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ONLY YESTERDAY
50 years ago-April 20, 1931
Between 1,000 and 1,200 children
are expected to participate in the
third annual Easter Egg Hunt at
Fernbrook Park. Youngsters will
hunt for between 2,000 and 2,500
eggs. The event is sponosred by the
Dallas Rotary Club.
Dallas Post begins a series of
General John Pershing’s own ex-
periences in the Great War.
Anniversaries-Mr. and - Mrs.
Arthur Newman, Dallas, 15 years.
You could get-Pancake flour 2
pkg. 25¢; flour 241% 1b. bag 69¢; gum
or candy bars 8 for 25c; graham
crackers 1b. pkg. 15c; 1% lb. pkg.
slicedbacon 15c.
40 years ago-April 11, 1941
As part of their community im-
provement program, public-
spirited citizens of Lehman
Township will hold a Community
Planting Day when they will land-
scape and beautify their hew high
school building with shrubbery.
Pennsylvania Highway Depart-
ment assures construction of the
new Dallas-Harveys Lake Highway
this summer. The five-mile link will
complete this area’s greatest road
program. Cost is estimated at
by Debbie Z.
It must be nice to be boss, that’s
all I can say. Everytime I go
looking for the chief, one poor
Indian says, ‘‘He’s on the road
again, he comes in and out con-
stantly, 1 can’t tell you exactly
when he’ll be back, or how long he’ll
stay.” And if those Indians think it’s
bad with the boss gone, I can’t begin
to tell you how nervous having a trio
of my chiefs dining with me makes
me. Not that I mind, but I have to
admit 1 was extremely” startled
when I invited three of the biggies
from the Post to dine with Jane and
I at the White Horse on Tuesday for
lunch, and they all willingly agreed.
I was left speechless. All in all, it
was a rather nice lunch, and I told
them I can’t wait until we do it
again. I will leave out the details,
considering the experience alone
could lead to a best selling novel.
Before I get started this week, a
big birthday wish goes to my sister
Judy, who on Saturday will become
15. The next thing to mention is that
I got to hit the road this week in
Jane’s neat 1980 blue Rally Sport.
One thing I never mentioned before
GROSSMAN
is the fact that I just love cars. If
you've got a Trans Am, call me at
the Post, and I'll be more than
happy to take you to lunch--along
with Jane too. The both of us have
been trying to meet our friends for
lunch, and unsuccessfully we
haven’t been able to get our times to
had to break our lunch engagement.
I was ready to do a cartwheel this
week after 1 was done talking to
Kévin .Covert from Overbrook
Optical, who said he’ll be.at the
Homemakers Show. Now I have one
down, 500 to go. Hopefully, Peggy,
Elaine, Nancy, Jay, Ed, Sid, Nick
and all my other advertiser friends
will make things easy and say yes
when I visit them next week. Please
guys, everyone's just dying to meet
you, and your products.
While standing outside of Rea &
Derrick’s this week, I met my good
friend Karen, who, while talking
over our baseball teams, says she’s
going to beat the pants off my team.
If anyone is interested in helping
me beat her (in baseball that is) you
can call me. Or if you're interested
in sponsoring a loveable group of
girls who will give their heart and
soul into playing baseball for you,
you can also call me. During the
summer in my free moments, I try
to play softball. Last year we kind
of only won one game, but that’s
how it goes when you're just
starting. “Which leads me into
telling you my ““high’’ of’ the week
goes to my understanding coach,
with the aid of his assistants, who
try to make a team out of us. So
Hot Spots to hit this week are at
the Flagstone at Harveys Lake, if
you noticed their ad lately, they're
offering one heck of a special, and I
suggest you try to make it out there.
I hear it’s worth the trip. While
youre out at the lake, a little
journey to the other side will take
you to May's Old Place, where the
new management will try to help
you feel relaxed, after a hard day’s
work.
As for my excitement this week, a
nice 48 hour sleep should cover my
thrills and chills until everything
passes over. And before I forget,
from me and Jane....Happy Easter.
by Howard J. Grossman
More and more it appears likely
that Northeastern Pennsylvania
will be facing a new economic crisis
in the 1980's. The crisis has nothing
to do with local motivation, but
instead stems from current
economic makings in Washington.
This economic thinking includes the
concept that accelerated deprecia-
tion and tax credits alone through
private sector investment
initiatives can solve economic ills
which beset the nation. There is
nothing particularly wrong with
accelerated depreciation and-or tax
credits; but these techniques alone
will not resolve the economic
problems of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania.
Areas that are traditionally and
persistently distressed, which is the
characteristic of a portion of this
region, must utilize to the fullest
extent possible sector investments
as a basis for private sector
initiatives, Public sector invest-
ments are exactly what the words
mean: that is, they are designed to
encourage the ability of the private
sector to invest in an area and thus
create new job opportunities.
History has shown in North-
eastern Pennsylvania that the way
to encourage jobs is to make appro-
priate public sector investments
first. Northeastern Pennsylvania
cannot do the job alone to revitalize
its economy. We still need
assistance from all possible sources
to take advantage of the assets and
opportunities which exist in North-
eastern Pennsylvania to increase
economic development.
It is not the case that existing
federal aid programs are those
which necessarily should be kept as
is or even retained at current
funding levels. The thesis is pretty
clear, however, that some type of
federal economic development
incentive programs beyond those
being currently proposed should be
targeted in economically distressed
areas throughout the country.
Generally, this has meant that
northeastern part of the United
States, and many of the current
federal cutback proposals will
adversely affect this part of the
country in relation to the sunbelt
states.
Therefore, every effort should be
undertaken to develop some new
thinking concerning economic
revitalization as it affects economi-
cally distressed areas.
The 1980’s bring with them not
only budgetary problems, but cer-
tainly economic opportunities. Use
of positive factors which came
about in the 1960's and 1970’s in
Northeastern Pennsylvania :to
create an economic lifestyle which
will eliminate the ills which have
created high unemployment, low
income, and the adverse economic
factors affecting this region is
extremely desirable.
What this really means is that
federal cutbacks should be encour-
aged and acted upon, but alter-
native economic development plans
and programs should be provided
as a basis for aiding those areas
which = still require
assistance.
$2,300,000.
Engaged-Erma Shaver and
Charles H. Conklin; Elizabeth
Palmer and Frederick D. Finney.
Married-Violet Sink and Samuel
Weber Keast.
Anniversaries-Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar J. Adolph, Shavertown, 16
years.
You could get-Jelly eggs 3 1b. 25¢;
Hershey kisses 13 oz. pkg 19c¢; Chic
Chic Egg Dye 3 pkg. 25c; Easter
Lamb cake 79c.
30 years ago-April 13, 1951
Treva Traver, Eleanor Butler
and Fay Smith’ are candidates for
May Queen at Lake Township
School.
All 10 teams will participate in the
opening of the Bi-County Baseball
League. Two new teams,
Tunkhannock and Jenks, join last
year’s holdovers, Noxen,
Beaumont, Shavertown, East
Dallas, Dallas, Carverton, Orange
and Vernon.
Engaged-Peggy Greenwood and
Carl R. Loucks; Jeanne Ikeler and
Theodore C. Reed; Margaret Ann
Morgan and William Coates.
Married-Shirley Elizabeth Winter
and Pfc. George Carlton Kohl.
" Deaths-Boyd Atherho' 1,
Trucksville.
You could get-Banar as 10c lb; 2
Ib. pkg. tomatoes 2.c; Florida
oranges 3 doz. $1; large eggs 55¢
doz.; 50 lb. bag potatoes 59c.
20 years ago-April 13, 1961
Spring brings seasonal rash of BB
guns. Malicious mischief rampant
in Dallas as weather warms.
John Young and Charlene Maker
take honors at King’s College
Science Fair. The Dallas teenagers
are students at West Side Central
Catholic High School.
The Post Office Department signs
a lease for a new post office in
Shavertown in a building owned by
the Wyoming National Bank.
Engaged-Louise Shindel Bertel
and Carr Bolton Abernethy.
Married-Lois Vanderhoff and
Thomas E. Williams.
Anniversaries-Mr. and Mrs.
Claude H. Cooke, Fernbrook, 50
Center Hill Road, 55 years; Mr. and
Mrs. William Davis, Dallas, 50
years; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfredlde, 25
years.
Deaths-Mrs. Josephine Felter,
Beaumont native; Tressa RAce,
Centermoreland; Clyde Stevens,
Loyalville; Adam Skovish, Sylvan
Lake; Homer Whitsell, Hunlock
Creek; «Mae “lhamoreaux «Ross,
Sweet Valley.
You could get-Sirloin or rib roast
75¢ Ib; Cornish hens 39c 1b; boneless
veal-leg roast 69¢ 1b; apples 3-lb.
bag 49 c; iceberg lettuce 2 1b. heads
23c.
10 years ago-April 15, 1971
J. R. Sperl, Dallas fireman,
suffers steam burns while fighting a
blazing brush fire. The blaze oc-
curred along Carverton Road,
opposite Frances Slocum Park and
burned over 50 acres of land.
Troup Fund's application for a
private club on the Newberry
Estate Development receives no
opposition from the community.
Four students from Dallas Senior
High School are chosen for State
Band, Keith Barber, Diane
Chadwick, Michael Davis and Alan
Zaboski.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Chase,
Pinecrest Avenue, Dallas, return
from a three month tour of the
southern states. During their trip
they covered 6,000 miles visiting
friends, relatives and historical
spots.
Engaged-Patti Myree Larson and
Gregory Lee Hlcks; Elizabeth Ann
Esler and Thomas Eugene Heid;
Linda Lee Parry and John J.
Vozniak.
Deaths-Arthur H. Rainey, Dallas.
You could get-Pork loins 39c lb;
pineapples 19c each; apples 2 Ib.
49c¢; oranges 5 lb. bag 69c;
strawberries 49c pt.; boiled ham 99¢
Ib; instant coffee 6 oz. jar $1.29.
Homemakers
School
April 30
College
Misericordia
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Last Friday afternoon, a 6-
passenger helicopter landed in Mr.
Donut’s parking lot, Fernbrook. A
young girl jumped out, went over to
Treat Drive-In, bought a vanilla ice
cream cone, got back in the
helicopter which took off im-
mediately.
attention
A Dallas young man was killed
Wednesday night in a head-on
collision on Lower Demunds Rd.,
Dallas Twp. Police report.
Dead is Jeffrey Morenko, 22, of
RD 5, Box 82, Cloverleaf Rd., driver
ot one ot the vehicles in the.crash.
Admitted to Nesbitt Hospital
were occupants of the other car,
Abram Nesbitt III, 48, and his wife,
Caroline, 38, of Lake Catalpa, RD 1,
Dallas.
The accident occurred shortly
after 11 p.m. when Morenko at--
tempted to pass another vehicle
while driving south; crossing into
the northbound lane and striking
the Nesbitt car head-on. The jaws of
life were used to extricate Morenko
from his vehicle.
Responding were Dallas Twp.
Chief of Police Carl Miers and
Tupper and Kingston Twp. Ptlm.
Walter Davis. Morenko was pro-
nounced dead at the scene by
Deputy Coroner for Luzerne County
Richard Disque, Jr.
Hearings have been set Wed-
nesday, april 15, for four men in
connection with a series of
burglaries in the Back Mountain in
1979. Hearings will be before
District Magistrate Leonard
Harvey, Dallas. ;
Set for the hearings, are Bernard
Johnson Sr., 1421, Nottingham St.,
Plymouth; Bernard Johnson Jr.
142% Nottingham St., Plymouth;
Charles Slaughter, RD 3, Box 95,
Hunlock Creek; and Joseph
Janusziewicz, RD 3, Hunlock Creek.
Johnson Sr., Johnson Jr.,
Slaughter, and Janusziewicz will be
heard on charges of burglary, theft,
and criminal conspiracy in regard
to alleged breakins on Aug. 13, Aug.
30 and Sept. 6.
The Aug. 13 breakin at the home
of Margaret Waskiewicz, RD 2,
Harveys Lake, resulted in the theft
of a chain saw, a circular saw,
asander, and a staple gun valued in
total at $300. All four men are
charged.
The Sept. 6 breakin at the home of
Pauline Jaskulski, RD 2, Lake
Township, resulted in the theft of a
camper, cap, riding mower, two
carpets, a television, two sleeping
bags, three tent poles, a saddle, and
a well pump valued in total at
$7,914. All four men are charged.
The Aug. 30 breakin at a main-
tenance shed of the Maple Grove
Cemetery in Lake Twp. resulted in
the theft of a tractor and mower
valued in total at $1,550. The two
Johnsons and Slaughter are
charged.
Bail was set by Magistrate
Harvey at $2,000 per. man per
alleged crime. Janusziewicz posted
bail and was released. The others
were remanded to the Luzerne
County Prison.
Hearings will be held in a series
beginning at 1:30. Prosecutor is
Trooper Paul Taylor of the Penn-
sylvania State Police, Wyoming
Barracls
Dallas Borough Police are
looking for a 1973 Dodge four-door
sedan taken from the parking lot at
Franklin’s Restaurant last week.
Owner was listed as Lloyd
Williams, 81 Sterling Ave., Dallas.
Police said two white males were
observed taking the vehicle.
Vandals shot out two plate glass
windows in the Dallas Auto Parts
Store, Memorial Highway, last
week. Dallas Borough Police said
the gun used was a pellet-type
weapon. Ptlm. Tim Carroll is in-
vestigating.
supervisors,
by Tom Mooney
The Jackson Twp. supervisors
and their police chief, Donald
Jones, appear to be on a collision
course, with impact scheduled for
this week.
On the motion of supervisor
Robert Hazeltine, the board at its
meeting last © week voted
unanimously to make some radical
changes in the police department,
with Hazeltine indicating that he
would move to take Jones’ job away
from him if he should refuse to go
along.
The supervisors decided to put all
three of the township’s police of-
ficers, all of whom are part-time, on
an hourly basis rather than a salary
basis. Each of the three men--Chief
Donald Jones, Ptlm. Andrew
Kasko, and Ptlm. Burt Balliet--will
be authorized to work 12 hours per
week at $5 per hour. The new
system will be given a trial period
of 30 days.
Chief Jones will be ordered to
make up a schedule for himself and
the two men and will be responsible
for giving a copy to all three of the
SUpPEervisors. :
Hazeltine indicated he believed
the provision of a schedule to be of
great importance. Said the super-
visor after the meeting, ‘If he
(Jones) refuses to go along, within
30 days he’s a done duck. He will be
dismissed for insubordination.”
Chief Jones was directed to provide
the schedule to the three super-
visors by midnight between Mon-
day and Tuesday of this week.
Supervisor Chairman Ed Zin-
cavage went along with Hazeltine’s
motion after fellow supervisor
Charles Cigarski, who generally
votes with Zincavage, indicated
that he favored the motion.
Chief Jones, contacted after the
vote, said ‘I can’t make any
comments at this time,” and in-
dicated that he would not have any
statement until after having had a
chance to meet with the supervisors
to discuss the measures.
The vote came at the end of a long
period of discussion, which often
grew loud and angry, between the
supervisors and some highly vocal
members of the audience.
Much of that debate centered
upon the role of Ptim. Burt Balliet
in the police department. Balliet,
who had been placed at his own
request on a per-hour schedule in
February, complained that he
worked 14 hours in that month but
had only been paid for 13 and said .
Most of the audience ‘‘participa-
tion’ took the form of complaints to
Chairman Zincavage that he should
make up the police schedule himself
or that the schedule should be
shown to the public. Zincavage in
trolled matter” that should not be
made public and added that he
would not even give it to other
members of the board if asked.
Former police chief Robert
Cooper was especially vocal, com-
plaining that the department was
operating with too few policemen,
that officers had been laid off after
completing their municipal police
training, and that Zincavage should
make up the police schedule himself
rather than leave it to Jones.
John Wilkes likewise protested
that there were not enough officers
in the department, while Robert
Hagenbach complained that the son
of one of the officers was permitted
Others, in briefer comments, con-
tended that the nearness of the
Chase Prison called for more
policemen and that the two
patrolmen (Balliet and Kasko)
were doing a disproportionate share
of the police work.
Supervisor Charles ' Cigarski
moved to hold a meeting with Jones
on police matters, but the suggest-
ion died for lack of a second. Later,
seconded Hazeltine’s
motion for the 30-day trial period of
the hourly basis. Zincavage said
that he was not entirely satisfied
with Hazeltine’s proposal but would
go along to give it a try.
Dallas Township Board of Super-
visors approved a list of special fire
policemen submitted by Chief Carl
Miers during the regular meeting
Monday, April 6.
The list includes five men from
the Kunkle area, and five from the
Dallas area. They are Kunkle--Jack
Bernstock, Cory Besteder, Fred
Dodson, Conrad Honeywell and
William Jones Sr.; Dallas--William
Dierolf, Lou Roginski, Edwin Roth,
Calvin Tinsley and Robert Cartier.
Secretary Glen Howell was in-
structed to contact the Dallas Water
Company about installing a fire
hydrant in Fox Hollow as requested
by the residents. He will make
application for a hydrant before the
next meeting.
A motion also was made to bill the
Dallas Area Municipal Authority
(DAMA) for damages incurred
during the construction of the
sewers in Orchard View Terrace.
The board will contact Engineer
Sweinberg about work to ‘be done in
Dallas Towne Park. They plan to
apply for a $30,000 grant from
Luzerne County Office of Com-
munity Affairs Development for the
park area. A contract must be
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drawn up and plans made before
application can be completed.
New zoning maps will be drawn
up for the township according to
Howell.
The next supervisors meeting will
be held April 20 followed by the
Planning Commission meeting in
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