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Purcell Appeals
Decision Of
Zoning Board
Atty. Brown Holds
Character Of Area
» Already Commercial
First appeal to the Kingston
Township Board of Adjustment was
made Tuesday evening by William
F. Purcell, owner of Purcell Oil
Company, Shavertown.
Purcell had sought to install a
20,000 gallon storage tank, con-
structed of steel and concrete, above
ground, on property purchased by
him in 1955 and fronting on Me-
morial Highway.
Two 10,000 gallon tanks now
stand in the vicinity of the pro-
posed installation, with two 1,000
gallon tanks underground.
The area was set up as residential
under the zoning laws. Refusal of
permit was based on section 2.07
which states, !The non-conform-
ing use of land not involving any
principal building or structure exist-
ing on the effective date of this
Ordinance may be continued for a!
period of not more than three years,
provided, however, that no such
conforming use of the land shall in
any way be expanded or extended
either on the same or adjoining
property.”
¢ Attorney James L. Brown, coun-
sel for Purcell, argued that property
we owned by his client and operat-
ed as a gas station prior to the,
adoption of ordinance; that recent
condemnation experts agreed best
use of the area ‘was for commercial
purposes; and that business enter-
prises are in operation across the
highway and in the immediate
vicinity.
Secretary of the Board, Spencer
Martin, announced he had sent
letters to twelve neighboring home-
owners concerning Purcell’'s plan,
four of whom appeared at the hear-
ing. Dale Zimmerman asked if tanks
were grounded as a protection from
lightning. Purcell answered yes.
Carl Hirner stated he.had no ob-
jection to a man making a living.
Purcell, to a question by Calvin
Miers, explained that heavy rock
strata prevented deep excavations
on the property. Only objection
came from Mr. and Mrs. Leo Jacobs,
who said gasoline tanks constituted
a danger and depreciated the value
of their: property. Pureells stated
state fire ‘marshals ‘had always ap-
proved his permits.
Solicitor Mitchell Jenkins re-
quested a brief of Purcell’s case for
study. Chairman of the Board, Mil-
ton Evans announced members
@ould meet with Atty. Jenkins and
render a decision in the near future.
“The Board of Appeals serves with-
ut remuneration and does not
ake the zoning laws but is set up
to enforce them for the benefit of
the township,” concluded Mr. Evans.
R. Spencer Martin and Richard
Mathers comprise the remainder of
the board.
Three requests for variances were
heard. William Russell, N. Pioneer
Avenue, wished to build a garage
within two feet of his rear property
line and within eight feet of his
side line. Neighbors Harry Ritts
and William Miller signed affidavits
of approval.
James Brett, Beech Street, wished
to attach a garage to his. dwelling.
Neighbor Ralph Burkett agreed to
sell ten feet of his frontage for this
purpose, remaining frontage leaving
thirty four feet between properties.
James Gordon, Grove Street,
sought to build a 8x20 foot front
porch, within two feet of neighbor's
property line. Ogden Palmer sign-
ed affidavit approving erection since
Gordon’s home lies in rear of!
Palmer's lot.
Chairman Evans stated the Board
of Appeals will inspect all these.
properties within the next week.
New Librarian
To Take Office
ELIZABETH RYDER
Miss Elizabeth Ryder will assume
her duties as librarian of Back
Mountain Memorial Library April 1.
Miss Ryder was interviewed by a
committee December 27, and was
informed shortly afterward of her
acceptance. The Library has been
without an official head since resig-
nation of Mrs. Prosper Wirt last
spring, when advancing illness dic-
tated retirement. Since that time,
Mrs. Albert Jones, chief assistant, |
has been carrying the responsibility.
The first librarian was Miss Miriam
Lathrop, who held the post from
foundation of the library in 1945
until ‘October of 1961, when she
retired to make her home at Sun
City, Arizona.
