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School Board Will
Consider Five
Architects For Building Projects
® Register Next Week
For Evening School
Five local architects will be in-
terviewed first in studying plans
for new school buildings needed in
the Dallas District. The Board of
Directors voted in favor of this de- |
cision Tuesday evening as crowded
conditions continued to prevail with
an enrollment figure of 3,127 stu-
dents and mounting.
School director candidates will
also be invited to attend these in-
terviews as no final decision will
probably be made until they take
office. Andrew Kozemchak urged
this consideration and received ap-
proval of other board members on
the action. Mrs. Anne Vernon
urged that the program get under-
way as classes were bulging at the
seams.
Dr. Mellman reported that at the
opening of school a new kinder-
garten room was needed, and cus-
todians were complimented on their
overtime labor in transforming the
stage at Westmoreland into an ideal
classroom with Mrs. Janet ‘Smith
conducting morning sessions. The
urged parents to
ook the new arrangement over.
New Faculty Members
Eleven new teachers have joined
(> Dallas faculty this year, Edward
3. Augustine, who will teach math-
ematics in Dallas Senior High
School; Nancy R. Benn, teacher of
Latin at the Senior High; * Mrs.
Elizabeth De Cosmo, 2nd grade; ;
Edward Heitzel, mathematics in-
structor; Mrs. Margaret Johnson, ;
science instructor at the Junior |
High; Mrs. Dorothy Jones, health
and physical education teacher at
Jr. High; John Kolmansberger,
French instructor; Elaine Lawrence,
‘English instructor; James Morgan,
sccial studies; Mrs. Martha Long-
more, English teacher. Mrs. Marie
Lewis was appointed a temporary
professional employee and is certi-
ficated in elementary education,
music and art
» The names of Mrs. Laura Dodson
Antoinette Mason were
added to the roster of available
The resigna-
tion of Mrs. Janice Gelsleighter,
cafeteria worker ‘was accepted.
Dallas Senior ' High School Band
was granted permission to play for
Luzerne County Teachers Institute
on October 22 and to participate in
Bloomsburg Fair competition.
Corrects Vote
Andrew Kozemchak read a letter
stating he had voted azainst the
appointment of his brother-in-law,
Robert Dolbear, since the School
Code objects to participation of di-
rectors in family selection and wish-
ed to change his recorded vote to
“not voting.” He stated he was
delighted with the selection of Mr.
Rood will attend the State PTA
Convention at Wilkes-Barre, serv-
ing as song leader and accompanist
respectively.
Mrs. Harriet Stahl will attend
the School Directors Conference in
Philadelphia in October’ and any
interested board member. Mrs. Ruth
Ambrose, president of the Teachers
Association reported all members
of the faculty are prepared to do
a good job although there are space
difficulties and overcrowding.
Andrew Gallagher asked for tax
exemption forms, stating he was
interested in easing the financial
condition of those on limited means
after age 62. Chairman Jack Stan-
ley responded that all hardship
cases reported by proper form are
given careful and discreet handling
by the board and that all such cases
have been taken care ‘of as were
brought to the board's attention
each year.
All directors, were present except
L. L. Richardson. .
i ‘Haul Wreck
a Wr? a Eh
On-the-scene Dallas Post camera
captures the action, as Dallas am-
bulance crewmen and helper haul
injured Jay Llewellyn, Jr. 29, of
Center Hill Road, up out of the
gully where his car crashed at 1:30
Saturday morning.
Back Mountain Area
fmbulance Logbook
Dallas Comunity
| Dallas ambulance brought Mrs.
Jean Kuehn, Machell Avenue, home
from General, Wayne Harvey, Jim
Davies, and Jim Haines attending.
Friday, Lawrence Carr, Church
Street, was taken to Nesbitt Hos-
pital, Gilbert Morris and Les Tin-
sley, as crew. }
Saturday morning, Jay Llewellyn
Jr, Center Hill Road, was taken
from accident, Overbrook Road and
Pioneer Avenue, to Nesbitt Hos-
Ed Roth as crew.
pital, Don Shaffer, Gil Morris, and |
Dolbear as assistant high school |
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MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Local YMCA Hopes
For New Building
Back Mountain YMCA will have
a new building, if plans come to a
head Tuesday night at a meeting
of the Board of Directors, scheduled
for 7:30 in the Dallas Senior High |
School.
Robert V. Crosson, executive sec-
retary for the local Y, states that |
a member of the Pennsylvania state
YMCA staff will speak.
