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3 Editorially Spe aking:
Bringing Zoning Ordinances To Modern Standards
Since the enactment of the State's first zoning legis-
lation in 1919 many Pennsylvania communities have
* taken advantage of the powers conferred on them to pro-
tect their residential and business areas, to improve their
- appearance and to assure
values. Zoning has proved itself in Pennsylvania in hun-
dreds of localities, which would not under any circum-
stances, now give up this protection.
munities have failed to adopt zoning ordinances and are
now experiencing serious difficulties as a consequence.
Even where ordinances were adopted a decade or more
ago and have since been enforced it would be advisable to
re-examine the community's growths and needs.
now universal use of the automobile, changes in types of
business and industry and the development of neighbor
hood shopping centers are among the influences which
have gradually but often drastically changed our land-
* present ordinances have frequently
failed to keep abreast of these varying influences.
In modern ordinances the lack of space on our streets
‘for automobile parking has been dealt with by requiring
off-street parking for all new buildings other than single
Most of the communities in Pennsyl-
use pattern.
‘family residences.
vania have traffic congestion.
of this long-range solution of the problem?
Population density, or the number of families per acre,
bears a close relationship to the facilities which a com-
‘munity must provide, such as schools, parks, sewer and
water mains and fire and police protection.
¥ ations have been omitted
dinances.
To develop a community
hoods,” the zoning ordinance must be flexible enough to
provide the varying types of dwellings and uses needed
in such units. How many of our ordinances are based on
a community plan designed to guide the development of
satisfactory neighborhoods?
inclusive of such uses by special exception or by proper
amendment proceedings?
The theory that industrial districts need no protection,
and are a “catch-all” for all types of uses, has been adopt-
ed too many times in the past.
To prevent future blight and to maintain existing prop-
erty values, the most progressive ordinances prohibit the
erection of new dwellings in industrial districts.
delphia is among the communities that recognize this
need, and on January 5, 1950, amended its ordinance to
give industrial districts the same protection that has been
extended to residential areas.
Of the three hundred or
effect in Pennsylvania communities, there are many that
are in dire need of immediate and comprehensive re-
vision. Is your town ordinance one of these?
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1950
6 CENTS PER COPY
BOX SEORE
Back Mountain Highway Deaths and
: : Serious Accidents: Since V-J Day
k Hospitalized Killed
DALLAS Ee
DALLAS TOWNSHIP jie 19
“LEHMAN RE SE
KONG ON TOWNSHIP 40] 5
: JACKSON | TOWNSHIP 2
MONROE TOWNSHIP 3 i
: __ROSS TOWNSHIP 2
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION LAKE TOWNSHIP : 12 t
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP = ° Ty
TOTAL: Til 78. 4 38
Vol. 60, No. 50 TOTAL ;
the stability of their land
Many other com-
The
Are they taking advantage
Density
in most of our local or-
into convenient ‘neighbor-
How many provide for the
Phila-
more zoning ordinances in
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children. ‘Ther. :
not worth the trouble.
“There is
oh an Dro Sosa
‘opinion that pets area nui
the feeling that upholstered furniture
peip fy | their
sance and’
will take a beating, that the rugs will suffer, that cat hairs will cling
to the best suit, that a kitten will claw the table legs, that a puppy will
require an excursion late at night. 4 |
All these things will happen. Ba-
lance them off against the extascy
of the child when he first holds
that warm wiggling bundle of fun
against his face, the happy hours
that the pair will spend in whole-
some rough and tumble play, the
pure bliss of a sleeping companion
on the foot of the bed at night
when the lights go out and the
bedroom door is closed against an
adult world.
A kitten on the foot of the bed?
How = dreadful, how unsanitary,
how unthinkable!
Nonsense. A kitten or a puppy
on the foot of the bed won't do
the child a particle of damage. A
live pet will overcome the inherited
atavistic fear of the dark better
- than eny stuffed rabbit or. doll.
