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Sixty-Five Top Musicians Of Seven
Schools To Give Band Concert Here
West Side Conferenc
e Group Will Later
Play At Fine Arts Fiesta In Wilkes-Barre
A select group of musicians from
the seven schools of the West Side
Conference will present a band con-
cert at Dallas Senior High School
auditorium Thursday evening, April
5:at8.
This will be the eighth annual
program for this organization but
will be the first time that Dallas
has been the host. !
The seven schools ‘and their direc-
tors are: Dallas, Lester R. Lewis;
Edwardsville, Anthony Kane; BEx-
eter, Ross Tarintino; Forty Fort,
Reese E. Pelton; Wyoming,
Mazzetelli; West Wyoming, Geno
Marchetelli; Lake - Lehman, John
Milauskas.
President of the West Side Con-
ference organization is John Miliaus-
kas and the conductors for the Fes-
tival Band are: Lester R, Lewis and
Reese E. Pelton.
The Festival Band is made up of
approximately sixty-five selected
players who rehearse every Thurs-
day evening. Both directors and
players give their own free time
to ‘advance the cause of better band |
music.
The calibre of music used for the
band is superior to what any one
individual band might attempt to
perform. Each year two different
directors are selected to conduct
the group. For both directors and
students, this is an excellent musi-
cal experience.
The program on April 5 will be |
the second appearance of the group |
this year. The first was at Teacher's
~ Institute on October 25.
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The band has also been invited
to play at the Fine : Arts Fiesta,
Public Square, Wilkes-Barre,
May 19.
An excellent program of conceit:
band literature has been selecte
for the Dallas concert. Included
are selections from Lohengrin, a
. melodic caravan (selections. of pop- |
A
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ular themes) march,
On The Mall march,
There will be two special num-
bers—Sax Serenade which features
a saxophone quartet and Slide
Kicks, which features the entire
trombone section. Dorothy Eck and
Richard Ratcliffe will provide organ
music before and after the concert.
and chorale,
For Back Mountain music lovers
this program should be a must.
There will be no admission charge.
$80,274.40 To Be
Distributed Here
Eight Back Mountain municipal-
ities are among the 2,561 political
subdivisions in the Commonwealth
that will receive a share of $27
Vito |
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Rotary Honors
James Besecker
Charter Member
Active In Business
And Civil Affairs
In The Community
| James F. Besecker, one of the
| staunchest community supporters |
| Dallas ever had was honored Thurs-
| day evening by Dallas Rotary Club |
at its 85th Anniversary dinner
{dance held at Irem Country Club.
|A charter member, and Rotary’s
| third president, Jim was awarded
ia desk plaque fashioned of anthra- |
cite coal, bearing his name,
inscription, and the Rotary seal.
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JAMES F. BESECKER
District Governor Elmer Daniels
{made the presentation.
i ville Center, N. Y.,
|idate for Director of Rotary Inter-
| national in Northeastern United
States, made the main address.
Honored Rotary «Exe
change Student from Holland, 'Els-
beth Gerrits, introduced by presi
| dent James Alexander, and -given
an orchid by Mrs.
i president of Women of Rotary.
Dallas cheerleaders, winners of
| the Bloomsburg competition, coached
iby Miss Engler, demonstrated their
skill.
The evening ended with dancing
to music by Bobby Baird’s orches-
| tra.
| Mr.
| ary
also wie
since Dallas Rot-
in 1927 at the
Besecker,
was formed
| Atty. James F. Conway, Rock-
appointed to |
{a number of International Rotary |
committees, and presently a cand- |
Jack Stanley, |
million. Liquid Fuels Tax which will {old Raub Hotel, has held about every
be distributed starting April 1 by
the State Department of Highways.
The mcney will be used for con-
struction and maintenance of loc-
al streets, roads and bridges.
The amount coming to the Back
Mountain area will be $80,274.40.
Allocations are based on the mile-
age of local roads within the polit
ical subdivision and on the popu-
lation of the municipality. The
formula for 1962 is $291.93 for each
mile in each subdivision and $1.06
per capita for each person within
its confines. The formula is 60
percent of mileage and 40 percent
on population as specified in Act
635.
