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Library Auction
Already Rolling
Huttman Announces
Faegenburg As Ride
- - The 1964 auction chairman,
Frank Huttman, announced at the
November Back Mountain Memorial
Library Board of Directors Meet-
ing that his co-chairman will be
Merrill Faegenburg. Mr. Faegen-
burg. Mr. Faegenburg was chair-
man of the new goods committee
last year.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Homer Moyer, treasurer, stated
that the final figures from last
year’s auction reveal a $16,449
net. This total compares favorably
with auctions of previous years.
President Dave ‘Schooley ap-
pointed Janet Smith, Frank Eck
and Ralph Hazeltine as a commit-
tee to nominate six new board
members for three-year terms as
well as a slate of officers for 1964.
The nominating committee will
make its report at the library's
annual meeting.
LIBRARY TO CLOSE
The Library will be closed on
Tuesday, December 24, the day
before Christmas, as well as Tues-
day, December 31, .the day before
New Year's.
This will allow the library staff
a two-day Christmas and New
' Year's holiday.
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT
Marian Jones, acting librarian,
in reporting on library statistics
revealed that circulation continues
to increase, with the total library
circulation for October 1963 being
935 over October of 1962.
During the month, over 6,000
volumes were circulated to more
than 2,500 borrowers.
Classes from the borough school
started their regular trips to the
library the last two weeks of Oc-
tober. Mrs. Jones indicated that
group attendance at the library ap-
parently stimulates reading. and
there was a total of 3,788 juvenile
circulation during the month.
A book entitled “The Americans;
A New History of the People of the
United States”: was presented to
the library by American Legion
Post 672 of Dallas.
* Hunting Trip
Ends In Death
~ Ervin Denmon Found
Dead In His Car
Death came to Ervin Denmon at
® Dusk on the first day of hunting
season as he was nearing his home
in Beaumont after shooting his buck
in the nearby woods and dragging
it to his car.
' Seized with a sudden heart at-
tack, Mr. Denmon, 53, was able to
steer his car to the side of the
road, where it was spotted mo-
ments later by his daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Glen Denmon. Nosed into the
embankment, the car held on the
front seat the dead driver, slumped
over the wheel.’ \
Mr. Denmon was custodian of
Beaumont Elementary School. A
veteran of World War II, in which
he served with the army as mem-
ber of a tank battalion in Europe,
« he belonged to Noxen Post 6824
VFW.
He was born in Beaumont, son
of the late August and Hattie Wil-
sey Denmon.
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Surviving are: his widow, the
former Florence Long of Alderson; a
son Glen; four grandchildren;
brothers and sisters: John, Clifford.
and Mrs. Frederick Weiss, all of
Beaumont; Mrs. Melvin Hopfer and
Stanley, Noxen; and Mrs. Virgie Els-
ton, Kunkle. !
Services will be conducted this
afternoon at 2 from the Nulton Fu-
neral Home, Rev. David Morgan,
former pastor of Alderson Meth-
odist Charge, officiating, Burial will
be in Orcutt Cemetery, with mili-
tary services at the grave.
Post Confused After
Second Proclamation
Confirmation of Edward M. Buck-
ley’s appointment by ‘the late Pres-
ident as Postmaster of Dallas by
Senate vote was announced recent-
ly,” completely mystifying the Dal-
las Post, which ran a column 8
story to that effect back in May.
Last week, the Post received one
phone call demanding to know
why Buckley's appointment wasn’t
published. The Post checked, and
found the appointment story on the
front page of the May 9 issue.
Ed finally cleared the confusion
‘up. It seems that Senator Clark
jumped the gun in May, and sent
our postmaster (then “acting post-
master’) a telegram announcing
Senate’s confirmation of his job.
We wrote the story.
Two weeks later, the Senator
wired Ed that the appointment had
a few more miles to travel, through
committees, etc., Ed said: “Oh well”
and we all forgot about the matter
until now.
