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For a generation one of the great prides of Dallas
‘Borough was its streets, ° : -
First of the Back Mountain communities to embark
on a yearly permanent street construction program, Dal--
las Borough Council more than thirty years ago laid the
foundation for good streets properly maintained.
. The first permanent street was a small piece on Mill
street from Main to the railway crossing. The next year
Machell Avenue was made permanent from Main to
Spring and each year. thereafter new permanent streets
were ‘built and extended and those previously constructed
kept in tip top shape. :
Council] steadfastly held to that principle and through
intelligent planning, the wise appropriation of money and
the selection of competent Street Commissioners took
- care of the expanding needs of this community without
too much commotion or fanfare.
It even cut taxes-by four mills, but raised them again
to the previous level during a period when it expended
+ $20,000 to match WPA funds for new street construction;
but it never lost ground, the old streets were always kept
in as good shape as the new.
At the same time.the men who were then on the
Council had the foresight to purchase a new Borough
Building, contribute to the support of a community li-
brary and fire company and took the lead in building a
progressive community — and they did all this without
increasing taxation when the Borough had far less in-
come than it has today. : :
It was a matter of pride that Dallas streets were
cleared of snow quicker than any municipality in Wyo-
ming Valley; that the streets were constantly patrolled
winter and eummer—catch basing opened after every
storm, streets kept brushed and tidy, with bad spots
patched so’ that water did not lie in nasty puddles for
pedestrians to wade through. All permanent streets were
a) gonstantly repaired and kept up to date with smooth sur-
aces.
By contrast look at the Borough streets today and
observe the lack of maintenance. We are spending far
more money for the Street Department than ever before.
. Even the outlying streets like upper Machell Avenue
and Reservoir Drive around Huntsville Reservoir to Center
Hill Road were graded, oiled and a joy to travel.
Even the old .streets like Franklin and lower Main that
were built well are now washboards. Upper Machell
Avenue to Center Hill Road is completely neglected,
Reservoir. Drive has reverted to a log road and there is
no regular scheduled. program of street inspection before
and after storms.
: Lehman Avenue is a classic example. The water lies
in puddles in a dozen spots even during dry weather.
Catch basins are cleaned only when property owners com-
plain. In fact that is about the only way anything gets
done — by complaint.
We don’t know of any great emergencies the present
Council has had to face—nor any great improvements
that have cost a lot of money. We do know that its street
program has gone by the boards — with the exception of
a little work on Main street and Sterling Avenue and the
prolongation of Pine Crest Avenue.
And yet Council is constantly strapped for money
and has to send out its tax notices far ahead of schedule
to keep in the running.
Dallas Borough doesn’t have to be second rate in
street maintenance or police protection or in anything for
that matter, but it will take a little skull practice to
maintain the position and make the advances that were
made under former Borough Administrations.
Completes Army Course
Fort Belvoir, Va. (AHTNC)-Army
Pvt. Kenneth M. (Calkins, whose
wife, Elaine, lives at 34 Orchard St.,
Trucksville, completed the ten-week
engineer equipment repair course at
The Engineer School, Fort Belvoir,
Va., June 1.
Calkins wag trained to perform
organizational and field maniten-
anee of heavy-construction equip-
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ment such as tractors, graders and
f crane shovels.
He entered the Army last October
and completed basic training at
Fort Benning, Ga.
The 17-year-old soldier, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Calkins, Dal-
las RD. 1 attended Leke-Lehman
High School. :
. Why is it that the fellow who
has an hour to kill always spends
it with someone who doesn’t?
ONLY
YESTERDAY
Ten and Twenty Years Age
In The Dallas Post
IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO:
An editorial recommended a
speed limit of twenty miles
through Dallas in the interest of
safety. Another editorial deplored
the flagging interest in installation
of fire-plugs.
