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Banner Crowd At
Library Auction
Kickoff Dinner
Throng Gets Taste Of
Sale, Brisk Bidding
Climax To Evening
The crowd at the Library Auction
Kick-Off Dinner, Thursday night, so |:
far exceeded the estimated attend-
ance that late-comers had to have |
emergency seating, taxing the capac-
ity of the main dining room at
Irem Country Club, and spilling
out iato lobby and bar.
Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions Clubs
agreed to give up their own meet-
ings in favor of the Library Auction,
and count the Kick-Off as their
weekly session.
The head table was longer than
usual, to accommodate presidents
as well as Auction officials.
Richard Demmy, introducing the
head table and various key people
seated below the salt, ‘called on
Robert Fleming, next year’s Auc-
tion chairman, to say a few, words.
Atty. Fleming said that all he asked
for 1963. was that he be given as
enthusiastic support as the present
chairman was getting.
David Schooley, president of the
Library Association, complimented
his immediate predecessor Robert
Bachman, on the tremendous strides
made during his chairmanship. He
said that the Library is something
of which the entire community may
well be proud, serving as it does
the area from Kingston Township
to Sweet Valley, Dallas to Center |
Moreland, Harveys Lake and Nox-
en, catering to school children and
adults alike. He thanked Father
Kane for permitting use of Gate of |
Heaven grounds for the pre-Auction
Lake Queen
SANDRA YELLITZ
Lake Princess
KAY WILLIAMS
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Pastor Seeks Support For Drive
Against Pornographic Literature
Lake King
IVOR WILLIAMS
Lake Prince
WILLIAM MORRIS
outdoor barbecue, Ke conchuded by | alee Students Name Queen Of May,
Library Auction, and introduced his
mother, Mrs.
who has been a constructive sup-
porter of the Auction from the be-
ginning.
Miss Frances Dorrance described
the first Library Auction, and the
events leading up to it.
“Mr. Auction”
school districts and service clubs
for their continued support; deplor- |
ing the action of Dallas Borough
Council in withdrawing
that though the State would go
along with a hand-out, as it has
in many places, such aid would
take from the community what is
peculiarly theirs, placing restrictions
upon operation of an unique com-
munity project.
He drew attention to the fact
that it. costs far more to operate
and mainain the library than it did |
when a single librarian and a single |
building were involved. The effect,
he said, is to place more and more |
reliance the auction as neces- | ga
ce, on | ter and son of Mrs. Owen Williams,
sary fund-raising rather than a proj-
ect of which the proceeds could |
be put aside for eventual expansion. |
He asked that
to make wills, remember the Lib-
rary in such wills, to insure con-
tinuous support by means of wise
residents about |
_investment, and cited the Sherman |
Schooley fund, and the Bertha Hut- |
son fund.
(Howard Risley) |
spoke briefly, expressing his feel- members
ing" that) the Library is an insti-
tution of ‘which the Back Mountain |
is justly proud; complimenting the |
its own |
financial support; stressing the fact
| Williams
| sell
Students of Lake Building of the
Lake-Lehman Area Schools have
chosen Sandra Yellitz Queen, and
Kay Williams as the Princess.
In addition to these traditional
of phe court, the class
selected a: king — Ivor Williams,
and a prince — William Morris, For
the first time “these members will
play a major role in May Day festivi-
ties, May 15 at 1 p.m. ;
Sandra is daughter of Mr, and
Mrs, Peter P. Yellitz of Williams-
port. She attended Noxen Grade
School for three years, then at-
tended Westover Grade School and
Harmony High School in Westover,
Since returning to Lake-Lehman
four years ago, she has been active
in school activities. She is a mem-
ber of National Honor Society; was
selected as Girl of the Month for |
| December;
ranks second in
class; took part in Junior and
Senior plays; is band officer, Tri-
Hi-Y President; and class treasurer
for Junior and Senior years.