Anyway,
congratulations again,
Dallas Restauramt
Rgain Burglarized
A thief entered Orchard Farms
favorite for crooks, early yester-
day morning, and stole an unde-
termined amount of cash from
, cigarette machine and juke box.
The thief gained entrance through
a rear window in the restaurant
section, and pried open the two
machines. Burglary was discover-
ed by Red Paltrineri, cook.
State police finger-printed the
apparatus.
Closing LVRR
Opened and closed and open
yet in sight.
the famous Trucksville trestle,
A trestle was originally built
much remains of the original.
at that time.
ward the highway.
Restaurant, seemingly a perennial.
Beverly Eck, Wyoming Valley's
Junior Miss, made a notable record
at the State contest level by winning
top honors in the scholastic
achievement competition, proving
that brains can accompany beauty.
Beverly, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Eck, Shavertown, compe-
ted with twenty-three other hold-
ors of high scholastic records in
the State-wide finals held at Read-
It is now “temporarily closed,”
week it looked like the end. An impersonal gray carbon copy of an
order from Bethlehem fluttered on the door, to whit; the Bethlehem
district office had ordered closed November 26 at 7 a.m. Dallas,
Alderson, Noxen, Shavertown, Ruggles, Harveys Lake, Trucksville
and Leanords, pursuant to ICC certificate.
Stationmaster Jim Murray and a district freight agent, however,
breathlessly announced: that day, for some reason, the end was not
At present, though,
Dallas Station
and closed: The old Lehigh Valley
Railroad station now stands shivering in the heartless winter wind,
bereft of light, heat, and station master, awaiting final official closing.
but for a few minutes Tuesday last
the building is not in use.
The station was built after the railroad, originally the Wilkes-
Barre and Harveys Lake Railroad, was completed in 1886.
Trucksville Trestle To Go
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When the railroad goes, and it has already begun to go, so does
a landmark in the village.
tractor's men have already begun to ask permission of neighboring
landowners to allow demolition cranes on their property.
Con-
in 1886 for the first railroad into
this area, the line to Sullivan County, but it has undergone so much
reapir and remodeling in this century that it is not certain how
The blacktop on Carverton Road was laid some thirty-five years
ago, and the passageway in the middle of the structure was widened
In the lower scene is the view enjoyed by generations of young
adventurers, brave enough to walk out on the trestle and look to-
Their home and yard struck by
speeding ‘motorists four times in
the last few years, the Joseph Allen
family, 111 N. Pioneer / Avenue,
Shavertown, are becoming uneasy.
Friday evening at 11:55, Mr. Allen
and his wife ‘were seated in their
| living room enjoying television,
when Mrs. Allen, -her attention
drawn by bright lights through the
' side window screamed, “Move, Joe,
a car is coming in!”
driven by William H. Vincent, 16,
R.D. 1, Harveys Lake, smashed into
their living room, cracking the
plaster and showering the floor
with large chunks. Also damaged
was the dining room wall and the
timber lying atop the foundation.
The Allens rushed out to help
the injured motorist, bringing him
into their home. Mr. Allen called
the operator to notify police and
ambulance crew but cancelled the
latter when the boy said he would
rather g0 to his own physician,
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Within seconds a 1962 Valiant
Allen Home Hit 4th Time
Youth Injured In Crash
He suffered great pain in his chest.
| After waiting for some minutes,
| Allen then called Ass’t. Chief Jesse
Coslett who arrived promptly.
The boy's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
| William Vincent, took their son to
the office of Dr. A. A. Mascali,
where it was discovered he had a
| fractured sternum. .
The car damaged beyond repair,
| was towed away from the scene.
| Vincent said he lost control when
| he skidded on wet pavement com-
ying around a slight bend, flew
across ‘the Laux parking lot, and
dropped down over a bank continu-
| ing into the Allen house.
