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Bt Booster Game
Dallas, Lake-Lehman
Tangle On Saturday
Dallas Senior High School field
will be the setting Saturday after-
noon as Dallas, defending West
Side Conference champions, open
their WSC schedule against Lake-
Lehman at 2 p.m.
Tt will also be Booster Day, with
the newly formed Dallas Area Let-
termen-Booster club in charge of
facilities and parking.
The Booster club has worked
hard to make this game an
opening attraction, with a
large crowd anticipated
(weatherman co-operat-
ing) and will be handling a
colorful 20 page program with
the two grid teams pictures
and a picture of the bands. |
Dallas played Plymouth to a 0-0
tie in its opener last week, while
Lake-Lehman is 1-1, having won
over Nescopeck 24-12, and last
week lost to Forty-Fort 15-9.
When these two rivals meet,
records don’t mean too much, since
both usually come up with varied
type offenses in hope of winning
the Old Shoe Trophy.
Dallas wom a hard-earned 14-0
victory over the Knights last
season in its opening game of the
season, and this one is not ex-
pected to be a pushover.
According to early season
predictions, Dallas is supposed
to have its strongest team in
five - years, and should repeat
as “kings” in the WSC. How-
ever Coach Brominski is taking
no opponent for granted, par-
ticularly Exeter and Forty-Fort.
Dallas has ten lettermen back
from .last season's squad: Mike
Jones, John Brominski, Charles
Lockard, Tom Kerpovich, Bill
Swartwood, Joe Noon, Allen Harris,
John Farley, Carl Kaschenbach and
Walt Prokopchak.
Lake-Lehman on the other hand
has nine: Jack Sorber, Alam Landis,
Karl Squier, Dave Cook, Don Rit-
tenhouse, Larry Lettie, Fred Brown,
Ken Ellsworth and Dick Lopasky.
Dallas’ gigantic line in 260-1b.
John Brominski, 235-1b. Bob Voel-
ker, 180-lb. Charlie Lockard, 185-
lb. Tom Kerpovich will most likely
send Lake-Lehman to the airlanes
in an effort to get im the scoring
column. In the secondaries, the
Mountaineers’ have a fine defense
im Noon, Prokopchak, Mike Jones,
Farley.
Promising juniors include Fred
Gosart, Gary West, Joe Miller,
Sumner Bachman, Charles Morgan,
Don Smith, Don Martin, Ed Baker,
Randy Jones, Chuck Stevens, John
Martin, Jim Haines, Ed Munice.
Two sophomores on the varsity
squad are Tony Bonomo and Jim
Steinhauer .
Lake-Lehman with a less experi-
enced . line, has fine array of
backs in Fred Brown, Dick Lo-
pasky and Ken Ellsworth, all of
whom saw plenty of action last
season, Larry Lettie has shown
signs of being a fine passer, com-
pleting 20 of 49 in the first two
outings, which means the fans will
probably see ‘the oval in the air
frequently come Saturday. Lettie’s
top targets are Sorber, Landis,
Brown and Lopasky. Mark McDer-
mott has shown signs of being a
fine running back with plenty of
speed.
Lake-Lehman probably has one
of the finest kickers in the valley
this season in Ken Ellsworth who
has booted field goals of 25 and 27
yards and kicked three of four
extra points. He also hamdles the
kick-off chores for the Knights.
Ken is also a capable passer from
his halfback spot.
(Better get out early if you want
a seat for this one.)
Check Before Taking
Noxeun Fire Engine
Permission to use fire truck must
be secured ‘from chief or assistant
chief before any use is made of
the equipment other than of emer-
gency nature, according to resolu-
tion passed at the September Noxen
Fire Company meeting.
In case these: men are not avail-
able, a trustee should be contacted.
It was also resolved to ask the
public to make sure that ewverycne
who reports a fire give his name
when so doing. All firemen who re-
ceive calls will so request.
Fire record for August showed
one house fire, a false alarm, and
two calls to a trash fire on Tannery
Hill.
