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MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
New School To
Be Finished
By Mid-August
Report by Joseph Hoban on pro-
gress of the new senior high school
building relieved the minds of Dal-
las School directors who had been
envisaging a tight schedule of get-
ting settled before opening Septem-
ber 6.
According to Mr. Hoban’s state-
ment Tuesday evening classrooms
are within three weeks of comple-
tion. Concrete is being poured at
the sewage disposal plant, with the
outside limit for completion, August
15, probably earlier, in plenty of
time for the cafeteria workshop.
Bleachers are going up in the
gymnasium, large doors and folding
doors installed. Painting will be far
enough along so that auditorium
seats can be installed within two
weeks.
_ Black-topping, landscaping, and
seeding is progressing. The ap-
proach road is already blacktopped.
Well number 3 (the Lipp well)
tests out perfectly; with no need
for addition of chlorine.
Corrections in the roof have been
made.
A $500 gift from the graduating
class of 1961 will be used for land-
scaping in ome special area, and a!
commemorate |
bronze plaque will
the gift of the class
hoped to occupy
school for at least half a year.
William A. Austin, elementary
supervisor, - gave the superinten-
dent’s report in the absence of Dr.
Robert A Mellman, a patient at
which | had
" Nesbitt Hospital.
Equipment from Westmoreland
home-making rooms has moved
bodily to the Dallas high school,
and reshuffling of equipment goes
steadily on. Partitions have been
adjusted ‘at Westmoreland to ac-
commodate elementary classrooms.
Due to illness of Mrs. Heyward
Lancio, Thomas Jenkins was asked:
to organize the closed-school lunch |
program.
{
It was pointed out by Mr. Austin
that the plan to convey hot food
from a central point to all schools
is unique in Pennsylvania.
Leon Emanuel obtained the con-
tract fos transpd! tit “sod for 3,392
pet year. The four year proposal
may be cancelled at the end of the
first year if either party is dissatis-
fied. If the school cancels, it will
buy the walk-in food truck which
Mr. Emanuel expects to purchase
for his work. If Mr. Emanuel can-
cels, he will keep his own truck,
and cancellation involves no pen-
alty for either side.
A “dry run” is proposed, at the
time of the cafeteria workshop in
August, when food will be trans-
ported to playgrounds for one noon
meal. Mr. Jenkins, assistant high
school principal, already in charge
of the fiscal end of the cafeteria,
will take the training session.
Fourth Of July
At Lake Marred
By 2 Accidents
Two accidents marred the Fourth
of July weekend at Harveys Lake,
a motor boat crash which sent a
Trucksville man to the hospital, and
a traffic accident which later resul-
ted in the death of a six year old
Lafayette Hills girl.
Coming on top of a tragic drown-
ing earlier in the season, when a
fourteen year old boy dived from a
rowboat and did not surface again,
. the Lake has had its share of catast-
rophe for a season which promises
to be the largest in many years.
Gay Yocum, staying with her par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. Allan Yocum af
their summer cottage on Lakeside
Drive, dashed out into the road
Tuesday evening, just as Louis B.
Schuck of Muncy RD, was passing.
Suffering from a fractured skull,
Gay was rushed to Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital in the {Lake Township am-
bulance, continuing almost immed-
jately to Geisinger Hospital in Dan-
ville where serious injuries to the
brain are handled. Gay died the
following evening at’ 6:15, twenty-
four hours after she was injured.
Schuck faces charges of involun-
tary manslaughter.
The motor boat crash Monday
night involved two inboard boats.
which collided im the darkness at
10:30. Screams and calls for help
alerted a passing motorist, who gave
the alarm to the police station Chief
Edgar Hughes, from a rowboat, saw
nothing but floating debris, for a few
minutes thought both boats were
sunk and all occupants drowned.
Calvin Crane, Meadowcrest, with
his companion John Robertson of
Luzerne, owner and operator of the
sixteen-foot inboard motor boat,
were rescued by- Thomas Williams,
Wilkes-Barre, owner of the second
craft. The Williams boat limped to
shore with the survivors.
Crane, 27, was admitted by ambu-
lance to Nesbitt Hospital, where he
was a patient for $wo days.
