2% | ay 1 2 { £ FS mas ON ABSA A - Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY-—FO URTEEN PAGES Back Mountain Boys | vv Ve Thomas G. Appel Larry. Belles Michael T. Brown Donald Bulford Jr. Kyle Cundiff *Richard Michael Cummings | William DeRemer Thomas Detsick Anthony Digiosa | Charles Dodson Edward Dubil : Lee Eck Warren Edmondson Stanley Farr Charles L. Finn Thomas J. Field | Conrad J. Gonzales George Gromniak George R. Hackling In Service In Vietnam, | | t } 1 | { | | i | 1 t | | Third Local Boy | young man, its third, to the war in { Vietnam. | was shot down off the coast of HE DAT Lost In Vietnam Navy Lt. M. J. Purcell Downed In Gulf of Siam Back Mountain has lost another Presumed dead since his plane Vietnam, April 1, Navy Lieutenant Michael A. Purcell’s body was one of six recovered. half of the twelve- man crew of the P 3 Orion, anti- submarine patrei craft. Lt. Purcell, son of Mr. and Mrs. | | Howard E. Purcell, Harris Hill Road, | ; Trucksville, was a graduate of King's | i College;selass of 1964. ored ‘in Sociology. Before he. joined the Navy in 1965, he had been employed on the professional staff of 'the. Jackson | Township Institution at Chase. Proflight trainine was completed at Pensacola, Florida. Prior to leav- He had maj- | ing 16r Vietnam last November, he | had served with Nawal air stations Gary Harris {in this country. and Iceland. gr ] Gomer Herbert J on he Orie) BE Seas nwaeilon] i air controller.” None of the crew of Thom M. B. Hicks IV wwelve survived. Wik: Charle¥ Higgs On: April’ 1; ‘the: Navy ' reported David 7. Higeins that a -Cambodian boat ‘on patrol indi ge had shot- down: a Navy plane off Todd S. Hilbert the west coast .of Vietnam. A mas- Kenneth Hoover i sive search was begun: immediately Albert Kern by the Seventh Fleet.in the Gulf iy of Siam. ds Thom @® J. Kipiel ‘Complete secrecy cloaked salvage Paul Klug operations, and because of inter- ’ Anthony Konopka : Robert Lahr Charles W. Mahon Ralph McCormack Breck L. Miller Robert O. Nicely kenneth F. Novis Wm. L. Oncay Joseph Orzechoski’ Arthur W. Parks Albert Phillips Ralph D. Parsons Osbert J. Patton Michael Preslipski "Tom Purvis : Keith Reeves John Rogers Herbert Saxe Frank A. Schoonover Loren Schoonover . Leonard Scavone Joseph C. Smith Willign A. Smith Jr. Leonayd S. Stoner Harry Sweppenheiser, Jr. Charles R. Tilghman Donald Traver | Robert Traver *Charles Tredinnick William Verbyla | (Gerald Wagner Clarence Wilk | tion ‘of Avoca. 3 Ralph K. Wall : I Road foreman Bertram stated | Edgar Wilcox | that roads are in rough shape, and | William B. Williams known whether Lt. Purcell was a i member of the crew or not: The ‘| parents and. Lt. Purcell’'s wife, the former Luanne Lisnak of Swoyers- ville, were informed by the govern- ment of positive identification Mon- { day night. | Funeral ‘services will be private when the body is received in this country from: Clark - AFB, Philip- | pines. : L Survivers in. addition to parents and, widow are two small children, Michael and Lea; maternal grand- mother Mrs. Peter Purcell, Port- | land, Oregon; a brother Patrick, | Suzarine, Kathleen, and Anne, all} of Trucksville, GL TAN Can 3 | { | Mend Hts Roads ~ Grant Cooper Heads | Civilian Defense | | | | Jackson ‘Supervisors: opened: bids | | on calcium chloride April 2, award | ing thé contract to Lenox Corpora- | | national situations, it was not made {x Jax Township To pack Mountain Beda > AS MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTI] UTION The Eternal Mystery sage, with the Cross of Ages tower- 7 ‘Kingston Township April 5—William Hewitt, Trucks- Ambulance Logbook | | ville to Nesbitt Hospital. Voight | room was Long, Tom Evans, Marvin Yeust. | April 7 — Sterling Arner, Mid- | way Manor to General.. Walt Davis and Bill Frederick, Dallas April 4 — Petrosky, Davenport Strect, Dallas, to Nesbitt. Jim Faer- ber, Lee Zimmerman. Ap:l 5 — Albert Klem and Bar- - Man Of The Year Jeorsage. | that “he: is mow patching paved | George B. Wood roads, will start on the dirt rcads' Thomas M. Zaboraski Stanley -T. Zarnoch *Killed in action Lake Legion's Dick Williams Is Honcred As Tops Dick Williams was honored Satur- day night as Harveys Lake Ameri- can Legion Man of the Year. Brief (ceremonies took place at Hilltop ® Legion Commander pre- sented the plaque, and Dick re- | sponded with the shortest speech | on record, expressing his gratifica- tion. His wife was given an