FROM.
The Dallas Post
Telephone Numbers
4-5656 or 4-7676
By MRS. T.
M. B. HICKS
Nonnie not emerging from behind
the brief TV interview, Bill felt let
down. After all, he had risen at the
To anybody who was watching
that T-V show Thursday afternoon,
and wondered about Willie, that’s
the kind of hand puppet that I
turn out by the dozen, usually of
any scraps of biege coating that
happens to be left over from the
current crop of snowsuits, but oc-
down with bright black eyes and
pink-lined ears. The name is always
Willie, for no good: reason. Willie
makes a marvelous bedtime toy,
lending himself to tucking under
the pillow with only his head pro-
truding. Willie was not scheduled
to appear on ‘the program, but when
the phone call came that announced
imminent arrival of five grandchil-
dren well acquainted with Wiilie in
all his various guises, he seemed
indicated.
Billy retrieved Willie from my
pocket and attempted to fit him
into the radio, but there was fortu-
nately no easy aperture, so he de-
sisted, abandoned Willie, and made
a bee-line for Pinky, who retreated
precipitately under ‘the Franklin
stove, peering out with a wary eye.
Pinky has lived and suffered. In
his early youth he was played like
an accordion, stuffed up the rain-
spout, and subjected to various
other indignities which left him
wary of anything under five feet
tall. All children, he reasons, are
alike, and though Bill wouldn’t harm
a hair of his beautiful striped grey
coat, Bill has to sell his good inter-
tions all over again‘every time he
comes to visit, cajoling Pinky until
1 ole:
higiself to bes pettc a6
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up a great deal of room. Bill never
can do anything in the accepted
manner, but is inclined to draw
upon his imagination.
“Let’s tippytoe down ithe front
stairs,” says Barbara, suiting ‘the
action to the word. The twins glide
silently down the banister, Susie
and Chuck tippytoe according to
the pattern, but Bill coasts down
on his stomach, headfirst, arms ex-
tended as if on a sled. On the
second step Bill's pockets begin to:
disgorge ‘their freight of marbles
and by the time he reaches the
bottom he is descending in a hop-
a length. :
And nobody is as much surprised
as Bill. Overalls ought to be quiet
enough, thinks Bill, surveying the
situation with a bewildered expres-
sion. What could be more silent
than a well upholstered tummy?
Far quieter than tippytoes. Dear
me.
Bill retrieves his marbles from
under the teakwood chest and the
couch and behind ‘the door and the
largest upholstered chair, and goes
off to the kitchen to help grate raw
cocoanut for the Easter eggs. He
is so absorbed in this fascinating
process ‘that imperceptibly he leaves
his high-chair and kneels on top of
the table to get a good purchase on
the grater, and eventually he grates
a bit of finger.
But as Barbara says, what's a
drop of gore between friends, and
anyhow it’s all in the family. And
the candied cherries will camouflage
the error, and the melted chocolate
conceal it completely.
Bill's ready now to oversee the
making of the brown sugar cookies
and the doughnuts, and eager to
help whip up the meringue for the
lemon pie. His eyes sparkle as he
hauls his high chair to the table
where the baking is going on, and
clambers up to get his finger into
the pie.
After the doughnuts are out of the
fat, sugared; and in the crock, Bill
is ready to blow eggs for the Easter
egg tree. Bill is about as big as a
pint jug, but what he lacks in size
he makes up in atomic energy.
Hillside Fire
Burns J Acres
William Harlos, fire tower oper-
ator at the Harvey tower above
Irem Country Club, reports that at
1 P. M. Wednesday afternoon, a
forest fire which burned five acres
on the mountain above Hillside, was
under control.
Mr. Harlos spotted the smoke at
10:15, alerted a crew at Nanticoke
immediately, and another at Pitts-
ton at 11:30. Fifteen fire-fighters
Motorist Skids
On Highway Mud
Cecil Ross Has
Facial Injuries
Cecial Ross, 51, is a patient at
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital recover-
ing from facial injuries received
Saturday night at 6:30 when his
1938 Plymouth skidded on the mud
covered highway in front of the
William Wasser property at Lake
Catalpa and crashed into a tree.
Mr. Ross was enroute to visit his
sister Mrs. Horace Ferrell of De-
Munds when his car struck a thir-
ty-foot patch of -mud that had
oozed over the highway from the
rains of Friday night. The car
turned completely around as it
skidded, and was damaged to the
extent of several hundred dollars.
