Po rion 8 : ] TEN CENTS PER COPY-—SIXTEEN PAGES Practical Joker without having caught sight of son, on-in-law, or deer. \ © At the prearranged time, John nobody. Arrayed in Merry Christmas’ out- fits of black street dresses with wide berthas and wearing Merry Christmas earrings and corsages, the Dallas Woman’s Club Chorale is prepared for its fourteenth annual will entertain at the Dallas Senior presentation of . Christmas songs. A | Woman’s Club party; on December | the rotunda. taped recording over WBAX will |15 at Veterans Hospital; and on| hearse Tuesday evenings at the Lib- | aret Case, treasurer. be presented December 12 by Jim | December 20th, at Miner's National Ward. On December 13, the Chorale Bank, their tenth appearance in 72 YEARS A NEWS Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain PAPER, | | rary Annex. Roberta Carey is ac- | companist; Wilma Carroll, director. | right, Officers are: Catherine Garris, presi- | Carey, The twenty-nine members re-!dent; Shirley Goode, secretary; Marg- | Garris, Wilma Carroll, Brenda Dy- | Kostenbauder, ' Janet McGoey, Catherine | Second row: Alberta Cross, Marie | Third row: Mary Bennallack, Betty Mary Reese, Hilda: Turner, Lillian Drust, Mary Lauer, mond, Catherine Kreidler, Margaret | Grifed, Patricia. Rood, Anne Bala- | Evelyn Seeley, Barbara Troup, Betty HE DALLAS POS! ler, and Irene Katyl. Seated in the first row, left to Clark, Peggy (Case, and Dorothy |vage, Thelma Rood, Adeltha Mah- Hanna, Shirley Goode, and Janet are: Peg Kingsbury Roberta | Nicol. | . Fitch. - WO EASY TO REMEMBER | Telephone Numbers ORchard 4-5656 OR 4.7676 Responsible For Bad Heart Attack Sent On Wild Goose Chase, Elderly Man From N.]J. Collapses Victim of an almost fatal hoax, | a visitor from New Jersey is at | Nesbitt Hospital, rushed there in the Dallas Community Ambulance fter suffering a heart attack Mon- day evening. . John G. Johnson of Highbridge, N.J. and Charles Snyder of Claude treet, were hunting on the first day f deer season at Kyttle. In the same party, but separated for some hours by prearranged plan, were Mr. Johuson’s son John, and his son-in-law Leo Pearson, also of Highbridge. ; A hunter in a tan Jacket and cap | ran up to Mr. Snyder and Mk. | Johnson. ‘Your son John is in trouble up there on that mountain,” he said,” “He's got a deer up there and he can’t get it down.” He waved to a ridge, and went on his way. Mr. Snyder and Mr. Johnson, | neither of them young men, plunged through the underbrush, a hike of seven miles, returning at 3:30 to the car after a four hour absence, Jr. and Mr. Pearson emerged from the woods. They had been on the lookowt for deer on a ridge behind Steele’s restaurant, had sighted no deer, had spoken to | As the four men were discussing the matter, another hunter came | along, infuriated. He had been ‘sent on a similar wild goose chase by the same tan-jacketed man,. des- cribed as short and stocky. The four men returned to Dallas. | At 8 p.m., Mr. Johnson Sr., com- | pletely exhausted by his fruitless | tramp through the woods, collapsed with a violent heart attack. Don Bulford brought oxygen im- | mediately, and Dr. Gallagher left | an office filled with = patients: to | minister: to the stricken man. Bill | Wright drove. ” | Mrs. George ‘Shaver Jr. Fern- | brook says, “That was the meanest | trick I ever heard of. Here's Uncle John at Nesbitt Hospital, making | good progress, but his business is (Coatinued on Page 4A) © "might have set the tool box down 'lzdnlanaotpd - Keeping Posted GEORGE L. STERNS, head of L. L. Sterns & Sons deparment store, Williamsport is the new president of Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce. He was elected at the 44th annual meeting to succeed Andrew J. Sordoni, Jr., head of Sordoni Enterprises and Commonwealth Telephone Company. : : CONGRESSMAN DANIEL J. FLOOD has announced further im- ' provements