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Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
BOX SCORE
Serious accidents since V-J Day
§ Vol.
58. No. 27
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1248
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Hospitalized Killed
DALLAS | 2 | ay
LEHMAN | 1 | 1
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP V.. 20 | 4
JACKSON TOWNSHIP | 2 |
MONROE TOWNSHIP | 3 1
ROSS TOWNSHIP | 9
LAKE TOWNSHIP | 1
TOTAL ory Voi
PHOTO BY HUDSON
is the Packard coupe in which Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Bush of Maplewood Avenue, Dallas, were injured last Friday night.
_ Mr. Bush is still a patient at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Bush
was discharged earlier in the week.
The. car failed to make a curve at the intersection of Pioneer
Avenue and Overbrook Avenue, went over a 15-foot embankment
and landed upside down in a small stream in front of the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Sanford.
Lake Silkworth Firemen Dedicate
Fire House And Community Building
Dedication of Lake Silkworth
Fire House and Community Build-
ing was held at Vincent’s Lake-
side Pavilion on Sunday afternoon.
Rev. T. J. Sigorski, of Our Lady
of Mt. Carmel R. C. Church pro-
nounced the invocation and Rev.
Henry G. Kiessel of the Maple
Grove Methodist Church offered
the benediction.
Lehman Township High School
Band under the direction of Bern-
ard Garrity, furnished. music. with
featured numbers including the
drum majorettes.
Elwood Ruckel, secretary of the
company was Master of Ceremonies.
The first honorary life membership
was awarded to George Higgins of
Nanticoke for meritorious services
during the construction program.
Shephen Teller, Assistant Dis-
trict Attorney of Luzerne County
delivered the dedicatory address.
He listed both the beneficial and
destructive aspects of fire and
traced the history of fire-fighting
methods from the days of horse-
drawn equipment, giving a descrip-
tion of present day scientific fire
fighting equipment. Mr. Teller paid
tribute to all volunteer firemen
furnish the community with fire-
fighting equipment. The problems
of rural fire-fighting as compared
to those of urban communities
were explained by the speaker. He
appealed to all for active support
of the companies in their commun-
ities as an obligation of their
citizenship.
Representatives of the neighbor-
ing volunteer fire companies were
Daniel Davenport of the Sweet
Valley Company; Dennis Bonning,
[ Sr. of the Jackson Township Com-
pany’ and Morton Connelly of the
Lehman Township Company. After
an introduction by the master of
ceremonies an announcement was
made of a contemplated organiza-
tion of a Back Mountain Feder-
ation to include all the companies
of the region. The federation to
be established for the purpose of
organizing the separate companies
into one unit in order to promote
a spirit of cooperation and fellow-
ship in fire-fighting activities as
well as social functions.
A supper was served to approxi-
mately 300 persons at the Fire
House at the conclusion of the
ceremonies by members of the
and commended them for the per- W.S.C.S. of the Mapic Grove Meth-
sonal sacrifices that are made by
them to protect life and property | group of women
odist Church, supplemented by a
from the Lake
and in the service they render te | Silkworth Community.
FROM.
PILLAR
By Mrs. T. M
TO POST
..B. Hicks, Jr:
It was a relief to discover the whereabouts of the African violet, though
in the very nature of things anybody who would abduct a potted plant
would never under any circumstances stoop to abducting anything else,
with the possible exception of a starving kitten.
We felt pretty sheepish about the whole thing, but our feelings are
postively spring-lambish compared
with those of Myra and Howard,
whose feelings have reached the
bell-wether stage. (Note to the
linotype operator—that word really
is wether, containing no A.)
Seems that Myra and Howard
did a first class job of breaking and
entering in response to a frantic
telephone call from New York
which directed them to" search the
premises for ‘a possible corpse at
the foot of the cellar stairs. The
Back Mountain Taxi Company will
furnish corroborating details upon
request.
