Only yesterday
WHOSE
DIRECTION
CONTROLLIN’
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50 YEARS AGO - JULY 13, 1934
Large crowds enjoyed the splen-
did program of amusements and
delicious dinner at the Parish Lawn
Party and Social sponsored by St.
Therese’s Church, Shavertown. Rev.
John O’Leary, pastor, Rev. John F.
Carroll and Rev. Thomas Gildea
were in charge of the affair. They
were assisted by a large number of
parishioners. a
Despite widespread crop losses
throughout the state, crops in this
section were among the best in the
state.
State Game Commission
announced that no bear, beaver,
anterless deer, elk, Reeves or Hun-
garian partridge may be hunted in
Pennsylvania during that year’s
hunting season.
You could get - Bacon, 2 1b. 27c;
salt mackerel 2.1g. cans 25c¢; flour
241 1b. bag $1.10; chuck pot roast
12%¢; sliced pineapple big can 19c;
Palmolive soap, 4 cakes 19c; rolled
oats 3-20 oz. pkg. 25¢.
40 YEARS AGO - JULY 14, 1944
James DeAngelo, Centermoreland
dispatch bearer was killed in action
while serving with the U.S. Armed
Forces in France. Son of Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony DeAngelo, James was
one of five brothers in military
service.
Gerald Frantz, Huntsville held a
meeting at his home to organize a
Back Mountain Riding Club.
Other war news included notifica-
tion that Harry Rogers, Idetown
was wounded as well as Pvt. Joseph
Yanek, Lehman. Sgt. Raymond
Sutton of Trucksville was a prisoner
of war.
Engaged - Mary Davis to Aviation
Cadet William J. Snyder.
Married - Janice Claire Comiskey
to Howard R. Ehret.
Deaths - May Besteder, Center-
moreland; Hazel Mansfield, Noxen;
Donald Bennett, Beaumont.
You could get - Bologna 33c Ib.;
skinless franks 35c¢ 1lb.; cod fillets
33c 1b.; plums 19c 1b.; peaches 2 1b.
35¢; beets 2 1g. bunches 9¢; cabbage
3c 1b.; molasses 16 oz. can 22¢; iced
angel food cake 35¢c ea.
30 YEARS AGO - JULY 16, 1954
Fire originating in garbage cans
at the rear of the building com-
pletely destroyed the $40,000 home
of Daddow-Isaacs Post American
Legion on Huntsville Road in
Dallas. The blaze left Legion stew-
ard Harold Lamoreaux and his
family homeless.
Despite record crowds, the 1954
Library Auction fell short of the
1953 auction funds. Total sales
amounted to $12,469.80 about $1,000
less than the previous year.
Engaged Eula Dymond to
George Lewis; Goldie Ide to David
John Evans.
Married - Mildred McNeel to Wil-
liam D. Husted; Marilyn Creasy to
Lt. Maurice H. Ivins; Delores
Mundy to Joseph Leonard.
Anniversaries - and Mrs. Walter
Meeker, Hunlock Creek, 25 years.
Deaths - Walter Covert, former
Dallas police chief; Andy Thomas,
Noxen; Frieda Clemens, Fernbrook.
You could get - Chuck roast 35c
1b.; chicken breasts 79c 1b.; %» gal.
ice cream 98c; cantaloupes 2-33c;
pand aid strips, pkg. of 33, 39c;
Star-Kist tuna 6% oz. can 36c; pt.
Mazola salad oil 39¢c; 12 oz. jar
20 YEARS AGO - JULY 16, 1964
Lake-Lehman merged school
board appointed Edgar Lashford,
Jackson Township to fill the unex-
pired term of George Bulford who
resigned after 30 years of service.
Gus S. Shuleski, W. Center Hill
Road was elected commander of
Daddow-Isaacs American Legion
Post 672. He replaced George Cave.
Shuleski, a superintendent at Gen-
eral Cigar Company, Kingston, was
a WW II veteran, and had been a
Back Mountain resident for eight
years.
Engaged - Dorothy Ellen Burns to
Charles J. Natitus.
Married - Agnes A. Parduski to
Wayne A. Web.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Reed, Dallas, 41 years.
Deaths - Eliza Turn, Trucksville;
John Brynes, Noxen; Hannah
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You could get - Boneless round
roast 69c lb.; chicken 49c 1b.; bacon
49c 1b.; cherries 3 1b. $1; cantal-
oupes 4-99c; white seedless grapes
29¢ 1lb.; nectarines 23c lb.; cucum-
bers 5-29¢; Lobster tails 9 oz. 99c ea.
10 YEARS AGO - JULY 18, 1974
The 28th annual library auction
raised over $25,000, it was reported
by auction treasurer Ralph Lewis; a
tulip dry sink was won by Mrs.
Leonard Cowett. Atty. James Shea,
R.L. Forte and L. Lamoreaux won
the 50-50 drawing. Atty. James
Anzalone was chairman of the auc-
tion.
Dallas Women of Rotary installed
the following officers: Mrs. John
Casner, president; Mrs. William
Shaner, first vice president; Mrs.
Ralph Weggel, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Arthur Ross, recording
secretary; Mrs. Dale Wagner, cor-
responding secretary; Mrs. Linford
Werkheiser, treasurer.
Engaged - Mary Fleck to William
R. Kelly.
Married - Betsy Jane Walters and
Michael John Tribendis; Susan
Owens and John A. Schneider; Gale
Crooks and H. Lee Brobst.
Guest editorial
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By CLYDE DUPIN
The religious broadcasts do
have a positive influence on
Christians and our society,
according to a recent Sfuay:
The two-year study by the
Pennsylvania Annenberg
School of Communications
and the Gallop Organization
discovered that minis-
tries are not taking money
and people from the local
churches. The study con-
cludes that these ministries
actually rally Christians and
motivate them to do Bible
study. The research group
pro-
grams encourage Bible
study, church attendance,
and high standards for
moral conduct.
The study was commis-
sioned by a diverse ad hoc
group from more than 30
religious organizations. This
group included conservative
erry Falwell’s Old Time
Gospel Hour and the liberal
National Council of
Churches.
The study’s research shows
that more than 13 million
regularly watch these reli-
gious programs. The audi-
ence was more stable and
compact than had been sup-
poged. It is a loyal audience
hat doesn’t seem to be
growing at the present time.
he study suggested that
mainline churches need to
their thinking
regarding these religious
television ministries. These
programs are not responsi-
le for the loss in member-
ship by mainline churches.
The greatest weakness of
the electronic church is its
failure to recruit or convert
non-believers. The study
reveals that over all, these
ministries make a real con-
tribution to the religious cli-
mate of our nation and need
the prayers and support of
the organized church.
(Clyde Dupin is editor of a
national column entitled
“Religious Viewpoint.”’)
&
By SEN. JOHN HEINZ
Hypertension, better known as
high blood pressure, is one of the
leading causes of cardiovascular
disease in this country.
According to Dr. Marvin Moser,
of the Cornell University School of
Medicine in New York, an esti-
mated 20 million Americans have
what is classified as mild hyperten-
sion, but up to one million of these
people may not exhibit symptoms of
the disease until later in life, often
after serious problems develop.
If your diastolic pressure, which
is the lower number in your blood
pressure reading, ranges from 90 to
104 instead of the normal 80 to 90,
you might have a mild form of the
disease.
Up until recently, many physi-
cians adopted a ‘wait and see”
approach to patients with mild
hypertension, but studies completed
over the last few years indicate that
treating mild hypertenision signifi-
cantly reduces the incidence of later
disability and death. Dr. Moser
cites the Hypertension Detection
and Follow-Up Study completed in
the late 1970's which found that
lowering the blood pressure levels
of mild hypertension patients
produced a 45 percent reduction in
stroke deaths over a five-year
period. Heart attack rates and
symptoms of heart disease, like
angina, were also substantially low-
ered.
You may wonder, then, why some
doctors still disagree over treat-
ment for mild hypertension. Dr.
Moser says that the prime factor
influencing this “wait and see”
approach is one of cost-effective-
ness. This school of thought is based
on the premise that the costs are
not justified in treating 20 million
just to identify and successfully
treat the cases of roughly 1 million
who wouldn’t otherwise be detected
before it may be too late. Dr. Moser
counters, however, that by treating
a disease as common as high blood
pressure, and reducing the death
rate by just 1.5 percent over five
years, more than 200,000 lives could
be saved.
The just-completed Multiple Risk
Factor Intervention Trial, a major
long-term study on leading causes
of death and disease, demonstrates
that a reduction of certain cardiov-
ascular risk factors - smoking, cho-
lesterol levels, and hypertension -
lowers the overall death rate signifi-
cantly.
Dr. Moser recommends that per-
sons who may have mild hyperten-
sion be checked by their physicians
several times over a three to six
month period. During this observa-
tion time, efforts should also be
made to lower blood pressure by
changing lifestyle habits: reducing
body weight, lowering salt intake,
increasing exercise levels, and quit-
ting smoking. If, after six months,
your diastolic blood pressure
remains above 90, the need for anti-
hypertension medication may be
indicated. Many drugs are availa-
ble, and an effective regimen can
usually be found.
Home blood pressure monitoring
has also become a popular means of
tracking diastolic rates. But
because blood pressure can fly
tuate widely and sometimes st:
lize for years, home monitoring
should only be done under clogeg
supervision of your physician. @
For further information on blood
pressure and its treatment, write
for the following booklet: ‘High
Blood Pressure and What You Can
Do About It,” from the National
High Blood Pressure Information
Center, National Institute of Health,
120-80, Bethesda, Maryland.
Rep. Frank Coslett said the
House-passed economic recovery
fund legislation should provide
Pennsylvania with the “tools to
build a strong economic revitaliza-
tion.”
In April, Pennsylvania voters
approved a referendum authorizing
the state to sell $190 million in bonds
to help fund an economic develop-
ment plan for the Commonwealth.
The legislation approved over-
whelmingly in the House this week
establishes the program specifics.
The House approved the following
bills in line with the economic devel-
opment program:
— House Bill 2289 would establish
the Business Infrastructure Devel-
opment program. This program is
designed to provide loans and a
limited number of grants to aid
municipalities in attracting new
businesses through the construction
and repair of water, drainage,
sewage and waste disposal systems,
fire safety, energy generation, dis-
tribution facilities, rail lines and
transportation systems. Amount
aporopriated: $50 million.
— House Bill 2290 provides $27
million for the acquisition and
upgrading of vocational-technical
equipment for post secondary and
adult students.
— House Bill 2291 provides $3
million to the Ben Franklin Partner-
ship establishing a program to fund
engineering degee-granting schools.
— House Bill 2292 establishes the
Small Business Incubator Act.
Under the program $20 million
would be used to provide loans to
organizations providing consulting,
marketing assistance and physical
support services to small busi-
nesses.
— House Bill 2293 establishes a
two-year program within the
department of environmental
resources to provide work experi-
ence to youth in conservation-
related areas. Amount appro-
nriated: $7.5 million.
— House Bill 2294 appropriates
of loan guarantees and interest
deferrals to the family farmer.
— House Bill 2295 establishes a
program to provide loans to
employee-ownership groups. These
loans would assist employees of
troubled companies to maintain a
business enterprise and the jobs it
provides. AEE es
— House Bill 2296 sets up a
Capital Loan Fund Program to pro-
vide loans to small business enter-
prises.
— House Bill 2297 provides $30
million to the Department of Envi-
ronmental Resources and the
Department of Community Affairs
for recreational development.
— House Bill 365 appropriates
$500,000 for administrative expenses
for the Pennsylvania Product Devel-
opment Corp. The purpose of the
corporation is to stimulate and
encourage the development of new
products by providing financial aid
to those developing the product.
Coslett said the program is ‘a
well balanced approach to continu-
ing the economic rebound in the
commonwealth.
“These program initiatives are
focused on areas such as small
business and high technology. There
is every indication that the jobs of
the future, the jobs to maintain the
state’s economic health are located
in these areas.”
Coslett said that if the package
receives final approval, the pro-
grams involved could create an
estimated 65,000 jobs.
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By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library circulated 4,925 books
during the month of June. The new
children’s department at the Hunts-
ville location had 1,486 books
checked out since its opening on
June 15th. Reference questions
answered totaled 362 and there were
158 Book Club books circulated.
New books added amounted to 244
adult and 15 juvenile. There were 69
new borrowers registered, 27 adults
and 42 children.
Charlotte Oley, a member of our
staff, collects bookmarks. Recently,
a friend of hers was cleaning a
chest of drawers and found an old
antique hand sewn bookmark stuck
in between the drawers. The friend
has given the bookmark to Charlotte
for her collection.
Another interesting thing hap-
pened. Many, many people donate
books to the library prior to the
auction and in one of the boxes of
children’s books, there was a book
called, ‘Bird Life in Wington” by
John Calvin Reid which had been
covered with its own personal book
cover made from a paper bag. The
cover was decorated with a pretty
colored picture along with the title
and author. This must have been a
special book for some reader at
some time.
New books at the library: ‘“Flood-
gate’ by Alistair MacLean is a fast-
paced, high-stakes, edge-of-the-seat
excitement novel. Amsterdam’s
Schipol Airport has disappeared.
‘What once was an airfield now is a
bob and tip like abandoned
toys...Holland is menaced by a new
brand of terrorism, a mysterious
extremist group known as F.F.F.
“Falls The Shadow’ by Emanuel
Litvinoff is a novel that clutches the
reader and doesn’t let go long after
one has finished the book. The most
effective individual cover-up of the
half century involves an investiga-
tion that ends in murder. Would a
Nazi officer, to save himselfwb pass
himself off as a Jew for the rest of
his life? A scientist is involved.
“The Complete Book of The Olym-
pics” by David Wallechinsky
includes fascinating, dramatic, and
bizarre stories from Olympic his-
tory and final results for every
Olympic event since 1896 with strik-
ing photographs. The ancient Olym-
pic games were held in Olympia,
Greece, every four years from at
least 776 B.C. There are only two
places today where people from all
parts of the world gather: The
United Nations and the Olympics. A
complete guide to the Olympics.
Are you fatigued, tired, worn-out?
Chances are that you only think you
are! Most authorities agree that 95
percent of the so-called fatigue
cases are purely states of mind
brought about by how we adjust or
fail to adjust to the stress of modern
living. Many of the nation’s top
leaders, business and professional
people relax tension by reading.
They feel that their favorite reading
at night refreshes them for the next
day’s tasks. Try reading to relax!
Rep. George C. Hasay said
recently that he opposes a Senate
bill requiring mandatory use of seat
belts in cars and light trucks in
Pennsylvania.
The measure, sponsored by
Edward Early (D-Allegheny), calls
for a $25 fine for motorists or
passengers who do not buckle up.
“I am not against the use of seat
belts. In fact I encourage their use,
but I simply do not believe their use
should be a matter of law,” Hasay
said. “It represents another govern-
ment intrusion into our lives.”
Hasay noted that registration
fees, inspection, mandatory insur-
ance and other costs already make
“It seems unfair to tack on a $25
plus costs fine for not wearing a
seatbelt,” he said.
The 117th District lawmaker said
that he opposed the recently passed
child restraint measure for essen-
tially the
rame reason.
‘‘Some people may not be able to
afford the seats especially if they
have a number of small children,”
Hasay said. “It’s always been true
that you can’t legislate common
sense and I believe that’s what we
are trying to do with laws like
these. Again, I endorse the use of
child safety seats but is it govern-
ment’s duty to mandate it?”
The measure was referred to the
Senate ‘Transportation Committee.
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