yy ———. § Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 79 YEARS A NEWSPAPER THE DALLAS POST TWO Te 674-7676 EASY TO REMEMBER lephone Numbers 674-5656 TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION VOL. 79, NO. 22. TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1968 la aa a a a a ae oe a a a ae aa a ae oad tBack Mountain Boys! Thomas G. Appel Michael T. Brown Donald: Bulford Jr. Larry E. Butler Kyle Cundiff *Richard Michael Cummings William DeRemer Thomas Detsick Anthony Digiosa Daniel S. Dodd Edward Dubil Lee Eck Warren Edmondson Stanley Farr Charles L. Finn Thomas J. Field Conrad J. Gonzales George Gromniak George R. Hackling Gary Harris © George A. Harvey Gorgar Herbert Thorhas M. B. Hicks IV Charles Higgs David T. Higgins Todd S. Hilbert Kenneth Hoover Paul Klug Anth®y Konopka Robert Lahr Charles W. Mahon Ralph McCormack Richard McCuen Breck L. Miller Robert O. Nicely Kenneth F. Novis Wm. L. Oncay Joseph Orzechoski Arthur W. Parks Albert Phillips Barry G. Pahler Ralph D. Parsons Osbert J. Patton Michael Preslipski *Michael A. Purcell Tom Purvis Keith Reeves John Rogers Herbert Saxe John Scavone Frank A. Schoonover ~ Leppard Scavone | Wale G. Shonk Josegoh C. Smith Wilhm A. Smith Jr. Leonard S. Stoner Harry Sweppenheiser, Charles R. Tilghman Donald Traver Robert Traver *Charles Tredinnick James Vann William Verbyla Clarence Wilk Ralph K. Wall Edgar Wilcox George B. Wood Thomas M. Zaboraski Stanley T. Zarnoch *Killed in action VV OV Vv Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction Chairmen Meet SRY ET photo by Kozemchak Some of the Library Auction chairmen are shown as they at- tended a meeting of the committee May 20 in the main Library build- ing at the invitation of Don An- thony, general chairman. More chairmen were named at the Kick- nc »: off Dinner. In the group are: Mr. Anthony and George McCutcheon, chairman and co-chairman; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Dadurka, mainsprings of the Kick- off dinner; Mr. Evans, publicity for radio and TV; Jane Thomas, Kay Wright, Homer B. Moyer, Mrs. L. E. Jordan, William Moss, Sandy Richardson, Ruth Rinehimer, Mrs. Dana Crump, Jack Heller, and Hix. On June 3, next Monday, at 8 p.m., chairmen will meet again in the Library to complete plans and iron out any complications. L-L Band To Go ToSherburneN.Y. The Lake-Lehman High School Band will make its annual trip to Sherburne, N. Y., June 8 to par- ticipate in parade, field, concert and majorette competition in the Parade of Bands. Last year Lake- Lehman took first place in concert and second in Majorette competi- tion. This is the eighth year for the annual appearance at Sherburne, N. Y. On each occasion the band has won a substantial award for excellence under direction of John Miliauskas. Reservations are being taken for seating on a special bus made avail- able for parents and friends for the trip . to..Sherburne; also for dinner | -at the Canasawacta @ountry Club, where the band will stop. Anyone travelling by private car may also make arangements for the dinner. Reservations must be made no later than Friday, May 31 with Mrs. Carl Swanson, Harveys Lake, or Mrs. Joseph Kernag, Hunlock Creek. No one will be admitted to the Country Club without a ticket. Dallas Tax Notices Dallas Borough tax notices for 1968 are ready for mailing on June 1st. 1967 per. capita taxes not paid will be turned in for collection the first week of June. Trucksville Firemen Make Plans For 30th Anniversary Celebration JACK STEPHENSON the Trucksville Volunteer Fire Company | The 50th Anniversary of will be celebrated with a Fair to be held June 20, 21 and 22 at Howard “Duke” Isaacs car lot on Memorial Highway, Trucksville. The firemen under the direction of chair- man Paul Sabol are making an all- out effort to make this event one to remgamber. Those residents who can +. mber back 14 or 15 years ago may recall the “annual fire- men’s fair” conducted by the com- pany and the good time and fellow- ship provided for years at these ac- tivities. The anniversary celebration is planned both as a tribute to the community for its continuous sup- port of a progressive fire depart- ment and as a means of providing additional capital funds for future needs of the company. A special combined meeting of ! the firemen, firemen’s wives, ladies auxiliary and interested persons is planned for June 7th at 8 p.m., in the Kingston Township Municipal Building. Paul Sabol, chairman; Bill Long and Charles Repotski, co- chairmen, have called this meeting to fully inform all those persons concerned with the operation of the fair. Refreshments will be served by the firemen. Henry Hill, chairman of the pa- rade, has planned a spectacular parade for Friday evening, June 21st with over 100 men, 18 fire companies and various drill teams registered so far. Prizes for the oldest truck, largest