i to do so was the problem facing | meeting last night. o 5 Oldest Business Back of the 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Institution Mountain , ey THE DALLAS POST YWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY_ FOURTEEN PAGES Natona's Letter Poses Question Of Suit To Board And Council Borough Will Cite Courts’ Decisions Whether or not to part with $4500 , as a result of a recent letter request Dallas last night. Township supervisors Letter was from lawyers for Na- tona Mills, asking Dallas Township to return to ‘them the sum, now held intact by the board, a sum which represents real estate sales tax on the mill to which Dallas Bor- ough also lays claim. Dispute centers around alleged annexation of the mill property by the borough some ten years ago, and later rulings of high courts to the effect that the borough did in- deed include Natona Mills. Prior to then, and even now, according to at least one township official, the mill lay in the town- ship. Whether the township returned the money was now, as a result of Natona’s ‘letter, simply a matter of deciding whether the courts were right, or whether the township would require the borough to sue them for the money. That was the issue facing Dallas Township supervisors at their April Attorney Frank Townend, town- ship solicitor, . announced earlier that attorneys for Natona Mills had written him that Dallas Borough solicitor advised them of error of address in ‘the recent deed, and had formally requested return of tax paid the township on that deed. He intended to appraise the su- pervisors at the meeting last night. Borough solicitor Robert Fleming advised Council at last meeting that the law on the situation was ex- plicit, and that the Superior Court had affirmed a ruling upholding annexation of the mill to the bor- ough. At that time he stated that Na- tona’s lawyers were studying the situation, and that, should they find the borough’s claim to be valid and thus request return of the money; Council could be sure of regaining” the sum. i Attorney Townend said that the! $4500 would be returned if Board of Supervisors agreed to Natona’s request. “Naturally, the solicitor | obséived, “the township would not? enthusiastically relinquish the sum | if they were legally entitled to do! otherwise. | . Township, however, has heen: holding the money intact. %. President supervisor Fred TLam- or eaux has been - hesitant to re- linquish the tax money, because he believes that Natona Mills is actual- | ‘in the township. He cites among his reasons: maps have never shown the mill to be in the borough; that he had never heard of a split tax system whereby school taxes were paid to one municipality and sales tax to an- other; and that the township, not the borough, had been patroling the property. | Borough Council has stated that one of the reasons for taking out a loan from the bank to cover ex- penses for the first part of this year has been the $4500 gap in the treasury. Solicitors for both sides said they ' were aware of the ruling of .the Superior Court affirming the lower court. which held Natona annexed to the borough. Two Walls Tumble On Trucksville Road South Pioneer Avenue thorough- fare was blocked twice within the! last week when two heavy portions! of retaining walls on neighbors prop- erties toppled A high wall supporting the bank in front of the Arthur Maurer home partially collapsed on Friday evening, spilling out into the highway. | Sunday evening a large section of wall fronting. Guthrie Conyngham’s | property fell, scattering rocks across " much of the roadway. The Conyng- hams had just returned home with ' their young son from Robert Packer | Hospital when Chief of Police Her- bert Updyke knocked on their door to inform them of the mishap. The Conyngham home sets back from Pioneer Avenue and its owners were unaware of the occurrence. Barricades were placed and traffic directed around the obstruction. State highway crews cleared both areas, Stolen Car Found A car stolen from a Wilkes-Barre parking lot was found last week near the intersection of Wyoming Road 'and Sutton Creek Road in Orange by township supervisors and police chief Byron Kester. _ The 1956 Ford four-door sedan was reported stolen in Wilkes-Barre the night of March 25 by owner Edward A. Liparvla, Scott Street, and was returned from a Dallas garage by police two days later. BOARD WILL MEET Lake Township Board of