SECTION A — PAGE 2 THE DALLAS POST Established 1889 Entered as second-class matter at the post office -at Dallas, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1889. 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; $3.00 six months or less. Students away from home $3.00 a term; Out-of- State $3.50. Back issues, more than one week old, 15c. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member National Editorial Association Member Greater Weeklies Associates, Inc. Editor and Publisher Managing Editor Associate Editor Social Editor Pabloid Editor: . ... ce. 00 aes Advertising. Manager". .. ua iki Louise MARKS ° Business ‘Manager... . oils on Doris R. MALLIN Circulation Manager Mgrs. VELma Davis Accounting... voak SANDRA STRAZDUS Single copies at a rate of 10c Thursday morning at the follow- sy oe BEAL. 1 i pet Re MyRrA Z. RiSLEY LeicaroN R. Scott, Jr. RRR Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks Mgrs. DoroTHY B. ANDERSON CATHERINE GILBERT 6 3 AA ° *, Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association S/T © < ing newstands: Dallas — Town House Restaurant, Daring’s Market, Bill Davis Market; Shavertown — Evans Drug Store, Hall's Drug Store; Trucksville — Cairns Store, Trucksville Pharmacy; Luzerne— Novak's Confectionary; Beaumont —' Stone's Grocery; Idetown— Cave's Market; Harveys Lake — Javers Store, Kocher’s Store; Sweet Valley — Adam's Grocery; Lehman — Stolarick’s Store; Noxen — Scouten’s Store;- Shawaneses — Puterbaugh’s Store; Fern- Editorially Speaking LAST DAY TO SIGN Today, March 31, is the last day for those of sixty- five or older, to sign for Medicare. As other citizens reach the age of sixty-five, there will be opportunity for them to register. But for those who are already of this age, today is the deadline, and there will be no further opportunity for over a year. Many people viewed with alarm when Social Security was first projected. <A good many of these people are now enjoying its benefits without a backward glance at their former concern. Medicare is a form of insurance against the devastat- ing cost of long illness. People on Social Security have had their payments upped during the past year, a bulk payment made to them in September. The extra is to make it possible for bene- ficiaries to make the monthly payments. Each person who receives Social Security has had his monthly check increased. Medicare is not Socialized Medicine, as it is known in England. It is for the elderly only, a barrier against disaster. Medicare is not a cure-all, but it offers weighty as- sistance in case of long extended illness. People who do not have Social Sécurity in the 65- year ‘bracket, should get aboard immediately for their own protection ani for protection of the family which must otherwise stand the total expense. Those already receiving Social Security have been given pertinent information, and the reason for the in- creased payments explained to them. This is the last call. 5 § * * * * BUILD NOW FOR THE FUTURE Penn State University Center at Hayfield House needs a financial hand NOW, not ten years from now, when parents in the Back Mountain will be reaping the benefits in lowered education costs for their college-age children. The oldest college in Wyoming Valley, established in 1916 and going about its business quietly, with no drives for community support, now needs assistance in expand- ing its services. Given half a chance, it can become a power in the community, offering adult education as well as college courses for those of college student age. Too often, college doors are closed to high school graduates because of the challenge of a four-year curri- culum, with its attendant outlay for board and room. A young man who can finance two years of higher ed- ucation, obtaining an associate degree at the end of the two years, has a more obtainable goal in view. The end is in sight. The engineering and surveying courses in which the Penn State Center now specializes, offer an entree into gainful employment. Graduates are sought after by scouts from forty- five companies. According to present plans, the branch of Penn State now operating in cramped quarters at the Guthrie School in Wilkes-Barre, with accommodations for fewer than 300 students, can expand in ten years to an enrollment of 800, with expansion of courses to match. And all on the doorstep of the Back Mountain. The Center does not intend to confine itself to its present offerings in’ the educational field. As demand increases, the horizon will be broadened. The Center can do a great deal for the area. The area can do a great deal for the Center. It is worthy of support, no matter from which angle it is viewed. -There is no better way of perpetuating a name than to see it engraved on a bronze plaque and imbedded in the wall of a hall of learning. * * * * KEEP HIM TIED If you saw the February 4th issue of Life, you will keep your pet dog tied up, or in a tightly enclosed yard. There is an organized trade