RTs onto x wy ed hy ~ p< 2 At a conference of all Police Chiefs Monday after- fire company bingo as well. dents. legal hours and. on Sundays! Police records into the lake. ing hours! if from the fifteenth century. teen years ago when the English Duo Singers introduced it to a de- lighted audience in St. Stephen’s Auditorium. That talented pair from Australia sang “The Holly and the “Ivy,” painting a word and tone pic- ture with their flute-like voices. As they sang, the little spotted deer ran through the forest glade over a crisp bed of frosted leaves, slanting morning sun dappling their sleek coats, their delicate pointed cato rbythm, their arched necks and dainty heads lifted to the wild a visual image of the joy of Christ- ‘mas Day. Their zest for living, their pleas- ure in their soaring leaps, their in- nocent freedom and exuberance, of the world. I can close my eyes and see those graceful little crea- tures vanishing through the forest aisles. There is never any under- brush. The tree trunks make a vaulted vathedral,- and the rising sun slants redly through the trees but there are no confining walls. Nothing but the magic of the dawn, the vastness of the silent forest, and the swift little herd, praising God for Christmas Day and for all things good and wonderful. The Holly and the Ivy } When they are both full grown, Of all the trees are in the wood The Holly bears the crown. Oh the rising of the sun And the running of the deer, The playing of the merry organ, Sweet music in the choir. ~ [There are seven stanzas, with the ~ recurrent refrain of the rising of the sun and the running of the deer. ‘Grace Episcopal Church occasion- ally uses the carol in its annual carol service which is given on the Sunday following Christmas. It can be found in a book of carols, poems, and stories for Christ- mas, called “Happy Christmas,” ar- ranged. by Geoffrey Marlowe and published by the Boston Music ~ Company. “To Discuss Cruelty To Dumb Animals All persons interested in the rev- week’s Dallas Post concerning the urged to attend a meeting called or tonight at 8 at Back Mountain ~ Memorial Library. John Hewitt will Monroe Parents Favor Jointure Dallas Much Nearer Than Tunkhannock With a fine new administrative set-up in Tunkhannock composed of tricts in Wyoming County and pro- viding excellent new secondary and ‘elementary school facilities for chil- dren, many. people ask why Monroe Township parents favor jointure of their school with Dallas Township in Luzerne County. To get the answers The Dallas Post this week interviewed a num- ber of them and got these answers: The Tunkhannock Joint School is | thirteen miles from Beaumont while | the Dallas-Franklin school is only six miles distant. Many students help with farm and home chores. The difference in distance means that pupils going ‘to Tunkhannock would have to travel fourteen more miles a day. A second big objection is that busses would have to cross the dan- gerous mail line of ‘the Lehigh Val- ley Railroad twice a day on enter- ing and leaving Tunkhannock. A third objection is. that Super- vising Principal Arch Austin, who has served ‘Monroe Township Schools for a number of years would lose his present status. His chances for survival, many believe, would be better in the smaller’ Dal- las, Franklin, Lake, Noxen jointure. Two Cars Crash Head On At Bridge In Dallas Two cars crashed at the bridge near Devens’ Mill in Dallas Satur- day night, with three injured taken to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital by Norti Berti, a witness to ‘the acci- dent. According to reports, Mar- garet Gebhart, Wilkes-Barre, leaned over to close her decor, turning the wheel and steering her across the center line into the path of a car coming in the opposite direction. Two cars removed the wreckage. Miss Gebhart was dismissed without hospitalization. William Williams, her passenger, had lacerations of strub, Luzerne, had broken ribs and lecernted fps: : VOL. 63, No. 52 Christmas baskets and good-cheer remembrances were distributed | Sunday afternoon by members of | Harveys Lake Woman's Civic Club. Members gathered Saturday night to do the final assorting and Pack-4 ing. a Reading from left to right: Stenger, 3rd, Mrs. Mrs. Robert Leinthal, Mrs. Carl Schreiner, Mrs. Burton King, Mrs. Elwood Davis. In front, with bas- kets, is Mrs. Donald D. Smith. (Photo by James Kozemchak) Members of the