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Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Editorially Speaking:
Trees and Fellow Townsmen
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Serious Accidents Since V-J Day : 4
- Hospitalized Killed
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With the advent of town-dwellers to the Back Mountain I :
region there come those who regard their new homes as
surrounded by too many trees. ;
A spell of wet weather causes our new friends to lop
limbs and fell trees—forgetful of the scriptural dictum
that “The sun shines on the just and the unjust” and that
without the sheltering shade the July suns shines as hot
» in Dallas and Harveys Lake as in Kingston or Sugar Notch.
HE To denude one’s land of trees creates not only the dis-
comfitures of hot afternoons leading to still more rest-
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Vol.. 61; No. 31
Kennel Club To
FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1951
Fifteen Sunday Schools Picnic
8 Cents Per Copy—Ten Pages
Pretty Equestrienne
Two Local Polio
less nights but also creates large problems of land drain-
age.
and ‘‘spare that tree”.
Take the advice of a countryman and long-time resident
Consider carefully the destruction
of your shade. It is not easily replaced and surface water
unabsorbed by roots and branches runs off pricipitously
causing wash in tender lawns at least and flash-floods
at the worst.
The following verse sets forth our admonition—
A hundred years it stood
Within a vernal wood
A thousand times it paid
Sweet comfort with its shade,
Its lofty top raised high
Cathedral of the sky
Its trunk, a hundred rings ~~
Wind through its branches sings.
Take care, O thoughtless man
Before its bark you span
With biting, cruel steel
That makes the giant reel.
Consider; be not loathe
To contemplate its growth
Regard its age, its height
Ere you lay low its might.
July 30,
FROM.
1951—Joseph E. Pooley.
PILLAR TO POST
Hold 7th Show
Sanction Match At
Irem, BRugust 19th
Back Mountain Kennel Club is
preparing for its seventh annual
Dog Show (A.K.C. sanctioned
match) to be held Sunday, August
19 at Irem Temple Country Club.
Mrs. Bart Callett is general chair-
man.
The show affords an opportunity
for local owners to gain exper-
ience in showing and handling
young and novice dogs before the
fall circuit of shows begins.
Entries will be taken from 12
noon on August 19 up until show
time starting at 1:30 P. M. No
championship points will be given.
Additional information may be
obtained by calling the Show Se-
cretary, Mrs, Thomas Robinson.
Benefit Memorial Library.
David Parsons Embarks
On Six Weeks Cruise
Midshipman David E. Parsons,
USNROTC, son of Mr.
John F. Parsons, Dallas RFD 1, a
student at the University of Idaho,
Moscow, Idaho, will leave Norfolk,
Va., Friday, on a six-week cruise of
East Coast and Caribbean ports as
a part of the Navy's annual sum-
and Mrs. |
Tomorrow Noon At Harveys Lake
Back Mountain Sunday Schools
will hold their annual picnic to-
morrow at the picnic grounds, Har-
veys Lake, with a number of special
attractions planned for old and
young, married and single.
Games will be in charge of Vic-
tor Cross, Dallas, with contests
starting at 1:30, following luncheon
at noon.
* A wood-sawing contest for
women and a needle-threading race
for men will furnish comic relief;
two peanut hunts, one for chil-
dren under six, one for children
six to twelve; a tooth-pick race; a
nail-driving contest for women;
and an apple relay contest, in addi-
tion to the classic sack races and
three-legged races, will furnish
plenty of laughs.
Asher Weiss, superintendent of
Trucksville Methodist Sunday
school, says that fifteen schools
have been lined up, predominantly
Methodist, but including Hunts-
ville Christian Church School and
St. Paul’s Lutheran, Shavertown.
Mr. Weiss reminiscences about
Sunday school picnics in the past
when people took the open trolleys
to Harveys Lake and a steamer
across the lake to the picnic
grounds. Children are compen-
sated for lack of a steamboat ride
these days by having free rides
on the amusements at the park.
Each Sunday school will have
an arrangement for giving tickets
for rides to its own pupils.
The day will start with a big
noon lunch, end with a five o'clock
supper and a short Vesper Service
led by Rev. Frederick Moock Jr. at
6:30.
The committee expects and
plans to entertain the largest num-
ber of. participants since the pic-
nic’s revival some years ago.
