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By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
There is nothing to compare with a thorough childhood grounding in
the works of Charles Dickens to help one over a minor domestic crisis.
The lesser of the twins is afflicted with what amounts to a genius for
inserting his fingers and toes in tiny apertures, giving them a half turn
to starboard, thus rendering them immovable, then shrieking for the
rescue squad; so it was no great’
surprise to find him with his head
stuck between two uprights of the
upstairs railing, held as securely
as a cow in a stanchion from the
neck up, but with equal play for,
the hind-quarters.
The tail-feathers went round and
round in a rhumba, two small feet
did an outraged stamp-stamp, two
hands pushed desperately against
the railings’ on either side, the
other twin exerted traction from
the rear, but the head remained
firmly incarcerated.
The lesser twin was in the un-
enviable position of that man who
in a spirit of playfulness and as
the result of a wager, opened his
mouth, to admit a doorknob and
found himself firmly attached to
the door. Some helpful soul con-
quered his risibilities \long enough
to unscrew the corresponding knob,
then deliver the original knob with
the aid of a buttered shoehorn.
As it seemed impractical to slice
off the protruding ears of the
prisoner in the stocks, and equally
impossible to flatten them suffic-
iently for withdrawal, something
new and different had to be done,
and that in a hurry, for the howls
were rising to a hysterical cres-
cendo and the victim was threaten-
ing to burst a bloodvessel.
Enter Charles Dickens.
In “Bleak House” there is a char-
acter named Mrs. Jellyby, a vague
soul more deeply concerned with
the misfortunes of the heathen
than with those of her immediate
family. Mrs. Jellyby owns a child
named. Peepy, an undernourished
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specimen with a large head and a,
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perpetually tear-streaked face.
Peepy sticks his head between two
iron railings and raises his voice
in his perennial lament. The visit-
ing lady suggests that where
Peepy’s head can enter, Peepy’s
body may reasonably be expected
to follow, so the friends and neigh-
bors gather round while Peepy is
pushed gently through the railings,
suppprted from below by interested
hands.
Q. E. D.
Where a child's head wiil go, his
body will follow. With a mental
picture of Peepy in mind, we turn-
ed the twin sidewise from above,
supported him below, and presto,
there he was, released from prison.
Sequel? Ah yes, there is always
a sequel, and in the case of twins
the sequel has a certain sameness
about it.
Loud howls from the upper hall,
rotation of tail-feathers, stamping
of feet, clutching of hands, and
there is the second twin with his
head fast between two uprights,
waiting for deliverance a la Peepy,
courtesy Mr. Charles Dickens.
Ruction Shows
$4,500 Profit
Library Board Buys
U. S. Savings Bonds
Executive Board of Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library meeting last
Tuesday night at the library heard
Henry Peterson, treasurer, report
that receipts from the Library's
two-day auction will exceed $4,500.
The Board voted to buy five U.S.
Savings Bonds until conditions are
better for expansion. This makes
a total of seven bonds held in a
special fund by the Library Asso-
ciation to meet any future emer-
gency and growth.
Miss Miriam Lathrop, librarian,
reported a steady increase in book
circulation among adults and ju-
veniles. She spoked’of the book
station which has, Heengestablished
at Ruff’s Store inwNOxen. Thirty-
five adult and sixty juvenile books
were circulated at the branch .dur-
ing the first two weeks of its open-
ing. Mrs. W. S. Hart is assisting
the librarian at the Noxen branch
which is open for two hours every
Thursday.
The librarian’s final report on
book circulation in schools for the
1947-48 term showed that the
schools borrowed 3,760 books for
school libraries and that these
books were circulated 25,261 times.
Greatest number of books borrow-
ed was 600 by Kingston Township
Schools. Lowest number borrow-
Schools. Four schools in Fairmount
Township, the farthest township
served by the library, borrowed
386 books which were circulated
1,727 times.
Charles W. Lee, chairman, of the
building committee reported com-
pletion of the installation of the
new septic tank and completion of
new guard railings in front of the
library building.
