Ne 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES Thieves Loot Stanton T-V Entry Made Through Back Of Building Breaking into Stanton’s Television and Appliance Center at Dallas Shopping Center over the weekend, thieves made a $1400 haul, taking 16 new items and one practically new portable TV in the shop for repairs. Entry was made through the back door, with a picked lock yield-. ing access to the merchandise. Theft occurred sometime between the hours of 7 p.m. Saturday eve- ning and noon on Sunday, when Mr. Stanton checked the premises. | The burglars were neat in their | job, disturbing nothing else in the store, but carefully selecting the most expensive items. Since the loot was mostly smaller appliances, easy to carry, it is assumed that a car was used in the get-away and not a truck. The stolen articles included Gen- eral Electric, Admiral and Channel | Master brands in table and clock radios, portable radios, phono- graphs, portable TVs, and a tran- sistor radio. Investigation is being conducted by Officer Ray Titus and the State Police. Patient Walks Out A man who said his name was Frank Burgess was found lying a- longside of the Bunker Hill Road yesterday afternoon about 4:30. Kingston Township “Ambulance manned by Marvin Yeust and Wal- ter Davis took the man to Nesbitt Hospital where he walked out of the emergency room before being checked. ; Engineer Here On Traffic Lights K. T. Board Votes To Vacate Church Road Shavertown traffic light, a con- troversial issue for some months came nearer to realization -when Kingston Township supervisors met with ‘the State Highway Engineer yesterday in a effort to expedit installation. ; The new lighting system will cost the township money no matter what plans are approved but it is hoped that expenditures can be - kept below the figure set by traffic experts early this year when the amount of $20,000 was proposed. Once plans get the state OK, bids will be advertized and the matter solved. Tt is the firm desire of residents that lights be in place by the beginning of the fall school term next month. Dangerous sum- mer traffic increase has made many fearful of entering the Center ‘Street lanes. Harris Hill and Carverton Roads will likewise be effected by the de- cision as traffic signals will be placed at all three intersections. Twelve and fifteen inch pipe to be laid in the area leading from Goeringer's new plot in Shaver- town and Terrace Street was awarded to ‘Central Clay Products Monday evening at a special meet- | ing of the supervisors. The Board also vacated Church Road in Carverton now under con- struction as part of the Frances Slocum Park project, with a re- quest that access to (Carverton Methodist Church and Mt. Olivet Cemetery be maintained. The road | lies along Legislative Route 456 to | 455. : ‘Who is responsible for filling holes left by the removal of old railroad ties on Harris Hill Road will be determined and the matter taken care of. The same situation on E. Center Street will automati- cally be rectified by the new re- surfacing job now underway by the state on that thoroughfare. The police chief was ordered to check on a barking dog complaint made by Joseph Hogg, who stated ' Chapel. i i his sleep is disturbed every evening by the animal’s barking. Regular meeting of the Board will be held Wednesday evening at which time other bids will be awarded. LaRoy Ziegler presided. Slightly Hurt After Hitting Martz's Wall Bernard “Bucky” Buckman, Dal- las RD 3, was slightly injured early Saturday morning when his car left ] the road and hit a stone wall in front of the Martz Farm. His 1955 Dedge crossed the road, | and struck the wall as Buckman was proceeding hime. His mouth was bleeding, according to investi- gating officer, police chief Frank Lange, who took him home. Douse Bad Brushfire Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany, Dallas, extinguished a stub- born brushfire on Goodleigh Farm, upper Demunds Road, at noon on |in 1843, Saturday, behind a cottage there, | The first community of Sisters of Close-up of this wrecked Chev- rolet convertible shows where wind- shield was kicked out by passenger Patricia Gardiner, 18, Kunkle, after the car overturned on the highway in + Beaumont at 11:45 Monday morning. Driver Shirley Gregory, Harveys Lake RD 1, was hospitalized for injuries, after passers-by helped her MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Two Girls Injured In Beaumont Wreck out of the vehicle. Car was proceeding north toward Beaumont, when it apparently hit a spot in the