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Editorially Speaking:
Bre Our Men In Korea Real Soldiers?
By a Veteran of World War 11
From all indications, we in the Back Mountain don’t
seem to know . . .
or if we do, certainly we don’t seem to
have as much feeling about this new crop of boys as we
did about those who were in the services during World
War II.
Granted that this is supposedly not a real war,
just a police action, but somehow it would seem that a
bullet from a North Korean’s gun has just as fatal inten-
tions as those did which came from German guns.
And
it is highly probable that the mothers, fathers, wives or
sweethearts of boys who are going into the Army, Navy
and Marines, are just as worried as those who sent boys
last time.
Why then does such lethargy exist now?
Why is it
that we pay these present fighters less attention, less
honor? Is the welfare of our country and its way of life
as much in danger as it was in 1941 . . . perhaps it’s even
more precarious right now.
During the past war there were men
in our various
communities, such as Harley Mission, who took it upon
themselves to see that something was done to show the
boys that we were thinking a little bit about them and
cared whether they were fighting for us or not.
Today
we see no honor rolls for the boys that have left our area
for this recent conflict.
Why not? Do we, or should we
have to wait for the same men to act? Surely there are
plenty of younger men here, veterans of World War II
who should be the first to think about these new soldiers
. surely they must remember what they went through.
We have a big American Legion Post in Dallas, and a
Veterans’ Association in Kingston Township who could
organize ‘and direct the erection of Honor Roll Boards.
It’s not a tremendous undertaking but one that deserves
attention.
In this way, at least, we
can show our boys now in
service that we think they are just as good soldiers as any
we've ever had.
FROM.
PILLAR TO POST
By Mags. T. M. B. Hicks, Jr.
Everywhere you look, there are little tongues of flame, three or four
leaves turning red in advance of the bright banners of fall. A week from
now the annual pageant will start. The Dallas hills are always on parade
for Pennsylvania week, their blue distances growing hazier and hazier,
their tapestry more and more varied.
Nowhere in the vastnees of the
country can hills or skies be more
beautiful than they are in Pennsyl-
vania in late September and mid-
October.
Acorns are dropping from the
oaks in showers, spattering crisply
on the ground. Apples are redden-
ing in the orchards. Wild asters
and goldenrod are everywhere. The
moon remains round and full, ris-
ing golden and turning to silver
as it climbs.
The scent of burning leaves will
soon perfume the air, and children
will scuffle through = the fallen
leaves to find polished brown horse
chestnuts.
There will be a white frost lying
pure and spotless under the morn-
ing sun, with the shadow of the
house clearly outlined on the north
and west as the sun drinks the icy
dew. Roofs will steam briefly as the
sunshine gathers warmth, and by
ten o'clock jackets will be aban-
doned.
As the sun drops, a chill breeze
will strengthen, and by morning
“there will be a thin splinter of ice
on the rain barrel. Day after to-
morrow there will be a solid sheet
of ice half an inch thick, and no
amount of lazy Indian summer will
bring back the ruined garden.
Bulbs are safe under the good
earth, their ripened foliage crisp
and dry, their roots sleeping their
kernel of life dormant until the
quickening of spring.
The harvest is gathéred, and the
earth rests. Winter shrouds it in a
kindly mantle of snow, and the
cycle of life is complete.
A time for love and life and
quickening, a time for fruitfulness,
a time for harvest, and a time for
rest.
Borough GOPIs
Proud Of Slate
Chairman Besecker
Gives Statement
In an aggressive statement of
Republican policy, James Besecker,
Sixth District Committee chairman
of the Republican Party, said this
week:
“Voters of Dallas Borough are
assured of their choice of candi-
dates for Borough Council and
School Board with the withdrawal
from the ballot of the write-in can-
didates of the Democratic Party
who were always stanch Republi-
cans and whose names were used
against their will.
“The Borough Republican ticket
comprises outstanding citizens be-
ing headed by Joseph MacVeigh,
council president, Timothy LaBar
and Sev Newberry. All three have
had a good record in office. The
fourth candidate is Raymon Hed-
den, who replaces William Davis
who did not aspire for Council this
term. Mr. Hedden has shown by
his community spirit and business
ability that he deserves the support
of everybody.
“Running for School Board are
Dr. R. M. Bodycomb and L. L. Ri-
chardson, outstanding men, who
have served one term each.”
