70 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 5 1 } THE DALLAS POST ORchard TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 4-5656 FAT OR 4-7676 VOL. 72, NO. 52, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1960 Westmoreland Bows To Plymouth; Defeats Coughlin In Thriller Mountaineers Show Balanced Attack In Games; Travel To Kingston For Exhibition Contest Westmoreland Mountaineers split 12 each and Letts 10. a pair of games the past week, bow- The rebounding of Letts, Trewern y: ing to Plymouth last Thursday 63-58 | = Eo i i | | | | ESS and then bounced back with a thrill- ing 66-62 win over Coughlin to: even its exhibition record at 3 wins | and 3 losses. Meet Huskies The Mountaineers play their final | exhibition game Tuesday when they | travel to Kingston to meet the | Huskies. Westmoreland opens its North | league schedule the following Tues- day, January 10, against Lehman at | Dallas Junior High. Indians Have Height Plymouth Indians had their hands full before eeking out a 63-58 win over the Mounts here last Thursday. | Plymouth presenting a strong array from last season's squad had | the height advantage over West- | moreland with Narcum at 68” and | the Thomases both around 6’ 3”. Westmoreland was missing its tallest | man, Ronnie Trewern, out with the - Westmoreland trailed by fourteen t then threw an all-court press | ££ with four minutes remaining | CT enthusiasts, Myron Baker of Lehman, report skiing conditions thisyear at nearby | gainst the Indians and in two minutes narrowed the margin to five points. ~ Mountaineers had four men in | double figures with Gauntlett high man with 18 tallies. tributed 13, Oney:12 and Evans 10. Narcum and Pace tossed in 16 | each for the Indians while Wayne Thomas finished with 12. ~ Gauntlett High In Win Patey by Tommy Gauntlett with | 16 points Westmoreland edged | Coughlin 66-62 in a thriller all the yay. Westmoreland held a 64-54 lead | with a minute to play when coach | Brobst inserted the reserves only to | see Caughlin narrow the gap to 66- | 62 at the final buzzer. _ Although scoring 16 tallies Gaunt- lett had a poor night from the floor as many of his shots went in and | out of the hoop. Also aiding in the yinbry were Trewern and Evans | Inman con- | ‘and Oney along with Evans was a | key factor in the win. Inman and Dietz turned in fine floor games | passing off for many baskets. ‘Region Experiences ‘Arctic Temperatures Pikes Creek takes the crown for {low temperatures yesterday morn- ing, unless somebody comes up with atic better than eighteen de- grees below zero by press time. Williams store, at 7:50, registered tthe winning low. | A modest six below was clocked in Dallas, and in between were re- | ported temperatures of minus 14 at | Alder rson, minus 10 at Idetown, | minus 12 and 14 at Laketon, minus | 10 at Huntsville, minus 12 at Sweet Valley, and minus 12 in a sheltered spot near Brynfan Tyddyn. | ‘Surplus Food To Be Picked Up Locally | Surplus food administration, in switching from store distribution to direct distribution to those holding | coupons, realizes that many stores may still have stocks of surplus food on hand. It asks that such stores inform the Luzerne County | Institution ‘District, 54 Union Street, Wilkes-Barre, or telephone VAlley. 