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Tellitlikeitis
Organizer Sandra
good take place, now's the time.
We sometimes feel as embattled
as the Notarians vs. the Rotarians
(or is it Rotarians vs. Notarians?)
when it comes to communications.
And the anguish of it all is that we
are supposed to be the professionals
in communicating. (Just this
simple opening to a problem,
creates problems, unless ex-
plained). It seems that Rotary
International filed a formal notice
of opposition with the U.S.
Trademark Office when the
National Notary Association tried
to register its trademark
‘“Notarian”. Rotary filed a suit in
June to bar the NNA from using
Notarian. ‘‘Notarian’’, the suit
states, ‘‘Has caused and will con-
tinue to cause confusion and
mistake and will lead the public to
believe that (Notarian) is in some
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proved by (Rotarians). Hewever,
says the Notarian president (to the
Rotarian president): ‘I submit to
you as a reasonable man that it is as
difficult to confuse ‘Notarian’ with
‘Rotarian’ as it is ‘Notary’ with
‘Rotary’, or ‘not’ with ‘rot’ ....”” The
president also pointed out that
many Notarians are also Rotarians.
Get the picture? Well, anyway,
that leads us to... CLEARING THE
AIR, Part Two...
Many people are under the im-
pression that a newspaper is a
‘community service’. It does
serve the community to the best of
its ability but what must be
remembered above all is that a
newspaper is a business, first, last
and always. And in that regard, it
should be treated by the public as
any other business. A newspaper
makes its money by sellng a
product, the newspaper. A
newspaper is manufactured and
marketed in the same manner as a
movie, a pair of shoes, or a
telephone directory. The fact that it
is a product that serves the com-
munity in hundreds of different
ways, does not make it a ‘“‘com-
munity service’, such as a library
or volunteer fire company. What
this means to you, the reader, is
that in order to maintain its
business, the newspaper offers its
pages for sale. People who buy
space on those pages are ad-
vertisers. They pay for the space
they want. (Most of the time) The
space the advertiser does not want
is paid for by the subscriber. Rates
are fixed so that the cost of all space
is shared by both the subscriber and
the advertiser, although the ad-
vertiser pays the largest amount.
This sometimes explains the
preferential treatment given to
advertisers. A newspaper,
however, would be nothing but an
advertising sheet if it did not
provide space for news, informative
or entertaining. This it does by
working with the community. So
what's the point of all this? Simply
that a newspaper should receive the
same understanding as any other
business. The space it provides for
community groups or individuals to
get their message across, costs
somebody their hard-earned
dollars. So use it wisely, and be a
little grateful once in awhile.
People in the news business need
love and understanding too. (Note
to publicity chairmen, chairwomen,
chairpersons, etc.: The Dallas Post
has a very helpful brochure
best possible treatment of your
‘‘press releases’. Ask at the front
desk for a copy, or call 675-5211 and
we’ll mail you one, 20 cents or no 20
cents.
come up with up to $30,000
within the next year, the
approximate cost of a new
ambulance meeting
certification requirem-
ents.
Regular meeting of the
association was set for
Aug. 3 at which time
Reese planned to give a
progress report ‘to the
residents. . The
asssociation is also
planning to enroll ad-
LETTERS
ditional Emergency
Medical Technicians,
sponsor a CPR Course
and standard First ‘Aid
training.
Reese said that Edward
Engelman was recently
named to the
associastion’s board of
directors. Engelman
plans to draw up a new set
of bylaws and assist in
reorganizing the entire
Ambulance Volunteer
Association.
EDITOR;
At a time when a lot of publicity is
being given to misdeeds incurred by
public officials and generous doses
of criticism aimed at local township
officers and workers I think we
should devote some time to the
positive evidence of dedicated in-
dividuals in our community.
.. I've been a resident of Shaver-
town approximately 12 years and
I’m ashamed to say, took a lot for
granted....I moved out of this area
for 8 months to a town just a few
miles away and quickly became
aware of what I'd left behind.
The workers and officials of
Kingston Township apply them-
selves daily to improve our com-
munity én numerous ways such as:
1. Paving roads and gutters
(beautifully done);
2. Cleaning refuse and litter;
3. Spring pick up of garbage and
trash;
4. Plowing roads at all hours of the
day and night during winter snows;
5. Maintaining a recreational park
for children as well as adult, and;
6. Ashing roads and filling pot
holes.
These are a few things off the top
of my head....I also appreciate our
police department and Chief Paul
Sabol who has the common sense to
have an understanding of our youth
and their problems of the day. He is
well respected by young and not so
young in our area and has earned
that respect.
Think of our police officers
patroling 24 hours a day to insure
our right to live without fear...and
the fire and ambulance crews on
call all hours to serve our needs. I
don’t know of another area where
people respond in a flash to
whatever the crisis may be.
I like the auctions and bazaars
worked so hard at by the many
volunteers. Lastly I'm proud of our
Policemen and fire officials looking
so grand in their sharp uniforms.
To summarize I believe we have
one hell of a fine town run by some
pretty terrific caring people. All I
can humbly say is thank you to each
and every one and God Bless!
Louella Prutzman
Shavertown, Pa.
under the act of March 3, 1889.
J.Stephen Buckley, Publisher
John Allen, Editor
Kay Whitehead, Circulation
Inc., from 61 Gerald
Rick Shannon, Associate Publisher
Charlot Denmon, News Editor
Mark Moran, Photography
Telephone 675-5211 or 825-6868.
Bos
Only Yesterday
(Mark Moran
50 years ago-July 24, 1931
Noxen inventor Willard Jones
created a novel new type of window
screen which let flies out but would
not let them in the house. Jones
invented a number of practical
devices for the household, many of
them being patented. One in-
vention, a nut lock for use on
railroads, has been used for five
years at Payne’s Colliery on
vibrating machinery used there.
Married-Rose Patton and Albert
E. Tonkin, Jr.; Mable Zimmerman
and Robert Prynn; Mildred
Downing and Elmer L. Major;
Grace Lamoreaux and Arthur
Loveland.
Deaths-Mabel
Huntsville.
You could get-Crab meat 29¢ can;
butter 15c lb.; evaporated milk 3
tall cans 22c; 15 lb. potatoes 25c.
40 years ago-July 25, 1941
Quick action by Harry Williams,
employee of Oliver’s Garage in
Dallas, saved the life of a West Side
youngster at the Wyoming Valley
Horse Association Show ‘‘Mint
d’Or,” a spirited jumper, leaped
over the refreshment stand
Williams was operating. Williams
grabbed the horse’s bridle saving
the Kingston lad from lethal hoofs.
Retired Methodist minister Rev.
Thomas Smith stepped out to his
front porch and confronted a rattle
snake. Smith killed the nine-rattle
snake with a large stick. Although
rattle snakes were not uncommon
in the Red Rock area where Smith
lived, this was the first snake to be
killed near the home.
Engaged-Joan Blackman and
Robert Burgess Harvey.
Married-Grace Mahler and Royal
Lyne Jr.; Helen Lewis and Ralph
Warrell.
You could get-Chuck roast 19c 1b;
hamburg 21c lb; braunsweiger 25¢
1b; cod fillets 17¢ Ib; potatoes 15 1b.
27c; peaches 5c 1b; asparagus 2 No.
Bond Piatt,
2 cans 25¢; coffee 2 1b. 31c; graham
crackers 2 lb. pkg. 18c.
30 years ago-July 27, 1951
Fargo Homes opened a six-room
ranch-type house for inspection at
Idetown. The house, priced at $8,350
could be purchased for $1,700 with
monthly payments of $50 for 20
years. The home included a
Mediterranean bath, Youngstown
kitchen and large outdoor dining
terrace.
Irwin Coolbaugh learned that
umpiring a baseball game could be
very dangerous. Coolbaugh
received. painful injuries to the
eyes, bleeding of the retina, and a
broken nose when a ball thrown by
the catcher hit him between the
eyes.
Engaged-Joan Gay and S.J.
Monka; Virginia E. Lewis and
Richard Case.
Married-Lois Carolyn Baumbach
and Cpl. Durwood Arden Kocher;
Pauline Kozemchak and Paul J.
Selingo; Barbara Johnson and
Loren McCarty:
Deaths-Harry G. Long, formerly
of Demunds Corners.
You could get-Peanut butter 12 oz.
jar 29c; sirloin or porterhouse steak
99¢c lb; chickens 41c lb; tuna 6% oz.
can 32c.
20 years ago-July 27, 1961
Dallas Dairy baseball team
wrapped up another Wyoming
League championship when they
squeezed by Swoyersville 2-1. Ralph
Hendershot and Joe Yeninas
started for Dallas Dairy.
Andy Paltrineri, Shavertown 16-
year old, was one of 1600 entrants in
the National Model Airplane
Championship at the Naval Air
Station in Willow Grove. The meet
was called ‘‘the World Series of
model airplane flying.”
Engaged-Jeanne Lorraine
Heilman and Albert Pierce Reinig,
Sr.
Married-Margaret L. Gunton and
Spencer A. Holmgren, Jr.; Jeanette
Eleanor Veety and Earl Hons;
Cordelia Trethaway Jeter and
Justin Bergman, Jr.; Carol Louise
Wagner and Harry S. Forman, Jr.
Anniversaries-Mr. and Mrs. John
Brin, Loyalville, 13 years; Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Bergstrasser, Dallas,
25 years.
Deaths-William Hoppes, Harveys
Lake; Bertha A. Baer, Harveys
Lake; Barbara Dodson, Fernbrook.
You could get-Leg o’ lamb 55¢ 1b;
semi-boneless cooked hams 59c¢ 1b;
shrimp 5-1b. box $3.39; fresh
crabmeat 89c 1b; toilet soap 4 bars
41c; fresh eggs 49c doz; sharp
cheddar cheese 63c 1b; butter 71c 1b.
10 years ago-July 29, 1971
Ralph Lomma, president of
National Utilities, Cherry Street,
Scranton, announced completion of
negotiations for purchasing five
Back Mountain water companies.
National Utilities had purchased
Rhodes Terrace, Warden Place,
Harveys Lake and Oak Hill Com-
panies.
Arson was suspected in three
suspicious fires in Kunkle. Two
unoccupied buildings and a barn
owned by Basil Frantz burned early
Sunday. Over 5,000 bales of hay
provided fuel for the Frantz barn
fire.
Engaged-Jane Gallagher and
George Mannear Nicholson, Jr.
Deaths-W. Hamer Mainwaring,
Jr.; Roy Shimer, Harveys Lake;
Emory Reakes, Lehman; Stella
Nothoff, Shavertown; Daniel
Foster, Idetown; Walter Cook,
Shavertown; Willard Cragle,
Hunlock Creek.
You could get-Smoked kohlbassi
$1.09 1b; hot dogs 79c 1b; hot Italian
sausage 89c lb; fresh picnic hams
39c 1b; plums 29c 1b; Crisco oil $2.83
gal. ye
A Day
With
Debbie - &0F
Call me Ishmael! (Or Vickie the
Vacationer).
It was a blast. (My trip). I started
out early Saturday morning
heading to Estella’s house. (She
was one of my fellow vacationers)
After loading her up, our first®
unusual experience happened in the
Poconos. If you ever saw a
Prudential commercial that three
people yell ducks, ducks, forms,
forms, oh Prudential! Only change
my ducks to skunks. Of all things
skunks. When the car in front of me
stopped I couldn’t imagine why
until Estella saw the six baby
skunks parading across the road.
But we traveled onward.
Two hours later we arrived at my
cousin’s house in New Jersey where
we added our third person. We sort
of got lost at little, and Estella was
surprised because I always travel
without a map and make my ad-’
venture more exciting. After
packing my cousin in we headed
Wildwood bound.
Traffic was terrible and I mean
terrible. Bumper to bumper!
People got out of their cars and had
a picnic on the side of the road
waiting. So we didn’t arrive at our
destination until 4 p.m.
And then it appeared! Seashore
Campsites, our home for a few
terrific throughout the traffic, the
long hours and who drove down with
the camper, set it up and returned
home all in one day) made the best
Wendy’s! And then we sent my
mother home and set up camp.
Sunday we went to the shore. Oh
those waves, that salt air, the sun,
the jellyfish. The jellyfish were
particularly thick and were what
some people termed ‘‘disgusting!”’
As usual we burned. And if you were
ever camping at the shore, then
burned, you know what the life of a
boiled lobster feels like. Did we
hurt! Our only ease to the pain was
to be Zaberized at Ed’s. A terrific
meal always relaxes me.
Monday, a beach umbrella was in
order for the day. But like a bunch
of troopers we marched into the
water. When I watched the
lifeguards in action for a few hours I
wondered if they knew how to swim
at all. They sing to themselves, they
burst out laughing for no reason,
and they are constantly blowing
“Dixie” at the swimmers in the
water who are causing trouble. (I
don’t know if any lifeguard would
survive without a whistle).
Sometimes I wonder if people are
safe with those lifeguards on duty.
Tuesday, we needed an umbrella
just ‘for’ a little "bit. By mid-
and that ended our stay on the
sands. We walked the boardwalk,
(Quarters were used for everything
we did--even the shower sucked in a
quarter for each use.) And Pac Man
took quarters galore. I couldn’t pass
the machine without throwing a few
in. And of course, I made it to the
famous Shamrock Cafe. Things
were the same, people singing the
Beverly Hillbillies song,
Greenacres, Amie, and Happy
Birthday. (I forgot in Monday’s
paragraph to mention I was in the
Shamrock and I also cooked supper
that night). I met a few new people,
and had a blast. Anyone who has
ever visited the famed Shamrock
can get a mental picture of the good
times people have in there. It’s like
everyone knows each other and no
one leaves feeling sad. Dining was
done at Neil's that evening (before
the Shamrock). This place was
truly fit for a queen. Grapes,
cheese, hot bread and then a
seafood combination dinner (in-
cluding lobster, shrimp, scallops,
flounder and oysters) produced a
grin on my chin.
Wednesday was spent moaning
and groaning about how time flew
and our last day for the beach had
arrived. We spent it wisely though
and didn’t use an umbrella. We
basked in the sun and followed the
day through by spending the rest of
the day and evening on the board-
walk. We ate junk food and played
pinballs, rode some rides and
walked. Bought shirts and junk and
1 was able to purchase the latest
addition to my car, a bumper
sticker that says ‘‘I'd rather be in
Wildwood.’’ We then returned to the
campground to do laundry. (My
mother was coming down with my
sister and a friend Thursday and I
had to have blankets, towels and
sheets clean.) What a way to top off
the trip, but it was relaxing.
Thursday after we woke to the
early rays of the sun, we packed our
belongings in the car, tidied the
campgound space and said our
goodbyes to Wildwood for another
when Estella’s skirt came undone
outside of Neil’s, and when we went
visiting some of her friends, Peter
and his friends), but I think I got the
basics down. So for this week and
this time all I can say is Wildwood
’82 I'm ready for you!
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