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Dairy Shows Scheduled Today
And Tomorrow At
VOL. 74, NO. 34, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1962
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Ridedn Window & The Suk Hauck And Poad |Rotary Exchange Students Foster
Tunkhannock
The Sixteenth annual Northeast
Pennsylvania Artificial] Breeders Co-
operative Dairy Cattle Show will be
held today in Tunkhannock on the
NEPA grounds. i
Winners from ten local shows
will compete for top placings. The
ten Northeast counties, Wayne,
Lackawanna, Susquehanna, Wyo-
ming, Bradford, Sullivan, Luzerne,
Columbia, Tioga and Potter will be
represented by the winners of their
ABC shows. Jerseys, Ayrshires,
Guernseys and Holsteins will com-
pete within their respective breeds.
For this show the animals must be
sired by a bull which is or was the
NEPA stud or was made available
to members through the stud.
The NEPA show is the oldest |
Artificially Bred show in the coun-
try. Over the ydars cattle members
have increased and quality hag.im-
proved. More than 300 head will
compete this year. Tents for show-
ing and housing will be available
for the convenience of exhibitors.
Cattle will be indentified with name
cards for the identification of those
who are interested in the offspring |
of bulls which are or have been |
available through NEPA. For those
who come to see the show there
wil] be ample sitting room around
the show ring.
The show will start at 10 a.m.
with breeds alternating in the ring.
The best ring side seats will give a
bird's eye view of all animals pa-
raded. * t
Don Seip of Keystone Farm,
Easton, wil] place Holsteins and
" Ayrshires and Bill Hepburn, Man-
ager of Homestead Farms, Windsor,
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Conn., will judge G:=rnsevs and
Jerseys.
Miss Diane Gillespie, Pennsyl-
vania’s Miss Milk Maid will make
the awards y
No matter what the weather, the
show will go on. Lunch counters
will serve sandwiches and cold or
hot drinks—Milk will be available
in any quantity. Parking is free
and the day should be very en-
joyable on the well kept grounds.
It will be a great day for all—
friends, competitors, and enthusiasts.
The series of shows at NEPA
grounds included 4-H and FFA on
Wednesday. The Northeast Black
and White, Jersey Parish dow and:
Brown Swiss areson- Fridays Every: |
one is welcome.
Black And White Show
At Tunkhannock Friday
& Approximately 70 exhibitors from
14 neighboring counties will parti-
cipate in the 9th annual North-
eastern District Black & White [Show
at Tunkhannock tomorrow accord-
ing to William Conyngham, show
manager. Over 200 animals are
scheduled to be judged by William
K. Hepburn, Jr. Mr. Conyngham
announced that judging will be by
the Danish System and winners of
blue and red ribbons: will qualify
for participation in a State Show to
be held at the Farm Show Bldg.
in Harrisburg on Sept. 20th.
Classes to (be judged include: Jr.
Bull Calf, Sr. Bull Calf, Jr. Yearling
Bull, Sr. Yearling Bull, Jr. Heifer
Calf, Sr. Heifer Calf, Jr. Yearling
Heifer, Sr. Yearling Heifer, 2-Yr. Old
Heifer (never fresh), 2-Yr. Old Cow,
4-Yr. OldCow, Five Years and Over
Cow. Best Udder, Jr.,r Get of Sire
Sr. Get of Sire, Produce of Dam,
Three Females, Dairy Herd, Daugh--
Wb ter-Dam, County Herd and Champ-
ionship Classes. '
“#Round Table
Elects Garman
Meetings Changed
To Third Thursday
Richard Garman was elected
president; Howard W. Risley, vice
president and program chairman,
and Mrs. Thomas M. Heffernan,
secretary-treasurer at the reorganiz-
ation meeting of Back Mountain
Civil War Round Table at the Li-
brary Annex on Friday night.
Following the election, John Ney
presented two wooden plaques, one
of a confederate and the other of
a Union soldier, which will be
placed on a shelf in the children’s
Library.
It was decided to change the
regular meeting night from Friday
to the third Tuesday of each
month. {
Because of a surplus in the
treasury, it was decided to reduce
the dues from $5 per year to $2.
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Annual dues become payable Jan-
uary.
