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Dallas Municipal Authority
Reports Receipt of Funds
Some grant funds from state
and federal agencies were
received by Dallas Area
Municipal Authority during
recent weeks, it was learned at
the Nov. 18 meeting.
Authority treasurer J. Traver
Nobel reported a check for
$104,218 arrived last week from
Environmental Protection
Agency, Washington, bringing
that agency’s total amount
received, to date, to almost
three-quarters .of a million
dollars. Funds from the
- Commonwealth were listed as
$443,000.
Also Douglas Diehl, project
manager for Roy Weston
Engineers, stated that as of
Nov. 16 the authority had
earned $129,614 in interest.
The second assessment-rolls
set, with 1,700 names, is com-
pleted and ready for delivery to
property owners. The third and
* final set will be ready shortly,
according to Mr. Diehl.
A 60-page operation and
maintenance manuel, for use by
Chief Operator Tom Bagley, is
being readied by the
engineering firm. The manual
will define procedures, in-
cluding emergency procedures,
for the treatment plant and its
sewerage system.
Mr. Diehl recommended that
an AirPak, a breathing ap-
paratus carrying 30 minutes of
air, be used to replace an old-
type canister mask. The AirPak
will be used in the chlorine tank
in emergencies.
In a progress report by
Howard Morris, . construction
services representative, it was
noted construction on the
treatment plant is about 65
percent completed.
Other reports, by Weston’s
representatives, showed that 90
to 92 percent of the sewer lines
have been laid. Current total
figures revealed that 255,483
feet of main line were placed;
44,715 feet of laterals; 1,180
manholes; 2,848 house con-
nections; and 187,952 feet of
paving.
It was announced all trench
paving will be finished before
asphalt plants close for the
winter.
Requisitions amounting to
$618,000 were approved for
payment.
Residents made several
complaints about water and
drainage problems. Chairman
R. Spencer Martin referred
them to Roy Weston Engineers
for immediate attention.
Citizens are Often Targets
Of So Called Routine Crimes
(Editor’s Note: Routine crimes
often appear in the back pages
of a newspaper. But they are
almost as significant to the
victims as are the bigger, more
unusual crimes. Vandalism’s
rocks,
Patrick Brown walked down
his sloping driveway to his
garage at the edge of the road.
Using an outstretched finger,
he pointed to broken windows in
his garage door. ‘“There’s one,
he said. ‘‘Here’s a couple more.
There’s still plenty of broken
glass on the ground. I was lucky
they didn’t break the windshield
of my car.”
He once again surveyed the
damage which well-aimed
‘rocks had done, taking a second
look at what remained of traces
of obscene words written in the
dust on the garage door.
On police reports such ac-
cidents go down as malicious
mischief or vandalism—rather
broad categories which include
the intentional and the ac-
cidental, the prankster and the
vandal.
These are mishaps that are
written on police reports of the
Back Mountain. One report
could concern the four cars and
a pickup truck at Harveys Lake
whose windows were broken by
a steel ball bearing one-quarter
inch in diameter—done in the
dark of night during October.
What instrument shot such
projectiles? ‘“The only thing I
know of is a sling shot,” was
Police Chief Walbridge Lein-
thal’s comment.
In Dallas Township, the more
recent acts of vandalism were
done by setting fire to vacant
houses and buildings. Luckily,
no one was injured—but
volunteer firemen and law
‘enforcement officers were kept
busy answering alarms.
A Kingston Township
resident, Patrick Brown was
angry at the vandalism at his
place but not surprised. “We've
lived here 15 years and never
had any trouble until about 10
years ago,” he recalled. “This
house sat up here for years and
not a thing happened to it. You
start to think they won’t get you.
But they do.”
He listed the number of times
and the acts of vandalism
during the years, and said his
insurance had gone from ‘‘no-
deductible” to $50 deductible.
“Next year they tell me it will
be $100 deductible.”
The owner revealed that he’d
like to sell the house. “I've
worked hard,’’ said Mr. Brown,
shaking his head, ‘for 15 years
to keep it looking decent, but
now I'm tired.”
To prosecute the vandals, he
must catch them in the act of
destroying his property, ac-
cording to information he said
came from the police. He has
reported to the police about
three acts of vandalism, but ‘I
just don’t bother to report all
the harassment anymore.”
Business establishments are
not exempt from the malicious
mischief maker. The
automobile firm of Howard
“Duke’’ Isaacs Sales and
Service, Memorial Highway, is
a good example, as it has had
many cases over the years.
In July, 1959, four boys were
arrested for throwing rocks 4
through a plate glass window at
Isaacs’. Police report stated—
‘‘while cruising in an
automobile during the hours of
midnight and 4 a.m. they had
their car loaded with rocks . . .
as they passed business
establishments and parked cars
they threw rocks through
windows . . .."”
May, 1967; December, 1968,
also were times of broken
windows for the firm. More
recently, in the fall of this year,
Harveys Lake
by Mary Van Campen
Mrs. Martin Petroskas, War-
den Place. is a medical patient
at Tyler Memorial Hospital.
Tunkhannock. Ncéighbors and
friends wish her a speedy re-
covery.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Boice.
Rochester. N.Y.. recently
visited her sister, Nell Rinken,
Idetown.
Terry Troutman, Lehman,
had a good hunting during small
game season. He shot a ring
- neek pheasant. three squirrels,
{wo geese. and a woodcock.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lutes,
formerly of Noxen and Florida,
recently moved into the home
they bought from Mr. and Mrs.
Loren Keller. Idetown. The
Kellers have moved to Danville.
