Editor's notes
WHEW, IS IT HOT? This warm
(or should I say: hot and humid)
weather seems to have creeped up
© on us this month. Nobody expected
it to be-this-warm at this time of
year and none of us were ready for
it, either.-“Maybe that’s why you still
see people walking around in sweat-
suits - they haven’t yet made their
way to their attics to get their
summer clothing. out.
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WHEN «THE
CHANNEL' "'16
WEATHERMAN
told us on Sunday
~~ night that exactly
one-year ago,
April 19, we were
experiencing ‘one
¢ ofissthe
worst
snowstorms of DOTTY
last year, 1 MARTIN
~~ couldn’t believe it. That particular
- snowstorm supposedly dumped over
14 inches of snow on our area. What
a difference ‘this year. Then “again,
you never know what's ahead -
maybe that last snowstorm of th
season is still to come. :
FOR AS "HOT AS IT "WAS
MONDAY; though, there was still a
lot of humor in the air regarding the
weather.
Gus Faerber stopped at our office
to drop off a news release regarding
~ the Back Mountain Kiwanis Club
and proceeded to inform us that the
temperature’ on the bank at that
time was 105: degrees. Can you
believe that? 105 degrees - and it’s
not even May yet.
~ Later, however, our office man-
«ager, Peggy Poynton returned from
+ lunch and assured us the heat spell
was breaking - the temperature on’
the bank had dropped a whole three
degrees and it-was only 102 degrees
at that time. We all felt so com-
~ forted with that news.
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~ MY APOLOGIES to Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Anderson who live. in
Trucksville, not in New Jersey as
was stated in last-week’s paper.
Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the:
~ parents of Carol Anderson Schoen-
~ berg, a former cheerleader for
~ Dallas High School, who returned to
‘thesBack Mountain to participate-in--
the Fun for Fitness Race at College
Misericordia last Sunday.
¥ To set. the record straight, Carol
~ lives in: New Jersey, but her parents
are still Back Mountain residents.
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I HEARD A STATISTIC the other
day that knocked my socks off - the
divorce rate in the United States is
now at a whopping 50 percent.
1 knew the rate was high, how-
' ever, I never dreamed that at least
half of all those people who say, “1
de” turn right around and say, “I
% don’l.”’
Makes you wonder what’s happen-:
ing “to ‘the institution of marriage;
doesn’t it? :
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1 AM PERSONALLY THRILLED
to announce that Marge Garinger, a
long-time athletic associate in Wyo-
ming Valley, will be the guest
speaker at the first-ever Dallas Post
Appreciation Banquet this year.
The banquet, scheduled for Thurs-
day, May 2, at the Idetown Fire
Hall, will honor our newspaper car-
riers, our school correspondents and
our first-ever --Student/Athlete
award winners.
Mrs. Garinger, a Harveys Lake
resident, has been a nationally-
ranked basketball and field hockey
made her mark in sports across the
country and around the world. Her
most-recent achievement was serv-
ing as manager of the United States
Women’s Olympic Field Hockey
team as the squad participated in
the Olympics in Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia.
Having. been involved in sports
myself since I was a sophomore in
high ‘school, I have known Marge
for. some time and have come to
have a great deal of respect for her
- not only as an athletic participant,
but also as a human being.
She’s a wonderful person and I'm
sure those attending our banquet
will be both enlightened and
inspired by her talk.
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GETTING BACK TO STATIS-
TICS, I found out another startling
statistic the other day - that the
very first McDonald’s restaurant
opened on April 15, 1955.
You know what that means, don’t
you? That I’m older than
McDonald's. Can you imagine how
devastating that is - when you
realize for the first time you're
older than McDonald’s? My good-
ness, I was sure McDonald’s had
been around for ever - at least
longer than dirt.
A BUNCH OF US FROM THE
OFFICE went out to lunch the other
day and ‘ended up at a popular
hoagie restaurant in Dallas, The
funny thing about it was not that we
were all ‘ordering these giant-size
hoagies, but that we all ordered diet
soda to go with the hoagies.
When we realized what we were
doing, one member of our staff
quipped, “ ‘“That’s like ordering
coffee with Sweet ’'N Low and a
piece of pie.”
Makes sense to me, how about
you?
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THE-MOVIE “MASK” is one of
the best flicks I've seen in a long
time. Now, I’m no movie critic and
certainly don’t pretend to be. All I
know is that I was certainly enter-
tained with this movie.
Cher, who goes well beyond the
supporting role she had next ‘to
tainly outdoes herself in this film.
«It’s typical Cher, though --I can’t
think of another actress who would
have been able to play the part of
Rusty Dennis and be as believable
as Cher is.
The movie has everything
humor, sadness, love, hate. And, the
best part :about it is that it’s based
on a true story.
If you ‘get the chance, though,
don’t: miss it - youll laugh and
you'll cry but, if you give yourself
have a chance, you'll learn a lot
from this. movie. And, hopefully,
you will especially learn that people
can be beautiful on the inside rather
than on the outside - if the rest of
the -world would just look beyond
physical appearances and get to
know the real person.
“Mask’’: is definitely worth the
time and money - don’t miss it!
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LOOKS LIKE THE DALLAS
CORNERS OFFICE BUILDING is
almost completed.
Dr. Jay Ochrieter and Dr. Maria
McGrane should be moving in to the
building rather soon and liven: up
things a bit in the center of Dallas.
REMEMBERING
Dallas Church
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - APRIL 26, 1935
Ruth Fiske, Betty Crispell, Betty Him, Beverly
Besecker, Jane LeGrand, Hazel Baer, Alberta Howell
and Mary Eipper were taken into the Dallas ME
Church, Palm Sunday:
Arthur Brown, Dallas, was named commander of
the new American Legion Post which would serve
Back Mountain World War Vets. Other officers include
Homer C. Teall, Paul Shaver, Marion Garinger,
Arthur Dungey, Donald Frantz.
Daylight Saving Time was adopted throughout the
Back Mountain. Railroad still kept standard time;
some businesses and churches kept fast time.
You could ‘get - Chuck pot roast, 21c Ib.; veal roast
25¢ 1b.; frying chickens, 29¢ Ib.; strawberries 2 pt.
baskets 25c¢; cucumbers 2-9¢; asparagus 25¢ bunch;
Little Neck clams 10c doz.; butter 2 1b. 69¢c; Maxwell
House coffee 31c 1b. can.
40 YEARS AGO - APRIL 27, 1945
Franklin Township’ Honor Roll, commemorating the
service of ‘more than 60 young men and women from
that .community serving in the military service was
dedicated on “I Am An American Day.”
Tec. 3 Emory W. Kitchen, Davenport St., Dallas was
awarded the Bronze Star for bravery in action.
Kitchen was with the 83rd Infantry Division in
Germany.
Engaged - Lana Estella Elston to S. Sgt. Calvert E.
Birnstock.
Married - Louise Hughes to Warren Culp.
You could get - Legs of lamb 39c¢ 1b.; skinless franks
37c 1b.; cabbage 4c lb.; Florida oranges 45¢ doz.; red
radishes 2 1g. bunches, 13c; rhubarb 2 1g. bunches 15¢;
apples 3 1b. 25c; green onions 5c bunch; Palmolive
soap 3 reg. bars 20c.
30 YEARS AGO - APRIL 22, 1955
Open house at the new office of Wyoming National
Bank in Shavertown drew a crowd of 650. Prizes were
awarded and refreshments were served.
Stacy Schoonover, Demunds Road, opened a Center
Lumber & Hardware Co. in the former James Winters
store building at Centermoreland.
Married - Vida Ruth Kocher and Lt. Harold C.W.
Birth; Pauline Jasterzenski and William Olsen, Jr.;
Shirley Ann Welsh and John R. Mahle.
Deaths - Sherman W. Hildebrant, Dallas; Gwilym
Evans, Trucksville; Margaret Raebuck, Lehman;
Jared D. Montanye, Wilkes-Barre.
LETTERS
You could get - Sirloin steaks 79c 1b.; veal roasts 49¢
Ib.; ducklings 49c 1b.; Blue Bonnet margarine 2 1b. 53;
Star Kist tuna 3-7 oz. cans $1; Octagon laundry soap 3
bars 28c; 2 1g. loaves rye bread 29c; 2 1g. bunches
asparagus 39c.
20 YEARS AGO - APRIL 22, 1965
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Crawford, residents of Goss
Manor, who performed a professional magic act had
the distinction of being the first act for the 1965 season
at the Steel Pier in Atlantic City on Easter Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Jones was installed as president of
Lehman Woman’s Club. Other officers were Mrs. Paul
Henritzy, 1st vice president; Mrs. Raymond Udahl,
2nd vice president; Mrs. Richard Sloan, secretary;
Mrs. James Tarasavage, treasurer; Mrs. Charles
Bednar, corresponding secretary. ;
Engaged - Diane Stash to Delbert J. Voight; Karen
Charlotte Harvey to Lee Wayne Brace.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Lavelle,
Overbrook Road, 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Brown, Parrish St., Dallas, 46 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Deaths - Hattie Eckert, Wilkes-Barre; Amelia Zary-
chta, Dallas; Harry H. Hadsall.
You could get - Sirloin steaks 77¢ 1b.; chicken
breasts 55¢ lb.; bananas 1lc lb.; pineapples 3-$1;
cantaloupes 39c ea.; Florida sweet corn 4-29¢; straw-
berries 3 pts. $1; pascal celery 2 lg. bunches 29c;
shrimp 89c¢ 1b.
10 YEARS AGO - MAY 1, 1975
Former pastors Rev. John R. Taylor, Rev. Frederic
H. Eidam and Rev. William Bispels spoke at ceremo-
Lutheran Church.
Four Back Mountain residents, Frank E. Paczewski,
Charles Casper, Harry S. Nicholson and John G.
Ruggles, Jr., were named to the advisory board of
Hanover Bank in Kingston.
Engaged - Megan Moore and Gary Ide.
Married - Ellen Fehl to Richard Gary Jagger.
Deaths - Laning Harvey, Jr., Dallas; Anna Runta,
Burndale Road; Arthur Kitchen, Shavertown; Arzev-
endo Palthineri, Shavertown; Ralph Fitzgerald,
Dallas.
You could get - Frying chickens 39c lb. roasting
chickens 49c 1Ib.;’ 24 oz. jar salad mustard 45¢; Cheer,
$3.69 pkg.; Windex refill 2-99c Parkay margarine 59¢
Ib.; sharp cheese 89c¢, 10 oz. stick; asparagus 49¢ Ib.
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DEAR EDITOR:
How does one descibe in one or
two paragraphs the nightmare of
the past 11 months? It is almost
impossible. We have been the vic-
tims of senseless vandalism for no
reason.
The Back Mountain has been our
home for the past 32 years. We
chose this place to live as my
husband always loved it since his
youth. His grandparents had a farm
on Machell Ave. and he spent a
great deal of time at the farm.
Upon graduation, he enlisted in
the U.S. Navy and served his coun-
try in World War II.
Three years after we were mar-
ried, he realized his dream of
making his home here in Dallas
were he spent much of his child-
ood.
Needless to: say, the past 11
months have been a nightmare.
We all go through life thinking we
are safe in our homes. We also take
simple things for granted.
One lesson we have learned is to
become more involved in our local
governing body — to learn who and
how our system works. We are all
guilty of not taking the interest in it
until a problem arises. It is our
right and duty to exercise our right
to vote and be counted and try to
make our community a better and
safer place to live.
We have some fine young men
and women in our Dallas Area.
Thank God, they outnumber the
undesirables.
We are members of Gate of
Heaven Catholic Church and we ask
all of you and all of our Dallas
residents to pray with us to have
this problem solved.
I would like to take this opportun-
ity to thank our parish priests, our
many good friends and neighbors,
and also Judie Mathers, your new
addition to the Post. She has been
very concerned and, last but not
least, Mr. Elmer Bradshaw from
the Luzerne County Crime Watch.
He has been doing his best to get
the Mayor and Chief of Police to get
it started here in our borough.
One day I hope to write a book on
all of this. A book needs a happy
ending. We pray it will be soon.
Thank God we have our faith and
each other. We will see it through.
ED AND BERNADINE WEISS
DALLAS, PA.
DEAR EDITOR:
Monday, April 22 was Girl Scout
Leader’s Day. It is the day when
Girl Scouts, parents, and the com-
munity can say “thank you’ to the
dedicated volunteers who make Girl
Scouting possible.
Do you wonder who the typical
Girl Scout leader is? She used to be
a mother of small children and a
full-time homemaker.
But in 1985, she can be a working
mother or a senior citizen, a single
career woman, or an ‘‘empty
nester’’ whose children are grown.
She, (or he), can hold a Ph.D in
economics, be a full-time student or
work at any occupation.
No matter what their status, lead-
ers MUST be energetic, intelligent
and supportive of the diverse group
of girls who make up today’s typical
Girl Scout Troop, including the
newest kindergarten-age Daisy Girl
Scouts.
_ Girl Scouts across the country will
join, on this fourth annual Leader’s
Day, to show their appreciation’ for
all the love, generosity, and skill
their leaders share, making possible
the fun of Girl Scouting. The girls
plan happy events to honor their
leaders. And hopefully, your read-
ers will also take note of this special
day.
We hope everyone will extend a
warm hello and hearty congratula-
tions to the Girl Scout Leaders in
Penn’s Woods Council. Without
them there could be no Girl Scouts.
They are special people.
SALLY WILLIAMS
PRESIDENT
SALLY JERVIS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PENN’S WOODS
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC.
10 S. SHERMAN ST.
WILKES-BARRE, PA. 18702
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK 4
Library Correspondent i"
Are we proud! We do indeed feel
honored to think that the Back
Mountain Memorial Library was §
chosen to be featured on the Hatchy 9
Milatchy Show during National #8
Library Week 1985. Miss Judy and
the crew from WNEP-TV were at x
the library the week before and ¢
taped many segments of the chil- ¥
dren’s functions in the library. Mar-
ilyn Rudolph, our children’s librar-
ian, was lucky enough fo sign
Mergatroyd up as a new borrower. 5
The taped portions of the activities i
were shown throughout the show }
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and we are grateful for this tremen-
dous coverage of our new library.
The spring session of the chil-
dren’s story hour is being held on
Wednesday mornings at 9:30 with
Joanne Katuna as story lady. There
are 18 children taking part in this
session, which concludes on May 15.
The story hour is filled to capacity A
for the time being. Lo
One of our volunteers donated a ie
small refrigerator for the staff room LF
at the library. It is now working 3
well, after some difficulty with ice 3
in the milk and ice cubes which
remained water. This is a great 3
addition for the staff and it is much ¥
appreciated. :
We are still accepting Book Club *
dues for 1985. 10.00 for a single and
$15.00 for a double membership. At iy
the present time, there are 154 &
been purchased with Book Club /g. ;
money. The social meeting of the bf d
Book Club was held recenity in the JE
reference room at the library. Miss :
Frances Linskill gave a delightful pl
talk on one of her favorite subjects, t
Beatrix Potter and her Peter Rabbit
figurine collection. We still have the
collection at the library in our
display case. ‘The tale of Peter
Rabbit” still outsells the 22 other
Potter books (100,000 a year in
England alone). Anne Emerson, the
Warne editor of the books,
attempted to give some reasons for
the popularity and decided, it has
everything; it’s got Peter Rabbit -
he is the rebel; his sisters who are
good little rabbits; and it has sus-
pense; Peter goes to MacGregor’s
garden, ends up in the watering
can, half-filled with water and
almost drowns. Beatrix Potter’s
story is fascinating and her figu-
rines are delightful!
The week of April 22 through 27 is
National Volunteer Week and the
library benefits from many dedi- g&
cated volunteers. We salute all
these volunteers and say thank you
so much!
A devoted friend and teacher cor-
rected me the other day on my
English. I said, ‘I can have one
page’ when I should have said ‘I
have only one page’. I often do this
when I use that sentence. I do
appreciate constructive criticism,
but only from Mrs. Crump.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
MEDICAL DOCTORS suspected
of being a ‘‘threat to public health
and safety’’ could be immediately
suspended from practicing in Penn-
sylvania, even before a hearing on
the matter, if a House-passed bill
becomes law. By an overwhelming
margin, the House approved the
measure, which allows the state
medical board to suspend the licen-
ses of physicians believed to be
abusing their professional responsi-
bilities. The House amended the
Senate bill to require that a hearing
on the alleged abuses be held within
30 days. The Senate must now
reconsider the bill..
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MANDATING CURRICULUM and
graduation requirements for Penn-
sylvania’s non-public, religiously-
affiliated schools is the intent of
legislation introduced by Rep. Ste-
phen F. Freind. The Delaware
County Republican’s bills would not
only mandate specific courses for
graduation, but would also require
schools to certify that they meet the
180-day instruction rule. In order to
graduate, under the measures, a
high school student must success-
fully complee four years of English,
three years each of math, science
and social studies, and two years of
arts and humanities. Freind.
stressed that his legislation would
not mandate course content, faculty
or staff requirements.
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TIGHTENING LEGISLATION
governing the use of emergency
vehicles warning lights in the state
will most likely be among the sub-
jects considered by the House
Transportation Committee this ses-
sion. Rep. Robert D. Reber (R-
Montgomery) introduced a bill to
restrict the use of combination red
and blue warning lights to police,
coroner and medical examiner vehi-
cles. Fire police would be prohibited
from using combination warning
lights but could use single-color
lights. “Fire police certainly are in
a position where the use of warning
lights is essential. However, Penn-
sylvania must develope guidelines
regarding the use of warning lights
to prevent confusion among the
public,” Reber said. The bill has
been sent to the Transportation
Committee for study.
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