ET
KEATS POAD, March 3,
FE En.
1942
JOHN E. FRITZ, May T,
CLIFFORD S. NULTON,
1943 -
November 26, 1943
July 9, 1944
January 10, 1945
Died in Service:
1942
July 3, 1942
July 4, 1943
1945
Since World War II
. PFC. CLYDE HARDING,
PVT. DONALD ZIEKER,
(Members of 109th
September 11, 1950
September 11, 1950
Field Artillery killed in railroad
WARREN HARDING
(Killed in action in
Korea)
valued customers.”
purposes only.
Again, to the members of the
Hostess ‘Committee: those dratted
sandwiches weren't intentional. The
wrapper on the bread said distinct-
ly, “Thin Sliced.” So what happens?
I get home with the makings, after
the stores have closed, and open the
waxed paper wrapper. Thin Me eye!
Made up with a variegated mix-
ture, they resembled something
tailored by Dagwood, tasty, but
nourishing, guaranteed to stick out
like a sore thumb on a tea plate.
Whittled down to size, all crusts
removed, and cut in four sections
apiece, they still reared up like
landmarks, large and thick and
brown.
But ladies, it was too late to do
anything about it. My motto is bull
the thing through.
With my tongue in my cheek, and
wearing what I considered a poker
face, I slid them unobtrusively onto
the sidelines in the kitchen and
disappeared into the assembly room,
where I took a back seat as far
from the kitchen door as possible.
Ladies, you can’t get away with
a thing. There are some days when
you can’t earn a nickel. Those
anonymous sandwiches apparently
stood up and shrieked the name of
their donor.
One gal said afterwards, ‘You
know those sandwiches? Well, they
looked so good we kept them all out
in the kitchen for US.”
Another gal inquired, “What DID
you put in those sandwiches ? Never
have I sampled anything quite like
them.”
Still another said, “I seem to diag-
nose watercress along with the
cream cheese. And is there a hint
of tuna?”
Not a hint, gals, it was a whole
can. And it wasn’t watercress, it
was the sprouted tops of onions left
too long in the sack.
cheese and greenery, said one of
those sandwiches was equivalent to
a full meal.
Ain't it the truth. The sandwiches
melted away, committee members
staggering off, loaded to the gun-
wales. (That's a nautical term, but
applied to the gentler sex it refers
to the wingspread.)
There were some dainty bite-size
cucumber sandwiches on a left-over
tray, the right kind for a tea table.
And boy, were they good. Also some
yummy little drop cookies, genus
brownie.
Howzabout it, girls? What say
I compromise on a jar of Nescafe
next time I get stuck with a spot |
on the hostess committee, and leave !
the making of the sandwiches to
those who have esoteric and inside)
information, maybe somebody who
can even spot. man-size slices!
through an opaque bread wrapper ?
In the meantime, don’t let it slay
you. It was as funny as a crutch.
But leave us face
foolin’ nobody.
Honored At Mercershurg
Jeffrey B. Carr, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jasper B. (Carr, Warden Ave-
nue, Trucksville, received “2 M dl”
in tennis at an assembly of the
Mercersburg Academy held , here
this morning.
Headmaster Charles S. Tippetts
presided at the meeting and award-
ed letters and insignia to a large
number of students for perticipa-
tion in spring athletics.
Hedden Low Bidder
Raymon Hedden, Ballas, is suc-
cessful bidder for construction of
Laundry and dietary facilities at the
Fairview State Hospital at Way-
VOL. 65, No. 21
The Dallas Post
Telephone Numbers
4-5656 or 4-7676
Circus Day
Is June 11
Dallas Ambulance
Sponsors Event
Watch for the circus posters ad-
vertising Von Brothers Circus, on
Memorial Highway near Castle Inn,
June 11. Shows will be at 3 in the
afternoon, 8 in the evening.
Lots of animal acts including the
Mind-Reading Mule, high diving
dogs, riding monkeys, high school
horses. Clowns, trapeze artists, jug-
glers, aerial ballet. Trained seals,
trained chimpanzee.
Tickets are being sold by Dallas
Community Ambulance Association,
which agreed to sponsor the three-
ring circus, and selected June 11 as
Back
after schools close in the
Mountain.
The circus personnel and animals
travel in a motorized cavalcade
which sets up the Big Top early
enough in the day so that specta-
tors can enjoy the menagerie tent
and midway long before the after-
noon performance is scheduled. Half
an hour before opening, the band
will play from a wide repertoire of
overture, march, and popular music.
