re ye SSO J ION B— PAGE 4 { THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1965 DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA ' NEWS FROM POST CORRESPONDENTS BEAUMONT, Mrs. William Austin 639-2544 ® NOXEN, Mrs. Elida Beahm Kelly 639-8522 DALLAS, Carol Ann Williams 674-4109 ® RUGGLES, Mrs. Glenn Kocher 639-5618 FERNBROOK, Mrs. George Shaver 674-5460 ® SHAVERTOWN, Mrs. F. W. Anderson 675-2001 {ARVEYS LAKE, Mrs. Albert Armitage 639-9531 ° SWEET VALLEY, Mrs. Thomas Sayre 477-3731 SIDETOWN, Bess Cooke 639-5137 ® TRUCKSVILLE, Nelson Woolbert 696-1689 {JACKSON TWP., William Hughes 696-1005 o EAST DALLAS. Kenn Higgins 674-2301 “LEHMAN, Mrs. Morton Connelly 674-2488 ® OAK HILL, Mrs. Stephen L. DeBarry 639-5242 MT. ZION, Rev. Charles Gilbert 388-7261 ® ATRUCKSVILLE [Sum Villy |pyge Billy Ferrey spent Monday at | R U G G L E S MNATES TO FIREMEN | Sandra Heslop, Charles Heslop, Lancaster visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jay | Trucksville | Matthew Redick, his brothers, Wil- de Company met recently, with |liam and Fred, and his parents. Ys, Jacob Harrison presiding, at| Mr. and Mrs. Charles Prutzman, . new Kingston Township Munici- | Maple Street, celebrated their 4 Building. | eighteenth wedding anniversary on 6fhe ladies donated $800 to the | Wednesday, March 17. company toward the purchase| Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Straub, ire hose.. Two new members| Spring Garden Street, entertained Bro introduced, Mrs. Corinne Jones | over the week end Mr. and Mrs. Bd Mrs. Margaret Mieczkowski. | Walter Straub and family, Strouds- ckets were given out for a Fish burg. “pper to be held by the Auxiliary | William J. Robbins, Staub Road, April 30 at the Trucksville Meth- | spoke at the Blue and Gold dinner st Church Educational Building.|at Grace Episcopal Church, Kings- s. Eileen Marth is chairman and | ton, also spoke before the Univer- 3 s. J. Harrison, hostess. | salist Unitarian group at Wilkes- Twenty four members attended. | Barre Y. M. C. A. and the Father David Schooley, Harris Hill Road, and Children Dinner held by the chairman of advertising for the | Plains Rotary Club. rine circus which will open at the | Joseph Layaou, Harris Hill Road, | £.stside Armory on Wednesday, | is a patient at Wilkes-Barre Veter- %ril 21 and continue through Sat- | ans Hospital. ilay, April 24. Mary Bennett, a member of the 8M. and Mrs. Dan Rees, Pittsburg, | Junior class at Lycoming College, ill spend Monday and Tuesday | will spend the week end: with her i%h his brother and sister-in-law, | parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Ben- ond Mrs. Richard Rees, Orchard | nett, Orchard Stret. Feet. Pioneer Girls Meet | ‘John Is Two Pioneer * Girls held a Saint Pat- ‘UJohn Rundle, son of Mr. and Mrs. | ricks Day party Wednesday night [84 Rundle, Maple Street, cele-|at Shavertown Bible Church hon- ted his second birthday on Sun- | oring Florence Garnett who is home ? on two weeks vacation from the By. Guests were Robert Heslop, y ; 4 : | Practical Bible Institute at Endicott, IN. Y. Thé regular opening services | were held followed by games and refreshments. Attending were: Don- na Kocher, Kathy Karuga, Linda | Fink, Linda Blair, Gloria Welch, | Elaine Morkel, Brenda Hadsall, Dor- rothy McNeil, Elizabeth Keast, Er- ma Garett, and the guest of honor. Fred Keast, Harris Hill Road, was confined to his home last week by illness. adies Auxiliary of EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED | CONTACT LENSES George Is Fifteen George Stofila, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. George Stofila, Harris Hill Road, celebrated his fifteenth birth- day on Saturday with a family par- OPTOMETRIST 27 Machell Ave., Dallas Phone 674-4921 . f ¢ FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY 288-1496 Enterprise 1-0843 - MAIN PLANT and NARROWS SHOPPING CENTER BRANCH STORE ‘lO0’Malia’s Laundry & Dry Cleaning Luzerne-Dallas Highway os ETH Fn 3 Long and son. | Rev. Kirby Jones has been con- fined to his home with illness. A