PAGE SIXTEEN THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1957 Wyalusing Pageant, Aug. 30, Will Dramatize Camptown Races The massacre of a pioneer woman killed by Indians near Wyalusing in 1782 will be dramatized in the his- torical pageant, “THIS IS OUR VALLEY” to be presented on the evenings of August 30 and 31 at 9 at Wyalusing Amphitheatre in ob- servance of the town’s 205th anni- versary celebration. This particular episode is one of many in the town's . colorful history being presented by the people of the town in an orig- inal outdoor drama created espe- cially for this event. The story is a tradition with the people of Wyalusing Valley and tells of the Roswell Franklin family, pion- eers who lived near Forty Fort. One day in early Spring when Mr. Franklin was planting corn, he dis- covered that he was short of seed which necessitated a trip to the Fort to get more. He warned his wife Alice and his three children to keep a sharp eye out for Indians who had been tormenting the Franklins in recent weeks by burning their woodlands and driving off their stock. LSROEIMARER AYE DRIVE- IN BACK ROAD BETWEEN SWoYER i AND WEST 2 NTR MING FRIDAY & SATURDAY August 23-24 New York’s Great Story About Her Fabulous Son! “BEAU JAMES” Bob Hope, Vera Miles PLUS “REBEL IN TOWN” John Payne, Ruth Roman Ripped from the raw guts of the West! . . . SUNDAY & MONDAY August 25-26 Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson James Dean in “GIANT” PLUS KARTOON KARNIVAL . Only one showing starting at 8:30 P.M. TUES. - - THURS. August 27-28-29 — Big Double Shock Show — “THE MONSTER THAT CHALLENGED THE WORLD” PLUS “THE VAMPIRE” You'll shriek, you'll shudder. You're nerves will numb, you will feel faint,’ but don’t or you will miss a horror show of horrors . . Indians Capture Family Soon after his departure, Indians crept close to the Franklin house and were soon upon the small defenseless group. Mrs. Franklin, knowing that resistance was futile, gave in to her captors in order to protect her children, a boy of eight, a girl of eleven, and a baby, 19 months old. Franklin returned home soon af- ter the kidnapping. He immediately returned to the Fort and organized a search party under the command of Sgt. Baldwin. Whereas the Ind- ians followed the course of the Sus- quehanna River northward, the soldiers and Franklin cut over the mountains at Meshoppen and out- distanced the savages. At a point now known as Lime Hill, about 3 miles north of Wyalusing, and 50 miles north of their home; the Baldwin party set up a barricade of | brush and logs behind which they were to fight for their lives. They waited for many hours and finally the Indians and their small party of victims arrived on the scene. Mrs. Franklin and her child- ren were walking well ahead of their captors when the first shot was fired. They immediately fell to the ground to protect themselves as they lay between the two firing lines. Mrs. Franklin, anxious to know if her husband was in the search party, raised herself to ob- serve. In so doing, she caught a fatal shot from one of the Indian guns. The children, frightened beyond words, arose and ran wildly. For- tunately, they ran in the direction of their father who saved them; all but the youngest, the baby, who was picked up by one of the Indians and never seen again. The half- starved children returned to their home near Wilkes-Barre where they lived in peace. Mrs. Franklin was buried on Lime Hill which today is marked by a monument in observ- ance of her valiant stand against ‘#! her children’s abductors. Camptown Races The Franklin sequence is but one of many episodes telling of Wya- lusing’s magnificent history in “THIS IS OUR VALLEY”. Other epi- sodes deal with Etenne d’Brule, ac- credited with being the first white man to explore the Susquehanna River Valley and later, the discover- er of Michigan; a sequence dealing with the “Camptown Races”, Ste- phen Foster's famous folk song created about the races formerly run in Camptown, near Wyalusing while the composer was living with his | brother at Towanda. Another episode will deal with the colony established near Wya- | pny by refugees of the French Revolution where a home was built | for the