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~The Shavertown Pirates and
the Dallas Orioles won their
division championships’ in the
Back Mountain Girls’ Softball
with impressive
The Pirates, under
manager Ann Sheffield, won the
Division II crown with a perfect
8-0 season. The Orioles under
record.
The Pirates scored 159 runs
while only allowing their op-
ponents a total of 16 runs in
eight games. The Orioles scored
120 runs and gave up only 32
runs in their eight game
schedule.
Division II results from last
week were as follows: Shaver-
town Pirates (8-0) over the
Dallas Cardinals (2-6) 19-3;
Trucksville Giants (6-2) over
Donkey baseball, the world’s
craziest sport, comes to the
Back Mountain Little League
Field, Aug. 6. This baseball
game, played from the backs of
trained donkeys, is reputed to
be wilder than a rodeo and
funnier than a circus.
For the game, the Little
League Women’s Auxiliary has
obtained the services of the
nationally known Buckeye
Donkey Ball Co., Columbus,
Ohio. The donkeys they will fur-
nish range from docile to ram-
bunctious and stationary to
sprightly--and all un-
‘predictable.
All local riders will be used in
the struggle for mastery, waged
between man and beast, and it
have gone into serious training
for the big event. The managers
the managers and coaches of
the American League. All are
members of the Back Mountain
Baseball for Boys.
Some of riders for the Nation-
al League include Joe Muldoon,
Charlie: Palmer, Jim. Thomas,
John Bell, Paul Jobson, Bob
Masoner, Bud Slocum, Bill
Downs, Sy Evans, Ed Janosik,
Walt Blejwas.
Riders for the American
League will be Mike Williams,
Pete Martin, Dave Morris,
Sherm Sutton, Joe Sherin,
Howard Stibgen, Bob Eyet,
Dave Zimmerman, Mike Rud-
dick, Bill Davies. This is only a
partial list.
Tickets for this event can be
purchased from the refresh-
ment stand at the Little League
Field in advance. Price of the
tickets are $1.50 for adults
(advance), $1.75 (at gate). Chil-
dren 5-14 years, 75 cents (ad-
vance), $1.00 (at gate). Tickets
can also be reserved by calling
477-5051, 675-4111 and 675-5767.
Spectators may bring lawn
chairs.
~ Several youngsters have
mastered the enjoyable skill of
a full fledged swimmer, thanks
to the Wilkes-Barre’s YWCA’s
fine junior and super tots learn
- HPER director, Doris Murphy.
With capable instruction by
John Zimnicky, Barbara Yaple,
“and Mary Anne Haggerty, the
following. three-five year olds
participated in the super tots
program: John, Joseph, and
Diane Arale; Scott and Ginger
Eddy; Cheri and Michele Gass-
ert; Brian and Robert Gober;
Erin Flaherty; Sean Ginyard;
Mary Grace Knapich; Ray-
mond Kresge;
Kelly McNulty; Samantha
Naparsteck; Kevin and Shawn
Swicklik; Donna Gardjulis;
Scott and Albert Answini; Al-
bert Finarelli; Kenny Kozel;
Christine Altavilla; Robert
Rowlands; Christopher and
Denise 0’Malia; Paul Koating;
Cynthia Roberts; and Joseph
Hargadon. a
Participating in the junior
and intermediate swim pro-
gram were: Katie Abraham;
Janine Fera; Lisa Flynn; Linda
and Ann Marie Gardjulis; Anita
Janoski; Debbie Jazgier; Mary
Romanick; Janine Saba, and
Paula Yatsko.
Registrations are still open
for water babies, (ages six
months-two years), super tots,
(ages three-five years), junior,
intermediate, and advanced
swim classes which will begin
Aug. 7. Because of the popular-
ity of these swim programs,
they will be held continuously
throughout the year.
The Kingston Township
Recreation Association held a
pet show last Thursday at the
Shavertown School playground
about 30 ‘‘kids’’.
The services of the horses,
Baron Beau and Schautzel,were
Roberts, Trucksville, and Beth
At the pet show, first prize
was won by Dianne Gdovin with
second place with a white
Scottie named Rainey. A
Huskey named Sumac won
third prize for Donald Bolton.
