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Loses Control
Of Car, Strikes
Mother, Child
Mrs. Frank Dennis
And Mary Ann At
Nesbitt Hospital
A sixteen-year old Forty-Fort
youth driving a car belonging to
his grandfather, lost control Mon-
day morning at 10:50 in Shaver-
"
town Shopping Centre, and knocked |
down a young Lehman woman and
her three year old daughter.
Taken to Nesbitt Hospital
Mrs. Frank Dennis and little Mary
Ann.
Stanley Theis, driving with his
grandmother, Mrs. John W. Owens
of Lehman Avenue, Dallas, as pas-
senger,went suddenly into reverse |
and bore down on the gas pedal in-
stead of the brake.
He rammed a truck delivering
produce to the Acme store, caromed
off the truck, and struck Mrs. Den-
nis and the child in front of Hum-
phrey’s Bootery.
Mrs. Dennis, completely conscious
on the way to Kingston in the am-
We, told Mr, Hobbes, manager
of McCrory’s, who accompanied her,
that she did not think she had
been run over, but that it happened
so fast she did not actually know.
Mrs. Dennis was sitting up on
RTuesday, her condition listed as |
fairly good. Mary Ann, suffering
from concussion, was listed as in
fair condition. Both victims had '
extensive brush burns. Mary Ann
had lacerations of the ankle, lower
leg and forehead.
Mrs. Dennis had head lacerations,
requiring sutures.
X-Rays taken of both mother and
daughter were negative. The latest
report is that the little girl may
need skin grafting, but X-Rays re- |
vealed no broken bones.
Mr. Dennis is a machine operator
in the tricot
Mills.
Kingston Township Assistant Chief
Jesse Coslett investigated. The am-
bulance was staffed by Phil Walters
and Arnold Yeust.
Pennsylvania Dutch
Frolic Invites You
Tomorow, and through Labor Day,
§cnnsylvania Dutch Frolic will bring
throngs of people to Lancaster to
enjoy folk-seminars and festivities '
in |
Kingston Township ambulance were |
division of Natona
Circus Pleases
Rudience Of 900
Show Is Second
To Appear Here
Beers-Barnes Circus played a de-
lighted audience of 900 persons
Tuesday night and has promised
members of Jonathan Davis Fire
Company, the sponsors that it will
return again in two years.
The show, considerably smaller
than the Kelly-Miller Show that
| exhibited here a few weeks earlier,
| arrived early Tuesday morning at the
| exhibition grounds on Memorial
Highwy at Idetown.
Throughout the day interested
| spectators watched the erection of
| the tents and the arrival of truck-
| loads of animals. It was the second
| time this season that many of them
had watched a circus unload in Dal-
[ las.
Members of the fire company as- |
| sisted with the sale of tickets, real- |
| izing a nice commission for their |
| efforts. All were impressed with the |
| high type performance and the clean-
| liness of the performers.
Dallas Dairy
‘At Mocanaqua
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Dallas Dairy extended its win-
ning streak to 15 straight in the
Wyoming League Sunday by down-
ing Mocanaqua' 7-6 in the opening
| game of the semi-final play-offs.
| Trailing 6-5 going into the bot-
tom of the ninth Dallas rallied for
two runs when Joe Rishkofski hit |
| a bases loaded double. Lopasky led |
led off with a double to deep right |
and advanced to third as Ferris |
grounded to second. The play was to
| third but Joe slid in and all hands |
were safe. Carter walked to load
the bases bringing Shalata to the |
plate. Bill hit a bounder to Gregory
and Lopasky was tossed out at the |
plate. Rishkofski then proceeded to |
| hit his double to deep left-center |
which bounded over the fence for
| a ground-rule double driving in the |
winning markers. |
Trailing 5-2, Mocanaqua drove
Dorish from the hill with a four |
run uprising. The big blow was a |
solid shot to center by Kubasko |
| which took a big hop over Ferris’s |
head good for a triple clearing the |
| sacks. |
| Carter took the win in relief with:
| Wiaterstein taking the loss.
