Te ——— “i TN Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY— FOURTEEN PAGES PLUS 40 PAGE TABLOID Back Mountain Boys {nervice In Vigtriam TvVvvvy Thomas G. Appel Daniel B. Avery Larry G. Belles Michael T. Brown Donald Bulford Jr. - Charles W. Chappell Richard Chisarick ¥Richard Michael Cummings Russell E. Denmon David A. Dershimer Thomas Detsick Wm. H. Dierolf, Jr. Anthony Digiosa Charles Dodson Carl Edwards John J. Ferry Charles L. Finn Thomas J. Field Charles Higgs Kenneth Hoover John Horniak William Jones Ayert Kern Kenneth K. Kocher Anthony Konopka whert Lahr warles W. Mahon Ralph McCormack Paul Meeker Robert Misson Kenneth F. Novis Wm. L. Oncay Arthur W. Parks, Albert Phillips Charles Raver Tom Purvis Keith Reeves Lawrence L. Richards John Rogers Leonard Scavone Edward Schrama William A. Smith Jr. Harry Sweppenheiser, Jr, Calvin Tinsley Donald Traver Robert 'I'raver Gerald Wagner alph K, Wall dgar Wilcox William B. Williams arry Wolfe ¥Killed in action Jackson Accepts New Paved Roads Township To Levy Right To Work Tax Board of Supervisors of Jackson Township accepted those roads in Chase Manor recently paved through the joint action of residents and Harold Bertram at a meeting of the board on October 10. | alternative | known as Oak Hill. Lake Executive Board Offers Aid In Solving Area Sewage Problems Lehman Township Supervisors, available for construction of systems | | meeting Saturday morning, agreed | serving more than one municipality. | to follow the recommendations of | In accordance with direction of | THE DALLAS POST MORE _T THAN A NEWSPAPER. A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Pancakes For Sesquicentennial Breakfast At Lehman olicitor Jonathan Valentine had ol and all maps, profiles and re- corded deeds to these same streets. | yond Drive in Chase Manor | hi Weston, Inc., as regards sewage facilities in the area. The motion followed receipt of | a letter from Frank Burnside, pres- ident of the Harveys Lake Protec- | tive Asscciation, to the Board. Con- tents of the offer follow: Board of Supervisors, Lehman Township Gentlemen: We are pleased to note in the | public press that you have recently | contracted with the Roy F. Weston Company to prepare treatment for certain areas of Leh- man Township including Oak Hill. | We congratulate you on this for- | | ward-thinking step and wish to of- { fer our cooperation. Several years ago we engaged the Weston firm to do a similar | study of the proposed Borough of | Harveys Lake and we found their | people efficient and capable and | | their work very satisfactory. In the study which they prepared for us we asked them to include as an the area It would pear from their report that there might be some economic advantage of this problem. This possibility is particularly significant and worthy of the most serious consideration | because State and Federal assist- | ance appears to be more generally feasibility i studies for sewerage collection and | and the exploration of which is one | ¢ generally | | ap- | | Harveys Lake Protective Associa- | tion, the owners of the subject re- port, we are authorizing Roy F. | Weston Company to make available | | to you the findings of the alterna- | tive in its report prepared for the | Association and as to which alter- native we may have a common in- | terest. We propose similarly to | make the entire report available to of Harveys Lake as and when that | body shall have become a reality. | The Association is vitally interest- ed in the problem which exists that may be of mutual interest to both 'Lehman Township and Har- | veys Lake Borough. We, therefore, | | will respectfully welcome any re- quest from you for consultation therein with you. Sincerely yours, Frank Burnside, president Harveys Lake Protective Association. In other | agreed to discuss better lighting in the municipality but more study will be needed. Police Chief Chief Joseph Ide on the Police Re- | lief. and Pension Board. The secre- | | tary reported $1,400 received from | Berkheimer, Associates on the wage | tax collection. Clinton Smith presided. Dallas Students Letters of Commendation -honor- | been ditched by Bertram and ing them for their high performance a crew of workers, saving the town- | on the 1867 National Merit Scholar- ship considerable money. Ripples are to be graded out of Zbick and Malak Roads as soon as ground is dry enough to work. Edward Marks | asked that road to his home receive | the same treatment. © Walter Glogowski asked if entire | roads cannot be treated to alleviate | dust in summer months and- Chair- | man Wesley