SECTION A —PAGE 2 THE DALLAS POST Established 1889 “More Than A Newspaper, Now In Its A Community Institution 3rd Year” A nowpartisan, liberal progressive newspaper pub- lished every Thursday morning at the Dallas Post plant, Lehman Avenue, Dallas, Pennsylvania. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations Member Pennsylvania Newspaper Member National Editorial Association Member Greater Weeklies Publishers Associstion Associates, Inc. . Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Dallas, Pa. under the Act of March 3, 1879. Subeription rates: $4.00 a year; $2.50 six months, No subscriptions accepted for less than six months. Out-of-State subscriptions; $4.50 a year; $3.00 six months or less. Back issues, more than one week old, 15¢. We will not he responsible for the return of unsolicited manu- scripts, photographs and editorial matter unless self-addressed, stamped envelope is enclosed, and in ne case will this material be held for mere than 30 days. 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Single copies at a rate of 10¢ can be obtainex every Thursday morning at the following newstands: Dallas - - Bert's Drug Store. Colonial Restaurant, Daring’s Mark:§, Gosart’s ~~ Mazket, Towne Heuse Restaurant; Shavertown — Evans Drug Store, Hall's Drug Store; Trucksville — Gregory's Store, Trucksville Drugs; Idetown — Cave’s Maket; Harveys Lake — Javers Store, Kockers’s Store; Sweet Valley — Adams Grocery; Lehman — Moore's Store; Nozen — Seouten’s Store; Shawnese — Puterbaugh’s Store; Fern- brook -— Bogdon’s Store, Bunney’s Store, Orchard Farm Restaurant; Buzerne — Novak's Confectionary. \ Editor and Publisher—HOWARD W. RISKEY Associate Publisher—ROBERT F. BACHMAN Associate Editere—MYRA ZEISER RISLEY, MRS, T. M. B. HICKS Sports—JAMES LOHMAN Advertising—LOUISE C. MARKS Accounting—DORIS MALLIN Circulation—MRS. VELMA DAVIS Photographs—JAMES KOZEMCHAK Editorially Speaking: ERE YOU GUTLESS, TOO? Contrary to what we publishing detailed reports of automobile accidents—we had expected—censure for have received a number of telephone calls in the past 0 weeks criticizing us for nat having, published the { names taverns in the Back Mountain arda in which teenagers have and are purchasing bottled beer to take out. We do not consider it within the province of this’ newspaper to start such a crusade, Any parent who wants to find out where his child is obtaining beer can do it very easily himself. If he is too timid, he can ask any Back Mountain Police officer! They all know where kids can get beer and harder liquors if they want them. But the police won’t turn a hand toward enforcing the law so long as parents themselves lack the courage to do something about it. A gutless community gets about what it wants in law enforcement. Time after time when drinking teenagers have been involved in automobile accidents, this newspaper has been implored by their parents and relatives not to publish the fact that Jack or Jill was drinking. It would disgrace the family! : ‘What do they say when the kid is dead after boozing it up and down the highway? It’s still a disgrace to pub- lish the facts! though every Tom, Dick and Rather be dead than disgraced in print— Harry down the road knows just what happened and where the liquor came from! And that’s the trouble with teenage drinking and drinking drivers! There is too much talk in PTA Forums, too much talk in churches and civic clubs—and no action— The talkers would rather save their courage until the night the Coroner calls—than use it to stand up against the crowd for something that is decent! Chief Hughes Back On Job With Gusto Lake Township Police Chief Edgar . Hughes is back on duty after a pro- _ longed rest from a heart ailment suffered early June. His wife reports that he is ex- tremely glad to be working again. Last week the Chief was muttering acidly about knowing every TV commercial by heart. He had posted himself where he could at least watch traffic go by from hjs back yard, and see old friends, who dropped in continually. It Pays To Advertise Mrs, . Lawrence Kintzer, out on the Demunds Road, would be the first to agree that it pays to ad- vertige . . . but she wishes that peo- ple would stop trying to sell her a Nash