Oldest Business Back of ‘the 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Institution Mountain DALLAS POST TWO EASY TO REMEMBER ¢ . Telephone Numbers Ra 674-5656 674-7676 "TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES ~ Suit Possible » For $4500 Tax Borough, Township, Claim Plant Revenue Borough Council ‘president Harold Brobst and secretary-treasurer Rob- ) ert Brown asked for authority Tues- day night to take any means neces- sary to regain a one per cent real estate tax of $4,500, now held by Dallas Township, from the sale of Natona Mills last year. This could mean a court action to settle the claim, if the Town- ship makes no move to restore funds. The Township has deposit- ed the check from the Luzerne County treasurer’s office to its own account. Dispute arises, ' explained Mr. Brown, from an old map, aparently still in use by the Township, which shows the plant within boundaries of the Township. The Borough says that boundaries “have long since been moved, and Natona is now in its jurisdiction. Further motions provided for pay- ment of bills from the past month. Bill for the traffic signal which burned out during a November snow storm has not yet been received. Letters were read from the Plan- ning Commission; from Myra Risley, and the Highway Deartment. Com- mission reported that, due to slow- ness of the county commission in referring to Dallas’ situation, the Dallas group would proceed on its own to draft a new zoning ordi- nance. Mrs. Risley requested the Council to remove ‘No Parking” signs from the Dallas Post side of Lehman Avenue, as neighbors across the street complain that Post business traffic blocks access to their homes. Letter was 1. c.ed to Police Com- mittee. : Highway Department said pro- posals would be accepted for the new Dallas-Luzerne highway Janu- ary 18. Motions were passed to re-appoint Borough employees, including police, at the same rate. Also approved ~ were motions to reappoint Charles Lamont for a five-year term to the Planning Commission, to accept Miners National Bank, Dallas, as . depositor, and to permit the secre- “money. i received, X tary-treasurer to borrow sufficient funds for ‘Borough use until tax ¥ “ Real estate tor and per capita’ tax were approved for the coming year. There will be an adjourned meet- ing Tuesday, January 22. Vandals Hack Down Choice Evergreen Mr. and Mrs. William Pierce, Jr., Harveys Lake, returning home on Thursday from a holiday visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Pierce, Sr., Shavertown, who are wintering at Lauderdale by the Sea, were dis- mayed to find one of the lovely eight, foot evergreens on their front lawn, hacked down and carted off for a Christmas tree. The two trees, standing in a grove of birches, had taken a number of years to reach their present growth. The Pierces report the weather just fine in Florida with the tem- perature over a hundred in the sun and eighty degrees in the shade. They are both sporting suntans, after basking on the beach. They made the trip by train. 2 Local Dairyman At Farm Show Sandsdale Cattle Compete For Purse Now exhibiting ten prize Holsteins at the 47th Pennsylvania State Farm Show, Harrisburg, is Ralph Sands, Sandsdale Farms, Carverton. Sands has been a reguar entrant in the annnual ' event for some thirteen years. He hopes to bring home purses when the show officially closes tomorrow. First prize is $40. According to the Commonwealth information’ office, . livestock entries closed well before the opening Satur- day, and hundreds of dairy cattle entries were: turned away for lack of space. Commission premiums in = dairy cattle competitive events total $17,- 592. Expected total attendance is 600,- 000. Many of the 55 agricultural organizations actively supporting the event are holding amnual meet- ings at this time. Opening address was by Governor David Lawrence Monday night in formal ceremonies. The 100 piece State Future Farmers of America Band will play. Although the show is mainly an educational event, it includes night- ly entertainment, centering around agricultural competition. Admis- sion is free, Police Chiefs To Meet Back Montain Police Chiefs As- sociation will meet this evening at the American Legion Building at 7:30 p.m. There will be election of officers. Speed-Sleds Try Harveys Lake Ice Nothing escapes modernization, including Harveys Lake ice trans- portation. This go-cart on runers, here examined by designers Bill and Henry Zimniski, Luzerne = and