. Qldest Business Back of 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Institution the © Mountain TEN CENTS PER COPY—TEN PAGES Lake-Lehman To Dedicate School September 14 Superintendent Of State Education To Give Address Lake-Lehman will dedicate its new high school September 14, at impressive evening exercises in the recently accepted building. On the platform will be members of the. Luzerne County Office, engineers and architects, members of the Building Authority Board, the four main contractors, solicitors, Road Supervisors, PTA president, Band Sponsors president, school directors, administrative staff. Presiding will be Lester B. Squier, supervising principal. The prize-winning Lake-Lehman Band will play a selection as guests assemble, followed by the National Anthem in which the audience will participate. | Greetings will be by Eugene S. Teter, following pledge of allegiance led by John Sidler, president of Educators Association; invocation by Rev. Norman Tiffany; and presenta- tion of platform guests by Robert Z. Belles, assisting supervising principal. Raymon R. Hedden, general con- tractor, will present the key, and Donald D. Smith, representing Roushey, Smith and Walker, the building. Accepting for the Building Au- thority will be John M. Hewitt, chairman of Lehman Township Authority. For the School Board and citizens, Willard F. Sutton, president of the joint school board. For the school, Anthony Marcha- kitus, high school principal. For the students, Kenneth Ells- worth, president of Students Coun- cil: Mr. Squier will introduce Dr. Charles H. Boehm, superintendent of Pennsylvania Department of Pub- lic Instruction, who will give the main address. The prayer of dedication will be by Rev. S. F. Banas, Lake Silkworth, and. the benediction by Rev. B. Kirby Jones. An Open House will follow the exercises, with visitors guided through the new building: which has been in operation singe September 24, 1962, but never officially ac- cepted until the present. . Complications Halt " Boy's Recovery A high temperature developing » Sunday when progress was being made had parents and attending physician concerned over Charles Harris, 6, Dallas, patient at Nesbitt Hospital. Possible cause may be abscess formation. Two nurses are still re- quired and his parents take turns filling in the third shift. The youngster was injured two weeks ago when struck by a car driven by a Shavertown woman. Breaks Same Leg Fractured Before Thomas Parker, 14, James Street, Shavertown, fractured his right leg Monday - afternoon playing football near his home. . Seven years ago on the same date, the boy broke the same leg, which required a plate insertion at that time. : He was taken to Nesbitt Hospital in the Kingston Township Ambu- lance by William Pugh and Arnold Yeust. ‘Order of Police. Otto A. Biery, 39, Native Of Stull Otto A. Biery, 59, died early | Wednesday morning at his home at Harveys Lake, after a year of increasing ill health. Services await decision of, the family. They will be held from the Bronson Funeral Home. Umntil ill health cancelled his ac- | tivities, he had been a force in the community, secretary of [Lake Township Board of Supervisors, charter member of the Lutheran Church, member of Daniel Roberts | ! Elwood J. Thompson, i Birch Trailer and of Fraternal For twenty years he had been affiliated with Nichol- son Machine Shop in Wilkes-Barre. A native of Stull, his parents were Allan and Mary Dienstel Biery. He leaves his widow, the former Fire Company Mary Hearity, Wilkes-Barre; two daughters: Mrs. Barbara Lodge, Meadville, and Mrs. ‘Angela Kom- nath, Wilkes-Barre; five grandchil- dren, a sister Mrs. Mabel B. Sym- on, Princeton, N. J. Firemen May Share Building Four Roads To Be Resurfaced Shortly A combined township building and fire company quarters on site of the present fire hall on Carver- ton Road is now a strong possibility, following the visit to Philadelphia ‘recently of Board Chairman LaRoy Ziegler and representatives of Trucksville Fire Company. The group checked specifications of the Public Accelerated Works Project grant, recently approved for the community. Fire company would deed over its present property to the township, were adjoining stalls for equipment to be added to the proposed struc- ture. Immediate paving of several roads was approved at the adjourned meeting of Kingston Township su- pervisors Wednesday evening, the east “end of Terrace Street, the north ‘end .of James, Lehigh Street and Church Road scheduled for prime _ attention. Perrin Avenue, first on the list as being in deplorable condition, was dropped from repair list this (year duz tbr constructiom--ofsgas company installations, as was Loh- man Avenue. Power steering will be installed on the road truck. Hydraulic lifts for the snow plows was also discus- sed and price lists requested. The digging up of newly paved roads in Midway Manor by Penn- sylvania Gas Company without per- mits aggravated officials who order- ed a letter written to Whitesell Brothers informing them that if such procedure was