: SECTION A — PAGE 2 ~ THE: DALLAS POST Established 1 1889 ‘More Than A Newspaper, A Community Institution “ Ri Now In Its Tlst Year” apenas = = OMe Member Audit Bureau of Circulations « > (TR Member Pefinsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association MD: 5 Member National Editorial Association Wb Member Greater Weeklies Associates, Inc. wa The Post | is sent free to all Back Mountain patients in local “hospitals. {If you are a patient ask your nurse. for it. ui We will; ‘not be responsible for the return of unsolicited manu- Seripts, photbgraphs and editorial matter unless: self - addressed, stamped env@lope is: enclosed; and: in. no. case will: this. matenial be. held for mom than 30 days. © National{display advertising rates: 84c per column. inch. « Transienf rates 80c. * Political dvertising $1.10 per inch, , Preferred} position additional 10c per inch. 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School, but wet ground the few remaining in this area of | dictated removal of several bodies Pennsylvania, crashed to the|among them that of Abraham Pike, ground in Idetdwn cemetery dur- [to higher ground donated” by ing last Tuesddy evening's violent | Stephen Ide, the location of the. wind and hail. storm. present Idetown Cemetery. Its branches covered, but did not| Abraham Pike’s stone bears no damage, the modest gravestone | dates. The name is there and the which marks the spot where ‘Abra- | name of the 6th Continental Army ham Pike, for whom Pikes Creek | of the Revolution, was named, rests in peace after his Each year, on Memorial Day, the lusty fights against the Indians, | metal holder bears a flag." and with the Revolutionary forces Saturday, James: L, Park cleared ‘in the fight for Independence. the branches away, and cut the He was originally buried farther | pine into lengths for the saw-mill. dawn. the hill near the old Inde- Mel Crispell Hurls 2-Hitter : For Third Straight Win * Beaumont Over Jenks With Mel Crispelt and’ Alvie Cook™ swapping positions Sunday, Mel going to the mound amd Alvie, donning the mask, Beaumont GE third straight win. Mis. Stephen Hartman Heads Borough PTA Legislation and By-Laws, installed these newly. elected officers of Dal- las Borough PTA Monday evening: President — Mrs. Stephen Hart- man; Vice President — Mrs. Louise ‘Colwell; Secretary ~— Mrs. Warren Yarnall; Treasurer — Mrs. Harry Lefko. : Retiring President, Hanford L, Eckman, thanked the teachers and Committee. Chairmen for their co- 3 blanking, Jenks 2-0 a | operation: during the past year. Two thrill, It was the toughest con- projects, the Bakeless Bake Sale test for Beaumont after walking | and the Don Coyote Puppet Show ver previous opponents. have made possible: The purchase Norm Harding also turned in‘ a|of three record-players for use in * stellar performance on the hill for rooms; graduation trip for sixth Jenks in a losing cause, allowing grade students to Philadelphia, pav- six hits,-four to the Beaumont bat~ ing of part of the playground this tery, Crispell and Cook. He also |gymmer. recorded nine strikeouts in the| Mrs. Kenneth Cosgrove, Hos- contest. pitality Chairman pinned corsages ‘Harding and Traver, Jenks bat- | on the teachers and a special tery were the only two men to|iribute was given by Mrs. Louise solve the offerings of Crispell. Colwell, principal. ‘Beaumont travels to Forkston| Dr. Robert A. Mellman, Superin- Crisggell hurled a strong i hitter Sunday, with game time set for|tendent, talked briefly on accom- 2:00 P.M. plishments this past year and plans ‘Beaumont - ab r h| for. the future, Dendler, rf ~........' ¥ 1 1| Mrs. Robert A. Mellman and Mrs. Btobst, 3b 4 0 1 fouise Colwell presided at the tea Searfoss,. ss... “ 0 0 | table. i 4 0 2 ! 2 ool Primaries Are Quiet # 0 "91In Jackson Township 1 0 0| There was no excitement at the 2 0 0|Primaries in Jackson Township on Tuesday, ~ 33 2 6| eteran School Director George ab r h | Bulford, who. has served 28 years, 4 0 0 was nominated without opposition 8 0 0O!as was his running’ mate; John : 4 0 1 | Fielding. Al Patton, 3b ....... 4 0 0! The results, Republican ticket: McMillan, ¥ 3 0 0) Tax Collector Louis Wilcox 191; Js Brody, Ib ........ 