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= _THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 5,1934.
i :
Of The Week
A summary of this week's
news of ‘international in-
terest, reviewed for Post
readers.
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Neh SHIPS. 2 2
More than 100 ships were hiding off
‘the coast of Southern California this
week. They were preparing, with all
the precautions of actual warfare, for |
three days of mock warfare in which |
dreadnaughts, aircraft carries. light
and heavy cuisers, submarines, des-
troyers, ‘minelayers and supply craft
will play.
BROMINSK)
‘Scores of people through Wyoming
valley sat enthralled beside their ra-
dio sets on New Year's Day listening
' to an announcer at the Rose Bowl in
Los Angeles shout the name of Eddie
PBrominski, Swoyerville boy who was
; playing with Columbia against Stan-
; ford in the annual Rose Bowl game.
_ Brominski, former Wyoming Seminary
star, contributed greatly to Columbia's
7 to 0 victory. ’
CONGRESS
GE ‘Appearing personally before the na-
‘tion's first non-skid, non Lame Duck
Congress, President Roosevelt called
for rigid adherence to recovery mea-
sures, reform of old methods, stringent
measures. for income tax evaders, neg-
_ligent bank officials, conceded that the
‘need revision, reserved
recommendations
|
Ready for its come-back, The Repu-
: ‘blican Party decided to sit calmly
through the first days of Congress, la-
‘ter to stress weaknesses in the Admin-
istration’s Recovery program, suggest
‘methods which. it hopes will be the
basis of a revival in G. O. P. ranks.
“ouT OF RED”
a i Fiorella H. LaGuardia, once consid-
ered a dangerous radical in Congress,
former Socialist, became Mayor of
America’s largest city, third most
important office in the nation, this
week. From New Yorkers he asked
permission to establish a municipal
‘dictatorship as first step in meeting
the $25,000,000 deficit, “modernizing
“the framework” and changing the
city’s police department.
FUNDS
Depositors in the defunct Dime Bank
Title and Trust Co. at Wilkes-Barre
lost their share of the $313,067.23 de-
z trade Ly Stanley M. Yetter,
agent of the State's Internal Revenue
Department a few days before the
- pamk closed but won the right to a
* share of $142,100 of other municipal
EY funds, Judge Mclean ruled this week.
{asked that
Scarlet Fever
Epidemic Over,
Kerr Reports
New Cases But Care
Still Necessary On
Part Of Parents
|No
CONTAGION RECORD
Absence of any mew cases of scar-
let fever in the Harvey's Lake region
this week indicated that the threaten-
ed epidemic had been curbed, but
Elmer Kerr, State Health Officer,
parents and school offi-
cials continue to guard ‘against an-
other outbreak.
The large number of cases during
last month gave 1933 a decided in-
crease over 1932 in scarlet fever
cases, Mr. Kerr's annual report
shows. Generally, there was an en-
couraging decrease in children’s dis-
eases in 1933 in Mr. Kerr's district.
The report for 1933 shows the fol-
lowing record of contagious diseases
in this section: Chicken pox, 15;
measles, 3; German measles, 3; diph-
theria, 10; scarlet fever, 100; whoop-
ing cough, 15; mumps, 17; typhoid fev-
er, 1;polyminitis, 1; observations, 4.
Mr. Kerr also inspected 551 public
eating places and investigated 209
auisances.
In his report, the district health of-
ficer suggests that three or four
school districts in this section co-
operate in hiring a school nurse to
examine children at frequent inter-
vals. Thig is done in a number of
neighboring localities and helps in
preventing diseases among children.
Community Group
Founds Orchestra
Kingston Township Musi-
cians Organize; To Play
January 12.
A Community Orchestra which was
organized recently in Kingston Town-
ship will make its first public appear-
ance on Friday night, January 12, at
St. Stephen's auditorium in Wilkes-
Barre, taking part in the Variety
Night program being sponsored by the
the young people of that church.
