re Kingston Township Am- bulance Association held a special meeting Sunday after- noon to hear reports and to discuss the acquisition of land for a permanent building to house the ambulance, and to discuss the replacement of the present ag&hulance. - Two new directors were named from the Shavertown area, Ed Hall and Andrew Roan. These special committees were appointed: women’s auxiliary- Mrs. Fred Buss and Marion Woolbert; publicity- Joe Brennen and Jack Step- henson; building- Walter Davis Sr., Tom Schmidle, Willard Piatt, Earl Hess and Marvin Dymond; fund raising- Thomas Schmidle, Tom Dorosky, Ber- nard Novicki, Robert Summers and Eleanor Fredericks: 50-50 club- Charles Woolbert, Mike Youngblood, Robert Gregory and Paul Sabol; ambulance- Thomas Schmidle, Paul Sabol, Walter Davis Sr., Andrew Roan and Willard Piatt, and the tele- phone system- Joe Balavage, Robert Summers, Joe Young- blood, LeRoy Ziegler and Harry Spare. . Captains announced plans to reestablish the crew assign- ment listings. Marvin Dymond will instruct all attendents on the use and location of all equip- ment on the ambulance at a meeting April 1 in the Shaver- town Fire Hall. Directors for the coming year are: Shavertown- Walter Davis Sr., Andrew Roan, Dan Shaver and Ed Hall; Trucksville- Sheldon Bennett, Lather Brown, Earl Hess and Vern Pritchard, and Carverton- Bernard Novicki, Mrs. Harry Spare, Harry Spare and LeRoy Zeigler. Officers are: president, Edward Carey; vice president, Bob Samuel; secretary trea- surer, Allan Nichols, and captains, Eleanor Fredericks and Tom Schmidle. Henry H. Null III, 73, one of Northeastern = Pennsylvania's most popular and outspoken newspaper columnists, died March 21 at his home in Clarks Green. Mr. Null was the author of “Thissa and Thatta,” an edi- torial column published weekly in the Dallas Post, the Mount- aintop Eagle, and the Abington Journal. The former editor, publisher, and chairman of the board of the Abington Journal, Mr. Null was born in Greensburg, Pa., where he learned journalism basics from his father, Henry H. Null Jr., who operated the Westmoreland Observer. He gained his first professional ex- perience as a reporter for the Senior Citizens Hold Luncheon The Back Mountain Senior Citizens Club held its second monthly meeting at College Misericordia March 26 begin- ning at 10 a.m. wut ddl Lunch-was;served:inthe cafe teria at Tg arts and craft session was Weld in the morning and a social hour followed lunch in the of The next t¥gularly scheduled meeting will be held at College Misericordia, April 9. All mem- bers are requested to bring a covered dish for the luncheon which will be served at noon. The birthday table will be open for those members having birthdays in April. April birth- day persons should get in touch with the person in charge of th table. : Greensburg Daily Tribune. In 1926 he moved to Scranton and accepted employment with the Hudson Coal Co., for which he worked as a superintendent and a safety engineer until the mines closed in 1960. Facing retirement, Mr. Null turned instead to journalism and purchased the Westmore- land newspaper. In 1961, he which he operated with his son, Henry H. Null IV, now a re- sident of Big Sur, Calif. Mr. Null was educated at Yeats Preparatory School and Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster; and Lafayette College, Easton, which last year honored him as a distinguished alumnus. In addition to membership in various civic organizations in the Abington area, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Associa- tion, the Philatelic Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and the Lackawanna County vania history and had collected many rare books on the subject. Also surviving are his widow, the former Margaret Oliver Evans; a son, George, Hamp- ton, N.J.; a sister, Josephine Null, Greensburg; and four grandchildren. Private funeral services were conducted Friday in Clarks Summit. Interment was in Greensburg. Memorial contributions may be made to the Abington Com- munity Library, 500 School St., Clarks Summit. rd Photo by Jim Kozemchak Township Ambulance (continued from PAGE ONE) . pineapple this month. It takes 14 cases to fill the needs for one meal. ‘There is plenty of butter and flour,”’ she stated, ‘‘but kids can only eat so much butter and flour.” ‘‘Government donated meat is almost nonexistent’, she continued. ‘Chicken and turkey are the only meats received in the past few mon- ths.” : Robert Belles, superintendent of the Lake-Lehman School District, said that they are in good shape so far, but with the increased cost of meat, ‘who knows what will happen.” food services for the district, noted that 1,362 students are served each day. She also commented on the decrease of government food donations. At one time, meat, vegetables, and fruit were all available from this plan. 2 The Rev. Thomas Jordan, Gate of Heaven School, stated that keeping the cafeteria going has always been a problem and a struggle, but he will try to keep it open as long as he can. “The increased cost of milk and meat, and the reduction of government donations have made a bad situation worse,” he said. Approximately 300 students are served a hot meal each day at Gate of Heaven school. Robert Kritzer, food distributor representative for the Bureau of Government Donated Foods, when contacted at his Wilkes-Barre office, said that the allotment for the end of this school year will probably be even less. What will happen to school food programs and prices in the 1973-74 school year, has not yet been determined. New Phone Number Franklin Twp. Police 333-4848 MANENT SPRING-BALANCED Its direct access basement useful, Call us 16 E. Center St. Shavertown easy to care for. Tel: 474-5338 A.J. Kreuzer Methodist Women to Meet at Shavertown The Shavertown United the social rooms of the Shaver- town Church April 2 at 8 p.m. Mrs. John Rogers, program chairman, has announced that Anita Ambrose, administrator of the Wyoming Valley Council of Churches, will be the speak- er. Her topic will be ‘Day and The Life of An Administrator of The Council of Churches.” Hostesses will be Mrs. Patrick McGough, chairman; Mrs. Percy Hart, Mrs. Matthew Gray, Mrs. John Rogers, Mrs. Ralph Lewis, Mrs. Frank Pac- zewski, Mrs. Stephen Johnson, and Mrs. Jack Magee. (continued from PAGE ONE) “I don’t think you people realize how many man hours are wasted in fighting the brush fires that would be prevented by this ordinance,” Mr. Richard- son snapped. ‘You don't have to leave your jobs to answer the fire alarms--but I do!*’ The volunteer fireman argued that council had consistently the open burning ordinance which had been re-written, he said, three times. ‘“You keep putting this off-for three years now you've put off passing this thing--and once again we find ourselves getting into the brush fire Check Zoning (continued from PAGE ONE) $40,000 home. The lots were con- sidered too small in an agri- jected on the basis that his sewage and well would interfere families. Who would think that a house couldn’t be built on a 165 by 186 foot lot? Mr. Ninassi hired a lawyer, re-appealed on the basis that the lot was a lot of records and after showing proof, was granted permission to build. The time, effort, money, and aggravation involved in all three of -these transactions could have been avoided if the ‘planning and zoning officer had been contacted and require- ments checked before the land was purchased. All three had legal representation at the time of purchase, and in most such cases, a qualified real estate broker is also involved. season without an ordinance.” Mr. Newberry, sponsor of the ordinance, agreed with Mr. Richardson and pointed out that “the purpose of the ordinance is not to keep people from bur- ning, but to keep people from being careless when they burn outside.” ‘He agreed to meet with his committee and with members of the fire company once again to draw up an ordinance for consideration at next month’s council session. Council approved the use of the borough’s tennis courts by King’s College for a tennis tournament during the five week period of April 2 through May 10. Robert Parry, park and recreation committee, noted that the matches would be Bishop Gressle To Visit Dallas The Rt. Rev. Lloyd Gressle, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese annual visitation to the Church of the Prince of Peace, Dallas, this weekend. On Saturday evening, from 7:30 p.m. until 9 p.m., a reception will be held in the parish house of the church for Bishop Gressle. On Sunday morning, the Bishop will cele- brate Holy Communion at 8 a.m. At 10 a.m. Sunday mor- ning, a district-wide confir- mation service will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, Kingston, at which Bishop Gressle will preside. It Pays To Advertise played in the afternoon and would not interfere significantly with Dallas students’ use of the still be in session at that time. Councilman Robert W. Brown suggested that permission to use the courts would represent a “nice gesture’ by council and that the tournament matches would allow tennis buffs ‘“‘a chance to see some good tennis being played.” Bill Berti, chairman of the police committee, announced that a civil Service examination will be administered to appli- cants for the patrolman’s position now open in the borough. Council agreed on a $6,500 starting salary for the new patrolman, with a $300 increase to follow a six month probationary period. The examination will be administered under the aegis of the community’s Civil Service Board at a time and place to be announced later. John Gildea of Machell Avenue appeared before council to protest action by ‘my neigh- bor who's still pumping sewage out onto the road.” Councilman Brown, who had been apprised of the situation previously, expressed surprise that the condition had not been corrected and said he would ‘ the neighbor's cooperation in curtailing the action. Borough Secretary Ralph Garris informed council that the borough will receive $885.87 in utility taxes this year. The taxes are based on the total assessed value ($98,430) of the realty owned by the public utilities.’ OPEN SUNDAYS AT 1:00 PM. COME IN AND BROWSE AROUND Collect, Trade and Sell All Types Of Clocks RSE S 3 Memorial Highway Dallas Tel: 675-2777 1750
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