A survivor of the 1912 Titanic
disaster, ten years old at the time
of its sinking, died recently in
White Haven. His uncle, Charles
Thomas saved the” boy, Assis
Thomas, when both of them were
washed out of a lifeboat. The uncle
was able to get the floundering
child to another boat, lift him
aboard, but was mot able to save
himself. In the worst sea tragedy
in decades, 1,517 people were lost
when the ‘“unsinkable” ship, on its
maiden voyage struke an iceberg
and foundered on* the night of
April 14, 1912. This was in the
days before radio was a part of all
sea-going equipment, before the
signal S.0.S. had been invented.
No T-V, no radio announcements.
News was by wireless, papers put
out special editions.
Mrs. - Esther (Crosby, staunch
church worker at Noxen, died at
92.. She was a daughter of pioneer
ancestors.
Wild turkeys were on the
increase. :
Dallas’ only fire-plug was re-
moved from in front of the
Schwartz property on Main St. to
make way for laying of a new side-
walk.
You could get 2 big cans of
sliced pineapple for 35 cents. Tuna
fish was 2 cans for 29 cents, dried
prunes 2 pounds for 25 cents,
evaporated milk three cans for
25 cents.
News was very scarce. The paper
was loaded with blurbs about the
various advertisers.
IT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO:
The draft board for the area
issued a call for 28 men, to enter
the service during July if physicals
were passed.
The Kunkle section: of the new
highway was being rushed to com-
pletion by Joseph Banks.
Bob Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. B: Lewis, was astonished when
he heard his questions being an-
swered over the radio on the “In-
formation Please,” program. He
got a check for $10 for submitting
them. (This was before people ex-
pected a mink coat, $64,000, or a
pair of Cadillacs for their coopera-
tion in appearing on g program.
A Hazleton firm started work on
the new Lake Highway. Carloads
of equipment arrived, and the
Adelman property on Lake Street
was rented as construction head-
quarters.
Howell Reese wrote from the
Bahamas that the world conception
of The Duke of Windsor was be-
hind the times. That the former
King of England was a mature
statesman, no longer the gay young
Prince of Wales.
Captain C., N. Booth, Dallas, suf-
fered a cerebral hemorrhage while
submitting to a routine physical
examination, and died a week
later.
Lawrence Smith and Robert Pat-
rick, Dallas Township High School,
placed high in a judging contest of
Future Farmers at State College.
New housing was creating a
building boom along the new high-
ways of the area.
Washington and Germany neared
the breaking point of diplomatic
relations, closing embassies and re-
calling ambassadors.
Nesbitt Garinger’s homing pi-
geons came in fourth in a 500 mile
race.
First National Bank of Dallas in-
stituted a new checking service,
with no minimum balance required.
Carl Landon and Loren Keller
drove to Indiana to pick up two
new school buses for Lehman
schools.
Arline Frantz Gage became the
bride of S. Victor Eiben.
Ruth C. Walters was wed to Paul
Shouldice. $
A number of weddings took place
in the area: Muriel Lewin to Wil-
son Garinger; Clara Mae Evans to
.| Clayton Powell; Frances Thomas to
John E. Williams; Rose Evans to
Robert M. Jones.
Elmer D. Parrish purchased the
John C. Wilson farm of 63 acres.
Raymond Balut bought 23 acres
immediately, for a home site near
the Country Club. Walter Evans
took eight acres for a home site.
Claude Shaver bought the timber.
James Race was executor of the
Wilson estate. :
rr nappENED 1() YEARS Aco:
Gate of Heaven Parochial School
construction was proceeding rapid-
ly, with brick exterior walls nearly
finished. Designed to serve three
parishes, Rev. Francis Kane, ad-
ministrator, laid plans to have
buses serve the parishes.
Ernest Wood, 67, well known
music instructor, suffered a fatal
heart attack while seated in the
garden of his home on Rice Street.
Alderson church for the first
time planned an early season
flower festival.
Wet weather was delaying plant-
ing of corn.
The American Legion gave the
Library a $200 bond.
