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Commonwealth
To Lower Basic
Rate Schedule
Added Efficiency,
Increased Revenue,
Dictate Revision
The Commonwealth Company,
because of improved operating ef-
ficiencies and increased toll rev-
enues, has redesigned its graduated
local rate schedule. A. J. Sordoni
Jr., President, today announced that
this will generally reduce rates of
the Company's customers in their
various size local calling areas, and
effect
them of $110,000 annually.
Accordingly, the Company “filed
on March 6 with the Pennsylvania |
Public Utility Commission, to be
effective on May 6, 1963 subject to
Commission approval, revised
individual
exchanges.
At the time of this general rate
revision, the Company is adjusting
the rate schedule for those ex-
changes which have grown to a
higher rate level due to the in-
crease in the number of customers
in the local calling area.
What does rate revision mean to
subscribers in Dallas,
aval. and Harveys Lake? :
= It means that monthly basic
rates have been reduced, and that
W subscribers who are in the areas
affected by the proposed toll-free |
system, ' which will eliminate tolls |
between this area and Wyoming
Valley beginning in May of 1964,
may have an unexpected bonus of
a somewhat lowered basic rate,
lower than the rate at first an-
nouige’
The plan for this current year,
to take effect in May, affects sub-
scribers in this way:
Sweet Valley and Harveys Lake
monthly rates for residence tele-
phones, at present $5.50 for a one-
party line, will drop to $5.00; for
a two-party line, from $4.75 to
$4.25; four multi-party line, from
3.75 to $3.55.
Business telephones in Sweet
Valley and Harveys Lake will drop
from $6.25 for a two party line to
$6.00; for a multi-party line, and
for a one-party line there is no
change, rates remaining at $4.75
and. $V.BOM rim Am
- At Center Moreland, the present
basic charge for a one-party resi-
dential phone will be dropped from
$5.75 to $5.00; for a two-party
line, from $5.00 to $4.25; for a
multi: party line, from $3.75 to
33. 55. Business phone charges for
~ one-party service, from $8.00 to
$7.50; two-party, from $7.00 to
56. 00; multi-party, from $5.50 to
Wo os.
In the Dallas area, a one-party
residential phone now carries a
basic rate of $5.75, which will be
reduced to $5.25; a two-party line,
from $5.00 to $4.50; multi-party
service from $3.75 to $3.70, a ‘drop
of a nickel.
Business phones in the Dallas
area: change in the present basic
rate of $8.00 for a one-party line;
a drop from $7.00 to $6.50 for a
two party service; from $5.50 to
$5.25 for a multi-party line.
Argus Says Poisoner
Must Sleep Poorly
o Benton Argus picked up an item
on dog-poisoning from the Dallas
Post. Editorial remarks reflected
that a man who would poison one
dog probably did not sleep well
nights, and that a man who poison-
ed seventeen dogs, taking delight
in their sufferings, probably didn’t
sleep at all,
Noxen, after the last rash of dog-
poisonings, is reasonably quiet. No
more dogs have died to date, but
who knows what the melting show
will reveal? The last time there
was a ‘thaw, five more ccarcasses
came to light.
Jock, the dog belonging to Guy
Fritz, left a heritage. A litter of
pups, half beagle, half hound, is
hourly expected, and one of the
litter will fill in for Jock, one of
the first victims of the Noxen
Poisoner. |
Former Fire-Trap
Gets Face-Lifting
. A former firetrap on Main Street,
Dallas is getting a face-lifting. Wil-
lard Newberry, who is remodelling
the former residence of the late
Gertrude Smythe, opposite the Norti
Berti home at the corner of Frank-
lin Street, is turning the house into
aparments, . and already has the
downstairs apartment rented, to be
occupied as soon as renovation is
complete.
For years the old house has been
a target for stone-throwing juve-
niles. Windows have been replaced,
siding applied over the old clap-
boards, and the side porch ripped
off. The second floor apartment
has a beautiful big window fronting
Main Street.
an overall net savings to [it
Kingston,
Township, Center Moreland, Sweet’
Condemned Homes
To Wait Contract
Kingston Township's abandoned
homes along Memorial Highway can-
not be removed until contract is
awarded for construction of the
proposed 4.61 miles of new highway,
Senator Harold Flack said over
the weekend.
The legislator from the 20th Sen-
atorial District, who made special
inquiries into the matter last week
was informed the ruling of the state
department was still to be followed.
Highway department has repeated
that the entire road project, includ-
ing removal of condemned buildings,
is slated for the contractor only, and
neither time nor money has been
set aside for the department to do
“tself.
Sen. Flack is hopeful that several
bids will, be received when the
project is readvertised late’ this
mcnth.
Once the bid has been awarded,
the contractor will put the properties
up for sale. It is understood that ‘a
number of residents are interested
in purchasing the used lumber, win-
«dows, doors and other items con-
tained in structures. :
. Demolition should . then proceed
swiftly.
‘Among the many drawbacks fac-
ing contracting firms bidding the
‘| job is the relocation of the Lehigh
Valley Railway ‘tracks which lie a-
top the high banks of the. curving
roadway.
Abandonment of this line which is
scarcely used would save the state
a ‘quarter of a million dollars in
their proposed plans.
The possibility of expensive law-
suits pose another deterrent to con-
tractors, for not only must they re-
frain from damaging rail tracks but
Spring Brook Water Company lines
lie. very close to the ‘western
side of the roadway.
low of traffic at its peak in the
summer months must be maintained
and Carverton Road by way of Wyo-
ming or the steep Bunker Hill access
route do not present acceptable sub-
stitutes while construction is under
way.
i MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Regional Police Force Discussed:
Foresee One-Car Cover Of Area
The day may not be far in the
offing when two officers in a car
marked “Back Mountain Police”,
prowling Bunker Hill, are called by
radio to investigate a complaint in
Noxen. Cd
It is the studied opinion of civic
and political leaders from Dallas
Borough, Township, and Kingston
Township that this system may well
be more efficient than rousing local
officers in any given municipality,
not assigned to night-duty, from
their beds, and sending them to the
scene.
Called together by Colonel Frank
Townend, representatives of the
three municipal supervisory boards
met last week at the Westmoreland
Club to discuss possibilities of a
combined Back Mountain Police
Force.
Lester Hauck, Kingston Town-
ship supervisor, later stated, “The
meeting was the first between for-
mal officials of the three districts.
It was merely a preliminary discus-
sion to discover whether possibility
existed of future serious talks, with
thought designed to iron out details
for’ ‘the development of a merged
or consolidated police force.
The spirit of the meeting was
such that all present felt the wvar-
ious communities could benefit sig-
nificantly from such a move.
It was also agreed that we musi
know more about all facts to be
considered and we have enlisted the
ald of a professional organization to
assist us.”
Professional organization, it has
been learned further, is the Penn-
sylvania Economy League, an inde-
pendent research study group which
Ambulance Case
Mrs. Nancy Solomon, East Forty
Second Street, Idetown, was taken
Monday at 3:30 in Dallas ambulance
to General Hospital. Oxygen was
administered.
Robert Besecker and Donald Bul-
ford attended.
coming candidate selection, were dis-
cussed at a meeting held Monday
‘evening at *Badk Mountain. YMCA,
Shavertown.
Session was called together by
Lester Hauck, supervisor, Trucks-
ville committeeman Verne Pritchard
and Ted Woolbert, acting for Mrs.
Woolbert, who is a committeewo-
man.
Elected officials of the township
and interested citizens, registered as
Republican, were invited guests.
Mrs. William Schuster acted as
moderator, with Hauck defending
majority policies and Pritchard off-
ering criticism of same.
Hauck asked that LaRoy Ziegler
be returned to office this May stat-
ing he had done a fine job. No en-
dorsement of any candidate was
made, but Mrs. Edgar Sutton and
Mrs. Richard Prynn stated Carver-
ton was entitled to representation on
the board. dl. Ziegler 1s from On is from Carverton.
School Leaders
On Honor Squad
(Gauntlett And Letts
Cited In Basketball
Excellence in everything from
athletics to Honor Roll character-
izes two 6-4 Dallas. high senior
basketball players named Sunday
to Wilkes-Barre Sunday Indepen-
dent’s All-Star North League squad.
Robert Letts, center, and Tom
Gauntlett, guard, who was also
named. last year, joined three
Swoyerville players in making up
the honorary team.
[ Son of Mr. and Mrs. Justus Letts,
Stafford Street, Trucksville, Bob,
who has been a consistent honor
roll student, and dual letterman
for three years, is senior class vice-
president and vice-president of Key
Club.
A Key Club member for three
years, he has served recently as
Division Chairman. He has been
on the rifle team for an equal
number of years.
He will enroll at Bucknell Uni-
versity this fall.
Gauntlett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
| Thomas Gauntlett, Goss Manor, is
president of Student Council, was
vice president last year, and treas-
urer the year before. He was vice
president of his class last year.
His athletic record includes three
years varsity basketball,
years each at varsity football and
baseball.
Tom was named All-conference
end last year. This summer he was
named a golf champ at Irem Temple
Country Club, and played District
Tournament golf last year.
Also a frequent honor roll stu-
dent, he will probably attend Uni-
versity of North Carolina this fall.
Coach Clint Brobst joined other
regional coaches in picking the
cage-men so honored.
and two | HE
Carverton People Demand Voice;
May Board Election Discussed
Problems pertinent to the welfare Granville Sowden ur ged that the
of Kingston Township, including up-
three districts act as one, separation
| being the. instigator of trouble.
Of all three supervisors
terms now. pending, only Ziegler’s
expires this year.
Fermer Dallas area school super-
intendent James Martin commented
that committeemen were not chosen
to pick candidates, but to carry out
party principle.
Police department policies, zon-
ing, sewage, house numbering, real
estate tax and proposed township
building purchase received equal at-
tention on the evening's agenda.
District chairman Emerson Harris
was present but took no part in the
proceedings.
Discussion of school problems and
offices to be filled on the area board
will be debated at another meeting
scheduled for Friday evening, March
15 at 8 at Trucksville Fire Hall.
Attending in addition to those
named above: LaRoy Ziegler, Aus-
tin Line, Edward Richards, Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Woolbert, Mrs. Thomas
Vernon, Mrs. Beatrice Williams,
Richard Prynn, Willard Piatt, Thom-
as Metz, Harry Spare, Attorney Jo-
seph Reynolds, Ted Hinkle, Kermit
CGickler, William. Davis, Mr. and
| eventually have to be solved, includ-
Mrs. Walter Phillips, C. B. Williams
and Mrs. F. W. Anderson.
investigates the feasibility, when in-
vited, of solutions to municipal prob=
lems of all kinds, and often proposes
solutions as well.
Attorney Mitchell Jenkins, solie-
itor for Kingston Township, said
that a number of legal problems will |
ing coordination of laws on granting
jurisdiction from one municipality
to another with laws concerning
police pension administration.
First Dallas Wrestlers To Take Award
A combined force would grant
police officers regular hours and |
operate from one headquarters. Fu-
ture plans might also include Leh-
man, Lake, Jackson, Ross, Franklin
and Monroe townships.
Colonel Townend explained the.
general proposition of disposition of
manpower as being that, in the ex-
treme case, two men in a prowl car
on Bunker Hill could respond to a
call from Monroe or Lake Town-
ships faster than local officers in
said areas, or any others, could be
awakened and detailed to the scene.:
Night-time calls. from cranks are
always a- problem to local police.
Colonel = Townend said ‘= Dallas
Township had been on record as be-
ing in favor of a unified police force
for eight years.
The bulk of factual studies to be
made on. the subject will involve
other ‘geographic areas of similar
population and lay- -out which have
instituted an inter-township police
force.
Glen Howell represented Dallas
Township; Attorney Robert Fleming,
Delias Borough; Lester Hauck, La-
Roy Ziegler and Attorney Mitchell
Jenking, Kingston Township.
Water Report
Due Very Soon
County's Last Draft
Based On “Opinions”
Final draft of a report: on water
supply and needs in the Back
Mountain, prepared by Luzerne
County Planning Commission with
suggestions from water companies
themselves, can be expected in the
coming week.
Director of Planning Edward Heis-
elberg said the Commission had al-
lowed until last ‘week for suggestions
and recommendations from thirteen
local water companies listed By ths
Pennsylvania Utilities Commission.
No financial data or engineering
study will go into the report, ac-
cording to Heiselberg, but simply
“opinions” from responsible parties
concerned as to what alternative
courses of action can be taken to
improve maps, sizes of mains, lines,
supplies, pressure, and quality of to-
day’s and tomorrow’s water.
One immediate goal is to insure
an adequate supply of water for fire-
fighting purposes.
In addition to recommendations
received from companies, the Com-
mission has also heard from the
Pennsylvania Economy League, an
independent research and advisorial
group concerned with municipal
problems.
With reports back from all thir-
teen companies two weeks ago, ac-
tual recommendations had been
posed only by the League and by
Rulison Evans, who owns four of the
companies.
Nature of the recommendations
has not been revealed at this time,
and it is not by any means certain
that all are favorable to the report
John : Brominski
Borthwick became the first Dallas
wrestlers to win a P. I. A. A. Dis-
trict II crown.
Borthwick, son of Doctor and Mrs.
Malcolm Borthwick of Shavertown,
| decisioned William Harris of Meyers
5-4, pinned Lawrence Carr of G.A.R.,
7-0 in the finals to win the 112
pound title. Thomas had a dual meet
record of 4-0 for the regular season.
© Brominski, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Brominski of New Goss
Manor, pinned Robert Margellina of
Lake-Lehman, decisioned John Ben-
ner of Kingston 3-0, and pinned Jo-
seph Pokego of Plymouth in the
finals to win the Heavyweight Title.
Pokego ‘had scored all pins in his
thirteen bouts this year and had
Poem heralded os a possible state
as a whole, since it is rather gen-
eral in substance.
Commission has not yet decided
exactly what position. its final re-
port will take, although moderniza-
tion measures will most certainly be
foremost on the schedule.
In the immediate Dallas, Lake
Township, Kingston Township area,
patrons are serviced by one of the
following water companies: Dallas,
Shavertown, William A. Still Estate,
Harveys Lake, Warden Place, Over-
brook, Homesite, Shavertown-King-
ston Township, Hillcrest, Trucks-
ville, Trucksville Gardens, B. C.
Banks, or Whitesell Brothers. All
have independent facilities.
Plainly, say independent sources,
facilities of each company, originally
designed to sell real estate in a cer-
tain housing or land development,
will be stretched beyond their reach
with future expansion of any com-
munity. Pipelines are not big enough
to handle an increased supply of
water, should one be found, nor are
purification methods.
Dallas High Scho ol Plans Concert
These members of Dallas Senior |
High School Band,
concert Friday evening at 8, at the |
school. Left to right:
First row — Lester R.'Lewis, di-
rector, Jean Shales, Cathy Maury, |
David Palmer, Jack
Wadas, Charles Dodson, Ann ‘Wool- |
bert, Janice Priebe, Jo Carol Birn- |
stock, Judith Ross.
[Second row — Cheryl Mullen, |
Judith - Bergstrasser, Monica Hara- |
dem, = Stephen Farrar, Rosemary |
will present a | Borthwick,
| Dingle,
Zekas, Bruce Hopkins, Thomas
John Wardell, Gary
Whitesell, Linda Davies.
Third row — Theresa Cushner,
John Zarno, Jean Ide, Janice Shaf-
fer, Richard Love, William Sarley,
Mallin, David | Donald Smith, Donald Anderson,
Paul Jenkins, Robert Brown.
Fourth row — Jo Ann Norrie,
| Martha Messick, Penny Farrar, Carol
| Sutton, Andrea’ Krimmel, Philip
| Heycock, Robert Van Orden, Susan
Gail Lamoreaux, Linda
Casterline, Karen Walk.
Fifth row — Beverly Eck, Linda
Tag, Sharon Bedford, Arthur Miller,
Thomas Wardell, Thomas Pierce,
Paul Haradem, Ross Walker, Lee
Philo.
Sixth row — David Kopetchny,
John Ferguson, William Baker, Lau-
ren Dymond, John Dana, Franks
Wadas, Thomas Houlette, William
Cooper, Richard Ratcliffe, William
Glahn.,
and Thomas
champion. Brominski’s pin came as
John was leading 7-2 and averaged
his only previous loss this year in
ten meets.
Also placing in the tournament
for Dallas were John Schaffer, 2nd
place in the 95 pound class, Thomas
Kerpovich, fourth place in the 180
pound class, Carl Kaschenbach,
fourth place in the 154 pound class,
and Del Voight fourth place in the
120, pound class.
Brominski and Borthwick will
compete in the Northeastern Reg-
ional Championships Saturday 'at
Muhlenburg College in © Allentown.
All first place winners from the reg-
ional tournament will go on to the
state finals at Penn State University
the following Saturday.
VOL. 75, NO. 10 THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963
Jackson May See
Big Traffic Boom
Jackson Township Board of Su-
pervisors was posed a long-range
request by Chief Robert Cooper to
hire three or four special police
to help existing force cope with
any extra traffic on the Silkworth
Highway.
Chief expects summer -construc-
tion on Harveys Lake Highway will
increase traffic on Route 29 con-
siderably.
In other business at the March
Supervisors’ meeting Tuesday night,
Cooper said he would investigate
possibility of aresting owners of
immobile cars parked along Gabel
Road, or the old dump road. Police
requests have allegedly been ignor-
ed, and snow-plows must get
through.
Recent dumping on the old any
was reported to the Board. The
dump was closed by the state
several years ago, and Township
does not have another.
Paul Snyder, auditor, read the
1963 audit, and it was approved
as read. All bills were ordered
paid. ’
Cooper told Board that expected
increase in traffic tickets on in-
creased use of Route 29 should pay
the hourly’ wage for special officers.
Ordinarily, he said, he and assist-
ant chief Roland Gensel can handle
summer traffic, but there may be
a real upsurge if Harveys Lake road
is blocked at all.
He left it to Board's consideration,
Floyd Montross Taken
Sick While Preaching
Floyd Montross, Noxen, while in
the pulpit at Seventh Day Adventist |
Church conducting the Saturday
morning worship service in Beau-
mont, became suddenly ill, and was
taken by ambulance to General Hos-
pital where he is reported in fair
condition. Staffing the Noxen am-
' bulance were Earl Crispell, William
Crossman, and Calvin Strohl.
Franklin Ambulance
George Schollenberger, Orange
was taken to General Hospital in
Franklin . Township-Centermoreland
ambulance at 8:15 yesterday morn-
ing.: Oxygen was administered.
Attending were: Robert Statnick,
Rev: William Watson, and. Mrs. Ida
Berlew, RN.
Lake-Lehman To Close Cage Sason
With Faculty Versus Astronauts
MARCH ROARS IN
LIKE TRADITIONAL
LION IN ACTION
March roared in like a lion,
with ten inches of snow to add
to what was left on: the ground
after February storms. Meet-
ings were cancelled wholesale.
" Traditionally, a rough March
1 insures a mild ending for
March. In like a lion, out like a
lamb. It’s a nice thought, any-
way, for folks who are fed to
the teeth on shovelling' snow,
excavating the car in the morn-
ing, and waiting for that long-
delayed “crocus to push up:
through the drifts.
Nominated For Award
Mrs.. Fred Eck, Shavertown, is
being nominated by Dallas Senior
Woman’s Club for the Lane Bryant
Award, - in recognition of her vol-
unteer community service.
Band Concert
Is Scheduled
Two Dallas Groups
Number In Program
Dallas ‘Senior High School Band
will present a band concert Friday
evening, March 15, at 8 in the high
school auditorium. Also included in
this program will be 75 member
grade school band from the Dallas
School District.
Senior Band will play a ‘varied
program of music from classical to
modern. A few numbers from the
program are as follows: Nutcracker
Suite by Tschaikowsky, selections
from the stage production ‘‘Carni-
val”, “His Honor” march by Henry
Fillmore, and a South American tune
called ‘Dancing Caballero”. John
Wardell will play a solo with band
accompaniment called ‘“Trumpst
Holiday.” A trumpet trio with John
Wardell, Donald Anderson and Paul
Jenkins will play a number by Le-
roy Anderson. Carol Sutton will ac-
company at the piano.
/ The Dallas District Grade School
Band, made up of grades four, five,
and six, will play several selections.
Biggest number being an arrange-
ment of “Poet and Peasant’ over-
ture.
All majorettes and color guards
each have a part in the program.
All members’ concerned have been
working in hopes of making this
concert a fine evening of entertain-
ment. Lester R. Lewis, Senior High
School Band director, is in. charge.
Tardy Gym Continues
Short, Zany Schedule
Inaugurating its first season with
‘| a donkey basketball game, Febru-
ary 1, Lake-Lehman gymnasium
will see basketball close out in an
equally sober fashion Wednesday
night at 8, as Lake-Lehman faculty
meets the Harlem Astronauts:
In a game sponsored by the high
school Athletic Council, procesds
will go toward: furthering activities
of the Lettermen, girls’ athletic as-
sociation and cheer leaders.
Fighting for the faculty all the
way will be: John Zaleskas, Maciak,
Frank Wilczewski, Stanley Gulbish.
Carl Vassia, Frank Rash, Ed Ed-
wards, John Miliauskas, Mitchell
Czoch, Tom Longmore, Ed Johnson,
Calvin Kanyuck, Walter Seroka, and
coach Anthony Marchakitus.
The famous Astronauts will not
only preseent an evening of laughs
but will also play outstanding bas-
ketball. In “Herky the Holio” and
‘Lady Bird,” the Astronauts .pre-
sent two fine showmen who will put
on a pre-game show that will long
be remembered. Also, before the
game, the “Flying Astronauts” will
stage a preliminary exhibition in
complete darkness.
The Astronauts who play anyone
and everyone from college all-stars
to faculty groups, are currently un-
beaten and ready to try to add an-
other victim to their long list. They
ask for no set ups and are hopeful
that the local five ‘will make them
work for every basket.
Some of the most sought-after
players in the country are in this
team’s line-up.
Six feet, seven inch Billy Barnes,
former Little-All - American from
Florida A & M, who was a stand-
out throughout his college days, will
thrill fans with his variety of shots.
Henry Marshall, a playmaker at
North Carolina Agricultural jand
Technical School, is also featured
in the game. Len Carpenter will
exhibit dazzling dribbling and ball
handling.
Adult tickets are $1, student tick-
etc $.75. These may be purchased
from members of the clubs men-
tioned.
Dallas Board Meets
Dallas Township Board of Super-
visors met last night at the Junior
High School, Fred Lamoreaux pre-
siding.
Included in the agenda of business
was the appointment of a Planning
Commission, several months in the
formulation,
Dallas Area
Leaders Not For
New Sewer Plan
Current County Plan
Regarded Ag Still
Much Too Expensive
Political ‘heads of Dallas Borough
and Township and Kingston Town-
ship expressed little enthusiasm or
interest for Luzerne County Plan-
ning Commission's recent 76-page
report on proposed sewage installa-
tions in this area and Harveys Lake.
Questioned about their feelings on
the subject, presiding officers indi-
cated they believed they spoke for
all their constituency in regarding
this report, as they had the sewage
feasibility report several years ago,
as just plain too expensive.
‘Dallas Township doesn’t want
anything to do with it”, said Fred
Lamoreaux, Supervisor.
ers, centered mainly around the
overall cost of ‘Alternative 1”,
which would service the three areas.
$4,448,400, and the $101.10 connec-
tion fee and $6.57 front foot assess-
nient on each property, as well as a
$68.74 rental on each unit. ;
After the three municipalities
completed an engineering feasibility
report with a Philadelphia engincer-
ing firm several yeats ago, Dallas
Township led the move to ‘table the
move indefinitely, because of cost.
Further objections might be seen
in the plans to locate the process-
ing plant for either Alternative 1 or
2 in Fernbrook at the confluence of
Toby Creek and Trout Brook. No
ofiicial word was received about
that
“Alternative 2” of the report de-
tails a plan for a sewage system for
simply the borough and Dallas
Township. Its overall cost would be
$2,300,025, with same costs except
$5 more rental.
An undetailed suggestion in the
report, which poses plans for all ar-
eas in the county, is that consider-
avion be given to possibility of lo-
cating a plant with gravity feed at
Outlet, to service the lke and 01k
Hill also.
LaRoy Ziegler, Kingston ownship
super visor, said he doubts-very much
that Shavertown, Trucksville, and
Objections
or. his part, and on the part of oth-
Carverton residents would be inter- ;
asted in following up on the pro-
posal at this ‘time.
He 'ndicated much of the Shnils dit
‘ment in that To
fested itself against the original feas-
ibility report may now be gone.
“But in a vote”, he noted,
people would still be against
expense.”
Both Ziegler and ‘Harold Brobst,
president’ of Borough Council felt
that eventual sewage ‘installations
for the entire area would be inevit-
able. a TS
Said Brobst: “With Dallas Town-
chip against it, there’s not much
more can be done about it. Right
now, though, it would be a terrible
~xpense. There may be some way
ts see jt clear in the future.”
To substantiate its argument that
Back Mountain communities ‘are in
need of immediate sewage attention,
“the
‘that
the Commission, taking. samples of
water from wells and other sources
in this area ,found large percentages
were ‘Unsatisfactory’. bacteriologic~
ally, especially in Dallas and Kings-
ton Townships, where the: percent~
ages were 40.7 and 66.7 respectively,
Franklin, Jackson, and Lehman
Townships all registered.a 37 per
cent unsatisfactory in the tests, It
is not known if enough ‘tests were
taken to be conclusive.
A total of 4,688 acres are project-
ed to be in use in this region in 1980
as compared with 3,086 in 1960.
Report suggests methods of. fi-
nance by bond issuance, and sug-
gests an authority be created by
all municipalities to govern ‘the con-
struction. “ . . A county sewer ‘auth-
ority would be the ideal arrange-
ment to help those municipalities,
or combination of municipalities,
which do not have their own Auth-
ority.”
Senator's Herd
Wins Nationally
Honor Is First Such
In History Of Farm:
In the same week which saw the
passing of its great founder, Senator
Andrew J. Sordoni’s Sterling Farms
Guernsey herd, Harveys Lake, took
national] honors in production rec-.
ords.
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hip which mani- oA
According to the American Guern- +
sey Cattle Club the herd showed . |
second in the United States in com-
bined Herd-Improvement Registry
average during 1962 for ‘herds with
100° production records or more.
Last year the herd averaged 11,-
259 pounds of milk and -579 pounds
of fat, 112 cows milked twice every
day for 305 days.
This is the first time in recent
vears that the herd has placed na-
tionally in production records,
cording to Miss Clare Sickler, sec
retary, although several Sterli
cows have rated national merit n=" |
dividually.
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