Toll Gate Lions Want Local
Speed Limit Set At 35 Miles
Efforts to establish a thirty-five
mile speed limit through Shaver-
town and adjoining communities
were discussed at the meeting of
Old Toll Gate Lions Club Tuesday
Sponsoring a safety program for
the main highway will be acted
upon at the next meeting of the
executive committee.
A brief talk on Communist activ-
Dainty Ursala Niklaus, Swiss
Patients Make
Good Progress
Susie Lamoreaux
w
Carol Sutton Are At
Contagious Hospital
Two cases of Infantile Paralysis
reported in the Back Mountain
area are making good; progress at
Wilkes-Barre Contagidus Hospital
where they are getting every at-
tention of their physicians and
Wyoming Valley Crippled Children’s
Association.
They are Susie Lamoreaux, 4-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Lamoreaux of Jackson
Township, and Carol Sutton, 5%-
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Sutton of Carverton.
Susie was stricken a week ago
last Thursday with a headache,
pain in the back of her neck, a
temperature, sore throat and gen-
eral symptoms of grippe.
treated by Dr. Z. L. Smith of West
Nanticoke, and tests made at Kirby
Health Center revealed that she
had polio. Her left foot is slightly
effected and her right a little less.
She is making good progress and
was expected to leave the Con-
tagious Hospital yesterday for Gen-
eral Hospital where treatment will
She was
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By Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr. ital z i ny night at Colonial Inn, Fernbrook. |ities in the local area were given | dancing Palomino pal, Goldie, | Pe continued.
mep iraining ‘programe{ior reserve Excessive speed and . resultant | by P. M. Winter in which he show- | e i isi is i iri :
} i i : : uy | equestrienne, and her precision- Carol is in good spirits and is
To round out a week at the Dallas Post made hme Dgens officer candidates ; ; accidents were discussed by Rev. |ed the club a roster of 1,100 dues- er tt i rates Ho Hs i y 4.8
gloss for sidio on af exploded furmnce, » los dog, a sich igen, an The cruise will ‘provide varied | Frederick W. Moock Jr. director | paying members of the Communist Top” when the Mills Brothers |of Lehman and Dr, J. T. Millington
a misplaced swarm of bees, Tuesday brought an anonymous offer of | on-the-job training and is required | and chairman of community better- | Party in Luzerne County as of Three-Ring Circus. plays here on |She has no paralysis. Her Symp
a snapping turtle. : of all reserve midshipmen. Some | ment committee. It was decided 1938. August 31. Performers from | tims were similar to Suslo’s: except
Telephone conversation brought out the information that it was a | 1600 midshipmen are scheduled to | that a petition should be prepared Milton Richards, District Gover- | eighteen countries will be number- | she had no sore throat and com- !
large ‘one, between twenty-five ®— go on this cruise. Approximately | calling upon state and local au-|nor for this area, will speak Tues- | ed among the dancing horses, | plained of aches in her hands and
and thirty pounds; that it had a
lethal beak and slashing claws; that
it was coldly resentful of imprison-
ment in the largest picnic basket,
and that it was for free, to any-
body who could figure out what to
do with it.
Faced with twenty-five pounds
of solid meat, slightly flavored with
fish, the staff took counsel. ;
Ralph Rood said he wouldn't
like to discourage anybody, but
that he had picked up a large
snapper by the tail near Hunts-
ville Dam one night, had immnred
it in the space between the front
and back seats of the car, and
Civil Defense
Booklet Issued
The State Council of Civil De-
fence announced today that the
first of more than a quarter million
Federal booklets, “Emergency Ac-}
tion to Save Lives” had been
shipped out to County Directors of
Civil Defense in Pennsylvania.
“The booklet is not a first aid
course,” Dr. Richard Gerstell, State
Director ‘of Civil Defense empha-
9000 midshipmen will have trained
this summer when all the cruises
are completed.
The schedule of classes for the
fifth annual Lehman Flower Show
August 18 at Lehman Fire House
is ready for distribution, accord-
ing to. Show Chairman, Dorothy R.
Major. Any amateur grower is
eligible to enter the Horticultural
thorities to establish a thirty-five
mile speed limit and place signs
on the highways.
“Flowers In A Woman's Life";
Theme of Lehman Flower Show
nouncement (centerpiece); 6.
Bride’s Table (reception); 7. “May
I bring the boss home to dinner,
dear?’ (Emergency arrangement);
8. Arrangement with one flower
for Garden Club tea; 9. 25th Wed-
ding Anniversary (silver); 10. Gold-
day night, August 14th. His sub-
ject will be “Lionism.”
