bo pa een i ET , Sunday, September 30, 2012 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD *Borough neighborhood historic, convenient, vibrant By CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Dallas Post Correspondent According to Durelle Scott, if you drove from Wilkes-Barre through the Back mountain 50 years ago, you didn’t come across much of anything until you ar- rived in Dallas. The monotonous trip passed mostly wooded land, he remembers. But when you got to Dallas, you saw banks, movie houses, grist mills and stores from which Scott, then a young boy, remem- bers buying 5-cent candy. Scott attended the four-grade grammar school on Huntsville Road where Antoinette Mason taught second grade and the school bell chimed in the morning, at lunch and at the end of the day. Then Scott lived in his aunt’s on Huntsville Road. He later bought what he and his wife, Connie, think is the original Nor- ton family farmhouse on Norton Avenue. Another farmhouse is mentioned as the Norton farm- house on the corner of Spring Street and Lehman Avenue in the book “Dallas History” by D.A. Waters. Is the Scott’s house a sec- ond larger farmhouse or the origi- nal one? Scott has only fond memories about the neighborhood, sec- tioned off for lots around 1894 from two large tracts, the Norton and the Machell farms. The area now includes Norton, Lehman and Pine Crest avenues and King and Spring streets, bound on the west by Machell Avenue and on the east by Huntsville Road. Scott remembers angering er Jerry Machell after being ght burrowing in hay in the woarn with his friend. State Senator Lisa Baker, who grew up in the same farmhouse on Norton Avenue, remembers her mother making applesauce, using apples from five different kinds of trees in the back yard. Today, the neighborhood offers much more than apples. Thir- teen-year-old Andy Zeyher likes being within a block of the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auc- tion, the Gate of Heaven Bazaar and the Dallas Fall Harvest Fes- tival. He likes the “big back yard” he plays in but probably doesn’t ize that his yard had been a @ horse and buggy turn-a-round for many years. His 9-year-old sister Katie en- joys having her friend, Alana Eve- land, right next door. The street swings with bikes, balls, carriages, children and young families. The Zeyhers live in a house built in 1917 by Reese «Isaacs, an area homebuilder, for his daughter-in-law, a Norton girl. Isaacs also built the Risley house across from the library, the barn on Lehman Avenue and many of the neighborhood's large turn-of-the century homes to ac- commodate sprawling families. Many of the homes have since been added on to, suggesting the robustness of the area. “It’s always been this way,” adds Mark Chappell, who has lived on the corner of Norton and Huntsville his entire life, now with his two children, Maura and Eli, and his parents, Walter and Mary Chappell. “It’s a good neighborhood, rela- tively quiet with good people,” he says, “and there are always plenty of kids to play with.” Behind Chappell’s house is a small two-story garage which Chappell says originally faced Huntsville Road. It was the first location of The Dallas Post in 1889. Wrapped in history and still vi- brantly alive, the area has one more special feature to offer. It’s close to everything. Twenty three years ago, Nancy and Bob Dingman raised their children on Lower Demunds Road in Dallas, then moved to Wells, Vermont, for 13 years. Tired of the isolation and long car trips, they happily returned to the area, settling on Spring Street, close to the library where Nancy volunteers, and their teers in the bookstore. friends the Gritmans and the Haydens. Their home is within walking distance of one of the “best hard- ware stores anywhere,” says Bob. The Dingmans like to do busi- ness at the local pharmacy and bank in town, knowing they also can hop on a bus to downtown Wilkes-Barre whenever they want. Emma Sweitzer and her friend Alison Francis play after school on Norton Avenue. \ CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Nine years ago, Bob and Nancy Dingman moved back to the center of Dallas on Spring Street in order to be within walking distance of almost everything. Bob thinks the hardware store is one of the best places in town and Nancy walks to the library