SECTION A — PAGE 2 THE DALLAS POST Established 1889 “More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution Now In Its Tlst Year” : Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association Member National Editorial Association Member Greater Weeklies Associates, Inc. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subscription rates: $4.00 a year; $2.50 six months. No subscriptions accepted for less than six months. Out-of-State subscriptions: $4.50 a year; $5.00 six months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 15¢c. When requesting a chunge of address subscribers are asked to give their 6ld as well as new address. Allow two weeks for chdnges of address or new subscription to be placed en mailing list: The Post is sent free to all Back Mountain patients in local Hrospitals. If you are a patient ask your nurse for it. 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HICKS From Pillar Toc Post... by Hix There’s a collie dog on Tunkhannock Highway that could be trained to be a real asset to any thrifty householder. Lately he has developed the knack of bringing home usable objects. Recently he appeared with a bathmat. He has swiped an arctic, large size, and retrieved child's bag holding a few small toys. But Mrs. Frank Warren, his owner, feels that he should ex- -ercise a little commonsense. What good is one figure-skate, size nine, without its mate? Frank Jr., coming home from school, brought the shoe-skate, almost brand new, into the house on Tuesday, with a ‘“Where’d THIS come from, Mom ?” The pickings must be pretty good in Goss Manor. Mrs. Warren observes. She is encouraging her retriever to go back for the other skate. The alternative is for the owner who has lost a figure skate, to identify it, take it home, and keep it in the house. Mrs. Warren’s number is ORchard 4-7537. Now there is a dog which could be trained to bring home the other skate, the second arctic, and maybe a roast of beef. There is no real limit to the things a five year old collie of energetic dis- position could be expected to deliver. I can see him now, casing the neighbors’ premises, abstracting a pair of pillowcases from the line, nosing into the screened back porches in search of tasty groceries. {100 Years Ago This Week...in THE CIVIL WAR (Events exactly 100 years ago this week in the Civil War—itold in the language and style of today.) Busy Birthday WASHINGTON, D.C.—Feb. 12—President Abraham Lincoln today observed his 53rd birthday with a routine day in the White House. The chief executive, who left his Springfield, Ill. home just a year ago to take over the reins of the troubled nation, conferred with military and civilian aides, following a harrowing work schedule in effect since beginning of hostilities with Confederate States. (Library of Congress photo.) South to Abandon Many Kentucky Posts NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Feb. 9—Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston has ordered a full-scale retreat of Southern forces from the southwestern sector of Kentucky. News of Johnston’s decision fol- lowed mounting reports of abject hardship, low morale and gener- ally dismal conditions on the part of Confederate forces still within the troubled border state. Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant, operat- ing out of his headquarters at Cairo, Ill., has launched a series of successful forays on Southern forces in Kentucky and Tennessee. * * * GRANT’S major success to date was capture earlier this week of strategic Fort Henry, conquered after a history-making assault by a flotilla of river warships. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman left the fortress to Union attackers after riverboats under command of Grant and Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote poured tons of hot iron into the Confederates three days ago. Southern losses: five killed, 11 wounded, five missing, at least 78 captured. The lot of Confederate troops in Kentucky has been a sorry one since the begin- ning of hostilities. It has been a cruel winter. Confederate Brig. Gen. Hum- phrey Marshall, assigned late last year to command of troops at Prestonburg, reported that he found his men sorely wanting in clothing, food and arms. One regiment, Marshall ad- vised, included 350 men without shoes; there were only 100 blan- kets for the 700 men in another group; arms were, in the most part, what the men had brought from their homes. | (Copyright, 1962, Hegewisch News Syndicate, Chicago 83, IIL) Cl AL Only