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imagination. Fred Anderson Sr.
by Ginny Kiefer
~ Remember when? It’s that
‘time again! Memorial Day
Flags and parades have
arched by, caps and gowns
dominate the school scene, and
the Back Mountain Memorial
‘Library Auction is comming
into focus on the horizon.
Yes, it is that time again, time
to drag out not only our used
books,
the no longer used
picture frame, and just maybe
the genuine antique coffee
~ grinder, but also those tradi-
~ tional stories of the Auction.
Each year at this time the his-
tory of the Auction is retold. It
seems especially appropriate
this year on the Silver Anniver-
sary to recount the small
beginning:
& Dorrance, Miriam Lathrop,
~ Mrs. Fred Howell and Mrs.
Lewis LeGrand conceived the
~ idea of an auction to help defray
how Frances
expenses of the fledgling Back
~ Mountain Memorial Library;
© how nothing
~ until How.
~ the idea a
help from other foresighted in-
~ dividuals into the first Auction.
more came of it
Risley picked up
* translated it with
Tradition plays almost as
large a role in the Auction as
hard work. The stories always
include Dr. Sherman Schooley’s
famous raccoon coat, Bill Moss
in an outrageous hat, and
Herman Thomas’s high bid on
the first item to go over the
block each year. These men and
Mrs. LeGrand are all gone now,
but the traditions continue.
Stories ¢f the Auction would
fiction writer’s
recalls the year his wife
donated three baby ducks to the
Auction. #@& Now everyone
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emember When?
acquainted with Dorothy An-
derson knows how much she
loves animals—so much so that
sometimes their house took on
the appearance of a small
menagerie, and the Auction
became a good excuse to lessen
the animal population at the
Anderson household. Exit
ducks. However, when Fred
came home that evening, he
noticed the concrete block
enclosure blocking off part of
the garage, and from inside the
enclosure came a distinct
baaaaaaaaaa. No, it wasn’t a
baby lamb—it was a goat! Fred
says he didn’t have to mow the
lawn all that summer.
On the last evening of the
Auction in 1968 Janet Post and
the Selig Shapiros, were in the
crowd awaiting the drawing for
the car, the final event of the
night. Janet had put in many
hours working for the Auction
again that year, serving as
publicity chairman. The
Shapiros had arrived just in
time for the drawing, observing
that they and Janet each held
three chances for the car, tried
to persuade Janet to trade
chances, Janet declined, ex-
plaining that it would be bad
luck. Just at that moment, the
winning ticket holder was an-
nounced—Selig Shapiro. Janet
notes that whenever she tells
this story the reply is always,
“What would you have done if
he had traded that winning
ticket to you?”
Even this writer, who has
never even been to an Auction,
has an auction, has an auction
story
Even this writer, who has
never even been to an Auction,
* has an auction story. Upon
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Dr. Sherman Schooley paid outrageous prices for an old raccoon
coat which made its way back to the Auction block year after
year. He is pictured here bidding on the coat in 1951.
¢ Obituaries
ALBERTWQEED
Albert Weed, a former resi-
© dent of Dallas, died Monday
afternoon at his home in New
Carrollton, Md. He was 79.
Born in Tunkhannock, he was
educated in Tunkhannock
schools and was formerly em-
ployed as a superintendent of
the Glen Alden power plant at
Nanticoke. Mr. Weed was a
Mason and a member of the
Dallas . United Methodist
Church.
Survivors include a daughter,
Mrs. Clydgy Brace, New Carroll-
ton; brother, Clarence, Tunk-
hannock; sister, Evelyn Boise,
‘Tunkhannock; one grandchild.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 2 from the Richard
H. Disque Funeral Home,
Dallas. The Rev. Douglas
Akers, pastor of the Dallas
United Methodist Church, offi-
ciated. Burial was in Sunnyside
Cemetery, Tunkhannock.
HARRY E. HOWELL
Harry E. Howell, 84-year old
resident of Lower Demunds
Road, Dallas, died Saturday
afternoon in Middlesex General
Hospital, Milltown, N.J.
Mr. Howell was born in Dallas
Township. Retired for many
years, he was a member of East
Dallas: United Methodist
Church.
He is survived by daughters,
Alberta Howell, Levittown, and
Lois Myers, North Brunswick,
N.J.; two grandchildren.
