{ | | ® Editorially Speaking: A Top Notch Man For Judge It has been many moons since Luzerne County has had an opportunity to vote for a better man, or a man better qualified to serve as Judge than Atty. Benjamin R. Jones. Those who have bemoaned the paucity of good material for public office now have a chance to prove that they will support capable, top-notch men when they go before the electorate without the support of a powerful political machine. Ben Jones is the type of man who should be encouraged to ‘seek public office. He stands at the top of his profes- sion in Luzerne County and has proved that he has the background, training and experience to make an intelli- gent and just Judge. His election will not be a reward for political appren- ticeship, but a promotion for one who has risen to the top of his protession and earned the right and the respect of his fellows to sit as Judge. We Aren't Buying Many years ago, said that he found pleasure in paying his taxes. Much Civilization the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes “With is I buy civilization,” he observed. ee id in a very different kind of age today. Less and less of our tax money goes to buy these goods and services which make for true civilization. More and more of it goes to buy the implements of war, old and new, which, if ever unleashed in their full fury, may very well destroy civilization itself. In ‘the world of the present, this is an unavoidable tragedy. But that tragedy is needlessly compounded by the ever-increasing spending of the people’s money for purposes and projects which have no bearing on the na- tional defense and security, which are unnecessary and avoidable, which weaken our institutions and undermine our liberties, and which, finally, tend to destroy our sav- ings by creating more inflation and cheaper dollars. The leaders of our government tell us that we must pay more taxes in the name of national survival—that all ‘must ‘‘sacrifice.” But—save for a handful of honorable exceptions to a sorry rule—none of them say that the government too must ‘‘sacrifice,” by eliminating every expenditure which is not clearly and directly essential. They tell us that the “business as usual” philosophy must be abandoned. But what about the infinitely more dangerous “politics as usual” philosophy? During this new fiscal year, Federal, state and local spending will account for about one-third of the national income. And still the staggering waste goes on. x FROM x Xx PILLAR TO POST By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. Hot weather hints to harried housewives and mothers of small chil- dren include greater use of the pressure cooker, preparation of meals in the morning while the kitchen is still cool, more accent on bread and jam and less on home-baked cookies, and a general lightening of menu and the domestic routine all along the line. Women in general are harder on ¥ themselves in hot weather than they need tile. The frmily needs pienty of cool drinks, out it can get along with far fewer calories in its diet than in cold weather. There are some items on the market that will help. Bottled lemon juice makes very good lemonade or base for a fruit drink. It is economical to buy the large bottle instead of the small tin. If your family resents the ab- sence of slices of lemon floating in the pitcher, use a bit of camou- . flage. Make up the lemonade with commercial lemon juice, then slice a lemon for garnish. They'll never know the difference, and it is not only far easier than squeezing enough lemons, but a good bit cheaper. Did you ever notice that with the advent of the iced tea and lemonade season the price of le- mons skyrockets? It is called the law of supply and demand. Keep a bowlful of chocolate sy- rup in the ice-box, ready for cho- colate milk shakes. Make the drink fizz by shaking it vigorously in a quart jar or milk bottle, filled only half full to allow for expansion. Children like fresh bread spread with butter and yellow sugar. Hand this out when the children are safely outdoors and a few crumbs won't matter. If you feel that you must wash your windows in hot weather, buy a small sized squeegee at the hard- ware store and follow the routine employed by every plate-glass win- dow washer, Catch the surplus water on a cloth folded on the win- dow sill. Did you know that you can pres- sure-cook large carrots for five minutes, then slip their skins off’ under cold water the way you do beets? No need to painfully scrape and slice carrots raw. Range them on the breadboard when they have been skinned after cooking, use a large knife, and cut them all at once. When you pressure-cook your potatoes, in the jackets, of course, lay the eggs you will need for po- tato salad on top of the potatoes. They will hard cook, and you will not need an extra pan or extra heat for them. A steamer is one of the handiest gadgets ever invented. It has four sections mounted one on the other. With one burner, turned low after the steam is up, you can cook four things at once. Beets directly in the