fy River at Sayre early Friday morn- oot embankment into the river, mont; ‘vised about starting of the train- twenty trained perscnnel). mative meeting March 15th, | N Three Practice Teachers 72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institut Back of the Mountain TEN CENTS PER COPY—FQURTEEN PAGES Presumed Lost | As Car Plunges Into Icy River Dragging Of Stream Reveals Only Purse Of Beaumont Native Up to press time, no trace had been found of a former Beaumont woman who vanished into the flooding waters of the Susquehanna ing. Mrs, Lillian Merdick, 42, of RD 2 Sayre, was at the wheel of her 1961 car when at 1 a.m. it plunged through the ice floes of the swol- len river. The passenger, Mrs. Laura DiPio, 36, of Sayre, escaped through her window, and was rescued by a passing motorist who saw her clinging desperately to an over- hanging tree branch. Mrs, Merdick’s car door was open when tke car was hauled from the river, leading to the belief that the victim had been swept downstream. Dragging tke river has to date produced no result except recovery of handbags belonging to the two women. They were brought to the surface last Sunday morning, from under tke bridge at Athens, where State Police and Salvation Army were keeping vigil. Reconstruction of the accident in- dicates that the car skidded on the Sayre-Nichols Road about a mile north of Sayre, travelled 100 feet on the shoulder, struck a utility pole, then plunged down a twenty- where a swift current was carry- ing ice downstream, Mrs, Merdick, presumably drown- ed, kas many relatives in the Back Nountein her father and mother, Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Hoyt of Beau- brothers and sisters: S. Russell Newell and Marie Hoyt, both of Noxen; John Hoyt, Harveys Lake; Mrs. Clifford Chapin, Dallas; War- ren Hoyt Harding, Iso, out of the area, Clayton Hoyt, Clark's Sum- mit; Mrs. Merle Ransom, Nichol- son; Allen Hoyt, New Britain, Conn; Mrs, Iris Krell, Bristol; Mrs. Marj- orie Clark, Waverly, N.Y. Civil Defense Class Tonight Ail Sectors Need Representatives Civil Defense Headquarters Luzerne County is organizing 287 radiqiogionl stations in the county. Each station will be supplied with tet detection instrcments, Each town or borough to qualify to receive the instruments must have trained personnel Civil Def- ense volunteers. Sector 4 of Civil Defense in Luz- erne County is undertaking the training for Civil Defense volun- teers every Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 for five weeks (10-hours training) in the new Dallas High School building. Under Sector 4 are the following Civil Defense units: Dallas Borough, Dallas Township, Kingston Town- ship, Ross Township, Franklin Town- ship, Lehman Township and Lake Township. ; ! All Civil Defense Directors of the | above mentioned units were ad- ing (Kingston Township already has | At the | the following units had their rep- resentative present: Dallas Borough, | Niles White, Clifford Foss, Jack | Berti and Charles Youngblood; Dal- /ldas Township, Al Montross; Ross Township, Harry Wesley, William | Price, Joseph Kripp, George Wesley | and Ned Walsh. ~ Lake, Lehman, Franklin, and | Jackson Townships have not yet | sent representatives. As the first meeting was rather informative, Col. Leon Beisel agreed to give the whole credit for the volunteers who would be willing to come for the instructions Thurs- day, March 22 at 7:30 in the high school building. All Civil Defense Directors are urged to kave as many of their representatives as present—men or women. From Wilkes At Dallas In addition to practice teachers | from College Misericordia, listed in last week’s Dallas Post, three prac- | tice teachers from Wilkes College and one from Marywood are teach- ing in Dallas Schools. They are Miss Audrey Rupinski, Marywood College, Art; Stephen Pe- | tris, Wilkes College, Typing, - Busi- ness Math, and Office practice. Miss Elaine Whiteman, Wilkes College, Social Studies; Leslie An- drew, Wilkes College, Art. | from Druid Hills Shavertown almost ] velopes, | uate electrical engineer. ion ; Father and Son Give Their Time [For Crippled Children (right) turn that envelope of Easter Seals I not only minutes, but hours, days or toss them in the waste basket, and weeks of volunteer service to just remember that these two men, | mail them to you. It takes only a John Henninger Sr., (left) and his | | minute