oe [] i \ | ket. xy Oldest Business Institution In The Back Mountain VOL. 68, No. 8, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1958 Harmony Club Celebrates Thirtieth Birthday Harmony Club celebrated its thirtieth anniver- sary with a chicken dinner at Centermoreland Methodist Church served by the W.S.C.S. There were two charter members present: Mrs. Ira Frantz and Mrs. Frank Besteder. Absent charter member was Mrs. W. E. Schoonover. Front row: Mrs. Gordon Austin, Mrs. Frank Besteder, and Mrs. Ira Frantz. Second row: Mrs. Bayden Roderick, Mrs. Henry Phillips, Mrs. John Perry, Mrs. William Rozelle, Mrs. Ralph Lampman, Mrs. Weldon Carle, Mrs. Margaret Schools Back In Session, Buses Schools in the Back Mountain, closed for two days because of heavy snow, reopened Wednesday morning. All school buses were able to cover the territory, and with a few instances of pupils not being able to reach the bus stop through drifted lanes, attendance was up to the average for mid-winter. Dallas Area Schools reported everything in running order, and buses travelling without hindrance. Lehman-Jackson - Ross reported one student unable to reach the school bus stop, and Lake-Noxen one student. Lake-Noxen expects to make up one of its lost days today, when the calendar called for a holiday in ad- vance of George Washington's up the other lost day is Holy Thurs- day or Teachers’ Day in June. The half day lost on Wednesday when a water main froze and school had to be dismissed early, does not count. Lake lost no time during the flu epidemic. The State requires 180 days of school. Lehman and Dallas already had two days to make up because of closing for influenza in the fall. Added to this, are the two days lost during the snow storm. Dallas will make up the lost flu days at the end of the year. Neither jointure is able to say at this time when the other days will be made up. State reimbursement is geared to the re- quired number of school days. No full calendar of school days, no re- Birthday. A possibility for making , imbursement. Dallas Wins Another Big One, Defeating Ashley AtHome 83-70 - The Hot-Rods were never hotter than the ones going Wednesday night on Dallas Township court. Defense was thrown to the winds, as Dallas won over Ashley 85-70 before 450 excited and jubilant fans. It was really horse race ball from the first period. Augustine led the Ashley attack with 29 points supported by Kob- licka with 17; Cooper with 27 and Strauser and Mosier in support with 20 each were the Dallas standouts. It was anybody’s ball game until late in the fourth quar- ter when Dallas put on a spurt to pull the game out of the fire. The game was tied up more times than a chorus girl changes boy friends. With both teams playing full throttle throughout, Dallas had the better of it at the foul stripe by sinking 23 of 34 shots, Cooper made a total of 11 conversions. Ashley converted on 14 of 22 tries. Dallas starting strong ran up a seven-point lead in one minute and seven seconds of the first period. At this point Ashley came to life and began to shave the lead, with the first period going to Dallas 20-18. Cooper was driving in and making a large percentage of his shots count, while Strauser was getting the rebounds off the boards. Dallas was trying hard to stop Aug- ustine from driving in for lay-ups, but the Rocket flash was really on, and the defense was unable to set up its blocks. The second period saw Dallas win by another 2-point margin, Mosier sinking three straight set shots from outside, drew the Rocket defense out for Strauser and Cooper to sneak in for lay-ups. Ashley was doing as well. and it was anybody's ball game when the team left the floor at the half with Dallas lead- ing 39-35. The third and fourth periods were to all appearances a replay of the first half. Late in the fourth ‘Dallas really put on the clincher. Cooper was looking one way and passing to Strauser under the bas- Mosier was giving lessons in dribbling, and was fouled repeatedly by Ashley in attempts to obtain possession of the ball, That is the story of the game. Dietz Mosier Cooper Ashley Augustine O'Connell .... .. Kolbicka . | main highway in Brenner... LL Laat 2 1th N07, 0... 2 2.6 Breznay ....