) | 70, YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain — VOL: 73, NO.o3, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1961 So THE DALLAS POST MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION - WESTMORELAND IN CRUCIAL GAME TONIGHT. Dallas Woman Is Stabbed By Purse Snatcher On Philadelphia Street A Dallas woman, Mrs. Carrie’ peroon, Franklin Street, was stabbed in the left arm Saturday night in a purse snatching attempt on a Philadelphia Street. She warns all women who visit Philadelphia to be on the alert when walking along the streets after dark. In company with two other women, Helen Hanlon and Helen Brown, Mrs. Caperoon had just left a restaurant and was walking down Spruce Street, near Fortieth at 9:30 when she felt a sharp pain in her arm. She screamed, and turning fought ‘ off the attempt of a 12-year the struggle she fell to the sidewalk | further injuring her arm but still Shure her pocketbook. y The boy, “fleet as a deer,” ran old | colored boy to snatch her purse. In | Westmoreland Students Picked Eck, Bennett, Cobb, Williams In N. E. Band Four students from Westmoreland Northeast District Orchestra. This symphony orchestra of mately 100 student musicians from 60 school districts in Northeastern Pennsylvania will meet at Susque- | 21st. After three days of continuous rehearsal, they will give a public concert on Saturday evening at the have been selected to play in the | tion, approxi- | hanna, Pa., on January 19, 20, and | Susquehanna Consolidated High wn the around .a corner. a police squad car cruising Ly h the heavy traffic with two | rived almost immediately, » women into the car ‘women to | the emergency einiversity | of [Pennsyivania Mrs. Capercon rece’ and x-rays. Police told them that snatches are common even well-lighted, heavily ood streets. been stabbed on 52nd street a few nights earlier. their purses and under their arms. Mrs. Brown recalled that two years earlier a colored boy came to her apartment door to sell maga- zine subscriptions. When she re- | fused him, he stabbed her in the "scalp creating a wound that re-| quired seven stitches to close. - ‘Police told Mrs. Caperoon that they believed her assailant had at- | temrpied to cuf™ ie, straps. fiber purse and had missed his mark | Weutting instead her coat sleeve and her arm. Caperoon returned home Mrs. ! Woody and is being treated by Dr. | continued to the north end of Pion- | Bey Avenue, an extension of recent | A. A. Mascali. ‘She had been inl Philadelphia for a physical check- | up at University of Pennsylvania Hospital where the reports were | excellent, but her experience on a Philadelphia street unnerved her. Civil Defense Discusses Needs Fred Dodson Takes Area At Kunkle Civil Defense Committee for Dal- | las Borough met Tuesday night at| the Borough Building to discuss fur- | ‘ther plans for procedure in case of | national catastrophe which might o, recipitate thousands of refugees | into the Back Mountain area. Stefan Hellersperk stressed once more the vital importance of every ; &.uschold having on hand 'a two- weeks supply of food and water in| a spot protected from radio-active | contamination. Harry Burns, speaking for the] survival crew, of which he is chair-| man for both the Borough and Dal- | las Township, cited the necessity | for appointing a chairman for each street and road, who would get first | hand information about the size of | the families, accommodations for possible influx of people, and pres- ence of invalids in each area. Fred Dodson accepted the chair-| manship of the Kunkle area. Certificates from the Red Cross “weve distributed. Present’ were: Stefan Hellersperk, | ; ‘Harry Burns, rates, Burgess Thomas H. Morgan, | Mrs. Ellen Kyttle, Mrs. Fred Schell, | Jack Stanley, and Mrs. T. M. B.| Hicks. block and out of sight ~lock several times | Two women, they said had | They also advised | that women should always carry close to their bodies | School. |. The four students selected are: | Dorothy Eck, flute; Mary Bennett, | oboe; Vivian Cobb, clarinet; and | | Donald Williams, trombone. Back Mountain Students To See Inaugural Ceremonies On TV Area students will see the new President, John F. Kennedy, take the oath of office tomorrow at noon, as Television sets in the schools pick up the broadcast from the National Capitol. ’ - Where there are not enough T-V sets to accommodate the crowd, and where several rooms must be used; extra T-V sets have been borrowed, The problem does not arise at Gate of Heaven school. The parochial school is having its midterm vaca- starting Tuesday afternoon, ending with resumption of classes