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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1064
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
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Editorially Speaking
New County Superintendent
It couldn’t have happened to a better man.
Wesley Davies, Overbrook Avenue, has been assist-
ant superintendent of Luzerne County for many years.
It was high time that he moved up into the top post, to
fill the unexpired term of Eugene S. Teter, whose retire-
ment becomes effective January 1.
Mr. Davies is not a man who pushs his weight
around. He goes quietly ahead, getting the job done.
And as assistant superintendent, he is completely convers-
ant with the demands of the position. :
The shift will be made as if on ball-bearings, with
no interruption of necessary procedures.
Bad Accident Indicated
Unless the highway department installs some direc-
tional lights at the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and
the main highway, there will be an ugly accident.
The reflecting buttons which now point the way to
Lehman turnoff, where route 118 leaves the Harveys Lake
Highway towards Williamsport, have been of great assis-
tance to motorists. They could not have been very ex-
pensive, and they require no upkeep.
Headlights pick them out without trouble, and an
intersection which many out-of-town motorists could not
find at all, is now plainly visible.
At the Pioneer intersection there is a complex of
roads, all of them plain enough by daylight, but sheer
murder at night to any motorist who wants to make the
left turn at the crest of the still existent hump near Duke
Isaacs.
Start up one of those crossings, and you find your-
self facing south-bound traffic, up against a curb, with
cars wildly beeping, and with good luck, stopping in time.
Eugene Lazarus headed the Dallas
School Board; Kingston Township
| retained Howard Appleton as pres-
| ident; Dallas Township reelected C.
| J. Eipper.
A poem,
was
published in The Commonweal,
weekly review of literature.
Luzerne Gas and Electric lower-
ed its rates.
Bobby Edwards faced death for
the slaying of his sweetheart at
| Harveys Lake.
Scarlet fever
only one new case.
Rev! George L. Sweet, pastor of
Meeker Methodist Church, used to
be a tight-rope walker in a circus.
Tiring of the Big Top, he studied
for the ministry. Once in a while
he demonstrated tumbling and rope
walking.
Coffee was 19 cents a pound; su-
gar 10 pounds for 50 cents; stew-
ing oysters, 2 dozen 19 cents; pork
loin 14 cents a pound; chuck roast,
end cuts, 7 cents pound; potatoes
10 cents a peck.
20 Years Ago
Howell Rees, former editor of the
Dallas, Post, was
General George A. Acheson for his
public relations work with the 15th
Division in’ Italy.
Arthur Lasher, Jr. was in the jun-
gles of the Southwest Pacific, fight-
ing rats and lizards as well as Japs.
Herman Sands bought a new herd
sire, Montvic Pathfinder Peitge.
George E, Jacquish, son of County
Farm agent and Mrs. Johnd, Jac-
quish of Tunkhannock, was killed
in action in France.
Killed in action in the Back
Mountain roster, 12; missing, 11;
prisoners, 8; died in service, 5.
Beaumont Union Church was re-
| dedicated, Rev. John Ten Hove off-
iciating.
Heard from in the Outpost: Don
Smith, Florida; Earl Williams, Geo-
| rgia; Louis Achuff, Hunter Field;
| Jack Carey, Arizona, Trebilcox, in
the Mariannas; Dave Evans, Europe;
Bob Considine, Belgium; Elmer Wy-
ant, France: John Stofko, Belgium.
Married: Alice Deater to Benjamin
Badger Jr.
Instantly killed when thrown
from a bicycle on Carverton Road,
| was Raymond Sherwin, 16. He was
| hitching a ride behind a truck.
10 Years Ago
There is absolutely nothing to point the way at night.
Directional buttons would iron the whole thing out. |
Antique Shops Cooperate To Stage
Open House Friday And Saturday
It was a horrible day for any
kind of an open house on Friday,
but the four Antique Shops which
advertised an Open-House for the
weekend were ablaze with lights;
decorated for the holidays, and dis-
playing the welcome mat.