-. loa an 1:.0.2 Tofals ... lings 28 14 70 Officials, Hill and Sorochak. Ashley |. iio. oi 18-17-16-19—70 Dallas wach nding 20-19-18-28—85 Mollahan who entered the game in the second half looked good on his shots, as did Rome and Dietz. Dallas Kiwanis Hears Dr. Reiff Fascinating Facts About Harveys Lake Dallas Kiwanis Club heard some interesting facts about Harveys Lake Wednesday evening, when Dr. Charles Reiff, head of the Science Department at Wilkes College, spoke on Limology (lakes and streams.) Harveys Lake, said Dr. Reiff, is not bottomless, as popular belief had it until a few years ago. The lake has a depth of between 92 and 95 feet in its deep spots. After Dr. Reiff finished taking 287 soundings, covering the lake from one end to the other, old-timers still insisted he must have missed a few spots. The water in the lake turns itself over twice a year, a gradual process, oxygen-laden top water being re- placed by waters from the depths, insuring air for fish which retreat to the depths during the summer time. This includes the smelts, which come close to the top during the winter, follow the cold back to the bottom of the lake in the summer. Bud Mathers presided, and Rev. Robert Yost, newly elected president of the local YMCA, gave the invo- cation. A birthday gift sent from Florida by Al Glahn, was won by Sherman Harter. Support was asked for the Key Club at the Township school, which is sponsoring two basketball games next Thursday evening. It was announced that six mem- bers of Dallas Kiwanis attended a . | Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis meeting at Sterling Hotel February 13. Cherry Pie At Bake Sale Christian Friendly Class, Hunts- ville Christian Church, will hold a bake sale tomorrow at 4 p. m. at Gerald Frantz’ Gift Shop on the Shavertown. Cherry pie, in anticipation of Wash- ington’s Birthday, will be a feature. Mrs. Elva Warmouth is chairman. Hayes, Mrs. Floyd Reese, Mrs. Byron Kester, Mrs. George Schollenberger. Third row: Mrs. Harry Sweppenheiser, Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Ira Carle, Mrs. William Hitchings, Mrs. Reese Lewis, Mrs. William Llewellyn, Mrs. George Berlew, Mrs. George Bliss, Mrs. Russell Race, Mrs. Roy Martz and Mrs. Lewis Underwood. Officers are: President, Mrs. Bayden Roderick; Vice President, Mrs. Floyd Reese; Secretary, Mrs. Byron Kester; Treasurer, Mrs. Gordon Austin. Harry Allen Jr. On Regular Schedule After Storm - Badly Injured | night. Girls of the Varsity will meet MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION On Crutches After Car Is Demolished Harry H. Allen Jr., badly injdred in a car crash at Troy, nnsyl- vania, December 1, is_poWw able to be about on crutches in his home at Harveys Lake. After nine weeks spent in the hos- pital in Troy with a seriously frac- tured leg, he was discharged Febru- ary 1, with orders to report back to the hospital once a week. A second operation may be found necessary, to remove the metal pin which is strengthening the splinter- ed bone. Harry, 21, was on his way back from his fourth season on the Great Lakes when he struck a pot-hole in a detour near Troy. Papers from the sun-visor overhead were dislodged, temporarily blinding him. The car! struck a tree and was demolished. | The Troy rescue squad took him to the hospital. This year Harry was helmsman on the SS Millsop. Great Lakes ports are closed during the winter, crews going back home and reporting as soon as the ice breaks in the spring. He was less than a hundred miles from home when the accident occurred. Robert Broody Is Improving Fire Victim Is Taking Nourishment Robert Broody, painfully burned over more than sixty percent of his body, is making a remarkable re- covery at Berwick Hospital where he started tofake nourishment on Monday. 2 His father Anthony Broody said Thursday, “I have nothing but the highest regard for the physicians and the new techniques which they arg using. The open air treatment of burns requires no swaths, greases, ointments or bandages but a spray is released in the air similar to any aerosol bomb.” Mr. Broody said Robert will have no scars. 