The pair toured the outside of
the house, noting in passing that |
the lawn had been freshly clipped,
that the pansies bordering the ter-
race were in need of picking, and
that one of the downstairs bed-
fooms showed an unmade bed.
Signs pointed to somebody’s hav-
ing spent the wekend, but no
visible signs showed whether the
tenant had gone on back to New
York or was still on the premises.
Howard looked at Myra, Myra
looked at Howard, the long level
looks featured in any popular mag-
azine. Then, nothing if not
thorough. they made entrance
through one of the ground-floor
bedroom windows.
History does not record whether
Howard boosted Myra through the
window or whether Myra held up
the window while Howard worked
one leg over the sill. The two of
them went over the house from
soup to nuts, from the inferno of
the cubbyhole under the eaves to
the dank depths of the cellar, dis-
covering no corpses but noting
with interest the fourteen Boston
rockers in assorted sizes.
Having completed the inspection,
they left, possibly through the
same bedroom window but more
probably through the front door
which is equipped with a -dead-
latch. The African violet, in need
of careful nursing in spite of its
faithful weekly watering, accom-
panied Myra. Myra, wishing to
leave no stone unturned, snipped
off the dead pansies as sort of a
bonus.
Tom’s reaction, on learning of
the satisfactory conclusion of the
intriguing Whodunit in the annals
of the Pump House, was simple,
masculine, and directly to the
point.
Why, Tom wanted to know,
didn’t Myra make up the bed?
FREE BUSSES FOR LEHMAN SHOW PATRON
Back Mountain |
Boys Returning |
Home For Burial
Francis Sidorick And
Frederick Loveland |
Are on Army Transports |
|
Bodies of two Back Mountain
boys killed during and at the con- |
clusion of World War II are being |
returned to the United States,
aboard two different Army trans-
ports. |
Arrival of the vessels will be |
announced by the New York Part]
J
of Embarkation. }
Bodies are those of Fredegielf :
“Ted” Loveland, aboard the Green-
ville Victory; and Lieut. Francis
A. Sidorick, aboard the Lawrence |
Victory.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred-!
erick Loveland of Trucksville, “Ted”
was ‘one of the finest athletes
ever to wear the orange and black
of Kingston Township High School.”
He was killed in France in infantry
action on September 12, 1944 at
the age of twenty-seven. Beside
his parents, brothers and sister,
he is survived by his wife and a
son who was ten months old when
his father was killed.
Lieut. Sidorick 26, who made his
home with his brother Tom and
sister, Anna, on Demunds road,
Fernbrook, was killed on June 17,
1945 in England when a B-17 Lib-
erator which he was piloting
crashed shortly before his departure
for America.
All personnel aboard the plane
were killed. The bodies were in-
terred with full military services
in the U. 8S. Cemetery at Cam-
bridge, England.
A graduate of Dallas Township
High School, his commanding of-
ficer said of him, ‘his character
was exemplary. He was an honor
and a credit to the Air Forces of
his country.”
William Disque Buried
With Military Services
The funeral of William J. K. Dis-
que, 31 who was accidently elec-
trocuted while at work as a Sor-
doni Construction Company line
foreman near Cooperstown, N. Y.,
on Friday, was held Tuesday after-
noon with seryices conducted at
the family home, Bedford street,
Forty Fort, by Rcv. Cafl Brandon
of Center Moreland.
Interment | was #in Memorial
Shrine where _shilitary services
were conductéd by members of
Daddow-Isaacs Post.
Bearers were: Samuel Brace,
Sidney Hayes, Gordon Browning,
Joseph Reynolds, Leonard Machell
and Paul LaBar.
Bill was killed while he was
directing the removal of a pole
carrying 4,600 volt power line.
Beside his wife, the former Flor-
ence Kelley, he leaves a son Wil-
liam Jr.; his mother, Mrs. Henry
Disque of Ashley and these brothers
and sisters: Kenneth, Washington,
D. C.; Richard, Dallas; Mrs. Alvin
Funke, Mrs. John Funke and Lucille
all of Ashley.
