Since the news of the second jail break in less than
five weeks dismayed the Back Mountain, scores of resi-
dents have besieged the Dallas Post with demands that
something be done to make the warning signal more
effective.
The most frequently heard suggestion is that the
siren signal from the State Institution be relayed through
a prearranged signal, from every fire house in the Back
Mountain.
If each fire house were alerted by telephone the in-
stant a man escaped, and every fire siren in the area
sounded an alarm which could not be confused with an
air raid exercise or a brush fire alarm, the entire com-
munity would be informed at once.
Some residents have thought it out a step farther. It
is just as important they say, for the signal to be given
that denotes recapture of the criminal, so that house-
holders may breathe easy again.
It has been suggested that the signal for an escape
might be three blasts on the fire-house sirens, with a
wait of one minute, then three more blasts.
The signal for capture might be one shriek of the
siren,
Residents are not satisfied with the present warning
signal. If the wind is in the wrong direction, the siren
at the watch-tower of the prison is not heard too plainly,
and residents are unaware that they must take pre-
cautions.
Mrs. Charles Frantz, who lives within sight of the
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institution across a pleasant valley, has to say:
“Few, if any of us, were pleased by the news that
a correctional institution for defective delinquents was
to be placed in the midst of our peaceful countryside, but
resigned ourselves and hoped for the best when the news
became ugly reality.
“When the first inmate escaped, we were unnerved
by the thought that this man was able to slip away so
easily from his guard and remain at large for so many
hours. When he was finally captured without any ser-
ious consequences, we felt perhaps that this would be a
good lesson to those in authority, and that security regu-
lations would be more carefully enforced.
“Now, only thirty-four days later, ‘there is another
break, again in broad daylight, and again apparently
without knowledge of the guard.
“We realize that the administrators of an institution
of this size face problems in trying to look after their
inmates; but we feel very strongly that they have a re-
sponsibility to the people of this community.
“It seems to me the height of futility to spend ten
million dollars of the tax-payers’ money to build a maxi-
mum security prison, only to permit its inmates to work
outside the walls without adequate supervision.
“Surely a better system of guarding the prisoners
could be devised. As the Dallas Post pointed out last week
in its fine editorial, we have been lucky to have had two
prisoners recaptured without serious incident.
“The next time, we may not be so fortunate.”
Second Jail Break Brings Public Demands For
Dr. G. W. Klem, of Huntsville, has two little girls,
10 and 12. It was necessary for him to leave his wife
and his children last Tuesday night because of an emer-
gency call at Nesbitt Hospital.
Dr. Klem says: ‘I loaded a shotgun and a pistol for
Jane (Jane is his wife, and he has taught her to shoot),
when my emergency call came at 8 p.m. We live within
a short distance of the convalescent home where the first
prisoner was captured with a ten inch butcher-knife in
his hand not quite five weeks ago, and we figured that the
prisoner who got away on Tuesday might have taken
the same route.
“That was the longest night I ever spent, knowing
that my wife and children were unprotected. But I
couldn't leave my patient. I didn’t reach home until 6
a. m, But by that time, I had been told that the prisoner
had been taken, and at 4:30 Jane was able to go to bed
without fear. She had been sitting up with the shotgun
and pistol by her side.
“Why wasn’t some signal blown to relieve the minds
of the people who were sitting fearfully in their homes?
Jane sat up without daring to go to sleep, five hours
longer than necessary. I went through hell down at the
hospital, doing my job, saving my patient, but always
with one part of my mind at home with Jane.
“That man got loose at 2:30. My little girls walk a
mile from the Lake-Lehman bus, through a sparsely
settled area not over a mile from the prison, We didn’t
even know a prisoner was at large until time to expect
Relay Signals
them home from school.
“I called Mr. Johnson, head of security at the prison,
four times during the evening. All I could get was that
the man had been last seen down on route 29, near Cease-
town. I asked Mr. Johnson what could be done to make
things safer. He said, “With the situation here, and present
facilities, I can’t make any promises at all. It could
happen again tomorrow.’
