nn x Two Easy to Remember Phone Numbers 4-5656 or 4-7676 VOL. 66, No. 22, FRIDAY, Lake-Noxen Speaker HERBERT W. DUSCHAK Herbert Duschak Speaker At Lake Ceremonies Start With Class Night Tonight Class Night at 8 p.m. tonight is the first of Lake-Noxen high school’s listed activities for Commencement week. Baccalaureate service will be held Sunday at 7:30, with Rev. Har- old C. Buckingham, superintendent of Wyoming Methodist Conference, Wilkes-Barre District, giving the sermon on “Multiplication by Div- ision.” Graduation exercises, on the lawn if weather permits, will be held Wednesday evening at 7:45, when Herbert W. Duschak, a lecturer of note for twenty years, will speak on “Priming the Pump.” | Author, phil- osopher, editor, Mr. Duschak has a wide reputation as a serio-humor- ous speaker. Class Night program is entitled, “Feudin’, Fussin’, and Fightin’,” 1956 version, with festivities direc- ted by John Zaleskas, an evening of fun in the auditorium. Honor Society Takes In Eight Lake-Noxen Has Special Assembly Of Welcome Lake-Noxen Honor Society induc- ted eight new members at a special assembly May 22. ‘New members elected were Seniors — Ana Lee Engelman, Edng Gosart, Sonya Kul- cavage, Janet Oney; Juniors — Mar- lene Butry, Barbara Kern, Tanya Kocher, and John Zorzi, elected scholarship, leadership, character, and service to the school. Jeannette Ide was master of cere- monies. Talks on the purpose of the meet- ing and on qualifications for mem- bership were given by Judy Sear- foss, Emilie Schenck, Jane Dougal, Carlene Kocher, and Patricia Cornell. The roll was read by Mrs. Carrie Smith Rood, the sponsor, and the pledge of membership by Jeannette Ide. Robert Z. Belles, supervising prin- cipal, spoke to the student body and gold pins, certificates and member- ship cards. A program by the Seniors follow- ed the ceremony. Vocal and instru- mental numbers were rendered by Janet Oney, Emilie Schenck, Joyce Shalata, Judy Searfoss, Phyllis Kocher, Nancy Kline, Viola Blizzard, Mae Titus, Sonya Kulcavage, Car- lene Kocher, June Ladamus, Carol Deets, LaVerne Sult, Jack Taylor, Paul Keiper, and Larry Case. a i its ranks, four from the Senior among the Juniors. Welcoming Speaker's Topic Changing World Westmoreland Will Present Harrison Wood Westmoreland High School will have as commencement speaker Harrison Wood, correspondent and commentator who will speak to the graduating class June 7 at 8:00 p. m., on “This Changing World.” Mr. Wood was a morning lecturer on New York Town Hall and gave the main address for town hall pro- grams in seven other cities. He is acknowledged to be one of the five top speakers of the American plat- form today. He gave the com- mencement address for East Stroudsburg State Teachers College on January 26. Harrison Wood is a grass roots advocate of returning the govern- ment to the people. He is a fear- less crusader for the preservation of free competitive enterprise at a profit as against the dangers of creeping socialism in centralized government, Commencement Week starts to- night with Class Night. Rev. Russell C. Lawry, newly in- Westmoreland Speaker stalled minister of Dallas Methodist Church, will conduct Baccalaureate services Sunday at 4 in the high school auditorium, giving invoca- tion and benediction as well as the main address. “God of Our Fathers” will be sung as both processional and re- cessional. “Bless This House” will be sung as a solo by Georgiana Ruth DeWitt, and “In a Monastery Garden” by a quartet, Ruthellen Hammond, Nancy Jane Jones, Carol Ruth Simon, and Patricia Ruth Shaver. Accompanist will be Rober- ta Williams and Alice Jane Shortz at the piano, Carol Lee Thomas, bells. Burned Boy To Have Birthday In Hospital Little Dennis Schoonover who was seriously burned four weeks ago at his home in Center Moreland when his clothes ignited from a trash burner will celebrate his third birthday anniversary on Wednes- day, June 6 in the Children’s Ward at General Hospital. Dennis eagerly looks forward to the arrival of the mailman and the receipt of cards and notes. Yester- day he had a skin graft on the leg. His parents Mr. and Mrs. Loren Schoonover think he