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Three Service Clubs To Hear
Dr. Wen Yen Taso At Dinner
Authority, Board
To Meet Friday
& Lake-Lehman To
OK Bond Issue
Members of Lehman Authority
Board” and Lake-Lehman School
Board will hold a joint session to-
morrow night at 8, meeting with
the attorney of the Philadelphia
bonding company for consideration
and adoption of a bond issue of
$1,999,000 for construction of a
new junior-senior high school and
renovations to existing buildings,
following withdrawal of complaints
by certain tax-payers.
All members of the Authority
headed by John Hewitt have been
informed and the school board has
been notified through president
Edgar Lashford.
Round Table To
“Hear Historian
+ “The Rise and Demise of Free-
man McGilvery—my Civil
War |
grandfather who fought at Gettys- |
before the Back Mountain Civil War |
@ Alfred H. Ackerson, secretary of
Dallas Kiwanis Club and Chairman
of the forthcoming Inter-Service
Club Dinner Wednesday September
13, at the Irem Temple Country
DR. WEN YEN TSAO
Club has announced that Dr.
Yen Tsao will be the speaker.
Dr. Tsao is the Cultural Coun-
selor of the Chinese Embassy in
Washington D. C. and has served in
this post since 1957.
He was born and educated in
China and later studied in Australia
and the United States.
He holds the degree of Doctor of
‘Wen
burg” will be the subject of a talk | Science of Law from the University
by Daniel MacGilvare tonight at 8 of California,
He has held positions
in the Consular Service, served as
Round Table in Back Mountain editor and publisher of publications
Memorial Library Annex.
Mr. MacGilvare, was
named director of Wyoming His-
torical and Geological Association.
He will also display two volumes
of the Oificial Records of the Civil
War and explain how to use them.
with worldwide circulation and as
recently | president of Soochow University of
| Law College.
|
Dr. Tsao is mo stranger to this
| area having spoken on two previous |
| Wilkes
The Historical Society has a com- |
! and has a son who will attend Wyo-
plete set of these invaluable
records which were issued by the
United States Government in more |
than 100 volumes at the
clusion of the war.
The meeting will also be a fare-
well to Mrs. Betty Rather, secre-
con- |
occasions before Kiwanis Club of |
Barre. He is especially
interested in the Anthracite Area
ming Seminary this fall.
An attendance cup will go to the
Service Club having the greatest
| percentage attending this affair.
tary of the Round Table, who with |
her family will leave Monday for |
Coral Gables, Florida,
husband will become Supply Of-
where her |
ficer of the Veterans’ Administra-
tion Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs.
children, Gray, 14; Doni 14; Joe, 8;
and Pete 6, have been residents of
Dallas
'Elmcrest Residents
Protest Racing Noise
Annoyed at all hours by the noise of
racing’ motors on the midget cars
at Lollipop Raceway, Memorial
| Highway, residents of Elmecrest and
Rather and their
Shrine Acres are taking steps to see
if the noise cannot be reduced and
| confined to definite hours.
for the past three years
having come here from Minot, N.!
D. where Mr. Rather was with the
Veterans’ Administration Hospital |
before assigned to Wilkes-Barre
Veterans’ Hospital as Supply Of-
ficer.
Petitions, addressed to proper
authorities, have been signed and
will be presented shortly.
Residents claim that the noise
starts early Sunday mornings and
sometimes continues until as late
lat 2 AM. the following day.
Democratic Outing Saturday
Night At Sacred Heart Park
Back Mountain Democratic Party plus entertainment will be on hand.
of Dallas Township, Dallas Borough, | The committee promises everyone |
an | an enjoyable evening. Women a- |
Kingston Township will hold
outing Saturday night, starting at
6, at Sacred Heart Park, Orelhard
Farm Road, Fernbrook.
This will be one of the first such
outings to be held in the area.
Plenty of food and refreshments.
|
| the following committee, Tony Hu- |
long with men are invited to attend.