in stolen pets, some of them destined for laboratory use. Nobody of intelligence could possibly question the use of dogs for experimentation in research laboratories. Bleeding hearts and their campaign against such research, are those people to whom the life of a dog is more im- portant than the life of a child. How do they think diphtheria was conquered? Polio? Experimentation must be done, if life-saving drug; and techniques are to be developed. But this does not mean that you must sacrifice your pet, a veritable member of your family. Safeguard your dog by keeping him within bounds. Once he is on the loose, he may fall a prey to some- body who will sell him to a laboratory. There are plenty of stray dogs around. See to it that your pet is not identified as a stray. * * * * It Happened | forest fire menace. In spite of soak- many Only Yesterday 30 Years Ago Stiff winds, dry woods, posed ‘a ing rains during March, there were small blazes. Fire-tower guardian E. W. Whispell was on’ the alert on Chestnut Ridge. Flood relief fund in Dallas reached $420, for use of the Red | Cross dealing with Valley post- | flood woes. Huntsville Dam withstood the torrential rains, was in good con- dition. Frequent rumors had it that | all dams feeding the Susquehanna | | were in jeopardy. Miss Emily Calman, Wilkes-Barre, fled the flood to the home of her nephew, Delbert L. Moss. Two | weeks later she died of pneumonia | i at 67. | Mrs. George Sawyer, Church | | doilies. Street, was readying her gladiolus | bulbs for summer blooming. Her | garden on Church Street was an- nually a riot of color. Grace E. McGuire, Kingston Township student, won the County- | wide contest in oratory. [ Democratic party gained strength, | with a pre-primary . scramble - for | nominations. Plans for Luzerne By-Pass were! again bogged down, back road to | Wyoming got precedence. Political football game. You could get three large cans] of sardines for two bits, or six| large cans of tomatoes for 58 cents. | Butter was still holding its own at two pounds for 65 cents, and a | 24, lb. sack of flour cost 79 cents. | Dallas Post was publishing direc- tions for making little crocheted Married: Ethel Husband to Gordon | | Sickler. 'Ruth Karschner to Lloyd | | Rogers. Verna Dimmock to George | VanCampen. | Died: Mrs. Lucy Jones, 67, Beau- | mont. Mrs. Sarah Bingham, Leh- | | | ‘Drive, Memory Lane, Sylvan, Ave- It Happened 20 Years Ago Names for Memorial Drive were flooding in to the Dallas Post. Some | of the suggestions were Veterans’ nue... you name it, the Dallas Post got it. “Bouevard of the Fighting Mountaineers” was the longest. | (Try that in a headline.) Police killed six homeless dogs. | Charles Stookey, 52, a Past Com- mander of the American Legion, | fell 12 feet and broke his neck. He was being treated at Nesbitt. | Kingston Township School Direc- tors foresaw an increase in millage to 40. PUC blue-pencilled sale of Noxen Water Company to Noxen Town- ship. News of. Servicesmen: Discharged, Stephen Skopic, William O. Blaine, Irvin C. Parsons, Walter Hunt. Pro- | moted, Warren Hoover to corporal. ! Sweet Valley firemen were staging a Pig Roast, price $1.00 per plate. Married: Nora Brown to Frederick | Hand. Ethel Rodda to Howard Culp. Died: Marion Wenger, 42, Trucks- ville. It Happened 10 Years Ago Sweet Valley was considering abandening the Memorial Day Parade after nine successful years. | Too much hard work, too little profit. Dallas Methodist ‘Church con- struction plans approved by congre- gation. Estimated cost of addition $129,000. | David Quare, 18 mont infant, | hung himself in his crib, wag res- cued just in time. Seven hours of oxygen needed. His father, Francis, was one of the most seriously in- | jured in the troop-train wreck of September 11, 1950. Scaffold collapsed, three injured at new Frank Ferry residence: James McGuire, Pringle, broken back; Cyril and Bill Wallo, minor injuries. { Mrs. Mary C. Stoeckel, 94, died | in her sleep at her home in Dallas. | School boards were still hashing | it out, hopefully with consolidation | in view. Wintry storms delayed opening | of the Outdoor Theatre. Died: George Covert. 48, Blooming- dale. Mrs. Lena Cragle, 72, Bloom- ingdale. John L. Morgan, Shaver- town. Franklin E. Sleppy, 65, Muh- | lenburg. Mrs. Thomas Maurer, | Shavertown. Married: Barbara Irene Frear to Melvin Race. Carol Jean Whitesell to Ronald Graboski. HOW'S YOUR COLD? ‘Tis the first day of sprig And all the birds sig Their sweet subber sogs To the roses. The flowers will bloob On cold winter's toob - What a tibe we are havig, Oh Boses! 