V __" RT \ - 70 YEARS A NEWSPAPER | Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain BY KITH YEISLEY i ; ~ o help insure one of its best yeurs, Back Mountain Church League has obtained the WARM Radio Station's team, made up of announcers from the station, and has scheduled a game between them and Dallas Schoo} District faculty. George Gi}bert, “King” Arthur Knight, Harry West, Don Stevens, and other well-known disc jockeys will be pitted against these tentative faculty “All-Stars”: Set-shot special- ist Bob Dolbear; hook-shot artist Chet Molley, Arch Austin, George McCutcheon, Eddie Brominski,' George Dombeck, Edgar Hughes, | Clint Brobst, and others. This exciting tilt will be played at 8 Saturday night when the League starts its games again after a holi- | day lay-off. For an evening of | Wi nderful entertainment, plan to Riso on the schedule are three L'Shgue games that should provide ig nany thrills. = Scheduled first is the , i@mportant game in which unbeaten Harveys Lake plays once-beaten St. PTherese’s. ' This game will be moved ahead an ri to 6 due to the evening's spe- _ cial entertainment. | Harveys Lake is leading the : League, while St. Therese’s is tied | for second place with Huntsville. The Saints, a new group this year ‘possessing some of the tallest play- ers in the League, have looked better in every game and should give the fine Lake team trouble. They will have to contend with many potential scorers, led by Don “Zeek” Hinkle, who is presently leading the League with a 20.7 aver- age per game, Larry Crispell aver- aging 16 points per game, and Harry, Derhammer averaging 15.3 points per game. The Saints, on the other hand, are. | boy ‘both at 847.7 y a good rebounding team, and will probably shoot a lot with the hopes of controlling the boards. Bob Bol- "ton, with a twelve point per game average, has been the main offensive threat of the Saints, but has been | backed up closely by his teammates, all of whom average about 6 or 7 points a game. This will primarily be a game pitting the speed of Harveys Lake against the heighth of St. Therese’s. It should prove to be a good game. Huntsville Vs Prince Of Peace At 7 Huntsville and Prince of Peace meet in another rather im- portant game. Huntsville needs to win to remain in contention, since it is now tied for second place with St. Therese’, their lone defeat being Harveys Lake in an overtime thriller. Should Huntsville win, and St. Therese’s win over Harveys. Lake, there would be a three-way tie for, first place by these teams, each with a 3-1 record. Prince of Peace, on. the other hand, is going to give Huntsville a tough time after looking better by beating East Dallas in their last game, second leading scorer in Clint Brobst, Westmoreland High School coach,” who 'is averaging 18 points per game. Gary Dietz and Bob Grose of Huntsville are also in the League's top ten in scoring, Gary averaging 14 points per game, and Bob averaging 13.3 per game. Prince of Peace has two men in the top-ten with Don Rome averaging 13.7 and Tom Richardson averaging 11 points per game. Huntsville has Bob Ber- lew, at 6’ 7" contending for rebounds ree Church League Games Also Scheduled rting At Six At Junior High School Gym Huntsville boasts the League's | f GT “THE DALL S POST MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION leet Warm Radio Team Saturday Night Tai gain Prince. o Peace’s two tall 0 Ti and Lee Ohlman should also prove to be an exciting tilt. Shavertown and winless East Dallas meet at 9. This is a must game for Shavertown if it wishes to remain in contention for first-half honors, while East Dallas is going to try hard to get in the win column. Shavertown will depend on the scoring of Gene Brobst, who aver- ages 15 points per game, and the re- bounding of Ernie Widmann, one of the League's best. East Dallas will depend on the rebounding and scor- ing of Bill Lewis, with an 11 point per game average, and Rich Clemow, averaging 10.3 points per game. East Dallas has always proved to be tough against top teams and will be trying everything to upset Shaver- town. Please remember the game times! At 6 p. m, it’s Harveys Lake vs St. Therese’s; at 7 p. m. it’s Huntsville vs. Prince of Peace; at 8 it’s the “Sensational Seven” of ‘WARM vs. the Dallas School District Faculty; and at 9 p. m. it’s East Dallas vs. Shavertown. See you there! The following is a list of the League’s top ten scorers: (Based on three games.) : Pts. Avg. 1. Hinkle, Harveys Lake .. 