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New Lehman Zoning Is Completed,
Provides Against Repeat Offense |
Recent Hearings On
Ordinance Reported
Lehman Township's
plete Zoning Ordinance is ready for |
public advertisement, and the Zon-
ing Board feels that no further
Gilbert Tough reported to the
| expense because the
new com- |
achanges on it are needed, accord- |
A to a Board member. |
Board of Supervisors on Saturday |
it was his opinion that the new
ordinance was more lenient than
that of the county's.
Lehman has been under
zoning by virtue of an uncodified |
group of sub-division and health |
regulations, and the new regula- |
tions leave fewer questions un-
Jocal] |
answered. i
Tough reported’ on the recent
hearing on the ordinance in which
questions from citizens were pre- |
sented to the attorney.
He said
about 40 taxpayers were present. |
Questions revolved around space re- |
quirements, subdivision rules on |
trailers, and requests for township |
zoning maps. The Zoning Board |
member also said he had a tape |
‘recording of the entire procedure |
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if anyone were interested in hear- |
it.
He also reported the need for a
os Administrative Officer.
The need for a complete zoning
ordinance was illustrated at the
Board of Supervisors meeting when
wy: Edward J. Feist, Hillside Ave-
Mue, Harveys Lake,
reported that
a trailer which had been put there
in violation of a Lehman ordinance |
and ' had been penalized was :still
there. 3 CE
This illustrates what is wrong
with the old law. There is no pro-
vision for continuing offense. Once
the fine is paid, the offense is clear
until ‘another complaint is brought.
Supervisors discussed the matter
and finally decided that the offend-
ing party should be notified that
the new Zoning Ordinance does
provide against a continuing of-
fense, $50 a day, to be exact, each
day constituting a new offense. Idea
was that the owner, named Gry-
skiewicz, who lives in New Jersey,
would: probably feel it more worth-
while to move the trailer without
further trouble. Lehman won one
. case against. him on prior: complaint,
oy
and he paid his fine.
THE BEACH AGAIN
Mrs. Feist inquired into the status
of the proposed Lehman Township
beach at Sunset, adjacent property
to which is owned by her family.
To be financed completely through
oe funds,
‘Hmbulance Logbook
Dallas Community
Dallas ambulance took Miss Le-
nore Henninger, Druid Hills,
from Shavertown Bible Church on
Sunday, Bob Besecker, Don Shaf-
fer, and Bill Wright attending.
Kingston Township
Kingston Township ambulance
took A. P. Cope, 106 Louis Street,
Trucksville, home from Nesbitt Hos-
pital, Thursday, Walter Davis and
Harry Smith attending.
Florence Finney,
Road, Trucksville, was. taken to
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Supervisors reported that the
| proposed donors of land never
came through with it. Secretary
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Nesbitt Hospital on Sunday, Davis |
and Jack Lasher attending.
: Lake Township
Lake ambulance brought Ida
mphrey home from General Hos-
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pital to Hayfield Farm, February 9, |
John Stenger and Jim McCaffrey |
attending.
Henry Titus, Loyalville, was
“brought home from General Hos-
pital on Friday, Stenger, McCaffrey,
and Lee Zimmerman as crew.
Elmira Wolfe, Outlet, was taken |
on Tuesday, |
to General Hospital
Stenger and McCaffrey attending. |
Noxen Community
home |
Noxen ambulance took Mrs. Dor- |
othy Johnson, Beaumont, to Gen- |
eral Hospital on February 8, Earl’
Crispell, David Fritz,
Nalbone attending.
and Joseph
nal plans, the beach was to sstend
400 feet from Sunset bridge.
Lehman was to have incurred no
local money
acting as base for Project 70 funds
was to have been derived from
land donated by two holders of
Sunset property.
Michael Godek said the purchase
of land now pended two appraisals.
1 Matter was left up in the air.
Mrs. Feist
about the entire proceeding on the
| matter of the beach and stated
| that there had been no provision
| for maintenance of the beach, in
| any case.
Lehman Cruiser
To Be Replaced
Old Went Four Years
Before Major Repair
Lehman Board of Supervisors an-
nounced that specifications would
be drawn up for
cruised.
