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THREE CHEERS for all those
people out there in the Back Moun-
tain who are really and truly doing
something about crime in our area.
Since The Dallas Post sponsored
the initial crime watch meeting in
April, several neighborhoods have
banded together and held their own
crime watch meetings to organize
neighborhood program
At a meeting |
held at Franklin's
Restaurant last
week, more than
30 people
attended in an
attempt to stop
crime in the Park
and Elizabeth
Street sections of HEE
Dallas Borough. DOTTY MARTIN
~ I've heard a crime watch pro-
gram is underway in the Elmcrest
section while a few programs are at
least in the talking stages in Kings-
ton Township.
A tip of the hat to these people
“who are really trying to battle
crime in our area. Remember, the
police officers in your neighborhood
can only do so much. But, they
‘actually become better policemen
when they have the residents of a
neighborhood on their side and can
_assist them in doing their jobs to the
fullest.
~ Again, The Dallas Post stands
behind these people who are organ-
izing crime watch programs. We
will publicize your meeting dates,
we will send our photographer to
your meetings and we will do any-
thing we can to help your neighbor-
hood program get underway.
Simply call me at 675-5211 for
further information.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO Lake-
Lehman Athletic Director Rodger
Bearde and his spunky wife, Addie,
on the birth of their first grandchild.
Their daughter, Deanna, gave
birth to a ‘whopping nine-pound
boy’ (as Grandma Addie described
him) at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
Kingston, last week.
Wonder what sport this little tyke
is going to excel in.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our. pro-
duction manager, Sandy Sheehan,
who celebrated her special day this
past Monday, June 3.
Although we would have loved to
have given Sandy to day off, she’s
much too valuable to us on Mondays
and was forced to have her birthday
celebration Sunday night.
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I RECEIVED TWO LETTERS to
the editor this week from a person
who really hit home on some things
happening in the Dallas Elementary
“School system. Unfortunately, those
letters are not published in our
paper this week because the author
did not sign his or her name to
them.
Once again, our Letters to the
Editor policy states that all letters
must be signed and must include a
telephone number for verification.
We will withhold names upon
request, however, we must have be
provided with the proper informa-
tion in order for us to verify these
letters.
Imagine what kinds of letters
would find their way into our Let-
ters to the Editor column if we did
not uphold the policy of verifying all
letters we receive. This service
protects both the readers and the
writers of such letters and we will
not sacrifice that policy for any-
thing.
I have kept these two letters on
file and encourage their author to
come forward to sign these letters
and verify their intent. I will keep
that person’s name confidential if
he or she wishes it that way. It
does, however, seem a shame to
waste these letters since they both
deal with very important issues.
OUR SPORTS STAFF sure knew
what they were doing when they
chose our very first Student/Ath-
letes from Lake-Lehman High
School, didn’t they?
Why, just last week the male
recipient of that award, Dave Jani-
czek, pleased the Back Mountain
community by bringing home a
state track title. And, this week,
Sandy Dicton, our female student/
athlete from Lake-Lehman, will rep-
resent the 1985 graduating class
from that school as this year’s
salutatorian.
Congratulations to both students
and to the members of our sports
staff for making such wise choices.
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A DALLAS MOTHER sure was
surprised last week when she
dropped off one of the family auto-
mobiles for some repair work.
Seems the woman decided to
remove all valuables from the car
before leaving it at the service
station and, in so doing, looked
behind the back seat of the car.
Much to her surprise, or dismay,
she found all kinds of clothing
belonging to her children.
Rumor has it the mother is still
trying to figure out whether the kids
were planning a quick get-away or
just forgetting to clean out the car
every once in a while.
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A BACK MOUNTAIN FAMILY
who recently dug out their yard for
a swimming pool decided to ‘‘give
away’ the dirt they removed for the
watering hole.
Having advertised the dirt for
“free,”” the family was stunned
when a gentleman called to inform
them he would be at their house
shortly, to back his truck into their
driveway so they could shovel the
dirt into the truck for him.
Not only did he want the dirt for
nothing; he wanted the family to
load the truck for him, to boot. The
nerve of some people.