Other entries in the show
included frogs, fish, quail,
rabbits, chickens and horses.
The Kingston Township Re-
creation Association is super-
vised by Jim Glenn assisted by
Nancy Roberts and Louella
Prutzman.
A frog jumping contest has
been set for Aug. 1. Prizes will
be given for the best hoppers.
A junior olympics is
scheduled for Aug. 21. Relay
races, softball throw and
jumping contests are planned.
’
the Dallas Cubs (4-4) 21-20;
Shavertowh Mets (4-4) over
Trucksville Dodgers (2-6) 10-7;
Lehman Reds (5-3) Lehman
Braves (0-8) 12-7. The Dallas
Phillies (5-3) were idle.
Division I results: Lehman
Angels (2-5) over Lehman In-
dians (0-8) 47-12; Dallas Orioles
(7-1) over Shavertown Red Sox
(6-2) 11-4; Dallas Yankees (5-3)
over Shavertown White Sox (4-
4) 6-2; Lehman Angels over
Trucksville Tigers (3-5) 20-2.
Division II Player of the Week
Award winners for the seasons
are Kandi Karuza, Mets; Lisa
Allardyce, Reds; Tina Charney,
Phillies; Michele Krayvitsky,
Pirates; Lori English, Giants;
Debbie Barto, Reds; Cindy
Leftko, Cardinals; Kim Shef-
field, Pirates,
Giants.
Division I Player of the Week
Award winners are Karen
Brace, Orioles; Suzanne
Gomba, White Sox; Vicki
Martin, Red Sox; Heidi Ander-
son, Red Sox; Nancy Shaw,
Yankees; and Carla Kuznicki,
Angels.
The 18 girls were selected on
their outstanding performances
during the season and will
receive gift certificates compli-
ments of Marni’s Soft Ice
Cream. ;
Think A Little
I loathe
curiosity.
that low vice,
--Byron
Photo by Alex Rebar
Four tired, but enthused high
school students were greeted by
one of their fathers last Sunday
following their six-day hike
along the Appalachian Trail.
Chuck Riegel, Ed Williams,
Eckman completed what they
started out to do--backpacked
more than 100 miles from New
York across Pennsylvania to
New Jersey.
Starting from the New York
State line they travelled the
trail south along the border of
Pennsylvania to Delaware
Water Gap and the border of
New Jersey, then to the Lehigh
River which they crossed and
finally ended somewhere below
Tamaqua. During their travels
they covered eight counties of
Pennsylvania.
When the boys met Chuck
Riegel’s father on Sunday after-
noon, they were in excellent
condition having cooked in the
out-of-doors and slept on the
ground most of the time. The
one thing all of them anticipated
was a hot shower.
They found the first day to be
the most difficult of their trip.
Nightfall found them tired and
their feet covered with blisters.
They walked until 7:30 p.m.
when they found a log shelter
and small spring where they
built a fire, and after a good
meal fell into their sleeping
bags.
Tuesday found them on the
road early and it was not long
before they discovered Penn-
sylvania the roughest part of
the trail, all rocks and mount-
ains. During mid-afternoon,
they came upon a clear, cool
stream which served well as a
swimming pool.
The boys were surprised at
the number of people, young
and old, hiking the trail and met
a most interesting man, an
author, who had had two books
published and was walking the
Sportsmen reminded that
Pennsylvania’s dog training
season has been closed since
March’ 31.
Dogs may be trained from
sunrise - 10 p.m. from Aug. 1 -
March 31.
To train dogs legally on
Sunday, the consent of the
owner of the property where
such training is planned must
first be obtained, except in the
case of state-owned “and
national forest lands.
Handlers are reminded that
gun while training dogs is pro-
hibited.
The Game Commission urges
dog owners to show the same
courtesies that apply during
hunting seasons, such as asking
permission from landowners to
train dogs on their properties.
Dog trainers are urged not to
over-extend themselves or their
pets during the early part of the
training season.
Canines and hunters gener-
ally are out of shape at this time
of year: Few have spent much
time in the field during recent
months, and muscle tone is lost
and extra pounds are added
during . extended loafing
periods.