Charles Weaver reported that
some fire police have moved away
without turhing in their equip-
ment. He was requested to collect
the equipment. Appointment of new
fire police was tabled.
Russell Traver was accepted as a
new member.
Fire Company will buy fifty feet
of cabled center rope.
False Alarm
Dallas fire alarm sounded a full
ten times yesterday around 11:10
a.m., drawing a mumber of firemen
and interested passers-by to the
borough building, but it was a false
alarm.
Water Problem Was
Due To Faulty Pump
Westmoreland Elementary School
is back on its regular water supply,
and teachers and pupils alike are
missing the bottled substitute used
until this week.
Contaminated water which temp-
orarily prohibited use of drinking
fountains was due to a faulty chlor-
ination pump, Dr. Robert Mellman
disclosed.
{Suspicion of impurities in the line
was reported by the school nurse to
the school superintendent who or-
dered tests made.
Dr. Richard Crompton, who had
reported much illness in certain
areas of Trucksville to the health
department did not order the water
tested as erroneously reported.
New School Director
MOELWYN R. WILLIAMS
Chosen by the board of directors
of Lake-Lehman Schools to fill the
unexpired term of the late Robert
M. ' Rogers, Moelwyn R. (Penn)
Williams was sworn into office re-
cently by Willard Sutton, president
of the board.
Mr. Williams has also been ap-
proved by the Luzerne County Re-
publican Committee to run on the
November ballot for the office of
school director, vacated by the death
of Mr. Rogers. Fe
A close friend of the late director
and a former PIAA official who gave
freely of his time to the various
schools of the local district in athle-
tic matters, Mr. Williams was a
natural choice for the position.
Both Mr. Williams and his wife,
the former Olive Phillips, have sum-
mered at the Lake for many years
taking © up permanent residence
there when the former retired from
Wilkes-Barre City Police Force a
year ago.
Born in Danielsville, son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. William R. Wil-
liams, the new school director mov-
ed to the Heights section of Wilkes-
Barre at an early age. Educated in
the schools of that community his
interest in sports, predominantly
football and basketball drew him
into the role of referee. His record
was an excellent one and he gained
recognition as an outstanding rep-
resentative of the PIAA. His resig-
nation from this role also took place
last year. 3
His wife is a teacher of retarded
children in Luzerne County. The
couple have ane daughter, Linda, a
sophomore at Bloomsburg State
College, who expects to follow in the
footsteps of her mother.
Mr. Williams is a member of Land-
mark Lodge 442, Keystone Consis-
tory and the Shrine. He is a director
of Heights Branch, Forty Fort Bank
a member of Westminister Presby-
terian ‘Church, Wilkes-Barre:
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
| Numbers Change
In Sweet Valley
New Directory Lists
All Wyoming Valley
Sweet Valley telephones will
change to all-number dialing at 2:01
a. m., Sunday, October 6, according
to announcement by Commonwealth
Telephone Company. The letters
“GR” preceding the number become
“47,” which correspond to them on
the dial.
“The days of Central Office names,
like Greenleaf are numbered for the
telephones in Sweet Valley,” J. N.
Landis, district manager said today.
Also—Commonwealth’s new Dal-
las telephone directories will be re-
ceived by subscribers this week,
Landis announced.
The new directories, in addition to
containing the local exchages in one
alphabetical sequence, will this year
include a more complete listing of
surrounding exchanges, including
Kingston, Moosic, Mountaintop,
Nanticoke, Pitts,tomn, Plymouth
Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming,
When All-Number Calling begins,
all numbers will contain seven fig-
ures, instead of two letters and five
figures as are used in most com-
munities throughout the United
States.
All-Number Calling, according to
Landis, has several advantages over
the two-letter, five-figure system.
With the new system, you forget
the letters on the dial. There is no
confusion between the figure “O”
(zero) and the letter “O” or between
the figure “1” (one) and the let-
ter ‘1.’
On October 6 customers should
use the numbers as listed in the mew
Dallas directory which will be dis-
tributed before the change to all-
number calls.
