PAGE SIX
Private Flying
Increases, Death |
Rate Declines
Although private flying in this
State increased more than 100 per
cent in 1947, the number of deaths
from airplane accidents was pro-
portionately 26 per cent less than
in 1946.
This is shown in the Pennsylvania
Aeronautics Commission's ‘Annual
Report of Aeronautical Violations
and Accidents for 1947.”
Last year, 240 aircraft accidents
"were investigated, 99 of which re-
sulted in 57 deaths, 44 serious in-
juries, and 46 minor injuries.
Thirty-six aircraft accidents were
fatal accidents.
There were 48 aircraft accidents
directly attributal to low and
reckless flying, resulting in 22
deaths, 13 serious injuries, and 16
minor injuries. Fifteen low and
reckless accidents were fatal.
Fatal aircraft accidents were re-
duced 17.87% over 1946, the total
death rate from aircraft accidents
was reduced 25.55%, and deaths
from low and reckless flying were
reduced 8.61%, in spite of the fact
that based on issuance of airman
certificates within the state, flying
activities increased more than 100
per cent. :
Altogether, 189 violations were
committed by 148 violators, 96 of
whom pleaded guilty as charged,
nine were adjudged guilty, four
were adjudged not guilty, 33 were
given warnings, and six who re-
sided outside the state, were refer-
red to C.A.A. for action. One sum-
mary conviction was appealed to
Court where the Court sustained
the conviction. Twenty-nine vio-
lators were recommended to the
C.A.A. for suspension or revocation
of airman certificate.
D. of A. Meeting
Mount Vale Council, 224, D. of
A. will meet in the I.0.0.F. Hall
- this evening, Friday, at 7:30.
Officers are asked to wear white.
Donations for the Sunshine Fund
should be turned in. Drill team
practice will follow the meeting.
We install lightning pro-
tection for homes, farms,
and industries.
LYNCH’S
ELECTRIC & HARDWARE
Electrical Contractors
“In the electrical business for
two generations.”
267 EAST MARKET ST,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
TELEPHONE 3-6816
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If It's Real Estate
WE HAVE IT—
WE BUY IT—
WE SELL IT—
WE RENT IT—
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If you have it and need
help, call us.
DURELLE T. SCOTT, Jr.
54 Huntsville Road
Telephone
Dallas 224-R-13 alto 6 P.M.
Member of the Firm
D. T. SCOTT & SONS
Established 1908
Rebecca Dinner Has
Excellent Attendance
More than fifty women attended
the first anniversary dinner of Lady
Toby Rebecca Lodge No. 514 Wed-
nesday evening at Trucksville Fire
House.
Mrs: William +J. Robbins,
noble grand,sWas toastmistress.
Speakérs were Helen Keller of
Lady Washington Lodge and dis-
trict deputy, and Nora Hutchins,
also of Lady Washington Lodge and
a part marshall.
Entertainment was by Mrs. Ma-
tilda Crum and Joan Katulka of
Lady Toby Lodge.
The dinner was served by the
Ladies Auxiliary of Trucksville Fire
Company under the direction of
Mrs. Dorman Schooley.
The party table was attractive
with centerpiece of pink sweet peas.
Corsages of sweet peas were pre-
sented to the speakers and officers.
Jr.,
Present were: Nita Bidwell, Ma-
tilda Crum, Isabelle Cleasby, Dor-
othy Culver, Alice Davis, Ruth Dins-
more, Gertrude Eckert, Anna Folk,
Betty Farr, Peg Goodwin, Bernice
Hill, Alice Hand, Eunice Humphrey,
Evelyn Hughes, Ethel Johnson,
Midge Johnson, Belle Jones, Marian '
Kasalis, Joan Katulka, Alberta Loh-!
man, Ella Long, Edith McElwee,
Minerva Owens, Estella Pascoe,
Mary Alice Prynn, Ruth Pritchard,
Myrtle Rineman, Harriet Rogers,
Hazel Roushey, Peg Robbins, Lottie
Robbins, Ellen Sutton, Jennie
Shaver, Mary Shaver, Mary Still,
Bertha Sutliff, Arline Siglin, Ruth
Skelding, Erma Shoemaker, Evelyn
Shales, Pearl Walton, Helen Kebler,
Nora Hutchins, Helen Hemenway.
Pastor Will Deliver
Second Lenten Sermon
Rev. Frederick Reinfurt will de-
liver the second in a series of
Lenten sermons on the Apostle’s
Creed at the morning worship at
Dallas Methodist Church on Sun-
day. Each sermon: is delivered on
a phase of the Creed.
