Oldest Business Institution In The Back Mountain THE DALLAS POST Two Easy to Remember Phone Numbers 4-5656 or 4-T676 VOL. 68, No. 19, FRIDAY, Library Auction Will Be Held To Two Days Only Chairman Frantz Hopes To Establish Pattern For Future BRuctions “It will be a two-day library auc- tion, period,” said Charles Frantz at a meeting of chairmen Monday night at his home. Donald D. Smith, co-chairman, proved conclusively by, figure com- parison of results, that an intensive two-day auction nets about the _.same amount as an auction with Sh dded nights of sale. ‘Depending upon the weather,” he added. Weather has plagued a number of library auctions, includ- ing the first auction of all in 1946. Mr. Frantz asked for support of the Auction Dinner, scheduled for May 27 at Irem Country Club. Each committee will be an indiv- idual unit, deciding its own prob- lems wherever possible, clearing such action with the management at two meetings in June, one im- mediately before the auction in July, and one immediately following it to assay results. Mr. Frantz asked chairmen to keep notebooks with names and phone numbers, including pertinent information for guidance of chair- men for the following year. The idea is not to have the big- gest or the best auction, he said, but to establish a pattern of pro- edure which can be maintained ‘over a period of years at a level which will insure cooperation from everybody without foundering will- ing horses. Chairmen introduced themselves. A number of new faces were in evidence, including Rev. Robert D. Yost, Charles Beech in charge of runners; George “i.uckno, grounds committee; Bud Nelson, Fun House; Mrs. Raymond Daring, Junior Wom- an’s Club candy booth. Chairman Mrs. Harvey Kitchen, Odds and Ends, was not able to come, but she reported that four women would help her. Women of Rotary, said Mr. Frantz, will have charge of the Baked Goods; Dallas Senior Woman's Club, represented by Mrs. Stefan Heller- sperk, and headed by Mrs. Harry Ohlman, president, will handle the refreshment stand. No representative from Plants and Produce was present. Loren Heller and Margaret Dykman are chair- men. Figures show a consistent in- crease in revenue over the years. Col. Butler, Commonwealth Tele- phone Company, will again handle transportation; Mitchell Jenkins. new goods; Mrs. Jenkins, antiques; "Marge Stout and Mrs. T. M. B Hicks, publicity; Miss Miriam Lath- rop, book booth; Mr. Hellersperk, grounds. Howard Risley and William Evans reported for auctioneers; Mrs Frantz, president of the Book Club general solicitation; Joseph Sekera, auction dinner; John N. Conyngham, shelter; Homer Moyer, finance. Tree Stub Narrowly Misses Jugular Vein Robert Ide’s jugular vein was missed by a hair when a rough stub from a tree stump pierced his throat Friday afternoon. The stub ran up alongside the windpipe, doing great muscular damage. Surgery at Nes- bitt Memorial Hospital closed the gaping wound, and the patient was gy scherged on Sunday fortified with Panti-tetanus shots. Mr. Ide, 51, Huntsville-Idetown Road, was working with his brother Willis, of Oak Hill, on a plumbing job at the Llewellyn place at Har- veys Lake. Coming around the corner of the house, the victim slipped on a patch of mud, and fell with his entire weight on his throat, on a stump left by a grading crew. His wife, bringing lunch to the men, saw Willis speeding out of the drive with the injured man aboard, and followed to Dr. H. G. Gallagher's office, then to the hospital. Four Properties Are Transferred Back Mountain real-cstate activ- ity in the past week includes the transfer of the following properties: First-Second National Bank and Trust Company to John R. Vivian and wife, Star Route, Dallas, prop- erty in Lehman Township, $45,000. George L. Ruckno Inc. to Guen- evire Chapin, Center Hill Road, Dal- las, <property on Center Hill Road, $12,700. Anthony J. Galliano and wife to Peter P. Koh] and wife, 30 Park Street, Dallas, property on Park Street, $17,000. Lillian M. Quoos and others to Eleanora T. Briski and husband, 227 North Main Street, Glen Lyon, pro- perty in Lehman Township, $6,000. Beginners To Register Kindergarten enrollment in Dallas will take place today from 9 to 12, and 1 to 3 p.m. First grade enroll- ment is scheduled for the same hours. in Dallas Borough, Dallas Township, Shavertown and Trucks- ville. Beginners must present birth and vaccination certificates. MAY 9, 1958 Doc Jordan Gets Nomination For District Chiet Will Be Elected In Texas At June Rotary Convention DR. LESTER E. JORDAN Dr. Lester E. Jordan is the first Rotarian in this area to be accorded the office of District Governor of Rotary District 471. He was nominated at the conference last weekend at Po- cono Manor Inn, and will be voted into office at the June meeting of Rotary International in Dallas, Tex. Dr. Jordan is president of Dallas