3 0 0 Supemvisor Elmer Laskowski 149; Ww. Weiss, of 0... 2 0 0 | Reuben Gabel 63: School Directors, Ju Brody, 2b. 2 O° 0] George Bulford 146, Fred Fielding Brown, 2b 1 0 0! 157; Justice of the Peace, Robert raver, c¢ B 0 1|iCulp 144; Constable Gansel 149; : Judge of Election Jeffreys 182; In- - 29 0 2 | spector of Election Loretta Peaks 166. Democratic: Tax: Collector, Cigar- | ski 64; supervisor ZElinchik 63; school director Gibbons. 58; Justice of the Peace, S. Brown 59; auditor Fred Gable 65; constable Rusiloski 59; judge of election, none; inspec- tor of election, Yascur 63. Troon 281 Signs Up For CD Messenger Service Members of Boy Scout Troop 281 have signed up with Stefan Heller- sperk for Civil Defense messenger service. Scoutmaster Bruce S. Davies Jr; ‘will organize messenger service for all five, mass-care cen- ters in the Dallas area. Franklin Township Casts A Light Vote A with the exception of the School Director contest, there was no com- petition for Republican nominations in Franklin Township. . Nellie Eaton, incumbent and un- opposed, received the nomination for Tax Collector with 129 votees. + Other results were: Herman Coon, Sporvisor, 123; school director, Steinhauer 91; Hislop 54; Justice of the Peace, John Fowler 121 (Mr. Fowler has held the office for thirty: years); constable, Byron Kester 133; | auditor Dave Parry 119; Judge: of lection William Parry 130; inspec- tor of election, Mrs. Mildred Lord| Enrolling were these Scouts: 30. | Robert Van Orden, Art Miller, ~ [In the Democratic contests; Louis: James Yarnel, Bob Kelly; Don Den- Banta, former Kingston Township nis, John Gager, Charles Spencer, Police Chief, received 23 votes for |Renard Carkhuff, Thomas Bebe, constable losing out to Harry Sweit- | James Knecht, Russell Gula, Rich- zer who received 70. George Par-|ard Bayliss, Robert. Elston, James ish received 73 for school director | Smith, Larry Edwards, Joe: Goode, and Alex Matukitis received 71 for | George. Mahler; David Hess, Bill supervisor, Frank Sarnock received | Baker, Calvin Tinsley, Don Bul- ‘6 for Justice of the Peace. Elmer | ford, Richard Cross, Marshall Rum- DeWitt received 79. for judge. of |baugh, Marc Davies, Jeff Town- i and Florence Shrivelly 73 | send; Bill Rowett, James Carey, for inspector. Bruce Davies: III, Raymond Mec- + Franklin Township has about 325 Clary. registered Republican, voters; and | 140 Democratic, voters, [frantic call, Dr. Phyllis, Berger; Chairman of |. ONLY YESTERDAY Ten and Twenty Years Age In The Dalizs Post rr HAPPENED. 3) | YEARS Aco: A four year old West Dallas child strayed onto, the Lehigh Valley tracks, and, startled by her mother’s stumbled and fell be- tween the. tracks just as a work car passed over her leaving her com- pletely uninjured. Beulah Grey, was stunned by her fall, and lay absolutely quiet when the work car, unable to stop, hurtled over her. The Post-o-Graph company had a ‘banner week, when Robert M. Scott had orders for fifty machines from Pittsburgh, an order augmented by another 100, and two days later another 100. % A Sunday baseball bill was passed by: the State legislature. VA stretch of over eight miles of highway between Tunkhannock and Nicholson was employing 61 pieces of equipment in an effort to com- plete the Federal aid program before ‘the deadline, September 1. James W. Mackie. of Shavertown was. elected auditor of Luzerne Co. Gas and Electric. State Game Farms reported a high rate of pheasent egg production. Curtis Anderson was named con- stable of Dallas Township by the court en banc. +/ Butter was 25 cents per pound; baked beans 2 cans for 10 cents; pink salmon, two tall cans 19 cents; sliced pineapple, large can 25 cents, Broadcloth: shirts were $1.00. rr HAPPENED 2) YEARS AGO: Judith Hier; 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hier, Shavertown, was run down by a car as: she dashed from behind a.perked truck. Four passing motorists refused to take the badly injured child to Nesbitt Hospital because the blood might soil i upholstery. \ ‘Dallas firemen pondered an offer Yor purchase of the frame annex to Oneida Ladge for $500. Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. had been on the lookout for mew quarters for some time. “ Twenty area people were caught in a strict round-up of unlicensed dogs, and paid stiff fines, ‘A Hazelton firm got the contract for the new Harvey's Lake road. Howell B. Rees was back again with the Post, by remote control, writing from the Bahamas. Fred Keifer, after a long absence from the Post pages, was back again in a column on the cause of wars. {A unit of Bundles for Britain was organized here under direction of Mrs. Hayden Phillips. Alex and John McCullock and Ern- est Culp were drafted into the service, Tent caterpillars were on the increase. Dallas Township increased millage by 5, bringing it to 33. Congressman Flannery said he would work for a new Post Office for Dallas, one suitable for an expanding community. Daniel T. Morris, became man and wife at Center Moreland. Ethel Harris was named Town- ship waledictorian. vw Five youths were accused of steal- ing: farm implements in the Hunlock Creek area and selling them for junk. ano ]() Years aco: ¥ The region had a white frost, but it did very little damage. The pipeline owned by the Sun Oil Company was moved to make way for construction of the new Trucksville housing development. Several hundred additional feet of six-inch pipe were required. David Kunkle, Westmoreland sen- ior, won a scholarship to Wilkes. \/ Robert Currie, president of King- ston Township school board, announ- ced that he would not seek reelec- tion. " Lake Township had a graduating class of 27. ~ Clyde Birth was elected to Back Mountain YMCA board. Jessie Sturdevant, summer resi- dent of Huntsville for many years, died at 73, : Harry. B. Schooley Jr. was the subject of a Know Your Neighbor column. East Dallast took Orange 10 to 4; Shavertown entered the fourth week of baseball with an unblemished rec- ord. William M. Powell suffered a fatal heart attack at his home at Shrine View. Gypsy moths, after nineteen years, were about eradicated. Lake-Lehman To Honor Retiring Teacher, Nurse Four faculty members and a ischool nurse will be honored Tues- day evening by Lake-Lehman Edu- cators Association in recognition of long years of faithful and inspired service. Dinner is scheduled to start at 6:30, at Irem Country Club: ’ Retiring teachers are: Arthur Curtis and his wife Ellen, both in- tary. school, Mr. Curtis in the seventh grade, Mrs. Curtis the first; Mrs, Mae VanCampen, seventh grade teacher at Noxen; and Mrs, Alice Elston, who retired last sum- mer. . Mrs. Ruth Simms, school nurse ‘at Lehman, will retire at the end of the current. year, Ruby Keiper became the bride of | | Margaret Yop and Charles Pokich | structors at Ross Township, elemen- | over THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961 Ramblin SLO a EET By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters g Around Occasionally a picture is published or exhibited to friends showing. four generations in one family, and some- times an obituary of an aged person will give details of many descend- ants. However there seems to be a in many people. It is an'old saying that many a farmer knows more about the pedigree of his prize bull than he knows about his own ances- try, and certainly such lack of knowledge is not confined to farm- ers, A classic example of large numbers of descendants is found in the Child- ren of Israel. It is related in Genesis that Jacob and his descendants that went down into Egypt, including Joseph and his sons already there, numbered seventy persons, exclud- ing wives not of the blood line of Jacob. Some four hundred years later a census was taken of males only, twenty years old and upward able to bear arms, as recorded in Numbers. This showed 603,550 men, | exclusive of the entire tribe of Levi, | and all women and minors, infirm, | ete. Pioneers in America heavy loss of death in earlier years, | In Virginia, after seventeen years of strenuous effort, the population was only about 1,200; Massachusetts had more than 16,000 after omly thirteen years. By 1640 they had 21,000 after which the turned and fora ‘while more returned to England than came over, but very large