a Oldest Business Institution In The Back Mountain lind ep THE DALLAS POST Two Easy to Remember Phone Numbers . 4-5656 or 4-7676 VOL. 67, No. 22, FRIDAY, i Valedictorian JOHN CYRIL SHOLTIS Salutatorian MARIE E THEINE COGOMAR Honor Students At Township Sholtis Valedictorian, Goodman Salutatorian Top honor students who will ad- dress student body and guests at Dallas-Franklin-Monroe Commence- ment ex’. cises Th rsday evining at |; 8, are John Cyril Sholtis and Marie Katherine Goodman. Mr. Sholtis, son of Mrs. John Sholtis, Dallas RD 3, will give the valedictory. A senior of the acad- emic course, he expects to enter Pennsylvania State University in September. Miss Goodman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Goodman, Ide- town florists, will give the saluta- tory. She finishes in the academic course and expects to enter Wilkes College. Mr. Sholtis has been class presi- dent since the fourth grade, is pres- ident of the Key Club, Hi-Y, and . the Honor Society; is yearbook co- editor; Lieutenant governor of Divis- ion 15 of the Key Club for 1956 and 1957; has been prominent in May Day exercises for four years. In athletics he played football and baseball for four years, basketball for two, intramural basketball two. He was on the Non-Conference All- Star football team this year. Miss Goodman was class treasurer in sophomore, junior and senior years; a member of the honor so- ciety the past two years; was on the yearbook staff as a senior, and sang in the chorus; engaged in intra- mural sports four years; took part in May Day three years; belonged to the Art Club as g senior. Rev. Robert Yost At Baccalaureate Westmoreland Lists Program For Sunday Westmoreland Baccalaureate ser- vices are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 4 in the High School auditorium. W. Frank Trimble, High School principal, announces the fol- lowing program: Largo— (From the opera, Xerxes), George F. Handel. Processional—“God of Our Fath- ers.” Invocation—Reverend Robert De- Witt Yost. Hymn—Assembly—“Faith of Our Fathers”. Pastoral Prayer. . Lord’s Prayer (repeated together). Scripture Lesson. Vocal Selection—‘In a Monastery Garden”—Emma Engler, Constance Chappell, Judith Richards, Judith Roberts, Ann Murphy, Jayne Polk; Accompanist—Roberta Williams. Sermon—*“The Great Doors of a Young Person’s Life”. Hymn — Assembly — “Are Ye Able”. Benediction. % Recessional—“God of Our Fath- ers”. Accompanist, Margery Stookey, [Auction Dinner ; They are available at the Library, ’58. MAY 31, 1957 Thursday Night Big Crowd Expected At Jackson Fire Hall The eleventh annual Library Auc- tion is beginning to roll toward its! climax on July 5 and 6 according to Raymon Hedden, chairman of this year’s big event. The Barn is filling up with new and used merchandise brought in by the transportation committee un- der the supervision of Col. H. H. Butler, chairman and John Landis, |! co-chairman. Those having used goods to be picked up early should call the Com- monwealth Telephone Company op- erators Dallas 4-1211, Col. Butler said, and give them specific infor- mation on the size, number and kinds of articles and where they | can be picked up. He asked that contributors allow at least five days for the transportation workers to pick up the items and in no case to call them for items that have no value or use for resale. John Landis said the policy of the Auction this year is to pick up only items of value and not to cart away materials that properly should go to the dump. Auction Dinner William Wright, chairman of the Auction Kick-Off Dinner at Jackson Fire Hall next Thursday evening, June 6 announced this week that tickets are now available and that an ambitious program has been ar- ranged. The turkey dinner will be served by the Women’s Auxiliary of Jackson Volunteer Fire Company. Because the dinner is less than a week away, Mr. Wright said tickets should be obtained immediately. at The Dallas Post, or from mem- bers of a large committee. Westmoreland Speaker MURRAY ALEXANDER CAYLEY Cayley To Speak To Graduates Well Known Educator Will Challenge Class Murray Alexander Cayley, author, educator, and psychologist, will speak to Westmoreland seniors at Commencement Wednesday evening at 8 in the high school auditorium. Dr. Cayley will speak on “What Are You Living For?” Dr. Cayley is at present teaching Philosophy and Psychology at Roch- ester Institute of Technology. He has been on the faculty at Drew and Columbia Universities, and a pastor of leading Presbyterian chur- ches in New Rochelle, New York City, and Elizabeth, N. J., and First Presbyterian Church, Rochester. He has spoken before many important organizations, including Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs of large cities, col- leges and universities. A Canadian by birth, he holds degrees from Union Seminary, Tor- onto, Columbia University, New Jer- sey Mental Hospital Educational Clinic. He was a member of the Royal Air Force during World War I. Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost, pastor of Shavertown Methodist Church, will give the Baccalaureate address |§ Sunday afternoon at 4 in the High School auditorium. Dallas Ambulance Races Stork To Nesbitt Hospital Dallas Community Ambulance an- swered an emergency maternity call Wednesday night at 10:30, when a Luzerne driver who had been taking his wife for a jaunt through the Back Mountain, became panic-strick- en when it appeared that the stork | : was about to alight. He pulled into the parking lot at the Vista Cafe in Kunkle and phoned for help. Four men responded, Howard Johns, Al Shaffer, William Wright and Donald Bulford delivering Mrs. Sutton, Nesbitt Memorial Hospital without incident. ° Marilyn iB the expectant mother, to MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Valedictorian BEVERLY MAJOR Salutatorian ALICE MAE BRITT Beverly Major Valedictorian Wins Scholarship To Wilkes, Four Years Beverly Major will give the vale- dictory address at the Lehman- Jackson-Ross Commencement, and Alice Mae Britt the salutatory. Top-ranking student of the 53 members of the senior class, Miss Major recently won a four year scholarship of $300 per year in a competitive examination for en- trance to Wilkes College. Among 150 candidates from all parts of the Wyoming Valley area, she ranked third. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Major of Lehman, Miss Major grad- uates in the Academic course. She was maid of honor for the May Queen as a senior; has been active in band and chorus for four years; and a member of the National Hon- or Society for three years, Miss Britt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Britt of Sweet Val- ley. She has already been accepted by the Bell Telephone Company in Philadelphia as a telephone opera- tor. She sings in the chorus, and has been a member of the National Honor Society for three years. She is a member of Future Teachers of America. Surplus Food Registration Surplus food registration in Dallas and for surrounding areas at the Dallas Borough Building will take place June 11, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 155 who received degrees from Col- lege Misericordia Monday night at impressive ceremonies at Irem Tem- ple. They were: Grace M. Fleming and Augustine M. Haradem, of Dallas; Marian Stephanie Maceiko, Harveys Lake; Theresa L. Burnat, Trucksville;; and Joyce C. Martin, Sweet Valley. Out of regard for His Excellency, John Joseph Hearne, Ambassador to the United States from Ireland, the “Soldiers’ Song”, National An- them of Ireland, was played for the academic processional, followed by the National Anthem of the United States of America. Ambassador Hearne spoke of the contribution Ireland has made to western culture and scholarship, and charged the graduating class with the responsibility of keeping this quest for knowledge and the moral code alive as a bulwark against the crowding inroads of foes of true freedom. “You have been taught to stand for justice, peace and freedom. Truth makes us free. Faith makes us whole.” The Rev. John P. Walsh, LL.B. College Misericordia, presented the candidates for degrees to the Most Reverend Jerome D. Hanna, D.D., Bishop of Scranton, who conferred Ambassador Of Ireland Speaks At Misericordia Graduation Five local women were among the | degrees, honors and awards. The student body rose for the always colorful ceremony of chang- ing of the tassels on the academic caps to the strains of Pas des Fleurs by Delibes. Following the charge to the grad- uates by the Bishop, the orchestra under direction of Louis Savitt play- ed the recessional, and graduates and student body filed out while the audience remained seated. The vast Irem Temple was throng- ed with guests, the entire center section reserved for students in aca- demic cap and gown, their stark simplicity contrasting with spring pastels and festive hats. Graduates were seated on the stage, while Misericordia faculty oc- cupied the two front rows in the balcony. The Baccalaureate mass was cele- brated Sunday morning at St. Mary’s Church of the Immaculate Conception, with Rev. William A. Loftus from the Catholic University of America giving the address. Knights of Columbus formed the honor guard for students at both Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises. College