Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY— FOURTEEN PAGES Local Woman In Hurricane Mrs. Lida Hughes, Sweet Valley, R. D. 1, was among the vacationers who were forced to flee the beaches of New Jersey when Hurricane Doria struck that area on Friday evening. Fr Vv vv vr ve ve vy vee v eve eee Back Mountain Boys} i Service In Vietnam NN Cy Thomas G. Appel Daniel B. Avery Larry G. Belles William Biggs Michael T. Brown Charles W. Chappell Richard Chisarick N. J., with her brother and sister- in-law, Mrs. Hughes said the de- lightful weather preceding the storm gave no inkling of fierce weather about to descend. Winds began to grow in force on Spending the week at Brigateen, | MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Toll-Free Calls To Start Nov. 19 Center Moreland And Harveys Lake Benefit The Bell Telephone Company and the Commonwealth Telephone Com- pany today announced plans for a | vast Wyoming Valley Service Im- | provement Program which includes | the elimination of tolls on 768,000 {calls a year. *Richard Michael Cummings Russell E. Denmon Friday evening and it was difficult | Scheduled to become effective to walk outside. Rain pelted down | November 19, the program includes and at 2 a.m. Saturday morning | service improvements for customers all visitors were urged to vacate the area. It was feared that the David A. Dershimer |in Harveys Lake, Center Moreland, { Wilkes-Barre, Kingston, Mountain- Thomas Detsick drawbridge which connects the is- | top, Nanticoke, Plymouth, and Wm. H. Dierolf, Jr. land with the mainland would be | Nuangola. Tariffs covering the ! inaccessible. | program have ben filed with the Anthony Digiosa Carl Edwards John J. Ferry Charles L. Finn Charles Higgs Kenneth Hoover John Horniak There was a hurried conference among neighbors and packing be- gan. Mrs. Hughes, being made of sturdy stuff, was inclined to ride out the storm but at 8 a.m., the party decided to head for. home still combatting fierce winds in the region which had been presenting Willian Jones ideal fall weather a bit earlier. During the afternoon the storm Albert Kern moved southward ending all danger Kenneth K. Kocher in this sector, but shops were Anthony Konopka closed early that day by oldtimers er rr who had seen the results of the | Public Utility Commission in Harris- | burg. Details of the proposals | were announced jointly by A. S. | Pawling, Bell's Wilkes-Barre Man- ager, and R. E. Koeb, Common- { wealth’s Dallas District ‘Manager. Savings for Bell customers will | approximate $75,000.00 annually, | with rates remaining unchanged. Al- | though revenue losses for Common- | wealth will be offset by rate in- i creases, its customers will benefit | greatly by the huge increase in the | number of telephones which they About 70 school administrators | | and. educators attended an “In-| Service” meeting recently at the | Dallas Area Senior All school districts, west of the | ming Valley United Fund cam- | paign. | Principals in the program meet- | High School. | ing are shown as Edward J. Boltz, | ministrator of Jr., (at lecturn) told the group | THE DALLAS POST United Fund Outlines Needs For 1967-1968 Campaign Graham, co-chairman of the United Fund’s Public Service division; Dr. Robert Mellman, supervising ad- the Dallas Area School District and meeting chair- Susquehanna River, were represent- | of the necessity of raising a cam- | man; Charles Golden of West Pitts- who related his experiences ton, TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 SE EE PS RE SR. 674-7676 VOL. 78, NO. 38. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1967 by Doris Mallin night at Sportsmen Club, Harveys Lake. Motorcade started in Shaver- town, picked up Belles and Brothers along the way—in Dallas, at the Bowling Lanes and at junction of Route 118. At Sunset, the group from Lake joined and all proceeded to the meeting arranged by Janine and Mike Wood. Over 100 people from the Olde Dallas Area heard reports and plans outlined by George McCutcheon, co- | chairman; committee members and active citizens in the Sesquicenten- nial celebration. Bill Baker reported another $1,000 had been taken in, making receipts to date over $2,000. Half of this has been turned over in payment for items that have been purchased - and sold. Mayor Mick Adams expressed his thanks to all for the great “‘get- together” in Sweet Valley the week before and invited everyone back in October. A representative from Lake Silkworth inivted everyone there. A meeting will be held in Noxen on Monday night. The Harveys Lake citizens, met A meeting was