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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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