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50 Years Ago - March 30, 1934
Announcement by John E.
Morgan of Tunkhannock that he
would resign as Superintendent of
Schools in Wyoming County was the
signal for the opening of a spirited
contest among school heads who
would seek appointments to the
position.
The vacancy on Dallas Borough
School Board resulting from the
resignation of James Besecker was
filled at the borough’s meeting by
the election of Eugene R. Lazarus
of Machell Ave., Dallas.
Elimimation of Orange and Noxen
from the four-way contest for the
championship of the Rural
Basketball League left Dallas and
You could get--Mayonnaise, pint
jar, 15¢; bread, 20 oz. loaf, 10c;
‘coconut bars, Tic 1b. ; stuffed olives,
11-0z. bottle, 21c; red cherries, 2-6
oz. bottles, 29c.
40 Years Ago - March 31, 1944
Thousands of bushels of Back
Mountain potatoes were finding
their way to industrial alcohol
plants where they were distilled to
aid in the manufacture of synthetic
rubber and other products vital to
winning the war.
Harold Sommers “Duffy’’ Hislop,
six-week-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hislop, Jr., of Franklin
Street, was reported to be doing
fine.
The Red Cross Drive held during
the month of March in the Back
Mountain region had exceeded the
quota of $4,085 by $904, totaling
returns at $4,989.
A $430,000 fire swept through the
Root Transfer Warehouse on West
Wyoming and
completely gutted the building,
destroying furniture stored there
were in the service or who were
working in defense centers.
Deaths--George M. Traver,
Beaumont; Mrs. G.A. Baur, Dallas.
You could get--Oranges, 33c doz.;
pkg. tomatoes, 29¢; bacon, 8 oz.
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25¢ 1b. ; liver, 31c 1b.
30 Years Ago - April 2, 1954
One hundred and fifty persons
voted overwhelmingly in favor of
Union School Districts over further
jointures at the conclusion of the
town meeting held at the Dallas
Township School.
Dallas-Shavertown Water
Company's new 390 foot well on
Ferguson Avenue was waiting only
for an official state permit to start
supplying water to Druid Hills and
portions of Shavertown.
Back Mountain school districts
showed slight fluctuations in
reimbursement fractions for 1954
and 1955, with Dallas Borough
Franklin, Ross and Lehman
Township's fractions raised "and
Dallas Township, Jackson and
Lake Township’s lowered.
Deaths--Mrs. Sheldon Bennett,
Trucksville; Louise Antoinette
Booth, formerly of Trucksville;
Bruce Miller, Idetown.
You could get--Kidney beans, 12
16-0z. cans, $1; tomato soup, 3 cans
29c; donuts, pkg. of 12, 19c;
potatoes, 10 1bs., 45¢; lettuce, 2 Ig.
heads, 29c; oranges, 29¢ doz.
20 Years Ago - April 2, 1964
The end of an era was symbolized
when Harry H. Ritts, Jr., Church
Street, in his 35th year with the
Lehigh Valley Railroad, was
granted permission to take the sign
from the officially-closed station.
David Cochran, a resident of
Smith’s Pond area, Lehman
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital after
suffering severe face injuries from
a dynamite cap explosion at a mine
stripping in Plymouth Township.
Fire completely destroyed an
unoccupied 55-foot house trailer at
0’Connell’s Twin Lakes while
firemem from Idetown and Harveys
Lake fought to keep the blaze from
spreading through surrounding
fields.
“The Starfires,”” a Back Moun-
tain rock 'n roll band, make their
To
first 45 rpm recording at a major
New York Studio.
Deaths--Mrs. Calla
Beaumont; Clark
Hildebrant, Dallas.
Married--Jeannine Ann Kocher,
Noxen to Albert Backowski, Tunk-
hannock.
You could get-Steaks 69c Ib.;
lettuce, 2 1g. heads, 29c; carrots, 2
pkgs., 13c¢c; mushrooms, 45c¢ lb.;
alka Seltzer, bottle of 25, 38c.
10 Years Ago - March 28, 1974
The Pennsylvania Gas and Water
Co. presented several plans for
solving its water probkems to
Kingston Township residents, but
plans the firm claim would provide
the cheapest and most extensive
service would involve setting up a
water authority - a prospect most
resident of the area found hard to
swallow.
Residents of the Back Moimtain
were dusting off their bikes getting
them ready for a few practice runs
before entering thre “Ride A Bike
for the Retarded’ bike-a-thon
scheduled for April 21.
A rash of burglaries continued to
Pariish,
Smith
restaurants and a school the main
targets.
Deaths--Lena V. Misson, Dallas;
Valley; Frances E. Clark, Harveys
Lake.
You could get-Ground beef, 88c
Ib.; turkeys,59c lb.; ice cream, half
gal, 58c; white bread, 3 loaves,
89c; cake mixes, pkg. 38c;
grapefruit juice, 46 oz. can, 39c.
LIBRARY NEWS
BY NANCY KOZEMCHAK
I The Back Mountain Memorial
Library would like to wish a happy
.80th bir thday to Dr. Seuss. Anyone
who is in any way connected with
children has probably heard of Dr.
Seuss. He really is Theodor Seuss
Geisel, a tall, shy, amiable gen
fleman with a neatly trimmed
white beard, who lives with his wife
Audrey and a tankful of tropical
fish on a mountaintop overlooking
La Jolla, Calif. He has no children
of his own, but through books like
The cat in the hat, Howw the Grinch
ham, Horton hears a who, Hop on
Pop, and If I ran the zool”, just to
name six, he has become a beloved
father figure to millions. He is
celebrating his birthday by
publishing a new book, his 49th or
50th, titled, ‘‘The Butter Battle
Book”, about an escalating arms
race between the Yooks, who eat
their bread with the butter side up
and the Zooks, who prefer it butter
side down. Tiny creatures are just
as important as big ones, preser-
ving the - environment is
everybody’s job, patiience and
perserverance are virtues worth
cherishing--these are some of the
lessons discreetly taught by Dr.
Seuss. He explains, children are a
tough audience. A kid can tell if
you're faking immediately and if
you lose him for one page, that’s it.
Dr. Seuss and his books have been
numberone on the children’s cir-
culation list in our ‘children’s annex
for many years.
National Library Week 1984 is
scheduled for Apri 18 to 14 and the
Pennsylvania State Library has
established an advisory committee
to work with the American Library
Association’s theme of Hnoviedge
is Real Power’. :
April 15 is just aroumd the corner.
Before you file your return,
acquaint yourself with the tax code
provisions and IRS services
designed specifically to aid older
and retired Americans. They could
help save you money!
Perhaps one of the most costly
items in an older American’s
budget is medical care. Those who
itemize their returns can claim a
medical expense deduction equal to
the amount spent on qualifying
Medicare care, minus five percent
of their adjusted annual income.
Lab fees, X-rays, prescription
drugs and medical examinations
are included in qualifying expenses
- and there are many more. NOTE
that the separate deduction for half
of health insurance premiums up to
$150 has been eliminated for 1983
returns.
If you itemize, you may add any
on-taxable income like = Social
Security, veterans and railroad
retirement benefits to your ad
justed gross income when
akeullating the sales tax deduction.
You are allowed a $1,000
deduction for each exemption you
claim and an additional $1,000
exemptinif you are aged 65 or older
by January 1, 1984. If your spouse is
aged 65 or over, he or she also is
‘allowed an additional $1,000’
exemption.
For those aged 65 or older, or
retired under a public retirement
program, the IRS offers a tax credit
to reduce the amount of tax you
owe. This credit can save you as
much as $562.50 if you are married
and file jointly. For more in-
formation, consult the instructions
for Schedule R&RP.
In order to encourage charitable
contributions, Congress amended
the tax code to allow non-itemizers
a deduction for such gifts. In 1983,
you may deduct 25 percent of the
first $100 contributions ($50 for a
married person filing a separate
return).
The Internal Revenue Service
also offers special services to assist
you in filing your return correctly.
These include a 24-hour ‘‘Tele-Tax’’
telephone information service,
providing tax information tapes on
about 140 topics. A listing of
available tapes and instructions for
using ‘‘Tele-Tax’’ are near the end
of Forms 1040, 1040A and 1040EZ
instructions.
The IRS prepares many free
publications that can help answer
your tax questions as well. Of
pecial intterest to seniors are
publications humber 554, ‘Tax
Benefits for Older Americans,” and
524, “Credit for the Elderly.’ Single
copies of these and other
publications are available Si
the mail, using the order form in
your tax package.
And finally, through its tax
counseling for the elderly (TCE)
and volunteer income tax
assistance (VITA) programs, IRS-
trained volunteers assist in-
dividuals aged 60 and over with
their tax returns at many neigh-
borhood locations. Check with your
local IRS office for details about a
program convenient to you.
Keeping up with new tax
provisions and filling out tax forms
can be a very complicated and
somewhat confusing process. To
help older Americans claim every
legitimate income tax deduction,
the U.S. Senate Special Committee
on Aging has prepared an in-
formation paper entitled,
“Protecting Older Americans
Against Overpayment of Income
Taxes.” For your free copy, plese
send a card with your name and
address clearly printed to: U.S.
Sénate Special Committee on
Aging, Room G-33, Senate Dirkson
Building, Washington, D.C. 20510.
April is National Pets Are
Wonderful (PAW) Month and the
“purrfect”’ time to adopt a playful
puppy or cuddly kitten from your
local humane society or animal
shelter.
Phousands of animal shelters;
veterinary hospitals, schools and
libraries across the country are
participating in this third annual
celebration to encourage the
adoption of homeless animals and
to further understanding of
responsible pet care in their
communities,
Pets ‘Are Wonderful Month. is
sponsored by the Pets Are Won-
derful (PAW) Council, a. national,
mot-for-profit, public ‘serviice
municating the many «joys: and
rewards of responsible dog and cat
ownership. Headlining PAW Month
this year is PAW National
Honorary Chairperson Betty White.
Humane societies and shelters
are not only fun and educational
places to take children and the
whole family on a regular basis, but
they are excellent and economical
sources of healthy, lovable puppies,
dogs, kittens and cats.
Select your pet, or a second pet, at
a shelter for a number of r easons:
A wide variety is almost always
available in every color, age, size,
temperament and activity level.
And, research shows that mixed
breed pets often are the healthiest
and friendliest pets of all!
All shelter pets have been
thoroughly checked by a
veterinarian and have been given
necessary inoculations and a
“clean bill of health.”
Many shelters have special
costs of spaying and neutering their
pets. An altered pet is ‘a healthier
and happier household companion!
Shelter ‘employees are always
available to give you free and
personalized advice on your new
pet and are concerned that both you
and your pet are happily matched.
In addition, some shelters provide
free or low-cost training classes for
dogs adopted from the shelter.
Shelter pets are economical - and
generally range from $10 to $50.
Month
Remember that shelters are non-
profit organizations. Your tax
deductible donations and funds
services to the public.
Shelters have numerous older
dogs and cats that shouldn’t be
overlooked, especially if you are
single, or if everyone in the
household works full-time or at-
tends school. Older pets are less
active and often are. already
housebroken - qualities preferred
by people-who lead hectic lives. For
such people, also, two pets are
always better than one, since they
can keep each other company while
‘the owner is away.
Fora freeb ooklet, “How to Select
Your Four-Footed Friend,’ and a
“Pets Are Wonderful’ button for
PAW Month, send a large, self-
addressed, stamped envelope to the
Pets Are Wonderful Council, 500
North Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois 60611.
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Here is a summary of important
+ events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
NEW CAR buyers will have a
measure of protection in the event
they purchase a defective vehicle
under a bill passed by the House
and sent to the governor this week.
The so-called ‘lemon-aid”’
legislation requires that
manufacturers give car owners
refunds or replacement vehicles of
equal value if they cannot
satisfactorily make repairs during
the first 12 months or 12,00 miles,
whichever comes first. The bill
allows car makers three attempts
at fixing a defect which ‘‘sub-
stantially impairs the use, value or
safety’ of the car.
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LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES
would have the power to increase
wage taxes on both residents and
non-residents, while lowering the
tax burden on busiensses and in-
dustry, under a controversial bill
passed by the Democratic-
controlled House Urban Affairs
Committee. The legislation allows
municipalities to abolish the
existing $10 occupational privilege
tax in order to impose a flat $50
municipal service tax or a one
quarter of one percemt earned in-
come tax. It would also permit
school districts to hike the wage tax
by one-half of one percent in return
for eliminating nuisance taxes. The
bill was sent to the full House by a
13-4 vote. Voting against it were
Republicans Jeffrey Piccola
(Dauphin), Frances Weston
(Philadelphia), Marvin Miller
(Lancaster) and Thomas Swift
(Crawford). Miller said the bill
would benefit special interest
groups at the expense of the wage
earner.
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PUBLIC ACCESS to records of
the state Judicial Inquiry and
under legislation introduced in the
House this week. Co-sponsored by
Reps ~~ Lois Hagarty (R-
a member of the
House Judiciary Committee, the
bill would also restructure the
inquiry board and give it the power
to discipline judges. The proposal
follows the board's decision last
year against discplining state
Supreme Court Justice Rolf ‘R.
Larsen, charged with politicking
and making racist remarks, and
the board’s vote to close the record
of the proceedings to the public. A
portion of the measure would
require a constitutional amend
mnt to ttake efffect.
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THE HOUSE unanimously
adopted a resolution urging Gov.
Dick Thornburgh to declare a state
of emergency in ares of the Com-
monwealth affected by an outbreak
of giardiasis - a water-borne in
testinal ailment. The parasite
carrying the disease has con
taminated the drinking-water J
supplies of some 300,000 people.
LETTERS
Dear Editor:
There is legislation pending in
Pennsylvania to exempt church-
related schools from responsibility
to comply with state laws or
regulations that were written to
assure the best possible education
for all children.
That move is now set to’ become
law in the form of House Bill 1293.
On the surface, HB 1293 appears
to strengthen the requirements of
private and parochial schools.
But there is one section of that
measure which its sponsors don’t
like to talk about in public.
the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania can’t evaluate the. private
and parochial schools for com-
pliance with state law until and
unless those schools consent to such
an audit.
That’s like saying any cor-
poration will be free to operate
above the law unless it consents to
monitoring by state agencies.
HB 1293 is clearly an attempt to
give private and religious schools
the opportunity to hire non- certified
teachers, adopt their own curricula
and-in general--operate as they see
fit with no regard to proven stan-
dards of quality required by the
School Code.
Parents of children in both public
and priwate schools, along with
other taxpayers, should contact
their representative to protest the
passage of such a hill.
Nancy M. Noonan
President
Pennsylvania State Educator
Association
Dear Editor:
Thought for the day.
Take my heart and let it be,
Open always Lord to thee.
Take my days to serve thee well,
Joy and happiness to tell.
Give me light that I may see,
God is truth to make me free.
To abide with me each day,
Give me strength that I may be,
Faithful always Lord to thee.
Give me love that I may see,
Peace of soul revealed to me. -
Guide me on the road of life,
Freedom from worry and strife.
Give me knowledge of thy word
Far and wide they voice is heard.
Give me love that I may share,
Love for others who need care.
Help me now my faults to know
Trhough they love and grace to
Erow.
Faith and trust in thee will be,
The kingdom of God to see,
Take my soul and let it be,
Dedicated Lord to thee.
F.BUDD SCHOOLEY, M.D.
DALLAS
P.S. This is the period of Lent. As
‘we approach Easter, I hope this
-original verse is appreciated.
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