¥ i aman i, Back Mountain citizens have reason to be proud of seventeen year old John Pickett, who has returned to his studies as a sen- ior at Dallas High School after ‘competing in the 19th Olympic games i WLexico. The young Dallas athlete has earned much respect and ad- miratien from his fellow ath- letes and friends. His hard work and determination earned him a berth on the U.S. K-4 team in Kayak competition of the Olym- pics. John has been participating in olympic type Kayak racing for just two years and is a mem- ber ofithe Sebago Canoe Club, N.Y. & He. Jealized a dream that comes true for very few ath- letes” “when he entered the Olympic tryouts at Long Beach, California in September. He placed in the finals at Long Beach and won the cov- eted place he had worked for, becoming the first athlete from this area “back of the moun- tain’’ to get even as far as the finals. #8 John was on his way to Mex- ico, a: representative of his country ‘and this area, in what was to become the most con- troversial Olympic games of all time. The ga#ps in Mexico were certainly thie most colorful and probably the most publicized. Even though the U.S. team did not place in the finals and did not win any medals, par- ticipation in the games was an experience John will cherish al- ways. It was also thrilling to be representing the United States at a time when they dominated the games, winning the most gold medals and far exceeding other countries in total medals won. John is looking forward to the 1972 games which will be held in Munich. He hopes he will be able to participate. The Pan Am games will be held in Columbia, South Amer- ica, one year prior to the Olym- piads. J John started training this week with the wrestling team at Dallas Senior High School and was elected captain by his fellow teammates. His wrestling coach, Alan Husband, has also become a paddler through the efforts of (Pickett. Coach Husband re- cently participated in the races at Tunkhannock and finished in second place. Parents’ Day at Dallas Members of the Dallas Senior High football team will honor their parents Saturday when the Mountaineers meet Cough- lin on the Dallas High gridiron, weather permitting. The special day was sched- uled in October but was post- poned because of bad weather. If ther should be a postpone- ment this week, announcement will be made via radio. Parents should report to the high school cafeteria by 1 p.m. They will be seated in a special . section at the game. A brief program will be held in their honor from 1: 20 to 1: 45. Parents unable to attend are urged to call the school. { PICKETT child’s play Thirty years ago in the Dallas Post, there was an item about Elmer Laskowski’s rendering \ plant at Chase. The item claimed that the Laskowski plant could render anything, up to the size of an elephant. A news item from London says an elephant is being boiled down to expose the skeleton, the only process the museum could employ to strip off the leathery hide. The tank was a 200 gallon job, stainless. The elephant weighed 2,000 pounds, child’s play for Laskowski's rendering plant (before it burned down). top riders to compete Luzerne County will have 6 participants on the State 4-H Horse Show to be held at the Farm Show Building, Harris- burg, on Nov. 15 and 16, where top riders from throughout Pennsylvania will compete for honors. Selected at the district horse show held at Dalton were Jean Mascali, Brian Smith, Robbie Spencer, Charles Winner and Amy Pearsall of the Back Moun- tain Horseshoe 4-H Club of Dal- las, and Robert Mowery, of the Sugarloaf Trotters 4-H Club of Conyngham Valley. MECHANICS. One-year warranty on all models DOWN-TC-EARTH » NO PROBLEM TO OWN NORDIC IF YOU ORDER NOW Be among the first to see the new Ski-Doo Nordic. This is the snow- mobile that brings new luxury, new wide-track stability to family fun. Everything about Nordic is new . . to .its automatic cigarette lighter. And new Nordic ‘gives wou 8 smoother, more stable ride — without losing any of Ski-Doo's fa mous sportiness. Come in and trade-up now. Order your Ski-Doe! Nordic model now before we're