= EL To 0 QFn ————— * Trucksville Methodist Church Edu- DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA Cloverleaf 4.H Club Elects New Officers Cloverleaf 4-H Club met at cational Building wiith Pat Hold- redge presiding, The following officers were elect- ed: President, Sheryl Beard; Vice President, Brian Beard; Secretary, Diane (Chadwick; Treasurer, Sandy Deutsch; Reporters, Shelly Swingle and Evelyn Scott; Song Leader, Pat Holdredge, and Game Leader, Karen Gillis. A committee was formed to plan the egents of the year. Named to the comitee are Diane Chadwick, Evelyn Scott, Sandy Deutsch, Pat Holdredge, Karen Gillis and Shelly | Swingle. Brian Beard is chairman | of the committee. Pat Holdredge explained to mem- bers that the club will pay half of | the amount for any members at- tending camp, Leadership school and 4-H Congress. New membens are Alvie Sutton, Cathy Goeringer, Debby Turner, | Leslie Goeringer, Joseph Fuller and | Ricky Gillis. | Karen Gillis, Shelly Swingle, Lau- | rel Gillis and Pat Holdredge will | serve as April refreshment comni- | mittee. ; Also present were Lauren Wills, Mary, Paul and Allen Beard, Bon- | nie Sutton, Richard Billings, Mrs. | Mrs. Marvin Scott, leaders. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE | To Hold Senior Tea [College Misericordia Alumni Asso- ciation will hold its annual-senior | tea Sunday afternoon, April 9, at 2:30, on the college campus. Kath- erine McDermott is serving as chair- man for this event and Marie Pur- cell as co-chairman. Miss McDermott is stressing that alumni members planning to attend make their reservations early by calling the alumni office at College Misericordia. Committee chairmen consist of Lorrain Gutch, decorations; JoAnn ‘Whitman, hospitality; Catherine O'Rourke, publicity; Margarete Sauer, refreshments; Mary Jule Pur- cell McCarthy and Ruth Purcell Mc- Avoy, invitations; and Sarah Casey | Clark, reception. Alumni members and graduating seniors will meet at Walsh Memorial Auditorium for a program which features Ann Thomas, art instructor at Marywood College, as main speaker. At this time, Katherine McDermott will deliver the welcome address, and Sarah Wagner, alumni president, will receive the associ- ations new members. Other partici- pants on the program are the Very Reverend Monsignor William Donz- van, alumni moderator; Barbara Mandel, president of the senior class; and Sister Mary Florita, presi- | dent of College Misericordia. Mary the entertainment. A tea will follow in Merrick Hall. Davis, Ruth DeWitt, Ronald Duki- nas, Clifton Dungey, John Fedock, Susan Gingell, Robert Griffiths, John Fleming, Roberta Gilbert, Carol Hicks, Deborah Hoyt, Barbara Jacobs, David Jones, Mary Jo Kar- weta, Gwen Kloeber, Donna Kocher, Elaine Kuehn, Charles LaBerge, Ruth Lewis, Karen Nichols, David Peters, James Pichert, Diane Reese, Christine Rubino, Carol Shaskin, Richard Sheldon, George Stolarick, Donald Voelker, Thomas Wallace, Sally Wiggin. 3 8th Grade: Sandra Barnkat, Wil- i liam Bradbury, | Arlene Cook, Kendra Cosgrove, i Demmy, Mark Dorrance, Elizabeth | Mary Cully, Nancy Daley, Charlene | | Eckman, Constance Edwards, Floyd | Gallup, Bruce Goeringer, Catherine | Grishaber, Harry Gydosh, Robert | Hardisky, Betty Heffner, Cheryl | Hontz, Harold Hoover, Wayne Hum- phrey, Pamela, Jacobs, Carol Kaleta, | Wayne Kester, Patricia Koeb, Ray- mond Xuderka, | ‘Martin, | Moore, Diane Morgan, David Payne, | Brock Phillips, John Porter, Debra | | Race, Barbara Rice, Brenda Rich- | ards, Nancy Roberts, Nancy Rodda, | ! | Phillip Scott, Cynthia Smith, Jocelyn | ~ Ray Goeringer, visitor, and Mr. and | Pat Manganella, soloist, and Dorothy | Strunk, John Their, Deborah Turner, | | Turan, accompaniest, will provide (Charles Waite, Shelia Welsh, Ann { Wentz, Joanne Williams. | Tth Grade: Leslie Alexander, Jef- Diane Chadwick, | Edmund LaBatch, | | Glenda Larson, Sandra Long, Diane Jerry McDonald, Rhonda THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967 9th Grade: Lorene Daring, Grant | Brody, Linda Brongo, Roger Brown, | Robert Carle, Janice