Misericordia is deserted | for the summer. All students left on Tuesday for the long vacation. Sandsdale Spot Rock Hill Is Best Producing Cow In Luzerne County his recent bid for reelection as Kingston Township Supervisor but it will take an exceptional dairy- man to equal or surpass his record with Holsteins. His prize six-year-old Holstein Sandsdale Spot Rock Hill has just made the highest record of any cow ;in Luzerne County for the year 1956 and according to James Hutch- ison, former county agent, the highest record ever made by any cow in the history of Luzerne County. “She will be,” according to Hutchison, “one of the highest if not the highest producing cow in Pennsylvania this year.” And here's that record accord- ing to DHIA tests—on 305 days milking, 23,699 pounds of milk; 1016.6. pounds butterfat; 4.3 test. Last year her record for 286 days was 21,770 pounds milk; 923.9 | pounds butterfat; 4.24 test. She | bettered everything this year. Ralph forgets all about elections when he talks about Spot Rock and . why shouldn’t he. In 1952 she was the first prize two-year-old at Bloomsburg Fair. In 1953 she was the first prize three-year-old and best uddered cow at Bloomsburg. |In 1955 she was the second aged cow and the second best uddered | cow ‘at the famous Black & White ' Show at Harrisburg, then she went lon to take first prize aged cow at | Bloomsburg. In 1956 she was sec- |ond aged cow reserve senior, re- | serve grand champion and second | best uddered cow at the State Farm Show at Harrisburg. | A few weeks later she produced "a bull calf on January 20. This calf ' was the top selling bull at the Penn- | sylvania State Holstein Sale in Har- risburg on October 19, 1956. | Over the years Spot Rock has produced two sets of twins. Ralph named one pair Rock and Rye. Sandsdale Sovereign Rye, is now the highest record heifer to be of- | fered for sale at the super-duper (Continued on Page 5) Ralph Sands took a beating in® | David R. Perry Lehman Speaker O'Neill To Preach Baccalaureate Sunday DAVID R. PERRY David R. Perry, Harrisburg at- torney and former Cabinet: Secre- tary to Governor James H. Duff, will speak to graduating students at [Lehman - Jackson - Ross Com- mencement exercises Friday even- ing, June 7, at 8:15. Mr. Perry will take as his topic, “A House Builded Upon a Rock.” Rev. Kenneth O’Neill, for the past three years pastor of Lehman Meth- odist ‘Church, will give the Bacca- laureate address Sunday evening at 875 in the auditorium. The sub- ject of his sermon will be “A Sure Thing,” a challenge to young men and women about to take on the responsibilities of adult life. The Commencement speaker served in the State government for 23 years, retiring in 1936 to resume private practice in Dauphin County. One of Pennsylvania's Top Cows Owned By Ralph Sands Sandsdale Spot Rock Hill has made the biggest record of any cow in Luzerne County on 305 days milking. Her record 23,699 pounds of milk; 1016.6 fat; 4.3% test. TEN CENTS PER COPY — TEN PAGES Lehman Firemen Plan 13th Show July 4th Event To Have New Features Lehman Township Volunteer Fire Company will stage its thirteenth annual Back Mountain Horse Show on July 4th with “everything bigger and better than previous fears,” according to Glenn Johnson, pres- ident. The show will be opened Wednes- day evening, July 3, with a donkey baseball game in which prominent men from Back Mountain communi- ties will participate. Another new event will be an opening parade on July 4th in which horsemen, fire companies, civic and featured organizations, and bands are invited to participate. Those interested are asked to con- tact Robert Disque, chairman, The horse show itself will get under way a little later than usual on July 4th because of the added parade; exact timing of parade, horse show, etc., will be announced later. Dinner will be served at noon by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Fire Company. President Johnson reports that interest is keen in this year’s show with the local Horsemen’s Club taking an active part. Johnson has appointed Joe Ellsworth as general chairman; other chairmen will be announced shortly. Cloudless Skies For Memorial Atty. Fleming Speaks At Woodlawn Graves Dallas Memorial Day Parade form- ed at the American Legion Home, Main Highway at 9:30 yesterday morning, proceeding to the Memor- ial tablet in Central Dallas where Rev. Frederick Eidam, pastor of St. Paul’s™ Lutheran Church, gave the memorial prayer, and buglers from Westmoreland High School Band played taps. A Boy Scout from Troop 169 laid the commemorative wreath. At Woodlawn Cemetery, * Rev. Russell Lawry, pastor of Dallas