Lamoreaux said quite possibly this can be achieved next! summer with more money expected into the coffers. A complaint was made concerning | the lack of lines marking center | or sides of state roads since resur- | facing and which were considered | making for hazardous driving. Mr. Lamoreaux said he would tell Rep. | aT! and the secretary write | ‘etter to District Engineer Har- | rington concerning the matter. En- | gineer Gallagher at the courthouse had stated there were no funds available for this work on county | roads. These State Roads are ex- pected to be returned to the town- ships to maintain. The Board was sharply criticized | for mot attending a work shop re- cently which explained how Federal | finalists by the National Merit Scholarship | ship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) have been awarded to two students at Dallas Senior High School, principal Thomas H. Jenkins has announced. | Commended students are Ruth Besecker . and John Anderson. They are among 40,000 students in the United States who scored in the upper 2 percent of those who ! will graduate from high school in| 1968. The Commended rank just below the 14,000 Semi- announced in September Corporation (NMSC). Both students are seniors, both | members of the National Honor Society, and both on the school newspaper. - They both expect to continue their education. the community or contribute toward the cost of one. Purchase of a used ! one is being considered, but it was pointed out that required per- | | sonnel is still lacking. A contribution of $90 was sent Association to compensate them for | several calls. These calls are toc be | | authorized by doctors only: except Funds might be applied for and used ! in townships. Members of the board said they never received notice cf the meetings but the same material was covered at the annual super- visors convention which was attend- ed by all board members. Solicitor Valentine was asked to | draw up a “right ordinance and also a disorderly con- duct ordinance for next meeting so fines collected for this misde- meanor may be made payable to the township rather than the state. Supervisors were asked if they would purchase an ambulance for to work” tax | than the proper office. in emergencies. Persons who use the service are billed by the supervisors. A resident desiring a ‘copy of Jackson zoning ordinance came in very could not find a copy in the court- | students | much disturbed because she | Are Commended | | Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. | Frank Besecker of New Goss Manor, | | is a cheerleader. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. | fred Anderson, Trucksville, belongs to the Rcd and Gun Club, and to the Audio-Visual Society. ‘Chief Warns Pranksters Pranksters in Dallas Borough are warned against i which inflicts damage on property and homes. Officer Jim Davies says the rash | if guilty parties do not clean up | their mess they will be arrested. '0ak Hill Group Meets Monday | + Oak Hill Civic Association will meet on Monday evening, at 8 p.m. at the Jonathan R. Davis Fire Hall, Idetown. Nominating committee, and membership committees will re- | urged to attend. ‘Woman's Club To ' Plant Sesqui Tree | Dallas Senior | announced that arrangements the purchase, planting and dedica- the governing body of the Borough | § 1 - rviSOTrS | k . . | action the SUPErvVISOrS | gaturday morning in Lehman Fire | Lionel Bulford was | | electéd to take the place of former | for both areas in a joint solution | poy Mr. | why | { | | would soon be leaving | he would like to see it accomplished. | | idea. Mr. fe i Wil- | undue vandalism | of vandalism is beyond reason and | by laws! to Kingston Township Ambulince port. All residents of Oak Hill are Women’s Club has | for | | | | | # | 8 { | | CESS | ¢f the Hill plan a pancake breakfast Hall, as one of the featured at- | tractions of the Dallas Sesquicen- | tennial. Serving will be from 8 a.m. until | noon. The menu will include juice, | eggs, or sausage, home fries, toast Sisters of the Skillet and Brothers : and coffee, you can eat. The cost is moderate, the food superior. Children half price. Tickets at the door. In the picture, arrayed in Ses- quicentennial gear, are these folks, | not in order, but scrambled: Janice Ehret, Warren Mekeel, Hazel Bo- gart, Florence Davenport Suzanne plus all the pancakes | | Hoover, guerite Dubill, Jessie and Billy Hagenbaugh, Elict and Beverly Ide, and Bradley Ide. In Nesbitt Hospital and unable to attend, was Mrs. Doris’ Mekeel, chairman. Kingston Township To Add Third Officer, Funke