may be in the hospital for another two weeks. i Farm Show in 1955. Is Purchased By It was no accident that Ralph Sands has sold his young: Holstein Bull Sandsdale Dandy Dewdrop to the famous Curtis Artificial Breed- ing Farm of Cary, Ill. Dewdrop’s sire is the excellent Curtis Candy Dandy George, one of the outstanding Holstein Bulls of the country. The mother of Dewdrop is the famous old Molly Cow, registered as Molly Belle Lyons, Grand Cham- pion at Bloomsburg in 1952, ’'53 and '54. She is classfified Excellent with a record of 23,106 pounds of milk and 891.7 pounds of butterfat in 334 days at ten years of age. ‘Around Molly’s family of four daughters, two granddaughters and two grandsons, Ralph Sands has built an outstanding herd of Hol- steins and has become one of Penn- sylvania’s leading young breeders. His Senior Herd Sire Springbank Piebe Sovereign 10973275 has con- tributed largely to the success of this herd being a consistent show ring winner and siring some of the best animals in the Sandsdale herd. One daughter of Sovereign and Molly made 713 pounds of butterfat as a two-year-old. Sovereign and old Molly have truly put [Sandsdale on the map.. Sandsdale Dandy Dewdrop will be heard from and Ralph Sands is to be congratulated on the production of such a fine young sire and his sale in four figures to the nationally known Curtis Candy Artificial Breeding Company of Cary, Ill Old Molly’s lifetime record is 125,104 pounds of milk and 4,637 pounds of butterfat. It is safe to say that old Molly will be around Sandsdale Farm for many years to come. Miniature Room Exhibit Brings In Over $500. Mrs. Paul Bedford, president of [Shut-Ins and Wheel-Chair Club, Inc., reports that over $500 was taken in at the exhibit of miniature rooms shown this spring at the Boston Store hy Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Pioneer Avenue. Proceeds of the exhibit were divided between Wheel-Chair Club and Crippled Children’s Association. Several checks are still outstand- ing, which when received, will swell the fund. Z Kulcavage, Emilie Schenck, class, four from committee and are: First row: A £ g ee Fe Ww pe rl em AC a Patricia Cornell and Edna Gosart. one \ Curtis Candy Co. Little League Opens Saturday With A Parade Fire Companies And Band To Assemble At Bloomsburg Mill The whole community is urged to turn out tomorrow afternoon at 2 when Back Mountain Little League opens its season with a big street parade and a special program at the Little League Field in Shaver- town. Parade units will form at Blooms- burg Mills at 1:30. Included in the line of march which will be headed by civic fraternal and Little League officials will be Westmoreland High School Band, Dr. Henry M. Laing, Shavertown, Trucksville and Orange Fire Departments as well as any others who wish to participate. All Little League teams will par- ticipate in uniform. The parade will move promptly down Memorial Highway and thence up West Cen- ter street to the field, where open- ing day ceremonies will take place. The first regularly scheduled game between Shavertown and Jackson will take place immediately after the ceremonies. The field is now in excellent shape with a newly constructed dry surface dug out along the third base line. There are fifteen uniformed play- ers on each of the six teams making a total of 90 boys on the major league teams. : There are also 90 boys on the six minor league teams. Al minor league games will be played this year at Fernbrook Field just off DeMunds Road on the Goer- inger property. Major League games will be played Monday through Friday on the Shavertown Field, with rained out or make-up games played on Saturdays. Other Little Leagues throughout the Valley have had a two weeks start on the local League because they were able to use their fields earlier. The local League has to wait until school recesses before it can start. This means that the local teams are under considerable pres- sure in order to finish the sched- ules within the time set by National Little League. Thus Back Mountain League plays five nights a week instead of four. Lawry, Heapps, Exchange Pulpits Rev. William Heapps, for the