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HE DALLAS POST
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Council Tables Mill Tax Issue:
Resolves To Borrow Added $5000
Halt Forest Fire On
Schooley Mountain
Noxen Fire Company and about
forty forestfire fighters battled a
* blaze which stretched over some
fifteen acres of Schooley Mountain
early Saturday afternoon, and sub-
dued it within two hours.’
Equipment used was mostly rakes
and Indian tanks, although the
company used around 200 gallons
of water to protect several houses
from heat and sparks.
A number of homes were
threatened, but none damaged.
Fire Chief Calvin Strohl and As-
sistant Chief Ernest Teetsel direct-
ed the company, and Fire Warden
Francis Schenck led the forest-fire
fighters.
Board Says Home
Must Shoulder
Responsibility
Not Function Of
Schools To Punish
Moral Infracticns
8 Lake-Lehman school directors 18
to 2,
exact penalities for moral laxness
among the students, holding that
morals are the business of the
homes and the churches, not of the
school board.
To bar any student from receiv-
ing an award won in fair competi-
tion or to make provision for such
a student to receive a diploma in
" private instead of with the remain-
der of the class, was unjust dis-
crimination, according to Willard
Sutton, chairman of the joint board,
and could in fact be considered li-
belous, subject to redress by law.
Last month, a delegation of about
thirty, including Rev. James Garra-
han, pastor of Maple Grove Meth-
odist Charge, and Carl Swanson,
appeared before the board, asking
for action.
They were asked to return at a
. Jater date after inguiries had been.
"made of other school systems to
determine a standard State-wide
policy approved by State Board of
Education.
Seven of the original thirty con-
fronted the school board Tuesday
evening, to hear a six-point code of
student conduct purportedly recom-
mended by the Policy Committee
headed by Charles Womer, Noxen
Township, and proposed for adop-
tion by [Howard Piatt and Mr.
Womer. Last month, Dean Shaver,
a member of the policy committee,
took exception to the statement
that’ the code was recommended by
the committee. It had been, he
said, presented to the committee,
which had met with only four mem-
bers present, two for and two
against the proposal, and had been
referred to the school board for
consideration, but not with the
blessing of the policy committee.
declined Tuesday evening to
On being asked to express their
views, members of the delegation
remained’ silent. Mr. Sutton then
took .the floor. He stated that in-
quiry had been made of various
RN districts in this area and of
the Attorney General of the State
of Pennsylvania, and in every in-
stance the answer had been that
adoption of such a code was not
in the interests of the student or
of the school.
He continued: “I do not feel that
this lis entirely a problem for school
administrators, but rather a par-
ental and church problem which
should be dealt with at the home
level.”
He congratulated the board on
voting down a proposal which might
well have resulted in a court case
and much laundering of soiled linen
in public.
The problem is not a new one.
It is a rare high school which does
not have one or two cases of preg-
nancy during a school year. School
directors felt there was little per-
centage in crying over spilled milk,
heaping further humiliation and em-
barrassment upon the victims by
singling them out and depriving
them of normal companionship and
contact.
A brisk business meeting follow-
ed the exodus of the delegation.
Three teachers were hired, accord-
ing to recomrhendation of Lester
Squier, supervising principal: Mary
Alice Hand, Florence Billings, and
Geraldine Goodman.
April 19 was set for
of new band uniforms, at the an-
nual spring band concert. Old band
uniforms were donated to the Band
Sponsors for disposal.
Refinancing of bonds was granted
Lehman School Authority, if such
a move would result in saving the
school district money.
School calendar of 180 days was
fixed, 185 teachers. Opening date
for students, September 4; last day
.
dedication
Will Suggest Jeter
For Service Honor
On recommendation of solicitor to
the effect that it would be a shame
for the two municipalities to be
fighting in a courtroom, borough
council tabled the matter of $4500
real estate transfer tax now dis-
puted with Dallas township, at the
meeting Tuesday night.
In other business, council award-
ed bids on road materials, and voted
approval of a resolution to borrow
an added $5000.
Borough engineer John Jeter is
council’s unanimous recommenda-
tion for an award given by the In-
stitute of Municipal Government,
Wilkes College, in May, for out-
standing, devoted, and unselfish
service by a municipal official. Mr.
Jeter remembers doing work for
Dallas in 1917.
Council tabled a proposal brought
up in a letter from the school dis-
trict that the borough pay $76, esti-
mated fair share of a 1963 census
to be taken throughout the district.
