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Lake-Lehman To |
Break Ground For
School Saturday
Ceremonies To Start
At 10:30 On High
Ground-breaking ceremonies for
the new Lake-Lehman high school |
are scheduled for Saturday morn- |
ing at 10:30. |
The marching band will leave the |
Lehman building at 10, under direc-
tion of John Miliauskas, on the first |
of two important assignments for |
the day. Administrators, Educators
Association, architects, school board |
members, Lehman Authority Board, |
PTA groups, Band Parents, and |
guests will meet at the top of the |
hill beyond Lehman Cemetery.
Willard Sutton, president of the |
Lake School Board, will be master |
of ceremonies.
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Invocation will be given by Rev.
Norman Tiffany, pastor of Lehman |
Methodist Church. Remarks will be |
made by Edgar Lashford, president |
of the joint school board; E. S. Te-
ter, County School superintendent;
John Hewitt, chairman of the Au- |
thority,
Mr. Lashford and Mr. Hewitt will |
break the ground, passing the |
shovels to Raymon Hedden, who has
the contract for construction
Lester Squier, supervising princi-
pal, in outlining the program, said
that the Band, on its way to keep a
football engagement in Wyoming,
where it will play for the Lehman-
‘Wyoming game, will have bag
luncheons provided by the cafeteria
staff. Guests will find hot coffee and
doughnuts at the school cafeteria |
after the ground-breaking.
3-Man Panel For
Better Schools
Farley, Bernreuter, |
Hoch, To Speak Oct. 18 |
Three prominent educators will |
comprise a panel for Citizens Com-
mittee for Better Schools at the
Dallas High School Auditorium, Oct-
ober 18, 8 p.m. Farley, president
of Wilkes College; Dr. Rober: G
Bernreiter, specisd’ assistant to “the
president for Student Affairs at |
John A. Hoch, dean of instruction
at Bloomsburg State College, will |
discuss “What it takes to be al
successful applicant for college and |
to remain in college.”
Each will offer parents and pros- |
to Henry's Jewelry Store to male |
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MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A
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COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Central Dallas
VOL. 78, NO. 40, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1961
Central ‘Dilla rattled with
| sound of pneumatic jack hammers | serve the Back Mountain area.
P 1 & Water Com- | 1
| Wednesday as workmen began rip- | ennsylvania, Gas Bier Com: | 1nd
in the distance in front of
pany expects to hook many business | Miners Bank Parking lot and across
ping up the pave along Memorial | | places and residential consumers to | Toby's Creek.
| Highway from Parry’s Gulf Station | these lines before snow flies.
|
Left is the ditch dug Wednesday
Center is the area in front of
Miners Bank Parking lot along
being hoisted into the big ditch by
modern machines
Joyce Pipe Construction Co.
Right
the Gregory building scoops out the
earth after the concrete pave has
| pneumatic jack hammers. From
of the James central Dallas the line will run to |
| Orchard Farm Dairy and Dallas |
neer Avenue and down Pioneer
| Avenue to Shavertown Methodist |
the | | way for natural gas lines that will | | morning in front of Kuehn’s Drug | Memorial Highway where lines are | been removed by men working with | Church and then down Center Street
| Store with pipe line already being
to Back Mountain Shopping Center.
Laterals will be run from
main line along adjoining streets
a ditchdigger in front of | Shopping Center thence up to Pio- | just as soon as there is sufficient
| demand for gas on those streets to
warrant, I ver
Community Honors Departing ‘Librarian At Farewell Dinner
Miss Miriam Lathrop, Librarian
| for the past sixteen years of Back
| Mountain Memorial Library is in
{ Harry . Ohlman,
yond Mrs.
chairman of the]
dinner honoring Miss Lathrop. Be- | try Club; Mrs. Fred Howell, who
Ohlman is Mrs. Louise presented the illuminated
vocation Tuesday night at the Coun-
certifi-
Howell; Robert Bachman,
pective college applicants his opin- | the place of honor at:the speaker’s
ion, based on experience ‘in the | table, flanked on the left by Miss
specific school. Questions from the
| elementary ‘school.