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Get a microscope and
your friends in the crowd picture
above, taken Saturday night at the |
height ‘of the bidding by Jimmy
Kozemchak’s busy camera, as Bob!
Bachman, auctioneer, takes bids on |
a love-seat brought by Bing Crosby
from Weisbaden, Germany, and con-
tributed to the Fifteenth Annual
Back Mountain Library Auction. |
Multi-colored pennants riffle in the |
cool breeze, spectators huddle deep- |
er into sweaters. In the background,
way up on the hill, is the art and
identify |
craft tent at the end of the auction
grounds, where foot-weary folks are |
collapsing gratefully into chairs for |
a cup of coffee, or to have their
pictures sketched by local artists.
Completely invisible because of |
the crowd are refreshment and |
book booths on the right, plants |
| and produce, candy, baked goods, |
odds and ends, popcorn and dolls |
on the left.
Two human interest stories in the
upper corners, right and left, of the
lay-out, feature children, always a
strong drawing card of any Library ; surrounded by children, and on the
Auction. The Basset is so heavy! other side of the spread, also sur-
that his bidder can scarcely lift him, | rounded by children, is the baby
but he is gamely doing his best. pony, guided by Doc Jordan, who
In the middle stand the three | looks bright-eyed after steering the
judges of the parade, selected be- | 1961 Auction to a successful con-
cause they admittedly know noth- clusion, involving months of work
ing about antique cars, and could | and organization.
therefore judge the entries with an| Jim Alexander lovingly holds a
open mind. Left to right are Tom- | Civil War gun, one of three that
my Heffernan, Mrs. T. Newell | crossed the auction block as a tri-
Wood, and Dwight Fisher. bute to the Centennial of the War
The baby bull calf from Lake | Between the States.
Louie has his spot in the limelight, |
Dallas Dairy Notches 10th Straight;
Play Pringle Here Sunday At 2 P. M.
Dairymen Meet Tunkhannock Friday Night
Hendershot Stars In 10-5 Win Over Hanover
Dallas | Dairy, only
sandlot team in Wyoming Valley |
will ‘try to keep its unblemished |
record in tact this week as they |
have two games scheduled for this
weekend.
Friday night the local team
travels to Memorial Park, Tunkhan-
unbeaten | Sunday over Hanover. Carter was
| Hendershot set, the pace with five
nock to meet the All-Stars of the |
Wyoming - Susquehanna County
league. Game time is scheduled
for 8:15.
Sunday
the
mond. Nick Dardes outfit has been
playing good ball this season and
are set to give the Grosemen a
battle.
Ed Christian has ‘been hurling
good ball for the Pringle nine after
taking over for George Koches,
now hurling for Hanover.
Pringle has two players
were recently
Louis Cardinals.
second-sacker
third-sacker.
Tom Carter will most likely get
the starting nod. in this contest
finds
Stan Schuster,
after hanging up his [first win last
and Bob Ontko,|
i five RBI's.
Pringle providing
attraction at the Dallas dia- |
that |
signed by the St. |
|
|
The first piece of merchandise
to be sold over the block at the
auction,a pale green garden set, oc-
cupies the place of honor.
That tiny picture shows Sheryle
Stanley, modelling a Hawaiian
bathing suit which was bid in by
Howard Risley and promptly given
right back to Sheryle; Bill Wright,
a former auction chairman, stands
by, beaming approval.
In the next small picture, Jack
Conyngham auctions off an antique
recently signed by business man-
ager Jay Llewelyn Jr.
DOWN HANOVER 10-5
The Dairymen notched their 10th
straight win Sunday with a 10-5
victory over Hanover as Ralph
hits including a homer, two
doubles and two singles good for
Ron Nervitt also cracked out a
homer and double to help make
things easy for. Tom Carter,
making his first start of the season.
Carter allowed seven hits, while
fanning ten. 4
DORISH INJURED
John Dorish, ace hurler for the
Dairymen, playing second base
Sunday, injured his knee hile
trying to score on a hit in the 8th
inning and was replaced by Eddie
Brominski, nephew of Ed Bromin-
ski, coach: at Westmoreland High
School. Young Brominski is a
graduate of Swoyersyille.