Yesterday Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Post it HAPPENED J{) YEARS AGO: Wyoming Valley Motor Club an- nounced plans for paving the road from Outlet to Lake View Hotel, widening the road from Dallas to Harveys Lake, and laying a con- crete road to Tunkhannock. A by- pass which would avoid Luzerne, connecting Kingston with the main Back Mountain highway, was also being talked about. First real snowstorm of the year gave local kids a chance to try out Christmas sleds. A midnight - blaze destroyed a new ‘garage and two cars on the Charles Brobst property. Cause was presumably a short circuit. A case against William Butler of Stull was dismissed. His. defense proved he was at work, far away, on the day the illegal shooting of a deer occurred . . . and that if he had been around, he couldn’t have seen a deer. Too foggy. Lehman took the lead in the Rural League, defeating Orange 28 to 27. ¥ rr nappened 2() YEARS Aco: The Post was making arrange- ments to send the paper free to soldiers. Ten tons of freight in a tractor trailer went over the bank at Kun- kle, when the truck, parked on a steep hill, lost its air pressure and released its air brakes, Boy Scouts were collecting books for the soldiers. St. Paul’s Lutheran Church wel- comed a new pastor, Rev. Roswell Lyons, succeeding Rev. May. Men aged 20 to 45 were required to register with the draft board. A measles epidemic, worst in years, struck the Noxen school. “Gunsmoke in Nevada,” a play written by Fred Kiefer and pre- sented af Dallas Township High school, netted $150 for the Red Cross) You could get a rib roast for 29 cents a pound; fish fillets 19 cents; oysters 32 cents a pint. Mrs. S. P. Frantz observed her 76th birthday. Warren Hicks was the fourth member of the Dallas Post staff to enter the armed services. Others were ‘Alan Kistler Jr., Alfred Davis. and Norman Rosnick, Hicks joined the Air Force to train as a pilot. Fred Boote, 86, retired after twenty years of being head usher at Trucksville Methodist Church. Mrs. Laura Carey, 64, former Dal- las resident, died after a short ill- ness. Thomas Warmouth, 61, formerly of Lehman, died in New Jersey. rr nappenep 1() YEARS Aco: Chester Molley joined the West- moreland faculty. 'A campaign to eradicate mad foxes from the area was started at Kunkle, and residents were asked to open their properties to hunters. A mad fox attacked two dogs in Trucksville. Byron Cook lost a calf, and Allen Dymond a Holstein cow, from rabies. In Susquehanna County, raccoons became rabid. Many dogs had to be shot after being bitten. Mrs. Harold Dickson was still at Nesbitt, having the Pasteur treat- ment after being bitten. She was reported in good condition. ‘ Wages of Dallas Borough em- ployees were upped from 85 cents to $1 an hour. Miss Frances Dorrance was re- elected president of the Library As- sociation. Township PTA voted $750 for purchase of dental equipment for the proposed school dental clinic. Married: Lorraine Casterline to Robert Moore. Ola Mae Montross to George Schoonover. A feature story on Frank Jackson, his birds and his carpentry and woodworking shop, attracted much attention. Outdoor Tips Minnows can help you catch more fish but the problem of how to catch minnows is sometimes a tough one. Next time you're seining or netting minnows, try this method and see it it doesn’t bring more of those slippery silver fish into your net. Use a pole or oar and stir up the bottom of the water vigorously. The minnows will come to the top to feed on the food suspended in the water. Also, the dirt in the water will help camouflage your net. Trout always seem to hide them- selves in places that are impossible to reach unless you're a champion caster with two gold medals. Well, you don’t really have to be a champ to fish those hard-to-hit spots. A branch with a few leaves provides the perfect camouflage and the an- swer to the problem. Hook a fly lightly to the branch and float it downstream. When you've reached the spot you want, a gentle twitch on the line drops the fly to zero-in on the trout in the vicinity. Worms or night crawlers can be made more effective if the colored band that you remove when you open a pack of cigarettes is tied around them. Fish are attracted by the color and the shine. The bands | can also be great bait savers. | (Try for a $50 prize. Send your A. A. tip to A. A. Contest, 959 8th THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1962 Political Posters From Lincoln's Second Campaign Discovered Here Lists of 1,200 Luzerne Coumty Civil War Draft Evaders Also Found In Robbins Cellar A poster