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Dallas Subdues Wyoming Team 32-0 To Garner
Its Second West Side Conference First Place
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
tive West Side Conference championship Saturday by com-
pletely overwhelming a supposedly good Wyoming eleven, 32-0
before some 3,000 fans on the losers’ field.
Six interceptions along with a hard-charging defensive alien:
ment played a major role as the Mountaineers ran their un-
beaten string to 21 straight.
Dallas scored on drives of 76, 64,
41 and 60 yards plus a 45 yard re-
turn of a pass interception for a
TD.
Wyoming's deepest penetration
was to the Dallas 36 yard line in
the opening quarter.
Joe Noon with three touch-
downs and Alan Harris with
three pass interceptions, along
with a great defensive game.
turned in by Kerpovich from
his linebacker spot, were key
factors in bringing home the
championship.
Neither team scored in the first
period as both clubs stayed to the
ground most of the time.
Dallas received the opening kick-
off and moved ‘to the Wyoming 42
before the drive stalled and Noon
punted into the endzone. ?
Noon Goes 76 Yards
Late in the first period, the Red-
skins put a Dallas punt in play at
their own 16 and engineered a
drive to the Dallas 36 mainly on
the running of Sova and Parra,
before the big forward wall of Dal-
las stiffened, forcing Sova to go to
the air.
After a third down pass went
incomplete, Sova threw on fourth
down, only to have Harris pick-off
his first interception at the Dallas
24 as the quarter ended.
On the very first play of the sec-
ond period, Noon took a hand-off
from Baker and broke into the
clear around the 35, going the dis-
tance untouched for his first TD.
Eddie Dorrance kicked ‘the point
, Dallas 7, Wyoming 0.
Noon Again
Noon’s kick-off sailed into the
endzone and Wyoming put the ball
in play at their own 20.
With ‘Sova and Parra again alter-
nating on running the ball, the
Redskins reached their 49 before
Dallas dropped Sova for two
straight los ge back to the 38.
‘Again, Sova tried to move his
team by way “of the “airlanes, only
to have Joe Noon intercept at the
45 and race down the sidelines for
another score.
Dallas led 13-0 as Dorrance’s
(apkick was wide.
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Dallas had another opportunity
in the first half as Farley took a
Bedslin punt on the Dallas 40 and
nearly went all the way. The last
"man got him at the 29.
Dallas was unable ‘to move and
Baker was snowed under on an at-
tempted fourth down pass.
Farley got into the act again
just before half as he picked off
another Redskin pass on his own
35 and raced to midfield.
Harris Intercepts Again
On the third play of the second
half, Harris intercepted. his second
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Mrs. Stanitas
Dies Of Burns
® Was Raking Yard At
Height Of Drought
October 10, at the height of the
drought, Mrs. Barbara Stanitas was
raking her yard on Hollowich Road,
a seldom travelled lane three miles
from Harveys Lake. She decided to
burn a small pile of leaves.
Early Tuesday morning, the
eighty-five year old woman died
at General Hospital, after weeks of
agony, with no possible hope of re-
covery from extensive second de-
gree burns. /
The day of the fire, Stanley Harri-
son was visiting George Hollowich
at one of the other two frame
houses on the road. He spotted
smoke from the neighboring yard at
2:30. While his friend alerted the
Daniel E. Roberts Fire Company,
Mr.Harrison ran to rake out the
fire, fast spreading toward the
house.
Plunging through dense smoke
and crackling flames, he stumbled
over’ something.
It was Mrs. Stanitas, her cloth-
ing ablaze, recovering consciousness
after her fall, as flames licked her
legs and back.
Dr. Irvin Jacobs prepared her for
the ambulance.
Mrs. Stanitas, Lithuanian-born,
had lived on Hollowich Road for
fifty years, staunchly managing her
own affairs. She had suffered sev-
eral accidents over the years. A
fall down the cellar stairs had dis-
abled her for a time.
A bad burn from flaming grease
in. midwinter had been treated by’
Dr. Lester Saidman. Greeted in the
driveway by his patient, vigorously
shovelling snow, Dr. Saidman fum-
ed, “What on earth are you doing
out here?”