Miss Ryder, native and resident
of Lancaster, holds a BS in Educa-
tion from Millersville State Teachers
College; six credits toward a degree
in Library Science obtained from
Drexel Institute in 1945 and 1946;
six credits from University of Wyo-
ming Summer School in Library
work; and six credits for courses in
Creative Arts Workshop « in Poetry
and the Novel.
Her library experience is varied.
She was assistant librarian at
Franklin and Marshall College, Lan-
caster, 1924 to 28; librarian of Boys’
High School, Lancaster, 1928 to
1931; high school librarian in Steel-
ton 1936 to 1942, under supervision
of A. O. Aurand; high school li-
brarian, Atlantic City, 1942-44; ‘at
Prospect Park, Delaware County,
1945; Veterans Administration Hos-
pital Library,” Lyon, N. J, and in
Coatesville, 1946-48.
In 1948 she returned to Steelton
High School, serving until 1954.
She then became librarian at Mec-
Caskey High School, Lancaster,
1954 to 1956, when she accepted
a post as librarian of School of
Nursing Library at St. Joseph's
Hospital in Lancaster, serving until
1961.
She broadened her experiences
by travel in the Yukon early in her
library career,
a native school within the Arctic
Circle. And last summer, she made
a trip to Ireland.
Miss Ryder expresses herself as
delighted with the local library, and
anxious to get back into library
work. For a time, until she lo-
cates a small apartment, she will
have a room in the Phillips home
on Norton Avenue. i
The committee on selection of. a
librarian, headed ‘by Homer Moyer,
interviewed a number of applicants.
Serving on the committee were Mrs.
Fred Howell, Janet Smith, Durelle
Scott, and Mrs. Thomas Hefferman.
Correction
Thirty-eight new Republican vot-
ers registered recently at the Back
Mountain YMCA, twenty-four
| changed from Democrat to Republi-
can,’a total] of 62 more votes for
‘the Republican party.
Democrats had four new registra-
tions.
Miss Dorrance Breaks Ground For
New Addition At Hoyt Library
To Miss Frances Dorrance went
the honor of turning the first spade-
ful of earth for the new addition
to Hoyt Library in Kingston, of
which she was librarian for a num-
ber of years during her thirty-six
years as member of the Board of
Directors.
Ground was broken Friday after-
noon on the north side of the pres-
ent structure, notables gathering to
watch Miss Dorrance lift the first
clod of earth. Television cameras
recorded the event for the evening
newscasts. Residents of the Back
Mountain who could not be among
those present for the actual event,
saw Miss Dorrance later on tele-
vision.
Miss Dorrance, a Distinguished
Daughter of Pennsylvania, resident
of Dallas since moving| from her
home in Huntsville, was a prime
mover in foundation of the Back
Mountain Memorial library, and for
some years president of the Library
Association, succeeding Paul Warri-
ner.
Libraries have always been one
of her main interests, both in
Kingston and in Dallas, Her prac-
tical experience as head librarian at
Hoyt has been of inestimable value
in foundation of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library in 1945, and of
its rapid expansion in service to te
community.
The new addition to Hoyt will
house the William P. Brewster
Reference and Law Libraries, as
well ‘as providing space for needed
expansion of facilities.
* Until completion of the renova-
tion project and the new addition,
the library will move into item-
porary quarters in the former Acme
Market building on Market Street
between Goodwin and Loveland
Avenues, open to the public April 8.
Have Water Drop
Twenty-five homes on Franklin
and Summit Streets, Shavertown, ex-
perienced a sudden drop in water
pressure Tuesday. Water piped into
the homes was also alleged dirty
by homeowners.
Shavertown-Kingston Township
arose during installation of a new
pump, A
where she taught |.
Water Company: said the problem |.
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Greenwood Sap Fire
Catches In Chimney
Noxen Fire Company was called
out for the second Saturday morn-
ing in a row last weekend when
flames and green-wood sap mixed
in a chimney around 8 a. m. at the
home of John Burns, Island Road.
Twelve to fifteen men had the
burning chimney under control in
about forty-five minutes, and smoke
did the only damage. No one was
injured.
