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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. -
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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
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"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.
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Students at Lehman building
|
It was a three-mile haul out of | Sorber, bagged’ the
|
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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
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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
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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: ©