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EDMUND R. PETERS
Peters named
to committee
Edmund R. Peters, son of Mrs.
Jennie Peters of Dallas, and vice
president for finance at Shady
Grove Adventist Hospital in Rock-
ville, has been appointed to the
health care finance committee of
the Maryland Hospital Association.
The committee is the association’s
top policy advisory body on issues
dealing with Medicare, Medicaid,
and the third-party reimbursement.
Peters is a native of Wilkes-Barre
and a graduate of Columbia Union
College in Takoma Park, Md. He
has done advanced studies at Benja-
min Franklin University, the Uni-
versity of South Carolina and is a
Certified Public Accountant.
His financial management career
began in the early 1970s as an
auditor for the General Acounting
Office of the federal government.
Peters is a former agent for the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
Prior to joining the Shady Grove
staff, he held major finance posts at
two other Washington area Adven-
tist hospitals.
Photo contest open
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Six thousand dollars in prizes,
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Wheelchair donated
Johnson, Thomas J. Sweeney,
tor,
Nursing Center Administra-
The Oddfellows
performs the work as a hobby.
The 1983-84 Harris Pennsylvania
Marketers Industrial Directory
(MID) is currently available at the
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of
Commerce. The industrial sales
guide contains over 800 pages and
features a variety of sales-oriented
information. This is the only publi-
on key manufacturers and distribu-
tors in one easy-to-use volume.
Designed principally for industrial
sales organizations and reference
libraries, the 1983 Pennsylvania
MID contains over 80,000 verified
listings by name, product, location
and S.I.C. Code. Geographical list-
ings for Manufacturers and Distrib-
utors include name, address, direct
dial phone number, employment,
sales volume, products manufac-
tured or: marketed, key personnel,
foreign trade, and more. Finally, a
assist you with market planning.
Harris Pennsylvania Industrial
Directories are available at the
Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of
Commerce office for $79.50 (plus 6
percent sales tax). Chamber mem-
‘bers receive a special discount. For
more information contact the Cham-
ber office at (717) 823-2101.
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By DOTTY MARTIN
Associate Editor
“The Switch Is On’ and Ed Davis
is having himself a blast.
Davis, a Dallas resident, is a
Burger King franchisee with nine
Burger King stores, including the
Home of the Whopper on Route 309
in Shavertown.
“Sure, we're feeling the impact
from the campaign,” Davis said,
“There’s no question about it.”
As the infamous Burger King
commercials become more well-
known every day, Davis said he is
having a ball with them.
“We’ve all had so much fun with
the national Burger King commer-
cials,” he said. ‘‘They’re humorous;
the whole crew joins in; and they
take away from the normal business
routine. I think they're just very
enjoyable.” 3
Although Albert and Carol
Mueller of Clarks Summit, owners
of the Shavertown McDonald’s,
were unavailable for comment, an
employee at the local Big Mac place
offered her opinion.
Diane Hoyt said the Shavertown
changes in its business volume,
despite the heavy intrusion of
Burger King commercials on
national television.
“As a matter of fact, we had a
call from a woman the other day
who said she saw our commercial
on TV about accepting any kind of
coupon,”” Miss Hoyt explained. “I
told her that it wasn’t our commer-
cial she had seen, but that our
policy is to take competitor’s cou-
pons all the time.”
During “The Switch Is On’ week
last week, Burger Kings all over the
country accepted any kind of
coupon in exchange for a free Whop-
per with the purchase of a Whopper.
The McDonald’s which are owned
by the Muellers, however, accept
competitor’s coupons all the time.
‘“We’re doing the coupon
exchange just this week,” Davis
commented last week from his
office. “Thank God we don’t have to
accept competitor’s coupons all the
time. That way, you destroy what
the competitor is trying to do with
his business.”
Admitting he hasn’t yet gotten
tired of eating Whoppers after 16
years in the business, Davis
explained the Burger King commer-
cials are handled by an advertising
agency in New York City and that
neither he nor his employees are
directly involved with them.
“What I liked most about that
commercial is that everything in it
is absolutely true,” Davis said.
“The family really is named
McDonald; they really did switch
from McDonald's’ to Burger King;
and the kids in the family really did
switch for the reasons they say they
did. It was an honest-to-goodness
commercial and Burger King
wasn’t just putting on an act. It
really did happen that way.”
Since the Battle of the Burgers
began on Sept. 27, 1982, Davis has
been having himself a good time.
“It’s not the normal way of doing
business,’”” he said. ‘But I'm having
a blast with it.”
“I think the commercials are
great,’ Davis said.
honest - we're poking fun at
McDonald’s.”
commercial that features a family
room in Norwalk, Conn. wearing
gag glasses with big noses, discuss-
ing why they switched from
suggest that the viewers go to
Burger King and ‘‘Tell them
McDonald’s sent you.”
(“Shop Talk” is a weekly column
in The Dallas Post and features
tidbits about Back Mountain busi-
nesses and business people. Infor-
mation for ‘Shop Talk’ may be
submitted either by mail - P.O. Box
366, Dallas, Pa., 18612 or by phone -
675-5211.)
MIKE KOZICK, proprietor of The
Jean Shop, Route 415, Dallas, is
back on the job after undergoing
eye surgery at Wills Eye Hospital,
Philadelphia. While Mike was gone,
daughter Arline masterminded a
clean-up project around The Jean
Shop property. The place looks
beautiful!
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GINO’S SHOE STORE AND DER-
EMER LAUNDRY can now be
found in their new building, located
between Jedidia’s Restaurant and
the Back Mountain Professional
Center on Route 309. The building,
which sports that rustic look, has
more room and makes things easier
for the customers.
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CAROL CARROLL opened her
No-Appointment Hair Salon last
Tuesday. The salon, located on
Route 415, Dallas, next to the
Cannon Towel Outlet, is open 10
am. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through
Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Saturdays.
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THE NEW BANKOVICH SEA-
FOOD BUILDING on Route 415 is
beginning to take shape. Almost
looks like seafood will be sold from
the new building come winter.
HOWARD DUKE ISAACS in
Trucksville is offering a great spe-
cial these days by selling used tires
for $1 each. If you stop and think,
uses - bumpers, tree swings and to
ease expansion in a swimming pool
during the freezing weather.
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IGA IN DALLAS was closed for
because of a power outage. The
power failure was noticed approxi-
mately 1:30 a.m. and the store
reopened about 9:30 a.m. the same
day.
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AN EARLY MORNING FIRE last
Tuesday at the Kingston Corners
Building destroyed the offices of Dr.
Edward M. Dwyer, a 72-year-old
dentist who was planning to retire.
Dr. Dwyer, who has been a dentist
East in Dallas.
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Pancakes at Harveys Lake, is keep-
ing himself busy these days organiz-
ing an Adult Recreation Basketball
League at the lake.
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RAVE’S ON ROUTE 309 is getting
ready for the winter season as they
offer a 20 percent off sale on their
cross-country ski equipment.
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on Route 309 next to the Hoagie Bar
is now a self-service Hess gas sta-
tion. New signs were installed at the
station last Thursday afternoon.
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