Lake summer band drew 25
interested players, under direction
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1961
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
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The School Board proposed to
spend $629,701 for “Instructional
Service’ 'out of a total budget of
$1,075,250 for the coming fiscal
year. This is about 58.6% of the
expenses to be devoted to the main
purpose for which the school is
operated. In other words, over two
dollars out of every five collected is
to be spent on extra services, frills,
ete. It is true that some of these,
such as operating and maintaining
the school plant, and transporting
the pupils to school are mandatory,
but the proportion not devoted to
instruction is excessive,
General Control is listed for 4.9%.
This includes salaries and expenses
for the secretary, treasurer, tax col-
lector, auditors, legal service, cen-
sus, and the superintendent and
clerks.
Auxiliary Agencies and Coordin-
ate Activities is allowed 8.8%. This
allowes for the transportation ex-
pense, health, recreation, food ser-
vice, and various small items. Note-
worthy is the fact that this item is
far more than the 7.7% allowed
for operating the school plant which
pays for janitors, fuel, water, light
and power, telephone and miscel-
laneous services.
Only 2% is allowed to maintain
the properties which is a very low
figure and very likely to be exceed-
ed. Fixed charges take up 4.9%,
most of which is not subject to
much change by the school board.
In the past the directors have had
brainstorms when giving out juicy
insurance contracts, but the amount
allowed does not seem to allow for
too much of this. }
Debt service is shown as 11.9%.
This relatively large figure is not
for the payment of existing debts
and interest only. It includes the
“rental” payment to be made to the
Authority for the new school. This
will continue until the year 2000 so
any reduction in this item cannot
ever be excepted within the lifetime
of any present taxpayers.
Another item allowed an exceed-
ingly small amount is Capital Out-
ay, only 1.2%. Probably this will be’
found insufficient before snow flies.
Over eighteen column inches of
newspaper print devoted to the ac-
count of the budget and tax levying
meeting reveals only the total
amount of the budget and tax levy-
ing meeting reveals only the total
amount allowed to instruction, as
far as that service is concerned. The
entire column, otherwise, is a listing
of actions concerning additional ser-
vices overhead etc., most of which
recite additional expenses devoted
to these items.
A year ago in commenting on the
budget we stated there would be a
deficit. In a recent meeting action
was taken by the board to borrow
$62,500 to make the June 1961
payment to the authority. This
money was allowed in the last bud-
get for this purpose and evidently
spent for something. else. So much
of the deficit is revealed. Nothing is
said as to the amount -of unpaid
bills and other deficit items. And we
will never know. With the prevai-
ling plan of having the accounts
audited by a handpicked auditor,
nothing that’s embarrassing to the
administration will appear in the
audits. ek
Even the additional tax making
78 mills, an alltime high for any
local district, will not be enough for
the coming year. A year from now,
look for emergency financing. and
another raise.
Correction
In a recent column on the Gar-
inger Family it was stated that the
husband of Thelma Gregory is Ed-
ward Guyette. This is an error.
Thelma Gregory is married to
John Gildea. Her cousin Claudia
Shaver, not a Garinger, is married
to Edward Guyette.
100 Years Ago This Week...in
THE CIVIL WAR
(Events exactly 100 years ago this week in the Civil War—told in
the language and style of today.)
Union Troops Arrest
Baltimore Marshal
Capture Causes
Constitutional
: Controversy
BALTIMORE, June 27—Federal
authorities early today seized Bal-
timore city police marshal George
P. Kane, an outspoken pro-seces-
sionist, and hustled him off to
Fort McHenry.
The four police commissioners
- met at once and disbanded the
entire force.
Kane’s arrest apparently was
an outgrowth of his vehement ob-
jections to seizure by Federal
troops of 40 wagonloads of mus-
kets earlier in the month.
Government officials
charged the arms were des-
tined for Southern forces.
The new development capped a
series of activities in and around
this Maryland city that has re-
sulted in a running controversy
between Chief Justice Roger B.
