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In State Band
Coroner's Jury
Sees Groblewski
Guilty Of Death
Will Face Charge Of
Criminal Negligence
When Case Is Tried
Dr. Benjamin G. Groblewski,
Harveys Lake, was found guilty of
criminal negligence by a coroner’s
jury on Thursday, in the death on
W December 21 of a Beaumont woman
who was on her way to work on
foot on Harveys Lake highway in
Dallas.
Mrs. Sara May, 60, was instant-
ly killed when a station wagon
driven by Dr. Groblewski struck
her, decapitating her. The body
was hurled to the lawn of the
Disque Funeral Home, alongside a
utility pole, and for some time was
not identified. Mrs. Wallace Wake-
field, waiting uneasily for her house-
worker to appear, made the identi-
fication when informed that the
woman might be Mrs. May.
Dr. Groblewski, whose car had
the radio aerial and outside rear |
vision mirror torn off by the im-
pact, drove on into Kingston, and
on stopping at Nesbitt Hospital,
found a woman’s handbag wedged
in his bumper. The "handle was
still clutched in the dead woman's
hand. Hearing a radio broadcast
describing the scene. Dr. Grob-
lewski contacted State Police, said
said he might have been respon-
sible, that he had felt a ‘bump as
he passed the Dique Funeral Home
seven hours earlier at 8 a. m. :
“Fractures Hip
In Office Fall
, Mrs. A N. Garinger
N At Nesbitt Hospital
. Crippled with arthritis for some- |
time, making it necessary. for her
to have a support while working
in the office of Dallas Dairy, Mrs.
Nesbitt Garinger, Red Ledge Drive, |
had the misfortune to fall Wednes-
day noon and fracture her left hip
at the socket.
At the time Mrs. Garinger was
‘supporting herself with one hand
moving along a window ledge when
she trippec“on an office chair pad
and fell.
~ She was taken to Nesbitt Memor-
ial Hospitad by Shavertown Ambul- i
ance which was covering for Dal- |
Jas Community Ambulance which
was ‘then taking Mrs. Joe Marsh of
ellington Avenue to the hospital.
Nii Garinger is being treated by
Dr. Joseph R. Sgarlat.
. Back To God Program”
lanned For Friday
The annual “Back to God Prog-
ram’ will be presented at the meet-
ing of Daddow Isaacs Post 672 at
the Legion Home, Memorial High-~
way, Friday night at 8:15. Rev.
Norman Tiffany, Methodist pastor at
Lehman and Idetown and Father
Nolan, former State Chaplain of the
American Legion and pastor of St.
Jude’s at Mountain Top, will speak
to commemorate the memory of
the ‘Four Chaplains” who went
down with the ship, Dorchester in |
World War 2. v
. Legion Auxiliary will serve re-
freshments. All Legionaires, Auxil- |
iary members and friends are in. |
ited.
Scouts To Sell
got Dogs To Skaters
Boy Scouts of Harveys Lake Troop
331 under leadership of
West and assistant Thomas Smith,
outline a program for Boy Scout
‘Week. Already set up are displays
on camping and scout activities at
Dallas Branch, Miners National
Bank of Wilkes-Barre, at Frank's
Barber Shop, and at Hennebaul's
Service Station at the Lake.
On Saturday and Sunday, Boy
Scouts will sell hot dogs and soda
pop to ice skaters at Sunset. The
‘Winter Wonderland Trailer will be
parked at Sunset, showing a spec-
tacalar toy train display. No ad-
misston, but donations will be re-
ceived at) the door.
SURPLUS FOOD
Swrplus food today, 10 ‘am. to
2 p.m., Trucksville Fire Hall. Bring
containers.
‘| for ‘making of a strapless white
Arthur |
MARGUERITE HACKLING i
Marguerite Hackling, nearing 16, |
sophomore from Noxen at Lake- |
Lehman High Scchool, placed first |
among fifteen clarinet players at
THE DALLAS POST
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Club Manager
Is Resigning
Mrs. Gwen Brace
To Leave Shortly
Irem Country Club will not be
the same without Mrs. Gwen Brace
as manager. Mrs. Brace’s resigna-
tion was regretfully accepted by the
board at the January meeting.
Mrs. Brace has been at the Coun-
try Club for fifteen years, for the
past two years as manager, succeed-
ing her husband Richard, who was
killed when a ladder with which
he was making repairs, came in
contact with a high power line at
the Country Club.
