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Editorially Speaking:
Economy—Try and Get It—
In one of his recent syndicated columns, Frank R. Kent
wrote, “If and when the story of the present era is calmly
written it seems inevitable that the impartial historian
should dwell most heavily upon the idiotic fiscal policy
which, in defiance of reason and experience, the American
government fatuously pursued while passing through its
greatest crisis.
“This will ‘indict not only its rulers, but the people of
the country as well. For, primarily it is the fault of these
that the Washington politicians have been permitted to
undermine the
Federal financial structure upon the
strength of which depends our ability to defend ourselves
in a situation where thoughtful men feel our greatest dan-
ger is from within rather than without.”
As Mr. Kent also said, practically every one seems
agreed that rigid reduction in non-defense spending and
the elimination of all government waste are made essen-
tial by the incredibly expensive arms program. The Presi-
dent and most other top men in the government have said
as much. So have all the leading economists. So have most
of the newspapers. So have politicians of all kinds and de-
grees. Yet almost nothing has been done—so far, it’s all
been talk, and then more spending.
Here Mr. Kent brings the primary blame to the Presi-
dent. He observed, “Chief responsibility for this ghastly
failure rests upon Mr. Truman. For, it is axiomatic that
no real curtailment of expenditures or waste can be ach-
ieved by congress without White House leadership. In-
stead of providing that leadership the Truman weight has
been used to frustrate congressional attempts at reduc-
tion. Publicly, he has urged his heads of bureaus and de-
partments to cut down nondefense expenditures but pri-
vately he has permitted them to classify almost every ac-
tivity as linked with defense.”
There is no lack of detailed and authoritative blueprints
for cutting the non-defense cost of government. Any num-
ber of organizations and individuals, from the Hoover
Task ‘Forces on down, have indicated the way in precise
terms, not just generalities. In each case, they show how
many billions of dollars can be pared without damaging
any essential governmental function. It is true that some
cuts have been made by a congress which was appalled by
the size and scope of the President’s proposed budget. But
these cuts have been of a relatively minor nature. The big
economy issues have been avoided. ¢
Moreover; this is not a partisan fight. A Democrat, Sen-
ator. Byrd, has long been the most consistent advocate of
tough. economy in government—no Republican has
worked as hard in this direction. And lately, a compara-
tive newcomer to the Democratic ranks of the Senate,
Senator Douglas, has taken up the torch. As it happens,
Senator Douglas subscribed almost completely to the late
President Roosevelt's New Deal program, and he approves
of much of President Truman's version of it. However, he
abhors waste and extravagance in government and says
so on every possible occasion. This, incidentally, has put
both Senators, Byrd and Douglas in the White
House dog
house. As Mr. Kent pointed out, the President “is bitterly
hostile to both.”
It is clear as day that the cost of government and the
tremendous expansion in the size and power of the
sprawling Federal bureaucracy will be one of the two big
ise ~~ “a the next natignallelestior, foreign policy being
the other. Many commentators, such as Mr. Kent, obvi-
ously feel that only the strongest possible public protest,
as measured at the polls,
situation.
can correct an intolerable
FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
Snowsuits are blossoming on the sewing machine again, the annual
fall crop of junior modes for the small fry. This year there is a certain
sameness about the appearance of all of them.
We said to the mothers of the young, “The kids are going to look
like cinnamon bears this year, all of them, on account of we have eight
: 2
yards of wirgin wool in a camels-®
hair color, and we are not going to
buy anything else. Moreover, the
linings, buttons, zippers, and mer-
cerized thread are strictly on you.
We will contribute our labor, which
in the evening has no commercial
value.”
Seeing how many garments can
be evolved from eight yards of
virgin wool is a challenge. It re-
quires expert planning and cutting,
with no one garment cut before
all the rest are laid out, because
of the necessity for utilizing every
scrap to the best advantage.
The sections for five helmets fit
across one end of the material, ‘the
rounded back of one side-piece
nesting snugly into the reverse
curve of the front of the helmet
next in line, but suppose we need
that bit of length for somebody’s
pants leg? Sidetrack the helmets.