committee not present are Mrs. Fuller Ashton, Mrs. William Deets, Mrs. Stephen Hart- man, Mrs. Elwood Whitesell, and Mrs. Garvin Smith. opened its doors Tuesday morning at 9 to 160 pupils who had formerly been educated in six ‘one-room school houses of Ross Township. Excited children had packed all their ' belongings the day before in preparation for the event. Busses, after delivering high school students ta Le hman-Jackson-Ross High School, returned to make the rounds of the small schools, starting with Mooretown. As the busses discharged chil- dren at the canopied doorway, teachers and welcoming commitee steered them through the lobby with its lighted Christmas tree into the gymnasium, where they were addressed by. Lester Squire, super- vising principal, and assigned to rooms. Each grade was allowed a com- plete tour of the new building be- fore settling down. Fires flickered out in the six small schoolhouses, and the huge furnace in the new building took over the task of keeping the children warmer than they had ever been during the winter school term. Tiled toilet facilities were a revelation.. The one-room schools had been heated by pot-bellied stoves, and plumbing was non-existent. First graders for the first time were assigned to a room with other children of their own age, and were able to apply themselves to their small tasks without interference or] distraction from older children’s recitations. On Monday night school board members, members of the Authority Board, teachers, cafeteria staff, hus- bands and wives, gathered to give the beautiful new building a final inspection, and trim the tree donat- ed by Harold Briggs, and lay plans for the formal dedication scheduled for January 2 at § p. m., with open house the same afternoon, 2-4. Visitors toured the building, ad- miring the pastel painted walls, the blonde furniture, the spaciousness of the one-floor layout, the modern windows, the efficient furnace room, and the cheerful modern kitchen with ‘its gleaming equipment and capacious cabinets and shelves. There is a nurse's room equipped with a bed as well as necessary fur- niture, and having its own plumb- ing. facilities. © Desks here and in the supervising principal's office are of stainless steel with brushed mat surface. In the office there is a broadcasting arrangement which connects with every room by ceiling installation, allowing any program ‘desired to be heard in any room. Monday might's Telephone Hour could be heard in any of the six classrooms or gymnasium with equal clarity and volume. Each classroom had a different color scheme, those on the shadier side tending toward warm yellow, those with a sunny exposure decor- ated in cooler tones. There is fluor- escent lighting throughout. Desks and chairs are of the modern mov- able type, hard maple and sturdy, Sigh > Ph with in size in each room child. Blackboards are the non- glare type. There is’ provision for a public telephone installation .in the lobby. The gymnasium has graduations (Continued on Page Seven) Heads Agriculturalists James D. Hutchison, Luzerne County Farm Agent for thirty-five years, was elected president of Pennsylvania Agricultural Associa- tion at Pennsylvania State College last Wednesday. = He was elected vice president fast year at the State Convention. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison; Oak Street, Trucksville, hope to attend the National: Convention in Salt Lake City next October. = Last year they attended a similar convention in Philadelphia, and in 1951 the convention in Chicago. Christmas Eve - Holy Communion Reverend Thomas C. Davis, pas- tor of the Centermoreland - East Dallas Methodist Parish, has an- nounced a special service of Holy Communion on Christmas Eve in East Dallas Church beginning -at 11:30 p.m. From 11:15 p.m. on, while the congregation is gathering, the fa- miliar Christmas carols will be sung. Christmas chimes and hymns will be played through the tower during the evening. At the Festival Holy Commun- ion, the pastor will preach the ser- mon and administer the Holy Sac- rament. The choir of East Dallas Church will sing special music as a part of the service. All the people of the parish, and interested people from the surrounding area are in- vited to be present. The church will be: in candlelight during the service. Of Bi-County League Resign "No Co-operation,’ Say George Shupp And Herman Kern