it | ; | 4? t ~ 4 I I TIA RTI HAT ARTA MERI S%) oy stem, A A a ANA AAO CIVIL DEFENSE FORUM TONIGHT AT 8 ® 72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain HE DALLAS POST ORchard TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 4-5656 OR 4-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—SIXTEEN PAGES Back Mountain To MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Dallas Directors Adhere To State Directed Limit Annual Complication On Picking Up Pupils Under Mile And Half Joseph Simms, Overbrook Road, stated the case for bus transporta- tion of eight pupils from his area Tuesday night, when appearing be- | fore directors of the Dallas School District, meeting for the first time i at the new senior high school. Mr. Simms said that he realized " that the State mandated no bus service - under one and one half miles, and that his home missed that requirement by two-tenths of a mile. He cited especially the dangerous condition of Pioneer Avenue during ' winter months at its intersection with Main Street. Pupils from Fernbrook, within a mile of Dallas Borough school, must traverse that same icy curve, also any children from Pioneer Avenue. ; The State law will cancel reim- bursement for buses unless the let- ter of the law is lived up to. The law does not require the chil- dren to walk. It states.only that they will not be picked up by school bus. There is nothing that prevents parents from forming a car pool, or from contracting for a pri- vate bus, as was done during the | first year of kindergarten in 1951. Parents from Carverton Road, al- | so lacking a short distance inquired if they could arrange payment for their children for school bus ser- vice. The answer to this was no, not in buses’ under ‘ contract to the schools. Parents must make their own arrangements. William "A. A¥stin, elementary ¢ supervisor and chief of transporta- | tion, explained that the State sets | the distance between the nearest | i" point of the school grounds to the'| " highway, and the entrance of the | lane or roadway leading to the portal-to-portal distance. On other hand, distance is measured | over the highway, not as the crow | flies. There was discussion about pos- sible extension of Parrish Street to intersect Overbrook Road, as a means of relieving pupils of neces- sity for travelling Pioneer Avenue, where snow-ploughs block shoulders and ‘make walking hazardous. One bright spot in the situation is that with delayed starting: hours ‘for elementary children, the peak load of Valley-bound traffic is well out of the way before children leave their homes. Charles Mannear, president, said that his hands were tied. Dr. Robert #4 A. Mellman, superintendent, asked who could determine what children would be picked ‘up, in an under- limits area? There has to be a dividing line, just as there is a dividing line of age in admission to first grade and kindergarten, Parents called attention to current infractions of the law, in picking up passengers. Mr. Mannear said that if such conditions existed, there would be no more of it. Dr. Mellman asked for a survey of the transportation system, by Harrisburg Department of Instruc- tion analysts. Harry Sickler, from Orange, said he didn’t blame the parents at all . that Overbrook Road had had | § transportation last year, that this year taxes had skyrocketed, and now transportation was denied. Jonathan Valentine, solicitor, called attention to a sharp letter Your years ago from the State, in which the district was told to keep | to the letter of the law, or lose its | bus. reimbursement. State Police at | this time were requested to follow | buses on their rounds and check | mileage. Mr. Sickler, lin Township, said he had personally checked on arrival of buses = and every bus was loaded to the gills. Far from arriving partially empty, as parents who wished their chil- dren picked up in areas under the mandated mileage limit had implied, they were disgracefully crowded. IF YOU HAVE A “FALLOUT SHELTER LET THE POST KNOW Ii you have a fall-out shel- ter, stocked with food and sup- plies, capable of being lived in for two. weeks, let the Dallas Post know. We will publish names of people who have taken Civil Defense directions seriously. Community director from Frank- | Gas and Water | Company revealed its confidence in | | Pennsylvania the growth of the Back Mountain | { Community ' Friday night at Irem | Temple Country Club where it an- | : | nounced to municipal officers that | pupil’s home, as the distance, not a | > | the | it will immediately embark on an | | expansion program here, the first | stages of which will cost $300,000. Seated from left to right are: Frank Bennett, P. G. & Ww. Indus- | Gate Of Heaven Enrollment 806 Gate of Heaven Parochial School has a total enrollment of 806 stud- ents, a few more than were regis- tered. last year. Gate of Heaven has