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Just when Harveys Lake needed a shot in the arm
most, along came Kathryn McDowell and Francis
Fertal.
The Back Mountain couple, married July 2, gallantly
braved the waters of their favorite lake, climbed
aboard a motorboat and cruised to the middle of our
local waterway to exchange their wedding vows.
Miss McDowell, of Dallas, and Mr. Fertal of Lake-
Lehman, were evidently ‘‘dared” by a few of their
Peter Scott
friends to hold their wedding ceremony on the lake.
And, what began as a joke, suddenly turned into a
reality as the couple decided to turn their wedding day
into not only a happy occasion for themselves but an
item of conversation for all area residents.
After all the negative publicity Harveys Lake has
received this summer with the recent boating accident,
it’s nice to see that some people still consider the lake a
friend.
How many of us ever dreamed that one person would
be treated as brutally as Peter Scott was treated on his
cross-country bicycle journey to benefit Project Con-
cern? But, then again, how many of us ever gave any
serious thought whatsoever to a cross-country bicycle
trip?
Like the old cliche goes, “It takes all kinds” and
Peter certainly ran into -all kinds of people while
bicycling from Shavertown to Tijuana, Mexico in hopes
of raising $5,000 for Project Concern, an organization
that helps people toward better health.
The 18-year-old Shavertown youth met up with people
who offered him food and a roof over his head in an
effort to make his trip more enjoyable. Their efforts,
however, were all for naught when Peter’s trip was
abruptly halted because some smart-aleck people found
it-necessary to.cause him pain and injury.
After suffering pulled muscles in his leg from being
run off the road and having his bicycle damaged by
people hurling beer bottles at him, Peter was advised
by his doctor to return home - leaving his trip
incomplete and his morale crushed.
Peter’s trip was for a good cause - and he felt good
about planning the entire affair himself. It was his idea
that was presented to members of Kiwanis who decided
to back him on his ordeal. After sending out leaflets to
explain his trip, he hopped on his bicycle, which was
donated for the ride, on a Saturday morning at the
Shavertown Shopping Center and faced a 1,000-mile
trip.
Peter was determined. Even after he was run off the
road by some immature, giggling teenagers, he contin-
ued his journey. He felt he was riding for a good cause
and he was not about to have some uncaring individu-
als spoil his concern for the world’s health.
Things got worse, however, and after consulting his
doctor, a teary-eyed Peter decided to give up - but only
for the present. S
Peter claims he may again claim up on his bicycle
and either complete his journey or start all over. He is
not about to sit back and let his dreams continue to be
crushed. If Peter has anything to say about it, his
dreams will again become reality as soon as he is
physically capable of making them happen.
Peter’s efforts have received national attention and,
although some people seem to think Project Concern is
gaining more publicity than if he had continued his
ride, that isn’t good enough for Peter. He started out to
do something and he doesn’t want to quit until his
project is. completed. f
If Peter starts peddling again after he recovers from
his current injuries, he will prove to us that he is even
more of a caring individual than he has already shown.
But, he will also prove to us that, since it does take all
kinds of people to make the world go ‘round, Peter
Scott is certainly one of a kind!
DOTTY MARTIN
Cheers for the Dallas School
Board on its recent decision to
retain Dallas Senior High School
ecology instructor, Wayne Hughes
in his current position at the senior
high school during the 1983-84 school
year.
Since Hughes started the program
nine years ago with just 21 students
and has managed to increase the
number of students choosing his
ecology class as an elective every
year since, there seems to be no
reason to move him to another
school.
And three cheers for the parents
and students who saw fit to voice
their opinions at school board meet-
ings in hopes of steering members
of the board to see things their way.
If something works, why tamper
with it? Only those things that don’t
work the way we want them to
should be changed.
It seems that Hughes is a busy
man at the Dallas Senior High
School, teaching five classes a day
as wel! as conducting two chemistry
labs a week. And, if he is allowing
his students to participate in field
trips, he is only making more work
for himself since these things have
to be carefully planned and coordi-
nated in order to be effective.
It is obvious that Hughes is happy
with what he is doing - the success
of his work shows us that. And, his
students are obviously happy or
they would never have gone to bat
for him when the School Board
announced its plans to transfer him.
