— Dan Flood Only Democrat To Crack Republican Pluralities ; VanZandt Clark Roberts Keim Scranton Dilworth . Shafer. McCann Kell {Blatt Ayers Flood : i ik Dallas Township otis 1,253 475 1,269 394 1,333 418 1,259 412 1263 423 57 899 pen yi Pa So Dallas Borough ..ci.oiiilidiens 633 + 252 650 214 683 213 637 i. 2M 630 229 460 439 682 185 644 267 Franklin Township ........ii 246 94 246 85 249 88 240 90 239 90 189 149 186 78 230 106 Jackson Township .......n 324 198 339 164 359 176 329 169 332 178 272 264 336 173 323 200 Kingston Township ........... 1,560 694 1,629 578 1,697 582 1,590 598 1,552 632’ 1,102. 1.1097 1,681 550 1,625 752 Lake TOWNSHIP cvomiorrmpimsivimn 665 327 451 298 679 291 573 300 564 314 424 482 602 287 iE i Lehman TOWNShID o.com 271 121 i277". 102 288 104 2711 105 268 113 192 200 286 98 Tarski 4.008 a 1,877 rt Sa Te a A hel ey pen Tr oi ski ur'd 347 4,952 2,161 4861 1,835 5288 1,872 4,899 1,898 4,828 1,979 3,496 3,630 5,085 1786 hai Jz / 794 475 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TWO EASY TO REME Oldest Business Institution St MBER » ‘B Back of the Mountain 674-5656 574 6: TEN CENTS PER COPY__SIXTEEN PAGES United Fund Drive Exceeds Its Goal Here | District A Fnd B ] Neck And Neck 1 In Final Push Back Mountain topped its goals in. the 1962 United Fund Drive, Area A reaching $3,163.25, or 106.7 percent of its goal, Area B $2,694.- 75, or 114.1 percent. Even though the final report on the United Fund Drive was given last Wednesday night, says Mrs. Mitchell Jenkins, it is nat too late to report the good news of the excellent cooperation given by Back Mountain - women who worked to make the drive a success. Although the over-all drive fell a couple percent short of the goal, the report meeting was a thrilling one. Mrs. Sanford Weiss of Kings-~ ton chairman for the West Metro- politan Division, started her work very early, and was able. to imbue . her fellow ‘workers with the neces- sity for having a good organization. Two training meetings were held in September at the home of Mrs. Mitchell Jenkins, vice-chairman of West Metropolitan District, who was assisted, by Mrs, Weiss, Mrs. Marvin Judd, Mrs. Frank Townend, Back Mountain chairman, and Mrs. Frederick Eck. Captains and solici- tors of the various areas attended. Principal speaker was Miss Arline Phillips. { Realizing that this was the Year for. Decision, the only word .ade- quately describifig the workers ‘was’ “dedicated”, the aim was to reach and exceed the quota set for the Back Mountain, Back Mountain A, Mrs. Frank Townend. Bi Dallas Borough, Mrs. (Charles ' Lemmond Jr. chairman; Mesdames Earl Phillips, Kenneth Young, Robert Jones, George Thomas, i Harry Peiffer, Arthur Ross, and Ar thur Culver. Dallas Township: Mary Weir and Patricia Reynolds, co-chairmen. East Dallas, Mrs. Frank Lang, | Mrs, Carl Goeringer, Mrs. Cora Finn. West Dallas, Mrs. Herman Balti- more, chairman; Mesdames' Arthur Zimmerman, Robert Slater, Ralph Connor, Alex Imatt, and Samuel Tonkin. .New Goss Manor, Mrs. George Arzente, Jr., chairman; Mesdames Clyde Davig III, Robert Eckenrode, Edward Cavvan, William Teele, An- drew Sokol, Fred Newman, John Houlette, Nick Perrella. Goss Manor, Mrs. William Young, chairman, Mrs. William Bobo and Fern Coldren. k Fernbrook, Mrs. Oscar Dymond. & Huntsville: Mrs. Dana Crump, chairman; Mesdames Stephen Davis, | Loren Crispell, Bradford Alden, » Donald G. Fannon, and Royal Culp. Kunkle: Mrs. Fred Dodson, Mrs. Clyde Hoyt, co-chairmen; Mesdames William Wasser, Lawrence Hilbert, Joseph Vaskas, George Hackling, Raymond Hoyt, Malcolm Nelson, Job Dietz, Jerry Elston, Robert Bol- ton, Dana Race, Edwin Shoemaker, Andrew Tregan. ~~ Harveys Lake: Mrs. George Cary Jr. chairman; Mesdames John Fine, ‘William Pierce Jr., Lawrence Moret- ti, John Zorzi, James Gearhart. | © Franklin. Township: . Mrs. . Nora | - Dymond, chairman; Mesdames | James Mitchell, John Coon Jr. and | \ William Smith Jr. ; | : Back Mountain B, Mrs. Frederic Eck, chairman. Jackson Township: Mrs. H. Robert Weaver; Mesdames Richard Hogo- boom, John Fielding, Jonathan Valentine, Robert Maturi, Thomas Turner, Henry Doran, Austin