Vol. 97, No. 21
25 Cents
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The dismissal of Mary Vonder-
heid, assistant director of the Back
Mountain Senior Citizen’s Neighbor-
hood Center, appears to be the first
step in the Center’s move to a four-
hour daily program, a move indi-
cated earlier by Charles Adams,
director of the Luzerne-Wyoming
Counties Bureau for the Aging.
In a conversation with Adams the
early part of May, Adams told The
Post there would be a Center in the
Back Mountain, however, as the
result of a study done by the
Bureau, 'it was discovered the
majority of the persons attended the
present center at Mercy Center
between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m.
For this reason, the daily pro-
gram will be shortened to four
hours daily and will involved the
same programs including the lunch
hour.
Recent reports circulating in the
Back Mountain Area indicate that
the Bureau for the Aging has inves-
tigated several locations for a new
center. Among these locations are
Uncle Mike’s Place on Route 415,
the former Kasarda location in the
309-415 Plaza, and the offices form-
erly occupied by The Dallas Post in
the Jean Shop building, off Route
415.
Attempts to confirna these reports
with the Bureau of Aging were
unsuccessful. Personriel in Adams’
office reported the clirector is on
vacation and there its no one else
with authority to discuss the situa-
tion.
The Post learned on Tuesday
morning from interested parties
that the Bureau had indicated an
interest in the Jean {hop location
and had asked for plans of the
unoccupied area.
In a telephone conversation with
Michael Kozick, owner of the build-
ing, Kozick told The Posit that repre-
sentatives of the Bureau for the
Aging had investigated the location,
but nothing definite has been
decided. Kozick said no papers have
been signed with the Bur'eau.
The Senior Citizen (Center has
until July 1 to move from its present
location in Mercy Center when the
Bureau for the Aging agreement
expires.
! Dallas Area School district tax-
payers may face a 4-mill property
tax increase if the district’s tenta-
tive 1986-87 budget for the upcoming
school year is passed at next
Monday night’s monthly board
meeting.
The increase would raise the dis-
trict’s millage to 117.5. At a meeting
last month the board approved by a
5-3. vote the first reading of a
$10,159,807 budget.
Voting for the proposed budget
were James Richardson, Ernest
Ashbridge Jr., Thomas Landon,
John George and William Camp.
Those against the move were Harry
Sickler, Tex Wilson andl Donald
Jones. Board member Alljert Pisa-
neschi was absent.
The 4-mill increase was. pared
down from the original 1.5 figure
and may be cut down even further if
state subsidies come thro ugh. The
district expects to receive an
increase of $67,000 over liast year.
Board members are also l(yoking at
other measures to decrease: costs in
a number of different areagt
— JOHN I{OINSKI
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Dennrion
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
It is cause to celebrate when one
reaches her 80th birthday but it
becomes a gala occasion when twin
sisters are together to observe their
80th, particularly identical twins.
Indeed identical, Mrs. Edna B.
Blaine of Dallas and Mrs. Thora
Sharland of Long Island, New York,
are very much alike in appearance,
thinking, hobbies and personality.
Edna and Thora, blonde, blue-
eyed Norwegian twins, are known
as the Barene Twins. Their father,
who was born and raised on the
Bareke Island of Norway, migrated
to this country where he and his
wife had seven girls and three boys,
two of the girls twins, Thora and
Edna.
The Barene twins were born May
30, 1906 in New York. Although
identical, Thora is the elder of the
two having been born at 2:30 p.m.,
half hour before Edna.
A member and soloist at Emman-
uel Assembly of God Church, Har-
veys Lake, Edna has survived three
husbands. Originally from New
York, Edna met her first husband
named Beith while attending the
Free Methodist Campground on
Lower Demunds Road. They had a
son, Phillip George Beith, employed
as a digital computer representative
for Litton Isaacs.
Following her first husband’s
decease, Edna met and married
William H. Jones of Loyalville, long
a friend of the family. They were
not married very long before Jones
died and once more, Edna becaxrne a
widow.
She was always an active
member of her church and she and
with Mr. and Mrs. James Bléiine,
also members of the church, firom
1934. After Edna’s second husband
died, she remained active in chuirch
activities and following the deat! of
James Blaine’s wife, Edna ind
James became closer in their sy/m-
pathy for one another.
They finally decided to marry :ind
then moved into their home at 137
South Drive, Valley View, where
James died 13 months ago. Heard
luck seemed to follow Edna for" a
while when her daughter, the lite
Berdina Ann Mayeski, died three
and a half months ago, then Edna
became ill and was hospitalized
until recently. It was three weelis
ago that her twin sister, Thora,
came to stay with her until Edna
was completely recovered.
A licensed practical nurse, Edina
organized the former Luzerrie
County L.P.N. Association anid
served as president ‘for 10 years.
She was also a Red Cross First Aiid
Instructor for 25 years, serving iin
(See SISTERS, page 2)
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
In an effort to increase job effi-
ciency and to establish better com-
munication lines with distress vic-
tims, Kingston Township police for
the past several weeks have been
experimenting with the use of a
Cellular phone system in one police
cruiser and, because of positive
results the department has been
getting, may finalize and expand
the operation in the near future.
Considered to be an advantage for
businessmen and professionals who
spend much of their time away
from the office and on the road,
through the cooperation of Common-
wealth Telephone, the Cellular
phone may now aid police officers
in much the same way, providing an
overall more effective unit.
‘“We have been experimenting
with it for several weeks now,”
Kingston Township police chief Paul
Sabol said, ‘‘and we are very
pleased with the results.
“One of the advantages of the unit
is that it allows an officer who is on
patrol to remain in his vehicle and
respond to an incident faster. Some-
times if a call comes in and we
New phone
don’t want it intercepted over the
car radio, we will tell the officer to
go to the nearest phone and call in.
Then he gets the message and goes
on from there. But with this phone,
we can talk to him directly and he
can respond to the scene quicker.
“Another plus is that, say for
example, someone calls the depart-
ment from their house and reports
some type of crime. After the offi-
cer on patrol is reached, he can
keep in personal contact with the
caller and stay on top of the situa-
tion while he is on the way to
investigate.
“The dispatcher still gives the
information, but with the Cellular
phone you get a better feeling for
the incident reported. You can find
out if it is a prank call or a serious
problem.”
Township officials were
approached about the use of the
system approximately three months
ago by Commonwealth Telephone.
Commonwealth, which set up a spe-
cial circuit design to accomodate
the police force, agreed to let the
township use the system on a trial
basis for $22 a month, plus a charge
per minute to use the line. The
outright purchase price is $1,500.
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Graduation set
Members of the 1986 graduating
class of Lake-Lehman: High School
will be presented with their high
school diplomas during commence-
ment exercises, scheduled for
Friday, June 6. >
The exercises will begin at 6 p.m.
and will be conducted at the
Edward Edwards Football Stadium,
located directly behind the Lake-
Lehman Senior High School. In the
event of inclement weather, the
ceremonies will be moved inside to
the Lake-Lehman High School gym-
nasium.
Anyone wishing to attend the com-
mencement exercises must have: a
ticket.
Inside The Post
Calendar ....... iene. 10
Commentary ....... .. 6
Cookbook ......... reat
Obituaries ............. 5
Pegple ................... 8
School ..............)11,12
Sports ................ 9,10