62 20.7 2. Brobst, Clint, Huntsville 54 18 3. Crispell, Harveys Lake 48 16 4. Derhammer, Harveys Lake ... .... 46.153 5. Brobst, Gene : Shavertown LAT LS 6. Dietz, Huntsville 42 14 7. Rome, Prince of Peace. 41 13.7 8. Grose, Huntsville . 40 13.3 9. Bolton, St. Therese’s .... 36 12 10. Richardson, Tom Prince of Peace _ .. 33 11 Milstein Plays Here On Tuesday ~ Noted Violinst To Appear At Temple NATHAN MILSTEIN One of the world’s great violinists, Nathan Milstein, will appear in con- cert ‘at Irem Temple, on Tuesday, uary 10. His Northeastern Penn- vania concert is being sponsored y the Wilkes-Barre Community ncert Association. Since his widely-hailed North nerican tour last season, the /eminent violinist has been heard ex- tensively in Western Europe. In demand wherever music is per- formed, Milstein and his manager, Impresario Sol Hurok, limit his ap- _pearances so that he may spend as much time as possible with his family in his house in Paris and his apartment in New York. His cur- rent tour is ‘Milstein’s thirty-first anniversary tour of the U. S. and ‘his Wilkes-Barre concert was pos- sible only because of the proximity to New York City. The violinist, who was already famous in Western Europe when he ade his American debut in 1929, wll perform here on his Stradi- rius, christened the “Maria- Therese” by Milstein in honor of his daughter and his wife. Formerly the violin was known in the music world as the “Ex-Goldmann,” since it was originally in the Goldmann collection. Born in Russia, Mr. Milstein has been an American citizen for a num- ber of years. The Ministry of Culture of the Soviet Union has invited the _ violinist to return there for a con- cert tour following his current American one, and if plans work out, he may do so. ‘Among the violinist's hobbies are painting, in water-color and oils, and restoring old furniture. He likes L to play ping-pong, and boasts that "once he beat Heifetz who is supposed to be the ping-pong champion among musicians. Milstein is also inter- ested in chess, and reads widely in political and philosophical literature. In addition to his native Russian, he speaks French, German, and English, Dr. and Mrs. George Flack had a lively but not unwelcome caller on ‘the second day of the New Year. their home on busy Memorial High- way in Trucksville on Tuesday after- noon, they saw a handsome buck deer in their parking lot. Afraid to frighten him and have him bounce back down' the slope into the stream of fast flowing traffic, they obtained the assistance of several young fellows who coaxed and gentled him back to their house and away from the road. There Dr. Flack lowered a rope the animal’s neck, but never having been tethered before and full of spirit, the young buck promptly kicked out the kitchen window. Dr. Flack knew just what to do under such circumstances. from a second floor sundeck around | Looking out of the window off He gave | Dr. Flack Lassos Lively Visitor On Second Day Of The New Year puppy. Dr. Flack examined him and found that he was bleeding from the mouth as the result of having run into a New Jersey motorist’s auto- mobile before leaping to the parking lot. The injury was superficial but may have dazed the animal momen- tarily, The motorist, who had stopped the car, was among the young men who helped to corral the buck. Dr. Flack called Carl Stainbrook of the State Game Commission and shortly game protectors arrived to take the buck out to the mountains. ‘He was pretty as a picture,” Dr. Flack said, “he had no rack, just two buttons. He was a lively visi- tor on an otherwise quiet