la WOE A eg DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA Seniors Average in Math, Grammar; Low In Reading, Spelling, Words Pennsylvania high school seniors Testing as part of a three-year curr- are smarter than average in mathe- matics and grammar but definitely not superior in reading, vocabulary and spelling. These are the confusions from results of tests given last fall to 17,000 seniors in-118 state high schools, representing a sempling of the 100,000 students expected to graduate next June. . Measured against the national average for high school seniors, the Pennsylvanians were high in mathe- Fslios reasoning, mathematics fund- als, and the mechanics of El) But they lagged well behind in reading comprehension, reading vo- cabulary and spelling. More than half the seniors tested for vocabulary and reading compre- hension could not score above the national eleventh grade level, (9,000 or 52%) Spelling was worse. Over 12,000 seniors (70%) could not spell as well as the average eleventh grader. In mathematics fundamentals, however, 52 percent of the seniors were on a par with the average college freshmen and nearly half were at that level in mathematics reasoning Some 41 percent scored at the college level in English grammar with 49 percent doing as well as the average college sophmore in punct- uation and capitalization. least one-fourth of the 12th- greXY, students tested fell below the national level by at least two years in all six areas. The top quarter scored above the college sophomore level in reasoning and above the col- lege junior level in mathematics f entals. he tests were given by the De- St s Division of Guidance and iculum revision study. A complete report on the findings will be re- teased shortly. It is expected to in- clude regional comparisons and differences in size of high school. Reading and spelling as such are not usually taught in Pennsylvania high schools, but the Department has recommended that some form of in- struction be given at the high school level. In 1959 state-mandated courses in developmental reading were put into the seventh and eighth grade ‘curriculum, but results are not yet evident among senior high school students. Double Birthday Party Held At Hadsel Home A birthday dinner honoring Martha Hadsel, Franklin Street, Dallas, and Mrs. Edward Parrish, was enjoyed by relatives at the Hadsel home on, Tuesday, February 21. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward Parrish, Mrs. Herbert Updyke and sons, Robert, John, David, Mrs. Kenneth Calkins, Judy, Linda, Randy, Bess Cooke and Miss Hadsel. Valentine Dinner Mrs. Fred Dodson was hostess to the Joy Class at a Valentine dinner, February 14. Guests were Mesdames Allan Brace, Stanley Gardiner, Russell Transue, Donald Daubert, Charles Husband, Jack Birnstock, Robert Shaver, Thomas Landon, Joseph Ruch, William = Baldwin, Joseph Vaskas, Harry Sweppenhaus- er, Wilson Maury, Basil Frantz, James Cooke, Gomer Elston, Gerald Elston, Corey Besteder, and Made- line LaBarre. $5.98 ELECTROLUX HEATING PAD Automatic Shut Off ¥ SHAVERTOWN | HA | Drug Store * S od SPECIAL EVANS DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTION PHARMACY 3. Guaranteed OR 4-3888 The annual St. Patrick’s Day Party is ‘one of the highlights of the year for Daddow-Isaacs’ Post No. 672 American Legion. This year it will be held on Saturday March 18 begin- ning at 8. A gala affair is planned and there Play-off Tickets On Sale Locally Tickets for the Westmore- land-West Hazleton PIAA Class A play-off game, Wednesday, March 8, at Scranton CYC are on sale at the following places: Dixon’s and Orchard Farm Res- taurants , Dallas; Forty Fort Dairy Bar, Fernbrook; Evans Drug Store, Shavertown; Gavy’s Market, Trucksville ‘and the "Senior and Junior High Schools. The business establishments will sell Adult tickets only, while the schools will handle both adult and student tickets. Any person desiring to make the trip to Scranton by bus may make reservations by phoning the Senior High School, OR 4.6386. The deadline for res- ervations is Tuesday at 4 p. m. VV CVV VVC rv YY VY YYY LAYAWAY YOUR SELECTION NOW! WHILE STOCK IS COMPLETE ! attired dbeds aedeagus: hdd ddd dddod ioddsdidodidsd * COATS * SUITS * TOPPERS CPP PV CV VCP POY eT r Terry YY YY Abbbdbdoobodd bd bddo Add od a WALKING SUITS from $19.99 Addthis. 