~3 Vol. 83 NO. 45 In spite of frequent patrolling by the Dallas Township Police, complaints are still b@ing presented to the Dallas illegal parking by patrons of the Stoneridge Cafe in Fernbrook. Mr. Rowen, a resident of the Fernbrook area, appeared before the board at its regular monthly meeting in the Dallas Township Municipal Building Monday evening to voice his complaint about patrons from the cafe using his driveway for parking. He complained that as a result of this practice the cars are diggin@it up. The resident also com- plained about the loud noise, especially at 2 a.m. on weekends when the cafe closes. Mr. Rowen has contacted the State Liquor Control Board and says he was told by a representative that ‘‘they would look into the matter, but nothing has happened yet.”’ Police Chief Pete Lange informed the board that the area is being patrolled and to date at least 67 tickets.have been issued. Mr. Isopi, owner of the cafe, told the board he is trying to do all he can to help the residents and he suggested that the police be in that area when the bar closes at 2 a.m. and help get the people on their way quietly. Chief Lange said the police will try this, and Mr. Rowen indicated agreement with the solution. Mr. Is M1 also expressed an interest in buying some land for a parking lot in order to help alleviate some of the problems. 7 Another property owner, Andrew Gorzkqski, Duryea, requested the board keep the old Fairgrounds Road as a township road. Mr. Gerzkowski stated that he owns two lots in this area and pays taxes on them. Since it is now a township road, Mr. Gorzkowski argued, it should continue to be one. Supervisor Fred Lamoreaux advised the board that the ‘road is very steep and Mr. Lamoreaux said that the road has to be closed off in the winter as it is too dangerous to use. It was suggested that this area would make an excellent recreation area if funds could be made available for such a project. . Solicitor Frank Townend advised Mr. Gorzkowski that the board could not take Dr. MNowney any action on this matter at this time since all of the lot owners involved cannot be located. In other routine business, Chairman Philip Walter announced the awarding of a bid to the Howard Isaacs Co. for a police cr 1iser. The cruiser will cost $2820 and ‘will be delivered in about 6 weeks. Mr. Walter reported that the new well for the Borough Building is finished with the depth of the well now at 324 feet. The new well is capable of supplying 11% gallons of water per minute. The old well was down 119 feet but the water went (co tinued on PAGE FIFTEEN) Firm Offers Sewage Advice The firm of Glace and Glace Consulting Engineers, Harrisburg, has offered its services to Lehman Township for the purpose of ascertaining the community’s future needs relating to sewage and water in conformance to standards of Pennsylvania’s Department of Environ- mental Resources. Lehman Township Supervisors Joseph Park and Bruce Spencer deemed that no action was re- guired at this time on the above offer. Secretary Lewis Ide and Township Solicitor William Valentine assisted Mr. Parks and Mr. Spencer in conducting the Nov. 13 meeting at the Lehman Mi»s Hal], William Samuel, chairman of Lehman Zoning Board and Planning Committee announced that a special meeting is scheduled for Nov. 18 at 10 a.m. Bids for a new snow plow and cinder spreader were opened by Secretary Ide. John Bonham, Honesdale, bid $1485 for a 10 ft. by 29-inch Good Roads Plow; $3604 for a Fox Spreader and $1350 for a Stephenson VA 100 spreader. Elliot and Frantz Co. of Wilkes-Barre bid $1400 for a Glend Hill Snow Plow and $1425 for a Glend Hill tail Fate spreader. Elliot and Frantz Co. of Wilkes-Barre was awarded the bid for the plow and the spreader. Lewis Ide announced that work has begun on preparation of a budget for the coming fiscal year. The law provides this budget must be approved no later than Dec. 31. (continued on PAGE FIFTEEN) Jim Kozemchak One Vote Margin Phone 675-5211 FIFTEEN CENTS By a margin of only one vote, Dallas Borough Council granted Raymon R. Hedden & Company a variance to the municipality’s zoning code which will permit the contractor to complete a four- family apartment already under con- struction on Pramba Avenue. The vari- ance, which followed a lengthy presen- tation by Mr. Hedden’s attorney and a 45- minute closed door caucus by council, was granted at a special zoning hearing last Wednesday night. Atty. James Shea, Mr. Hedden’s legal counsel, based his appeal for the vari- For the second time in its history, Colleg@ Misericordia has a male lay dean. Dr. Leo Robert Downey, a St. John’s, Newfoundland, native, accepted his new duties in late summer. Prior to coming to Dallas, Dr. Downey was dean at Mills College of Education, New York City. Married to the former Jacquelyn Mayer and the father of a young son, Dr. Downey laughingly reports he has had experience working with women. His job at College Misericordia is not his first ex- perience with an all-woman’s college. He was vice-president in 1969-70 of St. Leo’s College, Florida, with a residential en- rollment of 1,200. Also he gained exper- jenco Wom his five sisters; he is from a family of 10 children. It is probable that the 221 freshmen at the local college this year will look on him as a father image. The 53-year-old dean comes to Miser- icordia with an impressive academic and administrative history. He attended St. Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Fordham University School of Education. Graduate studies were at Fordham University School of Arts and Science, where he received a master’s degree in 1954 and a doctorate in 1961. He has served as principal of Holy Cross Schools in St. John’s, and as chair- man of the Department of Philosophy at Iona College, New Rochelle, N.Y. While at Iona he was appointed to the office of vice president, serving in that capacity through the years of 1965 to 1969. He was acting president of the college at New Rochelle on two occasions and was a trustee on the board. However, with an intriguing Irish- Canadian brogue (which he says he can’t seem to lose) the administrator professes that he is ‘not awfully scholarly.” (continued on PAGE FIVE) ance on two points. He insisted first that Pramba Avenue, which is located in the vicinity of Machell and Pinecrest Avenues, is zoned neither residential nor commercial in the borough code and for this reason may not be included in a consideration of the community’s zoning laws. Second, Atty. Shea stated that the zoning ordinance in question is unconsti- tutional inasmuch as it divides residen- tial and commercial areas by street. “This approach has been judged im- proper by the courts,” the attorney de- clared before reading verbatim a lengthy Superior Court ruling on the matter. Council President George Thomas and Councilman Robert Brown challenged Atty. Shea on this last statement, point- ing out that Mr. Hedden had, as a member of Dallas Borough Council for eight years, ‘‘upheld this same ordinance he’s now calling unconstitutional.” Said Mr. Thomas: ‘It seems that with Mr. Hedden, the shoe fits the foot he’s wearing.”’ Atty. Shea maintained that his client wanted to resolve the issue without resorting to a lawsuit, but that “if we do end up in court, we’ll use everything at our disposal.” The attorney admitted that he was not “representing a client who is free from error’ in that Mr. Hedden had begun construction on the apartment in the mistaken belief that he had received a building permit for it from building in- spector Richard Disque. “But the Hedden firm has three partners and employs a number of superintendents and workers,” Atty. Shea continued, “so the error is perhaps understandable.” Mr. Disque refuted this statement when he related that ‘‘on two occasions-- once when Mr. Hedden was in my home and once when I was in his office--Mr. Hedden told me that he would build the apartment whether council permitted him to do so or not.” An alternate proposal to the veriance was then suggested by Mr. Brown. He questioned Gustav Kabeschat, an officer of the Hedden company, about the possibility of dividing the structure into two rather than four apartments to comply with the borough’s zoning or- dinance. Mr. Kabeschat replied that chitect’s plans for the dwelling, he did not think such a solution would be feasible. (continued on PAGE FIVE) “T don’t think this would have hap- pened 16 months ago,” said Thomas Figmik, deputy superintendent for treatment at the State Correctional In- stitution. “I don’t think we could have permitted our men to speak to you in an informal setting like this--and frankly, I think it’s an indication of how far we've come.” Mr. Figmik’s outstretched arms in- dicated the two men who flanked him, men who are residents at the nearby State prison. The setting was the auditorium of the Gate of Heaven School Monday night, and an audience of nine women and eight men had gathered to hear the inmates and their correctional officer discuss prison life. : Interestingly enough, the two residents--Edward Rewt of Scranton and Arthur Leroy Jackson of Philadelphia-- espoused several ideas which would have seemed more appropriate coming from a district attorney. Each expressed a belief that capital punishment has merit as a detriment to crime--and Mr. Rewt startled the audience when he suggested should ‘‘burn.’”’ Hn (continued on PAGE FIFTEEN) a hf
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