24151. Stocks will be picked up [re direct distribution. Please Claim Your Dog | Has anybody lost a lovable, affec- | tionate, tail wagging male hound | type dog in the vicinity of the Dallas |Post? He is black, brown and | white with a long tail that never stops saying, “I love you.” He's hungry—and we'd love to | feed him—but we have three dogs | of our own. Call the Post, OR 4-5656 if he is yours—or if ‘you will give him a good home. It's mighty cold out these nights! : : Skiing Conditions uns The Best In Some Years Among; this community's many Mr. and Mrs. runs the best in years. © [Friday the Bakers, their son, Garry, and Mr. and Mrs. William | Major and sons, Steve and Nike, of | Philadelphia, tried out the new ‘Denton Hill Run, created by the On Nearby , are for sale and there is a snack bar. | Fees are $2 per day per person ‘except on holidays when the fees are $3. There are no fees for chil- {dren except those using the tow, | then the fee is $1.50. The Elk Mountain Run’ is much closer to Dallas. Here on one of the | highest peaks in Northeastern Penn- | sylvania are excellent skiing oppor- ‘State west of Wellsboro near Potato tunities, Fee for the tow is 40c City. | per ride. A chair lift is now under On Saturday Mr. Baker and com- construction. Snow machines are panions from Commonwealth Tele- phone Company used the renovated | Elk Mountain slope, located not far from. ‘Lenoxville. Again on Sunday the Bakers re- | turned to the Denton Hill Run. This | latter slope opened for the first time this year, is. one of the finest | in the east, Mr. Baker said. The new | ‘State Lodge is only about two miles | from Potato City Hotel where over- night accommodations can be ob- tained. The distance from Dallas is an easy 140-150 mile drive, none of . (it through big towns with delaying | traffic. The trip can be made in 3% “hours, Built at a HA of approximately | one-half million dollars, the com- pletely glass enclosed lodge affords | ‘a magnificant view of the runs. In the center of the wedge-shaped building is: a four-sided stone fire | place. All types of ski equipment | used when cover snow is light. | Shortest route is by way of Nichol- son, Uniondale, Lennoxville and | Gibson. Other runs recommended by the Bakers are: Greek Peak: at Virgil, IN. Y. (near Cortland), where snow always seems to be available.’ An- { other is Snow Crest, near Cortland, IN. Y., which is one of the: few | courses lighted for nighttime skiing. | Mr. Baker has daily information | on skiing conditions throughout the | East and also has available ski maps | to aid those planning trips. | Closer at hand is Montrose where | snow is abundant this year. The | hill is steep and fast with beautiful | sur roundings. The rope tow is oper- ating and the parking lot is open. | Excellent accommodations are avail- able at Montrose Inn. Information on snow condition can always be | obtained by calling the Inn. Thirty-One Scouts Engage In Survival Test At Root Hollow on an overnight, outdoor, emer- gency survival test, twenty-five Boy Scouts of Troop 232 and eight Ex- plorer Scouts spent Tuesday night at Root Hollow Lodge along with Scoutmaster John Butler and Troop Committeeman Paul Gates. ‘Wearing full winter gear the boys % left Shavertown shortly after 11 Tuesday, transported by parents "who took the boys to within three miles of the Lodge located up Root Hollow. ‘There was apparently no discom- fort, One boy who complained of a ‘toothache was quickly restored. to normal ‘spirits when Scoutmaster ~ dug into his duffle bag for a remedy. For supper the boys had an eight- gallon pot of beef stew prepared by Committeeman Gates. There ‘were also several large loaves of Jewish rye. bread. Nothing was left but one eup of stew and the heels of : some of the loaves. At seven Wednesday morning the thermometer registered better than six below zero, but the main sub- 3 ject of conversation was the canoe trip the boys took last ‘summer down the Susquehanna River, from Athens to Wilkes-Barre. ach your Scoutmaster Butler takes a two weeks vacation, divided in two parts. The first week, in the summer, is devoted to his Scouts and the canoe trip; the second week, in the winter, is taken up in part by the overnight winter hike with the boys. Still ahead on his schedule is the