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72 YEARS A NEWSPAPER
Oldest Business Institution
Back of the Mountain
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Purcell Oil Co.
Makes Merger
- With J. B. Post
awe?
~ Improved Service
Will Follow Move
To Join Forces
Former customers of Bill Purcell’s
Oil Service in the area will continue
to get the same oil, but it will now
arrive in tank trucks of the J. B.
.. Post Company, which has also had
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~ and with sixteen service men, can |
ent residents.
- at Wyoming Seminary.
"tain will be distributed next Thurs-
wide coverage in the Back Moun-
| tain, duplicating effort and mileage
in many instances.
Mr. Purcell, in announcing a mer-
ger with Jim and Bob Post, has sent
out letters to all his customers, ex-
plaining the reasons for the change.
Bill writes: “For. some time 1
have realized that one man alone
in the oil business cannot give his
customers the kind of service they
rightfully deserve. This week, I have
been able to work out a merger
arrangement with Jim and Bok
Post of the J. B. Post Company.
“Together, we will bring to oil
users in the Back Mountain and
Wyoming Valley the finest delivery
system, oil budget payment plan,’
service contract, automatic delivery,
24- hour burner service, and many
other new and modern techniques.”
Bill introduced Jim and Bob Post,
,Who write: “We are most honored
to have a man like Bill join us in
building the finest fuel and oil
service in this area, and we pledge
to do everything in our power tc
give you the highest quality oil and
the best service possible.” on
As explained by James B. Post, !
the present move is toward not
nly efficiency of operation, but
toward greatly improved service. The
J, B. Post Co., operates three trucks, |
offer day and night burner atten- |
tion.
Bill Purcell has been a part of
time. He used to live at Trucks-
ville, but moved over a year ago
to Harveys Lake.
The Post brothers are more rec-
Six years: ago Robert purchased
the Uram Farm, down over the
hill on Center Hill Road. Last May,
the James B. Post family moved
into the former Bird Sanctuary at
the crest of Center Hill Road, after
making cutcasive reépairssgo’’ ‘the
Jovely home which had been -des-
ecrated by vandals.
Robert is a member of the Dallas
Borough Council. His wife is the
former Ruth Wood. There are three
children, students at the Day School:
‘Robert, 11; Deborah, 9; Cindy, 5.
vy Mrs. James B. Post is the form-
r Helen Fromel. She and Mr. Post
have two sons: James B. Post 3rd,
student at Valley Forge Military
chool; and Ronald L. Post, 13,
Bill Purcell will maintain his gas
station on the highway in Trucks-
ville as a separate concern. That
was the first question many of his
gas customers asked, “Bill, you
aren't going to close your gas
station, are you?”
Paul Giffen, Lehman Avenue, Dal-
las, will call on all customers to
explain the improved services.
Kenneth J. Woolbert
Is Honored By Kraft
Kenneth J. Woolbert, Rice St.,
Trucksville, supervisor at the Kraft
Foods sales branch, Kensington,
Conn., was honored for 15 years
=f service with the company on
5 26.
The award, a gold key chain
bearing a replica of the little Kraft
V cameraman that has become a
mbol of Kraft on television, was
presented at an office ceremony
and attended by fellow workers
and executives.
Carroll Phillips, branch manager,
made the presentation.
The award program was estab-
lished by Kraft in 1945. Awards,
accompanied by a service citation
certificate signed by J.-C. Loftis,
president, are given for ten years
of service and again for each five
years of service thereafter.
Open House Big Success
At Stanton’s T-V
~ |Stanton’s T-V and Appliance Co.
reports that its open house celebra-
tion in the new location at Dallas
Shopping Center brought out a ban-
ner crowd, and that it is very con-
venient, being all on one floor after
the up and downstairs arrangement
on the main highway in Trucksville.
® Winners of prizes took home bicy-
cles, radios, razors. A boy's bike
went to Fred Stevens; a girl's bike
to Mrs. John Senchak; A master
radio to Jimmy Kozemchak; an
Admiral clock radio to Fred Eck;
and razors to Wayne Nichols, Mary
Reese, Ed Blasco, Doris Kitchen,
Herb Jenkins, and William Lamb.
SURPLUS FOOD
Surplus. food in the Back Moun-
| past five years.
day, February 8. Note change {in |
hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Trucks- |
ville Fire Hall
P. H. Moore, vice-president-plant
manager, Linear Incorporated, pres-
ents a Savings Bond to Milton Leon-
ard in recognition of 25 years serv-
“1ce,
Mr. Leonard is a foreman in the
Blank Building Department and dur-
ing his 25 years with the firm has
held various supervisory positions. |
He, and his wife, Marie, reside at
Don Besecker
Boss Of Year
Former Dallas Man
Honored In Florida
A former Dallas boy, Donald
Besecker, has been named ‘Boss of
the Year” in Boynton Beach, Flor-
ida, where he
The award was made at a din-
ner at the
award has been given to a member
of the Boynton Beach Junior Cham- | §
ber of Commerce. Previously it had
gone to older men.
He is the manager of Don’s Fire-
stone Store, a branch of a Michigan
Corporation.
Don is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James F. Besecker of Lake Street, !
and the husband of the former Ruth
Haycoup daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harris Haycox, formerly of Dallas.
The couple has two children Doug-
las and David.
Before going to Florida Don was |
with General Motors Acceptance
Corporation in this ‘area.
He has eight employees in the
store which he manages.
Stella Shook
Fractures Hip
One of Noxen’s most respected
citizens is in Niagara Falls Memor-
ial Hospital with a broken hip.’
She is Stella Shook, 78, ‘long
associated with the former G. A.
Shook Store in Noxen.
Miss* Shook fell while alighting
from her car in Niagara Falls where
she had gone early Sunday with
her nephew, Howard Shook to
visit her aged sisters, Mrs. Hattie
Mayne, 92, and Julia Scott
is incapacitated.
She was taken immediately to
the hospital on Tenth Street where |
she will remain for several months. |
Roberts Home Perches
On Stilts High In Air
The Roberts home,
the front page of the Dallas Post
when it was moved January 4 from
its former location next to Tommy
Noon’s garage, up Main Street a
block, has now been eased back on
its new lot, high in the air on
stilts, but level
Evans home next door.
Heavy timbers support the struc-
ture, which will eventually have a
deep basement and a basement gar- |
age, replacing the timbers Concrete
footings were already laid in ad-
vance of the move. Furniture re- |
mains in the house.
Frozen Telepheme Cable
Disrupts Noxen Service
A frozen central office entrance
cable at the Noxen office of Com- |
monwealth Telephone Company this
week disrupted telephone service
for all numbers beginning with 98
in that area. Crews worked all day
Saturday and. again on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday to bring |
service back to normal.
To Release Torkoys
Dallas Office of the Pennsylvania
Game Commission will receive be-
tween 200 and 300 Wild Turkeys
this morning at 8 for distribution |
on State Game Lands in the North-
east District. The birds are all ma-
ture breeders.
Has 65th Birthday
Kingston Township minority Sup-
ervisor Arthur Smith observed his
sixty-fifth birthday anniversary on
Monday.
has lived for the
Boynton Beach Boat |
Club. It was the first time that the |
who |
featured on |
with the Henry |
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Applewood Manor, . Dallas. Mr.
Moore, in making the asniation. |
expressed the company’s
! thanks for the loyalty which Mr.
| Leonard has displayed
years, - !
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| August, superintendent; A. R. Lav- |
ix, superintendent; Bruno Gruppo, |
controller; George Marsden, presi- |
one wobbly little newborn calf, is
three little new-born calves, all in
the same package.
Triplets, so rare as to be almost
without precedent, arrived at Lake
Louise last Tuesday, two little heif-
ers and one little bull. Waiting
| expectantly for Mamma to hand
| down the moon are the three knock-
| kneed little creatures, a rousing ad- |
| vertisement for planned parenthood, |
and artificial insemination.
The dam, a registered Guernsey,
purchased at the time of the dis-
persal .of Fairlane Farm, came to |
Lake Louise some months ago. The |
Fire Destroys
Naugle Garage
Fire of undetermined origin des-
troyed a garage and toolshed on
the William Naugle Sr., property
| at Pike's Creek Tuesday night short-
| ly before 11.
Five fire companies, Sweet Val-
ley, Harveys Lake, Lehman, Lake
Silkworth and Idetown
| to the alarm turned in by Anthony
Marchakitus who discovered the
blaze as he was coming down the
road. A corner of the Naugle home,
twenty-five feet away, was then
on fire, Mr. Marchakitus, believing
the Naugle family away for the
evening, extinguished the blaze at
| the home.
| Mr Naugle, a Lehman Township |
School Director for more than 20
years, was asleep in a rear bed-
| room and Mrs. Naugle was baby
| sitting at her son’s home not far
| away. Both were unaware of the
blaze.
