CL. a FROM PILLAR TO POST By Mgrs. T. M. B. Hicks, JR. Dallas is a nice place. It isn’t too big, and it isn’t too small. When you are sick in Dallas, neighbors have a heart, and the brigade of ravens goes into action. You swim up out of the haze, and there is somebody extending a glass of iced orange juice. “Shall I put it on the stand for you to drink later?” inquires a cheer- ful voice. ; ‘No, now’, we manage to mumble, reaching for it with thirsty hands trembling from fever and downing it in one luxurious gulp. Eons later, for the light has shifted from east to west and the sun is now coming in at the sun- set window, we open our eyes again, and there is another glass of orange juice. We hear faint chinkings from downstairs, where a neighbor is putting something in- to the ice-box. The Big Boss comes in, surveys a face that resembles a ripe tomato with suitable sympathy, parks some pills on the dresser. Myra donates a glass of spring flowers to the cause and says she has left some pineapple in the icebox and a wedge of angel food on the side- lines. Myra has been laid up her- self, but has now joined the ravens. Mary Smith, from next door, recognizable now as herself and not as a blur, says she will handle the exhibit. Exhibit? Oh yes, we remember now . We were sup- posed to attach gay peasant skirts to a plastic clothesline with pastel plastic clothespins for the parting shot in the ten weeks course in sewing. It can’t be Thursday, but apparently it is. Mary goes off with the accumul- ation of garments for the clothes- line, saying she will drop in after the show is over. She will pin up the hem in Susan’s dress that somehow never got put in, having been put off until the last possible minute, as is our custom with hems. Mary says that an exhibit should have some things in it which are not finished. There seems to be some sort of a soothing fallacy here, but we are too bushed to analyze it. Three minutes later, there is Mary again, the exhibit over, the garments neatly folded and re- turned. She switches on the light and offers a bowl of chicken biath, hot and tasty, with a salted crachir as a chaser. She has overesti- mated our capacity, but the few spoonfuls taste marvelous. She asks if the cat has been fed, and if Timothy spends the night in or out. The next day there is more orange juice, with promise of a grapefruit to come. And how about marketing? Sure enough, Tom will be home tonight and the breadbox, in retrospect, seems bare as Mother Hubbard’s cupboard. Mary will pick up a loaf of bread. Ruth Currie comes tapping up the stairs, bearing a marvelous mold of' gelatine garnished * with fruit and whipped cream, mounted on a glazed green paper plate. She shows it to us, serves a modest portion on a plate, and put the rest in the ice-box. Jean Hutchison comes in to offer help Sufficiently alive by this time so that we know what is going on, we warn everybody to get out of here, but quick. This thing is catching, we croak. Jean says she is a believer in predestination, and she won’t catch it unless it is in the cards. Mary says she has been . exposed off and on all winter, but that the vitamins she takes are keeping her from catching any- thing. We still feel uneasy, and tell everybody that Tom will be home shortly and that it is time to dismiss the invalid from their minds. Tom, we feel, will have to take his chances. He has been loading up on little black iodine pills all winter and should be able to take exposure to a virus in his stride. It gets dark, and Tom comes in several hours later, falling over the foot of the bed in the dark. By this time we are sufficiently in voice to howl at him and tell him where he gets off, but he forgives us and suggests a couple of soft- boiled eggs, his inevitable reaction to illness. Feeling that there is nothing so homely as a soft-boiled egg, we decline with thanks, but say he may bring us a half grapefruit. The next morning we try to stand up and don’t make the grade, but by noon we can do it, by grasping a chair. By Monday, we can navi- gate, but feel decidedly limp. We still feel limp, if anybody should inquire. SHAVERTOWN FIREMEN PREFER TO SET THEIR OWN GRASS BLAZES Shavertown Fire Company, after answering three grass fire alarms last Saturday, wishes to make a proposition to Shavertown citizenry. “Let us know what lots need burning”, says Howard . Woolbert, Fire Chief, and Rob- ert Williams, president, and we will burn them for you at a designated time, with proper protection for valuable trees. Named May Queen Louise Brzyski has been elected Queen for the May Day exercises of Dallas Township Schools to be held May 9 on the school grounds. Miss Barbara Brace was elected maid of honor. Elected as attend- ants were: Seniors, Dorothy