Suppose the kitten climbs up to the
child’s neck. or face while he
sleeps? Well, suppose it does?
It is comforting to have something
warm and cuddly close at hand,
something that can be touched as
reassurance against bad dreams.
Kittens like to be clean. A good
powder such as Pulvex, dusted
lightly into the fur once a week,
will keep- them acceptable to so-
ciety, vermin-free. There are dry
shampoos to keep them spotless.
Many people have found that a
kitten can be laundred in a wash-
basin, wrapped snugly in a towel
until the fur is completely dry and
fluffy. : Your veterinarian can ad-
vise you on vermifuges.
Kittens are easily trained to a
sand box, to shredded newspapers,
or ‘to mewing at the door when
they feel the urge. Puppies are
more difficult to train but they
are worth it.
You can’t bring up children with-
out some wear and tear on the
furniture. ~ Make up your mind to
. this, accept it gracefully, then add
‘a kitten or a puppy to your cal-
culations.
A happy home means a home
where every member has some in-
dividual freedom, where the chil-
dren are considered people and not
small monsters to be warned off
the davenport and routed through
the kitchen.
Postpone that extra-special da-
vennort and those Persian rugs
until the children are beyond the
stage where they like to sprawl in
dungarees with a puppy. They'll
be grown up before you know it.
You'll have years in which to bask
in the orderliness of a quite house-
hold. : ; ig
And once you have the puppy or
the kitten, don’t banish it to the
‘Mom was always equal to any-
| cellar. The only way you can train
| a pet is to have it under your |
watchful eye the first few days. Use :
a mlled newspaper for discipline, |
but don't be too hard on the pet.
He is doing his best to please you,
and will cooperate as soon as he
knows what you want him to do.
Folks’ who spend sleepless nights
planning finances for a college edu- !
cation fifteen years in advance, yet |
fail to assure Johnny of a happy
childhood here and now, are lack- !
ing in a sense of proportion. It |
is the present that we have. Who
knows in this changing world what
the future may bring? |
If your child wants a pet, let!
him have it. And don’t be cross
when the inevitable happens. Take
it in your stride. There'll be some
cleaning up to do, and who says
you can’t do it, holding = your
tongue firmly between your teeth
the while and preserving a pleasant
smile for Johnny? No nagging.
Johnny will remember that his
thing.
Community Carols
Program Announced
Program for the Christmas Com-
munity Carol Service on Sunday
at 3 P. M. in the Acme parking
lot includes greetings from Arlean
Bowman, president of the Business-
men’s Association, introductions
and announcements by Dr. Robert
Bodycomb, Master of Ceremonies,
a five minute talk by Rev, Wil-
liam Williams, rector of Prince of
Peace, and benediction by Rev.
Fred ' Reinfurt, Dallas Methodist
Church.
The Girls Glee Club, Dallas
Borough High: School, will sing a
chorale, “Deck the Halls”, directed
by Lester Lewis, who will also
lead the community singing. A
brass quartette from the High
School band will accompany all
selections.
Community singing will feature
well known and universally loved
Christmas carols, “Oh Come, All
Ye Faithful”, “Joy To Tht World”,
“Hark The Herald Angels Sng”,
“Oh Little Town of Bethlehem”,
ind the finale, “Silent Night”,
Entertain Husbands
Women of Dallas Rotary enter-
tained their husbands at a dinner
dance at the Irem Country Club
last night. :
School Jointure
Discussion H eld
Tuesday Evening
Committee Makes
Notable Strides
Toward Its Goal
With fifty interested people at-
tending the Tuesday night meeting
of the Citizens Committee For Bet-
ter Schools, Dr. L. E. Jordan, presi-
dent,and Frances Ambrose, Com-
mittee member, feel that public
acceptance of eventual school dis-
trict jointure is several steps near-
er realization.
Mr. Ambrose, in reporting for
Lake Township, stated that the
School Board is ready at any time
to study the advantages of jointure
with members of the Citizens Com-
mittee, that it feels public funds
could be saved by such jointure,
and better facilities offered its
students. A date, Saturday morn-
ing, has been set for the discussion.