2 A physical therapist works with him daily to loosen up muscles. Robert was burned when he threw gasoline on trash he was burning two weeks ago at the Broody green- house near Beach Haven. Key Club To Sponsor Basketball Games The Key Club of Dallas-Franklin- Monroe High School will sponsor two basketball games Thursday girls on the alumnae team at 7; boys’ Varsity will meet alumni at 8. Tickets may be purchased from members of the Key Club or at the gymnasium door. Receipts will de- fray expenses of the Key Club dele- gates to the Allentown convention later in the spring. Forlorn Robin Peter Delaney Has Heart Attack Given Oxygen On Way To Mercy Hospital Peter Delaney, proprietor of De- laney’s Gas Service on Memorial Highway, was stricken with a severe heart attack Sunday morning and rushed to Mercy Hospital at 10 a. | m., receiving oxygen continuously during the trip. He is resting com- fortably. Cardiograms have been taken. Mr. Delaney dropped into Dixon's for the Sunday papers, leaving his truck parked outside, saw Dr. H. G. Gallagher also getting papers, and asked for advice about a bad pain ‘lin his chest, recurrence of a pain he had suffered the day before while delivering a tank of bottled gas to a customer. Dr. Gallagher, seeing his patient Community Ambulance and for Father Frank, who hurried down from Gate of Heaven to administer the rites. : Leslie Barstow and Leslie Bar- stow, Jr., and Ray Titus, dropped their snow shovels in response to the emergency call. Norti Berti and son, Jackie, assisted in vetting the patient into the ambulance. Phone Traffic Heavy Monday Some idea of the abnormal traffic carried by Commonweaith Tele- phone Company lines during the height of this week’s snow storm can be obtained from figures re- leased by Jack Landis, Dallas office manager. On Monday there were 48,048 outgoing calls as compared to a nor- mal 19,521 calls.” Incoming calls were 28,194 compared to a normal 14,521. There were 2,924 overflow calls (calls that could not be han- dled by the lines) compared with a normal 11. A total of 76,242 calls (incoming and outgoing) on Monday compares with a normal total of 34,018. The increased load on Monday was 124 percent of normal. The normal figures were taken last August when Harveys Lake traffic was at its peak. The recent storm’did little or no damage to lines and -was nothing for repairmen in comparison with sleet storms and wet snow which double the resistance of lines and consequently cause breakage. near collapse, sent for the Dallas Youth Who Rifled Lake Cottages Is Sentenced A Swoyerville youth who rifled Harveys Lake cottages of electrical appliances during December, was sentenced by Judge Lewis on Wednesday to a term of imprison- ment from eighteen and a half months to five years. Articles including a gas stove which was taken apart nut by nut and bolt by bolt, were stolen from cottages owned by Percy Brown, Eugene Lazarus, and a number of others. When disposal proved diffi- cult, Edward Paluk, 21, threw the articles over a bank beyond Scran- ton. Some of them were recovered, according to Chief Edgar Hughes. The youth, said Chief Hughes, cus- tomarily carried a loaded automatic. His mother had no idea of what he had been doing. Grief-stricken, she handed Hughes a fifty dollar bill which Edward had given her for Christmas. “I can't keep it,” she said, “I am afraid he got it dis- honestly.” Hogoboom Heads Seal Campaign Crippled Children’s Easter Goal $16,000 Richard: Hogoboom, Sutton Road, Trucksville, has been named chair- man of the 1958 Easter Seal Cam- paign for Wyoming Valley Crippled Children’s Association, according to an announcement by Robert E. Pickup, president of the Association. During the 1958 Easter Seal cam- paign, March 6 through Easter Sun- day, April 6, Hogoboom will direct a large group of volunteers in the month long appeal. Appointed to serve as co-chairman was Mrs. W. H. Mainwaring, Forty Fort. Both Hogoboom and Mrs. Mainwaring are directors of the Crip- pled Children’s Association. Hogo- boom is manager of Wilkes-Barre office of Kidder, Peabody Company, having been formerly associated with the Philadelphia office. He is a native of North Dakota and a graduate of the University of Penn- sylvania, a member of the Wilkes- Barre Kiwanis Club and the First Presbyterian Church. In accepting the post, Hogoboom pointed out that the 1958 goal for Easter Seal funds in Wyoming Val- ley is $16,000 which must be met if crippled children in this area are to continue to receive the care necessary for their rehabilitation and if direct services are to be ex- tended to other handicapped persons not now receiving care and treat- { ment. farm in Kingston Township. With have piled twice as high. Mrs. May Conway, Trucksville, called on one of the bitterest days’ of the week to report a very fat robin, looking very down in the mouth as he sat on a limb of her ash tree. Vivian