continued, township would refuse to take over roads in the new housing project. Ziegler attendance. and Smith were in Dallas Boys Receive Camping Awards James and Daniel Marascio, sons of Mr. amd Mrs. Bruno Marascig, Dallas recently returned home from Camp St. Andrew after a stay, of three weeks. The boys received the Best Camper Award for their, respective cabins, This is the second year the brothers have captured the award. Daniel attends Gate of Heaven School and James, West Side Cen- "tral. Sister Karen Marie abtended Camp Little Flower in the Poconos. MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Baby Strangles In Upper Bunk Catches Head In Safety-Rail Stark tragedy struck at a Dallas family Tuesday afternoon when a fifteen months old child died of | strangulation. Danny was taking his nap in an upper bunk of the house trailer owned by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. at White Park. His mother checked on him at 2 p.m., found him still asleep, slipped mext door for a moment. Returning a few minutes later, she found Danny hanging from the unk, his head wedged between safety-rail and mattress. Bearing the limp body in her arms, she ran for the home of Mrs. Mary Loughead. Mrs. Loughead | attempted mouth-to mouth resusci- tation while her husband ‘Roy called the ambulance and Dr. A. A. Mascali. Dallas ambulance, staffed by Ray Titus and Jim Perkins, arrived within minutes, . and resuscitation was again attempted. Deputy coroner Richard Disque investigated. The Thompson family has lived in Dallas for about a year, coming here from Fort Polk, Louisiana, where Mr. Thompson, now a gas lineman, was in the service, and where Danny was born. There is another little boy, El- wood, two and a half. : Surviving also are maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond Robinson, Tunkhannock; ma- ternal greatgrandmother, Mrs. Vera Dymond, Tunkhannock; paternal grandmother Mrs. Verna Thomp- son, Harveys Lake; paternal great- grandmother Mrs. Minnie Sites, Harveys Lake. Services are scheduled for Fri- day aftermoon at 2 from the Dis- que Funeral Home, with burial in Lehman Cemetery. Rev. Russell Lawry will officiate; Friends may call this afternoon or evening, 2 to /4, and 7 to 10. This is Fernbrook’s powerful Lit- tle League team, champions of the 1963 season, recently ended. Undefeated in the first half of the season, they let only one go by for the year, ending with a total of thirteen wins, Behind their strength lay strong fielding by Rome, Meyer, Williams and Morgan, good pitching by Mar- tin and Fehlinger, a fratennal brace of catchers, the Belles brothers, and a top outfield in Morris, Bau- man,’ Grundowski, and iStolarick. Left to right: first row, G. Belles, THE DALLAS PO _Fernbrook Champions Ot Back Mountain League K. Morris, D. Burkhart, Morgan, R. Belles, E. Meyer, H. Fehlinger, and G. Stolarick. Second row: Mr. Belles, Grundowski, T. Bauman, B. Mar- tin, E. Rome, Williams, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Kunkle, coaches. Library Hours Winter Library hours, beginning September 10, will be the same as last year, except that children’s wing will not be open Tuesday eve- nings, and will close at 8 instead of 8:30 on Thursdays. Regular library hours will be: Main Building, Wednesday and Fri- day, 1:30 to 5:30; Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:30 to 8:30; Saturdays 10:00 to 5:30. Children’s wing the same, except for closing on Tuesday evening at 5:30. Ambulance Crew Ray Titus’s crew remains on duty until midnight Sunday. Next week: Bob Besecker, cap- tain; Ralph Fitch, Donald Bulford, Gilbert Morris, and William Berti. Waverly Antiques Show Annually Draws Many Back Mountain Fans Annually, the Waverly Antiques Show draws many Back Mountain residents. It is one of the outstand- ing events of the fall season, where lovers of antiques find delightfully different | bits of glass and china, and members of the Memorial Li- brary Auction Antiques Committee replenish their stocks, guarantee- ing somthing special to give for the next July auction. Deglers from four states will at- tend) the Twentieth Annual Waverly Antiques Show and Sale, September 9 and 10 at the Waverly Commu- nify House, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. both g ys. " On both afternoons trom 2 to 8.30 Mrs. Frederick A. Waechter, {Clarks Summit, will demonstrate jand display = Crewel needlecraft. 1 Mrs. || authorities in the country on this Waechter, one of the five increasingly popular needle skill, is a member of the American Branch To Be Hospitalized For Greater Time X-rays have revealed that Shel- don Drake has a fractured hip along with the leg fracture. Mrs. Drake has two fractures in her shoulder and will be hospitalized longer than first reported. The couple were injured in a recent accident and are at Nesbitt Hospital. Trucksville Free Meth odist Gets Green Light “Ground breaking ceremonies showing part of the congregation of Trucksville Free Methodist Church, performed several weeks ago, are brought up to date by award of the construction contract last Wednes- day night. " Rev. Grove Armstrong announces awarding of the contract for build- ig its new church and Sunday school to Angelo A. Ferrara, Pitts- ton. The contract, signed "August 28, by Mr. Ferram zd Wesley, Ww. | Cooper Jr., Mathers Sr., Board of Trustees, Vice-chairman of the calls for the Chairman and Frank G.