He was charged with driving too
fast for conditions.
| Scouts Selling Trees
Shavertown Boy Scout Troop 231
| will begin the sale of Christmas
| trees this weekend in the lot across
from the Shavertown Methodist
Church on Pioneer Avenue,
Junior Miss Takes Trophy For
Scholarship In State Contest
ing over the weekend.
As representative of
Valley, she placed high at Reading,
winning laurels for Dallas Senior
High School.
All five girls recommended from
Dallas Senior High (School by Geo-
rge McCutcheon made the semi-
finals in the Valley Contest spon-
sored by West-Side Jaycees. They
were Georgia McCutcheon Marsha
Sowden, Susan Cheney, and Mar-
jorie Lawson, who went on to fourth
runner-up; and Beverly, winner.
Attire was formal evening gown
for the pageant proper, Bermuda
chorts and shirts with rolled-up
sleeves for the physical fitness com-
petition, both in the Wyoming Val-
ley competition and at Reading.
Required at Reading, dresses
were white and floor length, Ber-
muda shorts outfits grey.
In Reading the Ecks were enter-
tained on Saturday by former res-
idents of 'Shavertown, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Gearhart,
Seven years ago, Mrs. Eck won
the title! for Mrs. Wyoming VValley.
Three local women in three suc-
cessive years were thus honored:
Mrs. Charles Eberle, formerly of
Shavertown; Mrs. Eck, also of Sha-
vertown; and Mrs. Edwin Roth,
Dallas.
Elected To Key
Post At C. Of C.
Lashford Becomes
Chamber Executive
A former president of Lake-Leh-
man school board became executive
vice president of Greater Wilkes-
Barre Chamber of Commerce this
week at a special meeting held Mon-
day night at Hotel Sterling, and ap-
peared that night on T-V.
Edgar J. Laghford, Huntsville, had
been with the Chamber since Feb-
ruary as industrial secretary, a pos-
ition hich was the direct out-
growth of a long-term connection
with .t1 , Hardie Manufacturing Co.,
formerly the Vulcan Iron Works, in
which he had risen to assistant to
the president.
In the Navy during World War
II, Mr. Lashford was personnel as-
sistant in Washington. ] a
at Wyoming Seminary, Dean School
of Business, and University of Penn-
sylvania Extension School.
Mr. Lashford, a native of Larks-
ville, is a member of Huntsville
Methodist Church. He is active in
civic affairs, a member of Kiwanis
and Shrine cluhs. ; .
His wife is the former Catherine
Jenkins, a graduate of Nesbit: Hos-
pital School of Nursing. There 1s
one child, David.
Must Move Cars
From Road Line
Board Denies Public
Jackson Police Tally
Jackson Township police chief
Robert Cooper was authorized to
order the firm of Ray's Auto Parts,
Jackson, to move cars back to a
distance of sixteen and one half
feet from the middle of the road,
on decision of Board of Supervisors
Tuesday night.
Order will be enforced by invok-
ing the township's right of way.
In other business, $1057.67 was
ordered paid on balance owed
American Asphalt for material used
on the Smith’s Pond road project;
a letter from the County Planning
Commission regarding subdivision
ordinance was read; and the police
chief asked for more emergency
flares.
Police report on number of ar-
rests, calls, etc., standard informa-
tion in most township meetings,
was refused by president supervisor
Elmer Laskowski after the Dallas
Post, which attends the meetings
with reasonable regularity, asked
to hear it.
Heretofore on fairly
terms with the Post, Laskowski
mysteriously bawked at the idea
of making the number of police
| calls known to the public. When
asked if there were a reason, he
said: “No reason.”
Supervisor Wesley Lamoreaux
added: “We don’t have many ar-
rests.” He also said: “They just
make trouble,” but did not say
who “they” were.
Donald W. Perrin Dies
At Nesbitt Hospital
Donald Wallace Perrin, 70, 223
Holly Street, Trucksville, died early
yesterday morning at Nesbitt Hos-
pital, where he had been admitted
on Tuesday.