“How could you .get your car in
the driveway if I didn’t shovel it?”
Mrs. Stanitas replied, wincing as
Dr. Saidman treated the blisters,
and bandaged her hands and arms.
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‘Motoreade Follows
Team Back To DHS
Enthusiastic followers of Dallas
Mountaineers formed a mile long
motorcade Saturday afternoon. Over
100 cars, decorated with blue and
white streamers, followed the team
and band members from [Dallas
High School to the Wyoming field.
Many of the vehicles were hung
with banners reading “Go Dallas,
Beat Wyoming,” “Come See History
Repeated At The Wyoming Mass-
acre,” etc.
The first forty cars, through the
cooperation of police and faculty
of Wyoming High School, were able
to park around the field to watch
the contest.
Most of the motorcade followed
the victorious team back home,
horns blaring and students cheer-
ing. When the boys stepped down
from the bus, they were jubilant
over victory and welcomed the
throng of well-wishers. But there
was an aura of sadness around them,
and the crowd quieted down when
the team formed a circle and broke
into the school’s alma mater. The
seniors shook hands with their
team-mates as they sang, and de-
parted for the showers, a successful
three years behind them.
Bob Anderson, president of the
Booster Club, which planned the
motorcade, extends sincere thanks
to everyone for their cooperation
in making the event a success. [He
expressed a wish that the folks in
the Back Mountain continue to
boost local sports throughout the
winter at Dallas Senior High School.
Chairman Elton “Red” Brace and
assistants, Joe Reese, Jack Best-
wick and Bob Hislop are to be con-
gratulated for the fine job they did
for the first such affair.
Free In 90 Minutes
0f Glova Fatality
Found not guilty of involuntary
manslaughter in the death of
Stephen Glova, Harveys Lake, June
1, by a criminal court of nine wo-
men and three men, who delib-
erated 90 minutes: Barry Davis, 18,
151 Sharpe Street, Kingston, whose
car, the prosecution alleged, forced
another car off the road, hitting
Glova, who was unloading a vehicle
in front of his mother’s home in
Larksville. ?
Next Issue To
Publish Early
" Next Week is Thanksgiving. The
Dallas Post will be in the mail Tues-
day morning, two days early.
This means that correspondents,
ministers, and residents who are
writing publicity for organizations
must get their material to the of-
fice of the Dallas Post by this Sat-
urday, November 23, without fail.
This does not mean dropping it into
the mail on Saturday — This means
mailing it on Friday morning, or
bringing it in person.
Fernbrook Auto
Escapes Garage
Opens Front Door,
Bounds Down Bank
An unoccupied Roushey Plot car,
owned by Harry ‘‘Sonny” Martin,
opened its own garage door Friday
night, and bounded down a bank
before coming to rest.
No one was injured, and the car
suffered minor damage.
Around midninght, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Martin were awakened by
pounding on their door, were greet-
ed by their son, just home from the
evening shift at work, who had a
strange tale to tell. He had closed
his garage doors, gone into the
house, when he heard a loud noise
from the garage.
Somehow the car had started
‘rolling, broke a crossboard releas-
ing the garage doors, traveled a-
cross the road and down over the
steep bank by his parents’ home.
It came to rest against a stone wall
left from a torn-down barn.
The Martins got the car out of
the field, onto Demunds Road, and
back to the garage. Another little
mishap occured while fixing a
spring. Sonny caught his hand so
that pliers and wrench had to be
used to remove the obstructions.
This morning at 9, in St. Mary's
Lithuanian Church, Kingston, a
Mass of Requiem will be read, fol-
tery.
lowed by burial in the parish come!
Back Mountain Area
Ambulance Logbook
Dallas
Joseph and Jean Olivieri, Kings-
ton, and Jackson Berkey, 19 W.
Fallbrook, Dallas, to Nesbitt Hos-
pital, after a head-on collision at
the intersection of Pioneer Avenue
and Old Main Road the evening of
November 13, Jim Perkins and Jim .
Besecker attending, with an assist
by Bill Berti.
Kingston Township
Joseph Bunnell, James Street,
Shavertown, to the 'home of his
son at Bristol on Sunday evening,
William Frederick, Walter Davis,
and Willard Bullock attending.
