A listing of persons delinquent in paying their per capita tax will be sg mitted to the delinquent tax collector, the Don Wilkinson Agency, for collection. = Dallas School District Board of Directors took the action at their March 14 meeting. The board approved a report on 1971 tax collections and filed the report for audit. Tax collectors of Dallas Borough, Dallas; Franklin and Kingston Townships were exonerated from any further collection of the 1971 school tax duplicate. On recommendations of Dr. Linford A. Werkheiser, © superintendent, approval was ; given to a number of i professional employees, students and administrators to © attend certain conventions or © meetings. u Dallas Senior High School "students Jack Coon, Kevin © Chadwick, Harold Rose, Ernest © Pliscott, Lawrence Fritzges and Ted Wilson will attend the Key Club Convention in Pittsburgh in April. This activity is sponsored by Dallas Kiwanis AN Club, and the students will be chaperoned by William Baran, advisor. Dr. Werkheiser, James Brokenshire, Robert Deolbear, John Rosser, Edgar Hughes and Frederick Case will represent the Dallas School District in the Pennsylvania State Study Council Program to be held April 12 at State College. The following employees will attend conferences as listed: John Wega, Eighth Annual Reading Conference at Bloomsburg State College, April 14-15; James Brokenshire and John J. Mulhern, Federal Programs Conference, April 23- 26: Lancaster; William Baran, Pennsylvania Association for Safety Education Conference, April 27-29; Mt. Airy Lodge; Sophia Morris, 27th annual conference for Pennsylvania School Librarians, April 28-29, Shippensburg; Naomi Prynn, Pennsylvania School Food Service Association Convention, April 19-22, Pocono Manor Inn; and for two days, April 21 and 22. the same convention will be Mr. and Mrs. Everett Wilson, Carr Street, Dallas, have returned home after spending a winter vacation in California. While there they visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Flanagan, Danville, Calif. and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Flanagan, also of Danville, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bayliss, Reading, former ‘residents of Dallas, spent the ‘weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin . Roth, Church Street, ‘Dallas. : Lucy Caatright, Huntsville Road, Dall®s, is a patient in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston. Maude Cloak, Upper Demunds Road; Dallas, ‘is re- cuperating from illness at her home. Back Mountain Teeners League will use the Dallas 2 Senior High School baseball field for their league games Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights beginning April 15 and ending July 28. Frederick Shortz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Shortz, 157 Lake St., Dallas, is spending the spring vacation with his parents. He is a student at Lawrenceville School, N.J. : Marion « Hildebrant, ) ‘Hildebrant Rd., Dallas, has 1 returned from New York City where she attended the In- ternational Beauty Show at the Hilton Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Smith, Shrine View, Dallas, have returned to their home from 2) Ocho Fs, Jamaica, West % Indies, Where they vacationed at the Sans Souci. Also retur- ning from the same place were Betty Gregson, Shrine View, and Mrs. Edward J. Schellen- i berg Jr., Idetown. A Rickie Vivian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Melvin Vivian, Center Wil Road, Dallas, has i returned to Fort Collins, Colo. after visiting with her parents. The Rev. and Mrs. B. C. Sparkman and children, New Delhi, N.Y., have returned 4 home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Alden Wagner. ; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kittle and daughters recently visited _ Mr. and Mrs. Chester Rusiloski i and family, Corbettsville, N.Y. © Mrs. Rusiloski, former resi- . dent, was injured in an automo- ¢ bile accident and suffered hee #4 W IN ORDER TO EXCAVATIONS fractured ribs, nose, cuts and bruises. She is the daaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Newhart. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Dietter- ick Jr., Dallas, have returned home after attending the funeral of Mrs. Dietterick’s uncle, Percy A. Coles, Man- sfield. Couples Club of Prince of Peace Episcopal Church will meet March 28, 8 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Llewellyn. Holy communion will be cele- brated at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, March 29, at 10 a.m. There will not be an evening service that date as the Rev. John S. Prater will be guest speaker in Trinity Church, Pottsville. A pot-luck supper will be held March 30 at Prince of Peace Church at 6:30 p.m. Each member is asked to bring his or her place setting and a generously proportioned covered dish. Following the supper, Holy Communion will be celebrated in the Parish House at 7:30 p.m. An ecumenical three-hour