Kay and Ivor Williams are daugh-
Harveys Lake, and the late Owen
Street School,
| before coming to Lake-Lehman in
the sixth grade. Kay has been ac-
tive as class president for the Junior
and Senior years;
member of Junior and Senior play
casts; Miss Senior; Tri-Hi-Y vice-
Joseph B. Schooley, | Princess, King Of May And Prince
| Vice-President. \
Bill Morris, son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Morris, Millington, New
Jersey, has attended Lake-Lehman
{all through his school years, He
| has been a member of the Letter-
| men’s Club, Gridiron Club Presi-
| dent, Student Council football team,
selected by the class as Mr. Senior,
Eric Mayer Represents
‘Dallas School Patrol
Captain Eric Mayer will represent
the Dallas School District Safety
| Patrol at the annual National School
‘Patrol Parade in Washington D.C.
| on Saturday. -
| The trip is sponsored by Wyom-
ing Valley Motor Club.
and baseball team.” He was also
Last evening I attended a program
by the Luzerne County Citizens fot
Decent Literature in which the
moving picture ‘Pages of Death”
was shown and Assistant District
Attorney Bernard Hendrzak spoke
phic literature to our communities,
Attorney Hendrzak explained that
although the laws against obscene
literature are already in effect, it
is extremely difficult to get any
effective action against offenders
firmly and forcefully behind the law
officers on this matter.
Attorney Hendrzak went on to
explain how average citizens can
“clean-up” their communities and
to their children of the pornogra-
phic literature,
The movie, “Pages of Death” is
the story of an actual happening,
in which a fine twelve-year old
girl was raped and killed by a high-
school youth while she was on the
young murderer came from a very
fine family in the community, but
who, without his parents knowledge,
had been reading obscene literature
in great abundance. The movie
illustrated the statement by J. Ed-
gar Hoover and quoted by Attorney
Hendrzak last evening that the
increase in sex crimes is in exact
proportion to the increase in the
sale and consumption of the sala-
cious literature.
Now Mr. Risley, as a parent and a
Christian minister, I am concerned
about’ the flood tide of evil liter-
ature in our communities that can
not only corrupt good manners, but
probably leave some home -child-
less and turn some parents’ son
into a sex killer,
Some may say, ‘It won't happen
with these laws without the public |
rid their town of the awful threat !
way home from grade school. The |
here, not in the Back Mountain”,
But I would like to remind these
that it did happen here. Just a few
weeks ago in Trucksville a young
lady was attacked while waiting for
| the traffic light to change at the
on the present threat of pornogra- |
corner of Carverton Road and Route
309. And it happened again just
this last week near Tunkhannock
when another young lady was at-
tacked and injured on her way to
work. These, it seems to me, are
only the beginnings unless we in
the Back Mountain take positive
steps to eliminate the threat of
salacious literature.
Until last week I had never heard
of the Citizens for Decent Litera-
ture. And in-an effort of my own
to combat this wickedness had
scheduled at my church a movie,
“The Face of American Youth” for
the night of May 19 at 7:15, After
attending the lecture last evening,
I decided to ask for a speaker from
the Luzerne County Citizens for
Decent Literature to come to the
meeting at the church on May 19
and speak to my congregation about
the way we can combat this threat
to our families, communities, and
country,
If there are those in the Back
Mountain who are interested in
attending this session and perhaps
interested in organizing a Back
Mountain Chapter of Citizens for
Decent Literature they would be
most welcome to attend. t
I appreciate more and more the
good influence of the Dallas Post
in our community and know that
should such a group be formed it
will have the backing of the Post.
Sincerely
Rev. Grove Armstrong
32 Carverton Rd.
Trucksville, Pa.
Runt Jemima Pancake Festival
Raises $2,000 For Key Club Trip
and a car-wash at Clyde Birth’s on
| May 19 will swell the fund, says
“Jerome Gardner, Dallas Kiwanis
Club president,
Baked Goods Sale, staffed by
Women of Kiwanis, was a sell-out,
also a box of tomatoes contributed
by James Thomas.