' Stepping into Richard’s shoes as
manager was reasonably simple for
Mrs. Brace. Having lived at the
ons and in slack times; when to
| restock linens and china, when to |
. . . . |
authorize painting and repair work
during the off seasons.
the District Band at Honesdale,
thereby assuring herself a place in
the All State Region 2 Band at
Troy, February 15 to 17.
| John Miliauskas is director of |
|'the prize-winning Lake-Lehman |
| Band. He reports that James Dun-
! lop, Pennsylvania State, will direct |
| the State Band of 160 pieces, and |
| that guest soloist will be trumpeter |
| Jimmy Burke, of national fame.
Performing for the group will be |
{ the Mansfield Wind Ensemble and |
| the College Esquires.
| . Marguerite also won an award at |
| the State Farm Show, a blue ribbon |
taffeta evening gown.
| Marguerite takes her music ser-
{ iously. This is her fourth year in
| the Senior Band, where she oc-
{ cupies the first chair in the clar-
| inet. section. Taking private lessons
| from Mr. Mliauskas for some years,
| she now takes lessons from a special-
| ist in the clarinet, Frank Costy of
| Wilkes-Barre.
Her brother Gary, 12, plays trom-
bone in the band, and an older
| sister Kathy, a 1960 graduate, played
| the bells. ;
Marguerite is daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, Oscar Hackling. Mrs. Hackling
| says her daughter's goal is to be a
{music teacher.
| Boy. Is Rescued
By Helicopter
' Whirly-Bird Familiar
Sight In Dallas Area
| Landing on the ice near Culver
| Island, and keeping his helicopter
running to take all possible weight
| from rotten ice, George Howarth
of New Goss Manor was able to
| effect the rescue Sunday afternoon
{of a ten year old boy who was
{ unable to reach the shore.
{| Mr. Horwatt was on his way with
his son George 2nd., to the Forty
| Fort Airport when the call for help
| was relayed by Forty Fort police,
| and within minutes had warmed up
the Whirly Bird and was hovering
over the island and the marooned
small boy.
Paul. Hughes, son of Mr. and
| Mrs. Robert Hughes, playing with
companions on the shore of the.
Susquehanna, took off over the
ice to the island 200 feet away.
Thoroughly dunked by falling:
| through the melting ice, he reached
| the island and was unable to re-
turn. His playmates alerted Paul's
parents, who notified police and fire-
men.
The river was choked on’ Sunday
with ice moving downstream at
a good rate under a warm sun.
Eight-year old George Horwatt,
2nd. remained at the airport while
his Dad rescued the dripping Paul
| Hughes: and returned him to his
parents,
The helicopter has been a famil-
|iar sight to Dallas residents. Prop-
| erty of Universal Leasing Co. with
which Horwatt is affiliated, . the
| whirly-bird skims over' Dallas freq-
| uently on its way to and from
| Forty-Fort Airport, and parks ‘on
I occasion behind the Horwatt home
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lin a field at ‘New Goss Manor.
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‘Speaks On Civil War
Atty, Edward Morgan, an auth-
| ority on the Civil War and widely
| known for his authentic miniatures
‘of Civil War uniforms and artillery
emplacements, was the speaker last
night at the meéting of Dallas Lions
Club at Castle Inn.
“Will Hold "Silver Dollar Night"
Back Mountain Church League
. February 10 will be Booster Night
for’ Back Mountain Church Basket-
ball League. At least six merchand-
© ise prizes will be awarded and ten
lucky ticket holders will each re-
ceive a silver dollar. That's a total
of sixteen prizes, so the chance of
winning is very good. Also on
«Gilver Dollar Night”, the fans will
be treated to some exciting basket.
ball. {
© At 7. p.m. Huntsville meets East
Dallas in what should prove to,
be a thriller! This is a must game
for each team. A win: by Huntsville
would wrap up first place honors
for them, but if East Dallas should
win the two teams would be tied
for first place, thus necessitating
a play-off game for the crown.
In the second game, St. Therese’s
meets Shavertown, and in the last
game at 9 p.m. Harveys Lake meets
Prince of Peace.
All games will be played at the
Running the Club, she says, is
much like running a small hotel.