Resolutions of condolance were
forwarded to Dr. W. L. Lanyon,
formerly of Shavertown and one
of the founders of the library,
whose wife died recently.
Attending the meeting were: Miss
Frances Dorrance, Mrs. Fred How-
ell, Henry Peterson, Harry Ohl-
man, Charles W. Lee, Mrs. Joseph
Schmerer, Mrs. Lewis LeGrand,
Miss Miriam Lathrop and Howard
Risley.
To Talk To Scouts
Rev. Robert Webster of Trucks-
ville Methodist Church will be the
speaker at the Scouters Party at
Camp Acahela Saturday.
What's A Pinelnea? Jacksons
Will Exhibit One At Lake Show
Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey's Lake are exhibiting
pineknee at the eighth annual
Flower Show at Lake Township
High School Wednesday, August 25.
If you wish to know what a pine-
knee is you will have to attend
that exhibit between 3 and 10 p.m.
as the Jacksons refuse to impart
any information about a pineknee
until the day of the show.
The exhibit, which is sponsored
by the W. S. C. S. of the Alder-
son Methodist Church has attracted
many flower lovers for the past
seven years and many species of
flowers have been exhibited there
soon after their origination. The
Dorothy James Rose was shown
at one of the earlier flower shows
at the lake soon after an horticul-
turist of West Grove, near Phila-
dephia originated that rose and
named it in honor of the daughter
of, the governor of this state.
The American Beauty Rose is a
common flower today, but three
decades ago /it was unknown. It
was originated about thirty years
ago, according to Ray Shiber” of
this borou s very
expensive
Shiber st: oday that many
species of gladiolus when origina-
ted sell for as high as $500 a bulb.
Horticulturists often split a bulb
in order to share the expense.
The Jacksons are not claiming
that a pineknee will cost that much
but they do claim that it is some-
thing new and will be worth seeing.
Jackson and Mrs. George W.
Carey, of Harvey's Lake are co-
chairman of judges of the exhibit
and they invite all amateur flower
lovers to participate in this year’s
show. Rev. James Hilbert, pastor
Frank Jackson, of the Alderson Methodist Church,
a | also extends an invitation to sum-
mer and year ‘round residents of
the lake to exhibit flowers whether
they are members of his church or
not.
Mrs. Gilbert Carpenter, chairman
of the sponsoring group, has ap-
pointed the following patrons’ com-
mittee: Miss Mildred Jones, Mrs.
George Armitage, Miss. Roannah
Shoemaker, Mrs. Richard Williams,
Mrs. Joseph Rauch, Mrs. Howard
Higgins, Mrs. D. P. Thomas, Mrs.
Roy Schultz, Mrs. Fred Swanson,
Miss Lena Garringer, Mrs. Albert
Armitage, Mrs. Raymond Grey, Miss
Elinore Humphrey, Mrs. Alan G.
Kistler, Mrs. Morris Witter, Mrs.
Robert = Avery, and Mrs. Guy
Scouten.
Committees Named To
Select "Man of Year”
Service clubs, churches, Ameri-
can Legion and other civic and
fraternal organizations of the Back
Mountain Region‘are now appoint-
ing committee to co-operate in
selecting the outstanding man or
woman in the Back Mountain area
who will receive the Frank H.
Hemelright Memorial Award for
Community service which will be
presented in October.
Last year the award was pre-
sented to Howard L. Hendricks,
supervising principal of Lehman
Schools.
Recovers Stolen Bike
A bicycle stolen from Harvey's
Lake by youths escaped from Kis
Lyn was recovéred by Chief Francis
McCarthy of Trucksville and re-
turned to its owher at the Lake.
Ture Darras Post
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
DALLAS
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
LEHMAN
BOX SCORE
Serious accidents since V-J Day
Hospitalized Killed
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Vol.
58, No. 31
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1948
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Field of Entries In Trucksville Firemen’s Soap Box Derby
Lined . up here are the six en-
trants in Trucksville’s first soap
box derby. Behind them are their
Fourteen Scouts
Back From Camp
Twelve Advanced
In Scouting Rank
Fourteen rugged Boy Scouts of
Dallas Troop 241 returned this
week sun-tanned and happy from
Camp Acahela where they spent last
week under the direction of Scout-
master Fred A. Butcher.
