The Dallas post. (Dallas, Pa.) 19??-200?, October 24, 1984, Image 1

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Halloween
Parade set
for Sunday
. The 25th Annual Halloween
Parade, sponsored by the Kiwanis
Club of Dallas will be held Sunday,
Oct .28, at 1:30 p.m.
: Participants of the parade should
assenible at 1 p.m. at the Dallas
Township Elementary School. on the
corner of Church Street and Route
309. Judging will take place between
1 and 1:30 p.m. with the parade
scheduled to bgin at 1:30 p.m.
The parade will begin at the
Dallas Township Elementary
School, proceed down Church
Street, turning right onto East
Center Hill Road. The parade route
will then take a left on to Lake
Street, across from the Rea &
Derick Parking lot, cross Church
Street through the Acme parking lot
d end at the Eastern Star parking
ive prizes will be given in each
est, Funniest, Most Original and
Best Group.
Fire trucks from Back Mountain
communities will also participate in
this year’s parade. Judging will be
done by members of the Dallas
Kiwanis Auxiliary.
Bernard Banks is chairman of
this year’s parade and is being
assisted by Martin Moore as co-
chairman. Committee members
include Walter Kozemchak, George
Maculloch and Joeph Grimes.
Make this
Halloween
a safe one
It’s not too early fo lay plans for
aking Halloween a safe, but excit-
g evening, according to Pat Hig-
gins, Safety Director, Valley Auto-
anobile Club; AAA.
Halloween is a night for fun. It
‘has a special appeal for children
who look forward to making the
rounds of homes in their neighbor-
hoods, as well as carving pumpkin
faces with a candle inside for
window display.
Older youngsters may be.planning
parties at school or church. Some
too — at a lodge, dinner club or
social center.
As parents, we must be especially
concerned in preparing for Hallow-
een. We don’t want our kids to be
disappointed, and we don’t want
them to get hurt.
Boys and girls like to dress up in
costumes for an occasion like Hal-
loween. Some will be in white garb,
looking like angels or ghosts. White
will stand out, making it easier for
drivers to see children.
Others will want to dress up like a
visitor from another planet. Some
will prefer dark costumes imagining
themselves to be Zorro or the
eil. Many kids like to don masks
OX wear crazy-looking hats. If dark
clohting is used for a costume, a
good safety feature to add is reflec-
torized tape o nteh front, back and
sides. Such tape might also be
added to hats.
If a child wants a mask to hide his
identity, or portray a monster
image, the slits for his eyes to see
through should be large enough to
permit good vision. :
Children should roam about in
small groups, so they can share
their excitement and be more read-
ily visible to drivers when crossing
streets.
The Valley Automobile Club
reminds parents to repeat basic
pedestrian safety rules. Cross only
using crosswalks, at
traffic signals and very impor-
tantly, don’t run between parked
cards or into traffic. Householders
can also help by providing adequate
lighting on porches and sidewalks,
where possible.
Here are a few more safety tips
for youngsters from your local AAA.
ve a parent, older brother or
ter go trick-or-treating with you;
if someone older can’t go, trick-or-
treat with a group; plan your route
on which streets you will be trick-
or-treating; wait until you get home
to sort, check and eat your treats.
Help your youngsters and the
neighbor kids to enjoy the last night
of October without anyone being
harmed. Let’s have a safe Hallow-
een.
Name corrected
In the October 17 issue of The
Dallas Post, it was incorrectly
reported that the Calgary Baptist
Church had purchased the Back
Mountain Library. The actual
name of the church is the Cal-
ary Baptjst Church.
LJ
Campbell.
Queen 10 be chosen
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Lake-Lehman High School is cele-
brating Homcoming Week this week
as six young ladies from the senior
class have been chosen to represent
their classmates as members of the
1984 Homecoming Court. Having
been voted by the senior class, these
six girls will be featured during pre-
game ceremonies of the Lake-
Lehman/Pittston Area football
game this Saturday afternoon where
one of the girls will be crowned 1984
Homecoming Queen. The entire stu-
dent body will vote tomorrow for
the senior girl they would most like
to see represent the school district.
Members of this year’s Homecom-
ing Court include:
Donna DeGennaro, who is the
daughter of Patrick and Lois
DeGennaro, of Shavertown. Donna
has played field hockey for four
years and served as co-captain of
the team this year. She has been a
member of the tennis team for two
years, a football manager for two
years and a member of the year-
book staff for one year.
Cheryl Campbell is the daughter
of Edward and Florence Campbell
of Lehman. Cheryl has been a
member of the yearbook staff at
Lake-Lehman for one year.
Deanne Williamson is the daugh-
ter of Carl and Marie Williamson of
Hunlock Creek. She has been a
member of the Lady Knights field
hockey team for four years and
serves as co-captain this year. She
has also been a majorette for six
years.
Mandy Wood, daughter of T.N.
Wood, Jr., of Harveys Lake, has
also been a member of the Lake-
Lehman majorette squad for six
years. Mandy has also been a bas-
ketball statistician for two years
and was a member of the golf team
for one year.
Jodi Casterline is the daughter of
Mabel and Bill Casterline of Har-
veys Lake. She has been a major-
ette for six years, a basketball
statistician for two years and a field
hockey manager for two years. Jodi
was also recently named to ‘“Who’s
Who Among American High School
Students.”
Monica Fletcher is the daughter
of Edward and Vivian Parsons of
Lehman. Having recently moved to
the Lake-Lehman School District
from Georgia, Monica was recently
named to ‘‘Who’s Who Among
American High School Students.”
