Oldest Business 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Institution Back of the Mountain H Tr D ATL \ POS TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—EIGHTEEN PAGES PLUS TABOLOID MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION VOL. 74, NO. 42 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1962 Lake-Lehman To Oppose County School Plan Solicitor Directed To Draw Up And File School Board Stand Lake-Lehman jointure directors -voted at the October meeting to in- ‘struct solicitor Atty. Lewis Crisman to prepare and file opposition to the proposed plan of Luzerne County re- organization as affecting Lake-Leh- man, Supervising principal Lester Squier met with the policy committee to further discuss the proposals, and attended, as a visitor, a meeting con- ducted at Northwest Jointure high school building in Shickshinny. Northwest Jointure directors were dubious about the proposition. Lake- Lehman has nine out of the ten re- quirements for a district. . .The only |. deficiency is in the number of stu- dents, less than the suggested 4,000. A special school board meeting will be called if occasion warrants. Lake-Lehman has gone through a bloody: battle to get its new school, now in operation classroom-wise, with other facilities rapidly nearing completion. The cafeteria has been in operation since opening day, Sep- tember 24. Directors are understandably loath to whip their constituents into fur- ther effort and further reorganization at ‘this time, when scars of battle have not yet healed and neighbor is still pitted against neighbor in some of the areas where the contest was hottest and the recrimination’s most bitter. ! The problem was pinpointed with ‘accuracy at a recent PTA meeting, “eld in the new high school cafeteria. Mary Glowacky, experienced teach- er from Kingston demonstrated with a number of elementary age children, showing the accepted approach in teaching of languages. “Could we have this sort of a pro- gram?” was the inquiry. “Of course we could,” agreed Mr. j Squier. “It would cost something?” “Of course it would cost something. Around $5,000 for a teacher.” That is the rub in all schinls that are trying to present a quality pro- gram. It cannot be done without fin: ancial outlay, and financial owdsy, spelled out, means taxes. Education will never cost any less. It will in- evitably cost more, as teachers’ salar- ies increase. Everything that goes in- to education is on the way up. Charles A. Perkins Passes Away At 77 Charles A. Perkins, 77, father of Dr. Charles G. Perkins, died Satur- day afternoon at his home on Carv- erton Road after an illness of two years. He was buried on Wednesday in Hanover Green Cemetery, follow- ing services conducted by Rev. Robert Germond from the Bronson Funeral Home. ; Until retirement two years ago, Mr. Perkins had been for twenty years employed by the State Treasurer’s Office in Scranton. Born' in Askam, son of the late Henry and Sarah Perkins, he had lived in Trucksville for 46 years. He was a member of the White Church on the Hill and Trucksville Fire Company. He attended public schools in Ask- am, and graduated from Wyoming Seminary. On New Years Day, Mr. and Mrs. Perkins observed their 54th wedding anniversary. Survivors are: his widow, the for- mer Ruth A. Lewis of Sugar Notch; four children: Dr. Charles G. Perkins, Mrs. Harry D. Owens, Mrs. Verne Pritchard, all of Trucksville; Samuel Rahway, N.J.; ten grandchildren, one greatgrandchild; a sister, Mrs. John Bonawicz, Reading. Services were conducted yester- day morning by Rev. Robert Ger- mond from the Bronson Funeral Home, followed by burial in Hanover Green Cemetery. Pallbearers were grandsons: Char- les and John Perkins; Jack and Rob- ert Pritchard; Dr. Bruce ‘Schmucker; and a nephew Glenn Bonawicz. Fire At Mt. Zion Displaces Family Fire drove a Mt. Zion family of five from their home Sunday after- noon around 5, and burned the building to the ground. Of undetermined origin, the flames reportedly started near the baby’s room on the second floor of ‘the home of Frank Klein, Jr., Sutton Creek Road. . Flames enveloped the old unpaint- ed house almost immediately, and it was a total loss within 45 minutes. Six men from Harding Fire Com- pany under the leadership of Joseph Clifford, Assistant Fire Chief, were called, but there was little to save. The ' Kleins were given shelter in the old Burt Beam home. Beam was Klein's grandfather, and Mrs. Beam is now living with Frank