= ® ah ARTY Two Easy to lat Bon | A P Remember Phone T.] . Numbers The Baek Mountain 4-5656 or 4-7676 — VOL. 67, No. 1, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1957 Footprints On The Sands Of Time Review of 1956 in Brief From The Issue ot December x80, 1955, ‘New Years Issue Mr. and Mrs. George Bulford ob- serve Golden Wedding on New Year's Day. doors after major surgery in August. Babson forecasts second best bus- iness year in history for 1956. * Picture section for the year feat- ures demolition of the Old Goss " School; Lehman Little League champs; Library Auction; retirement of Fred Youngblood from Dallas Post - Office; Mrs. Bertha Jenkins posing as Whistler's Mother; Mrs. Elizabeth Deihl Knell, six months past the century mark; breaking of ground for Jackson Institution; St. Paul's expansion; Westmoreland football champs; Library Auction; neighbors building a new barn for Joe Zosh after his cattle barn is destroyed by lightning. . Nancy Brader becomes the bride of Dr. J. B. Marshall, Jr. - Anna Simons weds Walter Wat- kins. ; Carol Thompson. marries William . Waters. James Devlin, Dallas RD 1, dies at Mrs. Grace Kintz dies in Athens, Pa. - Michael Tormey, Harveys Lake, ~djes at 82. From The Issue of January 6, 1956 Joseph MacVeigh again heads Dallas # Borough Council, Robert Brown replaces James Besecker, long-time secretary. Anna Devlin dies eight days after her husband James, postal clerk in Kingston and Wilkes-Barre, dies at Demunds. Sue Cassedy Wright Semele rob- bers at her home on Carverton Road, scaring the young law-break- ers into flight. New addition to St. Paul's Luth- eran Church nears completion. Ralph Sands is reelected president of Kingston Township supervisors, John Richards replaces David School- ey as auditor. Ethel Farley Spackman, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Farley mar- ries Walter L. Douglass, Jr. Nancy Dickson becomes the bride of Thomas Schmiddle. John Tibus’ skating rink attracts star performers [from the 2rea. AlderSon leads Church Ledgue with three successive wins. Mrs. Mildred C. Pintard, Kingston, mother of former Shavertown resi- dent Mrs. Donald Harris, is fatally burned when her night clothing catches fire from a book of paper ~. Lenorma Biscs, 58, Hunlook Creek, dies of heart failure. Mrs. Fred Handley, 48, has a fatal heart attack at her home in Shaver- town. Mrs. Maude Stevens, 85, Dallas, dies at a nursing home in Scranton. Henry A. Kunkle, 61, former Nox- en resident, dies in Oregon. January 13, 1956 . Walter Mohr, science instructor at Westmoreland, tekes job of as- sistant secretary at Wilkes-Barre ‘Junior Chamber of Commerce. Hillside bull goes senior grand ‘champion at Harrisburg show. ~ James Besecker resigns as Dallas ~ Fire Chief, Fire Company is stunned by action. Youths who broke into Mrs. Tho- mas Wright's house last week are captured in Florida five days later. Harold Freeman, Sweet Valley, is injured in a car crash on icy roads en route to Buffalo. William Amos, formerly of Dallas Township, marks ninetieth birthday. Philip Cheney is unanimously elected to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Harry Schooley Jr. on Dallas Township school board. L. E. Jordan, Charles R. Nuss Jr. ‘and James C. Edwards join direc- torate of local YMCA, R. E. Neal president. Circular saw leaps and badly lac- erates Carl Rood’s face at Sweet Valley. ; Mrs. Marcus Ide, Jr. is convales- cing at Goss Manor after a car crash near Lancaster which drove her head through the windshield. George Prater is replaced by Glen Howell as secretary of Dallas Town- ship supervisors. George Smith, formerly of Har- veys Lake, dies at 78 in Lewistown. Paul Balshaw and Zelva Moore represent the Township band in re Northeast conference. - William T. Meeker, 80, is buried at Broadway. Mrs. Kate Moore, 80, dies of Leukemia at Geisinger Hospital. Mrs. Paul Kostenbauder, Fort Devens, dies at 24, of duodenal ab- scess. A Robins seen at Lake. Granville Sowden heads Rural Building and Loan. David Vann promotes a Mous- tache Hop at Wilkes. January 20, 1956 Banks adopt service charges, fol- lowed by loud squawks from cus- tomers. Back Mountain greer, tomato