Oldest Business ‘Institution Back of the Mountain 79 YEARS A NEWSPAPER HE DALLAS POST 674-7676 ‘TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION VOL. 79, NO. 27. TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1968 Back Mountain Boys tn Savice In Vietnam; Thomas G. Appel William H. Baker III Michael T. Brown Donald Bulford Jr. Larry E. Butler Kyle Cundiff *Richard Michael Cummings William DeRemer Thomas Detsick Daniel S. Dodd Edward Dubil Lee Esk Warren Edmondson Thomas J. Field Conrad J. Gonzales George Gromniak George R. Hackling Gary Harris | George A. Harvey Gomer Herbert Thomas M. B. Hicks IV Cha Higgs David’ T. Higgins Kenneth Hoover Paul Klug Anthony Konopka Robert Lahr Charles W. Mahon Ralp MMcCormack Richard McCuen Breck L. Miller Robert O. Nicely Kenneth F. Novis Wm. L. Oncay Joseph Orzechoski Albert Phillips Barry G. Pahler Osbert J. Patton Michael Preslipski *Michael A. Purcell Tom Purvis Keith Reeves John Rogers Herbert Saxe John Scavone Frank A. Schoonover Loren Schoonover Leonard Scavone Wayne G. Shonk | Joseph C. Smith William A. Smith Jr. Leonard S. Stoner Harry Sweppenheiser, Jr. . Chats R. Tilghman Donild Traver Roi Traver %Charles Tredinnick James Vann William Verbyla Clarence Wilk . Edgar Wilcox George B. Wood Thomas M. Zaboraski Stanley T. Zarnoch ¢Killed in action - Forty-Five Attend Gun Club Meeting Harveys Lake Rod and Gun Club, Inc. met at the clubhouse, with approximately 45 members present on June 24th. : ‘Messrs. Clair Fleeger (Fish Com- mission) and Ed Gdosky (Game Commission) were present. and. an- swered questions for ‘the group: Five prospective members names were approved, namely: Pete For- tuck, Ronald Kasesak, Arthur Louck®¥Dennis Noonan, and Aubrey Randall. These people will serve a 6 month probationary period and then be voted upon after recommenda- tion m the Board of Directors. The ‘annual outing date is August | All| 11; Carl Jones is chairman. dues must be paid to be eligible to attend the outing. Following - the meeting, refresh- ments were served and movies (Sure as Shootin’ and A Home Along the Way) were shown, com- pliments of the Game Commission. of $57,250 for Work Area 1, $13,000 {|L-L Board Has | 'Mop-Up Session Passes Budget, OKs Transfer Of Land Much of the discussion at the mop-up meeting of Lake-Lehman School Board Thursday night cen- tered about the cost of the run- ning track and other projected im- provement to the athletic field. The meeting was called to finalize certain matters before the opening of the new fiscal year. A budget of $1,406,513.00 was authorized. Amusement tax remains the same, with (Calvin McHose - again authorized as collector at 4 percent. Real Estate Transfer Tax remains the same, 1 percent of the purchase price. No reenactment necessary as the ordinance is already on the books. Millage and per capita re- main the same, with 3 percent to a legally certified tax collector. (Justice of the Peace and tax col- lector officer incompatible.) Minimum teacher salary $200 higher than that mandated by the State, bringing the amount to $5,600 per year. Bids Opened Malpass & Sons made the low bid of $45,809 for the base of Work Area No. 1, plus $11,061 for Work Area No. 2. Bidders were Raymon Dedden, American Asphalt, Luzerne Construction Company, and Mal- pass. Of these, Luzerne Construc- tion Co., was high, with a -base-bid for Work Area II. The price of work on the ath- letic field, said director Kern, was higher than anticipated by the Board. He asked if the track work could be done this year, postponing the rest of the work until later. Franklin Patton gave as his opin- ion that labor was getting no cheap- er, cost of