73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Telephone Numbers Back of the Mountain 674-5656 674-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—SIXTEZN PAGES MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER. A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION VOL. 75, NO. 18 THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1963 THE DALLAS POST YWO EASY TO REMEMBER Highway Construction Company Names Order Of Road-Project ! : ? Trucksville Tracks Jack-knifes, Flips, Will Be Relocated Trying To Pull Over Demolition and clearing of build- Raymond Malkemes, Jr., Harveys | ings, railroad relocation, bridge re- Lake RD 1, and his wife were un- hurt Monday afternoon when a car they were towing jack-knifed around and caused their car to flip one mile north of Hunlock Creek on Route 11. According to Ray Malkemes, Sr., who went down from Dallas to help, his son said that cause of the jack- knife was a signal from a State trooper to pull over. In bringing his rig to a halt abruptly enough to avoid hitting the rear end of the patrol car, Malkemes braked out of control. w The trooper, Nevin Hamor, was making a routine check of the tow- ing rig, a tow bar. ~ Antiques Show Sets Its Stage Young Churchmen Give An Assist On page 2, sectica B, is a picture of Episcopal Young Churchmen ar- ® ranging for booths at the 11th an- “ nual Antiques Show and Sale scheduled for Tuesday and Wednes- » day ‘at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church parish house, together with details of an event which has be- come a Back Mountain institution. In addition to the usual display of antiques on the main floor, flea market and flower market compete for space on the lower level, a sure come-on for the flower lover and the do-it-yourself addict: Come and see what’ you can pirk up in a Hitchcock chair or 8 rashstand in need wf ref; ine. { £0 show old “highlighting old Snack Bar will be open both days of the show from 11 until 10, offer- ing homemade food of all kinds. A ham dinner will be served Tues- day and chicken-loaf on Wednes- day. Serving will be from five until seven. Reservations for both din- ners may be made by phoning Mrs. Walter Kozemchak, who is in charges/nf’ the kitcl on’ comn@ttee. She will be assisted by Mrs. Edwin Roth and Mrs. Ben Edwards. Furthers Chance # As Pro Artist Updyke Is Thrilled With National Prize Winning national first place in his division of a safety poster con- test launches young John Updyke, 14, well on the way to realizing his ambition of becoming a com- mercial artist. John says he is “real proud” of the honor, received Thursday from Wyoming Valley Motor Club, of $50 and a certificate for his traffic safety poster “Help Your Safety Patrol.” The winning entry competed against about 16,000 entries tionally. : Son of Police Chief and Mrs. Her- bert Updyke, 101 Davis Street, Trucksville, John is an ' eighth grader at Dallas Junior High School. Presentation was made by Clif- ford Bigelow, secretary-manager of the motor club, at a meeting of Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club, Hotel Sterling. John’s was the junior division of the contest, which was in its nineteenth year this year. na- Poster was of a school safety pa- trol boy helping a little girl across the street. It was done in black and red tempra-color on white, in silhouette style, and was about two weeks in the making, according to the artist. ( If talent is inherited, John gets his from his mother, he says. Mrs. 'Updyke does drawings, sometimes using her son’s paints, For the past two years John has won first prize in the Dallas Wo- men’s Club art contest. His school teacher is Mrs. Nancy Hontz, and he takes private lessons from Mrs. Alice Welsh Jenkins, Kingston. The motor club presented awards to Mrs. Hontz and to Dallas Junior High School also. First art-work he can remember is a fire-engine he drew in kinder- garten. He received a lot of praise for it at the time. Stops Car Safely When Stricken A former resident of Idetown, suffering a severe stroke, was able to guide his car off the freeway near Trenton, and stop it safely be- fore becoming unconscious. Harvey Bottoms, found by the police and rushed to St. Francis Hospital, is listed as in critical condition. He was on his way to his employment at Fairless: Steel Mills. location, and