sold out. Ski-doo... MAKES FUN NO PROBLEM Service: FACTORY-TRAINED TERMS: TO FIT THE POCKETBOOK GOOD—USED SNOWMOBILES FROM $350 UP ost THE SNOWMOBILE EVER BUILT . from its wider 18” track Parts in Stock, PRICES charged. Demonstrations Every Day — Evenings By Appointment quality see Charles “For world-famous products of top- H. Long SWEET VALLEY, PA. "PHONE — 717 - 477-5210 Leaders are Mrs. Anthony Bogdon, Dallas, and Mrs. Don- ald Bower, Sugarloaf. County Agent E. V. Chadwick says the 25 classes gave the club members an opportunity to exhibit their skill in horse- manship and their ability to groom a horse for showing. Classes at the state show are planned to give young horse- men an opportunity in practi- cally every type of riding _popu- lar ‘today. Equitation classes measure .a club member’s ability to ride his mount; the grooming and showmanship class is judged according to the condi- tion and cleanliness of the horse and the club member’s ability to show him at the halter. Other classes include year- ling, working hunter, pleasure, western reining, trail, pleasure pony driving, pole bending, bar- rel race, and team riding. The 4-H horse and pony pro- ject has enrolled over 300 boys and girls since its beginning in Luzerne County ten years ago. In addition to horse show ex- hibition, club members meet regularly when various pro- grams and demonstrations are presented. Admission is free to the State 4-H Horse Show. THE DALLAS POST, NOV. 14, 1968 young Dallas athlete Back Mountain | gke-Lehman beats returns from Olympics Bowling Neighborhood Payne Printery still holds top position with 32 points after copping 3 from Henry's Jew- elry. Henry’s tied up second place with Marine Corps, 29% each, after the Marines took 3 from Sgarlat’s. Disque Funeral won 3 from Page 3 and has 28 points. Top scorer Thursday was Andy Denmon with 252, 572. Dan of Sgarlat’s paced his team with 227, 566 and Frank Oko-- wris led Williams’ with 222, 563. Industrial Fino’s won 3 points from A & P last week and took over first place with 22 points. McCreary Tires, Adams Mar- ket and Parker are tied with 21 each. A & P has 19. Rich Bonomo with 207, 576 and Tony with 212, 572 paced Fino’s. E. Sundra won scoring honors with 201-202, 584 for A & P. Crown Imperial Automatic Cigarette is lead- ing the way on Friday night with 32 points. The ‘vending boys’ picked up another 4 from Wesley Gulf with Fred Stevens and John Kriel setting the pace. Fred posted 208, 570 and John had 569. Tom Appel led Birth’s with 203-204, 572 as the team won 3 from Dallas Dairy. Shavertown Lumber took 3 from Monk Plumbing and moved into the second slot with 29 points. Charles Nafus paced the “lumbermen’’ with 216-212, 597 and Jack Trudnak spilled 204-202, 580. Dan Gorey led the ‘‘plumb- ers’ with 211-101, 564. Dallas Shopping Center won 4 from American Legion and: West Side Novelty copped 3 from Michael's Excavating. Michael’s has 26 points. Dal- las Center has 20 and West side, 19. Tom Metz with 206, 567 and Chill Williams with 201, 560 topped West Side’s scoring and Mike Rudick led Dallas Center with 200, 562. Bowlerettes Monk Plumbing lost 1 point to Duke Isaacs Thursday while Overbrook Inn was taking all 4 1-points from Tom Reese] leaving Overbrook and Monk tied in first with 27 points each. Kate Sharpe led Overbrook Scouts take Gypsy Hike Carverton Girl Scout troop No. 656 recently held Gypsy hike No. 1 in conjunction with their badge work. Girls carried their own gear and food during the hike. As required by the badge they built fire and collected firewood and cooked their supper. Attending were: Donna Hoover, Lynn Wolfe, Sandy Perry, Susan Richards, Cindy Cobleigh, Debbie Wasserott, Jane Marstell, Elsie Harris and Leader Mrs. Joan Was- serott. ing’s, to victory with 166, 480. Her teammate, Toots Langdon top- pled 169-160, 468. Pacesetter for Monk Plumb- ing was Sally Riegel with a big 175-194, 526. Her teammate, Libby Cyphers spilled 166-176, 494. Chalking up games over 160 were Rita Cutter, Dottie Davis, Sally Roberts, Joan Ansilio. Commonwealth Telephone Jo Birnstock was top scorer - of the league with 