Klein, Sr. and family. : Those who escaped the blaze were Mr. and Mrs. Klein and three child- ren, - Freshman investiture at College Misericordia on Sunday afternoon; borough crowds of parents and guests to the campus. The ceremony was an impressive ending of Parents’ Week- end, which began Saturday after- noon. October’s most vivid colors and clearest sky formed a perfect setting for thig traditional ceremony. Its stage was the circle in front of Miseri- cordia’s Administration Building. Upperclassmen walked to the cirile | by roadway from Walsh Auditorium. Freshmen came from the entrance lof the. Administration Building where Sister M. Celestine, R.:S.M., president of ‘the college capped them to sym- bolize their admission to the college of liberal arts. | She was assisted in the capping by Sister M. Karen, R.S.M., Dean of Freshman Investiture At Misericordia Residents. On this occasion the freshmen wore their ‘academic dress for the first time. After the"'capping ceremony, the whole student body stood together in the Administration Circle surrounded by tall evergreens and color-massed maple trees to sing the college song. . They followed with the pledge of | the national anthem. allegiance and the National Anthem. Then an act of consecration was read by the Right Reverend Jame T. Ciarke, S.T.L., who is chaplain {and professor of philosophy at the college. Misericordia’s students end- ed their Investiture Ceremony with {the hymn Salve Mater. Picture Identification: Whole stu- dent body after cappig as they sang Are You One Of 2,506 Persons Eligible To Serve On The Jury? Complete List Of Those Citizens Who Are Eligible For 1963 Is In This Issue Local Men Buy Michigan Ice Machine Firm Jim and Bob Post Will Manufacture Lipman Ice Boy J. B..Post, Center Hill Road,part- ner, J. B. Post Company, has dis- closed the 42-year-old company has purchased the Lipman Ice Boy Div- ision of Yates-American Corporation, Beloit. Immediate plans include construct- ion of a new plant, or acquisition of facilities to manufacture ice mach- ines, requiring a plant personnel of approximately 40 male employees. . Due to Lipman Ice Boy inventory, it will not be necessary to start man- ufacturing until the first quarter of 1963. Purchase includes patents, invent- ions, inventories, manufacturing rights, ‘trademarks and machinery. Robert Christianson, former pro- duction coordinator and field service director of Lipman has been engag- ed by J.B. in a similar capacity in supervising preliminary planning for the new division of the Post Comp- any. Ice Boy is an ice maker that auto: matically makes, stores, and vends ice. Plans call for installations of the machines in shopping centers, super markets, gas stations, package stores, neighborhood stores, drug stores, tourist stops, motels and apartment houses. The compact machine is connected to the regular water supply and the level of the freezing tank is auto- matically maintained. Ice ‘tips are frozen under water and are even purer than the water supply, because the automatic agitating system settles out and removes impurities. An ap- proximate equal amount of water that is required for making the ice is used to float out and dilute im- purities from the water supply. The freezing unit and refrigerating system is operated by an air-cooled condens- Coin operated, the device ener- gizes the ice tip vending unit and actuates the release of a disposable paper bag for holding the delivered ice. Ice Boy manufacturing unit will be a division of the J.B. Post Comp- any which currently employs 80 peo- ple, most of them men. Founded by the late J. B. Post in 1920, the com- pany sells and distributes anthracite and is one of the area’s largest heat- ing contractors, Company owns and For the second time in its 73-year old history as a community news- paper, The Dallas ‘Post this week publishes the Luzerne County Jury | list in convenient eagy readable tab- loid form that can be saved for future reference by Court Officials, lawyers and other interested citizens. The list contains the names of 2,506 citizens eligible for jury service dur- ing 1963 starting in January. These persons may be drawn as traverse, petit or grand jurors accord- ing to the manner in which they are selected or are needed to serve the court for civil and criminal hearings. The Couty Jury Board is composed of the five Judges of Luzerne County, Judge Frank Pinola, President Judge Judge Thomas Lewis, Judge Bernard