a ¥ x FROM. PILLAR TO POST By MRS. T. M. B. HICKS It’s Hime to get ready for the annual influx of the grandchildren. QL,. 62, No. 29 Advice to prospective hostesses always includes putting the bricabrac MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A CONMUNITY INSTITUTION ROSS FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1952 8 Cents per Copy—Twelve Pages Back Mountain Highway Deaths and , DALLAS 8S TO KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Ture Darras Post BOX SCORE Serious ‘Accidents Since V-J Day 10 5 1 42 N 3 TOWNSHIP 2 12 in a safe spot, if you can find one. The bottom of a locked trunk is about’ right, and you can wear the key around your neck for extra security. Make it a va +ithout heart- burning. The small fry will handle everything in sight. It is simpler to clear off all horizontal surfaces than to tag around after the in- fants, screeching, “Now Willie, you mustn’t touch that.” If there isn’t anything to handle, the children will handle nothing. Q.E.D. Don’t expect the young mothers to wear their responsibilities too heavily. Mother senior has always been adequate, she’ll be adequate now, why worry? Mother is get- ting a real treat, revelling once more in the patter of little feet, the prattle of little tongues, the clatter of china bowls, and the splatter of oatmeal on the floor. To which the average grand- mother mutters under her breath, “Nuts to that,” provides Willie with a paper napkin or a shovel, depend- ing on the size of the catastrophe, and invites him to clean up the mess. Any grandmother who wishes to make herself solid with the chil- dren will feed them outside on the grass where spills don’t matter and can be ignored. And shell buy a grist of plastic bowls to take the wear and tear off the china. If Willie crowns Bobby over the head with a plastic bowl of oatmeal, the birds will clean up the mush, and you can put Bobby under the out- side tap for a quick shampoo, slid- ing him out of his shorts like shucking a pit out of a stewed prune. Your daughter will be in town, catching up on her lifelong friends, and you'll have a free hand. By the time she gets home again, worn " out from a day of renewing her youth, the shampoo will be for- gotten, the young sinner will be wearing a clean sunsuit, and all will be rosy. Do, by all means, buy five tons of sand well in advance. Save up all the bricks you've been digging from the flowerbed borders. They are unrivalled for outdoor building blocks in conjunction with the sandpile. Save up the small con- centrated juice cans, made safe by opening with a wall can-opener which leaves no rough edges: Punch holes in the bottoms of half of theds, fov sifters, leave the otter’ half as is for holding water. Fill a tub alongside the sandpile with water, keeping it in the shade to avoid reflected glare and sun- burning. Or invest in one of these inflatable wading pools. The tub is really more practical, as it does not invite experimentation with the ice pick. The sand will kill off the grass. Close your eyes to this. You can rake it up after the kids go home, and a bushel of topsoil and a good soaking rain will repair the damage. Keep the cookie jar filled. If it’s too hot for cookies, bread and but- ter spread with brown sugar will make a good substitute. Children need food between meals. The three meals per day constitute a mere skeleton of intake. Pad it out be- tween meals, but not too close to the next one. . Have you investigated the possi- bilities of dried milk ? Willie loathes dried milk? Bosh and nonsense. Mix it up when Willie is in the sandpile, let it cool thoroughly in the refrigerator, and when the bub- bles are all gone, combine it with an equal quantity of milk from the dairy. Youll be surprised how it will cut down on that mammoth milk bill, and if Willie can tell the difference he’s an unusual child, too smart for his age, and needs to have his ears pinned back. Right here is a good place to in- sert a discovery that has made life simpler in the summer. Don’t follow the directions on the box of powdered milk. They're the bunk. Sprinkling a box of pow- dered milk on top of a bowlful of warm water and then trying to reduce it to liquid is something that shouldn’t happen to your dear- est enemy. Dump the whole package into the bottom of a two-quart pitcher. Add a half pitcherful of water at room temperature and let the pitcher alone for half an hour. Then beat vigorously with an egg- beater, adding more water if you need it. As soon as the little lumps have all disappeared, fill the pitcher with cold water. Now line up four milk bottles, dividing’ the