|another 60 to 80 persons. The | church will also have a large nur- sery, a church office, a pastor's completion of the church and Sun-|study, a prayer chapel, twelve in- day school building. in 120 working | dividual classrooms, three as- days for the’ sum of $51, 096. This | sembly rooms, and a kitchen. contract does tracts for electrical wi The new | persons ir an ove 0 5 = — i pil Rl Com ‘not include the con- | L bing, ‘heating, and Society are that this new sanctuary The long range plans of the will in the future become an -edu- ill seat 220 cational building and that a larger vy. There is sanctuary will be built on the other ich will Sout ond of the Smdny school Wing: A % 5 g fi om of the Embroidery Guild of Eng+| land, and has displayed work at its exhibitions in New York and Phila- delphia. A rare Regency Architect's desk and many other fine English anti- ques will be displayed in an 18th Century Morning room, this year’s Loan Exhibit feature. No similar desk has ever been seen or listed. Dimner will be served both eve- nings ‘by members of two local church groups, who will also operate a snack bar. * Waverly is 10 miles north of Scranton on Pennsylvania Route 407. Take Route 6 from Tunk- hannock. From the Back Mountain, these well-known dealers will exhibit: The Lamp Shop, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Lamb, Dallas; Silver Sleigh, Gene Hanley and Bob Davis, Lutes Corners; Dale Myers, Evans Falls. Award Scheduled For Americanism Night Americanism Night will be pre- sented Friday, September 13, by Daddow-Isaacs Post 672, 8 p.m. at the home. Ed Buckley has been appointed chairman by Commander Dick Staub. Buckley will be assisted by Curt Bynom, Dick Fuller, Joe Ora- vic, Leonard Dougherty, and George Cave, Commander-elect. An award will be presented to the person in the Back Mountain whom the members feel has contri- buted the most to the advancement of the area. Books on Americanism = will presented to the be | Back Mountain cordia, Gate of Heaven, and Dallas schools. \ Auxiliary, Elsie Boehme presi- dent, will assist with the program. Anyone interested is invited. New Milford Festival Is Well Received New Milford Folk Festival, open- ing for the first time this year, drew large numbers of spectators over the Labor Day weekend. Booths displaying crafts, includ- ing spinning, pottery, leather stitch- ing, violin making, wood carving and furniture decorating were featured. JHoney-making with an enthusi- | astic merchant in charge drew pro- spective bee keepers, while an old treadmill, operated by a patient dog and his sidekick, a quacking duck, furnished one of the lighter touches. The old candy store with varie- ties long forgotten did a good busi- ness and the shingle cutter kept busy demonstrating his ability to onlookers. ‘The latest endeavor of.the Endless Mountains Association was far su- perior to that of the Indian Council Lad Bad weather, the tracks Festival for several years, knocked loss this year, according to co- chairman Paul Doris. Enthusiasm and community sup- port, however, stayed with the an- nual event, with six fire companies, two American Legion posts, clubs with floats and cars, and any num- ber of pretty girls, all taking part in the festivities. hopefully to be replaced in the next, was the ferris wheel, ap- parently no longer available from Hobbie Fire Company. Festival Queen was Donna Gos- runners-up were Judy Ann Moore, Qak Hill, and Diana Ide, Idetowm. Color television set was won by Memorial Library, College Miseri- | effort, although far Joss people ak tended. : Breeze Inn, Sunset, Harveys Lake. Game and refreshment counters did the usual good busimess. Penns sylvania Game Commission tent, & popular attraction last year, was | not included this year. One feature missing this vente art, Shawamnese, Harveys Lake, and | profits for a ‘twenty-five per cent |companies | Rain interrupted the concert of | Case, Lake-Lehman band Friday night, driving everyone under cover or to ' Margaret® Yankoski, Weather Hurts Festival Profits: Donna Gosart Is Queen For 1963 which has: dogged : their cars, and Sunday night was of Idetown Firemen’s | very cold. Friday’s parade included fire from: Dallas, Idetown, Shavertown, Luzerne, Hunlock! Creek, Lehman, and Harveys Lake, and Kingston Township sent their ambulance. There were antique cars; Har- veys Lake Legion had a float, and Dallas Legion sent officials and cars. Harveys Lake Lions were represented - by the Lady of the Lake, Marianne Grohowski. Caddie LaBar sent a motorboat on trailer. Congressman Dan Flood also at- tended. Drawn For Jury Duty Among 240 jurors selected for Common Pleas court are six resi- dents of the Back Mountain: Slated for service the week of September 30 is‘