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Mother And Son Killed In Accident
Double Funeral
For Victims Of
Red Rock Crash
Mother End Child
Die Bs Texas Airman
® Forces Car Off Road
Forced off the road by an on-
coming Air Force Base car half
a mile North of Red Rock, a mother
and an infant son are dead, and
a father is badly injured.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Barnes, com-
ing home for Thanksgiving Wednes-
day night from Rochester with their
two sons, were on their way to the
home of Mrs. Barnes’ mother, Mrs.
John Sponseller in Lehman, where
Mrs. Barnas had celebrated her 32nd
birthday two weeks earlier.
Mrs. Barnes slowed down at 10
p.m. to watch deer standing by the
roadside, rousing four-year old John
from slecp to enjoy the sight.
A car driven by a Red Rock air-
man at. high speed, and passing
another car, forced her off the road.
The cars collided head-on.
« Mr. Barnes, holding seventeen-
“month old Jimmie on his knee, was
thrown from the car into a water-
filled ditch. Four-year old John,
obeying his father’s command to
duck, dived under the dash.
_ Jimmie died of a fractured skull
"i the office of a Dushore physic-
ian. Mrs: Anna Barnes died without |
regaining consciousness at Robert |
Packer Hospital early Thanksgiving
morning, shortly after midnight, and
half an hour after admission. She
was taken to Sayre in the Air Base
ambulance.
Airman Pleasant McKinney, 22,
married and with children in Tex-
as, was critically injured. He. and
Mr. Barnes were admitted to Robert
Packer Hospital, . Mr. Barnes will [#? TE at
reportedly be on crutches for three this year. He is still ny cast. but !
Bos with an injured hip’ joint. | RO ionger stays with his grand-
| mother.
ttle John, taken to Lehman by
a Ton and Mrs. Evans of Buffalo,
on their way to spend Thanksgiving |
in Plymouth, guided his rescuers |
to the home of his grandmother in |™*
Lehman.
Mrs. Sponseller had already been |
informed of the accident. She had |
not expected the family until Fri- |
day evening, as the birthday and!
Thanksgiving had already been cele- |
brated November 9... Mr. Barnes |
Wound that his construction work in
'Rochester could be postponed, and
the family decided to take the trip,
0 see Anna’s mother and Charles’
“parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Barnes
in Huntsville,
John was X-Rayed Monday at
Robert Packer,. when he developed
a limp in his left leg, and will be
X-Rayed again, later, for a possible
injured ligament. At this time he
was able to see his father still a’
patient, and unable to attend the
funeral of his wife and infant son.
Mother and child were buried to-
gether Monday afternoon in Ever-
green Cemetery! Conducting serv-
ices from the Bronson Funeral Home
were Rev. Charles Frick, Pastor of
Huntsville Christian Church, and
Rev. Norman Tiffany, Pastor of
Lehman Methodist Charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes were mar-
ried eleven years ago at the White
Church on the Hill in Trucksville.
* Anna Sponseller Barnes was a
native of Kingston. The family lived
in Shavertown for a time, and in
Jackson Township before moving to
aal.echman when Anna was in the sev-
0 grade. She attended both King-
ston Township and Lehman Town-
ship schools. Charles also attended
Lehman High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Barnes had lived
four years at Vero Beach, Florida,
‘before moving to Rochester late
this summer.
She was a member of Lehman
Methodist Church. Before marriage,
she was employed at the convales-
cent home in Huntsville. Her father,
the late John Sponseller, died fif- |
teen years ago.
This is the second bad accident
for Charles Barnes. When he was
at Lehman High School coming
home from band practice on a fog-
sgy night, the car in which he and |
his brother Sterling Barnes were
' passengers ran into a truck con-
taining junk, with pipes protruding
from the rear.
Charles, in the air force, saw serv- |
ice during World War 11 on Okin-
awa.
Little Jobs still sees cars coming
at ‘him at night. Four headlights |
side by side, filling the road. |
Mrs Barnes leaves husband; her)
mother; her son John; a sister, Mrs.
Garwin Tough of Lehman: a brother
Jack, Los Angeles.
The baby’s grandparents are Mrs. |
Sponseller and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest |
Barnes; his greatgrandmother = is
Mrs, Therza Barnes of Wilkes-Barre.
