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Robert F. Disque, Lehman,
chairman of the Pocono-North-
"east Resource Conservation and
Development (RC&D) Council,
has announced that the county
commissioners and conserva-
tion districts of Northeastern
Pennsylvania recently signed
an application for state and fed-
eral approval of a regional
RC&D project.
According to Mr. Disque,
RC&D projects are co-operative
arrangements within multi-
county areas designed to help
people take better care of their
natural resources, and at the
same time improve their com-
munity’s economy.
At a meeting of the Economic
Development Council of North-
eastern Pennsylvania (EDCN-
P). April 9, the Pocono-North-
east RC&D Council was formed
to guide the project, and Mr.
Disque was elected chairman.
Mr. Disque said that com-
mittees have been established
for each county and the region
to ‘identify regional problems,
objectives, and priorities in the
following areas: community
and economic development,
land use. water resources, re-
creation and tourism, agricul-
ture, environmental education,
and forestry. wildlife, and fish-
ery.
The following priority project
measures have been included in
the application: gypsy moth
eradication and educational
programs, including spray pro-
gram, biological control center,
and regional coordinator; re-
survey of a number of proposed
and previously studied small
watershed projects which are in
an inactive status, but which
show a favorable benefit cost
ratio;
mendations of strip mines need-
ing stabilization; promotion of
Susquehanna River Basin
Study; and eight other indivi-
dual county measures.
Mr. Disque said that some of
these projects are dependent
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which will result in the appoint-
ment by the Soil Conservation
Service of a project coordinator
and a secretary, and in the use
of U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture funds for certain types of
resource conservation projects.
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To Leave Force
Robert Kelley, Dallas, who
joined the Dallas Borough
police force several months ago
as a full-time pateelman, is -
leaving for another 4. Mr.
Kelley came to the local foree
with'very strong credentials, in-
cluding a college degree in law
and ‘‘big city’
police department ‘experience.
Those credentials were. re-
quired for, and landed him, a.
job with the Luzerne County
Bureau for the Aging, on its pro-
-tective services staff.
Borough Chief Ray Titus told
the Post. that Mr. Kelley had
been a very good man whom he
liked. In his probationary per:
jod assessment to borough:
council on Mr. Kelley's work,
issued several weeks ago, Chief
Titus gave the patrolman a very
complimentary report. "He re-
ferred: to the young officer’s
performance as. ‘‘excellent”
and ‘‘of the highest quality.”
The chief had often comment-
J emptied their tankers
: ly water fight which
tition.. The compahies pro-
a k ; Gallons of water ‘and spirited competition
marked the contests between: Back Mountain
fire companies at the recent Dallas Area Fall
Fair. Thousands. of gallons of: water came
from fire hoses as firemen tried to knock a
bucket off the distant fence. This and other
competition resulted in soaked firemen and
some wet spectators. To the delight of the
ed on the professional, clear and
concise way Mr. Kelley filled
out accident and arrest reports.
Mr. Kelley, a Dallas Senior
High School class of ’67 grad-
uate, is presently serving out
his last week as a borough
policeman. .
ter eonipetition next year.
1 by the
ions to raise’ money.
| Ultra-Modern First National Bank
Houses Financial Computer Center
“the realization of a
vk Mountain medical. facility:
The operations center of the
First National Bank of Eastern
Pennsylvania, South and South
Washington Streets, Wilkes-
Barre, is an ultra-modern
structure housing the fifth
largest financial computer
center in the state and the
largest in Northeastern Penn-
sylvania. It is part of the
Wilkes-Barre Redevelopment
- Authority’s State Street Urban
Renewal Project.
The First National performs a
wide variety of banking op-
erations for both ‘‘on-line”’ and
“off-line’’ customers. On-line
means that information is sent
to and from the computer over
telephone lines, while off-line
operations call for the infor-
mation to be processed through
punch cards, magnetic tapes
and MICR (magnetic ink
character recognition).
Some of the bank’s services
include demand deposits,
savings, installment loans,
certificates of deposit, general
ledger, mortgages, Christmas
club, vacation club and
checking account recon-
Cancer Society Rep
Speaks to Rotarians
The program for the Dallas
Rotary meeting of Sept. 20
included a talk by Patricia
McCole, representative of the
Luzerne: County Unit of the
American Cancer Society. Miss
MeCole explained that cancer is
the second leading cause of
death, and that many of those
deaths could be avoided, with
early detection and treatment.
Miss McCole, who was chosen
Miss Hope for 1973, explained
that the purpose behind the
entire cancer program is to
educate everyone so that they
can recognize the warning signs
of cancer. and know how to
combat the disease.
She pointed out that weinen
are more willing to have
‘periodic examinations than are
men. She urged Rotary men to
have examinations.
President Mert Jones read
Morton and Darrell Smith. Both
men are leaving Rotary as a
result of changing job respon-
sibilities. President Jones asked
all Rotarians to consider good
prospects for replacing the
vacancies left by the two men.
Names of prospects should be
submitted to Bill Shaner,
secretary.
Kiwanis and Rotary members
spent an afternoon of golfing at
the recent inter-club golfing af-
fair.
Dove on Wire
Not Fair Game
The Pa. Game Commission
holds that there is nothing
sporting about blasting away
with a shotgun at birds perched
on wires. Sportsmen take doves
on the wing. either in pass or
jump shooting.
the very real danger. expense
and hardship or inconvenience
‘that accompanies interruption
of electrical. telephone. TV or
other service through a
cable. Prosecution and severe
‘can result from
Tt
ciliation.
The bank handles payrolls for
more than 350 businesses and
firms in and around the
Wyoming Valley. Other
customer services include
school * district budgetary ac-
counting, hospital accounting,
inventory reporting, inventory
pricing, budgetary accounting,
accounts receivable, sales and
cost analysis, commission
earned report, pension ac-
counting, accounts payable,
vacation fund accounting and
hotel accounting.
The new center is in operation
from 8 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m.
Saturdays, and is manned by a
ficers.
In addition to the computer
department, the operations
center houses the bank’s
customer service, key punch,
proof and transit, bookkeeping
and central file departements.
The center’s building features
a completely fireproof exterior,
a parking level and two op-
erating levels. The operational
hardware consists of five free
standing computers.
The first floor computer room
is isolated by thermal and
moisture seals in order to
maintain a- temperature of 72
degrees Fahrenheit, with a 50
percent relative humidity.
These critical conditions must
be controlled very closely in
order to maintain the temper-
ature within plus or minus one
degree Fahrenheit and the
relative humidity at plus or
minus five percent.
The electrical and mechan-
signed so that barring total
power failure, any failure
within the system can be com-
pensated for.” Every piece of
machinery in the mechanical
room has a back-up.
The building is 100 percent
protected by a fire protection
system, which is zoned in order
that all maintenance personnel
can locate the trouble area very
quickly. As with all other
systems in the building, there is
a back-up system for the auto-
matic fire extinguishing
system.
The B-3500 system is the
computer center's newest and
largest computer. It was in-
stalled early in 1971 and was
turned over to the bank in the
middle of this year. It can pro-
cess over 10 jobs at the same
time, and during ‘on-line’
hours averages fivelprograms
operating at all times.
The B-273 section . of
computer . room - houses: four
separate = computers that
provide complete backup for all
applications that are processed.
Work arrives at the center
between the hours of 8 a.m. and
10 ‘p.m., is processed and
returned by armoured carrier,
U.S. mail, or hand delivery by
bank couriers. Work for, the
financial institutions arrives at
night and is processed and re-
turned by the next morning to
locations as far away as Bing-
hamton, N.Y.
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At the September board
meeting of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library, Sue Davern,
librarian, reported that Mrs.
Edward Johnson, Mt. Airy
Road, Trucksville, had ‘been
hired by the personnel ‘com-
mittee to replace Fran Rine-
hart, who recently resigned as
assistant librarian. Mrs. John-
son, the former Betsy Thomas;
is a graduate of Keuka College
where she majored in art.
Mrs. Davern also reported
that there were 3,414 books cir-
culated to adults; 2,162 to juven-
iles, and 3,019 students borrow-
ed books for the month of
August. Seventy-nine new bor-
rowers were added to the lib-
vary registrations. Thirty child-
ren met the summer reading re-
quirements to qualify for read-
ing certificates. Mrs. Charles
Miner has volunteered to visit
five “shut-ins’ and take books
from the library to them as
needed.
Homer Moyer, president, an-
nounced that a check for $200
had been received from Henry
Zbiek on behalf of the Jackson
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Township Federal Revenue
Sharing Funds.
1974 ‘auction chairman, the
dates for the 1974 Library Auc-
tion will be July 12, 13 and 14.
Merton Jones announced that
a ‘membership meeting will be
held immediately following the
October board meeting. It is
necessary for members to ap-
prove two proposed changes in
the library charter. The first
emption, and the second is to
define the municipalities to ‘be
served by the library.
Carl Goeringer, building and
grounds chairman, was in-
structed to obtain bids for re-
paving the driveway beside the
main library building, and: to
proceed with this work as soon
as possible. The board also ap-
proved his estimate for placing
a rain gutter across the back of
the refreshment stand.
It ‘is as great a point’ of
wisdom to hide ignorance, as to
discover knowledge.
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Chief Titus, who noted that he
was happy that the young man
was able to land a better job,
said that he and Sev Newberry,
the only other full-time officer,
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