Tr Darras Post Bach Meuntain Highway Deaths and Serious Accidents Since ¥-J Day i — DALLAS DALLAS TOWNSHIP _ LEN MAN _ JACKSON TOWNSHIP | MONROE TOWNGHIP BOX SCORE ON TOWNSHIP 2 Christinas time. They like to look T time when the world was younger, and infinitedy vast. A time when the Christmas tree | ‘was a tower of shimmering light, | the wreaths in the windows fat and glossy with holly berries and ~ hemlock eomes, the ribbon bows © a heartening scarlet, the candles © long and slim and tipped with © flame, the blaze upon the hearth Por a rousing ome that sent sparks flying up the chimney and warmed the room with the pungent scent of pine. / When there were no problems except the pressing one concerned with the mysterious bulge in the toe of the stocking When it was socially amcceptable to dream about what could be expected for Christ- mas instesd of figuring with a blue pencil on the list of obliga- tions to be discharged. . When Pether and Mother were ‘equal to it all, and nothing was ’ expected of the youmg but happy Al acceptance of the largesse offered a et Sy by an adult world. Ei oP When Christmas was The Day ) of Days, enticipated with delight al from the Srst opening of school in the fall, the dragging days stricken from the calendar with a bitten pencil, Rua vwoen Christmas was a home fj festival - dedicated to the family ~~ and not to the neighborhood. When Jove sbounded, beld close with.n four walls WT a Ay A time when Mother made gos- ~~ samer wings for ‘the littlest angel Pa olin pee Bunday Bchodol pageant and the straight anxiously crimped blonde balr. hiss At time when there was so much ho apples and Christmas cheer that no cne small body could con- tain it AL i A tims to ior, a : = a time radio, your own children are stor- ing up memories. And by the alchemy of .child- hood, those memories: will be just as precious to them thirty years from now as your own treasured remembrances. are to you. : ~ They too will remember that the snow was crisp underfoot, that the frosty stars were close above the earth, that the night was blue and cold and infinitely vast. a And that the earth held its $s breath, awaiting the: birth of the Prince of Pesce. Book Club Enjoys Christmas Program from the Sri - Recorded selections 5 Nut-Cracker Suite were presented by the program committee after explanation of the Christmas story of the toys by Mrs Raymon 'Hed- den, chairman, at the Christmas meeting of the Back Mountain Li- brary Book Club Wednesdsy after- ‘noon. Group singing of Christmas carols was led by Mrs. Edgar Brace, and tea was served by the hostess ‘committee, Mrs. Walter El- ston, chairman with Mrs. A. D.| Hutchison. and. Mrs. Lewis LeGrand At the business meeting prior to the program, a nominating com- mittee was appointed by Mrs. T M, Hicks,' president; Mrs. Fred Howell will act as chairman. Mrs. Gerald Dettmore and Mrs. Ralph ceived from Mrs. Joseph Schmerer, finance; Mrs. Henry Peterson, ~ membership: Mrs. Edgar Brace, volunteers; Mrs, Walter Elston, hostesses; Mrs. J. W. Camp, pub- Neity; Mrs Fred Howell, book se- ection. ~ Members’ and guests present “were: Mesdames Arthur H. Ross, "Gerald Déttmore, Herbert A. Smith, " Jr, J. H Godfring, Lewis W. Le- ~~ Grand, Br, W. E McQuilkin, John ~ ' A Girvan, Ray Shiber, Wesley ~ Himmier, RL. Hallock, George ~~ Pack, Btanley B. Davies, James C. Langdon, Alfred Boysen, H W. ~~ Peterson, H.W. Smith, Harry Stuh- Rios Siler Ralph Dixon, Thomas E. ~ Cease, F. B. Howell, A. W. Hutchi- hon, Edgar Brace, Stanley Rine- himer, Walter J. Elston, J. H. Reeves, A. G. Rutherford, Raymond Kuhnert, James W. Gross, Ray- mon Hedden, Joseph Schmerer, Peter Clark, T. M. B. Hicks, Misses Miriam Lathrop and Louise Owens. PTA Operetta : Around three hundred parents, ~~ teachers and boys and girls en- . Joyed the oneretta, “Christmas ~ Around the World” given at the Dallas Borough PTA meeting Mon- 4 evening by grades one to six. underfoot, the frosty stars. closer to the earth, the night bluer and oolder » & Maro of the eomimareials ol. the | way thrown together to make one | lean-to; conversion of a long room | lation ‘Dixon members. Reports were re- of the grades directed petormance, on excelent one |. MH. 3 Bv Mas. T. M. B. Hicks, Ja. og is a time to remember. People like to be reminded at back through a halo of years to 8 the sun brighter, the snow crisper HARRIS HAYCOX HOUSE PUTS DALLAS ON MAP FOR XMAS LIGHTING The Harris Haycox home on Main Street is on the national map as one of four examples | of “outside decorative Christ- | mas lighting featured by Gen- eral Electric in its national ad- vertising. It appears in the na- tional publication of the Gen- eral Electric Company as well as iA newspapers and maga- zines. The design, worked out and executed last holiday season by Janet