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MARKS - Sports—DONALD CLARK Vi ow. ; Photogtapher—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Editorially Speaking: 2 Consider The School Director The lot of a school director is not a happy one. = Why anybody ever runs for the job, actually battling for a chance to get kicked in the teeth, is something that “will ever remain a mystery. - Nobody out in this area ever gained anything mater- ial from occupying a seat on the school board. Business and professional men willingly give their valuable time to ouilding the best school system possible with the meager funds available. ~~ Every school director in the Back Mountain is a man of responsibility, dedicated to service to the community. He spends night after night wrestling with problems posed by rising costs and popular demand for added services, and always with a watchful eye upon steadily increasing requirements from the State Department of Education, : Does he reap any reward for this outlay of time and © effort? br Like most servants of the public, he hears about it “when the public is displeased, and is accorded no merit when things go smoothly. “2. * That is his job . . . unpaid. - From Pillar To Post a fi 24 A ? The visiting watchdog padded meekly into the kitchen, wagged her tail tentatively, and retreated under the laundry tubs. She looked ~ out warily from time to time, watching for signs of food. .. “Gretchen,” said Barbara with enthusiasm,” is a remarkable watchdog: Just let a stranger put his foot inside the yard and Gret- chen barks and barks.” : ~ “This,” I said silently to myself, “is going to make a big hit with _ the neighbors. Let us join hands in praying that no stranger comes into the yard tonight.” « “Gretchen might run into the road,” ‘continued Barbara, “so the only safe thing to do is to shut her onto the kitchen porch, with the screen door locked. She can watch from there, without actually going outside on the grass. But she is really an outdoor dog, absolutely Dever sleeps in the house.” ~ The outdoor watchdog slid her nose out from under the laundry tub, sniffed hopefully, and withdrew it. She curled herself philo- sophically for a nap. So supper was late, and so it would be along presently. In the meantime, nothing like a spot of shut-eye. Fifteen minutes later, somebody looked under the laundry tub to tempt Gretchen with a bowl of food: "Gretchen had vanished. Inch by inch, and padded step by padded step, she had unobtrusively left for points unknown. © Barbara sent emissaries. i. “Gretchen isn’t a house dog,” she repeated with wavering con- viction. © “Once in awhile, when she is feeling lonesome, she makes for the living room, but she is an outdoor dog. She just loves to roll in the snow.” 2 “Well, we haven't any snow for her to roll in right now, but there is a good chilly rain that ought to set her right up in life. Kids, % scatter and find Gretchen before she gets ideas about the rugs.” It developed ten minutes later that Gretchen wanted to be an ‘indoor dog. Nobody had ever understood her yearnings before. = Roll in the snow? Nonsense, she had just been putting on an act, trying to go along with the odd rules of the household. What she really wanted to do was lie on the living room couch, surrounded by mangled remains of magazines, and live the life of Reilly. - Tail between her legs, and holding back in mute protest, the ~ outdoor watchdog took a dim view of the back porch. = “We'll make her a nice bed,” I offered. “Here’s that sheepskin rug that got a little moth-et last summer. It will be exactly right for a mattress. We'll put it in this box.” s ~~ “Gretchen,” said Barbara dubiously,” doesn’t take to blankets and such. She takes everything right out of her bed and drags it around.” : ~~ “Any dog that will pass up a sheepskin on a night like this,” I said, patting the rug into place and lifting a limp dog into the nest, “is just crazy. Now you be a good dog and STAY there.” ~ There wasn’t a sound from Gretchen all night long. There was a puddle on the floor in the morning, but it was as close to the bar- rier door as she could get, and nobody held it against her. “Gretchen,” I opined, “must be shedding like crazy. Just look at all that blonde hair.” ~ Barbara investigated. “She’s shedding all right, it’s the time of year when watchdogs do shed, but I never knew her to shed such a quantity.” ~ Then came the dawn. “Where's the sheepskin?” ~~ Gretchen had proved her prowess. Alone, and singlehanded, _ Gretchen had joined battle and killed that sheepskin. © No sheepskin was going