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Community Rescues Lost Old Man:
R Wanderer And A Sleepless Town
Scout Drive Brings
Search To Happy End
To Henry Metzger, 80, a strong
consciousness of past duties pre-
vailing over realization ‘of time
nearly proved his undoing.
Employed for 18 years as care-
taker of St. Nicholas Cemetery prior
to retirement, he suffered a stroke
in 1958 which robbed him of pres-
ent. day’s memories, and restored
those of the past.
He worried about the cemeteries
nearby, and periodically returned
to see if all was in order. Every
funeral passing by drew him to the
site of the interment, while on other
occasions he could be found weed-
ing the graves or removing de-
bris of withered flowers.
He had not left his home on
Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, for
many weeks of late, but Friday
afternoon’s warm sun coaxed him
outdoors, and he paid a visit to his
neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Al-
bert.
At 2:30 he left, remarking he
would first, look over a fresh grave
a ouby in Evergreen Cemetery be-
Wi
a
¥blo0dhounds
ore returning home. Mr. Albert
watched him for some minutes, and
later walked to the spot where he |
was last seen. Uneasy, he visited
the Metzger home to see if his
guest’ had returned. ;
Learning that he had left the
nearby home some time earlier, Mrs.
Metzger was disturbed that he had
not reached home and sent grandson
Fred Senchak around 4 p.m. to
search the cemetery lanes.
At 5 p.m. Chief Herbert Updyke
was notified by the worried wife.
An hour later relatives were try-
ing to discover his whereabouts.
Alarm Turned In
At 11 p.m., Squire F. W. ‘Ander-
son, a neighbor was notified of her
anxiety and called Updyke to .see
what had been done. Angered at
the lack of action by police and
fearing the old man might be in-
jured, he next called Fire Chief
Arnold Yeust who sounded the siren,
while his wife contacted Scout-
masters John Butler, and Malcolm
Kitelien. io.
[nn )ess th#l ten minutes, forcy
volunteer firemen were
scene with truck, walkie talkie, am-
bulance and spotlights. Butler and
Kitchen also arrived simultaneously
with older members of their troops.
A call to Wyoming Barracks for
revealed the dogs
were kept at Hershey, but infor-
mation was had that one was avail-
ae at Jackson Institution.
Within another few moments,
Major Charles Sieber had arrived
with his young bloodhound. Neigh-
bors, eight firemen from Trucks-
ville, teenage lads, Updyke and ‘As-
s’tant Chief Coslett joined the res-
cue party, fanning out.in a massive
search across the rough terrain, and
up over the hill into the woodlands.
Major Sieber’s dog was unable
to detect a good trail due to ex-
treme dryness of the ground and
the crossing of many feet that eve-
ning.
On William Street, Mrs. Willard
Crane informed searchers that Metz-
ger had stopped at her home for
a drink of water, and had rested
on her porch at 5 p.m.
8 Encouraged that they were in the
v
right vicinity, the searching party
recombed the area including St.
Nicholas Cemetery. The loud-
speaker called “Mr. Metzger, Mr.
Metzger” time and again but there
was no response. Chief Updyke
wanted to comb the Davis Street
area, and some went with him, but
the majority of the. party concen-
trated again and mgain in Shaver-
town. At 3:30 a.m. the search
was called off until the next morn-
ing.
Metzger Sons Search
At dawn the sons and sons in
law. of the victim searched. At
8 that morning, 50 scouts from
Troop. 232 and explorers under
Scoutmaster John Butler and assist-
ant leader Jim McCoog; 25 scouts
from Troop 231 accompanied by
William Thomas and Ben Klep-
pinger; and 15 scouts from Troop
155, Trucksville, met to begin an-
other search. k
Both cemeteries and the sur-
rounding woodland were once again
covered in daylight and a long trek
over rough trails to Huntsville Dam
undertaken by the scouts and their
leaders.
Jim McCoog addresed the scouts
over a loud speaker, seriously urging
them that a man’s life was in bal-
ance, that Mr. Metzger needed food
and medication since he was also
a diabetic.
By noon, John Butler ‘decided to
take over the direction of the en-
tire scout company since police sug-
gestion had brought forth no clues.
