THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1966
EEE EEE EERIENENEERERES
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March 2: PANAMANIAN SHIPPING attacked in Saigon
River.
McNAMARA TESTIFIES before committee behind
closed doors. States 350,000 could be obtained
without calling up reserves.
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: TR. Ses | “Harmless prank” resulted in| ;
Mergher Nationa! Ediortal Assaciation (Dy: te destruction of Arch Wool-| March 3: JET LINER bound for Vancouver crashes in
Member Greater Weeklies Associates, Ine. vir bert's grocery in Trucksville. Some | Tokyo. ;
Editor and Publisher
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ig ge TRS Myra Z. RisLEY
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Mgrs. DoroTHY B. ANDERSON
CATHERINE GILBERT
Ae a Louise MARKS
Doris R. MALLIN
ds A eal Mrs. VELma Davis
SANDRA STRAZDUS
MISSISSIPPI TORNADOES wreak destruction, 62
dead, 508 injured.
HAWKS AND DOVES still slugging it out in
Foreign Relations committee sessions.
MAYOR LINDSAY proposes new taxes to balance
budget in New York.
RUMOR FLIES that ousted dictator of Gwana is
now in Guinea, and not only there, but head man.
PHILADELPHIA DOCK STRIKE continues, union
officers order men back to work, with negotiation
to follow. :
BLIZZARD RAGES in upper Mississippi Valley,
plosion drenched the victim with | worst on record over the great Plains. Drifts iso-
burning fluid. His wife and daugh- | late homes and communities.
| ters were burned in an attempt to * * a
kook stuffed a paper pie plate into |
the suction pipe of the pumper, wa- |
ter was reduced to a trickle, and |
| the Woolbert store burned prac- |
| tically next door. Fringe benefits: |
burned cable cancelled out tele-
phone seervice to Carverton and |
parts of Trucksville.
Bruce Patton, 42, was burned to |
death when he attempted to kindle
a fire in the living room stove of |
his home in Noxen, using gasoline |
as a starter. He had mistaken the |
can for one of kerosene. The ex-
Editorially Speaking
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER
save him. Dr. George H. Rauch of | March 4: FIRST AIR RAID north of Hanoi since cessa-
. 3 : ' o hi Noxen rushed the victim to the | tion of bombing.
Metropolitan publications which recognize nothing Hospital, where he died some hours MONETARY SYSTEM in England to be changed
west of New York as having any standing, are accustomed Liter. Hatl soem. Adsiralin, New. Zealand already
to belittle the neighborhood weekly. Kingston Townstin Ioftenmen do Sticking 3 ;
y J i undoubted] hich ut feated Dallas 32 to 18. . : ;
There are some weeklies, undoubtedly, which are p 5 Tt rw wml SECOND AIR CRASH in Japan in two days, BOAC
together with a paste-pot and a pair of sscissors, wit. ae hits Fujiyania; 124 killed. :
no great amount of grey matter expended, but such is i = De tarts, soe x * %
not the case with a publication which has a reputation senting the Sixth District. | March 5: FIGHTING IN VIETNAM escalates on land
: line Rev. Charles Frick showed slides |
Tiges in ong great advantage to vig lose 10 the (er niinhe wo fe Women's Unb, DAKOTAS DIGGING OUT of the snow, 16 known
heart of the community, instead of standing off and look- Peter Bertram, West Dallas, was | dead; great loss of Yivestack: :
ing down upon the proletariat, emerging from the ivory 81. ? > i; *
tower only to take off for the suburbs, two hours com- An editorial on. Dr. Levi LL: March 6: SAVAGE FIGHTING north of Saigon ends after
mutation time away. Joong Som ou A bv three days
Everything you do in a community such as the Back {oath oF tae PRG OC Oh 01 DeGAULLE AND LBJ in acrimonious exchange on
Mountain, is'subject to SePUnY, “And All the Trumpets Sounded”, a US installations in France. :
‘People are not statistics in a place such as Dallas. quotation from Pilgrim's Progress. a ia > nin
Everything that they do. has dn impact upon everybody The telephone was sixty years March 7: FIVE BOSTON NEWSPAPERS out on strike,
else in the area. : | old. The historic words, “Mr. Wat- | thivd shatdosm in nine years :
Readers adopt a more leisurely approach to a neigh- | son, come here, I want you,” lived : : : :
borhood newspaper than they do tvhen skimming through again in the March 13, 1936 issue
headlines in a larger publication. The folks about whom of the Dallas Post. Noted phe whe
the stories are written are their neighbors, frequently | the first phone in the Back Moun- |
their relatives.