of your time to slip a check Wait A Minute! Before you re-|scn John Jr. have given This Father And Son Probably Sent You Your Easter Seals The old adage, ‘like father like | son’ is reversed in the case of John | G. Henninger, Sr., and his son John | G. Henninger, Jr., as far as Wyoming | Valley Crippled Children's Associa- | tion is concerned it is “like son like | father”. It was John Jr., who first visited | Wyoming Valley Crippled Children’s Association in 1960 and offered his services at the time of the Easter Seal Campaign and he has -con- tinued to report-annually ever since. This year, father and son, in all kinds ‘of weather have traveled in in 1952. Since that time, he has actively engaged in Church and community work as lay delegate | from Shavertown Methodist Church to Wyoming Conference, He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, He is actively connected with Wyoming Valley Electric League; of which he is a charter member. | member of Dallas Kiwanis Club, and is interested in photography. His chief hobby is a 9-year old grand- | son. SON Upon leaving the Army after the i daily over a period of many weeks (last war, Jokn, Jr. went to New- | to fold seals, type and stuff -en- ark, N. J. with the Office of De- and assist = with many pendency Benefits, When that of- | duties that are involved in running a campaign. preferred to remain in the East, The Henninger’s record of volun- and was with Newark for quite a teer service is long and varied. number of years. According to William = Shuster, | Since returning to the Valley, has Chairman of the 1962 campaign, | devoted his spare time to Church “the services. of these men has been and community, being especially invaluable. The = money saved | interested in Back Mountain “Y”, through their voluntary help will {and with the Boy Scouts. permit greater service to our| He has taken a keen interest patients.” : lin the Crippled = Children’s Associ- FATHER jation, helping them get out their John G. Henninger, Sr. is a grad- | Easter Seals. He was a He has two hobbies, music sales engineer with General Electric ‘photography. Company, for many years, retiring | Funds derived from the sale of and Joppa Ladge 35, Washington, D. C. | | fice transferred to St. Louis, John | |For Noon Property lin the return envelope and mail it now. Won't you make that min- ute a golden minute from ' your [°F day ? Easter ‘Seals are very essential to | the Association for they are used | in underwriting the cost of main- | taining a rehabilitation program | for Cerebral Palsied patients. The | program includes medical evalu- ation, nursing care, physical ther- | apy, kindergarten and nursery school apy, kinderiarten and nursery school programs. | During the year 1961, 6796 ser- | vices were rendered 114 Cerebral Palsy patients at a cost of over $18,000.00. | The 1962 Easter Seal Campaign goal is $20,000.00. Seventy-five percent of the money raised in the | Valley is retained by the local agency; twenty-five percent (25%) going to State and National Agen- cies for research and general pro- gram planning which in turn is | | | { | Assessors Appointed ° Atty. G. Reuling Davis, Beau~ mont, Gilbert Jacobsky and G. Murray Leighton were named: view- {ers by Judge Schiffman yesterday to assess and fix damages for prop- erty of Thomas P. Noon and his wife, Myrtle M., Fernbrook, and taken by the Commonwealth for reconstruction of the Luzerne-Harv- eys Lake Road. The Noons own two properties along the highway, beginning from a point at the intersection of the oy Road. Blue And White To Present Concert Two treats are in store tomorrow Ann Birn- night for those who have not rec- ently heard Dallas High School | Band nor yet attended a concert |at Dallas Senior High School. Director Lester Lewis has prep- |ared a varied and excellent prog- Jacqueline Churry, Jo stock, Janice Priebe, Bonnie James, Gail Graves, Kathleen Maury, Barb- ara Prokopchak. Row 2— William Sarlek, Joan Zarno, Margaret Hall, Donald Smith, Andrea Krimme], Beverly Race, | ram. His musicians are in top form Ruth Miller, Sandra Ash. |and the auditorium is a place to Row 3— Robert Shannon, Gary | hear a concert, This is a combin- Whitesell, William Peirce, Robert | Brown, Richard Love, Theresa Cush- ner, Marsha Sowden, Carol Sutton. Row 4— Susan Cheney, Beverly Eck, Dorothy Eck, Mary Bennett, | | ation that is hard to beat. | Pictured