3 | spicuous location | the course, | spindle, THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1966 EEE EEE EEE IEEE EERE EER + KEEPING POSTED = March 23: SUKARNO MAINTAINS he is still head of state in Indonesia, despite military claims that he is a figurehead only. Communists. Students riot for ousting of BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA, floods in North Da- kota along Red River, of heavy snowfall. worst since 1897, aftermath EARTHQUAKES in China, following first mighty earth temblor. CHINESE BUSINESSMEN numbers. leave Indonesia in POPE AND ARCHBISHOP meet in Rome, ex change kiss of peace. * * * March 24: POLL TAX ruled unconstitutional in Virginia. Other states having poll taxes expected to follow suit. DEATH TOLL IN NEBRASKA following blizzard, 17; in Iowa, 4. * * * March 25: FIVE ALPINE CLIMBERS scale sheer north wall of Mt. Eiger, a first. - NUCLEAR BOMB still not recovered. Line snaps in latest attempt. “UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS” swamp gas, say experts. wondering. * * March 26: SHIP CHANNEL ines, to safeguard shipment of supplies. work in swamp water, merely Northern Michigan still * to Saigon guarded by Mar- Marines snake-infested. P.M. of INDIA visits United States, appears at U.N., consults with LBJ on India’s needs. Two days of conference between heads of world’s two largest democracies. of all-male Press Club. Mrs. Ghandi breaks sanctity MARINES OPERATION JACK STAY in full cry. * * * March 28: SAIGON STUDENTS demonstrate against Yanks, claim Ky is U.S. Puppet. MRS. GHANDI asks help for needy of her country, overpopulated, underfed, birth-rate rising. WEEK OF RAIN in Brazil results in widespread floods, 47 persons die. * * March 29: LBJ HINTS tax “more or less.” * increase, $5 billion needed, To be liberally translated, “more.” CASSIUS CLAY remains champ, 23rd straight vic- tory. In Toronto, over Chuvalo. Clay says one more fight before time to be drafted. NIAGARA FALLS stopped in its tracks 118 years ago. Ice jam upriver. * March 30: CONGRESS OF continues. * * COMMUNISTS in Moscow Red China conspicious by its absence. United States censured for its continued war in Vietnam. Twenty-third Congress. TOP BRASS IN GOP attempt to iron out dif- ferences. Election year. LOOKS LIKE LABOR in forthcoming English election. Wilson confident. EXTENSION OF DATE for Medicare registration possible. Log jam. ‘STOCK MARKET RECOVERING. we * Better Leishton Never At the end of a hard day, the exhausted restaurant owner sat himself down in solitude with a cup of coffee and, while he was at it, did in the last two glazed dough- nuts. Halfway through the second doughnut, he perceived a customer who came in and said, with un- | witting accuracy: “Cuppa coffee and two glazed doughnuts.” The last bite was the toughest. Just recently I was asked: “What can be done about the postoffice ” A very good question, to which | nobody seems to know the answer. In theory it looks ridiculous -- one of the biggest and newest build- ings in Dallas, in the most con- in town, empty although finished enough for dedi- cation in November of 1964. A reliable observer, instrumental x in construction of both buildings, noted that the Montrose post office was started after the Dallas post- office was completed, and has been finished as well The answer lies somewhere in the middle of a confused liason system in Washington between the General Services Administration and the Post Office Department, with the attendant difficulty of small improvements which have been ordered from time to time. It is, of course, possible to write to your congressman, who is, how- ever, a subscriber to the Dallas Post and no doubt will see this article, as he has seen others. Once we wondered whether the new postoffice would - be open in | time for Christmas on 1965. Now we wonder if it will be open in time for Chriistmas of 1966. XxX Furniture Refinishing Course Is Offered By State Extension At Y There are still four more sessions of the Furniture Refinishing class which Luzerne County Agricultural Extension is presenting at Back | Mountain YMCA. It is still possible to register for says instructor, Mrs. Janet Miller. Four lessons will go a long way toward refinishing a chair, coffee table, or what-have- you. Seven women have been working since the first day of the six-week | course. Lessons start promptly at 9:30, Friday mornings, with the final cleaning up of materials fif- teen minutes before the closing hour of twelve. Paint remover, old rags, turpen-: tine, brushes, were on every card table last Friday. One customer was using a tiny pick, normally to be found in a! dentist's office, to remove the last! traces of old varnish from a chair probing into the inter- stices. Mrs. Miller was adamant about this. “You have ‘to get every particle out,” she explained, “be- fore you start refinishing. One little | smudge of ex-paint, and your finish will never be right.” ‘ Mrs. Miller not only instructed, she demonstrated, and lent a hand wherever needed. | One woman was finishing off the drawers of an ancient foot-pedal sewing machine. “What are ycu going to do with it?” was the ob-| vious inquiry . “Take out the innards of the ma- chine, and make a planter out of it. Those drawers will come in pretty handy.” { 3 \ | dia a plank-bottom chair. Got it at the Library Auction for two dollars,” she explained. “What