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VOL. 81 NO. 30
DALLAS PA.
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1970
FIFTEEN CENTS
Kingston Twp. kids' program a success)
The headdresses worn so proudly by partici-
pants in Kingston Township’s Crazy Hat Show last
. Friday afternoon resembled the very latest in
® Martian fashions:Plastic fruit spilled from one
young lady’s head while stars and half-moons dec-
orated the pointed wizard’s cap of another young-
ster. The pride the youngsters took in their crea-
tions was apparent, and their excitement over the
contest was contagious. It was obvious that winning
was not the name of the game; modeling the zany
hats was far more important than any prize could
possibly be.
Such enthusiasm has marked all facets of
‘Kingston Township’s recreation program, and
much of the credit for this goes to the young play-
ground supervisors who make the program work.
As one young mother said of the college-age
leaders, ‘They truly seem to enjoy their work, and
@ certainly provide good examples for our children to
~ follow.”
v The supervisors are in turn inspired by Jack
|" Jones, playground program director, and Bill
Straightiff, his assistant. (Mr. Straightiff was re-
cently named by the recreation commission as
acting director while Mr. Jones is recuperating
from an illness). Serving as supervisor at the
Trucksville Elementary School is Sally Harter, a
student at Beaver College. Pam Sabol, a sopho-
more at College Misericordia, and Patty Corbett, .
an East Stroudsburg College student, direct ac-
tivities at the Shavertown school. Youngsters at
both schools enjoy the tutelage of Bob Griffith, a
district
Justice
appointed
by Jane Bolger’
j The new magistrate for District 3-8 is Irene
Major of Lehman. Mrs. Major was notified of her
appointment last Thursday in a telegram from
Senator T. Newell Wood and in a letter sent from
the governor’s office.
; ‘Mrs. Major had been unanimously nominated
to the post, formerly held by her late husband
Harold Major, by the District Magistrates’ Associ-
ation. Governor Raymond Shafer presented the
recommendation to the state senate which unanim-
(continued on PAGE SIX)
The Dallas Post (SCOTT SAFFIAN).
student of the Tyler School of Fine Arts who
teaches arts and crafts for the recreation program.
There is something for everyone, with movies
Wednesday for the younger set and several dances
throughout the summer for teenagers. Action
sports such as baseball, tether tennis, volleyball,
basketball and horse shoe pitching are encouraged.
Art contests and shows featuring dolls, plastic
models, and stuffed animals aid in keeping interest
high.
Craft projects initiated by Mr. Griffith include
cork wall hangings, copper foil plaques, Japanese
lanterns and colorful pixie hats fashioned of foam.
There is no charge for youngsters for any materials
used, and each child is invited to take his projects
home.
The recreation program, termed by Mr.
Straightiff as “very successful”’ and by the kids as
“lots of fun,” is planned and promoted by Kingston
Township’s recreation commission. The commis-
sion is chaired by Elwood Swingle and is comprised
of Earl Fritzges, Ned Hartman, Dorothy Johnson,
Betty Turner, William Runner, and John Baur.
Total operating costs, including salaries, supplies,
equipment, and movie rentals total slightly less
than $5,000. Called by Chairman Swingle a ‘‘short-
term program,’ the playground activities will one
day include swimming in a community pool and
biking on specially built bike trails. Meanwhile,
Mr. Swingle says, the recreation commission is
continuing its search for land on which to build a
park, a search which he says, ‘‘takes a good deal of
time and quite a bit of money.”
The Dallas Post (Shawn Murphy)
Crazy hats and crazy antic—these kids had both ready for kings-
ton Township’s Crazy Hat Show held last Friday afternoon.
Perched atop a sliding board are, left to right, Bobby Rose, Scott
Neyhard, David Brobst, and John Billings.
grand jury
Two area men were bound over for. the grand .
jury on charges of larcency by employe and re-
ceiving stolen property following preliminary
hearings last week before District Magistrate
Frederick Anderson in Magisterial Court 3-9,
Shavertown.
The two men, Larry Titus, RD 1, Harveys
Lake, and Kenneth Covert, RD 4, Dallas, were both
employed by Tour-A-Home Inc., Franklin Town-
ship, and are charged with taking merchandise
from the company for their own use. Each man was
tried separately before Magistrate Anderson.
Mr. Titus, represented by Attorney Jerome L.
Cohen, appeared first. His attorney stated that his
client’s plea was ‘not guilty.”
