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50 YEARS AGO — APRIL 6, 1934
With the opening of several new
business establishments, a number
of property sales and a complete
transformation of the business dis-
trict through excavation work and
demolition of the old hotel building
on the former Raub Hotel property,
Dallas looked forward to Spring
with great enthusiasm than had
been evidenced in many years.
Dallas Borough basketball team
in the Rural League met Lehman in
the borough high school gymnasium
for the second game in the series of
three to decide the league champi-
onship.
Eugene Lazarus was sworn in as
School District at a meeting.
Charles Dressel, of Shavertown,
who had filed petitions for the
Republican nomination for State
Representative form the Sixth Leg-
islative District, withdrew, leaving
Willard G. Shortz, incumbent, with
three opponents in the May premar-
ies.
Deaths — Fred Wilkens, Meeker.
You could get — pears, 2 pounds,
20c; butter, 2 pounds, 59¢; evapo-
rated milk, 3 tall cans, 7¢; corned
beef, 2 cans, 25¢; Clorox, 15¢ bottle.
40 YEARS AGO — APRIL 7, 1944
The Dallas Post took pride in
announcing that its former editor,
Lieut. Warren F. Hicks, a fighter
pilot on the India-Chin a-Burma
front, had been awarded the Air
Medal and Distinguished Flying
Cross.
Pfc. Clifford Nulton, a Dallas
Township residents, was probably
when an American transport was
such in European waters with heavy
loss of life, according to a War
Department message received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Nulton, Of Kunkle.
Next to the contest for Represent-
ative in the General Assembly
which was being waged by Harold
Flack of Dallas and Roy Parry of
Luzerne, the greatest interest in the
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coming primary centers in the
men, in all Back Mountain districts.
Deaths — Ira Sorber, Alderson;
Robert Lee Leonard; Trucksville
Anniversaries — Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wright, Idetown.
You could get — stuffed olives,
43, oz. jar, 3lc; mayonnaise, pint,
33c; soup mix, 3 packages, 27c;
peanut butter, 1 pound jar, 29c;
Oxydol, large 23c¢; Crisco, 3 pounds,
69c.
30 YEARS AGO — APRIL 2, 1954
One hundred and fifty persons
voted overwhelmingly in favor of
Union School Distriet over. further
jointures at the conclusion of the
town meeting held at the Dallas
Township school.
Back Mountain school districts
showed slight fluctuations in reim-
bursement fractions for 1954-55,
with Dallas Borough, Franklin Ross
and Lehman Townships’ fractions
raised; Dallas Township, Jackson
and Lake Townships lowered.
A shipment of 6,300 brook and
rainbow trout from the State Fish
Commission completed the seasonal
stocking at Harveys Lake with
legal-size fish, bringing the total to
over 20,000 for the four allotments.
The “Lights On” campaign used
so successfully in the fight against
polio was used in the Back Moun-
tain to raise the larger part of the
$2,500 local goal in the cancer cru-
sade which started April 2.
Deaths — Charles J. Glasser,
former resident of Dallas; Mrs.
Sheldon Bennett, Trucksville.
You could get — peaches, 4 No.
2 cans, $1; tomato soup, 12 1034
oz. cans, $1; donuts, package of 12,
19¢; bread, 2 loaves, 27c; lettuce, 2
large heads, 29c; oranges, dozen,
29¢;
20 YEARS AGO — APRIL 9, 1964
The Back Mountain Protective
Association, according to Dr. F.
Budd Schooley, was solidly ‘behind
the move to form a merged school
district of the five component parts
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of the present Lake-Lehman Join-
ture. ;
Underground sewage, washed up
by clogged drains and recent rains,
was depriving Shavetown Grade
School youngsters of use of the
baseball field adjoining the building.
State police investigation of the
Carverton dynamiting was at about
the same position it was when the
office was consulted by The Dallas
At a meeting of Lake Township
Supervisors, a letter from Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania was read,
stating that permit had been
granted to Pennsylvania Gas and
Water Company to excavate and
install a gas line through the Sunset
area.
Deaths — William P. Osborn, a
native of Noxen; Charles P. Mas-
ters, Fairmount Twonship; Mark L.
Croop, Lake Silkworth; Mrs. Jessie
Thomas, Noxen:
You could get — french fries, 2
pound package, 25c; shortcake, 10
ounce package, 39c; evaporated
milk, 6 cans, 79¢; blackberry pie,
49c; English muffins, package of
six, 21c.
