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Dallas School board director
Patricia Gregory questioned
the number of conferences and
clinics attended by the teachers
and supervisory staff at the
October board meeting last
Tuesday night. The board had
approved 17 such conferences
and clinics for October as
recommended by district
superintendent Dr. Linford
Werkheiser.
Mrs. Gregory suggested that
a limit be placed on the number
of meetings each teacher and
staff member attends and that a
financial report be made to the
board as to what was spent this
An interested taxpayer posed
a question about the number of
conferences and reported that
she had noted at least $300.27
was paid by the board in Sep-
tember for meetings. She also
noted that $109 was spent for a
basketball clinic attended by
coach Joseph O’Donnell. The
resident asked if the teachers
couldn’t share some of the ex-
penses or if the conferences
could be screened more care-
fully so that only certain
teachers attend each one.
When a teacher is absent
from school to attend such a
conference, the cost of a substi-
tute teacher must be borne by
the district in addition to the ex-
penses incurred, and most of
the time travel allowances are
also made, she reported.
Mrs. Gregory suggested that
a tightening of the conference
belt might be in order so that a
1975 tax raise could be mini-
mized. She also asked for a total
of the amount of money spent on
conferences for the year.
Dr. Werkheiser replied that
the board agreed with Mrs.
Gregory, and that he also felt
that something had to be done.
He felt that teachers in the dis-
trict who attended these
sessions came away with some-
thing for their pupils, but
agreed that not all of them were
beneficial. He added that yome
of the meetings are state man-
dated in order to explain the
changes or new rulings in
education. Dr. Werkheiser
stated that some action would
be considered by the board on
the matter.
It was reported that 10 high
school studenfs are attending
Lehman Campus.
The cafeteria report indicated
that cheese, rice, lunch meat,
peanut butter and ground beef
were received from the govern-
ment in September.
Joseph Rakshys was ap-
pointed industrial arts teacher
and also instructor for the
Student Smoking Clinic.
Director Ernest Ashbridge init-
iated a discussion on the possi -
bility of a nurse instructing the
smoking class. Dr. Werkheiser
replied that Mr. Rakshys had
done research on the smoking
subject and was well able to in-
struct but that a nurse would
also be contacted about partici-
pating.
Mr. Ashbridge voted against
Mr. Rakshys being appointed
smoking instructor and Mrs.
Gregory abstained from voting.
The other five members voted
in favor of the recommendation
naming Mr. Rakshys.
Arno Miller was named boys
volleyball coach in the senior
high school.
Six bus drivers were ap-
pointed for the coming year and
Mrs. Gregory warned that
according to law, all bus drivers
must be approved before the
beginning of the school year.
Dr. Werkheiser stated that a
complete list would be made up
next year before the beginning
of school so that all drivers
would be approved prior to
opening day.
Beverly Bunny, Shavertown,
was approved as a kindergarten
teacher. Leona Mikina, Shaver-
town, and Elaine Weaver were
approved as substitute
teachers.
Two students from ' College
Misericordia and six from
Wilkes College were also ap-
proved to do their practice
teaching in the district under
cooperating district teachers.
Contracts were awarded to
Jansen Industries for stage
drapes, $1,896.; L.L. Richard-
son, for club cab truck, $7,500;
Leader Paint Store for com-
mercial carpeting $1,475, and
Roberts and Meck Inc.
$3,959.67 for school furniture.
Athletic committee chairman
William Dierolf moved that the
board change their decision on
limiting the practice time for
teams and allow the coaches to
make the decision as to the
time. The motion was carried.
Mr. Dierolf also moved for the
following appointments: Lou
Issacs, assistant senior wrest-
ling coach; Dave Jones, assist-
ant senior basketball coach, and
Larry Griffiths, assistant junior
high school basketball coach.
The board approved.
by Doug Lowenstein
Post’s Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON—A House
Agriculture Committee report
has seriously questioned
whether the American farmers
can produce food in sufficient
quantity to stave off a world
future.
The skeptical report comes at
“a time when the farmer is being
urged from all directions—
including the White House—to
plunge forward with greater
production.
The problem in production
lies not with the farmer, ac-
cording to the report, but rather
with the huge jump in global
population that has outstripped
the world farm community’s
capacity to produce. And
production, the report says, is
hampered by technological in-
adequacies that must be
corrected if a crisis is to be
avoided.
“Unless present trends in
population growth and food pro-
duction are significantly
altered, a food crisis that will
have the potential to affect
life will hit with more impact
74,” the report warns.
The report, by the subcom-
mittee on Departmental Opera-
tions is entitled Malthus and
America. It avoids specific
policy recommendations but its
pages are rife with grim
statistics of a nation and a world
being trampled by its own
expansion. Malthus was a 19th
Century economist known for
his pessimistic economic views.
The report calls for greater
population planning and distri-
bution. It says that world
consumption has expanded by
2.5 percent annually while
working food stocks worldwide
have declined to below 100
million metric tons, the level
generally associated with
shortages and higher prices.
“The world is now in a situa-
tion of extreme vulnerability. In
1973 and 1974 world reserve
capabilities in relation to
consumption needs have fallen
far below any previous level in
the postwar era, plummeting
from the equivalent of 95 days of
world consumption in 1961 to
only 26 days in 1974.”
The supply problem is further
compounded by shortages of
just about everything needed to
produce food—water, fertilizer,
energy and land.
Thus, it « says, ‘‘the
inescapable conclusion is that
food production from the 3.5
billion acres currently under
cultivation must be
dramatically increased if mass
starvation of many of the
world’s citizens is to be
avoided.” f
Yet, there has been ‘an
inability to achieve tech-
nological breakthroughs’’ in the
production system that would
increase food supplies, the
report says.
For example, agricultural
scientists have not developed a
way to produce more than one
calf per.cow per year..Nor have
they developed a way to sig-
nificantly increase soybean
yields per acre.
Part of the problem is money.
Since 1966, . the research
capacity of State Agriculture
Experiment Stations (SAES)
has been reduced by the
equivalent of 197 scientist-man
years as a result of reduced
funding.
“Our agricultural research
effort has been decreased by six
to eight percent during a time
when world food and fiber
supplies were being reduced to
says the report.
To spur technological ad-
vances the report recommends
a renewed committment to
agricultural research.
“Specifically, food and feed-
grain production research and
research on livestocks, fruits,
vegetables, forestry, soil and
land use.”
“More funds simply have to
be made available to SAES,
land-grant universities and the
Cooperative Extension Ser-
vice.”
Company
Exxon
Texaco
Mobil
Standard, Calif.
Gulf
Indiana Standard
(Amoco)
Shell
Sun Oil
Continental
Phillips
Occidental
Cities Service
Ashland
Marathon
Sohio
1973 1st Half
$1,020.0 Million
531.6
340.0
335.0
360.0
1,050.0
626.0
578.0
540.0
242.5
169.8
97.6
99.2
89.8
31.9
67.3
60.4
40.7
59.8
469.0
246.4
218.2
209.6
204.7
160.4
122.6
85.7
80.8
72.9
Percentage
Increase
33
97
84
73
50
106
45
124
111
128
403
82
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Justin Bergman Jr., national
campaign chairman of Wyo-
ming Seminary’s ‘Program for
Progress’, announced leaders
of the organization at the recent
fall meeting of the Kingston
prep school’s board of trustees.
“Program for Progress” is a
Seminary financial campaign
designed to underwrite a
comprehensive development
plan. That plan includes new
construction, modernization of
present facilities and faculty
salary endowment.
Mr. Bergman, Trucksville, a
Seminary trustee since 1968,
told the board that he has met
with extraordinary success in
the enlistment of leadership
personnel. Everyone he has
asked has accepted.
Mr. Bergman noted that the
chairman of the board of
trustees, Frank M. Henry,
Dallas, and trustee John N.
Conyngham III, Shavertown,
will serve as co-chairmen of a
Leadership Gifts Committee.
Trustee Stanford L. Weiss,
Dallas, will serve as chairman
of Special Gifts and trustee
Charles B. Kanarr, Harveys
Lake, will be General Gifts
chairman.
The national chairman
reported that the ‘Program for
Progress” Steering Committee
would include these four chair-
men, plus the following:
Theodore Abbott, Forty Fort;
Edward Boltz Jr., Dallas;
Charles Bufalino Jr., Pittston;
Mrs. Edward Darling, King-
ston; Charles Epstein, Hunts-
ville; Larry Hollander,
Kingston; Thomas Kiley,
Trucksville; Robert Klarsch,
Kingston; Dr. C. Warren Koehl
Jr., Dallas; John Magagna,
Trucksville;
Dallas; Louise Moore, Dallas;
John E. Morris III, Dallas;
Janis Kiwak, Wyoming
Seminary Day School art in-
structor, recently announced
winners in the school’s ecology
poster contest for fifth through
eighth graders.
