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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
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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,
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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,
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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
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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
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New Commander
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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,
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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dogs. Justices of the peace collected |
Meeting
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Taxpayers’ Meeting
Taxpayers of Lake, Lehman,
Jackson and Ross Townships will
hold a meeting at Lehman Fire
Hall 2:30, Sunday.
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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
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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,
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