10 YEARS AGO — APRIL 4, 1974
The United States Weather
Bureau reported a total of 12.3
inches of wet snow fell on the Back
Mountain area last weekend. The
heavy snow accumulated on power
and telephone lines knocking out
service in several areas and causing
miserable driving conditions on the
area’s roads.
Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co.
and filed for water rate increases
for four small subsidiary companies
in the Trucksville, Shavertown and
Dallas plorough area.
The two dozen residents who
attended the April meeting of the
Jackson Township Supervisors were
shocked to learn that a large per-
centage of the “earned income tax”
collected by H. A. Berkheimer Asso-
ciates from Jackson residents was
being misdirected to other munici-
palities.
Back Mountain trout fishermen
had just a little over a week to dig
worms, catch minnows, patch
waders and do all the little things
that make trout fishing an enjoyable
and productive sport.
Deaths — Nora Pollock Roushey,
Shavertown; George E. Malick,
Dallas; Frieda Young, Shavertown;
Johnson Corey Miers Sr., Shaver-
town. ;
You could get — coffee, 3 pound
bag, $2.59; fruit drinks, 1» gal. jug,
chuck roast, pound, $1.18;
young turkeys, pound, 68c; skinless
franks, pound package, 78c; liver-
wurst, pound, 78c.
Coslett urges
Rep. Frank Coslett has urged
quick Senate action on House-
passed legislation to reform the way
Public Utility Comission members
are appointed.
“Recent actions by the PUC make
it evident that this so-called regula-
tory body has lost its ability to
respond to the needs of the public it
is supposed to be serving,” Coslett
said.
The Luzerne County lawmaker
said he was ‘‘astonished that the
PUC voted against a rate reduction
request for Pennsylvania Gas and
Water Company customers who had
been getting their water from the
giaridia-contaminated - Springbeok
reservoir. : :
Grossman reports
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
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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.
EDUCATING PENNSYLVANIA’S
senior citizens on the possible dan-
gers of prescription drugs is the
intent of a bill introduced this week
in the House. Rep. George E. Saur-
man (R-Montgomery) said the mas-
sive education program would be
funded with state lottery funds and
would be implemented along with
the state’s new prescription subsidy
program which starts in July.
“Senior citizens addicted to drugs
are just as much in need of help as
are the nation’s young people,”
Saurman said. The legislation would
ing prescription assistance be
informed of the possible dangers of
drugs, of mixing medications and of
drug overdoses. Under the co-pay
prescription program, an estimated
700,000 elderly will quality to partic-
ipate.
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PROSECUTING MOTORISTS
who illegally pass school buses will
be easier in the future if a bill
passed by the House this week
becomes law. Sponsored by Rep.
Richard A. Geist (R-Altoona), the
legislation changes the school bus
passing law to allow citations to be
issued based on the license number
of the vehicle without a positive
identification of the driver. The
vehicle owner will then be required
to identify the driver or pay the
penalty. Current law requires posi-
tive identification of the driver.
Drivers convicted of the offense will
be subject to a $100 fine and 60-day
license suspension. The convicted
driver will also receive five points
on his driving record. The bill was
Sons to the governor for his signa-
ure.
RECLAIMING THOUSANDS of
acres of land eroded by strip mining
is the goal of a measure introduced
in the House by a legislative conser-
vation committee. The Joint Legis-
lative Air and Water Pollution Con-
trol and Conservation Committee
developed the legislation which
would encourage coal operators to
return and re-mine abandoned coal-
fields. It’s estimated that Pennsyl-
250,000 acres of unreclaimed strip-.
mined land. Co-sponsored by Rep.
Roger A. Madigan (R-Bradford), a
committee member, the bill
addresses concerns of coal opera-
tors and attempts to persuade them
to return to the fields. ‘‘Re-mining
this acreage would not only result in
the recovery of up to 300 million
tons of coal, it would also leave that
land reclaimed at no public cost,”
National Library Week 1984 is
scheduled for April 8 through the
14th. The Pennsylvania State
Library has established an advisory
committee to work with the Ameri-
can Library Association’s theme of
“Knowledge is Real Power”.
National Library Week is part of
an annual and continuing nation-
wide effort on behalf of libraries. It
is intended to make the public more
aware of the value of libraries and
reading in our society, to strengthen
support for all kinds of libraries,
and to encourage the use of
libraries.
Ignorance is not bliss! For 1984,
we should evoke George Orwell's
1984” and take a stand against
propaganda by reminding people
that libraries encourage the spread
of factual information, and that
ignorance invites thought control.
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library is sponsoring a poster con-
test in conjunction with the county
libraries. Flyers with rules and
regulations have been sent to the
schools and there are additional
rules at the library. The contest
deadline is Friday, April 6. The
subject of the poster contest is, “It’s
a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Super
Library!””, and should emphasize
‘what makes your library super’.
McDonald’s Family restaurants
will give certificates for free french
fries from McDonald’s to each child
entering the contest. The certifi-
cates will feature the Natonal
Library Symbol. Marilyn Rudolph,
children’s librarian, will have books
and animals and things to carry out
the theme, in an exciting window
display at Besecker’s Realty in the
center of Dallas. The theme pro-
vides libraries with the opportunity
to say, “Yes, knowledge is real
power in an information age and
libraries can make knowledge
accessible to all.” This is why we
are telling everyone to look past the
powerful exterior to discover the
source of an individual’s real power.
For National Librarv Week and all
DEAR EDITOR:
The purpose of this letter is to
express my great disappointment in
the action taken by the Dallas
School Board with respect to Ron
Rybak, head football coach.
Two of my sons had the privilege
of participating in the Dallas foot-
ball program and benefitting from
Coach Rybak’s leadership - one
while Ron served as assistant
coach, and one during his tenure as
head coach. Ron Rybak is, in my
opinion, as fine a man as there is in
local high school athletics. He has
demonstrated a genuine interest in
his players and their growth and
maturity. Further, he has been very
supportive of his players in his
continuing contacts with college
coaches as many will testify.
The Dallas football program has
recorded winning records through-
out the past three years. Participa-
tion in the sport at the school
increased dramatically when Rybak
was named head coach several
years ago; and, participation has
continued high even though an addi-
tional fall sport - soccer - was added
What we appear to have in this
regrettable situation is a highly
questionable and, in my opinion,
inappropriate school board reaction
to a loud clamor by a very small
minority of mal-contents. It is a
pity, even shameful, that a good
man and a good coach must stand
in a spotlight focused by a small
number of parents who seem incap-
able of accepting a coach’s experi-
enced and objective evaluation of
their youngster’s football talents. It
is a greater shame, however, that
ment to be swayed by such non-
sense.
I believe the school board should
concentrate its efforts on policy
making; such matters are very
time-consuming and demanding.
The school’s professional staff
those policies and be both responsi-
ble and accountable for operating
decisions.
I have grave reservations con-
the time, discover your library!
New books at the library: “Photo
School” by Michael Freeman is the
complete course to help you
improve your photography. It
includes step-by-step lessons with
over 100 practical projects. It
teaches photography as an instruc-
tor would: by giving’ assignments
that demonstrate the theory and
unique photographic manual.
“Night SKy”’ by Clare Francis is
irresistibly readable and introduces
a superb new storyteller to the
world of fiction. It is set in the years
when people everywhere found their
lives turned upside down. The novel
combines the historical drama of a
Europe in chaos with the personal
triumphs and tragedies of people.
You can learn a foreign language
and you don’t have to go to school to
do it! Borrow foreign language
records and books from your
library, and begin to study yourself!
results. My son was among those
interviewed and he voiced strong
support of Coach Rybak. Further,
the vast majority of other players
with whom he spoke following the
‘“interviewing’’ sessions appeared to
echo his sentiments in support of
Coach Rybak. The many plyers who
recent school board meeting
seemed, likewise, to represent a
vast support majority favoring
Coach Rybak. Maybe Mrs. Mead
should review her notes and recheck
her tally?
I urge the Dallas School Baord to
reconsider its postion in this matter
and to unanimously support a deci-
sion to approve the reappointment
of Ron Rybak to the position of head
coach of the Dallas High School
football team. I encourage all sup-
porters of the Dallas football pro-
gram to attend the next school
board meeting. The school board
has heard from the loud minority -
it is time, now, that it hear from the
supportive majority.
CLARKE D. BITTNER
PARENT