tain, installed along a three mile |
Scratch anybody out here in the Back Mountain, and
to guard and cherish. and in the air.
: wv; * vk * } :
March 8: STATUE OF LORD NELSON bombed off base
in Dublin. ed
EXCISE TAX ON PHONES, CARS, to be restored.
SOCIAL SECURITY for everybody, the Great So-
| stretch between the home of Bert |
: 3 g : | Stroh and his father in Center | ciety. (Election year.) :
you have lacerated a third cousin. Moreland in January of 1898, fore- | STENGEL ' TAPPED. for Baseball Hall of Fame.
It ‘is possible to find at the heart of the grassroots | runner of Commonwealth Telephone | x x x
| Company. el
Edith Myers became the bride of |
Roswell Murray.
Dallas Cagers won the League |
| cup. for the third consecutive year, |
| missed out on State competition by | :
| Josing to Luzerne. | RCT RVL
| Died: James Stem, Dallas. Christian | a v
Better Leighton Never
the soul of America, its own peculiar personality.
New York and Boston and Philadelphia and Wash-
ington are not America.
America is deep and wide, and it is liberally sprinkled
with weekly newspapers, bringing to their readers the
news of the home town.
People can find their own cherished names in a week-
ly newspaper. If copy, and linotype, and galley-proof and
compositor all work together in a well oiled sequence,
the chances are that most of the names will even be
spelled correctly. ]
One thing is as certain as death or taxes: if the
names are not Spelled correctly, the editor will hear about
it.
March 9: PRINCE PHILIP in Miami.
U.S. OUTPOST over-run by Viet Cong.
HANG. SUKARNO is chant of Indonesian students.
TTT CT LN
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| E. Faber, Mt. Greenwood. |
in this column several ‘weeks ago pression that they were being asked
on the subject of a Dallas sesqui- ‘to. support two fire companies,
Lt. Burton Bonell, formerly of
centennial have been favorabld d Kunkle and Dr. Henry M. Laing,
| Fernbrook, pilot of a fighter plane
: | Mrs.
20 Years Ago Responses to the prelude offered who was under ‘the erroneous im-|
For every word of a weekly newspaper is read and
thoroughly digested. There is a whole week in between
The local items are not crowded into the
trash can until they have been clipped for Aunt Mattie.
publications.
{in the China-India theatre of war,
| lost in action August 28, 1945, the’
day after U. S. troops started occu-
pation of Japan, was declared killed.
He was the second of his Dallas
Township high school graduating
many of the gitys are! looking for-
ward to growing beards and telling
their wives: “I have to wear this
thing, much as I hate it. ‘They'd
thow me in jail if I got caught on;
Dallas. While the two companies
cooperate freely in firefighting, each
endeavvors to solicit support only
in its own area.
£3
| Pressure has recently been re-
: 2 Main Street without one.”
The neighborhood news does not slide effortlessly EE Tio 4
class to be killed in action. William
off the eardrums as in radio or television. It is there,
in cold print.
Vietnam, until a neighbor boy or a grandson i
sucked into the maelstrom, is half a world away.
The festival at the church or the American Legion
party, or what the bride wore as she marched down the
aisle, is NEWS.