past four years minister of Dallas Meth- odist Church, and Rev. Russell C. Lawry, minister for the same period at Elm Park Methodist Church, Oneonta, N. Y., are exchanging pulpits, as announced at the recent Wyoming Conference. Rev. Lawry will conduct services in Dallas on (Sunday, and later give the Baccalaureate sermon for West- moreland graduates at 4 p. m. Rev. Heapps, four times tapped for Baccalaureate speaker, but un- able for reasons of health or be- cause of prior commitments to ac- cept any of the four invitations at ‘Westmoreland, will conduct his first services in Oneonta on Sunday. The families expect to make the move, both on the same day, some- time during the coming “week. Rev. and Mrs. Lawry have two children, both girls, one twelve years old, the other only two. Rev. and Mrs. Heapps have four children: Dale, 23, a recent gradu- ate in the music department at Wilkes; Paul, 21, and Billy, 18, both presently employed at the Nel- son Furniture Factory in Kingston; and Donna Jean, 9, a pupil of Dallas Borough School. Lehman Valedictorian ASHEL SUTLIFF Salutatorian MARY SOROKIN Sutliff, Sorokin, Top Lehman List D. V. Houck To Speak At Commencement Ashel Sutliff will be valedictorian at Lehman-Jackson-Ross commence- ment exercises June 6 at 8:15 in the auditorium, and Mary Sorokin will be salutatorian. Donald V. Hock, well known on radio and television programs as well as on the lecture platform, will speak on “Convictions for To- morrow’s World.” Rev. Kenneth O'Neill will give the invocation after the procession- al. Following honor orations and the speaker of the day, Anthony Marchakitus, high school principal, will announce awards. Edgar Lashford, president of the school board, will award diplomas to graduating students introduced by Lester Squier, supervising prin- cipal. Graduates will form the reces- sional march, %o the strains of “War March of the Priests.” Baccalaureate services will be held in the auditorium the preced- ing Sunday, June 3, at 8:15 p.m. Rev. Kenneth O'Neill giving the address, ‘Learning to See.” Esther Ide, Jean Drapiewski, and Janice Bronson will furnish the ob- ligato for the processional hymn, “God of Our Fathers.” The senior chorus will give two numbers. “Faith of Our Fathers” will be sung as a recessional, Nancy Drapiewski accompanying. Ashel Sutliff, 17, is son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sutliff, Shick- shinny RD 1. Graduating from the Academic course, he expects to take a pre-medical course at Pennsyl- vania State University. Mary Sorokin, 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sorokin, Plymouth RD 1, is finishing the commercial course. She plans to get secretarial work following graduation. St. Mary's To Graduate Back Mountain Students Back Mountain students who will graduate from St. Mary's high school June 10 are: John Ferry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferry; Mich- ael Campbell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Campbell, Center Hill Road; Philip Cummings, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cummings, Trucks- ville; and Marie Nothoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nothoff, Har- veys Lake. Finds Three Ancient Issues Of Dallas Post Chief Edgar Hughes, Harveys Lake, has discovered three ancient copies of the Dallas Post, called in the late eighties the Dallas Weekly Post and published regularly on a Saturday. The issues are those of April 22, 1899; July 28, 1900; and January 11, 1902. Township Valedictorian Salutatorian ALLAN S. MOSIER Patton, Mosier Share Honors Township ‘Graduation To Take Place June 7. Elwood Floyd Patton, Jr., a stu- dent new this year to the high school on the hill, and Allan Mosier, finishing his twelfth year, share scholastic honors at Dallas-Franklin- Monroe Township high school, where each will speak at Thursday night’s Commencement exercises. Patton, valedictorian, is from Noxen. He attended Beaumont School for 11 years. Graduating from Vocational Agriculture, he plans to farm after doing his stretch in the armed services. Mosier, salutatorian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mosier, Dallas