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VOL 82 NO. 27
Policemen To Get Raise
THURSDAY, JULY 8 1971
Dallas Township Offers
Police Help To Neighbors
Back Mountain Joint Police Depart-
ment became defunct July 1. The
department, which was in operation only
six months, was comprised of five police
officers of Dallas Township and five of
Kingston Township. The force covered
Truckgville, Shavertown and Dallas
Towns#® p and executed an answering
service for Dallas Borough.
The merged police department was
dissolved after withdrawal action by
Kingston Township Board of Supervisors.
The board stated it could not meet the
demands of a 1972 contract proposal from
Back Mountain Police Department
without raising the tax millage in
Kingston Township; therefore, it would
withdraw from the department.
Since their withdrawal, Supervisor W.
Richard Mathers, who served as a police
commMsioner, said that he and Super-
visors Ed Hall and Ed Richards met June
21 and June 28 with the five men of their
force. §We had amicable meetings with
Police Chief Herbert Updyke and Patrol-
men William Pugh, Cliff Culver, John
Appel and Paul Sabol. We agreed to a 72
percent raise for each man,’ Mr.
Mathers stated.
According to Mr. Mathers, the police
personnel did not make any demands or
ask for anything, but the supervisors
agreed to the raise. Vacation schedules
were set up also, and each man will
receive two weeks vacation time,
regardless of time on the force. The men
already have a pension plan. Insurance
for false arrest is being checked on at
presenigy ;
The koard’s police representative said
that no changes in personnel are an-
ticipatgd at this time.
Wheti queried about Atty. Anthony
Moses, who acted as negotiator for Back
Mountain Police Department, Mr.
Mathers said he felt that all differences
could be straightned out between
Kingston Township Board of Supervisors
and its police personnel, without resor-
ting to the services of Mr. Moses. He
added, “Each of the 10 men in the
combined department paid Mr. Moses
$50, I understand, for a fee of $500. We
met with him one time.”
Chairman Phillip Walter, Dallas Town-
ship Moard of Supervisors, reported
Monday that he and fellow-supervisors
Fred Lamoreaux and Glenn Howell, have
met on two occasions with the five men of
their @plice force.
“Wey are seeking applications for our
force as we intend to hire three additional
men. We will try to man the desk 24 hours
and keep a cruiser on the road 24 hours.
To do this we have to hire more men,”
Mr. Walter explained.
He went on to say that Dallas Township
will offer an answering service to Dallas
Borough and Kingston Township. ‘We
have sent them agreements to sign and if
they do agree to this service, it will help
The Dallas Post (J. KOZEMCHAK SR.)
to defray our expenses,” he pointed out.
Mr. Mathers, Kingston Township, said
the agreement had been received by his
board and would be discussed at their
next regular meeting July 14.
Secretary Ralph Garris of Dallas
Borough also acknowledged receipt of an
answering-service agreement. He said
action would probably be taken on the
agreement at the borough’s regular
meeting July 20.
During the two meetings between
Dallas Township supervisors and their
policemen, the supervisors agreed to a
$50 a month raise for each man, as of July
1. Grievances were discussed, Mr. Walter
(continued on PAGE NINE)
Ceremonies Herald
2 Action Packed
Lehman Show Days
A golden sun in an azure sky shone
brightly on contestants and spectators
alike as the 27th annual Lehman Horse
Show completed two action-packed days
of competition July 3 and 4.
Opening ceremonies were heralded by
a parade along Route 118 which featured
Lake-Lehman’s top-notch band under the
direction of John Miliauskas. Parade
trophies were awarded to the Dr. Henry
M. Laing Fire Co., which with four pieces
of equipment boasted the most equip-
ment in the line of march; and to the 19 °
marching members of Cub Pack 241 for
the largest unit of marching men.
Trophies also went to the Sweet Valley
Ladies Auxiliary as the largest unit of
marching women and to the Lehman Girl
Scouts whose complement of 19 members
won them the honor of having the largest
unit of marching girls.
A float bearing the theme “Take Time
Out for God” won in the float division.
Built by the MYF of Lehman United
Methodist Church, the float featured
Father Time, a small child as a New
Year’s Baby, a grandfather’s clock and
an hour glass. :
The crowning Fiday night of Sandy
Kabeschat, Dallas, as the 1971 Horse
Show Queen provided a fitting climax for
a fun-filled night. Runners-up in the
queen contest were Grace Van Epps of
Northwest High School and Dorothy
Janusziewicz of Nanticoke Area High
School. Miss Kabeschat represented
Wyoming Seminary.
Pony class winners were David Heller,
Ann Marie Briggs, Janet Evarts and
Lynn Lewis.
Winners of the all-day Western show
Saturday were Chris Boyle, Joe Boyle,
Barb Goncharuk, Joni James, Chuck
(continued on PAGE NINE)
Devotees of King Sol took pleasure in the sun’s
strong rays at Sandy Beach, Harveys Lake, over the
past weekend. ;
DALLAS, PA.
