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Some things an old man should be
able to remeber when he looks over
his shoulder and sees how many
czlendar leaves have been torn off.
Some leaves must fall off by the very
weight of the years. Not like the
evergreen leaves, for years don’t
cling to the trees or stay green. We
are deciduous trees (guess that’s the
word I want to use!).
For instance, I was looking over the
years; the years were not raked up
burned at the end of the season. My
first class in Greek for instance;
Beginners Greek, author of the
textbook was White. I was thrilled to
be in that class in the autumn of 1912,
right after getting established in my
room at Wyoming Seminary. I was
quite old to be just entering what was
about the beginning of high school
studies. The teacher was Pedro R.
Gillot. This beginning Greek was no
“kid stuff” anyway, and I wanted it.
My overall plan was to get ready for
for the ministry. That was a great
enough plan to make the means to the
end worthwhile. I wanted the Greek
so as to be able to read the language of
“the New Testament. Not that I hoped
to improve on the English already
made in the King James Version.
But--Professor Gillot was a classicist
of the old school. From my memories
of him I am sure he would be greatly
disheartened at the trend away from
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acres. Norris and Konefals Groves
~ will continue serving the township.
Cemeteries and churches are to be
preserved.
This plan will guide the decisions of
_ township officials providing it is
adopted. It should also be amended
when warrented by the supervisors.
~The capital improvements program
- covers the scheduled budget for
_ major items in the township up to six
© construction of a new municipal
* building, and township park. This
+ plan includes Fiscal Anaylsis, Fiscal
Improvements.
~The projection is that by 1978 the
¢ land for the municipal building and
town park will be acquired. By 1979
© the construction of the park and
“building is projected for completion.
. By 1982, the road realignment of in-
tersections in various areas is ex-
- pected to be complete.
The subdivision ordinance helps to
. carry out the comprehensive plan. It
. covers new development, usually new
~ housing in the township. The main
© purpose is to provide for the orderly
process of subdividing and developing
land and to assure consistent land
division.
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already beginning then. People were
asking, ‘Why study Greek or Latin
when we have translations already in
hand?”
I had already had first year Latin in
high school in Binghamton four years
before. One can forget a lot in four
years, but I entered Wyoming
Seminary as 1 second year student. It
was a joy t. study under Wilbur H.
Fleck, with the text of Caesar’s Gallic
Wars. And it was no matter to me that
Caesar also had English translations;
it was a moral question and against
the honor system to read Caesar in
translations called ‘‘pony’’ or “‘trot”.
One had to work out the Latin for
one’s self. I wanted to learn my
languages on the honor system.
When I got into the ministry I found
something like the honor system
prevailed, but also knew that some
preachers came to their Sunday }
morning preaching time the same
way some of the students I had known
got through their Latin and Greek
courses. I have always been able to
say of my own preaching, ‘I have
preached many poor sermons, but
they were always my own produc-
tions.” If I wanted to quote someone’s
else I would say “QUOTE!”
Beginners Greek became a delight.
Then there were advanced courses in
both languages. Under Professor
Fleck (God bless my memory of him)
there came the orations of Cicero,
followed in fourth year Latin by
Under the subdivision ordinance the
developer is required to put certain
public improvements in their
developments such as paved roads.
Under this ordinance, the developer
must begin with a sketch plan which is
a very general plan of the proposed
development picturing the location,
lots and buildings.
This is to prevent the developer
from making mistakes in con-
struction. A surveyor must be hired
and a preliminary plan presented to
the Planning Commission. Sewage
sibility reports are also required.
large scale development such as
Mobile Home Parks.
Several representatives of the
Fieldcrest development questioned
Bernie Banks of American Asphalt
Company, if the company wouldseek
to have a recently acquired piece of
land rezoned for mining. Banks an-
swered ‘yes’, which caused concern
among these residents who claim to
have suffered some problems in their
homes due to blasting associated with
the mining process. The residents
then filed a complaint to the com-
mission opposing a change in zoning
for this portion of land.
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we An Independent newspaper published each Thursday by Pennaprint, Inc., from 44 Main Street,
March 3, 1889. Subscriptions. $7 per year.
rs 366, Dallas, Pa. 18612.
by Virgil's poetic Aeneid. In Greek it
was the story of the Greek armies
overcoming Persians and finally
journeying ‘“‘up” to the sea, for the
Greeks thought of the sea as almost a
mountain, and when they reached it in
the Anabasis (the ‘‘going up’) they
shouted at their first view of the sea
“Thallassa’’. And the reading of the
beautiful poetry of Homer's
“Odyssey” called for the study of
scansion and the metres involved and
the almost sing-song rhythms.
In college I studied Greek under a
delightful man with a full yellow
beard and kindly way, Dr. William
Heidel. The Euthyphro was a book
which included a war-quarrel between
Socrates and the young man
ONLY YESTERDAY
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Euthyphro.
1 would like to speak of the writings
of Plato and his Apology, or defense of
Socrates, and his monumental essay
on the Immortality of the Soul. I often
think of all that Jesus is quoted as
saying about the Father’s house of
many mansions, and other writings of
St. Paul and St. John, as well as others
who quoted Jesus, but also I shall
probably not forget Socrates’ courage
before or while receiving the emblem
of his own death. When I think of
Socrates I think of what he called
himself as our Dottie is teaching
andpracticing midwifery, because
Socrates called himself a midwife of
ideas; he helped to bring to birth ideas
in the minds of many young students.
by Howard J. Grossman
Recently, land policy became a
headline issue in the halls of
Harrisburg through the sponsorship
by state agencies of a land policy
conference. The two-day conference
resulted in much discussion on land
policy strategies in three areas:
urban growth, rural farm, and
natural resources. While these three
issues by no means form the complete
land policy picture, they targeted
discussion so that recommendations
could be made on what the state might
be suggesting in the way of land policy
management in coming years.
With respect to urban growth, much
concern was shown over housing,
transportation, urban economic
development, and other related urban
growth issues. The need to direct
growth around existing urban areas
and protect and preserve downtown
centers was also part of the urban
growth strategy picture. There was,
however, concern shown for direcitng
growth in the form of new towns in-
selected areas of the Commonwealth.
With respect to rural farm strategy,
the agricultural community par-
ticular stressed the need to protect
prime farmlands through appropriate
agricultural districting. In addition,
there was much sentiment for leaving
decision-making with respect to land
policy at the local level. The debate
which this stirred at the closing of the
conference placed in perspective the
entire land policy management issue;
that is, who will control the use of land
and what the roles of various levels of
government might be.
The natural resources focus in-
cluded emphasis on management of
flood plains, forest resources, and
critical resource areas. There
seemed to be sentiment for con-
trolling and protecting these natural
resources and to take whatever steps
might be necessary to harness the
10 years ago-January 21, 1938
The movement to establish a
Community Council,” ‘to “enlist
residents of three local communities
development, tookanother decisive
stride forward last night when more
than a score of business men and
community leaders sat down together
to lay plans.
Ice harvest begins on local lakes
and ponds as mercury skids to 18
below zero. Arthur L. Stull is shipping
from 50 to 60 cars of ice daily from
Mountain Spring on North Mountain.
Kingston Township won a night club
and a gas station and Courtdale won a
laundry in a boundary dispute which
ended this week.
A group of residents on Davenport
Street complained this week that
overflow from a large water tank on a
knoll along the street has frozen into a
solid sheet of ice across the highway,
creating a serious hazard.
Shavertown firemen enlist 40 new
recruits in their drive for new
members with Red Schwartz’ Black
team leading the Red team captained
by. Ralph Smith.
Dallas Borough High School
basketball team, which won the Back
Mountain championship last winter,
stepped into an early lead in the local
and no defeats on its record.
Engaged-Helen Ann Himmler to
Alva Austin Eggleston.
Married--Beatrice Shotwell and
Clarence LaBar of 105 Main St.,
Dallas, 155 1b. wrestler at East
Stroudsburg State Teachers College,
has won the coveted varsity letter
“S’’, making him eligible for the
Varsity Club. A senior, not only has
he been an outstanding athlete but he
has affiliated himself with several of
the extra-curricular organizations of
the campus and has attained a fine
record of scholarship and endeavor.
You could get--Pork loins, rib end 16
cents a lb.; stewing chickens 27 cents
lb.; rib roast 21 cents lb.; eggs 27
cents doz. ; dill or sour pickles 2 qt jars
29 cents; dried lima beans 2 lbs. 15
cents; pineapple juice 2 No. 2 cans 25
cents; potatoes 21 cents peck; extra
large lemons, 29 cents dozen; carrots
or beets 2 bchs. 9 cents; celery hearts
2 bechs. 15 cents.
30 years ago, January 16, 1948
For the second consecutive year,
Playground and Recreation Assn.
under the direction of Miss Ruth
Sweezey, will present a series of night
courses at Kinngston Township High
School for all adults of the Back
Mountain region.
Three fire companies fought the
stubborn blaze for an hour and a half
on Monday afternoon to save the
house of Mr. and Mrs. G.L.C. Frantz
on Idetown Road, at Lehman.
Damage was estimated at $3,500 and
the family lost practically all of their
clothing and personal possessions.
Dallas American Legion Post ob-
tains a liquor license and opens its
roster for associate membership.
The Legion Post was chartered in
1935. £
Dallas Legionaires were defeated
75-72 Sunday afternoon in a fast-
moving game with Luzerne Atomics
in Dallas Borough High School
gymnasium.
Now playing at local theatre-
“Stallion Road,” Ronald Reagan,
Alexia Smith, Zachary Taylor, Shaver
Theatre.
Married--Helen Marie Roberts and
Everett L. Hines; Martha Elizabeth
Kaniek and Roy H. King; Naomi
Clara Higgins and Lee Allen Shep-
person.
Deaths-Earl W. Keithline, formerly
of Shavertown; Mrs.Maude B. Splitt,
Jackson; Albert Calkins, Alderson.
You could get-Steaks 79 cents 1b;
short ribs or stewing beef 35 cents 1b.;
sauerkraut 2 cans 25 cents; Ritz
crackers 30 cents Ib. pkg.; coffee 43
cents lb.; tunafish 7-o0z. can 37 cents;
cinnamon buns 35 cents doz.; Peter
Pan peanut butter 33 cents; tomato
soup 3 cans 28 cents; jumbo Florida
oranges 25 cents dozen; fancy
mushrooms 49 cents; fresh carrots 2
bchs. 19 cents.
20 years ago-January 24, 1958
The fire engine at Orange is com-
pleted and last week the fire engine
was transferred from Leon Em-
manuel’s garage to its new quarters.
Herbert A. Lundy and Walter S.
Black are named secretary and vice
president and comptroller respec-
tively of the board of directors of the
Susquehanna Savings and Loan Assn.
Dallas Area Booster Club
distributes jackets to the senior
members of the Dallas Area football
team at Westmoreland and Dallas
Township assemblies last week.
Charles Flack, New Goss Manor,
heads the Dallas Community Am-
bulance Drive which will start Feb. 15
when coin cards will be distributed.
They will be collected during the week
of June 7.
Jim Huston is injured when he
steered toward a utility pole, skidded
and hit a culvert, to avoid hitting
children sliding on an icy highway
late Thursday afternoon. He suffered
a fractured jaw, lost three front teeth
and badly chipped his bottom teeth
from impact with the steering wheel.
Engaged--Nancy Inman to Earl
Hummel; Evelyn Raspen to Paul A.
Taylor; Sandra Graves to Warren E.
Denmon; Priscilla Moore to Sher-
wood Krum; Joan Davis to J. Earl
Wivell.
~ Married--Mary Graves Hess and
Ensign Philip H. Quarrier.
Deaths--Leslie R. Sutton, Lehman;
Mrs. Marion White, Dallas; Ernest
Weber, Beaumont; Martin S. Coo,
Idetown. ;
Now playing at local theatres-
“Bomber B-52,”” Natalie Wood, Him-
mler Theatre; ‘The Sad Sack,’ Jerry
Lewis, Forth Fort Theatre; ‘‘Baby
Face Nelson,”” Mickey Rooney,
Luzerne Theatre.
Dallas downs Ashley 75-73 to tie for
first place with: Swoyersville.
Alderson downs Shavertown and
Huntsville gets easy victory over
Prince of Peace in Church League.
Lehman drops crucial game to
Fairview by 59-47 score.
You could get-Chuck roast 45 cents
1b.; pork sausage 49 cents lb.; frozen
dinners 59 cents each; fresh potato
salad 16-0z. 33 cents; frozen French
fries 2 pkgs. 35 cents; swiss cheese 8-
oz. 39 cents; brussel sprouts 29 cents
qt.; rutabagas 5 cents 1b. ; white bread
17 cents loaf; margarine 33 cents Ib.
10 years ago-January 25, 1968
Spencer Martin, chairman of the
Municipal Authority, outlined the cost
of the sewage system for the Dallas
area at a meeting Thursday night at
the Dallas Senior High School.
Residents who attended the meeting
found that all areas were not included.
One of the highlights of the recent
Dallas Community Ambulance Assn.
was the announcement that a
for the late William Wright with the
entire community which he served
privileged to contribute.
John B. Hibbard, president of
Commonwealth Telephone Co., was
named to the advisory board of Dallas
Office of the Miners National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre, according to an an-
nouncement by William J. Pack,
president of the bank and a resident of
Dallas.