Paul Mulcey reported that Kings-
ton Township and Dallas Borough
Boards would meet the following
night, Wednesday, to try to work
out a jointure plan acceptable to
both communities.
Thomas Shelburne spoke on
jointure in general, pointing out
substantial savings to be made in
taxpayers’ money, coupled with
sound educational advantages
which would accrue with forces
instead of spread thin over too
great a territory.
Charles Brooks, representing
Kingston Township, brought to the
attention of the comm’'ttee the re-
quirements of government housing
plans which allow no government
funds to be used to support schools
lacking in certain minimum educa-
tional requirements, There is a
one-hundred unit housing project
in the wind. Children from this
project would be necessarily ac-
comodated at Back Mountain
schools, but there would be no
taxes turned to the school district
unless requirements: in facilities
and teaching standards should be
mot.
Robert Currie, president of King-
ston Township School Board, -plac-
ed himself on record approving
popular vote on jointure.
Franklin Township, which now
sends its pupils to Dallas Town-
ship under a tuition arangement,
is reportedly in possession of a
surpluss, whereas under the old ar-
rangement of maintaining its own
schools it operated with a school
district deficit.
Estimates indicate that Dallas
Township, under joifiture, would
operate on a budget of $114,446
as against a present budget of
$132,000; Dallas Borough $51,121
as opposed to the present $56,000.
Our boys, pointed out Mr. Am-
brose, are all in it together in Ko-
rea, defending the idea of a thirty-
eighth parallel. There is a parallel
much nearer home which deserves
the studied attention of taxpayers
| who support the schools and pa-
rents who have children in the
schools.
Crash Victims
Recovering
Hospital Lists
Condition Fair
Three of the six young people
admitted to Nesbitt Hospital fol-
lowing the traffic accident early
Saturday evening on Harveys Lake
Highway which cost the life of
Dorothy Kreidler, are listed as still
in only fair condition. All of them
are improving. :
Arlene Smith, Exeter, seriously
injured, is’ beginning to recover.
Vincent Shea and’ Robert Fush-
on, both of: Pittston, are: listed as
fair. :
Charlotte Homschek
has been discharged.
William Stevens, driver of the
car which skidded on a patch of
ice and crashed headlong into a
car coming from the opposite di-
rection, was treated for cuts and
abrasions nad discharged as not
needing hospitalization. Accord
ing to James Gansel, Township
constable, who appeared before
Justice of the Peace Thomas Rob-
inson with Stevens, the driver will
answer charges of involuntary
manslaughter.
of Pittston
Passes State Exam
Mrs, Catherine R. Harding, wi-
dow of Pfc, Clyde P. Hard'ng of
Trucksville, victim of 109th Field
Artillery train crash, has received
notice that she passed her State
Board examinations for certifica-
tion as a registered nurse.
She is engaged in private duty
nursing.
Glazed Highway
Causes Death
Ira Pifer Thrown
From Cinder Truck
Ira Pifer, 58, resident of Ide-
town and State Highway Depart-
ment employee, died at Nesbitt
Hospital Monday night, twenty-
four hours after being catapulted
from the rear of a cinder truck.
The truck, driven by Russell A.
Rogers, had completed cindering
the west-bound lane of the high-
way between Dallas and Harveys
Lake and had reached Natona Mills
eastbound, when a car driven by
John Robertson, Luzerne, crashed
into the rear of the truck. Pifer
thrown heavily from his stance at
the rear, was rushed to Nesbitt
Hospital by John Roman, Sweet
Valley, a passing motorist.
Mr. Pifer regained consciousness
during the trip to the hospital, was
able to give himself some assist-
ance in getting into the wheel-
chair that met the car at the
ramp. Though X-Rays revealed a
fracture, death was unexpected. He
was operated upon Monday after-
noon.