The funeral was held Tuesday
from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with the
Rev. Larry Saxe, pastor of East
Dallas United Methodist
Church, officiating. Burial was
in Wardan Cemetery, Dallas.
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arrival in the Dallas area last
August, I kept hearing the Auc-
tion mentioned in conversa-
tion—how it had rained and
rained and rained, the difficulty
the auctioneers had selling that
bathinette, and who was high
bidder on the swimming pool.
Each time I would ask, “What
auction?’’ Each time I was told,
“You'll see next year. You'll be
involved in it.” “But How? I
don’t know anything about it.”
Answer, “You will, though,
everyone is.” I found this to be
very true.
This concludes Chapter 1 of
Auction Stories. It’s up to you to
write Chapter II and any
remaining chapters, so please
share your traditional auction
stories on this Silver An-
niversary by sending them to
Auction Stories, Box 25, The
Dallas Post.
Speeding Charge
Brings $10 Fine
A charge of speeding brought
by Lehman Township Police
Chief Bulford against Jonathan
Gonechett of RD 1, Hunlock
Creek resulted in a fine of $10
plus $10 costs following a
hearing before District
Magistrate Leonard D. Harvey
May 27.
According to Chief Bulford,
prosecutor, Gonechett was
arrested for traveling at 65
m.p.h. along Route 118, one mile
west of Route 415, Monday, May
3 at 6:20 p.m.
Gonechett was represented at
the hearing by Attorney Dan
Dailey.
David Lacy Receives
Honors at Bucknell U.
David F. Lacy was one of 33
graduating seniors honored
with special prizes at Bucknell
University’s 121st annual
commencement May 30.
A 1966 graduate of Wyoming
Seminary who majored in
psychology and recieved the
B.A. degree, Mr. Lacy won The
Thelma Johnson Showalter
Prize which is given to ‘‘the
graduating senior who has
shown the greatest potential in
community affairs.”
The son of Mr. and Mrs. F.
Prentice Lacy, RD 3, Dallas, he
has served as president of the
Association of Bucknell
Students and the Men’s Coor-
dinating Council and was twice
president of his dormitory
council. Dave has also been a
member of the University
Governance Committee and the
Ad Hoc Committee on Long-
range University Planning.
Supermarket Poll
A survey conducted by Allied
Supermarkets, which operate 87
supermarkets in Michigan,
showed 67 percent ot their
customers would buy in
returnable bottles if they were
available, and additionally, the
same percentage said they
favored a statewide ban on
nonreturnables.
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THE DALLAS POST, JUNE 3, 1971
Frances Dorrance, a founder of the Auction 25 years ago,
welcomed Back Mountain residents to the seventh annual
auction in 1952. Harry Ohlman, one of the first auctioneers, is
pictured beside her.
LAKE-LEHMAN
HIGH SCHOOL
Honor Society
On May 26, 46 students were
inducted into the National
Honor Society.
To be considered for the
Honor Society, students must
have been on the honor roll four
consecutive times, and ap-
proved by a faculty committee.
Scholarship was not the only
factor considered; leadership,
character, and service are ne-
cessary qualifications also.
Sherburne, N.Y.
For the ninth consecutive
year, the Lake-Lehman High
School band will make its trip to
Sherburne, N.Y., where it will
compete in field competition,
parade and concert band with
numerous band from the
eastern part of the United
States.
Last year, our band won first
place in both parade and con-
cert competition in ‘‘A”
division. This year, the band
Obituaries
HOWARD F. MARQUART
A heart attack suffered early
last week proved fatal to
Howard F. Marquart, 45, a resi-
dent of 301 Carverton Rd.
Trucksville. Mr. Marquart died
May 27 in General Hospital,
Virginia Beach, Va., where he
had been a patient since suffer-
ing the heart attack while on a
business trip.
A native of Auburn, N.Y., Mr.
Marquart had lived in Trucks-
ville for the past 10 years. He
operated the Howard Marquart
and Associates Insurance
Agency, 275 Pierce St., King-
ston, and Virginia Beach, Va.
He was a veteran of World War
II.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Shirley Lindruth;
children, Michael, Eric, and
Kirsten, all at home; parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard H. Mar-
quart, Auburn; brother
William, Syracuse; sisters,
Mrs. Herbert Davis, Mrs.
