Unless there is a repeat performance of last year’s Thanksgiving snowstorm, the Dallas Mountaineers and the Lake-Lehman Black Knights i plan to meet again for the 2 traditional Old Shoe Trophy 3 game, Nov. 23. This year the game will be held at the Dallas stadium at the usual time of 10 a.m., early enough to get'every- one home in time for turkey and all the *‘trimmings.”’ : The Thanksgiving Day game between thie two Back Mountain high schoo¥f is always exciting and there /is always a large crowd in attendance, but this’ year’s contest promises to top them all. Dallas is sporting an impressive record of 10 wins and no losses, having defeated five Class A teams and three Class B teams in the Wyoming Valley Football Conference, and two teams in non-confer- ence competition. If the Mounts win this one, they are SE the Class B Champs '®id they will put the Old Shoe Trophy back in its place of honor in the Dallas Senior High School trophy case. But they will have -ac- complished much more than that. They have already broken most of their own school records, and topped the confer- Dallas Boosters Plan Smoker The Dallas Area Lettermen Booster Club will hold a Thanksgiving Eve Smoker Nov. 22 at 8 p.m. at Dallas American Legion Home Memorial High- way. Tom Jones, owner and general manager of the Wyoming Vay Giants, will be guest speaker Mr. Jones is a ~ graduate of Plymouth High School, and in 1960 was drafted by the Baltimore Colts of the NFL. He also played for the New a and in 1963 became associated with Montreal of the Canadian Football League. Dallas football coach, Jack Jones, will be on hand to discuss the final game of the season which will = be played Thanksgiving morning at 10 a.m. Dallas goes into the game with a 10-0 record. Films of the game will be shown Tuesday night, Nov. 28 at 8:30 p.m. at the American Legion Building in Dallas. Commission Offers Hunter Safety Course N.J. Molski, supervisor, Pennsylvania Game Commis- sion, Dallas, has announced that a Hunter Safety Training Course wii held at the Penn- sylvania Game Commission, located on Memorial Highway, Dallas, ‘Nov. $25. The entire course will be given on that 1 date. Instructions will start at 12 noon and last until 5:30 p.m. Youths who will be hunting in Pennsylvania for the first time this year al urged to take ad- vantage of the opportunity to take this training. In order to qualify for a Penn- sylvania hunting license, a per- son under the age of 16 years must present either evidence that he held a hunting license in Pennsylvania or another state in a prior year or a certificate of competency showing that he has successfully completed a course on instruction in the safe handling of firearms and bows and arrows. This course will be conducted ‘by District Game Protector Edward Gdosky and other NRA Instructorg: Educa To Talk On School Reform Author-educator Donald Barr will speak at College Misericordia on Nov. 30 as part of the college’s fall semester cultural events presentations. | Mr. Barr will speak on ‘Real and Fake Educational Re- forms.” Author of Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty?, Mr. Barr ‘claims he speaks for the con- servative element among educators, questioning some of ‘the latest educational reforms. Mr. Barr will speak in Walsh Auditorium at the college at 8. ence record with the longest string of consecutive wins. The team has scored 352 points, averaging 35.7 per game. They have allowed only 76 points scored against them in competi- tion this season. Mountaineer coach Jack Jones is going for his 108th win. And their record of winning . the Old Shoe is nine times out of 12, at one time keeping it for six years, winning it twice in 1966. The Old Shoe Trophy was introduced by Dallas Rotary 25 years ago and was awarded to the championship team in the Back Mountain. There were more than two teams competing for it before the present mergers became a reality. The first contest between the two schools was held in 1961 and Dallas won, 18-6. They held onto the prize in 1962 with a score of 14-0; in 1963, 19-0; in 1964, 18-6; in 1965, 31-0; and in 1966, they played and won two games, 18-7 and 35-14. In 1967, the Black Knights took over, winning 25-0. They came back in 1968 to win 23-0 and in 1969, 28-8. Then the Mountaineers took it back with a 24-14 victory in 1970. Last year, in a game which had to be postponed because of a heavy snowstorm on Thanksgiving, Dallas won again. 45-0. The Lake-Lehman squad are determined to’stop the winning streak of the Mountaineers and to win back the Old Shoe. Trophy, and are building up steam toward that goal. The Knights have . posted a 2-38 record this season, scoring 80 points, an average of 8.0 per game, and have allowed 267 points against them. Coach Ray Caucci is after his ninth win. Lake-Lehman’s record this year includes wins over West Tech, 29-12, and Coughlin, 6-0. Dallas defeated West Tech, 54-8 and did not play Coughlin. Dallas beat Wyoming Area, 7-0; Pittston Area, 33-7; Meyers 36- 0; Nanticoke 46-0; Central Catholic 36-14; Hanover 20-7; G.AR. 28-14; Bishop Hoban 44- 20, and Scranton Prep, 48-6. Lake-Lehman lost to Pittston Meyers, 6-25; Nanticoke, 14-37; Central Catholic, 7-32; Hanover, 6-35; G.AR., 0-33; Wyalusing, 6-20. So before sitting down to tackle that traditional turkey Thursday, Back Mountain fans will make their way to the top of the hill in Dallas to watch their own traditional game between Dallas and Lake-Lehman . . . and may the best team win! Area, 0-32; Back Mountain Area youngsters will be able to participate in ‘the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center’s four basketball leagues this season, as announced by Frank Majikes, director of athletics. At the center, the new playing floor is being installed to replace the floor destroyed by five feet of Susquehanna River water in the June flood. “Our new floor should be ready so league play can open the first week in December,’ Mr. Majikes stated. Saturday afternoon will have the Biddy League in operation for boys from 8 to 13, not reaching their 13th birthday by Nov. 1. Junior League for boys in the seventh and eighth grades will be for those who have not reached 15 by Nov. 1, and they will play on Sunday afternoons. Teenage Leage for high school boys will be for those not participating on any freshman, teams. They will play Wed- nesday and Thursday nights. For regional industries, factories and plants there will games Monday nights. A. few openings remain in the league and interested teams are to contact Mr. Majikes as soon as possible. Any church, school . or organization from the Back Mountain Area interested in putting a team in the league is asked to contact Majikes at the CYC in Wilkes-Barre by Nov. 22: Res. 287-8482 ‘The Dallas Mountaineers will compete with the Lake-Lehman Knights Thursday morning on the Dallas field. At stake is the Class B championship, the Old Shoe Trophy, and their record of 11 con- secutive wins. Pictured above, left to right, front row: Melvin Wynn, William Race, Donald Henscke, Patrick Goodwin, Alex O’Malia, Todd Kershner, Douglas Roberts, Gary Arcuri, Daniel MacAvoy, Francis Barry, Charles Griffen. Second row: Thrasher, Richard Petraccini, Timothy Sawyer, The Black Knights of Lake-Lehman are prepared to meet the Dallas Mountaineers Thursday morning at 10. The Knights are out to stop the Mountaineers’ 11- game winning streak and win the coveted Old Shoe Trophy. .Pictured above are the players, their managers and coaches. Subscribe to the Post Dana Parrish, Scott Miller, Peter Eckman, Mark : Phillips, Bernard Bynon, David Jones. Third row: Walter Parsons, Russell Johnson, Thomas Con- sidine, John Earl, William Ostrum, Frederick Schulze, Carl Dymond, Albert Pisaneschi, Robert MaHarty, Skip Shook, Earl Harris, Charles Nicol. Fourth row: Paul Adam, Joseph O’Malia, Arthur Bird, Mark Lusaitus, Peter Calkins, Robert Spears, Richard Miskiel, Arthur Gramps, Gary Biesel, Donald Engler, David Fritzges, Thomas Wallace. Knights’ Boosters Plan Rally Wed. The Lake-Lehman Booster Club will meet Wednesday night at the Sportsman’s Inn, Har- veys Lake, at 8 p.m. \ All rifle raffle returns should be made and plans for the Penn LANGE MOTORS State-Pitt game will be finalized !Y 565 E. 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