containing a list of more than 1,200 de serters from the Civil War Draft in Luzerne County has been discovered by William Robbins in the cellar of his home at Trucksville. The frayed poster, remarkably preserved for all of its almost 100 | years, is one of six uncovered at the same time by Mr. Robbins. A second poster gives a list of almost 1,000 aliens living in Luzerne County who were exempt from the Civil War Drafts. All of the names are exclusively of Eng- | lish, German and Irish extraction. A number listed are residents of Jackson, Lehman and Dallas Town- ships. The other four placards are poli- tical campaign posters used by the Republican Party during Lincoln's second campaign for President. They were printed by King & Baird, 607 Samson Street, Philadelphia. Mr. Robbins recalls. that his father once warned him never to let the list of Draft Deserters get out of his hands. Fortunately there are only five on the list from the Back Mountain country, all five being from Kingston Township. POSTER NO. 1 Mr. Robbins doesn’t recall where his father found the posters but he does remember that his father preserved them by pasting them on heavy cardboard. Bill had for- gotten all about them until he found them in his cellar and forth- with brought them to The Dallas Post where he placed them on the editor's desk with the remark: “You can have them if you want them, they are of no use to me’. The editor admonished him for vot handling them more carefully. “If they are what I think they are, they're valuable to Civil War bugs like me.” They were just what the editor thought they were—priceless rec- ords of a tragic conflict just 100 years ago that split a nation as- sunder. The copy as it appeared on the four political posters of the cam- paign of 1864 follows: A SOUTHERN PEACE! DEMOCRATS “Be mot deceived with the idea that the rebel leaders will willingly consent to the restoration of the Union.” In the rebel official report of the interview between Jefferson Davis and the Messers Jacquess and Gilmore, Davis dismissed them with this declaration— “That the separation of the States was an accomplished fact; that he had no authority to receive proposals for negotiation except by virtue of his office as President of an Independant Confederacy; and ON THIS BASIS ALONE must proposals be made to him“ In his last message to the Rebel Congress, Jefferson Davis in speak- ing of peace, describes “The Only Peace Possible Between Us—a peace which recognizing the impassable gulf which now divides us, may leave the two people separately to recover from the injuries inflicted on both by the causeless war now waged against us” In a speech to the [Legislature of Mississippi, Dec. 22, 1862, Jefferson Davis said: * “After what has happened the last two years my wonder is, that we have consented to live so long a time in association with such miscrants, Were it ever proposed to enter again into a union with such people, I could no more consent to it than to trust myself in a den of thieves.” DEMOCRATS are you prepared to legalize Secession, to recognize the Independent Sovereignty of the State, and thus to perpetuate Revolution and Civil Strife? If not, V OTE for Lincoln and Johnson and thus secure the only sure Peace. ia ME MF mii POS NO. 2 — Southern — DEMOCRACY! READ WHAT THE LEADERS SAY: ! The object of the Southern Rebellion and of its Northern allies, is to render Slavery universal, Under the name of Democracy, they seek to deprive labor of all its rights. “The theory of free labor is a delusion. Slavery is the natural and normal condition of the laboring man, White or Black.” —De Bow’s Southern Review “The enslavement of the laborer is right in itself, and does not depend upon the difference of complexion.” —Richmond Enquirer “Slavery, Black or White, is right and necessary. —Fitzhugh’s Sociology of the South ‘Policy and humanity alike forbid the extension of the evils of free labor to new peoples and coming generations.” —Richmond Enquirer “Make the laboring man a slave and he would be far better off.” —Fitzhugh’s Sociology “The hand that is familiar with the plough handle should never be permitted to touch a ballot.” ~—John C. Calhoun “Providence has so ordered our internal relations as to make Negro slavery an incalculable blessing to us” —George W. Woodward “Even here in our land of universal suffrage, how does it ap-= pear that ALL MEN ARE BORN EQUAL? The proposition is sheer - absurdity. All men are born unequal and their freedom is as unreal as their equality.” —Bishop Hopkins, Democratic Edition Thus