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Editorially Speaking:
Now’s The Time
Before the new highway is finished is the time to say
“NO BILLBOARDS.”
Unless a movement
is started immediately, the
scenery will again be obscured by shrieking advertise-
ments, and the heritage of beauty along the winding
mountain road leading down toward Luzerne will be de-
nied to future generations.
Once the billboards are erected, it takes practically
an act of Congress to get rid of them.
Each billboard spawns half a dozen others, and be-
fore anybody realizes it, the highway looks like a rum-
mage sale.
Natural beauty is to be treasured.
And if there isn’t a lawn, there ought to be.
Shavertown Couple
Wed 14 Years Today
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Domnick,
Shavertown will celebrate their 14th
wedding anniversary today.
. The couple were married by Rev.
Andrew Klobusick at Holy Trinity
Church, Swoyerville.
Mrs. Domnick is the former Anna
Ragan, Swoyerville. Her husband
is the son of Mrs. Verna Domnick,
Jackson Township.
There are three children, Joan,
- Jane and Jerry.
Mr. Domnick is employed as an
installer with Commonwealth Tele-
phone Company. They have resided
in the Back Mountain area for ten
years.
Theresa Lynn Crispell
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Crispell,
Noxen, announce the birth of a
seven and a half pound daughter,
Theresa Lynn, August 24 at Gen-
eral Hospital.
Mrs. Crispell is the former Mar-
sha Williams, Harveys Lake.
J. Carol Dodson Doing
Practice Teaching
J. Carol Dodson, daughter of Mrs.
Boyd R. Dodson, RD 2, Dallas, is
now doing her student teaching in
business at the Indiana Joint High
School, Indiana.
Miss Dodson will receive her
bachelor of science in education de-
gree from the State College, Ind.,
Pa., in January 1964 and will be
certified to teach business education
subjects on the secondary level.
During her college career Miss
Dodson has been an active member
of Junior Chamber of Commerce,
and church choir member;
Returns To Kentucky
Lynn McCarty, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elwood McCarty, Dallas, has
returned to Corbin, Kentucky where
he enrolled this year at Union Col-
lege.
Lynn was called home to attend
the funeral of his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Eugene McCarty. He was ac-
companied by his classmate and
friend, Charles Haber, Corbin,
Kentucky.
Blue Ribbon For Mazers
Blue ribbon for the neatest fruit
and vegetable stand in the area
~ goes this week to Mazer’s on the
Lehman Highway. Attractive ap-
proach, blooming flowers, good
parking facilities, and first-class
garden products. No litter.
Hobo Picnic Enjoyed
By Sweet Valley Cubs
Cub Pack 444, Sweet Valley, held
their August outing at DeLuca’s
Park, Lake Silkworth, August 22,
in the form of a hobo picnic. Cubs
and their parents arrived in tat-
tered, torn and unmatched attire
and cooked their supper over an
open fire. Prizes wrapped in red
bandannas and tied to a stick
were awarded to Merwin Updyke,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Burl Updyke
and David Haines, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Haines, William G.
Hughes, institutional representative
judged the Hobo parade. Attend-
ing were Mr. and Mrs. George
Haines, George, dJr., David, Joseph,
Karen and Paul; Mrs. Burl Updyke,
Merwin, Allan, Duane, Bryan, and
Janine; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beuka,
Douglas Young; Mr. and Mrs. James
Yoder, Virginia, Jimmie, Gerrie,
Betty, Agnes, and Joseph; Mrs.
Marjorie Williams, Danny, Cathy
and Kenny; Mrs. Agnes Zapotoski,
and Roxanne.
James Russell Fry, Jr.
Is Feted On Birthday
James Russell Fry, Jr., East Dal-
las, was honored on his 20th birth-
day recently at a cookout party
held at his home.
A musical program featuring
Ralph Kuniskas, with his guitar and
Stewart Girlock, ukelele artist was
well «received. Alma Fry gave
several readings,
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Girlock, Harry, Jr., and Stewart;
Mary Kuniskas, Ralph Kuniskas,
Leroy Tribler, Walter Lerbinski,
Mrs. Frank Yablonski, Karen and
Shirley; Martha Griesmer and
grandson, Billy; Berni Stockalis,
Donald = Korus, Margie Gill, Ruth
Chemilola, Mrs. Dan Pugh and
grandson, Sherry Pugh and the
guest of honor.
Flies Own Plane
John H. Nulton, Jr., formerly of
Lehman, recently visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nulton,
Sr., in Middletown. John has been
working in Great Falls, Montana for
Boeing Aircraft Company in the
Estimating and Contact Division as
a “Remote Estimator.”