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I HAD THE PLEASURE of help-
ing a good friend celebrate a new
job by enjoying dinner with a few
friends Friday evening.
After we had spent a few hours
solving the problems of the world,
the conversation turned to children
as a few members of our group
Having no children of my own, I
find these kid-stories rather amus-
ing as I watch my friends’ hair turn
gray even as they tell the stories.
One of the cuter stories of the
evening, however, was the one
about two brothers. Seems the
oldest of the two boys is currently
recuperating from a rather nasty
case of chicken pox. The mother,
being cautious like most mothers
are,” warned the younger of the
brothers that he would probably get
chicken pox next week.
The boy looked rather puzzled at
first, then said to his mother, “Why
should I get chicken pox? I haven’t
been around any chickens lately.”
How does it go? Out of the mouths
of babes!
J. Stephen Buckley
Dotty Martin
Betty Bean
- Mike Danowski
Charlot Denmon
Joe Gula
Marvin Lewis
Jean Brutko
Peggy Poynton
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time.
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REMEMBERING
Early map
after the separation of Lake Township.
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - JUNE 7, 1935
Kingston Township, Dallas Township, Dallas Bor-
ough graduated a total of 74 students. This was the
largest group to receive diplomas from area schools.
College Misericordia graduated 50 students.
Theodore “Ted” Weiser, golf professional at Irem
Temple Country Club was listed in fair condition
following a serious auto accident. An employee of the
club for nine years, Weiser was on his wayite his home
on the club grounds when the ac€ident occurred.
You could get - Long Island duckling 2lc Ib.;
boneless rump roast 33¢ 1b.; chuck pot roast 20c 1b.;
fillet of haddock 2-25¢; Grape Nuts 16c pkg.; Lifebuoy
soap 3 bars 18c; spinach 2 lb. 9c; strawberries, 2 gts.
25¢.
40 YEARS AGO - JUNE 8, 1945
Twelve seniors, two of them serving in the Navy,
received their high school diplomas at Lake Township
High School. T. Newell Wood, president of the board of
education, presented the diplomas. Lucy Wolfe was
valedictorian while Audrey Boone was salutatorian.
Pfc. David Decker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Decker, was killed while serving with the armed
forces in Okinawa. !
Engaged - Jean Brown and Leslie Agnew.
Married - Marietta Emannuel and Ernest Gay;
Nancy Jeanne Metz and Edwin Carl Kelch; Agnes
Marie Clark and Clarence Corby.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Verne Kitchen, 25
years.
You could get - Skinless franks 37c¢ 1b.; trout 19c 1b.;
tomatoes 25¢ 1b.; spinach 2 1b. 17c; cherries 43c 1b.;
peaches 2 1b. 33c; 4 med. bars Ivory soap 23c; Ball
Mason jars, pints 59c¢ doz.; licorice 49c bag; sugar
coated peanuts 33c bag.
30 YEARS AGO - JUNE 10, 1955
Robert A. Eyerman was appointed architect for the
$30,000 addition to St. Paul’s Luthran Church, Shaver-
town. Building committee members included Freder-
ick Eck, chairman; Robert H. Voelker, Carl Frey,
William H. Pethick and Alfred Boysen. The addition
provided for greater seating capacity and additional
Sunday School rooms.
Westmoreland High School was the first area school
to graduate. Fifty eight received diplomas. Barbara
Mame Hirleman was valedictorian; Robert Dallas
Sheperd was salutatorian.
Engaged - Ethel M. Coslett to Eugene G. Warmouth;
Beverly Mae Bogart to Lawrence H. Shupp; Lois Jane
Ward to Albert Thomas Creamer.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Roth, 50 years.
Deaths - William R. Hammer, Trucksville; Judge
George W. Folta, Juneau, Alaska; Anna Helfrich,
Dallas.
You could get - House paint $4.95 gal.; screen doors
$5.95; ground beef 3 Ib. $1; veal roast 49c lb.; legs o
lamb 53c 1b.; strawberries 39¢ lb.; lemons 35c doz.;
lettuce 2 lg. hds. 15¢; green beans 10c lb.; cheese 49¢c
1b. .
20 YEARS AGO - JUNE 10, 1965
Bill DiBuo, formerly associated with Forty Fort Ice .
Cream Company held a Grand Opening of his own
business in the former Bolton Diner, Shavertown.
Dallas Area Lettermen/Booster Club installed offi-
cers. Ned Hartman was elected president; Jack
Porter, first vice president; Carl Kaschenbach, 2nd
vice president; Reese Finn, secretary; Charles Lock-
ard, treasurer. z
Engaged - Clara Hopler to Elmer Lyons.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hess, Kunkle, 45
years; Mr. and Mrs. Welton Farrar, Maplewood Ave.,
Dallas, 20th anniversary.
Deaths - Nettie J. Post, Sweet Valley; Norman B.
Lamoreaux, Lake Twp.
You could get - Chickens 29c¢ 1b.; standing rib roast
85¢ 1b.; bacon 65c lb.; blueberries 35¢ pt.; honeydews
59c ea.; cherries 45¢ 1b.; watermelons 99¢; 3 lb. can
Crisco 89c; Lipton Tea Bags, pkg. 48 55¢; pkg. of 8
rolls toilet tissue 89c.
10 YEARS AGO - JUNE 12, 1975
Members of the Dallas School Board, administration
and faculty met in an attempt to bring six months of
contract negotiations to a close.
Methodist Churches in the Back Mountain received
new pastors; Rev. Lee Brehm, Trucksville; Rev.
Robert Harris, Lehman; Rev. Edward Sebrig, Rug-
gles, Noxen Charge.
Engaged - Betty Jean Heffner to Robert Faneck.
Married - Theresa Derwin to Richard E. McCarty.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. William Hoover, 50
years; Mr. and Mrs. John Bebey, Dallas, 35 years.
You could get - Boneless pot roast $1.09 1b.; pork
roast 89c 1b.; turkey drumsticks 39c 1b.; 1» gal. ice
cream 85¢; Wesson Oil $4.49 gal.; Promise margarine
oe Ib.; Italian dressing 16 oz. bottle 79¢c; pineapples
Cc ea.
LETTERS
DEAR EDITOR:
Lehman Twp. residents should
People in the community seem to
think that when the Lehman Vol.
Fire Co. puts on a horse show,
tractor pull or a demo derby, that
he firemen have nothing better to
0.
Well, they do, but this is the only
way they can raise enough money to
support the fire hall and all the fire
fighting equipment — they get no
to depend on people from other
areas to support their own commu-
nity’s fire company. Whenever
there is a horse show, their main
fundraiser, look around the show
grounds - you'll see the firemen and
people from out of the community.
Where are our local residents, the
ones who really benefit from the
Lehman Vol. Fire Co.?
make an effort this year because
the firemen really need your sup-
port and help. Come out to the demo
derby on June 23 and the horse
show July 13 and 14.
The only way the fire company
can better serve you is if you try to
help it.
LEHMAN FIRE CO. SUPPORTER
DEAR EDITOR:
How do you say “thank you’ to
our law enforcement volunteers and
neighbors? I would like to say thank
you to them for helping in finding
our three-year-old child on Sunday,
May 19.
I think I've known, in part, the
heartache that parents have experi-
enced when you do not have any
idea where your child is.
Again, I wish to give thanks to J.
Fowler, Dallas Borough Police; E.
Ide, Dallas Township Police; L.
Sheehan Sr., Dallas Volunteer Fire
Co.; C. Lamoreaux, Dallas Police;
H. Brobst, Marion Lamoreux, dis-
patcher, Dallas Township; and
anyone else who helped in finding
my daughter.
Thank you and God bless you all.
SHIRLEY RITTENHOUSE
DALLAS, PA.
DEAR EDITOR:
I like that column and want the
Patty) column wasn’t in the paper
this week.
MRS. WILLIAMS
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Aunt Patty
has been on vacation for the past
two weeks. Her column is expected
to return in the June 12th issue of
The Dalas Post.)
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Summer hours will begin at the
Back Mountain Memorial Library
on Saturday, June 8. The library
will be closed on Saturdays and will
close on Monday and Wednesday at
5:30. These are the summer
changes. The library opens at 9:30
and will be open Tuesday and
Thursday evenings until 8:30.
The children’s room has a very
intricate science display thanks to
David Fogel of Dallas. David is in
the 4th grade at the Dallas Interme-
diate School and this was his social
studies project. The project covers
‘How warm deserts are formed’ and
includes coastal, rain-shadow and
tropical deserts with flora and
fauna of each of the types.
“Your local government in
action’’ was the theme at the
library on Election Day, Tuesday,
May 21. The library served as one
of Dallas Boroughs voting districts
and with the parking lot filled to
over-flowing, people handing out
political cards, library users coming
in and out; we really felt like we
were part of a community institu-
tion. Everything went well even
with the rubber stamps and the peel
off stickers for the write-in candi-
dates. \
The Hilltop Nursery with Char-
lotte Watchulonis as director paid
their last visit to the children’s
room for the season. The children
presented me with a nifty hand-
made greeting card and a lovely
planter, which they had put together
themselves. They were a joy!
A school bus arrived at the
library during the motnh and
brought the first grade students
from the Ross Elementary School
for a tour, stories and library orien-
tation. They were shown a tape on
the VCR of the library’s coverage
on the Hatchy Milatchy Show.
I bumped into Bruce Davies at
Franklin’s the other day and asked
him if he still had some maps of the
Dallas area. He did, went home and
found them and brought them in to
the library. I made several copies of
them and now we have two different
maps of Dallas and vicinity, which
includes the street names and loca-
tions, in our vertical file for public
use which may be borrowed or
purchased by our patrons. Thanks,
Bruce, for that quick response.
The Back Mountain Collector’s
Group recently purchased a book
for the library in memory of Ken-
neth Young. ‘The Complete Book of
Swimming” by Dr. James Counsil-
man is for swimmers of every level,
from beginning through competi-
tive. There are chapters that
describe each stroke with pictrues
and drawings. Whatever your
aquatic ability level, this book is a
must.
Recent Memory Book additions
include: The Schlumberger adven-
ture by Gruner Schlumberger in
memory of Conrad and Mrcel
Schlumberger gift of Anne Gruner
Schlumberger; The Complete
Walker III by Fletcher in memory
of Ken Young gift of Barbara and
Charles Lemmond.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
LEGISLATORS PREPARED to
begin final deliberations on the
state’s 1985-86 general fund budget
this week. The current budget
expires June 30. Both Republicans
and Democratic lawmakers agree
that the state’s personal income tax
rate should be reduced in the
upcoming fiscal year. Gov. Dick
Thornburgh had recommended a
tax cut from the present rate of 2.35
to 2.15 percent. House Democrats
have suggested a reduction to 2
percent. The 1984-85 fiscal year is
expected to end with a budget sur-
plus of almost $300 million.
PROTECTING CONSUMERS
from unjustified rate hikes and
unworkable insurance programs
would be part of the job of a
proposed public insurance advocate,
according to Rep. Jon D. Fox (R-
Montgomery). Fox introduced legis-
lation to crate the advocate post,
which would operate within the
attorney general’s office. The bill, if
enacted into law, would require the
insurance advocate to monitor all
matters of rates and coverage
before the Insurance Department
which could have an impact on
Pennsylvania consumers. ‘‘The
insurance advocate would represent
the public not only in auto insurance
matters, but in rate increase and
coverage change requests involving
all types of insurance,” said Fox.
OWNERS OF registered vehicles
in Pennsylvania are being billed $5
for an accident insurance fund, the
state Insurance Department has
reminded motorists. The money will
go into a new Catastrophic Loss
Trust Fund (CAT), a financial
safety net for individual medical
expenses resulting from an auto
accident which exceed $100,000. The
$5 fee is mandatory and vehicle
owners who do not pay may have
their car or truck registrations
revoked. The CAT fund is part of
the state’s new auto insurance law
which took effect last year.
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