Bors. Thomas Longmore,
of art in the Dallas adult Evening |
won Robert
provide ‘this booth with small hand- |
Oldest Business
72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER
Institution
Back of the Mountain
THE DALLAS POST
TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
ORchard 4-5656
Telephone Numbers .
OR 4-7676
TEN CENTS PER COPY-—TWELVE PAGES
MORE THAN A/NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
VOL. 74, NO. 23, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1962
— Kiwanis Key Club Rifle Team Leaves For Denver Tomorrow Noon —
Paintings To Be
A Feature At
Library Auction
All Preparations
Moving Smoothly
For Big July Sale
Mrs. DeWitt Smith, chairman of
the Art Booth for the Sixteenth
Annual Back Mountain Memorial
Library Auction, announced an ex-
panded program for this interesting
section of the three-day affair July
5, 6 and 7, when she reported at a
meeting of chairmen held Friday
night at the home of general chair-
man Dick Demmy.
Since that time, she has received
solid assurance that artists of Na-
tional repute will contribute paint-
ings, to be auctioned off from the |
block after going ‘on exhibit, with
minimum bids set by the artists
themselves. Descriptions and other
necessary data will be published |
well in advance. /
Already committed to the project
are: Chester Colson, art instructor !
at Wilkes College, who will give a
water color; Phil Richards, mem-
ber of American Water Color Socie-
ty, New York, teacher of art at
Eberhart Museum in Scranton; and
Graydon Mayer, whose water colors
are well known.
Something new has been added.
instructor
School, will make quick landscapes
as customers look on. Murs. DeWitt
Smith and Mrs, John Vivian will
again make portraits;
A feature of last year's on
®vhich attracted much
was the Children’s Auc.ion, hold
Saturday morning. Again,
will. be a Children’s Auction,
scheduled for 10 a.m. July 7
display new goods, which will be
auctiéned off at an announced time.
Refreshment stand will have three |
coffee tens instead of two, and a
greater guantity of hot sandwich
material :be on hand for late
sales Saturd:
been added to the ment.
«
.. On Thursday, opening day of the
foun booths will open at 6 p.m.,
give early diners at the Barbecue |
a chance to roam before auctioning
starts at 7:30. On both Friday and
Saturday, booths will open at 10,
uctioning start at noon.
" ETV. Chadwick, Plants and Pro-
duce, will again have a display
against the bank leading to the Art
Scott will
made planters.
Mrs. Mitchell Jenkins will act as
liaison between Odds and Ends and |
Antiques, to insure that as much |
revenue as possible be realized from |
small items which might turn out |
to be antiques,
Ziba Smith grounds chairman,
says tents will be put up as early |
in June as possible, and more
shelving will be provided.
It was announced that Auction
chairmen will be guests of David |
Schooley June 15 at Irem Country |
Club, the final meeting before the |
July Auction.
Present, and giving reports were |
these chairmen: Mrs. Archer Mohr,
Mrs. Charles Gardner, Mrs. Richard
¥yers, Mrs. Larry Moretti, Ziba
Smith, Mrs, Howard Wiley, Stefan
Hellersperk, Mrs. Edward Ditlow,
E. V. Chadwick, Homer B. Moyer,
®obert Bachman, Dick: Demmy, |
‘guth Demmy, Mrs. Ellen Kimball,
Mrs. Ziba Smith, Robert Fleming, |
Mrs. DeWitt Smith, George McCut-
cheon, Jack Conyngham, Mrs. T. M.
B. Hicks. |
Metal Pin In Leg
Bud VanCampen, injured a year
ago in a traffic crash, and still
wearing a cast on his leg, was op-
erated on Tuesday morning at Nes- |
bitt Hospital, where a metal pin
was inserted in the bone.
there | : ;
| This program will save the Bor- |
We |
i al find that it cost h less |
Arrangements have been made to | giSo lng rust x costs muc
night. Platters have |
again |
Dallas Borough
Embarks On New
Street Program
Alvin Shaffer Is
Replaced As
| Street Commissioner
; Dallas Borough has embarked on
a street reconstruction program
which should see all of its twelve
miles of highways resurfaced with-
in the next two years, according
to Robert Post, chairman of th
Street Committee of Dallas Borough
| Council...