on Monday. Dallas elementary schools are ac- customed to viewing television broadcasts of the education film, “Exploring Science,” Wednesday mornings at 10:45. The same set-up will be used tomorrow. At Dallas Borough, the gymna- sium is the scene. "and Shavertown, children gather in | large classrooms. At Dallas Town- ship elementary, Mrs. Ray Henney’s third grade room and Mrs. Russell | While | Thomas’ fifth grade room: will be | at district orchestra these students | used. will be guests |;residents of Susquehanna, and will | have their meals in the school | cafeteria. While attending this fes- | | tival each student takes an individ- | ual try-out for state orchestra which | will be held at Wilkes College on | February 10th and 11th. Approxi- mately 30 will be chosen for the State orchestra from the district. group of 100 students. District Orchestra is sponsored. by the P.M. E. A. (Pennsylvania Music Bducators Association) of which { Westmoreland’'s band director, ester Lewis is a member. These | P.M. E. A. festivals give the students an opportunity to play the best in music literature under the direction | of a professional conductor. Assign Numbers On Pioneer Borough, Township, Continue Figures Numbering of houses has been Kingston Township numbering. The | | extended area now takes in a num- ber of houses in Dallas Township, Bd five houses in the Borough; | Ralph Smith, Edward Scanlon, T. M. | | B. Hicks, Leonard Bruce, and Bur- | in the homes of | | | i | | | Junior High School will seé the | | program in the gymnasium. At Westmoreland, the auditorium | will be used, ang possibly the science At Trucksville | laboratory and the history room. In the Lake-Lehman jointure “schools, Ross Township has recently installed a television screen, and Lake and Lehman buildings are equipped. The taking of the solemn oath of | office, with the Presidency passing from the hands of Dwight D. Eisen- hower, the oldest president of these | United States, to John F. Kennedy, one of the youngest ever elected, is a “must” for student viewing. School principals will decide what extra time may be spent in viewing the parade and the other ceremonies during class hours. The Inaugura- tion itself is at high noon. Guests At Steak Dinner Members of Dallas Rotary Club were guests of Kingston Rotary [Club last night at a steak dinner at Kingston. The Dallas Rotarians were ‘the winners in a 100 percent attendance contest with the Kings- ton Club over an eight-week period. Dallas had a perfect attendance record over the period and hoped | last night for another 100-percent | performance since Kingston Rotar- | ians were paying for the dinner. , Married Fifty Years Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parsons, Car- verton, will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Sunday, January 29, with open house. No invitations have been ‘issued. Mrs. Parsons is the former Ethel Schenck, daughter: of the late Mr. and pi Charles Schenck of Noxen. Parsons is son of the Fred Dodson, Paul] ess Thomas Morgan. L Numbers in: Dallas Borough start Fate Mr. phi Mrs. Robert Parsons of | from central Dallas, working south | | Kingston. The couple was married | toward Pioneer Avenue. The last in the Luzerne Presbyterian Church that | Dy the late Rev. W. J. Day. At- ue Eo et Sear | tendants were Myrtle Argood and It is unlikely that numbers will Martin Calkins. : meet head-on, with the steep eleva- | The couple went to housekeeping tion of the Newberry estate going | @ Luzerne and Mr. Parsons com- up on one side, and an equally pre- | | muted to his work as miner in cipitous drop on the other, down to | various Wyoming Valley mines. the highway, making of the road a | Later they moved to the Back bottleneck = as Pioneer Avenue | Mountain Area and about fourteen years ago built: the home they now occupy: Both the Parsons, are members of the Carverton Methodist Church. Mrs. Parsons’ main interests are her home, her children and her grand- children. Mr. Parsons, now retired, enjoys pottering around and re- pairing the house he originally built by himself and tending a fine flower and vegetable garden. whom expect to be here for the anniversary: Willard, Kunkle, Ralph, Dallas, Mrs. Doris [Stritzinger, Trucksville, Howard at home, Mrs. Arline Williams, Wilmington, Del., Mrs. Ralph Tamarantz, Kingston, Donald, Kingston, Earl, at home; | also ‘twenty three ' grandchildren | and three great grandchildren. There are eight children, all of | Library Gains 1,500 Borrowers During The Year Salaries Increased: ‘None To Be Paid Less ~ Than Dollar An Hour Fifteen hundred persons became new