The world may go up in flames, but boys and girls
will still get married, a cherished pet will be run over, a
church ‘will stage a ham and egg supper, or the house
where grandpa started life with grandma will burn to
the ground, leaving a smoking cellar, and a lilac bush.
These are the things of which real life is made up.
The homely, everyday things, the things that in
years to come catch at the throat in a wave of nostalgia.
This js what a weekly newspaper is for.
“More than a newspaper. ..a community institution.”
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THE DALLAS POST OFFICE
by Al Bellas
In the heart of Dallas lies
A building mailmen colonize;
From morning, at the break of dawn,
Till half-past five, when all are gone.
Irv Messick often is the first
To open up the doors.
Part of the day is wondering
Just how much mail the truck will bring.
Bob Phillips rushes in to see
How close he comes to six-thirty.
Al Bellas is the next one in,
And heads straight for the aspirin.
The truck backs up the ramp and hits
The dock before the engine quits.
John scrambles out and opens wide
The truck doors for the mail inside.
Sometimes he’s happy—sometimes blue;
If a skids not out there — God Bless You!
The day begins quite quietly;
For half an hour there's only three
Men working at a placid pace
And then we see Lew Reese's face.
Postmaster Buckley, who presides,
Walks in with self-condifent strides.
The rest come trooping in together,
With open ears and tongues of leather.
Adolph talks in McDade’s ear.
Kaderka sings a song of cheer.
Juris cries, “Good Morning”, then
Starts talking until — God knows when.
Andy comes in spic and span—
A model of a mailman.
Dorothy’s quiet, pleasant way
Remains with her throughout the day.
Grandpa Montross thinks that he
Has more mail than the other three.
A bundle of activity
: Is Eddy Labatch all agree.
And quietness personified
The worst
Is Joe Zabinski at your side.
Bill Bertheiser, custodian
Sees that the place is cleanly done.
And, when reserves are clamored for
There’s Wayne, Bob, Ed, Coury and Hospodor!
We feel that we're uniquely blessed
Because our patrons are the best! ~~
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Stritzinger was killed at Cherbourg |
July 9, 1944. Both boys had playzd
| varsity football. y :
Service report: Thelma Gregory,
Marine Corps, in public relations
| after discharge. Charles Barnes, dis-
| charged. in business with his broth-
| er Sterling. Irvin Miller, Seebees,
| discharged. Harry Post, Jr., fireman
| first class. Joe Hardisky in -Ger-
| many. Lt. Dorothy Gilbert on ter-
minal leave. ¢
Married: Jane Pieree Raker to El-
mer Deater.
Birthday: Mrs. Jestie Schoonover, 82
Charles Long wag building a new
| farm equipment center.
10 Years Ago
Jointure problems were still
plaguing Back Mountain school dis-
tricts. A map on the front page of
issue of March 9, 1956, showed pos-
sibilities of one ten-way jointure or
two five-way set-ups.
The Hadsell triplets were. two
years old. Brenda, Bruce and Bar-
bara lined up for a picture. Born to
Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Hadsall, they
| were premature.
Farm bell weighing 100 pounds,
| was given by Mrs. David Bevan to
| Camp Onawandah, following a plea
| for a bell in the Dallag Post. What
happened to the Goss School bell
remained a mystery, gone with the
| wind, 200 pounds of bell metal.
Died: Mrs. Anna Myers, 85, Dallas.
Harold Hogg, 55, Huntsville. Mrs.
R. Berlew, Center Moreland native.
| Ella Hazlett, 84, Sweet Valley. Jesse
| Married: Pauline Trumbower to
| Harold Hackling.
'Butter-Making Responses
Are Still Pouring In
An inquiry about butter-making,
| launched as a trial balloon two or
three wezsks ago, brought unbeliev-
| able results. Hix now has corres-
pondence practically up to the ears.
Everybody used to make butter.
