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John Sheehan is intent on getting his share of cookies during
snack time in the Sheehan yard on Overbrook Road, Dallas. His
mother, Jackie, and sister, Heather, look on.
FED-UP Campaigns
For Unit Pricing Bill
Pressure is mounting by area
consumer groups for. the
Pennsylvania Legislature to
pass Unit Pricing Bill, H.B. 758,
a. lag which would compel
retailérs to use unit pricing—
described as a system designed
to help shoppers compare
pricc™ on grocery items, and
also eénable them to compare
prices of small, medium and
large packages of the same
brand to determine how much,
if anything, can be saved by
purchasing larger sizes.
An area group, FED-UP
(Fight Economie Deception and
Unfair Prices) has begun an
extensive campaign urging
consumers to ask for unit
pricing in stores where they
shop. The group, which invites
Back Mountain consumers to
join jt, has been instrumental in
bri g the concept of unit
pricing to the attention of the
public.
Managers of the three food
chajy stores in the Back
vlan were contacted to
determine their attitudes
toward the proposed pricing
system.
Jack Hines, manager of
Dallas Acme, said he had not
heard anything on the system
from Acme’s headquarters in
Philadelphia. ‘I don’t know
anything about it,” he added.
The Dallas Post (ALEX REBAR)
Manager Hines said one in-
novation throughout his chain’s
stores is the program of dating
for freshness. ‘‘We feel this will
be of considerable | help to
consumers,” he concluded.
However, Acme has begun
experimenting with the system
in several of its stores—under
another store name—in Cali-
fornia.
The new Weis Market's
manager is Tom Mertz, who
stated he had never worked in a
store where unit pricing has
been used. From what he knew
about the system he felt it would
not be of particular benefit to
the customer.
A & P manager, Frank Mec-
Creary, was of the same mind
as manager Mertz. ‘‘Per-
sonally, I don’t know what good
it would do for the consumer or
the store,”
One chain supermarket
within range of the Back
Mountain shoppers is the Giant
Market, which introduced in
June a computerized unit
pricing system throughout its 16
stores. ;
William Hodin, chief buyer
for the chain, has indicated he
thinks the system a good idea.
“However, he noted expenses
. may increase due to the neces-
sity of maintaining pricing
procedures for thousands of
was his conclusion. _
different items.
The system can only be
feasible in food stores doing a
large volume of business. For
example; in'New York City it is
required by law, but only by
stores doing at least $2,000,000
worth of business a year.
According to Mrs. Richard
Rabin, chairman of FED-UP,
many retailers and food
packagers claim that unit
pricing laws will actually raise
food prices—because of the
expenses of maintaining
elaborate pricing procedures.
She said critics say that unit
prices completely ignore such
important angles as quality,
yield, convenience, taste. Mrs.
Rabin believes the benefits far
outweigh the counter-claims.
“Throughout the United
States,”’ Mrs. Rabin said,
“shoppers are saving up to 10
percent on their food bills.
How? By making use of unit
pricing in supermarkets to
compare prices instead of
trying to do the mathematics
themselves.”
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Has A Variety
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THE DALLAS POST, AUG. 5, 1971
® Jackie Sheehan Combines
Musical and Culinary Skills
Youdon’thave to be Italian to
cook Italian, as Jackie Sheehan
proves whenever she serves
spaghetti alla = Carbonara.
Neither Jackie nor her husband,
John, is Italian, but that special
spaghetti—well, ‘‘Mama-mia—
that’s a spicy meatball!”
The sauce combines slivered
bacon and prosciutto with egg
yolks and parmesan cheese to
make a dish about which dinner
guests in the Sheehan home on
Overbrook Road, Dallas, have
been known to rave. Jackie
completes her menu by serving
Caesar salad, garlic bread, red
wine, along with spumoni ice
cream and black coffee for
dessert. For a festive touch, the
Sheehans serve a liqueur such
as B and B, Galliano, or Mar-
sala.
A native of Springfield, Ohio,
Jackie brought the recipe for
her Caesar salad to the Back
Mountain community when she
moved here as a bride five
Books About Drugs
At Children’s Annex
A new book called Drugs and
You by Arnold Madison is avail-
able at the Children’s Annex of
the Back Mountain Memorial
Library. This book describes
the major drugs being used
today and their history. It shows
how drugs can affect your
health, schooling, career and
future. Through the experiences
of medical experts, drug users,
and abusers, the reader will see
how drugs canbe used to help as
well as hurt. He will also learn
about the illegal traffic in drugs
and what is being done to stop it.
Many questions such as ‘What
is a drug anyway?; ‘Who takes
them and why? ; ‘What kinds of
effects do they have on the
mind?’ and ‘What do they do to
the body?’ are answered in this
book. This book will give an in-
creased understanding and
appreciation of one of the most
pressing problems facing young
people growing up in the 1970’s.
Drugs and their ever-
increasing ‘abuse have become
an every-day reality for many
young people. A book titled
What You Should Know about
Drugs by Dr. Charles Goro-
detzky and Dr. Samuel Chris-
tian gives plain facts in plain
language about dozens of differ-
ent drugs from glue to heroin—
including marijuana, LSD,
sedatives, stimulants, narcotics
and alcohol. The authors are
two doctors who have long been
interested in the study of drugs.
Quoted throughout the book are
personal accounts of boys and
girls, who tell frankly and often
movingly why they started
using drugs and the experiences
that followed.
Another book available in the
Children’s Annex is The Good
Drug and the Bad Drug by John
S. Marr, M.D. The good drug is
medicine from a doctor. The
bad drug is “dope.” Dr. Marr
explains how ones body and
mind react to a bad drug.
One of the features of Gate of Heaven’s Summer Fiesta is the
doll booth, of which Marie Bellas is chairman. Shown in the fore-
ground are Joanne and Mary Ann Bellas, and in the rear:
Father Stephen McGough, Anna Polachek, and Mary Weir,
Marie Bellas, and Loraine Hawk. The Fiesta will be held Aug. 5
through Aug. 7 in the church grounds on Machell Ave., Dallas. A
spaghetti dinner will be served Saturday from 4to8 p.m.
BIRTHS
Mr. and Mrs. Leoard Hoyt of
Kunkle announce the birth of a
son, Shawn Casey Hoyt, July 12
Wilkes-Barre General Hospita-
The baby weighed 8% pounds
and was 20 inches long. His
sister Kelly Sue is 3 years old.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Patton,
Noxen RD, announce the birth
of a daughter July 15 at the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Mrs. Martin 'Petroskas,
Harveys Lake, is happy to an-
nounce the birth of her first
grandchild, Richard Cronin, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cronin
of New Bloomfield. The baby
was born July 12 in Holy Spirit
Hospital, Camp Hill, and
weighed nine pounds, two
ounces.
The mother is the former
Peggy Petroskas, daughter of
Mrs. Petroskas and the late
Martin Petroskas. The father is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Cronin, 20 Reynolds St., King-
ston. This is the first grandchild
for Mr. and Mrs. Cronin as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Scott
announce the birth of a daugh-
ter, Melissa Jane, at the Tyler
Hospital, Meshoppen, July 20.
Melissa weighed 8 pounds 3%:
ounces. The mother is the
former Jane Traver, and this is
the couple’s first child.
|
years ago. Jackie recalls that
the more rural aspects of
Dallas—especially the moun-
tains—took some getting used to
after the flatlands of Ohio, but
she says that when she visits
her native state now, “I miss
the mountains terribly.”
She has abundant oppor-
tunities to enjoy the mountains
during the weekends she and
John and their two buttonnosed
children—Heather, 4, and John,
2—spend at a hunting club near
Mehoopany. John, who is an
ardent hunter and fisherman, is
one of the club’s 20 or more
members, and Jackie, who does
not hunt or fish, has adopted the
same philosopy as the other
members’ wives—if you can’t
beat ‘em, join ’em!
Jackie’s own interests are
primarily musical. A music
major at the Indiana University
in Bloomington, Ind., before her
marriage, she is now the organ-
ist and choir director at the
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Co a ;
Medora Beidleman, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James B.
Beidleman of 81 Mt. Airy Road,
Shavertown, recently
celebrated her first birthday
with a cook-out at her home.
Lingers Visit
Vacationing at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lewis,
Lehman, are Mr. and Mrs. J.
Robert Linger and Susan and
David Linger of Denver, Colo.
Prince of Peace Episcopal
Church in Dallas. In addition to ®
these responsibilities, she is a
violinist with the Wilkes-Barre
Philharmonic and gives piano
lessons in her home (not sur-
prisingly, young Heather is one
of her more apt students).
Although Jackie insists that
she would rather spend her time
practicing the piano than cook-
ing, persons who have had the
good fortune to enjoy both her
musical presentations at Prince
of Peace Church and her
spaghetti alla Carbonara will no
doubt agree that she can do both
things quite well.
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
3 slices bacon, cut julienne
4 T. butter
Y> C. julienne-cut prosciutto
2 egg yolks
1 C. grated parmesan cheese
1 1b. spaghetti, cooked and
drained
Brown baconin butter; mix in
ham until lightly browned.
Beat egg yolks, then stir in 14
C. of cheese.
Toss hot spaghetti with bacon
mixture, then immediately with
egg yolk mixture. Serve
quickly, sprinkled with remain-
ing cheese.
Serves 4 to 6 persons.
Caesar Salad
6 T. olive oil
1 clove garlic (crushed)
1 C. bread cubes
2 large heads romaine lettuce
vy C. salad oil
Y» C. grated parmesan cheese
34 t. salt
freshly ground pepper
1 raw egg
1 large lemon OR 3T. lemon
juice
Combine olive oil and garlic;
let stand overnight.
Wash and dry greens; break
and chill.
Place greens in large bowl,
sprinkle with salad oil and 4 C.
garlic oil. Toss. Sprinkle with
cheese, salt, and pepper.
Break egg on top; squeeze
lemon juice over all. Toss until
egg is blended completely. Toss
croutons in rest of garlic oil;
add to salad. Toss and serve.
Make 4 to 6 servings.
Back Mtn. Girls Vie
For Miss Pocono Title
It is possible that Bert Parks
may sing his famous ‘‘Miss
America” song to a Back Moun-
tain girl, come Atlantic City and
1972. Atleast that’s what Karen
Passarella and Karen Fry, con-
testants in the Miss Pocono 1972
Pageant to be held at Lake
Wallenpaupack High School,
are fervently hoping.
Miss Passarella, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Passarella, Pine Street, Oak
Hill, is a graduate of West Side
Central Catholic High School
and will begin her third year of
studies in child psychology at
College Misericordia this fall.
Karen Fry, the only other
contestant from Luzerne
County, is also a West Side
Central Catholic High School
graduate. The daughter of Mr.
Karen Passarella
Scotch Pollution
and Mrs. Joseph Fry, Davis
Street, Trucksille, she is a
music major and will begin her
third year at Wilkes College in
September.
The Miss Pocono Pageant is
sponsored by the Newfoundland
Theater League. Preliminaries
will be held tomorrow night at 8,
with finals set for Saturday at 8
p.m. Frank Blair, news broad-
caster for the Today show on
NBC-TV, will serve as master of
ceremonies.
The winner of the Miss
Pocono contest will win a
scholarship and an opportunity
to compete in the Miss Pennsyl-
vania contest in 1972—an oppor-
tunity which represents a big
step toward participation in the
Miss America contest.
That's the Spirit
Industry, which has polluted
the air in America’s metro-
politan areas, contributes a
fresh, exhilarating touch of its
own in the Highlands of Scot-
land. While the residents here
must contend with sulfurous in-
dustrial smoke and carbon
monoxide, Scots, instead, inhale
an air where the ever-present
moisture carries nature’s per-
fumes in each droplet. Part of
those perfumes, the part
coming from the “industry of .
the glens,” is from Scotland’s
most famous product—whisky.
Evaporation during the
maturing process, according to
the research department of
Black & White Scotch, accounts
for over 15 million gallons a
year that are wafted by the
gentle breezes through lag and
clune—over sgurr and creag.
Though the loss from distilleries
with such picturesque names as
Dalwhinnie, Glenkinchie,
Knockdhu and Craigellachie is
proportionate, that is still a
whopping slice out of total
Scotch production that drifts ;
away—more’s the pity!—when
it should be maturing.
' Windsor Chairs, Grandfather’s Clocks and Toby Mugs can each
be found in a wide variety of styles and shapes based on a
single theme.
antiquing
with Joel Sater
Notes for beginners about. ....
Toby Mugs, Grandfather Clocks
and Windsor Chairs:
Rumor has it that the original
Toby mug was inspired by a
farmer from Yorkshire,
England, Paul Parnell. There
was a popular ballad called
“The Brown Jug” with a
central character a toper
named Toby Philpot.
Drinking mugs modelled to
appear like a stout and genial
‘boozer’ with bulbous nose,
squat body and short, stumpy
legs appeared in the 1760’s.
The figure usually held a jug
or a glass and the complacent
satisfied and bleary-eyed
expression on his face
suggested that the contents
were more powerful than
camel’s milk. But it seems
that the character drinking
mug didn’t actually get
tagged ‘Toby’ until farmer
Parnell died in 1810.
