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made some classic traffic jams wind-
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brating its 175th Anniversary, ‘is
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‘When the Dallas Post put out the
75th anniversary tabloid of his- |
torical photos, it was said that there |
were no photographs of the Dallas
Fair in our possession. Well, in the |
meantime, Clark Oliver of Noxen
sent us a couple and here they are:
Top one shows cattle waiting to
be judged in the ring, judges peer- |
ing down toward the camera from |
their fringed tower. 3
‘Lower shows a very fine old
merry-go-round, and girls, see what |
they wore in those days.
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First Dallas Fair was in 1886, and
soon became known all over, be-
ing along the lines of a regular |
county fair today. It continued ex-
cept for years 1906 to 1908 until |
about 1914.
Fairgrounds were located beyond
old 500 acre Honeywell holdings:
It was William J. “Squire” Honey-
well who sold the land to the Dal-
las Union Agricultural Association.
(By the way, Squire Honeywell was
said to have been the first white |
child ever born in the Dallas area.)
‘ People came to Dallas on the Le-
high Valley: Railroad and travelled |
the rest of the way by horse and |
wagon, and it was reported they
grounds. On Friday of the one week !
of fairtime attendance would be as
much as 5000 or 6000 people.
Featured attractions were trotting |
races on a half mile track.,. Women |
could take home blue ribbons for '
their baking, needlework, jellies,
and produce. And the bands — |
Dallas or Alexander’s from Wilkes- |
Barre, played on.
about the. trotting races that they |
would race their own horses and |
wagons back to the farm at night.
often with spectacular results and
Seaman Tames Fasber
Trains At Cape May
|
Seaman Recruit James E. Faer- |
ber; USCG, son of Mr. and Mrs. |
«Gustave A. Faerber, Hamilton Road,
Route 4. Dallas, has enlisted in the
U. S.. Coast. Guard at the Coast
Guard Recruiting Station in Wilkes-
Barre. TH)
He has been transferred to the |
Coast Guard Recruit Training Cen- |
ter at Cape May. N. J. for nine |
weeks’ basic training.
The Coast Guard, this year cele- |
the United States’ principal mari- |
time law enforcement agency, and
is responsible for protection of life |
and property at sea. |
Faerber attended the University |
of Illinois, Champaign.
GIFT
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BEN FRANKLIN
Church St.
Fair-time In old Dallas
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Wilkes College Drive
Is Pushing Forward
Advanced solicitation in the |
Wilkes College Capital Gifts Cam-
paign pushed forward in an effort
| to raise $1,500,000 for a mew Li-
| brary. A total of $214,076.00 has
~ |been pledged toward the new
Library.
Pledges made during these early | 74
weeks of the advanced phase show
great promise of the enthusiasm |
| toward the college's effort.
General Chairman of the Wilkes | yanja’s independent operating com-
| College Library Campaign is Atty. |
| Charles H. Miner and co-chairman, | i !
| Annette Evans. Heading the general | has as its goal $1,500,000 and is
canvass phase will be Ben Badman.
The Wilkes’ Library Campaign
| THE DALEAS POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1965
Commonwealth Now
Fully Dial-system
Commonwealth Telephone Com-
pany of Dallas” will reach a mile-
stone in its history on Sunday
morning, December 19th,
a. m., at which time its Blossburg
exchange, located in Tioga Cownty,
will cut-over to dial operation. All
of Commonwealth's exchanges
will then be dial operated.
Commonwealth is a growing coin-
pany, third largest of Pennsyl-
| panies and 14th in the Nation. It
scheduled to be launched late im
January of next year.
upside down: enaings.
The Dallas © Fair. never made
enough money to pay a dividend,
but it wag good for business in the
village. One reason it never made
it was because local people avoided
the entrance and went through the
woods “or over the fields’ to ‘get ’in;
there being no fences. Only the rich
folks from Wilkes-Barre and other
big cities went and paid the 25c.
‘Honored By Company
| Mr. Tattersfield joins an élite sales |
‘Rare Old Miniature
in Philadelphia, by Henry (Hyram)
The boys would get so ‘excited Bower, during the decade 1790-1800.
| individual units of that organization.
| and Crafts for the Commission, said
| First. Floor Galleries of the William
| said Curator de Jonge, ‘are of the
RPI SISI ISIS FIS
TWO-TOM
FRUIT-A-RAMA
DALLAS
George Tatterfield .