Tickets can be purchased from
dak, George Weale, George Cave, |
Bill Pressman, Marty McEnrue, Ida
Davis and Margaret McDermott.
JLake-Lehman Gridders Set For
"Opener Rgainst Nescopeck, Saturday
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Edwards Has Twelve Lettermen Back As
Knights Prepare For Ten Game Schedule
It may seem like summer with
such humid weather, but the foot- |
in the Back Mountain region.
Lake-Lehman, opening the sea-
son a week earlier than Westmore-
land, meets a scrappy eNscopeck |
eleven on the Knights
Saturday afternoon at 2.
Nescopeck, coached by former pro
John Stanko, nosed out the Knights
19-12 last season in a game played
in a steady downpour on the War-
riors’ field.
Twelve Lettermen
§ Coach Eddie Edwards and his
“assistants Art Nuss and Jay Bales-
kas have been putting their charges
through intensive drills in prepara-
tion for this non-conference opener.
Hoping to improve their (1-5-3)
record of last season, the Knights
have twelve experienced lettermen
back. With a squad of around 40
‘players, including freshmen, Ed-
wards is quite concerned over the
depth, of experienced men. After the
twelve lettermen there are very few
with previous varsity experience.
Lettermen include: Don Anesi,
Stanley Palmer, Joe Smith and Bob
gridiron
Rogers, backs; Ivor Williams, Barry
* Woodling, Bob Rinken, Tom Evans,
Stan Rusiloski, Dave Morris, Ben
Sevenski and Lee Lord, linemen.
If the Knights’ forward wall can
hold up, Lake-Lehman could cause
the pre-season favorites plenty of
headaches, with a backfield of
Rogers at QB; Anesi and Smith at
HB and Palmer at FB. The team
will use a split-T formation.
: Anesi, one of the smallest back-
field men in the conference, stands
5-5 and weighs 145 lbs. Once Don
finds an open spot he’s tough to
-
catch because of his speed and de- |
| ceptiveness. Palmer at 180 is a hard |
ball season is just two days away |
running fullback but does not have |
too much speed. Smith is also a |
capable runner with good speed and |
has shown some fine blocking on |
offense. Rogers, a junior, has ha
little experience at running the ball |
club since Benny Rusiloski was the |
QB last season. Rogers played most-
ly on defense last season: at a half-
back position.
Ten Game Slate
Lake-Lehman has ten games
scheduled, seven conference games
and three non-conference tilts.
Six are away and four are at
home.
Home games include: Nescopeck,
Sept. 9; Edwardsville, Oct. 14; St.
Johns’ (Pittston), October 28 and
West Wyoming, Nov. 11.
Away games are: Forty Fort, Sept.
15 (N); Westmoreland, Sept. 23;
Northwest, Sept. 30; Wyoming,
Oct. 7; Exeter, Oct. 20 (N); Luzerne,
Nov. 4.
Pre-Game Show
The fine Lake-Lehman Band
under the direction of John Milaus-
kas will perform before the game
Saturday. The band will present the
same show they are going to put
on during halftime of the Eagles-
Browns game Sunday, September 17
which will be nationally televised.
A short time back the band won
recognition in two events in New
York State, placing: first in the
Marching event and third in an-
other. :
The band has also had an in-
vitation to perform during halftime
of an Ivy League game between
Brown and Pennsylvania later in
the fall,
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Many Tell Post's Inquiring Reporters:
“Berlin Crisis Greatest Problem
Presen tly Facing United States”
confirmed what many had sus-
pected: the twin questions of Ber-
weigh heavily on the minds of Back
Mountain residents.
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ASK YOUR NEIGHBOR
On Monday Dallas Post re-
porters Jon Greenwald and
Robin Kadison asked shoppers
at the Back Mountain Shopping
Center what they considered
the greatest problem facing the
United States today. Their
answers, printed below, reveal
a range of opinion from Castro’s
Cuba, through the Berlih Crisis,
fallout shelters, and the Amer-
ican people themselves. The
Post will welcome any addi-
ditional comment that our
readers may wish to make on
the subject
Mr. Greenwald, a sophomore
at Princeton University, is the
son of Atty. and Mrs. Henry
Greenwald, Kingston.
