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40 years ago - May 3, 1935
The 51st annual convention of
Luzerne County Women’s Christian
Temperance Union will be held today
in the Dallas UM Church.
A charter was granted to the Dallas
Post of the American Legion at a
meeting of the committee on Monday
night.
Elwood Conden, Lillian Spencer,
Alberta Hofmeister, Charles Birton,
Jack Edwards, Leon Austin, Marie
Keifer and Alice Eipper are named as
members of the cast of Dallas Town-
ship High School’s presentation
“Listen to Leon.”
Henry Disque was named president
of the Dallas All-Stars Quit Club at an
organization meeting held this week.
Rev. J.J. O'Leary, pastor of St.
Tehrese’s Church, Shavertown will be
received by a gala reception in his
honor on his return from Florida.
master of the new troop to be formed
at Trucksville M.E. Church.
You could get-Two dozen bakery
raisin, sugar, spice cookies, 25 cents;
three cans of applesauce, 25 cents;
two heads of lettuce, 17 cents; a quart
basket of strawberries, 19 cents;
chocolate syrup, three cans, 25 cents
and 18 x33 window screens, 35 cents
each.
30 years ago - May 4, 1945
Starting next Tuesday afternoon,
volunteer workers will be at Dallas
Borough, Dallas Township and Leh-
man Township high schools each
Tuesday and Thursday + afternoon
during May to aid housewives to fill
out applications for canning sugar.
The Back Mountain region was
represented at the second session of
L. Ruggles A.R.T. 1-c, Lehman.
Rev. Russel Edmundson will be in-
stalled as pastor of the Shavertown
Bible Church, Sunday afternoon.
More than 90 people attended the
covered dish supper and reception
honoring Rev. and Mrs. Charles H.
‘Gilbert. Rev. Gilbert is beginning his
10th year as pastor of the Carverton,
Mt. Zion and Orange circuit.
Fred W. Malkemes will be toast-
master at the 20th anniversary
banquet Wednesday for St. Paul's
Methodist Church.
T-Sgt. Joseph Girvan, Dallas, has
returned to the United States from
Italy.
S-Sgt. Raymond Kuderka, Vernon,
has been liberated by the American
army after being reported missing in
action December 25.
Married -- Marion Dover and S-Sgt.
AJ. Kisailus.
Death in service -- Major Talcott
Wainwright, Shavertown.
Playing at local theaters -- ‘Laura’
with Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews
and Clifton Webb and ‘‘Polo Joe’ with
Joe E. Brown and Skeets Gallagher.
You could get -- Tomato juice, 46 oz.
bunch, 5 cents; ring balogna, 33 cents
-a pound; writing paper, 25 cents a
box; coffee, 2 Ibs., 47 cents and two
bushels of peat moss, one dollar.
20 years ago - May 6, 1955
There were 16 cancellations of per-
mission to receive the Salk vaccine at
DallasBorough - Kingston Township
schools, and 18 postponements and 21
absentees on the day of shots bringing
the total number of innoculated first
and second graders to 160.
The U.S. government as repre-
sented by the Air Force has selected
Dallas Borough as an ideal location
for the errection of nine housing units
at a cost of $16,000 each for its officer
personnel of the Red Rock Air Force
Base.
Little League president Charles
Steinhauer announces that the 1955
season will open June 1 in line with the
closing of school.
Permits were issued to Dale Parry,
service station, and Anthony Acer-
nese, restaurant, at Tuesday’s meet-
ing of the Dallas Borough council.
School children and little league
players have been barred for three
weeks ‘for the sake of obtaining a
thick sod on the Shavertown elemen-
tary school playground”.
Jeanne Casterline, Marcia Elston,
Alice Ide, Grace Major, Edith
Mazonkey and Nancy Williams have
been named as candidates for the
Queen of the May at Lehman-
Jackson-Ross High School.
By Rev. Charles H. Gilbert
The greeting card business must be
colossal. What a job it is to edge one’s
way into the crowd of people trying to
pick out just the right one to send a
friend. I like them, I mean I like to get
them. I don’t like picking them out!
