» - - an Dallas Rotary expanded the growing list of festive weekends in the Back Mountain with a very successful first annual Fall Fair and Fashion Show all day Saturday. Contending with two football games and the World Series, the Fair ‘still came out the winner to the tune of over $5,000 gross. Mostly because of these competitors (to be eliminated by scheduling next year), attendance was a little off in the afternoon, but, as seen (top left) the grandstands filled up for the late afternoon and evening. Parade preceding the fair was a many-splendored thing, with more participants than any in area history. Most Back Mountain 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Cldest Back Business of the Sg Institution Mountain First Rotary Fall ® tions to driver Cliff Foss. here unloading it. fire companies sent engines, led by old Dallas Number 1 (second from left). Here Doc Lester Jordan, parade marshal, gives instruc- Jackson fire company (next right) and Shavertown sent floats, the former, an advertisement for the Jackson turkey dinner next week, loaded with free apples for the kids, seen Crowds line Route 118 from Lehman center to watch the parade (second from bottom left and right) Marching units, Lake-Lehman band, Lehman township officials, Dallas and Kingston township police, HE D Fair Grosses Over $3000: ILGNIRE EXHIBIT SR { iY Congressman Dan Flood and Senator Flack, two exchange students, the Fair princesses, and many other participated. Unusual entries were several skunks (in cage carried by little girls) and a mobile trampoline artist (above right, in mid-air). Leading off the day’s agenda, which included horse and dog shows, Little League game, band concerts, fashion show, and fire- works, was a baby show (lower far right and left), some of the young | participants seen here. For safety’s sake, no blue ribbon was given in this show; all entries were beautiful. That's Red Ambrose, emcee, POS holding the mike. Attracts Thousands Dee Dee Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Pope, Trucks- ville, is crowned queen of the Fair by Mrs. Myron Baker (lower cen- ter), as princesses (eliminated by Dame Fortune in a bracelet draw- ing for “Queen”) look on. netts, and Susan Fielding. Left to right: Peggy Jordan, Bonny Gen- Hobby tents and arts and crafts exhibits were extremely popular, as were merchants’ displays and group exhibits such as the boy scouts (top far right). Photo: by Leighton Scott TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 TEN CENTS Dallas Board To Contact Water Co. Committee Will Study School Bus Complaint Further water problems in Trucks- ville brought a decision by Dallas School Board Tuesday evening to have Solicitor Jonathan Valentine contact Rulison Evans, Trucksville Water Company, concerning the matter. Schools were forced to buy bottled water recently for the student body when that supplied by the company was not fit for drinking. Complaints of overcrov jirig and insufficient bus service to the Car- verton area prompted Harry Sick- ler, chairman of transportation com- mittee to call a meeting, next Tues- | day evening at 8 p.m., to settle the | problem. Dr. Robert Bodycomb, chairman, reported 1022 new taxables added | through recent census. The Curriculum Study Board re- commended purchase of the follow- ing new textbooks: Human Physi- ology; Les Trois Mousquetaires, Les Miserables, Homemaking for Teen- agers, Adventures in Home Living Modern Geometry. ® Board approved agreement with the N. E. Regional Audip Visual Library, making the local school district the first in the area to join this program. Dr. Mellman reported 135 attend- ing adult education classes in Oil Painting, Water Color, Beginning and Advanced Sewing, Typing, Bus- iness Machines, Woodworking, Speed Reading, Spanish, (College Mathematics and Driver Education. Residents may still enroll in classes meeting Monday and Wednesday evenings at the high school. Appointment of a dental hygienist to institute dental health program was also approved. Mrs. John Fronczkiewicz, Jr., was added to the list oi available sub- stitute teachers. Board