borrowers at Back Mountain Memorial Library during 1960, Miriam Lathrop, librarian, told Directors of the Association at their January meeting Tuesday night in the Library Annex. She also commented on the in- creasing use of library facilities by students home on vacation and having term papers to write. Stu- dents of College Misericordia, Kings, Wilkes and Wyoming Seminary make regular use of “our reference works.” : Miss Lathrop, who will retire this year to make her home in Arizona, said: she is preparing a note book of procedure for her successor. “There are many things in ‘a small and growing library like ours that are handled differently from what they would be in another library, and I think it would be a great help to | of lack of the necessary two-thirds the one who follows me to know | vote. Several directors were absent. why I do certain things as I do. This has come from experiences here.” The Board discussed at length the curtailment of library appropriations by Dallas Borough Council, bringing out that this is the first year since establishment of the library that it | will receive no assistance from the community in which it is located. Robert Bachman, president, point- ed out that the Library cannot now meet its annual operating expenses from the sums received from local school boards, municipalities, mem- berships, and Friends of the Library. “Each year we have to dip further and further into Auction receipts to meet expenses when we should be { setting this income aside for new & | penses. In the ey! i | was a bonanza. building expansion, and as an en- dowment fund, the income from which could be used for current ex- yv days th? Auction We could use all of i the income from the Auction for | expansion and meet current expens- | N. Conyngham. | es from other sources. That is how we bought and renovated the Annex.” “Probably no single institution has | done more to attract attention and draw new residents to Dallas and the Back Mountain area than the Library and the Auction.” On the suggestion of Ralph Hazel- tine and Frank Slaff it was decided to invite representatives of all Back Mountain municipal bodies and of the schools to the annual meeting of the Library Association next Thurs- day night at the Annex. Dr. Lester Jordan, general chair- man of the 1961 Auction, reported that there will be two co-chairmen this year, Richard Demmy and John “All committee chairmen have been appointed,” he said, “and some of them, especially (Continued on Page 6 A) | | First Place At — TWO EASY TO REMEMBER | Telephone Numbers ORchard 4-5656 OR 4-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES Stake As Alert Young T eam Meets Swoyerville, Last Year’s Champions Kiwanis, Rotary, Invited To Dine School Board, Service Clubs To Hear Zerbe Members of Dallas Rotary and Dallas Kiwanis Clubs have been invited to meet with Dallas School Board and Back Mountain YMCA directors January 26 at 6 p.m. for a dinner in the cafeteria at Dallas Junior High School. John Zerbe will present a report on a survey made to determine the need for a recreation program in the Back Mountain. At 5:45, Dallas School directors | will hold an adjourned meeting for | the purpose of voting a loan of $20, = ooo from Miners National Bank to | cover current expenses until other | funds are available from State reim- bursement and tax collections. The motion, made at the January 10 board meeting failed to pass because Joins Hardware Firm TOM RICHARDSON Tom Richardson, former service manager for his father, L. L. Rich- ardson, has taken a position as buyer for Back Mountain Lumber & Coal Company. A star athlete, Tom played base- ball; basketball and football at | Westmoreland High School where he graduated in 1956. He served in the Navy Air Force and was sta- tioned at Jacksonville, Florida, until his release in 1958 when he joined his father in business. He plays guard with the Prince of Peace team in the Church Basket- ball League and is a member of Dr. Henry M. Laing Bowling team in the Firemen’s League. | branches from Main Street. County Coroner ‘Names Disque Takes Office Immediately Richard: Disque, Dallas, was noti- fied on Monday by County Coroner | | Herman Feissinger that he had been appointed deputy coroner to alter- | nate with Dr. Henry G. Gallagher, as of January 15. Dick had served for four months under former coroner Stanley Sta- | | pinski, but after election day, had! assumed that he was no longer con- | nected with the county office. | | Mr. Disque, Dallas funeral direc- toor, says that in case of emergency he can serve anywhere in Luzerne | County. No honorarium is