Nobody could deplore the wet
weather, for the rain was too badly
needed, but it held down the sight-
seers on the first day.
People have discovered that a
Boston rocker is at home in a mod-
ern setting, affording solid comfort’
and a tie between the generations,
and that a bit of cranberry glass
lights up the china cabinet: that a
polished copper kettle beside the
fireplace is a convenient place for |
keeping small logs, and that a
cherry secretary from the 18th cen-
tury,” with its secret drawer makes
a good conversation piece.
The Powder Horn, on Main Street,
Dallas, had a miniature village in
© its window, and dolls hobnobbing
over a cup of tea at a table set
with tiny dishes. Inside, there was
a wide selection of antiques. some
of them designed for the delight of
children. Mary Frantz says that
the array of books from the Wide-
Awake Book Shop is drawing many
customers, especially’ in the chil-
dren’s department. The fashion
show staged here last month was
a huge success.
Francis Schriber, Overbrook Road
proprietor of Stone Gateshas done
the impossible. Without one sug-
gestion of crowding, he has com-
pressed into a doll-house sized space
a remarkably fine collection of col-
ored glass, bits of decoration suit-
eye-level cubbyholes. From the red
brick floor and the doors with their
strap black iron hinges, to the low
ceiling, the whole thing looks like
a stage setting in minature. The
shop was cunningly converted from
a former patio.
It was impossible to miss the Sil-
ver Sleigh, just north of Corners. A
curtain of evergreen branches cover
ed the wide window, with small
candle-lights picking out the hat-
rack, the kind of fixture which used
to hang in every hall at the turn of
the century. Painted white and
backed by Christmas greenery, it
was breath-takingly effective.
Polished copper abounds, and Gene
Hanley and Bob Davis have gone |
in for lighting, crystal chandeliers
down the hill to lanterns.
small pieces, suitable for Christmas
giving to the discriminating. The
boys expect to keep on with open
house on Sundays, serving hot cof-
fee to customers and browsers.
Dale Myers, at the end of the
line, far up the Thunkhannock high-
way, was showing a lavish display
of flat silver and cutglass. His
shop was shrouded in fog by 4 p.m.
on Friday, but the weather improv-
ed on Saturday. A space that once
housed a small restaurant is now
devoted entirely to antiques.
Dale even had some things piled
outside the door, and protected with
tarpaulins against the rain, items
for the do-it-yourself finisher of
antiques to gloat over, spool towel
holders and such. Lying in wait
was a scarlet ‘painted anvil, the kind
that used to be seen at the village
Lots of |
able for any establishment, treas-
ures to pass on as heirlooms.
Wasting not one inch of space,
but with the decorator’s touch, he
has utilized small stone shelves for
display, corner cupboards, under
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A FINE EDITION
Dear Mrs. Risley, 3 |
This morning Dr. Gilbert brought
a copy of the Dallas Post, 75th anni- |
versary edition. When I offered to |
pay for it, he said you had sent |
it to me as a gift.
black smith. Large, and exactly
right for a small child to adopt as
a horse. The flat field next door
to Dale's each fall accommodates
the Haymarket outdoor Antique
show.
|= cousins who lived in Dallas
family, the Ziba Schooley’s and the
Arthur Turners.
people in Dallas so naturally T am
interested in the Dallas Post. Dr.
mine.
With my congratulations and my
thanks, I send my best wishes to
you and the future of the Post.
Cordially yours,
you my deep appreciation and many |
thanks. 1 congratulate you on a |
splendid paper which I often enjoy
as Dr. Gilbert brings me the paper
For this gracious gesture, 1 send |
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You do not know me but I did | Offset Pr.
know Mr. Risley. I used to visit The Dallas Post
many years, the Sherman Richards |
I knew many |
Gilbert is a very warm friend of |
Mrs. William Stark Tompkins
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Lehman football team won the
| Bronze Shoe for the fourth time,
| Edgar Lashford was elected pres-
|ident "of Lehman-Jackson-Ross
schoolboard. ‘
Dallas Senior Womans Club was
first aboard the drive to purchase
a Dallas community ambulance,
with a gift of $100. :
Jointure . of Kingston Township,
| Dallas Borough, Dallas and Franklin
| Townships, was thrashed out again,
| with a final vote for the jointure,
| the goal a new high school. The
| sticking point was relocation of el-
ementary school children, resisted
by Franklin Township.