to sneak up in the middle of the night ‘and attack a sleeping household. Gretchen, her heart filled with love for her new missy, and loyal to the constitution and by-laws of watch- ‘dogs, had taken steps. She came gaily out from under the porch couch, dragging in her jaws the remains of the rug. ~ °* “This,” she said, laying it at my feet, “is the ENEMY. With tooth and claw, I vanquished it. For YOU. Because I love you.” he “Sweep it up kids, but don’t throw it in the fireplace. Sheep fleece smells like the dickens when it burns.” The watchdog capered gaily into the kitchen for breakfast. { » FATAL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES SINCE JANUARY 1, 1957 Hospitalized Killed Dallas bo fe pay Dallas Twp. 8 3 | Franklin Twp 3 | Lake 3 3.3 Lehman Twp. | 3 | Kingston Twp. | 2 1 1 Monroe 1 1. Noxen Ross 1 Total 23 | 8 | EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS Ambulance ........cccceennnn 4-2121 PIB ili iniiogis 4.2121 State Police ............ BU 7-2185 Looking at T-V | With GEORGE A. and EDITH ANN BURKE 1 b CREW CUT — Tommy Sands. on the “Studio One” telecast this week appeared with a new: hair cut—a crew cut, which he doesn’t like. He says “They are so common.” But we thought it looked better than his curly locks. » The TV play didn’t call for the hair-cutting but his part in the movie “Mardi Gras,” a movie about four cadets at Virginia Military In- stitute will keep his hair short until September. When he was 8 Tommy had a song program on KWKH, Shreve- port, Ia. In 1954 he met Col. Tom Parker, who managed Elvis Presley, and although Tommy made some tours he felt he was not ready so he marked time through his 18th year as a disc jockey and singer. In July, 1956, the young singer went to California and clicked on TV, including weekly appearances on Ernie Ford's Shows. Meanwhile Kraft was trying to sign Elvis Pres- ley for “The Singing Idol,” but he was busy making his first movie so Col. Parker suggested Sands for the role. Tommy has been going places ever since. LAWRENCE WELK will continue his hunt for new talent even though his Monday night show which feat- ures new faces is on vacation for the summer. The talent committee will - func- tion as usual throughout the vaca- tion period to line up newcomers for the Monday night show, which will resume telecasting from Holly- wood August 25. Persons interested in appearing on “Lawrence Welk’s: Top Tunes and New Talent” should submit a short biography, a recent photo. and a recording to “Top Tunes and New Talent,” 2623 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica, Calif. g HORSELESS WESTERN—Director John Frankenheimer has just elim- inated the last piece of livestock from “A Town Has Turned to Dust,” on this week's presentation on “Playhouse 90.” : His aversion to equine performers stems from an earlier drama which) he directed. “In ‘The Last Man’ we had one shot where eight horses | -were just to walk down the main street of this town. It took 20 | minutes just to get them together to start the scene at each rehearsal. | I figure they cost a half day’s work.” | ED SULLIVAN | will show film highlights of his show of what he | considers some of his best enter- tainment of the past ten years. This show on June 22 will mark his tenth anniversary. ; While in Europe. Sullivan spoke to Luise Rainer, and she agreed with him that her enactment of the tele- phone scene from “The Great Zieg- feld” would be worthy of inclusion. Charles Laughton, whom Sullivan saw in London, consented to the use of his first-on-air Bible-reading ap- pearances and Yul Brynner gave permission for the use of his rendi- tion of “It’s A Puzzlement,” from “The King and I.” Jackie Gleason will be seen as a bakery worker whose life is made difficult by boss Art Carney. Gleason made his television debut as Ed Sullivan’s guest, and shortly there- after emerged as the star of his own show. Musical moments will include the singing debut of Margaret Truman, Johnnie Ray and the appearance of Elvis Presley, Teresa Brewer, Rose- mary Clooney and Tony Martin. This sounds like it might be a wonderful hour of entertainment if it isn’t chopped up into so many tiny scenes that it loses its flavor. DOG OWNERS WARNED TO INOCULATE DOGS AGAINST. RABIES Back Mountain residents are urgently advised to have their dogs inoculated at once against rabies, if they have not already done so recently enough to afford their pets protection. Two foxes showing peculiar- ities of conduct have been killed recently in the Kunkle area. Looking backward to the mad-fox scare six years ago, in- oculation is a