Cat Is Home The Melvin Vivian family on West Center Hill road were delighted late Wednesday afternoon when their pet grey cat with white paws re- turned home after being away ever since the snow storm started last Saturday. So You Think This Is Deep Road Supervisor Arthur Smith of Kingston Township stands on top of one of the giant drifts of snow near the former Harvey A. Coon him are Robert Gregory and other members of road crew who have worked day and night for the past two weeks. This picture was taken a week ago Wednesday. Since then there has been another severe storm and the drifts Henry Peterson and Arthur Smith stand in front of the Paul Cybulski, potato storage house on Coon Road in the Carverton area of Kingston Township. Those great drifts on either side, completely covered the storage house where 10,000 bushels of potatoes are nor- mally stowed. In case you think that is open sky above the roof, you're mistaken. It is nothing but snow to the top of the picture. THE DALLAS POST TEN CENTS Area Loses Third | Key School Man In Six Months Charles James Dies At Johns Hopkins After Long Illness CHARLES JAMES With the passing of Charles James, secondary school administra- tor, Dallas Area School Jointure has lost a third key man. Raymond Kuhnert, Area Principal, died July 27; Harry Ohlman, president of the joint board and of Luzerne County School Board, died three weeks later, at a time when Mr. James was desperately ill at Johns Hop- kins Hospital. Showing, improvement for a time, Mr. James was readmitted to Johns Hopkins during the Christmas holi- days, and died there Thursday night. He was buried in Fern Knoll Tuesday afternoon, following ser- vices from Dallas Methodist Church, where the body lay in state. Pall- bearers were: William Clewell, Dr. Robert Bodycomb, L. L. Richardson, D. T. Scott of Dallas Borough School Board; Patrick Reithoffer and Hay- | ward Lancio. Honorary pallbearers were James Martin, supervising principal; William A. Austin, ele- mentary administrator; W. Frank Trimble, Westmoreland principal; John Rosser, Dallas-Franklin High School principal. Masonic and Eastern Star services were held Monday night at the funeral home. Rev. Russell Lawry, in speaking of one of his best friends and staunch- est supporters of the church, brought out the fact that Mr. James was dedicated to his faith and to service to the community, putting asside all thought of personal ag- grandizement, playing the cards as they were dealt, and making the most efficient use possible of his keen understanding of children and youth. Supervising principal of Dallas Borough Schools, he yielded his po- sition with good grace when the Westmoreland Jointure was formed, taking on the duties of Supervisor of Curriculum. When the larger jointure was formed, he became Supervisor of Secondary Education for both high schools. One of the last things he did, when he realized that death was imminent, was to will his eyes to the eye-bank, that somebody else might see. Active in work of the church, Mr. James was superintendent of the Sunday School, a member of the official board, and teacher of the Edgar Brace Bible Class. He had extensive Masonic connections, holding membership in Caldwell Consistory, Irem Temple, and the uniformed police units. He was past master of Silentia Lodge 168, F&AM, of Butler, N. J., and was Worthy Patron of Dallas O. E. S. A strong supporter of Back Moun- tain Memorial Library, he was chairman of the Barn for one of | the annual auctions. Mr. James, a native of Couders- port, graduated from Mansfield State Teachers College. After hold- ing supervisory positions in Goulds- boro, Pa., and Kinnelon Borough, N. J., he came to Noxen as super- vising principal in 1941. He was supervising principal of Dallas Bor- ough Schools until jointure with Kingston Township. He is survived by his widow, the former Hannah Caswell of Taylor, a teacher in the Dallas Area Joint- ure kindergarten; a son, Charles C. James, elementary teacher in Pem- berton Schools, N. J.; a sister, Mrs. Owen Holcomb, Shinglehouse; twe brothers: Z. L. James, Genesee; and Ronald L. James, Pen Yan, N. Y.; a number of nieces and nephews. Mr. James was a brother-in-law of Rev. David R. Morgan, former pas- tor of Alderson Methodist Charge, Two Easy to Remember Phone Numbers - 4-5656 or 4-7676 PER COPY — TEN PAGES Heaviest Storm In Years Visits Back Mountain Climaxes Ten Days 0f