The frame building alongside
Shavertown elementary school no
longer satisfies the needs of the
organization. There has been a
growing feeling on the part of the
community that a YMCA represent-
ing an increasingly important sec-
tion, should be more fittingly
housed.
DOUSE CAR-FIRE
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany put out a car fire around 4:20
yesterday afternoon at intersection
of Old Main Road and Pioneer Ave-
nue. Vehicle was owned and driven
by Simon J. Simon Jr. Moyallen
Street, Wilkes-Barre.
Driver failed to stop for stop-
sign, judging from black skidmarks,
on Overbrook Avenue at Pioneer
Avenue.
Inn.
Embankment has been the scene
of many accidents. There is a 20-
To Lake-Lehman,
Your Neck Is Broken,
Come In By Ambulance
Mrs. Fred Updyke is at General
Hospital with a broken neck.
There is no displacement. After
three weeks of traction, she will
be fitted with a brace which will
permit her to return to Sweet
Valley.
Mildred was overseeing packing
Victim Up Bank To Ambulance :
He had been at Overbrook |
Bloodmobile To Make First Visit.
Borough Council Advances New Tax
On Utilities; May
| [Inspection Fee Set
For "Public Safety”
In the interest of protecting “pub-
lic health” and “safety”, Dallas
Borough Council approved on first
reading an ordinance putting year-
ly “inspection fees” on all utilities,
at the meeting Tuesday.
If passed on three readings, the
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objection from the utilities, one of
which has already unofficially given
notice of intention to fight in court.
Basis for ‘the law is that the
utilities do not adequately patrol
or inspect their own lines for haz-
ards, according to the “Whereas’
preface to the new ordinance, leav-
ing that job to the borough.
License fees—50c - a pole for
lights, phones, and telegraph, and
$10 a mile for gas or water mains,
are effective January of 1966.
Another passage provides for a
fee of $10 for opening a gas or
water main “for any reason what-
| foot diop to the creek. Caw smash-
{ed through the guard-rail, and was
| towed but.
At left: Hank Hill and Bob Be-
secker Iring stretcher up bank: Bd
{ Roth readies the cot.
PTA Sponsoring
| Lake-Lehman PTA will sponsor
| its first visit of the American Red
| Cross’ Bloodmobile next Wednesday,
| September 22, in the High School
| gymnasium. Hours are 11:45 to
5:45.
| Residents who wish to protect
| themselves and their families
| against sudden need of bloody, may
| register. :
{| Coverage begins the day of the
‘ Bloodmobile visit. Blood Assurance
| soever.”
law is expected to run into legal
dy ceded assets to another
ip
on.
Be Court Fight
This was changed during |
the meeting from a fee stipulated |
{for opening mains for new con- |
| sumers. Bob Parry objected that |
| the fee would be passed directly on
| to the consumer. |
| ~ Voting against the law were
Harold Brobst,
George
affirmative, Wilbur
Davis,
Post.
A reshuffling of pro and con
votes may be in the offing on next
meeting, as Brobst says he is and
has been against such a law from
the outset, but that he knew cer-
tain ‘nay’ votes had been cast
Thomas,
sages, not the whole law, so he
voted to preserve the majority.
The Dallas utility tax may
run intp stiff legal opposition
from combined utilities. Utili-
ties have been successfully tax-
ed in many municipalities in
the past, but there has been a
very recent court decision in
Scranton maintaining that only
the Pennsylvania Utility Com-
mission can regulate them.
Companies do not intend to in-
voke this advantage against ‘pole
say, new ones are in for trouble.
A councilman told the Dallas Post
any legal battle because the
but merely an inspection fee.
It is also noted, by outside |
sources, that the fact that utility |
pcles are on borough right of way |
can be used as an effective lever
of influence in bargaining. Borough
could, they say, threaten to widen
jany given street, forcing utilities
to back up their mains onto private |
| property lines, where they would |
| be forced to pay.
| Law provides a penalty for not |
{ ccmplying, and stipulates duty of
{ companies to submit reports listing |
| facilities.
GOOD AND BAD. NEWS
Solicitor Robert Fleming said he
| had both good and bad news con- !
[cerning real estate transfer tax on
{ Natona Mills.
