RE — Sa ara in winners in French contest Mr. cipal of Dallas Senior High School, has been notified that two senior girls have received recognition by the American Association of Teachers of French for their outstanding achievement in the National French Contest. Both girls, members of Miss Helen Sliker’s senior French class, took the Thomas Jenkins, prin- French IV examination which was given recently: by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chaper of AATF. Because she placed ‘first in the local contest, Miss Vera Balshaw’s test paper has been submitted to the Middle At- lantic States Regional competi- tion. Vera who is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Bal- Dateline. Japan By HIX Sunday, May 4 . . . no, it’s Monday, May 5, for we have just crossed the International Date Line, as of 4:47 p.m. our time. Just before our plane was called at around one-thirty, we looked at the array of clocks on the wall at the air terminal in Honolulu. One of them reg- istered the time in Sidney, Australia; one in New Zealand, one in Tokyo, one in Manila. one on the West Coast. There was a brisk breeze blowing at the airport, with clouds up over the Pali, and a Se along that tor- ture® volcanic ridge of moun- tains. But it was .warm enough so that thin dresses were in order, and we had packed our raincoats to save carrying them. Now we are 37,000 feet up. abglle the Pacific, and the thermometer outside registers forty degrees below zero ac- cording to the Japanese cap- tain. Most of us are wearing a blanket across our knees or around our shoulders, for along- side the windows it is cool, even here in the heated and pressurized cabin. You wonder what would hap- pen if an explosion should blow a hole in the cabin wall at this height and temperature. It would take only a few seconds for the passengers to freeze to death, and the lack of oxygen at this height must be equiva- lent to that on the crest of. Mount Everest. And now we are leaving Tokyo behind, and taking the bullet train for Kyoto. There to the bakers. Joe says only one member of each family gets an invitation. Joe is a marriage broker _ himself. In America, he says, people just go out and get mar- ried, but here in Japan, mar- riages are arranged with due consideration for suitability, careful scrutiny of ancestry, marks in ‘school, looks, fi- nancial status, the entire ball of was. He says when his own marriage was arranged, he found a private eye dogging his footsteps to report on his be- havior. Joe says he has no complaints about his wife. He first met her ten days before the ceremony. Instead of ex- changing embraces, they dis- cussed their hobbies. Kissing, he says, is not countenanced between engaged couples. It would be considered unseemly. With Joe’s warnings about public demonstration in mind, I wondered a little how to greet the wife of the Deputy Director of Public Information Bureau at a buffet occasion Wednesday evening. Torn between curtsy- ing and deep-bowing, I found her with a welcoming smile on her face and an outstretched hand. Not wishing to ignore the hand, I took it in spite of Joe, and gave it a gentle clasp en- tirely foreign to my normal bone-crusing handshake. It was a chained lion. (See Pilgrim’s Progress.) Just back from a nerve wracking ride in a taxi to and from the Ginza in search of a pair of those odd socks with thumbs in them like mittens. Supplemented the mad dash through traffic with several has been so much going on that ~= blocks on foot, finally visited a it is difficult to concentrate on typing. We have been whisked from one engagement to an- other, not exactly at lightning speed, for traffic in downtown Tokyo is unbelievable, but by chartered bus with a guide who. is very firm with us. Joe says dos shake hands with Japa- nese, for Orientals do not like perfnal contact. So we are trying to reorganize our social thinking, for in a strange land one does well to go along with native customs as far as pos- sible, so as not to give offense. There is a great deal of low when a bowing. Joe says younger person meets an older person, the younger bows much deeper than the older, and three times instead of twice. Yesterday there was a wed- ding reception at the hotel, tiny Japanese women in colorful kimonos looking like sedate little butterflies, taking a back seat as is the custom, while swallow-tailed Japanese men bank with an English speaking dignitary. The dignitary drew a map of the district embel- “lishing it with Japanese idio- graphs, explained it was four blocks .down, show the writing; to the shopgirl, and we’d get what we wanted. No problem. The tobis were on the fifth floor along with the kimonos. The taxi driver on the way back to the hotel stopped so we could buy strawberries after executing a series of man- euvers in and out of trucks and bicycles, capped by a tri- umphant flourish at the curb. The kamikaze taxi drivers go. like mad. The best way to pre- serve your sanity is to close your eyes and engage in silent prayer. It saves nervous ten- sion. Barbara and I are catching up on our typing, using one hand on the typewriter keys, and using the free hand to convey mammoth strawber- ries to the mouth. The straw- took the spotlight. After. the. berries cost 200 yen for a large wedding reception was over, each guest went off carrying a weglding cake—not a piece of wedding cake, but the whole thing, a large round cake car- box, about a quart and a half. We had been warned against eating unwashed fruit, so they are dripping wet from being sloshed around in the bathtub, ried in a white napkin by the ‘ and are drying off on a turkish four corners, so that the family at home could have a share in the¥® festivity. The wedding cake business must be a boon towel. The tub is a production. It is a tiled job, aquamarine, and about a yard deep. No danger NEW FLUIDEX TABLETS For Excess Fluids A Mild Diuretic for the Elimination of Excess Body Fluids EVANS DRUG STORE Prescription Pharmacy » Quick Service Easy Parking 675-3366 SHAVERTOWN 675.5121 shaw of New Goss Manor, will attend Bryn Mawr in Septem- ber. Honorable mention for her fine performance in the same competition went to Miss Diane Thier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thier of Overbrook Road. Diane will attend the University of Rhode Island next year. of slipping because the tiles provide a safe footing. The way you heat up the bathroom in the morning is to run