{ ¥ | Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 77 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TWO EASY TO REMEMBER Telephone Numbers 674-5656 674-7676 tBack Mountain Boys In Sef¥ice In Vietnam a a a a a a a a a a ad Thomas G. Appel Larry G. Belles Michael T. Brown Donald Bulford Jr. *Richard Michael Cummings | Russell E. Denmon - William F. DeRemer Thomas Detsick Anthony Digiosa Charles Dodson Warren Edmondson Stanley Farr Charles L. Finn Thomas J. Field Conrad J. Gonzales George R. Hackling Gary Harris Thomas M. B. Hicks IV Charles Higgs Gomer Herbert Kenn Hoover John Horniak Albert Kern Thomas J. Kipiel Kenneth K. Kocher | Anthony Konopka Robertglahr CharleS®W. Mahon Ralph McCormack Robert Misson Robert O. Nicely Kenneth F. Novis Wm. L. Oncay Joseph Orzechoski Arthur W. Parks Albert Phillips Ralph D. Parsons Osbert J. Patton Tom Purvis Charles Raver Keith Reeves John Rogers Herbert Saxe Frank A. Schoonover Loren Schoonover Leonard Scavone Edward Schrama William A. Smith Jr. Leonard S. Stoner Harry Sweppenheiser, Charles R. Tilghman Donald Traver RobhefY; Traver | Willig Verbyla Gerats¥ Wagner Ralph K. Wall Edgar Wilcox William B. Williams George B. Wood Thomas M. Zaboraski Stanley T. Zarnoch *Killed in action H. L. Beach Association | To Meet Friday Night The Harveys Lake Beach Associa- | tion of ‘Sunset Section will hold a | meeting Friday night, February 16, at 8:30. The group will gather at Breeze Inn, Sunset. | sewage 18S TEN CENTS PER COPY — TWELVE PAGES MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION L-L Band Enlisting Support Of The goal of $4,000 needed for the trip of the Lake-Lehman Baad to the Cherry Blossom Festival in | Washington April 5 and 6, has not vet been realized, but as more and | more Back Mountain well-wishers get on the band wagon, it is within reaching distance. That sponsoring of buses by U.G.IL, last issue of the Dallas Post, was a happy surprise to the Lake-Leh- man Band Mothers. The announcement spurred other Back and organizations into action. the | $75, Lehman Fire Auxiliary, $10; Ed Harvilla's Floor Mountain business concerns Dairy, | and Mrs. Walter Chamberlain, $25 Entire Area For Washington Trip est King, $25; Jackson Township Fire Auxiliary, $150; Anonymous, $10; Sweet Valley Fire Auxiliary $200; | Wyoming National Bank, $50; Har- | veys Lake Beach Association. $25; Harveys Lake Lions, $50; Mrs. Car- | vie S. Rood, $10; Updyke : Berry | band | Farm, $5; Jonathan E. Valentine, | mentioned in the | $5; Whitesell Bros, $10. Evans Drug Store, $5; E. T | Schmalz, $1; Earl C. Crispell Sr. 35; Dr. Louis W. Jones. $5; Dallas $10; Hill the Florist, $5; Mr. In this issue is an announcement | Bennellack Store, $5; Howard Isaacs of the gift of funds with which to | purchase the marching banner for | the B'g Parade, donated by Dallas | Kiwanis. To date, ceived. Donors include: Mr. $1,109.00 has been re- and Mrs. Ern- Jackson Reviews Sewage Proposal Jackson Township met February 6, with all members | and secretary present. Roadmaster Harold Bertram stated that roads will be: recon- ditioned as soon as the weather permits. Supervisors | Supervisors reported on a meet- | ing held recently in Dallas Senior | High School auditorium, staged by the Municipal Authority and deal- ing with the question of a possible cewage plant for effect, out, ship. | They also met with Robert Culp, | local sewage inspector, and with Dale Williams of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, to discuss the | meaning o fthe law as applied to the local situation. the area, and its | if the program were carried on residents of Jackson Town- Supervisors studied the map dis- tributed at the time of the sewage meeting. They found that the installation would effect |! sewage installation would affect areas of Dallas Borough. Dallas | Township. and. Kingston Township, | it would’ be impractical to ex- | $10; Mr. { Pam’s Outlet Store, $5; | $10; | Shop, | Club, $10; Gordon S. Yetter Inc. $5. | important tend sewage lines far out into the | | country. King Murray. resident and tax- payer, presented the cage for elderly prorverty owners who, he said, were caught in a squeeze between less- ening income and ever-increasing taxes, forced to gell small or modest properties for which they to own or have the County take the pronerty their bills. It is a frightening situation, he have | . sacrificed over a long period of years It has reached a point, Mr.’ Murray said. where the elderly are from them. due to! inability to meet their tax : , : } | legislation is passed on salary in- continued, and one that should not exist. (Bee Editorial. on page 2d 2) Dallas Kiwanis Finances L-L Bend Bann: photo by Kozemchak Dallas Kiwanis Club is picking up the cost of purchase of the large | banner which will designate the Lake-Lehman Band in their march | in. the Cherry Blossom Festival price is $152. Presenting the check for its pur- | chase to Lake-Lehman Key Club representatives is Lee Corbett. Left are currently under way. to right are George Macialk, Drew | Bainbridge, and Mr. las Kiwanis ‘sponsors both Lake- | Br Corbett, Dal- Lehman and Dallas units of the Key Club. y The fund for purchase of the ban- | | year was approved. The schedule | cipal, | as possible. | has become a major one for Junior | resolution passed, Inc, $5; Racusin’s Store! $15; Sandy Beach Drive-In, $10; Robert J. Culp, $3; Auxiliary Back Mountain clice Association. $25; Sunset Bingo, $25; T. N. Wood, $25; Russ Major's Garage, $10. Orange Farm Dairy, | Motors, $5; Luzerne National Bank, $10; George Ruckno, $10; H. A. Berkheimer Associates,’ Dallas Nursery, $10; Mr. and Mrs. | Elmer Laskowski, $18; ‘John Vivian, | and Mrs. M. R. Williams, | | $10; Col. and Mus: J. Henry: Poole | $50; Northeastern Auto Parts, $5; Hilstan Motel, $5; Dallas Rotary Club, $50; Acme Markets, Inc., $5; Davis ford’s, $5. Dr. and Mrs. $10; Mr Fire Company, ' $25; Craw- William J. Daw, . and Mrs. Howard E. Jones, American Legion, Harveys Lake Post 967, $25; Grace T. Cave $10; Dallas Junior Woman's Dallas Directors Approve Calendar A six months study considering the possibility and feasibility of a merger of the Dallas and Lake-Leh- {man School Districts was recently completed by both School Boards. | | The results” of the study was’ an | issue at Dallas ‘School | Board meeting Tuesday night. The in its | is elsewhere on this page. A change in the school calendar was voted on by the Dallas Beard. | Schools will close on March 4; the | last day of school will be on June 10. John Baur, president of the Dallas Teachers’ Association, pressed his appreciation for granting the teachers March 4th off. Mr. Baur also said that teachers were not going on strike and if creases, the local taxpayers will not carry the entire burden of salaries. School calendar for the 1968-69 had been submitted to the teachers and had been approved by most of them. The calendar calls for 180 days of student attendance and 186 days of teacher attendance." The “board approved issuance of regular professional employee's con- tracts to William Straitiff and to Mrs. Eleanor Fleming, both of whom gervice as temporary professional employees, Mrs. Jacqueline Oliver Stevens was added to the list of available substitute professional employees. Mrs. John Butler and Mrs. Louis Osloski were added to the list of | available substitute cafeteria work- ers. Robert Grey was added to the lizt of available bus drivers. Permission was granted Robert Dolbear, to serve as assistant chair- man on the visiting team of the Middle Atlantic States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools to evaluate the James Caldwell High School, West Caldwell, N. J. in April. An investigation of the costs and procedure of using data processing for student scheduling is being made. Dr. Robert Mellman, superintendent of Dallas Schools, re- ported that the process is used in several districts and that he and other members plan to visit as many The task of scheduling and Senior schools during the sum- mer months. Members also dis- cussed plans to gather information regarding the microfilming of rec- ords. A letter from Erward Brominski | had been received by the board and | was read by Mr. Harry Lefko, chair- | man of the athletic committee. Mr. | Brominski asked that he not be considered for the position of foot- ball coach in ‘the future. He said his association with Dallas schools has been an enjoyable and reward- | ing experience, but that he wished Sanding, | Department | Contractors, | $5; Kunkle | $5; Bruce | Williams, $5; a Friend, $5; Harveys | Lake Women’s Service Club, $50; Jonathan R. | | entirety, | exX-i He.