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Four Candidates
For School Board
Stir Interest
Farrar, Kozemchak
Richardson, Dixon
Offer Qualifications
Many voters from the townships
of Dallas, Kingston, Franklin,
and Dallas Borough are expected to
turn out on Election Day stirred be-
yond the usual quiet contest be-
tween Democrat and Republican by
the school director race.
With a number of Republicans
backing the candidacy of Professor
Welton Farrar, the outcome could
well change the large Republican
plurality usually evidenced in these
parts.
For the benefit of voters, the Post
has interviewed the four candidates
and presents the following pertinent
facts:
PROFESSOR WELTON FARRAR
Professor Welton Farrar, a life-
long Democrat, and Professor of Ec-
onomics and Business Administra-
tion at Wilkes College for the past
15 years, was born in Newbury,
Mass., attended public schools in
that area, graduating from Grove-
land High School as valedictorian
of his class. - He received his Bach-
elor of Arts and Master's Degrees
from the University of Pennsyl-
vania, likewise graduating with
honors.
Professor Farrar has done grad-
uate study at Harvard and is a
member of the American Economics
Association, American Association
of University Professors and the
American Association of Risk and
Insurance.
With his wife, the former Esther
Shoulson, New York City, he moved
to Trucksville in 1952 and since
1957 has resided at Maplewood
Avenue, Dallas. They are the par-
ents of four children, Penny, 17, a
Rotary Exchange Student, now
studying in Norway; Stephen, 16
Dallas Senior High School; Linda,
14, Dallas Junior High; Edward,
4%, enrolled in Westmoreland
kindergarten.
The entire Farrar family are ac-
tive members of Dallas Methodist
Church. Professor = Farrar also
teaches Institute of Banking Classes,
and lectures on Savings and Loans.
He is the first’ college professor to
run for a seat on the local school
board.
When asked what he felt he could
offer by serving as a school director,
he replied: “I believe I can offer
@ much by my experience and I think
' my interest has been evidenced by
&
my longtime participation in school
organizations in this area.’
ANDREW KOZEMCHAK
Andrew Kozemchak, Republican
candidate, has resided in the Back
Mountain since 1921. Born in
Wilkes-Barre, he is the son of Mrs.
Rose Kozemchak, who lives with
him on Overbrook Avenue, and is
one of ten children.
He graduated from 8th grade at
Dallas Township School and enlist-
ed in the United States Navy where
he pursued his education and served
his country for 20 years, retiring
with the rank of Chief Petty Officer.
During World War II, he served in
the Pacific theatre and later was
interpreter during the Russian Lend
Lease program in Alaska. He was
liaison officer at the top secret base
for Russian personnel at this time.
During his later. service, he was Re-
cruiting Officer for four counties in
this region. A He is now employed
as stock clerk at Air Products Cor-
poration.
Kozemchak is married to the for-
mer. Olga Sisco, Hanover Township,
and has a daughter, Eva, 15, student
at Dallas High School.: He is a
member of the Russian Orthodox
Church, Edwardsville, board of
trustees, and is also a member of
George M. Dallas Lodge, 531,
F&AM.
His answer to the question was,
“I will strive to bring a healthy
outlook and a new spirit to the
School Board, and will give tax-
payers the full value of every dollar
being spent.”
L. L. RICHARDSON
L. L. Richardson, Republican and
Dallas businessman, born in Scran-
ton, has resided in this area since
1938. He is a graduate of Dun-
more High School and upon gradua-
tion became manager of the A&P
Tea Company Store in Kingston.
He has been in the Automobile
Business for 25 years and has par-
ticipated in community affairs as
well.
President of the Rural Building
and Loan Association, he is also
on the advisory Board of Miners
Bank. He is a member of Dallas
Methodist Church.
Richardson has been a school di-
rector in the Dallas District for 18
years.
Married to the former Grace
Kane, he is the father of three sons,
Bob, associated with his father, Tom,
manager of Back Mt. Lumber and
Coal Company; and Jimmie, 16, stu-
dent at Dallas High School. There
are also two grandchildren.