Frances Dorrance, former librarian |
‘Tryouts Sunday
For Minstrel
+ Dallas Woman's Club Minstrel are
Brenda Chadwick
floor will be welcomé at termina-
tion of ‘the formal portion of the
program. Dr. Irwin Jacobs, chairman
of sthe study committee, will mod-
erate. Parents and prospective col-
lege applicants are urged to attend.
Woman's Club Asks
For Dancers, Chorus
_Try-outs for the Junior-Senior
scheduled for Sunday afternoon at
3 at the Library Annex. Needed
are chorus members, dancers, end-
men, and specialties. Any adult resi-
dent of the area ‘is eligible.
Minstrel dates are November 10
and 11.
Mrs. Francis Ambrose was host-
ess Monday night to members of
the committee: Mesdames Edward
Ratcliff, Donald Clark, Howard Wi-
ley, William Parry, Clayton Evans, ’
Granville Sowden, Paul Gross, Mer-
rill Faegenburg, Robert Brown, Rob- |
ert Lewis, Richard Myers, Joseph
Schneider, James Besecker Jr., Lawr-
ence Moretti, Robert Moore, and
Joseph Borton.
Improves At Geisinger
Two-year old Brenda Chadwick,
struck by a car near her home on
East Center Street, Shavertown last
Thursday morning, is improving at
Geisingor Medical Center, where she
was admitted with a fractured skull
by Kingston Township ambulance.
X-Rays taken’ at Nesbitt revealed
the seriousness of the injury.
Brenda, two years old September
19, ran into the path of a car
driven by Vance Dwyer, 22, a near
neighbor, who was backing from
his - driveway. The car did not pass
over the child.
E. V. Chadwick, Luzerne County
Farm Agent, Brenda's father, had
left moments earlier for an all-
day session at Pennsylvania State
University. Leroy Elliott, also of
Center Street, drove Mrs. Chadwick
to Nesbitt with the baby.
Brenda, fed at first intravenously,
is now able to retain cautious
amounts of solid food, and is paying
more and more attention to her
at Hoyt, and on the right by Mrs. |
Colwell, principal of Dallas Borough | cate; Mr,
| | president of the Library Association;
Standing, left to right, are: Ms. land Mrs. Bachman, librarian of
Russell Lawry, who! gave the in- | the Shileron's division.
Staunch Library Supporters Gather
At Dinner Honoring Miriam Lathrop
Faithful supporters of Back Moun- ise Colwell who spoke of the strides
tain Memorial Library gathered | children of Dallas Borough School
Tuesday night at Irem Country Club | had made in appreciation of read-
at a smorgasbord dinner in honor | ing under Miss Lathrop’s guidance;
of Miss Miriam Lathrop, who, after | Miss Frances Dorrance, who traced
sixteen years as pilot of the Lib- | Miss Lathrop’s early girlhood, and
rary, will leave October 15 for her | events leading to her dedication to
new home.in Sun City, Arizona. library work.
* “It’s wonderful to have been with | Robert Bachman, president of
the library, and it’s wonderful to | | the Library Association, and speak-
be starting a mew life,” Miss Lath- |ing for the Board said that it had
rop summed it up, as She accepted | been a pleasure to work with her.
from Mrs. Fred Howell a hand- | “We will all miss you very much,
illuminated certificate setting forth he concluded, a sentiment which
her accomplishments as first lib- Was reflected in the face of every
dinner guest.
| Mrs. Howell, associated with Miss
| Lathrop in the [Library before the
| shelves were filled with books, pres-
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This Should Be Tn fasy One
rarian.
There were no set speeches. Mrs.
Harry Ohlman, Master of Ceremon-
ies, introduced Mrs. Russell Lawry, |
who gave the: invocation; Mrs. Lou- |
This i the way they appeared on | In this picture are: a local merchant.
