11 were ten of them, with the same ., mission of the crime, but a protest “** that encouragement by police les- sens the guilt. poachers. * calm, » Expensive Fire . Twenty-Three Hams, "off the gas in the cellar, and sprayed The only thing that worried him stroying the building. of controls on order Air Freight. ‘ly called Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire ‘ Ray noticed the ~ morial Highway, i will be served. : Dallas Fund for the J.D. Tippht 73 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest. ‘Back of Business the Institution Mountain THE DALLAS POS TWO Telephone Numbers 674-5656 EASY TO REMEMBER 674-7676 TEN CENTS PER COPY—SIXTEZN PAGES Deer Poaching And Secret Agent Intrigue End Bs Burnat Loses $3200 Fines, $6300 Cadillac In contrast with the quiet pro- ceedings against his partner, Dale Oney, the hearing Tuesday for young, well-heeled Richard M. Bur- nat, West River Street, Wilkes- Barre, convicted of a Cadillac full of deer violations and fined $3200, was peppered with dispute. Burnat’s lawyer, Maurice Cantor, fairly hopped in his seat to regale Squire Leonard Harvey with pro- cedural haggling, concluding the re- view of each charge — and there defense, and not a bad one, at that. Game Commission undercover agents Gerald Kirkpatrick and May- nard Sembower, Cantor said, egged Burnat on in his killing and selling deer during November near Oney’s at Laketon. Thus he raised the old defense of “Entrapment,” which the law defines roughly as an ad- Game Commission is fighting the “Entrapment” defense by invoking a statute which permits them to | buy deer meat in order to capture Through the Bearing Burnat, 29, who lives on W. River St., remained occasionally coaching his lawyer, secure in the knowledge that an appeal would be taken. was the presence of Jim Kozem- chak’s camera, and he feared the photographer was waiting for his exit from the Borough Building. He stood behind the partly open door until his lawyer came, then left with coat over his head. Daring Douses $200 Controls Lost Billows of raging smoke pouring from the chimney of his Memorial Highway smokehouse caught the eye of Ray Daring at 10:15 Satur- day night, allowing him to keep a rampant fire from completely de- He extinguished the flames, which were running up the walls and ceiling with a hose, but twenty- three hams burned up. . The adjacent supermarket was not damaged by the fire, but the smokehouse temperature controls worth $200 were destroyed. Ray hoped to have hs smoke- house back in operation by the middle of the week, with a new set When he returned to the store Sunday morning, Ray found the ceiling still burning, and immediate- Company, which came and the blaze for good. Having closed his place at § p.m.,, Daring and John Thcmas were driv- ing by about an hour later, when strange saioke, not at all like that of an ordinary smoke house. He ran in, turned put out water on the hot metal handle of the smokehouse door. He then put out the fire. Probable cause was overheating of the room, and consequent com- bustion of grease in the sawdust on the floor. Dallas Leaion To Fete Kiddies Dallas American Legion will hold its annual Children’s Christmas Party on Saturday, December 21, at 2 p.m. at the Legion home Me- Dallas. Commander George Cave has ap- pointed the following committees: Chairman Bernard McDermott; tickets, Curtis Byon; refreshments, Gus Shuleski. Singing will be led by Dave Jos- eph. The Legion will decorate a Christ- mas tree this year in front of the Legion Home in memory of Past Commander James Davenport. All children in the Back Mountain Area are invited to the party. Santa Claus will be on hand, and refresh- DALLAS - TO - DALLAS FUND '& Total of $47.85, including $4.15 for the family of Lee Harvey Os- ~wald, was netted for the Dallas-to- MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER. A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION photo by Kozemchak The story was a simple one. The Game Commission had heard that there was a lot of spotlighting ‘and killing deer with a .22 rimfire rifle in the Lake area, and called in Kirkpatrick to pose as a restaur- anteur from out-of-town. It was not that hard to find likely suspects, since Oney and Burnat had ‘talked up their doings to the countryside. Kirkpatrick was sent to the Host Motel, told to sit tight and wait. The day of