Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY -— TWELVE PAGES PEP PP VV VPP EY Back Mountain Boys *Richard Michael Cummings bert Kern » ® . Service In Vietnam Thomas G. Appel Edward Baker Larry G. Belles Michael T. Brown Donald Bulford Jr. Richard Chisarick Russell E. Denmon William F. DeRemer Thomas Detsick Anthony Digiosa Charles Dodson Warren Edmondson Stanley Farr Charles L. Finn Thomas J. Field Conrad J. Gonzales Gary Harris Charles Higgs Kenneth Hoover John Horniak William Jones Thomas J. Kipiel Kenneth K. Kocher Anthony Konopka Robert 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 J. Ruotolo Herbert Saxe Leonard Scavone Karl Scholl Edward Schrama William A. Smith Jr. Leonard S. Stoner Harry Sweppenheiser, Jr. Donald Traver Robert Traver William Verbyla Gerald Wagner "Ralph K. Wall Edgar Wilcox William B. Williams Stanley T. Zarnoch *Killed in action is | ‘taking ras it is in the high Rockies It's just smaller, that’s ‘all. You | can’t go wrong with snow, and | = a NOTICE The Dallas Post asks that ministers, correspondents, and = all others who can do so, sub- mit their material on Friday. There will be no mail on Mon- day, New Year's Day. One Dead, One Injured In This. Crack- Up On Tuesday | ] photo by Kezemchak This is the wrecked car in which John Pickett, 16, narrowly escaped critical injury in a crash Tuesday of a Manassas, Virginia man, Fernbrook Road. Catalpa, was killed into the oncoming car driven by Pickett. Both cars were wrecks. John was taken to Nesbitt in the Dallas Ambulance, suffering from | tain total | White New Year For The Back Mountain 2, Scenery here in the Back Moun- | as beautiful and breath- | water, and reflections. If it were a color photograph, the shadows on | the snow would be blue to match | the sky. Those. polar bears swimming extensive lacerations of -the scalp. Hawk was pronounced dead on Happy arrival in Kingston Township am- | | bulance. evening at 7 which took the life | John, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert on | Pickett, East Dallas, is a Dallas High | School junior who made headlines James Hawk, driving toward Lake | when his car | skidded on icy pave and crashed | | on the school wrestling team. last summer in Canada, when he competed in the Pan American Games as a Kayak racer. He is also | | Township Chief Frank Lange and | Al Hoover. Ambulance staff for Dal- las, Investigating officers were Dallas | Robert Besecker, Donald Shaf- | MORE THAN 4 NEWSPAPER. A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION against the current they're rocks capped with snow. all of them Mountain, but scenes for selection, typical of the Back all taken of Huntsville Dam. The New Year's greeting to our | | folks in the Back Mountain, to the follis in Florida who esca ped to a fer, Edwin Roth; for Kingston Town- | Walter Davis, Theodore New- and Andrew Roan. Mr. Hawk, 33, ship, comb, a native of Forty Fort, was visiting his family over | the , holiday weekend. When the accident occurred he was on his way to see Mr. and Mrs. Wasser at Lake Catalpa, {of his wife Lorraine, parents Watch your heals 0 on New Yoors s Eve. It is the most dangerous night | of the year, usually with glazed |-highways to complicate frantic traffic, Jimmie | Kozemchak had a variety of winter | within a stone's throw January 5, 1967 coal | Country | sponsible. William | warmer climate at the first hint | of winter, and to the boys in Viet- | nam who have been dreaming about | a White Christmas and a White | is a combined effort. of | New. Your, an inspired photographer, pert engraver, lication = which has than a newspaper, been a community | institution’’ for gimost eighty years. Sheldon Ehret ‘To Play Dec. 30 In Gator Bowl i | | { 1 { | | | } i THE DALLAS POST Last year's John Philip Sousa | | Band award winner, Sheldon Ehret | | Jy now a freshman at Penn State, | : will play with