70 YEARS A NEWSPAPER {Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain THE DALLAS POST {2 ORehard TWO EASY T0 REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 4-5656 OR 4.7676 Dallas Schools To Make Change In Curriculum Agriculture Out, Academic Subjects, Languages, Stressed Dallas Schools will discontinue nstruction in Vocational Agricul- ture at the close of this school year, ‘according to action taken by direc- © tors Tuesday evening. Demand, pointed out Dr. Robert Mellman in the superintendent's report, is stead- ; ily falling off. 4 } Students presently taking agricul- ture may enroll in the Industrial Arts or other vocational courses at el Wyoming Valley Technical Institute. |, Sheldon Mosier, instructor in agri- : culture, will be retained as a pro- ! fessional employee, assigned to the Junior High School as teacher of ‘mathmatics. A similar proposal to discontinue the teaching of ' Latin narrowly missed passing the board. Requirements of college entrance examinations are being modified, Dr. Mellman pointed out, with more emphasis laid upon thorough rounding in modern foreign lan- wuages and less on the classics. Five years of language study should be the norm for college entrance, he stated, three of one language, two of another. French and Spanish are contemplated. Many residents f continental countries are bilin- gual, an acquirement which has not . been stressed in this country, though it is commonplace in Canada, where business transactions are custom- arily carried out in French and 8 SEaglis - Dr. Mellman also ronbsed per- mitting students who have the ability, to complete high school re- quirements in eleven years instead of twelve, enter college, and at the completion of the first year receive their high school diplomas. English, Dr. Mellman stated, should be stressed. Reports from freshmen in college indicate that expressing themselves on paper in coherent nglich is the hardest re- quirement. A close running mate is ability to read quickly and with complete comprehension. A guidance program under a wo- ‘man’s leadership is seen advisable in the secondary schools, as George - McCutcheon is overloaded. Mg Mellman, if off&ring “Various proposals, stated that carrying them Vou was contingent upon funds to . finance them, and asked the board to deal with them, bearing this in Qnind Help, he said, is desperately needed in the clerical force, and W. Frank Trimble, faced with opening of the new high school in the fall, will need an assistant. Progress Of Building Boyd Klein Construction Com- pany reported on progress of the new school building. Stone work at the front of the : building is about completed, with A | the East side well started. Interior glazed tile in classroom and corridor areas is completed, and glazing of - classrooms finished except for the library. Interior work can go ahead as soon as heating is hooked up. Frost damage to one section at the admin- istration end of the gymnasium wing has raised the floor in two places, and disturbed one wall. Mr. Hoban mo that this elevation is ex- ). ar i bhected to subside as soon as heat is iaid on, and if it does not, it will be remedied. Abnormally cold weather has gripped the area for over a month, far earlier in the winter than usual. ‘William A. Austin showed a floor plan of Westmoreland, pointing out what space could be arranged for accommodation of elementary stu- dents, when high school students evacuate it in June. Twenty units are in prospect, with very little partitioning necessary. Back Mt. Police Meet Tonight Will Elect Officers Hear Prison Warden Back Mountain Police will meet tonight at 8 at Jackson Fire Hall, to elect officers, and hear a talk by Frank Johnson, head of the State Correctional Institution. Jack- son Township Police will be host to the group. Dennis Bonning, chief, “has been ill and is not expected to attend. : Up for election are officers and i three board members. 