In the summer, as many as seventy-
five employees need supervision. It
is a twenty-four hour job, and it is
wearing. Mrs. Brace feels she needs
a vacation.
“But not permanently,” she has-
tened to add. “I couldn’t bear to
be idle, and I will find something
interesting to do after awhile. Right
now, I am looking forward to a
period of no responsibility,”
Mrs. Brace has made many friends
during her stay at the Country
Club. She will remain until another
manager is found. “It is such a
nice place to work, and everybody
is so thoughtful,” she said with
a regretful" backward look, “I have
loved everything about it, but now
I need a rest.”
Davis Has Heart Attack
Albert Davis, Mountainside, N. J.
benefactor of Idetown Fire Company
is recuperating at Overbrook Hos-
pital, Summit, N. J., following a
severe heart attack three weeks
ago.
Dallas Ambulence Calls
Recent calls made ‘by Dallas Am-
bulance include: ....... +
January 28: Pat Burke, Carver-
ton Road; Mrs, Gerlach, Roushey
Street. Crew: Berti, Bulford, Shee-.
han, Titus. w=
1, Mrs. Earl Evans;
February
Center Hill Road, Berti and Bes-
ecker.
February 3: Mrs. Kistler, New
Goss Manor, to Nesbitt, Wright,
Sheehan, Jarrett. ’
Brief Springtime Vanishes
After ‘a balmy spring weekend,
temperatures plummeted Monday
night in the area, freezing the week-
end slush on Harveys Lake, and
cauing householders © to reach for
the phone to order more fuel. Back
Mountain basked in deceptively
spring-like temperatures immediately
after Groundhog Day. “Maybe he
didn’t see his‘ shadow after all.”
was the hopeful attitude of resi-
dents yearning for the sight of the
first crocus.
Club for thirteen years, she knew |
how things had to go in peak seas- |
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TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
Telephone Numbers i
ORchard 4-5656
OR 4-7676 §
Off They Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder Ross Township
Raises $316
For Hennebaul
Goal Is $500, Plans
For Variety Show
To Complete Fund
‘A committee for the Fred Henne-
baul Fund at Ross Township School
reported collections of $316 at Mon-
day night's meeting. The money,
intended for rehabilitation of the
boy who still lies rigidly on his
back at Geisinger Medical Center,
was the product of many contain.
ers placed around the community
in business places, and gifts from
churches. :
Michael Adams, chairman of the
committee, with members Mrs. Rose
Pall, Mr, and Mrs. Myron Moss,
Mrs. June Mingus, ‘and Mrs. Erla
Seward, says that the remainder of
the $500 goal will be raised by a
combined bake-sale and variety show
later this month.
Kin Of Local
Man Bids Sale
Handled Negotiations
For Indianhead Mills
One of those who played a lead-
ing part in the negotations that led
this week to the purchase of Nat-
ive Laces & Textiles by Indianhead
Mills is James Gavin, 88, River
Edge, N. J., vice president and
treasurer of Indianhead, and broth-
| er-in-law of Gus Kabeschat, Birch
Hill Lane, Dallas, chief engineer
with Raymon Hedden.
| Mr. Gavin, a graduate of Univer-
Game Commission Building in Dal- | take wing. Those birds will weigh
las on Thursday, and by noon- the | twenty-five pounds, come turkey
birds were air-borne, released at |shooting season next fall. Release
the Noxen Game Lands and at Red |is part of the Game Commission’s
Rock. The twenty-one crates were | program for keeping up stocks of
and Charles Smith of Kingston. A [opened next door to rustic feeding | wildlife in the interests of conser-
large truck loaded with wild turk- | stations loaded with ears of corn, | vation and for the benefit of hunt-
eys arrived at the Pennsylvania |and the huge birds tossed up; to 'ers.
Tossing wild turkeys into the air
at Game ‘Land 57 mear Red Rock,
is duck (turkey) soup to Edward
Gdosky, district Game Protector of
West Side Area of Luzerne County,
j Area Captains For Heart Drive Lay Plans
countant before his association with
Indianhead where he has made rap-
id advancement, is married to a
chat, whom he met while she was
a waitress at a Pocono Mountain
Hotel during a summer vacation
from college. They have five boys.
Indianhead Mills is one of the
most rapidly growing textile firms
in the business having also ac-
quired William Skinner Company,
and Bancroft Mills.