The old cruiser
on the odometer, as of Saturday,
and had no major repair on it for
four years until just this past
month when some work was done. |
Police report for the month pre- |
{ ceding listed 30 calls, five accidents. |
in- |
Lake Silkwotth police report
expressed doubts !
a new police
has 68,288 miles |
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cluded theft of one outboard motor |
and complaints on burned
streetlights.
out |
MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION
Noxen Ambulance
Catches Trophy Fish
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This 27-inch, 7%, pound trout
was. caught by Lewis Thomas, 26,
of Center Moreland, displaying it
here, February 8 at Harveys Lake.
Catch was made near Link's dock,
Warden Place, and longtime fishing
expert Jack Link did the measuring
honor for Thomas.
The young man also pulled in
| about 150 perch that day. He was
William ‘Weaver quit the police |
force effective February 1, as he
works away except for weekends
and would like to spend that time |
with his family.
Supervisor Clinton: Smith askid|
if the township were watching for |
ice fishing litter on both lakes.
reminded the board that the town-
ship “took a beating” on the issue
of littering during the Harveys Lake
Borough hearings. Police Chief Jos-
eph Ide said that offenders could
be tagged for littering.
Four students from Dallas Senior
High School have been selected for
IP. M. E. A. District Orchestra at |
| Wyalusing Valley High School, Wy- |
Wilbur May, RD 1 Noxen, was|
taken to General Hospital on Feb- |
ruary 9, Crispell, Bob Clark, and
Walter Galka as crew.
Dorothy Stites, RD 1 Harveys |
Lake, was taken to General Hos-
pital from the clinic on Friday, Al
Goble, Elmer Lyons, and Bob Cris- |
pell attending.
Charles Clark, Beaumont, was
en to General Hospital on Fri-
or Galka, Clark, and John Lyons
attending.
Caddie’s Hit Again,
Entry Via Trailer
Burglars again entered Dallas's
most robbed place of
business, |
Caddie LaBar’s Sporting Goods, this |
time early Tuesday morning.
Investigating police told
Dallas Post the crooks, who left
size nine footprints in the
apparently used a boat trailer to
the |
Snow, |
raise themselves to window level
behind the store. They crawled
in the window directly over the
back garage doors.
Two good rifles, two .22 caliber
pistols, and several hunting rifle |
scopes were taken.
Assistant Police Chief Alexander |
McCulloch investigated.
alusing on February 24, 21, and 26.
Dr. Benjamin F. Husted of Mans-
field State College will be the guest
| conductor.
The participating students are
| Warren DeWitt, a senior, plays
trumpet, a member of band and
orchestra for three years; Robert
He |
two Falls men,
and Pancho Po-
accompanied by
Robert Gadomski
rasky.
mounted.
| $1,094.15.
| deposited this year
Begins Canvass;
Hope To Replace
Present Vehicle Is
Region's Patriarch,
Showing Its Years
Noxen Community Ambulance
Association will conduct its drive
for funds during the next four or
five weeks. A representative will
call on prospective donors during
this time.
Drive chairman is Robert Crispell. |
Officers through this month of 1966
are: Elmer Lyons, president, Albert |
Goble, vice president,
bone, secretary,
minutes secretary,
treasure.
Josept Nal-
Earl
Directors are William Crossman, |
Dr. Irvin Jacobs, Howard Keller,
Robert Crispell,
Total in special account: $2757.41.
Regular account: balance, audited, |
ins 1965: |
$115.59. Donations
Dance proceeds:
Repairs, gas, oil, service,
rent during the year came
$361.44. Insurance was $392.
Plans are underway, according to
$37.10.
and
to
the annual report circulated to
some 400 donors, to replace the
ambulance, which is the oldest
in the Back Mountain. $300 was
to the special
account for that purpose.
Chairman Crispell urges all who
year, saying ‘Only your continued
| support will enable us to serve
you.”
| pleted in the past year,
A total of 46 calls were com-
and two
others were answered where the
ambulance was not able to be of
| service.
Thomas told the Dallas Post he |
would have the trout stuffed and |
Special commendations were of-
fered to Nalbone’s for ditto; O’Malia
Laundry, Courtdale, for laundry,
| Helen Dendler and family and |
| Phyllis Keller, records, and to the
— photo by Kozemchak |
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Mrs. Fred Welsh, Center Hill!
Road, called on Tuesday to report
three orange crocuses in bloom in|
a protected spot against the house |
wall.
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| band and
junior, plays drums, a
member
two years; Cynthia Garman, a soph-
omore, plays bassoon, member of
chorus; Elizabeth Otto,
a sophomore, plays violin, a mem-
ber of chorus.