They'll probably work themselves
out of small sections hither and
yon.
Now here is a poser. It develops
that the heavy eoating has a dis-
tinct nap, and that all pieces must
be laid with the nap running down,
to avoid a darker tone and an un-
pleasant feeling of roughness. This
cancels out all chance of economical
cutting, with diagonals taking up
the slack of diagonals running in
the oppdsite direction.
With tailor’'s chalk we mark
every piece after piece, identifying
the separate patterns by colored
crayon, slipping each pattern piece
into its own envelope as we pro-
ceed. When working with eight
yards of ‘material you don’t pin
patterns as you go along unless
you have a table measuring twenty-
four feet. Each piece has to be
marked with the name of the child
and the garment.
We lay it out as thriftily as pos-
sible, but when we reach the last
yard we still have a handful of
pattern pieces left.
We unroll the yardage foot by
foot and study the situation. That
front facing. Any reason why it
can’t be pieced where the fold of
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Earl Monk Dies
Of Heart Attack
Death Great Shock
To Whole Community
Earl H. Monk died in the prime
of life Tuesday evening at 6, when
he collapsed from a sudden heart
attack in his own home on Pine
Crest Avenue, Dallas, just after
finishing his supper. Dr. Malcolm
Borthwick was called, and said that
death had been instantaneous.
His death at 57 was a great shock
to the community and the con-
gregation of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church where he served on the
official board as chairman of the
property committee. He had been
most active in the recent renova-
tion and remodelling program, and
had been looking forward to Sun-
day's rededication of the church.
Mr. Monk has been a plumbing
contractor in Dallas for 37 years.
He was a member of Dallas IOOF,
and a Past Noble Grand of the
Lodge. He was also a former mem-
er of Rotary Club.
Interested in sports of all kinds,
especially baseball, he was getting
ready to go to a baseball game at
Artillery Park when stricken.
He is survived by his wife, Irene;
children: Mrs. Andrew Denmon,
Kingston; Mrs. Martin Quinn, White
Haven; Mrs. John Mallin, Boston;
Mrs. Tex Wilson, Dallas, and Robert,
at home; a brother, Clyde Monk,
in Pittston.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon, a brief service from the
home at 1:30, a public funeral from
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church at 2,
with burial following in Wardan
Cemetery.
will officiate. Arrangements are by
Richard Disque.
Bearers are: Harry Burkel, Char-
les. Burkel, Harold Smaltz, Nelson
Stockton, Harold Fritzges, and
Clyde Monk, Jr. .
Rev. Frederick Moock’
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious Accidents Since V-J Day
: . % DALLAS ii feed uh ol
DALLAS TOWNSHIP | 5 3
LEHMAN {iy 1
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP | 42 5
_ JACKSON TOWNSHIP 2
_ MONROE TOWNGHIP 3 1
ROSS. TOWNSHIP
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION TLAKE_TOWNSHIF 5 i
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP y 2
TOTAL : 76
Vol. 61, No. 42
Shown here is a bird's eye view
of the new Meadowcrest Housing
Project being built just off Carver-
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1951
ton Road near Trucksville Gardens
in Kingston Township by Luzerne
County Housing Authority.
When completed sometime after
the first of the year, the project
will house 100 families.
8 Cents Per Copy—12 Pages
Meadowcrest Housing Proiect At Trucksville Approaching Completion
A similar housing project is also
being constructed at Mountain Top
by the same authority. :
Sunday will be a “Red Létter
Day” for St. Paul's Lutheran
Church, Shavertown. A service of
rededication will be held at 11 AM.
The first pastor of the Church,
Rev. G. Elson Ruff, Litt. D. will
be guest preacher, using as his
theme, ‘St. Paul’s—Building and
Growing with Christ.”
Extensive alterations have been
made to. the entire Church building
and grounds. Additions have been
completed consisting of a cloak
room, inside stairway, choir room,
tiled lavatories, boiler room, out-
side cut stone steps with wrought
iron hand railings, and enclosure
of the kitchen. The building itself
has been repainted and the grounds
relandscaped. The basement has
been redecorated and a new floor
of asphalt tile laid.
