"THE DALLAS POST VOL. 80 NO. 15 APRIL 17, 1969 A raging brush. fire which consumed 25 acres, threatened a wooded sector and homes in Jac!son Township destroyed an old trailer used for storage, a two story chicken coop and burned over a wide area on Monday afternoon. Seventy-five firemen from Jackson, Dallas, Idetown and Lehman answered the call for help saving a home and barn nearby. At one point the fire leaped the road but volunteers were successful in keeping it away from other residences. The fire occurred on the ie grounds of Marcy Evans near the Chase Correctional Insti- tute. Adding to the intensity of the blaze were a batch of old tires which ignited and blew up in all directions. Dallas answered eight fire call from during five days, ranging from brush fires to an old outbuilding. They were called to Cliff Parker's on Demunds Road, the Senior High School area, Reservoir Road, Midway Manor, Sacred Heart Ceynetery sector and the Linear Plént area. 2 Out in Noxen the new ‘fire truck was put to good usage on Thursday with three fires that same day, one near the H. Bellas home, one on Main Street near Rubin Allen 'and another in the woodlands behind Noxen. Harveys Lake volunteers responded to two calls on Sun- day, one on the Beaumont Lake Road and the other near Dewey Hoover's when they assisted Lehman Fire Company... Lehman had several brush fires including the first men- tioned above, one near John Rebennack’s and another on the Harveys Lake Idetown Road. Trucksville * Fire Company spent most of Stinday on Bunker Hill where fires were believed to have beer: set and on Mon- day evening fires were set be- hind the Educational Building of TrucksvilleMethodist: [| ch A hayfield was ost on Friday when land’ behind Kerpovich home caught fire. This resulted when leaves being burnt got out of céfitrol. On Saturday Trucks- ville, was called again to Schdpley Hill and Shavertown Fire Company along with Dallas fought fires in Midway Manor. An apparently harmless fire on a windy day caught wisps of burning paper traveling two hundred feet to set a roof afire on the Donnelly Farm in Car- verton and also a small barn on the property. Vought Long, Trucksville Fire Company answering a call on Wednesday antique show and The 17th Annual Antique Show and Sale, which will be held at the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Dallas “May 6 and 7, will again feature two special booths. Mgs,,. Edwin Roth and Mrs. Petd¥ Arnaud will head a com- mittee for the Flea Market where one may find bargains in antique pieces. Dealers and other; individuals will offer antidhe pieces that may have +0 be refinished or patched and MORE THAN A NEWSPAPER, A COMMUNITY INSTITUTION Uncounted dozens of tires went up in smoke Monday afternoon as flames swept 25 acres of land on Follies Road" within sight of the prison. Shacks, pigeons, chicken coops were licked up by the advancing fire, a trailer was destroyed, apple trees black- ened, discovered both buildings burn- ing. A disasterous blaze could sLvesicped «My the nome and buildings on the old Kuentzler property. ; Long summoned Shaver- town’s tanker to assist. As fires continued to threaten and the rainfall is too scarce to wet down the tiner dry brush, all firemen caution residents once more to-use extreme caution. The constant use of equip- ment to fight such fires leaves unprotected the many homes in the area and this is of great concern to the volunteers who have spent many hours com- batting fires which shouldn’t have occurred in the first place. sale May 6-7 for this reason they are sold at bargain prices. If you have pieces you would like to sell, the committee will do so on a consignment basis. Another booth that has proved popular is the Flower Mart Corner. Here one may find plants and flowers for the garden or to plant in fancy dishes, etc. Mrs. John Prater -1s general chairman, with Mrs. Leroy Brown and Mrs. John Grant as co-chairmen. Preparing for the 17th annual antique show and sale May 6-7 at Prince of Peace Church, Dallas, are Mrs. Mrs. Peter Arnaud and Mrs. Edwin Roth. Hans Dreher, an accumulation of years of litter reduced to ashes. photo by Kozemchak Sr. rineeting fails to come off A meeting concerning the proposed new highway through the Back Mountain area sched- uled for Monday night failed to take place. As reported in a daily news- paper, the meeting was to be held in the Kingston Township Municipal Building, but as the township supervisors had not been approached for permission to use the building, other meet- ings were scheduled and the highway study meeting failed to materialize. According to LaRoy Zeigler, supervising chairman, the meet- ing will be scheduled tentatively toward the end of this month, probably around the 28th or 30th. Quite a few people, some as far away as Kingston Borough, had to turn back. The meeting supposedly would deal with questions con- cerning the highway which was proposed by the Lackawanna- Luzerne Transportation Study group. Officials of Dallas Borough reportedly sought the meeting as they wished to express their concern over the effects the pro- posed expressway would have on present and future building in the community. The route for the expressway was included in a list of high- way improvements suggested for the next 20 years. citizens fire off complaint A group of Kingston Town- ship residents, including Mrs. Corrine