Culp, Peter | Davies, Michael Davis, Mary Ann DeMarco, Diane Dennis, Lauren Du- | Kinas, Jane Domnick, Diane Eckart, | Mary Epply, Leslie Evans, Karen | Fedock, Nancy Fleming, | Futch, Robert Goeringer, Mark | | | Miriam Mohr, Karen Moore, Susan | lene Pietracecini, Patricia | Paula Richards, Vincent Roman, | Hoagies please contact Mrs. Edward Silkworth, Mrs, | James Knecht, Patti] len Klaboe, Larson, Catherine Martin, Margaret McHale, Candace Mohr, Carol Mohr, Moore, Jeffrey Morris, Nixon, Barry Noon, Carol Pasquini, | Kathy | | Groblewski, Brenda Hadsall, Joan | Havir, Cathy Heffner, Tena Hicks, | { | Nancy Howell, Roger Howell, Sandra | | Supulski, John Swingle, Steven | Jones, Timothy Kaye, Ann Kitchen, | Priscilla Kloeber, Gary Kostobala, | Jon Jay LaBerge, Patti Lewis, Bar- | | bara Long, Judith MacAvoy, John | Martin, Martha Miller, Jay Miller, | Debbie Newberry, Debra Ann Mitchell, John Nagle, | Estella Parker, | Patricia Parrish, Donna Perry, Holly | | Fedock, Lucy Fleming, Charles Gar- Phillips, Susan Nielson, Debra Philo, Nancy Pichert, Mona Rice, Marian Rosser, Julia Scott, Paula Selingo, Clark Turner, Alexander Wazetor, Susan Wesley, Richard Yeust, Allan Zaboski. Dallas Senior High Honor Roll ald Alexander, Daniel Alters, Pam- ela Baker, Janet Balshaw, Robert Berkey, Myra Berti, Robert Blair, | Carol Calkins, Deborah Carruthers, Janet Cleasby, Nancy Covert, Donald Dennis, Gail Doughton, Sherrill Dymond, Russell Eyet, Linda Farrar, James Fritzges, Scott Fry, Virginia Patrick Holdredge, Barbara Honey- | well, Kathryn Hons, Mary Lou | Jay Pope, Beverly Peirce, Dorothy Philo, Ron- ald Pietraccini, Christine Puchalsky, Janice Rother, Sharon Savage, Deb- orah Savickas, Donna Smith, Bon- nie Spencer, William Steckiel, Roy | Townsend, Patricia Wagner, Karen | Yablonski, Samuel Zachary, Chris- | tine Zarychta. Eleventh: Ruth Besecker, Debra | Billings, Scott Blase, Allen Brown, Nancy Crispbell, Peggy Darrow, Eric' Dingle, Daniel Dorrance, Richard ris, Lawrence Gilbert, Matthew Gil- lis, James Gosart, Robert Huttman, Thomas Jenkins, Helene Kuchinskas, | Jane Mitchell, Elizabeth Otto, M. Myra Schroer, Judith | Stasko, Howard Wiggin, Gary Wil-| Twelfth: Margaret Adamitis, Don- | liams, Sharon Yalick, Claudia Zabo- | ski. Sophomores: Deborah Allen, Anne Marie Arcuri, Charles Baker, Vern Balshaw, Alicia Bauman, Timothy Bauman, Gary Belles, Joanne Bom- berger. Patricia (Corbett, Carol Craw- | ford, Jane Daley, Craig Daron, Chri- Glenny, Greg Hicks, Ruth Higgins, | | Hoyt, Abby Jones, James Kaleta, | tine Demmy, Charlene Dodson, Joan | Domnick, Sally Elston, Jeffrey Eyet, ! Clifford Garris, Carl Goeringer, Wayne Harrison, Sally Harter, Diane Hoover, Robert Humphrey, Patricia Dallas Junior High School Honor Roll Dallas Senior High School Honor Roll Jozwiak, Frank Kardell, Nancy Love, Richard Morgan, Kathryn Munnell, Sara Peters, Rosemary Petty, Mar- Priscilla Reese, Beth ‘Sheehan, Donna Shupp, Tina Wazeter, Michele Witek. | | | | Fire Auxiliary Slates Rummage Sale For April | Ladies Auxiliary of the Shaver- | town Fire Company held their monthly meeting March 13 in the Shavertown Fire Hall. Mrs. Lauren | Dymond, President, presided at the | | meeting and plans for a Rummage Sale to be held on April 13, 14, 15, were discussed. Mrs. Thomas Doro- sky was appointed Chairman. Co- chairmen Mrs. Harley Misson and Mrs. William Fredericks. The women of the auxiliary are | requesting the cooperation of every- one in the area for a successful sale as this sale is an annual event and a major source of income for the organization to continue helping the fire department in all its end- LaAVOrs. Rummage may be brought to the | Shavertown Hall on Thursday April 12 or will be picked up by calling Mrs. Thomas Dorosky or Mrs. Wil-! liam Fredericks. ton, Jackson; Mrs. SECTION B — PAG . LEHMAN Hoagie Sale Lake Lehman Band sponsors will sell Hoagies on April 4, from the Lehman Fire Hall. Anyone wishing Wesoloski; Lake 'Siglin, Susan Sipple, Sharon Smith, | Sheldon Ehret, Mrs. Gordon Dawe, | Diane Thier, Daniel Thomas, Marcia | Lehman; Mls. Dennis Mahoney, Sweet Valley and Mooretown, Mrs. Jean Pall, Sweet Valley, Helen Hoover, Idetown, Mrs. Carl Swan- son, Harveys Lake; Mrs. Albert Ash- Alan Kitchen, Noxen. Band Concert Lake Lehman Award winning band will hold its annual Spring Concert on April 14-15 at 8 p.m. in the Lake Lehman High School. | A Bake Sale will be held in con- junction with the Band Concert on both nights. Baked goods are need- ed from both Senior and Junior | Band parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Morrison and family spent the weekend with Mrs. William Corichner. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nuss and family and Mr. and Mrs. C. Masters ‘and family spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nuss, Mrs. Myron Baker is a surgical | patient at the Nesbitt Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ide are spending six weeks with their chil- dren in Arizona. Mrs. Alice Elston is sometime with her daughter and spending ,in Kentucky. Howard and Kenneth Blleworth, students at Penn State and sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ellsworth were home for the Easter holiday. Mr .and Mrs. Glenn Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith and son spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Johnson in Lancaster, Pa. Mr. Gordon Dawe and other mem- bers of the Cities Service Oil Com- pany in this area visited the Lake Charles Refinery in Lake Charles, Louisang recently. GIRL SCOUT TROOP 656 Girl Scout Troop 656 of Carver- ton, under the leadership of Mrs. Joan Wasserott, recently partici- | pated in the Back Mountain Penns Woods Council Ingathering held at ! Dallas Senior High School Auditori- um. They danced and sang under the theme and song “It’s a Small, | Small World” and represented five different counties. On Girl Scout Sunday, the troop as a whole took part in church serv- ices at Carverton Methodist Chureh, Rev. William Reid, pastor. The girls, Debbie Wiasserott, San- dy Perry, Cindy Cobleigh, Debbie Casterline, Ann Purcell, Meagen Davis, Elsie Harris, Susan Richards, Nancy Voitek, and Jane Marstell use this church as a weekly meeting 'frey Allen, Carol Beline, George Mary Keener, Robert Kelley, Rosel-" Inman, Susan Johnston, Suzanne’ ' son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Stahl place. ( ) March 16 the Post published a letter of inquiry addressed to the Bureau of Community Affairs in Harrisburg over the signatures of candidates Roushey and Tobin of the Harveys Lake Borough re- questing the latest available report on the status of the proposed Project 70 public bathing beach develop- ment at Sunset area, formerly in Lehman Township, now in the new borough. Controversy has raged among residents of the area for several years with Lehman Township officials and their Secretary Michael Godek contending that the Borough group has used political influence to block development and counter charges from the Borough group that Lehman officials have mismanaged the project and failed for two years to submit the necessary applications. The same issue of the Post exvried a report from last week’s Lehman Supervisors’ meeting to the effect that the necessary papers were going to Harrisburg on Tuesday, March 14, 1967. The answer to the candidates inquiry was released to the Post this week as promised and under date of March 8, 1967. Charles W. Tanner, Project 70 Grant Administrator in the Department of Com- munity Affairs, confirms that the earlier report received by the H. L. Borough Executive Committee | for the new Borough that the project could probably not meet the requirements of the Health Depart- ment for a public bathing betch permit and therefore ‘could not qualify for substantial Project 70 aid. Instead, Mr. Tanner suggests a small park area at the site to preserve the aesthetic and scenic value | of the Lake entrance from the main highway at nominal cost. Below is the letter reprinted in full. lake under the Project 70 proposal. acceptable ‘quality drinking water as well as bathing water. Project 70 beach as long ago as September 30, 1965. Mr. Ray