Last Sunday his topic was “I Be-
lieve in—I Believe.” This Sunday
it will be,, “I Believe—In God’ and
will be followed in order on March
7, with “ I Believe—In the Holy
Catholic Church”; March 14, “I Be-
lieve—In the Forgiveness of Sins’;
March 21, “I Believe—In Jesus
Christ” and on Easter Sunday, “I
Believe in—the Life Everlasting.”
Dallas Church Notes
Those who wish to join Dallas
Methodist Church or partake in
the Sacrament of Baptism are asked
by Rev. Frederick Reinfurt, pastor, |
to contact him. The Sacrament of,
Baptism will be administered on
Palm Sunday and new members will
be admitted into church member-
ship.
Boys and girls between the ages
of ten and twelve who wish to
unite with the church will be in-
structed in the meaning of church
membership during the Junior
Church Hour meeting at 11 o’clock
Sunday morning. Those thirteen
years of age or older will be in-
structed Sunday evening at 6
o'clock in a church membership
class conducted by the pastor.
Brace Bible Class
To Entertain Scouts
Members of the Brace Bible Class
will entertain Dallas Boy Scouts
and prospective scouts at a special
program to be given in the Social
Rooms of Dallas Methodist Church
Monday, March 1. Chairman of the
affair is Zel Garinger, assisted by
Richard Owen and Dan Richards.
Niles White was chosen president:
and Herbert Marley vice president
at a recent meeting of the class.
| Other officers were Laurence Peirce,
secretary and Sandel Hunt, treas-
urer. S
Committees were: relief, Tom,
Kingston and Richard Owens; pub-
licity, Dan Robinhold; membership,
Dan Richards, Sev Newberry, David
Jenkins, Wardan Kunkle, Henry
Peterson.
Thomas Ayres, Guests
At Farewell Patry
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ayre were
guests of honor at a Farewell party
held Saturday night at the home
of Mr .and Mrs. Byron Shortz of!
Trucksville. The Ayres will move
to Gettysburg on March 1st.
Games were played and refresh-
ments served to the following: Mr.
and Mrs. S. D. Finney, Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Stookey, Mr. and Mrs.
Louis Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Ide, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ayre and
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Shortz.
Quilting Party
Mrs. Lewis Nulton entertained
last week at a quilting party Mrs.
Perry Robbins, Mrs. James Gallag-
her, Kingston, Mrs. Bert Stitzer,
Shavertown; Mrs. Katie Wilson,
Fernbrook, and Mrs. John Getz,
Kunkle.
THE POST, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1948
Tables Give Comparisons of School Finances and Enrollment
School Merger
Proposals To
Be Discussed
Bll Citizens Urged
To Attend Meeting
Thursday Evening
Every person residing in this area
or owning property here should be
interested in the meeting to be held
in Dallas Township School, March
4th.
An act of the 1947 session of the
legislature requires that County
School Boards shall submit to the
State Department of Public Instruc-
tion before July 1, this year, a com-
plete plan for reorganization of the
schools, in accordance with certain
standards laid down by the State
Council of Education.
The plans as submitted will not
be compulsory on the school dis-
tricts as presented. If approved
by the State Council of Education
they are then to be presented to
the electors for approval before be-
ing put in effect.
The matter of consolidating the
schools of this area has been dis-
cussed numerous times in the past
forty years and always heretofore
has been dropped due to financial
difficulties. In order that the pub-
lic at large may have an opportunity
to be informed, as a public service,
The Post presents herewith full
financial information covering seven
local districts as of July, 1947. The
following explanatory notes will
assist in comparing the several dis-
tricts and understanding the tables
presented in this week’s Post.
Receipts
Delinquent tax is that received
from the court house from taxes
paid there and tax sales.
State appropriation includes all
payments received from the state
treasurer for teachers’ salaries, tui-
tion, transportation, etc.
Expenditures
General control includes salaries
of secretary, treasurer, tax collector,
solicitor, and their various office
expenses, including surety bonds.
Instruction includes teachers’ sal-
aries, books, instruction supplies,
maps, instruction apparatus, etc.
Auxiliary agencies includes public
libraries, nurse service, etc.
Operation of plant includes heat,
light, power, telephone, janitor ser-
vice, janitor supplies, etc.
Maintenance includes repairs and
renewal of buildings and equip-
ment; replacement of items worn
out, etc.
Fixed charges include insurance,
teachers’ retirement payments, etc.
Debt service includes interest on
debt, payments on the principal to
retire bonds and loans.
Capital outlay is any expenditure
which adds to the value of the
school property such as buildings
and equipment. In the case of
changes this includes only the ex-
penses in excess of the old property
replaced.
- Assets
These are variously estimated by
different districts and cannot rea-
sonably be compared due to differ-
| ence in methods of computation, but
they give a general idea of the
present facilities.