water in the lower section, po- tatoes in the perforated section im- mediately above, carrots and string beans an the two upper stories. It takes longer than the pressure cooker, but you can get an entire meal with very little heat in the kitchen. Forget the oven meals unless you have an oven that is so well insu- lated that no heat escapes. If you are blessed with a completely mo- dern stove, the oven meal is the Keep a tub of fresh water in the back yard in {He shade cfg™ tree, supply ‘the chila®en witi+¥smooth rimmed cans or small buckets, sa- crifice a couple of large cooking spoons, make sailing boats of a large cork and a bit of gauze mounted on a toothpick, and don’t be annoyed when the children dip out their wading pool onto the grass and demand more water. They’ll be cool as a frog, and they will’ not be sunburned from re- flected sunshine if the tub is in the shade. And take it easy. Nobody enjoys boiled hostess for dinner. Vegetable Auction Shuts Up Shop Vegetable Auction, sponsored by Luzerne County Agricultural Ex- tension Service in response to popu- lar demand and using Carverton Tomato Growers’ facilities in Exe- ter, closed up shop on Wednesday for lack of support by growers and buyers. James Hutchison, Luzerne Coun- ty Agent, says that the vegetable auction will function again, and on an expanded scale, within a year or so when its uses may be better appreciated. Large organizations are slow to change their buying habits, and farmers have developed individual markets of their own. Vegetables and fruit are shopped out of the state to remote markets, states Mr. Hutchison, and the same type of produce shipped into the state from outside. It was to combat this condition and assure fresher produce to the retailer that the idea of the vegetable auction was first conceived. Tri-County Florists Plan Picnic At Broody's Tri-County Florists Association will hold the annual picnic at Broody’s gladioli farm, Beach Haven on Tuesday, July 31 at 3 P. M. Members are asked to bring wives and families, and a large ‘picnic hamper. Supplementary refresh- ments will be served by the Broody farm and the Association. The Broody Farm was contoured last year by the Luzerne County Agricultural association as a dem- onstration of prevention of soil erosion and correction of existing gullies. The farm, James Hutchi- son, County Agent, says, is almost level, but in spite of that the soil is of such a character that gullies had occurred and topsoil was wash- ing into the river. Half of the farm is in gladiolus, half in soil building orchard grasses and Ladino clover, on the advice of the Agricultural Extension Depart- ment. The Tri-County Florists Associa- tion has between fifty and sixty members from Luzerne, Lacka- wanna and Columbia Counties. answer to hot weather cooking. Lae MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION HE D aLras Post MO LAKE Vol. 61, No. 29 FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1951 Pioneer Avenue Is Resurfaced Workmen of the Pennsylvania State Highway department this week are clearing gutters and lev- elling driveways on Mount Green- wood Road and Pioneer avenue as part of the improvement of the roadway extending along the upper reaches of Kingston Township and Dallas Township, An amesite covering over the old highway has been finished along the entire Mt. Greenwood-Pioneer Rev. Lyon To Visit Europe . Superintendent And Family Sail July 21 Rev. and Mrs. Roswell W. Lyon and their daughter Margaret Jean sail for Europe on the S. S. Amer- ica on Saturday, July 21. Rev. Lyon is District Superintendent of the Wilkes-Barre District of the Methodist Church. He is one of four delegates from the Philadel- phia Area. to the Methodist Ecu- menical Conference which will be held in England from August 28 to September 7. : On the evening of July 5, the ministers and the laymen of the Wilkes-Barre District held a BON VOYAGE party for them in Kings- ton Methodist Church. A very generous purse, to help with the expenses of the trip, was presented to them. The presentation was made by Harold Tippett. Their itinerary is as follows: July 21, Sail from New York aboard the S. S. America; July 27, due at Le Harve and take train for Paris; July 28-30 in Paris. Visit Lourve,» Notre Dame, Versailles and the Chateau of Malmaison; August 1, Geneva—escorted by Bis- hop Paul N. Garber to places of Methodist interest; August 3, ex- cursion on Blue Lake at Interlaken; August 5, up Mount Pilatus at Lucerne; August 7, escorted by Dr. Ferdinand Zigg, visit Methodist Centers at Zurich; August 9, sight- seeing in Strasbourg; August 10-12, in Brussels—uvisit Ypres, Dunkirk, Antwerp, and Waterloo; August 14- 21, London—visiting Hampton Court, Windsor Castle, Eton, West- minster - Abbey, House of Parlia- ment, St. Paul's Cathedral, and, guided by Rev, Frank Baker, visit Wesley's House, Aldersgate Street, and places of Methodist interest; August 22, go to Bristol and visit the Horse Fair, first Methodist building in the world, and Kings- wood School first Methodist School; August 24- 