Pinta September 17 will be the
100th anniversary of the Battle of
Antietam, the subject for discus-
gion at the September meeting will
“Lee's first invasion of the North
culminating with the Battle at
Antietam.
Edgar M. Post, Wilkes-Barre, Mrs.
Florence Crump, Dallas Township;
Thomas Cully, Shavertown and
Sgt.
were introduced as new members.
Interested persons will be! wel-
come to attend any session of the
Thomas Becky, Swoyerville, |
Doe Chased By
Dogs Is Shot
A doe was shot early Thursday
night by Fred Nicely, Dallas Town-
ship police officer, as it lay bleeding
to death in a heavy wire fence on
the W. F. Newberry property,
Pioneer Avenue, Dallas Township.
The doe was reportedly chased
into the barbed wire by a small
black dog, which left the scene be-
fore capture. The dog had bitten
her around the face and ears, and
her innards were ripped open by the
fence.
Aroused by the commotion, a
number of neighbors who had heard
the bellowing came to the scene.
Among them were about thirty
neighborhood children, several of
whom carried bows and arrows in
order to kill what they assumed was |
a bear.
Neighbor . Atty. Frank Townend,
was one of the first to arrive. With
his daughter he went to get Mrs.
William Higgins, whose husband was |
caretaker for the Newberry estate |
for many years before his death.
Mrs. Higgins went with Townend to
witness the accident.
Officer Fred Nicely had arrived on
the scene, and he shot the doe to
relieve it of last agony. Game Ward-
en Edward Gdosky investigated,
and removed the carcass.
According to Mr. Townend, deer
are often seen roaming the News
berry property.
TOP ROW 1
| to the packer.
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Round Table,
underway over thousands of acres.
help paid by the basket, great stacks of crated fruit await trucks
Women in house-dresses, 'women
with screaming children the
back of the station wagon, women
in
with their hair up in curlers, stop
at the drive-in window of Miners
National Bank, Dallas Branch; but
this is the first time a paint-pony
l has snorted for admission at the
sliding window. }
Connie Bogdon, 11, stoops low
from the saddle as she shoves a
| pass-book through “the window, to
make a deposit for her mother, Mrs.
| Anthony Bogdon. Both cars were in
| use,
the paint-pony or nothing.
Connie won two blue ribbons with
| Trixie at Bloomsburg last Sunday in
the 4-H competition. She is a
member of Horse-Shoe 4-H, a group
of local children who have horses or
ponies. A short time ago, they
staged a small horse show on the
Bogdon' place on Machell. Avenue.
Connie will be entering the seventh
grade at Gate of Heaven School
September 4.
Weeds Must Be Cut
Dallas Borough -Council has given
final notices that all weeds must
be cut by August 31 or they will
be cut by Borough employees and
the cost added to the individual's
taxes.
Unsightly weeds are also a men-
ace to hay fever sufferers.
— Green tomato industry in Back Mountain gets
Picked by local and migrant
ROW 2 — Although much of the packing process is automatic,
considerable manpower is required at the most modern of packing
Cabbage, Cauliflower
Joseph Rodriguez has eighty
acres of cabbage and cauliflower
on rented acreage at Goodleigh
Farm, almost ready for the harvest.
That's a lot of sauerkraut and
pickles. \
Mr. Rodriguez is one-of the out-
,standing truck farmer in the area.
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regularly. y
and checked for flaws
says Mrs. Bogdon, so it was |
Mentioned For
Board Vacancy
Several names have been men-
tioned to fill the vacancy on King-
ston Township Board of Supervisors
caused. by the resignation of Austin
C. Line after completing only two
and one half years of his six-year
term.
Mr. Line gave reasons of health
as ‘the cause for his resignation at
the last meeting of the Supervisors
on August 8.
Remaining Supervisors LaRoy
Ziegler, a Republican, and Arthur
F. Smith, Democrat, now have
thirty days or until September 7, to
agree upon a selection to fill the
vacancy. After that date it is man-
datory that the Court make the
appointment.
Prominently mentioned for the
| post is Lester W. Hauck, 66 Perrin
| Avenue,
Shavertown, chairman of
Kingston Township Plannihg Com-
mission and member of the firm of
Allen, Rodda and Hauck, architects.
Another is Theodore A. Poad,
North Main Street, Shavertown,
former = Kingston Township Tax
Collector; active in municipal life
and a township Republican leader.