{ Good news was that the pur-
| chaser of the property in 1962 has |
corpora- |
The new-deed will yisld both |
[the “state and Dallas Borough ‘a
| transfer tax of $3,000 each.
i But, says the solicitor, the new |
| company is invoking a. conflict of
i laws, paying tax on a valuation of |
1 $300,000 instead, of a $450,000
| valuation. They think they are en-
| titled to a refund of part of the
| $4500 transfer tax of 1962 (origi- |
| nally paid erroneously to Dallas!
| Township), and would like this re-
fund to be applied against the new
| $3000 tax charge.
| Several councilmen responded
| that the original error in taxation®
was the company’s, not the bor-
Grace Cave, Bob Moore, and Parry; |
|
only as objection to individual pas- |
taxes” of long standing, but they |
that solicitor believes he can win |
law |
dees not impose a regulatory tax, |
|
Car Flips Into Creek
| Lower
THE DALLAS POST
|
photo by Kozemchak
Rev. Francis A. Kane, pastor of
Gate of Heaven Catholic Church,
Dallas, was presented the American
! Legion Man of the Year award by
| Daddow-Isaacs Post 672, Saturday
night.
Occasion was the annual Ameri-
canism Night ceremony.
Father Kane was recipient in
| 1962 of the Back Mountain Protec- |
| tive Association “Man of the Year”.
This the post’s seventh presenta-
tion of this award, last recipient
i being Rev. Robert D. Yost, pastor
| of Shavertown Methodist Church,
in 1963.
Recipient as usual was not told
of his award until the actual pre-
Raymond 'C. McDonald, 16, of
Wellington Avenue, and passengers,
miraculously escaped injury when
he bounced his Valiant sedan head
over heels into Trout Run Creek,
Demunds Road,
Also in the car, which
came to rest on its roof in the
creek bed about 300 feet from
where it left the road, were 2-year-
old ‘James, driver's brother, and
Robert Costello. Wreck was in front
of Dallas Kitchen Cabinet plant.
afternoon.
Saturday |
ough’s, and solicitor agreed that
principal and brought the matter
up lest there be some misunder-
standing. He continued that Dr.
Mellman had informed him Mr. Dol-
year's qualifications had exceeded
“those of any other candidate.
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Courses Set
Registration for
cepted in the School cafeteria Sep-
tember 20 and 21 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Students from grades eight to
twelve, living in the Dallas District, |
may attend without paying tuition,
except for driver training whic
demands a fee of $20.
Subject offerings include many
courses listed under Art, Business |
Education, Highway Safety, Home
Economics, Industrial Arts, English,
Languages, Mathematics, Social
Studies, Science, Speech, Music and
Speed Reading.
Mrs. Steinhauer reported Football
the Dallas Ex- |
tension School Classes will be ac-|
| "Ambulance went to accident,
Lower - Demunds Road, Saturday,
| but’ was not needed.
| Mrs. Elmira Wolfe, Outlet Read,
| was taken to General Hospital (for
| Lehman = ambulance) on Monday
| night, Don Shaffer, Jim Faerber,
| and Leighton Scott as .crew.
Tuesday morning, Bessie Hicks
| was taken from auto accident, high-
| way, Dallas, to Nesbitt. Hospital,
| Morris and Robert Besecker as
| crew.
| Same day, Lawrence Carr was
| brought home from Nesbit Hospital,
| Harvey, Faerber, and Davies at-
| tending.
! Lehman Township
Thursday, Lehman ambulance
| took Willard Lozo from Dr. Mec-
| Grath’s office to Geisinger Medical
Center, Danville, Lee Wentzel and
| Howard Ehret attending.
| Dr. John Doan, Idetown, was
taken to General Hospital on Mon-
of the ever-bearing strawberry crop | Program guarantees whole blood
on Monday when she struck her! When needed, as long as the per-
head on a beam. Suffering pain, she centage of donors meets require-
lwent to General Hospital for an | ments.
X-ray, and came home again,
The following morning, when the | chairmen: Mrs.
X-ray was read, the word came: and Thomas J. Brown, for the Leh-
“Don’t move. Lie down flat. There | Man-Jackson area; Mrs. James Me-
is" a fractured cervical vertebra. | Caffery, Lake Township; Mrs. Wil-
Come in" by ambulance.” liam Shalata, Noxen; Mrs. Richard
= tt __-..__.__ | Culver, Ross Township.
swered accident call, Buckwheat |
Hollow, 6:30, but was not needed,
as Noxen took patients in.
Also Saturday, Alberta Tresslar, |
Warden Place, was taken to Gen- |
A minimum donation of 110 pints
expected at each semi-annual
visit.