This is a family circus, catering
to children and parents, with no
gambling, horrifying freaks, or oth-
er objectionable features. It is wide-
ly scheddled by service clubs and
similar organizations. Accommoda-
tions are compact enough so that
from every seat in the Big Top, all
features can be seen and enjoyed.
And there is a Calliope. Don’t
miss it.
Plenty of parking space under
direction of members of the Am-
bulance Association and local po-
lice. Rain or shine, it’s a date.
New Goods Group
Is Enthusiastic
Plans Surprises
For Auction Day
Fourteen members of the New
Goods Committee for the Ninth An-
nual Back Mountain Memorial Li-
brary /Auction, met Monday night at
The Dallas Post to work out some
innovations.
New Goods, they agreed, are the
iterns which bring in the greatest
amount of money for support of
the Library. A plan to display such
goods in advance of sale was pro-
posed. ?
Surprise packages of genuine
value will be offered for auction.
{Two weeks in advance, goods al-
ready received will be listed in The
Dallas Post, together with names
of donors.
Robert Bachman, chairman, states
that this was the most enthusiastic
group he has ever worked with,
and predicts merchandise of excep-
tional quality for the July 8 and
9 sale.
| Present were: Howard Risley,
{Robert Bachman, Harry Lefko, H.
“W. Smith, Arthur Ross, Raymon
Hedden, Henry Peterson, D. T. Scott,
William Evans, R. E. Neal, William
Wright, Charles Rinehimer, Robert
Laux and Walter Black.
Lightning Strikes
Roy Borham’s Barn
Fifty members of Sweet Valley
Volunteer Fire Department answered
the call Monday afternoon at 3
when Roy Bonham’s barn in Oak-
dale was struck by lightning dur-
nig the thundershower which broke
the drought. The barn, filled with
hay, went up like a ‘torch, but
machinery in the adjoining shed
was saved. There were no animals.
Cost of replacement is estimated at
/
$14,000, actual loss $6,000.
Plans for a “bigger-and-better-
than-ever” Lehman Horse Show are
well under way according to above
group which met at the Lehman
Township Volunteer Fire Company
on Monday evening. The special
meeting was called by Glenn John-
son, general chairman of the show.
According to general chairman
Johnson, the eleventh annual Horse
Show, sponsored by the Lehman
Township Volunteer Fire Company,
will get under way on Monday, July
4th, at 10 A.M. sharp on the Leh-
man School grounds—the show will
continue all day with a noontime
intermission. During intermission
the Ladies Auxiliary of the Fire
Company will serve a country-style
dinner in the Lehman High School.
Refreshment stands will provide
lunch and refreshments for those
who prefer to dine out of doors.
Show chairman, Myron Baker,
predicts a full schedule of entries
and special events. Prize lists will
be in the hands of prospective ex-
hibitors in the near future.
Lanceford Sutton, chairman of
program advertising, urges all fire-
men to turn in advertising not later
than the June 13th meeting. There
will be special meetings of the fire-
men on every Monday evening until
the day of the show. Due to the
Memorial Day holiday, next week’s
meeting will be held on Tuesday
evening, May 31; all firemen are
urged to attend.
Johnson has appointed the fol-
lowing committees: Show Chairman
Myron Baker to be assisted by Gil-
bert and Alex Tough; Show secre-
tary, Walter Chamberlain, assisted
by John Hewitt; show treasurer,
Joseph Ellsworth; Parking and Po-
lice, Joseph Ide, assisted by town-
ship police; Accident and health
service, Wesley Moore, assisted by
Chet Lamoreaux and Dr. H. A.
Brown; Electric Wiring, Chet Bar-
rall, assisted by Bruce Varner, Jos-
eph Ellsworth; Public Address Sys-
tem, Fred Schobert; Ribbons, Jos-
eph Ellsworth; Refreshments, Rob-
ert Disque, Lewis Ide, Lester Squier,
Arthur Jones, Elbert Coombs, Bruce
Varner, R. E. Wright, Fred Scho-
bert, John Rebennack, Ray Searfoss,
Edwin Wright; Publicity, Dorothy
Major Baker; Program Advertising,
L. C. Sutton, Edward Oncay; Show
Grounds, Arthur Ehret, Herbert
Kemmerer, Leonard Ide, Glenn Eh-
ret, Bryce Major; Stables, Alex
Tough, Dave Pugh, Edwin Stolarick,
Kenneth Swan, Gilbert Tough; Box
Seats, Jack Ruggles, Howard Ehret,
Francis Ambrose; Telephone, Janice
Barnes, Joan DeRemer; chances and
patrons, John Roberts, Russell Cool-
baugh.