Landis urged everyone to refer
to the new directory for correct
numbers due ‘to the fact that there
have been mumerous number
changes.
He called particular attention to
the new information pages in the
front of the directory, pointing out
the new repair service number for
Dallas, Center Moreland, Harveys
Lake and Sweet Valley is 6741631.
Harding repair service can be reach-
ed by dialing Operator amd asking
for Enterprise 10540.
Who? Me?
ise Gavigan. And ‘her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Gavigan, Shaver-
town, answer “Yes.”
Denise was the first emtry signed
up for the Baby Show and Parade
DENISE GAVIGAN | Dallas
“Do you really think I'm the cut- October 5.
est?” asks little 7 months old Den- | Already scores of babies have
Dallas Rotary Club entertained
local participants at the Leadership
Training Camp this summer at a din-
ner meeting of the organization re-
cently.
Standing left to right are Myron
Baker, president; Jay Ruckel, John
Farley, Robert Haines, Lancaster
Club; Thomas Pierce, Gary Miers
and Jack Stanley, Leadership Com-
Leadership Camp Winners Feted By Dallas Rotary Club
mittee.
Ruckel, Farley, Pierce and Miers
spoke on their experiences while at
camp and the value received from
such a program instituted ‘by the
Rotary Club. The four boys were
selected to attend the Seminar at
Camp Carson this past summer by
Dallas Rotarians.
Jay Ruckel was also awarded the
winning essay prize on ‘Leadership
several months ago.
Robert Haines, active in the pro-
gram in his district praised the good
will and fellowship shown by the
local high school youth attending
the sessions.
Ruckel and Miers represented
Lake-Lehman, Farley and Pierce,
Dallas High School.
Trailer Truck Driver
Averts Serious Crash
Quick thinking and prompt action
of a truck driver averted a serious
accident in Trucksville Saturday
morning.
Joseph D. Redman, of R.D: 1,
Pittston, driving a truck and trailer
loaded with a 15 tom dozer, owned
by Pittston Trucking Company was
Trucksville Gardens when his
brakes failed.
The mishap occurred shortly
above the Hess home where a steep
incline begins.
Redmond quickly swerved the
huge vehicle into the bank on the
other side of the road where it
came to rest, knocking down several
saplings which stood in its path.
rBill Davis To Take
Over Gosart’'s Market
Charlie Gosart’s Grocery Store im
Dallas will be under new. manage-
ment soon.
William E. Davis, Shavertown, has
purchased the stock and will rent
a portion of the Gosart Building.
Mr. Davis has been associated with
Gavy’s Market, Trucksville, for a
number of years and has had wide
experience in ‘the food business.
He will retain the same em-
ployees and will offer the same fine
qualities of meat and other food
items previously sold by Mr. Gosart.
He will taek over the business on
Monday morning.
Mr. Gosart will retain the Ap-
pliance Center adjoining and will
continue to handle equipment,
paints, novelties, records, cards,
magazines and other articles.
fo be featured at 12:15 p. m. at the
Rotary, Club = “Fall Fair,”
been entered by proud parents.
Rotarians invite every baby in the
area, from one month through 4
years of age ,to take part in this
fun event.
coming down Carverton Road near |
From Babies To Babes, Young Folks
Will Be Spotlighted At Fall Fair
Dallas Rotary “Fall Fair,” Lehman
Horse Show grounds, October 5, has
many events for young people,
through the afternoon and evening.
Highlight of the evening will be
selection of the Fair Queen for this
first annual Back Mountain event.
Senior students of Lake-Lehman
and Dallas Area (Schools are eligible
nominated for this honor by friends
and fellow students.
George Jacobs, Shavertown, chair-
man of the Fair Queen event, asks
that nominations be mailed to him
at his home. Two girls from each
class selected from this popularity
vote will ride in the Saturday marn-
iag parade. At 9 p.m. a Fair Quorn
will be selected from these four
contestants.
High school students are urged
to participate by sending nomina-
tions promptly to George Jacobs.