relinquish in June when president- elect Dale Parry is installed. Principal speakers were Douglas Rotary International; Rev. George A. Creitz, who talked about his visit with famous missionary Albert Sweitzer; and Dr. John Furbay, Gen- eral Motors, who spoke on “The Shape of Things to Come.” David Vann, Wilkes senior, and one of Back Mountain's favorite sons, was introduced as holder of a Rotary Foundation grant for a year of study in Europe. Members of Dallas. Rotary and their wives who attended the three day conference included: Dr. and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ross, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Eckman, Leslie Warhola, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Post, Mr. and Mrs. Myron Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ambrose, Mr. and Mrs. Rich- ard Demmy, Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel roster, Mr. and Mrs. James Alex- der, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Grif- fiths, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sekera, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Postorive, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Garinger. Three Overcome By Escaping Gas Mother's Quick Wit Saves Her Family A quick witted Dallas Township mother averted tragedy for her two children shortly after breakfast on Tuesday morning but was herself overcome by coal gas and hospital- ized shortly after she had saved them. She is Mrs. Tex Wilson 29, the former Jean Monk of Dallas. Shortly after she had sent her son, Tex, 6, off to school she went upstairs to look after Kathy 4 and Teddy 2. Kathy was so sleepy she refused to get up and lay down on the floor telling her mother ‘I'm going to sleep.” Teddy followed suit. Mrs. Wilson sensed something was wrong and thought she smelled gas. She hastened to the cellar to look at the furnace and found the cellar filled with blue smoke. She hurried back upstairs but was 50 nearly overcome herself that she had only the strength to drag the children, ‘who could not now move, to the open window. After a mo- ment she unhooked the protective gate at the top of the stairs and managed to get the children to the front porch where she called for help before she collapsed. Fortunately her father-in-law Ted Wilson, at work at a nearby saw- mill, heard her and called his niece Illa Lou Wilson, a registered nurse on the staff of General Hospital, who lives nearby. Miss Wilson ap- plied First Aid and the children quickly responded. But Mrs. Wilson remained unconscious and the nurse called Dr. Richard Crompton who had her removed to General Hos- pital where she was discharged later in the afternoon. Subsequent investigation revealed that the furnace chimney was com- pletely blocked, probably as the re- sult of recent rains. Only the mother and two children were at home at the time and it is | believed that a few minutes more | of delay before reaching the porch | would have resulted in a triple | tragedy. MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION There's no trick at all to raising, fourteen children. Not if you enjoy them enough, says Mrs. Melbourne Carey, Claude Street. ‘After all,” she adds, “They're not all on the diaper detail at one time. Some of ! the fourteen are bound to be grown ra i honor of nomination for the Rotary Club, an office which he will : A. Stevenson, Quebec, representing | Mrs. Jordan; Mr. and Mrs. Parry; | up and away from home before the last baby arrives.” Mrs. Carey brought the last baby downstairs for a quick once-over by an appreciative visiting grandmoth- er. ‘‘Michael,” she urged him, “smile for the lady.” Michael, two weeks old, inspected the visitor with disdain, and puckered a wrinkled, little-old-man face preparatory to] giving tongue. “Michael,” said Mrs. Carey, ‘has a nephew almost three months old- | er. My son David has a son three-| months old, named Scott David.” | Mrs. Carey soothed Michael with an expert hand. Betsy Lowe, a small blonde cherub, stretched and yawn- | The other children are: Nancy DeForest, wife of Larry DeForest, Spencerport, N. Y.; Jessie Fowler, wife of Warren Fowler, Milesburg; David, Kingston, husband of the former Roberta Williams. - Molly Ann, 19, is with the Aetna Insurance Company in Wilkes-Barre. Dad “Red” Carey, with Luzerne Lumber Company sees to it that the children keep up with their marks in school. While Mrs. Carey’ was in the hospital, report cards came out, and they were all solemnly sub- mitted to Mom, as she was catching up with her enforced leisure. Lois Jane spends her after-school hours and Saturdays in checking out customers at the Acme Store. The photographer caught .the children at a good time, just after they had returned from Dallas Me- thodist Sunday School. It’s a busy family. ‘Dishes, says That Baby In The Center Is The Youngest Of Fourteen (Photo by Kozemchak) trip for an extra loaf of bread. James is. dreaming of the day l'after school closes, when he will fly to Philadelphia to spend the sum- mer’ with his paternal grandmother, Mrs. R.