here are the members |of the band: | Left to right: Row 1— Lester R. | Lewis (Director), ge Rowett, | Martha Messick, Patricia Evans, ‘Ide, Robert Allen, | Row 5— Paul Jenkins, John War- | dell, as, Lee Philo, Paul Haradem, Linda | Tag. Row 6— John Ferguson, Ronald | | Sinicrope, John Dana, Thomas Lan- don, Donald Anderson, Wesléy Cave, | William Cooper, Thomas Houlette. Row 7— Robert Gardner; Richard Ratcliffe, William Welch, James | Wertman, Howard Dymond, David | | Eston, William Glahn. Missing— Dale Mosier, Douglas | made available to the local agency. | / Salil !'Stephen Hartman, Charles Glawe, | Francis Dixon, Bernard McDermott, | THE DALLAS POST MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Cancer Crusade Workers Named For April 3-13 Annual Area Drive Is Well Organized And Ready To Roll cer Crusade is ready to go into gear, chairmen and workers lined up and anxious to start a drive which is vital to the health and welfare of the community. Cancer strike anywhere, The more money available for research, the sooner the deadly enemy can be van- quished. Mrs. Richard C. Post, chairman, North Back Mountain Division, 1962 Cancer Crusade, announces names of women participating in the forth- coming crusade April 3 to April 13. Mrs. Thomas Decker, area chair- man for Dallas Township has these workers: Mesdames Lenore Shask- an, Fred McCormick, J. F. Sallada, Ralph Dixon, Howard Whitesell, Ann Gardner, Fred Maier, Raymond Wilson, Clyde Davis, J. D. Houl- ette, James Tonery, Robert Young, Nick Perella, Robert Block, Jay Llewelyn Lawrence Kolankiewicz, Henry Cavan, Henry Wood, J. P. DeWitt, Jr., and Jack ‘Stanley. Mrs. Peter Wolfe, Jr., Area Chair- man for Sweet Valley, has these workers: Mesdames Lohman Bog- don, Gertrude Taylor, Lloyd Rogers, and Miss Bobby Ann Morgan. Mrs, James L, Ward, Lake Town- ship; Mesdames Howard Cohen, Ir- vin Marvel, B. CC. Banks, Bruce Mathers, Helen Wodaski. Mrs, Gordon Dawe, Lehman Township: Mesdames Jane Brad- ovchak, Donald Easton, William Richardson, Walter McGuire, Will- iam Cole, Roger Phillips, Carl Graham, Jean Agnew, Harold Gray, Anthony Toluba, Allen Fox, William Weaver, Joseph Lopez, Ray Good- win, Lawrence Steltz; Russell Cool- baugh, Jokn Sidler, William Sutton, William ‘Simms, Stuart Marks, Jos- eph Ellsworth, Charles Ely, Thomas Brown, Walter Chamberlain, Laning 4 Harvey, Frank Lengyel, Lewis An- esi, Willard Smith, Margaret Sabo. ‘Mrs. J. Warren Yarnal, Dallas Borough: Mesdames Hazel Berti, Alice - Lamoreaux, Robert Pritchard, Claire Kuehn, Carlton Davies, El- mer Williams, Lewis Reese, A. Kab- eschat, Cliff Garris, C. Mahler, Ray- mond Carmon, Thomas Longmore, Robert Huey, Kenneth = Cosgrove, P. W. Hanna, W. Cutter, Lefko, Donald Bulford, Farrar, Buck- ingham, Robert Brown, tale, Harold Casterline, Thomas Reese, Phillip Heycock; Misses Pen- ny Farrar, Theresa McCue. Jean Buckley, June Johnson, Jane Mec- Andrew, Lois LaBar, Gloria Grant, Thelma Bennie, Elizabeth Mulhern. Brea Residents In Eisteddfod Junior High School Chorus Takes Second Dallas Junior High School Girls Chorus took second place Saturday afternoon in the 73rd Cynonfardd Eisteddfod held at Dr. Edwards Congregational Church in Edwards- ville. Alfred M. Camp directed the chorus. A four-year old Trucksville child took a first and a second place. Mary Jenkins, coached by her mother, Mrs. Ben Jenkins, placed first with her recitation, “The Lion”, competing in the under-five cate- gory; and second for her rendition of ‘Hickory Dickory Dock,” in which she was instructed by Harriet | Howell, choir director of First Welsh | Presbyterian Church in Wilkes- | Barre. | [Stephen Roan, son of Mr. and | Mrs. Andy Roan, Shavertown, placed Harry { third in recitation for children | under five. {© The Back Mountain had two | winners in the evening session for { adult competition. - Diane Meyers, | Dallas, took first place in the sop- {a Merchant,” = and Will Phillips, | {Harveys Lake, placed first with a | recitation, “Sometimes.” Tune Will See Invasion Of 17-Year Locusts Delbert Voight, Frank Wad- | | This is the year for the Seven- | teen-Year Locusts in Luzerne Coun- | ty, one of the sixteen eastern | | counties affected by brood 2, last | seen in this area in 1945. The cicadas will be along right around | the first of June. They stay under- | ground for seventeen years |larvae, living on sap from tree roots; emerge, shed