Rambler, She HAS a Nash Rambler. The ad got into the wrong column week before last, under the Wanted to Buy head, and folks with Nash Ramblers of every vintage and condition have been responding. Henry Brobst Has Sixth Birthday Party ‘Mrs. John Brobst entertained Saturday, honoring her son, Harry, who was six on July 23. Games were played and lunch served to Adrian, Mary Ann, John, Helen, Paul, Gerard and Clare DeMarco, Estella Jean Parker, Patricia Krit- chen, Debbie Lowry, Dianne Kelley, Billy Gilbert, Laura Delaney; his brother, Donald Brobst, his grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs, Joha Baus, Mrs. Adrian DeMarco. Little Girl Dies At Roaring Brook Susan DelKanic, 8, of Roaring Brook, will be buried today in Oak- dale Cemetery, Rev. David [Shoe- maker conducting private services from the Bronson Funeral Home at the convenience of the family. Susan, in ill health for a long time, died Tuesday morning at her home. She was daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John DelKanic. Also surviving are brothers Ar- den and William and a sister Mary Ann; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Bonham; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DelKanie. Hayes To Station In Kaiserslaute Army PFC Charles Hayes, 78 Wyoming Avenue, Dallas, will leave August 16 for Kaiserslaute, Ger- many, APO 227, where he will be stationed for 24 months, Hig wife, former Theresa Reinard, will stay with his parents in their home on Wyoming Avenue. Hayes learned his trade, Photo Lab Technician, at the Army School, Fort Monmouth, N, J., and was sta- tioned for several months at Fort Bragg, N. C. Little Rain Expected Total rainfall over the past four months ig still nearly eight inches below normal. Precipitation over the weekend is expected to measure no mors than one-half inch. Looking at T-v With GEORGE A. and EDITH ANN BURKE BOB HORTON has certainly proved that he is serious about acting in various roles. When any- one refuses a million dollars he has to be serious and that’s what Bob Horton did when he refused to con- tinue as co-star of “Wagon-Train.” He would have made a million dol- lars if he signed the five year con- tract with ABC. According to Horton he was of- fered everything but artistic satis- faction. ‘From the beginning, I've always wanted to play a variety of roles. This is what T was doing before Wagon Train, and I've never in- tended it to be otherwise. I never looked upon Wagon Train as a career, but rather as a marvelous job within a career. “Of course, it has been a terrific experience all around for me. I learned a great deal about my work during the past five years, and I was associated with a show that was very successful. I hope the mext five years are as good. “Thanks to Wagon Train, I think, I've become a known entity and have been given a kind of economic security which allows me to say ‘I want to do this’ or ‘I don’t want to do that’ in regards to my future worl 4) Horton signed with NBC-TV in an exclusive contract whereby he will guest-star in a maximum of 10 shows during the coming sea- son. In addition to his earnings under this contract, he will be re- ceiving a nice income from the re- runs of Wagon Train. Bob Horton is married to Mari- lynn, who graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music He met her three summers ago when they both were cast in “Guys and Dolls.” Bob is being seriously considered for the lead role in the Broadway musical on which Richard Rodgers and Alan Jay Lerner are collabor- ating. VINCE EDWARDS, who has been working on increasing hig financial return for being television Dr. Ben Casey, has finally reached a settle- ment with his boss, Bing Crosby. He will receive about $4,000 a week and 10 percent interest in the show. What he originally asked for was a raise from $1,750. a week to $7,500., a 25 percent interest in the show and a loan of about $300,000. from Crosby Producations to finance _his own production company. POLLY BERGAIN, back in Cali- fornia after being a New Yorker for so many years confessed that ghe is happier than she believed possible. Polly was working as a night club singer before she was seventeen. At the ripe old age of seventeen she was offered a movie