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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.
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VOL. 75, NO, 18. THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1964 4
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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
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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-
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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
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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.