Anthony Broody
Entertains 150
Florists And Friends
Gather At Farm
Anthony Broody entertained 150
florists of . Luzerne County and
their wives and friends at his
clowns, and elephants in the cir-
cus which is being brought here
by the Dallas Kiwanis Club and
the Back Mountain Branch Town
& Country YMCA to help raise
funds for the Youth Welfare Fund
of both organizations. Two shows
will be held on August 31—an
afternoon show at 2 p.m. and an
evening show at 8:00. The circus
grounds will be on Harveys Lake
Highway on the Harry Goeringer
Estate, near Idetown. Doors will
be open one hour before each show-
ing time.
L. W. LeGrand of the Back Moun-
legs. She was taken ill Friday
night and the case diagnosed the
following morning. )
Both mothers in a telephone con-
versation with a Post reporter said
they could not praise too highly
the care and attention given the
children by the Crippled Children’s
Association.
They also said that they had
been told that many children de-
velop the symptoms of polio but
have no paralysis and therefore
their cases go unreported. These
children and their families are
are and may never again contract
never aware of how fortunate they
s . 3 : : : tain YMCA and Fred Anderson of :
sized. “It is what to do in an Specimens division and also the | en Wedding Anniversary. A acreage in Beach Haven, where he . T the disease, although :
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had been so overpowered by be emergency, how to stop a person | Fruits and Vegetables division. At a special meeting of the | raises fifteen acres of gladiolus for the Dallas Hi Club 3 el during the pod oe Liner Tig :
fragrance within a tenth of a from bleeding to. death, helping : i 4 : ve | sale. Rain threatened Tuesday | D8 8 co-chairmen in charge o
It is not necessary for the ex- | Friendship Class held Monday e
that he had stopped the car and
gratefully released the prisoner.
people with bad burns, doing the
hibitor to grow the flowers used
ning at the home of Dorothy Ma-
afternoon, but held off so that the
the . circus presentation which is
ness give the disease to others.
Mrs. Sutton said some authori-
: : . gs ! ord the 12th anniversary tour for the | .
Bob said his wife did not know Might thing with broken bones |i, ‘the Arrangement division of |jor, final plans for the Show were Re Comfortably at | Mis Brothers Circus. ties hold to the theory that polio
how to: make turtle soup: shock, sutiocation. HOW 10 NANCIE | the show. The schedule may be | discussed. There will be the usual p et up 1 the | in. week the Associated Press] may be spread by carriers. She
Howard's reaction to ‘Do you
wanna turtle?” was to the point,
injured people.
“To really be of some use to
obtained from any member of
Friendship Class of Lehman Meth-
home baked goods on sale and
food will be served throughout the
shade, flanking a huge outdoor fire-
place.
carried the following dispatch from
Bourbonnais, Ill., concerning an un-
advised all parents to read an ex-
cellent article which appears in the
and phrased in two short words. yourself and your family, take a |odist Church. day; families are invited to enjoy James Hutchison, Luzerne Coun- rehearsed act put on by Mills current issue of Parents Magazine
M : said doubtfully that her | Red Cross First Aid course as soon | mp. [ehman Show this year will | their Saturday night supper at the | ty farm agent, was on hand to dis- | Brothers circus: giving answers to 100 questions on
i used to have a recipe for | aS you can. But this booklet is}; i. arrangements to be made in | Flower Show. the contour plowing which AD Disaaidh polio.
turtle soup. good for emergency actions for un-{ supplied by the committee Prizes will be awarded for the | had made the twenty-five acre plot P! There are now five polio patients
We returned to the phone.
“How do you kill it?”
That, said the persuasive voice
at the other end of the line, was
the easiest part of the whole thing.
There was a hook imbedded in the
lower jaw, and with a spot of
traction the head could be drawn
out and the neck extended for
the ax. Or the whole business
could be plunged head first into
trained persons-to take. It will save
lives, whether the injuries are from
atomic attack, or from an unex-
pected accident in the home.”
The supply of booklets is being
sent to all Pennsylvania counties
and Federal government authorizes
reproduction locally. Copies may
be individually purchased from the
Superintendent of Public Docu-
ments, Washington 25, D. C. at
under the heading of ‘Flowers in
a Woman's Life.”” Since the num-
ber of niches'is limited, it is nec-
essary for those interested in en-
tering to make reservation for a
niche not later than August 11.