Richardson says, “I will try to
provide better education for our
children, and feel that my business
experience is of value on the Board.
Continued on Page 2
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{up at the crossing on the Tunk-
Game Wardens’ Work
Upped With Drought
Local game protectors are work-
ing about three times as hard as
usual, since ‘Governor Scranton
proclaimed a ban on hunting, fish-
ing and trapping, says Ed Gdosky
of the Game Commission.
However, he adds, the first days |
of the ban yielded no arrests Jor |
notable violations in this area.
Another factor of the doug
is the increased number of grass
and leaf fires, also keeping the’
wardens and fire-fighting crews |
busy. Ed reminds that there is a
$100 fine for any violation of the
ban, which includes smoking, camp
or rubbish fires in or within 200
feet of woodlands.
Because of the proclamation and
dry conditions, the Gamelands tour
scheduled for October 27 has been
cancelled.
Last tour of the season was on
October 13, from Forkston, with
some 300 participants in 54 cars.
Only Township Light
The first and only streetlight in
Dallas Township has just been put
hannock Highway by ‘the New Goss
Manor Association,
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER. A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Polio Vaccine
This Sunday
Get your Sabin Oral Vaccine Sun-
day, same time, same place as on
September 15 when the area re-
sponded with [75 percent of its res-
indents, men, women and children,
Westmoreland, Dallas Junior High
School, Lake-Lehman High School,
noon to 6 P. M., {Sunday October
27th.
The October and December inoc-
ulations are as important as the
first, to insure complete protection.
Residents who missed the first in-
oculation should get the next too,
then obtain Type I vaccine from
their doctor.
DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS
SUNDAY 2 A. M.
SET CLOCKS BACK
Daylight Saving ends Sun-
day morning at 2. Set clocks
back one hour before going to
bed Saturday night, to insure
no mixed-ups in church sched-
ule. And enjoy that extra hour
of sleep you missed the last
Sunday in April when Daylight
Saving got you out of bed at
the crack of dawn.
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Driver ''Fair”
Yes, he got out of it alive - -but
with cuts, abrasions, possible inter- |
nal injuries, and a state police
“reckless driving” charge waiting |
for him when he gets out of Nan-
town town early Tuesday morn morning, cr: crash- |
Back Mountain Memorial Library
ticoke Hospital. |
Thirty year old Media resident |
Carl Redmond drove his car out
| of control on route 29 near Cease- |
Biter Ceasetown Crash
ed into a tree, which knocked the
car another 50 feet, and spun it
sideways across the raod.
Tail end of the car, as shown,
is almost totally torn off, as were
three wheels, the hood and the
doors. It used to.be"a 1959. Chey-
rolet, and it is presently at Mike's
junkyard on Route 118, west of
Pikes Creek, where it was towed.
Adds 78 Books To G
Back Mountain Memorial Library
this past month added 76 books to its
shelves for general circulation. Forty
eight are for juveniles, ranging from
mysteries to science, and including
such intriguing titles as “What Kind
of Feet Does a Bear Have?” and
“Soupbone”. :
Twenty-three books are for adults
and young adults, in the mon-fiction
field. They include ‘Pencil Drawing,
Step by Step,” “Your Future as an
Airline Stewardess,” and Rodger
Ward's Guide to Good Driving.”
Five books of adult and young
adult fiction include a new book by
Pearl Buck, “The Living Reed.”
Listings in adult non-fiction in-
clude these titles: Shakespeare Crit-
icism, on the Other Hand, ‘A Short
History ,of Science, Printing as a |
Hobby, Run to Daylight, Physician |
to the Children, Wheels, Wings an
Water, Baseball Wit and Wisdom, |
Your Future in Elementary School |
Teaching. |
Breaking into Print, Rascal, Young |
People and Drinking, Automation |
in the Office, The Complete Book of
Horses and Ponies, 101 Science Pro-
jects, The Congress, Wanted: Am-
ateur Scientists, The Plants, The |
Far Right, Rumbles Right and Left. |
Adult fiction includes Ice Station
Zebra, by Alistair McLean; A Finger |
in Every Pie, by Case; Quest of the |
Otter, by Webb; Tiger Terwilliger, Drug Store.
