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50 YEARS AGO - JUNE 23,
1933
Kingston Township School
Board dismissed five teachers
and announced a 10 percent
pay cut for the teaching staff.
New teachers hired for the
school year were Peyton Cun-
ningham, Pearl Ludwig,
_ Helen England, Mary Min-
nick, Edith Pollock and Mary
Young.
Bob Hooper, Shrineview,
returned from an eight-month
sojourn to Canada. -Hooper
stayed at his hunting club,
Gattineau Rod and Gun Club
from September through late
May experiencing the fierce
Canadian winer when temper-
atures fell to 43 degrees below
Zero.
Married - Alice M. Brace to
to Thomas J. Reese; Dorothy
E. Thompson and Jason S.
Harris.
Deaths - Floyd Horlacher
and Rev. Charles Monroe,
prominent Noxen residents.
You could get - Waterme-
lons 59c ea.; potatoes 33c Ib.;
sugar 10 Ib. 49c; cigarettes $1
carton; Wheaties 12c pkg.;
bacon 15¢ 1b.; 16 oz. jar May-
onnaise 15¢; Maxwell House
coffee 31c lb.; Sanka coffee
52¢ 1b.; sugar corn 3 cans 25c.
40 YEARS AGO - JUNE 25,
1943
Martha Jean Davidson,
Christiana, Pa. was appointed
social studeies and music
instructor for Dallas Borough
Schools. Miss Davidson was a
graduate of West Chester Col-
lege.
Two local natives, Ralph
Schrader and Harry Martin
won praise for their perform-
ance on the Becker Baking
Company: baseball team
which was the leading indus-
trial league baseball team in
the city of Baltimore, Mary-
land.
Married - Natalie Stock to
Clarence Jones; June Lieben-
guth to Charles Mead; Audrey
F. Banta to Chief Petty Offi-
cer Hugh Ransom.
Deaths - Mary Wasylkewicz,
Meeker.
You could get - Pork Loin
30c Ib.; smoked hams 37¢ 1b. ; -
sliced bacon 19¢ 1b.; potatoes
69c peck; cabbage 9c 1b;
lettuce 9c hd.; ripe tomatoes
21c Ib.; green beans 2 Ib. 15¢;
Lifebuoy soap 3 cakes 20c.
30 YEARS AGO - JUNE 26,
1953
Dr. and Mrs. Richard E.
Crompton returned to Trucks-
ville with plans to reopen his
office. Dr. Crompton had
served two years in military
service at Mineral Wells,
Texas.
Three Springfield Muskets
dated 1853 were donated to the
Back Mountain Memorial
Library Auction by Dr. James
Morgan, president of Mans-
field State Teacher’s College.
The Flintlock guns were found
in an attic of one of the oldest
Mansfield College buildings
and were given to Raymond
Hedden who mentioned the
Library ‘Auction to Dr.
{ Morgan.
Engaged - Manfolda Spaci-
ano to Peter Skameritz; Joan
Lamoreaux to Richard King;
Clara Ann Evans to William
Morgan.
Married - Constance
Petroski to S.R. Krupinski,
Jr.; Barbara Cu to Robert
Rave; Virginia Richards to
Leland Dix; Janet Traver to
Joseph Shalata; Charlotte
Ann Siglin to William Keefe.
You could get - Chuck
roasts 29c Ib.; veal roast 49c
Ib.; frying chickens 45c¢ Ib.;
cantaloupes 25c¢ ea.; Cannon
towels 68c ea.; men’s sport
shirts $3.
20 YEARS AGO - JUNE 20,
1963
Wayne Baer, age 16, and
Barry Weiss, age 15, narrowly .
escaped death when their car
mowed down five steel I-beam
guard posts, then bounced
down an embankment and
snapped a utility pole in half.
The boys were traveling on
Route 118 when the accident
occurred. ;
William H. Baker, III, son
of Mr. and Mrs. William H.
Baker, Jr., Terrace Drive,
Dallas, received his Eagle
Scout Award. A sophomore at
Dallas Senior High School,
Baker was a Key Club
member, band member and
played both basketball and
participated on the track
team.
