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AUCTION ’86
He wants to
involve the
children
William Runner, chairman of the Chil-
dren’s Auction, at this year’s Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library’s annual auction,
is hoping to make it so interesting for the
children that they will want to keep
coming back. Runner recognizes the
importance of bringing new blood into the
auction each year. :
He is chairman of the event this year,
which will be held Saturday morning,
July 12, because his wife volunteered his
service. She is a member of the library
board.
Although Runner has not been too
involved for the past few years, in the
past he has been, having worked on the
buildings on the former site, and putting
up the book booth for three or four years.
One year, he and his younger son put
on clown suits and went up to the auction
and this proved to be a big hit with the
younger set.
Runner didn’t like the silent bidding
system used the last year or so for the
youngsters. He didn’t believe it was
interesting enough for the children. He
wants the children to get back into the
bidding and have some fun.
“If they enjoy the auction now, it will
bring them back in the future,” .said
Runner. He plans to set a time limit on
the bidding by the youngsters and use
spotters for those bidders who are not
seen from the block.
A member of Irem’s Shrine Clown
Unit, Runner and Jim Eason, also a
member, plan to come to the auction
WILLIAM RUNNER
block as clowns. The chairman believes
this will amuse the children and hold
their interest. He also plans to have his
son, Greg, help on Saturday morning.
David Jenkins, also in the clown unit, has
agreed to play his role as a clown for the
amusement of the young people.
Runner, who is vice president for First
Eastern Bank, stated that he has not seen
all of the items to be sold over the block
at Saturday’s Children’s Auction but he
knows that there are some really terrific
items.
There are all kinds of stuffed animals,
variety of games, Western hats, every
kind of doll one can think of, and toys,
toys and more toys. Among the items are
some of the most popular currently, such
as Garfield, Strawberry Shortcake,
robots, transformers, and many others.
The Children’s Auction will be held
Saturday morning, July 12, until noon.
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
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PAGE SEVEN
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
“We must have thousands of them,”
said Mrs. Florence Crump, who has been
chairman of the Back Mountain Memo-
rial Library book booth for more years
than she can remember. She does know
that she was chairman of the first book
booth and has remained in that position
since.
A summer resident of the Back Moun-
tain since 1907, Mrs. Crump was the
former Florence Tremayne. Her father
was in the food business, a name which is
still known to many of today’s residents
for the Tremayne food stores located in
Wyoming Valley.
The Tremayne family came to the
Back Mountain area because of Mrs.
Tremayne’s health and was going to stay
for only two or three months. Florence's
father built a small cottage on theland
where today stands St. Therese’s Catholic
Church. It was a small cottage because
Mrs. Tremayne told her husband she
knew she would stay only two or three
months and then go back to the city.
Within two or three weeks, the entire
family loved the area so much, they
came back every year until 1927 when the
family moved into the house year-round
where Florence Crump now lives on
Yeager Avenue, Shavertown.
Mrs. Dana Crump became active in the
Back Mountain Memorial Library Auc-
tion from the first year it started, as
chairman of the booth where pocket-
books, toys, lace and yarn could be
purchased. A short time later when it
was decided to have a book booth, she
became chairman.
She and her committee take donations
of all kinds of books — hardcovers,
paperbacks, comic books — any book at
all, even magazines.
‘““People come looking for comic
books,” said Mrs. Crump. “Certain ones,
that is.”
Working with Mrs. Crump this year as
co-chairmen are Priscilla Reese Liput
and Mrs. Kenneth P. (Benny) Matchett.
Priscilla is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Reese of Dallas. Tom is the
Dallas Borough tax collector. Mrs.
Crump remembers teaching Priscilla and
her sister in the library reading room
when they were young children and came
to the reading hour.
This iis the second year that Priscilla
has served as co-chairman.
Mrs. Matchett is Mrs. Crump’s next
door neighbor on Yeager Avenue and also
a great lover of books.
“We always have a good year at the
book booth,” said Mrs. Crump. “Most
people love books and they crowd around
the booth browsing through them. They
usually buy a number of them, few buy .
only one. We sell all magazines at 10
cents each.”
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