Last census was in 1961. ;
Solicitor Robert Fleming con-
tinued to stress that he did not
feel that the township wanted to
go to court over the tax sum, de-
rived from the sale of Natona Mills’
two years ago and sent by mistake
to the township rather than the
borough.
Township supervisors tabled the
matter at their meeting last week,
and the issue is now at somewhat
of a stalemate.
According to solicitor, ~in the
event of suit, proceedings would
be initiated against the mill itself,
which would then join township as
added defendent.
Legal obligation, he said, is still
on Natona to pay the tax and the
accumulated interest up to point
of notification of township of the
error.
He will write to the: company
again, and apprise them of the
borough’s view of the situation.
Confusion stems from the deed-
ing of the mill when it changed
hands, and a decision by the Su-
perior Court in 1952 to the effect
that henceforth the mill property
was within borough boundaries, and
permanently annexed to. the bor-
ough.
‘Maps: were never changed follow-
ing that decision, and deeding of
the transfer followed the old deed
which said the mill was in the
township.
Contracts were awarded at the
meeting as follows: bituminous ma-
terials, Dale Parry; stone and gravel,
bituminous materials, Mathers Con-
struction; patching, Dale Parry;
stone and gravel, Airport Sand and
Gravel; ' stone, American Asphalt;
salt, International Salt; motor pav-
er, Koon Concrete. No bids were
received on pipe or street sweeper.
Jointure PTA
Elects W. Frey
Group Enjoys Night
Of Music And Art
William Frey, Oak Hill, was
elected president of Lake-Lehman
PTA Monday evening in the new
high school.
Other officers are: 1st vice presi-
dent from the high school, James
Darling; area vice president from
Lake township, Mrs. Taft Truska,
Jr.; from Noxen, Mrs, J. Franklin
Patton, Lehman, Mrs. Thomas G.
Brown; Ross Township, Mrs. Bur-
ton Gordon; secretary, Mrs. Preston
Mingus, and treasurer, Earl Crispell.
On the nominating committee
were: Elwood Ruckle, chairman,
Harry Edwards and Gilbert Tough.
| Richard Williams presided; Mrs.
Myron Moss led in prayer; secre-
tary’s report was given by Mrs.
Mingus and treasurer’s report by
Mr. Crispell. Mrs. Mingus announced
that the Charter has been received.
| The group voted to donate twenty
| five dollars to the Hannah Kent
Schaff Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Anthony Marchakitus reported
that selection of courses for 9th,
10th, 11th and 12th grade students
is in progress.
chairman, announced the topic for
. the evening’s entertainment ‘Music
and Art.” The Reed Choir, made
its first appearance before an audi-
ence. The Brass Choir was the
second group to perform, both
choirs under, direction of John
Miliauskas. The Dance Band, newly
formed, student director Jay Ruckle,
completed the musical program.
. PTA members visited the
‘Rcom to see the Art Exhibit. Judges
Graydon Mayer, Mrs. Thomas Long-
nounced the winners: 1st prize,
Rita Zbick, for collage; 2nd prize,
Douglas Ide, for his figure study in
charcoal; 3rd prize, Richard Wil-
liams, for his oil painting entitled
“Still Life.” Honorable mention
for a Paper Mosaic was given to
anne Ide.
“2 of school, June 11.
Cornell,
Mrs. Jonathan Valentine, program
Caddie Wants A
Vicious Ugly Dog
Caddie LaBar says he would be
glad to take a vicious dog off the
hands of anybody who wants to get
rid of one, after being robbed again
early yesterday morning.
As was the case several months
ago, and many times before, his
store and Orchard Farms Restaurant
were broken into the same night, as
was Parry’s Gulf which was burglar-
ized the week before last.
Caddie was the most seriously hit,
losing two revolvers, four radios,
two tape recorders and a spotting |
scope on a tripod.
Parry’s, across and down the road, |
had a cigarette machine broken in-
to, and telephone ripped off the wall,
and an attempt was made to open !
a 4x4 safe.
there, as happened the last time the
restaurant was vandalized.
Thieves broke the same plate-
glass window in the front of Caddie
ds before, and the same plate of !
glass in the kitchen door at Orchard |
Farms.
Caddie says he thinks it must be |
the same group which hits his place |
every time, and intends to get either
a dog or a burglar alarm.
Borough police officer Raymond |
Titus checked Parry’s and Orchard |
Farm soon after the LaBar theft was |
discovered by state police at 2:20
a.m. At that time they had not been
touched. On re-check at'4 a.m., the
other’s had been hit.