Aunt Jemima sang at intervals.
At 3 p.m. elementary children and
High School students competed in
doing the “Twist,” withsa disloca-
tion learned at first hand during the
hula hoop craze, Winners of wrist
watches among the children were
students, Billie Jo Brice and Mike
Jones.
Mr. ‘and Mrs. Miles Shales won
the Roper Gas range contributed as
door prize by Pennsylvania Gas and
Water Co.; winner of the coloring
Joan Farley and Frank Cardell; older |
pha doli~da: '
LORELIE BRIGGS
STELLA RODRIGUEZ
MARY ANN LASKOWSKI
Who Will Be Lehman's May Queen
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VOL. 74, NO. 19, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1962
FAYE SHAW
MARIE HARDISKY
DONNA LORD
Identity Of Lehman May Queen To
EC —
her
They both attended Rus- |
Edwardsville, |
band officer;
|
contest was Alysa Berger, fifth Be Revealed On May-Day Tuesday
grader at Dallas Elementary School. ! y ]
Batter was mixed in 15-gallon | “The Ancestry of Pennsylvania”
containers. The major portion of will be depicted in song and dance
490 pounds of sausage was furn-|ga¢ the annual May Day festivities
Aunt Jemima Pancake Festival at ished by Shavertown Businessmen’s | of Lehman High School, May 15.
Dallas Senior High School on Sat- Association, and Robert Parry, mana- | Mrs, Janet Reynolds, physical educa-
urday, had everything from stacks Bef of Shavertown Acme, arranged tion instructor and chairman, has
|of wheats to an energetic “Twist” [for donations of Chase and San- | arranged a novel history lesson.
| Dallas Dairy, Wyoming League | contest. By 2 p.m. it was a sure- | Ports Coffee, Karo corn syrup, and 1; case of rain, activities will take
| champions for the past two seasons, | fire success. At 5 pm. a sudden |Nucoa. Harter’s Dairy contributed \place May 16. tors, ‘Eleanor and Teresa, have been
ei moet Hilldalo on the Dal- influx of customers rushed the) much pf the 1700 pits of ils need. | Winner of the coveted title of active participants in ‘May Day.
{las Diamond Sunday at 2:30. : |Kiwanis Club off its feet, and at! ed. Pancake flour was furnished by |, cn of the May will not be an- |
Dallas opened the ‘season last |7, the fifteen-cake griddles cooled off | Quaker Oats Company.
| Daughter . of Mr. and Mrs. Julio
X | 1} {nounced until the crowning cere- | Rodriquez, Jackson Township, Stella
week defeating Swoyerville 9-7 in (for the first time since 10 a.m. Public address system was by
{13 innings. The Key-Club to Denver . project courtesy of Guyette.
Patrol representatives will leave
| Wilkes-Barre Friday morning, then
| visit Gettysburg enroute to Washing-
ton, On the way home on Sunday
'they will visit Harrisburg.
Fashion Club, chorus secretary, and
a member of the Future Nurses and
ers Clubs. Donna was selected as
Miss Senior this year. She is: a
member of the First Christian
Church of Sweet Valley.
Stella Rodriquez is also following
a family tradition. Two of her sis-
AUNT JEMIMA
| Dairymen Here Sunday
| mony: begins. Those included in |is president of student council and
{the “top six” are Lorelie Briggs, | senior chorus, captain of cheer-
Dallas Schools
Proposed Budget
Is $1,139,750
Millage Remains
78, Per Capita Tax
Increased By $2
Dallas School budget, tentatively
set at $1,139,750 for the school year
1962-1963, was thrashed out at ex-§
ecutive session’ Tuesday night in
advance of the regular Board
meeting, resulting in a late start. A
number of residents registered pro-
test against what they termed ex-
travagance in operation of the sys-
tem,
Dr. Robert Bodycomb, presiding
in the absence of Charles Mannear, |
pointed out that teachers’ salarie
are mandated for increases by State
law, and that increased cost of op-*
eration has kept pace with increased
cost of living, In his lifetime, he
said, the area has progressed from
one-room schools to the present
school system, outstanding in. the
. State of Pennsylvania, *
Earl Phillips, in reply to spokes-
man Andrew Kozemchak, said he
i couldn’t care less whether con-
stituents voted for him or not at the
next election, he was on the board
to see that the best education pro- |
curable was given the children, the !
tax-payers of tomorrow.
Sticking points included: salary
paid to Dr. Robert A. Mellman; em-
ployment of clerical staff to handle
| paper work required by the State;
| employment of a maintenance man- |
ager from outside the area, the only
applicant who filled the need; and a
| cafeteria system still largely in the
| red, with rise in luncheon prices
| inevitable.
| Later, directors voted to increase
| price of luncheons for high school
| students and adults by 5 cents. Ele- 4
mentary children will still pay 25 |
| cents per lunch; High school stu- |
dents 35, adults 45. Surplus food 4
is used to the best advantage. A‘
new cafeteria satellite - system, in
| operation for less than a year, |
| strikes snags, said Dr. Mellman.
Constant checking is done to hold
down costs. :
Jack Stanley said that food and |
education alike, have to be paid for,
Director Davis said that unfor-
| tunate misinformation, without re-
gard to facts, had been dissemin-
ated; citing a seckn balict in which i
nobody’s vote was known, blazoned |
i in headlines purporting ‘to separate |
| the board into two factions. The
| actual vote at that time for reten-
tion of Dr. Mellman was unanimous.
Mrs. Thomas Vernon's motion that |
residents over 70 be excused from
payment of per capita tax was
passed.
| Millage ‘will remain at the pre-
| sent level of 78. Knots of residents
j In advance of the meeting were
gloomily forecasting 100, Per Capita
| tax will increase from $10 to $12.
| New taxables bring tax income up
materially;
The budget, to be advertised in
the Dallas Post and Wilkes-Barre
| Record, will be available’ for study
at the school office. Adoption of the
budget will take place at the next
meeting, Monday, June 11, in the
high school library.
Distribute Coin
Cards In Drive
ne alle Me Acted president, and Student Council Managing the team is Mike Wi- | was nearer its goal by $2,000. . . | Marie Hardisky, Mary Ann. Laskow- |leaders, and on the yearbook’ staff. ;
i ov Yi 5 ici Bo Representative, Kay represented tek, Dallas resident presently em-| Still to be raised is the remainder | Kunkle Chicken Supper | ski, Donna Lord, Stella Rodriguez, She is a member of St. Therese’s Dallas Community Ambulance As-
gondy ed, ve just got a ig jhe stn Deny ployed by Dallas Dairy. | of the $5,250 needed to send the | Harry F. Smith Fire Company | and Faye Shaw. Church ‘in Shavertown. ee oR i i la :
Bay . . | United Nations Delegation in March. | 7. j + 1 Dt vas . : s 4 ! : Soa ) s . ; : . mg coin 4
5 As people pushed back their| Ivor has boon a ler ny He is a brother of Mickey Wi- | Drill Team to Kiwanis International will hold its famous Chicken Sup-| Lorelie, a commercial student, Faye Shaw, daughter of Mus. cards in their annual campaign for |
chairs after the smorgasbord din- Lettermen’s Club, Gridiron Club, fo ne New York Giant sec- | Convention in June. Each member per Wednesday evening in Kunk- | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Florence Shaw of Sweet Valley, is
ner, Lee: Vincent's combo, present. ‘and football team, He was also | wm oo orn Ln
by courtesy of David Schooley, presi- | Junior Prom chairman and Senior j Fi t
&% .dent of the Library Association, | I's
accompanied Aunt Jemima, who, as |
financial assistance. The first d i
i : b : 3 | t a firg ate §
the FFA Chapter Sweetheart. She |) 41a cong is May 12th and the
is a home economics student and |
{last d is
treasurer of the Future Homemak- | oe 5 Sotemher Po 4
> | which time cards will be colleated. §
ers Club. Faye is a member of the | These organizations d d ori
First Christian Church; her Putte] Ee bh
|is earning $50 by doing odd jobs, le Community Hall starting at 5. |Briggs of Sweet Valley, is con-
SPE ~ | tinuing a family tradition. Her sis-
| ter, Loydene, now Mrs. George Wes-
{ley Jr., was also a member of the
‘top 6” in her senior year. Miss
Sale As 1962 Auction Opens With Kickoff Dinner
Mitch online
wondering what |
| he would do with it,
featured entertainer, sang several
songs. In announcing her last num-
ber, she ‘asked for understanding and
acceptable between the races, as a
long step into the future.
Taking a bow when called upon
by Dick Demmy were the people
who had been active in the first
auction sixteen years ago;. the new
librarian, Mrs. Prosper Wirt; Alice |
and Mrs. |
and Fred Howell; Mr.
Robert Scott; members of the Auc-
tion committees; Joe MacVeigh, in-
trepid bidder for the plaster Indian |
heads and exuberant offerings of
folks recently ransacking their at- |
| gan.
tics.
ner.
Mrs. on the floor
Gwen Brace,
to welcome guests to one of the |
last of the large dinners for which |
| Mrs.
the Country Club is famous, for
which she will be responsible, had
done herself proud .in the quantity
and variety of food served at the
long smorgasbord table. She said
that she would miss the library
crowd next year. Mrs. Brace leaves
within a few days. {
Robert Bachman and Dick Dem-
my, wearing farmer hats, did a bit
of auctioneering to get people into’
the spirit of the coming auction.
The first item, contributed by
Sister Celestine of College Miseri-
cordia, a delicate bit of Italian
carving, brought a good price from
Herman Thomas, who for years has
purchased the first item to be of-
fered at a Library Auction,
| of the dinner folder,
A telegram from Mr. and Mrs. |
Lee Tracy in California, said they |
were sorry to miss the Auction Din- |
electric fry-pan for $12.
Mr. Risley bid in the framed
originals of front and back covers
executed in
color by Mrs. Thomas Longmore, one
of the art teachers in adult educa-
tion classes.
Fred Anderson. was successful
bidder for an autographed copy of
“The American College Girl,” a
recently published bock by K. C.
| Cirtautas, College ‘Misericordia pro-
fessor.
A wallet from Harveys Lake Lions
was knocked down to William Mor-
Mrs, Charles Mannear bought the
red sleigh planter, made by Bob
Scott, decorated by Mrs. Jack Dung-
ey, planted by Hill-the-Florist. A
swinging bassinet, one ‘of Mr.
Scott's shecialties, with bedding
furnished by Mrs. Dungey, went to
James Thomas.
Brisk bidding for a transistor rad-
io giver by Dave Schooley, carried
it over the retail price. It was bid
in by Ralph Postorive.
Drawing for the electric stove
contributed as a grand door prize
by Luzerne Electric Division of UGI,
saw Thomas Hillyer the lucky man.
Table decorations were geraniums
and bandanas, to carry out the
Aunt Jemima theme. Harry Lefko
and Charles Mannear were co-chair-
men. :
Invocation, followed by salute to
the flag and one stanza of America,
was by Rev. Russell Lawry; bene-
diction by Rev. Francis A. Kane.
Dinner guests: Sec, B Page 2
bid on se
Briggs is a twirler in the ‘Senior
Band, vice president of the Pep
Club, assistant photo editor of the
yearbook, and a member of chorus.
plans are not definite.
