SECOND Schoolman Hits Lack Of Food Fund Reports A Pen Argyl Area Board member has charged that the board is not receiving monthly cafeteria fund reports as required by state law. Robert Stratton, who was seated last December, said at this week's meeting he has yet to receive his first cafeteria report. Dr. Wilson Kresge, district superintendent, promised that the directors would receive cafereports starting next Incith. He of that the there lack problem because cost-inventory system for the cafeteria.
Director Frank Brumbaugh agreed with an Stratton that there had been "serious oversight." He directed board secretary Watson T. Miller to investigate the matter. Stratton also complained that he had not yet received a copy of the school code and had not been invited to groundbreaking ceremonies for "the new elementary school in Plainfield Township. He said he preferred to "get things first hand, not read them in the newspapers. He submitted a bill on behalf of an unidentified bus contractor, who reportedly has paid since October for transporting pupils involved in ricular activities.
Miller was directed to pay the bill. Several cafeteria complained about poor working conditions. They requested a new means of clearing garbage from trays, more substitute workers, better wages and more paid holidays. The resignation of two ers, retiring after long years of service, was accepted by the school board. Mildred Amy, who has taught in the Pen Argyl Elementary School for 45 years, during most of which time she has been a building principal, and Mrs.
Ruth a (Kellow) Brands, who is completing 46 years of service as an elementary teacher in the Pen Argyl schools, are to resign. The two will be guests of honor at a PSEA dinner Saturday night in Danny's Restaurant, Bethlehem, for retiring teachers. The board decided to invite bids on pacts for improvements to five classrooms, two lockerrooms, two rest rooms and the east stairwell in the junior high school. Thomas A. Coughlin Co.
was authorized seek bids furnishing boiler for the Plainfield Elementary School. The resignations of Eileen Roth as a secretary in the Plainfield building; Mrs. Joann Stametz, high school cafeteria cashier; Mrs. Minnie Hunt, substitute helper, in the high school cafeteria, Mrs. Annola Lakey, lunch room monitor in the elementary school, were accepted.
Mrs. Gladys Sweet was ferred from substitute cafeteria helper to cashier, and Mrs. Betty Van Dohlin was employed as a substitute in the high school cafeteria. Following a review of the secretarial salary scale, the board approved a starting salary of $3,800 and a maximum of $6,000, effective July 1. A salary, point system for coaches and advisers of cocurricular activities in the high school was approved.
The Blue Mountain Water Co. will be authorized to provide water service to the new elementary school in Plainfield Township. The cost is not to exceed $1,000. Kresge, in reporting on progress at the new school site, that the underground drainage system will soon be taken care of. Trees have been removed from the area and the top soil has been stripped back, he said.
The budget of the Northampton County Area Community College for the year ending June 1971 and an amended agreement with the Eastern Northampton County Vocational-Technical School which makes each participating district responsible for transporting its pupils to the school, were approved. A permanent Pen Argyl Area week summer school program was approved. The athletic budget for 1970-71 was set at $22,980. The Mitchell Office Equipment Co. was awarded a contract to supply an Olivetti-Underwood calculator at its bid of $479.45.
The board decided to participate in the area training instructional aides program and to recruit up to six such aides. The Pen Argyl Exchange Club was given permission to place a freedom shrine in the Plainfield Elementary School. "Homesick Express" before Bob Williams and gang moved in. Revamped Bus to Take Fans to Indy in Style By RANDALL MURRAY Mario Andretti of Nazareth and the late Eddie Sachs of Center Valley have been two of the Lehigh Valley's representatives at past runnings of the Indianapolis 500-mile race. This year, however, Easton's "Homesick Express" will carry the colors to the big Indy.
While it won't actually compete with the speedy Andretti on the high-speed oval, the "Express" a former school bus, will carry about 12 Easton racing fans to and from the Memorial Day spectacular in real style. Not bad for a vehicle termed a burned-out loss eight months ago. Bobby Williams, owner of Williams Auto Body at 43 N. Delaware Drive in Easton, and severa! of his compatriots are entering the final stages of refurbishing the 1969 school bus for the trip. Among the creature comforts to be found within the insulated walls of the "Homesick Express" are air conditioning, a centrally controlled combination stereophonic tap deck, radio and television, wall-to-wall carpeting, 12 bunks and, of course, a bar complete with two half kegs of liquid refreshment.
Williams, who has made the with several buddies in past years, purchased the bus last September from an insurance firm. The company declared it a write-off after it was burned badly in a barn fire. The bus had less than 1,400 miles on it at the time. After towing the wreck back to the shop, the gang found their first problem was wedging it into the building. "We had an inch clearance on top," Williams said, "and not too much on either side." Once they managed to squeeze the bus inside they all set to work on it like ants at a picnic.
It's a team project, declared Williams. He pointed to the job done by Bob Frey of Martins Creek, the project's electrician. "He rewired the whole bus, he changed everything." Williams explained. "Every bit of the wiring had to be changed because it was burned so badly in the He conducted a guided tour of the bus and pointed to the i in- Bethlehem Pupil Signup Starts Today Registration begins today in the Bethlehem Area School District for pupils who will be entering kindergarten and 1st grade next year. Registrars will sit between 9 a.m.
and 3 p.m. today at Lincoln School. Tomorrow they will sit at La(fayette 9 a.m.-noon, at Marvine a.m. and 1-3 p.m., and at Stevens a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
The registration period will continue until April 23. Each elementary school has whole or half day scheduled for the process. For admission to kindergarten, a child must be 5 before Feb. 1, 1971. For 1st grade, the child must be 6 before that date.
A birth or baptismal certificate must be presented when registrating. Vaccination is required before the child's admission to school. If a vaccination certificate has already been obtained, it should be brought with information on other immunizations when the child comes to register. Dr. John W.
Khouri, the Superintendent, said the school health law requires all children to havve medical and dental examinations when they first enter school. These examinations may be done by the health services staff of the district during the child's first year in school. It is recommended that the examinations be done by the family physician and dentist before school opens because they know the past medical and dental history of the child and are best able to recommend any remedial care which may be needed. Necessary forms for the private examinations will be distributed. Parents having a question about which school their child should attend may get information from the district's office of child accounting located in the education center in Fountain Hill.
The balance of the registration schedule: Tuesday Freemansburg, 1-3 p.m.; Madison, 9 a.m. -noon; April 9 Jefferson, 1-3 p.m. April 13 Miller Heights, 9- 11:30 a.m.; April 15. Asa Packer, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Clear9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.; Edgeboro, 1-3 p.m.; Rosemont, a.m.
and p.m.; Spring Garden, p.m. April 16 Washington, 9 a.m.-noon; Franklin, 1-3 p.m.; Donegan, p.m.; Fairview, p.m., and Hanover, 9:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. April 17 Farmersville, 11:15 a.m. and p.m., and Governor Wolf, 1-3 p.m. April 20 Calypso, p.m.; April 22 Buchanan, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., and Hamilton, 1- 3:30 p.m.; April 23 Penn, 1- 3:30 p.m.
TV Program To Be Given By Students Nazareth Area Senior High School vocal music pupils, under the direction of Robert S. Reeser, will present 30-minute program over WLVT.TV Channel 39 at 4. p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The a program is part of the series "Lehigh Valley School of the Week." The program will feature an adaptation of the musical "Carousel," which will be given in the school's spring concert April 10 and 11. Members of the cast have been chosen by audition. The main roles will be taken by Linda Buss, Joseph Buss, Susan Elliott, Craig Hunt and Raymond DeRaymond. Assisting will be Jerry Leh, Jeff Graf, Ralph Brodt and Richard Heckman. Denise Gower will be the narrator and Jane Houck, accompanist.
seats and bunks. Northampton -Warren Counties Bethlehem-Easton-Phillipsburg 36 THE MORNING CALL, Allentown, April 1, 1970 HUD Clears $1.8 Million For Easton Renewal Job The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved a grant and temporary loan for the second phase of Easton's Neighborhood development program for the South Side. Lawrence Cox, HUD assistant secretary for renewal assistance, notified William Hawkins, Easton Redevelopment Authority executive director, of the approval yesterday. The temporary loan will be used by the authority to buy land and property that can't be rehabilitated. The authority also plans to purchase several properties, rehabilitate them and sell them.
Money from the sale of these properties will be used to repay the government temporary loan, Hawkins said. The director said the second phase of the rehabilitation program was supposed to begin March 1. When this phase of the project was originally studied, the ERA had planned to ask for $4 million. When the government called for all project costs to be cut, the project was reduced in size for the second phase and costs were cut to $1.8 million. Hawkins said he plans to request a change in the dates for the project because of the delay in funding.
He will ask for the first phase to close March 31 and the second phase to begin April 1. About 110 properties will be acquired during this phase of the project. The rehabilitation program will include completion of work in the 700-800 block of W. Wilkes-Barre Street, where the first phase started, and in the area bounded by Iron, Lincoln, Reynolds and Nesquehoning streets. Also scheduled for the second phase is the St.
Joseph Street area, bounded by Orchard, Folk, Holt and Fell streets. Council to Weigh HRC's Rent Plan Easton City Council will fix al date at its conference Tuesday for a meeting on the Human Relations Commission's rent withholding plan. The commission has asked council to draw up an ordinance permitting rent withholding in the city. This would allow rent of tenants living in below-standard homes to be held in escrow until the houses are repaired. Council said yesterday it wants a ruling on the legality of the plan from city Solicitor Karl LaBarr before it goes into the matter more deeply with the commission.
Also still being considered is a program drawn up by the Joint Planning Commission to beautify the area along Route 611. The JPC and the Lehigh-Delaware Development Council, which first proposed the improvements, have asked Easton to endorse the plan. Taxi Firms Ask Boost In Fares Call Harrisburg Bureau HARRISBURG -Two Easton taxi cab companies and one in Bangor have asked the Public Utility Commission for approval to raise fares in April. Easton Taxi, and Yellow Cab of Easton, seek to increase on April 19 the first full-mile charge from.50 cents to 80 cents and charge 10 cents for each extra quarter-mile instead of each extra third of a mile. Easton Taxi said an estimated $37,500 more expected annually from the new fares is needed to offset losses and meet increased operating costs.
Similar reasons were advanced for an additional $18,700 yearly sought by Yellow Cab. Bangor Cab proposes to establish on April 15 a 75 cent firstmile charge, and raise from 15 to 25 cents the rate for each additional half-mile. A 50-cent charge for rides within Bangor and Pen Argyl would be ended, as well as a 30-cent first-mile charge for trips outside limits of the two boroughs. The one-cab firm said an estimated $1,500 expected more annually is needed to offset higher operating costs and provide some reasonable compensation to the owners, Mr. and Mrs.
John W. Heller, president and secretary-treasurer, respectively. Storm $465, Cost Easton Says By PEG RHODIN The Easter snowstorm cost Easton $465 in manpower plus materials to clear the streets, Councilman Henry Schultz said yesterday. Schultz, director of streets, said crews started work at 10 a.m. Sunday and some stayed on duty 14 consecutive hours.
"At no time after the storm began were crews not on the streets," Schultz said. Unlike Bethlehem and Allentown, Easton declared no snow emergency despite the 10-inch fall. That's the job of Mayor Fred Ashton and he was away. Councilman Thomas Goldsmith said he preferred not to declare an emergency in the mayor's absence. "The streets were all passable, and I thought it would cause more inconvenience than the snow," Goldsmith said.
Groovy! 4,000 Disks At Libraries Council agreed at a recent conference to approve it in principle but not commit the city financially. But Mayor Fred Ashton said yesterday he still wants to know "what this is going to cost Easton. "I also want to know how much of the area is within the city limits," Ashton said. Councilman Henry Schultz told him, "When we discussed this earlier, felt we should agree to it in principle but not commit any money to it." "That's fine," Ashton said. "But we still should know what the city's financial commitment would be.
Also, why is the city responsible for so much within its boundaries when other governmental units seem to be picking up the tab for the boroughs and townships?" Council agreed to endorse the plan generally and this was agreed to by Mayor Ashton. The Bethlehem Public Library will begin circulation of its new collection of phonograph records today. More than 4,000 lp's stereo and monaural records will be available for borrowing by adult holders of library cards. Residents of Bath, Nazareth and Northampton may obtain the records through their local libraries. The recordings range from classicial to popular, folk, jazz, musical comedy and opera, and include plays, poetry, language instruction and children's selections.
The records were purchased mainly with funds obtained from the federal government under Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act. In the future, a 25-cent rental on each loan of newly purchased records will make the collection partially self-supporting. strument panel. With lights, gauges and toggle switches galore, the driver's area resembles a pilot's co*ckpit. "That's part of what Bob did," Williams stated.
Pointing to light wood panelling on the walls of the front part of the bus, Williams credited Jim Laros of Easton with work. "Jim is also building the bar for us," he added with a grin. "Has it about half finished now." Laros has done all the carpentry work on the bus. Also joining in body work and painting on the bus are Jake Garrity and Billy Kluge, who work in Williams' shop. "Altogether there are about 10 or 15 of us working on the bus," Williams said.
They will all be in the shop Friday preparing the "Express" for its new coat of white paint with blue trim. They plan to work on the bus all weekend, painting it, installing outside lights and putting in the carpeting. Williams estimates he will have about $5,000 tied up in the bus when everything is finished. The gang has undertaken cooperative transport ventures before. Two years ago they pitched in and bought a 10-yearold eight-door airport limousine and made the Indy trip.
The bus, however, promises more comfort, not to mention refreshment, than the limousine. The dozen or so making the trip in the bus will leave Easton the afternoon of May 22 and drive straight through to Indianapolis, alternating drivers. They're going out a week early to catch the time trials. Williams explained how the bus came to be christened the "Homesick Express." "This fellow who went with us last year, he's a tractor trailer driver and he goes away for weeks at a time," Williams called. "We are all getting ready to come back after the race and he wanted to stay for another day.
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