Mr. Post said streets being recon-
structed this summer are East and
West Center Hill Road to the top
of the hill; Franklin Street, Ter-
race and East Terrace Drive, Wyo-
| Machell Avenue,
Of first importance according to
Mz.
beth Street,
areas
It
do one street at a time and do it
well rather than to continue a
system of patching and temporary
repairs..
To this end, Mr. Post said, Coun-
cil has borrowed $10,000 this sum-
mer to provide additional funds for
permanent street work.. Rollers
and other heavy equipment have
been rented from the County Road
Department and all work is being
| done by the Borough Street De-
| partment rather than by private
| contractors. |
L. “We will go as far as we can
N° ammer with the money avail-
Ei’ Mr: Post said; ‘‘then next
| spring we will start on other
streets.”
ough money in many ways.
| per foot to do an entire street
| than it does to embark on make-
| shift patching.
Those streets which have been |
completed under this program,
among them Franklin Street and |
Center Hill Roard, are in beautiful |
{ci tion dnd Council has-been com-
plimented for the workmanship.
Supervision of construction
now being done by Andrew Peranto,
Parrish Street, temporarily appoint-
Alvin Shaffer, formed Street Com-
misioner, who was dismissed by
Mr Post some days ago for disre-
garding instructions.. 3
It is expected that Borough
Council will sustain Shaffers dis-
missal at’ its next meeting Tues-
day night and
| from the Borough Police Depart-
| ment.
First Morning On Job
| Fifteen ~ minutes after he had |
started work on a new job Monday |
morning, Clarence Corby of Center
| Moreland was struck in the face
| and chest by huge recoil springs |
released from road grading equip- |
Admitted to
ment at Mt. Zion.
| General Hospital at 8 a. m. by West |
| Pittston ambulance, he is reported
lia fairly good condition.
| Falls
says it is the first accident in ten
years of road work. Mr. Corby, an
| experienced grading machine oper- |
| ator, was standing in the road. The |
powerful springs narrowly missed |
| another man.
| George Condaras Wins
George Condaras, 12, son of Mrs.
| Condaras and the late Gus ‘Con-
daras of Center Hill Road, received |
| one of the 120 prizes awarded at |
| the Achievement Day program of |
| the Overbrook School for the Blind,
Philadelphia..
| The award was for high scholastic |
| achievement and outstanding work |
| in Braille.
|
ming Avenue, Elizabeth Street and |
Post is drainage in the Eliza- |
and Machell Avenue |
is the intention of Council to |
ed as working foreman replacing py
also dismiss him |
Injured By Recoil Springs |
Superintendent Bob Martin, East |
Sand and Gravel Company, |
wrong even in the
That's what
Things go
best regulated towns.
Post Photographer James Kozemchak | his
| thought when he ran across these
| two signs in front of Dallas Meth-
| odist Church while he was making
weekly rounds. While the
Church Bulletin. Board urges all |
To Enter Or Not To Enter, That's The Question
to enter and pray, the Borough
Street Department apparently has | the Board ‘of Education will pre-|
some doubts.
Photo by Kozemchak |
Library Board Seeks Replacement
The serious illness of Mrs. Pros- |
per Wirt, librarian, has prompted |
David Schooley, president of Back
| Mountain Memorial Library to eall a
special meeting of the Directors for
consider emergency measures for
| the direction of the library and pos-
sible appointment of an interim li- |
brarian.