RD 1, plans to enter college in Septem- ber. Both boys have been active in school affairs, both belong to the Honor Society, of which Mosier is president. Activities for Patton include baseball and basketball, school plays, yearbook staff, school patrol. For Mosier, Key Club, Hi-Y, band, dramatics. Commencement. week starts to- night with Class Night in the audi- torium at 8. Rev. A. Lewis Payne, Bowmans Creek Free Methodist, assisted by Rev. Robert Wood, pastor of the Carverton charge, will conduct bac- calaureate services Sunday at 4 p.m. in the auditorium. Final examinations will: be held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday is Teacher’s Day, with commencement exercises in the eve- ning, at which Captain John V. Deuel, author and explorer, will speak. = ' Official last day of school is next Friday. ” Kindergarten Registers June 7 At Dallas Borough Children who will attend kinder- garten at the Dallas Elementary School next school term are to be registered on Thursday, June 7. Teachers Mrs. Charles A. James, Mrs. Mary L. VandenHout, and Miss Barbara Clark will be in their class- rooms to enroll these new pupils from 10 to 12 A.M. and 1 to 3 P.M. Children will be enrolled if they are four years and seven months of age before September 1, 1956, and if they present birth and wvaccina- tion certificmates. If the child has not yet been vaccinated, he should be brought to the school to register anyway. Each parent registering a pupil will be presented with a copy of “Happy Journey’, a handbook of instructions to parents whose child- ren will enter school for the first time in September. It is important that all children be enrolled early for next year. Additional accommodations may have to be provided. / Valedictorian a MARGARET ANN WEIGEL Salutatorian WILLIAM DONALD ROBERTS Westmoreland Honor Students Weigel, Roberts, To Speak At Graduation Margaret Ann Weigel, Westmore- land valedictorian, will take as her topic, “Retain Your High Ideals,” and William Donald Roberts, salu- tatorian, will talk on “No True Education Without God”, at West- moreland High School’s commence- ment exercises Wednesday evening at 8. Miss Weigel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Weigel, Edgewood Heights, is active in extracurricular projects as well as superior scholas- tically. For two years she served on the dance committees; took part in Senior Play; was on the canteen committee; participated in May Day for four years; Rockettes as a soph- omore; belonged to Dramatics Club two years, was on the school news- paper for three; belonged to a knit- ting club one year. . Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Burton Roberts, Shavertown, took part in a wide variety of activities including dance committee and play for two years, canteen one. A mem- ber of the Westmoreland Chorus four years, he sang in the North- eastern District and Pennsylvania State Choruses as a senior. Clubs include: cooking, leathercraft, shop, typing, newspaper, Hi-Y. Critically 1 At Nesbitt Dr. H. A. Brown Faces Operation Today Dr. H. A. Brown, beloved Lehman physician, is critically ill at Nesbitt Hospital. He will be operated upon today to determine the nature and the gravity of a disorder of the liver. Three members of the faculty of Lehman-Jackson-Ross high school gave 0 - positive blood yesterday, and more teachers have signified their desire to contribute. Those who had the honor of donating blood for Dr. Browh were Arthur Nuss, John Armstrong, and Edward Edwards. Dr. Brown’s two sons have been with him. Emerson flew in from the state of Washington last weekend, and Harold has arrived by plane from California. His daughter, Lou- ise Ferre, of New Rochelle, N. Y..'a registered technician, was called, and is at the hospital with him. The community is deeply dis- turbed over Dr. Brown's desperate illness. Carrying on with his work, attending to his patients far beyond the line of duty, while illness was creeping upon him, Dr. Brown fin- ally realized that he himself was gravely ill, and made arrangements to turn his patients over to other physicians.
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