grading, is the order of work in the first stages of con- struction of the new Dallas-Luzerne Highway, according to H. J. Wil- liams and Company officials. The York construction company was awarded the contract last Thursday by the Pennsylvania De- partment of Highways, after the project had undergone delay and ‘one degrading set-back when a lone bid early in the year was refused. Base president Robert Bartell, York, said he does not know what date construction will begin, since the state has not yet issued its ‘“no- tice to proceed,” the official go- ahead on production. When that notice is received, there will be a meeting ‘of company officials and engineers with high- way department officials in Scran- ton. Yesterday and today, Williams engineers intended to visit in the Back Mountain, and look over site of the project which will involve 4.61 miles between Luzerne and Dallas. Stretch of railroad to be relocat- led is that In the Hillside-Birch ish section, from just below the blueprints to point 254-0, above the “big bend.” Lehigh Valley Railroad men wil help the contractor relocate the tracks. H. J. Williams and Company has not yet decided on an actual start- ing point for the building part of the job, according to Bartell. Summer School Starts July 8° Summer school classes will be conducted mornings, starting July 8 and ending ‘August 16, in Dallas School District for its secondary students. Class arrangements will be made after the program has been explained to the students and a survey ‘made to ' determine the number interested in specific sub- jects. _ Apnroval ¢£, their school principal] and guidance counselor will have to be received by students before ob- taining parental permission to at- tend. Out-of-district students, admitted on a tuition basis, will need their school principals or guidance coun- selors recommendation. Civil] Service Exam At High School Soon A representative from Washing- ton headquarters of U. S. Public Health Service will conduct the competitive Civil Service examina- tion for Stenographers and Typists at Dallas Senior High School, Wed- nesday, May 8, at 8:15 a.m. Public Health Service expects to have attractive and interesting po- sition openings for competemt and well-trained high school graduates who attain eligibility by success- fully passing the Civil Service Ste- nographer or Typist examination. Entrance salary rates are $3820 for typists and from $3820 to $4110 for stenographers, depending on training, experience, and examina- tion rating. {Harter’s dairy at point 286-40 on: | Area Cancer Drive Progressing Well Several hundred volunteers have been doing a terrific job carring on the 1963 Cancer Crusade in the Back Mountain, according to Mrs. Frederic Anderson, district chair- man. List of captains is as follows: Dallas Township: New Goss Man- or, Mrs. George Bauman; Old Goss Manor, Mrs. Edward Boltz; Fern- brook, Mrs. Andrew Roberts; Over- brook, Mrs. John O’Malia; East Dallas, Mrs, Fred Stevens; Kunkle, Mrs. Sheldon Mosier; Lake Catalpa, Mrs. Allison Thomas; Shrine Acres, Mrs. Frank Thompson; Elmcrest, Mrs. J. F. Sallada. Mrs. Jerome Gardner headed Dallas Township crusaders. Dallas Borough: Mesdames Ken- neth Young, Bruce Slocum, Lloyd | Williams, Robert Parry, Harry Lef- ko, Betty Beizup, Francis Barry, Frank Kuehn, Robert Brown, Robert Stair, James Huston, Jr. Mrs. Homer Moyer was chairman of the area. Trucksville: Mrs. Richard Cromp- ton, general chairman; captains: Mesdames Walter Phillips, Harold Croom, James Lenahan Brown, Ed- ward Johnson, Fred Blair, Walter Marz, Conrad Martin, George Gail- lard, Fred Dingle, Robert Kleiner. Mrs.. Michael Stanley is chairman of West Trucksville. Mrs. Albert Gulitis, Lake Town- ship chairman announced the fol- lowing captains: Mrs. John Zales- kas, Mrs. Howard Piatt, Mrs. Charles Casterline, Mrs. Elmer Laskowski and Mrs. Sidney Fielding were captains in the Jackson area under chairmanship of Mrs. Roland Gensel. Mrs. Richard Garman served as captain of Brown Manor in the Carverton area and Mrs. Danald Britt, Bunker Hill under chairman- ship of Mrs. Harry Spare and Mrs. David Perry, Jr. Mrs. Charles Sieber headed East Shavertown area and Mrs. Frank Wadas, the west sector. Mrs. William Gentile was captain Mrs. Gordon Dawe. Mrs. Edward Dorrance headed a large group of volunteers in Frank- lin Township. Bloodmobile In Area May 10th ‘Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at “Back Mountain YMCA May 10th, 11:45 to 5:45 to enable Back Moun- tain groups to fill quotas for the next six months. ; A new service will be available: a responsible woman will take care of children, while the mother is giving blood. A baby-sitter will help some donors to better their plans for coming in. Mrs. Edward Gilroy, coordinator, announces a quota of 110 pints. Groups effected include Commonwealth Telephone Company, Natona Mills, Gate of Heaven Par. ent-Teachers Guild and Back Moun- tain Parent-Teachers Council. 