Miss Kadison, a junior at
Wyoming Seminary, is on the
staff of the Wyoming Sem-
inary Opinator,
a8
Eight of the twenty-one shop-
pers interviewed had no answer for
| repor ters’ question of what is
the greatest problem the United
States faces. Eight of the thirteen
| who ventured opinions, however,
felt that Berlin was the overrid-
ing question to which the country
must find an answer.
Somewhat surprisingly, no one said
that they really expected fighting
to break out in the German city.
One man, Russell DeRemer of Dal-
las, worried that an accident could
touch off the conflict which no one
wants. “When the East Berlin pol-
ice turned their water cannon on
West Berliners,” he said, ‘“some-
it won't be rocks.”
The, majority feeling was that
if it came down to a retreat ‘or
fight decision, the United States
should go to war. This sentiment was
summed up by Donald Hartly, a
visitor to the area from Stepney,
| Conn., who commented
lead to war,
will.
However, I would say fight.”
The opposite opinion was
pressed by a Dallas housewife Mrs.
H. 1. Kehney.
to war,” she reasoned. “War never
together afterwards anyway. Let's
avoid bloodshed.”
There were several people who,
although they worried about Ber-
lin, found other problems equally
! serious. One of these, Shavertown
housewife, Mrs. Stephen Waldow,
pointed out the need to build fallout
| shelters in this country and said that
| she and her husband were trying
| to construct one in their fruit cel-
| lar.
Another, Edwin W. Guernsey,
a
| graduate of Princeton in 1902, felt |
| hat the major problem faced by
America was training its diplomats
more thoroughly. He said that while
Americans mean well and do their
best in world affairs they lack the
proper experience and background
| to perform properly across the neg-
| otiating table.
| One lady from Kunkle, Mrs. Est-
| her Haas, said “Our problem is the
-whole world,” and termed Cuba the
most pressing. She feared the neces-
i sity of using American soldiers to
| oust Fidel Castro’s government.
| Rather interestingly the two peop-
| le who had some connection with
| the military, airman second class
Harry Evans of Lehman who
| stationed in Michigan, and Mrs.
| Paul Helfrich of Shavertown, whose
"1 husband is in the air force stationed |
in Florida, both said that the great-
est problem America faces is the
ignorance of its own citizens.
To Harry Evans this ignorance
took the form of lack of knowledge
| We're a lot stronger than they think
we are,” he said.
Mrs. Helfrich, ont the other hand,
complained of ‘‘the lack of concern
of the American. public. They're
unpatriotic,” she ‘charged,
getting worse all the time.
country is lax in attitude.
they
| right now.
Jerry Iscoe,
| problem people in Wyoming Valle
(face is right in their. own back |
yards. Observing that many young |
people leave the area because they |
are unable to find jobs, he spoke
here.
Three high school girls were
they considered
greatest problem to be, but not one |
was able to give an answer. In this |
87
In a sidewalk poll conducted in
front of the Back Mountain Shop- shoppers and two men who also said | Mrs. Paul Helfrich
ping Center Monday, the Dallas Post | they didn’t know enough about world
one threw rocks. Next time maybe |
settled anything. They have to get |
“and it's |
The |
| don’t care, as long as they're happy |
§ |
a West Pittston
salesman, presented a somewhat dif- |
ferent idea. He said that the greatest |
| problem is Berlin,
“It could |
like everybody
does We
aren’t concerned
but I don’t think it!
ex- |
| people
“We must not go
is
about the country’s military might. |
|
|
on the need to locate new industry | #8
| ried. We're a lot stronger than they
asked to venture an opinion on what |
their country’s |
they were Jomad by three women | peoples fault!
| surviving
| people’s problem.
| most
| Their government
affairs to make any comment.
One of the teen age girls did |
lin’s fate and the threat of war | | make an effort, however. Lowering |
| her portable radio, which was tuned |
i to the rock and roll hits of WARM!, |
she giggled, thought a moment, and |
came out with ‘‘the other countries, |
I guess.” Asked to pinpoint which |
countries she meant, she changed her |
mind and amended her reply to a
one word answer: ‘Boys.”
Jerry Iscoe
(Salesman)
West Pittston
We have many
problems. But the
most important is
right here in Wyo-
ming Valley . . ..
is our
No one stays here
. they all leave after araduation
bobiuse there are no jobs. We need
new industries. We send money
overseas and worry about Cuba, but
our problems in the coal fields are
just as important as anything else.
We are the most backward area in
the state. But these are good peo-
ple, and it’s nice living here.
Edwin W. Guernsey |
(Retired)
Shavertown
The Berlin cri-
sis . . . West and
East Germany . . .
can be solved
without war if we |
are smart enough. |
We don’t have
trained, smart
men in the State Department. They |
haven’t been in the Department |
long enough; they haven't grown
into it, as they do in England and
France. It's hard to tell how far
Khrushchev will go. He's smart . . . |
he has kept us guessing. We have
no one comparable. Our men are
able and willing to do their best,
but we don’t seem to get any place.
Both world wars were started by
Germany . . . and now we're 'put-
ting our arms around Germany.
Mrs. W. Purcell
(Housewife)
Harvey's Lake
I think our big
with Germany, but
with the 3 million
in West
Berlin. This is bigger than just
Berlin. We can’t go back on our
word.
Ross Steinhauer |
(Clerk) |
Centermoreland
Right now, I'd
say Berlin ... . also |
the race for space. |
I don’t think the |
U. S. is as far be-
hind as people
say. I would defin- |
itely go to war |
over Berlin. We've taken a lot from |
Russia and we've got to stand our
ground now or they'll realize they |
can push us all over the place.
Mrs. Al Nugent
(Housewife)
Dallas
I'm afraid that
somebody’s going
to drop an A
bomb. Yes, I would
go' to war over
Berlin. It's a, mat-
ter of pr rinciple
now. |
Donald Hartly
(Visiting here)
Stepney, Conn.
1 think it's Ber- |
lin... it could |
lead to war, but I
don’t think it will. |
However, I would |
od say ght
Mrs. Esther Haas |
(Housewife)
Kunkle
Our problem is
the whole world
. Cuba is the
serious.
is Communist. I
think we should
try to keep out of
it as long as we can, but we may |
have to use armed force in Cuba.
Harry Evans
(Airman 2/c¢)
Lehman
There’ is “so
much propaganda
against us . . . the
American people
don’t know what's
going on. If they
knew more about |
the military, our
| strength, they wouldn't be so wor-
think we are. We're stronger than
anyone knows we are. People are
afraid to buy things so we're
going into a recession. It's all the
| prepared for war. They think they
|‘ Dallas Borough,
I 'was
| orations,
| of airmen shot in the Pacific Area.
{ Friday night's program. | 3 ;
TS | Herman, Shavertown; six grandchil-
ground at Dallas Borough School
| twenty years say that they have
| never been previously disturbed but
(Housewife)
Shavertown
My husband is
in the Air Force,
and I speak from
experience. Our
chief problem .is
| the lack of concern
of the American
public They're un-
patriotic, and it's getting worse all
the time. We ought to do all we
can to avoid war, but we will reach
a point where we must put our foot
down. The country is lax in atti-
tude . . . they don't care, as long
as they're happy right now. In
crisis and war people need patriotic
spirit to help them do their best.
The American people are not all
are, and they say, “Oh, if war
comes, my Johnny will be right
there.” But where do they think
it will be? It will be right here!
g Mrs. S. Waldow
(Housewife)
Shavertown
Our problems
are Berlin, and
survival shelters.