Remember, nominee must be a sen-
ior student of either Dallas or Lake-
Lehman High School.
Other fun events for young people
include a treasure hunt at approxi-
mately 1:30 p. m.—Kiddo Tuz-O-
War at 3:15 p. m.—Kiddo Greased
Pig event—approximately 3:30 p. m.
—Little League Baseball 4:30 p. m.
—Dallas Senior High School Band,
6:15 .p. m.— Wyoming Valley Boy
Scouts, Order of Arrow, 6:45 p. m.—
Precision Drills, Dallas’ Senior and
Junior iHgh School, 7:30 p. m.—
Selection of Fair Queen, 9:00 p. m.
—Lehman High School Band, 9:30
p. mm.— plus 4H Club exhibits of
live stock and horsemamship. to be
scheduled.
Fireworks will culminate the big
show ‘with a 15 - minute display
comprised of 90 separate pieces by
the 1Semenza Brothers Fireworks
Company.
Jeanette Goeringer, chairman of
the art booth, states that entries
are being received at her home. She
points out that they must be oc-
companied by the coupon which ran
in last week's Dallas Post, or a copy
of the coupon. Jeanette has planned
demonstrations of various media:
Oil painting demonstration by Carol
Polacky, Dallas, from 1:00 p. m. to
10:00 p. m. Miss Polacky has been
istructor in oil with the adult
education program at the Dallas
Area School.
From 8:00 p. m. to 10°00 p. m.
Graydon Mayer, Dallas, art in-
structor and a member of the Wyo-
ming Valley Art League, will de-
monstrate water color. Mrs. John
Vivian will demonstrate charcoal
work from 2 to 4 Pp. m. She has
trught this medium to Back Moun-
tain women at the Y. W. C .A.
Pastels will be demonstrated by Mrs.
Goeringer, 6 to 8 p .m. Mrs. Goer-
inger is a member of the Art
League. Demonstrations of wood cut
work will be given by Mrs. Robert
Crossin, who demonstrated weaving
at- the Library Auction.
There will be exhibits by business
and industry, including home build-
ng, heatng plants, cars, farm ma-
chinery, appliances, sporting goods,
the Pennsylvania Game Commission
and others.
. Unusual . birds and animals‘ in-
clude the ‘‘Arucanna,” beautiful
chickens of Asiatic breed, bantams,
Brahma chickens, peacocks (if Wil-
lard Johns can catch them), an
ocelot, pheasants, swine, sheep, cat-
tle, pigeons, partridge.
Tony Broody in addition to a
lovely floral exhibit, will show his
priceless collection of guns for one
hour during the evening. Sports-
men will be interested in the
demonstration of “fly tying” at the
hobby booths. And everyone will
want to visit the mysterious ‘Pierre
La Pew” at his booth. Monseieur La
Pew will travel a great distance to
take part in this first Rotary Fair.
College Misericordia’s dedication
a morning of uncertain weather and
the threat of showers.
In solemn procession led by Bis-
hop Jerome D. Hannan, trustees, of-
ficers of administration, presideat’s
advisory council, the building com-
Bishop Of Scranton Dedicates New Buildings At
| mittee, notables and guests, and
ceremonies were blessed with sun- Sisters of Mercy, visited the two | invocation
shine Saturday afternoon, following new buildings — Merrick Student | McAndrews.
| Center, and Alumnae Hall.
The blessing of the buildings ac-
complished, the procession returned
| to Walsh Auditorium, where Sister
M. Celestine, snycnymous with Col-
| lege Misericordia since its founding
in 1923, greeted the audience after
by Rev. Donald A.
Sister Celestine sketched the
progress of the College from its
small beginnings with a student
body of thirty-n'me, to its present
status as second largest Catholic
college for women in the United
College Misericordia
States, with notable expansion of Clarke and his
facilities over the years since the
first addition to the original build-
ing in 1932,
College Misericordia, she said, had
originally been slated for a loca-
tion in Wilkes-Barre.