small price to pay for peace of mind. Lending a helping hand to a friend in trouble you can be certain of one thing . .. he's sure to re- member you . . . the next time he’s in trouble. THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1958 by JIM LOHMAN LEHMAN Arch Austin and his team gave par a terrific going over in the member-member tournament held last Sunday. Austin’s team com- | posed of R. Jordan, .C. Matalonis | and D. Welch turned in a 15 under par, 53 with rounds of 28 on the front nine and 25 on the back nine holes. Two teams tied for second with 57. They were the teams of Captain V. Cella, M. Magnifico, D. Corcoran and P. Lauderbaugh; Capt. A. Stetz, C- ‘Strojny, J. O’Karma and C. Jones. The teams captained by J. Gula and C. Marino tied for third with 58. On Gula’s team were E. Caryl, L. Ferraro and B. Lauder- baugh. Playing with Marino were L.“Martin, J.. Monahan and Ed Feist. . Joe Tomasura turned in the low gross, for the day with a 2 over par 70. Harry Knell had a low net score of 68. D. Welch dropped in a long sec- ond shot after a poor drive on the number 2 par 3 hole for a birdie for his team. | Thomas (Tucker) Graham Jr. a newcomer to the game, is improving his game every time out and hitting his shots nicely. Young Graham is 12 years old. Another young comer is 13-year- old Pete Lauderbaugh. Pete copped three points for his team Sunday with birdies. The team tied for second place. : Pairings for Gate of Heaven Holy Name Tournament on Sunday are as follows: J. Halpin, Rev. Kane, B. Shedleski and L. Czajkowski; M. Petroskas, J. Casey, G. Pryor and J. Mackenrow; M. Magnifico, J. O'Don- nell, M. Williams and D. Weeden; Chet Butkiewicz, Dr. Gallagher, F- Houlihan and Dr. Vitale; V. Maker, Ed Wilson, J. Regan and M. Mec- Enrue; T. Zachary, V. Borzone, L. McCarthy and D. Rottier; R. Mec- Donald, H- Mastalski and Ed Feist. (First team will tee off at 2:30 p.m.) Dr. Al Cooper; head of the Agro- nomy Department at State College, died suddenly Monday. Dr. Cooper was known around the area since he spoke at numerous banquets here. IREM Mrs. John Dyson of Valley Coun- try Club won the Women’s North- eastern Golf Title by turning back Miss Cynthia Sullivan of Harrisburg 2 and 1 in the finals. Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Davis of Irem won in the 2nd and 3rd flights. Nice going girls. The Carson brothers, Doc and Kit, are back in the swing of things and are playing good golf. Kit's team won the member-member tourna- ment last Sunday. Frank Nelms and Don Holoway are getting in plenty of practice. Tom Gauntlett is hitting the ball farther than ever these days. Art Strayer won the medal- handicap tournament held last Sat- urday. Art shot an 84 with a 15 handicap for a 69. Playing - with Strayer were Abe Nesbitt, Jack De- Witt Sr. and Jack DeWitt Jr. Dr. Speizman dropped in an eagle from 150 yards out on the 13th hole, 566 yards; par 5 in the tournament Sunday. The team copped 2nd place- Results of Sunday’s tournament are as follows: 1st—Capt. Kit Car- son; R. Dean, W. Ward and D. Rich- ards; 2nd—Capt. Roberts, G. Schultz, Dr. Gordon and Dr. Speizman; 3rd— Capt. M. Rudolph, H. Jones, J. Schultz and M. Lyons. Three teams tied for fourth. 3 This Saturday and Sunday a Handicap-Medal, low net of part- ners tournament will be staged. Grapplers Club Forming For Teen-Age Wrestlers Boys of twelve years or over are invited to a meeting of “The -Grap- plers Club” Tuesday evening at St. Therese’s ,when Ned Hartman, a referee with nine years of exper- ience in PIAA work, will lay the foundations for wrestling instruc- tion. There is no charge. Boys need no special clothing for this preliminary instruction. Major's Model Plane Wins Class At Berwick Arthur W. Major, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Major, Lehman, placed fourth in the Senior-Open Combat Class of a Model Airplane meet at Berwick last Sunday. It was Art's first participation in a meet and he flew his plane against thirty other contestants in the Com- bat Class. Arthur is a member of the Goose Greasers Model Airplane Club spon- sored by Dick’s Hobby Shop in Wilkes-Barre. He has been building model planes since he was six years of age. This coming Sunday the Goose Greasers will go to Easton to take part in a meet. ; If you could jump as well as a. flea, you could do 1,000 feet at a clip. ‘ [ x By THE OLDTIMER : Apparently the ancestor of all the early Rice families in this area was Christopher Rice or Riis, of German descent, who lived and remained in New Jersey. x Christion Rice (also spelled Chris- tian) and his wife Sarah Mackferrin