Oldest Business Institution
Back of the Mountain
75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER
EN CENTS PER COPY—FOURTEEN PAGES
Tour Tries Road
To Mtn. Springs
Gamelands Caravan
To Get More Trucks
Sunny doldrum weather helped
make the Game Commission's tour
of Gamelands 57, sponsored by Har-
veys' Lake Rod and Gun Club, a
complete success — so much of a
success, in fact, that the Commis-
sion plans a bigger and better one
next year, complete with lots of
Truck Demolished, Driver Lost In Kunkle For Seven Hours |
DALLAS POST
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
VOL. 75, NO. 42. T
| GSA Condemns Land,
Snubs Devens Appeal
General Services Administration
of the U. S. Government has served
condemnation notice on land owned |
| by Mrs. Millie Devens LaBar, in |
| effect rejecting an appeal she made
| following government offer in re- |
| compense for land to be occupied
by the new postoffice.
| The $6,000 offer was felt by Mrs. |
| LaBar to be too low, and case will
| now go to federal district court in |
| Scranton.
Mrs. Maude Yeisley, who rented
the home on Mrs. LaBar’s land, has
TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
Telephone Numbers
674-5656
674-7676
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FRSTAY. GoTo 2 To ;
‘Halloween Plans
Still Up In Air
Shavertown's Year;
Probably Next Week
The annual Back Mountain Hal-
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| lowe’en Parade is still up in the
| air, as far as plans go, according
informed businessmen.
This year the event, which al-
to
| ternates locale and sponsorship be-
| tween Dallas and Shavertown, may
not even take place, unless more
trucks to carry the people. 3S | businessmen in Shavertown area |
One of the finest public events moved to a home on Franklin | take active interest in laying
in the Back Mountain, the tour Street. Demolition contractors, ap- | s.oundwork.
Sunday drew about 150 people and parently pretty confident that Mrs. Last year, while the business-
over 30 cars that drove the long |
mountainous route, according to |
warden Ed Gdosky.
Tour started at Ricketts Gate on
Red Rock Mountain and did a 30
mile circuit, this year for the first
time travelling the brand-new
Mountain Springs Road.
The Mountain Springs Road, open
to the public from Ricketts to the
Springs, is the historic old railroad
bed once used to transport ice out
On-the-scene Dallas Post camera
followed = the startling sequence of
events in Kunkle Saturday morn-
ing, as driver of the mangled pick-
up truck at left actually disappeared
for seven hours, following crash.
Kingston, is seen in center picture,
just about to get into police chief
Frank Lange's car in front of the
Job Dietz home on the Lake road.
A search party was slowly form-
ing that rainy Saturday morning,
of his friend Thomas's crash and
strange disappearance, and assistant
police chief Stanley Gardiner. Eight
guard rail posts, mowed down by
the wild truck, can be seen here.
Some seven hours following the
running around the corner
that Thomas was up in their garden,
but refused to come along in Ron-
ald’s car, Thomas had apparently
been asleep for some time under | Engelman,
a tree on the Brace property.
shouting after the crash, only the truck was
LaBar will lose her case, have been
checking the premises.
Several buildings, including a
barn and a garage occupy the land.
Three Cars Crash
At Center Street
‘Another accident occurred at the
Center Street intersection, Shaver-
| town, on Monday afternoon at 4:30,
found, overturned in the meadow
by Leonards Creek, across from the
power plant. A neighbor, Robert
saw Thomas near the
hand to his
wreck, holding a
| men were willing to stand behind
the Hallowe'en Parade with money,
for prizes, etc., Kiwanis had to jump
in to administrate the works.
Edward Humphreys at the Shaver-
town Shopping Center said by the
| middle of this week that he knew
the businessmen in that area ex-
pected him to make all the initial
arrangements, and that he was
calling around to enlist support this
week. However, he noted, he knew
of the mountains Shirt nearly ripped off his back, | part of which is seen at right, in- | crash, as Kunkle firemen combed Collision occurred about 4:30 | stomach, but when he returned | , C E ead I Pei a tof
Ed 3 and with only one sock on, Ken- | cluding Bob Wintersteen, who came | the meadow and hill for the miss- a.m. Sound of several vehicles was from calling police and ambulance, | with a chain reaction incident re-| of some disinterest on the pa
says the group saw turkey ! : | sulting. | business in Shavertown.
and deer, at least those people in
the front cars did. Many curiosity-
seekers joined with prospective
hunters on the tour, never having
been through the old backwoods
neth Thomas, 20, 378 North Maple,
over to the scene when he heard
ing man, Stan Gardiner’s son came
heard by near-by residents,
Volunteers’ Pay
Back Mountain Area
Ambulance Logbook
Tipperary Trail
Riders Lose Horse
but
the victim was gone. Ambulance
crewman Charles Flack, Bill Wright,
Don Shaffer, and Jim Davies. joined
police, state police, and firemen in
the seach. : Pas
With so many lanes, motorists
complain they are confused on the
officer’s signals.
