ALLAS
“Complete Back Mountain News”
OST
VOL. 82 NO. 44
J. KOZEMCHAK
Elenchik, Park Win
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1971
DALLAS, PA.
Youngsters dressed as goblins, witches, and various
other spooky characters assembled at the Acme
parking lot in Dallas before the parade Sunday. The
Stegmaier Band provided the musical ac-
companiment for the marchers.
Three Upsets Scored in
Township. Borough Races
Three upsets—two of them genuine and
one slightly ersatz—marked the local
elections for township supervisors and
borough council members in the Back
Mountain community.
Jackson Township -one of the few Back
Mountain communities to have elected a
Democrat within the past 20 years—did it
‘again when its voters elected Democrat
Frank J. Elenchik as township super-
lor. Elenchik defeated incumbent
Wesley Lamoreaux by a vote of 303 to 261
in what must be termed a startling vic-
tory. What with the recent resignation of
other supervisor, Elmer Laskowski,
xickson Township politics are all astir,
and there are those who suggest that the -
situation hears close watching. Elenchik
was unable to carry the Democratic
candidate for auditor into office on his
coattails, and Republican Dale Wright
took that position from Walter F'. Mickno,
286-217.
The other real upset occurred in Leh-
man Township where Democrat Joseph
W. Park stunned veteran poll watchers
with a 353-339 victory over Republican
Frank E. Crossin in the township's
supervisor race. In the primary election,
Crossin had garnered 253 votes to
nudge fellow Republican William Samuel
from the contest; his good showing in the
primary makes his loss to Park in the
general election all the more surprising.
The outcome of the primary election
also played a significant role in the Lake
Township supervisor’s race, where
Nesbitt Hummel stomped Jasper Kocher,
333 to 178. Hummel, who had lost the
Republican party nomination in May to
Kocher by a scant six votes, chose to
change his party affiliation and run as a
Democrat in the general election. His
plan was eminently successful.
In Dallas Borough, that bastion of
Republican supremacy, the four
Republican candidates for council swept
to easy victories. Three incumbents—
Robert W. Parry (510 votes), Harold L.
Brobst (511), and George H. Thomas
Republicans Win Board
Seat; Harvey Victorious
Leonard D. Harvey, magistrate in
District 3-8, once again proved his vote-
getting abilities as he rolled up an im-
pressive victory over his Democratic
opponent, Richard Tattersall. Harvey
received 2,666 votes in the communities
comprising District 3-8—the townships of
Lehman, Lake, Jackson, Plymouth and
the boroughs of Dallas and Harveys
Lake. Tattersall received 921 votes.
In the school director’s race in Dallas
Area School District, there was little
contest as three Republicans won easy
vietories over their Democratic op-
ponents. Patricia Gregory, whose name
appeared on both the Democratic and
Republican slates, took 3437 votes;
William Price was second highest vote-
getter with 2580 votes, and Ernest Ash-
bridge took the third school board
position with 2403 votes. A diligently
waged campaign by Democrat Paul M.
Lauer Jr. was to no avail—he lost with
1403 votes. Leonard C. Nordfors Sr., also
a Democrat, received 947 votes.
A total of three school board positions
were also up for grabs in the Lake-
Lehman School District, and with only
one Democratic opponent, the
Republicans encountered little op-
position. In Region One, comprised of
Harveys Lake Borough, Noxen and Lake
Townships, Ellis W. Hoover was the high
vote-getter with 800 votes; he was
shadowed by incumbent R. Arnold
Garinger who took 744 votes. Their
Democratic opponent, Norman J.
Wienckowski, polled 442 votes.
In Lake-Lehman’s Region Two, which
includes the Middle and Southwest
districts of Lehman Township and Ross
Township, the Democratic candidate
withdrew before the election, leaving the
field wide open for Kenneth A. Williams,
who received 597 votes.
(485)—retained their seats and Robert W.
Brown, a former Dallas Borough mayor,
collected 504 votes to join them.
Democrats Francis Shonk and Richard
Fuller polled 205 votes and 218 respec-
tively.
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J. KOZEMCHAK
PHONE 675-5211
A Back Mountain youngster narrowly
which was implanted a tack, Dallas
Borough Police report.