Enrollment
This is the most important table
listed and ‘the small enrollment in
some districts is the cause of the
movement to consolidate schools.
State appropriation for teachers
salaries under the new law is based
on 30 pupils for an elementary unit
and 22 pupils for a high school unit.
Additional pupils in a room will
increase the number of units paid
for in proportion. Fewer pupils in
a room mean that the local district
has more teachers than paid for by
the state and the local taxpayers
must pay the difference.
The plans as at present being
promoted by the state under laws
which have been in effect for ap-
proximately ten years provide that
schools may be combined by a
merger of districts, or by contract
arrangements between the various
school boards under which joint
schools ‘are maintained or pupils
sent on a tuition basis from one
district to a school in another.
It is probable that plans will be
offered for the creation of larger
districts of administration, and al-
so for the making of certain units
known as attendance areas under
which more pupils will attend cer-
tain schools.
Chosen President
Dale Zimmerman was elected
president of Brotherhoéd of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church, Shaver-
town, at a recent meeting! Other
officers elected are: Vice president,
Charles Gosart; second vice presi-
dent, Fred Nicely; secretary, Irvin
Davis; treasurer, Charles Dressel.
Receipts For Back Mountain School Districts, 1946-'47
1946 - 47
(Financial Report)
Total—Less
July Per State Tuition and
1946 Property Capita Delinquent Appropria- Transpor-
Districts Balance Tax Tax Tax tion Tuition Loans Other Total tation
DALLAS BORO. 202.04 17,211.42 3,195.20 2,836.89 17,709.18 8,100 301.85 49,556.58 40,381.86
DALLAS TWP. 14,151.41 28,139.95 3,985.85 5,462.78 42,510.56 1,571.00 3,808.47 9,963.02 62,464.35
FRANKLIN TWP. 8,071.11 4,858.88 657.00 329.11 6,326.16 4.97 20,247.23 7,752.93
JACKSON TWP. 2,316.55 1,720.20, . 6,812.72 1,572.76 11,849.22 107.88 24,379.33 10,164.68
KINGSTON, TWP. 4,311.15 48,056.67 7,428.25 6,029.15 50,471.50 675.19 2,312.65 119,284.56 96,555.67
LAKE TWP. 9,776.34 24541.92" 1,382.50 4,211.13 28,227.97 569.04 821.63 67,530.53 49,141.80
LEHMAN TWP. 16,617.22 23,112.13 - 2,395.50 4,422.28 38,615.45 11,337.59 2,868.73 104,368.90 70,413.40
Income And Expenditures In Back Mountain Schools
1946 - 47 1946 - 47
INCOME BY SOURCES EXPENDITURES
Districts Local Per Appropria- Tuition Delinquent All Other Expenses Trans- Tuition
Capita and tions (State Taxes Sources Excluding portation
Property & Federal) Trans. and
Tax : Tuition
$8,100.00*
DALLAS BORO. $20,406.62 $17,709.18 $2,836.89 301.85 $40,381.86
DALLAS TWP. 32,125.80 42,510.56 1,511.00 5,462.78 3,808.47 62,464.35
FRANKLIN TWP. 5,515.88 6,326.16 329.11 4.97 7,752.93
JACKSON TWP. 8,532.92 11,849.22 1,572.76 107.88 10,164.68
KINGSTON TWP. 55,484.92 50,471.50 675.19 6,029.15 2,312.65 96,555.67
LAKE TWP. 25,924.42 26,227.97 569.04 4,211.13 821.63 49,141.80
LEHMAN TWP. 25,507.63 38,615.45 11,337.59 4,422.28 2,868.73 70,413.40
¥
* Loan
7 . ' mw !
1946-47 Financial Report ASSETS Bonds and Loans
Sch. Bldgs. Text Unpaid * Sinking Total includ- Bonds Exemptions
and sites books Taxes Fund ing balance
DALLAS BOROUGH. ...........oc.o enna $100,219.20 $19,189.20 $12,164.08 $ $134,382.68 $ 3,000.00 $3,000.00
DALLAS TOWNSHIP...» 5 ie 0s 189,000.00 12,000.00 56,450.18 9,726.49 282,143.18 39,000.00 :
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP: ................. 3,900.00 900.00 882.13 14,705.28
JACESON TOWNSHIP... 0. 3,000.00 1,500.00 1,276.98
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP .. 248,073.18 21,189.45 18,057.74 269.49 26,500.00
LAKE TOWNSHIP ...... 102,500.00 20,500.00 1,467.31 20,000.00
LEHMAN TOWNSHIP '........... 7. 172,000.00 21,000.00 4,117.36 209.00 34,000.00
*Previous to 1944 Duplicate.
