72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain THE DALLAS POST ORchard TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 4-5656 OR 4-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWENTY PAGES To Teach Hostess Arts | MRS. HARRY R. CAR Mrs. Carson To Teach Hostess Arts At Home-Makers Holiday Session Mrs. Harry R. Carson, Shrine Acres, will coordinate Perfect Host- ess Classes for the spring sessions of YWCA Back Mountain Home- Makers Holiday, scheduled to start Tuesday morning at 10 with open house and registration at the YMCA building in Shavertown. Mrs. Carson is well qualified to lead this popular course. A graduate of Indiana State Teachers College, specializing in home making and allied subjects, she taught for seven years in Dayton. She finds it hard to say whether ? A likes sewing best, or fine cookery and party planning. Creative cook- | ing and preparations for special Occasions are to her a sheer delight, land experience with teaching makes it possible for her to transmit her knowledge, with the minimum of delay. ‘While spending some time in Syracuse, she taught sewing for four years at the Singer Sewing Machine Company, and for three years in- structed in evening adult education classes. One of her sons, Robert Barry Carson, is still in Syracuse, working at the University toward a doctorate in history and legal science. Another son, Larry W., is at Bucknell Uni- versity, taking pre-medical, work. Mr. Carson heads the Northeast Division for Acme Stores. The newly | tive and party cookery will be a | Bureau of Motor Vehicles will be | redecorated Dallas Acme owes some making talents. where she is chairman of mainten- ance; to Women's Auxiliary, Irem Temple; Shavertown Methodist Church; and Dallas Woman's Club. In heading the Hostess courses for Mrs. Carson is joining up with a ‘number of other enthusiastic in- structors. The eight-weeks course will include lessons in Basic Art, taught by Mrs. Joseph Betz; ceramics, taught by Mrs. Arthur Hontz; acces: sory magic, including glove making and sweater beading; tailoring, Mrs. Robert Miller; bridge, Mrs. Charles Flack and Mrs. John DeWitt. E. V. Chadwick, Luzerne County Thumb class, and the popular millin- ery class will continue under in- struction of Mrs, George Thomas. Montgomery. Bridge class instructors announce that a bridge tournament will be I held during the entire eight-week | session. Former bridge students are { welcome. ; The nursery is under direction of Mrs. Thomas Smith. The Perfect Hostess classes will take into consideration planning of dinners for special occasions. Crea- feature. of its charm to Mrs. Carson’s home- Mrs. A. A. Sinicrope will assist. All The Coffee You Can Drink For A Buck Louis J. Purvin, Chairman of the 1961 Easter Seal Campaign, and Mrs. F. Edgar Kudlich, past president of Wyoming Valley Crippled Children’s Association, drop in to visit the Forty Fort Ice cream Store to discuss with Melvin Mosier, owner, the final plans for Coffee Day, today March 30. Specific at the restaurant. Mr. Mosier has long been interested in this instructions for the affair and the cause for which it is held are explained to Mrs. Kenneth Gerloch and Mrs. Frantz Scholl, waitresses Mrs. Carson belongs to the YWCA, | the YWCA in the Back Mountain, | agent, will again teach the Green | Golf will be taught by Mrs. George | MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Hedden To Build General Offices In Dallas Borough Building On Memorial Early In The Fall Ground was broken this week for the new general offices of Raymon R. Hedden & Company, general con- tractors, on a plot of land on the former Grand View Estates opposite Crown Imperial Bowling Lanes on Memorial Highway. : The plot has a frontage of approx- imately 400 feet and depth of 250 feet. Mr. Hedden, a former Dallas Bor- ough Councilman, is the man who developed the Birch Lane residential area in Dallas Borough. His firm is currently constructing the new additions to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Lazarus Depart- ment Store, Wilkes-Barre, and St. John’s High School in Pittston. He has constructed many high schools, hospitals, churches and industrial buildings and North Central Pennsylvania. The new offices will be of single story construction and among the finest to be found anywhere. Mr. Hedden has sold his hold- {ings in the Nanticoke Lumber & | Supply Company in Nanticoke and | temporary offices in Nanticoke will | hold the general offices until the | Dallas structure is completed early | this fall. | The ground was formerly owned | by Benjamin and David Jenkins. | Harold