—__ BREAK GF \ 70 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain THE DALLAS POS TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers ORchard 4-5656 OR 4-7676 VOL. 71, No. 6, THURSDAY, Small Boy Spots Mortar Shell In “Park St. Field Demolition Experts From Indiantown Gap Take Charge A five-pound mortar shell, sus- pected of being loaded and lethal, discovered late Saturday afternoon by a small boy playing on Parrish Heights, left for Indiantown Gap Tuesday afternoon, under convoy of two demolition experts. It had been locked in a cupboard at the Dallas Borough Building for the weekend, p-otected by a large sign saying EX- PLOSIVES. Robert Snyder, eight years old playing in a field in Park Street saw a tail fin sticking up out of the mud. He excavated, played with his find for a time, then lugged it home a distance of half a mile. He parked it in the family garage on Park Street, and went into the house for supper. “Want to sce what I've got in garage?” he asked his father. “Charles Snyder, his hair crisping, called Borough Police Chief Russell Honeywell and Stefan Hellersperk, of Civilian Defense. i Honeywell, assistant Chief Al ‘Shaffer, Mr. Hellersperk and Stefan Jr. inspected the shell.: Mr. Heller- sperk cradled it on his lap during the short drive to the’ Borough Building. Chief ‘Honeywell called the State Police, and asked Kurt Schweiss to drop around. Kurt said it could be loaded. Russ, Civil Defense head for Dal- las: Borough, called Lt. Col. Frank . Townend, Mr. Townend, in Wilkes- Barre, dropped everything and came ovt to Dallas. Yes, the shell could efsyly be still loaded. it weighed he7i% But it had been buried for pefP™%: years, and three extra days and let nobody near it. - The two men from Indiantown Gap agreed that it weighed heavy. | 5 They | it, maintaining a: It could indeed be loaded. drove off with cautious speed. Where did it come from? Sou- bnir of the war? "And how did it get in the field ? Rioihof Ordered To Post $22,000 Bond Me. Harvevs Lake. were directed by Judge Bernard Brominski to post a bond of $22,200, in an action stem- ming from a mortgage foreclosure broucht by Mrs. Cassie Makelonis of Point Breeze. Judgment was en- teded in favor of Mrs. Makelonis June 22, 1959. Property was sold to Mrs. Makelonis for $846, the judg- ment in her favor amounting to approximately $21,700. A stay order was granted by Judge Harold Flannery October 9, 1959. Failure to comply with post- te of the bond would lift the stay- order. “.ake Louise Bull Has Gocd Record Sold as a calf to James Olsen near Seattle, Washington, and bought back again by h's breeder, Raymond Goeringer because of his excellent record, Lake Louise Rose Hollistar, now seven years old, and a “Summarize Sire”, is continuing to hang up records. He now has ten tested daughters that have made twelve «official production daughters, eight of them classified as ‘‘very good.” tion is 11,671 pounds of milk, 589 pounds of butterfat. Son of Pine Manor Rose Xing, Hollistar’'s dam was Rockingham oo with an official production ecord of 14,131 pounds of and 781 pounds of fat. . The tremendous Guernsey bull, shipped back to Lake Louise from Washington in a box car four years ago, divides ‘his time and services between Lake Louise and Zeitler Farms in Newark, Delaware, which own a half interest in him. Trans- portation is by means of a heavy truck. Graham Foster has been herdsman at Lake Louise for the past two years. The Lake Louise cow which brought $10,000 at = Green Mea- dows sale over a year ago, was bred to Hollistar before being shipped to her new owner, and will freshen shortly. milk, 4 McCulloch Dismissed Dallas Borough Republican leader, Alexander McCulloch, Jackson Street, was dismissed Tuesday as a keeper at the Luzerne County Jail by the Democratically controlled Luzerne County Prison Board. It is believed * that he ‘may shortly be- come a Dallas Borough employee, wddii ‘do no damage. Lock it up and. Mrs. John E. Nothoff, Average produc- | FEBRUARY 11, 1960 Signing of contracts for the new Dallas Senior High School was car- ried out at a special meeting of the Building Authority at which Fred Eck presided thus clearing the boards for beginning of actual con- struction after ground breaking ceremonies this morning. Right to