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Family Burned Out In July, Ready
To Move Into Home, Need Furniture
The Jopling family, burned out
July 8, is now ready to mové into
the nearly completed new home off
Route 118.
The family lost everything in a
blaze that swept like wildfire
fo the rooms, devouring every-
cellar excavation behind.
People in the Back Mountain of-
fered furniture, but there was no
storage space for it in the furnished
house lent by Milton Culp at Hunts-
ville. .
Clothing for the five children,
ranging in age from a kindergartner
to a high school youngster, has been
provided, and apparently there is
no: call for more at this time.
But furniture is now needed, in
advance of the move ten days from
There is plenty of kitchen furnish-
ing on hand, pots, pans and dishes,
things accumulated during the three
month stay at Huntsville.
It is imperative that the new
house be furnished as soon as pos-
sible, as there is no heat in the
summer cottage now being used.
The cottage, surrounded by pine
woods, poses too great a danger
from use of the fireplace for heat-
ing.
People who have good used furni-
| ture which can be spared, are ad-
vised to get in touch with Mrs.
Hontz at 674-5479, and offer .it.
The family will be glad to accept
such articles, just as it would be
glad to contribute to others if po-
sitions were reversed.
now.
Mrs, Arthur Hontz reports that
donations of living room furniture |
will be especially welcome. |
Bedroom ‘furniture for the three
bedrooms: is also needed, beds,
dressers, chairs.
Back Mountain Area
Dallas Community
.October 2: Carlene Roberts, 120
Tunkhannock Highway, from Nes-
bitt Hospital to her home. Lynn
Sheehan, G. Faerber, Les Tinsley.
g, October 4: Mrs. Emma Kocher,
Maple Hill Convalescent Home to
General Hospital and return. Robert
Besecker and Dick Disque Jr.
October 4: Annette = Oshinskie,
Kulpmont, to Nesbitt Hospital from
Dallas ‘Motel following accident on
intersection of 415 and 309. Rich-
ard Disque Jr. and R. Besecker.
October . 4: John Girvan, Lake
Street, to Mercy Hospital. L. Shee-
han, Wayne Harvey.
October 5: Infant daughter of
R. W. Rubino, Shrine Acres, to
Mercy Hospital. R./Besecker, James
Davies, W. Cave Jr.
\ Noxen
October 2: Alice Space to Gen-
eral Hospital. Bob Clark, Walter
Galka, Fay Clark.
October 4: Mrs. Ada Casterline
to General Hospital. Bob’ Crispell,
John Lyons, Spencer Heglmgren Jr.
Qctober 5: Mrs. Dorothy Swire
to . General . Hospital. ‘Elmer Race,
Joseph ‘Nalbone. !
Lehmnn
October 1: Mrs. Marian Lord, ac-
cident, to Nesbitt Hospital. Lee
Wentzel and Elliott Ide.
Harveys Lake
September 28: Leroy Kocher,
{ Noxen Road, to General Hospital.
October 5: Edgar Hoover from
Nesbitt Hospital to his home at
John Stenger and F. Javer.
Kingston Township
October ‘1: Ethel Merrell, from
General Hospital to Hagenbaugh's
Donors are asked to bear in mind
that blankets and other warm bed-
ding will be needed.
The children are all in school
| now at Lake-Lehman, where they
keep warm during the day.
man who prefers not to have his
name mentioned, brought his bull-
dozer and cleared a foundation,
when it became evident that the
old cellar would not support a new
structure. At the conclusion of the
job, he handed Mr. Jopling a bill,
marked ‘Paid.”
Eddie Hopa has contributed car-
penter work, laboring after his reg-
ular work day. The Joplings, chil-
dren and all, took a hand with
mixing mortar.
People have been generous. One |
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THE DALLAS POST |
TWO
EASY TO REMEMBER
Telephone Numbers
674-5656
674-7676
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
United Fund Solicitation Already Begun In Area
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The annual People’s Appeal Cam-
| paign of the Wyoming Valley United
Fund will kickoff with a parade
through Kingston and Wilkes-Barre
Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. Solici-
tation begins on Monday.