The local musicians have been re-
hearsing for tite last few weeks and
although the orchestra is already play-
ing difficult selections well it would
wecome the addition of a flute and a
trombone. . Anyone interested is invit-
ed to communicate with any member
LIQUOR
One by one, Luzerne County's liquor |
and |
‘purchasers shyly sidled in to compare |
stores were opening this week
the bare, efficient-looking stores with
the gaudy, sawdust-floored saloon |
which they succeed. Stores open are |
‘4m Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, Wyoming, !|
Nanticoke, Pittston, Kingston, and,
Hazleton. :
{GAS
© Colorado's new lethal gas chamber
waited impatiently this week as the
time for the ‘execution of Walter Rep-
pin, 18, whte-faced New Jersey youth
passed by. Then another’ chance came
for Reppin to evade his execution
when the court granted a stay. From
Mrs. Rose Regan mother of Reppin’s
victim, came a letter asking death for
the convict “not in a spirit of revenge
but n the name of justice.”
MONKEYS
There will be no more monkey meat
for Cantonese. Until this week a
favorite with Chinese - epicureans,
monkey meat cannot be served- be-
cause of a government order which
says that monkeys “possess many of
he traits of man,. including intelli-
bevce. Therefore, they should be pro-
tected.”
0
In contrast to his pugnacious stand
i former years, Babe Ruth, nearing
0, appoacherd the time of contract r
that
Last
igning this year with a hope
the Colonel will be reasonable’.
par Colonel Ruppert acceded to
uth’'s demands, paid $52,000 for 132
Lbmes, many of them stumbling, halt-
¢' games in which younger men were
bod in to replace the Babe. In 1930
1931 he received $80,000, This
, ‘he intimated, he will be satisfied
$40,000.
AZE
paze, starring John 3arrymore,
lhe best film of 1933, the National
of Review of Motios Picture de-
this week. Other favored films
,Berkeley ‘Square, Calvacade,
bryomen, Mama oves Papa, The
She Done Him Wrong, State
(hree Cornered Moon and Z00
“past.
{of the orchestra,
following
Ro-
Doris
treas-
Betty
At a recent meeting the
officers were elected: President,
bert Appleton; vice-president,
(Leek: secretary, Earl Newhart;
furer, Philip Carle; librarian,
i Williams.
‘orchestra are: Al-
director; Earl
director; Wilbur
Janet Down-
Members of the
fred Milliner-Camp,
Newhart, assistant
Gemmell, Robet Montz,
er, Bertha Riley,
thony, Robert
‘Woolbert, Doris Leek,
Phillip Carle, Sara Wagner, Betty
Williams, John Stencil, Walter Sten-
cil, Robert Appleton, Ralph Walp, Ray
Chappel, William Parry, Francis Bil-
bou, Luther Hontz, George Riemiller,
Palmer Lewis.
Bachmann, Warren
Carl Woolbert,
Other persons from this section who
will appear at the St. Stephen's
Church Variety Night are
Sisters of Shavertown; the Jug Quar-
tet of Shavertown; South Mountain
Lumber Jacks of Noxen: Sonny Pur-
cell of Shavertown. A group of local
persons will present a play, “Not such
a Goose.”
ASKS KILL DATA
-
Ernest E. Harwood, - executive sec-
retary of the Game Commission ask-
ed the co-operation of every hunter
to secure a prompt return of reports
of game killed. Send in reports before
February 1, Mr. Harwood urged to
facilitate our checking the kill. The
information is used to determine the
amount of like game to be restocked
next winter.
ACCIDENT RATES
One out of every 23 motor vehicle
accidents during the first eleven
months of 1933 resulted in a fatality,
the Bureau of Highway Patrol and
Safety reports. During the previous
year, the ratio of fatal injuries to the
total number of accidents was one to
21.
LOR CLUB LEADS FIGHT FOR
PHORT-CUT TO LOCAL HIGHWAY
formation on the cost of
of the proposed connect-
h Kingston to Luzerne
eliminate the Luzerne
the road between Dallas
is being gathered by
one, secretary of Wyo-
jotor Club, preparatory
ce which will be held
amissioners.
b representatives from
with the commis- |
ed to meet at a later |
fee of five persons to
5f the project. Mem-
tee, announced this
instone, A. J. Sor-
pal
{it can find some way
{cost and provide economies
make
favorably
|doni, Laning Harvey, Arthur Stull, W.
