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behind the wheel of your cars?
A new resident
by Dick Swank
Pennsylvania Press Bureau
Me and Pap was sittin around the
kitchen the other night watchin the
late moths trying to commit suicide
in the oil lamp when there come a
knock and that city woman from
down the holler come in with her No
Nukes shirt strected acrost her
chest. She set down and Ma put a
cup of tea in front of her and Pap
reached for his speks because he
knowed shed be pullin out one of her
payteeshuns.
Sure enough after she done her
small talkin about her oraganin
garden and her wood burnin stove
for what she had paid a kids ran-
som, she got to the point which was
that them school directors needed
taken down for puttin the taxes up
to where us poor folks can’t pay
them no more and she took a peek at
‘her gold watch with the diamonds
and said would we sign there and
then. :
Pap took the paper and he studied
on it as though the words made
sense and only me and Ma knows he
can’t read a lick and don’t know a
bump from a mole hill. But he kin
put on the charm and he kind of
smoothed his mustach with his little
finger and he reached for his best
pipe and lit it with a long slick stick
out of the range and like Ma says,
he preened. Ma also claims he’s an
old fool and an old goat and any
woman what would look at him
crosseyed must have come from the
barn without getting a good holt on
the apron in which she’s carryin her
eggs.
All the time the city woman is
watchin bug eyed where the ter-
backer juice is tricklin out from
under his mustach because he
forgot he had a chaw in when he lit
the pipe. She quick gets out a pen
that got its own ink in it and Pap
takes it and twists it between his
fingers. He hems and haws and
holds it over the paper but then of a
sudden he hands it back and says,
I'm sorry, missus, but I jist can’t do
it, it goes against my grain. I voted
for old Hen Snyder and if he voted
for them taxes I got to too for their
aint no one I know tighter than old
Hen. In fact his missus got to un-
wind him every night just to find
him in the quilts before gettin to
bed.
And he went on like that a spell
before the city woman put her pen
down her blue jeans and got her
dander up enough to ride it back
down the hill. When she left I said
Pap, why do you want to fool her on
her right, comin up here all the time
for this and that. Remember the
first time she could come and she
was all drest in leather skirt and
boots and coat, even had a leather
hat with a ringneck feather in it.
And then she had a payteeshun to
stop them poor Indians up in the
north from hittin seals on the head
to sell their hides...
And that got him thinkin about
how she is always wantin to clean
up the atmospheer from them three
mild islands and the assabestus
what drifts out of them big schools
they oughtnot to have bilt in the first
place and if I had been born when
they had the kinter-gardens he
wouldn’t have let me play in them
anyhow. He got raving about people
who smoke cigarettes and drink
cockertails and drive over thirty
miles per the hour tellin’ others how
they is protectin them from
disasters and so on and so on.
It took me and Ma two hours to
get him settled down, and if it
hadn’t been for that black rasp-
berry cordial the widow woman
give me last week, I don’t know...
Isurely hope you've been the same.
Wheatfield Willie
The Susquehanna Environmental
Advocates recently endorsed the
Pennsylvania Alliance for Return-
ables (PAR) drive for the enact-
ment of a returnable container law
(or bottle bill) by the state legisla-
ture. PAR is gathering endorse-
ments from environmental action
groups around the state for this bill.
“This bill, if enacted by the
Pennsylvania legislature, would"
result in energy savings, conserva-
tion of resources, a net increase in
. jobs, saving of money by consumers
(since throwaways are 25 percent to
40 percent more expensive), and a
decrease in litter. In fact, we think
this is the best way to deal with the
problem of litter,” stated SEA
spokesperson Gerald R. Schultz,
“The national law would save
about as much energy as ‘‘syn-
fuels’’ development will provide for
several years - without tearing up
large areas of the West and costing
us as taxpayers billions of dollars.
The fact that our Congress has
passed one and not the other shows
how it is controlled by big
business,’’ ‘Schultz exclaimed.
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Burnham
by L.D. Burnham
“An institution is defined as a
place of confinement, such as a
mental institution,”” says Dr.