Steve Silic, honor scout, thought of
an explorer map at his home, and
with a better idea of the vicinity in
mind, Butler, McCoog and Silic plan-
ned their strategy.
While Updyke again urged Davis
Street be researched, Butler lined
up the boys to cover the woods be-
tween Overbrook Avenue and St.
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on the |
Blood Donation
Nets 112 Pints
Blood Donor Day Friday at Sha-
vertown YMCA building, netted 112
pints for the Blood Bank. Mrs. Ed-
ward Gilroy states that 134 donors
presented themselves. Very seldom
are all donors accepted, as some of
those who are eager to contribute
to the Blood Bank show slight colds
or other minor ailments which ren-
der them ineligible. No one is ever
would be jeopardized by parting
with a pint.
Special mention is due Mary
Lou Swingle, who, with her daugh-
ter Kathie, baby-sat for mothers
who could not donate unless some-
body minded the youngsters at the
center; and to Mrs. William Kreid-
ler, who motor-corpsed her way
around the community, picking up
and delivering donors. !
Manning the registration table
were Mrs. Alired Root, Kay Wright,
Theresa Clark, Mrs. Clint Myers,
Pear] (Gilroy, Melanie Hellersperk,
and Mrs. Thomas Graham.
Mrs. Robert Mellman was official
typist, bringing her own electric
typewriter.
Registered nurses were Audrey
Nelson, Jennie Hill, Evelyn Eck,
Mrs, John Blase Mrs. Al Blase, Mrs.
Irven Schobert, Mrs. Milton Evans,
and Mrs. Arthur Marth.
Canteen: Mrs. Walter Davis, Mrs.
George Seelandt, Mrs. Reva Caw-
ley, Mrs. Tom Reese, Mrs, David
Evans.
Dr. George J. Brilmyer, Kingston,
wag in charge.
accepted for donation whose health’
MORE THAN
Dairy Bar Operators
Escape Wild Wheels
Mel Mosier and Bill DiBuo, in
separate cars, narrowly missed get-
ting smacked by a wild double-
wheel from a truck yesterday morn-
ing as they drove through Court-
dale toward Dallas.
Coming north on the highway be-
tween the Sunset diner and
O’Malia’s, Mel in front in his Lin-
coln and Bill in his Chevy, they
were amazed to see the left rear
wheels leave the axle, pass the
southbound truck at about 40 miles
per hour and head right for them.
Both men swerved their cars to
the right, inches away from the
exposed creek-bed at the side of
the road. Bill sgid: “I was ready
to jam on the brakes and duck
down.” He estimated that the set
of wheels weighed about 200
pounds.
No one was behind them, so the
projectile had room to careen off
| to a halt.
Valley View Drive
Accepted By Board
Valley View Drive in Carverton
with five homes occupied was taken
over Wednesday evening by King-
ston Township Supervisors, Ziegler
and ‘Smith approving and Hauck
voting in the negative.
Hauck’s disapproval wags forth-
coming since Valley View Drive is a
comparatively new development and
there are many residents of older
streets who have petitioned for the
same action with none resulting.
Residents of Valley View accepted
an offer in June to have their road
paved if half the cost were assumed
| by the taxpayers of that area. They
can be expected to hold Chairman
Ziegler to his promise.
Complaint of Carverton residents
concerning poor road condition will
be studied.
the road, and the truck driver pulled
Rev. Robert Yost, dynamic pastor
of Shavertown Methodist Church, |
is honored by , American Legion-
naires at the combination Installa-
tion and Americanism ceremonies
of Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 Friday
A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
1x CONGRESS Jovy om
“hewmen Tobestos
night as “Man of the Year.”
This was the sixth annual award
by the Legion for community serv-
ice.
Seated left to right: Richard
Staub, outgoing commander, Ed
Buckley, program chairman, George
Cave, new commander, Leonard
Dougherty, Curtis Bynon, and Tom
Reese.
VOL. 75, NO. 42 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1963
Standing: Warren Cease, . Gus
Shuleski, Rev. Robert Yost, Wil-
liam O’Brien, Representative Fred
Shupnik District commander Mit-
chell Czoch, and Roland Spencer.
Photo by Chnkinas
rooms but the fire house.
for 150 at banquet tables or 250
Plans Revealed For New
This is the new Kingston Township municipal building which
will soon be erected on the site of the fire hall on Carverton Road.