Ralph Burkert, Beech Street, to
Nesbitt Hospital at 5:15 Tuesday
afternoon, Marvin Yeust and Tony
Plata attending.
Frances Shimkus, Plymouth, to
Nesbitt Hospital at 9:30 Tuesday
evening, Frederick, Sheldon Mac-
Avoy, Joseph Youngblood and Wil-
liam Pugh attending.
Lake Township
Peter Delaney, Alderson, to Nes-
bitt Sunday morning around 11,
John Stenger, Tom Garrity, and
Lee Zimmerman attending.
Lehman Township
Carol Ann Schimpf taken Friday
to General Hospital from Geri-Kay
Nursing. Home, Lee Wentzel and
Pete Hospodar attending.
Mrs. Nell Kenny, returned to
Maple Hill Nursing Home Saturday
from Mercy Hospital, Wentzel and
Hospodar attending.
Noxen
Jennifer Brown, infant daughter
of James Brown, Loyalville, taken
from the Clinic to General Hospital
Century-Old, Carverton Mill Demolished For State Park
One of the Back Mountain’s old-
est landmarks here falls before dis-
mantlers, a victim of progress.
Built by the late Mitchell and
Philip Heft, Carverton, and opera-
ted for many years by the former,
the old saw mill was originally run
by water power suppiied by the
nearby dam.
Heft, who lived in the home, la-
ter owned by the Metzes, owned
the land thereabouts, operating a
farm along with his milling busi-
ness. Farmers from the surrounding
areas. brought ‘their oats to the
grist mill to be ground into grain..
Upon the death of Mitchell Heft
in 1928 at age 84, the old mill was
willed to his grandson, Ira Taylor,
who continued fits operation until
his death in 1958. His son, Marvin,
then sold the business to Stanley
Paszkowski, who repurchased the
building marked for demolition by
the State Park project. He will
build a mew mill in another area
of the Back Mountain from the
lumber of the old structure.
settled ‘in the
The Heft family
Carverton area in the early 1800's,
traveling ‘through the wilderness
from Easton ito make a new home.
Mrs. John Dama and Sherman
Hefft, Carverton, are the only re-
maining members of the Heft fam-
ily in this area. Mrs. Dana’s father,
the late James Hefft was a cousin
of Mitchell Heft, and with heart-
2che she has observed the destruc-
tion of ‘the old landmarks so rich
VOL. 75, NO. 47 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1963
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A LOW BID OF $345,750
RECEIVED BY THE STATE
FOR CARVERTON PROJECT
Low bidder for the Abraham
Creek Project, in Carverton is
Irvin T. Miller ‘Company, Inc.,
Burgettstown, Penna,, the Gen-
eral State Authority in Harris-
burg told the Dallas Post yester-
day.
Bid for the project, which in-
cludes a dam for flooding 165
acres of Kingston Township
above Saxe’s Corners, is
$345,750.90.
It was not announced at that
time whether or not the bid
would be accepted.
Just One Bottle
Taken By Burglar
A thief, with remarkable direc-
tion of purpose and commendable
abstinence, stole just one bottle of
whiskey from Lahr’s Colonial Inn,
Overbrook Avenue, between mid-
night Sunday and Monday morning.
Entry was gained by breaking a
window in the back door. Neigh-
borhood dogs, probably smelling the
rat, set to raising a din about 5
a.m., and refused to come in when
their masters called.
Collect For Lights
Christmas lights are now fully
installed on Main Street, and will
be turned on the evening before
Thanksgiving. Police Chief Russell
Honeywell reminds that, as in years
past, he will be collecting contri-
butions for maintenance of them.
L&T
in family tradition.
Photo: Leighten Scott
Friday with third degree burns, Cal-
vin Strohl and William Crossman
Rev. Lewis Reveals County
Participation In Civil War
Rev. William Lewis, ‘Scranton,
spoke ‘Friday evening on Luzerne
and Lackawanna County Participa-
tion in the Civil War at a meeting
of the Back Mountain Civil War
Rountable.
