Oldest Business Institution Back of the Mountain 79 YEARS A NEWSPAPER TWO EASY TO REMEMBER TEN CENTS PER COPY—TWELVE PAGES L-L Taxpayers Lashford Outlines Problem Of Growth Lehman Taxpayers Association | was represented Tuesday night by | Henry Tuck Jr. of Oak Hill, who | appeared to ask the Lake-Lehman | school directors the reason for an expenditure of $20,000 on acreage | adjacent to the High School. i Edgar Lashford, board president, replied in detail, satisfying Mr, Tuck | who then left. Mr. Lashford said, “Within a few years there will be sufficient enroll- | ment in the elementary schools, so | that something will have to be done | to relieve the pressure. “Instead of building an addition to each school, it will probably prove advisable to build a school | to house fifth and sixth grades of the entire district. The logical place for such Junior Senior high school, other facilities. “This program will relieve crowd- ed conditions which will inevitably develop in the lower grades, judg- |: | upward swing of popu- | : ing by lation. “And the price was right.” Turning to. board business, di- rectors Lashford, Patton, Crocker, Edwards, Vivian, Anderson and Kern polished off a routine meeting with no delay. Note was made of director Sli- mak’s illness and hospitalization for tests. Directors voted to accept the new school bus, with addition of a power steering installation which had not been in the specifications, but which was on the bus when deliver- ed. Cost price was $188.60. Patton moved to accept. Designated as head teachers, with an added $200 per year in salary, were: Jeanette Williams, Lehman-Jackson; Marjorie Davis, Noxen; Delbert Hines, Ross. High School staff leaders: Fran- cis. Wilezewski, . ‘English; John Jenkinga Science; Harry Lamoreux, Social udies; maticsga Mary Alice Home Wconomics; Lukasavage, school is near the present | afford- | ing access to athletic fields and | Bethia King, Lake Building; | Hazel Baer, Mathe- | Theresa Wilk, | Commercial; Kenneth Maciak, Phy- | sical Education; Joseph Ellsworth, Industrial Arts. Coaching assignments went to Stanley Gulbish, director of activi- ties; and Jane Morris, Girls’ Hockey. | Grange Hall Levelled : By Fire At Loyalville Question Land The Grange Hall at Loyalville burned to the ground early Sat- urday morning, Sweet Valley fire apparatus answering the call at 3:15 a.m. Two pumpers and a tanker, plus fifteen volunteers under Chief Loren Cragle, found the hall too far gone for any possibility of saving. Only the tall chimney remained standing, silhouetted against the dy- ing flames. The former Grange Hall, directly | below ‘the Raymon Hedden home, | had been used as a home for a | time, but had been untenanted for | | a year and a half. , A suspicion of arson spread. PSU Grad Marshal © | Trucksville LEIGHTON R. SCOTT, JR. Leighton Ross Scott, Jr., of 85 Huntsville Road, has been appointed Graduate Student Marshal for the | September 1 commencement Pennsylvania State University, Uni- versity Park, Pa. Scott's duties will include carry- ing the class banner and leading | the graduates to the ceremonies, ‘School. will ‘receive ‘his ate THe { diploma directly from the President of the University, Dr. Eric Walker, as. well. Award was made on the basis of a significant record of scholarship. | | Scott is a candidate for Master of | | | Arts degeree, specializing in Ancient History. He has studied | at the University Park Campus and | at the American School of Classical | : Margaret Kasmark will be em- | The board approved as commence- | Studies, Athens. ment Speaker LaForest C. Smith, who was heard by Supervising | | sity of Cambridge, Principal Robert Z. Belles, Assistant | Anthony Marchakitus, and Elemen- tary Supervisor Charles James at the Wyalusing Conference, Steve Yencha, who started work He enters Jesus College, Univer- England, on | October 1, where he will research | | toward a Ph. D. degree. | He was formerly associated with | the Dallas Post. as high school custodian early in | Gas Stove Explodes, ‘Second Degree Burns July was officially appointed to that position. A deadline was set for resignation of Mr. Engler, who cannot legally hold the conflicting Justice of the Peace and Tax Col- | lector. Bills of $593.41 for ESEA, $6,062. 