Amounts to be received by each
Back Mountain municipality with
its population and miles of roads
are listed as follows: Dallas Town-
ship, $11,080.61, population 4,053,
miles of roads 23.24, Dallas Bor-
ough $5,891.06, population 2586,
miles of roads 10.79; Franklin Town-
ship, 5,501.49, population 880, miles
15.64; Jackson Township, $8,063.88,
population 1,364, miles 22.67; King-
ston Township, $13,942.24, popula- |
tion 5,450, miles 27.97; Lake "Town-
ship, $11,067.27, population 1.895,
miles 31.03; Lehman Township,
$12,852.69, population 2,318, miles
35.61; Ross Township $11,875.16,
population 1,360, miles 35.74.
Distribution of the 90 percent in
April was started by Governor
George M. Leader in 1958 and has
enabled municipalities to undertake
substantial construction work dur-
ing the swmmer months.
Allocation of $30,000,000 annu-
ally to the municipalities is auth-
orized by Act 8655 enacted in 1956, |
as amended by Act 8 in 1961. The
$27,000,000, ninety percent of the
total allocation, is being made in
April so that the municipalities
may construct necessary projects
during the summer months.
The remaining 10 percent will
be distributed in October.
SURPLUS FOOD
urplus Food
tale place Thursday, April 12, at
Triksville Fire Hall, 10 am. to
2 \m. for Back Mountain resid-
<4
ents
Se.
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distribution will |
| office in the Club, He was its first
| secretary, its third president. The
secretaryship was his’ for many
years.
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Comp-
any, organized the same year as
Dallas Rotary, elected Jim fire chief |
year after year, fifteen in all. Jim
was one of a committee which sel-
ected the original fire truck, the
Mack pumper still in use as an
auxiliary engine. With the late
Harry L. Ohlman and Henry Peter- |
son, Jim worked for installation of |
fire plugs in Dallas. |
Jim knows where every pond and |
every stream is located in Dallas |
Borough or Dallas Township, every |
| back road, and how to get to a|
place in a hurry.
For eight years he was secre-
tary of Dallas Borough School
Board, and for fourteen years sec-
retary of Dallas Borough Council.
been in the Real Estate business
in Dallas, recently establishing
ground floor quarters in his new
building on Main Street, having
moved from the second floor in the
| Gregory Building, :
Prior to that time, he operated
{the Atlantic filling station. in cen-
| tral Dallas, on the site of the Old
| Raub Hotel where Rotary was
| founded. For many years he owned
| the Ford agency, building the
| structure on Lake Street which now
| houses the Dodge agency under L.
| L. Richardson.
| The face of Dallas has changed,
| Jim says, but it is a place of un-
{ limited opportunity to a man with
vision, With the current plans to
| widen the highway from Luzerne,
Mr, Besecker sees more and more
| Valley residents moving to the Back
| Mountain, and more and more op-
| portunity for up and coming busi-
| nessmen.
Mrs. Besecker is the former Em-
[ily Conner. There are six children
| living; a twin died some years ago
when a little boy. All the child-
| ren have at one time or another
taken an active part in the com-
| munity, The youngest, Robert, 22,
| who lives in Silver Springs, Mary-
| land can hardly wait to get home
| so that he can answer ambulance
| or fire calls.
| re; Beverly Craig in Nuttley, N. J;
| Virginia Nichols, in Trucksville; Jim
Jr. in East Dallas; and Donald in
| Boynton Beach, Florida.
For the past twelve years he has |
Son Delmar lives in Wilkes-Bar- |
HE DALLAS POST
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
|
|
| Dallas Rotary who was honored at
| the 35th anniversary of Dallas Rot-
ary Thursday night at Irem Coun-
| try Club? When the picture was
| taken early in the evening, ~ his
| James F. Besecker himself was com-
pletely unsuspecting. Left to right
are: John, Landis,. Fred Jennings,
Attorney -James Conway, speaker;
| District Governor Elmer Daniels, W.