Ed- wards, Nancy Fahringer, Marion Parsons, Dorothy Prutzman; Junior Class, Joan Davis, Marilyn Rogers; Sophomores, Nancy Elston, Irene Schultz. These girls were elected by the students of the Senior High School by popular vote. Miss Verenette Butts, member of the faculty is general chairman. In case of bad weather the affair will be held on the following day. Harveys Lake Club Sponsors Chest X-Ray Mass Chest X-Ray will take place at Harveys Lake Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, under auspices of Harveys Lake Women's Service Club. The mobile unit from Wy- oming Valley Tuberculosis Society will be at Lake Township School from 1-4 P. M. all three days, and from 6-8 on Monday evening. It will visit Lehman-Jackson School Thursday and Friday, in the after- noon from 1-4, with two additional hours in the evening from 6-8 on Thursday. Anybody from twelve years up is eligible. The fee is fifty cents, which covers cost of the film and processing. All findings are pri- vate, divulged only to the patient or his doctor. Mrs. Barbara Shriner is chair- man of Chest X-Ray Committee for Harveys Lake. Transportation for those who can not come without it is available through Mrs. Thomas Garrity, H. L. 4271. Enters Navy Robert E. Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Blake of Goss Manor, reported to ‘Philadelphia Naval Training Station on Monday. He enlisted in the Navy some weeks ago, and does not yet know where he will be stationed. A graduate of East Lansdowne High School in the Class of 1949, he moved with his family into their new home in Goss Manor two weeks ago and has had only a few days to make friends here. Since graduation he has been an apprentice . carpenter, Hig father is superintendent of Craftsmen Engravers, Wilkes-Barre. Eddie had hoped to become a mem- ber of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company before entering service. Both he and his father were active volunteer firemen in East Lans- downe. Power Mower Sales An indication of changing econ- omic conditions is the sale of power lawn mowers. Lawrence Up- dyke, owner of Dallas Hardware and Supply, reports that for the ‘| first time since he has been in business, sales of power lawn- mowers exceed those of the hand type, and by a considerable margin. Tue Dawras Post MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION J Mo} ROSS Vol. 61, No. 18 John R. Benner Critically III Sudden Stroke Causes Crash John R. Benner, 67, Machell ave- nue, remains in critical condition at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, where he was taken last Wednes- day morning after crashing into the guard rail at the traffic light in Shavertown. Stricken suddenly with a stroke, he lost control of the car, which crossed the road, fortunately without involving other traffic or pedestrians. Mr. Benner, not in rugged health, had been driv- ing slowly on his way to his em- ployment in the Traffic Division of Luzerne County Gas and Elec- tric Company. His 1951 two-door Chevrolet sedan was not too great- ly damaged, and Mr. Benner suffer- ed no broken bones or lacerations. Rushed to the hospital by Of- ficer Louis Banta, he was found to be suffering from stroke rather than injury. He regained consci- ousness for the first two days, then lapsed into a coma. Two sons were summoned, Ken- neth, from Cleveland and J. Rich- ard, from Monongahela. They and their wives have been here since the accident, and have now been joined by three grandchildren, Kenneth’s family. The Benners, former residents of Church street, Kingston have lived in Dallas for seven years. Nursery Stock Damaged When Car Crashes Pole There was considerable damage to Druid Hills Nursery's roadside display at 3:30 A. M. yesterday morning when an Oldsmobile driven by John Piskorik, 22, to- ward his home in Fernbrook, tore across Memorial Highway, crashed into a pole and stopped dead in the midst of display tables and nursery stock. Charles A. Watkins owner of the shrubs, hearing the crash arrived on the scene in time to summon Chief James Gansel of Dallas Town- ship Police who confiscated the damaged car and then escorted Pis- korik to his home, Reading from left to right: Seated: Mrs. Ethel Honeywell, Mrs. Naomi Baker Dodson, mother of class president; Mrs. Eudora Johnson Major, Mrs. Nina Honey- well Roberts, Mrs. Fannie Brad- bury Calkins Morgan, Mrs. Anne Marie Neilson Chappell, Mrs. Henri- etta Hoover Miller, 87, ranking Octogenarian; Mrs, Estella Lyons Major, Mrs. Jane Hoover Isaac, Mrs. Louise Anderson Van Nor- man, Mrs. Flora Aton Myers, Mrs. Laura Boyer Krum, Mrs. Maude FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1951 Guide Dog Training School. Club member. ped down on Avocd Airport Wed- nesday morning at 