color will it be when it's! | finished 7” “Sort of an old pine. You do it with plug tobacco and ammonia.” This was something which would never have occurred to an editor, but it was old stuff to the com- | | petent Mrs. Miller, at that moment engaged in scraping old varnish from he inside of a drawer. “Be sure to use regular household am- monia,“ she instructed, “not the soapy kind. The combination gives a lovely soft color.” There was a round bottom chair, black walnut, which was getting a face lifting, and a straighter chair which had already been sanded down and was nearly ready for refinishing. A long narrow coffee table was! having its piano finish removed, and the wood lightened a little. There were bits and pieces of chairs, ready to reassemble. A small side arm belonged to the round walnut chair, and some legs and spindles looked as if they were go- ing places, components of a Wind- sor chair in an extreme state of dilapidation. Everybody was working like crazy, not wasting a moment on idle chit-chat, simply digging in and having a marvelous time. Furniture refinishing is one of | those things that gets tangible re- sults, and is a lot of fun in the doing. Cigarettes can kill you. Keep smoking 'em and they may. We'll miss ya, baby. american cancer society §° | Kingston Twp. Board (Continued from 1 A) fere with the timing.) The budget for 1966 was adopted. Mrs. Helen Moran, requested by letter that damage to her car re- sulting when she struck a hump at Main and Franklin Streets be con- sidered by the board. Mr. Ziegler said she probably struck the high crown installed to take care of the ditch. The matter was also turned over to the insurance company. Chief Herbert Updyke was asked to check a tractor trailer parked alongside Carverton Road for sev- eral days and Supervisor Edward Hall mentioned a pick up truck containing garbage had been re- ported on Orchard and Rice Streets. With the meeting about to ad- journ, Mr. Ziegler moved that the secretary be authorized to write a letter to the Dallas Post request- | ing unbiased, true and factual re-| porting of all public Township meet- ings. After some hesitation Mr.. | Funke seconded the motion. Mr. | Hall asked that this be off the | record. Story Hour Initiated By Girl Scouts, From— Pillar To Post... There is always that morning at the end of March, when the for ‘the first time shines into the northeast window in the kitchen, a milestone in the year. It may be well below freezing outside, and the purple crocuses may be frozen solid, to melt into purple pulp at the first rays of the sun, but there is that northeast window, alight for the first time since early September. We had too much mild weather this year, starting too early, with brash crocuses sending up their brave little shoots in mid- February, and not enough snow to blanket them. If the pattern of the seasons and the years holds true to form, the balance of temperature may be established in late April, with lilac. buds shivering in a late freeze. Keep your fingers crossed. sun The daffodils are hardy things, not paying too much attention p to the weather. Nobody needs to give them a thought. They will be on hand as usual, spring sunshine captured at ground level. It is astonishing how sturdily those lace-like leaves of the bleed- ing hearts withstand the cold. Already they are above ground, along with shoots of peony and greening iris. No matter what happens outside, that patch of sudden sunshine falling on the flagstone floor in the kitchen is singing that spring is here. ; The House-Book faithfully records it year after year, just as it records the date on which the full moon in winter reaches its northernmost rising among the pine trees, and shines frostily into the bedroom window the next morning. i A house is like a calendar. i Once its comfortable double-planked walls have felt spring sun- shine and winter chill, admitted the cool breezes of summer and the pungent tang of burning leaves in October, welcomed ‘in its southeast windows the low-riding sun of midwinter, the house is an individual, tuned to the seasons. It is astonishing how faithfully the House-Book records the annual changes, year after year after year. There is always that warm spell late in March. This year it was a little earlier than usual, but it can always be counted on. It never fails that the unseasonable warmth, promise of Mayfly ta come, is succeeded by a freeze and what looks like a perfectly unnecessary snowfall. " Last Thursday, when the snow came, it brought with it a chill that froze the white ridges on the branches, and sent birds back to the bird-feeders in hordes. = Sunflower seeds, ignored during the warm days when insect! / abounded and the ground was bare, were once more in high de- mand. It is always a mistake to stop filling the feeder during those balmy days of late March. As sure as death and taxes, more cold weather comes. Seldom an April passes without several light snowfalls, and there are on record