Editorially Speaking:
" ‘Dusty’ Was Children’s Friend”
More than one small boy and
girl and many adults were sadden-
ed this week to learn of the death
on Sunday of “Dusty,” Sally and
Jud Hauck’s ten-year-old St. Bern-
ard.
“Dusty” was a village character,
whose gentle disposition endeared
her to parents and children alike.
Though she enjoyed company of
grown folks she loved the compan-
ionship of children, often waiting
for them on their porches until
they arose in the morning.
In summer and winter she watch-
ed them, following them faithfully
or resigning herself to a mauling
by a dozen encircling arms or as
many young riders.
She was a faithful attendent at
the library story hour where she
listened attentively to Janet Smith
read Mother Goose stories as she
does in the picture above.
When Joe Peterson went to
Charlie Gregory's for a hair cut,
“Dusty” waited, her huge bulk
sprawled on the floor in front of
Arlie Bowman’s cash register next
door. No amount of coaxing by
oldsters could move her; but a
sharp “Here, Dusty” from a little
boy half her size, would rouse her
to immediate obedience and the
two would saunter out of the way
of grown folks.
Dusty died alone and quietly
sometime Sunday. Jim Besecker
saw her on his porch, where the
kids congregate, early Sunday
morning; but when Jud and Sally,
John and Kitty Hauck got up, she
was no where to be seen. That
evening John found her stretched
out on the cellar floor of their
home on Norton Avenue—dead of
a heart attack.
Joe Peterson waiting on the
doorstep at the Post Monday morn-
ing broke the news to the editor.
These were his words: “I've news
for you, Mr. Risley—sad news.
Dusty is dead.”
FROM.
0 POST
By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, JR.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Harding of Raleigh, North Carolina,
on May 28, a daughter.
Mos.
Harding is the former Barbara
Hicks, daughter of Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks of Dallas.
Died, on May 30, Major M.
Major Todd was the father of Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks.
Carolina.
L. Todd, of Charleston, South
There is an awesome cycle to this business of life and death.
A child is born, thrusting himself eagerly through the gates of
life. A weary traveller knocks gratefully wpon the gates of death.
To the child, the joy and the burden of living; to the invalid
surcease from pain, the knowledge that life has been lived to the
full, that the lights of the harbor are in sight.
The unknown at either end of the life span.
Kingston Township May Queen And Court
Reading left to right:
Anne Griffiths, Margaret
Morgan, Anna Mae Durbin, Sally
Dawn Edwards, Jeanne Johnson,
Ann | George Robert Pinchak, Marilyn,
Cooper, Betty Smith.
Forty-Three To Graduate Tuesday
From Kingston Twp. High School
Forty-three seniors of Kingston
Township High School will graduate
at this year’s 38th Commencement
which will be held Tuesday, June 8,
in the high school auditorium at
Trucksville.
The class roll: Raymond 'Henry
Ackerman, Robert John Antanaitis,
David John Cairns, George Hamil-
ton Cleasby, Robert Joseph Coons,
Lawton Sheldon Culver, Eugene
Evans, Floyd Elliot Evans, William
Richard Glace, Wayne Andress
Graybill, Robert Marshall Gregory,
William Howard Hanna, Jr., John
Calvin Holdredge, William David
James, 3rd, Robert Henry Kem-
merer, Paul Jacob Laux, Jr., Wil-
liam Robert Long, Milton Elwood
Lutsey, Howard John Miller, John
George Novicki, Robert Shewan,
Clinton Augustus Smith.
Norma Jean Anthony, Betty Lor-
Casterline, Vivian Marilyn
Aurelia Helene Fabian,
raine
Cooper,
Anne Louise Griffiths, Jean Louise
Madeline Kaleta,
Cecelia Kasaba, Doris Mae Kem-
merer, Shirley June Kleigleng,
Margaret Ann Morgan, Nancy Lois
Myrick, Nancy Louise Ness, Esther
Viola Pyrvin oria Florence Sick-
ler, Elizabeth Jane Smith, Kathryn
Joanna Smith, Nancy Ingrid Smith,
Mafalda Spaciano, Lorraine Gert-
rude Turner, Marilyn Elaine Young-
blood.
