70 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES 1960 Was Year Of Progress For Kingston Township Supervisors Opening Of Township Building Created A New Interest In Municipal Affairs i A recapitulation of actions taken | ; by Kingston Township Board of Su- | pervisors during 1960 indicates a satisfactory year of operation and some progress towards long range | | nning. The total of the balances in all | accounts at the beginning of the year | was $13,906.40. Bonds outstanding | at the beginning of the year amount- ed to $500.00. During the year the | debt was liquidated. The total of | the unaudited balances in all ac-| counts at the end of the year was $10,724.39. Building Is Popular The Township Building on South’ Memorial Highway was occupied in January. This provided a focal point | for all Township Government activ- | ity. The Township Supervisors, the Police, and the Tax (Collector all | operate from this central location. The result is that someone is on hand at the building practically all day and the flow of Township busi- ness is expedited. The size and con- venient location of this municipal building has been an inducement r more citizens of the Township to | attend the regular meetings of ‘the | Board of Supervisors. at these meetings is encouraged in | order that more people may become | familiar with their form of govern- ent and the problems of he Qo \ : Six Streets Paved | Six streets or sections of roads | were paved during the summer ' months thus bringing the number | ‘of unpaved streets in the more heavily populated areas closer zero. Three other streets or anime i of roads were resurfaced. The old | road roller was replaced with a later | { model road roller. Joins Sewage Survey Kingston Township, Dallas Bor- | ough, and Dallas Township signed | a contract with Roy Weston Inc. to survey and report on the feasability of constructing a sewage disposal | system to serve the built up sections:| of these municipalities. The report | should be received in the very near | future. If the report indicates that construction of such a system is feasable there no doubt will be pub- lic discussions of the report before any further action is taken. 3 Insurance it AR" Tada: 166 Broker ¢f “Recowd was appointed during the year. The | surance program of the Township | was reviewed and several changes | wo made resulting in better cover- e with little or no additional c cost to the Township. Planning Commission _. A Planning Commission was ap- | | pointed at the December meeting. It | is expected that over a period. of | time a long range plan. will evolve | for the orderly development of our | : Township. The Supervisors are in- | f deed grateful to the members of this | . Commission for their willingness to | give their time and talents to this | much needed effort. 3 More Properties Assessed Several properties which had not been assessed or were not properly assessed, were added to the ! duplicate. This will be a continuing | ) effort in order that all property | owners will have the opportunity: to share in the costs of the services ii receive. Many New Homes The estimated cost of conttmction in the Township, for which building permits were issued, totaled $674,- 610. All but a small proportion of Nthis figure represents new construc- “tion. The owners of these properties | should ‘be protected by proper plan- ning and zoning regulations. f Police Hours Changed A new police cruiser was pur- . . chased early in the year. The work | schedule of the police was changed during the summer months which provided for a regular police officer to be on duty from eight A.M. until midnight and on call between mid- night and eight AM. This schedule was continued for the balance of the 7 ce Attendance : tax |. ciate the advantages of it. All of the Supervisors attended | fourteen A. C. L. meetings and the | THE DALL MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION | Wilkes Presents Diamond Band Two outsanding rtistonl events will occur this week under auspices of Wilkes College Department of Music, Temple University Diamond Band from Philadelphia, and Oberlin Wind Ensemble of the Oberlin Col- lege Conservatory of Music, both at | County Convention for which they 'Irem Temple. | were paid a total of $406.80. Many people have the impression that a i Township Supervisor is a highly paid | | public official. In addition to the above meetings many caucuses were held to discuss plans, several dinner | meetings of the Institute of Muni- cipal Government were attended at Wilkes College, and one full day was spent at a sanitary land fill demon- stration and discussion. At one of the meetings of the Institute of Municipal Government Harvey Zieg- ler was awarded a certificate for having completed a 20-hour course in ‘Planning & Zoning and Arthur | Smith received a service award for eleven years service as a Township Supervisor. oad WILL HE SEE HIS SHADOW ? SURE HE WILL , Today is Ground-Hog Day. How he will ever manage to get out of his snow covered burrow to see his shadow is a mystery, but he always does, and this region always gets six more weeks of winter weather. GRR. Gas Corp. Hints At ‘Wildcat’ Gas Well This area may see a “wildcat” gas well drilled this year, according to’ an announcement yestreday by | New York State Natural Gas Corp. The firm said it plans to drill 30 gas wells in Pennsylvania in 1961 | and 10 of them will be “in regions wheré the company is exploring for new sources of gas.’ Thousands of acres in Bradford, Sullivan, Wyoming and Susquehan- na Counties are now under lease | by gas. and oil companies for pros- pective exploration. = Since these leases are costly to keep in force year after year, it is possible tests may be made this summer. New York State Natural Gas Corp. said other plans for this. year in- clude: Increase the volumes of gas being transmitted by supercharging five cotripregsor engines at. the Sabins- ville, Pa. station. Complete in the first part of the year expanded facilities now under construction .at Leidy underground gas storage 4area in Clinton. and Potter counties near Renovo, Pa. Continue development of the Boone Mountain-Penfield and Hel- | vetia producing pools in west cen- tral Pennsylvania. New York State said its gas | production in Pennsylvania and New | York was 18.9 billion cubic feet of | gas. Of the 36 wells drilled during | the year, 22 were productive and had an average flow of 5.9 million cubic feet of gas per day. Deadline Entended Deadline for having cars inspected and. obtaining a driver’s license has been extended from January 31 to February (15. Reason given is sub- zero ‘weather which has kept filling | stations busy, with’ little time to inspect vehicles. Borough PTA Toad Dallas Borough PTA the home of Mrs. Pinecrest Avenue. Harold Brobst, { executive ; board will meet Monday at 8 P.M. at This evening at eight, 55 brass pieces of the Diamond Band will make . their Wilkes-Barre debut under an exchange arrangement between Temple University and Wilkes College. Henry C. Smith III, principal trombonist with the Philadelphia Orchestra will conduct. The famed Oberlin Wind Ensem- ble will make its appearance Sun- day, February 5, at 8:30.p. m. The ensemble is composed of 30 wood- wind, brass and percussion instru- mentalists. Conducted by Kenneth Moore, the group features Wilbur A. Price at the piano. They are in- terrupting a four-state tour to fill the Wilkes-Barré engagement. Dallas School Board Floats Loan At Miners Dallas. School directors met in a ‘| ten-minute adjourned session Thurs- ‘day evening immediately following a joint dinner of a number of service organizations, to pass a motion to borrow. as needed a maximum of $150,000 from Miners National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, Dallas Branch, the money so borrowed to be repaid out of current revenues of the schoal district. Reimbursement on teaching units from the State is due early in April. Sportsmen Cooperating With Winter Feeding Carl C. Stainbrook, Supervisor of the Northeast Division, Pennsyl- vania Game Commission, states that the winter feeding program is pro- gressing very: nicely. The sports- men have taken a ‘special interest and are assisting the Pennsylvahia Game Commission in the Northeast Division by cutting browse for deer and placing corn in feeders where turkeys are visiting. Mr. Stainbrook suggests that any (pole stage trees) for deer on any land first get permission. He would also like to report that the deer and turkeys: are ..in good. condition, Northeast Division work crews have cut a total of 325 acres of deer browse on state game lands and distributed 110 tons of ear corn for turkeys to date. Undergoes Surgery Edwin C. : Norcross, Birch Hill Lane, is a patient at University of Pennsylvania Hespital, 3,400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, where he un- derwent surgery earlier in the week. He would especially appreciate cards and letters. Feed Deer At Kunkle . Fred ‘Dodson, and other Kunkle residents including Coon Honeywell have been carrying ‘lettuce and cabbage leaves from the Dodson store up tothe Shady Side hill, for geor feed. Record Hop Westmoreland Band Parents As- sociation will sponsor a record hop at the school Saturday, February 4 from 8 until 11. Harry West. will act as disk jockey. Records will | be given away. Second Lieutenant Robert Rich- ardson left a week ago Sunday for Fort Benning, Georgia, where he will take nine weeks basic training as year, The result has been much greater police service and protection | to the residents of the Township. © School guards replaced the regular police at school crossings. First Aid Station A 10-hour basic first aid course “was conducted at the Township | building early in the year. 37 people completed this course. followed by an 18 hour course in advanced first aid. 35 people com- pleted this course. Later in the year an emergency first aid station was established at the Township. building. Civil Defense Expanded Our more active Civil Defense unit conducted a 10-hour course in radio- logical fall-out. 16 people completed this course. Nine people attended a 2-hour course in chemical warfare. In addition to this members of the unit have been at the building each Thursday evening to participate in i the Luzerne County Civil Defense radio roll call. All Homes Numbered © ~ A plan for the systematic num- | "bering