blizzards during the early days of that month. The snow melts off rapidly, but it always dismays hopeful people who know that it simply cannot happen. That is one of the advantages of a House-Book. Looking back over it from year to year, you find the selfsame weather in the self- same month, and very close to the selfsame day. In August, you know there will be two cold spells to relieve the blistering heat. One comes right around the eighth or the tenth, the second around the twenty-fifth. f You know that June is apt to be cool and rainy, that August will be dry. Who can tell about April? Nobody knows exactly what she has up her sleeve, but thid year we can hope that it will be lilacs along about the thirtieth, and that they will not be frozen out. X ¥ ¥ THE OLD ADAGE APPLIES A comparatively short time ago, it was believed that there was a possibility, which some regarded as a prob- ability, that federal taxes would again be reduced. We no longer hear talk of that nature—and for good reason. In a recent column, Joseph Alsop says that the pros, jected federal deficit may exceed the record of $12.4 billion reached in 1959. He adds: “And no amount of : DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA stage managing will prevent a deficit of these dimensions 8 from being hotly, perhaps fatally inflationary.” So—if what is left of the dollar's purchasing power is to be protected—there are, Mr. Alsop goes on to say, two alternatives. Either taxes will have to be raised— or there must be heavy cutbacks in the cost and scope of domestic programs. x Whatever one may think of those programs, which are largely of the welfare state variety, it is clear that we cannot afford them at a time when unavoidable military expenditures are soaring. And it is an ironical fact that, if enormous deficits are permitted and accelerated infla- tion inevitably follows, the low-income people those pro- grams are designed to help will be the hardest hit by far. In government, or family, the old adage applies: You can’t have your cake and eat it too. —From Industrial News Review. » * * : Tablcids = Circulars In Many Designs € To Continue At Library After Easter ~~ me ous ros The Saturday Story Hour ated by Cadette Girl Scout Troop ard Dale, head Back Mountain Library. Social Dependability, Preparedness, Active and the Challenge of the Girl Scout ! | were: Vera Balshaw, Carol . Craw- Troop 644 is working on the Ac-' ford, Chris Demmy, Connie Havir, tive Citizenship Challenge and the Priscilla Reese, aand their advisors: Story Hour has been their way to Mrs. Thomas Reese. Promise. be of service to their community. The girls picked a project which would benefit the most persons, but this has turned into more than a service, for all the girls have profited from the friendship and trust of theiy Story Hour friends. They surely will never forget their lively games of Simon Says or screaming ‘Yankee Doodle” at the Auxiliary, Back Mt. Police Ladies Auxiliary of Back Moun- tain Police, will meet tonight at Lehman Fire Hall. A social hour with refreshments will follow the business session. Mrs. Donald Anthony, Mrs. R. C. | Farley, Mrs. E. V. Chadwick (wife of Luzerne County Agricultural | Agent), and Mrs Frank Dennis. | | sion programs. Any group may have This course is one of the Exten-! by Chris Demmy tops of their lungs. initi- | | | Working together Friday morning a similar instruction course, says, were Mrs. Eugene Brown, Mrs. Mrs. Miller. It is offered by the Another pupil was sanding down | Stephen Lord, Mrs. Robert Wallace, | State, many years but with short inter-' 644 in February will be continued vals in which it was interrupted under the direction of Mrs. Rich- | because of a lack of Story-Tellers. librarian of the A lot of children have developed {a keen interest in this Story Hour The Cadette program consists of | and all the Girl Scouts hope it will four challenges leading to the first be continued. Any persons inter- class award. These challenges are ested in vounteering their services Emergency for the continuance of this project Citizenship, ; should contact Mrs. aDle. ALLEN GILBERT Insurance Broker and Consultant “A Tax-Free Life Trust Estate for Your Family” is their best pro- tection against- the problems created by infla- tion, and federal income and estate taxes. § 288.237 The Story Hour has existed for Insurance Those Girl Scouts participating Richcard Demmy and Mrs. MONTOUR FARMERS LIVESTOCK MARKET INC. SHALE for Driveways, Parking Areas This special soft type stone will make a neat long-last- ing compact roadway. THE CHOICE OF TOP BUILDERS! Phone 675-2950, 6 am. to 10 p.m. for your convenience. HOOVER and MILBRODT —Thank You— CERTIFIED LIVESTOCK ATTENTION, farmers and dealers. Consign your livestock to our sale which is held every Monday at 2 P.M. with commission rates | to benefit the consignor. If in need of a truck call 287-2746. —DANVILLE, PA.— TOP - QUALITY 3
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