uniformed unit and longest distance will be award- ed. Any fire company or special unit interested in attending the parade who has not registered as vet is asked to contact Mr, Hill as soon as posible. ; Chairman of the prizes, William Dickson has announced that a 1968 Scotty Travel Trailer that sleeps four, a portable television and a transistor radio will be awarded on the last night of the fair. Tickets may be obtained from any member of the company or ladies auxiliary. Other special events planned in- clude a chicken bar-b-cue, refresh- ments such as the traditional ham- burgs, hot dogs, pizza, potato pan- cakes, cotton candy and a special chicken barbecue prepared by Earl Hess. The chicken barbecue will be served every evening. Chairman of the remaining com- mittees are: Robert Bullock and Allan Nichols, financial; Dick Mont- gomery, grounds; Wayne Long, games; Vought Long, refreshments; and Jack Stephenson, publicity. The Trucksvilre Firemen ask the residents and friends from Wyoming Valley communities for their con- tinued fine support which they have given in the past Shavertown, | Bernard Sherin, dropped around on Saturday, reek- ing with fish, and exhibiting three | mammoth Lake Trout on a stout] chain. Weight totalled 25 pounds. The | biggest measured 28 inches, the] next in line 27, and the minnow 25. | Bernard’s son, Bernie, Jr., helped | man. the landing net. i Mr. Sherin landed the monsters | Prize Catch At Lake ANGLER WITH TROUT in Link's Cove between 7 and 10 a.m. And hear this: Sherin took home the bacon in a big way during hunting season, getting a bear, a deer, and a wild turkey, and win- ning the Triple Award from the Game Commission. When he isn’t fishing or hunt- ing, he’s doing electrical work at Charmin. Frances Slocum State Park will open to the public at 9 am. on Memorial Day for picnics, boating, fishing and hiking. Official dedication ceremonies ar- ranged by the Luzerne County Tourist Promotion Agency and the County Recreation and Parks Com- mission will take place at 2 p.m. Dr. Maurice K. Goddard, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters will head the list of dignitaries. . The Dallas High School Band will play from 1:30 to 2 preceding the dedication. Sixteen buildings have been con- | structed including the park office, | vehicle maintenance and storage | buildings, eight comfort stations, Back Mountain Area Ambulance Logbook Lehman | E. Ide, Charles Honeywell. May 25 — Grace Martin to Nes- | bitt Hospital. K. Sutton, L. C. Sut- | ton and H. Coolbaugh. Frances Slocum State Park Opens Thursday With Formal Dedication two well houses, a boat house, con- trol building and concession stand. Brent Semmel is park superin- tendent. Two Trailer Trucks Jackknife At Light Two trailer trucks jackknifed within minutes of each other at the intersection of Carverton Road and Route 309, Tuesday afternoon, both travelling south. The first, driven by Robert Heem of Clarks Green, jackknifed at 12:10, when stopping on rain-slick pave at the red light. The second, driven by Jack Kelley of Savannah, Georgia, stopped sud- denly to avoid crashing into the | first truck. driven away. equal. fitting and proper that we consecrated it far above our great task remaining before Freedom; The Immortal Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new mation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that mation, or any mation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle- field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that mation might live. It is altogether should do this. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate — we can- not consecrate — we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have power to add or detract. The world will little note or long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us here to be dedicated to the us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this mation, under God, shall have a mew birth of and that government of the people, people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. by the Commencement At Dallas June 4 Dr. Cleo Dawson, popular lecturer, psychologist, and writer will be the speaker at the Commencement pro- gram of the Dallas Senior High School on Tuesday evening, June 4, eight o'clock, at the Irem Temple Country Club. Dr. Dawson has spoken before Rotary, Kiwanis, and Chamber of Commerce Groups all over the country as well as to the Business and Professional Women, Educa- tional Groups and Women's Clubs. In addition to being the Staff Psy- chologist on the Merve Griffin Show she has appeared on TV with the Tonight Show, Mike Douglas Show, and the Virginia Graham program. Dr. Dawson has devoted her life to education. She is the product of five universities, a speech graduate of Baylor College School of Ex- Lpression, has her. Bachelor's Degree from Southern Methodist