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SECOND THE MORNING CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1986 DEATHS Mary Haidle; owned general store in Bath Mrs. Mary A. Haidle, 94, of 264 N. Chestnut Bath, died Wednesday in Leader and Rehabilitation Center Bethlehem. was Nursing, the widow of Frank R.

Haidle. She and her husband owned and operated a general store in Bath 1923-61. Born in Moore Township, she was a daughter of the late William and Helena (Smith) Derhammer. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Bath.

Surviving are two sons, Kenneth E. and Willard and a daughter, Mrs. Eleanor E. Newhard, all of Bath; a granddaughter, three greatgrandchildren and five great-greatgrandchildren. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday in the Bartholomew Funeral Home, 243 S. Walnut Bath. A calling hour will precede the services. Mrs. Johanna Tauber Mrs.

Johanna Tauber, 90, formerly of 1498 Holland Bethlehem, died Tuesday in Gracedale, Nazareth R.1. She was the widow of John Tauber. Born in Wallendorf, Austria, she was a daughter of the late John and Marie (Hirsch) Hodl. She was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Bethlehem, and a past officer of the St. Francis Beneficial Society, Allentown.

Surviving are five sons, Herbert J. and Paul both of Allentown, Aloysius J. and Ferdinand both of Whitehall Township, and Daniel R. of Bel Air, a daughter, Emma wife of Walter Schwind, with whom she formerly resided; a sister, Mrs. Anna Kloiber of Wallendorf; 21.

grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by a son Robert. Services at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in the Weber Funeral Home, 1619 Hamilton Allentown, will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the church.

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(Simitz) Nikles. They observed their 51st wedding anniversary last August. Nikles and his wife owned and operated the Cherry Hill Hotel, Bushkill Township, 1953-81. Born in Lower Nazareth Township, he was a son of the late John and Theresia (Dergosits) Nikles. He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, Nazareth, and a former president Holy Name Society.

He was treasurer of the Holy Family Sick and Relief Society for many years. Surviving his widow are two sons, Frank J. Jr. of Nazareth and Donald of Shohola, Pike County; two brothers, John of Nazareth and Edmund of Matamoras, Dauphin County; a sister, Mrs. Theresa Raydo of Shawnee Mission, a stepsister, Anna Posivak of Allentown; a step-' brother, Andy Palfi of Easton; seven grandchildren and a great-granddaughter.

Services at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in the Joseph F. Reichel Funeral Home, 220 Washington Park, Nazareth, will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the church. Calling hours will be 7-9 p.m.

Friday. Jonathan Evans Jonathan Evans, 82, of 3303 Thomas Whitehall Township, died Wednesday in Sacred Heart Hospital. He was the husband of Ruth (Davidson) Evans. A mechanical engineer, he specialized in heating, ventilation and air conditioning for various companies in the East for many years before retiring in 1969. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of the late David and Gwen (Evans) Evans.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Allentown. Surviving with his widow are a son, Richard J. of Allentown; a daughter Gwen, wife of Howard Porshinsky of Worthington, Ohio; three sisters, Elizabeth, wife of George Handzo, and Mrs. Jeanette Amos, both of Wilkes-Barre, and Gwen, wife of George Kirkpatrick of Sylmar, and four grandsons. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Friday in the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, 16th and Hamilton streets, Allentown. A calling period will be 1 p.m Friday until services. James C. Balf James C.

Balf, 81, of 1731 Idaho Allentown, died Wednesday in St. Luke's Hospital. He was the husband of Elda Balf. He worked for Bethlehem Steel Corp. for 45 years before retiring in 1970 as a craneman.

Born in Bethlehem, he was a son of the late John and Nellie Balf. Surviving with his widow are four sons, Patrick of Allentown, James of Beechwood, N.J., Daniel of Bethlehem R.3 and John of Bethlehem; a daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline Bade of Emmaus, and 10 grandchildren. Services at 9 a.m. Friday in the Connell Funeral Home, 245 E.

