4 70 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain HE DALLAS POST TWO ORchard 4-5656 EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers OR 4-7676 VOL. 68, No. From Pillar To By MRS. T. 52, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1958 Post ©... M. B. HICKS, JR. Christmas is for the forever young in heart, those who can carry with them throughcut their lives forget the rush and press of today the glory and the dream, who can in the memory of a childhood when the stars came close and the full moon rose in the silent dusk, sailing majestically up a cloudless sky, the new-fallen snow. \ A time when there was waited breathlessly the birth of and casting clear-cut shadows on silence upon the earth, as mankind a King. A time when there was leisure to reflect upon the hush of the Judean hills, the drowsing shepherds glory,” and the wondering journey , the sleeping flocks, the blaze of to the Manger. A time when the thought of majestic presences from the East, following the Star, and humbling themselves in adoration before a new-born Child, was sweeter and rarer than the gifts they laid before Him. And such is the alchemy of childhood and its dreams, that child- ren brought up in the confusion and ceaseless clamor of the present, will remember, a cloudless sky on Chris 1 Misericordia Coll Chosen Si Croix Miss Lynell La Bega, a junior en- rolled at Misericordia College, has hh chosen queen of the seventh annual Christmas Festival held on | St.! Croix, Virgin Islands. The coronation of Miss La Bega, who is the daughter of Mrs. Sylvia Schanjg of St. Croix, will take place | Tuesday evening, December 23 at Dr. G. K. Swartz | as they near the close of life, that the moon rose upon meas Eve, and limitless sky with frosty light, earth as it waited, breathless, for that the stars powdered the vast that there was silence upon the the birth of the King. ga diudent Fete Queen Christmas Festival Village in stiansted and will be "followed by a dance. These events will signal the start of a fun-filled two weeks | during which visitors to St. | will enjoy a varied schedule of mus- ic and dance offerings, parades and fireworks displays. the la) Dies In Florida Following A Tooth Extraction Word has been received here of the death of Dr. George K. Swartz | at the Memorial Hospital in Fort | Myers, Florida, on Saturday morn- | ing at 1. He was 62 last April. A former resident of Dallas where he practiced from 1924 to 1943, Dr. Swartz was a nati¥e of State College where the funeral will be he was neuro psychiatrist at Battle Creek Sanatorium in Michigan, be- fore becoming ‘a member staff of Baptist Hospital in St. | Louis, Mo. He was a captain in the army during World War II. He was an amateur painter of | considerable ability having been en- at i Reese, Croix of the! MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION RIPLEY INTERESTED IN BIRTH’S BIRTHS Clyde Birth's Esso Station is about to receive national publi- city because of its popularity with an impatient stork that has stopped there twice to de- liver babies to expectant moth- ers on their way to hospitals. This week Mr. Birth received a letter from Ripley’s Believe It Or Not asking for details and whether the night flying stork might have become confused by the big neon sign advertising Births. 200 Great Santa it Legion Parly Daddow-Isazes Post Has Busy Yulat By TOM REES American Legion radials Unit 672. held its annual Chrismas Party Daddow-Isaacs Post Home on Thursday night. A turkey dinner with all the trim- mines was served by the Commitee. Christmas carols were enioyed by the group with Mrs. Fred Templin accompanying on the piano. Edward Buck'ey acted on behalf of Santa Claus in distributing gifts. Mrs. Thomas Kepner, Gold Star i Mother of the Post was presented with a po‘nsettia by Mrs. Thomas E. president on behalf of the Auxiliary. Entertainment with a floor show by Eddie Wilk and his Happy Timers was well received by the following: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kepner, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ‘Wallo, Mr. Wroblewski, Mr. and Mrs. John Handles, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cark- huff, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lingertot, Mrs. Emma Henning, Mrs. Rachel Williams, Mrs. George Richards, Mrs. John Garbutt, Mrs. Joseph La- Velle, Mrs. Doris Mallin, Mr. and Mrs. G. Wesley Cave, Mr. and Mrs Thomas E. Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Buckley, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brobst, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Har- vey, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Templin. The Legion Auxiliary visited the Veterans Hospital Friday, December and Mrs. Stanley Symbolic of churches throughout Christendém, Trucksville Methodist Church, nestled among the Bethlehem. Back Mountain hillsides, extends its warm welcome to all to worship at the manger of the Babe of (Photo by Kozemchak) 19: and. distributed much: ‘enjoyed A Lae TD A TT Gr ih TEN CENTS PER COPY — SIXTEEN PAGES Turner Family May Share In Xmas Windfall $250,000 Will Be Distributed To Missing Heirs The estate of the late Attorney Arthur L. Turner of Dallas is named among the scores of Pennsylvania persons who will share in a Christ- mas windfall totalling $254,600 ac- ording to a story in Sunday’s Phil- adelphia Inquirer. The Inquirer in cooperation with Tracers Company of America made the announcement in an effort to locate some 125 missing stockhold- ers or their heirs who are being sought as claimants to “forgotten fortunes.” Atty. Turner ‘was a former: law vartner of Atty. Mitchell Jenkins of Trucksville, and for many years when the Turner family lived at 85 Huntsville Road, Dallas, was Bor- ough solicitor. The sums to be distributed aver- age about $2,000 per person. The smallest amount to be distributed will be in the neighborhood of $750 and the largest amount will be $10,000. Atty. Turner died in 1943 and at that time had offices in the Coal Ex- change Building in Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Turner, the former Jean. Trim- mer of Wilkes-Barre died in 1945. First knowledge that'the Turner heirs are being sought came Sunday morning when Barry Furneaux, formerly of Dallas, called t pe: The Dallas Post in an effort to nave yo them informed. They were reached on Sunday. They are Alice, now Mrs. Ralph french of Catasaqua whose husband 's a designing engineer. with the Fuller Co. Mrs. French' has three children: Jean, Courts, Harrisburg. She is the wid- ow of the late Ralph Evans and has two children, Ralph and Judy; and Chauncey, Green Lawn, L. IL now with the Grumman Aircraft Co. He has two daughters aged 9 and 7. It is thought that the funds are deputy Clerk of | Martin Given Tear Extension Of Contract Board Urged To Plan For School Large Enough Two important things happened at the special meeting of the Dallas School Board Friday night, exten- sion of supervising principal James Martin's contract for another year, and decision to accept the basic plan for the new High School building, going ahead with the building plan without subsidy for the present. Extension of Mr. Martin's contract was opposed to policy adopted at the formation of the five-way join- ture. It was reaffirmed last July, when members of the new Union District again set the same age limit at 65. An election was held in executive session at the regular board meeting December 9, but Atty. Jonathan Valentine's decision was that it must be held again in open meeting. Atty. Frank Townend brought up the matter Friday night, after Dr. Edwin Cruttenden, educational ad- viser for Kidder Peabody, was on his feet after an introduction by president Charles Mannear. Dr. Cruttenden graciously relinquished the floor. Mr. Townend, stating that he was not in favor of the motion, but un- derstood that a motion must be affirmative instead of negative, mov- ed that Mr. Martin's : “3 be 2nded for onc ; TIA motion fost. tion until the January meeting, was lost. The motion was put to the vote, and extension of Mr. Martin's con- tract passed, nine to five. Mr. Townend contested this rc- sult, holding that a majority of all the directors was necessary to give a contract. Atty. Valentine ruled that a majority of those present was sufficient, that this was not a new contract, but an extension of an old one, A brisk interchange between Mr. held Tuesday from Koch Funeral Home with interment in Center County Menor} 1 Park. He was the lip son of the fuk Charles and Emma | | couraged to follow it as a hobby by the Tate Mrs. Charles Ashley. Swartz was a member of St. hs Lutheran Church, Dallas Ro- Townend and Francis Ambrose, both former presidents of the Board, characterized the discussion preced- ing the vote, Mr. Townend stating candy to one of the wards. The Auxiliary also gave Christmas gifts for the gift shop, where pa- from dividends and the principal of stock which was considered worth- Manger Scene In Ceramics less during the 1929 market crash rm . ; but which since hau iE in § Krumrine arty. ly | tary Club and, George M. Dallas tients go to pick: out Presepts to t € hau bad ated A that hy cons stared