Second Game Sunday
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Dallas will attempt to close out
Marching Units Bring Home Honors
From V-] Day Parade At Norwich
Key Club Rifle Team took first | tison, Rosemary Kravitz, Mary Ann
place, Keyettes second place, Dal-! Dudasick, Mary Linda McDermott, |
las Junior High School drill team | Edith Chapple, Avinell Evans, June |
third, in competition at Norwich, | Hayes, Thomas Landon, Frank
N. Y. where they took part in the | O'Hara, Barry Kennington, Jon
Annual V-J Day parade on Satur- | Kennington; Ronnie Sinicrope, Gary |
day. | Schaffer, Donald Anderson, Kenny
Starting from Orchard Farm Cobb, Jim and John Campbell,
restaurant by bus and car, units | Joe Ulinoski, Ann Woolbert, Linda
arrived in Norwich well in advance | Woolbert, Ruth Tinsley, Jane Hart-
of 1:30, the time set for the line er, Beverly Eck, Marsha Sowden.
of march. Parade chairman Ronald | Janice Priebe, Jean Fleming,
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A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Trucksville Landmark Disappears
VOL. 73, NO. 34, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1961
Judge Lewis Visits Site For Proposed
New School, Inspects Old Buildings
If Further Delay Persists One Of The Other 250
School Districts Will Take Lake-Lehman’s Place
Judge Thomas M. Lewis, refusing to accept as evidence a
thick stack of signatures to a petition protesting against con-
struction of a “Five Million dollar school” for the Lake-Lehman
five-way jointure, decided to inspect the site of the proposed
school in person.
Therefore, after presiding over a two-day session in
which the point at issue was argued pro and con last Thurs-
pi the ‘Plain People.” Demonstra- the semi-finals Sunday when it trav-
Vions of the making of ‘‘shoo-fly' els to Mocanaqua Sunday for the
pie” fastnacht frying, and apple Second game.
butter making will interest those! Carter will probably get the start- |
Dewey met them and escorted
them to the Eagle’s Home for a
light lunch before they changed
for the parade.
Each unit in competition was
given time to perform before the
judges stand.
Barry Slocum captained the Rifle
Team and Georgia McCutcheon the
Keyettes, in the absence of the
regular leaders. Marsha Sowden
and Beverly Eck captained the |
Junior High Drill Team.
Colorettes were accompanied by
Mrs. Percy Love and Mrs. Ray Ti-
tus; Keyettes by Mrs. William
Wright and Mrs. Kenneth Inman.
Barry Slocum, representing the
Key. Club, and Mrs. Wright the
Keyettes, received the awards in
their behalf,
An invitation to march with the
parade next August was extended
the Dallas units by the parade
marshall.
Other marching units expressed
amazement that junior and senior
high school students could be so
proficient, and. said that the per-
| formers were the best they had
met in competition.
After leaving Norwich the units
drove to the Charles Mannear farm
where they were welcomed outside
of Montrose by Mr. Mannear and |
escorted: to his country estate for
a big dinner and games. The group
had a wonderful time, and thanked
Mr. and Mrs. Mannear for their
efforts in preparation. This is the
second year in a row that the
Mannears have treated the students
after their trip to New York State
to march.
One of the highlights of the day
was the trouncing the Key Club got
in a softball game, when dads and
sponsors teamed up to defeat the
youngsters by a 25 to 10 score.
The youngsters who rode the bus
in this parade and previous parades
are high in their praise for Hod
‘Woolbert who has been their driver
‘all summer. \Hod helps make their
trips enjoyable with his pleasant
personality and willingness to help
whenever possible.
Taking the trip were: Mrs. John
Grant, Mrs. Ray Titus, Mr. and Mrs.
Percy Love, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
| Sharon Phillips, Judy Bergstrasser,
| Charlyn Ell, 'Charlyn Oatridge,
| Peggy Jordan, Linda Tag, Marguerite
| Daley, Carole Meyers, Bill Welch,
1 Frank Wadas, Jeri Jordan, Char-
lene and Brenda Mannear, Mr. and
| Mrs. Larry Newhart, Tom Heslop,
{ John and Betty Mannear, Gramps |
| (Mr. John) Mannear, Randy Jones,
| Larry Jones, Dorothy Cleasby, Alma
| Grey, Ray Dymond, Willie Ander-
| son and Al Calleniera.
