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Dallas Senior
lich News
by
GLORIA DOLBEAR
JUDITH GROSS
Today the students are giving a Tuesday night in the school audi-
physical education program in gym-|torium for induction of new mem-
nasium. The program starts at! bers, who are as follows: William
7:30 p.m. and admission is free. It Kelly, David Kopetchney, and
consists of tumbling, dancing, | Robert Voelker. Parents of all Key
rhythmics, drills and marching by | Club members and friends were in-
the girls. The boys will also tumble | vited! Mr. William Wright addressed
and perform on. the apparatus. The the club and foreign exchange: stu-
show is produced and directed by dent, Ross Walker, showed films on
Miss Mabel Jenkins. Mr. Brobst is| Austrailia.
Min charge of the boys. Costumes| wednesday of last week the stu-
were made by Mrs. Gloria Bronson. | dent teachers were honored at a
Dallas Senior High School Key | party given by the faculty. Thurs-
Club held a special meeting at 7|day was their last for teaching.
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They have been at our school for
the past seven weeks. It will seem
strange to have our regular teachers.
JUNIOR PLAY
Practice has begun for the Junior
play, “Act Your Age.” The play
will be held on Friday, April 5, at
8 p.m. in the Senior High Audi-
torium. These students were chosen
for the parts: Linda Woolbert,
Dorothy Mason, Michael Jones,
Roger Hackling, Perle Propos, Wil-
liam Swartwood, Donna Anthony,
Linda Rowett, and Paula Scott.
Three new members have been
added to the Visual Aids Club. They
are: James Haines, Edward Kyttle,
and Jack Kaketa.
Our debating team, under the
direction of Mr. Stinson, will enter
a debate at the University of Scran-
ton April 10.
Winning team will receive a
permanent trophy as well as a re-
volving one.
Marilyn Eck With
Choir Now Touring
Marilyn Eck, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Eck, 85 Lehigh Street,
Shavertown, is a member of the
Susquehanna University Choir,
which will make a three-day concert
tour Monday through Wednesday.
Marilyn, 1961 graduate of West-
moreland High School, is a fresh-
man liberal arts major at Susque-
hanna.
During the tour, the choir will
present concerts in Harrisburg and
Ardmore, and Collinswood, Haddon-
field and Audubon, N. J. "In addi-
tion, the group will make a tele-
vision tape for WFIL-TV ‘in Phila-
delphia.
Choir is directed by John Magnus,
assistant professor of music.
Scott Heads 4-H Club
Marvin Scott was elected presi-
dent, Brian Baird, vice president,
Pat Holdridge, secretary and John
Cummings, treasurer at a meeting of
the Cloverleaf 4-H Clubs Thursday
evening.
Group met with the Telstar Elec-
tric Club at Trucksville Fire Hall:
Susanne Mieczkowski was chosen as
newspaper reporter, Cheryl Beard
and Evelyn Scott as Song and Games
leaders.
Next meeting will be held April 12
at Trucksville Fire Hall.
Showing .
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Reserved Seats $2.40 and $1.80
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THE PALEsS POST THEAEDAY MARCH 28, 1963
Finds Fascinating Material On
Early History Of Back Mountain
Mrs. Joseph Chisko, Hunts
ville Road, is a lover of an-
tiques in any form.
While sorting through a pile
of discarded items recently,
Mr. Chisko came upon an old
copy of the “History of Luzerne
Lackawanna and Wyoming
Co’s, 1786 to 1880.”
Published under the latter
date by W. and W. Munsell &
Co., New York, it offers numer-
ous illustrations of early set-
tlers, geneologies and many
interesting facts.
Mr, Chisko brought it into
the Dallas Post before having
it rebound.
The following historical events
have been revealed through its
pages:
Lake Township
Formed from Lehman and Mon-
roe in 1841, Lake Township was so
named from nearby Harveys Lake.
A small part was handed back to
Monroe at the division of the county
in 1841.
The soil was fertile and fine fruit
was raised along the base of the
mountain. Population was 863. The
lake covers 1,285 acres and is of
great purity. Perch and trout were
native to’ the area and pike was
placed in lake waters by Hollenback
|& Urquhart, who owned nearly all
of Lake Township at one time.