Two officials of the eight-team Bi-County Baseball League have re- signed, it was announced this week, because of lack of cooperation with- in the league. They are George Shupp, presi- dent, and Herman Kern, secretary. Their resignation will become ef- fective December 31. Both men have been active in the league over a period of years and their resignations remove two of the sparkplugs who have done so much to build up the prestige of the organization in recent months. Shupp has been president of the league for the past two years. Prior to that time he \was president and manager of the East Dallas team. He has been associated with the league (for more than ten years. Kern has been secretary for two years. He has been a leader in the effort to provide clean athletic ac- tivities for young men and boys over a period of years and has been largely instrumental in placing the Teeners League for younger boys on a sound footing. The Bi-County League just closed one of its most successful seasons under the direction of Shupp, Kern and George Gay, treasurer. For the first time in years it has closed the year with all bills paid. Shupp, who has just been elected a director of Wilkes-Barre Barons, said, “lack. of co-operation among the managers of the league” was the ‘cause of the resignations. “I the Barons,” he added. Directors ofthe Bi-County League, Robert Barrett, West Pittston and Michael J. Haslin, Parsons, had no comment to make. 3 Member teams of the league are: Dallas Legionnaires East Dallas, Kingston Township Veterans, Car- verton, Beaumont, Noxen, Jenks and Tunkhannock. The Dallas Post Telephone Numbers 4-5656 or 4-7676 Wyoming County Refuses To Act On Merger Plan Monroe's Failure To Win Release Certain To Cause More Delay . Prospects of a consolidation of Monroe Lake, Franklin and Dallas Township schools appear dim after the refusal of Wyoming County Board of School Directors to con- be released from Wyoming County’s plans for reorganization of school districts. In refusing to consider the appeal spokesmen for Wyoming County Board said: ‘Under the new law, Act 184, any new jointure will have to have the approval of the County Board and the State Department of Public Instruction. Since the Lu- zerne County Board has not changed its reorganization plans for the Westmoreland and North Central Administrative Units we see no reason for the release of Monroe Township from Wyoming County. We are not going to attempt to tell Luzerne County how to set up its administrative districts.” The spokesman said: ‘This does not mean that the Wyoming County Board will not consider Monroe's appeal if the Luzerne County Board and the State Department of Public Instruction approve a different ad- SN Present plans of the Luzerne County Board call for two adminis- trative districts: The Westmore- land District includes Dallas Bor- Township, Franklin Township and Kingston Township. The North Central District includes Lehman, Jackson, Ross, Lake and Noxen Townships,’ Noxen having been previously released to join with Lake Township. To date Luzerne County Board of School Directors has refused ‘to re- consider any change in administra- tive .~t<up until Monroe obtains its release from Wyoming County. Review of the plans by the School Facilities Survey hingés on Monroe Township obtaining its release and the release being approved by the State Council of Education. The Luzerne County Board of School Directors would then ask the State Department of Public Instruc- tion for a survey to see if a third administrative district composed of Dallas, Franklin, Lake, Noxen and Monroe Townships is feasible. In brief the ball is being tossed back and forth between Wyoming County Board of School Directors and Luzerne County Board of School Directors and it remains to be seen whether the Lake, Noxen, Monroe, Dallas, Franklin Township quintet can break through the guards and make a basket. Present indications are that the game will run over- time, © = Combination Jams On Postotfice Safe During the middle of the Christ- mas rush a week ago Monday at Dallas Pogtoffice the combination jammed on the big Mosler safe that holds blank money orders and stamps. ; It was not until this week Mon- day that it was opened after the factory in Binghamton sent an ex- pert mechanic here to drill out the combination. Outdoor Christmas displays throughout the Back Mountain re- gion were never