THE DALLAS POST, JUNE 10, 1976 PAGE THREE. Back Mt. parade termed ‘success’ The Back Mountain Bicentennial parade last Saturday was termed a “success” by the chairman. The parade involved more than 100 ~~ Franklin-Northmoreland plan parade Sy . : er award winners were Lehman Brownie Troop 641 (best scout entry), Back Mountain Riders Association won the 10 mile Bicentennial Run and Courtland Howard and Mark Weber by Michael Polk finished behind him, respectively. Centermoreland. troops. The float also Township Volunteer Fire - PhetRetiey It’s three down and one to go, insofar as parades Northmoreland Townships Joint Bicentennial Com- mittee and associated groups. The Joint Bicen Com- mittee and associated groups have taken part in three parades thus far and avill windup their display “with a final parade on Saturday, June 19, when the route of march will be from the memorial in the Village of Centermoreland, Northmoreland Township, to the new Municipal Building in the Village of Orange in Franklin Township. Edward A. Dorrance, Orange, chairman of the Joint Bicen Committee, has called a meeting of the Bicen Committee for tonight (Thursday) at 7:30 at his home when final plans for the parade will be made. The parade is scheduled to get underway after the conclusion of flag raising ceremonies at the memorial in Cen- termoreland, starting promptly at 10 a.m. in the morning on Saturday, June 19. Flag raising will in- clude the raising of the tennial flags. Principal speakers will be Chester Baker of the Wyoming County Board « of com- missioners, and Representative Frank O’Connell of Kingston. Introduction of both speakers will be by Chairman Dorrance. The Rev. Paul Bauer, pastor of the three United Methodist Churches comprising the Carverton Methodist Charge, will offer invocation, and benediction will be by the Rev. Thomas Croghan, pastor of St. Frances Cabrini ' Church, Car- gro, ‘and Blessed sacrament Church, Parade route will travel from Centermoreland to Orange and ceremonies at the Orange Municipal Building are slated to get underway at 1 p.m. Par- ticipating also in the ceremonies in Orange will be Alex Matukitis, chairman of the board of supervisors of Franklin Township; Harold Hoover, secretary, and Russell Race, Sr., road supervisor for Franklin Township. Among the parade units will be floats representing the Back Country Campers Club, Franklin - Northmoreland Townships Ambulance Association; Franklin Township Fire Company and its auxiliary; Bi-Centennial float with queens and at- tendants representing both townships; Orange- Centermoreland Little Leaguers and managers in uniform; boy and girl scouts; Vernon Baptist Chuch float; Back Country Horsemen's group; Tunkhannock High School Band, which will lead the parade; Wester Hor- semen’s Club with a big portion of its ap- proximately 160 members marching on horseback and ponies; Wyoming Valley Motorcycle Riders with about twoscore motorcyclists, and other float and entries from the Back Country area. Members of the Joint Bicen Committee were pleased with the awards given to floats from the area in regional parades. The Campers Club float, which was under the direction of Charles Goble of Centermoreland, took first place in the Memorial Day parade held in Tunkhannock. Basic theme of the float featured a log cabin depicting General George Washington praying at the cabin en- trance for the success of his Revolutionary War 675-2768 Perret erie trpstietierbervy pm ~” Dallas ® ABBTBTBTABABLIB IIB IUBTIBTII LIES captured first prize in that division in the Back Mountain Parade held Saturday. The float entered by the Franklin © Township Volunteer Fire Company Auxiliary captured second prize in the Tunkhannock parade. It depicted a colonial scene with a junior Miss Betsy Ross in the person of Miss Nicole Gardner, and these auxiliary members in colonial dress: Mrs. Thelma Carey, Mrs. Gertrude Coolbaugh, Mrs. Althea Dymond, Mrs. Betty Jean Coolbaugh, Mrs. Eudora Baird, Mrs. Janet Zarno, Mrs. Roberta Gardner, Mrs. Beatrice Beatty, Mrs. Ethel Cooper, and little Miss Tracy Kurtinitis, who portrayed the part of the junior Betsy Ross in Sunday’s Bicen- tennial parade in Wilkes- Barre. Franklin-Northmoreland parade units also won prizes in the Back Mountain Bicentennial parade Saturday. (See related article Page 1). The Northmoreland- Franklin Townships Bicentennial group in Sunday’s ‘‘big parade’ in Wilkes-Barre was led by the ‘‘official’’ car, which had as occupants Super- visors Alex Matukitis and Harold Hoover, Mrs. S. Richard Strazdus, Bicen Committee secretary, and Chairman . Edward Dorrance. Next in line came the Bicen Queens float in- cluding 'Sherri Goble, Northmoreland Township Bicen Queen and Debbie Smith, Franklin Township Bicen Queen and their attendants, Misses Cathy Allen, Terry Russell, Patricia Russell, Lori Miller, Donna Hoover, Kathy Lynn, Kunkle and Virginia Eaton from Franklin Township, and Claudia DeRemer and Barbara Randazzo, who attended the Nor- thmoreland Township queen. The Betsy Ross float, entered by the Franklin Township Fire Company Auxiliary, included Tracy Kurtinitis as the junior Miss Betsy Ross; Mrs. Gertrude Coolbaugh, Mrs. Thelma Carey, Mrs. Althea Dymond, Mrs. Betty Jean Coolbaugh, Mrs. Eudora Baird, Mrs. Janet Zarno, Mrs. Roberta Gardner, Mrs. Beatrice Beatty and Mrs. Ethel Cooper. Then came the ‘‘prize winner’’-the Campers Club float, which included a log cabin and showing George Washington praying at the cabin entrance for the success of the colonial in the battle for liberty in the Revolutionary war. Following in the line of march was a noteworthy float entered by Vernon