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Making Progress:
Dallas Boy Critically
Injured In Accident
Taken off the critical list yester-
day, Charles Harris, 6, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Harris, Yeager
Avenue, is showing marked im-
provement at Nesbitt Hospital.
The youngster was struck by a
car driven by Mrs. Joan Brobst,
Shaver Avenue, Shavertown, Fri-
day evening at 5:55 p.m. on Pioneer
Avenue below the entrance to
Druid Hills.
Charles was playing with neigh-
bors Johnny and Jimmy Devlin
when the boys decided to leave the
Devlin yard and seaich out a newly
constructed bunk nearby.
Satisfied that the road was clear,
the youngsters started across.
Charles was struck by the left
fender of Mrs. Brobst’s car'as .she
was proceeding toward Shavertown.
Traveling at a moderate rate of
speed, she was able to stop quickly
and swerve her car into the hedges,
avoiding running over the victim.
Kingston Township Ambulance,
manned by Edward Carey and Wil-
liam Pugh, arrived quickly, and the
child's mother rushed the boy to
the hospital, where he continued
in shock until Monday.
A three hour operation was per- |
formed by Dr. John Groblewski to'
repair the badly damaged liver and
nurses took over working round
the clock.
Charles also suffered a slight con-
cussion, and fractured right leg.
His father, who was at St. Al-
phonse’s Retreat at Tobyhanna
when the accident occurred, rushed
to the hospital and has been con-
stantly at his son’s bedside.
Charles was to have started
schoql September 4 as a first grade
student at Gate of Heaven school
and was cheered yesterday when
Rev. Francis Kane assured the lad
that a seat would be held for him.
He will be hospitalized for a
time. ;
Five Injured At
A two-car, tail-on crash yielded
five - injuries, all Wyoming - Valley
people, driven by David Lewis, 17,
Forty Fort, collided with the tail
of a compact driven by Charles
Menziff, Courtdale.
Lewis’ vehicle was coming from
the Lake, and Menziff’s had just
turned off 118 onto the highway
toward Dallas. No one in Men-
ziff’s car was hurt, but Lewis's ve-
hicle rolled over several times after
the crash.
Dallas ambulance, manned by Bill
Berti, Don Bulford, and Iggy Ho-
zempa, and Police Chief Frank
Lange transported the injured to
Nesbitt Hospital.
Dallas Lions To
Act As Hosts
Third Joint Session
. Slated On October 8
Dallas Lions will be hosts this year
for the joint service clubs dinner
slated for October 8 at Irem Country
Plans were laid for the third such
meeting last Wednesday, when rep-
resentatives of Dallas Lions, Dallas
Rotary, and Dallas Kiwanis gathered
to discuss arrangements.
Attending were three members
from Dallas Lions: Russell DeRemer,
president; Charles Gordon, secretary;
and Richard Myers, past president.
Representing Rotary were Walter
Mohr, and Johm Landis; for Dallas
Kiwanis, Alfred Ackerson.
Mr. and Mrs. Drake
Hurt In Accident
Sheldon Drake and his wife Mil-
dred remain at Nesbitt Hospital
where they were admitted Saturday
around moon after being injured in
a traffic accident on Wyoming Ave-
nue in Kingston.
The Lehman couple, involved in
a three-car mishap when a car pulled
out of a parking lot and rammed
the Drake car broadside, were taken :
by ambulance to Nesbitt, where Mr.
Drake, with a fracture of the upper
thigh, is in traction. Both victims
were badly cut and bruised.
Mr. Drake, 66, is a retired rural
carrier for Dallas mails, with fifty
years of safe driving to his credit.
Freddie Cannon
Draws Big Crowd
800 Out At Lake
Hear Record ‘Star
An estimated 800 teenagers jam-
med Hanson’s pavilion, Harveys
Lake, Monday .night to dance and
listen to rock ’'n roll singer Freddie
Cannon, national recording star, and |
the Star Fires, Back Mountain dance
band.
Spirits were high among the young
audience, and proceedings were or-
derly, although six policemen stood
on duty. Police were chiefly to pro-
tect the singer from the fangs, as is
the custom in star performances.
