* VOL. 84 NO. 35 FIFTEEN CENTS THURSDAY AUGUST 30, 1973 A Greenstreet News Co. Publication Lake-Lehman schools will open as scheduled, Sept. 5, in the face of a threat- ened strike by the district school teachers, the Lake-Lehman school board decided last week. The decision to resume classes despite the possible strike, the Post has learned, follows close on the heels of the Lake- Lehman Education Association’s latest rejection of the board’s revised contract A prima facie case has been found against William H. Mainwaring, 26, on charges of possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana and manufacture of marijuana at his mother’s home at Huntsville Dam. Magistrate Leonard Beach Association To Hold Annual Fireworks Show The Harveys Lake Beach Association will sponsor its annual fireworks display at Sunset Sept. 2, at 9 p.m. The display is one of the largest in the -area and is put on each year in conjunc- tion with the Harveys Lake Yacht Club Torchlight Parade. The affair marks the end of gthe summer season at Harveys Lake. A magnificent sight takes place when the sailboats, with red lights spotlighting their sails, circle in the water in the Sun- set area while the fireworks are set off above them. It is a highlight of the season in this resort area. A band will entertain on Sunset Beach from 7:30 to 9: 00 p.m. Music is furnished from a grant from the Musicians Union Trust Fund. The public is invited to witness the fire- works display and torchlight parade, and be entertained by music while waiting for the festivities to begin. The Harveys Lake Beach Association is composed of 200 members from Sunset and surrounding sections of Harveys Lake, Walter Murphy is president; Ger- trude Drury, vice president; Mary Kel- Harvey reported at the Aug. 21 hearing that he made the decision based on the testimony of prosecuting and complain- ing State Police officer Russell G. Bigus, of the Wyoming Barracks, Officer Bigus testified that Mr. Mainwaring admitted growing ‘‘a garden’’ at the home site and that cards identifying Mr. Mainwaring were found in the bedroom in which five grams of marijuana were found. Atty. Charles Lemmond, representing Mr. Mainwaring, was obviously surpris- ed and displeased with the decision. He had pointed out that others had slept in the bedroom since the last time Mr. Mainwaring had, at Christmas time. Mr. Mainwaring has an apartment at 23 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Lemmond also had emphasized that others had access to Mr. Mainwaring’s poorly-tend- ed garden of corn and other vegetables. Much of Officer Bigus’ case was based on his assertion that the Lehman Town- ship home, searched by him the morning of Aug. 14, was a residence of the defend- ant. He based that upon the fact that he found two credit cards and a social secur- ity card of Mr. Mainwaring in the bed- room. Atty. Lemmond asked the trooper to admit that he did not know if the credit cards had expired and that the ‘‘social se- curity card’ was in fact a copy of the real government-issued card. In his sum-up Mr. Lemmond noted that his parents have a room in their home called ‘‘Char- les’ room’’, which contains papers that would identify him. He indicated that if marijuana were found in that room, he would hope that he not be found guilty of possession. He reminded ‘the magisirate offer, made by the school board Friday night. The new contract offer provided teachers with a starting salary of $7,300 (representing an increase from $6,900) and adds an additional step to the salary schedule to insure a minimum increase of $400 to every teacher in addition, with most instructors needing an additional $300 to $400 increment because of state mandated rates. Other new items in this proposed con- tract included an increase from $5,000 to $7,500 in insurance coverage for each teacher, as well as an increase in the hourly rate for homebound summer school instructors to six dollars. A day off with pay was also provided for the presi- dent of the local Education Association to enable him to attend the annual state education conference. The vote to reject the new contract came after the teachers’ bargaining team, which is headed by John Oliver, decided to present the new proposal with- out recommendation of any kind to the Education Association. The vote was 43 to 24. Immediately after the contract was re- jected, school board representatives asked the teachers to submit the points of contention to ‘‘fact finding’’, a voluntary procedure provided by law to help resolve disputes before strikes arise. The educators refused, stating that they would submit the negotiations only to binding arbitration, a procedure which has never before been used in resolving teacher contract controversies. Contract negotiations, which have been ongoing at Lake-Lehman since January, have continued at an accelerated pace during the past month. The possibility of a teacher strike arose for the first time Aug. 21, when the Education Association, by a significant majority, rejected an earlier contract offer and voted to strike if their demands are not met