Super- visors will meet Saturday morning Township Considers Tax Return Request Appraised of Natona Mills’ re- quest to return $4500 real estate sales tax to the company, president supervisor Fred Lamoreaux was, at press-time, unenthusiastic about the idea. He reserved his decision, how- ever, until conferring with solicitor, since rights of either borough or township to the tax-money are now a matter of law. Superior court affirmed a decision annexing Natona to the borough ten years ago. Lamoreaux has said, however, that in actual practice, police protection, and on the maps, the mill is in the township. Collide Head-On On Dallas-Orange Road Two cars collided head-on, with- out injury to. any of four persons, on Dallas-Orange road near Hilde- brant’s at 10:30 Friday night. Drivers were. John G. Mokychic, Jr., 17, Dallas RD 3, and Edward Gensel, 17, Dallas RD 4. . .° With Mokychic was Gloria Grant, Elizabeth Street, and with Gensel, Bernie McDermott, Dallas. Damage to both cars was exten- sive, and both were towed away. Chief of police: Frank Lange, assistant chief . Stanley Gardiner, and officer Fred Nicely investigated. Get Chest X-Ray Monday 11 To 4 The Chest X- Rey lt of Woo: ming Valley Tuberculosis and Health Association will be parked on Mon- day from 11 to 4 in the Town House Restaurant parking lot. Residents are urged to have their chest X- Rays taken at this time. . The cost is microseopic, the - bones far- reaching. In view of recent At overdy. heavy smokers should be especially interested. Whether, smoking does or does not contribute to lung can- cer is a moot question. Lung can- cer goes undiagnosed ' frequently, grows steadily until hope of success- ful surgery is past. Play it safe. Get a chest XiRay on Monday. Rotary President WILLIAM G. LLOYD William G. Lloyd, Shrine Acres, will assume his new duties as presi- dent of Wlikes-Barre Rotary Club July ‘1. In 1952 Mr. Lloyd laid plans for publication of a TV magazine in this "area, and in January of 1953, TV Scoop appeared for the first time, coinciding with opening of the area's first TV station. As interest in TV grew, Mr. Lloyd expanded his publication, distribut- ing it over a wider area including Binghamton, Elmira, Williamsport, Hazleton and Pottsville. Later, TV Scoop merged with Triangle Publications, publishers of | TV Guide, with 70 editions nation- wide. A thumbnail sketch of Mr, Lloyd shows him son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Earle R. Lloyd, Pittston; Times Leader delivery boy beginning in Wilkes-Barre; graduate of St. Nich- olas High School; engineering major at Pennsylvania State University; commissioned Lieutenant in the In- fantry while stationed. in France during World War II. Returned to civilian life, he en- tered advertising in 1948, an execu- tive of William Esty Agency in New York; director of audience promo, tion for Young and Rubicam; travel- led extensively, investigating radio and television markets; discovered the future of TV publications. His wife is the former Joan Murphy of New York. The couple has four daughters. Lake Ice Melted Virtually all the ice on Harveys Lake is now melted, according to sources at several points on shore. chunks at press-time at 9 in the firehouse, areas were (ree. 1936 when his parents moved to | MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION School Authority Signs, And Saves For Taxpayers Dallas School Authority members sign the new bond issue to refund on the cost of the new Dallas Sen- jor High School building and grounds. Bonds thev are signing here will replace the old issue, of $1,900,000, floated in 1959 at inception of the new school idea. Re-fund may effect a saving of some $200,000. Signing, (left to right). are: Fred Eck, chairman; Howard C. Wiener, Jr., .F." H. Scovell, Harry Swepston, and Hugh Gebhart. Standing - are representatives of First National Bank: Charles W. Moss, Willis A. Hall, William L. Goeckel, E. P. O'Donnell, and Mer- ton Jones, trustees of the fund, Chase Farmer Fatally Burned In Trash Fire Rushed To Mercy By Kingston Twp. Ambulance Team Second and . third degree burns which covered ninety percent of his body claimed the life of Joseph Emerick, 75, well known Chase far- mer, Saturday morning in Mercy Hospital. Mr. Emerick, who had gone out on his land Friday afternoon to burn brush was discovered by his son, Leo, sitting near a chicken coop with his clothing burned entirely from