families furnished enough peo- ple to spread westward. There were, and are, some very old families in Virginia, but the greater part of the oresent population in the whole country, tracing back the early an- cestors, goes back to New England. Genealogies of descendants of one pioneer, who came over early. in the 1630's usually now run into five figures in consecutive numbers, with hundreds more whose places cannot be properly established. The prob- lem is complicated by variation in spelling, some families having found as many as eighteen spellings, and some families have more. From adult pioneers to present day small children, usually covers about thir- teen generations. Since getting out of all public and organization offices, this writer has found time to do a lot of work om his own ancestry and that of his wife. It is a fascinating study, never ending, which so for has turned up over thirty ancestors, who came over in the early 1630’s, Family lines show definite lack of interest in genealogy | suffered: | tide | | many deacons, some preachers and teachers; a few dignitaries and othérs | of some note, but mostly people of ordinary occupations. Some families, not related to this writer, claim illustrious ancestors {and prominent relatives through several generations. It also works, sometimes, in the opposite manner, showing, generations of disreputable characters. Probably most of us were told in school about the infamous Jukes family, A prison sociologist, R. L. Dugdale, finding several mem- bers of the family in prisoa, made a study and found 709 of an estimated 1200 descendants. Of these, 140 had been imprisoned and: 280 had been paupers, all together costing the state. about $1,308,000. This was many years ago, probably the figures would be higher now. Now: starting at the present youngster and looking backward, is is no, trouble at all to see that we are all decended from many ances- tors, Forgetting legal and technical | questions and figures on a biological | basis, we each had two parents, | they each had two, and so. on. If was no there of them living in foreign lands. And this doubles with every generation backward, so that we probably have millions of ancestors. This writer has made no special study of the genetics involved, ex- cepting longevity as shown by dates >f birth and death, that being a field by itself. We all know of fam- ilies where a particular physical characteristic such as a missing tooth, a crdoked finger, etc. have been passed down. The same. applies to red hair, eye color, etc. And when you start to think of mental char- acteristics, the field is unlimited. This writer takes no stock in these for two dollars with a coat of arms for a few more. He has traveled too many miles, searching wills and quit-claim. deeds in courthouses, checking death certificates, reading books in libraries and historical societies, checking grave stones in cemeteries, and rummaging in dusty newspaper basements for obituaries, not to mention correspondence with people from Massachusetts to. New ‘Mexico, ‘and records of government files. at Washington, D.C., to look with, any favor on ready made articles. Spaghetti Chef AL D’AMARIO Men’s Club of the Prince of Peace Church will serve a Spa- | ghetti Dinner in the Parish House [§ Saturday May 27th, 5 to 7:30 p.m. | Men senving on committees are: Tickets; Edward Driesbach, chair- man; Dr. Ben Marshall, at the door. Cooks, bakers and salad makers; Al D’Amario, chairman; Paul God- dard, Donald Evans, Leroy Brown, William Wright, Ted Ruff, and Thomas Andrews. Waiters: Henry Doran, Chair- man; Harry Goeringer, Judd Holt, James Nixon, Charles Flack, Wil- liam Meeker, George Carey, Lloyd Kear, Thomas Hillyer Jr, Charles Nodder, Walter Kozemchak, Wal- ter Prokopchak, Paul Dailey, Robert Weaver, Ralph Smith Joe Mac- Veigh, Ralph Postorive, Robert Wilde, Joseph Betz, Joe Sekera, Bart Collet, Francis Ambrose, Carl Goeringer, and Alfred Camp. Coffee, cookies, and Ice cream: Reverend William McClelland, chairman; John Jeter, and Ziba Martin. Sinks: Calvin Hall and Jack Stanley. Clean up: Joseph Law, chairman; Edward Roth, Curtis cliffe. Organization: Paul