“There are prison breaks in any place where there
is a prison. That, we have to accept. But is there any
reason why we can’t know at once when a break occurs,
in time to go collect our children at school instead of let-
ting them walk home from the bus?
“And why can’t we have a singnal when a prisoner is
recaptured? Maybe there was a signal Tuesday night
when guards took the prisoner back to the institution. If
so the sound of the siren was carried away by the wind,
and a lot of people worried all night.”
Mrs. Cyril Morza, Follies Road, within a short dis-
tance of the prison, said the prison break didn’t bother
her in the least. “I've got a dog,” she explained, “No
body’s going to get past that dog. He barks, and he could
bite if I told him to. I went to bed and to sleep. The dog
stayed right in the house with me.”
Mrs. Homer Moyer, in Dallas, heard the siren from
the institution, but she didn’t know what it meant, paid
no attention to it. Not an air raid, because it didn’t keep
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) 72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
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Back of the Mountain ! ORchard 4-5656 OR 4-7676
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«Commencement
Bt Lake-Lehman
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Public Meeting
On Schools.
VOL. 73, NO. 24, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1961
Dallas School Budget Adopted In
Face Of Stubborn Minority Group
Lake-Lehman High School Graduates Pose For Academic Picture
In the face of determined op-
5 Awards Presented,
96 Given Diplomas
Baccalaureate services . for the
Class of 1961 were held at Lehman
School on Sunday at 8:15 p. m.
Commencement activities were
held at Lehman School on Thursday
cvening at 8:15. Alexander C. Car-
michel, pastor of the DeWitt Com-
munity Church, Syracuse, spoke on
“The End of the Rainbow’’.
Father Stanislaus Banas, Our Lady
of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silk-
worth, gave the Invocation and Rev.
Norman Tiffany, Lehman Methodist
Church, gave the Benediction.
John Landis and Jacquelyn Ruff
delivered the honor orations.
Mr. Anthony Marchakitus pre-
sented the awards and Mr. Lester
B. Squier presented the Class of
1961. Mr, Edgar Lashford, president
of the Lake-Lehman - Area Joint
School Board awarded the diplomas.
“Mr. Miliauskas/ band, director
played “the pr ocessional- and recess
ional marches and gave a 10-minute
loncert from 8 to 8:10 p.m.
Selections were: Westerners,-
verture,-Walters; Beguine Festi-
Wm], Osser; . Singing Sands—Over-
ture,-Foreman.
1961 Graduation Awards
Lake Commencement Awards:
Given at Lehman School on Tues-
day: Academic, Jacquelin Ruff;
Commercial, Donna Meeker; Home-
making, Judith Shalata; Industrial
Arts,
John Honeywell, Judith Shalata.
Lehman Commencement Awards:
Given at Lehman School on Tues-
day: Academic, John Landis; Com-
mercial, Sharon Coombs; Home-
making, Leah Kliamovich; Voca-
tional Ag., John Klemunes; Citizen-
ship, Benjamin Rusiloski Sharon
Coombs.
Lake Class Night Awards
Given at the Lake School on
June 2: Danforth, Grover 'Ander-
Dramatics, |
son, Judith Shalata;
Yo alee Stepanski; Athletics, |
aude Sorber, Jaret Allen; Student |
Council,
Shalata, Barbara Henmebaul; F. H.
%., Louisa Patton; Attendance, Ron-
wWnalee Stepanski; Science, Grover
Anderson; Educators’ Assoc. Award, |
Jacquelyn Ruff; Harveys Lake Wo- |
men's Club, Jacquelyn Ruff, John |
Whitesell.
Lehman Class Night Awards:
Given at the Lehman School on
May 26: Danforth, Dean Long, Jo |
Ann Price; Letterman, Benjamin
Rusiloski; American Legion, Dean
Long, Helen Sidler; Charles H.