Old-timers recall the days with
nostalgia, but very few folks still
get out the dasher churn and con-
| vert sour cream into buter, the way
Grandma used to do, down in the
cool spring house, with a slow
stream of water gurgling in ‘the
trough, cooling the pans of milk
on its way to the out of doors and
| the mossy runlet that met the little
brook.
Skimming the wrinkled yellow
| cream from the top of the flat pan
lof milk is something which has
| passed into history for all but a
i very few households.
There are some delightful letters,
the’ bony framework: for a feature
story on what is fast becoming
lost art. . !
The letters are being saved and
studied with the
mind.
| generous this year as in times past,
' newed ‘in Jackson Township toward
appointment of a second police
officer. ;
There has been a gap in the: force
since ' the resignation of Roland
Gensel last year, aand the super-
visors have been deliberating for
| some time. They said at the meet-
Dallas ‘Community Ambulance,
serving both Borough and Town-
ship, and staffed by men from both !
Borough and Township, thanks all’
who. assisted in ‘the recent coincard
drivve carried on jointly by the fire
company and ambulance asso:
ciation. : Pd
A vice president of the ambulance ceived only one application.
has requested the people of Kunkle! 1 understand that this is the ap-
to be apprised that their donations, plication of Donald Jones, of Chase,
who some time back unsuccessfully
sought an. appointment as. deputy
constable ‘and at the time was not
go directly to the support of the
ambulance only, and coincards
are only half the amount as in the especially interested in regular po-
rest of the township. | lice. work on. the township level,
The officer said he had spoken but is now.
to one prominent citizen of Kunkle! =
dhl)
That's Our Riyged Mountain Boys,
Slugging It Out With A Black Bear
: ‘Lifted. bodily from the front, page| teason. He hugged Roy, gave him a
of the March 13, 1936 issue of the | few good cuffs, and then got his
Dallas Post, is this gem of literature head caught in the door as Roy
and Back Mountain capers: | scooted inside to safety.
Unless Alex, the tame bear from! Then, unable to get into Newell's
Harveys Lake, decides to behave | Store where a crowd had gathered,
himself, when he goes up to Noxen | Alex climbed up on an ice cream
the next time, the Newell family box and looked coyly through the
| ing this month that they have re- |
will be eating bear meat, which,
| window.
feature story in ]
wh i ‘lon, but Alex was in no mood for
when it's raised on jelly beans and | By this time Emory, as owner, |
soda pop as Alex has been, should | began to feel responsibility. Howard |
be pretty tasty eating. ! was in the back, pinning his pants, |
No one knows for sure whether Roy was inside the store. Emory
Alex will be taken up to the New- | went outside to handle Alex, and |
ells this Sunday for wrestling |Alex turned on Emory.
matches. That's because after his | Emory talked to him quietly:
visit last week one of his partners | “Stop, Alex,” he coaxed, don’t fight,
Footprints
FEBRUARY 4, 1965
Winston Churchill buried in priv-
ate rites, following State Funeral.
Dick Demmy again heads Library.
Died: In Highway crash, H. L. Seip-
ler, 70, Beaumcnt. Mrs. ‘Hazel
Nichols, native of Loyalville. R. C.
Greenwood, 68, Trucksville. Mrs.
Esther Sickler, 69, Tunkhannock
| RD 5. Mrs. Sadie Blackman, 98,
| grandmother of Dick Disque. Mrs.
[| Mary Chappell, 93, Trucksville.
Thomas J. Jones, 61, Shavertown.
B. J. Post, Sweet Valley.
Married: Barbara Evans to Charles
Edward = Small. Barbara Butry to
Michael Soltishick.
FEBRUARY 11, 1965
Valentine Issue, tabloid insert.
Shaver Theatre sold. No pur-
| chaser announced.
| Dallas, Kingston Townships, slug
| it out over coincards.
Routine meetings of schocl boards.
