we ny CM Ga EEEEEEREE SEEN EEE NEN NEENDEEEEEEEEEEENEREE § Sern I a I I a a RT DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA - Old Tales Recount Harrowing Days For Early Back Mountain Settlers By GARFIELD JACKSON Here is a bit of local history that just came to mind, and I thought it might be of interest to Dallas Post readers who may have heard the same story and could verify or add to it. It is concerning a family that lived on the mountain near where the old Wyoming Camp Ground was. I read this story in a Sunday School paper many years ago, but have never learned the name of the family mentioned in the story. During the days before the Wyom- ing Massacre the Connecticut and Pennsylvania settlers fought for pos- session of the Valley and much property was destroyed. Settlers ere driven out, and those from nnecticat moved to the Back Mountain ' wilderness until things got quiet. They cleared land and built log buildings for themselves and their stock, waiting for things to be settled so that they could - again return to the Valley. There were three husky boys in this family, and the father told the boys that they could each take 3 a bag. of grain and go to Pete Har- ris’ mill and have it ground into flour. The trip would require a day. The boys got their grain ready and intended to start early in the morning to go to mill. So the father took down the family Bible, and while the family gathered round, a chapter was read, and then they sang a hymn and had prayer be- fore the boys left. When they were about ready te leave on ‘their journey, the father suddenly said, “Boys! Something tells me that you should not go to mill today. It seems like a divine warning, and it is so strong that I can’t let you go.” So the boys were very disappointed, but re- mained at home talking among themselves of their father’s strange behavior. So late in the afternoon, one of the boys took a walk from home, to a place where he could look down on the Valley, and he smelled smoke and was anxious to learn the cause. This was near what is known as the Look-Out. He saw many placed in the Valley where | smoke was rising, and hurried home to report, and the whole family | came to see, and discovered that | the Indians who had attacked the VICTORIA © FRESH © DELICIOUS HEART BOXES Or Readi-Packed We A “SWEETHEART” Back Mt. Shopping Packed To Order... VALENTINE TREAT. - DICTON’S Bakery THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY &, 1962 THESE WOMEN! By d'Alessio Brodbeem, ‘Remember that Congressman we helped send to Washington? Well, there he is in Bevonde TE had spent the previous day | and girls in 4-H clubs in _Pecinsyl- right on that spot and had never | discovered the little: family that had | been so close all the while. I told this story to a well known historian who said he thought it to be folklore, as the early deeds for never made out until some time after the Wyoming Massacre. But I have been told by my forefathers that the settlers who were driven out of the Valley came up over the mountain and built buildings and cleared land for crops and after- wards had deeds made out for their holdings, after surveys were made. The mill mentioned was known as the Tuttle (Tuthill?) mill, pow- ered by a water wheel, and was located on a creek near the Stone Bridge in Forty Fort. This mill was also operated by Pete Harris at one CANDY Are Also Featuring CAKE For A Center S havertown time. Mr. Harris was one of the first forty settlers in Forty-Fort. 4-H CLUB NEWS The first meeting of the Clover- leaf 4-H Club of Luzerne County, will be held February 15, at Trucks- ville Fire Hall, at 8 p.m. All last year’s members are re- quested to attend. The Pins for those members with a completion for the past year will be given out. Members are urged to bring guests who are interested in join- ing'a’' 4-H Club.” \, This year’s slogan is “4-H is good for YOUth and good for you.’ The 4-H is an international org- anization. More than 55 countries in the world have 4-H or an org- anization patterned after 4-H. 4-H is sponsored by United States Department of Agriculture and Penn- sylvania Extension Servicce. There are more than 50,000 boys . SPECIAL GROUP OF ' WOMEN'S MISSES’ CO Snatch and s18. @ lifetime . . . “Old Friends” simply must part with them so we're practically GIVING them away! There are only about 15 coats in the entire group . . all wool . . . untrimmed ! 100 S&H GREEN STAMPS THIS COUPON GOOD THROUGH WED., FEB. 14 UP TO 100 | © [100 gg “ON CASH PURCHASES PLUS 100 EXTRA S&H GREEN STAMPS I I I In Addition to Regular Stamps | On Cash Purchases Of $5.95 Or More I 1 I 1 1 OF $5.95 OR MORE COUPON GOOD FOR up these buys of a . they've been . but we . they're fully lined . . . PARK FREE IN REAR! property in the Back Mountain were | boys and - girls but from the { vania, not only from rural areas, city and towns. Cloverleaf 4-H is a club with members from the Back Mountain Area. If you are interested in joining a 4-H Club, attend the first meet- ing and find the answers to any questions you may have. No ob- ligation to join. Sack Mountain Toastmasters Install New Officers At Dinner YogHw | Officers of Back Mountain Club 1553, Toastmasters International | were installed at a dinner meet- {ing at Donachie’s Thursday : Past President John Woychick | called the meeting to order and | after, thanking the group for their i help afforded him during his tenure | of office, turned the gavel over to | { P.M. Fritzen introducecd the | 1 1963 Farm Show Will | Jack Hogan; Educational Vice-Presi- | ' Precede Inauguration the evening’s Toastmaster, | Fritzen. Mr. | new Jerry officers as follows: President, | dent, ‘Jerry Fritzen; administrative Vice-President, George Norton; Treasurer, Don Edwards; and Secre- tary, Dick Maslow. President Hogan thanked group for their faith in him and | promised: that the year 1962 would be a year of growth and accomplish- | ment as far as the Club is concerned. Speakers for the evening were John Woychick, whose topic was “Milk Price Control”, and Bill Morgan, who recited from “The Bombardment”, The evaluators were | | Ward Jacquish and Walter S. Black. Present at the meeting were the following: Paul Monahan, Ward Jac- | quish, Walter S. Black, John Woy- chick, Jack Hogan, Keith Yeisley, Don Edwards, Fritzen, and George Norton. Toastmasters International is a non-profit, nonpartisan, nensectar- ian educational organization of over | 2800 clubs, providing its members | with opportunities to improve their | the Bill Morgan, Jerry | also a like to invite to our next meeting to e held at the Dallas Library Annex building on February 15 at 8:15 great Date for the 1963 Farm Show has | been set by the Farm Show Com- | mission for January 7 to 11. Ordinarily the Farm Show opens | the second Monday in January, as it did this year. Next year’s switch to the first Monday was occasioned, (as explained by H. R. McCulloch, | commission secretary, by the 1963 gubernatorial inaugural. {| The State’s administrative code | stipulates that its governors must be | inaugurated the third Tuesday of | January immediately following their | election. Next year the third Tues- day, January 15, comes in the same | week as the second Monday, Janu- |B ary 14. | for the Farm Show Building. Gov- | enor Lawrence was inducted there | | three years ago when severe weath- | er conditions — a combination of | i rain, sleet, and snow—forced trans. | fer of scheduled open air ceremonies | abilities to speak in ‘public, conduct in front of the Capitol—to the in- | THE NEW COMPACT Cuick ELECTRIC Powerful . . . A 40-gallon electric Quick Recovery water heater is the equal of an 80-gallon storage type. > Fast ... Heats water up to 4'2 times faster Economical ...Low initial cost . « . easier than ever installation . . . than a storage type. / low operating cost. 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