VOL. 83 NO. 13 New Apartment Building Unde: Construction Coggtruction began March 22 on a new apartment building on Main Street, Dallas. Owner and contractor is Tony Hudak, well-known for his building ac- tivities in the area for the last 40 years. Mr. Hudak said he expects construction to be completed and the building ready for occupancy by June 1. The two-story structure, with an exterior of aluminum siding, will house four family units and one bachelor unit. Each family unit will have §y living room, kitchen and eating area, two bedrooms and a bath. In ad- dition to a bachelor apartment, there also ; will be a laundry area, with washers and dryers, and individual storage closets in the lowest level or basement section of the building. Each apartment will be carpeted. The contractor is planning a U-shaped driveway for the front of the apartment house, and will provide parking facilities also. “I’m gearing my apartments for the average-income family,’ reported Mr. THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1972 + DALLAS, PA. Street, Dallas, is already well underway. Hudak. *‘I believe there is a real need in the Back Mountain area for this type of rental unit.” The apartment site will be landscaped by Mr, Hudak. Bids Received on Liwrary Auction Facilities With the opening of construction bids at the Children’s Annex Monday night, plans for new permanent facilities for the annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction began to fall into place. Two bids were received, and a differ- ence of $27,215 was noted between them. Submitting the low base bid of $19,775 for a new auction barn and refreshment stand was Fred Ruggles of Ruggles Home Inc. Additional alternate bids sub- mitted by Ruggles for construction of a walkway between the library and Chil- dren’s Annex ($2,050), shelving along the walkway ($210) and painting ($1,350) were. also recorded as low bids. (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) he is a pay raise not a pay raise? Answer: When the President’s Wage Commission denies an application for a pay adjustment. This was the situation facing the Dallas Borough Council and its policemen last week when the wage commission, through its district representative in Philadelphia, denied council’s request for a pay adjustment exception which would have entitled borough police to salary in- creases exceeding the wage-price guide- lines. Borough Police Chief Ray Titus was raised from $5,900 to $6,700 at the begin- ning of the year, and Patrolman Sev Newberry’s salary was increased from $5,600 to $6,400. The increases were more than 5.5 percent permitted under the pre- sident’s ‘‘economic stabilization program,’ and council sought an excep- tion to the commission’s ruling based on the fact ‘that borough ‘policemen were, prior to their salary increases, paid sub- stantially dess than policemen in sur- rounding ' Kingston and Dallas Town- ships. : The application for an exception was made by borough Solicitor Charles D. Lemmond Jr. at the behest of Council- man Robert W. Brown, who argued that police salaries could not be increased legally beyond the 5.5 percent figure out- lined by the wage-price commission without first receiving an official go- ahead from the district director of the In- ternal Revenue Service, the commis- sion’s representative in this area. Brown insists. ‘‘I thought the police were grossly underpaid—they still are—but I think we should go about giving them raises legally.” ‘“‘What irritates me most,’”’ the council- PHONE 675-5211 \ A move to abolish Harveys Lake’s planning commission has been thwarted, if only temporarily, by Mayor William J. Connolly’s veto of two ordinances which community’s borough council last month. The ordinances, approved March 2, called for the dissolution of the Harveys the establishment of a planning com- mittee in its place. Mayor Connolly told the Post that he the ordinances ever since the action was taken at last month’s meeting.”” He in- dicated that he had ‘‘sought out public opinion on the matter” and was con- vinced that ‘‘most Harveys Lake residents are in favor or retaining the commission as it had been set up.” The new planning committee would be comprised of three members of council— man charges, made the whipping boy because I insisted we take it before the pay board. The question I want raised is this: Why did it take council two years to come up with a decent pay raise for these men? If they’d taken this into consideration two years ago and spread out the increase over that period of time, we wouldn’t be having this problem now.” pay board’s decision, and this procedure has already been initiated by Solicitor Lemmond. He told the Post that John Radko, police chief in Hanover Township and president of the Pennsylvania Police Chiefs Association, has offered his assis- tance in gathering information which may prove helpful in obtaining the excep- tion. (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) "FIFTEEN CENTS Fred