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Chairmen Report
On Auction At
Festive Meeting
Dave Schooley Host
At Country Club To
Committee Heads |
Gathered for the final official
meeting for Library Auction chair-
men on invitation of David Schooley,
president of the Library Association,
committee heads buckled down to
work at Irem Country Club last
Friday evening before enjoying a
buffet supper at 10 p. m. Gathered
about long tables they completed
the shaking-down of many com-
mittees into ‘a smoothly running
unit, going into high gear for the
big event, Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday, July 5, 6 and 7.
Dick Demmy invited all chairmen
to a potluck supper July 20 at his
home, asking each member to bring |
whatever he wished. Iced tea, he!
said, would be on the house. Written
reports would be received for guid- |
ance of next year’s auction com- |
mittees. |
Chairmen introduced themselves,
and Dick proved himself a mental
gymnast by remembering all the
names.
James Alexander, reporting for
the fifty-member New Goods Com-
mittee, said that many valuable
things had already been promised,
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including a color TV, two cameras, |
a lawn set, a power lawn mower.
Philip VanBlarcom stated that new
goods would again be displayed on |
shelves on the ' Lehman Avenue |
_. sidelines.
¥Y Odds and Ends has a new chair- |
man, Mrs. Norti. Berti, whose hus- |
band was always one of the prime |
supporters of the Library Auction. |
Another chairman who was
pitchforked into the auction unex-
pectedly, is Mrs. Dana Crump. Mrs. |
Ay Crump has always been active ‘in |
the book booth, but this year she |
accepted the chairmanship, follow- |
ing announcement of the serious |
illness of Mrs. Prosper Wirt, librar- |
ian.
Mr. Demmy asked for a big hand |
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for the men who set up the Auction i
grounds, and for those who «clean |
up the mess after the: fun is over |
and everybody has gone home. Ziba |
Smith, Tony Hudak, Stéfan‘Hellers- |= =
perk and’ Bob Casselberry are
already working #ton LS eraunds
having started Saturday afternoon. |
The thankless job ‘of cleaning away |
the remains is in the hands of the |
Kiwanis Club, Leo Corbett chair- |
man. |
Mrs. Charles Frantz outlined |
plans for the Antiques Committee, |
of stressing the new arrangement to |
of: more goods over the table.
A report given for chairman
Sheldon Mosier, indicated that the |
auction will be enlivened with two |
little pigs, a pony, and the tradi-
tional black sheep from the Herman |
Thomas farm. Anything but kittens |
can be sold. Mothers are adamant
about kittens, and they keep coming |
back, no matter how desolate the |
children feel. |
Mrs. Carlton Davies reported on
an efficiently organized general so- |
licitation commitee, prepared to |
blanket the area with flyers. No
junk, Mrs. Davies specified. The |
auction is to raise money for the |
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Library, not to act as a way-station |
to the public dump. : |
Mrs. Richard O.Myers reported |
for the refreshment stand, tradition-
ally manned by Dallas Woman's |
Club. She said she would be happy |
to accept volunteer assistance. A |
third coffee urn and an electric |
b hot-water heater will be of great!
value in speeding service.
Spencer Martin invited everybody |
to, distribute chance books on the |
Ford Falcon Futura, parked outside
in the grounds for inspection. Other |
chances will be available for a dec-
orated Pennsylvania Dutch bench, |
and for a lovely old doll, refurbished
and ‘dressed by Mrs. Arthur New-
man.
Mrs. Walter Kozemchak reported |
on the candy booth, which will]
again offer lollipops made by Back |
Mountain Girl Scouts. A popcorn |
machine will be set up by Red |
Ambrose, with 100 pounds of pop-
corn donated.
Howard P. Wiley reported on
chefs; Homer B. Moyer on auction |
finance; Mrs. Archer Mohr on baked |
goods, again being handled by the |
Rotary-Anns, and. again asking for |
community-wide donations of cook- |
ies, pies, cakes, home-made bread, |
sticky buns, Boston brown bread, |
dinner rolls.