Back Mountain Area
Schedules Services
For Memorial Day
American Legion, Daddow Is-
aacs Post: Parade forms at new
American Legion Home, Mem-
' orial Highway, at 10 a.m., pro-
ceeds on Center Hill Road to
Lake Street, led by Major
Charles Rinehimer and West-
moreland Band. Down Lake
Street to Acme parking lot,
thence to Memorial marker in
central Dallas where a wreath
will be laid.
Up Lake Street to Wardan
Cemetery, where Rev. Francis
A. Kane will give the address,
followed by a firing squad and
taps.
At Harveys Lake, American:
Legion members will meet at
Pine Grove at 10 a.m., proceed
to Kocher Cemetery, led by
Commander Frank Lutinski.
Address by Rev. Henry Kraft,
Noxen Lutheran Church, firing
squad, taps.
Beaumont schedules no services.
Parade at Sweet Valley, 2 p.m.
Marcia Elston
Lehman Queen
Crowned Wednesday
Before Huge Crowd
Marcia Elston was crowned Queen
of the May Wednesday afternoon
before the largest crowd ever as-
sembled at Lehman - Jackson - Ross
for May-Day exercises. Chairs and
MARCIA ELSTON
Lady In Waiting
a phenomenal turnout of parents.
Lunch was served to over 850.
Identity of the Queen was jeal-
ously guarded until the procession
started. Marcia was crowned by the
Lady in Waiting, Jeanne Casterline,
runner-up in student balloting for
Queen late in April. William Conyn-
gham, first grade, carried the crown,
Rusty Vandermark and George Ma-
jor bore the train. Alice Ide, Edith
Mazonkey, - Nancy Williams, and
Grace Major served as attendants,
and fourteen girls of the senior
class as Court of Honor.
The Queen’s float featured a map
of the world and flags of the na-
tions, an international theme car-
ried out by dances performed by
grades one to eleven, French, Swiss,
Danish, German, Slovakian, Dutch,
Scottish, Irish, and Mexican. Ninth
grade girls wound the Maypole.
Athletic events started at 9 a.m.
Ross Township elementary stud-
ents did not attend. They will have
a school picnic at Wolfe’s Grove
next Thursday.
Building New Store
Joseph Katyl of Dallas Radio &
TV is building a new two-story con-
crete block storeroom and apart-
ment on Memorial Highway.
League's Sixth
Season To Open
With Big Parade
Five Bands Will
Play In Program
Thursday Afternoon
Back Mountain Little League will
open its sixth season next Thursday
afternoon at 5 with a street parade
from Harmony House in Trucksville
to the Little League Field in Shav-
ertown where a special opening day
program will precede a regularly
scheduled game.
Four Back Mountain high school
bands and a Drum Corps from
Kingston will participate in the
parade which will form promptly
at 4:30 just off Memorial Highway
at Harmony House.
James Jones, manager of the
Dallas team, who is general chair-
man of the parade and opening day
program, urges all business places
and civic organizations to partici-
pate. Those which are to enter
should notify him at Dallas 4-6255.
Parts of the parade, ceremonies
and game will be televised by Sta-
tion WILK. If there should be rain,
Mr. .Jones says, every thing will be
postponed until Friday afternoon.
As presently announced the Par-
ade line-up will be as follows:
Parade marshal, Jesse Coslett;
Marine color guard; Kingston Drum
and Bugle Corps; League officials
and sponsors; Shavertown Fire Com-
pany and ambulance; Westmore-
land Band;
Jackson teams; Jackson Fire
Company, Fernbrook teams; Girl
Scouts; Dallas-Franklin Band;
Girl Scouts; Shavertown teams;
Orange Fire Company; Lake-Noxen
Band;
Westmoreland teams; Lehman-
Jackson Band; Trucksville teams;
Dallas Fire Company and ambul-
ance; Dallas teams; Dallas Post
float; Trucksville Fire Company.
The Field Program after the en-
tire parade formation lines up
around the infield will include: Im-
vocation by Rev. Robert Yost; flag
raising by Marine color guard; in-
troduction of Little League officials,
introduction of teams and their
sponsors; introduction of the speak-
er; benediction by Rev. Francis
Kane.
