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Photo by Fay Broody
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By Shawn Murphy
The Lake-Lehman School Directors
approved the names of 103 seniors for
graduation at its regular monthly
meeting May 13, noting that an ad-
ditional 19 students may be approved
if academic deficiencies are
satisfactorily met and poor at-
tendance records improved.
According to board policy, a student
who fails to meet the requirements for
graduation from Lake-Lehman High
School may not participate in his class
commencement activities. A delayed
graduation notification will be mailed
to the students and to the parents of
the students by certified mail. Board
policy stipulates, too, that all students
are to satisfy the requirements of the
school through June 5, the date of
graduation.
The directors noted that final
review for students with deficiencies
will take place May 29.
In other business, the summer work
program outlined by the luzerne
County Human Resources
Development Department and ap-
proved by the directors will provide
summer employment for ap-
proximately 18 Lake-Lehman
students aged 14 to 18. Students will
work 230 hours at $2.10 an hour.
At the suggestion of Director Ellis
Hoover, ‘Assistant Superintendent
Anthony Marchakitus will investigate
the possibility of dividing the hours
among a larger number of students if
more than 18 apply for the jobs.
the Lake-Lehman Band Association
for sponsoring the Knights in their
recent trip to Canada. He noted that
the trip, which cost approximately
$10,000, was well-coordinated and
well-organized. ‘‘If we had the same
kind of enthusiasm for other school
activities,” Tough concluded, ‘‘we’d
be right-on.”
Following an inspection of school
facilities by the Building and Grounds
Committee, Director Donald Jones
reported that situations observed at
two schools seriously distressed him.
He noted that, with the exception of
Mrs. Bettie Stawser’s room, the Ross
School ‘‘was extremely dirty.”
At the Lake building, he said ‘200
yards of all kinds of litter, metal, and
broken glass extend beyond the
playground enbankement.”’ Cleaning
up this area, Jones said, ‘‘Should be a
priority; it’s dangerous to the kids.”
His concern was echoed by
Directors Hoover and Arnold
‘Garinger, and a motion to authorize
the administration to correct the
situation was unanimously approved.
In a report on the first public
meeting held by the Citizens’ Ad-
visory Committee, Director Tough
noted that no representative of the
board or administration was able to
attend due to ‘‘scheduling dif-
ficulties.” He termed the missed
opportunity ‘‘unfortunate’”’ and ob-
served that the Citizens’ Advisory
Committee will meet next on June 2 at
7 p.m. in the high school library.
A request from Keith Bonham for
use of the high school gym for a ‘take
down’’ wrestling tournament July 25-
26 was approved. Bonham is a
representative of the Back Mountain
Wrestling Club.
Several concerns reiterated this
month by school board critic Robert
Allardyce included questions about
the hiring of an athletic director, the
hiring of clerical help in the guidance
department, the purchase of a
universal gym, progress on the
establishment of a student govern-
ment at the high school, and im-
plementation of a ‘new form of
economics
May 26 - May 30
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Worker
injured
in mishap
Gilbert Clark, 112 Church
St., Sayreville, N.J., a con-
struction worker for’ the
Somerset Construction
Company of New Jersey,
was injured last Thursday,
when a car driven by
Emerson F. Schmaltz, RD
1, Harveys Lake, went out
of control on Route 415, on
Idetown Hill near Harveys
Lake. The car struck Mr.
Clark before continuing
and hitting a piece of
equipment.
Both men were taken to
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
for treatment. Clark is still
a patient.
According to Police Chief
Walbridge Leinthall of
Harveys Lake and Police
Chief Willard Russell of
Lehman Township, Sch-
maltz was traveling toward
Dallas when his car
knocked down six flashing
warning lights and hit
Clark. Clark, a shovel
operator, was standing
near his equipment.
The car continued and
slammed into the tracks of
the shovel. According to
police Clark was knocked
some 53 feet after impact.
Police reported that Sch-
maltz missed a ‘‘run
around” which was con-
structed while the con-
struction company is work-
ing on the sewer project in
that area.
There were barricades
and a flag man on duty
directing traffic.
Schmaltz’ car also
narrowly missed two
PennDOT inspectors who
were in the area. The in-
jured men were removed to
the hospital in the Idetown
Rescue Wagon and Dallas
Borough Ambulance.
Chief Ray Titus of Dallas
assisted in the investi-
gation.
Library
News |
John Lyons, young Boy
Scout from Troop 281 at the
Dallas Methodist Church,
has been hard at work this
week completing
Reading Badge at the
Children’s Annex of the
Back Mountain Memorial
Library.
An avid reader and
Heaven student from
Elmecrest, has been a
regular visitor at the
children’s annex. As the
library begins to ready
itself for the auction,
John’s preparation and
packaging of books has
been of great service.
The library means many
things to the children of the
Back Mountain area.
Recently, one young boy,
hot and dusty from playing
in the spring sunshine,
burst through the library
door and settled himself
among the new books
displayed on the table.
He breathlessly ex-
plained te the librarian, “I
just had to get away from
my younger brother and
sister for a while!” An
excited tiny tot who had
just acquired a library
card, laboriously hoisted a
huge picture book to the
librarian’s desk, over
which she could not see,
and said, “I'll buy this
one!”’
This week the children
have been delighted with
Eve Rice’s book “New Blue
Shoes” which is about a
little girl who has to make a
big decision while shopping
with her mother for new
shoes.
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Dallas School Board
members recently visited
the Westmoreland
Elementary School to get a
first hand appraisal of the
building’s boilers. The
board is hoping to replace
the boilers during the
summer months.
Paul Rodda, the school
district’s architect, and
Spencer Martin, the
district engineer, ex-
plained the necessary
renovation plans for the
The Sweet Valley Volun-
teer Fire Company fair and
parade will be held May 23,
24 and 26. The fair will fea-
ture free parking, free
entertainment, rides, a
variety of game stands,
food and a balloon drop for
children.
Special events will be
held each of the three fair
nights.
On May 23, from 6 to 8:30
p.m., there will be an
Enduro motorcycle show.
Music will be provided that
evening by the Noblemen.
On May 24, from 5:30 to
8:30 p.m. there will be
music by the Phase II, a
young people’s group. The
Ripcords, a team of skilled
parachuters with sky
diving skills will appear at
8 p.m. and from 8:30 on, the
Al Hess Family will per-
form western music.
Events will be conducted
all day May 26. The tractor
pull contest, for lawn and
garden tractors only, will
begin at 10:30 p.m. There
will be a A-800 maximum
class, a B-1200 maximum
class and powder puff
classes. There will be an
entry fee for this event.
At 4 p.m. a balloon drop
for children up to the age of
12 will be held. The drop
will be divided into two age
boiler system which was
installed when the school
was erected in 1928. When
approval is received from
the state, the board will
advertise for bids for a new
heating system.
weekend
groups. One group will be
for those up to and includ-
ing age seven, the second
“for those up to and includ-
ing age 12.
stration will be given by
Steve Gay of the e
hannock at 6 p.m. ®%usic
will be provided from 5
p.m. to 7:30 p.m. by Tom
Rynick and the Fabulous
Country Travelers.
The fair will conclude
with an 8:30 p.m. show by
the firemen’s auxiliary,
followed by fireworks at
9:30 p.m.
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