Ho- | ward, Dorothy Sicker. Trucksville, left side: Mrs. Ralph Govine, Mrs. Elmer Evenson; Mes- dames Lyle Slaff, ’ + I Margaret Mieczkowski, Charles i Hemenway, Joseph Reynolds III, i Wiliam’ Guyette, = Miss Thelma Adams. ' Trucksville, right side: Mrs.. Wal- | | and Mrs. ter Phillips and Mrs. John Wardell; Armour Leather Appeals Noxen Tax Assessment Wants Market Value Down From $495,000 .To Around $125,000 Armour Leather Company, whose tannery in Noxen has been idle for - several months, has petitioned the Wyoming County Commissioners at Tunkhannock for a reduction in the appraised value of its Noxen holdings. The Company has heked for a reduction in the market value of its properties from $495,080 to less than. $125,000, the price it is now asking for its . properties and. at which it has been unable to find a buyer. The present assessed valuation for the plant and several homes which the company owns is $165,020 on which it paid taxes of .067 mills or approximately $11,056.34. Wyoming County assesses prop- erty at one-third of market value, a complete reappraisal of the coun- ty for reassessment purposes having been completed in 1960. Based on the company’s requested market value of $125,000, the new assessed value would be about $41,333 with taxes reduced to about $2,769.31. Armour owns two Gir parcels of land in Noxen Township not in- cluded in the above. The first has a market value of 1,140 with an assessed value of $370 and the second with a market value of $2,540 vend wnpassessed value of, $780. The County Commissioners have commissioned Cole, Layer & Trumble, National Appraisal Firm of Dayton, Ohio, to make a com- plete reappraisal of Armour’s Noxen holdings. The firm made the re- appraisal of all Wyoming County properties in connection with the reassessment. program in 1960. After they receive the report of the Dayton firm, the County Com- missioners will turn it over to the Wyoming County Board of Ap- peals for a hearing later this month at which all parties in interest will have ‘an opportunity to take part. Atty. John Morgan of Tunkhan- nock represents the Noxen Town- ship School Board and Board Su- pervisors. Atty. Davis Hobbs, Tunkhannock is solicitor for the County Commissioners. Early Blizzard oF Tos Trees Dallas Stop-Lights Burnt Out Saturday The worst snow-storm to hit Dal- las area in years did some $600 system Saturday, and power failed for about five hours, all over the Borough. Heavy laden high-tension wires on Lake Street snapped and plum- meted down on. a signal box, burn- ing out the box and lights. Damage may also have been done | to wires and bulbs in the lights. Electrician Paul Kk | moved its office. {Gordon Boote, | Harveys Lake cal] Wilkes-Barre police to find out | ‘the address of the Marvelite Signal Company. in New York to get re-| | placement parts. The company had | Power failure was reported in| | Dallas area and Chase Saturday | night from around 6 till 1. Lights | [also failed Sunday in Trucksville | | in some homes on Carverton Road. Tree damage was tremendous in | all Back Mountain communities as | | many old-timers dating from the | turn of the century fell. Noxen and reported as much | fallen wood as Dallas area. Among those who suffered dam- | age along Pioneer Avenue were | | Clarence Laidler, who lost a willow, Mae Townend, a sixty- | year-old - maple, one of a row of Fred decorative trees. More ‘tree damage than usual re- sulted because the weight of the | Baird, William F. Cutten, Merton E. ‘early snow was increased by the remaining leaves and fruit. leit side: Mrs. Mal-| Purchases Pollock Plot Charlie Gosart has purchased the Pollock Plot at Sweet Valley. In- | Mesdames Thomas Vernon, Dingle, Edward Richards, George |° | Pierce, Edward Bessmer, - Robert | Jones, Ernest Norrie, Leo Philo, Elwood Mullen. , Shavertown, | [colm © Borthwick and Mrs. George | | Jacobs; Mesdames Obed Hontz, | | Budd Hirleman,/ Herbert Hill, i Michael Bucan. (Continued on Page 4 A), J | cluded are eight individual units, a Shavertown, right side: Mrs. Mil- | three-apartment building, and ten plied Dr. Post. garages with overhead doors. damage to