Broad Bethlehem, will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Infancy Catholic Church, Bethlehem. Calling hours will be 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Mrs.

Beulah Williams Mrs. Beulah C. Williams, 85, formerly of 1339 Allen Allentown, died Wednesday in Cedarbrook, Allentown R.2. She was the wife of Edgar A.P. "Gump" Williams.

She was a typing supervisor and stenographer at Pennsylvania Power Light where she worked for more than 35 years until retiring in 1965. Born in Phinneyville, Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late James and Caroline (Clark) Lorah. Surviving with her husband are a sister, Mrs. Iva C. Korbel of Silver Spring, and a brother, Russell J.

of Southgate, Calif. Services will be at the convenience of the family in the J.S. Burkholder Funeral Home, 16th and Hamilton streets, Allentown. There will be no calling hours. Howard C.

Rowe Howard C. Rowe, 84, formerly of Slatington, died Tuesday in Valley Manor Nursing Center, Coopersburg. He was the husband of the late Helen S. (Handwerk) Rowe. He was employed by the former Fritzinger Bakery, Walnutport, for many years before retiring in 1966.

Born in Colesville, I he was a son of the late Charles and Emma (Gebhart) Rowe. He is survived by nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Fairview Cemetery, Slatington. The Robert K.

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She was a domestic at Binney and Smith Forks Township, until retiring in 1963. She previously was a silk weaver at the former Simons Knitting Mills, Easton, and a nurse's aide at the former Betts Hospital, Easton, for many years. Born in Easton, she was a daughter of the late Harrison and Anna Marie (Baltcer) Arner. She was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, Easton. There are no immediate survivors.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the church. Calling hours will begin at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Morello Funeral Home, 201 S. 12th Easton.

Phillip G. McLean Phillip G. McLean, 36, of 116 Constitution Hereford, died Wednesday in his home. Berks County Coroner William Fatora was not available last night to rule on the death. McLean was the husband of Jane (Young) McLean.

He was a wastewater treatment plant operator for the Hereford Estates Trailer Park in Hereford Township for the past three years. Born in Elmira, N.Y., he was a son of Leonard Sr. and Virginia McLean of Honesdale, Wayne County. Surviving with his widow and parents are a brother, Leonard Jr. of Rochester, N.Y., and a sister Debbie, wife of Robert Mander of Honesdale.

Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Mann Funeral Home, 222 Washington East Greenville. A calling hour will precede the services. Mrs. Mary Missimer Mrs.

Mary Missimer, 78, of Canoga Park, formerly of Easton and Allentown, died Monday in the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs. Albert Rota of Canoga Park. Mrs. Missimer was the wife of Jack Missimer. She had been a hairdresser at Sophie's 1 Beauty Salon, Allentown, and previously a silk weaver for the former Onondaga Silk Mills, Easton.

Born in Rome, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Nazzarena Rota. Surviving with her husband are a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Rheams, and a brother Tom, both of Encino, Calif. Services will be at the convenience of the family. Joseph Zakaroff Joseph Zakaroff, 65, of the Allentown Rescue Mission, died Tuesday in Allentown Osteopathic Medical Center.

There are no immediate survivors. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Rescue Mission. A calling hour will precede the services. The Heber C.

Sell Funeral Home, 1145 Lehigh Allentown, is in charge of arrangements. Booz services Services for Mrs. Florence K. Booz, 86, of 313 Race Perkasie, who died Tuesday in Allentown Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in St.

Stephen's United Church of Christ, Perkasie. A calling hour will precede the services. The Bernard Suess Funeral Home, 606 Arch Perkasie, is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. June Pearl Meas Mrs.

June Pearl Meas, 33, of Spinnerstown, died Wednesday in Quakertown Community Hospital. She was the wife of Robert J. Meas. She was a custodian at the Eidig School in the Quakertown Area School District for many years. Born in Allentown, she was a daughter of Roland C.

and Ann (Yeakel) Reith of Milford Square. Mrs. Meas was a member of West Swamp Mennonite Church, Erva C. Arner Quakertown R.5, and taught Sunday school there for several years. Surviving with her husband and parents are a daughter Rachel, at home; a sister, Mrs.

Jean Ogden of Quakertown, and two brothers, Fred and Ronald, both of Quakertown R.D. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the church. Calling hours will be noon-2 p.m. Saturday in the church.

The C.R. Strunk Funeral Home, 821 W. Broad Quakertown, is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Mae Heinbach Mrs.

Mae Heinbach, 94, formerly, of 61 W. Market Bethlehem, died Saturday in Gracedale, Nazareth R.1. She was the widow of George Wesley Heinbach. Born in Sugar Notch, Luzerne County, she was a daughter of the late Edward and Mary Ellen (Thomas) Williams. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, Bethlehem, and taught Sunday school there until she was 90.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Strubhar of Lititz, Lancaster County, and Mrs. Eleanor. Hulbert of Glendale, a sister, Mrs. Eldora DeWald of St.

Clair five grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren. A son, G. Wesley predeceased her. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday in the Lester S.

Pearson Funeral Home, 1901 Linden Bethlehem. A calling hour will precede the services. Mrs. Eva A. Koch Mrs.

Eva A. Koch, 87, formerly of 2431 Allen Allentown, died Wednesday in the Phoebe Home, Allentown. She was the widow of Clarence B. Koch. Born in Trexlertown, she was a daughter of the late Harry T.

and Annie C. (Grammes) Kern. She was a member of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Allentown. Surviving is a sister, Mrs.

Esther L. Casteline of Allentown. Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Trexler Funeral Home, 1625 Highland Allentown. A calling hour will precede the services.

Mrs. Elsie Mill Mrs. Elsie Mill, 91, of 512 Cattell Easton, died Tuesday in the Northampton Convalescent Center, Easton. She was the widow of Edward Mill. She was a licensed practical nurse.

Born in Pattenburg, N.J., she was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Weydemeyer. Surviving are nieces and nephews. Memorial services will be at a later date.

The Joseph A. Noto Funeral Home, Phillipsburg, is in charge of arrangements. role questioned in A Allentown By JOHN CLARK that bond was effected, significant Of The Morning Call changes have been made. He said those changes included reducing his By his own admission, Samuel bond to $100,000 and increasing the Cooperman, Allentown's part-time bond for and Kenneth accounting Kline, manager of $1-a-year city treasurer, performs treasury operations virtually no official duties. for the city, to $1 million.

"City Council took away the re-, He said the change was made besponsibilities of the city treasurer," cause Kline has been given the priCooperman said in a recent tele- mary responsibility of receiving and phone interview from his West End depositing funds collected through Allentown home. the treasurer's office. "This is sort of an honorary posi- Hershman, whose positions tion. The Finance Department makes him the official financial takes care of all of the investments. watchdog for the city, formally They just use my name on payroll questioned the legality change checks." in an Oct.

1 memorandum to Mayor But City Controller Louis J. Joseph S. Daddona and members of Hershman contends the decision by city council. council to reduce the position to a The memo stated: part-time job and to transfer the es- "The city has decided, by legislasential duties of the treasurer's of- tion passed by City Council and fice to the city's Department of Fi- signed into law by the mayor, to renance is contrary to the law. duce the duties of a full-time According to the city clerk's of- treasurer, who since this transition fice, the salary was reduced from now has no office or staff to carry $15,239 to $8,000 in 1978, when Rob- out the remaining duties still manert G.

Smith Jr. assumed the posi- dated by law. tion. And in 1983, prior to Cooper- "Since there are duties that are man taking office, the salary was re- in the pension ordinance of the city duced to $1. still required of the city treasurer, Asked why he sought the $1-a- and since he has no office, or staff, year job, the 75-year-old Cooperman the possibility exists the said, "The city has always been good part-time treasurer cannot carry out to me and I knew nobody else was his going to run for a job that pays $1 a Daddona and Assistant City Solicyear." itor Jack Kaufman, in separate reCooperman said he was em- sponses to the concerns raised by ployed by the city for about 33 years Hershman, said there is nothing in when he retired as superintendent of the charter that says the treasurer recreation.

After retiring from the must be full or that prohibits city, he was elected treasurer of Le- the delegation of duties by an electhigh County, a post he held about 10 ed treasurer. years. And, former Finance Director N. But Hershman contends there are James Fluck explained in August no provisions in the existing law 1984, when the issue was raised then that allow the city to convert the by Hershman, that legislation govelected treasurer's position into an erning the tax collector's duties and honorary post. responsibilities reflects the way the "I believe the real issue is not the Finance Department is performing $1 a year, but doing something con- the tax collection functions.

trary to law," he said. "Why have Hershman, however, contended state laws for municipalities to fol- then, and now, that the legislation, low, if they do not follow them?" as codified in the Optional Charter Hershman said his concern about Law, authority does to not give unilaterally city set council the the situation increased last fall because Cooperman no longer has an treasurer's salary or transfer the duoffice and rarely comes into city ties of the office to another departhall. ment. is that he tells the The law states: "My concern bonding company that he is making "The city treasurer shall perform deposits behalf of the and such functions and have such powers he is responsible for those deposits. relating to the collection, receiving, Suppose something happens to those safe-keeping and payment of public deposits and they are not properly monies including city, county, instimade.

What is the bonding company tution district and school district going to say?" he asked rhetorically. taxes as provided by general According to the bond certificate "The administration city may have a shall have department issued by the Ohio Casualty Insur- of and ance Cooperman was bonded for such other departments, not million for a term beginning Jan. ing a total of nine, as council may 3, 1984 and expiring Dec. 31, 1987. establish by ordinance.

All of 1 the adThe certificate states that Cooper- ministrative functions, powers and man makes deposits in "various duties of the city, other than those banks" and in "various amounts" as vested in office of the city clerk, city part of his duties as city treasurer. treasurer and city controller, shall be allocated and assigned among Spaces provided on the bond cer- and within such departments." tificate for the provision of names of said Hershman he interprets that persons deputized by Cooperman to to mean the duties of the treasurer assist in the treasurer duties were left blank. cannot be transferred or delegated to another city department unless Cooperman, however, said since the law is changed. Lehigh approves countywide property reassessment plan By JEFFREY G. FLEISHMAN Of The Morning Call A proposal for a countywide property reassessment was passed unanimously last night by Lehigh County commissioners, who earmarked $300,000 to begin the twoyear process intended to bring equality back to real estate taxes.

After months of deliberations and meetings with municipal and school district officials, the commissioners decided a reassessment is needed to update the real estate tax structure by bringing assessments into line with current market values. The bill amount of a determined property owner's tax. is multiplying the tax rate, in mills, by the assessed value. "We've heard an almost unanimous voice from municipalities and other colleagues that the system we have now is inequitable," said Commissioner Kenneth Mohr. "The will correct those The last assessment was done in 1974.

Because there have been no Terrence D. Kehm Terrence D. Kehm, 5, formerly of Emmaus, died Tuesday in McGuire Memorial Home, New Brighton, Beaver County. Born in Allentown, he was a son of Ronald T. Kehm of Allentown.

Surviving with his father are a brother Justin of Allentown and the paternal grandparents, Curtis and Doris Kehm of Emmaus. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Kulik-Reinsmith Funeral Home, 225 Elm Emmaus. A calling period will be 9:30 a.m. Friday: until services.

The law does allow the treasurer to appoint one or more deputies, but Hershman claims no one in the Finance Department has ever been officially deputized to assume the duties of treasurer. Cooperman said Kline handles the duties that the law assigns to the treasurer. In apparent response to Hershman's ongoing concerns about the legality of council's actions and the absence of a formal document signed by Cooperman delegating the duties to the Finance Department, Cooperman issued this statement dated Dec. 23, 1985: "This will confirm the fact that directly after my election as city treasurer I informed the city administration that I have delegated the duties of city treasurer, with the exception of being an authorized signer on all city bank accounts, as provided in various sections of the Pennsylvania Third Class City Code, to the Department of Administration and Finance, bureau of finance." Hershman further maintains that because the city tax collector also i is responsible for collecting taxes for the Allentown School District, the district was required to vote on any changes affecting the salary or duties of the tax collector. Regarding salary, the law states: "In fixing the salary of the tax collector the taxing authorities city and the school fixing the same shall each be assigned one vote, which one vote shall be divided into fractions, assigning an equal fraction of one vote to each member of the same taxing authority, and a majority of all the fractional votes cast shall According to an opinion issued by attorney William Malkames, tor for the school district, Hershman's objection might be valid because the city acted unilaterally in reducing the salary to $1.

"As a practical matter, it could appear inasmuch that as no the harm board has of been school done. rectors could hardly reduce the salary to less than $1 per year," Malkames wrote. According to Neal Shoemaker, business administrator for the school district, it was agreed several years ago by the city and district to have city continue to collect taxes for the district and for the district to collect its own delinquent taxes. "Until about three years ago, the school district paid 27 percent of salary and operating expenses of the city treasurer's Shoemaker said. "That was based on a volume of tax bills handled by the city treasurer on behalf of the district." Shoemaker said the district eventually met with city council "to notify them that we were going to exercise the district's option to claim our share of the realty transfer and occupational privilege tax.

At that same meeting the district's share of the treasurer's salary and operating expenses were discussed." The district official said that discussion resulted in a "more or less reciprocal agreement" under which the district would assume the responsibility for collecting its delinquent taxes, thus reducing the responsibility of the city treasurer. In so doing, the city then agreed to assume the responsibility for the treasurer's salary and operating expenses. Thus, Shoemaker said, "Since the school district doesn't participate in the paying of the treasurer's salary it should not have anything to say about the position." updates since, county officials and others, especially industries, claim that the real estate tax system does not consider the economic changes that forced a decline in commercial property values and pushed up residential values in the last 12 years. As a result, industries are arguing that their property taxes are too high. Some, including Technologies and Kraft, have won courtordered tax reductions over the last year.

The situation becomes more unfair, said some officials, because homeowners are paying taxes on 1974 market prices, which in many cases are much lower than 1986 prices. Proponents for reassessment said this allows many homeowners in high-rent districts to pay substantially less "than their fair share." A study done by Robert Hanisits, the county's chief assessor, reveals that 29 percent of the county's homeowners will see a rise in property taxes because of reassessment. About 26 percent will see a decrease in taxes and 45 percent will experience no change. No similar figures were available for industries. Mohr said because there "will be no catastrophic" changes in people's tax bills the reassessment will be less painful than previously anticipated.

Some had predicted that the reassessment would automatically slash assessed values for industries and raise them significantly for residences. Hanisits' study suggests the changes will be more mixed. The reassessment will begin immediately and take two years to complete at a cost of $600,000. It will take effect in 1988. In that year the county, school districts and municipalities will be permitted to raise taxes by no more than 10 percent, according to a state law designed to protect property owners from bigger tax hikes the year a reassessment takes effect.

In other business the commissioners: Approved the purchase of 70 acres in Whitehall Township to add to the Jordan Creek Parkway. The cost is $485,660. The commissioners said the land will be valuable to the park and also needed because the county is losing more than 70 acres near Cedarbrook because of I-78 construction. $25,000 to Keenan House to buy a new facility at 18-22 S. Sixth Street in Allentown.

The cost of the building is $100,000 and renovations are expected to total $350,000. Keenan House provides care for alcohol and drug abusers..