May 15, 1929. The Senior Class at a college professor, a Californian,
| and a physician’s wife whose daught-
Dallas Borough High School wasn't | er is a graduate of Smith College.
looking. too seriously toward the | Now you go ahead and guess the
future, yet a World War and a rest of them, we've .given you
surroundings in the childre en's ward
at Geisinger, ¥ J
Korean War was ahead of them. | enough clues. -
Three Fire Companies
Fight Garage Blaze
Three fire companies answered
an alarm sounded Saturday after-
noon, when fire of undetermined
origin badly damaged the Angelo
Son garage on Franklin Street, Dal-
las, and the Cadillac which was
| parked inside.
Smoke damage to the connecting
home on Main Street was consider-
able.
Dallas Fire Company was directed
by Alvin Shaffer; Shavertown by
Arnold Yeust; Kunkle, Fred Dodson.
Dixon's Is Sold
To Restaurant
Man From Ohio
Jack Townsend Will
Operate Under Name
Of "The Town House.”
Dixon's Restaurant has been
sold to Jack Townsend of Athens,
Ohio, who will operate it under
the same policies as followed by
the late Ralph Dixon, retaining the
same staff.
The name will be changed to ‘The
Town House.”
Mrs. Dixon and Mr. Townsend
sealed the bargain this past week,
and on Sunday, Mr. Townsend took
ava.
Mr. Towsend; an’ experienced 1ési- |
aurant man whose restaurant in
Athens ‘is about to be swallowed by
expansion of Ohio University, has
been interested in purchase of Dix-
on’s ever since early August.
Commitments in Athens will keep
his family in residence there until
the close of school in the spring.
His wife and two children, Stephen,
12, and Molly, 10 will move to Dal-
las at that time.
Mrs. Dixon expects to remain at
Elmcrest where the family moved
twelve years ago from Hudson, at
the time Mr. Dixon bought out
Harold Titman, when there were
only seven houses at Elmcrest.
A number of potential buyers have
considered purchase of the restau-
rant since the untimely death of
Ralph Dixon, August 7, Mr. Towns-
| end fell in love with Dallas at first
sight, and has been negotiating for
purchase ever since.
Avenue Resurfaced
Ferguson Avenue as far as Nellie
West Beauty Parlor has been resur-
faced by Kingston Township Street
Department.
Keeping Posted
ASA L. DAY, Dallas,
head of Keystone Coca Cola Bottling
Company, was this week elected a Director of the Keystone Bottlers
Association of Pennsylvania.
MRS. HARRIET STEVENS, 92,
died Friday at a nursing home
in Highland Park, Ill. A echmunity leader, she and her husband the
late E. G. a, operated the Stevens House, better know as Raub’s
Hotel, for many years in Dallas. A son, Rowland, Aptakisic Farm,
Prairie View, Ill. formerly operated a hardware store in Dallas and
was for many years a buyer for Montgomery Ward & Co. She also
leaves a son, George, several grandchildren and a sister Mrs. Mary
Morris, New York City. Burial was in Illinois.
Memorial services
‘will be held in' Dallas at a time to be anhounced.
SHAVERTOWN PROPERTY of the former Frantz Card & Gift
Shop was sold at Sheriff's Sale Tuesday morning for $35,500 to Ed-
wardsville National Bank, holders of the first mortgage.
WYOMING NATIONAL BANK has purchased the two-family
block on Main Street, Shavertown, from the Harry Still Estate, The
building will be razed and the area used as expanded parking lot for
the Bank’s new Back Mountain Branch. .
LEMUEL T. TROSTER, Dallas, has sold Troster Insurance Agency
to Bruce Slocum, Scranton, who took possession on October 1st. Mr.
Troster will -devote his time to marketing food supplements (Nutri-
Bio). He will retain an interest in the insurance business selling
mutual funds and life insurance.
REV. ROBERT WEBSTER, former pastor of Trucksville Methodist
Church, more recently pastor at
mother Mrs. Tracey Webster,
Dorranceton Methodist, and his
were "honored at a farewell party by
his congregation Sunday evening before departing for his new
church at Clarks Summit. He received a large purse from friends,
church members; and gifts from’ the Choir, Sunday School Classes,
Boy Scouts and MYF. Four hundred church members attended his
final Communion Service earlier in the day.
A STUTZ BEARCAT owned by Tiny Gould; a 1914 Ford Truck
and a 1923 Ford Station wagon owned by Jack Sordoni
will take
part in the 6-day, 16th Annual National Revival of the famed Glidden
“Tour starting Sunday from Hershey. Thirty-nine states and two
foreign countries will be represented. Tuesday night at 7 the 300-car
cavalcade will parade through Scranton. Mr. Gould is regional director
of the Antique Car Club of America and General Regional Coordin-
ator of the Tour for Northeastern Pensylvania.
Sordoni . Construction Superintendent
Lambert Swingle,
is Activities Director, Mr.
Gould’s Bearcat has won four first places this year, and will be in
the Hershey Show Friday and Saturday,
As part > Dallas Borough's im~
provement program this old shed |
back of the Borough Building was |
being removed this week by Street |
Department employees.
The shed was formerly used for |
new car storage when the property |
Shiber Will Discuss Slavery
Parking Area Being Expanded
| was owned: by ‘the late James Oliver
but. has fallen in to disuse during
| recent years,
The area, which adjoins Miners |
| National Bank Parking lot, will |
| eventually be paved giving the cen- |
ter of Dallas excellent parking facili-
ties for shoppers.
the |
Another Crash
On Lake Road
Ties Up Traffic
For Over An Hour
Traffic was tied up for over an
hour - Sunday night on Memorial
Highway, when the stretch of road
between the Lehman turnoff and
the Bowling alley was the scene of
another accident, one of a series of
crashes on a straight stretch of
highway where visibility is un~
limited.
Traffic was heavy after a perfect
fall day at the Lake.
A car driven by Martin John
Cook, Lehman Township, pulled out
to pass a slowly moving car driven
by a Duryea man, Fred Galletti.
A car already coming in the cen-
ter lane, driven by Thomas Roberts
of Sterling Street, Dallas, crashed
into the rear of the Cook car,
Cook was thrown out onto the
pave as his car sideswiped the Gal-
letti car and struck a pole carrying
a high tension wire. He miracul-
ously escaped injury.
The Roberts car, its front end
crushed, crossed the highway to the
left and’ stopped on the shoulder.
| Roberts, his chin badly lacerated,
and in a state of shock, was taken
to Nesbitt Hospital where his
wounds required several sutures.
Dallas Community Ambulance was
staffed by Alvin and Donald Shaf-
fer.
Dallas Township chief Irwin Cool-
baugh was assisted in deflecting
traffic by Patrolman William Berti
and Raymond Titus, of Dallas
Borough, and State Sroopers Ganis
and Fabian.
Dallas Streets
Being Improved
Center Hill And
Machell Surfaced
Dallas Borough Street Department
on Wednesday completed resurfacng
upper Machell Avenue as far 3s the
William Carroll property.
Base, of this'much neglected road,
was completely rebuilt during the
early summer months so that it
now is one of the best stretches of
permanent street in the Borough.
It is expected that the extension
of Machell Avenue from the Carroll
property to the intersection with
Reservoir Drive will be constructed
next year, - 4
Jones Construction Company,
| which has a real estate development
in the Machell Avenue area, has
also excavated for approaches from
Machell Avenue to its plot and has
done considerable preparatory work
for several new streets.
Also on the Borough's Street im-
Before Civil War Round Table
“What Was The Most Important |
| Cause?” will be the subject of a |
panel discussion at the meeting of |
the Civil War
Friday evening, October 13 at Back
Mountain Memorial Library.
Ray Shiber, Richard Garman, Jack
Ruggles and Richard Harris. Howard
Risley will act as moderator.
“This should be one of the most
spirited sessions held by the Round
Table” according to J. F. Sallada,
president. “There were many causes
for the war; economic, psychological
and political but among the mem-
bers of the Round Table there is a
marked division of thought. Men
like Shiber and Garman place slav-
ery as the most important cause
ERAS
Commonwealth Telephone Comp-
any is again host to a fellow mem- |
ber of the industry, Abdel-Al Ahmed |
Sawaby, (Chief Inspector of Accounts |
Section, Tele-communication Organ- |
ization, Cairo, Egypt.
Preliminary to undertaking a four-
week study of Commonwealth's ac-
counting system, Mr. Sawaby is
pictured in the office of Andrew J.
Sordoni, chairman of Common-
wealth’s Board. Left to Right: Col.
H. H. Butler, vice president and
general manager , Mr. Sawaby, Sen- |
ator [Sordoni and Jack Sordoni, |
Commonwealth president.
Three times in as many years, |
Round Table next |
Among the participants will be |
From Nerors The Sea
while Ruggles and Harris believe |
that the blundering generations and |
their leaders from 1845 to 1860 |
brought it on.” |
Teachers, students and any others |
| are invited to attend this meeting. |
There will be open discussion follow-
ing ‘the presentaton by the panel
Women, especially, are: invited.
Refreshments will be served by
| a committee headed by Mrs. Thomas
Hefferman and Mrs. Richard Hogo- |
boom.
Adult Classes Open |
Still not too late to register for |
adult evening classes. Contact Al- |
| fred M. Camp, principal of Dallas
Evening School
Commonwealth has participated in
| these technical assistance programs
| as host, first, to a South Korean and
then to ‘an Ethiopian member of
tele-communications,
These exchanges, a part of our
| government's foreign policy, are
| conducted under the FCCls direction |
| through the United Nation's Fel-
| lowship Program.
After three months of ol in
|the U.S., Mr. Sawaby will spend
| a like period in the United Kingdom
| before returning to Egypt to apply
| newly learned techniques in the
| Tele-communications Organization
{of the UAR. : Lona
town, bay
provement program is the resur-
[ecg of Center Hill Road between
| Lake Street and Memorial Highway. .
This work was started on Wednes-
ay but was rained out. Resurfacing
is expected to be completed by the
end of this week.
‘Bloodmobile To
Be At Y Oct. 20
Donors Reminded Of
Change Of Location
Red Cross Bloodmobile, which has
collected semi-annually = at Dallas
| Borough School, will change its lo-
| cation October 20 to the Back Moun-
tain YMCA building in Shavertown.
Blood donors are asked to make a
note of the change. Hours are 11 AS
to 6. kr
Dallas Borough: School’ uses the
auditorium for its hot lunch pro-
gram, and is no longer able to
accommodate the blood program.
Red Cross survey indicates that
Shavertown Y has adequate space
for reception of donors, implement-
ing ‘of the blood donation, and
serving of the snack following do-
nation.
UGI Sponsors Films
On Current Events
Luzerne Electric Division, U.GI.,
in sponsoring films on world-wide
events for distribution to schools
of the area served by the U.GI,
sefved a buffet lunch at the Little
‘White House on Monday, to which
were invited - newsmen from local
papers, and T-V and radio person.
nel.
Following the Hilson prepared
by Home Economist JoAnn Merli
on the most up to date electric
equipment, two films were shown,
the first of a series which will
cover the school year, salient points
of “Summer in Space” and “Focus
| on Berlin”.
E. S. Teter, Luzérne County Snore
intendent of Schools, expressed his
gratification. Russell Samuels presid-
ed in the absence of James L.
| Brownlee.
Hudak Has Contract
To Clear Fire Site
Tony Hudak has the contract for
razing the remaining walls, and
clearing up the debris left by the
fire at Back Mountain Lumber &
Coal Company Building in Shaver-
sila