J Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY — SIXTEEN PAGES ows To Wrecker king Time Slated Freight Station B As PO Groundbrea Dallas's well-known artist, = C. ‘Graydon Mayer, once painted a picture of it, with snowflakes settl- ing over the building and one lonely freight-car, and that was probably the last time anybody gave even passing regard to the freight sta- tion. This week, they Staricd to tear it down. The wood, once adorned with a large sign that proclaimed “Dallas” to the world that rattled by on rails to Towanda and Wilkes-Barre, will be used by Julius Verbilya for a farm shed in Mooretown, to house ‘cattle’ and implements. . Passenger station remains, out of contractor Raymon Hedden's way as he builds the new Dallas post- ‘office on abandoned railroad depot | | too distant future. Construction time permitted by | contract with the GSA and. post- | office department is 270 days from | December 4, which was last Fri- day. Mr. Hedden says work on | the new postoffice will begin short- ly, as soon as freight station and part of the Devens barn are de- molished. Ground-breaking - was scheduled | by Congressman Daniel J. Flood | for 2 p.m. Saturday. Dallas Post- master Edward J. Buckley will pre- sent the congressman at ceremonies and will assist with groundbreaking. Dallas postoffice is: slated to cost $154,000, with 7,500 square feet of floor space, some of which will be land and some derived from the Devens estate. Mr. Hedden: says the library Lee directors have shown -interest ~in his offer to give the station © ‘to the library to sell. Sturdy ‘ passenger station has been the object of. some interest with “regard to moving it down the highway and converting it to ‘a shop. Auction committee would presumably put the building out on bid, in the not Back Mountain Brea Bae Logbook Dallas Community _ Dallas Ambulance took John Clive, Fernbrook, to Mercy Hospital on Tuesday, Ralph Fitch Jr., and Hayden Richards as crew. ‘Mrs. Jean Kuehn, Machell Ave- nue, was taken to Muhlenburg Med- ical Center, Bethlehem, Tuesday night, Robert Besecker, Les Tinsley, and Alice Tinsley, RN. attending. Lake Towrishin S Wednesday, December 2, Lake srabulatice took Gary Smith, Har- ‘veys Lake, from scene of auto acci- dent at Alderson to Nesbitt Hos- pital, Lee Zimmerman and John Stenger attending. Norman Frantz, Beaumont, was taken to Nesbitt Hospital on Friday, Stenger and Zimmerman as Crew. Charles Kurtincz, Barnum Street, Lake, -was taken to General Hos- pital, Stenger, Zimmerman, and Fred Javers attending. Stenger and Zimmerman also took the ;ambulance out on the ‘help, help} case. See related story. \ Kingsten Township Frank Karweta, Overbrook ' Ave- nue, was, taken to Veterans Hospital on Sunday. Harry Smith, William Kreischer, and Anthony Plata serv- ed as crew. Nexen Community Thomas Edwards, Noxen, talsen to Veterans Hospital on Mon- day, Fritz attending. Woman Hunter Bags Deer At Ceasetown One of the few women hunters of the area got her deer Wednesday | morning near Ceasetown Dam. Mrs Walter Mickno, Ceasetown, the for- mer Sophie Salansky of Trucksville dressed out the five point buck and dragged it to her car. ing motorists assisted her in get- ting it into the trunk. Mrs. Mickno has been hunting ever since high school days, now “has a daughter who hunts. Hits Milk Truck A pick-up truck, driven by Harry R. Thompson, 27, of 96 Tunkhan- nock: Highway, collided at 6:30 ‘Monday morning with a milk truck, owned by Elston’s Dairy, which was turning in the road, at Trucksville. Driver of the milk truck was Don- ‘ald C. Cosgrove, Dallas RD 2, who |. wn going south at the time, | was | Warren Dymond and David Two pass- | taken up by four federal offices. Mrs. Felt A Little Better After Crash | The condition of Mrs. Lila Felt, Idetown, who was critically injured lin a highway accident at Dallas on November 29 is reported still seri- ous at Nesbitt Hospital, but some _THE:L and the police came, | afternoon, according to reports, re- | ceived by the Dallas Post. out, { Route 29, but he couldn't speak | Loyalville, | old Heidel, | ta, treasurer; Help, Help—Help Me Get My Deer Loaded Around 7:30 Monday night, a cry Nienius’s Hill, Loyalville, was heard by local residents. “Help, help, help,” the voices cried. Mrs. John Reéonis, a neighbor, heard the cries and called Lake Township police chief Edgar Hughes, along with Lake Township ambulance. . . There were two men, sitting on the hill, perfectly sound and hearty, the chief said. They merely wanted help ‘to pull their deer down off ‘the mountain. he one man, described by Chief Hughes as “a heavy-set fellow,” had a Volks- wagen truck. Police did not get the men’s names, the chief said, but he ob- served that what they did