The first nationally-known rock
'n roll singer to be brought to the
Back Mountain, Cannon, 20, put in
the one-might stand on application
of Richard Gumbravich, Demunds
road, leader of the band, who said
it is usually very difficult to get Can-
non for a one performance stint.
Gumbravich said Cannon agreed to
come out from New York simply be-
cause he likes this area.
The singer, known to teenagers
across America, who began his car-
eer with “Talahassee Lassie’ in 1959,
has cut a number of “hits” in the
past years.
Mobs of girls crowded around the
stage, let out screams intermittently,
and yelled “Freddie!’. The serious
demeanor of the police, however,
kept them from mounting the stage.
Cannon thrilled the crowd with
a rendition of his latest record,
“Moinkey’’; sample: “Monkey, mon-
key, monkey.Monkey, monkey, mon-
key, monkey. You can do the mon-
key, I can do the mcmkey, every-
body monkey, yeah!”.
The singer, who noted that this
engagement reminded him a little
of Dorney Park, Allentown, is or-
iginally from Massachusetts, used to
have his own band. His father is also
a bandleader. Gumbravich said his
contract with Cannon required him
to destroy much of a dossier on the
singer which was to be used for ad-
vance publicity only. ‘
Other members of the Star Fires
are: Roger Griffith, Howard Dymond
and Charles McKeown, Dallas sen-
iors,
Kirkendall, both headed for college
this year.
Police on duty were: Edgar Hughes
and Walbridge Leinthall, Lake
Township, and Roland Ide, Lionel
Bulford, Peter Hospodar, and John
Major, on assignment from Lehman.
Two Back Mountain
Boys Caught In Theft
Dallas Borough Police apprehend-
ed two boys last Tuesday who were
caught raiding the popcorn machine
in Dallas Shopping Center, taking
both money and the tasty product
in the machine.
One boy was from Shavertown,
the other from Overbrook Avenue.
They will be tried fin Juvenile Court.
and Bob Gardner and Fred;
Representatives of the Depart-
ment of Labor, United States gov-
ernment, visited area schools for
migrant workers’ children early
this week, and informed social work-
er Judith .Snyder, whose husband
Reverend John Snyder is director
of the Orange school, that the gov-
ernment will be on the lookout for ;
truancy next month.
There is a tendency for able
bodied youngsters of school age to
fields, although there is room for
them at public schools locally.
Tendency is increased by the fact
that some children, of Mexican
birth, do not speak English, and
would only be in these schools sev-
eral weeks anyway.
Mrs. Snyder is social worker for
the school at Orange Methodist
Church and also the one at Bloom-
ingdale Grange.
Both summer schools will close
September 13, at which time the
children of school age are expected
to enroll at and attend public
help their parents in the tomato!
Federal Check To Run For Kids
Of Migrants Absent From School
schools not yet designated.
Open House
Open house is being held at both
schools today to better acquaint
local residents with the working of
the program and with their new
neighbors.
Thirty-eight children are register-
ed at the Orange school, and twen-
ty-six at Bloomingdale.
Included in the work done with
these youngsters, Mrs. Snyder ex-
plained, is the teaching and prac-
tice of English, which will help
them in public school .later on.
After ‘the season for picking green
tomatoes ends here, the migrants
will continue on to fields in New
York State.
Sponsored by Tri-County Migrant
Council, day-care centers for mi-
grants’ children are conducted by
Penn State University, aided by
state and federal welfare money.
Most local migrant camp owners
cooperate, and encourage parents
to send their youngsters to these
centers.
Class At Orange
Smiling brightly, with several
in the Centermoreland-Orange area.
the Orange Methodist Church.
Day-Care Center
exceptions, for the Post camera,
are members of the school-age class for children of migrant workers
With them is Jane Taylor, teacher, a senior at Kutztown State
College, who, with her brother Jerry, works with the youngsters at
Thirty-eight children are registered for this summer. program
designed to provide care while parents work in nearby tomato fields.
At this lesson the pupils were trying their hand at painting.
‘Meet The Team’
Night, Friday
Dallas Area Lettermen-Booster
club will hold Meet The Team night
| Friday at 6 p.m. at Dallas Senior
. High School.