left, seated, are Hugh Gebheart, College Misericordia conducted departmental conferences with master-teachers and principals on Mcnday evening, as, part of the College practice teacher program. p After registration at 7:30 in Hafey Memorial Science Hall,.. master- teachers and principals of the schools in which Misericordia’s stu- dents are practice-teaching met faculty - members of College Miseri- ) opening many In making the grand celebration of Luigi's Pizzeria; of the community's leading citizens were present Thursday to partici- pate in the ribbon cutting ceremony. and Mrs. Ir- Toh J0Nnn | = Left to right: Mr. a il win Weinberg, Mrs. Ann Pace, | Williams, Dorothy Miller, Ann Kearney, Mike Corey, Arthur | Myroh Baker, W.B. Jeter, Andrew | Roan. Frank Policare, William Shed- {leski, Len Brader, Hugh Carr, Rev. | J. Edwin Lintern, Rev. Francis Kane, | | old Flack, Mrs. Louis |Louis Goeringer, Fred Shupnick, Harry Vivian, Wil- liam Baker, 3rd., ‘Granville Sowden, William Bakey Jr., Russell Honey- 5 J = 2 Oo = Foie yg Oo 0 .- ri o = Le] 9 r=] v2 fie =f = «Q pe [= Q = of the Authority Board; Joseph A. Rado, holder of the con-|and Davis, architects; Charles Wie- Burgess Tom Morgan, Senator Har- | Goeringer, | Representative | well, Pete Lange, Irwin Coolbaugh, | Russell Gardner, Walter Mohr. Father Francis Kane, pastor of | Gate of Heaven Church, opened the | of MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION tract for plumbing, for $103,334; Boyd Kline, general contracter, $1,- 121,600; E.J. Rogan, heating and ventilating, $126,245; Robert Buck- ingham, representing Frank E. Bald- win, electrical work, $161,500; and Fred Eck. Standing: Charles Mannear, presi- dent of Dallas School Board; James Lacy, representing = Lacy Atherton Teacher Conferences At College Misericordia cordia’s various departments. Shown here are officials and teachers of Dallas area and Lake- Lehman school districts and stu- dents of College Misericordia. From left to right are Frank Trimble and John Rosser, principais in Dallas School District; Mrs. Louise Col- well, Principal of Dallas Borough; Miss Hannah Culp, teacher in Lake- Lehman Schools and Robert Belles, NEW HIGH SCHOOL TEN CENTS PER COPY — TWELVE PAGES of Dallas Senior Hiah School ner Jr. and Lloyd Williams, Building Authority; Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, solicitor for the Authority; and Paul Rodda, the man who drew the plans for the new school, holder of 'a Fine Arts in Architecture degree from Princeton University, now, a | member of the Board for Pennsyl- | vania Society of Architects, for a | three-year term. principal of Lake Building of Lake- Lehman Schools. In the foreground, Carol Rudy, senior of College Miseri- cordia and resident of Dallas, is registering. Seated are seniors Leo- na Frantz and Elaine Allgoever who were in charge of registration. After the conferences in the science hall, a Coffee Hour was held in Regina Hall. ceremony with invocation. The principal speaker was Senator Har- old E. Flack, who complimented the Pizzeria on their fine operation and offered his wishes for continued suc- sess. Representative Fred Shupnik remarked that this opening was another step forward in the growing Back Mountain ‘community. Burgess Tom Morgan made the official welcome. Owner of the new establishment thanked the group for attending the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony. Hugh Carr, Jr. served as Master Ceremonies for the formal pro- gram. Rev. J. Edwin Lintern of Centermoreland closed the program He stated that a | business of this type is most wel- come and he was pleased with the | cleanliness of the entire operation. | Louis F. Goeringer, Manager and | Ribbon Cut For New Business Enterprise ‘Two Protest As Council Adopts $43,890 Budget Hartman And Brobst Vote "Nay; Secretary Gets $120 Increase Dallas Borough Council adopted a $45,840 budget Tuesday night with two dissenting votes cast by Harold Brobst and Stephen Hartman who are opposed to the purchase of a police cruiser being included in this year’s expenditures. The Borough will have an income of $47,233 from all sources provided all collections are made. This amount is made up of $28,200 from current taxes. The remainder comes trom liquor license fees, rental in- come from the