This is the second time that
death has struck the family in the
past two weeks. Mrs. Pifer'’s
father, Jacob Johnson, who lived
in the house next door, was buried
on Saturday, November 25.
Mr, Pifer had been in the em-
ploy of the State Highway De-
partment for the past five years,
a resident of Idetown for twenty-
five. It is Mr. Pifer who made
and sold the special Christmas
wreaths so widely distributed
through the region.
He was a native of Shickshinny.
Survivors are his widow,
Blanche; a daughter, Mrs, Emma
Houseknecht, Wilkes-Barre; a sis-
ter, Mrs. Warren Killian, Shick-
shinny; and a brother, Charles,
Benton.
Robbers Enter
Dallas Floral
Through Window
Loot Includes
Television Set
Valued At $400
William Guyette,
television and radio models Tues-
day night when burglars broke in-
to Dallas Floral Shop on Harveys:
Lake Highway and stole a $400
R.C.A, console - television set,
snatching up additional small
stock, before making their get-
away. .
The thieves entered through a
plate glass window facing
driveway which separates
Floral Shop from Dallas Portable
Welding Company next door, pre-]
sumably at 9:30 P.M. when Mrs.
Walter Rowett, who lives directly
across the highway, heard a crash
and looked out of her window to
see if it indicated an auto acci-
dent.
a black torpedo-stern sedan drive
away.
The robbers
plate glass from the frame to make
removal of merchandise easier, and
left some good fingerprints, which
together with tire tracks and dis-
tinctive foot-prints .are being in-
vestigated by the State Police.
Toasters, electric mixers, elec-
tric irons, and sweepers, in addi-
tion to the television set and small
radios, formed part of the loot.
The burgarly was not discover-
ed until Sam Ashley opened his
shop Wednesday morning. Lester
Fiske and Charles Metzger, Dallas
Borough officers, made a prelimin-
ary investigation, and summoned
State Police.
Signs indicate that there were
at least two men, one rather heavy
and with large feet, one lighter,
Five Dallas Couples Married
For Fifty Years Are Honored
Five Dallas couples who have
celebrated their Golden Wedd ng
Anniversaries were honored guests
at a dinner attended by their
friends and neighbors Wednesday
evening at Dallas Methodist
Church.
The affair was sponsored by the
W. S. C. S. and marred only by
the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Cairl who were to have been
the sixth honored couple. Mr.
Cairl was stricken suddenly ill
Wednesday afternoon while per-
forming his duties as church sex-
ton and placed under the care of
a physician.
After - they had marched down
the aisle to “Here Comes The
Bride,” the ten honored guests
were seated with Rev, Frederick
W. Reinfurt at a special table,
while others sat at nearby tables
beautifully decorated with huge
bouquets - of yellow chrysanthe-
mums and golden candles.
The guests were: Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Line, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Whipp, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mint-
zer, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Rood,
and Mr, and Mrs. Frank Dennis.
Mrs. Raymond Kuhnert was mas-
ter of ceremonies, and Mrs. Edgar
Brace was Quizz Master. Mrs.
Brace asked the honored guests to
tell her some of the incidents of
their wedding days. “Although
her questions were straight” one
guest remarked, “some of the re-
sponses were rather crooked.”
The menu consisted of chicken
and waffles, cranberry sauce, mash-
ed potatoes, cole slaw, carrots,
peas, salad, celery, coffee, ice cream
and cake.
Mrs. Margaret LaBar was song
leader and asked the assemblage
to sing the following songs in
order, “School Days;” “Down By
the Old Mill Stream,” “Let Me Call
You Sweetheart,” “Daisy, Daisy,
Give Me Your Answer True.” At
this juncture Mrs. Ruth Turn Rey-
nolds gave two vocal solos: “O,
Promise Me” and “Always,” then
Mrs. LaBar asked the group to
continue with “Rock-A-Bye Baby,”
“Silver Threads Among the Gold;”
“Old Gray Mare” and ‘‘Anniver-
sary Song.” Mrs. William Baker
was accompanist.