Dallas Schools
Issue Calendar
Calendar of Dallas School Dis-
trict for 1961-1962 was announced
by Dr. Robert A. Mellman, super-
intendent of schools. |
Tuesday, September 5, general
teachers’ meeting; Wednesday, Sept-
ember 6, school opens; Friday,
September 29, schools closed,
Bloomsburg Fair; Thursday and Fri-
day October 26, 27, schools closed,
Institute; November 23, 24, Thanks-
giving vacation; Monday December
4, closed, first day of hunting seas-
! on; Friday, December 22, Christmas
| vacation begins; Tuesday January
'2, school reopens.
Monday, February 12, closed, |
| Lincoln’s Birthday; Thursday, April |
| 19, Easter vacation begins; Tues- |
Trucksville Lehigh Valley Rail-
road Station fell, a victim to chang-
ing times, torn down within the
past two weeks.
The picture was taken by Harry
Post over forty years ago.
When he found that wreckers
Only two similar stations now re-
main in the Back Mountain, a some-
{ what larger structure in central Dal-
las, and a smaller edition in Noxen,
| to commemorate the days when the
{ branch line was alive with trains,
| and picnic crowds made the trip
day and Friday, Judge Lewis visited Lehman on Saturday.
“I'd hate to be tackled on that ®
football field,” was his comment
while viewing the rock-ribbed area
where Lake-Lehman football players
prepare for the football season and
meet their adversaries each fall.
Hooves of hunters at the Lehman
Horse-Show have been known to
strike sparks from the outcroppings,
thinly veiled by transient turf.
“How about the site for the new
school ? Can you actually bog down
a farm wagon on it?”
Anthony Marchakitus fielded that
one, by taking Judge Lewis for a
Legion To Stage
Americanism
Night Sep. 8
Award For Service
To Community Will
Again Be Feature
Daddow Isaacs Post 672 Ameri-
can Legion will honor its outgoing
commander, William O’Brien at his
last official meeting, ‘September 8, i
1961 at the Legion’s annual “Ameri-
day, April 24, schools reopen; Wed- | Were tearing down the homely little | from New York City to Harveys
le May 30, closed, Memorial | structure on Harris Hill Road, he | Lake, long trains of passenger cars
Day; Sunday June 10 " baccalaur- | located the snapshot in his album, | carrying city-dwellers escaping. the
canism Night.”
The Post, under the direction jof
who are not on diets, or wish they
were not on diets.
If You Can Dope This
Jimmie Kozemchak has come up| ing briskly in a kettle?
Is it a skein | of a frenzied mouse trying to escape |
with another puzzler.
of yarn, tangled by the pussy-cat? | from a maze?
A satellite going into a crazy orbit? | phone pad ? Fireworks on a summer
Just | night ?
lat IS the thing? Spaghetti boil-
Let’s hear from our readers.
Thirty-five candidates for
team began drilling for the coming
season last week at the Dallas
Junior High Memorial Field. Daily |
drills in conditioning, basic funda-
mentals, and general team play are
held from 5:30 to 9 P.M. under
direction of coaches Ed Brominski, |
George Dombek, and Lou Palermo,
new junior varsity coach. The staff
is being assisted by John Cathrall |
and Howard Shiner,, Junior High
School coaches.
Senior class members striving for
positions are Carl Bush, Harold His-
lop, Walter Davis, Jack
Fred Drake, Russ Hoover, Michael
Kowaleski, Thomas Dorosky, Wil-
liam Bartos, and Earl Harris.
Juniors competing for a place in the
: One Out, You're Good x
Dallas Senior High Football Team
Begins Daily Drill For 1961 Season
the
Dallas Senior High Varsity football
Fowler, |
ing nod in hopes of nailing down
the 16th straight league win.
The track |
A doodle on a tele-
photo by Kozemchak
Inman, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Tinsley,
Mrs. Hazel Berti, Mrs.
