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In Defense of Toluba,
Tattersall, Et Al...
‘“Tau res agitur, paries cum proximus ardet.”
concerned when your neighbor’s house is on fire.)
There is much to be approved of in the now acceptable trend of ‘‘zoning’’.
It can protect those with property and those without. It can also protect one’s
health by eliminating or halting an assault on the senses, such as sight,
sound, smell, or taste.
(Your own property is
Harveys Lake. To some, it has apparently been the source of enough
agitation to their sense of sight to cause them to seek remedy by direct order
of the court, surely the most final admission of failure to “love thy neighbor,’’
and certainly not a very democratic way to solve a problem. It is not
democratic because the majority of the people have had no say whatsoever in
the ‘‘case’”’. And, possibly, want no say in the matter because they feel it does
not concern them. :
We (the editorial ‘we’’) think the Toluba property is no more an ‘‘eyesore’
or an assault on the senses than thousands of properties here and elsewhere.
from their sore eyes, they should pay for it. ‘This business of zoning is often
used as a method of one class of people holding another class of people in
contempt. The Orwellian outcome is to begin zoning people’s bodies (face
masks for the ugly?) and then their minds. t
As for Mr. Tattersall, we think it behooves all Christians to be a bit more
understanding. True, if the man is a reflection of the little pamphlet he
publishes, he makes it extremely difficult, at least for some, to ‘love thy
neighbor”, but his actions may be the effects of a cause. Politics make for
strange bedfellows.
Nevertheless, the ‘leaders’ of Harveys Lake could do a lot for its residents
and visitors by simply dropping the matter of the ‘‘secret tapes.” Those
tapes, or tape, are important only in that they show a lack of dishonesty'all
across the board. The fact they exist is an admission of guilt and fear on, the
not that important. ‘What is important is the lack of morality on the part of
those involved. Absolutely nothing will be gained by the good people of
Harveys Lake from still another court case, whose outcome will be gained by
come will probably be destructive to all parties, and ultimately to the psyche
of the people who hope for the best when they go to the polls and express their
confidence in the candidates. And absolutely nothing will be gained if Mr.
Tattersall is sent to prison for violation of parole or some other “crime”.
Is the devastation this could wreck upon him and his family worth a ‘stolen
tape’, particularty when the presence of a ‘‘secret’’tape in a public building
is the more odious?
A bad scene
The Kingston Twp. supervisors had better take a look at the parking
problem along Rt. 309 opposite the Shavertown Shopping Center before
somebody gets hurt or killed.
Despite directives to the contrary, people are still parking in front of those
businesses there, backing out onto the highway, and slowing down suddenly
to turn into other parking areas.
Naturally nobody wants the business people to suffer, which could happen
by a drastic rerouting of traffic. But it’s only a matter of time until someone
gets wiped out by plowing into the rear end of a car that suddenly screeches
to a halt there. .
Here are some suggestions. Parking in front of the stores and backing out
onto the road must be abolished and prosecuted. Parking areas must be
clearly designated, with entrance and exit permitted only at certain well-
defined points. This is the case with the shopping center across the street. -
Supervisors live in the community and, ‘‘presumably’’ do their shopping
We live in the Valley View Mobile Home Park. Even with an antenna, tv:
reception is poor. We called Dallas Cablevision to see when cable would be
available to us. The girl could give us no timetable. If there’s any en-
terprising business people looking for a quick payback investment, we are
sure many residents would welcome cable just for a better local reception, as
well as out or area channels.
I read in the Times Leader where the coach of a Little League team in
Dallas admitted their dismal failure to his lack of spending time with them.
I'd like to compliment that coach for coming forward and being honest. You
don’t find many that will do that anymore. It’s too easy to always blame
someone or something else. ‘
Hey Talk Back! Are you going to start a garden contest next?"
No complaint, but rather a good deed suggestion. A Dallas man, Bill
Mannix, is a patient at the University of Maryland Hospital. Let’s show him
we are thinking of him by sending a get-well card. It could be our good deed
for the day and will make Bill feel better knowing the people of the Back
Mountain care. His address is: William Mannix, B.C.R.P., University of
Maryland, 22 S. Green St., Baltimore, Md. 21201.
Do you believe all the crap at Harveys Lake. Nobody ever said they were
sick. I think the rich got to the politicians and scare the .... out of everyone.
I’ve said for years the rich were taking the lake over. They want it all for
themselves. They’ ve got their money. What do they care about the struggling
business guy or the average wage earner? Educated people know the scare is
mostly bunk. Don’t be fooled. Come on out, the fishing and swimming is
great!
In your Talk Back column today (Aug. 12) you printed an article about a
Harveys Lake person and the borough’s solicitor giving the person ‘‘advise.”
You just used the word wrong. When you advise somebody, a-d-v-i-s-e, you
give them advice, a-d-v-i-c-e. I'm sort of a bug on correct English and
spelling when it comes to the public media. I'm sure you’ll remember it in the
future. Thank you. (Ed. Note: Thank you. But if you will look closer
throughout the Post, you may find some more t-y-p-o-g-r-a-p-h-i-c-a-1 errors,
as we must assume such was the case with ‘“‘advise.”” We hope!)
The person that complained about the school buses climbing up the
dangerous corner here in Orange was so right. Also the very same person or
bus owner has his buses over at the old packing house and has created a bus
junkyard over there and is running a business over there. That is not a
business section, that is a residential area. Where is our zoning officer? Why
can’t they put a stop to this? This junk yard is getting worse, cluttered up
with old junk school buses, smashed windows, rusting away. Also, here in
Orange we have buses in a residential area. Our supervisors and zoning
officers should seriously look into this and put a stop to ‘it. ;
PennDOT just finished paving Lower Demunds Road and already it’s a
race track. Not only kids, but adults speeding 50 and more miles per hour. I
get goose bumps just sitting on our porch watching cars speed by. I hope the
township police patrol the area more now before lives are lost. At least the
potholes and patches kept the speed down. :
It’s good that your paper saluted Bob Besecker who saved his nephew’s
life. It’s good that you properly recognize volunteers. Most just sit back and
complain while men like Bob give of his time to help others.
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: by Debbie Z.
Attention, all hands on deck,
we're about to enter hyper space. A
travel dimension above and beyond
all others. The force shield is in and
all jets ahead. Shoot that fuel tank
and bomb that martian. What the
heck am I talking about? You mean
you don’t know? Well, I'm between
Phoenix and Asteroids, the
machines. I've got the ex-Pac Man
(I’ve played so much I'm getting
sick of it) Asteroids, Phoenix fever.
I don’t know if it’s the lights, the
music or the excitement, or the
challenge of these games that have
me throwing quarters into the slots
to hear the song or watch the lights.
But let me tell you guys the fever is
catchy. My brother, Eddie and
June, JJ Downs, Chris J. and a few
co-workers, and even Tom Mooney
have caught the fever. I was
responsible for the spreading of the
fever and now I'm the one who has
had enough, and so that is enough of
that.
Now for some serious ‘business.
This Wednesday the Chamber of
Commerce is sporsoring a
shoplifting seminar at the Sheraton
in W-B.. If you are reading this
before Wednesday morning then
quick call the chamber if you want
to go and haven't registered. If it’s
after Wednesday morning, forget it.
Maybe you can get on their next
special seminar list. ‘However, I'll
take a brief pause to mention Joan
and Judy from the Chamber who
helped put together the seminar, and
organize the crowds. Those two are
co-workers of my buddy, Estella.
Shame on me, I left out some
birthdays last week plus I have a
few more for this week. To start is
Uncle Duncan Whitehead who
there’s George Poynton, who helps
his wife Peggy (who’s birthday is
next week) find all my mistakes.
He celebrated the 12th; and then
there’s their daughter, Julie, who is
celebrating this Wednesday. To
these people, this week I salute you
all. ]
Another thing I hear everywhere
I go is “When are you going to
mention me’ and the answer is
“I'm working on it’’'so I’m slow, but
eventually I'm sure. This week I'll
give a “Hi” to Jill McCarroll, a
school buddy who will be hitting the
books and a new adventure in just a
couple more days (11 to be exact).
Jill tells me I’m too lenghty and I go
on forever so ‘‘excuuuuusee me
Jill” but if you read this far, then
this “Hi” is for you. If you didn’t
get this far, I'm sure someone you
know did and told you to keep
reading.
Oh Lordy, the Harveys Lake
Bicentennial is coming up next
week, and I'm still thinking (more
like wishing) it was June. Don’t
forget to come out to the lake for the
parade and other festivities next
week. And by the way, if you're a
businessman or just a friend and
would like to be included on the sig
pages in next week’s Post, call me.
I'd be delighted to talk to you. Call
675-5211 and ask for Debbie.
Guess who got repaved. Hee-hee,
I mean a business parking lot.
Cannon Towels in Dallas recently
added some black top to make the
entrance smoother. Now what more
can you ask for?
Are you a cheese lover? Agway is
having a cheese-tasting festival
where you can go taste, order and
buy cheese at terrific prices. The
festival is this Thursday and the
rest of the info is in the ad. Check it
out...and maybe I'll see you there.
Let us now bow our heads in a
moment ‘of..I’'m not sure what
words I wanted to use, but what I
wanted to get across was the fact
that Tom Money has left the Post
for bigger and better things and just
when I finally got him to play Pac
Man, he leaves. What a bummer!
Congratulations are in order for
the Hearthstone Pub baseball team
who placed 2nd in the state tourney,
and the girls team, the Rebels, who
also placed in States. You people, I
also salute.. .
I'saw Sally in Gino’s the other day
selling shoes like they were going
out of style. Gino’s is now going
discount and everybody is getting
their shoes there for school. Let me
tell you guys that if you're looking
for shoes, Gino’s (Not related to the
food chain) has the shoes for you.
Speaking of Sally reminds me of
bowling which will be starting in a
few weeks (I think two-maybe
three). I can’t wait, next to Pac
Man, bowling is one of my favorites.
Well, it’s time for me to start
polishing my bowling ball so I’ll
catch you on the alleys.
Editor:
I being a resident of Harveys
Lake Boro would like to know what
is going on here. It seems only 5 or 6
seem to know. The water scandal
started to ruin the Lake. The boro
meetings are worse than federal
meetings.
Every week or month the same
few are put on the carpet for one
thing or another. Do you know why?
show you what is going on in your
boro, since only a few have no time
to tend the meetings.
I say please tend a couple of
meetings because if they see a
crowd they ask why are these
people here and then things are set
aside, or tabled so they say in hopes
the same people will not be to the
next meeting. So you must go more
often.
As I see it, it seems a lone
Democrat on council is forever
being insulted or ripped apart as
she tries to bring to light what is
going on; it sure looks like a lot is
going on.
The story of the missing tape,
what a joke. Where Mr. Tattersall
said missing tape, they said what
tape we don’t know about a tape.
They said when you find it let us’
know. Mr. Tattersall said at one
meeting he had the missing tapes
sent to the F.B.I. If they didn’t have
a tape where would he get it.
The rumble all started from a big
rumble from Mrs. Casterline be-
cause she is out to get those who she
felt made her lose out at the Lake in
her rerun for council. By the way
low vote getter in the boro of 1300
voters, she got 140 out of 720 people
who voted.
These are the same Mrs. Boice
and Mrs. Casterline, who tended as
a friendly group a New Year’s eve
party at Cappellinis. What hap-
pened to the friendship group, is it
because she got wise to the things
being done on council, sneaky
things that is. Wake up you people
before all is lost. -
Disgusted
by Howard J. Grossman
A great leap forward has oc-
curred with: the passage of the so
called oil franchise tax and 1981-82
Motor license fund budget ‘in
Pennsylvania which will allow
increased funding for many needed
transportation projects: and the
maintenance of our road system.
Whether or not these funds will
accomplish all of the objectives, the
fact remains that some type of
increase in transportation funding
is required to satisfy the high
demand for highway improvements
and road maintenance. In addition,
increased monies will now be
governments
under the liquid fuels program for
local road maintenance.
With: this step forward the
General Assembly can now turn its
attention to one of the most needed
transportation advances in the
Commonwealth. This is the road
transfer program which has been
talked about for more than twenty:
years. ' ;
One of the great problems which
under the act of March 3, 1889.
J.Stephen Buckley, Publisher
John Allen, Editor
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the Commonwealth has faced isthe
spiralling number of state main-
tained road miles which total over
forty-five thousand. This requires
the maintenance of roads by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation which should in
many cases be the responsibility of
townships, boroughs, or cities
rather than the State. A road
transfer program which will allow
the relinquishment of up to fifteen
thousand miles of state roads to
local governments should be un-
dertaken as soon as possible. One of
the objections often offered by the
many local governments in the
State is that these roads are not in
good shape and municipalities are
reluctant to take on new respon-
sibilities when they in fact do not
have the funding to maintain the
roads themselves. Therefore, the
sensible action is to transfer such
roads after making sure that these
roads are in reasonably good shape
prior to the transfer. Sufficient
helping to accomplish this is a step
in the right direction. :
Lutz saves
life of girl
atlake
50 YEARS AGO-Aug.14, 1931
Seized by cramps while swim-
ming in shallow water, Rose Cor-
dick, 23 of Plymouth, was saved
from drowning by George Lutz,
lifeguard at Harveys Lake picnic
grounds.
Lightning started two fires during
a severe storm at Huntsville. The
Frank Bulford home was struck by
a blaze that was extinguished by a
neighbor’s bucket brigade.
Lightning leveled a barn on the
Huntsville property of W. G. Laider.
Deaths-Mrs. N.P. Koup, Hunlock
Creek; Harriet M. Calhoun, Dallas.
