| | » - will try to judge which projects 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain HE DALLAS POST , TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION VOL. 75, NO. 29. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1964 Twp. Beach Bids | For Project 70 Red Ambrose’s Land Helps To Raise Base. Lehman Township beach, which has been making local history slow- ly and surely over the last year as a ‘first’, continued the course this weekend with a promise of more land and a preliminary application for Project 70 funds. Francis ‘Red” Ambrose, prom- inent Lake property owner, agreed to increase the township money base for state-matching funds, by giving Lehman 40 feet of lake front. Thus the township could have anywhere from an estimated $9,600 worth of assets (depending on a- mount of appraisal) up to some $12,000. This wad of “money”, in the form of land, can be increased by twenty percent of total cost from the federal government and, of course, the 50 per cent from Pro- ject 70. : Government funds will be used, presumably, to improve the beach, and also to buy additional land. Ad- jacent beach area is owned by Mr. Ambrose also. He has been selling this, the last vacant desirable shore property on Harveys Lake, to private buyers recently. Applications for Project 70 mon- ey must be made before August 31, according to Mr. Ambrose, who noted that this first application is more of a statement of intent. The State will process all statements of intent (and there will be many), are worthy, will then ask for for- mal applications, after which the property will be appraised. At present, Lehman Township Beach consists of two parcels of land leased for a nominal amount from Joseph Paglianite, owner of the nearby pizzeria, and from the James Mack Estate. For final application for state funds, a gift of the land concerned will be necessary from each of those parties. Present at the application, at 10 a.m. Saturday, were: Township Su- pervisors William Samuels and Michael Godek, road inspector Ben Banks, and Ambrose. Project 70 is 4 state endeavor, | approved by tie pubis, tigset a- | side $70 million for development of recreational areas and facilities throughout Pennsylvania. Francis T. Cadwalader Army Sergeant First Class Fran- cis T. Cadwalader, son of Theodore Cadwalader, Route 1, Dallas, and other members of Company C, 8th Medical Battalion, participated in Exercise SWIFT TRACK, a field training exercise held near Baum- holder, Germany, ending June 30. in the company in Germany, en- tered the Army in March 1943. Two occupants of ‘this convertible escaped with a total of one small cut on the knee, when the car skid- ded on road oil and . flipped at Huntsville early Monday night. Driver Gerald [Pallis, 16, West ty minutes until the ambulance crew was able to pry the car up. Main Street, Plymouth, was trap- | ped under the heap for some twen- | Two Boys. Escape Fligeed Wieck With One Small Cut Huntsville Christian Church had just been oiled an hour or so before the accident, and Pallis skidded as he was coming downhill. Passenger Robert Flynn, 15, Shonk Street, Plymouth, had a cut knee, while Pallis sustained no ap- | parent injuries. Both were taken | to Nesbitt [Hospital by Lehman | Township police chief Joseph Ide The dirt surface of the road to and patrolman Roland Ide. Ambu- lancemen were Lee Wentzel Pete Hospodar. Seen here “ preparing the wreck | for removal, as it blocks the road- way, are John Major and Walter Meade, with Meade’'s tow-truck. Car is a 1952 Ford, with numeral “427” painted on side, bearing new inspection sticker, “Used Car DI'r” license plate and has a floor shift. photo by Kozemchak 1907 Giant's Despair Scrapbook In Tiny's Famous Car Collection With Giants ' Despair Hillclimb coming up this weekend, the Dallas Post was prompted to pull into Tiny Gould’s antique’ car lot in Trucksville last week, when we spotted the maestro - polishing up one of his beauties. Tiny, we knew, wag an old Yond at the hill, and would have some- thing to say about it. His Cadillac- Allard sports car was a consistent winner in the fifties, taking firsts and seconds in many ‘SCCA ‘events, including the Giant and