more attractive nor elaborate than they are this year. Mild winter weather has evidently given everybody an opportunity to do the work of outside decoration in relative comfort. New Goss Manor and Midland Drive are especially attractive after dark. Outstanding displays? are to be found at the upper end of Machell Avenue, where Haymon Hedden has erected a number of illuminated || Christmas trees at his-apartments. Across the street Art and ‘Dorothy Ross have a large illuminated home. ' On Monroe Avenue, Nelson Carle has erected a Santa’s sleigh with reindeer climbing toward the sky. On Center Hill Road, Robert Dickinson has trimmed a large evergreen with green lights. Many homes on Lake Street are illuminated and outlined. A. C. Dev- ens has an attractive group on his lawn showing Santa in a sleigh drawn by a deer going through a (Continued on Page Five) As the last of the players left, Mr. Gilhool, a former prominent scholastic football official, and his assistant and buyer, tall, handsome Paul Graver prepared to check the day’s receipts and close for the night. Other employees, Florence Bna-Mocha of Wilkes-Barre, a Mr. Mrs. Gilhool’s sister, Joan Casey, and her companion George Lewis were also there. Attractive Mrs. Gilthool, a graduate of Mercy Hos- pital School of Nursing, decided not to wait for her husband. She would ride home with Flor- ence Bna{Mocha after stopping at Jack Nothoff’s cafe for a sandwich and a shuffle board game with Florence, Joan and George. Although the cafe had beer closed since 12:15, it was reopened to ad- mit ‘the four friends who frequently stopped there after the bingo games. Tending bar was William Dougher of Harveys Lake. Another who shortly stopped for was Jack, Kehoe of Harding. He was in an expansive mood and spent freely, buying round after round of champaigne and double drinks for the crowd. As the evening wore on, he and Mrs. Gilhool danced to the strains of the juke box. Mrs. Gilhool ate little but enjoyed the drinks and the companionship. Over at the Casino, Mr. Gilhool and Paul Graver took a look around to see that all was in order, then night's receipts and drove home Githool turned left on Vaughn street. Shedlock proceeded to Dy- pont. : Gilhool said he. then went to bed, accompanied him, because she would come home shortly with Flor- ence Bna-Mocha. Back at Nothoff's Mrs. and Kehoe continued to dance— with Kehoe showing his drinks 2nd becoming abusive. After Githool left, Paul Graver, who lives in an apartment in the Casino while his wife and family remain at Lehighton, dropped in at Nothoff’s to join his friends.’ Joan Casey, Mrs. Gilhool’s sister, and her companion, George Lewis, left for their homes at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Githool came over to Grav- er’s table to complain that Kehoe was well Graver advised her: business dancing with him when he’s drunk.” She resented the re- mark. said Paul, “I'm going home.” At 4 he left the saloon and went back to his reom in 'the Casino, ‘where, he later told police, he made a sandwich and went to bed. 7 The liquor was taking effect on Kehoe. He was mo longer able to enjoy dancing, He passed out. his chauffeur drove him home. The party was over. It was 5:80 Thursday morning. Mrs. Gilhool told Florence she had forgotten a package at the Casino and borrowed a flashlight from Bill Dougher to go back and get it. “I'll as she left. About 10 o'clock Florence went over to the Casino, aroused Paul Graver and told him Mrs. Gilhool was missing. It was the first he knew something was wrong. In Kingston as Mr. Githood awak- ened Thursday morning about 9 he noticed ithe hall light still burning. He went to his 'wife’s adjoining room. She had not returned as he had expected. He called her mother and sisters and other relatives. He called at the Lake. At 1. o'clock he notified the State Police that Dorothy was missing. Harveys: Lake police received the notice at 4:30 and Joseph Ide, Leh- the vicinity where she had been last seen questioned neighbors and start- ed a paintaking search. State Policemen Louis Spupritck and Vincent Nelson, in plain clothes, and working on another case at the Lake, heard the word that Mrs. Gilhool was missing and joined in the investigation. Shupnick was a neighbor and old acquaintance of the Gilhools. activity, but now there was real (Continued ‘on Page 8)
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