This one seems to be a case where
city hall was fought and beaten.
But, this time everyone wins. The
School Board has been commended
for listening to the voices of the
taxpayers and the taxpayers are
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commended for voicing their opin-
ions on a matter important to them.
DOTTY MARTIN
Seniors Will
Get Rebates
Revenue Secretary Jim Scheiner
announced that Property Tax-Rent
Rebate checks totalling $77.3 million
were mailed the weekend of July 2
and 3 to 369,498 elderly and disabled
Pennsylvanians.
“The Lottery’s overwhelming suc-
cess has enabled the property tax
and rent rebate program to expand
over the years,”’ Scheiner said.
“Direct cash payments to Pennsyl-
vania’s elderly and disabled since
1971 will reach $1 billion after all of
the 1982 applications are processed.
“The Lottery’s benefits for senior
citizens, widows and widowers over
50, and eed Pennsylvani-
ans are clearly evident as we reach
this $1 billion landmark,” explained
Scheiner.
He said the Revenue Depart-
ment’s improved administrative
procedures have resulted in the
largest mailing, prior to the Fourth
of July weekend, ever.
“Now, many applicants will be
receiving rebate checks at a time
' when we are typically placing them
in the mail,” Scheiner added. He
anticipates the 369,498 individuals
“will start receiving checks July 5.
An additional 42,077 rebate appli-
cations ‘will be processed by the end
of July and applicants will receive
checks throughout July and August,
according to Scheiner.
Also, Scheiner announced that the
filing deadline for rebate applica-
Itions have been extended this year
to Dec. 31. The additional claims
will be processed as they are
received, Scheiner said.
The PT-RR program was
expanded in 1982 to increase the
income eligibility from $8,999 to
$11,999 and to increase the maxi-
mum grant from $400 to $500. The
program provides eligible senior
|citizens over 65, disabled persons
over age 18, and widows-widowers
over age 50, with reimbursements to
defray property taxes and rent pay-
ments.
| The Older Person Inflation Needs
(OPIN) program - inflation divi-
dends - was also expanded in 1982.
The program’s minimum grant was
raised from $15 to $30 and the
maximum grant from $95 to $125.
Inflation dividends are automati-
ically calculated based on PT-RR
ons; ch ill be mailed
Only Yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - JULY 14, 1933
A copy of “The Zets Newsie”’ a tiny newspaper
published by D.L. Edwards of Trucksville for
members of his chapter of the Kappa Delta Phi
fraternity and printed by the Dallas Post, Inc., was
one of the mementoes placed in the cornerstone of
the fraternity’s new home at Pennsylvania State
College.
Deaths - Marguerite Harmen, Noxen.
You could get - Smoked picnic hams 10c lb.;
watermelons 39c ea.; kippered snacks 3 cans 10c;
mayonnaise 15¢ pt.; cherry preserves 16 oz. jar 15¢;
soda crackers 2 Ib. pkg. 25¢; butter 2 1b. 59¢; Eight
0‘Clock coffee 17¢ 1b.
40 YEARS AGO - JULY 16, 1943
Lehman Township citizens honored 95 of their sons
they dedicated an honor roll on the village green in
Lehman Center. Mrs. Ernest Fritz, mother of Tech.
Sgt. John Fritz, who was missing in action, unveiled
the memorial.
Trucksville citizens started a drive to raise funds
for a memorial park along Carverton Road between
the Lehgh Valley Railroad trestle and Toby’s Creek.
The park would include a central section reserved
for the honor roll and flag pole.
Married - Lee Faylor to Simon Robert Finkenbin-
der.
Deaths - Mary Kovach, Chase; Wesley Hoover,
Dallas; Jacob Winters, Meeker; Maria French,
Dallas.
You could get - smoked hams 35¢ 1b.; bacon 18¢ 1»
1b.; franks 29c 1b.; fillets of redfish 32c lb.; peanut
butter 16 oz. jar 35c¢; cheese 3l1c lb.; salt 10 lb. bag
19¢; shrimp 29¢ can; salmon tall can 23c; waterme-
lons 29c¢.
30 YEARS AGO - JULY 17, 1953
Rev. Clayton Bostic took charge of Lehman-
Idetown-Jackson Methodist Churches.
Mary Jane Tyron, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Tyron, West Dallas left for the famous Steel Pier at
Atlantic City where she would fill a week’s singing
engagement. A well-known local soloist, Mary Jane
was a sophomore at Dallas-Franklin High School.
Engaged - Phyllis Elaine May to James L.
DeRemer; Catherine Jones to Richard H. Daven-
port.
Married - Nita D. Williams to James Perry;
Louise Evelyn Lukenback to Carl Straley.
Deaths - Elsa M. Dubrick, Harveys Lake.
You could get - Boscul coffee 89c lb.; Star-Kist
tuna and egg noodle dinner 29c can; Hunt Club dog
food 5 lb. bag 69c; Parkay margarine 2 lb. 53c;
chuck roast 29c¢ 1b.; veal roast 49c lb.; fryers 51c Ib.;
Swiss cheese 59c Ib.
20 YEARS AGO - JULY 18, 1963
Upon his death, the family of Joseph Cook,
Fernbrook, received an honor certificate from Presi-
dent John F. Kennedy, praising his devoted and
selfless consecration to the service of his country
durng World War II.
Following a successful library auction, the chair-
man Bob Fleming reported an estimated revenue of
22,000. ]
iy oll - Frances Christine Bayo to Charles
Benson Lawley; Mae Elaine Titus to William A.
- Vollrath, Jr.
Married - Shirley Grace Johnson to Harold W.
Smith; Albert Niezgoda to Judith Ann Troyer;
Marjorie Allen to Charles Brobst.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. George Wolfe,
Shavertown, 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Archav-
age, Hunlock Creek, 37 years.
Deaths - Mrs. Roscoe C. Lee, Dallas; Robert
Rogers, Harveys Lake; Frances Lanning, Oakdale;
Otellia Titus, Loyalville; Edward Gregory, Hunlock
Creek native; Clarence W. Jones, former Trucks-
ville resident.
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bacon 53c 1b.; delmonico steaks $1.39 1b.; halibut
steak 49c 1b.; scallops 69c 1b.; clams 3 doz. $1.09;
shrimp 69c 1b.; cantaloupes 3-$1; white grapes 23c
Ib.; sweet corn 6 ears 39c.
10 YEARS AGO - JULY 17, 1973
The 27th Annual Back Mountain Memorial Library
Auction grossed over $30,000 during its three-day
sales. John Sheehan was publicity chairman for the
auction.
Sewers were still a major concern for residents of
Harveys Lake Borough. Acting council chairman
Carl Swanson referred to the ‘‘obstinacy of coun-
cil...not giving us the plans we need to seal with
sewer related property problems.”
Married - Dorothy Nanstiel to William G. Dawe;
Linda M. Wildoner to W. Derickson.
Engaged - Carol Mohr to Kenneth Streit.
Deaths - Otto Kistner, Beaumont.
You could get - Turkey 69c lb.; boneless round
roast $1.39 Ib.; tomato sauce 4-15 oz. cans 89c; white
bread 3-22 oz. loaves 89c; saltine crackers 1 1b. pkg.
27¢; book matches 10c box; cabbage 1lc 1b.;
cantaloupes 49c ea.
Letters
DEAR EDITOR: :
When I was growing up in Dallas 20 years ago; “The
Dallas Post” took pride in being ‘more than a
newspaper - a community institution.” It seems to me
that “The Dallas Post” is now less than a newspaper.
I refer to the article in the June 29th edition of the
“Post” in which a quilt is described. It is obvious to me
that your reporter did not even take the trouble to look
at my quilt. Knitted indeed! Does not your reporter
know the difference between a quilt and an afghan?
One look at the quilt would have told your reporter
that it does not contain an inch of yarn, and that it is
sewn, as quilts are. To say it was knitted is to
misrepresent it entirely, and will probably result in less
money for the library. Who indeed would want to knit a
quilt?
I have been making quilts for the past 11 years, using
a technique which I developed myself. My quilts are
made with scraps of fabric, leftovers after dresses,
etc., are cut out and I take great pride in being able to
make beautiful quilts out of scraps which most women
throw away. Your description of my quilt belittles it
terribly.
I feel that you owe me, the auction committee, and
your readers an apology for such a gross misrepresen-
tation. And I suggest that you print articles after a
little research has been done. In this case, your
Library News
reporter need have taken one look at the quilt.
such depths, and sorrier that you chose my work to
illustrate the lack of responsibility and quality in your
‘reporting.
Annoyed,
Therese M. Young
Camden, New Jersey
EDITOR’S NOTE: The misinterpretation of Ms.
Young’s quilt’ was an editor’s error. The reporter
originally had the correct information, however, the
mistake was made when the copy. was edited and the
headline was written. Our apologies!
Letters Policy
The Dallas Post encourages its readers to voice
their opinions, complaints and or compliments.
Letters to the Editor should be mailed to Editor,
Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas, Pa., 18612 and
must be received by Thursday for publication the
following Wednesday. Although names will be with-
held upon request, all letters should be signed and
include a phone number for verification.
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Featured in our display case for the next four weeks
is a collection of toothpick holders, borrowed from
Beverly and Bob Jones of Dallas. They have been
collecting these for 18 years and have approximately
350. We are showing 59 in our display.
Two of the holders were purchased at our library
auction, a Victorian art glass from the 1978 auction and
a cut glass one from 1979. There is one from the
World’s Fair marked 1893; an English dew drop
adventurine; blue camphor glass; a bisque rabbit and
cupid in an egg shape; cloisonne from China; a ribbon
striped one; a lovely mulit-flora; pink guttate; German
porcelain; green carnival glass; a tulip shape from
Japan; a diamond point clear hat; majolica pottery;
encased ruffled; and a special cut glass expressly
made locally for a special occasion.
Toothpick holders were used regularly in Victorian
times and are a popular collectable item. Bob and
Beverly keep their collction in display cabinets at
home. They saw some at an antique shop and liked
them and have been adding to their collection ever
since them. There is a nationwide- club, the National
Toothpick Holder Collector’s Society, which meets
annually in Chicago and Ohio.
We consider ourselves very fortunate. On a clear,
bright afternoon, Sue Hand and her art students arrive
on the library grounds to zero in on some of the beauty
of the Back Mountain. You can see these summer art
students lying on the grass, sitting on the stone wall,
parked on a bench, perched on the driveway; using
watercolor and acrylic paints; doing their outdoor
paintings. The children are between the ages of 7 and
14, boys and girls. They are doing the gazebo, the
annex, the walkway, the barn, the auction bell, the
library sign and the main building. These children are
very talented and have a super talented instructor.
Thanks, Sue Hand, for allowing us to share some of this
young beauty.
New book at the library: ‘Light A Penny Candle” by
Maeve Binchy is the story of Elizabeth White, who in
1940 s a shy, 10-year-old, was evacuated from wartime
London and plunged into a large family in Ireland.
beautiful and compassinate saga, destined to please. °
The Centurion Jaycees are the Dallas-based Junior
Chamber of Commerce group which serves the needs of
interested and deserving inmates of the State Correc-
tional Institution at Dallas.
The Education: Committee and its programs, sup-
ported financially by sustaining memberships, were
recently established to help men: who have failed
society and who not realize that .a better education
could help them to understand and better serve society.
Only those men accepted by the BEOG and approved
by the institution will be eligible for this educational
assistance. Without the financial support and participa-
tion from the community, these grants and educational
programs will not be available to the inmates.
onors may select type which they feel is mos
Si th their interest in the progra
the level of support they would like to offer.
Types of memberships are as follows:
1. Sustaining Member Class I (Any amount)
2. Sustaining Member Class II ($100.00)
3. Sustaining Member Class III ($250.00)
4. Sustaining Member Class IV ($500.00) -
For this annual membership fee, a donor will receive
a receipt for tax purposes, a membership card, a
membership certificate, an annual financial report
a newsletter outlining the progress of the Educational
Assistance Program.
Anyone interested in becoming a sustaining member
of the Centurion Jaycee Education Committee may
. obtain an application form by writing to the committee
at “The Centurion Jaycee Education €ommittee,”
D 18612 f
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