Mr. Poad as well as others have
petitions in circulation to be pre-
sented to the Court in case the
Supervisors fail to make an appoint-
ment. Th
Among others mentioned as possi-
bilities is William Robbins, Trucks-
ville, active conservationist and
sportsman as well as registered
Democrat.
houses to carry and handle cratefuls and feed the process-line
ROW 8 — Right after the mathines have washed, dried and
waxed the fruit, “pinks” are sorted out by sharp-eyed inspectors,
. and packed separately. The rest are sorted by moving sized screens,
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Understanding Between Countries
Twenty-one Rotary Exchange stu-
dents have left for a year’s experience
in living and attending schools in an
other country. Of this group, three
are from the Dallas Area schools and
a fourth is a Shavertown resident
who attended Wyoming Seminary.
Students are traveling by both air
and boat. Last Wednesday, eight stu-
dents left Idlewild airport by jet for
Australia by way of Honolulu to Syd-
ney. There they will separate, with
one going to Tasmania, three to Mel-
bourne area and four to Perth on
Australia’s western coast. These will
be the first exchange students in the
Perth area from any country.
Last Friday, thirteen students
boarded the New Amsterdam to tra-
vel to Rotterdam. There they will go
in various directions to Netherlands,
Western Germany, Austria, Sweden,
Norway, and France. Before school
starts, many interesting experiences
will be enjoyed. Dale Mosier will
tour the German Universities with a
group of European exchange stu-
dents. Nancy Sieber will attend a
youth camp for a week with other
European students where problems
common for many countries will be
discussed. Other students will enjoy
holidays at resort areas on ‘the ocean,
lakes and mountains.
Exchange students with their home
town and the countries they will visit
are: Sandra Ambrose, Dallas to
Netherlands; Nancy Sieber, Shaver-
town, Netherlands; John Parry,
Shavertown to Netherlands; Dale
Mosier, Dallas to Western Germany;
Judy Casterline, Montrose to Norway;
Nancy MacGeorgt, Montrose to
Netherlands; Betsy Masters, Kings-
ley to Netherlands; Doris Kail, Mont-
rose to Sweden; Lynne Fiore, Mont-
rose to France; Erin Lee O’Brien,
Scranton to France; Linda Bankes,
Scranton to Netherlands; Donna
Dwyer, Plymouth to Austria; Marcia
Case, Troy to Sweden; Michael Lyn-
otts, Forty Fort; Marvin Lieberman,
Wilkes-Barre; Paula Wallace, Troy;
Patricia Yeatman, Lehighton; Harry
Schooley III, Kingston; Betsy Ash,
Kingston all go to various places in
Australia. Patricia Hood of Tunkhan-
nock goes to Tasmania.
At least twenty-one students will
arrive from other countries for a
year with various Rotary clubs in
District 741, comprising 7 countries
in northeastern Pennsylvania. They
will come from Australia, Norway,
Sweden, Netherlands, France, Tas-
mania and Argentina. The Dallas
Rotary club will host Ross Henry
Walker of Myrtleford, Victoria, Aus-
tralia. Ross is 17 and will attend the
Dallas Senior High School. He will
be hosted while visiting here by
members of the Rotary club: Dale
Parry, Sheldon Mosier, and President
John Landis. Myron Ash, whose
daughter Betsy is in Australia, will
also host Ross at his summer home
on Bunker Hill. s
The exchange program has proven
its value in a few years.New friend-
ships amoung ‘the students and their’
parents result in many visits in this
area, as well as parents visiting in
other countries. At this time, Lynne
Jordan is hosting for the week,
Christian. Hamacker of Eindhoven
Netherlands, with whom she became
friends while studying in Europe last
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Green Tomato Industry Is A Big One In Back Mount ain
ROW 4 — Isolated conveyor lines of sized tomaioces move on
to the packing lines where they are crated, and pushed on to be
weighed. Then the
boxes are dollied to refrigerator trucks, and
sent to buyers’ packing houses all over the East.
green today will be consumed within two weeks.
Tomatoes picked
Back Mountain is
considered the finest tomato country in the nation.
