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Editor's notes
WELCOME TO MEIGHAN
REINO, daughter of Jim and Mar-
garet Reino of Armstrong Drive,
Shavertown.
Meighan was born on September
20 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital and
- a little birdie tells me Mommy and
Daddy are just tickled pink with
her.
Congratulations, Jim and Marga-
ret - I'm thrilled for you.
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THE BLOOMS-
BURG FAIR was. _
held last week |
and, as far back }
as I can remem- i
ber, 1 have
always gone to
the fair. It seems
nothing ever
- changes at the
fair, but when
you miss one, you
feel like you've
missed some-
thing.
Anyway, I'm sure glad I got there
this year because I ran into DORO-
~- THY AND DICK HARDING, two
_ people I have known all my life but
haven't seen in years.
Dorothy and Dick, good friends of
. my parents ever since I was a
toddler, recently moved back to this
- area after spending a few years in
. New Jersey. And, lo and behold,
they are living right near the Dallas
~ High School and read The Dallas
Post every week.
I think they moved out here to the
~ Back Mountain (instead of to their
* original nesting place of West Wyo-
ming) because they want to be as
close to golf courses as they possi-
still as good at the game of golf as
they used to be.
Anyway, it was nice to see both of
~ you - and my Dad was thrilled to
hear you’re back in town.
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A GREAT BIG WELCOME to the
Back Mountain area goes out to
. Wayne Taylor, newly-appointed
- president of Offset Paperback Man-
~ ufacturing Co., Dallas.
Taylor has been chosen to fill a
~ position left vacant by the recent
~~ death of Tom Marvel. Taylor’s
appointment was announced by Ian
Richardson, vice-president of the
~ Dallas-based firm.
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CONGRATULATIONS to Linda Stal-
lone of Dallas who was recently
named senior manager of communi-
cations at Commonwealth Tele-
~ phone Co. in Dallas.
Linda and I also go way back,
having grown up across the street
from each other in West Wyoming.
_ It sure is nice to see her putting her
talent to use right here in the Back
- Mountain.
‘Linda and her husband, Dr. James
- Stallone, are the parents of two
~~ children.
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COLLEGE MISERICORDIA expe-
rienced some electrical problems
with the rainstorm we had here on
Friday.
Seems the power kept going on
and off at the college and the
~ employees were not only having a
. hard time getting letters typed on
electric typewriters, but were
having a devil of a time trying to
make a pot of coffee.
Rumor has it several CM employ-
ees were seen making purchases at
2 local coffee shop throughout the
~ day.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO SUSAN
REDMOND who was crowned the
1985 Homecoming Queen at Lake-
Lehman High School this past Sat-
urday.
I had the privilege of meeting
Susan just a few short weeks ago
when she agreed to join our staff as
one of the Lake-Lehman High
School correspondents this year.
It was nice to see her being
named Homecoming Queen this
year.
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IT WAS ALSO nice to see Cheryl
Campbell in our photographs again
this week.
Cheryl, who is the sister of our
photographer Ed Campbell, was the
1984 Homecoming Queen at Lake-
Lehman and returned to her alma
mater to crown Miss Redmond
Lake-Lehman field.
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I SPENT SOME TIME this past
weekend with an old friend of mine -
well, not really an “old” friend but
a friend I haven’t seen for a while,
anyway.
JOAN ROGERS of Vernon and I
and a few other friends got together
and relived some ‘“‘crazy’’ times of
years past. Joannie laughed so hard
that night, the tears rolled down her
face. Oh, it’s always so nice to get
together with people you haven’t
seen in a while.
Joan has promised to stop in to
visit us with her husband, Lee, and
their two children, Cindy and
Timmy Rogers.
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ONE OF MY INFORMANTS told
me this week that some gentlemen
who work at the Dallas Post Office
are rather upset with me and some-
thing I wrote about the post office in
a recent column.
My problem, however, is that I
can’t remember what I wrote that
could possibly make those guys
angry. After all, they do a great job
getting our paper out to our subscri-
bers on time and I've never had a
complaint about their way of doing
things.
1 wish, though, if they have a
complaint about something I wrote,
they’d call me so we can straighten
out whatever it is they're upset
about.
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ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'd like
to congratulate my stepsister,
Susan, on a recent accomplishment
of hers.
Remember, Sue, sometimes you
have to put in a lot of time before
you get something you want.
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OUR REMEMBERING COLUMN
needs your help desperately. Sev-
eral months ago, we embarked on
the commitment of providing our
readers with an old photo of the
Back Mountain every week.
And, we’ve had some really nice
photos in our remembering column,
However, our files of old photos are
becoming depleted and we are once
again turning to the residents of this
area to help us out.
