\ VV VV VV VV VV VY PY VY CY CY YY {Back Mountain Boys in Service In Vietnam eon R. Allen Whomas G. Appel Dale J. Belles William Biggs William Boyle Richard Bronson Charles W. Chappell Ronald Culver Ernest Davis Russell E. Denmon Carl Edwards Dennis Ferry John J. Ferry Jonathan Ginochetti Ronald Gosart John Horniak Orville Ide William Jones Clayton Keiper James D. Kyttle Larry Lettie Clyde Major ‘Robert Martin : Bernard Mazer Ralph McCormack Jghn McMillan I'l Meeker Leo Mohen John Mokychik vid Nevel Jon Newberry Kenneth F. Novis Arthur Owen Albert Phillips Lawrence L. Richards Harold Roberts Karl Scholl ‘Joseph Schrey Francis Sebolka Rudolph Siffrar Terry Smith Kenneth Spencer Robert Traver John B. VanHorn Gerald Wagner George W. Wesley George Whitesell Donald Williams LeRoy Williams Larry Wolfe Arnold D. Wright . TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS ROS, ks Township Supervisors will | Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER | { Don Jones, TEX “CENTS PER COPY TWELVE PAGES Fire Reporting System For Jax 9 Phones Installed To Expedite Service Jackson Township Volunteer Fire | Department announces completion | lof its new fire-reporting system. Commonwealth Telephone Company installed nine fire-phones, one each in the homes of nine key firemen, finishing the work last week. The phones ring in all nine homes, and “keep ringing until the call is | answered by a fireman or other au- thorized person. A button located alongside the in- | strument activates the siren, thus | eliminating a waiting period. Fire- men, knowing the location of the | fire, can go immediately, without | wasting time running to the fire hall to inquire. Residents in the area are asked to note the new number, which is to be used ONLY for fire or emer- gency calls. The number is 696-1213. A note of this number will expedite | help in case of fire. When trying to reach the firehall, and not the fire company, residents must dial 696-1818. The number 696-1213 will set all the fire-phones ringing, and cause unnecessary confusion. Heretofore, only two telephones were geared to fire emergency use. The party who answered had to go outside the home to sound the siren, then go to the fire hall and write the location of the fire on a black- board for guidance of volunteers before starting for the fire with the pumper. On one occasion, both parties | were out of town simultaneously | ™ over a weekend. Providentially, there were no fires. : Chief Dale Wright states that in January the company .is. con- sidering the purchase of Scott Air Packs. Richard Holodick is president, Steve Krupinski, vice president, Bob | Cooper (also police chief) secretary, Henry Zbick, treasurer. Fielding. The entire fire company has as. its goal the evolution of the Jack- | son Fire Company into a leader in | its field. ! Another goal is that of making | the fire hall a true community cen- ter. With this in mind, the company | wishes its people a Happy New Year, | as well as a safe winter without | meet in a new place Saturday night | fire and catastrophe, and asks for | t the Ross Municipal Build- | continued support of the fire de- | A > ; Russell Honeywell, chief of police, | at ing nstead of Ross ras partment. ‘School. Walter Hoover Retained Bs Board Head: Jones Named New Solicitor Walter Hoover was chairman of Lake Township Super- | | visors Tuesday evening at the re- organization meeting of that body reelected ! with Alger Shafer selected as vice | | ficers and Milan Croop retained as chairman. © Atty. Benjamin R. Jones, III, was named solicitor and will attend all meetings and special meetings of the board. Sharon Whitesell did not vote. John Stenger was reappointed secrf ry-treasurer, a post which he | radio technician. | Leinthal was present and said his | taxes said approximately 82% had been received to date which he felt was due to two time billing. Fred Crake and Durwood Miller were reappointed special police of- Chief Walbridge | doctor had approved him working four hours a day but the board felt it was wiser for him to continue on | | compensation until February 1. has Mdmirably filled. Henry Stefa- | novg sper and commended on past performances. * Calvin McHose accepted the post of Amusement Tax Collector