Editor's notes
CONGRATULATIONS TO
Coach Mark Kirk and the
Lake-Lehman High School
football team on its 33-0 vic-
tory over Dallas Saturday
afternoon in the Old Shoe
Game. The Black Knights,
after sharing the Old Shoe
trophy with their rival Moun
taineers two
years ago
after the two
teams played
to a tie, are
now the sole
owners of the
Shoe for the
entire next
ear. The
ehman boys 2
hadn’t won the shoe outright
since 1979 and certainly
roved they were the better
ootball team this year.
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SPEAKING OF THE OLD
SHOE GAME, my nose is
running and my eyes are
watering these days, thanks
to the cold, windy weather
found at the Lake-Lehman
football field Saturday.
Everybody was so bundled
up it was hard to recognize
most people. What made me
.even colder, though, was
‘watching those poor girls
with the Dallas Band at half-
‘time, performing in those
skimpy uniforms. The girls
looked nice, but they sure
looked cold.
I SAW MY OLD FRIEND
‘JOHN BAUR at the Old Shoe
Game. I don’t know what it
is with that man, but he’s
smiling every time I see
‘him. Saturday was no excep-
tion, either, as he walked
along the Dallas bleachers -
he was smiling again. Sorry,
‘John, the ountaineers
didn’t seem to be giving ou
‘much _to smile about Satur-
day. John is a teacher at the
‘Dallas Junior High School
and surely must have been
rooting for the Dallas boys.
SPEAKING OF the Dallas
Junior High School, I've
heard some comments about
the first meeting of the
Home-Schoool Association
held recently. I guess the
audience consisted of the
same group of parents who
got involved in everything,
ut I've heard the program
presented was a rather inter-
esting one. Junior high
health teacher Robyn Jones
Spoke to the group about the
‘‘Here’s Looking at You,
Two” program and about a
new club she’s forming
called the °‘‘Straight Jack-
ets’’. The club, I understand,
is being formed to offer the
students alternatives to
drugs and alcohol.
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WHEN I THINK OF Robyn
Jones, I think of field
hockey. And when I think of
field hockey, the name Jean
Lipski also comes to mind. It
was good to see Jean and
her mom, Edna Johnson, at
the football game Saturday.
Jean although she was then
Jean Johnson, was a class-
mate of mine during our
college days at Wilkes Col-
lege. She was a hockey
standout there and it’s good
to see her so successful at
Lake-Lehman. Now Jean is
what you would call an
‘‘involved’’ teacher. Her
enthusiasm and interest in
her students is a welcome
sight in the midst of so many
area teacher strikes.
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ON THE SUBJECT OF
teachers’ strikes, I think the
teachers in the Crestwood
School District are going just
a bit too far with the ‘“sad”
buttons they're wearing
these days. After being
ordered back to the class-
room by Judge Brominski,
the Crestwood teachers are
sporting buttons with a sad
face painted on them. Since
teachers are supposed to be
setting examples and teach-
ing the younger generation
of today some values, I think
the ‘““sour-grapes’’ attitude is
entirely out of line.
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JEAN BRUTKO, our circu-
lation manager, and I
attended a postal seminar at
the Pennsyivania Newspaper
Publishers Association Press
Institute in Harrisburg last
Friday. I can’t honestly
remember when I was at a
more worthwhile seminar.
Robert Brinkmann from the
National Newspaper Founda-
tion was exceptional as the
seminar’s moderator and
Jean and I met a lot of nice
people in the newspaper
usiness and came away
with a lot of fresh ideas.
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THE STATUE OF LIB-
ERTY is in trouble and
needs our help. After watch-
ing over the land of the free
and the home of the brave,
the proud-standing lady is
she becomes totally decayed,
she is crying out to us, her
children, to help her. A cur-
rently-running television
commercial shows the statue
speaking for herself in
asking Americans to restore
her before it’s too late.
Please give to a good cause.
Send your contributions to
The Lady, Box 1986, New
York, New York, 10018, or
telephone 1-800-THE-LADY.
And, if you don’t think it’s a
good cause, Just wait until
you see the television com-
mercial. That’s guaranteed
to hit home.
REMEMBERING
Monk’s Plumbing
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - NOV. 23, 1934
It was believed that scarlet fever epidemic was on
the wane. Ten cases were reported in Dallas Town-
ship. Twelve more cases were being closely watched
since they had shown positive test results. One case a
day was being reported.
A group of amateur actors from the Carverton
Grange were entered in the State-wide play tourna-
ment. They gave a one-act comedy entitled “Lucy
Acts Up”.
You could get - Round steak 25c¢ 1b.; pork chops 19¢
Ib.; beef liver 2 1g. 15¢; oysters 2 doz. 23; sugar 10 1b.
51c; sweet potatoes 4 lb. 10c¢; tangerines 14c¢ doz.;
apples 4 1b. 19¢; smoked picnic hams 13c Ib.
40 YEARS AGO - NOV. 24, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davis, Idetown, purchased
Jack Hislop’s Restaurant on Main Street and took over
active management.
Representatives from 17 community organizations
embracing Dallas Borough, Lake, Lehman, Kingston
and Dallas Township met to discuss the possibility of
establishing a library. Paul Warriner, president ©f
Dallas Rotary Club, coordinated the meeting.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gay, 50 years.
Deaths - Emmett Murtha, White Haven; Elmer
Parrish, Dallas realtor; Charles Kinsman, killed in
action, Belgian front.
You could get - Sirloin steak 29c¢ 1b.; grapes 19¢ Ib.;
sweet potatoes 3 lb. 19¢; apples, McIntosh 3 1b. 25¢;
onions 4 1b. 17c; evaporated milk 3 tall cans 26c;
pumpkin large can 14c; Ivory soap 3 Ig. bars 29c.
30 YEARS AGO - NOV. 24, 1954
John F. Sheehan, son of Borough Councilman and
Mrs. John Sheehan of Huntsville Road, attained the
Coveted Eagle Scout award. John was a 10th grade
student at Wyoming Seminary.
Board members and supervising principals of Dallas
Borough, Kingston Township, Dallas and Franklin
Township Schools met to discuss the possibility of
building a large high school building to house students
from those four schools.
Engaged - Victoria Hudak to Joseph Winiski, Jr.;
Anna Adams to Edward Clark; Eleanor Snell to
Theodore Biggs.
Deaths - John Klimovitch, Kunkle; John R. Titman,
Tunkhannock.
You could get - Bingo game $2; Lone Ranger Holster
set and case $9.95; baby’s musical sweeper $2;
childrens’ chain drive tractor $32.50; » gal. Breyer’s
ice cream 99c; heating pad $5.49; stationery-500 sheets
98c.
20 YEARS AGO - NOV. 24, 1964
Dallas High School football squad traveled to Penn
State to see the Nittany Lions on their home turf. The
trip was sponsored by Dallas Letterman Booster Club.
Ed Brominski, George Dombeck and Louis Palermo,
football coaches accompanied the team.
Shavertown Fire Company planned a real old
fashioned Christmas party for children of the commu-
nity. Malcolm Kitchen was general chairman.
Engaged - Ruth Ellen Beagle to Bradley C. Ide.
Married - Joseph Rodriquez to Mary Ann Marcov-
itch.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cease, Shaver-
town, 60 years; Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Palmer, Trucks-
ville, 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Marshall, 39
years; Atty. and Mrs. James L. Brown, Trucksville, 15
years; Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Anderson, Trucksville, 31
years.
Deaths - Allie Honeywell, Luzerne, at the age of 101.
You could get - Turkeys 32c¢ 1b.; standing rib roast
69c 1b.; jumbo shrimp $1.09 1b.; 5-1b. bag of grapefruit
49c; cucumbers 4 for 25c; crab legs 85c 1b.; 5-lb. bag
flour 41c; 1 1b. 4 0z. pkg. Cascade 45c; rutabagas 6c.
10 YEARS AGO - NOV. 27, 1974
DAMA voted to increase quarterly rates to $37.75.
They cited higher operating costs as the reason for the
increase.
Wyoming Seminary received an anonymous $500,000
gift which was used toward the construction of a
Performing Arts Center.
Dallas Woman’s Club celebrated its 42nd anniverary
with a dinner at Irem Temple Country Club.
You could get - Turkeys 59c 1b.; top sirloin $1.49 1b.;
smoked picnic hams 69c 1b.; Folger’s coffee 1 lb. can
99c¢; Ivory liquid 59c¢ bottle; pascal celery 35¢ bnch.;
radishes 3 cello bags 29c¢; pork sausage 99c 1b.
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
‘““A Prelude to Christmas!’”’
Christmas, in my book, is the most
fantastic season of the year. The
spirit, the joy, the happiness,
friendship and love that abounds
this time of year is heart-warming.
A good friend of mine, Grace
Goeringer of Dallas, told me about
some handmade Christmas orna-
ments a few years ago that we
might want to use for our display
case. I called her a week ago and
she consented to let us borrow some
of them. These ornaments are all
made from kits and are just beauti-
ful.
Grace saw these when her chil-
dren were younger and decided to
make some herself. She has made
about 60 of them and hopes to pass
them down to her children and
grandchildren.
These ornaments are made of felt
with stuffing and are all on strings
for hanging. They are decorated
with sequins, and yarn. There are
many nursery rhyme characters
and with only one day on display,
the most popular one is definitely
the tin man. with the tin man are
the straw man, the cowardly lion
and Dorothy; there are the three
bears and Goldilocks; Pinoochio,
Gepetto and Jimminy Cricket; Cin-
derella and coach with Prince
Charming; Santa Claus and Mrs.
Claus with reindeer and bag of toys;
and little Red Riding Hood, grand-
mother and wolf. This makes a
grandsons who will enjoy these
ornaments on the tree at Christmas
time. We will be able to enjoy them
at the library until December 12.
Come see our Christmas preview!
We have a neat collage on our
bulletin board. It is on a blue
colored background and has a pic-
ture of Glenn Eyet, a member of the
Dallas High School football team,
and the date, time and place of the
‘Old Shoe Game’. Glenn is 17 years
old, a senior at Dallas, a co-captain
of the team and plays first string
defensive line backer and offensive
guard. He is important to the
library because his father, Glenn
Eyet, Jr., has been a member of the
library board of directors since 1975
and has served as treasurer of the
board since 1980. Both of these
Glenns are doing super jobs in their
fields and deserve our thanks!
We announced a few weeks ago
that the library is collecting Camp-
antly surprised last week when
David Smith brought us 384 soup
labels and this has set the record so
far. These coupons will enable us to
receive educational equipment for
the library. Collect your labels for
the library and’ drop them off.
New books at the library: ‘For
Love Or Money’ by Mary Howard
is the story of Lorna Meredith and
new people, friends, a big city and a
new life. She has embarded on a
new life in London. She has a new
job at an Art Publisher and is
detetmined to forge a career.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
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DEAR EDITOR:
As a Lutheran pastor and the
bishop of the Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania Synod, I and others are pre-
paring Thanksgiving messages.
Probably you are preparing a
Thanksgiving messages. Probably
you are preparing a Thanksgiving
editorial.
The vast majority of people in this
nation are able to give thanks not
only for the necessities of life but
for more than food, clothing, shelter
and health care.
Unfortunately, we continue to
have among us those who are
hungry, unemployed, homeless,
abused, and those limited by physi-
cal or mental disabilities. They are
the reasons for this letter.
Legislators in this state have an
opportunity to provide some mini-
mal income to some of ‘the least of
these” as mentioned in Matthew 25.
Recently Act 75 amended the Wel-
fare Code to classify some people as
eligible for continuing General
Assistance on a year-round basis.
Our church people are able to pro-
vide emergency shelters and feed-
ing programs for a limited number
of those who were not anticipated as
people in need of that year-round
assistance.
Senate Bill 1324 was passed by
both houses of the Pennsylvania
legislature. It provides that modest
income for the mentally and physi-
cally disabled, pregnant women,
victims of domestic violence, dis-
placed homemakers, caretakers of
children and dependent adults, par-
ents expecting the return of their
children from foster care, and hon-
orably discharged veterans.
RAN
The Governor vetoed this legisla-
tion and Pennsylvania legislators
now have the opportunity to over-
ride that veto during this Thanks-
giving season.
The provision of $177 a month to
these needy people would be a sign
of the compassion that our citizens
feel toward those who are so less
fortunate than many of us.
As we remember our bounty this
season, let us not forget the needs of
others. A ‘basket of food at this
season provides for only a few days.
A modest assistance grant enables
people to provide shelter and some
self sufficiency for the many more
days throughout the year.
I join with many others in calling
upon our elected legislators to sup-
port the override of the veto of
Senate Bill 1324.
HAROLD S. WEISS
BISHOP, NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA SYNOD
LUTHERAN CHURCH
DEAR EDITOR:
On behalf of the Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital Auxiliary, I sincerely
thank you (Dotty Martin) for the
excellent coverage of our very suc-
cessful Holiday Fair and all our
endeavors.
You are truly interested in the
welfare of the community as we
are.
I take this opportunity, also, to
thank the public for its fine
response and continued support
which in turn enables us to provide
medical equipment for highest qual-
ity care to all members of the
community.
EVELYN T. ECK
CHAIRMAN
NESBITT HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
HOLIDAY FAIR
opinion.
will be withheld upon request.
any letters.
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from: Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
AT THE REQUEST of the House
Transportation Committee, the state
Transportation Department will,
develop guidelines for the use of *
state-owned aircraft. During a hear-
ing in Harrisburg this week, com-
mittee members quizzed transporta-
tion officials on the department’s
policies regarding state-owned air-
craft, its management of Common-
wealth real estate at airports and
the need for job specifications
within the Bureau of Aviation. Led
by Rep. Benjamin Wilson (R-
Bucks), the House committee is
investigating allegations that Trans-
portation Department policies in the
areas of aircraft and airport regula-
tion need revamping. Department
officials agreed to draft a set of
regulations in those areas by Feb. 1.
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A SPECIAL HOUSE committee
investigating state lottery fund
investment practices released its
preliminary report this week. The
study concluded that additional
investment safeguards are needed
to ensure the security of the fund.
Rep. Walter F. DeVerter (R-Mif-
flin), a committee member, chal-
lenged the findings of the Demo-
cratic-controlled panel’s report.
DeVerter noted that state officials
are continually reviewing invest-
ment procedures. He added that he
had ‘‘serious doubts’ that any legis-
lation is needed to regulate invest-
ment of the funds. Earlier this year
the Senate Finance Committee con-
cluded that lottery proceeds were
being properly invested.
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SALARY HIKES of at least $5,000
per year for each of the state’s 528
district justices have been recom-
mended by the House Finance Com-
mittee. By a 14-2 vote, the commit-
tee approved legislation that would
increase the maximum salary for a
district justice from $29,500 to $34,-
500 annually. The bill has been sent
to the full House for consideration.