'Any. one needing transportation should contact Mrs. Gilroy at the YMCA. Mrs. Gilroy says, “There is some- thing about the giving of blood that provides an unequaled feeling of himself. “It is unfortunate so many people have an unfounded fear of giving. “Everyone knows there is a great need for blood. When one gives a pint of blood, he knows that some- one, somewhere, a wounded service. man, an injured child or an indus- trial worker, will receive strength or perhaps have his life saved by the donor’s blood.” Red Cross Kiwanis Pancake Kiwanis Club members will flip pancakes all day Saturday at Dallas Senior High School, when the com- munity will take aboard more cal- J ories than it can comfortably digest, Festival Saturday to raise money for Kiwanis activi- ties. Here are Robert Dolbear, pro- motion and advertising manager, and Robert Parry, general co-chair- man. at Lehman under chairmanship of | Beating Victim Is Badly Hurt Savagely Attacked In Dark At School Daniel Yanchick, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alec Yanchick, Bunker Hospital following a brutal beating by unidentified assailants early Mon- day morning at Dallas Junior High School. Yanchick had entered a darkened interior lavatory in the annex build- ing shortly before morning classes and reached to turn on the light when he was grabbed from behind, his arms pinioned. Vicious blows smashing into hig face and abdomen left the youth unconscious. Upon returning to his senses, the boy made his way to the principal's office, where John Rosser immediately administered first aid and called the family phy- sician, Dr. Richard Crompton. Mr. Rosser and George Me- Cutcheon, a member of the faculty, removed the boy to the hospital, where X-rays were being taken to determine whetltler internal injuries had been inflicted, possibility of a ruptured spleen being of primary concern. The injured youth was still un- able to walk at the time this news. paper went to press. Although five teachers were in the building, so swift and quiet was the attack that nothing was heard, nor were the aggressors apprehend- ed. Matter has been turned over to Dallas Township Police for in- vestigation. Officials are of the opinion that a fracas, begun elsewhere, ended at the school where the attackers lay in wait for their victim before the day's sessions began. Fire Drill Success; BEnother Next Week Eighteen members of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company were pres- ent at the fire drill Tuesday night, confined indoors because of weather. Chief Daniel Richards instructed in use of pumps and smoke masks. Another drill will be held next Tuesday night at 6:30, for operation of pump and suctiom hose. Guardians Go Bail For Robert Fuller A Demunds man, Robert Faller’ 21, was released Tuesday from Lu- zerne County prison, when $2500 bail was posted .for him by Major Fuller and Lillian Fuller, guardians, Courtdale. Charges of burglary by forced entry of fifteen Luzerne County bus. iness establishments, including one robbery at Ross Williams’ service station, Lehman, two each at Gorda’s Service Station, Trucksville, and the Ranch Wagon, Fernbrook, and one at Bolton's Diner, Shaver- town, were placed against Fuller, and, in some of the cases, against two Wilkes-Barre men and a Marcy- town man. Burglaries alleged by state police took place between November 15, 1962 and March 17, 1963. Kiwanians To Flip Pancakes Will Serve All Day At Annual Festival Dallas Kiwanis Club is holding its annual pancake festival, Satur- day ‘at the Dallas Senior High School Cafeteria. Serving will be- gin at 10:00 a.m. and continue until 7:00. p.m. Co-operating will be Key Club, Keyettes