Old photographs, brought by the
honored guests, were shown en-
larged on a screen by Prof. Ray-
mond Kuhnert. Mr. and Mrs.
Whipp were the only ones who
brought their wedding picture with
them.
Last Year's Prize Winner
This is the home of James Kozemchak at Huntsville, which last
year won the top award in Dallas Business Association’s Home Lighting
Contest.
Those who plan to enter the contest this year should fll cat the
blank below, enclose 50c entry fee, and mail it to Eugene Sick, Secre-
tary of the Association, Dallas, Pa.
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Trucksville:
Radio Shop, lost $1100 worth of!
the
Dallas |
A few minutes later. she saw |
lifted pieces of’
Directors Give Green Light
To Plan For Joint District
Kingston Township And Dallas Borough
To Be One District By Next September
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JUDGES OF CHRISTMAS
LIGHTING WILL TOUR :
AREA DECEMBER 23
Dallas Businessmen are
again ~ sponsoring a Back
Mountain Outdoor Christmas :
Lighting Contest, with prizes
of $15, $10, and $5. The entry
fee will be fifty cents, payable
to Eugene Sick, secretary.
‘Decorations will be judged.
the Saturday before Christ- . -
mas, after dark. Lights must
be on.
The house that won the |
first prize last year was the
residence of. Mr, and. Mrs.
James Kozemchak, Huntsville,
Decorations were simple, but
extraordinarily effective, a&
front door dressed like -a
Christmas package, flanked by -
enormous candy canes.
It ‘is not elaboration that
counts, but suitability and dec-
orative value. .
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Borough Teams
Beat Beaumont
Teams Look Good
In Opening Games
Dallas Borough cagers, under
the leadership of coach Barnard
Rockovich, put in a definite bid.
as one of the teams to beat for the
Back Mountain League champion-
ship by trouncing Beaumont 67-:
47 Tuesday night. Arch Austin’s:
Bulldogs were completely outclass-;
ed but never gave up and came.
back With a strong second half fin-:
ish to overcome a 21-4 first quar-
ter lead. Dallas used its entire!
team with the first string playing.
only a limited time. :
Frank Pavlick was ihe tep.man
for the Blue and Gold but had
plenty of able assistance from
pivot-man ‘long John” Piznar,
Dave Evans and freshman stand-
out Gene Brobst. Cross and Pat-
ton were outstanding for the visit-
ing Beaumont five.
In the preliminary game, Dallas
girls walked all over the Beau-
mont lassies to take a run-away
31-8 triumph. The Dallas girls
were hit from all over the floor:
with Carolyn Shaffer leading the
parade with eight field goals for
sixteen points. Rose Ann Pavlick]
scored four, Nancy Schooley nine:
and K. Lavelle two points to wind’
up the. Dallas scoring. R. Smith
was high ‘for Beaumont with four:
points while Kresge, Myers and Ni- 4
men scored the remaining four]
points ‘between them. = Shaffer:
alone doubled the entire Beaumont |
score, and Schooley also topped
the combined scoring. of the visit-.
ing squad. The play of the Dallas}
varsity guards, Roberts, Moore and:
Tibus: was outstanding. !
Mother and Child
Thrown from Car
Mrs. Wickham Goes
To Hospital
Mrs. Geraldine Wickham, Center
Street Shavertown, was taken to
Nesbitt Hospital in Woolbert’s am-
bulance Tuesday afternoon after
being thrown from the car in
which she and her two-year-old
son Paul were passengers,
The accident occurred at 2:30
in front of Woodland Inn. A
dump truck driven by William
Sgarlet, Forty Fort, crashed into
the rear of the Chevrolet which :
Olin Wickham was driving, forcing
it against the guard rail. The door
flew open, and mother and son
were thrown almost under the
wheels: of: the‘ truck. Fa
The victims were taken to Dr.
Richard E. Crompton’s office,
Trucksville, where Paul was treat-
ed for bruises and abrasions and
Mrs. Wickham, in hourly expecta-
tion of becoming a mother, was
rushed to the hospital by ambu-
lance.