A scrimmage between the Blues
| and Whites will get underway at |
6, followed by the displaying of |
equipment, and then a film will be
shown on new PIAA rules for the
| coming grid season.
Everyone is invited.
The Tuesday night meeting was
well attended, and the films enjoy-
ed by all
A definite meeting night has not
yet been established.
In Charge Of Polio
Program At Lehman
Dr. Irvin Jacobs and Dr. E. W.
| McGrath will be in charge of ad-
{ ministering the Polio Vaccine Pro-
gram at Lake Lehman Schools.
Part-Insured Boat
Smashed At Lake
Two boats, owned. locally, and ap-
parently sunk intentionally at Sun-
set, Harveys Lake, over the week-
end, were removed Sunday from
the water,
One, owned by Harold Williams,
Trucksville, a $2,000 speedboat, was
smashed badly on the inside with
a tire iron. Boat was insured for
only about $500.
A $695 boat owned by Caddie La-
Bar was found submerged, its
drain-plug pulled. Its bottom may
have been defective.
Drill Teams To March
Key Club Drill Team, Keyettes,
Colorettes and Dallas Junior High
marching units will march in the
parade at Ashland Saturday night.
All members of the units are to
meet at Orchard Farm Restaurant
at 5 p. m.
Kut In Big Bend About Thise Weeks From Finish
Local Showman At
Bloomsburg Fair
Lehman showman Pat Reithoffer
Jr. will once again array the mid-
way at Bloomsburg with his im-
pressive line-up of rides and amuse-
ments, as the area’s favorite show
gets underway for another season
next month. J
Mr. Reithoffer, who owns and op-
the biggest truck-carried
amusement show in the east, had
traditionally offered this as his big-
gest event,
A rare opportunity awaits you at
the fair this season. Appearing in
ome show only on opening night,
Monday, September 23, the Lennon
Sisters, singing stars of The Law-
rence Welk Show, will sing out again
two shows each might, Tuesday, and
Wednesday.
Don’t miss Frank Fontaine as
“Crazy Guggenheim”, comedy star
of the Jackie Gleason Show. Frankie
will appear in two shows each might
Thursday, Friday and Saturday to
close the fair.
You get the Lennon Sisters or
Frankie and a complete grandstand
show each night. Among the other
acts are Hal Sands’ Manhattan Rock-
ettes, Elkins Sisters, Wes Harrison,
Gus Augspurg’s Jungle Wonders, The |
Doran Brothers Smahas and the
Three Bragazzi. ,
7% ALP
Workmen
Memorial Highway, lower Kingston |
Township, . are only about three |
weeks from completion of the giant |
cut through the mountain,
Construction workers estimate
they will bring the floor down to
the required level, a 101 foot deep |
tember.
At left, behind a channeling op-
|e ation on Toby Creek, progress of |
the cut can be seen, well below the
halfway mark on the upper side.
Progress is not so marked on the
at the big bend of |
excavation, by the middle of Sep- |
lower side of the mountain, near
O'Malia’s, as it is a matter of con-
struction convenience to bring that
down later. Contractor, H. J. Wil-
liams Company, has been blasting,
to supplement rock-drilling work.
| Sixty feet of the substratum is bed-
rock,
Curve will be widened to a gentle
six degrees.
Railroad Relocation
Meanwhile work progresses on re-
location of two-thirds of a mile of
[Foiond track from Hillside to the
bend involving much preliminary
excavation at a cost of $1.72 a yard,
total cost $100,000.
At the same time, despite a filed
protest to the ICC by Devens Mill,
which receives a car-load or two a
week, the Lehigh Valley offered its
Dallas station site as ground for
the proposed new postoffice and pe-
titioned for abandonment of the
line to Dallas.
Request will have to be consider-
ed by the ICC, which must also
evaluate local use of the railroad.
he tried to lamd on an irregular
piece of ground in West, Dallas,
daught on a hillock, and damaged
his craft in several places.
Cabbage field belongs to Yalick
Brothers, for whom the crop-duster,
Harry V White, Skyline Dusting Ser-
Pilot of this single-wing plane es- | vice,
caped injury Thursday morning when | work.