A car crossing from West Center
The Hallowe'en Parade is usually
held on a Wednesday or Thursday
preceding October 31. There is only
one week remaining before that
date, and the parade, if in fact
Thomas “was” ¢overed with | Street lead a motorist coming to- |
Which Still Roams Area Mountains
Franklin-Northmoreland
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section, which was once a booming
lumber and ice complex of industry.
At Mountain Springs, the’ people
saw the new Fish Commission dam.
Also helping ‘run the tour were
George Sprankel, Commission Land
Manager, and Rod and Gun Club
officials, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Nel-
son, Glenn Spencer, and Dean
In Court Sought
Ambulance Wonders,
Who's To Stand Loss
Dallas Community Ambulance
volunteers, meeting Tuesday, ‘asked
“What would happen if ambulance
crewmen were called away from
their jobs to appear in court, as
almost happened in the death of
John Weaver recently?”
It was suggested that at least
the difference in lost wages should
be made up from the ambulance
fund. The men, after all, are only
serving their community, without
| pay when they answer a. call on
their. own time, and a long court-
case where they might be called as
witnesses could cost them a week's
wages.
Many members thought this would
be unfair, and livelihood endangered |
should be recompensed, but the |
| ambulance group differed as to what |
Shaver.
Week's Second Crash
Near Centermoreland
A wild car hit the home of Mr.
and Mrs. William Boyes, Center-
moreland, around 8:20 Saturday
night, but none of the three oc-
cupants was injured.
Car reportedly skidded out of
control, attempting to avoid hitting
another which appeared to be stop-
ping, according to driver Russell
Kasson, 16, R. D. 2 Mehoopany.
Other passengers were Robert Sick-
ler and David Puza.
Car crossed the Vernon road,
Franklin - Northmoreland = am-
bulance took Richard Matello, Leo
Tamanini, and James Carey, all of
Kingston, from an accident in Ver-
non to General Hospital. George
Schoonover and Glenn Brunges
took ambulance out to the scene,
and Stanley Weaver and Les Howell
took it to the hospital.
Lake . Township
Lake ambulance took John Pa-
cievez, Warden Place, to Nesbitt
Hospital on Thursday, Lee Zimmer-
| man and John Stenger attending.
Lehman Township
Lehman ambulance took Robert
Renshaw, who was visiting at-Harry
Edwards’ home in Huntsville to
Nesbitt Hospital on Saturday, Russ
Coolbaugh and Lee Wentzel as
crew.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Ludwig, Wyo-
ing, were taken from an accident
at Meeker to Nesbitt Hospital on
Monday, Wentzel and Pete Hos-
podar attending.
Tipperary: Trail Riding Club ‘ran
into complications this: year in their
annual Fall ‘Ride, giving members
a good work-out, and sending one
visitor home. minus his mount.
The ride began on Tuesday and
| covered 20 miles through the End-
less Mountains. . Misfortune struck
the first day and two horses trailer-
ed in by Harold Long and Robert
Getz became ill ‘and required the
services of veterinarian Dr. Richard
Post.
With substitute mounts, the ride
continued on Wednesday beginning
at Noxen and a goal of the Ricketts
Traffic Signals
At Long Last
New Building Nearly
knocked over two trees, and drop-
ped over an embankment. In the
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to ‘do about it. No action was
taken, but Ed Roth will check into
Ready For Occupancy
Traffic lights leng overdue at
Kingston Township ts
Thursday, Mrs. George Bulford, |
Sutton Road, was taken to Nesbitt |
Ehavertdtin,” the Boyes's daughter
| possibility ~ of retaining ‘a’ lawyer
| year-around for the ambulance
i»assodlation. ? Nr
and tSon in-law. President Leslie Tinsley said that
This: was the second accident in | the Commonwealth reimburses wit-
the Centermoreland area in the last | nesses ‘at the rate of a little over
week. Thursday night, three boys | $6.10 a day. He has served as a
from Kingston were hurt in an acci- police officer many years and has
dent on Route 292 at Vernon, one been’ called to court as ‘a witness
being hospitalized. | a number of times.
house at the time were Mr. and
Mrs. Elwood Swingle and children,
| Hospital
ear essa Mrs. William Wright and Mrs.
