TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 70: YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution’ Back of the Mountain ORchard 4-5656 OR 4-7676 THE DALLAS POS MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION TEN CENTS PER COPY— FOURTEEN PAGES County Fights Architects Show Will Dominate Model Of New Voting Tuesday Sr. High School Kingston Township Myers Is Leaving Lake and Lehman Have, The Bus Business, Spirited Contests Sells To Emanuel | With Back Mountain leaders play- ing a bigger part in Republican county politics than ever before, in- terest here is high in the outcome of Tuesday’s Primary election. Leading the three distinct Repub- VOL. 70, No. 20, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1959 Dallas Legion Dallas Rotary Plays Leading Is Host Sunday Part In District Conference To Mocanaqua Many Local Members On Committee : ‘ Planning Buck Hill Inn Gathering Legion Will Be Et Full Strength " Riter Two Defeats Dallas Legion will tangle with the always tough Mocanaqua A’s at Dallas lineup for this Sunday's Junior High School field. DICK FOSKO TO PITCH Dick Fosko, who teaches school at Lake-Lehman ‘Honors Retiring Staff Members day and Sunday. In addition to Dr.|% Judd, outstanding talks will be given by Fritz Gysin, Director of Rotary International, Zurich, Switzerland, the Rotary International President's Representative, Karl Knapp, Rotary International Director of Zone 5, Pittsburgh, District Governors and rast wisur.ct Governors. District Governor Jordan said that at the conference a Rotarian will be i Approximately thirty Rotarians and their wives from Dallas Club will attend the annual conference of District 741 of Rotary International from tomorrow through Sunday at Buck Hill Inn, Walter Mohr, Confer- ence Chairman, said yesterday. A model of the new senior high school was on display Tuesday night at Dallas School board meeting. James Lacy and Paul Rodda, of Lacy | Atherton and Davis, were on hand to explain changes made in dimen- Representatives from the thirty- seven other Rotary clubs in North- ; eastern Pennsylvania which make up the district also will attend the con- Atlantic Highlands High School, New Jersey, will return to the Dallas lineup for this Sundays’ thriller with Mocanaqua. To date the Dallas entry in the Wyoming League has dropped its first two starts, losing to Button- wood 2-0 in the home opener, and to Hanover 9-3 at Hanover. Jay M. Llewellyn Jr., business manager announced the acquisition of third baseman Joe Richkofski, who turned in a fine performance in his debut in the Hanover game. He should supply the extra spark to return the Legion lads to their nine ways. Joe, commonly own throughout the league as “Joker” played with Hanover the past two seasons and attends Bloomsburg State Teachers’ College. “This Sunday's lineup will find the home club loaded with power and at full strength for the first time this year. A tight defense is cen- tered around “Smiling” = Patty Salansky at short stop and veteran Bob “Nellie Fox” Grose at second base. To make the job a little easier for Fosko the Dallas outfield boasts of being the strongest de- fensively in the league, with Jack “Hub Cap” Sims in center field Ralph “Homerun” Hendershot in left, and speed merchant Jimmy Ferris in right field. On the receiving end of Dich Fosko's curves will be Fran “line drive” Alansky a dangerous hitter with plenty of know-how behind the plate. A big crowd is olways on hand for the Mocanaqua rivalry and this game should be a real sizzler. Possible starting lineup: batting order Ferris right. field; ' Grose second base; Shalata first base: Richkofski, third - base; Salansky. short stop; Hendeérshot, left field: Alansky, catcher; Sims, center- gd; Fosko pictcher. Mrs. Elizabeth Wardan Helped Shape The Area “Mrs. Elizabeth Wardan, 91. of Har- ris Hill Road. died Tuesday afternoon at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Her funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 at the family home. Rev. Robert T. Webster and Rev. Arthur Mayo officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Crest Cemetery. Mrs. Wardan taught in one-room schools when she was a young wom- an, having in her care her own sis- ters and