approved purchase of an additional cash register for the ca- feteria at $531, thircy additional units of functional furniture from Robbins and Meck, and an Arco Matic feeder and diluter for the water line at Dallas Junior High School from Culligan Water Con- ditioning Company. Dallas Senior ahd Junior Women’s Clubs were granted permission to use the Senior High auditorium for their musical revue in November. Mrs. Dorothy Withey and Mrs. Nan- cy Hontz will attend the Art Con- ference at Kutztown, November 1. Eight seniors and two juniors have enrolled in the Food Service Workers Training Program to be supervised by Mrs. Nancy Goerin- ger and Frank Hemingway. Mr. William Austin will attend American School Study Council at Baltimore on November 3, 4, and 5, | Joseph Rakshys and Joseph Podra- | zik the 16th Annual Conference on | Industrial Education at Penn State on November 2, Clinton Brobst and Leonard Kozick, the Basketball Clinic at King of Prussia, October 11th and 12th, Board members expressed their displeasure at. unfair criticism re- cently published. All were in atten- dance but William Wright. At Geisinger Admitted Center, Danville, October 2 was Henry Allegar, Sweet Valley RD 1. to Geisinger Medical PER COPY—FOURTEEN PAGES New Commander RN New Commander of Daddow Post #672, American Legion, Dallas, George Cave will be installed Friday evening at 8 P. M. Mr. Cave has been a member of | the local Post for five years and resides with his wife, the former Nancy Helfrich of Wilkes-Barre at 19 Monroe Avenue. He served as a staff sergeant with the U. 'S. Engineers in the Pacific Theatre in World War II for three years. He is a member of Gate of Heaven Church and is employed as Luncheonette Manager at Percy Brown's in Wilkes-Barre. Other officers to be installed are Leonard Daugherty Senior Vice Commander; Thomas Reese, Adju- tant; Edward Buckley, Treasurer; Richard Staub, Chaplain; William O’Brien, ‘Service Officer; Gus Shul- eski, Historian; Rowland Spencer and Thomas Kane, Sergeants at Arms. Commander M. J. Czoch, Dist- rict 12, will be installing officer and will: be assisted by the Luzerne Legion Drill] Team. The Auxiliary will be in charge of refreshments. Hrea Over Top In Cancer Drive Dr. Dys-n Commends Local Volunteers The Back Mountain area’s role in the success of the 1963 Cancer Cru- sade was cited yesterday by C. L. Tiffany, campaign chairman, whc announced the greatest success in annual fund drive history of the Luzerne County Unit of the Ameri- can Cancer Society. A total of $54,361 was raised by volunteer workers with Louis Mas- low, Huntsville Road, heading the advanced gifts section in the Wilkes- Barre area which reported $8,884 and Mrs. Fred Anderson, Shaver- town directing the campaign in the Back Mountain area which went “over the top” with $4,516. Mrs. Anderson, head of the Back Mountain campaign has di- rected activities of the Back Moun- tain Cancer Center for the past six years and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Luzerne County Unit,” American Cancer ‘Society. She and Frank Slaff, Trucksville, represent Kingston Township on the Board, Mr. Maslow, Dallas. Dr. William Dyson, Hazleton, newly-elected president of the Lu- zerne County Unit, in extending his appreciation to the many volunteers who assisted in the Cancer Crusade, (Continued on Page 6 A) area MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER. A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Parents Call On Borough Council To Provide Patrol For Crossing Lake Lehman Is Commended Directors Will Seek Amendment To Ruling Board and administration were commended Tuesday evening at Lake-Lehman High School, when ministers representing seven area pastors and concerned citizens at- tended the School Board session. A resolution protesting the re- | cent Supreme Court ruling and urg- ing the resumption of the Lord's Prayer in the school was presented by Rev. William G. Hughes, Sweet Valley, Rev. Norman, Tiffany, Leh- man and Rev. V%irren Hathaway, Noxen. oe . Deleg. "ta, were pleased to dis” c¢' cr that the Lake-Lehman relig- ious program included