Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - FEBRUARY 23, 1934
Reports on the progress made in collecting delin-
quent school and borough taxes in Dallas Borough
were made to members of the Dallas Borough
Taxpayers Association at a largely attended meeting
in the high school.
Breaking up a ring of petty stealing that had been
going on in the borough for some time, Chief Leonard
0’Kane arrested Frank Klug, Jacob Apolski and
Harold Ferdessi on warrants issued by automobile
owners who had autometers, hub caps, auto robes and
radiator caps stolen from their automobiles during the
past few weeks.
Lee Tracy of Shavertown was scheduled to start
work under a profit-sharing contract he had signed
with Universal Producing Co.
With about 35 percent of the work done, 40 men were
still employed 24 hours a week on the C.W.A. project
of improving Davenport Street.
Deaths - Mrs. George K. Mosser, Trexlertown, wife
of the owner and chief executive of the J.K. Mosser
Tanning Company at Noxen.
You could get - Acme coffee, 1 1b. tin, 23c; tuna fish,
2 cans, 25¢; red salmon, tall can, 17c; flour, 12 lb. bag,
49c; eggs, 23c doz.; team 1 Ib. tin, 57c.
40 YEARS AGO - FEBRUARY 25, 1944
Lt. Evan J. Brace, 23-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
David Brace of Huntsville Road, was killed instantly
swamps.
Red Cross workers in Area 8, comprising the Back
Mountain Region, had a 50 percent higher goal to aim
at with their quota set at $4,065 as compared with
$2,500 for the previous year.
Alfred Hoyt, son of Mrs. Daisy Hoyt, of Kunkle, was
serving with distinction as a gunner’s mate on the
U.S.S. Delta, a rugged fleet repair ship converted
from a merchantman by Cramps’ Shipyard in Phila-
delphia.
Deaths - Howard Monroe, Newark, N.J., son of the
late Rev. Charles Monroe of Noxen; Mrs. Amanda
Herdman, Kunkle.
Married - Laura Jean Adler, Shavertown, to Pfc.
Walter Davies, Forty Fort; Irma Baker, Trucksville,
to Clifford Roe, Newark, N.J.
You could get - Broccoli, 1g. bunch 15¢; cabbage, 5¢
Ib.; spaghetti sauce, 8 oz. bottle, 10c; peanut butter, 1
Ib. 19¢; apple butter 28 oz. jar, 16¢; grapefruit juice, 46
oz. can, 27¢; Camay toilet soap, 3 cakes, 20c.
30 YEARS AGO - FEBRUARY 26, 1954
An audience of 170 people interested in furthrance of
education for children in the Back Mountain area
gathered at Westmoreland in response to an invitation
by the Dallas Borough-Kingston Township PTA organi-
zations.
It was a rare occasion when 50 youngsters were held
spellbound by a speaker. Shavertown Girl Scouts of
Troops 75, 66 and Brownie Troop 105 gathered in
Shavertown to meet eight young ladies from faraway
lands.
Beaver trapping in the Back Mountain area was
seven trapped in Lake Louise by Raymond Goeringer
and Trapper Dan.
Married - Alice G. Traver, Noxen, to LaMar J.
Stonemetz, Horseheads, N.Y.; Mary H. Kresge,
Tampa, Fla. to A-2C Robert G. Fitser, of Kunkle;
Barbara May, Dallas, to Donald Egliskis, Tunkhan-
nock; Alice Louise Clark, Beaumont, to Theodore
Stone, Mehoopany.
You could get - Lettuce, 1g. hd., 9c; steaks, 69c 1b.;
ducklings, 59c lb.; rib roast, 59¢ lb.; fyers, 45¢ Ib.;
carrots, 2 pkgs., 15¢; tomato catsup, bottle, 19c.
20 YEARS AGO - FEBRUARY 27, 1964
Persistent reports that the Town House Restaurant,
Lake Street, Dallas, was to be sold were confirmed by
Mrs. John Townsend.
Lester Hauck, Kingston Township supervisors, ten-
dered his resignation to Board Chairman LaRoy
Ziegler, citing ‘‘circumstances beyond my control” as
the reason for his resignation.
Heavy snow halted progress for a while, but crews
resumed work on the dam site by Carverton mill in
preparation for construction of Frances Slocum State
Park.
Deaths - John N. Frederick, Dallas; Walter Gensel,
Shickshinny Valley; Crawford M. Henry, Shickshinny;
Benjamin H. Honeywell, Lake Silkworth.
Married - Claudia Laux, Dallas, to David G.
Stevens, Lancaster; Paulette Loomis, Harveys Lake,
to John F. Sturgis, Newtown Square, Pa.
You could get - Bacon, 2 1b. pkg., 89c; sausage, 2 1b.
roll, 65¢; apple pie, 39c¢; applesauce, 15 oz. jar 16c;
Spic & Span, 1 1b. pkg., 27c; Tide detergent, 1 1b. pkg.,
32¢.
10 YEARS AGO - FEBRUARY 21, 1974
For the second time in as many months, Lake-
Lehman School Board members expressed indignation
and dismay when informed of a penalty imposed by
the Pennsylvania Gas & Water Co. for gas usage at
the high school during the month of January.
Two new restaurants were scheduled to open within
a few months in the Back Mountain area as the Mark
II Restaurant was nearing completeion and Perkins’
Pancake and Steak House was under construction on
Route 309 across from the Dallas Village Shopping
Center.
Deaths - Margaret Stack, Dallas; Gladys Martz,
Shavertown; Monroe Shultz, Fernbrook; Marguerite
Johnson, Trucksville; Edward Dendler, Noxen.
You could get - Round roast, $1.68 1b.; sliced bacon,
1 1b. pkg., 73¢; Coca-Cola, 8 pack, 16 oz. bottles, 69c;
tea bags, 48 count pkg., 39c; Heinz ketchup, 26 oz.
bottle, 49¢; French fries, 2 9-0z. pkgs., 29c.
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Library
update
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The Back Mountain Memorial
Classified Ad
Library had a total circulation of
82,863 books and. magazines in 1983.
Adult books totaled 49,622 and juve-
nile books were 33,241. Reference
questions and workers totaled 10,499
and 2,850 book club books were
checked out. New borrowers re-
Paid in Advance
registered. Estimated active bor-
rowers to date total 10,305, and
SUBSCRIPTION RATES volunteers donated 1,612 hours
' during the year. There were 437
25¢ on newsstand. ..... .$12.peryearinPa, 1. ii. "mde by iteribrary
$14. out of state loan and 3,369 books added to the
inventory, making a total book
stock of 51,923.
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My Enemy’ by Jean Plaidy is the
first book in the author’s exciting
new Queens of England series. It is
the story of a tragic queen told as
though by herself, during what is
period of English history.
It’s tax time!
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Between now and April 15,
income tax is first and foremost in most of our minds.
In an effort to make income tax forms a little easier
for our readers, The Dallas Post is publishing tax tips
each week for five weeks. This week, the fifth and
final week of the series, the tips are entitled, ‘Some
advice for retired taxpayers.” The tips are furnished
, by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public
~ Accountants, Philadelphia.)
Retirement is a time to reap the harvest of one’s
life, a time to collect on the dues paid for decades.
Having income from a pension, Social Security and
maybe a small nest egg makes it possible to enjoy this
time of life.
For many retirees, it’s not that easy. Retirement
can be a time of personal struggle that demands a
financial balancing act. Whether your retirement is a
bountiful harvest or a high-wire feat, it’s important
that you get all you're entitled to at tax time, says
William L. Smith, Jr., CPA, President, Northeastern
Chapter, Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
As the tax deadline nears, be sure you know how
much money you can earn before you file a return,
how much you may earn before you must file a return,
how much you may earn before losing some of your
Social Security benefits, if you're eligible for a tax
credit to the elderly and where to go for help with
filling out your tax return.
If you are 65 or older, you can claim extra
exemptions: one as a taxpayer plus another exemption
for your age. If your spouse is also 65 or older and you
file a joint return, you claim four exemptions. This
means that individuals do not have to file an income
tax return unless income is $4,300 or more. That’s
$2,000 in exemptions plus $2,300 for the standard
deduction, or zero bracket amount as it is now known.
If you are married and file a joint return, you do not
‘have to file unless your combined gross income is
If you receive Social Security benefits, you can earn
some extra income without losing any benefits. If you
are over 65 but under 70, you can earn up to $6,600
without losing any benefits. For each $2 you earn
above $6,600, you will lose $1 of your benefits. If you
are 70 or older, you can earn any amount withou
losing any benefits.
Retirees receiving Social Security benefits should
also be aware of a change in the tax law that could
render some benefits to taxable next year.
To determine if your 1984 benefits will be taxed, add
up your adjusted gross income, half of your annual
Social Security benefits and any interest you receive
from tax-exempt bonds. For individuals, if the total of
those three numbers is greater than $25,000, you will
pay tax on half of your benefits or half of the excess
above $25,000, whichever is less. For married couples
filing jointly, if the sum of those three numbers is
greater than $32,000, they will be taxed in the same
manner.
Anyone 65 or older should know about the tax credit
for the elderly. It can cut as much as $375 from a
single taxpayer’s bill, and $562.50 from the tax bill of a
couple filing jointly. The credit is mainly for thsoe who
do not receive Social Security benefits so the income
limitations are tight. Still, more than 200,000 people
received credit in 1981.
To qualify for the credit you must receive less than
$208 a month in Social Security benefits if you are
single. If you ape married and both you and your
spouse are over 65, you can receive no more than $312
a month in Social Security benefits. In addition, single
people applying for the credit must have an adjusted
gross income below $12,500. To qualify, a married
couple must have an adjusted gross income below
$17,500.
With proper financial planning and tax saving
opportunities retirement can be an enjoyable time of
more than $7,400.
life.
Following are some news items
that occurred on Capitol Hill during
the past week:
in both business and personal taxes
highlighted Gov. Dick Thornburgh’s
1984-85 budget proposal unveiled
before a joint session of the General
Assembly this week. Although the
fotal budget figure was a record
$15.5 billion, Thornburgh recom-
mended a 9.5 percent reduction in
corporate income taxes. He also
supported the scheduled decrease in
the personal income tax rate from
2.45 percent to 2.35 percent. Reac-
tion to the proposal was generally
favorable, even among Democrats.
“It’s good news for the taxpayers,”
House Minority Whip Sameul E.
Hayes Jr. (R-Blair), commented. “I
think the governor is setting the
right terms for the upcoming fiscal
year.” :
THE CONTINUED recovery of
Pennsylvania’s economy played an
important role in the development
of Gov. Thornburgh’s budget pro-
posal. Although the governor recom-
mended tax cuts and no tax
increases in his spending plan, he
forecasts a 5.7 percent rise in tax
revenue due mainly to a projected
drop in the rate of unemployment,
and rises in personal income, corpo-
rate profits and consumer spending.
“I think what was presented to
us..was a document we can work
with,”” said House Republican
Leader Matthew Ryan.
THE ABOLISHMENT of Pennsyl-
vania’s no-fault auto insurance
system seemed a virtual certainty
after the House passed legislation to
satisfy Gov. Thornburgh’s concerns
that the new insurance law would
allow motorists to carry inadequate
medical coverage. The ‘‘companion
legislation’’ changes specific sec-
tions of the insurance revision bill
awaiting the governor’s signature
since late January. Simply, the
companion bill upgrades the mini-
mum medical coverage motorists .
must carry from $5,000 to $10,000
and mandates purchase of a $5,000
work loss benefit in most cases. The
new insurance system would also
permit unrestricted lawsuits by
unlike no-fault,
which allows damage suits only
after medical bills exceed $750. The
bill affects only medical coverage.
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
A new institution has found a
home in Northeastern Pennsyl-
opment Trust, formed in 1980 by the
Economic Development Council of
Northeastern Pennsylvania
capable of receiving funds which
firms.
out certain community development
purposes which can benefit North-
eastern Pennsylvania in the region’s
growing attempts to improve its
economic posture. Slow to evolve in
its early and formative years, the
project to establish a regional
center .in the central part of North-
eastern Pennsylvania. The Trust
has acquired property on Oak
Street, off of Route 315 in Pittston
Township to serve as the headquar-
ters for EDCNP and to encourage
the location of regional multi-county
organizations who serve Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania in various capaci-
ties.
This first major project is com-
patible with the Trust’s major goals
which are as follows: to combat
community blight and deterioration
and juvenile delinquency, to furnish
assistance and cooperation to local
governmental authorities in projects
and undertakings for the elimina-
tion and prevention of urban and
neighborhood blight and deteriora-
tion, thus lessoning the burdens of
government; to promote and
encourage participation in commu-
nity ‘development and beautifica-
tion, maintenance and improvement
of public lands, monuments or
works; and to generally enhance the
quality of social and cultural life of
the community.
One of the first projects the
Pocono Northeast Development
Trust undertook was to financially
support the project to frame and"
exhibit the photgraphas taken by
Mark Cohen, nationally known
Wilkes-Barre photographer, as part
of a project to create a photo essay
of Northeastern Pennsylvania. This -
was accomplished during the 300th
anniversary celebration of the Com-
monwealth of Pennsylvania. The
photographs have been on traveling
exhibit throughout Northeastern
Pennsylvania, and the photo essay
was published in a report form to
serve as another tool for encourag-
ing Area Awareness and Action in
the Pocono Northeast. These and
other projects are promoted by a
Board of Community leaders.
The Board of Trustees of the
Pocono Northeast Development
Trust includes the following individ-
uals who have volunteered their
services for the betterment of the
region: Ernest D. Preate, Sr.,
Chairman; Thomas Shelburne, Roy
E. Morgan, Sanburn Sutherland,
Irwin Alperin, Lawrence Hamilton,
representing First Eastern Bank,
the Corporate Trustee.
With the establishment of a
regional center to be renovated and
expanded to 6700 square feet, the
Pocono Northeast Development
Trust is making a significant contri-
bution to the development of North-
‘eastern Pennsylvania. The Trust is
examining other projects which
may be of importance to the region
and is actively conducting a capital
Individuals and organizations who -
may wish to learn more about the
Development Trust and to partici-
pate in the regional center Capital
Campaign should write the Pocono
Northeast Development Trust, c-o
Box 777, Avoca, PA 18641.
(Howard J. Grossman is the
Executive Director of the Economic
Development Council of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania.)
LETTERS
DEAR EDITOR:
As we sit here tonight trying to
think how. we could begin to thank
everyone, we feel so lost for words.
When Little Bill Phillips coined the
phrase, ‘The Valley With a Heart”
he certainly knew exactly what he
was talking about, for this is truly
“A Valley With ‘A Heart.”
We'll never forget our deep feel-
ing or despair our first four days
after being notified of our son’s
accident. We experienced ail the
emotions of aggravation, fear, hurt,
infuriation.
We shed so many tears and felt so
helpless. On the fifth day, we were
made aware of the greatest emotion
of all - that of love and compassion
of our Valley. Through all our grief,
our plight seemed somehow easier
to bear. The donations, the prayers,
the concern, the words of encour-
agement helped ease the heartache
we felt so alone with,
In years past, when I'd see a plea
for help or a can for a donation - as
I'd drop some coins in, I'd say a
silent prayer for that person and
think of our children - so healthy -
and I'd thank God. I never thought
into a place of business and mv
son’s picture was on the can. I now
realize our tomorrows aren’t ours to
plan.
God for our son’s recovery and we
ask God to shower His love on each
and every person who touched our
hearts and our lives during this
ordeal. Without all the wonder
words of. encouragement and the
enormous support we received we
may have pulled through this, but
we've learned.
On behalf of our entire family
we’d like to thank each and every-
one from the bottom of our hearts.
We love you all!
MR. AND MRS. JOHN
CHARNEY & FAMILY
RD 3, Box 136B
DALLAS, PA. 18612
DEAR EDITOR:
On behalf of the Committee for
Economic Growth (CEG), please
accept my thanks for your news
coverage and public service
announcements concerning our two
Community Growth Conferences.
Your interest and support are
greatly appreciated. :
HELENANNE M. BENDIK
DIRECTOR
ESTELLA J. PARKER
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
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