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50 YEARS AGO - AUG. 10, 1934
Louise Miller, Dallas, was appointed supervisor of
Rural playground activities for the Luzerne County
recreation program. A graduate of West Chester State
Teacher’s College and Susquehanna University, super-
vised a program which was attended by 800 children
and adults in the Back Mountain communities of
Trucksville, Dallas, Shavertown and Lehman.
Due to increasing interest in quoits throughout the
area, Raymond Harris of Dallas organized a rural
quoit league. William Dawkins, Fernbrook, was
elected president.
Married - Howard Carey and Priscilla Jane Mack.
Deaths - Tom Haines, Dallas; Theodore S. Snyder,
Dallas Township. ]
You could get - Leg of lamb 21c¢ 1b.; pork loin roast
17¢ 1b.; cod steak 2 lb. 25¢; Orange Pekoe tea 49c 1b.;
soda crackers 17c¢ lb.; Kraft Swiss cheese 3lc lb.;
Lifebouy soap 3 cakes 19c; brooms 29¢ ea.; Brillo 2
pkg. 15¢; Sweetheart soap 6 cakes 23c.
40 YEARS AGO - AUG. 11, 1944
+ Fernbrook resident Sergeant William = Stritzinger
was killed in action while serving with the famous
infantry regiment at Cherbourg, France.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Baranowski of Jackson
Township were relieved to receive a letter from their
son Edward written from an Army hospital in England
after they had received word that Edward had been
killed in action.
Area schools prepared for September openings.
Dallas Township named Marian Thomas and Alice
Purdy to its teaching staff. Dallas Borough School
appointed Miss Marguerite Brace elementary teacher.
"Mrs. Robert Moore was re-elected to serve as school
nurse.
Birthdays - Mrs. Rachel Wyckoff, Dallas, 96 years
old.
Anniversaries - Mr.
Centermoreland, 50 years.
Deaths - Doyle Roberts, Dallas.
You could get - Pork butts 35c Ib.; stewing chickens
39¢ 1b.; fresh ground beef 25c 1b.; beef short ribs 19¢
1b.; potatoes 10 1b. 49¢; tomatoes 6¢ 1b.; apples 3 Ib.
23c; celery hearts lg. bunch 15¢; peanut crunch peanut
butter 30c 1b. jar.
k 30 YEARS AGO - AUG. 13, 1954
Lehman-Jackson-Ross appointed four new teachers
to their district. Nancy Royer will work in the school
library; Marie Mizdail will teach junior high mathe-
matics; Mary Pleban would teach Home Economics
and John Armstrong would teach history and English.
Residents of the Back Mountain area were delighted
this week as they listened to Don McNeil’s Breakfast
Club from Chicago to hear the voice of Mrs. Stanley
Schultz of 45 Lake Street, Dallas, among those on the
and Mrs. James Winters,
popular radio show. Mrs. Schultz and her husband
were in Chicago attending the National Fishing Tackle
Show.
Engaged - Eleanor Makravitz to Sgt. 1st Class
Henry Penxa; Patsy Lou Crispell to Richard Jones;
Charlotte Peake and Donald Perrego.
Married - Robert Kerr to Betty Jane Hale.
You could get - Picnic hams 39¢ 1b.; leg of lamb 59¢
Ib.; Long Island duckling 59¢ 1b.; standing rib roast
59c 1b.; seedless grapes 2 lb. 35¢; lemonade 4-6 oz.
cans 59¢; Chicken of the Sea tuna 3-6'% oz. cans $1;
Realemon juice 16 oz. bottle 35¢; Crisco 3 1b. can 94c.
20 YEARS AGO - AUG. 13, 1964
Dallas Borough Council approved the appointment of
Alexander ‘‘Sandy’’ McCullough as acting chief of
police. McCullough’s salary was $3600 annually.
Westmoreland High School appointed several new
staff membes. Harry S. Kozloski was hired to teach
German; Walter Glogowski to teach industrial arts;
Lois Palermo, Eva McGuire and Carol Palermo were
hired to teach in the elementary school.
Engaged - Barbara Ann Hoover to Dennis Richard
Tobin; Mary Elizabeth Frantz to Richard J. Hebda.