and the Ladies Auxiliary of Kiwanis. Co-chairmen are George Thomas and Robert Parry who have ar- ranged a program of delightful en- tertainment. Ira Smith, chairman of arrange- ments has obtained an electric range with the compliments of the U.G.I. Co. for a door prize. Promotion and advertisement is in the hands of Robert Dolbear and Leo Corbett Jr. is handling pub- icity. Bill Baker and George McCutch- eon ,ticket chairmen announce that tickets may be obtained from any Kiwanis or Key Club member or at the door. The Ladies Auxiliary will stage a bake sale. Each visiting lady will receive a free box of famous Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour. President Merrill Faegenburg ex- presses his thanks to the community for their cooperation in making last year’s festival such a complete suc- cess, and is looking forward to see- ing every one at the féstival this many contributions of the Kiwanis Club to the community are depend. ent, upon the success of the festival and this year our scholarship fund, work with boys and girls, com- munity service, . Back Mountain Baseball for boys, farm league, and other worthwhile community serv- ices will be supported from funds realized from Saturday's Pancake Festival. Hill, is under observation at Nesbit:" Saturday. He pointed out that the | Marchers Show Three Years of Prizes Leaders of the Dallas school marching groups, who cleaned up again this year at Nanti- coke, and their advisors and sup- porting members of the administra- tion are justifiably proud of the trophies which represent three con- secutive years of first place in the competition. First row: Robert Van Orden and prize-winning | Susan Kitchen. Second row: George McCutcheon, advisor; Thomas Peirce, captain; Donald Anderson, former captain; William Cooper, color guard cap- tain; Glenda Williams, former cap- tain; Susan Karl, former lieutenant; Marsha Sowden, Eck, captain; Sharon Titus, Chamber Tours Natona Mills See Friendly People As A Selling Point “Folks around here are friend- lier,” was the consensus of opinion of a committee of Greater Wilkes- Barre Chamber of Commerce, guests of Natona Mills and plant manager Charles Gardner Tuesday afternoon. Purpose of its monthly visits, according to secretary Richard Cronin, is chiefly to project to the community an appraisal of its industry. Also the group wants to let industry know their area is interested in them. A number of committee members expressed their belief that the na- ture’ of the people in the greater Wilkes-Barre area would'be 2 strong selling point insattracting industry. Occasion of the conversation was lunch: provided by the mill for visit- ing members before a tour conduct- ed by the manager. After lunch, Gardner welcomed the men to the plant, and spoke of Natona’s local growth since, ground was broken for it im 1946. He also spoke of Natona's dy- namic changeover to the ‘Tricot’ process of weaving in the last dec- ade, and listed the various products which now stem from the Angelace and Jersey material produced here. Some 250-275 persons are em- ployed by the local plant, which has an annual payroll of well over one million dollars annually. Em- ployees come from as far away as Tunkhannock to work here. Male- female ratio is 50-50. Raw materials taken in are chief- ly nylon, bought from seven differ- ent producers. Textile products are sent from Dallas to a Glens Falls plant, where they are dyed. Natona also has its own dye house here. Manager Gardner ‘was enthus- iastic about the plant’s productiv- ity. He said Indian Head Mills, Inc., which bought Native Laces and Textile’s four plants, has twen- ty-one plants, elevem union, includ- ing this one, and ten not. Especially interesting to the tour was the process whereby acetate threads joining strips of market- able fabric are dissolved in acetone by immersion of the fabric, while the nylon products remain un- scathed in the desired widths. guard captain. Back row: Dr. Robert Mellman, superintendent; Thomas Jenkins, assistant principal; Frank Trimble, principal; William Wright, Kiwanis advisor; Mrs. William ‘Wright, | Keyette advisor; Mrs. Betty Hanna, captain; Beverly | Junior High advisor; Mrs. Elizabeth color | Titus, Colorette advisor. Members of Key Club and of the school marching units picked up a number of honors this