Three similar burglaries in Ed-
wardsville shopping center and
Kingston on Wyoming Avenue that
night are also under investigation.
Ninety-Five Residents
Get Chest X-Rays Made
Ninety five local residents had
chest X-rays on Monday when the
Wyoming Valley Mobile Unit visited
the Back Mountain area.
George C. Mills manning the X-
ray unit without assistance, report-
ed congenial comers kept him oc-
cupied during the pleasant spring
day.
Director Candidates
May Be Questioned
" [Citizens Committee for Better
Schools invites candidates for Dallas
School Director to state their case,
their qualifications, their ideas about
a. good educational system, confin-
ing themselves to five minutes each,
at a Town Meeting Wednesday, April
24, 8 p.m. at Dallas ‘Senior High
School.
Invitations were issued to these
candidates: William E. Davis, Fran-
cis J. Dixon, Andrew Kozemchak,
Charles H. Mannear, Donald A. Pet-
erson, Rev. William W. Reid, L. L.
Richardson and William Wright.
Questions to be answered are:
1. Why do you want to be a
School Board member?
Why do you feel qualified to
serve ?
What do you think most needs
to be accomplished and how do
you propose to accomplish it?
. What is the primary function
of the School Board ?
5. We all know that better ed-
ucation costs money. Are you
willing to raise taxes in order to
improve the quality of educat-
ion ?
2.
3.
Art |
more and Mrs, Lester Hauck, an-
will hold its annual Spring Concert |
for the first time in the new high |
school auditorium April 19 and 20.
The 114 members of the senior band
will make their first appearance
in new concert uniforms of black
and gold.
Well-known throughout the Back
Mountain Area and much of Wyo-
ming Valley, the group has won
championships at New York State
for the past two years. They were
broadcast over WNAK radio from
Faye Brown, Esther Arendt, Peggy |
Clarke, Georgeann. Adams and Di-|ed on Sunday Serenade, seen on
Art Supervisor is Jane | WBRE-TV in December.
the Idetown Festival last summer
and ‘the Brass Choir section appear-
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materials,
1st. Row—Lelt to Right—Vicky
Tannery Sold!
‘Armour Tannery in Noxen has
been sold! ;
All of Noxen = area is electric
with anticipation this week, won-
dering if a new industry is to oc-
‘cupy the long-idle plant.
Williamsport office of Armour
and Company has not issued a state-
ment as to what will be the dis-
position of the tannery, or who
has bought it. "
Many Noxen villagers fear the
plant has been sold for dismantling,
although no concrete grounds for
the belief exist.
Manager Raymond Evlan, at the
Williamsport office, informed Fore-
men Elvin Bean and Leslie Kocher,
both of ay cen, that “the nt nd
company houses nearby were sold.
‘Word from Williamsport has it
that official declaration can not be
expected until next week at the
earliest.
And Noxen and the Back Moun-
tain are waiting.
Supervisors To Consult League;
Major Answers Winter's Charges
Lehman township supervisors have
agreed to consult with representa-
tives of the Pennsylvania Economy
League on demand of secretary
auditor Fred Winter.
Winter appended to the audit,
filed at the courthouse, a state-
ment of several “irregularities” in
the management of funds by sur
pervisors. This is not a surcharge,
he points out, but simply a dec-
laration of what he has seen wrong.
‘Winter says ‘the statement of
alleged “irregularities” has nothing
to do with the fact that he is*rufi-
ning for supervisor against Alan
Major, in the May primaries.
Major says the board will con-
sult with ‘the Economy League to
avoid “commotion,” but stresses
that there is no misappropriation
of funds involved ‘in this attack,
but simply technicalities on wheth-
er, for example, a police car could
be bought with funds slated for
“road machinery.”
It was all township money, he
added, and bids and plans were
openly advertised. The only prob-
lem is that money, not slated for
any other use anyway, was used
to buy a cruiser, for which a loan
would have had to have been taken
out otherwise.
Other points disputed by Winter
concerning pipe purchased, building
and missing fire equip-
ment, as well as a complaint about
the imcongruency of police salaries
with income tax forms were all ex-
Prize-winning Lake-Lehman Band | Gennetts, Wendy Allen, Mary Lou
Casterline, Debbie Reish, Gail Kelley,
Linda Minor, Pam Raklewicz, Joyce
Spencer, Richard Williams, Helen |
Dugan, Ruth Adamshick, Judy
Stortz, Beverly Bonning, Mary Ann
Jeffery, Barbara Sebolka, Karla Ray,
Emily Minckler.