Haycox, at that time fif- teen years of age, is simple, but = extremely effective, = wreath decked with lights be- tween two large picture win- dows. Against the white back- ground house and snow, r Ol John Nash Needs Forty Persons For Civilian Defense | A call for volunteers to mani Air Raid Observation "Posts was issued this week by Joan Nash, Daddow-Isaacs Post American Le- gion, Supervisor of the ‘Ground Observer Corps for the Dallas Area. Mr. Nash, whose appointment was made some months age ‘by the Office of Civilian Defense, said that Observation Posts will. be set up eight miles apart in Luzerne County and throughotit the contin- ental United States. In the Back Mountain Area, Dad- | dow-Isaacs Post American Legion | has assumed resonsibility for man- | ning. the Post located on" the] Heights. This is the South Dis- trict polling place, used as an ob- servation Post during World War | I The Post in Lake Township will be under the supervision of Swoy- house 3 erville, Luzerne and West Wyom- | the composition is startling in |in0 American Legion . Posts: Bweet | its simplicity and. freshness, | Valley will be in charge of Ply-| the green garlands surround- | mouth, ‘Larksville and Florence | ing the windows carrying out | Nightingale - Posts. Other Posts the motif of the wreath | will be at Hunlock's Creek, Har- _ ge | veyville and many more will be | ~ lon the east side of ‘the river. | Tentative Plans Laid For Library Ground Floor Sketch Shown At Meeting Executive Board: of Back Moun- tain Library Association met Tues- | day night st the Library to re-! is: view plans for the newly acquired door ¢ it on Main [i purpose SAR), W Thelopiion of Ta Board, is to serve the reading pub- lic ‘with literature, snd expansion of such facilities is’ needed to, house the school collections of | duplicates of ‘books, there is also need to provide space for group meetings now accommodated in she main building. The Book Club has outgrown its present quarters; the story hour is overcrowded on Saturday morn- ings, the Kennel Club has offered to belp with furnishings in return for larger. quarters, the Library Directors Meeting . overflows the premisés, the Borough. Council needs a room of its own, closed to traffic and other interruption. All these groups can be readily accommodated in expanded. quar- ters, with Borough Council allocat- ed a private room ‘with outside entrance and private stairway. Tentative plans were shown for | remodelling of the ground floor, with two large rooms and a hall- | large room with a fireplace; pro-| vision for retiring roams and coat closets; elimination of the present | at the rear for and equipment; retention of the] present kitchen space with instal- | of modern equipment - and | :ndividual lockers ‘for use of groups wishing to serve refresh- ments; installation of a book-lift providing easy haulage of books | to the projected stacks at the rear of the second floor. Remodelling of the second floor is not contemplated at this time except for installation of stacks to house the school ‘collections in the present three rooms at the rear and . provision for two meeting rooms at the- front, using parti- tions already in place and post- poning more ' drastic changes until a later date The five-year plan embraces the building of a connecting link be- tween the present two buildings, with librarian’s desk in the new section, . ‘the old building devoted to stacks, and the other frame building used for anything that { contributes to the culture of the | community, a natural outgrowth of library work. | Due storage of chairs | to recent illness of Miss | Frances Dorrance, president of | the association, Howard Risley, | vice-president, took the chair, ! Date for the Annual Board meet- | ing was announced as January 25. | Further plans for a kick-off din- ner for the Library Auction were discussed. Harry Ohlman serves as chairman for the dinner. The date has not yet been set. Present . were: Miriam Lathrop; Mrs. Joseph Schmerer, Henry Pe- terson, Mrs, H. W. Smith, Howard Risley, Mrs. Archibald Brooks, Mrs. Fred Howell, Harry Ohlman, Mrs. | Although the corps is similar in | quarters Daddow-Isaacs Post will pay all expenses for the operation of the Dallas . Observation Post ‘ including light, heat and installation of a telephone. In issuing said: ‘The . Ground - Observers - Corps has been reactivated and we sare ready to. complete all plans . and rosters for the Dallas Ares. The importande of this organization cannot be overlooked as it serves to give more sccurste and more controlled infarmation to: the Con- tinental-wide Air-Defense System. his call Mr pature . to | previous of the last ‘war, it much greater HReights because of the many aeronautical develop- ments, I want to. strongly em-| phasize that this phase of civil air defense cannot be neglected. | The . Station will be set up sol that civiliax observers will ‘man the post for four-hour duty one day per week. The ‘hours will. run| 4 to 8 to 12:00 around the clock | s¢ that any person volunteering| for observer duty meed only spend.