Chase, will do between 50 and 60 miles zn hour, when the boys make a few adjustments. Several are already attaining such Speeds, including Bill's own craft, and sleds belonging to Ernie Evans, Dallas; Bill Blazes, Trucks- ville, and Mike Zimniski, Luzerne. Powered by 27% horsepower go- cart engines, the machines are driven by one chainbound wheel. Last year Bill and his wife cracked through the ice near Outlet, while riding one of the “bugs.” Loser, Finder, Make Simultaneous Find Two Back Mountain men, one of whom lost, and the other found, a valuable wallet in Kingston, may have been only yards away from each other at time of their dis- and retraced his steps. coveries. Michael Spudis, Center Moreland, groped for his wallet, $209, at around 2:15 last Wednes- day afternoon in front of. the Top Hat Diner. Across the street, at about the same time, 2:15 to 2:30, John Jopling, Chase Corners, leaned over and picked up the wallet. Seeing the address inside, Jopling, who manages Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Harveys Lake, decided to re- turn’ his find when he went back home. Meanwhile, Spudis notified police The wallet was not there. y Jopling threaded his way back to the Center Moreland address by inquiring at local service stations, and returned the wallet to a grateful Spudis around 11, containing Did You Receive License Blank? Residents who have not received application. forms for motor vehicle licenses for 1963 and 1964, are ad- vised to check last year’s license to make sure that the address is correct. Regulations require that applica- tions incapable of delivery must be destroyed. Many applications in Dallas and Shavertown have been found not deliverable. Time is growing short. Write direct to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Harrisburg to get a replacement application. Dallas has no blanks for change of address: Gives Low Bid American Asphalt Paving Com- pany, Chase, has submitted an un- official low bid of $341,321 to the State Highway Department for work on Palmyra Township route 6, Wayne County. 4/4 " i b MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Colorettes Among Four Local Units At Inauguration Marching up Dallas Junior High School driveway with their well- known emblem, a mammoth Ameri- can flag, the Colorettes practice for Cy the Inaugural Parade Tuesday in Harrisburg. The girls number among the 130 members of four area drill units who have been invited to partici- pate in the celebration, including the crack Key Club drill team, Key- ettes, and Junior High drill team. Lake-Lehman Directors Eye Zero Damage Non-Completion Of Gymnasium Poses Athletic Problems Lake-Lehman School Directors assayed the damage from frozen water pipes during recent sub-zero spell, at Tuesday night's meeting, and marvelled that it had been held to a minimum with schools | opened on schedule. A vote of thanks went to custodians who had worked around the clock, including Mr. Kaylor who slept for three nights at Ross School to keep up the temperature. Putting in long extra hours were Bruce Varner, Edwin Wright, Ros- well Frederici, Lawrence Wolfe, John Sholtis, Herbert Southwell, Thomas Swire. At the Lehman elementary build- ing there were a number of frozen pipes, and a leak in the boiler de- veloped. Water supply to seven class- rooms at the new high school was interrupted. Architects feel this is the responsibility of the’ con- tractors. v The Board faces replacement of two teachers, one for Home Ec- onomics, one for elementary music. Mrs. Mildred Scruitsky, resigned, was replaced by Mrs. Joseph Gries of Dallas; who found after two days that she could not serve as Home- making instructor. Mrs. Agnes Wartella’s resignation was accepted. Mrs. Martha Smith was granted a sabbatical leave, beginning Feb- ruary 7. The board approved request of Supervising Principal Lester Squier and Elementary Supervisor Robert Belles to attend the Annual Ameri- can Association of School Admini- strators Conference in Atlantic City February 17-20. Entitled to a $50 increment for all teachers completing six hours or over of work during the school | year were Mitchell J. Czock, Uni- versity of Scranton; Samuel M. Davenport and Virginia Marchaki- tus, Bucknell University; Dolores Nardone, University of Scranton and College Misericordia; Ruth Patton, Misericordia; Frank Rash, Rutgers; Janet Turner, Penn State, Mildred Wilson, Bloomsburg. Approved was payment of staff leaders assisting Anthony Marcha- kitus at