* Dallas Borough “YY” canteen
opened at Dallas Borough grade
i school, sponsored by Dallas Rotary
and Back Mountain YMCA.
| Mrs. Maude I. Klug, 70 Shaver-
town, suffered a fatal stroke.
Janet Smith’s story hour attract-
ed many children to the Library
Saturday mornings.
Robert Laux was elected pres-
| iden of the Dallas Ambulance Asso-
! ciation.
Lake School still closed, well,
I down 150 feet, no water.
Russell Edmondson resigned as
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Shavertown fire chief. ;
| Married: Eleanor Snell to Theodore |
Biggs. Joan Williams to Edward A.
Makowski. Anna C. Adams to Ed-
| ward G. Clark. Frances Lorraine
| Gettle to Malcolm Bulter.
| Died: Charles L. Deats, 72, Harveys
| Lake.
| “Confession” by Sister
| Miriam, College Misericordia,
epidemic checked, ,
| was tough to keep from cussing the
commended by |
«+ KEEPING
December 2: FORMER DICTATOR Peron refused admit-
tance to Brazil, flies
warm welcome.
BOBBY BAKER inquiry. Theme, “You're a liar.”
POSTED
back to Spain, meets luke-
December 3:
plicated.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS demand |
change in party, in light of the recent debacle.
December 4: FBI LINKS murder of three civil rights
workers to KU KLUX KLAN; two lawmen im-
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Weekend: SLEET, FREEZING RAIN, Schenectady area
in darkness, bitter cold drives residents to school
buildings.
December 7: PEARL HARBOR DAY, 23rd anniversary.
REPUBLICANS CLAMOR for Dean Burch’s scalp.
BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER confers with Presi-
dent Johnson.
TSHOMBE ON WAY
NBC SARNOFF protests barring of TV at trials.
FOUR SHIPS TRAPPED in St. Lawrence Seaway,
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ice thickens.
to United Nations.
December 8: CONGO PROTESTS rescue of white hostages
by Belgians and U.S.
December 9: RAILROAD STRIKE again threatens, set
for December 15.
Better Leighton Never
When the water started to run
like a river down Main Street, it!
weather. Water poured into my
shoes, and the wet wind soaked my
collar, ‘but I kept telling myself
“You love it.”
What a great day to settle down |
with a good book, so I dropped over |
to the antique shop, with a particu- |
lar one in mind, figuring Mary |
Frantz could get it from the down- |
town shop, which she could, and
proceeded to do. Well, then I got |
so excited over the prospect of read- |
ing the book, I decided to go get |
it myself, right away. |
Walking across Market Street |
bridge in Wilkes-Barre not only |
puts one in a reading mood, but was |
an experience in itself, as it has
‘been about half a year since I saw
any substantial rain hit the waters
of the Susquehanna.
Then at the book store,
Mrs. |
are in a rush all the time,” he re-
plied. That's true. I never even
notice ‘when people are brief with
me, anymore. The only time a re-
sponse registers on me is when the
party is particularly polite and
friendly.
Christmas is a bad time to be in
a rush.
SECRET WEAPON
Glancing at the town pavers, we |
noticed quite a spread given to an- |
nouncement ‘Saturday of the gift
of Hayfield Farm to Penn State!
Center. I would have been a little
hurt by the same “news” release
which we got in the mail two days
later, if 'we hadn't broken the sub-
stance of the story back in the Oct-
ober 8 Dallas Post.
Thanks to a Main Street tip-off.