“All of these men,” Mr. Besecker
said, appeared on the Primary Bal-
lot and were nominated.”
| Frank Nelms; French salad, Mrs.
Lake First Grade
Sets Record
Taylor To Open
Loyalville School
Lake Township-Noxen Joint
School District has a banner regis-
tration of 77 first-graders, 27 at
Noxen, 50 at Lake. Admission ‘of
several under legal age children
has contributed to this record en-
rollment,
To accommodate temporarily the
large class at Lake, George Taylor,
Supervising Principal, has divided
the first grade and housed the sec-
ond class on the auditorium plat-
form under instruction of Mrs. ¥Vio-
let Ruff. Mrs. Ruff substituted last
year at Noxen. She has had exper-
ience in both grade and high school
teaching. .
As a temporary measure, Mr.
Taylor states that Loyalville school
building is being readied for oc-
cupancy of the first grade. This
building, in good repair, has stood
vacant for some time. Necessary
redecorating will be done at once.
Parents realize the necessity, and
for the most part are in favor of
the move, Mr. Taylor says. For
some, it is a real convenience, with
their children within easy walking
distance.
Supervising Principals
To Attend State Congress
Supervising Principals from the
Back Mountain who will attend a
two day Educational Congress in
Harrisburg September 27 and 28
are James Martin and Charles
James, Dallas Borough-Kingston
Township joint district; Raymond
Kuhnert, Dallas-Franklin Township;
Lester Squier, Lehman-Jackson;
and George Taylor, Lake-Noxen.
Administrators from all over
Pennsylvania meet for this annual
event sponsored by State Depart-
ment of Education, exchanging
views and procedures and becoming
acquainted with headquarters per-
sonnel,
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
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Vol. 61, No. 38
Ten students from the Back
Mountain Area have enrolled at
Wilkes College as freshmen this
semester. They represent one of
the largest groups from the local
area to begin studies at the college.
Pictured above are: first row, left
to right—Carl Follmer, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry S. Follmer, Carver-
ton, a graduate of Kingston Town-
ship High School; John 'Cashmark,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Cash-
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1951
mark;- Carvertor¥Rond, Trucksville,
Kingston Township . High School;
Joan Evans, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Evans, Norton Ave-
nue, Dallas, Da'las Borough High
School; George "'rimble, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Georfe W, Trimble, RD
3, Dallas, Dallas Township High
School. ‘ i
Second row: Robert Scally, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Scally, !
RD 1, Trucksville, Lehman High
Back Mountain Members of Wilkes College Freshman Class
School; Lyman Moore, son of Stan-
ley L. Moore, Trucksville, Dallas
Township High School; James Gan-
sel, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Gansel, Claude Street, Dallas, Dallas
Township High School; Lenwood
Van Orsdale, W. Nanticoke, Ply-
mouth Township High School; David
Kunkle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ward-
| an Kunkle, Machell Avenue, Dallas,
Dallas Borough High School.
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Plans for its third annual AKC
licensed Fall Field Trials at Jona-
than Valentine's farm were dis-
cussed at the meeting of Pennsyl-
vania German Short-Haired Pointer
Club Tuesday night at the Library
Annex:
The trials, which will be held
October 19 and 20 starting at 10
each day, are expected to attract
the finest dogs in the East. Last
Stolen Ford
Is Recovered
Coupe Was Taken From
Oliver's Used Car Lot
A 1947 Ford club coupe, stolen
early Friday morning from Oliver’s
Used Car Lot was recovered Sunday
night at Red Rock.
The car was found on a dirt
road about twenty feet off the new
Williamsport Toad, near Kiefer’s
Restaurant a quarter of a mile be-
yond the barricade.
A State Department employee
who had seen an account of the
theft in the newspapers, called his
friend Dean Ide and asked him to
get in touch with: Olivers.
There was no damage to the car
and investigating State Police were
able to get a number of finger-
prints.
The robbery occurred sometime
after one Friday morning, and was
discovered by Tiny Gould when he
opened the lot for the day and
found a window in the office broken
and - six keys gone from the key
rack.
The Ford had been traded in on
Friday and had stood at the end
of the line of used cars. The key
to it was one of the easiest to reach
from the broken office window.