The following arrangements will be
judged on artistic arrangement and
originality, accessories permitted:
1. A Little Girl Arrives; 2. Birth-
day Party (6 years old); 3. Center
outstanding entry in each section
with a door prize drawing Satur-
day evening between 8:30' and 9
o’clock.
Present at Monday's meeting
were: Mrs. Charles Ely, Mrs, Char-
les Nuss, Mrs. Earl Eustice, Mrs.
Bryce Major, Mrs. A. M. Major,
Mrs. Conrad Miller, Mrs. Russell
Coolbaugh, Mrs. Alice Elston, Mrs.
Francis Lewis, Mrs. Leonard Adam-/
the sandy soil
free from erosion, and to give ad-
vice on soils. Contour plowing was
done last year on advice from the
department of agriculture,
Guests toured the various plots,
admiring the prize gladiolus and
the early blooming asters. Planting
includes not only flowers, but corn,
tomatoes, cantaloupes for which
is excellent, and
cucumbers.
Townsfolk of Bourbonnais got a
free show today when a circus
lumber truck overturned and three
of the show’s stars righted it in
their own ponderous way.
A convoy of some 30 trucks of
the Mills Brothers’ Circus was en-
route from Chicago to Lafayette,
Ind., when a 1% ton lumber truck
driven by Harold Dykstor, 23, of
St. Louis, turned turtle on a curve.
pital. Mrs. Sutton said the nurses,
who are cheerful and devoted to
their young charges, would like to
have small portable radios to place
at the children’s bedsides. Any
one who would like to contribute
such a radio can do so by calling
The Dallas Post. 2
William Cairl
a steaming caldron, like a lobster. | five cents each. piece for Teenagers’ Hallowe'en | schick, Mrs. Lester Squier, Mrs. The picnic started at 3 P. M. Policeman Kenneth Kyrouac ask-
This seemed tough on the turtle, Party; 4. Valentine Flowers for | Joseph Ellsworth, Dorothy R.|when guests arrived with their |ed Dykstor if he wanted a tow 5
but after all the execution would Monday Is Last Day Sweet Sixteen; 5. Engagement An- | Major. basket suppers. Supplementary re- | truck called. Holds His Own
take only an instant, and nobody freshments were served by Mr. “No thanks”, the uninjured
wastes time bewailing the fate of
a hard crab or a raw oyster.
With the thought of turtle soup
in mind, we suggested contacting
the restaurants. ;
This, said the fisherman despon-
dently, had already been done. Re-
actions had varied from explosive
howls of “No, not that” to fears
that the turtle might be left on the
doorstep in a spirit of good clean
fun.
All restaurants concurred in pre-
ferring to get their turtle soup out
of a can instead of a carapace.
None of them bit on the bargain
of a caldron of turtle soup on the
hoof. :
There is a lot of meat in a turtle,
For Camp Registration
Monday is the last day for reg-
istering in the Back Mountain
YMCA Da-Camp. It is the begin-
ning of the last two-week period.
To date Da-Camp has carried the
following members: Jean Newell,
Joan Newell, Eileen Crispell, Carol
Saidman, Larry Jackson and Terry
Lord of Noxen; Betty Ann Chappell,
Bonnie = Ruth Jenkins, George
Jacobs, Tod Eberle, James Eckerd,
James Morgan, Richard Thomas,
Douglas Cooper, Donald Stroud,
Greg Harris and Tommy Jenkins
of Shavertown; George Williams
and William Weber of Trucksville;
Larry Creasy, Stefan Hellersperk
Follows Dad's Footsteps
and Mrs. Anthony Broody and
their daughter Jean; Mr. and Mrs.
George Broody; Mrs. Robert
Broody, Sophia Kamcher, Wesley
Broody, and Sam Ashley, who ma-
nages the Broody Floral Shop on
the Harveys Lake Highway.
Conducts Meeting
driver replied, “We have our own
equipment.”
Another circus truck was brought
up and out lumbered three ele-
phants. One steadied the over-
turned truck while the other two
rolled it over.
Betsy B. Platt, Killed
In Automobile Accident
Local Friends who farted to
know her on her frequent visits
with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph MacVeigh, Center Hill
road, were saddened by the un-
timely and tragic death of Miss
Betsy B. Platt, 22 of Wallingford
After Operation
Monday Morning
William F. Cairl, Sr. who was
taken hurriedly to Nesbitt Hospital
the day before his sixtieth wedding
anniversary, is holding his own
after a serious operation performed
on Monday, ten days after ad-
mission.
