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Political advertising $1.10 per inch. : Advertising copy received on Thursday will be charged at 85¢ er column inch. . > Classified rates 4¢ per word. Minimum charge 75c. All charged ads 10¢ additional. ; Unless paid for at advertising rates, we can give no assurance that announcements plays, [Rares fummage sales or any affair for raising money will appear in a cific issue. : : ni vibe will in Aen given to editorial matter which has not previously appeared in publication. Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISLEY Associate Editors—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS. T. M. B. HICKS Advertising Manager—ROBERT F. BACHMAN _.. Photographer—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Editorially Speaking: | The Hilgsion of Suburban Economy | The illusion of Suburban Economy is dispelled in the current issue of Luzerne County News-letter, edited by Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, and published monthly as a com- munity service by the Political Science Department of Wilkes College. Dr. Mailey says: ’ In the rapid expansion of America’s cities in recent years, the problem of the urbanite has been to establish a home for himself at the highest social level in an eco- nomy in which costs are rising. Homeowners have des- perately tried to get out from under the property tax load. . Tt has been a fond illusion of many that moving into the suburbs will accomplish this. Actually, such a result is unlikely under the best of conditions. It is true there are a few ways in which savings in taxes can be made by es- tablishing a suburban home. In the first place, if the core city is seriously corrupt and the suburb is not, a saving equal to the waste can be made. : it In the second place, very large cities suffer from in- creasing costs per capita. Beyond a certain point, cities lose any advantage of large scale operations and begin to encounter cost increases. In the third place, crime rates, health and slum prob- lems, and welfare expenses are all likely to be greater in the core city and hence more expensive. - Lastly, by moving into the suburbs, it may be possible to have the state and county perform the services that are performed by the core city and borne by the core city taxpayers. 7 : . : The, picture of large savings is likely to be illusory, however, and for many reasons. First, a move to the sub- urbs almost certainly means an increase in fire insurance rates. Lh . - Secondly; any real tax advantages caused by location in the suburbs (advantages in the site value of land) tend to become capitalized in the sale price and accrues to the seller and not ‘the buyer. The buyer loses through jerry- building or skimping on’ building materials because of in- adequate building codes. * Thirdly, low taxes is really a polite way of saying no services. Many suburbs do not have all the services that urbanites expect. In moving out of a city, a septic tank may be necessary. This causes worry about contamina- tion and a falling water table level. And, as population increases, sewers may be necessary. The result is a total loss of the investment in a septic tank. Fourthly, services that are available are likely to be performed by amateurs. This means that they are not likely to be either satisfactory or inexpensive. Fifthly, taxes may start at what appears to be much lower levels than those of the city, but the suburbanite can be assured that they will increase at a rapid pace. If one family is attracted to a particular suburb, many others will be, too. As population density increases, the need for urban services increases. Each new service must be paid for by additional taxes. Water and sewerage systems must be installed. Streets need paving. Street lights must be installed. Urbanites demand many services. The discovery that these services must be paid for results in bitter disillusionment to the suburbanite who had believed that suburban living included the having of the cake as well as the eating of it. Roger Babson The Conference of Governors, meeting at Atlantic City recently, received a special report on the plight of American cities, which are now facing some peculiar and very difficult problems. Traffic Congestion Of course, the most pressing prob- lem of cities, and especially of our larger metropolitan centers, is traf- fic. For a good many years now, I have been telling my friends and readers that heavy traffic and in- sufficient parking spaces are chok- ing our cities to economic death. Traffic congestion is hastening the exodus of business enterprise from our large cities. But even more im- portant — heavy traffic is slowing down our whole economy and lim- iting our gross national product. Millions of productive hours are lost because of traffic snarls. In Chicago, to cite but one example which could be multiplied by thousands, busses were stationary a few years ago only 10% of their trip time. Today, owing to more frequent and longer traffic delays, these busses are sta- tionary 40% of their trip time. This is one important reason for the need of higher fares. Five cents of every bus fare which you pay is necessary because of unregulate automobile congestion. Downtown Area Blights A second urgent problem of our cities