Emoni. “And so I ask you,” he
continues, ‘what is the institution of
marriage? A place of confinement
for the mentally unstable. Marriage
is crazy. Write that down,” he
directs me.
The man before me is the eminent
Dr. Emoni, expert on marital af-
fairs, or more accurately, divorce
affairs. He is a short man, older,
with greying hair. His face is round,
his nose pug, his teeth large. He
resembles Mickey Rooney, another
divorce expert. ;
“You seem to dislike the idea of
marriage,” I say.
“Quite correct. Marriage is the
No. 1 cause of divorce in this
country,” he says.
“That sounds like an old joke,” I
‘‘But listen, we consider divorce a
major social’ problem in this
country. No one who isn’t married
ever gets divorced. Marriage is at
the source of the problem,” he says.
“Divorce often ends many
problems. Marriage is only the
beginning.”
“I think you have a rather slanted
view, doctor,” I counter. “For
some, marriage is the beginning of
a lifetime of loving com-
panionship.”’
“You watch too many movies,”
he says. ‘Listen, consider the whole
by David M. Cleary
x Harrisburg Bureau
HARRISBURG (PPB)--When-
ever a defective product injures a
person who uses it properly, the
manufacturers and sellers of that
product should be held responsible.
That principle, is generally ac-
cepted, even by the Pennyslvania
Chamber of Commerce, which
represents businessmen of ‘the
Commonwealth.
“ Yet proposals for making product
liability a matter of state law have
makers since 1977, without action.
and Sen. George W. Gekas” (R-
Harrisburg) last week said the
issue appears to be “dead for this
session.” :
“Gekas reached that conclusion
after he attempted to bring the
matter to a vote in the Senate
Judiciary Committee under a rule
which requires a committee
chairman to schedule consideration
of an item if the majority of com-
mittee members, plus one, formally
requests that action.
In the Judiciary Committee,
Gekas needed votes of 11 members.
But he was able to get only the five
other Republican Senators on the
Committee to sign the petition with
him. They are Senators, Andrews,
Dwyer, Hopper, Jubelirer and
Snyder. None of the Democrats
joined in the request.
During the General Assembly’s
1978-79 session, a product liability
ONLY YESTERDAY
process of getting married. What
things do you believe to be the
major causes for divorce?’
I scan my well-informed
memory. “Why, financial stress,
incompatibility, sexual differences,
career pressure. Things like that,”
I answer.
“Right. Now consider that before
one day of wedded bliss a loving
couple must handle things like
banquet halls, churches, gowns,
formal wear, receptions, menus,
invitations, thank-you cards,
rehearsal dinners, showers,
honeymoon plans, apartments,
leases...all these things require
money. Pretty tough for two people
who may not have been working
very long, and nobody’s family can
afford everything.
“And the two loveydoves have to
agree on who to invite and whether
to have ham or stuffed breast of
chicken or...”
“Oh, stop it,” I say, ‘‘you’re
giving me a headache.”
“That gets us to the sexual dif-
ferences. Who wouldn't have a
headache after trying to survive the
financial stress and decision-
making involved with a wedding?”
he says.
“I can see your point there,” I
say. ?
“And what does the couple do
after they endure the ceremony and
the kissing and the handshaking?
They go on a ‘honeymoon’ a com-
bill passed the Senate but ‘became
bottled up in the House,” said
Gekas. “Now, in the 1979-80 session,
the reverse is true, with the Senate
being the culprit.”
In the absence of specific law, the
Pennsylvania Chamber of Com-
merce argues that courts are going
too far in holding businessmen
responsible for damages caused by
products, sometimes making
awards to persons who have dis-
regarded the sensible instructions
for using the ‘products safely.
Another argument is that the courts
have made “windfall” awards to
persons who have already
recovered from insurance.
- Until the mid-1960s, according to
the Chamber, the law required that
a product liability claimant had to
prove that the manufacturer had
been negligent.
But the courts have become so
liberal since then that the number
of claims against Pennsylvania
companies has increased fivefold,
according to a survey conducted by
the Chamber.
The bill before the Senate
Judiciary Committee provides for a
defense on the basis of product
misuse, among other things. Where
someone else after it leaves the
manufacturer, for example, the
manufacturer would not be held
liable if that change is shown to be
the cause «of damage.
Abortion Debate in House
pound word meaning ‘sweet
month.”
‘Ah, that’s the nice part,” I say.
“Sure the couple goes someplace
totally unfamiliar, eats strange
food, drinks strange water, sleeps
in a strange place and makes the
pretense of being totally overjoyed
and ravenously sexually starved.”
What a burden. What pressure,” he
says.
The man is convincing, but still I
pressure him. “That may be true,”
I say. “But as the old saying goes,
‘the honeymoon ends.’ A year or so
later the whole thing is in the past.”
“Right,” he says. “The whole
other things. Things like com-
munication for instance. All those
long romantic walks, quiet dinners,
chitchat for two disappears when
No. 3 comes along. Who can ever
hold a conversation with a young
child in the house?”
“It’s a challenge,” I concede.
“That's why when you're in a
public place you can tell who's
married and who’s dating. The
married couple never talks.
They've grown used to ignoring all
forms of noise--even a spouse’s
voice. Probably wouldn't even
recognize it.”
“That’s depressing,” I say.
“And I'm doing something about
it,” says the doctor. “I’m not of-
fering solutions. I'm dealing with
the way things are. So many people
are getting divorced these days it
The most heated argument in the
Pennsylvania House of Representa-
tives last week was about payment
by the Department of Public
Welfare for abortions.
Last Wednesday afternoon, the
House adopted an amendment,
offered by Freshman Rep. M.
Joseph Rocks (R-Phila.), which
would give the Welfare Dept.
authority to tighten exemptions
from state-funded abortions under
Medicaid, if the U.S. Congress
adopted similar restrictions on
abortions at federal expense.
Federal law now allows Medicaid
payment for abortions when the
pregnancy is caused by rape or
incest, or when continuation of the
pregnancy is a threat to the
woman's life. But a proposal now
before Congress would do away
with the rape and incest issues.
Later on Wednesday, Rep.
George F. Pott Jr. (R-Gibsonia)
pointed out that the Rocks amend-
ment did not exactly reflect the one
before the U.S. Congress.
That set off a debate that lasted
until after midnight. It ended with
rejection of the Rocks proposal in
Pott which would continue to permit
state-funded abortions in cases of
rape or incest regardless of what
federal lawmakers decide. The Pott
proposal was adopted by a 147 to 23
vote.
Pornography Legislation
Pennsylvania lawmakers are
least as much attention as
marriage. It's a big step in a per-
son’s life.
“I've .coined a new term,” he
says. ‘‘Vorce. That's the name of
the ceremony. The vorce
ceremony.’ :
“How does a person get vorced?”’
I ask.
‘‘Standard format,”’ he answers.
“The couple spends some time
apart. Something like the opposite
of dating. Then there’s the formal
disengagement, the .vorce an-
nouncement in the papers with
pictures. Then the couple sends out
voreing invitations, sets the date,
and makes up the ceremony.
“Some folks are very creative.
They bring chain saws, or meat
cleavers as tokens. They draw
demarkation lines, fling insults. It’s
all very nice.
‘The ceremony ends. The vorcing
official proclaims, ‘I now pronounce
you voceee and freeman.’ The
organist plays a chorus "of
‘Breaking Up is Hard to Do,’ and
the newly-vorced couple leaves
through separate doors and take off
to separate receptions.”
‘And has this ceremony caught
on?’ I ask. :
“You bet,” says the doc. ‘We're
quite proud of our motto.”
“You have a motto?’ I ask.
‘Oh sure,” he says. “May the
vorce be with you.”
»
will shield children from smut and
be constitutional in the eyes of the
U.S. Supreme Court.
Adult book stores and prno-
graphic motion pictures have proli-
ferated in the United States since
the Supreme Court ruled that local
governments could not limit access
to them by adults. Several states
have adopted laws which have been
declared unconstitutional by -the
high court.