Fox Gap hillclimbs. Well, said Tiny, there is a 2 Strong «chance that this will be the last Giant, because they may have to eritdvate to put out the mine fire. 11* this is the case, he hoped tHey would stage’ one last climb event for classic cars. And does he ever have the classic to do the job: a 1930 Duesenberg roadster that once belonged to movie-star Gary Cooper. When the car wag issued from the factory, it was guaranteed to do 104 in sec- ond gear and 134 in third. Tiny has something else that would interest any Giants Despair fan, a scrapbook about the famous race, running from 1907 forward for several years, during the days of glory of the Matheson car, manufactured in Wilkes - Barre. Baby Want A Drink of Milk ?! Baby raceo6n stands right up for his drink of milk, The little coon takes to strangers fed by Sharon toc, and greeted the; Dallas Post Brobst, daughter of Kenneth Brobst, staff warmly with i introductory now a resident of Muncy. They acquired the little fellow after finding his mother killed, and Pinecrest sniff or two. The Brobsts formporly lived on Avenue, | Dallas,: and he was readily domesticized, as you Sharon is ‘the niejce of Borough ‘can see. Council president Harold Brobst and Hight School coac Clint Brobst. Scrapbook was put together by coal baron George F. Lee, the tail end of whose Matheson was apparently a common sight to police in Wilkes- Barre, Plymouth, and surrounding communities, since Mr. Lee saved all his traffic summonses. The tickets failed to designate the exact speed of Mr. Lee’s auto- mobile at the time of violation, but it was probably all of 25 m.p,h. In any case, Mr. Lee, who loved the "Giants Despair, kept them all for posterity, right in the scrapbook. A Matheson ear won the Giant one year, and Wilkes-Barre was jubilant. Other winners in those days were such extinct or assimi- lated marques as the Chadwick and the Benz: CORD TAKES U.S.A. FIRST The car Tiny was fixing up at the time we dropped in was a 1929 Cord with a rather distinguished past. It recently won first place in class at the Grand Classic; Morris- town, N. J., the biggest, most im- portant Classic Car Club of America event in the nation. The Cord also took ! first in class | in the National Spring Meet, Gettysburg, an event for both an- tiques and classicg (dividing line is the late twenties), and at Williams- port last” weekend. When Tiny bought the Cord, it was : an unrestored piece of junk. ‘What a change. of Other examples of Ameriéa’s rich automotive’ heritage in Tiny's gar- | age are: a 1918 Stutz Bulldog, two 1929 Paclkards, a 1934 [Lincoln 12- cylinder,’ a 1909 Thomas Flyer (one of which ‘won first place in the ! famous’ round-the-world race of that era), a 1913 Paige, and many | others. Or beauty you may have a, as you drove dcwn the highway past Tiny's, is a 1923 Hahn firle ‘engine, combination pumper ard ladder truck, with real, old- fashioned hard rubber tires. Tiny | ‘plans to restore the truck which is | ‘ presently in excellent running con- dition. In fact, the Selinsgrove Fire Department had used the engine up until the time Tiny bought it last summer, and.Tiny drove it up | here, cruising at about 35 miles an hour. Other paraphernalia at Tiny's | place includes emblems, hood orna- | license badges (a real rarity), and antique toy cars and wagons. He is presently sell- ing his complete stock of general | antiques in order to devote. full time to cars. Gun-lovers take note: Tiny is also selling his gun collec- tion, mostly collector's items, in- cluding a “One of a Thousand” Winchester, and a Winchester once owned by Pawnee Bill with barrel bored smooth to accomodate Paw- nee’s special bird-shot cartridges | which helped hig famous marks. | manship no end. "As Tiny converts his business | totally to cars, he affirms his con- | tinuing interest in one of the world’s most colorful -(and expen- | sive): ‘hobbies, which is also a | thriving business. He has put] Trucksville on the national map as the location of one of only three | nationally - advertised antique and | classic car dealerships in the U.S.A. I: Tiny’s career as a sports car racing and hill climb driver is part of the vast now, but he estimates | he could clip his old time by five | seconds just from the improvement | of the road’s in recent years. He agrees, it will be a shame if the Giant has to go looking fot a new Aas; ments, drivers surface Back Mountain Area Ambulance Logbook Dallas Community Dallas ambulance had a busy week, with seven calls: : Mrs. Maria Heslop, lower De- munds Road, was taken to General Hospital on July 17, Don Shaffer, Gil Morris, and Jim Davies as crew. ‘Russell Honeywell, Lake Street, was taken to Nesbitt Hospital the same day, Ed Roth, Bob Besecker, and Morris attending. ? Mrs. B. B. Lewis, Woodlawn Ave- to Nesbitt on Saturday, Morris and Besecker as crew. Margaret Wood, Birch Hill Lane, was taken to General the same day, Morris, Besecker, and Davies as Crew. Ambulance was called to the home of the late Ralph Harris: “0 administer oxygen on Mondy night. On Tuesday the ambulance took Jack Hastings, Elmcrest, to Gener- al Hospital, Morris, Hayden Rich- ards, and Roy Laughead attending. Mrs. John Brewster, Terrace Dr., was taken to Nesbitt on Tuesday night, Davies, L. R. Scott, and Bill Wright as crew. Franklin - Northmorland Franklin - Northmoreland am- | bulance took Mrs. Margaret Hayes, Orange, to General Hospital on Thursday, Rev. W. W. Watson, Nancy Boyes, and ‘Ralph Weaver as crew. } ; On Saturday, Mrs. Sarah Shields, lower Northmoreland township, was taken home from Nesbitt Hos- pital, Robert Berlew and Robert Shields attending. Lehman Township Lehman ambulance = responded Monday night, when a car flipped in Huntsville (see picture), helped rescue one occupant; Lee Wentzel and Pete Hospodar were crew, Tuesday night, the ambulance | took Mrs. Catherine Miller, Lehman center, to General Hospital, after what was described as an overdose of some kind of. pill. Lake Township | Lake Township ambulance took | Ambrose Delaney from Harveys Lake to Mercy Hospital on Satur- { day, John Stenger and Lee Zim- | merman attending. ~ | Noxen Township | Noxen ambulance took John Mul- nix Sr. from General Hospital to Carpenter, Convalescent Home on | Friday, Gilbert Harvey, Dick Rich- ards, and "Earl Crispell as crew. Kingston Township Friday, Mrs. Leo Bukeavitch, 156 | Spring Garden Street, was removed from Mercy Hospital to her home. W. Davis and W. Bullock as crew. On Sunday, Mrs. George Wolfe, Shaver Avenue, was taken to Mercy Hospital. Davis and W. Frederick attending. Monday, Franklin Hawke, Trucks- ville, was removed from Carpenter Nursing Home to Nesbitt Hospital. Davis, C. Miers and Bullock as crew. Collision Of 2 Cars At Machell Corner Two cars collided at the inter- section of Machell Avenue and Me- morial Highway at 9:18 Monday ev- ening, both drivers escaping injury. Mrs| Doris Mallin, 45 Pinecrest Avenue; Dallas, was proceeding ‘ac- ross the highway toward Machell Avenue from behind the honor roll, and Stephen J. Pawléey was com- ing out ‘of the bank parking lot, turning up the highway ‘toward Harveys Lake, when the two collid- | ed. Damage was to the right side and fender of Pawley’s 1964 Mer- | cury and to grill, hood, fan, and right fender of the Mallin machine, a 1960 Plymouth. Officers Raymond Titus and Charles Lamoreaux in- vestigated. i Trucksville Chief's Attack Reported Heart Shows Improvement; Out Of Oxygen Tent Russell Honeywell, of ~ Dallas Borough, at Nesbitt Hospital this week, ac- | cording to his family, after appar- Police Chief | ‘was improving | Dallas Postmaster ‘Given Legion Award Tom Reese and Postmaster Ed. Buckley have returned home after attending the State American Le- gion Convention which was held last week in Philadelphia. Postmaster Buckley was awarded a trophy for his work on Ameri- canism in the 12th District which | comprises Luzerne County. This is the second year he has ently suffering a heart attack on Friday night. He was listed as “fair” 'yester- | day afternoon, and had been out | of oxygen for the first time part of | Tuesday. His condition had still | been termed ‘‘serious’ at midnight | B= Tuesday, but he was said to have spent a good night. Meanwhile, police protection of | Dallas was being administered on| a temporary basis by officer Ray- mond Titus, Borough Council, and | part-time patrolmen