Back Mountain Library Annex
Stages First Big Luncheon Party
Back Mountain Library Annex,
opened its doors officially Wednes-
day afternoon at one, when seven-
ty members and guests of the Book
Club gathered for a Round-The-
World luncheon served by the host-
ess and program committees.
The spacious meeting hall . was
dressed for the opening with huge
bouquets of flowers on the long
mantle, more flowers on the buffet
table, individual bouquets on each
of the fifteen card tables, and a
snapping applewood fire in the big
stone fireplace.
Luncheon offered a variety of
specialties, each prepared at home
by an expert in the field, with
finishing touches done in the spot-
less kitchen. Chicken chow-mein
was prepared by Mrs. Lewis Le-
Grand; Italian ‘Spaghetti by Mrs.
Harry Stuhlmuller; Norwegian
eBans and Swedish torte by Mrs.
Paul Muley; Polish salad, Mrs.
James Gross; American rolls, Mrs.
Raymond Kuhnert; Welsh cookies,
Mrs.. Edgar Brace. Mrs.
Gross was chairman of luncheon.
Mrs. Joseph Schmerer presided
at the business meeting. Nine new
members were presented: Mesdames
W. B. Jeter, H. E. Colston, John
Wilson, Ruth Champagne, A. L.
Harvey, Earl Phillips, C. M. Laidler,
Ralph Smith, and W. B. Allen, Jr.
Guests were Mrs. M. J. Brown,
Mrs. James Wheeler, and Mrs.
Robert Pollock.
Recipes for specialties will go on
sale to swell the Book Club fund.
Mrs. Ralph Garrahan gave and
arranged flowers on the serving
tables. Large bouquets on the
mantelpiece were, given by , Mrs.
Garrahan, Mrs. W. E. McQuilkin,
and Mrs. Harold Titman. Flowers
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James
on card tables were the gift of
German Pointer Field Trials
Scheduled Here October 19-20
year a large number of spectators
witnessed the events. Refreshments
were served on the grounds.
Robert Johns, recently elected
president, presided at Tuesday's
meeting. . Dicky Johns is Field Trial
chairman. Information pertaining
to the Trials and entries can be
made with Mrs. Richard Johns,
secretary, Box 50. Benton.
Club Endorses
New Candidates
Independents Give
Support To. Democrats
In a resolution passed this week
Back Mountain Independent Re-
publican Club endorsed the candi-
dacies of Democratic candidates in
Dallas Borough, ‘Kingston Township
and Dallas Township.
The resolution, signed by Irwin
Coolbaugh, president, and Howard |!
Conrad, secretary, follows:
Whereas The Back Mountain In- ||
dependent Republican Club is com-
posed of citizens interested in
community betterment and where-
as a study of the record of the
hereinafter mentioned candidates
reveals that they are active, earnest
and persistent advocates for com-
munity betterment and for the
the good of all the people regard-
less of their party registration,
Therefore it is resolved that the
entire membership of this club
vote and work for the election of
the following candidates, who re-
gardless of party affiliation, appear
as candidates on the Democratic
Ticket in the General Election to
be held November 6.
In Dallas Township these can-
didates are: Charles J. Roberts for
school director and George Shupp
for Justice of the Peace; in Kings-
ton Township; Martin Bilbow for
six year term and Ted Hinkle for
2 year term as supervisors, Daniel
Shaver and William Mannear for
school directors; in Dallas Borough:
John E. Roberts, William Watchu-
lonis, Robert Brown and Frank Mc-
Garry for Borough Council and
Richard Ash and Donald Clark for
school directors.
Glenview Coal Company
To Build New Office
Glenview Coal Company, opera-
ted by Thomas Reese & Son, will
shortly construct a new building
on Main Street to be used as the
firm’s office. The one-story con-
crete block structdre will be loca-
ted between his present barn and
the Kelly residence opposite the
library. !
The property at Fernbrook which
the Glenview Company occupied
for many years has been sold to
Dale Parry, highway and driveway
contractor, who will use it as head-
quarters for his contracting bus-
iness. . x 2 !
LaRue M. Swayze
Dies Of Polio
Fourth Case In Area
Has Fatal Results
LaRue M. Swayze, Jr. 26, Fern-
brook, died Friday afternoon of
Polio, a fact not established until
autopsy. Taken ill on Friday Sep-
tember 7 with what seemed a
LaRUE M. SWAYZE, JR.
simple sore throat, he came home
from work, applied Vapor-rub loc-
ally, felt better, and attended a
movie.