of houses for the whole Town- ship was developed and executed in December. street names were developed at the | same. time. venience. caused by such a change Mountain scenes. From left to right: | g ‘it is believed that we will appre: | The Swimming Pogl at Irem Temple, stark and cold in sharp contrast to | uary’s This was | Plans for changing some | . With a lavish hand King Winter | Country Club offers little appeal to | the sweltering crowds that will mill | Huntsville will make its appearance | pearance to the stained glass win- After the initial icon. L has changed many familiar Back | sunbathers. | part of a' six months tour of duty | with the Army. | A graduate of Dickinson College ' where he was student commander of ROTC, Bob has been acting as an automobile salesman for his father, L. L. Richardson. He was a star athlete at West- | moreland High School. It was like old home week for him when he arrived at Fort Ben- ning. His roommate, he found, was a fraternity brother in Sigma Chi at { Back Mountain Boys Have Reunion Over Weekend At Camp Benning, Ga. are Dick- boys who last sum- Dickinson; two neighbors [inson graduates and five attended camp with him mer ‘are nearby. The biggest surprise and the “luckiest break of all’ according to | Bob, was finding Bill Lopasky, Leh- | man’s football star and his mortal | football rival, answering roll call beside him! Bob had flown down to Georgia while Bill drove down the same day. Both boys were a little homesick and a bit lonely. Last weekend another Back Moun- tain boy, Jim Thomas of Dallas, who is just two hours away, dropped in to join the crowd. club or group cutting deer browse | King And Queen Supervisor and Mrs. Walter Hoover, Ruggles, enjoy a bobsled ride along Route 29 behind their team of Belgian draft horses, King and Queen. Mr. Hoover operates one of the few remaining farms where all of the field work is still done by horses. “I guess folks don’t like the smell of horses, anymore—but I love it,” Mr. Hoover said this week on a visit to The Dallas Post. King and Queen were born on the Dr. G. L. Howell Farm in Kingston Township and Mr. Hoover/ has Love The Winter owned them since they were colts. “My father and I broke them in,” Mr. Hoover recalls, there was nothing to it. Just put the harness on them with a little gentleness and away they went.” Since there are few blacksmiths in the country, Mr. Hoover does all that work himself, changing shoes for winter travel and for spring field work. Practically all of King’s and Queen's feed is raised on the Hoover farm. “ Brother, Did You Order This Weather? I've had enough of old-fashioned | winters! How would you like to plow through the snow to the old how I feel every time my mistress says “Go take your walk”! Flack Will Vote For Gas Tax State Sen. Harold E. Flack, Dallas Republican, is ready to vote for the | in- | two-cent-a-gallon gasoline tax crease. But he won’t go it alone on the Republican side of the Senate, and has requested and obtained a post- ponement of the final vote until | next Tuesday or Wednesday when | | the Harveys Lake highway will be | built soon and that work started | than now planned on the earlier Anthracite Expressway and the Key- stone Shortway are key considera- tions in his bolting the Republican | position against the gas tax boost. The Luzerne County Republican | senator admitted he was “dealing | Mellman, Zerbe, Discuss Program Of Recreation Annual Meeting Of YMCA Sees Officers And Directors Elected Back Mountain Town and Country YMCA held its Annual Meeting Thursday night in the face of weather predictions for a heavy was procured. Members of service clubs of hel area, school board members, supervisors were invited to hs a | discussion of projected recreation in representing Playground and Rec- reation Association of Wyoming | Valley, and Dr. Robert Mellman, superintendent of Dallas Schools. Mr. Zerbe, calling attention to | facilities already available in the | region, suggested that an added tax | recreation program directed toward both adults and children. Question- naires ‘distributed through schools brought 834 answers from the 2,2000 inquiries, the major por- tion in favor of such outlay. All political subdivisions, Mr. Zerbe said, under the plan would assume their proportionate share. Results of a survey were shown by means of tables and maps flashed on the screen. Efforts, he explained, would not interfere with programs now carried on by the YMCA. Administration would be the problem of the school | district. Program Already Started ground program, expecting to oper- ate all facilities mentioned by Mr. Zerbe. Reimbursemnt from tion for children will be 70%; for adults, no reimbursement. Shavertown, Trucksville, Borough and Dallas Township | schools all have playgrounds. With | conversion of the Westmoreland | when the new high. school is com- pleted, that extensive athletic field can be turned over to use of chil- dren. It is a challenge, he said, to service clubs in the area to equip | this field for playground use. Employment of five recreational is contemplated, with minimum re- giurement of two years of college work in the field of physical educa- tion or recreation. This