2nd. Row—Sheldon Ehret, Bob |
| Piatt, Diane Ungvarsky, Marion Per-
| kins, Charles Murphy, Fred Valen-
tine, Steve Kenyon, Kathy Price,
Kathy Mingus, Joy Agnew, Joe Mar-
| chakitus, Roberta Ide, Lillian Schlos-
| ser.
3rd. Row—Mr. John Miliauskas,
Richard Mazonkey, Curt Swanson,
Donna Wesley, Sandra Agnew, Judy
Kocher, Dawn Covert, Carl Nem-|
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plainable, according to Major.
Economy League said it had not
yet been consulted, but that, if it
were, some of the constructive sug-
gestions it might make would be
on budgeting, accounting control,
and recommendations - on ap-
proaches to purchasing.
Winter said he had found more
than $4000 worth of ‘irregulari-
ties,” ‘although he did not itemize
them. His signature, in any case,
is: affixed, with that of auditors
Paul Doris and Jean Agnew in ap-
proval of the audit. -Inithe. space
where hig signature appears the
second time, as the attest secretary,
he refers to the exceptions made
at the end of the audit.
Major says he is getting tired of
people calling him up at night and
accusing him of all kinds of things
as a result of a report of the meet-
ing last week. He feels everything
is readily explicable.
For example, he says, all build-
ing material purchases made in
1962 were under the mandatory bid
mark of $1000. Discrepancy be-
tween police’ salary allotments and
W2 forms comes from the old sys-
tem before the cruiser was bought,
in which some money was expenses
on personal cars used in police
work.
In the case of the strictly legal
point of whether or not a police
car could be bought out of road
| machinery funds, Major says the
supervisors had it on authority of
czyk, Edward Jones, Gary VanScoy,
Gene Bertram, Darrell Loomis, Linda
Conner, Joe Zbick, Rebecca Mon-
tross.
4th. Row—Marlene Patton, Shirley
Disque, Joy Johnson, Jane Delkanic,
Eunice Oney, Marguerite Hackling,
Joanne Wesdloski, Karlen Jones,
Cathy Newberry, Howard Ellsworth,
Dorne White, David Sutton, Alan
Landis, Homer Baker.
5th. Row—Lillie Ferrey, Susan
Fielding, Eileen Crane, Joyce Del-
kanic, Bruce Anderson, David Bates,
Ruth Shouldice, Kathy Stroud, Mar-
jorie Evans, Douglas Gentile, Lee
Johnson, Renald Davenport, Roy
Squier.
6th. Row—Eileen Miers, Pat Kutz,
Owls Stomily Decline
Invitation To Hoot
Hurricane type winds howling
through the area Thursday evening
frustrated bird lovers on an owl-
calling expedition.
Members of Back Mountain Bird
Club had assembled at the home
of Edwin Johnson, Midland Drive,
to coax forth their nocturnal friends.
Mr. Johnson, adept at hooting,
has frequently brought the birds
swooping about his home, but the
restless night found the owls cling-
ing to their favorite branches, un-
willing to venture forth.
Possibility of presenting the Au-
dubon Lecture Series in this region
next’ year wag: discussed.
Evans presided.
A movie, “Protection of Southern
Birds” was shown by Terry Balti-
more. Present were Mr. and Mrs.
William Pierce, Jr., Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. Chester Nesbitt, Ronald
Naveen, the officers and the host
and hostess.
ned
the editor of Township News maga-
zine that such appropriation was
permissible.
Winter replies that the board
should consult with solicitor more
carefully before making such de-
cisions.
Major adds that it was indeed
Winter who cost the township
money by holding on to the account
books, so that supervisors were un-
able to apply to Harrisburg for their
usual allotment of funds, thus neces-
sitating an expensive loan.
Both parties, in any case, seem
satisfied with invoking the Economy
League.
Prize Winning Band Schedules Annual Concert
Marsha Thomas, Wilma Long, Gaile |
Harrison, Phyllis Ross, Richard Sar- |
monis, Tony Stefanowicz, David
Dershimer, Gary Hackling, Jay Ruc-
kel, Cherryl Thomas.
7th. Row—Elizabeth Shaver, Rob-
ert Rood, David Kenyon, Foster Bul-
ford, Joseph Kernag, Bill Ehret, Gary
Miers, Kris Miller, Doug Ide, Barry
Ray, Bill Baer, John Fielding.