brothers, Dorman, Addison. Guy, Arch. Eunice and Emma Wool- bert. In the school on Mt. Green- wood Road, she prepared the future Dr. Howell for college, and taught | children of the Youngblood and | Schooley families. Earlier, she | taught in Beaumont and on Harris | Hill. | A native of Noxen, she was daugh- | Tr of the late Almon and Sarah | Phoenix Woolbert, who moved when | she was a young girl to Trucksville, | * settling’ in what’ is now Dr. Grant’s home on the main highway. She graduated from Beaumont Academy, and started teaching at 17. She was a member of Trucksville Methodist Church and the Reynolds Sundav School class, also president of Ladies Aid (now the WSCS) for twenty-five years, until failing health | dictated retirement. Survivors are: a daughter, Mrs. | Arline Wardan Bessmer, Trucksville; a sister, Mrs. Eunice Norris, Trucks- | ville; brothers Dorman and Addison Woolbert, Shavertown; and a num- | ber of nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by Bronson. Lawrence Jones Has | Badly Fractured Leg | ; Lawrence Jones, Upper Demunds | ad, has a compound fracture of | : w lower leg, sustained when he was pinned between a car and the/| wall at Shorten Motors, Pierce Street, Kingston. He is in extension at Nesbitt Meo. morial Hospital, under care of Dr. Sgarlat, with possible surgery 5 come. Passing behind another car in the | parking lot, he was caught when the | driver of the car gunned the motor and backed up suddenly. ! Both men are employees of Shor- ten Motor Company. \ In Pajama Game Jane Cave, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Cave of Idetown, is a member of the cast of Pajama Game, current production of Little Theatre. Jane also had a part in College Misericordia’s production of Sweethearts. She has been a music student at Misericordia for the past tem years, i iat ference. Leaders At Rotary DR. LESTER E. JORDAN This meeting is held each year, “hairman Mohr said, to review Ro- ary service activities and to make lans for increasing their effective- 1ess during the coming year. The principal current activities of | he Rotary clubs in this district in- clude Student Exchange Programs with cities in foreign countries, “Ro- tary Foundation Fellowship for In- | ternational Understanding” provid- ing a year’s expense-free education 1t a University in a foreign country and also many local’ gemmunity ser- vice projects. The Honorable DR Walter Judd who is a member of Congress from Minnesota and a member of Foreign Relations Committee, will make the principal address at the onference. District Governor, Dr. ! “es Jordan, Dallas Rotary Club, will oreside at the conference sessions. Program Chairman, Dr. Gordon Bell of Kingston Rotary Club, has arranged a wonderful program for all | Rotarians and their wives. High- ights for the ladies include a land- scape painting to be done by Edna | Palmer Englehart, the finished paint- | ‘ng will be given as a door prize to some lucky Rotaryann. On Sunday, | Mrs. Sheldon Curtis will give a ‘Reading’, plus favors and prizes for the ladies: For the Rotarians, interesting plenary sessions will be held Satur- the nominated to serve as governor of District Conference Frederic J. Gysin | this Rotary district tor tae 1959-60 fiscal year. He will take office on July 1, 1959, as the official repre- sentative of Rotary International, the world-wide organization of all Rotary Clubs. The new governor will be formally elected, along with 267 other district governors .from all parts of the world, at Rotary International's 1959 convention in New York City in June. These district governors will ' coordinate the service work of 470,- 000 business and professional execu- tives who are members of some | 10,000 Rotary clubs in 112 countries. | Dallas Rotarians and their wives ' | attending the conference will be: Jim Myron Bake® Danfel Chapinan, Richard H. Alexander, Francis Ambrose; | Demmy, Hanford L. Eckman, Paul Gross,” W. B. Jeter, Lester Jordan, Jack Landis, Rev. William McClel- | land, Walter Mohr, ley, Foster Starner, Lem Troster, and Leslie War hola. Among the committee chairmen l are: Walter Mohr, chairman; Myron | Baker, secretary; Jack Stanley, trea- i surer; Jim Alexander, = printing; Arthur Ross, publicity; Lem Troster, | | reception; Dan