Welch, Mrs. P. William Hanna Jr.,
Howard Woolbert, Clinton Brobst,
Mr. and Mrs. George McCutcheon,
Mrs. William Wright, Doctor and
Mrs. Robert Mellman, Anita Pascav=
age, Patricia Peiffer, Joan Meyers,
| Gloria Grant, Susan Karl, Sharon
| Titus,
| Richard Love,
Carl Miers, Lynn Hughes,
Shirley Johns, Betty Oatridge,
‘Colleen Conaghan, Christine Klug,
| Amy Hetrick, Myra Berti, Mimi
Mohr, Janet XKelley, Bill Hontz,
Judy Williams, Barry Slocum, John |
Ferguson, Jack Kaleta, Bob Shan-
non, Janice and Phyllis Hanna,
Nancy Love, Joanne Hadsall,
Georgia McCutcheon, Susan Kit-
chen, Gloria Root, Martha Messick,
Cheryl Parsons, Betsy Hopkins,’
Fred E.
| eate sermon: Tuesday, June 12, com- | wishing to preserve it for posterity | heat for a cool day of swimming
Thursday June 14, 12
| mencement;
makeup day; Friday, June 15, last
| day of school.
Number of days in school year
' wil be as follows: September, 17;
| October, 20; November, 20; Deccm-
|
I ber, 14; January ‘22; total first sem- |
| ester, 93. February, 19; March, 22; |
{ April 18; May, 22; June, 10; |
| total second semester, 91. A
There will be 181 days of student |
| attendance. One day will be used |
i for work makeup, and three days |
| for teacher in-service-education.
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“Today, New Cafeteria |
Gets First Work-Out |
Today, the new Dallas Senior |
| High School cafeteria gets its first |
| workout, with personnel instructed |
| in the use of equipment, and a trial |
luncheon served at 12:30 to school |
| board members, all personnel in the |
| building, and those responsible for |
| the playground program. I
| In charge of the program for
serving 125, are Mrs. Margaret Mor-
gan and Mrs. Mary Kaymor. Mrs.
| Stella Lancio, cafeteria manager, is
a patient at Geisinger Hospital, not
| able to take charge for the present.
The day before school opens, an-
| other cafeteria luncheon will be
| served to faculty members and ad- |
| ministration, as a further demon- |
stration of facilities and procedure. |
On Wednesday, September 6, the |
| mobile food truck will be used for |
the pages of the Dallas Post.
ry
| and relaxation.
Important Information On Dallas
Schools, Due To Open September
DON'T SIGN ANYTHING
UNTIL AFTER YOU'VE
READ THE FINE PRINT
Don’t sign anything unless
Important information about Dal- i
las Schools has been released from |
the administration. gs
wow Kindergarten
Kindergarten children will! be |
housed in the Westmoreland build- |
ing. They will use the four rooms |
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ride up over the field in. question.
Postponed until a later date was
a visit to the Laketon school
According to supervising Principal
Lester Squier, a decision is expected
before the end of the week.
Time has already run out for
awarding of the contracts. Bidders
have been asked to extend the time
for ten days, to August 29.
If bids should have to be adver-
tised again, a delay of sixty days :
would ensue, a period which would
extend beyond the deadline of Oct-
ober 15.
The State would then be em-
powered to say, “If you folks cannot
make up your mind, forget it. Funds
available for construction will be
diverted to other school districts
which are crying for them. On the
rolls for proposed construction with
State Aid are 250 districts, Dropping
out of Lake-Lehman will enable
some other far-sighted district to get
the green light for its program.”
Petitioners who would now like
to get their names off a petition for
non-construction of a needed junior
senior high school, are besieging the
Dallas Post.
They wail, “Who ever reads a
petition 7”
Many outstanding people, residents
who realize the value of education
and are aware that it costs money,
tind themselves in a situation they
did not anticipate. A neighbor caught
them on the way out of the house.
Five Million Dollars? It's a lot of
money. Sign here, and help hold
down taxes.
The five million mentioned on the
petition is over twice the amount
actually estimated for the new
school. The Dallas Post has pub-
lished the figures.
It is a figment of somebody's
imagination, seized upon by ob-
structionists who, though they
wh, roperty in. the "aia, neh
"know nor care anything about the
schools.
The Hearing
you know what you are signing.
Many residents in the Lake-
Lehman area have learned this
the hard way.
“Who ever reads a petition ?”
on the first floor. Parents are asked
to bring their children to school
and take them home on Wednesday,
September sixth at any time dur-
was the cry when dozens of
people who have a big stake in
the community found that they
had endangered their entire
educational program.
The petition is signed. The
fhames are on record.
It is impossible to un-sign a
petition except by getting out a
counter-petition.