The loss included the garage and
a quantity of tools and equipment
| used by Mr. Naugle for his trucks
‘and machines. There was no insur-
ance.
Dr. Saidman Was
‘Surgical Patient
|. Dr. Lester Saidman, founder of
| the Lake-Noxen Clinic, has been in-
| capacitated this month, but is now
| back at work with his patients. He
| submitted to surgery in January,
| admitted first to Jefferson Medical
Center, later to General 'Hospital
| where he spent two weeks!
responded
To Open Restaurant
Bobby Gross has given up his
| job at Dallas Dairy and will short-
ly open’a completely modern and
renovated restaurant in the Greg-
Milton Leonard Twenty-F ive Years With Limear
Rs Rn > a So 5
The only thing that’s cuter than |sire is Fairland Farm K. Hannibal,
dent, Local 204; George Stevenson,
secretary, Local 204 and Norman
sincere | Schoell, vice president, Local 204.' ming Valley's newest
Standing left to right are: Joseph
hardt, P. H. Moore, Milton Leon-
Charles Michels. The men standing
have all completed 25 years serv-
|ice with the company.
Linear Incorporated, one of Wyo-
: industries,
| manufactures precision moulded rub-
over the Wentzel, William Lahn, Fred Eisen- ber products at its Dallas plant.
| Its products, recognized leaders in
Pictured left to right: seated: Dan | ard, Rene Suter, Roy Lear .and their field, play an important role
in the space, = defense, industrial
and commercial life of the U. S.
Three Little Guernseys Ready For Breakfast
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in service at the New York artif-
icial breeding station in Ithaca. Mary
Joan, due to freshen last week,
dropped the first calf before supper,
the second soon after, and: when
| Ray Goeringer looked around again,
there was the third little calf.
The triplets came as a pleasant
cap to a climax, sort of a bonus
for the herd of sixty milch cows
which won the trophy at Penn-
sylvania Farm Show for highest
production in the State. The cows
averaged 638 pounds of fat, 12,452
pounds of milk.
Indian Head Mills
May Buy Natona
Discussions concerning the ac-
quisition of Native Laces and Tex-
tiles, Inc., by Indian Head Mills
are in progress, Leon Birnbaum,
Chairman of Native Laces & Tex-
tiles, and James E. Robison, Presi-
dent of Indian Head Mills, have
confirmed.
Native Laces & [Textiles makes,
finished nylon tricot and elastic fab-
rics, raschel and levers lace, angelace
and embroideries. These are sold
principally to manufacturers of
womens lingerie,
The company is the leading manu-
facturer in its field. Manufacturing
plants are located at Glens Falls,
New York; Dallas; Hightstown, N.J.;
and Murphy, North Carolina.
Total employment is about 900
people. The firm’s sales and execu-
tive headquarters are in New York
City.
Native Laces would continue to
operate under the direction of its
present management as a separate
company within the decentralized
operating organization of Indian
Head Mills.
The principal officers of Native
Laces, in addition to the Chairman,
are Mathew Birnbaum, president;
Robert Birnbaum, vice president,
and General Sales Manager; Ira
Birnbaum, vice president and secre-
tary; and Leo C. Levin, treasurer.
All four are also directors.
Indian Head Mills is a diversified |
textile company with 9 largely auto- |
nomous operating divisions. Sales
totaled 103 million in 1961, ac-
cording to the annual report dis-
tributed to the stockholders this
week.
Truck Driver Resigns
Richard Schooley, for the past
thirteen years, truck driver for
Kingston Township Supervisors, has |
ory Building formerly occupied by
IHelen's Restaurant,
resigned to accept work with Na- la nominating committee will be | Mrs. Royal Culp.
elected, Proposed rules and regula-!
tona Mills,
undergarments,
blouses, dresses and bathing suits. |
Peterson Again
Heads Firemen
Dallas Company Elects
At Annual Meeting
At the annual meeting of Dr.
Henry M. Laing Fire Company, held
January 22, the following officers
were elected:
President, H. W Peterson; vice-
president, Howard Johns! treasurer,
James Wertman; secretary, Wm.
Baker Jr., trustee, Jerry Machell.
Elected chief: Al Shaffer; assis-
officers: Dan ' Richards, assistant
chief, Howard Johns and Wm. Berti;
engineer, James Wertman; assistant
engineer, Clifford Foss.
During the year: 1961, the comp-
any had twenty calls in Dallas Bor-
ough and Dallas Township: five grass
three automobiles; one fire place;
one dog house; three false alarms;
four calls with no assistanc needed.