| four ‘continuous hours of his own choosing one day per week. He will have the further duty of sub- mitting the name of an alternate who will report for duty -at any| time he cannot report:. In other| words, he will be held responsible for four hours duty per week and | will see that his post is manned | at this time. Women will probably take the day hours and men will} be on.duty at night. In filling out the return card please mention what four hour | period and on what day you are | willing to accept ‘duty, also your alternate’'s name and address These return cards must be my hands not later than December 26. At this. time all Ground ob. i servers will be on a Reserve basis | and will draw no active duty unti orders are received from Head Eastern Air Defense | Return card on page 2 organizations | has risen to in Tuesday i Rus Honeywell Sends: Christmas Greetings Howard Risley The Dallas Post Thanks a lot for The Post. 1 sure do enjoy reading it here. Ac- cording to the doctors, I am get- ting along good and it is possible I may be home for Christmas. I have received many cards— several hundred—in fact, I. never realized how many friends I had in the Back Mountain. Even re- ceived a card from Sandel Hunt | from Arizona and cards from Bal- timore and Harrisburg. The Post really does get around. ' I enjoyed the cards and letters | and wish you would say a word in The Post ‘thanking all the good | folks of the Back Mountain for me, Wish them all a Merry Christ- mas and a Bright New Year From Russell Honeywell Mountain Grange Has Its | Christmas Party Tonight at Carverton ! Christmas | | Mountain will hold Grange its annual Party tonight at the Grange Hall | have celebrated their Golden. Wi | liam Cairl, After a short business meeting, | Santa Claus will arrive and ex- change 25¢ gifts. The - public is invited. | a complete | on which he Nash |’ for the past fifteen years, submit- ted hs resignation as one of ther number to the Board of Directors of that institution at their meeting | on W ednesday? morning. Mr. retirement . came surpris® to the has served s'nce Feb- 1925 follow.ng the death Leek. Neely's as ruary 18, of Isaac Now eighty-seven years of age, Mr. Neely stated that failng health and physical handicaps which pre- vent h's attending meetings, prom- pted his resignation. The Board reluctantly accepted his resignation. e For most of his life Mr. Neely conducted the general store at Lehman now occupied by Lehman Supply Company. He was active in all civic affairs and for many years was Postmaster Truman Dodson Buys Part of Space Farm Mr. and Mrs. Truman Dodson | have purchased the homestaad and eight acres of the Clifford | Space Farm on Huntsville Road Mr. Dodson is with Anthracite nstitute. in Wilkes-Barre, and un- til. a few months ago farmed and | bred horses near Charlottesville, Va. - He is a native of Bethlehem, and a- graduate of the of Virginia. He and Mrs. Dodson have three { children, Truman Monroe Dodson V.. and of ‘school Jane Fox Mr. ‘and Mrs. Space have ‘mov- identical twin daughters, age, . Mary Esser, and ed to the house directly opposite | their old home. Mr. Dodson is: the third owner of . the haemestead, the property having been in the possession of the Ryman family for generation: until Mr. Space bought it twenty: five ‘years ago. | Leaves For F ort Bragg Board | University | for dead by the Reds after being machine-gunned at ‘Seoul, Korea, Sergeant Robert Kemmerer has sufficiently - recovered - from" his grim’ experience to piece together fragments ‘of speech which give outlines of the campaign - picture as seen through the eyes of one wounded Marine. Robert was" wounded above the left ear, a paralyzing injury, and his hut and gave him water, the next day. he was rescued and transported to the Base Hospital. A month later he was flown to Oakland, en route, Kemmerer, States a United PFC., the as a who left late in August battlefield, skipping the. rank of corporal. He had been in only nineteen days when wounded. His Purple Heart bears a star for the second wound, By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks | evening and ‘discover her where- { t grew darker and darker, with | abouts before the dark and the{s thin crescent moon in the West, { cold could make rescue too late. | Flashlights flickered across the { { Small’ Nancy Davis, not quite | new-fallen . snow three, blonde curls tucked into the There was the little red Wagon, fur hood of a green snowsuit, had | abandoned. Searchel