Chapman, sergeant- "at-arms; Bob Baird, entertainment; Mary Mohr, hostess; Ann Jordan, honorary chairman of ladies’ enter- | tainment. the club are on committees. | 1 To Retire Bs Dean of Wilkes College Mrs. John H. Doane, Idetown, will retire July 1 as Dean of Women at Wilkes College, a position she has filled for five and one half years, according to an announcement by Dr. Eugene Farley, president. Mrs. Doane, a former resident of Trucksville, had not expected to fill the office, planning only to remain in charge for three months as an accommodation to the coHege. She slipped into the office so easily, and with such complete understanding of a position which put her in close contact with young girls, that she was persuaded to stay on a semi-permanent basis. Dr. Doane, former chief at Veteran's Hospital after long years of private medical practice, retired some time ago. He and Mrs. Doane plan to make a trip to France, then spend the winter months with their children: Dr. University Medical School; Dr. John H. Doane Jr., faculty member at Temple Wilton A. Doane, thoracic surgeon in Santa Barbara, California; Dr. Joseph A. Doane, urologist, West Palm . Beach; and Mrs. Peter A. Milne, Providence. 1 Mrs. Doane graduated from Manstield State Teachers College, did | advanced work at Emerson College, and returned to Mansfield to { instruct at her alma mater. asin since coming to Wyoming \ She has taken a leading part in civie Valley in 1946, | Dale Parry, Ar- | | thur Ross, Joseph Sekera, Jack Stan- | Many other members of | | Arthur ‘| ped around the other day to make | = His wife, Reading from left to right seated, Jchnson, Mr. Howell, Mrs. Fanny Culp, Mrs. Eva Mrs. Marchakitus. Lester Squier, Mr. Belles, Mrs. Edward Lashford, Anthony Is Near College On | In a unique, joint effort three | competitive builders will join forces, under guidance of LU.RE.CO. (Lum- ber Dealers Research Council), to develop College Manor, a 26-acre | plot near College Misericordia. venture are Dodson & Hudak, Back ‘Mountain contractors, John B. Per- rugino, Luzerne builder and Bennett Lumber Company, Luzerne, repre- sentatives in this area for the Lum- ber Dealers Research Council. style homes will be started. Wilbur Shorts, Bennett Lumber Co., ex- plains that the new technique to be used will consist of using standard- ized, component home parts that can be adapted to any kind of home design. It is expected that on Thurs- | day of hext week, using workmen School board and faculty gathered to honor re- tiring members of Lake-Lehman personnel last Wednesday evening at Irem Country Club. Honored guests were seated at the head table. Gordon Johnson, Mr. Standing are: Squier, Mrs. Robert Belles, Mr. Me. Shown checking the outstanding features of new home models to be available in their new develop- Participating in this cooperative ' Next week the first of these new- are Mrs. Gordon Mrs. Noxen School; custodian, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rundell, Mr. and Mrs. dian at Lehman; Lashofrd, and Misking | Plans For The New College Manor Development ment are, from Anthony Hudak, Wilbur hur Shorts and Fred Dodson. Old Lake Road from each of the three concerns, a complete outside skeleton of a home will be erected. This will include the outside - walls, roof, windows, doors etc.,, in one day's work. Public will | be invited to view the proceedings. | Purpose of this one-day erection ! job is to demonstrate the system of building component unit homes which LU.RE.CO explains as being the modern method of home building that all builders will eventually! | adopt. The present site is large enough to allow the building of 55 new homes and it is located on the Old Lake Road. across from the upper entrance to College Misericordia. In- formation about this new develon- | ment is available from any of the participating builders. Makes Contribution To Honor Doctor's Memory Ide, Tunkhannock, drop- his contribution to the Back Moun- | tain Doctors’ memorial at General | Hospital. As he mad: out his check, hel recalled that his brother, Walter | Sweatland Ide, formerly of Lehman | but now of East Chester, | been one of the first dozen babies | delivered by Dr. | the Brown and Ide families lived | next door to each other in