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Dedication Of
Beautiful Game Commission Building
It was a beautiful day for the
dedication of a beautiful building. A
warm sun blazed the new Penn-
sylvania Game Commission Building
on the outskirts of Dallas, as not-
ables gathered Thursday at one p.m.
to make official an opening which
had taken place some months before.
The theme, running throughout
every speech, from invocation to
address by Lt. Governor John Mor-
gan Davis, was conservation of nat-
ural resources for enjoyment of this
and future generations. Conservation
of the wild life, the green forests, the
soil, the waterways.
Visitors touring the impressive
stone building with its flagstone
lobby, had a prevue of the actual un-
veiling, as photographers who were
short on time snapped pictures of the
bronze tablet. Covered again until
the official tug at the strings, the
plaque commemorating the building
awaited the conclusion of outdoor
exercises.
Introduction from the podium by
James A. Thompson, president of the
Game Commission, were many
sportsmen, game officials, and of-
ficial visitors, among them Carl
Stainbrook, Field Division Super-
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Thomas Morgan,Burgess of Dallas.
Spotted in the audience were Bill
Krimmel, Police Chiefs Russel
Honeywell and Irvin Coolbaugh, ten
protectors in khaki, and
tion 22 covered the occasion. State
Police routed traffic, opening parking
lots across the main highway for
accommodation of the overflow.
Reverend William J. Medlock, pas-
tor of First Baptist Church, Wyoming,
gave the opening prayer. Everett G.
Henderson, president of Pennsyl-
vania Federation ' of Sportsmen's
Clubs, urged the public to bear in
mind that with encroachment of
housing developments and road
building upon hitherto wild land,
animals and precious trees and
flowers are falling a prey.
Oscar A. Becker, Past President
of Pennsylvania Division of Isaak
Walton League, called attention to
recent progress in impounding of
waters to provide sanctuary for wild
fowl and fish.
This area of Pennsylvania, it was
stressed by all speakers, is a favored
spot for conservation and recreation,
| surrounded 4s it is by hills and for-
p ests, stretching to the north and the
south, an area which can be devel-
oped for its resources of wild life,
ations yet to come.
In dedicating the building, the
Honorable John Davis quipped, “It
is always a pleasure to dedicate a
building which hasn’t cost the tax-
payers a cent. This building is a
monument of the sportsmen of Penn-
sylvania.”
A tour through the building show-
ed spacious offices, large meeting
halls and utility rooms; interesting
exhibits of mounted wild life; charts
and pictures of birds.
Ontside, the high radio tower
winked in the sunshine, ready to
send messages to any substation or!
appatatus in the district.
The ceremonies were held down
to one hour, to give visitors a chance
to get home before nightfall.
¥ State Police To
« Stage Exhibition
The famous State Police Exhibition |
will be held in Kingston on Tuesday, |
August 15, at Kingston High School |
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Wilkes-Barre area residents will | |
have their first opportunity in four |
years to see the exciting show, |
which features trick riding, precision |
cavalry drills, pistol shooting, trained |
police dogs, clown acts and daredevil |
motorcyclists. Two performances are |
scheduled, one in the afternoca and
one in the evening. Admission will :
be free. nN
All participants in the exhibition
are active enlisted members of the |
State Police and many are natives of |
the Wilkes-Barre area. The show is
#3 designed to entertain and thrill the
? public while, at the same time, it
demonstrates some of the special |
skills of the police officer.
Captain Edward F. Bouse, com- |
mander of Troop “B” here, said the | 4
overall purpose of the show is to
promote public understanding and
appreciation of the policeman and
his work.
Blood Donation
Friday, 12-6
Blood Donor Day is scheduled for
tomorrow at the Dallas Borough
school, noon to 6 P. M.
Today, blood is being taken at
Linear. Last, week the Bloodmobile
visited Red Rock and College Miseri-
cordia. ?
The Blood Bank needs a constant
supply of blood for use in surgery
and accident cases. Group blood as-
District Lt. Governor
Robert Letts, Westmoreland soph-
omore, was elected Lieutenant
Governor of District 15 Key Club
over stiff competition April 10 at
GAR High School, when four other
Key Clubbers also presented their
qualifications for-office.