He flew his own plane, Cessua
172, Skyhawk on his visit and took
his parents to Syracuse to spend a
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Mathes and family. He then flew
to Vandenburg Test Base, Calif. for
a new assignment.
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Ten, Twenty and Thirty Years
Ago In The Dallas Post
It Happened
30 Years Ago
Razing of the old Raub hotel in
central Dallas was mearly com-
pleted.
The body of two-year old Nancy
Shupp, Beaumont, was found under
an overhanging bank in the creek,
after searchers had combed the
area. The child had fallen from a
small footbridge into a stream
swollen by rain.
Jurors were reproved by Judge
C. D. Coughlin for what he termed
discrimination in ignoring charges
of liquor violations in the case of
some Lake tavern owners while
throwing the book at others out-
side the area.
‘P. D. Honeywell defended his
charges for auditing the books of
Dallas Township school board, say-
ing the bill was not out of line con-
sidering the volume of work. A.
P. Kiefer was school board presi-
dent.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jurchak were
home from a trip through
Czechoslovakia.
Oil-well drilling at Eaton was
resumed, with the bore down 3,000
feet.
Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery
were starring in Tugboat Anmie.
You could get two packages of
cigarettes for 21 cents, not very
fancy smokes, but a lot of tobacco
for the money.
It Happened
20 Years Ago
Lake Silkworth dedicated its Hon~
or Roll, with names of 26 boys and
one girl inscribed on the tablet.
Word was received: from a for-
mer prisoner of the Japanese, that
Cease Wilson might possibly still
be alive. Two years earlier he had
been with the forces that sur-
rendered at Bataan. i
Lt. Fred Westerman, with the
Royal Canadian Air Force, was shot
down over Germany and taken
prisoner.
Mrs. Arthur Blewett, Fernbrook,
advised using a slaw cutter for re-
moving corn from the cob, making
short work of home canning.
Rev. John J. O'Leary gave the
invocation at the flag-raising per-
formed at Kingston Township Hom-
or Roll. The 100 star flag, with
two gold stars, was the gift of Mrs.
William Conyngham, the 65 foot
staff from R.D. Shepherd.
Mrs. Thomas Kingston took
“Best of Show” at Shavertown
flower show.
In the Outpost: Harry Snyder,
San Antonio; Joseph _,Polachek,
Texas; Thelma Gregory, Marine
Corps; Ed Fielding, Florida; Paul
Redmond, England.
Married: Avis Wesley to Dean
Kocher.
Died Walter DeRemer, Beau-
mont. Claude W. Gregory, 58,
Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. Susan Cutler,
81, Sweet Valley.
FDR proclaimed the Third War
Loan. :
James R. Oliver, dean of Back
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1963
Rambling Around
By The Oldtimer — D. A. Waters
The half-circle of land between
route 220 and the West Branch of
the Susquehanna, extending from
Pine Creek near Avis to Jersey
Shore, is a historic area and today
one of the nicest plots of farming
land in the State.
The Creek named Tiadaghton by
the Indians was the boundary of
one purchase of land made by the
Penns from the Indians, the loca-
tion of which was disputed by the
whites, some applying the name to
the Lycoming, others to Pine Creek.
The Penns, trying to avoid trouble,
cautiously regarded it as meaning
Lycoming and issued a proclamation
in 1773 forbidding settlement west
of Lycoming Creek. However some
Scotch-Irish went on the land, stak-
ed out claims among themselves
and formed a self-governing little
republic, since called the “Fair Play
Republic” as the elected men who
governed it were called, “Fair Play
Men.” In 1783, in a later treaty,
the Indians explained that Tiadagh-
ton was what the white men called
Pine Creek. :
In addition to fair play among
themselves, and fair treatment of
the local Indians, the settlers start-
ed in to make a good community.
Near the mouth of Pine Creek they
organized in 1792 the first Presby-
terian Church in the area and erect-
ed a building. Later the congrega-
tion was removed to Jersey Shore,
being included in the Jersey Shore
Presbyterian Church, organized in
1851.
By coincidence, the settlers held
a great meeting on July 4, 1776 in
the open, and then and there passed
It Happened
[0 Years Ago
Trees were uprooted and crops
ravaged by a terrific wind and
rain storm,
Dallas Borough bought the
Oliver property, with plans to con-
vert the former show room into
Borough offices. Purchase price
was $25,000.
Coon Certified Concrete installed
an asphalt plant at Pikes Creek.
New sales tax of one cent on a
dollar brought protests.