growers who annually go to Florida to plant a winter crop, are bedevil- led by frost. Wiped out by July hail last summer, Heitsman, London, Yi : / 3 5 ie y x ; 1s ry - Frank Ferry is able to be out of | ‘your overcoat. Dymond and Sutliff families run smudge pots to save the crop. Five school boards agree on need for a new Senior High School. Donald Smith, West Dallas, is elected vice president of Pennsyl- vania Society of Professional En- gineers. Eleanor Ri of Blue Ridg George Yurko, Rafael Rodriguez win "Keystone awards at Farm Show in Harrisburg. Harveys Lake American Legion purchases a plot of land on Baird Street for construction of a Legion Home. Kingston Township orders new 1956 Cadillac ambulance. Noxen forms ambulance associa- tion; elects Julius Kopchko presi- dent. Mrs. Frank Wright, Idetown, cele- brates 86th birthday. Mrs. Lloyd Kear assumes presi- dency of Book Club. Dean Shaver heads Harveys Lake Rod and Gun Club, Dick Williams is chairman of board. Lehman wrestlers win in Novice Meet at YMCA. Alderson loses grip on fifteen-win streak when Prince of Peace troun- ces Lake team. East Dallas wins narrowly over Shavertown. Winfield Parsons is assistant cash- ier of Wyoming National Bank. Mrs. Calvin Hall heads Prince of Peace Auxiliary. Ralston Purina gives citation to Jim Huston. Misericordia establishes one - way traffic. Welcome Wagon receives new Plymouth from Duke Isaacs. ‘Driver training program at West- moreland uses new Dodge supplied by L. L. Richardson. January 27, 1956 Dallas - Franklin - Monroe school board approves a seven district] school jointure including Lake and Noxen. D. A. Waters says big school join- tures ere not necessarily the best thing for this area because of sparsely settled areas. Norti Berti is elected chief of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company. Ralph Eipper, retired Borough Street. Commissioner, watches Al Siputfer trestle with icy roads. Mrs. Francis Ambrose ‘heads the Mothers’ March on Polio. Stuart P. Marks becomes person- nel manager of Air Products Inc. Game Commission guards black bear hibernating at Beth Run. Sands Holsteins capture fifteen places at Farm Show. : Thomas Patton, 74, dies in his sleep at Noxen. Mrs. Ethel Olver, 80, Mt. Green- wood Road, dies of pneumonia in Monongahela. William G. McMichael, 70, dies at Fernbrook after long illness. Mrs. May Ide dies in Toledo, aged 82. Joan Buza, Hillside, weds John P. Evanka, Luzerne. Nancy Beryl Traver marries Larry Crispell, Noxen. February 3, 1956 Ground hog fails to see shadow. Hurray for spring, but button up Mitchell Jenkins is elected presi- dent of Library Board. Scarlet fever at Lehman schools. George E. Schlager is secretary of local YMCA. John C. Zosh, 74, dies at Meeker. David Evans, Grandview Avenue, dies of heart failure. John S. Clarke, 82, dies at Hay- field Farms in his sleep. Lydia Spencer, Noxen native, dies at 59 in West Davenport, N. Y. Michael Begley, Davenport Street, dies at 82. Mrs. Blanche A. Krainz, Demunds Road, dies in Hamburg Sanitarium. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Lord, Sweet Valley, lose a newborn son. Mrs. Addie Austin, 91, suffers a severe stroke. Lois K. Jones, Courtdale, weds Harry J. Johnson, Trucksville, Alderson and Shavertown tie in Church League. February 10, 1956 Mrs. Harry Ohlman is elected president of Dallas Womans Club. Big high school for all ten Back Mountain school districts is suggest- ed by several school boards. Dallas Borough millage remains at 22. Budget of $38, 831 is adopted. Frank Policare, Pittston, will oper- ate Lundy’s as Club Francois. Charles Rinehimer, formerly of Natona Mills, goes to Emmaus, par- ent plant of Air Products Inc. Mrs. Roscoe Smith heads Kiwanis women. James Hutchison, retired Luzerne County Farm Agent, starts program of farm news over _radio station WILK. Howard Piatt is rSsclited Har. veys Lake Roadmaster. Mrs. Addie Austin, Arch Austin’s mother, dies at 91 after hard stroke. Mrs. Rhoda Kitchen, Ruggles, dies at 62. Morgan W. Ruch, East Dallas, dies aged 65 at the American Oncological ‘Hospital in Philadelphia. A (Continued on Page 5) or MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Foundation Poured For First Jackson Building Forms are poured for the first building—a ware- house—that will be erected at the new State In- stitution for Mental Delinquents in Jackson Town- ship. The building is located high above the sur- rounding countryside. - —Photo by Kozemchak Actual construction is not expected until March after all blasting and rough grading is completed. Judges Find Reindeer And Sleigh On Many Roofs In Outdoor Contest Judges making the rounds of en- tries in the Back Mountain Light- ing Contest Thursday night, found themselves in difficulties, both be- cause of the icy roads, and because of the wide variety of decorations. All the entries were lovely, but none of them could be compared one with the other. Judges parked by the road and worked out a set of essentials. The entry must have a focus which would draw the at- tention immediately, was consid- ered the prime requisite. There must be unity, without too much to distract the attention from the main display. This automatically disqualified a number of exhibits which added a great deal to the festive appearance of Back Mountain neighborhoods. First prize in picture windows went to Mrs. Willis Ide, Oak Hill, who had developed a decoration which ‘looked like lace paper or Christmas wrapping, utilizing every tiny pane in her big window. It was unique and very effective, de- pending not-on the interior glimpsed ‘through the decorations, but on the window itself. June McClosky, New Goss Manor, took first prize in exterior decora- tion, with a very simple display built around her entrance, spotlight- ed by hidden lights, suggestive of a Christmas card. She worked out a definite plan for her display, with good focus and complete harmony, no trailing ends, and nothing super- fluous. Mrs. Ralph Hazeltine, Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, took second place in outdoor decorations with her display of snowmen. Here again, there was nothing to distract the eye, and the arrangement was uni- fied. Mrs. Sterling Schmoltz, Oak Hill, placed third with a genuine old sleigh which was silhouetted on a blank wall by spotlights. Leonard Harvey, Woodlawn Drive, with a muted picture window show- ing shepherds and a star, organ pipes on one side balanced by NOEL on the other, took second place in windows. The Harry Ritts window on Church Street, which added preat- ly to the outdoor scheme of decora- tion for that part of Dallas, dropped to third place because the revolving tree was actually an interior instead of a window decoration, though clearly visible through the window and beautifully decorated. Techni- cally speaking, it did not qualify. Two displays which were other- wise very lovely were disqualified because of the presence of a cross, signifying Easter, instead of a star, which by tradition belongs to Christmas. Doyle Campbell's display on the road near Keller's greenhouse, was very effective, with its huge star on the peak of the roof, its manger scene and Santa Claus beneath on the ground. In this case, there were too many points of interest, too widely spaced to afford the com- pact unified effect which had been decided upon as the criterion. Successive herds of reindeer, mounted on roof tops and porches, cavorting across snowy lawns, killed each other off. Many of these ex- hibits must have taken hours to erect, and they were all very jolly. Honorable mention went to: Doyle Campbell, West Dallas; Kun- kle Fire Department; St. Paul's Lutheran Church for its manger and its replica of a stained glass window; Gerald Murray, Druid Hills, Shav- ertown, for his carol singers and hidden music; Mrs. Joseph Schooley for her Santa Claus, relaxed after a hard night in a large chair on the front porch; the Hubbard display at Oak Hill; Vern Evans, Dallas. One of the very best displays. of all, up on Goeringer Avenue, in Kingston Township, was not entered in the contest. It would have nosed out all other contestants for first. place if it had been registered. James Kozemchak, general chair- man, expressed himself ‘as much pleased with the spirit of contest- ants and judges. ‘Winners were an- nounced over