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Loyalville Residence Is Destroyed
Rs Family Vacations At North Lake
Insurance Agent
Discovers Blaze
A fire which smoldered for some
hours undetected destroyed the
hgme of Mr, .and Mrs. Elwood
hitesell, Loyalville, on Tuesday
morning.
By a coincidence, Fred Javers,
Harveys Lake, associated with Tom
Garrity Real Estate and Insurance
Company, with whom Whitesell’
property is insured, was conducting
prospective buyers through the area
at about 10 a: m. when he pointed
"out the Whitesell home and noticed
smoke coming from the windows.
i He “called to Clarence Payne,
brother of Ms. Whitesell, who lives
nearby as does her father, A. G.
Payne, and summoned the Harveys
Lake Fire ®*Company.
With the house locked it was
necessary to call Mrs. Whitesell at |
North Lake where the family had |
moved ten days ago for the summer,
to locate the key.
Lehman ‘and Sweet Valley Fire
Companies joined in combatting the
conflagration but it was not until
2 D; m., that it was finally tapped
é The home which was about 30
years-old and had been remodeled |
by Whitesell about four years ago!
is reported a complete loss, although
walls and roof are still intact. Alu-
minum siding - and insulation pre-
®ated a breakthrough of the
flames.
Fire is believed to have started
Chicken Bar-B-Q
Auction Feature
‘Jim Alexander is again chairman
of the Chicken Barbecue, slated to
be served at Gate of Heaven School
on the first night of the Library
Auction.
Hours are 5 to 8, Thursday, July
7. Tickets, says ticket chairman
Ronald Koeb, are in the hands of
all members of services clubs, at
all local pharmacies, and will be on
sale at the door.
American Legion will have charge
“oft? serving, assisted by Key Club
Minty about the weather.
A ;
Soandg Keyetfes,
Rev. Francis A. Kane, pastor of
Gate of Heaven, offers the use of
the school auditorium as his con-
tribution to the success of the Li-
brary Auction.
For some years the parking lot
was used, but there was uncer-
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in the den and spread to other
rooms. The upstairs received its
greatest damage from the intense
heat. There have been reports of
| lightning having been nesponsible
but exact cause has not been de-
termined.
Mr. Whitesell is wu partner in
‘Whitesell Brothers Bunlders, Dallas.
{ sun and the rain do the rest.
Wayne King Has Fine
Display Of Dogwood
The dogwood at Wayne King’s
place on the Meeker Road was at
its peak last Sunday. It is per-
haps beyond its prime at this writ-
ing, but the altitude may preserve
it for another weekend.
Mr. King finds small dogwood
trees and transplants them. The
This
year, he says, the wet May was
exactly right for dogwood.
Total Destruction After Fire Sweeps Dwelling
Fred Javers, John Stenger and James Kozemchak, Jr.,
the damages at the home of Elwood Whitesell, Loyalville, completely
photo by Kozemchak
survey
gutted by fire on Tuesday morning with total destruction of all contents:
Injures Foot
Teddy Whipp, son of Mrs. Ernest
Whipp, Shavertown, returned to
school this week after receiving in-
juries to his left foot on Memorial
| Day.
The young lad was turning over
{dirt in his mother’s flower beds
when he accidently drove a spad-
ing fork into his foot. The prongs
just missed the bone but left its
imprint on his moccasin sole as it
went through the lower member.
It is healing nicely.
To Elect Officers
Members’ of .Noxen Volunteer
Fire Company ‘will hold election of
officers at their meeting on. Tues-
day evening, June 14.
They will serve supper for the
members of the Ladies Auxiliary.
uel barbecue is now held indoors,
just before the festivities of the
first night of the Auction in the
Father Kane's permission, the an- | Risley Barnyard.
The first organizational] meeting
of volunteer leaders in the Back
Mountain section for this year’s
campaign. of the Wyoming Valley
United Fund was held recently at
the home of Mrs. John S. Fine,
Loyalville.
Seated are: Mrs. Yewis L. Rogers,
IIT, Back Mountain division chair-
man (left); and Mrs. Fine, division
vice-chairman.
Standing: Mrs. Richard Garmen,
section “88° chairman, and Mrs.
John Siegel, section “90” chairman.
Section “88” includes Shavertown,
Trucksville, Midway Manor,
Meadowcrest, Westmoreland Hills,
Brown Manor and Carverton. Sec-
tion “90” encompasses Harveys
Lake, Jackson, Lehman and Kunkle.
Mrs. Ralph S. Smith, area “89”
United Fund Girds For Action
chairman, was unable ‘to attend the
meeting. Mrs. Smith's area includes Take,
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Parrish Heights
Protests Roads
Have Thirty Days
To File Exception
Dallas Township Board of Super-
visors Tuesday night voted to ac-
cept parts of Medfield, Davenport
and Parrish Streets as township
roads despite the protests of Mr.
and Mrs. John Michaels, property
owners in ‘the Parrish Heights
section .
Solicitor Frank Townend in-
formed the Michaelses they had 30
days in which to file an exception.
Mr. Michaels said his mother had
not signed the petition and there-
fore it was not legal, he claimed.
He said he did not want to lose any
of his” property through widening
of the road.
Board explained the right of way |
is 40 feet and the road will be 28 |
feet. At present the paved part of
the road is about 16 feet wide.
William Hersch, representing res-
idents of South Side Avenue; was
informed the solicitor has sent for
the proper maps and will draw the
petitions for this street when, the
maps are received.
Ben Banks requested: the posed
take over a road in Elmerest Woods
and agreed to remove trees which
the road superintendent, Fred La-
moreaux, designated.’
He was ‘told to submit 10 copies
of the map of the area to the ‘solic-
itor and the petition would be
drawn.
Beard discussed the lack of a
justice of the peace caused by the
death of George Prater, the vacancy
going unfilled to date. Lamoreaux
contended the township is losing
money in fines.
Police Chief Frank Lange said
most of the motor vehicle viola-
tions are taken to Leonard Harvey,
a borough justice, because he. is
the nearest one and said few cases
are taken to Thomas Robinson, the
township’s only justice of the peace
because he has turned several away.
List of tax exonerations was ap-
proved as presented by the tax ccl-
lector with exceptions. Tax Collect-
or Daniel Richards reported 101
persons were on delinquent tax list.
He reported 97.7 per cent of prop-
erty tax and 95.8 per cent of per
capita tax has been collected.
Board announced the paving pro-
gram will include the old. Lake
Road from Castle Inn to Lehman
Township line; front section of Elm-
| crest Drive and the lower entrance
of New Goss Manor to Skyview
Drive and up Highland Avenue to
| Grandview Avenue.
These roads will be done with a
motor paver.
\Loke Jammed With
Weekend Traffic
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Weekend traffic jammed Harveys
as sweltering weather de-
Dallas Borough, Dallas Township scended upon the Back Mountain,
and Franklin Township.
and Valley residents took to the
The metropolitan division of the Hills.
campaign organization is concerned
primarily with residential and small nauts swam,
The water was chilly, but aqua-
sailboats raced, and
business solicitation on a geogra- | motor boats raised a wake that
phic basis, and the division will rocked the rowboats and swamped
be assisted this year by the newly the swimmers.
‘created Women’s Council of the]
Hanson's was crowded, making
fund. Back Mountain area repre- up for a chilly Memorial Day week-
sentatives on the council are Mrs. | end.
Robert iC. Rinehimer.
William L. Conyngham and Mrs.
Kickoff date for this year’s appeal
is scheduled for Sunday, October
9th, with a parade slated as the
opening event.
Campaign general chairman is
John N. Conyngham of Trucksville.
Cars travelled bumper to bumper,
kids dribbled chocolate ice cream
on the upholstery, parents snapped,
dogs barked.
Normal spring weekend fading
into summer, situation normal, all
fouled up, unlimbering for the com-
ing vacation.
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Ruction Notes . . .
Chairmen for the Library Auc-
tion will ‘meet tonight at 8 in the
Library Annex, to lay final plans
for the Main Bout in the Barnyard,
July 7, 8, and 9.
Jerome Gardner, general chair-
man, asks that heads of commit-
tees and sub-committees make
every effort to attend.
This will be the last official meet-
ing of chairmen before the Auction.
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Members of the Auction Antiques
Committee are reminded that the
traditional tea is scheduled for next
Thursday afternoon at 2, at the
home of Mrs. Ray Turner, Sutton
Road. Mrs. Robert Weaver is co-
hostess.
A dry sink has been obtained
for the drawing, and ticket-books |
are being printed. The committee
considered a chest of drawers, but
selected the dry-sink in preference.
It is being put.into perfect condi-
tion at the Silver Sleigh.