27, by Private Motor Coach for Lincoln via Epping and Cambridge. Visit Lincoln Cathedral and Castle, and continue via Ep- worth to Birmingham and Strat- ford on Avon to Oxford; August 28 to September 7, attend the Methodist Ecumenical Conference as one of the delegates from the Philadelphia Area and the only one from the Wyoming Conference. Four alternate delegates include Rev. Samuel> Truscott and Dr. Hiram Weld; September 6, leave Southampton, England on the S. S. America for the U. S. A. Shavertown Sergeant Is Going Overseas DONALDSON AIR FORCE BASE, S. C., July 20—Szt. Dean S. Dodson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Dod- son of Lehigh street, Shavertown, has been assigned to an overseas replacement depot, his commanding officer announced today. A Navy veteran of three and one half years service during the last war, Sergeant Dodson has been on active duty since January of this year. He is a graduate of Kingston Township High School, Trucksville, and was attending Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College, when or- dered back into uniform. avenue route to the Main Road (old Harvey's Lake Highway) east of Dallas Borough. : This portion of the newly-ame- sited highway is in Shavertown, looking east toward the intersec- tion of Pioneer avenue and West Center street. When Sordoni Construction Com- pany completes the laying of the underground cables on Main street in Dallas and following repairs to certain sections of the base of the Main Road highway, Pennsylvania State Highway department will co- ver the entire stretch as far as the traffic signals in Dallas with the amesite. Similar improvements have been made to a section of the Harvey's Lake Highway extending from the old entrance to the resort west to a point beyond the Huntsville in- tersection. —Paul Bieley Photograph Twelve Animals Entered In 4-H Dairy Calf Club Show Tomorrow by Leonard G. Yearick, Assistant County Agent Tomorrow, Saturday, has been set as the time for the Back Moun- tain 4-H Dairy Calf Club to exhibit calves, heifers and cows enrolled on feeding projects. This year Dal- las Kiwanis Club sponsers the show at Trucksville Fire Hall grounds in conjunction with the annual Trucksville Fireman’s Fair. Showing will begin about 1:30 but all animals afe expected on the grounds by noon. Arrangement of classes for show- ing will be made by L. G. Yearick, Assistant County Agent, in charge of the club. The club’s breed ad- visers are expected to be on hand to assist with the show. Since some club members will be unable to show due to nearness of fresh- ing dates of their heifers they will also be on hand to help. Kenneth Rice, Agricultural Chair- man of Dallas Kiwanis has arranged for award monies through his ser- vice club. He has also promised to have a lot of the Kiwanian’s out to the show. William Hewitt and William Clewell, directors of the Trucksville Fire Company have ar- ranged for the grounds to be prop- erly prepared and for a public ad- dress system. The public is cordi- ally invited to attend. Although this show will be small in comparison with some clubs’ shows it is expected that the fitting and quality of animals shown will be second to none. Two new fea- tures of the show are promising attractions expected to bring out the neighboring dairymen. Breed Association ribbons will be awarded for all placings. Five major breeds of registered dairy cattle will be on the grounds namely: Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, Jersey and Holstein. The Brown Swiss will be exhibited by A. Charles Drasher of Nescopeck, R. D. Veternarian, Dr. maker,, Wyoming, all animals rigid state These will grounds. Showing this year are the follow- ing club members: Ayrshire, Bobby Rice, Dallas; Brown Swiss, A. Char- les Drasher, Nescopeck; Jersey David Strazdus, Huntington Mills; Guernsey, Danny Bell, Pittston R.D.; Holstein, Althea Disque, Lehman; Helen Mikolaichiks, Pittston R.D.; Frank S. Prutzman, Trucksville, James Bonham, Red Rock, John Marvin, Muhlenburg, Thomas Mar- vin, Muhlenburg, Robert Young, Muhlenburg, Alfred Butz, Salem Township. The first judging will be on type Betty Jane Rebennack To Study At Mayo Clinic Betty Jane Rebennack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rebennack, Loyalville, on the Deans List at Wilkes for her senior year, will leave early in September for train- ing at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, in physical therapy. Betty majored in biology, taking premedical work in preparation for her career. She has been informed only recently of her acceptance at the world-famous clinic which T. W. Shoe- reported that showing passed the health regulations. be posted on the | treats patients from all over the globe and thus affords the widest possible experience for students. of the individual animals. This is something the 4-H’er cannot always control due to inherited character- istics of the calves. However, in the contest for fitting and show- manship the type of the animal is not a factor and it is then that show experience and training pay big dividends. This 4-H club boasts several good showmen, who have appeared in local and Northeast district shows. Club members not showing this year but who will assist with the show are Roy Evarts, Trucksville R. D.; Richard Lewis, Pittston R. D. and Edward Oncey, Dallas R.D. Richard Lewis’ heifers first calf was a bull which he is raising be- cause of the outstanding breeding and records in the pedigree. Ed- ward Oncey’s big Holstein heifer from Berwick Creamery Farm will freshen in mid-August. 