contract. She was leading lady for Martin and Lewis. She made five pictures for MGM. She was quite a poor actress and finally left for New York. She wag able to get a job in a musical comedy on a television show. To her surprise she found that acting was all together different when one acted in sequence. In Hollywood the scenes were done hit and miss and sometimes Polly found herself do- ing the final scene first. Polly remained in New York do- ing Broadway shows, her own tele- vigion series, guest appearances plus a five-year run on “To Tell The Truth.” Her great single performance was as an actress in ‘The Helen Morgan Story” on Playhouse 90. This started the movie offers coming in. She didn’t consider returning to California unti] her second husband, Freddie Field, an agent left M.C.A. to manage Juy Garland, Henry Fon- da, Paul Newman, Joanne Wood- ward, Marlene Dietrick and others, Since they moved to California; Freddie and Polly and a step-daugh- ter, Polly have made two films. GARROWAY is discovering that it is easier to leave than it is to re- turn. With all the guesting oppor- tunities that he has he still hasn’t received a good commercial net- work series. Horseshoe 4-H Club Back Mountain Horseshoe 4-H Club met on Saturday at the home of Connie Bogdon, Machell Avenue, for a regular business meeting and instructions on coming 4-H shows. Present were: Leslie Vivian, Ericia Vivian, [Stuart Lacy, Tim Carroll, Lee Johnson, [Dave Spencer, Val Tag, Susan Marz, Linda Mekeel, Connie Bogdon, Kdtie Carroll, Tona Taylor, Resia Carroll, Ann Lacy, Nancy Hughes, and Mrs. Tony Bog- don. August fourth, club members will take part in a Luzerne County Roundup, and on August eleventh, there will be a club show. Hazeltine Serves On USS Coral; Sea Donald F. Hazeltine, senior chief aviation fire control technician, USN, son of Mrs. Arlene Hazeltine of 83 Park Street, Dallas, is serving with Fighter Squadron 151 aboard the attack aircraft carrier UBS Coral Sea, whch was scheduled to return to homeport of Alameda, on July 17. The Coral Sea has been operating in the Western Pacific with the Seventh Fleet for seven months. The ship visited ports in the Philip- pines and Japan and the port of Hong Kong, " SUBSCRIBE TO THE POST ER 5 THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1962 1 HCH Shavertown, named for the Sha- ver Family, is in Kingston Town- ship, but the adjoining part of Dallas Township was owned by the same family of Shavers for about a cen- tury. Some live here yet. Philip Shaver in 1813 bought lot 3 of Certified Bedford, 333 ‘Acres and 126 perches from William Trucks, Jr. This extended roughly from Center Hill Road at Ray Shi- ber's to a little beyond Clarence Laidler’s. One or two of his sons bought farms for themselves, but some of them made arrangements or contracts with their father and had possession of farms to which their father still held the real title. One such was son James. When the first Philip died in 1826, James was living on the farm along Pioneer Avenue and Over- brook Avenue extending up to the Shaver Cemetery under a contract made with his father, under which he was to pay his. father for it under conditions specified. John IP. Shaver and William Shaver, sons of Philip, adminstrators- of Philip's estate, with court approval, deeded to James about 50 acres, beginning at the east corner of lot 3, May 7, 1827. James and his wife Lovisa Montanye had eleven children: Wil- liam, Nathan, Hester, ‘Ann, Wesley, James, Almira, wife of George W. Kirkendall, Jared, Daniel Asa, and Joseph. James owned the farm about fifty years. After James’ death in 1877, his son Asa and wife, Elizabeth, deeded the property which had grown to 70 acres to Joseph M. Shaver, not east side of the road. Joseph held it about twenty-five years until his death, intestate, in 1902. Then his children and their spouses, including C. A. Frantz and his wife, Nellie Shaver, Arthur, Albert, Jesse and wife Lizzie, Herbert Spencer and wife Delphine Shaver, and Edna Shavér, a minor, sold the farm to Dr. Ernest Buckman and his wife Elizabeth Thompson, who used it as a summer home. They had six children: Mary, Lewis Taylor, Edgar Thompson, Ruth, Elizabeth, and Samuel Thompson. Like their father, Lews