E. Roushey Pole 98 8 } Lo. Candidate: preserve these values. greater extent. his small tract in open space or park use. vania Department of Health will not permit bathing at this site as long as the water quality of Harvey's Lake remains in its present condition. Therefore, the values of ~ this small area will primarily be aesthetic, i.e. to restrict billboards and trash, and permit public landscaping and park improvements. It is my impression that Project 70 should not invest more than a few thousand dollars into this 14 acre area to HARRISBURG March 8, 1967 Republican Candidate for Mayor Harvey's Lake, Pennsylvania 18618 Re: Lehman T. - A site has been proposed bordering Harvey's Lake. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS Harvey's Lake B. (Luzerne) I am in receipt of your joint letter of February 27, 1967, concerning the status “of the Lehman Township Project 70 application. The Project 70 program has tentatively allocated a grant to assist Lehman Township in the acquisition of park or open space land, as was intended under the Project 70 program. The Department of Community Affairs has been given the ad- ministrative power to select and approve project sites located in communities in need of park land which will serve its residents. The cost in acquiring such lands is com- pared with the benefits to be derived from the use of these lands. A The Department of Community Affairs and Project 70 staff have inspected the site and approved the concept of the site. It was felt that there will be certain park and aesthetic values in restricting or controlling the future development of this % acre tract. The next step requires that two independent appraisals be obtained by the Township, so that a cost—benefit judgment may be made as to the value of preserving this land as a park. I am now awaiting the receipt of these appraisals from the Town- ship. It is my understanding that they were to be submitted a few weeks ago. To be realistic, it is my thought that there would be certain values in retaining We have been informed that the Pennsyl- I will be glad to meet with you and other officials and residents of Lehman Township and the proposed Harvey's Lake Borough to clarify these points to a Sincerely yours, Charles W. Tanner Project 70 Grant Administrator Executive Committee including the very necessary solutions to the traffic Regional Office #1 383 Wyoming Avenue Kingston, Penna. 18704 September 30, 1965 Bathing Place Sunset Beach — Harveys Lake Lehman Township Luzerne County Mr. Edwin A. Sites, Regional Supervisor Bureau of Community Development Pennsylvania Department of Commerce 720 Scranton Life Building Scranton, Pennsylvania Dear Mr. Sites: Mr. Michael L. Godek, Secretary Treasurer, Lehman Township Supervisors stopped at this office today and requested that we inform your office, by letter, in regard to the sanitary condition of Harveys Lake, in order that the Township application for a Project “70” Grant can be allocated for the development of Sunset Beach as a public ‘bathing facility. Subsequent to abatement of individual and collective discharges from some homes and commercial establishments located on and around Harveys Lake, the water quality improved in the 1965 season from the polluted condition found in the 1964 season. This office could not guarantee that all sources of sewage pollution to Harveys Lake have been abated. It is expected that pollution will continue in variable degrees until such time that an approved sewerage system or systems be constructed and operated and all private sewage disposal units are eliminated. It is our understanding that a consulting engineering firm is in the process of making a study toward producing a feasibility report upon sewage conditions at Harveys Lake. This as you know is the first step toward correction of this sewage pollution problem. On May 4, 1965, 1 was a member of an investigating party in regard to this proposed beach. I made it known to the investigating party that a public beach at Sunset must be approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Health. A