held Thursday, Tuesday night at the Sportsman’s | ed at the meeting which was held paign goal of $1,335,00 to meet the Paul Meeker 1962 hurricane. Thus a pleasant | will be able to ‘dial toll free. These weekend was shortened as many | rate increases were approved by a programs in health, welfare and | agencies in 1968. | to outline the important community | minimum needs of 42 United Fund | with the services of at least seven fund agencies; and Rev. Robert Club to organize chapters of broth- ers and sisters. travelers headed for home and | greater protection. Robert Misson Kenneth F. Novis Wm. L. Oncay Arthur W. Parks Albert Phillips Tom Purvis Keith Reeves Lawrence L. Richards John Rogers Leonard Scavone Edward Schrama James Shields William A. Smith Jr. ~ Harry Sweppenheiser, Jr. Calvin Tinsley Robert Traver Gerald Wagner Ralph K. Wall George W. Wesley Donald Williams William B. Williams Ambulance Logbook | Kingston Township | Sept. 15 — David Thomas, Fergu- ! son Avenue, to General Hospital. Andraw Roan, Harry Smith. | Sept. 17 — Mrs. Catherine Bailey, | Post Road, home from Nesbitt Hos- | pital. Jack Stevenson, Allan Nichols. | Noxen | Sept. 9 — Joseph Ozleck, Cata- | wissa, accident at bridge, to Nes- | bitt Hospital. Joseph Nalbone, | Spencer Holmgren, John Lyons. Sesqui Chapters Formed At Lake | Brothers of the Lake, and Sisters | of the Fish, were launched Tues- day night at’ the Sportsmen's Club, Larry Wolfe Harveys Lake. Al Gulitus was X named Honorary Mayor. ! Arnold D. Wright Mike Wood was elected Big Brother, Mrs. Wood Big Sister. Keystone Kops are Pete Crow, John Honeywell, Snook Kocher, and | Red Hoover. | A meeting is scheduled for next | Monday night at 7:30, when mem- | ® Killed in action rs ett Thieves Enter majority of the customers in polls conducted during 1965. Pawling said the Bell local serv- ice extensions will mean the re- moval of tolls on 530,000 calls per year, and Koeb explained that Commonwealth customers will save through the elimination of tolls on 238,000 calls annually. Koeb disclosed the following in- formation about the Commonwealth Company's program: Harveys Lake — Elimination of the 15¢ charge on calls to Wilkes- Barre and Kingston, saving cus- tcmers about $21,400.00 annually on nearly 102,000 calls, while the proposed rate increase will total $18,957.00 a year. Center Moreland — Removal of | the 15c charge on 32,000 calls to Wilkes-Barre and Kingston annual- ly, saving customers $6,400.00 a | year, while proposed rate increase will total $6,800.00 a year. Koeb ‘said Commonwealth's out- lays for new facilities amounted to $240,000.00. { The changes are part of Bell's three-and-a-half year supplemental program of service improvement and Commonwealth's service ex- pansion program. New Directories youth activity involved in the Wyo- | Seated left to right, are: Homer | College Misericordia Announces Student Teachers For The Area Area school children will find new faces in their classrooms on Acting chairman of the College's | | education department, she reported | Monday when seventeen College | that the students will spend part | Misericordia seniors begin their stu- | of their time observing their master | dent teaching here. The young wo- | teachers and part conducting classes | men will gain classroom experience | themselves. | under the supervision of regular teachers. Seven college supervisors | will also work with them, visiting | classrooms = and conferring with | heen assigned to their schools, and | them. i they will begin now to become | Assigned to the Dallas and the familiar with them. Meeting their | Lake-Lehman school districts, the master teachers and the pupils this | student teachers are'in a group of semester will make them more | 50 in the eight-week program. | effective in the classroom next Others are assigned to other dis- semester, Dr. Davis feels. tricts of the Valley, a Teaching in the Dallas school dis- Dr. Betty. Davis, Machell Avenues trict will be Joanne Balas, Martha is. Director of Student Teachers. Curran, Mary Guelpa, June Hayes; | Elaine Serafini and Grace Tierney, {at Westmoreland. A large group of seniors will be- | gin their practice teaching next Actor Lee Tracy Among Cemetery Benefactors Veronica Bodish, Dallas; Margaret | Costin and Margaret Ryan, at Evergreen Cemetery which con- | Shavertown. Elizabeth Johnson, tinues to undergo quite a trans- Martha Messick, and Bonita Zerbe, formation is becoming a source of at Trucksville. pride to its committee in charge| In Dallas Senior High will be and to plot owners who have loved | Nancy Campbell. She is