Covering The Back Mountain
1983 PennaprintInc.. All Rights Reserved. USPS 147-720
| Vol. 93, No. 51
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By DOTTY MARTIN
Associate Editor
Barbara Mead, of Ambrose West
Road, Dallas, has been named to fill
a vacancy on the Dallas School
Board, thus completing the board
for 1984. The appointment was made
at a meeting held Dec. 27.
Mead, 39, will fill a vacant two-
year seat, left by John George who
was elected to both a four-year term
and a two-year term and chose to
serve the four-year term.
Although she has never before
been politically active, Mrs. Mead
has been attending Dallas School
Board meetings regularly for sev-
eral years. She submitted a letter of
interest and resume to the school
board in mid-December when the
vacancy was first announced.
“] have always attended Dallas
School Board meetings,” the newly-
elected director said, just one day
after her appointment. ‘And I have
always been interested in what goes
on within the district.”
Mead explained that as a nutrition
consultant for the Commission on
Economic = Opportunity, a position
she currently holds, she was, at one
time, heavily involved with area,
school boards and the implementing
of breakfast programs in schools.
Also as a nutrition consultant, she
was. involved with the designing of
lunch programs and worked very
closely with school beards. It was
here that her interest in the work-
ings of school boards first blos-
.somed.
The appointment of Mead came
during the third vote taken by the
Dallas School Board on filling the
vacancy. Following the board's first
attempt to fill the seat, the score
was deadlocked at four votes each
for Thomas Moyer and Robert
Bolton.
According to Mrs. Mead, her
name was proposed by Dr. William
Camps prodidenc rah whip walla
School Board, as a possible candi-
date and, following a second
was tied at 4-all between Moyer and
Mead. a
The third vote, taken at the Dec.
97 meeting, saw seven votes cast in
Mead’s favor while Moyer received
one vote.
Mead claims she did no particular
political campaigning between the
second and third votes because she
was “busy with Christmas prepara-
tions.” She admitted, however, she
‘was ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the
BARBARA MEAD
outcome of the final decision.
The newest board member is look-
ing forward to an orientation ses-
sion and feels the time is not-yet-
ripe to outline an itinerary. She does
hope, however, that whatever
changes are necessary within the
school district can be made.
“At this point, I am not sure what
can be done,” Mead said the morn-
ing after her appointment. ‘‘The
(school) system is good as it stands.
But I do hope we can make what-
ever changes may become neces-
sary.”
Being the lone female member of
the board does not scare Mrs.
Mead.
“There have been women on the
board before,” she said. ‘‘And they
have always been treated as one of
the members.”
Mrs. Mead has resided in the
Back Mountain area all her life. She
is a graduate of Dallas High School
and received a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Nutrition from College
Misericordia and a Master’s Degree
in Nutrition from the Pennsylvania
State University.
She has been very active with the
Dallas Township Parent-Teacher
O¥ganizudicn (10) aud is one of its
founding members. Currently, she
is serving as (treasurer of that
group.
A member of St. Francis Cabrini
Church, Trucksville and its choir,
Mrs. Mead resides with her hus-
band, Marvin, and their nine-year-
old daughter, Heather, a fourth
grade student at Dallas Intermedi-
ate School.
Mrs. Mead will be sworn in as a
member of the Dallas School Board
on Monday, Jan. 9, and will serve
until the first Monday in December,
1985.
With temperatures in the 'sub-
freezing range, Pennsylvania Gas
and Water Company offers the fol-
lowing tips to avoid frozen water
pipes:
Wrap your water pipes in cellars
and other areas where they are
exposed to sub-freezing tempera-
tures. Best insulation results are
obtained by using commercial pipe
wrapping material.
Residents should also inspect cel-
lars for drafts. Cellar windows
should be closed and locked and the
windows covered with plastic. Any
other openings in the cellar such as
around window sills and coal chutes
should also be closed and sealed to
minimize drafts.
A slow trickle of water from the
cold water tap at a rate that will fill
an eight-ounce glass in one minute
generally is sufficient to prevent the
“freezing of water pipes.
PG&W encourages customers to
practice these precautions against
cost of otherwise repairing the serv-
ice should it freeze.
Pennsylvania Gas and Water
Company also offers the following
reminders for, gas heating custom-
ers.
Keep your thermostat set at a
comfortable position. Generally,
unnecessary dial switching will use
more gas - just as stop and go
driving uses more gasoline. How-
ever, if you plan to be away from
several days, reduce your thermo-
stat about five degrees. If you will
be away more than a week, turn it
down to 55.
Try to keep the warm air in your
home circulating. Don’t block air
flow from registers and cold air
returns with furniture and consider
the use of a paddle-type ceiling fan
Take advantage of solar assist-
ance by opening draperies to allow
solar radiation to come in. Close
draperies in the evening to prevent
room air from leaking out around
windows and sliding patio doors.
Check your home for possible air
leaks not only around windows and
doors, but around less-commonly
thought of heat loss areas like mail
chutes and fireplaces. Caulking,
weather stripping and insulation
can help stop heat loss and maxim-
ize the efficiency that gas heated
homes normally produce.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The staff of The Dallas
Post has compiled this summary of happen-
ings and events in the Back Mountain area
during 1983. We hope you find this enjoyable
reading and would like to wish you and yours
avery happy, healthy New Year.)
JANUARY 5
A rash of burglaries throughout the Back
Mountain had local police convinced that a
ring of thieves had become more brazen with
the holiday season; the Lake-Lehman School
Board considered the institution fo a high
school soccer program; and Kelly Elizabeth
Wagner of Dallas was the first baby of the
New Year.
JANUARY 12
The State Correctional Institution at Dallas
Citzens Committee met with officials of the
prison and discussed the procedures followed
during an escape of prisoner William Del-
Buno; Kingston Township police and munici-
pal officials received notification of an arbi-
tration award; - and- the ‘Budget Bakery on
Route 415 opened to the public.
JANUARY 19
Back Mountain baseball added a 13-year-
old Teener Hard Ball League; the possibility
of netting ducks at Harveys Lake was dis-
cussed; and the Shavertown Water Co.
received a $26,800 rate increase.
JANUARY 26
Drivers involved in accidents along the
Hillside Road in Kingston Township caused
almost $10,000 in damages to Pennsylvania
Gas and Water Co. property; Sterling Con-
struction Co. prepared to build the first of 10
English Tudor Homes; and Jackson Township
sought a daytime police officer.
FEBRUARY 2
The debate over a full-time day-time police
officer in Jackson Twp. continued; Dallas
Correctional Institution superintendent Glen
Jeffes was transferred to Graterford; and
Richard Myers was appointed to fill a
cil.
; FEBRUARY 9
Bill Kalinowski accepted chairmanship of
the 1983 Fall Fair; more than 75 percent of
the local area’s independent truckers parked
their trucks in support of the nationwide
shutdown; and David Bolton was charged
with criminal mischief following a fire at the
Dallas Senior High School.
FEBRUARY 16
Harry Lefko resigned as a member of the
Dallas School District’s negotiations commit-
tee; the Lake-Lehman Education Associa-
tion’s first ‘Free Store” was a big hit; and
Jay Miller, director of activities at the State
Correctional Institution at Dallas discussed
burglary protection.
FEBRUARY 23
Arnie Garinger decided not to seek re-
election after serving 13 years as a Lake-
Lehman school board member; Harveys
Lake Police prepared. to participate in a
crime watch training program; and the
Magee Public House opened at the former
Newberry Lodge.
MARCH 2 :
Vandals wrecked the refreshment stand on
the grounds of the Back Mountain Library
Auction; Harveys Lake Democrats prepared
a slate of candidates; and Jackson Township
auditors informed the board of supervisors of
their intent to hire an attorney and take legal
action on issues concerning the Audit Report
for 1982. 7 ;
MARCH 9
A preliminary hearing was scheduled for
Alva Taylor, the Beaumont man accused in
the hit and run deaths of two Larksvilie
youths; the Ned Hartman Insurance Agency
was cleared of a violation of Lehman Twp.
zoning ordinances; and Thomas Doughton
was honored as ‘Outstanding Young Firefigh-
ter’ by the Back Mountain Jaycees.
MARCH 18
“Look. alike”. drugs began appearing in
Dallas schools; a new housing development
was considered for Dallas Township; and
concerned citizens and law officers gues-
tioned the safety of area roads.
MARCH 23
Motorists continued to ignore a flashing fire
light in Shavertown; Edgar Hughes had
mixed emotions about retiring as Dallas High
School principal; and District Magistrate
Leonard Harvey announced his candidacy for
re-election. A
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Contest winners
two winners of the 1983 Great
Dallas Post/Bill Savage
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lighted category.
|First New Year’s Baby
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Believe it!
kA Trucksville man was gathering radishes from his garden a week
before Christmas and eating home grown lettuce on Christmas Day.
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The largest Christmas stocking in town was hung by Paul Sabol,
courtesy of Davey Gregory who made the giant for his buddy. As for
what Paul was hoping Santa would put in the stocking, we hear it was
a zoom lens so he could chase wildlife with a camera instead of a
gun.
The Dallas Post will announce the winner of its Third
Annual New Year’s Baby Contest in its Jan. 11 edition.
The winner of the contest will be the first baby born in
the New Year to parents who reside in the Back
Mountain area.
Parents of the first baby born will receive a one-year
subscription to The Dallas Post, a $5 gift certificate
from Stapinski’s Drug Store, a $5 gift certificate from
the Jean Shop, a seven-inch cake from Carvel Ice
Cream, dinner at Pickett’s Charge Restaurant and a
floral arrangment from Gail’s Flowers.
Kelly Elizabeth Wagner, daughter of William R. and
Michelle Wagner of Dallas was the 1983 winner while :
Katrina Marea Fanti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Fanti of Dallas was the first winner.
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A radio dispatcher colled a local police station from home to ask
how to tell when his dog was finished delivering puppies. At last
count, the Doberman-Shephard had three pups and one very worried
grandfather at Harveys Lake.