police commission submits
application for state funds
Back Mountain Police
Commission made application
Tuesday for funds on initial
grants from the regional office
of Pennsylvania Criminal Jus-
tice Planning Board. Philip
Walter, Police Commission
chairman, is finance director
and Chief Herbert Updyke pro-
ject director for the application,
which is for $30,000.
Action to begin applying for
funds was taken at Monday
night’s meeting of Back Moun-
tain Police Commission.
In order to apply for state
funds a police department must
have 10 or more officers. It was
noted that the Back Mountain
police force is the fourth largest
in the county. {
Chief Updyke reminded
Commissioners Walter and W.
R. Mathers that the planning
board director, Harry Russ Jr.,
will ask how funds will be spent.
“Director Russ will want to
know how much time the
department is alloting the nar-
cotics officer to go to school; the
training for a photography man
and a fingerprint man,” de-
clared Updyke. ‘We have to be
able to give him the answers to
these and many other questions
if we are to have a successful
application.”
Walter and Updyke’s appoint-
ment Tuesday was with Harry
~ Russ Jr., director, Northeast
Regional Planning Council of
the State Criminal Justice Plan-
ning Board.
To upgrade the local police
department, Chief Updyke said,
depends on sending men to
school for special training. “We
have to have trained personnel,
looking forward to the future.”
The commissioners indicated
that at some time in the near
future an additional grant of
$3,000 to $4,000 will be sought for
Juvenile Officer Clifford
Culver. However, this grant
would not come from the state
planning board, but through
Child Welfare Agency, Harris-
burg.
Chief Updyke stated that in
one year “it will be mandatory
to see that all officers have 100
hours of training.” Hence, the
need to seek state funds and up-
grade the training of all person-
nel. ’
Chairman Walter was asked
by The Dallas Post if Dr. Hugo
Mailey’s death had affected the
police jointure. Walter replied
that all paperwork previously
done by Dr. Mailey’s office is
being completed now by the
local police department. This
would include applications for
grants, etc.
The jointure will apply for
credit cards from various oil
companies. It was suggested a
check list for cruisers be used
by each officer as he goes on
duty. The list would include
checking cruiser’s gas and oil,
tires, as well as other condi-
tions.
Treasurer Mathers reported
the three Back Mountain banks,
Wyoming National, United
Penn and First National, paid
$200 service charges for alarm
systems set to ring in police
headquarters.
Dave Alderson was appointed
jointure secretary at a monthly
salary of $60.
A special policy was set in
order for Chiefs Frank Lange
and Updyke and other officers
to attend police chief meetings
and crime clinics. Two police-
men must be on duty at all
times—with one man on patrol;
the second at the police desk.
Special policemen or other
regular policemen may be
brought in to fill the few hours’
vacancy if the scheduled duty
officer should attend a special
meeting.
The monthly department
resume showed both cruisers
traveled 7,978 miles in March.
There were 13 accidents during
the month, with a total of 58
accidents so far this year. Com-
plaints investigated were 51.
Twenty-four arrests were made
during the month.
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WSCS of Shavertown United
Methodist Church met Monday
in the church social rooms.
An Easter program ‘Seven
Days That Changed the World”
was presented by Mrs.
Raymond Parsons, with
members of the various circles
participating. Hostess com-
mittee included Mrs. William
Brown, chairman; Mrs.
Jonathan Jones, Mrs. Jack
Kloeber, Mrs. Francis
Dougherty and Mrs. Michael
Olenick.
Spring festival will be held at
Tunkhannock Manor, May 7, 4
p.m. to 9 p.m. and May 8, 10
a.m: to 6 p.m. Donations of
handmade articles, attic
| treasures, baked goods, etc.,
will be welcome.
Volunteer receptionists at the
Manor for May will be Mr. and
Mrs. Matthew Gray, Mrs.
Stephen Johnson, Mrs. William
Peters, and Mrs. Raymond
Parsons.
Deborah Circle of Shavertown
~ United Methodist Church will
~ meet April 12 at the home of
Marion Elliott. Lorraine Allen
is co-hostess. Jean Chadwick is
in charge of the program.
Regular meeting of Kings’
Daughters will be held April 12
in the social rooms of Shaver-
town United Methodist Church.
Supper will be served at 6:30
p.m. by members of the losing
team in the recent attendance
contest. Reservations must be
made by calling Viola Andrews
or Eleanor Olenick. Betty
Rogers is in charge of the
program.
Council of Churches annual
meeting will be held April 19 at
St. Stephen’s Church, Wilkes-
Barre, at 6:30 p.m. Dinner
tickets will be $3.25 and may be
obtained from Betty Rogers or
the Rev. Robert D. Yost,
Shavertown United Methodist
Church.
A meeting of all chairmen of
‘commissions, lay leaders, and
coordinators of Shavertown
United Methodist Church will be
held April 14 at 7:45 p.m. in the
church library.