their swaddling clothes leaving the thin skins on | trees and shrubs, take to wing, and | |lay their eggs so that the seven- [Judith Williams, Nancy Seiber, Jean | Nicol, Thomas Groff; Richard Gum |een year cycle can start all over bravich, | again. The annual Back Mountain Can- is no respector of persons. It can » | groups. Visiting, says Dr. Claude |ing socially since 1957 to have | were unable to say whether they |H, Butler, Superintendent, is of charge of this meeting. | voted in North, South or Middle | great importance to the patient, The committee for Master Masons | Districts. Louis Vi- | | rano solo competition, with Tove, as! TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers ORchard 4-5656 OR 4-7676 VOL. 74, NO. 12, THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1962 Reelect Bronson Sweet Valley | Assoc. President Annual Meeting Hears y Report On Successful i i! 1 vl i <i i x 1 Dress Factory Year All officers and trustees of Sweet Valley Improvement Company Inc. were reelected Monday evening at the annual meeting held at the J Fire Hall. Retained as president was Alfred Bronson; vice president, Herbie Pifer; secretary-treasurer, Sherman Kunkle. Jack Graham, a stockholder, was appointed chairman of a committee to arrange for needed repairs to the building occupied by Jay Fash- ions on the Main Road. by The dress factory, which handles ladies garments from cutting to This is the group of women who | Robert Timko; will handle the Red Cross Roll Seated are: Mrs. Call for Noxen and vicinity which | po 1. Meeker, Mrs. started Monday and ends April 1. J . Standing left to right are, Mrs, Ira [= Bichand Smith Earl Crispell, George Brody, and Mrs. Fred | | Beahm, Mrs. Wheeler Hess, Mrs. |" ; finishing, a business owned and op- Bernard Dendler Sr., Mrs. Elvin | Chairman of the group is Mrs. erated by Harry Lieberman and Bean, Mrs. 4 George Macialek, Mrs. ' Crispell. Joseph Snarski, has a present em- Sports Car Club Alpine Rally Will Start From Back Mt. Shopping Center Northeastern Pennsylvania Reg- | attending a pleasant and challeng- ion, Sports Car Club of America, |ing tour. will stage the “Little Alpine Rally” from the Back Mountain Shopping Center in Shavertown Sunday after- noon: beginning at 1. ployment roster of sixty, with out- A look for greater employment, and an annual payroll of between | $150,000 and $170,000. 14 The plant operated steadily dur- ing the recent work stoppage which recently affected the major part of the garment industry in Wyoming Valley. Two years ago, there was a complete work stoppage in Sweet Valley, lasting for six months. The establishment draws for its help on Sweet Valley and adjacent areas. It is considered a highly des- irable place to work, cooled by breezes from North Mountain dur- | oy the summer months. Activities Director, Dave Will- jams, Scranton, designated this event the second major annual point ; rally of the year and members Rally-masters Mr, and Mrs. Tom | not attending and running for Hillyer of Briarcrest Road, Dallas, | points, will be penalized 5 points have clues to over 100 miles of | plus the number of cars entering. scenic’ Pennsylvania secondary good | Finish Party to be at the Mayfair roads, which will assure everyone !Club, Dupont. High School Students To Make Posters Forl Retreat Open House Students are invited to cooper- ‘Republicans Make Gans ‘In Registration Here | There were ninety-one new Re- | publican and thirty new Democrat. lic registrations at the registration | place in Dallas Borough Building | ate -in preparations for: the An. I Today Is Deadline For Mondor ainrnaeh end oveaiog) Forty-two Democrats switched nual Open House at Retreat, May | Mascnic Reservations | | their registration to the Republican | 6,. by making posters. Principals | Rie sehosls have: reson leita | Today is the deadline for reser- | party while nine Republicans asking them to enlist their stud- | vations for Saturday night's dinner | switched to the Democratic Party. | ents in the effort to bring be- (for Master Masons at Irem Temple | Total final registration was: 133 fore the public the message that |Country Club, when entertainment | Republicans, 39 . Democratic, one “Mental Illness Can Be Prevented and dancing to the strains of the | Profifbision and one Independent. Z Act ‘now for. ‘Prevention and: {Robert Baird Orchestra will be | There were many registrants from Cure.” : offered. | Lake and Lekman Townships as _ Instructors are asked. to get in| 3 Master Masons from AY ou} (well as from Dallas Borough, and § touch with Mrs. Catherine Sher- [ties of Negfthengtorn, % eansylvaph | (Township. There yas a scatlering man, ‘Retreat State Hospital, for and their ladies are invited. Dress [also from Kingston and Jackson | further details. is optional. Accommodations are | Townships. 