I never realized how many
people are (railer-minded until
last Sunday. We went to visit
Mr. and Mrs. William (Beth &
Bill) Casterline, and saw a
brand new trailer sitting across
from their house. It wasn't
their's but their son's and
daughter-in-law’s, Butch and
Mable. who with their three
daughters were living with his
folks until they found a decent
place to live in. But with rents
being so high, and usually
owners not wanting children
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and-or animals, they finally de-
cided to buy a trailer. I just had
to go through it! It has three
bedrooms. bath. parlor and kit-
chen-dining room. and is 70 feet
long and 14 feet wide. They are
getting it ready to hook. and
then moving day will come.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Shaver
also sold their home in Idetown
and have moved in with Mrs.
Shavers father until they buy a
Jot and can put a trailer on it.
Most of the people who buy
{railers have raised their
families and have a home that is
too big for them.
Did vou do your good deed for
today” did! I just bought a 1972
calendar from Carol Grey. who
is a Girl Scout. Why don’t you
buy one when they come knock-
ing at your door?
A happy Thanksgiving to all
my readers and remember—
please get vour news in to me no
later than Thursdays.
The Confidence Class,
combined with the WSCS of Ide-
town Church, will hold their
Christmas party Dec. 7 in the
church.
bought a lot and are shopping
around for a trailer.
Now another Casterline
family is going to buy a trailer.
Mr. and Mrs. James Casterline
of Idetown sold their home,
windows again received the
brunt of damage, but
youngsters also damaged
several cars on a parking lot
when they drove one car into
other parked cars.
Business firms doing retail
trailer sales have not escaped
unscathed in Dallas Borough,
according to Police Chief Ray
Titus.
“There were broken windows
and doors on several occasions
at both the Hawk and Deer
Head trailer lots,” Chief Titus
reported, and added that one
person has been arrested.
Pay telephone stations of
Commonwealth = Telephone
Company are targets oc-
casionally of vandals, reported
a company spokesman.
“They rip off the dial and
used to cut the receiver cord
fairly often. However, we've
remedied the latter problem by
installing metal receiver
coruls,” the official said. He
continued, ‘‘Glass breakage
occurs often and is the main ob-
jective of vandals.”
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The ruins of a summer cottage at Harveys Lake still smoulders
after it was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning. An ad-
jacent cottage received extensive damages, and two others had
water and smoke damage.
Harveys Lake Home
Destroyed by Fire
A summer home on First
Street, Warden Place, Harveys
Lake, was destroyed by fire
early Saturday morning. An ad-
jacent cottage was heavily
damaged by the flames and two
nearby structures 'had heavy
smoke and water damages.
The home destroyed was the
two-story frame residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hudak, who
also reside at 694 N. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Fire officials
said the Hudaks were away at
the time of the fire.
The nearest cottage to the
Hudaks belonged to John Sla-
wich, Slocum Street, Swoyers-
ville. This structure received
extensive damage to a wall, the
roof and the interior. Allen
Buritt, Bowman Street, Wilkes-
Barre, and Beatrice Shupp,
Exeter Avenue, West Pittston,
are the owners of the two
nearby buildings.
The 5:15 a.m. alarm was
answered by ‘the Daniel C.
Roberts Fire Company, Har-
veys Lake, which found the
blaze out of control at the Hudak
home. Fire Chief Richard Wil-
liams Sr. reported the structure
was an inferno by the time the
firemen arrived.
Chief Williams directed more
than 50 men as they fought the
blaze over three hours before
bringing it under control at
about 8:30 a.m. Other com-
panies dispatched to the scene
were Kunkle Fire Company,
Jonathan Davis Fire Company
from Idetown and Dr. Henry M.
Laing Fire Company, Dallas.
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5 | Shavertown
by Charlot Denmon
675-0419
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Kata-
cinski, 107 Summit St., Shaver-
town, have returned home after
visiting their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Blessing, Pittsburgh.
Mrs. James McFarland, 110
Summit St., Shavertown, is re-
cuperating from injuries incur-
red in a fall at her home.
Mrs. Letha Spaulding, East
Center Street, Shavertown, will
spend the winter months visit-
ing relatives in Arizona and
California.
Mr. and Mrs. George Voor-
hees and family, 67 E. Center
St., Shavertown, have returned
after visiting relatives in Ban-
gor.
Our congratulations to Wayne
Pettit, 47 E. Franklin St.,
Water was pumped from the
lake as firemen used five pieces
of equipment, two 21, inch lines,
four 1% inches lines, and four
booster lines in their efforts to
contain the flames.
Power and telephone lines in
the area were knocked down
during the fire, but were re-
paired a short time later and
service was restored.
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Shavertown, who observed his
birthday anniversary, Nov. 18
The Rev. and Mrs. William C.
Bispels welcomed members of
the congregation to visit the
newly renovated church home
of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church,
where they reside. The home is
located next to the church on
North Main St., Shavertown.
William Hart and Kenneth
Dunning, both of Rochester,
N.Y., recently visited Mr.
Hart’s brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Monk, 154 N. Lehigh St.,
Shavertown.
Candie Wismer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wismer,
Shavertown, is a member of the
cast of Lewis Carroll's
“Through the Looking Glass”
presented by students at Har-
cum Junior College, Bryn
Mawr.
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Advent supper at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church will be held
Nov. 28 at 6 p.m. Each family is
requested to bring a covered
dish to share with others.
Folk Group of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church will meet Nov.
20.in the social rooms at 7 p.m.
Members of Shavertown
United Methodist Church are
invited to attend Thanksgiving
Eve Service at Trucksville
United Methodist Church, Nov.
24, at 7:30.p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. William Eckert
Jr. and family, Valparaiso,
Ind., will spend the Thanks-
giving holiday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Eckert Sr., Shavertown, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Parsons,
Kunkle.
Mrs. Abdon Kupstas, 18
Maple St., Fernbrook, is a pa-
tient in Nesbitt Hospital.
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