The structure will be 120 feet by 34 feet, of stained wood siding and
stone construction with a pitched roof of asphalt shingles.
Interior walls will feature vinyl siding and resilient tile will
provide the floor covering with suspended acoustical ceilings in all
Facilities will consist of a meeting room with accommodations
attending meetings, a supervisors
room, kitchen, lavatories, fire hall, housing three fire trucks and
the cruiser, rooms for police chief and administrative police head.
Kingston Township Bldg.
storage for equipment ample.
The basement will be used as a Civil Defense Control Center with
The new building will be under construction by the end of No-
vember and will be completed in six to twelve months.
Old fire hall
will remain standing until new quarters are completed. Shacks ad-
joining will be torn down to make room for the new! building.
Building will be shared jointly by officials and Trucksville Fire
Company, moneys received from sale of the old township meeting
hall, funds from the Accelerated Public Works Project and $7,000
to be paid by the fire company. Land now owned by the fire com-
pany will be deeded over to the township.
Sabin Oral Vaccine
Type II, October 27
Polio oral vaccine for Type II
will be given on Sunday, October
27, at the same stations which op-
erated for administration of Type
I September 15.
Residents are reminded that if
they missed getting Type I immuni-
zation, they still need Types II and
III, and that for full protection they
should get Type I from their family
doctor. It is not a case where one
shot is stacked on another. Im-
munization is for three different
kinds of Polio.
There are residents of Luzerne
County who now are victims of
Polio, who would not have been
stricken if they had been immuni-
zed in time.
Oral vaccine is dropped on a lump
of sugar, taken by mouth. No
needle, no delay. Residents are again
asked to pay 25 cents for the vac-
cine, but nobody will be refused.
Division Chairman Mrs. Frederick
J. Eck, and area chairmen Mrs. Paul
Priebe and Mrs. L. E. Jordan, an-
nounce District chairmen for the
Wyoming Valley United Fund Drive.
For Jackson: Mrs. Jonathan Val-
entine and Mrs. Sidney Fielding.
Lehman: Mrs. Myron Baker, Mrs.
Harry Edwards Sr., Mrs. Myron
Leet.
Shavertown: left side, Mrs. George
Jacobs; right, Mrs. Robert Bayer.
Trucksville: left, Mrs. W. Brad-
bury; right, Mesdames John Ken-
non, R. Montgomery, John Bourke,
| Norman Schoell, and Conrad Martin.
Carverton: Mrs. George Kroeml-
bein.
| Dallas Borough: Mrs. Lewis Reese.
| Dallas Mrs.
Townend.
Township:
Announce District Chairmen
And Solicitors For Fund Drive
| chetti, Robert Kleiner, Loren Fiske,
Frank |
East Dallas: Mrs. James Besecker
Jr.
West Dallas: Mrs. Henry Moyer.
Fernbrook: Mrs. Ralph Lewis.
New Goss Manor: Mrs. William
Wright.
Old Goss Manor: Mrs. William H.
Young.
Huntsville: Mrs. Loren Crispell.
Kunkle: Mrs. Allison Thomas.
Harveys Lake: Mrs. Harvey
Kitchen.
Franklin Township: Mrs. Nora
Dymond.
Solicitors for Meadowcrest include
Mesdames Harold Fritzges, Calvin
Crane, Leonard Cichowicz, John J.
Carey, Joseph Brady, Albert Mar-
Jonathan Weir.
For Brown and Midway Manors:
Mrs. John T. Luke, Mrs. Louise Fink,
Mrs. June Wagner.
Trucksville, right side: Mesdames
Fred Dingle, Edward Richards,
George Pierce, Edward Bessmer,
Merton E. Jones, Ernest Norrie, Lee
Philo, J. Beline, W. Phillips, Earl
Gregory, Carl Loucks.
Trucksville, left side: Mesdames
C. S. Hemenway, J. Reynolds III,
Merle Pope, Frank Rosavage, Walter
Darrow,, George Kapral, Justus Letts,
Margaret Mieczkowski, Miss Thelma
Adams.
Shavertown, right side: Mesdames
Elwood Dungey, Leroy Elliott, Shel-
don MacAvoy, Nelson McDonald,
George Williams, Ted Woolbert.
Shavertown, left side: Mesdames
M. J. Borthwick, Malcolm Kitchen,
Obed Hontz, Budd Hirleman, Wilson
Honeywell, James Rutledge, Robert
Jewell.
Lehman: Mesdames Leroy Brown,
Tont Brown, Joseph Lopez, Howard
Whitesell, Harry Edwards Sr., My-
ron Lett.
(Continued on Page 7 A)
Dr. Bodycomb Is
Tapped For Honor
Named Fellow By
Dental College
Dr. Robert M. Bodycomb, promin-
ent Dallas Dentist, was honored
October 13 at ‘the annual meeting
of the American Dental Society in
Atlantic ‘City, when he was made
a Fellow of the International “Col-
lege of Dentists.
Dr. Bodycomb graduated from
Coughlin High School in 1924, Tem-
ple University School of Dentistry |
in 1928. | i
He took post graduate study in|
fixed crown and bridge work,
1225, removal bridge work, in 1937,
oral surgery in 1940.
Active in community and civic
organizations, the local doctor has
served as president -of the Luzerne
County Dental Society and the
Third District Dental Society.
He has been a delegate to both
the Pennsylvania and American
Dental Societies. In 1955, he was
appointed a trustee of the Pennsyl-
vania Dental Society and was nam-
ed to the ‘Advisory Committee of
the Pennsylvania Department of
Welfare by the Governor's Commit-
tee.
Dr. Bodycomb is president of Dal-
las Area School Board and is active
in the Masonic organizations, the
Shrine and the Dallas Rotary Club.
Polio Victim Improves
May Leave Iron Lung
Edward Stredny, Falls, .son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Stredny of Kunkle, a
polio patient at General Hospital,
is making good progress. He may
be out of the iron lung within two
weeks, He had a visitor recently,
his sister Rosemary from Buffalo.
His brother, Father Stredny, a priest
and assistant pastor at Blessed Sac-
rament Church in Harriman, Tenn.,
will come on Tuesday to spend a
few days. He has had mass cards
inl:
from Altar and Rosary Societies in
Tennessee and Fairmount Springs.
Fair Foliage Maid
and Mrs. Jack Stanley, Center Hill
Road, represented Dallas High
School at the 15th Annual Flam-
ing foliage Festival at Renovo, Oct-
ober 12 and 13.
Miss Stanley was chosen because
of her poise, appearance, character,
and scholastic ability. She was ac-
companied by the Colorettgs and
Junior High Drill Team of the local
school.
Her escort was Robert Sinicrope.
On Saturday she participated in the
parade, and that evening attended
a ball. Sunday the crowning of the |
queen took place at 2:30. For the |
dance, Sheryl wore a lovely yellow |
evening gown and for the crowning |
selected a charming pink gown.
A senior at Dallas Senior High
School, Sheryl expects to enter col- |
lege upon graduation. Her favorite
hobbies are swimming, reading and
bicycle riding.
She was runner up for the Prom
Queen is a cheer leader, major- |
ette, and a member of the girls,
Chorus and serves with the Key- |
ettes. She was awarded the curved |
bar in girl scouting and received !
two letters of commendation from
NED tests. Sheryl is a member of
Prince of Peace Church.
the search, which captured the
entire community.
Kingston Township volunteers comb the woods night and day
for a lost old man, and miraculously find him at the end of the
second day.
Dallas Post camera registered some of the hundreds of faces in
good-will and heroic effort of an
(See complete story, column 1).
At left, Assistant chief of police Jesse Coslett checks the site
Volunteers, Dogs, Police, An Airplane,
of a new grave a little after midnight, Saturday morning. Henry
Metzger, formerly caretaker of a cemetery, had an affinity for the
many graveyards on Pioneer Avenue, and was last seen nearby.
Shavertown Fire Company with truck and walkie-talkies covered
the top of Mt. Airy area, sending search lines of both Kingston Town-
ship companies down the hill. (center right)
At center left, John Butler, scoutmaster of Troop 232, leads a
Find
party of boys across a field below Bulford’s Swamp, where it was
feared the old man might have fallen.
