Photo oa X Rebar and fair. 5 and 7 Thomas Valley Volunteer Fire Cc. oe Monday's activities will begin at 10 p.m., the Memorial Day Parade will begin with its marching bands and floats. Thionghout the three-c vw par’cd fare Mt Donald Packer, superintendent of the Shavertown Water Company, announced March 30 that the Shavertown company had filed with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ‘for rate relief to assure adequate revenues for the maintenance and operation of its water system.’”’ A 25 percent overall increase is being sou by the company. High marfitenance costs due to the age of this water system, combined with substantial increases in pumping costs due to increased electrical rates, are reasons given for the rate increase. The company claims that the cost of furnishing water in Shavertown is presently higher than are their revenues. A portion of a Shavertown Water Company press release concerning the rate request reads as follows: “In an effort to improve water service to its customers, the Shavertown Water Company has invested substantially all of its ‘cash flow, including earnings and ~ depreciation, in the maintenance and improvement of the distribution system. Chase Escapee In New Jersey When Francis Tomlinson Jr. escaped from the State Correctional Institution at Chase, April 4, a search system was set up that included the local police network, ‘Pennsylvania State Police, and Chase guards. It was through this system that Mr. Tomlinson was captured at approxi- " mately 4 a.m., April 6, in Delran Town- ship, New Jersey. He had been free for only about 30 hours. ~ When a 1968 station wagon was reported stolen in Pittston at 6:45 p.m, April 5, the Bristol Borough police were advised that the escapee might attempt (continued on PAGE TWENTY FOUR) a A comprehensive service improvement program has been designed and capital financing is being undertaken currently. Water rates in this area are still among the lowest in the state. The average resident customer in suburban Pennsyl- vania’s metropolitan cities is paying in excess of $100 per year for water today. Shavertown Water Company recog- nizes its obligation to the customers it serves and will continue to modernize the water system which in some areas has been in service for a century. (continued on PAGE TWENTY FOUR) VOL. 84 NO. 15 24 PAGES 675-5211 FIFTEEN CENTS by Russ Williams With the regular Harveys Lake Borough Council meeting coming up April 12, Fred Merrill has received infor- mation that makes him feel that the majority of the members of council will try again to pass the ordinance that public opinion was so obviously against at the recent special meeting of council. The ordinance called for the turning over of the Lake’s sewer project by the Harveys Lake Municipal Authority (HLMA) to council, a change that Authority mem- bers, and many citizens, fear will cause the Lake to lose low-interest (five per- cent) Farmers Home Administration (FHA) loan. (They also appear to fear, as was expressed by Harveys Lake Borough To Have Private Dallas Borough police chief Ray Titus reports that the new, countywide police communications system will have its effect on the borough’s police communi- cation system soon. Contracts are set for the acquisition and installation of radios, he stated. All cruisers will have radios and will be interconnected with all other police cruisers in the area on this side of the Susquehanna. Dallas police will also be getting two walkie-talkies. Unlike the present civil band system that the borough police have in use, which can be listened to by anyone who has a radio with a police band, the new system will be for police business only. It can’t be listened to, unless somebody were to spend a large amount of money for the complicated equipment it would take; a potential eaves-dropper would also need a license for that kind of outfit, the chief reported. (continued on PAGE SEVENTEEN) by Millie Hogoboom Jackson Township, in the past a peaceful agrarian community, has suddenly awakened to the myriad of problems of a 20th century mechanized, and Let Live” attitude to one of concern that “What affects me, also affects my neighbor’’ was obvious last Saturday afternoon at the township’s Taxpayer's Association meeting. While residents’ chief problems still center around blasting, noise, and air pollution attri- buted to American Asphalt Co., the subjects of security precautions at the and the impending installation of sewers in the township were thoroughly dis- cussed. John Filip, a graduate structural engineer and registered architect who meeting. Until an organizational meeting of the newly-formed association can be officers would be himself as president; Joyce Crumley, secretary; and Gerald Bern- stein, treasurer. Over 50 residents of the township were present. It appeared that every section of the township, Chase Manor, Fieldcrest, Valley View, Sutton Road, Huntsville Road and both ends of ‘Chase Road were represented. Mr. Filip reported that he and Robert Culp, township zonirg officer, had in- spected American Asphalt Paving Co. property that morning. They said they the adjacent Crumley property as much as 20 feet with a mining operation. Drill casings and large boulders, and debris of recent blastings were found on the Crumley land, the men told their audience. They also found that no restraint such as a fence had been placed around the east side of the quarry pit where they alledged there is a sheer drop- off-of over 100 feet. “The former Habblett property is being used by the company as a fill area for mine spoil’’, Mr. Filip said. A carefully prepared map of Jackson Township was shown to the audience by (continued on PAGE SEVENTEEN) mayor Bill Connolly, that if the council takes over the project, it will get ‘bogged minated’’.) Fred Merrill is the member of Harveys Lake council whe was the most outspoken against the ordinance at that special meeting. He introduced the motion (which ended that special @ meeting), found favorable by almost all citizens in attendance and by members of the HLMA, calling for an executive, pro- blem-resolving meeting between all con- cerned with the sewer question. That mo- tion was seconded by Robert Winter- steen, who, like Fred Merrill, expressed a minority, council opinion against the or- dinance. : Fred Merrill now reports that he has a very reliable information that on April 4 five members of borough council, along with borough solicitor Joseph Kasper, came together ‘‘in executive meeting, ob- viously”’. Not invited to or informed of this meeting were Fred Merrill and (continued on PAGE TWENTY FOUR) A 10 year old Dallas boy was fatally injured when he fell beneath the wheels of his school bus Tuesday afternoon. Fourth-grader John Hollinger had gotten off the school bus, on Old Lake Road at Circle Drive, below College Misericordia, when he apparently fell under the wheels of the moving vehicle. He had been returning from classes at the Dallas Borough Elementary School. Dallas Township Patrolman Douglas Lamoreux reported that police believe John had definitely gotten off the bus and had not fallen from it when the accident occurred. Police did not know, however, just how he fell under the wheels. Wit- nesses all arrived after the accident, “no one saw him go under’, the policeman said. Mr. Lamoreux also reported that the bus driver was Ralph Eipper, and that the coroner and state police are investigating. John is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hollinger of Manor Drive, College Manor, Dallas. Mrs. W. Alan Adams of College Manor, described John as a “bright boy’’, mentioning that he and his _ Photo by Pat Cancro George Halowich, left, has just tossed a shovelful of dirt into the air as members of Harveys Lake Lions Club work on beautification project at Sunset en- trance to the lake. With Mr. Halowich from left are Tom Smith, the young son of Pete Austin, Wilford Ide, Mr. Austin, and Joe Shonis. Harveys Lake family = attended Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Dallas. Mr. and the second grade. Mr. Hollinger works for the Bell Telephone Co. J Mrs. Adams reported that a neighbor, Mrs. Gerald Sherman, did her best to save the young boy’s life. Mrs. Sherman, a nurse, attempted to revive John with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. : A spokeswoman at the Nesbitt Hospital “dead on arrival’, at 4:15 p.m. She stated that death probably resulted from multiple injuries, including a possible head injury. The coroner, who will file a complete report Wednesday or Thursday, released the body to the undertaker, Harold F. Snowdon, 140 N. Main St., Shavertown. The funeral will be held from the Kreamer Funeral Home, 618 E. Main St., Annville, Pa. Dallas ambulance crew which took John to the hospital, reported that their varied attempts to save the child, in the end, were not enough. project but was forced to bow out when the engine of the truck he was driving caught fire as he was hauling away a load of dirt. Alert workers doused the flames with dirt, preventing any extensive damage.
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