A bulletin board on the corner
of the Church property will also
be dedicated to the Glory of God
and in loving memory of William
H. Monk.
At the conclusion of the service
the congregation and its friends will
be served a luncheon in the reno-
vated basement room.
It is of interest to note that
during Dr. Ruff’s pastorate at St.
Paul's, he also served as pastor
of Reformation Lutheran Church at
Harveys Lake.
On May 10, 1925, formal organ-
ization of the congregation took
place. A constitution was adopted
and a Church Council elected. The
initial membership consisted of Al-
bert Bush, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Christianson, Mr. and Mrs. Char-
les Dressel, Mrs. Ralph Franklin,
Mrs. Harold Ash, Mr. and Mrs.
John Eck, Frederick Eck, Mrs.
Floyd Katon, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Garinger, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hoffman, Mrs. Fred Krommelbein,
Mrs. Mildred Willauer, Gustav A, A.
Kuehn, Mrs, K. G. Laycock, Mrs.
Christian Malkemes, Frederick W.
Malkemes, Raymond Malkemes,
Mrs. Anna Pealer, Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Rau, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. W.
Templin and C. J. Zinn.
The first Church Council con-
sisted of Albert Bush, wice-presi-
dent; Charles Dressel, secretary;
Jacob Rau, treasurer; R. J. W.
Templin, C. J. Zinn, Delbert Gar-
inger, Martin Christianson, John
Eck and: William Hoffman. At this
meeting, on motion of John Eck,
the official name of the congrega-
tion was voted to be St. Paul's
Evangelical Lutheran Church of
Shavertown.
Rev. Ruff began his pastorate on
June 13, 1925 and resigned January
17, 1937. During Dr. Ruff’s pastor-
ate great gains were made in mem-
bership and numerous improve-
Kiefer Has New Job
Fred M. Kiefer, Shrine View,
Dallas, has been appointed assist-
ant to the Director of Merchandis-
ing for radio and television with
the National Broadcasting Com-
pany, New York City.
Kiefer moves from Hearst Publi-
cations where he was a member of
the Trade Extension Division of
The American Weekly.
St. Paul's Lutheran Church To Be
Rededicated By Its First Pastor
St. Paul's Pastor
REV. FREDERICK W. MOOCK, JR.
ments made upon the property.
Mrs. Kathryn Lemke was the first
new member to be received on
June 20; 1926. During the first
decade there was continuous
growth and interest until by 1935
membership was 162.
The second pastor, Rev. H., E.
Frankfort, was called on February
21, 1937. ‘Due to the constant
growth of St. Paul's, the Mission
Board decided that there was suffi-
cient work in and about Shaver-
town to require the undivided at-
tention of a pastor; accordingly
the Church of the Reformation at
Harveys Lake was transferred to
the Noxen parish.
The third pastor of the Church
was Rev. John R. Taylor, called on
April 13, 1947 and installed on
June 29, 1947 by Rev. M. Luther
Wahrmann, President of the Wilkes
Barre Conference. Pastor Taylor
resigned July 1, 1948.
The fourth and present pastor
was called on October 3, 1948;
he was installed by The Rev. Emil
E. Fischer, D. D., President of the
Ministerium of Pennsylvania on
January 30, 1949.
On May 8, 1949 a mortgage-
burning ceremony was held in
connection with the morning Wor-
i ship Service. Rev. Roy L. Winters,
Ph.D., Superintendent of the Board
of Home Missions of the Minister-
ium, officiated, with representatives
of the different organizations of the
Church assisting,
The membership has increased
steadily until there are now 331
confirmed members.
Finds Grouse Plentiful
Clinton Ide returned from a week
end of grouse hunting in the Black
River Valley of upper New York
state where the season opened last
Friday. His party composed of
Guy « Torbert and Art Currier, of
New York State; Stanley Hart, New
Brittain, Conn., and Grant Scott,
Cape May, N. J., obtained twenty-
four birds.
It was the first time in twenty-
seven years that Mr. Ide opened the
hunting season without William
Powell as companion.