orchid | Several telegrams of . good | wishes were read by Carl Carey. | Dick was modest, but he has done | a great deal for the community. A | lifelong res‘dent of the Lake, he | people. ' He is fire chief for Daniel Roberts | exceeded, they will be purchased. he did the autopsy, that a heavy Fire Company and fire inspeetor | for the new Borough. Chairmanship of the important | planning and zoning commission is | his. | He is a charter member of Lake Lions, helped form the Boy Sceuts | as soon as they are dry. | A complaint was" registered. about | a bad dust situation near Habblett’s gravel pit, which is operating in | violation of the zoning code. Of- | ficer Cooper was ‘instructed to see | the offender dt ‘once. ~ “Grant Cooper accepted the post | | of Civilian Defense director for the | township. 8 Solicitor Jonathan .Valentine was | present to assist with ¢oning code | amendments, and a disorderly con- | duct ordinance.” | A rumor had started that a] trailer park ‘was advertised by a! sign ‘on Sutton Road. = ! | It was’ reported by Atty. .Valén- | tine that the sign was an April Fool | trick on ‘Bob Maturi, whose phone | number appeared, on the sign. ‘A complaint was: registered to the effect that people who wish to build are being shunted back and forth between zoning and sewage | officers. A meeting will be held to consider the problem. | Police officers requested new uni- forms to replace the worn and un- matching outfits now in use, Chief | Cooper was instructed tc get prices | Shas worked for the good of the|on needed items. If the amount Brown Manor. budgetted for such items is not | Chemical maces will be purchased | person resisting arrest. i Squire Grant Cooper submitted | a check for $245 for fines imposed | during the month of March. Permits were ~ issued for con- | |: Davies, and Harold Smith. bara Aston to Nesbitt. Bob Be- secker, Don Shaffer, Wes Cave, Jim | April 6 — Elwood Myers, Park | Strect, to Nesbitt. Dick Disque, Jr., Bob Richardson, and Harold Smith. April. 7 — Dr. Carlton Davies, Machell Avenue, to Nesbitt. Bob | Besecker, Don Bulford, and Harold Smith. : April 7 — Mrs. C. S. Hemenway ‘home from Nesbitt to White Birch Trailer Court. Wes Cave, Willard | Newberry, Rus Banta, and Bob Be- | secke.. April 9 —— Harry A. Roth. Dead | on arrival, Harold Smith, and Bob | Besecker. : Noxen April 4: Lulu Gilmore from Gen- eral Hospital to Morgus Convales- cent Home, Idetown. Crew; Earl Crispell, oJseph Nalbone. | que institution, -and that it provides | sideration. Green Belt, Md.; sisters: Maureen. | James Kozemchak has done it | ing over the scene, and the small [is seven-year-old Mari Rogers, again, fashioning: for -the people ‘of | child with folded hands’ rendering | daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter this area’ a beautiful Easter mes- | homage to the King of Kings. The | Rogers of Midway Manor. little girl who posed. for the picture | Lake-Lehman Board Has. Lengthy Session, Bids, Crowded Agenda | or more pints of blood to see it The Lake-Lehman school board ! jammed with visitors | Tuesday night, readily sorted into | groups . with varying interests. 3 There was the group which want- | {ed to ask more support for the] Back ‘Mountain Memorial Library, | and the group which was interested | in contracts, plus the group which | had school buses in mind. Jack Conyngham’ voiced the ap- | peal for more funds from the school | board for ‘the Library, saying -that! each municipality and school board | would be approached. The Annual Auction, he said, was’ not bring- | ing .in enough income to form the | | main support for the Library, now | that expenses had’ risen. He and | Mrs. Thomas Heffernan reminded | the beard that the Library is a uni- unique service. ; Edgar Lashford said the board | would take the matter under con- | Many requests for appearance of | the Band had been received. The! | board felt that the band should | | appear: locally "as often as. conven- | i ient. but that requests for out of | town engagements should be care- fully scrutinized. i The schedule for the spring shapes | up ike this: May 19, Harveys Lake | | Lions State Convention in Scranton; | Dog Is Poisoned At Brown Manor A watch dog, securely chained, | was poisoned Saturday evening in Dr. Robert Post discovered when | chlorine bleach: compound had been | | for use of police officers on any | employed, presumably in a piece of meat tossed