8 Cents Per Copy—16 Pages ! Name Chairmen For Horse Show Lehman Firemen Buy Five Sets Of Bleachers Plans for the Labor Day Lehman Horse Show are well under way, according to reports from the Leh- man Volunteer Firemen at their regular meeting on Monday. Five new sets of bleachers to accomo- date general admission spectators have been purchased jointly by the Lehman School Board and the Leh- man Volunteer Fire Company. General Chairman, Lester B. Squier, and co-chairman, Lewis V. Ide, have appointed the following committees: Show Chairman—Gilbert Tough, assistants, Herman Thomas, Dave Pugh, H. R. Bittenbender, Dyke Brown. Show Secretary—Walter Cham- berlain; assistants, Walter Cham- berlain, Jr., Orman Lamb, Bryce Major, John Roberts, A. Vander- hoff, Harry Edwards. Show Treasurer—Joseph Ells- worth; assistant, Charles Nuss, Host Committee Chairman—Dyke Brown. Parking and Police—Joseph Ide; assistant, L. E. Beisel. Accident and Health Service; Ambulance, Alfred D, Bronson; Doctor, H. A. Brown; Nurse, Mrs. A. B. Sims. Electric Wiring—Chester Barrall; assistant, Fred Davenport. Public Address System—Rev. F. K. Abbott. Refreshments—L. C. Sutton; as- sistants, Howard Ehret, Bruce Var- ner, R. D. Wright, Gordon James, John Rebennack, Raymond Sear- foss, Russell Ruble, Robert Disque. Ribbons—Joseph Ellsworth. Publicity—Major Advertising A- gency; assistant, Alan S. Major, Program Advertising, Edward Oncay; assistant, Gordon James. Show Grounds—Arthur Ehret, a- ssistants, John Roberts, Glenn Eh- ret, Edwin Dropchinski, Bryce Ma- jor, Leonard Ide, Elmer Kester, Bill Abbott. : Stables—Alex Tough; assistants, Theodore Parks, Lee Wehtzel, Leslie Sutton, Jr. Bill Major, Dave Pugh, Edgar Nulton, Kenneth Swan, Tho- mas E. Brown, Edwin Stolarick. Box Seats—A. Kupstas; assist- ant, Laning Harvey, Jr., Pony Rides—Francis Stolarick. Members of the Women’s Aux- iliary of the Lehman Fire Company will serve a country-style dinner on the day of the Horse Show, accord- ing to Mrs. L. C. Sutton, chairman. Make Social Security Returns Now If You Have Household Help “July 31 is a date to remember @- if you regularly employ help in your home,” Christopher G. Boland, Manager of the Wilkes-Barre social ‘security office reminded house- wives this week. Social security tax returns must be filed by that date with the collector of internal revenue, covering - wages paid re- gular household workers in April, May, and June. A “regular” household worker, Mr. Boland defined as one who works full or part time on 24 dif- ferent days during the calendar quarter and is paid at least $50 in cash wages. Any work about a household—maid, laundress, gar- dener, baby sitter, furnace man, private chauffeur, ete.—is included under the law. I Any housewife who has a quali- fied worker for the first time this quarter will need to get in touch with the local internal revenue of- fice some time in advance of the July 31 deadline. Addresses are listed in the phone book under United States Government or can’ be secured from the local post office. Internal revenue will then supply tax return form in envelope style, called Form SS-942. If the house- wife or her husband have their own business, the household worker can be included on the regular quarter- ly social security return for the bu- siness. All that is required for the return is the worker’s name, social security account number, the a- mount of her cash wages, and a check or money order for 3% of the wages. Half the tax amount is withheld from the employee's wa- ges and the other half is paid by the employer. Mr. Boland also had a message for household workers. “To make sure you and your survivors get the protection you are now entitled to build up under old-age and survi- vors insurance, be sure to show your employer your social security card for her records. All benefits payable in the future will be based on what is credited" to your social security number.” Application for an employee so- cial security account number is made at the mearest social security (Continued on Page Ten) Consumers Asked To Save Water Sprinkle Sparingly Between 8 and 10 Consumers of Dallas-Shavertown Water Company are requested to water their lawns only between 8 —10 PM, when other demands on the system are satisfied. Consu- mers are also asked to make sure that no water is wasted in the household through leaking taps or carelessness. The dry spell during early spring when the water table is or- dinarily replenished, coupled with extremely hot weather during the past week, has reduced the water