WILK on Sunday and Monday. Lake Silkworth Places First Two Families Win Prize, Second Year The Kazakas and Strenfel fam- ilies, working together on their Christmas display at Lake Silk- worth, won first place for the second year in the Lehman outdoor lighting contest. The display, on R. D. 2, Lake Silkworth, past the Lake, and the first house to the right below the Catholic Church, was unanim- ously approved by the judges, who made their rounds Friday night, and were later entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ellsworth. Placing second was Doyle Camp- bell, Idetown, whose display featur- ed a large star on the peak of the roof, and below it on the ground the manger scene. Third place went to the Student Council of Lehman - Jackson - Ross, which had arranged a manger scene in front of the school. Mrs. George Taylor was again given a prize. A drive to Lake Silkworth to see the first-place display, says Mrs. Stuart Marks, one of the lighting committee, will be well worth while. The families will leave the arrange- ment in place for several days, to give everybody an opportunity to see the artistry employed. Men on the judging committee were given Italian ties, women im- ported handkerchiefs. Three Local Men At Convention Dolbear, Marchakitus, Hughes, at State PSEA Three local educators attended the Pennsylvania State Education Association annual meeting in Har- risburg during the holidays, Decem- ber 27-29, joining 850 delegates who represent 65,000 teachers of Penn- sylvania. Attendance of teachers other than delegates brought the numbers up to nearly 4,000. Edgar Hughes, Jr. president of Area 6; and Robert Dolbear, former president, now representing Area 6 for Luzerne County, are from Dallas- Franklin-Monroe Township schools. Anthony Marchakitus is principal of Lehman-Jackson-Ross High School, and former president of the School Educators’ Association.” All three men report that speak- ers were excellent, and that a more complete understanding of bills to be brought before the legislature was obtained. Marketing Agent For Nine Counties To Have Office With Extension Association Aubrey D. Vose, formerly assist- ant county agent in Berks County, has assumed a new position as ex- tension marketing agent in nine Northeastern Pennsylvania counties, including Luzerne County, according to County Agent E. V. Chadwick. His headquarters will be in Luz- erne County Agricultural Extension office in the courthouse annex, 5 Water Street, Wilkes-Barre. His ter- ritory will embrace the counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Sullivan, Wy- oming, Columbia, Montour, North- umberland, Schuylkill and Carbon. A native of Bradford County where he grew up. on a farm near LeRaysville, Vose is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Vose, now of Rome, that county. He was graduated from LeRaysville High School and in 1951 received his degree in agriculture from the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity where he majored in agri- cultural economics. In college he was a member of the Agricultural Economics Club and the Dairy Sci- ence Club, and worked on the Penn State. poultry farm to help finance his college education. From 1951 to 1954 he was with the State Bureau of Markets, Har- risburg, working in the fresh fruit and vegetable inspection service. In 1954 he transferred to the Univer- sity as coordinator of a potato marketing survey conducted jointly by the University and the State. On April 11, 1955, he joined the Penn State agricultural extension staff as assistant county agent and was assigned to Berks County. In his new position, he continues as a member of the university staff. His transfer, effective December 1, was announced by Dr. Herbert R. Al- brecht, extension director. Vose will be stationed in the Northeastern Pennsylvania extension region of which Ralph C. Blaney, assistant director of agricultural and home economics extension, has charge. Out On Bail, Charged With Assault And Battery Andy Malak, Huntsville, is out on bail of $500 for assault and battery on his wife Dorothy and fourteen year old son Edward, and will an- swer to charges during the January