4 THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, November 28, 1984
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HOPE EVERYONE HAD a will be a big one for all you PSU
nice Thanksgiving and didn’t followers.
stuff themselves with turkey.
Thanksgiving meals are great,
though, aren’t they? It gives the
family an opportunity to get
together, enjoy a good meal and
good conversation. I read some-
where that Thanksgiving is the
only holiday when 42 people can
squeeze in around a table made
for eight and have a good time.
Seriously,
though, the
Thanksgiving
Day dinner is
my favorite.
My step-
mother,
Laura, cooked
the turkey this
year and, boy,
did we have a
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CONGRATULATIONS to 15-
year-old Donni Rogers of Dallas
for downing his first-ever deer.
Donni shot his prize Monday
morning and was the first to call
The Dallas Post to tell us about
it. He was so excited about bag-
ging his first deer and when we
were having difficulty getting
directions to his house, he said
he would sit at the end of his
driveway and wait for the pho-
tographer. When Ed Campbell,
our photographer, arrived on the
scene, he had no trouble locating
Donni’s house because the young
hunter was waiting at the end of
the driveway just as he said he
would. What Donni didn’t tell us,
however, is that his driveway is
feast! MARTIN a quarter of a mile long. Donni
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COLLEGE MISERICORDIA declined a ride'home with Ed.
will host the annual Madrigal -0-
Dinner in Merrick Hall on the
college campus this Friday and
Saturday. The students spend a
lot of time preparing for this Old
English Feast and usually do a
superb job with it. If you haven’t
already gotten your tickets,
better hurry. They sell out fast
and it really is worth the money.
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SPEAKING OF COLLEGE
MISERICORDIA, a big cheer to
the men’s and women’s basket-
ball teams of the local college.
Seems they are about to put
Misericordia on the map this
year with their early-season per-
formances. It wasn’t long ago the
Lady Highlanders were no match
for other local women’s teams
and the men didn’t even have a
basketball team. Now, the Miser-
icordia women are downing Divi-
sion II cage teams and the men
are coming on strong. Keep your
eye on them this year!
REMEMBER, HUNTERS!
We’d love to take your picture
and tell everyone about the deer
you bagged this year. Just call
us and we’ll arrange to have a
photo of you and your prize taken
or stop by on your way home
from hunting and we’ll snap your
photo.
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE at
the Dallas Post Office is deco-
rated for the Christmas holidays,
You've got to give the Brownies
credit - that’s a pretty big tree
for those little girls to decorate,
but they do a really nice job year
after year.
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CAN YOU BELIEVE there are
only 27 days left to Christmas?
Boy, that holiday seems to come
faster and faster every year,
doesn’t it? We're already reading
about Santa coming to town and
the Christmas shopping season.
It almost seems to be the Christ-
mas season has gotten way out of
hand.
SPEAKING OF SPORTS, the
annual Penn State-Pitt game this
year was a thrill for me, simply
because I am no big fan of Joe
Paterno’s and I thoroughly
enjoyed seeing the Panthers
make minced meat of the Nit-
tany Lions.
I braved the wind chill factor
this past Saturday, enjoying the
game from the bleachers of
Beaver Stadium, and would like
to tip my typewriter keys to
Mike Leskowsky, a graduate of
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WHEN I THINK of Christmas,
I think of snow. And, when I
think of snow, I can’t think of
anything but skiing. My. skis
have been tuned and waxed and
waiting patiently in my living-
room closet for over a month.
Where, oh where is the snow?
(Boy, am I going to take the heat
from non-skiers for that remark,
Lake-Lehman High School, who ~~ aren’t1?) :
donned the Nittany Lion football 0
jersey for the last time. A GREAT BIG ROUND OF
When Leskowsky was APPLAUSE to Judy Fitch of
Dallas for finishing second in the
Pennsylvania Junior Miss State
Scholarship Finals in Reading
last Saturday. Judy, a senior at
Dallas High School, was a lot of
fun when we were taking the
photo of the Dallas Homecoming
Court this year.
A member of that court, Judy
was so cooperative while we
arranged the girls for the photo.
And, in the end, she wound up
with the toughest job of all. In
order to make the photograph
look balanced, Judy had to
remove her high heels and stand
on a folding chair in the back
row. The hard part, however,
came just before the photo was
taken when she had to stoop
down about five or six inches so
she didn’t look a whole lot taller
than the rest of the girls.
announced along with the other
. Penn State seniors, three gentle-
men behind me commented on
the fact that Mike was one of
Shorty Hitchcock’s products
from the Black Knights ‘wrestling
program. Seems these guys were
from Wilkes-Barre and one of
them went to college with Shorty.