Mid-winter Jamboree of Explorer Scouts which will be held January 6 and 7 at Ruckno’s Grove. Sixty boys of District 2 extending from Plymouth to Pittston are expected to take part. During the past year the Crnlors ers and the Troop have engaged in many civic activities. The Explorers assisted at the Library Auction and have now em- barked on an ambitious Civil De- construction and equipment of a Civil Defense trailer. They recently completed their first courses in Civil Defense. The Scouts took part in the Toys for Tots collection with excellent success. the Get-Out-The-Vote Campaign and the Red Feather Campaign. Still ahead is the overnight biv- ouac at Back Mountain Shopping Center in February. : tense Program; included will be the They were also active in MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Footprints On. The Sands Of Time Review Of 1960 In Brief phen Sabol; Corp. John Billow, 50 Frank Gordon Mathers IV poses | Arthur Keefer,43; Graydon West, 61 for annual Kozemchak New Year | Kirkpatrick intant; Hoblak intant; picture. | Mrs. Sarah Rogers, 91. Open house at new Kingston | Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Morris DECEMBER 30, 1959 | bert Chapman, ‘Bank: Township building Sunday. Babson predicts an ‘‘educational war” with Russia, no shooting war in 1960. Married: Beverly Rzonca to Wil- Schmidle. Thelma Dougal to Dale Leach Jr. Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Tho- mas E. Hontz, 40th. Died: Harold Fisk, Robert Sieg- fried, James Krieger, Mrs. Catherine Finley, Charles Anton. JANUARY 7, 1960 Reorganizations: Fred Lamoreaux president of Dallas Township Super- visors; ‘Harry Bogart retires from post of supervisor of Kingston Township,. Austin Line succeeds. Borough drops police officers Ide and Cross. Lake reelects Biery. James E. Brown retires from Transit Company after 43 years. Blaze in Kenneth Brobst home extinguished by two smart women neighbors, Died: Mrs. Wesley Himmler, Mrs. Emma Murdock, Clyde LaBar, Ro- Roy Templeton, John Garringer, Sterling Nash, Ray- mond Bechtold. Married: Laura Ruth Perkins to James Perry Fidler. JANUARY 14, 1960 Promoted by Miners National Bank: Homer Moyer, Dallas; Gerald T. Mangan, Trucksville; Robert L. Jones, Trucksville; Richard Laux, Trucksville native. Elected directors of First National Frank Townend, Franklin Gager, Dallas Township advanced to vice president, Frederick Dingle, Trucksville, Elected to directorate of Wyo- ming National, James Durkin, Shrine View. Lt. Commander, John Bush. Dal- las, is named commanding officer of Naval Reserve Surface Division 4-58. Rural Building and Loan elects Allen Nichols president, Sheldon T. Evans vice president. Natona expands tricot depart- ment, 25 employees to be added. Died: Paul Clemow, 32, Mrs. Ada Major, 85. Mrs. Mae ‘Newberry, 71. Grover Lane, 75. Herbert ‘Smaily 67. Harold Sorber, 56. Mrs. Paul Palmer, 44. Helen Williams Heale, 65. Married: Geraldine Williams, Var- ian Felter, Pearl Ludwig, C. H. Augustin, Mary Elizabeth ‘Snyder, Theodore Loveland, Evelyn Fiske, Gary Cooper. LTC Allen P. Slaff, becoming aide for Admirable Burke. JANUARY 21, 1960 First 100 prisoners arrive Jackson State Institution. March of Dimes coming up. Mrs. Parkhurst, Mrs. Maier chairmen. International night at Rotary din- ner, students guests. Mary Slavin, Wilkes-Barre, dies in fall on glare ice at Harveys Lake. Nancy Wolfe in State Chorus. Died: Mrs. Ida Wrislar, 95. Ro- bert Livezey Coates, 86. Charles Boldt, 87. William H. Alwortg, 71. JANUARY 28, 1960 Destroyed by fire, old home own- ed by Scranton-Spring Brook Water Company on route 115, near Leh- man, arson suspected. Four Back Mountain fire com- panies. fight garage’ fire at Curtis Edwards property in East Dallas. Gasoline fumes explosion wrecks Wayne Rosencrans garage, on Route 115. Dale Hall, 13, is hit by car while alighting from school bus at Birch Grove. Fire destroys home and posses- sions of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mec- Ginn, Muhlenburg-Shickshinny road. Engineers will study sewage dis- posal problems of area. Died: Mrs. Mrtle Harned, 81. Mrs. at Margaret Eades, 69, Mrs. Arilla | White, 61. Married: Ethel Gilmore, George Yurko. Lois Gosart, Charles W. Jen- kins. FEBRUARY 4, 1960 ‘Tdetown Company gets $500 check from Harveys Lake Lions. George Taylor, former supervisor at Lake-Noxen, resigns post at Boil- ing Springs to take superintendency at Council Rocks. Robert Bachman heads Library Association, Mrs. Gerald Stout vice president. Mrs. Franklin Fine is chairman | of local Heart Drive. Died: Horace Greeley Spencer, 91. Mrs. Abigail Calkins, 66. Howard Mullen, 83. Mrs, Elizabeth Balko, 80. Mrs. Margaret Sorber, 60. Mrs. Ber- tha Jane Shaver, 80; George D. Foster, 87; Joseph J. Laux, 50; Miss Estella Goldsmith, 78. Cartright and Hoblak infants. 'Grayden West. Married: Judith Roberts to John Roushey Jr. FEBRUARY 11, 1960 {Ground-bregking at the new Dal- las School District High School site this morning at 9. James Martin emcee, Charles Mannear, Fred Eck break sod. Lake-Lehman confirms Roushey, Smith, Uhlman as architects for proposed building program. Robert Snyder, 8, finds live mor- tar shell in Park Street field. "Borough adopts $45,890 budget. Died: Charles Wildoner, 86; Ste- Lloyd, Shavertown, 63rd wedding anniversary. Billy Wilson, 87th birthday, oldest stone-mason in area. : FEBRUARY 18, 1960 Library Auction plans a number of innovations, including the possi- bility of an ox-roast. Frank Ferry honored at American Legion ‘dinner. General Motors photographer is here, to get pictures of the Barn for an auction background for ngtion- wide ad for Buick. Great excitement. Died: Mrs. Bessie Gibbs, 95. Clarence, 68. Ernest Hoffman, 75. Thomas Johnson, 68. Frank Aram- shick. Married: Kathryn Grummo, Lee Mintzer. Nancy Carol Haskins, Karl C. Besteder. Westmoreland takes Ashley 65 to 61. FEBRUARY 25, 1960 Tax duplicates rise in area, due to inclusion of residents previously not taxed. Died: Joseph Stempien, 40. Leslie Covert, 61. John T. Snyder, 80. Gertrude B. Morgan, 51. Earl Hen- wood, 73. Walter H. Steinhauer, 63. Lory H. Johnson, 73. Adam Petrachik, John Hoevat, 90. Married:..Carol Zaleskas, Richard Lincoln, Maureen Stasko, Henry Tuck. Westmoreland wins over Sugar Notch and Fairview. Rev. Charles Gilbert, Mt. Zion, writes Good Friday Meditation for the Upper Room. Photographer from New York takes Auction pictures for back- ground of General Motors ad. MARCH 3, 1960 Mary Jerista is Junior Woman's Club choice for Girl of the Year. Union School District will ap- point a new superintendent.’ Westmoreland students help with heart drive. Died: Donald Innes, 63, car crash. Robert Steele, 64. Mrs. Mary S. Dunn, Lake. Mrs. Anna C. Sampson. Married: Mary Ann Emmanuel | Daniel Sigworth, Ann Marie Billbow and William Watchulonis. MARCH 10, 1960 Dr. Robert A. Mellman, Séite Department Public Instruction, was elected associate superintendent of Dallas Schools. Kiwanis Key Club heads Penn- sylvania units. Married: Nancy Louise Smith and Willis James Beck. Marian Dendler and Roy Tryon.Margaret Rusinko and Guy R. Peters. Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jeffery, 50th. Died: Mrs. Poad Bond, 73, Sha- vertown. Mrs. Edna Hoppes, 60, Harveys Lake. MARCH 17%, 1960 Mrs. Walter B. Risley, 85, has fatal heart attack. Auction plans ox-roast. Lee Tracy to star in “Best Man.” Bishop McDevitt High School turns back Westmoreland in basket- ball semi-finals, 72 to 58. Died: Edward Adams, 73. Clark Jackson, 56. Mrs. Mattie Crandall, 79. Burton Klinetob. Mrs. Edith Adelman. Mrs. Pauline Palmentera. Mrs. Alan Kistler, Mrs. Amelia Breuche. Arthur Bielar, 74. Philip Richards’ painting story appear in Ford Times. MARCH 24, 1960 Charles Misson, 5, is crushed by St. Therese’s school bus in front of his home in Shavertown, as he slips and falls under wheels. Goodleigh farm will disperse its herd of prize Guernseys April 28. Sewage survey is discussed by and ough. Rural Supply opens branch route 309, Dallas. 