the Borough traffic-light | Shaver had to! MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Funds totaling $829,984.19 have been distributed to 229 local librar- ies in the Commonwealth, Governor David L. Lawrence has announced. In reporting the disbursement, the Governor noted that libraries which serve 7,113,936 persons in 60 coun- ties are sharing the state fund. The per capita allocation amounts to 5.9 cents. Back Mountain Me- morial Library did not participate. “We are pleased at the extensive participation in this vital effort,” the Governor said. ‘An unexpect- ly high number of libraries have joined in this pilot program and such participation is a dramatic demonstration of the great strides that can come as a result of sound planning. “The allocations that are now being made—and the programs already in effect—can and will help Pennsylvania move forward toward a position of leadership in library planning.” Fitty-tive percent of the states 415 public libraries have qualified, thus far, for aid. Payment is the first to be made under the full pro- vistions of The Library Code, which the governor signed into law last year. The new library development pro- gram was passed after one of the ‘hardest fought legislative struggles of the 1961 General Assembly. Rep. Stephen’ McCann, House majority leader and one of the bill's spon- sors, referred to it on the floor of the House as ‘“‘one of the most im- portant pieces of legislation to come before this assembly in the past three -decades.” It first was estimated that librar- ies serving about six and a half million - would share a fund dis- bursed at about 7.5 cents per capita, but enthusiastic response from all corners of the staté eventually in- volved libraries serving more than seven million. “The partnership between the local community and the state is the basis of the whole program,” ‘the Governor said. “The plan is based on voluntary local participa- tion and with more than half of the state’s public libraries involved, this first year has become a phe- nomonally successful experience. “] want to commend Ralph Blas- ingame; Jr, state librarian, the State Library staff and the hundreds of individuals across the state who have put forth their diligent efforts to expedite this program. Because of the intense eagerness of librar- One: man’s accident saved an- other man’s life Saturday evening at 6, at the height of the sudden | snow-storm. | A passing motorist skidded into | a ditch across from Beaumont Inn. Beating the snow from his hands and shoulders, he opened the inn door. ! “Where's the man from the grader ?”’ he inquired. “It’s stand- ing outside.. He in here?” Joe Vaskas said no, the grader | had just turned around, ready to start back toward Beaumont, ploughing the other side of the | road. “Need a push, or chains, or some- Back Mountain Memorial Library Does Not Share In State Funds ians, trustees and interested groups to do their part‘in cooperating with the program, I am hopeful that the 1963 Legislature and the next gov- ernor will continue to expand and strengthen this all-important pro- gram.’ A majority of the libraries .also |" snared ‘equalization aid--extra aid paid to communities less able to afford minimum standard library service from local funds. This aid assures that all citizens. of the state will be able to receive the same basic measure of service re- gardless of the local economy level. Libraries both large and small shared the ' appropriations, ' from Venango Public Library in Crawford County which serves a population of 318 to Free Library of Philadel- phia which serves 2,002,512. “The program this initial year also has affected four-fifths of all Pennsylvanians who reside in a library service area,” Mr. Blasin- game pointed out. “We are making the most effective use of facilities and personnel to provide every child and every adult the educational material he needs to grow and pros- per in a progressive society.” Later this year, payments will be made to 30 district library centers which serve local libraries and readers in their respective areas with informational services. Every