Sub-Zero Cold And Stops Traffic Back Mountain residents stayed off the highway in droves on Sun- day, heeding the warning of State Police and Wyoming Valley Motor Club that roads were almost im- passable in this area, and completely blocked in other sections. Folks who blithely ignored the warnings, re- gretted it later. The storm started Saturday afternoon, and continued all night, dumping a foot more snow to add to the fourteen inches of a week earlier. Local roads were well ploughed in comparison with Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, where traffic was practi- cally at a standstill. The northeast extension of the Turnpike was closed Sunday afternoon when a howling gale whipped powdery snow into heavy drifts. Coming on top of ten days of zero weather, the heavy snow seemed like almost the laststraw. But resi- dents, reading of the plight of Honesdale, decided they were not too badly off. Honesdale was iso- lated. : Kingston Township, which had succeeded in ploughing out from under thirteen foot drifts left by the storm of the preceding week, buck- led down to open its rural roads again. i With two hired bulldozers and a snow-plough truck augmenting their equipment, road crews broke a path to the home of Mrs. Libbie Simons, where Doris Stritzinger had been sheltered for a day and a night after collapsing in a snow drift. The Kingston Township ambul- ance staffed by Bill Purcell and Arnold Yeust, took Mrs. Stritzinger to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Mon- day morning at 11. Mrs. Stritzinger, who tried to reach home early Sun- day morning while her husband battled drifts to get his car under way, was in poor shape when she reached the home of Mrs. Simons, and required round-the-clock at- tention until the rescue was made. Three hours in a drift in zero tem- perature had frozen one of her legs. By Wednesday morning Back Mountain school buses were running on schidule, though a nutilrd of residents of Franklin Township kept the children at home because of the distance through deep snow to the bus stops. | By Thursday morning, under a bright sun, temperatures rose and bare highways appeared as if by magic. , Sidelights On The Storm . Folks who attended the Valentine Dance given by Dallas Woman's Club at Irem Country Club found their cars snowed in after the party was over, and snow still pelting down. Drivers who had chains broke the way for those who did not, but at that, some party-goers had to walk home, arriving at 4 a.m. to relieve weary baby-sitters. Among the plod- ders were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sekera. Gerry Stout, Holcomb’s Grove, did things the easy way. He went in town on the bus on Sunday, and stayed there until Tuesday evening. Marge, with a store next door, didn’t have to cope with the blocked garage. J. Carol Dodson, student at El- mira College for Women, spent five and a half hours in the bus terminal in Mansfield on Sunday, reaching Elmira at 11 p. m. Tom Hicks, on his way to Corn- wall, Ontario, took a train from Scranton (see Pillar to Post) and by 11 p. m. had progressed as far as Syracuse. Nothing was running from that point on, so he holed up for the night at the hotel. Schools were out for two days, and all the kids caught up on their sledding. Phil Cheney of Dallas Service Sta- tion says he'd be willing to bet there isn’t a set of chains or any of the repair parts for sale in the Back Mountain or Wyoming Valley. During the zero days preceding and during the big snow, filling sta- tions were run ragged getting frozen cars started and giving batteries a quick shot in the arm. Nobody could have looked more blissful than Si Evans when he ploughed out the Dallas Post park- ing lot and driveway on Tuesday. Swoosh, swoosh, the long blade on his huge tractor turned back the snow. Si, up aloft in his parka, wearing a smile you could have tied behind, said business was fine . . . not like last year when nobody needed a snow plough. The hens have all stopped laying, going back into winter hibernation but eating their heads off just the same. Folks keep right on reporting robins. Welcome Lambs This has been a busy year at Highland Acres Farm, owned by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Thomas. During now pastor of Christ Methodist Church, Mountain Top. January 54 lambs were born; in February, six.
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