eight grades, sixteen classrooms, a large assembly hall which doubles as -a cafeteria, minute kitchen. Little girls donned their green jumper uniforms, and little boys their green trousers and ties last Tuesday for the-first time this year. Bus routes cover the entire Back Mountain, with St, Therese’s parish and St. Francis Cabrini operating their own buses. Commander William O'Brien a- 'wards a framed certificate to Miss | outstanding | Miriam Lathrop, winner of the an- | and an up-to-the | Lead | trail Engineer; Stephen Hartman, | Dallas councilman; Austin Line, Kingston Township Supervisor; La- | Roy Ziegler, Kingston Township Burgess . Thomas Morgan, Rulison Evans, Pennsylvania Gas and Water Com- | | pany; Grace Cave, Dallas Council- | | man; Arthur Smith, Kingston Town- f ship Supervisor; Howard Risley, Edi The Wyoming Valley United Fund today released figures on the num- ber of services its member agencies er Wyoming Valley area during 1960. The report stated that the Fund's member agencies provided 91,488 services to individuals in the area covered by the United Fund. These services covered a wide range of Human needs from health programs to service to the aged, to counsel- ling individuals and families with problems, A breakdown of the AMERICAN LEGION POST 672 MAKES 2 AWARD S | munity service, in contribution life and development of recognition for to the area Supervisor; Atty. Mitchell Jenkins; | Dallas; | Chairman of the | Board and Robert Evans, President, | United Fund Agencies Assisted 4,728 Persons Here During Year provided to the people of the Great- | services : the | orial Library. ers Hear About Gas Company Plans Dallas | Dallas | tor of The Dallas Post; Thomas E. | B. Jeter, Treasurer of Vernon, P. G. & W. Gas Engineer (Bor ough; Wilbur Davis, (whose wife is a candidate for Dal- ! las School Board) Arthur Williams | P. G. & W. Superintendent; Roger McShea Jr., P, G. & W. Vice Presi- | dent-Financial; Standing left to right: William | Manager The Dallas Post; Robert | Brace, Dallas Township Supervisor; | Post, Dallas. Councilman; Roy A. Robert Brown, Secretary Dallas Transue, Real Estate Department | Borough; Vincent F. Gutendorf, P. G. & & W. Frank J, Petrosky, 1 advertising and Public Relations; W. { Division Sales Manager P. G. & WwW. Botary Offers i { | { | | | | ] I | 1 las Township Supervisor; Harvey H. | Johnson, Vice President and Chief | Engineer P. G. & W,; Foreign Study | showed that 4,728 people in the| [Dallas Rotary Club anounces that | Back Mountain area had received | | opportunities to study for a year in help during 1960. a foreign country will be made avail- (Services given by the individual {able to outstanding students of Dal- agencies were as follows: Health | Agencies: Association for the Blind, ! 27; Council for Mentally Retarded, | : { 8; Crippled Children tr | Last year five students from this : 1 93: Hospital {area were chosen and are now in bi ol Barres shy | Sweden, The Netherlands, Southern Mercy, Wyoming Valley, 136; Visit- | Rhodesia and The" Philippines. ing Nurse Associations—Pittston, | ; Juniors and Seniors in high school Nanticoke, Wyoming Valley 221. (= the upper Youth and Recreation Agencies: | ahd at least 16 years of age who . tholic Yout] are interested in applying should Boy Sous 779: Catholls Youth Cone contact their high school guidance (Continued on 1 Page 2 A) | ccunselors again this year. | as librarian of Back Mountain Mem- {Ed Buckley a plaque denoting not- { Commander William O'Brien re-|ion under his presidency. a nual Americanism award for com-'over the period of her incumbency 'ceives from incoming Commander | Councilman; William Retna] Dal- | Mrs. Louise C. Marks, Adverse i las and LakedLehman High School | third of their class | {able progress of the American Leg-| @ VOL. 73, NO. 37, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1961 Legion Honors Miriam Lathrop Gives Award For Community Service Miss Miriam Lathrop, retiring lib~ rarian of Back Mountain Memorial Library, was honored by Daddow Isaacs Post, American Legion, at the annual Americanism meeting = Fri- day night. Commander William O’Brien, in presenting the plaque to Miss Lath- rop, noted her outstanding service to the community as librarian over the period of years from 1945, when she first took charge of the infant library to the present. He spoke of the rural one-room schools where she delivered heavy consolidation closed their doors, when ecstatic children hailed her coming with the shout, “Here's the Library Lady!” Miss Lathrop, lured to the meet- ing-on the slim excuse that she was to receive a book for the Library, was taken completely by surprise, not realizing when Commander O'Brien first started to speak, that he was staging what amounted to a “This Is Your Life,” beginning with her girlhood, when the daugh- ter of a beloved Springville physic- ian started