attached to the office. Prestige only, and ex- | penses for actual calls made. 66 Carverton Road Trucksville, Pa. January 9, 1961 Dear Editor: After writing you last September, | School Tax and Assessment issue currently faced by the taxpayers, but of all of Luzerne County. Local issues, however, though of greatest importance could not compete with the issues of a national election. That is now past. not the “fabulous,” but ‘“‘flopulous” year of 1961. The Legislative mill | is grinding, the Congressional mill will soon be doing so, and the Local | mill, so it seems, never stops. So | in the light of the grist they may | Direct Distr:bution Of ‘Surplus Food Is Found Highly Practical ~~ New direct distribution of surplus food results in a throng at the Dallas Borough Building, says Burgess Thomas Morgan, but is far more effective than distribution ‘through the stores. Sacks of flour and rice, cartons of dried milk, and stacks of packaged lard crowded the recreation room Tuesday morn- ing. A huge van stood outside on the frozen parking lot, ready to take off for anothen station at 2 p.m, With unemployment rising, appli- cants for surplus food are increasing in numbers. Schools and institutions receive surplus foodstuffs, a means of re- ducing supplies kept in storage. grind let's take a look at the begin- | ning of this ‘‘flopulous” year as to where we stand. were dealt a haymaker in the 65 mill | School Tax' a year before the new | school goes into operation. Why | this 65 mill tax under the prevailing situation ? Was it ‘because by law ! school levies may not be increased by more than 10% in the year fol- | lowing re-assessment ? year at long last, and after a king's ransom "has been spent on the task, that all of us, whether we still sit on the “fence or not in true mug- wumpian manner, the haymaker from the other side, 1 the County, and find ourselves no longer on the fence, but prone on the ground? : I asked the question, August whether knowledge, denied to all taxpayers, of what was coming in 1961 and whether the 65 mill tax was there- Applicants at the Borough Build- ing are required to bring with them Social Security cards, if they have them,. and give proof of eligibility. Eligibility varies with income and number of persons in the family. Distribution is accord- ing to the number in the family. People are interviewed at the desk before preceding to the rear to get their food, then pass out the side door directly to the parking lot. Those who have never received surplus food or are hesitant about applying for it, need fear no ex- tensive red tape. Inquiry as to re- sources must be made, but it is quick, and actual receipt of goods is speedy, back in] more could have been said on the | not only of the Back Mountain area | even] We in the Dallas School District | Is 1961 the | will finally get | a few had prior | | fore an effort to get under the wire | before a subsequent increase might be limited to 10%. I also asked the | | question if under the circumstances | | the budget was in any way inflated. But who cares? We have been living with a little inflation here | and a little there for so long we no | longer recognize it. For there are | none so blind as those who will not | see But 1961 is an infant yet and, | I "believe, at long last we will, ere long recognize the monster | created over the years. Figures published November 14 | | show that in 16 Boroughs of Dauphin | fully alone here, and we shall see, what we shall see. I may pay this dif- ference plus penalty and again I may not. For I am of the belief that even one taxpayer must be heard, and the events of the next few months may determine that for me. 1 realize it may cost some- thing, and I further realize I may be sticking my neck out, literally speaking, against the most power- entrenched oligarchy in our midst. But if I do, I do so with some firm convictions. So much has happened in the past few months, and as a We now face | County, covering 16,000 parcels of | nation we are now in the position, | land, market value was established | | ehat unless a moratorium is declared lat $153,004, 920 and the previous tax base of $29,356,800 was brought up | to $45, 901,470, or To a 50% increase to equal 30% of Market | value for 1961. Previous to this | 25,000 notices had gone to city pro- perty owners about which I wrote, | as well as about Cumberland County. Figures published in our own | Times Leader, December: 20, placed | the increased assessment in Colum- | bia County. at 57.2% over 1959, and | recalled that Wyoming County drew wide interest last summer when | some rural ‘assessments