Another step in a major con-
flood problems which have reeked
havoc in many. parts of the Com-
monwealth in the last several years.
In Northeastern Pennsylvania, we
have critical resource areas such as
the Pocono Mountains and the urban
coal areas as well as agricultural
land which should be permanently
preserved.
of rehabilitation and revitalization.
The Economic Development Council
is continuing to monitor the land
policy strategies/and is participating
in the Advisory Committee which will
finalize the recommendations as a
result of the State Land Policy Con-
ference. Every local government in
Northeastern Pennsylvania and every
citizen should become knowledgeable
and concerned over the role which
state government and other levels of
givernment as well as the private
sector will play in land policy
management. To those who are in-
terested, copies of the tentative
recommendations may be obtained by
writing the Development Council, Box
777, Avoca, Pa. 18641. The Council
welcomes the views of all citizens and
officials who will be vitally affected
by what state government intends to
do in coming months with respect to
land - policy throughout the Com-
monwealth.
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Garbage collection
is in defiance of his contract with the
borough. He adds, however, that it
was he and not the council that took
this action.
But the new system will be coming
on June 1. Tattersall (who has
already advertised) and others will
be operating as private collectors,
and residents may make their own
. arrangements with them.
Tattersall believes that the new
system will be more economical,
saying, ‘Now the customer is limited
to so many cans. But with private
collections, other arrangements can
be made.”
struction program to bring expanded
microwave tower by Americal
Telephone and Telegraph
Beaumont. :
Mr. and Mrs. James Nixon,
Trucksville, has been appointed
Grand Lecturer of Disctrict 6D, In-
ternational Order of Rainbow Girls.
Engaged-Mary Elizabeth Wilkes to
Robert S. Pasterniak; Elaine Hunt to
William Glahn; Shirley’ Wright to
Fred Gosart.
Married-Judy D. Husband and
Nicholas Rusinko.
to Meyers and to Queensmen.
Lake-Lehman Varsity down Wilkes-
Barre Township 82-78 in overtime.
120-1b. Dave Finn remains undefeated
as Dallas matmen lose 41-16 to
Meyers.
Deaths-H. Russell Case, Fern-
brook; Harry H. Rymer, Shavertown;
Roy J. Shaver, Shavertown; Mona
Wolfe, Sorber Mountain native;
Ralph Hoyt, Kunkle; Mrs.
You could get-Smoked hams 49
cents 1b.; beef liver 35 cents lb.; pork
chops 89 cents 1b.; wheat bread 2 lvs.
49 cents; cup cakes 5 pkgs. 49 cents;
tomato catsup 2 14-o0z. bots. 45 cents;
potato chips 1-lb. pkg. 49 cents;
Louisiana yams 2 lbs. 29 cents: red
emperor grapes 29 cents. 1b.
Dear Mr. Editor, :
1 wasn’t going to write this letter
because the council meetings and
political rallies I have attended the
last two weeks have been covered by
reporters from all the papers, but for
some reason or other, something I
thought was important was bypassed.
For the first time since I have been
attending council meetings at Har-
vey’s Lake, there was an American
flag present in the room, and our new
mayor, Alvin Zim, opened the
meeting with the Pledge of
Allegiance, which I for one felt was a
very nice gesture.
At the moment when the mayor’s
vote would have meant something he
was called away to fight a fire. The
council spent about 15 minutes trying
to pass the buck back and forth to the
sewer authority for setting the rates.
None of the council members
wanted to get involved in setting the
exorbitant rates, but I noted when an
appointment came up for the sewer
authority, without a moment’s
hesitation, council reappointed Mr.
Gunster, which means to me the
council is in favor of the high rate that
the sewer authority pledged on
everyone.
Personally, tho I fight and argue
with all the sewer authority members,
especially Mr. Bill Owens, I feel they
are all doing their best and I approve
Mr. Gunster’s reappointment.
The new mayor officially opened ice
fishing, but warned everyone to be
careful because of the bubble systems
put around docks. Down at Jimi’s
Restaurant in Dallas he set up a
to meet. : :
Certain sure Bud Hobrak can’t put a
surcharge against council for the
Sunshine Act, because any resident
can see hear and talk informally with
any council members who happen to
be in there which they can’t always do
at a council meeitng. .
I heard Jules Landau telling them if
there was anything he could do for
them, Federal or statewide, he would,
tho he isn’t a resident of Back
Mountain. I heard one woman
complain to council member Mec-
Manus about her road and noticed
they repaired it next day, so it might
be a better idea to go to Jimi’s instead
of council meetings.
: Yours truly,
Richard Tattersall
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