day.” School's Bells Ring At Night Give Warning Of Low Boiler Water The bells were ringing New Year's night at Dallas Borough School and they must have rung all night, for Don Weidner, who lives on [Lehman Avenue, heard them ringing at 2 a. m. and went over to the school to investigate. The ringing came from the boiler room and Mr. Weidner thought that somebody ought to know’ about it. Returning home he attempted to call Henry Welsh, custodian, but found he has no telephone. Then he called Mrs. Louise Col- well, school principal, who thought the ringing might come from the class dismissal bells controlled by an I. B. M. system. Next morning when Steve Monka, school custodian, arrived te check the heating he found that the bells were actually a part of the safety warning system on the high pressure school boilers. Paul Shaver, electrician, was called out on the holiday morning and found that a heater block across the line starter was burned out. He was able to repair it temporarily. The warning bells, Mr. Shaver said, indicate when water is running low in the boilers and they could indicate serious trouble in the offing. Fortunately no serious trouble fol- lowed their New Year’s night warn- ing. Erecting New Building Walls are up and subflooring laid for a mew 90 feet by 90 feet single story building being constructed by Sheldon Cave and his son, Jack, at Idetoswwn to house their mercantile interests. 3 The building is expected to be completed in May. : Promoted BIRTH Lt. Harold C. W. Birth son of Mr. CAPT. H. C. W. and Mrs. Clyde W. Birth, 32 Mt. Greenwood Rd., Trucksville, has recently been promoted to the rank of Captain in the USAF. Capt. Birth is stationed at Waco, Texas, with Headquaters 12th Air Force where he is an active staff pilot, flying both jet and conventional type aircraft. He is also Management Analaysis Officer with the duty of briefing the 12th Air Force Comman- der and his staff weekly on the operational capabilities of the Tacti- cal Air Command bases. Capt. Birth is married to the former Vida R. Kocher of Noxen, and is the father of two children, Cynthia 3% and Bradley age 2. Capt. Birth and family have been the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Birth, and Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Kocher of Noxen, during the holidays. They will be returning to Texas by way of New- port News, Virginia, where they will visit with Mrs. Birth’s sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Reese Langs- ton, the animal a tranquilizer and before | long the buck was as gentle as a l stated yesterday morning that the Ross Twp. Girl Fractures Skull While Coasting Jacqueline Hoyt Loses Control Sled Crashes Truck A sleighing party Monday morn- ing resulted in near tragedy for a thirteen year old Lake-Lehman junior high school student, when the sled she was steering gathered speed on an icy hill and crashed the wheel of a truck parked on the shoulder at a curve in Blooming- dale. Jacqueline Hoyt, unconscious, and bleeding from scalp wounds, was taken to Nanticoke Hospital by | her mother, Mrs. Caleb Hoyt, of Broadway. X-Rays reveal a frac- tured skull. Listed upon admis- sion as in serious condition, she was making steady improvement by Tuesday = morning, and was re- moved from the oxygen | tent. Jackie's passenger on: the big sled, Rita Post, a third grade student at Ross Township school, suffered a sprained wrist. ' Harold Post took a group of chil- dren from Broadway to Blooming- dale to coast: on the hill opposite the Dana Sutliff home. Parents posted themselves to hold traffic while children descended the hill in safety. The sled which Jackie was steer- ing flew out of control on the curve, and struck the truck which had brought her to the hill. The accident happened shortly noon. Boy Hurt In Sledding Accident Is Critical Little Robert Miller, 10 year old Kunkle child, whose skull was fractured in a coasting accident the day after Christmas, has not re- gained full consciousness. His father boy .is critically hurt. He cries a great