Kenneth O'Neill
Lehman Pastor
Bostic Family
Goes To Drew
Rev. Kenneth O’Neill, Eatonville,
assigned to the Lehman-Idetown-
Jackson charge, will conduct his
first services this Sunday. He comes
to the local church from the Me-
hoopany-Eatonville charge. He was
ordained as Elder last Sunday at
Elm Park Methodist church in
Scranton, Bishop Frederick Corson
officiating. He is a 1955 graduate
of Westminster Theological Semin-
ary, which he has been attending
since his decision to study for the
ministry five years ago.
Rev. O'Neill is a graduate of
Pennsylvania State College, with a
degree in Agriculture, obtained
years before he felt called upon to
enter the ministry. He is married,
but there are no children.
Rev. and Mrs. Clayton Bostic
expect to leave the Lehman parson-
age some time next week, and move
to Madison, N. J. where Rev. Bostic
will complete his studies at Drew
Theological Seminary next June.
They plan a two weeks visit to Rev.
Bostic’s parents in Havre, Montana,
as soon as studies are over June 1.
To save time, they will fly, taking
with them baby Deborah, now near-
ly a year old.
Kozemchak Injured By
Flying Iron Handle
[James Kozemchak, Dallas Post
photographer, was struck on the
chest by a flying 1400 pound iron
handle from a high-lift truck Fri-
day morning at 10:20 while inspect-
ing stencils at American (Chain and
Cable, Hazard Wire Rope plant. He
was taken to Nesbitt Hospital for
X-rays in a state of shock, though
insisting he could go back to work
immediately. Badly bruised, but
with no fracture, Mr. Kozemchak
is spending two weeks at home.
Post Office Bids
Dallas Post Office will accept bids
between May 27 and June 6 for
the use of a Parcel Post truck at
hourly rates for the fiscal year 1956.
All forms and other information
may be obtained from Postmaster
Joseph Polacky.
Dallas Township
Millage Raised
From 33 To 35
Delays In Survey
For Equalization
Seen Responsible
Dallas Township school directors
have voted an increase of millage
from 33 to 35 for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1955, to help
finance the new four-room and shop
addition now under construction.
Don Evans, board secretary, states
that no increase would be necessary
if long overdue property assess-
ments had been made two years
ago. On the contrary a reduction
of millage could have been expected.
Expense of the new addition to
Dallas Township will be $10,000 per
year for three years, termination
date of amortization; for [Franklin
Township, $7,000 per year for three
years.
The only office legally authorized
to equalize assessments Mr. Evans
said, is Luzerne County Board of
Assessors. A bill is now before the
legislature, he stated, to force speed-
ier action on revision of assess-
ments.
Raymond Kuhnert, supervising
principal, pointed out that many
property ownens pay neither real
estate nor capital tax which is $5
in the Township.
It is not only newcomers moving
into the area who escape temporari-
ly such taxation, but property own-
ers of long residence who by some
fluke are not on the rolls at the
Court House. Sub-assessors rely
mainly upon records already in
existence in their office, instead of
digging into the situation in the
field and arriving at a more realis-
tic estimate of changing property
values.
Mr. Kuhnert agrees with Mr.
tion of assessments, millage would
not have needed to be raised. Town-
ship millage is now equal to that
in Dallas Borough.
The added millage, he says,
reasonable, but it is a straw whi
shows the way the wind is blowing.
Johnson Speaker
At Graduations
Two Schools To Hear
“Opportunity” Talk
Both Westmoreland and Lehman-
Jackson-Ross high schools will have
as commencement speaker Calvin
Dean Johnson, collaborating on
bringing a man of prestige to the
area. Speaking on “Opportunity
Unlimited,” Mr. Johnson will ad-
dress the graduating class at West-
moreland June 7, at Lehman June 8.
Mr. Johnson, known widely as
the ‘Carpenter to Congressman”
CALVIN DEAN JOHNSON
speaker, is a native of Kentucky,
of early American stock, his fore-
bears among those landing at
Jamestown in the early 1600’s. At-
tending public schools in Kentucky
and Illinois, he learned the car-
penter trade, became a contractor,
and entered actively into commun-
ity affairs.
He was elected to Congress in
1942, after serving six years in the
Illinois General Assembly. In Illin-
ois he was instrumental in breaking
the Loan Shark racket, and spon-
sored the “work or don’t eat” law
which forced able-bodied men to
earn the amount of their relief
checks. In Congress he forced
abandonment of the European farm
machinery project which program-
med half a million pieces of heavy
machinery for countries now behind
the Iron Curtain.
Mr. Johnson combines rare story-
telling talent with inspiration in his
appearances before hundreds of
business and educational groups.
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