> ) The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 2, 1994 3 Payne adds new technology By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Payne Precision Graphics in Dallas Township is basically the story of the little printing com- pany that could. Founded in 1943 in Plymouth by John Robert Moore, the com- pany moved to Lake Street in Dallas Township in the early 1950's. Payne prints color brochures for many large customers from New Yrok City to Washington, DC, including Mack truck calendars distributed by area dealers, the annual report for Moses Taylor Hospital and catalogues for Mont Blanc pens, Crayola crayons, DayTimers executive supplies, Corning glass and Sharp Elec- tronics. : “We have 100 employees, mostly from the Back Mountain, and contribute about $3/4 mil- lion in wages alone to the local economy,” said president Tom Gauntlett. He attributes the company's success to its keeping abreast of the latest in printing technology and the company’s excellent work- ers. “The Back Mountain is well- known for its stable work force — conscientious, hard-working people dedicated to quality,” he said. Workers at Payne - all mem- bers of the International Print and Graphics Communication Union — begin five to seven years of on- the-job training their first day at work. Additional graphics courses are available at Luzerne County Community College, where Gauntlett helped set up the graph- ics program. Gauntlett has spent 28 years with the company, starting in college as a part-time delivery person. After college, he started full- time as a sales representative, a position which he held until eight years ago, when the president, Robert Moore, died suddenly. “Bob was an excellent business manager,” Gauntlett, recalled. “He was a very fair person. He had groomed ‘me to take eventually over his position, but neither of us had planned it to happen this early.” He met his wife in the business, executive vice-president Susan Gauntlett, whose grandfather founded the company. “Executive vice-president is POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY - Tom and Susan Gauntlett review a full-color print job on Payne Precision Color's newest computer. only a title,” she said. “I just drive the biggest desktop computer in the company.” Susan had studied art at Syracuse College, but later changed her major to advertising. “It was a natural choice for the business,” she said. She began working as Payne's art director, designing layouts for customers, some who already had L-L Taxpayers to meet Feb. 3 Lake-Lehman Taxpayers Association will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Feb. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the Lehman Township Municipal Building. "Spring" ~~ Weather got you down? Put a little / 7 in your step! 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With the new state-of-the-art computer programs, scanners and a special printer, Gauntlett can now print a full-color brochure with quality high-resolution pho- tos in one step. “But learning to use the com- puters means learning a whole new language - the computer doesn't understand graphics terms, we had to learn how to translate them into computer language.” Anotherveteran, press foreman Ed Janosik, started 25 years ago as a press operator. He knows every inch of the company’s five different presses, which run three shifts, 24 hours a day. He supervises 30 people, mostly men. “The women are qualified to do the work, but not too many want to get dirty,” he joked. Pre-press manager Doug Ehret, a Dallas Township resident and Lake-Lehman graduate, started at Payne 22 years ago as a photo lithographer (stripper), setting up color printing and layouts. Now he supervises all aspects of preparing the print jobs before they go to the press. “I received all of my training through the union, first as an assistant, then an apprentice, then a journeyman,” he said. “I also took courses at Luzerne County Community College.” Three years ago Payne ex- panded its operations, moving five of its six presses into a $2 million building on a 10-acre site on Route 415 in Dallas Township, opposite Native Textiles. EVENINGS BY APPOINTMENT CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES 651 WYOMING AVE. KINGSTON 283-5116 MON-SAT 10-5 ; ‘Steven's <GhR Steven's Hours: \ Town & Country Country Club Shopping Ctr. * 675-0468 QUALITY DRYCLEANING A member of the International Fabricare Institute, the association of professional drycleaners and launderers. Same Day Service Shirts Laundered - Draperies and Household Items Alterations - Wedding Gown Specialist Leathers - Suedes - Furs - Fine Dry Cleaning Town & Country Cleaners 675-0468 Monday - Friday 7 AM. - 7 P.M. Saturday 8 AM. - 6 P.M. Country Club Shopping Ctr. « Route 309 Dallas The Professional Edge, The Personal Touch Cleaners Fire destroys storage barn Firefighters battled deep snow to tap out a fire January 31, shortly after 9 p.m., which partially destroyed a storage barn owned by Jane Pushkar of Crispin Road, Kingston Township. According to Trucksville fire chief Brian Johnson, 60 firefighters from Trucksville and Shavertown were hampered by the deep snow, hich made it difficult toreach the barn, located 700 feet away from the road. : The center part of the barn, used to store tools, welders, a boat and lawn equipment, was destroyed, although some items inside were saved, Johnson said. Johnson planned to meet with the fire marshal February 1 to determine the cause of the fire. Trucksville firefighter Craig Hardick sprained his knee after falling on the ice at the scene, Johnson said. Tankers from Jackson and Franklin townships, the Kingston Town- ship ambulance, Kingston Township rescue unit and the Dallas ambulance assisted at the scene. / Firefighters set up fund for Roans When the Roan family’s Harveys Lake home burned January 12, his fellow firefighters rallied to help out, battling the blaze for five hours. Their assistance hasn't ended with tapping out the fire. Andy Roan has been a member of the Kunkle Fire Company for the past 17 years and was assistant chief for a decade. His wife, Julie, was Kunkle's ambulance captain for eight years. Since the Roans and their daughter, Becky, lost everything in the fire, their fellow firefighters at Kunkle have set up a fund to raise money to help them get back on their feet. : “The Roans never hesitated to respond to a fire, accident or am- bulance call - often on a moment's notice,” said Kunkle fire chief Jack Dodson. “It's now our turn to assist them, as they have helped so many other families in the past. Firefighters are all brothers. We stick together.” The Kunkle Fire Company has set up a fund at the Grange Na- tional Bank and is soliciting donations, Dodson said. Checks or money orders should be made out to the Andrew Roan Fire Fund and sent to the Kunkle Fire Company at RR 1 Box 301A, Dallas, PA 18612. Dodson has asked that people send checks or money orders, not cash. Anyone wishing to donate househould items may call the fire company at 675-3334 and leave a message. Dodson has asked that people not leave any donated items at the fire hall, as they could get in the firefighters’ way or be damaged by the weather. by Grace R. 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