FROM.
The Dallas Post
Telephone Numbers
4-5656 or 4-7676
It’s easy enough if you're not
a cigarette fiend yourself to read
know they are injuring their health
by smoking cigarettes they have a
But once a habit establishes
out coffee.
pain.
But I can, and without much
I well remember the time a kind
hostess thought she was doing me
a favor by slipping Sanka over on
me instead of the regular morning
coffee. Starting on a trip, I was
unaccountably sleepy, and had to
pull off on the shoulder of the road
after narrowly missing a bus while
meeting a loaded trailer truck on
the wrong side of the road. It took
a cup of strong and scalding coffee
to restore my reactions to normal.
I like coffee, but if I thought it
injured my health I would abandon
it without a second thought.
If I were a smoker, and read
enough articles about the alarming
incidence of lung cancer, I'd ask
myself a few searching questions.
The first would be: Am I con-
vinced that smoking cigarettes is
doing me no good?
If it is doing me no good, is it
doing me harm?
Can I afford to develop a lung
cancer ?
Do I really want to cut it out or
do I just think I ought to?
Have I a backbone or a wish-
bone-
Nobody except the person who
has the habit can break the habit.
Not any kind of a habit. The wish
is father to the deed. It has to
come from the inside out, not from
the outside in. When you're a kid,
your mother can slap your fingers
if you bite your nails, but after you
grow up, habits are strictly up to
the individual.
As for giving up smoking, it’s
harder on the innocent bystander
than on the victim. Tempers flare,
there is nothing to soothe the
pampered nerves, and the person
who is trying not to swear off while
putting on a convincing act, goes
through a regular routine of hoping
he'll find a cigarette somewhere,
and if he finds it, of course it is
cricket to smoke it. That guy
doesn't want to swear off. He is
kidding himself.
And if he is convinced that it is
doing him no harm, he is crazy if
he subjects himself and his family
to the fireworks of a losing battle.
It’s exactly like the difference
between a sober determination to
lose weight, and a feeling that it
would probably be a good idea.
That people can cut out smoking,
and cut out taking aboard extra
and unnecessary calories, is estab-
lished. Let a doctor lay down the
law with a picture of penalties to
be suffered, and the smoking ceases,
the weight comes down. There is
nothing impossible about it.
I'm glad I don’t have to swear off
smoking. It's bad enough to even
contemplate reducing the midriff,
to say nothing about doing some-
thing constructive about it.
And of course, being of Yankee
extraction away back in the 1600’s,
I feel that fifty cents a day repre-
sented by twisted butts in the ash-
tray, is an amount of money that
could better be diverted to choco-
late cherries with liquid innards.
Dear me.
Graduates Plan
For Education
Nearly Half Of
Class To Continue
Almost half of Westmoreland
high school’s 1954 graduates will]
continue their education. Twenty-
four out of the fifthy-two seniors
will enter training or go to college.
Six girls will enter nursing: Jane
Bartells, German Town Hospital;
Margaret Reese Fergluson, General
Hospital, Wilkes-Barre; Janice Lor-
raine Houser, Bayonne Hospital N. J.;
Carol Elizabeth Kester and Arena
Lucina Sisco, Methodist Hospital,
Brooklyn; Jean Cecelia Monka, Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania School of
nursing.
Scholarship students are: Marilyn
Louise Covert and Bertha Diane
Dobinich, Misericordia; Gail Margar-
et Woolbert, Susquehanna Univer-
sity, James Carl Goodwin, Pennsyl-
vania State University; David Earl
Vann, Wilkes College.
Destined to teach are: [Carol
Ruth Malkemes and Charles (Cas-
well James, Mansfiell State Teachers
College; Rose Ann Pavlick, Blooms-
burg State Teachers College.