Albert Frantz assisted Mr. Ross
to his sister’s home. He was treat-
ed by Dr. Richard Crompton who
had Mrs. Ferrell take the injured
man to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
where X-rays revealed a triple
fracture of facial bone in the
vicinity of the sinus.
H. A. ANDRUSS
Monthly meeting of Dallas-Frank-
lin Township P. T. A. will be held
Monday at 8. This is ‘the regular
meeting postponed because of the
Easter Monday holiday."
The speaker will be Dr. Harvey
A. Andruss, president of [State
Teachers College, Bloomsburg. Dr.
Andruss has had a varied and use-
ful career. He has been president
of Bloomsburg since 1939. He was
consultant and department head of
the American Army University,
Berkshire, England. He has lec-
tured at Columbia University, New
York University, Pennsylvania State
University, and the University of
Oklahoma. He holds degrees from
Pennsylvania State University,
Northwestern University and Uni-
versity of Oklahoma.
Dr. Andruss is also the author of
numerous books relating to busi-
ness law and accounting.
It is the hope of President Charles
Rinehimer that the auditorium will
be filled because of the calibre of
the speaker. Delegates will also be
appointed to represent the P. T. A.
at the spring meeting to be held at
Forty Fort May 1.
Church Street
To Be Surfaced
Harold E. Flack has received con-
firmation from Bernard J. Harding,
District Engineer of the State High-
way Department, that Church
Street, Dallas; long badly neglected,
will be resurfaced this summer.
Mr. Harding's letter stated: “We
are pleased to inform you that as a
result of your untiring efforts, we
have succeeded in securing the ap-
proval of the Secretary of Highways
for the resurfacing of Church Street
in Dallas Borough and its extension
leading to Dallas Township School.
“Barring anything unforeseen this
work should be approved and placed
underway sometime during the
early pant of the construction sea-
son.”
Called As Witnesses
A number of local persons were
called as witnesses in the Grand
Indian pumps, augmented by vol-
unteers picked up along the way.
Jury investigation of the Gilhool
homicide Tuesday and Wednesday.
Annual
Dallas Borough-Kingston Township
grade « schools: are scheduled for
next week, Shavertown is first,
Monday evening, 7-9; Dallas, Tues-
day 7-9; Trucksville, Wednesday,
7-9. Work of individual pupils, and
unit work, showing collaboration’ of
all students in a given room, will
be shown. Unit projects are care-
fully worked out, to show a com-
plete experience in learning, involv-
ing English, social studies, music
and mathematics, as well as art.
Mrs. Arline Trimble’s first grade
room at Shavertown takes Story-
land as its theme; Mrs. Grace Flem-
ing’s, Brown Top Circus. Mrs.
Edythe Kromelbein’s second grad-
ers portray Indian Life, Bertha Sut-
liff’s second graders Our Town.
Mrs. Rachel Porter’s third grade
has been working on Eskimos. Mrs.
Ruth Novy’s fourth graders are in-
terested in Frontier Days. Joseph
Industry. James Latin
America.
Mrs. Jeanne Jones and Mrs. Han-
nah James, teachers of the jointure
kindergarten, will show original
pictures of “What we are Doing.”
If the exhibit follows the pattern of
former years, gay children will be
brushing their teeth with four-foot
arms, dressing for a party, or pat-
ting the family dog.
Mrs. Arline Rood, grade 1, has
guided her pupils in construction
of a Farm Scene. Mrs. Antoinette
Mason’s second graders are work-
ing out Our Helpers. Cornelia Davis,
third grade, Our Island Home. Mrs.
Louise Colwell’s fourth grade takes
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Louise McQuil-
kin’s fifth grade has a triple theme,
Oregon and Santa Fe Trails, and
the Gold Rush. John Mulhern’s
sixth; a Coffee Plantation.
At Trucksville, the exhibit starts
with the Four Seasons, a unit de-
veloped by Adeline Burgess’ first
grade takes American Indians for
its theme. Marian Young's exhibit
has an intriguing name, Pedro of
the Andes. Lenora Warden's fifth
grade, The Story of Music. Theo-
dore Laskowski's sixth grade, Is-
lands in the Caribbean.