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WILK will again broadcast from
the Barnyard, holding interviews,
catching the background music of
the auctioneer, feeding the fun to
those who are not able to attend
the Auction in person.
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This is the Twentieth Auction.
. The posters this year are in mem-
ory of Howard Risley, Editor of the
Dallas’ - Post, without whose en-
couragement the Library could not
have been founded.
Ten. years ago, Howard was gen-
eral chairman.
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Jerry Gardner, general chairman,
says: that this weekend the bony
framework of the Auction Grounds
will be removed from the Barn,
to make room for stowing of goods.
Harry Lefko, auction co-chairman,
will ‘be assisted by George McCut-
cheon and members of the Key
Club.
Next Saturday, June 18, twenty
men will congregate to erect the
tents and build the counters. Ziba
Smith will superintend the work,
and the Key Club will help.
The Berti Boys have been pressed
into service for the clean-up after
the Auction.
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Stefan Hellersperk is freshening
the decor of the ticket stand, which
he developed years ago on Penn-
sylvania Dutch lines, a tradition
of the Auction.
Graphic Arts is again contribut-
ing the engravings to be used in
publicity for the Auction.
Mrs. Harvey Kitchen has been
bulldozed into taking the chairman-
ship of the Plants and Produce
booth. She will be assisted by Doc
Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hutchi-
son, and of course Mrs. Joseph
Schooley, who probably knows more
about raising garden flowers than
anybody else in the Back Moun-
tain.
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Looking backward at the success
of the french fries and the potato
pancakes at the Sweet Valley
Parade, people are asking why the
Strawberry Treat
Set For June 25
Alexander's Band and the Green
Briars will highlight the Straw-
berry Festival to he held by Dallas
Kiwanis Club on the Dallas Junior
High School grounds, Saturday,
June 25, from 5 to 8:30 p.m.
John L: Krogulski has announced
that Dallas Senior High School Key
Club members will pick the berries
that morning so that everyone can
look forward to a healthy portion
of fresh strawberries on homemade
shortcake topped with whipped
cream.
Tom Neyhard, ticket chairman,
has distributed tickets to members
and announced that top sellers will
be given a dinner by Kiwanians
having the lowest sales ratio. A
number of' excellent door prizes
will also bechanced off, reported
George McCutcheon.
Alexander's Band will entertain
guests from 6:30 to 8:30 and early
arivals will be treated to songs
by the Green Briars, a local Dallas
High group who have created a
great deal of interest throughout
the Back Mountain by their appear-
ances.
Auction cannot cater to she public
taste by offering them, perhaps
at small stands along Lehman Ave-
table to the driveway of the Dallas
Post. This, is addition to the classic
hot dog and hamburg offered by
the Woman's Club. Mrs. Risley is
suggesting waffles.
Oxen Will
Be Attraction At Lehman Horse-Show
A new attraction at the Lehman Lehman Horse Show grounds on of judges from contestants repre-
Horse Show this year will be a | Saturday,
yoke of oxen, pulling a covered | July 2, 3, 4 and will take part in
wagon, and providing rides at the | the parade on Monday, scheduled
These sleek draft |for 9 a.m.
show grounds.
animals will be a completely new
sight for youngsters, and perhaps
oldsters.
with owners, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hill | At 9 p.m. on Sunday a horse show
They will be at the queen will be selected by a panel
of Montrose.
Sunday and Monday,
The 22nd annual Lehman Horse
Show will officially get under way
provide a nostalgic moment for the | on July 3 at 1 p.m. with western
senting area high schools.
The July 4th show will kick-off
with a parade up Route 118 at
9 am.
The all-day horse show will Stahl
at 10 a.m. Special July 4th attrac-
tions will be a 2nd trick riding
classes and time events, featuring | exhibition and dinner at noon, serv-
Nip and Tuck are shown here | trick riding by the Baldwin Stables.
ed by Lehman Volunteer Fire Com-
pany Auxiliary.
nue, from the end of the Antiques |
THE DALLAS POST
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Telephone Numbers
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674-7676
VOL. 77 NO. 23, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1966
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FLAG DAY TUESDAY,
FLY FIFTY STARS
FOR YOUR COUNTRY
Flag Day, June 14, 1966. Fly
Old Glory from your flagpole
on Tuesday.
Fifty stars now, five more
than at the time of the Spanish
American War, two more than
before the admission of Alaska
and Hawaii.
If your flag still shows only
forty-eight stars, fly it anyway:
A fifty-star flag will be on sale
at the Auction, going to the
highest bidder.