ill-fated Queen Marie An- toinette who was beheaded before she could escape from France. | Still another episode will tell the i story of the Moravian Church mis- sionaries who established a mission in Wyalusing Valley in the 1700's for the Indian population. Other “Drive Carefully - Protect Children acts will include antique automo- biles, fire fighting equipment used fin fighting a real fire and a spec- tacular Gay-Nineties Revue in which the town’s people don the clothes | of their ancestors. Barnyard Notes . . . (Continued from Page 4) capabilities — and so progressed through all the chairs. It was the same in Caldwell Consistory and in the Shrine where he became Poten- tate. He was no ordinary Potentate, wearing an empty honor. He gave his time and his life to the job, and his worth to the order and to his community was attested when he was honored with the thirty-third degree—the highest Mesonry has to offer! Twice as county chairman he guided Cancer Campaigns to their goals. To the Red Cross, Community Chest, Heart Fund, Wyoming Valley Hospital —to all worthy causes — he lent his enthusiasm and his sound common sense. This lavish gift of time and energy to his fellows takes on added signi- ficance when it is recalled that for many years of his later life he was afflicted with a chronic asthmatic condition that frequently kept him sitting up nights, that delayed the beginning of his day, and that would have floored men of lesser stamina. There are many in all walks of life who will attest that when the chips were down and they had nowhere to turn, he was the Statmehost of their friends! Harry Ohlman came up the hard way. Any honors he ever received, he earned. If he had chosen to direct his talents and energies to- ward amassing a fortune or achiev- || ing social position, he would have attained both. He chose rather to]! give his life to his family and his fellowmen, and at his death, at fifty-three, there were only three things left undone. He would have liked to see his || son Lee through Lafayette; he would have been proud to see a union school district and the completion of a fine new high school for all the’ and he |! kids of the Dallas area; would have liked to have completed building one of the finest insurance agencies in Luzerne County. But with that done, he would have look- ed for other jobs. He was that kind of man. Other than that, I know he was ready for the challenge of the great unknown! And if I ever get to where I think he is —1I know the gates will swing open easier because he’s gone ahead and has talked things over with St. Peter. He was that kind of friend! Richard Oliver Heads Dallas Methodist Choir Dick Oliver was elected president of Dallas Methodist Choir at a spec- ial meeting held August 5. Mrs. Don Williams will be vice president, Mrs. Lewis Reese secretary, and Mrs. Alvin L. Shaffer treasurer and cor- responding secretary. A covered dish supper to which husbands and wives of choir mem- bers are invited, will be held Thurs- day at 6:30 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Zel Garinger on Lake Street, it so long as the price Consider Willett Beth Weissman White Furniture “Gon Haywood Wakefield Georgetown Galleries Sleigh of Grand Rapids Abels Wasserberg Town & Country Furniture of Distinction “When only the real thing will do . . . you look and listen and walk and think and then look and shop some more but when the real thing comes along you know it and want it and will probably get is right. French Provincial and other traditional Living, Dining and Bedroom groupings plus lamps, tables and accessories in a rare quality collection to make your visit worthwhile. 