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50 YEARS AGO - OCT. 19, 1934
World attention was centered on
the old courthouse in Flemington,
Hunterdon County, N.J. as the trial
of Bruno Hauptmann who was
accused of kidnapping Charles Lind-
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~The thrilling story of the lure for
gold which attracted 40,000 men to
the Klondike was related by Frank
P. Douglas, widely known explorer
and adventurer for the classes of
Dallas Borough High School.
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23¢; Crisco 3 Ib. can 55¢; stewing
oysters 2 doz. 23c; tall can salmon
11c; Little Neck Clams 100 for 65c;
halibut steak 25c¢ 1b.
40 YEARS AGO - OCT. 20, 1944
Large crowds attended the cen-
tennial celebration of the White
history of the church dating back to
the settlement of the firsT village in
1809 ws presented by Ralph Hazle-
tine.
An honor roll made of native
stone and on which the names of
men and women in the service will
be sandblasted was erected in Ide-
town at the corner of the Jonathan
+R. Davis property along the Dallas-
+ Harveys Lake Highway.
~. Engaged - Agnes Marie Clark to
‘Clarence Arthur Corby; Rachel
+. Elizabeth Clark to Paul Wilbur
- Weaver.
Married - Olive Lee to R.J.
+ Sutton; Alberta May Kline to S 2-C
Deaths - Stanley Miner, Pikes
Creek.
You could get - Ground beef 25¢
1Ib.; cod fillets 3lc 1b.; skinless
franks 35c¢ Ib.; Old Dutch cleanser 2
cans 15¢; 8 oz. pkg. Nabisco Saitines
,‘11c; Lava soap 3 cakes 17c.
30 YEARS AGO - OCT. 22, 1954
Three educators and a lawyer
* took part in the first Town Meeting
vof the Fall season where the topic of
“ment of the Dallas Borough
Charter. The panel consisted of Dr.
Eugene S. Farley, Rev. Roger P.
Quilty, CSC; Dr. Hugo Mailey and
Attorney James Brown.
James Kozemchak, Huntsville
Road, reported that dazed house
wrens were seen in the area, appar-
ently blown back from winter quart-
ers in the south by Hurricane Hazel.
Wrens leave the area late in August.
Married - Margaret Strayer to Lt,
Charles B. Strome; Agnes Astor
Zolko to William S. Doberstein.
Birthdays - Mrs. Bertha Jenkins,
Huntsville, 90 years old.
Deaths - Clarence Boston, Nichol-
son; Wallace M. Wakefield, Orchard
Knob Farm; Melvin Frantz, Hunts-
ville.
You could get - Picnic hams 33c
1b.; fryers 39c 1b.; rib roast 59c¢ 1b.;
whiting 29c lb.; 100 percent whole
wheat bread 2 lg. lvs. 27¢; 10 cans
kidney beans $1; 5-46 oz. cans
grapefruit juice $1; 10 rolls toilet
tissue $1.
20 YEARS AGO - OCT. 15, 1964
The designer of the new section of
the Back Mountain Highway, The
Hon. Naylor A. Staples cut the
ribbon which stretched across two
lanes in dedication ceremonies. A
motorcade of antique cars led digni-
taries and participants up 4.61 miles
of new road to Irem Temple Coun-
try Club where a luncheon and
program followed.
Russell Honeywell returned to
duty as police chief of Dallas Bor-
ough. Honeywell had been out of
service due to a heart attack for
about three months. :
Engaged - Anna Mary McAvoy to
Larry G. Zulauf; Peggy Jane Smith
to Richard Monroe.
Married - Margaret Ann Ochs to
David Fouchs; Ann Booth Whitlock
to Joseph Funke; William Pascoe to
Mary Barlow.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Goeringer, Sr., Flenbrook
Farms, 45 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Michael Traver, Noxen, 40 years;
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J. Stephen Buckley
1 Dotty Martin
| Betty Bean
Mike Danowski
Charlot Denmon
Joe Gula
paid in advance.
under the act of March 3, 1889.
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Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Pope, 22 years.
Deaths - Fred Parry, Shavertown;
Laura E. Layou, Ceasetown.
You could get - Sirloin steaks 75¢
Ib.; smoked pork chops 79c¢ Ib.;
fresh picnic hams 39c 1b.; Macin-
tosh apples 4 1b. 29c¢; Philadelphia
cream cheese 8 oz. 29c¢; Crisco
shortening 3 1b. 77c; Gerber’s stra-
inged baby food 6-59c.
10 YEARS AGO - OCT. 17, 1974
Dallas Cadette Girl Scouts
received their first class awards at
Trinity United Presbyterian Church.
Those receiving awards were Nancy
Law, Karen Cartier, Evelyn Kwas-
nik, Terri Janosik, Mrs. Edward
Janosik, was leader.
OPINION
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
T.S. Eliot wrote beautiful words which have been
translated into the smash hit play, “Cats,” now on
Broadway and playing in Great Britain. The words to
the unbelievably poetic song Memory ring true in the
communities of Northeastern Pennsylvania as citizens
search for a new way to reach out to the future from
their heritage. ‘Memory, all alone in the moonlight, I
can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then. I
remember the time I knew what was'happiness was,
Let the memory live again.”
These words, sung in melodic suggestions of the
past, but ending with. the classic ‘‘a new day has
begun’ brings the pages of history of many communi-
ties to life along the trails of place names, towns,
villages, townships, boroughs, cities and the neighbor-
hoods of this collection of 267 local governments
spread throughout the seven county Pocono Northeast
region. The regional yearning to the days when quiet
and peace was much more of a coefficient of life is
typical of the nation. But these days have disappeared,
bringing with them the blessings and adversities of
coal and the hectic, and at various times, great
region.
Today, a new day may indeed have begun with the
rebirth of Wilkes-Barre following Tropical Storm
Agnes in 1972, with the renaissance potential of
Scranton seeking its new day, and the wildly splashing
changes in the Pocono Mountains, with its picture of
new investments, time-share units, second homes, a
booming resort industry, and a beginning for various
types of new economic development as typified by the
successful Pocono Mountains Industrial Park.
The changes which have taken place in the region
over the last 30 years have been astonishing, so much
so that the changes get lost in the words of despair
which still predominate on the part of too many of the
region’s citizens, that ‘‘nothing has changed,” “coal is
still king,” ‘taxes are too high,” “Why did you move
here, there is nothing to do,” and all of the other
cliches which have perpetuated the greatest myth in
the history of the region. The myth is that we are not
growing, we have no future, we take 10 to 20 years
longer than necessary to respond to new ideas, and
much more. It is abundantly true that Northeastern
Pennsylvania has not solved all of its problems. But,
this statement is true for many parts of the country,
and indeed, the world. We need to escalate our minds
to a point above the norm and to clearly cut through
these windows of myths.
Since the region has much to offer its citizens in the
way of assets which have gone undiscovered, it is
clear that further ideas and actions are needed to
forward the means for constructive change. A new
pattern needs to be unearthed by which every sound
idea is given enough time to germinate into reality,
abasis for reaching regional achievements.
years gone by and as lessons of learning. They should
be the touchstone of our future. The dramatic shifts in
economic growth, slicing across the nation are landing
here, in the back yards of the region. Employment
levels have increased overall, but the unemployment
pattern is still too high. Too many young people are
still leaving the region.
(Howard J. Grossman is the executive director of
the Economic Development Council of Northeastern
DEAR EDITOR:
Up front let me say, just for the
record, that I am Catholic and have
been a Democrat for 20 years. I
have been anti-abortion for only 11
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
What a nice thing to do! The Hoyt
Library of Kingston recently held
an open house at the library to
honor three terrific people. The
Friends of the Library organization
paid tribute to three dedicated vol-
unteers who have given so much of
their time and talent to the Friends
group to benefit the library.
The three volunteers are Marga-
ret Walsh, who is the outgoing
president of the Friends, Marion
Hutcheson and Richard Cronin.
I had the pleasure of taking Mrs.
Florence Crump with me and was
very pleased to see the large turn-
out of people to honor these volun-
teers. There was a very nice pro-
gram, the three honored people
spoke for a few minutes and the
librarian, James Hecht spoke about
the volunteer services. Lynn Bagley
provided country music by singing
and playing the guitar, dulcimer
and the spoons.
Phil Boyle was installed as the
new president of the Friends and as
Jim Hecht said, this year’s officers
provide a first in that three of the
four officers are men. I was espe-
cially delighted to be given a per-
sonal tour of the library facilities by
one of the Friends volunteers. Tea
and coffee were served after the
formal program with a variety of
cookies and delicacies. All in all, a
beautiful tribute!
We are the grateful recipent of an
additional copy of Dr. Eugene S.
Farley’s book, “Essays of an Edu-
cator.”’” At a recent reception honor-
ing the new president of Wilkes
College, Dr. Christopher Breiseth,
another copy of Dr. Farley’s book
was presented to our library. This
book is truly a tribute to the final 36
years of Dr. Farley’s life which
were committed to the creation of
Wilkes College. The book provides
an insight into his life and thought,
a man who lived by the values he
espoused, who realized that life in a
changing society required vision,
constant challenge and perpetual
inspired adaptation. The book was
copyrighted in 1975 and presents a
life of truth and integrity.
Did anyone lose an “A”? I noticed
a small orange item on the rug at
the library the other day, thought it
was a small pumpkin or a yellow
leaf, but it turned out to be a small
capital letter A. If someone lost. it,
it’s at the library.
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
GOV. DICK THORNBURGH’S
veto of a welfare bill caused some
talk of reconvening the state Legis-
lature to override the action. How-
ever, no visible steps were taken in
that direction by week’s end. The
measure would have provided tem-
porary assistance to about 6,000 of
an estimated 68,000 people dropped
from welfare rolls two years ago.
The bill passed the Senate unani-
mously, but was narrowly approved
in the House by a 109-85 vote. In
vetoing the measure, Thornburgh
called it a ‘step backward which
would eventually cost the taxpayers
tens of millions of dollars.” In order
to override a veto it is necessary to
obtain a majority vote of two-thirds
of both chambers.
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HOUSE LEADERS were called
upon by Rep. Joseph M. Gladeck Jr.
(R-Montgomery) to allow action on
legislation which would increase the
number of senior citizens eligible to
participate in the state’s subsidized
drug assistance program. Gladeck
said the bills, which would exclude
social security benefits from consid-
eration as income in determining
eligibility for the drug assistance
program, have been stalled by the
wo
House Democratic leadership. If
social security were removed as an
income consideration an estimated
additional 189,000 senior citizens
would qualify for the Pahrmaceuti-
cal Assistance Contract for the
Elderly (PACE ) program.
MOTORISTS DRIVING in Penn-
sylvania would be required to turn
on their headlights during inclement
weather, under a bill introduced by
Rep. Bruce Smith (R-York). Smith
said his legislation is modeled after
a Florida law and would require
motorists to turn on their headlights
whenever windshield wipers are
being used.
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A NUMBER OF CITIES will be
affected by a law which allows
home rule communities to set cer-
tain taxes at any level they choose.
The legislation was approved by the
General Assembly recently and
signed by Gov. Dick Thornburgh
this week. It was enacted in
response to a Commonwealth Court
decision stipulating that home rule
communities could not exceed tax
limits set by state law for other
local governments. Thornburgh said
the bill was ‘‘consistent with our
overall objectives for local tax
reform” in that it allows ‘local
flexibility to set tax rates.”
of those years. Before my conver-
sion to pro-life, I was ‘personally
opposed” ‘to abortion, but didn’t
think I should ‘impose my moral-
ity” on other people. Sound famil-
iar?
In November of 1973, some '10
months after the infamous Supreme
Court abortion-on-demand ruling, I
attended a presentation on abortion
at Marywood College.
Placed before me were slides of
unborn children, alive in their
mother’s wombs at varying stages
of development: at 12 weeks (when
most abortions are performed) - a
miniature human being with arms,
legs, fingertips and toes. All organs
and systems are present and func-
tioning - the baby moves about,
swallows fluid from the bag of
waters (more if you sweeten it; less
if it’s sour), wakes, sleeps and even
dreams, gets the hiccups, makes a
fist and sucks his thumb; at eight
weeks - recordable heart waves; at
six weeks - brain waves; at 18 days,
a tiny heart pumping its own blood
through its own blood system.
Then came the abortion slides.
Tiny arms, legs, torsos and heads -
bloody and mangled by the abor-
tionist’s instruments. Bodies burned
by corrosive salt solution - referred
to by medical personnel as ‘candy
apple” babies. The reality of abor-
tion hit me like a ton of bricks...my
God, we’re killing babies!
And so began my involvement in
the right to life movement. I could
not sit idly by while babies were
being killed. I joined the local pro-
life chapter and have been involved
in the right to life movement ever
since.
And we have come a long way.
Despite major obstacles to our edu-
cational efforts we are reaching the
public with the pro-life message -
abortion is the taking of innocent
human life and it is wrong whether,
you are a Catholic, Protestant, Je
or atheist and something must be
done to stop the killing.
We have come a long way, but
obviously not far enough. The ongo-
ing debate over abortion and poli-
tics demonstrates that we have not
yet penetrated all of the barriers to
the truth about abortion.
It seems that many people, who
consider themselves to be ‘‘pro-
life”, are willing to put the killing
aside when they enter the voting
booth. How tragic. We live in a
democracy which affords us the
opportunity to elect government
officials who will work to end the
killing, yet we fudge on the issue
when it enters the political candi-
dates - ‘I like him-her on other
issues’, “You shouldn’t mix religion
and politics’, “I don’t believe in
single issue voting’’...and the litany
of excuses goes on and on.
But the truth of the matter boils
down to this: There are 11%» million
unborn children being killed each
year by abortion - a holocaust of
unprecedented proportions. W
through our vote, have the power
effect change. If we use that power
to elect pro-life candidates, we cast
our vote for the unborn. If we do
not, and instead cast our lot with
those who will work to continue
abortion on demand, then we must
be willing to accept responsibility
for our actions. A vote for a pro-
abortion candidate is a vote for
abortion-on-demand.
MRS. DENISE NEARY, R.N.
SCRANTON, PA.
DEAR EDITOR:
Recently in letters to the editor
and articles, people have voiced
their opinions on alcoholism, drugs,
child abuse and prostitution. These
are all crimes that the public should
be made aware of.
When a person writes an article
about any of the above, they should
not become personal, unless they
are a certified investigative agency.
The same would go for any kind of
petitions circulated to the public
concerning any of the above crimes.
Any person using the name of a
victim of a past crime does not
understand the emotional problems
this causes family members and
friends. People who use other
victim’s names of past crimes
should be aware that an injunction
could be sought against the person
writing the article or petition
because of undue harassment and
Seton! upset to the victim’s fam-
ilies.
articles and petitions but not to
disregard the constitutional rights
of others.
CLAIRE MORROW
WEST PITTSTON
DEAR EDITOR:
Thanks to your
( publishing
“Wanted Free Piano.”
We are now the proud owners of
an old, but great-sounding piano.
We moved it in Sunday.
Just want to let you know how
much we appreciate your continuing
support.
MARILYN GREGORSKI
PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
MEADOWS NURSING CENTER
DALLAS, PA.
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