Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 75 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES Boro Council Gets Pile Of Bids, Defers Awards; No Cruiser Offer Bids were received at Dallas Borough Council meeting . Tuesday t on several items advertised, including a tractor-loader, truck, and paving materials, but no bid on police cruiser came through. Decision on how to award con- tracts was postponed by Council president Harold Brobst until May 25, a special meeting with the Planning Commission, which will be closed to the public. Such a closed meeting is termed meeting as a “committee of the whole.” L. L. Richardson, local Dodge dealer, told Council he had a bid on the steciieations for police cruiser, submitted from Detroit, but at the last minute he noticed the bid was based on a shorter wheelbase (two inches shy), and the home office could not get him another bid soon enough. His would have been the only bid submitted. Council is re-advertising bids for the cruiser, to be opened at the June meeting. Dale Parry, Mathers’ Construction, * American Asphalt, and Evans Asphalt all bid in part or whole on paving materials, and American Asphalt and Airport Sand and Gravel on stone and gravel; International Salt was lone bidder . salt; Mathers was lone bidder, / $17.50 an hour, on a paving machine, furnished and operated; bidders on the truck were Richard- S| iN and International Harvester, T trade, the former at $7200 for a four-wheel drive vehicle, the lat- ter at $7095 fwd and $7059 twd; three bids were received on the loader, from Emmanuel, Highway Equipment and Supply, and Scran- ton Tractor and Supply, bids to be studied from standpoint of cost, type of machine, and whether new or second-hand. In other business, discussion cen- tered around health problems posed by drainage, septic tanks, and the creek, and miscellaneous admini- strative problems. Lighting improvements to the tune of $52 a month increase over present bill were considered for Memorial Highway, from one end of the borough to the other. Councilman George Thomas said Qc had stopped at Kirby Health ‘Center recently and asked whose hy the drainage prob- em caused by overflowing septic tanks is.” He said the authorities there indicated that prosecution of drainage violators should emanate from the borough officials them- selves, but there was no elaboration as to what laws would be effective. “Do we have a nuisance law?” Thomas asked. He also drew attention to blasting operations on Sterling Avenue, and asked if there were a permit issued for this. Council was divided as to whether drainage offenses were a state or municipal problem, and Thomas said the matter was not clarified much at the health center, intended to pursue it until he found out.” Brobst said the borough was in possession of a letter from the state saying the state would hence- forth have jurisdiction over all halth problems in this respect. Back Mountain Area Embulance Loghook DALLAS COMMUNITY Dallas Community ambulance took E. Kyttle, Lincoln Street, to Nesbitt Hospital Sunday morning, Gil Morris, Robert Besecker, and Ed Roth attending. LAKE TOWNSHIP Lake ambulance took Peter De- Janey, Alderson, to Nesbitt Hos- pital, Lee Zimmerman, John Sten- ger, and Jim McCaffrey attending, on Thursday, May 6. Also on Thursday, Bruce Moss, west corner Lake, was taken to Mercy Hospital, Zimmerman, Stenger and McCaffrey as crew. ‘William Murphy, was taken to Mercy on Sunday, Stenger and McCaffrey attending. Yesterday, Peter Delaney was brought home from Nesbitt, Sten- ger and McCaffrey as crew. FRANKLIN-NORTHMORELAND Franklin - Northmoreland ambu- Mice brought David Perry home rom Nesbitt Hospital, Otto Harz- dorf, Rev. William Watson, and Doris Bedferd ag crew. KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Kingston Township ambulance took Carl Schuler, Trucksville, to Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Thursday, Harry Smith and Andy Roan attending. Mrs. R. Rees, Orchard Street, | Trucksville, was taken to Nesbitt Hospital on Thursday, Smith and P. | Dailey attending. - On Sunday, Carl Altemus, R D 3 Wyoming, was taken from accident scene, top of Center Street, to Nes- bitt Hospital, Walter Davis, Youngblood, and Jack Lasher as crew. NOXEN COMMUNITY Noxen ambulance took Leroy Hess to General Hospital on Sun- | day, Earl Crispell and Bob Clark attending. Edith Reese was brought from | General to the home “of Beatrice Dymond on Tuesday, Elvin Bean, Bill Crossman, and John MacMillan as crew, but that he! Park Street, | Joe | A resident of Sterling Avenue in- quired of Council what it intended to do about an inroad made in his lawn during road operations and drainage control, if anything. Was the borough going to fill with top- 50il or should he do it himself? Council said he should do it him- self. Building permits in amount of $58.82 were issued on $50,536 worth of building in the borough, includ- ing several houses. Fireworks At Dallas District Board Session Andy Takes Bitter Exception To An Rpril 13th Letter Dallas School board meeting Tuesday evening was enlivened by | a series of minor explosions, with one small rocket fired by a specta- tor. Whether he did or did not want school play apparatus jettisoned be- cause a child had scraped her knees on the school grounds at Trucks- ville, was not immediately apparent. Racket made by school buses was deplored by another spectator, who stated that his sleep was disturbed at 9 a.m. The matter was referred to Andrew Kozemchak, chairman of the transportation committee. The real smoke bomb was hurled when Mr. Kozemchak read a letter addressed to Mrs. Ann Vernon, in rebuttal of a letter read by her at the April board meeting. Mr. Kozemchak took bitter ex- ception to everything in Mrs. Ver- non'’s letter, published almost in its entirety in the Dallas Post of April 15. He questioned an expenditure of $176.04 incurred by the superin- tendent, travel to Atlantic City and Harrisburg authorized by the Board. The. Dallas Post advised Mr. Ko- zemchak three weeks ago that his letter; though an honest expression of opinion, was not in its present form acceptable for the columns of Safety-Valve, and advised 'dele- tion of two paragraphs. These were not deleted. It also advised Mr. Kozemchak that issuing such a letter in Safety Valve would place him in an un- favorable light, could result in an action for slander, and urged him to reconsider. It offered to run the material as a paid political adver-: tisement. It further duce his letter sentials, send it to Mrs. Vernon in person, or through appropriate channels to the directorate. Mr. Kozemchak stated that he represented a large majority of the voters, as evidenced by the plurality which elected him. Quoting from his letter: “It is my duty, and a mandate from the people, to look after the expendi- tures -of all tax moneys. Do not | these people have the right of hon- est dissent?” Jack Stanley, board president, and Dr. Robert Mellman, superin- | tendent answered that all bills and vouchers could, as always, be ex- amined by any member of the board. Also, that they had listened to a great deal of dissent, as the com- ing Primaries soared to fever pitch, and feelings ran high. Mr. Kozemchak distributed Xerox copies of his letter to members of the press, and the meeting re- sumed. Educational TV was approved, at a cost of $1 per pupil. The board saw the program as either a huge i success or a. complete flop. Receipts from tax gatherers amounted to $12,764.82. George Michael Daru, Wilkes- Barre Township, was employed as a | temporary professional employee, MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Mortgage -° burning ceremonies were conducted at George M. Dal- las Lodge 531, F.&A.M., last week; with ‘165 members in attendance. | Fourteen past masters of the lodge were “present at ‘the: event, ' held May 3. 2 The - Mascnic hall was built: in! | the 1952 at. ‘a cost of $90,000. .1t- was | occupied ‘on. New Years Eve, with membership toting furniture appurtenances, up to the new ad- dress on. Mdin Street from the old | hall in the! I00F building; which houses Kuehn’s Drug Store. At: the meeting last week, the | | presently membership also - celebrated ninetieth anniversary being in Dallas. Worshipful Master is = Robert Stepéenson. Thomas Robinson was Worshipful | Master at the time of building. First | in | | person to receive his degree suggested that he a to the prime es-' over-riding action taken at the April meeting which named him as a full-time substitute. B.S. from Mansfield with a major He holds a | in chemistry and a minor in mathe- | | matics. Two men of high calibre who have | been attracted to Dallas Schools by its reputation for willingness to ex- | ‘periment, have been employed. Both are versed in modern mathematics. | They are Edward S. Augustine, | | Nanticoke, and Fdward J. Hetzel, | Kingston. Miners National Bank was named depository; Joseph E. Slamon, ac- countant; Mr. W. B. Jeter, urer; Atty. Jonathan Valentine, so- | licitor; Mrs. Harriet Stahl, board secretary. A list of 200 senior students sub- mitted by W. 'F. Trimble, High | School principal, was approved for | graduation. Permission was granted to Dr. | Mellman and William A. Austin to | | attend the Annual Conference of | School Administrators at Pennsyl- | vania State University, July 11 to | 15th. | two afternoon sessions, treas- | Shown with primitive art entries at Back Mountain Memorial Library | are Mrs. J. B. Marshall, Mrs. Donn Innes, and Mrs. Richard Paterson. Children’s Day May 23 at Fine Arts Fiesta in the Public Square, | Wilkes-Barre, will be observed with afternoon program starting ‘at 1, ending with announcement of Chil- dren’s Sidewalk Art Exhibit win- ners. | Entries from this area will be accepted at the Library. Eligible are children from 5 to 11 years old. One painting only per child, crayon, oil, pastels, water-colors. Elemen- tary school teachers have specifi- cations. Friday May 21, is the deadline for entry. | A Quick Round-up After Caddie’s | Art Exhibit chairman. Children's Day At The Fine Arts Fiesta, Children’s ‘Day is sponsored by the Junior «League: Mrs. Innes, chairman, Mrs. Marshall her assis- tant and Mrs. Richard Paterson, A former resident of the area, Mrs. Harry Schooley, is = General Program’ Chairman for the annual event, May 20 through May 24. Mrs. Stefan Hellersperk is cos- | tume chairman, and announcer for the first day; Mrs. Robert Crayton has the rag-doll exhibit; Mrs. LeRoy Brown, -rug-hooking; Miss Nancy Day, assistant program chairman; Marlon Frantz, West Side Flower | Exhibit. | Children’s. Day will include a Punch and Judy Show by Alfred Umpteenth Hit; Plans Second Dog Caddie LaBar hesitates to guess! that he has been robbed 40 times | in the last ten years, but it is a fact that his gun display over the | years has drawn more crooks than | a porch light draws bugs on a hot | summer ‘night What the total, Caddie esti-! mates, the highway sporting goods stere has been hit as much as three | or four times in a year. Once it} was robbed three times in one month. i This ever week, little time elapsed be- | tween a breaking and entering, | theft of guns, cash, and trading | stamps, and the arrest of two sus- vects, in Wilkes-Barre. One of the youths turned out to be none other! | thana former neighbor, 19-year-old i Larry Britton, who lived with his! family on Wyoming Avenue, Dallas, until not too long agc when they | | moved to Wilkes-Barre. The other boy is Lewis Walters, | 16, Elizabeth - Street, City, with whom Britton, police said, drove to Caddie’s in a a stolen car, crawled lin a small rear basement window, | locked a watchdog in the stock- | room, and stole four pistols, three | rifles, and two shotguns, as well as! other booty, Saturday night. Caddie has not had pistols | in stock sinc he was robbed last fall. Only a week ago, taking a chance, he put some in. Asked - if he thought there was! some pre-knowledge involved here, | Caddie told the Post that anyone ! | Dr. Mellman will be chairman of | | who came into the store as a‘ cus- | loch, who investigated initially. | tomer could have seen that he had | against | when he was tied behind the store. pistols in stock again. Mecre seriously still, the boys al- legedly attempted an ‘armed rob- bery, which they admitted, on Jo- seph Pikas, Welles Street, Wilkes- Barre, and a girl friend, as they rode through Kirby Park Monday night, firing guns into the ground to scare them, but a passing car interrupted the scene. Guns had been hidden in Wilkes- Barre, in Jackson Township, and : one in a Carey Avenue parking lot, found Monday afternoon by a play- ing boy, was the first contact the state police had with the gang after the robbery. Description furnished by wit- nesses, both in the robbery attempt, | allegedly, by Britton to sell some i guns in the city, matched, and po- lice picked him up for questioning. He implicated Walters. BURGLAR ALARM Caddie says he will get either a second dog or a burglar alarm sys- tem for the store. His present dog, he notes, is good protection adults,” but seems to be afraid of youths. Some time ago, some wboys intimidated the dog Although the guns were recover- ed, the green stamps, by early this week, were not. The boys said they lost them while crossing Toby's | Creek. A sum of $49.77, out of the | cash drawer, was also still missing. State police were aided by Assist- ant Police Chief Alexander McCul- the { the of the lodge | new building Morris. * ‘was Largest attendance at a meeting | by (left to right): was in 1957, a visitation night, total of 1265. | shipful Master. a In the above picture is the mem- | THE DALLAS POST Melvin | bership, Ted Wilson was Wor- | TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 A Er. VOL. 76, NO. 19. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1965 Dallas Masons Burn Mortgage On Ninetieth Anniversary L-L Jointure Jumps Gun To Reduce Board Membership Down To Nine Directors As Of July First Lake-Lehman Jointure played it cagey last week by reducing its directorate to nine members in ad- vance of its acceptance by Depart- ment of Public Instruction in Harris- burg as a third-class school dis- trict. Lester B. Squier met with his di- rectors in the office of Wesley Davies, to work out a plan which would insure Lake-Lehman retain- ing ‘its identity during the forth- coming mandated reorganization of school districts. The law requires nine directors for a school district. Lake-Lehman started with 25 members, which by process of attrition were reduced | to a smaller number. One director | from Lake Township, Richard | Stroud, had resigned as of last | month. : ; | Members voted. : witnessing the mortgage- | In Jackson . Township, Vernon [ burning, which is being carried out Cease, long-time member, also John Floyd J. Thomp- | pielding and Richard Hogoboom Sons past master of the year 1918, were out. Remaining, Edgar Lash- Ted Wilson, chairman of the cere- | ford and’ Michael SHmal 1921 and W. B. Jeter, past master | In Lehman, William Naugle, Shel- don Ehret, and Barbara Vivian were photo hy Rezemehak | out. Elected were Dean Shaver and by 11day, May 23 Gr at 2 p.m. a band concert by | the prize-winn ing Lake-Lehman | band, directed by John Miliauskas; at 2:30; a Sing-Along at 3; Chil-| dren’s fashions 3:15; Hootenanny at 4. then and now, at| Polish = dancing at 3:30; a folk songs, classical numbers, | =3plit Rail Laney“ on Friday, Trucksville’s “Little Cow Palace”, or formally known, located across from the firehall on Carverton Road, ad- jacent to ‘the highway, has finally found some likely tenants. Pending ultimate transaction this Monday, the larger side of the build- ing, measuring’ 40 x 70, will be the home of a new Economy Store | Tracksville' s Little Cow Palace To House Teen-haven And Market | supermarket, while the smaller side | will be a teen-haven Lint-fire Checked Dr. pany, Dallas, responded to a call --sort of a | Henry M. Laing Fire Com- | | if possible. at the Hedden apartment house, | after" a woman complained of smoke bil- | lowing from the cellar into her | apartment. No fire was found, but some lint in a clothes dryer was suspected. L-Jax Chorus Lehman-Jackson Elementary Cho- rus will present its annual spring | program Friday night, in the gym- nasium, Greskiewicz, starting at 8. Heard ‘in the “Songfest of Melody | | sixth grade students. Offerings will | | include patriotic songs,, spirituals, and songs from Mary Poppins. | combination soda. fountain and rec- the Mathers Building, as it is| | Bruce Williams. | At Lake, Carl Swanson, Piatt : 2d |‘Sorber were voted out. Remaini .g, | Willard Sutton and Molwyn Wil- | liams. | Ross Township: Charles Master and Cletus Holcomb were voted out. reation and meeting spot. | Directors remaining, Paul Crockett Lessees will be Harry Roat, Jr. fan Michael Adams. Carverton Road, and Ralph Wil- | In Noxen, one lone director re- liams, Trucksville . Mr. Roat, asso- | mained, Franklin Patton. Out were ciated with Roat Supply, Kingston, | Charles Womer, Ronald Fielding, says that the deal is not complete, | William Bates, and Earl Crispell. but should be ‘in the near fre, A letter from Harold O. Speidel, hopefully early this coming week. | Deputy Superintendent of Pennsyl- The men hope to find managers | vania Department of Instruction for both enterprises, and will not | certified by letter that the jointute actually run the market or teen-| Was now satisfactory, and the name center themselves. For the latter, | of Lake-Lehman approved. Mr. Roat told the Dallas Post, they | All members of the former 25- would like to find a manager with , man board will retain their voting recreation or guidance experience, | rights until July 1. They may sit in on the meetings, but without voting rights, until De- Building. hag. begp..vacant. singe. [last fall when it was finished. It ey pop m iy is owned by F. Gordon Mathers, MISCELLANEOUS | ville was Gavy’s Market, which was | construction plans for the new high- under direction of Jean | I'K i rucksvill pi nob Hill, Fruchsyille, whe Scom od) An important step at Tuesday's a number of possibilities for ten- | : 2 Bi) ants, among them several well meshing was dropping of the Voca- tional Agricultural program, with | known local food store companies. : | retention of a General Agricultural The last grocery store in Trucks- Department. Only six seniors, three juniors, and two sophomores were | enrolled not enough to make it fin- ancially practical to continue. John Sidler, instructor, will be retained, displaced in spring of 1964, after way were altered. Trucksville cor- ners, effectively the village 10 teaching in addition general science passers-by on the highway, were and health, and on a ten-month virtually be-reft of identification basis) ! when the work took its toll, 'in- | | cluding and Rhythm: will ‘be 100 fifth and office building. | Because grass and sod is not com- pletely set on the baseball diamond, and Lake-Lehman practice is reduc- the Gavy-pharmacy-post- | Now with a new | firehall and municipal building, as oe ed to a minimum, a request for well as the ‘Little Cow Palace”, use of the field by Back Mountain Trucksville has been rebuilt from | Teeners, voiced by Henry Tuck, had the ground up. | to be refused. Library Ruction Gets Off To Run ning Start At Kick- Off Dinner bearing down from the Here they come, upon the smorgasbord right and from the left, Annual © Library Kick-Of Wednesday night at the Country Club. Diners may look for them- selves with a magnifying glass. Chairmen of committee announc- ed by Merrill Faegenburg, Auction chairman, will be printed in next week's Dallas Post. Present were Mr. as Reese, Mr. and Mrs. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Buck- ley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bachman, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Whitebread, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ben H. Edwards, Mr. man Harter, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Thom- George Moyer, Mrs. at the | Dinner | Faatz, | Laura Miller, and Mrs. Sher- | } and Mrs. Francis J. Barry, Mr. and Dr. Les Jordan, ‘Arch |T. Galbraith, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mrs. J. F. Sallada, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. | Maslow, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wil- Clyde W. Birth. { Howell, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Davern, | son. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Nauroth, Mr. | Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Jones, Mr. and | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Huttman, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burns, Mr. and Mrs. | Mrs. Donald D Smith, Mrs. Elwood | and Mrs. James Dick, Mr. and Mrs. Vince Roman, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Swingle, Mr. and Mrs. John La- James Houlette, Mr. and Mrs. L. Corbett, Mr. and Mrs. E. Thomp-| Berge, Harry Lefko, Mr. and Mrs. | Rubino, Mr. and Mrs. J. Clinton, son, Mrs. W. F. Newberry, Mrs. James B. Huston, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. | Rupert Schork, William Xearney, Mary Chladek, Mr. and Mrs. Robert | Alfred Ackerson; Mr. and Mrs. Shel~ | Mrs: Hanford Eckman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Scott, Mrs. Arthur Mrs. J. B. Schooley, Newman. | don Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Robert | Archer Joseph Morton, Mrs. | Titman, Mr. Mohr, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maturi, Mrs. and Mrs. A. W. West, David N. Schooley. |Jchn W. Baur. | Mr. and . Mrs. Russell Frantz, Mr. Mr. ahd Mrs. John L. Marsh, Mr.' Rey. Francis A. Kane, Mrs. Rich- | and Mrs. John Konsavage, Mr. and and Mrs. Paul J. Laux, Mr. and ard M. Dale, Mr. and Mrs. Richard | Mrs. Ernest Gay, Mrs. Stanley S. Mrs. Donald Anthony, Mr. and Mrs. Demmy, Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Ornan Lamb, Frank Slaff, Fred Eck, | Faegenburg, Mr. and Mrs. William : Ross, Mr. and Mrs Herman. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hazeltine, | Wright, Mr. and Mrs. George Mec-|{ Robert Dolbear, Thomas Kriedler, Henry Peterson, Mr. and Mrs. Du- Gardner, Rev. and Mrs. John Prat- | George H. Thomas, J. Bowden relle T. Scott, Mrs. Thomas Heffer- er, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maslow, | Northrup, William J. Umphred, Ray Clyde A. ' nan, Catherine West. | Mr. and Mrs. John Bourke, Mrs. A. Parsons, Mrs. T. M. B. Hicks. —photo by Kozemchak
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