Twelve of the Scouts advanced
their rank while they were in
camp. Advanced to star scouts
were: Alfred Gavenas, Russell De
Remer and Robert Snyder. Ad-
vanced to first, class were: Jerry
Machell, Lee White. Advanced to
second class were: Jack Pizner,
David Evans, Lowell Roberts, Rich-
ard’ LaValle, Asa Shotwell, Joseph
Gailey and Frank Pavlick.
Three members of the troop were
admitted to the Order of the. Ar-
row. They were three of the six
boys out of 85 in camp who were
David Kunkle, Jerry Machell and
Bob Snyder.
Many of the local scouts re-
ceived additional Merit badges.
At the outdoor meeting Wednes-
day night at Jerry Machell’s farm
where all summer troop meetings
are held, members of the Troop
Committee composed of Lewis Le-
Grand, Zel Garinger, Niles White,
Raymond Kuhnert and Charles
James, made formal presentation
of Badges and Awards.
There are now twenty-one regis-
tered members of the troop imder |
the leadership of Mr. Butcher who
is stationed with the regular army |
on civilian work at Kingston Arm-
ory. A former Eagle Scout and!
an assistant scoutmaster in his
hometown, York, Pa., he is now a
resident of Huntsville road.
Lehman Board
Elects Squire
Will Assume New
Duties Rugust 9/
Lester B. Squire ohatloion. as-
sistant superintendent of Wyoming
County Schools and a former prin-
cipal of Lehman Schools, was elec-
ted principal at a meeting of Leh-
man School Board on Tuesday
night.
Mr. Squire was one of fifteen ap-
plicants for the position left vacant
by H. L. Hendricks’ resignation to
become principal of Millersburg
Schools. 3
No stranger to this area, Mr.
Squire taught at Lehman’ from
1931 to 1934 when he resigned to
become principal of the schools in
his home community, Nicholson. He
resigned that position in 1942 to
become assistant superintendent of
Wyoming County Schools.
His wife is the former Helen
Montgomery of Kingston. They
have two children.
Signals To Operate
Traffic signals recently installed
in Kingston’ To hip at Center
Street, Shavertown,
Hill Road, Truckgville, will
in operation on August
to Chief of Police ancis McCarty.
youthful admirers and mechanics.
Car No. 6, Green Hornet, Don John-
Lehman Show
Rugust 21st
Flowers, egetd bles
And Hobby$ Included
Second annual Flower Show,
sponsored by Friendship Class of
Lehman Methodist Church, will be
held Saturday, August 21 in Leh-
man High School from 3 P. M.
through the evening.
Dorothy R. Major, chairman, an-
nounces that entries will be re-
ceived on Friday evening, August
20th, from 8 to 10, and Saturday
morning, August 21, 9 to noon.
No entries will be received Satur-
day afternoon.
Entries will be judged from 12
to 3 P. M. on Saturday with vege-
tables and hobby divisions. There
will be blue, red and yellow rib-
bons awarded in each class with
special prizes to the outstanding
exhibit in each section.
Those wishing to participate may
secure entry classification sheets
from any of the committee chair-
men after August 6th. Out of
town participants are cordially in-
vited.
The following chairmen of com-
mittees have been appointed: Rib-
bons, Elda Coolbaugh; prizes, Ruth
Nagle; entry blanks and tickets,
Betty Miller; acceptance and class-
ification, Madeline Adamshick; re-
freshments, Ruth Disque; program,
Marian Major; hobby show, Frances
Ide, patrons, Mrs. Sutton.
and Harris
Special attractions include
freshment stand, bake sale,
door prize.
re-
and
' Board of Health Meets
Dallas Borough Board of Health
at its meeting Tuesday night learn-
ed that all Main street property
owners, with the exception. of one
permitted open sewage to empty
into Toby’s Creek.