portion of the state has beén as- signed to a district center, giving each resident some degree of library service for the first time in the history of the ‘state. A survey of the Commonwedith’s libraries: nrade “in 1958 at the re- guest of Gov. George M. Leader re- vealed that more than two million, or 19.6 percent, of the state’s pop- ulation was without library service and that service to another 5.7 million people was substandard. It was this study that led to action during Gov. Lawrence's ad- ministration which brought about the revitalization of libraries in Pennsylvania. In June of this year, 206 libraries in 59 counties participated in a book grant which increased ref- erence and juvenile materials for more than 6.5 million residents. Former state aid to county library systems also is being continued and expanded. Those sharing in ‘the fund in Lu- zerne County were: Hazleton, $1,902.10; $1,195.40; Nanticoke, Wilkes-Barre, $3,749.51. Kingston, $1,644.33; One Man's Accident Saves Another Man's Life At Height Of Storm thing,” stated the motorist, running toward the grader. A minute later, he was back, his face ashy. “That driver needs a doctor bad,” he gasped, “he’s hav- ing a heart attack.” Carried into the Inn and wrap- ped in blankets, John Denmon of Beaumont, road maintenance man for Monroe Township, might have died at any moment. Dr. Lester Saidman came from the Lake-Noxen Clinic, Fred Dodson from Kunkle fire hall with the resuscitator and oxygen. Dallas Ambulance took the victim to Nesbitt Hospital, where he is now reported in fair condition. Dr. Richard Post's Antenna Stops ‘Hit-and-Run Driver In His Tracks Returning, from an early morning call to Sterling Farm one morning |last week, Dr. Richard Post, Dallas veterinarian, was driving down the | highway past Keller's Greenhouse in Idetown when he slowed his pace to let a Beagle hound cross the road in rfont of his car. Just as he did so a car sped past him on the left striking the dog and continuing without stopping. Moments later the driver, apparently | | reconsidering after observing the | doctor’s high radio antenna in his rear view mirror, returned to the i scene of the accident.. | The doctor confronted him: “You're not going to leave this dog | here?” The driver allowed that he would. mumbling “even the vet (wouldnt be up this early in the morning. | “Well youre talking to him,” re- “Now just open the "lid of your trunk and put the dog in and we'll take him to my office.” The driver sheepishly cooperated. The injured dog, several bones broken, is improving at Dr. Post's office still awaiting the arrival of his master who hasn't yet showed up. Dr. Post opines: “It’s a good thing my radio antenna looked like those on State Police cars or another | hit-and-run driver would have got- ten away with it.” Police Association To Meet Tonight Members of Back Mountain Asso- ciation are urged to attend an im- portant meeting tonight at 7:30 in the American Legion Home in Dallas. Final reading of the by! laws will fake place. Dallas Schools Petition State To Change Plan Propose Plan Similar To Plan Suggested By Luzerne Co. Years Ago Dallas School directors, . at an adjourned meeting Monday evening, voted to petition the State Council of Education to change the proposed plan, for - merging of Back Mountain area schools with those of the Northwest Jointure in Shickshinny. In substance, what Dallas direc- tors are suggesting is almost exactly what was suggested by Luzerne County School Board a number of years ago, embracing the entire Back Mountain which at that time was divided into ten school dis- tricts, including Monroe Township, which withdrew. after a year from a ffive-way jointure and cast its lot with Tunkhannock. Since that proposal for a ten- district jointure could not be ef- fected, Dallas Borough, Dallas Town- ship, Franklin Township and Kings- ton Township voted a Union District. Text of the petition follows: The petition of the Dallas School District, Luzerne County, Pennsyl- vania, respectfully represents: 1. That the Dallas School District on November 5, 1962, at an ad- journed: meeting of the regular meeting of October 9, 1962, author- ized and directed the President and Secretary of the School Board, to advise and notify the State Council of. Education. that. the Dallas School District is opposed to and aggrieved by the plan of reorganization of the county school districts under Act 561, and to propose that the School Districts of Dallas, Lake Township, Lehman Township, Jackson: Town- ship, Ross Township, and Noxen Township (Wyoming Ceunty), be combined into one unit. 2. That the Dallas School District objects to the proposal that School Districts of the Northwest Jointure join with the Dallas School District because of the vast difference in the social-economic characteristics of the communities. The people from the Northwest area do not come to the Dallas area for business, social, recreational, fraternal or similar reasons, as outlined in the Standards for Organization of Ad- ministrative Units approved by the State Council of Education on De- cember 19, 1961. 4. That the potential population and the School Districts of Lake Township, Lehman Township, Jack- son Township, Ross Township, and Noxen Township (Wyoming Coun- ty), have a present pupil popula- tion of 4,477 and a growth potential of at least 5,000. 4. That the potential pouulation change of the area referred to as the “Back Mountain Community” is clearly indicated in the fact that the pupil enrollment hag increased in the Dallas School District from 2,467 in. the 1960-1961 school year to 2,740 in the 1962-1963 school year, and in the School Districts of the Lake-Lehman Atea = Jointure from 1,602 in the 1960-1961 school year to 1,737 in the 1962-963 school year. 5. That the Dallas School District has made available a program of quality education and submits the attached information in justification of its request to join with the area community School Districts of the Lake-Lehman Area Jointure, under the provisions of Act 561. Beaumont Cannery Has Canned 7600 Puddings Beaumont Cannery has processed 7,600 cans of plum Pudding during the past month. C. E. Dress, who seals the . cans and runs them through the pressure cooker, says that church and civic organizations come from as far off as Plymouth and Ashley as well as Wilkes-Barre and the Back Mountain. The cannery is only open during October. All op- erations have to be completed by early November, as the cannery doubles as a polling place. Mr. and Mrs. Dress, the canning season behind them, are now off for New York tomorrow for a vacat- Jon, Going Out Of Business Wes Moore has a sign, “Going Out of Business” on his store at Lehman. Wes has not been in too good health i Back Mountain residents register- ed an unsurprising heavy vote for the Republican party on Tuesday, helping Governor-elect William Scranton to his victory over Demo- crat Richardson Dilworth. Surprising, however, was the total number of voters, which here; as in the rest of the nation, was larger than average for an “off year” elect- ion. x (cin Dallas Borough polls at the Bor- ough Building hummed with activity, as voters cast their ballots. Above, Mrs. Gustav Kuehn leaves the vot- ing booth, after making her choice. Mrs. Kuehn, always interested in politics, noted with pleasure that she was paid a personal visit by Mary Scranton, wife of the governor- elect, last week. ) A . VOL, 74, NO. 45 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1962 Big Area Vote Backs Republicans, Flood It was no surprise to see Ray Kuhnert at Dallas Township middle district polls, Girvan’s Store, Lake Street. The dauntless Idetown farmer was out to cast his vote, despite the loss of his right arm in a corn-pick- ing machine last week. As in all area communities, Dallas Township's heavier-than-ordinary vote leaned principally Republican, but for the first time in history giv- ing a tremendous vote of confidence to a Democrat, Congressman Dan Flood. Back Mountain support for re- elected State Senator Harold Flack (R) over Martin Cohn was’ better than 2 to 1, as was the support for Republican Bob Fleming over Fourth Legislative District Assemblyman Fred Shupnik, the winner. Expect 11 00 People residents expected to swarm to Jackson Township Fire Hall tonight to enjoy Dallas Rotary’s famous. annual turkey dinner. The be tain are dinner will served At Feast Tonight Around 1100 hungry Back Moun- | | by club-members, from 5 ’til every- one is served. Back of the scene will be ladies | of the Firemen’s Auxiliary, handling | all preparation except the roasting. | Last night, the turkey cargo was | driven from Bertram’s Turkey Flood Is Only Democrat Ever To Carry Area Harold Flack Wins: Fleming Loses Tight Contest To Shupnik All Republican candidates with the exception of Dr. Donald Ayers, . candidate for Congress, carried the x Back Mountain Region with over- whelming majorities in Tasstays balloting. But for the first time in history a Democratic candidate, Daniel Flood, incumbent Congressman, carried the seven municipalities of the Back Mountain. Even the rock-ribbed Re- publican Middle District. in Dallas Township gave Flood a plurality. N # within the memory of any voter had a Democrat ever won there. Two Back Mountain men, Harold Flack, incumbent State Senator, and Robert Fleming, a new comer to pol- itics and a candidate for Represent- | ative from the Sixth Legiislative Dis- | trict, owed their fine showing to the support they received here. Flack was the only County Re- i publican candidate to win any State office defeating D. Cohn, Hazleton, 37,025 to 34, 250 for State Senator from ‘the 20th Senatorial District. In Sixth District balloting Atty. Robert Fleming lost to incumbent Representative Fred Shupnik, Luz- erne, by 1,792 votes. Shupnik re- ceived 12,878 votes to Ponuings 11,086. : Remodelling Under Way + At New Church Rectory Extensive alterations are ‘going forward on the former Elmer Wil- liams Funeral Home, recently ac- quired by Gate of Heaven parish. Workmen are now busy with the low garage wing, converting it to kitchen and living quarters for the housekeeper. Rev. Francis A. Kane, Rev. Michael Rafferty, and Rev. Richard Frank have already taken up resi- dence, leaving their former quarters at Queen of Heaven Rectory at Harveys Lake. Anna Polachek, who housekeeper for twelve years, will move from the lake rectory to Dal- las as soon as remodelling is com* pleted. At present she is dividing her time between the two residences. Elderly Voters Helped To Get To Polls Harry Brodhun, 88, and B. F. Merrel, at TrucKsville Fire Hall Tuesday morning, transported by workers who were in charge of providing car service for those needing assist- ance. Mrs. George Turn also had. transportation. Farm, Chase, to Ciampi Bakery, - Exeter, for roasting. At the wheel of the big stake-bodied truck was Jack Landis, president of Rotary. Chairman of the feast is Joe Sekera, and co-chairman Francis “Red” Ambrose. bake-sale in the basement of the hall, Mae Henderson and Adele Peterson are co-chairmen. Still stages of solicitation in the Hunting- ton Area. Even though the main day evening, Col. Thomag Lutz and | Caillon K. Ridall, Area Captains, ! bers of Huntington Area to ‘‘Contri- | bute: their Fair Share.” drive was concluded last Wednes- | United Fund Campaign is in final , are requesting all unsolicited mem- | _ “There were many extenuating | | and solicitors of this outlying dis- circumstances that gave us our very | trict will bring in the funds to put late start but we are soliciting now | us over the top.” Driving To Make UF Goal and will continue to do so until all | cards are covered”, concluded the co-chairmen. Alan Allan, Genera] Chairman. for | South Metropolitan Area, in making | his report stated that “even though | we fell short of our 100% goal — | when the returns are all in'I feel | certain that the Chairmen, Captains | Township Chairmen are Burl Up- dyke assisted by Frank Beuka for Ross Township; Jack Koons for | Huntington Township and Arthur Kitchen for Fairmont Township. Shown in the picture above are Mr. J. J. O'Malley, Speakers Bureau and General Drive Chairman; Alan Allan, South Metropolitan Area Chalemian, Mr. Updyke, Mr. Ben- kaan and Miss Gwen James, Direc- tor of Nanticoke Red Cross. has been over 90, cast their ballots - ii Women of Rotary will hold a oh