Hospitalized at the General on
Monday he seemed to be making
good progress, though his throat
was still affected, and he was fed
through a tube. He talked to his
Mother Friday morning, and she
felt much encouraged. Soon after
that his breathing became labored
and he was placed in an iron lung.
He died one hour after temperature
and pulse were recorded as normal.
Suspicious of the final grave
symptoms, Dr. Sherman Schoole
advised an autopsy, and presence
of Polio was established.
Mr. Swayze had lived in Fern-
brook for fifteen years, recent-
ly employed as weigher of silk
at the Fernbrook Mill. He served
overseas with 189th General Hos-
pital, US Army, upon graduation
from Dallas Township High School
in 1943.
He is survived by his father,
LaRue Sr. who was summoned on
Wednesday from his work in Pasaic,
N. J.; his mother, the former Gus-
sie Gladey; his wife, the former
Mary Ann Zekas, Fernbrook; a
son, LaRue 3rd; and a brother, Rob-
ert L.
Funeral services: were conducted
Tuesday at 2 by Rev. Robert D.
Yost. Burial was in Memorial
Shrine Cemetery. Bearers were
Sterling Achuff, Louis Achuff, Reed
‘Gladey, Thomas and Joseph Zekas,
and Willard Reese.
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Library Board Approves Extensive
Grounds & Buildings Improvements
Entire Property To Be Graded; Parking Lot
Constructed And Buildings Painted This Fall
A proposal for creating a parking lot, grading and land-
scaping its entire property between Main and Rice streets,
was approved Tuesday night by the Executive Board of Back
Mountain Memorial Library at its monthly meeting at the
BOX SCORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
Serious Accidents Since V-J Day
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
BE
Legion Plans
Active Season
Past Commanders To
Be Dinner Guests
Daddow-Isaacs Post 672, Ameri-
can Legion, met Monday night, in
regular meeting at the Legion
Home, Huntsville Road. Due to ill-
ness, Commander Robert Williams
was absent, and Vice-Commander
Harold LaBar, presided. pe
Activities Chairman Edward
Buckley reported arrangements
completed to engage Al Derham-
mer, caller, and orchestra for
dances to be held every Wednesday
evening from 8 to 12 at Dallas
Township School. The first dance
will be on September 26th and
every Wednesday thereafter for
ten weeks. The public is invited.
Comrade Roy Verfaillie an-
nounced that flagpole has been
erected and flag ordered for the
new Gate of Heaven School. The
Adjutant, Richard L. Ash, will con-
sult Rev. Francis Kane as to when
a dedication can be held by the
Legion Post.
Dedication of the flag and flag-
pole at the Dallas Borough School
took place earlier this year.
It is planned that the next re-
gular meeting of the Post on Oct-
ober 15th, will be Past Command-
er's Night. Immediate Past Com-
mander Berrettini will be honored
espiecially, but all other Past Com-
manders will ~ also be. honored.
There will be luncheon and refresh-
ments after the ceremonies for
members attending the gala event.
Local Bands To Play
At Bloomsburg Fair
All ‘Back Mountain schools will
be closed Friday, September 28, so
that bands and students may at-
tend Bloomsburg Fair.
Dallas Township, Lake, Lehman-
Jackson, and Dallas Borough-
Kingston Township bands will go
by bus, leaving their respective
school grounds at 9 AM, returning
late in the afternoon or early eve-
ning.
Staff Shutfled
By Joint Board
Lewis Takes Mills’
Kindergarten Post
Redistribution of teachers in Dal-
las Borough-Kingston Township
Joint School in line with enroll-
ments in the three grade schools,
has resulted in Ann Stapleton’s
taking over the sixth grade in Dal-
las Borough. Mrs. W. E. McQuilkin
taught the sixth grade last year
for the second term, starting after
Christmas as a substitute upon re-
signation of Mrs. David Morgan.
Mrs. McQuilkin is teaching fifth
grade.
Mrs. Lester Lewis, experienced: in
music and art, replaces Helen Mills
in Kindergarten.
Miss Bertha Sutliff, on leave
from Shavertown grade school last
year in California, returned to the
area and was assigned the second
grade in Shavertown.