is the tendency for in-city public and private property to. de- teriorate too rapidly. The great cities of our country are centers of to the fulfillment of the American dream. Yet, as I travel around the country, I am often appalled at the shabbiness of so many of our urban communities. In too many. cities, entire streets have been permitted (Continued on Page Seven) | i | Looking at T-V With GEORGE A. and EDITH ANN BURKE HOME (NBC-TV, Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 12 noon, EDT) will have a format change based on the results of a viewer survey made at the conclusion of the program’s second year. Two basic changes will be made. First, service material (on food, fashion, travel, entertaining etc.) will be scheduled on set days of the week, so that the viewer may pre- dict that she can see fashions on Monday, for example, or food feat- ures on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Second change in the format will be in the type of general feature material which will be presented. It will be of broader interest and will tend toward “first person” journa- lism — stories about people both famous and unknown who have in- teresting stories to tell. Both these alternations in the “Home” format — predictability of programing and emphasis on broad- ‘er feature material—were made not only as the results of the viewer survey, but on the strength of “Home's” viewer mail. The new format will be inaugurated on Sep- tember 3. ARLENE FRANCIS, Editor-in- Chief of “Home” has found that be- ing a television star doesn’t mean she can escape the eagle eye of family criticisms. Recently Arlene paid a visit to Boston to do a show from the Boston Public Gardens. She was. feted with a combined press party and family reception. Arlene’s famous uncle, Dr. Varaz- stad Kazanjian and his wife, the doctor’s son, Victor and his wife, and Arlene’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Davis (Mr. Davis is Arlene’s mother’s brother) were among those present at the party. When the vivacious Arlene arriv- ed everyone exclaimed admiringly except her two aunts. “Take off the hat, Arlene,” they whispered. “I can’t,” she whispered back, “I've been researching in the blis- tering sun and my hair is all limp.” “I don’t like a hat on Arlene, do you” one aunt asked the other. “Well, it's a very pretty hat, but I like Arlene better without one,” the second answered. At which point, Arlene wailed. “I wore this hat to Grace Kelly’s wed- ding and I love it and if this is how everyone is going to treat me in Boston I won't come again!” She didn’t mean a word of it, be- cause the Kazanjian and Davis families and their famous niece are a mighty close knit family group. Every member of her family watch- es Arlene with great pride. Fame is not something new for Arlene’s family. Her father, Aram Kazanjian was a famous Armenian-American portrait photographer, her uncle is a famous plastic surgeon. ED SULLIVAN for the third con-. secutive . year, devotes his entire telecast to the top talent of the U.S. Air Force, including the Air Force Fencing Team, which will compete in the Olympics this year; the crack Judo Team and the 160-piece Air Force orchestra. TALENTED NANETTE FABRAY is having troubles as far as contrac- tual guarantees are concerned. Nanette, who is off the Sid Caesar show propositioned NBC-TV for a minimum of four TV appearances next season at $25,000 each plus the fiancing of a pilot for a half-hour series. NBC didn’t care for this kind of guarantee, so no deal. MICKEY MOUSE CLUB — Walt Disney is plotting the up-coming “Disneyland” and “Mickey Mouse Club” more for adults than ever before. Certain format changes are believed made to attract adult bankrollers in the face of a dearth of for-the-kid sponsors. GALLUP vs. ROPER — Those old pollster competitors are at it again, this time on television. With Dr. Frank Gallup already set with NBC- TV for the convention-election cov- erage, CBS -TV this week signed Elmo Roper for its side. Poet's Comer Life's High-Way God, ever give me grace to bask Not only in the arched eye Of Kings; and those the World calls “great” But to the men, in humbler task | The silent, timid, passers-by, May I still welcome simple souls That bearing burdens, trudge along Arriving never at their goals Sequestered and without a song. May God give me the grace to gaze On twisted bodies, tortured minds, With sure compassion, to my heart Receive the ‘Brother Heart” that says | Be Kind, my Brother, O, be Kind! J.B. 7P., Bard of Harveys Lake. If you want to be sure you will upstairs, put the instrument on top of an overturned tin pan. Bob Tales | Well, it turns out I'm no different than most folks when it comes to paying fines. I loaded all the fam- ily in the car and headed out into the country looking for Vernon Cease, Justice Of The Peace, Hun- lock Creek R. D. No 2, on Monday night, intent on pleading my case and proving I wasn’t guilty of going through a stop sign. We searched up one country road and down an- other, believe me, Hunlocks Creek R. D. No. 2 spreads out ‘all over the place, and by blind chance, after we thought we were fairly lost, we came to a store with the JP's name on it. Real nice fellow he is, too. I told him I was pleading ‘not guilty” and he says that’s alright with him but he