and in presenting his report on township Loyalville Fire Home Is Total Loss Cause Undetermined An old single block two story 72, was renamed Sanitary In- | Sharon Whitesell was chairman of the Police Pension Fund and John Stenger, National Bank, Wilkes-Barre, was named depository for the township. A letter from Susan W. Dodd ask- ing consideration as wage tax col- lector sion. Alger Shafer was named delegate | to the Pennsylvania Association of Wipes Out Family Township Supervisors Convention in Pittsburgh on February 5, 6, 7 and | | 8. Mr. Stenger will also be attend- ing as a county representative. Both Whitesell and Hoover expressed a wish to attend but are unable to do | ' so with the pressure of duties. home burned to the ground at Loyal- | ville on Saturday despite the efforts of Harveys Lake and Sweet Valley Fire Companies to save the structure. Occupied by the Roscoe Harrison fanidy which included five children, Complaints of residents concern- ing dogs running loose brought a | decision to enforce the dog act with mals. Copies of all ordinances will | be given to police and all justices the fi¥e was discovered shortly after | noon on the-last day of the old year. | Reported by an neighbor, the roof | had fallen in and the center of the | dwelling was an inferno by the time | firemen arrived. Chief Richard Williams said the | intense heat and complete consum- | mation precluded saving the home, | although twenty men from the Lake | volunteers and an equal number | from Sweet Valley stayed at the! scene for an hour an a half. All belongings were lost by the Harrison family. owned by Mr .and Mrs. Martin, Plains, Pa. Mrs. Harrison and her children | Michael | were taken in by Mrs. Martha Stein- | | of the peace. Secretary was instructed to write Atty. Lewis Crisman, former solici- | tor, asking that all documents be increase of 45c¢ an hour and zoning | returned. ‘Back Mountain Area Ambulance Logbook Kingston Township December 29 — Sherman Harter, | | Westmoreland Hills, to Nesbitt Hos- | | pital. | The home was | { | was located on Rt. 29 about a mile | Carverton Road, to Nesbitt Hospital. from the Kupstas’ Store. The Red Cross is attempting to fd another residence for the family. | Marvin Yeust, Carl Miers. December 31 Peter Blazes, Memorial Highway, to Nesbitt Hos- | pital. Marvin Yeust, Jack Lasher. January 2 — Mary Andrew, Per- | Fire Chief ‘Wright has as assistants patrolman | Carl Aston and Fred named | treasurer. Miners ! was tabled for later discus- | | Idetown, will M i Pictured above are held at Brothers Four, Dallas, on = ROAMING DOGS FACE POLICE CAPTURE TO SOLVE LAKE PROBLEM All dogs, licensed or unli- ' censed, running loose in Lake Township will be picked up by the police. Fines will be im- posed and dogs destroyed if not claimed and kept confined. Many complaints dictated ac- oe by the supervisors. Borough Seeking Assistant Chief | Dallas Borough is advertising for | ant Chief of Police. The position had been offered | demands of the Berti hauling busi- ness. which is | keeping both Bill and Jack Berti on | their toes. | Both men resigned late in De-, cember as patrolmen, working eve- nings. Ray Titus, | to serve, finds himself unable to add | anything more to the duties of his new business, but still is avail- able after hours when necessary. Charles Lamoreaux assists. { has held the position for twenty | oe} years. Sandy McCulloch, his assist- | ant, left in August. { 7 Bill Berti is assistant chief of Dr. | Henry M. Laing Fire Company, a position which he expects to hold. been Bertis in he explains. Lamoreaux Is Reelected Head | “There’ve always | the fire company,” Wesley Lamoreaux was reelected ! chairman of Jackson = Township! Board of Supervisors Tuesday eve- | | ning at the reorganization meeting | held at the fire hall." Mr. Lamoreaux said he did not want the top position but was chosen again anyway. Elmer Las- . kowski was elected co-chairman. | 4 Harold Bertram, third member of the supervisory board was re- | turned to his post as road super- | re- | visor. Edward Jeffreys was tained as secretary. W. Lamoreaux | will be assistant road supervisor. Robert Cooper was reappointed police chief and Andrew Kasco and Donald Jones were named patrol- men. The