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MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
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Togetherness
Is Important
Four Carverton
Families Agree
Two brothers, two sisters and
their mother who continue ‘to live
side by side, are building new
homes in Franklin Township.
Mrs. William Poepperling, Mrs.
Warren Bidwell, James Futch and
William Futch have resided in four
adjoining residences on Carverton
Road, Carverton since 1942.
Their mother, has a lovely apart-
ment attached to the Poepperling
home. This gracious lady is af-
fectionately known as ‘Mammy’ to
her children and grandchildren.
She believes firmly in the main-
tainance of separate quarters for
parents when their children reach
marriageable age, but is always
nearby when any assistance or ad-
vice is needed. ;
She is the favored baby sitter,
welcome shopping companion and
favored hostess at family get to-
gethers, birthdays, holidays or an-
niversaries. Z
The family are members of St.
Francis Cabrini Church.
Nine grandchildren, two sons-in-
law and two daughters-in-law
dwell together in love and harmony,
which is really remarkable in pres-
ent day existence.
The two oldest grandchildren are
married. William Poepperling, Jr.
lives in Wilkes-Barre and claims
the oldest member of the fourth
generation, John, II. Irene Poep-
perling Spare has a home in Carver-
ton, not too far from her parents.
The other two .great grand-
children are hers, Colleen, 11%. and
Bobby, two months. Ellen and
Patrick Bidwell, Marlene, Peggy
and Cheryl, twins, Jay and Robin
Futch, Kathy Sue and Bonny Sue
Futch comprise the younger gen-
eration.
‘Several months ago, the General
State Authority purchased the
tamily plots to incorporate same
into the State Park and Lake to |
be constructed in this area.
The group, which inténd to stay
together, bought land from Arch |
Schweitzer on Reynolds Hill near
Memorial Shrine. Four new homes
are being erected close by there.
In. March, the Futch's, Bidwell's
and Poepperlings hope to move into
their new quarters and continue
their most satisfactory way of life.
Have You Seen A
Lost Christmas Gift?
Proud of the gift he had gotten
for his wife, a beautiful little, three-
month-old kitten, Willard Hoover,
Main: Street, Shavertown, with his
wife, Winifred, were carrying it in |:
the house on Christmas Eve when
the kitten sprang from “Winnie's”
arms. a 3
" They «chased it through the
swamp in their good clothes until
they lost sight - of the kitten near
the grade school in Shavertown.
Feeling badly about the loss of
the kitten, the Hoovers are offer-
ing a reward for its return.
It is a black kitten with orange
spots, four white feet and white
whiskers.
Local Man Is
Re-elected To Board
SMITHFIELD, VA. - - The Smith-
field Packing Company announces
the re-election of Robert J. Parks
as Secretary-Treasurer following a
meeting of the board of directors.
Parks, a native of Dallas, joined |
the company in 1954 as Office Mana-
ger. He later was made Assistant
Secretary-Treasurer and in April,
1962, was elected Secretary-Treasur-
er.
The Smithfield Packing Company
is the world’s largest producer of
genuine Smithfield hams and the
largest pork packing concern in the
Local vote-getters smile their ap-
preciation for prizes won in the
Rexall Drug Company's six week
contest at Shel Evans’ Store,
Shavertown.
Twelve youngsters toted home
elegant souvenirs, including those
above, who were first to claim their
spoils the day before Christmas:
(left to right) Barbara Lamoreux,
Susan Grant, Ricky Weir, Jean Ann
Beagle, Larry Spaciano, and Alice
Reese,
Branch of the Miners Bank.
In College Who's Who
Ann Black
Ann Black, senior at College Mis-
ericordia, has been named to the
1963 WHO'S WHO AMONG STU-
DENTS OF AMERICAN COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES. Miss Black is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walt-
er S. Black, Shavertown. A major in
| chemistry, Ann Black is a Dean's
List student.