B. Jeter, James Alexander, and Dr.
|
|ing College Misericordia’s Reading
| Conference on Saturday are many |Steele, Louise Colwell, Oce B. Aus- | ough School, Mrs. Colwell's class, |
|Mason, Grace Fleming, Manta
Dallas Rotary Prepares To Honor A Sterling Citizen
Where 1s the charter member of | identity was still under wraps, and |L. E. Jordar.
The Dallas Post had ‘in its files
a ‘one-column cut of Jim, which
accompanies the story, and adds its
congratulations to a solid citizen
who has always served his com-
munity © faithfully.
| Reading Conference At Misericordia Draws Many Teachers
In this group of teachers attend-chak, Ruth Ambrose, Antionette Hughey.
| The fourth grade at Dallas Bor-
| teachers from Dallas Elementary |tin, Thelma Lamoreaux, John Mul- | was used for demonstration. Child-
| schools. They include Edythe Krom- |hern, -Sarah Mitten, Adaline Burg-|yen were
| elbein, Ruth Novy, James Good-
| win, Hilda Bredbenner, William A.
| Austin, Joyce Gordon, Leila Anskis,
Many Educa
Reading
Prominent among the 400 edu-
cators who attended College Miseri-
cordia’s Third Annual Reading Con- |
ference March 23-24 were approxi-
mately seventy teachers and ad-
ministrators from the Dallas area.
Sister M.” Celestine, R.S.M., presi-
pressed appreciation for their co-
operation, mentioning their
contribution in all stages of confer-
ence development.
[Serving on the executive commit-
tee were: Lester B. Squier, super-
vising principal, Lake-Lehman area;
and William A. Austin, elementary
supervisor, Dallas Schools. On the
planning committee were: Mrs.
Louise Colwell, Dallas, Mrs, Cath-
erine C. ~ Fynn, Sweet Valley,
Anthony Marchakitus, principal,
| Lake-Lehman. High School; Chester
Molley, Dallas Senior High School.
John “J. Mulhern, "Principal, West-
| moreland School,
Dr. Helen Murphy's workshop on
| The Teaching of Reading in Elemen-
tary Grades. .
Mrs. Colwell arranged to have her
fourth grade class from Dallas Ele-
{ mentary School used in demonstra-
| tion by Dr. Helen Murphy, professor
| of education at Boston University. |
Lake-Leh- |
Anthony Marchakitus,
| man, assembled a group of sopho- |
| mores for demonstration by Miss
| Rosemary Wilson, assistant curri-
{culum director of Philadelphia
| Schools, in her
| School Reading
| Content Area.
{ William A. Austin is seen in the
| picture with a group of Dallas teach.
| ers attending the post-luncheon ses-
{sion on Saturday afternoon when
Sister Caroline, 1.HM., author of
| Breaking the Sound Barrier, spoke
lon technique in phonetic analysis.
National reading authority, 'Dr.
Morton Botel, assistant superintend-
ent Bucks County Schools, presi-
Instruction in the
dent of College Mistericordia, ex- |
large |
was chairman of
workshop on High |
ess, .Eva McGuire, Marion Young,
Georgiena Weidner, Margaret Gar-
| ris, Mary Mohr, Margaret Hughes,
address Friday evening, A Total Ap-
proach to Reading.. Chairman was
the Right Reverend Monsignor John
{ J. Maher, LL.D., Superintendent of
| Schools in the Scranton Diocese.
was designed to meet reading prob-
lems on three levels. Techniques
{and procedures were discussed and
{ authorities in lectures and work-
shops.
A workshop on The Slow Learner
in the Classroom which considered
problems met by teachers on thé
ducted by Dr. Betty Davis, professor
{of education, - Pennsylvania tate
| University.
Exchange Students
On Assembly Program
Exchange students from New
| Zealand, India, Denmark and Hol-
iland will take part in the Assem-
{ bly Program at Dallas Senior High
| School Friday at 1:15.
