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Vol. 95, No. 22
Lake
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
Last weekend’s Homecoming Festival at Harveys
Lake had more than one advantage to it. Not only did
it build up the lake’s moral, but it also was very
beneficial to some of the area businesses.
Businesses in such resort areas as the lake depend
on events like this one to bring in people. And that is
exactly what happened.
One of the most well-known businesses at the lake is
Joe’s Grotto Restaurant. Dan Tuck, spokesman for the
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Grotto, commented on how well he thought the
weekend would do.
“We expect to be very busy Saturday night and all
day Sunday,” he said. ‘‘Sunday is always a busy day
for us, but this weekend, because of the homecoming,
we expect an even larger boost in business.”
Of course, the owner of Joe’s Grotto understands
that in order to benefit from this type of event, one
must not only take from it, but give to it, also.
“Joe has really gotten involved with a lot of the
events,” said Tuck. ‘‘He’s involved in the boat show
they’re going to have at the Sunset Marina, and he
also donated two of the awards presented at the
Harveys Lake Run.”
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The Grotto isn’t the only business that supported the
events, however. According to Wayne Collinson, co-
owner of the Waterfront Inn, his business also
confributed a great deal to the festivities.
‘We had been looking forward to it (homecoming)
for some time now,” he said. “We tried to help by
having special entertainment during the weekend. We
also sponsored two of the cartoon characters from the
ski club, and worked closely with the ski parade they
had.
“We hope this will mean good business for the whole
lake in general,’”’ he added.
businessmen. :
“The homecoming festival has had no effect on our
other area businesses. The whole idea is good for the
community. It will bring people to the lake, and
hopefully, they’ll come back again sometime.”
According to Rubel, he and his family enjoyed the
weekend very much.
As he put it, “As far as our family is concerned, this
will be an annual event.”
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
mist as the sun began fo rise over
the sleepy community of Harveys
Lake this past Saturday. Why such
an anxious feeling on a usually
peaceful site, you might ask? It so
happened to be the opening day of
the Harveys Lake weekend-long
Homecoming Festival.
The event had one purpose in
mind, and that was to say thanks to
all area residents and out-of-town-
ers who make the lake the success
it is.
sand sculpture contest at Old Sandy
Bottom Beach, an art show, an
inner tube race, a Little Miss Har-
veys Lake pageant, an ox roast
dinner and ski show.
Glenn Bodish, spokesman for the
Homecoming Committee, claimed
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“All of the activities were excel-
lent,’ he said. ‘Hundreds and
hundreds of our friends showed up,
and that’s what makes this kind of
thing successful.”
One of the more interesting events
of the afternoon was the sand sculp-
ture contest. The contest was split
into different categories and age
levels. Anything could be found on
the beach — from a replica of E.T.
to a rattle snake with real diamonds
for eyes!
Another event which took place at
Old Sandy Bottom Beach was the
Little Miss Harveys Lake pageant.
end, Heather Whipple, of Harveys
Lake was crowned the winner.
One event that actually took a
couple of hours to complete was the
Harveys Lake Run which began and
finished at Hanson’s Amusement
Park.
Although the run was actually
sponsored by the Irish Heritage
Association, it was held in conjunc-
tion with the Homecoming Festival.
Hundreds of men- and women
entered the nine mile run.
It seemed everyone who visited
for the day had a marvelous time.
People didn’t go to just one event,
but tried to see them all.
William Migrsod, of Tunkhannock,
was one such person.
“We were just watching the
skiers,”” he said. “Now my family
and I are going to eat at the ox
roast dinner, and tonight we're
going to stay for the fireworks. This
whole weekend was a great idea.”
Debbie Holmes of Dallas com-
mented on the crowds. “I don’t
(See EVENTS, page 8)
Rain didn’t
Fun at the beach
stop the fun
By ANN DEVLIN
Staff Correspondent I
The weather didn’t cooperate for
the last day of the annual Harveys
people involved certainly did.
Lake on that rainy, gloomy Sunday
you may not have noticed anything
special going on, but if you looked
carefully, you could see a few
fishing around the edge of the lake,
hoping to catch the fish that would
win the amateur fishing contest.
Come 1 p.m. however, there could
be no doubt that this was Homecom-
ing Festival weekend. The vehicular
parade traveled full force around
the Lake, delighting spectators
brave enough fo stand out in the
rain, and even those who poked
their heads out the window. People
huddled under umbrellas, gathered.
on their porches, and pulled their
cars right up to the edge of the
the exciting parade. They were not
disappointed.
\ Leading the parade was a state
police car and a Daniel C. Roberts
Fire Company truck with sirens
blaring.
League baseball and softball teams
traveled on their bicycles. Three
Fire claimed the Sunset Terrace Apartments on
Main Street, Sweet Valley, early Saturday morning.
According to Bob Walsh, Fire Chief for the Sweet
Valley Volunteer Fire Department, that department
received a call about the blaze around 2 a.m.
“It took us about an hour to an hour and a half to
get the blaze under enough control so that none of the
surrounding buildings would be damaged,” Walsh
said.
In addition to the Sweet Valley Department, three
other fire companies were summoned. They were
Hunlock Creek, Lake Silkworth and Fairmont Town-
ip Volunteer Fire Companies. All in all, it was
ers were needed.
“Three other companies stayed till around 5 a.m.,”
said Walsh, ‘‘and we (the Sweet Valley Dept.) stuck
around to hose it down till around 11:30 a.m.”
Parents urged
to ‘buckle up’ |
their children
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
The number one killer of children
over age one is automobile acci-
dents. The Valley Automobile Club
and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
announced their major campaign to
change this and encourage parents
to safeguard their children by using
child restraint devices while in their
utomobiles.
Monday, June 18, was designated
Car Seat Day. It was part of an
ongoing effort to promote the use of
child safety seats.
Just how do Back Mountain par-
ents feel about this issue? That’s the
question we posed to several area
parents this week.
The majority of area people are in
favor of the seats. Harding resident,
Diane Breza’s opinion, for example,
is typical of those questioned.
“I have a car seat for my child,”
she said. “I feel that they are a
mandatory.”
of over $100,000. Besides the four apartments, four
cars and a motorcycle were also destroyed. Two
nearby homes were damaged.
Dick Thomas, co-owner of the apartments explained
how he learned of the fire.
“A little after 2 a.m. the fire company called me to
tell ‘me what was going on. Of course, my first
thoughts were for the people living in the apartments.
Thank the Lord, though, no one was injured.”
According to Thomas, nothing was salvaged.
“I just lost a building,” he said, ‘but those poor
people living there lost everything.”
So far, it is suspected that the fire began in one of
the garages beneath the apartments. However, there
wasn’t any cars or gasoline stored in that area.
“How it started is a mystery to me,” said Thomas.
Further investigation of the cause of the fire is
planned. ‘
— WALLY KOCHER
favor of the law, however.
very good idea.”
Some went even further, however.
Margie Banks of Dallas has two
small children, and therefore, two
‘car seats.
“I think it’s good to have the
children in a car seat,” said Banks.
“I’m also in favor of the proposed
law which will make car seats
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The law Mrs. Banks commented
on will be going into effect in
January, 1985. Although, at the
present time police officers can only
give a warning to parents, begin-
ning in January, they will be able to
issue fines to all parents who don’t
have their children ina car seat.
Not all parents questioned were in
Although Dodie Brown, of Noxen,
has a car seat for her child, she
doesn’t believe
mandatory.
“I don’t think they should make a
law like that,” she commented. “If
they want to improve it someway,
(See PARENTS, page 8
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* (See RAIN, page 8)
Ed Cilvik Jr.,
discovered last week.
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
Recently, two area men had the
chance to prove their good citizen-
ship by doing something very few
people do today, get involved.
Charles Maye, of Outlet and Ed
Cilvik Jr., of Red Rock, discovered
a car parked on a stretch of Sutton
Road in Lake Township on June 12.
Suspicious about the abandoned
Camaro, the two men contacted the
police, and learned that indeed the
car had been reported stolen two
days earlier.
Cilvik explained how they discov-
ered the car.
Former resident
named Miss Pa.
Gina Major, a former resident of
Dallas and a 1976 graduate of Lake-
Lehman High School, was crowned
Miss Pennsylvania Saturday eve-
ning, after dreaming of winning that
title for many years.
“My aunt called me Tuesday
afternoon and told me that she and
her sister had seen a strange car
parked near her home. She wanted
to know if I knew anything about it.
I didn’t, so I decided to check it
out.”
After examining the car, Cilvik
called the police to report it.
“It looked fishy to me,” said
baby things in the back seat. Some-
one wouldn’t just leave it there like
that.”
According to Maye and Cilvik,
after the report was made, the
police confirmed that the car had
been stolen from a New Jersey
community on June 10.
Maye, owner of Maye’s Garage,
Outlet-Lehman' Road, was asked to
tow the car to policeman Henry
Stefanowicz’s home where the right-
ful owner picked it up.
The owner of he car asked not to
be identified. However, it was |
reported that she was “thrilled to
retrieve her car.”
All of her thanks should go to the
two men who weren't afraid to get
involved.
As one bystander put it, “Who
knows what might have happened to
it on that deserted road if they
(Maye and Vilvik) hadn’t done
something.”
As of press time, the police had no
clues as to who had stolen the ear.
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The daughter of Virginia Major of
the Huntsville section of Dallas, and
George Major, of Dallas, Miss
Major, 25, was announced the
winner of the Miss Pennsylvania
Pageant in Altoona. She will now
represent the state of Pennsylvania
in the Miss America contest in
Obituaries verses
Atlantic City, New Jersey.