B —
Back Mountain Area
Bmbulance Logbook
Dallas Community
June 3 - Helen Tredennick, Mill
Streea, to Mercy Hospital. R. Be-
secker, J. Davies attending.
June 5 - Ellen C. Shaffer, Mill
Ssteet, home from Nesbitt Hospital.
R. Disque, R. Besecker, L Tinsley,
crew.
June 5 . Michele Whitley, Kings-
ton, from Tennis and Swim Club,
Harris Hill Road, to Nesbitt Hospital
R. Besecker, Davies, Sheehan, crew.
June 6 - Mrs. Charles Snyder,
Claude Street, home from Nesbitt
Hospital. Wayne Harvey, R. Disque
attending.
June 8 . Hans Menzel, Church
Street, home from Mercy Hospital.
J: Davies, R. Disque attending.
Kingston Township
June 1 - Mildred Sonnersbury,
‘W. Center Street, to General Hos-
pital. John Judge, Henry Hill, Wil-
liam Frederick asi crew.
June 4 ~- William Harrison, Pio-
neer Avenue, home from Nesbitt:
William EKreischer, Joseph Young-
blood. :
June 5 - Mrs. Karl Stock, Harris
Hill Road, to General Hospital. Al
Hawke and H. Hill.
June 7 - Frank Kreigh, Division
Street, to General Hospital. Ted
Newcomb and Carol Miers.
Lehman Township
June 3 - Mrs. Elbert Coombs to
Nesbitt Hospital. Harold Coolbaugh
and L. C. Sutton, crew.
June 4 - Mrs. Maude Knight to
Wyoming Valley Hospital for Xrays
and return. Coolbaugh and Sutton.
June 4 - Mrs. Elizabeth Krempa.
Harveys Lake, to Nesbitt Hospital.
Lee Wentzel and Pete Hospodor.
June 5 - Dr. Joseph Martifi, Jack-
son Twp, to Nesbitt Hospital. Went-
zel and Hospodor.
Harveys Lake
June 6 - Mildred Grey, Loyal-
ville, to Alfred Dupont Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington, Del. John
Stenger and Lee Zimmerman at-
tending.
Noxen
June 3 - Alice Space .to General
Hospital, Calvin Strohl and Albert
Goble as crew.
June 5 - Nina Brown to General
Hospital. J. Lyons, Joseph Nalbone
and Elmer. Race, attendants.
Kingsten Child Hurt
In Tennis Club Pool
An eleven-year old Kingston child
suffered pulled muscles Sunday waft-
ernoon at Valley Tennis and Swim
Club, when she jumped into the
pool feet-first. ;
Michele Whitley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Michael Whitley, members
of the recreational club, was taken
to Nesbitt Hospital, where X-ray
showed no fracture. Dallas Ambu-
lance took the call for Kingston
Township ambulance, out of the
immediate area on another call.
Michele was discharged today.
Meeting Called
A meeting for plot owners of
Evergreen Cemetery, Shavertown,
has been called for Sunday after-
noon at Snowdon’s Funeral Home,
Shavertown at 2 p. m.
Induction Of Key Club Officers And New Members
Induction of hext year’s officers Blase outlined the work that each |
Dallas | officer and member will be ex-
and new members of the
Senior High School Key Club was |
was held last Tuesday night at the
high . school auditorium.
The program was planned by
Scott Alexander, retiring President,
and Ronald Madajeski, incoming
President for the year 1966-67.
pected to perform during the en-
suing year and challenged the new
members to uphold the splendid
reputation established in the past.
Scott Alexander and Ronald Ma-
dajeski paid tribute to George Me-
Cutcheon for his work with the
Induction. of new members was | Key Club in the past and presented
made by Dr. John Blase, President |him with a gift as a token of the
of the Dallas Kiwanis Club. Dr.!club members appreciation,
In addition,
past- president's pin for his out-
standing work this past year with
the local Key Club.
Kiwanians who attended the in-
duction were Leo Corbett, Ed
Thompson, Dr. John Blase and Wil-
liam Wright.
Pictured from left to right are:
First row, Eric Dingle, Peter Wett-
stein, Allen Brown, Charles Garris,
Ronald Madajeski |
| presented Scott Alexander with a
Kiwanian,
Robert Huttman, Richard Fedock,
Ronald Madajeski, Scott Fry, Larry
Heycock, Jeff Farley, Chris Bolen,
Robert Parry. J
Second row, David Kapson, Jos-
eph Goode, Jay Pope, Thomas
Jenkins, Ted Wright, Scott Alex-
ander, James Harris, Robert Grif-
fiths, Gary Ryan.