3 Interior Decorators at your service—no obligation. Phone VA 3-1668 A Few Of The Many Fine Brands: Weiman Stiffel Hampton Shop Tomlinson Mastercraft Charak Baker ALSO CARPETING AND ACCESSORIES 253.257 South Main Street—Wilkes-Barre We have every confidence you will see the real thing. in furni- ture at Town & Country—and our very reasonable prices continue to surprise many sales - weary shoppers for quality. In Rear of Building OPEN Mon. & Thurs. Bethlehem Phoenix Sealy Ostermoor Heritage Victorian Grand Rapids FREE PARKING Night ‘til 8:30 Other Days to 5:30 P.M. % { Seventh annual reunion of the George and Tillie Wagner Casterline family was held at the home of Mr. veys Lake, on July 28. A baked ham dinner was served. Plans were made to retain the officers of the previous year: presi- dent, Claude Lapp Jr. Springs, Md.; secretary, Mrs. William Haynes Jr., Baltimore; treasurer, Janice Van Campen, Rahway, N. J. Games were “in charge of Cassie Lapp, Bethesda, Md. and Judy Van Campen of Rahway, N. J. Two marriages, that of Barbara Malkemes, Shavertown and William of James Casterline, Harveys Lake, and Mrs. William Casterline, Har-' of Silver’ | Mrs. Hayes Jr., Hampton, Va., and that, and Clara Patton, Noxen, were an- nounced. Also the engagement of Jeanne Casterline to James Barrall, | Theresa, and Janice VanCampen to Steven | McKenna, Joan, Bethesda, Md. Seventh Casterline Reunion Held At William Casterline's Timari. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Emil Skusa, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stober, Otto Wagner, Sylvia Wagner, Read- ing Mr. ;and Mrs. Albert London and Janice and Judy, Rahway; Stev- en Timari, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Malkemes, Charles and Jimmy, Shavertown; Mr. and Mrs. William Schoch, Cathy and Billy, Chenango Bridge, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. James Casterline, Doris, Bobby, Mr. and William Casterline, Jeanne, Billy, Mrs. Willard Crispell, Beverly, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Casterline, Mary Lou, George, Joanne, Cindy, Mr. and Mrs. George Casterline, John VanCampen, John Jr., Harveys Lake; James Barrall, Chase; Charles Reese, Luzerne; Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lapp Sr., Cassie, John, Tommy and Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood OBITUARY Otis Allen Rood Once Principal At Shavertown Began Career When One-Room Schools Taught The Three R's OTIS ALLEN ROOD Otis Allen Rood, 81, a former principal of Shavertown and Trucks- ville Grade Schools, died at his home in Pikes Creek Thurs- day morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Bronson Funeral Home on Monday, with burial in the family plot at Maple Grove Ceme- tery. Rev. Charles H. Frick, of Huntsville Christian Church, officia- ted, assisted by Rev. Paul Clemow. Bearers were Gordon Wolverton, Cletus Holcomb, Jr., John Austin, Warren Boston, William LaBar, and Clifford Stroud. Mr. Rood, failing steadily in health for several months, died of heart failure. With the passing of Mr. Rood, another chapter of early history in the Back Mountain is closed. There is nobody in his branch of the family to carry on the name, though there are many collateral lines. His forebears came to Huntington Mills from Canaan, Conn. shortly after the Revolution. His greatgrand- father was Ira Rood, greatgrand- mother Esther Monroe, daughter of Nathan Monroe, a Scottish baron. He was the son of the late Ira and Mary Ann Callender Rood, of Bloom- ingdale. In 1918 he moved to Pikes Creek, where he spent the remain- der of his life. Fife and drum corps were com- mon in the decades following the Civil War. He belonged first to the Bloomingdale organization, later to the corps at Pikes Creek. Educated in the public schools, he attended high school at Huntington Mills, then took special work at Pleasant Hill Academy to prepare for the County Superintendent’s ex- amination for a provisional teaching certificate. After teaching for a time, he completed his education at Bloomsburg Normal School followed by a term at East Stroudsburg State Teachers College. His first school, in 1895, was at the base of Sorber Mountain, a one réom structure called the Rock School, where Sorbers and Kochers and Galloways learned their Three R’s. School terms were of seven months to permit big boys to help with the spring planting and har- vest. The Rock School was later moved across the road and converted to a dwelling. Mr. Rood retired from teaching ten years ago, rolling up a record of almost forty years in the pro- fession, exclusive of several periods of non-educational activity. For a time he was tax collector in Forty Fort, and for a time operated a gen- eral store at Broadway. He taught in Ross Township, Lake