\ A i di J VOL. 83 NO. 1 Photo by J. Kozemchak Sr. Special Meetiig DALLAS, PA. Construction work on Brandywyne Apartments is proceeding at a rapid pace since it began in early winter. Paul Schalm 3rd is developing the 140-unit complex on Route 309, Dallas Township. The complex will be serviced by Dallas Area Municipal Authority sewer system. The secondary tea Dallas Area Municipl operational by Marh Howard L. Morris, © tive of constructior Weston engineering fi (Hb operational porti 80 percent complete Mr. Morris said thi work is completed; ti 80 percent finishe masonry work on the completed. It is not € in the control buildir occupancy until Apri ‘““After the plant bq March 7@wit will pro} take another month t0 complete intments and decor of the main bu g,”’ added Mr. Morris. : Rough grading, sh and roads will be done "iis Cons ai plant of ity will be cording to representa- ps for Roy hf this week, struction is hjor concrete ol building is , with the ng 95 percent bd that offices be ready for Ss operational ery plantings, he spring when ore favorable. rs, Inc., is the ent plant con- Tri-ccfgnty Constru| contractor for treat struction. Charles Barby, resi for Weston on sewe; summarized work f} pleted on lines. Only lines, to be done by both contractors, Marona Construction 3nd D & C Con- struction companies, ig left to do, out of the original 52 miles df lines. ‘All street work is finished and we are tying in final lines,’’ sajd Mr. Barby. ‘We have four crews going into manholes and checking out troubles pn the lines. Final “hinges are being t representative ne construction, has been com- bout 7,500 feet of Alles are expected to be laid by the end of February, widther permitting. Applications for assisant operator and two additional men arg being screened at present by Tom Baglgy, chief operator. Mr. Bagley will be in charge of operating the treatment plant bs will utilize a with a background in Yewage treatment, Mr. Bagley’s offig8 is located on acent to Gould’s Antique Cars. As the tempo of shases, the autho vertise for bids on materials to be hccelerates in all as begun to ad- equipment and poen the entire : system is operational. Bids will be ac- cepted to Jan. 20 on a pick-up truck, a sludge-hauling truck chlorine. (tank), and PHONE 675-5211 Unanimous Vote FIFTEEN CENTS In what had to be one of the briefest council meetings in the history of Har- veys Lake Borough, four newly elected council members voted with the three in- cumbents last Thursday night to rescind a controversial contract with Michael Cabot and Associates, professional com- munity planners. The unanimous vote followed the ren- dering of a legal opinion by new council solicitor Joseph V. Kasper which sug- gested that the contract, proposed by a four member majority Dec. 21, created no binding obligation inasmuch as it had not been formalized as an ordinance or resolution. A lame duck council had approved the contract with Michael Cabot and Associ- ates for $9,800, a sum which the dissen- In other business, council approved an ordinance amending the clothing allow- ances granted to members of the police department. Henceforth, full time police- men will receive $150 for clothing during their first year of service and $100 each year thereafter; the allowance for part- time officers will be $100 for the first year and $75 each following year. Certificates of deposit totalling $6,000 were invested with the United Penn Bank in a liquid fuels account which council earmarked for the purchase of road equipment. The vote to purchase the cer- tificates was unanimous. New committee chairmen named in- cluded Carl Swansgn, roads; William Hoblak, police; Donald Hanson, finance; Fred Merrill, purchasing; William Hob- lak, community improvement; Bernice Kocher, health and sanitation, and Robert Wintersteen, recreation. Council members Merrill, Hoblak and Kocher were appointed to a special com- Brandywyne, the apartment complex being developed currently on Route 309, Dallas Township has been accepted for sewer extension by Dallas Area Munici- pal Authority and officials of Dallas Township, Dallas Borough and Kingston Township. Acceptance came at a special meeting Jan. 6 between the authority and repre- sentatives of the three Back Mountain municipalities, and was based on the con- Former Dallas Resident tingency that Brandywyne’s developer, Paul Schalm 3rd, will build 5,500 feet of 10-inch gravity sewer line from the de- velopment down a section of Lake Street to College Misericordia. After installing the gravity line at his expense, Mr. Schalm will deed the line, when com- pleted, to D.A.M.A. The new section of line, as built by Mr. Schalm, will be constructed within 10 feet of College Misericordia’s secondary treatment plant, according to the drawn plans. A representative of College Misericor- dia was contacted by the Post. He stated that the college expects to hook on to the tiations to this effect are underway. How- ever, the agreement between the college and the authority has not been consum- mated and no official forms have been signed. (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) The highest judicial officer in the Com- monwealth