x | gone out to play in the yard of {upon the spot, her home on Center Hill road, | picked up tiny fou drawing ~ ber little red wagon! The search narx i | through the light snow, It was just {prints, lagging "now" 3 0 | before ‘sunset, with a growing chill { weariness and chill, moved in a | in 'the ‘air, {wide circle, approached the ‘en- Fifteen minutes later; Nancy's {trance of the snow-choked lane mother, Mrs. Donald Davis, stepped | leading to the Bird Sanctuary. to the door to. call Nancy. Re { They led down the lane to the ceiving no response, she glanced {Je Reedy house, closed for: the {at Nancy's baby brother, asleep in | or, and there on the jcy floor | his crib, threw a coat "around her | was Nancy shoulders, and skirted the house! Nancy was ready for bed. Re- ‘n the gathering dusk. { membering that before you go to No Nancy. Investigation at Mrs. [bed to take off your shoes, Nancy J. T. Jeter's house next door re-;had removed her boots and strip- vealed that Nancy had called there {ped off her socks, replacing the Yriefly, but had left | soft bedroom slippers that fitted in- Telephone calls became more and |'side her overshoes. Not yet happy, more frantic. The neighborhood {she remembered blankets and their roused, and Boy Scouts and lead- | warm comfort. She struggled out for John Reeves alerted, the search { of her snow-suit and huddled un- { began. ; | der it | Mrs. Davis, the sleeping baby| She was just dropping off to nug in his basket on the back seat | sleep when John Reeves and her across both ankles. For three days, ! silver | the | take and | improvement. He received a com- making a stop in Hawaii | { that he | Christmas. won his sergeant's stripes on the | i action | i for the Pfc. Armold Price of the 82nd |lrove up and down the road, fi- Airborne Division has completed |” ally leaving the car w th its pre- | his training: at Keesler Field and | ious passenger in charge of al leaves for Fort Bragg, N. C., today at Keesler Field he met While > Paul Helfrich. ing officer was Ca pp Walter Lewin and his executi officer Col. John { Kirkendall, ol Back Mountain | folks. / Answer Fire Alarm Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com pany was called out Tuesday to extinguish a minor blaze at the new home of Ray DeWees in East | A short circuiting electric | Dallas. wire burned through BX cable. : ' His command completely healed. A litter case from the first, he was informed at Oakland that be would not be transferred to a bos- pital nearer home until he could walk. So in grim determination he trained his good left side to take on the burden of his paralyzed right, using first a crutch and then a cane, making daily strides to- ward self-help. Last Wednesday he arrived at rom September 25 to 28, he lay | Bethesda Medical Center, trans- exposed to the -scorching sun of | ported across country by plane, day and the- bitter .cold of night | but this time not on a litter. while his buddies were captured|{ On Friday, his parents, Mr. and and either shot or hung before hs { Mrs, Robert Kemmerer, Shaver- eyes. He himself remained unmo- | town, drove to Bethesda, Md. for | lested because he was to all ap- {their first visit with their .son pearances dead. During the night |since his return to the United a priest visited him and gave him | States. He walked to meet them, . ; the last sacrament, placing his dog- { and was allowed to return with WILLIAM R. NEELY tags between his .teeth as identi- {them for a weekend leave. William R. Neely, retired Leh- | fication. { He is beginning to talk again, |' man merchant and vice president | Towards dusk of the third day, | but the nervous. tension of meet- of First National Bank of Dallag |? friendly Korean carried him to |ing his old friends makes speech halting and difficult. There is daily munity ovation when he attended services on Sunday at St. Pauls Lutheran Church. It possible may be home again for is On Tuesday he returned to Beth- esda, this time by bus and unes- corted. He hopes to be transferred St. Albans Naval Hospital, LI necessary operation to: in- sert a silver plate in-his skulk to the place of the lost bone to Discover Lost Child Asleep On Porch Of Deserted House nd taking to the yards It was experience in Boy Boout elds on foot, retracing. steps tactics that enabled John Reeves Nancy had. been krown to to track a wandering child Tuesday | mother turned their flashlights on her face, First National Bank Adopts 3 : - ‘Pension Plan For Employees One of half dozen banks in|at age sixty-five with special pro- | Luzerne County to install a pen-| visions in case of illness. = plan for its employees, Ww. | It is based upon earnings and | 3. Jeter, president of First Nation-| past service of an employe. Re- i-al Bank, announced yesterday that | t