Jones, Russell Lahr and Louis Ranier, among others, fired some verbal barbs at township supervisors last week over sewage and water prob- lems. The chief -concern of the visitors to the regularly sched- uled supervisor’s meeting were costs they would have to face when the Back Mountain sew- age system was installed. Another area they took aim at was the function and powers . of the recently appointed water commission, which was set up by the supervisors to study the poor water supply in the town- ship. Mrs. Jones demanded to know how the costs to homeowners for sewer hook-up and rental was determined, and expressed concern as to how residents on . fixed income would be able to ‘afford it. She was informed by LaRoy Zeigler, chairman of the super- visors, that the costs were only approximations, that true costs would not be determined until after bids are received on April 17. Bids will be received and opened by the Back Mountain Municipal Authority, the agency created by the local municipali- ties to operate the system, when they meet at Dallas Senior High School on that date. Russell. Lahr asked if the rates did not have to be ap- proved by the supervisors and was informed by Mr. Zeigler this was correct. ‘‘The supervisors have ap- proved the project in principle,” Benjamin Jones III; township solicitor informed the gather- ing. ‘“The whole plan has to be approved in various stages. These are only approximate rates you have seen in the papers.” Mrs. Jones said she had infor- mation from Phillip Van Blar- com, a member of the Munici- pal Authority, that in some cases where private systems did not effect a local creek, owners would not have to sign up for the public system. “What if the sewage is run- ning into the road?’’, asked Supervisor Hall. ‘‘After water comes up and soaks back into the ground, it purifies itself,” replied Mrs. Jones. Louis Ranier declared that if the costs of the project were too high the township supervi- sors did not have to accept it. Mr. Ziegler agreed, adding that if federal monies were loaned and the plan did not go through, the township would not have to make reimbursement. Mr. Lahr then asked the board what powers the water" commission had. He said he re- ported to them his dissatisfac- tion over the proposed water meters to be installed by the public utility at property own- ers’ expense, but no complaint was filed by the commission. “You are paying for special counsel,” Mr. Lahr said. ‘He must answer to the supervisors. The water commission must answer to the supervisors and they all take dictation from the politicians,” he charged. “That is not fair,” inter- jected Bob Summers, a visitor to the meeting. ‘Independent groups tried for 40 years to get something done about the water problems here and nothing ever happened.” He said that a public meeting took place when the water com- mission was set up and that everyone there favored such a” move. Mr. Lahr said that he at- tempted to get satisfaction from the commission over the water meter situation, but failed. He said he felt that they should continued on PAGE 14 lights out... for Lehman 2 Failure of numerous 'resi- dents, particularly in the Lake Silkworth area, to pay their street light tax has caused Lehman Township to be in arrears for a light bill amount- ing to $450.72 plus the current bill of $81.70. A letter was received from UGI informing supervisors that if the bill is not paid, service will be cut off, although the company regrets such an ac- tion. Chairman William Samuels asked Ray Hillman of the Lake Silkworth Association - what complaint members were planting te dc +i le a ove r about it:and Hillman suggested that the supervisors pay the bill and then have the tax collector enforce all delinquent sums. He said the Association would go over the tax books and liens would have to be placed if no other steps would bring pay- ment. Supervisors had met earlier with Lake Silkworth Association. Mr. Hillman said removal of some lights had also been sug- gested to cut down the cost. “The money is there,” he stated, ‘But they just are not paying. I do hope the super- visors will pay the bill.” Mr. Samuels said this would have to be discussed in execu- tive caucus. The chairman also announced that the township would try and get along with the present loader since funds were not available and other projects were coming up. Bruce Spencer made a motion to void all bids submitted and Alan Major sec- onded. Mr. Hillman also reported numerous complaints were re- sulting from the using of a swamp area for dumping. He asked if there was an ordi- nance against this. Township solicitor William Valentine informed that there was an ordinance to this effect. He said that he had called the owner on the matter on direc- tion from Samuels and was in- formed he had given permis- sion for folks to dump there. Michael Godek, township sec- retary, said the Health Depart- continued on PAGE 14 Lehman taxpayers present Governor with petition Henry Tuck Jr., chairman of the -petition circulating com- mittee of the Lehman Tax- payers Association said he planned to present hand written petitions protesting increased taxes to Governor Shafer dur- ing his visit to the area Wednes- day. Mr. Tuck was appointed chairman of the comittee by Association president Joseph Reina. Aimed primarily at securing the signatures of Back Moun- tain area residents, the