Trooper Carl Allen, Pennsylvania State Police,
Wyoming Barracks, testified initially that he was
called January 16 by the Tour-A-Home Inc. re-
garding parts and materials being stolen from the
premises. He stated that after investigating he ob-
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tained a search warrant July 13 and searched the
Titus premises where he found items identitied by
the company. He subsequently arrested Mr. Titus
specifically for the theft of three aluminum win-
dows valued at $45.
William Dewey, one of the proprietors of Tour-A-
Home Inc., testified that his company made trailer
campers and truck caps and that Mr. Titus had
been employed by his firm for over two years. He
stated after that these particular windows are of a
special design made for his company. After cross
examination of the two witnesses, Attorney Cohen
requested that the charges be dismissed because
there was no identification as to time or place of the
alleged thefts. Magistrate Anderson stated that he
felt a prima facie case had been established by the
testimony and continued Mr. Titus in $3,000 bail.
At the start of the second hearing, Mr. Covert’s
attorney, Ralph Johnson, also entered a plea of not
guilty to the charges of larceny by an employe and
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With July already nibbling at August, Dallas
Borough’s long-awaited park is at last under
construction. Grading has occupied much of the
contractors’ time, recreation chairman George
McCutcheon reports, and an enormous amount of
fill was needed to prepare the sloping surface for
preparatory work. Still, Mr. McCutcheon hopes,
Natona labor rally
protests production
A mass picket at Natona Mill occurred Tues-
day morning by striking workers and prevented su-
pervisory personnel from entering the plant, The
Dallas Post learned shortly before press time. An
estimate from one on-the-scene correspondent put
the number of workers participating in the picket
at close to 100 persons.
Cars parked on both sides of Route 415 above
and below the plant entrance caused Dallas Town-
ship Police to investigate the picket, Patrolman
Douglas Lamoreaux reported. State Police and
Dallas Borough police were also on the scene.
According to one spokesman for the Textile
workers, the picket was organized to protest
alleged production work by clerical and manager-
ial personnel.
Robert Graham, plant manager, could not be
reached for comment, and a person answering the
telephone at the plant early Tuesday afternoon did
not identify himself. :
Members of the Textile Workers Union of
America, branch 1824, have been on strike since
May 25 following expiration of the union contract.
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to get larceny case annual
arbec ue
“Yummy delicious!”
That’s the verdict offered each year by the
1400-plus patrons of the chicken barbecue spon-
sored each year by the Centermoreland United
Methodist Church. This year the event will be held
on the church grounds Aug. 7 and 8 from 4 p.m. to 7
p.m. each evening.
The tasty menu this year will include a full half
chicken, a baked potato, corn-on-the-cob, cole slaw,
rolls and butter, ice cream, coffee, milk or orange
drink. Tickets may be purchased from any church
member or from Ethel Troster, ticket chairman,
for only $2.25 for adults, $1.50 for children. Cindy
Weaver and Sheryl Phillips will be responsible for
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Dallas park taking shape
the blacktopping will be complete and at least most
of the equipment in place, ready for action, in one
month. :
Despite the construction delays, Mr. Mec-
Cutcheon believes, all things work out for the best.
He notes that Sara Gregory, the young woman
appointed by Council to direct playground ac-
tivities, has contracted mononucleosis and would
have been unable to assume her duties even if the
playground had been completed. :
Now, though, the recreation committee expects
to conduct a park program clear into the fall. The
committee, which is comprised of assistant chair-
man Edward Buckley, Dr. F. Budd Schooley,
Ernest Thomas, secretary Doris Mallin, and Harry
Peiffer, has been most active in getting the park
plans off the drawing board and under construc-
tion, Mr. McCutcheon states. They are currently
hoping to obtain use of a large indoor area in which
to conduct an extended recreational program
during the winter. Shuffleboard champions,
marbles champions and expert table tennis players
could be nurtured by such a program, Mr. Mc-
Cutcheon suggests enthusiastically. It is his hope
that one day in the not-too-distant future
youngsters will represent Dallas in national
tourneys such as the Marbles Competition held
annually in Wildwood, N.J.
In an effort to make the recreation program
truly representative of and responsive to the needs
and desires of Back Mountain youngsters, the
recreation committee will appoint four teenagers
as adjunct members of the committee. Peter
Shiner, Sterling Avenue, and Arlene Kozick,
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