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50 YEARS AGO - NOV. 24, 1933
Residents of Dallas Borough,
Dallas Township and Kingston
Township contributed $3,076.12 to
the 32 affiliated agencies of Commu-
nity Welfare Federation during that
organization’s yearly fund drive.
Dallas Borough Council. appointed
a committee of E.D. Parrish, C.S.
Hildebrant and Grant Shaner to
investigate and report on the advis-
ability of purchasing a snow plow to
be used in that community.
Deaths - Angelo Hewitt, Trucks-
ville.
You could get - Mince meat 19¢
1b.; diamond walnuts 25¢ Ib.; cran-
berry jelly 14'%c can; Maxwell
House coffee 31c 1b.; Baker’s South-
ern Style Coconut 15¢c can; mixed
nuts 19c 1b.; Fleischmann yeast
cake 3c.
40 YEARS AGO - NOV. 26, 1943
One Noxen man in 10 had entered
the armed forces. Two families had
four men or more serving; Mr. and
Mrs. George Siglin with five sons on
active duty and Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
. liam Wright with four sons in the
service.
As material proof of its apprecia-
tion of the sacrifices made by those
fighting in the armed forces and as
a memorial to those killed at Pearl
Harbor, Dallas Borough set the goal
of collecting 50 tons of scrap metal
as its contribution to the war effort
on National Pearl Harbor Day.
Deaths - Mrs. Anna Rogers, long
time Lehman resident.
You could get - Turkeys 52¢ Ib.;
hams 35¢ 1b.; oysters 69c pt.; sweet
potatoes 3 1b. 25c; cranberries 25¢
1b.; cabbage 3c lb.; carrots 6c 1b.;
sugar 10 Ib. 63c; saltines 1 lb. pkg.
19c; coffee 2-1 Ib. bags 47c.
30 YEARS AGO - NOV. 27, 1953
Dallas Branch, Miners National
Bank of Wilkes-Barre appointed
Back Mt. residents Thomas P.
Garrity, Edward W. Hall, Howard
Isaacs and L.L. Richardson to its
advisory committee. :
Fifteen Dallas-Franklin and Lake-
Noxen school directors voted unani-
mously to stand by their previous
petition for school jointure.
Westmoreland Band Parents
Association collected $350 in a door
to door canvas.
Married - Polly Lou Cooper to
Cpl. Jay Vanderhout; Cora Mae
Rood to Marion A, Porter.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Arch Woolbert, Holly Street,
Trucksville, 50 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Norti Berti, Dallas 21 years.
Deaths - Edward Flynn, Pikes
Creek.
You could get - Turkeys 69c 1b.;
ducks 59c¢ 1lb.; smoked hams 59c;
emperor grapes 2 lb. 29¢; Cape Cod
cranberries 23c 1b.; pascal celery 2
1g. bunches 29c; Ideal pumpkin 2 Ig.
cans 25¢; Diamond walnuts 49c¢ 1b.
20 YEARS AGO - NOV. 26, 1963
Harry Edwards, Huntsville, was
named to the Lehman Township
School ‘Authority. John Vivian was
elected president to take the place
of the late John Hewitt.
Dallas senior Dave Ryan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Ryan, Pioneer
Avenue, Shavertown, won a first
place in a national weightlifting
competition held at Forty Fort High
School.
Married - Elouise Holmgren and
James Rogers; Barbara Rodack
and Richard Strazdus; Therese
Louise Fuhrmann to John Peter
Zorzi.
You could get - Turkeys 33c Ib.;
smoked hams 45c lb.; tangerines 2
doz. 65¢c; sweet potatoes 3 lb. 25¢c;
cranberries 23c¢ pkg.; pumpkin 2
cans 33c; Maxwell House coffee
68c; Borden’s cream cheese 8 oz.
pkg. 29c.
10 YEARS AGO - NOV. 29, 1973
For the third year, the Dallas
Mountaineers football team
caputred the Old Shoe, defeating
Lake-Lehman with a 34-6 win.
Students at College Misericordia
prepared for their annual Madrigal
Dinner when Merrick Hall was
changed into an Old English Castle.
Dallas Borough Council joined
Dallas Township and Kingston
Township Boards of Supervisors in
delaying a decision on the Luzerne
County Master Sewerage Plan until
more information could be obtained
from DER.
Engaged - Carmella Cavan and
John Thomas; Cordelia Jill Jeter to
Henry Dickie Tallman.
