— TT TT EEE ~ _ Louise, at home; A » ai wr hae ele Too Sad bir § bibs doo dnd dio de Ko Be So Bo to dt Sit) i eee wr Ramayyrsweeey FenicarrereesEEN Sim mn pay ’ A: wim vw “Rin ay iy yy EMR PLS & BT nie i — 38 es ‘ A a a a em... E ey Obituaries JANET GARRIS Janet L. Garris, 62, formerly of Dallas, died July 4, 1988 at her ‘home in Santee, S.C. Surviving are her husband, Robert F.; sons, Roderick C., Pine- .wood, S.C.; Michael F., Blooming- ‘ton, Minn. ; ’ brother, Wilson R. Gar- inger, Dallas; three grandchildren. Interment was in Idetown Ceme- tery, Idetown. Memorial contributions may be “made to the Dallas United Method- . ist Church. ‘ANNE GRIFFITHS * Anne Griffiths, 93, Main Road, ‘Dallas, died July 8, 1988 at the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kings- ton. She was preceded in death by her { husband Russell, June 1, 1962. Surviving are sons, Morgan, Shavertown; Joseph, Monticello, - Fla.; daughters, Marjorie and Anne two grandchil- dren. Interment was in Oak Lawn Cem- = stery, Hanover Twp. “MARY PURCELL . Mary T. Purcell, 93, formerly of *S. Pioneer Ave., Trucksville, died ~July 7, 1988 at the Meadows Nurs- ing Center, Dallas. + She was preceded in death by her “husband, Joseph L., in 1986. y Surviving are sons, William F., < Harveys Lake; Joseph W., Dallas; “Atty. James L, Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.; Robert L., Syossett, N.Y.; daughter, Mrs. Robert Siani, “Warren, N.J.; 32 grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren, Interment was in St. Mary's Linton, Hanover Township. "PETER A. SHINER ‘ Peter A. Shiner, 71, of Sterling Water Ave., Dallas, died July 6, 1988 in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Euro- pean Theater. He was preceded in death by sisters, Nellie Decker and Mrs. Marie Serhan. Surviving in addition to his wife, the former Claire John are chil- dren, Paul, Harrisburg; Nina Shiner Wysocki, Dallas; Mrs. John (Marcia) Steele, Bricktown, N.J.; Peter Jr., Pittsburgh; six grand- children; twin brother, Paul, Miami, Fla.; brothers, Joseph, Vero Beach, Fla.; Francis, Wilkes- Barre; Anthony, Buffalo, N.Y.; sis- ters, Mrs. Victoria Elias, Toms River, N.J.; Mrs. Michael (Lena) Bena, Linden, N.J.; Mrs. Donald (Marjorie) Chamberland, Towanda; Mrs. William (Joan) Smilanich, Colorado Springs, CO; several nieces and nephews: Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cem- etery, Carverton. EDNA TRAIGIS Edna Traigis, 76, of Maywood Ave., Harveys Lake, died July 5, 1988 in the Nesbitt Memorial Hospi- tal, Kingston. She and her husband celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary in November, 1987. She was preceded in death by brother, Anthony; sister, Helen Stadulis. Surviving are sons, William T. Jr., Knoxville, Tenn.; Edmund C. Gouldsboro; daughters, Mrs. Bar- bara P. Lucke, Madisonville; Caro- line M. Zielinski, Fort Wayne, Ind.; sisters, Mrs. Stella Orbus and Mrs. Stephanie Waterhouse, Wilkes- Barre; eight grandchildren. Interment was in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. (continued from page 1) p Council of Northeastern Pennsyl- “ vania, stated that the existing Dallas Area Mucicipal Authority “may be the best vehicle for the - formation of a regional water authority. The authority was chart- - ered as a water authority when it _ was formed and therefore has the - ability to assume that role with a . minimum of organizational red “ tape. Grossman also said that the - Pennvest program could supply “much of the funding needed to form a water authority. Another option ~ would be for the Dallas-Shavertown - Water Company to act as agent for a regional body. Several township * commission members urged the ad - hoc committee to begin their evalu- _ ation of the Back Mountain's water needs with the Gilbert study that was completed in 1974. While some of the information in the study is dated, its basic research and con- ~ clusions are stil valid, they said. Ellie Rodda proposed that the ad . hoe committee recommend a stat- “ute to each of its communities - requiring an inventory of all water resources in each municipality, including private wells. When some members remarked that the man- - power for such a study was not : available, nor was there any Barn budget for such a large undertak- ing, Brian Redmond remarked that the study could possibly be done as a project by students in his depart- ment at Wilkes College. Joseph Salla, manager of the Dallas-Shavertown Water Company, was called on several times during the meeting. He cited the high cost of producing a comprehensive study of water resources as one reason to start with the existing Gilbert study. Salla said that his company was engaged in planning as far as 30 years ahead and has plans for three additional high yield wells to be developed. Salla said he felt that there are adequate water resources in the Back Mountain and that there) was no need to curtail building at this time. When asked if it was possible to have devices that would warn of low water installed on the existing water tanks, Salla replied that such devices are being installed now. Price said that the Back Mountain Comm Center would monitor the devices when they are installed so that some advance warning of low water in the tanks can be received. Installation of the monitors could help to avert another crisis like that experienced over the July 4th weekend, when water tanks ran dry after a pump was sabotaged. (continued from page 1) least we can do’’said Reverend ~ Jones. A fund raising effort was - launched through local print and _ broadcast media to help pay for Smucker’s bills, and within a short period of time over 200 cards and letters came in from all over - Northeastern Pennsylvania. Along * with their monetary donations, - > people wished their blessings and : support for Smucker and his + family. ““A lot of people gave their time + and effort to help area farmers With the barn raisings, and I think ‘our community is stronger because of it.”’ said Joe Hardiski who Ed presented the check to Reverend Jones on behalf of the community Monday. Jones has sent Smucker a letter informing him of the fund raising effort on his behalf, and will present the check to Smucker this week. Amish people are known to be extremely self reliant, but Jones is hopeful that Smucker will accept the community’s offer of help and gratitude. The barn raising efffort was made possible by the support of 20 Back Mountain church congrega- tions, and several members of the community. Over 100 community volunteers, along with the Mennon- ite Amish Relief Service, partici- pated in the barn raising project. 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Denmon) looks Library news Volunteers make the library special By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Back Mountain Memorial Library is fortunate to have a real select group of faithful volunteers, among them being Shirley Forney of Shavertown. Shirley began her time of volunteering for the library a few years ago, soon after moving into our area. She had wanted to volunteer here from the beginning but had difficulty finding someone from the library who said they needed her and invite her to begin working. Finally, our volunteer coordinator phoned her and asked her to come in and then she began to volunteer. She comes in Wednes- day afternoons on a regular basis, from 3 to 5 hours each week and does this mostly because she enjoys books and likes to work in libraries. She shelves books in the reading room in their proper places after they have been returned to the library and slipped with the proper book card. One other impor- tant job she does is to ‘read shelves’; which means make sure the books are in their proper place on the shelves and that the shelves are neat. Shirley is a great worker and a much appreciated volunteer. A pretty special couple to a lot of us are Oce and Arch Austin and they recently celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on June 17. Oce has been connected with ‘the library for many years and belongs Auction to the Book Club. Anyone who had children grow up in the Dallas School District knows both of these people, Oce being a teacher and Arch a superintendent. Oce is involved with the Nesbitt Auxiliary and they have both been active with Dallas Kiwanis. Happy anni- versary to some super 80 year young people! Having been involved with the Back Mountain Memorial Library for the past 20 years, I have become very close to many of our regular library patrons. There are many regulars who come in from week to week on a given day. We have been saddened during the past few weeks when some of our regu- lar special people have passed away. Donald Sutherland, who has been coming in for the past 20 years; Sam Siegel, Albert Aston, Robert McDowell and little Allison Jones; Martha Robinson, who has been a shut-in on, our delivery service for years; Mary Coon, Pat Gregory, Eloise Titman and Stefan Hellersperk, loyal library support- ers. We will miss our association with these special people. : A reminder to the residents of the Back Mountain: the library has a supply of canes, crutches, wheel- chairs, walkers, potty chairs and a hospital bed available for the public to borrow. These are at the library courtesy of Dallas Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs. (continued from page 1) The baked goods booth had remarkable success under Carol Erickson, turning in $700. Carol made many of the items and was assisted by others, so there was a wide variety of goodies available every night. The food booth, chaired by Lee and Terry Eckert, grossed $8,000. They had many new items which brought people back time and time again, and their “Sun Dance Spar- kling Cooler’’ was a hit with every- one. it hit the spot during the hot evenings of the auction. There were more than 600 antiques, which under the careful supervision of Ernest Ashbridge always brings in a large sum. A jelly cupboard circa 1840 brought $850, and six Victorian chairs went for $150 each, a total of $900. Among the new goods, a John Deere tractor went over the block for $1100. Corrinne Pawling was chairperson of new goods and did a fantastic job. “The weather didn’t interfere this year,” Shaskas said. ‘“The people came regardless of the heat. We Real Estate for Rent? Rent it through a friend SPECIAL RATE FOR REAL ESTATE RENTALS 20 Words 4 WEEKS 84 repaid (Add $1.00 if billed) Call The Post 675-5211 or mail your ad to: The Dallas Post P.O. Box 366 Dallas, PA 18612 Deadline: Monday 5:00 P.M. had some antiques and new goods left over Sunday night but instead of continuing until 2 or 3 a.m. in the morning, we shut down at midnight. “We decided to hold a mini- auction and a Farmer’s Market, tentatively the first weekend in October, to get rid of the surplus, and we have started planning a horse show for early next season as a kickoff type event for those, who don’t want to attend the dinner which we will still have in the spring. “Dr. Durelle Scott was super as my co-chairman. He and his wife, Connie, did a great job. Connie was in charge of the tickets for the Ford Escort which was won by George Stella.” Shaskas is looking ahead to next year when he plans to set a goal of $100,000. 