the Blue Band De- | : { cember 30 at the Gator Bowl, when | Penn State meets Florida State. | | day for Washington, D. ic. {by train to Jacksonville, | Sheldon Ehret Sr., | ace trumpeter | man Band. He left Camp Hill by bus yester- | thence | Florida. | son of Mr. and Mrs. | of Lehman, was in the Lake-Leh- | selected for | Sheldon, He was | the State Band for three years, the | State Orchestra for one. | The Dallas Post carried a picture | of him receiving the Sousa Award | in the April 20 issue of 1967. Also | Miliauskas, band director, ! Bertram who took the band were John and Gene award shown in the picture | award for his fine performance on | the alto saxophone. { | { { | ! = GRAND DEPUTY OF RAINBOW FOR GIRLS FOR YEAR OF 1968 A laurel wreath for Mrs. Donald D. Smith. “Midge” to her intimates, who received in yesterday's mail her appoint- ment as Grand Deputy of 6-E, | to serve for the year 19683. Signed by the Supreme In- spector ‘in the State of Penn- sylvania, speaking . for the Supreme Assembly, Order of Rainbow for Girls, Agnes C. Allen. New Solution To Housing Problem The George Shefler home in { Buckwheat. Hollow was damaged by fire on Christmas morning. An alarm sounded at 10 a.m. brought Noxen, Kunkle, and Lake fire de- partments. The blaze, caused by an over heated chimney or by wiring, dam- aged the upstairs. with avat.r and smoke creating a mess on the first floor. New and different: neighbors hauled in a house trailer, set it up, and the Shefler family was back {in business for Christmas. Collision On 118 Lehman Township Police Chief Lionel Bulford reports an accident on Route 118 Tuesday afternoon at 4:55. Levi Crews, Dallas RD 1, heading | east in his car, collided with a car | driven by Peggy Gimber of Kings- | ton. Extensive damage to both cars. | an ex- | and a weekly pub- | Birth, “more | Miss Gimber’s car went over the bank, was later hauled up by Clyde Lansford Sutton took Miss Gimber | to Nesbitt Hospital in the Lehman ; ambulance. Fovtp:ints On The Sands Of Time For 1967 Mrs. Paul Mulcey overcome by gas in home. New Year's Eve crash pins Philip Cheney in car, badly smashing leg. Cars parked illegally along road to Club at Shrineview, re- Loyalville fire destroys residence {of Rascoe Harrison. Five children and parents homeless. Municipalities reorganize: Wal- ter Hoover heads Lake Township; Edward Hall, Kingston Township; Lamoreaux, Jackson Township; Fred Lamoreaux, Dallas. Dallas Borough reduces tiller] first to cut tax because of wage levy. Bill and Jack Berti resign from police force, Borough on lookout for | assistant chief. Died: Mrs. Minnie Doty, 9, Leh- man native, in Buffalo. Mrs. Vir- ginia Van Blarcom, 58, Shavertown. Mrs. Alice Space, 43, Noxen. Har- old B. Carey, 76, Dallas RD. John Edwin Hanson, 72, founder-opera- tor of amusement park at Lake, in Florida. Mrs. Edith Thompson, Noxen. Eugene Miller, Dallas RD 3. Sherman Harter, 48, of Harters Dairy. James J. McCormack, 49, Dallas. Rev. Henry Kraft, former pastor of St. Lukes in Noxen, at Lutheran Home, Hazleton. Mrs. Betty Wertman, 45, Dallas. January 12, 1967 Borough Council shows $7,000 in kitty to start 1967. $500 Acme prize for Gildea. Back Mt. Telecable gets its pub- | licity, shuts it off, turns it on, to words and music Mrs. John | Mrs. Emma Phillips, Shavertown, | is 99. Died: Jacob Andrews, 90, Beau- | mont. John Norman White, 88, Mrs. Elizabeth Doll, 73, Kunkle | native. Mrs. Kate S. Stock, 79, | Trucksville. Thomas Cawley, 53, , Trucksville, Mrs. Edith B, Walker, | ings, Jin Inauguration Parade. Pix, | Darcy Rogers. | serk, January 19, 1967 First serviceman killed nam, Lt. Trucksville. Ernest William Barber, las’ RD 1, dies in crash near Tunk- hannock, James Misson, 19, Shav- ertown, critically injured. Garment Plant to open in Fern- brook in former Bogdon Economy | Market. in. Viet- and Mrs. Feburary 2, i Meadow Lake. Anniversary: Mayor Thomas H. Morgan, 51st. Mr. and | Mrs. George Taylor, 57th. Hummell. 