28 for regular were gardered paid. | positions of | A gas stove exploded in a cot- | tage at Lake Silkworth last Thurs- | causing second de- | | day morning, | gree burns to Mrs. Evans, who was and | showing the cottage to a potential expenses, | renter. Mrs. Evans was removed to Nanti- hé~ board set a record for ad-| coke General Hospital in the Leh- br at 9 nm: ~ Nobody Injured, Driver Badly Shakes man ambulance. is wide- | at | MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Two Positions Open At Dallas 4 Resignations Late In Season Irk Kozemchak Dr. Robert A. Mellman announced there are still openings for an In- dustrial Arts teacher and Elemen- tary Physical Education instructor in the Dallas School District. In- terested parties are asked to con- tact him. | The resignations of four new teachers at so late a date angered Director Andrew Kozemchak who said it was a hardship to superin- tendent, principal and students. He said that a contract is a valid agree- ment and should be signed in good faith. Solicitor Jonathan Valentine sug- gested that all notices of resigna- | tion be turned in by July 1. | More Milk Business appearing f Harrison for Dairy asked business was not getting its fair | share of milk supply. Chairman | Earl Fritzges replied it had been | divided according to personnel em- | ployed in this area. Dallas Dairy | furnishes the kindergarten, Dallas Jake © | Elementary and Dallas Senior High. | Orange Dairy services Shavertown | and Trucksville; Shady Side the Dallas Junior High School. West- moreland receives its supply from Harter’s. Mr. LaBerge said no refrigeration is required at the kindergarten due to proximity of Dallas Dairy. Mr. Fritzges suggested a meeting with | all dairies present and the cafeteria | committee, to take place the last week of August. Within another transferred and the whole setup re- studied. Professional employees hired were Roger Beatty, who will also serve {as assistant football coach at the Senior High; Sandra Klein, Mrs. | Glenda Grabtree and John Adoni- | zio. | : + Four Resign | | bert Gilbert, III, Glenn Halterman, { ed to Mrs. Ferne Whitby. why this | year kindergarten facilities will be | | Davids Price that it was a 24 hour | according to an officer of the Gradu- | Lorraine Menn and Mrs, Elizabeth | | Farrell. Sabbatical leave was: grant- | i ats a 2 i who is in charge of police; the ques<? Rain Fails To Scare Off Bidders at Center Moreland Rain failed to scare away this big crowd, who braved the ele- ments to get some of that good barbecued chicken at the Center Moreland Barbecue and Auction on High Police Cost at Saturday. For their trouble they were re-| warded with brightening weather on | Even so, there was | Saturday night. lots of stuff left over by closing Lake is Crilisized, Schappert On Sewage Committee Concern over the high cost of police expenditures drew minority | members of Harveys Lake Borough Council to voice objection at a meet- | ing of that body Monday evening. Alger Shafer, present following an absence of four months due to illness, questioned the outlay of $1063 for officers during the month of July. He asked what shifts they were working and was told by schedule. Shafer then continued, ‘Are we | running a rest home for the police chief or is he semi-retired?” Price | said there were not two men on | night patrol and this drew criticism | from ‘Shafer, who asked why the | chief did not take the day shift | Mrs. Mary H. Ward was named | | director of the Migrants Program | | at Westmoreland for August; Mrs. | Aida Brandt, social worker and : : : | leavin Resignations were received: Al-| g | answering for Mayor Herman Kern, two to patrol at night. | There are three full time officers | and four extras. Annoyed at Price | tioner directed that his answers | come from Kern. Kern said a schedule had been | | set up this week. Shafer replied | Cheryl Stanley and Nadine Kuderka, | aides. Homebound instructors will receive $6.00 per hour. Senior High Majorette Coach will be | Moyer. | ployed as a clerk typist in Mrs. Sally | Stahl's office. The Board approved | | November 28 as the Dallas Area | Lettermen’s sponsored Game. Football practice will begin on | Monday. Mr. Lefko suggested the | Booster Club man parking lot and | refreshment stand. | Due to drastic cuts | Program monies, $800 was set aside | for tuition of Charles Gerald and | Kathy Kershner at the Custer Street Experimental School. Parents will pay the balance. Jobs Open Mr. LaBerge announced openings { at the Technical Vocational School { | | for maintenance men, cafeteria help | | and cleaning personnel. Applications | | may be made with Mr. Lester Squier. As Car Hits Tree that when the township was in! charge there were no such expendi- tures. © He asked the secretary, to get some information to council, we know what's going on.” Mrs. | Bernice Kocher said she had been | | present at every meeting and had | never heard anything concerning | police procedure. Fred Merrill added | | that he was a member of the police | in Federal | A late model Pontiac, property | 589. The wreck was towed away by | of Al Johns, Pontiac dealer, hit a |the Al Johns company. tree on the old Lehman Road, for- Mrs. Margaret Johns, Box Svein Chief of