materials was rising con- stantly, and that there was no percentage in putting off something which would eventually have to be done, and at a probable higher figure. Donald D. Smith, architect, called attention to the fact that Malpass had constructed the highly satis- factory track for Forty Fort high school, and.that the awed price was within reason. Land Option The question of land option on property adjoining the High School, postponed at a previous meeting because it was deemed advisable to include the price of $20,000 in the 1968-1969 budget was cleared. The purchase from Willard Garey was passed at the meeting of March 12, with the proviso that Atty. Charles Lemmond, board solicitor, should slate the actual transfer for a ‘date shortly after July 1. Atty. Lemmond said he would have all work completed and the transaction cleared by July 10. Miscellaneous | gren. Miss Patricia Gonos, elected at the last regular meeting, did not | sign her contract, which may be | regarded as a resignation. Miss | Suzanne Cox, a College Misericordia | 1968 graduate, who has been doing | | : practice teaching under Miss Han- nah Culp, a temporary professional | employee, was elected as elementary | teacher at the minimum salary. Appointed to serve on the board | | of West Side Area Vocational School | were three directors: Ide for one year; Patton for two years; Kern for three. Mr. Ide will serve only until reorganization of the Board in December. It was recommended that Bonnie James replace Miss Hannah Culp as instructor for the summer read- ing program; and that Mrs. Edward Jones be employed as a Teacher's Aide. This completes the ESEA summer program. Wildwood Girl Scout Dock Dedication In Memory Of Mrs. Neil Chrisman Dedication Ceremonies of the dock and swimming area at Camp Wildwood took place on Saturday, June 29. The dedicatory address was given by Charles F. Hensley, Prin- cipal, Coughlin High School and Chairman of the Wildwood Dedica- tion Task Group, Welcoming re- marks were made by Edward Za- lesky, ‘Council Executive Director. The new waterfront facility at Camp Wildwood, Harveys Lake, is dedicgted to the memory of Mrs. Neil "Chrisman, prominent civic leader of the Wyoming Valley Area, who, for years, served in numerous volunteer positions with the Girl Scout Movement. In making the announcement, Mrs. Harold Rosenn, President, Penn's Woods Girl Scout Council, said the facility will be a standing tribute to the dedicated life of serv- ice to one’s community exhibited by the late Mrs. Chrisman . “which life was truly a fulfillment, of the Girl Scout Promise—that of duty to God and country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Girl Scout Laws.” Mrs. Chrisman was born in Wilkes-Barre and served in com- munity activities as the United Fund and Wyoming Valley Garden Club, the North Mountain Club and the Thursday Club. Her activities within the Girl Scout Movement included being a Girl Scout Com- missioner for the Wyoming Valley Girl Scout Council, an active mem- ber of its Board of Directors for many years, Chairman of the Wild- wood Camp Committee and later a member of the Wildwood Task Group. With the formation of Penn's Woods Council in 1963, Mrs. Chris- man continued to serve as an official representative on numerous com- mittees and task groups of the Council, giving service to help pro- vide and expand youth opportuni- ties within the Youth Movement of Girl Scouting, They'll Be Here Again, Nimble As Ever, At The Lehman Horse Show Five members of the Skip Heller family, Mohawk Stable, Harveys Lake, will ride in the Lehman Horse. Show on July 4 and ‘6. They range in age from four years to