3 ‘Incumbents are: president, John Lukavitch, Ross Township; vice . president, Byron Kester, Franklin Township; treasurer, Robert Coop- er, Jackson Township; secretary, Herbert Updyks, Kingston Town- ship. ~. Past President badges will go to Joseph Ide, Lehman Township; and retiring John Lukavitch, Ross. ~ Board members are: all officers; and Dennis Bonning, Jackson; Ir- win Coolbaugh, Dallas Township; William Derhammer, Monroe; Ed- gar Hughes, Lake; Joseph Ide, Leh- man; Walbridge Leinthal, Lake; . Michael Traver, Noxen, ph | not suffer from exposure. vo VoL 73 NO. 2, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961 HOW MANY AREA PEOPLE WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL IN WASHINGTON D. C. How many people from this area are going to attend the Inaugural in Washington ? Mrs. Joseph Wallo, who has attended Inaugurals each year since F..D. Roosevelt was anau- gurated at the depth of the depression, says it all depends on the weather, but that she has a reservation, and will go to Washington if the cold lets up. The Dallas Post would like to publish a list of Back Mountain residents who expect to attend. Robert Maturi Heads Kiwanis Gager Is Immediate Past President Robert 'S. Maturi, was installed president of Dallas Kiwanis Club January 4, at a meet- ing held at Irem Temple Country Sutton Road, Club. Officiating was Past Lt. Gov- ernor, Dr. Xavier Chiampi, Swoyers- ville Kiwanis club, serving as Inter- Club chairman. Dr. Chiampi. complimented outgo- ing president Franklin J. Gager on an outstanding job during the past year, and designated him as immedi- ate past president and member of the board of directors. Mr. Maturi moves up:from first vice president. Jerome R. Gardner was installed first vice president; Merrill Faegen- burg, second vice president; William Guyette, treasurer; Alfred H. Ack- erson, secretary. Board members are: John E. Wil- liams, George A. McCutcheon, Victor Piccone, and Andrew Roan. Maturi took the chair, brief speech of acceptance, closed the meeting. ‘Guests were Dr. Chiampi, Edward Matuchek and Dominic Alaimo of Swoyersville, Leo Jacobs of Nanti- coke Kiwanis, and James L. Brown. Members present were: Franklin Gager, Fred Greenley, Merrill Fae- genburg, Andrew Roan, Frank Kriegh, Harry Peiffer, George Mc- Cutcheon, Robert Dolbear, Robert Parry, John Hayt, William Lar- mouth, Stephen Sedler, John Blase, Harry Lefko, Edwin Thompson, Wil- liam Wright, Edgar Hughes, William Austin, John Xeating, Paul Laux, John Williams, John Churry, Ray- mond Tag, William Guyette, George Thomas , Thomas Kreidler, Alfred Ackerson, Victor Piccone, Theodore Ruff, Ernest Gay, Clarence LaBar, James ‘Graham, Robert Yost, Jerome Gardner and Robert Maturi. made a and Lies Unconscious For Hours In The Woods Isaac Swire, 44, Pikes Creek, who suffered a heart attack while hunt- ing in the Scranton area on the first day of deer season, is expected home some time this week to continue his convalescence. Mr. Swire, hunting with Thomas Swire and Dale Christian, lay un- conscious in the woods from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. until discovered by his hunting companions. The weather was very mild, and he did He had been expecting the other men to drive deer in his direction. Until New Year’s Day, he was in the hospital at Scranton, when he was moved by ambulance to Gen- eral Hospital. HAVE YOU SEEN A HORSE AND CUTTER HERE THIS WINTER ? In spite of ideal winter weather and superb sleighing on ° Back Mountain back roads, no one in the Back Mountain area had seen a horse and cutter this winter Time was whois straw rides and bobsleds were a familiar sight throughout the area and cutters and sleighs were as com- mon in front of the old Raub Hotel as automobiles are now in the Miners Bank Parking lot. If you have seen a horse and cutter this winter, won’t you call The Post. MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Dallas Library | Appropriation Cut By Council Tentative Budget. Calls For Economy In All Departments In an effort to conserve its limited $28,000 income and forestall a tax increase for Borough purposes, Dal- las Borough Council on Tuesday night adopted a temporary budget curtailing expenditures for police and discontinuing its annual contri- bution of $300 to Back Mountain Memorial Library. The tax millage will remain at 22 the same as last year. All departments were asked to hold their requirements within their means. This leaves the street De- partment with the same budget as last year, $6,000 for maintenance and supplies and $6,500 for wages. While the amount budgeted for extra police protection is curtailed, the actual amount budgeted for public safety is higher than last year because it includes the salary of a school traffic patrolman at Dallas Borough grade school. The temporary budget may be seen at the Borough Building or at the home of Robert Brown, secre- tary, Huntsville Road. changes at a later meeting. Council adopted a resolution sup- porting the 1961 Greater Wilkes- Barre Industrial Fund Campaign, urging all residents of the Borough to support