road, careened up on an embankment, and flipped over on the highway. Girls were taken by car to Nes- bitt Hospital, where Miss Gardiner was treated and released. e SL met There have been meeting ings, and sooner or later the fact: It’s not the seepage at the overflowing septic tanks. houses are veritable luxury ing-after, in which beer can “We provoking revelation: the trouble!” from them anymore.” Ominous echoes 6f this for a good fight. This is a government This is an emergency. corrupted. room. Buildings which have been tak- | ing shape over the past months on the the College Misericordia campus were dedicated in solemn ceremony Sunday morning at 10:30. | Five buildings were blessed by | Bishop Jerome D. Hannan: the | Provincial Building; the Postulancy; | Novitiate; central facilities building; | and the House of Studies. Also dedicated were two chapels: Trinity ‘Chapel in the Provincialate and the Blessed Sacrament Chapel in the central utlities building, which connects the House of Stu- dics with the Novitiate and Postu- lancy wings. Following formal ' dedication, Msgr. James T. Clarke, STL, chap- Jain and professor at College Miseri- cordia, celebrated a Solemn High Mass in the Blessed Sacrament by Rev. . Donald A. McAndrews, MSW, chaplain and professor at College Misericordia, and director- supervisor of Catholic Charities for Wyoming Valley. : Deacon at the Mass was Rev. P. Lawrence Homer, chaplain at Sisters of Mercy Novitiate and principal of West Side Cetholic High School; suh-deacon, Rev. Thomas J. Crog- han, chaplain at Mercy Hospital. Master of ceremonies was Rev. Jamas C. Timlin, assistant pastor of St Peter's Cathedral, Scranton. Gate of Heaven school, which draws upcn the sisters at College Micericordia for its teaching statf, was represented by Rev. Francis A. | Kane, pastor and dministrator. | Attending the cercmony was Mo- thes M. Regina, RSM, Mother Gen- eral of the Sisters of Mercy of the | Union in the United States, based at Bethesda, Md. Mother Provincial for the Scran- ton Province is . Mother William Joseph, RSM. corernony.- ! | The brochure also sketches the history of the Order from its foun- daticn in Ireland in 1831, and its introduction into the United States in the Pittsburgh area. The sermon was delivered | ‘Editorially Speaking s and there have been meet- people alight on one ugly Harveys Lake, and it’s not They might help to build a base of corruption in the water, but they are not the answer, and they cannot be regulated by law. What pulled the bacteria count over panic-leve] are the boat-houses hanging over the water. It is a well-known fact that many of these boat- apartments, used and mis- used for many an evening party. There follows a morn- s, garbage, and what-have- you wash against the shore for a while, and then begin a long journey riding the currents. Meetings of Harveys Lake businessmen and interested citizens, along with supervisors, inevitably erupt with the all know who's causing These are the same people who say: “The Health: Department will go just so far, and then you won’t hear have already floated to the surface in the Health Department’s assertion that it can- not check every dwelling ‘surrounding the ‘Lake. It MUST check every dwelling, like it or not. If it involves bringing in half the health officers in the state, it must check every dwelling. Health control of Harveys Lake has been at ease for long enough now, that everybody ought to be well-rested And recheck! problem, regulated by law which slaps a $300 fine or a jail sentence on offenders. This is state water being Start handing out summonses, Health De- partment, and we’ll make sure the public knows about it. Then they’ll walk across the road to use the bath- —Leighton Scott Bishop Hannan Dedicates Buildings Of Sisters Of Mercy At Misericordia Mezcy in the Scranton Diocese was founded in 1874; the second, in the ‘Wilkes-Barre area, one year later. Ground was blessed July 16; 1961, by Bishop Hannan. Work was begun August 13, 1962. The Blessed Sacramen: Chapel embcdies both the old and the new in its architecture, welcoming mo- dern clean lines of structure and composition, but retaining the age- old spirit of sanctity. Trinity Chapel is small and cir- cular, © with triangular sanctuary and predela — the circle, symbol of eternity; the triangle, the trinity. A reception and profession cere- monies are scheduled for August 16. Reckless Driving In Sideswipe Near Lake A 1957 Cadillac driven by Leo F. Bator, Warren, Michigan, and containing his wife Bernadine and daughter