to extend the work to nearby .areas. Sportsmen who wish to par- ticipate may use the entrance to State Game Lands No. 57 at Ricketts Station on Route 487, or the one on Route 115 directly across from Steele's Restaurant. MEL Township Senior Band To Give Annual Concert Marion Parsons, Jean Mead, Wil- liam Hartman, Romayne Carey, Barbara Vavrek, Spencer Holm- gren. Second row: Lois Ward, Barbara Brace, Anne Woicekowski, Gladys Wilson, Marilyn Mosier, Mary Louise Lipp, Nelson Ash- burner, Bea Race, Nancy Carey, Dorothy Stash, Rowena Sedler, Sue Parsons, Peggy Anne Maza, Sally Lasher. Construction ®- On Concert Program ATTY. WILLIAM A. VALENTINE William A. Valentine, prominent attorney and pianist, will again ap- pear in the Fourth Annual Com- munity Concert of Back Mountain talent Friday night, April 13th, at Kingston Township High School auditorium. His talented interpre- tation of musical classics prompted a general request for his appear- ance for the fourth time. Atty. Valentine was an early student of the late Carl Schmidt and later received instruction on the organ and piano under Prof. J. Fowler-Richardson. He also re- ceived a special course in harmony at Princeton University. Those who have heard Atty Val- entine at the three previous con- | certs will enjoy hearing him this year. Last year he gave a vivid interpretation of the difficult “Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens, and the “Scherzo in B Flat Minor” by Chopin. Atty. Valentine has gained con- siderable prominence as a com- poser. A number of his composi- tions have been published. This year by request he will play one of his own compositions, ‘Valse Chromapique” in B Major, also “Berceuse’”’, by Chopin. Concert artists are all residents of the Back Mountain area. An effort is made to obtain the best local talent and at the same time have all of communities repre- sented. This year’s concert promises to surpass all others. The demand for tickets and the in- creasing number of patrons are evidence of the interest in this yearly musical event. Takes Two Week Course Daniel C. Rogers, Dallas R.D. 2, an employee of the Floor Covering Shop, 119 East Main street, Plym- outh, is spending two weeks in Lancaster where he is taking a course in linoleum installation at the Armstrong Cork Company's Laying School for Linoleum Mech- .anics. Julia Updyke, Rose Ann Patner, Gloria Davis, twirler; Emma Strit- zinger, twirler; Jack Yaple, Ralph Downend, Nancy Martin, Lee Lam- oreaux, Kenneth Sedler, Paul Bal- shaw, Mary Kozich. Fourth Row: Allan Mosier, Carl Gries, Donald Weidner, Leo Dun- ham, Jerry Elston, Louise Bryz- ski, majorette; Nelson Conden, Third row: Augustina Haradem, Red Cross Drive Well Under Way .~ Hope To Finish By Palm Sunday Mrs. Thomas Robinson and Mrs. H. W. Smith, co-chairmen for Back Mountain Red Cross Drive, state that solicitation has been under way for the past two weeks and that though no definite results can vet be announced, the drive is ap- parently successful and the goal of $2,600 within reach. The chairmen hope that the drive will be completed by Palm Sunday, to free the captains and workers for church activities dur- ing Holy Week. Scouts Plan Paper Drive Tomorrow Dallas Boy Scouts, Troop 281, will collect papers tomorrow. Scoutmaster Clarence Butler and assistant Leslie Barstow urge that residents cooperate. At the Monday evening meet- ing, plans were laid for a hike to Meeker on Saturday, March 17, and a Parents’ Night March 26, at which a Court of Honor will be featured, and a demonstration of scout skills. Twenty-seven boys were present, including a new member, John Sherinsky, formerly of Swoyerville, and three committeemen. Bill Snyder To Act As Banquet Emcee Bill Snyder, Dallas Township Class of 1940, formerly of Claude Street, will come from Berwick to act as Toastmaster for the 1951 Dallas Township Alumni Banquet. The annual dinner is scheduled for April 7, at the school. Property Valuations Show Increase | Patsy Pickett, Bertha Dickson, Shepherd Moore, Annjane Priscilla Larry Shupp, David Pellam, Delmar Shupp. Others who were absent when the picture was taken 'are: Naomi Veitch, twirler; Olin Race, Richard Layaou, Moore, Berlew, Betty Gramely, Joan Ri- aubia, Jessie Carey, Marilyn Welsh, Dale Wagner; Band managers are: Ernestine Martin and Yvonne Schlittler. Heart Campaign Totals $172.86 School Collections Run Neck and Neck Fred Eck, chairman of the Heart Campaign, reports a total of $150.86 from plastic hearts, aug- mented by individual contributions bringing the total for Dallas Bor- ough, ;Dallas Township and Leh- man areas up to $172.86. Dallas Township leads in ached collection with $21.15; Dallas Bor- ough next, $18.59; Lehman, $17.11. Business houses account for the remainder. Individual contributions in the main were given direct to the Wilkes-Barre office, as requested. Mr. Eck says it is impossible to state accurately at this point the figures of actual contribution in the Dallas area. Mr. Eck says Mrs. A. A. Mascali, deserves special mention because of distributing and collecting the hearts; Dolores Adamashick for ad- dressing the envelopes. Fire Damages Truck Recently Repaired Ralph Hallock’s Dodge