pe me » ~ 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain TEN CENTS PER COPY—FOURTEEN PAGES PLUS TWENTY FOUR PAGE TABLOID Lake Township Regiments Junk Charges Established For Buyers, Sellers Lake Township Board of Super- visors passed an extensive ordi- nance regulating junkyards at the meeting Saturday morning, in a move which was expected to have the long and short range effects of boosting property walues and in- furiating some junk men. Actually, none of the establish- ed junk men showed up at the meeting, which would indicate that they had no complaint with the regulatory ordinance. Walter Hoover, supervisor, said, however, that he had received some verbal abuse on the subject earlier. The ordinance, as advertised in this paper prior to final passage, makes 1t illegal for a junk .dealer | to have junk closer than 50 feet from a public road without having | an eight foot fence 15 feet from’ the right of way. It makes it illegal to establish a junkyard within 500 feet of a dwelling or 300 feet from any building (fire regulation). And anyone, established or not, must pay an inspection fee for a license. For new junk-men, this means a $175 initial inspection, and $25 every year after. For estab- lished junk-men, i.e. junk-men who have been BUYING AND SELLING junk at time of passage or ordi- nance, only the $25 fee is neces- sary. Some complication is expected in determining who is an established junk-man and who is not. Lake Township has a plethora of resi- dents who keep four or five cars .and sell parts when it is convenient. These were regarded as unsightly and dangerous. However, the law DOES NOT apply to people who do not buy or sell the junk. Thomas Garrity, Harveys Lake realtor, who visited the meeting said: “The Board is to be congrat- ulated,” referring to passage of the bill. Other visitors to the meeting in- ‘cluded Frank G. Mathers III, Math- ers Construction Company being awarded contract for road oil, for which it was sole bidder. Chase Residents Ask Board Iielp Protective Association Wants Improvements A large group of citizens from the Chase Manor Homeowners’ Protec- tive Association showed up at the Jackson Township Supervisors meet- ing Tuesday for the purpose of mutually bettering the future of the township. Robert Allardyce and Henry Yan- kowski spoke for the group, re- questing that the main road into Chase Manor be widened, and that something be done about dust prob- lems and speeders. All township roads in Chase are dirt. Yankowski said that Chase Manor is one of the most beautiful de- velopments in the country, and that a few improvements, suggested by the group would help improve beauty and value. Supervisors said they had intend- ed to widen the Chase Manor road as soon as the weather breaks, any- way. The road has a 33 foot right- of-way and is presently graded at 16 feet. The two groups agreed that it might be widened to 20 feet, since a number of people have slipped into ditches at the side on the nar- row thoroughtare, Yankowski also said that a ‘“‘Chil- dren At Play” sign would help cut down speeding. Allardyce said some residents of Schoolhouse Road had also complained of dust, and super- visor Harold Bertram replied that every attempt was made to wil roads in front of each taxpayer's home as frontage. Dennis Bonning reported bad road conditions in the Jackson end of the township, as a result of state tractors running conto the berm. He also »aid employees from the institution were traveling at exces- sive rates of speed, coming to and from work. Police Chief Robert Cooper said he would watch for speeders, noting, however, that there wasn’t much sense putting them in jail, as they were more or less there already. A resident of Hillside road com- plained that a neighbor was mak- ing a nuisance by burning trash and garbage, and that some trash was rolling down the hill onto his property. Board said that was out of its jurisdiction, and suggested the man call the State health in- spector. 3 Bmbulance Crew Ray Titus crew Dallas Commu- nity Ambulance, remains on duty until midnight Sunday: Len. Har- vey, Bob Besecker, Les Tinsley, and Jack Berti. Next Week: Ed Roth, captain; Ralph Fitch, Gil Morris, Don Shaffer, and Bill Berti. MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 3 674-5656 ARE RR AE ER 3 VOL. 75, NO, 18. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 4 674-7676 | “ig Noxen Firemen Stop Galka Chimmey Blaze Noxen Fire Company extinguished a chimney fire in the home of Wal- | ter Galka, Tunkhannock Road, at | 10:45 Saturday morning, confining the damage. About fifteen men under fire chief Ernest Teetsel responded to the fire in the two-story frame house. Galka’s wife and children were re- ported home ‘at the time the wood sap in the chimney burst into flame. A neighbor spotted the smoke and called the company. Fireman Calvin Strohl said the chimney had just been cleaned out lapt fall. Two Brothers’ Cars Collide On Highway Two brothers, driving separate cars, collided yesterday: morning, 7:45, on Tunkhannock Highway in front of Dallas Outdoor Theatre. : Assistant chief of police Stanley Gardiner said both Thomas Frantz and Richard Frantz, sons of Basil Frantz, R. D. 1, Dallas, were pro- | ceeding south when Rickard ran into the tail end of Thomas's 1957 Ford, which was owned by their father. The 1960 Chevrolet, Richard, was towed away, and ‘neither boy was hurt: Douse Lime Fire Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company answered -its fourth call in a week's time yesterday around 11:30 a.m., extinguishing a fire in some bagged lime on a flat-bed semi-trailer parked next to Devens Mill. Trailer and lime belong to Tilton Mitchell, . Springville, according to Mrs. Millie Devens LaBar, and fire chief Donald Bulford said it erupted by spontaneous combustion. owned by | Home Of Large Dallas Family Saved From Destruction . Dallas firemen are shown here in process of saving a home on Claude Street, that of the Melbourne Carey family, last Thursday. They. confined the blaze to one room on the second floor. At top center, five firemen watch as John Berti kicks in a win- dow: on the third floor to let out smoke. Library Dinner Tonight, 6:30 Too late now to make reserva- tions for the Library Auction Kick- Off Dinner tonight at Irem Country | Club. But for those who were lucky, and got their tickets in time, the hour is 6:30. Rip Up Rails In The wreckers are seen here pull- ing up rails and fastenings on the | abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad | line from Luzerne to Noxen, ex- pecting to finish some time in July. The contractor, Solomon Wreck- ing Company, Wilkes-Barre, says the sled being pulled behind ‘the | crawler tractor rips up rails in one day equal to what four men would do in a week. In about two weeks, the company plans to begin dismantling the Car- verton Road trestle, which, along with the infamous Luzerne under- pass (“Honk before entering’) will be the largest structures to go. Work began around April 1, and involves 3114 tons of rail and an enormous amount of fastenings. Crossings involved are: Carverton Road, Division Street, East Center, | South Franklin (Shavertown), termoreland Road Route Church Street Road, Bowman Creek Road, Turrel’s Road. Back Mountain Cen- (Dallas Twp.), (Boro.), Mill Street, spur, Urquhart’s and 309 Judgment On Thomas Erased From Record Regarding judgement supposedly entered by Bernard Food Industries, Chicago, against former employee George Thomas, 91 Sterling Avenue, Dallas, as published in Wilkes-Barre Record last month: Mr. Thomas, a Borough Council- | man, delivered to the Post a copy ! of a “Stipulation”, both attorneys, judgement was entered into by agreeing that the “erroneously = en- (Continued on Page 6 A) Fireman .at far right of Back Mountain Brea Embulance Logbook Dallas Community Dallas ambulance Wagner, Maple Street, Fernbrook, to Nesbitt Hospital Sunday night, Charles Flack, L. R. Scott, and Bill Wrigkt attending. On Monday - Clifford Balshaw, Grandview Avenue, New Goss Man- or, was taken to Wyoming Valley Hospital and returned, ‘Scott and Hayden Richards as crew, assisted | by Pete Lange, Bob Besecker, John Carey. Lake Township and Lake Township ambulance took | A. Wompole from Noxen Clinic to | | Veterans Hospital Saturday, John | Stenger, Lee Zimmerman, and Fred Javers, attending. Lake-Lehman To Stage May Day Program Includes Sports And Dances On Tuezday, May 12, Lake-Leh- man High School will hold its an- | Two pro- nual May Day exercises. grams are planned: the morning Field Day, in which students par- ticipate in competitive sports, and the afternoon coronation of the May Queen. Everyone is invited to attend the festive afternoon program. The Latin American theme, will be pr e- sented in dance form by students under the ‘direction