University and her Master's and Doctorate from The University of Kentucky, where she spent ten years teaching. Finally a growing circle of demands drew her into the fields of writing and lecturing which has taken her to many parts of the world. She is the contributor to many magazines and is the author of the best seller “She Came to the Valley.” Fresh-Rir Quota Filled The quota for Fresh-Air children has been filled for June and July, about 75% of the families asking for Negro children. REACT Association The REACT association will take charge of two-way radio contacts during the Memorial Day celebra- tion at Sweet Valley. L-L Speaker HARRY BUTLER SAVAGE Speaker for the 1968 Lake-Leh- man High School Commencement will be Harry Butler Savage of Washington, . D.C." He will’ speak ‘on “The Laws of Averages.” Exer- cises are set for Thursday, June 6, at 8:15 p.m. in the gym. Mr. Savage has recently retired from the National Training School for Boys, a division of the U. S. Two men, leaving the dining room at Irem Country Club Wednesday night, carrying geraniums in the] crooks of their elbows, and survey- ing a procession of other Library Auction fans, equally burdened, ex- changed glances and came up with the identical remark, ‘Looks as if everybody got potted.” The geraniums, gift of Hill the Florist, brought in a tidy sum for the Auction. A neat bit of sales- | manship on strips of tickets netted | $30 for the kitty. Don Anthony, | Auction chairman, looked over the assemblage and pounced upon Hix | to draw the numbers, quipping that she had an honest face. Harry Goeringer, Mrs. John Cas- ner, and Doc Jordan pulled win- ners. All of them, said Don Anthony, | obviously needed the money. Warren Dadurka, dinner chair- man, introduced the toastmaster, Myron Baker, and recognized the | people at the head table. Frank Slaff, new president of the Library Association, sketched in brief the recent progress of the] Library, and complimented Mrs. | { Martin Davern upon her superior | work, at the same time handing | a palm to the association for its ! good sense in retaining her. | Reference work, he said, had | taken a spurt, as more and more | students called upon librarians for | information and guidance. He called attention to necessary repairs which had been made to |" the two buildings, and to expansion of available space by the addition of an office for the librarian on the ground floor of the main building, thus releasing needed floor and shelf footage. The : annual auction, Mr. Slaff said, is the mainstay of the Li-! brary, but proceeds are able now to cover only the salaries of the personnel, and the possibilities of other avenues of revenue must be probed. 7 Mr. Baker, resuming the podium, Lake Boro Votes To Remove Light The traffic light at Idetown will be removed shortly since Harveys Lake Borough officials feel the sig- nals are more of a hazard than an aid to motorists. One of the stand- Bureau of Prisons. He is president of a company which operates sev- | | | eral music stores and studios with | a staff of 70 teachers instructing | more than 1,500 students in the | Washington, D. C. area. ! Mr. Savage, a dynamic speaker, | recently served as toastmaster for | testimonial dinners honoring former | President Harry S. Truman and former Harry F. Byrd of Virginia. hTe Annual Baccalaureate Serv- ices will be held Sunday, June 2, honor of the 1968 graduating class. Jackson Twp. Board of Super- visors meets Tuesday evening, June 4th at 7:30 p.m. : ! A group of Dallas firemen are | being instructed at the Sixth An-|ing. He is trained to feel around |only unit in the Back ‘Mountain By 1 p.m. both trucks had been | nual Fire School in Concrete City, | the walls with the back of his| to take this instruction. It is offered | Hanover Township. Demonstrating | hands to determine the degree of | to all fire companies at a modest Dallas Fire-Fighters Sign Up For Special Instruction 1 smoke, without danger of suffocat- | The first truck, according to an | something new in Scott Airpacks| heat beforse grasping an object. jackknifed. Radio Station WBAX was helpful | in identifying the drivers. | eye witness, had stopped at the| are Hank Bonham, instructor, and | | red light at Harris Hill Road, and | Mr. Wickswire, from the company. | fire are taught. | May 24 — Miss Barbara Patton, | was slowing for the red light at| Looking on, left to right, are Dallas | to General Hospital. Wensel and | Church Street, when a cable dangled | firemen Bob Besecker, Ed Wilburn, | days afternoons in the spring, two | without crumbling. The course in- | from the right side, and the trailer | Tom Orf, and to the extreme right, | in the fall. Chief Besecker ‘started | cludes rescue work, salvage, pump- Bill Ward. The Airpack permits a firemen | also had many hours of instruction. | maximum results. | to enter a room filled