the High School Building; Miss Marian Huttenstine, English; Miss Hazel Baer, Mathematics; Cal- vin Canyuck, Science; John Zales- kas, Social Studies; Thomas Long- more, Industrial Arts and Agricul- ture; Mrs. Ruth Stolarick, Home Economics and Cafeteria. . It was voted to make a 90 per cent charge to bus contractors for use of the Joint Board bus. Payment of $2,500 set aside in the budget for purchase of band uni- forms was authorized to be made upon delivery of uniforms. It was reported that Dean Shaver and his committee met with the Authority Board, administration, architects, engineers and contrac- tors December 31 to inspect Lake and Lehman’ Elementary Schools. Supervisors Interrupted Put Off Meeting; All Wages Raised A business meeting of Kingston Township Board of Supervisors, originally scheduled to follow the reorganization meeting Monday night, was postponed on advice of the township solicitor. In reorganization, all officers and employees were re-elected, or re- appointed, and all salaries in- creased, with one or two excep- tions. Following the disclosure by At- torney Mitchell Jenkins of the decision of Chester County Court mn 1961 “That no business can be transacted at this session except the Organization of the Board.” it was decided to have the meeting tomorrow night. The law further says: ‘That any other business transactions must be acted on at a later stated meeting, with a period of three days: elap- sing, following the reorganization meeting. The above + mentioned condition will be in effect at the time of the next organization meet: ing in January, 1963.” All regular meetings of the” board will be held on the second Wednes- day evening of each month, at 8 at the Township Building, as long as present quarters are in use. LaRoy Ziegler presided. All mo- tions were made by Lester Hauck, seconded by Ziegler. Arthur Smith, third member, was not present, due to illness. Ziegler wag reelected chairman and Edward Richards, secretary- treasurer, the latter at a salary of $75 a month. Richards, who is entitled to a yearly stipend based on 3% of all monies paid out by the treasurer, with the exception of notes due or equipment purchased, is not accepting full salary, as a favor to the taxpayers. (Continued on Page 6 A) Units To Drill At Inaugural Teams, Scrantons, Change Wardrobes Dallas area schools marching units and Governor-elect and Mrs. William Scranton are both hurried- ly altering their wardrobes in an- ticipation of the Inauguration, Tues- day, Harrisburg. While the Commonwealth’s new first family tucks new suits and gold-brocaded gowns in their closet, Dall=~ Key Club, Keyettes, Junior Hig. ‘eam, and Colorettes prepare light-weight, warm clothing to be worn with uniforms for the In- augural parade. This is the first time the units Lehman Plans Twp. Building Reelects Officers At Annual Session Township Supervisors will break ground for the new mu- Lehman is favorable. Plans are being drawn by Paul Dorris. Five acres, in- cluding a pine grove and a creek, have been procured from Joe Parks on the Huntsville Road adjacent to Lehman Golf Course. Supervisors expect to develop the plot as a ground, with picnic tables and fire-places. Approved by State Department of Internal Affairs is a small loan recreation to finance the structure. All officers were reelected Thurs- day night at the annual meeting held at Lehman Fire Hall; Michael Godek, president; Alan Major, sec- retary-treasurer; Atty. William Val- entine, solicitor. Atty. Valentine is working out a blue-print for. a Planning Board, to supersede or absorb the present Zoning Commission which has been functioning smoothly since 1952, the first such Commission in the Back Mountain. A number of revenue-raising plans were discussed, among them a fee for transient salesmen and a fee for inspection of utility poles under Chief of Police Joseph Ide, to insure proper care for life and property. nicipal building as soon as weather | VOP. 75, NO. 2 THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1963 RS UTILITIES COMMISSION GIVES GO-AHEAD ON TOLL-FREE PHONE PLAN Toll-free calls between Dal- las and Wilkes-Barre area will be a reality in 1964, says John N. Landis, district manager of Commonwealth Telephone Co. After studying the company’s poll, the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission yesterday accepted the company’s plan. Majority of 53.5 per cent of all affected ‘subscribers voted for the plan in which higher rates would offset the