Prolonged drought resulted in
many Dallas residents hauling
water from Harveys Lake.
Mrs. Hilda Schelcher, 59, Shaver-
town, dropped dead on the Dallas
bus as it was leaving Public Square.
News of John Vavrek’s release
from Korean prisoner of war camp,
precipitated a heart attack for his
mother; Mrs. Alma Vavrek, De-
munds. For two years she had
despaired of hearing from him.
Gordon Mathers bought frontage
for a new service station along
Memorial Highway in Trucksville.
Phone the fire company FIRST,
and THEN start to fight your fire,
advised Back Mountain fire com-
panies.
Married: Phyllis May to James
DeRemer. Leah Johnson ‘to Ho-
ward Major. Romayne Smith to
Donald Daubert, Ann Treslar to
Keith Smith.
Gamma globulin was hailed as a
possible prevemtive of polio. This
was before perfection of the Salk
vaccine, with Sabin oral vaccine
Mountain businessmen, was buried. ! yet undiscovered.
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LUZERNE, PA.
what is called “The Pine Creek
Declaration of Independence,” hav-
ing no knowledge that a similar
one, much more formal, was being
passed in Philadelphia the same
day. By tradition, this meeting was
held under a large elm tree along
the west bank of Pine Creek near
the river, since called the Tiadagh-
ton Elm, which is still standing.
There is no record available of what
the tree looked like in 1776 or how
big it was then.
However after the passing of 187
years, it is still a big tree, although
the passing of the time has taken
its toll. The old elm is of the
spreading type and once must have
contained many large branching
arms. A large portion, maybe a
third to a half of it, on the east
side has been broken off, probably
in portions over many years. The
wounds have been partly filled with
concrete, in small square blocks,
and many wire and rod braces can
be seen. The center portion, may-
be once the main part of the tree,
has been broken off and become
rotten, with birds nests drilled
therein. :
From the west, the tree presents
an undamaged appearance, the
trunk rather short up to the first
branches with ‘a diameter of five
or six feet, and perhaps ten or a
dozen very large limbs branching
off irregularly and extending some
distance.
The blacktop road running east-
ward from the Creek toward Jersey
Shore passes many fine old houses,
some of them made of stone. The
land is all river flat, well cultivated
and maintained, with growing crops.
of tobacco, corn and other grain,
beans "and other truck crops, and
large herds of good looking cattle.
The whole appears prosperous with
buildings well maintained and many
new improvements in evidence. A
nice slow ride compares favorably
with a similar trip in Lancaster
County.
“Wyoming” is a simplified white
man’s spelling of various old Indian
words, applied to the area and Val-
ley along the Susquehanna, extend-
ing from rocks below Nanticoke to
other rocks above Pittston. It was
also used for an Indian village in
the lower part of the valley first
visited by Count Nicholas Zinzen-
dorf, Moravian Missionary, in 1742.
This is nearly sixty years before
the western Wyoming was ever
heard of, when explored by Ameri-
cans.
And Dallas, Pennsylvania, is prob-
ably the oldest Dallas in the
country.
When first settled by whites, this
area was the “Wild West” and “raw
frontier” to the settlers, compared
to their native New England
colonies,
Mrs. Flack Loses Mother
The Community extends deepest
sympathy te Mrs. Harold Flack,
whose mother Mrs. Mary E. Dis-
singer died Thursday night at
Elizabethtown after a long illness.
Mrs. Dissinger was well known here,
having made many visits. Burial
was in Sunbury.
SUBSURIBE TO THE POST
Services Friday For
Mrs. Harriett LaBar
Harriett D. LaBar, 88, Shaver-
town, died Tuesday afternoon at
General Hospital where she had
been admitted four weeks earlier
from Maple Hill Nursing Home.
Mrs. LaBar was the widow of
Joseph LaBar, who died eleven
years ago. She belonged to Lady
Toby Rebekah Lodge, Trucksville.
A native of Larksville, she was
daughter of the late Richard and
Margaret Race Dennis.
Until last year she was in excel-
lent health, maintaining her own
home, always interested in people,
voting at every election.
Surviving are: a son Harold, Dal-
las; a sister, Mrs. Edna Barnd,
North Cape May, N. J.
Friends may call this evening at
the Hughes Funeral Home, Forty
Fort. Burialjwill be Friday in Ever-
green Cemetery, Rev. Guy Leinthal
officiating at services scheduled for
2 p.m.
Walters Reunion
The annual reunion of‘the Donald
Walters family was held August 24-
25 at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
David Walters, Congers, N. Y.