two will work full time in the summer and will be on call during the winter months. appointed solicitor and Robert Cooper zoning officer. Pay raise and truck drivers and opera- tors a raise of 25¢ an hour in an effort to obtain more workmen who | will agree to work in the wee hours | during stormy weather. Road supervisor also received an | officer a $10 per month raise. Idetown Fire Company ' To Meet January 6th | The next meeting of the Jonathan | R. Davis Volunteer Fire Company, | hall. All members are urged. to attend. | | Bannock, Avnold Yeust, Ww. Fred- | rin Avenue, to Nesbitt Hospital. J. | erick. ruck, who resides nearby. The home | Lasher, M. Yeust. January 4 — Mrs, Karl Stock, | January 3 — Thomas Cawley, | Trucksville, to General Hospital. Al- | William Frederick, Ted Newcomb. January 3 — Mrs. Ida Dorsey, children attend Lake Lehman | Hopkins Nursing Home, Wyncote, Belinole, Be al to Marlot's Nursing Home, Tunk- lan Nichols, William Bradbury. Harveys Lake December 29 — Walter Sorber, Outlet, to General Hospital. John Stenger, Fred Javer, Claude Neifert. committee | | members and officers of the Dallas | Lions Club at their Christmas party | December 10. Reading left to right, somebody to take the job of assist- i but had been refused because of | steadily growing, | who was also asked | Atty. Jonathan Valentine was re-' scales were decided upon ] to 1 | with patrolmen given a 15¢ an hour police privileged to destroy the ani- | be held on Friday! | | January 6th, at 8 p.m. in the fire RE THAN A NE APER, sitting, were Michael Crisci, Joseph ward Buckley, John Shinal, putgo- ing president, Richard Myers, Thom- | as Reese and Eugene DeStefano. Harrington, T. Russell Bevan, Ed- THE DALLAS POST { { TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674- 5656 674-7676 COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Dallas Lions Club Welcomes New Members Standing, Andrew Sokol, John Hilbert, Pete Williams, Ralph Hood, | James Agnew, Thomas Kane, Shuleski, Jerry Sherman, A. George | Payne, John Maniskas and Dr. I. 'Strike-Bound Linear Plant Has Been Out Of Action For Over Five Months Letter From Manager To Employees Reveals Over Million Loss In days since the Linear plant was closed. Signs reading LOCKOUT. have re- cently been removed from the scene | of the continuing Linear strike, since the decision was handed down that no unfair labor practices had been employed by the company. A letter written to all employees | { of the company, dated September | | | | It “has ‘been five months and five | { i { | { | 1, 1966, reads: Lo “We are: taking the unusual step | of writing you directly because of | | the very serious problems which | have developed in the. attempted | { the. Rubber Workers Union. We i have been negotiating with the In- | ternational tepresentative and with officers of the Union through various -sessions for in excess of 40 hours, impasse. explain that it is in very serious i financial condition. Profit and loss statements covering the last 10 years of operation were submitted to the Union Committee, and these indicate that Linear lost well over $1,000,000 in the last ten years. “The company cannot. continue to ‘operate indefinitely without showing a profit. ‘Because - of the fact that the | cost of production has been rising products ‘has been ‘dropping, it .is |"becoming more and more expensive to maintain our operation, and it competition , with - other. O-Ring “Shortly after negotiations be- gan, ‘the company submitted, a drastically revised contract to ‘the Union, under which we hoped it | The Company has attempted to | is incurring serious losses day by | to ‘William Berti: some ‘months ago, | negotiation of a new contract with | 10 Years Operation less pay than those on the incen- tive system working thirty hours a week. The matter of overtime and va- | cation was stated in plain English. James Groenyk, President of the | company, met with negotiators, on | Tuesday, August 30, and for three | hours attempted to explain to the | Union Bargaining Committee the | serious financial position of the com- pany. He stated that if Linear | were to resume operations, it would | and. Don Busch. —photo by Kozemchak Berger. man, Willard eNwberry, Don Nagle ‘Shavertown Firemen To Hold Dinner Annual Installation Dinner | Shavertown Volunteer Company will | | be held January 10 at the Pine | | Brook Inn at 6:30 p.m. Reservations -must be in to Wil- liam Roberts by today. i O'Connell. | bring friends. A short business meeting will be held followed by a social hour. | stalled at this time. Dallas Township Retains 01d Head cost approximately $250,000 to bring it up’ to full production before any | i i started to come in. . Groenyk at this time offered | | tG Ne the company to the Inter- | Lamoreaux Continues As Road Supervisor Fred Lamoreaux was returned to) | national Union for no cash outlay, | office as head of Dallas Township | and allow the Union to operate the | Supervisors on Tuesday evening. \ plant if they would agree to as-| and “we have reached a complete | may very soon leave us no other | Ge its debts and liabilities. The letter ends: He will be assisted by Basil | | Frantz, as vice chairman. { Lamoreaux was also returned to | VOL. 0: NO. 1. THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 567 Dallas Post-Office Gets Government | Tenant, Soil And Water Conservation Back Mountain Conservation-Conscious Dallas Logical Center For Headqurters 1 Post Office went | Tuesday, Newly elected officers will be in- | hotly workers wate gwen on J5e | to move into the Dallas Post Office | ever since it was decided to con- | struct a large enough building to! Another portion of the Dallas into action on servation Service moved The agency, badly cramped. for lack of space in the Luzerne County Courthouse Annex, has been slated house a government agency in addi- tion to postal facilities. Larry W. Corson, Work Unit Con- | servationist, says that Dallas is the Dallas Council ‘Reduces Millage The following were installed as, Gus new members. Sokol, Shuleski, Sher- First Governing Body To Cut Tax Expense Dallas Borough Council at an ad- journed meeting Thursday evening | became the first municipality in the of | Back Mountain to lower the millage | in anticipation of revenues from the | 1% wage tax. This will lessen the burden for taxpayers three mills, a drop from | 12 mills to 9. Guest speaker will be Rep. Frank | This year members may | | in = Wilkes-Barre | of the community. This they have a separate entity. ’ “I assure you that the Company his post as road supervisor and | Frank Lange to his prominent status day in being closed, and very soon | as Police Chief. a serious decision will have to be | Atty. Frank Townend as solicitor made concerning whether or not the | l.will continue to counsel the board. plant will ever again be able to | open its doors. We do not like the thought of closing the plant, but | the economic facts of the situation | choice. No business can. | at the Linear Plant at the same | time that ‘the outflow of finished ! manufacturers in the United States. would be possible for work to be | | continued at the Dallas Plant with- | | out interruption. | “This contract was not submitted | | in any effort to win any points or | beat down the negotiating commit- tee, but was submitted in a des- perate effort to keep the plant op- erating in the light of its serious losses. | “The incentive system under | | which some production departments | | have been operating for the past | few years has not produced the | | desired result. Effective production | | has been dropping while cost pro- | | duction has been rising. “The incentive system 1 { tain, and has been the is ex- | tremely complex and costly to main- | basis for | many misunderstandings and griev- | employees. ances between -Management and its | “Since the incentive system has created an imbalance, it caused un- fair treatment to various categories of employees at the plant, and ‘Management felt we would all be “better off if there was a return to | straight hourly rate of production.” { The letter went on to outline i the reasons * why incentive system | | 'was descriminative against certain | | non-productive employees, who | {might ‘work forty hours a week for { | ‘Superstition : Pays off Atlantic Service Station in central Dallas is superstitious. ‘Since a car belonging to Hix had been the last to be washed before | | the old station was demolished, Mr. | | Williams figured the Hix car ought | to be’ the first to go through the | new wash-rack, to christen the sta- | | tion. | He sent ‘up for it Wednesday | morning, and returned it gleaming. held Philip (Cheney prisoner down the snow in ‘the Hix parking slot with the red jeep. | “All we want is a return to work | under us both to live. , Signed, Carlton E. Collier, ager.’ Man- | tion meeting is Glen Howell, time supervisor, Police and road workers received raises and the monthly meeting | date was set at finst Tuesday of | the month. Al Hoover and Lester Tinsley | were renamed as police officers. Philip Walters is the third mem- conditions that will enable | fer of the supervisory board. Secre- tary reappointed at the reorganiza- one Mrs. Paul Mulcey was overcome by gas escaping from a stoker some time during Monday night, and lay unconscious all day Tuesday at her home on Overbrook Avenue. Not until her husband from the ‘airport at 8:30 Tuesday night to find out why she had not met him on his return from Wash- | | ington, was the alarm sounded. Paul called Mrs. Robert Dolbear, next door neighbor and close friend of the family. Mrs. Dolbear called Walter Kozemchak, who had a key to the house. When Mrs. Mulcey was discovered The crumpled right side of the | Alexander car which hit five other | Cheney parked automobiles for called | on. Saturday | evening is pictured above, showing clearly the twisted wreckage which | in a deep coma in her upstairs At the same time the budget for 1967 was adopted and raises given police officers and road ‘workers. Chief Russell Honeywell received | an increase of $400 per year and all | per hour raise. : Harold Brobst presided. Council was unanimous in its de- | | cision keeping a promise made to | | the public that if they were forced | to adopt the wage tax, first imposed | City, that they | would cut the millage for residents | dons promptly. ‘Hall Takes Post As Board Head Edward Hall, newly elected mem- ber of Kingston Township Super- | visors, accepted the presidency of that group on Tuesday evening after both LaRoy Ziegler and John Funke refused the post. Hall first declined the motion of Funke and Ziegler but following a | | short recess accepted. He said he |'would take the chairmanship only if he had 1009; cooperation from the two other board members. Ziegler accepted the vice chair- manship and Funke the office of | | treasurer. Solicitor Mitchell Jenkins | acted as temporary chairman. Overcome By Coal Gas, Unconscious is more and more difficult to sell | our products in the open market in | bedroom, Mrs. Dolbear immediataly ! started mouth to mouth respira- tion, with Walter and Bob taking | turns. Dallas ambulance, staffed by Roth and Shaffer, provided oxygen, a respirator, and heart massage. Dx. mediate removal to Nesbitt, where Mrs. Mulcey remained unconscious all day Wednesday. At press time she had not regained consciousness, but was breathing more easily. Mr. at the hospital. Mulcey met the ambulance Charles Perkins ordered im- Herbert Updyke was retained as police chief and James Sisco as assistant. Lawton Culver also was reappointed road supervisor. The reappointment of Atty. Mit- chell Jenkins was made as was that of Barbara Brown as secretary to the board. Updyke was also assign- ed as zoning officer and William Bobbins custodian. The tho dinghies, Jagkie and Betsy, now Mrs. Leo Dumbrowski and Mrs. Gerald French, were sum- moned. Jackie's twg daughters, Amy, 8, and Cathie, 2, are with the Dolbears. Investigation of the basement showed the stoker in operation but the cellar blinding with fumes. juries in the crash which sent both | and Donald Alexander to the hospital in a New Year's Eve tragedy. | be removed and the owners prose- | . Cheney suffered severe leg in- cuted. Dallas Student Pinned In This Crash Suffers Severe Injuries Many coming to sleighride in the vicinity are using the two car lane for parking and presenting a big | problem for the patrolmen. Illegally parked cars along this stretch are causing hazards which | ‘Then he added a bonus, ‘patting | nearly an hour on Country Club Police Chief Frank Lange says will | the near vicinity. { Road. | In the case of the multiple crash, drivers were attending a party’ in —photo