Dorish ‘may be out of the line-
numbers more than 800 Sisters of
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Ground-Breaking
Ceremony Sun.
For Novitiate
Building To House
200 Young Sisters
Will Include Chapel
Ground will be broken in Dallas
4 p.m. for new
buildings to
The recent discovery of Civil War
woodcuts done by the celebrated
cartoonist Thomas Nast, and their
reproduction after 100 years, will
be discussed 'by John Ney, Wilkes-
Barre, silk-screen artist and musi-
cian, at the meeting of Back Moun-
tain Civil War Round Table tomor-
row night at 8 at Back Mountain
Memorial Library Annex.
Many of Mr. Ney's . ancestors
. served during the War Between the
States and he has maintained
keen interest in the conflict since
his youth. He has played a large
on Sunday at
Novitiate Junibrate
house approximately 200 young
Sisters of Mercy.
His Excellency Rt. Rev. Jerome
D. Hannan, D,D., Bishop of the
Diocese of Scranton, will officiate. | Table, in perfecting the Civil War
concerts recently given by Steg-
maier Gold Medal Band.
Mr. Ney is presently working with
Cliff Arquette, (Charlie Weaver) of
Getteysburg on. silk screen prints
of (Civil War soldiers which will be
Friends and relatives of the Sisters
are invited.
Buildings will include a chapel,
sleeping quarters, library, dining
room and kitchen, recreation room,
and laundry.
Adjacent to the group, and also
included in the building program,
will be a smaller building to be
used by the ‘Mother Superior and
her Council, for administration of
the Province of Scranton, which
Mr. Ney will display’ one of these
prints done on tile.
During the’ course of this talk,
which will include art and music
of the Civil War, Mr. Ney will touch
on the work of Christian Com-
mission (forerunner of the Red
Cross) in alleviating the suffering
Mercy,
a |
part with John Sauer, Director, also |
a member of the Civil War Round |
presented to the public next year. |
Civil War Round Table Will
See Thomas Nast's Wood Cuts
of wounded soldiers and the part
played by she Catholic nuns of
Maryland and Virginia who acted
as volunteer nurses throughout the
| war.
{© The public is invited. Refresh-
| ments and an informal discussion
will follow Mr. Ney's talk.
The Round Table had planned to
| have Gen. U. S. Grant III of Clin-
| ton, N. Y. National Chairman of the
| Civil War Commemorative Asso-
ciation, as a speaker at a Round
| Taple meeting last week at Irem
| Temple Country Club, but the ill-
| ness of Mrs. Grant, the daughter
| of the late Elihu Root, at the last
moment prevented his coming
| here. Gen. Grant had also planned
to talk before Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis
| Club on the same day.
| Name Omitted
The name of John Czarnecki
| donor of ten haircuts for the Library
Auction, was omitted from the list of
new goods and service donors.
| Donations that came too late to
| list for the Library Auction: Forty
| Fort Lumber, $5; Auto-Lift, $10;
I Shavertown Lumber, $12.50,
VOL. 73, NO. 28, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1961
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side chair as John Butler spots a
bidder.
Three auctioneers go into a hud-
| dle in the picture directly below,
Dick Demmy, John Vivian, and Bob
| Laux. ¢
{ And in the last picture, Jack
| Conyngham, Bob Laux and Dick
| Demmy point out a bidder in the
| crowd, while Explorer Scouts from
| John Butler's troop wait for the
| signal to carry a chair to a success-
| ful bidder.
|
Registration Tomorrow
For Junior High School
Registration for Dallas Junior High
School will take place Friday at the
Junior High School building, 8 a.m.
to noon, and 1 to 3 p.m.
Children entering seventh, eighth
or ninth grade, who have not at-
tended Dallas Schools this past
are asked to bring with them report
cards from last year.
{Children moving up from Dallas
schools, having completed the sixth
| grade, are not required to register.
| Misericordia Work Shop
[College Misericordia will present
a workshop in modern methods in
arithmetic July 19, 20, 21, in Walsh
Memorial Auditorium.
Sister Mary Celestine,
R.S.M.,
gram will introduce to primary
teachers new techniques to be inaug-
urated in September in the schools
of the Scranton diocese. This is the
first of several such workshops to be
held throughout the area at the re-
quest of Rt. Rev. Msgr. John J.