H. Conyngham.
Lawrence Coughlin, solicitor for the
County Commissioners, has suggested
that definite information be presented
to the commissioners, together with an
explanation of possibilities of securng
Federal aid in construction of the
highway. When the cost was ‘esti-
mated several years ago it was $250,
000, an amount which the commis- |
sioners will not authorize now. {
It is the hope of the motor club that |
to reduce the |
which will |
county commissioners
disposed toward the plan,
the
Earl Crop, Betty An-!
will
the Laycock |
CANDIDATE
re ee.
David A. Reed. senlor United
States Senator from Pennsylvania,
whose fight against inflation has
made him the leader of the sound
money forces in the Senate. It is
generally anticipated that Senator
Reed will be a candidate for re-
electjon. In his 1928 campaign he
received the highest plurality ever
given a candidate for the United
States Senate.
Club Postpones
Meeting A Week
Women’s Club To Assemble
On Wednesday, January
Seventeenth
Because their regular meeting
conflicts with the dates set for the pro-
duction of Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany next Wednesday, Dallas Women's
Club this week graciously postponed
its meeting a week so members will be
able to attend the firemen’s show.
The meeting will be held on Wed-
nesday, January 17, in the high school
auditorium. There will be games and
refreshments will be served. Ft is
urged that all members who have not
reported on their tickets for the
Christmas dance report at the meet-
ing.
The Yuletide Dance, held last Fri-
day might in the borough high school,
was an enthusiastic success. Despite
extremely cold weather, more than 200
persons attended. The next outstand-
ing social event to be sponsored by
the club will be its Easter dance.
Prominent Local Folk Have
Parts In Firemen’s Commdyrn
Noxen Defeats
Dallas Quintet
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| Lehman And Trucksvill
Also Victorious In Rural
League Games.
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{ Noxen basketball team
| Dallas Borough, 40 to 36,
| League game on Thursday night. In
Tuesday night games Lehman de-
ithe
feated Laketon, 27 to 17; Orange bow-
29, and Noxen
ea
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defeated
ed to Trucksville, 34 to
was victorious over Shavertown, 61 to
35.
Dallas
scoring
Templia was high scorer for
in its match against- Noxen,
half of the thirty-six points.
By defeating Laketon .on Tuesday
night, L.ehman took undisputed claim
to first place in the league and Orange
because of its defeat.at the hands of
Trucksville, dropped into second placg.
The schedule of games for the next
{three weeks is announced as follows
so managers may make arrangements
with the school districts in which they
are to play:
Next week:
Shavertown at Orange, Ball. Lake-
ton at Noxen, Austin. Noxen at Dal-
las, Nelson. Trucksville at Shaver-
town, Wood. Trucksville at Lehman,
Williams. Lehman at Laketon, Wil-
liams. Dallas at Orange, Ball.
Sixth Week: Shavertown at Leh-
man, Wood. Lehman at Trucksville,
Ball. Orange at Dallas, Williams.
Dallas at Laketon, Austin. Trucks-
vile at Noxen, Wood. Noxen at
Orange, Ball.
_ week: Shavertown at
Trucksville, Williams. Lehman, at
Shavertown, Williams. Laketon at
Dallas, Nelson. Orange at Laketon,
Austin. Trucksville at Dallas, Wil-
liams.
Seventh
Managers are requested to commu-
nicate with each other so that the
schedule can be carried out in full
This is necessary so that it will not
conflict with the next playoff of
games.
A meeting of all managers will
held at the Dallas Hose House
‘Monday night of next week.
| requested to be present.
Federal And State Governments
Would Help Solve Sewage Problem
It is highly improbable that the Bz
opportunity to construct a sanitary
money as would be needed now,
Communities in this section can receive outright gifts from the govern- | Mrs.
sewage disposal
Mountain Region will ever have an |
system. for as little
1ck
in the Rural |
be |
on |
All are |
100 In Cast Of Show To
Be Given Next Week
In High School.