to ‘the dog from the edge of the property. The. dog was put out of its misery on Tuesday. The dog, two years old, barked in the area, promoted the Little | struction of two new homes and Only when intruders entered the League. Also he was the first pres- | ident of Lake-Lehman PTA after | a storage shed. $ | Half the receipts of the earned: yard. She was a friend of the neighborhood, and the pet of the the jointure, and is a past president | income tax will be used to pave a five year old daughter of the Al- of the Lake PTA. He is a veteran, having served | in the European theatre of war, | and a member of the American {face of its excavation in compliance | was lodged with assistant chief Legionggy —— | 1 LEHMAN BATTLES GRASS FIRE | Lehman had the usual rash of! grassfires: April 5, Outlet Road, | Sutton Riley property, when kids | threw lighted cigarettes into the | yard; April 6, Fox home on Cease- | town - Huntsville Road, near Or-! ange hall, op ‘ Rome sehoolhouse road. American Asphalt will fence the | with the zoning ‘Code, by June 1.| Residents of two streets in Chase | Manor requested paving. The money is ‘not available for this project at | present, but the streets will be | properly graded ‘and ditched, holes filled, and calcium chloride applied to relieve the situation. | A map of the Township is being | portion of Township Route 712, the | fred E. Donnelly family. Kingston Township and State Po- lice are investigating. Complaint Cisco. | May 30, . appeal | It | refer its problem to Luzerne County. Sweet Valley Memorial | Day Parade; June 1. Jackson Fire- | men Parade; June 8, the annual in- vitation trip to Sherbourne, N. Y.;. July 18, Lake Silkworth. Myr. Lashford pointed out that | there was considerable responsi- bility involved, and that when an | was made for the Band's presence during the vacation time, it was not too simple to arrange. ; Bids Construction h'ds for the pro- posed utility building were opened Ihe Don Smith. architect, read to the board. noted and referred to a committee for analysis. : ] Other bids for fuel, medical sup-i plies, general supplies. were read and referred to committee. The beard deplored the fact that no Back Mountain doctor could be dependcd upon for regular service. was suggested that the board | Medical Society, which might know MORE GRASS FIRES AT LAKE Harveys Lake volunteers report more grass fires than noted last year at this time. in the future. It will be kept under glass in the Jackson Township fire | made. “It ‘can be updated any time hall. Copies will be available. of some young doctor or retired | physician who would be interested. The condition of the playing field was discussed. Drainage is not | what it should ‘be, and at present the field is a soup. Use of a bull- | dozer was suggested. The field is at the foot of a hill, of your and drainage is poor in the early spring when baseball practice’ must start. Miscellaneous Daylight Saving Time got a unani- mous vote of confidence. It starts April 28. | Overhaul "of boilers at the high school was reported finished, and! overhaul of the boiler at the Lake | building will be done during Easter | vacation. : a ‘Director Vivian, supported by | Director Kern, suggested changing the calendar to eliminate the day | off, for Bloomsburg Fair. This was | voted down by the rest of the board. Exonerations of per capita tax were voted for one resident of Ross | Township, and four from Noxen. Chaperones for the trip to Wash-| = | ington of the Senior Class were | named: Marchikitus, Zaleskas, Ma- | ciak, Lamoreux, and Lukasavage. | | With a reservation that the trip | depended upon conditions, consider--| ing ‘the recent abortive attempt to! take part in the Cherry Blossom | Festival. - . | { Ignatius Hozempa and Roy Squier | » | were approved as substitute bus! drivers. ; | Lake-Lebman High School,” re- ported Anthony’ Marchakitus, had | been notified that it had been ad- | mitted tc Wyoming Valley Basket- | ball Conference. The session, with all present. held until nearly midnight. | Sesqui Souvenir Book Printed Pictures of the Dallas Sesquicen- tennial celebration have been com- piled and put together by a com- mittee of werkers, and the souvenir beck has gone to press. More than 300 photographs taken | during the Sesquicentennial are to | You will | be found in this edition. find yourself, as well as pictures family ‘and friends,” from | the opening of the celebration, through the Variety show - and on to the Fair Grounds and “the | closing exercises. The book committee included: | James . Kozemchak: Doris Mallin, | supervisor; Janet Post. Nancy Al- | der=on, George McCutcheon, James Snvder and Ted Wright. The number of books published will be liimted. : Any profits received will be do- nated to the recreational fund of the Dallas Sesquicentennial. PO VOL. 79, NO. 15. Lake-Lehman Band Finds Itself AR Part Of The Nation's History As soon as Lake-Lehman students! John Zaleskas, faculty represen- arrived in Washington at 1:30 Fri- | tative of Lake-Lehman High School, day rooms in the Continental they realized that there was some- | quiet. It was safe for the students thing wrong in the Nation's Capital. | to eat their dinner before starting But there was no official an-| back for Lehman. nouncement, and Washington was| They finished, and Mr. Zaleskas | overflowing with ninety bands from gave the order to get packed, all over the country. change their clothes, and be ready Rumors flew, and nobody knew tg hoard the buses at 7:30. what to believe. The Cherry Blos- Two minutes later, he rescinded som Festival had not, at the time the order. of arrival of the Lake-Lehman con-| Pack, and get down to the lobby, tingent, been called off. There was the standing commit- their uniforms. ment to meet other bands at the| Five minutes more, and the band Washington monument at 3:30. The | members were boarding the bus. band members changed into their! It was 7 p.m. and Washington uniforms and went down to the was ablaze. The gathering dusk Capitcl to have their pictures taken | pointed up the urgency of the situa- on the step. | tion, as the glow of burning build- They waited there for another ings grew brighter and brighter. ‘t day night and don’t take time to change from | vided band to finish with the photogra- pher, posed for the picture, and went on to: the Monument. They found only a few bands in the appointed place at the appointed time, where the open air concert was suppcsed to take place. The management of the hotel, upon their refurn, was dubious | about the state of affairs. Rioting was alreadv taking place, cars were being stoned, twelve year old chil- | dren were energetically looting | stores, and dense smoke was pour- | ing down from the northern section | of the city. | Then came the announcemnet. | No Cherry Blossom Parade, no marching bands, go while the going was good. Noxen, Dallas Bloodmobile will visit the Back Mountain this week and next. The date for Noxen and Beaumont resi- | dents, Wyoming County, is today, | at Noxen Methodist Church, 1:45 to 5:45 p.m. Date for Dallas is Friday, April 19th, at Dallas Junior High School, | hours from 11:45 to 5:15. ! Expected to meet their quotas | for the Blood Assurance Program are all PTA units of the area, Com. | monwealth © Telephone Company, | Natona Mills, Center Moreland, and Gate of Héiven Parent Teachers | Guild. a t The community will require 200 | safely through the summer season ' between the spring and fall collec- | tions. If the quota is not met, groups which have fallen below the quota may not be able to obtain blood | when needed. Needs of families | which have attempted to donate will be met. Pearle Gilroy, area coordinator, says transportation will be pro- if necessary, and there is The buses pulled out, pursuing a | roundabout route which would skirt the troubled areas. The students heard explosions, and far-off shoot- ics: TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1968 Dallas District To Break Ground For Junior High Summer Basketball Program To Be Held By Borough Council Announcement was made at the Dallas School Board meeting Tues- that ground-breaking ceremonies for the new all-electric | Dallas Junior High School will take place at 7 p.m. on May 2. afternoon and went to their and John Miliauskas conferred. At | Hotel, | the Continental Hotel, the area was Construction of the new $4.5 mil- lion school is to be completed by | the opening of school, September, 1969, on the site’ which includes | property purchased from Mrs. Jen- nie Newman for $56,500. The land | had been condemned, but settle- | ment has been made and the case taken out of condemnation. A letter from Dallas Township | Supervisors, with regard to school crossing guards was read, stating ! been a part of the Nation's History. Bloodmobile At that if the board