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PLANS ARE PROGRESSING
WELL for The Dallas Post’s first-
ever Appreciation Banquet. The
banquet, scheduled for Thursday,
May 2, at the Idetown Fire Hall,
will honor our school correspon-
dents, our newspaper carriers, and
our student/athletes, as well as all
of their parents. 3
The staff of The {|
Post is kind of
excited about this
banquet, not only
because it’s the §
first of its kind, {
but because it
will give us an
opportunity to
meet’ with all
DOTTY
MARTIN
who play such an important role in
Our Success.
It isn’t often we get to spend any
length of time with any of these
children and we’ve never had the
and their parents at the same time.
So, we think it’s going to be kind of
fun.
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MEMBERS OF THE DALLAS
rowed down their selections for the
first-ever Dallas Post Student/Ath-
This award, also the first of its
student from both Dallas and Lake-
Lehman High Schools. Recipients of
the award must be seniors, must be
involved in sports at their respec-
tive high school, must have respect-
able grades and must be considered
leaders in their communities and
among their peers.
Although members of The Dallas
Post sports staff have met with
members of the administration at
‘both Dallas and Lake-Lehman High
Schools to discuss possible recipi-
will be made by members of The
Dallas Post staff.
The Dallas Post is proud to be
able to honor members of its com-
munity for their accomplishments
and plans to make the Student/
Athlete Award an annual event.
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THE CONTEST FOR AMATEUR
‘PHOTOGRAPHERS, sponsored
jointly by the Back Mountain
had its deadline changed to Friday,
April 26.
Because of the rash of cold,
inclement weather our area has
been experiencing, the committee
for this contest felt it would be more
fair to all area photographers who
wanted to enter if the deadline was
extended for one week.
. There are already several photo-
graphs entered in the contest and
they can all be viewed at the Back
Mountain Library on Huntsville
Road in Dallas where they will
remain on display until the conclu-
sion of the contest.
Members of the library staff have
informed us that they have received
several telephone calls as well as
several ‘personal inquiries concern-
ing the deadline for this contest and
it seems many more people had
hoped to enter. The lousy weather
around here, however, has made it
quite difficult for them to take the
kinds of photos they would. like to
submit to a contest.
So, for all you amateur photogra-
phers who haven't yet entered your
prize-winning photograph, you're in
luck - at least until April 26.
Winners in this contest will be
eligible for $25 cash prizes and will
also be entered in the national
contest where they will be eligible
for over $7100 in prizes.
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OUR VERY OWN ‘‘AUNT
PATTY” seems to have become a
rather popular name around town.
Aunt Patty is the author of our
newly-instituted advice column,
entitled ‘Dear Aunt Patty,” and her
mailbox is becoming more full as
time goes on.
Aunt Patty will answer letters on
a first-come, first-served basis, so
get those letters in as soon as you
can. Don’t be left out in the cold -
let Aunt Patty help you with your
perplexing problems.
Your letters should be addressed
to “Dear Aunt Patty,” c-o The
Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas,
Pa., 18612.
Get your letter off to Aunt Patty
today and then watch The Post for
Aunt Patty’s answer to your letter.
IT WAS SO NICE TO HEAR
FROM one of our former residents
when we received a letter from
Kathleen Major Brown this week.
Kathleen, who is now 94 years old,
is originally from Lehman and cur-
rently residing in New Jersey. She
had seen a photo of the old Lehman
House that we ran a few weeks ago
in our “Remembering” column and
it brought some memories to he
mind. :
It was so nice of Kathleen to take
the time to write down those memo-
ries and submit them to us for other
readers to enjoy. Thanks, Kathleen,
I’m sure many people will enjoy
reading what you remember about
the Lehman House.
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SPEAKING OF OUR ‘“REMEM-
BERING” COLUMN, Shirley Rit-
with a whole bunch of old photos
that we will be publishing very soon
in that column.
A great big thanks goes out to
Shirley for taking the time to round
up all these old photos. We’ve heard
an awful lot of nice things about
that “Remembering” column and
are thrilled to hear people enjoy it
as much as they do. §
Remember, anyone who may
have any old photos they would like
to have published in The Dallas
Post, just contact me at the office at
675-5211 or send your photo, along
with some kind of identification to
The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366,
Dallas, Pa., 18612. If you will kindly
include a self-addressed, stamped
envelope, we will gladly return the
photo to you after it’s been pub-
lished.