-W. Hunting. ~~ The whole family looks forward to a summer vacation on the Chesa- | peake, when they swim ‘and sail This usually occurs- during August, : i when Mr. Carey. gets his vacation. “Mrs. Carey -is’ the former Doris | Lauderbach, "daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lauderbach. For several years, during the time Mr. Lauder- | bach wads manager of Orchard | Farms; she lived there as a young ! girl, and attended Dallas Township | school, where her children now go. | When her father died, she went to, | Mansfield for her last year of high | school, with the idea of entering State Teachers College. The Carey family and Mrs. Belle | Lauderbach. share a home on Claude ed on the living room couch, ex- Mrs. Carey, get tiresome at times, Street. tending a pink foot from the afghan. | but everybody helps. John, Frank A silent child appeared on the stair; way, still tousled from the afternoon nap. Mrs. Carey introduced Patricia, three-and-a-half. Robert, six, ap- peared briefly. “The others are still in school,” explained Mrs. Carey. She listed them in order of age: Lois Jane; sixteen; Doris Eileen, fifteen; John Frank, thirteen; Polly Lou,. ten; James Lambert, nine; Susie, seven. Ten of Mrs. Carey’s fourteen chil- dren were at home to sit for the! photographer on Sunday, a week in advance of Mother's Day. “They're great! Most women don’t appreciate how fascinating children can be,” says Mrs. Jay! Young. Mrs. Young speaks from knowledge gained through exper- ience, for she is the modest mother of eleven children, six boys and five girls, ranging in age from three months to fifteen years. \ They live in a big white house | on Norton Avenue, Dallas. i With eleven children living at home, most mothers would hold up their hands in despair, but Mrs..! Young says it’s easier to take care of eleven than to take care of three. | The children appreciate the need for harmony and the older ones | help the younger ones and see that they don’t get into mischief. | An average day at the Young | household is like a family reunion in most homes. | Reveille is sounded and ten chil- dren tumble out of bed to take their place in line at the bathroom door. | The older boys help the younger boys brush their teeth, wash their faces and comb their hair. When | the boys are done the scene is re- | enacted with the girls. Down stairs in the kitchen, hot cereal, toast and milk are ready for the hungry horde. Everyone sits at a huge table and when they | are done eating, Dr. Young a former Naval officer, reads the orders of the day from a large chart that hangs on the kitchen wall. Johs are listed on the chart and each! has’ a Times-Leader paper route serving seventy-six customers. He takes a very dim view of the recent ruling that money must be collected from them every two weeks instead of monthly, as in the past. Too many women say, ‘Oh John, my pocketbook’s upstairs, come back again tomorrow, will you?” This stacks trip on trip, before he can settle with the dealer with cash on the line. Polly Brownie. is pretty busy being a Robert is the store-boy, Michael, the new baby, focus for the entire family. The nine children are. clustered around admiring him, not even looking at ! the camera. All except Betsy Lowe, the blonde cherub, who is making speed ‘in the small antique rocking chair. Susie is looking reflective, too, probably wondering why she, of all the children, didn’t get a ‘middle name when names were being handed around. Each day she | comes up with a different sugges- tion, depending on the story being read in the second grade at Dallas | always ready for that last minute Township. Every Day Is Mother's Day At The Youna Home one receives his assignment. The | First Lieutenant and the Officer of the Day are chosen and ‘are respon- sible for checking to see that every- thing is done properly and on time. Then Paul, Cecelia, Michael, Jo- seph, Andrea and Therese pick up their books and walk across the street to Gate of Heaven School. Gregory, goes to kindergarten at | Dallas Borough School and John rides to the West Side Central Catholic High School with his father, who is head of the- chem- istry department at King’s College and also teaches at College Miseri- cordia. At home, Mrs. Young is busy making beds, washing, cleaning and taking care of Tommy, Lucy and Margaret, the new baby. The chil- dren will help with these chores when they come home from school but there are still things to be done like baking bread, knitting sweat- ers and sewing the children’s clothes. Sometimes Mrs. Young will sit ‘down at the piano and play, or paint, both of which she does. She also plays the violin well. Before she was