The present office puts Letts in
line for a further step up in Key
Club, with possibility of national
office next year when he will be a
candidate at the annual convention.
Letts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Justis
Letts, Trucksville, is enormously pop-
ular with his schoolmates. The lanky
six-foot-three center on the Varsity
Basketball team was pictured on the
front page of the Dallas Post, in
March, along with other team-mates.
He played end on the Varsity Foot-
ball team, and is now out for the
track team.
He was tapped for Key’ Club last
spring while still in Junior High
School where he served as president
of the Student Council. George
McCutcheon, advisor, states that
each year candidates are selected
from the class then finishing the
ninth grade, and that if marks hold |
up, and interest?in the Key Club
activities continues, the boys are
gradually worked into the organ-
ization, becoming full fledged mem-
bers ingthe fall. 0 i
Letts marched with ‘the drill team
last summer, as part of his six month
probationery work.
He maintains an
interested in biology.
His family moved here three years
ago from Baldwin, Long Island. He
won the American Legion award his
first year at Junior High.
He has a brother Peter, a West-
moreland senior; and a younger bro-
ther Richard, at Trucksville Elemen-
tary.
Harveys Lake Legion
To Nominate Officers
Officers will be nominated at the
meeting of Harveys Lake Post,
American Legion Tuesday night at
8 at Kern's Restaurant.
In addition, plans will be made
for placing flags on veterans’ graves
| and participating in Memorial Day
services.
The Post and its Auxiliary are surrounding states. Additional taxes |
at | which might prove a burden to the should have no place in the elec-
ern’s on May 13 at 7:30. William | community will not insure that we | tion of school directors.
[receive the quality we seek. Proper
planning a spaghetti dinner
K
Jones is chairman.
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Because of unprecedented demand
for seats, Lake-Lehman School Band
under direction of John Miliauskas
will present its annual spring con-
cert on two successive nights, to-
morrow ‘and Saturday, in Lake-
Lehman auditorium at 8 P. M.
surance requires that a percentage |
of members must donate blood in' tary, Beverly Lord; treasurer, Larry | Helen Sidler, and Beverly Lord, |
order to keep the entire group eligi-
ble,
vice president, Judy Shalata; secre-
| Carpenter; publicity, Mary Ann Las-
above-ninety |
average scholastically, and is much |
President of the band is Dean Long; |
| nald Davenport, Grover Anderson,
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
be the toastmaster Monday night
when College Misericordia receives
the Community Service Award of
Back Mountain Protective Associa-
tion at a Community Dinner at Irem
Temple Country Club.
The Award will be presented bv
Rev. Robert. DeWitt Yost, presi-
Citizens Committee for Better
Schools, Wednesday heard four cand-
idates for school director at large:
William Clewell, incumbent; Wel-
ton Farrar, Democrat; Edward
Ratcliffe and Mrs. Thomas Vernon,
Republican.
It was noted by each candidate
that responsibilities of a board mem-
ber are governed by the Pennsyl-
| vania School Code and the Depart-
ment’ of Public Instruction.
The last question in a series of
four, posed to the candidates, was
“Facing a major decision, which
education and programing requires
a high financial participation by
| all citizens of the area.
We must each question ourselves
as. to the choice, and then be able to
face up to that decision. Dallas
{ Schocl District can be justly proud
of its record ‘of education. The shap-
ing of young people, the stimulation
| of their minds for the future, is the
|final = yardstick of education.
Though this cost is sometimes con-
sidered excessive, one can always
| inquire of the questioner where do
| you cut, how! much, and what will
{this do to increase the value of
| your schools.”
{| Mrs. Vernon felt that you can’t
consider education without taxes.
| “We must have an adequate tax
structure to support quality educ-
lation. Teachers’ salaries must allow
lus to compete, not only with sur-
| rounding school districts, but with
gram.
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dent of the Association, and will be ' sti
would come first: edusation or taxes, |
and why ?”