would have to set up a hearing at some later date when he, the arresting officer and I could all get together. I hated to make the trip again at a time that would probably be when 1 was the busiest and so, after his assur- ance that it wouldn’t affect my driving record or my insurance, I gave in like most folks do and de- cided paying the $10.00 fine was the path of least resistance and it was worth it to have the matter closed. One thing Ill pass on to you other folks, however, is this . watch yourself on a Sunday after- noon. The Jackson Township police have a nice little secluded place at the bottom of the hill behind an abandoned house and a big cinder pile where all the roads meet at the outlet of Huntsville Reservoir. The stop sign is way up the hill, practically invisible, and if you stop there at the sign you can’t see whether there are any cars coming, and, if you go to the foot of the hill to .stop, then go across, the boys come out a whistlin’ and a yellin’ and brother, you’ve had it. Jim Oliver applied for member- ship in the Isaacs-Unger-John Rat- tlesnake Club by claiming he had killed his first rattler up at their cabin. Since the initiation fee is one rattlesnake skin, Jim was asked to produce the evidence. When he went to look for it it was gone. Now who or what would bother to take a rattlesnake skin. You'll have to try harder than this Jim if you expect to make grade. Sounds like you might be trying to hoodwink your old pals and they've been around too long. The N. Y. Daily News published a letter to the editor from an East Orange, N. J., man who said: “I'm sick of this Taft-Hartley Bill. I say we should pay it and get it over with,” A couple weeks ago. several roads in Dallas Borough were closed to traffic while the Borough Road Crews spread tar and then covered it with fine stone. This was swell because the streets ‘were awfully rough and needed resurfacing. Only now the same crew is back shovel- ing and brushing like mad to get the newly laid stone into little piles that they are throwing back into the trucks . . . and the streets are just as bad as ever. Somebody goofed! Either the tar was no good or not mixed properly, 'cause it didn’t hold the stone at all. Or perhaps, since Jim Besecker’s gone, there’s no councilman on the board who can spare the time to super- vise these jobs and avoid such mistakes. : Want to own a brand new, spic and span gas station and go into business for yourself? If you do let me know, there’s one in the middle of Dallas you can lease right away. : August will see quite some changes: along the highway in Trucksville. The Trucksville Mill Poultry Shop will be closing up ‘cause Stan and Dot Moore are go- ing back into the teaching pro- fession and Dr. Crompton will be moving into his newly renovated office in Pete Malkemes’s building where the old Acme Store used to be. Franklin P. Jones was right when he said most children take no, No, NO for an answer. Coming - back from Wilkes-Barre the other day when it was hot and traffic was at its worst, I began to think, with nostalgia, of the sum- mer days when I was a youngster living in Trucksville and, after my clarinet lesson every Saturday morning in the city, I would board the open trolley, the one with the running board all around, and no sides, and ride out home into the cool, fresh country air, with noth- ing but green trees and foliage on each side of the tracks and no traffic except maybe another trolley car would all wave at the passengers in the other car. Ah, this modern age . . . there are certain aspects of it that you can have, I'll take the old way. Rocky, one of Charlie Gosart’s right hand men, is completely happy in his new kingdom, another meat- cutting department in the basement where all the meats are processed for the freezer customers. = Here Rocky reigns supreme and wields a mean cleaver so don’t disturb him in his domain. Winner this week of two free tickets to the Himmler Theater is Ralph G. Lewis, Summit Avenue, Trucksville. Stop at The Dallas Maybe the country is in good shape, after all—a lot of people want to be President. ONLY | YESTERDAY Ten and Twenty Years Ago In The Dallas Post From The Issue of August 2, 1946 W. L. Lemon, Carverton, loses his barn, his winter hay, and his auto- mobile at the height of Wednesday night's electric storm, when the barn is struck by lightning. Jackson Methodist Church ac- quires an adjoining plot of ground through the kindness of Dr. Z. L. Smith. A basement will be excava- ted under the old church building, with facilities for Sunday School rooms and kitchen. Tearing down of the old church hall will furnish materials. The new land will be improved for church socials and other outdoor activities. = 2 The question of sewage disposal is up again in Dallas, with residents appearing before the Borough Coun- cil to complain about the use of Toby's Creek for dumping purposes. Clarence A. Boston, Nicholson, is named cashier of Abington National Bank, Clarks Summit. Mr. Boston was vice president and cashier of Nicholson National Bank for ten years. Rotary Club will study sewage Lehman volunteer fire - fighters break ground for the new fire hall. Plans are to build a cement block structure for housing of equipment, adding kitchen, recreation and din- ing additions later. Reunions