George A. Tattersfield, RD 4, Dal-
las, has been named to the Lees
Carpets 100% Club. Announcement |
of his appointment ‘was made by |
Joseph H. McFarland, Vice Pres-
ident of James Lees and Sons Com-
pany, Bridgeport, Penna.
As a member of the 100% Club,
team that is selected annually for |
excellence’ in retail marketing, ad- |
vertising and display. :
Mr. Tattersfield has been named
to the 100% Club for the second
time. .
Clock Is On Display
Time can be either short or long,
depending on circumstances, and
both extremes are charmingly |
blended in an extremely rare min- |
iature “Grandmother” clock ac- |
quired for display in the new Wil-
liam Penn Memorial Museum, Har-
risburg. :
The beautifully-finished timepiece
stands only 48 inches tall but is
nearly 175 years old. It was made
Acquisition of the clock by The
Pennsylvania Historical and Mu-
seum Commission’ ‘was made pos-
sible’ by ‘the Pennsylvania Feder- |
ation of - Women’s Clubs, through |
funds collected for that purpose by
. Eric de Jonge, Curator of Arts
the clock exentually will be perman-
ently displayed in one of the ‘Period
Rooms’ now being prepared in the
Penn Memorial Museum. Meanwhile, |
it will be placed on temporary dis- |
play in an appropriate setting.
“Clocks of this type and size,”.|
greatest rarity, particularly when
attributable to a known craftsman.”
GIFT PACK
“The Gift of Good Taste”
For All Occasions
Available
In Various Assortments
Attractively Packed
Place Your
. Order Early
15-1b. carton $5.95
25-1b. carton $7.95
OTHERS $2.95 up
DISCOUNT PRICES ON
LARGE QUANTITIES
Made To Order
Special Gift =
Thomas C. Thomas Co.
N. Pa. Ave. and Union St.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
PHONE 822-2101
i recently installed its 97,000th tele-
at | 2:01 | phone and it is estimated they will
reach ‘the 100,000th mark in the
second quarter of 1966.
The conversion of Blossburg plac-
es in service. an additional invest-
ment of over $200,000 in plant,
cable and
| Central Office is equipped with. 700
lines and 1300 terminals of Auto- | the
matic Electric‘ equipment and will
bring to the people of Blossburg
the ‘best there. is to offer in the
| art of. tele-communications.
| serves approximately 10% of the]
Council,
announces
pointment becomes
immediately.
switchgear. The new
and Wilkes College, Miss
formerly did Public Relations
Miners National
of Wilkes-Barre
as well
the appoint-
ment of Miss MiMi Wilson, Franklin | ** FL
| Street, Dallas, as Director of Public ™ Associations,
Relations and Fund Raising. Ap-
effective
A graduate of Wyoming Seminary
Wilson
Bank
Wilkes-Barre. She currently serves
as Director of the Advertising Club
as Pub-
| licity Chairman; is Program Chair-
SECTION A — PAI
{ man of the Wilkes-Barre branch of |
: mre . Z
land: area of Pennsylvania, has plant | MiMi Wilson Heads | American Association of University Legal Notice w—
| investment of nearly $40 million Scout Public Relati Women: and serves on both the
| and has the Jargon Ba of ex- ons Public Relations and Miss Torch-| Notice is hereby given that |
ghanges of any independent, operat- +. Bdward Zalesky. E : . | lighter committees of the Wyoming | of testamentary have been gi
{ hang / t 4
ing in the State. Commonwealth | rector, Penn's A Valley United Fund. Miss Wilson | in the estate of Florence Guido
is active in both the Wyoming of
Seminary and Wilkes College Alum-
Noti
Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting of Dallas Comunity
of | Ambulance Association will be held ors
on Tuesday, December 21, 1965, at Attorney.
for
Luzerne Borough, who
October 26, 1965 to Rita Mars
| William P. Gunster, 12 Main
Luzerne, Pennsylvania. All p{
indebted to said estate are red
to make payment and who
claims or demands to presen
same without delay to the E
named. Edward D. M({
J
ail
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730 pm. at the Dallas Borough nominated and: elected,
Building, Main Street, Dallas, Pa.. Robert L. Bed
Officers for the coming year will be