or McFarron, both born in 1780, came from Greensburg, N. J. to Trucksville in 1812, thence to Dallas. He was a wagon maker and mill operator. In 1816 he acquired the farm on ‘top of Huntsville Street hill, re- cently known as Parrish Heights. | The Rice family owned it ninety- seven years before selling it to | Elmer Parrish in 1913. Apparently | Christion Rice lived on the farm as his house is mentioned when the road was laid out in 1823. He was a devout Methodist and his home was used as a meeting place before any public building was available. He was one of two local men who owned watches, which were taxed. About the same time he acquired a block of land in what is now the middle of town and built a water- powered sawmill along the creek back of the present Free Methodist Chureh in’ 1918.. He lived on Main Street in later years. ; Jacob Rice, third child of 'Chris- tion, was’ born in Dallas in 1817 and lived until 1892, being one of the: most substantial ' and best known. residents of the area. His wife was Susan Ferguson, daughter of Alexander ‘and Margaret Fergus- on, another pioneer family. He originally engaged in farming and lumbering, conducted a store in Dallas for about twenty years, and a summer hotel ‘at’ Harveys Lake known as Lake Grove House. He owned considerable land. in the eas- tern half of ‘town and was active in all public affairs. He is said to have owned the first painted house in Dallas, probably on: Main Street, and the first pleasure carriage for which his father had traded a block of land where Joseph Hand and others are now located on Main Street. He served in several differ- ent . regiments in. the Civil War, finishing up as quartermaster of the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry. He was commonly called Captain Rice, a militia rank as Captain of Dallas Artillery he held before the war. The Rice barn, built in 1844, stood on Main Street where the home of George M. Dallas Lodge is now lo- cated. It was a large affair built on several levels, including a: weigh scale, storage for hay and grain and wagons and machinery, stalls for horses and cattle, and pens for hogs and poultry. It was razed -about 1912. In the early part of this cen- tury the Rice cows were pastured in the irregularly shaped field be- tween Main and Franklin Streets, part of which ‘is now occupied by Ridge Street. The cows were driven up and down Main Street without too much danger as traffic was not heavy. SHER Jacob Rice had several children. Ziba in later years resided at Ply- mouth. Ziba’s daughter Sue was the first wife of Harry Mott, local plum- ber who lived where the Fleming family is now residing. Sons James and John died young. The latter had a family. . George H. Rice lived cinity of Luzerne. . An unmarried daughter Sarah re- mained at home. A son William H. Rice, whose wife was Jennie Smith, lived - where Charles Gregory now in the vi- ‘resides and later moved into the homestead on Main Street. He also inherited the farm on top of the hill. .Many years ago this writer drove a team ‘owned by William H. Rice. He took care of stock and did other chores in both the Rice barns. At that time the Rice family owned three houses in town: the home- stead on Main Street, the house on Mill Street, and the farmhouse on Huntsville Street. : ; Of the children of William H. Rice none remain in residence. A daugh- ter Edna died’ unmarried as did a son Willim H. Rice, for many years employed by College Misericordia. A son Arthur Jacob Rice is employed by the Times Leader-Evening News and resides in Forty Fort. He is married to Hattie Eddy. They have several children and some grand- children. Great changes have been made in the old Rice farm and adjoining properties in recent years. Up to just before World War I it was all farm land. There was not a single house on the east side of Huntsville Street between the corner house on Franklin Street now occupied by Mrs. Nellie Ritter and the present home of C. W. Space. On the west side there was the old Rice farm- house, the house on the flat where Bob Price lives, the old Welch farm- ‘house recently vacated by Joseph Wallo, and the house across from Space’s now occupied by.John C. Phillips. Beyond there was only the old Stoeckel homestead with the Holcomb place near the reservoir. Today Huntsville Road is built up with streets on both sides contain- ing many homes. : The Rice family currently opera- ting Orchard Farm and Dairy may be related to the earlier Rice family but this writer is not familiar with any connection. The Jacob Rice family, prominent | at Trucksville and