; and Tails, Dis-Moi, The Art of Anci-
eneral Shelves
by Summers.
Juveniles, the largest category,
includes Question and Answer Book
of Everyday Science, Fishes and
How They Live, Anatole and his
Donkey, A Proper Place for Chip,
By the Great Horn Spoon, Johnny
Appleseed, The World is Round,
Curious George Learns the Alphabet,
No Love for Schnitzel.
Snug in the Snow, Little Red, For-
est Fire Mystery, Something Bor-
rowed, Something Blue, Fanfare for
Two, Five Go to Mystery Moor, The
Amethyst Summer, Dolphin Island,
Nine Make a Team, Lotta on Trouble-
maker Street, Nature Invents, Sci-
ence Applies, The Secret of Stone
Houge Farm .
Science Shapes Tomorrow, Fin
| ent Greece, Writing as a Career, Ex-
ploring the World of Social Insects,
Clinic Nurse, Ponies for a King, Never
| Younger; Jeannie.
Tortoise and Turtle Abroad, Toby's
Friends, Glass and Man, Wildlife
Teams.
Hector The Protector
Hector the protector is guarding
Dallas, corners from the hobgoblins
of Hallowe'en. 5
Hector is none other than Dolly
Sawyer’s pet skunk, adding his bit
to the festive display at Kuehn's
Investiture: of freshmen Sunday
afternoon climaxed Parents’
end at College Misericordia. The
three hundred young women receiv-
ed their academic caps from Sister
M. Celestine, R. S. M., college Pres-
ident, and from Sister Marianna,
R. S. M., dean. The Junior Class
also participated inthe ceremony.
Twelve residents of Back Moun-
tain are members of Misericordia’s
Week-
the Investiture ceremony was held.
In the first row, from left to right:
Janet Lawrence, R. D.3, Wyoming;
Sandra ‘Hilstolski, R. D. 3, Wyo-
ming; Ellen Dudascik, 41 Susque-
hanna Avenue, Dallas; Janice Niez-
goda, R. D. 4, Dallas; Karla Ray,
Main Road, Sweet Valley; Mary
| Woznicki, R. D. 1, Dallas. Second
row: Peggy Ann Spears, 245 Car- |
| verton Road, Trucksville; Celia
Twelve Local Girls Invested Among 300 Misericordia Freshmen
ville; Carol Drapiewski, R. D. 1,
Sweet Valley; Jean Polacky, 250
Huntsville: Street, Dallas; Peggy
Houlihan, E. 42nd Street.
After capping, the students pledg-
ed allegiance and sang the national
anthem. They were led in an act of
consecration by Right Reverend
| Monsignor James T. Clark, S. T. L.,
L. H. D., professor and chaplain
| at College Misericordia. The cere-
freshman class. Thy are shown here | Young, 84 Norton Ave., Dallas; Mar- | mony ended with a hymn and re-
outside Walsh auditorium where
ion Urban, 129 Oliver St., Swoyers-
cessional.
Dallas And Lake-Lehman Students
| Enjoy Tour Of Historical Scenes
Fifth and sixth grade students!
from Dallas and Lake-Lehman |
schools are touring the Swetland
Homestead and Wyoming Valley
Historical society building. Sponsored
by the Junior League of Wikes-Barre,
this project is aimed at correlation
of the historical background of Wyo-
ming Valley with American History |
studies.
Robert Belles, Lake-Lehman Ele- |
mentary School Principal, and Wil- |
liam A. Austin, Dallas Elementary
School Principal, have enthusiastical- |
ly supported the tours.
Students spend the morning at
the Swetland Homestead where Jun-
jor League guides acquaint them
with the change in the way of life
of a local family between 1797-1864.
After this they enjoy a bag lunch
provided by the school, then go to
the Historical Society, founded in
1858 as a library and museum.