Don Johnson and Bobby Rice talk
it over with officials before starting
the race. Standing left to right,
Chief Francis McCarthy, who had
charge of keeping the course open;
. wards (winner);
son, driver; 1, Silver Arrow, Bobby ‘Edward Luzinski;
. Shelbourne
Rice; 7, Silver Streak, Robert Ed-
3, Tucker Special,
9, The D. G. C.
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SHIBER ORIGINATES NEW
GREEN GLADIOLUS SHOWN
IN BALTIMORE SATURDAY
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Ray Shiber’'s “Gru delight”,
a delicate green / gladiolus
which he originatedfsfon first
place in the 500 Class at the
Show held by the American
Gladioli Society at Baltimore,
Md. last weekend.
Ray, who had shipped his
flowers by plane, received the
news over the phone Sunday
from Frank Parkinson, presi-
dent of the New England Glad
Society, one of the judges.
Other - judges were Dr. Mec-
Lean of the New York Botani-
cal Gardens and Dr. Bailey of
the Boston Botanical Gardens.
Mr. Shiber also won a first
in the 400 class with a bright
red glad, “Firebug” and a
second with ‘“Parmissimus”, a
cerise rose.
Band Schedules :
Two Concerts
Fifth Series Will
Open On August 11
Dr. Henry M. Laing Community
Band has announced its fifth an-
nual schedule of summer concerts
to be presented at the Band Stand
on Memorial Highway.
The first, on Wednesday evening,
August 11 at 7:30 will be con-
ducted by Charles Nuss, cornet
soloist with the band. The sec-
ond, on Saturday evening August
21 at 7:30 will be conducted by
Ralph Harrison.
Howard Cosgrove is director of
the band which is composed of
twenty-five members from Kings-
ton Township, Noxen, Lehman,
Dallas Township, and Dallas Bor-
ough. Wilma Hess is twirler and
Barbara Hope is vocal soloist.
William Clewell, starter; Thomas
and Bud Silverman,
timers, and Don Finney, president
of Trucksville Fire Company, flag-
man. That fellow in the striped
Flyer, Douglas Clewell; 5, The
Shark, Bobby Hess.
Irma Robbins
Laid At Rest
Woman Overcome
By Gas In Apartment
The funeral of Miss Irma Mae
Robbins, 20, whose body was found
in her gas filled apartment in Eas-
ton on Sunday morning, was held
| Thursday afternoon from the fam-
ily home in the Hillside section of
Trucksville with services in charge
of Rev. Robert Webster of Trucks-
ville Methodist Church.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley Robbins, Miss Robbins
moved to this area five years ago
from Courtdale and for a time at-
tended Kingston Townsh'y Fish
School, leaving in her Sopnomore
year. She went to Easton eight
months ago to live with an aunt
and was employeed in a Phillips-
burg mill.
She was a young woman of
happy disposition, well liked by
friends and neighbors. Her par-
ents visited her last Saturday after-
noon and evening and when they
departed she was in happy frame
‘of mind and making plans for the
| coming week. Shortly after their
departure she was found overcome
by gas which the Northampton
County Coroner, Dr. David F. Bach-|
man declared was suicide but which
friends and relatives believe was
accidental. There were no notes.
Beside her mother and father,
who is a colliery electrician, she
leaves a brother, Arthur, a student
in Trucksville grade school.
Pallbearers were: Bruce Robbins,
Clyde Robbins, James Oplinger,
Floyd Oplinger, Clyde Oplinger, and
Fred Carkhuff.
Borough Council to Meet
Monthly meeting of Dallas Bor-
ough Council will be held Tues-
day night at Back Mountain Me-
morial Library.
Officials At Last Saturday's Soap Box Derby
shirt is Donald Johnson who won
the admiration of the crowd a few
minutes later when he lost a tire
in the trial heat but finished the
course anyway.
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
MONROE TOWNSHIP
ROSS TOWNSHIP
LAKE TOWNSHIP
TOTAL
20 4
2
3 | 1
2 |
1 |
81 | 17
Firemen Award
$1,000 In Prizes
At Biggest Fair
S. D. Finney Says
Profits Will Total
More Than $2,000 .
