Page 14 The ninth annual J. R. Davis Fire Company Horse Show will feature an action-packed week- end, Aug. 10 and 11, at the Leh- man Horse Show Grounds, Route 118, Lehman. The action will start at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. The Northeastern Pennsyl- vania Ripcord Diving Team will drop from the sky at 6 p.m. and at 8 p.m. both nights. They will attempt to land on a large X in the center of horse show ring. The excitement will get un- derway again Sunday at 10 a.m. Many expert horsemen and women on well trained horses and ponies will exhibit speed, performance and manners as they compete for trophies, ribbons, and in some classes-- cash. Competition will be held in 56 classes. Some of the classes featured will be hunters, jumpers, walking horses, driving ponies, pleasure ponies and horses, and timed events. Electric timers will be used in the timed events. The J. R. Davis Fire Com- pany Ladies Auxiliary will serve breakfast both days from 6:30 to 10 a.m. The menu will include eggs, ham, home fries, toast and coffee Saturday, and pancakes, sausage, juice and coffee Sunday. The auxiliary will also help the firemen in the refreshment stands. Adding to the festive at- mosphere will be games of chance and skill for the young and the young at heart. Refreshment stands will be stocked with a variety of food and drink. George Hudson will” be the judge both days and Emett Kearney will be the show steward. This year’s show will function as a member of the American Horse Show Association. Photo by Alex Rebar Gl i ie | ith] 8 é & | J @ & | | i TE { | i $33 | $$ $$ Photo by Alex Rebar Scheduled Plans for the second annual Back Mountain Elementary Wrestling Tournament are well underway. The event will be held at Lake-Lehman High Aug. 17. This year’s tournament has been structured similar to last year’s and should feature young wrestlers from various areas of Pennsylvania. The event is being sponsored by the Back Mountain Wrestling Club, with assistance from the Dallas Recreation Center. Weigh-ins for the various weight classes will be held Aug. 17, 7:00 p.m. and also Aug. 18, 8:00 2a.m.-9:00 a.m., prior to the start of actual wrestling. The weight classes for the tournament are 50 1bs., 60 Ibs., 70 1bs., 80 1bs.; 90 lbs., 100 lbs., 115 1bs., and unlimited. Actual wrestling begins at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, with the semi-finals ® ss and finals to follow accordingly. The elementary tournament is open to any boy in grades one- six. Awards will be made to the winners in each _ class. Throughout the matches PIAA rules will be in effect and the matches will consist of three one minute periods. Entry blanks and more information may be obtained by contacting various local establishments, Ned Hartman at 696-1122 or the Dallas Recreation Center at 675-4574. The Back Mountain Wrestling Club has spent many diligent program. They have done an excellent job of planning an event that should aid in the development of wrestling on the ‘elementary level and also create an overall interest in the sport of wrestling. To make this tournament ey $ truly successtul, a good turn-out of wrestlers and spectators is needed. The community is urged to help make this event successful. Scott Fry Completes Naval Training Period Navy Lieutenant (junior grade) Scott A. Fry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis N. Fry of Elmcrest Drive, Dallas, has completed the first joint U.S.- Italian shipboard damage con- trol training program con- ducted for U.S. Sixth Fleet ships in‘the Mediterranean. He is ser- ving aboard the patrol gunboat USS Grand Rapids, homeported at Naples, Italy. During the training. period he received instruction in nuclear decon- tanimation procedures and em- ergency Shiphgarq At ‘win a pocket radio. \ ON The Kawasaki team of Art Bauman and Hurley Wilvert, popular AMA expert riders, will compete in the Koni-Pocono East Coast Motorcycle Road Race Championship Aug. 18. The 50-mile chase, to be run on the Pocono 2.8 mile road course, will be the crowning event of the three-day 1974 Koni-Pocono Motorcycle Jamboree. Mr. Bauman and Mr. Wilvert, both of California, have distin- guished themselves in com- petition over the past few years riding their super-tuned Kawasaki ‘‘green meanies’’, and present a serious threat to the Yamaha, Suzuki, and Honda riders. Theirs was the first major team entry for the event, and race officials expressed confidence that other factory teams would be soon to enter. The annual jamboree, sanc- tioned by the American Motor- cycle Asgociation, will present semi-pro motocross Aug. 16 and pro motocross Aug. 17, both on the Pocono seven eighth mile motocourse. Road race day Aug. 18 will feature a full Sweeney Undergoes Coast Guard Training James P. Sweeney, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Linker, 8 Southside Drive, Dallas, is un- dergoing ten weeks of basic military training at the Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, N.J. He will receive in- struction in - seamanship, damage control, close order drill, first aid, marksmanship, Coast Guard history and military regulations. program of qualifying events, races for novice and junior riders, a series of production races, and a junior-expert combined race as well as the main event. Purse monies in- clude $5,000 for motocross and Bikoni limited, importers of Koni adjustable shock ab- sorbers and sponsors of the event, have also announced a series of contingency awards totaling $1,000. . In addition to the i hore Ss racing activities, Poclono will make its infield available for parking, camping, and picnics. Free motorsports movies will be shown Aug. 17. Tickets are available through all ticketron outlets and at the track. Church League Holds Reorganization Meeting Members of the Back Moun- tain Church League will hold a reorganization meeting for the 1974-75 season, Aug. 7, 8 p.m. at the Dallas American Legion. All team captains or appointed representatives are requested to attend. ; Chet Molley, secretary, re- ports that the league has open- ings for two additional teams. Persons interested should at- tend the meeting. The only qualification for new teams is that members be residents of the Back Mountain area. Officers of the leagie are George Parrish, prAldent; Robert Monk, vice president: Chester Molley, secretary; and Arthur Baird, treasurer. $i > | * ee m= at i L : IN A] | | Sal SE Es RE
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