Salmon = was added to existing
species by the State authorities.
The first white man was Matthew
Scouten, employed by its owners
to look after the land. He cleared
a small tract. where Jacob Sorber
later settled. Daniel Lee settled
at. the head of Pike’s Creek in
1806, employed by the farmers of
Plymouth to care for cattle driven
there to. graze during the summer
months. * :
In 1836, Otis ‘Allen came from
Jackson Township, building a home
site for his family near the same
area. 1839 «found Nathan and
Stephen Kocher moving in along
with John Jackson, Andrew Free-
man, Thomas Lewis and Ephraim
| King.
In 1839 came Jonah Roberts, Elon
Davenport, Daniel Casebear, David
Moss, ‘and John Fosnot. Before
1845, Moses Perrigo, Jacob Sorber,
Jonah Bronson, Johnathan Williams,
Clark Wolfe, Jesse Kitchen, George
Shupp, James Hawley and Edward
Ide became residents.
Business Begins
First saw mill was built by Hol-
lenback and Urquhart on the outlet
of Harveys Lake in 1839. Wildrick
Mill, erected by Joseph Frantz, was
completed in 1843. Nathan Kocher
built a small mill near Beaver Run
tannery in 1845.
George Snyder - followed : suit «in
1866. NE
In 1879, F. A. and E. Williams
erected a steam portable mill on
the site of the old Wildrick mill
which had burned. First grist mill
was put
Urguhart in 1840.
was erected later. All interests of
this firm were sold in 1879 to Hoff-
man Lumber Company.
First township road was hacked
through from Wilkes-Barre to Brad-
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ford County in 1795 to encourage
settlement in thig district. All early
settlers lived in log cabins, except
Otis Allen and Jacob Sorber who
built block houses.
First store was built by Hollen-
back Urguhart Company for em-
ployees in 1840. C. W. Ruggles
took over the store in the south-
east corner of the township, in 1872,
established by his brother, F. N.
Ruggles two years earlier. James
Sorber, Simeon Lewis and Ruggles
and Shonk erected other shops in
the area.
The Lake House built in 1857 by
Henry Hancock and Johnathan
Husted had as proprietor J. W.
Rhoades, who rented fishing boats.
The lake was becoming a fisher-
man’s and gunning paradise.
First classes were taught by
Johnathan Williams in the home
of Otis Allen from 1842-44. A
school house was built on the farm
of Henry Ide in 1844. By 1878,
seven schools served the township
with 119 pupils in attendance and
educational cost placed at $1,002.21.
Miss Elinor Montross was added to
the faculty in 1849.
Lewis Allen was the first post-
master. Mails were brought from
Kingston three times a week.
’ Church Services
Residents depended on preachers
from other towns. First came Elder
Clark from Plymouth and after him
a Methodist called Davie. Services
were conducted in settlers homes.
In 1872, the first Methodist
Church was erected from a nucleus
group comprised of James Hawley,
Amanda Hawley, Horace and Sarah
Hawley, J. R. Bronson, Elizabeth
Bronson, Mr. and Mrs. George Leval-
ly, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Edwards
and Welcome Fisk.
The First Baptist Church was
erected in 1878 through the efforts
of Mr. and Mrs. John Crispell, Mr:
and Mrs. Garrett Post, Mr. and Mrs.
Clark Wolfe and Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Lewis. First pastor was
Rev. G. W. Schofield. Cost of the
edifice was $2,500.
Otis Allen, dying in 1842, was the
first of the settlers to be buried in
the Allen Cemetery. Several months
later Samuel Allen was interred
there.
the same year in Kocher plot.
Beaumont Couple
Shares Birthday
And Long Years Of Happy Marriage
A boy and girl born the same day,
same hour, same month and same
year in different sectors of Pennsyl-
vania now live together eighty eight
years later in the Back Mountain
region.
Fate decreed that the two babes
born within fifteen minutes of each
other should continue their lives to-
gether. Nineteen years after birth,
Celia Davis and William Phillips be-
came man and wife. ;
The boy, William Phillips, Sr., was
born in Edwardsville, Pa., son of
James and Mary Ann Phillips. His
dad employed by Kingston Coal Com-
pany and fearful of a predicted strike
took his wife and child back to
Wales, his native land, when the
child was two.