Mr. Clewell stated ‘Progress in
its 127 members, will give the major kowski and Dean Long.
portion of the program, with the 83
piece. junior band opening the pro-
Larry Carpenter, Jay Ruckel, and | Merry-Go-Round, Siziletta,
| Adam Gardecki will play a trumpet | minster
| trio. Timothy Swanson, Joan Field- | march, The Virtuoso, Winatoba Corn | lowed by Begin the Bequine and |
ing, John Landis, a trombone; Re-| Dance, The Lorelei, Now the Day is | Bugler’s
Community To Honor College Monday Night
Congressman Daniel J. Flood will accepted on behalf of the ccollege | DeWitt Yost. The dinner will start |
| by Sister M. Celestine, president, |
and Sister Mary Anne, Jean.
Outstanding civic and Community
leaders will take part. Justice Ben-
Jamin R. Jones of the Pennsyl- |
vania Supreme Court will be the |
speaker.
The public is invited. Tickets may |
11 be obtained from Rev. Robert!
administration and budgeting should
{assure the taxpayers that the tax
| dollar is not being wasted and yet
| will offer each child the opportun-
lity to make the most of his abil-
| ities.”
Mr. Farrar said “The problem in-
| volved is in deciding what we do or
| do not want to buy. Education, like
| national defense, has to be "bought
| as a nation or as a community, and
| what you buy depends on a con-
sensus of community opinion. No
| one will admit to being an enemy =
| education or to being happy to pa
| many things are not really educ-
ation.” :
| Of concern to Mr. Farrar are the
glamorizing of athletics at certain
{levels which can be demoralizing to
| younger students, and the possib-
ility of the growth of district buroc-
racy. He expressed opposition to
expenditures at these extremes.
Mr. Ratcliffe said that, faced with
a major decision involving a choice
between education on one hand and
| taxes on the other, he, would as a
| School Director, under our Common-
wealth laws have no choice. “The
{law clearly states that School Boards
{shall first provide Educational fac-
{ilities and then gives them the
| power 'to. levy taxes to make those
| facilities available.” Mr. Ratcliffe
said that students should receive as
much formal education as they can
assimilate and should have capable
| guidance and advice. He believes
| that adequate funds should be read-
ily available.
Candidates
agreed that party
To a question on the status’ of
Lake-Lehman Band Concert Friday Bnd Saturday
In the junior division, Gary Hack-
portion of the program includes
Chimes,
| Over, and Golden Gate March.
The senior division leads off with |
| Military Escort March,
Candidates For Members At Large |
State Views At Citizens Forum
high #xes. We need to recognize tha¥y
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West- |
Singing |
_.' kowski, The senior band with| Accompanists are Mary Ann Las-! Sands Overture, Elena Polka; The |
at 6:30.
"Pictured above as plans were be- |
ing made for the affair are: left to |
right Dr. F. Budd Schooley, Atty. |
James fL. Brown, Robert Laux, Rev.
Yost; front row: Mrs. Joseph Wallo |
Sr., Sister M. Celestine, Sister Mary |
Anna and Mrs. Stanley Hozempa. |
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DAYLIGHT SAVING
STARTS SUNDAY A. M. !
SET CLOCKS AHEAD
Sunday at 2 a. m. Daylight Saving |
time goes into eifect. Set clocks
ahead one hour before retiring Sat-
night, to insure “being at |
church on time Sunday morning.
urday
athletics as part of education, Mrs.
Vernon said that on the junior high
school level she felt there ought
to be more emphasis on physical
fitness | and on including more peo-
ple in the overall athletic program.
Mr. Clewell ‘agreed that physical
education ought to be stressed more,
while Mr. Ratcliffe asked a question,
“is athletics going to drive the |
wagon or education?” |
viandidates differig! ing Sheil view |
of the role of a school director with-
in the legal framework.
Mr. Clewell saw a director as one
who frames policy for the adminis-
tration to use.
Mrs. Vernon felt that a director
at large should give ear to the views
and problems of all individuals in
all the parts of the district.
Mr. Ratcliffe felt that since his
children attend those schools and
his money (as taxes) is invested
here, he would like to have a hand
in making sure that it is invested
wisely.