Carroll D. Champlin, professor of
education at the Pennsylvania State
College, will be the commencement
speaker on Tuesday night at 8 in
the Trucksville High School Audi-
torium. Prof. Champlin, author of
numerous articles and studies deal-
ing with international, social and
cultural problems and who has
toured internationally both before
and after World War II, will speak
Johnson, Marie
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Vol. 58, No. 23
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1948
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Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
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K. T. Students
To Get Awards
Two Programs To Be
Held This Afternoon
Annual awards for scholarship
and extra curricular activities in
the Junior and Senior high school
will be made this afternoon 'at
special assembly programs in
Kingston Township High School.
The program for the Junior High
School will start at 1 o’clock.
W.C.T.U. awards will be made by
James Martin, supervising principal.
The American Legion Award to the
outstanding eighth grade boyand
girl will be made by Black Diamond
Post No. 395, American Legion.
Art awards will be made by Dor-
othy Teresinski.
The program for the Senior High
School will start at 2. The Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars Award, Post
283, will be made to the senior
boy and girl with the highest
scholastic average in social science,
and the Daddow-Isaacs Post, Amer-
ican Legion Award will be made
to the outstanding senior boy and
girl. Mr. Martin will present the
W.C.T.U. Awards. American Red
Cross Home Nursing awards will
be made by Mrs. Samuel Buckman.
Other awards and those who will
present them are: music, Verus
Weaver; athletics, Ted Martz and
George McCutcheon; cheerleaders,
George McCutcheon; Dorothy
Teresinski.
art,
Dallas Seniors
Receive Awards
Four Graduates Have
Straight A Average
Prize winners among the twenty-
three seniors whe graduated from
Dallas Borough/ High School at
Commencement’ exercises Tuésday
night were: Sheila Kelly, “valedic-
torian, Miser Scholarship,
Readers Digest and PTA award for
highest scholarship. Miss Kelly al-
so won the Frank H. Hemelright
Memorial Essay prize.
The American Legion award for
boys was received by Paul Shaver
Jr. The American Legion award
for girls went to Beverly Cundiff. |
The PTA award for most improve- |
ment went to Nancy Hislop. Mild-
red McNeel received the second
prize in the Frank H. Hemelright
Memorial Essay contest.
The W.C.T.U. for the best senior
essay on temperance went to Ethel
Culp.
Ten members of the class ob-
tained a straight B average or
better for the year. Four of this
number obtained straight A. aver-
age. They were: Sheila Kelly,
Beryl Colwell, Ethel Culp and Joan
Gay. :
William Schmoll
Dies Suddenly
Was Former Borough
Street Commissioner
William H. Schmoll, 67, died sud-
denly at his home in East Dallas
Wednesday evening of a heart at-
tack. Apparently in good health,
though he had been ill some weeks
ago, he had gone to the barn to
tie up his dog when he was strick-
en. He died before he could be
taken to the house or given medical
aid.
Born in Ceasetown [in 1881, he
followed the blacksmith trade. For
some years he opergted bis“ own
shop in Luzerne and later“in Loyal-
ville. For a time he served as
road commissioner in Dallas. About
six years ago he and his family
moved to East Dallas where he
busied himself with his flowers and
garden. He was a member of
Loyalville Church.
Besides his wife, the former
Viola Shupp of Pike's Creek, he is
survived by the following children:
Mrs. Hazel Kocher, Dallas; Claude
of Huntington Mills, Glenn of
Willjamsport, Willard of Hunlock
Creek and Mrs. Donald Clemow at
home. Also these brothers, Ed-
ward, Melvin, Ralph of Kingston,
Harry of Elmira and Sterling of
Philadelphia. He leaves eight
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
from the home Saturday at 2:30
in charge of Rev. Lee Brehm and
Dallas Borough High School Graduating Class
Left to right, first row: Jean Tre-
dinnick, : Ethel Culp, Beryl Colwell,
Joan Gay, Marjory Elkins, Sheila
Kelly, Margaret Daring, Beverly
Cundiff, Velma Payne, Nancy His-
lop, Polly Lou Cooper.
Second row: Paul B. Shaver, Jr.,
Glenn Roberts, Joseph, LeGrand,
Allen Knecht, Charles Brobst, Rob-
ert Broody, James Lavelle, Donald
Shaffer, Ralph Harrison, William
Hill Top Farm, owned by Alfred Bronson, had this float in the Sweet
Valley Parade on Monday. Driving the team is Lawrence Smith, farm
manager, and his father Harry Smith, while Mrs. Lawrence Smith is
the milk maid. The cow is one of the farm’s pure bred Holsteins.