his registration, No- vember 21, Kirkpatrick told the hearing, he got a phone-call from Burnat, who met him outside the Wilkes-Barre Motel, introduced himself, led the Conversation around to available venison; and asked the agent; a youngish, blond, average-looking fellow with the ap- pearance of a school-teacher, if he could use some at the “restaurant.” Kirkpatrick asked how much, and Burnat said ‘one bill” (one hun- dred dollars). The officer said that was too much, but Burnat was a good sport and took him out for a ride into deer country in his now forfeited 1963 Cadillac convertible. As in subsequent offenses, Burnat stopped at Oney’s home to pick up his rifle, a .22 Marlin lever-action, initialed “D.B.” Sometimes Dale drove, some- times Dick drove. This time Dale drove, up near the ‘Payne prop- erty.” Burnat jack-lighted a ‘deer with his specially-constructed spot, and dropped the animal with a shot from the scope-mounted .22. . Oney gutted the deer, as in future shooting, probably because Burnat didn’t have the stomach for it, and they loaded the carcass into Burnat’s trunk, later transferring it to Kirkpatrick's car. The agent paid Burnat $80 for the deer, $40 of which went to Oney. Through the charges on this first / For the past two weeks, Common- wealth Telephone Company has again been host to a foreign visitor studying telecommunications in the U.S. in the person of Tavach Mek- sawan from Thailand. Above in conference in Commonwealth's Gen- eral Offices, Dallas, are, clockwise: Ronald Carruthers, Charles Glawe, George Doyle, Tavach Meksawan, A. J. Sordoni, Jr., La Verne Kus- savage, Myron Baker, Elmer Even- son and George Knorr. In addition to studying telephone, procedure in every department of Commonwealth’s operations, Tavach visited several local institutions, in- Freddie Hennebaul Will Enj oy Christmas From A Wheel. Chair by Carol Williams The past two years have made many changes in the life of Fred- die Hennebaul. Freddie, a junior at [Lake-Leh- man high school, was his school’s most valuable wrestler. Then came that fateful night of January 4, 1962, when he suffered a broken neck, incurred in a wrestling match, between . Lake- Lehman and Tunkhannock, which left him paralyzed.- Shortly after the accident, h e was taken to Geisinger Medical Center, where he almost lost his bout with life and death, but mir- aculously pulled through. He re- mained there til mid-October, when family A | bassy Students’ he was ranslorred to the Pepnsyl- offense, Cantor continually pressed Kirkpatrick to build a case for the “Entrapment.” At one point, he cryptically asked him if he were ever in a Kingston barber shop? The officer said no. In later visits, the night of the 25th, morning of the 26th, night of 29th, morning of 30th, procedure was much the same, with the addi- | tion of Sembower, brought along as an extra witness. Sometimes they hit deer, and sometimes they missed, but even an attempt is a crime. Areas visited in, the night included Newell Wood's and “Cris- man Pines.” One night when the take was | not adequate, the group went to Burnat’s cottage at Point Breeze, where they removed several deer stored in the cellar. The weekend of the 29th and 30th, the shooting was poor, resulting in “attempt” charges. Car used this time was Dale Oney's Pontiac, which Cantor and Burnat enthusiastically pointed out to the Squire was not im- pounded. At one point, Kirkpatrick said, Burnat removed masking tape from his license-plate light after a night's shooting. Game protector 54 Gdosky ar- rested Burnat early the morning of November 30, and informations were signed against him to be pre- sented before the nearest Justice of the Peace who would agree to handle the case. In addition - to his defense on grounds of “Entrapment,” Cantor fought, unsuccessfully, to have the Game Commission's charges for sep- arate offenses on nights that con- tinued into the next calendar day, and the ‘demand for a doubled fine for each subsequent offense, He also referred continually to the appeal he 9 going to make to a higher court, After Harvey supposedly forgot to ask the defense formally if he rested his case for the information of November 21, Cantor noted en- thusiastically that this omission was on record and would be noted on appeal, although it was not ap- parent that Burnat had been denied his" rights. Cantor told the