State Liquor store, Wertman apartments and garage in connection with the Borough Build- ing and from State matching funds for. highway and street 'mainten- | ance, as well as from fines other miscellaneous items. On third reading, the tax rate for 1960 for Borough purposes was set at 22 mills, the ysame as for last year. This is made up of 15 mils for general purposes; 3.5 mills for debt service, interest on Building Bonds etc, and 3.5 mills for light, water and fire. and Council empowered its officers to | borrow up ‘to $7,000 from Miners National Bank at 4% pending re- ceipt of taxes, The appropriation for Chief of Police Russell Honeywell for the use of his automobile . for police work was increased from $420. to $340 per year. The salary of Borough Secretary | Robert Brown was increased $10 per month from $600 to $720 per year. On motion of Councilman Stephen Hartman, Council appropriated? $200 as a contribution to Luzerne Coun- ty Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. In return the SPCA will work in cooperation with local police to handle the injured and stray dog problem in the EE Sdagh. New Strest Resolution At the request of the Financ: Committee, Solicitor Roscoe Sm'th presented for the consideration of Council a resolution that may change the whole pattern for con- struction and financing of costs for new streets after December 31, 1961. In part the resolution states that the Borough will not approve or accept after December 31, 1961 as a public highway of the Borough any street, road, highway or lane until the same has been set up, constructed and built at the cost (and expense of the adjacent pro- perty owners thereto or the own- ers or developers of any piece, par- cel of land under development or about to be developed in which the throughfare is located without first having the approval of the Borough | Engineer and Borough Street Com- mittee and permission of Borough Council to do so. | In the discussion that followed | the presentation, it was out by Burgess Thomas Morgan | that Dallas is one of the few muni- . cipalities in the county which takes man with a prayer. Russell Gardner and Walter Mohr represented the Greater Wilkes- | Barre Chamber of Commerce. | 'Bnderson To File |” Nominating petitions are being | circulated on behalf of Frederick W. | Anderson, popular Kingston Town- ship Justice of the Peace, for Rep- resentative in the General Assembly on the Republican Ticket, repre- senting the Sixth Legislative Dis- trict, Luzerne County. i It is felt by his many friends that Mr. Anderson’s years of political and business experience eminently qualify him for the post of State Legislator. It i$ further felt that a Back Mountain Republican should fill this important post in Harris- burg, : eri almost the full responsibility for costs of new street construction. It was also pointed out by Grace Cave that adoption of the resolution would permit the use of more mon- ey for the permanent care and re- pair of older streets which is now sometimes postponed for lack money because funds used for new streets. The resolution was tabled for more thorough study by the street and finance committees and will be brought up again at an early meet- ing. : of have been Cross Wants Reason A bit of suspense was injected to- ward the conclusion of an other- wise quiet meeting when Victor Cross, a rejected ‘extra police of- ficer, demanded an explanation why he was not reappointed at the be- ginning of the year. “I have a question” he declared, “and I think I deserve an answer No one has spoken to me or told | me where I failed to do my duty.” | Chairman Sterling Williams sug- | gested that an open meeting might | # not be the proper place to bring the | | question up as the questions and the | { answers might be embarrassing. He | §#§ | suggested that Cross take the mat- ter up with Robert Moore, chair- man of the police committee at a private meeting. Williams said he was not at the meeting, but in the hospital, when the police appoint- ments were made. Cross asked if his dismissal was because one of his children had | thrown mud at a Councilman’s child, or “because; I used my uni- form to impress women, or was it because I voted the wrong way?” His questions were met with stony silence by the chairman