Services will be held from the
Hugh R. Hughes Funeral Home,
Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Sat-
urday. afternoon at 2, with Rev.
Germond officiating. ;
Friends may call tonight and Fri-
day night from 7 to 9. J
Word of his death was just re-
ceived at press time,
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Prior to service, he was educated:
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THE DALLAS POST
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER,
A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION ;
Newly elected Dallas District
School director, Andrew Kozem-
chak stands to left of picture as he
and reelected director, L. L. Rich-
ardson, center back, receive oath
of office from president pro-tem,
Jack “Stanley. : 21
Kozemchak and Richardson were
elected by voters of Kingston, Dal-
las and Franklin Townships and
Dallas Borough.
The new board comprises only
seven members all of whom were
Bruce Davies III
Eagle Scout awards were. present-
ed to Bruce Davies, 3rd, and Jeff
Morris Tuesday evening, Nov. 26,
at Dallas Methodist Church. Both
boys are members of Scout Troop
281.
Bruce, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce S. Davies, 80 Church
Street, Dallas, has been active in
Scouting since Cub days, receiving
the 50th Anniversary award while
in Cub Scouts. As a Webelo, he
graduated into Boy Scouts 3% years
ago. He served as Assistant Patrol
Leader, Patrol Leader, and is now
the Quartermaster of Troop 281.
He received the Junior Red Cross
Life Saving badge, Y. M. C. A. Life
Saving badge, and holds 21 Merit
Badges. He has three years perfect
attendance in Boy ‘Scouts.
In the ninth grade at Dallas
Junior High School, he plays bas-
ketball and belongs to the shop
maintenance and Library clubs. He
is a member of the Dallas Methodist
Church and serves as usher. He is
also a member of the Senior MYF.
He received the God and Country
Award in February from Rev. Rus-
sell Lawry .He has five years per-
fect attendance at the Dallas Sun-
day School.
Jeffrey B. Morris, 14, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Morris, of
Shrine Acres, Dallas.
Jeffery was formerly a member
of Troop 123, Forty Fort, where he
served for a period of time as Patrol
Leader. He has participated in all
Cub Scout activities for the full
period required and continued
through Webelos, graduating into
friendly | Boy ‘Scouts several years ago. He
hss attended camp each summer and
becoming a member cof the Order
of the Arrow, [Scouting’s National
Honor Camping Society, last sum-
mer. Jeff has earned 22 merit
badges.
At Forty Fort School, he was an
honor student.
Two Are Made Eagle Scouts
reorganization meeting. ' Seated left
to right are Walter Phillips, Atty.
Jonathan Valentine, solicitor, Mrs.
Harriet Stahl, secretary; Dr. Robert
Mellman," superintendent of schools;
Earl Phillips seated behind Jack
Stanley, Mrs. Ann Vernon, Mrs.
Louise Steinhauer.
Ear] Phillips was elected presi-
dent of the board, Jack Stanley,
vice president. Mrs. Louise ‘Stein-
hauer was appointed representative
Jeffrey B. Morris
Charges to the Eagle Scouts were
given: Charge from: the Church to
Bruce Davies by Rev. Russell Lawry
and to. Jeffery Morris by Rev. Dr.
Jule Ayers; Charge from the Com-
munity by Atty. Robert Fleming;
Charge from the School by George
McCutcheon; Charge from Scout-
ing Mr. Charles Maxwell. Wilson
Maury had charge of. the Parents
ceremony in which silver Eagle pins
were presented to their mothers.
The Scout benediction was led by
Robert . Schooley, Troop Chaplain.
The Mothers Auxiliary of the
Scout Troop served a covered dish
supper. Mrs. Victor Cross was chair-
man; assisted by Mrs. Charles Mah-
ler’ and Mrs. Ralph Fitch. Helpers
were Mrs. Earl Brown, Mrs. Carlton
Davies, Mrs. Chamberlain and Mrs.