service will be held at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Good Friday, from 12 noon until 3 p.m. Various clergymen of the Back Mountain will preach on the Seven Last Words. That evening a more contemporary service will be held in Trinity United Presbyterian Church. This service is also offered by the Back Mountain Clergy. Camp Lackawanna Com- mittee will meet at Kingston Presbyterian Church, March 23, at 3 p.m. Busy Bees Sewing Group will meet at Trinity United Presby- terian Church, March 23 at 10 a.m. A Saturday evening service will be held at Trinity United Prsbyterian Church, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. Snowmobile Club to Host Easter Egg Hunt Members of the Sweet Valley Snowmobile Club will host an Easter egg hunt April 1 at the Sweet Valley Sportland. The hunt will begin at 2 p.m. Each member is permitted to invite one guest. Reservations must be made by March 25 with Kevin Ray, Bud Austin or Marty Scovish. NOTICE attended by Marie Heidel, Marian Katacinski, Lois LaBar, Marilyn Morris, Helen Rice and Dorothy Sisco. The board accepted the resignation of L. Larry Griffin as director of the Dallas Senior High School tennis program. Permission was granted several organizations to use certain school district facilities. The Teeners’ Baseball League, boys age 13 through 15, received permission to use the senior high school baseball field on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings, beginning April 15 and ending July 28. Dallas Junior Woman’s Club has use of the junior high school auditorium tonight (March 23) for a drug seminar. For a period of nine weeks, effective June 26, the Kingston Township Recreation Com- mittee has use of Trucksville, Shavertown and Westmoreland Elementary Schools from 9 am. to 3 p.m. A public ‘meeting on water supply will be held by Luzerne County Planning Commission in the junior high school auditorium April 19 at 7:30 p.m. Photo by Alex Rebar Glenn (right) look on. Page 15 The Luzerne County Con- servation District recently took part in a state-wide meeting of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts at State College. The delegates, representing 65 Pennsylvania counties, moved to achieve a greater voice in legislative conservation action, and called for greater citizen involvement in en- vironmental programs. The state conservationists took steps to push for state legislative support of federal- state cost-sharing work in the flood control and prevention. Specifically, the delegates would like to see the state assume its share in the cost of aquiring land and relocating families in flood control areas. The executive council session voiced its opposition to the suggestion made by the governor’s review committee to combine the Fish and Game Commissions, feeling such action would be regressive. The delegates also expressed concern over forest management practices and requested state-wide improve- ments in this area. For the first time in its 10- year history, the State Correc- tional Institution at Chase will have a woman teacher. Superintendent Leonard Mack has announced that Bar- bara Shaw, a resident of Ber- wick, will teach general sub- jects usually taught in public elementary and secondary schools. % Mrs. Shaw has begun nine weeks of intensive in-service training, which is compulsory for all new employees of state correctional institutions. Her training will include six weeks of observation at the local insti- tutions, local courts, law en- forcement agencies, and the AIM Advocates Retirement Planning Persons between the ages of 50 and 65 can now find assistance in planning and preparation for retirement years through a new organization called Action for Independent Maturity (AIM). Established as a division of the three-million member American Association of Retired Persons, AIM is specially designed for persons in the “middle. years” who are still busy in jobs and careers. .‘“‘People approaching retirement often find they have greater freedom from family and financial responsibilities as they reach peak earning years and children begin leaving home,” said Clfiton Fichtner, AARP. Associate Director for AIM. Specially prepared guidebooks will assist pre- retirees in making an easy transition from working years to retirement years with advice on money management, leisure, health and legal matters. Persons between the ages of 50 and 65 are eligible for membership in AIM. Annual membership dues are $3 for an individual or couple. A kit of information about AIM can be obtained by writing: AIM, 1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. community treatment center at Scranton, followed by three weeks of formal instruction in the Bureau of Corrections school at Camp Hill. After her training period, Mrs. Shaw will serve only as a teacher to the residents inside the local correctional institu- tion. She will have no correc- tional officer duties. The prison official stated