| said that as many teachers as possi- | ble will be in Harrisburg that day. | completed two years of satisfactory | assistant high school prin- | ' with the athletic | ner was raised from money realized | i to terminate it with this past year, | Parade in Washington April 6. The | by sake of tickets to the Annual | the thirtieth of his career in foot: | Music Festival production spon- | ball coaching. He also asked that sored by Dallas Kiwanis. The sec- | i he be permitted to continue assign- ond annual Music Festival try-outs {ments in junior high school wres- | tling and as senior high school base- ball coach, extra curricular activity Bward From UGI To Mrs.Nancy Geeringer At Dallas High School Richard H. Demmy, UGI President and General Manager Luzerne Electric, presents a Penn- | | School. Sylvania Electric Association check | Electric School Boards Decide No Merger Feelers 5atd a possible jointure of Dallas and Lake- Lehman Schools were extended a year ago, when Dallas administration proposed the possibility. This was followed by a survey, carried out by ad- ministrators ‘of both districts, with assistance of school board members. The results of the survey were released last fall, for careful study by both boards of directors. On Tuesday evening, both boards, working simul- taneously and keeping in touch by telephone, passed the following resolution: WHEREAS, for a period of approximately six months . the Boards of School Directors of the Dallas and Lake- Lehman School Districts have considered the possibility and feasibility of merger of the two districts, and WHEREAS, a comprehensive analysis of the present and future operations of both school districts with regard to curriculum, quality of education and cost has been completed and reviewed, and WHEREAS, it appears that a merger of the two dis- tricts would not materially improve the curriculum or quality of education now afforded our students, and that where improvements are called for they can be more eco- nomically initiated by the separate districts rather than through merger. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Board of School Directors of the Dallas and Lake-Leh- man Districts, that no action be taken at this time to im- plement or effect a merger of the Lake-Lehman and Dallas School Districts. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this entire matter be reviewed periodically to determine whether changed circumstances may ‘warrant reconsideration. Vice to Mrs. Nancy of | Economics - teacher The check mepresents the Goeringer, Home at Dallas High Association's \ Zod prize to his teaching duties. | John LaBerge, representative. to vocational technical school, reported that advisory board will meet with | Tunkhannock . School Board Thuns- | day. Tunkhannock has requested they be included in the vocational | technical school. Misericordia students were given permission to serve as teacher aide i from March 25 to May 10 in the | elementary schools of the district. | They will work one-half day a week | | without pay. Mrs. Harriet Stahl, secretary. was | authorized to advertise for bids on’ supplies and equipment for 1968- | 69 as soon as they are prepared for bid purposes. Harry Lefko ask- ed that athletic committee meet director before | any equipment is placed out on bid. Guidance counselors were given permission to attend the P.S.C.A.| conference in Hershey on March 21 | to 23. | The board approved Dr. Mell- | man’s interim action in permitting | the participation of Beverly Whit- ing. Susan Wiener, Howard Wiggin, | Paul Turner and Thomas Vernon, | accompanied by Mrs. Florence Sher- | wood, to participate in the oNrth- eastern District Chorus Festival | last weekend. Officers of the board were author- ized to borrow sufficient monies to | meet the February 29 payroll, cur- rent bills and rental to the West | eered approach from Highway 309, ‘Side Area Technical School, sum and a stone wall, netted Arthur not to exceed $100,000. Kemmerer a wecoled Buick Con- | photo by Kozemchak Blind Bpprcach, Curving Road awarded to the Dallas Senior High | School Food Service Class for its! demonstration January 17 at the Farm Show in Harrisburg. Among the student participants the