Merrill, William Hoblak and Donald Hanson—and would be assisted by a five- member citizen advisory board. The former planning commission was | comprised of seven Harveys Lake In a letter addressed to Borough Secretary John H. Stenger for presen- | tation to council at its regular monthly meeting tonight, Mayor Connolly outlined the reasons for his veto. ‘I cannot ap- | prove the abolishment of the Harveys Lake Borough Planning Commission for. the following reasons: “The planning commission is voth ! important and necessary to the. orderly development of our borough; i ‘Harveys Lake Borough has a planning commission made up of members who are experienced. They have served their community in good faith and it is their Fg desire to continue serving Harveys Lake § Borough as members of the planning commission; ; “The abolishment of the planning commission by the council has the threat § of setting a dangerous precedent whereby this council and future council might mainpulate this important agency. to suit their own desires.” : Expanding on the last reason for his veto, Mayor Connolly suggested to the Post that council’s attitude toward the commission was improper. “If council | wasn’t happy with the commission, they shouldn’t simply disband i,” ne srgued. : “Council’s attitude should be one of B& encouragement and development rather than of such total discouragement.” : Neither he nor any member of the planning commission had been informed of council’s intent prior to the last meeting, Mr. Connolly pointed out. ‘The | Mayor is no longer included in any of council’s plans, nor have I been invited to any caucus meetings since the re- organization,” the disgruntled mayor emphasized. A majority plus one or five votes will be : needed to override the mayor’s veto at tonight’s meeting. In view of the fact that the ordinances passed without objection at last month’s meeting, there exists some doubt that this veto will stand. Did [8 the mayor have any thoughts about this prospect? a “That is a burden I intend to place squarely on their laps,” he concluded. Of inestimable interest to American history buffs is a “collection of Indian portraits published in book form March 1 by Centermoreland resident Royal K. Sutton. The book, published by the Old Army Press with an intro- duction by Mr. Sutton, details an American pageant which occurred in 1898 and records for posterity the likenesses of nearly 100 ‘‘original Americans.”’ In 1898, the Trans-Mississippi Exposition was drawing huge crowds to its fair grounds in Omaha, Neb., and piling up coins in its coffers. Certainly one of its chief attractions - was the assortment of 500 American Indians from 36 tribes which had been rounded up as part spectacle, part cultural it, by the exposition’s planners. As much as was possible, the Indians brought with them those things which they used in their everyday living-- including cooking utensils, living quarters and tools. They set up their homes on the fair grounds and provided a living museum for fair-goers, and no doubt provided the . Red Men with an opportunity to observe the Pale Face in his natural inhabitat as well! Fortunately for historians, one of the smaller buildings occupying the grounds of this vast fair housed a photo- ~ graphic studio for the use of one Frank A. Rinehart, a premier photographer in Omaha since 1885. A sensitive man, Mr. Rinehart was charged with photographing each of the 500 Indians who were participating in the exposition. of producing 8 x 10” glass plate negatives) and an oly Indian portraits ever made. Persuading the Indians to sit for their portraits was not always an easy task. While some of them had travelled with Wild West shows and carnivals and were accustomed to performing, most were not. Superstitious and afraid of losing their souls if they were to be photographed, Mr. Rinehart had to bribe and cajole his subjects to pose for much a monument to his perseverance and dedication as to his photographic skill. Included among the portraits are likenesses of Red Cloud, famed Sioux war chief; White Swan, a Crow who was one of Custer’s scouts at the battle in which Custer lost his life, and Geronimo, the wily old chief of the Apaches. When Mr. Rinehart died in 1929, his studio was taken over by one George Marsden. A significant part of the studio’s assets was the “Indian Collection,’’ and Marsden-- himself a fine photographer--spent hours printing the Indian portraits. He regarded them as a distinct and re- freshing change from the usual retouched and smooth por- traits of his customary clientele. Wisconsin and an adopted Nebraskan--assumed ownership of the studio and the highly valued Indian plates. Mr. Sutton, a resident in RD 3, Dallas, since September, has published the Indian prints in a handsomely bound book entitled, The Face of Courage: The Rinehart Collection of (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) ; moreland resident Royal K. Sutton.
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