Alan Perkins, Society Director,
| points out exhibits of particular in-
trest, including those on Indians, the
Civil War, and displays of coal, fos-
sils, and minerals found in Wyoming
Valley..
| Mrs. Richard Hogoboom, Chairman
of Historical Tours for the Junior
| League, reports that 240 students
from Dallas and 160 from Lake-Leh-
| man will participate. An informat-
jon sheet, corhpiled by Mrs. Hogo-
boom and Mr. Perkins explains how
| things were made and the purpose
they were used for.
are: Mrs. George Barnard, Mrs. Hogo-
hoor ~-Miss Karen Howard, Mrs.
Ciailes Lemmond Jr. Mrs. Robert
Post, Mrs. Hale Coughlin, Mrs. Frank
Parkhurst ITI, Mrs. Harry Powell,
and Mrs, John Robinson.
Library Buildings
Bre Being Painted
Both buildings of Back ‘Mountain
Memorial Library sparkle with
new white vaint. Robert Maxwell,
Trucksville, made speedy headway
with the job, due to prolonged dry
weather, and "at this" season, no
complications with gnats or other
insects. Work, which started at the
Annex and progressed to the main
building, is just about completed.
Ambulance Calls
Dallas Comunity ‘Ambulance made
the following calls this week:
Thursday, Mrs. Elizabeth Rood,
174, Machell Avenue, was brought
home from General Hospital, Leigh-
ton Scott and Hayden Richards at-
tending.
Friday, Ralph Newcomb, Parrish
Street, was taken to Valley Crest,
Scott and Richards attending.
Yesterday, Mrs. Fred Minzer, Rice
Street, was taken: to Nesbitt Hos-
pital, Ralph Fitch and Bob Besecker
attending.
Before Grand Jury
Before the Grand Jury for deliber-
ation yesterday were three cases,
brought by Dallas Township police:
Rodney Decker, Fred Dymond, John
Dulsky, and. Harry Lavelle accused
of burglary of Art's Pizza Palace,
Kunkle; Emerson Husted -accused
of intoxication; and Joe Walko and
Richard Hoover -accused of larceny.
Verdicts were not available at
press-time.
No Present Lack
Of Water Here
Consumers Urged
To Exercise Care
Dallas Water Company, though
suffering no complications due to
drought at present, casts a wary
eye toward the future, and asks
cooperation from its consumers. Ev-
erybody knows about the extended
drought which isi menacing the en-
tire Eastern Seaboard.
Conservation is semsible and pru-
| dent. It may become a MUST in
this ‘area.
Dallas Water Company asks for
reasonable care in the use of water
from now until ‘the end of the
| drought.
To this end, it is recommended
that consumers east of Lake and
Main Streets do their weekly laun-
dry Monday mornings, while those
West of Lake and Main Streets
launder Monday afternoons.
Cooperation of consumers will
relieve any possible strain on ‘the
pumps, and help alleviate
conditions.
King Street Fire
A nagging ten blasts of the cen-
tral alarm at 7:15 Tuesday night
brought a nice turn-out of Dallas
firemen to King Street, below Nor-
ton Avenue, where some brush and
logs were on fire,
Guides from the Back Mountain
local]
Dallas Kiwanis Heads
Hallowe'en Parade
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HARRY LEFKO
Annual Hallowe'en Parade spon-
sored by the Back Mountain Busi-
nessmen’s Association will be held
in ‘Dallas Thursday. evening, Octo-
ber 31.
A new Master of Ceremonies,
genial Harry Lefko, will keep the
crowd in a merry mood.
William Wright heads the com-
! mittee of Dallas Kiwanians who are
taking over parade duties this year.
Marchers will form at 6:30 at
Commonwealth Telephone Company,
and proceed ‘down Main Street
through Mill to Memorial Highway,
the judges’ stand in front of the
borough building.
Robert Dolbear, chairman of
judges, announces twenty faculty
members of Dallas Schools will aid
in picking the prize winners.