The WHO'S WHO LIST is a ma-
tionwide selection which serves as
a bulletin for employers who seek
' personnel with qualities of leader-
. ship. The program requires the nom-
| inees to be leaders in academic,
' social, political, civic and religious
| activities, as well as in sports.
southeast.
First string of Dallas Junior High |
School, Falcons ’62, ling up across | guar:
the practice field. "
Ricky won! the boys’ first prize,
a pool table, ‘and Ann Theresa Gra-
ham took girls’ first, a .consele
organ. : :
Other winhers in the boys’ divi-
sion were: Billy Wagner, walkie
talkie, Robert Schilling, Road Race
Set, . John -Layaou, Intercom set.
Larry Spaciano won a Junior Go-
{Cart and Andy Roan a Telephone
| Building Set.
| was also the winner two years ago.
Among the girls, Ann Goeringer
won the portable radio, Susan
Mrs. Margaret Roberts, recently
widowed, of Hemlock ‘Street in
Fernbrook had enclosed her pay-
check from the Valley Crest Home:
For The Aged, along with the money
and receipt book and was shattered
when the bank called to tell her
that some woman had found her:
receipt ‘book in the parking lot at
the Shavertown Shopping Center. |
Local authorities are working on
the case and federal ' authorities
will also be concerned since it in-
volves tampering with the United
States mails, : on]
Since Mrs. Roberts works the
night shift she has asked that if
anyone cashed this check will they
please notify The Dallas Post. !
Charlie Williams
Has Big 708 Series
Charlie Williams, recent winner
of Wyoming Valley All-Star Cham=~
pionship, again took honors when
he rolled a beautiful 708 series in
league competition Friday night at
Crown Imperial Lanes.’ Charlie
bowls on West Side Novelty team
with Crown Imperial Major League
and has chalked up many solid 600
plus series jn his many years of
bowling and a few 700’s. His 708
Friday was the first in league com-
petition at the local establishment
and included a big 279 game plus
225 and 204.
Williams won the All-Star cham-
pionship this fall and' entered the
State Championship held at York. He
Dallas Junior High School Falcons Get A Workout
Left end is Mark Dymond; left right tackle Donald Lawson; right
d Calvin Tinsley; center Bob | guard Walter Volack; right end Jim | Tony Bonomo; right halfback, Scott
Never Got To Miners Bank +
Receipt Book ‘Found Later In. :
Shavertown Shopping Center Lot ga,
An enyelope mailed at the outside box at the Shavertown Post Office
on Sunday morning, December 9th, containing an endorsed check for
$69.43 and $20.00 in cash plug the receipt book, never reached the Dallas
Grant, a movie camera, Alice Reese,
portable’ phonograph, Jean Beagle,
a: Cotton :Candy Machine, and Bar-
bara Lamoreux, the ‘Fashion-De-
signer’ Set. ;
In College Who's Who
CLARK MOSIER
Basketbhll star Clark Mosier is
one’ of, sixteen Susquehanna Uni-
versity ‘seniors in the 1962-63 'edi-
tion of “Who's Who Among Stu-
dents in American Universities and
Colleges.” | :
‘Names and biographies will “ap-
pear in. the annual publication,
+ which -containg information on. col-
lege seniors who have distinguished
themselves through scholarship and
service to their schools. ba ost
Mosier is. the highest scoring
player in Susquehanna’s basketball
history. He averaged 28.3 points’
per game last season to rank ninth
in the nation among small college
scoring , .leaders. Hampered by
pulled muscles, in his leg and abdo-
men earlier this season, he still has
scored 91 points in six games this
year for an average of better than
15 per game.
In addition, Mosier is president
of the Men's Judiciary Board and
vice president of Student Council.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon
Mosier, and a 1958 graduate of
Westmoreland High School, he is
majoring in merchandising.
end; left halfback T. Finn; fullback,
Misson; left tackle Jeff Downend; ' Yarnels quarter-back, Steve Towns- | Alexander,
REV. CHARLES GILBERT
PAYS HEARTFELT TRIBUTE
TO HOWARD W. RISLEY
Howard Risley did such a lot
for me. Yes, he encouraged
me to write, making me think
I could write, even when I
couldn't. He made me do the
best 1 could.
In doing that, and in the
other things he did, he mani-
fested just plain friendship in
so many ways. I liked him
through his paper before I ever
met him. And still more, after
I met him.
He helped me make my
church paper more readable.
I wish I knew how to hand
out personal sympathy, first of
all to Myra . . . herself a won-
derful person. And to all who
work at The Dallas Post, 1
know you'll all have to keep
on doing what you do. But I
want you all to know that you
have my sympathy.
What can words do!
But they have to be ‘said,
for better, for worse.
And I haven't said anything
about God or the Christian
faith. But on Him and it I
rely, and 1 hope you do too.
Community Besieges
Newspaper Office
The community, rocked to its
foundations on: Wednesday by the
grim news of the death of Howard
Risley, offered assistance in any way
possible, rallying to the community
emergency with a heartening out-
pouring of grief and concern. The
office was besieged with! telephone
calls, and by people who could not
believe the news, who came in per-
son, + hopeful that there "had ‘been
a mistake. :
Would there be a. paper?
Yes, the paper would be published
on schedule. Mr. Risley-was a‘news-
paper man; -and' newspapers must
go on. Bob Bachman, until very re-
| J cently an intergral cog in ‘the Post
‘machinery, walked in, shedding his
coat, and remained to help get out
the paper. ’
Charlie Gilbert, completely shat-
‘tered, came; Harry Vivian and Wil-
liam Baker, from Miners National
Bank; Bill Moss, library ‘auction
stalwart; Louise Marks; Dave [School-
ey; Raymon Hedden. The news
spread and the phone’ buzzed.
The longest day in Dallas Post
history dragged somehow to an end.
Toll-Free Vote
In Slim Lead
The number : of - Back - Mountain
phone-owners in favor of toll-free
calls to the Wyoming Valley con-
tinues to mount, with 76.8 per cent
of all possible votes now registered.
But the remaining 24 per cent of
Commonwealth customers should
not consequently become lax about
voting, in the belief that the affirm-
ative will win, warns Jhon N. Landis,
Dallas area District Manager: of the
company.
He notes that, ‘although 68 per
cent of those voting have accepted
the proposed system of toll-free call
in exchange for slightly advanced
base rates, this figure represents only
52.4 per cent of all owners.
The remaining voters, if they re-
mained silent, could thereby register
an automatic ‘no’ against the move.
Mr. Landis strongly urges all re-
maining voters to send in their de-
cisions before the deadline, Decem-
ber 31.
It is reported that it may take as
long as two years before the new
system might be inaugurated, since
it could take nearly that much time
for Commonwealth to obtain equip-
ment to link with the Valley's Bell
Company system, and to get state
approval.
Completes Officers
Orientation School
—Army 2d Lt. Fred C. Ruggles,
son of Mr, and Mrs. John G. Rug-
gles, West Dallas, completed the
eight-week officer orientation course
at The Infantry School, Fort Ben-
ning, Ga., November 30.
Lieutenant Ruggles received in-
struction in the duties and responsi-
bilities of an infantry platoon
leader.
The 21-year-old officer is a 1962
graduate of Lafayette College.
Manger Scene
Manger scene at Dallas Methodist
Church. was erected by the Young
People, from lumber donated by
Raymon R. Hedden.
All Catholic churches of the area
had midnight Masses in observance
of Christmas, and all churches were
crowded.
HOWARD W. RISLEY
VOL. 74, NO. 52 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1962
9 POST DIES SUDDENLY
‘Howard Risley Dies Of Heart Attack After Holiday:
Stricken At Nicholson During Family Christmas
More Than An Editor, He Was .The Heart Of His Chosen Community,
Suffering With It, Rejoicing With It, Identified With It As A Leader
For: over thirty years,
his chosen community.
“Howard, his own back”
many times to meet his own
Everybody knew him as
' to centenarians.
the port in a storm.
parents. :
tively in time of trouble.
loved.
Here was a man.
By DOROTHY ANDERSON
in the coming year.
ageous mother of the group,
her utmost to get the youngsters
together again as soon as possible.
They hope to find a house at Har-
veys Lake by the first of the year.
Young Marguerite, staying
thé Dale Oney’s at the Lake has
been back to school for some time.
Richard and Robert, their burns
healing nicely, “are anxious to re-
turn to classes. Richard’s second
and ‘third degree burns, which had
been so serious that skin grafting
was thought necessary, has exper-
ienced such a miraculous recovery
that no transplant operations will
be required.
Little David, aged three, is en-
joying his stay. with his young
cousins at the home of Mrs. Shaver’s
brother, Witlard Parsons and family,
Kingston. His mother is there with
him, while’ Dick ‘and Bob are the
guests of their aunt, Mrs. Gertrude
Williams, also of . Kingston.
Clarence, Jr., on extended leave
from the U. S. Marine Corps and
his wife of one month, are help-
ing Mrs. Shaver straighten out her
affairs. The young couple will re-
turn to base in North Carolina next
Wednesday. 1
Clarence Shaver, Sr., father of
the children, remains in a coma at
| Nesbitt Hospital. Nurses are re-
quired round the clock. Veins col-
| lapsing from many intravenous feed-
[ings necessitated surgery last week
so that a tube might be placed
| directly into the stomach for more
alii LBS ah i NAR ld, Tuo
THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY
The ‘death of Howard Risley early Wednesday morn-
ing struck the Back Mountain a crushing blow. He was
the one man in the community who could not be spared,
the focus of life in the Back Mountain. -
Dallas Post in 1930, his every thought had centered about
the hard times caused by the depression, at his wit’s end
editorial in those difficult times, urging the businessmen
‘of the area to make work for the unemployed.
To everybody, Howard was the anchor to windward,
It was Howard who saw to
during World War II and the
their home-town paper as a gift.
It was Howard who made
the news of the dedth of a young soldier to the sorrowing
It was Howard to whom his people turned instinc-
The Dallas Post bears this inscription: “More than
a newspaper, a community institution.”
Howard was more than an editor.
He was a community institution.
To few men is it given to be loved as Howard was
Shaver Family Out Of The Hospital
For Christmas After Terrible Fate
The Clarence Shaver family, out
‘of the hospital for Christmas, with
the exception of their father, is look-
ing forward to building a new life
Mrs. Marguerite Shaver, ‘the cour- |
is doing | Mrs. Shaver plans to build a new
with !
ever since he acquired the
against the wall becaise of -
payroll, wrote editorial after
Howard, from school children
it that men in the service
Korean conflict, received
the grim rounds; bearing
substantial nourishment. His sister,
| Mildred Shaver, called home from
[Foren following the tragedy, is on
| her way back to her post, to resume
her duties as teacher for armed
forces children.
Some time in the near future,
| home on the family site at Harveys
Lake. This is the children’s unani-
mous decision. The different styling
of the new structure will help to
erase memories of the old home de-
| stroyed in the tragic fire which took
| the lives of three little sisters, Vir-
{ ginia, Cindy and baby Susan, in the
| early morning hours of November
| 28.
Says Mrs. Shaver: “I must think
{and plan for those that are spared
| to me and not dwell on that which
| was taken away.” She is deeply
! grateful to the many wonderful folks
who contributed so much to help
the stricken family rebuild again
the future.
Schools Will Reopen
Wednesday Morning
Schools of the area will re-open
| Wednesday morning at the usual
time. In case of Lake-Lehman
schools, Christmas vacation was ab-
breviated. Classes were held Thurs-
day ‘and Friday, to compensate in
part for late starting in September.
