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Voll 1/98, No. 7 i
25 Cents
Don Shaffer ‘roasted’
it was a good time
dhe Dallas Fire and Ambulance,
4 Temple Country Club. The
and as aM oppotiuhily 10 Boast Mon Si
as fire chief for the past 17 years. Shown here ‘are some scenes
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participates in the ‘roasting’
right ‘photo. Wega also presented the retiring fire chief with
Dodson conducts
Newly-elected officers of ‘the
Dallas Fire and Ambulance, Inc.
were installed Saturday evening
in a ceremony conducted at the
Irem: Temple Country Club. The
business meeting ‘followed a
cocktail hour and dinner. Music
for dancing was provided by
“Sheer Energy.”
Those. officers installed
included Robert Richardson,
president; Timothy Carroll, vice-
president; Lynn A, Sheehan, sec-
retary; Paul Labar, treasurer:
Edwin Roth, William Bailer, Wil-
liam Ward, Donald Bulford and
Donald Shaffer, directors.
Also, Jack Wega, ambulance
chief; Frank Michael, assistant
ambulance chief; Larry Carson,
crew captain; Robert Besecker,
fire chief; Thomas Doughton,
officers Saturday night at frem
atin ake presentations
serving. the organization
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instal
first assistant chief.
Also, Donald Bulford, Michael
Burns, Lynn Sheehan; assistant
chiefs; Brett Slocum, captain;
Francis Barry Jr., Frank
Morgan and Christopher Purcell,
engineers.
Jack Dodson, chief of the
Kunkle Fire Department, served
as installing officer and con-
enjoys every minute of Shaffer's
ducted the ceremonies.
The association also conducted
a ‘Roast Don Shaffer” program
as Shaffer retired this year after
serving 17 years as fire chief.
Shaffer, who has been a member
of the ‘association for 34 years,
was installed as a member of the
board of directors during the
installation ceremonies.
Kingston, state fire instructor.
Upon his retirement as fire
chief, Shaffer was presented with
a watch and the retiring chief’s
badge from the corporation. That
presentation ‘was made by
Robert Besecker, newly-installed
fire chief. Shaffer was also
presented with a 14-foot fishing
boat as a retirement gift from
the members of the association.
Dallas Post/Cmn S. Bodsh
Slocum, whe injured his foot |
two fires ‘on crutches.
Several other presentations | =
were made during the evening as. k
attendance awards were ‘made |
and 32 members of the associa- |
tion were presented with certifi
cates of attainment for complet--
ing a 45-hour course in the Yo
fundamentals of fire fighting. :
Library picnic
Parker, Nancy Kozemchak, Craig Aicher,
Moana Helman. j
Nancy Eckert,
. The Dallas Post has been i
Blue Ribbon Newspaper by th
Washington, D.C.
The announcement was ma
National Newspaper Foundat
completion of the National Blue Ribbo
The evaluation is an assessment
the newspaper based on the high
In making the anhouncement
Dallas Post
Larry Helman and
DER visits here
The ‘Pennsylvania Department of
Revenue will be at the Kingston
Township Municipal Building, 11
Carverton Road, Trucksville on
Friday, March 16, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m,
They will provide the residents of
Kingston Township with assistance
in the areas of Pennsylvania Per-
sonal Property Income Tax and the
Property Tax or Rent Rebate Pro-
gram.
Residents are requested to bring
all necessary documentation with
them in order to complete these
forms.
By JANE C. BOLGER
Statf Correspondent
There could be a number of
changes locally if Governor Thorn-
burgh’s plan to do away with State
Liquor Stores and turn the selling of
alcoholic beverages over to private
industry is, approved. Eventually,
beer and wine could be sold in
supermarkets, butcher markets or
age monthly .inventory of $1,500 in
foodstuffs. There would also be spe-
cialty wine stores while liquor
would be sold at competitive prices
in private stores whose owners had
obtained the franchises by high bid.
This .could: all happen over a
predetermined five year period IF
the governor’s plan is endorsed by
Locally, however, there seems to be
a definite feeling that the votes to
change the system are just not
there.
+ «I don’t think it’s going to pass,”
said Shavertown beer distributor
Andy Roan. ‘Milton Shapp tried
twice and Thornburgh’s (tried
before.”
John Baur Sr. of Dallas, former
president of the Independent Asso-
ciation of State Liquor Control
Board Employees, went even fur-
ther back noting, ‘Governor Pin-
chot set up the system: in 1933 and
the very next year, George Earl
tried to knock it out.” Baur recalled
“at least another 10 times since”
during his 35-year career with the
L.C.B. that attempts were made ‘‘to
dump the State Stores” and none
ever succeeded.
“This is the biggest effort ever
made,” conceded Baur referring to
the governor’s latest proposal. “But
I don’t think it will pass.”
A pamphlet from the governor's
office currently being widely circu-
lated cites, among the reasons for
the change, “complaints about poor
selection, inconvenient locations and
illogical price policies.”
“We could have one of the lowest
prices in the country if it wasn’t for
the Uniform Mark Up...enacted
years ago by the General Assembly
as a ‘temporary’ tax that was sup-
posed to only last two years, but has
continued ever since and has now
been raised to 18 percent,’ stated
Baur. ‘Pennsylvania is the single
largest purchaser of alcoholic bev-
erages .in the world,” he added.
“And, as such, should have been
able to get a discount for quantity
purchases but that was forbidden by
other legislation at the national
level.”
Selection,” Baur felt, was being
helped by ‘‘self-service which is
already past the halfway mark in
the 725 stores in the: state.”’ He
speculated that, ‘We might see
more changes, stores like Boscov's,
that handle selected wines and
brandies that you can’t buy in
Dallas.”
Another possible change that
could come about, presumably
through compromise, is possible
outlets in sections that have no
service. Baur used Noxen as an
example, where customers now
have to travel to State Stores in
possible to have:controlled outlets in
grocery stores or butcher shops. i
The figures cited by the gover-
nor’s office — during the past three
years net. profits ‘have declined 42
percent — are given. as another
reason for ‘the transition because
the liquor system could well go into |
the red and require taxpayer subsi-= |
dies to operate. On the other hand, =
Baur contends, “If the system goes. 5 8
4,000 state employees will be out of
work and. collecting Workman's
Compensation. from the state and
therefore, from the people.”
To date, no one locally has
applied for a permit to go into the
liquor business, according to Dallas
Township Zoning Officer Leonard -
Kozick.
“A few people are asking ques
tions about it, wondering whether
stores will ‘be put out for bid,”
Kozick- said, adding, “No way is it
going to happen. It won’t pass.” :