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50 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 14, 1934
The last call for petitions to be
forwarded to Harrisburg as a
state pave Route 92 from Dallas to
Tunkhannock was sounded.
Two local men Adam Kiever,
Shrine View and Daniel C. Roberts,
Harveys Lake, shared in the enthu-
siastic homage paid to Fred Morgan
Kirby to mark the anniversary of
the opening of his first five and ten
cent stoe in Wilkes-Barre 50 years
ago. Both men were retired from
active service with the F.W. Wool-
worth Co., the great retail enter-
prise which grew from Kirby’s first
modest establishment.
Deaths - Charles W. Kunkle,
former Township director, Kunkle.
You could get - Chuck pot roast
19¢ 1lb.; stewing chickens 19c 1b;
smoked picnic hams 17c¢ 1b.; Tokay
grapes 3 1b. 25c; sweet potatoes 7 Ib.
25¢; onions 10 lb. 25c; stewing
oysters 2 doz. 23c; cheese 19¢ 1b.;
Crisco 19c lb.; ketchup 14 oz. bottle
19¢; pt. jar mayonnaise 25c.
40 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 15, 1944
The war department confirmed
that Idetown Sergeant Elwood Ren-
shaw and Lt. James B. Davies,
bombardier, were listed as missing
in action.
Lehman Township Volunteer Fire
Company announced a profit of
conducted on ‘the Lehman School
grounds Labor Day. Funds were to
go into a fund for new equipment.
Married - Jean Ritchie to Tech.
Sgt. Edward Buckley; Jeanne Del-
phine Renshaw to Harry Edwards.
Deaths - Mary Snyder, Beaumont.
You could get - Chickens 39c¢ 1b.;
bacon 37c¢ lb.; franks 35c lb.; pota-
toes 10 lb. 39c; peppers 5¢ lb.;
apples 3 1b. 21c; onions 5 1b. 19c;
angel food cake 35c¢ ea.; Parker
House rolls 18c pkg.
30 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 17, 1954
Establishment of a $10 million
State Institution in Jackson Town-
ship for the treatment of mental
delinquents was definitely slated,
according to Warren W. Holmes,
chief counsel of the General State
Authority in Harrisburg.
The Washington, D.C. Zoo
expressed an interest in a huge
turtle captured in Posten’s Pond
last week. The weight of the turtle
established a record. Instructions
were sent to insure safe arrival of
the turtle.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Coffman, Sr., Demunds
Road, 39 years.
Deaths - Lenora Regan, Shaver-
town; James Stile, Luzerne; Nancy
Fitch, Dallas.
You could get - Legs of lamb 59¢
Ib.; smoked picnics 33c¢c 1b.; rib
roast 59c¢ 1lb.; Tokay grapes 2 Ib.
J Stephen Buckley
William Savage
Dotty Martin
Betty Bean
Mike Danowski
Charlot Denmon
Marvin Lewis
Jean Brutko
Peggy Poynton
Newsstand rate is 25 cents per copy
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19¢; soda 6 cans 49¢j Virginia Lee
ice cream 89c¢ '» gal; 1 1b. can
Crisco 35¢; Joy reg. size 31c.
20 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 10, 1964
Large enrollment at 'Lake-
Lehman schools necessitated the
hiring of Josephine Berkey to teach
the first grade. Formerly a part
time kindergarten teacher, Mrs.
Berkey was replaced by Linda Grey
Montross.
A $25,000 building was constructed
on Foster Street behind the post
office by Dallas 396 Order of the
Eastern Star.
Deaths - George Mattee, West
Wyoming; Lotta Meeker, Beau-
mont; Margaret Jones, Pioneer
Avenue; Raymond and Irene Hef-
fernan, Fairmount Springs.
You could get - Pork loins 29¢ 1b.;
ground beef 99c 1b.; chicken legs
and breasts 49c 1b.; honeydews 49c
ea.; white grapes 2 lb. 29c; oysters
8 oz. can 69c; haddock 69c Ib;
sliced American cheese 59c Ib.
10 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 12, 1974
Lake Township supervisors met to
discuss ideas for a township build-
ing.
Margaret Dilg, 94 year old Shav-
ertown woman, danced at her
granddaughter Linda Woolbert’s
wedding. Mrs. Dilg moved to the
Back Mountain in 1929.
Six area residents were awarded
prizes in the Farmer's Market
Home Gardener Contest. Helen Ton-
dora, the only Bk. Mountain resi-
dent to win, was recipient of a
special award for her artistic vege-
table arrangement.
Married - Kathryn Motyka to
John Baloh, Jr.; Tassie Derwin to
Mark Perliss.
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By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Arthur C. Clarke, one of the fore-
most futurists in the world, now
living in Sri Lanka, has written a
book, in actuality, upating his 20
year old version, which peeks into
the next two centuries in what some
may believe are strange ways.
What we take for granted today,
were thought 20 years ago to be
dreams and visions of science fic-
tion writers. Now, the new forecasts
appear to be wild imaginations of
writers like Clarke, but may truly
be the featured lifestyles of future
generations who discover the bless-
ings and ills of Planet Earth.
Clarke defines his 251 page work
an inquiry into the limits of the
possible, believing that what
appears to be impossible is actually
quite possible with new discoveries
undreamed of, awaiting invention in
the minds of humans. He ends his
classic with a chart of the future,
taking ‘us to the year 2100 with
interstellar flight, climate control,
cosmic engineering, black hole
experiments, and much more. Just
tracing one facet of his mind, the
world of communications,Clarks
was shown the development of cam-
eras and the Babbage calculator in
the early 1800's to telegraph, tele-
phone, phonography, office
machines, vacuum tube, radio, tele-
vision, laser, comstat, pocket calcu-
lators, video recorders, pocket edu-
cators, libraries, universal
radiopone, tele-sensory devices,
artificial intelligence, detection of
extra solar intelligence, memory
recording, mechanical educator,
artifact coding, machine intellig-
ence exceeds man’s, and world
mine.
In transportation, Ground Effect
Machines (GEM) are portrayed as
being capable of development today
(hovercraft) and being. a huge
transportation mechanism for the
future. Riding on air has a direct
relationship to the methods of tran-
sit today which are limited to a
highway or some type of ground
device which inhibits: what can be
done to move people and goods.
Smooth riding vehicles which are
wheeless are important parts of the
economic life of the next genera-
tions and would change the way
business is conducted, change
nations dramatically, open up new
frontiers for travel and vacation
and generally be as important to the
world as seemingly computers are
today.
Space brains, prophecies, lasers,
artificial intelligence, all and much
mroe are found in the wisdom of
Clarke’s words and the vastness
which occupies his own mind. It is
likely that the writer of this book 20
years hence would see many of
these thoughts portrayed as reality
rather than fiction. The world has
much closeness to it today, and that
perhaps is the connection which
relates the futurist to this region.
Northeastern Pennsylvania must
think beyond its current limitations
and assets, and must be futuristic in
world will likely pass us by, if not
the nation. To avoid this, the lead- .
ers of tomorrow must be the resi
dents of today or those who move t
the region shortly. We need to
recapture the spirit of tomorrow
which pervaded those leaders of
generations ago who foresaw what
could be done to bring the region
back economically and made it
happen. The bitter divisiveness
which makes areas resent other
areas, and people resent other peo-
ples needs to be avoided and the
future made bright by the vision
which our own people can provide.
As much as Clarke sees the world
as a universe, we need to see
Northeastern Pennsylvania as our
own cosmos whirling around in pat-
terns which need to be assembled in
a panoply of prints ready to seek a
future which can be extremely
bright and prosperous. The region
has boundaries, but needs to stretch
beyond them as much as Planet
Earth.
Seeking to utilize our capabilities
pictures for his world. Our regia
needs the Clarkes of this worl
With them will come new genera-
near, and we need to recognize tha}
in the Pocono-Northeast.
(Howard J. Grossman is the execu-
tive director of the Economic Devel-
opment Council of Northeastern
Pennsylvania. His column appears
periodically in The Dallas Post.)
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
MANDATING DEPOSITS on bev-
erage cans and bottles sold in Penn-
sylvania was the subject of two
days of public hearings held this
week in Harrisburg. The House
Consumer Affairs Committee heard
testimony from both supporters and
opponents of the so-called ‘‘bottle
bill.’ The proposed legislation
would require a 5-cent deposit on all
beverage containers and would
require retailers to accept all
returnable containers that are the
same type they sell. Opponents of
the measure contend that not only
will the consumer pay increased
costs for the extra handling
involved, but that glassware manu-
facturers will be hard hit by the bill,
forcing worker layoffs. The bill's
supporters counter that any jobs
lost would be replaced in other
areas, such as brewing, bottling,
trucking, recycling and handling. It
would also dramatically decrease
the amount of litter on Pennsyl
vania’s roadsides and in farmer’s
fields, they say.
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PUBLIC WELFARE recipients
will be expected to share the cost of
health care under a plan which took
effect this week. Instituted by the
Welfare Department, the program
will reduce medical-assistance costs
now paid by the state by $17 million
over the next 10 months, officials
estimate. The cost-sharing plan
requires many welfare recipients to
pay fees ranging from 50 cents to $3
for numerous medical services now
provided free. State officials said
that all recipients will receive nec-
essary medical treatment, regard-
less of their ability to share the
costs, but will be expected to even-
tually pay a portion of the bill.
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FINANCIAL RELIEF could be
made possible to the victims of
accidents caused by intoxicated
drivers if a hill proposed by Rep.
Roy W. Cornell (R-Montgomery)
becomes law. Cornell's legislation
would add the crime of driving
under the influence of alcohol or a
controlled substance to violations
covered by the Crime Victim’s Com-
pensation Act. The charge would he
included in that category only wh
an accident involving an injury or
homicide occurs. The Compensation
Act provides payment for medical
costs and other uninsured losses
crimes or the survivors of an indi-
vidual killed in a violent crime.
Funds to pay the victims are gener-
ated from fines assessed on con-
victed offenders.
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library Children’s Department on
Huntsville Road will begin regular
hours on Monday, September 10.
The hours will be: Monday, 12:30 to
5:30; Tuesday, 12:30 to 8:30;
Wednesday, 9:30 to 5:30; Thursday,
closed; Friday, 12:30 to 5:30 and
Saturday, 9:30 to 5:30.
as the main library are always
looking for volunteers. Students are
welcome for the childrens and
should contact Marilyn Rudolph at
675-4200, at the Huntsville Road
location and the main library on
Main Street can be called at 675-
1182.
The recently disbanded Back
Mountain Cultural Center presented
amount of $8,500 to be used in the
library’s capital campaign fund
raiser specifically for the commu-
nity room. The check was presented
by Leslie Horoshko and Alice
Niskey, board members of the Cul-
tural Center to Nancy Eckert and
Homer Moyer, library campaign
members.
The library circulated 5,792 books
during the month of August; 3,135 in
the main library and 2,657 from the
children’s department. There were
513 reference questions and Book
Club circulated 205 books. Eighty
one new borrowers were added to
the library membership and 186 new
books were added to the inventory.
There were 27 inter-library loan
transactions.
The old story of the five blind men
and their different impressions of
an elephant can be a valuable
lesson to us in our daily lives. How
can we make up our minds about
today’s important issues without
knowing all sides of the story? Your
library has books written from all
angles on these vital issues. You
owe it to yourself to learn the truth!
New books at the library:
‘‘Elleander Morning’’ by Jerry
Yulsman is the story of a strange
and beautiful Edwardian English-
woman who sets out to alter the
course of history and thus creates a
bizarre legacy that spans genera-
tions to fall into the hands of her
American granddaughter. It is a
love story set in ‘time out of joint’,
puzzle, thriller and romance.
“Budding Prospects’’ by T. Cor-
aghessan Boyle is an irresistible,
exuberant narrative that brings its
author’s full-throttle wit and daz-
zling gift for storytelling into bal-
ance with deeply sympathetic char-
acterizations and an affirmative
moral vision. It is a hilarious and
pyrotechnic yarn about marijuana
farming in northern California. Its
hero is Felix.
‘‘The King’s Commissar’
Cos
by
Rep. Frank Coslett, a member of
a House committee studying the
chronically homeless, is inviting
interested organizations and individ-
uals in Luzerne County to supply
niormation at hearings in Septem-
er.
Coslett said the committee is also
asking county commissioners to
present information on the homeless
at a public hearing in the Capitol on
Sept. 20.
‘The committee wants to deter-
mine how the state can help local
municipalities and private organiza-
tions who are providing shelter and
assistance to the homeless,” Coslett
said. ‘“We hope to complete our
work before the General Assembly
Duncan Kyle is an extraordinary
thriller set in Czarist Russia and
today’s England. It is an extraordi-
nary story by a master of action
and suspense. The story moves
and present-day London to a power-
ful climax.
adjourns in November so that action
to aid the homeless can begin before
the winter months.”
“The committee will focus on
determining the extent of homeless-
ness in Pennsylvania, the character-
istics of the homeless population,
the extent of existing shelter capac-
ity and what role the state could
assume in dealing with the prob-
lem,” Coslett said.
Individuals or organizations inter-
ested in participating in the hear-
ings should contact Coslett’s district
office, 1265 Wyoming Avenue, Forty
Fort, PA 18704. The telephone
number is 288-3990.