Long, John Klemunes; DeKalb, Jo-
seph Roginski; Plastic Arts Corpor-
ation Award, Kollin Foss.
Little League To
Ask For Support
Doorbell Night Is
Slated For Monday
Monday, June 19, is Door Bell
Night for Back Mountain Little
League. On that night every little
leaguer and teen-leaguer will be
uniform and will be calling on Back
Mountain citizens for their finan-
cial support of this program for the
youth of the area. There are about
300. boys in the program along with
more than 100 adults, comprising
19 baseball teams. Each team plays
at least one game each week, and
many weeks two games. The regu-
larly scheduled games and the
practice sessions keep the boys oc-
cupied three or four evenings each
week. The season runs from late
May till mid August.
There are games at the little
league field every evening Monday
bronsh Friday, and from 10 A.M.
to 4 F. M. on Saturday. Games be-
gin at 6:30 P.M. Bring the family
and come out to the games. Have
a good tinge along with the boys,
Craig Houliston; Citizenship, |
Grover Anderson, Judith |
| the country.
LakeLehmon High School,
at | Trumbower, Reyal Culver, Gerald | Shirley Jchnson, Sandra Slimak,
joint exercises “for | both senior | Wagner, Cindy Disque, Barbara Pauline Zerfoss,” Carol Mathers,
| Hennebaul, Jacquelyn Ruff, Janet | Linda Jennings, Barbara Kovalick,
classes, graduated ninety-six sen- | A licn
iors Tuesday night at impressive
commencement ceremonies in the]
Lehman gymnasium.
Senior . in academic | cap and |
| gown, are:
Row one, left to right:
Gerald Owens,
Jeanie Kocher,
Lillian Gib-
Paulette
bata,
bons,
Loomis,
Kue, Judith Shalata,
Keiper, Michael Yurko,
Gosart, Glenn Coolbaugh,
Arthur | |
Scavone, Jo Ann Price, ’Susan Dodd,
Ernest Bevan, Richard Rogers, Jo-
| seph Roginski,
Row three: Claude Sorber, David!
Williams, Michael Zorzi, John Lan- |
George dis,
Nichols, Larry Wesley, Stanley Ka- Smith,
Kovalick, Louise Patton,
Roman,
Gloria Cigarski, Barbara | Cragle, Bill) Williams, Jack) Don-
Hoover, Linda Scouton, Bernadine | nelly,
Dorothy | Skoviah.
Row four: Richard Disque, Grover
Anderson, John Corbett, Larry Lan-
Row two: Anthony Sayre, Douglas | ning, Mary Sabo,
Sharon Orosz, Rosemary | Andrew Petroski,
Row five: Richard
William Hardisky.
mayne, Sharon Coombs,
Gensel, Barbara
Purainen, Betty
Elizabeth
Bonnie
Margaret
Marion Balliet, Eileen Crispell,
Daniels,
Dermott.
Row six:
Donna Meeker,
John Honeywell, Martin
sell,
Anna Yencha,
Albert Ide Wins
NEPA Award
Albert Ide of Lehman was recog- |
nized at Tunkhannock for outstand- |
ing service to NEPA Breeding Co- |
| operative, and awarded the National |
| Association of Artificial Breeders |
N.A.A.B. pin. Mr, Ide is technician |
for the Tunkhannock Local. Three |
other technicians, two from Hones- |
dale and one from Wellsboro were |
also recognized.
Four other men have previously |
won this recognition, = bringing |
NEPA the highest percentage of |
N.A.A.B. recognized technicians in |
Mr. Ide, 51 who serves dairymen |
of this area, is a lifelong resident |
of Lehman, where he helped his
father distribute milk for’ many |
years. He is a graduate of Lehman |
School and a two-year Agriculture
Course at Penn State University.
