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50 YEARS AGO - OCT. 5, 1934
A Guernsey cow owned by Colonel
Dorrance Reynolds of Dallas
obtained a new official record for
production which entitled her to
entry in the Advanced Register of
the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
Rosie produced 11,590 pounds of
milk and 513.7 pounds of fat.
You could get - Lamb 17c Ib;
chuck pot roast 13c Ib.; stewing
chickens 19c 1b.; iceburg lettuce 2
hds. 19¢; sweet potatoes 8 1b. 19c;
sugar 10 lb. 55¢; Waldorf papper, 4
rolls 17c; butter 2 lb. 55c.
40 YEARS AGO - OCT. 6, 1944
Pvt. Walter Kitchen, serving in
the field of battle in France, was
wounded. A wallet in his breast
pocket stopped the rifle bullet,
saving Walter from serious harm.
Resuming regular league football
games which were cancelled due to
3 gas rationing, Lehman Township
defeats Dallas Township in the
season opener. Lehman’s broken
field runner Pat Salansky ran 85
yards for the game’s only touch-
down.
Engaged - Elizabeth Shupp to
Robert Cyphers.
Married - Betty Ann Newhart to
Seaman 2C Raymond Pace.
Deaths - Frederick Loveland,
killed in action, European Theatre.
You could get - Breast of lamb 17¢
1b.; skinless franks 35c 1b.; chickens
39c 1b.; cod fillets 31c 1b.; cauli-
flower 29c hd.; MacIntosh apples 3
Ib. 23c; coffee lb. bag 24c; Farm-
dale evaporated milk 3 tall cans 26c.
30 YEARS AGO - OCT. 8, 1954
Architect Robert Eyerman was
engaged to present costs and speci-
fications for additional classrooms
for Dallas-FranklinSchool. Over-
crowding made the addition neces-
sary.
Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Board opened its 612th store in the
Dallas Borough Building. Warren
Reed, Dallas and Francis Gabel,
Wilkes-Barre were appointed to
manage the store.
Engaged - Ruth Fiske to Lee
Syphers; Lois Jean Ide to Fred
Hughes; Christine Crispell to
Robert Lewis; Ethel Clara Patton to
Harry Wells.
Married - Priscilla Cooper to
Alexander Gulis; Mary Jane Wil-
liams to Harry Crossman; Dilys
Rowlands to Bernard Stoner.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Whitesell, Lehman, 54 years.
You could get - Chuck roast 37c
1b.; rib roast 53c¢ lb.; frying chick-
ens 43c 1b.; tomato soup 12 cans $1;
cauliflower 2 jumbo hds. 29¢; honey-
dew melons 49c¢ lb.; Ivory Snow,
giant size 74c; Pillsbury’s Best
Flour 5 1b. 53c.
20 YEARS AGO - OCT. 1, 1964
College Misericordia planned its
homecoming. This 7th annual home-
coming weekend included Mass, and
informal campus tour. Attorney
Donald D. McFadden, LLM Wilkes-
Barre was guest ‘speaker at the
lunchegn. The highlight of the For-
tieth Anniversary Reunion Dinner
was the presentation of the first
Outstanding Alumnae Service
Award.
Area chairmen were named for
the local United Fund Campaign.
Back Mountain division chairman
was Mrs. Edward Ratcliff. Area
chairmen were Mrs. Harry Moyer,
Shavertown, Trucksville, Carver-
ton; Mrs. John Bourke, Lehman,
Jackson, Harveys Lake, Mrs.
Gordon Dawe.
Engaged - Carol Ann Haggerty to
Leslie Barstow, Jr.
Married - Linda Calkins to Roger
Whitesell; Janice Rose Ide to James
Ray Steifel; Mary Mokychic to
George Clemow.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
W.H. Baker, Sr., Dallas, 48 years.
Deaths - R.H. Williams, Pikes
Creek; Annabell Biggs Charney,
former area resident; Mary Diehl,
Noxen; Ellen Garinger, Shaver-
town; Adam H. Young, Trucksville;
Raymond Denmon, Beaumont;
David Davenport, Reyburn.
You could get - Boneless round
roast 75¢ Ib.; leg or rump veal 59¢
Ib.; luncheon meats 59c¢ lb.; shrimp,
Ig. 65¢ 1Ib.; Cheddar cheese 49c 1b.;
J. Stephen Buckley
Dotty Martin
Betty Bean .............00. 000
Mike Danowski
Charlot Denmon
JoeiGula:.......c.0 0. sn
Marvin Lewis
Jean Brutko
paid in advance.
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10 YEARS AGO - OCT. 3, 1974
George McCutcheon, Sterling
Avenue, Dallas, brought interna-
tional recognition to himself and
Luzerne County Community Col-
lege. At the International Conven-
tion of Circle-K held at Los Angeles,
Calif. McCutcheon, director of coun-
seling and advisor to the Circle K
Club at LCCC was designated recip-
ient of the Circle of Service plaque,
the mot coveted individual award of
the organization.
Daniel C. Roberts purchased the
first van type umbulance in the
Back Mountain area. Officers of the
company were Eugene Tilghman,
president; Chet Davis, vice presi-
dent; Jim McCaffrey, fire chief;
Rev. Henry Westfield, secretary.
Married - Michelle Tattersall and
Richard Boice; Linda Frances
Miller to Brian W. Beard.
Deaths - Madge Snyder, Orange;
Theodore Woolbert, Shavertown;
Henry Trumbower, Sweet Valley;
Erminie Farrell, Dallas; Daisy
Oberst Crispell, Harveys Lake.
You could get - Pork loin chops
99¢ 1b.; beef chuck for stew $1.39
1b.; ground round $1.29 1b.; seedless
grapefruit 4-49c; carrots 2 1b. pkgs.
35¢; cello pkg. spinach 45c¢; pkg.
Dream Whip 89c.
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OPINION
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
The game, ‘Trivial Pursuit,” has become an impor-
tant contributor to the entertainment index of the
nation. Northeastern Pennsylvania finds itself in the
game of untrivial pursuit as it seeks to battle the
competition for economic growth throughout the
nation. This game, however, is not left to chance, but
represents a striking relationship among actors physi-
cal characteristics, assets, liagilities, and general
features which dictate the landscape and peoples of
the pocono Northeast. it is ‘‘untrivial’ since the very
life blood of the region’s future is at stake. It is
‘pursuit’ since the region’s history and foreseeable
future has been and is one of catching up with other
parts of the country as far as economic growth is
concerned.
The ground rules have changed since the amazing
comeback of Northeastern Pennsylvania in the 1950’s
and 1960’s. Today, the competition is even worldwide
as every part of the country seeks to attract foreign
investments into their jurisdiction. Northeastern Penn-
sylvania is no different, and in fact, has many features
to offer this segment of economic trade. This is true in
both an exporting sense of products produced by
industries in our region and the potential which exists
to capture reverse foreign investment in the region.
There is no shortage of financial incentives to help
stimulate economic growth in the region. There is
however, a wide range of financial incentives offered
by competitive areas and regions throughout the
nation. While these incentives are important, there are
many other factors which dictate why industry locates
in a particular area.
Among these factors are: excellence in labor supply,
strong worker productivity, quality transportation
system, and many other factors. Northeastern Penn-
sylvania has many of these factors, if not all, but must
package them effectively to increase the liklihod that
new industry will locate in the region. Packaging
means looking at the region as a unit, rather than
individual parts. It means recognizing that Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania represents the 58th largest metropol-
itan area in the entire nation. It means working
harmoniously to attract industries large enough to
dictate full cooperation among all public and private
sector groups to attract that particular industry. It
means Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, and other
communities working closely together in a governmen-
tal sense to attract the type of industry most suitable
for the region. It means much more in the way of
developing techniques by which the region can be far
more competitive than it is today.
In examining the economic lifestyle of the region, it
should not be forgotten that Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania’s employment growth has mainly occurred as a
result of existing businesses and industries expanding.
Therefore, great attention should be placed on this
factor to even increase the likelihood that these
businesses will expand further in the 1980’s and 1990’s.
The pursuit of expansion is just as important, and in
many cases, far more important than spending the
time necessary to attract a new industry from out of
the region.
One of the recent examples by which pursuit of
economic excellence has become critical is the Ben
Franklin Partnership. This Pennsylvania-based
advanced technology program provides funding by the
State in a challenge grant sense to encourage both
basic industries to upgrade and modernize and attract
new type of technology industry to the State. If
Northeastern Pennsylvania does not awaken to the
importance of this program, and to compete more
effectively in seeking technology based industries, and
utilizing the program to upgrade basic industries such
as needle trades, we will fall further beyond the great
battle for economic growth. Every organization con-
cerned with economic growth in the region needs to
take advantage of the Ben Franklin Partnership
program, as well as develop an agressive posture for
economic improvement.
Untrivial pursuit is more than a game; it represents
the economic life line of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The moves and counter-moves which are made within
the next year or two represent the basic mode by
which the economic well being within the region over
a much longer period will be sustained.
Every citizen and every official within the Pocono
Northeast needs to be concerned about these strate-
gies and decisions. It is not enough to leave these
decisions to other, but to participate in how these
strategies are formed and then put into place. Since
many development agencies are involved in the
process, citizens and officials should become knowl-
edgeable of each organization’s role and help in a
positive and constructive wawy to encourage the best
type of economic growth for the betterment of all, and
the improvement of the region’s quality of life.
One such way is to communicate with the Economic
Development Council of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
1151 Oak Street, Pittston, Pa. 18640-3795.
(Howard J. Grossman is the executive director of the
Economic Development Council of Northeastern Penn:
sylvania.)
LETTERS
DEAR EDITOR:
Those attending the recent PHL
convention in Altoona, Pa. were
shown an impressive and informa-
tive film made by Dr. Bernard
This is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
from Rep. Fraik Coslett, 120th Leg-
islative District.
REBUILDING THE STATE’S
infrastructure and creating new
jobs in the process is the intent of
legislation introduced by Rep.
Joseph A. Lashinger (R-Montgom-
ery). Lashinger has proposed the
formation of a commonwealth
Infrastructure Development Bank
which would be a source of funds
for municipalities to use for building
and rehabilitating highways,
bridges, mass transit systems,
water systems and other govern-
ment projects. The bank would pro-
vide money through a revolving
loan program. Lashinger said the
proposal would not only help Penn-
sylvania’s deteriorating infrastruc-
ture, but would also aid the steel
industry. >
COAL OPERATORS in Pennsyl-
vania will receive added incentive
to return thousands of acres of
abandoned mine fields to their natu-
ral state if a bill passed this week
by the House is signed into law by
the governor. The measure, which
was previously approved by the
Senate, would forgive mine opera-
tors for pollution problems they
may have caused in the past if they
remine the abandoned fields and
return them to their natural state. It
is estimated that some 100,000 acres
of abandoned coal fields, with a
potential yield of up to 3,000 tons of
coal per acre, could be remined in
the state. A quarter million acres of
abandoned mine land exists in
Pennsylvania and would cost
approximately $13 billion to
reclaim.
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PENNSYLVANIA DRIVERS
would risk a $25 fine for not buckl-
ing up if legislation proposed by
Rep. Peter R. Vroon becomes law.
The Chester County Republican
introduced the mandatory seat belt
bill this week. Vroon said the mea-
sure is modeled after a recently-
enacted New York law and would
require all drivers and front-seat
riders to use seatbelts. Exemptions
would be allowed for physically
handicapped individuals. Vroon
noted the federal government has
threatened to require air bags on all
new vehicles manufactured after
1986 unless two-thirds of the states
adopt laws mandating seat belt use.
New York is the only state with
such a statute, to date.
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library will be flying a new flag of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
along with the American Flag in the
near future. I stopped at Senator
Frank O’Connell’s office last week
and received the flag. The flag we
have been flying is a few years old
and was getting rather tattered and
torn. I spoke to Frank's office last
week and they assured me they
would obtain a flag for us. As Frank
wrote on the note he enclosed with
the new flag, we will ‘Fly it
proudly!’ Thank you, Senator
O’Connell.
The Book Club of the library will
meet on Monday, Oct. 15, in the
middle room on the second floor of
the new library building on Hunts-
ville Road. The meeting will begin
at 1:30 with Florence Crump presid-
ing. Doris Pierce will head the
hospitality committee. We are
hoping for warm weather on the
15th, otherwise, we will go with
portable heaters as the new heating
system is not expected to be opera-
tional by that time.
New books at the library: ‘“Trav-
elers In An Antique Land” by David
Creed is a savage novel of power
and compassion that brilliantly lays
bare the tensions, violence, and
terror of a city torn apart by civil
war.
Nathanson. It was entitled ‘“‘An
Abortion from the Victim’s View-
point.” Permission was granted to
film the procedure by the doctor
performing the abortion of an 11-
week-old baby.
Dr. Nathanson, at one time, was
director of one of the largest and
busiest abortion clinics in the world,
thus presiding over 60,000 abortions,
5,000 of which he personally per-
formed. He later became Chief of
Obstetrics at St. Luke’s Hospital in
New York City where he studied
and treated the childtren in utero
‘‘as patients.” He now is an articu-
late speaker in defense of human
life and is committed to a pro-life
position. Dr. Nathanson is author of
‘“‘Aborting America’ and ‘‘The
Abortion Papers: Inside the Abor-
tion Mentality.”
Dr. Nathanson began by showing
us two instruments used in this type
abortion. The suction apparatus
which was in the shape of a straw
and a clamp resembling scissors
curved on the cutting end. When the
film begins he points out the differ-
ent parts of the baby as seen in a
side view on the ultrasound equip-
ment. When the suction apparatus is
inserted in the birth canal, the
baby’s heartbeat increases and the
baby moves to the corner of the
uterus. Although the amniotic sac
had not been touched, the baby
knows something is wrong. The
heartbeat is now 200 beats a minute.
The baby is now facing the
camera, its mouth open wide in a
silent scream. The instrument is
moved back and forth; the baby
keeps trying to get away with the
violent movements. The heartbeat
is now 220. The instrument finally
penetrates the amniotic sac and
fluid is drawn out. The suction
apparatus is attached to the baby’s
body and is pulled down with suc-
tion into the cervix. The body is torn
off the head and spine. The doctor
continues to take out bits and
pieces. The head can be seen float-
ing free. The doctor next uses the
removed.
We have seen many images of
man’s inhumanity to man — Pearl
Harbor, nuclear bombing in Japan,
WWII holocaust, Viet Nam, pictures
of racial injustice of blacks being
chased by police dogs, etc. Now, we
who were present saw the image of
an abortion where the baby had ‘‘no
choice.”
The doctor who performed this
abortion has not performed another
since seeing this film.
RUTH M. SMITH
WEST WYOMING
DEAR EDITOR:
Today a young boy died of rabies.
Rabies is almost always fatal.
We need your editorial support to
again warn the public about this
fatal illness.
Let me express more strongly
certain precautions that should be
taken by'every person:
1. Don’t you or your children
touch a dead animal or a live wild
one.
2. Have your dogs and cats immu-
nized against rabies.
3. If bitten, get immediate medi-
cal attention.
If you need additional information
call: Dr. Bobby R. Jones at (717)
787-3350 or Bruce Reimer at (717)
787-1783.
Once again - rabies is nearly
always fatal and the number of
rabid animals in Pennsylvania con-
tinues to grow. It is of epidemic
proportion in some counties.
H. ARNOLD MULLER, M.D.
The third annual Luzerne County
Folk Festival Art Contest for stu-
dents in grades one through eight
will be held at First Eastern Bank,
11 West Market Street, Wilkes-
Barre, beginning Oct. 9.
Categories for the exhibit are
drawing in charcoal, pencil, pen,
ink, or pastels, painting in oil,
acrylic or watercolor and paper
crafts. Art work must br solely the
work of the entrant and drawings
must utilize the theme of this year’s
festival — “Travel the Rivers of the
World’”’ or ‘‘Along the Susque-
hanna’, as well as “Your Ethnic
Heritage’.
Entry forms are available by
contacting the Luzerne County
Tourist Promotion Agency 288-6784.
Further information can also be
obtained by contacting Donna
Morgan, contest chairman, 287-7245;
Helen Selecky, co-chairman 736-6782
or Beverly Marchetti, co-chairman,
675-4841.
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