irement funds will remain within | “he plan has been approved by the | the bank and be administered and Internal Revenue Department and will into effect immediately. i The plan provides for retirement go 3 ewrib! ted by a committee of di- at who will act as trustees. Pace Here are five Dallas couples d'ng Anniversaries and whe honored last Wednesday nigh 8 dinner in Dallas Me - Church Jive 2 the WS { Another couple, Mr. Sr., ‘cause of Mr. Cairl’s illness. issue, and Mrs. Wil-| were absent be-| Mrs. Their | Nelson Whipp, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph picture appears on page 14 of this| Rood, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denn’s p ‘and Mr. and ‘Mrs. Fred Mintzer. : Five Couples Honored At Golden Wedding Dinner PHOTO BY KUZEiiCaaak Above left to right are: Mr. and Nelson Line, Mr. and Mrs. MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION mT ree Vol. 60, No. 51 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1950 6 CENTS PER COPY... °F [7 Volunteers To Director Retires | Loft For Dead On Korean Field Mrs. Alice Uhl ‘Man Air Raid Robert Kemmerer Is Recovering {Bnd Daughter. ‘Warning Posts Stripped to the 'skin' and -left | ankle "injuries which have. now Overcome By Gas Stoker-Fed Furnace Fill Apartment With: Carbon Monoxide = A Dallas mother and one of: nor three children ! were" overcome shortly “after midnight « Monday night by gas escaping from: an overflowing stoker-fed furnace. They were Mrs. Alice Uhl ai her daughter, Becky. ‘ Her" sons, Johnny and Jimmy, ‘sleeping ° in another room, were unaffected. All however were examined and treated by Dr. A. A. Mascali,. and Mrs. Uhl and. Becky recieved oxy- gen from the Dr. Henry: M, Laing Chief . Donald. ‘ ae Uhl lives in the first Pe apartment of the former Lee home on ‘Machell avenue,: She awakened shortly after midnight and found the apartment very: cold, "examin- ing a radiator “she felt her: heart pound but was unaware of he cause, Bhe went to the cellar "to fmd out what might be wrong w.th the heat” and there found the furnace door open, the furnace Alled with ashes, and live. coals , spilling out and burning on the. cellar floor. After. turning off the power she started back up stairs to call her landlord, Peynton Lee, wben she fell unconscious at the foot of the steps. 3 J She .is unaware ‘how long she lay there before she was revived by the fresh air along the cellar bottom. -Making ber way. back. up- stairs, she called Mr. Lee and went out -on the porch: where she fell again, Becky then came out. of the bedroom whére both sleep, directly above the furnace, asked . what time it was and was told that it was 1:10 o'clock. She compla ned of “feeling terribly ill” when she too, fell unconscious. By that timé _Lee arrived and did what hé Fie James: Besecker and Mrs, Uh! 2nd ahd three were ‘taken to the ! Lee home Where they have since been stay: ing. Mrs. Uhl is secretary or ocd Draft Board 92 of Kingston and is owner of Dallas Gift! Mr. and Mrs, William Hodgsos who occupy the second floor of the Lee Apartment are in Cali fornia, so that .the Uhl family re alone at the time. Toll Gate Lions To Hear Beisel Day After Christmas At Castle Inn, 7 P.M. “The Outlook For America In 1851" will be the subject of an address to be given by Col, Leon W. Beisel at the Christmas Dinner Meeting of Old Toll Gate Lions Club, Tuesday evening, December 26th, 7 P. M, at Castle Inn, Mem- bers are urged to bring their wives and friends, i Colonel Beigel is commanding officer of the re-activated 967th. Armored Field Artillery Battalion with headquarters in the Kings- ton Armory. He has been active m military circles over a period of years and his address should give his hearers some idea of the seriousness of the present inter- national emergency. All members are urged to notify A. George Prater, secretary, by Sa- turday, so that the necessary res- ervations can be ‘made. This Christmas meeting promises to be the chimax of the first year's activities for this engertic and pro- gressive Back Mountain ‘organiza- tion. Various committees are be- coming active and glready several worth-while projects have been carried to ‘a successful conclusion. | George Howe, president, has called . for increased community endeavor during the coming year. Vacation Dates For Schools Announced rough and Township, and Lehman- Jackson close tHis afternoon at 2 for the Christmas holidays; Lake Township closed yesterday at 12:30. Opening dates after vacation, as announced by the supervising principals, ‘are: Dallas Township and Boroggh, January 3; Lake Town- ship, Lehman-Jackson, and all three Kingston “Township ‘schools, January 2. Fire Company inhalator brought by . Kingston Township, Dallas Bo- ;
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