He was employed by NEPA Arti-
ficial Breeding ‘Cooperative in the |
Tunkhannock Local when it was |
formed in 1945 and bred the first
cow artificially in Northeastern
‘Pennsylvania. Since that time he
amassed ‘over 35,000 services to
earn the Technician award. To do
this he drove 400,000 miles. |
From May 1954 to April 1957 he
served NEPA as a Fieldman, train- |
on |
ing Technicians and calling
members. He returned to his area
in Northeastern Luzerne County be- |
cause of his good relations with
the constituents. Albert developed
and supplies the light, compact car-|
rying case and cold chest used by
all. NEPA Technicians, He is Man-
ager
16,000 cows annually.
Albert and Mrs. Ide have
grown children, Patricia now
ployed in the insurance field in
Arizona and Dana, at home.
two
of the Tunkhannock ° Tech- |
nicians where six men breed over |
em- 4
The |
Ides are active in flower clubs and
local civic affairs, and are members |
of the Lehman Methodist Church. |
Dale Titus, Ben-
jamin Rusiloski, George Stockage.
Scavone,
Kolin Foss, John Klemunes, William
Norwig, Karin Roskoski, Ruth Tre-
Patsy
Hoover, Leah Kliamovich, Earlene
Ronnalee |
Stepanski, Dean Long, Robert Mec-
Larry Stash, Daniel Mec-
Craig Houliston, Nik
Fritz, James Pearce, John White-
Janet Fielding, Karen Rogers,
Glenda Lyons, Helen Sidler, Gladys | the Borough, on Pioneer Avenue,
MeDermott, Mary: ‘Manzoni, Teresa | Main Str eet, and Lake Streets.
Fedor,
Garry Mauger; John Morningstar,
Peter Rittenhouse,
' Unit Here June 27
Wyoming Valley Tuberculosis and
Health Society will station its mo-
bile Chest X-Ray umit at Dixon's
Restaurant June 27, 10 a. m. to
4 p .m, for servicing of the entire
Back Mountain region. Hours are
10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Speed Traps Are Set
Speed traps are being set up in
Janet Covert, Alex Wilson,
visit Franklin Institute,
Information On Dallas
School Changes
A Public Information meeting
about the changes forthcoming in
the Dallas District Schools will be
held Wednesday, June 21 at 8:30
p.m. at Dallas Borough School,
It is planned to describe and dis-
cuss the significant changes in the
use of buildings and in bus trans-
portation patterns in the district
with the opening of the new Sen-
ior High School in the fall. The new
school lunch program will also be
explained.
Speaking on the changing uses
of school buildings and physical ef- |
fects of the school program will be
Paul M. Rodda, chairman of the
Citizens Committee for Better
Schools Study Committee on Phy-
sical Plant. William A. Austin Ele-
mentary Supervisor of the district
will explain how the new pattern of
building usage will affect the trans
portation scheduling.
This meeting is jointly sponsored
by Citizens Committee for Better
Schools, Back Mountain Council of
PTAs and the Administration of the |
Dallas School District. All inter-
ested parents as well as members
*of the various groups in the com-
munity are invited to attend.
Sixth Grade Starts For
Philadelphia By Bus
Dallas Borough sixth grade stu-
dents left this morning at 7 for
Philadelphia, where they expect to
Indepen-
dence Hall the Betsy Ross House,
and the zoo, before starting home
late in the afternoon with stop-
over scheduled for dinner at Train-
er’s Restaurant.
Westmoreland High School Students In Cap And Gown
Gathered here, in front of the most beautiful outside back-drop
in the Back Mountain, are 108 Westmoreland High School seniors,
who for the last time are posing against the leafy greenery of the
hill rising sharply from the athletic field. Next year, the graduating
class of 1962 will pose for commencement pictures at the new
Dallas Senior High School.
Reading left to right are:
Row 1: Inez Ryman, Mildred Williams, Karen Samuels, Karen
Culver, Celia Monka, Sandra Chere, Lynne Jordan, Nancy Wolfe,
Sandra Coon, Janet Reed, Barbara Sholtis, Anne Remley, Martha
Mincie.