by the board. Efforts were made to ascertain exactly what those demands were the following ,day. Charles Lemmond, school board solicitor, then suggested that ‘‘because the general members have vehemously feonimued on PAGE a GHTEEN, DALLAS, PA. FIFTEEN CENTS Some Dallas residents witnessed what they thought was a ‘mini twister’’ late Monday afternoon. However, according to the National Weather Service, it was an ‘‘intense thunderstorm with winds up to 50 mph.”” Thomas Wahl, weather offi- cer in charge, stated that to be of tornado strength, a storm must have 58 mph winds and be preceeded by a 34 inch hail storm. Other severe damage would also be visible, he said. Dallas Borough residents bore the brunt of the brief but violent storm. Lake Street was closed to traffic because of and the residences of Russel Stone and Charles Mayer on Lake Street suffered severe tree damage. The wind took a southeasterly, direc- tion, ripped off a large branch from a tree in front of the Dallas United Methodist Church, proceeded to Foster Street, Woodlawn Avenue and Mill Street. A number of large trees, nearly two feet in diameter, were blown over on the Monday evening power saws could be heard throughout the main section of Dallas as residents and workmen labored the road and electric wires which were pulled down. Rosary and Cartow Halls, by Russ Williams Approximately 75 persons were on hand Aug. 23 for the Kingston Township Zoning Board’s hearing of a variance request by Michael J. Kester, resident of the township. Mr. Kester wante his land, presently the sites of a HUD mobile home park, on Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, changed from an agricultural designa- tion to one which would allow him to establish the park on a private, rental basis. The majority of the township residents in attendance were strongly against a permanent mobile home park in the area. : Arguments, testified to, against the mobile home park included non-payment of township taxes and sewerage fees by the residents of the park; increased crime, traffic, schooling, water pressure and sanitation problems for the town- ship; plus a devaluation in the worth of nearby residences in the area. Mr. Kester, his attorney, Johnson, and witnesses from the mobile home park, argued that many of their problems, like crime, are the problems of all communities; that others, like sanita- exist; that others are being worked out, like reereation facilities for mobile home residents; and that tax and sewer fee problems are a result of the emergency nature of the mobile home park, and will disappear when the park becomes a permanent part of Kingston Township. A strong objection to acceptance of the park was raised by R. Spencer Martin, chairman of the Dallas Area Municipal In the first Dallas Borough council meeting in some time to be attended by all councilmen, Harold Brobst introduc- ed, and had passed, a motion to rescind a previously passed motion to hire a fourth patrolman for the borough. Councilmen William Newberry, Wil- liam Berti and Bob Brown argued last Tuesday night that a fourth policeman is needed because the three regular patrol- men now work upwards of 48 hours a week. During the vacation of Chief Titus, they argued, the others were working 72- hour weeks. ] Councilmen Brobst, Thomas, Jerry Machell and Bob Parry were of the opin- ion that the long hours were worked for extra pay, not out of necessity. They re- sponded that there are parttime officers who could take some extra hours. The three councilmen in favor of a fourth patrolman had passed the motion to hire one several meetings ago. Mr. Brobst and Mr. Machell were not present at that meeting. At an earlier meeting Mr. Brobst had charged councilman Brown with trying to ‘‘railroad’’ the fourth patrolman motion through. Mr. Brown, who had expressed sur- prise when the motion had earlier gained passage, was unhappy with the recent turn of events. Since Mr. Brobst’s motion had carried with it the stipulation that serted in a future budget for extra help Mr. Brown moved that no more money be tion committee, represented on council by Mr. Parry, has gone past its budget, with the approval of gounctl, and may his motion. Mr. Brobst argued that the pay, he stated, comes out of the regular budget, while most of the recreation funds came out of the borough’ S revenue sharing monies: (continued on PAGE NINE) Service Clubs For Fall Fair Members of the Dallas Rotary, Lions Club and Kiwanis spent their first even- Fall Fair Aug. 28. Two more nights of hard work should ready the Lehman Horse Show grounds on route 415, for the Sept. 7, 8 and 9 fair. Rides, displays, com- petitions and special entertainment fea- tures are expected to draw the biggest at- nually by 10,000 people. proceeds for civic projects in the Back Mountain. Four years ago the event had tance of the Dallas Lions and Kiwanis: Two years ago the fair group donated $12,000 to the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction to help establish its per- cal vonter for the Back Mountain ar Li a
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