My husband is
building one now
in our fruit cellar.
They are very im-
portant. I'd hate
to see our boys going to war . . .,
I‘d rather lose Berlin than give up
our boys.. But if we give up Berlin,
we'll keep on giving places up, and
where will we stop?
Fleming Is Speaker
ATTY. ROBERT FLEMING
Atty Robert Fleming' will be the!
speaker tomorrow night when Dad- |
| dow-Isaacs Post American Legion |
| honors an outstanding Back Moun- |
tain citizen at its annual Amer- |
icanism Night program at the Leg- |
ion Home. |
Atty. Fleming, who is solicitor of |
is a native, son of |
| late Dr. John Fleming of Dallas. He
| attended Dallas Borough Schools |
| where he finished with honors and |
an outstanding orator. He |
entered Harvard University directly |
from the local schools, later taking
his graduate work at Harvard Law
School and Cornell University.
During World War 11 he was
four years in Naval aviation. pilot- |
ing in the Caribbean and the South |
Pacific. He received six combat dec-
including the Silver Star
Medal and the Distinguished Flying
Cross. He was also the subject of
a feature article in the Saturday |
|
Atty. Fleming has been a member |
of the Legion for sixteen years and
is a fixture at the Memorial Exer-
cises held each year.
A capacity crowd is expected at |
‘School Playground
Becoming Nuisance
Residents of Huntsville Road,
Franklin Street and other nearby
areas have protested that the play-
is becoming a nuisance because chil-
‘dren unaware of the rights of others
play there boisterously on Sundays.
Residents who have lived in the |
area of the school for more than |
this summer the vulgar language
and the sereaming of the children |
disturbs the neighhourhood.
On one Sunday afternoon some
youngster or youngsters beat a |
steel oil barrel or similar instru-
ment for four straight hours until
long after dark.
nade |
Noxen Fire Company
To Use Coin Cards
Noxen Volunteer Fire Company |
will meet Tuecday at 8 p.m. in the |
| Evening Post for his daring rescue | Exeter,
| Elizabeth Smith Van Campen. His
| Kingston
| with recent appointments made in
Library Selects
New Librarian
‘Mrs. Prosper Wirt
To Arrive October 1
Back Mountain Memorial Library
directors, according to announce-
ment by Robert Bachman, president,
have selected a new librarian, an
action made necessary by resigna-
tion of Miss Miriam Lathrop, who |
has been with the Library since its
founding in 1945.
Mrs. Prosper Wirt of Toms River,
N. J. will assume her duties October
1. For the first week in October,
| Miss Lathrop will remain to induct
her into the many facets of the
position. Miss Lathrop expects to
then devote herself to preparing for
departure to her new home at
Sun City, Arizona, where her new
house, finished since spring, awaits
accupancy.
Mrs. Wirt will live in an apart-
ment at 130 Lehman Avenue, mov-
ing here with her husband in ad-
vance of October 1.
She is an experienced librarian.
In answer to an advertisement
placed by Mrs. Fred Howell in the
Saturday Review, she outlined her
qualifications,
Mrs. Wirt is a graduate of Carle-
ton College, Northfield, Minn.
where she majored in English,
Literature, and Philosophy.
She is a past president of a local
branch of American Association of:
University Women; a member of the
Art Students League of New York,
and of the American Artists Pro-
fessional League.
She has references from the
Municipal Library in which she
worked for two years and from the
Ocean County Library where she
worked for six years.
The personnel committee, directed
by Homer Moyer, chairman, was in-~
strumental in obtaining a new
librarian and selection of Mrs. Wirt
| for a position which affects the en-
tire Back Mountain.
E. VanCampen
Dies Suddenly
Edwin R. Van Campen will be
buried this afternoon in Wyoming
Cemetery following services con~|
ducted from the Snowdon Funeral
Home in Kingston at 2, by Rev.
Robert D. Yost.
