50 YEARS AGO - DECEMBER 15, 1933
Adam P. Kiefer, president of Dallas Township
- School Board, tendered his resignation as a member of
_the board due to personal reasons. Chris Eipper, new
«director, was elected president.
Leonard Harvey shot a 12-point buck. Harvey shot
. the buck while hunting in the Poconos. He had been in
the woods only a short time when he bagged his buck
at 9 o’clock.
Deaths - Mrs. R. R. Streader, Trucksville; W.J.
Schall, Shavertown.
Married - Alice Gordon and John Hoyt.
You could get - Xmas trees 50c; Sunkist oranges 2
doz. 29¢c; coconut bon bons 20c lb.; almonds 25¢ Ib.;
coffee 15¢ 1b.; cleanser 6 full cans 17c; pineapple 6 big
cans $1.05; peaches 6 big cans 85c; Velveeta cheese
29c¢ 1b.
40 YEARS AGO - DECEMBER 17, 1943
Arthur J. Faux’s lumber mill near Orange was
destroyed by fire.
A mild form of influenza raced rampant through the
Back Mountain. Local physicians reported that nine
out of every 10 people were affected by the disease.
Trucksville Service Mothers’ Club sent 130 Christ-
mas boxes to men and women in the service with 35
boxes going overseas. The boxes contained an assort-
- ment of candy, gum, soap, towels, toilet articles.
Married - Ellen Pritchard to Harley Misson; Naomi
Rood to Richard Holdredge.
Deaths - William Monk, Dallas.
You could get - Brown or confectioner’s sugar 2 1b.
15¢; 1g. jar molasses 26¢; 25 1b. bag flour $1.05; coffee
2 1b. bag 47c; 50 lb. bag potatoes $1.59; sweet potatoes
2 1b. 19¢; smoked hams 35c lb.; pork loins 25c¢ Ib.;
shrimp 37c 1b.
30 YEARS AGO - DECEMBER 18, 1953
Norti Berti was elected president of Dallas Commu-
nity Ambulance Association.
Westmoreland High School students presented their
‘third annual Christmas concert. The Mixed Chorus,
‘Boys Chorus, Girls Chorus, Junior High School Boys
and Girls Ensemble and the Second Grade Ensemble
performed. Soloists were Mildred Kingston and Nancy
dane Jones.
. Engaged - Anna Dobson to Theodore London. Naomi
Veitch to Donald Lewis.
Married - Clara Cundiff to Allan R. Carnay; Dorothy
Meade to John Dobson.
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Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rogowski,
Pikes Creek, 12 years.
Deaths - Valjean Booker, Dallas; Elizabeth Grall,
Trucksville; Rose Cragle, Hunlock Creek; Vincent
Shindel, Dallas.
You could get - Lobster tails 79¢ 1b.; sirloin steak 69¢
Ib.; veal roast 59c¢ 1b.; cod fillet 35¢ lb.; fresh
mushrooms 49c 1b.; carrots 1g. bunch 10c; Bayer’s
aspirin bottle of 100 62¢; » gal. Breyers ice cream 99c.
20 YEARS AGO - DECEMBER 19, 1963
The Lake-Lehman High School Brass Choir
appeared on television. Directed by John Miliauskas,
the Brass Choir appeared on Channel 28. Mary Ann
Kuchemba and Karl Squier were narrators for the
choir:
Louis Maslow, Huntsville Road, was named director
of First National Bank, Wilkes-Barre.
Ray Daring, Dallas butcher, doused a fire in his
smoke house. Twenty hams and $200 worth of temper-
ature controls were lost in the fire, but the adjacent
supermarket was not damaged.
Married - Ellen June Greene to Carl Bower Bailey;
Thomas N. Elston to Julie Chen; Iva May and
Frederick London.
Deaths - Thomas Henry Longmore, Lake-Noxen
teacher; Ruth R. Smith, Trucksville.
You could get - Turkeys 33c lb.; hams 29c¢ Ib;
kielbasi 69¢ 1b.; bologna 59¢ 1b.; red grapes 2 lb. 29¢;
California naval oranges 49c doz.; Eight 0’Clock
Coffee 3 Ib. bag $1.65; Marvel Ice Cream half gal. 59¢;
honey 43c 1b.
10 YEARS AGO - DECEMBER 13, 1973
John F. Sheehan, Jr. was appointed Public Relations
Manager for Commonwealth Telephone Company.
Dallas Junior Women’s Club held its annual Christ-
mas Dinner at Irem Temple Country Club where they
inducted the following new members; Mrs. William
Davies; Mrs. John Booth; Mrs. Clyde Duffield; Mrs.
Richard Orlowski, Mrs. William Mannix, Mrs. Harold
Haefele, Mrs. Biedler Higgs, Mrs. Joseph Zikor, Mrs.
Sheldon Munn, Mrs. John Cherup, Mrs. John Patter-
son, JoAnn Shonk, Mrs. David Fouchs and Mrs. Frank
Wilczynski.
You could get - Sirloin steak $1.29 1b.; franks 99c lb.;
sliced bacon 89c lb.; turkeys 59c lb.; pork chops 89c
1b.; fruit cakes 1%. 1b. size $2.29; lettuce 23c lg. hd.;
apples 69c 3 1b. bag; walnuts 2 1b. pkg. $1.49.
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Would you like to be a friend? The
Back Mountain Memorial Library is
looking for some more ‘friends’
before the end of the year in order
to make our Friends of the Library
1983 campaign go ‘over the top’.
Financial donations in any amount
are welcome, just designate the
donation for ‘Friends’ and we will
add your name to our prestigious
Te
1983 membership list. Needless to
say, the expense of operating the
library has doubled and in some
cases tripled since its beginning in
1945. The ‘Friends’ contributions are
a part of our estimated budget for
the year and has become a very
necessary financial need. Your
library needs you in so many ways,
both s a patron and contributor. Be
a library supporter!
New books at the library include:
“Shield of Three Lions’’ by
25¢ on newsstand
$12peryearinPa.
Pamela Kaufman is breathtaking
and exciting - a panoramic tapestry
of a novel set in the Middle Ages
that weaves the sights, the sounds,
the smells and the pageantry of a
extra-ordinary young heroine.
Bawdy, earthy and full fo fascinat-
ing detail.
“God and Harvey Grosbeck’ by
Gilbert Millstein is a story in which
the hero hatches a plot to try to
save a little bit of old New York. It
is a rambunctious, bawdy and irrev-
erent novel, a wild, wicked ride
through the windmills of Manhattan
with an urban 20th century Quixote
as our guide. Harvey is a cantan-
kerous, aging curmudgeon.
“Eleni” by Nicholas Gage is a
personal story of a savage war, a
mother’s love and a son’s revenge.
Nicholas is a top investigative
reporter for the New York Times
and devotes himself to uncovering
the one story he cared about most -
the torture and murder of his
mother when he was a boy of nine.
‘A search which climaxes in a con-
frontation.
“The Wildcliffe Bird” by Const-
rance Heaven is an exciting new
‘saga of romantic history. Juliet
Prior is forced from Paris when a
runaway carriage ‘accidentally’
kills her father. She flees to London,
soon discovers an unsettling and
scandalous web of mysterious acci-
dents and murder. A shattering and
romantic conclusion.
The welcome mat is always out at
your nearby library. For it’s really
YOUR library. and exists for only
one purpose - to serve YOU! Yes,
the Back Mountain Memorial
Library welcomes you and invites
you to use all of its materials and
services. There is something for
everyone - whatever your interests
or tastes. There are all sorts of
books on building, making things,
and ‘doing’. For the adventurous,
there are travel books, novels and
biographies. There are love stories,
westerns, murder mysteries and
science fiction. The art, music and
business books help with your pro-
Lanmnine
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Ma lihwane hao wraan rannd
istrict Attorney
Robert Gillespie, in an
attempt to better con-
trol teenage drinking in Wyo-
ming Valley, has instituted a
brand new program whereby
members of his office will be
directly involved in trying to
curtail the problem that
seems to be running ram-
pant in our area.
Gillespie, who received
television, radio and newspa-
per coverage last week when
he unveiled this plan, said
the holiday season is a ‘‘time
of joy’ and he doesn’t want
to see our area’s youth die
from the effect of alcohol.
Each geographic area
within Luzerne County has
been assigned a telephone
number under the DA’s new
plan. (The number for the
Back Mountain area is 675-
5259.)
If someone sees, hears, or
knows about a party where
teenage drinking is involved,
that person is asked to call
the telephone number
assigned to his or her
respective area and notify a
member of the District
Attorney’s staff.
According to Gillespie, his
staff member will then call
the phone number of the
house where the party is
being held and remind them
Guest editorial
that teenage drinking is
against the law. Gillespie
says the police department
in the locale of the party will
also be notified of the loca-
tion of the party.
It seems that, up until the
institution of this fancy-
dancy plan by the District
Attorney, what any good,
law-abiding citizen was sup-
posed to do was to call the
local police department and
let them handle party-goers
who were involved in teen-
age drinking.
So what’s different now?
Obviously, nothing.
Instead of contacting your
local police department
about such a party - at a
number with which you are
probably familiar - you are
now supposed to remember
yet another telephone
number, call the DA’s office
and let someone there con-
tact the local police depart-
ment.
What good is it going to do
for a staff member of the
DA’s office to call the party
the penalties involved with
underage drinking? Nine out
of 10 times they are sure to
find the parents out for the
evening and only the teenag-
ers - who are very aware of
the legality or lack of it
- are there to answer the
phone.
Why can’t the local police
departments handle such
parties the same way they
have been for years? Does
Mr. Gillespie really expect
the figures on teenage drink-
ing to drop because of this
new plan? Let’s not even
mention that this new plan
will probably cost the county
taxpayers money to have a
staff member of the DA’s
office on call during normal
party hours - Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday nights.
Sounds more like a public-
ity stunt on the part of Gil-
lespie. But, for what reason?
He’s already got the lock on
another four years as Luz-
erne County District Attor-
ney. He doesn’t have to do
anything to win the hearts of
the people - at least not right
away.
Robert Gillespie has
proven himself as the man
worthy to sit in the Luzerne
County District Attorney’s
chair. He has done an excel-
lent job at the position over
the last four years and will,
no doubt, continue to do
quality work over the next
four years. He doesn’t need
to spend time instituting
plans such as this.
— DOTTY MARTIN
By CLYDE DUPIN
he Christmas season is
a time to be joyful. This
month, ‘the world will
celebrate the birthday of
Christ. It is also a time in
America when business is
booming and our stores are
filled with shoppers
It is also a time for Christ-
mas parties. Some honor our
Lord and others only bring
shame to this Blessed
Season.
One of the tragedies of this
Christmas season will be the
abuse of alcohol. Many well-
intended parties will become
drunken orgies. This is the
drivers will cause thousands
of unnecessary deaths. Many
workers wish their compa-
nies and bosses did not serve
alochol at these parties. The
serving of alcohol has dis-
rupted many a good party
and caused violence and
family abuse.
The use of alcohol is the
reason for the majority of
deaths caused by falls, fire
accidents, spouse beatings,
and half of all traffic acci-
dents. It is estimated that
deaths caused by alcohol
may reach 200,000 in 1983.
medical bills, property
damage, and time lost from
work may surpass $100 bil-
lion this year.
Today, alcholism ranks
with heart disease and
cancer as one of three major
health problems. In Amer-
ica, there are 12 million alco-
holics and 25 percent are
teenagers.
It is time the church
speaks out against alcohol-
ism. The American Medical
Association and 61 percent of
the people favor labeling
liquor bottles and better con-
trol of alcohol abuse. Let’s
ban the booze from the party
and let it be a time of real
joy.
(Clyde Dupin is the author
of a national column entitled
“Religious Viewpoint.”’)
DEAR EDITOR:
I am writing this to inform family
and friends of people with mental
retardation of the status of the
Community and Family Livipg
Amendments of 1983. This piece of
legislation, S 2053, and referred to
the U.S. Senate Committee after
being introduced November 4th, has
been hailed by disability groups as
the most important piece of legisla-
tion since the landmark Education
for all Handicapped Children’s Act
and Section 504 Antidiscrimination
Amendments.
This bill would amend Title XIX
Medicaid of the Social Security Act
and force a reduction in institutional
funding. It would restructure Medi-
caid so that severely disabled indi-
viduals would be eligible for medi-
cal assistance only if they reside in
community or family living facili-
ties. This does not mean that institu-
tions would close because Medicaid
funds are matched by state dollars
on an almost 50-50 basis and state
funding would not be affected by
this federal legislation.
If enacted, the bill would pump
millions of federal dollars into the
community services programs and
make it possible for thousands of
persons to live with their families or
in community based integrated set-
tings. The services would include
room and board, habilitation, case
management, respite care, nursing,
medical supplies, physical and occu-
pational therapy, speech therapy
and audiology, homemaker-health
aid, personal care services, adult
day and specialized vocational serv-
ices.
Individuals needing highly struc-
tured 24-hour care, including’ medi-
cal attention, would be provided this
care in small homes within the
community. Those needing fewer
services would get them within their
community, whether living at home,
in foster care, a group home or an
apartment and the services would
be more individualized providing for
the special needs of each person.
Backed by the Association for
Retarded Citizens of the United
States (ARC,US), The Association
for Severely Handicapped (TASH)
and Operation Real Rights and
other disability groups, this bill
would ensure that the United States
would become the world’s leading
advocate for community services
for developmentally disabled per-
sons.
Realizing that this piece of legis-
lation would give the 10,500 citizens
with mental retardation of this
county a life of dignity with services
they rightfully deserve, the Associa-
tion for Retarded Citizens of Luz-
erne County urges all parents and
interested persons to contact Sena-
tor Heinz and Specter to urge their
support for the Community and
Family Living Amendments of 1983.
Copies of this letter should be sent
to Senator Robert Dole, Chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee,
Room 141, Senate Hart Office Build-
ing, Washington, D.C. 20510.
ELLEN H. CAMPBELL
PRESIDENT
MARK KUNKLE
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
RUTH LEVEY
PAST PRESIDENT
The Senators addresses are as
follows:
The Hon. Arlen Spector
331 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-4254
The Hon. John H. Heinz III
443 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: (202) 224-6324
Secretary of the Commonwealth
William R. Davis today reminded
consumers to contact the Commis-
sion on Charitable Organizations if
they have a question concerning an
organization’s legitimacy.
“During the holiday season, solici-
tations of charitable contributions
Increase dramatically, offering a
fraudulent operation an opportunity
to collect funds at the expense of the
truly deserving charities,” he said.
sure that they are contributing to an
authentic . charity. Fraudulent
operations often use names: that
sound similar to that of a respected
organization, he said. Consumers
should also always ask solicitors for
identification and request literature
about a charity.
Davis also recommended that
donors avoid giving cash, because
cash contributions are harder for
the Commission to monitor.
All organizations soliciting funds
in Pennsylvnia are required to
register with the Commission.
The seven-member commission
approve or reject authorization for
a charity to solicit, investigate com-
plaints against charities and order a
charity to stop soliciting.
Applications to solicit are turned
down by the Commission if the
statements on it are untrue.
sion at (717) 783-1720 to see if a
charity is registered.
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