There: will be
twenty-five schools represented in
the Northeast District Orchestra.
While attending the festival, each
approximately
Dallas Ambulance Company Names
Study Committee For New Vehicle
Dallas Community Ambulance
Association this
committee to study possibility of
replacing the present ambulance
with ‘a new one or later model.
The Dallas organization is the
| fourth one in the Back
{ ularly.
week formed a |
Mountain |
to announce plans. to buy or study |
purchase of a new ambulance this
year. Others are Lake,
Township, and Noxen,
Kingston |
Named to the study committee |
are: Charles Flack, chairman, Ed
Roth, Lynn Sheehan, and Leighton
| Scott.
Alternatives mentioned at the
ambulance meeting Tuesday night
| were purchase of a new model or
purchase of a year-old one from an
organization which trades in reg-
Equipment Committee Chairman
James Davies was of the opinion
that this is the year in which more
serious repair problems are going
to crop up on the 1961 Superior-
body Cadillac which made over 200
calls in 1965 compared to 167 in
1964. As an example, Davies not-
ed, the siren light is presently mal-
functioning. Flack observed that
order of a new ambulance might be
slowed by current difficulties in
procurement of essential metals by
vehicle-manufacturing companies.
Mrs. Arthur Newman of East
Dallas Road was reported to have
To Participate In Northeast District Orchestra =~ + 4
of band and orchestra for |
given a huge supply of brand-new |
towels, blankets, sheets, and other
textile material needed
drive committee last year, Elmer |
Race, Spence Holmgren, Albert
Goble. Bob Crispell, Edward Con-
don, Allan Kitchen, William Evans,
Franklin Patton, Fred Boston, and |
' Bill Shalata.
student will take an individual au-
dition for regional state orchestra.
The public is invited to attend the
concert which will be presented on
Saturday night, February 26, at 8
p.m. in Wyalusing High School.
Pictured above are, seated left
to right: Warren DeWitt, Elizabeth
Otto, Cynthia Garman. :
Standing, left to right: Robert
Bayer, Lester R Lewis, Director.
(Photo by James Kozemchak)
bulante unit. Secretary was di-
rected to send her a special com-
mendation.
President Leighton Scott urged
all members, many of whom were
not in attendance at the meeting,
which is for directors and officers
only, to take advantage of a very
complete State Health Department-
sponsored First Aid Course at the
Red Cross Chapter, Wilkes-Barre,
meeting at 1 p.m. Sundays, to be
followed by a lecture course by
physicians and ambulance-driving
course. All these are mandatory
for acquisition of a card which will
eventually be required of ambulance |
crews.
Richard Disque Jr. was approved
as a driver, and Clem Xuras of
Huntsville Road was introduced as
a new member.
The Back
sponsor a Co-Ed Swim, Friday, Feb-
and Robert Clark. |
Mountain YMCA will |
David D. Fritz, |
Crispell, |
| Post 672.
VOL. 77, NO. 7. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1966
Legion Post 672 Vent Whole Hog Saturday Night
Ready to get down to business
and go whole hog are these smil-
ing Legionnaires of Daddow-Isaacs
Occasion was the ever-popular |
annual Pig Roast of the American |
| and Richard Fuller.
| entertainment
last Saturday night.
were Richard Staub
The usual piano
sing-along
Legicn Post,
Chairman
provided
fun.
Kingston Township Supervisors
L. Culver Is Cited |
For Excellent Job
Kingston Township Supervisors |
are taking no action on the wage |
tax issue at the present time.
Atty. Michell Jenkins, solicitor, |
explained the position of the local |
board at a meeting of that body |
last week when he said, “The Su- |
| pervisors are none too happy over
the problem created by the ma-
jority vote of Wilkes-Barre City
Council, which was ill advised.”
“At the present time,” he con- |
tinued, ‘‘the board authorized me
to file a notice of intent to levy |
but is trying to work out the best |
Fle thod, to protect our own. We.
Awl nbw mark time ahd see wha |
happens after the action filed in |
Luzerne County Courts.”
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Chairman LaRoy Ziegler stated,
| “We would not pass it unless over
opened Pandora's
50% of our residents were affected.”