Heat, soft muscles and excess
weight usually take their toll on
both sportsmen and dogs over-
exerting themselves at the
outset of a training season.
entire 2,200 mile trail in order to
write about ‘‘Experiences
Along the Appalachian.” They
also met one of the youngest to
hike the entire trail, an 11 year-
old boy, who had only 500 miles
remaining to finish the 2,200
mile trek.
They slept on the ground
under the sky most of the time,
having shelter only the first and
last nights. Their lunches con-
sisted for the most part of pea-
nut butter and jelly sandwiches
but in the evening they pre-
pared hot meals over an open
fire from the supplies they
carried on their packs, each boy
toting approximately 40 pounds.
The boys found many fire
towers and one day the trail
took them 1463 feet up the side
of a mountain of solid rock
where a tower was located.
Here they carved their initials
in the rock for posterity.
One afternoon they came
across the vestiges of a plane
crash-marked by a sign crashed
Oct. 1971, four people died, four
survived.
Fruit, especially berries, was
plentiful and was used for
dessert every night. Flies and
animals along the trail were
also plentiful, especially deer,
porcupine, woodchuck, rabbits,
snakes, and grouse.
The boys carried no weapons
with them with the exception of
hatchets and pocket knives and
as they put it “we didn’t bother
the wildlife and it didn’t bother
us.”
To tell all of their experiences
in a short time and this space is
impossible but on one thing the
boys agree, it was rough at first
but each day got easier, it was
fun, it was a tremendous exper-
ience, and ‘‘yes, they plan to try
it again, this time cover the
entire trail.”
Did the trip serve its original
purpose--condition them for the
football and wrestling season
ahead? Indeed it did, both the
boys and their parents agree to
that.
On July 3, 1778, some 500 to
700 fighting men, Indians,
Tories, and some British
regulars, invaded Wyoming
Valley. Settlers marched from
Forty Fort and a short battle
ensued at Exeter. The Indians
sprung an ambush, the settlers
broke and fled, and a running
massacre followed that lasted
twelve hours. Many were killed,
some with torture. The Valley
was devastated. Women and
children and other survivors
fled, but many later returned.
This is commonly called ‘“The
Wyoming Massacre,” but in
fact it was the second one.
There is a correspondent in
your area if you live in Dal-
las or Shavertown.
Call 675-0419
Charlot Denmon
Applications are still being
tournament to be held at the
Center. There will be a men’s
singles, men’s doubles,
women’s singles and mixed
doubles tournament played
throughout the day Saturday.
Trophies will be awarded to the
winners and runnersup. Play is
scheduled to start Aug. 3.
The tennis lessons, under the
direction of Pat Shuleski, con-
cluded with a two-day single
elimination tournament. The
winner of the boys’ tournament
is Gary Ell and the winner of the
girls’ tournament is Valerie
Hayden. The winners received
trophies and a tennis shirt. The
women’s tournament will be
played Wednesday. Prizes will
also be awarded at that time.
Four boys and one girl who
took the tennis lessons played
against some members of the
Valley Tennis and Swim Club
Monday. Those who partic-
ipated from the Dallas
Recreation Center were Lee
Eckert, Gary Ell, Bob Kerekes,
Randy King, and Valerie
Hayden. After the matches, all
went swimming in the pool at
the club.
A horseshoe tournament is a
new event for the Dallas
Recreation Center. Play is open
to men and women 18 years and
older and is scheduled to begin
July 31. A men’s doubles
tournament is scheduled.
Trophies will be awarded to the
winners and runners up.
A basketball tournament will
A trip to Ricketts Glen-Lake
Jean Park will be sponsored by
the Dallas Borough Recreation
Center Aug. 22,10 a.m.-4 p.m. A
picnic lunch will be served and
swimming facilities will be
available.
The center will hold a swim-
ming party at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Price Aug. 18
from 12 noon-4 p.m. Refresh-
ments will be served and sev-
eral games are planned. Super-
visors will be there to watch the
children.
A shuffleboard contest will be
held Aug. 12-16. Children of 5-15
years of age will participate in a
single elimination contest.