“HEADS UP”
eee
The large cast which
part in the community
jcomedy, “Heads Up”, to be sponsored
| by Henry M. Laing Fire Co. next
| Wednesday and Thursday evening in
Dallas Borough High ‘School Audi-
torium’ was. organized early this
week and is busily engaged in re-
hearsing for what will be one of the
outstanding entertainment successes
ever presented in this section.
The production, the locale of which
is. the college town of Seven Foun-
tains, Virginia, is replete with amus-
{ing sitwations rising from the mayor-
alty campaign of Jack Barron, a
Northern boy, portrayed by John R.
Lee, who must run for office as part
of his initiation into the “I Wanna
Tappa Keg” fraternity. {His romance
with Patricia Maxwell, played by Miss
Margaret ~ Thomas, provides addition-
al interest to the exciting plot.
The candidacy becomes serious
when the students set out to frus-
trate corrupt politicians who attempt
to “railroad” their own man into
office. Another problem develops in
the move to save the old Maxwell
House, owned by Colonel Maxwell,
Patricia's father, a typical old South-
ern gentleman, played by Livds
Lapp.
The mirth-provoking nature of the
theatrical slant on college professors
is made delightfully extravagant by
the skillful interpretation of the
group headed by Ralph Rood as
“Prexy” or Professor Hull, president
of Wexford Hall, His faculty has as
members James Oliver as Professor
Riffkenhaker, History; Ralph Brickel
as Professor Dingleboop, biology;
Harold Wagner as Professor DePen-
nies, romance languages; G. A. A.
Kuehn as Professor Snicklefritz,
German; John Isaacs as Professor
Syn-Tax, English; Capt.: CF Ny
Booth as Professor Bicepulus, phy-
sical culture; Peter D. Clark as Pro-
fessor Livelong, chemistry; A. E.
Lewis as Professor X of Mathema-
tics; Henry J. Disque, Professor
Dink, Latin; Earl H. Monk as Pro-
fessor U-Too; George B. Kirkendall
as Professor Good Guy: Maurice J.
|Girton as Professor Goocdturn; Alex-
ander Johnston, Professor Scottie;
[Calvin McHose, Professor Energy.
Lending additional support in the
{election of Jack Barron for Mayor!
tare the civic leaguers. These women,
will take!
collegiate
Hewitt Resigns
As Director 0
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to discharge a salaried employ
Jackson Township School Dist
John M. Hewitt, president of the |
resigned at the meeting on T
night.
Directors met on Wednesday
and elected George Bulford to th :
eancy, naming Harry Van. Orden, a,
new member, as president and
Split, another new member, as s
tary to replace Dana Rice, who
released on Tuesday night by a
tion which Mr. Hewitt rehned to
Rice was out of order since Rice
elected in July, 1930, to serve a
mal charges against him.
“There were no charges preferred
against the employee on which 2
could be discharged under the pro
vision of the school code” declared Mr.
Hewitt. “As it looked like playing
itics and because the board appear
to have political ends rather than th
public’s best welfare in mind, I hey
decided to resign.”
William Habblett, member of the
board, commented that Mr. Hewitt de-
term had expired. Rice, said Mr. Hab-
blet, was defeated in the general elec-
custom as practiced in other school
districts, should lose his place in the
reorganization.
Mr. Hewitt is also sresident of the
Taxpayers’ Association. He gave no
definite indication of action agains
the board but he pointed out that his
resignation was not the first, Lansford
Norris having resigned several years.
ago.
off if the State would take over th
ministration” Mr. Hewitt
“It would eliminate these
messes and prevent lots of grief, e
mity and jealousy for the public,
teachers and students. It’s a crime
when a man or woman takes wa job, -
does his very best at it and is then
remarked,
| comprising the elite of the Southern
‘college town and who are “simply
[thrilled to have a good-looking young
man running for mayor’, crash “the |
oat headquarters”, under the,
leadership of Lettie Lee as Mrs. C.
[Worthington Jones. Other members
jof the league are: :
| Mrs. G. A. A. Kuehn, Mr. Harold
| Titman, Mrs. George K. Swartz, Mrs.
