Vol. 118 No. 41 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 October 14 - 20, 2007 ®* The DALLAS POST. SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS AND LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Six-year-old Stephanie Chaga, Lehman, is delighted to try on this hat at St. Paul's Lutheran Church flea market. Jone man’s Rummage sale shoppers come away with treasures By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com ane Swire of Harveys Lake went to the Alderson United Methodist Church’s rummage sale to get out of the house. She ended up leaving with a Snoopy dog stuffed animal for a friend who collects them and three mystery books. As she enjoys rummage sales, Swires goes to those nearby her home when she is available. “You see such unusual things and they have such good prices on things,” she said. But the best thing Swire finds at the sales, she says, are friends. The rummage sale at the Alderson Unit- ed Methodist Church in Harveys Lake ran Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6. An- other sale at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Dallas was held on the same days. Donated clothes, collectibles, books, toys and trin- kets were for sale at the two locations to benefit the separate churches. Sandra Serhan was leaving the Alderson sale with several items that cost her a whopping $10. “It is so much fun and you meet your neighbors,” Serhan said. The Harveys Lake woman found a fireplace screen, a copper tea kettle, a sugar bowl, and a pitch- er made of Depression glass that matches dinnerware she already has. Dan and Lynn Chorba, Dallas, have been going to the Alderson rummage sales for over Six years. junk .. Dan and Lynn Chor- ba, Dallas, pick through a jewelry case at the Al- derson Methodist Church rummage sale. “We come here every time they have one and we always do well,” Lynn said. The best thing she has ever found at a rummage sale- a pin with two hearts bear- ing one pink and one ruby stone which she wears all the time to represent the love she and her husband have felt for the 50 years they have been married. The Chorbas left this year’s Alderson sale with candlesticks. See TREASURES, Page 8 These school kids are made or walking By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com “Dente’s Daring Dashers” weren't learn- ing alliteration. Instead, the first-grade class took part in a hands on - or feet on - lesson about the benefits and necessity of walking and exercise. Students at Wycallis Elementary and Dallas Elementary schools walked the “Mountaineer Mile” Fitness Trail behind the schools on Wednesday, October 3. Along with their teachers, they were partic- ipating in Pennsylvania’s Third Annual Walk to/at School Day. Walk to/at School Day is organized by Penn State College of Medicine and the Pennsylvania Advocates for Nutrition and Activity (PANA). Wyecallis students walked at school because their school is in a rural location and almost all of them ride a bus to and from school. Walk to/at School Day is held the first Wednesday in October in con- junction with International Walk to School Day. “Daily physical activity is crucial to liv- ing healthy, energy-balanced lives, and @ to/at School Day is a simple yet con- "crete way that Wycallis and Dallas Elemen- tary Schools can demonstrate its commit- al \( \ ey s 7 4 b 8 Pe SN EY Walkers wd Gruden Arve Reolly Creal CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Hailey Chamberlain leads Mrs Bonnie Palmetier’s first-graders on a mile long walk in observance of national “Walk at/to School Day" at Wycallis Elementary School. ment to an active student body and local community,” said Karen Arnaud, a health and physical education teacher at Wycallis Elementary School where students partici- pated in the event for the second consec- utive year. First and second graders from Wyecallis took to the trail around noon. Students from each class created a sign to carry while they walked in support of the day, in- cluding “McCue’s Marvelous Movers,” “Dente’s Daring Dashers” and “Egan’s Ea- ger Exercisers.” Sign holders got to wear an oversized yellow walk t-shirt. “We're walking to be healthy and we want to get big and strong,” said first-grad- er Steena Schappert. “Sometimes people don’t eat that much healthy stuff.” Second-graders Malik Kaleta and Ian Backus said walking is important so they can get strong bones. “It gives you energy,” second-grader Au- drey Aristeo, said, pointing out that she would rather run, but sometimes gets into trouble when he does. Arnaud stresses the importance of exer- cise to her students. Walk to/at School Day reinforces that exercise should take place every day and she hopes the children will take the message home to their parents as See WALKING, Page 8 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Seated behind a portrait of her great-grandfather Benjamin Carver, a founder of Carverton, is Katherine Lamme Stevens. Stevens’ daughter, Robin Evans, and her grandsons Mark and Tyler Evans, Trucksville, are also pictured. This Dallas High senior is a walking piece of history By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Dallas High School senior Mark Evans Jr. may look like an ordinary young man but, when it comes to Back Mountain history, he’s anything but ordinary. Evans, 18, is a direct descend- ant of Samuel Carver, one of the founding forefathers of Kingston Township. “I probably will appreciate it more when I’m older,” he said. In 1796, Reverend Jonathon Carver Jr. and his wife moved to Kingston Township from Kent, Connecticut. The couple had 10 children. Carver purchased land and his son, Samuel Carver, would later buy land nearby. The area of Kingston Township where Samuel Carver lived, or Carver- ton, was named for him. According to the Michael Shoe- maker Book by Williams T. Blair, Samuel Carver was a preacher and carpenter. He preached out of his home and the Forty Fort Meet- ing House which, this year, cele- brates its 200th anniversary. Sa- muel Carver donated land so the Carverton United Methodist Church could be built and a ceme- tery across from the church, where it is believed Reverend Jo- nathon Carver Jr. and other fam- ily member lie, is also on Carver land. Samuel Carver and his wife are said to be buried in the Forty Fort Cemetery at the point near- est to the pulpit in the church. Samuel Carver and his wife had two children. Their son, Issac, married Lydia Brace (daughter of Joseph Brace) and daughter, Jane, married Hiram Swetland. Issac Carver bought a farm and moved to Tunkhannock Town- ship and, from there, the Carver offspring in the line of Mark Evans Jr. stayed in Wyoming County. The line continues as such: Issac Carver, Benjamin Carver, Nellie Carver, Jessie Carv- er Garman, Katharine Lamme, Robin Evans, Mark Evans Jr. and his 12-year-old brother, Tyler. Katharine Lamme, Evans Jr.’s grandmother, still lives in Tunk- hannock and has Benjamin Carv- er’s golden chestnut wooden desk in her house. “It just makes me feel a part of the whole area,” Lamme said of her Carver ancestry. Lamme is a member of the Daughters of the Revolution and the Wyoming County Historical Society. Robin Evans, mother of Mark Jr. and Tyler, moved back to King- ston Township from Tunkhan- nock where she was raised. She has a drop-leaf table from Benja- min Carver in her living room and first took an interest in her deep family history after her sister di- vulged into it. The four founding fathers of Kingston Township are Jacob Rice, William Trucks, Phillip Shaver and Samuel Carver. The men’s names are listed on a plaque inside of the Kingston Township Municipal Building. Evans Jr. is in a sociology class with Rosemary Shaver at Dallas High School. Shaver is a direct de- scendant of Phillip Shaver. Robin Evans thinks it is uncanny that two descendants of the four founding fathers of Kingston Township are both seniors at Dal- las and are in the same class. V¥ Inside The Post 12 Pages, 1 Section CBIBNUBL .......cciiceirsensisinsessvssisssisinisstastaitsbossseisssrmsssvasaskessssnsissisnissiinsiins 2 CIILITCHY coer oven issesavinssszersionavonssiosbuvsostesammnponinsss sussassasonsssnssssansasianssideitaie 5 Obituaries... “D School “lr SPOTS sisi ities ussissdiiussivatvontirsnsaisstsosnsssssussnsssanassasbvtaissinrsbsnsssniitns 9,10, 1 v How To Reach Us News: 970-7440 news@mydallaspost.com 15 N. 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