A Greenstreet News Co. Publication VOL. 84 NO. 33 DALLAS, PA. FIFTEEN CENTS Kingston Township secretary Mike Stanley said at the Aug. 8 Kingston Town- ship @ivervisor meeting, that he is “knocking (his) head against the wall’ in attempts to get ‘Jack Banks to walk the stream with me.” Mr. Stanley referred to three attempts to have the president of the American Asphalt and Paving Com- pany review the federally-funded con- tract his company has with the township. Federal Clean Streams funds will pay for the cleaning of debris, caused by last June’s flooding, from the township's stream. The supervisors are interested in getting the clean-up operation started. Township solicitor Ben Jones III pointed out that Mr. Banks is presently very busy with zoning problems. The advertised ordinance calling for a prohibition of minitbikes and go-carts, not properly inspected wi dicuased, [wy townsillo streets, was summarily noted and adopted unanimously. Violators and owners of the vehicles will be fined from $5 to @ for violation of the ordinance. Bids for a road department tractor with brush and cutting attachment, were re- read. Road superintendent Robert Cham- berlain had been contacted regarding the bids since their opening at last month’s meeting. Mr. Chamberlain advised the supervisors that the low bid would be sufficient to their needs. bid -of $5,790, from the Bartron Supply Company of Tunkhannock. It was announced that the township zoning board has set Aug. 30 to rehear Mike Kester’s request for the establish- ment of a permanent mobile home court in the township. Mr. Kester’s request had been previously turned down. Solicitor Jones had advised that the re- hearing take place, after he had learned that Mr. Kester had obtained legal counsel, in order to appeal the decision. The board has advised that Mr. Kester 23 hearing. A letter from the township’s zoning planning commis~ion asked the super- visors’ opinion of (Meir mjority decision to accept Wilbur Smith Associates to make the township’s land use and zoning regulation study. Three members of the planning commission had found the study proposal of the Smith firm the best, while two preferred the proposal of Bellante, Klaus and Nolan. The commission wanted to know if their majority could decide the issue. Solicitor Jones pointed out that it could, ; by Russ Williams Intercouncil relations seemed to hit a new low at the Harveys Lake Borough council meeting Aug. 9, when four mem- bers held a conference excluding council- men Robert Wintersteen and Fred Merrill. An outburst between Mr. Merrill and councilmen Bud Hoblak and Carl Swan- son: occurred when acting chairman Swanson asked to look over three appli- cations which council had received for Boy Found After Night Lost in Woods An #hausted 15-year old boy slept soundly on the damp ground in the Centermoreland mountains while his weary father, relatives, neighbors, firemen and police were combing the woods looking for him. James Sickler Jr. had left his home at about 7:30 Monday night to go for a motorcycle ride, ‘‘over the hill” on a makeshift Thurston Hollow bike trail. His'mother had warned him to be home by dusk and Jimmy almost always listened. When the clock indicated 9:30 p.m. and Jimmy wasn’t home, Mrs. Sickler became anxious and his father decided to go and look for his eldest son. Local police were notified; firemen from Dallas, Trucksville, Orange and Factoryville joined in the search. Mrs. (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) parttime police work. Mr. Merrill insist- ed they were the concern of his police committee, and not for discussion by council until he makes his recommenda- tions. : The private conference followed. Mr. Merrill finally interrupted with, “If you plan to do away with the police com- mittee, say so!’’ Mr. Swanson replied that he had made no such suggestion, but did suggest that the police committee bring back a report on the applications before the next meeting. NT Mr. Swanson then rapped for order saying, “Matter closed. I don’t want to talk about it. anymore.’”” Mr. Merrill charged that he and Mr. Wintersteen are kept in the dark about some matters, and are not always advised in caucus of what will be discussed at public meetings. Mr. Merrill specifically referred to a between representatives of Harveys Lake Municipal Authority, Glace and Glace, and Joseph Kasper, borough soli- citor. Mr. Swanson asked Mr. Hoblak to represent the borough at the meeting, since Mr. Kasper could not attend. Mr. Hoblak agreed to do so, and told Mr. Merrill he had not had advance know- tion among Mr. Kasper’s letters’. In other business, Mr. Swanson refer- red to a letter from John Callahan, borough engineer, advising council that he had ‘‘not seen or reported on the mas- ter plan’ of HLMA. Reiterating that the engineer had not seen the master plan, Mr. Swanson said that Mr. Callahan had been given ‘partial specifications which (continued on PAGE EIGHTEEN) and that they could proceed with the study, using the Smith firm. Secretary Stanley reported that after several months not one of the seven town- ships and boroughs contacted had res- (continued on PAGE SEVENTEEN) Mr. Mack Plans Sept. Retirement Leonard J. Mack, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Dallas, has announced that he is retiring effec- tive Sept. 5. In accepting Mr. Mack’s retirement from the Bureau of Corrections, Commis- sioner Stewart Werner said, ‘‘Leonard Mack has served the Commonwealth in corrections for 33 years. No individual has contributed more to the humaniza- tion of our state prisons, and we owe him a tremendous debt of appreciation.” Mr. Mack