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CONGRATULATIONS to all those
who competed in the ‘Run for
Fitness’ race held in the Back
Mountain this past Sunday. Mem-
bers of our editorial staff tell me
what fun all the participants of that
race seemed to be having and how
enjoyable the special one-mile Fun
Run for children was.
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WE HAD A VISITOR this past
week as Judie Mathers, a member
of our editorial department, brought
her son, Jamie, to visit.
Jamie, who currently resides in
Florida, had a week’s vacation from
school and flew in to spend some
time with his Mom. But, it was back
to the land of sunshine and beaches
for Jamie on Monday.
REMEMBERING
Huntsville Road
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - APRIL 19, 1935
Miss R. Elizabeth Breckenridge of Franklin St.,
Dallas was named county chairman of the Young
Republican Women’s Club on Luzerne County Council
of Republican Women.
Kingston Township School District attempted to
secure Federal funds to aid in construction of an eight-
room addition to the high school building.
You could get - Smoked hams 23c lb.; roasting
chickens 29c¢ 1b.; veal roast 25c 1b.; Iceberg lettuce 2
hds. 13c; tomatoes 2 1b. 25¢; strawberries, 2 pts. 25¢;
coffee 2 lb. 31c; jelly eggs 3 1b. 25¢; 3 tall cans milk
20c.
40 YEARS AGO - APRIL 20, 1945
Rev. Frederick W. Reinfurt, Providence Church,
Scranton, became pastor of First Methodist Church,
Dallas. :
Honoring the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
students of Lehman School paid simple and fitting
tribute by planting their 2¥8th memerial tree on the
school campus.
Missing in action since March when he participated
in a bomber flight over Germany, radio gunner Sgt.
John Owens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Owens,
Trucksville, was back in England with his old outfit.
Married - Dorothy Abbotoy to Robert Lavelle.
You could get - Franks 37c¢ 1b.; legs lamb 39c 1b.;
bologna 48c 1b.; spinach 7c 1b.; cabbage 5c Ib.; carrots
2 lg. bunches 15¢; strained baby foods 7c ea.; peanut
butter, 16 oz. jar 30c; Ivory soap 3 Ig. bars 29c.
30 YEARS AGO - APRIL 29, 1955
Lake-Noxen and Dallas Borough schools began
administering Salk Vaccine for polio. Physicians
assisting were Dr. A.J. Brown, Dr. Lester Saidman,
Dr. F. Buss Schooley and Dr. Malcolm Borthwick.
Sweet Valley Fire Company offered three cash
awards for entries in their annual Memorial Day
Parade. Awards of $50, $25, and $15 were offered.
Five hundred persons attended the opening of
Frantz’s new card and gift shop on Memorial Highway
in Shavertown. As a memento of the occasion all
ladies attending received corsages while each man
[gcaiven a book of messages by Dr. Norman Vincent
eale.
Married - Wahneta Evans to William Berti; Shirley
Johnson to Ralph F. Swan; Jean Martin and Cecil
Traver; Ida Lois Martin and Arthur Scott.
Deaths - Raymond J. Gregory, Jackson Twp.;
William Barber, Noxen; Anna Briggs, Sweet Valley;
Doris Phillips, North Arlington, N.J.
You could get - Eggs 3 doz. 19¢; picnic hams 29c¢ Ib. ;
rib roast 59¢ 1b.; asparagus 2 1b. 39c; sweet corn 4 1g.
ears 25¢; carrots 2 cello pkgs. 19¢; pineapples 25¢ ea.;
toilet tissue 6 rolls 59c; white potatoes 6-16 oz. cans
59c.
20 YEARS AGO - APRIL 29, 1965
The new temple of Dallas Chapter 396 Eastern Star
was dedicated. The dedication was coincidental with
the 40th chapter of the OES. Over 300 persons attended
the dedication. Mrs. Bethia King, worthy matron and
Dennis Bonning Jr. worthy patron were mistress and
master of ceremonies.
Two senior members of the Lake-Lehman School
Band were recipients of the John Phillip Sousa Award
for excellence in music. Marion Perkins and John
Balavage were presented the awards by Anthony
Marchikitus.
Engaged - Alice Dorosky to Stephen Maceiko. |
Married - Barbara Kozemchak to Elwyn L. Cragle.
Anniversary - Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lord, 40 years.
Deaths - Frank Hershberger, Harveys Lake; Harry
B. Allen, Harveys Lake, Augusto Tranelli, Lake
Silkworth.
You could get - Chickens 27c lb.; sliced bacon 55¢
Ib.; whiting 19c Ib.; clams 4c ea.; liverwurst 33c 1b.;
oranges 39¢ doz.; honeydews 49c ea.; lemons 39¢ doz.;
granulated sugar 5 lb. 57c; asparagus 19c¢ 1b.; celery 2
1g. bunches 29c. :
10 YEARS AGO - APRIL 24, 1975
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church planned a celebration
for its 50th anniversary in May. An anniversary
festival, a Christian art show and a dinner at College
Misericordia were some festivities planned. Rev. Lynn
Rothrock was pastor.
Wall to wall children were an eager audience at the
Bk. Mt. Memorial Library while Lake-Lehman High
School magician Mark Caccia performed as part of
Library Week activities.
Engaged - Marilyn R.S. Davis to Walter G. Salm;
Susan Kristy to James W. Pichert.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Carleton S. Rogers,
Harveys Lake, 25 years.
Deaths - Byron Harlos, Shavertown; James Smith,
Mt. Airy Road; Marion Hogg; Gregory Beisel; Wil-
liam Frederick, Shavertown.
You could get - Chuck Roast $1.09 Ib.; beef liver 69c
lb.; minute steaks $1.39 box; 18 oz. jar Kraft’s apple
jelly 59c¢; Coca Cola %» gal. 69c; grapefruit 5-89c;
green beans 35c Ib.; snow white mushrooms 79c¢ 1b.
OPINION
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Office
61 Gerald Ave.
Dallas, PA 18612
Mailing Address
Box 366
Dallas, PA 18612
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Peggy Poynton
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By EDWIN FEULNER
Scenes of the pitiful starving
masses of Ethiopia flashing across
U.S. television screens provoked an
extraordinary national outpouring
of sympathy and charity and a
drumbeat of pressure on the U.S.
government to step up the level of
emergency aid ‘to the drought-
stricken country.
The reaction, of course, is very
American, and commendable. But it
also sentimental and indiscriminate.
As British syndicated columnist
Anthony Lejeune points out, the
world is full of disasters, many of
which do not receive such an out-
pouring of sentimentality because
the television networks don’t bring
them into our living rooms. but that
doesn’t in any way diminish the
tragedy in Ethiopia.
More to the point is the fact that
Ethiopia’s Marxist government not
only turned its back on its own
people while this tragedy was in the
making - spending lavish sums of
money on Soviet military arms and
on the trappings of state power - but
also has been slow to help do
anything to lessen the tragedy.
At one point, reports Lejeune, the
Ethiopian regime appeared ready to
reject offers of assistance, because
they felt the British offers ‘were
inadequate and insincere.
Several international ‘‘charitable”
organizations also have introduced
politics into the famine-relief effort,
blaming the selfish, profit-oriented
West for the suffering. Their fund-
raising ads are designed to prey on
our “guilt,” not on our sense of
brotherhood. While such organiza-
tions obviously have a good cause,
the effect of their tactics may be
counterproductive.
The West, in recent years, has
given record amounts of aid to
impoverished Third-World coun-
tries. While no amount of money
and aid will wipe out suffering in
the world, the West has been more
than generous.
Not that all donations are strictly
given on th basis of charity. The
U.S. tax system, for example,
befriends the charity business by
offering healthy deductions for such
donations. It’s a way of promoting
the doing of good, by making it feel
good on tax day.
At this point, nothing should be
allowed to get in the way of the
efforts to save the starving of Ethio-
pia. But the emergency assistance
provides only a short-term solution,
at best. Long-term help will only be
possible through political change.
Ethiopia’s poor soil and lack of
basic facilities for agricultural pro-
duction and distribution are serious
problems. But many other Third-
World countries have overcome
such difficulties.
Ethiopia’s chronic civil war, pro-
voked by the Marxist regime, has
not helped the situation. And there
is even reason to believe that the
supply offood to certain regions
may have been deliberately
obstructed in order to bring the
anti-Marxists to their knees. Don’t
forget that Stalin used starvation as
an instrument of policy.
The government willing, there are
long-term solutions to the problems
facing Ethiopia and to a lesser
degree other African nations: the
encouragement of small farms and
individual enterprise, and an open
door for investment and foreign
trade.
It’s something the U.S. can’t force
on the Marxists - any more than we
can force them to accept British
aid.
(Edwin Feulner is president of
The Heritage Foundation, a Wash-
ington-based public policy research
institute.) :
The elephants cried all night! 20
degrees was a little bit too cold for
them. The tigers were snow bound ,
in Pittsburgh! Other than that, I am
told the Irem Shrine Circuls is off to
a good start for another year. A
great organization helping a most
worthy cause!
Busy! Busy! Busy! That’s what
we’ve been since March 4th when
we opened the new library on
Huntsville Road. We have had
people. join the library who were
never in before, the reference room
has been crowded most nights with
students working on term papers,
the main reading room has four sets
of tables and chairs and they have
been used most every night. The
reference questions and the circula-
tion have increased tremndously. I
am having some trouble getting the
paper work finished by the dead-
lines and most of our daily projects
are behind schedule. We are not
complaining. We love it! That's
what we are here for.
National Volunteer Week 1985 is
the week of April 22 through 28 and
we at the library do salute our
dedicated volunteers. There are
which volunteers can do and we are
grateful for any time a person can
give to these activities.
Mary George and Sybil Pelton,
Dallas Women of Kiwanis members,
have already started to collect mer-
chandise for the odds and ends
booth at the auction. We have desig-
nated a room in the basement of the
library to store this merchandise
and will accept items whenever the
library is open. Needless to say, we
will also accept book donations,
either for the library itself or for the
book booth at the auction.
I was fortunate enough to have a
nice desk donated to me for my use
at the library and I have finally
found the way to install my electric
typewriter, cord and all, in the
compartment for it and have just
this week been able to drop it down,
slide it in the compartment and
close the door. This is a beautiful
desk and I am grateful for it. We
also had donated a large table with
a formica top which makes a lovely
work table for processing books.
One of our patrons made the
remark the other day that they
liked the old library better, mostly
because she knew where everything
was. Sounds something like when
they change the stock in a food
store, however, in time we realize
the new arrangement is better.
nicer than the Hoyt!’’ Now, that is a
compliment. We have nothing
against the Hoyt, but it is nice to
hear the comments.
We received a donation of a small
hand Bissel sweeper the other day
and it certainly is nice to be able to
clean up our new carpet from time
to time with it.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
SCHOOL CHILDREN under the
age of 12 left unattended at home
before or after school would benefit
from a new program proposed by
Rep. Elinor Z. Taylor (R-Chester).
The ‘‘Latchkey Children’s Assist-
ance Act’ was prompted by
Taylor’s concern for the physical
and emotional well-being of chil-
dren. The program, operated by the
departments of Education and
Public Welfare, wouid offer day-
care services to public schools 'for
the hours immediately befor and
after the school day. Children would
qualify for the program regardless
of parental income. ‘“Too many
children are being left to fend for
themselves. They are: vulnerable
and in dire need of supervision,”
‘Taylor said.
EXPANDING ELIBILITY guide-
lines for participation in PACE, the
state’s prescription drug assistance
program, is under consideration by
the House Finance Committee. Rep.
Robert D. Reber (R-Montgomery)
has sponsored legislation permitting
individuals receiving early Social
Security benefits to apply for PACE
participation. His bill would also
amend the guidelines to allow early-
retirement senior citizens between
the ages of 62 and 65 to qualify for
the state subsidy program. The
income guidelines for the program
would not change. “The cost of
prescription purchases for these
individuals can be just as burden-
some as it is for limited-income
individuals over 65,” Reber said.
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UNDERAGE DRINKERS would
face stiffer fines and loss of driver’s
license, if convicted, under a biil
introduced this week. The legisla-
tion was jointly sponsored by Rep.
Mario Civera (R-Delaware) and
Rep. Kevin Blaum (D-Luzerne).
The measure would increase fines
and suspend the driver’s license of
anyone under the age of 21 who
attempts to purchase, actually pur-
chases, consumes or transports
alcoholic beverages. ‘Teenage
drinking today is almost epidemic.
It is a serious problem that must be
addressed with strong legislation
carrying stiff, meaningful penal-
ties,” Civera said.
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