prep ert Ee b " a 0 +d i’ oy » Crippled Children "a County-wide basis. \ are been listed as special friends of ) 2 ~ ; captain; 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back’ of the Mountain "THE DALL S POST TWO 674-5656 EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-7676 A ET 3 TEN CENTS PER COPY—FOURTEEN PAGES Thumbs-Down On’ Unsightly Signs Protective Assoc. Fights For Beauty Back Mountain Protective Asso- ciation went on record Thursday night as opposed to unsightly bill- boards and signs along the new highway, Rev. Robert D. Yost lead- ing the discussion. Atty. James L. Brown stated the case for a reassessment program on Support: was given to a movement of the Lake-Lehman School district to place on the ballot a proposed merger of consolidation of all its units. The Annual Community Award Dinner at Irem Country Club was proposed for sometime ‘during the fall, President A. V. Chadwick to appoint in advance a committee on selection. Earl Crispell and David Fritz commented on the probability of a new industry in Noxen, but could give np specific information. The deal is still shrouded in secrecy. Atty. Brown, chairman of the scholarship committee was empow- ered to notify Dallas and Lake- Lehman school districts and West Side Catholic of the availability of three four-year scholarships; also to communicate with College Mis- ericordia, King’s, and Wilkes in regard to scholarship examinations and qualifications. Scholarships will be given through the Andrew J. Sordoni Foundation, : for benefit of Back Mountain resi- dents. Easter Seals For James [I. Alexander Is Head Of Appeal Several Back Mountain residents actively assisting the 1964 Easter Seal campaign of the Wyo- ming Valley Crippled Children’s Association, ending Easter Sunday. .| below Shady Side. Recover Enother Car In Rash Of Thievery A rash of car thefts in Dallas continued last week, a 1956 Pontiac stolen from the residence of George Drake, 89 Lehman ‘Avenue, bringing the total to four cars. Borough patrolman Clifford Foss and Township Assistant chief Stan- ley ‘Gardiner found. the car aban- doned at the far end of Elizabeth Street, Saturday morning. Police suspect a young boy, re- portedly seen abandoning one of the cars near the Country Club last week. nu Zoning Rules = Given Board Franklin Township Planning and Zoning Board met Monday evening with township supervisors at the home of Philip Williams. Edward Dorrance, chairman, pre- sented the board with a. copy of the sub division regulations, drawn up by the planning personnel, John Zarnc, Hugh Gebhardt, Fred Dy- mond and Dorrance. Herman Coons, chairman, presid- ed. The Highway budget was made up for approval. Next meeting of the Board will be held April 6 at the home of Mr. Coon. : Also in attendance in addition to ‘Coon and ‘the planning, group were Philip Williams, roadmaster; and Russell Race, third member of the supervisors. Fire First In 1964 The first fire in 1964 for Harry S. Smith Fire Company, Kunkle, last Sunday afternoon, Marck 1, a car-fire, was quickly extinguished. About fifteen men under chief Fred Dodson turned out when the car, owned by James Norton, Kingston, caught fire on the highway just SUPERVISORS TO MEET MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Early Spring's Freezing Rain, Flash Snow, Wreck Cars |Rte. 29 Hazard Near Ceasetown - Zenming Plan Rough On A New. Industry A large group of citizens of Ceasetown, Route 29, appealed to Jackson Township Board of Super- visors Tuesday to help get rid of an icy hazard on the highway. Route 29, known as the Lake Silk- worth road; or Tunkhannock-West Nanticoke highway, is a state road, and thus not actually under town- ship jurisdiction. , Supervisors said that any remedy would have to come from the state, and recommended contacting the district office of Department of Highways, Scranton, or the state legislator, in default of action. The problem has existed for some time. Water, according to spokes- man Zig Wojciehoski, owner of Zig’s Store, is backed up by a neighbor’s dam, and spreads out over the main traffic artery. It is only a matter of time until a serious car accident is caused, the men maintain. Wojciehoski said he had seen cars hit the frozen puddle on an other- wise dry surface, and go completely out of control for an instant. Route 29 is one of the most heavily-used highways in the Back Mountain. Supervisors’ minutes indicated that the highway department had received notice of this problem last July. ZONING PROBLEM Board gaid it planned to meet the problem of zoning, which would otherwise be done by the county, by forming its own five- man board. On request of interested citizens attending the meeting, so- licitor Jonathan Valentine explained the