Cornell is clearing it of | trees and underbrush. | Astronaut Will Play | To National Audience Both T-V and radio will cover the launching of the astronaut late next month, follow his flight 290 miles down the target flight into the Caribbean, and his recovery in the space capsule. At a speed of 4,500 miles per hour, the chosen astronaut will be hurled | aloft 115 miles, describe a trajec- tory, and fall into the sea sixteen minutes later. Radi listeners will hear actual reports from the astronaut taped as he makes his historic flight. Television viewers will see the pro- |jectile leave the latinching pad, and view the actual recovery of the space capsule. No | But all broadcasting media will co- operate in bringing the historic step into outer space to the listening public. License Deadline Extended 4 Days The State Revenue Department teday extended until midnight April | 4 the deadline for renewal of license | registration of motor vehicles. Secretary Charles M. Dougherty | said the extension was granted be- | cause the normal expiration day, | closed that day, but will be open | Saturday to process applications. Mrs. particular project, ‘having an outstanding record for his participation in Coffee Day in 1960. Seated, left to right, Mrs. Kenneth Gerloch, Louis J. Purvin, Mrs, E. Edgar Kudlich. Standing, Frantz Schall and Melvin Mosier. Coffee Day is sponsored by Northeast Restau- rant Association. Other restaurants cooperating in the Rack Mountain area are: Dixon’s Restaurant in Dallas; Orchard Farm Restaurant in Dallas, and Crown Imperial Bowling Lanes Restaurant on Me- morial Highway, Highway To Be Opened | throughout Northeastern | definite date has been set. | | March 31, falls on Good Friday. The | | | | WILLIAM CLEWELL Seeking re-election after serving one full six-year term and part of another to which he was appointed | after the death of the late Stanley Henning is William H. Clewell of Carverton Road, Trucksville. Bill has played an important part in bringing Back Mountain schools up to their: present high standard; first in working with Kingston, Dal- las, and. Franklin Townships and Dallas Borough to make a workable jointure and second to bring them together in a Union District. For two ‘years he was chairman of the important finance committee of which he is'still a member and also serves on the policy and cafe- teria committees. He “has’ enjoyed,” he says, and you can tell that he means it; “work- ing intimately with the nineteen men on. the board to solve the pro- proving schools.” public service. He ‘holds an administrative posi- tion with Blue. Ribbon Cake Com- pany. ; A native of . Wilkes-Barre, his family early moved to a community near Allentown, where he attended the first five grades in a: one-room school. Later he attended Allen- town schools ‘and graduated from Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, in 1925. He is a graduate of Warton School ' extension of Universtiy of Pennsylvania. This background gives him a broad insight into educational problems. He and Mrs. Clewell, the former Pauline Boyer, have two children { both graduates of Westmoreland | High School,” Mrs. Charles (Jean) | | Ford rand. Douglas, now in the Air Force. X Both: Mr. ‘and ‘Mrs. Clewell are active in Trucksville Methodist Church where Bill is a member of the Board of Trustees, the Official Board and. thé Finance Committee and also sings in. the choir. His hobbies. are music, and ‘he loves to sing. He is a member of Orpheus Glee Club. College Misericordia Will Receive Award | Community . Service .Award. of Back . Mountain ‘Protective Associa- tion will be awarded to Misericordia College, according to an, announce- ment of Rev. Robert Yost, president of the Association. The Community Service Award goes to an individual or organization in’ recognition of achievement, in- dustry and advancements benefitting the Back Mountain Area. The formal award will be made at a dinner to be held at Irem Temple Country Club Monday evening, May 1.© Program and dinner committee will be announced later. Robert W. Laux was chairman of . the Nominating Committee that re- commended the award. Serving with him ‘were Rev. Yost, Charles Glawe, Frank Wadas, Dr.