were creased 100 to 200%. In addition to the above, Harris- | burg ‘Per Capita Tax was increased $5.75 over last year; and now stands | at $23.75, while Pottsville has levied a 1% wage tax. What does it all mean? Simply | this. We could at one time say all | was taxed but the air we breathe, | and now that is taxed, and will be even more so, even though it is polluted air. My own school taxes have been | paid on the 1959 figure. I have been told the balance will be returned to | court April 30th, 1 guess I am all in- pantie BA on tax increases, on all levels, National, State and Local, except it be for the most pressing need of compensation extensions for the un- employed, we may be heading for deep water. Taxing bodies continue to believe we are a nation living off the fat of the land, when in reality we are living off of our own fat, and getting leaner, for fat of the land was always ‘a figment of imagination. Much has been made of the need to reduce the outflow of our dollars, by recalling Service Families, ‘while our industry has been permitted to deploy an estimated $19,000,000,000 abroad to escape taxes, increase un- employment and add to the direct competition against our own home industry. It is stopping the spigot to open the bung-hole, and it does not take a Harvard economics professor to figure it out. One man on the American busi- ness scene seems to know what is wrong. George Romney of Amer- ican. Motors says, and I quote, “Unless the benefits of Greater Pro- ductivity are passed on to all our \ What Price Tax Collection? consumers it is not good for busi- ness.” ‘Who else has thought of the | consumers in this light in the past decade ? Without any attempt to be criti- cal, I recently hauled home from Harrisburg 100 lbs. of sheet iron, scrap iron if you please, to raise the level of my ash pit at home. Cost- $6.00 plus 24c tax or $120.00 per ton for scrap iron. Some of our steel products sell for $300.00 to $400.00 at $500.00 per ton, and greater profits on reduced produc- tion are anticipated. Ponder if you will the cartoon of the 3 monkeys in. Mr. Romney's large ad, who will not open their fists to let go any of the coconut. Change the labels on these monkeys. (no offense intended) to read Local Government, State Government, and National Government. That is what I mean by heading for deep water. Then notice please the fourth mon- key, the U. S. Consumer, and again no offense intended. You know he could not stand another haymaker, for a stiff breeze would send him prone. This has been a long letter but 1 have reserved the choicest bit for the last. How many Dallas Area Taxpayers know what is in the school budget for the Tax Collector ? 1 do, for I inspected the budget, but would say only a handful do know. Then reprint if you can possibly find space the accompanying article from the Patriot of this morning, so that all who care, whether they live in a house or a wigwam, may read, heed, and be informed, as that is so important, even though some within the oligarchy I mentioned would never admit it. Fresh from its 78-45 win over Ashley, Westmoreland will face its stiffest competition tonight when it tangles with Swoyersville, last season’s North League champions, at King’s College gymnasium, Mercer Avenue and Bennett Street, Kings- ton, starting at's, This is a “must” contest for the Mountaineers since first place is at stake, and the winner will likely capture first half honors. An overflow crowd is expected. Sailors Strong ping ten points off the lead in twa Swoyersville has rolled over three | minutes.’ opponents to date with Fairview its Against Kingston, the Mountain- last victim 50-20. Swoyerville’s de- fense ‘held Fairview to 9 “points through the last three periods. Fair- view notched one point in the seo- ond period, eight in the third and were blanked in the final stanza. The Sailors present a strong start- ing array with such holdovers, from last years’ championship team, Shemo, Margavage,' Mattey, Gavlick and Jasulka. Shemo and Gavlick teams’ leading scorers. Coach Chiampi also has a fine reserve in Kenzura who is also a capable scorer. Chiampi Clever Eddie Chiampi and his entire team were spectators at the Ashley-West moreland game Tuesday night. After seeing the offensive and de- fensive tactics used by coach (Clint Brobst, Chiampi will most likely come up with some surprise manhu- ver to try and out-smart the West- moreland pattern of play. It would be none surprising if both teams used an all-court press right from the tap-off to try and rattle | one another. Westmoreland has been rather successful in using the press this