married, on June 29, 1942, she majored in music at Ball State Teachers College in Indiana and she hopes to continue her studies after her children are grown. Af present seven of her children are taking piano lessons and she hopes that they all will when they are old enough. After a fairly quiet day, the chil- dren start coming in from school. They consult the chart which shows them what time they are to start on their homework. After their homework is done. they start to work on their jobs, taking out the ashes, raking the lawn, cleaning, washing, taking care of the garden or delivering newspapers. In a surprisingly short time chores are all done and it is time for sup- per. washed and put away and the rest of the night is free until bedtime. A large livingroom fireplace serves as the focal point ' for activities which may include reading, playing chess, singing, piano playing, games or just conversation. The constant blare of a television is absent but the children seem to enjoy themselves more without it. Dr. Young feels that anyone who watches television for more than a couple of hours a week is intellect- ually lazy. He certainly has shown that children can be very happy without it. Sometimes when the whole fam- ily ‘wants to go to the movies, they all pile into Dr. Young's station wagon, which is quickly filled to capacity. At Taps the children get ready for bed, say their prayers and go to sleep, happily dreaming of to- morrow. is the § After supper the dishes are TEN CENTS PER COPY — TWELVE PAGES Westmoreland Chorus To Give Annual Spring Concert Tonight Pat Whittaker Elected Queen President Updyke To Place The Crown Pat Whittaker will be crowned at May Day exercises Tuesday at Dallas - Franklin - Monroe Township i school. Her Maid of Honor is San- | dra Baird. Attendants are Donna | McCrea, Mae Kingsbury, Nancy Tinklepaugh, and Brenda Hoke, sen- Morgan, juniors; Judy Richards and Sandy Lee, sophomores. Senior girls form the court of honor. Queen Of The May # PAT WHITTAKER Maid Of Honor SANDRA BAIRD Class president Bradley Updyke will place the crown. Gary Dymond and Jeffrey Eyet will carry the train, Bryan Ferrel the crown. , Twenty little girls from the three first grades will carry flowers. Junior and senior high school classes trained by Mrs. Jewell Ruddy will carry out the theme, United Nations, in folk dances. Field events are ‘in charge of Robert Dolbear. Grace Barrall and Fern Whitby have charge of the Queen and court. Pat, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alton Whittaker, Dallas, has been a cheerleader for three years, iors; Eloise Holmgren and Virginia | is | Westmoreland Junior and Senior High School mixed choruses will present their annual spring concert tonight at 8 under direction of Mrs. Florence H. Sherwood. The first part of the program will feature numbers by Junior High girls, boys, and mixed choruses, with a number of soloists. Mixed chorus will sing “I Like it Here;” girls’ chorus, “Oh What a Beautiful Morning’,” with Toni Se- kera as soloist; “Donkey Serenade,” mixed chorus; “Swinging on a Star,” boys’ chorus; “Mississippi,” mixed chorus, with Betty Jean Davis | soloist. Westmorelanders sing “For Lov- ers Only,” followed by the mixed chorus in “June is Bustin’ Out All | Over,” and “Great Day.” “I Believe,” by the mixed chorus, | finishes the first section. Marilyn Eck and Sally Moyer are soloists, Eileen Dungey has the orchestra bells; Linda Jean Hughes, Margery Stookey and Beryl Lawson are ac- companists. After the intermission, the senior high choruses are on the air, start- ing with a “Patriotic Salute” by the mixed chorus. < Joyce Hirleman is soloist for the girls’ chorus in “Over the Rain- bow.” Love” follow, sung by the mixed chorus. Margery Stookey, James Morgan, Bonnie Ruth Jenkins and William Hall have the solo parts for “Set Down Servant,” which is followed by “All the Things You Are,” both by the mixed chorus. David Zimmerman, Arthur Ker- povich, Frederick Eck, and Peter Lawson, supported by the boys’ chorus, conclude that “There is Nothing Like a Dame.” Joyce Oliver is soloist for ‘Look for the Silver Lining,” with the mixed chorus. “You'll Never Walk Alone,” concludes the program. Accompanists are Sandra Sprout and Evelyn Orchard; arrangements by Mrs. Sherwood. head cheerleader as a senior; is president of the Glee Club, member for four years; is president of Tri- Hi-Y; belongs to Future Teachers of America; was class secretary three years; was in the variety show as a junior and senior; in May Day three vears; Year Book, junicy and senior years. She has been accepted at Bloomsburg State Teachers College. Sandra, daughter of Mf. and Mrs. Malcolm Baird, Franklin Township, has maintained high academic stan- dards all through high school. She was class president as a sophomore, is class secretary as a senior. She has been in the band and glee