Engaged - Jeanette Eileen
Shaw to William W. Quick.
Married - Carol Glaush and
Robert Carey.
Anniversaries - Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Bell, Shavertown,
43 years; Mr. and Mrs. Clar-
ence Oberst, Harveys Lake, 25
years; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Dymond, Dallas, 40 years.
Deaths - Frank Kearney,
Harveys Lake; Lydia Kicker-
son, Noxen.
You could get - Boneless
round roast 69c lb.; waterme-
lons 79c¢ ea.; chicken breasts
47c Ib.; honeydews, Ig. size,
55¢; 20 lb. bag charcoal bri-
quets $1.19; cabbage 5c 1b.;
cucumbers 4-29c¢; strawber-
ries 39¢ pt.
10 YEARS AGO - JUNE 28,
1973
Hugh Gallagher, Harris Hill
Road, Trucksville, chairman
of the annual Trucksville
Firemen’s Fair reported a
profit of $6,000 from this
year’s event.
Dallas Borough Council
added a fourth police officer,
Bob Kelley, to the force.
Married - Janet Lucinda
Fielding to Charles Small.
Anniversaries - Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin H. Scott, 20 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E.
Tometchko, 20 years.
Deaths - Thelma Dereemer,
Centermoreland; Leona
Dudock, Dallas; John Bom-
bick, Chase.
You could get - Smoked
hams 68c Ib.; pork chops 88c
Ib.; potatoes 10 Ib.. $1.59;
peches 39c 1b.; lemons 3-29c;
cottage cheese 2 1b. 59c;
campfire marshmallows 4-1
lb. pkg. $1; 3 Ib. frozen
French fries $1.
Letters
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Dear Editor:
This is in rebuttal to Mrs. Harvey's
letter in last week’s paper.
She states early in her letter that
she doesn’t normally ‘‘get involved”
in these things, which becomes
quite obvious as one reads on. First
of all, I would like to know what she
means by, “Why they ever let him
run is beyond me.” Who let your
husband run Mrs. Harvey? Who are
you referring to when you say
“they”’? Wake up! ‘We happen to
live in America, not Russia!
My father entered the campaign
very late - in fact, he filed his
petition on the very final day. He
was not aware that the office of
Magistrate was open until late.
When he became aware of it and
then found out the incumbent was
unopposed, he decided that someone
should oppose him. After all, when
and then runs unopposed, they begin
to get a big head and start to feel
very powerful. It can often lead to a
dangerous situation. There should
always be opposition. I give my
father a lot of credit for having the
guts to oppose him. I do feel that
my father was at a great disadvan-
tage in many ways. In spite of the
insurmountable odds, he pulled a
pretty decent vote.
On the other hand, Mr. Harvey
had every advantage that there
could possible be, as he was the
incumbent with the backing
(endorsement) of every Republican
organization in the territory that
makes up District 3-8. Incidentally,
the territory happens to be primar-
ily Republican territory. He had the
“machine” vote. Still, he made an
issue of my father’s discrepancy
Many people have a discrepancy
with Berkheimer over taxes. I don’t
see that Mr. Harvey personally
telephones the press to bring the
matter to light and have it pub-
lished in the newspaper. The timing
of the hearing, just before election,
didn’t seem ‘‘fair’’ to me. The fact
that Mr. Harvey would not postpone
the hearing until after the election
didn’t seem “fair” to me. I know of
cases that are far more serious
where Mr. Harvey granted a post-
ponement. The fact that Mr. Harvey
25¢ on newsstand
$12 peryearinPa.
fined my father $250 for not showing
up for the hearing does not seem
“fair” to me. Mr. Harvey made a
grand stand play of the entire
matter, with publicity, constables,
arrest warrant, etc., and Mrs.
Harvey, this I do not call “fair”. I
know of other cases with very simi-
lar circumstances that were in no
way handled in this manner. How
can you say this was fair? I can
only call it a dirty trick.
I will finish by saying that we
received many compliments on how
“clean” we ran our campaign. Our
family can live with themselves and
take pride in the manner in which
we handled the campaign. We could
have published things too, but
didn’t. Too bad the voter turn-out
was so low. Statistics will prove that
when the voter turn-out is low, the
candidates that are a part of the
“machine’” become sure winners.
With all of the odds, about 700
people voted for my father. This
certainly says something!
Sincerely,
Michelle Tattersall Boice
Dear Editor: ;
On behalf of the American Cancer
Society and the committee for the
1983 “Ride to Stop Cancer”, we
would like to extend our deepest
appreciation to everyone whose out-
standing efforts in making this
year’s event our most successful
ride ever.
Through your help, over $7,300
were pledged. This money will be
used to provide education and
patient services and will also be a
most useful tool in continuing
research in the cancer field.
Whether your contribution was
riding, a donation, planning or help-
ing out the day of the ride; please
accept our most sincere thanks.
Without your efforts the ride would
not have been such a tremendous
success.
We look forward to seeing you
again next year!
Sincerely,
Mary Boutanos
Field Representative
Ian Richardson
Committee Chairman
Wyoming Valley Unit
American Cancer Society
Drivers Needed
Meals on Wheels, sponsored by
the Wyoming Valley Council of
Churches, is seeking volunteer driv-
Anyone interested is asked to call
the Council of Churches office at
825-8543. .
Library News
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Do you like to play monopoly?
Are you in secon, third, fourth, fifth
or sixth grade? Do you want to
enjoy some fun combined with read-
ing this summer? If so, come to the
children’s annex at the Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library and join the
summer reading game. Children
can do chores when landing on
‘bookstore’ or earn book bucks when
visiting the ‘library’. Book bucks
will be redeemed for gifts on August
12 at the ‘end of the summer read-
ing party’.
I have started a book mobile visit
to The Meadows in Dallas, the new
retired citizens living quarters, and
am happy to say I have been getting
specific requests for certain books
along with the regular supply I take
each month. I make the visit the
first Monday of each month and do
enjoy visiting with the tenants and
keeping them supplied with books.
Jerry Fritzges has taken the
banner which: hangs on the over-
pass to have the dates changed;
Joann and her committee have
begun working on the auction
grounds; the new goods committee
has begun to get active; the bell on
the barn will soon be changed to the
37th annual; and books have started
to pour into the library, all in
preparation for the annual library
auction which begins Thursday,
July 7 and concludes Sunday, July
10. There is a place for everyone to
get involved, offer your services
where you can.
New books at the library: “A
Chemical Feast” by W. Harding
leRiche is an examination of
changes in food production and the
human diet over the centuries and
around the world. It includes the
use of food additives, description of
diseases and food consumption.
“A Stolen Past” by John Knowles
is a novel of classic stature written
with immediacy, calrity and haunt-
ing overtones. It is the story of
Allan Prieston and his years at
Yale, a prelude to a future as a
writer. A drama of increasing
excitement which moves between
tensions.
worth and Michael Laurence is a
novel about all of us - about those
who make the decisions and the
mistakes and about those who pay
for them...sometimes in blood. A
story of corporate greed with a fuse
burning and each side holds half the
stick. :
Keys aren’ much good unless
they unlock something. Your free
library card is also a key. It will
unlock the knowledge and adventure
in the thousands of books and maga-
zines at your local library. But it’s
not worth much if you don’t use it
regularly. It can be a key to earning
success, a key to a happier home, a
key to experience and as key to
finding a sense of purpose, it can
open the door to religious inspira-
tion, philosophical insight, and the
art of thinking. It’s entirely up to
you how many new doors of knowl-
edge your library card unlocks for
you! Try your key at the Back
Mountain Memorial Library!
“With the upcoming months, the
NEPEC would like to urge all Penn-
sylvanians to take to the outdoors in
order to observe the 50th anniver-
sary of the state flower, the Moun-
tain Laurel, while it is in full
bloom” according to Patrick Lav-
elle, executive director of the coun-
cil.
The Mountain Laurel, known as
kalmia latifolio to botanists, will be
in full bloom during the last two
weeks of June, during which time
thousands of tourists from the Com-
monwealth and surrounding states
will be attracted to the mountains
for the colorful display. The Moun-
tain Laurel season, which begins in
Seniors
Senior citizens are the most fre-
quent victims of phony housing and
land sales, according to results of
the U.S. Senate Special Committee
on Aging’s national survey and
investigation into frauds and con-
sumer deceptions. The most
common problem arises when
indivduals purchase attractive-
sounding retirement residences, site
unseen, in distant locales. These
frauds are estimated to cost Ameri-
can consumers over $10 billion a
year.
The case of L.T.P. Properties,
Inc., is typical of fraudulent land
sales. Five hundred and seven indi-
viduals - almost exclusively elderly
- lost $625 million on unfulfilled
promises for land in a bogus golf-
club community in DeBary, Florida.
Among the victims were a quadri-
plegic and her 82-year old mother -
they lost $21,000.
Two other cases in the Commit-
tee’s files illustrate the disappoint-
ments behind the bogus promises of
unscrupulous developers. In one
case, hundreds of investors from
across the country lost at least
$132,000 in ‘“‘down payments’ on
land in the ‘Tierra Del Oro
Estates.” The land was depicted to
investors as valuable, oil-producing
property with high agricultural
potential. In fact, it was nothing
more than an abandoned, barren
farm 72 miles from Lubbock, Texas.
And, in Massachusetts, elderly vic-
tims lost thousands of dollars in
down payments in a swindle that
promised to build houses on non-
existent property. The perpetrator
of the fraud cleared more than
$100,000 from the scam.
Most victims of land sales fraud
late May in the state, provides an
excellent opportunity for everyone
to get out and observe the state’s
flower in its natural shades of
white, red and pink.
The final choice of the official
state flower was decided upon by
Governor Gifford Pinchot after the
general assembly passed two reso-
lutions naming the Mountain Laurel
and the Pink Azalea as suitable
plants to represent the state. Gover-
nor Pinchot chose the former and
signed the bill into law on May 5,
1933.
The decision by Governor Pinchot
to name the Mountain Laurel over
the Azalea has had a profound
are first enticed by advertisements
in perfectly legitimate newspapers
or popular magazines. Or, they may
receive a phone solicitation; from. an
unscrupulous salesperson. Fre-
quently these victims are told
they’ve won a prize (which is really
a carefully disguised come-on).
After the unwary customer shows
interest, he is sent a brochure pic-
turing the ‘‘idyllic”’ property and
offering to sign the victim on for a
“small down payment.” However,
the property really is swampland,
desert property, property miles
from the nearest town, or without
utility connections or access to
roads. In some cases, the property
doesn’t exist. Similar enticements
are made with fraudulent sales of
vacation homes, time-share proper-
ties and retirement homes.
What can you do to protect your-
self against housing or land sales
frauds? Following are a few tips.
- Before signing a contract for
purchase of land, be sure to read
carefully the legally-required prop-
erty report accompanying your pur-
chase. In fact, you should have a
reputable lawyer review all mate-
rial before you sign. Property
reports are required by the Land
Sales Full Disclosure Act of 1968.
According to this law, developers
are required to give prospective
customers a comprehensive report
prior to or at the time of signing a
contract for purchasing land. Never
purchase land from a developer who
is unwilling to supply you with such
a report!
- In many areas, consumers are
protected by a ‘‘cooling off”’ period
during which purchase contracts
may be canceled. Notify the Depart-
impact on the state’s history and
-folklore. The Laurel Line Railroad,
which ran for years between Scran-
named due to the abundance of the
shrub along its routes. During the
era of work relief, hundreds of men
were employed in the Common-
wealth cutting the brush along the
roadside in order to pen the laurel
vistas to sightseers. In the Back
Mountain regions of the state, the
Mountain Laurel has acquired var-
ious local names. Some backwoods
people call the Laurel “Laura”,
while to others it’s ‘Ivy’ or
“Ivory”.
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ment of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment or the-Federal Trade Com-
mission if you have complaints |
this areaintd gz 2iaas
- Consumers who are thinking
abot buying a home in another
state should be aware that most
states have land sale transaction
laws for the protection of custom-
ers. It’s a good idea to contact the
housing department in the state in
which the land is being purchased to
find out what protections are ‘availa-
ble to you.
- The U.S. Postal Authorities have
been active in trying to prevent
housing and land sales frauds that
are promoted through the mail.
Contact them if you have a com-
plaint.
A reminder: the Special Commit-
tee on Aging receives a number of
complaints from Seniors who have
not been able to rent or purchase
property because of their age.
Remember, older persons are pro-
tected against age discrimination in
housing rental or purchase by
Age Discrimination Act of 1975.
and Urban Development if you feel
that you or anyone you know has
been denied housing because of age.
Some contact numbers for hous-
ing and land frauds are:
Department of Housing and
Urban Development, 451 Seventh
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20410, 202-755-7149;
Federal Trade Commission, Sixth
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580;
Office of Criminal Investigations,
U.S. Postal Service, 475 L’Enfant
Plaza West, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20260, Fraud Hot Line: 202-523-2557.
How would you like to be an
unpaid volunteer judge in last-ditch
disputes involving customers and
businesses?
for the Better Business Bureau of
Eastern Pennsylvania (BBB) in a
unique program.
“What’s unusual about the pro-
gram,” says William S. Weil, Jr.,
director of BBB’s arbitration divi-
sion, “is that volunteer arbitrators -
and we are now asking for them -
will come from all segments of the
community, including working or
retired -business people, homemak-
ers, teachers and even college stu-
dents.
“The program offers fast, sensi-
ble alternatives to long and costly
legal procedures,’ he continued.
After an upcoming training ses-
sion, volunteer arbitrators will be
asked to sit down with consumers
and business - people to iron out
customer complaints that might oth-
erwise take months of court time
and a lot of money to settle.
“We need volunteers from every
segment of the community and we
have no special requirements
except common sense and the abil-
ity to be objective and impartial,”
says Weil, who is coordinating the
BBB program in Pennsylvania.
)
Better Business Bureaus are non-
profit organizations supported by
business and professional members.
They receive no support from any
local, state or federal government,
nor are they connected with any
government agency. The Better
Business Bureau promotes business
self-regulation through high ethical
standards of advertising and selling.
Arbitration is a last-step process
to be used only after the BBB’s
more conventional methods of set-
tling disputes have been exhausted,
Weil says.
What kind of disputes will volun-
teer arbitrators handle?
“One big example is the automo-
tive area,” Weil says. “Another is
the home improvement field.”
Weil says the' arbitrators will
probably come up with some com-
promise decisions.
‘As used in our program, arbitra-
tion is an informal, flexible and fast
procedure that is fair to both parties
and is a superior alternative to our
over-crowded, costly and slow-
moving court system. Our office in
Philadelphia has used arbitration by
volunteers for seven years, and it
has been very successful. Now
we're expanding the program
because of increased activity in the
automotive complaint area in met-
ropolitan center such as Scranton
and Wilkes-Barre.”
The BBB itself first will attempt
to mediate the dispute. If the
attempt fails, arbitration will be
suggested. Both parties must agree
on the arbitrator: occasionally a
panel of three volunteers will sit j
judgment if the disputants cal
agree on a single arbitrator or if a
very large amount of money is
involved in the dispute.
The BBB’s three-hour training
session for prospective volunteer
arbitrators will be held on Wednes-
day evening, July 13 from 7 to 10
-p.m. at the Scranton Sheraton Hotel
at 311 Meadow Avenue, Scranton, at
exit 52 of Interstate Highway 81.
The BBB is now accepting appli-
cations from volunteers. Anyone
who is interested is asked to tele-
phone Bill Weil at (800) 462-0425 or
write the BBB at P.O. Box 12984,
Philadelphia, PA 19108.
Weil says volunteers should con-
tact him if they ‘‘would like to
devote a few hours a year to the
resolution of consumer problems in