A Ao. IFLA Sid ye" rT =: BACK MOU NTAIN Zz BICENTENNIAL EVENTS \ April 8-10--Lake Lehman H.S. 1976 Band Concert, 8 p.m pril 8-10--“The Education of Hyman Kaplan” presented “by Dallas Sr. H.S., 8 p.m. April 23--Lehman Township Bicentennial Council meeting Lehman Fire Hall 7:30 pm. April 25--Bike Hike, Luzerne County Assoc. for Retarded Citizens, Sponsored by: Dallas Junior Woman’s Club. April 26--Town meeting, Dallas Boro Elementary School, sponsored by Dallas Boro P.T.O. and Dolio Senior Woman’s Club. Kennedy Lounge, College Misericordia, 7:30 p.m. April 29--Helium Balloon Lift-Off, Lake Elem School PTA ‘May 9-Bike Race Harvey’s Lake Starting at sunset. May 13--Choral Concert and Art Show, Lehman-Jackson tlem Bldg. 7:30 May 14--Penn State Student players present 2 one act plays 7:30 - 8:30 n.m. 3:30-6 p.m. Tours of Penn State Bldgs. Campus, and Auditorium . 9-11 p.m. Colonial Ball in Drawing Room Hayfield House, Penn State, Lehman May 15--1-4 Tours and open house-Penn State, Lehman 2 p.m. Town Meeting-Auditorium May 15--Lake Lehman Variety Show 7:30 p.m. (change) featuring Lake Lehman Band “Our Bicentennial Tribute” | May 14-16--Lehman Township Bicentennial Weekend May 14--Open House all Lake Lehman Schools and Penn ate. Craftsmen at work 9-11, 1-3. NMay 15--0Old Fashion Homemade Chicken-Biscuit dinner, Lehman United Methodist Church 4-6, Quilt display, 200 years of American Music, 7:30 Lehman Horseshow Grounds. May 16--Ecumenical Services Lake Lehman H.S. May 28-31-Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Co. Parade and -|Carnival. June 4-6--Back Mountain Bicentennial Week-end June 4--Festival kick-off Family Dinner-College Misericordia June 5--Bk. Mtn. Bicentennial Parade-Route 309 Folk Arts Festival-College Misericordia June 6! --Luzerne County Bicentennial Parade June 6--Folk Arts Festival-Ecumenical Service, Fireworks Display : June 19--Idetown Auction-Lehman Horseshow Grounds June 25-26--Wagon Train Pilgrimage stop at Dallas July 2--Lehman Horse show parade July 3-4--Lehman Horseshow July 3--Ross Township Antique Display and Ice Cream I 1-9 p.m. July 4--Independence Day July 4-Family Day and Fire works Harveys Lake. Auction. July 17--Eastern Star Auction July 31--Dallas Kiwanis Bicentennial Charity Ball Aug. 14-15--11th Annual Jonathan R. Davis Horseshow,| Lehman Horseshow grounds. Sept. 4-6--Dallas Fire and ambulance Inc. ‘Country, Carnival,”’ Back Mountain Memorial Library grounds. September--Dallas Fall Fair Oct. 9--Idetown United Meth Women’s Turkey Supper Oct. 9--Luzerne County Federation of Womens Clubs, Bicentennial Ball at Kingston Armory, 9 p.m. For scheduling events please sent to Back Mountain Bicentennial Council P.O. Box 1976, Dallas, Penn- Sylvania, 18612. The Dallas Borough Bicentennial Commission met recently to plan a town meeting to be held on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dallas Huntsville Road. The town meeting is being sponsored by the Parents Teachers Organization together with the Dallas Senior Women’s Club. Mrs. Rose Mohen and Mrs. Charlotte Wat- Jackson An Easter egg hunt for the younger children of Jackson Township will open the 1976 Bicentennial ‘observance in that area Saturday, April 17. Children, age three through fourth grade, are invited ' to participate providing they are residents of Jackson Township and have an admission ticket. Tickets may be picked up at Schall’s Store, Chase Corners; the home of Richard Arnold, Hillside Road, Trucksville; or Huntsville Christian Church. chulonis, presidents of the Dallas Senior Women’s Club and the Parents Teachers | Organization respectively, invite the public to attend. The discussion leaders will be supplied by Penn State University. The theme of meeting will be “Freedom -Then, Now and in the Future” and how it relates to our local situations. Hopefully, some specific ideas will emerge Several businessmen in Jackson Township and Dallas have contributed to the program and the women of Jackson Township have been asked to donate the colored eggs. If anyone would desire to help in this way and has not been contacted, please call Mrs. Kenneth Cooper, Chase area, 696-3675; Mrs. William Laity, Chase Manor, 696-1923; Mrs. Richard Arnold, Hillside area, 696-2829; or Mrs. Robert Nichols, Follies Road, 675-3045. Fathers and young male adults will be needed to from this traditional way of problem solving. Tom Reese, chairman of the mini-park committee, reports that the