For fifty years Mr. Van Campen,
73, was identified with the life of
Dallas. Tuesday morning, after ap- |
parently recovering nicely from a!
slight heart seizure a week earlier,
he died. He had retired from active |
work in April, not feeling up to
standing for hours on his feet in |
the pursuit of his profession of bar-
bering.
Since the age of fourteen, when |
he became an apprentice, Mr. Van-
Campen had been a barber. He
was in several locations in Dallas,
first in the Sullivan Building (now
the Lundy Building), later on the
corner on’ Main Stret with Charlie
Gregory. The small frame building, |
now demolished except for the
stone foundation. was the scene of
his industry for many years on Lake
Street. His latest location was in
the Himmler Building where his
faithful clientele followed him, re-
laxing under the ministrations of
| that rarest of humans, a silent bar-
ber.
It was a coincidence that his
daughteor from Texas was here at
the time of his death. Spending a
six-weeks vacation at home, Mrs. L |
C. Davis, Jr. had delayed returning
to Dallas, Texas, and was at hand
to help sister Dorothy over the first
shock of finding her father on the
verge of death.
Mr. Van Campen was born in
son of the late Andrew and
| wife, the former Catherine McGin-
ley, died five years ago.
He leaves three daughters: Doro-
thy, at home; Mrs. Roberta Yeisley,
Shavertown; and Mrs. Davis, Texas;
a son Earl, Florida City; a brother
dren and four greatgrandchildren.
County Commissioners
Make Local Appointments
Republicans of Lake-Lehman and
Townships are pleased
their townships by Luzerne County
Commissioners, but. those in Dallas
Borough and Township are dis-
turbed.
They claim that they have no
contact with the Court House and
ask “Who are the members of the
Republican Executive Committee in
Dallas. Borough and Township?”
Appointments to county positions
| from Kingston Township are: Fran-
Chubby Watkins, |
| Theodore Woolbert and Charles His-
| lop; appointments from Lake and
cis Youngblood;
Mr.
Both
Lehman are Russell Hoover,
Searfoss and Stuart Marks.
| Youngblood and Hoover received
i, over due promotions.
ake: American Legion
Harveys Lake American Legion
Fire Hall to complete plans for dis- | Post 967 will meet at Kern's Restaur-
tribution of coin cards. President
Ruff asks all
this important meeting. ar
ant Monday at 8 p.m. Final plans
members to attend |for installation of officers and for
the Christmas party will be made.
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VOL. 73, NO. 36, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1961
Four Added To
School Faculty
Four new teachers have been
added to the faculty of Lake-Leh~
man Schools which opened yester-
day for the fall term.
BENJAMIN JENKINS
Benjamin Jenkins, Plymouth,
joins the staff as history instructor.
A 1957 graduate of Plymouth High
School, Jenkins graduated in June
1961 from Wilkes College with a
degree in. secondary education,
‘While in college he belonged to the
history and education clubs.
MRS. JANET REYNOLDS
Mrs. Janet Reynolds, Tunkhan-
nock,
girls’ physical education. Mrs. Rey- |
nolds graduated from Tunkhannock
High School in 1942 and earned a
Bachelor of Science degree at Penn-
| sylvania State University in 1945.
| She has taught in both Pennsylvania
and New Jersey Schools and is ac-
| tive in all girls’ sports.
CARL J. VASSIA
Carl J. Vassia, Glen Lyon, teaches
Junior High School, social studies
and geography. Mr. Vassia gradu-
ated from Newport Township High
School in 1957 and received his B.
S. degree in 1961 from Bloomsburg
State College.
MITCHELL J. CZOCH, JR.
Mitchell J. Czoch, Jr., Wilkes-
Barre. 1961 Wilkes College grad-
uate is teaching at Noxen building.