that Mrs. Shaw’s appointment was based on her high score on Civil Service examinations. ‘‘She was tops on the list,”” he added, “and at the time we were checking the list, I did not know she was a female.” Her. appointment as the, first woman teacher in. the local in- stitution may also be a state- wide first, the superintendent said. ) GAY-MURRAY STORE TALK” SCOTT'S AND SPRING—A shipment of two tons of Scott’s lawn fertilizer, seed and weed control products rolled in last week along with spreaders and rollers— Spring will arrive next Tuesday—won’t that be great? MAPLE SYRUP TIME—We still have spiles, plastic tubing and test equipment for the late comers—it takes only 40 gallons of sap to make 1 gallon of syrup—and it's great fun—we tried it. MORE SEEDS—Our second shipment of bulk seeds made us complete except for onions and potatoes, which will come about April one— you save. money on bulk seeds—peas sell at 75¢ a pound—and our garden package of 13 vegetables at $2.95. $3.39—Buys a gallon of Latex wall finish—our paint sales are increasing as people become acquainted with the “Tru Test” line—it’s equal to any paint, and you save $2.00 a gallon. RUSS SAYS—We’'ve got some good deals in fishing tackle lined up—and the boots, clothing and camping equipment which goes with it—$11.95 buys a slick out- fit—come in and think about a big string. $7.99—Buys a Y’’ electric drill made by Black & Decker. $12.99 gets a sander or jig saw and $15.99 buys a 3” drill—these little gadgets speed up those small repair jobs around the house. NEW TRACTORS—We have that new Simplicity 15 HP tractor—with all new equipment—power enough to do a great job with big mowers, sprayers, and roto- cultivators—come in and talk ‘‘spring” Gay Murray Co. TUNKHANNOCK, PA. 836-2175 2 Mr. Mack commented that he is enthusiastic about the new appointment as ‘‘we want to normalize as much as we can. We will keep pushing for at- titude changes.” It is possible that a second female instructor will be hired in the future to fill another teacher vacancy. A native of Berwick, Mrs. Shaw received her B.S. degree in 1967 from Bloomsburg State College, where she majored in education and had a minor in psychology. ‘She formerly taught in the Orangeville, Pa., and Silver Springs, Md., school systems. Honored on More than 200 members at- tended the open house, March 11, at St. Therese’s Church Hall, in honor of Tom Wisnieski, 91 Davis St., Trucksville. The affair was held in honor of his retirement after 20 years Manufacture of furniture was one of Pennsylvania’s first industries. As of 1969, latest year for which statistics are available, = American Forest furniture manufacturing firms in the state, employing more than 12,000 with a payroll of $166.8. Retirement service as sexton at the Shaver- town Church. Mr. Wisnieski served under the Rev John O’Leary, the Rev. John Walsh, and the present pastor, the Rev. Joseph F. Sammons. Gifts were presented to the guest of honor by the Rev. Sam- mons in behalf of all parish- ioners, by the Altar and Rosary Society, and by the Men of St. Therese’s. Light refreshments were served by members of the Altar and Rosary Society who were in charge of the open house. Hostesses were Mrs. Thomas Glenn and Mrs. Harry Jarrett assisted by other members of the society. The membership also called for the full implementation of outdoor educational facilities. This program is to be given much attention in Luzerne County, and further information will be forthcoming from the Luzerne County Conservation District, P.O. Box 118, Dallas. District offices are in the Federal Building, Dallas. Also discussed were plans to hold the association’s annual October 3, 4, and 5. Caldwell Members To Hear Maxwell Stanley F. Maxwell, 33rd Degree, Boston, executive secretary of the supreme council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, will deliver the address at'a promotion dinner at Irem Temple Country Club, Dallas, at 7 Friday evening, for the Spring Reunion, May 1-5, of Caldwell Consistory, Scottish Rite, Bloomsburg. Active members of Caldwell and prospective members are invited to this fete which, as a result of the distinguished speaker and the ' interest manifested in the forthcoming reunion, will be one of the largest dinners of this type ever held in Wyoming Valley. This fete is for Caldwell members and prospective members from Wilkes-Barre, Nanticoke, Plymouth, Pittston, West Pittston, Forty Fort, Wyoming, Kingston, Shick- shinny, Dallas, Ashley, Hun- tington Valley and the Back Mountain and vicinities. Robert W. Gloman, 33rd Degree, commander-in-chief of Caldwell; L.A. (Pat)Zimmer, 33rd, Bloomsburg, first com- mander-in-chief, and H. Max Pennington, 33rd, active secretary of Caldwell, will tell of ceremonials and other features of the May reunion. It is at these May sessions that ladies of members are enter- tained during the final day of the big week.
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