weekend, ‘both at the con- vention in Harrisburg and at the Loyalty Day Parade in Nanticoke. For the third year in a row, the marching units took first prize in the parade. At the convention thirteen club members were the proud recipients, for the whole Dallas group, of two plaques for out- standing state and national work. They also received a letter for outstanding monthly re- ports to District headquarters in Harrisburg. With them were their hard-working advisors, George Mc- Cutcheon and Robert Dolbear. For the marching teams, Mrs. Elizabeth Titus received a trophy for their honor. Sales Manager GEORGE Ww. JACKSON Philip H. Moore, Vice-President and General Manager Incorporated, Dallas, announces the appointment of George W. Jackson, Los - Angeles, as General Sales Manager. Mr. Jackson, a native of Cleve- land, Ohio has been West Coast Sales Manager for Linear and pre- viously associated with the Frank- lin Wolfe Division of Parker Seals. He was founder and President of the Bay Rubber and Plastics (Cor- poration of Cleveland, Ohio, : Mr. Jackson attended Cleveland College of, The Western Reserve University and is a member of the Dover Lodge F.&A.M., Lake Erie Consistory and Al Koran Shrine, Cleveland, Ohio. He is affiliated with the Los Angeles Rubber Group. Naiona Shows Plant To Guests Members of the visitation com- | mittee of Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce | Samuel, look over the warping process of | Michael George Bierly, chairman of the com. Wilkes-Barre | mittee; Charles Gardner, J. Russell Robert Ell, James Price, Kravitsky, Jr., Donald Natona Mills, as it was explained by Smith, Samuel Bannan, John Uhl, Charles Gardner, plant Tuesday afternoon. Included in the picture are: manager, | Joseph | | Hall, Jr., Wilbur Shorts, Richard Laux, Hanford Eckman, Ed- gar Lashford, and Robert M. Way. of Linear, Disputed $4500 Again A Problem Board Relying Upon Solocitor’s Advice oh 2 ARAL Problem . of the disputed El estate transfer tax from sale of Na- tona Mills, plaguing Dallas Borough, which claims the $4,500, and Dallas Township, which has it, loomed up again, with the beginning of a new month. The township still held the sum ‘mtact as the Board of Supervisors met last night. Borough Council's meeting will be May 14. Attorney Frank Townend, town- ship solicitor, has received to date no more communications than that revealed at last meeting, in which Natona formally requested return of ‘the money, which it was told was paid to ‘the towaship by mis- take. Transfer of title of the mill took place early last year, and company lawyers paid the tax to the town- ship, because existing deeds regis- tered the property as being in that jurisdiction. However, a 1952 Su- perior Court decision acknowledged the local annexation of the mill by Dallas Borough. Borough Solicitor Robert Flem- img has received a letter from Na- tona’s lawyers in New York saying they are still studying the matter. Council agreed to wait, and avoid unpleasant legal proceedings, until Natona and the township work something out. Although Natona is still studying the matter, their formal request for return of the money has been reg- istered. President Supervisor Fred Lam- oreaux said early this week he would rely on Solicitor Townend’s “| cident. Pilot Killed In Mid-Flight Related Here Bir Turbulence Probably Caused Disintegration The Michigan man who was killed Tuesday morning twenty minutes after take-off from Forty Fort when his plane disintergrated im midair two miles north of Benton, was closely connected in this area, a rel- ative by marriage of Mrs. Gordon Wolverton, Shavertown, and Rev. and Mrs. Charles Frick, formerly of Huntsville. Oakley Lutes, 56, in the face of known turbulent weather, headed west when he learned that a plane had come through safely from Wil- liamsport. He expected to make a landing in western Pennsylvania cn business while en route to Jackson, Michigan. At 10:20, parts from his Navien showered the montainous terrain west of Shickshinny, and ‘the fuse- lage ploughed through the trees on the Vernon Belles place, Koonsville. Indications are that the plane may have been nosed into a small twister, and exploded as a house explodes in the path of a tornado when air pressure drops suddenly. Fire did not follow the disaster. The body of the pilot was found