year’s budget of $2, 700 for limited adult education, ‘Dr. | man hopes to see doubled next year, and with opening of the new build- ing, he looks forward to use of facilities constantly, as forming a community. Officers Elected At the business meeting preceed- was reelected chairman, Cutten vice-chairman. Robert Wade, with assistant E. L. Evenson was named secretary; E. L. Evenson, Merrill. Faegenburg, George Pic- kett, former executive secretary, and John Zerbe were elected to the board composed of Myron Baker, Charles Beech, Clyde Birth, Col. H. H. Butler, Harry Carson, John Churry, J. C. Edwards, George Jacobs, Jr., Dr. L. E. Jordan, Lewis W. LeGrand, Malcolm Nelson, Rob- ert Parry, and Kenneth Rice. Robert Addison, executive secre- a tribute to Clifton King, custodian. Chairman Yost thanked members were Dr. Jordan, chairman, Myron Baker, and Harry Carson. On the Nominating committee were Elmer Evenson, chairman; Clyde Birth, Lewis L. LeGrand and, Robert Parry. These People Braved The Storm tion; Harold Brobst, Charles Man- near, president of the Dallas School | Board; Robert Maturi, newly in- | stalled president of Dallas Kiwanis | Club; Dr. Robert Mellman, superin- | 3 : | Davies presided. The speaker was | tendent of schools; Dr. Les Jordan, Republican Sen. Z. H, Confair, Wil- | somewhat” to get better roads for | | Rotary Club, James Alexander, John liamsport, will also support the bill. Sen. Flack said assurances the | | | | The deserted, Auction Bhrn stands | | around it each July. 3 3 Completely enshroudled with Jah- | ‘snow, this automobile at | the county. (Continued on Page 6 A) S POST | the Back Mountain by John Zerbe, | and | | School, ORchard ———— VOL. 73, NO. 5, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, To61. Joseph J. Checkon Is Missile Officer Army 2nd Lt. Joseph J. Checkon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Checkon, Goss Manor, completed the missile officer orientation course January 23 at the Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Tex. ( During the eight weeks of instruc- tion, Lieutenant Checkon was trained in the duties and responsi- bilities of a missile officer. The Air Defense School, the largest military school in the nation, trains personnel to man and main- tain the guided missile systems em- snowfall. The crowd at Dallas Town- | ployed in the air defense of ‘the ship cafeteria was diminished by | | United States, with our armies over- warnings of dangerous road condi- | sease, and by our allies of the NATO tions, but a satisfactory attendance | | and SEATO nations. The 21-year-old lieutenant is a 1956 graduate of St. Mary's High Wilkes-Barre and a 1960 | graduate of the University of Scran- | ton. His father is owner of the Buddies’ [Men's Shop in Luzerne. Hendricks Keeps of $3 per capita would finance al the Dr. Mellman said that the district ! already plans a recreation and play- | ing the program, Rev. Robert D. Yost | William | At the head table were Rev. Rus- | sell C. Lawry, who gave the benedic- | the | State for school-connected recrea- | PTA Engagement Despite Storm Brings As Guest Headmaster Of African School Howard Hendricks, speaking to Dallas Township PTA Thursday night, stressed the importance of PTA organizations in paving the way for necessary changes in the school system. Mr. Hendricks, former supervising principal of Lehman schools, now supervisor of the Governor Mifflin | jointure at Shillington, drove to Dal- las in a heavy snowstorm which’ made highways hazardous. Attend- ance was decimated because of the storm. The speaker contrasted the ih cation ideal in the United States, | where each student is expected to | be developed to the best of his Dallas | building to elementary school use | | ability, with schools of ether coun- tries, notably Russia, where only the superior mentality ‘is ‘considered | worthy of special instruction. There is a definite time lag in! education, he pointed out. Educa- | tors know what can and should be | | | contemplate change. supervisors for the summer months | Mell- | focus for cultural endeavor in the | {| But done, but they need support from the community if children are to recgive theibest in education. Péople, he said, ‘are reluctant’ It is’ up the PTA to form the necessary liaison between the past, the present and the future, a channel of com- |’ munication between people and administration. PTA should provide a two-way vehicle of information. He urged that parents who expect | to send their children to college, | Financing | start thinking at once. is increasingly ‘expensive, and en- rollment is skyrocketing. Education, ‘he said, is. expensive. crime is even more expensive. | For the $1,800 per year which it assisted by Robert Wade, treasurer. | tary, reported on activities of the | local YMCA, giving at its conclusion ! * i of the cafeteria staff headed by Mus. | fashioned two-holer ? Now you know | costs to support a prisoner, five chil- dren can be educated in the public schoolos. Uniformed persons who deplore the rising cost of education should consider the ‘rising rate of crime, and bend every effort to sup- port a far-reaching program of edu- cation to combat it. i ‘We can, Mr. Hendricks