truck, parked in front of the farm house on Z. Platt Bennett's place on the Huntsville-Idetown Road, brought out the Dallas fire department Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 when the engine caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the truck was damaged so that it had to be towed away. The truck has recently been put back in condition after being ram- med by a College Misericordia stu- dent with extensive damage to the front end and a repair bill of $135. Last week the County Board for the Assessment and Revision of taxes released the 1951 assessment figures which show increases in all the districts in the Back Mountain area over the corresponding figures last year. Particularly noticable is the increase in the Dallas area, both in valuation of property and persons taxable within the last three years. On account of the Natona controversary, Dallas Bor- ough and Township are grouped. DALLAS BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP 1951 Borough =... 80 Township i... Total: Ja. roi 1948 Borough 't i500. Township: i ac. >. Total: cud nies Increases sii... ~oiienie Sol KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Persons Valuation Taxable .. $ 895,077 1039 + 1,393,438 1627 .. $2,288,515 2666 .. $§ 664,061 890 .. 1,087,015 1485 +5 $1,751,075 2375 Saar 537,439 291 Sant 30.7 12.3 .. $1,787,806 2542 1,586,491 2485 8 201.315 5%:x 12.7 x=28 Make Plea For Kindergarten Further Survey To Be Conducted Petition for a kindergarten was brought before the joint board of Dallas Borough and Kingston Township Schools Monday evening by Mrs. Charles(’ Eberle, who has been chairman ofa survey to de- termine need and demand for such a class. President Harry Ohlman, who entertained the proposal, asked whether Mrs. Eberle and her com- mittee had in mind that transpor- tation for a possible kindergarten should be furnished by the school board or by the parents. Mrs. Eberle replied that parents had not been queried on this point, but only as to their interest in a kin- dergarten. James Martin, Supervising Prin- cipal, Kingston Township, taking the floor, said that kindergarten might be a possibility if mothers agreed to transport their children; that if additional transportation were furnished, it should be used for Trucksville Gardens and the Harter Dairy Districts, areas not now served by a school bus for authorized students. He stated that with the State reimbursing the district for only 60% of bus service, the burden of transporta- tion was already very heavy. Charles James and Mr. Martin concurr in stating that there is room for a kindergarten in the Borough school, and that such a project would possibly break even in expense if forty children at- tended, twenty in the morning, twenty in the afternoon, if bus service were not required. Both Borough and Township have conducted surveys in recent years, it was reported, but the matter has lapsed. Mr. Martin suggested that let- ters be sent home with each school child, asking mothers with children of Kindergarten age to register their children at an appointed date at the schools affected, or if more convenient at some other central location. This registration would, in Mr. Martin's oninion.. determine actual demand, reunding up many i more children than possible in the house to house canvass carried out by members of Mrs. Eberle’s com- mittee. YMCA Lays Plans For Career Day To Be Held April 5 Dallas High ‘School Charles James, Supervising Prin- cipal, Dallas Borough Schools, and E. L. Wyant, secretary Back Moun- tain Branch Town and Country YMCA, are planning a Career Day, the first ever held in the region, for April 5 at Dallas Borough High School. Cooperating are the Bor- ough Hi-Y, High School, Back Mountain Y and Dallas Kiwanis Club. Career Day is designed to give all high school students of the Borough an opportunity to .dis- cuss matters concerning their vo- cational future. The day will start with a Kick-Off speech by a prom- inent speaker, and small confer- ences tailored to individual de- mand will follow, with prominent professional and business men as leaders. In conclusion there will be an outstanding speaker on vo- cations. Back Mountain YMCA hopes to develop this program in each high school of the region. Lewis LeGrand, chairman, an- nounces signing a lease with Kings- ton Township School Board for the two-room annex in Shavertown to be used - as headquarters. This building may also serve as recrea- tional center. Recreational fdcili- ties are available, but chairs, benches, a typewriter, lumber (2x4 and 2x2 and wallboard) are need- ed, also window shades and drapes. People who would like to donate equipment may notify Mr. LeGrand or drop a card to secretary E, L. Wyant Back Mountain YMCA, Dal- las. First Television Show Wednesday Night at Al's Folks who dropped into Bow- man’s Restaurant for dinner last Wednesday evening got a bonus of a television show. Al says that reception is fine from the Bing- hamton station, and that Wednes- day night fight programs will be: a feature from now on. He plans some special features for children, early in the evening, when puppet shows are on the air.
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