2 The Dallas Post
Dallas, PA
Wednesday, February 1, 1995
Taxpayers Ass'n. seeks
school board candidates
Dallas Fire & Ambulance elects officers
Dallas Fire & Ambulance recently elected officers for 1995: presi-
dent Robert Richardson; vice president, Timothy Carroll, secretary,
Lynn Sheehan Sr., treasurer, Paul Labar and newly elected directors
John Wega and Edwin Roth.
Fire Department officers are: fire chief, Brett Slocum and asst. fire
Property transfers :
The following deeds were re-
corded at the Luzerne County
Jackson Twp. :
Allyn R. Griffith et ux to Tony S.
Pietrowski et ux, 8.01 acres,
The Lake-Lehman Taxpayers’ It serves as a citizen watchdog chief, Tom Doughton. assessor's office between Jan. 13 $310,000. 21 4
Association is looking for candi- group which has contributed sig- Ambulance officers are: ambulance chief, Francis Barry, Jr., and and Jan. 19,:1995. Ross Twp. “
dates to run in this year's election nificantly to reducing school dis- asst. ambulance chief, Dennis Garvey. Dana W. Sutliff to Timothy T.
for School Board in three regions trict budgets and advancing edu- Dallas Township: Leahey et ux, 1.52 acres, $9,000;
comprising the Lake-Lehman cational and taxpayers concerns. Po / J C e re 0 rt Bruce Saidman et ux to PaulJ. Donald A. Wesley et al to Edmund
School District. Anyone interested in running Pp Gitlin, 1.146 acres Ancient Oakes, Castellani et ux, 2.79 acres Lot 9
for school board in the May Pri- $240,000; Henry C. Barbero to BuckRun, $8.000; Wesley & Long
; The Lake-Lehman Taxpayers’ mary Election should write im- Dallas Borough No injuries were reported. James D. Semyonet ux, $135,000; et al to Edmund Castellani et ux,
Association is a non-partisan mediately to: Lake-Lehman Tax- VAN HITS MANY THINGS IN Rev. Joseph Brozena to Raymond 2.44 acres Lot 5 Buck Run,
i organization founded four years payers’'Association, P.O. Box 178, ONE-CAR ACCIDENT Sweet Valley T. Woronowicz et ux, 36 Old $8,000; Raymond T. Woronowicz
880:to promols bulaies bstieetl .-flarvoyS Laks, FA] SG1S. According to Dallas police, a CLOSE CALL FOR DIESEL Grandview Ave., $105,000; J.R.H. et ux to Eric S. Mitchell, 1,03
| the needs of education and the The first day for candidates to g bole Inc. to Gregg M. Gittens et ux, acres .56 acres Main Road) ¢
| financial concerns of overbur- circulate nomination petitions is driver has been cited ina one-car SHOP WORKER 1.60 ; : -
1 .60 acres Northwoods, $38,500. $99,00.
4 dened taxpayers in the district. February 14. accident on Route 415 at Dallas Heavy winter clothes may have
Corners January 29, shortly after saved a worker at Casterline's
. = 10 a.m. Diesel on Route 118 in Sweet [EPA
§ b Police said that a 1992 Ford Valley from more serious injury. : Eh
! O I tuar / eS Aerostar van operated by Michael According to Sweet Valley Fire icontinged irom pags 1)
| J.Curran, 41, of Trucksville, trav- Chief Bob Walsh, Bentonresident Lehman Corners resident Temas Maculloch, began supplying
1 eling south on the highway, failed Daniel Morgan, 23, sustained that her well water smelled like bottled water and water filters to
WARREN STANTON DANIEL SPENCER to a the Si curve cuts on his hands and burns on gasoline. After extensive testing all the affected homes and the
§ Warren M. Stanton, 71, of Daniel W. Spencer, 79, of pefore Machell Ave. his right hand after being hit by ofwells around the area, the state Lake-Lehman Middle School and
8 Roushey Street, Dallas, diedJan. Claude Street, Dallas, died Jan. The van left the roadway, trav- the end of a metal barrel whichhe Department of Environmental paid for a new well at Bryan(s oS
4 28, 1995, at Wilkes-Barre Gen- 28, 1995, at Meadows Nursing eled 92 feet, hita state-owned “Do was cutting apart with a torch. Resources (DER) concluded that Trailer Park. no 4
J eral Hospital. Center, Dallas. not block intersection” sign, went The barrel had contained used {wo wells had been contaminated oo]
Born in Julian, Centre County, oom gn East Dalia Jie Wasa another 72 feet, hit and rolled motor oil, which had been re- with benzene, a cancer-causing DER officials called in the fed-
1 he was a son of the late Leslie and ee y! over a curb, traveled another 15 moved, Walsh said. _ volatile gasoline component, and eral Environmental Protection
| Pear] Stanton Stanton. ox eh h mis 151 feet, hit a fire hydrant and went It shouldn't have exploded, 17 wells had been contaminated Agency (EPA) a year ago to help
He was a graduate of Dallas Sha] eT, gle Hi another nine feet before comingto Walsh said. Possibly a small with MTBE, an octane-boosting clean up the contamination. Since
Township High School and re- hoof, Muhienours, rest in a group of shrubs on the amount of gasoline was in the unleaded gasoline additive less then, the EPA has continued to
| sided in Dallas most of his Hie. He resided in Dallas for the edge of the Mellon Bank parking barrel. It exploded as soon has he dangerous than benzene. test residents’ wells for MTBE,
A g . past 36 years and previously re- Jot, police said. touched it with the torch. His Water supplies for the Lake- drilled four more wells around
Prior to retirement, he was sided in Lehman. Curran told police that he had heavy winter clothes probably [ehman Middle School and Lehman Corners to monitor the
3 owner and operator of Stanton’s Prior to retiring, he was em- tried toslowdownwhenapproach- saved him." Bryant's Trailer Park had alsobeen extent of the contamination and’
3 TV and Appliance Repair Service. ployed as a heavy equipment ing the intersection, heard abang Morgan was taken by helicop- affected. has picked up the cost of bottled |
He was a member of East Dal- operator by Sordoni Construction and lost control of his car, which ter to Geisinger Hospital in Dan- Because MTBE dissolves so water and water filters for the |
i las United Methodist Churchand Co., Forty Fort. had shifted to the right. ville, where he was treated and easily in water, it tends to stay in affected homes and the schools
p served with the U.S. Coast Guard He was a member of Gate of Police cited him for driving at discharged over the weekend, a water supply for a long time, The cleanup and related ex-
: during World War II. Heaven Church, Dallas, and its an unsafe speed and careless according to a hospital spoker- Feizer said. When water seeps penses have been funded by a
3 He was a member of Daddow 110ly Name Society. driving, person. through cracks in underground $1.9 million federal Superfund
i Isaacs American Legion Post 672, He was alsoa member of South rock layers, it carries and spreads ~~ grant. 4
i Dallas; George M. Dallas Lodge Mountain Land Association, . the MTBE with it. Fetzer said he plans toreport to
1 531 Free and Accepted Masons Jackson Sportsman Club and Dj VO [ ce S sough [ At the time, the contamination the Lehman Township supervi-
| and Caldwell Consistory, International Brotherhood ofElec- was blamed on the Lehman Sun- sors on the progress of the cleanup
i Bloomsburg. trical Workers Local 1319, Wilkes- oco station, whose owner, George at their May meeting. oe
| He also was a past member of i LT rrevaded wn LY. The following complains Jor Warsille) Rerey A. Yatiors, 3 ¢
i Dallas Rotarv Club. vorce were recorded a , Box arveys Lake agains :
if rer Hie Wits the Tor daughter, Rose Mary Spencer. Luzerne County Courthouse be- James M. Walters, P.O. Box 91, BACK MOUNTAIN
| ther Malle Mastin Ohs Robert Surviving are his wife, the for- tweendJan. 13anddJan. 19,. 1995. Wise River, Montana; John M.
| A Sweet Vallev: Cand. athome: ICT Stella Tylutki; sons, Daniel Donald Thomas, 80 Norton Tasco, 37 Lasalle Ave., Lehman : BE
i! ot G = ’ Ys ~~ W.,, Jr., Noxen; Michael J., Sweet Ave., Dallas against Amy Tho- Twp.,against Catherine M. Tasco, yy | | oq
\ sisters, Geraldine Kline, Pine valley; daughters, Joan Jones, mas, 17 Beverly Street, Ed- 37 Lasalle Ave., Lehman Twp.
8 Grove Mills; Shirley Schaffer, Dallas; Jean Sipper, New Hart-
i Naples, Fla.; one grandson. ford. C trot i d d H
| ord, Conn.; brothers, David, 1]
pi Interment, Chapel Lawn Me- [ehman; James, Chase: sisters, ry BR
| morial Park, Dallas. As Mobic, Vhong fr van S : Ru S S O
iH oris roer, 3 i
grandchildren; Hi gis Sd Due to tremendous response a 4th class has
VERONICA WEAVER: “ies his Eve Associates been added for 3 & 4 yr. olds. |
1 Veronica L. Weaver, 79, of ov Olivet Cotne- "Professional New registrations are still being accepted d
3 Hoover Road, Outlet Section, Lake Eye Care for all 4 age groups
Towgsiup died don 26, 1093 5) OHN CALIEK Because We Carell. . Classes Start ag at
esbi emorial Hospital, King- { gt blediotian
ston, shortly after admission. John Yalick, 80, of Yalick Road, 0- 2000 ; Major Performing rts Genter
Born in Swoyersville; shewasa Dallas, died Jan. 29, 1995, in : Hickory Corners Shopping Center Carverton Rd., Trucksville
[| daughter of the late Joseph and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Route 309 696-4755 : i
| Ann Sitar} Zosh. Born in Luzerne, he was the Main Line Plaza . Program teaches tumbling, rolls, walkovers & more. Leading to advanced 4
{ She had been aresidentofLake son of the late John and Mary Shavertown Patricia Russo, O.D. skills & floor exercise, always with proper safety technique instruction. ;
a En a
Township for the past 50 years.
Prior to retirement, she had
been employed by Luzerne Prod-
ucts, Plains.
She was a member of Our Lady
of Victory Church, Harveys Lake.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, John.
Surviving are son, John, Woo-
dbridge, VA; sisters, Helen Wilkes,
Nanticoke; Mary Brown, Lake
Township; Anna Crawford, Lake
Township; two grandchildren.
Interment, Mount Olivet Ceme-
tery, Carverton.
Stelmack Yalick.
He attended Pringle schools and
lived in Dallas most of his life.
In association with his brother,
Stephen, he operated Yalick's
Farm, Dallas.
He was a member of Gate of
Heaven Church, Dallas and the
Pennsylvania Farmers Associa-
tion.
Surviving are his wife, the for-
mer Ethel Dominick; daughters,
Shirley Kishbaugh and Sharon
Nulton, both of Dallas.
Interment will be in Chapel
Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas.
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