the campaign in order that this area may obtain maximum benefits on a matching fund basis from any distressed area legislation enacted by Congress. Building permit in the amount of $100,010. was issued to Berretta Construction Co. for the new Dallas Shopping Center, fee $25. “Borough Secretary Robert Brown announced that Weston Associates have about completed their sewage feasibility survey plans which will be presented later this month to representatives of Dallas Borough and Township and Kingston Town- ship. Reporting for the Street Commit- tee, Councilman Stephen Hartman announced that the rear end is gone in the old Street Department truck used only for cindering and will have to be repaired at an approxi- mate cost of $150. * Robert Post of the Building Com- mittee announced that specifications have been prepared and bids will be shortly asked for a new chimney and repairs to the roof of the Borough Building. In order to obtain eden funds earlier in the year, there will be a departure in tax collection this year. Secretary Brown said that notices for Borough purposes will be sent out earlier in the year than those for the School Board. “In the past both have been sent out on the same time on the same card. New street lights were suggested by Councilman Wilbur Davis and approved by Council for installation at the corner of Powderhorn Drive and Hickory Street and on Pinecrest Avenue between Machell Avenue and Booth Hill. Glare Ice On Hill Delays Mourners Glare ice on Machell Avenue last Wednesday morning delayed arri- val of mourners at Gate of Heaven Church, where a mass of requiem was scheduled for the late Stanley Wrobleski. For fifteen minutes six cars. battled the ascent. It will be adopted with some. tax | dustry and more jobs to the dustrial center. by the Industrial Fund. Fund for several years. The first is that the Gre: Fund owns the former George Rice farm along Demunds Road at Fernbrook and this may become an important in- THIS IS EVERYBODY'S JOB The Back Mountain has two important reasons for supporting the $1,500,000 Campaign to bring new in- area. >r Wilkes-Barre Industrial The second is that almost 700 persons who live in the Back Mountain are employed in factories brought here Few persons realize that the former George Rice farm in Fernbrook has been the property of the Industrial The Fund hopes eventually to locate factories in this area, and the $1,500,000 Campaign in this Fernbrook tract. adjoins the Slovak Cemetery When the fund obtains entire economic fabric of the from these factories and the factories probably will build, It found that the employees in the Back Mountain area. gan, Jr., chairman, said, will do something this session the bill probably will require community itself first must “Further, everyone who donate. one-half of 1 per cent. For neighbors and for the 4,000 leges: new jobs.” A valuable 900-pound 14-month, old Holstein bull which was being raised for breeding. purposes, was stolen Friday night from th; Gerald Brown dairy herd at Vernon. Mr. Brown, who operates two farms, discovered the loss Saturday | morning when he went to do the chores at his upper farm where he | kept several heifers and the bull in stanchions in a barn. | There were truck tire marks in { the snow where the rustlers had ! backed their truck up to the door to load the bull. Tuesday Destroys Fire originating around an over- heated brooder' stove destroyed a broodér house and 300 4-day old chicks Tuesday morning at 9:30 at Elwood Lord’s Poultry Farm near Carverton Grange Hall. Loss was estimated at $500. Franklin Township Fire Company responded .immediately but the fire was too well along for them to save anything. Firemen responding were Sam Gardner, Edward Dorrance, Paul Mahler and Byron Kester. About two years ago a fire at the | same farm destroyed 1,500 baby Company at the General Offices, ing. her co-workers. operator. in 1952, Commonwealth operated Mrs. Ethel Shaver, chief operator for Commonwealth Telephone Dallas, was guest of honor at a ~ dinner given by her fellow Dallas employees this week at Hotel Sterl- The dinner paid tribute to Mrs. Shaver’s forty years of service with Commonwealth. Jack Landis, toastmaster and presented Mrs. Shaver with several lovely gifts from district manager, served as Mrs. Shaver started with Commonwealth on\anuary 3, 1921 when it was operated by William Gay, general manager. _ its acquisition by Andrew Sordoni she was, in 1929, made chief Prior to the Dallas exchange’s conversion to dial