Most of the verses people select to
send me I like, some more than
others. But I am always interested,
in the personal
messages the writer adds to the
printed verse. There was one card
“ee’s” and a ‘‘d”’ that I could make
out. I figured that his secretary must
have addressed the envelope, for that
was written with great care and
precision (I have seen that addressing
before!) and the letter was cancelled
with a Postal Service number (and I
have seen that number before!);
moreover the postage was a. metered
stamping. Don’t mistake, me I have
never had many signatures from him,
but I do appreciate getting one on my
84th birthday!
But about greeting cards in
general: I read them and take them to
myself, with the meaning in them.
They are mostly affirmations of good
will, and if perchance they are
humorous I know they are well-
meant. For years I have been
studying the use of affirmations as
character-building tools. And it, the
affirmations, I have found useful as a
method of prayer. The Bible is full of
them, and they are free to be used as
the Bible intends them to be. There
are affirmations of healing power
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Slimak commented that he felt ‘‘it will
turn out all right.” He said he felt the
committee ‘“‘is something the school
district can use.”
Slimak said he was running for re-
election based on his 12 years exper-
every committee, is well-versed on
fore able to give ‘‘full time attention”
to the position.
Mrs. Hrabowski, agreed with the
other candidates that the MSA
‘evaluation was fair. It was her opinion
she said that the evaluation ‘‘sounded
good.”
The area dealing with teacher
student communication was the area
she felt most needed attention. She
said she feels the board should look
into why “‘there is this lack of rapport,
and what can be done about it.”
Mrs. Hrabowski agreed with the
-evaluation’s statement that there is a
lack of community involvement in the
school district. She said it was her
opinion that what was needed was
more people “doing more things.”
Mrs. Hrabowski said her solution to
the lack of communication within the
administration, board, staff, students
which Jesus used. “Your faith has
saved you!” Sometimes the word
“saved” is used, or at least meant,
instead of ‘‘healed’’, with all the good
wrapped up in it. I have used the Bible
affirmations many times and con-
tinue doing so. Benedictions are also
affirmations, prayers for good,
silently or aloud bringing God’s power
into it. :
I like this idea of having so many
affirmations of good being sent in my
direction. That busy executive that
takes as little time as possible to put
his signature on a letter, he doesn’t
want to be cluttered up too much with
details. But he has one of the finest
he knows it and trusts her to take care
of the minutia of business. She does.
She is trustworthy. He is the same.
There are other affirmations that
some write into greeting cards
regardless of the season, but the
season gives them a good occasion or
excuse, perhaps, to: formulate the
words they want to use; words they
actually mean for me. There are
certain characteristics of these
personally composed messages to me.
At first I used to try to be modest
about them and say, “Aw, they don’t
really mean that I'm all that won-
derful, which I think I'm not.”’ Then
when people began saying nice things
to my face (and I really wished they
could be true!) I would say, ‘Well, it
is greatly exaggerated, but I love it
anyway!” And then I thought about
what I had been taught about the
worth of affirmations of good.
Whether these friends knew it or not
they were helping me to be the kind of
person they were saying I was. My
friends are actually helping me to be
the kind of ‘‘aging’” person I have
hoped for many years I would be. I
don’t want to be a bitter and crabbed
old codger! But God knows I need lots
of help. Not only are my friends
helping me but I see how I can, by
using affirmations of good, help other
people. Younger people need help
from us who are older. So I'll say to all
my readers: ‘You are all such
wonderful people. You are kind and
thoughtful in every way. I am glad I
know you that way!”
Auxiliary sells
Mothers Auxiliary of the
Orange-Centermoreland
Little League held a very
successful hoagie sale last
Thursday at Centermore-
land Methodist Church. A
total of 2,148 hoagies were
sold and proceeds of the
sale will go towards a base-
ball trip to Veterans’
Stadium, Philadelphia,
next month when all Little
Leaguers of that area will
be guests.
Mrs. Richard Strazdus
was co-chairman, assisted
Ellen Walsh will reign as Queen of
the May at Dallas-Franklin May Day.
Married -- Nancy Dymond and Calvin
Crane, Florence Disque and Charles
Kishbaugh and Barbara Hess and
Laurence Robbins.