There were more than forty floats in the parade which lasted almost
an hour and a half. According to
persons witnessed the ‘parade.
firms.
way Diner.
Pennsylvania State Police, Veterans’ organizations and the bands from
high schools in Shickshinny, Lehman, Dallas and Kingston Township all
were received with acclaim.
The pictures above are among more than 100 taken by Elwood Hudson,
Post photographer. Mr. Hudson,
worth of colored movie film to produce movies of the parade which will
later be shown by Sweet Valley Firemen.
Lehman's Mother Goose Float
Pictured above is one of nine Mother Goose Scenes depicted in a series
of floats which made up one of the
man shows Little Miss Muffet and the giant Spider as well as Curly Locks.
Mrs. Bryce Major had charge of its production.
Meeker entered Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary and Ten Little Indians.
The flowers in Mary’s garden were little girls in flower costumes.
ton’s float showed the Days of the Week while Pike’s Creek’s entry was
Old King Cole with his Fiddlers Three.
Sweet Valley entered four, Peter
Kettle On, Little Boy Blue and the
which the old lady lived was more
Farm Float In Sweet Valley Parade
Granges from Jackson, Lehman, Bloom-
ingdale and Roaring Brook had attractive floats as did many business
One depicting a seashore resort scene was entered by the High-
State Police estimate almost 10,000
with two assistants, also used $100
Intelligence Officer
Capt. Alfred M. Camp of Lehigh
street, Trucksville, holder of the
Silver Star Medal for gallantry in
action, has been assigned Intelli-
gence Officer and S-2 of the 967
Armored Field Artillery Battalion,
Wyoming Valley’s newest army unit
to be activated here.
Capt. Camp enlisted in Head-
quarters Battery of the old 109th
Field Artillery Regiment in June,
1931. He worked his way up
through the ranks and was com-
missioned Second Lieutenant in
1935 and was assigned to Battery
D. He was inducted into Federal
Service in 1941 with the 28th
Division. He served in the Pacific
Theatre of War with the 401st
Field Artillery group and the 158th
Regimental Combat team.
Besides the Silver Star Medal,
Capt. Camp holds the Bronze Star
Medal, American Defense Campaign
Medal, American Theatre Medal,
Asiatic and Pacific Medal with
Bronze Arrowhead and three Battle
sections. This one entered by Leh-
Lake-
Peter Pumpkin Eater, Polly Put the
Old Lady in A Shoe. The shoe in
than 15 feet long.
Irem Horse Show
Is Cancelled
A caldron that has been seething
for some time boiled over at a bus-
iness meeting of Irem Temple in
Wilkes-Barre Wednesday night, and
the third annual Horse Show of
Irem Temple’s Mounted Patrol
scheduled for July 29, 30, 31st and
August 1st has been called off.
For some time the Mounted Pa-
trol has wanted to obtain a long
term lease of the Country.~Club
grounds on which the show has
been held so that the Patrol could
develop more ambitious plans.
Those opposed to the lease con-
tended that the Patrol is a part
of Irem Temple and that the show
has been conducted as a Temple
project obstensibly for charity and
Vacation Bible School
Will Open June 14
Vacation Daily Bible School of
Dallas Methodist Church will open
Monday, June 14 at 9 o’clock and
continue for two weeks.
All boys and girls between the
ages of four and twelve are invited.
Transportation will be furnished to
any young folks on the Heights
who care to attend.
Mrs. Edward Stair is dean of
the school and head of the Junior
Department. Mrs. Dan Waters is
superintendent of the Primary De-
partment and Mrs. Ord Trum-
bower of the Kindergarten Depart-
ment.
Business Group To Meet
There will be a meeting of Dallas
Borough Business Association Mon-
there is no reason for any Temple
Rev. Carl Brandon.
unit to act independently.
day night at Back Mountain Me-
morial Library.
i Stars, Victory Medal and the Army
of Occupation Medal.
