SNR FORE Oldest Business Insti: tion Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER 0 PTR Er TEN CENTS PER COPY CTV VV VY VV eve {Back Mountain Boys p iH Fa ond 'n Service In Vietnan ta Sa Thomas G. Appel Edward Baker Larry G. Belles Michael T. Brown Donald Bulford Jr. Richard Chisarick *Richard Michael Cummi Russell E. Denmon David A. Dershimer Thomas Detsick Wm. H. Dierolf, Jr. Anthony Digiosa Charles Dodson Warren Edmondson Stanley Farr John J. Ferry Charles L. Finn Thomas J. Field Conrad J. Gonzales Charles Higgs Kenneth Hoover John Horniak William Jones ® lbert Kern Kenneth K. Kocher Anthony Konopka obert Lahr Charles 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 Karl Scholl Edward Schrama William A. Smith Jr. Harry Sweppenheiser; Calvin Tinsley Donald Traver Robert Traver William Verbyla . Gerald Wagner ~ Ralph K. Wall RB Edgar Wilcox William B. Williams Stanley T. Zarnoch *Killed in action Bear Seascn Opens Bear Season opened yesterday, | and will close at sunset on Satur- | day. Oaze bear per hunter is the | limit for the one-week season. Cub bears are protected by law, ! not legal game. Hunters are warn- | ed nct to shoot, if the bear in their rifle sights seems fo be small. | | The kill must be tagged before the game is moved, or within one hour, whether the carcass is moved not. A group hunting bear must main- tain a roster of addresses. | ‘Wurrent license numbers, time of | arrival and departure, makes and calibres cof fire-arms for all mem- | bers of the party, species of game | killed, the sex and estimated weight of, the kill. Single-shot cr manually oparated shotguns or rifles, with ‘the ception of 32 or 25 calibre rifles using rimfire cartridges, are legal. Full jacketed bullets, buckshot, and semi-automatic ‘shotguns and rifles names, ex- are illegal. This is the way the Back Moun- tain looked when it woke up last week to a white and silent world, carly snowfall weighting down the evergreens and blanketing the fields. LLAS POST TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Holiday Decorations Depict Customs Of Other Lands The Junior Barre is repeating Holiday House Tour 6 from 10: a.m. to 7 League of Wilkes- its p.m. Colorful and authentic decorating | of one recom in each of five homes | will be featured to | an air of the gaiety and festivity | which holiday, further create surrounds the Christmas many items have been made by the membership for sale in all of the homes. There are della | Robbia | angels, | wear, tree ornaments, wreaths, skirts, gold tree knitted “kissing” balls and numerous children’s items plus homemade fudge and fruit cake. The theme of the House Tour | is “Christmas In Other Lands.” Dec- | orators are pictured above at the | home of the chairman, Mrs. Paul Schalm. They are from left tc right, | Mrs. Frank E. McCarthy, Mrs. Wil- liam A. Burnell, Jr., Mrs. Paul Griesmer, Tr., Mrs Jonis W. Jo Jr., and Mrs. Matt. W. Fields. Ab- sent when the picture was taken was Mrs. Phillip A. Blaum. Much research has been done to ‘reflect D. Back Mountaif By Surprise Most of the snow was gone by Mon- | day, but enough of it remained to remind older residents of the days when sleighbells tinkled at Thanks- giving time, and the high spot of photo by Kozemchak the year was the feast at Grand- ma’s house. y successtul oh December | the true atmosphere of Christmas in each country, including the costume of the head hostess in each home. Christmas in the Holy Land is the theme of Mrs. Frank McCarthy in decorating the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bell, Sr., 243 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre. She has focused attention on the many treasures brought by the Bells from a recent trip to the Holy Land. The home of Dr. and Mrs. Paul Griesmer, 39 Butler Street, Kings- ton will depict an authentic Ger- man Christmas. Mrs. Griesmer says that an advent wreath, hung from | the ceiling like a chandelier, fitted with four large red candles, one lighted for each of the four weeks preceding Christmas, is a must in a German home. No stockings are hung in Hol- land but wooden shoes are placed on the hearth to be filled with sandy, sugar plums and small toys !'by" the Old Bishop alias Sinterklass | and his servant Black Peter. This scene will be created by Mrs. Louis | Jcnes and Mrs. Matt Fields at the | come part of the Community Trust | ‘New Board To Meet With Old Newly elected members of the Lake-Lehman jointure bcard | meet tonight with retiring members | and those who will remain on. the | schol board, for an informal get- | together before the scheduled reor- | ganization - meeting to be ‘held on | Monday, December 4, .in the ad- | ministration office. New members are Mrs. John Viv- | | ian, Mrs. Flora Anderson, Dr, Carl |Kern, and Evan Edwards. Both Bruce and Penn Williams | are retiring, also president of the | beard Willard Sutton. and - Ross | Township member Michael Adams. | A -chairman will be elected at | the December 4 meeting, - which is { for reorganization purposes only, | with business deferred until the | regular « session scheduled for the | second Tuesday of the month. The Dallas Post was in error in | stating that swearing-in ceremonies would take vlace on thz evening of | November 21. | The cceasion is a socal gathering | only, to permit new beard mem- | bers: to become acquainted. One | recently elected member, Mrs. Viv- i lan, has served before. in the period before the jointure board was re- duced in numbers to comply with a State directive applicable to jointures. } Mr. | Butler Street, Kingston. Mrs. Phil- {lip A. Blaum is the decorator. | France | know | laboring people — baker, butcher, | tailor, i will be found at the home of Mr. will | I'were former Bloodmobile home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hourigan, Jr., 1720 Wyoming Ave- nue, Forty Fort. It is interesting to note that this event takes place in Helland on December 5th, St. Nicholas Eve. The Pinata plays a major role in a colorful Christmas in Mexico which can be seen at the home of and Mrs. Irwin Weinberg, 58 The Creche plays an important part of Christmas everywhere. besides the usual partici- pants in the Nativity scene as we them, figures include the etc. This enchanting scene and Mrs. Paul Phillips, 135 River Street, Forty Fort. Did you know that birch rods tied with red rib- bons are left by Papa Noel to re- mind the children to be good all year? Mis. William Burnell is the decorator. The profit from the tour will be- Fund, all monies destined to be re- turned to the community in the nature of social and cultural proj- ects, such as the Children’s Theater | recently presented at King’s College. L-L Collection Nets 92 Pints Blood Donation Day last Friday at Lake-Lehman netted 92 pints, the largest collection ever made for that area. Volunteer blood donors numbered 110, the exact number needed to make the quota. Eighteen rejected, some of them be- cavge of recent exposure to hepa- titis. A goed telephone crew, says Mrs. William Simms, was largerly re- snonsible for the turn-out, plus a change in the hours. Opening at 1 and closing at 7, instead of the earlier closing scheduled in visits. permit- ted a larger proportion of men to contribute after work. hnnr Manning the phones were Mrs. Richard Culver. for Rei; Mrs. Wil- liam Frev for Lehman; Mrs. Zaleskas for Lake; Mrs. Sidney Fielding for Jackson. Trained by Red Crcss for assis- tants were students Bradley Iver- son, James Pall, and Debbie Graham. High School girls in three shifts too kcare of the children while parents donated. In | VOL 78, NO. 47. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1967 Back Mt. Municipal Authority To Hold January Public Forum The newly formed Back Mountain Municipal Authority met last Hhurs- day evening at the Kingston Town- ship Buulding. Accidents Rise In Storm Wake A number of crashes resulted due to the blizzard on Friday which gave motorists a hard time negotiating main highways and roads leading to their homes. An icy patch near Lehman Center caused the car operated by Mrs. Shirley Sayre, respondent for the Dallas Post, skid inflicting facial injuries on the driver and lacerations of the left hand on her passengér, Mrs. Beverly Sayre, Hunlock Creek. Examined at Nesbitt Hospital and discharged were Tracey Sayre, aged two and Dee Ann Thomas, Sweet | Valley, RD. The injured were taken (to the institution in Lehman Am- | bulance. The mishap occurred at | 11:30 a.m. In Kingston: Township, two other accidents left its ‘occupants unin- jured but the cars were towed away showing considerable damage. | Doriss Burger, Dorchester Drive, | Dallas, was traveling north on 309 | when her car went out of control | crossed the divider and crashed into an automobile driven by Robert Bayer, Summit Street, Shavertown. { The mishap was near the Trucksville i Shavertown line and occurred at [6:30 p.m. Earlier that morning Caroline | Kuchemba, Plains, lost control of her car on the East Dallas Road and struck a utility pole. Front end of her vehicle was badly damaged. Mrs. Rita Bush, Dallas RD 1, was | admitted to Nanticoke State Hos- pital when her car. was struck Fri- day afternoon, when another driven by -Carcl Moskaluk, Shavertown, | RD 5, lost control of her automobile on Lake Silkworth Road crossed the thoroughfare and struck the Bush (a re i ; to Sweet Valley cor- | Members are R. Spencer Martin, Jr., chairman; Myrtis D. Funke, J. Traver Nobel, Edward J. McGuire, R. G. Dickinson, and Frank J. Dixon. By unanimous vote, Atty. Merton E. Jones of Carverton Road was named solicitor of the Authority. Notification was received from the Housing and Urban Develop- ment Commission in Washington, D.C., that it had received formal request from the Back Mountain Municipal Authority for ‘Financial Advances for Public Works Plan- ning’”’ amounting to $282,250. These funds, when received, will be used for final designs for sewers and sewage treatment facilities for Back Mountain area. Since much interest is being ex- pressed throughout the area con- cerning the sewage situation, the Authority has decided to hold a public information meeting some time in January. Advance notice of time and place will be published. Shafer Resigns Alger - Shafer, Lake Township cupervicor for the north district, re- signed from the board at a special meeting of that bedy held Friday evening at the Fire Hall. Walter Hoover presided. Mr. Shafer, who was recently elected a member of the new Lake Borough Council, will take his seat with that official group early January. in His resignation at this time gives remaining supervisors, Walter Hoover and Sharon Whitesell ample time to name a successor. Appoint- ment must be submitted by Decem- ber 17 or the court will name the appointee. Mr. Shafer said ‘his re- tirement would give the new board member time to get acquainted with township procedures prior to taking his seat. machine. Mrs. Bush stopped her car when she saw the other one sliding. : She suffered multiple 2bra- sions and bruises. ‘To Reach 100 Years Thanksgiving Day MRS. MARGARET A. GREENE Mrs. Margaret A. Greene, Over- brook Avenue, Dallas, will mark a special occasion on Thanksgiving Day when she will observe her 100 birthday anniversary. In excellent health until the past few years and now confined to a wheel chair since she suffered a stroke two months ago. Mrs retains her interest in all about her and is mentally despite infirmities, Greene alert Mrs. Greene, who is of Mrs. C. Judd Holt has with her daughter for the past ten years moving here from Scranton. A ‘native of England, she the former Margaret Jeffers. is In additicn to Mrs. Holt, her only child, seh is extremely proud { ner grandson, C. Judd Holt, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., and her four grand- She has given up ‘her hobby of had craits due to failing eyesight but she krens abreast of the world events and her neighbors. M Greene is a communicant of Prince ¢f Peace Episcopal Church and a member of the Eastern Star of Wilkinsburg, Pa. Birthday greetings ing last week, among folicitations from the the United States. began arriv- them’ special President of Lake-Lehman Band Proudly Takes Field In Preparation For High Spot Of Its Prize Winning Career Lake-Lehman Band steps proudly | ers, the Drum Major, and the Direc- | into the football field, a warm-up | tor, for their appearance next April maneuver to prepare the musicians, | | Washington. the majorettes, the standard bear- James Pall, ! starting his fourth | bility for correcting mistakes made | varied. The 120 memper band, un- season as Drum Major, expects, and | by band members, is the hardest | der direction of oJhn Miliauskas, is | in the Cherry Blossom Festival in| gets precision performance from the | part of the job. | band. He says, ‘‘Taking responsi- | moving as one person. The mejorettes have new rou- | march . down Pennsylvania Avenue | next April, Lake-Lehman will be {a fast-moving unit, trained to exe- | tines. this summer at twirling camp. | on the National Band Map, a tribute Innovations have been many and cute orders! without a hitch, and | When the black and gold flags | to a director who expects the best, | a drum major who leads with style, twirlers ‘who perform with a flour- ish, and band members who have their hearts in their work.
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