It is interesting thei Mr. Kabes-
| chat’s office is only a short distance
along Memorial Highway from Na-
!tona Mills, in the new Raymon
Hedden building. A graduate of
| M.LT.,, Mr. Kabeschat is president
| of Luzerne County Chapter of Pro-
| fessional Engineers. His uncle, also
|a_ former Plymouth boy, is chair-
| man of the board of American Met-
William R. | Mrs. Jonathan Weir, East Trucks-|al Products, Chicago.
ville; Mrs. Sherman Kunkle, Rons |
Pictured are the area captains for Carverton; and Mrs.
the Northeastern Pennsylvania Heart | Hugses, Chase chairman. Ey
Association who met at the home| Standing left to right: Attorney | Township; Mrs. Marie Duffy, Orange; | : » ;
of Mrs. Fred Dingle Tuesday night. | Michael J. Hudacek, General chair- | and Mrs. Darrel Crispell, Huntsville. | Wyoming National Bank
Seated left to right: Mrs. Paul |man of the 1962 Heart Fund Drive;| “Heart diseases threaten your | Leaves Temporary Site
Back Mountain Branch of Wyom-
Selingo, chairman of Dallas Town- | Mrs. Robert Winieski, Chase Manor | own health and the welfare of your |
ship and Boro; Mrs. Lyle Slatf, co- | solicitor; and : Gilbert Tough, Leh- | family” said Mr. Hudacek in his |
chairman of the Back Mountain; | Man area chairman. talk to the group. “The nation’s | ing National Bank has transferred
Miss Esther Boston, chairman of| Absent from the picture: Mrs. | number 1 health enemy strikes not |its operations from its temporary
West Trucksville; Mrs. Fred Dingle, | Bernard Rogers, East Shavertown;|only the elderly but also the wage | headquarters in the Henry Jewelry
co-chairman of the Back Mountain; | Mrs. Ralph Postorive, West Shav- | earner, the housewife and the | Building to its new quarters across
| Mrs. Stepsen Stearn, chairman of | ertown; Mrs. Walter Phillips and | child.” | the street in Shavertown.
Forty-nine employees at Dallas
General Offices of ‘Commonwealth
Telephone Company were cited by
the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ As- |
sociation Casualty Insurance Comp-
any for safe driving during eere-
monies held Monday morning.
zen, PMA fleet safety engineer, looks
on as H. H. Butler, Commonwealth
vice-president, presents William
Weatherill, a special “PMA Silver
Dallas Senior High School Gym.
In foreground, at left, G. F. v
Award” for operating 6 years with-
Commonwealth Telephone Company Employees Cited For Safe Driving
a | records were also given Eddie Krav- |liam Korecki. Korecki was also hon- | awards including Ruth Bonning,
citation for driving 100,000 miles |itz, Donald Andrikat, Michael Caf- |ored for 100,000 miles of accident | Robert Hislop, Walter Rogers, Ray
fot a highway accident and
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| accident-free. frey, Theron Osborne, Robert Dom. |free driving. | Wandel and Al Keener. Conrad
VOL. 74, NO. 6, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1962
sity of Pennsylvania, and an ac-|
former Plymouth Girl, Zita Kabes- |
ily will live” in the Back Mountai.
Mr, Weatherill was one of twelve |inick; Henry Yezefski, Dale Oney, | William Curll, Jehn Navich and |Higgins received a
employees receiving the special a- | Thomas Sayre, Henry Titus, Robert
ward
Joseph Sekera,
and 100,000 mile citation;
the others being Ames G. Swisher,
Elizabeth Hutchinson, Ray Sordoni,
William Hopkins,
Daniel G. Chapman, R. E. Kimball,
Ziba Smith, Andrew Reggie, Charles
Micklo and Jerry Flynn.
PMA Silver Awards for 6 year
Sherwood, Dean Johnson and John
Hoyt.
Silver Awards for five year's of
safe operation, were given to eight
and included H. H. Butler, Myron
S. Baker, Jake Kelley, F. H. Wors-
sam, Joseph Gretkowski, John H.
Penman, Edward Quinnan and Wil-
Bronze awards were presented
William Curll, John Navich “and
Thomas Navich for four year rec-
ords. Lloyd Gable, Robert Bolton,
Hillary Bonin, R. J. Bestwick, Wil-.
liam Cutter, Kenneth Housen, John
Bebey and G. A. Doyle received
Bronze awards for three year safety
records, Five received twa year
ne year safe
{ driving award.