Going on to college are: Mary
Jean Broody and John Thomas
Stahl, Pennsylvania State; John
Williams Bauer, Kings College;
George Robert Davis and David
Clayton Robertson, Lehigh Univer-
sity; Andrew James Duda, Temple
University; Paul Allen Evans, Uni-
versity of Kentucky; Donald Fletcher
Hinkle, Springfield College, Mass.;
Theodore Hicks Jones, Wikes
College.
William Harold Allabaugh will
enter the Marines.
Blankets And
Sheets Needed
For Ambulance
Group Also Seeks
Contributions For
Oxygen Equipment
Dallas Community Ambulance has
answered eight calls since the first
of June. Seven were emergencies
for transportation to Wyoming
Valley Hospitals and one was a
transfer from one hospital to
another.
Three of the cases, involving
heart attacks, died. In these latter
cases the Ambulance Association
borrowed oxygen equipment from
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company
before leaving the Borough Build-
ing.
Members of the Association at a
well attended meeting Friday night
in the Borough Building urged that
the Association purchase its own
Resuscitator and oxygen equipment.
There is also an immediate need
for a chair stretcher, Thomas splint,
rubber sheeting, emesis basins, two
ice bags, two hot water bottles, five
single blankets, additional sheets
and pillow cases, four dozen hand
towels, two flashlights, one trouble
light (B battery operated).
This equipment is essential to
give the four ambulance teams the
required amount of material to
answer more than one call during
the day.
The Association will be glad to
accept gifts of any or all of this
equipment or of money which will
allow it to purchase these needed
items.
It was brought out at the meet-
ing that there is now a balance of
about $900 in the treasury to meet
current operating expenses after
paying about $415 for insurance, a
carrier stretcher and a complete
checkup of the ambulance to put
it in first class shape.
Natona Mills has offered to pro-
vide a trained first aid man to
accompany the ambulance on every
day call. These men are all grad-
uates of the Advanced First Aid
Training Courses conducted at
Natona Mills. The Ambulance
Association has seven additional
advanced graduates who will be
available on day and night calls.
Four Teams On Duty
Starting this week every member
of the four crews will be given
training in the operation of the
ambulance by James Gansel and
Alvin Shaffer. This will mean that
all members of all crews will be
able to drive the ambulance in
emergencies.
Members of the teams are: Team
1, Norti Berti, captain; Larry Delet-
Kanic, Leonard Harvey, Leslie Bar-
stow; Team 2, William Wright,
captain; Charles Rinehimer, James
Besecker, Alvin Shaffer, Ted Ruff;
Team 3, Jack Stanley, captain;
Harry Brown, R. Patrick, Robert
Laux, William Berti; Team 4,
Charles Flack, captain; James Gan-
sel, Leslie Warhola, Russell Honey-
well, Donald Evans.
Team No. 1 is on duty this week;
Team No. 2 will be on duty next
week; Team No. 3, week of July 5;
Team No. 4, week of July 712, and
every fourth week thereafter. Each
team will be on duty one week each
month.
All Can Serve
Anyone in Dallas Borough and
Township who wishes to serve on
an ambulance crew will be wel-
comed by the Association provided
he or she has completed the Ad-
vanced First Aid Course conducted
by Harry W. Brown, or has com-
pleted an approved Advanced First
Aid Course within the past two
years. A new class is now forming
and there are already six students
signed up. Those wishing to join
should make application with Norti
Berti, president.
Letter of Appreciation
The satisfaction that comes with
serving on an ambulance crew was
best expressed this week in a letter
from Sister Mary Richard of College
(Continued on Page Five)
YMCA Board To Meet
Back Mountain Branch Town &
Country YMCA Board of Manage-
ment will hold a business meeting
on Monday evening at 8 at head-
quarters in Shavertown.
The Board will discuss the open-
ing of a Dallas Playground for the
summer under a competent director
to be on duty during the day. Also
plans will be made for the Da-
Camp.
