Fire damages house
An early morning fire on Aug. 24 caused $1500 damage
to a vacant house on Route 29 in Lake Township.
State police in Wyoming suspect arson and are
investigating the blaze with Lake Township policeand
the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Department.
Leonard and Mary Jean Simpson, Box 367. D, RD 2,.
Dallas, have been identified as owners of the building.
Board shelves decision
The Harveys Lake Zoning Hearing Board will decide
next month whether to grant a variance to a home
builder for construction of four houses on Rood Ave.,
High School St. and Orchard St.
The lots in question measure 75 feet by 100 feet while
zoning ordinances require each lot measure 80 feet by
100 feet.
Dale & Dale Homes is seeking the variance.
Investigation planned
Jackson Township, ordered by the state Department
of Environmental Resources to investigate sewage
complaints, will do so but not until the end of the year.
Kevin Augustine, DER Sanitarian, in a recent letter to
the township’s three supervisors, said the township is
Obituaries
THOMAS SMITH
Thomas H. Smith Jr., 59,
of Oak Hill, Dallas, died
Aug. 27 in a hotel in Augs-
burg, Germany, where he
and his wife were touring.
Surviving, besides his
wife, the former Irene
Ferry, are a son, Jeffrey,
at home; a sister, Mrs.
William L. Stroud, Glen
Summit; and a brother,
Willim J., Hagerstown,
Md.
Funeral was held from
the Harold C. Snowdon
Funeral Home, 140 N.
Main St., Shavertown.
WILLIAM ECKERT
William G. Eckert, 77, of
White Birch Trailer Court,
Dallas, died Aug. 27 at the
Leader West Nursing
Center, Kingston.
Surviving are his wife,
the former Gertrude Culp;
sons, William Jr., Valpar-
aiso, Ind.; Donald, New-
town Square; sister, Mrs.
Ross Ely, Endicott, N.Y.;
six grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held Aug.
30 from the Richard H.
Disque Funeral Home,
Dallas, with the Rev. Cliff
Jones, pastor of Huntsville
Christian Church and
retired Rev. Edmund L.
John officiating. Inter-
Shown here are members
held Labor Day at Bosco
Kolojejchick.
Bring your rocker and
rock with your favorite
personality at the first
annual Rockathon-Tele-
thon Festival being held
Labor Day from 10 a.m. - 5
p.m. on the top deck of
Boscov’s parkade in
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675-1787
responsible for making sure untreated sewage is not
discharged from septic tanks into the ground or into
streams.
Prison to hire guards
The State Correctional Institution in Dallas isexpected
to hire 14 guards within the next month. It is believed
the state Legislation will approve funding for the new
officers.
The prison currently employs 245 guards. Four
hundred new prisoners have been added to the institu-
tion, bringing the total number of prisoners to 1,403.
lliness, water linked?
A possible link between recent intestinal illnesses
suffered by Trucksville residents and their water supply
is being investigated by the state Department of
Environmental Resources.
Several residents of Orchard and Rice Streets and
Harris Hill Road complained of diarrhea, stomach
cramps, high fevers and chills in the past three weeks.
Approximately 325 Trucksville homes, are serviced by
the Trucksville Water Co., a subsidiary of Pennsylvania
Enterprises Inc. which gets its water from the Hunts-
ville Reservoir in Lehman Township.
A representative of DER took water samples in the
Trucksville area on Aug. 22 and sent them to a
laboratory for bacterial and chemical analysis.
“Live Wire."
Wilkes-Barre.
This event is open to all
val will be featured con-
sisting of the following:
ages. Forms and informa- Flea Market, Pick-a-
. tion for the Rockathon are number games such as:
available at Boscov’s in Plush Stand,, Handmade
Wilkes-Barre at the first Crafts Stand, Hope Chest
floor Courtesy Desk. . Stand, Household Stand.
A large Telethon Festi- Kid's games Quacky
Duck Pond, Basketball
hoop and Football Throw,
Wet Face Throw, Dunkin
Apple, Farmers Darts,
Lollipop Tree and G1 Face
Painting and GI Rope
Climbers.
There will be clowns,
costume charactes, and
television personalities
appearing.
‘All proceeds will be
donated to the Muscular
Dystrophy Association.
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‘Mercy participants
Bertschi, chairperson; Sr. Maureen McCann,
The Sisters of Mercy, Province of Scranton, Dallas,
recently held their first ‘Collaboration Day.”
Some 125 lay people and clergy were invited to join
with the Sisters at the day-long meeting, that was, in
the words of Sr. Mary Ann Dillon, Provincial
Administrator, a ‘‘celebration of the miracle of
multplication which our gathering symbolized - a
multiplication of Mercy.”
The Sisters who planned the day wanted an
opportunity for people connected with the Sisters of
Mercy to meet each other, and thus unleash more of
the potential for mutual collaboration. The forum
that developed offered mutual support.
In 1981 at their 150th Anniversary celebration, the
Sisters set a goal for themselves of moving toward
tacilitator; Sr. Mary Ann Dillon, Provincial
greater collaboration with lay people and clergy in
promoting the works of Mercy. Sr. Mary Ann said ®
that this was a special moment in the movement
toward the new understanding to which collaboration
is drawing the Province.
Sr. Maureen McCann, of the Mercy Consultation
Center in Dallas, and Doctors Marcella and Eldon
Shields, led the group in a process to discover the
truth of their collaborative call.
The collaborators came from across the state of
Pennsylvania and Long Island, NY, and included
clergy and lay people who work with the Sisters at
agencies and in parishes and schools, as well as the
three hospitals and two colleges sponsored by the
Sisters of Mercy.
Townhouse project
By SHEILA HODGES
Staff Correspondent
The Dallas Township Planning
Commission met on Aug. 16 to
once again discuss the proposal
for the townhouses at Carden
Avenue.
Attorney Frank Townend
presented the Findings of Fact
which proved the proposal was
inconsistant with township zoning
and land development laws. Tow-
nend gave the following reasons
for his findings:
- There is not enough land in the
two acre parcel for a Planned
Residential Development (20
acres would be needed).
- The space proposed is too
small to support 16 (the proposed
number) townshouses.
- The amount of space desig-
nated for car parking would mean
that approximately four feet of
car would be on the front yards of
the houses and the remainder on
the right of way, which contra-
dicts zoning regulations.
- The designation of the ‘‘com-
munal property’ was unclear.
Purchasers would own the land
their house was built on, but
ownership of the remainder of
land was uncertain.
meet the zoning ordinance.
Members of the planning com-
mission appeared to be against
the proposal for the preceding
reasons and it was obvious they
had also considered the argu-
ments put forward by the resi-
dents’ group which spoke up at
the July meeting.
Although this is still only a
recommendation, those residents
and Claude Streets forming a
triangle around the proposed site,
were delighted with the outcome.
Four residents from Claude St.
came to stress their point about
the potential increase in drainage
problems which are currently
making things difficult whenever
there are heavy rains.
Tom Hadzor, spokesman for the
residents, asked what would
happen if the zoning board dijgy
reject the application at its nex
meeting on Sept. 20.
the application was turned down it
might not be the end of the story
as the developers could rewrite
their plans for something less
ambitious or another developer
could come in at a future date and
start the whole process again.
Hadzor felt that if this did
happen it would cause considera-
ble delay in any other plans for
building on this land and give the
residents some respite.
“Until the next meeting we are
regarding the matter with
guarded optimism,’’ he concluded.
Births
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A daughter, to MARIE
RD 6, Box 30, Dallas, on
Aug. 23 in NPW Medica
delCenter, Plains
Township.
A son, to LAURA AND
RICHARD LOVAS, 205
Brookfield Apts., Dallas,
on Aug. 20, in Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital.
A daughter, to BAR-
BARA AND IRVIN ZELT,
7 Blueberry Hill, Shaver-
town, on Aug. 17 in Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital.
A son, to ANN MARIE
AND CHARLES HAMP-
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A son, to JEAN M. AND
EDWARD PALL, 91 Ridge
St., Shavertown, on Aug.
23 in Nesbitt Memorial
TON, 43 Gillespie St.,
Swoyersville, on Aug. 20 in
Nesbitt Memorial Hospi-
tal, Kingston.
A son, to VERONICA Hospital. .
AND DAVID PALMER, A son to SUZANNA y
Apt. C-25, Roosevelt DAVID HASEL, 10 Parrish
Manor, Tripp St., Swoyers-
ville, on Aug. 18 in Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kings-
St., Dallas, on Aug. 25 in
Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital.
ton.
A son, to CANDACE :
AND FRANK BURNsDE, Blood drive set
Box 142, RD 1, Noxen, on
Aug. 22 in Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital, Kingston.
The next Back Mountain
blood drive is planned for
Sept. 13 at the Shavertown
United Methodist Church.
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