was ir- responsible. It was thought that another hunt- er was lost in the woods on Friday Turned Chief Hughes explained, the man was staying with people on enough English to ask directions to the home. At Kupstas's Store, the proprietors named | residents up and down the highway | until he recognized the name, then took ‘W. Frederick him there. Is Reelected William Frederick was reelected fire chief and Andrew Roan presi- dent at a meeting of Shavertown Fire Company on Tuesday evening. DAL THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1964 Borough “Black” For o, McCulloch New CD Chief from the wilderness in vicinity of |. Dallas Borough can expect to end the 1964 budget year in the black, according to secretary Robert Brown andi Councilman Robert Parry. Brown ventured to say that some $1200 might be left in the balance. Announcement came as good news, as Borough was operating previously on deficit spending, bor- rowing money, and running into some embarrassing situations where money was needed. One thing that helped was victory in a lawsuit against Natona Mills, in which the Mill, through no real fault of its own, nevertheless paid real estate transfer tax to Dallas Township in- stead of the Borough, and township refused to return it. APPOINTED CD CHIEF Assistant Chief of Police Alexan- der McCulloch was recommended to the mayor as Dallas Borough Civil Defense director, ‘a post which has been vacant for some time. This effectively makes McCulloch the director, pending Governor's okay, a formality. Dallas can get trucks, cruiser cars, and other equipment for only a few hundred dollars each, ‘though, "less than a ‘year after the Borough gets a Civil Defense organization: Councilman’ Robert Post said that used cars and trucks could be pur- chased at nominal cost, in good condition, in ‘the name of Civil De- fense, within eight or ten months after naming: of a.CD director. Council has been thinking about buying a cruiser on next year's bud- get. Request for equipment will be made «upon - McCulloch's. ‘appoint- ment. MAIN STREET PARKING Main Street parking is still a big Other officers chosen includad: | Harold Darrow, vice: president; Har- secretary; Anthony Pla- 1st Ass’t. Fire Chief, | Walter Davis; 2nd Asst, Andrew Roan, and: 3rd Ass’t., Joseph! | Youngblood; trustee for five years, | Ted Woolbert; William Roberts. Douse Drain Blaze On Railroad Terrace Trucksville Fire Company doused a small blaze in a drainpipe extend- ing down off the old railroad bed terrace above the highway across from Birch Grove, around 11%%ues- day -morning: £ Asphalt or tar put fpetde the pipe to protect against rusting in some manner became ‘ignited. Albert Hawke and James Gordon Jr., put out the fire quickly with about 250 gallons of water from the tanker. Several motorists turned iin the alarm. | | improvement has been noted. | Ray Hozempa Shoots Her First Deer known more formally as Ignatius, Street innkeeper. p.m. gpening day." Wreck Injures Two Near Meeker Church Nesbitt Hospital in Lehman ambu- | ance around 11 Tuesday night, after their 1956 Plymouth ‘sedan hit an embankment near Meeker Church, | demolishing the front end. senger Charles Conden, 22, RD 1, Harveys Lake, listed as ‘fair’ yes- terday, suffering from a lacerated left cheek and eye, possible fracture | 5f left” foot, and possible head in- jury, f . Andrew Rive, 19, driving car, Bosiwed on Page 4 A) a Vix = dard Kay Hozempa is pretty happy about it. {With Brofber Gor Two young men were rushed to | Most seriously injured was pas=! It wae “her: first deer in the five years she’s been hunting, and So is her husband, “Hosey,”’ and her dad, Bill Phillips, Main Kay got the 7-point, 148 pound buck with one slot from her .250-300C. Savage, hunting near their place in Lehman, around 4:45 Buck, 1st Year Home | One of nine brothers hunting in | the Sorber Mountain area, Alfred Taylor, 15 years away from home, and. son of Mrs. Rosie Taylor, Har. | veys Lake, shot a 5-point buck on Tuesday. He was the only one in the crowd | season. | His brothers are: Robert, Harveys | Lake, Ralph, Irvin, Earl, and Merle, | all N.Y., James, Shavertown, and Charles and Paul, Sweet Valley. Ee of Syracuse, sergeant at arms, I i problem; said Councilwomah Grace Cave. She asked why' the Borough bothered to put up one-hour park- ing signs when people were being permitted to park. there four and five hours. Ticketing was again felt to be the be the L. L. Jointure Elects Sutton 1 others from hunters. Balance Foreseen| answer, Councilman George Thomas said “Let's enforce the rules we have.” Councilman Robert Moore, head of police committee directed: “We've got tickets, let's use them.” A representative of Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company was in at- tendance, to find out the basis of an old bill from the Borough, for paving over areas near Gate of Heaven, Sterling Avenue, and Cen- ter Hill Road, following work in- stalling gaslines by an independent contractor. Other business: Building in amount of $1900 netted $4 permits; a letter from Postmaster Ed Buckley invited council to postoffice ground- breaking Saturday; a letter was re- ceived from lawyers of three local TV stations urging council not to okay franchise of pay TV. Police reported $175 collected on AS POST Three Outfits Fight Silkworth RD Blaze Three fire companies confined a | bad fire near Lake Silkworth to a garage, which was destroyed, around 1:05 a.m. on Tuesday. Garage was connected to a home by a breezway, property owned by Frank Young, Silkworth RD 2. Mr. and Mrs. Young and son were home at the time. Companies from Lake Silkworth, Sweet Valley, and Lehman respond- ed. Latter two were released around 3 a.m., and Silkworth men stood by, according to Lehman fire chief Lee Wentzel. Back of the Young home was scorched. Metal siding on garage was pried out to enable firemen to get at the source of the blaze. Ambulance Crew Ed Roth’s crew; Dallas Commun- ity Ambulance, remains on duty until midnight Sunday: Ralph Fitch, Christmas lights; road department will repair the older truck for up- wards of $100; Parry suggested better lighting at Route 309 inter- section. Officer Reports Deer Vandalism Buckshot In Chase Carcasses Let Rot A seriesfof buck carcasses, appar- ently deer felled with buckshot by smallgame hunters, was revealed to the Dallas Post last week. Shootings were in Jackson Town- ship, mostly near Chase, but one was said to have been in the Conger town area. Game protector the deer, which had been left to rot away, were probably all shot during small game season. He said carcasses had ben found on back areas of the Lamoreux farm and the Ben Spencer orchard. Gdosky said game commission men who investigated found two carcasses, but had reports of two Last shoot- ing was in the early part of last Beye Retains Officers “offi 5 for both the Lake-Dilh man’ Jointure and ‘the Lehman Merged Board were elected Tuesday evening, with 21 of the 25 school directors present. Willard Sutton again heads the Jointure, with Richard Hogoboom vice president. Msi. Hogoboom was reelected pres- ident of the Merged School District, Dean Shaver vice president. The Board voted to insert a me- morial to the late Thomas Long- more in the 1965 Year Book. Mr. | Longmore was one of the most popular members of the faculty. His subjects - were ‘Industrial Art and - Wrestling. | The matter of a blinker in central | Lehman, warning motorists of a 15- mile an hour limit during school- crossing hours, was = once more stymied. ‘No: authorization has yet been received from the State High- way Department - in Harrisburg, though both school board and su- pervisors were ‘assured that it would be forthcoming. With a larger first grade in pros- pect for next year, it was decided to utilize the present unused space in the cafetorium, extending the cafeteria installation out to the far wall of the former gymnasium, to provide housing for supplies, now stored in an empty classroom. Building Committee chairman Sheldon Ehret reported that custo- dians could do the necessary con- | struction work. Lights will be in- stalled along the High School drive- way. A heating problem arose in one of the first grade rooms immediately above the boilers. Not too little heat, but too much heat. Insula- tion indicated. Residents again protested that their children were not given trans- portation along an offshoot of the Lake-Lehman road, and were un- happy when a compromise was of- fered: A walk of eight-tenths of a mile would bring children to a place where a school bus could legally pick them up, on the main road saving them a considerable walk. State mandate places a limit of a mile and a half for elementary chil- dren, two miles for high school | students. The State can surcharge board - | members for any infraction of the | rule. Barbara Vivien was again ap- pointed to the Legislative Council. Geraldine Wall, Physical Educa- tion director, was given a leave of absence, to begin February 1. Her place will be filled by Dorothy Jones, Shavertown, a former Leh- man instructor. Supervising Principal Lestet Squier, and assistant Robert Belles, will attend the Annual Association of School Administrators in Atlantie City, February 14-17, and Mr. Belles [ou go to the State PSEA in Pitts- burgh December 28 to 30. John Valeskas, on the evaluation committee at York Senior High School December 2-4, brought back Pos Lal Sell | week. | Gdosky. added, the Game Com- ' mission would appreciate informa- ties leading to arrest of the game offenders here. and ‘in other areas, and suggested interested citizens call ‘the Commission office in West Dallas, 675-1122, or the Dallas Post. . Game wardens have found these other offenses recently, he said: Doe hides on Larksville Mountain, in Sweet Valley and at Huntsville; other deer parts and full carcasses, rotted, near Huntington Mills. Drawn For Grand Jury Drawn for the’ Grand Jury, week of January 4, are three residents of the Back Mountain: Joseph Gia- nuzzi, Dallas, Albert F. Stitzer, Shavertown; Dreher = “Whitesell, Trucksville. valuable Iniormation velative to Lake-Lehman's own evaluation in March. Twenty-nine Home- Ec and Voca- tional agriculture students head for the Farm Show in Harrisburg, Jan- uary 3. Attending evening sessions at La- Porte, for advanced in-training, are Janet Turner, Mrs. Bethia King, Mrs. Avis Kocher, Delbert Hines, all sixth grade teachers. Representing Lehman Merged Board at Wyoming Valley Techni- cal School will be Richard Stroud, with Franklin Patton as. alternate. Ed Gdosky said | Gil Morris, Don Shaffer, Bill Berti. Next week: Charles Flack, Captain; Bill. Wright, Leighton ' Scott, Jim evening, succeeding Earl Phillips. | Williams was named to the School Davies, and John (Carey. TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 VOL. 75, NO. 49. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 194 Jack Stanley Heads Dallas Board; Directors Check Better Facilities Hoodlum Claim Brings Retort From Phillips Jack Stanley, Center Hill Road, Dallas, was elected president of Dallas Area School Board at the re- organization meeting held Tuesday Mrs. Ann Vernon was chosen vice president. Mrs. Louise Steinhauer served as president pro tem and Mrs. Harriet Stahl as secretary pro tem. Mrs. Steinhauer was unanimously approved as representative to the Wyoming Valley Technical Institute and L. L. Richardson as alternate. Mrs. Ann Vernon was elected re- presentative to the School Board Association Legislative Council, Earl Phillips representative to Back Mountain Library Board and Lloyd Authority for term. Meeting from this point was di- a five year | joey Fire Bursts From Motor; Family In Car | | | | | | | rected by President Stanley with considerable discussion on the need for added classrooms and a build- ing program. The Board voted to change a prior resolution, seeking an addition to Dallas Senior High, back to an original request for an elementary school, upon advice of the Department of Public Instruc- tion. New Buildings With a continuing increase ex- pected in every classroom the dis- trict has no alternative except to build or make additions. Dr. Mell- man said the department had look- ed with favor on a new elementary building at the far end of the Sen- ior High lot near the Rice develop- ment, forming more centralization. Shavertown School Building was reported as suitable, the only de- | terrent to acceptability being the frame construction. This is also a low maintenance schcol, remarked Dr. Mellman. Director Kozemchak presented a sketch of additions to Dallas Bor~ Engine of this car erupted in flame late Tuesday afternoon on Main Street, Post camera, as her husband and spectators, inspect damage. Hood engine parts. buretor. and young son Billy. extinguisher, Driver Hits ts Culvert; Brace Saves Life A neck bracerwhich he was wear- ing following an operation ‘some months ago saved Earl King, E. Cen- ter Street, Shavertown, from serious injury early Saturday morning. King was traveling on Overbrook overshot Pioneer Avenue and hit ‘| the culvert opposite Clarence Laidler’s home. The car dropped into a hole feet deep, but the driver was able to ‘crawl cut of the vehicle He was taken to Nesbitt Hospital by Her- bert Lahr. King suffered chin and forehead cuts and ‘a whiplash of the neck. He was released on Sat- urday. Registrations For Voters Now Open at the Court House Annex in Wilkes-Barre. Voters may change party, registration or apply for vot- i ing privileges from now until May 1. ‘When the seagulls leave Hunts- ville Dam, winter is here, | ~ Not that we. needed any reminder that winter is here, but these gulls, Seagulls End Their Annu al Autumn Visit To Dam part of a flock of some 50 at the | photographer James Hozomehak. | reservoir, have left, following the week's deep freeze. ‘They come every year, says in front of Joe’s Men's Shop, tempted to start it, working accelerator by hand. Mrs. Peter Duda, 41 Davenport Street, is seen here, looking. at Avenue, and confused by heavy fog, | 15] Registration books are now open as owner's husband at- assistant fire chief, Bill Berti, and was wrecked by fire, as were outer ¥ Mr. Duda had been wor king under the hood, applying the accel- erator by hand, with air cleaner off, and figures he flooded the car- Flames shot high in the air. In. the car were Mrs. Duda Dallas fireman James Wertman put out the blade with a hand Pwo Parties Set For Local Tots Two Christmas parties are sched- uled for children in this area next Saturday, December 19, at the same noon. | Daddow Isaacs Post will host 200 children of the Back Mountain at their annual holiday party, with Paul Shaver as usual in charge of the event. Refreshments and gifts will be given each child according to a report received from Gus Shu- leski, commander. At Shavertown Fire Hall, 600 youngsters, ranging in age’ to twelve, will be feted by the local firemen. All guests will be from the area, served by the volunteer company. Mal Kitchen heads this organization. Filled stockings and refreshments will be furnished all | comers. Santa, that ever popular gentle- man, will be kept busy making his rounds that day. Jr., and appear to make their home in ‘the pines across the water from his home, hour, from two to four in the after- | ough Building, but lacked play space. Director Richardson said the annex could be torn down. An application for school “sites inspection and facilities for the con- struction of additions’ to Dallas Junior High School and Dallas Sen- , ior High School and requesting permission from the DPI to proceed immediately with the building pro- gram, thereby waiving any claim for immediate state reimbursement but retaining the right to apply. for such reimbursement at such time in.- the future when ‘the projects were approved. In answer to questions concern- ing need to- file, Dr. Mellman stated the district was not obligated to proceed with program but in order to receive consideration from the Department at Harrisburg, such must be available. A recommendation was heard on the appointment of an architectural engineer to make a feasibility study [on all buildings. Director Earl Phillips made ‘a motion that matter be tabled and a committee appoint- ed to. study facts. All approved. Hoodlum Practice The local Board’s participation in the Wyoming Valley Technical In- stitute program was alse discussed, and. it was reported, that the jdlate 5 would furnish 90% of cost in the | projected building. New'iplans call | for all’ day classes and teaching of | academic studies at the new techni- cal school: : Director Kozemchak said 1 hop- ed the new school would do some- thing = about. hoodlumism among students attending technical insti- tute.. Earl Phillips said he thought this was certainly unfair to those who were trying to plan a good pro- gram and . certainly. uncalled for. Kozemchak retorted he did not con- done hoodlumism among our stu- dents. When Director Walter - Phillips read a resolution banning the use of live Christmas trees in school buildings Kozemchak objected that he was not consulted by the policy committee of which he was a mem- ber. Mr. Phillips answered that the committee had met prior to the last Board meeting that Kozemchak had been notified and that he had not attended. Despite the comment of other fellow members that the resolution had been read at last meeting, complain that he was left out. (Kozemchak never attends Execu- tive Board meetings.) : A letter from Atty. Jonathan Valentine was read reporting that the Board of View had awarded nothing to the Poole family in their claim to the lots in the Grandview Plot, condemned for the school dis- trict. sional positions were approved for the 1965-66 school budget: German Junior High School, Teacher in aathematies instructor for high school, ‘kindergarten -teacher at Westmoreland, English teacher in: the high school and guidance coun- selor ‘in grades séven to twelve. New Dental Drill ; Kozemchak voted against first yosition and questioned if a new appointee could replace G. Mec- Tutcheon. He was assured that such was not the plan. ' A new high speed drill was approved for school lental office and Edward Eyerman @nd Son were requested to bring nsurable value of buildings, athletic field fences and bleachers =D to date. as baker custodian was accepted and Frank Hemingway, cafeteria manager employed to do baking. The saving by this arrangement will amount to $1,093.67. | Mrs. Anne Vernon noted a de- ; crease ‘in students buying cafeteria lunches and advised that manager's | salary be transferred at later date from lunch receipts to payroll so that equipment might be replaced | as needed. 3,229 absentees were reported for. 3 November, highest total resulting | from virus infections. The students | raised $163. 70 from sale of Forget Me Nots. All member's of the i 3 were Prosehl Kozemchak continued to | The - following new profes- Resignation of Hilburt Stark, Be a