Police, was Mar- mer Route 115, when it went out | Harveys Lake, driver of the Pon- | vin L. Casper, Jr., 271 Vine Street, of control upon being struck in the |tiac, was shaken but othewise un- | Plymouth. rear fender by another car, turn- injured. Driver of the second car,| The crash occurred at 12:50 p.m. ——photo by Kozemchak ing into the highway from route reports Lionel Bulford, Lehman! Sunday afteinon. committee and was never told any- | thing. The mayor said he now had two police commissioners who assisted him, whereupon Shafer remarked, “If the mayor can’t handle the job, let's get someone who can.” Chairman Fisher said, “The mayor | has appointive powers.” Total cost during July was $1759 but the secretary stated bills had been sent out to lower total in re- sorts using police protection. Large | amount of money spent for gas and | two new tires also came under criticism from Fred Merrill. The mayor said the chief had been told to keep the vehicle in running con- | dition. These expenditures added $235.36. Schappert Named Appointment of Joseph Schap- pert, a Democrat, to the Sewage | Committee to replace Robert Pilger, who resigned, also witnessed a split in council. Nzme was offered by Arthur Gosart and seconded by | David Price. Merrill had proposed first Thomas Cadwalader and then William Hob- | lak, both of whom had worked for several years on the project, but the tie vote was broken in both cases by Mayor Kern who cast his ballot with the majority members of Council. Alger Shafer asked why council | majority were appointing men who | did not understand the problem | and why they kept beating around | the bush. Mr. Cosgrove, a member | of the committee, announced a | meeting would be held Thursday | with the Weston people, the Eco- nomic Development Council, -the secretary, chairman and solicitor in attendance. | Legality Sought | _ The appointment of Walter Osko, | a member of Council to a civil serv- | ice post also brought questions as to the legality of his remaining on the board. Osko was not present | at the meeting. Fisher said he had received assurance Osko “could fill | out his term. The case of Michael | Godek, who resigned from Lehman | Supervisors upon his appointment as a civil service representative, | was pointed out and Merrill urged | that the solicitor who was not | present, - give the answer. Merrill also brought up the police | salary provisions under Bill 1095 and was told by Chairman Frank | | Fisher that this did not apply rol | purses, | mendation be acted upon. | ville Road, to Dr. the new borough. Junk To Go A. picture in the Wilkes-Barre Record noting junk cars despoiling | the area at Harveys Lake brought unanimous action on having the police chief enforce an ordinance on this very situation. A public meeting on the intent of Albert Fladd, Swoyersville, to convert the former Martha Wash- ington Inn for restaurant and lodge | purposes was set to be heard Sep- tember 13 at the Luzerne County | { Courthouse. The property is situated on Route 415 across from Sandy | Beach. On insistence of Alger Shafer the police report was made public. This covered nine accidents, dog bites, air boat noise; neighbor trouble, lost animals, illegal posses- sion of beer,: noisy tenants, reckless driving, stop sign violations, ‘shooting near homes, dis- dock | stolen | | time, so the Auction was held again on Monday night. At right, auctioneer Bob Earl picks out a bidder in the crowd, and sells him a table. Cars Whizz By, Pay No Heed To Injury Four cars whizzed by, deaf to aj call for help. A fifth stopped, Sr. Lehman ambulance Naugle to General Hospital, Dr. tures in his leg. Mr. Naugle, Pikes Creek, was starting to use his combine in a field in Lehman for Peter Skopic last Thursday. He had made one round when he stopped the tractor | to make a minor adjustment to the | combine. where | The cuff of one trouser | into the universal joint, then the | other. Boy Scouts leg fed | and the Son] called a doctor for William Naugle | took Mr. Lester Saidman put fifteen su- | He was able to pull the material free after a heroic struggle. He | mounted the ‘tractor again, started | toward the edge of the field, be- | gan to black out from loss of blood, knotted a handkerchief about his | crawled the rest of the way: ordérly conduct and domestic prob- | | lems No Collection Yet Merrill then asked that his resolu- | tion to accept his garbage recom- Fisher said money for this purpose had 0 | been promised out of taxes and the | resolution did not provide this. All voted in favor of disregarding the | Kocher ab- | resolution with Mrs. staining and Merrill voting “no.” Shafer asked that dusty Reding- ton Hill be calciumed. Two more tons of calcium were approved for purchase. Merrill then