Richard Carr, both of Cortland,
N.Y.; Mrs. Alfred Crowley and
Mrs. Theodore Kastick, both of
Auburn.
Funeral services were held
Sunday evening from the
Harold C. Snowdon Funeral
Home, Shavertown. Interment
was Monday at Pine Hill
Cemetery, Throop, N.Y.
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Graduation & Class Night
The day which seniors have
been working toward for 12
years arrives June 9—Gradua-
tion. Baccalaureate services
are scheduled for June 6. Class
Night Activities occur Friday
evening, June 4, at which time
seniors will present a skit on an
airplane crash. The class song
is. “For All We Know”, done
originally by ‘The Car-
penters’’.
Ramapo High School.
Last week for five days,
Lake-Lehman High School and
Ramapo Senior High School,
Spring Valley, N.Y., partici-
pated in a unique exchange pro-
gram. Lake-Lehman is the only
school in this area that was pri-
vileged to participate in an ex-
change program between two
American schools.
For the five days the students
remained at Lake-Lehman,
they attended classes, observed
our school, teaching techniques
and rules. Earlier this year, 18
students from Lake-Lehman
spent five days at Ramapo.
The entire program proved to
be very enlightening and bene-
ficial to all concerned.
PAGE ELEVEN
Students Dedicate Memorial
In Name of Beloved Teacher
The elementary students of
the Northwestern Lehigh
Schools at New Tripoli have not
forgotten their beloved teacher,
the late John N. Dana Jr., of
Carverton. "Read, RD 3,
Wyoming. The children will pay
tribute to his memory, June 5,
ina cermony at 1:30 p.m. on the
school grounds, where they will
plant a tree and dedicate a
memorial in his name.
John, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John N. Dana Sr., Carverton
Road, died May 31, 1970, of
injuries sustained in a two-car
collision the night before. He
had been teaching at North-
western Lehigh for two years,
serving as a departmental
teacher for the third through
fifth grades. He also taught
physical education to fourth,
fifth and sixth grade students.
Upon his death, his former
students set up the John N.
Drive in Dallas for
Fire and Ambulance
The annual joint fund drive of
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany and Dallas Community
Ambulance Association will
begin June 1. Letters of solici-
tation will be mailed during the
first week of June to residents of
Dallas Borough and Dallas
Township, persons served by
the two organizations.
The campaign is the only
source of income for the two
volunteer organizations, with
collected funds going towards
the purchase and maintenance
of the companies’ equipment.
Residents who have not re-
ceived a letter of solicitation by
June 10 are asked to mail their
donations directly to Dallas
Fire and Ambulance, P.O. Box
41, Dallas.
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John was a graduate of Dallas
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sfield State College, where he
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degree.
The Dana family will attend
the ceremonies Saturday after-
noon.
Lake-Lehman Seniors to
Hear Dr. Cleo Dawson
Dr. Cleo Dawson, lecturer,
popular psychologist and
writer, will be guest speaker at
Lake-Lehman’s Com -
mencement exercises June 9.
Dr. Dawson was born on a
Texas cattle ranch. She at-
tended Baylor College at
Belton, Texas, where she
received a degree in speech and
received her Bachelor's degree
at Southern Methodist Universi-
ty at Dallas. After graduating
from college she married
George Edwin Smith and
moved to Lexington, Ky., where
she has lived ever since.
In 1947 she received her PH.D
from the University of Ken-
tucky.
At the death of her mother in
Texas, she wrote a novel, She
Came To The Valley, as a
memento to her pioneer
family’s contribution to the
making of the lower valley of
the Rio Grande. Her novel drew
wide attention and she was put
on the lecture faculty of Rotary
International and was sent to
every state in the Union and into
Mexico and Canada to lecture to
Rotary forums.
She is finishing a book to be
published on How To Manage A
Woman. She is working on a.
nonfiction book which will carry
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Lake-Lehman Seniors’
Class Night is June 4
Class Night for the 1971 senior
class of Lake-Lehman High
School will be held June 4, at 8
p.m.
The Theme “We've Only Just
Begun,”” will feature 117
members of the class.
Included in the program is a
skit entitled “We Heard It
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present the class gift to the
school.
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the program. The public is
invited to attend.
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