8th. Row—Ronald Culver, Keith
Swanson, Blair Newberry, Gary Hop-
fer, John MacMillan, David Arendt,
Thomas Shalata, Lewis Hopfer, Stan-
ley Palmer, James Worth, Xen
Ellsworth.
Absent—John Balavage, Jerry
Balavage, Barbara Ross, Donna Par-
rish, Kathy McHose, Richard Maye.
William |
Arnott
Name Date For
Kick-off Dinner
The seventeenth annual Back
Mountain Library Auction will take
place this year on July 11, 12, and
13 with Atty. Robert Fleming serv-
ing as general chairman and Frank
Huttman co-chairman. As usual the
scene of the Auction will be the
barn and surrounding grounds of the
late Howard Risley whose guidance
and enthusiasm will be sorely missed
this year.
Starting off the Auction season on
Thursday May 16 will be the kick-
off dinner, fast becoming an annual
institution like the Auction itself.
John N. Conyngham III, who served
as general co-chairman last year,
will be in charge of the dinner. Held
in the main dining room of Irem
Temple Country Club at 6:30, it will
be attended by all auction personnel,
the three local service clubs- Kiwan-
is, Rotary and Lions as well as other
interested residents of the com-
munity. Tickets will be available
soon.
Mr. Huttman is new to the Auction
| scene but not to the community,
| having lived here for six years. He
| is an active member of the Dallas
Methodist Church where he serves
on the Board of Trustees and Official
Board. He is also a member of the
George M. Dallas Lodge F. & AM.
and the Irem Temple A.A.O.N.M.S.
His wife is the former Edna Martin
of Long Island, New York where
Mr. Huttman was also raised and
educated. The couple have two child-
ren, Robert and John. Mr. Huttman
is with the Boston Store as mer-
chandise manager for women’s ap-
parel.
Other chairmen of the Action
booths and activities will be an-
nounced at the kick-off#&iiner.
Little League
"Farm" Planned
Baseball For Boys
To Assemble Tuesday
Expansion of the league to eight
teams and development of a farm
league are projects this year of Back
Mountain Baseball for Boys, organ-
ization which fostered the 1962 state
champion Little League All-Stars.
Added interest in the sport has
come about as the Back Mountain
boys led the area to the front of the
news last year, and new teams, as
Weias a request “ar new. bl Jod av
mong “the Boosters, will "be ‘among’
topics considered at the first meet-
ing Tuesday night, 7:30, at the
YMCA in Shavertown.
For this initial meeting of the 1963
season president Bob Parry an-
nounces the following agenda:
Expansion of the league to eight
teams. Presently the league is made
up of six teams, but many boys do
not have the opportunity to play.
The development of a farm league,
which the Kiwanis Club of Dallas has
offered to sponsor. The league would
be in charge of the Dallas Key Club
and for boys ages 8, 9, and 10 who
did not make the major or minor
league.
ment stand and press box, at the lit-
tle league field in Dallas Township.
Adoption of a fund raising project
to underwrite the cost of the new
buildings.
The organization of the official
opening for both the Little League
and Teenage League.
All men in the area who are in-
terested in Baseball for Boys are
urged to attend. With the plans of
expansion and forming of a new
league, new faces and new blood is
needed. At present the organization
needs managers, coaches and um-
pires. If you cannot attend, but are
interested, call -Bob Parry 674-7206.
Family Homeless
After Noxen Fire
Harveys Lake and Kunkle Fire
Companies joined the Noxen crew
in a three-hour battle to restrain
a fire which gutted a house in the
middle of Noxen Tuesday night. .
Made homeless by the four-hour
blaze Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hubbell
and son were given shelter by
neighbor Don Meeker. The Hubbell
home, one of the oldest in the vil-
lage, is located between Market
Street and the railroad tracks.
Alarm was turned in by Al Gobel,
who lives nearby.
Three companies were comprised
of about 50 men, and they used
tanks of all trucks in addition to
running three lines from Bowman's
Creek.
The ‘home was partially covered
| by insurance. Family escaped with
only the clothing they were wear-
ing and a few articles of furniture.
The fire, which probably started
in an adjoining garage, shot thirty
foot flames through the house at
one point, and eyewitnesses said
smoke pouring from the - building
was of many colors and very thick.
Mrs. Hubbell was the only one
in the house when the fire broke
out in the garage, and she was not
aware of it until she heard the
siren. = Son Richard was at a neigh-
bor’s house at the outbreak, and
Mr. Hubbell was still at work.
