| A rash of highway burglaries has kept Back Mountain police departments busy during the last two weeks. Late Friday night or early Saturday mor- ning, Do@iinkle’s gas station in Trucksville was entered, and the bandits got away with $650 in cash. They also broke the cig- arette machine and took that money. Officers John Lohman and Chief Paul Sabol, Kingston Township, investigated. Monday night, Gus Walters’ Welding Shop, Dallas Borough was broken into and police Chief Ray Titus, assisted by Officer Sev Newberry, reported that $440 in tools and equipment was taken. Entry ‘was made by tap- ing a back window and breaking the glass. The robbers left The Dallas School District will again offer an elementary summer school program, starting June 25 and continuing through Aug. 3. The sessions will be held in the Westmore-+ land Elementary School, 106 S. Lehigh St., Trucksville. The hours will be 8:45 to 12:15 daily. Bus transportation will be furnished along main routes only. It will be the parents’ responsibility to see that the children reach one of the following routes: Carverton-Checkerboard Inn, left to Midway Maner, to Mt. Olivet, to Carverton Grange Shavertown Help Dallas Boy Scout Troop 233, spon- sored by St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Shavertown, moved furniture, cut grass and fire- wood, and did other needed jobs around the home of Ann Wivell, RD 1, Dallas, May 19. The troop, under the guidance of scoutmaster Conrad Krzy- wicki, volunteered to help the woman when they learned, through the Boy Scout office and the Wilkes-Barre Inofrma- tion Service that the woman needed assistance. Mrs. Wivell offered to pay the boys, but they refused. Following is the letter that Mrs. Wivell composed to express her thanks: : Mr. Bruce District E yo seutive Hall, to Sax Corners, to Slocum Park, Carverton Road, to 309, to junior high, back to Westmore- land. Kunkle-College Misericordia, down Ellsworth Hill to Kunkle, 309 to Junior High, to Hilde- brand Road to traffic light, to Church Street, to Dallas Acme, to Pioneer Avenue, to West- moreland. Orange-Emanuel’s garage to Fanti’s, to Moore’s store, to Junior High, back to Moore's store, to Lower Demunds Road, to Fernbrook, to Lehigh Street, to Westmoreland Scouts Woman Boy Scouts of America Kingston, Pa. Dear Mr. Robinson, Just a note to express my sincere gratitude for your kind cooperation in having Boy Scout Troop 233, Shavertown, under the supervision of Mr. Krzy- wicki, do some much needed work for me. The boys, who did a very fine job and so willingly, are to be commended, especially since they took time out from their overnight camping trip to do this work. I am deeply grateful to you, Mr. Kryzwicki and Boy Scout Troop 233 for the kind help given me. Many thanks! Sincerely, Mrs. Ann Wivell en Lawn Dart 75 N Taues., Thurs, Sat., BN Game $2.% $15.” SPORTING GOODS 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. TTT TTT TTT EE rrr rrr rrr rr rrr rere reset ee meee through a side door. The theft was discovered at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday. Also during the night, Bull- ock’s Service Station, Trucks- ville, was entered and change was taken. The cigarette machine was broken and the change drawer emptied. Thieves entered by breaking a glass window. The doors were locked so they had to break a garage door window te exit. Chief Sabol, officers Jack Stephenson, Joseph Berube and William = Pugh, Kingston Township, investigated. Chief Sabol stated that the Giant Market in Luzerne had been entered also during Mon- day night. All robberies have taken place between closing and open- ing hours. Chief Titus noted that physical evidence had been taken to the State Police Barracks for processing. The State Police have been investi- gating also. Last week, Tastee Freez and entered. Those cases are still under investigation. YMCA to Conduct Small Fry Swim Class The Wilkes-Barre YMCA will conduct a Small Fry swim in- struction class for boys between the ages of 4, 5, 6. A special seven-week course will be held. Parents will have the choice of two separate classes. The first will start July 10 and con- tinue to Aug. 21 and will be held each Tuesday from 1:15 to 2 p.m. The second class will be held from 12:30-1:15 starting July 12 and continuing for seven Thursdays until Aug. 23. Each Small Fry Class ix limited to 20 boys maximum and both beginner and ad- vanced instruction will be provided. Interested parents may contact the Wilkes-Barre YMCA Youth Division for further information and regis- tration forms. A fee for the seven-week. course: is. charged and can be secured when con- tacting’ the YMCA. Major Charles F. Townsend Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Townsend, RD 3, Dallas, has been recognized for helping his Aerospace Defense Command squadron earn the U.S. Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Maj. Townsend is assigned at Aviano AB, Italy, as chief of maintenance with the 15th Communications Squadron over-all professionalism and excellence from Jan. 1, 1971, through last June 15. The major will wear a distin- ctive service ribbon as a per- manent decoration to mark his affiliation with the unit. Maj. Townsend, a 1950 graduate of Lansdowne High in general science in 1954 from Pennsylvania State University and was commissioned there through the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps program. Dallas Resident His wife, Mary, is the daughter of Mary Davis, 127 S. States St., Dover, Del. Will Study Joseph C. Goode of Dallas will be a candidate for an advanced degree in education at Lehigh University and will receive much of his training as an employee of a state correctional institutions. Members of the group he is with, participants in the University’s Social Restoration Program, will spend nine months, starting in September, in correctional institutions at Dallas, Graterford, and Camp Hill: Social Restoration is an intern program which prepares teachers to deal with the special educational problems of delin- quent and pre-delinquent stu- dents. Directed by Dr. Raymond Bell, Lehigh assistant professor of education, the program is conducted through the division of secondary educa- tion of the University’s School of Education. It is designed to help teachers to cope with students in crisis situations, as well as to give them diagnostic and remedial capabilities: The new phase of the program is supported by a $50,000 grant from the Governnor’s Justice Commission through the state Bureau of Corrections. Participants will start their year of training this summer with course work at Lehigh and relevant practical experience in ‘the community. Three teams, of five teachers each, will start work at the correctional institu- tions in September under the supervision of Lehigh faculty. After three final months of training at Lehigh next summer (1974), successful participants will be certified as social receive the M. Ed. degree. Thereafter they will be eligible for fulltime employment in correctional institutions. Last March (1973) Lehigh’s Social Restoration program was cited by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, and last year (1972) it was honored by the Pennsylvania Department of Education by being selected as a model teacher training program. “The only collection in Penna. of the Henry Ford Museum reproductions.” HOURS Daily 9 fo 9 OPEN SUNDAYS 1 TO 6 P.M. —YES— Is Also Available To Service Your Grandfathers Clock @lock WE REPAIR OR BUY OLD CLOCKS | Haale AL LIPKO MGR. Shoppe THE LARGEST GRANDFATHER CLOCK SHOPPE IN N.E. PA. Es RUAN 4-1 Memorial Highway DALLAS 675-2771 ° Nichols (continued from PAGE ONE) Prior to joining the Leader organization, he served as assistant administrator of the Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, Susquehanna. He has also been employed as a senior financial manager for Con- sulting Financial Management Services of Kingston, specializing in the areas of financial and administrative concern with various hospitals in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Mr. Nichols worked for the Mercy Hospital of Wilkes-Barre and the Blue Cross of North- eastern Pennsylvania, serving in executive capacities with both organizations. Mr. Nichols is the son of G. Wilbur Nichols and the late Ruth Nichols of Trucksville. He is a graduate of Kingston Town- ship High School. He has com- pleted extensive business and finance courses with the Inter- national Correspondence School and the LaSalle Extension School. He also attended Wilkes College, where he majored in business administration. Mr. Nichols is married to the former Virginia Besecker of Dallas. They have two sons, George III and David. Their eldest son, George is attending the Luzerne County Community College. David is a sophomore at Dallas High School. The Nichols reside at 115 Warden Ave., Trucksville. (continued from PAGE ONE) Mr. Titus returned to question the other three boys. They told him that they had just met the boy, and all they knew about him was that he had skipped from Dallas Senior High School. This information was proved false later. The three also gave ficticious names. The Hanover police, on a rou- tine patrol noticed the car and apprehended the four boys con- gregated around it. They prov- ed to be the same four who had hitch-hiked to Dallas. Tools that has been kept in the car had been sold. They have since been recovered from the man who bought them. Page 13 The stolen car had damages to the front left and rear right fenders, and the muffler was knocked off. The dairy truck had about $25 damage done to it. The alleged thief has been charged with theft by unlawful taking or disposition, leaving the scene of an accident, reck- less driving, going through a red light and possibly, will be charged with assault with a motor vehicle. His three friends will be charged as accessories. Hanover police report that the boy who took the car will pro- bably be petitioned by them for stealing a motorcycle on the same day. Visual and Other Aids in Safety Education course con- ducted by William Baran start- ed last week at West Side Vo- Tech School, Pringle. Other courses scheduled to begin June 25 at West Side Vo-Tech are Intramural Athletics and Adolescence. Wilkes-Barre Campus per- sonnel wished ‘‘Bon Voyage” to secretary Lorraine Mrackowski last Thursday, as she left to spend the next ten days in Hawaii. Lorraine has been planning her trip to the islands for many months and everyone wishes her a ‘‘terrific”’ time. Congratulations are in order to Pat Kelly, Wilkes-Barre Campus nurse, whose two sons, William and Joseph, were graduated from Pennsylvania State University, University Park, June 16. William was a former student at Wilkes-Barre Campus where he received his associate degree and on Satur- day received his B.S. degree in engineering mechanics. Joseph attended Hazleton Campus be- fore transferring to University Park where he was graduated with a B.S. degree 825-2024 AND | 822-8161 or 655-5310
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