Dalla: at the send ~ g# the” hediing thet oft course the defense of “Entrapment” admits the acts of killing, attempt- ing to kill, spotlighting, and the other charges, so the defense would be solely on what part the secret) agents had played. Witnesses said Cantor threatened Pos, photographer James Kozemchak’s camera prior to the hearing. cluding College Misericordia. Tavach Meksawan’s study of Commonwealth procedure is under supervision of the Royal Thai Em- Dept. in Washing- ton and direction of F.C.C. in co- operation with the State Depart. ment. Mr. Meksawan, an lectern] engi- neer graduate of Chulelongkorn University, Bangkok, with a Masters Degree from Purdue University and a Doctorate in Electrical Engineer- ing from Northwestern University, will return home next month. Be- fore returning, he will visit the Gustav Hirsch Organizations in Co- Rifle Shot Shatters School Bus Window «- A rifle bullet shattered the rear window of a Ross Township school bus Monday morning at 8, spraying the floor with broken glass and en- dangering the lives of grade school children. Providentially, it was a cold morning, and the twenty children already picked up by the time Rus- sell Lamoreaux’ bus reached the shale pit near Sutliff’'s store in Bloomingdale, had huddled close to © the front of the bus to warm them- | | selves at the heater. They saw the five deer bound up from the shale pit, saw them sud- denly scatter, but did not hear the bullet over the purr of the heater. it was not until Mr. Lamoreaux i stopped for his next installment of children that anybody realized the bus had been hit. State Police and Game Commis- sion officials were informed. Annual Library Meeting Jan. 30 Librarian Reports 6,476 Circulation Back Mountain Memorial Library directors enjoyed a social evening following Tuesday night's business session in the Librarv Annex. David Schooley, president, receiv- ed reports including one ‘from the finance committee, which asked for authorization to invest funds real- ized from the Library Auction. Eight new subscribers in the adult rolls, and thirty-four from the chil- dren’s roster, were reported by Marian Jones, acting librarian. Circulation for November totalled 6,476, adults 2,262, children 3,814. Volunteers contributed seventy-two hours of library work. Mrs. Paul Gross reported on re- cent activities of the Book Club, including December election of of- ficers. In the department of public re- lations, a letter of thanks was sent to Joseph Ritts, plant manager of Wilkes-Barre division Chain and | Cable, in recognition of a gift of | 500 from the William T. Morris | tion of not only this community in the Back Mountain, but the larger Foundation. =. The . donation was ised to purchase reference books, ‘including a new Eacycloped.a Amert8 icana. Annual meeting was announced for January 30, 1964, in the An- nex. Election of officers will take place at this time, also election of six directors to three-year terms. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Gross, Mary Frantz, Eloise Tit- man, and Helen Heffernan. Siamese Engineer Is Guest Of Commonwealth In Dallas i a : 4 wo att lumbus, Ohio, and Collins Radio Co., Dallas, Texas. The Hirsch Organization is di- recting construction of a complete telecommunication network in Thai- land, with over 500 miles of aerial and underground cable installation and a correspondingly complex mi- crowave network. Started in No- vember ’'62, Thailand’s telecom- munications network will be com- pleted in August. Tavach Mek- sawan will take an executive role in the system. Thailand in size is comparable to northeastern United States from West Virginia to northern Maine. vania Rehabilitation Center in Johnstown. In March of ‘63, he was admitted to Magee Rehabili- tation Center in Philadelphia, af- ter, submitting to a delicate opera- tion at the University of Penna. Freddie was released from Magee | in November. ‘Shortly after, his family moved from Harveys Lake to a home on Parrish Street, Dallas. After operations and long hours of therapy, it is obvious Freddie has come a long way. He is able to operate his own motorized wheel chair and other things that mean | slow, but lasting improvement. His multitude of friends haven't forgotten him and visit him almost daily, the most devoted friend, ‘Richard Williams, Harveys Lake, | who has remained loyal these past