of Frear-Parrish, Lord, and Sutton families are held. The matter of an old railway Lutheran Church in Shavertown. The case is in court, William Valen- tine representing St. Paul's, Donald Coughlin representing John Fer- guson, who claims that when the right of way was no longer held by the railway, it reverted to its orig- inal owners, not to the church property which adjoins. Mr. Fer- guson destroyed the woven wire fence erected by the church, and allegedly plans to build a garage there. The church asks for an in- junction to prevent such action. From The Issue of July 31, 1936 Mrs. Jane A. Brundle, helpmeet of retired Methodist minister Rev. Joshua Brundle, Trucksville, ends a long life of service to others. Born on the Isle of Man, Mrs. Brundle lived in England and Australia. Widowed, and returned to the Isle of Man as postmistress of Foxdale, she met Rev. Brundle when he was an evangelist on the Isle of Man, and came to America with him. Eagerly entering into pastoral work, she made a lasting impression upon every community in which her hus- band was stationed, including Leh- man and Dallas. Donald T. Kester resigns as coach at Dallas Township, to join the Belleville high school faculty. ing contractor, falls from a scaffold- ing at John Sullivan's home on Huntsville Road, and sustains a compound fracture of the left leg. Jane Whipple, Dallas, is in the lead, heading sixty babies in the current Post Baby Contest. : Chief Ira Stevenson, ‘Harveys Lake, recovers a stolen bike in Wilkes-Barre. Judge John Fine sets Borough school millage at 29, a reduction of one mill. The amount saved is about enough to cover legal expenses in- curred for three court actions, none of which got anybody anywhere, but caused much furor among the contestants, postponed important work of the school board, and left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth. Alex, the tame bear, who spent the winter at Kirby Park Zoo after taking on all comers in a wrestling match at Noxen, and doing a spot of gasoline pump sitting while re- pelling boarders, has gone on a diet of watermelon, with consequent im- provement to his disposition. Emory Newell, who won him in a raffle from Squire R. A. Davis, plans to bring him to the Lake on Sunday, and pit the 200 pound bruin against 145 pound Howard Johnson, no holds barred. > Springfield Boy Scouts, encamped at Alderson last week, plan to re- turn again next summer. Doris Hoyt, Beaumont, becomes the bride of Russell Newell, of Noxen. Jeanne Appleton, formerly of Shavertown, is married to John Stephanson, Wyoming. Jack Sordoni rescues a fisherman from Harveys Lake, after ramming the unlighted rowboat with his motor launch. The Graham Hotel in Tunkhan- nock changes hands, Harry D. Bull of Towanda purchasing the hotel from Lesley and Wesley Lewis. Robert D. Major, Lehmar,, passes away. With his father, he once came Hayfield Farm, with its sale to the Conyngham family in 1910. Dallas Area Schoolmen To Meet With Robinson Dallas Area School Board ‘nem- bers will meet with Raymond W. ministration offices, Dallas, to dis- cuss operation of the new join:ure along lines satisfactory to Har-is- burg. Mr. Robinson is Pennsylvania State chief of consolidation ard , transportation. LY \ vy FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1956 § Barnyard Notes 4 I am always happy when Joe Pooley, the self-styled Bard of Harveys Lake, drops in for a brief chat. . First because he was one of my early instructors at Wyoming Seminary; second because he comes from a family for many years identified with the printing industry (his father was the proprietor of Pooley’s Printery in Kingston); third because he is a delightful companion and conversationalist. j : A graduate of Harvard at sixteen, he was until nine years ago headmaster of a private school in Madison, New Jersey, where one of his best friends was publisher of the weekly Madison Eagle. There was a time though when I was not so eager to see Joe, and the less he had to say, and the less I had to answer, the better. That was the spring night many moons ago when he, a young instructor, and I, a freshman, met under awkward circumstances in my room at Wyoming Seminary. My roommate, later to become an admiral in Uncle Sam’s Navy, had selected that night, of all others, to stray off campus after lights. And it happened to be Joe Pooley’s night on halls! But that is another story ending with the future Admiral on campus during Commencement Week. 3 Joe keeps up a continuous correspondence with scores of boys who are in military service and now and then tells me some inter- esting incident from their letters. One of his proteges is John T. Biezup, son of the late Frank and Mrs. Biezup of Center Avenue, Kingston, a graduate of Kingston High School, Wyoming Seminary, Merchant Marine Academy at King’s Point, N.Y., and holder of the L.L.B. degree from Yale Law School. John is serving as Advocate for the G.Ls stationed in Japan who get in trouble. He was an ardent fisherman at Harveys Lake, Beaver Run, Bowman's Creek and the Susquehanna. His interest in fishing has (according to Joe) “persisted even unto the ends, or at least to the other side of our Earth as viewed from Harveys Lake, Dallas or the Back Mountain of Pennsylvania.” Gi In a recent letter John spoke of an