his body. Flames had seared his face, arms, chest, back, and legs. Although his shoes and socks were still intact he also suffered« severe burns of the feet. Kingston Township Ambulance on duty for school fire drills and man ned by Arnold Yeust, Andrew Roan, William Pugh, Leo Salatino and ‘William Kreischer answered the emergency call. So badly burned was the victim that he had ‘to be carried in a sheet to the ambulance. It is thought that Mr. Emerick may have suffered a weak spell and fallen into the fire or that a‘sudden shift in the wind may have whipped | i the flames close behind him. There were no witnesses to the accident. A resident of Jackson Township for over fifty ‘years, Mr. Emerick was born in Czechoslavakia, coming to this country in 1905. He had en- gaged in truck farming during his entire residence here, assisted by his son, Leo. ‘He was a member of St. John’s Nupomucene Church, Luzerne, and its Holy Name Society. He is survived by his widow, the former Margaret Sebolka, and these children: Mrs. Andrew Jacobs, Dallas; Mrs. Theodore Martin, Mrs. Paul Ga- bel, Mrs. Irene Konapka, Mrs. Lewis Naugle, all. of Kingston; Joseph Emerick and Mrs.. Herman Fry, Shavertown; : Anthony, Plains; and Leo, at home; Mrs. Jack Graham, Bowie, Md.; 16 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Also three brothers, Felix, George .and Aloysius, in Czechoslavakia. Interment was in Sacred Heart Cemetery, following a Requiem Mass at St. John’s Church, Luzerne, Tues- day morning. Noxen Coin-Cards Being Distributed Coincards for Noxen fire company were distributed Saturday and Mon- day, and will be collected July 1. Money will be used for repairing old equipment and buying new. Cards have been given out to resi_ dents in the upper Beaumont and lower Evans Falls area as well as in Noxen. Those in charge are: Chairman Elmer Lyons, assistant chairman Lewis Hopfer, John Ruff, Robert Teetsel, Charles Weaver, and Francis Schenck. : Ambulance Crewmen Learn From Wright Dallas Ambulance Association met Sunday afternoon in the borough building, where William Wright demonstrated use of oxygen equip- ment to new members, and Bob Besecker showed them how to drive. ‘Attendance was very good. Bill Wright announced that first Warden Place still had a few large ) aid meetings would begin April 15 but other |for all members and anyone inter- ested. Candidates Line Up On Director Ballot Dallas School Director candidates drew positions on the primary ballot | Saturday morning in Luzerne Coun- ty Court -House. They are listed in the following order: 1. ‘Andrew Kozemchak, 2. William Davis, 3. Rev. William Reid, 4. D. 7% Peterson, 5. Charles Man- near, William Wright, 7. L. L. A Two candidates, Davis and Reid, come from Kingston Township; four from Dallas Township, Kozemchak, Wright, ‘Mannear -and Peterson; Richardson, lone representative from Dallas Borough. Two are to be elected. Sunrise Services Easter Morning Couples. Club To Sponsor (Gathering ‘REV. BENJAMIN JACOBSON Couple’s Club of Dallas Methodist Church will sponsor a Sunrise Ser- vice at 6:00 A.M. on Easter Sunday, regardless of weather, at the Dallas Outdoor Theatre. This type of ser- vice is especially attractive to people who, because of physical impair- ments, are unable to attend regular church services. Persons attending are seated in the comfort of their own cars at all times. Special music will be provided by members of the choirs of the Dallas | Methodist Church. Featured soloist will be Charles Nicol soloist at First Methodist Church of Kingston. Boy Scouts of Troop 281, Dallas, will serve as ushers. Delivering the Easter message will be Reverend Benjamin Jacobson, pastor of the First Welsh Presby- terian Church of Wilkes-Barre. He will be assisted by Reverend Russell C. Lawry and several laymen of the Dallas Methodist Church. Reverend Jacobson came to Wilkes Barre from Rack Island, Illinois. He is a graduate of Augustana College, Illinois, and ‘also of Union Semin- ary of New York City. He is the for- mer assistant pastor of First Presby- terian Curch of Wilkes-Barre. Committee members are: Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Davis, Mr. George McCutcheon, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Nelson, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Young. Epprove Postoffice Funds For Building’ Proposed ‘new Dallas postoffice | building, site still unspecified, ceived encouragement