100 more inmates at Jackson In- stitution = arrive Friday, bringing number to 200. Lake wins over Shavertown finals of Church League, 54-51. Died: Mrs. Lina Snyder, 77. Ray Bronson. Daniel W. Traver. 83. Mrs. Della Shields 57. Mrs. Daisy Hoyt, 71. Charles Misson, 5. on MARCH 31, 1960 David Rogers, 18, Church street, instantly killed as jack slips and car falls on his neck. Rock slide at Birch Grove, Lehigh Valley cancels freight trains, one highway lane closed. Died: Aaron Major, 49, Niagara Falls. Mrs. Ella Bullock Lewis, 66. Luther Hontz, 81. Bruno Drapiewski, William R. Thomas, 76. Howard | Steele. Albert Agnew, 36. Mrs. Hattie | Weaver, 70. Mrs. Bertha Ruth, 75. Married: Lucinda Gross to Bruce Lowe. APRIL 7, 1960 Beaumont man, Roland Goodwin, 27, is instantly killed as he is pinned beneath an overturned State High- way truck loaded with shale in Sus- quehanna County. Died: Earl Bellas, Kostich. APRIL 14, 1960 Sterling Williams, Dallas Borough Council: president, dies at 71. Natona workers and management sign a new contract for 2 years, 69. Michael sanitary committee of Dallas Bor- | in | Rainbow Girls instituted in area. | architects Roushey-Smith for new | High School. Died: Earl Culver, 58. Lawrence Shaw, 84. Mrs. Anna M. Brader, Raymond Earl, 38. APRIL 21, 1960 Poll on pari-mutuel betting indi- cates community not in favor. * Dallas Schools may require 70 mill tax. Died: Mrs. Stella Cummings, 80. Joseph H. Coleman, 95. Arthur Davison, 61. Mark Richard, 48. Mrs. Bertha Roberts, 78. Mrs. Cassie Kul- venskas. Harold Wagner, former Burgess of Dallas, late of Florida. Mrs. Edward Harbold, 68. Married fifty years, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dymond. Birthday, Mrs. Ida Brumfield, 90, grandson William Ward, 21. Married: C. W. Bertels to Ruth MacMillan Bryce. APRIL 28, 1960 tion. Area has two finalists in Mrs. Wyoming Va lley contest, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Hozempa. Artist, photographer, for General Motors, make pix of Library Auc- tion. \ Brush fire on Bunker Hill en- dangers three homes. Died: Wesley Freeman, 85. John Rickard, 95. James Anspacher, 56. Earl C. Henwood, 48. Married: Cora Martin, Michael W. Harmon. Commonwealth opens dial service in CenterMoreland. MAY 5, 1960 Testimonial Dinner for James A. Martin, retiring supervising princi- pal for Dallas Schools. Vandals overturn 30 grave mark- ers in Wardan Cemetery, no clue. Red Cross First Aid Station opened in Trucksville. Married: Ellen Gibbons, Aloysius J. Nehr. Joan E. Thomas, John Fluck, Jr. Anniversary: Mr. Landon, fifty years. Lake-Noxen Queen of May, Betty Honeywell, attendant Nancy Oney, May 17. Susan Larish wins in Art Contest. Gate of Heaven Queen, Tally Thomas. MAY 12, 1960 Four teen-agers caught for ceme- tery vandalism. They ‘needed the exercise.” Six candidates for Lehman May Queen: Nancy Drapiewski, Donna Smith, Janet Vanderhoff, Gladys Daily, Norma Skovish, Betty Lou Graham. Robert Post appointed to Borough Council vacancy, caused by death of Sterling Williams. Died: William A Montross, 64. Elwood Elston, 55. Mrs. Mary Crothermel, Scranton. Mrs. Ella Jumper, 90. Alfred Webster, 59. © Married: Marian Louise Ocken- and Mrs. George Smith to Wayne Weaver. Noxen takes Harding 10 to 7. , Beaumont wins opener 2 to 1, over Mehoopany in Wyoming County Baseball League. MAY 19, 1960 Questionnaire on ‘Do you think names of juvenile offenders should be published ?”’ finds majority of people in favor. Mrs. Jerome Marshall United Fund. Library Auction at Irem Country Club dinner draws good. crowd. Married: Sylvia Ann Cusick to Andrew P. Yesel, Jr. Carol Lorraine Hemenway to Robert Alexander Williamson. Fiftieth anniversary of first KTHS graduating class. MAY 26, 1960 Judy Richards is Westmoreland’s Queen. Paul Rodda and Lester W. Hauck | form new architectural firm with Edward C. Allen of Bear Creek, withdrawing from Lacy, Atherton and Davis. College Misericordia holds tradi- | tional May Queen ceremonies. Died: Ralph Eipper, 70. Ezra Hoover, 68. Rachel Major, 25. Arthur (Jack) Smith, 53. Charles Cigarski, Sr., 70. Charles H. Kitchen, 56. Mrs. Flossie Palmer, 67. heads chak Ruthellen Hammon: wood Wilson, Jr. JUNE 2, 1960 Rev. Kenneth O'Neill leaves Leh- man Methodist Charge. Honor students at Lake-Lehman: Nancy Drapiewski, Verna Smith, Nancy Oney, Janet Vanderhoff. Died: Nell Knight, Dallas. Bruce Mathers. JUNE 9, 1960 : Danville boy lost overnight at Red Rock. Died: William Nulton, 79. Mar- garet Price, 58. Elwood Schenck, 76. Bert Stroh, 84. Willard Armstrong, 6. Married: Antoinette Helen Roskow- ski to Charles H. Thomas. Father Kane's Silver Jubilee. Eight students graduate from, Wilkes: Martha Hadsel, Janet Cor- nell, Stefan Hellersperk, Lyle King, Walter French, Faith Edwards, Raiph Dale Wagner, Richard Wile- man. ? JUNE 16, 1960 Phil Cheney succeeds R. E. Neal on Dallas school board, James Mar- , J. Sher- Lake-Lehman signs contract with | (Continued on Page 5 A) Goodleigh Herd leaves for Auc- | house to Lewis Barnett. Hazel Louise | Married: Gail Brown, John Sen- | Santa Claus received 5,255 last- minute telephone calls from the ing to Commonwealth Telephone 66. | Company officials who kept a close check on all outgoing calls to the North Pole during the four-day peri- od from Thursday morning through midnight Christmas when service was discontinued at the request of Mrs. Claus. But not all of the calls intended for Santa reached him, some went instead to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Welsh, Center Hill Road, whose own tele- phone number 4-5111 bore a strik- ing similarity to Santa’s North Pole 5-1111. The first calls began to reach the Welsh home early Thursday morn- ing after the Dallas Post reached the mails and while Mr. Welsh was trimming his unusual Christmas tree from the top of a tall stepladder. Painstakingly descending the lad- der each time he heard the phone ring—it must have been twenty “wrong number” calls before Mr. | Welsh tumbled to what was happen- ling. It was then that Mrs. Cory Major of Lehman called. Mrs. Welsh | answered the phone that time. “Is | your husband home?” Mrs. Major | asked. “Somebody left a note direct- ing me to call this number. Some gentleman had called.” Of course, Mr. Welsh wasn’t the man she wanted! Some practical joker had left the note for her so that she would unsuspectingly call Santa Claus! After Mrs. Welsh and Mrs. Major got the matter straightened out, other calls poured in and Mrs. Welsh had a lot of fun answering them cheerily: “This is Mrs. Santa Claus speaking.” The Welshs had discovered ear- lier that if they simply answered: “Hello” the caller hung up immedi- ately without any explanation. The “Mrs. Santa Claus” trick porvided a lot of fun for a while but even playing Mrs. Santa Claus becomes tiresome when there are duties to perform before Christmas. by answering.’ Finally the Welshes decided not to answer any calls! That didn’t work either for there of the callers might really want to ! reach the Welshes instead of Santa Claus. That was when Mr. Welsh decided to. ask the telephone company for relief, Jack Landis, Dallas District | manager got a big kick out of Fred's | plight. remedies—none of them quite satis- factory. Finally Mr. Welsh goodnaturedly admitted that he rather enjoyed the fun except when he had to run downstairs to answer the phone. So phone in the bedroom—and sent his man over to install it. Now the Welshés are so pleased with the added convenience that sion permanently! They estimate that they must | have received between fifty and seventy-five Santa Claus calls. Some ! of the callers eventually reached Santa by dialing the right number. Even telephone people sometimes the : wrong number and got the | Welshes instead of Santa Claus were { Florence Weaver, veteran Common- | | wealth employee, and Mrs. Margaret | Houlihan, secretary to assistant | general manager, Myron D. Baker. The calls tapered off + on n Monday, Thirty-six youngsters from the fourth, fifth and sixth grades of Shavertown Methodist Church Sun- day School sang Christmas carols | at Back Mountain Shopping Center day evening. Back Mountain Community, accord" Other | members of the family helped out | was always the possibility that some | He suggested a number of | Mr. Landis suggested an extension | they are going to keep the exten- | call wrong numbers. Two who dialed | during the bitter cold on last Thurs- | TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PA Seek Bids For New Shavertow U. S. Postotfice Few Buildings Now Available Have Fred Welsh Thinks Santa Ought To Send Him A Cap And Bells but on Tuesday the Welshes re- eatved some twenty calls—probably from youngsters wanting to ex- change their presents. “All in all—it was fun’the Wel- shes concluded. Christmas Sled Brings Disaster Robert Miller, 10, Has Fractured Skull Robert Miller, Kunkle, is still in precarious condition at Geisinger Memorial Hospital, where he was rushed in Dallas Community Ambu- lance on Monday, after preliminary X-Rays taken at Nesbitt Hospital revealed a fracture of the skull. Robert, 10, was coasting on his new Christmas sled Monday morning at 10. Rocketing down an icy path leading to the Hays-Corner-Kunkle secondary road, Robert shot out into the icy road. A car driven by Harry Kiefer, Sr., also of Kunkle, was unable to stop before striking boy and sled. View of the path was blocked by shovelled snowdrifts, reports Chief Irwin Coolbaugh. Dr. Irvin Jacobs accompanied the boy’s mother, Mrs. Robert Miller, in the ambulance staffed by Billy Berti, Ray Titus, and Don Bulford. At Nesbitt, ambulance equipment was used to aspirate blood from the boy’s throat as X-Rays were taken, and the same equipment used on the trip to Danville. Dr. Lester Said- man took Dr. Jacobs’ place in the ambulance when it was decided that specialized treatment was required at Geisinger. Mrs. Miller, who remained ‘with | the boy until Wednesday morning, came home briefly by bus, and re- turned late Wednesday afternoon, reported that Robert regained par- | tial consciousness Tuesday evening, {and moved slightly in bed. Robert is the oldest of the four Miller boys who have been involved {in a series of near tragedies. Gerald, | 5, the youngest, was seriously {burned in 1956 when children dropped a cigarette lighter on his | | baby blanket. as he lay on the seat of the family car parked in front of | ¢ Dallas Hardware store. A few weeks ago, the boys nar-|" rowly escaped asphyxiation in the closed family car parked at Nar- rows Shopping Center. Widmann Buys First . 