BY DOTTY MARTIN
Associate Editor
A 1.75 million dollar expansion
and renovation program at Offset
Paperback Manufacturers, Inc. is
expected to create 33 new jobs over
a three year period, reported Tony
Kleinhans, vice-president of finance
at the Dallas corporation.
Offset’s expansion program coin-
cides with the company’s decision to
enter the market of quality trade
paperback companies. Since its
inception in 1972, Offset has been a
mass market paperback company.
In explaining the different mar-
kets, Kleinhans said, ‘‘A mass
market paperback company caters
to the larger industries. Those types
of companies produce paperback
books that are sold on news stands
and in such places as airport book
shops. Mass market paperbacks are
general reading information and are
distributed nationwide.
“A trade paperback company is
concerned with smaller quantities of
books,” he added. ‘It is concerned
with books that are sold in such
places as college bookstores.
Because of the nature of the prod-
uct, the cover price of the books is
higher, therefore, the publisher
wants a better quality product.”
Kleinhans explained that in order
for Offset to continue to grow, a
change in markets was necessary.
“In the last seven years, we have
grown from 160 employees to about
475 employees,” he said. “There
really isn’t any more room for us to
grow in. the mass-marketing field.
So, in order to continue to grow the
company, we are changing mar-
kets.”
With a change in market strategy
comes a need for new and better
equipment. And, with new and
better equipment comes a need for
more room.
The expansion program at Offset,
which includes adding 5,000 square
feet of administrative office space
and renovating 12,000 square feet in
manufacturing and office space,
began the first week of October.
Total completion is expected in
June, 1984, Kleinhans reported.
“We hope to be in the new office
facility in February, 1984, Kleinhans
said. “And we expect the renovation
part of the program to be completed
by April, 1984. Total completion of
the project, however, is not
expected until June, 1984.”
Although Kleinhans admitted that
Offset will be hiring in the future,
he does not encourage anyone to
apply for the jobs now.
“We are not taking applications
as of yet,” he said. “As a matter of
fact, we are trying to keep people
away right now because it’s like a
war zone around here. It’s so dusty,
I've stopped shining my shoes
before I come to work.”
Kleinhans, who said it would be
difficult to estimate when the first
jobs would be available, reported
most of the jobs would be filled
during the second and third year
following completion of the project.
“Breaking into a new market is
tough in good times,” he said. “But,
breaking into a new market is even
tougher during a recession. For that
reason, it’s quite difficult to esti-
mate when the first jobs will be
available.”
For the time being, the company
is concentrating on the expansion
and renovation program, the arrival
of a brand new web printing press
and its entrance into a new market.
“Offset will continue to grow
within this new market,” Kleinhans
said. “And, hopefully, there will be
profits in it, too.”
Census begins
Local representatives of the U.S.
Bureau of Census will visit selected
households in the Back Mountain
area to conduct the new Survey of
Income and Program Participation
(SIPP), James F. Holmes, Director
of the Bureau's Regional Office in
Philadelphia, announced recently.
The survey was scheduled to begin
Nov. 1.
The SIPP program is being con-
ducted in response to the need for
better information on the economic
well-being of the U.S. population.
Information collected will be used to
determine how selected government
programs are- working, and help
policy makers to consider what
changes are needed to make pro-
grams more effective.
Back Mountain households are
among 18,000 nationwide taking part
in the survey.
Business
Discussing campaign
Joan John. of Dallas, vice-president of Showcase Theatre
and Robert Hensley, Wilkes-Barre, Showcase Theatre
president, discuss the ‘Angel Subscription Campaign’
currently in progress for the 20th Anniversary Season of
Showcase Theatre. Showcase Theatre will present ‘The
Little Foxes’' as its season opener Nov. 25-27.
SHOP
TALK
RE-ELECT
ERNEST ASHBRIDGE, JR.
— SCHOOL DIRECTOR —
DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
EDUCATION: B.S. Business Administration—Wilkes College Gradu-
ate— School of Banking-—University of Wisconsin.
ACTIVITIES: President of Back Mountain Library Association—Presi-
dent of West Side Vo-Tech School.
BUSINESS: Vice President and Controller of Hanover Bank of Wilkes-
Barre.
GOAL: To Continue To Provide The Best Quality Education For
Students and a Close Watch On Finances For Taxpayers.
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THE NEW SIGN at the Meadows
Nursing Center, Memorial Highway,
Dallas, gives the center an identity
and looks nice on the front lawn of
the property.
ANYONE IN THE MARKET for
heavy equipment may find some
good buys on Memorial Highway as
Wesley’s Service Station in Dallas
has a roller for sale while W&K
Motors in Shavertown is advertising
a shovel.
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FLAGS FLYING AT HALF-MAST
in honor of the United States
Marines who died last week in the
Beirut bombing were observed at
the Dallas Post Office, Natona
Mills, the Burger King and
MecDonald’s Restaurants in Shaver-
town, and the Kingston Twp. Munic-
ipal Building in Trucksville.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES during
the past few weeks - pumpkins
galore along Memorial Highway as
the Halloween novelties were being
sold at Rave’s Garden Center,
Dymond’s Farm Market and an
outdoor stand next to the Pizza Bar.
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ZELLER’S STORE, Carverton
Road, Trucksivlle, is reportedly
closing its doors and will be out of
business soon. It is not known yet
whether or not another business will
be moving into that building.
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THREE BACK MOUNTAIN RES-
IDENTS passed contractor exams
last week. They are Francis M.
Senausky, 169 Staub Rd., Trucks-
OSTOMY PRODUCTS
ville, probationary mason contrac-
tor; Karl Scholl, 18 Lincoln Dr.,
Dallas, master plumber; and Scott
journeyman electrician.
THIS WEEK’S NEWSLETTER of
the Wilkes-Barre Rotary Club notes
that several club members live in
the Back Mountain area. To be
more specific, three of six officers,
five of seven directors, and 40 of 103
members in the club are residents
of the Back Mountain.
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THE CHOIR OF THE DALLAS
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
presented a program recently for
the residents of the Meadows Nurs-
ing Center, Dallas. Led by Choir
Director Mrs. Gwen Moran, the 14-
member group entertained with
traditional hymns.
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THE BONANZA STEAK HOUSE,
located in the previous Wong's
Palace building on Route 309 in
Dallas, is now open and seems to
have a full parking lot every time
you look at it.
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THE STATE LIQUOR STORE is
scheduled to move this month from
its present location in the Dallas
Shopping Center to the site of the
to Weis Markets.
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PENN STATE SEED is construct-
ing a new warehouse off Route 309
in Kunkle that, when completed,
will serve as the main supply depot
for the company which presently
has its headquarters in Forty Fort.
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“BUY BACK HERE” is the motto
suggested by Dallas Borough Secre-
tary Ralph Garris who was com-
menting favorably on ‘all the new
businesses in the area that will save
us all trips to town.
VENISE MILLER, an employee
of Sam’s Villa in Dallas, finished in
the No. 10 spot in this year’s Ugliest
Bartender Contest sponsored by the
Multiple Sclerosis Society. Venise
collected 469 votes for a total of
$117.19.
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RICK SHANNON, Editor and
Associate Publisher of The Dallas
Post, attended the Pennsylvania
Newspaper Publishers Association
Seminar in Harrisburg, Pa. last
week.
record affirms that each citizen who
Arthur Dalessandro has presided in
our Judicial system, a system which
| orderly settles disputes that arise
between citizens. Judge Dalessandro
has initiated many programs which
have improved our court system. His
appears in his court is given a fair,
unbiased trial. Lawyers paid tribute
stating the following, “We have
never observed a trial judge who
devotes himself so unselfishly to a
case and who uses every means of
law and compassion to conclude the
case.” Judge Dalessandro knows the
law. The State Appellate Courts has
consistently upheld his decisions. He
has set a standard of excellence
which is recognized and respected
throughout the State.
BC
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