permit is issued only in response to an acceptable application which would contain information including plans, reports and specifications prepared by a Registered Professional Engineer or Registered Architect. The application, must provide, in addition to pertinent information about the beach, engineering information as to the disposal or treatment of sanitary wastes origina- ting in-the public bath-house. It appeared to me that in addition to the shoreline property additional property would be required for disposal of sewage in subsurface units. It is obvious that the Lehman Township Board of Supervisors need some preliminary engineering work to be done first to ascertain whether or not a public bathing beach could be approved for construction at Sunset. If bathing beach facilities would be ap- proved continued use of the beach by the public is contingent upon satisfactory bathing water quality in the Sunset area. I trust this information is satisfactory to you in processing the Lehman Township Project “70” Application. If your office or Lehman Township desires any additional information which we can provide, don’t hestitate to contact this office. Very truly yours, C..: R.. Kluck Sanitary Engineer Facilities Upon receipt of Chas. Tanner, Project 70 Grant Administrator's communi- cation the candidates and the Executive Committee contacted the Regional office of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for further clarification of their requirements for permitting operation of a public bathing beach at the C. R. Kluck, Sanitary Engineer-Facilities at this office advised representa- tives of the Borough Manager Executive Committee, according to William Hoblak, secretary of the group, that the Health Department requirements for a public beach permit for a Project 70 location were the same as they are for any other public beach operation at the resort, whether it be owned by a corporation, authority, any governmental agency or political subdivision. Mr. Kluck indicated that these requirements included among other things plans and specifications for a public bathhouse and acceptable method for the dis- posal of sewage or waste water therefrom and an adequate and approved source of drinking water. Laboratory reports must: be included to substantiate In further conversation with Health Department officials it was learned that Lehman Township supervisors and Secretary Michael Godek had been fully aware of and informed concerning these requirements for the proposed Health Department correspondence of which the Lehman supervisors had copies was offered to substantiate this position and confirm the contention of the Executive Com- PROJECT 70 GRANT ADMINISTRATOR PROPOSES SMALL: PARK AT SUNSET HEALTH DEPARTMENT COMPLIMENTS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON APPROACH TO BEACH PROBLEM mittee for the Borough that the supervisors had not been diligent about meeting the necessary requirements for a proper application for the proposed beach. A copy of this correspondence is reprinted herewith. It will be noted that this letter also discloses the fact that in the opinion of the Health Department, the first and most important step toward correction of the pollution problem and the possibility of a public beach, namely a feasi- bility report upon sewage conditions at the lake, was undertaken by the Borough Executive Committee, at its expense (largely contributed by members of the Business Men's and Protective Association groups at the lake) after repeated efforts to persuade the supervisors of either or both townships to undertake this vital step had failed. This substantiates the claim of the Exec- utive Committee, which has been repeatedly blamed for obstructing the Project 70 beach development, that they are the only group which has done anything really constructive to help make possible a Project 70 public beach approval at Sunset or any place else at the lake. Further correspondence between the Health Department and the Regional Supervisor for Project 70 developments in Scranton is also reprinted below under date of May 25, 1966, further proving that in spite of the fact-that-the . Health Department repeatedly made its requirements for a public beach per- mit crystal clear to both Project 70 officials and Lehman Township super- visors. These supervisors made no effort of which the Health Department was informed to comply with these widely known requirements. Regional Office #1 383 Wyoming Avenue Kingston, Penna. 