two years, Between his friends and his most attentive family, brother Bud, pis- ters, Barbara, Peggy and Mary Jean and of course his parents, he is well taken care of. Being handicapped myself, I thor- oughly enjoy each visit I have with | him. Fred is alive today, and knowing Fred is alive today, andknowing that, he and his family will have many Merry Christmases. Merry Christmas, Freddie! Library Closed Back Mountain Memorial Library will be closed December 24 and 25," and . December 31 and January 1, giving librarians Christmas Eve and New Years Eve in addition to > 1 Christmas and Now Tours Sa VOL. 75, NO. 51 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1963 Driver Jumps; Back-Hoe Drops 60 Feet To Road This 25-ton Gradall back-hoe skidded and top- pled 60 feet down a bank to land upside down on Memorial Highway just above the “big bend” last week, but the driver jumped to safety in time. The accident, which occured a little after 3 p.m. Thursday, held traffic in both directions for some- time, as H. J. Williams crews righted the machine with a bulldozer and cable (picture). As it slid down the hill from the top of the serv- ice road leading up to railroad tracks just above the Piedmont Inn, the monster vehicle sliced off a utility pole. to stop in time. Daubenspeck, Williams men pushed the pole and live wires to the side of the road, and guarded them until UGI trucks arrived. Driver Bob Clark said he felt the back wheels start to skid, and when the machine went over the edge, he jumped. ? Williams men saw it coming, and waved cars The big vehicle could crush a car. Asked how much the Gradall was worth, Howard superintendent shrugged and asked: “Before or after 2” » Dr. Schooley's New Book, The Word, Is Product Of Three Years Of Work Dr. F. Budd Schooley’s book, THE WORD, is on sale. It may be purchased at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Dr. Schooley’s book, in the mak- ing for three years, is a privately printed volume, slim, but packed with good red meat, its locale in- dicated by the maps which line the covers. In it, he has given a cross-sec- “tuesaunity of the Valley, reaching | up into the industrial development | at Mountain Top. Many of the | executives who control the des- tinies of those plants are residents of the Back Mountain,’ and what happens at Crestwood inevitably affects this area. The book is profusely illustrated with Back Mountain scenes, old and new; Dallas in its horse and buggy days when the Raub Hotel dominated central Dallas and the railroad station did a thriving business; Dallas today, with pic- tures of the new high school build- ing, and Natona and Linear plants. Harveys Lake is immortalized in its oldtime pictures of steamboats puffing at the docks, waiting for passengers, ‘a sharp contrast with the modern Game Commission Building. 4 Old Wilkes-Barre comes to life with an old engraving of the bridge, and with a picture of Pub- lic Square when it was the site of the Court-House. Col. Dorrance Reynolds and Sena- tor Andrew J. Sordoni have their place in the sun. There is a picture of the library and an aerial view of College Misericordia. Father J. J. O'Leary has a good write-up, and dozens of others who have been powers in this area or in the Valley. Bits of philosophy garnered from Dr. Schooley’s years of service to the community, stand side by side with quotations from Proverbs or the Psalms: And everywhere there are i cerpts from sermons which Dr. Schooley has given when substi- tuting for clergymen here and in other communities. That Dr. Schooley had a hard time deciding whether to be a doctor or a minister, is clearly in- dicated in his book. It must have been a difficult choice to make . . . between the delivery of living words, and the delivery of living babies. He has never regretted ' the choice . . . but words still cry for utterance. Editorially Speaking: i It is unbelievable that a responsible Legislature could lift Dallas Borough and Township out of its obvious vot- ing interest with the rest of the Back Mountain, and make it the bedfellow of Nanticoke and Plymouth. And then this pack of irresponsible tives,” bent on building a solid vote, no matter how many communities it smashed, has the brass to separate Dallas area from the rest of its dubious district-mates by our natural neighbors, Jackson and Kingston townships, now