who offered help to Titus on a volunteer basis. Borough Council met Monday night to find a substitute for Chief Honeywell until he is fully recov- | and | ered, but had not come up with | | anything concrete late this week. Officer Titus is employed elsewhere daytime, was are the other special police. Substitutes would, of necessity, have to be local men, according to | police committee chairman Bob Moore, in order to answer night calls. . Chief Honeywell's illness was caused by a past lung ailment, and be- cause he felt no pain accompany- ing extreme loss of breath. He had complained” of not feel- ing well during the humid days preceeding his attack, according to his family. ; His birthday was Saturday, and two sons, Russell, Jr., and Tom, were visiting on Friday, and went with Russ on his rounds that ev- ening. When they arrived home, the chief slumped down in a kitch- en chair and called for the boys. It was about 8:30. Dr. A. A. Mascali called Dallas ambulance, and crewmen Robert Besecker administered oxygen all the way to the hospital. Finds Stolen Car John = Major, off-duty Lehman Township: policeman,” found” a car stolen from David Ertley’s lot in Kingston. The 1960 Chevrolet was parked along what is known as Bulford’s Road on Monday morn- Cynthia Konsavage, | route’ for Australia, | Eck, bound for South Africa, were unable to join other Rotary Ex- change students. honored at Dallas Rotary Club last week. The first row shows Sheryl Stan- ley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stanley, ‘headed for and * Alan Landis, son of Mr. erlands. Second row: Larry Pederson, who will study in Finland, is flanked Confusion as to the nature of | Rotry. Exchange Students Ot For Overseas already en- and Beverly Switzerland; | and | Mrs. John Landis, off for the Neth- | been awarded a trophy by taking third place throughout the State on Americanism, | Tom Reese, is also chairman of Boys State for the 12th District of | the American Legion. |B ALL - STARS WIN ! Back Mountain All-star Lit- tle Leaguers beat Duryea last night 1 - 9. Go, boys, GO ! School Bus Inspection For. Area Slated Aug. 5 | Inspection date for school buses | is set for August 5, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Dallas Junior High School. Similar hours are set for Shick- | shinny, DL&W station August 6; | Forty Fort Borough Building, Aug- ust 7; and Hazleton, August 8. Contractors are informed by Lu- | zerne County School Board that | any of these inspection stations may | be used.- School bus signs must be | covered while enroute to inspec- | | tion stations. ‘Three Crash At Lake Near Picnic Grounds Three cars collided at Harveys Lake Sunday afternoon in front of Hanson's pavilion, as one stopped to allow a parked car to back out onto the road. No one was hurt. In the first car was John Rinko, N. Empire Street, Wilkes-Barre, who stopped to allow the car to come out. In the second, directly behind Rinko was Harold Mauger, of Catasaqua, who also stopped. The third car, driven by Robert Hillard, Plymouth, failed to stop, however, and struck the tail-end of Mauger’s Hillman, driving it for- ward into the Rinko car, a Chevro- let. All cars were proceeding toward Laketon at the time of crash, about 2:20, according to Assistant chief of police ‘Walbridge Leinthall. Dam- age. was to front end of Hillard’s Plymouth, front and back of the Mauger car, and back of Rinko ma- chine. | by Dr. Robert A. Mellman, superin- tendent of Dallas ‘Schools, and chairman of the Rotary Club Stu- | dent Exchange program for the Dal- las Club. Dale Mosier, recently returned from the continent, spoke on “The Common Market,” using informa- tion he had accumulated during his year in western Germany. Dale is son of Mr. He does not appear in the picture. Dr. Lester Jordan was in charge 'of the program. Lake Jean Is Perfect Site For Church Picnic Members of the Club, Methodist staged an outing on Sunday at Lake Jean. Some members with their Couples | families . made a day of it, going out for bacon and eggs in the morning, | hot dogs and hamburgs at noon, | and steak and baked potatoes at night. Mrs. Robert Sherwood, one of the women attending, says she cannot understand