Lake-Noxen PTA
Finds 4 Grades
Are Overcrowded
May Advise Board
To Open Loyalville
School Temporarily
Three hundred’ persons from
Noxen and Lake Townships attend-
ing the jointure meeting of the
Parent-Teachers’ Association Wed-
nesday night to hear a report on
the crowded condition of the Lake
and Noxen school buildings.
Five parents who visited the
buildings the past week reported
that the first four grades had from
forty to forty-four pupils in each
room with but four instructors.
Their report led to a discussion
on requesting the School Board to
open the Loyalville School build-
ing until an addition can be built
to the Lake school,
No decision was reached, but
President Richard Williams asked
parents to think it over for a
week and then meet with him next
Friday evening at the school to
decide on a proper course.
Mrs. David Price talked on Teen-
age drug addicts among school chil-
dren. She explained how a “push-
er” offers a youngster a “lift” and
the curious youth tries it just once,
but the “pusher” comes around the
next day and the next until in from
fourteen to thirty days the Teen-
ager becomes an addict. Then in
order to get more and more of the
drug he becomes a ‘pusher’, Mrs.
Price explained that ‘this habit
could be curtailed by complete
alertness of the public in seeing
that the State drug laws were
enforced.
Mesdames Culp, Garinger , and
Martin led a round table discussion
on a new form of report card that
the grade school faculty has work-
ed two years to complete. These
reports will be issued for the first
time November 12 and thereafter
four times a year. Instead of the
usual grading of A, B, C, the re-
port card offers a more detailed
account of the pupil’s interest or
lack of interest in all studies.
Claire Moran, music teacher,
presented a musical program which
opened with the national anthem.
Ninth grade girls entertained with ' .
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vocal selections of ‘Pennsylvania’
and “Moonlight Bay.” Alice Schenk
and Robert Lord offered vocal se-
lections, and a tap dance was pre-
sented by Margaret Belles and
Janet Bean.
Car Misses Turn, .
Driver Slightly Hurt
A Plymouth coupe coming out of
Park Street onto Huntsville Road
Tuesday morning at nine, failed to
make the turn and struck a tree
with extensive damage to radiator,
grill and front.
Robert S. Johnston, on his way
to work with Personal Products
Company, sustained a deep gash
on the top of his head when thrown
violently against the top of the
car, He returned to his home on
16 Park Street, picked up the
other family car, and drove him-
self to Nesbitt Hospital for stitches
in the wound.
Heads Training Program
Mrs. Calvin Hall
Mrs, Calvin Hall, Shavertown,
has been appointed chairman of
training on Dallas District Girl
Scout Council. Both she and Mr.
Hall are actively interested in
youth work. Mr. Hall is executive
secretary of Wyoming Valley Boy
Scout Council.
Since coming to .Shavertown
from Lexington, Ky., two years ago,
Mrs. Hall has contributed gener-
ously of her time and interest to
local community life. She was cap-
tain of Shavertown Girl Scout
Troop 66 for two years, and unit
leader for Intermediate Girl Scouts
at Camp Onawandah this past
summer. A teacher in the Sunday
School at Prince of Peace Episco-
pal Church, she is also secretary
of the Ladies’ Auxiliary. She parti-
cipates each year in the Commu-
nity Chest Drive, and is a member
of Shavertown PTA,
Mr. and Mrs. Hall have four
children, Alta Lou, Billy, Roy and
Peggy. Mrs. Hall has assumed a
new duty, that of Den Mother for
the Shavertown Cubs. Her two
sons, Billy and Roy, are Cubs.
After her education at Louisville
Norman School and University of
Kentucky, Mrs. Hall taught primary
grades in Louisville Public Schools.
Following her marriage, she did
war work in the Lexington hospi-
tals, and organized five child study
groups among the mothers of
Dallas District Girl Scout Coun-
cil believes that the addition of
Mrs, Hall to its executive staff will
add greatly to its usefulness and
the continued growth of Girl
Scouting in the Back Mountain.