Shavertown United Methodist
Church welcomed the con-
firmation class and adult
members into church member-
ship Palm Sunday. Members
received into the church were
Wendy Denise Aicher, Winston
Joseph Echols, Jay Charles
Hill, Thomas Richard Morgan,
Fred Harrison Ostrum Jr.,
Joseph Sims Jr., Judith Lynn
Stroh, Scott Alan Tippett,
members of the confirmation
class; Mark Alan Hicks, Mr.
and Mrs. John L. Owens, Mr.
Miss Jackie K. Rosenberger,
Mrs. George E. Still, Mrs.
Robert Shotwell, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Warmouth, Renae E.
Warmouth, Melinda Warmouth,
adult members.
Ladies Auxiliary of Shaver-
town Volunteer Fire Company
will sponsor special bus trip to
New York City to see a stage
show May 15. Reservations are
to be made with Mrs. Robert
Rosengrant, 14 Yeager Ave.,
Shavertown, no later than April
21. hs :
The Christian Education
Committee of St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church, Shavertown,
met recently and decided to use
the Tent Troup as a substitute
for vacation church school this
year. Mr. Brandt agreed to pre-
pare a special program and to
recruit for the summer Sunday
Church School program.
Teachers will meet for an
evaluation of the year’s work
May 18.
Ninth through twelfth grade
students of St. Paul’s Lutheran
Church are urged to sign up for
the trip to Washington, D.C.,
April 29 through May 2. The cost
per student is $20.00 for bus and
lodging. Each person must
take a sleeping bag, informal
clothing and money for meals.
Among the experiences in-
cluded in the itinerary are visits
to folk services at Luther Place
Memorial Church, Washington
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house, ‘hot line” run by a
Lutheran Youth Group, Paulist
Brothers College and a choice of
historical places of interest.
Students will travel by bus,
sleep at Luther Place Memorial
Church and eat at nearby caf-
terias. The trip will be supervis-
ed by the Rev. William C.
Bispels and other qualified
chaperones.
Youth interested in going
should contact the Luther
League treasurer, Danny
Williams, immediately.
Wayne Long, sophomore at
Dallas Senior High School,
received a certificate of merit
for outstanding achievement in
science and engineering from
the Pennsylvania Society of
Professional Engineers.
Mrs. Charles Brobst, East
Center Street, Shavertown, has
returned home from Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital where
she was a medical patient.
Emaret Franklin, North Main
Street, Shavertown, is a patient
in Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
Service of Holy Communion
will be celebrated at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church, Holy Thurs-
day, at 7:30 p.m. Services of
Holy Communion will also be
celebrated Easter Sunday at
8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. by the
Rev. William C. Bispels.
Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm J.
Borthwick, 149 N. Pioneer Ave.,
Shavertown, left Philadelphia
Tuesday for a three weeks’ trip
to Russia, Finland, and Den-
mark and Sweden. They will
accompany a group of doctors
from Jefferson Medical College.
Philadelphia, and their wives.
In each city they visit, they will
attend seminars and make
hospital visits.
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Trucksville Firemen at the scene of the fire in Carverton
Saturday night. The blaze gutted the summer home. of the
Latona family.
‘water, water everywhere’
is H.L. Council's problem
“Water, water everywhere.”
That was the problem with
which Harveys Lake Council
wrestled at its regular monthly
meeting last Thursday night in
the Daniel C. Roberts Fire Hall.
Spring time flooding has been
a perennial problem for
property owners in certain
sections of the borough, and at
the meeting Thursday council
ymembers took steps to correct
several trouble spots.
Councilman Carl Swanson
reported that an old map of
Harveys Lake at the Court
House reveals that the right of
way at Center and Second
Streets, where much of the
floding occurs, lies within the
jurisdiction of the borough. He
had been advised, he said, to
instruct council to write a letter
to Sen. T. Newell Wood in-
forming him of the problem and
enlisting his help in correcting
it. ,
Efforts to win help from the
Dept. of Environmental
Resources have been turned
down. The Department stead-
fastly maintains that tax money
cannot be spent to un-do
“mistaken’’ water control ef-
forts undertaken by local
property owners and the sub-
sequent creation of ‘‘artificial
flood problems.”
A spokesman for the Dept. of
Environmental Resources did
suggest, however, that an
engineer from the department
would be made available on an
informal basis to inventory
trouble areas in the borough.
The councilmen voted
unanimously to avail them-
selves of the department’s
offer.
Robert McManus, Cook
Street, complained to council
that water is being diverted
from one side of the road to the
other and is flooding his
property and property owned by
his brothers and two other
neighbors.
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“It’s disgraceful and unlawful
to divert water like that,” Mr.
McManus declared. “If some-
thing isn’t done about this
within a reasonable length of
time,’’ he threatened, “I'll feel
within my right to sue the
borough council members in-
dividually!”’
Council agreed to send its
borough engineer to Cook Street
to investigate and make recom-
mendations for appropriate
action.
Norris McGowan, a resident
of Edwardsville who maintains
a summer home at Rhodes
Terrace, stated that he was
unable to drive onto” his
property as a result of an
“incredibly bad job” performed
by Stanley Wempa in back
filling after water lines were
laid in September. Mr. Wempa
is owner of the Wempa Water
Company.
Councilman Swanson ex-
pressed indignation that such a
condition should have gone un-
reported by the borough’s road-
master and agreed with Mr.
McGowan that the borough was
responsible for seeing that
repairs were made.
Council solicitor Donald
McFadden reminded council
that an agreement signed by
Wempa was on file with the
secretary guaranteeing the
proper repair of Rhodes
Terrace; he recommended that
council secretary John Stenger
-write to Wempa advising him
that if repairs are not made
within two weeks, borough
crews would complete the work
at the expense of the water
company.
When contacted by The Post
Monday night, Mr. Wempa
stated that he intended to begin
repairs ‘‘immediately after
April 15.” :
Council acknowledged the
receipt of bids for a new police
cruiser. Apparent low bidder
was Motor Twins at $2,574.80.
Howard Isaacs submitted a bid
of $2,700.00, and Kingston Dodge
Inc. was apparent high bidder
at $3,111.14.
The resignation of Primo
Berrettini from the borough’s
zoning commission was ac-
cepted by council president
Francis Fisher ‘‘with regrets.”
Mr. Berrettini suggested he was
resigning due to ill health and
urged that the zoning code
recently proposed be adopted
immediately.
A contract between he
borough and UGI for the
illumination of street lights on
Carpenter Road was tabled
until a satisfactory arrange-
ment can be made for payment
of the electric bill by residents
of Carpenter Road.
Wayne Smith of Noxen Road
demanded to know why his
name had been placed on the
delinquent earned income tax
list. Mr. Smith stated that he
had receipts to prove he had
paid the tax and called the in-
cident “damned em-
barrassing.”
President Fisher called for an
investigation of the incident,
noting that delinquent tax lists
are confidential and should not
be public knowledge.
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fire guts home used
as summer residence
"A dwelling, used by a West
i Wyoming family as a summer
© and weekend residence, was
gutted by fire Saturday night.
The one and one-half story
frame structure is on the
Orange-Wyoming Road, Car-
verton, and is owned by Samuel
Latona, Stites Avenue, West
Wyoming.
Mr. Latona reported the
“residence had been remodeled
recently.
Three Back Mountain fire
companies answered the 9:30
p.m. alarm. Some 85 firefigh-
ters from Trucksville, Franklin
Township and Shavertown
Volunteer Fire Companies
helped to fight the blaze, under
the direction of Assistant Fire
Chief Jack Stephenson of the
Trucksville unit. Chief Andrew
Roan of the Shavertown com-
pany was on hand also.
Equipment used was four
high pressure lines and 150 feet
of one and a-half-inch line, with
five trucks. Approximately
5,000 gallons of water were used
to extinguish the flames, which
were tapped out at 1:15 Sunday
morning.
The fire was believed to have
started in an upstairs bedroom,
after the Latona family left
their weekend retreat to return
to their West Wyoming home.
Ch. 44 begins
auction
Channel 44's community tele-
vision auction, scheduled for
seven consecutive evenings
June 6 to 12, is a volunteer,
entertaining TV event which
has attracted hundreds of work-
ers from all sectors of the WVIA
15-county viewing area.
Right now the regional chair-
men and their workers are
rounding up all that fabulous
merchandise that is auctioned
to the highest bidder during the
June 6-12 ‘‘Auction Week.”
They are asking merchants and
retailers to donate items worth
$25 or more. During the seven-
evening ‘‘Auction 44” mara-
thon, auction merchandise
ranges from appliances to
dinners; from gift certificates
to vacations. And the first even-
ing, June 6, will be devoted
exclusively to fine arts and an-
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tiques. '
J. Muir Crosby, president of
Channel 44’s board of directors
which comprises public-minded
citizens from Northeastern
Pennsylvania, this week
reminded viewers that “Auc-
tion 44” offers a week of tele-
vision bidding and bargaining
which serves a distinct pur-
pose—raising funds to help sup-
port WVIA-TV’s local and net-
work programming. Mobile
telecasting, now done on a
limited basis, will also be jin-
creased through ‘Auction #4”
funds. Mr. Crosby urged area
business and individuals to
“donate merchandise or serigices
to the ‘‘Auction 44’’ volurnwers
when they call during the next
few weeks. The donor’s name or
business is mentioned over-the-
air during the auction telecast.
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(4:00 p.m.) Automobile-Bicycle accident, Ridge Ave. Ideigyn.
Todd Watson to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Crew:John Stenger,
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