Page 12 ET oo The Penn Mountains Council, Boy Scouts of America, will hold its annual Polar Bear Weekend Jan. 19, 20 and 21 at the council’s Camp Acahela on Route 115 near Blakeslee. According to General Chairman Roy P. Petersen, area scout- masters have received in- structions which will aid them in preparing their troops for the upcoming event and all is in readiness for the large turn-out of Scouts expected. Polar Bear Weekend is a council-wide winter camping event held annually by Penn Mountains Council. It is designed to provide scouts with an opportunity to practice winter camping under the supervision of individual unit leaders and the council cam- ping committee. Of course cold weather provides special challenges for the. camper and thus special preparations are needed. These are outlined in a leaders’ in- structions and include in- formation of dress, food, shelter, etc. Also included are instructions for the construction of a genuine dogsled. While some may wonder at this, it does have practical application since one of the highlights of the weekend will be a Klondike Derby, during which patrols will race their sleds over a predetermined course. At each station the scouts will be faced with practical problems in- volving basic scouting skills and each will be judged on its performance. Another feature will be a “Klondike Pete” which each Troop will enter its own costumed version of a genuine ‘Klondike Pete’ and be judged on its originality and authenticity. : contest in Thus Polar Bear shapes up as being a high adventure week- end full of challenges, ex- citement,” and good old fashioned fun. Mr. Petersen reminds leaders of the need for proper preparation yet em- phasizes the fact that all events are closely supervised and that the lodge will be open at all times with plenty of heat and hot cocoa to warm old and young alike. For further in- formation please contact your local unit leader or the council office in Kingston. Application for disability benefits may be filed after a worker’s death under new provisions of the social security law becoming effective this month, according to James G. Falk, social security district manager in Wilkes-Barre. “This change won't affect many people, but it can be important to some families,”’ the manager said. The provision will apply only in cases of deaths occurring after Dec. 31, 1969, Mr. Falk explained. ‘But there is a deadline for filing such ap- plications,” he emphasized. In the future, survivors will have three months after a disabled worker’s death to file an application for his retroactive disability insurance benefits, he explained. “But an application must be filed before Feb. 1, 1973, if the worker died in October, 1972 or earlier,” Mr. Falk said. Previously, ap- plications for disability benefits had to be filed . while the disabled worker was still alive. The change in the law will provide benefits to the sur- vivors of workers who were severely disabled for six months before their death but for some reason did not apply for benefits. “If it is found that the worker was eligible for disability payments, his survivors will be able to get retroactive disability payments as well as any sur- vivors benefits that may be payable now or in the future,” Mr. Falk said. To get more information about payments for a period of disability before the disabled worker ‘died, or to apply for benefits, call, write, or visit the Social Security office at 19 N. Main St. The phone number is 825-6811. Disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) will be made available to some 800. self- smployed Pennsylvania far- mers and small businessmen hit by June. floods as a result of efforts by U.S. Senator Richard S. Schweiker. Sen. Schweiker announced adoption by the U.S. Depart- ment of Labor of his suggestion that self-employed persons working to repair flood damage on their farms and businesses should be considered ‘‘un- employed’ until they are back in operation. The ruling is retro- active to the June flood and covers self-employed persons who had previously been denied benefits because of procedural guidelines issued by the: Labor Department. Sen. Schweiker said, businessmen repairing flood- damaged farms and businesses had no source of income until their repairs were completed, Labor Department rules still denied disaster unemployment nical grounds that they never- theless were working. “This was clearly a discrim- inatory policy, resulting in hardship to hard-working farmers and small businessmen Registration for College Misericordia’s spring semester continuing = education classes week, according to Registrar Sister M. 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Courses being offered run the gamut of subject material from figure drawing to diagnostic and remedial reading to cultural minorities, a sociology course. A complete list of the courses being offered for the spring semester may be obtained by contacting the registrar’s office at the college. and their families. I am de- lighted that the Labor Depart- ment has adopted my proposal and hope this breakthrough has not come too late,” he said. In July of this year, Sen. Sch- weiker expressed concern about Labor Department interpreta- tion of DUA regulations. He wrote the department to ex- press concern that ‘‘existing re- gulations will cause some farm- ers to leave the farming busi- ness entirely, since unemploy- ment compensation is desper- ately needed now by many, and they may be forced to give up their, farms to keep their families and themselves at a bare subsistance level.” In September, Sen. Schweiker wrote Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson to complain that denial of DUA benefits to self-employed farmers and small businessmen was ‘‘a par- ticularly harsh interpretation of your own regulations.’ “I question whether a farmer is able to perform services in his business where his ability to carry on such a business has been rendered impossible be- cause of a disaster. In my view, vices in his business until he has regained the ability to carry on his business. He cannot do so until he has restored his farm to a condition in which he can gen- erate income,” Sen. Schweiker wrote Hodgson. com es by Charlot Denmon 675-0419 An installation dinner for new officers of the Shavertown Fire Company will be held Jan. 9 at the Castle Inn, Dallas, at 6:30 p.m. Speakers at the affair will be Fire Marshall Ron Ramage and State Rep. Frank O’Connell. Newly-elected officers are president, Larry Hourigan; vice president, Joe Balavage; treasurer, Larry Dymond Jr.; secretary, ‘Joe Brennan; sergeant-at-arms, Joe Youngblood; trustees, Oscar’ Dymond and Arnold Yeust. Line officers are fire chief, Andrew F. Roan; assistant chiefs, Joe Youngblood, Walter Davis Sr. and Ted Newcomb; captain, Tom Dorosky; lieutenant, Arnold Yeust. Reservations may be made with members of the com- mittee, Larry Dymond Jr., Pete Williams, Ted Newcomb or Joe Brennan. Cathy Swingle has returned to Huntingdon after spending the Christmas holiday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Swingle, Shavertown. Art Barnes, Woodrow Wilson High School student, was the Decorating the Christmas tree at Lehman Center and singing carols at the Maple Hill Nursing Home were projects undertaken by scouts of Cub Pack 241. Under the guidance of guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Monk and family, Lehigh Street, Shavertown, last weekend. Arty Barnes par- ticipated in the Wilkes-Barre Tournament held at Dallas Martin Cook, Cub Master, the Senior = High School .last group of 50 boys, den mothers and fathers marched to Lehman Saturday. School Menu ~ LAKE-LEHMAN MONDAY —Southern fried steak on bun, chicken noodle soup, saltines, fruit and milk. TUESDAY—Beef ravioli, Vienna bread and butter, cabbage salad, pudding and milk. WEDNESDAY—Hamburg Bar-B-Q on bun, buttered corn, cake and milk. THURSDAY-—Oven baked chicken, mashed potato, buttered peas, cranberry sauce, cookie, milk. FRIDAY—Pizza or peanut butter sandwich, potato chips, apple crisp, milk. DALLAS MONDAY—Southern fried steak on roll with catsup and relish; corn, lettuce with dressing, peaches, cookie and milk. TUESDAY—Macaroni Creole with beef, Parmesan cheese, Parker House roll and butter, cabbage salad, gelatin with topping, milk. WEDNESDAY —Hot dog on roll with mustard and catsup, potato chips, vegetable, pears, chocolate cupcake and milk. THURSDAY—Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, hot apple sauce, roll and butter, doughnut and milk. FRIDAY—Tomato soup and crackers, tuna salad sandwich on roll, pickle chips, fruit cup and milk. Center where the boys decorated the tree with hand- made ornaments. After the lights were turned on the group wended their way to the nursing home where they were warmly greeted. Upon arriving at the Lehman Elementary School, the scouts were served hot chocolate and goodies. Martin Cook stated that since it was not a regular meeting awards would not be presented. He commented on the effort put forth by Jack Callahan and Ronny Ritts and several scouts who helped sell the extra wrapping paper at local shopping centers. Mr. Cook thanked the boys and their parents for participating in a successful’ wrapping paper drive. Santa Claus made an unex- pected appearance, distributing gifts to the youngsters. The Blue and Gold Dinner to be held in February will be under the direction of Vince Correale. i To assure publication, send your news in early. Call your local correspondent -or The Dallas Post, 675-5211. Taxes minating the per capita tax. year round residents of the tax than they duced the milla president explained. : : In response toa question from Chet Davis, representative of the Harveys Lake Taxpayers Association, Mr. Hoblak stated that the community’s new plan- ning: and zoning committee would begin work on a compre- hensive planning and zoning ordinance ‘‘very soon.” Mr. Hoblak suggested that monies for the project may be available munity Affairs. In closing, Councilman Fred meeting date for Harveys Lake Borough Council be changed from the first to second Thurs- coming year. 4 rr ——— Commission estimates that School District will increase by nearly 4,700 by 1980, resulting in a population of nearly 12,600 by 1980. 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