deal in his semiconscious con- dition. Results of tests to determine if possible the extent of the damage, taken yesterday at Geisinger Hospi- tal, where he was admitted Decem- ber 26, are not yet available. His mother is with him every day, re- turning ‘at night to care for her other three children. before Deer, Chased By Dogs, Is Killed Crust On Snow Retards Fleetness The recent heavy snow, now with a crust on top, is hard on deer according to local game protectors who say that a number have been chased out on to the highways by dogs where they have been killed by automobiles." Dogs have the advantage since they can travel on the crust while the deer break through and become fatigued. : On Tuesday morning a doe, appar- entiy chased by dogs, was killed by an automobile on the big curve on Route 309 just this side of Luzerne. The deer had apparently come down the wooded slope, and crossed Toby's Creek before it was killed. Just as Carl Stainbrook and Duane Lettie of the State Game Commis- sion drove up they saw two panting small hounds come out of the woods on the opposite side of the creek. Elected Secretary Paul M. Rodda Paul M. Rodda, Pioneer Avenue, partner in the newly formed archi- tectural firm of Allen, Rodda and Hauck, formerly with Lacy Atherton Davis, has recently been named sec- retary of the Pennsylvania State Society of Architects. Added also to his Li+ of honors, is wi, 5 3 Si chairmanship “of the Chamber of Commerce committee” on beautifi- cation. All Dallas Township Officers Reappointed Dallas Township Supervisors re- organized Tuesday night with no changes in personnel or the tax structure. Chairman Of Dinner TED WILSON Ted Wilson, general chairman, has announced that the annual dinner of George M. Dallas Lodge F. & A. M. No 531 will be held Thursday night, January 19 at Irem Temple Country Club with Rev. Robert Yost of Shavertown Methodis Church as speaker. Myron S. Baker will be toast- master. Rev. David Morgan of Moun- tain Top will give the invocation and benediction. Past Master Howard Lancio will present the Past Master's Jewel to Harry Ritts, retiring Worshipful Master. Assisting Mr. Wilson on the com- mittee are: Harry Swepston, Jr, Donald Britt, Clinton Smith, Edward Hopa, Frank Gelsleichter, William Jeter, Frederick Eck, Edward Powell and Carl Remley. a Brunges Gets $1,000 For Injuries = Sustained When Soldier Was Killed © Malcolm Brunges, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brunges, Claude Street was awarded $1,000 in a set- tlement approved Tuesday by Judge J. Harold Flannery for injuries re- ceived September 27 when he was injured in an automoblie accident in which Ronald P. Wruble, 19, Detroit serviceman, was killed. Defendants were W. Richard Mathers, his son, William R. Math- ers, Jr., and Raymond G. Malkemes, Jr. : Brunges was a passenger along with Wruble in a car owned by the elder Mathers and operated by his son on the night of September 27 when Wruble was killed in front of Noon’s Garage at the intersection of lower Main Street, Dallas, and Route 309. Malkemes was driving his car in the same direction on Route 309 from Bolton's Diner when Mathers is said to have attempted to pass. Malkemes is said to have signaled to turn right but changed his mind and turned left instead. In the result- ing accident RBrunges and Wruble were thrown out of the Mathers machine. Wruble was killed and Brunges sustained a broken heel and lacerations of the face requiring twelve sutures. X & DP Under Roof The building for the new A & P supermarket, the first structure in the new Dallas Shopping Center is now uader roof and work on the, interior: is now expected to move along at a rapid pace. Supports for the roof, erected last weekend, are unique in that they are made entirely of laminated wood with the main span approximately eighty feet long. Material was supplied by Rilco Manufacturing Co. Westmoreland ended its exhibi- tion schedule on a winning note by staging a tremendous fourth rally | to topple Kingston 60-52 on the losers floor Tuesday