{Sarah Schmerer, Mrs. C. N. Booth,
John A. Girvan, Mrs. -F. P.
ment to cover approximately one-third of the cost and can borrow the remain- | Kunkle, Mrs. George Hofmeister, Mrs.
der at a low rate of interest for a long
Failure to accept the
mean that eventually Back
Mountain municipalities will be for-
ced by conditions to provide sanitary
sewage disposal plants at tremen-
dous costs to the taxpayers.
A year ago The Dallas Post sug-
gested four steps which might be
taken by civic groups preparatory to
taking advantage of the emergency
relief offers.
At that time district officers of the
State Health Department were inter-
ested in the project and volunteered
any assistance in conferring with
local officials on plans. Those officers,
who fare thoroughly experienced in
solving the problems of communities
desiring more sanitary methods of
sewage disposal, are ready to co-
operate at any time with a local com-
mittee.
A number of suggestions for im-
proving the conditions of sewage dis-
" Iposal here have been made. Since the
greatest criticism results from the
failure of Toby's Creek to. carry off
the waste, it has ‘been suggested a
number of times that, for temporary
relief from the unsanitary and un-
sightly conditions, steps be taken to
prohibit the drainage of waste into
the creek.
The most permanent improvement
suggested was the construction of a
sewage line which would follow the
bed of Toby's Creek and pass
through Dallas Borough, Fernbrook,
Trucksville and Shavertown to ILu-
zerne and empty into the Susque-
hanna River. Communities along the
line would have separate sanitary
systems emptying into the big pipe
and would share in the cost of its
construction.
Another suggestion which has been
discussed involves the construction
of a sewage disposal plant in this
section large enough to care for the
needs of all Back Mountain commu-
nities.
Whatever plan is favored, the State
Department of Health, through its
local representatives, is desirous of
cooperating and local groups inter-
ested in the project may secure in-
formation on sewage disposal or on
the experiences of other communities
more |
from the Department.
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Township Quintet
Will Meet Alumni
Tilt Preliminary To Start
Of Scholastic Circuit
Next Week.
“SPORT SHAFTS”
Kingston township will get a jump
on its Conference opponents in meet-
ing the strong alumni basketball team
of that school, tonight at the high
school gymnasium. Coach Hicks, hav-
ing last year's. hearty title contender
team back practically intact, feels con-
fidient of the outcome.
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It is no secret that Coach Hicks is
casting longing eyes in the Conference
title cup and the consensus of opinion
is that his squad shouldn't have much
difficulty in copping it. That doesn’t
mean that Kingston Townshp will win
in a walkaway because the basket-
ball teams of Lehman, Laketon rand
passibly Beaumont will have some-
thing to say about the title, and ’tis
said that these teams will have plea-
ty to argue with by way of basketball
material.
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Dallas borough, Dallas township and
Noxen are the darkhorses of the Con-
ference this year. In fact, it might be
said of Noxen that it has the “X”
basketball team. \No one knows what
to expect from them; they, in turn,
probably don’t know what to expect
from the other teams of the Con-
ference.
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Dallas township at this time doesn’t
definitely know* whether it will, or
whether it will not have a basketbali
team this year. This column sincerely
hopes that the township high school
{ will finally put a basketball team on
tthe court this season.
I ® *
Now that the R ural Le gue teams
are on the move, and there is action
almost every night, it might be a good
thing for the officers of the circuit to
begin thinking about the problem that
{was presented to this writer by a fol-
{lower of the league.
| “There are few teams,” he said,
{“that really shouldn't be in the league.
{In the league you will find a couple of
;outfits that haven’t a chance of win-
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Leonard O’Kane, Mrs. J. C. Fleming,
Mrs. Frederick Hughey.