Baptist Church, which depicted a colonial worship service and the Franklin sauce outings, etc. Company truck. Chairman Edward Dorrance on behalf of supervisors from both Northmoreland and Franklin Township ex- pressed thanks and ap- preciation to all groups and Back Country residents for their cooperation in the making and display of floats. Special thanks was extended to the Tunkhannock area school band, which was. the ‘official band” for the Back Country parade contingent, but was sub- stituted for the Lake Leh- man Band, when the latter entered a band competition that conflicted with the parade date. thousands of spectators. Marshals Sister Ann campus. Franklin townships and An Overbrook Ave. resident’s attempt to gain approval for the housing of a steer in a barn on his property was denied during a May meeting of the Dallas Township planning commission, reversing an earlier in- dication of approval by Township Zoning Officer Leonard Kozick. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brace reported to the commission during the May 17 zoning hearing board that they purchased a home on Overbrook after receiving permission from Kozick to house the animal there. The issue was raised at the commission’s April meeting and Attorney H. Monroe Hi'otuitiz, representing a group of neighbors opposed to the permission, said he had expected to hear trom the panel prior to the May meeting. The Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley, under the direction of Executive Director Anne Vernon, will present three two-day workshops in Family Life Education during June, July, and August, in conjunction with the Dallas Area School District. The ‘‘Systematic Training for Effective Parenting’ (STEP) will be held on Tuesday and Wednesdays, June 29 and 30, July 13 and 14, and Aug 10 and 11 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Dallas In- termediate Unit for parents of Dallas school children STEP, designed by Don Dinkmeyer and Gary McKay, has been adapted by The Family Service Association for use in the specially funded govern- mental project. A series of charts, cassettes, and hand-outs will be utilized in the discussion groups during the seminars by the trained staff. The first-day session, ‘‘Communicating Ef- fectively With Your Children,”’ will feature the concepts of effective and reflective listening, I- messages, and the ex- ploration of alternatives. The second-day semianr, “Helping Children To Be Responsible,’’ will highlight the ideas of using logical consequences, being a responsible parent, and the understanding the goals of misbehavior. |umge] por Members of The Family Service Association staff who will be presenting the seminars include: Family Cynthia Baron, Becky Osborne, and Fred Car- berry. Prior to the seminars this staff will participate in an indepth training session conducted by Assistant Executive Director Theodora Berlatsky at the Dallas Intermediate unit Rotarian Gonzales, Fitch. Northmoreland entry by (best fire were Victoria Dorothy Houtz claimed the township zoning ordinance forbids the keeping of farm animals unless the property is a farm, a requirement that man- dates a lot of at least five acres. The Brace property was reported to be 3.8 acres. Commission Chairman Carl Goeringer said it was justifiable for Kozick to grant approval without the board in certain cases, indiciating this was one of’ on Tuesday, June 15, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. The entire workshop is offered by The Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley, a member agency of the United Way, as a com- munity service and is designed to be an ex- perience in prevention of family difficulties when dealing with pre-school, elementary, and secondary school children. fund Dallas Rotarians this week reported that the campaign to raise funds for liquid gas chromotagraph, blood serum analyzer, for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital has reached $9,657 of the $12,000 goals. Rotary President Ralph Connors thanked fund chairman H.R. McCartney for his efforts to date in the project and asked donors who had not yet fulfilled their committments to the fund to do so in the near “future. The machine is ex- tensively used in the treatment of epileptics and drug abuse cases and in many other ways. At the present time the local hospital must send to Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for test results. The Rotarians have planned a club assembly for their meeting this Thursday. July 1 will be the club’s installation night for new officers. 7 ROR the cases. During the planning meeting, Goeringer moved to ap- prove the variance for the steer, a motion which was minutes of the group’s April meeting. Commission member Jay May then moved to approve the April minutes with. a modification clarifying the ruling against the housing of the steer. The motion was approved 3-1 with com- mission member Eleanor Barnes voting in the minority. In other business, the commission unanimously okayed a variance opening \ » installation under con- struction by monwealth = Telephone Company, agreed to in- vestigate a complaint, and temporary mobile homes proposed by two families planning to. construct homes on Lake Catalpa Road. Commission members Barnes and Daniel Meeker voted to deny the mobile home approvals for a 2-2 vote. The next planning commission meeting and zoning hearing board meeting is June 21, beginning with the zoning hearing at 7:30 p.m. Homemade LASAGNA 2% CHICKEN °*3* $K 95 THRU SUNDAY 69 (DINNER HOUR FRENCH FRI © Route 11 © 400 kes-Barre
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