Huntsville Christian Church cam-
paigned for cash, raising $1,400, and
led the drive for clothing and house- |
hold linens needed immediately. |
The family had lived in the |
original house only nine months at |
the time it burned to the ground. |
What insurance there was, had to |
go on. the mortgage. |
It was a body blow, but the Jop- |
lings have bounced back and are |
ready to start again.
I
Convalescent Home, Lehman, Al
Hawke, Robert Carey.
Firemen To Meet
Back Mountain Firemen will
meet this evening at 7:30 at Sweet
Valley Fire Hall. :
Calvin Strohl will preside.
With N. W. Mutual
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ROBERT V. CROSSON
‘Announcement has been made
that Robert V. Crosso has been ap-
pointed special agent for the North-
western Mutual Life Insurance Com-
pany with head quarters at 44 N.
Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre.
Until it became obvious that the |
Back Mountain Town and Country
YMCA was breathing its last from
lack of support and public apathy,
Mr. Crosson was executive secretary,
holding that position from June,
1963, to August 31, 1966.
He had been in YMCA work for
nine years, starting in Beaumont,
Texas, and transferring to Mans-
field Ohio before coming to this |
area.
His qualifications for his present
position are: a degree in economics
from University of Texas, a study
of administration as a graduate stu-
dent at George Williams College in
Chicago, and work as a staff mem-
ber in the government in Washing-
ton.
Recently, he and his wife built a
home in College Manor.
A truck and a motorist collide at
the intersection of Rts 415 and 309,
site of many an accident.
The above crash occurred on
Tuesday morning at 8:15 a.m. Olin
McCabe, Rome, R.D. 1, truck driver,
was coming from Tunkhannock and
had stopped at the stop sign. He
had just turned to go south when
the accident occurred.
Annette Oshinskie, 22, 1360 Scott
Street, Kulpmont, had come from
Quaker Courts Motel and was pro-
Section Of 309 Is
Two women met with injuries
last week in two separate accidents
at the same spot in Beaumont which
snuffed out the lives of three young
fishermen last summer. |
Mrs. Christine; Fike, 38, was ad-
mitted to Nesbitt Hospital Friday
evening at 10:30 when her Volks-
wagen skidded off the road and
landed in a creek between Esther's
Diner and Beaumont Inn. Mrs. Fike,
who resides at Springville, was
alone at the time of the mishap
and was pinned under the car ac-
| cording to the report of eye wit-
nesses. She remains a patient with
Leinthal Makes Slow
But Steady Progress
Latest reports on Walbridge Lein-
thal, Harveys Lake Chief of Police,
are that he is resting more com-
fortably at General Hospital, and
that he is no longer in the Con-
stant Care unit.
His assailant, Robert Lee Steadle,
will not face a manslaughter or
murder charge.
Leinthal
lower abdomen while assisting Mrs.
Steadle to remove her belongings
from the Steadle home at Harveys
| Lake after a family quarrel.
Steadle was apprehended in Lu- |
zerne by State and Luzerne police,
| questioned at Wyoming State Police |
barracks, and remanded to Luzerne
| County Prison in default of $4,000
| bail.
D. ngerous Intersection Again Site Of Crash
was shot through the |
Volunteer leaders in section 90
of the Back Mountain Metropolitan
division have begun residential and
small business solicitation in their |
efforts to reach a quota of $1,427.
Total campaign goal is $1,329,000.
This solicitation began, following
a recent meeting of division and
| district leaders, held at the home
of Mrs. John Siegal, Harveys Lake.
Those at the meeting included,
left to right: Mrs. John §S. Fine,
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photo by Kozemchak
College Misericor-
a student. Dallas
Ambulance took the girl to the
motel and then to Nesbitt Hos-
pital where she was examined.
Chief Russell Honeywell, Patrol-
men James Davies and Jack Berti,
and Police Chief Frank Lange, in-
vestigated.
McCabe said when he stopped
he had looked out into the highway
and nothing was approaching.
ceeding north to
dia, where she is
Deadly Menace
When Rain Moistens Oily Strip
multiple contusions and abrasions.