Clifford Garris.
present Monday evening for the
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VOL. 75, NO. 49 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1963
Kozemchak And Richardson Take Oath As New School Directors
to the Wyoming Valley Vocational
School and L. I. Richardson, al-
ternate.
Mr. Phillips praised present and
retiring members who had served
on’ the board 'and welcomed Mr.
Kozemchak.
Regular meeting of the board
will be held Tuesday evening. Dr.
Robert Bodycomb, _ retiring presi-
dent, was on hand to witness pro-
ceedings.
Photo by Kozemchak
Vaccine Sunday
Third and last administration of
Sabin Oral Vaccine is scheduled for
this Sunday, December 7, same time
and places as September and Oct-
the program. There will be no make-
up date. Residents missing the in-
oculation will make arrangements
with their own physician to ob-
tain protection from polio.
Rotarians In Favor
Of No Billboards
The Dallas Rotary met at Irem
Country Club, Myron Baker. presid-
ing. The club voted in favor of
joining other clubs and civic organ-
izations in discouragaing
tion of billboards along the newly
modified Luzerne-Dallas highway.
The club. will meet again Thurs-
day evening, 6:30 p.m., at the Irem
Country Club; Mr. Willard Seaman
is in charge of the evening program.
Three - Car Collision
A three-car collision at the Car-
verton Road and Memorial High-
way intersection occurred last ev-
ening at 5:45 p.m.
Frederick Sipple, Plymouth, dri-
ving a 1957 Plymouth was await-
ing the light and directly behind
him was a 1961 Rambler Ambassa-
dor operated by Edward Sawodniak,
RD 1, Harveys Lake.
Lloyd Lustig, Wilkes-Barre, driv-
ing a Plymouth sedan, crashed into
the Sawecdniak vehicle. driving it
into the Sipple machine.
Lustig said oncoming lights blind-
ed him. The front of his car was
badly damaged, and was towed
from the scene. The other automo-
biles suffered minor damage, and
were driven away by their owners.
Jeff and his family are members
of the First Presbyterian Church of
‘Wilkes-Barre. He received his God
and Country Award from Dr. Jule
Ayers.
In the ninth grade at Dallas Jun-
ior High Schol, he is a member of
the Student Council. He plays foot-
ball and baseball.
Legion Turkey Party
American Legion Turkey Party
scheduled for November and post- |
poned on the death of the Presi-
dent, will be held Sunday, Dec. 15,
it ‘was announced by Commander
George Cave. ;
On the committee are: Richard
Fuller, Joe Oravic, Bernard McDer- |
mott, Gus Shuleski, Curtis Bynon,
Leonard Dougherty, Tom Reese, Ro-
land Spencer, and Leonard Harvey.
22a DT $y
~ as the great Shavertown marsh.
at the side.
Great Shavertown Marsh
Below Center Street, Shavertown, on Memorial Highway, the
new bridge built for the extra lane has this unusual dip built right
in. The dip catches water, which in heavy rain has become known
Note the drain in the center of the road, (bottom picture), also
newly built, left high and dry while cars slog through the catch basin
Fred Dietz, field office manager for H. J. Williams, the contractor,
‘says that’s the way the bridge was engineered, and that it will be
compensated for by filling in when the surface is blacktopped,
Telephone Numbers
674-5656
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EASY TO REMEMBER is
674-7676
Highway Paving
About Finished
Railroad Relocation
Is Debatable Issue
With the last laying of concrete
this year for the Memorial High-
way to be completed in the week,
near Duke Isaacs’ in Trucksville,
all major werk with the exception
of digging at the Birch Grove
stretch is complete. -
Bridge-work will also continue
during the winter, according to
Fred Dietz, field office manager for
H. J. Williams Company, contractor
for the job. i
Dietz also said that relocation of
railroad tracks both at the Trueks-
ville stretch and in Noxen was
slated to begin this week. R. O.