All of the students are here under |
| the Rotary Exhange program and
| are attending institutions of learn-
| ing in East Stroudsburg, Plymouth,
| Kingston, Forty Fort and Scranton.
|of a forum with a High School
{student acting as moderator and
exchange students giving their im-
| pressions of America.
| Prior to the program in the aud-
{itorium the exchange students will
| be entertained at luncheon in. the
cafeteria, Later they will have an
opportunity to visit classrooms and
{make a tour of the building and
| perhaps, parts of the community.
| To Receive Award
Back Mountain Protective Associ-
ation has named Howard W. Risley, |
‘editor of The Dallas Post, to receive
its Community Award at a dinner
demonstrated by national reading |
junior high - school ‘level was con- |
The program will be in the nature |
tested"
dramatizing, -one of the
she - had
for motivation
grouping,
most responsive groups
| Hannah James, Katherine Scott, |Sarah Welker, Alice Yaple, Doro. | ever worked with, according to Dr.
| Mary Emmanuel Walter Prokop- |thy Henney! Arlene Trimble, Freda |Helen Murphy.
tors Derive Benefit From Cancer Crusade
Conference At Misericordia Names Captains
|
House To House
| Calls On Tuesday
Cancer Crusade starts next week,
Misericordia’s Reading Conference | its quota for the area, $7,500. Vis- | ern battlefield and spent days trudg-
| iting homes will be approximately
{300 workers, who will start on
| Tuesday.
i Co-chairman R. Spencer Martin
(and Lester W. Hauck, South Dis-
{ trict covering Jackson, Kingston,
{and Franklin Townships, announce
| these area chairmen and group
| captains:
{ For East Trucksville, Mrs. Frank
| Worssam Jr., chairman; Captains
| Mesdames William G. Pressman,
{ Charles A. Bray, George Parry, Har- |
{old W. Belles, Loren Fiske, Merton
| E, Jones.
West Trucksville, chairman Mrs.
| ay 3 |
{ James Nixon; captains, Mesdames |
| Justus Letts, Donald Thompson, Wil-
|lis D. Johnson, William Long, Ern-
| est Norrie, Adrian DeMarco.
| ‘iCarverton, chairman Mrs.
ard Garman.
Franklin Township, chairman Mrs.
Theodore McHenry; captains Mrs.
| Ira Frantz, Mrs. Glenn Rozelle, Mrs.
| Grace Harris.
Jackson: Mrs. Wesley Lamoreaux.
| East Shavertown, Mrs. Marlan
(Frantz; captains Mesdames Sylvia
Wells, James Farland, Leo Kelly,
| Robert Methot.
| West Shavertown, Mrs. Vernon
Ash, captains Mrs. Ben Kleppinger,
| Mrs. James Rutledge, Mrs. A. W.
{ Shaffer.
‘Mrs. John Gunton, 28
Mrs. John Gunton, 28, Buffalo,
| N. Y. died March 10 after a brief
| illness at Roswell Park Memorial
| Institute.
Her husband is son of Mr. and
Noxen, with
| Mrs. Ray Gunton,
whom the three chidren. Charles,4; |
dent-elect of the International Read- lat Irem Temple Country Club May | David,2; and Cynthia, 1, will make
ling Association, gave the opening
i 8th,
| their home in Noxen.
‘Raymond Shiber,
Civil War Buff,
Dies Suddenly
Antique Collector And
Gladioli Hybridizer
Buried On Tuesday
{ Raymond Frederick Shiber, 77,
| whose active mind and zest for
i living led him during his long and
useful lifetime to become a self-
i taught student of the Civil War,
outstanding grower of prize gladi-
‘oli and collector of antique colored
glass died suddenly and as peace-
fully as he had lived while chatting
Saturday night with Donald Paeg-
low and Mrs. Shiber in the living
room of his home on Center Hill
Road.
Mr. Shiber had not been ill. His
death came without warning as he
slumped in his chair in the same
living room where a family friend
Mrs. Wesley Himmler died as
unexpectedly on a Saturday night
some years ago in the company
of friends. At that time Ray said,
“that is the way I'd like to go.”
The family physician Dr. Richard
Crompton, and Dr. Harry Gallagher
were summoned, both arriving at
the same time, but there was noth-
ing to be done. He died instant-
ly.
A son of the late George and
Isabel Jones Shiber, Ray was born
in Pittston, December 18, 1884. His
father = died when he was about
nine and his mother, a tiny Scots-
woman, with Ray and her two
younger children, Walter and Ber.
tha, returned to live with her
mother in West Pittston.
It was there that he formed a
lifetime friendship with Atty. Burt
B. Lewis whose family lived just
two doors away.
His widowed mother married the
late Alexander Veitch and the fam-
ily moved to Mr. Veitch’s farm at
Demunds, There during Teachers In-
VOL. 74, NO. 13,
POPULAR BEAUMONT
CATCHER HOME FROM
JEFFERSON HOSPITAL
Melvin Crispell, well-known
Back Mountain baseball catch-
er who played for a time with
the Boston Red Sox organiza-
tion, is recuperating at his
home in Buckwheat Hollow,
where he returned last Thurs-
day following twenty days at
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelph-
ia. ‘
Mel wishes to thank public-
ally George Shupp and all
others who contributed so gen-
erously toward hospital expens-
es. Their kindness and thought-
fullness is deeply appreciated.
Mel caught for Dallas in the
Wyoming League; played with
the Church League and more
recently played with Beaumont.
Dallas Hardware
Open House
Today, Fri. & Sat
Door Prizes, Coffee,
Doughnuts, Sodapop,
Everybody Welcome
Today, 12:30 to 9, Friday 9 to 9,
and Saturday 9 to 6, Dallas’ new
hardware store on Main Street
will hold open house for everybody,
offering door prizes, refreshments,
and sociability.
mower. Also offered are other
prizes including an electric drill.
i Pyrex ware, Revere ware, {lash
{ lights, and an electric fry pan.
| Hutchinson, resident of
i Dallas for the past eight years,
{who personally supervised con-
| struction of his modern brick
{ James
| house on Franklin Street, had not |
| expected to go ‘into the hardware |
| business after retiring from employ- |
Construction |
| Company, but time hung heavy on |
ment with Sordoni
ORchard 4-5656
The main prize is a riding lawn- |
stitute, around October 15, Burt | his hands after his house was com.
and his brother would come to stay |
a week hunting birds with Ray and
his brother Walter.
From his youth Ray loved the
out-of-doors and tel excel in what.
ever he undertook, One of his earls
iest fancies was raising little known
and prize breeds of ghickens. He
exhibited at local fairsiand in nat-
ional x
ribbons. 3 i
What little fofmal education he
obtained was in rural schools and
at Keystone Academy, Factoryville,
where he met the Mathewson broth-
| ers—Christy, who became the fam- |
* | ed pitcher for the New York Giants,
| and. his younger ‘brother who, Ray
| always claimed, was ‘just as good
a pitcher.”
Ray loved all kinds of sports,
and was himself a fast pitcher play-
|ing with many amateur teams.
{ It was during those formative
years and later when he worked in
he became fascinated with the Civ- |
il War through conversations with |
veterans: who daily refought its |
battles as they gathered about a |
North Main Street livery stable.
One of them, a minister, asked Ray |
to accompany him whenever he was
called to give a patriotic talk at
a church. From these lectures, Ray
|'became engrossed in the war.
To understand the background of
its tactics and strategy he stud-
ied Napoleon's campaigns and freq-
uently in later years drew compari-
sons between errors and triumphs
of Union and Southern generals
with those of Napoleon's Marshals.
He visited practically every east-
jing over the fields at Antietam,
i Chancellorsville and Gettysburg talk-
ling wherever he could with veter-
| ans, searching out in Soldiers’ Homes
| men who could add light to some
| controversial action.
| Many Interests
But his study of the war did not
!narrow his interests, While equally
| versed on the early history of Wyom-
{ing Valley and Canal boat days, he
| turned his mind -in later years to
of them on his fields in Dallas. He
| exhibited them in all of the big
shows of the east, becoming so
{much an authority and hybridizer
{that his advice was sought out by
| leading horticulturists including the
| nationally famous Burpee growers. |
Rich- |
He was also a judge at many flow-
er shows.