: General Expenses of Auxiliary Operation Fixed Debt Capital
1946 = 47+ Control - Instruction Agencies of ‘School M’ntenance - Ch’gs. Service Outlay Balance
$12,401.07 § 491.29 : $1,969.33 '§ 277.16 $1,204.03 $ 8,471.19 §$ 350.64 $ 352.89 § 49,556.58
DALLAS BORO. $1,940.23 16,345.76 376.00 4,112.75 1,263.74
19,513.38 6,275.52 3,183.33 2,439.39 878.05 8,991.83 3,622.47 14,91417 99,630.02
DALLAS TWP. 2,174.65 28,493.50 4,413.31 3,319.01 1,411.41
9,766.70 313.00 423.65 47.88 184.32 9,023.15 20,247.23
FRANKLIN TWP. 488.53 :
8,345.86 2,106.00 491.82 194.55 219.07 100.00 2,255.88 24,379.33
JACKSON TWP. 861.25 5,952.80 2,131.00 bi ;
27,368.52 7,232.58 5,468.70 2,499.41 102,533.67 12,344.21 1,689.45 2,717.23 119,284.56
KINGSTON TWP. 4,056.87 41,249.17 1,967.21 6,932.78 2,527.27
16,485.50 6,016.44 3,238.06 441.71 764.20 2,089.03 67,530.53
LAKE TWP. 3,067.54 19,375.55 3,869.16 2,949.83 552.94 708.16 7,972.41
13,558.58 8,273.90 3,312.41 490.99 675.24 4,060.00 16,104.11 104,368.90
LEHMAN TWP. 2,428.77 34,111.44 11,426.57 5,495.02 1,114.93 1,173.15 2,143.59
Assessed Valuation, Tax Rates and Borrowing Capacity
TOTAL Bonded Indebtedness Additional
Tax Rate Borrowing Capacity Outstanding July 7, 47 Borrowing Capacity
1947 - 48 Reported Per Mill- School Electorate Electorate Total School TOTAL
Districts to be included Assessed Per Cent of Cap. age Board T% Board Board
in Administrative Unit Valuation Assessment 46-47 46-47 2% School
DALLAS BORO. $636,036 100% $5 30 $12,120 $44,520 3,000 ! 3,000 6,000 9,000 30,500
DALLAS TWP. 986,104 $5 33 19,720 69,020 39,000 39,000 19,700 39,000
FRANKLIN TWP. 325,822 » $3 18 6,500 22,750 None 6,500 22,700
JACKSON TWP. 353,769 ” $5 22 "7,060 24.710 None 7,000 24,700
KINGSTON TWP. 1,556,885 n $5 35. 31,120 108,920 26,500 26,500 31,137 82,400
LAKE TWP. 1,258,785 i $2 22 25,160 88,060 None 25,000 88,900
LEHMAN TWP. 887,136 » $5 30 17,740 70,960 34,000 34,000 17,700 28,100
$6,004,537
Enrollment By Grades During 1947-48 Term
LUZERNE COUNTY
PRESENT DISTRICTS * ESTIMATED ENROLLMENT BY GRADES TOTALS BY GRADES ** GRAND
TO BE INCLUDED 1947 - 48 ; TOTAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1-6 7-9 10-12 1-12
(1) (1)
DALLAS BORO. 28:18» 17.28 18. 30" 1/23. 24.04 25 19 21 136 71 65 272
(16): (11) (9);..(5) (10) (12) (10) (32): (2) (AZ) (AD) (D) (105)
DALLAS TWP. 65-66 50. 50.54 52. 63 65 65 46 29 34 346 180 110 636
FRANKLIN TWP. *
JACKSON TWP. ** 37 19 200-207 18:13 109 109
(1) GY QA) A: (2) (13) (5) 7)
KINGSTON TWP. 85 58:.67 67 "54 63) 58 51 a4 51 54 45 374 153 150 677
(4) (3) (2) (1) «1) (2) (9) (4)
LAKE TWP. 33 32.32.44" 27. 36. 30,131. 3% 23 24 14 209 92 61 362
AY. @) (3) (2)v-(2) (5) (16) (21) 38). (25) (27) (28) (16) (75) (80) (171)
LEHMAN TWP, c#% 35.35 -:31 .381.-:30 30. 43°50: 73 52 48 42 192 166 142 500
GRAND TOTAL 1366 662 528 2556
* Franklin Township pupils attend Dallas Township School.
Hk
High School.
who are non-resident.
Jackson Township pupils, grades 7-12, attend Lehman Township
(Numbers in Parenthesis indicate number of pupils
These are included in the grade total).
#%% Pypils from Ross Township, grades 9-12, attend Lehman Township
High School.
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