EE —————— | Oldest Business Institution In The Back Mountain Two Easy to Remember Phene Numbers 4.5656 or 4-7676 VOL. 66, No. 18, FRIDAY, Speaker At St. Paul's pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in 1926, will be the main Speaker at the church open house and reunion next Wednesday eve- ning. Families will meet to enjoy a social hour at 7:30. A buffet wiil follow the program. z The family night is one of the special meetings planned for the week which follows rededication of the church and its new addition on Sunday. The thirty-first anniversary and rededication program will start Sun- day at 11, with an address by Dr. Russell Stine, professor of Religion and Philosophy at Muhlenberg Col- lege, who will revisit the scene of his supply pastorate when St. Paul's was first organized, May 10, 1925. The church will be open for in- spection Sunday afternoon and eve- ning. Sunday School night is scheduled for Monday, with Dr. Earl Rahn, executive secretary of the Board of Education of the Ministerium, guest speaker, Superintendent is Robert Voelker, assisted by Ralph Gerhart; Mrs. Eidam, primary department; Mrs. Joseph Maza, cradle roll. Sketching St. Paul’s “history in brief, land was purchased from George Travis and the cornerstone laid the following October. The first service was held in the new edifice February 14, 1926. Dr. Ruff resigned the pastorate after eleven years, and has since become editor in chief of thé United Lutheran Publication House and ed- Dilemma of Church and State, was published in 1954 after personal study of the Iron Curtain countries. Rev. Herbert Frankfort was the second pastor, succeeded in turn by Rev. John Taylor, Rev. Frederick W. Moock, and the incumbent, Rev. Frederic H. Eidam. / An extensive remodeling program has just been completed at a cost of $50,000. Frederick Eck was chair- man of ‘the building project, assist- ed by Carl Frey, Alfred Boysen, William Pethick, and Robert Voel- ker. Robert Eyerman was the arch- itect, A. O. Yocum contractors. Breaking ground for the addition were two of the oldest members of the congregation, John Eck “and Mrs. Catherine Malkemes. It was Mr. Eck, who upon adoption of the constitution in 1925, proposed the present name of the church. Michael Kozich Rushed By Ambulance To Mercy Michael Kozich, Demunds Road, was rushed to Mercy Hospital Wed- nesday morning at 10:20, suffering from severe lung hemorrhage. The Dallas Community ambulance, sum- moned by Dr. H. G. Gallagher, administered oxygen on the way. Norti Berti bringing a fresh supply to insure plenty for the trip. Vic Cross drove, Ray Titus and Leslie Barstow cared for the patient. Mrs. Kozich was a passenger at her hus- band’s side. Mr. Kozich had one lung removed several months ago. He was hold- ing his own, but far from well. The delayed shock of losing his home by fire March B81 may have been a contributing’ factor to his present collapse. Quaint Little Apple House Struck By Lightning Bolt The quaint little apple house in the garden at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bedner, Forty-Second street, was struck by lightning just before the deluge Sunday evening, and its roof badly damaged. Baw- dust used as insulation smouldered for some time while Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company fought the fire under direction of Chief Norti Berti. ‘ The same bolt which set fire to the apple house knocked out the telephone, making it necessary for Mr. Bedner to run next door to the Trethaway home to telephone for help. Auction Plans Start Rolling For July 6, 7 Advisory Board Lays Functional Structure For Smooth Operation Planning committee for the Tenth Annual Back Mountain Library Auction laid foundations for smooth running of the big event July 6 and 7, at Tuesday night's meeting in the Library Annex. Not all committees are complete, but it is definite that Mitchel Jenk- ins and H. W. Smith will have charge of New Goods, the category responsible for the major portion of Auction receipts. Robert Bachman, reporting to Howard Risley, chairman, for a number of sub-committees, stressed the need for stopping some gaps noted in last year’s Auction. He noted that home-made bread was snapped up as soon as it was de- livered to Baked Goods counters, and suggested that a special drive be made to induce good bakers to contribute crusty brown loaves, cin- namon buns, and hot rolls. Foundations were laid for better coordination , between committee chairmen. Members of the advisory board, former Auction chairmen, will act as liaison men. They are Howard Risley, Robert Bachman, H. W. Smith, Mitchell Jenkins, Wil- liam Wright, Shel Evans, and Mrs. Fred Howell, secretary. The gleaming white Austin Hea- ley sports car with its red leather upholstery, procured through Dan Meeker as a special feature of the Auction, will be on display at the Kick-Off Dinner May 15 at Irem Country Club. Full list of committee chairmen, with Advisors under whose section they will work, will be published in next week’s Dallas Post. Senior Of The Month § ; 3 Tunkhannock where Mr. Remley is assistant prin- ball champions. Rotary Club Sponsors Dallas Township Senior Elected by the students of the senior class of Dallas-Franklin-Mon- roe Township high school and spon- sored by Dallas Rotary Club, Allan S. Mosier is April Senior of the Month. He was entertained at din- ner at Irem Country Club last night. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mosier, Dallas Township, Allan is outstanding in both scholarship and extra curricular activities. He ex- pects to enter Lafayette in Septem- ber, where he will major in chem- | istry. | He has been president of the | Honor Society for the past two | years; a member of the Key Club for three years; High School Band, six; Dramatics Club, two. His father is instructor of Voca- tional Agriculture at Township schools. Search For Fruit-Fly Delays Car Delivery A search for possible Mediterran- ean fruit fly larva and eggs held up delivery of John Vernon's car in Bayonne, N. J., for several hours after it had been lowered to. the dock from one of the Standard Oil freighters early this week. Mr. Vernon himself, landing by plane from Aruba, West Indies, was de- layed overnight before starting for Dallas to see his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Vernon, Center Hill Road. A quick trip to Washington to pick up his wife and seven month’s daughter, who came to this country ten days ago, will bring the family together again today in Dallas, for Mr. Vernon's sixty-seven day leave of absence. The last seven days he will spend in training in the Creole Office in New York, making contacts for his bi-monthly] trips to Venezuela. Sgt. Jack Evans Gets Bronze Star One of Three Left Out of Eighty-Nine A slightly built unpretentious Dallas Dairy driver this week re- ceived the Bronze Star Medal for heroic conduct against the enemy in France on Jully 16, 1944. He is Jack Evans, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Evans, formerly of Trucksville but now of Elizabeth Street, Dallas. He is married to the former Alice Holcomb and makes his home on Carverton Road, Trucksville. The former Platoon Sergeant of the First Battalion of 502nd In- fantry with the 101st Airborne Di- vision took part in two invasions and four major campaigns during World War II. He was with the Division when it was surrounded at Bastoone during the Battle of the Bulge. Jack was one of three men to come back out of a company of eighty-nine. For that action the 101st was the .only Division in American history up to that time to be cited for gallantry in action. The Bronze Star Medal and cer- tificate from the War Department, authorized by the President and signed by the Secretary of the Army and Adjutant General, was received almost twelve years after the event for which it was award- ed. Jack had no previous warning that he was slated for it. " In addition to the Bronze Star he wears: the Purple Heart with three clusters, and has two Presi- dential citations for gallantry in action, He also has the following foreign citations: French Croix de Guerre with palm; twice awarded the Bel- gian Croix de Guerre; Belgian Four- ragere, awarded by Prince Charles of Belgium on October 22, 1945; Netherlands Orange Lanyard worn only by the Royal Netherlands Army. . Jack is a graduate of Kingston Township High School, Class of 1939. He enlisted January 29, 1941. His brother, Evan, served with the Marine Corps. Goed News Club Rally Parents and friends of members of the Good News Club are invited to attend the Rally in Idetown Me- thodist Church Tuesday evening at 7:30. Harold Ochs’ Broken Leg Mending Nicely There will be no baseball this year for Harold Ochs, Jr., but the cast will be removed from his badly shattered leg in two or more weeks. It has been nine weeks since he was hurt when a pony rolled on him. For five weeks he was in the Hazle- ton Hospital, but four weeks ago he was discharged to return to his home in Drums, where he has been getting about on crutches. Harold has been receiving many cards and remembrances from for- mer friends .,in Dallas Township schools, and he says they have helped him get through the last difficult weeks. § : Broken ‘in four places, the bones fortunatelly did not penetrate the skin to make the injury a com- pound fracture, but they were badly splintered, and a second adjustment was necessary after the fractures had started to mend. Lake Club Plans Polio Support May 18 Dance Fund To Finance 84 Shots If receipts are up to expectation, the May| 18th dance at Beaumont Inn, sponsored by Harveys Lake Womans Service Club, will go a long way toward financing polio shots for 84 Lake-Noxen school chil- dren. The current project was de- cided upon when it developed that many children would be denied the third protective shot if an organ- ization was not ready to sponsor it. In this instance, only those chil- dren who have had the first and second shots are eligible for the final protection, due to scarcity of the Salk vaccine. Last year the club purchased twelve 2cc syringes and two 5cc, along with six dozen needles. More needles will be bought this year if necessary. The equipment supplied by the IClub is kept in the health room at the main school building. Dr. H. A. Brown of Lehman, and Dr. Lester Saidman of Noxen will administer the vaccine. Dance arrangements were com- pleted Wednesday night at a meet- ing held at the home of Mrs. Elwood Davis, who with Mrs. Robert Payne is cochairman. Other committee chairmen are. Mrs. Richard Wil- liams, orchestra; Mrs. Floyd White- sell and Mrs. William Deets, special- ty dances; Mrs. Earl Payne