Pallbearers were Lewis Naugle,
Sterling Barnes Jr., Jack Davis,
Ceorge Carey, Robert James, James
Sholtz, and Robert Barnes.
| a serious automobile accident earlier
ANNA BARNES
Tragic victims, mother and child,
who lost their lives Wednesday
night on Red Rock Mountain, on
their way home to spend Thanksgiv-
JIMMIE BARNES
ing with their family, when an
Airman from the Benton Air Force
base forced their car off the road.
Fined $30 For Charging Toll
Phone Calls To Grandmother
A young man who refused to obey
his elderly grandmother’s request to
refrain from placing long distance
telephone calls and having them
charged to her account, this week
paid the cost of the calls for a two
month's pericd and was fined an
additional $50 when given a hear-
ing before Justice of the Peate
George Prater.
The young man was Earl Van-
Campen Jr., who for many week's
was a bed patient gest of his grand-
mother Mrs, Warren Yeisley, Foster
Street, who nursed him following
Concerned about her increasing
telephone toll charges, Mrs. Yeisley |
asked Manager John Landis of Com-
| monwealth Telephone Company
First Bear of
what he could do about it. Mr.
Landis replied that there was noth-
ing the phone company could do
since it looked to payment from the
owner of the phone where tolls were
placed. He did, however, explain
that Mrs. Yeisley could do some-
thing about it under Act.300 which
appears on Page 2 of all telephone
directories.
Act 300, effective: September 1,
1957, provides that any one with
intent to defraud, who gives in-
formation to the operator or agent
of any telephone company, so that
the charge therefor is made to the
account of another without authori-
zation shall be liable to a fine of
$50 or thirty days imprisonment.
Mrs. . Yeisley had
sworn out for her grandson's
the warrent
ar-
' rest before Justice Prater.
The ! Season
Bill Allabaugh and Harry Spen-
cer brought their kill to the Dallas
Post Monday afternoon. The day
was dark, and prospect of. getting
a good picture very dim, but the
Poloroid was equal to the challenge. |
Lashed firmly on the hood is the |
225 pound black bear (dressed
weight.) Standing behind the bear
are the lucky mnimrods. ’
Bill, who stopped the bear with |
the third shot from his 30-06. Win- !
chester, said he didn’t know which
was, more scared, the bear or the
Bill.
The bear, routed out of a swamp |
near Long Pond, just beyond Blakes- !
Tee in the Poconos, came roaring
through the woods toward Bill and
Harry, who were staked out. When
he came bursting out of the under-
brush thirty feet from the waiting
huntsmen, they were not sure
whether the infuriated brute would
attack or try to get away.
The fatal shot was fired at 10 a.m.
Hunters in the area converged upon
the spot and helped drag the bear a
quarter mile to the highway. It
{ would have been a lot easier, said
Harry, if there had been even a
little of last week’s snowfall to act
as a skid.
getting your
Bill announced.
“It's a big thrill,
first bear,”
It Was A Chilly June Day In Beaumont
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
ANTLERLESS DEER
HUNTERS MUST WEAR
TWO LICENSE TAGS
There has been much discus-
sion relative to antlerless deer
season regarding the wearing
of licenses and hunting for ant-
lerless deer.
Roy Trexler, Dallas, Supervis- |
or of the Game Commission's |
Northeast Division, would like |
to relate the following informa
tion from the Commission rules
and regulations. Since the last
session of Legislature, it has
been made mandatory for both
licenses to be displayed.
The tag issued with an ant-
lerless deer license shall be dis-
played on “the outer garment
immediately below the regular
resident or non-resident hunt-
ing license tag. Any person who
fails to display the tag herein
provided shall, upon conviction,
be sentenced to pay a fine of
ten dollars and costs of prose-
cution, provided it shall _be de-
termined the person has pur-
chased a license; otherwise, a
penalty of twenty dollars ($20)
and costs of prosecution shall be
imposed.
Promoted By Commission
MOLSKI
NOBERT J.
The Pennsylvania Game Commis-
sion announces the recent appoint-
ment of Norbert J. Molski to the
position &f Law Enforcement Assis-
tant in charge of their 13 North-
eastern County — area with head-
quarters at Dallas, Pa. Molski re-
places William A. Hodge who has
been transferred to Huntingdon, Pa.
A native of Glen Lyon, Molski
graduated from the Game Commis-
sion’s Training [School at Brackway,
Pa., upon his discharge from the
U.S. Marine Corps after service dur-
ing World War 11. He was assigned
to Bradford County as a District
Game Protector and then to Land
Manager prior to promotion to his
present position.
Mr. and Mrs. Molski and their
children John and Lynne have es-
tablished residence in Dallas.
Band Sponsors Launch
Drive For Uniforms
Lake-Lehman Band Sponsors
launched a fund raising campaign
on Monday for purchase of New
Band Uniforms. Members of the
campaign committee are distributing
Coin Cards to all residents in the
Lake-Lehman Area. If no one is
at home the Coin Card will be left
in the customary, place for mail
delivery. Further' information is
printed on the cards.
The Coin Cards make it easy to
contribute, with convenient slots for
inserting quarters each week.
Members of the campaign com-
mittee hope to cover every home
in the area. If any interested part-
ies are missed, however, it will be
warmly appreciated if they notify
one of the Band Sponsors.
Fingers Painfully
Injured in Wringer
Mrs. Elizabeth Litzenberger, low-
er Main Street, mother of Mrs.
Norti Berti, painfully injured the
fingers of her left hand and her
left arm Monday morning when she
caught them in the wringer while
she was doing a washing at the
home of her daughter,
Evans.
She was treated by Dr. A. A, |
Mascali who placed five sutures in |
one finger and four in another, be-
fore sending her to Nesbitt Hos-
pital for x-rays.
Christmas Help Needed
There are openings for at least
six extra helpers at Dallas Post Of-
fice during the holiday rush. Post-
master Joseph Polacky says he can
use at least three: clerks and three
carriers for a period of ten days. |
Applications are ‘available at. the |
Post Office. Preference will be
given to veterans but this should
not prevent others from making
application. The jobs pay $1.96 per |
hour. |
| tile presented
| supervising principal of the Lake-
Lehman five
| osed as a flood control project at
' To Dallas Key Club
| at the regular meeting November
Mrs. Henry |
Lehman-Jackson-Ross PTA Presents Gifts To School
At a recent Lehman-Jackson-Ross
PTA meeting, president Willis Gen-
to Lester Squier,
way jointure, two
machines for use in the schools. One
is a micro-projector useful in the
VOL. 78, NO. 48, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1961
classroom, shown on the left. The
other machine is something which
will help encourage speed and accu-
racy in reading. Mr. Squier has |
arranged for classroom use of the
Tethistoscope and the Micro-Pro-
jector.
From left to right are:
Robert vice president.
| Belles, elementary principal for the
| five-way jointure; Mrs, Avis Kocher,
PTA secretary; Willis Gentile; Les-
| ter Squier; Miss Hannah Culp, treas-
Anthony Marchakitus, high
Royal Culp, PTA
| urer;
| school principal;
Discussion On
New State Park
A public meeting at Trucksville
Fire Hall December 14 will ac-
quaint residents of this area of
plans for the new State Park prop-
Carverton. Dr. Maurice K, Goddard,
secretary of Pennsylvania Depart-
ment of Forests and Waters, will
speak.
Dallas Kiwanis Host
Kiwanis Club of Dallas played
host to 27 members of the Key
Club of Dallas Senior High School
15 4t Irem Temple Country Club.
The program was one that really
hit the boys fancy. Speakers were
Frank “Chick” Marra, Sports hum-
orist and Nester Chylock, American
League umpire.
First Vice President Jerome Gard-
ner presided and introduced these
guests: Mare Ruth, Lt. Governor
of Division 15; Dr. Robert Mellman,
W. Frank Trimble, Thomas Jenk-
ins, James Huston Sr., John Hen-
ninger Jr., and Robert Letts, Lt.
Governor of Division 15 Key Clubs.
Paul Laux amnounced an Inter-
club meeting at Tunkhannock, Nov.
30 at 6:45 p.m.
Alfred Ackerson reported progress
has been made toward an invita-
tion to the Key Club of Dallas to
attend the Kiwanis International
Convention in Denver, Colorado next
June.
The Annual Christmas party will
be held at Irem Témple Country
Club on Saturday, December 9.
Post Office Hours
Regular hours will prevail at Dal- |
las Post Office from December 4 |
through December 9, but from De-
cember 11 through December 23!
the windows will be open from 8
am. until 6 p.m. The Post Office
will not be open any Sunday during |
the Christmas season. |
On New High School
Despite snow on Monday, eight |
workmen were busy at the site of |
the new Lake-Lehman High School |
at the gymnasium end, where |
structural steel is already starting
to rise. |
“Winter Holidays
The Garden Club of Wyoming
Valley- is scheduling its winter
flower-show, “Winter Holidays,” for
Thursday and Friday, November 30
and: December 1, in three private
Kingston homes and at Grace Epis-
copal Church,
Each of the locations must have
five categories, with at least four
entries apiece to qualify for the
show.
Each of the shows is built around
the coming holiday season.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Weiss, 57 Gershom Place,
the theme is Chanuhah, the Festival
" Is Theme Of
Garden Club Winter Flower Show
of Lights. Here, Mrs. Frank Slaff
| and Mrs. Louis Maslow _are on the
staff of ‘four consultants.
At the home of John M. Moore,
395 Wyoming Avenue, Mrs. James
Besecker Jr. and Mrs. Arnott Jones
are" consultants the Christmas
theme.
The New Year's motif is carried
out at the home of Mrs. Theodore
Stehmaier at 535 Wyoming Avenue.
Here, Mrs. Albert Ide and Mrs. |
Roger McShea are consultants. Mrs. |
McShea is instructor in a class for
flower arrangement sponsored by
Dallas Senior Woman's Club.
Ji
Oversupply From Western Growers
Knocked Bottom Out Of The Market
Giles Wilson, who until four years | side.
ago spelled his: name T-U-R-K-E-Y
says that the low prices on vuritoys
this year are due to mammoth ship-
ments of frozen turkeys from the
Western States,” and overproduction
all the way round the clock.
No longer raising turkeys (it’s his
son Nelson who raises turkeys these
days) Giles still keeps up to date
by reading the Turkey World,
which pinpoints the glut of turk-
eys as the result of overproduction.
Vast quantities are kept in cold
storage, frozen to meet ‘the grow-
ing demand of restaurants for the
all-year round turkey sandwich.
Thrown on the market at Thanks-
giving, oversupply makes the price
per pound /drop.
You can’t raise a turkey for 29
cents a pound, what with the cost
of feed, says Mr. Wilson, an .old
hand at the turkey business.
The turkey farm in East Dallas
raises its own poults, keeping a
flock of laying hens to ‘supply eggs
for the incubators. Good,
| poults, says Mr. Wilson, able to
survive and grow to bronzed beaut-
ies by early in November, just in
time to- meet hehad-on the. onslaught
(of frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving.
But there’s no comparison in
taste, says Mr. Wilson. Faithful cus-
tomers are still “willing ‘to meet a
higher price in order to get the
fresh-killed birds, ‘though there are
always afew who fall by the way-
strong
| use.
“They’ll be back,” says Mr.
son.
Small turkey Si are year by 1
year being forced out of the busi- |
ness, not able to compete with the
flood of western turkeys.
“Once you've made a big invest-
ment in sheds and equipment,”
says Mr. Wilson, “it's pretty hard
to let go. It's like getting the bear
by the tail.” The Wilson turkey
farm this year raised about 1600
birds, with plenty left for Christ-
mas roasting.
Rotary Club Tonight
At Wyoming Church
Tonight, Dallas Rotary Club meets
with Wyoming and Pittston Rotary
Clubs at Wyoming = Methodist
Church. Wyoming hosts have ar-
ranged a program, with Dr. Fuk-
ien, China, as speaker.
Dr. Chen is Executive Director for
China at the World Bank. He is a
past president of Taipei Rotary Club,
and a past district governor of
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.
Present at the meeting will be
District Governor Elmer Daniels.
Breaks Ankle
Leonard Harvey, Woodlawn Drive,
fell while working at. the Hazard
Rope Works last Thursday and
broke his ankle. His leg is in a
cast and he is confined to his home.
Wil- |
Annual Clothing
Drive For Needy
Starts Monday
Give Through Your
Local School For
Children In Want
World Clothing Week starts Mon-
day, with collection of good used
clothing for wuse in the United
States and overseas. Students in
Dallas Schools, says Dr. Robert A.
Mellman, superintendent, will have
a share in providing clothing for
needy families here and abroad.
The World Clothing program
goes into disaster areas as well as
into poverty-stricken localities, pro-
viding emergency supplies for
families which need immediate re-
lief.
Clothing for infants, small chil-
dren, large children, must be in
good condition and wearable,
Pamphlets of explanation are
being sent home with each student.
Residents are urged to weed out
unused garments from closets and
wardrobes &nd send them to the
Dallas Junior High School. Shoes,
caps, mittens and bedding are bad-
ly needed. :
Contributions go to children liv-
ing in children’s homes, to youngs-’
ters on Indian Reservations, to
people everywhere who desperately
need warmth and the dignity which
accompanies the feeling of being
well clothed.
The drive, will continue through
Friday of next week,
Chairman Esther Saxe and pub-
lic relations chairman Alfred M.
Camp, underline the word wearable.
Save ' the Children Federation
says: “Worn-out items are of little
See that clothing ig in good
condition before offering it.”
The SCF cleans, sews on buttons,
makes small repairs before distribu-
tion. But if the donor takes time
to make a few stitches before send-
ing the garment, it will that much
more quickly get into circulation.
Be generous. Take that small
amount of extra time.
Ewards Tonight At
‘Boy Scout Di ner
Tonight at oN Counts} Clib.
two local people “will be honored
at the Annual Recognition Night
Dinner staged by Wyoming Valley
Boy Scout organization.
Thomas Smith, Harveys Lake
Troop 331, will receive the Scout-
er’s Award. Mrs. Lois Kittle, Shav-
ertown Cub Pack 225, will be given
the Den Mother’s award.
State Awards $25,000
For Construction Delay
Sordoni Construction Company,
asking an additional $116,000 for
delays in construction of two build-
ings at Wernersville State Hospital,
was awarded $25,000 by the State
Authority Board.
Don Cossack Chorus
To Appear Dec. 10
The Don Cossack Russian chorus
will perform in Wilkes-Barre, Dec-
ember 10 at Irem Temple, under
auspices of Greater Wyoming Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce. Offer-
ings will include folk dancing, char-
acteristically Russian with breath-
taking leaps into the air, liturgical
music, and battle songs. Peter Kaye,
Dallas, is vice chairman of arrange-
ments.
Dallas Schools Cafeteria Employees Welcome New Manager
a Hemingway, the newly
ected manager of the Dallas |
en District's cafeteria service,
this year.
He is.a graduate of Coughlin High |
1/School and has been employed at |
| schools of the district.
Left to Right: First Row; |
Lucy Morgan, Mrs. Dorothy Sisco,
Second Row; Mrs. Lois Kaschen-
bach, Mrs. Florence Wilson, Mrs.
Kathryn Hontz,
Mrs. . Minerva
was introduced to the cafeteria | West Side Central Catholic High | Mrs. Helen Veitch, Mrs. Norman | Owens, Mrs. Kathleen Palmer, Mrs.
SURPLUS F FOODS
| staff in Dallas Senior High School | | School for. the past eight years as | Knecht, Mrs. Doris Sutton, Mrs. | Mary Kamor, Frank G. Hemingway,
Date for distribution of surplus! on Monday. | chef-manager. | Myrtle Philo, Mrs. Bertha Supulski, | Hilburt Stark, Mrs. Margaret Mor-
food in the Back Mountain is Thurs- | Mr. Hemingway, who resides at A total of twelve full-time and | Mrs. Ruth Woolcock, Mrs. Margaret gan, Mrs. Betty Lamoreux, Mrs. Ar-
To Elect Officers
Tonight at 8, Back Mountain
Protective Assoication will elect of-'|
A year’s subscription to The Dal- graduating class. Don’t tell us you
ficers . in Back Mount; Lib . : | day, December 14, 9 to 2 p.m., at. 311 Dana Street, Swoyerville, will sixteen part-time personnel prepare | | Shoemaker, Mrs. Norma Sinicrope, | lene Hoover, Mrs. Marian McCarty,
Annex. Rev. Robert a brary | las Post goes to the first person who don’t know the young lady on the | Trucksville Fire Hall. Bring boxes | | replace Mrs. Stella Lancio, who re- | and serve hot lunches daily to an! | Mrs. Lois Labar, Mrs. Harriet Mil: | Mrs. Alberta Cooke, and Mrs. Helen
Preside. Yost will | identifies all the students in this right in the front row. Yep, that’s | and containers for loose . commod- | | signed her position as head of the | average of 1800 pupils in the four | ler, Mrs. Anna Covert, and Mrs. | Smith.
two
picture of a Beaumont High School | who she is, is ities. cafeteria service in September of | elementary = and secondary | Naomi Prynn, photo by Kozemchak