First prize in the Forty Fort
school contest was earned by
Pamela Mazur, Pittston, eighth
grade, for her watercolor
landscape entitled ‘Let the
Evaluation
(continued from PAGE ONE)
Boyer, Lebanon Catholic High
School, Lebanon, physical ed-
ucation; Alfred W. Barratt,
science, Danville Sr. High
School, Danville;
Roy S. Underhill, Exeter
Township High School, Reiffton,
Reading, and ‘Lenox L. Reid,
principal, Hamburg Area Jr.-
Sr. High School, Hamburg, soc-
ial studies; William E. Printz,
guidance, Blue Ridge High
School, New Milford; Debra
Zettlemoyer, educational media
services, Pleasant Valley Jr.-
Sr. High School, Broadhead-
sville.
6 ° 9
Fix It
(continued from PAGE ONE)
PennDOT. PennDOT asked for
the report more than a month
ago but the authority will not
send it in until they are convin-
ced the company is sincere in
fixing the damage.
Mr. Leandri said he would
call a special meeting of the
authority to formulate the re-.
port. All contractors who do
work for PennDOT must peri-
odically submit a list of work
they have done to keep up their
eligibility with the agency.
In other business, it was re-
people in the borough who have
not hooked up to the sewer. The
authority agreed to have the
secretary send a letter to coun-
cil recommending the hookup
fee be raised from $125 to $250.
Several residents at the meet-
ing questioned whether a dup-
lex home would have to pay two
sewer rentals. Authority mem-
bers said they did as the billing
was done on a unit basis - a unit
being one family. Duplex homes
were allowed to use a single line
to hook into the system but must
pay two annual fees.
The authority said residents
will be expected to pay $99 each
to retire the bonds and an addi-
tional $24.50 each year to the
Wyoming Valley Sanitary
Authority for treatment of the
sewage.
Authority members said
there would be some fluctuation
in the amounts of the Wyoming
Valley bills depending on when
each unit hooked into the sewer.
Those who hooked up early will
have a higher bill because of the
longer amount of time they
have used the system.
The authority paid the follow-
ing bills: $7,000 to B.G. Kuhn for
general construction work;
$21,900 to Wyoming Sand and
Stone for paving of roads; $100
to solicitor Arthur Piccone for
legal work on easements and
rights of way; $500 to the
Borough of Luzerne for secre-
tarial services and inspection of
hookups; a $350 bill to Glace
and Glace for supervision of
construction and another Glace
bill for $1,050 for inspections.
The Glace representative also
submitted a bill for $270 from
Plescott Electric which he re-
commended the authority table
until the company submitted
their final closing papers.
Rebirth of Cleanliness.”
Second prize honors went to
the joint effort of seventh
graders Beth Repa, Kingston;
and Connie Jones, Trucksville.
The girls put together an
ingenious water color-collage,
with animated animals, entitled
“Insecticide Can Be
Homocide.”
“Don’t Let Pollution Take
Over the World-Throw your
Trash Away” was the title of
the 3-D collage effort of Fran
Lumia, Bear Creek eighth
grader. Fran won the third
prize.
The contest is part of a
. Wyoming Seminary Day School
cleanliness-ecology program,
which has seen seventh and
eighth grade pupils take on
specific jobs to keep their
school and school grounds
clean.
Charles Nelson, Kingston;
Betsy Parkhurst, Kingston;
William Robbins, Kingston;
Harry B. Schooley Jr., Dallas;
Dr. Wallace F. Stettler,
Kingston; Robert Tippett,
Trucksville; and William
Umphred, Dallas.
The Steering Committee,
representatives of the Seminary
parents, trustees, faculty,
alumni, staff and the business
community, will provide
direction and leadership for the
“Program for Progress.”
It is expected that when the
recently begun enlistment pro-
gram is completed, the cam-
paign organization will include
approximately 350 persons.
Penn State to Hold
Income Tax Course
The annual Farm Income Tax
and Social Security Short
Course is scheduled for Dec. 9-
13 at the main campus of Penn
State University.
County agent E. V. Chadwick
announces that the short course
has been completely revised for
1974. It was lengthened to pro-
vide the opportunity to review
the extensive changes made in
tax laws, rulings and proce-
dures.
The program will begin Mon-
day afternoon and conclude Fri-
day noon. Discussion subjects
will include taxable income and
expenses, depreciation, invest-
ment credit, special tax report-
ing, partnership and corportion
reporting and installment sales.
One session will cover the
Pennsylvania State Tax, inheri-
tance tax and the tax and rent
relief program.
Course outlines and registra-
tion forms can be obtained at
the Agricultural Extension Of-
fice, Courthouse Annex, 5 Water
St., Wilkes-Barre.
Advance registration is
necessary for those wishing to
attend this short course.
The Back Mountain ‘Environ-
mental Group will sponsor their
regular Recycling Drive Oct.
26, between 9 a.m. and 12 noon
at the Shavertown Methodist
Church upper parking lot, Pion-
eer Avenue, Shavertown.
Clear, green and brown glass
and magazines, newspapers
and cardboard will be collected.
No metal will be accepted.
Please have glass clean and
with all metal removed and
have papers and magazines tied
in bundles or placed in paper
bags for easier handling.
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Oct. 26
Proceeds) from . the group’s
recycling drives will be used for
environmental improvement
projects in the Back Mountain
area.
The Back Mountain Environ-
mental Group is composed of
representatives from various
service clubs in the area and
other interested residents. Any-
one can join.
For more information please
call Mrs. Alan Landis.
The group’s next Recycling
Drive will be held the last
Saturday in December.
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Oct. 26
Patriot Brotherhood of America will hold their monthly dinner
meeting at Esther’s Restaurant, Beaumont. :
Oct. 26 ;
Harveys Lake Yacht Club will hold their annual Cups and
Flags Award Dinner at the Continental Inn, Luzerne-Dallas
Highway. “Pay as you go’’ cocktail hour begins at 6:30 p.m. and
dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 26
Back Mountain Environmental Group will sponsor a recycling
drive from 9 a.m. to noon at the parking lot of the Shavertown
United Methodist Church.
Oct. 26
Small game season begins in Pennsylvania.
Oct. 26 »
Huntsville United Methodist Church will oon ‘a baked
chicken supper beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the church.
Oct. 27—
A Flea Market sponsored by the Lehman Volunteer Fire
Company will be held at the Lehman Horse Show Grounds,
Route 118.
Oct. 27
Back Mountain Junior Football Cowboys will play Plains at
Plains with the kickoff slated for 2:30 p.m.
Oct. 27 ? L
St. Therese’s Altar and Rosary Society, Shavertown, will
sponsor a ‘Get Acquainted Tea” from 3 to 5 p.m. in the church
auditorium.
Oct. 27
Annual Kiwanis Back Mountain Halloween Parade. Line will
form at the Dallas Township School at1 p.m.
Oct. 28
Luzerne Cout
Luzerne County Senior Citizens will hold a birthday covered
dish luncheon beginning at noon at the Mercy Center, College
Misericordia.
Oct. 31
Luzerne County Senior Citizens Club will hold a Halloween
Party from 1 to 3 p.m. at Mercy Center, College Misericordia.
Nov. 2 and 3 R
Wilkes-Barre Chapter of Hadassah will hold their 13th Annua
Art Exhibition at the Jewish Community Center, Wf Barre.
The exhibition will open at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 and from‘noon until
10 p m. Nov. 3.
Nov. 6
Prince of Peace Holiday Bazaar will be held at the church
from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Nov. 2
Dorcas Society of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shavertown,
will hold a Crafts Fair and Bake Sale from 10a.m. to4 p.m.
Nov. 6
The Senior Citizens have planned a trip to Longwood Gardens.
Nov. 8-10
A “Marriage Encounter’ will be held at the Host. Motel,
Wilkes-Barre.
Nov. 14
The Senior Citizens have organized a trip to see the Little
Theatre porduction of ‘Promises, Promises’. Make reserva-
tions now with the Senior Citizens Center, Dallas, for the play
and dinner.
Nov. 21 i
AAA Motor Club will sponsor a “Defensive Driverg urse’” at
1035 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, free of charge. Rsidents of
Towanda, Montrose, Tunkhannock, Carbondale, Honesdale,
Plymouth, Kingston, Forty Fort, Mountaintop, Wyoming,
Pittston, and Back Mountain are invited to attend.
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