Vos
| is
John Stenger as crew | must not have given blood later
Noxen Community than eight weeks before the present
i donation; they must not be preg-
Noxen ambulance took tw . a Bivth lost thon
victims of a Saturday afternoon | 22% oy have given bir 5
| wreck at Buckwheat Hollow to Gen- | 2 Year earlier.
: eral Hospital, after their car hit | Not all donors are accepted. A
[a bridge railing which mangled the slight fever, or a history of certain
| front end, ripping through almost up | illnesses, will cause refusal. Nobody
For further information call these |
Leonard Selingo |
Prospective donors must be be- |
eral Hospital, Lee Zimmerman and | Ween 18 and 59 years of age; they
and Girls’ Hockey underway. Radio | day, Wentzel and Pete Hospodar | to the windshield. Victims were Lil- | who is not in perfect health will
the company should definitely make
seme adjustment in consideration
for borough expense in getting the
| 1962 fee.
BURNDALE SEWAGE TROUBLE |
A resident of Burndale Road,
| John Spencer, attended to find out |
| the status of a borough-owned field
at the foot of the street, which had
been used ‘for the last fifteen or
twenty years’ as a drain field for
residents’ septic tanks.
He says another resident has seal- |
ed off the drain pipes to the field,
since they pass through their prop-
erty. He also says that there is|
a bedrock problem precluding him |
from putting in his own drainfield,
and wanted the borough to define
its. position with regard to borough
property being used as a drainfield.
Council will investigate, but the
problem is for the residents them-
selves, it was said. A state health
officer has investigated and found
‘Middle District
Faces Locating
A Polling Place
Girvans Say Fee
Is $11.50, Same
As 31 Years Ago
Middle District of Dallas Town-
ship will have to find another loca-
tion for its polling place.
For over thirty years, votes have
been cast at the John Girvan Home |
| on Lake Street.
Before the Girvans purchased the
property, in 1934, it was the Grange
Hall. Voters shuffled up the stair-
way to cubicles on the upper floor.
Following remodelling into a home
and business establishment combin-
Station WNAK was given permis-
sion to broadcast home games. Mrs. |
Florence Sherwood and Mrs. Arline
as crew.
| Lake Township
Saturday, Lake ambulance an-
lian Nulton, driver, and Joan Nul-
| ton, both of Noxen, both with cuts,
(Continued on page 2-A)
{ be permitted to donate.
| Complete information has been
| distributed through the schools.
the situation to be a health menace. | ed, premises were still available for
| BUY NEW RADIO
(Continued ~ Page 2 A)
elections on the ground floor.
(Continued on page 2-A)
TWO EASY TO REMEMBER
Telephone Numbers
674-5656
674-7676
VOL. 76, NO. 37. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1965
Legion Man Of The Year |
| sentation, by Commander Gus Shu-
leski. He had been invited to at-
| tend in capacity of giving the bene-
i diction, which he did. Rev. Mr.
Yost gave the invocation.
Speakers were Donald Evans,
[Dallas teacher, and Tom Hughes, |
| whom the Legion sent to Boys’
| State camp on its annual trip,
| sponsorship.
Books on Americanism were pre-
| sented to Dallas Area Schools, Gate
| of Heaven, Back Mountain Memori-
| al Library, and College Misericordia.
| Four ‘One Nation Under God”
| flags were presented to the College.
| Gate of Heaven, Westmoreland Ele-
| mentary School, and Dallas High
i School. k
‘Phone Numbers
‘Switching Soon
| Emergency Listing
To Become 6735-1151
|
|
| scribers will have their phone num-
| bers changed, effective September
| 27, including the fire and ambu-
i lance humber.
Effective at 8 a.m., Septem-
ber 23, the emergency number
| for fire and ambulance service
will be 675-1151. (Changed from
| 674-2121).
| Number changes coincide with the
| issuance of new Dallas directories |
to 7300 area subscribers.
These number changes will be
| the first step in a five-year program
| to modify the central office switch-
ling ‘equipment in Commonwealth's
Dallas office. From an existing
| terminal-per-line design, the new
! switching equipment will be termi- |
nal-per-station and will allow a
| greater degree of flexibility in the
| equipment and further service im-
| provements.