in the cabin. Three months ago, during heavy snow, Mr. Lutes, in the east in a helicopter, was forced down near Phillipsburg, the rotor blades shear- ed off by snowdrift when the copter flipped on its side. It was a family occasion at the time, a wedding in Doylestown when Earl Frick’s daugh- ter Helen was married. It was a family funeral that brought Mr. Lutes east to accomp- any his family to Sunbury when his aunt, Mrs. Clyde Laubaugh was bur- ied. He had parked his Navion at Forty Fort, spending the weekend with his sister, Mrs. Robert Rusbar. Rev. Frick, now pastor of Benton Christian Church, went immediately to the scene of the crash Tuesday |p He reports that wreckage was so complete that little was left except fragments. Fragments are now being reas- sembled in the Belles garage by an inspection team of the C.AB. to determine probable cause of the ac- Mr. Lutes, a nephew of the late au Dr. Emory Lutes, Wilkes-Barre vet- erinarian, was a real estate man. He will be buried Saturday after- noon . at Valparaiso, Indiana Dallas Fire Co., Ambulance Drive Work Toward Purchase Of New Equipment Dallas. Community Ambulance Association and Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company will launch their an- nual coin card campaign May 11th. Volunteers have already begun. dis- tribution of cards. ‘As in the past years proceeds will be used in part to pay current ex- penses and largely to set aside monies for capital outlays and eventual purchase of new equip- ment. Members anticipate the | usual cordial respomse. If anyone is missed, please contact a solicitor or - officer of either company. {| Closing date of campaign is Septem- | ber 21st. In the Kunkle area, for ambulance Association the paign will begin on July 20th. Committee and solicitors include the following: ) Chairman of the ambulance drive is Mrs. James Wertman; co-chair- men of the fire company drive, Mrs. Nelson Thompson and Henry Peter- son, ~ Captains are Mrs. Edward Cavan, Mrs. Paul Labar, Mrs. Wil- bur Davis, and Mrs. Willard Covert. the | cam- | legal advice, since the matter has resolved itself to a strictly legal question. Lamoreaux also indicated his | willingness to be reasonable about for return of the $4,500. SPCR Buthorized To Pick Up Stray Dogs The SPCA has been deputized to come into Kingston Township on a regular week-by-week basis to pick up. stray dogs. without licenses, and licensed dogs running at large. Chief Updyke says that owners may get their dogs back again by paying ain impounding fee, but that he plans to put teeth in the State law against dogs rumning loose. Now is the beginning of garden- ing seascn, and already property owners are besieging the police de- partment for relief from wandering dogs which are digging up the flower beds. Three children have recently been bitten, according to Mr. Up- dyke. Buy It At Stone's Hurray for Stone’s Grocery Store in Beaumont. Starting with five Dallas Posts per week, the number has now worked up to thirty-five. any request by the company itself | ‘Workers are James Wertman, Wilson Cease, Edward Estock, Henry Evans, Wayne Schmoll, | Leonard Hotvey William Baker, Jr., aid | Joseph Adamitz, Robert Brown, | Jerry Machell, Arthur Ross, R. B. Botsford, Robert Besecker, Edwin Roth, Richard Oliver, Boyd White, | William Lamb, Al Mcintross, Robert Rice, Robert Covert, Joseph O'Don- |] nell, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Young, | Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brobst, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. | i Thomas Bunney. a: Judy Wertmen, Karen Harvey, | Teresa McCue, Edna Rogers, Rose- mary Kravits, June Hayes, Edith Dietz, Susan Jones, Agnes Gregson, Carmela Cavan, Kathy Bomberger, Gloria Covert. Mesdames M. U. Rumbaugh, An- drew Sholtis, G. Dunbauld, D. An- derson, George Swan, Carl Goering- er, Oscar Dymond, William Ostrum, Fred Nicely, Jr., Edward Kupstas, D. Daron, Lewis Reese, Thomas Bottoms, Laverne Race, Basel Lord, Richard Bennie, Archie Johnstone, Louise Brown, Ben Edwards, Ross Lewin, Ermest Wolfe, Robert Parry, * Nathan Weiss, William Cooper, George Ruckno, Herman Thoma Robert Wilde, Freda Woolbert/ Oliver Rome, George Bauman Ignatius Gallagher, Robert Youn John Yaple, Donald McCrea, Frank Wagner, Emma Creagh, Laing Cool-"| baugh, Thomas Moore, Pete Lange, |