He was a graduate of Dallas High
School and spent several years in
military service.
Earl Richards Heads
Alumni At Beaumont
Earl Richards wis chosen presi-
dent and Herbert Goodwin _wvice-
president at the alumni_banquet
of Beaumont High Sch6ol held at
the school é: la last week.
Other officers: secretary, Bessie
Ross Brace and treasurer, Carl
MacDougall.
Letha Crispell Schenck acted as
toastmistress for the affair which
was enjoyed by one hundred ten
alumni.
The banquet table was attrac-
‘tively decorated with blue and gold
flowers and tapers, colors of this
year’s graduating class. A lively
program was presented under the
direction of Ruth Patton Bennett
and Willard Wetzel.
t's not too late to gather to-
gether those used or new articles
for the Library Auction. Howard
Risley’s Barnyard, July 10.
‘heifer by Ohio Sunny Hiram and
Buction Committee Heads Map Final Strategy
Back row, left to right: Henry Peterson, Al Gibbs, Daniel Robinhold, Harry Ohlman, Durelle Scott,
Paul Warriner, Mrs. Fred Howell, Miss Miriam Lathrop, Mrs. Harry Ohlman, Mrs. Howard Hendricks,
Howard Risley, John Corliss, James Hutchison, Murray Scureman.
Representing more than 150 ac-
tive workers for Back Mountain
Memorial Library Auction to be
held on July 10, committee heads
met Sunday at the library to hear
preliminary reports and map final | more than their share.
strategy in their campaign to fill |
the barn with new and used mer- | giving, L. L. Richardson, transpor-
chandise for the auction.
They learned that support from |of trucks to visit every home in
Dallas, Shavertown and Trucksville
residents is lagging—few have con-
tributed articles from their attics
—while antique dealers and others
in distant communities have done
To stimulate more liberal local
tation chairman, will send a fleet
PHOTO BY HUDSON
Front row, left to right: Mrs. Phyllis Smith, Mrs. John Doane, Mrs. Thomas Shelbourne, Mrs. A.
D. Hutchison, Miss Mary Weir, Mrs. Daniel Robinhold, Mrs. Lettie Culver, Mrs. Robert Van Horn, Mrs.
Norti Berti.
Dallas, Shavertown, Trucksville,
Lehman and Ea 's Lake on
July 6, 7, 8. Ie urges everybody
to have something of value for the
auction, and will use the slogan,
“I'm not the junk man; give us
something you'd like to keep to
keep this memorial library rolling.”
Trucksville Firemen To Sponsor
Soap Box Derby At Annual Fair
Orchard Farm
Buys Heifers
At Springteld
Animals Are From
Finest Ayrshire
Breeders In Nation
George L. Rife & Son, whose
Orchard Farm has one of the most
impressive Ayrshire herds in Penn-
sylvania purchased four head at a
total of $2,925 at the recent
“Grand National” ‘sale “of - females
at Springfield, Mass.
The choice of their selections
was Roselawn Commando’s Lea, a
bred heifer consigned by William
J. McCahan 3rd of Roselawn Farm
for which $1,000 was paid.
Blackwood Sunny Maid, a bred
out of a Penhurst Magnet daughter
and consigned by Blackwood was
also acquired at $900.
The Rices were also active bid-
ders for the bredheifer Carnell Flo
3rd, Imp., bred by G & R. Temple-
ton of Hurlford, Scotland. This
animal brought the highest figure,
$4,500, for a bred heifer in the
history of American Ayreshire auc-
tion sales. Bidding started at
$1,000.
Top ten head at the sale aver-
aged $1,715. Average price for
thirty-two bred heifers was $723.44.