Fire company, directed by Chief
Calvin Strohl and Assistant Chief
Ernest Teetsel, cleared the chimney
of burning debris with chimney-
stick and chain, and washed the
outside of the chimney with water.
Sap poured through the walls of
the stack.
Noxen truck was brought out by
Strohl, Teetsel, George Luketic, and
Elmer Lyons.
This is the second chimney fire
at the Burns home in the last two
months, according to the fire-chief.
Adult Extension
‘School Dinner
Carr Sees Successful
Year Bbout To Close
Adult Evening Extension School
will stage its spring dinner this
Saturday evening at 6 in the Dallas
Senior High School cafeteria, when
all students who have been enjoy-
ing evening classes since early fall
will meet for the last time this
season. Classes wind up tonight.
Work accomplished in the eve-
ning school will go on exhibit
Saturday. Art work will be hung
special places are being readied for
woodworking, crafts, sewing proj-
ects.
Students who have attended
seventy-five per cent or over of
their evening classes will be eligible
for refund ,of enrollment fees.
Thomas Carr, principal of the Ex-
tension School for the past two
years, will act as master of cere-
monies... Dr. Robert A. Mellman
will speak briefly, and Dr, Robert
Bodycomb, president of the School
Board, will introduce board mem-
bers. Speaker of the evening will
be George Ralston, of Wilkes, who
will talk on adult education.
Tickets, says Mr. Carr, may be
purchased at the high school office
in the evenings. A good roast beef
dinner is offered for a very modest
sum.
tLast year the cafeteria was filled
to capacity, says Mr. Carr, wives
inviting their husbands for the final
ceremonies. He is expecting’ an
equally successful conclusion to
adult sessions this year.
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STEVE’S GROCERY STORE
- WILL SELL DALLAS POST
Steve's Grocery Store, in
Beaumont, will have the “Dallas
Post” on their counter begin-
ning today. While purchasing
your copy, pass on any news
you have and see your name in
print. We extend our thanks
to these business people and
hope their friends and patrons
will show their appreciation by
purchasing the “Dallas Post”
regularly.
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in the halls and auditorium, and
Dallas To Get New Fire Siren;
Replaces One 35 Years Vintage
Plan Fire Drills,
1963 Coin-Card Date
Dallas central fire alarm will be
retired after thirty-five years hon-
orable and devoted service and re-
placed with a new one, it was de-
cided at a meeting of Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company Monday night.
The vintage warning system now
in use has developed more and more
of a tendency to sound at will
through short-circuiting.
Coin-card campaign for 1963 will
begin May 1, President Henry Peter-
son announced.
Admission of John Carey to mem-
bership was approved, and applica-
tion by James B. Davies III for
membership was received. }
A group insurance policy for
twenty-five active members now on
the books was approved by the Re-
lief Association. Policy will insure
each member, with double indem-
nity in case of accidental death.
Fire Chief Daniel Richards an-
nounced that fire drills for all mem-
bers who expect to remain on the
active list will begin as soon as
weather is consistently good.
A fire drill with Shavertown and
Trucksville companies is planned for
this summer.
Chief also announced that floor
plans of all business places within
Dallas Borough and Township will
be drawn up for reference by the
company when it wishes to locate
water mains, or electric outlets.
Several crystal radios and forty
identification nameplates for mem-
bers’ cars will also be bought, as
soon as possible, according to the
chief.
Members present were offered
alternative choices of siren by Rich-
ards, who had investigated the mat-
ter. Group rejected the idea of
buying a United States Civil Defense
three-way siren for some
forty-five per cent to be subsidized
by the national organization if and
when approved.
Members preferred to keep the
siren independent, and voted in
favor of a two-tone system, owned
outright by the company.
Dallas Kiwanis
Hears Students
‘Welcomes Dr. Kunkle
Bs 5th New Member
Four Dallas High School Juniors
were recently guest speakers for
Dallas Kiwanis Club.
The students under direction of
their teacher, Edgar Hughes, spoke
on “The Asiatic Nation”, a part of
their course which concentrates on
world culture. .