reception was held on Wednes- | day evening in honor of Rev. and | Mrs. John Barchey. Rev. Brrchey | is the new minister at the Church of Christ. They were presented with gifts by the Sunday School Classes and the church. Thomas Creasing, who remains a patient at General Hospital after a mine accident in October, is im- | patiently waiting for the arrival of leg braces, so he will be able to get home for visits with his family. Rev. Andrew Derrick was guest minister on, Thursday evening at the Lenten Service at Maple Grove Church. This Saturday night at 8 p.m. is the night of the big western show at Ross Elementary School. Don’t for-get to make plans to attend. Tommy Creasing, Kindergarden student at Lake-Lehman has just recovered from a bout with the chicken-pox. ] At Church of Christ, morning service and 2:30 Singspiration, a quartette and pianist from Johnson Bible College. The pianist is ‘Bob Andrews, formerly of Sweet Valley. Sterling = Meade, minister of Church of Christ, Williamsport, with his daughter Karen, called on Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cragle Sunday evening. Also from Williamsport was Mrs. Genevieve Benscoter. ty at home. Guests were his sisters Maryann, Suzanne, Beth Ann and Julianne, his brothers, John and Michael, and his parents. er Mrs. Charles W. Palmer, Orchar Street, is spending some time with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Finney and family, Lancaster | Mr. and Mrs Frank Roginski, Car-. verton Road, entertained recently at their home Robert Rusenko and son, Robert, Jr., Flemington, N. J., and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Roginski Dunellen, N. J. | J Street, celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary on Wednesday March 17. : Mrs. Roderick Davis and daughter -urged that several carloads of mem- Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rundle, Maple ; Robin, Wilmington, Del., have re- turned home after spending several days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Shortz,~ Harris Hill Road. * Carverton Road, spent the weekend with their son-in-law and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Jones and fam- another son, Mr. and ‘Mrs. George 'W. Liddicote, Jr.; and family, Atco, N. J. Evelyn Wheeler, Carverton Road, is a patient in Nesbitt Hospital. Mrs. Sheldon Jones, Carverton Road, and Mr. and Mrs. George Young, Lewis Avenue, spent a re- cent week end at Syracuse, N. Y. Mrs. Julia Gaydos, = Carverton Road, is convalescing at her, home after being a patient’ in Nesbitt Hospital. Roderick K. Davis, Trucksville, received word from the state board of examiners that he successfully completed the requirements and passed the examination for a Certi- Mr. Davis is married to the former Alice Shortz. The couple are par- ents of a daughter, Robin. \ DALLAS {READY-MIXED CONCRETE Phone 674-0316 Mr. and Mrs. George Liddicote, ! ily, Emmaus. They were joined by | fied Public Accountant certificate. | | Snyder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. The following were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Oberst and all attended the 70th birthday anniversary of their sister, Mrs. Oscar Whitesell of Roaring Brook: Mr. and Mrs. Dean Kocher, Candy, Douglas, Dean, 2nd and Ro- landa of Batavia, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. William Hillard, Dean, and | Larry, of Chester. | Miss Mary Keener of Alderson spent the weekend with her cousins, the Glenn Kocher family. Mrs. Erents Slocum and Clifford | Grey are convalescing at their homes after being patients in the hospital. Mrs. Allen Sorchick entertained | the Ruggles WSCS at her home Thursday evening, Mrs. Charles Wil- liams presiding. World banks were turned in. An oyster supper under the chairmanship of Mrs. Clarence Grey and Mrs. Richard Schooley was planned for April 9th. A rum- mage sale under direction of Mrs. Glenn Kocher will be held in May. Everyone is urged to start saving good ‘used = clothing, shoes, knick- knacks, and small appliances, house- hold needs, and