and Mrs. Arthur Engler, tickets; Mrs. Thomas Garrity, door prizes; Mrs. Harvey Kitchen, publicity. Two Scouts To Win Curved Bar Awards Two Girl Scouts from Lehman Troop 156, Susan Yocum and Nancy Jane Dodson, will win their Curved Bars at Thursday evening's Court of Awards for the Dallas-Lehman district at Dallas-Franklin-Monroe Township auditorium. Ceremonies will start at 7 p. m. A number of Brownies will win their wings, and badges will be given. Parents and friends are in- vited. ? Legion Buxiliary To Meet Nomination of officers is sched- uled for Thursday evening at 8, at the monthly meeting of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary at Daddow- Isaacs Post, Memorial Highway. Tess Rodriguez Places Second Misses Dairy Queen By Narrow Margin Therese . Rodriguez, school secre- tary at Lehman- Jackson-Ross, was among the five finalists selected for State Dairy Queen, and runner-up to the winner of the title, Beatrice Ann Coutts of Paupeck. Miss Coutts nosed out Therese for the title by sheer weight of dairy farm- er connections, eight brothers in the business outranking Miss Rod- riguez’ father-uncle-cousin combi- nation. Therese signed a contract which would obligate her to appear at any Dairy Queen function where the Dairy Queen herself could not be present. She received a bracelet with blue stones, and a money prize. The five finalists were inter- viewed over T-V station WARM, Scranton, Saturday afternoon. Miss Rodriguez, a 1954 graduate of Lehman, was FFA Sweetheart during her senior year, and a mem- ber of the Court of Honor for the 1954 May Queen, Janice Barnes, who is also a member of the school office staff. Therese was a drum majorette for three years; played basketball two; was a member of the Honor Society; and belonged to the Future Homemakers of America. She is the daughter of Julio and Stella Rodriguez, of Chase. Mr. Rodriguez, in partnership with his brother Rafael, and with assistance of Young Rafael, soon to graduate from Lehman, operates a 200-acre dairy farm. The milk from the Holsteins is distributed through the Dairymen’s League. Orientation Day At Westmoreland Thursday will be Orientation day for sixth graders at Westmoreland High School. Graduating classes from all three elementary schools of the jointure will attend. Marty Walsh At Veteran's Martin A. Walsh, proprietor of Colonial Inn, Fernbrook, is improv- ing at Veterans Hospital where he has been a patient for the past two months. The veteran of World War I, entering for surgery, developed complications. He hopes to come home within the next two weeks. Benton Station Will Entertain 4,000 On May 19 Wives of Personnel Will Help With Rir Force Family On May 19, Armed ‘Forces Day, the wives of the base personnel sta- tioned at Benton Air Force Station are going to launch a fund raicing drive. Taking advantage of the Open House that is going to be held at the radar site, located on Red Rock Mountain, the women are go- ing to sell hot dogs and soft drinks to the station’s visitors. The wives will take to the refreshment stand at ten in the morning and will man them throughout the day until 4:00 p.m. During this time they expect to sell more than four thousand hot dogs to the thousands of guests of the station. ¢ The money raised from these sales will be used to back the Air Defense Command (ADC) Family Program. This is a new program which will benefit all Air Force dependents. These benefits will be realized in many ways such as: housing ser- vice, an indexing of the housing fa- cilities in the local area; in trans- portation, if a dependent finds him- self in need of transportation to a hospital or for other reasons and does not have a car available. Also, legal advice will be given an how to meet the legal question that may arise. A weekend nursery for the children of base personnel and the loan of cooking utensils to newly arrived personnel will be made available. These are but a few of the many plans and projects that are being made in what will prove to be a very active program. In addition to mutually aiding themselves, the wives of Benten Air Force Station intend to actively support and participate in local charitable and service organizations. Lake Firemen Test Pumper LaFrance Replaces Old White Model The new American LaFrance pumper, a deluxe model with a cab which cost $17,000, was tested out in trial runs at Harveys Lake early The pumper replaces the old White pumper, in use by the Daniel Roberts Fire Company since 1935. George Alles, president, says the old 500 gallon pumper will be sold to . the highest bidder. Fire Chief Edgar Hughes is delighted with the new apparatus. : When ‘the new unit arrived from Elmira, N. Y., it became the third vehicle to be used for fire-fighting in the history of Harveys Lake fire unit, which dates back to about 1922. The first truck was a Reo purchased in 1927. The new pumper, equipped with 3,000 feet of hose, will be housed in the structure built and given to the firemen by the late Daniel C. Roberts. The building also houses the Harveys Lake ambulance and police cruiser. All three units are equipped with two-way radio. The ‘firemen will dedicate the new truck on May 27 with appropriate ceremonies at Sandy Bottom sec- tion of Harveys Lake. The money to purchase the new apparatus was raised through various benefits. Plan