seventeen. Expert horsemen and women, the Heller family has always supported and participated in the Lehman Show. Shown here are two of these | daring riders as they try to “take home the money” in the pick-up is race. Ringman, Dick Mekeel, seen at the left. Bring the whole family . . . and | kick up your heels and have some | fun . . . at the 24th annual Lehman | Horse Show, July 4 and 6 . .. with | A” special festivities the evening of|the green by “The Dukes” . . July 5. to park It won’t cost you a cent and no admission charge for those youngsters 12 years | of age and under. There will be plenty of pizza, hot dogs, french fries, hamburgs you name it . . . the Lehman Fire- men will have it. If you prefer, treat yourself to a chicken donner | on the show grounds on July 4, starting at 11 o'clock. This year the youngsters will en- joy games of skill on the grounds, under the direction of Joe Johns. Friday evenings program will open at 7:30 with music for dancing on | followed at 8:30 by “The Starfires.” | During the course of the evening | area amateur entertainers who | were auditioned earlier will com- pete for prizes. The crowning cere- ! mony for the Horse Show Queen is scheduled for approximately 9 I o'clock on Friday. One hundred sixty horses are listed in the show program and ac- cording to show chairman, Myron Baker and Gil Tough, many more horses usually enter as post entries. The show promises to be the largest ever staged by the Lehman Vol- unteer Fire Company. Back Mountain Area Ambulance Loghook Kingston Township ‘June 27: Albert Baltimore 5, oneer Ave., to General, Marv Yeust, Bob Besecker. June 30: Mrs. Edward Richards, Staub Road, Trucksville, from Doc- tors’ Hospital, New York City. Crew Hank Hill, Paul Sabol. June 31: Mrs. Joseph Gibbons, Chase Road, Jackson, to Mercy. Walt Davis, Frank Hirleman, and Bill Frederick. Noxen June 27: Chester Visneski to VA Hospital. D. Be E. Race, S. Holm- | June 29: yi Hubbell to General Hospital. E. Crispell, R. Crispell. Dallas June 27: Arthur Rainey, Main St., Dallas, to Nesbitt. Jim Ferber, Ted Wright. Mrs. Lillie Button, Overbrook [Road to Nesbitt. Leighton Scott, | Jim Ferber. June 28: Auto accident near Davis Store, Paul Bachman of Kingston to Purchase of four electric type- writers was authorized, with trade- ins of worn machines. Contract was awarded Ralph M. Lewis at a figure of $1,040. Edwards and Anderson made the motion. A request for school buses to be used by West Side Vocational for transportation of their football team to Sayre on Saturday, November 9, brought out the fact that there | might be a conflict with Lake-Leh- man team transportation. The re- quest was okayed, provided that there was no conflict in dates. Football coaching assignment were made: George Curry, head coach; John Oliver, Edmund Narkiewicz, and John ‘Jenkins, assistants. The next regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 9, the administration office. is in VACATION TABLOID In this issue, the vacation tab- loid, twelve pages of this and that, with the Lehman Horse Show and the Library Auction taking the spot- light. : Doris Mallin was the guiding spirit. Laboring late and often, were Sandy Sheehan and Catherine Gilbert, with Louise Marks round. ing up the ads. Find your children in the pix of sports of the past athletic season. Find yourself in pix of bygone auc- tions riding a horse over a hurdle, or performing on water skis. Boats are becoming big business, ‘outdoor barbecues, home swimming | pools, motorcycles, everything for a fun vacation. Tents, campers, porianle lanterns, ice boxes. Not to mention lawn-mowers. Find it all in the tabloid, Postolfice Closed