This Week in Local History: Horses, dogs made news in Dalton

1967 — Members of a local Rotary club toured the Hickory Hill Farm in Dalton.

“When the Clarks Summit Rotary Club visited Bert Linder’s thoroughbred horse farm last Thursday, they saw the seven yearling colts raised this year in their best condition,” read the Journal’s front page.

“The colts are a week away from being sold for the annual racing horse auction in Saratoga and Hickory Hill Farm, one name of the Linder Dalton operation, had the racing horses-to-be in the best possible physical condition.

“Alex Fowble, the farm manager who has been around horses 40 years, explained the steps and requirements that led to the final step of the year’s business, the selling of the yearlings.”

1977 — The Lackawanna Kennel Club held its 48th Annual All Breed Dog Show and Obedience Trial in 1977 in Dalton.

Blu-Gras Moses O Ceder Creek, owned by Robert L. Sweimler of Clarks Summit, was one of the local entries in the conformation division of the Lackawanna Kennel Club dog show in 1977 in Dalton.

https://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_ABJ-LH-0802-1977.jpgBlu-Gras Moses O Ceder Creek, owned by Robert L. Sweimler of Clarks Summit, was one of the local entries in the conformation division of the Lackawanna Kennel Club dog show in 1977 in Dalton. Abington Journal file photos

The Clarks Summit Rotary Club visited Hickory Hill Farm in Dalton in 1967.

https://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/web1_ABJ-LH-0802-1967.jpgThe Clarks Summit Rotary Club visited Hickory Hill Farm in Dalton in 1967. Abington Journal file photos