peti- tions reflected the ‘‘growing dissatisfaction of the average taxpayer with the spiraling tax picture,” Mr. Tuck said. The petition stated that tax- payers were ‘‘firm in our belief that the average family is pay- ing more than their fair share of the tax burden and are un- alterably opposed to any raises in the present taxation and particularly a state income tax.” ‘“We propose, specifically, economy in government, ef- ficient ‘services, work for the money being paid to those in government positions, cutting the not-so-essential projects and aid to the not-so-needy as well as cutting down on the huge salary increases being presently given employees.” Reading from information leaked to him by a State em- ployee, Mr. Tuck stated that the number of Commonwealth employees had risen from 96,411 to 106,004 in less than two years. In the governor’s office alone, Mr. Tuck asserted, the number of employees had in- creased by 156 workers. ‘No wonder taxes have gone. up!” Tuck exclaimed. The chairman of the petition circulating committee went on to say that the tax battle would be between the leftwing liberals and the conservatives, indicat- ing that the conservatives would be the ones to attempt to lower taxes. busing School children will have a long Christmas vacation during 1969. The calendar for Dallas District as proposed at a meet- ing of directors last week shows Classes will begin September 3 with a 16 day period scheduled for Christmas holidays. Teachers will have six days additional for in-service educa- tion. Snow days will be made up from June 7 on. Closing date for 1970 was set at June 2. Nicholas Konek, a resident, asked why children were sent home one day last week when a bus failed to arrive. Dr. Mell- man, superintendent, advised that children remain at their station in such incidences until another bus is sent for them. Mr. Konek reported police sent the students home. He also mentioned that some bus driv- ers were not picking up all the children. The superintendent said he will check this out. Mr. Konek also reported that one teacher was not observing the ‘pledge of allegiance’ prac- tice and asked if this was man- datory. Dr. Mllman said this was to be carried out along with inspirational readings. The gentleman also inquired whether blanket instruction from a parent to have a child checked by his own physician would be favorable. Dr. Mell- man said accidents are reported almost simultaneously to school nurse, parents and ambulance crews, if necessary. Solicitor William Valentine advised sub- mitting letters designating doctor approval by parents. Director John LaBerge an- nounced the dedication of the County vocational - technical school on May 1 with open house on May 4. Another resident, Warren Cease, requested the board to consider naming the new school after Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dr. Mellman said all school names must be approved by the DPI. Earl Fritzges, chair- man, said the matter would be taken under advisement by the Executive Board. Mr. Fritzges also announced that a scheduled meeting with the teachers had been postponed until definite information was received from the State. This regards teachers bill. A number of bids for supplies were to be tabulated and re- ferred to proper committees. TEN CENTS wm Jerry and Irvin Lamoreaux, Dallas, show their catch of trout on the first day of the season at Harveys Lake. fisherman gets his The angler from Sayre dropped his line into Harveys Lake on the first day of trout season, pulled in a 161% inch palomina trout, one of 100 which had been planted in early March. He tunked it briskly on the head, and felt a tap on his shoulder. auction dinner May 7 The annual Library Auction will get under way with the kick-off dinner, which will be held on May 7 at Irem Temple Country Club at 6:45. Mr. Ed- ward Buckley and Mr. Charles Butler are dinner chairman and co-chairman respectively and promise the usual fun and frolic that will introduce this annual affair. In charge of tickets are the following people: Thomas Reese, Lions Club ; Phillip Van- Blarcom, Dallas Rotary; Carl Goeringer, Dallas Kiwanis. Tickets will also be available at various business establishments to be announced later. It is hoped that the public as It was a man from the fish commission, holding out one hand for the fish, and extending a warrant for his arrest in the other. It was half past six. The sea- son started at 8 a.m. The fisherman paid the fine and the waterways patrol went off with the trout. well as all committee members will attend and hear the first reports about this year’s auc- tion which will take place on July 10, 11 and 12 at the Risley Barn on Lehman Avenue in Dallas. It is hoped that the public as well as all committee members will attend and hear the first reports about this year’s auc- tion which will take place on July 10, 11 and 12 at the Risley Barn on Lehman Avenue in Dallas. This year’s auction chairman is George McCutcheon and his co-chairman is Robert Richard- son. Mr. Donald Anthony will act as advisor. Hab wm a Hu Chairmen of the forthcoming Library Auction kick-off dinner discuss plans for the May 7 affair at Irem Country Club. Seated in front of the fireplace in the Library Annex, reading left to right, are co-chairman Charles Butler and Chairman Edward Buckley.
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