new service. Installation At Dallas Kiwanis Merrill Faegenburg ‘Takes Presidency Dallas Kiwanis Club installed officers Wednesday. night at the January meeting held at Irem Coun- try Club. Installation officer Atty. Mitchell Jenkins inducted President Merrill Faegenburg; first vice president, William Guyette; second vice presi- dent, Robert Dolbear; treasurer, Paul Laux; secretary, Al Ackerson. -Three new directors taking office were Ernest Gay, Ira Smith, and James Huston, Sr. Past president Jerome Gardner will serve on ‘the board. have marched in winter, according to Key Club director George Mec- Cutcheon, and some changes in the uniforms will have to be made. Members will leave Dallas for Harrisburg at 7:30 a.m. from Or- chard Farm Restaurant, in buses furnished by Leon Emmanuel. Wil- liam Wright, co-director of Key Club, is ‘organizing the agenda for the day, arranging meals, visits to historical places, tickets for seats at the Inauguration ceremonies. Leading Key Club are Donald An- deison and Thomas Pierce. Drilling the ' thirty Keyettes are Susan Kitchen and Susan Karl. ' Marsha Sowden and Beverly Eck lead the Junior High team, (Continued on Page 2 A) CALKINS BABY IS = MISS NEW YEAR FOR DALLAS AREA To Mr. and Mrs. Charles Calkins, 84 Jackson Street, goes the honor of providing the Back Mountain with its New Year's Baby, an eight pound twelve ounce girl who arrived red- faced and screaming at the in- dignity, at 7:40 a.m., the sec- ond New Years arrival at Gen- eral Hospital, the first for this area. ae Dallas Man, Pearl Harbor Veteran, Wins 20-Year Service Pin In Texas The Authority approved the proj- ects, with agreement from the committee. Athletic program is finding rough going because of non-completion of the gymnasium. January and Feb- ruary are heavy months in basket- ball and wrestling. Wrestling prac- tice is being held at Lehman cafe- torium, also girls’ basketball prac- tice. Dallas Schools are cooperating in use of their gymnasiums for basketball. Some home games have been switched to the latter part of the season. Civil War Roundtable Back Mountain Civil War Round- table will meet Thursday evening at the Library Annex, Richard Garman, president, and Thomas Cully, program chairman, have arranged an interesting session, Anyone wishing to learn more about the Civil War period is wel- come to join the group, Contest Winner ANN THERESA GRAHAM Ann Theresa Graham, first prize winner in the recent Rexall con- test staged at Evans Drug Store, was cheated out of a chance to pose with other winners on Christmas Eve. So here is Ann, all by herself. Votes were counted by 2 p.m. on Christmas Eve, but connections could not be made with the Robert W. Graham family in Shavertown when contestants were rounded up for the photographer. Ann, with 86,000 votes, welcomed the console organ at 9 p.m. Christmas Eve. This made it a 100 percent musical Christmas for the two Graham children, as Santa Claus had. already ground out a stereophonic outfit for Robert Jr. Ann, a piano student of Louie W. Ayers, is delighted with the organ, a chord type with marvelous resonance. She is a fifth grade student at Westmoreland Elemen- tary School, { A Dallas man who was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck on December 7, 1941, has received his twenty-year service award for work with the Federal Government. John Garbutt Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Garbutt, Dallas, received his twenty-year pin and citation at formal ceremonies December 21 at Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas. During the past year he won rat- ing of Outstanding, and a: $200 award for pioneering a new ap- proach to technical training. He is one of 300 trained Programmed Instruction text writers in the world. At, present he is engaged in writing text books for use of the Air University and other schools. For the past eleven years, Gar- butt has held various training su- pervisory positions, and has re- cently been promoted to Training Specialist. = Most of his time has been spent in the technical schools | at Amarillo. Hig service with the Federal Government started after being dis- charged from the Air Force in June of 1945. Returning to Amarillo, he started work as a civilian instructor. Since that time he spent several years at Chanute Field, Langley Field, and Cannon Air Force 'Base. His wife, the former Jeanne Trev- eton of Fernbrook, who also works at the Base, won an award of Out- standing this year, the