Third row, Leo Corbett, Kiwanian,
Robert Harrington, Ed Thompson,
Larry Earl, William
208 Seniors In
Dallas’ Largest
Graduating Class
Ruditorium Already
Outgrown, Exercises
Held At Pavilion
‘Walking across the platform at
Irem Country Club pavilion Tues-
day night to receive their diplomas,
were 208 members of the graduat-
ing class of Dallas Senior High
School.
Correction: one member was not
able to walk. - Fred Hennebaul sat
in a wheelchair, and Judy Wright
was assisted across the stage by
a classmate. Both seniors had over-
come monumental handicaps in
completing their high school educa-
tion.
The pavilion was the only place
in the area large enough to hold
the throng, the auditorium long
having been outgrown. (When the
school was planned, the existing
school board fought Harrisburg for
greater facilities, pointing out that
larger growth could be expected.)
Green and white, the class colors,
predominated in the backdrop and
the winding of the pillars.
It was a beautiful night, per-
mitting free passage of the breeze
through uncurtained openings.
The seniors, alighting from five
buses in the order in which they
would be seated, marched into the
hall to the strains of ‘Pomp and
Circumstance,” sober in their hori-
zon blue caps and gowns.
Rev. William W. Reid, Jr.,
the invocation.
The Choraliers, accompanied by
Janet Balshaw and directed by Mrs.
Florence Sherwood, sang.
Dr. Robert Mellman introduced
Alexander C. Carmichael, who spoke
on “This End of the Rainbow.”
There was a stir as Thomas
Jenkins, high school principal, step-
ped forward to introduce Mrs.
Thomas ‘Vernon, president of the
school board. The flowing blue
stream of seniors moved up one
flight of steps, across the stage,
and down the other steps, holding
their diplomas in their hands,
Back in their seats, the seniors
joined, perhaps for: the last time,
in singing their Alma Mater, youth=
ful voices rising into the stillness
of the night.
The benediction . . . the reces-
sional, and it was all dver, seniors
no longer, but high school grad-
uates.
They gathered at the Brothers
Four Restaurant in Dallas, at a
party arranged by parents, the
traditional release of tension after
the demands of final examinations
and pre-graduation festivities.
Noxen Gives 53
Pints Of Blood
Gallon Pins For
Smith And Kocher
The Red’ Cross Blocodmobile visit
at the Noxen Methodist Church, on
May 31, produced 53 pints of blood.
Mrs. Earl Crispell, local area
chairman; was typist.
The visit was covered by Dr. R.
S. Latta and Dr. Lester Saidman.
Gallon pins were presented to
Carl Smith and Leslie Kocher.
Volunteers ' assisting: Mesdames
Earl Crispell, George Macialek, Rob-
ert May, Elvin Bean, Warren John-
son, Robert Bellas, Harold Bennett,
Gilbert Boston, John Jones, Albert
May, Joseph Dotter; Miss Judy Hill,
Elvin T. Bean, Jr.,, and George
Macialek.
Nurses were Mrs. Joan Robinson,
Mrs. Wilma Robinson, Miss Caroline
Dietz, and Mrs. O. H. Love.
A good job of donor solicitation
was done by Beaumont and Noxen
areas.
The Bowman's Creek Lions Club
and ladies of the Lions donated
juice and food for the after-dona-
tion snack table.
Lake-Lehman Band
Wins At Sherburne
Lake-Lehman High School Band
added another award to its grow-
ing list Saturday when it won field
band honors at the annual Pageant
of Bands at Shelburne, N.Y.
This marks the sixth consecutive
year for the Golden Knights to place
in the top three. Contest this year
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
drew 43 schools from New York,
John Miliauskas is director of the
110-member marching unit. Band
won an award in the Nanticoke
Loyalty Day Parale.
The unit, including 19 seniors wha
graduate this month, received a
citation from Gov. William Scran-
ton for introducing the State song.
Lake-Lehman also has a Junior
Band to keep the program alive.
Wright, Kiwanian, Paul Priebe,
George McCutcheon, George Kostra-
bala, William Henschke, Tom Hill,
Dr. John Blase, Jan McDade, Robert
Parker, Henry Pietraccini, Scott
Blase, Ronald Sutton, Damon Young,
gave