He disclosed that Waverly had
‘been settled by runaway slaves who
made a valuable contribution to
the region, and that an under-
ground ran through Wilkes-Barre
on through to Clark Summit from
where the fugitives made their way
north into Canada.
Scranton, he stated, was not
settled until 100 years after Wilkes-
Barre and political parties were
then divided into two parties, the
Whigs and Jacksonian Democrats.
Many in Luzerne County were
interested in the Anti-slavery move-
ment and numerous residents took
part in the conflict, a goodly num-
ber becoming officers of the armed
services.
There was a ready response to
the cause after the firing on Fort
Sumter with the first contingent,
the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment
formed on 'April 22, 1861. Four
companies were placed under the
command of Col. Samuel Bowman.
He listed the names of John B.
Conyngham, Elisha Harvey, Henry
Hoyt, John Geary and E. L. Dana
who achieved fame during the war
and later became leaders in the
political life of the area.
Best known regiment from Lu-
zerne County was the 143rd, com-
prised of ten companies, two of
whom were Negroes. A total of
Ambulance Crew
Ed Roth’s crew, Charles Flack,
Robert Block, Tony Zachary, and
Lane Jarrett remain on Dallas Am-
bulance call until Sunday at mid-
night.
Crew for next week: Ray Titus,
captain; Les Tinsley, James Wert-
man, Leonard Harvey, and John
Carey.
5500 men served from the local
community during the conflict.
He commended the GAR encamp-
ments which organized at Decatur,
Ill, in 1866 and which preserved
the ideals and freedoms for which
they fought.
CatsKilled In
Carverton Fire
Mother Saves Tots
Bs Home Is Gutted
The worst home fire in Kingston
Township in many months killed
two cats playing in the cellar of
David Voitek’s home on Orange
Road, last week, but Mrs. Voitek
was able to rescue David Jr., 3, and
Natalie, 2, in the nick of time,
from that cellar.
Mr. Voitek, who was at work re-
pairing TV, said the ‘fire, which
gutted the cellar and damaged most
of the first floor, seemed to have
started under the cellar steps in
the vicinity of the furnace, not far
from where the children played in
the family den.
Although Mrs. Voitek was able to
rescue Natalie from the smoky
stairs, she was unable to get through
to David, but thought fast enough
to pull him out the side cellar win-
dow.
Shavertown and Trucksville fire
companies, and Kingston Township
ambulance responded, and put out
the fire, which did an estimated
$7500 damage in a few hours. They
were under direction of Andrew
Roan and Carl Loucks.
_The Voiteks are now living with
her sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Brunges, until they
can repair the home. Voitek point-
ed out that many cross-beams are
badly charred.
Dr. Borthwick And Ambulance
Crew Save Teenager's Life
Prompt action by Kingston Town-
ship. Ambulance crew and Dr. Mal-
colm Borthwick is credited with
saving the life of Frances Shimkus,
"17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Shimkus, Flat. Road, Plymouth,
when she was found unconscious at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Stephen
Vrabel, Overbrogk. Avenué «at 8:50
Tuceday evening.
Miss Shimkus was released from
Nesbitt Hospital yesterday morning.
The young girl had arrived at the
home of her sister late in the after-
noon. When she became ill, her
head fell into water in the commode
nearly drowning her.
William Frederick was first to
arrive on the scene when a call for
help was placed by the family. The
ambulance manned by William
Pugh, Sheldon MacAvoy and Joseph
Youngblood arrived in a matter of
minutes and Dr. Borthwick, sum-
moned by Frederick, immediately
applied external cardiac massage.
He was assisted by William Pugh,
ante resusitati®in continued. all the
way to Nesbitt Hospital, where
Miss Shimkus was admitted at 9:45
p. m.
Police Chief Frank Lange and
Cificer = Stanley Gardiner in-
vestigated.
College Misericordia Theatre 3
To Present Montovani Orchestra
College Misericordia’s
Theatre 3 presentation will be Mon-
tovani, the international star, whose
records consistently top best-sell-
ing lists. Montovani and his 45
piece orchestra will appear at the
Irem Temple Tuesday evening, Nov-
ember 26.
Montovani’s Theatre 3 program
will include his uspal unique ar-
rangements of music — “Green-
sleeves, Wyoming, Moulin Rouge,
Always, Ave Maria, Charmaine,
with current hits from Camelot and
Carnival.”