Row 2: / John Duris, Kenton Getty, David Glahn, Ralph Walp,
Fred Dymond, Ross Steinhauer, Robert Eyet, Ernest Supulski,
Wesley Exans, Thomas Oney, David Stout, Charles Malkemes, George
Jacobs, /Robert Letts, Ronald Trewern.
Rov 3: Vivian Cobb, Joseph Schneider, Francis Stocker, Ray-
mofnd” Rondinella, Carl Bednarski, Ernest Harris, James Seward,
Rafhert Senchak, William Van Buskirk, Lynn McCarty, Richard
# 5
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Powell, Leslie Dickson, Thomas Bozek, Carl Detsick.
Row 4:
Mathers, Harriet Sands,
Marilyn Eck, Nancy Harris,
Joan Harger,
Arline Misson, Dorothy
Jeannine Hoover, / Donna
Meyers, Sandra Vivian, Marcia Lawry, Bonnie Gross, Linda Stevens,
Margie Bynon, Patrica Sinicrope, Marijane Moss.
Row 5:
Judith Newberry, Phyllis Pope. Kathleen Siket, Eliza-
beth May, Donna Bolen, Beverly King, Annabelle Ambrose, Doris
Carey, Karen Bestedar, Betty Switzer, Susan Lawry Carol Dymond,
Sharon Gauntlett, Louise Herring, Patricia Rood.
Row 5 Carol Mashinski,
Susan Kelley, Harold Smith, Harold
Eustice, Russell Rarsons, Richard Brace, Edward Campbell, Lawrence
Polachek, Charles Woolbert,
James Fry,
Gerald Richards, David
Stroud, William Whittaker, David Kimball.
Row 7:
Edward Coolbaugh, James Kozemchak, Harley Misson,
Joseph Houlette, Roy Hall, David Wellhofer, Lynn Dietz, Edgar In-
man, Charles Repotski, Joseph Hoeg, Carl German, David Williams,
Robert Taylor, Kenneth Thomas, Dale Culver, I'avid LaBarr,
PRISON AUTHORITIES
ANXIOUS TO GET WORD
TO PEOPLE SAYS MACK
Rumors of a third break
turned out to be false on Tues-
day The siren heard was on an
ambulance. A phone call to the
institution established the
facts,
“We do not want to keep
residents in ignorauce,” said
deputy warden Mack. “On the
contrary, we get the news
around as quickly as possible,
through radio stations, police,
and guards.”
Ribbon Cutfing
For New A&P
Tuesday, J am.
New Shopping. Center
R Stride In Progress
For The Community
At 9 am. Tuesday morning rib-
bon-cutting ceremonies will take
newest and most modern Super
Market, located at 125 Memorial
Highway, Dallas.
The building provides a unique
combination of two periods. Its ex-
terior front is Early: American, built
of brick and designed in the archi-
tectural style of early - Colonial
homes of New England. Its inter-
ior is completely 1961 Modern. A
large paved parking area provides
free parking for a great number of
cars.
A&P
department of this new Market is
designed to give the customers fast,
efficient service. In the completely
self-service Meat Department, each
package of meat is wrapped, identi-
fied, marked with the correct
weight, priced; and displayed in
easy-to-select from refrigerated
cases. Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
will be displayed in a modern re-
frigerated Produce Department. The
‘Grocery Department is stocked
with thousands of ‘items displayed
on easy-to-reach shelves. Other de-
partments include Fish and Seafood,
Fresh Baked Goods, Custom Ground
Coffees, Dairy Foods, Health and
Beauty Aids, Candies, Ice Cream,
and Frozen Foods.
There are seven regular and two
express check-outs at the front of
the store for fast check-out service.
Magic Carpet Doors, which open
automatically, will provide easy en-
trance and exit for customers. Par-
cel pick-up facilities are available-
customers check purchase with the
attendant, then drive their cars to
the pick-up station where purchases
will be placed in their cars.