: | Nelson Thompson reported on the
Plans Bingo Party | coincard drive. Mrs: Wright asked
Post 967, American Legion, Har- | after the meeting that the Dallas
veys Lake, will hold their annual Post. remind people not to use the
wie, Walter Davis and Carl
Miers as: view: BL)
Mrs. Anna Cabore, Druid Hills
was admitted to Nesbitt Hospital on
Saturday. Marvin Yeust and Davis
attending.
Tuesday, Charles Grifed, Lower
Birch Grove, was taken to the
Veterans Hospital with Davis and
Miers as crew.
AMBULANCE CREW
Ray Titus’s crew, Dallas Ambulance,
remains on duty until = midnight
Sunday. Next week: Ed Roth, cap-
seve al intersections in Kingston
stalled within the:
weeks.
Bids submitted last Wednesday
evening at the regular meeting of
: Kingston Supervisors showed a
| wide variance in price of installa-
tion, ranging from $22,642 to
$13,950.
Board voted to call in two lowest
bidders, Kenneth Rowlands, Plym-
outh and Robert L. Thomas, Kings-
ton, to see if specifications were
followed. Installation will prob-
next several
Towhship are expected to be" in-|
bingo party at Sunset Park Monday fire phone to call about picking up | tain: Ralph Fitch, Gil Morris, Don
| cards, but call her direct, 674-5201. Shaffer, William Berti.
evening, October 26 at 8 p.m.
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Dallas's Baker zips through a hole in the Exeter line in Satu
from teammate, early in the first half. ’
Dallas chalked up its most decisive score of the ¥ear in this game, and sent in every single member
of the squad. (See story, page Bl).
Kiwanis Show
Sure To Please
Womanless Wedding
Expects Big Audience
Back Mountain residents have a
rare treat in store during the week-
end when Dallas Kiwanis Club will
present its hilarious ‘Womanless
Wedding” tonight, Friday and Sat-
urday evenings at Dallas Senior
High School.
Surprises are in store at every
turn with variety numbers and the
high stepping Kiwanis Koquettes in-
tersperced. between the acts.
A nervous bridegroom’ played by &
Dallas Zips Through Hole Tn Exeter Line For Yardage
rday’s game, with some nice help (right)
ably not be completed until early
December. This also includes Car-
verton Road intersection. :
On Monday evening the Board
awarded the contract to the lowest
bidder, Mr. Rowlands, after re-
viewing the estimates submitted.
Chairman LaRoy Ziegler announc-
ed much progress being made on
| new township “building with the
| possibility - of holding next board
meeting there. Fire hall will be
torn down shortly.
| Cemetery condition . brought the
| opinion = from Solicitor Mitchell
| Jenkins that lot owners pursue the
| matter in an equity suit.
| The problem of acquiring rail-
| road property to widen the Heller's
| Grove thoroughfare will have to be
| settled between property owners
| and railway company according to
| Jenkins.
Jurisdiction over township roads
| rests with the supervisors and all
| utilities must contact Board before
obtaining permits, Mr. Ziegler dis=
closed.
Dust conditions from torn up
| berms were laid to dry weather
: Penna. Gas and Water Company,
| said final paving has not been com-
pleted in some areas and that those
| having complaints
| directly.
Three streets scheduled for pav-
ing, Valley View Drive, Johnson
I and Perrin Avenues must be placed
| on township map before they can
may call him
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| be accepted. Mr. Jacotosky will be |
assigned to draw up prints. The
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| purchase of
Walt Phillips is blostered by the
fortitude of his blushing bride, none
other than Clyde Birth, and Harry | ¢.5yhlesome plowing chores in some
Lefko as the clown furnishes one of |
; : AE | areas.
the bright spots in the production. | Balance of repair monies was
Theatre patrons who remember | used to lay pipes to control surface
Dick Oliver from past performances water problems in the township this
will rock in their seats as he goes year and a resident of Chestnut
into his dance steps and it is said Street expressed his appreciation for
that Robert Dolbear as soloist | the action. :
steals the show. Two new radios, one for police
Authentic and bizarre costumes: cruiser and one for base were ap-
add much to the production direct- | proved for purchase together with
ed by Leo Nauroth and past master | three old units which will be con-
Bert Fennell. Musical accompanie- | verted into workable form at a
ment is by Don Williams. | price of $526.60. :
Tickets may be purchased from| Ellen Drive, Brown Manor, will
club members or at the door. Pro- also be taken over by township as
ceeds will go to the underprivileged Soon as ordinance is prepared.
children’s fund and other worthy | Poor condition of Carverton Road
community projects, was again referred to State High-
| thorized, Road Supervisor
A suggestion by Supervisor Shav- |
| er that board look into Evergreen |
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| and Thomas Vernon, representing |
1,000 feet of snow |
| fence and 100 posts was also au- |
! Culver |
| advising that this would cut down |
Estate. Again hard luck plagued
i the group with a horse trucked in
by Robert Kauffman breaking his
line while the men stopped for
lunch, and heading for home.