Each student outlined a separate
country: Gail Rumbaugh, India;
B2 Michael Jones, Japan; Beverly Eck,
Africa; and Roger Hackling, South
Vietnam. Each speaker covered the
Historical, Educational, Religious, In-
dustrial and Governmental back-
ground of the country and outlined
the pre-requisites needed for the
individual area, to maintain their
place in this ever changing world.
The program is a tribute to the
fine work being done in our high
school by the student and faculty
alike.
At a board meeting held after the
regular meeting the application for
$1800,
Convicted In Crash
Near Bowling Alley
In a hearing before Squire Leon-
ard Harvey Monday night John J.
Kozak, 336 Slocum Street, Swoyer-
ville, pleaded guilty to reckless
driving charges brought by Police
Chief Russell Honeywell in regards
a two-car collision on the highway
near Crown Imperial Lanes Sunday
evening.
He was fined ten dollars, and re-
leased.
Driving south on Route 415 Kozak
collided tail-on with a car in front
of him driven by Dale T. Maza, 142
East Center Hill Road.
Time of the collision was about
7:15. Maza’s car was knocked by
impact to the side of the road, and
was removed from a ditch by wreck-
er. Both cars were extensively dam-
aged.
Kozak received a cut lip, but de-
clined medical attention.
Dallas Township and State Police
also aided in investigation.
Course Offered
For Protection
Ot Family Unit
Twelve Hours Of
Concentrated Study
Of Survival Problem
A six-weeks course in protection
for the family unit, protection at
school and safeguards for the com-
munity in case of disaster, natural
or nuclear, will start April 16 at
Dallas ‘Senior High School.
Registration should be made by
‘Wednesday, April 3, says Alfred M.
| ‘car.
Camp, director.
Classes will meet Tuesday even-
ings, 7:30 to 9:30, for six weeks, two
hours each evening. Information
furnished may be vital in saving
your life or the lives of your chil-
dren.
People, says Mr. Camp, are woe-
fully ignorant about what to do in
an emergency which might wipe out
all services as we know them, in-
cluding food distribution, water sup-
ply, telephones, electric lights, . the
use of the family car, the family
doctor, hospital service.
What to do if families should be
separated; how to manage without
running water; how to safeguard
against deadly radiation . . . these
ae things which ‘the course will take
under discussion.
Information will be under spon-
sorship of Civil Defense.
Dr. Robert A. Mellman, superin-
tendent of Dallas Schools, is sending
information flyers home with stu-
dents attending all Dallas Schools.
Thirteen members of Dallas Wo-
man’s Club have already signed up.
It is obvious that women with fam-
jlies must know the answers.
One member of each family should
take ‘the responsibility of learning
as much as possible about handling
of grave emergencies.
membership of Dave Kunkle was
accepted, bringing new membership
to five for the year. Newest inductees
are Brad Alden, Hilbert Stark, Ken
Bayliss and Ed Wilson. Membership
chairman is Ernie Gay.
The recent passing of John Wil-
liams was deeply felt by the mem-
bers. President Merrill Fagenburg
opened the meeting with a silent
prayer in his honor. The members
express ‘their sincere sympathy to
John’s family.
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SS SEMINARY MAGAZINE,
PUBLISHED AT POST,
WINS NATIONAL PRIZE
Wyoming Seminary Opinator,
school literary-news magazine
published by photo-typesetting
and offset lithography at the
Dallas Post, has won first place
in its division at Columbia
University’s Scholastic Press
Conference, New York.
Editors of the weekly student
magazine attended the confer-
ence the weekend of March 16,
accompanied by their advisor,
Walter Royall.
Entries from preparatory
and high schools all over the
eastern United States were pre-
sented in the competition, in-
cluding the “Photo Offset Mag-
azine” category.
Injured Boy
Is Improving
Doing “fairly well” at Nesbitt
Hospital, according to his doctor,
is little Richard Lawson, 4, hit by
a car Monday afternoon on Memori-
al Highway near Linear plant while
he and his sister were playing.
