Lake-Lehman names student-athletes pgo LAS OST Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 19, 1991 35 Cents Stormy graduation Dallas High School graduates did their best to hold their hats on as strong winds came up prior to the rain that drove them inside for the second half of the commencement program June 12. Story on page 3. (Post Photo/C.M. Denmon) Second Cosmninisoirt Memories stirred by program from Dallas Twp. High School's 2iia commencement June Nine Nineteen Thirty-Two HIMMLER THEAT RE oN AA) By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer It was 59 years ago—June 9, 1932—that the Second Com- mencement Program from Dallas Township High School was held on the stage of Himmler Theatre on Lake Street, Dallas. “There were six boys and seven girls in the class,” recalled Mel- bourne “Red” Carey of Claude Street. “I remember it well since I was one of the students. After we graduated, the next day we went on a bus trip to Washington, D.C. “I moved to Fernbrook from ‘Red’ Carey recalls being the only student who didn't live on a farm Wilkes-Barre so I went to the high school in eighth grade. I first went to the Goss School on the corner of Church Street, then in ninth grade we moved up to the Dallas Town- ship High School which was dedi- cated in 1928. We kept moving up the ladder until we graduated,” said Carey. “Dallas Township was | a vocational school then and we had to take farming. We studied it from a book. I was the only one who was not from a farm. Donald Kester was a vocational teacher and also taught us farming.” Given the size of the school, everyone including the principal has classroom duties. “Maurice Girton was the princi- pal but he also was one of our teachers. He taught us math. We had a variety of courses, English, math, Latin, French, history and science,” Carey said. See MEMORIES, pg. 8 Library auction could use a few more hands By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer This year's Back Mountain Library Auction chairmen would welcome additional volunteers as well as items for some of the ‘booths. “The Dallas Rotary Club will be iin charge of the food stand this 'year,” said Library Manager Nancy ‘Kazemchak, “But they could use Mone additional help. The people ‘who come to the auction like to eat ‘and it makes it easier if there are ‘enough volunteers to shorten the ‘shifts worked by the people be- ‘hind the counter.” | “Wealsoneed volunteers to help ‘with the grounds and additional volunteers for the New Goods ‘Committee. Craig Aicher and Kerry ‘Freeman are in charge of the ‘auction block and they usually ‘recruit their auctioneers. If there ‘is dnyone interested in auction- ‘eering they need to contact Craig ‘or Kerry,” said Kozemchak. “And ‘we can always use runners for the auction.” Members of Boy Scout Troop 281, Dallas United Methodist ‘Church, will be in charge of the Children’s Auction which will be ‘held Saturday, July 6, beginning ‘at ‘10 a.m. Again this year, there will be children’s games and ac- ‘tivities including the popular “Moon Walk.” “Co-chairpersons of the Book Booth, Mrs. Florence Crump, Pr- iscilla. Liput and Benedicta Matchett could use some more ‘volunteers for the book booth,” ‘said Nancy. “We also need children’s books and cookbooks,” said Matchett. “The books have been coming in since the last auction but we don’t ‘have enough of the children’s or cook books. Those are always popular. Anyone wishing to do- STAFF VOLUNTEERS - Members of the Back Mountain Memorial Library staff volunteer their time for the annual auction throughout the year, giving out information, and calling committee members. As it draws closer to auction time, they spend time displaying various items that will go over the block. Above, arranging some of the most recent antique items for this year’s auction are from left, Shirley Forney, Friends of the Library chairperson; Marilyn Rudolph, children’s librarian; Marie Wagner, volunteer, Laura Horvath, work study student; Jane McMichael, staff member, and Nancy Kozemchak, library manager, all of them setting up the antique items display including an antique quilt donated by a member of Huntsville Methodist Church. (Post Photo/Charlot M. Denmon) nate books may bring them to the library. We spend hours and hours categorizing and stacking and packing the books,” she explained. Sybil Pelton and Mary George, members of Dallas Ladies of Kiwa- nis, have been in charge of the Odds ‘n’ Ends booth for years and in more recent years Jean Grimes has served as co-chairperson with them. “We could really use more items for the booth,” said Sybil Pelton. “The auction is less than three weeks away. We have a lot of wonderful children’s toys, some of the very latest and in excellent condition. We also have a lot of puzzles but we could use kitchen items, glassware, dishes, appli- ances, and other varieties of items. People could leave odds and ends items on the loading dock or at the entrance on the Little People’s side of the library,” Pelton said. The library staff is also busy preparing for the auction, selling 50-50 chances and antique item chances, as well as raising seed money by selling small paper ox- bows at $1.00 each to visitors who come into the library daily. Just as the bells were last year, the oxbows are hung on the overhead cor- nices. Staff members will also vol- unteer their time in the various booths during the auction days. Another event, the annual Li- brary Auction Horse Show, will be Sunday, June 23. Recycling pickup schedule Danella Environmental Tech- nologies Inc. has announced the pickup schedule for recyclable materials in Dallas Borough, Dal- las Township, and Kingston Town- ship. The new program takes effect July 1 as mandated by the ordi- nances of the three municipalities. Recycling containers will be distributed throughout the area to all residences and each container will include a list of instructions. The pickup schedule will in- clude collection of garbage and recyclables in the municipalities as listed below. MONDAYS Rte. 309 north from Kingston Twp. line to the traffic light at Center St. in Shavertown. All ar- eas of Dallas Borough. Between Pioneer Ave. and Huntsville Dam released WLIST OF ITEMS TO BE RECYCLED - lM HARVEYS LAKE TO START PROGRAM Page 2 Road north to south and Over- brook Rd. and Center Hill Rd. east towest. (Including Yeager Ave. loop and Huntsville Dam Road between Overbrook Rd. and the Jackson Twp. line.) Highland Blvd., Huyler, and Marabee Streets will also be included. In addition Main St. between Pioneer Ave. and Rte. 309 and Orchard St. between Main St. and Rte. 309 will also be picked up. (Garbage and Recyclable goods will be picked up on the same day.) See RECYCLING, pg. 2 Lehman Township supers file complaint about ‘illegal’ dump By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The state Department of Envi- ronmental Resources (DER) has been asked to investigate a large dump on a property on'Outlet Road in Lehman Township. The land owner, however, claims there is no problem and that complaints about the dump are politically motivated. DER confirmed June 17 that a_ complaint has been filed against Ignatius Hozempa, who will be the Republican candidate for Lehman Township Supervisor in Novem- ber. The complaint, filed by town- ship solicitor Peter Savage, notes that the “landfill” is located on land which could be considered wetlands and is also near a stream that leads to a public water sup- ply. Lehman Township supervisors say that they have received nu- merous complaints about the dump, which some residents esti- mate is nearly 50 yards long and 20 yards wide. Question of what materials are being dumped - The supervisors say they are concerned about what materials . are being dumped and want the state to look into the matter. “We don’t know everything that is in there,” said supervisor Paul Goodwin. “We want DER to come out and look at it and make a Area rabies cases show sharp rise By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Back Mountain is included in an area in which more rabies cases are being reported than anywhere else in Pennsylvania this year. “This area is the hotbed in the state for rabies this year,” said Dr. L. Robert Davenport of the Depart- ment of Agriculture Office in Tunkhannock. “There is a wave of rabies covering the area in a 35 mile radius around Tunkhannock. That includes the Dallas area.” More than one third of rabies cases reported in the state from January until May 31 have been in northern Luzerne, Wyoming and part of Susquehanna County, Davenport said. Fifty of 156 cases were recorded in this area. Ten more have been found since June i. : “Last year the hot spot in the state was in the Philadelphia area, but the number there is down and the disease has traveled north. See RABIES, pg. 8 "It's my own property and I pay taxes here so I should be able to do with it what I want." Ignatius Hozempa Landowner charged with dumping decision.” Hozempa admits there isadump on his land but argues that there is no danger because he is disposing of garbage from his home and his tavern, the Hozey-K Town Tavern in Dallas. “I have stuff out there but it is mostly bottles and cans that I'm going to recycle,” said Hozempa. He said that the dump “...is not that large,” and that because it is on his property there is no viola- tion of state or township ordi- nances. “It’s my own property and I pay the taxes here so I should be able to do with it what I want,” said Hozempa. Hozempa said that most of the material is garbage from his home and bar but said that there are also some cinder blocks and bricks from work he had been doing around his property. Hozempa refused to let a re- See DUMP, pg. 8 a... i L Calendar............c..is 16 Classified.......... 13-15 Editorials................. 4 Obituarnes............... 13 Police report............ 5 School............... 10-11 SPORS...........i.. 000 9 Get ready to recycle Four Back Mountain communities are preparing to lauch recycling programs in July. In Dallas Borough, Dallas Township and Kingston Township, special containers are being distributed to each household. Recycling begins July 1. Residents of Harveys Lake can pick up recycling containers at the borough recreation center across from the Lake-Noxen Elementary School. Recycling begins July 8. For more details, see stories in this issue. CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS. OR ADVERTISING
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