151, 413 for Starlites. Starlites copped all 4 from Spacemakers and Tones: and Galaxies split 4. George Shupp Bob Moore took the honors last Monday when he piled up 260, 611 for Woodland Inn. Freeman’s, paced by Wen- dell with 212-200, 595 and S. Bonomo with 202-205, 589 won 4 from Bill’s Cafe and moved into a tie with Cappy’s carpet. The teams have 26 points each on top of the league. Cappy’s split with Ranch Wagon. Haefel posted 224, 568 for Cappy’s. Woodland, with 3 from Davis Market, is in second with 23. Mike’s Electric won 3 points from Daring’s as Klass hit 201-202, 573 and Gareis spilled 246, 567. Bialogowicz toppled 575 and Kocher spilled 565 for Stanton’s 3 point victory over Natona Mills. Kriso was high for Na- tona with 221-205, 575. Pargas still holds the lead after splitting with Brothers 4. Daring’s is in second, Nelson’s is third. Pargas has 261% points. Dar- with 3 from Fashion Vending, has 25. Nelson’s took 3 from Joe’s Pizza and chalked up 24, while Joe’s has 20%. The girls were really spilling the pins last week as five posted 500 series. Evelyn Rob- erts took the honors with games of 235-175 and a 555 series. Rose Novroski chalked up 181-167-191, 539. Arlene Hospo- dar piled up 191-169, 512. A series of 177-202, 507 was turned in by Libby Cyphers while Marie Bellas was spilling 182-173,.-505. ‘GARAGE continued from PAGE 1 issue, the latter’s fiscal year ending June 30. More returns are felt to be forthcoming and it is felt that there are those who are not paying the tax at the present time. A representative fr o m the Don Wilkinson Agency failed to offer the full solution. Wage tax of 1 per cent is di- | vided between school district and supervisors. The Board submitted its ten- tative budget for 1969 which will be adopted at the regular meeting, December 3. Property tax remains at 2 mills, lowest in the area. Budget total is $115,850.20. Frank J. O'Connell Jr. IT With Great Humility I Express My THANKS THANK GOD. CHILDREN. | WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS 120th DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. IS MY PLEDGE TO REMAIN ALERT CONSTITUENTS’ BEHALF SO THAT | REMAIN WORTHY OF THEIR CONFIDENCE. | ~~ — THANK YOU — GRATEFULLY—FRANK. THANKS TO MY WIFE AND THANKS TO THE MANY WORKERS WHO GAVE SO MUCH FOR ME THROUGH | OUT THE CAMPAIGN. THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO VOTED AND SUPPORTED ME AT THE POLLS. | ( IN MY . O'CONNELL JR. PAGE FIVE Coughlin,14-6 By James Zbick With the W.V.C. race head- ing down the stretch, the Knights continued to keep their championship hopes alive with a 14-6 squaker over favored Coughlin at Meyers Stadium. Nanticoke Area, Wyoming Valley West, Central Catholic and Lake-Lehman each have a shot at winning the title as the season heads toward a thrilling climax. Both teams had trouble get- ting their offensive attacks mov- ing since the muddy turf was difficult to run on and the wet football proved hard to throw. The Knights struck first in the second quarter with Carl Kern scoring his usual long, spectacular touchdown. He was on the receiving end of a 68 yard strike from Jim MecDer- mott which carried Lake-Leh- man into the locker room at halftime, leading 6-0. Lougnuns punter, Rodney Smith, fumbled a ball out of the end-zone for a 8-6 Lake-Lehman lead. The Crusaders caused some uneasiness among Lake Leh- man followers late in the game when’ they drove all the way down to the Knight's 16. A Terry Blaum field goal at this point could have made it 9-8 but Coughlin went for six and failed. On a key fourth down play, D.R. Spencer and John Mar- chakitas broke through to pres- sure the quarterback and he The Knights had an earlier [[&# chance to score but a fourth down running plan from Cough- lin’s one, failed. Bill Engle set up the drive by blocking his second punt of the season deep in Crusader territory. A diving, circus catch by all- scholastic halfback Joe Duffy, in the third stanza, set Cough- lin up at Lake-Lehman’s five yard line. Three plays later, Duffy slanted off the right side for the Crusader’s only score of the game. Blaum’s placement was