Entrants will be divided into five
categories: funniest, best dressed,
most original, historical and best
group.. First, second, third, and
fourth prizes will be awarded in
each group.
Sixty. additional prizes will be
given and every child participating
will receive a candy bar from Bob
| Parry, chairman of the refreshment
committee.
Bill Baker and Ed Humphrey
are heading solicitations, Bill Guy-
ette will be on hand with his loud
speaker, and Harold Brobst will be
in charge of floodlights and trucks.
George McCutcheon is chairman
of tags and band committee, and
the Dallas Senior High School Band
will furnish marching music. Chief
Russell Honeywell will handle all
traffic during the event.
returning again ‘to Main Street and"
VOL. 75, NO. 43 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1962
Highway To Be Clear For Winter;
Two To Four Lanes In Trucksville
Project Bidding Date
Off Till Nov. 20th
Date for receiving bids on excar
| vation and other construction on
the Frances Slocum State Park
project in = Carverton, originally
scheduled for yesterday, has been
postponed until November = 20.
Edward Holman of the General
State Authority, Harrisburg, told
the Post yesterday that the post-
ponement was mandated by a tech-
nicality. The date had already been
postponed once, from October 16.
General State Authority standard
recommendation is that bids be in
about five days early.
Campground Road Fire
Flares Three Times
‘A persistant brush-fire in the
woods along the Methodist Camp
Grounds road flared up and was
doused three days running, before
being settled for good Monday af-
ternoon.
A state forest fighting crew fin-
ally did the honors, after protected
sparks under roots and rocks had
made it necessary for Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company, Dallas, and
Harry iS. Smith Company, Kunkle,
to come out twice — once on Sat-
urday and once at 1:30 Monday
morning.
Farrar Advises
Study Of Issues
Jordan Warns Of
Increasing Power
Voters for Farrar, headed by Les
Jordan met last night at the Back
Mountain “Y” to hear Welton Far-
rar, and reports of workers in
charge of all phases of the campaign
for a seat on the Dallas School
Board.
Dr. Jordan presented a fact sheet
for use by the workers, information
secured from the County Superin-
tendent’s Office and the Pennsyl-
vania Economy League Publication
“Children Come First.”
The Fact Sheet pointed out that
contrary = widespuead to opinion,
population of the Dallas Schoal Dis-
trict is growing at an average rate
of 10.6%—which is greater than
the rate of 63 of the 73 municipali-
ties in Luzerne County.
It was also pointed out that the
taxpayers cost for education in the
Dallas Union District. compares fav-
orably with costs in the surround-
ing districts in the county, and that
costs per pupil were the lowest of
any district of comparable size in
the area, and well below the na-
tional average.
Dr. Jordan reminded the workers
that the Dallas District Board would
be down to a seven man board for
the first time. Any candidate elect-
ed to the board will have six years
to serve’ with increasing power as
his term advances.
Welton Farrar called on the work-
ers for continuing vigorous effort
to acquaint the community with the
campaign: “Citizens are still making.
up their minds about merits of the
candidates. n= The majority party
candidates are not stressing its ac~
complishments in our schools. *
“As candidate of the minority
party, it. is not my intention to up-
hold all the past actions of the
Board. Neither will T allow char-
acter assassination to become a part
of my political weaponry. Momen-
tum is on our side. I believe that
holding to truth, telling the facts,
and sticking to real issues will
awaken the community to the good
they have, and the future they may
enjoy.”
FIRE AT FERNBROOK
Dallas and Shavertown Fire Com-
panigs answered a brush fire call
on Hemlock Street, Fernbrook, at
7 last evening.
Weather Might See.
Labor Day Wrap-up
Winter traffic will proceed nor-
mally on Memorial Highway, with
little or mo construction interrup-
tion, and no dirt or broken pave-
ment.
At least two, and probably four
lanes of concrete will be laid
through Trucksville by winter-
time, Contractor H. J. Williams
superintendent, Howard Dauben-
speck, tells the Post.:Second lane
will be laid shortly. :
All widening above Trucksville,
now 75 percent completed by Kuhn
Construction Company and Williams,
will be finished by winter, and the
only work necessary during those
months will be excavation along
the railroad bed to bring it to road
level, and some bridge building.