Registration will be held
through the week of Aug. 5-10.
The event will be at 2:30 p.m.
with prizes awarded. This
contest will be supervised by
Debbie Price and Ed Labatch.
The Dallas Recreation Center
has reported that the week long
cheerleading clinic was a big
success. A final evaluation was
awarded a blue ribbon for their
efforts.
‘ The movie, “The Incredible
Mr. Limpet’’, was also very
successful. The children
received lollipops for good
behavior and all are reported to
have had an enjoyable time.
Everyone in the community is
urged to take an active part in
the tournaments, clinics and
contests at the center, or to play
a few sets of tennis or a game of
volleyball or basketball. For
more information on any events
call 675-4574.
be held at the recreation center
for men 15 years and older. A
one-on-one tournament, with
play beginning Aug. 5 at 6 p.m.
Mondays and Wednesdays, will
offer two divisions: six feet and
over and under six feet.
A two-on-two basketball
tournament will begin play Aug.
6 at 6 p.m. Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Registration = con-
tinues until Aug. 3. It will be
single elimination with trophies
awarded to the winners.
A league-clinic basketball
program is being planped for
fourth, fifth and sx ace
boys. This is a carry over from
the program held during the
winter at the Dallas Senior High
School--under the direction of
Larry Griffen and Dave Jones.
A home run derby will be
sponsored by the Dallas
Recreation Center and will be
held at the Dallas Little League
field Aug. 12 at 2 p.m. Regis-
tration will be the week of Aug.
5-10. Boys must be 8-13 years of
age. There will be three
divisions: 8-9 years, 10-11 years,
and 12-13 years of age. Boys are
requested to bring their own
baseballs, bats, and gloves.
Trophies will be awarded to
each group winners. Ed
Labatch will supervise this
event.
A twirling clinic directed by
Patti Turpak, Kathy Skammer,
and Charlotte Richards will be
held Aug. 5-9. Registration for
the clinic is the week of July 29.
Girls must be 12-16 years of age
to register. To register call 675-
4574 or sign up at the ®
One of the most active pro-
grams at any camp is that in-
volving arts and crafts, and this
is certainly no exception at
Camp St. Andrew, Tunk-
hannock.
Offering youngsters a wide
variety of creative activities in
which to express themselves,
the newly-constructed arts and
crafts center provides a haven
of diversion from the field
games and sports that make up
a good part of the daily camp
routine.
The arts and crafts staff,
which provides excellent in-
struction and supervision for
the children, is a versatile
group of indiyiduals who
specialize in many different
areas of art. John Polednak,
Forrest City, a third-year theo-
logy student at St. John’s
Seminary in Brighton, Mass., is
working with macrame. This is
a process of knot-tying by which
string can be made into brace-
lets, belts, and other decorative
articles. John also works with
decoupage, which consists of
antiquing a print to emphasize
its different features through
color. :
Assisting with the macrame
work is Diane Musso, who is
clerical inventory supervisor
for the title I program of the
Scranton School District at
“Project Hope.” In addition,
Diane finds time in her busy
schedule to give instruction to
the children in weaving, who
have produced many attractive
articles.
Ed Ruscil, Long Branch,
N.J., and a graduate of St. Pius
X Seminary, University of
Scranton, is kept busy with
woodburning and painting
classes. Through these two pro-
cesses the campers are learn-
ing to express themselves in
artistic and creative methods of
communication.
Many of the campers, espec-
ially those from ‘‘Project
Hope,” are very young and
having their first experience
with arts and crafts. Sister
Nancy Abbott, who is one of 22
volunteer sisters working at
Camp St. Andrew this summer,
is teaching the youngsters how
to work with clay. In addition,
aluminum etching is a new pro-
gram which Sister Nancy has
introduced to the campers this
summer, During the year,
Sister Nancy resides at St.
Patrick Convent, Milford, Pa.
Two other volunteers who are
serving on the staff this, year
are Cathy Clancy, a graduate of
St. Dominic High School in
Oyster Bay, N.Y., and Barbara
Johnston, an elementary school
art instructor in Oyster Bay.