Anyway, at that time, I remember
speculating on the size of Hayfield
House with some of the hoys at
lunch. Our modest estimate, with-
(il, 1965,
| assistant for thirty years, comes of
| a family of educators.
| Wilkes-Barre schools, closely asso-
Howell. >
| School, from® 1926 to 1930.
the was active in athletics.
| ucation Association N. E. District. |
Evans sized me up as a likely cus-
tomer for lots of other late offer-
out having much idea, of the breath
ings, all of which had only momen-
tarily slipped my mind since last
Sunday's Times perusal. She was
absolutely right, and I only held
off on most of the others as a bad
bet financially, what with the shape
of my wallet, the first of the month
bills, the pound sterling crisis and |
world finance, and all that stuff.
‘What the heck, you can only read
one book at a time anyway.
Seen And Heard
Last week, the fire chief caught
on fire. Don Bulford built a fire
to get warm, out hunting, and a
spark caught in one leg of his in-
sulated underwear, and started
burning up along the outside of his
leg. He showed me the red mark
on his ankle to prove it.
| of the plant was something like 90
It's Ross Williams who's got the
Sunoco station slated for above
O'Malia’s, which gives him pretty
tight quarters, smack against the
mountain. Anyway, the corner will
look just like old times.
Is the window in the center of
the new Kingston Township build-
ing upside down, or wag it designed
that way?
“Is there really such a thing as: * ;
the Christmas rush?”. I asked Ed|Will see fit to put up reflectors, so
Labatch at the postoffice. “People! we can see our way.
THE CHRISTMAS BALL
: tunately without any big trucks on
.ing in ceiling zero at Djibouti air-
rooms and 20 bathrooms. The lat-
ter feature appealed to my fancy,
and I thought that if all the toilets
were flused simultaneously, the
US government could, at the ex-
pense of blowing the bottom out of
Lehman Township, intimid#te Red
China into full surrender.
FOG
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Fog settled over the area Satur-
day morning, so thick a bum
couldn't see a silver dollar on the
pavement, teaching us something
else about the new highway. It's
a good idea to have some kind of a
divider in the middle of the road,
but trying to find a crossover at
major intersections is a real prob-
lem in this kind of weather. Travel-
ling south at 7 a.m., I wanted to
get a cup of coffee at Orchard Farm,
and finally made my left turn, for-
my tail. But feeling out the cross-
overs in the divider was like land-
port. In time, I suspect, somebody
by Juliette Pillarella, 9
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When I look in a Christmas ball
I see myself so big and tall,
And then once more I look to see -
The candles glitter on the tree.
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It’s fun to look at the Christmas tree,
It’s a beautiful sight, we all agree,
The candy canes and tinsel bright
Will bring us joy on a Christmas night.
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Wesley E. Davies | From —
Superintendent
Elected By Board, |
Succeeds E. S. Teter
Wesley E. Davies, assistant super-
intendent of Luzerne County Schools
moves up to the top post, appoint-
ed by the County School Board to
fill the vacancy caused by the re-
cent resignation of Eugene S. Teter.
The change takes effect January
Mr. Davies, Overbrook Avenue,
His father, the late Professor
Gwilym Davies of Kingston, was for
many years supervisor of music in
ciated with former Superintendent
of Schools Harry H. Zeiser, father
of Mrs. Howard Risley.
Many teachers at GAR. and
Coughlin, now living in this area,
have great regard for Mr. Davies.
Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Mr. Davies, a native of Kings-
ton, obtained his education at
Bloomsburg State College, Pennsyl-
vania State University, Columbia,
and Syracuse. His first teaching
assignment was at Forty Fort High
For four years he was supvervis-
ing principal of Nescopeck schools, |
leaving in 1934 to take the position
of assistant superintendent of Lu-
zerne County schools.
In his younger days he was called |
“The flying teacher,” and elected |
president of Wyoming Valley Fly-
ing Club. During his college years |
He is past president of Forty Fort- |
| Kingston Kiwanis, of County Super- |
| intendents of N. E. Pennsylvania, |
and County Superintendents
De- |
partment of Pennsylvania State Ed- |
Locally, he is on the official board |
of Shavertown Methodist Church, |
and chairman of its Commission on |
Education.