Mrs, Wirt, who has not been well |
since she slipped on the ice and |
fell last December at her apartment |
| on Lehman Avenue while preparing |
the |
to take a bus home for
Christmes holidays, has been con-
fined to her home 647 Clifton Ave-
nue, Tom's River, N.J., for the past
i three weeks, Her condition has
| grown progressively worse,
She came here October 1, 1961
to replace Miss Miriam Lathrop,
who retired. Since coming to Dallas
she supervised the rearrangement
of the library and the expansion
of its stacks to the second floor,
| formerly Miss Lathrop’s apart-
| menmt. |
In discussing Mrs. Wirt's resig-
| nation, Mr, Schooley said, the Li-
| brary Board is faced wiht the prob-
| lem of a replacemest at one of the
| busiest seasons of the year. “We
are eager to obtain a trained li-
| brarian and also to make contact |
| with any local persons who have |
| had library experience or feel that |
| they would like to follow library |
work as a career.’
“There is a shortage of 18,000
trained librarians in the United
| this is a wonderful career for
| young people to consider.”
|
|
Evening Star
{ The evening star appearing on
{ the western horizon is Venus.
Fi irst ‘Science | Fair At Dallas Junior High School Draws Crowd
tomorrow night at 8 at the Annex to |
States. It would seem to me that |
‘For Mrs. Wirt Who Is Seriously Ill
is |
Legion Will Nominate
Officers Tuesday Night
Nomination of officers for
| Home Association will be held at
| the regular meeting. of Daddow-
jIsanes Post 672; American Legion;
{ Tuesday night at 8 at the Post
| Home on Memorial Highway.
the |
Post’ and Board of Directors of the |
At the close of the meeting the |
| annual meeting of the Home Asso- |
Harvey, president, presiding.
The financial report for the year
will be given .by Thomas Reese,
treasurer of the Home Association.
American Legion Awards
T'o Swelgin And Rogers
| Tuesday evening at Lake- Lehman
Class Night exercises. Anthony
Marchakitus made the presentations.
Post Commander Edward Buckley
and adjutant Thomas Reese, state
that awards given by Legion Post
| 672 are in recognition of honor,
| courage, leadership, and civic con-
| sciousness.
Linda Swelgin and Thomas Rogers |
{received American Legion awards |
ciation will be held with Leonard |
| ducted its first annual Science Fair |
May 21-22, 1962 in the Dallas Jun-
| ior High School gymnasium. Pro-
| jects were judged by Dr. Detwiler,
| professor of Physics and Chemistry |
at Wilkes College graduate school;
| Anthony Ruddy, Biology teacher at
| Coughlin High School; Thomas Carr,
Chemistry and Physics teacher at
| Dallas Senior High School.
| Pictured here are the winners
of the Science Fair with the Prin-
cipal and members of the Science
department of Dallas Junior High
School. Ninth grade division win-
ners from left to right: Third prize,
(Linda Davies, ‘Photosynthesis’,
isecond prize, Richard ~ Bayliss,
“Effect of light and water on
plants”; First prize, Mary Demko,
| “Zone Electrophoresis’.
Rear left to right: John Cathrall,
; Sheldon Mosier, John Rosser, Prin-
|'sipal; Howard Shiner. Seventh and
| Eight grade division left to right:
| Third prize, John Lewis, ‘Distilla-
| tion”, second prize, Scott Alexan-
| der, ‘Binary Computer’
| Jeff Townsend, ‘Flying Saucer”.
| Ninth grade: 1st Honorable Men-
| tion, Sharon Phillips, “Fuel Cell”;
| Robert Long, “From Egg to Chick’.
2nd Honorable Mention: Kenneth
Higgins, ‘“Seismograph’”; Jeff
{ Davis, “Fallout Shelter”; Sharon
| Evans, “The Growth of the Chick
Embryo”; Elaine Dixon, ‘Moon
abun,
FIRST COMMENCEMENT
IN GYMNASIUM AT NEW
DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL
Dallas Senior High School
gymnasiuh will be the scene of
the first Commencement to he
held in the new building Tues-
day evening at 8.