Herbert Smith
‘Heads Division
United Fund Picks
Shrine Acres Man
Herbert A. Smith Jr. Shrine
ing the day.
During their visit. the children
will be assigned to certain rooms,
to the forenoon or afternoon ses-
sions, and in cases where they live
one and one half miles from the
school to their bus. Each child |
to be transported will receive a |
name and address card. The color |
of the tags will depend on which |
bus they use. The color of the string |
will designate the room they are |
to attend. The parents cooperation |
is solicited in making sure that they |
have become adjusted to their teach- |
er and bus driver. Kindergarten |
children carry a light lunch. They |
may purchase milk at five cents |
per half pint.
Various inquiries have been made
as to the assignment of children
who will attend the Elementary
WILLIAM O’BRIEN
Mary Ann Bologa,
Roberts, Carol Rosnick, Georgia | lunch program covering all Dallas
Blamire, Verna Miers, Diane Pat- | Districts schools.
Has Important United Fund Job
Andrews, Bob Letts, Larry Piatt,
Sterling McMichael, Willard = Bul-
lock, Paul Siket, Gary Smith, Del-
bert Voight, Bob Tuppert, Arch Pal-
trineri, Paul Palmer, and Bob Ash-
man.
Sophmore candidates include |
James Buckley, John Brominski,
John Farley, Michael Jones, Tom
Kerpovich, Carl Kaschenbach, Char-
les Lockard, Richard Love, Al Pal-
trineri, Bill Swartwood, Allen Har-
ris, .and’ Ed Kyttle.
The opening game of season will |
be played at home against Tunk-
hannock High School on Saturday |
afternoon September 16. Seven
West Side Conference games and a |
‘non-conference game with Luzerne |
make up the remainder of the 1961 gets a briefing on his new post as| United Fund, from J. J. O'Malley,
{ Chairman of the Building and Con- { Campaign Chairman.
struction Division of the 1962 Torch
schedule.
opening line-up are Joe Shrey, Don |
Beverly | the first time in the satellite hot |
| Acres, Dallas, owner of H. A. Smith,
| Painting and’ Decorating Contrac-
| tors, has accepted the chairmanship
| of the Building and Construction
| Divisipn of the 1962 Torch Camp-
| aign of the Wyoming Valley United
| Fund.
| WJ. J. O'Malley, chairman of the
| Torch Campaign announced Smith’s
acceptance in a release made pub-
| lic last Thursday.
| In taking on the division chair-
{ man job Smith expressed a strong
| belief in the “United way’ of pro-
| viding for the many vital services
| provided by the United Fund agen-
| cles.
“Through the United Fund,” Smith
said, our community provides serv-
ices in fields such as health, youth
and recreation, family services, and
many other that are required by
our citizens from all walks of life.
For this reason all our citizens who
are able should support the United
Fund.
“The United Fund way also prov-
ides the greatest amount of
for the contributor’s dollar
expenses kept to
Smith said.
trict. ¢
All kindergarten children will at-
tend school on the first floor of
| the Westmoreland building.
| All children from grades one to
six who provided their own trans-
| portation to the Dallas, Shavertown |
~and the Trucksville Elementary
i buildings last year are assigned to |
those buildings for next ‘year.
Children from Dallas Township who
{ live less than one and one-half miles |
| from the Dallas Elementary school
| will be assigned to that school.
| No children will be transported
| less than one and one-half miles.
| Exceptions to these policies will
| be made for purposes of graduation |
{due to population increases in cer-
tain areas.
Satellite Lunch Program
| The Dallas School District will
| begin a satellite type of school
lunch program on Wednesday, Sept-
ember sixth.
The Junior High School and the
| four Elementary Schools will re-
service | ceive their food via a food van. The | four years ago with the awarding |
lax with | £504 will be prepared in the new | of a community service award to
a minimum. | antral kitchen located in Dallas | Howard Risley Editor of the Dallas
schools of the Dallas School Dis- |
THOMAS REESE
Commander O’Brien has won many
awards on the State and district |
levels. : I
Tom Reese chairman of “Ameri- |
canism Night” has as his com- |
| mittee, Bill Moran, Leonard |
| Daugherty, Dick Staub, Ed Buckley,
{ Joe Drust, James Davenport, Bernie
| McDermott and George Cave.
| Joining Commander O’Brien in |
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| the program will be Emma Hen-
| ning, president of the Auxiliary and
| the members of the Auxiliary.
| The program which was started
| Post, was so successful, that it has
Herbert A. Smith Jr., seated.
