N, Memorial Day Activities (continued from PAGE ONE) The line of march included a color guard, two howitzers, and road guards from the 109th B Battalion of Nanticoke. Thirty National Guardsmen participated in parade and fair activities. They manned an information ‘and enlistment tent and took charge of the flood lights used during the fair. Also in the parade were trucks from 16 area fire companies, the traditional memorial horse without a rider, antique autos, clowns, scouts, ‘Ronald Mec- Donald,” ‘Smokey the Bear,’’ the North- west and Triton bands, and a non- competing Pa. Department of Environ- mental Resources float. Among the guests were Rep. George Hasay, who drove an antique car in the parade, and the Lehman Horse Show Queen. Members of the Trucksville Fire Company performed precision motor- cycle driving as they followed the parade route. Several three-wheeled motor- The young rescue team from Trucksville appeared in public for cycles, 3 one : of which was rather the first time doing precision drills on motorcycles in the Sweet futuristic-looking, caught the attention of Valley team. many spectators. Weekend festivities concluded at Sweet Valley with an aerobatics performance by Steve Gay of the Tunkhannock Air- port, and an additional exhibition by the Ripcords. A balloon drop saw prizes awarded to those under eight years of age in one competition, and to those in the 8 to 12 bracket in another. Singing groups, a youth band, and a talent show kept the program rolling until after 9 p.m., at which time a fireworks displayed signaled the end of another Sweet Valley Memorial Day celebration. Co-chairmen Harry Rishko and Thomas Pantle noted that the event was a huge success (all food and drinks were sold out), and have expressed gratitude to those who helped with the fair and parade. The rain held out until Memorial Day ceremonies at Woodlawn Cemetery in Dallas had concluded. The parade began at American Legion, Daddow-Isaacs Post 672, American Legion, and proceeded to the Honor Roll in Dallas, where Ameri- can Legion Cmdr. Gus Shuleski intro- : diced the Rev. Thomas Jordan, pastor of Members of Little League teams and Girl Scouts start down the = ! 4 3 ; Gate of Heaven Church, who conducted highway toward the Honor Roll in Dallas during Monday’s j E : the commemorative service, page - : i After an invocation offered by Father Jordan, the Dallas Senior High School Band, under the direction of Lester Lewis, played an appropriate selection. Wreaths were placed in front of the memorial by Boy Scout Jeff McDonald, Brownie Amy St. Clair, and Bill Smith, Boy Scout Troop 242 of Huntsville took on the tremendous pro- who represented the Little League. : ject of cleaning up the Shaver Cemetery on Overbrook Avenue Also participating in the parade were in Shavertown. They worked long hours cleaning and trimming fire trucks and ambulances; Dallas and digging the sidewalk from under layers of earth. Senior High School band, strutters, and. cheerleaders; representatives of the local U.S. Navy recruiting office; Gate of Heaven School cheerleaders; represen- tatives of service organizations; the American Legion and the American Legion auxiliary; and a motorized unit of 3 the 109th B Battalion, National Guard. Photos by ; Claire Winters was parade marshal. ; The line of march proceeded to Wood- 2 lawn Cemetery, where the Rev. Douglas J im Kozemchak Akers, pastor of Dallas United Methodist he Church, offered the invocation and bene- } o o diction. Principal speaker for the and Doris Mallin memorial service was Tom Corbett, of Trucksville, who is Wilkes-Barre’s city Dallas’ Old No. 1 was right there in line when the parades began engineer. Monday. Here Don Shaffer and Jim Davies drive it down the highway in Dallas. In time for the Memorial week, workers have cut down the tall . ; : 5 weeds in the Rice Cemetery on Huntsville Road, Dallas, a begin- 3 err Sais 0 Hogan Sond] inthe ling of march in ning of a big job ahead. § : i : ; ¢ Ay pase as
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