His wife is the former Gertrude
Gordon, Forty Fort, a former Kings- |
ton school teacher. A daughter,
Mrs. John W. Klob, Willingboro,
N. J., is married to the ‘controller |
of Drexel Institute of Technology. |
There are three grandchildren. |
Art Show By Former
Dallas Instructor
An art show by J. Philip Rich- |
ards, is now going on at Gallerie |
20, 20 E. Market Street, Wilkes- |
Barre. Closing date is Saturday, |
December 12. Hours are 7 to 10 p. |
m. Recent oils and water colors are |
included. .
Mr. Richards, now art instructor |
at Wilkes College, was former art
instructor at Dallas Junior High
School, where his enthusiasm for
his subject sparked many a student
into performing far beyond his |
apparent capabilitie’s. Each sum- |
mer the Library Auction shows |
some of his work at the art booth |
and he also exhibits at the Rotary |
Fall Fair.
On TV Panel ig
Mrs. Lyle Slaff, Pioneer Avenue, |
Trucksville, served on a panel over |
Television Sunday afternoon, dis-
cussing what can be done to halt
the sale. of pornographic literature |
to children. |
Pillar To Post...
What I want to know is, are the starlings eating everybody out
of house and home ?
Put out a tasty chunk of suet, wired to the bird feeder, and the
starlings descend upon it, bill and claw, knocking the bird feeder
galley-west in the process, while the chickadees wait hopefully in
the lilac bush.
I am purely sick of supporting a herd of starlings. The horrid
things have no manners, they simply descend upoh the feeder in
droves, and gorge. '
Chickadees and nuthatches, hairy and downy woodpeckers, tit-
mice and cardinals politely take ‘their turn, but not starlings. They
are as voracious as evening grosbeaks, without the good looks.
At least evening grosbeaks are colorful, lending a very fancy
touch to a winter landscape. If somebody could get a color photo
of a blue-jay, a'cardinal, and an evening grosbeak against a back-
ground of snow, it would be a marvel of color.
Leave out the starlings. No pretensions to beauty at all. They
look just exactly like scavengers, with as much appeal as a turkey
Mountain Memorial
| the notifications on overdue books,
| and reduce errors which are a haz-
buzzard.
Where did they come from? Did the campaign against them in
the city divert them to the Back Mountain?
The city fathers should have blasted them with rock salt instead
of simply frightening them away. 7
There must have been a population explosion to end population
explosions in the starling hide-outs. Apparently nothing discourages
a starling or cuts off its reproductive powers.
Can't we import something that eats starling eggs, and leaves
robin eggs and chickadee eggs alone ?
Or do I have the only starlings in the Back Mountain?
Library Will Change Its Loan
Period, Beginning In January
The system is in use in the ma-
jority of libraries not using mecha-
nical charging systems and has pro-
ved most effective in reducing the
It
In order to speed up the process,
of charging out books, the Back !
Library will
change its loan period.
All new books, both fiction and Wait for charging out books.
| non-fiction will be loaned for 14 should be a convenience to the bor-
days. All other books for 28 days. | rower and a help to the librarians.
There will be no renewals. Because of the long holiday week-
For the borrower this means that | ends this year the library schdule
| they will no longer need to phone or will be as follows: Closing Thursday
Dec. 24th at 5:00 P.M. Reopening
system allows 14 days per book plus Tuesday Dec. 29th at 1:30 P.M.
on renewal of 14 ‘days total 28 days. , Closing again Dec. 31st at 5:00 P.M.
Beginning Jan. 5, 1965 all but| Reopening Jan. 5th at 1:30 P.M. By
new books will be due 28 days later, | remaining closed on the two Sat-
For the librarians this means | urdays for the long weekend a con-
eliminating the constant interrupt- | siderable savings in heat expenese
ion of telephone calls for renewals. | Will be possible.
It will reduce by more than half
come in for a renewal. The present
Rubber Stamps
| ard of renewing.
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