concentrated milk be- tween them equally. Fill the bot- tles with cold water. Put them in the ice-box and as soon as the bub- bles have gone, fill to the brim. Don’t rush it, you're not in any hurry. You now have four bottles of milk to combine with four bot-' tles of milk from the dairy. Do it one bottle at a time, just as you need it, making two bottles grow where one grew before. Directions. on the dried milk box call for five quarts of water as dilution. Four quarts is better. The price is reasonable, and there'll be just that much more of the milk solids for the youngsters. It's good for them. tm Dr. Schooley's Condition Shows Little Change Respected Physician Is Stricken While Attending A Patient Condition * of Dr. Sherman R. Schooley, Shavertown physician who is a patient at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital following a heart attack Saturday afternoon while calling on a Dallas patient, remains about the same with little change for the better or worse. He is being treated by Dr. Mal- colm Borthwick in consultation with Drs. John Giering and Rus- sell Stevens, heart specialists, and by a Philadelphia specialist who was called on the case yesterday. Dr. Schooley is in a room where air-conditioning has been provided by his Wyoming Seminary class- mate, Clinton Ide of Huntsville. It was Dr. Schooley who refused to permit amputation when Mr. Ides son, Dick, had his feet nearly sev- ered in a mowing machine accident many years ago. Dr. Schooley was stricken about 4:30 Saturday afternoon while making a call on Lee Gregg of Pinecrest Avenue. He had barely got in the house and asked Mr. Gregg a few questions about his condition, when he asked Mrs. Gregg for a glass of water. He fol- lowed her to the kitchen where he slumped in a chair saying that he had an awful pain in his chest. As the pain grew more intense, he went to the other room and with Mrs. Gregg searched in his bag for some heart pills which she found and poured into his hand. About that time Joe Norton came in and they were able to remove his shoes and collar and have him lie down while he instructed them to call one of several physicians. None could be reached until Mrs. Borth- wick logated her husband who was "out on 'a call. When Dr. Borthwick arrived, he gave Dr. Schooley a hypodermic and told him that he would have to go to the hospital in an ambu- lance. With that Dr. Schooley pro- tested insisting “I'm going to the Library Auction tonight!” It was not until Dr. Borthwick laid down the law—‘your’re my patient and I'm your doctor” that Sherm gave in. He said he could walk to the ambulance but they had him lie down on the cot that Hod Wool- bert had provided for the trip. The big crowd at the Auction was saddened when it learned the news over the loud speaker sys- tem. It was the first knowledge Mrs. Ralph Hazeltine, his sister, and Mrs. Joseph Schooley, his sister-in-law had received of his illness. Only that morning ‘‘Chick” Smith, Auction Chairman, had gone to the Schooley garage for the fur coat and hat that hang there from Auction to Auction until Auctioneer Harry Ohlman can sell them once again to ‘‘Sherm” along with ‘some special office equipment”. The Auction is a big spot in Sherm’s all-too busy year. In a favored spot in his consultation room at Shavertown stands a Roger’s group of statuary depict- ing a youngster and a physician astride a flying horse. It in en- titled “Fetching the Doctor” and was one of the items along with specimen jars, fur coats and crock- ery that he bought last year. Mrs. Schooley, who recently lost her father and mother and who has herself recently undergone a long illness, is in constant atten- dance at her husband’s bedside. Buction Chairmen Asked To Make Final Reports Al] chairmen of Auction, Commit- tees are asked to drop into The Dal- las Post. Tuesday night after 8 with their reports, H. W. “Chick” Smith, general chairman, will be present to go ver reports and receive the names of those who are to receive special thanks for their contribu- tions. Grandchildren begin prowling around the house at crack of dawn, hoping a grown-up will come to life and stir up the oatmeal. Be a good sport, pry your eyes open when a small barefooted cherub, pink with sleep, leans over your bed to start conversation, hoist yourself out of the sheets, and feed him. He'll re- member, and day after tomorrow he'll be telling his own children how much fun it was to wisit his grandmother. x A visit from the grands can’t be recommended as a rest cure. But it’s fun. Four New YMCA Playgrounds Now Operating Fifth Will Open When Kunkle Folk Decide On Site Four