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As the temperature continues to
climb, thoughts invariably turn to
the activities of the upcoming
‘summer. If youre a parent, you
might be wondering what you can
do with your children this summer
to keep them busy and productive.
The Dallas Recreation Center is
full of good ideas. Recreation
' Director, Jay Pope, will be starting
his fifth year with the highly suc-
cessful program which happens to
be the longest running program in
| the area. “We are the longest
running in terms of the hours we are
open in the day and also for the
the season,” he pointed out.
The facility, which is located on
Burndale Avenue, is open from 9
am. until 8 p.m. every day.
Depending upon the school
calendar, the park will be open
either the week before school lets
out or the week immediately
thereafter.
Pope attributes the success of the
program to the cooperation of his
staff and the general attitude each
members brings to the job with
him. ‘“We try to choose staff
members who love working with
kids. The kids are here all day and
soon sense that they are with
someone who cares about them.
They are very appreciative of the
work the staff puts into each day
and the rapport established bet-
ween the kids and the staff over the
summer is what makes this job
worthwhile,” he said. “The children
ar made to feel that they are in good
hands. Parents are trusting us with
their children. We have to be
responsible people.”
During the past few years, the
program has been continually
growing and this year the
recreation area will be expanded.
With the help of the Dallas Lions,
the program has been able to pur-
‘chase an adjacent lot and the area
is in the process of being cleaned
up.
“We're still uncertain as to what
we are going to do with the area,”
said Pope. ‘Last year we had plans
to install some picnic tables in the
area.”
Drew Fitch of the Lions says that
his organization has committed
itself to giving the money for the
land. ‘We're ready with the money
as soon as they decide what to do
with it,”’ said Fitch.
The summer program averages
between 50-60 children a day and
special events offered during the
summer draw larger numbers of
children. “Last year we had some
very successful specialty nights
which we hope to repeat this year,”
said Pope. A Western hayride, a
night are some events that made
the summer much more pleasant
for Dallas children last summer.
Gotagripe,
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BY REV. DANNY WHITE
Well, the Little League season is
back upon us. The hurried suppers,
the who's going to pick up Billy (or
Billie) after practice, and the
Saturday games have arrived in
grand style.
The cracking sounds of bat hitting
ball abound as the future big
leaguers prepare for opening day
this Saturday, May 1. The Little
League program is by far the
largest program for boys and girls
~ in the Back Mountain communities.
How can you conquer the next
three months before they conquer
you? Here are a few suggestions.
For the coach, a crash course in
parent-child relations is needed
from the local college’s psychology
department. If the Ron Guidry of
your team wants to pitch instead of
take third base, you better be pre-
~ Only Yesterday
pared to explain to Mom why the
little person’s future career would
best be found at third rather than
opposing team has the Ron Guidry.
He sets your team down 1-2-3.
Suddenly it’s the fifth inning, and all
your substitutes have not batted.
How do you explain to Dad that his
Pete Rose didn’t get to bat? Just be
sure to start Pete, Jr. as lead-off
hitter next game. Instead of that
psychology course, we might better
call in Henry Kissenger for a course
in international diplomacy.
For the Mom, cheek out a book on
baseball at the public library. Be
prepared to have supper at 4 o’clock
for those 5 o’clock practices. Brush
up on your math so you can help
your star through long hours of
homework after long hours of prac-
tice. Finally, forget about that
weekend trip to Ohio to see your
folks until after the season.
For Dad, buy.a bottle of Ben-Gay.
You'll need it for those aches and
pains fielding those ground balls off
of junior’s bat in the front yard.
Count to ten before you yell at the
umpire during the game. Above all,
remember that the world series is
played in New York and not in the*
Back Mountain.
For the hundreds of boys and girls
in Little League hardball and soft-
ball, play hard, play to win, learn
how to lose gracefully, but never
accept defeat. Remember too that
even Mike Schmidt has struck out
with the bases loaded. :
For Dick Kidler and the other
commissioners in various leagues
throughout the community, ‘May
God be with you.”
Play ball!
Courtesy of THE PROGRESS,
Clearfield, Curwensville, Philips-
burg, Moshannon Valley, Pa.,
Tuesday, February 9, 1982.
The attack of the gypsy moth on
plants and trees come when the
moth is in its caterpillar stage, a
time when it lives to eat.
The caterpillars, or larvae,
usually begin to come out of the egg
clusters in late April or early May.
They are seen as tiny, hairy
creatures, buff-colored when they
first emerge but turning black four
hours after.
The eggs in an individual cluster
will hatch completely over a period
of three to five days but in an in-
fested area eggs may hatch for two
to three weeks.
The newly-hatched caterpillars
will stay on the egg cluster for
several days if the temperatures
are below 40 degrees or in case of
rain.
When conditions are right, they
start to move, spinning silk threads
after them and climbing up trees.
After getting to the tops, they swing
blown by the wind for miles before
they land.
This spread of the caterpillars
occurs before they begin to eat. The
insect-can go through several wind-
blown dispersals before it finally
makes itself at home on acceptable
food plants.
First Stage caterpillars usually
have two or three feeding periods
during the day, chewing small holes
inside leaves. When they are not
eating, they rest on a mat of silk
they have made on the underside of
a leaf.
Second and third-stage cater-
pillars feed at the leaf margins and
usually stay in the treetops, lying on
the undersides of branches and
twigs when they are not eating.
In the fourth stage (male larvae
have five stages and females, six),
the caterpillars’ behavior changes.
They feed during the night and
crawl down the trees at dawn to find
protective shelter for the day. At
dusk, they climb back into the trees
and begin to feed.
The movement of the moth cater-
parently in some sort of reaction to
the light intensity. To be sure,
during this stage defoliation of trees
can be severe enough to be noticed.
When not eating in this stage, the
caterpillars like to rest under bark
flaps or elsewhere on the trees, but
will also come down and hide under
leaf litter, dead stumps and other
nearby objects. Where there is a
high density of caterpillars, they
will not rest but will stay on the
leaves and feed continuously day
and night.
Usually the caterpillars stop
feeding in late June or early July,
attach themselves to strands of silk
and transform into pupa. They
weeks. ;
In the pupa stage, the gypsy moth
is very vulnerable since the pupae
are immobile and. defenseless
before predators and parasites.
50 Years Ago - April 22, 1932
Wardan Kunkle sought Election
as county committeeman from the
north district of Dallas Borough.
President of the Dallas Borough
founding members of the Dr. Henry
- M. Laing Fire Company.
Ann Dorrance and William Evans
~ were the popular candidates for
Republican committeemen on the
state level.
‘Married--Ruth E. O’Brien to
Bryce Sutliff.
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs.
‘John Eck, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rau,
both of Shavertown, 25 years.
Deaths--Tilden A. Dotter, Dallas.
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rice 3 Ib. 10c; picnic hams 9c 1b.;
peanut butter 10c lb.; giner ale 2
bot. 25; break crumbs 5c pkg.
40 Years Ago - April 24, 1942
Seeking to increase and
modernize their fire-fighting equip-
ment, members of the Shavertown
Fire Company launched a cam-
paign to raise $1,000 from the
citizens of their community. With
the funds from the drive the
firemen hoped to purchase a
booster tank for their truck, new
hose and rubber fire capes for the
volunteers.
Jane Lohmann was named post-
master of the Trucksville Post
Office. An employee since 1925,
Mrs. Lohmann was entering her
18th year of service. She replaced
Nicholas Staub, who resigned.
Married--Ruth Boyer Howell to R.
Newton Davenport; Aileen Connor
to Lauren Dymond; Dorothy
Goeringer to John Edward Garrity;
Genevieve York to John B. Wolfe.
Deaths-Benjamin Jones, Har-
veys Lake.
You could get-Chuck roast 23c
1b.; hamburger 25c Ib.; chicken 31c
Ib.; fresh strawberries, 2 baskets
29¢; spinach, 5¢ Ib.; rock lobster
| tails 39c 1b.; American cheese 2 1b.
loaf 61c.
30 Years Ago - April 25, 1952
_ Captain Lauris D. Graves, son of
‘Mr. and Mrs. Harry Graves,
| Church Street, Dallas, returned
| having received the Bronze Star
"and Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in
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action. A surgeon, Graves moved
wounded men to safety in the face of
lethal artillery and mortar barrage.
painfully burned about the face,
neck, chest and lower arms when
static electricity generated by
cleaning of a paintbursh in her
garage exploded in a can of anti-
freeze.
Married--Virginia Ruth Jimison
to Elmer Williams; Marie Christine
Adamovich to Airman First Class
Anthony J. A’Brunzo.
Deaths--Frank Milbrodt, Harveys
Lake; Ermine Price Kutzner,
Harveys Lake summer resident;
0.L. Travis, Goss Manor; Naomi
Scholz, Outlet; Elmer Harrison,
Hunlock Creek.
You could get--Oven dressed
roasters 65¢ lb.; cucumbers 2 for
13c; asparagus 2 lb. 33c; haddock
fillets 49c 1b.; ground beef 59c Ib.
20 Years Ago - April 26, 1962
Ray Roushey, professional
engineer and former Noxen
resident, provided liaison among
interested groups for a drive to
establish new industry at Noxen.
Fire destroyed the Beaumon barn
owned by Albert Kliamovich. A
three-year old bull and several cows
were destroyed by the inferno.
Fred Hennebaul, Lehman
wrestler injured in January, was
able to spend gradually increasing
periods of time in a wheelchair.
'Engaged--Shirley Mason to
Robert Bodycomb.
Deaths--Dorothy Lincoln, Chase;
Elizabeth Chaney, Trucksville;
Arthur Sorber, Hunlock Creek.
You could get--Ground beef 45¢
lb.; smoked picnic hams 33c Ib.;
sliced ‘bacon 2 lb. 95c; 24 oz. jar
peanut butter 59c; mayonnaise 59¢
qt. jar; eggs 2 doz. 89c.
10 Years Ago - April 27, 1972
Edmund Muskie, presidential
candidate, captured the Back
Mountain primaries which were
marked by light voting. ;
The assurance of adequate
supplies of safe drinking water in
the Back Mountain Area were dis-
cussed at a public meeting held by
the Luzerne County Planning
Commission and Gilbert
Associates.
Engaged--Selina Claire Shiner to
Mark W. Wysocki; Susan Ellen
Davis to John R. O’Malia, Jr.
Married--Elizabeth Ann
Kraszewski to Benjamin A. War-
man,
Deaths--James J. Halpin, Sr.,
Charlottesville, Va.; Mary Reese,
White Birch Trailer Park; Thomas
M. Lamoreaux, Sweet Valley;
Josephine Ross, Trucksville;
Robert T. Baker, Trucksville;
Pauline Yenason, White Birch
Trailer Park.
You could get--Turkey 38c lb.;
boneless hams 78c lb.; cream of
mushroom soup 2 cans 29c; 18 oz.
peanut butter 59c jar; Velveeta
cheese 2 1b. loaf 99c. ?
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For trees and plants, the time of
gypsy moth feeding is over. When
the gypsy moths emerge from the
pupa cases, they do not eat; their
one purpose is to mate so the female
can lay egg clusters. The clusters
BY NANCY S. KOZEMCHAK
Madonna means any young
woman with a baby; so says Jerry
Sutton of Lehman who begins her
lectures on the subject with this
opening phrase: Jerry has about 150
madonnas in her collection and has
loaned us 50 of them for our display
case for the next four weeks. We
chose the month of May for this
collection because May is Mary's
month in the Roman Catholic
Church and ‘also because of
Mother’s Day. Jerry is not Roman
Catholic but has always loved
madonnas and most of her friends
were from a Roman Catholic
church when she was growing up.
She has been collecting these for
about 30 years. She noticed one in a
store window and fell in love with it
and finally bought it and this
started her collection. This first
piece is pink and has the star of
David in the halo. Several have
been given to her as gifts and she
buys them when traveling or at flea
may be seen from July to May,
when the life cycle of the moth
erupts again as the eggs hatch into
millions of tiny caterpillars sear-
ching for food. _
News
markets. There ' are some from
Israel, Korea, Japan, Italy, New-
foundland, and a special old Ger-
man creche. They are made of
ceramic, wood, clay, corn husks
and wax. There is a rocking
madonna of terra cotta, an African
of the Ubangi tribe, and her
favorite; a blue one from Mercy
Hospital which is Victorian and was
given to her when she was ill. This
makes a very differenyt display and
is worth a trip to the library to see.
We have two rotating collections
in the library on_loan from Oster-
hout; one on houseplants and flower
other, an adult paperback mixed
bag collection, which will be at the
library until July 25.
There are tickets available at the
library for the Dollhouse Exhibit
scheduled for Sunday, May 2, and
for the Library Auction Kick-Off
Dinner on Friday, May 7.
The Collectors Group will meet in
the library annex, Wednesday,
April 28 at 7:30 p.m.
MaryAnn Kelly has been ap-
pointed as a reporter to The Dallas
Post, it was announced this week by
Rick Shannon, associate publisher
of Pennaprint, Inc. Mrs. Kelly's
responsibilities as reporter will
meetings and events, news features
and general news assignments.
Prior to joining The Post
MaryAnn was employed as a writer
for ‘Suburban News and Moun-
taintop Star, and was previously
employed by the Dallas School
District as a substitute and home-
bound instructor in English and
reading. She was also a homebound
instructor. for Wilkes-Barre Area
School District. In the past,
MaryAnn also was employed as a
case manager for Project Reach
Out For Life and Triangle
Publications--TV GUIDE
Magazine.
A graduate of College Miseri-
cordia with a B.A. in English with
secondary education certification,
Mrs. Kelly resides with her
husband, Lewis, and daughters in
Shavertown.
think:
still not driving as much as I
because it’s so expensive. I
think prices will go lower
this summer, and then get
right back to where they
were.’”’
Nancy Weber, Noxen: ‘I’m
driving more, but I think
prices should stay high so
there will be fewer people on
the roads: By next year we’ll
probably be paying $2 a
gallon.”
changed because gas is still
expensive. There is plenty of
gas but I don’t think the
price
driving the same as I was. I
still think it’s expensive. I
suppose it will go up again,
but I can’t guess how
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