Driver of the northbound vehicle
was Merrel Burnett, West Forty
Second Street, Idetown, who told
police he saw the boy running along
' the side of the road in front of him,
and began applying hig brakes then.
He said he was therefore going
relatively slowly when Richard
suddenly darted in front of his
His account was corroborated
by lack of damage to the car in
any significant degree.
Mrs, James Lawson, Fernbrook,
Richard’s mother heard the screech
of Burnett's brakes from her home
where she was caring for her two
youngest children.
The four-year-old boy and his
sister Jennifer, 6 were looking for
empty bottles to play with. Mrs.
Lawson said Jennifer had darted
across the street, and her brother
was probably running after her.
Richard has had a series of mis-
fortunes in his short years, accord-
ing to his mother. Two years ago
he was struck by his father’s car
in the drive-way at their Orchard
Farm home:
The injured boy was examined
by Dr. Carl Kern, whose office is
nearby, and by Dr. H. G. Gallagher.
He was taken to the hospital by
Kingston Township ambulance, call-
ed first by the state trooper Jo-
seph Skuntz who arrived minutes
after the accident. William Pugh,
Arnold Yeust, and Andrew Roan
attended.
Richard's injuries were: fractures
of left leg and arm, cuts on fore-
head and bruises on face and head.
His condition is still fair at the
hospital.
ls doctor is Dr. Richard Cromp-
VOL. 75, NO. 13 THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1963
featuring a weekend straight
used to associating the word °
ice station owners reported bri
Everything From Business To Kites
Alive With Spring In Back Mountain
Spring bannered the news in the Back Mountain this week,
out of a magic wand world—
tops down, geese up, and tough little crocuses asserting them-
selves in back-yards everywhere.
Sixty degree weather startled area people who were still
‘outdoors’ with “nasty.”
Sunday, usually a family driving day, was more 80, and serv-
sk gasoline business with many
drivers making sudden plans to go some place.
Stock Some 600
Pheasants Here
Consider All Birds
Possible Breeders
Six hundred full-grown breeder
pheasants were released Tuesday
west of the Susquehanna River by
Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Areas included Dallas, Ross,
Franklin, Lake, Lehman, Jackson,
and Hunlock townships, according
to Game Warden Ed Gdosky. A
total of 2000 birds were released
all over the county.
All the birds are nine months
old or over, according to Gdosky,
and they will hatch this year. Half
are cocks and half hens.
Tuesday . morning by truck from
Eastern Game Farm, Schwenksville,
and were removed. to selected spots
in the Back Mountain by Game
Commission men.
A full stocking of some 4000
chicks will take place some time,in
the fall, according to the warden.
Ambulance Calls
Dallas ambulance made three calls
this week.
Friday Peter Kohl, 30 Park Street,
was brought home from Mercy Hos-
pital at 10:35 a.m., Cliff Foss and
William Kelley attending.
Michael Carey, Claude Street, was
taken from Dr. Gallagher's office to
Nesbitt Hospital at 4:30 p.m., after
breaking his leg in a fall. Don Bul-
ford and John Sheehan attended.
Anna Calvert was transported
from her Fernbrook home to Nesbitt
Hospital Wednesday morning at 1:30,
Don Bulford, Gilbert Morris, and Bob
Besecker attending.
Resuscitator classes for crewmen
will begin Sunday, 2:30 at horough
building, William Wriht, Anstruct-
ing, £7 Rag ;
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Two Fire Calls
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany responded to ‘two calls late
Monday and Tuesday afternoons,
both led by chief Daniel Richards.
Monday, an engine fire broke out
in a car belonging to William Hersh,
South Side Avenue. Tuesday, a gar-
bage disposal unit at College Miseri-
cordia erupted in flame, and was ex-
tinguished.
ASSOCIATION MEETS TONIGHT
Back Mountain Protective Asso-
ciation will -meet ‘ tonight ‘at 8 in
the library annex building, James
Lenahan Brown presiding.