first time a husband and wife have won such honors in the same year. There are two children, John 14, and Jeanne Allyson, 8. Garbutt graduated from Dallas Township High School in 1940, en- listing immediately after gradua- tion, along with a classmate Louis Reese. Electing foreign duty, the two friends were sent to Hawaii. They were at Hickam Field on Pearl Harbor Day, MRS. RUTH BONNING Two Commonwealth Telephone Company employees, one a Back Mountain resident, have been appointed to advanced positions, according to Myron Swoyerville. Local Woman Among Those Advanced By Commonwealth HILARY BONIN Baker, vice president. Announced today was the promotion of Mrs. Ruth Bon- ning, 63. South Pioneer Avenue; Trucksville, and Hilary Bonin, No Junkyards, Says 63 Board Retain Lamoreaux; [Police Pay Raised New Year began officially Mon- day night for Dallas Township Board of Supervisors, who, before they adjourned 1962 and opened 1963, discussed improvement of Ridge Street, Fernbrook, and the problem of the growth of small junkyards in various parts of the township. Inauguration of the New Year re- sulted in the re-election of all of- ficers from last year, and the re- appointment of solicitor, police, and other employees. President Fred Lamoreaux noted that a crack-down was impending on those residents who persisted in leaving junk and useless cars stand- ing around on property not zoned as junk-yard. On suggestion of Ridge Street residents, Lamoreaux agreed to poll residents of Ridge Street to see who would be in favor of Township im- provement, Re-elected were Fred Lamoreaux, president; William Brace, vice presi- dent; Glenn Howell, secretary-treas- urer, $1080 per year. Attorney Frank Townend, re-appointed town- ship solicitor, acted as temporary chairman until Lamoreaux ‘was re- elected. Both Police Chief Frank Lange and Assistant Chief Stanley Gar- diner received raises of $35 and $15 extra car allowances. Salaries will be $300 and $285 respectively. Lamoreaux’s wages as Road-su- pervisor were set at $2.40, and Brace’s at $2.20. Hourly rates for road-department were: equipment operators $2, truck-drivers $1.75, and labor $1.50. Deposits will continue to be made at Miners National + Bank Branch, Dallas. Meetings will continue. to be held the first Wednesday of each month. Certain ordinances concerning per capita, trailer, and real estate transfer taxes were re-enacted, Mrs. Bonning has been appointed commercial staff assistant responsi- ble for supervision of telephone di- rectories, development of business office methods, summarization and analysis of office operations, de- velopment of recruiting and train- ing of business office employees and the scheduling of lectures, movies and open houses directed to public enlightenment into the intricacies of telephone service and procedure. She entered Commonwealth's em- ploy in February 1957, first as a member of its accounting staff and later, in 1959, as a commercial de- partment employee charged with the training of its business office clerks, sales activities and account collections. In the past two years her duties were focused primarily on training district business em- ployees in customer contact rela- tions. Named commercial development supervisor, Hilary Bonin will direct distribution of company tariffs and preparation of related material. The post embraces the guidance of com- pany personnel in the administra- tion of tariffs; study of exchange local service and base rate areas and such revisions desirable from the - standpoint of the public and the company; investigation of serv- ice problems; and forecasts of pop- ulation and business growth as they effect line and station requirements. A graduate of King's College, Mr. Bonin was engaged first in October 1954 by Commonwealth making commercial surveys and, shortly thereafter, as right-of-way agent. In August 1959 he became project engineer supervising plant engineer- ing for the Company’s Shickshinny, Elizabethville and Quarryville dis- tricts in which position he con- tinued until his current assignment. Mr. Bonin, his wife, Florence, and three children, Richard, Annette and Hilary, Jr., reside at 123 Noyes Avenue, Swoyerville, Mr. Baker noted that these ap- pointments recognize and answer the growing responsibilities of serv- ice brought on by the continued and rapid residential and business growth in the Company's 4600 sq. mile service area. A third largest independent in the State, Common- weath maintains service the