Brominski, Judge Jacob Schiffman, Judge Richard Bigelow; the two Jury Commissioners Leonard Cawley, and David Jones. Clerk for the Board is Robert Cohen. Each of the seven members of the Board contributes names which are then placed in the framed Jury wheel and drawn as needed. obligation to serve his country as a The Jury Commissioners under the ings at regular intervals. supervision of the Court make draw- jurior may ask ho have his name in- cluded on the list. Copies of the Jury list published in this issue of The Post wil be avail- able throughout this year as long as the supply last to interested citizens who would like to have one. Perhaps your name is now on that list if so you can be proud that you are eligible for this sacred duty. operates Consumers Ice Manufactur- ing Company. Sole owner and part- ners are James B. Post and Robert E. Post.The latter is presently on the distributorships for Ice Boy machines. He will direct the national and in- ternational division of the new com- pany. Both Post brothers for some years have been active on ‘the community scene. James B. Post is treasurer, Area Industrial Development Corp- oration, one of the subsidiaries of Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce. i ship High School and Wharton School of Finance. He is a former member of Pennsylvania House of Represent- atives, a past president, Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce; Wyoming Valley's Outstanding Young Men of Pennsylvania in 1954; holder of the Eyerman Award for Outstanding Junior Chamber of Com- merce Presidents in Pennsylvania, and is currently president, Wyoming | Valley Credit Bureau. Any citizen who feels a sincere | Grandma Gordon Anniversary Surrounded By Family Mrs. F. M. Gordon, oldest citizen of Dallas Borough, celebrated her ninety-first birthday anniversary Sunday surrounded by members of her family at a dinner party at Irem Temple Country Club. Among the guests were her grand- son George Phillips, Buffalo, with his wife and children, John, Jim and Janice; granddaughter, Mrs. Barbara Simonton, Harrisburg, husband and children, Bobby and Ricky, and Mrs. Gordon's daughter, Mrs. Florence Phillips. It was a full week for Mrs. Gordon who can easily handle some of the best players in the area--and does consistently. A week earlier her grandson, Richard Phillips, Wilming- ton, Del., his wife and three children Carol, Chuckie and Nancy, helped celebrate the approach of the ninety- first birthday along with Mrs. Gor- don’s other daughter, Mrs. Lou Tay- lor and her husband before their re- turn to their home in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Gordon’s husband the late | F.M. Gordon was a building contrac- ‘tor who built many of the fine old West Coast where he is arranging | He is a graduate of Hanover Town- | Dallas Junior High School held an assembly program October 8 with Dr. Robert Mellman, Superin- tendent, speaking on “What a Good Student Council] Should Be.” Scott Alexander, President of the Student Council, led devotions and te Salute to the Flag. James Stein- hauer, ‘treasurer, presented the school with a new United States flag, a Pennsylvania flag and a television set, all purchased with money earn- Has Ninety-First homes in Dallas Borough. He was for | a number of yedrs prior to his death, Borough Tax Collector. Grandma Gordon is never hap- perier than when surrounded by her better. Canadian Woman Dies At Quaker Court Motel A 69 year old woman, visiting in this area before returning to her home in Canada, died early Wednes- day morning at the Quaker Court Motel where she and her husband registered last Thursday. Dr. A.A. Mascali was summoned when Mrs. Margaret McKenzie Sand- ers suffered a heart attack, and Dallas Community Ambulance stood by. He husband Rev. Sanders started for Cmtario on Wednesday. Richard Disqu= arranged for shipment of the | body on the 11:10 p.m. train from Scran-on. School Receives National And State Flags ied in the magazine campaign. JStudent council representatives were called to the stage and intro- duced by Scott Alexander. First row - Dr. Mellman, Super- | intendent of Schools, Dave Green, | Fett Townsend, Linda Taylor, Caleen . | Conagham, Scott Alexander (Presi- dent) Kerry Roberts (Secretary) Jim | Steinhauer (Treasurer) Amy Hetrick, Janet Keley, Todd Richards, and Mr. grandchildren--and the noiser the Smash Windows In Lake, Boro. New “Delinquency” Added To Twp. Crime Heralding the Hallowe'en season this year