Oldest Business Institution In The Back Mountain THE DALLAS POST Two Easy to Remember Phone Numbers 4.5656 or 4-7676 VOL. 67, No. 50, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1957 MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION TEN CENTS PER COPY — SIXTEEN PAGES Elect Barstow President Of Embulance Asso. Charles Flack Takes Vice Presidency, Al Shaffer Resigns A heated Dallas Community Am- bulance Association meeting, Sun- day afternoon in the Library Annex, saw a number of changes in the slate presented by the nominating committee and resignation of one director who was a member of the ambulance crew. ‘The slate of candidates as pre- sented by the nominating committee chairman, Mrs. Norti Berti, Alvin Shaffer and Howard Johns, was: Leslie Barstow, president; Jack Stan- ley, vice president; Stephen Hart- man, second vice president; Joe Hand, third vice president; Norti Berti, treasurer; Don Bulford, secre- tary; Edith Shaffer, corresponding secretary. Elected, after additional nomina- tions from the floor, were: Mr. Barstow, president; Charles Flack, first vice president; Jack Stanley, second; Joe Hand, third; Don Bul- ford, secretary; Robert Bloch, treas- urer; Marie Thevenon, correspond- ing secretary. Mr. Stanley asked not to be elected first vice president. Mr. Flack’s name was put in nom- ination for the office by Robert Laux. Mrs. Shaffer's name was with- drawn from ‘ the nomination for secretary by her husband. Mr. Shaffer resigned from the ambulance crew and from the board of directors. Recommended for the board of directors by the nominating com- mittee were Henry Evans and Ray Titus, for the Borough; William Wright and Mrs. Arthur Newman for the Township. Elected were Steve Hartman and Russell Honeywell for the Borough; Mr. Wright and Danny Richards from the Township. Mrs. Newman has been ill for several months, and did not wish to stand for nomina- tion. A discussion of what constitutes membership arose. A number of men felt that only the head of the family, to wit the man, should vote. Wives present spoke of the dark ages, and ueld that their contribn- tion to the association, entitled tem to a voice in both election and possible revision of by-laws. It was finally decided that both men and women of legal age had the right to vote. The membership passed a motion holding to two separate financial drives, one for the Ambulance Asso- ciation, one for Dr. Henry Laing Fire Company, not a joint drive. This action was in direct opposi- tion to a motion passed some time ago by the directors, approving a joint drive. The matter will be referred to the solicitor, Atty. Robert Fleming, for a decision. ’ It was pointed out that one drive may not bring as much for the ambulance association, but that it would be far more efficient, as it is almost always the same men who distribute and collect coin cards for both organizations. Police To Form An Association Meeting Planned For Next Thursday Night First steps in an attempt to org- anize a Back Mountain Police Asso- ciation were taken Monday night when representative police officers met at Kingston Township Building on Carverton Road to discuss the proposal. : The Association will have as its goals closer official and personal association between all police offi- cials; elevation of police standards; adoption of humane efforts in the enforcement of law; adoption of pension, relief and civil service laws and an attempt to devise and sug- gest ways for a more uniform police system in the Back Mountain area. Chief of Police Jesse Coslett of Kingston Township presided as tem- porary chairman and Officer Herbert Updyke was temporary secretary. The Association will be open to all regular and special police. officers and constables in the Back Mountain area from Ross to Franklin Town- . ships and including Noxen, North- moreland and Monroe Townships in Wyoming County. g The next meeting will be held Thursday night, December 19, at Kingston Township Building. There will be refreshments and it is planned to nominate permanent officers. Turkey Winners William Morris, Dallas R. D., and Willard Gosart, Shawanese, Harveys Lake, were winners of the turkeys awarded by Lake-Noxen Band Asso- ciation on Tuesday night at the school. ? : Kiwanis President F. G. MATHERS III Outline Kiwanis 1358 Objectives Mathers Appoints Committee Chairmen Frank G. Mathers III, 130 Main Street, Trucksville, is the president of the Dallas Kiwanis Club for 1958. Other officers elected are: first vice president, Frank Karweta; sec- ond vice president, Franklin Gager; secretary, Jerome R. Gardner; and treasurer, Robert E. Dyer. Members appointed to the Board of Directors by 1957 president, John Weeden, Francis Fry, Roscoe B. Smith, and Clyde Birth. Objectives for 1958 as formulated by the International Board of Trus- tees of Kiwanis International and forwarded to the Dallas Club are: 1. Rededicate ourselves to com- munity service and citizenship re- sponsibility, development of youth activities, assistance to the handi- capped, conservation, Canada-United States friendship, spiritual growth, and the promotion of world under- standing and peace. ; 2. Mopilize support for adequate education. hi 3. Fight inflation. 4. Encourage efficiency and eco- nomy in government. 5. Back the attack on traffic ac- cidents, 6. Expand opportunities for sen- ior citizens. 3 7. Promote public understanding and qualified treatment of mental illness. 8. Sponsor community beautifica- tion. 9. Recognize worthy public ser- J vice. In order to support these objec- tives adequately, committees have been set up and chairmen appointed by president-elect Mathers as fol- lows: Underprivileged children, Donald E. Weeden, chairman. Key Clubs, boys and girls work, vocational guidance, Robert Dolbear. Agriculture and conservation, Ray- mond Goeringer. : Public and business affairs, laws and regulations, public relations, G. J. Kintz. Achievement reports, Franklin Gager. 3 Attendance and membership, Ki- wanis education and fellowship, Dr. John Blase. Finance, Robert Dyer. Inter-club relations, churches, John Churry. Reception, new club building, house, Robert Maturi. Program and music, Frank Kar- weta. Announce Judges Of Decoration Deadline For Entry Is December 20 Mrs. John Blase, Christmas light- ing contest chairman, announces the names of judges who will tour the Back Mountain December 23 to make awards for the entries in out- door end picture-window lighting. Judges are: Sam Holvey, Jr., Park Street; Mrs. Arnott Jones, New Goss Manor; Gerald Dettmore, Idetown. Entries, says Mrs. Blase, must be on file by midnight, December 20, to allow time for mapping a route. Judging will start at 7 p.m. Decem- ber 23 unless bad weather inter- feres, in which case the tour may be postponed until after Christmas. The Dallas Senior Woman’s Club will cooperate with the Junior Club which is taking responsibility for the contest this year, by arranging for the prizes. Sends Five Dollar Bill Somebody sent Mrs. Dorothy Bab- chalk a Christmas card with a five dollar bill in it after reading about her tough luck in the Dallas Post, when four game commissioners con- verged upon her after a utility truck struck a deer which later died in her orchard, and levied a fine of support of Churry are: Dr. John Blase, Donald |- A Jackson Township father and fo same household brought back five Light Company; Ray, Jackson Township and the mountainous area near Ricketts. father is John Malak Sr., of Follies Road. Here they stand proudly in front of their kill. From left: Paul, an employee of Harveys Lake a nurseryman with Walter Chamberlain; Richard, an eleventh grader at Lehman-Jackson-Ross Schools; John Sr., an outside man at Loree Colliery and father of the boys, and ur of his sons, all members of the bucks last week from the fields of The Father and Four Sons Get Their Deer. Count Them ! John Jr., an employee of Banks Sand Pit, Those who didn’t get deer in the Malak family, but who have enjoyed their fill of venison none- theless are Mrs. Malak, Donald, a seventh grader in Lehman Schools and Rita, 4 second grader at Lehman. Only one of the family got a deer last season. That was John Jr. Paul, Richard and John Sr., got their deer near Ricketts on the first day of the season. Ray and John Jr. got theirs the following day in Jackson Township. (Photo by Kozemchak) Westmoreland High School Dallas Area Basketball Schedule 195% - 1958 SEASON ‘ W L *November 26 Tuesday Laketon * 84 59 Away *December 3 Tuesday Laketon 96 45 Home *December 5 Thursday Hughestown 82 49 Home *December 10 Tuesday Central Catholic 62 49 Away *December 14 Friday Forty-Fort Away *December 17 Tuesday , Wyoming Away January ;, 7 Tuesday Fairview Home January 10 Friday Lehman Away January 14 Tuesday Swoyerville Home January 17 Friday Sugar Notch Away January 21 Tuesday Ashley Away January 24 Friday West Wyoming Home January 28 Tuesday Wilkes-Barre Twp. Away *January 31 Friday Tunkhannock Home February 4 Tuesday Fairview Away February 7 Friday Lehman Home February 11 Tuesday Swoyerville Away February 14 Friday Sugar Notch Home February 18 Tuesday Ashley Home February 21 Friday West Wyoming Away February 25 Tuesday Wilkes-Barre Twp. Home * Exhibition Games Famous Astronomer To Discuss Satellite; Public Is Invited Dr. I. M. Levitt, internationally® famous scientist - astronomer, will lecture on the satellite at College Misericordia next Tuesday evening, December 17, at eight. Dr. Levitt is director of the Fels Planetarium in Philadelphia, and is noted as a scientist and inventor with the rare ability to translate into lay terms the most complex scientific subjects. His lectures, magazine articles, ‘and television appearances have gained him a large public. Since 1952 he has been writing a weekly syndicated science column circula- ting among 20 million readers in more than 30 large U, S. cities and translated into eight foreign lang- uages. His presentation will include dem- onstrations and films, and up-to-the- minute commentary on the con- struction, launching, and operating of a man-made earth satellite. The public is cordially invited to be present when Dr. Levitt speaks at the college. His lecture ‘will be given in McAuley auditorium. Temperature Plummets After Wednesday Snow Temperatures dropped sharply on Wednesday night after a four inch snowfall which iced the highways and made driving dangerous, Tem- peratures of between 2 and 8 de- grees above zero were reported in the area. Thursday might, with clearing skies and wind settling into the northwest, was even colder, weather $100. : PEE La : \ predictions calling for zero or below. Re WAS TOWNEND LEGALLY ELECTED TO PRESIDENCY ? Was Frank Townend legally elected to presidency of the Dallas Area Joint Board Tues- day night? Joint board action requires four boards in favor, plus a. majority of the twenty - five directors. Mr. Townend had unanimous support of two boards, Franklin and Monroe. He had a split vote in Dallas Borough, a majority of 3 to 2. He had one vote in his own Township board, that of Wil- liam Wright who nominated him. He lost Kingston Township unanimously to Francis ' Am- brose. The vote was eleven in his favor, eight against. Was he elected ? Flies From Florida Don Grose, son-in-law of Grover Stock, flew up from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, two weeks ago to hunt bear, small game and deer. to Florida on Saturday after bagging a 125 pound buck. First Robin, Brrrrrr It’s spring, even if it doesn’t look it. William Lamb saw the first robin on his lawn in company with a pair of cardinals, just before the snow storm. ~ He returned. Expert Woodsmen Search For Boys Lost Saturday On Dutch Mountain Grading For New Shopping Center To Start Monday Will Have Market And Nine Stores Construction of the Back Moun- tain area’s first big shopping center will start immediately on five acres of ground opposite Evans Rexall Drug Store, Shavertown. This was the announcement made yesterday by Edward Eyerman Jr., who with his partner Henry Fine, Wilkes-Barre business man, recently purchased the ground from Sheldon Evans, Shavertown druggist, The Back Mountain Shopping Cen- ter will include an air-conditioned Acme Super Market and nine other stores similarly air conditioned and all connected by an all-weather canopy convenient for shoppers. The Acme Market will have 120 feet front and a depth of 140 feet. It will be one of the most modern markets in Pennsylvania. The nine other stores will represent a cross section of enterprises designed for the convenience of one-stop shop- ping for Back Mountain housewives. Several leases have already been signed and some are pending. All of the shops will be of one story concrete block and steel con- struction and will be completely fireproof. They will be set back a distance of 350 feet from Route 309 permrt- ting parking for 500 to 600 auto- mobiles on a completely paved area in front of the shops. Parking for employees and for unloading and loading trucks will be along Fer- guson Avenue to the rear of the buildings. There will be limited ac- cess to and from Route 309 eas a safety precaution. Most of the front- age along the highway except at entrances and exits will be attrac- tively fenced. The whole area will be brilliantly lighted with stadium lights. : The acreage on which the Shop- ping Center will be built, has a frontage of 467 feet and a depth of 580 feet,, The new Acme Market will be built at the lower end of the plot nearest Shavertown Grade school with the other shops extend- ing north toward Dallas. Preparation of the ground and drainage work will start next week with construction of the Acme Mar- ket building starting as soon as the weather permits. It is expected that the first building will be completed by April. Banks Construction Company has the contract for drainage, grading and construction of all paved areas. €® Expert woodsmen, familiar with the rough terrain and rocky ledges of the mountains around Loyalville, were summoned by Chief of Police Edgar Hughes and assistant Wal- bridge Leinthal Saturday night to search Dutch Mountain for four young hunters from Hanover Town- ship who were lost in thick fog. Nobody refused, though most had finished a hard day’s work. George Alles, Richard Williams, William Weaver, George Bray, Paul Hoover, Jasper Kocher, Edward Downs, Daniel Germick, Fred Getz, and Marvin Evans separated into parties and searched from 9:30 until 1:30, when Paul Hoover's squad came in from Beth Run with the exhausted youths. Hughes and Leinthal toured the roads constantly, driving up as far as Red Rock and Lake Jean, keep- ing in constant communication by two-way radio with Mrs. Hughes, who gave the latest reports. The boys, ranging in age from 15 to 19, had realized they were lost at dusk. They had tramped for miles hoping for sight of a deer, and found themselves in wild country hazard- ous with ledges. Fog shrouded thein as night fell, and though they were within 200 feet of a hunting cabin, they did not know it. Everything in the woods was wet from recent rain and snow. The boys tore linings from their jackets for kindling, and coaxed a smudgy blaze from wet twigs. They huddled around this, resigned to being un- able to get out of the woods until daylight, when they heard rifle shots and police whistles. Mrs. Daniel Germick had hot soup and coffee and sandwiches for everybody when the searching part- ies came back to the Kupstas store where the search had started four hours earlier. Residents had noted a car parked at the store long after dark, but it was not until Joseph Yuknavich, the father of Joseph Jr. and 15 year old Paul, called Harveys Lake Poliee station that anybody realized four boys were roaming the mountain. Paul Hoover parked his car at the Aubrey Williams Place, as close to Beth Run as it is possible to get by car, and led his search party up through the old logging road. Mrs. Major Bruises Head In Fall In Home Mrs. H. J. Major, Overbrook Road, fell in her own home and struck the back of her head when she over- balanced herself Tuesday morning, The district nurse, who was on hand to give Mrs. Major a hypodermic, was in the next room when Mrs. Major fell in the dining room, sus- taining a bad bruise on the back of her head. Township Board Splits Over Its ‘Two Candidates Frank Townend Gets Presidency Of Dallas Area Board Thirteen Westmoreland sopho- mores from William Morgan’s class in American History, saw democracy in action Tuesday night when the presidency of Dallas Area Board passed from Francis Ambrose to Frank Townend. Franklin and Monroe board mem- bers voted unanimously for Mr. Townend, the first time in months that Monroe directors have been present to cast a decisive ballot, though they came to a closed ses- sion of the Area Board last Thurs- day evening at the main office. Kingston Township vote was un- animous for Francis Ambrose, Dallas Township and Dallas Borough direc- tors split. The final vote was 11 to 8, and Mr. Townend took the chair. Neither candidate cast a ballot. | Passage of any important measure by the Dallas Area Board has here- tofore required a majority of four "out of the five boards, plus a major- ity of directors. The vote for presi- dent was passed by three boards, plus a majority of the directors present. | A suggestion for a secret ballot | followed nomination of the two candidates. Atty. Jonathan Valen- | tine pronounced this illegal accord- ing to the school code, and election | was by roll call. | Alphabetical sequence made man- ! datory election of a Dallas Township ‘ president, following election of a Dallas Borough candidate last year, though Mr. Ambrose, Dallas Town- ship, had acted as president upon illness of the late Harry Ohlman, and had succeeded him in office upon his death. Mr. Ambrose was chairman during the stormy sessions which preceded the present Dallas Area Jointure, v/hich will give way to Dallas Dis- trict July 1, 1958. Present officers will hold their positions until July 1, when organization of the Union | District will take place, excluding Monroe Township. Henry Hess, Franklin Township, was unanimously elected vice presi- . dent; Mr. Valentine, solicitor; Mrs. Harriet Stahl, secretary. High School Site James Hutchison, chairman of the building site committee, reported that options had been procured on proposed Rice and Newman proper- ties and that Hume Daron had pur- chased twenty-five acres bordering New Goss Manor which had been included in the original tract of land okayed by the State for the new senior high school. Committee mem- bers, Mr. Hutchison said, had met with Mr. Daron before the joint board meeting, but reserved a report on results until the executive session held after the joint board meeting, when visitors and press representa- tives were asked to leave. James Lacy reported that surveys are going forward, together with conferences with administrators, to determine the ‘“Musts” in construc- tion, to be followed by electives. The framework of education goals controls the framework of the phy- sical building. Mr. Townend said that due to a number of elections of new board members personnel of the various committees would need rearrange- ment, and asked if any member of a present committee would prefer to be shifted to another. Appointments by the chair, he said would be made shortly, with newly elected mem- bers placed advantageously. ; James Martin, supervising princi- pal, said that all moneys handled through the administrative office should be included in the annual audit. This would include teachers’ funds, athletic fund, cafeteria, acti- vities, anything involving receipts and expenditures. He wishes to have all requests for use of auditoriums or gymnasiums submitted in writing. Mr. Martin reported receipts from Dallas Wom- an’s Club and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church for use of the Township auditorium for variety shows. Henry Hess moved that a question about remuneration for extra work performed during the summer by John Rosser, Township principal, be referred to the finance committee. Upkeep D. T. Scott asked for emergency repair of the roof at the Township building, which was granted. John Wardell reported a mere trickle of water in the home-making room at Westmoreland, a chronic complaint, and one which he feels will not be remedied until the pres- ent corroded two-inch pipe which leads water from Trucksville Water Company reservoir into the building is replaced. The estimate is for 300 feet of new pipe, leading to Rice Street, a measure recommended last year by Roy Transue of the Trucks- ville Water Company. Dr. Robert Bodycomb suggested replacing colored proscenium lights on the Township stage with white bulbs, to improve lighting for stu- dents practicing band instruments, _ (Continued on Page 4) /
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