The May Queen will be attended
by flower girls, Bonnie Sutton, Diane
Wostoowicz, Jo Ann Urick, Chris-
She sings in the choir of First {lc Smith, Linda Tough, Carol Sayre,
| Church of Christ in Sweet Valley. Cnythia Aentile anid Elizabeth
Marie Hardisky has been Girl of Wright, Train bearers will be Dan-
the Month for the Dallas Rotary, jel Nulton and Donald Josuweit.
| Head Majorette in the band, of- Robert Park will be crown bearer.
| ficer of her class, president of the
| fashion club, member of the Nation-
{al Honor Society and FTA, in the
{cast of the junior class play and
E | student director of senior class
i Baar or and, Ne | CY a
tends St. Anthony's Glrarch in | grade will present “Lady around
Larksville.. She plans to enter | he Lady”, ‘a typical 5 American
| Bloomsburg ‘State College. {Square Dance. The treditiondl May
Mary Ann Laskowski, school col- | ~ 4 !
umnist for the Dallas Post, plans to {by freshmen. A German Broom
| attend Wilkes College. She has been | Dass No x SR oe
| active as editor of the newspaper, Foven grage. ; Dur fron on
Saetrt elitor. oft the. yearbooks tage will be represented by the
: ] 2 | Juniors, dancing the Can-Can. Con-
vice president of chorus, class secre- } Y
tary for three years, and a mem- | cluding the program of dances will
ber of the Future Teachers and | > 3
Future Homemaker’s Clubs. Mary | Pennsylvania Polka”.
Ann has acted as accompanist for |
| thé school, has been bell and xylo- the morning. Activities will
phone player in the band, and as- |
|
|
school girls. - The junior class will
entertain with a “Little Dutch Boy”
dance; sophomore girls will dance
sistant organist at First Presbyter- |
fon Al in Nanticoke, She is |by Lake-Lehman Band.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer |
Laskowski of Jackson Township. SURPLUS FOOD
3 EEE SEE EE % Donna Lord, daughter of Mr. and | !
Photo by Kozemchak | Demmy, auction chairman, keeps a right and Mrs. Demmy, far left. The | Mrs. ‘Stephen. Lord of Sweet Val- |
Robert Bachman, auctioneer, sells | keen eye on the bidders while |other was Sister Celestine, president | ley, will enter Nesbitt Memorial | Surplus food will be distributed
a pair of hand-carved deer to |co-chairman, Robert Fleming, keeps of College Misericordia, who gave | Hospital School of Nursing. She has | for Back Mountain residents Thurs-
Herman Thomas who for years has |a record of the sales. As at all auct- |the deer fashioned in Italy. | been class treasurer for three | day, May 10, 10 am. to 2 p.m. at
refused to be denied the first item |ions, there’s a woman behind the | | years, a member of the play cast Trucksville Fire Hall. Bring contain-
sold over the auction block, Dick |scenes, That is Mrs, Fleming far | | for two years. treasurer for the ers.
Dances will be presented by high |
to “White Bagpipes Play”. Repres- |
| Pole Winding will be accomplished |
| be sophomores and juniors in ‘“The |
Field events will take place in |
resume
fat 1:00 p.m. with recorded music |
| cipally for their support from coin
| card returns, Income received is
{used partly for current expenses
| with the greater pant set aside’ for
| eventual purchase of new appar-
atus and for unforseen expenses.
! In 1961, the Ambulance Associa-
{tion was enabled to purchase a
new ambulance through use of coin
card contributions.
The public has in the past given
| strong support. Members of these
| organizations anticipate and request
| continued support.
Henry Peterson and Mrs. Harriett
| Thompson, chairmen, are assisted
[this year by co-chairmen Mrs.
| Edward Cavan and Mrs. Willard
{ Covert.
The ambulance fund’ drive in
{Kunkle will start July 21, with
{ distribution of coin cards for a
| lesser amount, as Kunkle has its
{own drive for support of its fire
| company.
WHAT IS THE FIRST
THING YOU BID IN
AT THE AUCTION
What is the first thing you
ever bought at a Library Auc-
| tion? What year? What did
| You pay for it? Are you still
using it?
This is the 16th Library
Auction, coming up in July, the
{ 5th 6th and 7th,
Did you attend the first
Library Auction sixteen years
ago? Remember the rain and
the rope that separated the
auctioneers from the bidders?