potted plants. Several bake sales are planned for the summer. The president bers . plan, to attend the Wilkes- Barre District meeting at Montrose, | Those attending: Mesdames Rob- ert Traver, Kenneth Williams, Glenn . Kocher, Richard Schooley, Darrell: Loomis, Carl Smith, Clar- ence : Oberst, hCarles (Williams, Next meeting will eb ‘held April 15th, Holy Thursday, when a special program will be presented. Fernbrool A welcome to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weed and daughter who moved into the Parry Apartments, Roushey Street, from Trucksville. “Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gosart, Trenton, N. J., spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Gosart, E. Overbrook Avenue. “Mr. and Mrs. Jay Bloomer and daughters, Melinda and - Brenda, West Chester, spent the weekend wisiting here; also visiting Mr. Bloomer’s mother, Mrs. Herman Bloomer who is a patient in Gen- .eral ‘Hospital. = | : ‘Richard Culver, E. Dallas, has returned home after being a patient in. Nesbitt Hospital. : i ‘Mrs. Ira Button, .E. « Overbrook Avenue,’ spent Sunday visiting her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Mort Button, Kingston. Ralph Fitzgerald, Hill Street, has returned from. Nesbitt’ Hospital, Sincere sympathy is extended Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy, Roberts, Main Street and Mrs. Margaret Roberts, Hemlock Street on the tragic death of Kerry Lynn Roberts, on Sunday night. : "TRAVERS HAVE TWINS Mr. and Mrs. Clayton L. Traver, Idetown, R. D. 1, Dallas announce the birth of twin sons, March 20 in Nesbitt Hospital. Richard Lee weighed in a seven pounds, three ounces and was ninteen and a half inches long, Robert Lynn weighed in at six pounds and 6 ounces and was nineteen inches long. Mrs. Traver is the former Irene Charles Snyder, of Dallas. The Travers have four other children, Pamela, Tommy, Patsy and Lisa. KUNKLE Kunkle ‘Which Is Best? of the lightweight Motorcycles “YA N IAHA two-stroke engine can be operated at high r.p.m. without danger of valve failure.”—Quote from Road Test MOTORS Phone 675-1546 I'It gives me a sense of going on to Mount Mr. and Mrs. Frank Detrick of Sullivan Trail may not be Back Mountain people in the usual sense. But they do attend Mt. Zion church and we are glad to be called their friends. Frank is a retired railroad engineer. They live in what is called by a sign on the road “The Century House.” While they have owned the place 28 years they lived in it only as a summer place for awhile. Now for some years it has been their permanent home. Before I forget to mention it Mr. and Mrs. Detrick were cited both in the pastor's announcement and also in his sermon. They have the rare distinction of celebrating their 65th = wedding anniversary. The church flowers last Sunday morning were presented in their honor by the Mary Lewis Bible Class of which Mrs. Detrick is a member. I think it was our first year living up here on Mt. Zion that we visited the Detricks at their home. It stands well up on the terrace and is surrounded by the marks of some good horticulturist who loves the land. T guess we will have to say that is Mrs. Detrick, for she is the one with the green thumb. On be- half of the man of the manor how- ever I would say he has been the one who engineered the lawn mow- er to keep the lawns smooth. 1 can't begin. to ‘tell about all the flowers, shrubbery and trees that adorn the place. It has been a long time since I visited the ground. The inside - of the house bears witness to” its ripe old age. The wide boards, well-finished, and the period futniture and’ the kitchen 'adorn- ments all tell of the beauty of davs gone by but perpetuated by the modern ‘touch of an artistic hand. Mr. and Mrs. Detrick are old fashioned but not out of date nor behind the times. They keep the glory of “the . past but enjoy the modern improvements. © They ' live among lovely. antiques . but light their’ home and pump their water with * P.P.