Be es ———— a . Vi fi ——————_ Page 20 Four members of the Trucks- ville Volunteer Fire Company returned to Trucksville last Friday night to be greeted with cheers by several fellow fire- fighters. The reason: The men had just arrived from Michigan in the fire company’s brand new 1973 Ford fire truck. ‘Not only do we have the new truck,” reports Paul Sabol. a fire company official, ‘but it’s virtually all paid for—all $29,000 of it!"’ Funds for the truck were raised over the years by bazaars, community solici- tations. and other fund raising projects sponsored by the com- pany’s Auxiliary. Driving to the Ford factory in Michigan to get the truck were Halloween Para Robert Chamberlain, fire chief: Jack Stephenson and Wayne Long, assistant chiefs: and Hugh Gallagher, fireman. The men attended a two-day session on use of the truck and will share their newly won know- ledge with other firefighters at upcoming meetings. The new fire truck has the only four-stage pump in the Back Mountain area, Mr. Sabol reports proudly. Other vehicles owned by the Trucksville com- pany are a 1951 Dodge pumper. a 1931 Dodge pumper affec- tionately called ‘‘Betsey.”’ a Dodge tanker and an am- phibious Weasel used in rescue operations. de Sunday A Halloween parade for good little ghosts and goblins will be sponsored Sunday by the Dallas Kiwanis Club, with treats aplenty for each and every participant. Scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m., the parade will form at the Dallas Intermediate School and file down Church Street, Center Hill. Road and Lake Street to the strains of tuneful marches played by the Steg- maier Band. Judging will take place in the parking lot of the’ Dallas Acme Market under the watchful eye ot Master of Cere- monies Leo Corbett. Women of local service clubs will act as judges. The parade will be held in the gym of the Intermediate School in the event of inclement weather. There will be four categories in the competition: funniest, prettiest, most original and best group. Six prizes will be awarded in each of these cate- gories. Chairing the event are Tom 0O’Malia and Robert Maturi. At Frances A stolen car was recovered late Sunday afternoon at Frances Slocum State Park by the Kingston Township Police. The 1968 Chrysler Newport, stolen Oct. 21 from the Stavish Service station in Kingston, was found stuck in the mud near the lake at the park. According to Patrolmen Rozelle and Prutzman, they were notified of the stolen vehicle by the Kingston Police Department and immediately proceeded to Frances Slocum to try to locate the car. Upon their arrival they were informed by the park patrol of an automobile fitting the description and also that Wesley's Gulf Station had been called to pull the car out of the mud. After notifying the ser- vice station of their intentions, the two patrolmen then waited until the car was pulled free of the mud and the suspect started Halloween Party Set for Lehman The Ladies Auxiliary of the Lehman Volunteer Fire Com- pany will sponsor a Halloween Party Oct. 28 at the Lehman Fire Hall. The grand march will start promptly at 7 p.m. Prizes will be awarded and each Hallo- weener will receive a treat. Homemade doughnuts, pie, fudge and candied apples, orange juice and coffee will be available. Admission is free. Mrs. Harold Coolbaugh is chairman, assisted by Mrs. Joseph Ellsworth. 81.09 Slocum to drive the car away. They stopped the car, arrested the driver. a juvenile residing at Frances Slocum Park, and de- livered him to Kingston Police. Couple's Dreams Go Up in Smoke An additional story of human interest came to light last week after a local fire report appear- ed in the Post. The building in Lehman Township, reported as an abandoned house, was ac- tually a home which was being cleaned up and painted for occupancy by future newly- weds. William Spencer, RD 4, Dallas, who entered the service Sept. 26 and is presently sta- tioned at Fort Dix, N.J., plans to be wed to Sharon Shurmanek of Chase Manor when he returns home on leave after basic train- ing. The couple had hoped to move into the home which was purchased from Kenneth Kocher. Miss Shurmanek has been working at her future home almost daily, cleaning, painting, and making minor re- pairs. 2 The Spencers held a family gathering at the house Oct. 8 when young Spencer spent a short leave at home to attend the funeral of his father, the late Alfred Ray Spencer. : Mrs. Glenn Rogers has asked the Post to extend her apprecia- tion to all firemen who partici- pated in fighting the fire. She also wishes to thank the uniden- tified man who brought the gen- erator to provide lights at the scene. “Building Supplies v 99 CDX Plywood livered Friday. Dr. Regina Pustan, mother of world chess champion Bobby Fischer, spent the greater part of last Friday in a Philadelphia jail and is currently touring Pennsylvania in an attempt to call attention to her treatment, which she calls ‘“‘an outrage.” Dr. Pustan, who was in Scranton Monday, told the Dallas Post that she was in Philadelphia to protest the Nixon administration’s war policies. Clutching a sign that read ‘‘Stop the Export of Death,” she was taking part in a Quaker-organized demonstra- tion planned to coincide with President Nixon’s appearance at Independence Hall where he signed the recently passed revenue sharing bill. : According to Dr. Pustan’s Housing Course Now Reactivated The Housing Course spoii- sored by the Luzerne County Planning Commission, in con- junction with the Institute of Regional Affairs at Wilkes College, was postponed because of the flood caused by Hurri- cane Agnes. The course is now being re- activated. The first session will be held Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Commissioners Meeting Room on the first floor of the County Court House and will be on public housing by David Williams of the Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority. Other subjects in following weeks are expected to include Federal Flood Insurance: medium income housing; fin- ancing of housing including banks, Small Business Admin- istration, the P.I.P. and housing programs; housing legislation; and future consideration in housing. 