Married - Linda Jane Swelgin to Donald R. Anesi.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Merten Coolbaugh, 30
years; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jackson, Beaumont, 25
years.
Deaths - Paul Hazleton, Noxen; Nellie Koslosky,
Jackson Twp.
You could get - Turkeys 34c Ib.; smoked hams 29¢
1b.; shrimp 99¢ 1b.; haddock 85¢ 1b.; ripe bananas lic
1b.; western cherries 39c Ib.; fresh peaches 3 Ib. 35¢;
seedless white grapes 19c Ib.; pkg. of 48 tea bags 55c¢;
Parkay margarine 2 lb. 51c; Pillsbury cake mixes 3
pkg. 89c.
10 YEARS AGO - AUG. 15, 1974
Dallas Township police grab $120,000 worth of
marijuana in a private greenhouse raid.
College Misericordia received special recognition
from the Dallas Rotary Club for 50 years of service to
the Back Mountain community. Sister Miriam Teresa,
president of the college, accepted the award.
Engaged - Karen Passarella to Bernard J. Boback,
Jr.; Beth Hunter to Harry Shuckers, Jr.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. John Baurs, Dallas, 50
years; Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Wallace, Shavertown,
24 years.
Deaths - Louis Laning, Sr., Trucksville; Mabel
Nicol, Trucksville; John Maciejczak, Sweet Valley.
You could get - Chuck roast $1.29 Ib.; ground chuck 3
Ib. $2.97; franks 99c 1b.; Italian sausage $1.69 Ib.;
Dairylea yogurt 4-8 oz. cups 99¢; 10 Ib. bag potatoes
79c; freestone peaches 3 Ib. 89c; lemon juice 32 oz.
bottle 59c.
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1984
OPINION
Guest editorial
Ferraro may
not be as »
By EDWIN FEULNER
While it’s obvious the choice of Geraldine Ferraro as
Walter Mondale’s running mate is an attempt to
attract more women voters, it’s not as much of a sure
bet as some believe.
On all the keys issues on NOW’s (National Organiza-
tion for Women) agenda, candidate Mondale and
President Reagan already are poles apart. Someone
who is going to vote for or against President Reagan
on the basis of his stand on abortion, the ERA, and
similar “women’s issues” will do so regardless of Rep.
Ferraro’s presence on the Democratic ticket.
What one should look at, therefore, in trying to
determine how the Ferraro factor will affect the
election are those matters not generally regarded as
women’s issues: foreign policy, defense, perhaps
crime.
The notion that Geraldine Ferraro will attract many
more women voters to the Mondale ticket has a good,
visceral feel to it. In my gut, if I were a Democrat, I'd
believe that, too. But a recent survey by Woman’s Day
and the Wellesley College Center for Research on
women a couple of months before the Democratic
convention. Some 115,000 women responded.
While “extensive 83-question survey was conducted
by Woman’s Day and the Wellesley college Center for
Rrsearch on women a couple of months before the
Democratic convention. Some 115,000 women
responded. :
While there’s no doubt more women than men voted
in the 1980 election and will likely do so again this
year, the woman’s Day survey showed, according to
Laura lein and Lydia O’Donnell of the Wellesley
research center, that though the ‘‘mainstream’’
woman ‘‘takes a liberal stance on many issues, she’s a
hard-liner on others.” And that could be bad nes to the
NOW-Mondale coalition, which apparently believes
most women vote with their hearts, not with their
heads. ;
The Wellesley researchers said their typical ‘“main-
stream’ respondent was a wife (79 percent) and a
mother (82 percent), a job holder (62 percent), ‘and
lives on a family income of $25,000 to $30,000 a year.
Only one-third identified themselves as Democrats,
and an equal number identified themselves as Repub-
licans. When asked what impact the women’s move-
ment had on their lives, a remarkable 65 percent said
it hadn’t affected them one way r another. Of the
married respondents, 70 percent said they usually
support the same candidates their husbands support.
And 91 percent said they voted in the last presidential
election.
On the major issues on the NOW agenda — such as
abortion and the ERA — the women supported the
feminist position by wide margins. But it’s not at all
clear from the 1980 elections or any previous or
subsequent contests that these issues alone are the
ones that cause mainstream women to vote as they do
— in fact, as their husbands do.
If not these issues, what?
On the economy, only 32 percent said they hadn’t
experienced signs of the country’s general economic
recovery. The other 68 percent could feel the effects of
the improving economy. will the Ferraro factor
convince them, as New York Gov. Mario Cuomo urged
in his convention keynote speech, to throw Ronald
Reagan out so the Democrats can ‘turn things
around”? Turning things around today means trashing
a healthy economy. :
On crime and punishment, 83 percent expressed
support for the death peanlty. More than 85 percent
felt the law ‘tends to treat criminals better than
victims.” A plurality (45 percent vs. 40 percent) even
opposed banning handguns. Ronald Reagan is strong
on. these issues, not Geraldine Ferraro or Walter
Mondale.
On foreign policy, 75 percent said they think the
United STates’ position as a world power has slipped
in the last ten years, and most of them said they were
worried about it. Fifty-five percent of the respondents
said they watn the U.S. to do more to guard against
the spread of communism.
The bottom line is that Ronald Reagan already has
lost the radical feminists’ vote. If the Ferraro factor is
going to alter the 1984 presidential election, it is going
to be with mainstream women. Based on Woman’s
Day survey data, it would appear that the choice of
another liberal for the number two spot on the
Democratic ticket will only help focus attention on
how out-of-step Democratic policy-makers are with
mainstream everyone.
(Edwin Feulner is president of The Heritage Foun-
dation, a Washington-based public policy research
institute.)
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
\
While many small businesses
were under severe trauma during
the height of the recent recession, it
is a fact that most new jobs are
being created as a result of a small
or medium sized business or indus-
try expanding. Most new jobs in
Northeastern Pennsylvania come
about as a result of this fact. Many
new programs have been created in
recent years to stimulate the growth
of small business and to increase
the likelihood that new jobs would
entrepreneur deciding to seek finan-
cial or managerial aid.
Across the board at all govern-
mental levels, creative ways to help
small business have been invented.
For example, at the federal level,
(SBA) has actually grown in stature
in recent years and some of their
programs have received increased
funding despite cutbacks all along
the line at the federal level. One
such program is the SBA 503 Fixed
Asset Long Term Treasury Depart-
ment Interest Rate Program. The
Pocono Northeast Enterprise Devel-
opment Corporation, spun off from
the Economic Development Council
of Northeastern Pennsylvania
(EDCNP), is a 503 Corporation
ready to assist any business person
in Northeastern Pennsylvania who
qualifies for this particular pro-
gram. In addition, 503 Corporations
exist in the Wyoming Valley and the
Scranton area. SBA has other pro-
grams of assistance, with an office
located at 20 North Pennsylvania
Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702.
The State has strongly entered the
Small Business Development field
with legislative amendments in the
last several years which improve
the economic posture of businesses
in the State. One such example is
the Sub-Chapter S Corporation legis-
lation which provides tax benefits to
corporations falling under this type
of structure. Perhaps the most
important tool is the Small Business
Action Center which was estab:
lished several years ago. The
Center helps small businesses to
erase red tape and meet the exten-
sive permitting system of State
government more effectively and
efficiently. In addition, programs
such as the Pennsylvania Capital
Loan Fund, the Ben Franklin Part-
nership and others provide oppor-
tunities for small business to make
advances in connection with eco-
nomic expansion or economic sur-
vival.
The Small Business Development
Center, one of which is housed at
Wilkes College at 165 South Franklin
Street, Wilkes-Barre, and is headed
by Director Sandy Beynon, provides
managerial aid, budgeting and
accounting advice and other types
of assistance to small businesses in
their jurisdiction.
At the regional level, the Eco-
nomic Development Council of
Northeastern Pennsylvania admin-
isters seven types of revolving loan
funds, the 503 Corporation, Ben
Franklin Partnership information, a
small business Procurement Oppor-
tunities Program, and a variety of
other types of assistance programs
which can benefit small business
throughout a seven-county region. w
At the county level, the Office of
Community melopment
interest business development pro-
gram of interim financing for com-
panies who have obtained loans
through other sources such as the
Pennsylvania Industrial Develop-
ment Authority, but cannot immedi-
ately tap into those funds.
There are in other words such a
wide range of creative tools to help
small business expand and prosper,
that every small business person
desiring to start a company, expand
a company Or save a company
should explore all of the above
sources as well as others prior to
making a final business develop-
ment decision.
The Economic Development Coun-
cil of Northeastern Pennsylvania
has a document titled “The Green
Pages’’ which describes many
sources of aid to small businesses.
In addition, staff of the Council will
provide direct one-to-one assistance
to any small business person desir-
ing to secure updated information
on resources which exist to help
small business prosper. The addr
is 1151 Oak Street, Pittston, Pa.
18640. Telephone number is (717)
655-5581.
director of the Economic Develop-
ment Council of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania.)
NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Is anyone missing a No. 13? World
Book Encyclopedia, book no. 13,
copyright 1956, that is. This book
was returned to the library by
mistake and we would like to see it
returned to the set of encyclopedias
it came from. Check your set, if it’s
Classified Ad
your book, come and get it. Just ask
at the front desk and you may have
it.
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library Ham ’'n Yegg project for
1984 has netted the library $3,045;
$35 less than 1983. This project is
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
$14. out of state
Paid in Advance
J. Stephen Buckley
Bill Savage
Dotty Martin.
Mike Danowski
run in conjunction with the annual
auction and the profit is included in
the auction profit total. The purpose
of this project is for friends to
donate money instead of, or in
conjunction with, their time for the
auction.
Three of the nine municipalities in
the Back Mountain contributed a
total of $1,200 to the library during
the first six months of 1984. The
funds received were $1,000 from
Dallas Borough; $100 from Ross
Township and $100 from Harveys
Lake Borough.
Sailboating is becoming an
increasingly popular sport. Every
. Publisher
Editor
weekend nearby lakes are crowded
with hundreds of small boats and
their enthusiastic skippers. To meet
the need for information about sail-
ing, your library has an excellent
collection of books about small boat
handling and seamanship. Stop at
the library and ask for the books on
sailing!
New books at the library: ‘‘Broth-
ers’ by Bernice Rubens charts the
arc of the Bindel wanderings - from
Czarist Russia to turn-of-the-century
Wales, from prewar Germany to the
horrors of Buchenwald and Ausch-
witz, from an enforced return to the
Soviet Union and finally to Israel -
and what they hope is a permanent
refuge. This book is a stunning
achievement.
“Big Secrets” by William Pound-
stone is a Book Club purchase and
tells the uncensored truth about all
sorts of stuff you are never sup-
posed to know. Secrets such as the
formula for Coca-Cola; how playing
cards are marked; how to beat a lie
detector; things on American cur-
rency you never knew were there;
the 11 secret herbs and spices in
Kentucky Fried Chicken and much
more. If you want to know the
answers, this author reveals all.
“Tales From The Hollywood Raj”
by Sheridan Morley tells about the
British, the movies and Tinseltown.
The images and sterotypes that the
British colonization of Hollywood
has left us with are immortal. Who
came first...who stayed long-
est...who left to fight the War in
Europe - who knitted balaclava
helmets in Beverly Hills; all the
stars, all the stories, and all the
surreal tone of the climate and t
movie world are here in engrossi
detail.
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
recently from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
IMPROVED ECONOMIC condi-
tions in Pennsylvania combined
with more efficient revenue-collec-
tion methods are credited for the
$76.4 million state budget surplus
which remained at the close of the
1983-84 fiscal year. The figure,
released this week, is more than
twice the surplus predicted by aides
to Gov. Dick Thornburgh just a
month earlier. The governor said
the improved national economy also
played a role in the massive surplus
and noted that the ‘‘Revenue
Department’s ¢rackdown on delin-
quent taxpayers” accounted for a
substantial portion of the total.
Administration officials have not
announced plans to spend the unan-
ticipated surplus. ;
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MIDDLE-INCOME FAMILIES
hoping to take advantage of a state-
sponsored home mortgage program
will be able to submit applications
for the low-interest mortgages
beginning July 30 through Aug. 2.
The Pennsylvania Housing Finance
Agency (PHFA) this week released
the names of 99 lending institutions
across the state which will be par-
ticipating in the program. Appli-
cants are limited, in most cases, to
first-time buyers of single-family
homes with incomes generally of no
more than $35,000.
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