‘When he was no longer physically
able to tend, himself, his beloved
gladioli, he turned to the collection
of antique colored glass, travelling
out-of-the-way place.
Their collection spread out into
every room, nook and corner of
{their shaded home on Center Hill
Road and’ became the mecca of
collectors from distant places includ-
ing General Motors and DuPont ex-
| ecutives. Ray could talk with any-
i body, and learned from them all,
land Mrs. Shiber was his constant
| companion, attempting futilely to
{have him watch his English as well
las the glass.
They would have been married
fifty-six years next month.
After moving from Wilkes-Barre
‘to Dallas thirty-eight years ago, the
'Shibers became members of Dallas
competition, winning - many |
Wilkes-Barre Record mail room that |
the culture of gladioli, growing acres |
pleted. He recognized the demand
| for a local hardware store, and had
{ wide knowledge of builders’ sup- |
i plies.
| © During World War II, he served
lin the Pacific with the USS Navy,
lin such areas as Australia, and the
| Philippines.
| Pittston man.
| the: hardwire: business | for fo ty-
eight Voars, twenty ix of thos
| years with Harris Hardware, is in
| charge of setting up the store and
| stockng it.
by Mrs. Helen Williams of Churc
{ Street, who will be on the store
| staff, and Elmer Williams, Dallas.
| Mr, Bailey will be present during
| the store open-house and for two
| weeks thereafter.
[The shelves, which will be com--
| pletely stocked by this morning,
a wide variety of essentials
for building and upkeep, from plumb
bobs and paints, to locks and bolts:
garden tools in profusion; and on
the pest prevention side, even a
catch-em-alive rat trap.
| show
Visit Business Places
Fifty Dallas High School Busi-
ness Education Students visited
Commonwealth Telephone, Miners
Bank and the Dallas Post Wednes-
day.
Motor-Cycle Crash Spells
20th Birthday In Hospital
Daniel Grey, Loyalville Road,
celebrated his 20th birthday yes-
terday at Nesbitt Hospital, where
he was admitted Saturday after-
noon after a motorcycle accident
half a mile from his own
home. Dragged by hig motorcycle
after striking a bump, he suffered
a chipped ankle, was badly lacerated,
and an injured collarbone. Original
sutures were removed on Monday
to permit better drainage.
Dan, home for the weekend from
{ Schenectady, took off at 2 p.m. for
{a spin, crashing seconds later. His
mother, Mrs. Leland Grey, and his
brother Paul, 17, accompanied him
in Harveys Lake Ambulance, after
the cycle had been lifted by neigh-
bors Floyd McRoy and Paul Meade.
Dan, a Lake-Lehman 1960 gradu-
{ate, one of ten children, is with
{ General Electric, his latest course
one in blue-printing.
| Methodist Church where Ray served
on the Board. He was also a mem-
: 3 ; ber of Wyoming Historical and
ot Mee company yy Geological Society, Back Moun-
Mrs Perio Ind ae tain Civil ‘War Round Table, and |
of Mary Gregory glass in some
numerous flower clubs and antique
groups.
Bertha Exler, Pittsburgh; half broth-
ers Wiley and Clyde Veitch, Dallas;
half sister Margaret Veitch, Dallas.
Largely attended funeral services
were held Tuesday in Dallas with
his pastor, Rev. Russell Lawry of |
Dallas Methodist Church giving the |
eulogy. Pallbearers were: William |
Baker, Sr. David Evans, Donald |
Veitch, Donald Peglow, Clyde Veitch |
and Wiley Veitch. |
3 |
Interment was in Hanover Green |
Cemetery. |
He is a former West |
Thomas Bailey of Allentown, in |
He was being assisted on Friday |
In addition to his wife, the form- | a " Yost ie
er Clara Gilman, he leaves a broth- | She wit A ey gi
er Walter, Connecticut: sister, Mrs. | TOSS from Bac
TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
Telephone Numbers
OR 4-7676
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1962
Plan Gala Day
For New Openings
|At Shavertown
Postoffice, Bank
And Hardware Store
To Open On Bpril 5
Opening of the new United States
Postoffice, Wyoming National Bank
and Back Mountain Hardware Com-
pany’s new buildings in the Back
Mountain Shopping Area at Shav-
ertown on Thursday morning, April
8 will provide a gala occasion for
all Back Mountain residents.