Me- thodist Church, gave the invocation after playing of the National An- them by Westmoreland Band. Following remarks by Commander Joseph Kravitz, Atty. Robert C. framework of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Human liberties, he said, after 180 years of freedom sparked by Patrick Henry's immortal words, “Give me liberty or give me dath,” were challenged by the spreading wave of totalitarianism, and eternal vigilance must be our watchword to preserve our precious heritage of freedom for our- children and our children’s children. Six members of Daddow Isaac’s Post 672 formed a firing squad. When the volley had died away, Taps was sounded by the West- moreland buglers. Marchers retained their places in line until disbanding at the Legion Home. Dallas Township police, marched immediately behind the Dallas Bor- ough Police car. Dallas Legionaires were followed by-Harveys Lake Post and Auxiliary. Westmoreland Band directed by Lester Lewis was next in line, fol- lowed by Boy and Girl Scout troops, including Explorers, Troop 281 Scouts and Cubs, Brownies 108, and Girl Scouts 169. Kunkle Fire Department led by the fire car and truck, had a march- ing delegation of sixteen men in white shirts and dark trousers. Dallas firemen brought up the rear, with Norti Berti, fire chief, and Henry Peterson, president of the fire company, in charge of the pumper. Leslie Barstow headed Explorers, William Baker and Arthur Miller the Boy Scouts. Cubs were led by Mrs. William Baker, Mrs. Charles Mahler, Mrs. Howard Wiley, Mrs. Doris Mallin; girl scouts by Joan Flack; Brownies by Mrs. Betty Parry, Mrs. Mary Kelley, Mrs. Lewis Reese, and Mrs. Joseph Schneider. Paul Shaver was parade marshall. Public address system, Bill Guyette. Dallas Borough police: chief Rus- sell Honeywell, Al Shaffer, William Berti, Ray Titus and Victor Cross. Dallas Township: Chief James Gan- sel, Irvin Coolbaugh, and Jay Bloomer. Rev. Eidam’s prayer embodied the spirit of the day: “We bless Thy glorious name, O God, for the devoted sacrifice of Thy servants who have laid down their lives that we might live. We humbly pray that they may not have died in vain. Help us, oh Lord, that we may reach a measure of devotion such as those who gave their last full measure of devotion. We beseecWEhee that we, like those who have gone before, may give and never count the cost — fight and Troop 281 and a Girl Scout from |. Fleming spoke, following closely the | | Valedictorian a 2 MARLENE ANN BUTRY Tied For Second Place 5 & N K. ZORZI, JR. JOH ROGERT LEE KEIPER Marlene Butry Valedictorian Two Senior Men Tie For Second Lake-Noxen high school has two boys exactly tied in credits and grades, but no contest for the honor of being valedictorian. Marlene Ann Butry had the high- est grades, with John Zorzi, Jr. and Robert Lee Keiper ranking second. Miss Butry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Butry, Noxen, gradu- ated in the Academic course, plans to enter Wilkes-Barre General Hos- pital training school. In May Day exercises she served as attendant to the Queen, Jeanette Wandell. In junior and senior years she was a member of the National Honor So- ciety; she sang in the chorus four years; served on the Student Council in freshman and sophomore years; was freshman class president; senior year-book editor; member of the cast for junior and senior plays. Mr. Zorzi, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Zorzi, Harveys Lake, finishing in the Academic course, will enter Bloomsburg State Teachers College in September. He served on the Student Council during high school years; belonged to the National Hon- or Society as a junior and senior; took part in junior and senior plays; was business manager of the Senior Year-Book; was manager of the baseball team three years; played basketball for four years. Mr. Keiper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton A. Keiper, Noxen, took a general course, to permit him to include shop work in an otherwise strictly Academic course. During his years in shop, he has built some exceptionally fine furniture for his home. He has no immediate plans. He belonged to the All-Sports and Model Building Clubs; played base- ball four years; basketball one year; was on the newspaper staff as a junior; joined the National Honor Society as a senior. Ut NM never heed the wounds—toil and never seek for rest—and ask no re- ward save the knowledge that we do Thy will. : “Give our glorious Nation a spir- itual awakening. May this Nation, under Thee, have a new birth of freedom, a Nation of the People, by the People, and for the People.”
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