Mr. Ratcliffe likes to see less in-
trusion into the parents’ work of
raising their children.
Mrs. Vernon felt that cooperation
between school and parent is most
advantageous, but that parental res-
ponsibility should extend to things
like banking and thereby relieve
teachers of certain non-teaching
chores.
START RENOVATION
Work was started this week on
the remodeling of the new postoff-
ice in Shavertown.
Westerners Overture and the Ser-! Mambo and Under Paris Skies, fol-
vice March, accompanied by twirlers;
! ing Hood, with Dean Long narrator.
Malaguana and Waltz for Band.
Sinbad the Sailor is a novelty,
with Richard Williams
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Holiday;
Light Cavalry |
| Overture, and Laurel March, accom- | ately precedes the concluding Na-
panied’ by twirlers.
In the next group is Mexicano | drum major, and twirlers.
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| James Alexander co-chairman.
, showered with
narrating. | three selections, The Wells Fargo
Flashing Batons Peace and Freedom March is fol- | Wagon, Till There Was You, and
Dr.L.E. Jordan
Names Chairmen
Ot 15th Auction
Listed In Advance
0f Kick-Off Dinner
Next Thursday Night
In advance of the Library Auction
Kick-Off Dinner, which will take
the form of a smorgasbord next
Thursday evening at Irem Country
Club, General Chairman Dr. L. E.
Jordan releases names of chairmen
of Auction committees.
According to Dr. Jordan and his |
co-chairmen Dick Demmy and Jack |
Conyngham, several committees are
already hard at work,
Mrs. William Pierce Jr. heads the
antiques committee, assisted by Mrs.
Bruce Cardon, Mrs. Russell Frantz,
and Mrs. John S. Wilson, co-chair-
men.
Arts and Crafts is headed by
Mrs. A. DeWitt Smith and Mrs. John
R. Vivian.
Auction finance, Homer Moyer.
Baked goods, Women of Rotary,
Mrs. John Stanley chairman, Mrs.
Barn, Key Club boys headed by
‘(George McCutcheon and Robert Dol-
bear.
Books, Miss Miriam Lathrop.
Candy, Dallas Junior Woman's
Club, Mrs. James Huston Jr. and
Mrs. Charles Smith.
Fun booth, Girl Scout Troop 75,
Mrs. Ross Kimball,
General Solicitation, Book Club,
Mrs. Lester Hauck, Mrs. Homer
Moyer, Mrs. H. W. Smith, Mrs. Ziba
Smith,
Grounds, Ziba Emith.
Livestock, Sheldon Mosier.
Major chance committee, Lester
Hauck, chairman; Herman Otto,
Lemuel Troster, and Karl Hender-
son, co-chairmen.
New Goods, Walter Mohr, Mrs.
Stuart. Marks, Frank Slaff, Paul
Rodda, William Moss.
New Goods Display, James Alex-
ander, Jack Stanley.
Odds and Ends, Mrs.
Lawry, Mrs. Harvey Kitchen.
Plants and produce, gardening
supplies, Everell Chadwick.
Publicity, Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks.
Refreshments, Dallas Senior Wo-
mans Club, Mrs. Jane Torr, Mrs.
Betty Rogers; chef committeo, Doug |
Jones; waitresses; Keyettes, Glenda
Willian rdglsTynne Jordan...
' Roast, Thursday, July 6, Phil
Moore, Charles Glawe.
Runners, Explorer Scouts, chair-
man John Butler. :
Transportation, = Commonwealth
Telephone Company, Joseph Sekera.
Utility, Spencer Martin.
Russell
Myst rious Missile
Breaks Windshield
Robert M. Scott, Mt. Greenwood
Road, Trucksville, while driving on
Pioneer Avenue Wednesday after-
noon shortly after 4, heard a noise
like a cannon while passing the
Dwight Fisher place and was
splintered Safety
glass from the inside of the lamin.
ated windshield. Neither Mr. Scott
nor his wife was injured.
At the point of impact on the out-
side of the windshield, a few inches
mbove the cowl, Mr. Scott saw a
white spot. No missile was seen.
The object struck directly from the
front and overhead, not from the
side.
Police are investigating.
lowed by a novelty, Little Red Rid-
In the Music Man feature are
Seventy-six Trombones.
Flashing Sabres march immedi-
tional Anthem with color guard,
VOI... 73, NO. 17, TTTURSDAY. APRIL = 1961
Small Section Of New Goss Manor
Harbors A Poisoner Of Pet Dogs
A small section of New Goss Man- ¥
or is lethal to pet dogs. Two pets
died last week from strychnine poi-
soning, apparently concealed in cho-
colate.
Last spring at about this same
time, a three-legged dog, dear to
the hearts of the neighborhood chil-
dren, died in convulsion, and an-
other pet was-killed by strychnine.
Skyview Drive, Woodcliff, Grand-
view Avenue. That section or one
close by, seems to be harboring a
dog-poisoner.
The Home-Owners Association will
discuss the situation. Oliver Rome,
chairman, lost a dog last spring.
Robert Block lost a pet.
John McCormick, Skyview Drive,
lost a dog last Monday, a wire-haired
terrier. It was poisoned in the same
blitz that killed the Houtz poodle.
The poodle belonging to Atty. and |
Mrs. Monroe Houtz lingered for two
days at Parente’s pet hospital in
Wilkes-Barre, being fed intraven-
ously and kept under heavy sedation
to control convulsions.
Dr. Robert Post, watching the
death agonies of the McCormick dog
less than an hour after it had taken
the poison bait, said that dog poi-
soners were a breed apart. They
didn’t care how they killed dogs,
but preferred to do it by methods
that insured torture before death,
and concealed the perpetrator’s
guilt. : ;
.The Houtz family has a new dog,
a silver poodle, Mrs. Thomas Robin-
son, in selling it to them, made |
them promise not to let it roam the
‘streets around their home. “I'm not
going to have one of my dogs
poisoned,” she remarked.
New Goss Manor is up 'in arms.
Many residents own pets. Some resi-
dents do not specially care for dogs,
but they care still less for people who |
deliberately poison them. 3
New Goss Manor is a place where
people feed birds during the win-
ter, enjoy the changing seasons, and
feel entitled to own pets. A good
many of them moved to the hills
in order to own a dog.
ew Goss Manor has many chil-
dren. The strychnine has been put
out in chocolate.
Bedycomb Calls
All Directors
Civil Defense Alert
Tomorrow Afternoon
Dr. Robert M. Bodycomb, Director
of Sector 4, Northeastern Luzerne
County) Civil Defence, requests all
directors and their staffs to be at
Dallas Junior High School at 6 p. m.
Friday to take part in the National
Civil Defense Operation “Alert.”
-Directors are: Dallas Borough, Rus-
sell Honeywell; Dallas Township, |
Clarence Laidler; Fairmount Town-
ship,. William B. Jenkins; Jackson
Township, Louis T. Wilcox; Kingston
Township, Theodore Hinkle; Lake
Township, Edgar W. Hughes; Leh-
man Township, Alan S. Major; and
Ross Township, Sherman Kunkle.
The Directors will have several
problems to solve and will work on
them from 6 until 11 p. m. at the
school.
Public participation in the alert
will start at 3 p. m. with the yellow
signal (be prepared); 3:30 blue
signal (warning to expect a raid);
4 p. m. red signal (actual raid—seek
cover, 4:10 p. m. white signal (all
clear)
All Elementary School pupils will
remain at school until the white
signal at 4:10 p.m.
Crafts And Work
To Be Displayed
Open House Coincides
With Adult Dinner
A feature of the closing dinner
for Dallas Evening School students
Tuesday evening will be a display
of work accomplished in the various
sections. The Open House exhibition
will be in the auditorium at Dallas
Junior High School from 7:30 to
9 p.m. In addition to crafts and sew-
ing displays, there will be art work
and recordings of conversation in
the conversational German course.
Alfred S. Holt, (Coordinator of
Extension and = Recreation, Harris-
burg, will be the main speaker at
the 6:30 dinner in the cafeteria. His
topic is “The Public's Responsibility
for Continuing Education.”