YMCA playgrounds re- ceived proper initiation, in spite of the competition offered by the down pour of rain and wet grounds last week. The mewly organized play- grounds at Lehman, Dallas, Shaver- town and Orange turned in a very commendable report. Back Mountain YMCA and re- spective committees are sponsoring the playgrounds and all got off to a flying start with the exception of Kunkle, where the task of agreeing on a suitable site for a playground still remains. A local committee is working on this problem. Ralph Rozelle, the YMCA’s “roving playground director”, is in charge of the work, The present schedule is as follows: Lehman iHgh School grounds, Mondays, 2:30 to 8:30 p,m.; Dallas Borough Grade School grounds, Tuesdays and Fridays, 9 am, to 5 p.m.; Orange (Franklin Township) Play (Center, Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, Final plans and ar- rangements for Kunkle will be“an- nounced later. Michael Saba, of [Penn State, is directing activities at the Dallas Borough playground, while Mr. Rozelle directs the Da-Camp at the ‘Y’ Headquarters Building in Shavertown, All youngsters are invited to make use of these playgrounds, on other days, but especially when the “Roving Playground Director” is on hand. On these special days new sports and crafts will be introduced. The children are kept busy with, soft-ball, horse-shoes, volley ball, basketball, soccer, badminton, crafts, stories and other informal games. The cooperation of the parents of children is solicited so that the Baclk Mountain YMCA may have a better idea of how this mewly inaugurated program is being received. This playground service, for both boys and girls, has no fee involved. Mills Bros. Has Many New Acts Circus Will Come Here From Towanda Mills Brothers Three Ring Circus will arrive at the show grounds on Route 415 northwest of Dallas early on the morning of July 26 to pre- sent two shows, one at 2 and one at 8 p.m. Bigger and better than ever this year, the circus, featuring stars from 18 nations, is sponsored by Back Mountain YMCA and Dal- las Kiwanis. George Strongman, advance agent taking the place of Dallas Dean MacMurray, announces that all the acts are new this year. Under acres of canvas 40 tons of elephants trained by Hugo Schmidt will per- form, Among the feature acts are the Wang Hong Schu troupe, a Chinese group of performers who were flown out of the Russian sector of Ger- many to join Mills Brothers. Two new pageants are ‘“‘The Conquest of Coronado” and “Putting on the Ritz” r Every continent in the world is represented in this kaleidoscope of entertainment. There are clowns from England, Australia, Italy, Chili, and, of course, the United States. The Kentons from Amster- dam are among the aerial artists featured, and Austria’s astounding Eris will balance on one finger. Those who attended the eircus last year will remember “Doc” Wy- dell, the minister of the circus. A former press agent of William How- ard Taft, Buffalo Bill, and Annie Oakley, Dr. Wydell, now 90 years old, will not be here this year. Because of ill-health, he is resting in the Masonic Home in Columbus. A huge crowd is expected for this year’s circus because of the people who will be drawn here from Wyoming Valley by the Sports Car Club of America Road Races. Cir- cus reserved seat tickets may be obtained at Joe's Men’s Shop, Main Street, Dallas. The circus will come here from Towanda. Installs Bir Conditioning Power Engineering Company, headed by Clinton, Ide of Huntsville, has completed the installation of iCarrier Air conditioning equipment at Al Bowman's Early America Rest- aurant. Always on the alert to pro- vide for the comfort of his patrons, Mr. Bowman is being commended for this latest improvement to his fine restaurant, - To the People of the Back Mountain Region: Greetings from your Libmry Association and con- gratulations on another successful Library Auction, made possible by a marvelous united community effort. As president of the Librery Association, it is my proud privilege and pleasure to thank each ome of you for your share in the wonderful work done for the Auc- tion's success—those who gave so generously of their treasures and merchandise, those who gave so untiringly of their time and strength both in the preparation and the actual work of those busy auction days and last, and far from least, the enthusiastic crowds who came to enjoy and buy, crowning the Committee workers’ effarts with an amazing return. To all these my sincere thanks go out, even though words are inadequate, to express them. Now we shall look forward to amother splendid year of library service