Boards Appoint
Committee To
Study Jointure
Talks With Lehman
Jackson And Ross
Townships Planned
A resolution sent by the County
all school districts in the area
stymied proceedings at last Friday
night’s joint school meeting at
Dallas-Franklin School.
The resolution is a request to the
County Board to modify the present
County Plan from its present two
administrative units to one big unit
which would include Lehman, Jack-
son, Ross, Lake, Noxen, Dallas,
Franklin and Kingston Townships,
and Dallas Borough. Beaumont to
possibly join later.
Monroe Township, = the: 10th
possible member of the larger join-
ture cannot take action as yet be-
cause its release from Wyoming
County is dependent upon the
establishment of a larger jointure
in this area first.
Attorney Mitchell Jenkins ex-
plained that the County is inter-
ested in seeing a larger jointure
come about but will not act until
all districts sign the resolution.
Failure to sign, by any one district,
would leave it a sub-standard ad-
ministrative unit.
The directors of the Lehman-
Jackson-Ross joint board were not
present at the meeting.
Jenkins stated it was not advis-
able for the 6 boards present to
sign the resolution without the
assurance that Lehman-Jackson-
Ross will sign.
Harry B. Schooley Jr. expressed
the opinion that the boards present
should agree to join forces and ap-
point a committee to go into the
details of a larger jointure.
“Mainly,” he said, “to answer the
question, where is the money com-
ing from? If this is all that’s hold-
ing Lehman-Jackson-Ross back,
then we should take the time to
give them the information they
want.” wt ?
Donald Evans asked, “If Lehman-
Jackson-Ross does sign the resolu-
tion to okay one administrative
unit and permit a 9 or 10-way join-
ture this doesn’t mean they have
to participate in the jointure does
it?”
Harry Ohlman said that this was
true but, if a building is erected,
then all 9 or 10 members of the
jointure must be considered.
A suggestion was made by Atty.
Jenkins that all members present
agree to join verbally and then go
to Lehman-Jackson-Ross as an en-
joined group. He suggested ap-
pointing one member of each board
to act as liaison between the
joined group and the County Office
and Lehman-Jackson-Ross.
Attorney Lewis Crisman of Lake
Township felt that Lehman-Jack-
son-Ross would prefer to sign the
resolution along with the present
group, not separately, after the
other 6 had signed. .
Frank Townend then made a
motion that presidents of the in-
dividual boards appoint members
to this study committee to consider
jointure with Lehman-Jackson-Ross.
It was seconded by Dr. Bodycomb
and unanimously carried.
The committee is to report at
the next meeting which will be held
July 30 at the Dallas-Franklin
School.
Dodson & Hudak Have
Contract For Theatre
Dodson & Hudak have the con-
tract for building Sky View Outdoor
Theatre at Kuehnsville, four miles
north of Allentown.
The 800-car combination outdoor
and indoor theatre will have a
screen 65 feet high by 105 feet long,
one of the largest in the east for
showing Cinemascope pictures.
The job will be completed in
eight weeks and to that end the
local contractors have their men
working on ll-hour shifts.
Widmann And Bower
Make Dean's List
Two residents of the Back Moun-
tain area were named to the Dean’s
List at King’s College in Wilkes-
e for outstanding academic
work during the past semester.
Cited were George Bower, son of
Dr. and Mrs. E. J Bower of Noxen,
and Robert Widmann, son of Mr.
and . Harold Widmann, Lake
Street.
Bower, graduate of St. Nicholas
High School, has completed the
sophomore year at King’s, where he
is majoring in accounting. He re-
ceived a ‘Cum Laude” rating.
Widmann, graduate of Westmore-
land High School, has completed
the freshman year and is majoring
in liberal arts. He received “Magna
Cum Laude” rating. :
Harris S. Haycox, Centermore-
land, directing head and general
manager of Lazarus Department
Store, Wilkes-Barre, since 1937, has
retired because of ill health.