Lehman. | Dr. Brown had just finished his medical education and his intern- ‘ship at General Hospital, and was | setting up his practice in Lehman. | The baby boy he delivered is now | | a research chemist for the Boroughs | | Wellcome © Company N. Y. He is a graduate of Wyoming | Seminary, Susquehanna University, atended Duke and New York Uni- | versities. the late Elizabeth L. | Ide, was buried in Lehman Ceme- | tery a few days ago. She died May 4 after a long illness. Her life was | filled with philanthropic activities | connected with her position chairman of a hospital committee which makes visits to bed-ridden residents of the Westchester County | Home. She was a member of the Scarsdale Lutheran Church, N. Y. had | H. A. Brown, when | in Tuckahoe, | as | more; football, Lake-Lehman Serves Two Banquets Saturday | Lake-Lehman staged two banquets lin the Lehman auditorium, one for | the band, Saturday evening, one for the athletes on Monday. Cafeteria staff served both dinners. Board mebers and their wives were in- vited to both functions. i Rev. Edgar Singer, Fort Methodist Church, spoke Satur- | day ew ening on “Music Around the World,” stressing the point that | music is the universal language. Speakers were: William Hockman, president of Lehman-Jackson-Ross school board; Mrs. Dennis Bonning | Jr., Lehman Band Parents Associa- | i tion president; James Worth, Lake- | | Noxen band parents; Alfred Bron- son, vice president of Lake-Lehman | joint school board; Lester B. Squier, supervising principal. Toastmistress was Mrs. Virginia Swanson; chair- each Tuesday during June, 10 to 4. | | man Robert Belles; awards, John (iliaushes; invocation, Patricia Bial- Jon song, Miss Rebecca Button. Monday's athletic banquet opened | with the National Anthem, closed with - “America.” William Hockman , | was toastmaster, Dr. Eugene Farley | guest speaker. Awards were given to cheerleaders by Mrs. Doris Henning; girls’ basket- | ball, Miss Rebecca Button; boys’ bas- ketball, Arthur Nuss; baseball, John ' Zaleskas; wrestling, Thomas Long- Edward Edwards. Calvin Kanyuck. Rundell retires from Mr. Johnson after eight years, as custo- Local Builders Start Work On New College Manor Davelopment Site Suitable For 55 New Homes pastor of Forty | There was an excellent turn-out to bid farewell to Gordon Johnson, Mr. Mrs. Rundell, who will not be with the school dis- trict after this spring. Howell, Mrs. Culp, and long years at the Howell after twenty years as Mrs. Culp, from the main cafeteria where she has served since 1945. left to rignt: John B. Perrugino, Jenkins To Talk On Library Plan For Expansion Annual Dinner Will Be Opening Gun For 13th Auction Mitchell Jenkins, president of the | Back Mountain Library Association, will speak on tentative plans for ex- pansion at the Library Auction din- ner Monday night at Irem Country Club. The original building and the Annex are already overcrowded; and the library needs more space in { order to serve the needs of the com- munity as a center of culture as well as a focus for book-lovers. Don Smith and Myron Baker, co- | chairmen of the Auction, July 10 and 111, will speak briefly. ! Chairmen and personnel of com- | mittees will be announced. David Joseph will be song leader. Mrs. Baker has charge of table dec- | | orations. | Thomas Morgan, chairman, says | 500 tickets have been distributed, land response has been good. Reser- vations must be made by Saturday. Robert M. Scott will bring one of his hand-made doll bassinettes for auction, and expects to make a doz- en more by July. One of Mrs. Arthur Newman's beautifully dressed dolls | will be offered to the highest bidder, | and there wili be a number of sur- | prise items. | The annual dinner is the official opening of the Library Auction season. | There will be a number of door prizes. Mobile C Chest X-Ray Unit Comes To Dallas In June Mobile unit of Wyoming Valley Tuberculosis and, Health Association i will be stationed in central Dallas | To take chest X-rays of Back Moun- tain residents. committee chairmen: Stores, Mrs. Robert Fleming; Doctors, Mrs. Rob- ert Bodycomb; banks, Mrs. Fred | Bek; schools, Mrs. Howard Wiley; churches, Mrs. Joseph Schneider, restaurants. Mrs. Ralph Dixon; post- | | offices, Mrs.” Alan