Deploring the fact that the tack was
found in ‘““trick or treat’ candy of a
Dallas Borough child, Police Chief Ray
the guilty party or parties.”
place in the borough during his career as
a police officer.
A complaint filed with District Magis-
trate Frederick Anderson’s office by the
Department of Environmental Resources
against College ,Misericordia has been
withdrawn, pen ing the implementation
of needed imprcvements to the college’s
sewage treatment facilities, the Post
learned earlier this week.
A magistrate’s hearing originally
scheduled for yesterday afternoon was
cancelled after officials from College
Misericordia announced plans to meet
Friday with State water pollution control
officials.
Bank to A
United Penn Bank has announced plans
to construct two additional drive-in win-
dows to accommodate customers at its
Dallas Branch. The announcement was
made this week by William Baker, Dallas
Branch manager.
The two brick and stained wood buil-
dings will be erected adjacent to the
present drive-in window, which is located.
in the bank proper. The bank’s driveway,
now approximately eight feet wide, will
Back Mountain’s oldest voter in Tuesday’s election
was Herb Major, 95 year old resident of Overbrook
Road, Dallas. Mr. Major has been voting at Back
Mountain polls since he was 21 years old and says he
has missed very few.
avoided injury last Saturday night when
he bit into a piece of Halloween candy in
Titus declared this week that he would
continue the investigation ‘‘until we find
The police chief said that he could not
remember an act of this kind ever taking
FIFTEEN CENTS
Tack Discovered in
The child involved went out Saturday
night for Halloween trick or treating, and
rang doorbells at homes on Elizabeth,
Park, Joseph and Jackson streets. At one
of the homes on those four streets the
youngster received a wrapped piece of
candy. He took it, as well as other treats,
home before he ate any. When he bit into
the candy he saw the implanted tack
(something like an upholstery tack) and
showed it to his parents, who informed
the police of the incident. :
(continued on PAGE FIVE)
College to Meet With
State Water Officials
The meeting follows a disclosure by the
State that present facilities at the college
are inadequate for the number of persons
living on campus. The problem was
discovered during a recent inspection by |
state and college officials.
The meeting between the college and
state officials was scheduled to seek solu- |
tions to the problem as soon as possible,
according to James Connery, College
Misericordia business manager. ‘‘We
intend to cooperate fully in meeting state
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dd Space
be widened to about 20 feet.
“With our present driveway, we have
had some congestion at the entrance to
the parking lot, but this situation should
be remedied with the wider driveway,”
stated Mr. Baker, ‘““There should be room
at the drive-in windows for 11 cars
without blocking the entrance to the
parking lot.” ;
Additional parking space will be given
the lot. Existing parking capacity is 46;
new capacity will be 52 vehicles.
Landscaping is planned for the nor-
thern corner of the property, where the
front of the Morgis building stands.
Grass, shrubbery and flowers will be
planted in season, in keeping with the at-
tractive landscaping alongside the bank
wall, on the southern side of the drive-
way.
In addition to building the two new |
drive-ins, the main building, fronting on
Main Street, will be remodeled to some
extent and refurbished.
Mr. Baker’s office, to the immediate
left of the front entrance, will be com-
pletely enclosed.
The tellers’ i will be refinished,
as will all the exposed-oak trim. Also, the
area for safety deposit boxes will be en-
larged; thus permitting accession of 50
additional deposit boxes. :
The bank has purchased the property
at the corner of Main Street and Route 415
from Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morgis, and
notified tenants this week that they
should plan to vacate the premises no
later than Jan. 1, 1972. The Morgis
building has housed the Sneak ’a Snack
Cafe and Tony’s Barber Shop, with law
offices of B.B. Lewis and John S. Fine Jr. =
on the second floor.
Razing of the Gregory building will
begin as soon as all tenants have moved.
Tentative date for completion of drive-
ins and remodeling is set for April 1, 1972.
After the Gregory building is torn down,
construction of the new units will
progress as weather permits.
“Weather will be a factor, but we an-
ticipate approximately three months for
construction,” Mr. Baker said.
Bids will be advertised in about four
weeks. One contract will be awarded for
razing the Gregory building; a second
will go to a contractor for construction
purposes.
Lacy Atherton and Davis, Wilkes-
Barre, drew the architectural designs.