Goodwin,
Senior Of The Month
Jerry Boone, Lake-Noxen High
School, is senior of the month,
elected by the senior class from four
candidates for the honor of repre-
senting Lake-Noxen at the Dallas
Rotary Club dinner meeting at Irem
Temple on Thursday.
Jerry is taking the Academic
course, but has no present plans
for going to college. He is a mem-
ber of the Student Council, and was
in the Senior Play. He belongs to
the Sports and Clicker Clubs, and
has played in Varsity athletics,
baseball for four years, basketball
three. He likes to hunt for small
fourteen years old.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Al-
bert Boone, Hunlocks Creek R. D.
To Hold Bake Sale
Huntsville Christian Church will
hold a bake sale at Boyd White's
next Friday, April 30, starting at
10:30 a. m.
During the next three weeks,
homemakers throughout the State
will meet for their annual county
homemakers day. These days are the
climax to the season’s work in home
economics extension, and they pro-
vide an opportunity for homemakers
who have taken part in extension
activities to tell the public of their
achievements. It’s also an excellent
time for homemakers to acquaint
the public with the scope of home
economics information available
through the extension service.
All but four of the counties in
the Keystone State will have a
county Homemakers Day. This year
the program theme is “Strengthen-
ing Family Living,” and the theme
is being carried out in many dif-
ferent ways. In Luzerne County the
Homemakers Day will be held on
Tuesday, April 27, from 10:30 a. m.
to 3 p. m. at the Zion Lutheran and
Reformed Church in Briggsville. The
ladies of the church will serve a
luncheon at noon.
Representative homemakers from
all over the county met on March
feature Good Buymanship. Mrs.
Elsie Robinson from the Pennsyl-
vania Power & Light Company in
Hazleton will talk on How to Buy
Electrical Equipment. A panel dis-
cussion on Our Market Basket is
being prepared by the members of
the Black Creek Extension Group.
An outstanding feature this year
will be the McKendree Church
Chorus under the direction of Mrs.
Laura Devens. County homemakers
will report on the special events
during the year in which they have
participated.
Reservation shculd be made with
Mrs. Ruth Darbie, Court House An-
nex, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., by April 23.
New Fire Truck
Arrives May 15
Shavertown Company
Needs $10,000 Fund
Ten days after delivery of its new
$15,000 Pirsch Fire Truck on May
15, Shavertown Fire Company will
have to make final payment to the
manufacturer.
That’s not an easy goal to reach,
but firemen are determined to meet
it. i
With Edward Hall, honorary
chairman; Tom Morgan as general
chairman, and Emil Klinges as as-
sistant chairman, the drive for
funds got off to a flying start Mon-
day night.
Firemen started out with the old
fire truck at 6:30 and began a
thorough canvass of every street in
the community. On the first night
they collected. $517. Reports of each
night's collection are made the fol-
lowing day at Ted Poad’s office in
Back Mountain Lumber Company,
so that the readings on the big
Drive Thermometer erected near
the Postoffice can be changed every
day at noon. Tuesday at noon the
thermometer reading stood at $1,-
000. LeRoy Dourand and Emil
Klinges painted and erected the
thermometer.
Of the $15,000 which the firemen
have to raise, $5,000 has been as-
sured by [Civil Defense so that the
total amount actually to be raised
in Shavertown will be $10,000.
As an added incentive to citizens
to donate $5 or more, firemen will
give each donor of that amount, or
multiples of $5, a ticket good for
one chance on a 21-inch television
set which will be awarded at the
end of the drive.
W-V Motor Club
Sponsors Trip
Two Local Safety
Patrolmen To Go
Durelle Scott, III, sixth grade stu-
dent from Dallas Borough elemen-
tary school, will represent the Dal-
Borough - Kingston Township
School Safety Patrol Assembly in
Washington, D. C.,, May 7 and 8.
Thirty-six members of grade school
safety patrols from the Wyoming
Valley area are being sent, their
expenses 90% defrayed by Wyoming
Valley Motor Club. A representa-
tive from Dallas-Franklin schools
remains to be selected.
Those selected will go by Martz
bus the morning of May 7, accom-
panied by a nurse, two chaperones,
[Corporal Rinehart of the State Po-
lice, and C. W. Bigelow, secretary-
manager of the Motor Club.