Seventh and tenth grades of Dal-
las schools are tied for greatest
number of students onthe honor
roll, according to announcement by
junior’ and senior high schools for
Crocuses ‘bloom all over the
county with the breaking of spring,
but the Back Mountain has a unique
sign of the season—the blooming of
a carnival.
Last minute adjustments and
touch-ups occupy the time of the
men at Reithoffer Manufacturing
plant, Lehman, winter quarters for
Reithoffer Shows, one of the biggest
truck-transported shows in the east.
An ever-expanding schedule for
owner Pat Reithoffer, Jr., creates
new time and space problems every
minute, and it is up to the men
to help with the added responsi-
bility. :
Minute adjustments are made
high in the air ‘on the transport-
frame of the Flying Coaster (above
left) by chief electrician Walter
Pamphilon, Jr., Lehman. Heavy
load of hydraulic arms and drive-
train, as well as cars, controls and
fence, carried on one semi-
trailer.
Ride superintendent Al Besciglia,
is
Orange and supervising mechanic.
'
Don Hoyt, Lehman, confer as to
where to put what ride and how.
Behind them is a van ‘and trailer
mounted ' Merry-Go-Round, which
is pinioned on the driveshaft trailer.
Horses are in the truck, as is the
sectioned floor.
One of many units in the show
is scheduled to play soon at a series
of military camps in the south, for
the first time in the history of
Reithoffer shows.
Main units will be dispatched to
In Springtime Bloom The Crocuses And Carnivals
East Meadow, Long Island, prob-
ably next Thursday, for the begin-
ning of the New York carnival sea-
son. Most of those rides are here
at Lehman.
Another winter installation is lo-
cated at the fairgrounds in Blooms-
burg.
Fairs are scheduled by Pat Reit-
hoffer for New York beginning July
through August and at Covington,
Va., starting August 1 and on
through the south.
| Jeanne Merolla, John Molski,
Seventh And Tenth Grade Tied
For Most On Dallas Honor Roll
the fourth six-week marking period.
Of ‘a total of 239 names, each had
53 students on the list.
Next highest is eighth grade,
junior high, with 39 names achiev-
ing the honor.
Junior class in the high school
had 35 students, ninth grade 32,
and seniors 27.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
TWELFTH GRADE:
Robert Ashman, Marjorie Baird,
Judith Besteder, Thomas Borthwick,
Phil Cawley, Gary Cobb, William
Cooper, Judith Crispell, Gloria Dol-
bear, William Eckroat, Karen Fitz-
gerald, Susan Fleming, Marleen
Futch, Thomas Gauntlett, Paul Har-
adem, Paul Jenkins:
Susan Larish, Robert Letts,
Rich-
ard Ratcliffe, Edward Richmond,
Charlotte Roberts, Linda Smith,
Betsy Turner, Barbara Urban, John
Wardell.
ELEVENTH GRADE:
Samuel Berkey, John Brominski,
Robert Brown, Edith Chapple, Susan
Cheney, Theresa Cushner, Betty Cy-
phers, Linda Douglass, Howard Dy-
mond, Beverly Eck, Larry Edwards,
John Farley.
Pauline Farrar, Margaret Fleming,
Roger Hackling, Joanne Hadsall,
Marquerite Harowicz, Michael Jones,
Susan Karl, Andrea Krimmel,
Georgia McCutcheon, Lee Philo,
Thomas Peirce, Janice Priebe.
Leonard Reggie, Gail Rumbaugh,
David Ryan, Jack Simpson, Ronald
Sinicrope, Brent Smith, Eva Sue
Szela, Sharon Titus, Joseph Uli-
noski, Patricia Whalen, Shirley Yab-
lonski,
TENTH GRADE:
Robert Anderson, William Baker,
Judith Bergstrasser, Patsy Block,
Susan Bogdan, Robert Bray, Linda
Casterline, Kenneth Chapple, Carol
Coburn, Linda Davies, Susan Dingle,
Patricia Dimmick, Margaret BE.
Dixon.