Easter vacation will also be cur-
tailed.
Library Closed
Back Mountain Memorial Library
will again be closed ‘this Saturday;
to afford a long weekend for librar-
Unbelievably, Howard Risley is
dead.
He died very early Wednesday
morning at Nesbitt Hospital, where
he had been rushed shortly before
midnight in the Factoryville am-
bulance.
He had been enjoying Christmas
dinner with his family at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Clarence Boston,
in Nicholson, when he had a sudden
heart attack, similar to the attack
which he had suffered a year and
a half ago at the Library Auction
Kick-Off dinner.
Services are scheduled from the
home on Huntsville Road Saturday,
with Rev. Russell Lawry officiating.
Burial will be at Sunnyside Ceme-
tery, Tunkhannock, in the family
plot.
Honors slipped lightly from
Howard's shoulders. He shrugge
them off.
He would have wanted only the
bare bones of an obituary.
Howard, who bled with so many
of his friends in the Back Mountain
when death and disaster overtook
them, is now defenseless.
He was born in Springville, Oc-
tober 11, 1901, son of. the late
Walter and Margaret West Risley.
As a boy he moved to Noxen,
where his father owned and op-
erated a general store. Later, the
family moved to Dallas, and thd
senior Risley opened a hardwar
store where the Ben Franklin stor
is now located. E
Upon graduation from Wyoming
Seminary, he enrolled at Dart
mouth, and graduated with th{
class of 1927. 3
For twp years after graduatign
he was on the staff of the Wilke}
Barre Record, where he becam
incurably ~a newspaper mar. |
1930, he acquired the Dallas. 29s!
building it up from a four pag
weekly to its present size, becomin
ever more closely identified wit
the life of the community.
Howard was the community, I
problems were, his problems, it
growing pains his own. Many fin{
young men of the.area have passe
through his moulding fingers.
During World War II he suffered
with them. Casting about for somd
one thing which would make lif
more endurable for them, he conf
ceived the idea of sending thy
home town newspaper to them of
their far-flung battlefields. Home
sick boys read of the homely hap
penings, and knew that they wer
not forgotten.
A library was one of the goal
of the Dallas: Post. When the Lig
brary was founded, he promoted if
in every possible way. When a
Auction wag proposed, to supple
ment the meagre income, the weigh
of the Dallas Post was thrown b
hind it. Annually, Howard gay
the use of his barn and his ground
to make the auction a success.
was president of the Library As
ciation for years, and remained
permanent member of the Board
Daddow Issacs Post, American Le
gion, honored him as Man of th
Year in 1959. In May of 1962
Back Mountain Protective Associa
tion tapped him for Man of th
Year. He served on the directorat
of Wyoming Valley Motor Club
and on the advisory board of Dalla
Branch, Miners National Bank.
He was a member of George M
Dallas Lodge F&AM, Caldwell Con
sistory, and Irem Temple, and
member of the Torch Club. It wr
through his efforts that Back Mou
tain Civil War Round’ Table 'w?
formed. History of the War Bg
tween the States was his mai
hobby.
Church affiliations were the Dal
las Methodist.
He leaves his widow, the forme
Myra Zeiser, Wilkes-Barre; a sister
Mrs. Clarence Boston, Nicholson;
nephew, Leighton Scott Jr., Eastor
a niece, Mrs. Dana Swan, Swarth
more, His motherqin-law, Mr}
Zeiser, who makes her home wit
him, is on her way up from Florid
where she had planned to spenj
the winter months.
Friends are asked please to onf
flowers, giving instead, if ‘thy
wish, a contribution to the Libra
or to the SPCA, two of Howa
Risley’s pet projects.
Arrangements by Bronson.
Greetings Scrambled
Dr. Aaron Lisses’ holiday gred
ings were scrambled. The pap
apologizes. Dr. Lisses conveys gg
wishes to his many friends if J
ians.
community and hopes everyone
a Merry Christmas.