concluded, have the kind of education program we want, Mr. Hendricks introduced = his house guest, Dr. Matthias Oguto, headmaster of a school in Kenya, Africa, where educatinal oppor- tunities are so limited that only 40 out of 400 applicants can be ad- mitted. For the past several weeks, Dr. Oguto has been making a study of Governor Mifflin schools, as part of the field work required of educators from other countries who are carry- Lancio, for preparation of the meal. | Ing out a United States government Serving on the dinner committee | program designed to promote heigh- itened understanding between nations. After the meeting, talking to a number of guests, he said that he had tried in Africa to visualize snow, but had never been able to do | so until coming to Pennsylvania. Mr. Hendricks, more familiarly known as Fritz, his wife, and Dr. Oguto, saw plenty of snow ‘on the trip to Dallas from Shillington, and on the return trip the same night. At the business meeting preceed- ing the program, Mrs. Stanley introduced by Robert Bachman, pro- gram chairman. Seventh grade mothers served refreshments. | again along with the Daffodils and May flowers. Icicles give a Christinas card ap- Familiar Scenics Take On An Onlamiliar Winter Dress dows at Shavertown Methodist Church. You'd never helieve it hut this is, just a part of the snow heaped up at Back Mountain Shopping Center {in Shavertown. ' —Photo by Kozomchsk TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers Joseph G. | | Pirates At Show 4-5656 rr OR 4-7676 Area Library Was Dream Of Mrs. LeGrand Dallas Woman Dies At General Hospital After Long Illness Ruth A. LeGrand, 69, Baldwin Street, Dallas, died Saturday morn- ing at General Hospital, where she was admitted January 3. She had made a valiant fight for recovery from a stroke which disabled her some years ago, determined to re- gain full use of her limbs, and suc- ceeding to a notable degree, never permitting anyone to do for her anything which she could do for herself. 23 Mrs. LeGrand, a strong supporter of everything worth while in the community, was honored by Daddow Isaacs Post 672 at a testimonial dinner six- weeks ago, the only local woman ever to have received the plaque for meritorious service to the community. Back Mountain Memorial Library was the outgrowth of two Book Clubs launched by Mrs. LeGrand in the days before the library was even a vision. With Miss Frances Dor- rance, she was honored by life’ mem- bership in the Library Association. She had lived in Dallas since 1928, moving here from Wilkes-Barre with her husband, Lewis LeGrand, now assistant secretary-treasurer of i Harris Hardware Company in Kings- ton, and a long-time member of Dallas School Board. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon from Williams Funeral {Home with services in charge of her pastor, Rev. Russell Lawry of Dallas ‘Methodist Church. For the first time in ten years all ‘of her children were home. She was especially proud of her family. Dur- ling. World ‘War II. four of them | were in service. Jane was an army nurse; - Lewis was with the army; Alden was in the Marines and Rich- {ard “was in the Navy. Joe the | youngest was unable to enlist be- cause of a bad eye, a handicap which. has led him to become one of the outstanding manufacturers of arti- - ficial eyes in‘ the country. After. the war, loathing idleness, Mrs. LeGrand started 4 small con- cern. which ‘artistically decorated ‘trays - and other household items. She had marked artistic ability, and wrote exceptionally well. For years, as a member of the Library Board, she kept the scrapbook, in which the Library Auction took a leading amount of space. The Auction itself was one of the fund raising proposals made by Mrs. LeGrand. She was a faithful church worker. belonging to” Dallas Methodist Church, its Bricke]l Class, and the ‘WISCS. Her husband has been active for years in the YMCA. Mrs. Le- Grand belonged to the Y's Menettes, sister organization to the Y's Men. The former Ruth Atkins was born in Sterling, Nebraska, June 23, 1891, daughter of the late Ulysses and Harriet McClure Atkins. She was educated at Fremont College, Fre- mont, Nebraska, and at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln.. She taught school in the states of Ne- braska and Washington. -IShe is survived by her Wishand, these children: Mrs. ‘Charles Cuccio, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; Lewis W., Jr., Miami, Florida; Alden 'A., ‘Sun Valley, California; Richard W., Mon- trose; Joseph A., Secane; a brother, Alden Atkins, of Wayne, Nebraska; a sister, Mrs. Harry Hillman, Adams, Nebraska; and sixteen grandchil- dren. Completes Boot Training Parris Island, South Carolina: Marine Pvt. Richard C. Higgs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Higgs, Dal- las. R.D. 3 completed recruit train- ing January 12. Dick was a student at Westmoreland when he joined the Marines. : . Pennsylvania Recreation and Sportsmen’s Show, February 6 through 11 in Harrisburg, will fea- ture Pittsburgh Pirates Elroy Face and Hal Smith in a free stage show. Their comedy routine includes guitar _ strumming and folk songs,
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