You could get-Tomatoes 4 cans
25c; corn flakes 4 pkg. 25c¢; Lux
soap 4 cakes 25¢; sugar cured hams
22¢ lb; pink salmon 2 cans-25c;
shrimp 2 cans 25c; 100 percent
whole wheat raisin bread 10c loaf.
40 YEARS AGO-Aug. 15, 1941
Edward Mokychic, 26, an em-
ployee of Wilson H. Ryman, Eagt
Dallas narrowly escaped ded
when he was struck down by a
collapsing floor in the Ryman barn
and his body pierced by the cutting
bar of a hay mower.
Dallas Borough High School
began its new school term Sept. 3
with three less teachers on the
faculty. William Z. Brickel
resigned to take a position at
Scranton Country Day School;
Howard Hallock joined the faculty
of Kingston Township High School
as music director and Dorothy
Werner accepted a position as
commercial teacher at Meshoppen
High School.
Engaged-Catherine Davis and
Howard Tinsley. A
Married-Emily L. Major and
Harold Bell Roberts; Margaret
Culp and Robert C. Hull; Carol Jane
Newhart and Thomas Franklin
Metz. 3
Deaths-Harry Casterline,
Idetown; Ethel Laycock,
Shavertown; Thomas Gangloff,
Dallas; Marvin Ryman, Dallas.
You-could-get-Smoked hams 3lc
lb; hamburg 21c lb; beef liver 25¢
Ib. chicken 29c¢ 1b; salmon steaks
29c 1b; cantaloupes 4 for 25c; ripe
bananas 2 1b. 13c; tub butter 2 Ib.
77c¢; mayonnaise 19c pt. jar; Win-
crest coffee 2 1b. 31c; home grown
yellow sweet corn 15¢ dozen.
30 YEARS AGO-Aug. 17, 1951
Pennsylvania Secretary
Commerce Andrew J. Sordopi
urged all residents to join in 9
defense program by turning in a
scrap iron and steel utensils that
were no longer useful. This scrap
was to manufacture defense items
for Korea. :
Engaged-Mary Dresser and
Edward B. Stringham; Irene Stofila
and Thomas F. Krivak; Jeanne
Clewell and Charles A. Ford
Married-Evelyn E. Keller and
Allen L. Keil; Shirley Thomas and
Kenneth Hanna; Shirleybelle Allen
and Charles D. Steinhauer; Enid
Sweet and W. H. Pierce
Deaths-Mary Jane Neely; West
Dallas. :
You-could-get-Ice cream’ cone 5¢
a dip; milk shakes 15c; frying
chickens 45c¢ 1b; shrimp 89c lb;
haddock fillets 45¢ 1b; bacon 59¢ 1b;
apple sauce 3 lb. can 29c; fresh
peaches 4 1b. 29c.
20 YEARS AGO-Aug. 17, 1961
Alfred University professor Dr.
George J. Young and his associates
Joseph Peter Hall, Jr. and Ralph
Rozelle established a laboratory o
Country Club Road. The laboratory
housed a newly-formed independent
chemistry research organization,
Surface Processes Research and
Development Corporation.
Despite opposition from many
area residents the Lehman School
District building authority voted
‘yes’ concerning the construction
of a $1,727,510 Junior-Senior High
School.
Married-Patricia Ann Hemenway
and Robert E. Harrison, Jr.; Ruth
Rifenbury and Edward Lewis.
Engaged-Lois Elizabeth Macri
and Robert Russell.
Anniversaries-Mr. and Mrs. Otis
A. Allen, Sweet Valley, 50 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob H. Gabel,
Chase, 50 years.
Deaths-Lester T. Derhammer,
Noxen.
You-could-get-Turkeys 35¢ 1b;
boneless chuck roast 59c lb; sliced
bacon lb. pkg; 53c; cantaloupes 4
79c; white seedless grapes 2-1b. 33c;
tuna 2 cans 55¢; sea scallops 49c¢ 1b;
fresh crab meat 1-lb 89c; /
10 YEARS AGO-Aug. 19, 1971 “»
Raymond Titus was named
Dallas Borough chief of police.
Titus replaced former Chief Russell
Honeywell who retired.
Two Dallas teenagers, Warren
Boyes, Jr. and Renae Warmouth
were injured when their car hit a
raised manhole cover on Overbrook
Avenue. Both Boyes and Warmouth
suffered lacerations which required
sutures.
Engaged-Barbara Durkin Whalen
and Stephen Kirmse.
Married-Debra Ann Alexander
and James Coburn; Erica Roskoski
and Thomas Keiper.
Deaths-Donald J. Clemow; J.
Leigh Hefft; Mary C. Clemow;
William Marson.
You-could-get-Turkeys 35c lb;
hams 58¢ lb; bacon 68c lb; franks
68c lb; celery 19c stalk; margarine
28c 1b. :