0. The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 28, 1993 * 3 Dallas High class of '63 relives 30 year old memories By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff It was 1963, the year that the second class graduated from the brand-new Dallas High School. Rock ‘n Roll and young Elvis Presley were in. Kids danced the Twist, the Pony, the Stroll and the Jitterbug. “Teen Angel,” a melancholy song about a beautiful young girl who dies, was the top song. Twenty-one members of the Class of '63 gathered Saturday, July 24, at Howard Johnson's in Wilkes-Barre for their 30th reun- ion, to share many inside jokes and fond reminiscences of their school days, as “In the Still of the Night", “La Bamba” and early Beatles music played in the back- ground. Chevy Impalas, T-Birds, the new Corvette and 1955 Fords were really hot cars in those days, according to Rick Farr and Gary Whitesell. Kids hung out at Hanson's Amusement Park at Harvey's Lake or made the long drive to the Stardust Ballroom in Wilkes-Barre “and Sans Souci Park in Hanover Township. Route 309 as we know it hadn't even been built yet. The two-lane -road wound its way through the rural Back Mountain, past the old Forty Fort Dairy Bar, Harter’s Dairy, long-gone little stores and gas stations in Shavertown and Trucksville and the railroad trestle at Carverton Road. The “rock cuts” wouldn't be blasted through the mountain for several months. Dallas's football, baseball, basketball and wrestling teams - were “super” in 1963, with all but the baseball team winning cham- pionships. “Mini-skirts had just come in, "but we weren't allowed to wear them,” Ruth Stanulis reminisced, describing the favorite girls’ ward- robe of orlon cardigans worn backwards, so that they buttoned up the back instead of the front (gosh, they were ugly!”), re- moveable frilly white collars and below-the-knee straight skirts with kick pleats in back. Boys wore black chino pants with metal buckles sewed on the back, cotton shirts with button- down collars, white socks and penny loafers. Wearing their belts so that the buckles were on the left was mandatory. The more daring guys wore white T-shirts with a pack of Marlboros rolled up in the left sleeve and combed their hair to look like Elvis. Long hair was strictly forbidden. The absolute worst thing that a kid could do was get caught smoking in the boys’ room. “One of our English teachers, Chester Molley, liked to fling the boys’ room door open and shout, ‘Anyone smoking in there?’ as clouds of blue smoke would roll out,” Rick Farr laughed. “We'd all say ‘no’ and he'd close the door and walk away.” Principal Frank Trimble, whom the students nicknamed “the Bull” because he looked like one, was an intimidating presence in the high school. “I used to hate to get called into his office,” Farr said. Trimble didn't yell. Very qui- etly, he would tell offenders what they had done, that they shouldn't have done it and that it was very serious. Then he'd goback to working at his desk, occasionally looking up at the increasingly uncomfortable student still sitting in front of him, shake his head, say “tsk, tsk, tsk” and go back to work. “Iwish that he would have yelled instead. That would have been easier to take,” Farr chuckled. Now that the statute of limita- tions has run out, Farr revealed a secret prank that his classmates loved to play in the new high school, with its long, straight POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE “WHERE ARE THEY NOW? — Ruth Stanulis and Rick and Susie Farr leaf through their senior yearbook, reminiscing about their “classmates. Kemmerer earns PhD from Fordham U Kathleen M. Kemmerer was . awarded the degree of Doctor of *. Philosophy from Fordham Uni- + versity Graduate School of Arts « and Sciences during the 148th . Annual Commencement held May 22 at the Rose Hill Campus, Bronx, NY. Dr. Kemmerer, who attended . Fordham on a Presidential Schol- . arship, specialized in 18th-cen- * tury British literature, writing her dissertation about Samuel . Johnson, a famous literary figure - of the period. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in 19th century British literature from the University of Scranton and a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in English from Col- lege Misericordia. 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Paul Sherman, 49, and Jon Shaffer, 47, received certificates for being the oldest and youngest class members present. Ralph Wall, 48-1/2, was the “almost- oldest.” Larry and Ruth Piatt have the most children (five) and grand- children (four). Master of ceremonies Gary Smith'sluxuriant, wavy steel-gray hair and thick mustache won him the award for class member with the most undyed gray hair. And Margie Goldworthy trav- eled the longest distance to the reunion, all the way from Austra- lia. Reunion planning committee members were Ellen Chopyak, Dorothy Ladamus, Rick and Susie Farr, Gary and Sandy Whitesell, John Molski, Gary Smith and Linda Smith. KATHLEEN M. KEMMERER J POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE Sieber Menapace; back row from left: Paul Sherman, Ruth Piatt, Andy Germick, Larry Piatt, Willard Bullock, Ken Kennington, Gary pm Ralph Wall, John Molski, Gary Whitesell, Bob Ashman and ick Farr. POST PHOTO/GRACE R. 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