Editor’s notes
A GREAT BIG WELCOME to
Kathy Suda, the newest member of
The Dallas Post staff. %
. Kathy, who resides in Swoyers-
_ ville, will be covering business sto-
_ ries for The Post. She will also be
responsible for Swoyersville Bor-
ough Council meetings and police
reports which will appear in the
West Side edition of The Dallas
Post.
Welcome aboard, K It’s nice
OKAY,
MARILYN
MASLOW wasn’t
on vacation, she
was simply play-
ing tennis for the
past few weeks
and have a
sporty-looking
tan to prove it.
Marilyn wasted no time last week
in getting back to me to clear the
+ air about her being on a vacation.
_ Seems Marilyn is still in town but
“has spending some much-deserved
' leisure time at the Valley Swim and
_ Tennis Club.
And, from what I understand,
she’s not a bad tennis player, either.
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JUDIE MATHERS, a former staff
“writer for The Dallas Post, is alive
‘and well and living in Littlestown,
Pa., contrary to recent reports that
she had fallen off the edge of the
earth.
1 spoke to Judie just last week
and learned that she and her hus-
“band, Hap, who is working as an
‘Army recruiter in the Gettysburg
area, recently bought two goats.
Judie claims the goats were pur-
chased so they (the goats, that is)
_ would eat the weeds on the property
Judie and Hap have now.
Judie claims someone told her
goats are great for eating weeds
and they only cost about $3 apiece.
So Judie and Hap went goat-
hunting one day. They came home
with goats all right, but they had
gone a little overboard and pur-
chased pedigree goats that had
never eaten a weed in their lives.
Last report was that Judie was in
the process of training these goats
to eat weeds. She has invited me to
Littlestown for a visit, but I think
I'll wait until the training sessions
are over. I never did like the taste
of weeds.
Anyway, it was good to talk to
you, Judie. Sounds liken things are
going rather well for you.
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OUR OFFICE MANAGER Peggy
Poynton got a little chuckle one day
this week when she opened the mail
and found a check from West Side
Monument Co.
Seems West Side Monum®ht Co.
has a tombstone imprinted4in the
left hand corner of their checks. The
inside of the stone on the check is
blank, but whoever wrote out the
check to us, very cleverly wrote
“Dallas Post” inside this tomb-
~ stone.
Peggy shared the chuckle with
other members of the staff and we
all had a good laugh, but now we're
wondering if the monument com-
pany does that for all checks they
send out or if they simply singled us
. out for the joke.
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- ANN NEYHARD stopped by our
office the other day with her son,
Robert, who is a carrier for The
Dallas Post.
Ann had one of the best vacation
ideas for me yet. She suggested
that, since I don’t fly and like to
keep my feet on the ground, I
should just stay home. However,
she added that I should unplug the
phone, close all the curtains, discon-
nect the doorbell — and simply
enjoy a week of nothing but peace
and quiet.
After a hectic day in the office,
that sounded like a mighty good
idea.
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1 HAD THE PLEASURE of meet-
ng Ann Bowman, of Old Goss
Manor in Dallas. Ann is employed
rial Hospital, Kingston, and, with
her charming smile and quick wit,
fl you're feeling lousy.
Keep smiling, Ann. My sources
the Nesbitt Hospital staff.
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NEXT TIME YOU SEE NANCY
SHAW of New Goss Manor in
Dallas, ask her how she spent last
Wednesday evening.
Nancy may tell you she played a
doubleheader softball game, but in
reality, what she did was join two of
her teammates in playing catch
with an ice cube.
The games were kind of boring, I
guess, and in order to stay awake,
the outfielders played catch with ice
cubes for most of the evening.
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I HEARD THE WORD “DOTTY”
used in a sentence by someone last
week and it struck me funny.
Admittedly, I did not know the
meaning of the word and now, I
wish I had never bothered looked it
up.
Can you believe the meaning of
the word ‘‘dotty’’ is defined as
“mentally unbalanced” or ‘‘crazy.”’
I wonder if my parents thought
that of me when they pinned the
name on me.
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THE DALLAS POST is proud to
bring you a special edition this
week, honoring all the players,
coaches and manager of the Back
Mountain Little League.