May 8, 35,000 members of school
safety patrols from all over the
United States will parade down Con-
stitution Avenue. Following the
parade, patrols will visit Arlington
National Cemetery, Mount Vernon,
and other points of interest. On
the way to Washington, there will
be a stop at Gettysburg.
Denied New Trial
Forty-six year old Jonah Roberts
of Edwardsville was denied a new
trial by Luzerne County Court.
Lehman Show
Saturday May 8
Antiques, Hobbies,
White Elephants
Lehman Antique and Hobby
Show, sponsored by Ladies Auxil-
iary of Lehman Fire Department, is
scheduled for May 8. Mrs. Edward
Oncay and Mrs. Alvin Bolen are co-
chairmen.
The show, which will be held in
Lehman Fire Hall, will be open to
the public from noon to 7 p. m.
May 8th. Entries will be received
Friday evening or Saturday morn-
ing. Prizes and ribbons will be
awarded winners.
Persons having articles for the
White Elephant Sale, are asked to
leave them at the Lehman Supply
where they will be on display. Mrs.
Howard Ehret and Mrs. Alice Elston
are in charge of White Elephants
at the show.
Mrs. Lansford Sutton, chairman
of the refreshment committee, an-
nounces that a ham luncheon will
be served during the entire show.
Assisting Mrs. Sutton are Mrs. Glen-
dora Shilanski, Mrs. John Roberts
and Mrs. Leonard Ide.
Serving on other committees are:
Antique and hobby, Mrs. Randolph
Wright, Mrs. Edwin Wright, Mrs.
Charles Nuss, Mrs. Lester Squier,
Mrs. Bert Sutton, Mrs. Arthur Ma-
jor, Mrs. Lewis Ide, Mrs. Stewart
Marks; bake sale, Mrs. Edward On-
cay and Mrs. Alvin Bolen; door
prize, Mrs. William Trethaway;
chance books, Mrs. Charles Eley;
advertising and publicity, Mrs. My-
ron Baker.
Sweet Valley
Plans Parade
Sherman Kunkle Is
General Chairman
Sherman Kunkle will again be
general chairman of the Sweet Val-
ley Parade, scheduled this year for
May 31, because of Memorial Day
falling on Sunday. Michael L. Ad-
ams, president of Sweet Valley Vol-
unteer Fire Company, states that
this year’s parade will be bigger
and: better than ever.
“Rural Communities” will be the
theme of the parade. Floats show-
ing horse and hand-drawn fire ap-
paratus will show how rural areas
once fought fire, as contrasted with
modern pumping equipment. Out-
moded agricultural implements will
contrast with up-to-date mechan-
ized farm machinery. Vintage cars
will trundle along the line of march.
Back Mountain bands will again
be on parade, church organizations
will sponsor floats, businessmen will
compete for first place in foats de-
picting their wares, and there will
be the usual array of comic relief
on foot and on float.
At the end of the parade route,
there will be concessions and rides,
food and fun for everyone.
Hospital Patient
Rev. William Heapps of Dallas
Methodist Church suffered a heart
attack Wednesday afternoon and is
a patient at Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital for observation.
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Lehman-Jackson-Ross High School
Band and chorus will present its
annual' concert tonight at 8:15 in
the high school auditorium. The
theme of the program which will in-
clude vocal and instrumental en-
sembles is “Spring”. Bernard J.
Gerrity is #director. \
Taking part are the following:
kneeling, Mildred Wagner; first row,
Margo Davenport, Lois Vanderhoff,
Beverly Radginsky, Charles Yetter,
Jane Cave, Beverly Bogart, Betty
Kachmar, Theresa Rodriquez, Janet
Cornell, Carol Hadsell, Betty Doran,
Jacqueline Spencer, Shirley Park,
Russell Steele, Harold Coolbaugh,
Fred Cragle, Thomas Williams; sec-
ond row, Helen Skopic, Louise
Schultz, Louise Ellsworth, Lenora
Swan, Althea Disque, Jeanne Cas-
terline, Doris Varner, Judith Steele,
Barbara Radginsky, Joseph Har-
disky, Elwood Thompson, Paul Dar-
goy, Babetta Hewitt, Janice Barnes,
Elaine Major, Carole Williams, Es-
ther Ide, Nancy Williams, Bonnie
Piper, Mary Sorokin, Jane Connor;
third row, Beverly Major, Barbara
—Photo by Lyon’s Studio
fourth row, Mary Ann Kupstas,
Ellen Ray, Jane Barrall, Kenneth
Masters, Edward Wallo, Joel Rood,
Harry Thompson, Jay Long, Janice
Bronson, Marcia Elston, Joyce On-
cay, Lorraine Varner, Gertrude
Cragle.