Five years later, James Phillips
and his family returned to this coun-
try and Edwardsville. With only a
minimum of schooling young Bill
was put to work in the nearby
breaker at the age of eight and one
half years.
In the meantime a young girl born
in Wiconisco, Lyken’s Valley, in Dau-
phin County to William D. and Eliza-
beth Davis took up residence in Ed-
wardsville.
Wken the two young people met
at age sixteen, a mutual friend ar-
ranged the introduction. From that
night until their marrage three years
later, Celia was Bill's girl.
Following their nuptials which
took place at the home of the bride’s
parents on Slocum Street, now Zer-
bey Avenue, the young couple re-
sided briefly in Wilkes-Barre, moving
soon to Kingston where they resided
most of their married life. Mr. Phil-
lips served many years as a fireman
during this périod. He also coached
the Odd Fellows Degree Team for
three decades.
‘William Phillips, Sr., was employ-
ed as a stationary engineer at Kings-
ton Coal Company for 38 years. Fol-
lowing “his retirement, the Phillips’
rented a home in Dallas, living there
for seven years.
When the Dallas residence was
sold, Mr. Phillips decided to move
Johnathan Williams, Stephen
Kocher, John Fosnot, Ira Bronson
and Lewis Allen formed the first
supervisory board. Curtis Allen was
the first town clerk and Ira Bronson,
Stephen Kocher was buried | first justice.
(To be continued)
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farther out into the country where
he purchased a home in Beaumont
fifteen years ago, bound by two and
a half acres. Here he gardened until
his health prohibited the continuance
of his hobby.
Although his schooling was practi-
cally nil, greater knowledge was
gained by self study of history, biog-
raphy and poetry. He became well
known as an entertainer and as late
as last year won first prize in the
Recitation class at the Eisteddtod.
Mrs. Phillips has always loved her
home and prides herself on her abil-
ity as a cook and baker. Her husband
says, ,'Her bread is heavenly, the
best made anywhere”, and others
who have sampled it are quick to
agree.
Her home is immaculate and at-
tractive. She does all her own work,
continuing to bake for her husband
as she did when the family was much
larger. She disclosed that failing eye
sight and hearing are their only
afflictions and is proud of her ability
to look after their own welfare. She
attends the Baptist Church nearby
and tries to get to services regularly.
Seven children were born to the
couple, five of whom are living. Mrs.
John Lloyd resides in Endwell, N.Y.
Mrs. Betty Walter in Bethlehem.
Sons James and Thomas live in
Kingston and Forty-Fort, respective-
ly, and David is a resident of Newark,
| of Mr.
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SECTION B— PAGE 1} :
Albert Rays, Hosts
To Sweet Valley Cubs
Members of the committee of Cub
Pack 444, Sweet Valley area, met
last Thursday evening at the home
and Mrs. Albert L. Ray.
William G. Hughes, institutional rep-
resentative and pastor of the Church
of Christ, opened the meeting with
prayer. Burl Updyke, -Cubmaster,
presided. Plans were formulated
for the committee to hold a ham
and pancake supper April 15 at
Maple Grove Methodist Church.
Attending the meeting were Scout
executive, Gene Trautwine, Nanti-
coke; Joseph G. Kipp, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Beuka, Mr. and Mrs. George
Haines, Mr. and Mrs. Burl Updyke,
Mrs. James Garrzhan, William G.
Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ray.
Next meeting of the committee will
be held April 17 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Burl Updyke, Pikes
Creek.
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Two children have passed away:
Mrs. Edna Symons, Wilkes-Barre in
1949 and “Little Bill”, well-known
radio announcer, in 1960. Son Bill
was born on his parents birthday.
Mrs. Phillips expressed her grati-
tude that in 69 years of marriage,
the family circle was unbroken for
45 years.
There are also fifteen living grand-
children and thirty six great grand-
88th birthday on January 23rd.
May their togetherness continue
well into the future. ’
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