why more people in this area do not understand the at- tractions that Lake Jean offers, Church, | camping Last year, she and her husband ! and children camped there, taking in a terrific thunderstorm. Some other couples drove out to | Lake Jean after the morning serv- ice. Lake Jean has facilities for tent, trailer, or primitive camping, with plenty of woodsy areas, and easy access ‘to swimming areas. The walk down through the gorge to Ricketts Glen, miles and miles of waterfalls, is as scenic as any- thing in the United States. Children are welcome in the camping sites, and there is always plenty of room. The charge for a’ Sites is minimal, and Mrs. Sheldon Mosier. | Ruggles Car Crashes At Bear Hollow Turn A Triumph sports car driven by Harry Ruggles III, Dallas RD 4, left the road at Bear Hollow, Lake Township, around 1 a.m. Sunday, driver escaping serious injury Car landed upside down, accord- ing to authorities, its wild path ap- parently impeded by tree branches. Although the machine had to be towed away, it did not receive an excess of body ‘damage, police chief Edgar Hughes said. It was going downhill at the time of the accident, and missed the second turn, a curve left. : Bear Hollow hill is famous as the toughest part of the old SCCA race course of Brynfan Tyddn, the Newell Wood Estate. Auction Is Set For August 7 - 8 Centermoreland Folk To Otfer Many Items The Eighth Annual Auction of Centermoreland Methodist Church will get underway this year on Fri- day and Saturday August 7 and 8. Second largest event of its kind in the Back Mountain Area, the sponsors of this large church pro- ject wait in deference to the Back Mountain Library Auction to sched- ule their own. One of the most popular auctions in the vicinity, each year finds the crowds swelling and food gourmets clamoring for more of that fine fine chicken barbecue which is served both evenings. Glen Major and Richard Brun- ges will head the large committee this year and Mr. Brunges will join auctioneers Myron Baker, Russell Miller and Wayne Weaver in mov- ing the wide assortment of goods over the block. Treasured antiques garnered | from . local households, new and old goods and farm produce will be offered to eager bidders, many of the items going at a reasonable price. Every family will contribute of their time and effort in reducing the church debt. Helen Besteder will assist the chairman as head of the solicitation committee. Ida Ber- lew will be in charge of pricing and listing; Karl Besteder, pick-up; Ken- ney McGraw, auction helpers, run- ners and spotters; Ola Mae Schoon- over, cashiers;. Louise James, spec- ial features and small goods. Bill Boyes will head the displays, Floyd Besteder and Glen Brunges services and grounds; Ethel and Bill Troster, tickets, Walter Mekeel, parking; Catherine Shelburne, pub- licity; George Schoonover, proper- ties and clean-up. Wesley and Pat Boyes will head up the . refreshment committee, Zana Dymond, baked goods; Miriam | and Verna Dymond, barbecue, Ted | Dymond, pits. Two Men Aid Community A major problem in Shavertown | sent to. Mrs. Kennedy. has been solved by a conscientious | committeeman assisted by a local | pharmacist. Ted Poad several weeks ago as- | sisted in the traffic light problem by personally taking ‘the revised plans to the proper authorities at Harrisburg. Last week Ted sought out the Penna. Highway Department and! put in an impassioned plea for a | new pave on E. Center Street. | He was successful and the thor- oughfare maintained by the state from Shavertown Lumber Company | to Schooley’s Farm will be entirely | resurfaced. To expedite the job, the highway | | | | | | | | | the rescue and offered his | alongside the drug store. | Sutfers Injury department asked that a spot be found to make a stock pile for the crushed stone. Shel Evans came to It will take 680 tons. of gravel to complete the work and 500 tons have already been dumped at the] Evans lot. Work on the road will begin next Wednesday answering the long time pleas of residents for some help. . A public official who is commun- ity-minded proves his worth. Don Theobald, 33 Susquehanna Avenue, -a Dallas Post little mer- chant came into the