8:40, there was no happier person among the Williams Keller. Standing: Mrs. Lewis Underwood, Miss Myrtle Major, Mrs. Anthony Moreck, Mrs. Oscar Dymond, Mrs. William Ockenhouse, Mrs. Fred Pettitt, Mrs. I. L. Brace, teacher; Mrs. Herman LaBar, Mrs. Carrie Beck, Mrs. Stanley Williams, Mrs. William Hunt, Marian Katchinski, Mrs. Alonzo Prutzman, Miss Harriet Williams, Mrs. Letha Mitchell, Mrs. Ross Williams, Helen Mudry, Mrs. Adelpha Mahler, Mrs. Marian Templin, Mrs. Walter Shaver, Mrs. Marion Comer, Blind Since 18, Flies To Detroit For Guide Dog Shown here are those who wished Marion Comer bon voyage when she left Wednesday for a four-week training course at the Pathfinder They are: top left reading down, Calvin McHose, president of the Harveys Lake Lions Club; Marion Comer; Phylis Eustice, American Airlines flight stewardess; Robert Bachman, vice- president Back Mountain Kennel Club. Top right: Alfred Runstall, chair- man of Lions Club Sight Conservation Committee and Fred Allan, Lions When the big silvery American® 3 ; Airlines plane out of Newark drop- | awaiting passengers than Marion Comer, 28, of Dallas who was about to board the ship for Detroit and the first airplane trip of her life- (Continued on Page Seven) Berean Bible Class Entertains Oldsters Gertrude Cease, Mrs. Al Dampf, Mrs. Helen Heale, Mrs. Ralph Whipp, Mrs. Albert Major, Mrs. Frances Dougherty, Mrs. Henry Calkins. Absent when the picture was taken are Mrs. Henrietta Kunkle Warden, and Mrs. Ella Els- ton Stevenson, daughter of the oldest living member. Two former teachers, also absent, are Miss Anna Richards and Mrs. C. B. Henry, a patient at Crowe Nursing Home. (Story on Page 9) Photo by Kozemchak This happy group of one the oldest families Back of the Moun- tain had dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willis Ide, Elizabeth street last (Sunday to help Mrs. James Ide, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother of the Ide Family Dinner Party crowd, celebrate her -eighty-fifth birthday anniversary. They are: First Row Seated: Mrs. Howard Ide, Kathy Ellen Ide, Howard Ide, Elwood Ide Jr., Marcus Ide, Marcus Ide 3rd, Mrs. James Ide, Kay Ide, Clifford Ide, Jean Ide, Mrs. Willis Ide, Douglas Ide, Miss Janice Ide. Second Row: Mrs. Willard Garey, Mrs. Byron Ide, Mrs. Marcus Ide, Mrs. James Garey, Mrs. Clifford Ide, Mrs. Betty Ide, Marcus Ide, Lawrence Ide, Willis Ide. Third Row: Willard Garey, Byron Ide, James Garey, Dean Ide, Mrs. Elwood Ide, Mrs. Marcus Ide Jr. Back—Thomas Ide. ‘the central Y.M.C. A. 8 CENTS PER COPY Brothers Admit Setting Fire Banta Apprehends Boys Aged 8 and 10 Two Shavertown brothers, aged 8 and 10 were apprehended yester- day morning by Louis Banta of Kingston Township Police. Their detention brought a solu- tion to the fire that threatened St. Paul’s Lutheran Church some weeks ago and to petty thievery that has been plaguing Kingston Township merchants for several months. The boys admitted stealing candy, magazines and other mer- chandise from Hall's Pharmacy, Acme Market, Evans’ Drug Store, Brace’s Service Station and Swish- er’'s Tea Room. They also admitted stealing a baby carriage and throwing it in Toby’s Creek. Asked if their family knew of their deeds, they replied “yes.” Asked why they continued to steal they answered, ‘Because we like 10.” New Hi-Y Club Is Inducted Members of the newly organized Hi-Y club of Kingston Township High School were inducted into the national Hi-Y organization, on Thursday evening, April 26. The candlelight ceremony was in charge of Dallas Township Hi-Y induction team. Team members were - Roy Tryon, president; Mike Lewis, vice-president; Leonard Ko- zick, secretary; Robert Lewis, treas- urer; and Donald Eckerd, chaplain. Following the ceremony Thomas Jenkins, club adviser, spoke brief- ly on the obligations of the mem- bers in accepting the Hi-Y purpose and its ultimate effect on the in- dividual members, schools, and community. The Hi-Y statement of purpose is “To create, maintain, and extend through the school and community © high Standards of Christian character.” The four planks of the Hi-Y program are, “clean speech, clean sportsman- ship, clean scholarship, and clean living.” Additional remarks were made by W. Frank Trimble, high school principal; E. L. Wyant, executive secretary of the Back Mountain Town & Country Y.M.C.A.; and C. R. Royce, extension secretary of A movie entitled “Bridges” was also shown, describing the effects throughout the world, and the part of war on the Y.M.C. A. program that Hi-Y is playing to help in the rehabilitation of the youth in war- torn countries. The following club members were present: John Richards, president; Russell DeReemer, vice-president; Albert Billings, secretary; Gerald