Climax of the most s
summer fair ever held by TFicks-
ville Volunteer Firemen was the
awarding Saturday night of $1,000
worth of merchandise to a dozen
happy winners.
Top, awards and the winners
were: electric refrigerator, Frank
Morrison, Davis Street; electric
range, Mrs. Walter Billings, Trucks-
ville; electric washer, Mrs. Bernie
Wilson, formerly of Shavertown;
radio-phonograph combination, Wil-
liam Henninger, Dallas R.F.D. 3;
vacuum cleaner, Eve McGuire,
Wilkes-Barre; electric roaster, P. L.
Holbrook, Harris Hill road, Trucks-
ville; electric mixer, Harter Dairy,
Trucksville; electric toaster, Robert
Slaff, Mt. Greenwood road; electric
iron, J. Hansel, Kingston; electric
iron, Lewis Sickler, Wyoming R.
F. D:'3.
Special prizes were a golden wool
blanket awarded to Doris Bush and
a floral designed hooked rug award-
ed to Mrs. Kenneth Rice. Other
prizes included baskets of grocer-
ies, chickens, flour, broilmasters,
and electric irons.
Winners of the door prizes on
Thursday night were: $20 Mrs. Mor-
ris Lloyd; $15, Richard Parry; $10,
Harry Johnson; $5, Mrs. Ray
Greenwood. On Friday night the
winners were: $20, Donald John-
son; $15, not announced; $10, Dr.
Jordan; $5, Betty Lou Griffiths.
Saturday afternoon and evening
were as usual, the big day with
throngs attending the preliminary
and final heats of the first soap box
derby ever run in the Back Moun-
tain area. v ll
Crowds ied boiler oo A
verton road; the route of the race,
from the Lehigh Valley trestle to
Dr. Howell's home and police were
busy keeping the course open for
the racers. Trials started at 4
o'clock and finals at 7.
There were six entrants in the
preliminary trials who finished in
the following order: Robert Ed-
wards, Wyoming R. D. 3, driving
Silver Streak, time: 1 minute 12%
seconds; Douglas Clewell, Trucks-
ville, driving the D.G.C. Special,
time: 1 minute 37 seconds; Bobby
Rice, Orchard Farm, driving Silver
Arrow, time: 1 minute 411% sec-
onds; Edward Luzinski, Trucksville,
driving Tucker Special, time; 1
minute 54 seconds; Billy Hess,
Trucksville Gardens, driving THE
Shark, time: 1 minute 541 sec-
onds: Donald Johnson, Trucksville,
driving Green Hornet, time: 2
minutes 14%. seconds.
Only mishap in the race came
when Donald Johnson lost a tire.
He kept in the race coaxing his
machine down the incline crossing
the finish line only through superi-
or driving. His pluck brought him
a great hand from the crowd.
The four finalists did not finish
in the same order as in the pre-
liminary heat, Edward Luzinski
nosing up from fourth to second
place. The final order: Bobby Ed-
wards, time 1 minute 12 seconds;
Edward Luzinski, 1 minute 30%
seconds; Bobby Rice, 1 minute 32
1/4 seconds; Douglas Clewell, 1
minute 38 seconds. First prize was
a boy’s bicycle given by Howard
Isaacs; second, RCA portable radio
given by David Schooley; third
fluorescent camper’s light given by
Russell De Remer; fourth, ball and
bat given by Trucksville Fire Com-
pany. Consolation prizes were $5
given by Gregory's Store and $2.50
given by the Fire Company.
Race officials were S. D. Finney,
flagman; William Clewell, Howard
Woo t, starters; Thomas Shel-
bourne awd Bud Silverman, timers;
Dr. George Flack was chairman
and judge. W. E. Mannear was of-
ficial photographer.
Music throughout the fair was
furnished by Alfred Milliner Camp
assisted by members of Dallas
Township High School Band.
Booths and refreshment stands
did a sellout business with more
than 54 dozen novelty items being
sold at the stands and fish pond.
S.. D. Finney general chairman
announced early this week that
gross income exceeded $3,600 with
an estimated net profit of approx-
imately $2,000.
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