Officials of the Post Office De-
partment, Congressman Daniel Flood,
Representative Fred Shupnik, Bank
Directors and other notables will
be on hand for the offical flag
raising at the Postoffice at 9:30
a.m.
Although plans are now only tent-
ative, it is expected that members
of Daddow-Isaacs Post and possibly
two school bands will take part in
the ceremonies which will include
the opening of Back Mountain Lum-
ber and Coal Company's beautiful
new store, already acclaimed as one
of the outstanding hardware and
gift stores outside the Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh areas.
Visitors to the openings will also
have an opportunity to look over
the recently completed Shavertown
Fire Company Building.
A more detailed account of the
program for the day and next week
will appear in next week's issue
| of The Post.
Annual Green
|
|
t
{
‘Thumb Course
Starts Tuesday At
Homemakers Holiday
Back Mountain YWCA Homemak-
| er’s Holiday classes at Shavertown
| YMCA will start Tuesday for an
{eight week period, again offering
the “Green Thumb’ course taught
{once each year by E. V. Chadwick
{of the Pennsylvania State Univer-
i sity Extension School of Agricul-
| ture. He will advise on care of
| houseplants, outdoor landscaping,
{and all types of planting.
Bridge, taught by Miss Marion
Welza provides an SHOTS to
{earn a socizl skill that is a Aust.
| The Coren Count system, a newer
| and easier way to learn bridge, will
| be used.
| Golf will be taught by Mrs. George
| Montgomery, an expert golfer, the
"only term that golf will be of-
| fered. Those registering may bring
their own clubs or use some that
the YWCA has on hand.
Two separate classes in art will
be taught by Mrs. John Vivian; a
beginners’ class in charcoal, and
for more advanced students, paint-
ing in oils.
A dedicated group of bowlers
meets every Tuesday morning af-
ter youngsters are settled in the
pre-school playground. Registration
is open to anyone else who would
like to join the group.
Braille, taught by Mrs. Kenneth
Bayliss, is now in progress and
can take no additional students.
Those desiring to learn Braille
should register for next Fall. Many
women with leisure time are so
grateful for their own blessing of
sight that they learn to ‘serve the
blind by transcribing material into
Braille. Former teachers and people
who live with blind oldsters, find
this a most satisfactory leisure time
activity. Those completing the
course may submit a manuscript to
the Library of Congress, pass this
examination, and become certified
Braillists. { ;
Outdoor and party cooking will
be offered with¥bach week a dif-
ferent expert. §
The pre-school playroom is avail
able at Shavertown Methodist
Church, directed by Mrs. Guthrie
Conyngham, Mrs. Thomas Heffer-
nan 2nd, Mrs. Ray Turner Jr. and
Mrs. Edward Brace.
Mrs. Blice Davis At
Cleaners Convention
Mrs. Alice Davis, proprietor of
Davis Cleaners in Trucksville, at-
tended over the past weekend the
American Institute of Launderers
and Dry Cleaners Convention at
McCormick Place in Chicago, fly-
ing there and back. Mrs. Davis
reports that she picked up a num-
ber of new ideas, and inspected
some new machinery and equip-
ment which she plans to install
when she moves from her present
quarters to Shavertown.
ping Center in Shavertown, com-
pletely modern with up to date
equipment. Purchase of properties
along the new highway dictates the
move from the present location at
intersection of Harris Hill Road and
Highway 309.
Burn Grass With Care
All fire companies have been pes-
tered by useless grass fire alarms
this week.