Maher, superintendent of parochial
schools
The workshop is ‘‘a real necessity,”
i according to Msgr. Maher, because of
the fundamental differences in the
old and the new methods of teaching
| arithmetic,
president, announces that the pro- |
ibrary Auction
Auction Figures
Incomplete, But
It Looks Good
Innovations Add
To Convenience Of
Bidders And Block
Everybody wants to know three
things about the Library Auction:
How much money did it make?
Who won the Corvair? Who got
the beautiful decorated Boston
rocker ?
The answers: Figures are not yet
complete, as money ig still coming |
in, but it looks like a gross of near- |
ly $22,000, with a lot of expense
to be tallied against this figure.
‘County Commissioner J. Bowden |
Northrup won the Corvair.
Miss Frances Dorrance
warded the Boston rocker.
Judge Ben Jones, bidding for
Shel Evans, got the small pony.
Don Sterling successful bidder for
the large pony, Boots, got more
than he bargained for. Boots, it |
develops, is in an interesting condi- |
tion, and there will soon be an- |
other baby Boots.
was a-
Mrs. Stanley Davies got the
small Berkshire pig.
Somebody's litter of appealing
pups, all with no pedigree, went to
various of the small fry, including
one small boy from Virginia.
There were some innovations in
the auction, two of them great im-
provements. The centrally located
aisle reaching from auction block
to the top of the hill, blocked off
with ropes, was of great help to
spectators and'to ranners. The sec-
ond, display of new goods and a
set time for offering them over the
block, filled a long-standing need.
Spotters’ stands, high above the
crowd, were a great help to auc-
tioneers.
Like the ocean, Library Auctions
are always the same and always
different. Auctioneers bellow them-
selves hoarse on the stand, bid-
ders find themselves holding the
bag when all they really expected
to do was to give the bidding a
boost, and purchasers go staggering
off with antique rockers or an
ancient bookcase, wondering what
got into them. 7 :
Rain threatened to interfere on
several occasions, but clouds dis-
sipated. A shower that came up
suddenly at midnight ended one
session summarily. It rained hard
early Saturday morning, but it was
all over by the hour set for the
Children’s Auction, and from then
on, there was no question about the
weather. It was perfect.
The chicken barbecue drew an
enormous crowd Thursday night,
and diners had a good view of the
parade which circled the parking
lot at Gate of Heaven school.
One ancient white Buick steamed
itself out of the parade early in the
game, a mile from the terminal
point. Parking it in a driveway on
Pioneer Avenue, and getting a
bucket of water for the radiator
from the Edward Scanlon home, the
driver said sorrowfully, = “It just
can't go that slow. Low gear makes
it boil.”
Odds and Ends, Produce, and re-
freshment stands did a brisk busi-
ness before the auction started on
Thursday. On Friday, Fred Up-
dyke’s strawberries were a fea-
ture, two whole crates, still
dewy from early morning picking.
Figures on the take of the var-
ious booths, with an auction total,
will be available for next week's
issue.
And next year, it will be Dick
Demmy who carries the burden,
and the prestige, of being auction
chairman.
Attractive Estate
Offered At Auction
An estate which would be suit-
able for a club or organization is
| going over the auction block on Sat-
year, must register. Such students |
urday, along with all sorts of furni-
ture and equipment.
Any group which enjoys trout
fishing could settle down very hap-
{pily on the Harry J. Pollock place :
near Chase, where trout rise hung-
rily to the fly (or even to the ang-
leworm), and there is elbow room
for outdoor cooking of the fish
caught in lake or stream.
A trout stream runs the entire
length of the place, and there is a
good sized pond, completely stocked.
In addition to the main house, a
snug affair for winter living, cap-
able of expansion by means of a
huge Florida room for the summer
months, there is a guest house. Out
here, water supply is of extreme
importance. This place has a deep
well, a never failing source of
crystal water, icy cold.
The estate is advertised for sale in
this week’s paper, which also men-
tions that Jackson Township Fire
Co. Auxiliary will serve lunch. Auct-
ioning of household furniture starts
at 10 a.m., working up to sale of
the property later in the day.