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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
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George Stofila, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Stofila, Harris Hill
Road, celebrated his fifteenth birth-
day on Saturday with a family par-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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