Married - William L. Bicking and
Pamela I. Severs.
You could get - Cornish hens 79¢
Ib.; beef liver 69c 1b.; boneless
round roast $1.29 lb.; mushrooms
79¢ 1b.; bananas 10c lb.; tomatoes 3
cello pkgs. $1; mandarin oranges 4-
11 oz. cans $1; applesauce 4-16 oz.
cans 89c.
The general public can send holi-
day greetings to sailors and
marines expected to be serving in
the Middle East during the holiday
season. The servicemen, approxi-
mately 1,900 Navy men and 1,800
25¢ on newsstand
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Marine Corps men, are attached to
five Navy ships and one Marine
Corps unit.
Anyone who would like to send
holiday cards or letters to service-
members deployed overseas in
these units can write to the follow-
ing addresses:
Public Affairs Officer, USS
GUAM (LOH-9), FPO NEW YORK,
09563.
Public Affairs Officer, USS
TRENTON (LPD-14), FPO NEW
YORK 09588.
YORK 09564.
Public Affairs Officer, USS MANI-
TOWAC (LST-1180), FPO NEW
YORK 09578.
Public Affairs Officer, USS
BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST-
1197), FPO NEW YORK 09565.
Public Affairs Officer, 22nd
Marine Amphibious Unit, FPO
NEW YORK 09502.
' The U.S. Post Office recommends
mailing of cards and letters to the
Mideast prior to Dec. 2 to ensure
timely delivery.
Letters policy
The Dallas Post invites and
encourages its readers to voice their
opinions in the ‘Letters to the
Editor” column.
Letters should be either typed or
| written legibly and must include a
‘name and a phone number for
verification. Names will be withheld
upon request, however, letters
received without signatures will be
discared.
All letters must be received
Thursday at noon for publication the
following Wednesday.
Letters should be addressed to
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Editor, The Dallas Post, P.0. Box
Pa., 18612. TE
ow that the Back
Mountain Medical
Center on Route 118
has additional facilities with
a newly installed physical
therapy department and the
Mercy Medical Center at
Dallas near the entrance to
College Misericordia will
soon be open, let’s hope the
people of the Back Mountain
put these centers to good
use.
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
of Kingston and Mercy Hos-
pital of Wilkes-Barre have
pumped a lot of money into
modern equipment and
these two medical clinics
and both institutions are pro-
viding an invaluable service
to the people of the Back
Mountain.
Granted, going to one of
these clinics is not the same
as going to a life-sized hospi-
to contend with traffic and
waiting rooms filled with
people seeking the same
services as you. And, both
the Back Mountain Medical
Center and the Mercy Medi-
cal Center at Dallas are
equipped with the most
staffed with the best-trained
and most-knowledgeable per-
sonnel. Neither of them is,
by any means, second-rate.
Do yourself a favor - and
do the Back Mountain com-
munity a favor. If you or
anyone in your family needs
medical attention, use the
facilities available to you
right here in your own neigh-
borhood. You will, no doubt,
find each of these facilities
capable of providing you
with the best possible health
care.
— DOTTY MARTIN
on’t forget the Back
Mountain Policeman’s
Association Annual
Ball slated for this Friday,
Nov. 25.
Tickets, priced at $7 and
available for purchase from
any member of the Associa-
tion, are currently on sale.
Mark it on your calendar -
take the night off and enjoy
an evening with your friends
and neighbors - and help a
most worthwhile cause at
the same time.
— DOTTY MARTIN
Letters
DEAR EDITOR:
On November 22, we mark the
20th anniversary of the assassina-
tion of President John F. Kennedy.
More than 400,000 Americans have
been killed in gunfire since his
death. Ironically, on this anniver-
sary, Congress is considering legis-
lation which would weaken, not
strengthen, America’s feeble gun
laws.
In 1968, when Congress passed the
Gun Control Act, our legislators
specifically prohibited mail-order
gun sales because President Ken-
nedy’s assassin, Lee Harvey
Oswald, used a cheap rifle pur-
chased from a Chicago mail-order
house. The weapon was fitted with a
telescopic gunsight, also acquired
through the mail. Less than an hour
after killing the President, Oswald
killed police officer J.D. Tippit with
a .38 caliber handgun acquired from
yet another mail-order house.
Now, the National Rifle Associa-
tion wants to gut the 1968 Act
through passage of the MecClure-
Volkmer Gun Decontrol Bill (S. 914
and H.R. 2420). This bill would lift
the prohibition on mail-order sales
and again allow easy access to
firearms by criminals and would-be
assassins.
This bill must be stopped. Our
Congress should not enact legisla-
tion which only invites mail-order
murder.
BARBARA LAUTMAN
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
HANDGUN CONTROL, INC.
810 18TH STREET, N.W.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006
DEAR EDITOR:
Pennsylvania Northeast Chapter
of Deborah Hospital Foundation
would like to thank all Walkers and
Merchants who helped to make our
annual WALK-A-THON a great suc-
cess.
DEAR EDITOR:
I would like to thank the staff of
- the Dallas Post, particularly Sheila
Hodges, for writing such a fine
article on my Mother’s Day Out
Save a Heart. “God Bless You’.
Deborah Hospital Foundation
can’t express its heartfelt gratitude
enough to each and everyone who
participated.
Thank you for helping Deobrah
Program.
Through your efforts I have been
able to provide our community with
detailed information about this
exciting innovative program for our
children.
Monday of the month at Luzerene
United Methodist Church, Bennet
St., Luzerne at 8 p.m. ’
MARY REMBIS
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
Thank you for your weekly efforts
to keep our town enlightened and
informed. :
DEBBIE PRICE HADZOR;
DALLAS
DEAR EDITOR:
On behalf of the Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary, I thank you for
your cooperation in publicizing our
very successful ‘Holiday Fair.” It
was as successful, in part, due to
Library news
the fine publicity we received.
The proceeds will be used to
purchase medical equipment for the
hospital, so necessary in providing
highest quality care for its patients.
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The display case at the Back
Mountain Memorial Library is ele-
gantly displayed with some unique
items borrowed from Mrs. C.
Warren Koehl, Sr. of Dallas.
There is a lovely set of bisque doll
dishes handed down from her
grandmother. It is a tea set, service
for six, in pale colors fo pink and
green. In addition to the six cups
and saucers, there are six small
dessert plates, a tea pot, sugar,
creamer and a waste bowl. The set
is over 100 years old. To set off the
tea service, there are six silver
demi-tasse spoons.
Florence’s mother was born in
Germany and, on a recent trip
there, bought a set of six tea cups
and saucers in an apple and leaf
pattern, handmade, Zermat,
MaPomme china. These add so
much color to the display. There are
also inlcuded two antique sandwich
glass plates on stands, given to her
by a friend. A quaint conversation
Featured as the center of attrac-
tion is a china vase, made in
Germany, with a windmill and a
Dutch girl. This was purchased in
1911 by Mr. Koehl for his mother in
Woolworth’s 5 & 10 cent Store for 10
cents. This display will be at the
library until Dec. 14.
Laure Perch of ‘‘The Book Shelf”
in Shavertown presented a program
for the Book Club last month and
showed a book, The Official 1983
price guide to old books and auto-
graphs. Many of the ladies present
expressed an interest in this book;
however, our library did not have a
copy of it. I checked with Laure for
some information on it and she was
kind enough to donate a copy of the
book to the library. The book is a
standard reference work in the
hobby of old books and will be a
well-received addition to the refer-
ence room.
Thanks to Laure Perch and ‘“The
Book Shelf” in Shavertown. Laure is
in the business by herself and has
been in Shavertown for six years.
Hers is a very lovely book store
with books to satisfy every age and
taste, including the new Christmas
Thanks, too, from all of us for
your continued support of all our
endeavors. : y
EVELYN T. ECK
CHAIRMAN
antiques
books and a large selection of 1934
calendars. +
What does your library mean to
you? Information for: =a
speech...facts to solve a personal
problem...help with a hobby...an
idea for a new business...a quiét
retreat for pleasant reading? Your
library has books on almost any
subject you need. Your life can
become more meaningful. Visit the
library soon...it’s a habit that pay.
rich dividends! ‘
New books at the library include:
“Pet Sematary’ by Stephen King is
set in a small town in Maine to
which a young doctor, Louis Creed,
and his family have moved from
Chicago. The story begins witha
visit to the graveyard in the woods,
where children have buried their
beloved pets. 3
“The Wicked Day’’ by Mary Stew-
art is the gripping story of Mordred,
bastard son of King Arthur by
incest with his half-sister Morgause.
Morgause hoped that one day the
child would become the doom of her
hated half-brother. The action plays
out to the final, wicked day.
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