the “Democrats”, North and South, pronounce free society a failure, and free labor a curse. Slavery is a blessing to be extended over all men who labor, whether black or white. King & Baird, Printers 607 Samson Street, Philadelphia — 9 POSTER NO. 3 PEACE & What Is Meant By An me DISUNION IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES?" It means the withdrawl of our Armies from Louisiana, Mississippi, ‘Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennes- see, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. It means the raising of the Blockade. It means allowing the Rebels to supply themselves with men and money, the munitions of war, It means the abandonment of all that we have gained; the acknowledgement that the war is a failure, that we are defeated and that we cannot subdue the rebellion. THE UNION. What Is Meant By A CONVENTION OF THE In short, it means the DISMEMBERMENT OF g_. STATES? It means that we shall beg the South to grant us a treaty of peace, the first condition of which they have proclaimed to be the recognition of their independence. It means that we shall surrender to them half the tarritory and nation Avenue, New York 19, N. Y.) and hold the rest on such terms as they shall dictate. — oven ey At. least twenty-five hundred times in all probably, I hase passed through the gap where Tobys Creek cuts through the mountain between Hillside and Luzerne, once a beauti- ful scenic area. Many changes have been observed over the years, most of them no improvement from a beauty standpoint, and most of them man made. Over a period of time there is always some variation in any stream, but in an area like this of rocky terrain and coverage by brush and trees, this would not be pro- nounced in any short period. A few years ago, a storm on the order of a small tornado, swung up the mountain side back of the laundry cutting out a swatch, not very wide, by tipping over the trees that were not broken off. but such damage has not been important and soon is concealed by new growth. Contrary to common belief, the creek in most of the curved area, and the land south and west of it is in the borough of Courtdale since’ 1897. - While we usual- ly think of Courtdale as the village, its boundary runs, “To a corner of Jackson Township; thence north 6% degrees east 2615 feet to the turnpike; thence along said turnpike, its various courses, and thence leaving the turnpike run to the Luzerne Borough Line”. The opposite side is in Kingston Town- ship up to a point about 2000 feet below the junction with the road leading to Huntsville. In that area both sides are in Kingston Town- ship. The “Turnpike” referred to was the old road winding along the creek on the same side as at present, mostly covered by the present road built in 1928-30. It became a blacktop County road a little over fifty years ago. For generations the section we call “Hillside,” was known as “Ice Cave”, and the hotel located there was the “Ice Cave Hotel”, a con- venient stop for drivers of ox and horse teams to and from the Hunts- ville section. The “Ice Cave men- tioned was part way up the moun- tain on the west or southwest side of the creek where a small stream tumbled down the mountain. Var- ious people who saw it personally told me about it in my chidhood. The sun never penetrated and ice was seen all the year. At the time I was grown up, the roof had caved in. This also was probably a mad- made change due to cutting of the timber. Part of the area was again cut off in my time. The best place to see the gap is from the road known as Bunker Hill, about where the present power A feature story last year in the Dallas Post has launched a young man in the bee business in a big way Bobby Wintersteen, Harveys Lake, who helped thirteen residents out of their difficulties with swarm- ing bees last summer, is now herd- ing bees in Florida for William Perry of Orange, who in his own quiet way has built up a tremendous bee business. Wintersteen says that after the orange crop honey is in the bag, and the groves pollenated, colonies will be taken to Chambersburg to pol- lenate the cherry and apple trees. Later still, honey crops and pollena- tion will take in the Scranton area for blueberry growers, and later still New York State. Bobby says it’s fantastic. He has been working with Mr. Perry since October, and has seen more honey than he knew existed, 65 pound drums of expressed honey for the wholesale market,’ seven tons of it in one day's haul from Dushore Bees, like sheep, are a two-crop proposition. The owner of the bees gets well paid for setting up hives fin the orchards for pollenation, and he gets all the honey his bees make. Out in the apple orchards of Wen- atchee in the State of Washington, What Is Meant By A SEPARATION OF THE fe POSTER NO. 4 The PENDLETON VICE-PRESIDENT Fall of Invasion! Civil THE Rambling Around By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters CEE 2 CA ESHA CCE ® oe © 3 EE EE TES ETE RET EEO Ed A RINE Ti line crosses, in the afternoon. As of about forty years ago it was a very pretty sight. There was just enough opening for the sun to light up the winding creek. The trolley cars, from the elevation which was two or three hundred feet higher, looked about like toys, and when two were coupled together, they closely resembled a toy train. Autos were smaller then, and crept up the crooked, rounded, blacktop road like beetles. The rails of the Lehigh Valley, well polished by the pull of several trains a day, shone in the sun like threads of silver. No buildings could be seen, and the brush crowded close to, sometimes between, the four openings as seen left to right—the trolley tracks, the creek, the road, and the rail- road on a shelf at the right, a lit- tle higher than the others. Although much changed in the amount of use, the railroad shows the least change in appearance. The present four-lane highway, now almost obsolete, covers most of the old road and is much straighter in spots. Increased road traffic more than balances the loss of the rail- road traffic through the gap. Some changes were made in the creek when the road was built, and the trolley tracks with accompanying poles were lifted completely, the brush again taking over. Natural weathering of the rock face and brush growth along the edges have about removed the open wound of the stone quarry maintained by the trolley company. For years at a time I rode the train home, sometimes in the after- noon, or in the early morning. In the spring and fall, particularly, it was an excellent place to see the natural beauty of the gap. The right of way was free of brush and open, and the elevation of the rear platform was just about right to afford a good view as the train rounded the numerous curves. are more depressing. Few of the buildings in the area of the gap are anything to be proud of and some are eyesores. barriers are dilapidated. In such a location the . numerous billboards are a safety hazard and a disgrace from a scenic viewpoint. Probably the new road about to be built will be little improvement as far as the natural scenery is concerfied, but if a concerted effort were made we might be able to get some improvement as to the road- side buildings and billboards. This would be a good project for joint action by all the Back Mountain service clubs. Dallas Post Feature Launches Young Man In The Bee Business bee-renting is big business. Wintersteen already has a tenta- tive eye on the West. Honey crops, he says, are fabulous in the Dakotas. . Somebody spotted the feature story on Bobby removing a swarm of bees from a Dallas home, and asked Bobby to join the Luzerne County American Bee Foundation, and since then, his knowledge of bees has increased by leaps and bounds. Both he and Mr. Perry exhibited in the Pennsylvania Farm Show this month, winning a fourth place against heavy competition. New Colonies, Wintersteen says, are more productive than old ones, so the instant a colony shows signs of tapering off in productcion, it is destroyed Hives have to be kept completely free of germs, and much preparatory work is necessary be- fore hives can be located in or- chards. If a hive shows signs point- ing to trouble, it is burned. For the past month, hives have been re- novated. Honey is about the only food that cannot be adulterated or “stretched.” It cannot be duplicated. Its wax cells keep the product fresh and uncontaminated, a pure product of nature. UNION? It means two or more military nations involved in perpetual war with each other. It means the destruction of our indus try and the loss of our liberties. armies recruited by incessant drafts. It means the burden of unlimited expenditure without resources or credit to defray it. It means yearly invasions and desolation. It means anarchy and desolation. 