Also of interest locally was the
retirement of Dr. E. C. Deubler,
formerly of Wyoming County, as
president of the association. Thirty-
five years ago Dr. Deubler was one
of the first dairymen in. Pennsyl-
vania to have an Ayrshire herd.
His farm was located just south
of Lynn Station along the Mont-
rose Branch of the Lehigh Valley
railroad where his father was one
of the first engineers when that
was a narrow gauge line.
Impressed with Roselawn Com-
mando Lea’s great heritage and
record, Roselawn Farms devoted
a half-page advertisement of con-
gratulations to Messers Rice and
Son in the current issue of the Ayr-
shire Digest.
Overbrook Trap Shoot
! finals just at dusk on the last as%,
Overbrook Gun Club is running
a trap shoot a month during the
summer. The first one will be
held Sunday afternoon at 1.
"5 Great news for every Back
Mountain boy is the announcement
that Trucksville Firemen will con-
duct a soap box derby in connec-
tion with their annual fair.on July
22, 23 and 24.
This will be the first time-a"Soap
box derby has been held here and
members of the Derby Committee
headed by Dr. George Flack and
Thomas Shelbourne are confident
that more than 100 boys between
the ages of 9 and 14 inclusive will
take part.
“We may have so many entries”
Dr. Flack said, “that we will have
to run preliminary heats on the
first two days of the fair and:%e
“The Derby is strictly a’ bd3¢’
event. Its aim is to promote bth’
craftsmanship and sportmanshiy
through competition in building’
and driving soap box racing cars.
“When a boy enters the Derby
he offers to pit his skill in build-
ing and driving against that of
other boys. Therefore, sportman-
ship and fair play requires that his
car shall represent only his own
skill as its designer and builder—
just as when it comes to the race
a boy’s performance will represent
only his own skill as a driver.
“The rules are designed to repre-
sent an equal opportunity for all
entrants. Briefly they are these:
Neither front nor rear wheel tread
shall be less than 30 inches or
Payne Succeeds
Kintzer As Head
Of Three F irms
Sordoni Announces
Changes In(Phone” r
Company Personnel
Senator Andrew J. Sordoni, pres-
ident of the Commonwealth, Brad-
ford County and Luzerne Telephone
Companies has announced the re-
tirement of R. W. Kintzer, vice
president and general manager
since 1928.
Harold G. Payne, assistant gen-
eral. manager,
Kintzer’s duties.
will assume Mr.
more than 36 inches. Every car
shall have a wheelbase of 40
inches. The overall length of the
car shall not exceed 80 inches.
Width of car shall not be more
than 42 inches: No car shall have
wheels more than 12 inches in di-
ameter. Car must not exceed in
weight more than 150 pounds nor
the combined weight of car and
driver more than 250 pounds. No
extra weight material is permitted.
All cars must have brakes. No
glass is permitted on cars.”
Dr. Flack warned that all boys
who plan to enter should get a
copy of the official rules before
starting construction of their cars.
These may be obtained by filling
in the official entry blank in this
issue of The Post and mailing it
to Trucksville Firemen’s Soap Box
Derby, Trucksville, Pa. Entry
blanks may also be obtained from
Dr. Flack or from Eugene Piatt,
secretary of the Fire Company, and
from various stores in the area.
“Many valuable prizes will be
awarded”, Dr. Flack concluded,
“and every boy should enter now
and get started building his car.”
Entry Blank on Page Eight
HAROLD G. PAYNE
“Rube” Kintzer is a veteran of
the telephone industry. He be-
gan his career with the Pennsyl-
vania Telephone Company at Read-
ing in 1901. Subsequently he be-
came manager for the Bell Tele-
phone Company at Honesdale, Car-
bondale and Bloomsburg and later
district manager for the Bell in
Wilkes-Barre.
Mr. Kintzer resigned from the
Bell to become ‘general manager of
the local companies. He is a direc-
tor and vice president of Pennsyl-
vania Independent Telephone As-
sociation.