night. The win gives Westmoreland a 4-3 record in pre-season play. x Trailing 39-33 going into the final pei’nd the Mountaineers put up an all-c ourt press which seemed to rattle the Huskies and with less than two minutes gone in the final period pulled into a 41-39 lead which the Mountaineers never relin- quished. ~ Gauntlett, Evans Star The entire team played heads up ball in the final period but it was the scoring and rebounding of Gauntlett and Evans that told the Footprints On The Sands Of Time Review Of 1960 In Brief JULY 28, 1960 Caretaker of Wardan Cemetery is | unwilling to let boys who | over- turned grave markers, work in the cemetery (this summer, as ordered by the late Judge ISelecky in a juvenile court sentence. Dallas has top spot in Wyoming League. Beaumont stops Forkston 9-0. Kingston Township supervisors consider discontinuing police pro- tection at school crossings. New part-time Dallas Township police officers are William Hersh, Albert Hoover, and Frank Wagner. Other part-time officers are Fred Nicely, Warren Drive, Stroh. National Quarter Midget this weekend in Dallas. Died: Mrs. Bessie Coolbaugh, 71. Corey E. Huntmel, 84. Miller fant. Harry Nicholas, 82. Married: Betty Mae Honeywell to Fred Alfred Spencer. Judy Shannon to Carson D. Gramley, Jr. Sandra L. Layton to David J. Pellam. Alice Ide to John J. Hudak. AUGUST 4, 1960 4,000 fans enjoy Midget Races at International Meet, Dallas. Chuck Stevens, Drew Bittenbender were top winners in the finals. Robert Voelker to be sworn in as Shavertown Desemaster Friday night. Died: Mrs. Ruth Kimaszowshi, 32, Maryland. Lewis Spencer, 85. Wil- liam J. Jones. Elwood Oney, 69. Roy Covey, 41, Carverton native. Mrs. Grace Downing, 84. Mrs. Alex Silic. AUGUST 11, 1960 McCrory’s store opens today in Back Mountain Shopping Center. New State Game Commission building opens. Ralph Rood, 83, is dangerously ill. Westmoreland football practice starts August 18, Coach Brominski. Died: Edward Crispell, 83. John H. Weaver, 78. Mrs. Ruth Parsell, 75. George Kolodzej. Lawrence Cris- pell, 21, car crash, at Demunds Married: Carol Reed to Jack Lash- er. Bertha Dickson to Drue Daniels. Geraldine Weller to Kenneth Spen- cer. Madelyn Harvey to Earl Meeker. Lake-Lehman will spend $2,000,- 000 on expansion, and Glen races |, | AUGUST 18, 1960 | Ralph Rood, former banker and | teacher, dies at 83. Bomb Scare at Dallas Bank. Kingston Township teenager con- fesses to making the phone call. Westmoreland marching units take first place at Johnson City. Seventy Dallas students out for football. Married: Madelyn Harvey, Earl Meeker. Phyllis Mae Weaver, How- ard Keller. Peggy Williams, Michael Dubil. Nancy Wilkens, Lee Eckert. Died: Edward Gaynor, 79. Ralph Rood, 83. AUGUST 25, 1960 Public schools start September 7, Gate of Heaven September 6. Married: Alice Ide to John J. Hudak. Carol Newberry to Jerry Hendler. Theresa Polachek to How- ard J. Shiner. Charlotte Perkins to Dr. Bruce Schmucker. Died: Philip Dodson, 89. Reunions: Evans, Crispell, Neely. SEPTEMBER 1, 1960 Stringham home near Hayes Cor- ner’s burns, $10,000 damage. Atty. Burt D. Lewis and Atty. Charles Lemmon, Jr., have opened law offices in the Gregory Building. Died: Leroy Troxell, 64. Adam S. Harowicz, 42. Emory Garnett, 55. Joseph Jolly, 73. Daniel Moss, 66. Mrs. Grace M. Race, 73. Harry Freeman, 65. Married: Jeanette Wandel to Jerry Tallant. SEPTEMBER 8, 1960 Louis Goeringer announces plans for a new Dallas Shopping Center at the "Y. Commonwealth installs 75,000th phone, for Mrs. William Geiger, Oak Hill. Priscilla: Hendricks competes for Miss America at Atlantic City. Shavertown artist, Bartholomew Rutkowski, 32, father of three chil- dren, is arrested by the/ FBI for making statements threatening vice president Nixon's life, released on $15,000 bail. Mothers guard Shavertown school crossing, as Kingston Township withdraws police protection. Died: Mrs. Barbara J. Wolfe, 92. Edward H. Kocher, 80. Mrs. Char- lotte Remley, 32. / | SEPTEMBER 15, 1960 voters in recent local registration, 