W. Frank Trimble will pre-
sent 140 candidates for diplo-
mas, and Charles Mannear,
president of. the school board,
will distribute them..
John M. Bickel will be in-
troduced by Superintendent
Robert A. Mellman. Invocation
and benediction will be pro-
nounced by Rev. Robert D.
Yost.
Girls Shsembin, Carol Sut-
ton, accompanist, will be direct-
ed by Miss Louise Ohlman.
The entire assemblage will join
in singing the Alma Mater,
written’ by Barbara Tag.
The class motto is “The
Golden Age is Before You, Not
Behind You.”
Class officers are: President,
Robert George Peterson vice
president, Harold Somers His-
lop; secretary, Mary Ann Zary-
chta; treasurer, Marjorie Jean
Walp. A
Ad Woolbert Now Home
Addison Woolbert Jr., has re-
turned from Moses Taylor Hospital |
in Scranton to his home in Nicholson. |
Dallas Junior High School Staged
First Annual Science Fair In Gym
Dallas Junior High School con-!
Aquarium”,
7th and 8th Grades: Honorable
| Mention. Robert. Bayer, “The Solar
| System”; Robert Graham, “Wonder
of Oil”. :
Science Fair projects were on ex-
hibit for the public on May 22nd
from 7-9 p.m. at which time win-
ners were presented . with Science
Fair medals. There were 140 stu-
dents who entered projects for the
fair. The exhibit was attended by
| approximately 250 interested par-
>: First Prize, |
ents and friends of the contestants.
It was difficult for judges to se-
lect winners, competition was so
keen and exhibits so nearly parallel
in interest.
It was necessary to name more
winners of Honorable Mention than
at first contemplated. To cite only
one,—the sealed aquarium showing
how future ~moon-dwellers would
have to live in order to’get along
without © atmosphere, had been
closed to the air since October, the
plants giving off oxygen and moig-
ture.
Mr. Cathrall reports that the seis-
mograph exhibit was so sensitive
to slight vibration that a leap on
the gymnasium floor brought forth
a definite response.
Next year, he says, interest will
be even keener than it was this
year. Registration, expected to be
120 zoomed to 140 by the day of
the exhibit,
Seniors To Hear
Judge Kessinger
Tuesday Evening
Lake-Lehman Fourth
Commencement At
Lehman Auditorium
Reverend B. Kirby Jones of the
First Christian Church will give the
invocation.
Misses Carol
Drapiewski = and
orations, - Carol .is the
Lake honor graduate.
Mr. Lester Squier,
able Harold B. Kessingor, who will
speak on ‘Tuning in on the Fu-
ture”. Honored graduates will be
| cipal. Edgar Lashford, president of
| sent the diplomas to the graduating
| class,
| The Reverend Stanislaus Banas,
of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
| Church of Lake Silkworth will jpro- |
nounce the Benediction.
The prize winning Lake-Lehman
pend will play several numbers.
Judge Kessinger,
known lecturer,
was reared a
|
| Gotioge Northwestern © University
| and the University of Chicago; he
| turned to lecturing while still a stu-
{ dent. He brings to the platform a
| rich background as an editor, pub-
lisher, educator, bank president,
civic leader and world traveler.
The Honorable Harold Kessinger
ig a three-term Jurist in New
{ Jersey. He has served as president
of the Chamber
Cross and ‘the Community Chest,
Judge Kessinger is a Kentucky |
Colonel, Past International Director |
of Rotary, member of the New
Jersey Committee on Education in |
International Affairs and a member |
of the YMCA committee on youth
and government.
Called the ‘Ambassador of Wit
and Humor” Judge Kessinger
lectured in all states of the United
States and in Canada, Cuba, Mexico
and England.