Members of the immediate fdwm=
ily who had gathered for a quiet
family dinner in honor of the oc-
casion, were saddened by the sud-
den heart attack which prevented
Mr. Cairl from attending.
It was last year, at a Golden
seven different kinds, according to and Bruce Murphy of Dallas. and Princess Ann, Md. a week | Wedding dinner given at Dallas
popular belief. Sorted out into A well rounded program under ago Friday morning. Betsy, dau- {Methodist Church, that Mr. and
trays labelled beef, pork, veal, | the supervision of Miss Karen ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. | Mrs. Cairl were unable to attend
lamb, chicken, and what have you,
a large snapper would go a long
way toward balancing the budget
and curbing inflation.
Nobody was in a mood for bar-
gains.
The fisherman sighed regretfully.
He said he’d call some other people.
He said the State should offer
a bounty for turtles, that the rep-
tiles were a pest to the fisherman
and a menace to small fish. That
the one that had gotten away at
Ford Lake week before last was
as big as a table top and had de-
voured the string of fish hanging
over: the gunwhale to keep fresh.
He said that he had a real stake
in this present turtle, because it
had snapped. up two dollars worth
of night-walkers at two cents a
snap. ’ :
Lamb of Lehman and E. L. Wyant
of Noxen has been operating to its
full extent. So far two trips to
Sandy Beach and one to the Noxen
Swimming Hole have been enjoyed.
The boys were active in fishing,
swimming, wood craft, hiking, out-
door games to include organized
sports and free play. The girls
dwell on handicraft, hikes, hot dog
roasts, etc. This has been the first
time a program of this nature has
been introduced. L. W., LeGrand,
Chairman of Back Mountain “Y”,
feels it has met with much success.
Awarded Contract
Raymon Hedden has be
awarded a $266,000 contract for
the construction of an addition to
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hos-
DANIEL J.
Daniel J. Stenger, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Stenger, Jr., Shaver-
town, graduated from the United
States Naval Radio School at Nor-
folk, Va., on July 27th and has
been assigned to the Naval Radio
Station at Boston, Mass.
STENGER
WBAX greatly enhanced his know-
ledge and his assignment to a shore
station is a coveted duty.
He is following the footsteps of
his father who served in World
War I as Chief Radio operator
aboard the Destroyer Shaw with
REV. HENRY BLACK
Rev. Henry Black of Los Angeles
is the evangelist for the Union Tent
Meeting being held near the Mo-
hawk Riding Academy at Sunset,
Harveys Lake.
The meetings, which began Aug-
ust 2, will continue through August
12. Services are at 8 each evening.
Rev. Black is a widely known
Platt and graduate of William and
Mary College, was returning from
a swimming party with two boy
friends when she was instantly
killed in an automobile accident.
Neither boy received a scratch.
The MacVeighs, who started for
Princess Ann as soon as they heard
of the accident, had to turn around
at Saylors Lake and return when
Charlotte became ill. They missed
the funeral but spent from Tues-
day until last Saturday with the
Platts.
Shepherds Find That
Bass Are Biting
Mr. and Mrs. George Shepherd,
of Goss Manor and Detroit, have
returned from a fishing trip along
because of sudden illness of Mr.
Cairl.. He has been in reduced
health for some months, but car-
ried on his work as custodian of
Dallas Methodist Church until the
week of his heart attack.
The weather was hot, and Mr.
Cairl, intent upon finishing his
duties before the weekend, over-
exerted himself. He will be eighty-
three this month. Advised by his
physician that he should give up
his work, he was unwilling to do
so though realizing that his heart
was badly weakened. Tr ee
Ruction Notice
There, are -still several bake
dishes, pyrex dishes, enamel pans
etc., at the Dallas Post which were
brought to the Library Auction
" He rang off. pital at Wellsboro. Total contract | Before leaving for the Navy on | service in European waters. Daniel authors evangelist. ioiand + Aworld the Susquehanna, and report that | with food in them. Some have
On Wednesday morning he rang |is for $420,000. The addition will | January 12, 1951 he was a control {is now home on ten days leave of %: Be h : {the bass were biting. Mr. Shep- | names on, some do not. If you have
i up again. engineer for WBAX in the employ traveler. ere. Wi e special ' herd is associated with Austin En-
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absence. “
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do so as soon as possible.
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