Tuesday by virtue of a $238,100 grant under Accelerated Public Works program by a Senate sub-committee. Postmaster Ed Buckley denied | having made any commert on the project, as was erroneously reported yesterday. and Mrs. | re- | Two Boys Get Science Prizes Dallas Exhibits At Kings Regional Fair Two: area boys, both attending Dallas schools, took prizes in the recent King’s College Regional Sci- ence Fair. They were John Ferguson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H, D. Ferguson, Ferguson, Pioneer Avenue, Shaver- town, and Jeff Townsend, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Townsend, upper Demunds Road. John, a senior at the high school, took third prize in the physics di- vision with his exhibit on indirect measurement of temperature using infra-red radiation. Working mostly at home on the project for around three months on his own time, he ‘was advised by Thomas Carr, a teacher, He has been accepted at Lycom- ing College, Williamsport, for the 4 coming year. Jeff, a ninth grader at Dallas Junior High, received second prize in the general science; category for exhibit of his parabolic microphone, a microphone used to pick up sound-waves at great distances. He worked about two months at home and school, advised by John Cathrall, and with help from War- ren Stanton, radio and: T-V store owner. Scholarship Loan Fund Rvailable To Students Dallas Senior . Woman's Club in- troduced a new trend in club proj. ects last week when Mrs. Howard Wiley, president, announced the establishment of a Student Loan Scholarship Fund. ° Purpose of the Fund, chairmaned by Mrs. Fred Eck, is to assist stu- dents of Dallas High School or chil- dren of members who are without the means of raising total tuition costs, in their desire for advanced education or training. Small loans will be made to those considered eligible with date of re- payment due in monthly install- ments starting three months after education ceases. Money has been set aside by the 'Re-Funding Of Bond Issue To Effect Saving Dallas Authority Re-Finances At Lower Percentage Taxpayers of Dallas Borough, Kingston, Franklin and Dallas Townships will realize a huge sav- ings in the final cost of the new Dallas high school erected in 1960, through the action of the Dallas Area School Authority which in a five hour session with representa- tives of the First National Bank of Wilkes-Barre Tuesday evening, completed proceedings for. a re- funding program. Set up in 1959, under the chair- manship of Fred Eck, Shavertown, and vice chairman, Harry D. Sweps- ton, Dallas, the local Authority floated a bond issue to provide $1,900,000, the amount required for the proposed Dallas Senior High School and grounds. Bonds bearing a top interest rate of 4% per cent were sold at that time. By following closely the fi- nancial advice of Kidder, Peabody & Company, previous bonds were called and new bonds issued this week at a maximum interest rate of 3% per cent, a net saving of nearly $200,000. With wise investment of surplus funds, the Authority will have the district's indebtedness paid up in 1988 at no increase ‘in original rental fees. Dallas School Board pays a yearly rental of $125,000 to the School Authority, which owns the building. First National Bank of Wilkes- Barre acts as trustee. Certificates of deposit are held by Miners Na- tional Bank, Wilkes-Barre. Hugh Gebhart is secretary-treas- urer of the Dallas School Authority, Howard Wiener, assistant secretary and Lloyd Williams, assistant treas- urer. Attorney Mitchell Jenkins, solicitor and Carl Schneider, bond counsel, were also present, Meeting Brief, Discuss Sewage Protective Association Reports Grants Full Back Mountain Protective Asso- ciation, meeting for a quiet session Thursday evening, discussed com- munity problems briefly. Attorney James Lenahan Brown presided. Chairman of municipal affairs com- mittee, Rev. Robert Yost, was absent necessitating report of such matters at a later date. The water difficulty reported in Shavertown recently was deemed minor, since no representative of the problems found meeting room filled, remarked Chairman Brown. Possibility of solving local sewage conditions by running a line into the proposed unit under study by down- town communities was discussed as to whether it would be cheaper ‘than the $4,000,000 plan proposed by the county. : Three Back Mountain Scholarships and a special fund set up by the Sordoni