office last week to pay his bill, shaking a blood splattered hand. But being the lit- tle man he is, he never mentioned that he had just slammed the car: door on his fingérs until the clerk at «the counter questioned him. Don delivers the Dallas Post to neighbors who just can’t wait for the mail. You might give him a lit- tle uplift by calling and giving him some business. Don is the son of ~opinion . . . Dallas Post Winner Of Golden Quill, First Place In 80,000 Editorials International Honor For Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks HIX With the winning of the Golden Quill award, Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks, associate editor of the Dallas Post brings honor not only to Dallas ~and the Dallas Post, but to the State of Pennsylvania. The Golden Quill was presented to Mrs. Hicks July 16, at the annual dinner of the International Confer- ence of, Weekly Newspaper editors, based at Southérn Illinois Universi- ty, with sessions held at Pere Mar- 4 quete State Park, Illinois. - It was given to the winner of an editorial contest in which over 80,000 editorials from weekly news- } paper editors all over the world were considered. Preliminary screening was done by the Journal- ism Department of Southern Illin- ois University. Editorials of the 1,189 finalists were submitted to Charles Edward | Bounds, chairman of the Journal- ism Department at University of Alabama. In making his decision, Dr. Bounds writes in the foreward of the brochure: “My final selection . THE LIVING FLAME . . .. was - based on. an appreciation of the time when it was composed, on the depth of emotion it- expressed and on the fact that .'. . in my should be. preserved - throughout the future as an example of great writing. It expresses the thought and soul of America.” The editorial, written at the time of the state funeral of the late President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and entitled, “The Living Flame,” has been reprinted in Editor and this piece ‘of writing Publisher, and in various newspaper = magazines. Its first Inter ational. soovgnition came in the January. issue of “Grass-roots Editor,” issued by the journalism department of Southern Illinois University as the lead ed- itorial in its editor's sorabools of the Assassination. : This section of -the. magazine was A limited edition of the Golden - Quill editorials, containing the win- ning editorial and’ editorials of the runners-up, was issued’ at the time of the award dinner, .its cover im- printed on handmade. paper. Each brochure was numbered. An edition of 1,000-will eventually be printed, to supplement the limited 250 copy issue. : Mrs. Hicks is better known’ to her chosen community as HIX. or | Mrs. Pillar to Post. : She has. been writing Pillar to Post for twenty-two. years, contri- buting .t first from her home in Kingston, and later, before joining the staff of the Dallas Post in March of 1950, from her home on Upper Demunds Road. Dr. Howard Long, head of the Department of ‘Journalism ‘of Sou- thern Illinois University,’ made the arrangements. for Mrs. Hicks’ at- tendance at the Conference, and | her appearance as award wine? at land 1 Mr. and Mrs. Theoheld, the final dinner. Mrs. Hicks has been writing tor more years - than “she likes to re- member, and has won various a- = wards, among them that ‘of Penn- sylvamia ‘Newswoman of the Year in 1952. She drew blood - on her first entry into the contest field, when, as a new member of PWPA, she submitted a story on a “lost child. She says, “How can you. go wrong with material like that?” And she adds, “How ‘can you’ go wrong on a subject such as the As- assination of a President? Anybody could write a moving editorial ‘on a theme such as thet. It was. just a matter of timing.” x Somecne Badly ok That Lost Wallet Somebody desperately needs shut wallet, lost Sunday someware be- tween Gregory's store and the West: moreland Elemenary School. It. con» tained money to run a family for two weeks, a family. of two. adults and three small children. See classified ad. Howard Wardan, Dallas RD 4, phone 674-5578, lost his car keys late Wednesday afternoon, near Kuehn’s Drug Store. Please ¢all him.