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Editor's notes
ONE OF OUR LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR this week brought a lot of
comments from people in the office.
When a gentleman from Dallas
suggested that maybe Edward and
Bernadine Weiss are being harassed
by a poltergeist, the eyebrows of
some of our staff members were
raised in sheer disbelief.
~ Then again,
since this vandal-
ism has been
going on for over
a year now and
still there are no
clues as to who's
responsible for it
all. So, maybe
the idea of a pol-
tergeist isn’t all 3 SE
that unbelievable. MARTIN
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SPEAKING OF UNBELIEVABLE
THINGS (but having absolutelyno-
thing to do with poltergeists), it’s
kind of hard to believe that school
will be starting again very soon.
Conversations among the mothers
in our office have been about the
time (not to mention the money)
they’re spending on school clothes
these days.
I think those mothers who work
for us have managed to beat the
system, though. They’re all going to
take their kids out shopping and buy
them enough clothing to get them
started. Then, they’re going to wait
until the kids come home from
school and find out what all their
friends are wearing - you know, the
things they simply have to have
because all their friends have them.
Then, they're all going school
shopping again! I thought it was a
pretty good idea. That way, the kids
don’t have a closet full of things
‘they won't wear because nobody
© else is wearing them.
. Whatever happened to being
! unique and wanting to be the only
. one with a certain type of clothing
| in the whole school. Oh well, I guess
. kids today are into uniformity - they
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. DURING LUNCH AT FRANK-
¢ LIN’S RESTAURANT the other
i day, 1 overheard a conversation
{ among a mother and two of her
iL sons.
{ From what I gathered (and,
| please don’t get me wrong, I was
| not eavesdropping), the younger of
+ the two sons is on his way to college
| come September while the older one
! has already been through that rou-
tine.
! It brought back a lot of good
memories to listen to the three of
| them discussing the things that
i would have to be done between now
; and registration time and the things
: the younger boy is going to have to
+ do once he gets to college - like
t
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+ stuff.
These suggestions, of course,
came from the mother while the
suggestions of partying and chasing
women, I’m sure, will be discussed
by the older brother at a much
more appropriate time and place.
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SPEAKING OF FRANLIN’S,
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as the new hostess at the Dallas
; restaurant.
¢ Julie, who formerly worked at the
* Wilkes-Barre, was recently trans-
+ ferred back to her hometown and
; seems to be making breakfast and
lunch a very pleasant experience
for the restaurant’s customers.
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THE AREA BOY SCOUTS who
attended the National Boy Scout
Jamboree this summer were simply
bubbling over with stories of their
experiences at the event.
A few of the boys were in our
office the other day, relaying some
of the things they did at the jambo-
ree to staff writer John Kilduff and,
even a few weeks after the affair,
they were still flying high about
what they did and saw at the
jamboree.
What a tremendous experience for
these guys - they surely sounded
like they had a wonderful time.
REMEMBERING
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MISTY BLUE, that lovable little
dog who belongs to Jane Cummings
of Dallas, is now a member of
Therapy Dogs International.
What is Therapy Dogs Interna-
tional, you ask? Therapy Dogs
International is a group of canine
owners who have banded together to
form a group that spreads cheer by
allowing their dogs to become
friends with others.
Dogs involved in Therapy Dogs
International have lots of friends -
mainly people in nursing homes and
elderly people who do not wish to
communicate with ar.’ other human
beings. The therapy dogs spend
time with these people, become
their friends and, from what I
understand, do wonders for the
people who won’t relate to anyone
else.
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SPEAKING OF THE ELDERLY,
a bus full of older residents pulled
into the parking lot of our plaza the
other day. The driver got out, ran
into Kasarda’s Florist next door to
our office, and emerged with a
gigantic bouquet of balloons.
None of us know where the bus
was coming from or where it was
going, but it sure was a neat sight
when the driver boarded the bus
with his arms full of balloons. And
the passengers on the bus all looked
kinds of happy, too.