Early Toby Mugs were in soft
mellow colors frequently with
delicate surface crackings.
Due to the pattern of coloring
with one color being applied
before firing and later fused
with the glaze the finish was
so distinctive that genuine
early mugs are impossible to
imitate or counterfeit. ‘Colors
got livelier in the 19th Cen-
tury. (Read more: John
Bedford’s TOBY MUGS;
Wyles’ GOOD SIR TOBY.)
Grandfather Clocks were
hand made in Europe as early
as 1680. They were the first
type of clock to be made in the
Colonies. In 1791 Thomas
Harland put them on the
production line and created
the world’s first manufac-
tured product. Many fine
early Grandfather clocks can
be found in the shops at
reasonable prices. Allowing
for things like condition and
craftsmanship, those made in
America command the
highest prices. Other smaller
types of clocks began to ap-
pear after 1800. (Read more:
Any clock book by Brooks
Palmer.)
Windsor Chairs got their
name from where they were
first made, Windsor, England.
But their light delicate styling
as adapted in the American
‘Colonies has made the most
desirable ones more “early”
American in feeling. Though
usually associated with New
England those made in
America first appeared in
Philadelphia about 1725.
Windsor chair charac-
teristics: Wooden pine seats
(usually), spindle back of
hickory turned legs. When we
see them today many appear
in the natural wood finish but
in reality, the original ones
were usually painted in dark
green, yellows and
blacks.Low-back, comb-back,
fan-back, hoop-back, loop-
back were names for the most
frequent styles. There were
many variations from chair to
chair according to the whim of
the maker. The early ones are
rare and command prices
sometimes in four figures.
Windsors are among the most
imitated of the 18th Century
furniture styles. (Read more:
Ormsbee, WINDSOR
CHAIR.)
(Always happy to receive
reader’s stories about antiging
and collecting. Material sent
become’s the property of this
column and cannot be returned.
For free list of hundreds of
books on antiques send 9x12
self-addressed envelope with 12
cent stamp. Write Joel Sater
care of this newspaper.)
West Side Women Set
Dates for Antique Show
The West Side Junior
Women’s Club of Kingston will
hold their 10th annual Antique
Show, Sale, and Exhibit, Sept.
22 and 23 at the Independent
Ballroom on South Sprague
Avenue, Kingston Corners. The
hours Sept. 22 are from 11 a.m.
to 10 p.m. and from 10 a.m. to 9
p-m., Sept. 23.
The show will feature 18 an-
tique dealers exhibiting and sel-
ling a complete line of antiques.
The dealers will represent
varying areas from New York
to local communities.
A snack bar will offer home-
made baked goods with sand-
wiches and hoagies during the
Bride Elect
Honored At
Outdoor Supper
Mr. A. DeWitt
Smith,
Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon S. Dietterick, Jr., 226
Machell Ave., Dallas, enter-
tained at a shower and outdoor
supper party recently at the
Smith home in honor of Leslie
A. Vivian and her fiance,
Donald L. Irving, Oxford.
Miss Vivian is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Vivian,
Huntsville. She will become the
bride of Mr. Irving, Aug. 28 in
the Shavertown United Metho-
dist Church. 8
and Mrs.
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Goodleigh Farms,
entire show.
Antique enthusiasts will find
the show easily by driving to
Kingston Corners, the intersec-
tion of Market Street and Route
11. Directional markers will be
used to point out the two block
route to the Independent Ball-
room on South Sprague Avenue.
The show welcomes all visi-
tors and tickets may be pur-
chased at the door. Ample park-
ing is free and easily available.
The West Side Junior
Women’s Club Antique Show is
held annually to help sponsor
the club’s involvment with area
mental health programs and
scholarships.
Mrs. George Schall is serving
as chairman with Mrs. James
Schilling as co-chairman. Mrs.
Laning Harvey III, club presi-
dent, was named honorary
chairman.
Family Picnic for
Welcome Wagon Club
The Welcome Wagon Club of
Wyoming Valley will hold a
family picnic Aug. 8 beginning
at 12 Noon, rain or shine, at
Wasco’s Glen, Dallas.
Concessions are available or
members may bring their own
picnic lunches. Contact Janet
Wev at 675-1369 for reser-
vations. All club members and
new-comers to the area are in-
vited.
The Welcome Wagon Club’s
board members are reminded
to attend the board meeting
Aug. 4 at 8 p.m., at the UGI
Building, Kingston.