Seven Routes
To Be Surfaced
By The State
Twelve Miles Of
Back Mountain Roads
Will Be Improved
The State Department of High-
ways has authorized the improve-
ment of seven Legislative Routes
in the Back Mountain area. The
work will get under way and be
completed during the summer ac-
cording to an announcement made
this week by the District Engineer’s
Office in Scranton.
Routes and distances to be im-
proved are: Route 40052, 1.55
miles, 8th Street, Wyoming, towards
Mt. Zion, resurface by means of
moto-paver; Route 40106, .43 mile,
near Harveys Lake, resurface with
motopaver; Route 40124, 4.38 miles,
West Wyoming to Trucksville, heavy
resurfacing by motopaver; Route
40131, 1.70 miles, Dallas Township
School to Ketcham Corners, resur-
facing by motopaver; Route 40107,
87 mile, Laketon ito Ruggles, con-
struct with 8-inches CAB, AT-1
surface, 14 feet wide; Route 40115,
92 mile, Outlet toward Loyalville,
construct with 8 inches CAB, AT-1
surface, 14 feet wide; Route 40134,
2.31 miles, Lehman to Meeker, con-
struct with 8 inches CAB, A-1 sur-
face, 14 feet wide.
Lights-On Drive
Not Complete
Mrs. Ohlman Says
Many Are Missed
Mrs. Harry Ohlman, chairman of
the “Lights On” drive for the Can-
cer Crusade, in announcing a col-
lection / of $1,577.72 for Tuesday
night, states that many people who
always contribute were either not
at home, had failed to turn on their
lights, or were missed by solicitors.
Checks and cash are still coming in,
and much more is expected. The
goal is $2,500. Containers left at
stores and (business places will be
collected May 1. Residents who
have not contributed may send a
check to Mrs. Ohlman. :
Steady workers at Cancer Infor-
mation headquarters in the Library
Annex Tuesday might were Mrs.
Ohlman, Mrs. Mildred Strittmatter,
Gwen James from Wilkes-Barre of-
fice, Mrs. Jack Barnes, Mrs. Clyde
Cooper, Mrs. Charles Flack, Mrs.
David Hall, Russell Honeywell and
W. B. Jeter, from the Dallas Bank.
Mrs. R. M. Bodycomb was the first
solicitor to finish with her street
and turn in her funds. Coffee and
sandwiches were served.
Bringing their collections, in ad-
dition to those above mentioned,
were Mrs. Frank Parkhurst, Eileen
O’Boyle, Mrs. William Purcell, Mrs.
Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Charles Frantz,
Dennis Bonning, Joe Ide, Mrs. Reese
Finn, James Gansel, Mrs. Harold
Gebler, Mrs. Rachel VanHorn, Mrs.
Ornan Lamb, Mrs. H. W. [Clewell,
Mrs. Byron Creasy.
All Back Mountain police did their
usual good job in assisting with
the district collections.
Firemen Discuss
Larger Building
Lehman To Build
Community Center
Lehman Volunteer Fire Company
has received tentative bids for the
construction of ‘a 40x60 foot addi-
tion to itis present building in Leh-
man,
The addition is planned to serve
as a Community (Center with ample
room for community meetings, din-
ners and recreational activities.
The company recently completed
purchase of a 200 by 200 foot lot
between its present building and
Route 115, and it is on this ground
that the concrete block structure
will be erected.
John Roberts, president of the
company, said this week that the
present bids of $11,000, $13,000
and $21,000 are actually only esti-
mates for the guidance of the mem-
bership in determining the size and
type of building.
Definite action will probably be
taken at the Company's regular
meeting on Wednesday, May 19.
Barbecue Demonstration
All members of the Library Auc--
tion Barbecue Committee are urged
to attend the Barbecue Demonstra-
tion which will be presented Thurs--
day, May 6, at Mill City by special--
ists from Pennsylvania State Uni--
versity. The demonstration willl
start at 3:30. J ¢