25 Cents
Meeting the demand
The purity of local drinking water, or the
contamination of it, has become a major
concern in Wyoming Valley these past few
weeks as hundreds of people suffer from
giardiasis and everyone else takes precau-
tions to prevent the disease.
As a result of the contamination, Clifford
Troup of Post Road, Trucksville has been
“working day and night” in his post as
General Manager and Treasurer of Glen
Summit Springs Water Company to provide
.
and businesses...
Clitfotd’ sy gueSstimate™ orn how much the
company’s business has increased in the past
weeks is ‘“‘at least 25 to 30 percent.” He
confesses, however, ‘‘I haven’t had time yet
the people is too important. We are also
trying to keep up with our regular customers,
distributors and home deliveries,”” he stated.
“So we ask if people need water, they come
and get it themselves.”
The water available to customers comes in
both half gallon plastic jugs and returnable
also available for industry. The water itself is
pure spring water piped a half mile down
from three springs in Glen Summit to the
company bottling plant. The main company
office is on Rutter Avenue in Forty Fort with
a branch i Scranton and a company ware-
house in Old Forge.
“This is ‘the 100th anniversary of the
company,’ said Mr. Troup. “It was founded
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
reservoirs.”
their water.
water.”
owned by Ruth Quin of Lake Carey who also
serves as company president.’
A look at two pamphlets written by Mr.
Patterson in the 1800’s points out that PURE
WATER in capital letters was a major
concern even then when Japanese coolies
were hired to lay the original water pipes and
deliveries were made by horse and cart.
Throughout his writings, J.E. Patterson, a
contemporary and friend of the Kirby family,
spoke glowingly of ‘Pure Water’’ and cau-
fioned against ‘‘the great danger arising from
the Use for drinking purpuses,. of - water
drawn from public sources, or supplies.”
Unfortunately these words written 100
years ago have proved to be just as true
today - despite all our modern technology.
— JANE C. BOLGER
She’s the first
Dallas Post/Dotty Martin|
. Adrianne Marie Kowalczyn
doesn’t realize hust how special she
really is. Entering-the world at 3:11
a.m. on Jan. 4, Adrianne became
the winner of The Third Anmnual
sored by The Dallas Post. However;
in addition to allowing her parents
to claim several prizes as contest
winners, Adrianne is also the first
girl born on her father’s side of the
family in 26 years.
Adrianne’s proud father is Taras
Kowalczyn, an employee of Nabisco
Brands in Wilkes-Barre while her
mother is the former Daria Dykyij.
The couple resides at 35 Dorchester
Drive, Dallas. Adrianne is their first
child.
Maternal grandparents are Anna
and Ostap Dykyj of New York and
Michael and Irene Kowalczyn, of
Philadelphia.
Adrianne becomes the third girl to
win the New Year’s Baby Contest as
she follows Katrina Marea Fanti,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Fanti, Dallas, who won the contest
in 1982 and Kelly Elizabeth Wagner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Wagner, Dallas, the 1983 winner.
Staff Correspondent
A stalemate has apparently
evolved between the Dallas School
District and John Gabriel pending
the court hearing on his appeal for
reinstatement as Grounds and
Maintenace Supervisor for the dis-
trict.
Forty-two days after his job was
terminated, Gabriel continues fo sit
home waiting while maintenance of
Dallas schools is being performed
on an equally temporary basis.
Gabriel, who is presently collect-
ing unemployment, is hesitant to
look for a new position despite the
financial problems involved in rais-
ing three teenagers and paying col-
lege tuition for a fourth Gabriel
offspring, ‘‘because I could be
returning to Dallas.” Nor has the
school district made any effort to
fill his post because, according to
Asst. School Superintendent Gerry
expressed his ‘‘personal feelings that more concern js
needed about clean water that is safe {0 drink.» a]
There are some other areas in the Back Mountain.
ville Dam where
date. These PG&
from supplies at the Hunts:
Scores 1,000th
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
career points. Thomas, who
scored his 1,000th point in
Mountaineers’
inside.)
(Story, additional = photo
The Economic Development Coun-
cil of Northeastern Pennsylvania
has just received the complete set
of data from the computer tape
containing information from the
long-form 1980 Census question-
naire. This information is available
for the counties within the EDCNP
coverage area (Carbon, Lacka-
wanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike
Wyecallis “if he wins his appeal we
could end up with two supervisors of
maintenance.”
Gabriel’s former assistant Tom
Dickinson ‘‘has graciously accepted
the responsibility of the position for
now and is helping the district,”
for Columbia and Wyoming Coun-
ties, the latter two counties are part
of the metropolitan area serving
Northeastern Pennsylvania. The
data are presented by county totals,’
municipal totals, ennumeration dis-
prior decision to fire Gabriel and
eventually voted 8 to 1 to dismiss
him.
Gabriel’s appeal “will net be a
jury trial,’ according to Piccone,
but “will be heard by a judge”
according to Wyecallis.
The matter ‘has been on the
school board agenda’’ Wycallis
stated, ‘but for now they are biding
time. The board can’t fill the posi-
tion yet. The job hasn’t been posted,
although there is a rumor that some
people are interested.”
Early indications seem to be that
the ‘new’ Dallas School Board is
leaning more toward hiring a new
supervisor rather than bringing in
an outside maintenance agency to
serve the district which. had been
under consideration by the previous
board.
This holding action imposed on
both Gabriel and the School District
probably will not be resolved ‘until
February or March,” according to
Atty. Arthur Piccone who repre-
sents Gabriel and has filed the
reinstatement suit on his behalf in
the Court of Common Pleas.
“We have to go through it and do
it again on the basis that the value
judgments made by the school
board were not based on the facts,”
stated Piccone.
The mine-man Dallas School
Board ' held a lengthy series of
Pennsylvania Lottery Numbers
Games retailer will become author-
ized claim centers for persons hold-
ing winning Pennsylvania Lottery
tickets effective Jan. 3, Lottery
Executive Director Lynn R. Nelson
announced recently.
With this change:
Winning tickets in the Daily
Number, Big 4 and or Lotto games
should be processed through the
computer terminal at a Numbers
Games retailer.
The Daily Number, Big 4 and
Lotto tickets valued up to $600 will
be paid by the retailer after
processing.
A claim must be filed with a
Numbers Games retailer for Daily
Number, Big 4 and ‘Lotto tickets
valued in excess of $600, or over 30
days old.
The Daily Number, Big 4 and
Lotto winning tickets are valid for
one (1) year from the drawing date
printed on the ticket.
Winning instant game tickets for
a free ticket through $50 may be
redeemed at any Pennsylvania Lot-
tery retailer. 3
Instant game. winners ‘of prizes
larger than $50 should file a claim
at a Numbérs Games retailer or a
state liquor store. (State liquor
stores can be utilized until March
12, 1984). |
Instant game tickets are valid for
one (1) year after the official clos-
ing date announced by the Lottery
Bureau.
Effective March 13, 1984 ALL
claims for Pennsylvania Lottery
prizes will be processed by Pennsyl-
vania Lottery Numbers Games
retailers.
According to Nelson, providing
over 2,300 authorized claim centers
across the Commonwealth is
another step in expanding services
to the Lottery players:
tricts,
groups. 2
The data covers the following
population and housing characteris-
tics.
census tracts and block
educational attainment; state or
foreign country of birth; citizenship
and year of immigration; current
language and English proficiency:
ancestry; place of residence five
Housing: Type of unit; stories in
building and presence of elevator;
year ‘built; year moved into this
house; acreage and crop sales:
opment Council’s Affiliate Data
Center is prepared to assist in
meeting data and information
needs. Information about the Data
Center and its resources is available
by contacting the: Council at P.O.
Box 777, Avoca, Pa. 18641 (717) 655-
5581.
Inside The Post
Births ............ i000 2
Calendar .......... ... 16
Classified ...:...... 14,15}
Cookbook ............... 5
Obituaries .............. 2
People ................ 6,7
Perspective ............. 4
School .................. 18
Sports ......... 10.111