T. and Samuel T. became physicians and are now practicing in "Wilkes-Barre. From them the intersection of Pioneer and Over- brook Avenues became known as Buckman'’s corners. Dr. Buckman made many changes to the old house, putting a cellar under it, or at least part of it, and adding a porch across the front. He including a small portion on the | EE Rambling Around By The Oldtimer—D. A. Waters OCI C333 CSE EEA RCE HS also sold off most of the land. Up to his time there were no houses on the southwest side of Pioneer Avenue, between his house and Emory Shaver’s on Main Street, and the farm extended to the old ceme- tery. When he sold the corner homestead to John Cobb in 1918, it was less than four acres. Although he had a very small acreage, Cobb promptly put up and maintained a sign, ‘John Cobb Farm’, He was the first County Agent that I ever knew, he may have been the first we had in this county. I recall talking with him in apple blossom time on a farm in Sweet Valley about 1915. He was one of the best natured fellows we had around, with a wide smile showing a noticeable set of teeth. He owned the place fifteen or twen- ty years. I do not recall any owners between Cobb and Clarence Laidler, who has lived there over twenty years. In his changes Sromy the ex- terior,” Clarence “has worked ‘to re- move Buckman’s improvements and restore the find old house to what it must have been like ‘when the early Shaver’s built and owned it. The porch, which did not harmonize with the style of the house, and seemed to project it out into the street, was removed. What is left of the creek, nearly dried up from cutting woods along the headwaters, has been run into a little dam. Clarence is properly proud of the house. He says it is over a hun- dred years old, and is probably right. All the other buildings beyond the present Nelson Shaver home on Main Street around to the old Sha- ver Cemetery on Overbrook Avenue, have been built in our own time. Beyond the Cemetery toward Hunts- ville there were then only Jes or four houses. Related Shavers owned A land across Pioneer Avenue, one of them living in the house now owned by Mr. and Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks and another in the house where Mr. and Mrs. Allan Sanford have lived for decades. These were the only houses that I recall on that side as I was growing up. Present street names are: rela- tively new. [Pioneer Avenue was “Main Road from Kingston to Bow- man's Creek”. Overbrook Avenue was named when Pete Doh] opened up a plot of lots between the old Shaver house herein mentioned and Bie Comstory near the top of the . . . Safety INCREASING AUDIENCES Dear Editor: On behalf of Wyoming Commem- orative Association, I wish to thank you for again giving us such publicity on the occasion of our ceremony at the Monument on July the 4th. Your generous co-operation is bringing forth gratifying results, as evidenced by our ever increasing audiences. This year we had the biggest one on record. We want you' to know that we are indeed gratful for your contri- bution to this widening of interest in our early history, so full of dra- matic interest for those inspired to learn more about it. Yours very sincerdly, Mrs. Bruce Payne, Cor. Sec'y. Wyoming Commemorative Asso. Of the Battle & Massacre July 3, 1778 STATE DEPARTMENT JOBS Dear Editor: If you can possibly use the enclosed press release in your paper, I would be most grateful. For your information, I am whit can: be considered a ‘local girl.” Berwick is my home town and I have a sincere desire to interest the young people of the area in a career as interesting as mine has been. I have spent eight years overseas, having just returned from two years with the American Embassy at Dja- karta, Indonesia. I have also worked in the “home office’’ in Washington for four years, so I am well qualified when I speak in favor of employment with the Department of State. This is a wonderful opportunity for young ambitious people and your help in publicizing my presence in your area would be a real contribution to both the Department of State and the people of your city. I wish to thank you for anything you may do to help in the Depart- ment of State’s recruiting campaign. Sincerely yours, Wanda Lewis Recruiting Officer U. 8. Department of State c/o U. S. Civil Service % Commission Customs House, 2nd & Chestnut Sts. - Room’ 700 Philadelphia 8, Penna. Tel. MArket 7-6000, Ext. 439 The letter from Miss Lewis announcing her two-day inter- views in Wilkes-Barre with young people interested in; State Department work, arrived too late for inclusion in last week’s Post. Many young people may, however, be interested in State Department opportunities, we, therefore, publish the rest of her letter record.