. Kingston Township Board of Super-
visors cided to bring legal action
against ¢®e of its own members at a re-
gular meeting Jan. 12, Supervisor W.R.
Mathers will be cited for failure to
remove a junked truck from his property.
Complaint was filed several months ago
by a neighbor of Mr. Mathers’.
It was attested by board chairman Ed
Richards that a registered letter was sent
to Mr. Mathers advising him of what
action would be taken if he did not comply
by removing said truck. Truck was not
moved; asherefore, Mr. Richards in-
structed”John Dana, planning and zoning
officer, to take legal action. Mr. Mathers
will be summoned to appear before Dis-
trict Magistrate Fred Anderson.
After the board meeting, Supervisor
Mathers told the Post he planned to move
the truck from his property, but not until
spring. ‘‘I am going to build a garage on
Snake Run
Creek May
Be Relocated
Snake go Creek in Trucksville may
soon be ocated if the plan, which has
already been endorsed by Kingston
Township supervisors, is approved by the
Peunsylvania ‘Department of Trans-
portatiofly Kingston Township officials
believe “hat changing the present win-
ding course of the creek would leave open
a considerable section of land that could
be utilized for a neighborhood shopping
center, which would contribute to the
area’s economy, and a large parking
area. It would also eliminate the
necessity of building three new bridges
across Carverton Road.
The plan, which was developed by John
Dana, Kingston Township zoning officer,
was approved recently by the township
planning and zoning commission.
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offer stood.
that site and I will have to remove the
truck then,” he added, ‘But not until the
weather gets better. I have a number of
tools and equipment stored in the truck
and I have no place to put them until I can
build a garage.”
In making recent appointments to the
planning and zoning commission, the
board did not reappoint George Jacobs
and Fred Dingle, after both had served a
number of years. Letters were received
from Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Dingle ob-
jecting to the manner by which their
commissions were terminated. There
were no comments from the three super-
visors on the matter.
Secretary Michael Stanley was in-
structed to notify all utility companies
that a township permit must be obtained
for future pavement cuts.
Beverly Drive, Brown Manor, Cedar,
Hillerest, Youngblood, Williams,
Mathers Drive, Hilltop Circle and Lawn
have been accepted as township roads.
Supervisors agreed to extend snow re-
moval service into Carverton Heights’
three roads.
Jean Updyke, widow of the late town-
ship police chief Herbert Updyke, sub-
mitted a letter of resignation as police-
woman. resignation was accepted with
regrets. Police Commissioner Mathers
thanked Mrs. Updyke for her years of
service.
asked to submit a written recommen-
dation for 1972 equipment needs.
‘Supervisor Mathers reported police
cruiser traveled 4,453 miles during Dec-
ember; four arrests were made and 227
miscellaneous calls received.
Mr. Stanley, who will assume duties as
full-time secretary-treasurer in Febru-
ary, was asked to make a study of police
hours and to also draw up a written
personnel policy for all township em-
ployes. Mr. Stanley will investigate the
possibility of getting a new police cruiser
from a state car pool.
A public hearing concerning a request
by Cliff Parker to construct an apartment
building on Main Street, Shavertown, will
be held following the regular board
meeting in February.
got on a horse.”
has worked at the SPCA.
him how to drink.”
chickens, four more dogs
remaining four horses.
these animals?
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Road, Dallas Township.
The Dallas
scared in my life.”
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DALLAS, PA.
"Educating the Public”
PHONE 675-5211
FIFTEEN CENTS
“This is our way of educating the
also their parents’ was the way Kingston
Township Policeman William Pugh
explained why he and fellow officer Clif-
ford Culver present drug and narcotics
seminars in the Back Mountain area.
The latest public information session
was given Jan. 11 by the two police of-
ficers at Kingston Township municipal
building. Some 150 girls (most of them
Girl Scouts) and boys, plus parents, were
present for the seminar.
Patrolman Pugh serves as narcotics
officer for his township police depart-
ment and Patrolman Culver is juvenile
officer.
Officer Pugh told the attentive group,
“We welcome telephone calls—flood our
office with calls. You may remain anony-
Several months ago, UGI Corporation’s
announcement that it intended to in-
crease its rates by a whopping 20 percent
precipitated a hornets’ nest of protest
from area taxpayers’ groups and
municipal bodies.