2 The annual tour of the hospital | Bafited, The registrar had some difficulty | | Sunday afternoon, May 6, will be | Thomas Reese appointed a group | | pinpointing the voting districts of | 4 of Past Masters from the 12th and |a number who came from Lake 59th districts, who have been meet- | and Lehman Townships and who |on a continuous basis, with trained of visiting | personnel in charge Night consist of: Chairman, Philip | Republican ah said that many D. Snyder; dinner, Frank Darragh |of those who switched to the Repub- and Allan Lucas; program, Charles | publican party did so because of | | All members of the communit- |Hender, Leon Steiner and Griffith | their friendship for Peter Clark whom | (ies served by Retreat State Hos. Reese; publicity, Paul Williams, | they hope to vote for in the prim- I pital are urged to assist in vol- | Richard Coutts and Carl Rosencrans. |ary. There was no indication that unteer programs and service, and |Toastmaster is William Richards, | they were swayed to the Party by being present at the annual Edwardsville, noted for his dry|because of interest in William Open: House. humor. Scranton, candidate for Governor. One Of Misericordia’s Strongest Basketball Teams | who should not be cut off from | normal social contacts just because | he is under psychiatric care. - | College Varsity | Basketball team has enjoyed one | of its. most successful seasons, scor- | ing eight victories against two loss- Misericordia’s lin, freshman, forward, Yonkers, N. Y., Nursing; Marilyn White, | freshman, guard, W. Orange, N.J., | Biology; Barbara Sidie, sophomore, es. Tt is also one of the most at-| | forward, Westfield, N. J., Chemistry, ‘tractive squads to represent the just | | Carol Pippin, sophomore, guard, | college. closed one of its most successful | Elkton, Md., History; Joyce Spiak, basketball seasons with a record of | freshman, guard, Yonkers, N. Y., eight wins and two losses as fol. | Home Ec., Patience Whitecar, sopho- more, guard, (Philadelphia, Home Ec.;; Barbara Shubert, freshman, forward, Hudson, Secretarial; Standing: Elaine Chernesky, soph- | omore, guard, Kingston, Chemistry; | Leanore Swan, senior, forward, Leh- HERE'S HOW THE TEAM STACKED UP AGAINST STIFF COMPETITION College Misericordia has Of the sixteen members of the squad only four will be lost by graduation, and only two are jun- | iors, giving rise to the belief that | Misericordia will have a strong team {in the immediate years ahead. Three of the graduating seniors {and one of the juniors are from lows: N Victories; Cheyney State College, Cheyney, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Caldwell College, Caldwell, | the Back Mountain area. They are: Eastern Baptist College, Saint |man, Social Work; Jean Drapiew- | sertiors, Jean Drapiewski, Sweet Davids, ski, (co-captain), senior, forward, ° | Valley; Jean’ Spears, Trucksville, : : : Sweet Valley, English; Catherine |and Leonore Swan, Lehman. The Susquohanng,, University, Seline- Naton, (co-captain), senior, guard, | junior is Sara Gregory, Sweet Val- Erove, : | Flushing, N. Y., Elem. Ed.; Jean ley. Coaches are: Marie E. Morris, King’s College, Briar Cliff Manor, | Spears, senior, guard, Trucksville, 4 | Plains, and Elizabeth Titus, Dallas, | Lock Haven State College, Lock |Elem. Ed.; Sara Gregory, junior, giving further Back Mountain flav- Haven, forward, Sweet Valley, Elem. Ed; jor to this year’s accomplishment. Losiass Absent from Picture: Margaret Here is, the squad as pictured, | with the class, position, home town and major of each girl: Reilly, junior, guard, Lebanon, Chemistry; Dorothy Lynch, fresh- man, guard, Flushing, N. Y., Elem. East Stroudsburg State College, East Stroudsburg, Left to Right: Seated: Sabena Douglass College, New Bruns- |Ed; : Lukasavage, freshman, guard, wick, N. J. Coaches: Marie E. Morris, Plains, | Wyoming, Chemistry; Ann Lough- 8 Pa. and Elizabeth Titus, Dallas.
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