Harold Payne joined the Sordoni
organization in 1929. In 1932 he
became associated with Harvey's
Lake Light Company and in 1941
became district manager of Dallas
office of Commonwealth Telephone
Company. In 1944 he became
assistant to Mr. Kintzer. His home
is at -Harvey’s Lake.
Finest Local
Horses Entered
In Lehman Show
All Back Mountain
Fire Companies To
Parade At Noon
Horsemen from Luzerne, Wyom-
ing and Lackawanna counties have
entered more than fifty horses in
thirteen events scheduled in Leh-
man’s fourth annual and largest
horse’ show which will open Mon-
day morning at 10.
In addition Mrs. John Conyng-
ham’s Hayfield Farm will exhibit
its internationally famed Clydes-
dale teams. These horses have
taken top prizes in New York and
Chicago as well as at the Toronto
International Exposition and at
shows in Scotland and England.
The farm will also display twelve
of its comic little Sardinian don-
keys as a special treat for children.
Other outstanding animals will
be shown by the renowned Moun-
tain Evergreen Stables of West
Dallas owned by Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Stockert who have exhibited
at Madison Square Garden and
other outstanding shows of the
east.
Col. and Mrs. J. E. Bainey of
Phoenixville will judge all classes,
and their daughter will report the
show for The Chronicle, leading
hunter and jumper publication.
Howard Anderson will be ring
steward; Ned Hartman announcer;
Harry Elston, blacksmith.
A number of colts and mares
will be exhibited by local owners,
and several trick horses will be on
the grounds.
To accommodate the crowds fr
bus transportation will be provided
from Dallas to the show grourtsmm—""
Busses will leave Dallas at 9:30
JAM. and 12:30 P.M. Tickets for
the show may be purchased from
the bus drivers. Return trips will
be at noon and after the show.
Show chairman Edward Hartman
announced yesterday that more
than fifty horses have already been
entered with many more expected
before the end of the week. Among
the entries are horses owned by
Dwight Fisher, Lois Kiefer, Clyde
Davis, Howard Anderson, Harry
Fassett, Edward Holmes, Harold
Tretheway, Richard Ide, Percy
Brown, William Wilson, Joseph
Dattner, John Stapleton, Madge
Johns, Harry Goeringer, Jack Carey,
Howard Lewis, R. A. Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Adamy, Peter Malke-
mes,, Max Goldstein, Guthrie Con-
yngham, Mr. and Mrs. William
Stockert, Thomas Heffernan, Jonas
Laing, Dyke Brown, Nancy Wil-
liams, Bobby Godeck, Rilly Hunt.
Barry Edwards, William Major,
Harry Corrigan.
Largest:number of entries is five”
horses from Mountain Evergreen
Stables owned by Mr. and Mrs.
William Stockert.
Trophies and ribbons valued at
more than $500 are now on dis-
play in the windows of Frank Clark
Jewelry Store in Wilkes-Barre.
Among the doners are Dwight
Fisher, Mrs. Harry Adamy, Morton
Connelly, Paramount Studios,
Thomas Heffernan, Irem Mounted
Patrol, Hale Coughlin, and Howard
Risley.
Arthur Ehret, chairman of the
grounds committee, said yesterday
that everything has been planned
for the comfort and safety of spec-
tators. “The grounds are in excel-
lent shape and we will have ample
seating arrangements for every-
body.” The number of box seats
along the east side of the field has
been greatly increased. These seats
are shaded by a row of apple trees
and are available at only $5 per
box of 5 seats. Reservations should
be made now by calling Lehman
High School office as only a few
remain.”
At noon all Back Mountain fire
companies with their equipment
will parade around the ring. There
will also be a demonstration of
model airplanes in full flight. Leh-
man High School Band will head
the parade and play throughout
the day.
A large refreshment committee
headed by Ray Searfoss and Lewis
Ide has made arrangements fo
serve all types of food including
platter lunches.
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