club four years; dramatics four; was toastmaster ‘at the recent band banquet; May Day four years; on the Yearbook as junior and senior; is president of the Honor Society, { has played in Northeast District and State bands; district chorus. She has been accepted by Wyoming Gen- eral Hospital in the fall training . class. MOTHERS OF THE AREA AS CAREER WOMEN . The Dallas Post salutes moth- ers of the community on Mother's Day, by publishing pictures of three typical Back Mountain’ families, all of them large, and all exemplifying fam- ily love and unity. DALLAS POST SALUTES | “Country Style” and “April! CD Drill Finds Dallas Prepared For Refugees Harbors 167 School Children, Feeds, Tags Small Valley Visitors Within three minutes of the time the first 109th Artillery truck drew up at Dallas Methodist Church Tuesday morning, 167 children from the Third Avenue School, Kingston, were under cover. By the time the warbling red signal was on the air, the youngsters had been registered, tagged, fed, and casualties had been handled. The convoy of ten trucks and an ambulance, loaded grade school children in record time. Dallas | Civil Defense Headquarters was alerted, and Bill Wright and Alvin Shaffer met the trucks at Bir‘h's i Esso Station, to guide them to refugee quarters at the church. Children poured into the base- ment from two directions, and lined up at four long tables. Once regis- tered, they were given a sandwich and a bottle of milk apiece. With the bombing signal on the air, truck drivers and officials also took refuge in the basement. Dr. Robert Bodycomb, vice chairman of C.D., listened for the All-Clear, and relayed it to Red Ambrose, chair- man of feeding, who instructed the children. Three-quarters of an hour after the children arrived, they waved | goodbye. Community Cooperation Excellent Stores and dairies contributed food, and women of the church | under Mrs. Russell Lawry, made i sandwiches in advance. Gosart’s, | Hislop’s and Acme sent in bread | and cold cuts; Dallas Dairy, Shady- side Dairy, and Orchard Farms sent | cases of milk. Mrs. Fred Eck, Mrs. Alton Whit- i taker and Mrs. William Baker, Jr., took charge of first aid, bandaging ( children selected to play the part i of casualties. | Stefan Hellersperk, welfare head; Mary Weir, chairman of mass care; { Red Ambrose, chairman of feeding; Joe Sekera, chairman of housing, and Burgess Berti were all present. Mrs. IScholl had charge of regis- tration, with an enormous ) mittee. Sevpisiembers pt child- care division were present. Mr. Sekera alerted Irem Country Club and. William Shedleski’s Motel in advance to be prepared for an overflow of refugees. A committee was lined up at ‘Kunkle Fire Hall to take the ref- ugees in case headquarters an- nounced that Dallas Methodist Church had been destroyed. Mrs. Fred Dodson was in charge here, with a list of volunteers ready to act in emergency. Ham Operators John Curtis, 15, ham radio oper- ator and son of Jack Curtis, Shav- ertown, chief of county communica- i tions, manned the short wave set lat Dallas Borough Building from |9 a. m. to 4 p. m.,, when he was relieved by another ham operator, Tom Finn, from Harveys Lake. Most messages and reports were handled by short wave to and from C.D. headquarters in the Court House. Civil Defense Chief Russ Honey- | well reported that trafic was | stopped everywhere in Dallas, all motors turned off, all drivers im- "(Continued on Page 2) much loved Dallas physician who is so ‘deft with children, laughs when she is asked how she keeps the children so quiet during office hours. “They're not all THAT quiet,” she | said, “they just aren't there at all.” Residents of ‘Dallas’ who bring their ailing young to visit Dr. Galla- | gher, sure of quick sympathy for | bruised fingers and broken bones, | frequently do not realize that the office and the house are two separ- Mrs. H. G. Gallagher, wife of the ate Eight Of Them, And All In Love With Mother establishments, across Lake Street from each other. | The envoy from the Dallas Post fell into the familiar trap, knocking lon the office door at the appointed hour. Hearing a hail from across the | street, she found herself mounting the steps of a home three times as | large as the other. | “The thought did cross my mind,” she apologized, “that quarters were maybe a trifle small for eight child- { ren, but I'd been handing you men- tal bouquets for having the situatioi” so completely under control, and estimating the cubic content of the house in terms of bunk beds and collapsible furniture.” i Probably if anybody could do it, | it would be Mrs. Gallagher. She has the inner serenity which reflects itself in the lives of her family. She long ago accepted the fact that a doctor’s wife must not depend upon her husband’s participation in too (Continued on Page 2) com- 4
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