Miller, supervisor for the Lehigh
Valley Railroad said he knew noth-
ing of such a move—that it was
proposed, but that nothing of tha
order had started.
Miller and trainmaster William
Ringenback, neither particularly
anxious to talk, said they would
not know a thing until they receiv-
ed word from the Bethlehem office.
No matter when the removal of
tracks takes place, and it is only
a matter of time until they are
moved since the road contractor A
must dig up that old roadbed, one
landmark which will see its end
will be the old railroad trestle at
Trucksville (see -picture on this
page). i
As to complaints about certain
strange factors in the engineering
of the new highway by the State,
Dietz said merely: “That's the way |
they were planned.” One question-
able point in the road is the bend
at Trucksville, where it is severely
banked just above a traffic light.
The other (see picture below) is
the odd recession in the new bridge
below Shavertown corners. #
In answer to the common state-
ment that the road situation is
going to be the worst next year,
Dietz said: “All we're going to do
is paving.”"
Back Mountain Area
Ambulance Logbook
Sa Dallas
Mrs. Bessie Ruck, East Dallas, |
was taken to Nesbitt Hospital Ho-
vember .25, Ray Titus amd L
Tinsley "attending. «© ;
firs. Lanka
Smith! ‘Huntsville
Road, was“taken to Nesbitt No- |
vember 28, Titus, Tinsley, and Rob-
ert Besecker attending. = ;
Ambulance was called to remove
accident casualties from Chase col-
lision Monday evening. Occupants
from Plymouth ‘(see related story).
Kingston Township |
Frank J. Besecker, Warden Ave-
nue, was brought home from Wil-
mington, Del, Wednesday after-
noon, last week, William Frederick
and Willard Bullock attending.
Hildegarde Grisel, Birch Grove
was taken to Nesbitt Hospital for
X-rays and returned home Thurs-
day morning, Frederick and Ar-
nold Yeust attending, He
E. R. Marley, Overbrook Avenue,
to Nesbitt, Thursday afternoon,
Harry Smith, William Kreischer and
Walter Davis attending.
Mrs. Gertrude [Euth, Carverton
Road was brought to the home of
her daughter, Mrs. ®tanley Cash-
mark Saturday aftérnoon from
Pittston Hospital, Davis and Jack |
Lasher attending. Las
Sunday
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Mrs. Jeseph
Emerick, Chase, to Nesbitt, Marvin
Yeust and Lasher attendants. g
Lehman
Mrs. Anna Wenner, Norris's Glen
evening,
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Hillside Road, to Nesbitt November
29, Lee Wentzel and Pete Hospodar |
attending. ’
Mrs. Regina Pimm, and infant |
daughter, Huntsville-Idetown Road, |
to Nesbitt Tuesday, December 3, J
Wentzel and Hospodar attending.
Franklin-Northmoreland
Henry Ferris, Orange, to General |
Hospital last week, . Rev. Williana |
Watson, William Boyes, and Wid- |
liam Boyes III attending. }
Mrs. Guy Cooper, Centermore- 1
land, home from General Hospital,
William Boyes and- Glenn Major
attending.
Two False Alarms
Firemen in Dallas and Shaver
town were called out by sirens in |
each community Wednesday morn-
ing, but there were no fires to fight.
Volunteers said the alarms were
tripped by test impulses sent out by
the telephone company. 158
Near Tragedy
A game of war, nearly ended tra-
gically for Billy Warren, six year
old grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Brunges, Claude Street, Dallas.
Billy, his brother Wally and a
friend were throwing and retriev- |
ing stones. Billy was struck by a |
car while so doing and received a |
concussion, which hospitalized him |
for eight days. He is now back
home and recuperating nicely. Bil-
ly is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank |
Warren, Philadelphia. Mrs. Warren
is the former Virginia Brunges.
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BORO COUNCIL TO MEET
Dallas Borough Council will meet |
Tuesday night at 8 in the Borough |
Building. 5 i!
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