to all the people whose library is theirs because they have made it a living, working community project—one which could mot continue without the annual auction. Here's hoping we'll beat the record again in 1953! With all good wishes, cordially Frances DORRANCE All Star Game Monday Night Little League Stars Will Meet Nanticoke Back Mountain Little League All-Stars will play Nanticoke Little League All-Stars in the first game of the National Tournament Mon- day night at Shavertown Field. The winner of this contest will play host Thursday night to the winner of the Edwardsville-King- ston game, and the winner Thurs- day night will be host to the win- ner of the West Pittston-Plains game. These eliminations are being played in order to pick the regional winner on August 12 and the World's Champions in the Little League World's Series at Williams- port. Every Friday night is a Special Events night at the Shavertown Field with merchandise gifts awarded free. Some of the events scheduled are children’s night, mother’s night and father’s night. On father’s night a $50 man’s suit will be awarded: Trucksville Fair Going Strong Baking Contest This Afternoon Trucksville Fair baking contest will take place this afternoon, with entries closed at 1:30 and judging starting at 2 P.M. ‘Wednesday night featured the an- nual Pet Parade, last night the Westmoreland Band (Conicert. The four-day fair will close late Saturday might. There are rides for the kids, a fish-pond, a baked goods sale Friday evening at 5, games and entertainment for everybody. The satin quilt will be chanced off Saturday night, and winners an- nounced for the annual Bond draw- ing. Elmcrest Residents Protest Shortage Residents of Elmcrest are up in arms about the scarcity of water. A chart kept by one house-owner shows twenty-one days in June when water was turned off at 6 a.m. back on again at 6 p.m., off again late at night. Saturdays and Sundays water is restored. Residents can see no rea- son for paying for water service that they are not getting, and have registered complaint with the PUC. They claim that the water situation has been very bad for two years. Mrs. Hildebrant Rites Wednesday Native Of England Dies At Daughter's The funeral of Mrs. John Hilde- brant, who died Monday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Harter of Trucksville, was held Wednesday afternoon from the family home at East Dallas with services in charge of Rev. Thomas E. Davis. Interment was in Ward- an Cemetery. Mrs. Hildebrant had been in fail- ing health for the past two years. Ill with a heart condition she spent the greater part of her time with her daughter, but within limitations was able to be about the house, and early this month had taken a little ride through the country she loved. Born in Chestermoor, England, the daughter of the late Henry and Mary J. Fisher, she came with them to this country when she was sev- en. She was one of five children born in England. Three others were born in America. She was reared in Wilkes-Barre and when she was fourteen came to Dallas where she married Sher- man Hildebrant who survives her. Last Christmas Eve they celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary. She was a thoughtful and de- voted mother and a kindly neigh- bor and friend. She was a member of East Dallas Methodist Church and the WSCS. For years she and her husband conducted the big truck and fruit farm on the old homestead at East Dallas. Besides her husband and daugh- ter, she leaves a son, John E., East Dallas; five grandchildren, four great grandchildren and the follow- ing brothers and sisters: Henry Fisher, East Orange; John E. Fish- er, Kingston, and Mrs. Mary Cavan, East Orange. Funeral arrangements were by Alfred Bronson. Capping Exercises Capping exercises were held July 7 at Hillcrest Convalescent Home. Mrs. Esther Dunbar, Am- herts Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, re- ceived her cap after passing satis- facorily her examination for prac- tical nurse. Mrs. Laura Robertson, R. N., instructress, presented the cap and addressed the class who have re- ceived their caps in the past. Mrs. Margaret Faull, R. N., su- pervisor . of the home, also ‘addressed the class. Lake Street Resurfaced The [State Department of High- ways has put a fine new black top surface on Lake street this week. John, 6, Owes Life To Quick Action Of Passing Motorist John Bunney, Demunds Road, six years old and in deep water Satur- day afternoon, owes his life to quick thinking on the part of a passing motorist, Mrs. Sherwood Baker, on her way past Payne’s Pond at 5:30, heard a little girl