meditation in the high school and bible stories in the elementary grades. In answer to a question, “Do students know why prior religious observances were abolished,” Lester Squier, supervising principal ex= | plained that teachers had carried out his orders to do so promptly. Board unanimously approved a motion that the solicitor formulate a resolution recommending an amendment to the religious ban ruling and that same be sent to senators and representatives, Approval for Child Evangelist Meetings to be held at the Fire Hall and the home of Mrs. Ray- mond Garinger, Harveys Lake, was also given by board members with details, to be worked out. Sabbatical leave was granted Thomas Longmore, shop instructor. Mrs, Martha Smith and Mrs. Jean Jones were granted permission to attend Teachers Institute, expenses paid. Miss Marian Huttenstein, head of English department, was granted permission to attend Lan- guage and Linguistic Conference at Penn State University on October 18 and 19. John Zaleskas, assistant football coach will be in charge of Letter- man’s Club trip to West Point Game October 26. Group will use joint board bus. Sixth grade elementary students will visit Swetland Hall, Forty Fort, October 22 and 23... Building and grounds committee will meet with school architects to. iron out. prob- lems Friday evening. Willard Sutton presided. Twenty- two board members out of twenty- five attended the meeting, William Naugle, Michael Adams, and Bruce Williams being absent. Electrical Fire A fire in a sofa at the home of Donald McCrea, Gordon Avenue, Goss Manor, was extinguished yes- terday around 2 P. M. by Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company, directed by - Chief Daniel Richards. Cause was a frayed’ wire: Stredny In Iron Lung In an iron lung at General Hos- dita] and paralyzed from the waist lown, is Edward Stredny Har- veyville farmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stredny, Carpenter Road. Stredny, 29, was admitted a week ago Saturday. His wife and his two small sons, four and eight, are staying with his parents. Neighboring dairy farmers are filling the silo, work which was started before the young farmer was stricken with Polio. ta The Stredny’s lost a son, George, nine months ago,. who collapsed with a fatal heart attack while working his farm at Demunds. ! Hunters Warned Of Hazards Of Drought Hunters are warned against’ care- less use of fire in or near the woods. Though the drenching rain of Sep- tember 29 relieved the drought somewhat, the situation is still pre- carious. This is the second year of prolonged summer drought. State Forests report an average of o-n-e | stubborn ground-fire per month. Carpenter Road Queries Taxing Footage Assessment Held On Streetlight Despite - provision in the second class township code for assessment | of street-light costs per landown- er by the “front-footage” method, Carpenter |Rcaa residents of Ide- town waged war at alleged inequi- Every year around school time, it poses a problem. And every year, the problem becomes more acute! More and more kids trudge bliss- fully up Lehman, Franklin, and Huntsville streets, and more and more the whizzing commuter and the harried housewife plow their cars around the blind and erratic intersection by the school. For the Borough, PTA, Paul Rod- da and Mr. and Mrs. Martin Sam- uels asked Council Tuesday night what they were going to do about it. Last year a spevial guard was ¥aired, replaced in laté winter by a patrolman. Council said they would consid- er the question, and decide, but the following, as Robert Moore ex- plained was the woeful case: By original agreement several years ago, the PTA was supposed to help ties in the system at Thursday ! night's supervisoi’s meeting. Paul Kutser was envoy for the group, and spoke ‘specifically for larger land-holders, féxr whom the fifty-cent a foot cost estimai¢. based on an average fifty-foot fro. . lot, would apparently be a burden. Of ninety properties in the area only six are over the average, but fourteen are under average. ,Problem is that vacant property on the same registered lot as a house will be assessed full front- footage, even if it is half a mile away, whereas vacant land a few yards away, registered as a separ- ate lot, will get only a twenty-five per cent assessment. Larger landowners say that at the time they requested supervisors to ‘look into putting in lights on Page 2 A) (Continued with half the cost of the. guard, but they have not done so. And, intersections at the foot of Hunts- {ville road and at the top of the | hill are just as dangerous, and thus | equally in need of a guard. Harold Brobst and secretary Ro- bert Brown observed that the school district is also obliged to help with the cost, although this not customary. Grace Cave suggested that the PTA mothers take turns patroling. The visitors said that it was a pos- sibility, but that first they would like to see Council work out a sol- ution, and hopefully to hire a guard. Police Work Police report for last month list- ed 11 arrests, 2 parking violations, 7 red lights, 1 too fapt for condi- tions, and 1 reckless driving. The humane society apprehended two $28 in fines. “Chief Russell “Honeywell said he had run three speed traps on Lake Street after complaints of viola- tions last month, but there was only one arrest necessary. Extra police pressure will be ex- ert=d for the Halloween season. Halloween Parade _- Bob Parry said that Kiwanis had gladly taken over responsibility for the ‘traditional Halloween parade, open to all Back Mountain young- sters, and supported by local bus- inessmen. This year the parade will be in Dallas. A total of $9000 building in the borough netted $13 in permits. Cost estimate of paving Hick- ory Road was $15,078.46. Hit In Ball Game Dd:'as ambulance took a Forty- Fort 1: ntball player, Dave Lenker, to Nesée t Hospital Saturddy after- noon afte he sustained back injur- ies on the Dallas field. Jim Per- kins and Rémn Hrulowchak attended. | TIME OUT FER STUDENTS Teachers Institute will be held October 17 and 18 for both Dallas Area and Lake Lethman Schools. Mayor Advises Save Your House Borough has received a number | of complaints from the Heights sec- | tion that residents are burning | trash and leaves, often dangerous- ly clase to their homes. Mayor Tom | Morgan says it is cheaper to have trash hauled away than to ‘have your house accidently burn down. Seated at the Speakers Table Joint Dinner Meeting of Dallas Ser-, vice Clubs, are: Merrill Faegenburg, | Robert Turner, Stephen ,Budash | Russell DeRemer, Myron Baker, and Jerome Gardner. Standing are Rev. | Francis A. Kane, John Landis, Dr. Lester Jordan, Richard O. Myers, ! and Rev. Robert Germond. Lions, host group, introduced by president Russell DeRemer, won the cup for attendance with a cool! The Inter-service Club Coungl i Dallas Service Clubs ' tary members were presented bY president Myron Baker; Kiwanis by president Merril Faegenburg. . Father Kane gave the invocation Rev. Germond the benediction. Doc Jordan, tapped for the C izens Award, anonymous until t presentation, joined the group a picture. or Stage Third Annual Joint Dinner 160 percent of their membershiph] Tuesday night at the Third Annual! taking it from Kiwanis, which had | been the victor in 1962. Dallas Rp-= | AME. Willi emBunderstanding between se) 14h of Dallas and fellowsh g members, to act as a cles when their nature is imp J for individual club attainm id k Stanley and Red Amb led the singing, accompanied! am Baker Sr. One erica followed by the Ple llegiance. Welcoming rema ‘read by; Mr. Faegenburgsis 3 dogs. Justices of the peace collected | Meeting = VOL. 75, NO. 41 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1963 Firebug Burns Down Demmys’ Bunkhouse Striking a second time at the same scene, a firebug whose identity is known to police, burned down a bunk-house belonging to the Dick Demmy family, Lake Street, between 1:10 A. M. and 1 P. M. Sunday, while the owners were out. 2 The same bug tried it unsucces- fully several weeks ago. The Demmys were, as usual, giv- ing freely of their time to the com- munity, working at the Fall Fair grounds, so it is expected the per- petrator will not have