On ‘Saturday at 12:30," Miss Betty
Kovalick,' 23, Noxen, hit the same
greasy spot and her Ford Falcon
sedan rolled over several times.
She received bruises and glass in
her eyes which was removed by
her family physician.
The stretch, which covers an area
of from 300 to 600 feet, has been
a source of concern to residents
for some time as numerous acci-
dents have occurred when the
pavement is wet. Letters have been
sent repeatedly to the State De-
| partment of Highways urging action
| but ‘nothing has been done. It is
| believed that oil placed along the
| side of the road flows over the
| thoroughfare when it rains, trans-
forming the highway into a slippery,
deadly spot for unsuspecting motor-
ists.
Mrs. Robert K. Hislop Is 9%
Wednesday, September 28, mark-
| ed the 96th birthday for Mrs. Robert
| K. Hislop, Demunds Rcad, East Dal-
las, where she resides with her
daughter and son-in-law, Jessie and
Tom Moore. Mrs. Hislop is the for-
mer Mary Jane Williams of Kings-
ton, Pa. She was born in Scotland
and came to this country on her
16th birthday. She was married in
her parents home at Kingston, to
the late Robert K. Hislop on June
(29, 1900.
There are two surviving children
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Fire Prevention Week
| vice-chairman of the Back Moun-
| tain division; Mrs. Taft Truska, Jr.,
| district ‘chairman for Harveys Lake, |
residential; Mrs. Malcolm Nelson,
| Kunkle district chairman; Mrs. Gor-
{don Dawe, Lehman district chair-
man; Mrs. L. L. Rogers, 3rd Back
| Mountain division: chairman; and
Mrs. Siegal, chairman of section 90.
Statistics, reported at the meet-
{ ing, show that 1,008 persons, who
reside in the section 90 area (Har-
veys Lake, Jackson, Lehman and
Kunkle), received services from at
| least one of the United Fund's 45
On Crafts
Lecture
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Tonight, Craft Show October 14-17
College Misericordia will present |
| a one-man craft exhibit October 14
[to 17 in the Kennedy Lounge, fea-
| turing textiles and graphics by
| Janet ' Crosson, who. has giénered
| a good many blue ribbons along the
| way, including a first prize in tex- |
| tiles at ‘the 1964 State Fair, a na-
| tional competition. Her work has
| been shown in ‘juried shows in
| Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsyl- |
vania.
| Sister M. Manus, RSM, chairman
| of College Misericordia’s art de- |
partment, announces that accessory
| items in the show will include sculp- |
ture, wood, enamel and glass, also
the product of Mrs. Crosson’s skill.
Mrs. Crosson’s studio is directly
across the highway from the Col-
lege, in College Manor. /
Beginning on Sunday and con-
tinuing until October 15, we will
observe Fire Prevention Week.
Residents are urged by their fire
chiiefs to check furnaces, pipes and
electric wiring so. that no fires may
occur during the winter season.
Leaves which will soon begin to
fall present another hazard and
caution is urged when burning
them.
Dogs At Schceol
Chief Russell
Honeywell,
| complaints have been received of
| dogs clustering about in the school
yard and roads and presenting a
hazard to motorists and children |
alike.
He requests that parents keep
their dogs at home and away from
the school yard.
RASH OF WRONG NUMBERS
Usual rash of wrong numbers, as
customers ‘of the Commonwealth
Telephone Company consult the old
book, ignoring the new, and new
residents figure out the fire-fones.
Used to be they got Gate of Heaven
instead of the fire company, which
just might add up to the same
| served 7”
Dallas |
Borough, reports that a number of |
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member agencies, during the past
year.
It was further reported that last |
year’s campaign in the area sur-
passed its quota by almost 3, %.
Therefore, solicitors are hoping they |
will be received this year in the |
same spirit they were welcomed
last year.