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HERE'S ONE I NEVER HEARD
BEFORE. I spoke to a woman who
does public relations work for the
Family Service Organization the
other day and, when I asked her
how she was doing, she proceeded
to inform me she had her arm in a
sling.
All T could think of was a fall
down a flight of stairs, a bicycling
accident or an automobile accident.
Imagine my surprise when the
woman informed me her arm was
in a sling from housework.
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IT WAS'NICE TO SEE DIANE
MALONIS this week. Diane stopped
by our office Monday afternoon and
was in the middle of doing what
every other mother in the Back
Mountain is doing these days -
getting the kids ready for school.
Booster shots, clothes and perms
were on the agenda for Diane’s
schedule that day. Hang in there,
Mom, it’ll all be over soon and you
won’t know what to do with all the
time on your hands.
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AND, FINALLY, a note to the guy
who flew out the Avoca airport on a
business trip last weekend. I cer-
tainly hope your trip back was a
little less hectic than the trip out.
Oneonta Hotel
Only yesterday
FIFTY YEARS AGO - AUGUST 23, 1935
Contracts for the one-story annex to Dallas Town-
ship High School were awarded to W.F. Sutter,
Nescopeck, at a bid of $19,185; J. L. Turner, Nanticoke
won the heating contract while the plumbing contract
went to Leo F. Steadle.
Pauline Varner, Dallas, won second prize in the nail
driving contest and Claire Tredinnick, Dallas won
second place in the ball throwing contest for women at
the annual Jr. O.U.A.M. picnic and field day at
Harvey's Lake. Approximately 11,000 members and
friends attended.
Engaged - Ceclia Whitesell and Joseph Ellsworth
Married - Rose Frantz and harold Earle Wall; Mary
Joseph and Arthur Evans; Ethel Casterlin and Ernest
A. Gay.
Deaths - Ada Braden, Clifton Springs, N.Y.
You could get green peppers or cucumbers 3-5
cents; lettuce 2 heads 15 cents; grapes 10 cents 1b.;
cheddar cheese 19 cents Ib.; peaches 4 Ib., 25 cents;
Bokar coffee 23 cents lb.; apples 7 Ib., 25 cents; sweet
potatoes 3 1b. 11 cents; Mason jars 59 cents a dozen
pints.
FORTY YEARS AGO - AUGUST 24, 1945
Lehman Volunteer Fire Company purchased a
corner lot opposite Lehman High School Building from
George Lewis and expecteed to erect a fire house
there. Arthur Ehret headed the building committee.
With the cessation of hostialities in the Pacific area,
price controls would be maintained according to an
announcement from Dallas War Price and Rationing
Board officials. Price controls remained on all food,
clothing, furnishings and other necessities. Rationing,
however, had been dropped on canned goods, gasoline,
fuel oil and stoves.
Engaged - Hildreth Marie Fritz to Albert Kanon.
Married - Agath G. Kamor and Theodore Busch;
Martha King and William Conkwright.
Deaths - Hamilton S. Clemow, Trucksville; Mrs.
Burt Scouten, Noxen; Russell Evans, Carverton Rd.
You could get - Ivory soap 6 cents med. bar; Crisco
1-1b. 26; Hershey cocoa 2 1b. pkg. 19 cents; pears 2 Ib.
29 cents; perch fillet 33 cents 1b.; butter 48 cents Ib.;
Boraxo 13 cents pkg. :
THIRTY YEARS AGO - AUGUST 26, 1955
Two Back Mountain boys, George Major and George
Yurko, members of Blue Ridge Chapter FFA,
Lehman-Jackson-Ross High School took grand cham-
pion ribbons during a week devoted to dairy cattle
shows. Major won at Bloomsburg while Yurko won at
the Tunkhannock FFA Show.
Mrs. Z. Platt Bennett’s English bull terrier went
Best in Show for the sixth time during the year
competing against 569 dogs at the Maple City Kennel
Club show at Hornell. ;
Engaged - Ann Baker to Joseph Hughes; Phyllis
Elaine Swan to Alvin Cragle.
Married - Maude Leek to George Theron Still
Deaths - William M. Williams, Norton Ave., Dallas;
henry A. Waugh, Centermoreland; Alice Eppley,
Ruggles; Russell Edwards, Carverton.
You could get - school bags 98 cents; wallets $1.98;
children’s Roy Rogers or Dale Evans watches $5.45;
children’s school shoes $2.49; girl’s dresses $1.49;
sweaters, $2.98; socks 3 pair $1; Paper-Mate pens
$1.69; pencil boxes 25 cents. !
TWENTY YEARS AGO - AUGUST 26, 1965
Lake-Lehman Schools initiated a blood-assurance
through the PTA at the suggestion of supervising
principal Lester Squier. Mrs. Leonard Selingo. Mr.s
William Shalata were in charge of the program.
Kenneth Kirk, chairman of the Business Education
Department of Dallas High School was appointed for a
three-year term as a member of the lackawanna
Junior College Board of Trustees.
Engaged - Sandra Welton to Airman 2nd Class
Stuart Stahl; Betty Jean Ddavis and Leslie H. Carder.
Married - William rinken to LeVerne Hlanak.
Deaths - Julia Cragle, Roaring Brook; Eugene
Hummell, Harveys Lake; G. Earl Smith, Harveys
Lake.
You could get - boneless round roast 79 cents 1b.;
bacon 95 cents Ib.; honeydews 59 cents each; peaches
4 1b. 49 cents; tomatoes 4-1 lb. cans 49 cents; candy
bars box of 24, 89 cents; cottage cheese 25 cents Ib.;
cream cheese 8 oz. 29 cents; angel food ring 39 cents.
TEN YEARS AGO - AUGUST 28, 1975
Grace T. Cave Shop, featuring women’s and girl’s
clothing, closed after 36 years of service to the
community,
Lake-Lehman Scheel District opened its new
Lehman-Jackson Elementary School Students K-5
from the Lehman-Jackson area plus all sixth grade
students in the district were housed there.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hoover,
Sutton Creek Road, Harding, 50 years.
Deaths - Irene Maransky, Sweet Valley; Isabell
Stackhouse, Dallas; Sterling Kitchen, Shavertown;
G.M. Nicholson, New Goss Manor.
You could get - smoked hams $1.29 1b.; bottom round
roast $1.49 1b.; franks 99 cents 1b.; bananas 2 lb. 29
cents; lettuce 29 cents head; Kraft orange juice 83
cents 1, gal, Kraft imitation mayonnaise 32 oz. jar 79
cents; corn 2 cans 69 cents; pork & beans 4 cans $1.
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The sinister right-wing cave-
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considerable time complaining
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good reason in many cases.
Though a series of recent libel
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LETTERS
DEAR EDITOR:
Relative to your article, “Reward
being offered in vandalism case”
(Dallas Post August 7), every time I
have read about Edward and Berna-
dine Weiss’s problem with vandal-
ism, I have wondered if they might
actually be dealing with a polterge-
ist. x Gis »
Cases of stones and eggs falling
on houses ‘“‘out of the blue” are not
unprecedented. If the Weisses don’t
find a culprit in the flesh, they may
want to look into the possibility that
someone who should have “passed
on” if hanging around due to some
unresolved problem.
ROBERT SHORTZ, JR.
DALLAS
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Speaking of coincidences, which
we really were not; I originally
started writing for the newspapers
using as a general subject, What's ®
new at the Library? The -coinci-
dence is this: We have just had a
terrific display of 38 fantastic robots
which were very well received by
our junior patrons as well as the
adults.
Glancing through a current copy
of People magazine, there was an
article titled: ‘“What’s hot on the
Beach?” and to my surprise there
were two robots in this beach scene.