Most of the objections were based on
the belief that while a small increase
might be permissble and necessary, a 20
percent increase would be both inflation-
and unjustifiable. Several
organizations filed official com-
plaintswith the Public Utilities Com-
mission, and when the commission
promptly okyed a 17 percent increase—
having approved a 15 percent increase
last year—and did so without holding
public hearing, the complaints redoubled
their objections.
The PUC finally set Jan. 24 as the date
to consider these objections. Representa-
ducting public information lectures about
the rate increase at a prodigious pace.
Monday night, Fred and Peter Austing,
two UGI officials, attended the monthly
explain the company’s need for the 17
percent rate hike.
Their presentation included a movie
slide demonstration on UGI’s growth
potential, facilities improvement
programs and the necessity for in-
creasing its ability to meet rising
demands for electricity.
The men suggested that factors con-
tributing to the need for electricity rate
increases include power demands which
have far exceeded the original projection
made early in the last decade. This un-
anticipated demand for power has
necessitated that UGI purchase energy
from other companies—and at a sub-
stantially higher cost than UGI’S own
generating cost, they said.
(continued on PAGE FIVE)
Wilson Protests
Lawyer's Request
For Withirawl
A petition filed by Atty. Theodore L.
Krohn seeking permission to withdraw as
John T. Wilson’s legal counsel was re-
viewed Friday afternoon by Judge
Bernard J. Podcasy.
Present to protest the petition was
Wilson, convincted of voluntary man-
slaughter in the shooting death of George
Wesley Jan. 10, 1971, in the parking lot of
Sorber’s Tavern, Lake Silkworth. Fol-
lowing a three-week trial in October,
Wilson was sentenced by former Judge
Albert H. Aston to a term of four to eight
years on the manslaughter charge.
. (continued on PAGE FIVE)
mous. Why should parents have to worry
over a drug problem with their children
when we could help them straighten it
out?”’
Both Officers Pugh and Culver believe
apathy on the part of parents, police
departments and school officials is
hindering the solving of drug problems in
the local area.
‘““We have a problem here in the Back
Mountain and you may quote me,”
declared Mr. Pugh. He continued by
saying he was afraid ‘‘we will progress to
related crimes.”’ Already there has been
an increase in youthful drug users during
the past year.
The veteran narcotics officer said he
was satisfied with the cooperation
received from school authorities and
there is a ‘‘good working relationship.”
But, he would like to see a coordinated
effort by all four municipalities com-
prising the school district and the district
administration. One step in this direction,
he believes, is for one policeman from
each municipality to be designated as
narcotics officer for each police depart-
ment.
The audience was shown a complete
sampling of drugs and narcotics and re-
lated paraphernalia, including locally
grown marijuana. Most of the items
shown, such as hashish pipes, pills, ete.,
© were confiscated from persons living in
the Back Mountain, according to Officer
Pugh, : J
‘v po . w \ a .
He'is afraid that more pushers from the
Wilkes-Barre area will be selling their
wares locally, as’ Wilkes-Barre has 16
men trained in narcotics on their police
force. “They are applying pressure on
Wilkes-Barre pushers and the pushers
are going to pull out and look for greener
pastures. It could be here.”
At the present time, Officer Pugh is
making up sample identification kits to
distribute to all department members of
Back Mountain Police Association. This
will help local officers to recognize
various drugs and narcotics. Ex-
penditures for this project have been
authorized by Back Mountain Police
Life
in Pittston, Lauren dropped a manhole
cover on her foot and fractured it.
She admitted that she has had in-
numerable dog and cat bites, plus
scratches, but she keeps her tetanus
shots up-to-date and doesn’t worry about
them. 4
Her understanding mother said she and
Mr. Kintzer try not to worry about
Lauren—‘‘She loves her work with
animals so much.” :
Atone time Lauren planned to work for
a year after graduation from high school
and then go on to college, but doesn’t
think she will now as ‘‘I could not leave
the animals.”
The oldest daughter, who is married
and lives in New York, ‘‘tolerated’’
animals, according to Mrs. Kintzer, but a
younger daughter Dorothy, a fifth
grader, is ‘‘just like’’ Lauren when it
comes to loving animals.
“We expect to have a house full of pets
always,” said Mrs. Kintzer, with a
philosophical shake of her head.
Lauren wishes that more people would
bring their animals to SPCA for care and
shelter.
“Our major complaint is that people
who are moving and don’t want animals
will just leave them at their old
residence. Most of the time they can’t
fend for themselves. The owners should
bring them to us if they don’t want them.
We can usually find good homes for
them.”