Dies At Eighty-One
President of the 'Board of Trus-
tees of Wyoming Seminary for the
| past twenty-two years and a direc-
{ tor for fifty-two years, Z. Platt |
| Bennett, prominent
| civic and commercial life of Wyo-
| ming Valley, died quietly in his
| sleep .last Tuesday morning at his
home, Coolyn Hill, overlooking |
Huntsville Reservoir in Lehman
Township.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, son of the |
late Mr. and Mrs. George Bennett,
he was educated at Harry Hillman |
Academy, Wyoming Seminary and
Wesleyan University. At Wyoming
Seminary Commencement last year,
he saw the fourth generation of his
family, his grandaughter Ann Har-
vey, graduate.
JUDGE HAROLD, C. KESSINGERL |
|
Fourth annual Commencement of |
Lake - Lehman Schools will take |
place Tuesday evening June 12 in|
Lehman Auditorium at 8:15. The |
Caroline Ide will deliver the honor |
Lehman |
honor student, and Caroline is. the |
supervising |
presented with awards by Mr. An- |
| tony Marchakitus, High School prin- |
a ‘nationally |
Quaker and educated at Blackburn |
of Commerce and |
| has been active in Boy Scouts, Red |
has |
in the social |
In Yacht Race
For Bermuda
Rodda Cousin Here
For The Weekend
Dr. Paul Bournemann, a cousin of |
| Mr. Paul Rodda, will sail in the |
| Bermuda Race June 16, one of a
| crew of fourteen which will man
the sixty - foot yacht Germanic,
entry from the Hamburg Yacht
| Club, Germany.
Dr.
|
1
|
1
{
{
|
{
Bournemann, in Dallas for
in on the plans. The yacht, now
berthed at City Island, New York,
will meet other yachts at the start-
| ing point four hours out at sea |
| from Newport, R. I. Bermuda is the |
end of the race. From Bermuda,
| Dr. Bournemann will fly to Idlewild,
| thence back to Germany to resume |
| his dental practice.
He has been yachting, and col-
was a boy. With him on his flying |
trip to Dallas were Eleanor’s father |
Mr. and Mrs. Paul !
Kandler, from Teaneck, N. J., hosts |
for his stay in the United States.
This is his first visit to America,
and the first time he has mer his |
American cousins,
The two-masted 32 ton yacht was
transported to this country on the
{ and mother,
America.
first ‘yacht to enter the harbor in
| Bermuda.
| the best corrected time in indi-
| vidual classes.
Presbyterians
Organize Sunday
Sunday at 4, the Presbytery of
Lackawanna will meet at Dallas
Junior High Sdicol. tg" organize
| Trinity United Presbyterian Church j
{and to install ‘the Rev, Andrew
| Pillarella as Pastor. Over 120 chap-
| ter members will be presented,
Rey. Lloyd H. Crall, pastor of
Dunmore Presbyterian Church; El-
der
| Presbyterian Church and the Rev.
Herbert: E. Pickett, Jr., Kingston
| Presbyterian Church will conduct
| the worship service, Rev. Pickett
| ganization with Rev. Pillarella,
| Moderator of Presbytery participat-
ing.
Elder James D, Hutchison, Vice-
Moderator of Presbytery will con-
| duct installation of the Pastor with
{| Rev. Dr. Jule Ayers, First Presby-
| terian Church, Wilkes-Barre, and |
| Rev. Robert R. Smyrl, Executive
| Secretary of Presbytery participat-
ing,
Laurston Travis, Executive Secre-
| Churches and Elder William A.
| Shuster, will welcome the newly or-
| ganized church. Raymond Spencer
| Martin will be the guest organist.
son and Mrs, Charles James in
charge.
At Tunkhannock,
The Dallas High School Keyettes
| and Key Club rifle team took first
| place honors in Owego, N. Y., Sat-
| urday.