Jenkins said Wilkes-Barre had
box and the
Kingston Township Board doesn’t
| want to hang tax burdens on any-
lin event of an income levy.
one if they can avoid it. In any
case the millage would be reduced
If the
supervisors should decide they do
| not wish to follow through on the
| that
intent,
time.
they can repeal it at any
All Clear
A glowing tribute was paid Law-
ton Culver, road superintendent, by
Supervisor Edward Hall, who said
he had travelled all the
| thoroughfares in the township and
| efficiently
found them cleaned speedily
following the
and
recent
| storm. He said this was in marked
contrast to neighboring towns. Su-
pervisor John Funke and visitor
Richard Staub added their plaudits
to those of Hall.
Supervisor Ziegler said we were
fortunate to have a good superin-
{ tendent and crew and that the de-
| supervisors
partment also had good equipment.
Supervisor Funke said he would !
like to see a four wheel drive ve-
hicle added to take care of smaller
areas.
Jacob Harrison asked when the
supervisors were to be given a
raise. Atty. Jenkins replied fee
for meetings was set by state law
and that 16 sessions per year were
the limit. He said that duties of
encompassed many
problems and were far different
from the original job which dealt |
only with maintenance of roads.
Girl Scouts Attend
Girl Scout Troop 631 attended
in a body to observe municipal
government at work. Fifteen mem-
bers were present. . Their ques-
tions on population and class were |
answered by Atty. Jenkins, who
informed them that Kingston Town- |
ship was a 2nd class municipality |
decided by its population of over |
5,000 residents. They were ac- |
companied by their leader, Mrs. |
Elwood Swingle.
A donation of $100 was promised |
Shavertown and .Trucksville Fire |
Companies by the board when |
funds are ‘available. Shavertown |
Fire Company sent a letter of |
thanks for police protection during
their Christmas Children’s Party.
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Mrs. Carol Dilfield, secretary, was |
given a $10 raise, making her salary |
$85 per month.
The Board authorized the secre- |-
tary to write a letter to David |
Schooley, c/o The Boston Store |
asking removal of the demolished
billboard resting along the creek
in the Birch, Grove sector.
With light funds depleted, Mr.
Ziegler said a raise to seven mills
{ Evans and Charles Woolbert,
| railroading
| president of the Wyoming Valley
by the am- | ruary 18, 8 p.m. at Central “Y’. | would be necessary to maintain |
‘Take No Action On Wage Tax Levy
| are able to help in the drive this |
the present set up. If more lights
are placed this will further increase
the levy. The street lighting sys-
| tem will be studied at an executive
board meeting.
Emergency lights for the K.T.
| Ambulance and Fire truck are ex-
pected in the near future as plans
have been submitted to the high-
way department.
The proposal of Weston, Ine. in
preparing a feasibility report on
sewage disposal will be studied by
the township solicitor.
New police cruiser is promised
| for the end of February and special
| police will be given an identification
card to display when on duty.
The Board also moved to make
application “forProjects 70 “oe To Sanit ce east
A let- |
Guers of the State |
regards a recreational area.
ter from Sgt.
Police was read commending Lee
who
recently completed a basic police
course at : Wilkes College. Both
are special policemen.
Supervisors met recently with
the Planning and Zoning Commis-
sion to bring them up to date on
proceedings since the latter organi-
zation is widening its scope of ac-
tivities.
Mr. Ziegler also mentioned a re-
cent article in the newspaper con-
cerning Back Mt. Telecable. He
stated = that Kingston Township
| Board had not granted a franchise
or permission for the installation
of the cable as claimed.
The board voted to borrow up to
$10,000 as needed from Wyoming
National Bank at 4%. The sec-
retary was authorized to advertise
for a new adding machine.
SPECIAL AUXILIARY MEETING
Shavertown Fire Company Auxili-
ary will hold a special meeting at
7:30 Monday night in the fire hall.
Survey Display At Bank For Nat'l
Betsy, Connie, and Molly Bush,
former residents of Dallas, learn
about the unique hobby of model
from Jack Maynard,
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Left to right: Gus Shuleski, Leon- |
ard: Harvey, Ed Buckley, Comman- |
der Curtis Bynon, Warren Cease,
Tootie Spencer, Tom Reese, Claire
Winters, and Dick Staub.
— photo by Kozemchak
Ready, Steady, Let's
Shake ''Shickshinny”
Talk over in the Sweet Valley
and Shickshinny RD area is of a
movie production revolving around |
theme of a new dance, ‘The Shick-
shinny,” supposed to get started
by, the end of this month.