Write To This Boy
Sgt. Robert Kemmerer, serious-
ly wounded in Korea, has been
transfered from Oakland Naval
Hospital to Ward 6C Naval Medi-
cal Center, Bethesda, Md., where he
| will be glad to receive letters and
| cards from friends. X Thi
. He is learning to talk again, and
‘| tors of
;| Dallas Borough School Boards met
‘{ informally Wednesday + night at
:} Kingston Township High School
:jand voiced approval of a tentative
plan for jointure presented by
1} Supervising Principals Charles A.
} was
if among ‘those present that this can
be accomplished with a m nimum
walk without a cane.
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® In an enlightened and farsighted
effort to give Back' Mounta.n boys
and girls a better education, d.rec-
Kingston Township and
i{ James of Dallas, and James Martin
of Kingston Township,
Only two directors were absent,
‘{ Harry Ohlman, president of Dallas
Borough Board, who was out of
town on business,. and James
;| Hutchison of : Kingston Township
who. has been a hospital patient.
Both directors have previously ex-
‘{ pressed: their approval of plans to
oring the ‘two: school ‘districts to-
gether, : 13
Both Boards met on common
‘| ground, stating ‘that their “primary
{interest is a better and vastyy im-
J proved educational program’ and
jthat their secondary
: interest is
“improvement ‘of ‘school finances."
When polled individually the di-
rectors said they believe jointure
jis a wise step ahead and urged
{its adoption as quickly as possible.
While there are still many de-
tails to be worked out and plans
4 will have to be approved by the
State Department of Education it
the consensus. of opinion
y because of the cooper-
{ative spirit. of the directors of the
districts.
The Directors expressed regret
that there. had. :been insufficient
time to ask the Jackson Township
School Board to be present since
Jackson. Township elementary
pupils are now tuition students
im Kingston Township schools. A
meeting has been set for January
3. when the: Jackson Board can be
present to give its views on the
phan. eh
If jointure: between Kingston
Township and Dallas Borough comes
| about, and there is everv jndiza-
tien now that it will become a
reality before next September, it
is not unlikely that other districts
will want to join with them to
give their children: the advantages
of a" larger school system.
. “There will be room for them
if they want to come along,” a
spokesman for one of the districts
said after the meeting. “Before
our plans can be complete, how-
éver, we must talk with the Jack-
son Board whom we hope will go
along with us, as far as elementary
students are concerned.”
: The. jointure plan as presented
by the two supervising principals,
will require no new build'ng pro-
gram for at least the next three
vears and will bring about great
advantages in the school curricu-
lum at lowering costs. * It is likely
that "all Dallas Borough High
School students will take their
work in Kingston Townsh'p High
School and Dallas Borough school
will" be devoted entirely to ele-
mentary classes.
i The program calls for expanded
industrial arts and home econom-
ics ‘departments, more emphasis on
instrumental and vocal music,
4 more art instruction and a combin-
ed health program’ for both high
school and elementary pupils.
Storm Supplies
Community Tree
Girl Scouts Trim
Beautiful Spruce
The Community Christmas tree
this year will be a beautiful blue
spruce, a casuality of the recent
northeast storm. It comes from
Arlean. Bowman's yard. It will be
located in the usual place near the
war memorial, hauled and erected
by the Borough.
Materials for decorations, also
financed by the Borough, were
made up into stars and garlands
last night as Dallas Methodist
Church by mothers of the three
Girl Scout troops, 54, 149, and
the Senior group. Waterproof
metallic paper forms the bulk of
the decorations. ;
Girl Scouts plan to trim the tree
on Thursday. Upon completion of
the trimming, they will sing carols,
and will then be entertained at the
home of Mrs. Stanley Davies,
Heads Advisory Board
Durelle Scott, Jr. succeeds Reed
Travis as head of the Advisory
Board for the Salvation Army. He
was elected at the annual Christ-
mas party on Monday.
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