The kids, as well as the adults
involved in the organization, give
their all to make Back Mountain
Baseball, Inc. one of the most suc-
cessful little league organizations
around. They are to be commended
for a joo well done.
It is for this reason we have put
together our annual little league
baseball edition for our” readers.
This baseball edition, which fea-
tures all those involved in Back
Mountain Baseball, Inc., makes a
great keepsake for little league
baseball players.
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ALSO, OUR THANKS to Fay
Broody of the Fay Broody Photo
Studio for supplying us with all the
photos for this edition.
And, my personal thanks to our
office manager, Peggy Poynton, for
the time she spent obtaining identi-
fication for the photos in this edi-
tion.
Unfortunately, there are two team
photos that appear without identifi-
cation. We apologize to the little
leaguers for this, however, our
attempts to get the coaches to
identify these photos were unsuc-
cessful. The coaches, however, were
asked to turn in their team photos
with complete identification on
them. Most of them obliged, but
those who didn’t are only hurting
REMEMBERING
Bicentennial crafts
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - JULY 19, 1935
Richard Coolbaugh was named register assessor for
Dallas Borough to fill a vacancy caused by the death
of his father M.B. Coolbaugh.
A proposal was made to have citizens of Dallas
Borough and Dallas Township vote on a plan which
would provide Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company with
a tenth of a cent levied on each dollar of assessed
value. This would assure the township permanent and
adequate protection.
Married - Myra Jean Zeiser and Howard West
Risley; Myrtilla E. Rood and Dr. Albert J. Abbott.
Deaths - David H. Carey, Wilkes-Barre.
You could get - Peaches 6 1b. basket 39c; waterme-
lons 39c ea.; potatoes 25¢ pack; 24 oz. bottle vinegar
9c; Jell-O 3 pkg. 19c; glazed doughnuts 20c doz.; 100
Little Neck Clams 45¢; leg of lamb 27c Ib.
40 YEARS AGO - JULY 20, 1945
Undaunted by a discouraging community response
to their efforts to raise $4,000 for better fire protection
in Shavertown and vicinity, firemen planned to make
their 15th annual communty days the biggest in their
history. They had to earn $2,300 to reach their goal.
Two Back Mountain cousins, HA 1C Frank Kuehn
and Lt. Karl K. Rohrbach got the surprise of their
lives when they met in the South Pacific. Their ships
were eventually stationed in the same area.
Engaged - Anne Phillips to Tech. Sgt. Robert Ray.
You could get - Peanut butter 16 oz. jar 23c; river
rice 12c 1b.; peaches 2 lb. 23c; Calif. red plums 2 lb.
39¢; 3 1b. can Crisco 68c; 2 cans Old Dutch Cleanser
15¢; butter Ib. carton 48c; Graham crackers 19c Ib.
30 YEARS AGO - JULY 22, 1955
Phantom Brook Frolie, an English Setter, won Best
in Show at the Back Mountain Kennel Club Dog Show.
Among the 413 entries were dogs from Honolulu and
Venezuela as well as neighboring states.
Memorial Highway in Dallas. Thousands of residents
streamed through the new building sampling the 50
pound anniversary cake and getting free hand-outs of
soda and grocery samples.
Married - Betty Sophronia Phares and Luther
Kocher.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Alan Kistler, 40 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Gordon, 65 years.
Engaged - Helen Lewicka to Charles Brin.
Deaths - Ann Cook, Evans Falls; Ella Lamoreaux,
Center Moreland; Reuben Creveling, Fairmont Town-
ship.
You could get - Picnic hams 29c Ib.; bacon 45¢ Ib.;
honeydew melons 49c ea.; Freestone peaches 2 Ib. 35¢;
Chicken of the Sea tuna 3-61 oz. cans $1; Kraft’s white
American cheese 2 lb. box 99c; 2 lb. jar pineapple
preserves 39c.
20 YEARS AGO - JULY 22, 1965
Auction workers raised $14,000 for the Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library with antiques and animals the
most favored items. :
Mrs. T.M.B. Hicks, associate editor of the Dallas
Post again received recognition for the national
Golden Quill Award. Mrs. Hicks was a runner-up for
her editorial “You Cannot Start Too Young’ concern-
ing the cheating offenses at the U.S. Air Force
Academy. Hicks won the previous year for her
the funeral of the late President Kennedy.
Married - Louise Sutton and Richard Arnold; Ruth
Ellen Beagle and Bradley C. Ide; Ann Morgan and
George Kulp Haines.
Deaths - Anna Heckman, Sweet Valley; Emily C.
Lyons, Noxen; Clifton King, Shavertown; Laura Steltz,
Shavertown; Clifford Wildoner, Hunlock Creek;
Osborne Benscoter, Drexel Hill; Gertrude Brunges
Wall, R.N. Centermoreland.
You could get - Round steak 95¢ Ib.; standing rib
roast 79¢ 1b.; chickens 29c lb.; sweet corn, 59c doz.;
Freestone peaches 3 1b. 39c; cucumbers 4-19c; Char-
coal 20 1b. bag 85c; Campbell’s vegetable soup 7-$1.
10 YEARS AGO - JULY 24, 1975
Kingston Township citizens united in an effort to
stop the Dallas School Board from seeling the Shaver-
town School and its surrounding recreation area.
The Honorable William C. Rolston was chosen as
judge and Emmet Kearney as steward of the Jonathan
R. Davis Fire Company, Idetown annual horse show.
Both men were registered with the American Horse
Show Organization.
Engaged - Kathleen Loughney to John Carl Fleming.
Married - Clair Schall and Gordon W. Simington, Jr.
Deaths - Loretta Feist, Dallas; Frank Hardisky,
Dallas; Helen Smith, Harveys Lake; Louise Lloyd,
Las Vegas, Nev.; Letha Wolfe, Meeker; Edna Louise
Smith, Shavertown; Cecil Vopleus, Beaumont.
You could get - Ground beef 2 lb. $1.69; bottom
round roast $1.59 1b.; sliced bologna $1.19 lb.; orange
juice 4-6 oz. cans $1; 1. gal. Wisk detergent $1.90;
Honey Graham crackers 65c¢ lb. box; tomatoes 39c
pkg.; nectarines 49c 1b.
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OPINION
LIBRARY NEWS
By EDWIN FEULNER
1 don’t know of any American who
defends South Africa’s discrimina-
tion racial policies. Being for or
against apartheid, however, has
never been an issue. What is an
issue is how the United States can
bestspeed along apartheid’s disap-
pearance. Not only has this become
the subject of bitter and occasion-
ally irrational controversy, but it
has resulted in some very fuzzy
thinking that could actually harm
the people we are trying to help:
South Africa’s blacks.
U.S. protests against apartheid,
which began in earnest last fall,
have gone beyond the pretty-people-
holding-placards stage. Recently,
one group of demonstrators occu-
pied the downtown Washington,
D.C. offices of a U.S. investment
firm which sells’ South African gold
Kruggerands. The message was
simple: buying and selling South
African gold coins is immoral.
Other protestors helped liven up
the spring on many college cam-
puses, leading the weekly news
magazines to declare the 1960s back
in style.
Public displays of outrage, of
course, are always conveniently in
style. But marches and sit-ins don’t
lead to clear-headed thinking and
case of South Africa, we could
than good.
The policy prescription currently
in vogue is known as ‘‘disinvest-
ment.” Put simply, this is short-
hand for U.S. companies and inves-
tors doing no more business in
South Africa until the country
cleans up its act. But it’s a wrong-
headed policy. In fact, it is 180-
degrees the reverse of what we
should really be doing, according to
those who have looked carefully at
the problem. \
Economist Stuart Butler, for
example, argues that more invest-
ment by U.S. firms in South Africa
would achieve quicker results.
DEAR EDITOR:
On behalf of the Wyoming Valley
Women’s Network, I would like to
thank you (Charlot M. Denmon) for
your warm and comprehensive cov-
erage of the Women’s Conference at
Penn State last month. The Confer-
ence Planning Committee worked
hard to make this first conference a
success as a model for the future.
Your article contributed to that
success and, for those who could not
attend, painted a very special pic-
ture of the day’s events.
We are looking forward to next
year’s conference. Again, many
many thanks.
CAROL HUSSA
PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINA-
TOR
DEAR EDITOR:
Please accept this certificate as a
token of our gratitude for your
support during our recent fund-
raising campaign.
Your donation of public service
space helped significantly in publi-
cizing the work of our agency.
Thanks to you we set a new record
with our spring campaign.
Our community is now assured of
quality service for disabled children
throughout Wyoming Valley.
Thanks on behalf of our entire
organization to all of your staff who
helped make it possible.
P. BARRY CUSHING, PRESI-
DENT
WYOMING VALLEY CHILDREN’S
ASSOCIATION
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
A change in schedule! Due to
popular demand! Or, whatever.
on Saturdays for the rest of the
summer from 10 to 2 p.m. Our book
circulation and the volume of busi-
ness and new borrowers which we
have experienced since moving into
our new building has been over-
whelming. We have problems at
times just keeping caught up with
the daily tasks. However, this
makes what we are here for worth-
while.
The library had an all time daily
record of 702 set on July 14, 1964
which held until this past Monday.
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library has set a new all-time high
daily circulation record. On July 8,
1985, 755 books were checked out,
which was terrific and created an
unbelievable amount of activity.
Your library is, indeed, in action!
We will have in our display case
for the next four weeks a toy robot
collection belonging to Eric Van
Horn of Sweet Valley. There are 28
robots in the display including R2D2
from Star Wars. There is one that
plays Jingle Bells, two radios, one
which is a telephone, and one spe-
cial that plays with a record. Mr.
Van Horn had bought one for a
nephew four years ago and decided
he had better keep it for him for
safe keeping, whereby he became
attached to it and started his collec-
tion.
They range in price from $15.00 to
$20.00 and one with an activated
voice is worth $60.00. Many of these
toy robots are now in collectors
books and are quite valuable. Come
and see these robots before August
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We also have a Country Store in
the reading room. This store
belongs to June MacCloskey of
Dallas and is a priceless display of
miniatures. It includes a hand made
wash tub and water bucket, luscious
looking candied apples, yard goods,
a novel candy jar and real coffee
and tea in miniature bins. The store
keeper and customer are hand
made.
Most of the store is about 25 years
old with newer additions. This is a
unique country store with fruits,
canned goods and other items in
miniature. This will be here until
August 2nd.
The children’s room is conducting
Story Hours on Wednesday morning
and Millie Brody for story hour No.
1 and Jane Lasecki and Nancy Garr
for story hour 2. ;
began on June 26 with Joanne
Katuna as story lady, which has
been made possible through an
LSCA grant.
The Dallas Playschool group
visits for stories and film strips and
the Little People from upstairs
come down for films and books. The
Dallas Recreation Group visits fre-
quently for film strips and stories.
The summer reading program is
continuing with 205 children partici-
pating in the game.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
NEGATIVE CONSUMER reaction
to the state’s new Catastrophic Loss
Trust Fund (CAT) Fund has
resulted in calls for its abolishment
or revision by a number of House
members. Rep. James J. Gallen (R-
Berks) has introduced a bill to
eliminate the fund and require
insurers to make increased medical
benefits available to vehicle owners.
Rep. Jon D. Fox (R-Montgomery)
drafted legislation to make con-
sumer participation in the fund
optional. The CAT Fund was initi-
ated as part of the state’s new auto
insurance law which replaced no-
fault insurance last year. Vehicle
owners in Pennsylvania are
required to pay a $5 annual fee to
the fund or risk having their regis-
trations revoked. Over seven million
billings were mailed recently. The
fund is designed as a financial
safety net for individuals who incur
medical expenses, as a result of a
vehicle accident, of more than $100,-
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CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS
in Pennsylvania would be required
to pay for the cost of blood tests
administered to determine blood
alcohol or drug levels under a bill
introduced by Rep. Merle Phillips
(R-Northumberland). The tests are
given at hospitals and medical facil-
ties when police are unable to
administer a breathalyzer test
because of injury or other complica-
tions. Under current procedure,
each county pays for the costs of the
test. “There is no reason why the
counties should have to pay these
charges. It is the individual who
violated the law and they should be
responsible for the fee,” Phillips
said. The measure has been sent to
the House Transportation Commit-
tee for review.
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STRENGTHENING PENNSYL-
VANIA’S law governing the pay-
intent of legislation proposed by
Rep. Elinor Z. Taylor (R-Chester).
Taylor said her bill addresses sev-
eral serious deficiencies in existing
support of enforcement statutes.
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