Many Donors Help Stock
And Equip Kunkle Stand
Kunkle Church women are get-
ting plenty of cooperation from
neighbors in their Bloomsburg Fair
refreshment venture,
E. R. Kerlin, Sunday School
Superintendent, made the tent,
which has now been set up in the
new location between Miller Chem-
ical Company and Austin, Motors
exhibits, opposite Sears Roebuck
farm display.
Steve Ward, Harveys Lake, do-
nated lumber; Bud Mitchell a truck
for hauling; Jack Birnstock and
Russell Miers, electrical work; Gus
Condoras, Colony Inn, the loan
of a french frier; Charles Peterson,
Kingston, awnings.
Residents of Kunkle and nearby
communities have donated fresh
vegetables for the big soup kettle,
also pies, cakes and other food.
Plans now include serving of
light refreshments on Sunday, to
accommodate exhibitors setting up
their displays. ;
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@library.
The proposal will later be pre-
sented to the Board of Directors
for final approval.
As outlined by the new building
erson, Harry Ohlman and Howard
Risley, the general work will be
Hedden.
It will include filling in between
the main library building and the
annex and bringing the area now
occupied by a driveway up to grade
so that access to the annex and
same level.
All the area to the rear of the
buildings will be leveled and ter-
raced, and a gravelled parking area
to accommodate between thirty and
forty cars will be created with a
drive way extending from Rice
street to the parking area,
Access to the annex will be by
means of a pathway from the main
Library building. The work will
exceed $2,000.
It is expected that grading and
landscaping will start immediately,
next spring.
Buy Equipment
The Board also approved the in-
stallation of an Electric Furnace
Man in the Annex, work to be done
Ey Back Mountain Lumber & Coal
0.
Annex Building committee, report-
ed that an electric stove has been
installed in the kitchen, and that
Back Mountain Kennel Club has
purchased two maple drop leaf
tables, four captain’s chairs and
draperies for the assembly room.
The House Committee has
purchased 75 folding chairs from
the Boston Store at its low bid of
$4 each.
Will Use Annex
Permission was granted Dallas
Woman’s Club, Dallas Junior
Woman's Club, Shavertown Branch
Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary, Senior
Girl Scout Troop, Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company, Prince of
Peace Primary Sunday School to
hold their meetings in the annex.
Back Mountain Kennel Club, Dallas
Borough Council, Library Book Club
and the Library Board of Directors
are already meeting there.
of the buildings.
Circulation Increases
Miss Lathrop, librarian, reported
an increase in book circulation and
number of borrowers for August
over the previous month. She also
explained the rearrangement of the
main library rooms to better ac-
commodate younger readers and
borrowers and said the State Li-
brary has offered to augment the
present children’s book collection
with several hundred new volumes.
She said teachers have been in
to select books for Dallas-Franklin
Township Joint School; Lake-Noxen
Townships Joint School, and Dallas-
Kingston Townships Joint School.
She stated that all teachers were
pleased with the rearrangement of
school books and the new stacks
on the second floor of the Annex
where they can browse through the
volumes and make their selections
at leisure. ]
First shipments of books for all
one-room schools in the area will
shortly be made she said. An in-
vitation has been extended Gate
of Heaven Parochial School to make
full use of the Library facilities.
Book Stacks Filled
She reported several large gifts
of books and book cases from
friends of the library in the Back
Mountain area and Wyoming Val-
ley, so that every inch of stack
room in the main building is be-
ing used to capacity, and many
cases of books have been stored on
the third floor of the Annex. The
book repair room on the second
floor of the Annex has not yet
been completely set-up. Without
the facilities provided for school
book stacks on the second floor
of the annex, she said, the Library
would have been unable this fall
to house all of its collection,
‘Association spoke of the coming
observance of Library Day in com-
memoration of the founding of
the American Library Association
seventy-five years ago. Library
Day has been proclaimed by Pres-
States, Mayor Luther Kniffen and
Burgess H. A. Smith. There will
be special radio programs and all
libraries will have interesting ex~
hibits.
It was decided that the next
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committee composed of Henry Pet-
under the supervision of Raymon
the main building will be on the
with painting possibly delayed until =
Alice Howell, chairman, of the
also
No
rental will be charged for the use
Frances Dorrance, president of the
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