—Editor CAREER OPPORTUNITIES {Career opportunities in American Embassies overseas and in the “home Valve . office” in Washington, D.C. were the topic of conversation of Miss Wanda Lewis, recruiting officer for the U. S. Department of State, as she inter- viewed young men and women Tuesday and Wednesday in Wilkes- Barre. Miss Lewis is seeking career-ori- ented people for positions as sec- retaries, communications clerks, and office workers. Service to our country, combined with travel to many parts of the world, are the opportunities which await candidates for the Depart- ment of State's Service. For those who prefer to remain in the United States, there are positions in the main office in Washington, D. C. These people also ‘perform a service to our country and play a role in the vital operation of our foreign policy. Skills are an important qualifica- tion Foreign Service Staff personnel are required to pass typing tests and secretaries must have good short- hand. All the jobs require office ex- perience. For communications clerks, military service in that field counts as ‘‘office experience.” - To qualify as an applicant for serv- ice overseas, one must be a high school graduate, at least 21 years of age, single with no dependents, able to pass a rigid physical exam- ination, and willing to go anywhere in the world. |An applicant must also have been an American citizen for at least 5 years. Starting salaries range from $4010 to $4495, plus al- lowances. ‘Applicants for positions in the “home office” in Washington, D. C. must be at least 18 years of age, high school graduates, and able to pass Civil Service tests/Salaries start from $3760 to $4040. ; For those who have already been tested for Civil Service rating, Miss Lewis suggests that they write to her office with their eligibility rating and she will assist them in seeking employment in the Department of ‘State in Washington, D. C. William E. Connor Was Former Trucksville Man William E. Connor, for ten years a resident of Trucksvills, from which he moved twenty years ago, died Wednesday morning at his home in LaCresenta, California. Burial was in California. His widow is the former Char- Jotte Stroud of Trucksville. He leaves also a son. Stroud, and a daughter Patricia, both at home. Mr. Connor was a member of St. Therese’s Church. An electrical engineer, he graduated from Lehigh University. Two years ago he be- came engineer for the Federal Pacific Electric Company in Los Angeles, During residenca in this area he was a member of the Westmore- land Club, and one of the founders of the University Club. Only Yesterday Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years Ago In The Dallas Post IT HAPPENED 30 YEARS AGO: Politics were steaming up, Frank- lin D. Roosevelt had the Democratic nomination, Herbert D. Hoover was the Republican standard bearer. De- pending on which newspaper you read, F. D. R. had bought the nom- ination by promising Nance Garner the vice-presidency, or F. D. R. was the champion of the people. Every- body agreed that he was running on a repeal-the-Volstead-Act platform, and wets and drys were slugging it out in print. The noble experiment was taking a beating all over the country. Rotary Club took up a census on what was the most important goal in the Back Mountain. Winning by a large majority was the recom- mendation to consolidate schools in Dallas Township, Dallas: Borough and Kingston Township; next most important ‘was considered an ade- quate water supply; third, rerouting of the highway to skip Luzerne busi- ness section; fourth, equalization of taxes.. The Capitol in Harrisburg was getting a new roof. Former Stull residents were plan- ning their second annual reunion in the abandoned