He was graduated from Wilkes-
Barre Township Junior Senior High
School in 1956.
is instructor of health and |
|
Open House At
New High School
Times Have Changed
Agree The Old-Timers
As They Take The Tour
Open House September 1 and
2 at Dallas High School drew a ban-
ing. Thousands of residents from
all over the Back Mountain and
Wyoming Valley enjoyed a tour of
the completely modern classrooms,
cafeteria, gleaming kitchens, library,
and industrial arts rooms, ending
with a rest in the auditorium where
Camp at the electric organ.
The vastness of the double gym-
nasium was a matter for frequent
comment. The gym, with its six bas-
kets, can be divided into two gym-
nasiums, or thrown into a unit with
attending a conc:
be closed off. Electrically controlled
partitions divide the two gym-
nasium sections.
Some of the classrooms in the
double classroom wing can be
thrown into one long room.
Touring the building under guid-
ance of one of the seniors who acted
as escorts, Mrs. John Girvan, foun-
der of Dallas Township PTA many
years ago, reminisced when she
reached ‘the Home-Making room
with its brick firepace, its washing
machine and dryer, its ultra-modern
electric stove. “When gixls studied
home-making at the old Dallas
Township High School, they used to
come down to my house to learn
how to set a table properly. There
was very little equipment at the
school, so
homes for instruction on some of
the finer points.”
Frequently voiced was the query,
“Why didn’t the architects include
a swimming pool in their design?”
School board members, remem-
bering the tussle to keep the build-
ing under a certain figure, ex-
plained that swimming pools cost
money, and that many tax-payers
had been vocal in their complaints
about inclusion of what they con-
sidered “frills.”
wall. .
The kitchen, with its pressure
cookers for quantity preparagion,
| its banks of ovens, is the heart of
the satellite meal system which is
insulated to keep food hot for sev-
eral hours, to be transported by
truck to Dallas Borough, Shaver-
town, Westmoreland, and Trucks-
ville * elementary schools, and the
junior high school.
“If we'd just even had three months
here. Too bad they couldn't get it
finished even in time for com-
mencement,”
At the end of the Open+House,
in preparation for opening of school
on Wednesday, and the faculty
meeting the day before. But every-
thing necessary had been accom-
plished, and the sewage disposal
system was in operatior, some-
thing which had been touch and go
up until two weeks earlier. A wild-
cat strike had shut down all con-
struction work for three days early
in the summer, causing far greater
delay than expectetd.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Mellman,
members of the school Board and
Yesterday, sophomores, juniors
and seniors attended classes for the
first time, and the school was in
operation, culmination of years of
dreaming.
Third Verona Boy
To Win Scholarship
Joe Hoeg, Shavertown, is the
third Westmoreland graduate to win
a four-year scholarship to Univer-
sity of Maryland under auspices of
sociation. Joe left Wednesday for
preliminary briefing at the Univer-
sity, expects to be back for the
weekend.
Donald Belles won the first four-
year scholarship. He is now entering
his junior year.
Peter Lawson won the second,
and is about to start his sophomore
year.
Joe joins the ranks as a fresh-
man, =
The scholarship. covers not only
tuition but all expenses and insures
the fortunate holder of the award at
least a three-year : tenure of em-
ployment after graduation.-
Eastern Star Plans ;
Annual Turkey Dinner
Dallas District Eastern Star will
serve its annual turkey dinner at
5 p.m. Mrs. Fred Dodson is general
chairman, assisted by Mrs Myrtle
Rineman, Mrs. Mildred Lutes; wad
Mrs. Otis Allen,
We
they were entertained by A. M.
there was still a great deal to do
the Kunkle Community Hall on Wed-
nesday, September 20, starting at
Draws Thousands
ner crowd to inspect the new build-
the auditorium. The centrally located
stage opens into the gymnasium sec-
tion for accommodations of crowds
- It will normally
we had to offer our
The cafeteria came in for wide :
approve School dances will he hei 3
“1 here, with, folding fables and at-
tached seats stacked against the
implemented by wheeled gonveyors,
Common remark by 1961 senior:
their wives were host amd hostesses.
the National Fire Underwriters As- -