Township, Dallas Borough, and fin- ally Shavertown and Trucksville. He and his wife, the former Verna Wolfe of Pikes Creek, celebrated their Golden Wedding four years ago. Mr. Rood was a member of the Maple Grove Methodist Church, and its official board. He taught the Men’s Bible Class for many years. He belonged to Kingston Lodge 395 Della C. Parrish Made A Fine Art Of Friendship Aunt Della’s Home Hummed With Life, And She Loved It Mrs. Della Cooke Parrish, a friend to everybody in Idetown, passed a- way on Monday, just one week be- fore her eightieth birthday. Aunt Della was planning for a big open- house on Sunday, for she loved com- pany, and was never happier than when welcoming friends to her home. She had been having a series of heart attacks, which became severe enough last Thursday to dicate ad- mission to Nesbit Memorial Hospital but she still kept on laying plans for her birthday. She was laid to rest in Beaumont Cemetery yesterday. Rev. Kenneth O’Neill, pastor of Idetown Methodist church, conducted services for a much-loved member of his congre- gation at Nulton Funeral Home. Mrs. Parrish’s home was the meeting place for many organizat- ions. The WCTU, of which she was president for many years, met with her. Church groups made her home their headquarters. Nothing delight- ed her quite so keenly as to have three or four old friends stop in un- expectedly for dinner. The Sickler reunion was held annually at her home. She served on the official board of Idetown Methodist Church. Ac- tive in Sunday School work for over fifty years, and an officer of the WSCS, she was superintendent of the primary department. She was a chartér member and past Worthy Matron of Dallas Order of the East- ern Star. A small woman, she bubbled with life and energy. Two Weeks before she died, she thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Ricketts Glen and Lake Jean, though handicapped by slowness in walking. She loved new places and new people, new ideas and new ways of doing things. Daily, she worked out the Cryptogram in the Record, though her eyesight had started to fail. Born in Moosic, daughter of the late Benjamin and Phoebe Sickler Knapp, she attended State College and taught school for several years before marriage to her first husband Andrew Cooke and nine years dur- ing her widowhood after his death in ¥906. For a time she taught in the Primary grades at Noxen. Her first school was at Orange, where she taught all grades. When first widowed with four little child- ren to care for, the oldest one five. she taught in a one-room school- house at Justus, then for some years at Noxen in the second grade, and then at Moosic. When she married E. R. Parrish in 1915, she abandoned school tea- ching and moved to the Parrish farm in Idetown, now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Calkins, her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. Par- rish one of the areas most substan- tial citizens, died in 1939. Seven children survive: Mrs. Howward Crosby, Knoxville, Tenn; Mrs. David Ide, Mrs. Kenneth Calk- ins, and Paul Parrish, Idetown; Edward R. Parrish, Kingston; and Bess Cooke, at home. There are fourteen grandchildren, eight great grandchildren; brothers and sisters: Mrs. John Cadugan, Scranton; Mrs. John Page, Naples, Fla.; Mrs. J. Gor- don Hadsel, Dallas; Ralph Knapp, Kingston; and Carl Knapp, Chin- chilla. Pallbearers, all grandsons, were: Richard Ide, Harold Ide, Bruce Ide, Glen Ide, Kim Calkins, and Thomas Brink. Cotton is 11% times as heavy as water. * * * The views expressed by husbands are not necessarily those of the’ management! F & AM; Keystone Consistory, and Irem Temple. He is survived by his widow; a daughter, Mrs. Lucy Stitt, Indiana, Pai and a granddaughter, Mary. Alice. "ting services at 3 p.m. Mrs. N. J. Cave Taken By Death Was Widow Of Former Borough Councilman Death came mercifully Thursday morning at 6:30 to Mrs. Mary T. Cave, widow of the late Nicholas J. Cave, at her home on Huntsville Road, Dallas. Ill for the past five years, Mrs. Cave had been almost constantly under the care of a nurse, although for the past several days she had been much better than usual. Born in Evervale, Luzerne Coun- ty, on July 25, 1881, she