Unable to attend the meeting |
were Harveys Lake Police Chief |
Walbridge Leinthal, business chair- |
man for that area; and Mrs. George
Kanarr, district chairman for Jack- |
son
At Misericordia
Tonight at 7:30, Mrs. Crosson
will give a lecture in Walsh Audi-
| torium, directed toward both stu-
dents and the public. The title is,
“m/ill our Craft Heritage Be Pre-
Slides will be shown, and demon-
strations of spinning on three types |
| of equipment will follow the lecture.
Hand spindle, wool wheel and low
wheel will be used.
The audience will be invited to
examine the craft work and to raise
questions.
Mrs. Crosson’s skills include pho-
tography and commercial art. This
| past summer, she taught crafts at
| the Jewish Community Center Day
Camp at Idetown, 340 children com-
ing under her supervision.
Woman Is Saved By Tree As Deer Causes Car To Crash
connection, give or take those few
vital seconds.
n' Westmoreland PTA
| Westmoreland PTA will hold the
‘first meeting of the season Tuesday
night, ‘October 11 in ‘the "school
| auditorium when the speaker will be
Bruce Davis of Station WVIA,
' Channel 44.
Mrs. Jessie Moore and Mrs.
Somers, Harding. Her sons,
.and Robert are deceased.
A quiet birthday dinner was en-
i joyed by just her immediate family,
Jessie, Jean and her niece, Mrs.
Helen Evans, Shavertown.
John
Missionary From China
Jennie Lind, missionary from
China, will speak at Tuesday eve-
ning’s meeting of Dallas WSCS. The
hour is 7:30.
Jean |
The sturdy trees standing in the
background are all that prevented
Mrs.. Marian Jones Lord, 23, Sweet
Valley, from serious injury late Fri-
day evening when she swerved her
car to avoid hitting a deer which
jumped out in front of her.
The young woman had been shop-
ping and came around the curve
on Rt. 118, a mile from Lehman
Center, where the mishap occurred
when she encountered the wood-
land denizen. )
The car, out of control, tore up
eight guard rails before it stopped
partly over ‘the bank of an incline
which dropped down ten feet.
Mrs. Lord was not detected
the car until 12:10 a. m., although
she reported the mishap occurred
at 10:30, and it is believed she
was unconscious part of that time.
By blowing her horn, she finally
| stopped motorists who, with the aid
of a pick-up truck passing by, re-
!
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in.
2 Dallas Youths
Held In Robbery
Mark Van Etten and Donald
Darrow, both 18, Dallas, were ar-
raigned before Justice of the Peace
F. W. Anderson, Shavertown, on
Thursday evening on charges of
Burglary and Larceny preferred by
Trooper Eugene Brennan of the
| Penna. State Police.
The boys were charged with
breaking and entering the produce
stand owned by Merrill Thomas,
Memorial Highway, and taking 20
gallons of cider, ten dozen eggs,
five bags of potatoes (50 lbs. each),
one bag of onions, six baskets of
peaches, two bushel of ‘apples, two
baskets of prunes, two baskets of |
pears and one large pumpkin, be-
tween the hours of 12:01 and 5
a. m., Sunday morning, September |
25.
and a preliminary hearing will be
held on Friday evening at the of-
fice of Squire Anderson. ,
State Police were aided in their
investigation - by Dallas Township
Police.
Teachers To Meet
At Bloomsburg
Tomorrow and Saturday, Teach-
ers and Administrators will attend
the Twentieth Annual Conference at
Bloomsburg State College.
At the general session Saturday |
morning, the speaker will be Dr. B.
Frank Brown, principal
bourne High School, Florida.
Hall. Dr. Brown’s topic will be “Ed-
ucation in a World of Change.”
Registration is at 4 p.m. on Fri-
day.
Dr. John V. Struck, State Director
of Vocational Education will speak
to business education conferees; Dr. |
| Brown, to the elementary division;
{ Dr. Burton Blatt to mental retarda-
Louis M.
on
tion conferees, and Dr.
to those interested
speech pathology.
The division of secondary edu-
cation will hold individual sessions.
Speaking will be Dr. Joseph E.
Ferderbar, Manert H. Kennedy, and |
Dr W. Willard Miller.