Foundation for needy stu- dents were reported filled with no openings at the present time. These are available for study at King’s, Wilkes and Misericordia Colleges. Present were Attorney J.L. Brown, Ted Poad, Dr. Bud Schools: Harry Ritts, . Jr. live home owners appeared. Prior water. VOL. 75, NO. 14 THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1963 I~] BIG TIME ’'N TEMP CLOCK SLATED FOR BANK FRONT; CAN BOOST AREA PROJECTS A brand-new “Time ’'n Temp” clock will be installed on the front of Miners National Bank, Dallas, the middle of May. In addition to filling the need for ‘an outdoor clock in the center of Dallas, vacant since Elmer Williams left, this grand, new appliance will have the in- evitable consequence of stimu- lating business in the vicinity. The latter effect has been the . experience in every place such a clock has been installed. The clock will show time, temperature, and will have a space for advertising com- mercial enterprise as well as community projects such as the Library Auction. Jackson Handed New Road Woes Larksville Dropping Its Maintenance A refusal Monday night by Larks- ville borough to help Jackson Town- ship maintain a border-line stretch of Route 599, also known as “Steele’s Farm Road,” was referred to consideration of solicitor Jona- than Valentine at the board meet- ing Tuesday night. Borough contends that only Jack- son residents live on the road, for which township receives taxes, and that the state will help with the bulk of maintenance. Supervisors had borough council ‘night to discug re- quest of Larks: Dual maintenance p which the supervisors maintain been carried out by Larksville any- way, stems from a decision after a 1937 case concerning alleged road nuisance that each municipality would take one mile of two-lane road complete, instead of each tak- ing the two miles of one lane within their boundaries. At that time Jackson got the mile | of road inaccessible to them except mile. Since supervisors have al- | ways plowed Larksville’s share to | get through to their own anyway. and since no Larksville residents along Lagisville's . the borough relinquished responsibility for the road. : ‘They now suggest that Jackson take .over the other mile, saying that the township receives property taxes from township residents whose property fronts on tha Larksville part of the road anyway. Larksville says that state subsidy for maintenance of the added sec- tion will compensate for the added work. Board of supervisors do not think so. All reports at the meeting were approved as read, and all bills | ordered paid. TE Lowest Bidder Sees Rough Job To Start Five Weeks After Bid Approval Low bidder for the proposed new Dallas-Luzerne highway, H.J. Wil- liams and Company, Inc., expects. to move equipment into this area five weeks after acceptance of the bid in Harrisburg, but still had heard nothing from the capital yes- terday. In event of approval of the $3,352,271 bid by the Department of Highways in the near future, work would probably commence June 1, according to base president Robert Bartell, York. Lowest bid was $184,096 higher than the lone bid from Central Pennsylvania Company, Hazleton, on first advertisement. Previous bid was rejected, presumably as too high. Bartell characterized the 4.61 mile job’ as “very rough,” and told the Dallas Post that “traffic would be the toughest situation.” He said that the railroad would be a prob- lem only insomuch as it would be necessary to keep traffic from ob- structing trains. The work; he said, would be done one-half road width at a time. was sitting tight, waiting for word, be it acceptance or rejection. Public May Utilize College Postoffice new postoffice . branch opened in postmark: Dallas, Pa.; College Mis= | ericordia Branch; USPO. | The branch will be fully equip- ped, according to postmaster Ed Buckley, and will be operated under the complete direction of Mother | Mary Celestine, president of the college. | public, although its chief function will be to cope with the mammoth amount of mail to and from the | average college girl. i Very little work will be lifted from the central postoffice, accord- | | ing to Buckley, since incoming mail by - passing through Larksville’s 1 g i will be sorted at the main office. Truck Brakes Fade: tan- “Brakes failure i a. snassive.. Bartell stated that the company | Six months in the. planning, a Dallas Tuesday, which will bear the | The