where she volun- Arguably the original Norton farmhouse on Norton Avenue is draped in afternoon sunlight. PROPERTY TRANSFERS I The following transfers of Back OC “ Mountain properties have been recorded in the Luzerne County ~ Office of Recorder of Deeds for the week of Sept. 17-21, 2012: Donald and Ann Heness to _»; James E. Greiner, Lots 57 & 58, Anderson Plot, Harveys Lake Borough; $70,000 Leo Wallace, Dolores D. Dorak (Estate), Judith Malacarane, Mi- chele and Nicole Zimmerman to “# Kyle Wickenheiser, Lot 17 & p/o \e lots 15 & 16, Applewood Manor, Dallas Township; $160,000 "George E. and Mary Elizabeth Thomas to John E. and Melanie L. Rupert, Dallas Township; $215,100 Robert N. Hackett to Michael A. and Maria C. Tague, 23 West- point Ave., Harveys Lake Bor- ough; $66,000 Greater Wilkes-Barre Associ- ation for the Blind to Diane Kocik (executor), Dale A. Nicholson (co-executor) and Anne W. Ni- cholson (estate), .47 acres, Tract C, Harveys Lake Borough; $500 Fannie Mae (per attorney in fact) and Phelan, Hallinan & Schmieg (attorney in fact) to Ja- son Rushmer, 391 Green Pond Road, Kingston Township; $96,325 Joseph and Sharon L. Beeunas to Carmen III and Suzanne Atta- nasio, 2.5 acres, Ross Township; $30,000 Romanowski Development Co., Inc. to Lakshminarayan Yer- ra and Anuradha Tunuguntla, Lot 12, Slocum Estates, Kingston Township; $480,000 Harry J. II, Mabel A. Sally Anne, Marion H. Jane Helen, Jane H. Harter, Sally Ann and Sal- ly H. Sprankle to Romanowski Development Co., Inc., Kingston Township; $7,500 Frederick J. Rohrbeck (execu- tor), Helene Kretchik (estate) to John J. and Bernice S. Sando, 6 Tamanini Drive, Lot 14, Sunrise Estates, Kingston Township; $205,000 2? Stadium. § ; - The walk is being held in honor and memory of ed. Vigil remembers Corey Ehret, others . Dallas High School's Mini-THON will hold a anyone who has battled cancer. “Candle Light Walk for Cancer in Loving Memory : of Corey Ehret” from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Sept. 30 at the Dallas High School track inside Mountaineer Candles can be pre-ordered by emailing Heath- erc7171@yahoo.com or calling Heather Cave at 690-3500 with a name and number of candles want- Candles will also be sold at the event. ; members to play with the current band on Satur- activities. For more information, contact Potoeski at mpo- toeski@dallassd.com. . day, Oct. 6 during the Mountaineers homecoming DHS alumni band members invited to play ” Michael Potoeski, director of the Dallas High * School Marching Band, invites all alumni band Alumni should arrive at noon to have music handed out and receive information about alumni out a child for the spell, the CUB SCOUTS EXPLORE BOULDER FIELD Cub Scout Pack 155 of Trucksville explored Boulder Field in August and completed a mile- long hike at Hickory Run State Park inCarbon County. The hiking trip was part of a series of outdoor activities the Scouts had to complete to earn the national Summer Activity Award. From left, first row, are Alex Jennings, Matt Cheskiewicz, Brendon Austin, Brandon Fleschut, Ethan Shilanski, Douglas Newbinging, Dennis Dukinas, Austin Sowga. Second row, Carther Thompson, Nicholas Godin, Bryce Voitek, Chris Campbell, Thomas Figora. Third row, Russ Ban- ta, Cubmaster; Jacob Banta, Joseph Sowga, Erik Sowga, Assistant Cubmaster; and Zack Cal- Kins. HAUNTED Continued from Page 1 This worked until just the other day when groundskeepers noticed what appeared to be nightmares had come to life but seemed to be bounded to the woods of Market Street. With- nightmares cannot leave the witch’s ground. The witch was smart. Many years after those three boys had passed away of old age, she sold her cursed land to the town when she heard they needed to build new schools. She could not catch the children so she brought the children to her. Now, every nightmare is there to terrorize the children in the woods behind the ele- mentary school on Market Street. The witch is still lurk- ing, waiting to catch one child at night close to Hollow’s Eve to complete her spell and the nightmares will walk among us for eternity. Do you dare enter the Woods at nightfall close to Hollow’s Eve? Can you outrun a 200- year-old witch? Do you think you can make it through night- mares made especially for you?
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