Honesda e,
By Sunday White replaced broken
landing gear, dusting machine, and
bent propeller, and was in business.
White is also dusting for Good-
leigh Farms, old hands at crop-dust-
ing planes’ misfortune, after two
as been doing
Crop-Duster Crashes In West Dallas
out of three brand new planes en
route from factory to Louisiana made
emergency landings there in late
December, and both were severely
damaged.
Oddly enough, the third plane
with them landed on Route 118, ad-
jacent the Yalick farm.
Harris Haycox
Dies Suddenly
Harris Haycox’s sudden. death
| Sunday afternoon at his home in
Boca Raton, Florida, was a blow to
former friends in this area, where
the Haycox family had been promin-
ent socially, and to associates in
‘Wilkes-Barre where Mr. Haycox had
managed ‘the Lazarus store before
retirement mandated by a former
heart attack.
Mr. Haycox called long distance
Sunday morming to wish his grand-
son David a happy third birthday.
Douglas and David, with their 'par-
ents, Ruth and Don Besecker, were
spending a few days here with rel-
atives, expecting to retum to Flori-
da early in September. The children
are still here, after the hurried de-
parture of their parents.
The funeral was on Wednesday,
in Florida, ‘where the Haycoxes
have made their home for some
years, after leaving their farm: in
Center Moreland.
. The family for a number of years
lived in Dallas in the house now
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Son.
In: one Christmas lighting contest
thay won the. first prize for artistic
outside arrangement, with a picture
of the wreath and swag in the Dallas
Post. On the farm in Center More-
land; where “they were active in
: Center Moreland Methodist Church,
they developed the largest ‘acreage
into beautiful fields and gardens.
Mr. Haycox leaves his widow, the
former Irene Mathewson; two daugh-
ters: Mrs. Donald Besecker, of Boy-
ton Beachy Florida; and Mrs. William
Rattenbury, Towson, Md.; two grand-
children.
Gosart Contest
Changes Rules
Football Scoring
To Net Transistors
Charlie Gosart is ready to meet
all requests for
the big football contest he will
sponsor. The interest in Charlie’s
proposed contest has already been
so great that he has decided to open
it to all ages. Last week’s Back
to School Tabloid stated that -the
contest was to be restricted to High
School Students Only.
Each and every week a transistor
radio from Gosart’s Appliance De-
partment will be given to the per-
son who guesses the correct scores
of Lake-Lehman and Dallas High
Schools and. their opposing teams.
In case of ties, a drawing will be
held to determine the winner. The
first game will be held September
14, between Lake-Lehman and Nes-
copek. Entries must be picked up
and deposited at Gosart's. Contest
closes each week on the day prior
to the game.
Floyd Sisco Suffers
Relapse, Hospitalized
Floyd Sisco, Cedar Avenue, Shav-
ertown, was readmitted to General
Hospital on Saturday evening after
his condition became critical,
Mr. Sisco, in ill health for fifteen
years,
the hospital a week earlier.
He was taken to the: institution
in the Kingston Township ambu-
lance by Marvin and. Arnold Yeust
and Andrew Roan.
He was placed under an oxygen
tent, where he remains. - Mr. Sisco
was forced to retire some time ago
after an asthmatic condition de-
veloped following 47 years employ-
ment in the mines grew extremely
troublesome.
Wins Speed Trial
David Crisman, Hillside Avenue,
Trucksville, was second-place win-
ner August 18 at the Sports Car Club
of America (N. E. Penna. Region)
Speed Trials, Gymkanna, Forty Fort.
Crisman drove an MGA sports
car ‘around the .85 mile course laid
‘out at Midway Shopping Center.
entry blanks for
"had been discharged from
Missing Man’ Found
By Local Police
Stanley Slavinski, 60 Drummond
Street, Hughestown, was found sit-
ting along side of the highway at
the big bend on Sunday afternoon
at 4:55, by Assistant Chief of Police
Jesse Coslett.
The sixty five year old man, who
appeared to be senile was reported
missing from his home and Coslett
had heard the police alert.
Slavinski appeared to be exhaust-
ed and told authorities he had walk-
ed all the way.