a library in her own home, lending books of her own, He followed her through her training at Pennsylvania State Col- lege tq her eng tenure of office {in the library at Rutgers, and ex- { pressed regret that so dedicated a member of the { Community would be lost to the area when she retires to Sun City, { Arizona, { in - October. the evening, also paid tribute to Miss Lathrop’s selfless service, espec- ially ‘to the children of the comun- ity, together with the responsibility entailed by seeing to it that they were guided in their reading and had a wealth of suitable books to enjoy. Atty. Fleming stréssed responsi- bility as the character trait that must go hand in hand with free- dom, .if liberty is to be preserved. If the freedom of the individual is to be a factor in a changing world, he maintained, it must be dearly | bought by duty, and free men must be eternally on guard against en- i croachment by forces that could cancel out all that our forefathers fought for, Responsibility and = duty, he in every public servant, but in every individual who cherishes the Amer- ican way of life and abhors the totalitarian type of government. Atty. Fleming was introduced by Thomas Reese. { [State and Humanitarion awards were presented to retiring Comman- der O’Brien by Edward Buckley, incoming Commander. Books were presented to schools of the area and the library. Rev, Richard Frank, who gave the bene- diction, accepted for College Miseri- cordia and for Gate of Heaven; Miss Clinton Brobst for Dallas Schools: Books were presented by William Moran. Rev. Huntsville Christian « Church, gave the invocation, Commander O'Brien had charge of" opening ceremonies, including the Pledge of Allegiance. Thomas Reese, chairman of Amer- icanism . Night, thanked his com- mittee. At the head table were: Bill Moran, Past Commander; Ed Buck- ley, Commander Elect, Bill O’Brien Commander; Atty. Robert Fleming, Dick Staub,Rev. Frick and’ Father Frank. Dick Staub presented National, State and District awards to O’Brien for increased membership over a five-year period, Ed Buckley pre- { sented the Humanitarian Award which the Post won in competition with 940 American Legion posts. Mr. Buckley also presented a check to Mrs. Nelson Thompson for: sup- port of Dr. Company, and Dallas Community Ambulanee, Mr. Moran gave to Miss Lathrop a complete set of yearbooks cover- ling all issues put out | classes at Dallas « Borough High | (Continued on Page 6 A) boxes of books in the days before | stressed, are all important not only | Lathrop for Back Mountain Library; | Charles H. Frick, pastor of | Henry M. Laing Fire | Atty. Robert Fleming, speaker of | > “| Crory chain for thirteen years. y senior | wife and ie HE i three, and Vicki, ave Natural Gas This Fall Penna. Gas & Water Co. Begins Building Regulator-Meter Station Lines Will Run East and West From Natona To 42nd St. and Shavertown For the first time in its hi will ‘have natural gas this fall. istory the Back Mountain area Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company, upon approval by the Federal Power Commission, will introduce natural gas. Plans have been ‘completed and contracts let fori the construc- 4 Back Mountain Will Construct New Building Finer, Better Store Will Replace One Destroyed By Fire A more modern and more beaut- iful store will arise Phoenix-like out of the ashes of the Back Mountain Lumber and Coal Company store which was totally destroyed early last Thursday morning in Shaver- town’s biggest and most costly fire. This announcement was made yesterday by Granville Sowden, general manager and member of the Lumber Company firm, Mr. Sowden said work will start as soon as possible on a new one-story concrete block and steel structure with brick veneer front. The new store will be “more mod- ern, more efficient, more beautiful and better in every respect.” It will have a frontage of 85 feet along Memorial Highway and a depth of 135. This is 40 feet longer than | the former hiding. : Mr; Sowdén said ‘one of the main FAR | considerations was the kindness and ac ountain | concern of the people of the Back | Mountain ‘region during the hours immediately following the disaster. “They were wonderful! “The fire- | men, the police, everybody did a magnificant job and their sympa- | thetic understanding deeply moved me.” “Then, too,” he added, “we have | 22 loyal employees whom we must | look out for and who want to keep | their jobs and continue to live in! this Back Mountain country.” Mr. Sowden said it will be im- possible to complete the new store before Christmas but the firm’ will continue- to supply the needs of its customers through'its temporary offices and store in the lumber yard which was untouched by the fire. “We will stock hardware, paints, and builders supplies as well as many other items” More than 250 volunteer firemen from nineteen Back Mountain