was a wave of vandalism in Dallas Township comprising smashed and stolen equipment and paint-throwing, topped off by smash- ed windows in Dallas Borough and Outlet, Harveys Lake. Tuesday night a large rock was thrown through the picture window of the home of Robert Costigan, Out- let Road around 7:30. Around 10:30 Mrs. Costigan told neighbors Herman Kern that the rock had landed right in her favorite chair. The Costigans were not home at the time. Later that evening, a 12x15 inch pane of double glass was knock- ed outof the 75-foot bow-window of Richard Demmy’s home, Lake Street. Mrs. Demmy noted that the rock must have been thrown with a lot of force to go through two panes of glass and across a twenty seven foot liv- ing room, Five Dallas Township youths, ages 11 ‘to 14, have been scheduled for hearings Friday, October 26 for ‘‘de- linquency”’ in the area between Had- denfield and Irem Temple Country Club. For one group of three, the “delin- quency‘‘ amounted to breaking into sheds belonging to Anthony Hudak, Haddenfield well contractor, from stealing paint, tar-products, and pruning shears, from Irem Temple Country Club. They threw the paint and tar on the pavement anda pic- ture-window at the home belonging to Clifford Troup, Haddenfield. Windows were smashed in the Country Club’s gun club and the eleventh hole snack bar, probably by a BB gun, according to James F. Smith, manager. That same night at the fire-tower adjacent to ‘the Club, windows were shot out with a .22 calibre rifle, ac- cording to State Police. Ben F. Merrell To Be Ninety-Four, Sunday Ben F. Merrell, Doran Drive, Trucksville, will celebrate his ninety fourth birthday anniversary on Sun- day, October 21, quietly with his daughter, Ruth, science teacher at Meyers High School. Mrs. Merrell died four years ago. Mr. Merrell, hale and hearty, still thoroughly enjoys life. His only re- gret is that most of his old chess cronies have passed on He longs for and challenges any young blade who thinks he’s a good chess player. Just give him a ring, 696-2388. Borough PTA Stages Education Workshop Dallas Borough PTA enjoyed a workshop on ‘Your ‘Child’s Curricu- lum” Monday evening. A question and answer period followed. Mrs. George Thomas presented the budget. Mrs. Benjamin Davis, re- placing ‘third grade teacher Mrs. Wesley Davies, was introduced. Rob- ert Tupper, safety chairman, in- structed parents to drive to the rear of the school in discharging children, ‘to eliminate hazardous stopping on the streets. Blood Bank chairman Mrs. Step- hen Hartman, reporting the PTA five pints short of its quota, asked for volunteers. In recognition of National Educat- ion Week, a tea is planned Novem- ber 12. First grade mothers will be hostesses. The Dallas Township youths, aged 11, will be heard before the court for ripping down ga fire-place in a partially-built Shrineview home, be- longing to contractor George Ruckno, the same night as the Haddenfield and Country Club vandalism. They also smashed windows, electrical out- lets, and equipment on a well-drilling truck. That same weekend, radio anten- nas were torn from five cars parked in front of Crown Imperial Bowling Alley, Dallas. Discuss Frances Slocum Park Back Mountain residents who are serving on Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce and Luzerne County Tourist Committees discuss plans for the development of Frances Slocum State Park in the Carverton area with Sixth Legislative Representat- ive Fred Shupnik, standing. Left to right, are A. DeWitt Smith, Elmcrest; William Robbins, Trucks- ville, an authority on Indian lore who proposed the name of the state park; Rep. Shupnik, who played'a leading role in combining the Abraham Creek Flood Control project and the estab- lishment of the Frances Slocum State Park, covering more than 1,000 acres; John Conyngham, Huntsville; Robert Rinehimer, Idetown, and Charles W. Frantz, Chase, who heads the Cham: ber of Commerce Tourist Committee. The Frances Slocum State Park will be the first in the State which will be closest to a large-populated area, according to Rep. Shupnik, who plans to get additional State aid for the restoration of a number of In- dian markers in the site. Balan (Advisor) Dave Kozemchak, | tin, Karen Tag, Sheryl Evans, Ver- vice president of the student coun- ¢il took this photo and is our coun- cl’ photographer. / Second row - Ann Barnes, Tommye Morris, Linda Wimmer, Christine onica Jerista, Patty Larson, Pat Aleknovick, Donna