One was a large Omnibot Robot
costing around $250 which can be
programmed to carry a refreshing
refill to its master when the glass is
empty and the other smaller one
was ‘a Verbot Robot around $85
which can scoot about and perforin
simple tasks. It seems our robot
display was very timely and tied in
with waht’s new and hot on the
beach as wellas in the library.
A very special thank you to the
Dallas Lions Club for their donation
of $1200 to the library for (the
purchase of large print books for
the visually handicapped.
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library is not conducting a regular
‘Friends of the Library’ campaign
for 1985 because of our major capi-
tal funds campaign. However, we
are asking our friends who may not
have been contacted to contribute to
the capital campaign to consider
mailing a contribution to the library
and marking it ‘capital campaign’.
We have had a great deal of
people in to see our special quilt
display. ‘“Andy’s Quilt,’ the per-
sonal property of Rev. Andrew Pil-
larella, is such a beautiful piece of
workmanship and it is being shown
so well on our built board. It’s worth
a visit to see!
A very special thank you from the
library staff and board members to
two ‘grande dames”! Mrs. Flor-
ence Crump, president of the
library Book Club and chairman of
the auction book booth for many,
many years; and Mrs. Gertrude
Moss, a one-woman committee who
has handled our auction Ham ’n
Yeggs fund raiser for a great many
years. Mrs. Crump is 90 years
young and Mrs. Moss is only 85.
These are two terrific women and
we would wish that we could be
even half as active at that age! Twe
beautiful people and avid library
supporters!
A recognition tea for library vol
unteers will be held at the library
on Tuesday, August 27 at 2 p.m.
This is to be a special salute to our P }
summer volunteers. /
The library board of director is
happy to welcome two new board
members; Carole Ertley and
Howard Grossman, both of Dallas.
The board also wishes to announce
the 1986 Library Auction chairman
will be Dr. John Shaskas, a Dalias
Veterinarian.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Fill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
REGULATING THE retail mini-
mum price of milk in Pennsylvaria
is necessary and should be centin-
ued by the state, the Joint Study
Committee on Retail Milk Pricing
was told this week. The committee
heard testimony from milk pro-
ducers, milk dealers and represent-
atives of associated industries. Rep.
Carmel Sirianni (R-Susquehanna),
“committee chairman,.noted that
while the panel has consumer repye-
sentation, no spokesman from con-
sumer groups testified. “Perhaps
the complaints by some so-called
‘consumer activities’ about mini-
mum milk prices are unfounded,’
Sirianni said. She added that time
has been set aside at the Sept. 19
meeting of the committee for con-
sumer tetimony. Most of those who
did testify at the hearing agreed
that without minimum milk pricing
the milk industry weuld be in a
state of turmoil.
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MEMBERS OF the House Health
and Welfare Committee prepared
this week for public hearings on the
escalating costs of health care,
scheduled to begin Aug. 20 in Phila-
delphia. Under study by the com-
mittee are eight bills aimed at
curbing rising medical costs in
Pennsylvania. The legislation
includes a proposal advocating out-
patient care over inpatient treat- *
ment whenever possible, creation of
a state fund for health care of the
poor and public advertisement of
hospital costs. After three days of
hearings in Philadelphia, the com-
mittee will hold a hearing in Allen-
town in September.
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CHECKING FOR intoxicated
drives through the use of roadside
checkpoints has been ruled constitu-
tional by Commonwealth Court, but
the Thornburgh administration is
studying the procedure to determine
if it is appropriate for Pennsyl-
vania. The checkpoints were used
during a 12-week period in 1983, but
were stopped when they were chal-
lenged in court. Gov. Thornburgh
has ordered his staff to study the
“appropriateness” of the program.
The stops are designed to take less
than a minute. However, if the
_ driver appears intoxicated sobriety |
“tests or a breath test may be
administered.
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