the only ones interred there. semester. These girls have already | # Yost, Minister of the Shavertown Lehman Sisters of Skillet will Methodist Church, who offered | serve a pancake breakfast and have benediction. group singing of old-fashioned Mr. Boltz, a Dallas resident, is | music in Lehman Fire Hall, Octobe 21st. Country Belles are chancing off a homemade afghan and quilt. Old Structure To Go general chairman this year in the volunteer effort of raising the United Fund goal. Soon to disappear will be an old | place of the Titman property with landmark on Main Street, Dallas. !the sale of same going to Wilbur Houck, Ashley. Two Places bers will gather at the Sportsmen's | Club to join the motorcade to Nox- en, returning at 9:30 for more discussion of the Dallas Sesqui- centennial. Thomas Home Suffers Theft Of Jewelry The Herman Thomas home on Machell Avenue, fell prey to burg- lars on Friday evening between the hours of 7:30 and 9 p.m. while its owners were visiting a short distance away. 35 Game Winners Purina Feeds sold by Huston's Feed Service had a guessing contest at the Rotary Fair to determine the number of kernels of corn in Access was gained to the resi- : a jar. dence by: jimmying the back door. When the ‘Thomases returned home they were aghast at the shambles which ‘met their eyes ih even the pictures on the walls "0. in an attempt apparently to locate a wall safe which the oases do not have. * Although no cash or other ar- The answer was 4,538. Winners Diane Morgan, 4,525; Patricia Mec- Grath, 4.505; Mike Dawkins, 4,560. Mrs. Evans received a bird feeder, the other winners, rabbit, dog and cat chow. the culprits have not. been found. ticles were stolen, three pieces of | police believe the intruders neigh- jewelry were taken, a diamond | 1,4; in the professional category. watch with matching band, a star | gary Saturday morning, the Ag- sapphire ring and two pairs of cuff- | way Store was entered and an at- links, one sapphire, the other gold. | tempt made to open the safe. How- Assistant Chief James Davies | ever thieves were not successful. assisted by Corp. Klechner of the | Chief Russell Honeywell investi- State Police investigated. To date |-gated. . | | | | { | | i 2 were Mrs. Sheldon. Evans at 5,530; | Due On Friday 1 | | Delivery of telephone directories | for the local area served by Com- | monwealth, starts on Friday. The operation is expected to take about la weck. Customers are asked to give their | old directories to the delivery agent. | If they are not at home when the | agent leaves the directory in a | safe place, they are asked to des- | troy the old * book. | Those keeping a list of frequently | called numbers are asked to check | them with the new directory, to | avoid error. | been changed. | | | ‘Room On League Community Service Bowling League will meet at Crown Imperial | Bowling Alleys 6:45 p.m. |on hand at 6:15. them with the old directory, to Many numbers have | on Monday at Anyone wishing to join must be | The donations of those interested [in its restoration have by their | contributions made possible much { of the work which has been ac- | complished since the lot owners | took over the dilapidated area. | Among recent contributors was | Lee Tracy, Pacific Palisades, Calif. | Mr. Tracy who is a well known | film and stage star is interested in Evergreen since both his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William L. Tracy are buried there. young woman in the group study- {ing to be a music teacher on a secondary level. | In the Lake-Lehman school dis- | trict will be Mary Ellen Gaube and | Maria Grilli, at Lake Building; and Elizabeth Conlon and Joan Heimach |= | at Lehman-Jackson. | After their experience as student teachers, the young women will | return to the campus of College | Misericordia to finish the semester lin regular college classes. Commonwealth T | The “Commonwealth Telephone faites Belles,” a Sisters of the Swish Chapter, is formulating plans a fun night of modern and square dancing at Twin Lakes, Harveys Lake on October 14, from 8:30 to 12:00 p.m. the music. Heading the C. T. Co. Belles are Treva Sorchik and Diane Davis, retary, The Dallas Rotary ‘Fall Fair play- chicken wire. In times past, certain; The motorcade which inaugurated The Baby Parade gave the wo- ed to a capacity crowd Saturday articles disappeared in spite of a the Fall Fair wore a distinctly Ses- men of the community an opportu- ‘and Sunday, with parking lots filled | constant guard over the premises, during prime times, and cars spill- | day and night. : ing over onto side’ roads. The