At the combined dinner meeting |
in the College Commons Friday eve-
ning, Dr. John R. Rackley. Superin:
tendent of Public Instruction in
Pennsylvania, will be the main
speaker.
The conference concludes with a
luncheon Saturday at 12:30 in the
College Commons.
Now It's Eggs
Dallas Borough residents are well |
aware that Halloween ‘pranksters
are afoot early this year.
Latest in the gags resorted to
is the throwing of eggs against
homes and cars which doesn't make |
the owners very happy.
ioned the door of the vehicle.
Lehman Ambulance .manned by
Lee Wentzel and Elliot Ide rushed
her to Nesbitt Hospital. She suf-
fered brain! concussion and abra-
sions.
Groceries which Mrs.
purchased earlier spilled all over
the back seat. The car is a total
loss, roof crushed, the left side of
the car crumpled and the under-
carriage torn loose. Windshield and
windows on the left side of the car
were smashed and glass littered the
area,
pictures hung down ‘the incline,
Jacksen Police Calls
Jackson Township Police may be
reached by calling 696-2323, 696-
2123 or 696-2879. -
The first number which is Chie
Robert Cooper's phone is listed cor-
rectly in the new directory..
' moved the guard rail which pin- | alternate numbers are not.
Bail was posted at $2,000 each |
of Mel- |
The |
session will start at 11:15 in Carver |
Lord had |
Tommy Andrew who took the
The |
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VOL. 77. NO. 40. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1966
To Receive Eagle Rank
GARY KLEPPINGER
A Dallas’ High School freshman
will be honored on Sunday with
the highest award in scouting. Gary
Kleppinger, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Kleppinger, 48 Evergreen Street,
Shavertown, will receive his Eagle
| Scout Award at a breakfast to be
held at « Shavertown Methodist
Church of which he is a member.
Gary will receive his award from
his former” ‘Scoutmaster of Troop
231, Malcolm Kitchen, who will re-
turn to Shavertown for the special
occasion.
The ceremony will follow the
breakfast served by the Men's Club
of the church which sponsors the
troop.
Everell Chadwick will be guest
speaker, with invocation given by
Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost, pastor,
and greetings from Joseph Allen,
Sr., president of the organization.
Warren Boyes will introduce com-
mittee members and scout leaders,
| William Frederick, scoutmaster and
| Willard Doran, assistant. A repre-
sentative of the Scout Council will
| also take part. Charge to the
| scouts will be. given by Charles
Wasserott.
Gary's parents will be on hand.
| Mr. Kleppinger has served on the
scout committee for 14 years.
The new Eagle Scout, in addition
to completing work on 21 merit
badges required for Eagle rank,
has a perfect attendance certificate
for his three years in the scout
troop.
He is active in the MYF at Shav-
ertown Methodist Church, the Sci-
ence Club at school and as his main
hobby enjoys swimming.
a Wilkes-Barre Record carrier.
addition to sports,
guitar.
Several years ago, it was Gary
who found the late Henry Metzger,
an ill neighbor, who had wandered
away from his home.
photo by T-Bar-A
| supported by a friend, to cover the
crash from all angles.
| Another Hole In One
What Goes On Here?
| Maybe they're scooping out the
holes at Sweet Valley Golf Course.
The third Hole-in-one for this year
was made on Sunday, when Walter |
Melinowski, game warden
Lake Silkworth, belted the ball into
the cup at hole 6, a distance of
| 150 yards, clean as a whistle.
Walter, says Charlie Gosart, own-
er of the golf course, has been play-
ing. only two years.
On Sunday, he was rounding the
course with his sister-in-law Emma
Blaine, and a friend, Steve Lord.
The shot was witnessed also by
Leo Chase and his son Leon. For
“further details, inquire at the Dallas
| Drugs in central Dallas.
Walter will receive his trophy
‘from Charlie Gosart.
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Gary is |
In |
he plays the,
from |
Zip-Code Made
Easy, Says Ed
Cards To Be Sent
Out October 10
Residents in the Dallas area will
have an opportunity to ZIP Code
their mailing lists during October,
Postmaster E. Buckley announced
today.