and mem- bers of the police committee al- | though one or two councilmen sug- (Continued on’ Section A, Page 6) brought | Board Confirms ‘Roushey-Smith As Architects | Lake-Lehman Will Add To High School: | Build Elementary | Roushey, Smith and Uhlman were | appointed Tuesday night as archi- | tects for the building program pro- jgeted by Lake-Lehman jointure, confirming action taken at the January meeting. t Donald Smith, Idetown, appeared | in person with his associates, to ex- | plain services proposed in planning | for new elementary school construc- | tion, an addition to the nresent H'-h | School, and remodelling of the | Lake-Noxen building at Harveys Lake. Contemplated also, in the | same package, are mandated im- | provements to the frame building | at Noxen. Speaking for Lacy, Atherton and | Davis was James Lacy, who offered a program of architectural design and advice, including a resident in- | | during construction. President of the joint board Edgar Lashford, and chairman of the building committee Dean Shaver. stressed to the board the vital necessity for getting started at once on the nrogram. , 7 Dr. Edwin Cruttenden, consultant on: school planning, formerly with the State Department of Eduratinn. spoke about the sale of bonds for proposed construction. Avproxi- { mately 95% of construction under a municipal avthority, he said. is | handled by a negotiated bid ~f a bonding company. not by advertisa- ment and competitive bidding. Fin- ance representatives. he suowested. should meet with the board and building authority. Roushey Smith and Uhlman gave ='te. architect’s disposal plant: $650,000 for the hich school addi- “ion. $400,000 , for new elementary butding, exact location unde~ided. $100,000. for remodellino at Take. An architect’s fee of 6% of the cost will be added. Tentative plans are for en-uch extra classroom and shon s~2ce in the high schon! addition 4a h~ise a junior-sen‘or hich schoo! student body of 885. Needed, in addition to space already being used, nhamistrv ‘and physics lahoratories; { additional home-economics room: industrial arts, music, arts and crafts rooms; kitchen. stora~e, and locker space: a supnlementarv gym- nasium capable of being divided in*o two sections or used as one nit faculty room, administrative suite, and conference rooms. The new elementary school wil have thirteen rooms, to house 426 pupils. It may have its own kitchen, or be served by a mobile unit from the main kitchen. The frame vor- tion of the present buildine will be "used for purposes other than ele- (Continued on Section A, Page 6) fee, and sowage | spector to be present at all timesA these estimates, exclusive of cost of | are: ! HOW TO GET TO SITE OF NEW HIGH SCHOOL FOR GROUND-BREAKING The site for the new Dallas High School is directly back of New Goss Manor, located where the old Fair Grounds used to be. From central Dallas, drive up Church Street to Center Hill Road, turn right, cross Highway 309, take the first fork in the road to the right, and up the hill. From the hilltop the loca- tion of ground-breaking cere- monies will be in view. From Trucksville or Shaver- town, drive up Route 309 to the intersection one quarter of a mile short of the Outdoor Theatre, turn right, and take the right hand fork in the road. Be sure to wear overshoes or arctics. Daddow-Isaacs Post To Honor Frank J. Ferry Special Program Tomorrow Night Et Legion Home Tomorrow night Daddow-Isaacs Post American Legion will honor a man who has served in all’ of it: joffices, save one, and who has been one of its most active members for a quarter of a century. He is Frank Ferry, three t'mes Legion Commander, and one of the | prime leaders in the movement to i establish a home for the Legion in Dallas. | Mr. Ferry is a vet@ian of Farad War I where he serired with ithe Fifth Bnginfers. ‘He ceune to Dwilus in 1933, immediately joined Dad- dow-Isaacs Post and took an active | part in furthering its welfare. He has served in every local Legion office except as finance officer. Through the years Frank saw the Legion hold its meeting in one place after another—in Arthur Brown's Hardware Store, I. O. O. F. Hall, Dallas Borough Building and in private homes. | At the conclusion of World War II he was instrumental in securing | the Wallo property