and Wyoming Valley companies fought the stubborn $250,000 blaze for several hours after its discovery shortly after 2 a.m. .in the rear of the lumber company building, But the fire had such headway that nothing could be done except to prevent spread of the fire to adjacent properties. Companies were on hand immediately and there was ample water supply. No professional companies could have done better. Absence of any breeze was a God- send to the hardworking firemen. Bank Destroyed For a time it was believed that the adjacent Back Mountain Branch of Wyoming National Bank might be saved,” but flames slowly ate their way through the roof rafters and the structure was completely des- troyed by late morning, Bank officials were immediately (Continued on Page 8 A) Boyer Manages McCrory Store Comes Here From Monongehela Store Robert M. Boyer has been named manager of the McCrory Store in Back Mountain Shopping Center, succeeding Thomas Hobbs who has been promoted to a McCrory store in Lancaster, A native of DuBois, Mr. Boyer comes « here from Monongehela where he was store manager, pre- viously having been an assistant manager at Martinsburg, West Va. He has had three years army service and has been with the Mec- He is living at Dallas Motel until he can find a home: here for his two children: Bradley, three months. » tion of a regulator and meter sta- tion near Natona Mills and also the laying of more than five miles of pipelines at a cost of $200,000 to $300,000 in certain sections of the Back Mountain area for gas service to residential, commercial and industrial customers, it was announced by Robert .R. Evans, President of the wtility. The utility will receive its natural gas for the area from the Trans- continental Gas Pipeline ‘Corpor- ation. Transcontinental’s line passes through Dallas Borough and Dallas Township and Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company will erect its regu- lator and mefering station just West of Natona Mills on Memorial Highway. Mr. Evans stated that the Penn- sylvania Gas and Water Company pipelines ‘will be laid west and southeast along Memorial Highway to a point where it intersects with 309 close by the new A&P Market. ‘After ‘the proposed new highway construction eastward is completed, the Company will most likely ex- tend its lines further in that dir- ection. From opposite the A&P Market, a pipeline will’ extend to Pioneer Avenue, then somsgheast to Center Street in Kingston Township, and thence continuing to the Back Mountain Shopping Center at Sha- te Lvertown, PR | Immediate’ plans on what the | Company terms Phase No. 1 of the project. also include extension of service facilities to Elmcrest Drive and College Manor, and also being considered at the present time is | the laying of a pipeline west on Route 415 to what is known as | the Haddonfield Heights Subdivision { with lines running to the new | housing developments in that par- | ticular area. An expansion program has been adopted by the Company with the continuing extension of natural gas pipelines and service facilities in the area. Where the area demand is greatest, priority will be given to that section. Mr. Evans disclosed, “It has been the experience of the Company and its Industrial Development Depart- ment that the availability of natural gas for industry’s usage i a most important and deciding fafor in many instances for determining new plant location”. Anticipating this program, the Company at the present time is supplying propane gas to consumers (Continued on Page 8 A) Firemen Plan New Building Kunkle Structure To House Equipment In order to more adequately house its equipment and to increase its social facilities for its increasing membership, Harry Smith Fire Company will construct another building on. its lot at Kunkle. The one-story. concrete block Structure will be 35 x 44 and will be constructed adjacent to the pres- ent building. It will. be used for equipment only and. the present building will be devoted entirely to recreational, social and business functions. ‘ Plans for the new structure are available from Fred Dodson. Those who might like to bid on the con- struction can obtain them from him. Sealed bids will be received until Friday September 29 at 8. Among the members who attend- ed the Firemen’s Convention at West Pittston over the weekend were:; Allen Brace, William Brace, Jr., Arthur Trenennick, Stanley Gardner and Austin Wertman. The company had one piece of equipment, the antique fire-engine in the parade. It was manned by Austin, Wertman, Harry Hilbert, Ro- land Spencer and Russell Spencer, Members of the solicitation com- mittee are mow picking up the cards in the annual financial drive and will make ther report this Friday night. Those who have cards and who have not been called on can turn them in at that time.
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