zoning situation. Under the county plan, he said, if industry wanted to locate in Jackson Township, it would be al- lowed only on’ the area now oc- cupied by Ray's Auto Parts, an automobile graveyard in the ‘Jack- son area. Obviously, this is a mis- take, and such mistakes would not Lake Supervisors will meet Sat- urday morning at 9. be appealing to prospective in- dustry. Late winter and early spring are the worst time for accidents, be- ‘cause of flash snowstorms and quick-freezing surface after a thaw. Last weekend saw a series of small accidents, ‘which saw no in- juries, but many wrecks. At right, shrouded in an eerie beam from the street-light, are two cars that hit head-on when one slid on the flash snow Friday eve- ning. White spots are falling snow. The Ford wagon at left; driven by Gloria W. ‘Stimson, 32, Dallas R D 4, swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian as she was coming down Huntsville Road toward Lehman Avenue, and hit Andrew Yedinak, 21, Swoyerville, coming up in the Chevrolet. Investigating officer Clifford Foss said the road had been ashed prior to the accident, which occurred at 6, but that a topping of snow cov- ered the ashes. At left, awaiting the ‘tow-truck on Memorial Highway near Division Street in Trucksville, are the last two casualties of a sequence of two- car accidents Thursday afternoon. Four cars were wrecked as one piled into another, skidding on the fast- freezing surface. Chevrolet sedan, state-owned, in foreground, ran in- to the tail-end of the car parked in background. Drivers were Mrs. Gail Boardman, Harveys Lake RD 1, and Arthur J. LLengle, employee of H. J. Williams Company, parked alongside the road when Mrs. Boardman hit his car. According to investigating officer William Tregaskis, Mrs. Boardman skidded trying to avoid the wrecked car of Mrs. Margaret Bevan, 225 S. River Street, Wilkes-Barre, which had just previously struck the southbound car driven by Mrs. Bessie Van Sickle, South Canaan, which also skidded. All but the VanSickle car were towed. A two-car collision at East Dallas Friday morning was not reported to police. Owners apparently settled. Come Get Your Car Whoever lost a Chevrolet sedan with New Jersey license in East Dallas last weekend may pick it up at Birth’s Esso, says Dallas Township police chief Frank Lange. | in somewhat of a state of It is disrepair: When police found it abandoned around 10:30 Saturday night on Ransom road, its front end was smashed in. ‘ Suffers Another Attack Thomas Reese, Perrin Avenue, Shavertown, who was improving at Nesbitt Hospital following a heart attack, suffered another seizure on Monday. He is reported serious. James I. Alexander, Shavertown, is chairman of the drive, which this year is seeking $25,000 to continue | treatment and rehabilitation of an ' ever-increasing number of children handicapned by cerghral palsy. ha Aléxander’s _ «chairman is . Robert Mellman, Superintendent > Dallas Schools. Both men are members of the Board of Directors. Frank Slaff, Machell Avenue, is chairman of the “500 Club,” friends of the Association who contribute five dollars or more each year. A large percentage of membership in the “500 Club” is made up of Back Mountain friends. Lt. Col. Fletcher C. Booker, Ma- chell Avenue, is chairman of clubs and organizations. Numerous Back Mountain civic clubs and veterar’s organizations have for many years crippled children. This group also receives the advance gifts mail. Other local men assisting in the campaign are Richard L. Hogoboom and William Shuster, both of Trucksville, members of the Board of Directors; and Dr. H. Alex Smith, Jr., Chase, member of the profes- sional staff of the Association. Mr. Alexander and Dr. Mellman | accepted responsibility for this year’s campaign because, they , stated: “Crippled children are no ! different from anyone.” Betting Device Raid Yirst In Last Years Owners of two Shavertown diners raided “last week on charges of maintaining gambling ' devices will dispute allegations by juvenile wit- nesses that they paid off on the devices. Kingston Township police chief Herbert Updyke said that the owner of Brace’'s Coffee Shop, Center Street, would fight the charges in court. Mrs. Donald Bol- ton, Sr., wife of owner of Bolton's Diner, Main Highway, Bolton's will also dispute charges against them. Updyke said that the raid was the first gambling device raid in the ‘Back Mountain in a long time, to his recollection. Participating in the raid on Bolton’s which netted punchboards and a “fishbowl,” were state police. County detective John Harkovich, state trooper Eu- gene Brennan, and Chief Updyke raided Brace's and seized a six- card bingo pinball machine. During . investigation on another matter, juveniles