Fifth annual fair, according There was ‘a hint of rain in the |to president Carl Henderson and | quicentennial- flavor, with its float i from the Commonwealth Telephone Company, bearing the Telephone | Belles in full pioneer costume, and nity to let their imaginations run |viot. There have never been so | many entries, many of them multi- | ple, air Saturday night, but only a few |fair chairman Red Ambrose, ‘was | many other cars with Sesqui at- | might not have dated from pioneer drops fell, and the crowd did not |the best ever. Reports of the fi- even bother to take cover. | Some innovations were noted. abe: The tent holding’ the art display | was snugly enclosed along the vania, shown signing nancial picture are not. yet avail-| | mosphere. | Honorary chairman Fred Henne- | baul made the rounds in his wheel i days, but which gave the desired | effect. | One small surrey with the fringe The presence of Miss Pennsyl- chair. It was noted with interest on top conveyed Walter and Pa- autographs | that Fred has grown a small beard | tricia Bronson, who took the first sides with sheets of plastic, pro-|for the children at her own special |in observance of the Sesquicenten- | prize in that division. tection against. the wind and un- | booth, added a great deal to the inhibited visitors. : | occasion. Doris Ann Lausch was . The exhibits of crafts, including | presented to the crowd in an in- some expensive jewelry and fine | terview by Rotary Club member embroidery, were protected hy Earl Phillips. f | nial. | udges found themselves at a loss Exhibits of arts and crafts were to decide among the crowd of tots, {closed to the public while judging grounds opened. |all of them unbelievebly cute, some was going - on’ shortly after the of them sleepy, some resigned, some [to the manner born, and bowing for their “Sesquicentennial Frolic,” | Al Hudak will provide | Co-Chairmen; Harriet Crispell, Sec- | and Dolores Tomashunas, | and with equipment which ' elephone Belles Treasurer. You will be hearing more from | this- active group in the way of a Bake Sale - Bazaar, their company activities and “Fine” boxes, -cli- maxed with a float in the Sesqui- centennial parade. Each Friday from now until’ the Sesquicentennial is over, the Belles will wear their costumes to the | office, substituting a bow for the sunbonnets, for greater efficiency. . and smiling at their audience. Boy Blue, asleep in the hay, was actually asleep in his little wagon. First prize for the cutest went to two-year-old David Aicher. Second cutest was Gretchen | Funk, 3, who trotted along with a bowl and a spoon putting on a good act of being Miss Muffet. Her broth- er Michael walked alongside the pinafored miss, dangling a large | spider. Prizes for the funniest went to champion boxer Gunther Van El- | dom, in outsize boxing gloves, flex- |ing his three-year-old biceps and | swelling his chest. Dismantling is already taking Migrant Worker Slashed On Face A Mexican migrant farm worker was slashed badly at Sweet Valley on Tuesday evening when he re- sented a remark made to his young- er sister by his assailant. Angel Martinez was cut about face and chest requiring 40 sutures to close after Louis Roma, a Puerto Rican attacked him. Twelve-year-cld Mary Alice Mar- | tinez was the brunt of Roma’s com- ments which greatly displeased her brother. : The workers were engaged at the Willard Sutliff Farm. Chief Michael Nemshick was called to the scene and was assisted by state police and special officers. Martinez was treated at Nanti- coke State Hospital. Roma was held | lon charges 'of aggravated assault and battery and committed to Lu- | zerne County Prison in default of | bail. berly Henry, two and a half months old, with Amy Williams, five months old, the runner-up. Marybel Huston, two years old, and leading the Library Auction lamb, was an easy choice for the | prettiest. A brother and sister team in Pioneer garb, Nancy and Christo- pher Kale, ranked second. Prize for the most original went to Sheri Cook, two years old, who rode in a covered wagon, pint- size. Another covered wagon act brought a second prize for three- | year-old Ronald Swire. | The war bond went to Janice | Dadurka, who! at sixteen months The original building was built by Chester White and housed a butcher shop. Harold Titman pur- chased the store from White and | continued in the butcher shop busi- ness. The time of purchase was | about 1912. Later the Post Office used part of the structure then removed the | separating wall to enlarge quarters. ‘It was used as a postal quarters until 1952 when the office was mov- led next to Garinger's Dairy. | The latest change of owner took place in the spring of 1966. Sesqui Motorcade For Dallas Team A Sesqui Centennial Motorcade will accompany the Dallas | School Football Team to Kingston on Friday evening when the local squad will play the West Side. Those taking part will meet at | Dallas Senior High School at 6 p.m. tall attending are asked to wear | uniforms or old time dress and their sesqui buttons. The Old And The New At Rotary Fair, And A Pumpkin Bearing Strange Fruit | puffing, but valiant. No outdoor performance Back Mountain would be complete without a horse show, so there was .a horse show. ) Sesquicentennial folks had a clambake, being hauled off to the stockade and paying fines before release. The Rotary Fair promoted interest in the Sesqui, generously sharing the spotlight with residents who are working toward the last big week in October, when it will not be safe to appear in public | | first and second in cake-baking in except in pioneer garb. Doc Jordan took most of the | prizes for dahlias. Three pink ones | | The youngest entrant id Kim- | clumped doggedly around the ring, [were as big as dishpans. | | zerne County High in the! Keeping Up To Date With Doings Of The Dallas Sesquicentennial College = Misericordia has an- | nounced plans to take part in Ses- quicentennial. A chapter will be known as Sisters of Saint. Plans are being made to deliver mail by horse and buggy to fair- grounds on October 28-29. Many have expressed wishes for churches to arrange floats for pa- rades. There will be a religious service held on October 22. Place and time will be announced later. | Clergymen are meeting this week to discuss plans. Lehman Brothers of Hill and Sis- ters of Skillet met Tuesday night in Lehman Fire Hall Bearded men are needed for the chorus in the Musical to be held during Sesqui Week. Please contact Janet Post, Dick Oliver or Don | Williams. A dress rehearsal will be i held October 19. Firemen will hold parade and bazaar on Legion grounds October 28 while another bazaar will be held on Lehman Horse Show grounds at same time. tory of Lehman. Many groups, paddy wagons two floats, two and “The Chair” Rotary Fall Fair motorcade which started Saturday morning in front of Trucksville Fire Hall. Sisters of Swish and Dallas Dairy entered floats. A “kangaroo court” was held at the Fair Saturday afternoon and ed in the stockade. Sunday afternoon, the Brothers of Hill and Sisters of Skillet sched- uled a touch football game. The men had to play with one hand the last period, the Sisters put in their second string. The second {men in women's clothing and the game turned into a real show. The { just too much and threw them all, | players, coaches and referees, | the stockade. | C. T. Belles will hold a bake sal | and bazaa¥ on Citober 14 in the | Pack. Mpuntainy "Shopping Center at 8:30 the same night. in Dallas bank. Be sure to get one of these to keep. If you wind up with too many, you can always have them redeemed at head- quarters. Legion Post To Present Books The Annual: Americanism Program sponsored by Daddow Issacs Post 672 American Legion will be held Saturday, September 23 at 8 p.m. at the Post Home. At this time books will be pre- | sented to Dallas Area School, Gate of Heaven, College Misericordia ‘and Back Mountain Memorial | Library. 3 As a special feature a new book will also be awarded to the Lu- Community College and a Sesqui Centennial flag pre- sented to the committee. Past Senior Vice Commander Clare Winters will make the pres- entations. Rep. Frank O'Connell will be the principal speaker. Commander Curtis Bynon has ap- pointed the following members to serve on the committee for the event, Edward Buckley, Bernard McDermott, Reese, Warren Cease and Clare Win- ters. The public is cordially invited. photo by Kozemchak Mrs. Paul Gross took a first for a sweater in the needlecraft divi- siok. Other winners in this di- vision were: Eleanor Moyer, rug; Bertha Ehret, afghan; Edna Yatsko, dress; Louise Martin, suit; Mrs. Esther Whitesell, quilt; Mrs. Peter Arnaud, knit suit; framed needle- point, Mrs. J. N. Culp. Marilyn Swire of Noxen took the the Acme contest; Mrs. Eleanor first for pies; breakfast cakes, Mrs. Robert Crosson, Lehman Brothers compiling his- from the Sesqui gang joined Dallas many prominent citizens were toss- tied and the girls won, 12-0. In | string players turned out to be ae Keystone Kops decided they were ° in and a Farmer Dance at Twin Lakes Coins are available in stores and Gus Shuleski, Thomas
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