Donna, 7, was side-swiped by Alfred L. Martin, New Elizabeth Street, Wilkes-Barre, at 9:30 Satur- day night on Kunkle road near Alderson, Harveys Lake. Harry Yatsko, Harveys Lake RD 1, a witness, and four others chased Martin about a mile and a half and stopped him, according to Dallas Township police chief Frank Lange. Martin was charged with reckless driving. Sideswiper Pursued, Theodore Sorber,, RD 3, Wyo- ming, was taken before Justice of the Peace George Prater on charges of “failing to identify himself” after being chased all the way. from Wyo- ming Road, East Dallas, to Beau- mont by an angry driver, Monday night, William E. Schneiderite, RD 3, Dallas, was angry because Sorber sideswiped him on the Wyoming | road, and left the scene. Schnei- derite, with wife and two daughters, was turning into his driveway at the time. ; He chased Sorber’s red pick-up truck to a diner in Beaumont Direct Dialling For Lake Phones Service To Start Oct. 5, 3:01 A.M. In two months, it will be as easy for Harveys Lake telephone sub- scribers to place a call to San Francisco as it is now to dial an- other Harveys Lake phone, says J. N. Landis, Dallas District Man- ager of Commonwealth Telephone Company. Harveys Lake telephones will be added to the nationwide direct distance dialing network on Sunday, October 5, at 3:01 a.m. Mr. Landis noted that Harveys Lake subscribers will be. able to dial station-to-station calls direct to more than 9,000 communities | throughout the United States and Canada. Person-to-person, collect calls, coin box calls and others re- quiring special handling will con- tinue to be made by operators. At the same time, all telephone numbers will be converted to ANC, with each telephone number being composed of seven digits. Harveys Lake’s NEptune 9 numbers will be- come 639 followed by four other digits. The 7-digit system is rapid- ly being introduced all over the country and throughout Common- ‘wealth’s system. Landis said, “Seven-figure num- bers increase by almost 50 per cent the quantity of telephone numbers possible with seven turns of the dial. Some available letter com- binations just won't fit any central office name telephone people cau think of. The seven-digit system makes all dial combinations usable as telephone numbers.” ‘ [ New number plates wil be sent out to Harveys Lake subscribers. Under direct distance dialing, the United States and Canada are di- vided into some 100 numbering plan areas, each identified by its own. three-figure Area Code. Har- veys Lake telephones are in the 717 code area. Customers calling long distance within this code area will first dial the special code “1,” then dial the desired long distance number. Calls beyond the 717 code area. will first require’ dialing the code 1, then the three figure code, and then the desired mumber. For ex- ample, to call 4 varty ia Philad - ‘phia,. dial the special code 1, then the area code 215, znd ther the seven figures of the Philadelphia party’s number. Harveys Lake customers will re- ceive a booklet giving complete in- structions for making direct dialed distance calls. Customers should retain these instructions for easy reference when making calls for the first few times. Douse Flaming Tree By Alderson Tracks Harveys Lake firemen extinguish- ed a blaze in a large tree and some railroad ties just below Alderson on the Kunkle road at 11 Saturday night. Fire chief Richard Williams said the fire apparently began when sparks from the salvage-men’s torch caught in the old creosoted ties while they were cutting rails. Fire spread along several ties to the roots of the old tree, part of which was hollow, and flared right up one trunk as if it were a chim- ney. Williams said he received a num- ber of calls from people who had seen the spectacularly flaming tree. Severe Accident East Of Lehman Seven Persons Hurt At Sawmill Corners Seven persons were injured, two very seriously, when their cars col- lided at “sawmill” intersection on Route 118 a, mile east of Lehman center around 4:30 yesterday after- noon. Injured worst were Mr. and Mrs. James Davis, Wilkes-Barre, driver of the car proceeding toward Ide- town across the highway, and his wife. They received multiple cuts of the head, Davis's cut very badly, and Mrs. Davis had a bad gash on her leg as well. Passengers were their daughter, Mrs. Peggy Marchetti and daugh- ter, Judy, who like her parents, was thrown out of the car on impact. In’ the other car, a 1963 Ford, two were saved by seat belts, driver Francis J. Pryal, Carbondale, suf- fering pain in