Parading before 10,000 people in
| the 175th anniversary of the found- |
ling of the town, the local units re-
| ceived applause all along the par-
| ade route for their performances
[in precision marching and rifle
movements.
| Professional parade judges picked |
| the winners and the units were re-
X
a rae oad 4am EE
the weekend, filled Eleanor Rodda |
lecting trophies for North Sea and |
Baltic Sea contests ever since he |
deck of a freighter, by way of South |
It is the property of the |
{ Krupp family, famous for munitions. |
One hundred yachts of all types |
ih FER are in th : "EW, he |
principal, will introduce the Honor- | ¢ in the Face. A cup rewards the
There are cups also for |
Minor Aylesworth, Nanticoke |
will preside for the service of or- |
tary of Wyoming Valley Council of |
A. nursery will be provided with |
two teachers, Mrs. Antoinette Ma- |
‘Caravan Will Accompany 33 Boys
From Orchard Farm To Scranton
| High School, Key Club rifle team
| have received word that the cara-
| van that will escort the boys to
| Scranton on Friday will have po-
| lice escort when it reaches that
| city.
Scranton police headquarters has
| sent word to Dallas Kiwanis that
| they will guide the caravan to the
railroad station in Scranton.
The entourage will leave Orchard
Farm Dairy at noon.
The boys will ride in a bus pro-
vided by Leon Emmanuel.
Chuck O'Brien, Erie-Lackawanna
railroad official, sent word that he
is making it a point to be on hand
to wish the local youngesters good
luck. Chuck also stated that he
may accompany the group part of
| the way and then catch a sleeper
back to Scranton.
When the group arrives in
| Chicago, Erie-Lackawanna officials
have made arrangements to have
|a bus take the boys on a planned
| tour of Chicago until afternoon
| when they will leave for Denver.
Boys .who are making the trip
|are: Donald Anderson, Robert Brown,
| Jon Butler, James Campbell. John
Campbell, Lewis Chere, Gary Cobb,
{ Howard Dover, David Elston, Wil-
| liam Jones, Jack Kaleta, Barry
| Kennington, Kenny Kennington,
| Thomas Landon, Robert Letts, Dale
Mosier, Frank O'Hara, Lee Philco,
Thomas Peirce, Jon Schaffer, Ron-
| old Sinicrope, Barry Slocum, Joseph
Ulinoski, Frank Wadas, John War-
i dell, William Welch, Richard Love,
Michael Jones, and Carl Miers.
Al Ackerson, Lieutenant Gover-
Parents and friends of Dallas
nor of Kiwanis, and Mrs. Acker-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gardner,
Mr. and Mrs. William Wright and
| family and Mr. and Mrs. George
| Mc Cutcheon and family will ac-
company the boys.
Bound For Year
In Formosa
Enderson To Study At
University Of Taiwan
Bound for Formosa where he will
| spend a year at the University of
Taiwan, Frederic Anderson, dJr.,
Shavertown will leave at the end
of June sailing on - the Chinese
freighter SS Hai Sin.
He will attend classes and do
missionary work among the college
students, in a program sponsored
by World Brotherhood Exchange, 2
| an organization of prominent Luth-
eran men. His tuition and board
| will be paid by a doctor in Iowa.
Exchange students are required to
raise money for their own passage.
| Five other young men will go to
| India and Ethiopia. :
Fred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred-
| eric Anderson; a graduate of West-
| moreland,, studied for twa years at
| the Lutheran Bible Institute in Tea-
neck; N. J. He is a ministerial
student at Augustana College Rock
| Island, Illinois. Interested from
| boyhood in missions he has preached
iat St. Paul's, Shavertown, and
| Trinity in Wilkes-Barre during
summer vacations
Fred is trying to find a ride to
| San Francisco, or to Seattle, where
the will join the Chinese freighter.
Drill Team And Keyettes Acclaimed
Owego Parades
stricted to time and movements
| which they could use. |
On Memorial Day the rifle team
| performed for the Kiwanis Club in
| Tunkhannock. Dallas Kiwanis Club
fue been told that Tunkhannock
has been raving about the local lads
since their performance there.
The big Owego parade was made
up of ten divisions which required
i hours to pass the reviewing