Now on his seventh American
tour, the popular Montovani has
been called a “quadruple threat to
the music profession,” conductor,
His father once served as concert
master under Arturo’ Toscanini,
Piero Mascagni, Saint-Saens, and
others. Annunzio Paolo Mantovani
was born in Venice. At four,
went, to London where his father
conducted a salon orchestra in one
of London's finest hotels.
Turning toward music as his pro-
fession, he ran into parental opposi-
tion. The elder Montovani wanted
| his son to be an engineer, but when
he |
second | junior demonstrated an unmistak-
able talent for the violin, the father
relented and Montovani earned in-
ternational popularity. During the
thirties Montovani formed his own
orchestral combination, TIPICA OR-
CHESTRA, playing in restaurants,
hotels and eventually on radio.
As Montovani conducted, he ex-
perimented until he evolved his
famed “New Music,” successfully on
five continents. The Montovani or-
chestra consists of 45 pieces of
which 32 are in the string section,
resulting in arrangements very near
the symphonic in tone.
In 1951, Monhtovani recorded a
series of waltzes for London Rec-
ords to release in the U. S. Since
then he has made more recordings
than practically any living artist;
he has branched into television, in-
to films, and he has even played
command performances before the
Queen of England. Among his col-
lection of awards are twelve gold
discs.
POPPY BLOOMING
Mrs. Donald Paeglow, Parrish St.,
reports, she found an oriental poppy
in full bloom in her yard last week.
Fast Action In Saturday's Championship WSC Contest
Action in Saturday's game,
which Dallas roundly trounced
Wyoming (away) 32-0 to clinch
its second Sesighs | ‘WSC champion-
ship.
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With a Wyoming defender on his
back, and two more bearing down
on him, John Farley is brought to
the ground after a nice punt return
in the first half, in which he al-
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most made it all the way.
At right, Farley makes a running
attempt at a Baker aerial on the
Wyoming 5 yard line during the
‘third,
The Mountaineers’ record in the
West Side Conference was seven
wins and a tie. Noon’ scored three
of the five touchdowns in the last
game, Baker and Farley the others.
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Heads Post Directors
BERNARD Mc¢DERMOTT
Bernard McDermott, 11 Lacka-
wahng Avenue, was elected presi-
dent of the Board of Directors of
Daddow Isaacs Post at a recent re-
organization meeting.
Bernie, an active Legionnaire for
many years, is married to the for-
wer Margaret Pape, Lee Park, and
is the father of two children, Linda
and Bernie, both students at Dal-
las Senior High School.
The new president is a member
of. Gate of Heaven Church and is
sales representative for the House
of Calvert.
Other officers elected for the
coming year were Richard Staub,
vice president; Stephen Hartman,
secretary and Thomas Reese, trea-
surer.
President McDermott appointed
the following committee chairmen:
Building and Gréunds, Paul Shaver;
Bar, Edward Buckley; Kitchen, Wil-
liam O’Brien. Other board members
are William. Moran, Harold Brobst,
Tom Kane, Harold LaBar and Dick
Fuller, Steward.
Commander George Cave, newly
elected head of the local Legion
Post, makes the 13th member of
the board.
President McDermott and the
board will take an active part in
at the Legion Home at 8, Saturday
evening.
Redistricting Move
Put Off Till Monday
Question of redistricting Legis-
lature and Senate, in which both
Senator Martin Murray (D-Luzerne
Co.) and the entire present Sixth
Legislative District would both be
voted out of existence, is postponed
with adjournment in both houses
until Monday.
The Republicans failed to muster
sufficient votes yesterday in the
Senate, according to caucus leader
William Z. Scott (R-Carbon), al-
though the democrats, along with
several Republicans, including Sen-
ator Harold Flack, Dallas, are out
for Luzerne County.
In the Assembly, the Sixth Dis-
trict, including much of the Back
Mountain, would be reapportioned
substantially in favor of the GOP.