E. V. Chadwick reported on plants
and produce, said the bank in back |
of the booth would again be gay |
with flowers. |
Nobody was on hand to report on
the Barn committee, George Mec-
Cutcheon being on his way back
from Denver. Key Club boys will
again man the barn, and John But- |
ler’'s Explorer Scouts will take
charge of running between block |
«and bidder.
Mrs. Ross Kimball is chairman of |
thei Fun Booth, which is designed to |
keep children happily out of the |
hair of their parents during the |
auction.
Plans for the chicken barbecue |
July 5 on Gate of Heaven School |
grounds (inside if it rains) is the |
which sets the three day |
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event
{a 5-2 mark.
| manager John Dorish is no stranger | §
i to Dallas fans, is just one game be- |
| game at shortstop, and Len Rish- |
| ployed by the Dallas Dairy.
| B® has the strong Dairymen in high |
‘Bobby Says She's Off
| chickens that barbecued them last
| will be exhibited in
Sixth Grade Classes Make Historical Trip
Sixth Grades of Dallas
District enjoyed a full day in Phila: |
delphia touring points of historic in- | Tanner's for supper.
terest.
at 10:30.
They visited the Planetarium and |
lunch.
In the afternoon visited Indep-
endence Hall, the Betsy Ross House
Dairymen Play
Swoyerville' Here
This Sunday
Dallas Dairy Baseball team showed
that it has the makings of a cham-
pion last Sunday when it blasted
league-leading Pringle 11-3, with
Bob Grasely gaining the win, and
Ralph Hendershot slamming out 4
hits, and driving in 4 RBIs.
This big win placed Wilson Gar- |
inger's- forces in second place with |
Swoyersville, whose |
hind Dallas with a 4-3 record, win- |
ning over
week. |
Last Sunday's victory included a |
brief scramble at home plate, in- |
volving Dallas pitcher Bob Grasely |
and Pringle’s vociferous Nick Dar- |
des, who engaged in a special one- |
round bout before order was re-
stored.
Dallas newcomers Russ Frederick,
of Forty Fort, who turned in a fine |
kofski, currentlly hitting .385, have |
helped bolster the club's defense
and timely hitting.
Manager Mike Witek will go ally
out in this week's game to stop |
Swoyersville, which copped its last |
three games. Witek has played |
considerable pro ball, having been |
| in the Chicago Cubs chain for sev-
eral years. Mike, whose brother, |
Mickey, made the big leagues as a |
| New York Giant, is a resident of |
is em- |
He is |
married, and has two daughters. |
After a rough start early this season, |
Parrish Street, Dallas, and
gear.
This week’s game on Dallas Field
will begin at 2:30, and lucky num-
ber ticket holders will receive prizes
again this .week.
Blue-Jays For Life
Bobby Smith is off blue-jays for
life. Says she thinks they're hand-
some, but they can stay away from | §
her swiming pool from now on. A | {
pair of frantic blue-jay parents trap-
ped her in the pool house and peck- |
ed her every time she looked out, af- |
ter she had tried to rescue a baby | §
bluejay which had fallen from the
nest.
For four days the blue-jays fought
off all interference as they guarded
their babies. The Smiths stayed in- :
side the house, foregoing use of the |
pool. :
auction in motion. Carl M. Hender-
son said everything was arranged,
with the same man preparing the
year. Dallas’ American Legion men
will serve.
Mrs. A. DeWitt Smith showed a
water-color, one of several which
town at the
advance of the
Little Gallery in
auction. The Art Booth will again
be an interesting feature of the |
auction.
School | and the
| John Welker’s.
Mocanaque 17-14 last | §
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Zoo.