Asks Better Lights The hiring of a third police of- ficer for Kingston Township became a distinct possibility Wednesday evening with all members in ac- | cord on the suggestion of Super- | visor LaRoy Ziegler. Board mem- ber John Funke said it has been under consideration for some time | to have someone answer all calls i at the municipal’ building and he | felt a better program for the town- ship can be had by the addition to the force. Funke also reiterated his de sire for better lighting on thé igh” way and Carverton Road and -skeft the costs of installing: s& | were not available since he “had | noted better lighting in many com- | munities through which he traveled. | | He said this had been a pet project | | of his for two years and since he | the board Chairman Edward Hall said | studies had been made and he was | lin full accord with Mr. Funke’s Ziegler replied that rais- ing funds for same had been the problem whereupon Mr. Funke said we were an progressive community and asked Solicitor Mitchell Jenkins to check into ways of installing better lighting and how other areas did it. This the attorney said he would do. Vought Long asked why the light assessment had been raised and Ziegler said it had been re- | duced two cents a foot, the balance | dwindled: and it had to be brought Deface Signs Mr. Hall reported that Midway | Manor had asked for signs to slow | down traffic and available signs | were placed there. A short time later he said, the 35 mile per hour | signs: had been defaced to read 15 miles per hour. Culprits are known ‘Dallas Ambulance ‘May Buy Aspirator | | Dallas Ambulance Association | discussed purchase of a aspirator at a meeting of that or- ganization Tuesday evening. More will be available at next meeting. James Davies presided. Each month drills are being held cn ambulance procedure prior to each meeting. This week instruction was on Ambulance | Loading and Unloading and Driv- | | ing. Present were in Davies, ident, Wesley Cave, Jr., secretary, | Ed Roth, treasurer. | Bob (Cartier. Bill Wright, Don Bul- ford, directors and crewmen John i Carey, Jack Berti, | berry. It’s called Graffiti, | history of man. pictures. and it blossoms soaped on windows. portable | information on the necessary item | at 6:30 | : addition to Mr. | Rebert Besecker, vice pres- | Dave Carey, | Willard New- | It's Called Graffiti and must eradicate damage or pay a $100 fine. Four bids were received for a new dump truck. The board voted to check specifications before mak- ing a decision. Lawton Culver said | paving on Cliffside Avenue and Sut- ton Road would be completed by Banks. Mrs. Margaret Mieczkowski, pres- ident of the Trucksville Fire Aux- iliary reported the theft and dam- age of articles owned by the or- gar ization, Bill Robbins, custodian Ysaid the locks on kitchen doors could be "sprung. Chairman Hall ® said he was sorry this had not | been brought to the attention of | the board earlier but that action would be taken. It was decided to | put’ plates on the doors. A petition for the township to | | grade and plow Hickory Street must Board. Such a petition was pre- i granted the Kingston Rally at the municipal building on { October 24. The amount of $100 each was voted for Shavertown and Trugks- ville Fire Companies and Kingston | Township Ambulance Association. An adjourned meeting will be held October 19. The Board voted to return to standard time October 29th. Free Methodist Sells Edifice Parsonage, Parking Lot In Sale Package Rev. Grove Armstrong, pastor of Park Neighborhood Free. Methodist Church, anncunces the sale of the | original church edifice across from Kingston Township Fire Hall on Carverton Road. The structure, which has. stood empty since the new church near Frances Slocum State Park was | built and consecrated, {torn down, but will be somewhat remodelled by its new cwners. The eight-room parsonage and the park- age. | to a church in Falls. storage purposes. Several for the property. The Dallas Post is not, authorized to name the new owner. and it’s older than the written It used to be scratched on walls in the form of crude Nowadays it is mostly words of biological intent, right around the time of Halloween, first be presented to the Zoning sented by residents. Permission was | Township | | Voters Group to hold a Republican will not be | ing lot are part of the sales pack- Pews were sold some time ago Until five months ago, Trucksville | Pharmacy rented the building for offers have been made | Kindergarten Workshop Wednesday, October 23 ning, October 25, at 8 p.m. A specialist in the field