“Commonwealth Telephone Comp-
any has placed the highest priority
on highway safety,” Fritzen said.
This emphasis on safety has en-
abled Commonwealth to produce
one of the best highway safety
records among commercial firms in
rortheastern Pennsylvania.
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Presbyterians
Purchase Plot
For Edifice
Rev. Pillarella Is A
Appointed Organizing
‘Minister For Church
United Presbyterian Fellowship, by
action of The Presbytery on Satur-
day, will definitely locate the new
church edifice on a seven acre plot
adjacent to Dallas Junior High §
School, on the road leading to
Irem Country Club. A portion of
the original VanHorn estate, it is
one of the several properties under
consideration. iz
The newly formed congregation
is at present meeting in the junior
high school building. The new loca-
tion is high and sightly, providing: /
ample acreage for expansion. bl
Trustees of the Presbytery will
hold the plot in expectation of
erecting an edifice in the future.
On the same day that he was
named Moderator of the Lackawan-
na Presbytery for 1962, Rev. Andrew
Pillarella was appointed organizing
minister for the new congregation.
Rev. Pillarella has been pastor of
the Second Presbyterian Church of
West Pittston since 1954 and is
Stated Supply pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Mocanaqua.
He has served six years as Chair-
man of National Missions, has dir-
ected the Junior Hi Westminster |
Fellowship Camp for three years and
is Vice-President of the Pittston |
Ministerium. 5
_ Rev, Pillarella is a member of |
St. John’s Lodge, Irem Temple, |
Pittston Kiwanis Club and is on
the Board of Directors of the Pitt~
ston YMCA and the ‘Y’ Teen Can-
teen. Ae if
He. was born- and raised in New
York and during World War Two
served as a Military Policeman for
i the Air Force, During the thirty:
| four months he spent in Europe, he
decided to enter the ministry, and
upon his discharge from the Air
Force, he entered Bloomfield College
and Seminary in Bloomfield, New
Jersey. He was ordained by the
Presbytery of New York in 1954
He is married to the former Mis:
Edith DeRogatis of Staten Island,
N. Y., whose father is the pastor of
Our Savior Presbyterian Church, §
Staten Island. They have three
children, “Blizzheth, Juliette and
“Mary. Rev. Pillarella and his fam-
area. . i
Dallas To Have :
Hardware Store ’
Hutchinson Buys
Besecker Building
Dallas will shortly have a new
hardware store. a
James E. Hutchinson, Franklin
St., has purchased the Main Street
building formerly . occupied by
Hislop’s Market from James F. Bes-
ecker and will open there a mod-
ern hardware store about the
first of March. -
The building has been completely
renovated and new fixtures have
been ordered. The store will open
with a completely new line of mer-
chandise.
Mr. Hutchinson, a native of
West Pittston and a veteran of
World War 2, has been employed
by Sordoni Enterprises for the past
sixteen years and is completely fa-
miliar with hardware requirements.
He and his wife, the former A
Betty Bilbow, built a new brick
home on Franklin Street, six years
180. 2
Christian Businessmen
To Hear Rev. L. W. Button
Christian Business Men's Commit-
tee will hold its monthly dinner
meeting at Hotel Sterling Tuesday
evening at 6:15. :
Dr. Lewis Button, field repre-
sentative and one of the staff of
evangelists for Open Air Campaigns
will be the speaker.
The organization began nearly
seventy years ago in Australia and
began functioning in the United
States in 1957 when the Australian
evangelists came here at the in- |
vitation of some American pastors
and Christian Businessmen. 3
Dr. Button has served several
pastorates and has worked in the
evangelistic field for sixteen years.
Reservations may be made with
any member of Christian Business-
men or by calling John Owens BU
8-4437 or James Lewis BU 8-3966. |
Dog-Owners Get Licenses
A check on unlicensed dogs starts
February 15, according to a state-
ment issued at Luzerne County Court
douse. Dog owner who have not
procured their 1962 licenses are
advised to get them at once.
Fine Pleads Not Guilty
Ex-Governor John S. Fine, Loyal- 4
ville, arraigned at a Federal Court
in Williamsport, will plead not guilty
to inccome tax evasion,