&L. . They read. today’s news. and hope for tomorrows blessings. : . ' Mrs. Burrel Brace. whom -I first knew in 1936 ‘as Mable Conklin ‘when I first: became ther pastor is now in General Hospital for obser- vation, . X-rays .and treatments. = I talked with ‘her sister Marie Shaffer who had just come from visiting the hospital and she could not tell definitely just how Mable was. In some ‘ways ‘ she was better than when she was admitted. but still needed a lot of improvement. Mable has had a lot of serious troubles ‘and we all hope she can have much better health .and soon. . © ON. TOWARD EASTER! The Pittston Gazette had asked .me: for the closing article of its Lenten ‘series, = which is on an Easter theme, and the Dallas Post asked me for something about Easter for its Easter Tabloid edi- tion. = Both of these commitmenits are taken care of. But I had been wondering whether, in view of the candidates we have been hearing at the . West Pittston Congregational church, I. would be. still interim pastor through Easter. Last Sun- day I found out. The church has called a: man to be its pastor but he has to give his church 3 months notice before he can leave. So that takes me through Easter. Possibly even as far as Pentecost Sunday the. 6th of June. Not only in my Sunday sermons but also on my the thinking all points toward Pas- sion week and Easter. I even have a confirmation class of 6 teenagers whose training for church member- ship by Palm Sunday I am over- seeing so that they can be ready for communion on Holy Thursday. completion of a program to be allowed to go ‘through Easter. And from what some of the people say, they feel the same way. All of this, of course, is not Back Mountain news. Only it serves to show how related Back Mountain concerns. are with the concerns of other communities as well, — even of Africa! We are quite inter-re- lated. Tt would be an interesting thing if we could see a large map with Dallas, Pa. , printed in large letters, and red lines running to all subscribers, the whole 4000 of Legal — Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Directors of Lake-Leh- man Area Joint School, Lehman, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, un- til 8:00 p.m., E.S.T., ‘Tuesday, April 13, 1965, for medical supplies, type- writer maintenance, coal, and fuel oil. Specifications and instructions to bidders may be obtained at the Office of Administration, Lehman, Pennsylvania. Eleanor Humphrey Wednesday night Lenten sermons | Zion them, of The Dallas Post. Time was when a mountain range or a river separated communities from each other enough to affect the vocabulary. Not any more! Carverton Last Tuesday night I took a set of Dottie’s slide and a tape re- cording of her commentary on them over to the Carverton W. S. C. S. 1 probably would have read Dottie’s written script on the story instead of playing her tape recording, but somewhere along the line the script had been misplaced. For we had been requested to send tape, script and slides to a prominent church in Michigan. We sent them and did not check them over when they were returned until Tuesday. Then we discovered we were not only short the script but short also 16 slides from the set. We don’t know just where they went, what became of them. But anyway I went on with the showing and the tape and then talked off-hand with the ladies and answered questions. They were friendly, of course and appreciative. 1 was pleased at what Melinda Sut- ton told me about what she heard Bishop Newell Booth say down at Buckhill Falls a week or so ago. He told of the fine medical work ‘‘Dot- tie Gilbert’ was doing especially for the future of Africa. Bishop Booth was formerly Dottie’s bishop in Africa but now he is bishop in Harrisburg of a new Methodist area. i | Those present at the W.'S. C. S: business meeeting before the slide program were: Naomi Prynn, Betty |Scureman, Doris Robbins, Iva Wall, Melinda Sutton, Nora Neilson, Doris Stearn, = Joan Krzanowski, “Hilda Coon Leda Sutton, Blanche Piatt, Edyth Kromelbein, Florence Sick- ler and Margaret Reid. ! After the meeting a wholesome They remembered how T liked my coffee: “Do you still want your coffee as a flavoring for cream and sugar?’ 