supply. Leslie Warhola, manager, states that a new well will be started on property recently purchased from Frank Brown within ten days. The well, he says, will be at least three hundred feet deep to tap an ade- quate water supply. The well will be in operation by October. The fire-plug in process of in- stallation at Fernbrook will be sup- plemented by two more plugs in Dallas Township, one at intersec- tion of Sunset and Grandview in New Goss Manor, another at cor- ner of Center Hill Road and Church Streets, bringing the number up to seven and reducing fire insurance rates for the areas affected. Plugs have been on order for se- veral months. First Grandchild For Mrs. Florence Foote Corp. and Mrs. Merle G, Williams announce the birth of a daughter, Linda Carol, weight six pounds, six ounces, early Wenesday morn- ing. Mrs. Williams is staying with her mother, Mrs. Florence Foote, Lehman avenue until sufficiently re- covered to join her husband in Arlington Hall, Virginia, where he is stationed with the Army Se- curity Agency. Linda Carol is Mrs. Foote’s first grandchild. Back Mountain Highway Deaths and DALLAS DALLAS TO KINGSTON _ROSS TOWNSHIP BOX SCORE Serious Accidents Since V-J Day Hospitalized Killed 10 18 5 1 2 3 1 TOWNSHIP b 4 2 3 1 2 2 T 1 AL Kiwanis & YMCA Will Complete Plans For Circus All Back Mountain Children Will See The Elephant Jump Dallas Kiwanis Club and Back Mountain Branch YMCA Boys and Girls Work Funds will benefit most heavily from advance ticket sales” for the sponsored appearan- ces here of Mills Brothers Three Ring Circus, L. W. LeGrand, stated today. At the same time, the Cir- cus Committee released names of general committeemen for the group’s 1951 fund-raising project and reported that LeGrand and Fred Anderson will serve as Co- chairmen for the event. The circus will appear under the big top at the Showgrounds, N. E. of Dallas on the Harveys’ Lake Hi- Way, afternoon and night on Aug- ust 31st, one day only. “The Boys’ and Girls’ Work Funds of both organizations receive 50 per cent of advance adult tick- et sales”, the general chairman said. “There is no increase in pri- ces for advance tickets. By obtain- ing tickets from members now, pa- trons can give the utmost help to the local project. See the world’s largest fund-raising circus under canvas, and avoid standing in line at the circus grounds. This circus presentation ‘is in line with past civic and charitable efforts of our organization. Besides raising mon- ey for the Fund through coopera- tion of numerous local ‘Circus Da- ddies’ who are helping to sponsor tickets, we will make it possible for needy youngsters of the area to attend the circus matinee free.” Robert Fleming heads the mem- bers’ advance ticket campaign now getting under way. Thomas Shel- bourne, advertising and publicity; Warren Evans, grounds and lic- ense; William Wright, concessions; Harold Smith, police, parking and traffic; Ralph Garrahan, insuran- ce; and Clyde Birth, transportation. Other chairmen include Robert Fleming, treasurer; E. L. Wyant, Secretary, Mills Bros., now on its 12th an- niversary tour, plays only for civic, service and charitable groups, Its 1951 program features stars from 18 nations, plus elephants, trained horses and other animals, and all of circusdom’s traditional thrills and color. It is the world’s only cir- cus never showing on Sundays. Features include a menagerie, aerial ballet, trained tumbling and tight-rope acts, high wire perfor- mers, the classic master of cere- monies with a long black whip. and a big band. The 100 motorized units com- prising the caravan will leave im- mediately after the performance for the next town on tour. VOTERS GUIDE IS ON PAGE 9 The Voters Guide for the Back Mountain area and Lu- zerne County offices appears on page 9, of this issue. It was compiled by the Lea- gue of Women Voters of Wilkes-Barre. The policy of the League is to take action on governmen- tal measures and policies in the public interest. It does not suport or oppose any politi- cal parties or candidates, but it encourages its members to participate as individuals in the party of their choice. The source of the Voters’ Guide information is the can- didates’ answers to League questionnaires. ; The purpose of a primary election is the nomination of party candidates to appear on the slate of the general elec- tion. Since Pennsylvania has a closed primary, the voter may choose candidates only within the party in which he is regis- tered. In the County, when the candidate is unopposed in. the primary” election biographical material and questionnaires have been omitted from the guide. In November for the general election the candidates nominated in this primary will be covered in full in the Vo- ters Guide issued at that time. All Back Mountain candi- dates listed in the Guide are Republican since no registered Democrats have filed nomin- ation papers for office here. Back Mountain editor of the Voters Guide in Mrs. Gerald Stout of ‘Trucksville, Dallas 459-R-8. :
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