was sworn in last Friday at approximately 2:45 p.m. in the rotunda of Luzerne County Courthouse. Pennsyl- vania Supreme Court Justice Benjamin R. Jones of Ricketts Glen and Philadel- phia was administered the oath before a large crowd of dignitaries, friends and fellow members of the bench. Justice Jones, 65, became the 37th chief justice of the State Supreme Court, the oldest such court in the nation. His son, Atty. Benjamin R. Jones 3rd., Dallas, ad- ministered the oath. Another son, Atty. Morgan R. Jones, read the commission, and a stepson, Edward Griffith 2nd, a law student at Dickinson College, robed the justice. Also taking part in the ceremony were two grandsons, Evan Jones and Ben R. Jones 4th, who held the Bible for the oath taking. The Bible was a Christmas gift in 1921 to Justice Jones from his parents. The ceremony was conducted by Supreme Court Senior Justice Michael J. Silverblatt, president of Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association and a close personal friend of Justice Jones, made remarks. The ceremony broke a preced- ent as it was the first time in the 250-year 4 state court history that a chief justice was sworn-in at the courthouse in his home county. It is the first time in 109 years that a Luzerne County justice has held the position. Photo by Paramount Studio The marble rotunda of Luzerne County Courthouse was the setting last Friday for the swearing-in ceremony of Benjamin R. Jones to the post of chief justice of Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Atty. ) ol One governor and three former gover- nors witnessed the event. Gov. Milton Shapp was present, as were William W. Scranton, George M. Leader and John S. Fine. (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) Benjamin R. Jones 3rd (immediately behind the speaker’s dais) administered the oath of office to his father, Chief Justice Jones is standing with his hand on a Bible held by his two grandsons. mittee to draft by-laws to accompany Roberts Rules of Order. Conducting the council meeting with remarkable dispatch was newly clected President Thomas Cadwalader; he called for adjournment at 8:35 p.m., a scant 35 minutes after the session began. Following the meeting, one councilman remarked that caucus sessions will be held and agendas posted at the firehall prior to council meetings in the hope of facilitating the monthly meetings. Closing of Milk Price Gap A Possibility by J.R. Freeman The deep dark secret of the milk price gap from the dairyman to the consumer may finally be exposed to full public view if Gov. Milton Shapp, numerous con- sumer advocates, and Louden Hill Farm executives have their way. And the possi- bility looks very real that consumers in the Wilkes-Barre—Scranton region could come out millions of dollars to the good without any jeopardy whatever to the dairymen. ; Milk »generylly is stringently cc trolled, from the farmer with a dairy ; herd to the dealer, and then to the re-J tailer, by a host of regulations handed \. down by federal and state agencies. And in the case of the latter, a host of lega and perhaps illegal actions have recently ; taken place that tend to indicate the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board has been more concerned with protecting the interest of the middle man or the dealer, than looking after the interests of the farmers, or more particularly, the con- sumers. In September 1970, for example, the state mild board raised the retail price of mild in the Scranton—Wilkes-Barre area by about six cents a gallon, to $1.15 for jug milk and 61 cents a half-gallon. Fred Vandermeulen, a Clarks Summ), executive of Louden Hill, which operat 28 retail outlets for milk in the regiof then filed a class action in bebalf of cor sumers before the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg. The complaint charged § among other things, that the board had no © right to insist on such a high retail price ¢ for milk, and that Louden Hill wa prepared to sell milk at retail for no more than 96 cents a gallon, which would have saved consumers in this region at least $1.5 million in the interim. In Feb. 8, 1971 decision, the cot agreed with Louden Hill, finding th board did not have data required by ja; to justify the price increase. The ‘coup however, did not require that the 0a drop the milk price hike, but rather or- dered the board to adopt a uniform ae counting system that meets the r quirements of a 1968 amendment to the * Milk Marketing Law. By leaving thi price hike in effect, consumers have be@ 1 gouged for about $100,000 a month in this region, and perhaps as much as $100 million state-wide since the price hik Ten months after the court ordered board to act, a Scranton hearing was hel at the court’s insistence, during which Peter Sandfort, president of Louden testified that he was prepared to drop price of milk to 93 cents a gallon in og of his 28 retail outlets in Pennsylv “within the hour.” He asked for ag mediate ruling from the board, D and was told by then boa ig Lin Huber that such a would not be grante adjourned the hear; any date for compl mandate. (continued on }
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