Priebe, Tom Jenkins, Danny Darrance, Paul Turner. Fourth row - John Evenson, Roy Rishell, Margie Mattes, David Hess, | Supolski, Dave Kozic, Donna Imatt, Third row - Gay Williams, Robert Berlew, Larry Heycock, Donald Mar- Rusty Williams, Harry Cooper, Sher- | Diane Schweiss, Ruth Besecker, Nan- iman Meade, Russell Montidomico. {cy Crispell, Sally Lanceo, Lucy Flem- ing, Caddy LaBarr, Scott Blaze Rob- ert Berkey. Third Fatality At Point Above Shady-Side Lake Elderly Caretaker Instantly Killed Walking Highway The third man to be killed on the Tunkhannock Highway over-looking Shady-Side Lake was an elderly Aus- trian who tramped the road winter and summer, on his way back and forth to his job as caretaker of Wood- lawn Cemetery. Edward Martin and Sherman Hoyt were the other vic- tims, some years ago. On the edge of dark Tuesday eve- ning, Martin Paulick, 73, bound for the cottage where he lived alone on the Raymond Elston place, was struck and instantly killed by a car driven by another elderly man from New Jersey, Benjamin F. Sloat, 68. His skull was fractured, his neck broken, his chest crushed, and one foot completely severed. For over an hour cars were de- toured around the spot where the mangled body still lay, while State Police took pictures, filled out charts, gathered testimony. Dr. Lester Said- man and deputy corner Stephen Glova were summoned. ; By 8:30, flares were taken up, and the body on its way to Glova Funeral Home, The man had no survivors, no close friends. His executor, Joseph Camlch or Luzerne, acquainted with him for thirty-five years, said he had never been able to delve into the man’s beginnings. The names of his parents are unknown, buried with the past in Austria. For over twenty years he lived in this area, coming here from Luzerne. He had worked variously for Stephen Lord as a lumberman, for C.H. Dress as a handyman, for Race’s Meat Mar- ket, and more recently as caretaker, always keeping his own counsel friendly, but withdrawn. He was a member of an American- Austrian Lodge in Luzerne, SNTL 159. A habitual pedestrian on the road elicits comment. He was a familiar figure along the highway. It seemed to residents that his step had become a little slower recently, his frame a little thinner. It was a long walk back and forth to Woodlawn for a seventy-three year old man. Folks wondered if he had enough to eat. When he died, they wondered if he had enough means to bury him, without assistance from the County. A number of people offered to help. The executor said funds were available, Mr. Paulick had worked hard all his life, and put aside a little each payday. There was a sufficient bank balance, This morning he will buried at Mt. Olivet, following a mass of requiem at Gate of Heaven church at 9. Board May Build With Federal Aid Township Building Insurance Dropped Kingston Township Board of Sup- ervisors dropped insurance on the Memorial Highway township build- ing, at its October meeting, and a- greed to investigate the possibility of obtaining federal funds to build a new township building. After hearing a report by Super-= visor Lester Hauck concerning the act, at an adjourned meeting Mon- day, the Board ‘authorized applicat- ion to Washington under its pro- visions. The insurance move was made on recommendation of Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, solicitor, as the Supervisors have not had an insurable interest in the building since September 20, 1961. Title to the property passed to the Commonwealth, when land was con- demned for the new Dallas-Luzerne Highway. Insurance is to be maintained, however, on the contents of the building, and also on the Carverton Road building. Federal funds are available through the new Public Works Act, which al- lows a grant of fifty per cent of cost of township or borough projects em- barked on within 150 days of pass- ing on the act. The township would pay half the cost. ment funds. Dallas Borough is also considering making use of allowances provided by the new law. State To Pave Main Street Main Street, Dallas, is slated for repaving next year, among Luzerne County projects totalling a budgeted $16,000,000 to $28,000,000, it has been announced by the Pennsylvania Highway Department. : Already improved this year was a length of .05 miles of Main Street, or Legislative Route 936, as it is known in Harrisburg, which was graded, drained, and widened at cost of $3378. Cie
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