in navigational equipment at Avoca Airport when, on February 15, the new Surveillance Radar System will be commis- sioned. : : : SAVINGS of more than $500 have been effected by Dallas Township Supervisors in the construction of ‘a new V-Type Snow Plow which when attached to a bulldozer will cut through the mid- dle of a 30-foot drift. It was constructed by: township road men under the supervision, Fred Lamoreaux, Road Supervisor: BUILDING: ACTIVITY in the State for the first ten months of of the year was slightly better than for the same period in 1960. There was -a marked upturn in residential . building during . the September-October “period, but a dip in non-residential authoriza- tions — hospitals, public works, educational buildings, office build- ings, amusement-recreation buildings. But religious buildings, stores and merchantile buildings gegistered increases. ONCE AGAIN eh Gas & Water Company has decor- ated Christmas trees at its Scranton and Wilkes-Barre offices in honor of St. Michael's School and for the third successive year is soliciting Christmas gifts for the boys of the school. Recommended are ‘shirts, sweaters, jackets, trousers, shoes, gloves, clothing and personal grooming supplies for boys aged 12 to 15. Gifts are pre- ferred but if checks are donated they should. be made out to “St. Michael's Christmas Fund” and sent to the Gas Company. DON’T BE SURPRISED if you should see Rural Building & Loan Association shortly in a new home on Main Street Dallas, This conservative, local financial institution stands in an enviable posi tion for greater expamsion. THOMAS HEFFERNAN, Sr., Lehman, publisher of the Sunday Independent, left last Wednesday by air for a sojurn. in Ireland. FORMER GOVERNOR and Mrs, John Fine have returned from their. honeymoon to their home at Loyalville. Mrs. Fine, is the widow of Harry G. Pethick, well-known Wyoming Valley contractor. DR. RICHARD CROMPTON, who will have to leave his present Trucksville’ location to make way for the new highway, is building a fine new. clinic and home on Carverton Road in the Westmoreland Hills area. John Girvan Suffers Staggering Loss, A Box Of Tools Of His Trade John Girvan, veteran of the Back outside the gate after doing a job for Patty Davies out on the Lehman Highway. Or he might have taken it from s car and left it in fromt of his Mountain in the carpet laying and floor’ covering field,” has suffered a staggering loss, one which will hi | make it all but impossible to carry home hi ade. in ih i on Lake Street. out his ‘rade, In the ate of an!’ where iv: nosidentification’ on the assignment’ to lay the new carpet jo. 14 io heavy, and the tools are in the recently redecorated Noxen of little value to anybody not in Methodist’ Church. | the‘ carpet ‘business. He is offering Mr. Girvan, well beyond retire-!ga reward for its return, in the hope ment age, but with no expectation ' that someone may have found it, of retiring as long as he can hold and not been able to return it for a pair .of carpet. shears and wield lack: of a name and address. a hammer, has lost a large grey | His tool box spells not only a metal box containing tools of his livelihood for Mr. Girvan, but abil- trade gathered. over a period of ity to pursue an honorable trade half .a century. and the dignity of an expert crafts- He did not discover the loss man. thn nar ' at 'once, so cannot pinpoint the| In this issue, the toolbox is ad- time and the place. He thought he ' verfised under “Lost.” | tripod of . Fred was shot at 8:30 at Beth Run. on a shot from a 30-30 Winchester that | broke its neck. Standing in front of the deer which is elevated on a |130; Ben Spencer, four point, 140; Sr.’s truck, are; Walter | Arthur Belles Sr.; the happy hunt- | pounds. er; Arthur Jr.; and Ralph Belles. the. woods,” with no snow for easy skidding. a doe, kept changing places. “It’s a buck,” and then “It’s a doe, hold everything, don’t shoot.” Shel Evans, one of the earliest to report, got a 125 pounder at | Loyalville at 7:30. Emory Stash, De- | munds, was successful. |. Lloyd Ryman got his buck - at | Benton. The George Steward fam- (ily got four "deer. Edwin Rhodes, Harveys Lake, got a four-point buck near Center Moreland. Jack Cave, hunting with Jim and Bobby Casterline, Ed Gilman, and Walter Stull, got a 130 pound two- | pointer at Broadway. At Dallas Schools, two basketball players, Bob Letts and Ronnie Sini- | crope, got deer on Monday. . Skip: Davis, senior, got a 125 pounder... At Junior High, Albert | Matukitus, ninth grade, got a 110 ' pounder; Lewis Dixon, eighth grade, | 110 pounds; Ernest Barber, also eighth grade, 115 pounds. { Students at Lehman building | It was a three-mile haul out of | Sorber, bagged’ the | | Two deer, one a buck and ene | Lerch, This 180 pound eleven point buck | Eight were successtal: Bobby Moss, a three point buck opening day of deer season. The weighing 114 pounds; Don Stroud, lucky hunter was Fred Lamoreaux | five points, 125 pounds; Robert Lin- Jr., 19, who got his first deer with | con, five points, 140; Ronald Hontz, four point, 125; Harry Kittle, 8 point, 100; Ronnie Culver, four point, | Lubinski, At the Lake building: a girl, Judy biggest, 165 pounds, seven points. Judy is in the ninth grade. Robert Sorber, ninth grade, 140 pounds, two points; John twelfth grade, 150, two points; Fred Boston, tenth grade, 140, four points. In the Noxen area, Fred Boston, Robert Turner, Cecil Traver, Donald Hopfer, Alexander Wilson, Richard Traver Sr., John, Charles and Barb- ara Kovalick, were successful. At Ross Township, Myron Moss got a spike buck, his son Robert a three-point buck. Fourteen Year Old Gets 160 Lb. Buck MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION A Sample Of Back Mountain Luck .{ Charles Flack for Dallas Township; | ambulance two point, 100 | Bobby Sorber, fourteen year old | son of Mrs. Erna and the late Rob- ert Sorber, bagged a 160 pound buck the first day of deer season, shooting it in his Granddad Sorber’s meadow. Granddad was even more pleased and proud than Bobby. Board Dinner Saturday Retiring School directors and in- coming directors of Dallas Schools of the Lake-Lehman jointure gave will be honored by the board this | i their reports to the school affice. Saturday at The Castle, 6:30 p.m. I'recent auction sale. Anthony Zachary New President Officers Elected At Annual Meeting Dec. 3 Tony Zachary was elected presi- dent of Dallas Community Ambu- lance at- the: annual meeting Sun- day afternoon. Lane Jarrett ‘was elected first vice president, Ralph Downend second, Jack Berti third. Reelected were secretary Marie Thevenon and treasurer Edwin Roth. | . Elected to one-year terms. on the board were Mrs. Edward Caran and James Wertman, Joe Hand for Dal- las Borough. Two-year terms: Mrs. William Wright, Daniel Richards, Township; Russell Honeywell, Don Bulford, Borough. Three-year terms: Mrs. Nelson. Thompson, Robert Block; Ray Titus, and Bill Berti. The new 1961 Cadillac ambulance was delivered to the Borough Building Tuesday afternoon, and the 1955 , Cadillac formerly used, delivered to Franklin Township Am- bulance Association. Ray Titus, crew chief, asks all crewmen to come in as soon as possible to get acquainted with the and its appointments. | The new vehicle, the third in the | history of the association; is larger and more beautiful than the 1955 Cadillac now purchased by Frank- lin Township, and has a number of improved appointments. Board Reelects Adams President Michael Adams, = beginning his second term as Ross Township school director, was reelected .presi- dent of the board at the reorgani- zation meeting held Monday night at Ross elementary school. Sworn in.as a new member of the board, along with Mr. Adams was Cletus Holcomb Jr., Myron Moss, Justice