Deaths -- Mary Rowlands, Trucks-
ville.
At local theaters -- ‘Young at Heart,”
Doris Day and Frank Sinatra; and
“Black Widow’’, Ginger Rogers, Van
Heflin and George Raft.
You could get -- Clam chowder, 33
cents a pint; clams, $1.85 per hun-
dred; cinnamon rolls, 21 cents for an
eight oz. pkg. ; sweet corn, six 1g. ears,
29 cents; ice cream, 79 cents for a half
gallon and six, one pound cans of dog
food, 85 cents.
10 years ago - May 6, 1965
Nette Krog Larson, Linda Piatt,
Sandy Stille, Joan Mekeel, Mary
Pamela Raklewicz and Shirley
Disque are candidates for May Queen
at Lake-Lehman.
Assistant Police Chief Walbridge
Leinthall was named to replace
Edgar Hughes as Police Chief of Lake
Township.
Laying of the cornerstone at Trinity
United Presbyterian Church last
Sunday followed close upon the open-
ing of the new edifice on Easter
Sunday.
F. Raymond Searfoss was honored
on Sunday for 57 years of service in
the Lehman Methodist Church.
Arnold Garinger was recently ap-
pointed assistant principal of the
Valley Forge Junior High School.
Robert Parry, chairman of fun-
draising for Dallas Kiwanis Club, an-
nounced completion of plans for a
spaghetti supper at Dallas Senior
High, May 15.
Engaged -- Shirley L. Levan to
William R. Lohmann.
Married -- Susan Lavery and Ernest
Harris.
Deaths -- Ella Henninger, Shaver-
town, Wrighter Benscoter, Hunlock
Township; Grace Van Nortwick,
Dallas and Ward Jacquish, Oak Hill.
You could get -- Luncheon meat, 49
cents a pound; facial tissue, four
pkgs. of 400, 99 cents; cake mixes,
three for 89 cents; canned hams, 69
cents a pound; fresh orange juice, 75
cents a half gallon and pepperone, 99
cents a pound.
2,148 hoagies
by Mrs. Carol Montross,
co-chairman, and Mrs.
Joyce Hislop, co-ordinator.
Phone tains were Mrs.
Cathy Faux, Mrs. Doris
Montross, Mrs. Betty
Mokuchic, Mrs. Ray Straz-
dus, Mrs. Cookie Wall and
Mrs. Betty Bellas.
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the appearance thereof. Promotion of
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welfare, for whatever, reason, is not
honest journalism. Newspapers and
newspaper people should accept
nothing or pursue activities which
might compromise or seem to com-
promise their integrity.”
That’s the way a basic principle of
the ethics of journalism was proposed
to the American Society of Newspaper
Editors during their April meeting:
and it’s a stand this newspaper
supports. :
In the pre-election season and
during normal times, a community
newspaper must maintain an “above
reproach’ position if its credibility is
to be maintained. For this reason we
keep advertising and news depart-
ments separate and, most im-
portantly, avoid situations which
would even ‘‘appear’’to be conflicts of
interest.
No editorial employee of this
newspaper is in any way seeking or
involved in public office or partisan
politics. The newspaper has no ties
with any political party or partisan
group. The new owners of the paper
are not acquainted with or in anyway
obliged to the former owners, in-
cluding William Scranton--a
prominent Pennsylvania politi, or
anyone else. 5
As a matter of fact, we enjoy no
“clout ” in either Harrisburg or in the
local county seat. We feel entirely free
to call the political situation as we see
it
And we will continue to work to
Ray Carlsen
““There’s no virtue'in size,” my boss
used to tell me. At the time we were
concerned with the public un-
derstanding of one of the nation’s
largest manufacturers. and it was
often a temptation to try to get an
editor’s attention with a superlative
merited by the company’s dominance
of the industry.
“there is no (inherent) virtue in size,”
a point we have come to realize in the
operations of this newspaper .
It is our intent to build the
newspaper on a foundation of the
business available to us. Since income
from subscribers and readers pays
only the costs of contract printing and
distribution of the papers, the size of
the newspaper actually depends on
the advertising in a given issue. The
and community would be ‘“‘to check
more carefully the qualifications of
the teachers, to see if they are really
interested in the students.”
She added that she felt greater
communication could be established
within the school system by allowing
‘more socializing between staff and
board members, to get to know each
other as people.”
On the citizen’s advisory commit-
tee, Mrs. Hrabowski commented that
it was her belief that ‘it is not taken
seriously enough.” She said that it
needs work, and public support, but
she considers it ‘‘a good idea.”
Mrs. Hrabowski decided to run for
the board, she said, because she has
“an honest interest in the system.”
She said she feels qualified by virtue
of her work with the Northeast
Educational INTERMEDIATE Unit
and because she is ‘‘sincerely inter-
ested in all the kids, not just (her)
own.”
DeCesaris, when asked his opinion
of the MSA evaluation, said he had a
“mixed reaction.” He said it was his
opinion that the recommendations,
‘could have been more specific.”
Citing as an example the statement
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Terry Bonifanti, Asst. to Publisher
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Bernie Yencha, Office
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in the evaluation that says the district
“has a low cost per pupil in relation to
other districts in the state, DeCesaris
said the evaluation should have said
why. He explained that the low cost
could either mean that the district
was spending its money wisely, or
that it was not providing enough. He
added that he thought the evaluation,
“fair in general, just not specific
enough.”
DeCesaris said that it was his opin-
ion that the area most needing change
within the system was the academic
portion. “The traditional three R’s
need improvement. There is a need
for better course selection to come
away from locking the student into
one basic curriculum.”
DeCesaris stated that he would
“have to disagree” with the MSA lack
of community involvement state-
ment. He said it was his opinion that
the MSA was given a ‘false impress-
ion” in the two and one half days they
spent at the school. He said it was a
lifficult thing for the MSA investi-
ators to evaluate based on the little
time they spent at the school.
DeCesaris said that he agrees that
there is little interest in the schools on
the part of those not directly involved
by employment or children in the dis-
trict. He attributed this to the low tax
millage in the area.
DeCesaris said he feels that more
participation at board meetings, as is
currently encouraged by the board,
and more direct communication be-
tween the staff, teachers and admini-
stration should be brought about. He
said he would encourage teachers to
participate more at the board meet-
ings instead of going through the
administration to open lines of
communication.
DeCesaris said he felt it was the
board’s position to ‘‘establish policy”,
to gear the school’s philosophy toward
both academics and activities in the
right proportion.”’ He said he sees the
board as serving this purpose, “stay-
ing out of the day-to-day admini-
strative work of the school and in-
stead setting the policy and seeing
that the administration carries it
out.”
zen’s advisory committee, said he is
not yet sure, ‘just how effective the
committee is.” He said it is not
receiving the ‘‘acceptance” by the
parents it requires. He added that the
committee has only had three meet-
ings to judge from and acceptance
may come as it goes on.
EeCesaris said he is seeking the
board position because he feels well
qualified by education, vocation and
training and as a parent ‘‘concerned
with the quality of education.” He has
been a professor for 21 years, and
even though that is in the ‘“‘college
sector” of education he said he feels
he has been in close touch with educa-
tion as a whole.
He is also ‘‘by training and profess-
ion’’ a certified public accountant. He
said he sees this type of business
expertise as potentially beneficial to
the board in bringing about a ‘‘better
service for a better price.”
Mark said he views the MSA,
Education Quality Assessment as the
benchmark from which the board and
the citizen's advisory committee can
work to improve the school district.
He said it was his opinion that the
Lake-Lehman district ‘did not fare
too well,” in the report.
Mark said he feels the need for
additional facilities, due to over-
crowded conditions, is the first place
that change is necessary within the
district. He added that he felt there
was room for improvement jn up-
grading the staff and in the overall
school curriculum.
Mark said he feels the ‘‘lack of
community interest’ statement is ‘‘no
longer true, although “it may have
been at the time the report was
made.” Mark said he believes that
since the January formation of the
citizen’s advisory commitee, ‘there
has been more input from the com-
munity as a group.”
Mark said he “firmly’’ believes that
a dialogue must be developed between
the different factions of the district.
He said he is. very much opposed to
the present board requirement that
persons attending their meetings sign
a ledger stating ‘‘why they are there.”