told state juvenile officer Edmund Ganis of winning the 4 East said “that | DHS Majorettes To Perform IL Band Concert These Dallas High School major- | ettes will perform at the annual band concert, Friday, March 13, at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. | Music will be by the high school band, directed 'by Lester Lewis. | Brown, Judith Ross, First row, left to right: Dianne Pope, Sandra Duris, Carol Jeffery. Second row: Sharon Piekanski, | Sandra Schweiss, Jean Shales, Paula Scott. . Heavy Republican Registration In Back Mountain Shavertown YMCA was a beehive of activity. on Monday with 155 new Republican registrations and 39 Democratic filed. Twe were recorded as non parti- son and one independent. Fifty five Democrats changed over to Re- publican party while two Republi- cans reverted to the Democrats. This was the last chance to r& gister for the April primaries. Al- though there are not too many lo- cal ‘offices to be filled the election of a president, members of con- gress .and. state representatives is expected to draw out a big vote. In Dallas, 103 new _ Republicans and losing mertey at the establish- ment. : Updyke said possession of the! aforesaid devices is not a gambling | offense, nor are they gambling de- vices until a payoff is made, which | has to be proven. ; Ray Titus’ crew, Dallas Commu- nity Ambulance, Len Harvey, Rob- ert Besecker, Les Tinsley, and Jack | Berti, remain on duty until mid- night Sunday. Next week: Ed Roth, Ralph Fitch, Gil Morris, Don Shaffer, and William Berti, | Stricken Ill On Visit . Stricken ill while on a Visit to her daughter, Mns. Ben Baumgarten, | Dallas, Mrs. Ada Stanislavsky of the’ | Bronx, N.Y., died last Thursday at | the Bevan Nursing Home in Wilkes- | Barre. Funeral services were con- ducted on Saturday in Brooklyn. Shiva observance started Monday | afternoon at the home of Mr. Baum- garten. Pleases Party registered and 10 Democrats. Thir- ty two Democrats changed to Re- publican, none from Republican to Democrat. Registration here was held February 18. . Jackson Township reported 55 registering as Republicans, one as Democrat. Thirty one changed from Democrat to Republican, . none changed to Democrat. Accurate returns from the Lake were not available. / Sweet Valley Reports Successiul Year Sweet Valley Improvement Asso- ciation heard a report on its dress plant last week, when ‘the group convened for its annual meeting. Payroll was over $106,000 for the year, with 55 to 60 workers on an average. - The plant is cutting materials for other branches of the company. There are openings for skilled op- erators. i Alfred Bronson, president; Her- bert Peiffer, vice president; and | Dallas Township Supervisors will | meet March 11, 7:30 p.m, Betty Kunkle, secretary-treasurer, { were all reelected to office. Barbara | Third row: Carel Rosick, Cheryk Parsons, Jane Harter. Numbers the majorettes «will per- form are Washington Post March and Algeria March. COUNCIL TO MEET Dallas® Borough Council will meet Tuesday night, March 10, at 8 in One Vacancy In Limited 20 Club Spring Round-Up Set For Bpril 25 Frank C. Turner, with an 87th birthday coming up in June, pre- sided over the Leap Year meeting of the Limited 20 Gun Club Feb- ruary 29. The Limited 20 Gun Club enter- tained a number of applications for membership, only one of which can be taken. A new member .if ap- proved will be admitted at the next meeting. Membership deplored the loss by death of Fassett Crosby, whose fa- ther before him was a past member of the club, and a partner in the store firm of Risley and Crosby. Fred Coole was elected trustee. Spring Round-Up meeting was an- nounced for Saturday, April 25, at #30 in the Rumpus Room at' 150 | Lake Street, Charles H. May, well known local Dallas, when Robert humorist, will entertain. Robert Z. | Belles, secretary, will report on the club's activities for the past year. Earl Richards will report on the raccoon committee, Dr. F. Budd Schooley on red foxes. Fred Coole is in charge of refresh- ments. Squire Elvin Bean and Emil Balewski will serve on the Pistol Club committee; Edgar Engehman, Lewis Hackling, Vane Race, George Hackling, Roy Newell, Calvin Strohl and P. Ruff on the luncheon com- mittee. Members plan a maintenance sur- vey and repair work at the camp lodge in May. President Turner, founder of the club, has led an active outdoor life since childhood. He worked ‘as wocdsman when virgin timber was being cut on South Mountain, hik- ing five miles through deep snow to his azsignment. Top wages at that time were $2 a day. Later he was employed by the tannery, first as a carpenter when the tannery was being built, later in the operation. For sixty years he was with the tannery, the last ten as