Letter carriers will deliver cards
to each of the city’s 878 residential
delivery stops beginning October 10.
The cards will have blanks for ad-
dresses used most often, but for
which individuals do not know the
proper ZIP Codes.
The project will be a feature of
“ZIP Code Week’, October 10-15.
Throughout the nation 95,000,000
of the cards will be delivered.
“This is a good time to get the
ZIP Codes missing from your lists,”
Postmaster Buckley noted. ‘““This
Christmas, ZIP Code will be as im-
portant as shopping and mailing
early.”
After filling in the street number,
city and state, the cards are to be
mailed back to the postmaster. Post
Office personnel will add the proper
ZIP Codes and return the cards.
A poll earlier this year found
that about half the population is
using ZIP Code. Of the remaining
half who are not, 80 per cent said
the reason was that they did not
know the ZIP Codes for the people
to whom they write.
Only addresses, not names of cor-
respondents, should be listed on
the cards, says Mr. Buckley. ZIP
Codes represent delivery areas for
the postal service, not individuals.
During the summer, a “dry run”
of the ZIP-A-LIST project was con-
ducted in Columbus, Ohio and-Rich-
mind, Virginia. Information gained
from these tests is being incorpo-
rated in‘ the national program.
Beginning on Monday, letter car-
riers. throughout the Dallas Area
will deliver two cards to every
residence, Postmaster Edward Buck-
ley reported.
Each card will have spaces for
| addresses the householder wishes
| ZIPPED.
After placing their uncoded ad-
dresses onthe ciirdsy printed legibly,
cards may be “deopped into ‘ay
letter box or: returned to the car-
rier. The Dallas Post Office will
add the appropriate ZIP Codes and
return to the mailer.
‘No Postage 1s
Buckley said.
In addition to the e¢ards for ad-
| dresses, a special notice advising
| each resident of his local ZIP Code
number will be: delivered.
Postmaster Buckley emphasized
the importance of including a re-
turn ‘address on the front of the
cards so they may be returned after
addresses have been coded. ;
I Incomplete addresses which are
submitted but cannot be ZZIP Coded
| vy the Local Post office, such as
those in a city like Washington,
D.C., which has the same street
| names and numbers in the north-
| east, northwest, southeast and
| southwest sections, will be sent to
| the appropriate city and the codes
| will be added there. ;
| | Additional cards = are available
[from your letter carrier or postal
| delivery : station.
‘Get Set For Bloodmobile
October 28, 11:45 - 5:43
| Bloodmobile collection for the
| Dallas area will take place at the
| Kingston Township Municipal Build-
| ing October 28, from 11:45 to 5:45
| p.m. Further details later. The
| goal is 200 pints. Membership in
any Dallas District PTA assures the
member of blood transfusion if
needed.
needed,” Mr.
3 State Road Crew Clears
Berms On Pioneer Avenue
A State Road crew directed by
John Scorupa of Harveys Lake, fore-
man, cleared roadway berms on
Pioneer and Overbrook Avenues, be-
ginning last Wednesday. Local crew-
men were Roland Spencer, Ralph
Rood, Earl Engleman, and Hugh B.
Jones. : :
Heavy equipment included a belt
loader, grader, and three trucks.
The project was designed to clear
gutters, provide better drainage, and
relieve the road surface from danger
of frost damage.
Similar work was done last year
lon Carverton Road.
}1:1 Band Sponsors:
| October 19 will be the next Band
| Sponsors meeting in the Lake-Leh-
man High School. This is the mem-
bership meeting. All band parents
| are urged to join the organization
| whicch supports the award-winning
| Lake-Lehman Band. Without your
| support we are unable to help the
band as much as needed. Refresh-
ments will be served in the High
School Cafeteria.
| Next Hoagie Day is Tuesday,
October 11. Hoagies will be sold
from the Lehman Fire Hall or de-
livered if requested.
Advanced date announcement:
| Holiday Bingo on November 18.