term of criminal court. Mr. Malak was given a hearing before Justice of the Peace Robert Culp. He was arrested by Constable Earl Gregory and John Roskolis of the State Police, charged with as- sault and resisting arrest, and was remanded to Luzerne County prison Tuesday night. History of the case shows long standing abuse of wife and son when on periodic drinking bouts. House Guest of Sanfords’ Admitted To Nesbitt Kingston Township ambulance staffed by Theodore Poad and ‘William Purcell took a house guest of the Allan W. Sanford family, Pioneer Avenue, to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Thursday morning at 9. Miss Beatrice Peletier, Massachu- setts, seized with violent abdominal pain during the night, was ordered to |the hospital by Dr. S. M. Daven- port, Dallas Community Ambulance was answering another call at the tire fl TEN CENTS Mrs. Edwards, 51 Dies Following Cardiac Attack Her Untimely Death New Years Eve Is Shock To Community Mrs. D. L. Edwards, 51, died New Years Eve at General Hospital where she was admitted early Christmas morning following a heart attack at her home, Deerfield Farm, in Jackson Township. In frail health for more than a year—she was hospitalized from a similar attack during the holidays last year—she was apparently mak- ing steady progress toward recovery when she was stricken. On Saturday night she had at- tended a Christmas party with old friends who were delighted with her light-hearted spirit and apparently restored health. Mrs. Edwards was the wife of the late Dana LaRue Edwards, head of the D. L. Edwards Insurance Agency, who died two years ago in Sep- tember. Born in Kingston, the daughter of the late William H. and Margaret Evans Bradbury, she spent her young womanhood in Kingston where she was graduated from King- ston High School and Wyoming Seminary. For a number of years prior to her marriage she was a secretary to the late Norman John- stone, secretary-manager of Wyo- ming Valley Motor Club, who often referred to her as ‘the best secre- tary I have ever known.” After her marriage to Mr. Edwards on September 10, 1930, the young couple established their home in their new house on Davis Street, Trucksville. There she welcomed her two chil- dren Dana Barry, now a petty offi- cer in the Seabees, USN, with the Antarctic Expedition, Operation Deep Freeze, and Faith Elaine, now a freshman at Pennsylvania State University. She was a member of Shavertown Methodist Church and its WSCS, Wyoming Valley Woman’s Club, and recently served in the Wyoming Valley Beautification Committee. She was a member of Back Moun- tain Memorial Library Association and its Book Club and served as solicitation chairman for the Library Auction in 1955. Devoted to her home and family —she was an excellent cook and homemaker—she was always among the first to arrive at a home where tragedy or illness struck, with a basket of home-made foodstuffs or a flower. She never forgot the little things—a kind word or deed—that made life more worth living. Funeral services were conducted |. by her pastor Rev. Robert D. Yost, Thursday morning from Snowdon Funeral Home in Kingston. .Inter- ment was in the family plot beside her husband at Fern Knoll. Beside her son and daughter, she leaves a sister, Mrs. Reuben Morrish, Harrisburg; brothets Henry W. Brad- bury, Springfield, N. J., and David Bradbury, Buffalo, N. Y. Pallbearers were: Jack Tretha- way, Otto Weyand, Robert Edwards, Alfred D’Anca, Thomas Graham and Dr. Irvin Evans. Requiescat in pace, Ohlman In Hospital Harry Ohlman, president of Dallas Area Schools, is a patient at Wyo- ming Valley Hospital where he was taken Wednesday morning follow- ing a heart attack at his home on Machell Avenue. Admitted To Nesbitt Suffering From Stroke John Thomas, Old Fair Ground road, was admitted to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital yesterday morn- ing, suffering from a stroke, Dr. ‘Charles Perkins summoned Dallas Community ambulance, staffed by Ray Titus, Norti Berti, and Henry Evans. Arthur Kushke Remains On Nesbitt Critical List Arther Kushke, Elmcrest, remains on the critical list at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. In