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The pheasants were brought early:
Dread dol +
Edges of North, Harveys, and
Silkworth Lakes began to melt, and
Bowman's and Toby Creek swelled
with melting snow.
Businessmen said prosperous times
got off to a fing start over the
weekend with sales picking up in
everything from outdoor motors to
seed oats. \
But experienced local farmers,
who can sniff out weather trends
as a matter of course, weren't ‘‘go-
ing to get too excited” about it all.
Ground was still wet, and snow
was predicted for April, so plowing
might be weeks away.
All service station owners ‘in
Dallas area said - they noticed a
definite increase in traffic ‘volume,
much of which was stopping for
gas Sunday for family touring.
Traffic was heavy to Harveys
Lake, many people wanting to
visualize April's fishing prospects
as ice melted. Lake police reported
that the great rift, a perennial
crack in the ice from Warden Place
to Point Breeze, had begun to re-
spond to the sun, and thei ice would
soon separate.
Mrs. W.-C. wnt, North Lake,
noted edge melting and lack of ice
fishermen for several weeks.
Farmers began to stir, and seed
and fertilizer orders began to stack
up at local centers: Al Miller talked
of plowing next week if possible,
and Joe Rodriguez thought it would
more likely be the following week
for him. Both said that farmers in
the Valley would plow earlier, be-
cause their soil is drier.
Devens Mill and Huston’s Feed
Service say garden and farm supply
sales really got going. Millie Devens
received a load of cement yesterday,
a sure sign of spring, she says. She
has truck farm seed of all kind on
display now. 3
Jim Huston reports large quanti-
ties of chicks sold recently te local
farms, and orders have been placed. )
ior oat seed... TE
Road departiilents breathed al
sigh of relief over the weekend, but
dropped neither their guard nor
their snowplows. Borough road
superintendent Andy Perranto ex-
pected all paved roads to be settled
for patching within two weeks.
Another perennial herald of
spring, along with the robins, is an
upsurge of grass fires. Jackson
Township had two over the week-
end, and all fire chiefs expected
their share. Arnold Yeust, Shaver-
town chief, issued a general re-
quest to area residents to be care-
ful with. leaf-fires.
Sources at Irem Temple Country
Club said the Department of Forests
and Waters was not yet' manning
the Dallas fire tower, but officials
expected to begin its operation soon.
March and April are considered
high fire hazard months.
Changes of subseription addresses
from Florida to this area abounded
at. the Post.
Asked what they thought to be
sure signs of spring, Chief Russell
Honeywell marveled at the flocks
of geese migrating; Bill and Jack
Berti reflected sourly on truck-be-
fuddling mud; restauranteur Bob
Grose said baseball; and Bernie Wil-
liamson noted that all the ladies
were back in shorts..
That was ‘the beginning of spring
in the Back Mountain, floating in
on the tails of kites on Parrish
Heights and lapping at the edge of
Harveys Lake. Everybody was talk-
ing about it, nobody could do any-
thing about it, and nobody want-
ed to.
Bppointed Manager
For Region Division
Appointment of Willard W. Lloyd
as Division Sales Manager of the
Wilkes-Barre Gas Division which
includes the Back Mountain, West
| Side, Nanticoke, and Mountain Top
area for Pennsylvania Gas and Wa-
ter Company was announced recent-
ly by Frank J. Petrosky, Residential
Sales Manager.
Mr. Lloyd has been associated
with the Company successively as a
guard, inspector, retail appliance
salesman, heating representative and
coordinator of the Division heating
department. The Division comprises
sales, offices in Wilkes-Barre, Kings-
ton, Plymouth and Nanticoke,
A native of Hanover Township,
Mr. Lloyd graduated from Hanover
Township High School. He is a mem-
ber and elder of the First Welsh
Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre,
and is a member of the Local No.
140, AFM.
He and Mrs. Lloyd, the former
Ann B. Evans, Sugar Notch, reside
at 45 West Walnut Street, Kingston.
They have two chudren, Willard E.
Lloyd and Mrs. Ncla Lloyd Nikel. *
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