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There are a few developers such as Flack, Wallack and Moreck, Inc. and Ed Nelen trying to obtain permits to build on the last few parcels of land in Dallas Borough; some carefully screened and given preliminary or final approval in Kingston Township and others in Dallas, Lehman; and Jackson Township as well as two possible developments in Harveys Lake Bor- ough. Donald and Shirley Hanson have a 30-acre parcel of land including the lake front, restaurant, camp- ground and former Hansons Amusement Park on the market and developers are interested in making the site a condominium complex. Businessman Al Morrow has applied for permission to construct 31 townhouses on a 3% acre parcel of land behind his two homes on Lakeside Drive. In Jackson Township, Jonathan Valentine of Dallas has approxi- mately 13 houses being constructed in Pinetree Estates of Sutton Road. The homes are reported to be worth from $300,000 to $1 million each. Lehman Township has two devel- opments under consideration but the township zoning board will have to change the zoning from residen- tial and agricultural before 25 to 30 townshouses can be built near Briarcrest Road. The owner of Bryant’s Mobile Homes in Dallas would like to buy land behind the Lehman fire hall so he could build a mobile home trailer park. Recently, plans submitted by Michael Development Inc. were given preliminary approval by the planning commission. The plans call for the building of 35 town- houses on seven acres of land on Garbutt Street behind Native Tex- tiles. William Rice has alreday built 45 of 90 additional homes in the Orchard View Terrace Develop- ment off Dorchester Drive. Kingston Township has at least seven new developments preliminary or final stages. These include Cranes Landing I and II, Maple Crest, Somerfield, Woodside I and II and an adjoining subdivi- sion called Woodridge. In the meantime, three contrac- tors contacted by The Post, said that they believe building is slack- ing off. Leo Rutkowski of Dallas, who has been constructing homes for the past 20 years or more, said by this time last year he had built 30 new homes in the $200,000 to $300,000 ‘range. This year to date, he has had less than half that many. ‘People are now looking for houses under $200,000,” Rutkowski said. “Today, it costs about $30,000 for the average lot, to clear and prepare it and put in the road. Add this to the price of a new home and it puts the owner in a high price bracket. Lower priced houses are in demand but it’s impossible to build a good one at a low price.” in the. James Veras of Veras Construc- tion Company also agreed that people buying newly-constructed homes are slacking off, although he said it is possible there are more new homes available on realtor lists. “Most people are looking at $150,- 000 to $250,000 homes and the lower priced homes sell faster. There are more homes above $300,000 for sale now,’ Veras said. Veras explained that most of his homes are purchased by executives moving into the area or by profes- sional people who live here and move up. He said they usually range in age from 35 and 40 years "up. “Houses have appreciated over the years, however, and prices of them in general have gone up.” Michael Dombroski of Dallas, one of the newer contractors to this area, believes his homes are selling, about the same as a year ago. said they average between $150,0( to $200,000 and the buyers are about a 50-50 mix - a clientele of local people and others relocating to this area. “Most of those coming into this area accept the higher price,” Dombroski said. “The majority of the buyers are 35 years or over and are executive or professional type people. hesitate on price.” Robert Besecker of Besecker Realty said there are very few older homes on the market. “People are holding on to thd ’) homes,”’ said Besecker. ‘“The $40,- 000 to $80,000 homes are non-exis- tent. It’s the $90,000 to $300,000 or more we're trying to sell. $40,000 to $70,000 homes are scarce. There are about 16 houses in this price range for sale in the entire Back Mountain, $80,000 up to $200,- 000, 45 houses; and $200,000 up, about 20. “We have a lot of professional people living back here. With the influx of Nabisco, houses properly priced sold but there are a lot of over-priced houses and the prices keep going up,’”’ Besecker said. Mary Griffin of M.M. Griffiés Real Estate, said the younger fam& lies are looking for homes under $100,000, while older persons, retir- ing and cash buyers want homes that are not too large and these are harder to find. ‘“‘Executives will spend over $200,000 and middle Americans between $100,000 and $200,000. The nice home priced correctly goes immediately. Anything over $200,- 000 moves more slowly,” Griffin said. Ruth K. Smith of Smith Realtogs said price-wise the best houses move are those between $70,000 and $150,000. Under $70,000 would be great but there aren’t many those around,” she said. / “Most couples who come from’ out of town are interested in school districts and most want Dallas so they look at homes there first. There are always those who want houses with acreage or farms with streams and woods.” Smith said the people interested in buying are a combination-some from downtown moving out here or people coming in from out of state. “Some of the people are trading up and are younger. We also get many professional people. “Executives move in to the Baé Mountain and some of the 0 ig sional people buy townhouses, live in them for several years, then sell and move up,” said Mrs. Smith. “There are a lot of high-priced houses on the market,” she said. It's Summer Tune-Up Time Have your bike tuned by a Professional Schwinn Factory Trained Mechanic at: $S BRYANT'S 338 Wyoming Ave., THE BIKE KING 119 N. 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