Locale is to be in the Shickshinny
“area,” unspecified, and producer
is William Butchko. Production
company may total 800, according
to reports to the Dallas Post.
The Northwest School newspaper,
which | came out Monday, said the
“‘rumor’’ of this movie production
1s ‘now fact. People out in the
i northwest part of the county are
reported to’ have noticed strange
cars scrutinizing the area.
Kickoff Dinner.
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r "Y" Drive
Race To Moon Is
Campaign Theme
The Back Mountain Branch
YMCA Membership Enrollment was
kicked-off with. a dinner at the
Brothers | Four Restaurant, Monday
at 6:30 p.m.
Invocation was by Executive Sec- |
retary; Robert Crosson.
Enrollment
Chairman, Andrew F. Roan intro-
duced the various team members.
and workers received
their instruction and enrollment
kits. Theme of the campaign is
a “Race to the Moon.” Each team
is a space ship and the ship reach-
ing the moon first is the team se-
curing the most new members. Goal
in the drive is 500 new members—
adult, youth, family’ or
The first report meeting will take
place on Thursday, February 17 at
Captains
7:30 p.m. at the Back Mountain
Library.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. An-
drew Roan, Mr. and Mrs. William !
Model Railroad Club which has a|
display by members in the main
lobby of the Miners National Bank
Wilkes-Barre
Railroad Week.
sustaining. |
Railroad Week
during National |
Dallas Rotary
' Observing 61st
Club Milestone
Special Program Is
Scheduled Febr. 24
With Guest Speaker
Next “week the Rotary Club of
{ Dallas/will observe the 61st anniver-
sary of ‘the founding of Rotary on
February 23, 1905, in Chicago. Plans
for marking the milestone include a
| visit: and speech February 24, at
6:30, at Irem Temple, by incoming
| Director for Rotary International,
* | Lou Unsworth.
Jack Stanley, president of the
local club, in announcing ‘the an-
| niversary meeting, said, “The cele-
| bration of this occasion is global in
| scope, for there are more than
12,200 Rotary Clubs and 581,500
| Rotarians in 131 countries. Thus,
“ ‘Rotary meetings marking this oc-
| casion will be held in many langu-
ages, including Arabic, Burmese,
| Flemish, Gaelic, Korean, Japanese,
and Persian.”
Rotary Club of Dallas, organized
in 1927, has sixty members, each a
business or professional man of this
community. Since membership of
the club is composed of one man
from each business or professional
| activity, the local club represents
a cross-section of the city’s business
life. This basis for membership be-
gan with the first club and has con-
tinued through the years to become
a major characteristic of the Rotary
organization.
Twice Apprehended,
Driver Put In Jail
Robert Stesney, Miller Street,
Luzerne, who was picked up twice
on Saturday evening by Kingston
Township * Police for endangering
motorists on Memorial Highway,
was fined for two charges of Reck-
less Driving and one of Disorderly
Conduct at a hearing Tuesday eve-
ning before Justice of the Peace
Fred Anderson.
Stesney, father of five childrem,
| was first arrested at 7:30 p.m. when
earn into they vear of a ca
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erated by" Whmam RreAxrdds 5 es
| 4 Dallas, ‘which had stopped at a
| traffic light. Both occupants suf-
| fered injuries. Stesney received
| lacerations’ of the forehead. He
| was apprehended by Assistant Chief
| of Police James Sisco and Patrol-
| man James Gordon.
Following the accident, and un-
| able ‘to find a physician who would
| examine the man to determine if he
| was intoxicated, Sisco took him to
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| his home.
Three hours later, Stesney ap-
peared agaih on Memorial Highway,
| weaving his car in and out of lines
| of traffic. He was again apprehend-
| ed by Chief Sisco and Officer Frank
| Roginski and taken before the
| Shavertown squire. Unable to pay
| the fine and fearing.a loss of life
if he were allowed to go back out
upon the ‘highway, Stesney was
remanded to Luzerne County Prison
until 6 the next morning when he
| was to report for work.
Mrs. Joseph Balavage,
Michael Bucan, John Pearce,
Byron Kitchen, Lauren Dymond,
George Seeley, and Robert Crosson.
| Bradbur Y,
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Betsy, left, and Connie hold a
model diesel engine, one of dozens
found in the exhibit which already
has attracted many Back Mountain
| area hobbyists and others from all
} parts of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
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