of the Peace, ad- ministered the oath of office. Paul Crockett was reelected vice president; Richard Stroud, secre- tary; William LaBar, treasurer. Express Thanks Osage Lodge 712, 100F, Lehman, wishes to thank everybody who helped with or contributed to the SHOPLIFTERS TAKE LADY’S WATCH FROM - EYET'S JEWELRY A wave of petty shoplifting that has hit a number of Back Mountain stores during the past week, became Tuesday afternoon when a $50 Bulova Diamond Dream C Lady’s wrist watch was stolen from R. L. Eyet's Jewelry Store in Shavertown some time be- tween 2:30 and 4:30 p. m. All police departments have been alerted and there is a pos- sibility that. plainclothes. men will visit all stores—especially those in the Shopping Centers— if the practice isn’t broken up. Fall Down Stairs Cancels Dinner Thanksgiving Turkey Postponed To Friday Mrs. Susan Kistler, 83, fell down the cellar steps Thanksgiving morn- ing, breaking her ankle and her elbow. Taken to Nesbitt Hospital in serious | Dallas Community ambulance from her home on Hillcrest Drive, New Goss Manor, she is reported as rest- ing comfortably, but hampered by wearing two casts. The ankle was operated upon for placement of a pin. Mrs. Kistler, her turkey already in the oven, visited the basement to get a can of fruit. Her granddaugh- ter-in-law, Mrs. Irwin Kistler III, finished roasting the turkey the day after Thanksgiving for her husband, her father, and for her grandfather. The former Gail Hoover has a light touch with turkeys. DALLAS, LAKE-LEHMAN DROP OPENING CAGE TILTS TO OPPONENTS Both Back Mountain court teams opened the season Tues- day night on the losing side. Dallas lost a heartbredker to Wyoming 55-52 with Tommy Gauntlett showing the way with 28 tallies on nine goals and ten free throws, Bob Letts was next with 11. .Lake-Lehman took a 75-29 drubbing at the hands of an experienced West Pittston five. Seven of eight men scored for the Knights with Bob Rogers \ 3 DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA Noxen Residents Form Committee To Get Industry Tannery Is Closing, | ‘Superintendent Goes, Skelton Crew Left - Franklin Patton heads a commit- te of Noxen residents’ who are seeking a new industry to take the place of the Tannery; which is now in’ the final mopping up operation before closing for good. ~~ Edgar Engelman ‘is secretary. Members at large include Earl Cris- pell, Osmand 'Casterline, . Joseph Malbone, Francis Thompson, ‘David Fritz, Leo Lord, Jeddie MacMillian, and Robert Belles, all with a heavy stake in the community. Plans are afoot to meet with Chambers of Commerce of Wyoming Valley, Pittston, and Scranton in an all-out effort to locate an industry to occupy the large plant. b The superintendent, Robert Neff, with his wife, his son Bobby, pupil at the. Noxen school, and his pre~ school daughter Lisa, left .Noxen Tuesday for Massachusetts. The skeleton force remaining at the plant ‘will be scattered before the first of the year. There are a number of elderly employees who have -been in .the leather business for many years. rs The: plant has a magnificent wat- er supply, three deep wells, a res- ervoir, . and the clear mountain stream which passes. its door. - Its steam plant is adequate for any type of operation. The floor space in its many buildings is adaptable to many kinds of industry. School Dismiss For Hunting Area schools dismissed for the first day of deer season, and many students were successful. Cars lined the roads at Red Rock, though hunters stalking game in their own woodlots were just as . successful as those traveling for long distances. At the Dallas Post, hunters started reporting deer by 10:30 a.m. Re- ports were still coming in at press time. Many hunters have not yet reported their luck, and a number of names were received too late to include in the round-up: ©
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