Dallas, take heed! WHEN WE BEHAVE LIKE THAT IN SCHOOL, THEY * SEND US TO THE PRINCIPALS fo OFFICE! 48) employees without prior warning. | Letters \ DEAR EDITOR: On behalf of The Frosting Friends of Luzerne County, we thank you for the excellent publicity you have given our cake decorating club. The Aug. 24 feature article by Joan Kingsbury was well written and we appreciate her professionalism Story attracts DEAR EDITOR: I wish to express my appreciation to you (Dotty Martin) and The Dallas Post for covering the guided walk progam now offered at Frances Slocum State Park. I am sure that the articles published in the Dallas Post helped to generate a tremendous amount of interest in the park’s new outdoor program. After the publication of Sheila Hodges’ article about the guided and accurate reporting. Again, we appreciate the continued support of The Dallas Post staff in publicizing our club’s activities. KATHIE ASTEGHER, PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN TUNKHANNOCK, PA. walks, the attendance at the walks went from 37 one Sunday to 75 the following week! I also wish to compliment Mrs. Hodges and Ed Campbell on their good reporting and photographic work. It was a pleasure to meet them both. ~~ ANNFRY PARK NATURALIST FRANCES SLOCUM STATE PARK Only yesterday 50 YEARS AGO - SEPTEMBER 1, 1933 Attorney and Mrs. Peter Jurchak of Mt. Greenwood returned from a five-week trip to Czechoslovakia. Attorney Jurchak was an American representative at the dedication of a memorial to the founder of the first Catholic Slovak Union, of which he was general counsel. ‘ Tom E. Williams was Republican candidate for County Prothonotary while Leonard D. Morgan was seeking the office of county controller. Deaths - Helen Burdick Smith, Kingston, N.Y. You could get - Smoked hams 16¢ 1b.; fresh eggs 21c doz.; sweet potatoes 7 1b. 25c; cigarettes 2 pkg. 2lc; Wheaties 2 pkg. 25¢; vinegar 32c gal. jug; white tuna 20c can; large angel food cake 30c; Ritter tomato soup 5C can. 40 YEARS AGO - SEPTEMBER 3, 1943 Lehman Schools open with the addition of three new faculty members. Mrs. Hannah Orr, will teach home economics, Mrs. Martha Smith will teach science and head that department while Seymour Grossman was hired to teach English and Latin. Mrs. Mary Westerman learned that her son Lt. Fred Westerman of the Royal Candian Air Force was shot down over ermany and taken prisoner. Fred and his mother were formally from Kingston Twp. Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. William Hanson, Holly Street, Trucksville, 45 years; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hudak, Overbrook Road, 30 years. S Deaths - Claude W. Gregory, Dallas resident; Susan Cutler, Sweet Valley; James Oliver, Dallas car dealer and civic and business leader. You could get - Fresh chickens 39¢ lb.; smoked hams 33c lb.; frankfurters 31c lb.; granulated sugar 5 1b. bag 32¢; tomato soup 3 cans 22c; Lava hand soap 3 cakes 17c; 3 tall cans evaporated milk 29c; 1 lb. peanut butter 35c. 30 YEARS AGO - SEPTEMBER 4, 1953 Dallas Borough purchased the Oliver property on Main Street for a Borough Building at the cost of $25,000. The property had once housed the salesrooms and garage of James Oliver, prominent car dealer. Mrs. Alva Vavrek, Demunds Road, Dallas suffered a heart attack upon official notification of her son John’s release from a prisoner of war camp in Korea. Fortunately the attack was not too serious, and she was able to enjoy John’s homecoming. Driving rain accompanied by lashing winds of gale proportions did thousands of dollars worth of damage in the immediate vicinity of Dallas. Engaged - Dorothy Meade to Sgt. John W. Dodson; Delena Joyce Bedard to Raymond J. Jones; Romayne Smith to Donald Daubert; Doris Kirkendall to Ray- mond Myers; Ann Treslar to Keith Smith. Married - Leah Johnson to Howard D.- Major; Phyllis May to James DeRemer. Deaths - Hilda Schelcher, Shavertown. You could get - Ripe cantaloupes 23c ea.; Virginia Lee ice cream !» gal. 98c; tuna fish 6% oz. can Chicken of the Sea 32c; turkeys 59c 1b.; smoked hams 59c 1b. 20 YEARS AGO - SEPTEMBER 5, 1963 Donna Gosart was named Queen of the 1963 Idetown Firemen’s Festival. Dynamite stored in a garage and barn structure on Bunker Hill brought firemen running when the struc- ture was struck by a bolt of lightening. Seventy five men from Shavertown and Trucksville Fire Compa- nies responded and brought the blaze under control. T.M.B. Hicks, Jr., husband of Mildred Hicks, associate editor of The Dallas Post, died following a long illness. Engaged - Mary A. Glenn and William Henry Mangan Jr.; Frederick W. Anderson, Jr. and Dorothy Jean Gunderson; Karen M. Besteder to Allen Stash. Birthdays - Mary Chappell, Summit St., Shavertown, 92 years old. Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Paul LaBar, Elizabeth Street, Dallas 25 years; Mr. -and Mrs. Roy Hess, Deaths - Albert L. May, Bowmans Creek; R.R. Hubbard, Bunker Hill; Reginald Vosburg, Jr., Carver- ton. You could get - Boneless round roast 77¢ 1b.; chicken breasts 47c 1b.; picnic hams 29c lb.; halibut steak 59¢ 1b.; cantaloupes 19c ea.; strawberries 3 pts. $1; Realemon 37c pt.; Nabisco Oreo Cookies 11 oz. pkg. 39c. 10 YEARS AGO - SEPTEMBER 6, 1973 Mel Mosier, owner and operator of Forty Fort Ice Cream Store, Memorial Highway, leased his store to Bernard Sult and Sheldon Munn who own ang operate the Mark II Family Restaurant group. Edward R. Maier, Dallas resident, was named to the board of the Stegmaier Brewing Company. Engaged - Nancy Ashton and Robert R. Potter. Married - Marlene B. Milne to Thomas J. MclInturff; Ann Marie Mohen to Francis M. Spangnuolo; Carole Hozempa to David J. Davis; Jo Ann Thomas and Joseph Pall; Jeanne Brown and Dale Mosier. Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Kardell, Jr., Trucksville, 25 years. You could get - Fresh frying chicken breasts 98c 1b.; thighs 79c 1b.; rib pork roast 89c lb.; ground chuck pkgs. $1; Mrs. Filbert’s Margarine 29c 1b. Library news DEAR EDITOR: I would like to make a suggestion. Letters policy The Dallas Post encourages and invites its readers to partici- pate in the ‘‘Letters to the Editor’ column. Letters should be typed or written legibly and must be received by Thursday to insure publication the following Wednes- day. All letters must be signed and include a telephone number for verification. Names will be with- held upon request. Letters received without signatures or telephone numbers will not be printed. ALASTAIR HODGES DALLAS, PA. Sen. Frank J. O'Connell, R-20, has raised a caution flag on plans to make too many long-range commit- ments on future earnings from the state lottery. In a letter to fellow members of the state Senate, the lawmaker warned that the booming lottery - with its current surplus - iS proving to be too much of a temptation. “Everyone wants to spend the money - and spend it quickly,” he said. ‘Yet, in haste, we may punish those whom. we are seeking to help.” O’Connell pointed to two facts Tue 25¢ on newsstand $12 peryearinPa. that, he said, demand attention. “First, the lottery is not a predict- able source of income. We should not build too many legislative pro- grams on such a revenue source,” he said. “Secondly, there are many people in the Commonwealth who need assistance. That need is not related to the age factor.” 0’Connell said the state lottery was created more than a decade ago with the purpose of helping the Commonwealth’s senior citizens with their transportation needs and their property tax and rental costs. “] want to see these programs continued,”’ he said. “But I think we variety of proposals which would commit us to large expenditures in the future. Some of these are open- ended in nature and could bankrupt the lottery fund.” 0’Connell said some proposals, scription plan, would require a huge bureaucracy to administer them. “Costs for such programs could not be controlled easily,’ he said. “If there were reverses in the lot- tery operation, it might be neces- sary to use money from the general fund to bail out these programs.” 0’Connell said some of these pro- grams are specialized in their appli- cation and would therefore benefit only a small portion of the state’s elderly citizens. “Because needs vary so widely, it may be a better idea to distribute the surplus to eligible persons in the form of cash grants each year. In this way, they could decide the best way to spend the money,” he said. DER issues regulations Officials of the Economic Devel- opment Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania (EDCNP) announced that regulations have recently been issued by the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Environmental Resources implementing the Water Facilities Restoration Act and creating the “ a % \ wy ‘ Liu By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The display case at the Back Mountain Memorial Library is filled to capacity with some unique antique toys borrowed from Larry Bruch of Mountaintop. Larry became interested in col- lecting antique toys when he visited an antique show where they had some Dinky toys and he remem- bered he had about 300 of these in his attic from his childhood. He has been collecting for about three years and attends toy shows in Chicago, Allentown and other areas. Larry has these toys displayed throughout his home, in china clos- ets, on the piano and on tables. There is a Mickey Mouse the Magi- cian battery-operated toy dating from the 1950’s; a horsedrawn hansom cab from 1910; a German car from the 1930’s; a German tourist boat from 1950; German penny toys from the late 1800’s, bought by venders for '» cent and sold on the streets for one cent; Tootsie toys made in 1930 in the United States and Dinky toys from 1934 on up made in England. There is one of the first Donald Ducks from 1934, with a long bill and crow feet; an Amos ’n Andy fresh air taxi cab from 1930; a very early Santa Claus and Minnie Mouse knitting wind-up toy from the early 1950’s. One special one is a cast iron horsedrawn circus wagon from 1940, handed down from his family. Larry would like to buy a robot Mr. Atomic, sold by Sears in its 1963 catalog, and would pay $1,000 for it if it is new and in the original box. This display will be at the library until Sept. 21 and is worth a visit. The library will return to regular hours on Sept. 6. Important change from summer hours is that the library will be open Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the main library will be open Monday, Tues- day, Wednesday and Thursday evenings until 8:30. New books at the library include: “THURSTON HOUSE” by Dan- ielle Steel is the story of Jeremiah Thurston, owner of the first and largest quicksilver mines in the Napa Valley and his bride and their magnificent mansion in San Fran- cisco. It marked the lives of all who lived there. “DECISION” by Allen Drury is the story of many powerful individu- als, both in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere in a deeply troubled America. It is the story of a case that begins at Pomeroy Station Atomic Energy Installation and moves through the courts of South Carolina. “DEATH IN ZANZIBAR’’ by M.M. Kaye is a masterpiece of mystery and romance. The setting remains exotic and there's a com- pelling air of romance at the family house, Kivulimi. The members of is a desperate and ruthless mur- derer. - Armchair travel is fun, but it? not too satisfying. What is great fun, though, is to plan a real honest-to- goodness trip and study up on the places of interest, local history and Back Mountain Memorial Library can help you! Sen. Frank J. O'Connell, R-20, has reaffirmed his position against changing the election of state judges into a merit selection process saying, “The people of our state deserve to choose the judges who make so many decisions affecting their lives.” The May primary judicial elections in Pennsylvania bewildered many voters with a long list of cross-filing candidates. The results of these elections, including a low participation by voters, has prompted some members of the Legislature to focus on the issue of merit selection versus popular election of state-wide judicial vacancies. : One of the proposals for merit selection includes a nominating commission which would present names of judicial candidates to the Governor for final selection after narrowing the field to the most qualified individuals. : “At first glance,” said O’Connell, “many of the proposed changes would ideally result in only the most qualified individuals serving in our judicial system. “But we must closely examine whether or not the theoretical and unguaranteed results of this process would be worth surrendering voter participation to- “I fear,” continued O’Connell, ‘“‘that a merit selec- tion process would, in fact, place the power for judicial appointment in the hands of a powerful few - namely the governor at the time.” O’Connell expressed concern that the diversity and’ representation of migorities could be reduced or eliminated entirely with the merit selection process if judges were chosen by a select few instead of the high diverse populace. The Luzerne County Senator did however, say some changes in the election proceedings and regulations may be needed to update the system. “However,” he said, ‘‘eliminating the electoral process for judges contradicts the basic rights granted to citizens by the U.S. Constitution.” O'Connell recommended the judiciary and Bar at at he = 3 ’ - < “ people of the state to vote on the list. the relationship closer and more informative,” said O’Connell. “Voters should be introduced more to the judicial process and be educated more about the issues,” he stated. “The responsibility for this education lies with the judicial candidates, who could concentrate their cam- paigns on explanations of important laws, and the news media, who should focus more attention on facts surrounding major issues,’”’ O’Connell noted. nell, “We should remember how everyone applauded eliminate political affiliations in the eyes of the voters. “Instead, cross-filing caused the judicial elections to become a lottery of ballot positions and geographical ties.” O’Connell said, ‘“We have a system of checks and balances, situations of disagreement and unanimity. We should use this time-proven process to help the people of Pennsylvania become more involved and more knowledgeable citizens who take an active role in vital decisions such as judicial elections. : “Our state courts have made decisions on the constitutionalityof laws, ruled on authority of state agencies, and interpreted the legality of many impor- tant laws from reapportionment fo civil rights,” said O’Connell. “Let us not take away this more important voting right but instead restore its full potential to our constituents.” O’Connell concluded by saying, ‘‘The people of Pennsylvania may contact their senator and repre- sentative with their views and concerns ‘on this subiect. 2 ¥
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