was educated at the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1936 and his masters in clinical psychology in 1938. He joined the Bureau of Corrections in 1939, as junior psychologist at the Huntington State Correctional Institution. After serving as a trainer of naval avi- ation cadets in World War II, Mr. Mack returned to Huntington as a senior psychologist, and was later promoted to director of classification and treatment. In August, 1959 he became deputy superintendent at SCID when the in- stitution opened. In 1971 he was named superintendent by then bureau commis- sioner Allyn R. Sielaff. During his tenure at Dallas, while serving as a deputy superintendent and as head of the insti- (continued on PAGE SEVEN) A plan of action in case there is a pri- soner escape at the State Correctional In- stitution at Dallas, has been implemented and is operational, the Dallas Post learn- ed this week. During a recent meeting of surround- ing area fire chiefs held at the institution, an escape plan was formulated, accord- ing to major of the guards at SCID Joe Ryan. Upon receiving the initial eall from the institution, the Dallas Township Police Department will first notify all area police departments. Seven area fire companies will then be notified, including Trucksville, Lehman, Dallas, Tilbury, Idetown, Lake Silkworth and Jackson Township. The escape signal, according to Mr. Ryan, will be sounded simultaneously from the fire houses, and will consist of one 30-second blast. The signal will be given manually from respective fire houses to prevent mistaking it for a fire call, the major said. At the institution, meanwhile, the pow- erhouse will sound a series of three short blasts at 15-second intervals to continue for seven minutes in case of an escape, Major Ryan said. Should an escape occur, the major indi- cated, area residents should refrain from calling the fire companies or the Dallas Township police headquarters for infor- mation, to avert any unnecessary confu- sion. In Harrisburg at Bureau of Corrections headquarters, newly appointed commis- sioner Stewart Werner informed regional legislators, who have been receiving complaints from residents living near SCID, that he had devised a plan in ‘‘re- sponse to certain concerns manifested by One Percent of Cost neighborhoods and communities contin- gent to SCID” In a July 31 letter to Reps. Frank J. O’Connell Jr., George C. Hasay, Amos K. Hutchinson, and Anthony J. Scirica, the commissioner said he had recommended that an alarm system should be estab- lished with effectiveness to a two square mile area around the institution. “A rather elaborate and complex alarm system,’’ the commissioner wrote, “is being organized both in and around the Chase area. The fire companies, police departments and the institution it- self will, through a highly coordinated alarm system, sound the alarm of an es- cape at the institution in excess of a two- mile radius of the institution. Fire de- partments will synchronize a certain pat- tern for their siren which will be compati- ble to that of law enforcement as well as the institution signalling an escape. A si- ren is to be mounted upon a bureau ve- hicle which will be driven through the area around Meadow Lake which is usually not within hearing distance of or- dinary sirens. This system will be tested within the next several weeks in the Chase area using state police to monitor effective- ness. “Also,” the commissioner wrote, “an arrangement has been made with local neighbors that the institution will call selected numbers and they, in turn will make a series of calls which will permit the alerting of a large number of people in a short time. This program will be call- ed the Chain Phone System. (continued on PAGE SIXTEEN) Dallas Township Board of Supervisors at their Aug. 7 meeting, approved an in- crease in building permit fees. A fee of one percent of construction cost, will be charged for each permit issued by the township zoning officer, Leonard Kozick. This action was determined after the board agreed that small construction fees were not in line with large development fees. The new system will be based on the cost of each project instead of a flat rate as before. Atty. Paul Krohn represented Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gregory, Warren Drive, Dallas regarding a drainage problem in front of and on their property. The Gregorys at- tended the July meeting of the board and asked for help from the supervisors. Mr. and Mrs. Gregory were not in agreement and Mrs. John N. Conyngham, which with its 19-car garage and over 50 acres of sur- versity as a gift in 1964 by the executors of the estate. At the left, in the forefront, is “with the board’s offer of assistance and sought legal council. Chairman Phillip Walter told Atty. Krohn that if it meet with his clients’ approval, the road department would open a clogged drain pipe and clean out a ditch to help eliminate the problem. Roadm aster Fred Lamoreaux could not promise when work would begin because of a labor shortage and State deadlines. Atty. Krohn promised to discuss the matter with his clients and let the board know their decisions. Township Solicitor Frank Townend ela- borated on the requirements needed for the police pension fund. The board voted to grant full benefits to any man totally disabled on the job before his retirement was due. the engineer-classroom building dedicated in 1968 by the University. The large build- ing behind it is the newly-constructed science laboratory-classroom building which will be occupied and dedicated this fall.
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