Infant phenomenon, 13, from Laf-
| lin, crashes new Corvair. Clyde Birth
inherits mangled remains.
| Cable controversy still hot and
| heavy, but T-V cables are coming.
| ‘Same old mockingbird, this time
| at ‘Lake Catalpa. :
| Anniversaries: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
! Wilson; Golden: Wedding. Mr. and
| Mrs. Torrence Naugle, 60th. Mr. and
| Mrs. Frank Foss, 62nd. Mr. and Mrs.
| Clifford Ide, 50th. -
Died: Paul Yascur, Chase. Ralph
Space, 75, Noxen. Mrs. Stanley
Shewan, Silver Springs. Mrs. Helen
| Kolesnikoff, Demunds Road. Mrs.
Mary Robbins, 79, Sutton Creek.
LeRoy Kahler, Shavertown.
| Charles Hoffman, Shavertown. Mrs.
{| Sophie Wandell, Sweet Valley.
| Gustav Krauser, 94, formerly Har-
| veys Lake. Irvin H. LaBarr, 81,
| Mooretown. Alfred Lamoreaux, 72,
| formerly of Shavertown.
| FEBRUARY 18, 1965
| Mail-boxes smashed. Prank ? Fed-
i eral offense.
Carbon dioxide gas leak at Linear.
| Lehman Township home burns,
Mrs. Clifford Gray and daughters
escape. }
Bob and Melba’s Restaurant sold
to Frank Carmen. %
Cables snaking into Back Moun-
tain.
Douglas Ide, Oak Hill, Merit fin-
alist.
Died: Mrs. Mabel Keener, 50, Har-
veys Lake. Mrs. Minnie Nelson, 71,
Noxen. Mrs. Gertrude Bunn, 79,
Bunker. Hill. Mrs. Joie Moss, 68,
Mossville. Mrs. John Hughes, Flori-
da. Caroline Biemesderfer, 87, Dal-
las. George L. Rowe, 72, Noxen. Jo-
seph Dauksis, 72, Lake Silkworth.
Mrs. Doris Kelley, Harveys Lake.
Russell = Cease, ‘Shavertown. Mrs.
Durie Turner.
FEBRUARY 95, 1965 :
Joe Noon, Fernbrook, beaten up
on. Wyoming Avenue, Exeter, by
three young toughs, later identified.
Three Wyoming Seminary stu-
dents, Larry Joos,
and ‘Sharon Phillips, Merit Scholar-
ship finalists. | :
Four local folk in Little Theatre
production of “The Crucible.” Mrs.
Lyle Slaff, Ted Raub, ‘Adrian De-
' Marco, Mrs: T.'M. B. Hicks.
| = Another crash at 309 intersection
| with Highway. Injured, Mrs. Helen
| Rice, Mrs. Charles Humphries.
Mrs. Fay Kozemchak, Mrs. Cath-
i erine Sisco, hurt in Shavertown
crash,
|. Norbert Molski, Dallas, heads N.
E. Division Game Commission.
Died: Austin C. Line, Shavertown;
{Donald W. Snyder,: 42, Harveys
Debbie Rogers
| Lake. Carl Engelman, 44, Noxen. |
Edgar J. Masters, 93, Ross Town-
| ship. ’
| Married: Barbara Bonning to Jack |
| Berti.
MARCH 4, 1965
| Mansion at Hayfield, recently
{ willed to Penn State, opened to
| visitors. °
Bud Sutton, 20, snaps off light-
| pole with car.
| Fred Malkemes mangled fingers
| in Kenya, Africa. Car wreck.
| Jack LeBerge’s hat in ring for
| Dallas Township school director.
| Married: Mrs. Charlotte Jeffrey to
i James Besecker.
| Anniversary: Mrs. Mary Shupp, 89.
| Died: Merle Newberry, 10, Beau-
| mont. Mrs. Edith P. Gansel, 73, tion und Mrs, William Conyngham |
assumed her duties.
| Sweet Valley. Mrs. Carey Martin,
Kunkle. Donald Wilson, 44, former
resident. Mrs. Sherman Wardan, |
Shavertown. Mrs. Bertha Smith,
Loyalville. Mrs. Nettie Blizzard, 74, |
Evans Falls.