Total estimated loss at $3,000.
In addition, the company assisted
neighboring fire companies in five
instances: two at Franklin Town-
ship; one at Kunkle; barn at Leh-
man; Back Mt. Lumber and Coal
loss at these fires in excess
$200,000.
of
JOHN MACKENROW
| At the thirty-third annual meet-
ing of shareholders of Susquehanna
Savings and Loan Assaciation,
Wilkes-Barre, John Machenrow,
Pioneer Ave. Dallas, was re-elected
Director and Secretary; Walter S.
Black, Jackson Road, Huntsville,
was re-elected Vice President and
Comptroller.
Other officers and directors are,
; Michael Bonchonsky, President; Tom
{ Hart, Chairman of the Board; Le-
[roy Landau, Vice President; George
J. C. DeSanto, Treasurer: Atty.
Joseph Serling; Solicitor, and Jos-
eph Olshefski, Assistant Treasurer.
Other Directors are: Leo J. Bergs-
mann, John K. Karambelas, Herb-
Jr. ;
In his report to the sharehold-
ers, President Bonchonsky stated
| meeting of Dallas Junior Woman's
ton, who will speak on ‘Jorden, |
My Native Land.”
Mrs. John M. Culp, Jr., will pre-|
side at the meeting Tuesday, Feb- |
ruary 6th, 8:00 p.m. in Prince of |
| Peace parish house.
| Members are urged to attend as
Re-elected By Saving & Loan Association
| Sailus Executive Vice President, Dr. |
Ohmed Kazimi To Speak To Junior Woman's Club
Guest speaker at the February tion for a scholarship will be pre-
| Club will be Ohmed Kazimi, Kings- | pertaining to the establishment of a
David Schooley
Made President
Of The Library
Succeeds Robert
Bachman Who Served
For Two Years
David Schooley, Trucksville, was
elected president of Back Mountain
Memorial Library Association at
its annual meeting hursday night
in the Library Annex. He succeeds
Robert Bachman who has been
president for the past two years.
A native son of the Back Moun-
tain Region, Mr. Schooley has long |
been interested in the Library and |
its annual Auction serving on vari- |
ous committees and as a director |
for a number of years. i
He is comptroller of the Boston |
Store, active in Masonic circles and |
a Past Potentate of Irem Temple.
He is the son of Mrs. Jane Schooley
and the late Joseph Schooley and
a nephew of the late Dr. Sherman
Schooley.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
Thomas ' Heffernan, Lehman, vice-
president; Mrs. Fred Howell, .Shav-
ertown, secretary, and Homer Moy-
er, Dallas, treasurer.
Directors - reelected were: Mrs.
Thomas Heffernan; Lehman; Stefan
Hellersperk, Dallas’ Township; ‘Mrs.
Fred Howell, Kingston Township;
Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, Dallas Town-
ship; Howard Risley, Dallas Bor-
ough; David Schooley,” Kingston
Township. Mrs. Charles Frantz,
Jackson Township, was elected to fill
a two-year unexpired term.
Members of the Association heard |
| Mr. Bachman review the accomp- |
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| lishments of the past year and pay |
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| more enthusiasm, 1 believe”
| Mr. Bachman,
chairman. He gave all of his time |
| to it forsaking his own business.” |
VOL. 74, NO. 5, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1962
Noxen Citizens Form Operation
NEED To Attract N
i
ew Industry
WILL THE GROUNDHOG
SEE HIS SHADOW ON
THE SNOW TOMORROW ?
Tomorrow is Groundhog Day.
Unless the sky is grey, without
a particle of sunshine between
dawn and dusk, the wily
animal, upon emerging from
his burrow to yawn, will dive
back into the hole, pulling the
hole in after him, and winter
will remain with us for another
six weeks. It all depends on
the weather.
Fred Hennebaul
Is No Longer On
Critical List
Recovery Fund Has
Now Exceeded $3200
Chairman Reports
The long, tedious pull toward re-
covery has started for Fred Hen-
nebaul, Though there is little change
in ‘his condition, he is off the crit-
ical list.
‘Bleeding from ulcers has stopped
and he is now able to have a
normal diet.
This week he was transferred
to a 10-bed ward from the Constant
Care Room where he had been
since admission to Geisinger Medical
Center.
There a television set has been]
rigged up with mirrors so that he
can have some amusement during
| Library Auction. “Dr, Jordan had| Room where nurses flitted back ure.