equal of its metropolitan counterpart, Bodycomb Names Committees For Coming Year Gebhart Reappointed | For Five-Year Term On Dallas Authority Dallas School Board meeting Tuesday night was preceded by a | session in which Citizens Committee for Better Schools discussed with directors the problems facing em- ployment of more teachers and | broadening of educational horizons. President Robert Bodycomb ap- pointed standing committees: Ath- Sia ‘| letics, Alton Whittaker, Harry Sick- ler, William Wright; cafeteria, James L. Mitchell, Mrs. W. P. Stein- hauer, Mrs. Thomas Vernon; cus- todians, William Davis, James Mit- , chell, L. L. Richardson; finance, Wright, Earl W. Phillips, Jack H.. | Stanley; policy, Charles H. Mannear, Davis, Earl Phillips; building and grounds, Richardson, Stanley, Whit- taker; teachers, Walter Phillips, Mrs. Steinhauer, Mrs. Vernon; trans- portation, Sickler, Mannear, Walter | Phillips. Reports from the cafeteria indi- cate it is in the black. Surplus | commodities received included 25 | cases of pork, 42 cases of butter. Taxes collected to date, as of December 1962, were $489,833.28. Remaining uncollected, $90,754. Superintendent Dr. Robert A. Mellman recommended reappoint- ment of Hugh G. Gebhart as a member of Dallas School District Authority for five years. | Approved was a course in Band | Music to be conducted Thursday | evening as part of the Dallas Adult Extension School, under direction / of John Miliauskas, director of Lake-Lehman Band. Anybody in- terested in’steps to organize a Com- munity Band may register on or / a before the starting date of Jan- uary 17. Personnel Resignation of Elmer Dymond, | Dallas Junior High School Custo- A dian, was accepted. 3 Names of Floyd Pope and Richard Bodycomb were added to the list of substitute custodians. Carol Sutton, high school senior, was named accompanist for Adult Chorus, Evening Extension School. i Resignation of William A. Morgan, teacher of mathematics, cepted effective January 19. John F. Rosser, principal of Jun- | was ac- if | ior High School was granted per- | mission to visit the Language Lab- oratory at Pottstown. Miscellaneous Status of Key Club and march ing units was clarified. The board | felt that units which reflect prestige upon the school district should be under the aegis of the school, and /| at least partially supported by the | distriet. that too much support would defeat {/ the very quality which makes the marching units outstanding, a doi pendance upon individual effort. ) George McCutcheon stated that in the beginning, transportation of the Key Club drill team was simple, | in private cars, but with 130 march- | ers now to be transported, the units | needed a hand. HAN Ca 4) Marching units participation 1n the Inaugural Parade will be classi- | fied as a field trip, and schools will ; remain open. A George Jacobs, fo¥mer Rotary Ex- change student, requested a gift of out-dated text books to the Philippines. No expense for trans- portation will devolve upon the .school board, as various organiza- tions, including Rotary clubs, will pick up the tab. The board voted that it had no authority to give property of the school board, but that it could, on discretion of the superintendent, “sell” the designat- ed books no longer used, for the usual token payment. a } Kingston Township Annual Drive Starts Annual community solicitation for funds for Kingston Township Fire Company and Ambulance Association will get under way the week of January 13th when committees will distribute coin cards to every house- hold in the district. Milo Bauerly is chairman of Shav- i ertown, with Vern Pritchard hand- ling the Trucksville territory. Car- verton will again be under the capable direction of Mrs. Harry Spare, while Bernard Novicki will be in charge of the Bunker Hill area. Mr. Pritchard announces that Trucksville Gardens and Meadow- | crest will be under supervision of Mrs. Franklin Hawk and Robert Kleiner, respectively. The first quarter is to be placed in the slot on January 19th with | all sections on the card filled by June 1st. Collection will be made between June ‘third to the eighth, Each card has space for Sventy ; quarters. : The fire siren will blow every Sat- urday at noon to remind residents of the week's deposit. Funds col- Dr. Mellman pointed out lected will be divided two ways, | seventy percent going to the Fire Company and thirty percent for ‘the Ambulance Association.
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