linked with Forty Fort and Exeter. We have shared, up to this point, a common interest with Jackson and Kingston Township, and will continue, of course, to grow with them, no matter how many coal- towns the Assembly unloads on us—no matter how much ‘Representative’s We will share the growth of Jackson, Shavertown, and Trucksville. The problem is, we can’t vote with them. No one here wants this. that the party seems to be walking on the voters’ backs to get across a muddy road. No one, that is, with the exception of a handful of old-time political job-seekers who would deny their dogs a crust of bread to deliver a these areas demand our district. The whole story is that the men behind the Redis- tricting plan who had any number of reasonable com- binations of municipalities at their disposal in order to meet the reduced county population, weren't interested in what we want. They were interested in delivering a sure thing next November, and the Back Mountain can go hang. You can’t blame them for looking’ out for their own But when it comes time to vote for their ticket we might ask the party leaders if they necks. in November, havent forgotten somebody. Us. “‘representa- 1) time. No Republican can deny — LEIGHTON SCOTT Choir On Television Lake Lehman High School Brass Choir will appear on television Sun- day afternoon at 5 p.m. The local group directed by John Miliauskas as director will be seen on Channel 28. Mary Ann Kuchemba and Karl Squier are narrators. Musicians are Jay Ehret, Douglas ; Richard Sar- Niemczyk, Charles Ide, monis, | David Arendt, Carol Murphy, Darrell Loomis, Paul Niez- National Bank or Wilkes-Barre. goda, James Zbick and John Mar- chakitus. Marion Perkins, Kathy Price and Fred Valentine, Gary Hackling, Cherryl Thomas, Joseph Kernag, Gary VanScoy, Barry Ray, Marshall Shenck and Robert Wolfe, John Fielding, Bill Ehret, Tony Stefanowicz and Curt Swanson, Joe Marchakitus and Foster Bulford. NAMED BANK DIRECTOR Louis Maslow, Huntsville Road. i has been named a director of First | man, Len Forvey, end ohn Carey. Back Mountain Area Ambulance Logbook Dallas Ambulance took Martin Lynch, College Misericordia, to Mercy Hospital Friday, Jim Perkins and Ray Titus attending. Peter MecClinchy, College, was taken to Mercy, Tuesday morning, Charles Flack and Ed Roth attend- ing. » Kingston Township Mrs. Edward Husted, RD 3. Wyo- ming, was taken to General Hos- pital on Tuesday morning, Andrew Roan, Sheldon MacAvoy attending. On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Nat- alie Jones, Harris Hill Road, to Gen- eral Hospital, Harry (Smith and Har- old He eidel as crew. Mrs. Mary Turay, Harris Hin Road, was taken to General Hospital Wednesday afternoon, Al Hawise and Willard Bullock attending. Smith Is Named Vice Chairman New Bids On Building Opened Last Evening Arthur Smith was named vice president of Kingston Township Supervisors at a meeting of the board Wednesday evening. Due to request of Housing and Finance Agency, bids for construc- tion of a new township building were scheduled for opening Dec. 18. ‘Work was expected to proceed: rapidly once bids were awarded. Changes in square footage, exterior trim and elimination of a basement were expected to lessen original costs by many thousands. New bids were authorized to he placed for a dump truck. Building permit for a dry cleaning establish- ment in Shavertown was reported approved by the zoning members. Board took no action on accept- ing Goeringer Avenue plot since it did not meet specifications. Extra lights at Pioneer Avenue and Me- morial Highway were reported set up by Construction Company but carried ‘away by vandals. Ditches on Cliffside Avenue were reported cleaned by road supervisor, Lawton Culver. A bill from Sordoni Construction asking for taxes on pole removal was returned. Stanley Cashmark drew attention of supervisors to recently publish- ed report of the Housing Authority which stated that it was in good financial shape and would install sidewalks at Meadowcrest. Board voted to. seek payment once more in lieu of taxes since Authority which rents one hundred dwellings | pays nothing to township in way of taxes. Church Road, now purchased by State, was removed from township maintenance. Richard Mathers ask- ed that new building have some space available for planning com- mission maps. Matter would be taken under advisement. Request