of Mrs. Wall, the girls physical education instruc- tor. : Two groups of Seventh graders will perform, one section doing a Spanish folk dance depicting the life of the Spanish Indian, and the other entertaining with the Mexican Hat Dance. Eighth graders will show their skill in twirling in the Limbo Wand Drill, and also in a Latin American marching drill. Tenth grade girls snappy Mexican folk dance and the ever popular International Polka. The Maypole Dance, the gay and symbolic climax to the program, will be performed, as in other years, by Ninth Grade girls. (Conti nued on Page 6 A) “The Time Of The Singing Of Birds Is Come” omon, II, 12.) “The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.” (Song of Sol-| ble. You can almost hear the birds Spring is when pretty little girls pick daffodils from the lawn, and take them home to brighten the ta- in the tree singing. | took Charles will present a. wa; filled with smoké. | the eyes, | tanceg, group is John Carey. who was instrumental in saving his family’s house. In the last picture, Jerry Machell holds a ladder on the roof over ine porch as Cliff Foss clambers toward the ‘third floor. —Photos by Kozemchak and Scott | Fire Company Saves Carey House, Helps Douse Natona Mills Blaze Fires seriously damaged the home of one of the area's largest families and rushed through an air condition- ing unit at Natona Mills late last week. Both calls were answered by Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company, Dallas, which extinguished the blaze at the home of Melbourne Carey, Claude Street, at 7 p.m. Thursday, confining major damage to one | room. Employees of Natona Mills doused the flames with company chemical | extinguishers Friday evening around f | Dallag Postoffice, 8:15, and the plant lost about four hours working time, according to manager Jack Stanley. Dallas fire- m#n polished off remaining sparks in the switch room. aes Cor nfined To Upstairs The Carey he was confined to the upstairs, with major damage to one room, that of Polly Lou, 186, where it began. John Carey, 19, a fireman with the company, hustled twelve other members of his fam- ily out of the house, called the fire department, wrapped his head in wet towels and doused the walls with pails of water. He alsp shut the closet door, where the flames apparently got their: start, which probably kept the fire from spreading. When it got too hot, he left the house, just as the firetruck arrived, and he and the company, under chief Donald Bulford, raced up lad- ders and put out the blaze. Carey said the blaze probably came about as a result of a young brother play- ing with matches. The Carey family has fifteen chil- dren, several of whom live out of town. Completely destroyed was Polly Carey's entire wardrobe, value not yet estimated. Smoke billowed through much of | and the heat scorched | the home, the third floor. The fire company had flames under control ga few minutes after arrival. Flames In Knitting Reom When fire broke out at Natona, about 150 people were working in the entire plant. for a few hours. Mr. Stanley said damage was not extensive and was | confined to the electrical system. Employees in the high-speed tri- cot knitting room said they saw flames coming out of the air con- ditioning unit there, and the room Mr. Stanley described the fabric woven in the i room as combustible but not high- ly volatile, and thus no more dan- gerous in the presence of flame than might be expected of cloth. He commended Natona employees | Eye Bank To Launch Eppeal For Pledges Region 4, District 14-H, Lions Eye Bank will meet tonight at 7:45 ‘at Irem Country Club, the official opening of the local appeal for eye pledges. Region 4 is a branch bank of ' the Northeast Pennsylvania Lions Eye Bank and the Eye Bank Asso- | ciation of America. Its purpose is to furnish donor eyes to qualified doctors and hos- | pitals for cornea transplants, to permit sightless persons to see. | seriously are on call to transplant sometimes over long dis- day or night. They seek pledges to donate eyes. Subjects of photographer Hower. Residents willing to give their eyes | chak’s camera are: Dean and Nancy Hughes, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jossih Hughes, Huntsville Road. after death to the Eye Bank, carry | among their identification cards an Eye Blank pledge, stating that their po Photo by Kozemchals. eyes may be. used