Initial number changes were be-
ling made to coincide with the new
| directory to minimize any inconven-
{ence to its customers. In a July
12 letter, all customers experienc- |
ing a change in their telephone
| numbers were so advised. They, in
turn, have given their new numbers
to friends so as to minimize any
| incorrect dialing on and after is-
| suance of the directory. These num-
#
mittee foi i if
{ # ar
Eight hundred Dallas area sub- |
Bus Complaints
Voiced At L-L
Too Early, Too Long
AR Trip, Say Parents
The customary rash of complaints
| about bus transportation at the
| beginning of a school season en-
| livened Tuesday night's meeting of
Lake-Lehman directors.
| Why, inquired Robert Pall,
| spokesman for a group of parents,
{did his children and those of his
| neighbors have to take a school
| bus at 7:25, while children in the
Hunlock Creek school system could
sleep later?
Michael Adams inquired, “Was
| your bus schedule more satisfactory
{last year?”
‘Yes, it was. = Our children were
boos
| picked up later and brought home
| earlier.”
“You mean, your children were
the last on the bus in the morning
and the first off at night?”
“Yes, they were.”
“Was this fair to the other chil-
dren on ‘the bus route?”
i To this, there was no reply.
| Russell Lamoreux, driver for the
‘route, explained that safety was
| the controlling factor. Steep hills
| made it impractical to route the
| bus in the opposite direction in icy
| weather. A left turn across a high-
way could not be taken safely.
Lester Squier, supervising prin-
| cipal, said Mr. Lamoreux was run-
| ning the route exactly according
ito specifications, that the State was
i checking even more carefully than
{ usual for infringements of the mile
land a half minimum mandated;
|and that strict compliance.” was
necessary to obtain reimbursement.
The cost of transportation, with
| required addition of parochial -pu-
| pils, was about $90,000. *
Anthony Marchakitus gave fur-
ther explanation.
| | Dean Shaver, presiding in the ab-
{sence of Willard Sutton, said there
| was no chance of a dual run, and
{still remain within the budget, but
[that the schedhling was still in its
infancy for this year, that many
points could be ironed out, and that
it would be mferred to the com-
study.
The Education Comittee i&écuim-
mended employment of two new
teachers: Robert S. Vail, to replace
Carl Roszhowski, resigned; and
' Richard O. Xniffen, for half day
| teaghing of German.
j- Linda Scavole was hired to re-
| place Lois Volowich as secretary in
| the high school;\ Dorothy Sponsel-
ler and Shirley Sorson, cafeteria
| workers; Doris Margellina, lady cus-
i todian, Betty Jane) Casterline as
! part time custodian.
Request for one hour of released
| time for Bible study was authorized.
| Paving bids were voted: Evans
| Asphalt for Lake School, $769;
| American Asphalt for Lehman ele-
| mentary, $832. = The total left
| enough in the paving budget to pay
for the small paving job on the
| Noxen driveway.
Finance committee re¢ommended
that tax collectors, before being re-
leased from their bond, list per-
| sons having moved from the dis-
| trict, those who had died, those
| who were doubled-assessed, or had
| exonerations, and those on the de-
: linquent rolls.
| It recommended that Calvin Mc-
| Hose be appointed delinquent tax
collector for Lake, Lehman, Jack-
son and Noxen townships; Fred
| Strohl for Ross.
John Jenkins was approved as
| high school football coach. John
| Zaleskas agreed to continue as
| wrestling coach.
Ordered paid, were bills amount=
| ing to $11,741.76.
ber changes will also be included
in the new Wilkes-Barre directory
| scheduled for delivery at approxi-
| mately the same time.
Rotary Fall Fair Draws Good Crowds Despite Disadvantageous Weather; Dallas Girl Is Queen For Year
Random photos from the Dallas
Rotary Fall Fair:
At left, a youthful parade watcher
watches the ambulance in evident
amazement.
Second from left: at top, Bruce
Slocum and Dr. Richard Post op-
erate the noisiest game on the mid-
way, a kind of numbers racket,
complete with come-on from expert
“talkers.”
Lower photo sees Roy Meeker,
Kunkle Motors, polishing up his
display of Yamaha motorcycles, one
of many merchants’ show stands.
Crowning of the Rotary Fall Fair
Queen: camera captures look of
amazement on face of Margaret
Reese, Franklin Street, Dallas, as
she sees that she is the lucky
Queen; Linda Meckeel, last year's
Queen waits at left with the robe,
princesses Patricia Ann Sickler,
Donna Lynn Bryant, and Mary Lou
Casterline, and emcee Herman Otto,
all smile warmly.
At right: Huston’s checkered dis-
play and beginning of girls’ three-
legged race.