Assistant Chief Ernest Testsel,
Noxen Fire Company, directed the
operation,
Projects of building a new .refresh-.
Dallas Directors
Adopt 7 :1:tative
Budget Lor Year
Spiralling Costs
Mandate Increase
Of Real Estate Tax
With Mrs. Ann Vernon pressing
for a review of the proposed budget
for the school year 1963-64, Dallas
Area School Board will testudy. sev-
eral items.
Tentative budget of $1,203,810.00
was approved Tuesday evening
with Richardson, Davis and Mitchell,
dissenting.
Efforts to forestall any tax in-
crease failed when spiraling school
costs necessitated a proposed 4 mill
increase in real estate taxes. Per
capita assessment remained at the
previous level.
Morris Slater, representing Citi-
zens for Better Schools, stated that
an increased quality of education
was worth paying for and that his
group would accelerate its program.
School term was set at 181 days.
An estimated 2,862 students will
enroll in September, an increase of
122 over the present figure. Av.
erage cost per pupil was set at
$420.62.
A letter from Attorney Bernard
Kotulak, representing Luzerne
County Housing Authority, revealed
that accumulated deficiencies of
that body represent a total of
$104,998.45 and that no payment
in lieu of taxes can be made in the
foreseeable future. ;
Disclosure followed a conference
between Housing Authority mem-
bers and ! ea’ \fficials, Dr. Robert
Mellman, Lester swauck, William
Johnson, Atty. Jonathan Valentine.
Mrs. Vernon. noted the local Hous-
ing ‘Authority was the only one in
the,state not making payment. Dr.
Mellman proposed that state repre. =
sentatives directly contact Depart-
ment of Public Instruction, 2
Resignation of Mrs. Gloria Bron-. !
son was accepted, effective May 10,
with Mrs. Raymond Goeringer re-
placing her as Home Economics In-
structor for the balance of the year.
Resignation of Jeannine Hoover,
clerk stenographer, was accepted.
Mrs. George Voorhees, Shaver-
town, was placed on the substitute |
teachers list. :
Mrs. Helen Michaels and Mrs.
Marian Katacinski were approved
as part time cafeteria workers, :
placin ing Mrs Albert. Co d Mri.
Joanna Phillips. 0. aa 4
Joseph Chisko was added to Tist yi!
of substitute custodians, Mrs. Jo- |
seph Noon to substitute Ci 3
workers. ba
Mabel Jenkins was appointed in-
structor in girls’ hockey field.
William Price was approved as
track coach at junior high school,
following resignation of John Cath-
rall. i3
Sister M. Catherine Elizabeth,
studying for her doctorate at Temple {|
University was granted permission
to conduct. an experimental study
of fourth grade reading. /
Key ‘Club was responsible for
packing many cartons of clothing
for 50,000 homeless .in Kentucky,
Tennessee and Virginia floods re-
cently. .
Dallas School District was granted
permission to participate in North-
eastern Pennsylvania Educational
Television Association activities.
Director Earl Phillips urged recog-
nition of teachers doing extra study
on their own time. %
Train Company received order for
a unit ventilator at their low bid
of $447.00.
Purchase of a Water Softener
Unit was awarded to Dacar Chem-
ical Company at low bid of $634.75
delivered.
Contracts for purchase of Art
Supplies totaled $1,765.34, custodial
needs, $1,309.92, general supplies,
$8,613.38, medical equipment,
$297.45.
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Four Fires Keep
Firemen On Jump
Shavertown firemen were busy
Saturday afternoon when four fires
broke out within a two hour period.
First call was' from Shagbark
Drive where a spark from the Rich- j
ard Rudy incinerator flew into the
dry grass threatening the wooded
area of the near hill iravelng up to
Summit Street. fll
Firemen were next called to Mt.
Airy Road where an unidentified
person had started a grass fire and
then left the scent. Area ignited was
in the rear of the Walter Karl prop-
erty and nearly involved sheds and
other buildings nearby.
Volunteers were just loading
equipment when the Shagbark Drive
blaze re-ignited. While directing his
men behind Lehigh Street, Chief
Arnold Yeust spotted smoke and |
flames on the railway trestle along
Shaver Avenue. ol
Youngsters had started a blaze
there which would have threatened
heavily populated Shaver Avenue
had not firemen been immediately
on the alert. :
Major Barn Damaged
Thursday evening's high winds |
caused extensive damage to Bur-
ton Major's barn at Lehman, when
the side and door ripped loose. u