July 4 The’ Dallas Post Office will be | closed on Thursday, July 4th, there will Be noo Cited or Roraly: Delivery of Mail, it was announced ‘by Post- | master Edward Buckley. Nesbitt. Dick Disque Jr., Ted Wright. June 29: Accident near Birth’s. Joseph Hall, Shavertown to Nesbitt. Bob Besecker, Lynn Sheehan. Mrs. Betty Cox, New Goss Manor to Nesbitt. Wes Cave, Jim Davies, Les Tinsley. July 1: Arthur Rainey to Nesbitt. | Dick Disque Jr., Wes Cave, Ted! | Wright. Mrs. Chris Eipper to General. Wes Cave, Dick Disque, Jr., Ted Wright, Leo Tinsley. Patterson Grove's Centennial July 4 | | i wy 3iterson Grove Centennial is {slated to start on the Fourth of July. i i regular annual meeting at 3 p.m. lin the auditorium, { The Methodist Camp Ground has | been | summer of 1868, when the Civil | War was still a raw memory for | the boys who fought the good fight | | on both sides, and for the parents of the boys why did not return. The Camp Meeting lasts for an | | entire month, combining vacation with spiritual observance and en- | tertainment, Life Member Of Antiques Committee MISS FRANCES DORRANCE The Library Auction Antiques Committee has two life members, | Miss Frances Dorrance and Mrs. Fred Howell. Both women were in large meas= | ure responsible for the first Library | Auction, a project which was looked upon by the community in the light | of a rummage sale . . . until the returns from the Auction were an- nounced. Instead of fhe $1,000 which had | photo by DeWitt | been the goal, the figure shot well | past the $3,000 mark, and the Li- | brary Auction at once became a | summer fixture of Back Mountain life. Miss Dorrance is a past president of the Library Board. Mrs. Howell has been its secretary for years. Miss Miriam Lathrop, now living in Sun City, Arizona, was the first | librarian. x | New Goods For The Library Auction Cottage holders will hold their | in operation ever since the! New goods for the Library Auction are being noted daily by Bill Moss,, New Goods chairman, assisted by Louise Marks, co-chairman. The list, as printed, includes some of the things which were features of the Kick-Off Dinner, such as Hillside’s planter, an antique from The Hitching Post, 24 geraniums from Hill the Florist, and door prizes from David Schooley. Recent additions: Graham’s Stationery Store, record book; Boston Store, Patio recliner, Chaise Longue, cushioned recliner. Mahaffey Fuel, 200 gallons fuel oil; J. B. Post, 200 gallons; Parker Fuel, 200 gallons; Home Fuel, 200; R. A. Davis, 100; Tom Flynn 100 gal- lons or one ton of coal; Atlantic Refining Co., twelve 1-gal. gasoline cans; Pen Fern Oil, two cases motor oil. Agaway, 22 inch power mower; Carter Rubber Company, 24 pairs sneakers. ; Coon Concrete, two cubic yards Transitmix concrete; Anthracite Electric, 2 brass star lights; Holmes Metallic Company, chrome finished tools; Superior Millwork, one Oxford cabinet; Deluxe Games, one gym set; Frank Henry Buolders Supply, 2 grill cooking units; Rayco Seat Cov- ers, one Regal rear floor mat; Newark Silk Co., 75 yards turquoise drapery material, Bundle of Joy, 3 infant nightgowns and 5 pairs children’s pa- jamas; Steinrucks Barber Shop, Trucksville, 5 haircuts; Kay Dobson's Beauty Shop, credit on permanent, $10,000; Rossi Shoe Repair, certificate for $5.00; Valley Fabrics, merchandise certificate $5.00; McCarthy Tire Service, 3 — 50 ft. vinyl-nylon reinforced garden hose. Johnnie the Barber, 2 certificates, each good for 5 haircuts; Deemers, 1 metal table Butler and 1 bronze lighter and cigarette holder on tray; Rifkin & Company, 1 bond $18.75; Wyoming Valley Motor Club, 2 mem- bership certificates; Sam Roberts Hair