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DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
Modern
New
Building Completely Heated B
Building Was Designed By Allen, Rodda and Hauck
This is the architect’s sketch of
the new Shavertown Fire Company
Building which was designed by Al-
len, Rodda and Hauck to replace the
old building on Main Street which
was razed to make way for the new
Back Mountain Lumber & Coal Com-
pany Building shortly after its dis-
asterous fire on September 7, 1961.
The Fire Company building was
built by and given ‘to the fire com-
pany by Back Mountain Lumber & |
Coal Company in an unusual gesture
of community good will in return for
a small parcel of land now used as
a driveway between the two build-
ings.
The Fire House was constructed
at a cost of more than $30,000 and
contains a three-stall garage to house
the fire apparatus and Kingston
Township Community Ambulance.
There is also a large combination
meeting room and kitchen with all |
modern facilities.
Another unusual feature--possibly
unparalleled anywhere; the building
is maintained, light and heat furn-
ished by Back Mountain Lumber &
Coal Company which also pays the
insurance on ‘the fire house.
A section of the building, com-
pletely separate from the Fire Com-
pany quarters, is presently used for
storage by Back Mountain Lumber
& Coal Company, but could if future
"Why Isn't There
The case of birds at the Dallas Post
is a never-failing attraction for child-
ren of the neighborhood, who some-
times wonder why the display does
not contain a cardinal,
A hundred years ago, when the
ds were mounted by Herman Jop-
ling of Inkerman as his prize hobby,
cardinals had not filtered into Penn-
sylvania from below the Mason-
Dixon Line. Even twenty years ago,
a cardinal on a snowy morning in
Dallas was front page news, and one
cardinal could keep several families
happy, going from one feeder te an-
other. 5
A Cardinal Bird
: In That Case?” Has A Simple Answer
George T. Budd of Dallas says the
birds in their glass case used ‘to be
housed in the third floor of his par-
ents home after his grandfather Jop-
ling gave them to his parents. When
Mrs. George W. Budd gave up her
home in Druid Hills to move to Wash-
ington, the birds came to roost at
the Dallas Post.
Mr. Budd dropped in at the Dallas
Post last Thursday. ‘Mother some-
times inquires about her birds,” he
said, “but I don’t know a thing about
birds. Couldn't name more than
three.” He continued, “They are over
a hundred years old.”
Twenty-Pint Debt Of Blood
Wiped Out By Donation
Certificates for twenty pints of
blood have been sent from Wyoming
Valley Red Cross-to University of
Pennsylvania Graduate Hospital in
payment of the debt owed by the
John Chesnovitch family, cancelling
the entire obligation.
Two Kingston Township men,
keeping an eye on the blood dona-
tion October 5, offered to donate if
two more pints were needed, and
did so when their blood was required
to complete the total contribution.
Mrs. Chesnovich, says Mrs. Ed-
ward Gilroy, coordinator, has offered
to do anything in her power for the
Red Cross in gratitude for a signifi-
cant service. It is the Red Cross
which is the liaison between donor
and patient.
QI
the SHAVERTOWN FIRE Co's.
NEW MODERN BUILDING...
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
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THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1962
y Electricity
SECTION C— PAGE 3
Fifty tax-payers out of approxi-
mately 8,600 who support the Dallas
Schools found time to attend a meet-
ing Wednesday night in Dallas Seni-
or High School. They were lost in
the 604 seat auditorium.
; Panelists Dr. Robert A. Mellman,
3 William Clewell, Robert Ziegler, and
- Welston Ferrar, fielding questions
dealing with the cost of education,
made such an impression on the spar-
sely settled gathering that they have
i been asked to return on Wednesday,
E October 24, to continue ‘the discuss-
E ion. !
This meeting, again sponsored by
Citizens . Committee for Better
Schools, wll be held in the school
library where panelists and audience
will have a better opportunity for
informal discussion.
Dr. Mellman, superintendent of
Dallas Schools, characterized this
year’s program as an austerity re-
gime. Increased enrollment, he stat-
ed, had caught up with increased
growth of the community demands, faculty, returning the class size to
be easily converted for Fire Company
use.
almost what it was before the start
of 1961-62, Again, the faculty must
be augmented.
Every classroom in the new build-
"Fifty Out Of 8,600 Taxpayers Are
Interested In Dallas Schools
ing is in use. The auditorium, music
and band rooms will need to be used
for classes next year. Teachers in
mathematics, English, and science
are approaching the limit of their a-
bility to instruct as classes became
larger.
Small classes, Dr. Mellman ex-
plained, foster closer contact between
teacher and student, giving an’ in-
structor a chance ‘to spot bad study
habits in time to take corrective
measures, and, leading to discovery
of special skills and interests. A de-
sirable goal in High School, he said,
is 25 or 26 ina class. Expected in
senior high school next year are 639
students.
Dr. Mellman welcomes the idea of
using the auditorium for instruction
by use of T-V and movies.
Questions from the audience in-
clude these Is it possible that the
high school is already too small?
What will be the long-range quality
of education under the proposed
Luzerne County reorganization plan ?
Why should Dallas merge? We
have a good school system.
How will the merged district be
financed ?
Is the school lunch program a suc-
cess? Is food wasted in ‘the element-
ary schools?
Accelerated program ?
Are we doing enough for the gifted
child
What about the average student?
Is he getting a break or is he coast-
ing?
Our budget. Is it too high or too
low?
Could the Pennsylvania Economy
League help analyze future budgets?
Apathy in the community? Re-
arrange the bus schedule and watch
irate citizens descend upon the
schoolboard.
Findings; Merging of districts is not
apt to lower the quality of instruct-
ion, nor increase the administrative
cost. Real advantages can be en-
visaged, such as central record and
tape library, pooling of certain un-
usual resources. The proposal will
be studied at a special school board
session. -
Formation of a Union District en-
abled the Dallas jointure to build a
new High School which it had to
have. Schools cost money. Upkeep
costs money. Education costs money.
Dallas spends ‘this year $415.57 per
pupil, as against last year’s $404.69.
The budget, reiterated Dr. Mellman,
has been cut to the bone. It had to
include several extra teachers.
Morris Slater presided, Mr. Clewell
read the questions aloud.
Before the meeting, a report on a
panel discussion held May 9 and
May 22, where pupils answered
questions on social behavior posed
by parents, was distributed. It was
issued by Warren Yarnal, moderator,
and it contained some exceptionally
well thought out adult conclusions
reached by youthful panelists Bar-
bara Tag, Dale Mosier, Marlene Futch
and John Dana, in response to quest-
ions posed by Mrs. Fred Eck, Mrs.
Earl Phillips, William Wright, and
George Jacobs.
The report recently submitted to
the School Board, rated a grade of ex-
cellent by Dr. Mellman, who consid-
ered it highly significant.
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COMPANY
~ MAIN ST., SHAVERTOWN
quarters.
From 1 to 6 P. M. Sunday you are cordially in-
vited to inspect the all-new total electric head-
Inspect the new equipment, meet-
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Refreshments will be served.
completely Automatic Electric Kitchen.
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BRING THE ENTIRE FAMILY
SHAVERTOWN