borough engineer is in the process of preparing a topographical survey for the architect’s use in designing the park. The architect’s will proceed when this information is made available to him. Plans are being made by the Boy Scouts under the supervise the hunt. Willing workers should report at the Grove, 9 a.m. Satur- day, April 17. The planning committee, which consists of Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. "Laity, Mrs. Nichols, Mrs. Wilber Davis and Rev. Ralph Eugene Bennett, Bicentennial chairman of this area, will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Huntsville Christian Church. Other interested persons are welcome. direction of Dick Willett to clean up the Rice Cemetery, the oldest ‘cemetery in Dallas. Dan Waters, local historian, has prepared a list of those buried there so that a permanent sign may be erected commemorating these original pioneers. Mrs. Patricia Broida, librarian at the Back Mt. Memorial Library, an- nounced a demonstration in the colonial art of quilling to be held at the Library on April 28. Tom Reese will have a limited number of Bicentennial flags for sale at the tax collectors office. Mrs. Robert J. Hughes presided. The Lehman Township history committee is still looking for information on the history of Lehman and all the family sketches they can obtain. The public only has a few more days to mail or call either Beverly Ide - 639- 5918 or Shirley Rit- tenhouse-477-5969 with such material. The committee has set the date of April 16th as the deadline for all information. The committee extended its thanks to all who have given time and effort to see this Lehman history book published. Executive board of the Welcome Wagon Club of Wyoming Valley met at the home of Mrs. Raymond Hagen, 17 Dorchester Drive, Orchard View Terrace, Dallas, last week. Mrs. Kenneth Kozel presided. The group repotted that 77 Valley Crest residents enjoyed an afternoon of games, at which 55 prizes were awarded. Assisting at the project were Mrs. Virgil Miller, Mrs. Lewis Mary Circle Mary Circle will meet April 19, at 8 p.m. in the social room of the Shavertown Methidist Church. Polly Edwards will give the devotions. The Rev. Robert D. Yost will be the speaker for the evening. Serving committee will be Eloise Meixell, Mary Lou Parkinson, and Debra Parkinson. Mrs. S. Richard Strazdus is serving as secretary of the Bicentennial Commit- tee for Franklin and North- moreland Townships, assisted by Mrs. Linda Moreck of Orange and Mrs. Millard Beatty of Center- moreland, who is co-ordi- nating becentennial plans for Northmoreland Town- ship. Edward A. Dorrance of Orange, general chairman of the Bicentennial com- mittee for Franklin and Northmoreland Town- ships, announced yester- day that Clarence Corby of Centermoreland, is chair- ing bicentennial activities for Northmoreland Town- ship. Corby is a member of the board of supervisors of Northmoreland Township. Houseknecht, Mrs. Nancy Lychos, Mrs. Beu Ap- plegate, Mrs. Paul Cotter, Mrs. Kenneth Kozel, Mrs. Florence Carey, Mrs. The next monthly meeting will be held April 12at7:45 p.m. at the U.G.I. Building, Kingston. Mrs. Susan Sternfeld will speak about interior decorating. For more information contact Mrs. John Masley, membership chairman, STACK APPLY PAGE THIRTEEN Mrs. Ide and Mrs. Rit- tenhouse .urged anyone interested in buying a book to please contact them. They are only taking names at this point. Per- sons listed on the book list will be contacted at a later date when a price for the book has been determined and at that time the person can decide if they still want the book. oe A Delta County, Texas judge was locked for 24 hours in a stinking bath- room by the county sheriff after the judge reportedly refused the sheriff’s request for a bottle of Tidy Bowl. do-it-yourself ' f projects and mortar ££ repair damaged masonry, Sa stucco, and damp proofing Dallas Menu April 12-14 Monday—Hot dog on roll, mustard-relish, French fries (Jr. Sr.) potato chips (Elem. Inter.) lettuce with dressing, apple sauce, pretzel sticks, chilled mill. Tuesday—Macaroni creaole with beef, Italian bread and butter, buttered green beans, jello-topping, chilled milk. Wednesday—Tuna Fish hoagie with lettuce and tomato, potato chips, pickle chips-celery sticks, pineapple chunks, cookie, chilled milk. Thursday and Friday No School. King’s alumni plan sale Ulicny in charge. 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