1 did! They also recalled the night when the charge gave me a birthday (50th) party at the Grange Hall, accompanied by a dishpan band ‘and'a mound of cake. COAL GLEN ALDEN ON : 24-HOUR SERVICE ~ BACK MT. LUMBER & COAL COMPANY 674-1441 lunch was provided by’ the: ladies. |: WITCHCRAFT and the established law of this When T saw Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks | commonwealth thou deservest to Jr. being interviewed by Ted Lawr- | die.” ence the other night I thought how she can be thankful she is living ' now rather than 300 hundred years | ago. Back in those days it would have done no good to testify on her own behalf as she did on TV, | “I'm not a witch, I'm just a mice! old lady!” If there were witch | hunters around they could have! cooked up reasons to accuse her | and hanged her. They did that very thing to our | 9-times-great-grandmother Lydia Gilbert. According to the book she! was the fifth victim of execution | by hanging for practicing witch- craft. She was wife of Thomas Gil- | bert of Windsor, Conn., our Gilbert | ancestor in America. It does not say whether she was “a nice old lady”. The story is that Thomas | Allyn was walking behind Henry Stiles and was carrying a gun. By careless handling the gun went off and killed Henry Stiles. Thomas Allyn was tried and found guilty of manslaughter by misadventure and fined. Three years later Lydia Gilbert was charged with practicing witchcraft and causing the death of Henry Stiles! The indictment reads: “Lydia Gilbert thou art here in- dicted that not having the fear of God before thy eyes thou hast of late years or still dost give enter- | tainment to Satan the great enemy | of God and mankind and by his help hast killed the body of Henry Stiles besides other witchcrafts for which according to the law of Go | How well I remember that, for it | to my 2nd half-century. At Valley Crest, patients were | delighted with the St. Patrick's Day program presented by the Ham- mond Organ Society of the Back Mountain. : When you look into the matter of witchcraft it gives creeps. In The Interpreters’ Bible commenting on Exodus 22:18 “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live”, it says: “Sorcery generally consists in superstitious rites connected with earlier forms of religion now discarded. But the religion of Yahweh demanded absolute loyalty and to participate in other cults was regarded as religious high treason, punishable by death.” Fur- ther on the comment is added, “This verse was used to justify the punishment of witchcraft in the Middle Ages England.” The dictionary defines witchcraft as having “compact with an evil spirit, especially with the Devil.” Not only was belief in witchcraft and of its divinely ordained punish- ment as based on the Hebrew code required by Christian people but to deny it was the very worst thing you could do. It was the greatest of heresies. You dared not shrug off the matter of great-grandma’s witchcraft by saying you didn’t be- lieve in it. I'm glad I was not born in that era! And I am glad to say that 9-times-great-grandmother- Lydia’s granddaughters are actively opposing witchcraft’s ignorance with kindness and the love of God. Attend Splash Party Thirty boys and girls attended the Junior High Splash Party at the was the occasion of my entrance in! Central YMCA on Friday, March 19, from the Back Mountain Branch. The Back Mt. “Y” wishes to thank Mr. John Filar and Mr. Edward Rat- cliffee for donating their to super- vise this group. OPEN FRIDAY NIGHTS and in early New - you the (TR INRIA) COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF ® Seals e Rings .® Clutches e Bands © Gaskets $75 .. OIL & LABOR At Lhe Bridge Kingston. Fa, Coast to Coast Ironclad Guarantee FREE TOWING CHECKUP LIFETIME GUARANTEE AVAILABLE 562 PHONE 288-6613 PIERCE STREET oven Monday Thru Saturday 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. 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