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Dallas school officials
this week announced ad-
ditional details of local
plans in the event the gas
crisis continues. ,
Dallas ' School ' District
has announced plans at a
school board meeting last
schools and maintaining
the instructional program
during such future
emergencies.
The plan assumes local
control of decisions on
school operation.
The Dallas Senior High
by natural gas, would be
closed. Students in both
schools will be reassigned
and transported to other
Senior high school
students would be housed
in the junior high school
week for opening district School and Trucksville building. Trucksville
Elementary School, heated Elementary School
: Bus Starting Dismissal
School Pick Up Time Time
Sr. High School Regular time 8: a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Jr. High School 11:15 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
» Intermediate Regular Regular 3:15 p.m.
i Dallas Twp. Regular Regular 3:15 p.m.
Westmoreland Regular Regular 3:30 p.m.
Dallas Borough Regular Regular 3:30 p.m.
Trucksville Regular Regular 3:30 p.m.
The president of the
Pennsylvania Gas Associa-
tion said today that
‘“‘strict energy reduction--
both in homes and indus-
try--will be necessary to
minimize the impact of the
drain on natural gas
supplies
unprecedented cold spell.”
“We are beyond the point
of mere conservation. We
must substantially reduce
the amount of gas used--
oc to the point where we
must involve some minor
discomfort,” Richard
Bunn, a UGI vice presi-
dent, said at a meeting
here of the North Branch
Manufacturers = Associa-
tion. Bunn heads the
association which repre-
sents the state’s 37 gas
utilities and allied indus-
tries.
Bunn called upon gas
customers to set their
home thermostats as far
below normal as possible
‘to assure that gas sup-
plies will carry us through
the heating season.” Bunn
noted that Governor Shapp
has ordered all state facili-
ties to setback thermostats
to 62 degrees and has urged
citizens to. take similar
measures.
Bunn said one of the rea-
sons energy reduction was
critical was because the
volumes of gas stored
underground have been
severely depleted. ‘‘We
have been using March and
April gas in January,” he
explained.
“Customers will have to
weigh the discomfort of
UGI Corp. this week
began applying a $250,000
annual electric rate in-
crease to all of, its
customers in Luzerne and
@yoming counties except
those residential
0 kilowatt-hours per
month. /
. The higher rates
represent the second step
of a two-part, $2.2 million
_ increase filed with the
Commission Jan. 23, 1976.
The Commission allowed
the first step amounting to
$1.2 million annually to go
into effect Aug. 26, 1976.
The present increase was
allowed by the Public
Utility Commission
following a 13-month in-
vestigation and with the
provision that the first 200
kilowatt-hours of monthly
use . by all residential
customers be exempted
from the increase.
As a result of this
ten requirement,
Sse bills of approximately
25 (percent, of ithe
residential customers
whose monthly use of
electricity falls below the
200 kilowatt-hour level will
not be increased. As a
result of this provision, the
charge for the first 200
kilowatt-hours of
residential consumption
has not been increased
since February, 1975.
All other customers,
including large residential,
commercial and industrial
users, will receive an in-
crease of approximately
1.5 percent under the new
rates. This increase is
equivalent to one percent
of total company revenues.
During the investigation
the company submitted an
amended request reducing
the $1 million increase to
$630,000. However, on Jan.
27 the Commission granted
only $250,000.
UGI Corp
declares
dividends
Directors of UGI Corp.
today declared the regular
quarterly dividend of 35
cents a share on the
common stock of the
company, payable March
31, 1977 to shareholders of
record Feb. 28, 1977.
UGI’s board also
declared the quarterly
dividend of 68 34 cents a
share on the preferred
stock of the company, $2.75
series, payable April 1,
1977, to shareholders of
record Feb. 28, 1977.
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lower home temperatures
against the reality that
thousands of wage earners
are now unemployed and
will continue to be unem-
ployed unless more gas is
Bunn pointed out that the
initial impact of the pre-
sent gas shortage was due
te some degree to delivera-
bility but has since broad-
ened into a wide-spread
shortage of existing sup-
plies and storage.
‘“The present gas short-
age is a true crisis,” he
said. ‘But we should not
forget that curtailments
and resultant unemploy-
ment can become a chronic
situation which we may
face year after year.”
Bunn said that up until
now, the response ‘‘by our
political leaders has been
far too casual. I can only
hope that this crisis will
begin to get action by Con-
gress and President Carter
in facing up to the realities
of energy supply--and most
specifically, natural gas.”
He said the long-term
supply of gas will depend
on the permanent removal
of price controls on new
gas at the wellhead to pro-
vide the economic incen-
tive to increase the drilling
of exploratory wells.
“It is not just the gas
industry urging deregula-
tion of new gas,” Bunn
said. ‘‘Virtually every
responsible energy expert
and most of the major
newspapers in the nation
have recognized the urgent
need for deregulation.”
Beside day and night set-
backs of thermostats, Bunn
reviewed other immediate
measures that home and
commercial customers can
take to reduce the amount
of gas used:
Use as little hot water as
possible and reduce its
temperature.
Use the gas dryer only
for full loads and do not
overdry clothes.
Don’t pre-heat ovens
unnecessarily and main-
tain griddles, in the case of
restaurants, at low or
medium settings.
Cook with covered pans
and use pressure cookers
whenever possible.
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students would be assigned
to the Westmoreland and
the Dallas Township
Elementary buildings
according to the following
plan.
School Lunches--
Cafeteria school lunches
will be provided for all
elementary school
students. Junior and senior
high school students will
not be provided school
lunches since they are on a
half (1%) day school
schedule.
Elementary Program:
The Trucksyville
Elementary School is the
only gas heated school at
the elementary level. In
the event that the gas
crisis continues the
following plan will be
followed.
First day of school--All
pupils report to the
Trucksville School by their
Buses will be available to
transport kindergarten,
first and second grade
students to the West-
moreland building and the
third and fourth grade
students to the Dallas
Township building.
Transportation
arrangements--After the
first day, all bus students
will be transported by their
regular bus routes directly
to the Westmoreland and
Dallas Township Schools.
All students who normally
walk to the Trucksville
Elementary School should
report to the Trucksville
Elementary School by 9
a.m. Buses will be
provided to transport the
studentss to both the W-
estmoreland and Dallas
Township Elementary
Schools.
..Dismissal time:
Trucksville bus students
will return home on their
regular buses. Trucksville
walkers will be transported
from the Westmoreland
and Dallas Township
Elementary Schools to the
Trucksville Elementary
School at 3:30 p.m.
Secondary Program;
Senior = High School
students . will attend a
morning sessions from 8
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. They will
be picked up according to
their regular bus times and
transported to the junior
high school to begin school
at 8 a.m. All classes will
meet on an abbreviated
schedule with students
dismissed at 12:30 p.m. for
bus service home. Junior
high school students will
attend an afternoon
session from 12:30 p.m. to
transporting junior high
school students will begin
at 11:15 a.m. and continue
along the normal routes.
All classes will meet on an
abbreviated schedule with
students dismissed at 4:30
p.m. for bus service home.
Kindergarten classes will
operate on the regular
schedule.
Dallas School District
students who attend Bishop
0.‘Reilly; West Side
Technical School; St.
John’s; Westmoor Church
of Christ and Wyoming
Seminary will continue to
be transported according
to their normal schedules.
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UGI Corp. today warned
that the sudden localized
use of a large number of
portable electric space
heaters by customers who
do not normally use them
could cause problems for
household wiring and
neighborhood power
outages.
UGI Corporation vice
president Robert L.
Casselberry said, ‘“Use of
portable electric heaters
by residents concerned
about shortages of natural
gas may bring about a high
demand for electricity.”
“During this period of
extremely cold weather,
we have not had any
problems meeting our
customers’ needs and no
one was without electric
service because of the very
‘However, we are
concerned that if a wor-
sening of the natural gas
supply continues, gas
heating customers who
turn thermostats down to
60 degrees may use sup-
plemental electric heaters.
If this happens in an entire
neighborhood, it could
cause overloads on neigh-
borhood distribution
facilities,” he added.
In order to prevent the
possibility of localized
electric problems, UGI is
requesting customers “ to
cooperate in the following
ways:
First,
heater must be used, don’t
operate other major
electrical appliances, such
as ranges, ovens, and
clothes dryers. ;
Second, don’t use electric
ranges and ovens for space
heating purposes. They
require 4-to-5 times more
electricity to operate than
a space heater and are less
effecitve.
Third, do not overload
receptacle circuits which
are rated at 15 amps in
most homes. One recep-
tacle circuit protected by a
15 amp device can safely
handle one 120-volt heater
at a rating of 1440 watts.
This means that when the
heater is in use, nothing
else should be plugged into
this receptacle circuit.
Fourth, call a qualified
Franklin-Northmoreland
Townships Community
Ambulance responded to
six calls during the two
weeks period ended
Monday. The log as
announced by = Nelson
(N.J.) Dymond of Orange,
president of the ambulance
association, follows:
Jan. 12, 9:20 p.m.,
Anthony Gilbert, RD 2,
Tunkhannock, removed
from home to Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital.
Ambulance attendants-
Robert Phillips, Harold
Hoover, N.J. Dymond;
Jan. 15, 7 p.m., responded
toa call at the home of Mrs.
Donna Rogers. Attendants
were Robert Phillips,
Harry @ Yatsko, Tim
Rought; Jan. 23, noon to
2:30 p.m., first aid standby
station at bike races at
Carverton Dirt Cycle.
Attendants were Harry
Yatsko, Ron Coolbaugh,
Art Coolbaugh, Clinton
Kyttle, Tim Rought, N.J.
Dymond.
Jan. 27, 2:45. p.m.,
responded to automobile
accident at Dorrance
Corners, Orange, involving
Erin Verashunas, Martha
Dwilefsky of Kingston, and
Mary Alice Pembleton, RD
1, Falls, to Nesbitt
Hospital, Kingston.
Attendants-Ron
Coolbaugh, Ricky Farr;
Jan. 28, 9:20 a.m., John J.
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Company - Now in it’s second ful
year of operation.
Corbett, RD 3, Wyoming,
from home in Carverton to
Nesbitt Hospital.
Attendants, Ricky Farr,
Clinton. Kyttle, N.J.
Dymond; Jan. 31, 9:50
a.m., assisted in removing
Mrs. Myrtle Vopleus from
Nesbitt Hospital, Kingston,
to S. Stanislaus Medical
Nanticoke.
Attendants Fred Dymond
ITI and N.J. Dymond.
Jackson Twp.
GMA meets
The General Municipal
Authority of Jackson
Township will hold its
regular meeting, Feb. 14 at
7 p.m. at the Jackson
Township Fire Hall.
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SUNDAY
electrician at the first sign
of trouble with fuses,
circuit breakers, or wiring.
The UGI executive also
cautioned that the use of
space heaters in homes
with inadequate electric
wiring could present a fire
hazard.
“The first indication of
trouble would be that
circuit breakers would trip
or fuses would blow,”
Casselberry explained. ‘‘If
this occurs, the
homeowner should unplug
the heater and a qualified
electrical ‘contractor
should be called to inspect
the house wiring before the
heater’is used again.”
“We caution everyone
against installing larger
fuses or circuit breakers to
bypass any electrical
problem. This could cause
a fire,” he warned.
“If our customers adhere
to these practices and
exercise good common
sense in operating electric
space heaters, I'm con-
fident there will be no
serious electric
distribution problems this
winter,” Casselberry said.
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