Goddard, chairman; Jack Stanley; co-chair-. man; Leroy Brown, Al D’Amario, and Alfred Camp; Reverend Wil- liam McClelland. olives; Buitoni Spaghetti Fattening) with meat balls or shrimp sauce; tossed salad; Italian bread; Spumoni; and coffee. any member of the Club, IT WAS SAID: “He who is. of a : cises Prothero,, Charles. Hayes, Charles Hayes: Jr: | Edward Ratcliffe, and Richard Rat- | : Menu to be served: Celery and: (Non-. Italian - cookies. Tickets may be purchased from | calm and happy nature will hardly | feel the pressure of age, but to him | who is of an opposite disposition, | youth, and age are equally a burden.” Local Girls To Graduate Among the forty-two student nurses who will graduate tonight | from Geisinger Memorial Hospital | Training School for Nurses are two | Dallas girls, Lois Jean Vanderhoff and Barbara Alice Belsky. will be at Danville high school. Capacity Crowd At Ross | Ross Township elementary school welcomed a capacity crowd at its operetta last week. Principal Myron Moss reports good ticket receipts. HI i 3 intermarriage in | | close families, a child of today would | | have had about 4096 ancestors liv- | ing in pioneer days, probably most | mail-order family trees you can buy | Exer- | . Ace Trumpeter LARRY CARPENTER Larry Carpenter, with the Lake being abruptly transferred at the age of eight from the junior band, and is now with the combined Lake-Lehman Band, will be hon- ored May 25 for Meritorious Musicianship. by Luzerne County Instrumental Band Directors As- sociation. Y This award was won a month ago at Wilkes College when he played Hayden's Trumpet Concerto, and took a two-hour written music examination which he passed with flying colors. Selected for the Northeast Dis- trict Band April 21 and 22, he was chosen for the All-State, Region 2. Sharon Coombs was also chosen, but a conflict in engagements for- bade her appearance, John Mili- auskas, Lake-Lehman conductor, accompanied Larry to the State Band last Thursday, Friday and Saturday. With interruptions in his child- hood for bouts with rheumatic fever, Larry has played both piano and trumpet for eight years, taking private lessons in both from Alfred M. Camp, director of Dallas Junior High School Band. | When eight years old, after. two weeks in the Lake Junior Band, he became trumpet soloist in the senior band, and when in the fifth grade, took and maintained first chair in the trumpet section. | His ambition is to continue with | music as a career. He hopes some | day to return to Lehman and pre- | pare young musicians for the band | which he confidently expects Mr. Miliauskas still to direct. Larry is foster son of Mr. and { Mrs. Walter Sorber of Outlet, who | are both intensely proud of his | talent and his industry. Janice Rinken Starts Final Year Of Training Janice Rinken, daughter of Mrs, Vivian Rinken, Idetown, student ‘nurse at Mercy Hospital, Scranton, | will receive her third stripe on Sat- May 20, and start her | Senior Year. She is now taking a | three months course in the Psychol- ogy Department at Allentown State Hospital. She spent the Mother’s Day week- fond with her mother and eight [Sear old Debby. Her father, Alex- | ander Rinken, died last October. | urday, | SUBSCRIBE TO THE POST To All M J | I am deeply touch i ARTHUR In KINGSTON TOWNSHIP confidence in me on Tuesday. not been misplaced. Republican Candidate For Supervisor y Friends ed by your vote of It has SMITH: ‘Walter E. Booth, 59 Was: Fruit Grower Funeral fruit grower, who died suddenly at Danville Hospital on Monday, be held Friday at 2 p.m. from. the Bronson friends may call Thursday evening. » Saxe officiating. Until failing health a year ago! curtailed activities, Mr. Booth had been: enthusiastic in: the Mens. Bible Class. of Qakdale Methodist Church. He was born in Ross Township, son of the late George N. and Eliza- beth. May Culver Booth. His wife! is the former Hunlock. | Surviving are also these sisters and brothers: dale; Mrs. R., Columbus; Ohio; Mrs. Charlotte | Fenn, Honolulu; Mrs. Chicago, Il. Township Senior Band ever since. EE TR RTT 0] for TIRED, ACHING 7 Ya! 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