Squire Fred Anderson and Hank Hill, members of the rescue
party who plunged into the undergrowth with the caterpillar-tread
“Weasel” to pull out Mr. Metzger, show the scene.
is better than head-high.
Lost Man
Note the thicket
| back to the United States.
Legion Installs
Officers, Gives
Citizen Award
Commander Cave
Succeeds Staub,
Yost Is Honored
Daddow Isaacs Post, American
Legion, staged its annual American-
ism Night Friday evening at the
Legion Home on Memorial Highway,
combining installation of officers
with awarding of the Community
Service plaque to Rev. Robert De-
Witt Yost. ?
Commander George Cave assumed
the chair vacated by retiring Com-
mander Richard Staub, who had
served as interim head following
the death of former Commander
James Davenport.
Installed also by Mitchell Czoch,
Commander of the Twelfth District,
assisted by the Luzerne installation
team, were these officers: vice-
commander Leonard Dougherty;
junior vice-commander Curtis By-
non; anon; adjutant, Thomas Reese;
sergeant-at-arms, Thomas Kane and
Roland Spencer; historian, Gus
Shuleski; chaplain Richard Staub;
Staub; treasurer, ‘Ed Buckley.
Award. to Rev. Yost, pastor of
Shavertown Church, was made by
outgoing Commander Staub, who
made the presentation on' grounds
of outstanding service to the com-
munity. .
Gifts of books, selected by for-
mer Commander Buckley, ‘were
made to Back Mountain Memorial
Library, Dallas school district, Gate
of Heaven School, and College
Misericordia.
Representative Fred = Shupnik
spoke on the importance of Project
70 in the coming elections, and
asked for a favorable reply to the
referendum which will appear on
the ballot.
Florence Davenport, president of
the Legion Auxiliary, was in charge
of refreshments. ;
Rev. Yost, taken completely by
surprise by the unexpected award,
responded to Commander Staub’s
words of praise.
A brief rundown of his back-
ground shows him serving as chap-
lain during World War II on USS
Aircraft Carrier Hollandia in the
Pacific; serving for four years as
pastor at the Methodist Church in
Plains before coming to Shavertown
as pastor fourteen years ago, and
plunging headlong into community
affairs.
Four years ago he won the Citi-
zen of the Year award offered by
Back Mountain Protective "Associa-
tion. - For eight years he headed
the local YMCA board, of which he
is still a member. Among other
important posts, he is a trustee of
the YWCA in Wilkes-Barre, is a
member of the Tuberculosis Asso-
ciation directorate, and of the Alo-
cation Committee for the United
Fund.
The American Legion has been
giving an annual community Serv-
jce Award since 1958, when the
late Howard Risley was honored.
In 1959, Henry Peterson won the
award; in 1960, the late Mrs. Lewis
LeGrand; in 1961, retiring librarian
Miriam Lathrop. Last year, two
men were tapped, Robert Parry and
John Butler.
Orange Airman
Dies In Crash
Was On Lend-Lease
To South America
A young man from Orange lost
his life in a plane crash in Bolivia
Thursday, when a military plane
in which he had installed loud-
speaker equipment for psychological
warfare, was lost. The pilot escaped |
with slight injury, but a student is |
in critical condition and expected |
to die. :
The body of Airman Charles An-
thony Volack Jr., 20, was flown |
Funeral
arrangements await his arrival.
Volack, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles- A. Volack, was on detached
duty, on loan to the Bolivian gov=
ernment from T.A.C., a branch of
S. A .C. Young Volack trained for
psychological warfare at Hurlburt
Field, an adjunct of Elgin AFB in
Florida. He was trained in Com-
munist Interrogation, and defenses
against breaking under the strain
of questioning. His background
also included Biloxi and Loring AFB.
A 1961 graduate of West Side
Central Catholic High School, he
had attended Gate of Heaven from
the fifth grade, had studied at Dal-
las Township High School and
Staunton Military Academy before
going to Central Catholic. His basic
training was at Lackland AFB,
Texas. |
A brother Walter is a sophomore
at Dallas High School; sisters Cathy
and Christine at Central Catholic; |
a little brother Gerald, 6, at Gate
of Heaven.
Roger Whitesell, R.D. #1, Sweet |
Valley, an 11th grade student at
Lake-Lehman High School won
Charlie Gosart’s Football Contes
last week,