arm, William J. Con- nors, Exeter, severe cuts of the face, but their secretary, Gladys Phillips, Dunmore, was thrown’ for- ward in the car, and had multiple cuts and possible broken leg. Pryal car was headed toward Dallas when the Davis car came out of the side road. Dallas ambulance, manned by Leighton Scott, Jim Perkins, and Bill. Wright, took Mrs. Davis, Mrs: Marchetti and daughter, to Nesbitt Hospital. Harveys Lake ambulance, John Stenger and Lee Zimmerman crew, took Davis and Mrs. Phillips, and Pryal and Connors were driven. Lehman police investigated and directed traffic, and Dallas fire en- gine washed = off the pavement. | Kingston Township ambulance re- | sponded, but was not needed. Leh- man ambulance is being repaired. w= — Les Tinsley’s Chevy II is shown, | a total wreck after it rolled on | Route 29 above Noxen, injuring Calvin Tinsley, the driver, early Friday morning. Calvin, 15, is home now from Nesbitt Hospital where he was rushed by Noxen ambulance. He ge Centermoreland Set For Auction Chicken Barbecue Both Evenings - With the forecast of fair weather and below-normal precipitation, Centermoreland Auction promises to have a successful weekend. Pits have been scoured, and wire racks are waiting to hold the 1250 fresh broilers which will be barbe- cued over the flames. After serv- ing 2,000 dinners last year, the committee has prepared for 2,500 guests this time. < Along with the special sauce to give that added flavor to the large chicken portions, the ladies are busy preparing the accessory dishes, corn-on-the-cob, piping hot baked potatoes, fresh string beans, olives, pickles, homemade rolls, butter, Tinsley Ca +d suffered a cut on his head, multiple brushburns, and torn shoulder liga- | ‘ments, when the car swerved out of control, turned over an un- known number of times, and came to rest against a utility pole. | Car * traveled about 150 feet. | Tinsley was thrown clear of the | | r Total Wreck After Rolli THE DALLAS POST Odd Stab-Wound Sends Picnicker To The Hospital Fracas In Franklin Was Mystery Bound; Ambulance Summoned Apparently a jealous lover re- buffed, a Larksville man suffered a stab wound at Barbacci's Grove in Franklin Township, Sunday eve- ning. Wound may have been self- inflicted. Incident did not come to light for several days, until the Dallas Post probed a rumor of the stab- bing. Franklin Township ambulance took the injured man to Nesbitt Hospital, where he was treated and discharged. Police Chief Byron Kester was told later by hospital officials’ that the man’s name was Carl Postupack, 405 Orchard ‘Street, Larksville. Kester said witnesses described Postupack as young, about 22. ’ Ambulance crewmen were not available for comment on the in- cident. Chief Kester got the story as follows, from witnesses: The wounded man was with a group at Fanti’s across the pond from Barbacci’s, where a girl-friend was also picnicking with another group. Postupack came back and forth to Barbacci’s. several times to see the girl. Later, according to Kester, he took an apparent spell of jeal- ousy and was heard to threaten to drown himself. At. dark, he re- turned to Fanti’s, but came run- ‘ning back out of the night, bleeding from the chest and calling for an ambulance. A friend got Postupack into a car and was going to take him to the hospital, but Postupack insisted on driving, so the friend revoked his invitation. The wounded man ripped off his shirt and threw it on the ground. It was very bloody. He then proceeded up the road, where he was met by the ambu- lance, manned by Karl Besteder and Stacey Schoonover, who took him to the hospital. Chief Kester said he did not know source of the wound infliction, but expressed possibility that the wound was self-inflicted. = “i ¥ Dallas Tree Fire Dallas Fire Company helped ex- tinguish on Sunday, a smouldering fire in a tree, near a home on Powderhorn Drive being remodeled by Lee Eckert. Eckert attributed the little fire to efforts of children to burn out some yellow jackets. ng car, landing about 50 feet Hy from the accident, according to his | father. Power to Orcutt’s was cut off on impact of the car. Calvin is charged by state police with driving with- out an operator's license. One of the big items to be: put over the block by the auctioneers is a colored television donated by David Voitek, Carverton. For an- tiqi.e lovers there is a 150 year old cord bed from the Falls area and New goods. feature appliances among many other items.” White! clephant tables, fresh baked good- dot the grounds surrounding the block