of kinder- panel will discuss the Dallas School District's’ present program and answer questions submitted by par- ents. Send questions to Mr. William A. Austin, supervisor of elementary ed- ucation, Dallas School District, on or before Friday, October 20. Individal problems and complaints fidentially. ‘Blood Donation Friday In Dallas morrow, from 11:45 to 5:45. Mrs. Edward Gilroy is coordinator. tain are asked for a contribution of | 200 pints, to assure adequate cov- | {erage for the area for the next six | months. Natona «= Mills, = Commonwealth. Center Moreland, cooperate Plastic bottles will be used, and each donor is assured of a new tamination. Assisting in the collection will be | Facgenburg, Fred Eck, Lee Corbett, | | | | | | Prompt action by local firemen | saved the Singer plant from de- Valley Tonight, Leaves Bank 7:13 TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 A ER VOL. 78, NO. 42. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1967 - Sesq ui Motorcade Heads For Sweet Tickets for Friday night's perfor- mance. The performers in the show are friends and neighbors or rela- | Mick Adams is ready to welcome | citizens of Olde Dallas ‘Sesquicen- | tennial in Sweet Valley tonight. A Hudak, Cindy Oncay, Paul and Vera | Lewis and Emma Ide, Mar- | Parents or guardians of a kinder- | garten child, are invited to attend | a Kindergarten Workshop at Dallas | Methodist Chuch Wednesday eve- | garten education will speak, and a will be handled privately and con- | The Bloodmobile will be stapioned | at Dallas Junior High School to- Residents from the Back Moun- needle, never used by anyone else: ! to prevent any possibility of con- | Mesdames « Nelson Nelson, Robert | Williams, Frank Wadas, Gordon Dawe, Carlton Davies, Merrill | motorcade will leave the Dallas Bank lot at 7:15 p.m. and meet at | Adams Store at 7:45. There will be | | dancing and refreshments for every- one. | Then all friends and neighbors | will go home and press their gowns | | and vests and tidy up their beards | for ‘the Dallas Sesquicentennial | Variety Show at Dallas Senior High | ' School Friday and Saturday nights. | | The show is already a sell-out for Saturday night. There are no more | tickets available and none will be also at other points where Sesqui- centennial materials are sold, and at Sesquicentennial affairs. Badges will be issued blank. Fam- ilies will fill in name of wearer, | and names of pioneers from whom | the wearer is descended. Several pioneers may be shown as only one | badge will be issued per person. Parents will secure badges for all children. None will be issued to those under junior high school age. No charge will be made for the | badges, but the receiver will be ex- | | pected to sign for them to avoid | duplication. Ambulance Logbook Dallas Community October 13 — Mary Jane Grey, | Idetown, to Nesbitt Hospital. Dick Saturday, October 28 at 4 and the N Disque, III, William Wright. | Sesquicentennial on Sunday, October 3 | October 15 — Arline Bessmer, | 29 at 2 will be held next weekend. to Nesbitt Hos- Jim Davies, Huntsville Road, pital. Jack Berti, | Besecker. October 15 — Mrs. Dwight Fisher, | home from Nes- | Gil | Pioneer Avenue, | bitt Hospital. Wayne Harvey, Morris, Bill Wright. Lehman October 12 — Mr. Josearch, Car- | | penter Nussing « Home fo. General Hospital. C.- Watton, H. Cool- | baugh. a. Harveys Lake October 13 — Charles Black, Out- let, to Nesbitt ‘Hospital. Rich Wil: | liams, Arthur Wagner. October 14 — Mary Jane Grey, Fred Javer. Kingstdn Township October 15 .— J. Sper], brook, from Trécksville Fire to Nes- | bitt Hospital. Smoke inhalation. Stenger, Lamas Dinger, walter Davis, George | Seelandt, David = Evans, Harvey Kitchen, Ronald Woolcok, Boyes, | | Thomas Reese. ‘John Brown, Frank | Kuehn, Thomas Kreidler, Robert | Mellman, Alfred Root, Alan Root, Roland Shoemaker; William Wright Joseph Allen, Laura B. Samuels, | Fred Whipvle, Fred Williams, Irven | Bob | Idetown, to Nesbitt, Hospital. John | Fern- | tives of eveyone in the Back Moun- | tain Area and includes music and dancing plus all kinds of merriment. | Some songs point out names familiar | to everyone in the area and ‘one | song is dedicated to businss places throughout. The Sisters of the Skillet at Leh- man Fire Hall will be busy serving breakfast from 8 to 12 Saturday { morning. Information is elsewhere in this paper. The Dallas Junior High “School Dance with the Groovey Blues will sold at the door. There are sill be held at the Junior High Saturday Wik oe | night, 7:30 to 9:30. Family Bad es The Back Mountain, Ecumenical Y