Campaign of the Wyoming Valley
! Senior High School.
In other activities, Smith served | * A} schools will operate a closed | become an annual affair. Others |
as chairman of the campaign of | program and no pupils shall be | who received the award were Hen- |
the Kingston Presbyterian Church | yeleased to go home. The price of | ry Peterson and Mrs. Lewis Le |
and. was chairman of the Kiwanis | 1, lunch will be $1.25 per week | Grand.
Radio Auction. He is 2 member |. $.30 per day. Tickets will be| The committee is preparing an- |
of the Kiwanis Club, active in the sq on Fridays. | other fine program in anticipating |
Masons and a member of the West- | The programs of other schools} a large delegation of Legionaires, |
moreland Club. . _ |operating similar programs have | Auxiliary Members, their friends |
! The Building and Construction | heen studied and their best feat-| ang neighbors
Division,” Chairman O'Malley sald, | ures have been accepted. i :
“will make an excellent showing
. . A | The cooperative efforts of pupils, |
in the campaign under Smith’s
direction.”
| parents, and teachers are needed to Maple Tree Jams Traffic
| bring about the successful opera- | Half of ‘a‘l Zan :
tion of a grand service to this area | alt. of a large maple tree split
where many homes have both par- | off at the low crotch at the foot of |
ents working. J {the hill on Franklin Street Tuesday |
Children may carry their ‘own noon, obstructed traffic for an hour |
lunches and may buy only the! until Dallas Borough
milk at five cents per half pint. [sawed it into sections.
Local Peach Crop Starts
The local peach crop is starting,
with Red Havens and Golden Jub-
ilee now available, |
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The two-day hearing for an in-
junction to enjoin and restrain Leh-
man Township School Authority,
Lake-Lehman Joint School District
and Lehman Township Board of
Supervisors from going ahead with
construction of the new high school
and renovations to the other build-
ings was on the complaint of five
taxpayers on behalf of themselves
and others.
Plaintiffs are C. R. Prutzman,
Jackson Township; Helen Sgarlat,
Harveys Lake; Robert MTraver,
Noxen; Robert Gregory, Lehman;
and Joseph Schappert, Harveys
Lake.
Ray Roushey of the engineer
architectural firm of Roushey, Smith
& Uhlman, Kingston, testified the
planned program was the most fea-
sible for the needs of the five dis-
tricts. Roushey said his firm fur-
nished the board with two plans in
a preliminary report in June, 1960.
One plan called for remodeling the
present high school at Lehman and
the , Lake Township elementary
school and constructing a new ele-
mentary school. The second plan
called for what is now before the
court.
Roushey testified the present high
school was remodeled four times
and because of that his firm rec-
ommended the second plan. Roushey
described the selected site for the
new building and explained a one-
story structure was chosen because
it was more economically feasible
for 20 or 25 classrooms.
Prutzman, one of the plaintiffs
| in the case, testified his net annual
| earnings’ from his dairy farm of
{ 671% acres is $2,100 that his taxes
are $192 a year and will be in-
creased $91 next year. He told the
court under questioning his farm
| had been up for sale three years,
that he is asking $21,500 for it and
it is assessed at $3,640. The witness
said he was selling the farm to get
a bigger one and out of the high
taxes he is paying. Attorney Joseph
Flanagan drew the answers and got
an admission from Prutzman that
his land with a one-half mile front-
age on a paved road would be val-
uable for a housing development.
Prutzman said he has a $300 annual
income from rents and between
$125 and $200 in government farm
subsidies.
John Hewitt, authority chairman,
testified a petition containing 2,903
signatures opposing new construc-
tion, was presented before the
board and authority at a public
meeting. Hewitt admitted the peti-
tion was presented before the
authority gave its approval to the
| project and that he personally gave
weight to it. :
Attorney Robert J. Hourigan rep-
resents plaintiffs. Attorneys Lewis
employees | Crisman and William A. Valentine
represent defendants,