Culver, treasurer; Edward Thomp- son, recorder; William Farrell, chaplain; Donald Purvin, Harry Johnson, Richard Achuff, John Phillips, Robert Hontz, Edward Lu- zenski, James Sisco, Kenneth In- man, Robert Johnson, Earl Hummel and Robert Edwards. Adult Classes Hold Exhibit Finish Ten Weeks Of Evening School Adult Recreation group sessions which have been running at Kings- ton Township High School for ten weeks, ended Thursday night with the annual exhibit of work. The Ceramics class, instructor Miss Marian Schneider, showed two tables of completed work, a colorful and varied display includ- ing elementary work such as ash trays as well as more elaborately designed and decorated pieces. Handicraft, Mrs. Guy Walker, of- fered a display that took in felt work, slippers, bags, pictures; painting of trays and small house- hold articles, all of it original and colorful. The sewing class, Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, instructor, showed a plastic clothesline fluttering with gay peas- ant skirts and blouses, dresses, and children’s garments. Many of the larger projects de- veloped by members of the shop group had been taken home be- fore the exhibit, but there were enough bread boards, corner cab- inets and bird houses to make a good display under direction of Joseph Rakshys, head of Kingston Township shop. Mrs. Robert Currie has been in charge of the evening school. The program is presented annually by Wyoming Valley Playground Asso- ciation, a red feather agency un- der the direction of Miss Ruth Back Mountain Highway Deaths and DALLAS DALLAS KINGSTON BOX SCORE Serious Accidents Since V.J Day Hospitalized Killed a0 13 3 1 5 TOWNSHIP BE TAL For Nomination In July Primary Four Councilmen To Be Nominated: In Dallas Borough Terms of many county, borough and township officials expire this year. Many candidates already have their nomination petitions in circulation for the signatures of voters. The primary election will take place on July 24 and the last day for filing petitions with the County Election Board is May 21. In Dallas Borough the terms of four veteran councilmen and two school directors will expire and several other minor offices are to be filled. Among them are Council Presi- dent, Joseph MacVeigh, now com- pleting his fourth term; Severn Newberry, completing his second term; William Davis and Timothy LaBar, completing their third terms, Terms of Dr. Robert Bodycomb and L. L. Richardson also expire. Both have served two terms on school board. Also to be elected are Judges of Election in both the North and South districts. Stanley Doll has served in the North District and William Davis who was elected in the North District resigned. The position has since been filled tem- porarily by Kyle Cundiff and Wil- liam Baker. Two ‘Borough Auditors are also to be elected. The terms of Henry Peterson and Richard Owens ex- pire thiis year. In Dallas Township the terms of School Directors Floyd Chamber- lain and Thomas Moore and Super- visor Charles Martin expire. In Kingston Township the terms of School Directors Robert Currie and Stanley Davis expire. A new Supervisor is also to be elected, William Myers having resigned. His unexpired term is now being completed by I. E. Elston County Officers A dozen major offices, including two judgeships, will be at stake. Terms of Common Pleas Judge J. Harold Flannery and Orphans Court Judge Andrew Hourigan expire on January 7, 1952. Salaries of judges in this county, paid by the State, are $14,000 a year each. The terms of the three county commissioners, Herman C. Kers- teen, Robert Lloyd and John A. Riley, end in January. They each receive $6,600 annual salaries. Other county offices which will be at stake, incumbents and salaries: District attorney, Leon Schwartz, $8,250; treasurer, Frank T. Horan, $5,500 plus $1,000 from the State; register of wills, John Shivell, $4,400 with percentage of inherit- ance taxes; recorder of deeds, Er- nest H. James, $5,500; sheriff, Rob ert Sherrock, $6,600; coroner, Dr. Lewis S. Reese, $3,300; surveyor, R. Nelson Myers, $110. Wins Music Scholarship BARBARA FERRY Barbara Ferry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferry, Machell Avenue, has been awarded a com- petitive scholarship at College Mi- sericordia in music covering tui- tion, for four years, to take effect in September. Examinations were held on March 10, results only recently re- leased. Barbara, a senior at Dallas Bor- ough High School, will continue studies in piano. Dallas Cubs Will Collect Newspapers Save your newspapers for the Cubs, who will collect in Dallas Borough and Dallas Township May 19. Save time for everybody by setting them outside in bundles on the front porch. Cub Pack 281 will Sweezy. - be around. Many Will Be Up .