by R. Besecker \ when the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Con- | into the | wing which had been awaiting it. | | the crash | the area. | James Davies. ! Jogical center for his unit, as much of the work is done in the Back Mountain, which is conservation conscious. The agency provides technical assistance to landowners who want to gevelop a conservation | plan. Help is also provided for land- owners who want to study and. apply conservation techniques on their property. Soil and water conservation is seen as a fundamental need of the area. To this end, a soil survey for Luzerne County is being completed by the two Soil Scientists Dennis - | Bush and William Braker. Carl Greenley, Soil Conservation Aide, says he will not be spending much time in the new suite of | offices, that his work will be largely in the field. secretary. Joy Dagle will be Mr. Corson, Mr. Bush, Mr. Braker and Mr. Greenley, were unpacking | their supplies on Tuesday, with ex- pectation of being completely settled by Wednesday. They expect a steady stream of visitors to discuss what they can do for the soil and whath, the soil can do for them. With the public newly conscious to the dangers of erosion of the soil, and recognition of a steadily | dropping water table, this new office will erect guide lines and give con- structive assistance. Pamphi ts and other literature | are available. Edward Buckley, Postmaster, | expresses gratificaction that the new building will now be used to ca- | pacity. i | The new suite of offices opens trance also at the rear, leading to mailing platform and parking lot. The Soil Conservation Unit is not | connected with the Luzerne County | Agricultural Extension Program, but ‘Dymond In Vietnam Harry Dymond, = Tunkhanno$ brother-in Law: of Mrs. Howard Dy mond of Da'lae: is with the US. Army ‘in Vigna done, Arationi | Saigon. He flew by jet November 30, ’ after taking basic training at Fort Jackson, and advanced training at | Fort Belvoir. He was at home for af ten day leave before going overseas. | New Year's Eve Crash Hurts Tw# Parked Cars Leave Roadway Space Nil | Philip Cheney, Center Hill Road, Dallas, | bitt Hospital yesterday morning following severe leg injuries suffer- ed in an automobile accident Satur- | day evening at Shrineview. The young man, a senior at Dallas High School, was pinned automobile driven by Donald Alex- ander, Franklin Street, Dallas, after off the main lobby, with an en- underwent surgery at Nes- | in the their vehicle hit a car parked on the right side of the road. The impact . started a chain reaction involving four other cars parked along Coun- try Club Road between the Durkin and DeWees properties. Alexander told police he was on his way to Irem Temple Country ' Club, where both boys were em- ployed part time, when another car coming from the club blinded him. He was unable to see the parked vehicles as they rested on a knoll | and no lights were left on to varn | motorists. & First car hit was that owned by 4 , Jeffrey S. Walling, Riverside Drive, | N. Y., with the rear of the Walling = | machine telescoping the right side of Alexander's car where Shan? was sitting. The lad’s legs were ilo by and it took ambulance crews from Dallas, free the victim. Birth’s tow truck finally pulled away part of the metal | which blocked the door entry and Cheney was rushed to Nesbitt Hos- pital suffering a completely frac- tured upper right leg which was also | chipped, deep laceration under the right eye, bruises and contusions along his entire right side. Alexander was admitted with lacerations of the face and head and X-rays were taken to determine if there were any cracked Accident occurred at 11:20 and was investigated by Lester Tinsley and Al Hoover, Dallas Township Police. Tinsley came upon the ac- cident scene when he was patrolling Other cars involved in the mishap were owned by Robert Goodman, Harold Harris, Jr., Sam- uel Mitchell, all of Kingston, and Thomas Gorski, Larksville. All re- ceived tickets for illegal parking. Dallas Ambulance crew members | who came to the rescue were Robert | Besecker, Ed Roth, Gil Morris and 45 minutes to Tid ribs, | since he complained of chest pains. as
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