Mr. Haycox has announced that
his successor will be Harry
Powell, Trucksville, formerly assist-
ant general manager. Mr. Haycox
will retain a close contact with the
store in an inactive status.
The retiring general manager, a
former resident and Councilman of
Dallas Borough, is widely known in
the mercantile field and has created
many innovations since coming to
this area to head the South Main
Street store.
Mr. Powell, a graduate of Dart-
mouth College, has been with mer-
cantile stores for the past eight
years. He started with the Lazarus
Store in 1947 and rapidly rose
through the ranks. Before his re-
assignment here he was associated
with McAlpin’s, Cincinnati; J. Bacon
Co., Louisville; The Fair Store,
Montgomery, Ala., and J. B. White
Co., Columbia, S. C.
A native of Lumberton, N. C., Mr.
Powell's wife is the former Shirley
Atkins. They have two children,
Cynthia June and Richard Douglas.
Their home is in Trucksville Gar-
dens.
CARRIE’S PANTIES
BRING $95. ON T.V.
SHOW IN NEW YORK
On Friday, Mrs. Caroline
[Caperoon, of Franklin Street,
Dallas, had a wonderful time
in New York City, and earned
$95 to boot. She also saw a
lot of people, including some
stage and screen stars, but more
people saw her when she sold
a [pair of old-fashioned panties
to Peter Arnell’s television pro-
gram, I'll BUY THAT, coast-to-
coast.
After Audrey Meadows of the
T’ll BUY THAT panel established
that Mrs. Caperoon’s item was
used to contain something,
Ernie Kovacs wanted to know if
what it contained was umbrel-
las, and the game really started
rolling. After 19 questions, Al-
bert Morehead finally “pinned
down’’ the panties, and Mrs.
iCaperoon was awarded the $95.
She had a chance to ‘triple
that amount by answering cor-
rectly three quiz questions re-
lated to the old-fashioned pants.
She knew that another name
for the old-fashioned hoopskirt
was crinoline, but, unfortun-
ately, she did not know it was
Jeanne Crain who played the
role of the young lady who was
humiliated when the elastic of
her old-fashioned- underpants
broke in the movie “Margie,”
and so she lost out on that $95.
Thus far, I” BUY THAT has
brought 421 items for a grand
total of $68,670.
I'LL BUY THAT is presented
over the CBS Television Net-
work and may be seen locally
every Friday morning from
11:00 to 11:30 over WGBI-TV.
Harveys Lake Women
Sponsor Dance June 26
Members of the Harveys Lake
Woman's Service Club will hold an
informal dance at Beaumont Inn
Saturday evening from 8 until 12
p. m., Finley’s Orchestra. Mrs. Don-
ald E. Smith is chairman, Mrs.
James Garey and Mrs. Calvin Mec-
Hose, in charge of novelty dances.
Prizes have been given by Mil-
dred Lutes, hair dresser, for the
door, and Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Williams, novelty.
Committee members: publicity,
Mrs. Harvey Kitchen; tickets, Mes-
dames Elwood Davis, Carl Schreiner,
Richard Williams, Tom Garrity,
Ralph Lutes, Elwood Whitesell, Rob-
ert Deets, and Elizabeth Bavalage.
To Hold Bake Sale
Woman’s Auxiliary of Daniel C.
Roberts Fire Company will hold a
bake sale at the Fire Hall tomorrow
starting at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Alger
Shafer is general chairman.
Prince of Peace Church
Sunday, June 27th: 9:30 a.m.
Morning Prayer and Sermon; 11
a. m., Morning Prayer and Sermon.
Wednesday, June 30th: 7:30
p.m., Boys and Senior (Choir re-
hearsal. ic
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Gate Of Heaven
Plans Contest
Cooks To’ Compete
At Dallas Fiesta
A baking contest will be a fea-
ture of Gate of Heaven Fiesta June
30 and July 1. Contestants are in-
vited to bring their favorite product
on either day, entering baked goods
before 5:30 p. m. for evening judg-
ing. Anybody is eligible, whether
a member of the church or not.
Ribbons for first, second and third
place will be awarded.
Mrs. Frank Ferry is chairman,
Mrs. John Elenchik co-chairman.
Bands 1 to 6 will bake for the regu-
lar baked goods booth June 30;
Bands 7 to 12 for July 1.
The closing night there will be a
special contest for men. Many men,
says Mrs. Ferry, take pride in their
pineapple upside down cake or their
molasses cookies. Any man may
enter.
Mrs. James Borton, Mrs. Lester
Evans, and Mrs. Ernest Gay, will
judge.
Sponsor Tap Dancing
Back Mountain Branch Town &
Country YMCA will sponsor a ttap
dancing class at the ‘Y’ headquar-
ters in Shavertown on Saturday
morning at 9.
Jean Marie Weir of Kingston will
teach the classes for the summer.
Miss Weir is a well known Wyo-
ming Valley instructor. There will
be 10 lessons per pupil at the cost
of $5 for the 10 lessons.
Classes are open to girls and boys
of all ages, who may register either
at the ‘Y’ building tonight from 7
till 9 or by writing Back Mountain
Branch Town & Country YMCA,
Dallas.
Floyd Harris Barn
Chairman For BRuction
Floyd Harris, Barn chairman for
the Library Auction, his brother
Roger, and Howard Risley, worked
Tuesday night rearranging furniture
in the Barn to admit more furniture.
sentenced to a term of 171%
to 35 years in Eastern State
Tuesday, June 15.
Vicious Rumors
Are Circulated -
Police Deny Any
Truth In Them
Vicious rumors of thé type that
destroy personal character have
been spreading throughout the Back
Mountain Region for several weeks
concerning supposed State Police
raids against bawdy houses and
motels in Dallas Township and
Shavertown.
The Dallas Post has investigated
these malicious rumors which have
been spread without investigation
by thoughtless gossips and finds
that they are entirely unfounded.
Both the Pennsylvania State
Police and local police have denied
that there have been any raids here
or any raids planned.
The State Police offered the in-
formation that they never conduct
any raids without notifying local
police authorities. Local police say
they have had no cause to conduct
any raids of any kind nor to call
State Police in. They admitted
that they had heard the rumors
and had investigated and had found
no evidence that would justify
them.
“We would be the first to act if
there was any truth to these
stories,” Chief Jesse Coslett said.
“I ‘have investigated and 1 gannot
find a shred of truth in any of
them.”
Chief Russell Honeywell said: “A
grave injustice has been done to
innocent people. There is no truth
in the rumors.”
Efforts are being made in two
instances to track down the source
of the stories and prosecution for
malicious slander will follow if they
can be found.
Westmoreland
Teeners Take
Two Straight
All Games Are
Played On West
Wyoming Field
Westmoreland Teen-Agers won
their second straight game Monday
night by defeating Dallas 10-6 in
a game called with Westmoreland
batting in the last half of the sixth
when they had five more runs
across the plate and only one man
out. }
Balut, Heslop and Fredericci each
collected two hits for the winners.
A homerun by Finn of Dallas with
the bases loaded in the six-run
fifth inning highlightted the game.
Dymond also connected for a home-
run in the fifth for Westmoreland
with two mates aboard. Fredericci
and Lukasavage were the battery
for Westmoreland.
Last week Westmoreland defeat-
ed West Wyoming by a 2-1 score in
a well-played ball game. West-
moreland won the game with just
two hits; homers by Heslop in the
fourth and the winning run on
another homer over the fence in
the seventh by the pitcher, Lee
Eckert.
Eckert gave up one hit while
walking seven and fanning four-
teen West Wyoming batsmen.
Batteries—Eckert and Lukasavage
for Westmoreland; Lekon and
Michaels for West Wyoming.
Westmoreland plays East Dallas
this Wednesday. Next week they
play Jackson. All games are played
behind the West Wyoming high
school.
LITTLE LEAGUE SCHEDULE
Tonight’s Games
Fernbrook vs Westmoreland
Jackson vs Shavertown
Monday
Trucksville vs Dallas
Tuesday
Jackson vs Shavertown
Wednesday
Westmoreland vs Dallas
Thursday
Trucksville vs Jackson
Gordon, who pleaded guilty two
days after the crime, was sentenced
10 to 20 years on the robbery count
and 7% to 15 years on the assault
charge. Both sentences will run
concurrently.
Gordon was picked up Thursday
evening at Back Mountain Little
League Field in Shavertown by
Chief Jesse Coslett and Officer Her-
bert Updyke of Kingston Township
Police and Sgt. Lynn H. Bohr of the
State Police working on a tip from
girls who had been disturbed by
Gordon’s advances at Bloomsburg
Mills where he was employed.
At the time of his arrest Gordon
was assisting as manager of the
Trucksville International team of
Back Mountain Little League.
Before sentence was imposed,
Gordon’s record was shown to have
included five previous assault cases
against women, the first when he
was fourteen years of age. In three
cases he was sentenced after pleas
of guilty and in two others the
charges were dropped because of
the reluctance of those attacked to
prosecute because of possible
notoriety.
At least one of the women in-
volved, police said, was badly
beaten by Gordon.
Kingston Township Police had
been warned to ‘keep an eye on
him” sometime ago when his parole
expired. They had also been ad-
vised that he might go “haywire
after drinking.”
According to police, the assault-
robbery for which Gordon, a
married man with two children,
‘was sen’enced took place a 5
m., Tuesday, June 15, when
gained access to the isolated home
of his victim, whose husband was
away.
Gordon drove up to the home,
tried two doors that were locked;
found a third door unlocked and
entered. The woman awakened in
her second floor bedroom when she
heard someone on the stairs,
thought it was her husband, and
called his name. She turned on a
light which Gordon quickly flipped
off as he entered the room and
threatened to kill her if she made
an outcry. He grappled with her
and choked her, saying that he was
a dishonorably discharged veteran
who needed money and would not
hesitate to kill her to get it. His
fantastic story was later found to
be false. "
Under threats of physical vio-
lence, the woman went to the first
floor with him where she gave him
$21, the contents of her purse, say-
ing it was everything she had in
the house. Because of the dark-
ness she was unable to see her
attack-robber, who warned her as
he left by a summer living room
that he would jump back through
the screen door and kill her if she
attempted to call police before he
drove out of the driveway. “Then,”
he said, “you can go ahead and
call.” He had some difficulty in
starting his car. But as he drove
away the woman called frantically
on the telephone for police.
The operator asked, “What
police?” to which the distracted
victim replied, “The nearest police
to Huntsville.” After some delay
she reached Chief Russell Honey-
well at Dallas who told her that
Huntsville was out of his jurisdiction
and that she should call Chief
Joseph Ide of Lehman. Chief Ide
said it was likewise out of his
jurisdiction but he would come at
once. In the meantime the woman
called neighbors who came to her
assistance and called Pennsylvania
State Police. The victim was not
aware until then that the State
Police have patrol cars in this area
that can come almost immediately
in emergencies.
It was brought out in Court that
Gordon had visited three saloons
earlier in the evening and had gone
directly from one to the Huntsville
home bent on robbery. He was
unable to explain what caused him
to attack the woman. His record
showed he had been tested prev-
iously when in custody on other
‘cases and had been found sane. He
was in jail at one time for eighteen
months before being paroled at the
instance of a clergyman.
Wins Bicycle
Marguerite Raub, Park Street, has
been announced a first prize winner
in a national coloring contest spon-
sored by Buster Brown Shoe Com-
pany of St. Louis. Marguerite won
a DeLuxe Schwinn bicycle.
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