lumber center. A Wilkes-Barre man with his peven-year old son had a narow es- cape from drowning when his sail- boat upset at Harveys Lake. ' Gasoline was 15 cents, plus Feder- al tax 1 cent, State tax 3 cents; Sliced bread 5 cents a loaf; potatoes 23 cents per peck; coffee 19 cents a pound; sliced boiled ham, 33 cents pound. The hotel in Wilkes-Barre was still called the Mallow-Sterling. There was an over-supply of teachers in Pennsylvania. Roberta VanCampen, 14, was bit- ten by a police dog. } Six pages of ads included those from WBAX, Mountain Springs Ice Company, Miller's Transfer, Wilkes- Barre Transit, Joe Edwards Turkish Baths, Percy Brown, College Miseri- cordia. iy nappened 2() YEARS AGO: Bodies of two Miners Mills boys who drowned in sixty feet of water at Harveys Lake were recovered. Arnold Swan, 13, learned ‘it the | hard way. With $10 in his pocket, after selling his old bike to a friend, he went to Wilkes-Barre to buy another bike. © A soldier offered to help him, took the $10, promised to bring back a “swell” bike, and dis- appeared into the blue.. Cliff Fink enlisted, was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington. Aunt Lib Ide, Idetown, died a week after celebrating her 78th birthday with an open house. Lehigh Valley Railroad was rais- ing the tracks at Mill Street, to eliminate a bad crossing along the new highway. Major Norman Smith was in Eng- land with the Commandos. Gertrude Wilson was still trying to get news of her brother Cease Wilson, listed as missing in action since the fall of Corregidor. Patrolman Fred Swanson had $40 lifted from his trouser pocket while he was wearing lighter clothing in ‘searching for the bodies of two boys drowned in the lake. Re- trieving his pants from Dr. Free- man’s boathouse, he discovered that his wallet was missing. Fuel rationing resulted fn light- ening of traffic, Heard from in The i Wil- fred C. Moore, San Francisco APO; Thomas M. Templin, Fort Knox, Kentucky; John Garbutt, San Francisco APO; Alan Kistler, Texas. Married: Mrs.Eulalia Cox Dow to W. F. Newberry. Freda Culver to Russell Wandle. Fannie Qckens house to R. W. Williams. Farmers with wood-lots were urged to use wood for fuel instead of coal during the war emergency. John Garbutt was in the action over Midway Island. rr uappENED 1() YEARS Aco: A young mother and two little children were swept to their death when a flash flood roared down from the hills, and at the height of the storm, scoured out a new chan- nel in Trucksville. Mrs. Ben John- son, attempting to escape the flood when heavy planks from a bridge battered her door, stepped off her front porch into deep water. Three- year old Ellen was torn from her grasp instantly. Baby Charles was lost in the flood. The mother, with one despairing shriek, was engulfed in the swirling waters, Lost also was a unboarn infant, due in 'Sep- tember. Dr. Sherman Schooley was im- proving at General Hospital, after a severe heart attack. Road races were on at Newell Wood's, the day following the Giants Despair Hill Climb classic. A. J. Sordoni made the first call over the Commonwealth Telephone Company wires after the cut-over to dial ‘system. It was to Governor John Fine in Harrisburg. Three pieces of fire equipment were tested out by Dr. Henry M. Laing firmen, in a search for a new pumper David Ide’s home in Idetown col- lapsed as the upper portion was being eased to new foundations al- ready constructed below. Trapped in a shallow excavation was con- | tractor Ernest Fritz, who, though bruised around the back end neok, ‘118 {Saturday . ‘along the hedgerows. —— From DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA Pillar To Post... by Hix We drew a long breath as the two bicycles dipped and swooped toward the curb, clearing the way for the station wagon, narrowly missing imminent destruction. “At. least,” all parties reassured each other, “You don’t find roller skaters on the highway any more, they're all confined to rinks or the paved school yards.” That was up in Massachusetts, in the area of Hanscomb Field Air Base. There was quite a lot of conversation about roller skating. The entire burden of it centered around the dangers that used to surround roller-skating on the streets, even in the