Mr. Martin o ren ay The finily® moved from St. Louis, | Lodge until he Be ralsiorr®d his” Macy send to theiridamilies free; of charge. Yel ; © {boor insist ato.Xand res; mpns, HET. hn © yan ve L : These gifts are wrappedfand sent or for delay in getting the building "§ Mo., to Fort Meyers shortly before sonic membership to St. Louis some : a hapksgiving Day where he was a slow recovery from a stroke tfered about two years ago. His es death followed the extraction of an abs essed tooth. He never regained consciousness after the extraction. A graduate of Susquehanna Uni- versity and University of Pennsyl- vania Medical School, he took ad- vanced work at Lennox Hill Hos- pital, New York City, and interned at Geisinger Hospital, Danville, be- | fore starting general practice in Dallas, establishing his ‘first office "in the former Albertson property on Church Street. Later he had offices in the Lundy building before purchasing the former Rice prop- erty now owned, by Dr. Robert Bodycomb. i Dr. Swartz left Dallas in 1943 to specialize in neuro psychiatry. He was assigned by the United States Public Health service to vet- erans’ hospitals in Coatesville, Nor- po Texas and Delawa are. glater years ago. | Besides his wife, = the ‘former Clementa Miller, he leaves a son, Attorney George Swartz, 26, Fort Myers, and a daughter, Nancy, now | Mrs. Lewis Haughey, of Toledo, Ohio; two granddaughters and a | grandson, the children of Mrs. Haughey. He alsc leaves a brother, William, Elyria, Ohio; and two sis- ters, Margaret Swartz, on the facul- ty' of Penn State University, and Mrs. Bernice Burns, Miami Shores, Florida. Lions Erect Tree Lake Harveys | erected a traffic island at Sunset. | Schools Reopen Jan. 5 Local schools will reopen the Mon- de y after New Year's, January 5. Lions Club has | beautifully ornamented | | twenty-foot (Christmas tree in the | the veterans: give them personaily. The Children’s was held at the Post Home, Satur- day afternoon at 2. Santa Claus arrived .by horse and carriage with Tom Templin doing the driving. The children, over two hundred strong, enjoyed hot dogs and birch | beer served by the Legion and Aux- I'iliary members. Door prizes were awarded to thirty-eight lucky child- ren. The bicycles which were displayed at. Boyd White's and the Legion Home were awarded to Elwood Swingle and Mr. Baur; trains went to William Moran and Jerry Dett- more; a doll and football went to J. H. Wicht of Wilkes-Barre. Santa Claus gave each child a stocking on departure and wished | them a Merry Christmas. The Legion will close at 11:30 Christmas Eve and reopen as usual on December 26. The Legion and its Auxiliary wish everyone A MERRY CHRISTMAS! Coach Goorys Dombeck Looks Over His Material Here Westmoreland’s novice wrestlers work out on the mats at Dallas Borough School gymnasium. This is the first year for wrestling at Westmore-- land and Coach George Dombeck schedule ahead in the fastest league in the valley. Last week his wrestlers made against Plymouth High School’s veterans, but no- body was downhearted about that for Plymouth’s has a tough only three points manager, Thursday, February 5, Thursday, January 12, at 7:30; Tunkhannock, away, Thursday, January 19 at 7 All home meets are now scheduled to be held in the Borough school but may be shifted to the Junior High School if crowds warrant. Shown above standing, Thomas Jenkins, faculty George Dombeck, at 7:30; Tunkhannock, here, 7:30. coach; James Eckerd, grapplers were all three-year men while West- David James, Victor Widman, and Charles Condon. o> moreland’s were all taking part in their first On the mats from left to right (back row): Peter .matches. Lawson, Lynn McCarty; Harley Mission, Charles : Here are the meets ahead: Hanover, here, Malkemes, Gerald Richards, Jeffre§ Tomkin, Connie Thursday, January 7 at 7:30; Wilkes-Barre YMCA Hislop. Novice Meet, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, January Middle row: David Williams, David Kimball, 8, ,9 10; mornings and afternoons; Monday, January 12, at 7:30; Coughlin High School, away, Saturday, January 17 at 7:30; Forty Fort, here, Thursday, January 22, at 7; Lehman, here, at 1:30; Thursday January 29 Northwest, here, don Lorentz, Lehman, | away, Fred Houlihan. Thomas Bloomer, Ide, Durelle Scott, John Dzuris. Front row: Garey Mathers, George Jacobs, Gor- Robert Taylor, Fred Newman and Ralph Walp, Harold Smith, Carl Christmas Party nominating committee to president This manger scene, Mrs. Arthur developed Hontz, Shavertown, has attracted at- tention wherever it has been displayed. The eighteen in ceramics by pieces show the as ‘a 'focus.’ It Mrs. J. B. Huston Heads Book Club Succeeds Retiring President Mrs. Frantz Mrs. James B. Huston, Sr. elected president of the Book Club! at the Christmas tea last Wednes- was | day in Back Mountain Memorial Lib- were Mrs. president; rary Annex. Elected also G. Rutherford, = vice J. H. D. Ferguson, George Montgomery, A. Mrs. Mrs. The slate of officers, presented by | Mrs. Lloyd Kear, secretary; treasurer. chairman of the | Mrs. Charles Frantz, unanimously. Mrs. J. H. D. Ferguson read ‘Stars Over Bethlehem” by Opal Wheeler. The reading was heightened in its | enjoyment by interspersing of car- | ols, ending with Adeste Fidelis. Mrs. George B. Schooley sang, accompan- ied by Mrs. Raymond Parsons. Mrs. J. D. Hutchison was respon- sible for decoration of the holiday | tea table, with its traditional Santa | Claus and sleigh nested in Christmas | greenery. Mrs. Frantz and Mrs. Huston poured for Mesdames Sheldon Evans, Russell Frantz, Harold Titman, W. B. Jeter, Paul L. Gross, John S. Wilson, Edgar Brace, J. D. Hutchi- son, Geqrge Jenkins, Dana Crump, J. Stanley Rinehimer, Thomas A. Cope, John S. Phillips, Peter D. Clark, G. C. Faust, R. S. Ferguson, George B. Schooley, J. H. D. Fer- was accepted guson, Raymond Parsons, Fred B. Howell, Lloyd Kear, Arthur H. Ross, Ralph G. Lewis, Misses Miriam Lathrop, Frances Dorrance, and Mary Jane Faust. | fellow. | by supervising when their smallest | children are dialing. traditional scene, with the manger has been shown ‘at Shavertown Methodist and at Huntsville Christian churches. (Photo by Kozemchak) Police Decorate Trees Daniel C. Roberts Fire House at | Harveys Lake presented a colorful ! holiday appearance with the ever- green trees in front of the rallding | decorated for Christmas by Harveys | | Lake Police force. Santa Cets 90 Calls Per Hour : : : | Santa Claus is having a busy time answering his calls from youngsters in the Back Mountain region, ac- cording to official of Commonwealth | Telephone Company who said yes- | terday that calls are coming in at | the rate of 90 per hour. Officials are unable to estimate the number of attempts made to | reach OR 4-8141 but they do know that many children in their enthus- iasm to reach Santa are dialing the wrong numbers. Many subscribers who have similar numbers are fre- quently pinch hitting for the old Parents are asked to assist Buns Ini Creek John S. Fine Jr., 18-yearZold son of former Governor John S. Fine, Dallas RD 2, received lacerations about the face and lip early Sunday morning when he dozed at the wheel of his 1957 sedan and went off the highway at Trucksville. The car dropped 18 feet, landing right side up in Toby’s Creek. Fine cut his lip when his head bumped | the windshield. Climbing out of the car he waded through frigid water and climbed the bank where he flagged a motorist, waiting in the motorist’s car until his father took him to Nesbitt Hospital where his lip was sutured. Natona Has Yule Party At [rem Entertainment Follows Dinner Program at 6:30 | | | Employees of Natona Mills held | | their annual Christmas Party Satur- | | day night in a {festive setting at { Irem Temp'e Country Club, which | was termed the best party in years. Dinner at 6:30 was followed by entertainment and- dancing to the | music of Arty Miller's orchestra. Seated at the speakers’ table were William Florop, Herman Weisler, Leo Lavin, Elliott Sutter, Marcel | Noe, Vincent Dula, Robert Pickett, [‘Renford Wilce and James J. Galla- gher who acted as toastmaster. Jack Rogers was song leader ac- | companied by Eddie Eliman, pianist. i Ernest Wolfe played several well re- ceived selections on the bones. Remarks on the progress of the lace industry were made by Leo Lavin, treasurer and Herman Weis- ler, vice president and director of plant operations, both of Native Laces & Textiles, parent organiza- tion for Natona Mills, Inc. Greetings to all employees and guests were “extended by William Florop, plant manager. Robert Pick- ett, president and Renford Wilce, vice president of Levers Auxiliary Section Executive Committee, and Vincent Dula, president of Levers Auxiliary Branch A-23, Dallas. Mrs. Harriett Thompson, Betty Blackman and Jay Alexander with { departmental supervisors made ‘up | the committee in charge of the | affair, \ Christmas Bird Count Christmas Bird-Count sponsored by Audubon Society will be made { Saturday, December 27, , J Two More Homes Entered Here Police Establish 24-Hour Patrols Apprehensive bécause no progress | has been made in the solution of the series of continuing robberies that have demoralized