engineer. Refuse Not Pretty Refuse from the burned structure along Carverton Road is annoying both residents and motorists alike. The Carverton area, which is an attractive .part of the Back Moun- tain’s beauty should not be clut- tered with rubbish. It is expected that a fine might be levied on the perpetrators who the Borough Building. clutter the countryside. Successful Campaign MRS. MARY PARKHURST Mrs. Mary Parkhurst, chairman of the Mother's March of Dimes campaign announces that the solici- tation and dance of the teachers of the junior and senior high schools of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman areas was a huge success. $1,275.00 was raised. This figure tops last year's march by $300.00, the quota was $1,200.00. She wishes to thank Dr. Robert Mellman, superintendent of Dallas schools; Trimble and Rnsser, Dallas High Schools; and Lester Squier, supervisor of Lake-Lehman schools, without whose cooperation the mother’s march could never have been so successful. She thanks also her committee, Mrs. Edwin Roth, Mrs. John R. Vivian, Mrs. ‘George McCutcheon, Mrs. Robert Parry, Mrs. R. 'C. Far- ley, Mrs. Carlton Davies, Mrs. Dar- rell Crispell, Mrs. William Russell and Mrs. Richard Demmy; and the Junior Committee, Howard Dymond, David Sutton, Sue Fielding and Glenda Williams. The money will be used for the continuing local medical care— braces, clinic visits, physical ther- apy treatments, consultations etc. of the birth defect cases as well as the forty post-polio cases still under care. Mountain Area will benefit from the fine community spirit which helped raise the money. John Yaple Injured John Yaple, Saginaw Avenue, fractured his left arm Friday when he fell in his yard, filling the bird feeder. Children of the Back VOL. 75, NO. 9. THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1964 Burnat Appealing Court Verdict; Claims Car Forfeiture Excessive Back Mountain Area Ambulance Logbook Dallas © Community Ambulance rushed a (College Misericordia stu- dent, Margaret Drake, Elmira, N.Y., to Mercy Hospital Tuesday at 10 a.m., after she fell in gym and cut her forehead, Robert Besecker and L. R. Scott attending. Lehman Township Lehman Township ambulance brought William Hartwell from General Hospital to Carpenter Con- valescent Home Friday, Pete Hos- podar and Wesley Moore attending. Disque, Gallagher Named To Posts Richard Disque, Dallas undertak- er, was notified yesterday by Dr. John P. Gibbons, Luzerne County Coroner of his appointment as deputy coroner for the Back Moun- tain area. Dallas Borough, Lehman Town- ship, Dallas Township, Franklin Township, Kingston Township, Jack- son Township and Lake Township will be served by him. This will bring a needed change to pass, for the various police and ambulance crews were forced to call a coroner from Kingston previously in many of the areas named above, causing great delays to all con- cerned and ‘trying hours to the families of those involved. Dr. Harry Gallagher, also of Dal- las, was appointed medical consult- ant for the same areas. Diabetes Tests At Lake-Lehman Only One Positive Reaction Is Noted Drey-Pak test for diabetes turned up one positive reaction among 1144 participants, February 17, at Lake- Lehman schools. - Roughly 60 per cent of the pupils participated, ele- mentary students turning in a high- er tally than high school students, ment cooperated. The tow days of heavy snow, February 17 and 18, delayed re- turns, as pupils could not attend school, Headquarters at Kirby Health Center, where paper slips were pro- cessed, said that a delay of a week ‘or ten days would not invalidate the: test. Letters were sent to parents, en- closing the treated slips for urine test. A supper including potatoes, bread and dessert was required, with testing to be done two hours after the meal. Slips were dried overnight, to be returned ia an en- velope with an enclosed dime the following day. In addition to students, seventy- six employees including bus drivers, teachers and office personnel were tested. Tests were done. in all five schools: Laketon, Noxen, Lehman and Ross elementary, and the central Junior- Senior High School at Lehman. Mrs. Jean Moledor, school district nurse, supervised. Dallas Legion Holds Back To God Service The annual Back To ‘God service, observed each year by Dallas Ameri- --can Legion Post 672, was held re- cently at the Post Home. Rev. ‘Richard Frank, ‘Gate of Heaven Church, was guest speaker. Chaplain Richard Staub paid tribute to the Four Chaplains who gave their lives during the sinking of the Troopship, U. 