266 Republicans, 133 Democrats. Lake-Lehman selects site for new Junior<Senior high school, 145 acres near Lehman Cemetery. Died: Herbert A. Smith, 83, for- mer Burgess of Dallas. George Bun: nell, 81. Atty. Robert Fleming questions present day curriculum, as not pre- paring for entrance to higher rating institutions of learning. SERTEMBER 22, 1960 Mrs. Lewis LeGrand receives award from American Legion, first woman in this area to be so honored. United Fund drive is starting. John Blackman joins board of Investors’ Syndicate Edwin C. Norcross appointed to advisory committee Miners National Bank, Dallas Branch. as Wright 86. John Welker, 48. William Dougal, 3. SEPTEMBER 29, 1960 Soldier killed at Fernbrook in early morning crash. Ronald Wruble, 19, of Detroit, was visiting William R. Mathers, Carverton Road. after realizing dream of establish- ment of SPCA shelter. Clyde Eggleston, 73, dies at Ver- non. Rotary honors 13 foreign students. Teddy Wilson, 4, drinks paint thinner, is at Nesbitt. Married: Beverly Bloom, Howard Perrego. Elma Morris, Charles Nice. Johanna Laskowski, Joseph 8. Yurick. Died: Walter (Sport) Lynn, 82. Carl Merritt. Leslie Capwell, 55. Lewis Moore Wagner, 42. OCTOBER 6, 1960 Hoodlums try to spoil student dance at Lehman, are ejected. Rev. Arthur Mayo is transferred to Waverly, N. Y. Married: Judith Ann Thorne, Hil- burt C. Stark. Gloria Jean Gramley, Alfred Lynn Hadsel. Judith McKen- sie, [Stephen Worrall. Beverly Sayre, Albert Tirpak. (Continued Newt Week) Back Mountain picks up 399 new’ Died: Gordon Johnson, 68. Thom-- Mrs. Z. Platt Bennett dies at 76.- Westmoreland Rallies In Fourth Period To Stop Kingston 60-52 final «outcome. Evans tallied 10 markers in the fourth with Gaunt- lett next with 9. Gauntlett and Evans were the big guns’ in the win with 23 and 21 ‘points respectively. Gauntlett with 15 and Evans 12 in the second half changed the complection of the ball game after the Mounts scored but 19 points as a team in the first half. Kingston had three men in double figures with Maher showing the way with 17 followed by Savitz with 15 and Morgan 10. Maher got a hot- hand in the second half and tossed in 14 of his total. Kingston lost Savitz and Green- wald on fouls while Westmoreland lost Trewern. Westmoreland opens its North League schedule next Tuesday at home with Lake-Lehman the opposi- tion. WESTMORELAND g f pts. Evans, f .... 9 21 Oney, Jf Fog dl a 2 Letts, fli ng ie 06 0 Dietz $0 ewig, Trewern, C .... pL Inman, g 4 JT Guuntlett, gr 92S 19.22 60 KINGSTON g f pts. { Morgan, f _.. He Ts AR TG) Savitz. FC Cnn LS Cul rE Rome, lial SO 0 Maher, ¢ .... AE aS Klick, g Beg 2 Landau lg fli isla 2 0 4 Greenwauld, g 20 04 Qbremsloy (0 00000 0 & AERA A 20.12 52 Half-time score 24-19, Kingston leading. Fouls tried Westmoreland 37, Kingston 20. Officials—Hazinski and Hardy. TWO EASY TO REMEMBN Telephone Numbers ORchard 4-5656 OR 4-760 Names Of Eig} Streets Will Be Changed Shortl Supervisors Name Updyke Police Chief At Annual Meeting Wages of Road Department em- ployees were increased 5¢ per hour at the reorganization meeting of Kingston Township Supervisors Tuesday night at the Township = Building. Wage of the equipment operator was increased 10c per hour during the three months of the year when he operates heavy equipment. As was anticipated Herbert Up- dyke, assistant police chief, was named chief of police and Jesse Coslett, police chief for the past eight years, was made assistant chief on a job rotation basis. The two officers will receive equal salaries. Updyke has been assistant chief for the past five years. Austin Line was reelected chair- man of the Board of Supervisors; Laroy Ziegler, secretary-tredsurer; Arthur Smith, road supervisor; Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, solicitor. Luzerne National Bank and Shav- ertown Branch of Miners National Bank were retained as depositories. New Street Names Atty. Jenkins was directed to draw an ordinance on new street names which will be presented for approval at the regular meeting of the