Mark said he felt people should not
have to have a reason to attend. He
said he thinks people should come to
meetings for reasons other than spec-
ific ‘‘gripes or complaints’.
As president of the citizen's advi-
sory board, Mark says he sees their
serving a greater purpose in the
future. He said the group is there, “in
"hinder. the system.” He said he feels
the committee can be used in many
ways toward the implementation of
goals within the system.
Mark said he will seek the school
board position based on his
“maturity, stability and imagina-
tion.” He said he has had a ‘‘diversity
of experience based on his education
and vocation as a psychologist.” He
added that he has a ‘‘vital interest in
his community, its education, voca-
tion and people.”
Swim clinic
The Reverend Joseph P.
Kelly, director of Camp St.
Andrew, has announced
that once again this year
Camp St. Andrew will
conduct a swim clinic,
emphasizing training in
competitive swim events.
During the week of June
22-27, boys and, girls in
grades 3-9 will receive
specialized instruction. in
competitive swimming.
James P. Higgins, athletic
director at Bishop Hoban
High School, Wilkes-Barre,
will serve as clinic
director. ~
publication . interruption which
threatened this newspaper prior to
our purchase, cost us advertising
contracts, which in turn has reduced
the space available for news.
and photo content a percentage that
weekly newspaper claiming to serve
the area. ;
We have even measured our local
news and photo content and i
advantage in net column” inches
against area papers which are larger
in terms of pages.
All of which proves almost neching--
but brings to mind some exceptions to
the ‘virtue of size’’ axiom mentioned
above. As neighboring Charmin has
found, paper volume can improve
absorbency. As the Bulk of a paper
product increases so does its capacity
to keep its outer layers dry.
This we concede the advantage
as garbage wrapper to our more
prosperous bretheren. And maintain
our advantage as the paper to read for
local news.
Ambulance
DALLAS
April 16 - Auto accident, Upper
Demunds Road, Dallas. Charles
Cummings, RD 5, Shavertown, to
Nesbitt. Memorial Hospital. Crem:
B. Besecker, T. Carroll, H. §
April 16 - Fire Support, V.
View Trailer Park,not needed.
CCrew: E. Roth, Lois Disque RN,
Ann Rowlands RN.
April 17 - Viola Prushinski,
Woodcliffe Drive, New Goss Manor,
Dallas, to Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital. CCrew: J. Davies, D.
Shaffer, Lois Disque RN, D.
Besecker, H. Smith, R. Cartier.
April 177 - Bomb Scare, Dallas
Senior High School, stand by. Crew:
R. Cartier.
April17 - Frank McGarry, 93 Main
St., Dallas, to Mercy Hospital.
Crew: J. Davies, Lois Disque RN, D.
Besecker.
April 19 - Ada Murdock, Lower
Demunds Road, Dallas, to Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital. Crew: T.
Wright, Kay Wright, J. Davies.
April 20 - Auto fire on Bunker Hill,
not needed. Crew: B. Besecker, T.
Carroll, D. Besecker.
April 20 Bike accident,
Hildebrandt Road, not needed.
Crew: B. Besecker, T. Carroll, D.
Besecker.
April 20 - William Fredericks, 33
Center St., Shavertown, to Nes $
Memorial Hospital. Crew: y
Wright, Ann Rowlands RN, L.
Sheehan, S. Schramko, D. Carey.
April 21 - Auto Accident, Routes
118 & 309 Intersection. Katherine
Wertz, RD 2, Harveys Lake,
Pasquale Cocchi, 125 Parry St.,
Luzerne, fo Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital. Crew: B. Besecker, M.
McFadden, S. Schramko.
April 21 - Jerry Miller, Main Road,
Dallas, from brush fire. Lower
Demunds Road, to Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital. Crew: B.
Besecker, K. Wright, L. Sheehan.
KUNKLE
Ray Henney, RD 1,
Dallas, not needed. Crew: Ted King,
Larry Hilburt 111, Jack Dodson.
April 14 Auto accident,
Kunkle+ Alderson Road, no injuries.
Crew; Jack Dodson, Larry Hilburt,
om.
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