local sym- pathy. i. = WILLIAMS AGAIN HEADS LISTING IN PHONE DIRECTORY It was a near thing this year in the Commonwealth Tele- phone directory for the Back Mountain, with the Williams family still maintaining a nar- row lead, hotly pursued by the Smiths and the’ Jones. The name Williams tallied 88; Smith nosed out Jones 80 to 76; Davis, even with Davies added, came to only 62; Brown was next with 49. Ides trailed with 24. = = Joker's False Alarm Shavertown residents were a- roused from sleep early Wednesday morning by the fire siren after a practical joker had pushed the alarm, at 1 A. M. bringing every volunteer to the scene and anger- ing all. en - Taxpayers’ Meeting Taxpayers of Lake, Lehman, Jackson and Ross Townships will hold a meeting at Lehman Fire Hall 2:30, Sunday. o CT RE 2 SAAT iy J v Suseribes to this purpose: To, ghos: bstituting for Alfred Ackerson, whose Blifelegram of regret was read aloud. Lion Robert Turner introduced speaker Stephen Budash, who talk- | fled about the changin pation, the WHO The meeting closed with singing | | g face of ed- | { WHERE and i AT of present day trends, with b ccent on ability and stability. | Walter Photo by Kozemehak! Jordan Tapped For Citizen's Award By Clubs Selection Of Doc As Human Dynamo Proves Popular Dallas Rotary Club's own Doc Jordan was tapped Tuesday night for Citizen of ‘the Year at the third annual Inter-Service Club Dinner, the plaque presented by Richard O. Myers, representing host club Dallas Lions. Belagtion had benn “kept: under wraps, but Mr. Myers gave it away when he referred to the “first chairman of the committee on con- solidation of area schools,” and went on from there with an im- pressive listing of service to the community. From the applause, when Doc stepped upto receive the plaque, it was an enormously popular award. Doc, still completely anonymous, had been referred to as former president of Dallas Rotary Club; Governor of the Rotary District; organizer and prime mover of the | Foreign Student ‘Exchange Pro- | gram; one-time chairman of the | Library Auction; coordinator of the Rotary Fall Fair; chief of so many civic projects that words failed. Nobody mentioned that Doc ‘ex- hibited prize dahlias in his spare time, but his specimens stopped traffic at New York flower shows some years ago. The volcano of energy stepped to ‘the head table to receive the award, and stated that in his book, every day was a challenge, that he enjoyed a good scrap, and that he appreciated the honor. He's al- ready plugging for a three-day Ro- tary Fair next fall, and a bigger and better student exchange pro- gram. He said that any honor he xe- ceived should be shared by many people, that Back Mountain com- munity spirit was a living, breath- ing thing, and paid special tribute to Bill Wright and George Mec- Cutcheon, whose influence upon the | young folks of the area seemed to | him incalculable and far-reaching. Stephen Budash, \ guidance head of King’s and Marywood Colleges, | introduced by Emcee Robert Tur- ner, gave a quick run-down on changing pictures in education. It was often no longer a four-year free-loading on the old man, he stated, but a more responsible ap- proach, with many students en- gaged or married, and big-man-on the-Campus goals submerged in how to make ends meet. Present other than those at the head table, already listed under the picture were: Edwin Thompson, George Thomas, Bud Mathers, Ernest Gay, Jim Hu- ston Sr., Paul J. Laux, Thomas N. Kreidler, John A. Blase, Edward J. Wilson, Leon Emanuel, Harry ! Peiffer, Robert W. Parry, William H. Baker, Jr., Robert Dolbear, B. F. Alden, Clyde W. Birth, William } R. Wright, \ Robert Maturi, George MecCut- cheon, Carl F. Goeringer Sr., Leo E. Nauroth, Leo A. Corbett, Jr., Harry Lefko, William Guyette, Mrs. W. H. Baker Sr., Dr. Lester Jordan, Bruce ‘Slocum, R. Spencer Martin, H. R. Mohr, Lester W. Hauck, Ralph Postorive, Jeff Guida, of the National Anthem and bene-! Al D’Amario, 3 diction. Melvin Mosier, John Henniger Sr., A. George Payne, Emil Epsen, (Continued on Page 6 A)
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