hot water in the tub, shut the door, and go back to bed for a spell. This hotel is perched on the top of a fabulously beautiful terraced hill, with cobbled walks winding in and out of shrubbery. Azaleas are in full bloom. It is a long pull up to the entrance, but well worth it. There is a more prosaic en- trance in another spot, but our first sight of the hotel was from far beneath, We pounded up the hill, pausing to gasp for breath at times. Our baggage came by another route, and was stacked in the lobby waiting for us. It has been a long day, start- ing from Honolulu and reach- ing Tokyo the following after- noon, which is not as bad as it sounds because of the time lag, actually only about an eight- hour flight. Clear blue under- neath, with an occasional white- cap showing even at that im- mense distance. It looked like a very lonesome ocean. We've been brainwashed, first by the Japanese digni- taries, and then by the folks at the United States Embassy. We have drunk gallons of green tea, eaten far too much, shopped for toys at a special toy shop, enriched the taxi companies just as we did in San Francisco and Honolulu, and we have even visited a nursery school where the priest in a black soutane took us around. It was recess time, and the children were using the sliding board, the swings, and the climbing brass, shouting and laughing. Joe says that this time, no- body can be late for the bus. Joe says bullet trains wait for no man, that exactly at the ap- pointed hour for departure they slam the doors, and if you are running down the platform it’s just too bad, so solly. He sug- gests that everybody be in the lobby of the hotel fifteen min- utes before time to start for the station. He reminds us that we’ve been consistently fifteen minutes late on all take-offs, that it takes fifteen minutes to load the bus, and that if we miss it, we’ll have to go to the station by taxi. This sounds expensive. Joe is a tough task- master. Time for the last five straw- berries, for a small spot of copy-reading, and for the ren- dezvous in the hotel lobby. All aboard for Kyota, and the fmous shrines. Miss’ Helen Sliker, teacher of French at Dallas High School, reviews the winning test papers of Miss Diane Thier, left, and Miss Vera Balshaw, right, who achieved recognition for their participation in the National French Contest. worker retires JOHN F. SHEEHAN SR. John F. Sheehan Sr., Hunts- ville Road, Dallas RD 4, re- cently retired after more than 42 years of service with the Bell Telephone Co. Sheehan, a Bell PBX instal- ler, is a native of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate of Wilkes-Barre High School. He joined the telephone company as an in- staller. His telephone career includes service in Reading. He is a member of the Tele- phone Pioneers of America, Bell’s 100,000 mile safe driving club and George M. Dallas Lodge 53, F & AM, Caldwell Consistory and Irem Temple A.A OON.M.S. He is married to the former Miss Verna Mae Cave of Wilkes-Barre and they have two sons, John Jr., and Lynn and three grandchildren. Bell officials will present a wristwatch to Mr. Sheehan in observance of his retirement. in Coast Guard Seaman Recruit David L. Spencer III, USCG, son of Mr. and Mrs. David L. Spencer Jr., RD 2, Dallas, was enlisted into the U. S. Coast Guard for four years at the Recruiting Station in Wilkes-Barre. He will report to the Coast Guard Training Center at Cape May, N.J., for eight weeks of basic training. Top academic honors at Lake-Lehman High School have been achieved by Debra Mor- gan, daughter of Mrs. Harriet Morgan and the late Stewart R. Morgan, and Paul Niezgoda, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Niezgoda, it was announced re- cently. Miss Morgan, valedictorian of the class of 1969, is a member of the National Honor Society, F.T.A., and is on the staff of the Roundtable, the high school’s yearbook. Her aca- demic interests center in lan- guage and mathematics. A member of the Maple Grove Methodist Church, Miss Morgan teaches Sunday school and plays piano there during wor- ship services. She was chosen as girl of the month by the Harveys Lake Women’s Club during the past year. Accepted at Bloomsburg State Teachers College for the term beginning in September, her major will be elementary education with a related minor in Spanish. DEBRA MORGAN Paul Niezgoda has achieved the rank of second in the class of 116 and has been a member of the Lake-Lehman Band for six years, receiving the John Philip Sousa award this year. Three times a Northeastern District Band winner, Mr. Niez- goda is president of the band and a member of the Brass Choir and Dance Band. Harold C. Snowdon 2 WILKES-BARRE 64 North Franklin Street A FAMILY TRADITION FOR OVER 60 YEARS. Shavertown SHAVERTOWN 140 North Main Street Harold C. Snowdon, Jr. 420 Wyoming Avenue Kingston KINGSTON Harold C. Snowdon, Inc. Joseph Nelms, Supervisor 2 phone Coan [Op honors for [-L students PAUL NIEZGODA During the last two years he was sports editor for the school paper, the Crusader. His other offices and activities include being President of the National Honor Society, mem- bership in Student Council and Chemistry Club. In 1968, he was presented the Rotary Lead- ership Award. Mr. Nezgoda attends Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. In the Fall, the salutatorian will further his studies at Penn- sylvania State University, Uni- \ versity Park, where he intends to major in chemistry. PAGE THREE certificates of attainment for Back Mountain residents Additional names in the Back Mountain area have been added to the list of those students re- ceiving Certificates of Attain- ment for completing courses for local government officials and employees, according to Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, director, Wilkes College Institute of Re- gional Affairs. Certificates will be presented at the annual din- ner, Tuesday, May 27, in the new dining commons of the college. Additions include: Rural As- sessment, David Evans, Dallas; Arson Detection, Robert L. Besecker, George A. Schollen- berger, Donald Shaffer, all of Dallas; and Theodore E. New- comb and Arnold R. Youst, Shavertown. A Community Leadership Seminar was completed by Mrs. Harold Snowdon, Shaver- town, and a Social Science Seminar was completed by James W. Bamrick and Donald Evans of the Dallas Junior and Senior High Schools. 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