Dedication addresses were deliv-
ered by Rt, Monsignor James, T
excellency Bishop
Hannan, commending Sister Celes-
tine’s contribution to education of
the “whole woman,” and her service
to God, Country and Community.
Merrick Hall was named in mem-
ory of Sister Mary Annunciata Mer-
rick, Academic Dean from 1945 to
1957.
VOL. 75, NO. 39 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1963
Heavy Frost And 20-Degree Cold
Cause Widespread Crop Destruction
Ambulance Calls
Dallas ambulance made the fol-
lowing calls this week:
Friday, Mrs. Gail Eckenrode, Sky-
view Drive, Goss Manor, to Nesbitt
Hospital, Bob Besecker, Jim Davies,
and Les Tinsley attending.
Sunday, Charles Bennallack, Fern-
brook, brought home from Nesbitt
Hospital, Ralph Fitch, Davies and
Tinsley attending.
Monday, Sister Mary Denise, Col-
lege, to Mercy Hospital, Leighton
Scott, John Carey, and Mrs. Kay
Wright attending.
Yesterday, Mrs. B. O. Boysen,
Elmcrest, .to General Hospital, Be-
secker and Jim Perkins attending.
Fred Lamoreaux
Recovers Slowly
Thrown From Truck
Paving In Township
Fred Lamoreaux, president Dallas
Township supervisor, is recovering
slowly at Nesbitt Hospital from se-
vere leg injuries suffered when he
and helper Mike: Soltishick were
thrown from a paving truck last
week in East Dallas.
Lamoreaux was riding on the
spreader tail-gate, feeding stone
topping onto the Ettinger Hill road.
near Broody’s Store, when the
hydraulic lift, used to raise the
truck body gradually during pav-
ing, lurched up and threw the two
men to the road .
Freds’ left leg caught under the
tail-gate as the truck came on in
reverse. He managed to pull loose,
and roll down the road ahead of
the tons of crushed stone pouring
out of the spreader. Pavement was
still hot and tacky with road oil.
Impact of the crushed stone rush-
ing immediately to the back of the
truck body lifted the front wheels
of the vehicle off the ground, ac-
cording to Glenn Howell, secretary-
treasurer of the Board of Supervis-
ors, who, with police chief Frank
Lange, conducted investigation.
The truck, remted from Dale
Parry, paving contractor, and driven
by James Shaffer ,was paving a
downhill ‘streteh of the road, pro-
ceeding backwards. To lay stone on
oil, trucks go im reverse to avoid
running through the oil.
Fred has a fractured left leg and
severely bruised right.
About To Start
Evening School
Dallas To Charge
Tuition This Year
Register for Dallas Adult Eve-
ning School Monday or Tuesday
evening, 7 to 9, at the high school.
A deposit of $5, paid when regis-
tering, will be refunded to a person
attending 75 percent of the classes.
This year, there is a charge for
tuition: $10 for enrollment in any
subject other than driver training;
for driver training, $20.
Out of district applicants will pay
an additional $5 per course.
Students in Dallas high school,
with parental approval and that of
principal and counselor, may enroll
without charge. ‘
Subjects offered, 7 to 9:30 p. m.:
Oil painting Mondays, watercolors
Tuesdays.
Book-keeping, Tuesdays: business
machines Tuesdays; beginning short-
hand Monday and Wednesday; ad-
vanced shorthand Monday and Wed-
nesday; typing Monday and Wednes-
day.
English: creative writing Monday;
American literature Tuesday; English
literature Wednesday.
Sewing elementary, Monday; ad-
vanced Wednesday.
Woodworking, Monday or Wed-
nesday; mechnical drawing Tuesday.
Languages, on a conversational
basis: German, Monday; French,
Tuesday; Spanish, Wednesday.
Mathematics: (college, for high
school seniors only) Monday; alge-
bra, Tuesday; modern math, Wed-
nesday.
Music: mixed chorus Monday;
community band, Wednesday.
Speed reading, Wednesday.
Real Estate, its ABC's. Wednes-
day.
Science: biology, Monday; chem-
istry, Tuesday; physics, Wednesday.
