PAGE TWO
Acro
Walter Buda
“A driver who can
control his car on ice and
snow will have no pro-
blem driving safely on
clear roads,” according to
Walter J. Buda, driver
education specialist at
. Lake-Lehman High
School. Undeterred by the
hazardous conditions of
the winter season, Buda is
on the road with his young
drivers each day.
“Driving an automobile
is not a luxury to young
people in suburban and
rural areas. With no
public transportation
available to them, they
must rely on the family
car to get them to school
activities, to work, and to
recreational areas.
Driving safely in all
weather is a high priority
with us,” says Buda.
Buda, in his 26th year of
safety education, is truly
a man for all seasons. In
addition to his classroom
instruction in driving
theory, he takes students
on the road for actual
driving experience under
all conditions. Stormy
weather does not stop the
Datsun 210 and its student
drivers.
Driver education is sub-
sidized by funds from the
Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania and sponsored in
part by Fred Schuler of
Automobile City, Inc.,
Wilkes-Barre. Schuler
and Automobile city
provide the driver educa-
tion car without charge to
the school district. The
exemplary program at
Lake-Lehman is a fine
example of state govern-
ment, local government,
and private enterprise
working together to train
generation after genera-
tion of safety conscious
adults and responsible
drivers.
A new, free, eight-page
illustrated booklet, en-
titled, "The Story of Willie
Racteria, or ‘‘How to
Take Care of Your Septic
Tank or Césspool” is now
available to owners of
Septic Tanks and Cess-
pools from Dallas Agway,
36 Mill St., Dallas, Pa.
18612.
In a light vein, illus-
trated by cartoons, the
booklet explains. the
workings of the septic
tank and cesspool in
simplified fashion, It
describes the bacterial
action of the disposal
system and what is
necessary for its proper
functioning.
Chief attraction in the
booklet is a humanized
‘Willie Bacteria’’, who is
responsible for main-
taining the efficiency of
the disposal system.
When the septic tank or
cesspool user ignores the
fact that ‘‘Willie’’ is
working to keep the
disposal system free from
disease, and saturates
him with an overdose of
Spring Concert.
Rehearsals of Antonin
Dvorak’s ‘Requiem’ will
Feb. by in the upstairs
choir’: room: of St.
Stephen's Episcopal
Church, South Franklin
St., Wilkes-Barre. The
two-hour sessions are held
weekly until the concert,
April 18.
You've
Got To
See it
At $19.98 or less GET
1 FREE
of Equal Value
GRAND
OPENING
SALE
1000 DRESSES
IN STOCK
We're Under
30%
OFF EVERY
DRESS
IN STOCK
Sun. 12t0 5
PRR LTTE T
10 to 8
Tues. & Wed.
10t0 5
Fri. 10t0 4
Closed Sat.
SLL
39 Northampton St.,
Wilkes-Barre
Phone 823-6256
New singers are wel-
come at this time, with a
special invitation to
tenors and basses. Addit-
ional membership in-
formation may be ob-
tained by calling Balshaw
either at his Dallas home
or at St. Stephen’s.
The 80-voice chorus
presents two concerts
each year. Major choral
works of five centuries
have been performed,
with ‘the appropriate
orchestral accompani-
detergents, acids,
caustics and other irri-
tants, “Willie” is very un-
happy, and more than not,
just stops working.
But, there is a bright
side to the story too, for
“Willie Bacteria’ has
found a way to educate
the septic tank or cesspool
user, so that “Willie” can
do his job under modern,
up-to-date working
conditions, and prevent
the fuss, mess, incon-
venience, and expense of
a clogged disposal
lyes,
ment. Balshaw, a
member of the College
Misericordia faculty and
organist-director of St.
Stephen's, became music
director in 1952.
Harold = L. Hoover,
organist-director of
Dallas United Methodist
Church, is president of the
Oratorio Society chorus.
He is one of several Back ,
in the organization, both
as a singer and a member
of its board of directors.
A driver's ability to
cope with winter traction
problems is directly re-
lated to the motorist’s
determination to reduce
the risks. .
This is the contention of
a nationally recognized
accident investigator and
authority on accident
reconstruction - Archie H.
Easton. Easton is
currently serving as
consulting engineer for
Safety Engineering
Associates, a Madison,
Wisconsin, firm special-
izing in automotive ac-
cident investigation and
product liability. >
“If I have a choice,”
Easton asserts, “I'll ride
with a driver who buckles-
up the minute he slides
behind the wheel of his
vehicle. That driver has
not succumbed to the
often disastrous attitude
that ‘it can’t happen to
me.’
Easton’s point: the
driver who recognizes the
value of safety restraints-
-for himself, his
passengers and his
children--also underst-
ands that the restraint
system will keep the
people in his vehicle from
being thrown around
Hoover
to head
firemen
Franklin = Township
Volunteer Fire Company
has elected new officers
for 1982. Serving as
president will be Harold
Hoover, vice president
will be Michael Kravitsky
IV and Mary Anne
Warner will serve as
secretary. Elected chief
was Art Owen. His elected
assistants are Rich Love
and Richard Warner., The
delegate to the Back
Mountain Association will
be Norman Dymond and
the alternate Jack
Roberts Jr.
Newly-elected presi-
dent, Harold Hoover, has
appointed Ronald
Witkowski as treasurer.
Chief Art Owen appointed
Robert Appleby and Ron
Witkowski as his third and
fourth assistant chiefs.
Monthly meetings are
held the second Tuesday
of each month at the fire
hall in Orange. Franklin
Township Volunteer Fire
Company, which
currently provides fire
protection for com-
munities in Northmore-
land Township, as well as
those in Franklin
Township, will celebrate
its 32nd anniversary this
March. In addition to the
yearly fund drive and
annual bazaar, they are
currently holding a bingo
at their fire hall every
Friday evening.
Dorcas Society of St.
Paul's Lutheran Church
in Shavertown, had their
annual re-organizational
meeting Jan. 12.
Newly elected officers
are Lois Hardisky,
president; Lois Gdovin,
vice president; Val
Rothrock, secretary; and
Ruth Ide, treasurer.
President Hardisky
announced her com-
mittees for 1982 as
Telephone, Geri Williams
and Ethel MacAvoy;
Publicity, Bernice Hill;
Garde and Glowers, Lois
48 Months
49°...
MAINTENANCE
FREE
TITAN
BATTERIES
ALL BATTERIES DELIVERED
AND INSTALLED FREE
AT YOUR LOCATION
60 Months
i
Gdovin; Program
committee, Ruth Ide,
Chairlady, Sally
Davenport, Lois Gdovin,
Jeannette Saneholtz and
Shirley Templinjg
Historian, Flerence
Woolbert.
Projects for the coming
year will be discussed at
the February meeting.
President Hardisky ex-
tended the thanks of the
Society to retiring officers
President Fran Dierolf
and Secretary Shirley
Templin.
Hostesses for .the
evening were Val
Rothrock and Ruth
Voelker. Next regular
meeting will be February
9th.
PITTSBURGH PAINTS
CUSTOM FRAMING
217 Memorial Hwy.
Dallas, Pa. 18612
inside his car in case of a
skid-wreck situation
regardless of who's at
fault.
He stands a better
chance of keeping control
Braking Distances*
FROM 20 MPH
14911. 4 15111. @@ 120 11. W 75 ft.
OM DRY REGULAR / REGULAR | STUDDED | REINFORCED
PAVEMENT TIRES / SNOW TIRES | SNOW TIRES | TIRE CHAINS
= /"
ON GLARE ICE AT 25°F.
*TESTS BASED ON REAR DRIVE VEHICLES.
Pointing up the extreme hazard of driving on glare ice,
tests by the National Safety Council at Stevens Point,
Wisconsin, show that stopping on glare ice may take as
much as nine times the normal, dry pavement distance. The
tests also disclose that conventional snow tires are of no
help in stopping on ice, while studded tires reduce braking
distance by 19%, and reinforced tire chains by 50%.
This empty ink tank truck owned by Sun Chemical Corp.
of New Jersey, had to be towed from the scene on Route
309, Trucksville, after it jackknifed while traveling
south, Jan. 22, about 10:30 a.m. Sal Randello of 208.
Bergen Blvd., East Rutherford, N.J., told police that he
was forced off the road by another vehicle by the light at
Back Mountain
BY MIKE POLK
Mrs. Jeffrey (Charlene) Finkel, 103 Franklin Street,
Dallas, and infant son, Joseph, came home on Friday
from Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, where
Joseph was born on January 17. He weighed in at eight
pounds, three ounces, and measured 21 inches. Joseph is
the first child for the Finkels.
Mrs. Finkel is the former Miss Charlene Gabriel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Gabriel of Wilkes-
Barre. The proud father is the son of Mrs. Dorothy
Finkel, also of Wilkes-Barre, and the late Joseph Finkel.
Mr. Finkel is self-employed in his own business in
Scranton.
0-
Friends of Mrs. Thomas Cease, 142 Franklin Street,
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in Kingston where she has
been a medical patient about a week. She is the mother of
Rev. Dr. Allan Cease, pastor of the Carverton United
Methodist Church.
0:
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Wright, 23 Monroe Avenue,
Dallas, are rejoicing over the birth of their first born, a
daughter, Maria Anne, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
on January 13.
Mrs. Wright is the former Miss Mary Saraceno,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Saraceno of West
Pittston. Maria Anne is the first grandchild for the
maternal grandparents. Mr. Wright is the son of Mrs.
Catherine Wright of Dallas and the late Theodore W.
Wright. Maria Anne is the fourth grandchild for Mrs.
Wright.
20-
February meeting of the Dorcas Society of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church of Shavertown will be held Tuesday
evening, February 9, in the church social rooms, at
which time projects for the year will be discussed.
Annual reorganization meeting of the Dorcas Society
earlier this month was highlighted with the installation of
the following officers for 1982: president, Lois Hardisky;
vice-president, Lois Gdovin; secretary Val Rothrock;
treasurer, Ruth Ide.
Mrs. Hardisky anneznced the appointment of the
following committees: telephone, Geri Williams an Ethel
McAvoy; publicity, Bernice Hill; cards and flowers, Lois
Gdovin; program, Ruth Ide, chairlady; Sally Davenport,
Lois Gdovin, Jeannette Saneholtz, Shirley - Templin;
historian, Florence Woolbert.
Hostesses for the evening were Val Rothrock and Mrs.
WALL COVERINGS
ART SUPPLIES
Paper
drive
cancelled
The Back Mountain
Kiwanis Club bi-monthly
paper drive scheduled for
Jan. 30, has been can-
celled.
of himself and his car and
that, according to Easton,
is making a choice that
lowers the risks.
Other safeguards in-
clude the type of tires and
traction aids the motorist
puts between his vehicle
and icy or snowy road
surfaces.
Eaton cited skid test
findings developed over
years of research:
A tire’s traction ability
is related more to area
design and compound
than to its construction. In
short, either a radial or
bias belted tire with a
standard highway tread
will perform about
equally well on winter
slick surfaces.
Conventional snow tires
(without studs) show little
or no improvement in
stopping ability on ice
when compared to
regular tires. However, as
their name suggests,
snow tires perform
considerably better on
loosely packed snow,
where they produce 51
percent better pulling or
traction ability than
regular highway tires. On
glare ice, their traction
ability is about 28 percent
Studded snow tires on
the rear wheels (where
their use is permitted)
The old
reinforced tire chains--is
still best. They reduce
by 50 percent. “They
produce from four-to
tires on snow and ice.
Some new models--
down-sized and front
wheel drive--require
limited clearance chains
(type PL chains).
dealer or mechanic can
recommend the proper
type.
Another caution Easton
emphasized is the “fact
that snow tires must be
radials if the other tires
are radials. Otherwise a
dangerous
or other instability ca
to lose control of + the
vehicle. LoS
en
gating officers.
home on Sunday.
Ahn
Mstey
died in 1958.
Or ne
Berklee College of
Music senior Kevin P.
Hora, son of Dr. and Mrs.
James Hora of Dallas,
will be featured guitarist
in “New Leaf, Trouble
Free,” an exciting con-
cert of original jazz-
rockcompositions; Jan. 27
Hall.
comprised of the College’s
finest student in-
strumentalists, will
present : ‘a diverse
program of their
The Luzerne County 4-H
Dog Club will meet
Monday, Feb. 1, in the
extension office, Cour-
thouse Annex, 5 Water
Street, Wilkes-Barre.
provocative original rock
numbers in arrangements
designed to spotlight the
group's versatile
musicians in both solo and
ensemble settings.>
Hora, a 1974 graduate of
Wyoming Semin
majoring in arranging: nS
Berklee, the internaitonal
center for education in
professional music
renowned for its ac-
claimed jazz faculty and
practical career
preparation.
Dog ctub members jand
interested youth, ages {8-19
are asked to atteyd.
Please write or calf the
extension office, 82{5-1706
for furthur informjation.
{ 4
!
A,
—————_—_—————T
estan