demonstration, the use of electrical appliances, are | Emma Lou Kitchen (seated left), {Irene Murray, Michael Fuller (standing right), and Herbert Ber- ger. All students pictured enrolled in the Food Service are taking a Course offered at Dallas High. In addtion to the Electric Asso- ciation ‘prize, the demonstration was awarded a 1st prize by the Farm Show Economics. photo by Rosemeholr, EARLY ISSUE | Because of George Washington's | Birthday, the Dallas publish one day early, press Tuesday night. Post must going to Correspondents and ministers are {asked to submit material as early | as possible. POST OFFICE CLOSED Holiday schedule of mai has been announced by Pustmaster Edward Buckley for Washington's Birthday, February 22. There wil be no delivery of mail on City or Rural Routes. Delivery mail will be delivered with- in the city limits. No Window service. { BOY SCOUT WEEK See the Lehman Cub Scout, Pack display at Bill Davis’ Market, in honor of Boy Scout Week. | vertible and 55 sutures of the face | took the victim to Nesbitt Hospital. A curving road, a badly engin- and scalp early Sunday morning. | | Investigating the crash was Assis- An eye-witness placed the time | of the accident at 1:30. Kingston Township ambulance which featured | Commission on Home | service | Special | VOL. 79, NO. 7. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 | | | Bossdop's Of Harveys Lake Borough Ask Pointed Questions Of Council Residents of the newly formed | Harveys Lake Borough were about Bis divided in their ideas about | the wisdom of purchasing another | building for use of the Borough, or | continuing to rent the Fire Hall. | Both sides. were heard at Mon- | | day night's meeting, which was at- | tended by a goodly number of prop- erty owners. The Borough Council voted io in- vestigate the feasibility of buying a property for a municipal build- ing. Suggested was the Martha Washington Inn or some other property. Mrs. Helen Sgarlat, stating that | she represented 200 tax-payers, sug- | gested that the Council skip the | as the building under | | whole thing, discussion was in need of remcdelling which the | could not at the moment afford. The Daniel C. Roberts Fire Com- major . pany building. said president James four | month, | he | tor of the earned income tax and = McCaffery, scheduled | stated meeting nights a | leaving the vast percentage of time | and space free for use by thase | organizations other than the | company. only Rental of the fire hall, he pointed | | out, was a better bargain at $75 per month during the formative | years of the Borough, than costly | outlay for property. volunteer fire company helps the entire community, unteer firemen stand ready to an- swer fire calls without remunera- tion at any hour of the day or | night. Some members of the fire com- pany, he continued, had suggested that rental be raised to $100 month, but the vote had maintained the | $75 rental. Owner of the building is the Fire Company. It''is not a municipal { building, Altar and Rosary Society. Back Mountain Area Embulance Logbook Kingston Tawnship February 9 James |'bitt. Wait Davis, | R. Sperl. February 11 — Art Kemmerar to Jack Lasher, Nesbitt. Carl Ted Newcomb. Miers, February 14 — Mrs. Irene Lyons from Cadwalader, home, Trucksville, to General. Walt Davis, Carl Miers. Lake | Wood from home at Laketon | General Hospital. John Richard Williams. Lehman 7 — Miss Emily Stenger, February que Jr. Dave Cadwalader from Lehman High School to Nesbitt Hospital. | Fred Brown, Bob Disque Jr: February 11 Linda Lee Wentzel, Dallas Community February 10 — Mrs. Frey to Nes- bitt back to home on William St. Jim Faerber, Russ Banta, and Fred Davis. Pete Hospodar. home on Woodlawn Ave. Harvey, Leonard Harvey, | bush from White Birch Trailer to | Nesbitt. Don Shafer, Ed Roth. Jack Salada from General home, Elmecrest. Wayne Harvey, | Cartier. Bob Sine Wall Nets 55 Satter Borough | fire | He pointed out that rental of a | building | as vol- | Lal Legion, fire ausiliary, and fire- Willager: frof Westmetiland i ohbol to Mos Marv Yeust, J. | February 10 — Senator T. Newell to Price from Geri Kay Nursing Home to Nesbitt. Joe Ellsworth, Bob Dis- Adams from Nesbitt to home in Idztown.’ Mrs. Elsie Harvey from Nesbitt to Wayne Fred.Davis February 11 — Patricia Rauden- | to man’s meetings take place there, on a regular schedule, leaving the majority of nights free. Council members draw $15 a meeting for their attendance. Mrs. Sgarlat pointed out that Forty Fort and Dallas Borough councils do not | expect remuneration, and asked why Lake Borough should feel obliged to pay its Council. Mayor Herman Kern, in answer to a query why a municipal bwld- ing should be necesary, stated bs { he nceded a room for hearings Millage was sect for 7 mills for | general purposes. A budget, with figures arrived at | after consultation with the Economy League, was adopted. An agreement was voted, where- {by Lake Borough and Lake Town- ship would share interests in the police cruiser, the dump truck, and landfill operations at the dump. Fred Merrill was appointed chair- man of the refuse committee. Calvin McHose was named collec- | of the amusement devices tax. Possibility of joining the Back Mountain Municipal Authority in connection with planning. for sew- age disposal was discussed, and Sec- retary John Stenger authorized to write to Roy F. Weston Inc. in | order to arrange a meeting. | A motion to borrow $5,000 for payment of bills was passed without dissent. Safe Cracked At L-L By Thieves The most important piece of busi- ness considered by Lake-Lehman School Board Tuesday night has been covered in a joint statement | by both school districts of the Back | Mountain, the decision not to Eph ~. at this time. See related article on this page. At Administrator Robert Z. Bolles’ recommendation, a change was made in the school calendar, in line | with action taken by other school districts, to grant a school holiday on Klarch 4, thd "ime to be made up at the end of the school term, | June 13. The Miners National Bank, said Mr. Belles, had worked out a system | whereby the school district. would save two cents on each check, and where the bank itself would be responsible for reconcilement of the payroll figures. I" Directors expressed wry amuse- ment. at the mail service . which took a letter five days to reach Leh- man from Dallas, and caused com- plications when" calling a special meeting where members must re- ceive written notification. A Visitors attending were two rep- | resentatives frecm Oak Hill Aibert R. Babetski and Mr. Ungavarski, l also Mr. Engler, tax collector, | Directors studied requests for tax exonerations in the five dist: sicts and made their decisions. 3 Personnel Employed as. full time custodian, in addition to bus route, was Edwin Wright. Added to the substitute list for bus drivers were Bill Meade and Gary Miller. ; The board ckaycd interim action granting Mrs. Florence. Worth a one-day leave of absence January 25th. Resignations were received from | Mrs. © Carol Swanson, elementary music teacher; Miss Pauline Davis, nearing retirement. age, effective in June; Miss Deanna Gay, secretary, already in effect as of January 26. For the ESEA program, Mrs. Joan Roskos was employed as a part- time reading teacher, and Mrs. Flor- ence Joos elevated from: part-time reading teacher to full time teacher. Miss Mary Ann Berger, transfer- red from Lake building to Guidance in the Federal program. Mrs. Norma Sinicrope to take the place of Miss Berger as fourth grade teacher for remainder of the year. Both changes in effect as of January 29. Miscellaneous The safe was moved from the Lake Township. building. to Lake- Lehman High School; just in time to be damaged by burglars January 20. The safe is old, but Aeme Lock Company, which estimated cost of cepairs at between $50 and $75, said it was an excellent piece of equipment, well worth repairing.’ In the same connection, reinforc- ing of the school vault was recem- | mended by director Shmak, chair- man. of building and grounds com- mittee. The estimated cost was reported as $440. ? A number of recent burglaries. | moved the board to pass a resolu- tion making the high school packing lot ‘and driving ‘area off limit trom { midnight until \7 a.m., to assist po- {lice in. their | the property. EE Chairmen , of committces were tant. Police: Chief James Sisco. with asked to call Testing within fous special officer Charles Woolbert, | to six weeks. | ] Edgar Lashford presided. nightly check-ups on Ti
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