days when cars proceeded at a more leisurely pace. We all agreed that roller-skating had gone out of fashion, praises be, except under carefully controlled conditions, and drove back to Dallas, carefully avoiding sportive youth riding bikes. And then, right on Huntsville Road Tuesday afternoon, three little girls having a barrel of fun on roller-skates, staggered across the road, their legs flailing wildly, their small backs bent to the task of pumping themselves up the hill, aimed for the crest where cars come shooting up from the village. ! Brakes shrieked, cars crawled past on their hands and knees. Why more kids don’t get killed, nobody is able to guess. But my own considered guess is that they have guardian angels on the lookout, guardian angels that fold their wings grhtefully at night after their charges are safe in bed. y Better Leighton Never by Leighton Scott TWISTING AT HANSON'S Between beats of the lapping lake- waters and the gentle thunder of Hanson's Roller Coaster issues the snakey note of an electric guitar, and everybody's twistin' all over the place. Oh, yeah! . Thursday and Sunday nights Bob Gardner and his Star Fires back up a thriving teenage stomp with lots of good, healthy rock 'n roll music. Sessions start at 8:30. Bob esti- mates his attendance to be “about 200 and growing”, some 50 per- cent area kids, ‘and the rest from Kingston and Wilkes-Barre. “Is the Twist likely to be sup- planted by some other dance’, 1 asked Bob hopefully, remembering my own primordial efforts at wrenching my body in two differ- ent directions at once this winter in New York. of it until I learned.) “No, the Twist will be around for a while”, he replied, ‘but the Mashed Potato and the Pony are catching on’. I forgot to ask him about the Hully Gully, but .I'd never given that one much odds anyway. To tell the truth, the Twist is still giving me some trouble. But as far as local kids are con- cerned, it's the only dance, and they are having a good time. Bob feels it's good for them to have something to do, and some place to go. (And good exercise, too.) All the Star Fires are Dallas area ‘boys. Bob, ‘who plays: sax, and Fred ' Kirkendall, guitar, are 18. Richard Gumbravich, drum, Roger Griffith, bass, and Howard Dymond, organ, are all 16. This is the Star Fires’ first year at the Lake venture, and they are making a good thing of it. Let's wish them the best with the Twist. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta go practice. . DEER ON ROUTE 118 I found a dead fawn beside Route hit by a car. This is routine around the Red Rock area, because that country is a natural haven for wildlife. But I'm from Easton, where we don’t have deer. And if we did, we'd try to take better care of them. January through May highway deer-slaughter was the highest in five years in Pennsylvania, up 330 over last year, and 1238 over the year before. According to the Penn- sylvania Game Commission, a much higher percentage of deer are killed in the summer months. In a drought summer. deer wander far afield in search of water. And more cars are hustling to get long distances at dusk. Mortality of wildlife has Peon cor- respondingly high on Route 118. There is nothing - Back Mountain residents can do about out-of-county travelers who comply with the legal speed-limit of 50 m.ph. But they can take it easy them- selves and keep an eye out for deer The scenery alone is worth maintaining 40 m.p.h. And a fawn is worth it any time. LOLLIPOP RACEWAY A fine sprinkle of rain delayed the start of the quarter-midget races at Lollipop Raceway Saturday night. The rain was also the reason for this reporter being there. I tucked my motorcycle under the eave of the adjacent bowling alley to keep it dry, and was thereupon pleased to be introduced to quarter- midget racing. I won't miss it from here in. These kids are tiny. But they can really drive. You could imagine the embryonic stages of DePortago, was able to make his way out with- out serious injury. Mrs. W. B. Richards, 84, pur- chased a fishing license go shé could fish with her grandsons. A freak storm in the Back Mountain washed out retaining walls along Trout Run, undermined houses, ran down denuded slopes at Meadowcrest as water runs from a slate