Surprises For Big Kickoit Promise Evening Of Fun And Frolic Mary Weir, ticket chairman for the Library Auction Kick-Off Din- ner May 15 at Irem Country Club, says that the deadline for reserva- tions is Friday, May 11. Harry Ohlman, dinner chairman, says the evening will be gay and festive, completely informal, with nothing heavy to detract from the fun. Several surprises have been planned, including some plain: and fancy auctioneering. Complete details of the program are lacking, but will be published next week. Mitchell Jenkins, president of the Back Mountain Memorial Library Association, will be toastmaster. Mrs. James Hutchison, chairman of decorations, says that lilacs should be beautiful by May 15, and expects everybody to cooperate with purple and white donations. As a special attraction, the little Austin-Healy sports car which has been obtained for the Tenth Annual Auction, July 6 and 7, will be on display. The small white job with the red leather seats has already attracted a lot of attention at Dan Meeker’s garage in Kunkle. Four Boards Are Now In Favor Of Large Jointure No Plan To Abandon Any Elementary School Buildings A little more pruning and graft- ing was done on the proposed arti- cles of agreement at Wednesday night's five-district jointure ‘meet- ing in the Dallas Borough Schou], and three paragraphs were added to clarify points at variance. Atty. Mitchell Jenkins offered a paragraph giving the protection of arbitration of the original agree- ment, to any district which might feel an inequity in allocation of costs of operation and capital out- lay, which seemed to Henry Hess and George Dymond, of Franklin Township, an anchor to windward. Wayne Hadsell and Frederick Weiss, the only two members from Monroe Township present, agreed that it sounded good, but could not act for their board. The question of whether an ele- mentary school would be maintain- ed at Beaumont during the forty- year life of the jointure, was an- swered by the dry statement from other district members, that far from abandoning the school, other districts were likely to find them- selves sending small children there, to relieve pressure on other existing grade schools. It was repeated by James Martin, Westmoreland area supervising prin- cipal, that every cubic ‘inch of before the new High School could be built, and that population trends are such that there is no reason to believe that any school would be relocated except in case of its burn- ing down. But the four districts with quor- ums present, were reluctant to ven- ture out on a limb, of promising something which by some stroke of luck might prove a boomerang. The compromise was that as long as it was efficient to maintain them, schools would be left in their orig- inal locations. It is obvious, one member stated, that if the popula- tion should be wiped out in Beau- mont by an atom bomb, it would be senseless to build a- school for per- haps twenty-five children. Financial Picture A great part of the evening from 8 until midnight, was spent study- ing the financial picture. Both Franklin and Monroe Township boards felt that there was inequity because of their higher assessed valuation. Raymond Kuhnert, Dallas-Frank- lin - Monroe supervising principal, replied that reimbursement from the State irons out inequities, the State paying from 76 to 90% of the cost of education in those two townships. A plan worked out by Tunkhan- nock was studied as a possible model. Francis Ambrose, chairman, point- ed out that market valuation does not show too great discrepancy. The three large districts which would bear the lion's share of the load, are almost identical in millage and val- uation figures, with the two smaller districts standing to gain a lot of education at a minimum cost. Need was recognized for revalu- ation and reassessment to obtain a completely equitable figure. Dr. Robert Bodycomb asked if a Union district would be the answer. Mr. Hess agreed that this was in- evitable eventually, and the best solution. The black beast of disso- lution of the jointures now in effect once more reared its head, to be slapped down again by Frank Town- end, who stated flatly that he con- sidered their retention for the in- terim period a valuable’ protection for districts which are now working smoothly together. Board members stretched them- selves wearily at midnight, agreeing to submit the articles of agreement to their respective boards. West- moreland will meet Monday, Dallas- Franklin-Monroe Tuesday. If agreement can be reached, there will be a meeting for formal signature within the next two weeks. A straw vote showed all districts now in favor except Monroe, which was not in position, to go on record, having no quorum. Bible Class Does Fine Job On Dinner Members of the Franklin Bible Class cleared forty-one dollars and seventy cents at their delicious chicken dinner held at the home of Mrs. W. B. Risley on Wednesday. Members furnished most of the food in the form of covered dishes, them- selves. Proceeds will be used to pay for a pew in Dallas Methodist Church. To Appear On T-V Robert E. Lee, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, Dallas, will ap- pear on WILK -T-V for the first time, Sunday at 2 p.m. on the David Blight show. RENE RSC yi. mene
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