in this manner. With the air con- | ditioning unit off, work wags halted | i+ Arthur | Barre | Superintendent for for fast action, and the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company for prompt response. Fire began, he said, when insulation rubbed off a wire in the switch room, followed by short cir- cuit, and flames. A full working schedule was re- sumed on Sunday. Town House Is Sold To Joseph Lazorick The Towne House Restaurant, lo- cated on Lake Street across from! was sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lazorick, 135 Sus- | quehanna Avenue, Wyoming, on Friday afternoon. The" Lazoricks will maintain pres- ent personnel, aid will make. no alterations. of any major proportion at the present time. They will op- erate the restaurant themselves. Negotiations = took: about: one - month, according to Mr. Lagorick, who bought the establishment from John Townsend. Present owner or- iginally intended to manage the res- taurant for another prospective buyer, L. Vern Groff. The Lazoricks have been in the food business since 1938. He was Steward at Wyoming Valley Coun- try Club and at the Wilkes-Barre Elks Club and Kingston American Legion. He has also managed the Carousel Restaurant and Motel, and a luncheonette at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA. Mrs. Lazorick was manager of McCrory’s in Wyoming. They have four children: Gerald," 27, industrial ‘engineer on the facul- | ty of Penn State University; Joseph | Jr., 21, at Pittsburgh University dental college, Florence ,19, stu- dent at College Misericordia; and Monica, 16, student at St. John’s High School, Pittston. Restaurant .is housed in the Acme building, owned by George Ruckno and Ralph Garrahan. Orange, Pennsyl- Gay, vania, who retired. May 1st as ‘an Agent of Nationwide Insurance here, was. honored Thursday night, | | April 30th at a party at the Irem | Country (Club. Members taking the assignment | Meeker, Wilkes- Left to right: James Regional Sales Manager, Sales Region; Mrs. Glenn | Frank, Mr. Glenn Frank, Sales Eastern Penn- | sylvania Region of Operation; Ar- thur Gay, Retiring Agent; Mrs. Gay, Mrs. James Darling, James B. Dar- Firemen Aid Crew ‘On Blocked Drain I" Shavertown Fire Company went to the assistance of H. J. Williams Company on Friday morning when a drain above Eyet’s Jewelry Store on Memorial Highway blocked and flooded tke cellar of Mrs. Angela Warren. od Three pumps were used to dis- lodge the obstruction and’ failihg, the Shavertown volunteers used 3000 gallon pressure to force; an opening. This, too, failed. } With the Scutt children ill at; ithe Warren home, the Williams Cgm- pany dug down to rectify the trou- ble. Pumps are still running at ‘the site. RD Money Orders | OK'd hi Vast majority of residents’ Bot Dallas will not be affected by’ fe- cently-announced adjustments . «in parcel post and post office winddow services, Postmaster Edward #M. Buckley said today. Mr. Buckley explained his statement was profap- ted br some misunderstanding about the scope of these change, Recapping the local postal situa- tion the Dallas Postmaster pointed to these facts: 1. The only pi#n- cipal gervice affected by consbli- dation of window services into pne window on Saturdays is domestic and international money cider service. 2. Consolidated windows will pn- tinue to provide all essential Sserv- ices Stamp sales, parcel Jost transactions, registry, COD servikes. 3. Post Office lobby normally open on Saturday from 2 p-my to 5 p.m. will continue to open¥for lock box service, deposit of mail. 4. Rural carriers serving out of Dallas Post Office will con- tinue to take applications for money orders on Saturdays, and will be dispatched pi same day. 5. Parcel Post will be on ad in- stead of six days a week inthe City Delivery Area, where we have i two carriers, who will carry shall | parcels which weigh 2 lbs. or less. There will be no delivery of Parcel | Post on TUESDAYS OF EACH | WEEK. i Postmasters will adjust services, ! and more postal personnel arey be- i ing assigned ‘weekend duty at many | post offices. Parcels will be J ed throughoutithe postal systeMd for local deliveries at all points | cluding Dallas. At the same time, Mr. Buckley said he has received information on the national scope of the service adjustments which indicate very little overall effect is anticipated from the order, start- ing May 4. Ask Noxen Paraders