wishes to request ing. i oe pion. guards -and pay half of the cost, ey A off, and on the high the township will provide the [way ior nome. guards. There is a question as to Radio ‘and television announce- ments over local stations told anx- ious parents that the students were safe, that they were on the road, and that they would be home some time after midnight. They had not taken part in the famed Cherry Blossom Parade, but they had had an experience which they would remember as long as they lived. For a few brief hours they had what financial responsibility belongs | to. the school board. Solicitor was asked to look into the matter and also the cost of paying part of the in the district. A new legislation was made recently that may have | to share these costs. The meeting Tuesday night was routine and lasted only Bids on furniture for the new senior | high addition, janitorial supplies and Talk On Riot Control were opened. For Back Mt. Police The Back Mountain Police Associ- ation will hold its monthly meet- ing Thursday, at the Dallas Ameri- can Legion Post. Permission was granted to Robert | Morgan, senior at Dallas Senior High School and Mr. Lester R. Lewis, band director, to attend the Region II State Band rehearsal and | concert at West Scranton High Gucst speaker will Be’ 2/04 Robe {School on April” 25,26, and 27. ert. B. Barziloski, commanding of- | Mr. Alan Husband and Mr. James ficer of the 1069th MP-POW Co. of | Bamrick, wrestling coaches, Plymouth Hazleton. Lieutenant | granted permission to attend the Barziloski will be assisted by S/Sgt. | National Wrestling Coaches Clinic Gerald Temerantz. [in Wildcrest, The subject of the meeting will | 21-23. be riot control and civil disorders. Last - month's meeting featured wu ; Dallas Borough Council to use the police tmining film on this same Junior High gymnasium, locker subject; and the civil-military res Zroom facilitics:»ni basketballs from lationship in’ riot Control. | Munef 17 Yo, July’ 28. Council "wills: | sponsor a ‘Summer Recreation INCOME TAX DEBDLINE #rade six through 12 residing in the Dallas School District. Mr. John Have you mailed your income | Baur will administer the program. tax? Deadline is April 15. Dr. Robert Mellman, superinten- RARE | dent, was given permission to at- | tend the annual spring conference | at Buck Hill Falls May 5-7, of Penna. Association of School Administra- tors. Change In Routes From Dallas P. 0, The following changes in routes out of the Dallas Post Office have BRUSH FIRE ON DEMUNDS ROAD been announced by Postmaster Ed- | costs of all school crosing guards made it mandatory for the district: an hour.. roofing for Dallas Elementary School were A N.:J., on June. 20-, Permission was also granted to 5 | Basketball League” for boys from ward Buckley. members | Sections of R. D. 4 are transfer- ‘red to R..D. 3, included College Manor, Irem Country Club, Shrine- view Acres and Shrineview, effec- tive April 6, 1968. It would be appreciated if patrons who have been notified of this change would use R. D. 3 and box an arrangement for baby-sitting at the Junior High School for those who must bring small children. She asks that people make a special effort tp appear on the 19th, as spring collections ordinarily do not come up to the fall collections in quantity obtained. The need is constant. number on their mail. Remains Of A Crashed Car In Toby's Creek, One Dead, Another Injured { | | | itself between bank, | bridge and roadway in Central Dal- negotiated a passage unbelievably las Friday night, a sports car drop- | narrow, only ia few rods from the ped into Toby's Creek, Albert Klem | traffic light. of Kingston was instantly killed, ;face down in the creek, Miss ‘Aston and his companion, Barbara Aston, ‘sitting in the water. Dallas Ambulance took the vic- Wedging also of Kingston, was injured. The car turned on its side as it | Mr. Klem was found | Dallas Fire Department was call- ed out at 4:20 p.m. yesterday to a. brush fire on the former Ken Rice property, Lower Demunds Road. | brook end of the land ( by the Industrial Fund Committee, now owned There was no to buildings at went out of control. immediate danger press time. photo by Kozemchak tims to Nesbitt Hospital. Investigating officers were Patrol- man William Tregaskis and Les Tinsley, assisted by Chief Lionel Bulford of Lehman, Thick brush on the Fern- . 2
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