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PAGE FOUR THE DALLAS POST, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1983
Opinion
..Lee Richards (alias Wilkes-Barre
Fats) is one of the more astute
observers of athletic happenings in
the area. Lee's thoughts on the
Shorty Hitchcock, Lake-Lehman
situation are both insightful and
concerned. He has given the in
cident the full benefit of his years of
observation and close contact with
the entire Lake lehman sports
program. As noted, he is personally
familiar with all parties involved
and finds the situation as upsetting
as they must.
BY LEE L. RICHARDS
The big commotion at Lake-
Lehman last week really didn’t
prove a whole lot except to give the
entire school district, students and
parents a poor impression around
the area.
I happen to like both of the parties
involved. Shorty Hitchcock is a fine
BY NANCY KOZEMCHAK
The library has set a new circula-
tion record for a one month period
in the main building. March of 1983
shows a circulation of 5,731 passing
the previous record of 5628 set in
March of 1982. Total circulation for
the month including the annex was
8,320.
The Kick Off Dinner for the 37th
annual library auction will be held
House at Newberry’s in Dallas. The
dress will be casual, western style
and the auctioneers have promised
some fun and surprises. Jerry
Fritzges is chairman of the dinner.
Tickets are on sale at the library.
Everyone is invited to attend and
join the fun.
The library is happy to announce
that the chairman for the 1983
wrestling coach and he can
motivate young men. But if it
wasn’t for Jim Nicholas, Lake
Lehman’s very able principal,
Shorty wouldn't have been hired.
Nicholas called me one afternoon
when he was interviewing candi-
dates for the wrestling post. He
asked me what I knew about
Shorty? I told him I'd get back to
him after checking with some of my
contacts down the line.
Shorty had his problems at his
previous school according to my
sources, but nothing major. I told
Nicholas to take a chance and hire
him.
According to all of the reports,
Shorty and Jim have had a falling
out. Maybe Shorty has some
grounds for complaining, but the
manner in which he did it wasn’tat
all professional. A grievance
auction will be Joanne Freeman of
Dallas. This marks the third time in
its history that a woman is chair-
man.
The Book Club will hold its April
meeting on Monday,-April 18 at 1:30
in the library annex. George
Jenkins will present a slide
program on a recent frip to
England. June McCloskey and
Blanche Thompson are hostesses
and guests are welcome to attend.
Recent additions to the reference
collection at the library include:
American Book of Days edited by
Jane Hatch which includes more
than 700 articles that explore our
nation’s history, distinguished
citizens, anniversaries and
holidays. Famous First Facts, 4th
edition, has more than 9,000
American ‘firsts’ in accurate detail.
procedure may have been the right
approach.
My general observations tothe
problem are these: Why put a
damper on your own wrestling
banquet by announcing your
resignation? The affair was to cele
brate a successful season and honor
your top performers. This had to
put a wet blanket on the evening
I don’t feel sound judgment was
used on Shorty’s part. I gotta feel
the approach was all wrong.
Several members of the school
learned of the conflict. It wasn’t fair
to them.
The way the PIAA system is set
up, the principal, which happens to
be Jim Nicholas, is the head honcho
of the school, the atheltic program
and everything which pertains to
school activities. While I don’t
Who Was When? is a dictionary of
contemporaries, a quick reference
guide to 10,000 celebrated in-
dividuals. Facts about the
Presidents, 4th edition is a com-
pilation of biographical, historical,
and anecdotal information about
every president from Washington to
Reagan. These were purchased
with grant money.
New books at the library: “The
Complete Prophecies of
Nostradamus” translated by Henry
C. Roberts 1982 new revisd edition
includes all the prophetic verses of
Nostradamus in one volume. The
secret of his power to foresee the
future has never been fully ex-
plained.
2010” Odyssey 2” by Arthur C.
Clarke is a daring romp through the
solar system and a worthy suc-
necessarily agree with that policy,
that’s the fact!
What I'm concerned about now is
what happens to Shorty? Suppose
the Board accepts his resignation?
Where's he going to make the extra
bucks for coaching football and
wrestling? He was well compen |
sated for both.
Shorty is too good of a coach to
lose. However, he could also
jeopardize his future coaching
career.
What high school would take a
chance after learning of the
boycotting and demonstration
caused by the students?
I'd like toseesome member of the
board set both Nicholas and Hit
chcock down and get them to re
solve the problem. Family
problems shouldn’t be aired in
public.
cessor to 2001. Many questions have
been answered in this stunning
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in its depiction of man’s place in the
universe and filled with romance.
The Little Drummer Girl by John
LeCarre is a rich, thrilling,
rewarding novel. The story leads
through entirely new labyrinths of
intrigue. It is the secret pursuit of
an exceptionally dangerous
Palestinian terrorist leader. It
leads to a magnificent deception.
Are you eight or eighty...or
somewhere in between? Regardless
of your age you are learning every
day, for learning is a continuous
process. Why not make this
business of learning really count by
choosing books from the Back
Mountain Memorial Library that
will mean the most to you?
50 Years Ago - April 21, 1933
Dissatisfaction with conduct of
school affairs and constant bicker-
ing of the school board promised a
lively fall election contest in Dallas
Borough.
Rev. Frank D. Hartsock, pastor
of Dallas Methodist Church, wasre-
tired from the Wilkes-Barre
district. Rev. Hartsock had been
pastor of the local church since
1931. He had entered the ministry in
1892.
Deaths--Corey J.
Beaumont.
You could get-Raisins 15 oz. 5¢;
brooms 29c ea.; ammonia 15¢ qt.;
evaporated milk 2 tall cans 9c.
40 Years Ago - April 23, 143
Dallas Woman’s Club exceeded
its War Bond Quota on the third day
of its drive. The $1,750 figure was
expected to double before the close
of the drive.
George S. Swan, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Swan, Idetown, was a
patient in a North African Military
Hospital.
Engaged--Mar jorie J. Mekeel to
Paul John Walter.
You could get--Hot Cross buns 20¢
pkg.; maraschino cherries 4 oz. btl.
10c; eggs 4lc doz.; oranges 35c
doz.; coconuts 17cea.; horseradish
25¢ 1b.
20 Years Ago - April 17, 1953
Approximately 5,000 anglers
_ tested their skill on the opening day
Neely,
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of trout season at Harveys Lake.
State and local police searched
for the hit and. run driver who
struck Guy Zerfoss and then sped
off through Shavertown leaving the
six-year old child unconscious.
Engaged--Patricia Ann ‘Nieman
to Charles Bigelow; Louise Kyttle
to Renford Wilce.
Married--Grace Laux to Robert
Gardner.
Deaths--Herbert Hill, Shaver-
town; Granville Sowden, Jr.
Shavertown; Calista A. Dymond,
Chase: Mrs. Wade H. Jayne, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
You could get--Sirloin steaks 69
1b.; frying chickens 49c Ib.; veal
roast 69c¢ lb.; bananas 2 lb. 25¢;
Wesson oil pt. btl. 39c.
20 Years Ago - April 18, 1963
Rumors persisted concerning the
fate of the Noxen Tannery, sold to a
yet undisclosed person. Word was
that the plant would be occupied by
an aircraft industry, a Masonite
manufacturing company, an ex-
pansion of the Lake-Noxen Clinic
and a butcher shop for a local
grocery store.
Twenty Boy Scouts from Harveys
Lake Troop 331 toured .the 402nd
Military Police Battalion as guests
of commanding officer 1t. Colonel
Cari Burt Olsen, Trucksville
Gardens. The boys viewed guns,
tanks and a mock POW camp set-
up. :
Married-Crag g J. Herdman to
Eva M. Root
Deaths--Anthony Pegar, Johnson
City; Pearl Franklin, former Dallas
resident; Amy DeWolfe, Idetown;
C.L. Albert, Shavertown.
You could get-Rib roast 59 Ib.;
ground round 99c¢ 1b. ; haddock fillet
45¢ 1b.; halibut steak 69c 1b.; sharp
cheese 69c Ib.; 2 Ib. Mrs. Filbert’s
margarine 55c¢.
10 Years Ago - April 19, 1973
A bomb exploded on the front
lawn of Irem Temple Country Club
shortly -after Dallas Township
policemen had cruised through the
club grounds. A bomb threat had
been received. No injuries oc-
curred.
Plans for Rainbow Recovery
Fair, a post-flood morale booster
were well underway. The com-
mittee was chaired by Roy Morgan,
outgoing president of the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Com-
merce.
Engaged--Judith Eileen Stanley
to Ronald A. Viglone; Janet
Fielding to Charles Edward Small.
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Williams, Fernbrook, 55 years.
Deaths-Kaare Lingaas, Dallas;
Leland Guyette, Trucksville;
Donald Powell, Shavertown.
You could get--Semi-boneless
smoked hams $1.19 lb.; kielbassi
$1.49 1b.; poppyseed 89c 1b.; yams 2-
Ib. 39c; tomatoes cello box 29c;
orange juice 59c per . gal.
I'm falling apart and forgetting
everything. So first, before I forget,
you have to know thatrecently I had
the opportunity to visit Pittsburgh.
It is a city of mystery and
fascination. :
And I want to say “Hi” to
Richard, Sharon and all the other
students from the Art Institute of
Pitt whom I met during my short
stay.
While there I visited the Pitt-
sburgh Chamber and attended the
Art Institutte of Pitt's graduation.
P.S. Ric hard--what a mess!
Surprised to hear from Viola
Harris the other day. Seems like
Mrs. Harris was having some
problems with an Easter
decoration. Some smart alecs
decided to take the bunny for a
while and it was just fortunate that
Mrs. Harris was able toretrieve the
bunny.
‘‘Homemaker’’ is the word and
I’mtelling everyone that on April 21
I want to see you in Merrick Hall at
College Misericordia along with
every relative and neighbor you
have. You're going to enjoy the
annual Homemakers’ Show. Lots of
gifts and door prizes will be given
away that evening--so I'll see you
there! 3
Carol “Williams is ny newest
favorite friend and she knows why!
Seems like Carol is going to be
driving one of Chevrolet's finest
autos. Don’t worry Carol, you'll
look sharp cruising around the Back
Mountain in that vehicle. See you at
the Homemakers Show!
I have some bad news to report
from College Misericordia and that
is as of this year, no more students
will be accepted for the art
program. Why? Because
Misericordia has decided tohang up
the art majors. What a shame! I
know this, personally, after having
an art class.
I don’t know how much of a well-
rounded liberal arts background
this liberal arts schoool will be
offering its students. Seems to me
that there should be more than one
art class to choose from.
J.B. Gallery is going out of
business and a new building is going
up behind the Shavertown Fire
Company. And if you pass the old
Country's Best you will see that
Chicken Plus is coming. And what
about Arthur Treacher’s! How
about a Kentucky Fried Chicken.
My, my, some spring cleaning and
changing is going on.
I want to be the first to publicly
congratulate Jim Smith of Dallas on
his election to the office of president
of the College Misericordia
Business Club. Way to go, Jim!
You've got my suppoort to lead the
club on--you’re going to do just fine.
Seems like knowing Rose Schmid
is some important stuff. Everytime
I'm with the younger crowd from
Dallas, they think it’s neat that
Rose is on my bowling team. How
was I supposed to know I was
bowling with a celebrity?
Better mark your calendars for
the last weekend in April, which
starts the celebration of Cherry
Blossom Time. If you're not
Boscoving, now’s your c hance to do
that, come in town and enjoy the
Cherry Blossom Festivities and as
Manny - Gordon would say--
‘‘Enjopy, Enjoy!”
Planning career workshops,
organizing wilderness excusions,
guiding community service
projects and hosting international
visitors are only a part of the work
done by Girl Scout volunteer
leaders. They also encourage girls
to develop the planning and
decision-making abilities they need
to help them discover new worlds of
, experience. These dedicated people
are the more than 300,000 women
and menwho are today’s Girl Scout
leaders.
Together, these Girl Scout
leader sdonate millions of volunteer
hours each week. If it were to be
calculated, the monetary value of
their time would be staggering;
however, the real value of their
work is in shaping the lives of
today’s young women.
In a constantly changing world,
Girl Scout leaders provide positive
roles for girls, helping them to
experience the excitement of new
possibilities, new accomplishments
and new relationships with others.
Girl Scout leaders work in partner-
ship with girls to develop a growing
confidence that enables young
women to meet challenges and to
become competent, self-assured
adults.
To honor ‘the work of the Girl
Scout leader, a nationwide cele-
has been declared for April 22, 1983.
On this date, a flag will be flown
from the U.S. Capitol building in
honor of Girl Scout leaders, and
locally Penn’s Woods Girl Scout
Council will honor its leaders and
volunteers at the annual meeting of
the council.
Please join with us and Penn’s
Woods Girl Scout Council in ex-
tending our appreciation for the
generous contribution the Girl
Scout leader has made to our
community and to the more than 44
million individuals who have been
members of Girl Scouts of the
US.A. since its founding 70 years
ago.
Thank you, Girl Scout leader. We
salute you for caring, sharing and
for making such a positive dif-
ference in the lives of Girl Scouts
from Mak
From the accompanying photo,
one can see much truth in what the
American Field Service says about
its program: ‘‘AFS Brings the
World a Little Closer to Home!”
Having a foreign high school
student live in your home for a
school year brings insights to both
parties about how the rest of the
world sees things.
Presently, the Dallas Chapter of
AFS is looking for interested
families to host a foreign student for
one year. Mrs. Jackie Sheehan is
the person to contact for more in-
formation. She can be reached at
675-0675.
I met several foreign students
living in the area when Dallas High
School celebrated Foreign
Language Week. I realized very
quickly that there is much to be
learned from the experience. While
the students may dress much like
our own youth, there is a definite
difference in the frame of
reference.
Two of the more basic ideas’ I
picked up on were the importance of
the extended family and religion.
Coupled with an opportunity to
lear nabout foods and fashions from
from another country live in your
again many of the values we
cherish, but somehow never quite
have the time to bring to fruition.
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With the decision by Jackson
Twp. supervisors to hire a fulltime
police person to work the dayshift, a
number of citizens in the com-
munity are resting much easier.
Pat Rusiloski, head of the SCID
Citizens Committee, was one who
had fought long and hard to realize
a daytime police pafirol in the
township. As Pat said, ‘‘It's another
thing accomplished.’’
Iagree, it certainly is a step in the
right direction. In particular, it is
important because the township is
the site of a state corrections in-
stitute. It’s almost laughable to
think that the community surround-
ing a prison housing more than 1600
convicted criminals should be
lacking police protection of the best
sort.
My problem with the whole thing
is that it took so long and was ac-
complished under such duress for
so many people, most of whom want
only to feel safe in their homes.
Aside from the location of the
prison, the series of burglaries in
the township during December and
January chould have convinced
officials that patrols are needed to
be beefed up. But it’s hard to beef
up a department that consists of
three part-time evening patrolman,
only available in the evening.
After months of politicking and
rabble rousing, the electorate has
finally received an affirmative vote
on its request. But, it still appalls
me that the conclusion, which
appeared to be foregone from the
beginning, had to run the gamut
from circus to insanity, before
coming down in a pompous
recommendation from Chief
Donald Jones.
Jones is the man who told me
m ore than two months ago (whenhe
was charged with the task of
making a recommendation about
the police department, that he cer
tainly believed the people should
have a daytime patrol. He also
noted that evening that he would
recommend additional parttime
help during the evening hours.
So why wait out the two months?
During that time everyone and his
uncle in the township besieged the
supervisors to come to grips with
the problem. If there was some
political gain to be had from
A shor ttime I visited Mrs. Tripp's
fifth grade class at the Dallas Inter-
mediate School. I arrived on the
invitation of College Misericordia
student teacher Carole Connelly to
speak about the newspaper
business.
As our readers will see in today’s
paper, I was quite impressed with
the knowledge and expertise of the
students. They appeared to have
learned their lesson in news-
papering very well. And my visit
served to make the theory they had
studied real for them. !
A pleasant sidenote to the visit
was a manila envelope filled with
hand-designed thank you cards
from the students. The envelope
came to me via Laura Poynton,
daughter of Dallas Post secretary,
bookkeeper, receptionist, etc., etc./,
Peggy Poynton, and I was again
impressed and delighted with the
the cards.
some of the artwork shot and sized
time, my intentionis to pop in one of
the original drawings. They are all
complete with artist's name, and I
think you'll be as impressed as I
am.
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Some notes from the Family Ser-
vice Association of Wyoming
Valley. How about a gift certificate
for a couple of newlyweds?
This gift certificate entitles the
counseling for newlyweds or a
“marital checkup’ which looks at
communication, satisfaction with
household responsibilities and
adjustment to husband and wife
roles. The gift certificates are
available at the Marriage Cer-
tificate Office in the Luzerne
County Courthouse. :
Family Service is also touting
Consumer Credit Counseling
Service with a work staff ex-
perienced in the fields of credit,
banking and finance. Now, this is
not as ominous asit may sound. Itis
merely set up to aid families in
living with credit, an essential in
the American economy.
CCCS was founded to assist
persons in financial difficulty to
solve their money problems and
pay off their obligations without
resorting to the stigma of
bankruptcy. CCCS will not pay your
bills, but does teach people to
handle their finances and buy on
means. CCCS is located at the
Family Service Association on 73
W. Union St. in Wilkes-Barre. Call
823-5144.
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More facts to remember, par-
ticularly during Cancer Control
Month.
Fact: The American Cancer
Society estimates that 70 to 80 per.
style. :
Fact: The Society also advises
avoiding the sun between 10 a.m.
and 3 p.m. by wearing protective
clothing or using a sun-screen
preparation.
Fact: A recent American Cancer
Society study revealed that cancer
costs American industry about $3
billion each year.
Fact: About 50 drugs already
have been found effective against
cancer, and others are still being
tested.
Fact: About 145,000 people will
probably die of cancer in 1983 who
diagnosis and prompt treatment.
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