MARCH 11, 1965
Gavy opens market again.
Harry Lefko is Borough candidate
From—
DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Pillar To Post...
by HIX
After twenty-four solid years
of grinding out a column week
after week, a Pillar of the Dallas Post should be forgiven if she oc-
casionally misses a beat.
It wasn’t exactly a loafing spell over the weekend, but turning
out a few small mince pies and starting a chair-caning job did noth-
ing to get a column over the typewriter.
Spring fever, that's what.
Somewhat premature, considering that nobody has sighted any
wild geese to date, and that hardy crocus shoots are still keeping
their tender blossoms concealed
But still, spring fever.
The first ecstatic breath of spring was away back in Januar
when the ground was covered with snow.
within a palisade of green.
There it was, a sudden soft breeze from the tropics, an instant
victim of the Arctic air, but unmistakable as the fore-runner of
robins and bluebirds and daffodils.
The winter is wearing thin.
Zero days have been known
is as exceptional as frost on the
Relax now, and let it come.
In no time at all you'll be run
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General Hospital
on the tenth of March, but that
twentieth of June."
ning the lawn mower.
Auxiliary Has Vb
Members In The Bk. Mountain Area
Patricia Reynolds, Goodleighlm— ro
Farm, was asked to give a report
on ‘the early history of General
Hospital = Auxiliary, appearing be-
fore first the executive board, and
then before the entire membership
recently. \
Pat, assisted by her mother, Mrs.
Dorrance Reynolds, accumulatzd
little-known information about the
Auxiliary’s early years, drawing up-
on family records and material ac-
cessible only to one who had been
an active part of the Auxiliary
during its formative years.
Much material had been lost over
the years, but enough was available
for a fascinating history which
closely touches the Back Mountain.
There are at present 75 members of
the Auxiliary in the area, including
three officers, President, Vice-
President, and Secretary: Mrs. Wil-
liam J. Pack, Mrs. William L. Con-
yngham, and Mrs. Mortimer Gold-
smith. Committee chairmen include
Mrs. Homer Moyer, membership;
Mrs. Clyde Davis, hospitality; Mrs.
Raymon 'R. Hedden, by-laws; Miss |
Patricia Reynolds, historian.
Pat writes:
Our Woman's Auxiliary has been
in existance for some 56 years, but
ours is not the only woman’s group
associated “with this hospital. Be-
fore 1900 there was a group of 12
zealous women kmown#as ‘the “Lady
Managers of the City Hospital.” 1
understand in about 1904 ‘they
were: Mrs. Charles Conyngham, |
President, Mrs. William Lathrop, |
Mrs.” John Harding, Mrs. Francis
| rather than for the patient.
Christmas trees were trimmed in
each ward, members often bringing
their children to help.
At Easter, lilies and flowers were
placed in the wards. -
Before the Welfare Feder: ,
and because of the great number of
miners in the hospital, especially
the burned ward, the Auxiliary in-
stituted a “Miners Donation Day’.
One day a year the miners were
asked to give the coins in i,
envelope and Auxiliary memr¥2s
went to the various pay “stations
to accept donations and thank the
men.
One of the first major Auxiliary
efforts was the Hospital Social
Service, for which we were able to
get an expert worker from the
University Hospital in Philadelphia
for one year to help organize and
start this service, the main purpose
being for the benefit of the Hospital
The
department flourished, and in a
few years we were able to present
to the Board of the Hospital a re-
port of work, asking that they ac-
cept the Service making it part of
the Hospital and paying the ex-
penses (which by that time we were
unable to carry). They accepted
with thanks.