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Demunds Road Fire
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company
responded to a brush fire call on
Upper Demunds Road late Sunday
morning, under direction of Chief
Daniel Richards, and the blaze was
quickly extinguished,
the annual Turkey Party to be held
in force to save two Senate seats
Franklin Twp.
To Have Zoning
William Zell Heads
New Planning Board
Franklin Township now has its
own zoning commission.
Five
appointed Saturday evening by the
board of supervisors to set up rules
and regulations for the community.
William Zell, chairman, will be
assisted by Edward Dorrance, Ray-
mond Goeringer, Hugh Gebhart and
Henry Zarno in determining the
best answer to problems facing i -
township.
Supervisors have had many com-
plaints of refuse being dumped on
private properties and along the =
roads in the area. A decision to.
set up its own dumping ni 24
or cooperate with other local mu-
nicipalities in eliminating the nuis-
ance will be among present condi-
tions to be rectified.
The rapid building boom in he |
area has contributed to the forma-
tion of a planning board which will
be able to meet and solve its own
problems.
Franklin Township will follow the
lead of Kingston Township in hav-
ing an active planning unit. Dallas
Borough is in the process of reac-
tivating its present ordinances.
Architects Will
Redesign Plans
State Refuses To Hid
~Trucksville Dilemma
Kingston Township's proposed
new municipal building and fire
hall will kave to be redesigned to
meet budget specifications. !
Bids submitted by six contracting
firms were opened by Walter Rob-
erts of Lacy, Atherton and Davis,
at a meeting of the Supervisors
Wednesday ‘evening and rejected.
Low bidder was Decker Construc-
tion Company at $57,758.
estimate was that of Barretta Con-
struction, $77,864. if
Other firms bidding on the proj ct
were Thomas Murray, Jr
and Companys Somervill
tien and Tabane and
Heating, plumbing and electric
bids were also received.
The architects may have to delete
fancy trim and cut floor space to |
meet estimate proposed. New plans |
are expected to be off the drawing
board within ten days and job re-
advertised. All matters pertaining |
to the proposed building will be re- |
ferred to LaRoy Ziegler, chairman
of the board.
A letter from the State High-
way Department stated plans were
too far completed on the new road
to cooperate in the recent yossnctih] |
of the supervisors for relocation
near Gavy’s Market and Trucks-
ville Pharmacy. > A
Two bids on a new township wal
were received from International
Harvester and Motor Twins, Inc.
Matter was tabled for the present.
A question placed before Solicitor
Mitchell Jenkins as to who had
jurisdiction over granting permis-
sion to use the new building brought
his reply that such was up to the
supervisors.
sought by Toby Creek Lodge and
the Lady Rebeckahs of Trucksville. |
Ted Hinkle, township Civil De-
fense chairman, reported that re-
pairs have been made on the duck,
weasel and water tank by Carl Had-
sell and Henry Hill. He disclosed
‘that the community now has on
hand equipment and
amounting to $21,211. :
The weasel was brought into use
recently when Henry Metzger,
supplies
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Shavertown, was rescued. The units
may not be used without permis-
sion from Hinkle or Col. Leon Beisel.
Mr. Hauck expressed concern over
the school bus problem on Church
Road recently reported as in too
bad a condition for travel, but was
assured by Mr. Ziegler that it would
pack down as soon as cold weather 2
set in.
Mrs. Edith Knecht, Cliffside Ave- El
nue, complained about overflowing |
ditches on the street. Karl Loucks
thanked supervisors for a job well
done on Terrace Avenue, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Wormeck infused a hum- « |
orous note when she congratulated
Mr. Ziegler on his reelection and
remarked that it appeared no one
else wanted the job since he had |
no opposition.
Guard rails requested for Sky-
line Drive will probably be placed
after supervisors study the hazard-
ous turn. Road supervisor Lawton
Culver stated a retaining wall will
be needed first.
be called in.
Pipe laying and bill board ordi-
nances were adopted. Supervisor
Arthur Smith, in answer to a query
by Louis Ranier, informed him that
two overhead lights at Carverton
Road intersection were demanded
by the state. :
William Tregaskis was sppoiited
special police officer, and snow tires
and chains were authorized for the
cruiser. ;
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prominent residents were
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Highest ir]
Permission had’ been
A surveyor will |
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