Their eccentricities both of dress
and manner amuse the fraternity
men of “I Wanna Tappa Keg” no less
than they will amuse those in the
audience next week. 3
The cast of characters includes a
number of other important roles,
Malcolm E. Thomson as the billion-
aire button buyer from Buffalo;
Theodore Dix as a Chicago confi-
dence man; John Yaple as president
of the fraternity; Leonard O'Kane as
the colored bell boy; Loretta Cooke,
dean of women; James Gansel,
1henchman of the gangster; Joseph
Jewel and Robert Marshall, gang-
sters; Arthur Franklin and Leslie
Warhola, as detectives; George Gould,
as “Dizzy”, their ‘“clue’, John E. Ro-
berts as asylum guard; Ralph
Rood as Dr. Hull president of Wex-
fird Hall,
Senior
Durbin,
Sorority 'girls will be Mary
Gertrude Wilson, Edna Mec-
|Carty, Marie Woolbert, Dorothy Bei-
sel, Marion ILee, Mary Stahlman,
Ethel Oberst, Celeste Machell, Mar-
garet Czuleger, “Peach” Thompson,
Hortense Shaver, ”
Sophomore Sorority
Oliver, Lois Gregory,
Campen, Helen Jeter,
ler, Alberta Himmler,
Davis, Ethel Maltman, Christine
Ruggles, Peggy Shindel, Ruth Kintz,
Thelma Ide, Mary Jeter, Verna Shep-
pleman, Millicent Rustine, Eleanor
Murphy, Betty Cooke, Martha Russ,
Alberta Hofmeister, Elsie Garinger,
Helen Weer, Marie Ryman, Beulah
Brace, Anna Mahler, Helen Girvan,
Catherine Girvan, Dorothy Spencer,
Lillian Spencer, Anastasia Kozem-
{Continued On Page 4)
girls: Madge
Roberta Van
Helen Himm-
Catherine
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{fired because of political motives.”
Local Men Called
For Jury Service
| Three Panels Chosen For
Criminal Court Late
This Month
A number of persons from this sec-
tion were selected for jury
when the three panels for the January
term of Criminal Court which begins
-|Monday, January 29, were drawn this
week.
The jurors drawn for service are:
Week of January 29
Kingston Township — Harold N.
Rust, assistant cashier.
Dallas Township—a.
manufacturer,
Dallas Borough—Clyde LaBar, pain-
ter; George Rust, architect.
Lake Township—W. S. York,
ter.
[82 Devens,
minis-
nea
r
Week of February 5.
Dallas Borough—M. B. Coolbaugh,
retired; Harris Harris, carpenter.
Dallas Township—William Meeker,
laborer. 1
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Jackson Township—George Kosten- |
bauder, Clifford
farmer,
laborer; W. Spacs; §
Week of February 12 °
Kingston Township — Clarence
Adams, inspector; H. W.
mer; Robert Taylor, clerk;
Thomas, manager. +
Dallas—Harvey Ahlborn,
John Yaple, carpenter.
2850 LEASES
Danks, Far
Willian
securities |
Two thousand eight hundred and |
fifty permaqaent camp sites are nowy
under lease in the Pensylvania State’
Forests, according to the Department
of Forest and Waters, A total of 21
new leases were granted during 1933.
Wesley Himmler and Peter Clark, |
who were elected to Dallas Borough |
Council in November, will assume
their offices next Monday night at the
meeting of the borough council. Or-
dinarily held on the first Monday of
the year, reorganization of the borough
council was postponed this week be-
cause the meeting date fell on the
holiday. |
The borough council met on Tues-
day night for a brief session to trans-
act routine business. A report from
the solicitor regarding the filing of
ed, Four hundred and three
the cost
along -the road to Fernbrook may r
|hibit the project.
| sought by
TWO NEW COUNCILMEN WILL
ASSUME DUTIES NEXT WEEK
were filed for 1930 taxes, and 222-o1f
the 1931 duplicate.
The liens for 1931 taxes were filed
Charging that politics, rather tli
public welfare, motivated the m A
\
“We would all be a whole lot better or
whole educational program and its ad-
De
service
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sired Rice to be retained after his |
_ political
only in cases where 1930 taxes had not 7]
been paid. Cost of filing the liens was
$1,154.25, which will be repaid to the
borough as the liens are satisfied.
The secretary was authorized to pur;
chase necessary stationery.
The Safety Committee reported that
of constructing sidswally
The sidewal
citizens who must
along that highway frequently at ri%
liens for delinquent taxes was receiv- |4of life because they are compelled:
liens walk in the lane of automobile trafy
tion by Van Orden and, according to 3
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