g Sesquicentennial Worship will be held at the Dallas Senior High Badges for descendants of old School, Sunday at 7 p.m It is spon- | families, will be available this week sored by the cler gymetf' the Back at the Sesquicentennial - Head- | Moncton Anca i quarters on Lake Street, Dallas, | Meet Your Neighbdi##Kight will be at Dallas Shopping Center, Tues- day at 7 p.m. Bobby Baird's Dixie- land Band will play for dancing. No admission. & Dallas Senior High "Sthool” will hold 2 dance for high school stu- | dents only, Wednesday, 8 to 1 The Dallas Rotary Club. will Told a ‘Sesquicentennial Dinner’ in con- junction with the Tri-Club Dinner | for Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis on |" Thursday night at Lake Lehman | High School. The dinner is open to the public. Call ‘headquarters on Lake Street, Dallas (674-4666) for | information. The Sesquicentennial Ball spon- sored by Dallas Kiwanis will be held at the Irem Temple Country Club | Friday, October 27th at 9 p.m. the Firemen's on a § Two parades, Dallas Firemen have invited over 75 companies to participate plus bands | floats and marching units. The Sesqui Parade on Sunday will include Halloween marchers. There will be 30 floats, the Band, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, | Brothers af the Brush and Sisters of the Swish, Antique cars, Pony Carts, Dallzs Dairy Locomotives, the : Democratic Club, Cliff Parker's Kero Schafer Tian, | Service Clubs, | 0il Wagon, Davis Market, Trucks- | ville Civil Defense Float and Duck, Stegmaier | Dallas American Legion, 672, will all have floats. There will be a complete list of all entries next week. Rotary News Tonight, Dallas Rotary Club will meet, made A arrangements have been | through Jack Ryan for dinner. program will follow. Last week, Rotarians heard Mad- eline Mittelton, Rotary exchange | student from Sweden, who spoke and showed colored. slides.« Next week, Dallas” Rotary’ will Schobert, John Blase, Robert. Baird, sponsor the Dallas Sesquicentennial Charles Sieber, Edward Bessmer, Frank Billings, and. Miss Jennie Hill. Senior Girl Scouts will assist atfer school. and was of conerete block construc- tion. Trucksville Fire Company was | tion of a 12-foot Evergreen tree at | | the new Dallas Post Office grounds | | have been made by Mrs. George | Payne, ‘Conservation Chairman. Tt will take place during Dallas |-Sesquicentennial Celebration Week. hose. Tt was disclosed that she had | gone to the Recorder of Deeds rather | Copies may be obtained fiom. the | zoning officer making a trip out of | the community unnecessary. Thes ¢ | sell for the cost of printing. Next meeting date falls on election |* day and an alternate date will be stands an agfonished WOME is | l . “Back .of every successful pan announced. SN his mothen-in- law.” wif Each new generation believes that it invented sex, and the earthy expressions incident thereunto. It gets very boresome to people who are past their first childhood and about to enter upon their second. There's nothing immoral about it. It’s just tasteless, and very, very juvenile. But you can’t legislate good manners and good taste. We would like it better if Halloween were confined to only one night instead of the entire month of October. | struction | when the | Company was consumed by flames. | + Pictured above is all that remains | of the former munitions factory op | erated by William Croughn, Re | ton for early Sunday morning | Hillside Manufacturing | 11 a.m., many years at Hillside | received, first on the scene and stayed until that morning. They were Dinner in the Lake-Léhman high school cafeteria. Wives and guests are invited. See chairman Red Ambrose for additional tickets. Early Sunday Morning ‘Fire Destroys ‘Munitions Plant by James Kozemchak, Jr. on Sunday afternoon and were quickly extinguished by Trucksville firemen under direction of Vought not at Irem Country Club, but at College Misericordia, where CTE which employed 30 men. The former Conyngham Ice House was attached to the Singer plant - | which assisted in combatting the blaze Long, chief. M by: ‘Jackson, Dallas, Shavertown | Inp/ and Mrs. Paul Gross. were 1 and Luzerne Fire Companies. | among those on the scene that i No estimate of damages has been morning and were generous in their i but the machine shop | praise of the firefighters. Refresh- : produced weapons for World | ments and hot coffee were supplied War II appears to be demolished. lor the Red Cross,” Donachies ‘and Flames broke out again in the ruins the Trucksville Snack Shop.
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