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Both teams showed fine shooting percentages in the second half as they battled on even terms with Ashley gaining a 48-46 edge. In Double Figures Each team had four men in double figures, with White’s 23 high for the Rockets and Rogers 19 high for the Knights. Si Jablonski used his entire 11- man squad, with ten scoring. Others in double figures for Ashley were: Buckland 19; Partilla 18 and Sura 11. Other high scorers for Lake-Leh- man included Rusiloski 12 and Nor- wig and Parsons 10 each. Ashley displayed some ifine foul will be novelties, entertainment and ! | William O’Brien, McDermott, chairman, George Cave, Commander; Thomas Kane; second row: Leonard Harvey, president of the Home Association; Thomas Reese, Richard Fuller, Daniel Gula and Lester Fink. Ashley Hits Century Mark In Downing Lake-Lehman 104-74 shooting, dropping 20 of 25 free throws. ol & Ashley g f White Lf nln 10 3°23 Zapotok .... 0 0 #0 Partilla 2 Bi27:18 Grohowski .... ren 2 Buckland 6 10 Czarnetski 1 gneng Roche... .... fo 1008 Lacorte D207: 08 Koblicka 71 san Nie HD a Zardecki Ln 475 50:78 Sura. afd Cp 42° 20-104 Lake-Lehman gi pts Norvig 4 2:10 Krupa 02 0ix0 Rogers 9.1.19 Gray 8 06 Houliston 3.0: 6 Parsons. ids only 2:81:10 Morningstar _... . 4:10: 8 Palmer & 27 B42 50-4 Rusiloski 1 wiiianll 5.52 12 Gardecks luli ld 0:0 .0 ] w - — Ww Fouls tried Ashley 25, Lake-Léh- man 21. Officials—Hardy and Ost- rowski. " Car Plows Into Yard, Overturns Five More Cars Skid On Glare Ice crash when a car driven by a six- teen year old boy ploughed into her yard early Monday morning, after way in Shavertown, but she thought | it was ice falling off the roof and went back to sleep. In the morning yard, and several uprooted trees. Arkady Smolin, West Wyoming, was returning from Harveys Lake at 1:30 a.m. when he skidded on a | patch of ice. a truck tangled a few rods south of the location of the first accident, near Purcell’s in Trucksville. Driver of the car which caused the accident regained control after skidding, and kept going. The four vehicles immediately be- hind, attempting to avoid collision, created a traffic jam. Nobody was | hurt, but eight College Misericordia | students were late to class. | The small truck driven by Edward | H. Trumbower, Jr. of Shavertown, struck a car containing four college | girls, driven by Sharon Connelly of | Pringle. | In a chain reaction, the truck was hit by a car driven by Rita | | Woanicki, also en route to College | | Misericordia with passengers. The | | Woznicki car was then struck by a station wagon driven by William j Macking of ‘Wilkes-Barre. Civil Defense Tuesday Givi Defense personnel ‘will meet | { Tuesday evening at 7:30 in the | Dallas Borough Building. Subscribe To The Post Mrs, Chester Nesbitt heard the | skidding on ice on the main high-! she found an overturned car in the | Several hours later, three cars and | A A Ours Foo i | tax due at filing time exceeds the |. Film Available Tax Available U. S. Internal Revenue Service activities that mystify taxpayers are explained in a new motion ‘picture | just released by the tax agency, according to R. P. Brownell, District | Director of Internal Revenue . for Scranton District. The film, entiltled “The Inevitable Day,” is 28 minutes long. It depicts present and future activities -that | affect millions of the nation’s tax- | payers. It deals with the clectrodic ma- chines which IRS will install for its new automatic data processing oper- ations. It explains what a taxpayer may do when he disagrees with a tax finding against him, and what a taxpayer can do when his annual sum which has been withheld from his salary. The film employs professional actors, but it uses actual office operations to highlight many impor- tant functions. Claude Rains narrates sections of the film in which. per- formers do not actually speak. civic organizations, industrial plants, or any other groups by writing to the District Director of Internal Reve- nue, P. O. Box 