A Pennsylvania Senate-House
Conference Committee has come up
with proposed legislation that it
hopes will be acceptable to federal
jurists. it would prohibit bookshops,
theaters, and other places of
business from displaying “explicit
sexual’! material wherever minors
could or would probably see it. It
would also make it possible for
violators to be arrested without first
getting a court injunction banning a
specific item.
Sen. Michael A. O’Pake, chair-
man of the conference committee,
said all anti-pornography
legislation involves “a fine line
between what is permissable and
what isn’t.”
If the proposed law goes into
effect and satisfies the nation’s
highest court, it will increase from
two to five years the maximum
prison sentence for persons con-
victed of obscenity charges.
50 Years Ago - Oct. 3, 1930
Hon. John A. McSparren, former
past master of the Grange and
former candidate for goveror of
Pennsylvania will speak at
Shavertown Methodist Church,
Sunday night.
‘Rev. H. M. Faulkner is installed
as pastor of the Free Methodist
€hurches in Dallas and Trucksville.
Luzerne Gas and Electric
Company announces a reduction in
electricity rates. This rate
reduction will result in savings of
approximately $90,000 a year to
consumers.
Beaumont and East Dallas co-
openers in Rural Baseball League
eliminations.
Married: Harlan Farver to Iona
Holcomb; Hazel Rrese to Leroy
Wech; Hazel Rittenhouse to Charles
Smith.
Death: Mrs. Lewis Wolfe, Shrine
View.
You could get early morn coffee
19 cents lb.; coats $22.50; dress
$7.95; cocoa 2 lb. 12 cents; salmon
28 cents can; Land O Lakes butter
50 cents lb.; ginger snaps 2 lbs. 25
cents; fresh pork sausage 35 cents
1b. T
40 Years Ago - Oct. 11, 1980
Men between the ages of 21 and 36
are called to register for the draft.
Those who fail to comply will face
the possibility of paying a $10,000
fine or spending five years in jail.
Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com-
pany committee investigates the
possibility of training local civilian
men for a possible war-time
emergency.
Area residents retain the name
Back Mountain in Dallas Post poll.
Quarterback Larry Isaacs,
former Kingston High School
gridder, scored two touchdowns for
Susquehanna University against
American university in thisweeks
. game. :
Married-Virginia
Fredrick Swanson.
Engaged-Ella Kenler to George
Allen to
Novlosky.
Deaths-Frank Hunter, Cen-
termoreland Margaret Clue,
Harvey's Lake;
Trucksville.
You could get--bananas 5 cents
1b.; lettuce 2 lg. heads 15 cents;
pumpkin 3 lg. cans 25 cents; hams
16 cents lb.; cauliflower 10 cents
head; butter 2 lbs. 63 cents; full size
electric range, completely in-
stalled, $99.75.
Alice Kingsley,
30 Years Ago - Oct. 6, 1950
Mrs. C.M. Booth, Dallas, has
returned from a visit to her son,
Nelson, an airport expert, and his
family in Andara, Turkey. During
her stay, Mrs. booth visited Egypt
where she climbed the pyremids
and touched the Sphynx.
Kiler Updyke, Kunkle and Robert
Kemmerer, Trucksville are
seriously wounded in Korea.
Back Mountain Blood donor Day
is scheduled for Nov. 2. Red Cross
seeks 100 donors.
Raymond E. Kuhnert, principal
of Dallas Township High School and
Charles A. James, Dallas Borough
supervising principal make plans to
study the feasibility of a jointure
between the two districts.
Dallas Sr. Women Club to hold
fashion show at Dallas Township
School featuring 25 models from the
Back Mountain, Hazelton and
Wilkes-Barre showing dresses and
suits from the Country Dress Shop.
Jackson Township Volunteer Fire
Company will hold their annual Fall
Festival Oct. 21. The festival will
feature an actioin of farm produce
and a turkey supper.
Coach Bob Thomas’
Township Redskins rack up their
second triumph with a 13-8 victory
over Avoca.
Weddings-Ferne Bronwyn Howell
to paul Sabol, Jr.
Engagements-Ruth Stile to
William Guyette
Anniversaries-Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Davis, Trucksville, 25 years; Mr.
and Mrs. P. Archie Majors, 50
years.
Deaths-Mrs. W.H. Burnaford,
Shavertown; Sarah Conklin,
Carverton; Helena Czuleger,
Dallas; Dr. Byron H. Creasy,
Chavertown; W.E. Schoonover,
Centermoreland.
Playing in local theaters-Shaver
theater, ‘‘The Furies”, Barbara
Stanwick, Wendell Corey, Walter
Huston; Himmler Theater‘ ‘Ticket
to Tomahawk,” Dan Daily, Ann
Baxtor; Dallas Outdoor, ‘‘The
You could get-Fresh ground beef
62 cents lb. ; leg of lamb 69 cents. ; 1
1b. coffee 85 cents; bananas 2 Ib. 27
cents; potatoes 33 cents peck; sweet
potatoes 19 cents Ib.
20 Years Ago - Oct. 6, 1960
College Misericordia’s Theater
Three headliners for the 1960-61
season include ‘‘Ballet Espanol’,
Marcel Marceau, and opera
soprano Phyllis Curtin.
Rev. Arthur B. Mayo will leave
the Little White Church on the Hill
for a charge in Waverly, N.Y.
Colorettes and key Club Drill
Team will participate in the
Flaming Foliage Festival in
Renovo on Saturday.
.Bill Ferry and Al Sweitzer are
honored by Jonathon R. Davis Fire
Company.
Westmoreland Mountaineers
meet West Wyoming for their first
game of the football season.
Married-Beverly Sayre to Albert
Tirpak; Judith Thorne to Hilbert
Stark; Judith McKensie to Stepehn
Worrell.
Engaged-Gloria jean Gramley to
Alfred Lynn Hadsel; Theresa
Burnat to Paul Hahn.
Anniversaries-Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Wright, 30 years; Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Sebolka, 15 years.
Birthday-Amy DeWolfe 91 years.
Deaths-Beulah Van Campen,
Noxen.
You could get-Bacon 63 cents Ib. ;
79 cents 1» lb.; lettuce 2 heads 29
cents; Ivory liquid 12 oz. bottle 39
cents; Cascade 20 oz. box 41 cents:
sharp cheese 63 cents Ib.
0 Years Ago - Oct. 8, 1970
Parishners of Gate of heaven
Church honor Msgr. Francis A,
Kane at a testimonial dinner. for his
20 years of service to the parish.
Msgr. Kane will assume the
pastorate at The Nativity of Our
Lord Church.
Back Mountain Association for
Better Education drafts a letter to
the Dallas School Board stating
their opposition to the school dress
code.
Fire Prevention Week began for
students at Dallas High School
when members of various Back
Mountain fire companies conducted
a fire drill there Tuesday morning.
Town and Country Autumn House
Tour sponsored by the Wilkes Barre
Jr. League is a huge success. Over
800 persons toured area homes
including those of Mr. and Mrs. A.
Dewitt, Goodleigh Farms; Mr. and
Mrs. John Troup, Shrineview; and
Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Troup, Jr.
Sutton Road. Punch was served.at
the pool house of Mr. and Ms.
James Durkin, Sr., Shrineview,
followed by a luncheon at Irem
Temple Country Club.
Engaged-Thomas Gauntlett, to
Susan Moore; Rosemary Vecchio to
Yorath Evans.
Anniversary-Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Traver, Ruggles, 45 years.
Deaths-Alberta Foss,
Valley; Stephen Ward, Harvey’s
Lake; Elmer Russell, Dallas.
You could get-Fryers 35 cents Ib;
celery lg. bunch 19 cents; Bartlett
pears 2 lbs. 49 cents; 5 lb. canned
hame $4.99; bacon 69 cents Ib.;
cents; % gal. orange juice 69 cents:
Spic and Span 1 1b. pkg. 29 cents;
Maxwell House Coffee 2 lb. cag
$1.99. & 7