lived most of her life in Wilkes-Barre, moving with her husband to the Back Mountain area some twenty years ago. In her earlier days she was active in Irem Temple Auxiliary, Eastern Star No. 90, and Knights Templar Auxiliary. Funeral services will be held Sat- urday afternoon from the home with services in charge of Rev. William McClelland of Prince of Peace Church. Interment will be in Mt. Greenwood Cemetery. She leaves four children, all prom- inent in Back Mountain community life. They are Grace T., J. Sheldon, G. Wesley and Mrs. John F. Shee- han. There are also six grandchild- ren; Jack and Jane Cave, Idetown; G. Wesley Jr., and Vera Beth Cave, Dallas; John F. Jr., and Lynn A. Sheehan, Dallas. Rites Today For Edward Barber Ardent Supporter Of Trucksville Methodist Edward N. Barber, Highland Ave- nue, Trucksville, passed away at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Tuesday afternoon, three hours after admis- sion shortly before noon. He will be buried this afternoon from the Syd- ney Martin Funeral Home in West Pittston, Rev. Arthur Mayo conduc- Interment will be in the family plot at West Pittston Cemetery. Mr. Barber, 59, battling ill health for the past two years, lived for only four years in this area, but came with such strong recommendations from First Methodist Church of West Pittston that he was elected to sec- retaryship of the official board at Trucksville Methodist and became adult Sunday School superintendent. He had served as member of the official board and Sunday School superintendent for eleven years at First Church, and for six years on the West Pittston school board. The circumstance that binds him closely to the Back Mountain is the marriage fifteen years ago of his only son Edward S. Barber to Betty Jean Scott, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Scott, of Leh- man. The two families have been very close. A native of West Pittston, Mr. Barber was son of the late Samuel K. and Samantha Sutton Barber. He was affiliated with Williams Broth- ers, wholesale grocers of Wilkes- Barre. He is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Aston of West Pittston; a son, Edward S. of Fram- ingham, Mass.; two grandchildren; a brother, Eugene, Wyoming. Public Relations Man Dies At Summer Home James J. Jennings, public rela- tions. director and former Wilkes- Barre Record newspaperman, died at his summer home at Harveys Lake Friday evening, after a long illness with cancer. He was buried Monday morning in St. Mary’s Cem- etery, following a requiem mass at the Gate of Heaven Church. Mr. Jennings, 55, was widely known in Wyoming Valley for his political comments over Station WILK, and participation in the “Editors Page” program, as well as his important public relations clien- tele. Entering the newspaper field in 1921 as Plymouth representative of the now defunct Evening News, he joined the Record staff in 1925, and did feature writing, and a column. He had a number of connections with Harrisburg in the days of the Earle administration, and travelled widely later as press representative for a number of notables. His organ- izational affiliations are legion. He is survived by his widow, the former Joan Keller; a sister, Mrs. Edwin Kraft, Brooklyn, N. Y.; a brother, John Jennings, Philadel- phia. Mrs. Stretton Buried In Native Binghamton A requiem mass from Gate of Heaven Church was celebrated Tues- day morning for Mrs. Mary T. Stret- ton, followed by burial in St. Pat- rick’s Cemetery, Binghamton. She passed away Saturday night in Dallas after a long illness. Mrs. Stretton, a native of Bing- hamton, lived for the past eighteen years with ‘her sister, Mrs. James F. O'Boyle, Main Street, Dallas, her only surviving relative. She was the ‘daughter of the late Michael and Catherine Murphy Dillon. Her hus- band Arthur died in 1838. She was a member of Gate of Heaven Church and its Altar and Rosary Society. DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA Once Owned Store In Sweet Valley Mrs. Marion F. Wolfe, 53, Muhlen- burg, died last Friday night at Gen- eral Hospital where she had been admitted on Tuesday. She was buried from the Bronson Funeral ° Home August 13. Services were con- ducted by Rev. William