on Huntsville Road that had formerly been used {as an Inn, as the first permanent | home for Daddow-Isaacs Post. After the d‘sasterous fire of 1954 when the building was completely | destroyed, Mr. Ferry, serving on the | Board of Directors, helped in pur- | chasing the property for the new home on Memorial Highway. { Throughout the years as Com- (Continued on Section A, Page 2 THIS MORNING Student Council President Will Hand Shovel To Eck and Mannear Students, Parents, Educators, Builders Will Have Part In Ceremonies At Nine This morning at 9 the community , will take a long forward step in its | progress by breaking ground for a new senior high school. High on a | hill in Dallas Township, overlooking {the Borough and busy arteries of | traffic leading to Wyoming Valley, { in sight of Dallas Junior High School and farther to the west the beauti- | ful grounds and buildings of College Misericordia, the latest comer to the educational picture will take its place. For thirty years, a consoli- dated high school has been a dream. With the turning of the first spadeful of earth, it will become a living reality. Charles Mannear, president of the Dallas School Board, and Fred Eck president of the Building Authority will wield shovels handed them by James Morgan, president of West- moreland High School Student Council. Supervising Principal James Mar- tin will be master of ceremonies for a significant event which will be re- corded on television. Rev. Russell Lawry, pastor of Dal- las Methodist Church, and Rev. Frederick Eidam, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, will give invoca- tion and benediction. Members of the Drill Team of Westmoreland Key Club will march in uniform, parading the National Colors. A representative. of each high school home room will be present, and all PTA groups of the area will send delegates. County superinten- dent E.. S. Teter, and assistant Wes- ey Davies will be present. A general invitation to be present 1as been broadcast to the com- munity at large, and supervising principals of other districts specifi- cally invited. Members of the architectural firm of Lacy Atherton and Davis will at- tend in an official capacity, and contractors = will send representa. tives, Heavy equipment is already in place on the sche] site. If ithe field : is still wauddy=after: the fantimely thaw, a truck will act as a. shuttle bus for residents parking ther cars lat a little distance. The new high school will serve the recently formed Union School District composed of Dallas Borough, Dallas Township, Franklin Town- aad Kingston Townsh'n, a un't forged from two fromer jointures, Dallas Borough-Kingston Township, and Dallas-Franklin Township. Ovnening of the new building will relieve pressure on the other build- ings, permitting possible use of the Dallas Township building for junior high school only, and of the pre- sent Westmoreland building for an elementary school. On National Committee Donald D. Trethaway, Saaver- town, local food broker has been named to serve on the merchandis- ing committee of the National Food Association, composed of 2,200 member firms. Taken about 1865, this picture is of the old slide road operated by the Albert Lewis Lumber Company about a mile above Stull in Wyo- ming County. The slide about two road was miles long and provided the easiest | means for the transfer of logs from the thick forests on the hillsides to the railroad siding where they were | loaded on log trains and taken to | the big saw mill at Stull, {and Charles Famous Old Log Road Above RR ¢ . In the foreground are men since passed on whose names were once famous in the lumber industry Among them (center right) Steward | McCloskey, Burt Beam, and a man named Stiger Left front are: Noah McCloskey, (foreman); Bart; George Stitzer, Sim Beam, Steve Dinstel, Oscar Mack, Will Dinstel, John Erdman, Mack. The men in Stull the apparently accompanied the photo- rapher. The picture was lent to The Post by Albert Stitzer of Shavertown who has made trips to Strouds- burg, Williamsport and Tunkhan- nock to identify many of the old- timers in the photographs which he street clothes in background | has collected of the Wyoming and | Luzerne county lumber industries.
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