Herman Kern To Lead
Group Singing Oct. 31
Added feature of Back Mountain
Hallowe’en Parade, October 31,
will be group singing with Herman
Kern, Harveys Lake, as leader, and
Jack Titus as accompanist on the
accordion.
Shavertown PTA is adding its
sponsorship to other groups al-
ready listed as contributing to the
Big Parade.
All Back Mountain children and
students are. invited to enter.
There will be plenty of prizes, and
candy for all marchers,
Directors Take
Up Problems Of
School Jointure
Dallas-Franklin And
Monroe Township Will
Meet Again Next Month
Directors of Dallas-Franklin and
Monroe Township Schools met Tues-
day night at Dallas Township High
School for preliminary discussions
of jointure between Dallas-Franklin
and Monroe Township Schools.
Edwin H. Kehrli, superintendent
of Wyoming County Schools “also
took part in the discussions.
Arch Austin, supervising principal
of Monroe Township Schools gave
a breakdown of enrollments in his
schools and Raymond Kuhnert,
supervising - principal of Dallas
Township schools presented the ap-
proximate costs of jointure and
possible ways the - two districts
might be joined.
Mr. Austin and Mr. Kuhnert were
Instructed to prepare a tentative
curriculum: and program for joint-
ure and to present it to each board
for their consideration at the Mon-
roe Township Board meeting on
November 7 and at the Dallas-
Franklin meeting on November 6,
after which the combined boards
will meet again to come to a de-
cision.
It was brought out that Monroe
now has an enrollment of 240 stu-
dents, 110 of whom are in the
seventh to twelfth grades. Monroe
has ample accommodations for its
grade school pupils with room to
spare for additional grade pupils if
its Junior-Senior High School stu-
dents can be cared for elsewhere.
The aim of Monroe schools, Mr.
Austin said, is to have one teacher
for every grade. There would be
no necessity for any of its grade
students to be transferred else-
where. Grade school facilities at
present are excellent.
There is need, however, for im-
provement in the high school where
now only four instructors are em-
ployeed.
It was brought out that Dallas-
Franklin schools are not now in
a position to accommodate all of
Monroe’s Junior-Senior High School
students but that arrangements
might be made to handle the Tenth,
Eleventh and Twelfth Grades.
Eventually additional classrooms
would have to be provided to take
care of the jointure.
The meeting was the first held
by the three boards and was in
the nature of an introduction to
the problems and advantages of
jointure.
Sands Recovering
From Dislocated Hip
Herman Sands, Carverton, is
able to get about with a cane after
a traffic accident in Kansas which
involved him and his brother and
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sands,
Atlantic City.
The accident occurred near Flor-
ence, 95 miles from Phillipsburg,
Kansas, where the trio had been
visiting relatives. All three were
taken to the Lutheran Hospital in
Florence for X-Rays and treat-
ment.
Their new Chevrolet was a com-
plete wreck, necessitating. purchase
of another car before the return
trip, after four days in the hos-
pital.
Herman has been home for
about three weeks, but his dislo-
cated hip will mean taking things
easy for some time to come. His
family, not knowing of the wreck,
were astonished when Herman
drove home in another new car.
Luzerne County Wins
Chance At Apple Queen
Luzerne County is in the running
for State Apple Queen, with Jo-
hanna Makavage, winner of the re-
gional apple pan dowdy contest at
Nescopeck, being groomed for the
final contest at DuBois tomorrow.
Eight picked winners from all over
Pennsylvania, all ‘members of Fu-
ture Homemakers of America and
vocational home-making students,
will compete for the crown of
Pennsylvania Apple Queen.
Johanna, 16, is a senior at Black
Creek Township High School. She
will be accompanied to DuBois by
Mrs. Catherine Birth, Luzerne
County Home Economics Adviser,
and Mrs. Janet Walp, instructor of
Home-Making at Black Creek. ‘
Luzerne County apples will be
used by the local entrant.
Start Library Grading
Hoover and Milbrobt started this
week with power shovels, bull-
dozers and ‘trucks to grade and
landscape all of the property of
Back Mountain Memorial Library
between Main and Rice streets.