Chief Robert Cooper, Jackson
Township was notified by Coslett
and the two officers took the trav-
eler to Duke Isaacs Station where
he was picked up by State Trooper
Pfc Eugene McGuire and taken to
his home.
Monday Holiday
Correspondents are reminded that
Monday is Labor Day, with no de-
livery of mail, and the Dallas Post
closed. Get material in early to in-
sure its being. printed.
Supervisors To Meet
Franklin Township Supervisors
will meet Monday evening at 8 p.m.
at the home of Philip Williams,
Orange.
Sordoni Lineman
Severely Burned
Crossed Wires Cause
Instant Explosion
Suffering severe burns of the
face and arms Tuesday afternoon
at 3:55 p.m., a Sordoni Company
lineman was rushed to Nesbitt Hos-
pital for treatment,
Anthony DePhillip, 144 Tompkin
Street, Pittston, was removing a
transformer from a UGI power sta-
tion near Forty Fort Dairy Store
when two wires crossed causing an
explosion.
The injured man was placed in
the car of a passing motorist but
traffic congestion prevented any
headway in reaching the hospital.
At Phil: Walter's old gas station
the good samaritan parked his ve-
hicle and ran into Hall's Drug Store
where he phoned for an ambulance.
Kingston Township Ambulance,
manned by William Pugh and Ted
Poad responded and removed De-
Phillip to the institution.
«Dr. Charles Noss, well known
plastic surgeon took over, giving
the patient. a hypo immediately to
relieve the intense pain.
DePhillip was reported:
condition at press time.
Sordoni Construction Company
linemen do the work for UGI in
the Back Mountain area.
in fait
half, and rolled over.
the body.
be loaded into the ambulance,
Schoonover, and Carl Besteder,
yesterday.
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Mountain Echo.
Overturned Truck Kills Driver
Driver of this septic tank truck was crushed to death when
the vehicle swerved unaccountably early Tuesday evening, two and
a half miles east of Centermoreland, smashed a telephone pole in
Dead is Leroy Dennison, 61, Harding R.D. 1, who was prob-
ably killed instantly, when he rolled against the door,
fell out, and'was crushed, his legs caught between the door and the
cab, and head and trunk pinned by the cab against the road.
Scene of the accident, the first fatal ever answered by Franklin-
Northmoreland ambulance, was in front of Ken Harding's house on
the Falls road. Rescuers used hydraulic jacks, but it took George
Matusavige’s wrecker to lift the tanker, loaded with sewage, from
seen here,
Body was pinned for an hour and a half, until it was able to
manned by William Boyes, Stacey
and taken to Pittston Hospital.
Workmen for Commonwealth Telephone replaced the pole early
It was sheared in two on impact, and the truck, rolling
over, landed in the opposite lane, travelling in the opposite direction.
Dennison died of a crushed head and chest.
of survivors, one of whom is son Thomas, editor of the Shickshinny
He leaves a number
Get Polio Vaccine
At Jr. High School
Dallas Junior High School has been
designated as the place where Sabin
oral vaccine against polio will be
given Sunday, September 15, from
noon to 5 p. m,
Administering the vaccine will
be Dr. A. A. Mascali and Dr. Henry
Gallagher.
A drop of vaccine on a lump of
sugar. No needle.
Immunization, s a y s Luzerne
County Medical Association, follows
the third administration, and pre-
vents carrying the disease.
Type I will be givem September
15; type III and II October: 27 and
December 8. All three are necessary
for safety.
The cost is 25 cents. Nobody will
‘be denied the vaccine whether the
_applicant can pay or not,
Teacher's Home Is
Entered, Dog Flees :
The home of Mrs. Charles James,
Elizabeth Street, Dallas, was broken
into on Monday evening between
the hours of 4 ‘and 9 pm.
The cellar door was ripped off
according to officer Ray Titus, who
investigated.
Nothing apparently was fistats:
ed but Mrs. James’ Irish setter, who
was in the cellar ran away. He has
been sighted by several residents
on a mumber of streets in the
borough.
Mrs, James was not home during
the time of the robbery. She is a
kindergarten teacher in Dallas
School District.