-F. B. Schooley and Atty. James Brown. BURGESS WARNS OF FIRE HAZARD OF BURNING TRASH Burgess Thomas Morgan re- minds residents that drying winds are making open fields a fire hazard, and warns against burning rubbish without safe- guards. March is a bad month for grass fires. Twelve administrators and direc- | tors of Dallas Schools were in Phila- | delphia last weekend where they | had an opportunity to see displays of | the finest in new school equipment | at the Regional Convention of the | American Association of School | Administrators. | Those making the trip were Dr. | Robert Mellman, Frank Trimble, | Arch Austin, John Rosser and Direc- tors Dr. Robert M. Bodycomb, | Francis Ambrose, Alton Whittaker, James Mitchell, Harry Sickler, Wal- | ter Phillips, and William Clewell. | They were especially interested in | cafeteria equipment, mobile units land audio visual aids. EDWARD RATCLIFFE A man who has been a registered voting Republican since 1936, but who feels that politics has no place in any school system is Edward Ratcliffe, 140 Goeringer Avenue, Shavertown. Mr. Ratcliffe is a candidate for the Republican nomination for school director-at-large. A native of New Jersey, he was educated in Camden City Schools and at Temple University. He came here from Runnemede, N. J. in 1952 as District Manager for Philip Carey Manufacturing Company in their Industrial Insula- tion Division. In 1954 he joined Culp Brothers in Kingston as manager of Culp In- dustrial Insulation. He is on the Board of Directors of the Middle { | In short, he likes | is none the less devoted to children 1 Atlantic Insulation Contractors’ | Association. blems of rapidly growing and im- | A hard-working businessman, he and to music. He taught church school for three years at Prince of Peace and organized the Junior Choir there. "He has served his church as vestryman and president | of the Men's Club. * For a time he coached a Little | League team and served on the com- | mittee of Cub Pack 233. | He and his wife the former, | Thelma Weldin, have two boys, Richard, 15, a sophomore at West- | moreland and David, 9, in Fourth | Grade at Shayertown. | Vials a parent” Ed says, ‘“I.whole- | heartedly support the present school | administration in its evident desire | to continually improve our school! system. I am mot backed by any | faction of the Republican Party, nor do I solicit any such support, I do solicit the voter who believes as I do in policies which are founded on intelligent consideration and which are accomplished in an unbiased manner.” Ed is a member of Parkside Lodge 217 F. & ‘A. M. in Camden and is a | member of Caldwell Consistory and Irem Temple. Among. his hobbies music leads the list and he plays the organ well. Next in order are bowling, golf and fishing. But music is his first love. It was through music that he met his wife. They both went to the same school and played in the same High School orchestra. She, by ‘the way, is chairman of | this year’s Prince of Peace Antiques Show Committee and was secretary for two years of Shavertown PTA. New Barber Shop A new barber shop will open shortly in the former Phillips Cam- era Shop on Main street, Dallas. The shop will be operated by a former Oklahoman, a Mr. Perkins now living in Edwardsville. | Grass Fire Extinguished A grass fire at 185 Huntsville Road was speedily extinguished Wednesday afternoon. Ten volun- teers from Dr. Henry Laing Fire Company turned out, Jim Wertman driving the truck. Pledged At Muhlenberg Jack Eck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eck, Shavertown, has been pledged to Alpha Iota Chapter of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity | at Muhlenberg College. Jack is a graduate of Westmore- land High School, Class of 1960. When the new high school cafe- teria is opened this year food for all students ‘in the other buildings will be prepared there and transported to the other buildings in Tri-Veyor Serving Units. It was to learn more about the transportation and serving of food that the Directors visited the ex- hibit in Philadelphia. These stainless steel units will hold the meals and trays for the students. They will be hooked up | electrically as soon as they arrive at | the serving area and will keep the | food hot for thirty minutes. When | opened provide a complete serving | counter. | | ough, Kingston and Dallas Town- | ships. | Pioneer avenue areas would cost an | $6.50 per foot, plus $100 connection | | fee, but the rental would be reduced | MRS. THOMAS VERNON Born in Bellefonte, the home town of three famous Pennsylvanians, Governors Curtin, Beaver and Hast- ings, Mrs. Thomas Vernon is the only woman seeking election as a director-at-large to the all-male Dallas School Board: She believes the schools should be divorced from all politics, and is a candidate on the Republican ticket only because it is the party of her choice. She is not backed by any faction of that Party. Married the day she graduated from Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology where she had won the Carnegie Womans’ Association Scholarship during her Senior year for outstanding achievement, Mrs. Vernon had lived in many states and many places before moving to Trucksville ‘Gardens some years ago. Her husband, an engineer in the Gas Division of Pennsylvania Gas & Water Company, was formerly an engineer with Trans-Penn Transit Corporation. They lived in South Carolina, (California, Kansas, Brad- ford, and Clarks Green. In Pittsburgh she did group work at Soho Community Center and also did case work for the Department of Public Assistance. In Los Angeles she was in the Accounting Depart- ment of Hardware Mutual Life In- surance Company and in Wichita she was in the Accounting Depart- ment for Boeing Aircraft Company. Along the way Mr. and Mrs. Vernon found time to have three children, Tommy 11; Kitty 7 and David, 5, and another important member of the household, Gunner, a German Shorthaired Pointer that last year produced eight beautiful puppies for the Library Auction. Mrs. Vernon is a member of the Citizens Committee for Better Schools, President of Trucksville PTA and a member of Dallas Bor- ough and Shavertown PTAs. As the representative of Back Mountain PTA Council, she attends all school board ‘meetings. Mrs. Vernon believes that women have so much at stake, and often have a different point of view from the men, that they should therefore, | be represented on the Board. She is neither a ‘pro’ nor a ‘‘con” as far as. spending is concerned. “Bach' question,” she believes “should ‘be weighed individually and the ‘aim should be for the good of the. schools.” She: is ‘a member of Trucksville Methodist Church. ‘Her hobbies. are rearing children, raising dogs when she has time; building model air- planes and flying them, and believe it or not—fishing. Sewer Costs In -A Nutshell Two alternative sewage treatment plans for the Back Mountain region have been presented by Roy Weston Associates to officials of Dallas Bor- The one covering Dallas Borough only and a small part of Dallas Township in the Fernbrook and: estimated $2,275,000 the . other covering most of the Toby’s Creek drainage area including Dallas Bor- ough, parts of Dallas Township and Kingston Township would cost an estimated $4,400,000. In a nutshell the costs of con- | struction would be born by a Sew- | | age Authority through the sales of | | bonds to be paid off over a period | Twelve Dallas Schoolmen Visit Philadelphia Equipment Exhibit of years. | But as tentatively set up this is what it would cost the property owner in Dallas Borough with a 100-foot frontage to be hooked up to that sewage system: $650 for the line in front of his property; $100 | connection charge and an annual | rental fee of $75. Total for the first year $825. After the first year the annual rental fee would remain at $75. and there would be no other charges. Under the larger system including Kingston Township, the assessment for front footage would be the same to $68 per year. | Kingston Township, Dallas Town- ship and Dallas Borough users with 100 foot lots would then pay $818. during the first year instead of | $825. { VOL. 73, NO. 13, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961 Candidates For Director - At- Lar WELTON G. FARRAR The only candidate on the Demo- cratic Ticket for Director-at-large and, therefore, a sure bet to be a candidate in the General Election this fall is Welton G. Farrar, Wilkes College Professor of Economics and Business Administration, and a resi- dent of Maplewood Avenue, Dallas. A native of Haverhill, Mass, Mr. Farrar graduated from Groveland High School in 1940 and after two years of college work at Northeast- ern in Boston, entered the United States Navy. After his discharge in 1945, he completed his college work and obtained his Master's Degree at Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. He is now working on his Doctorate at Harvard University. Mr, Farrar stood first in his class in High School and at Penn. Married to the former Esther Shoulson in 1945, the couple has four children: Penny, 14; Stephen, 13; Linda, 11; and Edward, 2. Since moving to the Back Moun- tain area, first to Trucksville for six years and then to Dallas two and a half years ago, the Farrars have both been interested in PTA work. Mr. Farrar believes Dallas Schools should do everything .possible to attract the very best faculty to be found in the country. He is ex- tremely interested in curriculum construction, a phase of work in which he believes he could make his greatest contribution as a school board member. He_is-a