im ri LSS En Oldest Business Institution In ' The Back Mountain THE DALLAS POST Two Easy to Remember Phone 4-5656 or 4-7876 VOL. 67, No. 14, FRIDAY, Ten Arrested For Breaking Trattic Laws Kingston Township And State Police Are On The Alert Ten motorists were arrested in Kingston Township during the last week of March, five of them on Sat- urday, by Kingston Township and State Police. Nine were fined by Justice of the Peace Beatrice Williams of Trucks- ville and one by Justice of the Peace Frederick Anderson of Shavertown. Fined $10 each and $5 costs for driving too fast for conditions were: Merrill Lent, Williamsport; Warren Reed Jr., Wyoming; Lawrence R. Zolner, Kingston. Fined $5 and $5 costs for running through red lights were: Arthur N. Jones, Wyoming; Sam Coniglio, Swoyerville. All were prosecuted by Kingston Township Police. Prosecuted by Officers Gannis and Guili of the Pennsylvania State Po- lice were: Richard Harrison Hormell, | Nicholson, Pa., driving too fast for conditions, fined $10 and $5 costs; Robert Jones, Lincoln Drive, Trucks- ville, running through stop sign, fined $5 and $5 costs; John Cusu- mano, Old Forge, driving through red light, fined $5 and $5 costs. Arrested by State Police and fined $45 by Justice of the Peace Freder- ick Anderson was Clyde N. Camp- bell, Dallas RD for reckless driving and using home-made license plates. Chosen As Delegate ELAINE KOZEMCHAK Elaine Kozemchak, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Kozemchak, Huntsville, has been chosen vice president of the Luzerne-Lackawan- na and Columbia Counties Christian Youth Fellowship and will be one of eighty delegates from all over the State to represent them at a two day meeting at Williamsport today and tomorrow. James Woolcock of Millville is president of the organ- ization. Elaine, a member of the Sopho- more Class at Dallas Township High School, represents the Huntsville Christian Church. While in Wil- liamsport she will stay at the home of one of the members of the Chris- tian Church. Purpose of the meeting is to make plans for the State Convention. Kingston Twp. Veterans Will Elect Officers Membership Plans To Breathe New Life Into Organization In an effort to breathe new life into Kingston Township Veterans Association a general meeting of the membership was held last Thursday night for the nomination of officers for the annual election which will be held Tuesday night, April 9 at 8. It was the first meeting held this . year, and because of the absence of all acting officers, the meeting was confined entirely to nominations. On motion of Leo Corbet, second- ed by John Bobeck, the following nominations were accepted: Carl Loucks and Kiler Updyke for presi- dent; Clyde Campbell and Ray Reas- oner for vice president; Dale Par- sons and Tom Kane, secretary; Frank Hemenway, William Lawler, treasurer. Nominated for the Board of Direc- tors were: Edward Thompson, Charles Goodrich, Tucker Hughes, Leo Corbet, William Guyette, John Bobek, Tom Kane and William Lawler. All members are urged to attend the annual election. Following the business program refreshments will be served. APRIL 5, 1957 MORE THAN A A Couple Of Love Birds Feathered This Nest dents of the Back Mountain area for wo weeks, were responsible A young Jackson Street couple, rg ed only four months and resi- 1 for this litter along the water front untsville Reservoir. It was a poor place for them to throw their garbage for residents of the area who pride themselves on their neat homes have too long been the victims of Litterbugs. The couple was arrested by Chief of Police James Gansel and given a hearing Friday night by Justice of the Peace George Prater, who could have fined them $58. and costs. Taking pity on the lovebirds, he fined them only $8. and advised them to feather their own nest with garbage if they avant to, but not along the highways and streets of the Back Mountain area. What Do You Know? By September We'll Dial NEptune for Harveys Lake Commonwealth ‘Telephone Com- nation will be ORchard; Harveys pany’s Back Mountain exchanges Lake will be NEptune and Sweet will have attractive code names af- ter September 1st. “Dial ORchard for Dallas’; NEp- tune for Harveys Lake; and GReen- leaf for Sweet Valley will remind everyone that even Telephone Com- panies have imagination. A huckster from Madison Avenue with a rural frame of mind couldn’t have selec- ted better. The first step in changing the numbering system in Common- wealth’s Dallas, Harveys Lake and Sweet Valley exchanges was taken this week with the mailing of postal’ cards to subscribers, asking them to indicate on an attached return card the type of dial presently on their telephone instruments, John Landis, Commonwealth District Manager, stated today. “With introduction of Common- wealth’s Dallas Directory this Sep- tember, all Dallas, Harveys Lake and Sweet Valley numbers will be changed to the 2-5 numbering sys- tem exactly like that now used in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and many other metropolitan districts,” Mr. Landis said. “Purpose of this change,” he continued, “is to meet current telephone requirements and to pave the way for service im- provements in the years to come— improvements that will allow better, faster and more flexible telephone service.” The 2-5 numbering system will allow for the exchanges’ participa- tion and coordination with The Bell Companies in the present nation- wide inter-toll dialing system. The new numbering will consist of a central office name plus five figures. The Dallas exchange desig- Sixty Firemen Rush To Linear Siren Brings Out Record Response Sixty men from three fire com- panies responded to the siren Friday evening at 6, when fire was reported at the Linear Inc. plant. The fire was minor in character, extinguished with a_booster pump, confined to a six-by-six ventilator on the roof where welders and tar-men had been working earlier in the day. An Indian pump was left for pos- sible use if a smoulder should de- velop. Willard Thomas, maintenance man formerly with Bloomsburg Mills, working in the boiler room, noted smoke spiralling near the ceiling, and dashed for the roof, where he tore out blazing fibre- glass insulation, burning his hands slightly in the process. Arnold Yeust, Shavertown, with his crew, and Corey Besteder, Kunk- le, stood by with Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company, directed by Norti Berti and Al Shaffer. Chief Russell Heneywell, Dallas Borough, Chief James Gansel, Dallas Township, and Assistant Chief Her- bert Updyke, Kingston Township di- rected traffic. ) “Spectators,” said Norti Berti, Dallas fire chief, “crowded both sides of the road with their cars. If an ambulance had been needed, it could not have entered the grounds after the crowd collected.” But there was plenty of water, 70,000 gallons in an underground tank, 75,000 in an overhead tank. both letters and numbers. Valley will be GReenleaf. The sub- scriber’s present number, consisting of five figures, will not be changed. Dialing after September will simply include’ dialing of the first two let- ters of the exchange name followed by the five figures. The postal cards ‘sent to sub- scribers in the two exchange areas are simply to determine the type of dial face which is presently on the subscribers” telephones so that all telephones in the exchange areas can be equipped with the metro- politan type dial face carrying both Jdetters and numbers. Mr. Landis explained that all in- struments installed up to 1952 had only black numbers on the dial face; after 1952, all instruments were equipped with dial faces bearing In the Dallas exchange all telephone in- struments already have the metro- politan dial; originally Harveys Lake instruments had the old type face. with numbers only and Sweet Valley instruments are fairly well divided between new and old type faces. Mr. Landis requested subscribers in the two exchange areas to return the postal cards immediately upon checking off the type dial their tele- phone instruments now bear. New metropolitan type dial faces will then be placed on all of the old type so that all will be in readiness for the 2-5 numbering change with issu- ance of Commonwealth’s new direc- tory this September. Landis also reminded subscribers of these three exchanges that when ordering new stationery, which might bear their telephone numbers, to include the new exchange prefix to their present five figure number. Chiet Chaplain Of Air Force To Be Here Easter Outdoor Theatre Is Setting For Easter Sunrise Service Chief of the Air Force Chaplains, Col. James F. Patterson, will lead the Easter Sunrise Service of Dallas Methodist Church on Easter morn- ing at 6 at Dallas Outdoor Theatre. Col. Patterson, now in Europe, has written that he will be back in the United States by the middle of April, and will lead the service. A graduate of Benton, Columbia County, High School, he was the Lutheran minister at Annville until he entered military service in 1942. His home is in Danville. The service will be one of the first of its kind to be held in an Outdoor Theater in Wyoming Valley. The projection booth will be used as the stage and members of the congregation will remain in their cars and hear the service over the public address system attached to each car. A brass quartet composed of mus- icians from local high schools will play. General chairman is Rev. Russell Lawry with Ray Daring and Elmer Williams as co - chairmen. Other members of the committee are: Walter Mohr, ushers; Bruce Moen; properties; Donald Williams, traffic; Bud Nelson, publicity. The public is invited. i NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Kirkland Will Speak Sunday At Shavertown Methodists Will Have Two Services Mission Sunday 1 in Shavertown Methodist Church this Sunday at the morning worship service at 11 and at the Union Len- ten Service in Shavertown Metho- dist Church at 7:30 p.m. The speaker at both services will be Rev. H. Burnham Kitkland, Trea- surer of the Division of World Mis- i sions of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church, New York City, who is an ordained minister, and a member of the New York East Con- ference of the Methodist Church. Born in Cranston, N. J., he now lives in Norwalk, Conn. REV. BURNHAM KIRKLAND Mr. Kirkland began his business career while working his way through college and theological school. For eight years he was a sales promotion manager in the pub- lishing field; for two years he was connected with Irving Trust Com- pany. For two other years he was a Y.M.C.A. Secretary before his first appointment as a student pastor at East Norwich, Long Island. Mean- while he received his B.S. degree at the College of the City of New York in 1942, and his B.D. degree from Union Theological Seminary in 1945. He was ordained and received into full connection in the New York East Conference in 1945 by Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam. Lamoreaux Buys Hilltop Farm Expects To Purchase Herd Of Dairy Cattle Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lamoreaux, formerly of Jackson Township, have purchased the Alfred Bronson farm at North Lake, in a whirlwind transaction beginning with the sighting of a classified ad in the Dallas Post on Saturday, and signing of the papers on Monday. Ree6g- nizing the telephone Aumber aS that of the Bronson’s, Mr. oreaux knew exactly what papel of land was referred to, taps that he had fallen in love wi ears ago. Hilltop farm will again revert to its place in the scheme of things as a dairy farm. Mr. Lamoreaux is now negotiating for purchase of a herd. The Bronson prize herd was sold at public auction over a year ago. The Lamoreaux family has been living in Panama City, Florida since leaving Jackson Township, when the State Institution purchased the Lamoreaux farm. Mr. and Mrs, Lam- oreaux have operated a motel for the past three years, and came north last week with the avowed intent- ion of buying a farm. Son William, plant manager for the Gay Dairy at Panama City, drove day and night from Florida when he heard the news, and Corey Smith, Mrs. Lamoreaux’s father, will leave Florida shortly for Sweet Val- ley. The family will move into the duplex home on the farm within a few weeks. At present they are occupying the Bronson apartment at Sweet Valley. There is a little girl, Sue, in the fourth grade. The farm comprises 160 acres of ‘beautiful cleared land with a marve- lous view. A sleek herd will once ‘more dot the rolling pasture land. The Lamoreaux family will start with a small herd, building it grad- ually. W. T. Davis, Linear Inc. To Speak To Lake Lions Harveys Lake Lions will have as the main speaker at the April 10 meeting at Nothoff’s Cafe, W. T. Davis, manufacturing manager at Linear Inc. Members will meet for | dinner at 7:30. af \ Mission Sunday will be observed | Five Districts Fail To Reach An Agreement No Signs Yet On Part Of Any Board To Yield Position It required the patience of Job to keep the special meeting of Dallas Area School Boards from getting out president Francis Ambrosey of the joint board had it and did’ a e6m- mendable job of try'ng to“H6ld the boards in line and within the frame- work of the jointure. “We are met here to remove a lit- tle difficulty that has arisen in the jointure,” Mr. Ambrose said as he welcomed a large gathering of par- ents and interested citizens who had gathered from all five townships to attend the meeting. There were so many, that the meeting, originally scheduled for the Library at Dallas Township High School, had to be transferred to the cafeteria. “lI hardly know where the solu- tion of a situation such as this should begin,” Mr. Ambrose said, “But I hope we can agree to agree.” He said five of the Dallas Township directors had met on the previous Friday and had come to the conclus- ion that there is a great deal of work to be done and many problems to be solved. He implied that the Dallas Township Board is in accord on the separation of Junior and Senior High Schools, and, in that respect, its thinking is in line with that of the directors of Dallas Bor- ough and Kingston Township and not in line with the thinking of Franklin and Monroe Township, members with Dallas Township of the old triple jointure. This implication had deep signi- ficance for the twenty-five directors of the 5-way jointure. Mr. Ambrose invited -any director ! to stand and express himself on the problem at hand—the separation of students—the obstacle which caused ' the resignation of Dallas Borough and Kingston Townships. The first man to’ speak was Wayne Hadsall, Monroe director. “We didn’t come here to attend the funeral of this jointure,” he said, “We have come to do everything we can do to hold it together.” “To that end I have two proposals: 1) All costs to be allocated accord- ing to the market value; 2) All five districts to vote on the Union Dis- trict at the next municipal elections, and that the Union District will not be formed until the reassessment of real estate is completed in Wyoming and Luzerne Counties. Then I will vote for a separation of junior and senior high schools.” Mr. Hadsall said he spoke for him- self and not for the Monroe Board. He said he thought the Union Dis- trict had a 50-50 chance of passing in Monroe and Franklin Townships. Henry Hess, Franklin, said he did not feel that “we are in any position to consider anything until we re- ceive a letter from Dallas Borough and Kingston Township to the effect that they are not going to withdraw from the jointure. We already have one from them stating that they are going to withdraw.” It was brought out that Dallas Borough, Dallas Township and King- ston Township had received consid- erable information from Principals Martin and Kuhnert but that Frank- lin and Monroe had not been too well briefed. g Addressing the principals, Mr. Ambrose asked “Do you believe that separation of Junior and Senior stu- dents is sound ?” Both answered in the affirmative. of hand Tuesday night, buty acting | | on their way to school. TEN CENTS PER COPY — TWELVE PAGES Council Votes Car Repairs, Will Give A Little Lumber To Scouts Dallas Borough Council transacted a variety of routine business Tues- day evening, plus a few extras, in- cluding a question of damages to a policeman’s car, and the ever recur- ring suggestion that more sidewalks are necessary for protection of school children. Repairs amounting to $76,18, to Victor Cross’ car, damaged when he skidded on icy pave at high speed in pursuit of his duty and a fleeing motorist, were ordered paid Wert- man’s garage, after a discussion about responsibility for the accident. Joseph MacVeigh stated that it might set a precedent, but that the repairs had been made and the bill rendered. Sterling Williams asked if Mr. Cross had been authorized to use the car on police duty. Mr.: Cross said you either had a stuffed shirt at the intersection or a policeman empowered to appre- hend law-breakers, and that a po- liceman’s hands were completely tied unless he used a car. Teen- agers, he said, tore down Main Street and out past the intersection of Franklin at 65 miles per hour. Mr. MacVeigh said it was a matter of judgment. A chase on icy roads was not good sense. Russell Honeywell stated that the solution, in his opinion, was to get a plainly labelled police car desig- nated for police duty only, and pro- tected by insurance. Mr. Wertman’s bill was ordered paid, on a motion by Raymon Hed- den, pending Atty. Roscoe Smith’s approval. Disposal of Lumber Robert Brown, secretary, speaking for the Explorer Scouts, said that they would like to have enough of the lumber resulting from demoli- tion of the building in the rear of the Borough Building, to erect a twelve by twelve addition to the old observation post at the Rice Ceme- tery. It would take only a small pro- portion of the lumber, he explained, and the rest would be available for sale. Wardan Kunkle moved that Ex- plorer Scouts be given what they needed in advance of sale of ma- terials. Sale of materials from the build- ing are to be advertised by legal notice in the Dallas Post. Sidewalks Asked For Dr. Budd Schooley and Charles Glawe raised the question of side- walks. Mr. Glawe, Sterling Avenue, spokesman, said that more sidewalks were indicated in the Borough, to relieve children from traffic hazard | Mr. MacVeigh said that sidewalks were continually suggested, but that nobody wanted to pay for them. Notices to residents brought forth “Would you like to have more in- formation on it? Ambrose asked the Monroe and Franklin Boards. There appeared to be little enthusiasm. But the same question asked the citizens present, brought a show of hands to have the principals explain the Jun- ior-Senior High School set up with the use of a blackboard. There was an intermission while arrangements were made to haul in the blackboard. When the group again assembled, Charles Mannear spoke: “It is my understanding, from a cloakroom conversation during in- termission—that the Franklin Board will not go along with separate sen- ior and junior high schools if there is any reallocation or, in lieu of re- allocation, any increased costs. Therefore, I see no point in this hour the almost invariable reply, “When the folks on the other side of the street get sidewalks, we will be happy togput them in.” i om brought forth sugges- tiogs that.if any place needed side- walke it was Franklin Street, where children from Fernbrook had to walk in the street on their way to Dallas Borough School. And on | Huntsville Road, where cars came plunging over the crest of the hill without warning, and there was no way of laying sidewalks because of the rock ledge on both sides. Cost of blasting away the rock ledge and laying sidewalks in that section was estimated at between $50,000 and $60,000. And who owns the Rice ceme- tery? And who would pay for side- walks in front of that property? The concensus of the council was that sidewalks are very valuable, and the matter referred to the street department. “Why don't we have zoning?” was met by “We do have zoning. Hand the gentleman several copies of the regulations.” Mr. Glawe then suggested that a traffic hazard was created when a school bus parked on Huntsville Road, and asked why school buses could not pick up passengers in the school ' yard or the semi-circular drive on Franklin Street. Russell Honeywell was empowered to take this up with school author- ities. Twelve “Watch Out For Child- ren” signs were authorized, to be placed in strategic areas. George D. Cave, Monroe Avenue, reported that drainage from the Ma- chell Farm was destroying the value of an otherwise salable building lot. John Jeter, Borough engineer, ex- plained that there was a natural creek there, fed by a spring, and that nature is hard to defeat, as water normally runs downhill. Mr. Cave and Mr. Jeter retired to the engineer’s office to study the map. Mr. Glawe and Dr. Schooley sug- gested a courtesy mailbox some- where in central Dallas, not neces- sarily at the Post Office, to elimin- ate the bottleneck of early morning traffic on Lake Street, where motor- ists leave their car doors swinging while mailing letters. The matter hag already been taken up with Joseph Polacky, Dallas Postmaster. It would involve No-Parking signs on either side of the drive-in box. The matter was referred to the street commit- tee. > Clean-Up Day, Daylight Saving Clean-up Day was set for April 29 and 30. Lack of a place to dump trash from Borough trucks is a prob- lem, said Al Shaffer, head of the street department. Daylight Saving Time will go into effect April 28 at 2 a.m. and con- tinue until October 27 at 2 a.m. and a half discussioh. There were a number of non- board members who spoke in favor of the discussion; so it was present- ed, over a period of time that con- sumed the rest of the evening—until 12:15! At the conclusion, Mr. Ambrose said. he felt some progress had been made. But nobody else in the room appeared to be enthusiastic about the results! The question of whether the jointure will hold was not re- solved. Will Dallas Borough and Kingston Township return to the jointure before July 1958 rolls around ? Will Dallas Township also withdraw from the jointure follow- ing its decision for the separation of junior and senior students? Will (Continued on Page 8) Many Citizens Attend Board Meeting
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