Each of the six girls will be
escorted during the Homecoming
ceremonies by the senior boy of
their choice. u
t
Other Homecoming activities at
the Lake-Lehman High School
included a Lehman T-Shirt Day on
Monday where all students were
allowed to wear Lake-Lehman t-
shirts; a Test Tube Trickle Contest
on Tuesday where the winner
receive a ticket to Saturday’s foot-
ball game. This contest required
one person to lie on the floor,
holding a test tube in their mouth
while their partner stood above
them and attempted to pour the
contents of a pitcher of water into
the tube.
Today at Lehman is ‘Lehman
Pride” dress-up day and tomorrow
will feature the voting for Home-
coming Queen. A pep rally will be
held Friday at 2:15 p.m. while the
Lake-Lehman Band will sponsor a
Homecoming-Halloween Dance at
7:30 p.m. Friday. Admission is $1.00
for those in costume and $2.00 for
those not in costume. Students will
be able to pick up their yearbooks
at this dance. A haunted hall will
also be featured.
The Homecoming ceremonies will
take place prior to Saturday’s foot-
ball game with an all-you-can-eat
game at 4:30 p.m. The bar-b-que is
sponsored by the Lake-Lehman
Band.
Post 672 672
{By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
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~~ Daddow-Isaacs American Legion
Post 672 held installation of officers
Saturday evening 'at the Legion
Home, Memorial Highway, Dallas,
marking the beginning of the local
Legion’s 50th Anniversary, which
was chartered April 29, 1935, at a
meeting of the county committee.
The organization of the Daddow-
Isaacs American Legion Post began
borough building in Dallas and
made specific plans for the new
Post,
A general meeting for the nomina-
tion, election and installation ‘of
officers was scheduled for April 19,
meeting, Arthur Brown of Dallas
was named commander of the new
Post. Other officers were Homer C.
Teall, senior vice commander; Paul
Shaver, junior vice commander;
Marion Garinger, adjutant; Arthur
Dungey, financial officer, and
Donald Frantz, chaplain. Shaver,
Teall, Dungey and Garinger. were
named to a committee to apply for
the charter.
During that year of its organiza-
tion, the new American Legion Post
held a contest for a name fo be
given to the organization. Although
records do not show who and when
the name was selected, it is known
that before the first anniversary of
the Dallas Legion, the name
selected was Daddow-Isaacs.
Daddow-Isaacs was selected in
memory of Lloyd Daddow, who died
of pneumonia while “in: the armed
service, and Gomer Isaacs, also a
veteran and son of Wesley Dadow.
From April through Sepfember,
the Legionnaires participated in
numerous community activities: as
well as conducting a strong recruit-
ment program. In September of
1935, members met Wednesday,
Sept. 25, and re-elected Arthur
Brown as commander. Other. offi-
cers elected were Homer Teall, first
vice-commander; Paul Shaver,
second vice commander; Charles
Stookey, adjutant; Arthur Dungey,
finance officer; and Donald Frantz,
chaplain.
In December of that year, Legion
members agreed to assist in secur-
ing enlistments for the U.S. Army
for assignments in Panama and
Hawaii.
Although other members may
have joined the new Post late in
1935, it is known that among the
original 24 charter membes were
Albert Stetzer, N. Edwin Nelson,
Thomas G. Reese, Clare Winters,
Harold Titman, John Blackman,
Frank Ferry, John Garbutt, David
J. Joseph, Lewis LeGrand, William
McNeel, H. Brook Arnold, Stanley
Wrobleski, Paul Shaver, Charles
Stookey, Arthur Dungey, James
Hummel, Clyde Veitch, Ralph
Antrim, Wayne King, Arthur
Beautiful, isn’t it?
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
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COMMANDER ED LYONS
ger and Donald Frantz. Of these
members, Clyde Veitch and Thomas
Reese are the only two living. :
During the years from 1935 to the
conclusion of World War II, mem-
bers of the organization in Arthur
Brown’s Hardware Store, Dallas
Dallas Centre Hardware is now
located. .
In 1946, at the conclusion of the
war, Frank Ferry, three times Com=
mander of the Legion, played a key
role in securing the Wallo property
on Huntsville Road, Dallas, as a
permanent home for the Daddow-
Isaacs Post.
The building had been an Inn
prior to the Legion purchasing it.
The Legionnaires kept it intact with
a diningroom, kitchen, rest rooms, a
large meeting room, and upstairs,
an apartment for their manager and
his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Lamoreaux.
The Legion members held their
meetings and other events at the
Post Home on Huntsville Road until
July 14, 1954, when it was totally
destroyed by fire. The blaze was
discovered about noon that day by.
Leonard Wennlund, who saw a large
billow of black smoke and immedi-
could not save the $40,000 property.
Ferry, who was then serving on
head the drive to build a new Post
home, which is the one now located
at the corners of Center Hill Road
and Memorial Highway in Dallas.
Wardan Kunkle had donated the
lots where the building now stands
and with the assistance of Joseph
and Bill Wallo, the new building was
soon under construction and the
Legionnaires moved into their new
home in 1956.
In 1958, members of the Daddow-
Isaacs American Legion initiated
the first Americanism Night, an
affair at which an award was
presented to the person voted ‘‘Out-
standing Citizen for Distinguished
Service.” The Legion held this event
for a number of years until it
became so popular that it was taken
over by several Back Mountain
Service Clubs. Several years ago,
however, the event was discontin-
ued due to lack of interest.
On Mary 11, 1960, Daddow-Isaacs
Post observed its 25th anniversary
with a special dinner and program
at the Legion Home. Atty. William
T. Malone, Scranton, Department
Commander of the American Legion
(See LEGION, page 10) -
Inside The Post
Births ................... 3
Calendar ........ ween 3,9
Classified ...... 17,18,19
Cookbook ............... 5
Obituaries ............. 17
People ................. 6,7
Perspective ............ 4
School ............... 14,15 |