wide and the teams headed into the final quarter deadlocked at six each. intentionally dumped the ball to kill the drive. Pepper Swan, a sophomore sensation for the Knights, iced the game away in the final moments when he picked off a stray pass and raced 22 yards with the interception for the score. Coughlin’s explosive Duffy- Smith running combination was throttled, partly because of a4 soggy field and partly because of a charging, aggressive Lake- Lehman defense headed by such standouts as Donny Ray Spencer, Jim Lameroux, Char- lie Honeywell, and Bob Kocher. PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE MEMZERS OF THE BENTO DART TEAM, NEW LEAGUI. CHAMPIONS, The Knight's picked up two D 4 { i points in the final quarter when a S O wW N > football moms plan dance The annual Lake-Lehman Football Mothers Association dance will be held at the high school November 29, with the Eddie Day: Group providing mu- sic. Hours will be from 8 to 11. The highlight of the evening will be the crowning of the ‘Football Queen’” whose identi- ty will remain a secret until that evening. A Lake-Lehman Senior girl will be chosen to reign as queen from votes of the Sophomore, Junior, and senior grade members of the Lake-Lehman football team. At the Nanticoke-Lake-Leh- man game, November 16th, the three senior girls earning the highest number of votes, will be announced. Tickets for the dance may be purchased at the door or from any member of the Foot- ball Mother’s Association. Stu- dent guests are welcome. by Central By Bob Bauman The Mountaineers of Dallas were toppled by the Queens- men of Central Catholic last Saturday night, 32-0, at WVW Stadium under constant rain showers. Coach Jones’ Mountaineers played a real ball game during the first half. The Queensmen put 6 points on the score board late in the first period but were unable to really get away. Central put the first score on the board when Check took off from his own 44, around his right side, and ran 56 yards for the TD. Kaschak’s PAT failed. Check’s run was the third longest from scrimmage in the conference this season. During the second quarter, it was a defensive battle between both teams, the pigskin chang- ing hands six times. BUDDIES MEN SHOP 108 Main Street Luzerne, Pa. Men's ALL-WEATHER COATS $22.50 With Zip-Out Liners Olive - Black - Tan OPERATED BY GERARD and VIOLA HARRIS RE-OPENING HARRIS SPORTING GOODS and VARIETY STORE 109 MAIN STREET, LUZERNE, PA. HUNTING LICENSES ISSUED With Dick Morgan at the helm, his first game since he was injured at the Nanticoke Dallas contest, The Moun- taineers threatened to’ score late in the first half when they reathed "thé: 16 yard line* of Central. They lost possession on a fourth down. The Queensmen showed a surge of power in the second half. With seconds left in the third period, both teams had failed to move. With Bob Kreheley at the helm, Central ran 56 yards for its second tally. Check car- ried the last 10 yards. Kas- chak’s kick for PAT was good. Check scored again from the five, behind a wall of blockers after Bustin intercepted. The TD was Check’s ninth in the Conference. Kaschak’s PAT kick failed. The Mountaineers failed to gain much ground and soon lost possession. The Queensmen moved 55-yards in six plays with Baron and Check again doing the work. Baron went around the left side and into the endzone for the touchdown. Kaschak’s PAT kick was again off target. Central put the final score on the board after regaining pos- session from the Mountaineers, who were forced to punt. With Krehely going to the air, passing to Wolinski and Jancik for 36-yards, a final 2l-yard pass play went to Heffron for the touchdown. Ed Sickler kicked the PAT, splitting the uprights. The Mountaineers had five first downs for a total of 35- yards on rushing. They com- pleted seven of 17 ariels for 39- yards. Central had 15 first downs, marching 284-yards, and com- pleted five of 12 passes for 79- yards. Dallas lost 19-yards on two rule infractions. The Queens- men had two rule infractions against them for a loss of 20- yards.
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