5 It means huge standing Citizens Reflect That This Is What You Vote For If You Vote ; THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET King & Baird, Printers, 607 Samson Street, Philadelphia Beginning ELECTION OF MCLELLAN! VALLANDDIGHEAM SECRETARY OF WAR ARMISTICE! Wages! © NO MARKET FOR PRODUCE! Pennsylvania a Border State! War! Anarchy! DESPOTISM ! ! END From the road level the sights. The fences and | DALLAS. PENNSYLVANIA Looking at T-V With GEORGE A. and EDITH ANN BURKE THE WHITE HOUSE TOUR, in which Jackie Kennedy talks about its history and the changes she has made in its decor during the past year, will be telecast Wednes- day, 10-11 p.m. A 40-man CBS television crew worked with Jackie. They started at 11 a. m. and finished at 6:30 p-m. with an hour-and-a-half break for lunch. Not once did she com- plain of fatigue. She made quite an impression with the crew. It was reported that she was prompt, co-operative and knowledgeable. When they were out into the hall and waited until they were ready.” The televised tour starts in the Curator’s office and goes on into the Diplomatic Reception Room where the late FDR once gave his fireside chats. ’ The 1834 Bubar wallpaper which cost an estimated $180,000, covers the wall of this room. = The cameras will take the view- ers into the Upholstery Room— where a small staff of girls is cata- loguing treasures while men work on an old Monroe cabinet chair. The tour will continue to the East Room, where Abigail Adams once hung a family wash to dry and then into the state dining room. The table was covered with a white-and-gold cloth and set with a gold dinner service for 30, pur- chased during the Eisenhower ad- ministration. ; Of all the public rooms in the White House, Mrs. Kennedy gave the most attention to the Red Room, the Lincoln Room and the Green Room. The walls of the Red Room have been covered in a fabric with a gold scroll. Two Lincoln straight- chairs, which Mrs. Kennedy dis- room, together with a sofa of Madison’s. On one wall there is a Sargent portrait of Teddy Roose- velt which Mrs. Kennedy considers the finest portrait in the executive .mansion. : House has a “Storage room.” According to the producer it is ' piled high with tables, chairs, desks and cabinets all waiting to be re- stored. Franklin Schaffner noted that unlike most women, Mrs. Kennedy made no apologies for it. Jackie used no script but worked from a broad outline expanding on the notes and was interviewed by CBS narrator Charles Collingwood. The President made % five-min- ute appearance in the Monroe Room. He doesn’t talk directly with Jackie but he discusses, among other things, how pleased he is with the ¢ ges she has made. When the President and the First Lady saw the tape they were both very pleased with it. ie For the showing of the film the Kennedys had a small dinner party. Among the eight guests were Lee Radziwill, the Sister of Jackie, andy Joe Alop. = Before the lights were dimmed Jackie was quite tensed up but as the tape began to roll she soon re- laxed and when it was over the President burst into enthusiastic applause and was obviously very pleased with his wife’s performance. According to him, the show was terrific! Rites Friday For Thomas Smith Ge { Thomas Smith, 57, a former resident of Beaumont, and widely connected ‘in the area, died Monday morning of a sudden heart attack; while “using the telephone at his desk at the Coast Metal Company, Richfield, N. J. He had driven t Beaumont to be with his mother, Mrs, Clara Smith, who was celebrat- ing her 83rd birthday, on Sundags and had returned to New Jersey” early in the afternoon. At the time, he appeared in perfect health. He will be buried Friday after- noon in Orcutt Cemetery, Rev. Lyle Peterson officiating from the Nul- ton Funeral Home. Friends may call this afternoon and evening. Born at Noxen, son of Mrs. Clara Smith and the late William Smith, he taught at Monroe Township School for a number of years. Surviving are his widow, the former Emorine Miller of Evans Falls; daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Rogers, Richfield Park; mother, Mrs. Smith, Beaumont; brothers and sisters, Charles, Arno, and Jonah Smith, and Mrs. James Sickler, Mrs. Wil- liam Reifenbury, all of Beaumont; Clarence Smith, Luzerne; and three grandchildren. Timmy Simer, 14, Dies Monday In Philadelphia » Word has been received that Timmy Siner, former resident of Meadowcrest, died Monday night ‘| after lapsing into a coma. Timmy, popular Company Wilkes-Barre Publishing carrier in Trucksville, moved with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Siner, to Philadelphia last summer. The 14 year old boy, student in the ninth grade, had been active in Trucksville Boy Scouts. The boy had been in good health until being stricken with sudden illness a week before his death. 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