Attending were: Mr. and Mrs.
Walters and Susan, Flushing, N.Y;
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hamulack, Mike
and Dorothy, Ithaca, N. Y.; Mr.
and Mrs.. William Walters, Ohio;
Mr. and Mrs. Reese Walters, Jim-
mie, Joan, John, Tom, Billie, River-
head, L. I, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Walters, John, Rickie, Bobby,
Jeffrey, Ithaca, N. Y.; Ruth Walter
and Tommie, Dallas; Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Walters, Nancy, Douglas
and Robin, Niagara Falls, N. Y.;
James Walters, Stony Point, N. Y.;
Dolores Walters, Garfield, N. J.;
Mr. and Mrs: David Walters, Roger,
Alan and Penny, Congers, N. Y.
Seaman Roberts Visits
Spain, France, Italy .
James F. Roberts, Jr., seaman,
USN, son of Dr. James Roberts,
Sweet Valley, R. D. #1, is serving
aboard the attack aircraft carrier,
USS Enterprise.
The ship recently visited Barce-
lona, Spain, during her six month
deployment with the Sixth Fleet in
the Mediterranean.
Ports of call included Naples and
Genoa, Italy; Cannes, France and
Barcelona.
The Enterprise is slated to return
to Norfolk, Va., this week.
Correction In Column
Last week an erroneous state-
ment appeared in. the column,
“Rambling Around” written by Dan
Waters. ; Y
Last week’s issue stated “Mason
and Dixon’s Line was shown as
39 degrees, 43 feet and 26.3
inches.” }
It should have read, “Mason and
Dixon’s Line was 39 degrees, 43
minutes and 26.3 seconds, north
latitude.”
First Store
First store in the Sweet Valley
area was kept by Alvah Wilkinson
in 1835 at Bloomingdale, and Josiah
Ruggles was the pioneer merchant
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By Hix
What has ever happened to the huge plant of night-blooming
cereus that used to blossom late in the summer at Harveys Lake?
Is it still in existence ?
About ten years ago, Jimmie Kozemchak got wind of the
phenomenon and drové to the Lake to take a picture, but the
blossoms were reluctant to cooperate. It was a very cool night, and
the buds, hanging like rose-tipped flamingoes from the jagged
leaves, shivered. 2
A Night-blooming cereus blooms after dusk, and the flower,
huge, and creamy and perfumed, withers with the first ray of the
morning sun.
Midnight came, and one o'clock, and sleepy children wailed to
go home. Neighbors began to disperse. The night-blooming cereus,
they felt, had had its chance.
Spectators the night before had been more fortugzate. Early
in the evening eleven mammoth buds had opened, and eleven blos-
soms had spread their creamy petals to welcome the lunar moths.
And now, here were eleven more buds, tightly closed, and the
temperature dropping by the minute. :
It takes a lot to discourage Jimmy.
Jimmie strung a wire and hung a large electric bulb directly
over the most promising of the buds. He stood and fanned the
heat gently toward the bud. i
There was a quiver, and the bud started to open. .
Jimmie continued to fan, and the other ten buds turned to-
ward the welcome warmth. Perceptibly, they relaxed, and started
to open. 3
Jimmie snapped his picture, pulled up his coat collar, and went
home.
A night-blooming cereus is a heritage. Nobody would kill a
night-blooming cereus, so it must be around somewhere.
Did it open this year late in August ?
Did the neighbors come and bring their children?
In Honolulu the night-blooming cereus is commonplace, wreath-
ing the walls around the Punaho School.
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But in these latitudes the flowering cactus is a treasure, and
anyone who owns it is honor-bound to put it on exhibition when it
is about to flower. :
Children will remember all their lives the thrill of watching
those flamingo-shaped buds open wide into unbelievably perfect waxy
blossoms.
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
were played and
David Haines, Nine
Celebrates At Party
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Main Road, Sweet Valley, enter-
tained at a birthday party, Thurs-
day afternoon honoring their son, | 2
David, on his ninth birthday. A honoree and his parents.
large birthday cake in the shape of
the numeral “nine” was baked and at Ross Elementary School.
decorated by Mrs. Haines. Games
Tommy,
Updyke, Robert Agnew;
refreshments
served to Kevin Ray, Ray Morgan,
Eddie Piper, Jimmie Yoder, Timmy,
Stevie and John Garra-
and Mrs. George Haines, han; Dean Culver, Scott Spencer,
Jan Long, Joseph Zapotoski; Allan
George,
Joseph, Karen and Paul Haines, the
David will enter the fourth grade
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