and out of the oxygen tent, and still very ill, he is not receiving visiters. He was admitted by ambulance before the Christmas holidays. David Howell Goes To Nesbitt By Ambulance David Howell, Birch Grove, who retired some time ago from emp- loyment at the Woodward Collieries because of silicosis, entered Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Thursday morn- ing on order of Dr. Charles Perkins. In answering the call, Kingston Township ambulance staffed by Marvin Yeust and Theodore Poad, crossed the bridge at Birch Grove which had been repaired by Mr. Howell during his retirement. PER COPY—EIGHT PAGES Supervisors To Leave 35-Mile Signs In Place Kingston Township Raises Wages Of Police and Laborers Kingston Township Supervisors at their reorganization meeting Wed- nesday night instructed Police Com- missioner Arthur F. Smith not to remove the thirty-five mile-an-hour speed limit signs recently erected along Route 309. “We expect to fight this thing to the finish” was the comment of one supervisor following the meeting, “or at least until the State contri- butes something practical toward the elimination of traffic accidents on this road.” Ralph Sands was reelected presi- dent of the Supervisors, and Arthur F. Smith, wes reelected secretary- treasurer and Police Commissioner. Harry Bogart is the minority super- visor. Atty. Donald O. Coughlin was reelected solicitor. There was a general increase in wages for Township employees. Sal- aries of police were increased $20 per month and wages of supervisory employees and laborers were raised 15¢ per hour. Andrew Pleased With No Deaths Hopes 1957 Will See None On Local Roads Thomas Andrew, president, has announced that there will be an important meeting of Back Moun- tain Citizens Safety Committee on Monday night January 14 at 8 at Dallas Borough School. All inter- ested citizens are invited to recog- nize their personal responsibility for highway safety and attend. In making the announcement’ Mr. Andrew said he and the Citizens Committee on Safety are especially pleased with the safety record made on Back Mountain highways over the holiday period. “Our goal now,” he said, x “is to prevent any fatal accidents on Back Mountain highways during 1957. Only the common sense of every driver can help us to achieve this objective. We need public support in our efforts. That's why we want everyone to attend the January 14 meeting." Chance To Burn Christmas Trees At Skating Rink Christmas trees may be burn- ed on the bonfire at John Tibus’ skating rink in mid-Dallas on Saturday night, the night be- fore Twelfth Night. Mr. Tibus promises safety for the child- ren, and says trees will not be fed onto the flames in too great numbers. Trees may be delivered ahead of time if desired. Benefit Dance For Irwin Coolbaugh A square dance for the benefit of Irwin Coolbaugh of Kunkle who suf- fered a heart attack several weeks ago and has been confined to his home since his return from the hos- pital, will be held Wednesday night, January 16, at Kunkle Community Hall. The dance is sponsored by Dallas Township Police Force of which Mr. Coolbaugh was a member. Those who may wish to sell or buy tickets may obtain them from Chief of Po- lice James Gansel. David Jenkins Named Eastern Sales Manager David Jenkins, formerly of Dallas but more recently of Lorraine, Ohio, has been named New England sales manager of Thew Shovel Company with offices at 500 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins and daugh- ters Dianne, a student at Kent Col- lege, and Gale, a Lorraine High School student, spent the holidays with Mr. Jenkins’ father Ben L. Jenkins of Wilkes-Barre. They expect to move to the New York area shortly. New Daughter Mr. and Mrs. Ernest King, Dallas R. D. 2 announce the birth of a daughter, Barbara, their second child, at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital on December 17. : To Hold Hobby Show Lady Toby Rebekah Lodge, 514, Trucksville, will hold a Hobby Show at the Trucksville Methodist Church, January 25, Matilda Croom is chairman, and Dorothy Williams, Co-chairman.
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