This is an architect's drawing of the new Back Mountain Shopping Center which will be located between Route 309 and Ferguson Avenue opposite Evans Drug Store in Shavertown. The center will have nine A————————————— Oldest Business Institution In The Back Mountain | and possibly ten stores. There will be ample parking space for 1,000 automobiles in front of the variety of shops that will face Route 309. Biggest of the stores will be the new Acme Market with possibly a Construction Starts Today On New Back Mountain Shopping Center 2 large Jun ior Department store at the other end of the row of shops. EE Acme Market, located near the present Shavertown Grade School will be the first store to be constructed with others taking shape HE DALLAS POS just as quickly as possible. Completely modern in design, with grounds landscaped, and provisions for safe, convenient off-the-street parking, the center will provide housewives with a variety of shops. Two Easy to Remember Phone Numbers 4-5656 or 4-7676 VOL. 68, No. 16, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1958 MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION TEN CENTS PER COPY — TWELVE PAGES Robbers Loot G. L. Boote Home Police are still working what, clues to the Saturday night robbery at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Boote, Knob Hill, Trucksville. » Making their entry through a| Basement window some time be- | tween 6:45 and 11:15 p.m. the] robbers stole a small household wall safe containing a quantity of cash and bonds and completely ransack ed the attractive ranch style home | in their search for other valuables. The safe, which had been con- | cealed behind clothes racks in a bedroom closet, was found opened with some bonds still intact in the wooded area just down the hill on the Conyngham property. The thieves, sionals, wore gloves fingerprints. Entry was made during ‘one of those rare instances when the Boote family was out for the evening. In company with their daughter and | son-in-law Dr. and Mrs. John M.} Krause of Danville, they had gone to a movie in Wilkes-Barre. The family Boxer was alone in, the house. wei TR 4 When they returned, Mrs. Krause found her mother’s purse on the | living room floor and mentioned ' apparently profes- and left no Despite ‘frequent bad weather, that the Boxer must have brought it there. That was the beginning of a fearful discovery. The entire house a been ransacked! The den was’ “turned topsy-turvy. In bedroom, the robbers had taken out all of the dresser drawers and strewn their contents over the floors. A micro- scope box, owned by Dr. Krause, was jimmied, but the microscope | is possible, completion of the State Hospital for Mental Delinquents in Jackson Township is becoming a reality. It but improbable, that scheduled completion on November 28, 1958 will be met, according to Jack Finlow, ‘assistant supervisor of John McShain, general contractors. Of the thirty-eight buildings to be erected on the forty-acre site, rour are in the final stages of construc- tion and it is likely that at least a dozen more will be completed with- in the next couple of months. Among these will be some of the thirteen blockhouses that will ulti- left untouched. \ While the robbers were at work, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wyant were en- tertaining the Dance of the Month Club nearby. Nobody saw any strangers in the vicinity of the, mately be used to House nearly Bgote home, ; : ~~ 11,000 patients; each to be assigned Mr. Boote immediately notified to 5 single, ten by six and a half- Kingston Township and State Police. | foot room, complete with lavatory Officer - Herbert Updyke arrived. nd toilet. Shor tly aud Siate Povey ponte The site of this activity in Jack- e Investigation tougnoL: 2 | son Township, about four miles from early morning hours. gl | Huntsville Dam, is on land that has Some of the money taken was a a oe | experienced a tremendous face-lift- church funds kept by Mrs. Boote ing through the removal of nearly for an organization of which she is |g half-million yards of rock and dirt. | a officer. The robbery is one of the latest in a series in the Back Mountain area that has included Evans Drug Store, all high schools, Caddie La- Bar’s sporting goods stores ' and | hy the State Department of Justice. others. 2 A safe stolen from the Post Com- Only One of Its Kind pany in Wilkes-Barre was recently | The location was chosen by the General State Authority which is $13,500,000; but when the project is completed it will be administered backing the project at a cost of] Five Hundred Men Are Speeding Work On Big Jackson Mental Institution Department. It is the only one ‘of at the hospital will enter by a gate its kind in the country. It is designed to accommodate only men, of any age, who have been declared mentally deficient and criminally ‘inelined and it will attempt to rehabilitate and return them to society so that they may lead normal, productive lives. Recreational facilities will include an athletic field, television and read- : % | ing rooms, and a 900-seat combina- | tion auditorium - gymnasium. For those who have the capabilities and | desire for further education there will be a school in which they can study subjects up to, and including, the last year of high school; for the more mechanically minded there will be a vocational building com- pletely equipped with shop. | A 300-seat chapel with revolving "altar will serve the religious needs of Jews, Catholics and Protestants. The unusual altar will have three back-drops and when a particular religious group holds its service they will simply move the altar to the segment which ‘is necessary for devotions. had Much of the routine maintenance work at the institution will be as- signed to patients. Gardening, some maintenance and most of the kit- | chen work will be done by them. There will also be aproximately 75 The Jackson Institution is a de- or 100 civilian workers, presumably found opened and discarded near | parture from other State Hospitals, from the Back Mountain area. Huntsville. | normally controlled by the Welfare ! Let Your Light Shine With The Lions Spotted in this crowd of enthusiastic Dallas Lions who are preparing for their “Save a Sight— Buy a Light” campaign this Sunday are James Thomas, William Fry, George Eddy, R. E. DeRemer, Bill Davis and Thomas Smith. They were so busy packing bags of light bulbs that they hadn’t the time to give Post Photo- grapher James Kozemchak all of their names. sight. Nine bulbs in a bag will sell for $2; all of the income will be used in the Lions Sight-Saving’ program and other charities. > These men will call at your home Sunday. If you are going to be away, leave $2 with your neighbor for your bag of bulbs. A good supply at home will save everybody's | | 1 | | | | that will lead them into a court- yard. Once they are in the court- yard they will be confronted by another gate which cannot be open- ed until the gate behind them is locked. This is. only one of the measures that will be taken to in- sure maximum security. Around the buildings a twenty-foot high metal fence will be erected, and spaced at strategic spots will be six guard towers rising thirty feet in height. Other than these obvious protec- tive measures there will be little to suggest, from outside appear- ances, that the occupants are under fairly strict surveillance. Joe Shard, the project architect, said in an interview that the build- ings were all designed with the idea of nullifying, as much as pos- sible, the appearance of a prison. Even the window sashes are of a special design to complement grill- work on the windows. Responsible for carrying out the architect's plans are twenty-three prime contractors, John MecShain, Inc. as general contractor. Super- vised by Lew Edwards, the McShain Company employs 250 of the 500 men who are on the job. Local contractors who have also done work on the: Institution, include Dean Shaver who drilled the two wells that supply the 600,000 gallon Civilians who will work or visit reservoir. Brings Back Desk Chair For Another Auction They're beginning to come back again,” those items bought last year at the Library Auction in the ex- citement of bidding against neigh- bor. Ralph Downend got a swivel desk chair last year, a sturdy job with leather seat and back. Tuesday morning he brought it back to the Barn in his truck, donating it to the Twelfth Annual Library Auction, scheduled for July 11 and 12 at the Barnyard. BURGESS SAYS SPEED WILL BE CURBED BY ROAD BLOCKS, TRAPS Burgess Norti Berti that speed traps will be in oper- ation in the Borough some time warns during next week. Drivers, he said, have been going through stop signs with barely a pause, and making too high speed on: Borough streets. To Attend Conference’ Eleanor Humphrey, secretary for the past ten years at Lake-Noxen Schools, will attend the State Uni- versity conference of Pennsylvania Educational Secretaries Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Back Mountain Firms Exhibit At The Armory Parade Of Progress Will Continue Until Late Saturday Night Rack Mountain businessmen are oe well represented at the Parade of Progress in Kingston Armory this week, which is sponsored by Wilkes- Barre Junior Chamber of Com- merce. No less than five local businesses have set up attractive booths with displays ranging from cars to fish hooks. Caddie LaBar has one of