When starting the Occurdtional
Therapy Service Mr. Charles Love-
land¥ géneroungprovided™ the™ser-
| vices of his daughter Rose, a traimed
therapist. This was a success from
the first dav. The nurses were glad
to have the ambulatory patients
\
Doi taken out of the halls and occupied
Pins Men Spun Bone | and the patients were glad of the
a SOY S, Mass Julia: But-| opportunity to learn some
ler, Miss Louise Hodge, Miss Broad- | navy. ’
head, Mrs. Butler Woodward, Mrs. | Mi Hour 7 i
Thomas Darling, Miss Edith Lynch, | Mis Hourigan from the City
7 Sn as a teacher in ge
2 190 thers were 2 Yesaties Children’s ward but due to nis
: Mrs. cynalas had to give it up. When a young
Mrs. Andrew Derr were elected. girl of 15 had to be hospitalized a
Each of the 12 “Lady Managers” long time. and because she had very
served for one month every year high marks and was loath to fall
| making a weekly visit to the hos- behind in her studies, she worried,
| pital, which meant inspecting every cried, and her state of mind was
| ward, all rooms, closets, laundry, ! not helping her get well We
offices, kitchens (even tasting the | thought of Mrs. Jared Montayne., a
focd) and making a full report to teacher at Guthrie School, who will-
the Board and management at the ingly came to the hospital after
end of the month. | school hours, and carried the girl
After ‘Mrs. Charles Conyngham’s through her term. She maintained
{ death, and many resignations, to her high marks and led her class
i hold and enlarge the interest Mrs. | at graduation.
| Reynolds and Mrs. Derr visited the] From that’ beginning a very
; University Hospital in Philadelphia | worthwhile service came about,
"and Belleview in New York to ob-| which Mrs. Montayne carried
wale
| serve their plans and the working | handed for 40 years from who
| of their Woman's Auxiliary. 1925 until March 1965 when it was
As a result of this visit the Wo-| given up because of miracle drugs
| man’s Auxiliary was organized with | and the fact that children are, 1
| Mrs. Andrew Derr as President and | in the hospital as long as thev gh
{ Mrs. Dorrance Reynolds as vice- to be, also now the Public Schools
| president. In about a year Mrs. Derr attend to this.
resioned because of illness in the! Through the generosity of one
| family, and Mrs. Reynolds was | member a Book Cart furnished with
| elected President, Mrs. Derr vice-'| books, magazines and newspapers
president. Shortly thereafter Mrs. | was given us to be taken to the
Derr retired from active participa-| wards.
| ing
Each member formed a commit- |
{tee from some group in which she |
was particularly interested, such as |
the “Basket Society”, “Charity Sew- |
Society” and the different |
churches.
Each committee was given a ward
Another fine service was organ-
ized by Mrs. Joseph Kocyan who
went into the maternity ward
(where patients were kept for a
longer time than now) and taught
the women to knit and sew new
garments which they took home
when they left the hospital.
A successful nurses’ choir (the
was minus the seat of his pants, an- | I don’t want to wrestle with you. | for school director. (as a workshop and each member | present glee club) was started and
cther was doctoring two scratched Ain't I always been good to you?”
arms, and a third was nursing body | = At this point, with Alex cuffing
bruises. Alex was not feeling Emory, Russell Newell and Jack
playful, | Smith. decided to help. With their
Tt began about a month ago when | assistance, Emory finally chained
Emory Newell bought Alex from | Alex to a pole.