Branch will be open to the Crash On Highway oe) dem tractor-trailer near Orchard: Farm restaurant on Tunkhannock highway resulted in a collision Tuesday morning on Harveys Lake highway with a north- bound auto- mobile. The Canadian truck, loaded with | peat-moss for a Kingston market, | ran the stop-sign and collided with | a car driven by John J. Fisher, | Wilkes-Barre, on his way to work at Natona Mills. Truck driver was Damien Varia, Quebec, and owner was Andre Dan- durand, Quebec. William A. “Austin, Elementary Supervisor of Dallas Schools, char- acterizes the Reading Conference held annually at Lehigh University, as highly beneficial, something which is of great value to teachers in the elementary grades, and followed always by a great spurt of interest among his teachers, transferred to | Schools in addition to Mr. Austin the children in their charge. Attending on Saturday from Dallas | abarticipating In Buck-A- in, Brace-A Three Back Mountain restaurants are participating Thursday, April 11, in annual Coffee Day, during the 1963 Easter Seal appeal of Wyo- ming Valley Crippled Children's Association. Coffee Day is co-spon- sored by Pennsylvania Restaurant [Ar and the local Crippled Children’s Association. | Orchard Farm Restaurant, shown here; also Forty Fort Dairy Store and the Town House are among | thtreys four restaurants throughout | Wyoming Valley where patrons may drink all the coffee they want on April 11 at no charge by showing a BAC pin. Employes are selling BAC (Buck-A-Cup, Brace-A_Child) pins for one dollar. Proceeds are used to benefit the handicapped children of the Wyo- ming Valley Crippled * Children’s Association, including many local children who have been aided by its rehabilitative program. James Alexander, standing right in the -picture, is a member of the Board of Directors and chairman of the 1963 Coffee Day. Others, left -Child, Coffee Day Dallas Educators Derive Benefit From Lehigh Reading Conference were: John Thomas, Elementary Guidance Counselor; Mrs. Louise Col- well, Principal, Mrs. Oce Beryl Aus® tin, Mrs. Grace Fleming, Mrs. Arline Patricia Whittaker of Dallas; Mrs. Catherine Scott of Shavertown; Mrs. Lee Anskis, Mrs. Joyce Gordon, and Mrs. Nancy Sloan of Westmoreland; and Mrs. Eberhard of the Junior High School. “Reading, Learning, and ‘the Cur= riculum” was the theme of the twelfth annual Reading and Educat- ion Conference. . Dr. Mary Austin, Carnegie Re- search Professor at Harvard Univer- sity, set the pace for the conference with her opening address, ‘Settling the Reading Controversy”. Dr. Richard Gibboney, Deputy Supt. for Research and Curriculum of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, then presented his views Reading Association, Dr. Morton Bo- tel, courageously presented his thesis to right: Richard Hogoboom, assist- ant treasurer; Joyce Hilbert, Lor- raine Allen, waitresses; Red Paltri- neri, chef; Mrs. Gerald Dettmore, cashier and hostess. Other Back Mountain residents who are aiding the Easter Seal ap. peal of the Association are: Dr. Robert Mellman, John B. Rutkow- ski, of the Board of Directors; Wil- liam Shuster, chairman of the ‘500 Club”; Mrs. John H. Doane, chair- man of clubs and organizations; J. Huston' Day, chairman of business. jing” by. Dr. | University of Illinois; dealing with “The Winds of Chance in Reading and Learning’. w Following the formal opening were | the Special Topic and Interest Ses- % sions attended by the Dallas educa- tors: “Developing Children’s Think- J. Richard Suchman, “Reading in Science” by Dr. Albert Gallen, Read- ling Consultant of the Chester City Schools; “The Phono Visual Ap- proach to Word Recognition” (as used in the Washington, D. C. Schools) - by Miss Edna Smith of Maryland; “On Teaching Poetry” by Dr. Leland Jacobs of Columbia Un- iversity; “Modern Foreign Language in the Elementary School - A Sym- posium and Demonstration with Children Speaking French” by Ed- ward Tracy, Superintendent of the Easton Schools; “The Augmented Ro= man Reading Scheme” Hillaire of Lehigh University’s Des velopmental Reading Laboratory; “Individualizing Reading Instruction” by Dr. Nancy Larrick, author; and: “Approaches to Reading in Juni and Senior High School” by Dr" Mabel Noal of Bostom University. on “Reading and the Curriculum’. | The president of the International | by Philip A Rood, Mrs. Sarah Welker, and Misa { y |
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