PENN STATE FOOTBALL has
a lot of fans from this area.
Almost every car traveling south
on Interstate 80 Saturday morn-
ing was on its way to University
Park. And, while I was there, I
saw things like Bishop O’Reilly
baseball hats, Wyoming Area
swim team jackets, Plymouth
softball jackets, etc. Yes, sir, the
Nittany Lions sure have a big
following from the Wyoming
Valley area. Maybe, next year
Tie SPDALLASCPosT
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Advertising, Circulation and Editorial
"REMEMBERING
At the soda fountain
Lillian Kuehn is shown here at the old soda
place in those days.
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - NOV. 30, 1934
Teachers from Dallas Borough, Dallas, Kingston,
Lake and Lehman Township attended an institute at
Kingston Township High School. Dr. Joseph Miller,
director of the vocational guidance department of
Wilkes-Barre schools was speaker. His subject was
Individual Differences Among Children.
The Scarlet Fever epidemic spread to Lehman and
Kingston Township. Nineteen homes were under quar-
antine and 25 homes were under observation according
to Elmer Kerr of Harveys Lake, State Health Officer.
Married - Hilda Pearl Higgins to Sheldon W. Mosier.
Deaths - W.W. Brace, Shavertown.
You could get - Roasting chickens 19c¢ 1b.; pork
sausage 25¢ 1b.; chuck pot roast 12¢ 1b.; sauerkraut 3
1b. 14c; ripe tomatoes 2 1b. 25¢; emperor grapes 9c 1b.;
evaporated milk 5 tall cans 29c; raisins 3 pkg. 25¢.
40 YEARS AGO - DEC. 1, 1944
Close of the 1944 football season on Thanksgiving
Day saw Lehman Township High School emerge as the
outstanding contender for Back Mountain champion-
ship honors. W
Known for many years as’ one of the leading
livestock producing farms in the state, Orchard Farm
in Dallas Township, was purchased from the William
Conyngham Estate by George and Kenneth Rice of
Lehman Township.
Deaths - Pfc. Herbert H. Shaver, Jr., killed in action
in Holland. j
You could get - Haddock 36c¢ lb.; catfish 29c Ib.;
chuck roast 23c 1b.; oranges 3lc doz.; potatoes, peck
49c; apples 3 1b. 25¢; marmalade 2 1b. jar 19c¢; layer
cake 55¢ ea.; first aid kit 59¢; crayon color books 10c.
30 YEARS AGO - DEC. 3, 1954
George Alles, treasurer, Harveys Lake Lions Club,
presented a check for. $500 to Wesley Moore of the
Lehman Volunteer Fire Company to be used for the
purchase of new equipment.
Magnetic, automatic traffic signals were approved
by the State Department of Highways for installation
at the Center Street intersection in Shavertown. Cost
of the project, which was made by Thomas Electric
Company, was $000. :
Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre applied for
a branch bank in Shavertown. Albert M. Bossard, was
bank president.
Married - Dilys Patricia Rowlands to Bernard
Stoner; Janet Shupp to Harry Belles, Jr.; Louise
DeAngelo and Frank Castrignano.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cease, Dallas,
50 years.
Deaths - Ignatz Gavek, Beaumont; Ida Jane Davis,
Harveys Lake. :
You could get - Standing rib roast 59c Ib.; fryers 39c
1b.; chuck roast 35¢c Ib. ; dates 29¢ Ib.; anjou pears 2 lb.
29¢; tangerines 2 doz. 49c; whole wheat bread 2 1g.
loaves 29c¢; 3-6 oz. cans orange juice 49c.
20 YEARS AGO - DEC. 3, 1964
Arthur Miller Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller,
Huntsville Road and Robert Schooley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Schooley, Davenport St., Dallas were
awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.
Gus Shuleski of Center Hill Road, Dallas, was
installed as commander of Daddow Isaacs American
Legion Post succeeding Past Commander George
Cave.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Harley Misson, Sr.,
Shavertown 21 years.
Deaths - Susan McMillan, Mt. Zion; Milford Shaver, .
Dallas.
You could get - Hickory smoked pork loins 79¢ 1b.;
bacon 49c 1b.; kielbassi 69c 1b.; Maine potatoes 50 Ib.
bag $2.19; haddock 49c lb.; Calif. naval oranges doz.
59¢; McIntosh apples 4 1b. bag 39c; medium shrimp
59c Ib.; 3 Ib. fruit cake $2.99.
10 YEARS AGO - DEC. 6, 1974
Jackson Township Planning Commission okayed a 70
unit development proposed by James Veras. The sub-
division was planned for Bulford Farm on Sutton
Road, The board of supervisors also approved the
plan.
Cheryl Hontz, daughter of Mr. and mrs. Arthur
Hontz, Shavertown was named to Who’s Who Among
American College Students. Cheryl attended College
Misericordia.
Engaged - Thelma Sue Engelman to Kenneth Butler.
Deaths - Gilbert Watkins, Tunkhannock Highway;
Stanley Hartman, Hunlock Creek; Alice Oney, Har-
veys Lake; Charles Fox, Dallas; George Rice, Dallas.
You could get - Beef liver 79¢ Ib.; ground chuck 99c
Ib.; smoked picnics 75¢ 1b.; oranges 10-89c; mush-
rooms 89c Ib.; tomatoes 3-1b. pkg. $1; Pillsbury flour 5
Ib. bag 78c; Maxwell House Coffee 52¢ Ib.
OPINION
By EDWIN FEULNER the West.
total participation ranging between
15-and-30 million.
J. Stephen Buckley
Betty Bean
Mike Danowski
Charlot Denmon
Joe Gula
Marvin Lewis
Jean Brutko
Peggy Poynton
paid in advance.
time.
Publisher
Editor
Circulation Director
Come January 1985, Washington
will likely find itself involved in an
historic life-and-death debate.
Not the kind that so enthralls the
headline writers and TV phonies:
sob stories about innocent 80-year-
old who have fallen prey to insensi-
tive, right-wing government waste-
cutters who can’t tell the ‘truly
needy” from the “newly greedy.”
What we're talking about is a real
life-and-death debate: whether the
United States intends to change its
nuclear defense policy from one
based on all-out retaliation - the
doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruc-
tion (MAD) - to one based on
protecting the American people and
U.S. assets.
The MAD doctrine has stood as
the foundation-stone of U.S. policy
since the early 1960s. It is premised
on the logical but immoral belief
that if both the United States and
Soviet Union possess enough
nuclear warheads to destroy one
another, neither country will be
tempted to use them.
But, as philosopher Gerhart Nie-
meyer recently pointed out at the
Shavano Institute, the theory has a
terrible flaw: it is based on the
absolutely incorrect belief that deci-
sions in the Kremlin are motivated
by the same forces that sway West-
ern leaders.
In the Soviet Union, however, the
Party - the State - is everything. Its
control is total. Any competing
interests, such as public opinion,
Soviety military planners believe
a nuclear war can be won - and they
plan to be on the winning side. In
the United States, we view such
discussions as academic.
While U.S. military planners
should be prepared to fight and win
even a nuclear confrontation, our
elected officials owe us more. Not
the unilateral disarmament -clap-
trap that flows so easily off the
tongues of the present-day peacen-
iks; no sensible person, seeing
Kremlin behavior around the world,
is going to buy that.
Instead, they need to tell us how
they intend to defend the United
States if the octogenarians who
head up the Communist Party of the
Soviety Union decide the potential
benefits of nuclear confrontation
outweigh the risks.
The Soviet Union now spends
between $2 and 3-billion annually on
civil defense planning. According to
reliable intelligence estimades, the
Soviets have constructed at least
15,000 blast and fallout shelters -
with 1,500 shelters intended specifi-
cally for top Communist Party offi-
cials. The massive program oper-
ates under a separate branch of the
Soviet Ministry of Defense, with
some 100,000 Soviet civilian and
military personnel employed full-
time in the effort.
One recent report notes that every
Soviet school, farm, factory, and
government administrative unit has
its own civil defense group, with
The U.S., on the other hand,
allocated only $169 million for civil
defense in 1984 and cannot ade-
quately protect or defend the U.S.
population from nuclear attack.
Even now Soviet bombers threaten
the U.S. public, which is defended
by just ninety active-duty air inter-
ceptors - mainly 1950s-vintage F-
106s and 1960s-vintage F-4s. ‘
Even with additional Air National
Guard units available, each aircraft
would be required to defend more
than 20,000 square miles of territory
- an area roughly the size of West
Virginia - if the U.S. came under
attack.
In 1982, the Reagan administra-
tion proposed a $4.2 billion civil
defense program to be implemented
over a seven-year period. The pro-
posal, which still hasn’t been funded
by Congress, calls for the develop-
ment of evacuation plans for high-
risk ‘areas, construction of fallout
shelters for a substantial portion of
the U.S. population, and other mea-
sures designed to protect the public
and economic assets.
Along with the administration’s
Strategic Defense Initiative,
designed to develop strictly defen-
sive weapons capable of knocking
enemy missiles out of the air, the
Civil Defense plan makes eminent
good sense.
(Edwin Feulner is president of
The Heritage Foundation, a Wash-
ington-based public policy research
organization.)
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
HAVE WE GOT A CONTEST
FOR YOU!!! It is our “Guess the
Date’’ contest. It involves the actual
Memorial Library will open for?
regular business in our new building
on Huntsville Road.
We would like everyone in the
community to enter the contest.
Simply come into the library and fill
out the entry form or make your
at 69 Main Street. On the form, we
need the date of the entry, your
name, address and phone number
and the date you think we will open
the new library. In case of ties, the
earliest entry date will be the
winner. The contest will close
December 31.
The clues are: The board of direc-
tors had hoped we would open there
on December 15; the staff was
guessing December 31; members of
the steering committee are planning
on January 15; and the church
which bought our present buildings
hopes we will be vacated by Janu-
ary 31. : J
The old furnace has been taken
out, new pipes are being installed,
the gas line was connected on
November 16 and the new furnace
was delivered November 20. The
auditorium is filled with stacks of
ceiling tile, insulation and wall
board. The galvanized studding is
being installed inside, some cinder
block and cement blocking of doors
has been done, walls have been torn
down and electricians, plumbers,
masons and carpenters are working
there every day. The auditorium
floor must be reinforced, the heat
installed and the windows re-
vamped along with the shelving for
our 50,000 books and the completion
of the offices on the first floor.
These are the clues, the guess is
yours.
This whole contest idea started
when Bill Frederick, librarian, told
me about a gift we had received
from the Thomas Registry Com-
pany, which is a register of Ameri-
can Manufacturers, including name,
address and product with phone
number. We completed a survey for
them and one out of one hundred
entries was chosen to receive this
gift. It was us!
The prize is a GOTT TOTE 12,
which is an all-around cooler with
the ice in the lid. A large re-freeze
bottle which stores in the lid makes
the cooler like a refrigerator. It
holds 12. cans-or two six-packs. We
decided we would like to use it for a,
prize and needed a contest. The
maker of the cooler have a slogan,
“Gott for the Good Times’ and we
hope you will enter our contest and
have a good time with us trying to
guess our library opening date.
The members of the board of
directors and the staff of the Back
Mountain ‘Memorial Library would
like to designate Sunday, Dec. 2, as
a very special day in the Back
Mountain. Mrs. Florence Crump
will celebrate her 90th birthday on
that date and we all say cheers to
her. She is one dedicated, devoted
and wonderful human being. Happy
Birthday, Mrs. Crump!
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
120th Legislative District.
LEGISLATORS RETURNED to
Harrisburg this week to complete
work on a number of pending bills
legislative session which begins in
January. In closed caucus sessions,
members voted to reorganize party
leadership for.the 1985-85 session.
Most House Republican leaders
retained their posts for the next two
years. The only change in House
GOP leadership was the selection of
Rep. Harry Bowser (R-Erie) as
caucus administrator succeeding
Rev. Frank A. Salvatore (R-Phila.)
who is leaving the House for a seat
in the Senate. :
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AN ATTEMPTED House override
of Gov. Dick Thornburgh’s veto of
the so-called spousal-rape bill failed
when supporters of the move lost by
six votes to get the necessary two-
thirds majority. The bill, which
passed the General Assembly over-
whelmingly last month, would have
made spousal rape a third-degree
felony punishable by up to 20 years
in prison. Shortly after the failed
override attempt in the House, the
Senate passed an amendment out-
lawing spousal rape while making
the crime a second-degree felony. A
second-degree felony carries a max-
imum 10-year sentence. A final vote
on the bill containing the amend-
ment is expected in the Senate next
week.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG subsidies
offered to low-income senior citizens
through the use of state lottery
funds is being used by only half of
the eligible elderly residents, the
state Aging Department reported.
The study noted that 287,900 people,
51 percent of those who qualify had
registered for the three-month-old
Prescription Assistance Contract for
the Elderly program (PACE).