operation A year following an eleven position switchboard on the second floor of the present Harveys Lake Light Company building. we who can are trying to help our neighbors. tribute toward the total picture. will have to give, so we are preparing to have our money ready to meet the requirements of the federal legislation. Brooder House Fire At Carverton | chicks, could possibly be the start of the first of these factories The ground is familiar to per- sons in the Back Mountain region because this farm land and is parallel with the Le- high Valley Railroad. The tract covers 4734 acres. enough money to build fac- tories in this area, the result will be improvement of the Back Mountain area. Taxes homes the workers in these will bring a larger base for possible reduction of the taxes, particularly school taxes. The Industrial Fund made a survey of the people who work in the factories financed by the Industrial Fund. include 377 from Dallas, 84 from Harveys Lake, 6 from Lehman, 81 from Shaver- town, and 126 from Trucksville. some employees from Idetown and smaller communities In addition, there were The Campaign for $1,500,000 will be broad based. Everyone will be asked to give. “This is .a Campaign in which Atty. Andrew J. Houri- Congress for the depressed area. But, that to get Federal aid, the raise some money to con- We are anticipating we has a job is being asked to The fair share, we in the campaign figure, is most workers this amounts to from 25 to 50 cents a week. This amount pledged and given over the next three years will bring jobs for our graduated every year from local high schools and the 500 graduated from local col- The Back Mountain particularly has much to gain and I'm confident its good people will do their just share to help raise $1,500,000 to build 30 million in factories for Rustlers Steal 900-Pound Bull From Brown Dairy Barn At Vernon Nobody presently lives in the housz near the barn. Mr. Brown, who has a herd of thirty-seven dairy cattle, raised the| | bull from a calf. He placed a value | of $300 on it for breeding purposes. It has a probable value of around $150 as beef. The farm from which it was taken is about a quarter of a mile from his home. The herd was in good shape and all accounted for on | Thursday when he did the evening chores. | State Police are investigating. 300 Baby Chicks a [brooder house and six brooder stoves. Mr. Lord has one of the largest poultry operations in this area an- nually producing thousands of layers and broilers. None of the other brooder houses or laying houses were endangered in Tuesday's blaze which was dis- covered shortly after Mr. Lord had attended to the stoves in the burned brooder house and had gone on to attend the stoves in two other brooder houses. Mrs. Ethel Shaver Honored By Fellow Commonwealth Employees | Mrs. Shaver now serves as receptionist and chief operator in the foyer of the Dallas General Offices. an electrical contractor, and son, Willard, reside at 118 Main Street, Dallas. Seated at table left to right: Col. H. H. Butler, Mrs. Shaver, J. N. Landis, Yvonne Schlittler, Mrs. Ruth Bonning, Rita Cummings, Helen Monahan, Mrs. Norma Smith, Carol Hadsel, Mrs. Margaret Houlihan. Standing, left to right: George Doyle, Ray Parsons, Elmer Evenson, Mrs. Elmer Evenson, Mrs. Betty Hutchinson, Mrs. Roberta Yeisley, Pat McGuire, Mrs. J. N. Landis, Mrs. Jennie Rummage, Grace Klees, Florence Weaver, Mrs. Mable Jones, Miriam Case, Marguerite Morgan, ' Charles Glawe, Mrs. Audrey Van ‘| Township star athlete and for three John 8S. Fi ine, Former Coa andy Republican Political Boss Indicted. For $45,554. Income Tax Evasion A POSTMASTER ASKS ALL PATRONS TO USE THEIR NEW ADDRESSES Robert Voelker, postmaster "at Shavertown, urges all pat- rons to notify publications and correspondents of their new house numbers and street addresses. This can be done on a post- card, in a letter or with special “change of address” cards that can be obtained from the post- office. “Important at all times to have the correct address on mail,” Mr. Voelker said, “it is especially important when sub- stitute or inexperienced carriers deliver the mail. One of our regular carriers was off this week due to death in the family. The substitute had quite a time of it when he tried to deliver mail with proper addresses missing.” Oakland Signs Bob Coolbaugh Robert Coolbaugh former Dallas years end on the varsity football team at the University of Richmond | where he is now a senior, has signed | a contract with the Oakland