An exciting chase was staged by
Edward Brislin, Elizabeth, N. J.,
who stables in Kingston. Although
he caught the runaway, he was
unable to hold him with his own
high spirited thoroughbred all
teamed up and excited over the
three mile run.
Brislin, John Carey, Sr., and
Arthur Kingston continued on to
Ricketts to inform the hostlers of
the runaway while the other riders
searched the area for miles, giving
up as daylight ended and returning
to Shady Side.
Thursday the members rode into
Forkston and Tipperary Lodge
where they spent the balance of
the week. On the way to Windy
Valley a sharp lookout was main-
tained for the lost horse, wearing
a western saddle and with a neck-
j dine still “attached.
Returning home by way of sev-
eral routes, the riders failed to find
any trace of him. He can find
forage. with ease for some days to
come. Lumbermen in the area have
"also been alerted and reported they
had caught a glimpse of him but
were unable to catch him.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Elston
were hosts to four riders from the
Nazareth area, Kauffman, Long,
Getz and Peter Fehnel. Other
members quartered at Walt Elston’s
Apartment.
The ride concluded with a ride
at a dinner meeting Saturdayeve-
| ning, and once again Jack Carey,
Sr., was appointed trailmaster. John
Behm is treasurer. A vote of thanks
| was unanimously given the presi-
{ dent for his fine hospitality. In
| addition to members already men-
| tioned were John Stahl, William
|. Sgarlet and William Pokorney.
Any knowledge of the lost horse
ill be greatly appreciated. In-
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| ton at Shady Side or The Dallas
| Post.
Dallas Council Maps
Police Work Hours
| Borough . Council met
, night, and set up a schedule for
| police officers to work. Special
' meeting for this purpose was neces-
sitated by return of police chief
| Russell Honeywell to his job after
| illness and continuance of Alexan-
| formation may be given to Tip Els- !
Tuesday |
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scratches .and bruises when found,
| and was taken by police to Birth’s
where he was shown his truck. He |
| said“ he was dazed by the wreck |
‘and did not remember what' hap-
I pened. He had been coming from
the direction of the lake at: the
time of accident. :
Lange said Thomas would be
charged with driving too fast for
conditions. ; #
Shack find Tree
Light The Night
Idetown Fire Draws
Three Area Outfits
Orange flame and billowing smoke
lit the night over. Idetown Wednes-
day at 11, last week and was very
visible cor
ties, as woods and a child's shanty
on Fast 42nd Street caught fire
and burned. fy Tig
Three, fire - companies, Idetown,
Kunkle, and Dallas, responded to a
neighbor’s call and . doused the
blaze. 3 J
To passers-by -on® the: highway, it
appeared. that at least a: barn or
a home was on fire, and. crowds of
motorists collected on the roads.
Dallas Post was asked :about.it next
day, and some people, assumed a
dreadful accident had taken. place,
from all -the sirens.
Actually, there were only three
ingredients: about 75: feet of brush
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steady duty.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
A large picture window at a bar-
| gain, and an overhead garage door
| found “a ready market last week
| from a classified ad in the Trading
| Post. A good used stove was snap-
' ped up, following another ad. If
| the price is right, you can sell any-
thing in the Dallas Post.
{| way Department.
Franklin Street bridge repairs
| will be referred to the county com-
missioners by Atty. Jenkins. The
ordinance on individual sewage sys-
| tems will be reviewed by the plan-
| ning commission and an engineer, ,
as many factors enter into the pic-
| ture, among them the water table
which must be considered.
i $2700 was transferred temporari-
Ily from the general account into
the building fund until state reim-
burses township for balance due on
| old office building.
| A request that upper end of East
{ Franklin Street receive attention
brought the answer that it is under
consideration but that nothing can
be done this year.
Supervisors voted to revert to
Standard Time on October 25 at
2 pm. All members of the board
were present, 3
| shot in the mountains, ahove Noxen,
and woods, a child's shanty; and. a
to the Fire Tower on Sunday and | tall hemlock tree which threw the
a last search for the riderless horse. | fi
Tip Elston was reelected president '
re high into the night. “It .was
Ray Kuhnert’s land and the Fred
Houlihans” kids cabin, unused: now
for years. No one knows. the cause,
but ituis assumed. a hunter :drop-
ped a cigarette, according to:‘fire-
men questioned at. the ‘scene.