All fire companies, scouts, civic groups, horse clubs and any others are invited to participate in the 4th Noxen Horseshow parade May | 23 at 9 a.m. DST. Contact Richard Traver, Sr., Bud Weaver, Russell Traver, or Ernest Teetsel, or just be there at the starting point in front of the Methodist Church. will play. An amateur show is scheduled on the grounds the night before, starting at 7, and anybody who can sing, dance, play instru- ment, or what-have-you, is wel- come. Contact Weston Ruff, Elida ling, District’ Sales Manager, West~ ern Luzerne County; Ward Beecher Beahm, or Lois Engelman. Erthur Gay Honored By Nationwide On Retirement Wilcox, Agent. Approximately 30 guests attended the "affair which was sponsored by Mr. Gay's fellow Nationwide Agents in Luzerne County. Mr. Gay was in the insurance business for 19 years and has been a Nationwide agent since 1945. “Art” started his insurance busi- ness at the age of 61. Previously he was a successful farmer in Franklin Township. He is active in Orange Methodist Church, NEPA and Masonic bodies. Mr. Gay has been active in many I. the kitchen table. Lake-Lehman High Schoo! Band | Coin Card Drive Starts Saturday Dallas Ambulance, Firemen, Ask Support 4 Dallas Community ‘Ambulance Association and the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company will again col- laborate on the annual coin card drive to raise funds for mainten- ance, operation, and equipment. ii Coin card distribution will begin = | this Saturday, says Henry Peter- 4h son. be In the Dallas area, coin cards will cover both organizations. or In Kunkle, cards will cover only | ambulance service. Kunkle has its own fire company and its own cam- = paign for funds. 5 Mr. Peterson says: In the terri- tory served by our organization, the | putlic has been generous in its support in past years. Fire Com- £8 pany and ambulance members so- licit continued support by residents of the community.” 3 H. Stanley Doll | Is Found Dead Dallas Resident, 87, | Was Insurance Man | H. Stanley Doll, 87, Norton Av- enue, Dallas, well-known insurance man, wag found dead in his bedroom Thursday afternoon after neighbors reported no sign of life about the premises. Mr. Doll had been in the habit of leaving on a night light as a signal that all was well. On Tues- | day evening a nearby street light ; threw a reflection into the home, | which deceived those watching, but, | on Wednesday night no light was seen, Mrs. Faye Hildebrant notified : Hayden Richards. of Mr. Richards entered the hots | Thursday afternoon, and receiving no answer:to his call, notified Chief Russell Honeywell. A search of the premises revealed no trace of Mr. Doll. ' Officer William Berti was then contacted, and found the aged man lying under the bed. The room was a shambles. Deputy Coroner Rich- | ard Disque, who investigated, stated death was due to pneumonia from exposure and that Mr. Doll had died about 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. He had crawled under the edge of the rug to protect himself against | the cold, the fires having gone out, and the bedroom window open. His son had stoked the fires on Satur- day, and untouched food stood on vi There was no evience of foul play. It was surmised that Mr. Doll had either fallen out of bed or suf- fered a seizure, and in an effort to rise, had toppled over articles in the room. He was recuperating - from a recent virus and had expect- ed to leave for New Jersey with his son, Dr. Ronald Doll, on Sater oy gay. a Doll had resided alone since a eth of his wife, Florence, in 1947, and had enjoyed caring for his fruit trees and garden during the summer months, preferring to live an independent life. He had been in failing health the past few: oS months. : Born in Mehoopany, son of te late Charles and Emily Van Allen Township High School and East 7 (Continued on Page 6 A) civic projects : was insiramental in establishing the NEPA quarters at Eatonville, and Irem Temple Country Club. During World War II, he erected a number of brooder houses raising thousands of young chicks in an effort to offset the | prevailing meat shortage. Mr. and Mrs. Gay celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary April 30. Mr. Gay passed his 80th milestone + on April 7. His son, Ernest Gay, at Dallas Shopping Center will continue serv- ice to his father’s business.
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