The Dallas Post (ALEX REBAR)
Library Auction
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The 25th
Annual Back Mountain Memorial
Auction will open tomorrow af-
ternoon at 1 p.m.. The three-day
affair will (include a children’s
auction Saturday morning, con-
tinuous action on the auction block
until the wee hours Friday and
Saturday nights.
A graceful sailboat glides across Harveys Lake
Monday afternoon, a participant in the yacht club’s
regatta.
Proclamation
Whereas, The Back Mountain
Memorial Library Auction is
celebrating its Silver Anniversary
and
Whereas, The Back Mountain
Memorial Library has been and
continues to be most important to
the well being of our community and
Whereas, so much is owed to so
many loyal and devoted workers,
both present and past;
NOW, THEREFORE,I STEPHEN
F. HARTMAN, by virtue of the
authority vested in me as MAYOR of
the BOROUGH OF DALLAS, do
hereby proclaim the week of July 4
thru 11, 1971 as BACK MOUNTAIN
MEMORIAL LIBRARY AUCTION
WEEK in DALLAS BOROUGH and
do urge all citizens to back this fine
organization with both their support
and their contributions.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal of the
BOROUGH OF DALLAS to be af-
fixed on this 1st Day of July 1971.
ALLAS® [OST
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Sharon Martz, owner of “The Magic Dragon,”
. paused to consider the upcoming competition
shortly before the 27th annual Lehman Horse Show
commenced.
Burnico Artist Hits
Dallas Homeowner
by Dottie Beckham
The victim of a bunco artist’s con game.
gave a detailed account to The Dallas
Post this week of how she was swindled
out of a sizeable fee for roof repairs. She
said she was making the statement in
order to warn others not to fall victim to
the racket in the Back Mountain com- :
munity.
Without naming anyone, retired Dallas
Post editor, Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks, Pioneer
Ave., Dallas, made the following state-
ment: ‘On June 30, around noon, a nice
looking low bodied truck took a U-turn on
Pioneer Avenue, as I was returning
across the road from my mailbox.
“A nice looking young man got out of
the truck and said, ‘Do you remember
me? I helped my uncle work on your roof
a number of years ago.’
“I said I was sorry, no, I didn’t remem-
ber his name.
“He said, ‘I noticed that your roof has
several curled shingles. Have you noticed
any water damage?’
“I said, ‘No, I haven’t had any water
damage.’
“He said, ‘Well, you know about that
stitch in time. You ought to have those
shingles cemented down. And it doesn’t
look too good around that chimney ... We
could fix it for you, get those shingles
cemented down, in an hour or less.’
“ ‘Sounds like a small job, want to go
ahead and fasten down the shingles?’ I
said, giving him the go-ahead.
“Next thing I knew, there was his
helper high on the roof, spraying the roof
with aluminum paint, the whole business,
the material supplied from a tank in the
truck. :
‘He was right. It took only about an
hour. What had not been mentioned was
the price. The red shingles are now alum-
inum-coated . . . Realizing that I was the
victim of a slick bit of salesmanship, I got
out my checkbook, ready to get the whole
thing behind me and forgotten.
“I said, ‘How much?’
“The nice young man said three-
seventy.
“ “That doesn’t sound right,’ I said, ‘It
must be more than that.’
“ ‘Three hundred and seventy,” he said,
‘We'll forget the few odd cents, and we’ll
brush the pine needles off the porch roof.’
“In a daze, I made out the check, and
the team disappeared with the truck.”
Mrs. Hicks went on to say in her state-
ment that she realized she had ‘‘been
taken’’. She tried to stop payment on her
check, but the check had already been
cashed the same day at the Back Moun-
tain office of a Wilkes-Barre bank.
Mrs. Hicks got a signed receipt for her
$370. On the statement was the name and
address of a manufacturing firm in New
Jersey. It was also hand-signed by the
young man who gave the receipt to Mrs.
Hicks.
An intensive inquiry was begun by this
newspaper.
When the Weatherseal Corp., 1057
Paterson Plank Road, Secaucus, N.J.,
was called, a company spokesman, A.
Adams, declared that firm was manufac-
turers only and did not have any repre-
sentatives or franchise holders in North-
eastern Pennsylvania. Mr. Adams
named two business establishments in
Pennsylvania where the firm’s asphalt-
roof coating could be purchased. He was
reluctant to divulge much information
about his establishment. He did say,
however, that the material was not guar-
anteed for any specific length of time.
At one point Mr. Adams asked ‘Are
you with the Better Business Bureau?
The questions you are asking are like the
ones I've been asked before.”
One of the firm names mentioned by
Mr. Adams was the Frank Henry Build-
ing Supply Co., Wilkes-Barre. A repre-
sentative of that firm said that they did
sell Weatherseal materials, but it was not
one of their best grades. Their best grade
sells for $4.75 a gallon; Weatherseal sells
for $3.75 a gallon.
However, the receipt given to Mrs.
Hicks states the price of Weatherseal as
$6.75 a gallon.
Ed Williams of the Consumer Pro-
tection Bureau, Scranton, told tThe Post
that his office has received a dozen or
more complaints from others in a similar
(continued on PAGE NINE)