Fashions, 1 certificate value $25; James Lenahan Brown, cash $5.00. Mrs. W. Martin Porter, cash $2.00; Sherwin Williams Co. 2—5 ft. | stepladders; Adam’s Men Shop, 1 Swank Hi Intensity Lamp; Humphreys Bootery, 1 gift certificate $10.00 and 1 folding high and youth chair; Mebane Printery, certificate for $10.00; Franconi Auto Parts, 6 umbrellas; First Federal Savings and Loan, $25 U. S. Bond. Oscar Smith, Rug Cleaning (Certificate for 9 by 12 rug; Bryants Bike Shop, 6 children’s games; George J. Alles, General Tubeless Tire; Acme Markets, Golf Cart, Golf Irons, Wilson Golf Bag, 1 doz. Golf Balls, First Baseman Glove, Badminton Set, G. E. Hair Dryer, Bathroom Scale, Sunbeam Electric Clock; Forty Fort Lumber, Folding Stairs; Penn State Seed, Bag Fertilizer, Bag Ortho Gro Fertilizer, 3 Bales Peat Moss; Mrs. Beatrice Flaherty, Permanent Certificate, $15. On The Auction Antiques Committee In Addition To Multichairmen A number of names of women will serve on the Library | Auction Antiques Committee are not yet at hand. The ap- pended list is as complete as it is possible to manage this far in advance of the Auction, July 11, 12, and 13. Mesdames A. G. Rutherford, Jo F. Sallada, Ray Shiber, George Schallenberg, Jack Stanley, Myron Baker, Bowden Northrup, Charles Lemmond, George Flack, W. A. Austin, Joe MacVeigh, Homer Moyer, Stefan Hellersperk, Martin Samuels, Robert Casper, W. J. Jeter, Herbert Smith, John Doane, Jack Barnes, Orceil Brown, Neilson Andrews, George Bittenbender, John Funke, Robert Dickinson, Ra- | mon: Hedden, Charles Gates, Wil- | liam Johnson, Homer Moyer, Wil- | liam Gross, William Pack, A. D. | Hutchison, George Gregson, J. Stan- ley Rinehimer, John DeWitt, Hale Coughlin, John Coon, John Troup, : Neville Shea, John Wilson, Paul Gross, Clinton Ide, Sherwood Wil- son, Charles Frantz, Russell Frantz, Harold Titman, Thomas Atherton; Thomas Heffernon,- Hanford Eck- man, Ben Jones Jr., Ben Jones Sr., Thomas Heffernoon Jr., William Cutten, George Montgomery, Mit- chell Jenkins, John Fine, Richard Garman, Lloyd Kear, Walter Mchr, Tom Roberts, Marshall Rumbaugh, | Louis Maslow, Frank Slaff, Harold Saffian, John Vivian, Oliver Pou.) T. M. B. Hicks, Alfred Bronson, | Leroy Brown, Stanley Davies, Har- | old Flack, Paul Rodda, Floyd San- | ders, Edward Boltz, Donald Ben- Committees For Library Auction General Chairman Donald S. Anthony and co-chairman George McCutcheon announce committee chairmen for the Library Auction, scheduled for July 11, 12, and 13, at the Barnyard, Lehman Avenue, Dallas. Chairman, Donald S. Anthony, co- | chairman, George McCutcheon. Transportation co-chairmen. Richard Evans. Antiques: Multi-chairman: Mes-| Antique Doll, Sally Moyer. | Weaver, Com. Telephone | Warlocks™ Visit Over-Publicized Real Problem Is Not The Philadelphia Gang The anticipated return of a motor- cycle gang, ‘The Warlocks,” who invaded Old Sandy Bottom a week ago from Philadelphia, failed to materialize on Sunday, and there is a strong possibility that the visitors may not make another ap- pearance here. i According to eye witness YopOreS Ls the gang members did go in swim- ming with their clothes on but there was no other act committed which would necessitate an plesk =) by local police. : The acts and aggravations of a local gang, “The Vultures” has stir- red more concern. This group from Pittston, Exeter, and Wyoming has performed assaults in a number of cases and harassed motorists. A local school authority was ap- proached one evening recently but managed to outwit his aggressors. At Harveys Lake on Saturday evening, a disturbance at a dance there resulted in some damage. Kunkle and Franklin Township | have