Left to right, front row
On the way home they stopped at | Huttman, John Mannear, Myrn Hos-
| ier, David Kapson, Scott Blase, Mike |
Robert | Evans, Cathy Conolly, Nancy Cris-
pell, Barbara Hughes, Shirley Brown,
Davies, Karen Kashenbach, Allison
The trip was sponsored by Dallas | Davis, Eric Mayer, John Layaou, Al- | Galletly, Betsy Mulhern, Karen Fink,
Leaving, here at 7 Friday morn-| PTA. There were thirty-three stu- {lan Brown, Paul Bacon, Dale Elston, | Gail Eckenrode, Lucy Fleming, Denise
| erts,
‘Mrs. Austin has been conducting |
These twelve Dallas Senior students have re-
ceived scholarships to colleges, universities or hos-
pitals. Four of them are Rotary foreign exchange
students.
First Row:
(left to right) Nancy Sieber (Junior -
These are members of the Dallas Sophomore
class who received letters of commendation from
the National Educational Developmental Testing
Company in Illincis for ranking in the top ninety-
fourth percent of their class on a mational rating
basis.
First Row: (left to right) Linda Woolbert,
Georgia McCutcheon, Sheryl Stanley, Marsha Sowden,
Susan Kitchen, Sharon Titus, Linda Tag, Margaret
Fleming, Jacqueline Churry, Kathleen Maury.
These are members of the Dallas Freshman class
who received letters of commendation from the
National Educational Developmental Testing Company
in Illinois for ranking in the top minety-fourth per-
cent of their class on a national rating basis.
First Row: (left to right) Jean Fleming, Diana
Susan
Shirley
Pickett,
Dingle,
Rosemary Zekas, Sharon Phillips,
Ann Wuoolbert, Linda Casterline,
| Blase, Mrs. . Earl Brown, Suzanne | Parry, Robert Welsh, Bruce Green.
jing in two chartered Martz busses, | dents from Mrs. William Austin’s | Bill Kingsbury, George Block, David | Garinger, Mrs, William Kingsbury,
| the group arrived in the Quaker City | classes and twenty-nine from Mrs. | Haines; Charles Garris, Ronald Rob- Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Oce Austin.
Frank Matenus. |
Left to right, back row: Mr. Wm. | Carl Remely, David Pritchard, Joseph
Left to right, kneeling: Earl Evans,
| Franklin Institute where they had ; such student tours since 1935. For | A. Austin, Mr. Charles Mannear, Mrs. | Goode, Jr., Edward Rome, Andy
| weeks before the trip was made | Robert Huttman, Mrs. Graydon May- Smith, Robert Nygren, Damon Yong,
students studied and read about|er, Mrs. S. C. Holvey, Mrs. John | Paul Prile, Jr., Ronald Sutton, Robert
what they were gonig to see.
Left to right, standing: Mrs. Lewis
Reese, Mrs. Kenneth Young, Mrs.
Sally Holvey, Donna Imatt, Diane
Joseph Goode, Judy Stasko, Peggy
Bayliss, Cynthia Powell, Dianne Sey-
more, Karen Steindhardt, Ann Dav-
ies, Sally Ziegenfus, Rita Mae Nafus,
Sandy Pritchard, Rosann Strickland,
Diane Schweiss, Kathy Reese, Carol
Smith, Sharon Yalick, Sally Lancio,
Susan Carey, Mrs. Sarah Welker,
Cecil Sutton, Mrs. Ralph Welsh.
Foreign Exchange Student), Louise Hadsall, Elfriede
Hefft, Sandra Ambrose, Bonnie West, Mary Jane
Bennett. Second Row: Judith Williams, Dale Mosier,
Ralph Belles, E. William Welch, Lewis Chere, Judith
Woolbert.
ivy
Second Row: Margaret Lawson, Karen Walk, Beverly
Eck, Susan Karl, Joanne Hadsall, Susan Cheney,
Theresa Cushner, Linda Rowett, Pauline Farrar,
Janice Priebe. Third Row: Jack Simpson, Richard
Jenkins, Lee Philo, Larry Edwards, Douglas Nicol,
Howard Dymond, Frank Wadas, Robert Brown, John
Farley. Fourth Rew: Robert Shannon, Roger Hack-
ling, Samuel Berkey, Brent Smith, Joseph Ulinoski,
William Swartweed, John Brominski, Bradley Earl,
William Kelley, Thomas Pierce.
Zarychta. Second Row: Mr. John Rosser, Principal,
Linda Davies, Kit Karuza, Robert Voelker, Joseph
Stredney, Thomas Edwards, David Wadas, Mr. George
McCutcheon, Guidance Counselor. _ Third Row:
Robert Templin, Charges Higgs, Roger Congdon,
Kenneth Higgins, Harry Sweppenheiser, Robert Bray,
Ronald Fink, Reese Finn, Stephen Farrar.
JUDGE BEN JONES
PRESENTS SON WITH
LAW SCHOOL DIPLOMA
At the invitation of the Dean
of Temple University Law
School, Judge Benjamin R.
Jones, Shrine View, Justice of
the Pennsylvania Superior
Court, had the honor of pre-
senting the Bachelor of Laws
Degree to his son, Benjamin R.
Jones III, at the Law School
THE DALLAS POST
Commencement last week in
Philadelphia,
A graduate of Wyoming Sem-~
inary in 1955, and of Princeton
University in 1959, where he
was a member of the Quad-
rangle Club, Ben III is the third
generation of the Jones family
to follow law. His grandfather,
the late Benjamin Jones, was
Judge of the Court of Common
Pleas in Luzerne County for a
number of years, and his great
uncle, the late Evan Jones,
served the Luzerne County Bar
with distinction. 5
After he completes his State
Bar examinations, Ben expects
; to clerk for his father and hopes
| to practice law in this area.
Wilkes College Graduate
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W. BENJAMIN WEAVER
J. Benjamin Weaver, member of
i the graduating class of Wilkes Col-
ege. received the award of the |
| Pennsylvania Institute of Certified
| Accountants at commencement ex-
| ercises last week. He is son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Weaver of East
.| Dallas and nephew of Miss Emily |
| Goldsmith, ' librarian at Dallas |
| Junior High School. He was gradu- |
lated from Dallas Township High |
School, class of 1958. |
He left Monday for Philadelphia |
| where he has accepted a position |
| as certified public accountant with |
| Pybrand, Ross Brothers and Mont- |
| gomery. He was recently married |
| to Marian Shupp of Kunkle.
Local Girls On Staff |
At Camp Onawandah |
Jean Drapiewski, Sweet Valley, |
graduate of Lake-Lehman and Col- |
lege Misericordia, will be a unit lead-
er at Girl Scout Camp Onawanda, |
which opens next Wednesday. For |
the past three summers she has been !
a camp counselor directing land |
sports and swimming; Marjorie |
counselor; Margaret Hall of Shaver-
town will be on the office staff.
Almost Drowns In Pool
A fifteen year old West Virginia
ville, almost drowned at Sacred
| Heart Pool, Dallas, Tuesday.
guard at the pool used artificial
respiration and Dallas Ambulance
crew, Ray Titus and Jim Besecker,
| administered oxygen. He is resting
comfortably at Nesbitt Hospital.
Antiques Delivery
Antique Committee: bring your
offerings to the Barn Saturday, June
30, or Monday, July 2, in the middle
of the day. Somebody will be on
hand to unlock the stall.
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Junior High School Teachers
Smith, Dallas, will be an assistant | 1s,
VOL. 74, NO. 25,
Library, One Of
Five, To Share
In State Grant
Back Mountain Will
Receive About $2,500
Under Library Act
Back Mountain Memorial Library
will receive a grant of about $2500
from the State.
Governor David L. Lawrence has
approved state aid grants to five
libraries in Luzerne County, totaling
$18,784.26.
The Governor said that these are
the first in a series and that a sec-
ond distribution is scheduled for this
fall when a portion of the 1.5 mil-
lion appropriation for fiscal 1962-63
will be released. {
‘Amounts are based on the popu-
lation served by each library and
release dates are determined by the
flow of State revenues. The grants
are authorized by the Library Code
Act of 1961.
Luzerne County libraries receiving
grants, and the amounts, are Back
Mountain Memorial Library, Dallas,
$2,488.25; Hazleton, $4,029.88; King-
ston, $2,532.63; Nanticoke, $1,733.
50; and Wilkes-Barre, $5,000. :
The Governor said that he was
pleased to see the grants become a
reality. ‘The library program was
one of the vital features of this
administration’s program of state
improvements and I am happy that
this goal has been achieved.
The distribution of those grants
is the dawn of a new era for the
free public libraries of the Common-
wealth that have too long suffered
from the lack of adequate funds.
“This is a milestone in education
{in the state that will enrich and
| enlarge the library service in even
| the smallest communities.
“IT urged officials to continue, and
increase, ‘local support of libraries
| 'so that these grants will increase,
not merely replace, local library
budgets,” the Governor added.
Ralph Blasingame, Jr., State Li-
| brarian, said that the purpose of
| the initial grants is to increase both
| the juvenile and audit information
| resources of the libraries.
“Each library is asked to spend
i forty percent of the funds for juve-
| nile books and the balance
for
adult non-fiction or reference books.
Seven nationally recognized book
lists that are generally msed in the
library field ‘provide. thousands of
titles for which the grant may be
used to achieve its objective,” he
pointed out.
“A total of 207
free public
| libraries in 59 counties of the Com-
monwealth are expected to gualify
for the grants,” said Mr. Blasingame.
He added that Governor Lawrence
will be releasing funds daily as
payments are processed.
Gloria Jean Gensel, 1960
Runner-up In Contest
Gloria Jean Gensel, a 1960 gradu-
ate of Lake-Lehman, was runmer-
up in the Miss Milkmaid contest
June 13 that saw a Stillwater girl
winning top place for the Scranton- |
Wilkes - Barre = area at
Chamber of Commerce,
Miss Gensel is daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Gensel, Dallas
RD 1. To be eligible, a girl must
Scranton
| take part in actual running of a
dairy farm.
Gloria Jean, a commercial stu-
dent, was active during student
days in the Band, the Girls Chorus,
Pép Club, and Dance Band Club. |
She took part in May [Day observ-
ances as a sophomore, junior and |
senior.
Yachts Near Bermuda
The yachts are nearing Bermuda.
They ‘left Newport R. 1. on Saturday,
100 strong, bound straight out to
sea. Eleanor Rodda is watching the
papers and T-V for first news of the
winner. Her cousin Dr. Paul Bourne-
| mann is one of a crew of 14 sailing |
| the sixty-foot Germanic, entry from
the Hamburg Yacht Club in Ger-
{ many.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1962
Key Club Gets
Wild Ovation
At Convention
17,000 Spectators ;
Thrilled Bs Dallas
Drill Team Performs
The Key Club Drill Team received
a wild ovation last Wednesday
night at the conclusion of their six
minutes of holding the spotlight he-
fore 17,000 spectators in the mam-
moth Denver Bear Stadium. The
audience, reports Bill Wright, rose
to its feet as one man when the
band played “Stars and Stripes For-
ever” as the riflemen knelt, the
flag came in from four corners of
the formation, and the flag of the
United States of America floated
high in the center.
The Drill Team had entered to
the strains of “When the Saints
Come Marching In” With the
stadium in darkness except for spot-
lights playing on the shimmering
blue and white satin uniforms, the
drill team was the focus of all eyes.
Afterwards, professional entertain-
ers congratulated members on their
precision drilling and their poise.
Never, says Bill, have the boys per-
formed so well. It was a challenge,
and they rose to the occasion.
When the drill team marched
from the stadium, seven members
peeled off and ranged themselves
before the reviewing stand. The an-
nouncer explained that seven boys.
had missed their graduation in Dal.
las (underscoring the Pennsylvania)
on Tuesday night, for the sake of
tal "1 pa “vin the International
| Kiwanis Club ‘Convention, It was
fitting, he said, that they should
receive their diplomas from
“Whitey” Whitthuhn, Kiwanis In.
ternational president,
To the strains of “Pomp and Cir-
| cumstance,” the traditional com-
mencement march, Barry Slocum,
Dale Mosier, Barry Kennington, Lou
Chere, John Butler, Tom Landon,
and William Welch marched off
with their diplomas, and the Big
Day was over for the drill team.
On Thursday ‘morning the boys
checked their bags at Union Sta-
tion and enjoyed a personally con-
ducted tour of the AirForce Acad-
emy. Their escort was Mrs. Louise
Colwell’s son-in-law, Captain Doug-
las Carter, who left nothing unex.
plored:
At 4 p. m. they were back at
Union Station ready to entrain in
their special car. A late arrival in
Chicago Friday morning left them
with only time enough to change
stations from the Burlington to the
Dearborn, where they were taken
in shuttle buses.
That night on the train, they
enjoyed a party served in the spe-
cial car from the dining room. The
graduates made brief speeches, and
| there was plenty of fun. ' Toward
| the ‘end, a serious note was inject-
ed by mention of Tom Jenkins,
assistant high school principal, who
had sufféred a heart attack the
| afternoon of graduation and been
| taken to Nesbitt Hospital. One of
| the drill team boys, calling his
{ home, had been given the news
| earlier in the week.
| Saturday morning, early, the train
| discharged its 56 special passengers
{in Scranton. Emmanuel’s bus met
| the train, transported the boys
| back to Orchard Farms a-week-
| and-a-day from the time they had
ro for the convention.
The boys had a gift for “Spike”
{ Emmanuel. He drove the bus
wearing a brand new ten-gallon hat.
{ On, the special .car, in addition
| to the drill team were Mr. and Mrs.
| William Wright, with children Judy
| and Teddy; Mr. and Mrs. ‘George
| McCutcheon, with daughter Georgia;
| Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Ackerson, Mr.
| and Mrs. Jerome Gardner, and Mr.
{ and Mrs. Oakie Reeves from Easton.
| Brush Fire Out
The Dallas Fire Company extin-
| guished a 3800 square foot brush
{fire near Huntsville Dam Tuesday
iat 5.
| Cause of the fire is unknown.
Feted By Parents
In recognition of the work of
the teachers with the children in
Dallas Township Junior High
a luncheon was held in
boy, visiting relatives in Swoyers- |
Life- |
{ School,
| their honor by the school’s PTA
{ Thursday, at St. Paul's Lutheran
{ Church Hall.
The luncheon was prepared by the
Dorcas Society. The table decora-
i tions and serving were done by
{the PTA committee,
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| Mr. John Rosser gave the invo-
| cation. Mrs. Davies welcomed the
| teachers, expressing her apprecia-
| tion for their cooperation during
[the past year, and assured them
that it was a pleasant year working
| with them.
Dr. Mellman spoke briefly, point-
| ing out the pleasure he received in
Phe way the parents and teachers
| worked so well together in the Dal-
| las Junior High. He expressed his
| regrets in losing the teachers from
‘the High School but wished them
At Luncheon
| well in their future endeavors.
| Teachers and faculty members
present were: Dr. Robert Mellman,
John Rosser, Miss Anderson, Miss
Richards, Mr, Price, Mr. Camp, Mr.
Case, Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Woolbert,
zick, Mr. Richards, Miss Goldsmith,
Miss Shultz, Mrs. Henwood, Miss
Saxe, Mr. Morgan, Mrs. Shiner, Mrs.
Whitby, Mrs. Fossedal, Mrs. Taylor,
Mr. Shiner, Mr. Cathrall, Mr. Dom-
bek, Mr. Podrazik and Mr. Mosier.
The three secretaries in the office
were: Mrs. Warner, Mrs. Wilson
and Mrs. Gross. Also in attendance
were Mrs. Carlton Davies, past pres-
ident of the PTA, and Mrs. Welton
Farrar, incoming president. Mrs.
Moore was the lucky winner of
the lovely floral centerpiece. PTA
committee members were: Mrs.
Donald Bulford, Mrs. Elmer Even-
son, Mrs. Philip Heycock and Mrs.
L. E. Jordan.
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