Idetown Event
This Weekend
Firemen's Festival
To Run Three Dons
One of Back Mountain's sraditions ;
al big summer events, and an ever~
popular three-day program for the
whole family, will be featured this |
weekend, starting with a big parade
Saturday around the Idetown-Har- |
veys Lake region. Bl
The fourth annual Jonathan R. :
Davis Volunteer Fire Company Fes:
tival will brighten another Labor
Day weekend with games, rides;
food, and shows. Free prizes will re :
awarded nightly. ;
Among the attractions in the sat :
ade will be fire trucks, antique cars,
floats, festival queens, and local |
dignitaries.
Firemen are already hard at works
setting up booths and rides for the
festival, Saturday, Sunday, and Moz 3
day. Xu
Formed four years ago, the fire.
company has run this event to pur- |
chase equipment, and defray oper=
ating expenses. 4
A tremendous amount of work,
all donated, has gone into making
this the biggest and best festival
of all time, and the officers of the
company urge all residents of the
Back Mountain, especially those ger-
viced by the organization, to give
it whole-hearted support.
This is an opportunity for the on
tire family to get out, spend a plea-
sant, safe Labor Day weekend, and
insure themselves, at the same tine)
with a fine fire-fighting company. =
Unlike last year, when the wea- |
ther was not the best, the weather-
man says ‘Sunny and warm this
weekend”,
Sekera Capiiros
Golfing Crown
Local Players Make ;
Phenomenal Scores
Local golfers placed phenomenally
high in the past two weekends of
72-hole play at Irem Country Club.
when 200 golfers were ‘eligible to
enter the championship play-off:
Joe Sekera placed first; Arch A
tin fifth; Bob Bachman seve
Ran. Richards," izhth; Bob ¢
himer tenth; Jack DeWitt 5
eleventh; George Drake 13; Bert
Lauderbaugh, 15; Jack Withey, 16.
Sekera was medalist for each of
the first two 18-hole matches, with
scores of 75 and 77. Arch Aus
was low for the final round with
a 77. :
Ambulance Calls
Kingston Townsip Ambulance took |
Miss Nellie Holcomb, Pioneer Ave-
nue, to General Hospital on Thurs- i
day afternoon. Crew was pli
Smith, Paul Daily amd Ted Poad.
William Lohman, Trucksville, was i
taken to Nesbitt Hospital early ]
Thursday morning. Herbert and
Henry Hill in attendance.
Friday moming, George Owen,
also of Trucksville, was admi e
to Nesbitt Hospital with Walter
Davis ‘and William Bullock serving 8
as the crew. 4
Friday evening, Edward Carey a
William Pugh rushed little Cha
Harris to Nesbitt after he was struc
by a car. :
Car Out Of Control:
Former Resident Hurt
James Kreidler, 20, Fo
was injured early Saturday morn-
ing when he: lost control of his car
near the Scranton - Springbrook i!
spillway at Hillside.
Kreidler, driving a Kaiser soled .
veered 190 feet from the filter en-
trance, traveled 85 feet down the
road, striking a tree and continu: :
ing another 80 feet until the ve-
hicle ran against a stone wall and 4
caught fire.
The left side of the car’s under-
carriage was torn off by the impact. | A
The caretaker at the plant found
a man lying in the front seat, called
police and Kingston Township am-
bulance. When they arrived the |
vehicle was empty. Trucksville Fire
Company also responded.
An’ hour later, Mercy Hospital
authorities informed Assistant C
Coslett that Kreidler had be
brought to ‘the hospital by
brother and complained of internal
injuries.
Kreidler had been involved in
accident one year ago in which he
suffered, a fractured skull. At that |
time he reported he had suffered a .
black-out. He had moved from ii f
area on Friday. 3
He was discharged from the in-
stitution ,on Tuesday.
UN Day Chief Nooded
- Anyone interested ‘in being chair:
man of United Nations Day festivit
ies locally, recently proposed to all
American communities by mationa
and. state UN Day officers, please |
contact Mayor Tom Morgan, as hi
has been requested to find some-
body for the job. UN Day is Octo:
ber 24.
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