631; Scranton 14, | Pennsylvania. Cancer Society Seeks Old Sheets And Muslin | In an effort to help Cancer volun- teers of the Back Mountain area gather clean old sheets and pillow cases for dressing covering, Charles Gosart’s Store on Memorial High- way and Wally Gosart’s Store in | Shavertown have placed containers for these items in their stores. Due to the large demand for dressing by area patients, any do- nations of white muslin for this purpose will be greatly EPprschated This film is available for schools,’ iT New Champions Replace Swoyersville As League Champs Westmoreland Mountaineers copped their second North League Championship in four years Tuesday night by downing Fairview, 81-44 on the losers floor. The Mountaineers replaced last years’ champions, Swoyersville. Two years ago Westmoreland captured laurels and entered Class B play-offs, advancing to the East- ern finals before bowing to Kutz- town, State Champs. This year Westmoreland has elec- ted to participate in Class A compe- tition despite being a Class B school. Slow First Half Despite poor shooting in the first period, Westmoreland held a 15-11 lead and in the second quarter showed a little better percentage from the floor as it upped the lead to 33-22 at half-time. The shooting of Gauntlett and Evans helped the Mounts to take the eleven point half-time lead. Trewern having a slow first half netted but three points. : Flashes Old Form Trewern and Westmoreland both showed signs of old form in the second half as they outscored Fair- view 48-22. With Trewern accounting for 20 points in the second half along with the steady scoring of Gauntlett and Evans, Westmoreland built up a 54-33 lead going into the final period, and finished strong, tallying 28 points. Gauntlett and Trewern both fin- ished the game with 23 points, while Evans collected 20. Sauerwine with eight goals for 16 points was the only threat for Fairview. The win was the 16th straight for ‘Westmoreland, including two exhi- bition wins. Team Entertained * On return from Fairview, the Mountaineers were given a party at Orchard Farm Restaurant. A cake with, “Congratulations!”, Westmoreland, North League Cham- pions, along with hamburgers, french fries, coke and milkshakes were served to players and cheer- leaders. The party was thrown by a few sports’ minded men ‘of the Back . | Mountain area. Westmoreland gf pts. Gauntlett 3 23 Inman. Ll hia qo 005 Oney ..... ... 0.2 Trewern. .... 3 423 Supulski .... 0.50 Evajps i. ..0.. 8 20 Dietz: .... 5k. 01°46 Sarno lho snl 0: “2 34 13 81 2.1 pts x 0 2 Bi alice Dds 8 0 16" 0:0 (50 Soni 1 2 4 G. ‘Williams... 0.02. 0:00 Jeckell: cL Loan 3 nly WO 1926 aa Fouls tried Westmoreland 20, Fairview 15. Officials—George and DeFaven. MISERICORDIA MEETS EAST STROUDSBURG AT HOME TONIGHT Boasting a 7-1 record for the season, the Misericordia sextet | faces a powerful East Strouds- burg team at home ‘tonight. Game is scheduled for 7:30. The Highlanders had: little trouble in turning ‘back -Phila- delphia College of Bible 87-38, at home ‘Tuesday night. Jean Drapewski with 36 and co-captain ‘Emma Engler 35 points paced the Misericordians. Horseshoe 4-H Club Has Two Horse Displays In accordance with National 4-H Club Week — March 3 to March 10 — the Back Mountain Horseshoe 4-H Club will have displays at Nick Perella’s Hair Fashions “at Back Mountain Shopping Center and at Winifred’s Beauty Shop, Dallas. “Breeds of Horses” will be the theme of the Shavertown display and “Horses Yesterday and Today,” the theme of the Dallas exhibit. Posters will be found around Dallas, Shavertown, and Lehman in an ef- fort to inform the public of the club’s projects. “College basketball coaches are call interested in higher education, and the closer they come to seven feet the better they like it.”—Finn B. Eriksen.” ‘The Congo River crosses the Equa- tor twice. WHITESELL BROTHERS Luminall Paint SECTION A—PAGE 3 Just think of the SAVINGS! TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SPECIALS / ’ » AND DO-IT YOUR- SELF! SAVE 35% ON ALL Vinyl Prefinished MAHOGANY PANELING Interior—Exterior BUY NOW WHILE 1 8c COLOR SELECTION SQ. FT. 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