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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
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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 .