Price, pastor of Huntington Mills Methodist Church, followed by interment in Reyburn Cemetery. A native of Wilkes-Barre, she re- tained membership in Wyoming Avenue Christian Church. She and her husband Joseph, upon moving to the Back Mountain area, for a number of years owned and opera- ted the grocery store in Sweet Val- ley later purchased by George Bronson. She is survived by her husband; her mother, Mrs. J. W. Gingell, Forty Fort, and eight children. Mrs. Myrtle Kunkle Buried At Orcutt Mrs. Myrtle Kunkle, Evans Falls, was buried Tuesday afternoon in Orcutt Cemetery. Services were con- ducted from the Nulton Funeral Home by Rev. Wesley Crompton, Evans Falls Methodist Church. Mrs. Kunkle, 71, died early Satur- day night at the home of her daughter Mrs. Joseph Kaman, Tunk- hannock RD 5, with whom she had made her home. ~ A native of Meadow Run, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Sarah Beahm Seipler. There is a son, Lloyd, Evans Falls; a stepson, Harry Kunkle, Towanda; one grandchild; a sister, Mrs. Beulah Stout, and three brothers, Stephen, Howard and Claude, all of Beau- mont. Loyalville Ladies Aid Reverts To Tradition Loyalville WISCS will again be known as Loyalville Ladies Aid, ac- coring to action taken at Tuesday night’s wienie roast at the home of the president, Mrs. Walter Wesley, Sr. The name of Ladies Aid is so throughly entrenched in the hearts of the women of Loyalville Method- ist Church, that many strong ad- herents felt ill at ease with the new name, and lost a certain amount of interest in an organization which had a national complexion. Ladies Aid retained its name a- gainst considerable pressure until three years ago, when the new name WISCS went into effect. Read- option of the familiar name is a re- turn to long established tradition. The Ladies Aid plans an auction September 11 in the Loyalville Church Hall. Refreshments will be on sale during and after the action, which starts at 7 p. m. SAFETY VALVE (Continued from Page 4) pany wants to — because there are, unfortunately, people who are afraid to say no for fear of reprisal and hence will always give permission. From July on, along all our roads, beautiful roads in our Back Moun- tain Area, we are forced to look at what really is a manmade eyesore. As you recall, recently the Times- Leader ran a letter about the sorry appearance of the roadside leading from West Wyoming and also Car- verton Road in Kingston Township. These situations are really not at- tractive, but in most cases it is the best that the people living there have been able to do for themselves. But the destructive method used by the Commonwealth Telephone Company to keep foliage down is absolutely the most inconsiderate action I have ever seen and I have not been able to find a duplicate of such action in my life. I think this letter should be pub- lished for the sake of the beauty and attractiveness of our good place to live—namely the Back Mountain Area, in fact all over the Wyoming Valley. I have been here only two years and I hope that I am not the only person who objects to such incon- siderate methods. ~ The foliage on surrounding trees is now turning prematurely (those bordering those that were sprayed) not to mention the birds and other wild life that died as a result of this spraying. Thank you and I do hope that we'll never again have burned out brown lining our county roads from mid-July to winter. Sincerely, - DUDLEY R. WEISS Pine Valley Carverton Rd., R. D. 3 Wyoming, Pa. HARD WORKING PETUNIAS Dear Editor: I am beginning to agree with the Dallas Post that we will have to look elsewhere than to our elected officials for leadership. I was amazed that the open cess- pool—called Toby’s Creek—received such lighthearted consideration from Dallas Borough Council at its last meeting. And, why should Tom Kingston, to quote you, have “brought a laugh” when he presented a serious problem for the consideration of these august gentlemen? Do they ever give a serious thought to any- thing that might better the town. Those petunias that have received so much “favorable comment” will have to bloom overtime to drown out the stench of the creek. : J. M.
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