Montross; trans- | portation,” Mrs. Raymond Elston. Names oi committee personnel | will be published soon. ) Mrs. Herman Otto announces her | lican tickets are Peter D. Clark, | county chairman of the Republican | Party, who heads the so-called Loyal Ticket; Senator Harold Flack who | heads the Victory Republican Ticket, and County Commissioner Newell | Wood, Harveys Lake who heads the Regular Republican Ticket. | Clark and Wood are both candi- | dates for County Commissioner on opposing slates. In addition, Dr. | Malcolm Borthwick of Shavertown is | a candidate for Coroner on the Reg- ular Republican slate. Few voters in the Back Mountain | area are willing to predict the out- come. The Clark forces apparently | have the edge with most of the regu- lar Republican organization forces supporting them. The slate headed | by Senator Harold Flack comes next | | in favor while the slate headed by Commissinner Wood appears to be a poor third. | No one expects that any of the slates will sweep all of their candi- dates into nomination and most feel | that this. will be a good thing for the Republican Party which enjoyed a rebirth of idealism four years ago | | but has now sunk into the doldrums, | and lost much of the confidence of . the independent voter. Locally there are a number of spir- | ited contests in Back Mountain | townships for School Directors, Sup- | | ervisors and minor officials. These along with the county Re- | publican contests should bring out a heavy vote on Tuesday. Dallas Borough Dallas Borough will nominate four members to Council, a school direc- tor and 4 Justice of the Peace. Interest centers in the Council contests where Fred Jennings, vet- eran Glen Alden, engineer, is striving | for one of the seats now held by | Sterling Williams, Harold Brobst, Because many will vote only for | Jennings he may be successful. Durelle T. Scott, completing a. six- year term on School Board, is op- posed by Earl W. Phillips. Both men are fine school board material. Leonard Harvey is unopposed for Justice-of-the-Peace but is expected to have opposition in November be- cause of a Democratic plan to write- in the name of Henry Peterson. Kingston Township The big and only fight in Kingston Township is the three-way contest for supervisor where Ross Williams, long time resident, and Austin C. Lyne, former army officer, will try to unseat Harry Bogart, incumbent. Bogart is completing his first term as Supervisor following an eighteen- vear term as tax collector. Lyne has the support of .the progressive Re- publican wing in the Township and | is showing considerable strength. | Walter Phillips is the only candidate for the School Board position being vacated by John Wardell: Clyde Brace is also unopposed for Auditor. No candidates have filed on the Democratic ticket. © The County ticket headed by Peter D. Clark and Willard Peck for Coun- ty Commissioner has a strong town- ship organization and will probably carry the township. Dallas Township Jack Stanley, running for school board, and William Krimmel, candi- | date for Supervisor, appear to be | sure-ins. Both men are presently filling out unexpired terms to which they were recently appointed. The Board of Supervisors named Krim- mel to fill the vacancy created by the death of Arthur Montross and the School Board appointed Stanley | to fill the unexpired term of Frank | Townend who resigned. John Miller, DeMunds is also a candidate for Supervisor. Arch Hutchison is un- opposed for Auditor. Hugh Carr is unopposed for the | Democratic nomination for School | Board, a handicap hard to overcome | in Republican Dallas Township. The | Township will give a resounding ma- | jority to the County slate headed by | Peter D. Clark. | Lake Township Center of interest in Lake Town- | ship is the contest for Supervisor. Otto A. Biery represents the modern trend that business management is | important in a Township with almost $2 million assessed valuation. He is opposed by Cornelius Smith who served as Supervisor some years (ago. ri Biery is business trained and has been a capable auditor. Smith is an old timer with many friends. Carleton N. Kocher is unopposed for school director. Edward Craig, a disabled veteran | and popular is unepposed on the | | Democratic ticket for