‘said | and’ forth ministering to patients, | :
“than any previous | and where he could have visitors | entatives of another leather comp-
| | any did visit Noxen and were con-
at any time.
Now, although he was glad to
Leather Men Make
Tour Of Idle Plant
Early This Week
While residents of Noxen are
not optimistic about immediate
the idle Armour ‘Leather Company
plant, neither are they downheart-
ed. i
They have tightened their belts
for the long haul and have organ-
ized NEED—Noxen Employment.
Enterprise and Development Associ-
ation—a dedicated group of men
who are determined to attract mew
industry to Noxen—not just one
industry, but several so that Noxen
town. a
Heading the group is Franklin
Patton, president; Leo Lord, vice
president; Edgar Engleman, secre-
tary; Francis Thompson, treasurer
and David Fritz, corresponding sec-
retary.
Directors are George Brody, Earl
terline and Joseph Nalbone.
This group, which has been chart-
ered by the state and will hold
an election of permanent officers
on February 9, is working closely
ton and Daniel Flood; Scranton,
Pittston and Wilkes-Barre Chamb-
ers of Commerce as well as the
Wyoming County Commissioners.
One of their first contacts was
with the Allied Kid Company, a
Wilmington,
| for a Pennsylvania location. It has
| a glowing tribute to Miss Miriam | the long hours that he must re- | now informed the group that there 2
Lathrop, retired librarian, and Dr. | main flat on his back. But he misses | is no prospect of its locating in
| Lester Jordan, chairman of the 1961! the activity of the Constant Care { Noxen within the forseeable - fut- :
| ducted on a tour of the entire plant
He gave recognition to the Mor-| make the move to the new ward, by Earl Crispell, David Fritz and
tant chief, Don Bulford. Appointed | ris Foundation for its gift of $500 | he can.#have visitors only 1 :
i and spoke of the outstanding collec- | 2 to 3 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m.| comment and did not reveal the 3
| tion of books which it has helped |
| others come to the library,” he said,
| “not expecting to find the unusual
| book they seek, but they do find |
La
The Library also received $550]
| Library for = participation in a
| workshop put on by the State at |
Osterhout Library. It was mandatory | removal of ' the head clamp that | leather tannery
for the librarian and a member of | holds his neck rigid with traction, | plant, employing more people than
from
His parents visit him daily and
assistant chiefs; captain, Ray Titus; | to provide, “Students and many | his sister has helped him fill three
| scrapbooks with cards from friends |
at home.
He has some sensation in his
shoulders and chest, but he cannot
move, The first evidence of sensa-
fires; two dwellings; one garage; worth of books” ‘frdm” Fhe” State | tion caine when hi felt the pric that they former
of a physicians neadls in his arm
His physician has cons
| Leslie Kocher. They made little
[name of their firm.
| Manufacturers
| Indiana.
The Association has
Armour Many."
idle for
in Michigan and
iat Westover,
and processing
[Bord to attend the eight meetings. | but even with its removal he will ever before.
After discussing the good things
during the year, Mr. Bachman Said}
he regretted the decision of Dallas!
| Borough Council to withdraw its |
had promised to help the Library |
|i it ended the year with a balance. |
WALTER BLACK
that assets of December 31, were
$11,752,856.88, reflecting: a growth
{of $940.697.77 during 1961. The
| association paid a total of $315,-
| 802.45, in dividends during 1961,
| contrasted with $292,380.41 in 1960.
He announced that physical prog-
| ress during the year included the
| installation of an electronic book-
| keeping systém enabling the As.
| sociation to give better service to
| all account holders.
| Since its inception in 1928, Sus-
| quehanna Savings ‘has aided more
| than 12,000 persons in’ their sav-
| ings accounts and over 3,000 fam-
| ilies is securing their homes. i
Directors of the institution were |
ert Shrader and E. C. Wideman | guests of Mr. Bonchonsky and Mr. { don Cave is president of the comp-
Karambelas at a dinner a the Bos- |
ton Candy Shoppe following their
reorganization meeting.
| sented and a discussion will be held |
permanent scholarship fund. A pro-
gress report on the March 13th
Card Party and Fashion Show will
be given,
Hostesses will be Mrs. Hanford
Eckman, Diane Myers, Mrs. Robert
Lewis, Mrs. Stanley Hozempa and
i gasbord luncheon at Jonathan Davis
: night.
| donated a 10-ton International truck
to Jonathan Davis Fire Company
to be used as an auxiliary tanker. need is an opportunity, we aren't
It will be equipped with a 2.000
have to lie for three to six months
can be raised.