Taney of the U.S. Supreme court
and President Lincoln. -
* * *
THE DISPUTE was touched off
May 25 when soldiers under orders
of Gen, George Cadwalader, com-
mander of Fort McHenry, seized
John Merryman of Hayfields on
charges of “treason.” :
Merryman was locked up at
Fort McHenry.
Later in the day, his lawyers
asked the chief justice, who lives
here, for a writ of habeas corpus
to force Merryman’s appearance
in court.
The writ was issued at once.
But instead of bringing Merry-
man to court, Cadwalader sent a
statement via an aide, to the effect
that Merryman, as a known lieu-
tenant in a pro-South military
unit, was charged with “treason.”
. * * *
CADWALADER also informed
the court that President Lincoln
had suspended the writ of habeas
corpus when public safety so in-
dicated.
He asked for a continuance
pending receipt of further or-
ders from Mr. Lincoln.
Chief Justice Taney ordered a
contempt attachment served on
Gen. Cadwalader. U.S. Marshal
Washington Bonifant was barred
from Fort McHenry when he tried
to serve the attachment.
The court ruled that the mar-
shal’s force was no match for the
McHenry soldiers, then urged the
president, in a long, written opin-
ion, to ‘perform. .. the constitu-
CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY
tional duty to enforce the laws.’
Mr. Lincoln reportedly still is
drafting his reply.: :
Confederates
Get Capitol
As a Gift
RICHMOND, Va.—June 25—The
picturesque state capitol has been
turned over to the provisional Con-
federate government, which is
moving here from Montgomery,
Ala.
The unusual building is a replica
of the famed Maison Caree of
Nimes, France.
It impressed Thomas Jeffer-
son so much that he had the
duplicate built for his native
state.
President Jefferson Davis of the
provisional Confederate govern-
ment and his wife, the former
Varina Howell of Natchez, al-
ready have arrived here. They
settled in the ample Brocken-
brough mansion at Clay and 12th
sts. after a short stay in the
Spottswood hotel.
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News
Copyright 1961
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Syndicate, Chicage 33,
ational Archives,
of John Milus.
Many items of new merchandise
for the library auction were listed
on the front page.
Mrs. W. E. McQuilkin, was the
subject of a Know-Your-Neighbor.
Peter Rekus was named Honor
Scout of the Year at the Father-
Son banquet of Boy Scout Troop
232, St. Therese’s.
Lois Ann Warriner became the
bride of Robert Morgan.
Shirley Siglin was
Charles Witter.
Donald King and Doris Traver
became man and wife.
Norman Johnstone, executive
secretary of Wyoming Valley
Motor Club, investigated accidents
wed to
at the right-angle tum where 115
branches from the lake highway.
These were his findings: two
drivers fell asleep; four lived in
this area and were well acquainted
with the danger; two drivers were
not familiar, ‘and overshot.
Jerome Marshall graduated from
Princeton.
Scouts Camp Out
The Flaming Arrow Patrol, Boy
Scouts, Troop 281, camped out in
‘the McClary yard, Center Hill Road,
Monday night. Present were Bruce
Davies, Jr., Ray McClary, Joseph
Goode, William Rowett, Tam Row-
| Looking at
T-V
With GEORERE A. and
EDITH ANN BUREE
The Lennon Sisters put 20% of
the money they make on the Welk
show in trust immediately. They
also carry an insurance policy on
each one for $50,000.
“The money we've earned enabled
us to pay for our 50-year-old
house in Venice, Calif., which we've
‘completely remodeled. And we've
bought a new summer house at
Malibu Beach.”
The three girls, who'll be on the
Welk show all next season, may do
a TV special. Perry Como wants
them again for his Thanksgiving
show and possibly others.
According to their father, the
movies are anxious to have them
do a film along the lines of “Tam-
my’ something fresh and clean.
Their agent is meeting with Joe
Pasternak this week.
Their father has refused scripts
in the past because they were of
the rock ‘n’ roll type. ;
We were curious to know if
Diane, who was married last fall,
missed the show.