Squire Davis of Harveys Lake. The! But Alex wasn’t through. He
Newell family was not unanimous knocked over an oil barrel, climbed
in its enthusiasm for Alex, but on | a gasoline pump, and surveyed the
his first two trips to Noxen Alex, | field of battle, inviting further
still drowsy from recent hiberna- | opposition.
tion, submitted to the mauling Tt was then that Russell got his
peaceably. Alex didn’t hit his stride {gun and threatened to shoot Alex.
until last Sunday. | Emory protested. They fed Alex to-
The trouble ‘began in the truck | bacco and got him into the truck,
on the way to Noxen. Howard John- | but he insisted upon climbing on
son had been commissioned to ride | top of the cab and taking a swipe
with Alex, and had a handful of | at anyone venturesome enough to
jelly beans to keep the bear con- | come close,
tented. | Finally he dropped down and per-
Howard says it is gross libel to ' mitted himself to be taken back to
say that he ate the candy, and that | the Lake.
this was what made the bear sore.! Squire Davis knows Alex and
There was no mistaking Alex's ir- | recognized his mocd as soon as the
ritation, though. He gave definite | truck pulled in. “Git, everybody,”
proof of that when he took the seat | the Squire called anxiously, expect-
out of Howard's pants. | ing trouble.
One man anybody would rely on But Alex was finished for the
is 260 pound muscular Roy Newell. | day. He allowed his battered wres-
‘He ‘tried calming the bear first, be- | tling partners to tie him up safely,
cause he (Roy) had his good clothes | wished them a bass-voice good eve-
; ng, and went to sleep.
| Han is, 50th. vad
i Fire destroys home of Donald Bol-
i ton, Shavertown.
Died: Mrs. Mary Butry, 74, Noxen.
Irvin A. Rood, 86, Harveys Lake.
Walter Thomas Glogowski, 4, Jack-
son Township. Infant Rought, Cen-
ter Moreland. Mrs. Catherine Me-
Dyer, 91, Shavertown. Morris Lloyd,
88, Shavertown. Ralph Downend,
1:57, Dallas.
Married: Marjorie Hughes ‘to Wil-
liam Davis. 3
MARCH 18, 1965
Kids at Dallas High School plant
fake bomb.
Rash of brush-fires. :
Died: Anna Mae Richards, former
resident. Mrs. Sarah Crispell Smith,
92, Bowmans Creek native. Mrs.
Ruth G. (Cairl, formerly of Dallas.
Dreher Whitesell, 76, Trucksville.
Stanley B. imon, 62, Shavertown.
Mrs. Lillian Philo, 74, Bunker: Hill.
Kenneth W. Traver, 47, Evans Falls.
Mrs. Mae Eide, 76, Dallas. Clark
Race, 53, formerly of Center More-
land. Robert Evans, 38, former res-
ident, . : .
Married: Donna Parrish to Russell
Scott, Jr. i
Anniversary:
Mr. and Mrs. Lance
hi? Co a
| was asked to contribute two sheets | since then music has been a de-
| and two pillow cases yearly for her | lightful feature of hospital functions.
| ward. Some being of better quality | For a number of years several
than others, they began to be mis- | interested and determined members
| placed among the wards and argu- had constantly been urging the
| ments arose, so that plan was given | hospital to permit the Auxiliary
|up and members were asked to!
give the price as dues. This money |
was used to make needed repairs
and improvements in ‘the wards,
After a year, interest lagged and
the ward effort was reduced to
visiting patients and taking them
small presents of books, papers and
magazines.
“Sometimes you have to gc
«out on a limb. That's where
the fruit is.”
establish a Hospitality shop. Fie@#fly
in 1947 permission was granted and
our hospitality shop opened Nov.
17, 1947.
Our Pink ladies and Candy
Stripers have given to the hospital
an invaluable contribution.
Because this is more a history of
the very early years of our Aux-
iliary, in my next report IT will tell
of other worthwhile projects not
least of which was our pledge to
the building fund of $100,000 paid
in full, and our present pledge of
$80,000.
Through ‘the combined efforts of
all members and the guiding hands
of all past presidents the “Board
of Lady Managers” with its twelve
members gave to the “City Hos-
pital” what the “Woman's Auxiliary
of | the Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital” with its 422 members today
is carrying on in bigger and ever
widening ways under our present
D; Ee sk,