1967 Library reelects D. T. Scott presi- | dent. Richard Michael Cumm- ! Mrs. Eleanor Frederick honored by Kingston Twp. Ambulance crew. Freak storm elecetrocutes a cow in the Corey Johnson barn. 21, Dal- | Crack-up wrecks Ford, driver Andrew Wallo escapes serious in- "jury. Dallas High School marching units : 8 col. Explorer Post 232 starts drive, “A flare for every car.” Died: Mrs. Henry C. Kraft, 72, two weeks after death of her husbnad Rev. Kraft, formerly of Noxen. Andrew. G. Michael, Dallas. Mrs. Wallace Traver, 67, Noxen. John Prushko, Wyoming RD 3. Mrs. Grace Hale- Dick, 59, New Goss Manor. Mrs. Emma Tripp, 92, formerly of Orange. Charles W.- Bronson, - 63, native of Loyalville. Anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Ray- mond Hubbell, fiftieth. January 28; 1967 Bottle cast overboard in Florida brings response from soldiers in Vietnam, to Carolyn Edwards and Floated half-way round ‘the world. New Garment plant was receiving applications for work. Billy: Berti’ new fire chief. Tiger cat in Lehman goes ber- three people - bitten. Oscar Whitesell, blind , piano | tuner, lifelong residen tof Oakdale, died at 74. Another -accident chalked up to Highway, Mrs. Edward Gdosky in- jured. Died: John Williams, infant, Har- Overbrook Read. | Temple. Lehman Board Authority for new beach at Sunset: Walter Willough- by, Francis Fisher, James Britt, Jo- seph Paglionete, John Lynch. Kerns open beer distributing store in Dallas Shopping Center. Soil Conservation Service Open- House. Longmore honored in dedication at Lake-Lehman. Old Schooley house being razed. Died: Mrs. Dorothy Lozo, in Florida. Ralph Kauffman. 77, East Dallas. Mrs. Helen Cobleigh Laycock. John Bronson, 74, Pikes Creek. Leonard N. Carne, 48, formerly of Pikes | Creek. Married: Alice Whitesell Patsy Helen Hoover Dean Alan Long. to Frank to | Anmiversary: Mr. and Mrs. Torrance | Naugle, | Thomas Vernon, and William Row- | intersection of 309 and Memorial | 62nd. February 9, 1967 Sub-zero temperatures, blizzard. Four Eagle Scouts: J. R. and J. M. Juris, Charles Wasserott IV; Jerry McDonald. John Eister, 19, working on his car, is asphyxiated at Alderson. Five Dallas High School students | in Region II Chorus: Ruth Higgins, Susan Moore, Howard Wiggin, following ett. Died: Joseph Palmer, 62, native. Albert V. Cross, 76, Noxen Tunk- | { hannock Mrs. Madelyn Youells, 51, | | Trucksville. Jessie Winters, 91, Cen- veys Lake. Ignatius Kozemchak, 60, | | Dallas. Albert Cigarski, { Married: Pamela Parsons to Harry | Winifred Davis Chase. Mrs. 2—A) ter Moreland. Mrs. (Continued On TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 A ERT. 674-7676 VOL. 78, NO. 52. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1967 John G. Henninger Jr., a loyal! and active member of Dallas Ki- | wanis Club, was honored by that | organization at a special program Wednesday evening when he was awarded a bronze plaque for faith- | ful service. Mr. Henninger, who recently ob-! heen | 25] served his 80th birthday has a member of the club for ove: years. Rev. pastor, ability to be able to reach Robert DeWitt Yost, offer leadership. His son, John Jr., recounted his rellowship’ with his dad and high- | lights in his father’s career. in pre- | said the two | Persident Harry Lefko, senting the plaque, had served as competitors for a number of years and he wished there were more such in the busi- ness. Rev. Yost paid a fitting descrip- tion to the guest of honor when he remarked that of all the good men he had met John Henninger was one of the greatest, stalwart integrity was indeed rare. He referred to him as one who i worketh righteousness and as being his | commented on Henninger's | this | vear of life and still continue to | whose | J. G. + Henninger Sr., Receives Kiwanis Service Award in this sincere the kind of man we need kind of world, thoughtful, and democratic men. He stressed the goodness of his noble character and related a mes- sage from Henninger's daughter, Mrs. Beth Krush, one of the nation’s top illustrators, stating her great love and admiration for the father | whom she said had helped her | reach her goal. Mr. Henninger responded that the evening's surprise. was one of the high points of his life and he was most grateful, Rev. Yost closed with Henninge:'s | strict. adherence to that most out- standing commmandraent, “B50 hie Others As You Would Have Other: Do Unto You.” Members of Dallas Kiwanis and their wives gave a standing ovation to Mr. Henninger and closed by singing, “For He is a Jolly Good | Fellow.” The Brass Choir of Dallas Junior with a di-~ High School entertained number of seasonal” numbers, rected by Mr. Reese Pelton. Pictured above are Harry Lefko president of Dallas Kiwanis Club, John G. Henninger, Sr., and Rev. Robert DeWitt Yost. Joseph H. MacVeigh Is Retiring JOSEPH MacVEIGH The office of the Draft Board in the Kingston Post Office won't look the same after New Year's. Joseph MacVeigh, after 27 years as chairman of Draft will not occupy his desk. His retire- ment was tc have taken effect December 1, but he offered to re- main for another month, to facili- tate the transition. Mr, MacVeigh could paper a good sized room with certificates of merit, and varicus acknowledgments he has received from top brass over the years of voluntary duty, with no thought of reimbursement or pay. He holds a certificate of appre- ciation for twenty-five years of serv- ice to the Nation signed by Gover- not William Scranton and President Lyndon. Johnson, dated in January | of 1967. He has citations from the United States Navy signed by James For- | restal and dated 1947. The Congressional Medal of Merit given twenty years ago. A National Red Cross citation. State Council of Defense during World War II. Citation from the Marines, Name it, Joe has it. Board 92. | | guest dinner {has a finger, Bs Long-Time Draft Board Head Before moving into quarters at the Kingston Post Office, he was | head of Board No. 1 with head- | quarters in Wyoming .. Borough" Building, appointed by Governor | Arthur James. Later, boards one, two and three were merged into one, and based in Kingston. In October of 1947, he ‘was ap- nointed. to the Army Advisory Committee, for promotion of better understanding between the Army and the people. From 1943 to 1946, 7 headed the nine-county War Fund. Getting away’ from*the “war ef- | fort, he “served a three-year hitch as president of Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre. and has been on that board ever since. He admits to some newsSpapering in his extreme youth, was=on the St Louis Post Dispatch fof a year. He is a graduate of University Minnesoto Engineering “Séhool. There is no percentage in. trying to cover all his activities the Valley. Scratch any” organization, and you will find Maw MaeVeigh. Chamber of Commeétree Luzerne Housing Authority, Rotary. Club, Art League, bank director: Ralph DeWitt exhibited a life- size portrait of himwatshis show in Wyoming National Bank ‘a couple of years ago. The Naval Reser vad staged a 400 for him, last year. He's an honorary life. member of of in Daddow-Isaacs American ~ Legion Post. For more years than hes ri to remember, he was president of Dallas Borough Council, and-he was one of the mainsprifigs of ‘the move to start a free library to serve the Back Mountain. Ri And of course, evervhody knows of his connection with Pressed Steel. Guess who broke’ ground for the new Dallas Post Office ? Listing every pie in which Joe would’ be* like totting up a telephone directory. No future in it. He's in the telephone directory as living on Center Hill Road. Ever since 1935,
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