and refreshment stands. Thomas Skelburne, chairman of the 8th annual Methodist Church | auction, announces an innovation | this year with the appearance of | group singers every evening, be- | ginning at 7. Wins Acme Prize Sally Holvey, 13, Park Street, Dallas, won the color television and $500 cash in the Acme Sweep- stakes yesterday. small leather top and lamp tables. | grills, and automobile accessories | August 10 at the building which ies, and a fish pond for the kiddies | Register Monday | Students enrolling in the Dallas | School District for the first time, | and expecting to attend either Dal- las Junior or Dallas Senior High “School, will register on Monday, | they expect to enter. Hours are I'S ‘a'milto BF p.m: | Dr. Robert A. Mellman, superin- tendent, stresses the importance of | getting a full picture of the prob- | able enrollment, in advance of | drawing up classroom schedules. Car Backs Downhill Plunges Into Woods? An Oldsmobile belonging to Clyde Davis, Skyview Drive, New Goss Manor, backed itself out of its driveway Tuesday afternoon at 3, raced downhill and into the woods, coming to a halt in a patch of brush, : : ‘completely cleaned, and Mr. Hutt- ' library board, auction. ‘| was brought home | Besecker, and L. R. Scott as crew. TWO Cat Walks 150 Miles Home, Dallas To N. J. One month ago, visitors at the home of Lester Moss, upper De- munds Road, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Souder, Old Bridge, N. J., had to leave for home without their pet cat. Mr. and Mrs. Souder had camp- ed out, while here, and when they were getting ready to leave her parents’ home and return to New Jersey, they found/ that ‘Pokie” had disappeared. After hunting and calling, they | decided they had to, go without him. They said that they would be back in two weeks, and, if Pokie showed up, please hang onto him. Last Friday, Mrs. Souder called her mother at work to say that Pokie had arrived home, 150 MILES AWAY. His tail was broken and paws raw, but he got a royal wel- come from the children. New Librarian MRS. MARY DALE Mrs. Mary Dale assumed her duties as librarian of Back Moun- tain Memorial Library on Tuesday, as announced in advance by the Board of Directors at its July meet- ing in the Library Annex. The present working schedule of the library staff was continued, to | give Mrs. Dale an opportunity to | study methods of operation before | instituting possible changes. ‘Mrs.. Martin Davern was com- pliménted Vy the*board wpon her efficient handling of the library during the interim months from the date when Mrs. ‘Albert Jones, acting librarian, resigned late in March, and Mrs. Dale was ready to take over the operation. Homer Moyer, treasurer, reported an auction gross of $23,000 from which he anticipated an approxi- mate net of $16,300. Frank Huttman, auction chair- Telephone Numbers 674- II Ere VOL. 75, NO. 31. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1964 | would consist of a five-man board, Fate building and operation of cess- | two other methods—sewer system man, told the board that the auc- | tion barn and grounds had been | man expressed his thanks for all the fine work which the various auction committees performed this year. Richard Demmy, president of the | complimented Mr. Huttman for his excellent handling of -the ‘auction this year along with | his cochairman, Merrill Faegenburg, | and also indicated the board of | directors’ sincere gratitude to the | Boston Store for the amount of | employee time and goods the store | made available for this year’s | Mrs. Davern reported that adult circulation for the month of June was 2,295 books and juvenile cir- culation for June was 4,042 for a total circulation of 6,337 books dur- ing the month. She also reported | 120 new borrowers for the month, 14 of whom were adults and 106 juveniles. Three excellent new memory books have been presented to the library, and they include “John Keats” by Walter J. Bate, “Dickens In His Time” by Ivor Brown and “The Dickens Theatrical Reader.” Back Mountain Area Ambulance Logbook Dallas Community | Russell Honeywell, Lake Street, | from Nesbitt | Hospital on Saturday, Roy Laug- | head, Jim Davies, and John Carey attending. | On Saturday also, Curtis Pro- | thero, Route 309, Dallas, was taken to General Hospital, Davies, Bob | > Niles ‘White, Baldwin Street, was rushed to General Hospital again on | Tuesday, Scott, Bill Berti, and Ralph Fitch Jr. attending. Lake Township Lake Township ambulsnce brought David Jones, Harveys Lake, | to Wyoming Valley Hospital from a | private hospital in Palmerton | yesterday, August 5, Lee Zimmer- | man and John Stenger as crew. Noxen Community Noxen ambulance ‘ook Calvin | Tinsley, Upper Demunds from Route 29 (near GLF) to Nes | bitt Hospital following an accident | (see page 1 picture) on Friday mor- ning, Dave Fritz, Earl Crispell, and Al Goble as crew. Kingston Township On Saturday R. A. Williams, | that his firm sells, proposing that ! just covers the problem up—that | chlorine method. | other citizen suggested forming a | tacted , engineering company, | $1000, bill footed by the business- | men. | the chlorination plan, on reason of | lack of effective control and because | chlorine could disrupt septic tank | driven by Oscar Chamberlain, Ply- | she complained of pain in her hand. Road, | EASY TO REMEMBER 5656 674-7676 Business Wants Supervisors To Police Sewerage Harveys Lake Would Regulate Sanitation By 5-Man Authority Harveys Lake businessmen feel that a local sanitation authority, set up with the supervisors’ blessing, is the only quick answer to the urgent contamination problem. Township would then, in effect, po- lice local septic tanks and drains to find violations for state prosecu-~ tion. With a number of businessmen and interested citizens terming the sewage crisis one of hourly aggra- vation, public meetings were being called abundantly in the last weeks. Tests from the Philadelphia lab- ratories of the Health Department were returning daily, showing more | .and more universal contamination of the water. Meeting called last night at Har- veys Lake firehall was the second attempt on the part of the busi- nessmen to get supervisors inter- ested in forming a sanitation authority or something similar. James McCaffrey, beach- owner and spokesman for businessmen concerned, told ‘the Dallas Post yesterday that the Health Depart- ment was doing everything it could, and that it would act as an ad- visory body to local policing, pros- ecuting violators of the law which prohibits discharge of raw sewage into the water. ; in He said he had just conferred =~ | with Dr. Richard Potter of the Health Department, who told him that the state had no intention of letting up its efforts to uncover | violators. ’ By middle of the week, the state had accumulated a fair tally of vi- olators, including several near pub- lic beaches. The Health Depart- ment referred to those who had received official warnings only as “homeowners,” according to Mec- Caffrey. A i Lake Authority ; The Lake sanitation authority one of whom must be « doctor, ac- cording to dictates ci ‘ihe townskhi ada Ik would police und reg pools, drain fields, septic tanks, and spouts. ; As a means of controlling con- tamination, its effectiveness would appear to lie midway between the and chlorination, both of which were proposed at meetings. At the Lake supervisors’ meet- ing Saturday, Richard Burnat read specifications of chlorine tablets they be distributed and used gen- erally in every toilet around the lake. Another lake citizen, who asked to remain nameless, said chlorine the only effective control is state dye tests, warnings, and arrests. Skindiver Tommy O'Brien said chl- orination was needed immediately, and that pressure was being exert- ed in Wilkes-Barre against the Basically, - the meeting agreed, many sewage offenders are flagrant, and ‘are known to their neighbors. One such violator actually covers his sewage flow with a large flat rock, it was learned. Restaurateur Pete Ambrose re- ferred to the economic crisis at the Lake as “hourly” increasing. An- “vigilante committee” to police for sewage violators. b Measures Considered Meanwhile, the businessmen con- a Philadelphia sanitation which was too busy, then wrote another in Newtown ‘Square. -An engineer's survey will cost between $500 and State has reportedly rejected action. Collide On Highway In Dallas Borough Two cars collided in Dallas Borough on Memorial Highway Sun- day night, and a young girl suffered minor injury to her hand. : Collision occurred near Disque’s | when a 1964 Mercury, driven by George P. Williams, Kingston, struck the rear of a 1956 Dodge mouth. Front grill of the Merc was dam- aged, and one of Williams’ daugh- ters was taken to the doctor when Officers Ray Titus and Jack Berti investigated. Spring ‘Street, was taken to. Car- penter Nursing Home. Harry Smith and Marvin Yeust in attendance. Tuesday afternoon, Adam Young, Lewis Avenue, was taken to Nes- 8 bitt Hospital, with Walter Davis and Anthony Plata as crew. ;
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