Raiders of the American’ Football Associa- tion. Coolbaugh signed his contract last week in Mobile, Alabama, where he | had a conference with League offi- cials. He was also drafted by the Washington Redskins and had offers from the Los Angeles Rams and Cleveland Browns, but preferred the Raiders because it is a new club composed of all young men and will offer him more opportunity to play. Training will begin in July. When Bob returned to Richmond | after the holidays, Mrs. Coolbaugh, the former Marilyn Priest of Old Forge, accompanied him. They have taken an apartment in Richmond. Fire Completely Destroys Car Fire, presumed due to combustion of anti-freeze, completely destroyed a car in Trucksville yesterday morn- ing at 8:30. Trucksville firemen responded. A 1953 DeSoto, property of Bill Heiser, who guards the Trucksville school crossing, at the blinker light, caught fire as it was parked in front of the apartment house at 76 Main Highway warming up. Starting under the hood, it spread rapidly to the gas line, and the car was, instantly a mass of flames. Charges Dismissed A Columbia County Grand Jury has ignored involuntary manslaugh- ter transcript charges against How- ard Whitesell, Back Mountain build- ing contractor. growing out of a fatal automobile accident on the evening of November 19, 1960 while Mr. Whitesell was returning from Geis- inger Hospital. One man was killed and another seriously injured in the crash which occured on old Route 11 between Danville and Berwick. She and her husband, Russell, With Brother-In-Law Man Who Held Unlimited Political Power For Years In Luzerne County Is Indicted By Federal Grand Jury Thieves Enter Three Places Over Week-End Loot Is Confined For Most Part To Food, Beverages A wave of petty thievery struck the Back Mountain region last weekend. Robbers broke open a rear door Sunday night at Hislop & Daring Sausage & Meat Kitchen on Me- morial Highway and made off with canned meats, jars of olives, pickles and beverages. They also broke open a Coke machine in which there was $10 in change. Entry was made by forcing a rear double door some time after 10 Sun- day night. Ray Daring had been working there until that time. Break In Church ently took nothing. When the in- truders failed to make entry through either of two basement windows which they broke, they shattered a glass in a door. They apparently used lighted newspapers as a torch to search the interior of the sanctuary for police found bits of charred news- paper on the rugs and. in the aisles. Police theorize that a lighted cross over the church’ may have misled the 'in- Robbery At Kunkle Thieves broke a panel in a kitchen door some time late Saturday or early Sunday morning at Kunkle Community Hall stole cartons of cigarettes and beverages. They also Kunkle Community Hall ‘Associa- tion but obtained only small change and nothing else of value. Library Annual Meeting Back Mountain Memorial Library Association will hold its annual and officers on Thursday evening, January 26 at 8. All members are entitled to vote who have paid dues of $1: Intruders also broke into Trucks-! ville Methodist Church but appar- | entrance to the! truders into believing they were] entering ‘a Catholic Church where they could steal the contents of] | poor boxes. broke open a cash box belonging to Radio and - television stations throughout the nation blared out former Governor John S. Fine, 67, Loyalville, was indicted Tuesday by a Federal Grand Jury in Scranton for evasion of $45,554 in ‘income taxes. The three- count indictment ful figure in Republican politics in named his brother-in-law, Donald P. Morgan, manager of the dairy farm which Judge Fine purchased from John Hildebrant of Dallas some years ago. The announcement was not un- expected for it had been rumored for several months that the Internal Revenue Department was investi- gating Judge Fine’s income tax re- turns with those of several other prominent Luzerne County men. The indictment charges Fine and Morgan with evasion for the years 1955, 1956 and 1957, after the 100th governor of Pennsylvania had left his Harrisburg office. | It further states that they “did evade and defeat a large part of the income tax due and owing by John S. Fine to the United States of America.” First knowledge of the indict- Valley and the Nation when Chet Huntley made the announcement Tuesday at 6:45 p. m. on the Hunt- ley-Brinkley News Report. It was immediately followed by announce- ments on other radio and television news reports. Count