Free gifts' and samples will be
distributed at this new A&P Tues-
day, Grand Opening Day. Other
special offers will be available the
balance of Grand Opening Week.
. Store hours at this new Market
opening week are 9 AM. to 9 P.M.
Tuesday through Thursday, 8:30 A.
M. to 9 P.M. Friday and Saturday.
Permanent store hours will be 9
A. M. to 6 P. M. Mondays, 9 A. M.
to 9 P.M. Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday, and 8:30 A. M, to 9 P.M.
Friday and Saturday.
Hurricane Season Starts
United States Weather Bureau
says the annual hurricane season
starts today.
Parents Warned
Dallas Borough Chief
Honeywell again warns
that B.B. guns ave illegal,
Russell
parents
officials stated that every |
position, Dallas School directors
passed a budget calling for $1,075,-
250 Tuesday evening, along with an
increase in «millage, upping last
year’s millage from 65 to 78 to
raise sufficient funds.
Leading the! opposition were L.
L. Richardson and Alton Whittaker,
firmly suppe ‘ed by Walter Phillips,
an’ the th +. board members pre-
sent from Franklin Township, Don-
ald W. Hislop, James L. Mitchell,
and Harry C. Sickler.
Mr. Richardson’s main ahicstion
was to an increase in superinten-
dent Robert Mellman’s salary, from
$13,000 to $13,500, offsetting war-
ious expedients designed to cut ex-
penses.
Mr. Whittaker said, “We have
heen fooking at the forest. Now is
| the time to count the trees.” He
went of to say that warning signals
| are beginning to flash, and that a
place officially opening A&P’s|
| building program has imperceptibly
» a spending pro-
gram, with salaries above mandated.
increases. He called attention #0 a
Recessary 9% increase in the teach-
ing staff and a 40% increase in
the non-professional departments,
as against a meager 5% increase in
student population.
Progress Of Building
Current report on progress of the
new senior high school building
been 2n®orted int
| indicates that the administration
| will be able to take possession of
the classroom section by the mid-
| dle of July, and that the sewage
disposal plant should be in’ oper-
ation by the first week in August.
Seeding will start next week, but
it is unlikely that any of the ath-
letic area will be used for football
practice until sod is firmly estab-
lished.
Folding doors in the gym will be
hung this week, and the ceiling will
be installed next week.
Lockers have been delivered, and
will be installed immediately.
Floors have not been laid in the
classrooms, nor blackboards in-
stalled.
Grading of the athletic field is
about complete,
The auditorium will be painted
within the week.
Fears that the building might not
be ready for occupancy by the
opening of school, have been al-
layed by notable progress during
the past two months.
L. L. Richardson, speaking for the
building and grounds committee,
drew attention to damage done to
roofs at Dallas Township and Dallas
Borough by a severe hailstorm last
month, -
Coaches
On the coaching staff at the Sen-
ior High School will be these men:
Edward Brominski, head football
and baseball ‘coach; George Dom-
bek and Louis Palerno, assistants
in football; Clinton Brobst, head
basketball coach and track George
McCutcheon, basketball assistant;
‘Alana D. Husband, wrestling, with
Mr. Palerno assisting; Grace Lord,
cheer leaders; William A. Austin,
golf, no salary Mabel Jenkins, girls’
basketball.
At Junior High School: John B.
Cathrall, football coach, assistant
Howard J. Shiner; Frederick | J.
Case, basketball; Mr. Cathrall,
wrestling ‘and track; Mr. Case, base-
ball.
John K. Thomas will join the
elementary school staff, serving as
guidance counsellor in place of
Patricia. Fox, who 1s leaving in
order to take her doctorate at
Pennsylvania State University.
David E. Olivett, elected to teach
English in the senior high school,
declined the position.
Purchase of supplies was author-
ized for custodians, physical educa-
tion, industrial arts, and athletics.
Installation of the hot noon meal
{ program in all schools necessitates
hiring of several extra part time
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