unusual fishing experience in Japan. Quote: ‘Last week I drove up to the mountains a 140 miles from Kami-Seya. The area is a noted Shrine (Nikko) noted for fishing, skiing and hunting. I drove up to a smaller lake beyond Nikko—called Lake Yunoko, about one and one-half miles in cir- cumference, but packed with all kinds of trout. The location of the lake indicates that it was the center of a long extinct minor volcano. “The mountains rise sharply from its shores. At the upper end are Spas, hot sulphur springs which the Japanese have siphoned off for baths, emitting both smoke and steam. But the lake is cold with blue and strangely sulphurous water, still the people catch fish there. “When I asked what we were to use for bait my companion handed me a four inch piece of wood. I scratched my head and fig- ured that Japan is a topsy-turvy country, so anything is possible! “About this time my companion broke open one of the pieces of wood and in the center was a yellow grub-worm about two inches long. The Japanese call it “buddha-mushi,” or fat worm—Ilike The Buddha. It is found in wild grape vines. The Japs go out and look for little holes in the vine. When they spy one they cut about two inches on either side of the hole and so keep the grub ensconced until used. However, they must be used before they hatch out into wasp like creatures. “The trout really bit these succulent grubs. We fished in water about fifteen feet deep and caught sixteen brook trout. My companion caught a “brookie” about twenty inches long. It was the biggest “brookie” I have ever seen. There are rainbows, silver trout and land-locked salmon in the lake; but we caught none of these that day. “Later we took a hot sulphur bath in a Jap lodge. The bath is taken in a large pool about ten feet in diameter. One Jap who could speak no English looked at me and pointing said Sumo—Ah—Sumo (a Sumo is one of the fat monstrous Japanese wrestlers) so I must match the weight. ; “Oh, yes, the trout are not native to Japan but were imported in the 1920s and have thrived. Next week I plan to go fishing in one of the lakes at the base of Fujiyama.” § John Biezup 4 hi Lieutenant U.S. Navy Kami Geya, Japan. * * * From Pillar To Post . . . It was a happy development that Myra’s kittens all turned out to be perfect ladies, and the Hicks kittens all bouncing boys. That is, happy for the Hickses. The kitten population took a noticeable drop over the weekend. The one remaining kitten, a home- ly specimen with stripes and a long thin tail, misses his brethren. He taps absentmindedly at a spool, chases his tail in a half hearted _ manner, and mounts the nylons in quest of comfort. Perched on a knee and purring so vigorously that he vibrates, he prods with unsheathed claws, slitting his eyes in sensuous delight, and flattening his body against the welcome warmth. And now Myra, who inserted the ad in the first place, is stuck with four kittens. Debbie and her father took a look at Myra’s litter first, and fell in love with it. Cajoled and pampered by Mrs. Zeiser, the four little kittens were a picture of plump contentment, ready to make friends. 4 The Hicks kittens, emotionally disorganized from having been shooed out of the kitchen on the end of a broom five minutes before they were requested to put on a good act for the visitors, peered warily from beneath the stove on the kitchen porch, and approached the feeding bowl with caution. What was the idea, they wanted to know, of being chased one minute and coaxed the next? With an eye apiece on. the small girl with the beautiful black pigtails, a re- minder of the rapid transit weekend a few days earlier, when grand- children, whooping with delight, had attempted to capture them and hug them to their bosoms, the kittens were ready to pack up and leave at an alien approach. ; Captured by a stratagem, they clawed and struggled, resenting inquiry into their personalities. ' Debbie pointed out the one with the white bib. Seized from the: rear while lapping a saucer of milk, he was thrust headfirst into a cardboard box with breathing holes. The cardboard box heaved and humped, and emitted outraged howls. Debbie’s pigtails bristled. These kittens, she announced silently but unmistakably, were a poor substitute for Myra’s cooperative offerings, regardless of sex. Another kitten, gray stripes with white paws and vest, ventured too far from his hiding place and joined his brother in the box. The commotion within was renewed. It subsided as the prisoners com- forted each other. It seemed unlikely that the kittens would still be in the box when the car reached Shamokin, where they were to make their home with Debbie’s grandmother. I've been afraid to call up and ask. They may have flown out the car window before going ten ‘miles. But the one that remains has calmed down and seems deter- mined to be the family pet. So maybe all is well down in Shamokin. Dr. A. S. Lisses OPTOMETRIST 5 Main Street j Phone Dallas 4-4506 DALLAS OFFICE HOURS Dallas Tuesday 1:00 to 5:00 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. W-Barre Office Wednesday ~~ —————— 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. 54 So. Main Friday 1:00 to 5:00 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Hours 9:30 to 5 Saturday By appointment only. VA 383-3794 gL