This brought a laugh from Peg-
gy. “She's so happy as a house-
wife,” she said, ‘that she has no
regrets at all. I feel the same way.
I'll be happy to give up show
business when I marry because I
feel marriage is a tull-time career.”
Steve Allen will bring back two
of his old buddies when he returns
to television next fall. Louis Nye
and Quincy's Bill Dana will join his
cast.
Nothing would have delighted
Steve more than to have the third
member of the trio aboard — Don
Knotts.
But Don is gathering fame and a
fat salary in his Emmy-winning
role on the “Andy Griffiths Show,”
one of the season’s top-rated shows.
Peter And Mary are breaking up
the team. Peter Lind Hayes is
getting himself a new professional
partner. Mary wants to spend
more time with their children now
and wants to quit show business
entirely. Another reason is that her
health isn’t the best.
Special For Jackie — A major
network is hopeful that Jackie Ken-
90-minute forum program planned
for the fall.
The idea at this date is that the
First Lady would head up a panel
of distinguished citizens for a die-
cussion of proper partneal guidancce
when children show sparks of
creativity in any of the arts.
Johnny Carson is the one the
sponsors, the producers and Allen
Funt would like to see signed up
as successor for Arthur Godfrey on
Candid Camera. The only obstacle
may be his exclusive contract with
ABC-TV, for which he emcees the
Who Do You Trust? daytime show.
seems to have no difficulty work-
ing on Ed Sullivan and Jack Parr
shows in view of all the talk about
fees. On June 25 he will receive
$7,500 for a stand-up act on Sulli-
van's show. Not bad pay for a
little patter. A few weeks ago he
received the regular fee of $320 on
Jack’s show. Of course on that
show he did sit down.
Truman has signed a contract for
a series of taped and filmed tele-
vision programs, which will be pro-
duced by David Susskind.
At the age of 77 he may become
a television star. He will appear in
twenty-six hour-long programs
dealing with the “major historic
events of our time” and the years
when he occupied the White House.
He was president from 1945-1952.
“T'll do the talking and I'll .be the
show,” is the way Harry S. Tru-
man described the show.
One thing he did emphasize is
that it will not be called “The Tru-
man Years.”
He will illustrate and supplement
his comments with films from many
sources. He will adhere, he said,
“with complete fidelity to historic
facts and avoid partisan politics.”
Garroway will be giving up a
$300,000 a year job when he quits
NBC. He joined NBC as a page boy,
studying rudiments of announcing.
He finished 23 in a class of 24.
Undaunted, he stayed with it. His
decision paid well both for him and
NBC. He brought close to $100
million into the NBC coffers over
the years.
Pairs And Spares Class
Plans Annual Affair
Pairs and Spares Class of Carver-
ton Methodist Church met recently
to lay final plans for their annual
ice cream social and square dance,
scheduled to take place Saturday. A
specialty will be homemade. ice-
cream and strawberries, but home-
made pies, cakes, and of course
hot-dogs and hamburgs, will be on
the list.
Games will keep the children
happy while parents visit, and Ker-
mit Sickler will call for the square
dancing, beginning at 8:30.
Chairmen include: Mrs. Stephen
Stearns, general chairman; Harold
Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. David Perry,
Jr., Mrs. Joseph Perry, = Stephen
Stearns, Mr. and Mrs. David Sear-
foss, Mr. and Mrs. R. Calkins, Ker-
mit Sickler, Gale Spare, Willard
Piatt, and George Parrish.
The public is cordially invited
for fun and food.