'S. Dorchester, during World War II. Refreshments were served by the Auxiliary with Mrs. George Cave and Mrs. Bernard McDermott as chairman. —® where only about half of the enroll- Guilty: All Counts Oney Done With Case Dale Oney, of Laketon, Harveys Lake, gave in to court ruling of his guilt on four counts of game law violation, resulting in $600 fines and costs. But Richard Mark Burnat, 134 West River Street, Wilkes-Barre, noted as a persistent salesman of industrial soap, is being equally persistent in court, and may appeal his conviction on six'counts of deer offenses to the Superior Court. The appeal Burnat takes will be on grounds that forfeiture of his Cadillac convertible is excessive in the light of the law, according to the District Attorney’s office. | Lawyer Maurice Cantor is filing motion in arrest of judgment and exceptions to Judge Richard Bige- low’s ruling. Argument will go something to the effect that a $6000 car, under the state Constitution, might be a stiff penalty to pay for povehing and selling a few deer. The case in point as precedent, also ruled on by the Superior Court, found that the defendant's car could be forfeited as illegal. It turns out that the car was also a Cadillac. So Burnat and Cantor may encounter some rough sledding dur- ing the appeal. Total [Penalty Total penalty came to $1000 in fines and costs against Burnat, who maintains that the Game Commis- sion was heavy-handed in its ar- rest. Game Commission law en- forcement officers say, however, that a plea of guilty was entered, and that the defendant could have pleaded innocent if he felt an in- : justice was done. Also forfeited were a Marlin .22 rifle and a specially constructed spotlight, used in ‘‘jacklighting* deer. Game Commission did not get a double - penalty for subsequent of- fenses on each weekend in late No- vember when Oney and Burnat were out with special agents Ger- ald Kirkpatrick and Maynard Sem- bower, who were incognito. ; The agents were - brought this area, posing as restauranteurs, after the Game Commission divisipn office in Dallas got reports that somebody was shooting deer out of season in Loyalville. A complete story appeared in the December 19 issue of the Dallas Post, following conviction of both Burnat and Oney before Squire Leo- nard Harvey. It twas’ a series of trips from Wilkes-Barre to the area near Oney’s, where the two defen- dents shot deer and sold them to the agents, who claimed to be Phil- adelphia restausant men. Defense originally tried to show that the a- ents either helped in the shooting or at least encouraged shooting and sale, at $80 a deer. An appeal to the court was taken de movo, and conviction was ren- dered yesterday. : Stewardess In Skid Daughter Of Warden ‘Airline stewardess daughter of the ‘superintendent of Jackson Penal Institution was uninjured last week- end when the co-pilot of her plane pulled up the wheels accidentally during landing at Binghamton. Nancy Johnston, 19, daughter of M7. and Mrs. Frank Johnston, Jack- son, had been an airline hostess only two and a half months when the Mohawk Airlines Martin 404 dropped on its belly on the Broome County Airport runway. The plane was heavily damaged in the 12000 foot skid, although none of the crew or 43 passengers was injured. The flight was bound from New- ark to Ithaca, with the captain, Robert Knapp, 29, acing as co- pilot. Sunn ny Skies Prevail F or T rout=Stocking At Lake Sunny skies made trout-stocking at [Harveys Lake a pleasure this year, and all 21,000 fish ‘went in without mishap. Brown trout from the state hatchery at Bellefonte were beau- ties! Some measured 18 and 19 inches. Sportsmen, many from Harveys Lake Rod and Gun Club, who traditionally turn out to help stock, rubbed their hands together in delight when they saw the size. On the first day, Thursday, 10,500 fish were put in, 8400 legal-sized brook and rainbow trout from the federal hatcheries in Lamar, and 2100 two-year-old “brownies.” Next day, a like number was put in. ‘the day before. Dumping spots are at intervals around the lake, starting from Alderson, and working . around clockwise. Holes in- the ice are cut | by a Rod and Gun Club member Immediate grea of Outlet is the only part of the Lake ignored, because, as a club member noted “Fish get there fast enough anyway.” On opening day, April 18 this year, the Qutlet is cluttered {es anglers who swear the best fishing is there. Lake Silkworth, North Lake, and other local fishing spots, which were stocked at the same time as Har- veys Lake last year, will probably be serviced later this year, accord- v ~ ing to Jim Yoder, District Fish Warden, Sweet Valley, who directed operations. Shown here: Progression of fish from tank to prospective fisher- men’s gleaming: eye. A Fish Com- mission man hands down a bucket- ful, which is then passed by vol- unteer bucket-brigade down to the lake, dumped in, and scrutinized into: