s
Monroe Stores
And Postoffices
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site of Elmer Dymond’s farm.
H. P. Colvin’s sawmill and kiln
were on Heber Belles’s land.
There was a wagon factory on
the Jack Johnson property.
George Clark owned a sawmill
on the land now owned by Arthur
Smith. *
Frank Newberry had his mill on
the Kibbler farm.
R. H. Evans has one of the larg-
est mills at Evans Falls.
Benjamin Stone and Elijah D.
Lyons operated their mills at Stull
and Noxen. =
Josiah Newberry built the first
grist mill which was later bought
and operated by William H. Jack-
son on the present Fuller Dymond
property
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Kingston, Pa. BU 7-3191
It is believed séme of these early
mills furnished lumber and grain
for Colonel Matthias Hollenback’s
enterprises at Wilkes-Barre, Wyo-
ming, and Pittston.
; STORES
The first store was built by Dan-
That site\ is now the
home of the Arthur Smiths.
John Wall operated a store in
the same edifice as J. H. Hadsall
now does.
S. W. McConnell earned his liv-
-ing by selling merchandise in a
building then located between the
present Union Church and the Wil-
liam Haase Store. :
Dr. D. H. Silkworth owned a drug
store on the present site of the
Daniel Meeker Garage. Dr. Silk-
worth erected the drug store upon
his return from serving in the Civil
War. .
POST OFFICES
At the J. H. Hadsall present store
may be seen the remnants of the
last Beaumont Postoffice which was
first named Bowman's Creek Post-
office with John Wright as the first
postmaster.
Mail was brought from Wilkes-
arre by stage owned by indi-
viduals.
In 1880 Dr. D. H. Silkworth was
also the postmaster. Previous post-
masters had been H. Carpenter, M.
W. Newberry, S. W. McConnell, A.
D. (Clarke, James E. Smith, and
M. D. Newman.
INNS © ’
The present home of Edward
Condon was. the largest inn used
as the “half-way stop” by the
stagecoaches between Wilkes-Barre
and Tunkhannock.
Lumleys occupied the Foster Hew-
itt Inn which is now the location of
Charles Goodwin's home.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
#]1—History of Luzerne, Lacka-
wanna and Wyoming counties.
Published by Munsell in 1880.
*2—History of Wyoming and Lack-
awanna Valleys.
Published by Lewis in 1906.
THE MONROE HISTORY
The foregoing article on Monroe
Township was compiled by Arch and
Qce B. Austin of Beaumont from
original research which consumed
many hours interviewing old timers
in various parts of the Township as
well as perusing old records, manu-
scripts and histories.
In submitting the manuscript,
Mrs. Austin wrote: “Since the day
you called me last summer, I have
been on the trail of local history
which I have sincerely tried to make
authentic by interviews and using
old records.
No one had any old pictures,
maps or deeds.
We sincerely appreciate all the
time and effort you consumed in
focusing our attention on our herit-
age . . . at no better time than
Thanksgiving, too.”
Arch and Oce Beryl Austin
® A thousand thanks for a job well
done—The Editor
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Kingston, Penna.
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Dallas Borough - Kingston Town-
ship jointure has an enrollment of
1067, 266 from Dallas Borough, 801
from Kingston Township.
The jointure embraces three ele-
mentary schools, Dallas Borough,
Shavertown, and Trucksville; and
Westmoreland high school in
Trucksville.
The only kindergarten in Back
Mountain is operated by this joint-
ure, two rooms with two sessions
apiece, morning and afternoon, lo-
cated in the former eleméntary
school building in Dallas. Parents
defray expenses of bus transporta-
tion for kindergarten children. A
few children from outside the
school district are accommodated
on a tuition basis.
A cafeteria is
Westmoreland.
Athletics include football, basket-
ball for both boys and girls, base-
ball, a program of basketball on
Saturday mornings during the win-
ter for elementary school boys, and
hockey as part of the Physical Ed-
ucation program.
maintained at
Home Economics courses are pop-
ular, with the girls, and shop work
with the boys. Both boys and girls
get a course in shop work in the
grades, learning to work with sim-
ple tools.
The band, greatly augmented
since Dallas Borough high school
students transferred to Westmore-
land, is one of the High School at-
tractions. Led by Lester Lewis, for-
mer director of Dallas Borough
Band, it has won a number of
awards.
The high school building is con-
structed on three different levels,
with access to the ground direct
from all floors. The auditorium-
gymnasium opens onto a patio, ac-
cross from which is the cafeteria,
with home economics rooms and
band practice room above it.
Trucksville Grade School building
on Oak Street, is a fairly new brick
structure erected on the site of a
former frame building which burned
down at night with no casualties.
Shavertown elementary is frame,
with an annex now used by the
YWCA, and a playground which
during Little League baseball sea-
son is used as the home playing
ground of Back Mountain League.
Extensive improvements have been
financed by Little League to make
it the best playing field of its kind
in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Dallas Borough school has two
buildings, one the original frame
structure used in years past for pri-
mary and secondary grades, and a
newer brick building, until two
years ago the High School, now the
grade school.
There is a large auditorium-
gymnasium. The jointure offices are
maintained in a frame annex in
rooms once assigned to fifth and
sixth grades.
The number of pupils is equalized
among the three grade schools,
some pupils from the lower part
of the main highway in Trucksville
being brought by bus to Dallas Bor-
ough school. Buses take high school
students from the school grounds
To Encourage
Bible Reading
Adventists Will
Provide Bookmarks
Members of the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Church of Beaumont will
join in a simultaneous drive of
churches to encourage and increase
Bible reading throughout the world,
according to Pastor H. C. Reading.
The local church will cooperate
with the American Bible Society in
its annual drive to encourage
greater study of the Bible. The
period from Thanksgiving to Christ-
mas has been designated for a con-
certed campaign to secure ‘several
million individuals who will read
the Bible each day.
Church workers will distribute
bookmarks suggesting selected pas-
sages of Scripture for daily reading
between now and Christmas. The
theme of the drive is, “The Book
of Hope.”
This marks the ninth year the
American Bible Society has spon-
sored the plan to promote wide use
of “America’s best seller.” Last
year 14,000,000 copies of the book-
mark were distributed. In addition
the reading list was copied in at
least 22,500,000 newspaper and
magazine printings.
Girl Scout Board
To Elect Officers -
Back Mountain Girl Scout District
Board members will elect officers
for a two-year term at the Decem-
ber 3 meeting at Back Mountain
Library. Mrs. John Wardell. vice
president, will preside. Plans will
be laid for the coming year, and
the executive committee will serve
refreshments.
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Stationed In Germany
Germany—Army Pvt. Harry E. Der-
hammer, whose wife, Nancy, lives
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in Germany and is serving with the
2d Armored Division.
The “Hell on Wheels” division,
which spearheaded the World War
II drive into Germany, is
training vigorously as part of the
NATO Army.
Private Derhammer, son of James
M. Derhammer, Tunkhannock R. D.
5, is a member of the 142d Signal
Company. He entered the Army
last January and completed basic
training at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Plans To Raise
Pomeranian Pups
Dale Myers, Tunkhannock R. D. 5,
who started raising cocker spaniels
for sale seven years ago, reports
that cocker spaniels are now being
raised so generally that the market
prices are declining. Already rais-
ing boxers on his farm six miles
south of Tunkhannock, Dale is plan-
ning now to go in for pomeran-
ians. He already has a good male,
and a small sable female is on the
way for brood dog. Pomeranians,
he explains, are very popular in
certain quarters, and though they
are expensive, there is a steady
demand.
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