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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.
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Zoning Rules
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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: