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tion to North MARTIN
eastern Pennsylvania during the
latter part of August.
Thanks for the letter, M.C.W., and
have a safe trip up here.
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SINCERE SYMPATHY is
extended to staff correspondent
Charlot M. Denmon and her hus-
band, Andy, on the tragic death of
their son, Delbert, last Wednesday.
Delbert died in an automobile
accident last Saturday evening.
Condolences also go out to his wife,
Cheryl, and their daughter.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Betty
Bean, one of our advertising repre-
sentatives, who recently became a
first-time grandmother.
Betty has a brand, spanking new
grandson named Joshua who
belongs to Betty’s daughter and
lives in Stamford, New York.
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‘ WE’VE GOTTEN SOME NICE
. COMPLIMENTS on some of the
© color photos we’ve published
recently and a pat on the back has
to be extended to Dallas Post pho-
tographer Ed Campbell.
Some of the work Eddie has
produced recently has certainly
been his best. It’s nice to know our
readers are appreciating what
we're doing.
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CAN YOU BELIEVE the road
construction in this Valley? Every
time I try to go somewhere, I run
into construction.
~ And, then when you try to change
directions, you run into even more
| construction. I guess there’s no get-
! ting away from it this time of year.
iH But, boy, it sure is aggrevating!
SPEAKING OF AGGREVATION,
~ which you are not supposed to
expose yourself to, I was chosen to
be a participant in the OK Heart
Project and spent some time being
tested at Mercy Hospital last week.
The testing consists of the comple-
tion of a questionnaire, pulse, blood
pressure, blood work, height and
weight. It’s pretty interesting,
| though, to see this OK Heart Project
+ take off in Wyoming Valley the way
. it has.
I'll be interested to learn the final
“results when the OK Heart team
. releases them.
ht RD
~~ POOR HARVEYS LAKE! Nothing
~ like being bombarded with news of
algae just two days before the
‘Fourth of July.
Sometimes it seems that just
‘about the time things start to look
rosy for the lake, something hap-
pens to set it back a few steps.
Maybe, this time something will be
done to straighten things out once
and for all.
ee
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MARILYN MASLOW stopped in
the office this week and suggested I
vacation in Cape Cod this year.
Sounds like a nice place for a
vacation, doesn’t it?
Marilyn asked The Dallas Post
staff if she was missed. We haven’t
seen Marilyn in quite some time
and, although we don’t know where
she was, she sure is sporting a nice
tan - so she must have been some-
where near the sun.
Marilyn, who is an extremely
active volunteer for the American
Cancer Society, was out doing her
public relations thing for the ACS
after returning from her vacation.
Good to have you back, Marilyn!
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CONGRATULATIONS to Gerald
Wyecallis who was officially sworn in
as superintendent of the Dallas
School District on Monday evening.
The Dallas Post wishes Mr.
Wyecallis the best of luck in his new
position.
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WHAT SHOCKING NEWS it was
to hear that Eddie Gayeski had
passed away. Gayeski, head basket-
ball coach at Northwest Area High
School, was the winningest cage
coach in the state of Pennsylvania.
I have had several opportunities
to deal with Mr. Gayeski during my
days of sportswriting and he was,
without a doubt, one of the nicest
gentlemen to ever enter the world of
athletics in Wyoming Valley.
My sincere sympathy is extended
to his family and his team members
at Northwest.
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THE ANNUAL BACK MOUN-
TAIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY AUC-
TION starts tomorrow and is cer-
tainly something you don’t want to
miss.
This year’s auction committee has
worked long, hard hours to get this
event - the 39th of its kind - off the
ground.
With the library moving its head-
quarters from Main Street to the
former borough school building on
Huntsville Road, things for the auc-
tion have changed somewhat.
The auction will be held on the
grounds of the new library on
Huntsville Road and, instead of an
auction block, will feature a flat bed
trailer.
Yes, things may be a bit different
this year, but the idea is the same
and the fun will there, too.
Remember, the auction supports
one of our more important commu-
nity institutions - the library. Don’t
miss it if you don’t have to!
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THE DALLAS POST is proud to
offer its second annual library auc-
tion special supplement which is
contained in this week’s issue of the
newspaper.
Our staff members work dili-
gently to put together this special
edition with offers complete infor-
mation about the annual auction.
The supplement, which will also
be distributed in businesses
throughout the Back Mountain area
as well as at the library building
itself, is filled with pictures of past
auctions as well as of people
involved with this year’s event.
It also contains schedules and
stories about what you can expect
at this year’s auction. Keep your
copy hand so that you can refer to it
whenever necessary.
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Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - JULY 12, 1935
While Wilkes-Barre and surrounding communities
suffered severely from violent storms and the worst
floods since 1916, Dallas escaped serious damage from
the week’s rains. In Wilkes-Barre the river peaked at
25.63 feet but caused an estimated quarter of a million
dollars worth of damage.
Howard Isaacs opened a Chrysler-Plymouth sales
room service agency in Bush’s garage in Shavertown.
Business was reported on the increase. Howard
Woolbert and Benton Hadsel were salesmen.
Deaths - Mrs. Guida Lee, Dallas.
You could get - Oranges 25¢ doz.; lemons 29c¢ doz.;
new green cabbage 2 lb. 5c; onions, 3 lb. 14c; celery 2
bunches 19¢; apples 3 1b. 14c; 2 pt. bottles ginger ale
25¢; crab meat 25¢ can; Boscul coffee 30c tin; 3 Ib.
can Crisco shortening 59c.
40 YEARS AGO - JULY 13, 1945
Lewis LeGrand, Borough Auditor, was elected Sec-
retary of Dallas Borough School Board for a three
year term. LeGrand was drafted for the job replacing
Daniel Waters.
Lehman Township lost three teachers to other
districts. William H. Crum, became head of the
English department at Clarks Summit Schools; Mable
Bellas, returned to a former position teaching first
grade at Wilkes-Barre City Schools and John Sidler,
head of the Vocational Education Department moved
to his home community to accept a similar position.
Pvt. Francis Grey, 18, member of the glider
infantry, was killed in France.
Married - Ruth Mary May to AMM 2-C George
Schmoll.
Deaths - Mrs. Fred Snyder, Orange.
You could get - Mackerel 21c 1b.; cod fillets 35¢ Ib. ;
peaches 2 lb. 25c¢; plums 21c lb.; melons 4c Ib.;
pound cake 49c ea.; bread lg. loaf, 11¢c; ASCO coffee 2
Ib. 47c.
30 YEARS AGO - JULY 15, 1955
Entries at the Back Mountain Kennel Club Dog Show
numbered 413 with 70 breeds represented.
Arthur Nuss was elected to the position of Instructor
of Physical Education at Lehman-Jackson-Ross High
School. Nuss’ duties would also include athletic
coaching.
Engaged - Shirley Hoyt to John Zajkowski.
Married - Johanna Fedock and Paul Goddard.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Waters, Hunts-
ville Road, 30 years.
Deaths - Clara Hedwig Hartzdork, Center Moreland;
Sherman Hoover, Ruggles; J. Clark Edwards, Sweet
Valley; Frank Siglin, East Dallas; Ethel Harvey,
Bethel Hill.
You could get - Sirloin steak 79c Ib.; ducklings 49¢
OPINION
Ib.; ground beef 35c lb.; honeydew melons 49c ea.;
limes 19¢ doz.; green beans 2 lb. 19¢; eggs 63c doz.;
Velveeta cheese 2 1b. box 89c; Colgate toothpaste sm.
tube 27c.
20 YEARS AGO - JULY 15, 1965
Ruth Stolarick, who had been home economics
teacherat Lehman schools since 1948 resigned. Mrs.
Beverly Williams Knapich was hired to replace her.
Mrs. Dorrance mekeel was hired as cafeteria man-
ager.
The Back Mountain Memorial Library auction
antiques committee reported a profit of-$3,565 from
last week’s auction.
A bobcat was shot by Borough assistant police chief
Alexander McCulloch near Davenport Street in Par-
rish Heighrs in Dallas.
Engaged - Judith Ann Heffner and Benjamin Rob-
erts; Celeste Johnson to Airman First Class Ronald
Barber; Charles A. Brace Jr. to Joan Elaine Barnes.
Married - Marjorie Davis and Ross Walker.
Birthdays-- Mrs. H.H. Zeiser, 93 years old.
Deaths - Mrs. Zora Parks, Plymouth; Ann Cilvik,
Dallas; Alice Race, Harveys Lake; Benjamin H.
Hankin, Harveys Lake; Thelma Bigelow, Buffalo,
N.Y.; Mrs. David Blocksage, Long Island; Fannie E.
McMichael, Lehman.
You could get - Men’s short sleeve dress shirts 2-$5;
round steak 89c Ib.; pork sausage 69c Ib.; pork chops
89c lb.; franks 65c¢ Ib.; Muellers elbow macaroni 1 1b.
pkg. 2lc; toilet tissue, 4 roll pkg. 30c; Parkay
margarine 29c 1b.
10 YEARS AGO - JULY 17, 1975
Plans were announced for a complete sports center
which would include indoor tennis. A New York-
Pennsylvania group announced plans for a $500,000
roller skating facility on Route 415-118 north of Dallas.
A spokesperson for Roller Skating of America, Inc.
reported that zoning and building permit applications
had been filed.
Herbert Hill, N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, was
son on the Kingston Township Board of Supervisors.
Richardson resigned due to ill health.
Engaged - Sharon Gilgallon and Timothy Hawk;
Debra A. Rinken and David Sharp; Debra Lee Newell
to Joseph Lloyd Newell.
Married - Susanne Matus and Ulf Kumar Ghosh.
Deaths - Joseph J. Gruver, South Windson, Conn.;
Ida Conklin, Carverton; Albert Cadwalader, Chase;
Dorothy Bressler, Carverton.
You could get - Boneless chuck roast $1.09 Ib.;
country style spare ribs $1.39 Ib.; lemon juice 32 oz.
bottle 69c; gal. Wisk detergent $1.99; red kidney beans
3-$1; Philadelphia cream cheese 8 oz. pkg. 2-8ic;
peaches 3 lb. $1.
Library news
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By EDWIN FEULNER
I's long been said thaf what the
U.S. State Department needs most
is an “American desk” - and it’s
looking more and more like this
view is justified.
A good example can be found in
State’s opposition to an attempt by
a group of American airmen shot
down over Yugoslavia during World
War II to build a monument honor-
ing their rescuer, Yugoslav nation-
alist leader Gen. Draza Mihailovic.
General Mihailovic was executed
after the war by Yugoslavia’s post-
war leader, Marshal Tito, but that’s
to be expected. Communist dicta-
tors execute potential democratic
rivals as a matter of course after
gaining power.
Still, the striped pants boys in
Foggy Bottom are scared Belgrade
will go into a snit if the monument
is built, and are vigorously opposing
legislation sponsored by Illinois
Congressman Philip Crane that
would authorize construction of the
privately-funded monument on fed-
eral government property.
y
That’s bad enough, but what’s
worse is that they are giving cred-
ence to the charge that Mihailovic
might have collaborated with the
Germans during the war - arguing
that because he ‘remains a subject
of great historical controversy’’
erection of a monument on federal
eign policy interests of the United
States and should not be approved.”
If the allegations of collaboration
were true, the State Department
might have a point, but the fact is -
and State should be aware of it -
recenlty declassified reports from
World War II’s top-secret Office of
Strategic Services (OSS) totally
refute such allegations. More impor-
tant, these documents, along with
others now available overseas,
make it clear that rumors were the
product of a disinformation cam-
paign operated by a high-level Com-
munist mole in British Intelligence
named James Klugman.
He systematically altered intellig-
ence coming out of Yugoslavia to
make it appear that Mihailovic was
at best incompetent, and possibly
collaborating with the Nazis. What
makes the charge even more outra-
geous is the fact that according to
Milovan Djilas, former Vice Presi-
dent of Yugoslavia and one of Tito’s
chief deputies during the war, Tito
was actually the collaborator.
The bottom line is: General
Mihailovic was a genuine hero who
saved the lives of more than 500
U.S. airmen.
One need only speak with a few of
the airmen to understand why they
want to see the project through.
Major Richard Felman, for exam-
ple, was in double trouble when he
was shot down near a tiny Yugoslav
mountain village.
First, he was an American serv-
iceman in occupied territory. More
important, he is Jewish and may
not have been treated as a prisoner
of war by the Nazis. When rumor of
his rescue reached local German
headquarters in Pranjane, the Nazis
insisted that the villagers turn over
Be airman, or suffer severe repris-
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The lost is found! The banner
which was hanging on the front of
our new building while we were in
the process of renovation had gotten ® Q
lost during the shuffle and we
decided it was gone forever.
Not so, last week during search-
ing for auction items, it was found.
It has been freshly painted and is
now hanging again on the new
library. The banner proclaims in
bright red and blue lettering, ‘The
new home of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library’ and leaves no
doubt to the community as to where
we are. My personal thanks to
Melanie, Pat, Ed and Mike for
helping to get this banner cleaned,
painted and up where it belongs.
The month of June, 1985 was a
very busy and hectic month at the
library. 8,521 books were checked
out; 4,571 juvenile and 3,950 adult.
Only three other months in the
history of the library circulated
more books. We had two 600 days
and set an all time record when 235
new borrowers joined the library.
We also added 300 new books to the
collection.
The children’s summer reading
program is off to a good start. As of
today, there are 205 children partici-
pating in the program, which began
on June 10th and will conclude on
August 16th with a special party.
The program is based on the
Monopoly Game and provides a |
variety of reading experiences as os a
well as activities for the children. w / ;
The program is open to children
from 2nd grade through 6th.
I called Tallman Printing Com-
pany a few weeks ago and asked for
a price on printing some book
marks for the librry. They said they
would print a few thousand and
donate them to the library. They did
and we have them and they are just
perfect. Thanks Tallman!
This is it! The 39th annual Back
Mountain Memorial Library Auction
will be held July 11, 12, 13 and 14 on
the new library grounds. Every-
thing is beginning to pull together
and the committees are working
very hard on their respective areas.
Books are being priced, odds and
ends are sorted and priced, the
refreshment committee is organiz-
ing, antiques are being dropped off,
new goods and used are arriving
every day, chance tickets are sell-
ing and the library is indeed a
beehive of activity in every corner. 3
The book booth will open on 8 4
Thursday and Friday at 2, while the
auction will be held on Thursday
and Friday, from 6 to 11; Satur-
day’s children’s auction 10 to 12;
regular auction 1 to 12 and Sunday,
1 to 12. We still need volunteers in
all of the booths and as runners and
spotters. Call the library if you can
help.
Bring your chair and yoru friends,
come and help your library with the
next chapter on different grounds
for a new beginning!
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from: Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
REDUCTIONS IN the state’s per-
sonal income tax rate and cuts in
certain business taxes highlighted
the 1985-86 general fund budget
which passed the General Assembly
late in the week. Despite the tax
reductions, overall spending totaled
$9.26 billion - up from $8.6 billion :
last fiscal year. The rate of personal % é
income tax was decreased from 2.35
to 2.2 percent, effective Jan. 1, 1986.
A record $2 billion was allocated to
the state’s basic educational subsidy
program. State institutions of higher
education received an across-the-
board increase of 5.5 percent in
funding. Lawmakers raced against
a Sunday midnight deadline to pass
a new budget for the fiscal year
which began July 1.
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HUNTING FEES in Pennsylvania
will increase by almost 50 percent,
if a bill approved by the General
Assembly this week is signed by the
governor. The measure passed the
House after lengthy debate by a 124-
77 margin. Under the legislation, a
basic hunting license fee would
increase from $8 to $12 for state
residents and from $60 to $80 for
non-residents. Bear license hunting
fees would increse from $5 to $10
and from $15 to $25 for non-resi-
dents. Archery licenses would go up
from $3 to $5. The legislation would |
also create a new category of ‘“‘fur- ® {
taker” license for a fee of $12. The
measure contains a provision
requiring an annual audit of the
state Game Commission by a legis-
lative committee.
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NUCLEAR POWER projects in
the Commonwealth could be can-
celled by the Public Utility Commis-
sion in the future under legislation
which passed the House and was
sent to the Senate for consideration.
The bill would give the PUC clear
authority to cancel a nuclear reac-
tor project if it is determined that
the plant is now in the best interest
of the public. If the PUC cancels a
project, the measure permits a util-_
ity to petition the PUC to recover a
percentage or all of the money
spent on the project. The PUC could
order the company’s stockholders to
absorb the costs or allow a portion
of the expenses to be recovered