Huntsville, will be the subject of another column. There is just as much authority in the family today as there ever was—only now the children exercise iw” Diplomacy is the art of being able to say ‘nice doggie’ until you have | the Lee Park race track, dies. time to pick up a rock! ONLY YESTERDAY Ten and Twenty Years Ago In The Dallas Post From The Issue of June 18, 1948 Two gunmen who hitched a ride with Jack Quaill are now in the cooler. Giving two young men a ride from Luzerne to Dallas, cost Jack a blow on the head with a gun butt. and temporary loss of his car. When it ran out of gas shortly beyond Dallas, the gunmen abandoned it on the highway. Jack was coming in on his last pint. Russ Honeywell and officer Lester Fiske apprehended one of the gunmen, the other taking to the bushes where he eluded cap- ture until the following day when arrested in a downtown hotel. The gunmen had five cents between them. They said they had expected to steal a car (with gas in it) and hold up several service stations tc get money for their return to Ohio Dallas will install two more fire hydrants, one at interesection of Memorial = Highway and ° Machell Avenue, the other at Susquehanna and Wyoming. Hayfield Farm's prize team of eight huge Clydesdale horses will be seen at the Lehman Horse Show Alexander Tough, farm manager, says that fourteen of the small Sar- dinia donkeys for which the farm is famous, will also be on exhibit. Gilbert Tough is elected president of Lehman High School alumni. Dallas Businessmen affiliate with Wilkes-Barre Credit Bureau. Trucksville parents organize a PTA, with Carl Bradbury as tem- porary chairman. John Hanson is building a drive- in theatre at the Picnic Grounds. Rev. John Albright, a former pas- tor at St. Luke’s, Noxen, will be the main speaker at the silver jubilee on Sunday. Claudia Shaver is orchestra chair- man for the Junior Woman's Club spring dance Saturday night at Irem Country Club. Bodies of two Back Mountain boys lost in the Pacific Theatre are being returned for burial. Tech. Sgt. Charles Billings, Trucksville, will be buried in Mill City; Pfc. Roy Schultz, Alderson, in Wardan Cemetery. Billings died instantly in Luzon when a crane he was operating overturned. Schultz died in the military hospital in Dutch New Guinea, while on his way back to the United States. Huntsville Christian Church con- gregation fetes Rev. and Mrs. Charles Frick, the first resident pas- tor in the history of the church. Mrs. Bertha Jenkins, Huntsville, is able to be about again after her fall five weeks ago. Harold J. Price, 52; former com- posing room foreman at the Dallas Post, dies of a heart attack. Mrs. Sophie Evans, Shavertown, dies less than a month after her husband, the late Matthew Evans. Jeanne Marie Sullivan, Goss Man- or, becomes the bride of John Rosser. Volunteers from the neighborhood haul stone for erection of the Leh- man Fire House. Arthur Ehret, chairman of construction, says that the stone-faced building will have a recreation room panelled in knotty pine. i Nell LaCarte, Ashley, becomes the bride of Gerald Frantz, Huntsville. From The Issue of June 17, 1938 Cecil DeWitt, Carverton, blows out his own brains in a freak acci- dent when he trips over a chain with which he had just secured a stray cow. He had his shotgun with him to shoot crows. Joseph = Schmerer and Barton Long dissolve partnership. Mr. Schmerer will continue to operate the store on Huntsville Road. Five cows and a bull were burned to death when lightning struck Ralph Welsh’s barn near Castle Inn early Sunday morning during a vio- lent thunderstorm. Lost also was a quantity of hay, several tons of straw, and farm equipment. Loss of $4,000 was not covered by insur- ance. Mr. Welsh’s herd was wiped out last year by Bang’s Disease, and he was slowly building another herd. William Kibbler, Noxen farmer, mistook his nephew for a chicken thief in the early hours before dawn, and shot him in the leg. Democrats are steadily gaining in the area. Dallas firemen set $1,000 for goal of the first drive for funds in two years. Noxen’s thirty-five Common- wealth Telephone subscribers will be hooked into the Harveys Lake exchange and have dial phones within a few weeks. New numbers will go into effect July 5. Dallas people argue the matter of corporal punishment in schools. Most of them consider it to be a function and duty of parents, not school teachers. Case of Ernest E. Line, whose chastisement of two high school students is being in- vestigated by the school board, will be continued next week. Arthur Dungey, tax collector, will turn over $2,172 in overdue taxes to a professional collector for col- lection. Nicholas Staub succeeds William Luksig as Trucksville Postmaster. ‘Mrs. Fred Kunkle, correspondent for the Dallas Post, passes away suddenly at her home in Kunkle. Fred Riley, widely known as a horseman at the old Dallas Fair and oi TR Dear Editor: Dr. Bodycomb’s report on - the schools published this week contains numerous inaccurate statements. The date of his first election is not correct and that of Mr. Ohlman also. The senior school director when the building was built was Frank F. Morris and not James F. Besecker. In fact Mr. Besecker was not a school director at the time the building was occupied. He was sec- retary of the board part of this time and was elected later. The additional room was added to the old building in 1916. There was no period of retrench- ment and neglect of building, text- books, and educational program as stated after the new building was built and the figures for expenses prove it. This was a campaign story created by Messrs. Ohlman, Body- omb and Richardson and they have harped upon it so long that they believe it themselves, but it is not ‘rue. A statement of actual ex- aenses is submitted herewith. When the previous board took >ffice they threw out the seating in chree rooms of the old building and out in new seats. They repaired the building, especially the heating sys: sem, and installed stokers. Late ‘hey piped steam from the other building and put in modern steam heat with individual room ventila- tion and installed a new roof. The building ‘was repainted from time to time. Like any other new building of concrete, brick, and steel the new building did not require any repairs at first. It was seventeen years old when the Doctor took office and re- pairs needed from time were current and not neglected ones. Dr. Bodycomb ignores the more vertinent facts of the period prior to his own membership on the Board, particularly the following: 1. Rapid increase in enrollment and changes in school program re- quired an increase in the teaching force of exactly 100%, seven to fourteen, and a heavy increase in all expenses based on enrollment such as books, supplies, etc. 2. A new building was built on which the district at one time owed $61,000 mostly at five and six per cent interest. 3. The depression struck six months after the building was oc- cupied before a single full year of taxes was collected. During that period the unpaid property taxes ran from $3000 to $5300 annually and much of the per capita tax could not be collected. 4. The audit for July 1945 shows assets of $140,990.25, including gen- eral fund cash $4,763.78; sinking fund $25.35; plus salary fund bal- ance of $1,169.49. 5. Liabilities were only $12,194.98 of whieh $9,000 was in serial bonds payable about" $3,000 per year. Peak enrollment was passed and less pupils have been in school in recent years. Now let the Doctor get to work and give us a financial statement. In his time the taxable valuation DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA SAFETY VALVE . .. has increased heavily. The number of persons paying per capita tax has increased. The tax millage has jumped from 25.to 35. The per capita tax rate has jumped from $2. to $10. What do we have to show for it? —D. A. WATERS ACTUAL EXPENSES Dallas Borough School District t Investment New % Repairs Buildings *Renewals Fiscal *Additions To Year In Value Buildings Ending New an July Equipment Equipment Textbooks 1927 $ 8341.55 $ 139.86 $ 364.46 1928 4,4 2 1929 55, 1930 1931 1932 1933 933. 651.09 1934 96.99 847.60 1935 802.57 494.18 1436 3,442.77 1,139.71 1937 H.5 5H 1938 978. 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 493.56 1945 1,186.62 1946 NOTE — * Painting, replacing of roofs, etc. classed as repairs. Also replacement of articles worn out of same value. * School accounting is on cost basis. Replacement of a $75. item by one costing $100. would be charged repairs $75.; investment $25. t Does not include interest char- ges. BIG GAME HUNTER Dear Editor: As I was reading last week’s Dallas Post I came across the article “Introducing The Poisoner.” After reading that article I just had to tell you of an experience with the dog murderer. You can head this article “Introducing The Murderer.” It happened about a month ago, on a Sunday morning at about 8:30. As I looked out of my bedroom window I saw a small red, licensed dog walking along the edge of the county road, quietly minding his own business. About thirty feet from the dog stood ‘a man with a 12 gauge shotgun. There was a thundering blast, a piercing yelp, and a small boy shrieking, “Daddy, why did you do it?” . A shotgun will not kill a dog from that distance. I saw the dog twice since the brutal shooting, his side matted with blood, buckshot, and dirt. For all I know he may still be wandering the fields suffer- ing and dying. I don’t know whether this man thinks of himself as a big game hunter or not, but I know if I were him I would like digging ~a “hole and falling into it- How any one can shoot a harmless dog and get satisfaction out of it is more than I will ever know. —A VERY ANGRY NEIGHBOR (Will not disclose names for my mother was quite angry because I wrote this and I still may end up homeless.) News As the parents of school children well know, school closed last Friday, but not until after a very busy week. : Yearbooks arrived on Tuesday and finals were. completed on Wednesday afternoon.” Thursday was make-up day when students com- pleted any unfinished work and teachers made out their records. Everyone arrived early Friday morning for the final day of the school year. The day was climaxed by an Assembly of the student body, with the exception of the senior class. The Assembly began with “On- ward Christian Soldiers,” led by Lester Lewis: Fred Eck read the Bible and led the salute to the flag. George McCutcheon, the baseball coach, presented varsity letters to the following members of the base- ball team from Westmoreland: Rich- ard Clark, George Williams, Warren Long, Albert Dendler, and Donn Goodwin. Ted Hons, co-captain of the team, a senior, previously re- ceived his baseball letter. The following senior girls re- ceived their letters for basketball: Alice Jones, Sandra Sprout, Sandra Hinkle, Beverly Gosart, and Beverly Kintzer, Manager. Beverly Gosart and Carol Hemenway received their letters for cheerleading. William Morgan presented letters to members of the football team Those who received them were Wil- fred Anderson, John Muncie, David Zimmerman, Joseph Mollahan, Al bert Dendler, Robert Spare, Victo: Widmann, and Thomas Jenkins Larry Farr and Robert Shotwell re. ceived certificates as they had earn ed their letters during previous football seasons. Basketball letters were presented by Coach Clinton Brobst to: Harold Herring, varsity, and to Richard Clark, Fred Eck, and David Ell, jun ior varsity. William Strauser, co captain of the team, Ted Hons Joseph Mollahan, and Albert Dend ler received certificates. 2 : ~~ W. Frank Trimble, principal, rec. | Westmoreland High School by BONNIE JENKINS Donna Rishell, eighth grade, David LaBar and Ralph Walp, ninth grade, and Ted Hons, a senior. Mr. Trimble introduced Martin Porter who presented the American Legion Award to Louise Hadsall and fp Jon Butler, both of eighth grade. This award is presented annually by Kingston American Legion Post No. 391 to the outstanding eighth grade boy and girl who possesses and demonstrates the fine qualities of Honor, Courage, Scholarship, Leadership and Service. Miss Mabel Jenkins presented a $25 savings bond to Bonnie Jenkins, third place winner of the Shanno Memorial Heart Contest. Chester Molley presented certifi- cates of appreciation to contestants of the “Hire the Handicapped” essay contest. The contestants were Lois Moss, Beverly Kintzer, Mary Dora Scott, Bonnie Jenkins, and Robert Moyer. Robert Spare, James Kelly, John Muncie, Robert Bullock, William Hall, Randy Miller, and Robert Moy- or received certificates for ‘“demon- strated interest in skilled safe driv- ing and the promotion of highway courtesy” The boys were partici- pants in the Safe Driving Road-E-O sponsored by the United States Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Les- ter Lewis presented letters to band members Fred Eck, Peter Lawson, Lynn McCarty, Flora Sue Anderson, Durelle Scott, Ruth Bennett, Penny Rose, Brenda Clause, James Brad- bury, Wayne Schmoll, Bonnie Sick- ler, Thomas Metz, Carolynjean Yeust, Pat Dyer, and Bonnie Jenk- ‘ns. The seniors who previously re- seived their letters are “Sandra Sprout, Margery Stookey, Sondra Clark, Sandra Hinkle, Janis Roberts, Kent Sickler, Lida Jean Hughes, Beverly Kintzer, and Kathleen Rich- ards. The Assembly was brought to a close with the singing of the Alma Mater. The students returned to their homerooms where report cards were issued. So ended the final day of school. This, too, is the final column of ognized four students with record: | year 1957-1958. The students were’ fall. 1 ‘news for this school year. Have a of perfect attendance for the school | wonderful summer—see you in the
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