Supervisors next Wednesday night, and adopted at an adjourned meeting on January 24. Where there have been duplicates or similarity in names the name “of the street having the lesser number of residents will be changed. The names of the following streets with similar names to other streets will not be changed: Orchard, Trucksville; Maple, Trucksville; School Lane, Shavertown; Oak Lane, Trucksville. The names of the following streets will probably be changed as follows: Oak, Trucksville, to Doran street; Orchard, Shavertown, to James street; Summit, Trucksville, to Skyline Drive; Grove, :Shavertown, | to Vine street; Maple, Shavertown, to Division street. Mt. Greenwood Road will become South Pioneer Avenue; Terrace Drive, Shavertown, will revert to its old name, Perrin Avenue: Brook street, ‘Trucksville, will be“oma Laurel Lane. The short street now having no name running from Church Road parallel to and west of Memorial Highway in the Knob Hill section will begome Mathers Drive. The Supervisors have received petitions to take over three new streets and will probably do so at their ‘next meeting. These streets are in the Banks plot from Meadow- crest to Bunker Hill Road; a street in Westmoreland Hills, and the pro- longation of Perrin Avenue, pre- sently known as Terrace Drive. Please Help If anybody has a heating stove for sale at a reasonable price, or better still as a gift, neighbors of a newly = installed family near Pikes Creek would like to arrange for its pur- chase. The father is in the hospital, and it will not be possible for him to return home until there is heat in addition to the present kitchen stove. Make inquiries through Mrs. Lewis Kyttle, GReenleaf 7-2749. Surplus Food January 17 Surplus food distribution will take - place Tuesday, January 17, at the Dallas Borough building. Residents holding coupons are reminded to bring with them shopping bags or boxes, as commodities will be cum- bersome. Hours are from 9:30 a. m. to 2 p. m. Civil War Round Table To See Krimmel's Firearms Of 1861—'65 William Krimmel will: present a collection of Civil War firearms at the meeting of the Civil War Round Table scheduled for Friday night, January 13, at Back Mountain Memorial Library Annex at 8. A collector of firearms for the past thirty years, Mr. Krimmel is a member of the National Rifle Asso- ciation, Wilkes-Barre Rifle Club and is a State and National competitor in pistol shooting. Among the Civil War firearms in his collection are: Sharps, Spencer, Enfield rifles, Burnside muskets and Burnside rifled muskets, Remington and Colt pistols. In discussing the firearms he will show, Mr. Krimmel said: “The Civil War saw the transition from the old muzzle loaders to modern fire- arms. Probably more progress was made during this era than during any other similar period in Ameri- can history.” He will also display Minie balls, lead balls and other ammunition. Quoting an article by Pete Kuhl- hoff in January Argosy magazine, Mr. Krimmel said, there has been a marked increase in the prices of Civil War guns due to the advent of the 100th Anniversary of the war. “An 1861 Springfield sells for from $65 to over $100. 1855 Har- pers ‘Ferry, $100 to $165 and up. Spencer carbine $40 to $75. Henry Rifle, $185 to $325 with brass frame, $350 to $900 with iron frame. Re- volvers: Remington $75 to $200; Colt 1860 Aarmy $75 to $225. “Guns in mint condition would be valued higher, less in really poor condition. “These prices may seem amazing to collectors with long memories who recall the days when many Civil War models could be had from such dealers as Robert Abels and Francis Bannerman Sons for $3.50 to $10 each.” “l have bought guns at these prices myself from Bannerman’s” Mr. Krimmel smiled, ‘but none of those I'll explain to the Civil War | Round Table could be bought for \ that price today.” Mrs. Betty Rather, secretary of the Civil War Round Table has an- nounced that any one who would like to attend the meeting is wel- come to do so.
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