Alarms were “turned ‘in from: the
Roland Spencer home, : neighbors.
Driver Hits Medial
Below Trucksville
A car hit the medial divider on
the new highway just below Carver-
ton Road light ‘in Trucksville
around 8:15 Saturday night, and
| was spun around twice by impact, |
but the Kingston driver’ was not
hurt.
Leroy G. Space,
he was passing another car, north-
bound, and was forced over to-
ward the divider.
chief Jesse Coslett and patrolman
James Gordon investigated. |
Bow-Season 1964:
Somehow, it wouldn't be hunting
season without George Halowich,
Harveys Lake, R. D. 1, at the Dallas
Post. i
We didn’t get any first-day nim-
rods this year for bow-season, but
George dropped around on Friday
ward Dallas to stop suddenly, and
a three car collision, which like
similar accidents at this corner
went unreported, until this.
two cars following him resulted in |
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there is one, would presumably be
held next week. No date has been
set. ,
School Busses Delayed
Three Dallas High School busses
No Prowler Again
| reported in late to classes yester-
| day morning when paper stuffed
in surrounding communi- |
22, told police |
Assistant police |
George Strikes gain
issue of the Post, according to Police
Chief Russell Honeywell.
Dallas P
Further evidence of Dallas area’s
growth was noted this past week
with the unloading of new central
office’ switching equipment at Com-
monwealth Telephone Company's
general ‘offices on Lake Street. Rais-
room is seen here.
will provide an added 800 lines and
installations and a general better-
ment of service. Installation’ will
be completed by year's end.
J. N. Landis, district manager,
noted that this is the fourth such
| equipment addition since comple-
Breaks Both Wrists
Robert Hardisky, 11, son of Mr.
and Mrs.. Frank Hardisky, East
| Dallas is sporting a cast on both
| forearms suffered when he frac-
tured both wrists while swinging
| from a suspended tire. The young-
| ster lost his hold and fell to the
ground on Friday.
“George,” we said, ‘we have it
on good authority that your friends
are ribbing the dickens out of you
for always getting your picture in
the paper.” To which he rejoined
something like: “Let 'em rib.” So
here we are, and happy hunting
with his five-point, 120 pound buck, | season: to you all.
1000 terminals and allow further !
lant Gets $95,0 00 New Equipment
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The Dallas prowler has made no into the ignition slowed progress
appearances in this area since last | of the drivers.
Hallowe'en time pranks were
blamed for the incident.
tion of the general office in 1952.
With current addition, Dallas’ main
office will contain 3100 lines and
2400 terminals. st
Landis further observed that, in
addition to the expansion of Dallas’
ing of the equipment £6 Common- | central - office - equipment to keep
wealth’s. second floor equipment | pace with Dallas’ growth, Common-
wealth, in 1961,. established a satel-
The new central office equipment, | lite office, Dallas South, in Trucks-
being installed at a cost of $95,000, | ville. 1 ]
builds for present and future growth = |
Here, too, Commonwealth
with an added 300 line addition
regrading of existing service, new planned at Dallas South next year.
The establishment of toll-free
calling between Dallas and Kings-
ton-Wilkes:Barre in May added
greatly to the value of. telephone
service, and assisted greatly in
Dallas’ future residential and busi-
ness expansion.
Two Autos Flip
On Lehman Road
Two cars overturned on Route
118, Lehman Township; in separate
accidents. on Monday, one accident
being caused by a deer. :
Deer crossed the path of Mr. and
. Mrs. Max Ludwig, of Wyoming, near
' the Bryants Pond turn-off, around
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12:45 a.m., and their car flipped
when Ludwig swerved to avoid hit-
ing the animal. Mr. and Mrs. Lud-
wig were ‘treated at Nesbitt Hos-
| pital, where they were taken by
Lehman ambulance, and released.
Tud+'g had kicked out a window
on the overturned car and pulled
oat his unconscious wife. Deer, ap-
parently hit, disappeared.
At 10 that morning, Carl Becker,
23, of Williamsport, skidded his
1964 car on the rain-slick highway
near the golf course, and flipped,
alan landing the car on the roof,
but was not injured. He had slowed
avruptly to avoid an on-coming
passing motorist.
eph Ide investigated the accidents,
and officer Lee Wentzel assisted the
second.
Smoke In Cellar
Shavertown firemen answered a
call to 60 Lehigh Street on Monday
morning when they received word
that a cellar was full of smoke.
On inspecting the home President
Andy Roan found a overheated
motor on a washer causing the
trouble and recommended an an-
pliance repairman, ;
Police Chief Jos-