18704 May 25, 1966 Bathing Place Sunset — Harveys Lake Lehman Township Luzerne County Mr. Edwin A. Sites, Regional Supervisor Bureau of Community Development Pennsylvania Department of Commerce Room 320, Chamber of Commerce Building, Scranton, Pa. Dear Mr. Sites: This will confirm our telephone conversation today concerning a Project “70” Grant Application from Lehman Township to develop a public bathing beach at the Sunset area on Harveys Lake. This office has not been contacted by the Supervisors or anyone else from Lehman Township about this Project. In accordance with the Public Bathing Law and the Rules and Regulations of our Department, an application must be filed to request a Permit to approve any public bathing place facility. Since the Township is requesting a Grant, then the Township should file a Bathing Place Application. The Application must be supported by required Plans, Report and Specifications prepared by and bearing the seal of a Pennsylvania Registered Professional Engineer or Registered Architect. The engineering data must include in addition to a plan of the bathing area, detailed construction plans of the public bath-house and an acceptable method for the disposal of sewage or waste water from the bathhouse. An adequate and approved source of drinking water must be pro- vided. Laboratory analyses reports must be submitted to substantiate acceptable quality drinking water and bathing water. These requirements must be met by all applicants. After a permit is issued and the bathing place is constructed the permittee must operate the bathing place in accordance with our Department Rules and Regulations. One or more lifeguards must be on duty at all times when bathing is allowed. Attend- ants must be on duty to supervise the operation of the bathhouse. Even though we informed the Township Supervisors verbally on May 4, 1965 and through a copy of our September 30, 1965 letter, addressed to you concerning Department requirements, we have no knowledge of any effort on the part of Lehman Township Supervisors to initiate or complete required engineering data to support an application for a bathing place permit. Until a bathing application is filed upon which a permit can be recommended the construction and/or operation of a bathing place by the Town- ship at Sunset will be illegal. I trust this information is sufficient for your use # confirm our position in this case. If we can be of any additional service to you and your de- partment, don’t hesitate to contact us. Very truly yours, C. R. Kluck, P.E. Sanitary Engineer - Facilities It is the position of the Executive Committee and its Borough Manager Committee candidates, that it is regrettable that residents of the area have been mislead or deceived by the promises and guar- antees of political interests who either did not understand the facts or were unwilling or unable to disclose them to the citizens, It is even more regrettable that residents have been encouraged or persuaded lo contribute their private moneys and subscribe funds in addition to taxes to be turned over to such officials whose guarantee of a public bathing beach now appears to be shrinking into an aesthetic park site, until or unless the local government is placed in the hands of those who are pledged to appoint professional management which is capable of efficiently carrying out the program of the Borough and pollution problems which are preventing further development and improvement of any sort in the new Borough. —THE HARVEYS LAKE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SPL Rt LAE
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