Reservations may be procured by
telephoning the Junior High School,
‘Westmoreland High School, or office
of the Superintendent. Alfred M.
Camp, principal of the evening
school, has information about the
dinner which puts a period to a
highly successful experimental year |
in adult education, and about the
proposed curriculum for adult stu-
dents for next year.
Awards will be presented at the
dinner,
Supervisors
Are Opposed
To Sewers Now
Think Costs Are
Too Heavy During
School Expansion
Appreciating the necessity for ade-
quate public sewage disposal at
some future date, but unwilling to
saddle the taxpayers with more
expense now while the community
is paying for an expanding school
systern, Dallas Township Supervi-
sors a their meeting Monday night
voted unanimously to table indefin-
itely the matter of public sewage dis-
posal.
In a statement given this week to
The Dallas Post, the Supervisors set
forth their- position.
In the light of recent develop-
ments, and with the thought that
a statement from this body might
allay apprehension in some quarters,
it is considered advisable at this time
to make a public statement.
It has been apparent that sewage
facilities, other than the present
system of septic tanks, etc., in Dal.
las Township, would have to be
recognized and dealt with, and at
some future time become a part of
the needs and esential to the ex-
pansion of the communities com-
prising what is generally referred
to as™ the “Back Mountain Area.”
The geological situation and ex-
pense involved semed to make it
feasible and practical to enter into
the exploration of the sewage pro-
blem on a cooperative basis with
the other communities involved,
namely, Kingston Township and
Dallas Borough.
This body, therefore, at its regular
meeting August 4th, 1960, after
considerable discussion, voted to as-
sume a part of the cost of the pre-
paration of a ‘Feasibility Report”
which was to ‘be prepared for the
three political sub-divisions by the
engineering firm of Roy Weston Inc.
It was the purpose of this report
to prepare a study of those portions
of the Toby Creek watershed
volved and to submit a report on the
technical and economic feasibility of
several alternate sewage systems and
sewage treatment plants, in the most
populous parts of the Township,
such as Goss Manor, New Goss
Manor, Elmcrest and Fernbrook.
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As you and the public are no
doubt aware, it has developed that
this undertaking would entail tre-
mendous expense, and, speaking
bluntly, we do not feel that this is
a suitable time to commit our cop
stituency and taxpayers who woula
be affected, to what now appears
a burdensome obligation arbitrarily.
“It has been the policy of this body
NOT to impose more government
than absolutely necessary upon the
people of Dallas Township. &
Too much government is now be-
ing inflicted (and we use the word
Lat SN
advisedly) on the people by both £
the State and Federal government,
and we hesitate, in the face of the
increased millage necessitated by
our new and more adequate school
requirements to draw \any more
blood. :
Although it is true, the project
would not be financed by taxation
per se, nevertheless, it would fall
upon the much milked property
owner to foot the bill.
Reiterating what we pointed out
in our second paragraph: adequate
sewage facilities will some day be
a necessity. However, until such
time as more of the citizens of Dal-
las Township will benefit from a ven-
ture of this type, or, until irresis-
tible public pressure is brought to
bear for these improvements, the
Board of Supervisors of Dallas Town-
ship after sampling popular opinion
decided at a special meeting April
25, 1961 to table indefinitely any
action in the matter of sewage in-
stallations.
Dallas Pownship
Board Of Supervisors
Fred Lamoreaux, Pres.,
William Brace Vice Pres.
Wm. H. Krimmel., Secy Treas.
BUY YOUR AUCTION
KICK-OFF DINNER
TICKETS TODAY!
Don’t forget to buy your
Auction Kick-Off Dinner tickets.
The smorgasbord dinner is ex-
actly one week from today, at
6:30 p.m. at Irem Country Club.
Vandals Damage Home
Vandals have done close to $400
worth of damage to a house on Lin-
cln Street, Dallas Township, which
has been in process of remodelling.
According to Mrs. Roy Moss of Cen-
ter Moreland, owner, new windows
and doors which had been installed
were smashed. This is the second
time the house has been damaged
since early winter, Chief Irwin
Coolbaugh is investigating.
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