Only yesterday
making the sport difficult for you
play games.
50 Years Ago - February 16, 1934
Clare Winters, former Dallas
Township constable, was acquitted
on a charge of manslaughter by a
verdict returned by the jury.
Winters had been charged with
fatally assaulting Steve Silick as
the climax of a quarrel at Michael
Hazdinski’s at Fernbrook. Silick
died in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
four days after the quarrel.
Dallas Borough Council turned
down the proposal of L.A.
McHenry to give the borough an
athletic field if local authorities
would haveit graded and purchase
$1,400 worth of nearby lots on the
Goss Manor plot.
Faced with the problem of
reducing costs to a point where
they would come nearer to
available finances, the committee
that was working to secure the
proposed Luzerne by-pass as a link
between Kingston and the road to
Dallas from Luzerne moved
toward securing definite costs and
was considering several alternate
plans.
Deaths--Chester Gates, Dallas;
John R. DeWitt, Shavertown.
You could get--Sardines, 2 cans,
15c; pink salmon, 2 cans, 23c;
flour, 12 Ib. bag, 55¢; oranges, 8 1b.
bag, 35c; cabbage, 2 lbs. 9c;
carrots, 5¢ bunch; apples, 3 lbs.
17c; grapefruit, 3 lbs. 14c.
40 Years Ago - February 18, 1944
Lieutenant Evan J. Brace, pilot
. of a P47 Thunderbolt Fighter, was
. reported missing during a local
* combat training flight at Dale
- + Marby Field, Florida.
Nine tons of feed and 1600 six-
. week-old chickens were lost when
fire destroyed the barn owned by
. William E. Pulsifer, on the former
. Charles Johnson Farm between
. Alderson and Beaumont.
"Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Co.,
Community Band and Orchestra
held its first rehearsal with 15
members present at Dr. F. Budd
Schooley’s laboratory on Lake St.
+ Deaths--Loell Stross, Carverton;
. George W. Jones, Idetown; George
© Gosart, Trucksville.
* Married--Jule Hardisky of Leh-
man to Cpl. Frank Piznar, Forty
Fort.
You could get--Potatoes, 15 Ib.
bag, 49c; grapefruit, 4 for 23c;
pork loin, 25c lb.; hams, 33c 1b. ;
flour, 251b. bag, $1.29; evaporated
milk, 3 cans, 28c; Octagon laundry
soap, 3 bars, 14c.
30 Years Ago - February 19, 1954
Ted Poad was appointed by
Martin Porter, president, to head
the first annual fund drive of
Kingston Township Ambulance
Association.
R.E. Neal, chairman of the
Finance Drive for 1954 of Back
Mountain Town and Country
YMCA announced a date for a
kickoff meeting.
The coin slots in the Heart Fund
plastic hearts that appeared on
counters in Back Mountain stores
wouldn’t accommodate a silver
dollar but the heart on the show
case just inside the door of Dallas
Branch of Miners National Bank
did when Mrs. Sherman Schooley
of Dallas donated a 1921 silver
dollar.
Deaths--Mrs. Clifford Fink,
Shavertown; Oliver Edmund
Burke, Harveys Lake.
You could get-Chuck roast, 35¢
Ib.; pascal celery, 2 bunches, 29c;
temple oranges, 49c doz.; tomato
soup, 3 cans, 29c; pineapple can,
Zic; kidney beans, 2 cans, 23c; dog
food, 3 cans, 29c.
20 Years Ago - February 20, 1964
Supervisors of Kingston
Township and spectators were
equally astounded when Tax
Collector Vern Pritchard disclosed
an acre of ground belonging to
Clint Johnson, Trucksville, lay in
the center of the new township
building site.
Luzerne County Planning
Commission planned to put its
countywide zoning ordinance into
effect sometime during the year,
possibly affecting Back Mountain
communities, Dallas, Jackson,
Ross and Lake Township.
Thomas Pierce, a senior at
Dallas High School, received word
that he had been appointed to the
U.S. Military Academy at West
Point and Lee Philo and Carl
Kaschenbach, also seniors at
Dallas, have been chosen as
alternates.
Deaths--Allan Johnson,
Shavertown; Mrs. Eliza Fielding,
Huntsville; William Engelman,
Noxen; Mrs. Ethel Crosby, Car-
verton Heights.
You could get--Shrimp, 75¢ Ib.;
oranges, 4 lb. bag, 59c; white
grapefruit, 53c; apples, 2 lbs. 29c;
25¢ on newsstand
Rick Shannon
Dotty Martin. . .
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carrots, 2 one-1b. pkgs. 19¢; cream
style corn, 8-0z. can, 5c; peaches, 2
29-0z. cans, 49c.
10 Years Ago - February 14, 1974
Robert MacGregory, director of
the Health and Hospital Planning
Council of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania told officers and board
members of the Dallas Fall Fair
that a hospital was not needed in
the Dallas area. Members of the
Fair Committee and other Back
Mountain service organizations
gathered to hear what could be
done to further plans to construct
an emergency facility on property
donated by Joe Parks, of Lehman.
Deaths--Edna Dymond, Noxen;
Edward Pazik, Shavertown; John
Edward Beagle, Dallas; Rose
Kozemchak, Dallas.
Married--Paula Blizzard, Noxen
to Mark Jurista, Tunkhannock.
You could get--Eggs, 69c doz.;
orange juice % gal., 59¢; Grade A
turkeys, 59¢ 1b.; bananas, 11c lb.;
Oreo. cookies. 2 1-1b. pkgs. 89c.
Library
update
BY NANCY KOZEMCHAK
“One of our own!’” That's what
we will be showing in our display
Charlotte Oley, our No. 1 cir-
culation desk attendant, is sharing
her collection of bookmarks with
us. Charlotte has been collecting
bookmarks for two years and has
at least 200 in her collection. She
likes books and bookmarks and a
friend gave her one from
Inveraray Castle in Scotland,
made of leather, and thus began
her hobby. There is a very preddy
neddlepoint one made for her by a
friend, a dried flower one from
Canada, one from the water tower
of Chicago, a very old silk one
printed with the Star Spangled
Banner, a hand made one from
Japan, one from a dear friend,
C.D. Phillips, brought from Italy,
and a red and white needlepoint
cross. There is also a crocheted
book worm made by the Senior
Citizens of Dallas andtwo from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art pur-
chased during the Vatican
Collection. There are a few of the
metal clip ons and one of the
miniature gloves. There are many
others from Israel, Hawaii, New
Mexico, Alaska, Florida, Georgia
and Arizona. Charlotte does not
buy any of her bookmarks. They
are given to her by friends and she
has received many from libraries
across the country. She lives in
Trucksville and has been a
member of the library staff for six
years. The display will be at the
library until March 7.
Winter can be the most fun-filled
season of the year. Skating, skiing,
ice fishing, sledding...they are all
exciting and joyful activities. Part
of winter fun, too, is curling upin
an easy chair with a hot drink and
a good book. You'll find the best in
winter reading at the Back
Mountain Memorial Library.
Increase your winter fun. READ!
New books at the library:
“American History-American
Television edited ‘by John E.
O’Connor is a book in which
fourteen historians apply their
skilk of research and analysis to
the critical study of the medium.
“Rainsong’ by Phyllis Whitney
begins by saying, the long
corridors of Windtop echoed with
emptiness. No one else was sup-
posed to be out there in the dark.
f you haven't yet seen
“The Sound of Music” at
the Music Box Dinner
Playhouse or aren’t planning
to see if, shame on you.
Shame on you — because the
Music Box Players have put
together one of the most
elightful, most entertaining
events this Valley has seen
in a long time.
Sitting in the Music Box
Playhouse, which is housed
in the old Roosevelt Theater
on Hughes Street in Swoyers-
ville, you tend to forget your-
self. You become lost in the
matgic and enchantment of
the scenery itself, not to
mention the true-to-life
charm of the characters on
stage.
Except for the color of her
hair, an occasional theater-
goer might possibly mistake
Sally Williams for the infa-
mous Julie Andrews herself
in the lead role of Maria
Rainer. Ms. Williams’ voice,
as well as her ‘way’ with
the Von Trapp children, hyp-
notizes the audience from
beginning to end.
And T. Doyle Leverett,
playing opposite Ms. Wil-
liams, is, without a doubt,
the best possible choice for
‘the role of Captain Georg
Von Trapp. Take his captur-
ing baritone voice, add to it
his role as director of this
show and your respect for
the man grows with every
moment of his flawless per-
formance.
We'll surely
t's too bad the Dallas
Jnr Women’s Club was
unable to come to a deci-
sion other than disbanding.
The club, after serving the
Back Mountain community
for, over 40 years, will dis-
solve itself in April of this
year. The reason - declining
membership and lack of a
president.
The club has been an insti-
tution in our neighborhood as
long as most of us can
remember and those of us
who frequent the annual
Kelly Bishop, seen this
time as the Mother Abbess,
thrills the audience with her
rendition of the well-known
“Climb Ev’ry Mountain,”
while adding yet another
superb performance to her
ever-growing list of appear-
ances at the Music Box. Dou-
bling also as Musical Direc-
tor, Bishop’s talents seem
endless.
The children, all seven of
them, are fascinating. Nancy
Krakosky takes charge as
Liesl, the eldest, and plays
the role with both innocence
and maturity. Turning in
cute and astonishing believa-
ble performances are Albert
Sweitzer and Friedrich,
Karen Hoffman as Louise,
Timony Webb as Kurt,
Tahnee Hobbs as Martha,
and Courtney Hobbs as Gretl
while Jennifer Gallagher, in
her very first stage appear-
ance, is outstanding as the
quick and witty Brigitta.
At the risk of offending the
beautiful Dawn Roberts, we
notice she is perfect as the
snub-nosed Elsa Schrader
while Frank Marino is the
kind of guy we love to hate
as Max Detweiler. Marino,
who also serves as an assist-
ant to the director, portrays
Detweiler as a nutty, lovela-
ble guy and greatly
enhances the home life of the
Von Trapp family.
Rounding out the cast for
this unforgettable perform-
ance are Mary Dower as
Sister Berthe, Pat Landry as
miss Junior
Back Mountain Memorial
Library Auction will miss
that homemade fudge club
members sold every year.
It seems we all have a
tendency to become so
wrapped up in ourselves and
the things that are going on
in our own lives that we
don’t make time to devote to
service organizations such
as the Junior Women’s Club.
In that case, it’s no wonder
the service organizations are
dissolving because of mem-
bership losses.
It would have been nice if
Sister Margaretta, Ann
Balavage, Deb Caccese,
Beverly Brennan, Evelyn
Tomasovie, Susan Drake as
the Sisters, Mary Rada-
szewski as Sister Sophie, Bill
Williams as Franz, Beverly
Brennan as Frau Schmidt,
Richard Lloyd as: Rolf
Gruv;er, Kevin D. Costley as
Herr Zeller, Deb Caccese as
Frau Zeller, Joseph Toma-
sovic as Baron Elberfeld,
Ann Balavage as Baroness
Elberfeld, Bonnie Biros as a
Postulant, Lorraine Araya
as Frau Schweiger and
Thomas Dilione and James
Parks as the Nazis.
Capably assisting the
voices of the cast members
is the orchestra in conductor
Richard Dower, Jonathan
Pineno and William
Lehmkuhl.
“The Sound of Music’’ con-
tinues at the Music Box
Playhouse through March 4
and, at $18.50 per ticket, iS
worth every penny. A buffet¥”
smorgasbord, by Regency
Catering, is a scrumptious
way to start the evening.
The atmosphere is very
relaxing, the acting is great,
the singing is superb. All in
all, it’s a great night out.
Call the Music Box Dinner
Playhouse at 283-2195 or stop
by the box office at .196
Hughes St., Swoyersville, for
your tickets. But, don’t miss
this one! The Music Box
Players have certainly out-
done themselves this time.
— DOTTY MARTIN
Women
someone could have devised ga
a ‘sure cure so that ‘the™
Junior Women could stay go.
around for another 40 years,
however, right now that
doesn’t seem likely.
Before the Junior Women
disappear, though, we’d like
to extend a huge round of
applause and a great big
thank you to them for all
they’ve done in the last 40
years. The ‘Back Mountain
community is sure going to
miss them.
— DOTTY MARTIN
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Between
now and April 15, income tax is
first and foremost in most of our
minds. In an effort to make filing
income tax forms a little easier for
our readers, The Dallas Post is
publishing tax tips each week for
five weeks. This week, the fourth
of the series, the tips are entitled,
“Married couples may find added
bliss in tax breaks.”” The tips are
furnished by the Pennsylvania
Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, Philadelphia.)
Many married couples
nowadays have a hard time
making ends meet. And, with tax
filing season upon us, they need to
get the best deal they can from the
IRS. When it comes to taxes, that
means taking advantage of what
the law allows, says William L.
Smith, Jr., CPA, President,
Northeastern Chapter, Pennsyl-
vania Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
The most signficant tax break
this year is the deduction for
married working couples. It has
doubled since last year. If you and
your spouse worked and file a joint
return, vou can deduct up to 10
percent from the salary of the
lower-paid spouse. The maximum
deduction is $3,000.
Last year, when married
working couples could have
received as much as $1,500 for the
marital deduction, two million
couples failed to claim it. If you
are among them, file an amended
return to get your deduction-plus
interest. The IRS is paying 11
percent interest (compounded
daily) for the overlooked deduc-
tions, and the interest paid is
computed from your filing
deadline of last year.
Here’s how the marital deduc-
tion works. If Bob earned $20,000 in
1983 and Linda’s salary was
$15,000, they can detuct $1,500 (10
percent) from Linda’s salary if
they file jointly. Keep in mind,
however, that contributions to
Individual Retirement Accounts
(IRAs) and Keoghs, as well as
business expenses, must be sub-
tracted from your gross income
before making the 10 percent
deduction.
Though the marital deduction
provides an easy-to-get tax break,
some couples may get even bigger
breaks if they file separate returns
and take advantage of other tax
laws. Just a few minutes of simple
computations can help you see
which option is best, CPAs say.
To illustrate, take a closer look
at this year’s tougher medical
deducation formula.
Now, you may deduct only
unreim bursed medical expenses
that exceed five percent of your
income (it used to be three per-
cent). Furthermore, you may no
longer deduct $150 separately for
medical insurance premiums you
paid; they're to be included with
your overall medical expenses.
In Bob and Linda’s case, with
their combines income of $35,000,
they can deduct any medical
expenses above $1,750 (five per-
cent) if they file jointly. Because
Linda incurred $3,000 in medical
expenses, they are entitled to a
$1,250 deduction if they file jointly.
If they file separately, however,
Linda is entitled to a $2,250
deduction ($3,000 minus five
percent of her income). Since the
$2,250 deduction is greater than the
$1,500 marital deduction, it may
pay for Bob and Linda, to file
separate returns. Always figure it
out both ways, CPAs say, becaue
theare are many factors involved,
inchding a higher tax rate for
separate returns.
One of the best ways for a
married couple to cut taxes is to
open two IRAs. Two wage earners
can stash away up to $4,000 a year
in their IRAs and avoid paying
taxes on that amount until the
money is withdrawn. The principal
is tax-deductible and the interest it
earns is tax-deferred. Married
couples with children may be
eligible for the child and depen
dent care tax credit if they paid
someone to watch their children
while they were at work or at-
tending school full-time. If your
child is under 15, or if you have
another dependent who cannot 1
care for him or herself, you may
qualify for the credit.
The credit is alloted on a sliding
scale. For families with an'income
of $10,000 or less, a 30 percent
credit may be claimed on child or
dependent care expenses of up to
$2,400 for one child and up to $4,800
for two or more children. So, a
couple with an income of $10,000 or
less who paid $2,400 to care for
their child can subtract $750 from
their tax bill. The maximum credit
for two or more children would be
$1,440.
As income increases to $28,000
and more, the credit decreases to
20 percent of expenses. The
maximum tax credit for one child
at that level is $480 and $960 for two
‘Keep in mind; a tax credit is
subtracted directly from your tax
bill, not from your income. Dollar
for dollar, it’s a bigger tax break.
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