roof. Married: Doris Spencer to Ken- neth Moore. Margaret Ann Morgan to Albert Coates. Rita Birkbeck to Robert Pilger. Anne Havrilla to Paul Wolensky. Louise Evans to Robert McGarry. Alice Pavlick to Frank Summa. Died: Mrs. Mary Hart, 79, Goss Manor. John Kurtswaski, 78, Fern- brook; William Dawkins, 61, Fern- brook; Mrs. Jane Schenck, 93, Nox- en's oldest resident; Charles A. Cd Bose J (I was decidedly out Spear, Hawthorne, and Fangio out there, as, knee-high to a grasshop- per, the drivers held back to catch the inside of the turn, went into four-wheel drifts, and squared the track. Entries in the regular Saturday evening event came from as far away as Levittown, and in cham- pion races, even farther. The Dallas Association’s track is supposed to be one of the best. Rain is a double panic in such a situation. It makes the track slippery, and it delays the drivers’ bedtime. A little before 9, the sky to the west reddened and blew the remaining clouds on their way. Ten quarter-midgets circled the track slowly to dry it. All races ran smoothly except for the Senior Modified Stock Feat- ure which started a second time after one peanut bounced off thg hay bales in the second lap. 5 this point it seems customary for the fathers to start arguing rule- book while the drivers chat among themselves. Occasionally Mom will help bust up the air of professional- ism by running out on to the track with a popsicle during the pause. In regular Sport Car Club of America events, a referee's yellow, flag means: All drivers drive with caution. But with these little direct-drive motors any significant slowing up will mean a stall-out, and all cars will be pushed to a start again from positions gained during the event. In a later lap in the Senior Modi- fied Stock several cars spun out, and one driver had battery-failure. Fathers are not permitted to tamper with the engine room during the races, but some thought that one or two exceptions had been made earlier that night. So there was wailing and gnashing of teeth until the battery was replaced. The event was won by Bobby Giberson, 7, from Levittown, an ej tremely cool little driver, who! father said that he was entered in a couple of races out west this sum- mer. Bobby has been racing “&® three years. Winners of the other {feature events were: Junior Modified Stock: George Watkins, Rosemary Ken- nedy, Anthony Decusatis. Senior Modified Stock: Drew Bittenbender, 2nd; Rosemary Kennedy, 3rd. Mod- ified B: David Krashkevich, Drew Bittenbender, William Beasley. Fastest times: Jr. Mod. Stock, George Watkins, 8.08 seconds; Sr. Mod. Stock, Giberson, 7.56; Mod. B., Harry Thompson, 7.44. Eastern Star Plans Fair, Festival, Buction Maybe you can’t eat at the Seat- tle World’s Fair “SPACE NEEDLE RESTAURANT”, but you can eat » the “SPACE NEEDLE BOOTH” the Dallas Chapter 396 Order of the Eastern Star's “FAIR, FESTIVAL, AND AUCTION” beginning a ) day, August 18, at 2 PM. at t home of the Ray Garingers at Har- veys Lake. These O.ESS. Choir member€ will prepare you a snack or a full course meal: — Madaline LaBarre and Elizabeth Ide, chair- men, Eva Allen, Ida Allen, Lana Birnstock, Pearl Gosart, Evelyn Hauck, Jean Holcomb, Dorothy Johnson, Bethia King, Marjorie Krimmel, Myfanwy Riley, Anna Roberts, Virginia Swanson, and Irene Transue. Where's, The Chess Club? Carl Frey, Hillcrest Drive, New Goss Manor, called the Dallas Post last Thursday to inquire about a Chess (Club. Some time ago, forma- tion of a Chess Club was apparently suggested in the paper. Mr. Frey is no amateur. He gets a chess publication from Germany which helps keep him up to date. Says there is' a poser of chess probleng right here in this area. Anybody like to give Mr. Frey a call about a Chess Club. German One Of Top Ten In Navy Class Seaman Carl A. German, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl German, R. D. 1, Dallas, graduated as one of the top ten in his class of F.TA. School, Bainbridge, Md. After spending a 15-day leave with his parents, he reported to Missile School, Damneck, Virginia, for six weeks specialized training. . Seaman German graduated in June, 1961 from Westmoreland High Schoo! CR i » Y | 3 A | o © ~ mend r
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