Peggy very proudly told us that,
Ta
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| Barnyard Notes
LOW CALORIE REDUCING DIET
Monday
Breakfast: Weak Tea
Lunch: 1 Boullion Cube in ¥% cup diluted water
Dinner: 1 Pigeon thigh, 3 oz. Prune Juice (gargle only)
Tuesday
Breakfast: Scraped Crumbs of Burnt Toast
Lunch: I Doughnut hole (without sugar)
Dinner: Bee's knees and Mosquito Knuckles, Sauted in Vingar
Wednesday
Breakfast: Boiled-out stains from table cloth
Lunch: %-oz. Poppy seeds
Dinner: 2 Jelly Fish skins, 1 glass dehydrated water
Thursday
Breakfast: 2 Lobster antennae (boiled)
Lunch: 1 Guppy fin
Dinner: Jelly Fish vertebrae a la mode
Friday
Breakfast: Shredded egg-shell shing
Lunch: 7 Belly-button from Navel Orange
Dinner: 3 eyes from Irish Potato (sliced)
Note: All meals are to be eaten under miscroscope to avoid extra
portions. Positively no substitutes
z. From Wilkes College Beacon
SOMETHING FOR THE GIRLS! There are more than five times
as many women working in banks today as there were 20 years ago.
Women now fill nearly 6 out of every 10 bank positions.
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VALUABLE DOLLAR. All but 7 of 19,570 U. S. dollar coins
minted in 1804 were lost at sea. Today the existing coins are
valued at several thousand dollars each.
OUR WORD “BUDGET” dates back to the Roman Empire when
housewives carried money in small leather “budget” bags.
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
nedy will take part in a special’
Sam Levenson is one person who |
From
Pillar To Post... .
by HIX
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When I read about desegregation riots in the South, I thinké#®
about Ruby.
Ruby would have been horrified. The kind of people screaming
in the streets, shown with their mouths wide open, shrieking obsceni-
ties . . . Ruby would have had no truck with those people.
I can see her, ironing a frill with careful hands, her black face
shining with pleasure in her work.
“No'm, Miss Mildred,” I can hear her now, “I ain’t used to that
kind of white folks.” Then, drawing herself up proudly and testing
her iron with a moistened fingertip, “My white folks is always
QUALITY.”
If you have not lived in the South, you cannot understand the
deep affection between white and colored people. Or the standards
which colored folks set for their “White folks.”
I remember it well. It was my first sight of Ruby, many years
ago. I had come to Virginia to visit my parents in their new home.
Ruby, her face radiating friendship stood in the bedroom doorway.
“Miss Mildred, you just gimme your pretties, and I rinse ‘em
right out before you gets up.”
Fumbling at the foot of the bed, I handed her the tailored
white ‘slip I had hauled off the night before, as I fell into bed after
the long journey from Seattle,
“Miss Mildred,” Ruby said firmly, but with great kindness,
“them ain't no things for a lady to wear. You get yourself into
Norfolk today and you buy some pretties. Lace and pink silk.
These ain’t fitten. They do for Lydy. I swoosh 6m out now and
take ’em home to Lydy. She goin to high school this fall.”
And with that, Ruby sailed out.
From the adjoining room, I heard a muffled snort. Mamma
was taking notes on my education. .
A few years later, the family moved to Virginia for a year and
a half, and Ruby divided her time between the big house on the
cove, and the small house across the causeway.
Ruby saw to it that the children minded their manners. She
explained with great firmness that “quality folks don’t act thataway,
now you mind your manners and don’t put your Mamma to shame.”
Years later, my eldest daughter went back to Virginia to show
off her new baby. ‘
“Now remember,” my mother said to her, “while you are here,
that baby belongs to Ruby. Don’t you do a single thing for him.
Ruby would be insulted. Ruby will let you take care of him at night,
and that is all. Maybe she will let you make his formula each morn-
but don’t you touch a diaper.”
Ruby took over. Never was an infant so pampered, so swept
and garnished, so fragrant, and so well fed.
Years passed, and the home in Virginia passed into other
hands.
At the breaking up, as the huge van pulled away from the
door, and the house, a home no longer, echoed with emptiness,
Ruby rinsed out her scrub cloth at the sink, tears streaming down
her face.
Ruby and I embraced, and mingled our tears.
Miss Mildred,” she wept, “tain’t never going to be the same
again.”
No, Ruby, it will never be the same again.
Mamma and Papa are gone, and Ruby is gone,
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riders infest the land.
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