the largest exhibits. It includes seven boats, several outboard motors, fishing equipment and enough base- ball gear to supply an entire league. For those interested in sports cars, Kunkle Motors has three beau- ties on .isplay: an Austin-Healey, an MG and a Swedish SAAB. Dallas Outdoor Theatie has a nfidget - reir AE eT the type that will be used when they begin their quarter-midget races this summer. The home is emphasized in the booths sponsored by Commonwealth Telephone Company and Dallas En- gineers. Phones of a dozen differ- ent colors placed against a white | background indicate that there is a phone to complement any interior . decorating scheme. A fine display of heating units and burners by Dallas Engineers, Inc., is highlighted by an automatic coal dispenser which, if installed, would save hours of back-breaking work. ; Another attraction at the Armory is a thirty-two foot guided missile which can be launched from B-47 bombers and which will travel at supersonic speeds. Its destructive force is more devastating than all of the bombs dropped by Air Forces on both sides during World War II The missile is currently being dis- played in front of the Armory and, whether it was done intentionally or not, it is only a few feet from four three-inch cannons which bear the date 1904. This contrast is a fine example that the Parade of Progress never stops. The exhibit will continue until Saturday ‘night. Council Delays Naming Successor To MacVeigh Dallas Borough Council accepted the resignation of Joseph MacVeigh but delayed appointing a successor at a special meeting called for that purpose on Tuesday night. Councilman Robert Moore sug- gested the name of Robert Parry, manager of Shavertown Acme Mar- ket and superintendent of the Sun- day School at the Dallas Methodist Church. Councilman Grace Cace suggested resident and John Mulhern, grade teacher in Dallas Borough schools, and a registered Republican. Both Miss Cave and Mr. Heddon expressed a desire to see a member of the Catholic faith on Council. Since Councilman Wilbur Davis was absent and a vote might result in a tie with Burgess Norti Berti voting, it was decided to take more names under advisement and vote on the matter at another meeting within thirty days. Daylight time was adopted to be- gin April 27 and end October 26. The next meeting will be Thurs- day, April 24th. Willis Ide Loses Suit Willis Ide, Idetown, has lost a $30,000 suit brought against his father-in-law, Ralph Antrim of El- | mira, for injuries received when he | ruptured his spleen in a fall from a i stepladder at the 'Antrim home ! while engaged in repair work on gutters. 2 Mrs. Arthur Culver, lifetime Dallas sixth shared | makes them eligible to enter their” Four Generations Move The Earth Ground Broken For Construction Of Nine Shopping Center Stores * Four generations of the Eyerman family, one of Wyoming Valley's’ oldest contracting firms, along with executives of Acme Markets and other business leaders took part in ground breaking ceremonies for the new Back Mountain Shopping Cen- ter at Shavertown Wednesday after- noon. This morning, trucks, shovels, graders and layout men are actually starting the construction of the first building under the direction of vet- eran Superintendent of Construction Edward Updyke who has been with the Eyerman firm for more than 20 years. Taking part in Wednesday's cere- monies were: Harry Corson, Acme zone manager; Harold Miller, sales manager; Irving DeRemer, advertis- ing manager; Milt Evans, Acme real estate supervisor; Sheldon T. Evans, Shavertown druggist who sold the land for the Center; Henry Fine, a partner in the venture; Edward Eyerman Sr., Edward Eyerman Jr., | Edward Eyerman III, young Edward | Eyerman IV and Edward Updyke of the Eyerman firm. gat Back Mountain Shopping Cente will be the fourth big shopping center developed by Mr. Fine and Mr. Eyerman. The others are the Gateway Center in Kingston now being expanded to house twenty- eight stores; Mt. Top Center for nine stores and the Hazleton Center for nine stores which was com- pleted this week with the opening of the Sears store there. Another center in prospect is at the Airport ing man of the twenty-five who of that group. University of Pennsylvania. (His at <Cornell). with the armed forces in Korea. Edward IV is just about tops breaking ceremonies for Back Mountain Shopping Center. Eyerman Sr., 83, is a summer -resident of Shrine View and takes an active part in the construction firm which he organized in 1898 and that still bears his name. A past president of Wyoming Valley Motor Club, he is the only living member of the old West End Wheelman’s Club, a forerunner of the Franklin Club. He is also the only remain- Four generations of the Eyerman family take part in ground Edward drafted the original building code, adopted for the City of Wilkes-Barre in 1914. He was the secretary Edward Eyerman Jr., present head of the firm, is one of the best liked men in Wyoming Valley. Engrossed in his work, he is no joiner, but has a deep interest in the Blind. Association and other civic projects. He is a director of Miners Bank. He is a graduate of big brother, Bob, was drum major Edward III, a resident of Goss Manor, is an assistant in the construction firm and handles the real estate operations. A graduate of Bordentown Military school and Keystone Junior College, he was in the outfit, and a born construc- tion man — as can be seen by the way he handles a shovel! At West Catholic Dallas area students swept three of a possible four First Prizes at West Side Central Catholic’s first Science Fair which was held in the auditorium on Tuesday and Wednes- day. Ann Black, Carol Rinehart, Mar- ion Mascali and Eddie Girvan all in the top honors which displays in the Luzerne County Science Fair to be held in Wilkes- Barre, April 23-25. Carol Rinehart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Rinehart of Trucksville, and Marion Mascali, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Mascali of Dallas shared the First Prize for the biology exhibit by dis- secting and removing the entire skeleton of a frog. The First Prize in chemistry was awarded to Eddie Girvan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Girvan of Dallas, for his construction and operation of the “Castner cell.” Ann Black, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Black of Huntsville, won the physics prize for a display showing how physics was applied in pagan times. In four steps, ‘Ann, showed how the pagans opened and closed the massive doors that served as the entrances to their cities. By expansion of gases they caused con- densation which was used as energy Local Students Take Top Honors Science Fair for a pulley system that manipula- ted the huge doors. Robert D. Yost To Get Award Protective Association Dinner To Be At Castle Back Mountain Protective Asso- ciation will give its Community Service Award to Rev. Robert De- Witt Yost, pastor of Shavertown ure of a dinner scheduled for Sat- urday, April 26, at The Castle. Attorney ‘Joseph L. O'Donnell, Wilkes-Barre, will be toastmaster. Attorney James Lenahan Brown is president of the organization. Tickets for the dinner may be procured from committee members: Charles Glawe, Mrs. Elizabeth Wal< lo, Dr. F. Budd Schooley, Dr. Wil- liam J. Kennedy, Robert W. Laux, Frank Wadas, Rev. Yost, Henry Hess, or Robert E. Davis. Rev. Yost, states Attorney Brown, was selected because of his interest | in the advancement of the Back ' Mountain. bind Methodist Church, as the main feat- in Forty Fort. Back Mountain Cen- ter will house nine and possibly ten stores. Completion of most of the center will be late this summer or early Tallir 2 i Thousands of yards of breaker rock have been poured into the site to bring it up to grade with Route {309 and drainage work which con- tinued throughout the winter has involved the laying of mammoth concrete conduits to carry the water from two streams. New Goss Manor People Protest Water Rates New Goss Manor Home-Owners Association plans to collaborate with Back Mountain Protective Associa- tion to inquire into current water rates, and the projected meter ser- vice of Dallas - Shavertown Water Company, according to action taken at a meeting Sunday afternoon held in Senator Harold Flack’s game room. : The much disputed site for the new high school came up for aneth- er discussion. New Goss Manor resi- dents hold that it is too valuable a property to be used as a school site, that seventy-two acres is too large 1a plot, and that athletic grounds adjacent to Goss Manor would con- stitute a nuisance. New Goss Manor is densely populated with children who will presumably be eventual students at the new high school building. Civil Defense Seeks Centralization Here Civil Defense officials of all Back Mountain townships will meet | Thursday, April 24 in Dallas Bor- ' ough Building to map up a central organization for the Back Mountain area. | They feel that the present organ i ization, broken up as it is among {the townships, is ineffective. The public is invited. ‘Pursue Pigs Through [Neighboring Yards | A brisk pursuit of two pigs | through Lehman Saturday afternoon resulted in setting ahead their slaughter date by several weeks. Andrew Race got the pigs on Thurs- day, and is turning them into ham, | bacon, and chittlings for the Stuart | Marks family.
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