the Back Moun- tain community since early summer, a delegation of citizens headed by Chester Butkiewicz prevailed upon Dallas Township Supervisors at their meeting Saturday afternoon to" es- tablish a night police patrol. The patrol went into operation on Saturday night. Patrols are now functioning 24 hours a day in Dallas, Lake and Kingston, Townships as well as Dallas Borough. The precaution, however, failed to deter daring intruders. who entered | two Birch Lane homés in : Dallas Borough early Sunday evening. Homes entered were those of Mrs. Mary Parkhurst and Mrs. Edith Cor- vine. Although both were ransacked, Mrs. Parkhurst said nothing of value was taken from her apartment. Police were unable to determine whether anything of value was tak- en from the Corvine home since Mrs. Corvine has been away for two | weeks. Chief of Police Russell Hon- | eywell, Officer Alvin Shaffer, and |'State Police investigated. On Friday night four homes were entered. They were the homes of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hughes, Tunk- hannock Highway, $500 taken; Mr. and Mrs. George Bauman, Grand- view Avenue, $10 taken; Mr. and Mrs. Russell H. Foss, Country Club Road, West Dallas, diamond ring stolen and Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Fluegel, Country Club. Road, four diamond rings, minimum value $100 each. Skating Good In This Area Many Shallow Ponds Abound For Children Frigid weather and winds that have cleared large areas of snow have made this one of the best sea- sons for skaters in years. Most popular skating places in the Back Mountain region are: Misericordia Pond, . Lake (Street, Dallas, shallow; Estock’s . Pond, Overbrook' Avenue, shallow; Sacred Heart Pool, Fernbrook, supervised; Posten’s Pond, off Sutton Road, rather deep but safe; Sosic’s Pond, Center Street, Shavertown, shallow; Shady Side Lake, Route 309, deep but safe; [Sgarlat Lake, Carpenter Road, Harveys Lake, shallow; Irem Temple Country Club Pond, small, shallow; Huntsville Dam, skating not permitted. program under way, Mr. “Ambrose laying the matter squarely in the lap of the directorate itself, which had been stymied by conflicting fac- tors and had delayed in giving Mr. Martin the green light. It is time to close ranks and make some progress, he said. The New School Dr. Cruttenden, urged wasting no more time in getting the building program underway, with or without subsidy from the State, pointed out that a quarter million dollars could have been saved if decks had been cleared for action three years ago. The district, he said, would do well to consider tapping other tax resources at once. Since formation of a: Union District, the Dallas School District is now a third class district, with more leeway to levy taxes. +{ Reassessment of property is now underway. in Luzerne County, with probability of more revenue for the school district, but not to be ex- pected until 1960. Dr, Cruttenden asked if water supply or sewage disposal had been discussed. Be sure that the school will be big enough over a number of years, he said, and recommended pushing up the ceiling on the estimated number of students. In his opinion, 650 might be a more realistic figure than 590. Many schools which have inaug- urated a building program are al- ready faced with problems of needed expansion, before the new buildings are in use. School housing is bgcoming acute in ‘the State. Some districts will ga on half session next year, and need buildings desperately. It is possible that the State may hurdle normal progression of processing the re- quests for building, and decide on the basis of immediate need in these | cases. Dallas, he said, ought to take its place among the 150 school districts which have already decided to go ahead without subsidy, to avoid wasting any more time. Dallas has in common with these districts, abil- ity to swing the project financially. Mr. . Davis, Kingston Township, asked if subsidy had ever been re- fused, once a building program was inaugurated. The answer to that - was no, with a further remark that governor-elect Lawrence was com- mitted to continuance of the school building program. The Site Atty. Valentine announced that a compromise had been reached with Hulme Daron, by which 8.2 acres under condemnation by the school district have been released, and a plot of 6.8 acres will be purchased from him at a cost of $1,000 per acre. ; Fire Damages Home Fire Saturday morning slightly damaged the Richard Williams home on Warren Avenue. Three fire com- panies responded to the alarm.
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