1 The early bird gets the space! Get news in the day after it happens. account, she and some 17 other demonstrators spent the night prior to the President’s visit across the street from Indepen- dence Hall, using candles and blankets to protect themselves from the ‘freezing cold.” The vigil, she said, continued all night and was closely scrutinized by ‘‘plainclothes- men, police, and big guys who looked like they lived on raw meat.” At approximately 7 a.m. Friday morning, she continued, she left the area temporarily to go to the nearby Friends Meet- ing House. When she returned a police van had been brought into the area and was taking her fellow demonstrators away. Dr. Pustan said that she returned to the Friends Meeting House where she recruited more demonstrators and returned to the square. ‘At about 9 o’clock,’’ she said, “I looked up at the Indepen- dence Hall bell tower where I noticed men with binoculars and cameras trained on us. There were policemen all around. It was obvious that security was tight and that we were well covered.” According to her account, police told the demonstrators that they would have to remain behind the furthest of three barricades, an order with which they complied until they noticed that other spectators were allowed to stand behind the first row of barricades. Dr. Pustan protested to the police on the grounds that they too were spectators and ‘‘there was no reason why we shouldn’t be allowed the same rights as any- one else.” The police, Dr. Pustan said, answered her by saying, ‘‘Either put your signs away or go to jail.”’ The demon- strators, refusing to put down their signs, were taken to the Roundhouse, a Philadelphia jail. “We were fingerprinted, photographed, and put in cells— four or five of us in a cell de- signed for one person—and kept there with no food until we were released at about 6 p.m. I asked one officer if we were under arrest, and he said \we were. Later, he changed his story and said we were only in custody: We were never charged,” she explained. Dr. Pustan said that she was traveling throughout the state to publicize her arrest and “President Nixon’s efforts to intimidate people who are legally trying to express their discontent.” She added, ‘We were. detained simply because of our opposition to ‘Mr. Nixon’s policies, and I want people to know about this and about the way Mr. Nixon handles dissent.” Until recently Dr. Pustan has been practicing medicine in Europe, but, she said, ‘‘I America when I saw what was going on at the Republican Convention and after I heard Jane Fonda speaking up on the problems of this country, I just couldn’t watch what was happening without doing any- thing about it,” she concluded. High Starting Rates - Blue Shield- Paid a : Blue Cross - Holidays, Vacation A new book recently added to the collection in the children’s annex at Back Mountain Memorial Library is ‘‘The First Book of Elections’® by Edmund Lindop. According to Mr. Lindop's book. elections are as much a part of the American way of life as fire-crackers on the Fourth of July and hot dogs at a baseball game. Students’ elect class officers. Athletic teams elect captains. Clubs, scout troops. and church groups elect chairmen and leaders. Companies often determine important policies by elections that are open to all the people who own their = stock. Thousands, even millions, of ‘ballots may be mailed to their stockholders. Sportswriters follow the weekly records of outstanding football players, and at the end of the season they vote to select those few who will be honored as All-Americans. Each spring the members of the motion picture industry cast their ballots to decide who will win the gold statuettes known as Academy Awards or Oscars. Each election involves and interests a particular group of people. But there is one kind of election that involves and in- terests all the people. This is the election of persons to public office. In every democracy the people rule. But in the United States or any other large to vote on each issue, and conduct the complicated business of governing the nation. Instead. we citizens elect representatives to make and administer the laws and policies by which our nation is governed. This book covers every area of elections. It explains the right to vote. how votes are cast. who we vote for. the political par- ties. and electing the president. Another new book in the children's annex is “City Leaves, City Trees’ by Edward Gallob. This book helps to identify the trees that grow around us in the city. For the most part. the trees of the forest are native American trees, but the trees of the city are—like its people—from ‘many different parts of the world. . Out of his own love of trees and based on hig extensive leaf collection, of er has prepared this series of photograms and photographs— works of art in themselves— representing a selection of trees that may be found in most of the cities of eastern and central parts of the United States and southeastern and central Canada. 2 In identifying a tree the first clue is in the leaf pattern, but among other clues are the feel of the bark, the s! ape and size of the tree. and sonietimes the fragrance of the .ushed leaf. It is difficult not to care about a tree after youve. through your own efforts. come to know it by name. Convenes in Northeast Chapter members of the Pennsylvania Library Association were among those honored at the PLA convention in Pittsburgh early this month. Joan Diana, reference li- brarian at ‘the D. Leonard Corgan Library of King’s Col- lege, was installed as vice- president, president-elect of the state association. Dale Buehler, director of the Wilkes College Library, was Pittsburgh enlisted proportionately more members this past year than did any other chapter in the state. Mr. Buehler was chair- man of the membership drive. The Pocono Df rict Library Center (Scrantort Public Li- brary) received the library Library Week award in the Dis- trict Library Center category: Joan Costello is coordinator for the District Library Center; democratic country, it would be awarded the membership Marnie Rees is community impossible for all of the people gavel. The Northeast Chapter relations librarian EVANS SPECIALS =: | THE | | . NEW TYROL, TROOPER HATS for Men & Boys only $2. 9 Trooper Hats Special ® ALARM CLOCKS ® HUNTING LICENSE ® FLASHLIGHTS me a ® FIRST AID KITS Save 50¢ NO HOLDER Ce ee $4. TRESPASS SIGNS 1 Doz. 70° [LI $1.9 SKI GLO VES Genuine Lamb Skin | EAR MUFFS EVEREADY rLasifiGHT SPECIAL Flashlight and batteries combination. 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