screaming from the bank, jammed on her brakes, and leaped from her car. Wasting no time when she saw John going down, Mrs. Baker didn't even kick off her shoes, but plunged in for the rescue. Grasping the child, she pushed him ahead of her to shallow water and up the bank. John had not taken aboard enough water to be- come unconscious, but he can’t swim, and the water was over Mrs. Baker's head, He was too far away to be reached from the shore, The pond, property of Harry Goer- inger, is posted against swimming. In time of high water it is danger- ously deep. The recent heavy rain had swelled it to the danger point. Mrs. Goeringer states that every effort is made to keep children away from the pond, but that it draws them like a lodéstome in hot, weather, Mrs. Baker, drenched, left John in care of John Morgan, whose place adjoins the pond, and went on home to change her clothes. Mr. Morgan saw to it that John and his older sister Mary Ellen got home safely to their parents, Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Bunney, Fern- brook. Mrs. Harry Nolf, who witnessed the rescue, called the Dallas Post, to tell the story. [She says she never saw anybody act as quickly as Mrs. Baker did, that before she knew it, Mrs. Baker was in the water and out again with the child. Mrs. Baker is wife of the manager of Brown [Fassett Feed Mill, Fern- brook, Sixth Annual Library Auction Tops All Others For Crowds And Sales Off to a slow start Thursday night because of threatening weather, and definitely in competition with the Republican National Convention Friday afternoon and evening, the Sixth Annual Library Auction crashed through to a spectacular ending Monday night establishing a record gross income of more than $10,300. Buction Chairman Expresses Thanks H. W. Smith, general chairman of the sixth annual Library Auction held Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday wishes to express his sincere thanks to the hundreds of Back Mountain people who worked before, during and after the auction, to those who gave mer- chandise for the auction, and to those who so spiritedly bid. Tree Crushes Brace Cottage Twister Creates Lake Waterspout The Samuel Brace cottage at Syl- van Lake was badly damaged Tues- day afternoon when a twister ac- companied by torrential rain, swept along one side of the lake, uproot- ing tall trees and creating a water-’ spout which dashed water from the lake against the cottages. Many ‘trees were felled, one of them crashing into the roof of the cottage, smashing the rafters, and demolishing the fireplace. [Sweet Valley was ‘the scene of an unusually strong wind and heavy downpour. Dallas got a few sprink-: les. The clocks stopped at Slyvan Lake at 4:45, and power was not re- stored until 1 AM. Summer residents claim that this is the second twister which has visited that side of the lake, the first two years ago. Convert To Dial Monday Phone No.s Change Monday Night At 11 All telephones in the Dallas area, comprising approximately 3,000 subscribers of the Commonwealth Telephone Company will be changed over to dial operation Monday night at 11. New and larger telephone direc- tories are now in the mails listing the new numbers and giving com- plete dialing instructions on the first page. The directories will also contain telephone listings for Har- veys Lake, Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Tunkhannock and Shickshinny. All Back Mountain numbers can be dialed directly but calls to Wilkes-Barre and Kingston and out- side stations will be placed through an operator. Those who are wondering what their ring will be can obtain it by looking at the last digit of their phone number and comparing it with the chart on special notice now being mailed out with all tele- phone bills. If the last digit is 1 the ring is 1 long; 2, is 2 shorts; 3, 3 shorts; 4, 4 shorts; 5, 1 long 1 short; 6, 1 long; 7, 2 shorts; 8, 3 shorts; 9, 4 shorts; 0, 1 long 1 short. The company asks that the tele- phone be used only when neces- sary during the two or three days following the cut-over. Trailer Play House Mr, and Mrs. John Tibus have rented an automobile trailer from Tony Toluba of Idetown and have stationed it at their Carvel Ice Cream Store as a play house for their daughter, Dorothy. Hay In Hospital Edwin Hay, Bast Dallas, is a patient in [Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Mr, Hay is a former King- ston Township [School Director. Stationed In Korea Cpl. William A. Borton, son of Mr, and Mrs. H, J. Borton, Harveys Lake, stationed in Korea with the 45th Division, recently graduated from ‘the Division's replacement