On the home front, Dick Wil-
Company at Shavertown. Estimated | support but he said that Council | iams, chairman of the Fred Henne-
baul Recovery Fund reported yes-
terday that $3,267.27 has been
raised. $168.46 of this amount came
| from the Midnighters Dance held
last week at Lake-Lehman High
The people of Westover purchased
| before even the head of the bed|the idle plant from the Armour =
ago for
| Company some months
| $35,000, then went out and found
| a tenant.
| plant is understood to be around’
| $125,000, included beside the plant
|are a number of homes owned by
| the company and rented to employ-
School. | ees. Tenants have been told that
Next Wednesday night the Com-
mittee will meet at Lake School
at 8 to receive final reports on
door-to-door solicitation and the
counter containers. Mr. Williams
thinks this will be a considerable
amount. Returns are not complete
from the Amateur Boxing Show held
in Wilkes-Barre. Cheerleaders who
went through the crowd at the
Show collected $59 in their con-
tainers.
On February 24 the Sensational
7 of Station WARM will, play the |
Lehman Faculty in a Benefit game
at Lake-Lehman gymnasium for the
Fund. After the game a special]
dance program will be put on by
WARM personnel.
Trucksville PTA To
| any
{ if Armour sells the plant, the homes
will go too, but if it razes the plant °
in order to save taxes, liability
up for sale. In this case present
tunity to buy them.
The Noxen property of Armour
Leather Company had an assessed
valuation of $165,020 in 1961, one
third of market value ($495,080)
as valued in the new and recent
Wyoming County reassessment.
erty is being handled by Ralph
Deemer, Chicago, head of the comp-
any’s real estate department, and
inquiries should be directed
to him or to NEED at Noxen.
How has the plant's closing af-
fected the community? Very little
so far. Of the plant’s 180 employees
when it closed, 50 were from out
Present Three Gifts
Trucksville Elementary PTA on!
Monday night, will present for use|
of the school three pieces of fine |
equipment: a tape recorder, a rod
jector, and a transistor radio, pur-
chased with funds realized from the
last Spring Festival.
A skit will be presented under |
direction of Walter Prokopchak,
sixth grade teacher, in observance
of Founders Day. Mrs. Raymond
Martin will preside.
Ninety At Installation
More than 90 persons attended
the installation of officers and smor-
Fire House Sunday night at Ide-
town. Following the formal prog-
ram there was entertainment. Shel-
any.
Directors Visit School
Members of West Pittston School
Board who are contemplating the
addition of a science room at their
school made a conducted tour of
Dallas Senior High School Tuesday
Donate Tamk Tock
Stegmaier Brewing Company has
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| ployed
going to wait for
gallon tank by the fire company. out to meet it.”
of town or going on pension. Many
of the older employees have been
pensioned by Armour. Those who
were 55 when the plant closed, will
have to wait until they are sixty
before ‘they will be able to receive ©
pension benefits. There are between
35 and 50 former employees living
in Noxen ‘who are definitely unem-
and receiving unemploy-
men compensation. Few have left
the community, the others defin-
itely plan to hang on until spring
and see what happens. No one has =
panicked.
Based on years of service with
Armour, pensions are believed to
range from $60 to $75 per month.
But residents of Noxen of recent
years have not been so dependent
on the leather industry for a liveli-
hood as they were a generation
ago. Many of the younger heads
of families have employment at Ben-
dex in Montrose, Natona and Linear
in Dallas, and with firms in the
Valley and at Mountain Top. :
If anything, the closing of the
tannery has put Noxen on its met-
tle: In the words of one of the i
Association members: “We've got
beautiful natural surroundings, broad
level ground for factory sites. We've
got the pledge of twelve landowners
to sell their properties, ranging
from 5 to 30 acres, for industrial
development at market price.
have available 250 to 300 exper-
ienced leather workers. What we
it, we're going
prospects of obtaining a buyer for |
will never again be a one industry
Crispell, Robert Bellas, Osmond Cas-
with the State Department of Com-
merce; Congressmen William Scran- J
Delaware, corporation
which processes soft leathers. The
| company was at one tiime looking
,
Yesterday, however, four repres-
| But NEED isn’t discouraged. There
are other prospects and contacts -
| have been made with Mobile Home {
also learned
two years,
idered the! Opened two ‘weeks ago as an upper
The asking price for the Noxen
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and insurance, the homes will be
tenants will have the first oppor-
Sale of Armour’s Noxen prop- i
We
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