asked what action would be taken to break the | tie vote in the earlier resignation lof Secretary John Stenger. | replied there was no need for the | Fisher Mayor to vote as Stenger had with- drawn his resignation. Calvin McHose, tax collector, re- vealed 51 taxpayers had mistakenly been placed on Lake Township rolls but that this would be rectified. | in’ | property taxes had been turned over | | to the borough officials and that approximately $7291.58 would be | He reported that $23,810.52 forthcoming. The council voted to retire all notes with Miners Na- tional Bank. | Douse Tractor Fire Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany, Dallas, extinguished a blaze in “a tractor working at the Agway company, Mill Street, early Monday afternoon. TREE-FELLING POSTPONED The decaying maple tree at the | entrance to the Library was due to | be taken down on Wednesday, but operations had to be postponed un- til today. In the age to the front { blockaded by a til danger of the passed. walk has been stepladder, un- Ambulance Logbook Dallas Community August 11: Mrs. ‘Wickman, from | Martz Farm Road, to General, Smith, Newberry, and Besecker. August 12: Lois Nichols, Wilkes-Barre, and Besecker. August 12: Ruth and return, Disque Boston, 134 Pi- | oneer Avenue, Trucksville, to Gen- eral, Shaffer, Bulfford, and Roth. August 13: Mrs. Margaret Greene, from Holt home, Overbrook and | Pioneer Avenues, to General, Scott and Harvey. August 13: Mts. Anna Thomas, 35 | Redicdze Drive, to Nesbitt, Faerber | and Banta. August 14: Earl Layaou, Fern- | brook, from Back Mountain Library | to Nesbitt, Scott and Disque. Noxen Community August 8: Maxwell Weber to Gen- eral, Fritz and Boston. meantime, pass- | tree falling has | Hunts- | Jordan’s office, | ‘Taken To Hospital Earl Layaou, long-time custodian at Back Mountain Memorial Library, apparently suffered a near-collapse when stung by a bee early Wednes- day morning. by Stefan Hellersperk, chairman of the grounds, shortly before 10 a.m. Mr. Hellersperk summoned the Dal- las Ambulance and also the Shaver- town Ambulance. Dallas crew carried out the mission, delivering him to Nesbitt Hospital. The diagnosis was that he had not suffered a heart attack, but was sensitized to bee stings. leg to check the arterial flow, and | f | { | | { He was found sitting on the steps Pickett Wins 3 | from ‘Canada, the U.S., VOL. 79,.NO. 33. T —Dallas Post Staff Photo the township's troop assist block. from at the More Big Firsts Fund Surges Forward In Trials Campaign John Pickett, Road, 17, of Demunds already’ aimed for the U.S. Olympic trails at Long Beach, Calif, ! churned his kayak to three first places and two seconds at the Canoe Racing Championship Regatta, Har- riman State Park, N.Y., over the weekend. In addition, Pickett was voted “Outstanding Paddler in the U.S.” by the American Canoe Association, sponsors of the event, and was presented with a trophy on Sunday. On Sunday Pickett added a first in the 1000 meter race to the two which he registered Saturday in the 500 and 10,000 meter events. He also took seconds in the 2-man and 4-man races. In the North American Cham- | iionship races at Philadelphia saturday, he will participate three more events, against entries and Mexico. (However, neither the N.Y. nor Philadelphia events. have any effect on Pickett’s entry in the Olympic trials in California, which is already sewed up.) Fund Surges Ahead The fund now being solicited by Ti the John Pickett Olympic Fund is | surging ahead, thanks to the gen- | erosity of persons and organizations from the Back Mountain and Wyo- ming Valley. Treasurer Bob Hislop told the Dallas Post yesterday that a door-to- door campaign Monday night gar- nered about $700, and that groups (Continued On Page—A6) Rotary Club Top Beast Talks It Over R. Spencer Martin, president of the Dallas Rotary Club, announces that the sixth annual Rotary Fall | Fair will be held Saturday and | Sunday, September 14 and 15, on | the Lehman Horse Show grounds. The Saturday show will run from | noon until 11 p.m.; the Sunday { show will start at 1 p.m. and run through 8 o'clock. Shown here as they inspect the Lehman Show grounds are, left to right, Spence Martin, Frances “Red” Ambrose and Pete Arnaud. Ambrose |a and Arnaud are co-chairmen for {the annual fair. | Plans for Rotary’s sixth annual event are well under way and show i officials predict a fun-packed, in- | terest-packed two day event. Fire { works will be featured at the close | of Saturday evening's events. Here | photo by Kozemchak are a few of the events already on the agenda: Kiddie rides, games of | drill | skill, precision motorcycle team, exhibit and performance by the Sports Car Club of America, | talent show, baby parade, horse show, hair