Tomato Harvest
In Full Swing At
Centermoreland
Three [Packing Plants
Shipping Thousands
Ot Cases Every Day
Last, week one of Back Mountain's
biggest industries--green tomatoes,
rumbled quietly into action. It hap-
pens the middle of every August.
vThe big semi-trailer trucks lined
up beside Orchard Farm Restaurant
on Route 309, mostly bearing Florida
licenses, are waiting to carry the
Back Mountain tomatoes to buyers’
houses and supermarket packing
plants all over the east.
One by one, the trucks thread
their way back through Franklin
Township to the now bustling area
that stretches from Centermoreland
down along Route 292 to the river.
The produce they carry away rep-
resents the efforts of well over one
hundred area growers, some big,
some small, against big risk and
high competition.
Seven or eight months of the year,
the tomato industry booms in Flor-
ida. One buyer estimated that the
operation’ in that state is at least ten
times as big as it is here. This area
then is part of a great summer har-
vest chain which stretches to up-state
New York, followed by carloads of
migrant workers and empty trailer-
trucks. :
The center ring of this big green
circus lies just south of Centermore-
land, at the packing-houses of Ivan
Sponholtz, Abood Tomato Corporat-
ion, and Dymond Brothers. Van after
van of tomatoes backs into ane end
of the plant, and out the other end
they go, bound for Boston, New York,
and Philadelphia.
The processing in each plant is
about the same as explained by W.
L. Davis, manager of Abood Pack-
ing House: The fruit (tomato men,
who ought to know, call it “fruit”)
is dumped into a shallow bin with
rollers in the bottom. The lcad of
tomatoes bumps into a heated
washer which gives it a showers and
rolls into ja heat-dryer:and the- -
Aryer-waxer combination. At
point skilled hands pick out an
sthing which is” absolutely: us
votten. rine, or even pink.:
{+ The-*‘pinks” ate packed separates
{ ly, and sold as such. They will
| ripen very soon. The green toma-
“toes rumble through the complex of
rollers, dropping through sized
mesh screens into a line of rolines
which carries them, each line fn
different size, to a packer. ™
are weighed by the box, and do’''»
to the trucks.
How are the tomatoes bhoug-*?
By the pound, according to_ size
classification. ‘A number of shins
late-model sedans bearing Florida
and other. out-of-state licenses are
in evidence every day now around
Dallas. ' These are the buyers and
the brokers, a rough and ready
breed, who spend most. of: their
lives living in one nameless motel
“room after another, following the
crop. Many are married, but are
forced by ‘the nature’ of their work
to leave their families et home.
The buyer will know when a crop
is expected from the field, and will
i wait up at the packing house to
{ examine it. If it is up to the 'sfand-
ards and specifications of his firm,
he will place his order. . If not, he
will wait for another.
All tomato buying (except for a
little mail-order) is done by verbal
agreement. Prices are standard
within a given part of a given grow-
ing season, but they flunctuate in
an ‘“‘anybody’s guess” fashion .from
one harvest to another. All buyers
would pay at present about five to
six cents per pound for ‘Number
ones’, according to one Boston
buyer, who was waiting for a load
| to come in. “I can say’, he ob-
| served, ‘‘that there is no favoritism
for the big supermarket-chains. T
work for a small outfit myself, so
I wouldn’t say it if it weren't true.
The little buyer gets just as good
| a shake.
“To tell you the truth”, he eco~
tinued, “I don’t see how the grows
can make it through. You figure
they get maybe one cent a pound
rout of it. All the rest is mark-up.”
When a buyer has a load of fruit
to go, he contacts a truck-broke:
who ‘will probably be haneins
around ‘the packing house area too.
This broker will hire out a truck to
the buyer, making the deal for the
independent truck-driver. Almost
all the trucks parked at Orchard
Farms and Noon'’s Service Station
are independents from Florida -~"+
spoken boys with the patience of
Job, and a drawl you could frost a
cake with.
Most of the truckdrivers’ {Ime is
spent waiting around, and they hate
it. One said: “By golly, you don’t
bave to put up .with this sittin’
around. stuff out at the packers in
California. You git in, and yeu git
out, and that's it.”
In Florida, the tomato industry is
!more regular because of the
weather. In the Back Mountain
| area, the weather and, subsequently,
{the prices play hop-scotch with
| each other throughout the summer.
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| Prices generally suffer a loss of a
few cents in the summertime move
from, Florida north. :
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