The S-2 section of an artillery
battalion is an important one. This
section is responsible for the sur-
vey of positions and target area
which is essential to make artillery
fire effective. This section is also
charged with the setting up and
maintenance of observation posts,
which without artillery would not
be able to fufill its mission. The
gathering of maps, overlays, keep-
ing up with the friendly . and
enemy situations is another im-
portant function of this section.
Capt. Camp is the music super-
visor for Dallas Township Schools.
Chief Advises
On Fire Calls
Procedure Outlined
For Jackson People
Jackson Township Volunteer Fire
Department announces that its new
fire truck is now available for serv-
ice in the community.
Chief Dennis Bonning has asked
that the following procedure be
followed for the guidancewof the
citizens of Jackson Township and
vicinity in reporting a fire.
First call the Dallas operator.
Second, ask for the Jackson Town-
ship Volunteer Fire Department.
Third, remain on the line, if pos-
sible, to give the location of the
fire to the perSon answering.
The cooperation of all citizens in
observing the above procedure will
be helpful in handling these calls
promptly and accurately.
Train Destroys
Two Car Convoys
Valued At $8,000
Delbert Meade Of
Sweet Valley In
Altoona Hospital
Damage estimated at $8,300 re-
sulted when a Pennsylvania Rail-
road train smashed into two convoy
trucks, owned by George Wesley,
Sweet Valley and Willard Suttler,
Shickshinny, at 3:45 A. M., Tues-
day in Tyrone, 22 miles northeast
of Altoona.
drivers missed the road signs and
came out on a dead end road just
when No. 48 passenger train came
through the crossing. Herbert Ross,
Shickshinny, driving Suttler’s truck
jumped in time and escaped with
minor bruises, but Delbert Meade,
Sweet Valley, Wesley’s driver, was
in his cab when the train hit and
suffered a fractured collar-bone and
numerous other lacerations and
bruises. He is now in the hospital
at Altoona.
Mr. Wesley, who returned Thurs-
day from a two day stay in Tyrone,
where he inspected the damage and
visited his driver, says that the
spot where the accident occurred
is one of the worst he has ever
seen. The road comes to a dead
end and is blind in all directions.
He tells us that the accident can’t
be understood unless the spot
where it took place is actually seen.
Wesley’s Studebaker tractor and
trailer were completely demolished
while Suttler’s trailer is destroyed
beyond repair, but his tractor ‘sub-
stained damage amounting to about
$500.
Mrs. Darte Gives
Firemen $1,000
Schuyler Kase Will
Conduct Fire School
Mrs. Frank G. Darte, North
River Street, Wilkes-Barre, and
the owner of two properties in
Jackson Township, has given Jack-
son Township Volunteer Fire Com-
pany a check for $1,000 to help
pay for its new fire truck. Mrs.
Darte’s contribution is the largest
received by the company.
The new equipment received
much favorable comment during
its first public appearance at the
Sweet Valley parade on Monday.
It was brought here last week from
Bonning, Robert Cooper,
cox and Elmer Laskowy
several days of fire fights
ing while in Lansing, including in-
struction in combatting wood, oil,
gas and electrical fires.
Next meeting of the company
will be held Monday night June 6
at Rome school when Schuyler Kase
will be present to enroll students
for a sixteen week’s State Fire
Fighting School. The public as well
as all members are invited to
attend.
To Receive Master's
Degree In Retailing
Miss Joan Kastor of R.D. 1, Dat)
las, will be a candidate Aor the
tailing at New York University’s
116th Commencement exercises to
be held Wednesday morning, June
9, it was announced today by Dr.
Charles M. Edwards, Dean of the
New York University School of
Retailing.
Miss Kastor is a graduate of
Cornell University where she re-
ceived the degree of Bachelor of
Science in 1947.
Red Hot Minstrels
To Show At Lehman
Carverton’s Red Hot Minstrel
presented by Mountain Grange on
three successive nights in April
to capacity audiences will be re-
peated on Friday, June 18, in Leh-
man High School auditorium under
the auspices of the WSCS of Jack-
son Methodist Church.
The chorus is directed by Sam
Davis. End men are Asparagus,
James Sands; Beets, Steve Kitchen;
Cabbage, Charles Houch; Dock, Her-
man Coon; Endive, Bert Coon; Figg,
Kermit Sickler. Ralph Sands is
interlocutor.
The trucks were headed for Tole-
do, en Route to pick-#p a load
of cars when due to heavy —
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