1961 Fishing License \ To Victor . Widmann, 111 Lake | Street, goes the distinction of being the first man in the Back Mountain area to buy a 1961 fishing license. He purchased it at Evans Drug | Store in Shavertown on Decémber 18, two days after the first licenses went on sale. Since then nine others | have purchased 1961 licenses. The distribution of 1961 fishing licenses to agents in northern tier counties of the Commonwealth has | been completed, according to Albert |M. Day, Executive Director of the | Pennsylvania Fish Commission: “A special effort was made to get | the licenses in the hands of agents | lin these counties due to the in- | creasing popularity of ice fishing,” | | said Day. | Day said that 1960 fishing licenses will expire December 31. | | | [ Leading the carols was Donald | Davis, teacher of the fourth grade, | accompanied by Everell Chadwick, | | teacher of the sixth grade, and Mrs. 1% Huston Day. After singing throughout the | | ighborhood, the group returned | 5 2 J Sufficient Space Congressman Daniel J. Flood said this week that he has been advised by the Regional Office of the Post Office Department at Philadelphia that it is now accepting bids to lease quarters for the -Shavertown Branch of Wilkes-Barre Post Office. The closing date for such bids. is’ January 16, 1961. Flood stated that 3,000 square feet of enclosed net space will be required for the Shavertown facility. The term of the lease will be for ten years, with six five-year renewal options. Flood said that all interested bidders should submit their pro- posals to Mr. John Kenyon, 306-B Genera] Post Office, Philadelphia 1, Pennsylvania, before the stipulated deadline. There are presently two buildings in Shavertown having the required floorspace, postal employees said, one is the former Acme Market building on Memorial Highway, now owned by Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre and the other is the former Shaver Theatre Building on North Main Street. It is also possible, they said, that someone might want to build a new structure for postoffice purposes. Bids for such a building would also be acceptable so long as it could be completed within the ‘time limits set by the Department. Market Building was used by the Postoffice as a parcel post sorting and distribution center. Richard Griffith, of mails has announced that all Shavertown and Trucksville patrons of the Shavertown office should use correspondence after January 1. These numbers were recently Township Supervisors. The single remaining rural route in Kingston Township is now offi- cially designated as Rural Route 5, | Trucksville. (It is actually Rural Route No. 5 of Wilkes-Barre Post- je but The address, Rural R: ute Te rks file is sufficient) ~~ At 10 Below, Pastor i Takes Kids On Hike | Wednesday morning, on the bit- {terest day- of the winter, Rev. { Charles’ H. Frick built the bonfire folks of Huntsville Christian Church, | climbing the hill at 8 a. m. at ten degrees below zero to prepare for the = twenty-three hungry hikers. Ten-year old grandson, Charles Wolverton helped him light up the bonfire of dry wood collected on | Monday and stacked at the mouth {of the cave on - the Huntsville heights. Along toward siidmorning, Rev. | included hot chocolate, hot dogs, cuperintendent : their new house numbers on all assigned to properties by Kingston for the annual snow-hike for young Frick shed his overcoat. The menu : ] | by 8 During the holidays the Old Acme a | toasted marshmallows and dough- i | nuts. Usually, there are half a hun- dred ‘hikers, but ‘this year a lot of | parents could not get their cars | started, and a lot more looked | the thermometer and shuddered. Mr, Frick, said he did. not arrange the weather, that the date had been Frick is 82 years young, _Carolers Undaunted By Frigid Weather to the church for a Christmas Party with their parents. ' Hot chocolate dissipated the cold after which the set, and that nobody got cold. Rev. at group went to the sanctuary for - a brief worship service followed by a recital of Christmas music by | John and. Eleanor Detroy. ce 5 \ raid 3 Y ; h °
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