Both have worked with the
children in the area of cera-
mics, in addition to copper-tool-
ing and plaster mods. All in all,
the arts and crafts program at
Camp St. Andrew and ‘Project
Hope” is expanding, with the
end result hopefully being the
cultural enrichment of the
children.
very popular with the campers
are the riflery and archery pro-
grams, both of which are
headed by Dave Dormer of
Kulpmont, a second-year theo-
logy student at Mt. St. Mary’s
Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md.
Both programs offer basic
instruction in shooting proced-
ures, marksmanship, and
safety methods. In addition,
campers are given the opport-
unity of earning National Rifle
Association certificates. for
demonstrated shooting profi-
ciency in a summer-long pro-
gram.
There is also a hunter safety
course open to all interested
campers which stresses proper
hunting procedures, wilderness
first-aid and survival, and pro-
per gun-handling. In the arch-
ery field, there is a special pro-
gram for advanced campers, as
well as a new archery-fishing
program in which campers are
given the opportunity of exper-
iencing this novel method of
fishing. In both the riflery and
are used in addition to lecture
instruction and practigal ap-
plication in the field. 8
New interest prompted by
last week’s schedule and purse
changes has resulted in a surge
of new entries for the Aug. 25
Modified Championship at
Pocono International Raceway.
Raceway officials report
reaction to the changes--which
involved shortening the event
from three days to one with an
optional practice day, and in-
creasing the purse to $40,000--
has been overwhelmingly
favorable.
Dean’s List Names
Ten Local Students
‘George W. Bierly, Penn
State’s Wilkes-Barre campus
director, has announced that 10
residents of the Back Mountain
are among the 64 students
named to the dean’s list for the
spring term. In order to attain
this academic honor, the
students had to achieve a 3.5 or
better average based on the 4.0
grade system.
Students from the area
named to the dean’s list were
Alan L. Beard, Paul K. Beard,
117 Church St.; Susan B. Car-
mon, 258 West Center Hill
Linda P. Kupstas, 18 Maple St.;
Dallas.
Scott J. Dieffenbacher, RD5,
Alan “W. Gosart, 51 Stang St.,
Shavertown; John J. Martin, 51
Stafford St., Robert J.
Soveroski, 157 South Pioneer
Ave., Trucksville; and Eugene
M. Sweet, RD 1, Sweet Valley.
Alan W. Gosart had the
distinction of earning a perfect
4.0 average. x
Neil L. Peters, Troy, now
residing in the Dallas area, also
achieved a perfect 4.0 average
for the spring term. In his first
year at the campus, Mr. Peters
was named to the dean’s list for
the-three terms, two of them
with a 4.0 average. He is in the
surveying technology associate
degree program at the campus
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It Pays To Advertise
brand-new 1974
Toms River, N.J., and Jerry
Dostie, Guilford, Conn. Other
prominent entries include a 1972
Pinto entered by former dirt-
track specialist Billy Osmun of
Bridgewater, N.J., a 1972 Pinto
handled by NASCAR veteran
Ray Hendrick of Richmond,
Va., and a 1968 Camaro driven
by the winner of the last two
Schaefer 100’s at Syracuse,
Buzzy Reutiman, Zephyr Hills
Fla.
The track will be open for
registration and inspection
Aug. 24 from 7:00 sng 12:00
p.m. and 1 p.m. to 5:¥0 p.m.
Timetable for race day Aug. 24
lists registration and inspection
from 7:00 a.m. on, practice 8:00
a.m. to 10:00 a.m., time trials
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and the
green flag at 2:00 p.m.
Schedule for the event was
shortened to one day to avoid
conflicts with regional short-
tracks holding weekly shows
and points races Friday and
Saturday. Drivers entered for
Sunday afternoon’s ‘race at
Pocono will be able to run here
and still make their commit-
ments at other tracks ygder the
new schedule. The $10,899) saved
by shortening the event was
pumped into the purse, raising
the posted awards from $30,000
to $40,000.
Race day ticket prices are
$10.00 and $8.00 for adults and
$6.00 and $5.00 for children, with
reserved seats available at all
Ticketron outlets, or by writing
Pocono International Raceway,
P.O. Box 500, Mt. Pocono, Pa.
18344.
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