styling contest, commer- | cial exhibits, arts and crafts, hobby show, antique auto show. The affair will open with a motorcade under | the direction of Rev. Andrew Pil-| lerella. These committee heads have been | Rad HURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1968 Citizens Irked By Road Project ‘Warning Council Borough Will Query Need For Loan For Sewerage Authority Dallas Borough Council exhausted a wide range of subjects Tuesday night at a meeting highlighted by a group of residents from Highland Boulevard, who complained vigor- ‘ously about conditions of a private "road project there. One complaint about the road project, which was carried out by | contractor Anthony Wisnewski, and so far as the Council was able to tell, not approved by the Borough Engineer, was a ditch allegedly six feet wide and 30 inches deep. Others included cave-ins and inad- equate drainage. Council maintained that the de- | velopment was a private project, | subject only to contract between builder and residents, but that the road would certainly not be ac- cepted by the Borough until the job was done right and according to specifications. Group had expected Borough | Engineer John Grimes to appear | at the meeting and pronounce the | road as unfit, or, as he ‘allegedly told them it was, “a mess,” and they had come to back up his | statement. Council too regretted that the engineer was not there, adding that Wisneswski had been to see them earlier, asking the Borough to ac- cept the project. One. of the complaining group said “if this isn’t fixed, future coun~ cil meetings are going to be haras- | sed by this group” until it is. He added that his property \represented the largest investment of his life- time, which he intended to protect. Group urged on Council the need for an ordinance, such as some com- { munities in the Valley have, which would regulate building of dwelling prOYe ets to make them conform to stapfardes iy the Lrivinal plans, so as to have them acceptable without | question when time comes for mu- nicipal takeover. Illegal Incinerator ? Secretary read a letter from an irate citizen on Wellington Avenue, | who complained of an “illegal mon- | ster incinerator” on an adjoining property, and also a house trailer parked nearby. Council decided to check to see if the incinerator was too close to property lines, as per building code, assuming the burner can be classified as a structure. Councilman Delaney expressed in- terest in serving as representative with the Luzerne County Planning Commission, and was appointed thegeto. Councilman Thomas queried the present status of the Back Moun- tain sewage authority, noting that the maps sent to the borough by the board were photocopies of some drawn up in 1948 by the late John Jeter, and were in effect the Bor- ough’'s own maps. He said he was interested in knowing just what was being done with a recent loan | taken out by the authority for | $350,000 at 5% %. Several other | members said they understood it was necessary to borrow the money | in order to get federal matching | funds, and that a delay would have | meant more time and more ex- pense. Thomas said he had talked to | certain members of the authority | 7he were not satisfied with its | present course of action. Council | agreed to call the Borough's repre- | gentatives to the authority to report |on present progress. Members of Council differed as to how to respond to the Dallas | School District's offer to pay half | the cost of providing school guards | for crossings. ‘Council president { Brobst said that regular police should be used, as in times past, especially in view of the recently- mandated salary increase for police. He said it was difficult to find men who would be willing to serve as special guards for only a few dol- | lars and a few minutés a day. New Cruiser Bids for a new 1969 police cruiser | were ordered to be advertised in | the DALLAS POST, and will be for the next three weeks. Specifica- tions may be had from the Secre- tary. Brobst announced that the light company had informed him that, according to PUC order, the Bor- ough will no longer get free elec- tricity. Present costs are now about $26 monthly, which Council hopes | to cut down. Drainage problems on Sterling named by Ambrose and Arnaud: | and Park Streets, both long-stand- Commercial exhibits Charles | ing, were discussed. Enforcement of “Bucky” Albert; Games — Duncan | weed ordinance was also debated, Whitehead; Grounds — R. Spencer | particularly as to whose responsi- Martin; Tickets — Dan Chapman; | bility it was to enforce the law. It Refreshments — John Ryan; Pro-was decided that it was the mayor's (Continued to 6 A) responsibility, a ania
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