“With another year of weather
like this”, a construction official
said, “we’d have the whole thing
done by Labor Day. We've only
lost. a half day since June 6th.”
Progress on the entire 4.1 mile pro-
ject has been estimated 140 per
cent normal] efficiency, and work
is now about 45 per cent complete.
Yesterday, a large crane was en-
gaged in the next stage of the big-
gest endeavor in the project: set-
in steel arches above the stream bed
where the new “big bend” has
been cut through ‘the mountain.
The cut is all but completed, as is
evident to daily passers-by, and
the large banked bridge to the cut,
on the site of Ross Williams old
gags station, is also finished.
Lehigh Valley Railroad, which has
officially abandoned the line fully
from Luzerne through Dallas to
Noxen, is now planning with the
Highway Department to take up the
tracks, which are now on the right
of way of the highway. The Sunday
night train ran this week as usual.
Freezing weather will stop -all
paving: by the Williams Company,
Daubenspeck said.
Butler Plans
Emergency Unit
Explorer Scouts To
Take On New Project
Events 0, that weekind when an
aged resident was lost i, » hours in
Shavertown have brought ‘about
fruition of an emergency service
plan by Scoutmaster John Butler.
Aware of the need for an emer-
gency unit for some time, Butler's
Explorer scouts of Post 232, St.
Therese’s Church will set up just
such a service for their fall and
winter project.
The boys have already acquired a
trailer, to be moved to the Butler
garage for outfitting.
A gas generator appears to be
the prime need, to furnish lights
and cook up a welcome cup of
coffee. First aid supplies. tents, blan-
kets, stretcher and other mecessary
paraphernalia will produce a well-
| equipped umit ready to serve in any
emergency.
The lads will be instructed in ev-
ery phase of first aid work, and
will be available in case of fire,
loss, or ,disaster.
The formation of such a unit will
be a definite asset to the commun-
ity.
Those familiar with the scouts’
hours of work at the library auc-
tion, - improvement of grounds, life
savings and many other services
can expect the Explorers of Troop
232 to do a fine job.
Assistant Scoutmaster Jim Mec-
Coog is also enthusiastic about the
project and has offered some very
constructive ideas to the proposed
plan.
Poll Stove Stolen
Some unpatriotic wretch has sto-
len the coal stove out of the South
District polling place on Parrislt
Heights, according to Ray Titus.
Faces Change With New Memorial Highway Construction
Construction on Memorial High- |
way 1s proceeding at such ‘a pace |
as to amaze both interested citi- |
zens and engineers alike. Yester-
day’s cavernous trenches are to-
morrow’s smooth concrete,
This week it was mayhem around
Orchard Farms restaurant intersec-
tion, as the contractors widened on
the Lake road (far left) and de-
molished pavement with a steel ball
for complete replacement on the
Tunkhannock highway (second left). |
As a back-hoe obscures the view
toward Dallas, a propped up road-
sign limply hints the direction to
Tunkhannock. Don’t laugh at that
sign — you need it. Try finding
| the road by the old route, in pieces,
| now being scooped out by dozers.
The panoramic view from Bunker
Hill down onto the new improved
“big bend,” where a new straight
cut is completed, is changed too.
The new passage is seen at extreme |
left center, two dark diagonal strips.
|
and roadbed of the now defunct
Dallas-Luzerne railroad line of the
At center right of the picture, | Lehigh Valley will soon be taken
a 3000 foot slice is being taken out |
of the side of the mountain, all
the way up to Harter’s.
|
up to make room. Some of Wil-
liams’ 15 Euclid trucks can be seen
Tracks on the graded slopes.
Another face changes: The first
concrete lane of the new road in
Trucksville has been laid. The pic-
ture taken from center of roadway
shows Duke Isaacs’ showroom and
used car lot on the other side. You
can’t see Duke's lot?