Supervisor. | Lehman Township | Three hot contests for Republican (Continued on Section A, Page 3) | sions to comply with State specifi- | cations. | Mr. Lacy and Mr. Rodda, confer- ring with Mr. Trexlar at headquar- | ters in Harrisburg, were given the green light on three proposals, | turned down on three others which | were not considered reimbursable by the State. An adroit redraw'ng of plans for Siig space in the gymnasium results in very little diminution of space for spectators and athletes, though it complies with the directive to. cut down the hoped-for extra | length of overall walls considered desirable by the achitects and board, | but not within the framework of | specifications as authorized by Har- risburg. Extra space of 1300 square feet in the auditorium was not allowed, but again a workable plan has been drawn, to reduce the seating space I by very little. Architects had hoped | for authority for a 28 foot depth in | the stage instead of 22 feet. | + Touching upon other needs before | construction can start, Mr. Lacy asked for a drilled well to provide water for building construction. An amended plan for fire-proofing at Dallas Borough and Shavertown | frame buildings, will cost about $6,000 at Shavertown, and between : $2,500 and $3.000 at Dallas, in ac- cordance with specifications laid down by Dept. of Labor and Indus- try. New Board Member member from Dallas Township, was J. I. Alexander April 20. Transportation Clarence Myers srpecialt ts go out of the bus business. He ‘will sell his equipment to Leon Emanuel, who will take over the remainder of the three year contract signed by Myers last year. Mr. Myers will fin- ish out the transportation this year, and will help Mr. Emanuel get start- ed in September. Most drivers will remain the same. : Mr. Emanuel kas on hand three 66 passenger buses; may purchase more. Directors felt that the change would be made smoothly and with- out complications. Mr. Emanuel was one of the con- tractors who bid last year on the contract awarded to Myers. The coal contract was awarded to Back Mountain Lumber Company, an action which was held over from last month, when bids were opened. Finances Up to $40,000 loan from Dallas Branch, Miners National Bank, was authorized to meet current bills and salaries for May. William Clewell presented a ten- tative budget for consideration, $738,651 for 1959-1960, plus capital outlay of $56,000. A budget will be adopted. at the June meeting. Esti- mated receipts for the year will be $881,691, including State reimburse- ° ment of $473,584, and property tax of $264,633. The salary appropriation of $438.- 042 includes salaries for three new teachers, one in reading develop- ment in the junior high school, the other two in guidance. Arthur Dungey reported on tax | collections. Delinquent taxes will be turned over to Don Wilkinson for collection in the Borough. Purchase of a money-counting ma- chine for pennies, nickels, dimes | and quarters was authorized at a cost of $219 for the Township build- ing, where much small change is handled. The machine is being test- | ed out, and proves a great labor- saver. One Vacation Day Due James Martin, supervising prineci- | pal, stated that one day of vacation |is due students in all schools except Dallas Borough, who are still making up lost time by curtailment of the | lunch hour from one hour to forty- | five minutes. Other schools will close | for May 29. Dallas Borough pupils will have classes. The State requires 180 days. The area schedule called for 185, to al- {low time for unforeseen events which might close the schools, such |as heavy snow storms which neces- sitated continuance of school for several days last June, to compen- sate for time lost in mid-winter. Dallas Borough elementary school is up against a similar situation this year, because classes had to be dis- missed while the boilers were being | installed. State mandates must be | obeyed if reimbursement is to be expected. All nine custodians will be sent to | a custodian school being held in Wyoming June 18 and 19, and Mrs. Heyward Lancio, cafeteria head, (Continued on Section A, Page 8 Jack Stanley, newly elected board 7 sworn into office by Siotary public Ls
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