sea- son. In the Plymouth tilt when the Mountaineers were 15 points down, it wor ked with Westmoreland chop. final period and using the all-court press outscored Kingston 27-13 for an easy win. Lehman tried to kill the ball only to have the Mounts again throw up the press and outscore Lake-Lehman 29-1 in the opening period. Must Stop Chemo, Gavlick Westmoreland’s biggest problem tonight will be to try and stop the t scoring thrusts of Shemo from the inside and the outside shooting of Gavlick. Provided the Mountaineers can accomplish this, they should come out on top. 4 In the meantime Chiampi must figure a way to stop the scoring of Gauntlett, Evans and Trewen. This will probably be the last season for Westmoreland to, play its home games at the Dal- las Junior High gym. By the time next seasons court season rolls around the new gymnasium should be in .use. : The new floor will accommo- date around 900 seating arrangements, with bleachers on one side downstairs and seats | upstairs on the opposite side of ? the gymnasium. Westmoreland Topples Ashley 78-45; Remains Tied With Swoyersville Gauntlett, Evans, Tewern Lead Scorers As Mountaineers Win Before Capacity Crowd The rebounding of Oney, Trewern and Gauntlett along with Evans was a key factor as was th fine floor play of Inman, Dietz and the rest of the are the Westmoreland Mountaineers won | was strictly a “team effort.” the first of two important games this week by trouncing Ashley 78-45 before a capacity crowd Tuesday night at Dallas Junior High School. The victory kept Westmoreland in | players. the running for top place in the ‘White, Buckland and Partilla North League with Swoyersville, |turned in a fine game for the Both are 3-0 in League competition. | Rockets. : as One will fall by the wayside tonight when these two teams clash head-on at King’s gym. This is a must game Gauntlett was high scorer with 27 points followed by Evans with 18 and Trewern 11. eers were six down going into the In the North league opener Lake- | land outscored Ashley 16-8, mainly | time total of 15. | intermission, for the Mountaineers if they hope to wrap up first half laurels. Takes Early Lead Westmoreland jumped into an early 6-2 lead on goals by Evans, Oney and Gauntlett and from then on just kept rolling up the score. Gauntlett and Evans with six points each in the opening stanza helped Wesmoreland to a 20-15 first period lead. White, Partilla and Buckland did the scoring for the Rockets. Thirteen Point Lead In the second period Westmore- on the scoring of Gauntlett who tossed in nine tallies for a half- Wes Evans also came through with five to give him | 11. With these two doing the scor- ing and Oney and Trewern con- trolling the backboards Westmore- land built up a substantial thirteen point lead by half, 36-23. White was the only man to score from the floor for the Rockets. In the period he dumped in three buckets to give ‘him 11 points at Trewern Rebounds Well The third period found Ronnie | Trewern playing a strong game off the backboards, recovering his own missed shots as well as. shots by other teammates. He also chipped in with five points in the quarter to help the Mountaineers increase the lead to 53-33 by the end of the period. Evans, Oney and Gauntlett all came through with four tallies in the qaurter, Inman Gets Into Act Not doing much in the scoring column for the first three periods but passing off for many baskets, Edgar Inman got into the scoring act in the final period as Ashley put on a full court press. With the press leaving the center open, Inman took full advantage and scored on four driving lay-ups to account for eight of Westmorelands’ final 25 markers. Tom Gauntlett also tossed in eight more markers before leaving the contest with three minutes left in the game. Partilla led Ashley's last futile effort with six points of their total of twelve, Ashley lost its high scoring for- ward ‘White in the final minutes of action on personal fouls. Strictly Team Effort Stanley W. Cashmark Sincerely, No single Mountaineer should be White finished with 17 (before fouling out) for Ashley along with Partilla’ who tallied 10. Both teams hit on 43% of their shots from the floor. Westmoreland hit 31 of 74 attempts, while ‘Ashley dropped 18 of 42 shots. ASHLEY g f pts. White: "so ror. "ide iti 00 T8347 Partilla .... .. a A To Buckland __.. __ LSS 3s Grohowski QE AY Roche ..... 1.7 =O 50 Sura: Li in QF wily Zardeeky 0 a ndlivae HN) at Czarnetsld oh 00 4 1 2d 18 9 45 WESTMORELAND 2g {f pts. Gauntlett 0 na 11 5 27 Oney lB =) Supulski _ __ OAD Trewerd: clip eG ain THs] Letts Di 200 Evans anal at AS Ingen, Svan