one states that Fine and Morgan on a return filed April 15, 1955, listed $24,492.09 taxable in- come with a tax of $8,429.67 where- as actual taxable income was 1 $45,261.35 with a tax of $20,446.01. Count two claims the men on April 15, 1956, filed a taxable in- come of $44,602.44 with a tax of come was $72,712.07 and the ta: should have been $39,535.03. Count three, the final count, 1958, shows a taxable income for 1957 as $39,994.08 with a tax of $14,515.44 whereas it was actually $57,264.64 with a tax due of $28,- 573.94. The case was presented by Unit- H. Jenkins and the true bill was ly of Luzerne County citizens, to Chief Federal Judge John W. Murphy. A deal in which a nationally known Connecticut manufacturer of pistols received several “rare an- tique: firearms and a Dallas man obtained a 1928 Stutz Bearcat was consumated a.few weeks ago when Milford “Tiny” Gould drove the valuable car home from Connecticut. The car is one of only two of that model manufactured in 1928 by the Stutz Company. It is in ex- cellent condition with original paint and refinements. Mr. Gould expects to recondition it and enter -it in the shows of the Classic Car Club of America as he did last weekend with his. 1931 La- Baron Custom (Chrysler Imperial Roadster which won third place at day. Tiny received 87 points out of a possible 100 for a classic car in per- | fect condition. In classic car scoring | percentage point deductions for con- dition of paint, upholstery, mechan- ical parts, cleanliness, etc. So rare is a 100-point car that | only one out of the 891 cars entered | last August in the big Hershey Show received that distinction. Last week’s Winter Show was one of the two big shows-conducted. an- were entered from California, Iowa, | the Ninth Annual Winter Show of | the Classic Car Club of America at | Buck Hill Falls on Friday and Satur- | each car starts with 100 points with | nually by the Classic Car Club. Cars | Antique Automobile And Firearms Fancier Trades Guns For Bearcat sippi River. Among other local exhibitors were Swingle. Long fascinated by antinde and sports. cars, Mr. Gould also is an avid. collector of antique firearms. Included in his collection is an antique sword-cane presented to John Hancock on April 2, 1772 by Governor Hutshison. “Tiny” became acquainted with William © Ruger, a noted firearms collector and the largest manufac- turer of pistols in the United States, through his interest in firearms and | antique cars. Mr. Ruger had a Stutz Bearcat with which he hated to part. Mr. Gould had firearms that he was loth to sell. So they made a deal | the guns and a cash consideration. | Apparently guns come first with | Mr.. Ruger and antique cars are | first in Tiny y’s heart. Tiny will show some of his Civil | War pieces with William Krimmel [at the Civil War Round Table this Friday night at 8 at Back Mountain | Memorial Library ‘Annex. | Sledding At Irem Since the heavy snows, many cars | park daily -at Irem: Country Club, with passengers unloading sleds, and | toboggans for a swift run down the Canada. and States east of the Missis- golf course “hills. Skids In Front Of Martha Hall, Mill City, received lacerations of the nose and bruises about the face ‘and eyes Saturday night at 10:30 when her 1956 sedan skidded on the ice in front of Con- stable. Byron Kester's home, at De- Munds and severed a pole belonging to Harveys Lake Light Company. Miss - Hall had been visifing the Nicholas Berdy home at Briar Crest, Orden, Mrs. Nancy Alderson, Ted Swisher, Mrs. Jean Wilson, Mrs. Shirley Templin, William Weatherill Idetown, and was returning home when the accident occurred. Mill City Woman Injured When Car Constable's Home | Mr. Kester, hearing the crash, went to her assistance and found her dazed and bleeding in the car which was damaged to the extent of $275. Damage to the pole was $56. ’ Clyde Birth was called to pull the car back up on the road, and tow it away for repairs. . Mr. Kester took Miss Hall to her home in Mill City. the anouncement this week that against the man who was a power- $20,645.91, but actual taxable in- states that a return filed April 11, | ed States District . Attorney Daniel meeting for the election of directors | returned by a Panel composed large- Andrew J. Sordoni, Jr., and Lambert Tiny got the Bear Cat and Ruger got Luzerne County and Pennsylvania E from the age of twenty-eight, also willfully and knowingly attempt to : ment hit the people of Wyoming
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