BOX 336
Photo by Kurt Weidner
IOWA 52540
by Kurt Weidner
“I heard a big commotion several
hugired yards back in the woods. A cou-
pleé¥minutes later I heard her coming -
heading for the swamp. She was about 100
yards away. I found her in the scope and
stopped her on the edge of the swamp.”
Thomas Space, Noxen, shot the 130 1b.
bear last Monday morning about 11:30.
tool in this area for deer hunters - a slide-
action 30-06. He put a 180 grain bullet be-
hind the bear’s front shoulder. When he
approached the bear, probably a minute
later, a slight movement indicated to Mr.
Space that the beer was still alive. He fin-
ished her with a shot from his side arm in
the neck.
None of the four successful bear huni-
ers we talked to gave us any profound in
formation on exactly how one goes about
hunting bears. They nad all been hunting
sevawal times before but had never spied
r the season,
You've got to go where you know there
are bears,” Mr. Space said. “I was post-
ed on some ledges where I could see the
wap, with a big field of fire, just like
deer hunting. Some guys further down
took seven or eight shots at her and she
ran into me.’
Mr. Space was huntifts by Diamond
es north of Noxen in Wyoming County. He
had seen bear in the area on eight differ-
ent occasions in about 12 years of hunt-
ing.
It is interesting to note that the four
were all highly successful deer hunters.
Mr. Space has never missed getting a
deer since he started hunting, and all but
one or two were bucks.
Thomas Raskiewicz, Church Street,
Larksville, is another successful deer
hunter who got a bear this year. In 19
Leer Hunters
Take 5,800
On First Day
Initial reports indicate 5,800 deer were
taken in the 13 county Northeast District
of Pennsylvania, despite cold and windy
weather mixed with snow and rain for the
first day of antlered deer season.
Game Commission officials at the
Northeast District headquarters at
Dal§ 5 said the first day figures were
comparable to the number taken on the
first day last year.
Although it is too early to draw any
conclusions, Game Commission officials
said the comparable kill figures could be
due to an increased number of hunters in
the field. In other words, there were more
hunters in the field, but the bad weather
caused some to quit early, keeping the
kill down to last year’s figures.
Game Commission officials in Harris-
burg estimated there would be 850,000
hunters in the field the first day.
In the southwest portion of the state
hunters were hampered by 12 to 18 inches
of snow.
Deer hunters had various opinions on
the rain and snow and their effects on the
deer. A consensus seemed to be that in
in thick cover such as hemlock, usually
on the side of a hill that protects them
from the wind.
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years of deer hunting he shot 17 bucks
always hunt the whole first week of deer
season,’’ he said.
He has been going out in bear season
for the last several years ‘‘but I never
year.”
Mr. Raskiewicz and his nephew, Mark
Shumbris, Dallas, planned to use the day
in woods to locate a good spot to hunt
deer. ‘‘I never imagined I'd get a bear,”
he said.
Mr. Raskiewicz was also posted by a
swamp. It was snowing off and on all day.
“All of a sudden a big bear ran out. I put
the scope up but the thing was fogged. I
tried to sight over it, took two shots and
missed clean. It disappeared over a rid-
ge. I went running up the ridge to see if I
could catch sight of it again, cleaning the
scope on the way,” he said.
Mr. Raskiewicz and his nephew, who
was also on the ridge by that time, decid-
ed to try to chase the bear back. Mark
stayed there while Mr. Raskiewicz start-
ed making a circle. When he got near the
swamp again another bear ran out and he
shot it in the chest from about 50 yards
away. This bear weighed 125 lbs.
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VOL. 85 NO. 49 -
The Jackson Township Planning
Commission met Nov. 25 to consider the
plan proposed by James Veras, president
of V.P. Associates, for the sub-division of
the recently acquired Bulford Farm on
Sutton Road. The farm measures ap-
proximately 181 acres and Mr. Veras ex-
ing sites ranging in size from 1% acres to
over five acres.
All roads planned for the development
will be 18 feet wide and the homes will be
set back atleast 60 feet. All of the utilities
will be underground. Each home will
have an individual well and septic
system. In compliance with the Depart-
ment of Environmental Resources, 16
percent of the sites were tested for on-site
septic tanks and only two lots were found
to require an alternate system of sewage
treatment.
Mr. Veras showed the members of the
commission pictures of the homes which
he intends to construct on the property.
He emphasized that there is nothing
comparable to this plan in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
The planning commission 1 voted unani-
mously to recommend to the supervisors
of Jackson Township the acceptance of
the VP. Associates’ sub-division plan as
presented to them.
The planning commission also heard a
presentation by Donald Smith, president,
and James O’Boyle, planner, of Smith
Miller and Associates. Mr. O’Boyle des-
cribed the services which the firm could
provide to compile a Comprehensive
Master Plan for Jackson Township. He
also spoke about implementation of the
Master Plan. A new zoning ordinance and
sub-division ordinance would be written,
The Swoyersville Planning Committee
is seeking citizen response to the first dr-
aft of a proposed subdivision ordinance
for the borough. A meeting will be held at
the borough building Dec. 11 at 7:30 and
the first draft will be made public. -
Because the borough does not have its
own ordinance it presently comes under
The first trumpet of Christmas, so to
speak, will sound Friday evening at Col-
lege Misericordia as the college again
presents the annual Christmas Madrigal
Dinner.
Complete with traditional holiday
feast, madrigal singers, wandering min-
strels, page boys, and heralds, the madri-
gal will transport its guests back to a
Christmas celebration of 16th century
England. Everyone will be ‘lords and
ladies in this hall,’’ as the herald says, for
at least a few hours as they enjoy what
has become one of the holiday highlights
of the community.
Liveried page boys will escort guests to
their tables amid a setting taken from the
pages of old England’s history. Merrick
Hall will be transformed to a great hall of
an English manor house for the Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday evening perfor-
mances, complete with torches, boughs
of holly, and authentic coats of arms.
Before the madrigal begins, the Pro
Musica Antiqua will set the mood with
period carols. Then a trumpet fanfare
will announce the madrigal singers who
carol and curtsy, bow and greet their way
The herald is next, describing the even-
ing that is about to be experienced, pro-
mising ‘““an exeeding good and sumptuous
feast of rarest sort in the tradition, as I
have heard once, of old and merrie
England, a YuT&tid® tradition of Christ-
mas cheer and feasting where all will
seek to please your gracious selves with
bright song-mirth.”
From that point on, the guests will en-
joy/a holiday experience not available
anywhere else in this ‘area. Dinner will be
Wassail cup, penzance prime rib de boeuf
au jus, Yorkshire pudding, Canterburie
carrots in honie, Winchester chef salade,
ding, rare spiced tea, and cotiee from ye
‘newe colonies.
During dinner, wandering minstrels
will entertain each table, and following
the feast, the madrigal singers will pre-
sent a concert of period carols from
England, Spain, and France.
Finally, the singers will leave the hall,
wishing the guests a “Merry Christmas,”’
as the herald bids, ‘‘Sweet Thames, run
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Santa Claus
In Back Min.
Every Sunday
Every Sunday afternoon from now until
Christmas, Santa Claus will be in the
Back Mountain area to visit with the
children. Assisted by Frosty The Snow-
man, Santa has set up his workshop on
the front porch of the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Perks on Mount Olivet Road,
about one mile from the entrance of
Frances Slocum State Park. From 2 p.m.
until 4 p.m. each Sunday, Santa will
distribute candy canes to all the ‘kids’
who can also talk with Frosty.
Children who address letters to Santa
at his temporary workshop will receive a
personal, handwritten reply from Santa.
Write to: Santa, Box 210, RD 3, Wyoming,
Pa., and enclose a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
Mr. and Mrs. Perks began helping
Santa in December, 1972 after the flood
when they presented a free show for 1200
ing year they presented the Christmas
show at the Nanticoke Area High School
for 1400 children. This year they have
decorated their porch as Santa’s home
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the minimum restrictions offered in the
county ordinance,
Council president Joseph ‘Piazza told
assembled borough residents and council
at Monday’s council meeting that “up to
this point developers have been getting
away with murder in this town. They do
the absolute minimum work on the roads
and then the borough has to use town tax
money to straighten out the mess.”
He mentioned several areas in town
where this situation was prevalent and
cited Birch Village as a prime example.
“The developers make money hand ov-
er fist on these projects,” Mr. Piazza
said, “from now on they are going to have
to comply with the ordinance, submit
plans for a complete development, and
then we can make them live up to it.”
Council expects to have the ordinance
in effect shortly after the first of the year.
At the meeting, borough solicitor And-
rew Puhak was instructed to meet with
Pagnotti Coal Co. attorneys to draw up a
deed for purchase of Roosevelt Park. The
Redevelopment Authority will pay
$55,800 for a portion of the property and
the coal company will donate the rest.
Deadline for state and federal funds for
the purchase is Dec. 16.
Mr. Piazza read the first draft of the
borough’s 1975 budget at the meeting.
The budget will total $325,748. A copy of
the draft is now available for public sc-
rutiny at the controllers office in the bor-
ough building.
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TWENTY CENTS
based on the Master Plan, and tailored to
the needs of Jackson Township. He indi- |
cated that ‘‘existing land uses’’ could be
made to comply with the new ordinance
when they are passed. ;
Mr. Smith advised the commission. that
his firm would submit a price estimgfe |
for Mr. O’Boyle’s proposals in the 3
future. ;
The next meeting of the planning |
commission will be held Dec. 16 at 7:30
p.m. at the fire hall in Jackson Township. |
Supervisors
A special meeting of the Jackson Town-
ship Supervisors was held Nov. 25 to con-
sider the recommendation of the plann-
ing commission to accept the sub-division
plan presented by James Veras, presi- |
dent of V.P. Associates, for the Sevelop- {
ment of the Bulford Farm. :
A letter from Ray Radomski, toWwlishin oh
engineer, indicated tht Mr. Veras bas
agreed to comply with ail towntap)
regulations concerning construction and a
maintenance of roads planned for the
subdivision. Mr. Radomski also noted
that the township expects to widen and §
pave Township Route 720, better known
as Bulford’s Road which disects the
development, within about two years in
order to handle the increased flow of
traffic on that road. : i
A letter from the Luzerne County
Planning Commission stated that the
plan had been reviewed by them and they
could find no conflict with any water or
sewage plans they have for the county.
Robert Culp, township zoning officer,
also approved the plan.
Oscar Schnell asked if the ‘“‘cap sewer
ordinance’ which has been proposed by
have any effect on this plan. Mr, Veras |
stated that the state law provides that a
well and a sewerage system can be puton |
a lot if it is one acre. His lots will be at
least 1%2 acres and as much as five acres. |
John Filip, chairman of the Jackson
Township Sewer Authority, expressed the
opinion that ‘‘Jackson Township has a
poor record for on-site sewage systems’’.
Felix Niedjaco, chairman of the super-
visors, took exception to this statement.
He said, “Since Robert Culp has been the
zoning officer and making inspections,
we have had no failures of on-site sewage
systems’’. He also pointed out that there
is now an alternate system or ‘turkey
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An all-time record fourth quarter
dividend of 25 cents per share has been
declared by the board of directors of the
United Penn Corporation. The dividend is
payable Jan. 6, 1975 to stockholders of
record as of Dec. 20.
“This is the highest dividend to be
dispersed in the history of the corpora-
tion,”’ said Robert L. Jones, president of
Penn Bank. ‘It represents an increase of
11.1 percent over the fourth quarter
dividend of 1973 and reflects earnings for
corporation’s history.”
Briefly reviewing major mile posts of
1974 saw United Penn's entry into the
7%
sik |
the acquisition of The Miners Bank and
Trust Company of West Hazleton. /
“Most recently,” he remarked, ‘we
were the innovators of a major new
program to combat inflation, when we
launched our Anti-Inflation Moneysavers
(AIM) campaign, in co-operation with
hundreds of area merchants.
“We enter the new year with our
momentum of growth undiminished, our |
resources at an all-time high, and our
faith in the future unlimited.” :
Additionally, the boards of directors of
United Penn Bank, Wilkes-Barre, and
West Side Bank, Scranton, have mutually
agreed to terminate plans for the
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