training school. Patching Main Street Dallas Borough (Street Depart- ment has been filling in and patch- ing holes in lower Main Street’ this week, Efforts are being made by members of he Borough. Council to have ‘the State take over this stretch of highway and resurface it. © A record crowd of 3,000 to 3,500 persons bid- briskly for everything offered Saturday might. But with three auctioneers working at a rapid pace not all the merchandise that filled the barn could be sold. The committee was forced reluctantly to announce that the Auction would be continued Monday night. This was something it had hoped to avoid. The crowd Monday might was the second largest of the four-day sale, and was in the mood for buying so that prices were generally good. A new $260 Westinghouse Electric Re- frigerator, however, went for $160. and there were many other similar bargains, ; Business at all .of ‘the booths and stands exceeded previous years. In round figures the income was as follows: Refreshments, $1,630; Baked Goods, $510; Book Stall, $363; Odds and Ends, $353; Plants and Produce, $213; Candy, $110; Picture Frames, $63; Parking, $70; (Comic Books, $12; Auction $5,570; Television $500; Play House, $131; Duncan Phyfe chairs, $160; IChild’s Decorated chair, $61; Quilt, $53; Contributions ac- counted for another $407, Income by days in round figures was: Thursday, $888; Friday $2,664; Saturday, $4,978; Menday $1,373. Of the items going over the Block more than $2,000 was accounted for by antiques. 5 In range amd quality the merchan- dise offered was better than at any previous auction, but until [Satur- day night bidders were slow to re- cognize values and to bid enthusi- astically, Many apparently came for entertainment alone and there were some who were present at every session but who bought nothing. In the crowds were antique dealers and collectors from Allen- town, Reading, North Carolina, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Montrose, Binghamton, Harrisburg and 'Chi- cago. There was a brisk demand for puppies of all breeds and descrip- tions. Old glass and antiques brought good prices with an ancient print bringing $17. while a genuine hand carved [Adam chair, more than 150 years old brought, only $20. A dil- apidated steamer trunk brought $7.50 while a new $50. duplicating machine brought $13, ‘Gardenia corsages, 122 of them, furnished by Herbert Hill, brought $1. each. So ingrained has ‘the [Auction be- come in the community, that scores of women brought cakes and. baked gods to the Baked Goods Booth with the remark, “I wasn't solicited, but I get so much fun, out of the Auction that IT want to bring you something to sell.” Several bakers brought elaborately decorated cakes. One was in the form of a closed Bible, with floral cross on the cover, and a golden book mark inserted be- tween the pages. Another was an open book inscribed on the left hand side ‘Memories’ and on the right hand side, ‘Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction 1952.” Mrs. Marshall Nunlist, who thor- oughly enjoyed her first auction, was fortunate to get the Esty organ at $20. The organ went up late Sat- urday afternoon when the crowd was small and was bid in for her during one of her (infrequent ab- sences from the four day sale by Dr. Lester Jordan of Trucksville. Ray Wichter, Allentown dealer, who never misses tthe regular ses- sions of the auction but always misses the final Monday night sale, bought a truck load of antiques among ‘them several choice beds, picture frames, and a marble top dresser. Ray thought prices were generally fair. Much of what he bought will be trucked on to |Ash- ville, North [Carolina where he also operates an antique shop. He was most pleased with a pair of very old oval walnut picture frames. During the heavy rain on Wednes- daly night before the auction opened, Mrs, Walter Smith of Idetown drove up to the Barn with an old plank bench which had belonged to her uncle who died thirty-seven years ago in his late eighties. Mrs, Smith vouched for the bench being more than one hundred years old, adding that her uncle often, slept on it dur- ing his younger days shortly after he arrived fin this country from Eng- land. The bench was one of the prized pieces in the Auction. It was sold to Mrs. William Powell of Shrine View who was fortunate to obtain it during a Iull in the bidding at a price approximately ome half of what she was willing to pay. Abe [Simon (Tony) bought a car- ved settee for $3 and the following day sold it for $27 to a woman who had watched him bid it in. ey >» ~
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