Public speaking, Mondays.
Driver education: ten hours of be-
hind the wheel traiming. Those who
registered last year, but were not
scheduled for lessons, will retain
their original sequence numbers.
Fees must be paid before assign-
ments are made.
Abandoned Beagle
Asks For Help
A nice female beagle with five
little pups is holed up under a rock
near Fernbrook. Famished, she beg-
ged three small boys for help, and
sheir father, Arthur Roberts, took
food amd water’ to her. So what
low-life dumped her out of his car
in her hour of need?
Season Curtailed At
Beginning And End
Icy hoar frost, with temperatures
of 20 to 24 degrees early Tuesday
morning wiped out what was left
of the tomato crop in the Back
Mountain and endangered cabbage
and cauliflower, which can stand
far lower temperatures than toma-
toes.
A highly productive ‘thirty-acre
plot of tomatoes, saved by heroic
effort ten days earlier by Joe Rod-
riguez, froze at Goodleigh farm
after an ‘all-night battle with
smudge-fires. Seven truck loads of
old tires were still burning at 7
a. m. blanketing ‘the area with
smog.
The green tomato crop at the
Heitsman farm in Center Moreland
had already been picked, with very
few tomatoes left. The low of 20
degrees mowed down vines but did
not injure the potato crop.
Loren Keller, Idetown florist, re-
ports that chrysanthemums and
asters in full bloom, got it, but that
buds were opening. It was 24 at
Idetown. Aa
‘At Lake Silkworth, gardens were .
wiped out, and rainbarrels showed
an eighth of an inch of ice.
At Fred Updyke’s, the ever-bear-
ing strawberry crop was about over
before the ‘temperature dropped, and
no effort was made to save the |
small remaining crop. Up until that |
time, Fred had been picking stead- |
ily. !
At Yalick Brothers, Highway 118,
five acres of sweet corn froze. No
effort was made to save the 20
acres of tomatoes, but all hands
turned out to clean-pick five acres
of small cucumbers Monday night
when the temperature started to
drop. It reached 26 before morning,
doing no damage to the 80 acres of |
potatoes or the fields of late cab-
bage and cauliflower.
Service stations were beseiged
Monday night, with motorists get-
ting anti-freeze, and on Tuesday
morning, with many cars sluggish
because of the cold, attendants did
a lamd-office business in spark plugs
and new points.
Between the late frost May 26,
which froze tomato plants set too
early in ‘the fields, and the first’
frost early in September, the grow-
ing season this year has been hadly |
curtailed. x ]
District Governor
Edward J. Dieffenbach
Edward J. Dieffenbach, Mont-
rose, governor of district 741 of
Rotary International, world-wide
service organization, arrives here
tonight to visit the local Rotary
club, one of the thirty-eight in his
district. In addition to addressing
Dallas Rotariams at their meeting,
he will confer with Myron Baker,
Dallas president and other club of-
ficers on Rotary administrative
matters and service activities.
Buto Safety Show
At 2 High Schools
Students at: Dallas and Lake-Leh-
man High Schools will be witness to
a graphic demonstration Monday, as |
a car shooting .22 caliber paint bul-
lets disproves the notion that auto-
mobiles can be stopped on a dime.
Two students, a faculty member
and a policeman will take turns at
the wheel of a specially equipped
car—and they'll bring it to an
emergency stop while traveling at
20, 30, or 40 miles an hour. Other
students will check the results.
The car is equipped so that dis-
tances can be measured accurately.
An emergency signal light is mount-
ed on the front of the car and three
pistols are fastemed to the front
bumper. Aimed straight at the pave:
ment, the pistols fire bullets of yel-
low paint which mark points at
which the driver (1) sees the sig-
nal, (2) slams on the brakes, and
(3) stops the car.
The automobile is supplied by
Nationwide Insurance. A safety engi-
neer for the firm will ride beside
the driver and operate the equip-
ment. Company engineers have
staged similar Traffic Safety Educa-
tion programs before more than
5,000 student groups in eastern
United States.