had some incidents. It is be- lieved that this was largely re- sponsible for the appointment of a Police Chief in Franklin Township, the smallest Back Mountain District. Chief ‘Bartholomew has had much experience in the police field. The whole situation calls for mid- night to morning coverage for the 3 entire Back Mountai nand an over- all supervisorship which will give citizens of a good community the protection they deserve. SUDDEN SUMMER : First day of summer, light frost. First day of July, up to 97 on the Bank thermometer, up to 99 | in the Dallas Post at 8 p.m. nett, Reese Pelton, Carl Drapew- ski, Martin Davern, Francis Rein- hart, Fred Howell, William J. Pack, Harry Huey, James Alexander, Wil- liam Johnson, Edward Chapin, Rich- J ard Pearsall, John Robingon Jr, P. H. Arnaud, Harold Finck, Robert Howard Risley, Smith, Archbald. Brooks. Misses Frances Dorrance, Antoi- nette Mason, Gwen Weaver, Mar- | jorie Creasy. Joseph Hall Jr. Grazes Truck, Hits Guardrail A 42-year-old Shavertown man suffered brush burns and lacera- tions when his car glanced off the side of truck on Route 309 in Dallas. Joseph P. Hall Jr., was injured Saturday morning at 8:20, treated at Nesbitt Hospital for numerous abrasions and lacerations of the face, and released. Chief Russell Honeywell, assisted by Patrolman William Tregaskis, in- | vestigated. The truck, travelling south on 309 was struck by Mr. Hall's for- | eign make station wagon, which in attempting to pass, grazed the side | of the truck, whirled, and hit it ith foo. Jack Heller. | Secretary, Mrs. Norma Smith. Publicity, Sally Dadurka, (Dallas | Kick-Off dinner, Warren Dadurka, | Post) Mrs. TM. B. Hicks: (Wilkes: | Ernest Thomas, and George Thomas | Barre). Kay Wright; (Radio TV), | again before striking the guard rail. Driver | A. Hoover, Dallas RD 4. dames Myra Risley, George Bitten- | bender, Ambrose West, George | Montgomery, Louis Maslow, Raymon | Hedden, Thomas Heffernan, John | Doane, A. D. Hutchison, Charles Frantz, T. M. B. Hicks. Arts and Crafts, Howard Purcell. Auctioneer, Dr. Lester Jordan. Auction Finance, Homer Moyer. Advisory Committee: Robert Bach- man. Auto chance, Ernest Gay. Baked Goods and (Rotary Anns) Wayne Troxell, co-chairman, Mae Henderson, Marie Morton, co-chair- man. Barn-Key Club, William Baron. Book Sales, Mrs. Dana Crump, Alice Heffernan, co-chairman. Candy, (Jr. Women), Mrs. Sandy Richardson, Ruth Rinehimer, co- | chairman, Carole Plye, Mary Rice. Fun Booth, Mrs. Robert Domnick; Girl Scouts (Troop 631) Mrs. E. V. | Chadwick, co-chairman. General Solicitation, Mrs. Virginia Jenkins, Mrs. Sally Davenport, co- chairman; Area Chairman: Dallas Borough, Mrs. Dorothea McCutch- eon; Dallas Township, Mrs. Marian Anthony; Trucksville, Mrs. Alice Woolbert. Grounds, Henry Hill, Ernest Thomas, co-chairman; Robert Stair. New Goods, William Moss, Louise Marks, co-chairman. New Goods Display, Jim Alex- ander, Ralph Connor, co-chairman. Odds and Ends, (Women of Ki- wanis), Jane Thomas, D. Clara Troxell, co-chairman. Parking PTA, Paul Selingo, Ed Labatch. Plants and Produce, Ralph Beard. Photography, James Kozemchak. Refreshments, (Sr. Women’s club). Ann Jordan, Marie Yozwiak, co- chairman, department of the Auction. affair. Bill Niedjaco, of Whitesell Brothers, chairman of the twenty-second Library Auction, inspect the Westing- house Mini-Combo which is the gift, of Whitesell’s. to the New Goods The Mini-Combo is one of the more valuable gifts received for auctioning at the July 11, Whitesell’s Mini- Contio One Of Leading Gifts and Don Anthony, general 12, and 13th Donald = of the truck was Donald he
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