for a stop sign at Goeringer and Franklin Streets was tabled. Play sign request for Evergreen Street was turned over to Chief Updyke for solution. Participation in Project 70 was also tabled. A letter from Mrs. John Engler was read thanking Board for their as- sistance in pushing claim for her late husband's death. AMBULANCE CREW . Ambulance crew for the coming week: Ray Titus, captain; Jim Wert- A he iB Coin-Card pve Les Tinsley Elected Ambulance President | Dallas area combined soiticard drive, benefit of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company and the Community Ambulance, netted a record $6613.54 for the year 1963, it was announced by the chairmen today. Kunkle, which has its own fire company, but subscribes to the Dal- las Ambulance, gave $322 for ie! latter alone. Mrs. Nelson Thompson, eoechiie= man, said at the December meeting the total sum was about $200 more than last year, She and Mrs. James one in the community for their fine support, without which it would be . impossible to maintain our emergency squads. Chairman for next year’s drive. is Mrs. William Wright, and Mrs. Tinsley New President Les Tinsley, one of the most tire- ganization, was elected president at the meeting. Les replaces Ray Titus in the post, beginning 1964. Vice-presidents 1, 2, and 3 are Gilbert. Morris, and Leighton Scott, with Robert Besecker the new secretary, and Ed Roth treasurer. One-year directors: Zachary, Mrs. William Berti, and Mrs. Wertman; two-year directors: Charles Flack, Mrs. Edward Cavan, James Wertman, and Ralph Fitch; three-year directors: ‘Hayden Rich- ards, William Wright, Donald B ford, and Raymond Titus. ike Purposely Shoot Wilson Tractors Lumberman Offering Anthon y Nelson Thompson, Ted Wilson, Demunds lumberman, mation leading to arrest and cw in his heavy equipment on _ Go Ing season. Sil Very or harataly. the tor of one in the radiator of an eight- loader, both valuable hicles. One shot was placed in ne load- er from the inside, according “to Ted, showing that the bullets were no accident. The, Wilsons will hav the © machines, upper Demunds Road farm. Ted discovered the vandelism | December 9 when he came to work the previous week. \ Dallas Township and state po- lice investigated. From the size of the holes, says Ted, a high-powered rifle was vend Fatally Burned In Collision Services Friday For Fred Birth trucks near Trenton, N. J., a cousin ingdale. Friends may pay their respects to Frederick H. Birth to- | night at the Bronson Funeral Home, where Rev. Roland Updyke will conduct service Friday at 2 p.m. Mr. burned as to be unrecognizable. The driver, told State Police that when a rear tire blew out, was here the rear-end collision oc- curred. Flames enveloped the trail- er truck immediately. The truck which caused the impact Overs, turned. George Birth, had closed their home in Muhlenburg, planning to spend the winter with their son in Ken- nett Square. L Birth was in the Marines, serving in Korea for eighteen months. His wife, the former Laura Hess, survives; his parents, and two chil- dren, Frederick Jr. and Terry Ann both at home; sisters: Mrs. Edward ‘Sherlock, Chester, and Mrs. Betty Carter, HOSHRg Nets Best Ever of the Ambulance Association that Wertman, chairman, thank every- Edward Cavan is co-chairman. less workers in the ambulance or- © Hayden Richards,” | James | $100 Reward On Tip is offering $100 reward for infor- viction of a vandal who shot hole; ! to wait until Spring to repair the | loader. i] The antifreeze had Trained out i of the bullet-holes. No shells were | in evidence on the ground around | which were being used for removal of timber on fe | |] | at the scene. He had been hunting | Fatally burned in a New Jersey 8 Turnpike collision of two trailer | of Clyde Birth, Dallas, and son of | long-time residents of Muhlenburg, | will be buried tomorrow at Bloom- Birth, 31, was a passenger | in the cab of the trailer truck, on his way to work at the Sanini Bros, in Trenton early Tuesday morning. + Shock of the collision threw the driver from the cab, and catapulted Mr. Birth into the driver's seat where he was later found behind the wheel, so badly Lynn Clifford, 29, he pulled to the shoulder of the road, and that it Mr. Birth’s parents, Mr. and Mis, gi - Brought up in’ Muhlenburg, Th | 1 4 # | | |
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