with dense Proper methods of ventilating a The course is held on two Sun-| | his course in 1966. Bill Ward has | i | David Price. Chairman Frank Fisher | in the high school auditorium, in | | | | | { | | | ards has been knocked down for many weeks. Atty. John O'Connor was named solicitor Wednesday evening. Mo- tion to accept him was made by asked for other suggestions for the post but none were forthcoming. William Purcell was named to the] Planning Board and Walbridge | Lienthal as Fire Marshal. Be, King, roadmaster, asked for | supplie}. A grader will be rented | from Yatsko Excavating. | The meeting was short with | unanimous vote on all matters. Cal- | vin McHose tax oqllector, was not | present. | } Gata rs BIT } | } { i The Dallas fire company is the fee. Concrete structures are used for demonstrations, buildings = which will accommodate a good hot fire ing, handling of equipment to get Library Auction Goes Into High Gear As Annual Kick-Off Dinner Is Staged reminisced that Howard Risley had always wanted to retain the rural atmosphere of a genuine country auction. He recalled some amusing events, such as small pigs scattering in all directions when somebody removed a slat from their crate. (One of the best pictures ever taken at a Library Auction was that of Mrs. Paul Warriner leaving the grounds with a tiny pig under her arm, its curly tail sticking out in one direction, its outraged squeal- ing snout in the other.) Mr. Baker recognized Auction stalwarts in the audience, asking them to stand and take a bow. They included Henry Peterson, Alice Howell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bach- man, Janet Post, Mrs. Dana Crump, John Churry, Homer Moyer, Bill Moss, and Merrill Faegenburg, and said he was sorry that Herman Thomas could not be present to make the initial bid. Don Anthony, auction chairman, named committees. The list is not yet complete. It will be given in its entirety in a future issue of the Dallas Post. The printed program listed the names of past Library Auction chair- men: Howard Risley, D. T. Scott, Jr., Harry Ohlman, Chick Smith, Charles Nuss, Robert Bachman, William Wright, Raymon Hedden, Charles Frantz, Donald Smith, My- ron Baker, Doc Jordan, Dick Dem- my, Robert Fleming, Frank Hutt- man, Mr. Faegenburg, Jerome Gard- ner, and Harry Lefko. A moment of silence was accord- ed the memory of Howard Risley, Harry Ohlman, and William Wright. A prevue of the auction, with Myron as auctioneer, saw Dick | Demmy bidding in a planter donated by Hillside Farms, and a pig-in-a- poke, from the Hitching Post, un- veiled as a milk glass antique. Reese Pelton introduced four young musicians from Dallas Junior High School, who entertained as a brass quartet. Invocation was by Rev. Andrew Pillarella, pastor of Trinity United Presbyterian Church; benediction by Rev. Thomas Flynn, assistant pastor at Gate of Heavei. Door prizes were donated by David Schooley. Idetown Plans 68 Horse Show Idetown Firemen will plan for their annual Horse Show at a meet- ing Friday night, scheduled for 8 p.m., at the Jonathan R. Davis Fire Hall. President Michael Godek will ap- point committees. He asks that residents, whether or not they be- long to the fire company, volun- teer for service. The Horse Show is the only means of raising money for the maintenance of equipment. Harold Grey and Kenneth Me- Dougal, co-chairman, announce that A. Thomas Brede, of Clifton, N. J., will judge, a man recognized by the American Horse-Show Associa- tion. Walter Blejwas, Jr., Show secre- tary, will mail entry blanks, which should be feturned to him by July 10 to insure appearance in the printed program. Cadillac Takes Swim, Saved By Skindivers Leaping a four-foot wall near Wildwood and plunging into Har- veys Lake Monday morning, a 1965 Cadillac swam out into deep water and sank. Roscoe Miller and his chauffeur, about to enter the car as it stood in the sloping driveway, leaped clear as it plummeted down the drive, gathered speed, crossed High- way 415, crashed the wall and disappeared. Skin divers attached towing cables, and the car was retrieved at 4 p.m. Lake Chief Walbridge Leinthal investigated. Sesqui Group Seeking Site For Recreation A group of Olde Dallas Sesqui- centennial workers met Monday night at Pinebrook Inn, to hear Miss Sally Jervis, supervisor of rec- reation in Luzerne County, outline steps that should be taken before planning a recreation area. The area is to be centrally located for all the communities in Olde Dallas and is to be developed with funds raised during the Sesqui cele- bration last fall, Citizens representing all the com- munities are looking for available sites. Miss Jervis suggested that after this initial step, a master plan should be made to develop the area before applying for funds from state or federal governments,
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