Take an hour or two and go
through those boxes you have in
your attics or in your cellars - you
may find some really nice photos
we can reproduce in our remember-
ing column. And, you might even be
surprised at what you'll find in your
own memory boxes.
REMEMBERING
Oneonta Hotel
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - OCT. 4, 1935
A $22,000 contract was signed for construction of the
annex to Dallas Township High School. W.F. Sutter of
Nescopeck was awarded the general contract. The
annex would solve the school’s congestion problem by
providing two additional classrooms and an audito-
rium.
Senator Andrew J. Sordoni was re-elected chief of
Daniel C. Roberts Fire Company of Harveys Lake.
Otis A. Allen was re-elected president.
Two more WPA projects were granted to local
approved more than $700,000 for PWA and WPA jobs
in Luzerne County.
Birthdays - Mrs. Barbara Kiefer, Dallas, 90 years
old; Mrs. Anna Rozelle, 90 years old.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Baker,
Overbrook Rd., 50 years.
Deaths - Peter Brong, Evans Falls.
You could get - Stewing chickens 25¢ 1b.; chuck pot
roast 17c 1b.; shoulder lamb 21c Ib.; eggs 2 doz. 59¢;
cheese 19c Ib.; Little Neck clams 100-35¢; 2 1g. cans
pineapple 35¢; corn 3 No. 2 cans 29¢c; 3 pkg. Jello 20c.
: 40 YEARS AGO - OCT. 5, 1945
General offices, construction and maintenance
departments of Harveys Lake Light Company were
moved from Forty Fort to Dallas. General manager
L.F. Kingsley was in charge of the move.
Veterans of both World Wars met to discuss plans
for building a Legion Home in the Back Mountain
area. Plans included a bowling alley, recreation center
and lounge.
; Fngaged - Laura Jean Nulton to Michael T. Nova-
josky.
Married - Mabel Oney to Sgt. Anthony J. Matovsky.
Deaths - Goodwin Klinetob, Sweet Valley.
You could get - Chickens 47c Ib.; liver pudding 39c
lb.; hamburger 28c 1b.; cauliflower 15¢ 1g. hd.;
cabbage 3c Ib.; oranges 2 doz. 45¢; honey dew melons
10c lb.; butter 48c lb.; Lux soap 3 bars 20c; 18 oz. can
V-8 juice 15c¢.
30 YEARS AGO - OCT. 7, 1955
Unprecedented increase in enrollment at Dallas
Borough/Kingston Township schools posed a problem
in overcrowded classrooms. Various solutions were
discussed including the possible construction of a six
room school in the vicinity of the Checkerboard Inn.
Hutnsville Christian Church began its last bits of
construction on the second story educational unit. New
construction also added considerable seating to the
sanctuary and provided six classrooms, a choir room,
and office. :
Married - June Boston to Andrew Tregan; Gloria
Davis to Harman D. Adams; Marjorie Saunders to
George Richards; Joyce MacMillan to Howard Smith;
Jean Gummo and Russel Traver.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Whitesell,
Lehman, 55 years.
Deaths - William Carroll, Philadelphia; Ivy Grace
Pethick, Shavertown; Murray Strait, Hunlocks Creek.
You could get - Sirloin steaks 79c¢ lb.; large shrimp
59c Ib.; rib reast 59c lb.; tokay grapes 10c lb.; brussel
sprouts 29c¢ qt.; mushrooms 49c 1b.; tomato soup 11
cans $1; mild cheese 49c 1b.; orange juice 4 cans 59c.
20 YEARS AGO - OCT. 7, 1965
The resignation of Roland Gensel as Assistant Police
Chief of Jackson Township left the municipality
without a daytime enforcement officer.
A truck load of straw parked in front of the August
Walter’s welding shop caused a costly fire. Trucks
from Shavertown, Kunkle, Idetown, Trucksville and
Dallas battled the blaze.
Married - Janet Louise Reed and Wesley M. Evans;
Diana Myers and Charles J. Kovalick.
Deaths - Betty Grose, Sweet Valley; A. George
Prater, Overbrook Road.
You could get - Pork loins 39c lb.; chicken breasts
53c Ib.; rib steaks 85c lb.; Tokay grapes 10c Ib.;
apples 4 lb. bag 29c; honeydews 69c lb.; broccoli 1g.
bunch 29¢; cucumbers 4-29c; 2 reg. bars Dial soap 33c;
Chicken of the Sea tuna 2 cans 69c.
10 YEARS AGO - OCT. 2, 1975
Back Mountain Protective Association named U.S.
Rep. Dan Flood recipient of their Community Service
Award. The prestigious award was presented durign a
banquet at Irem Temple Country Club.
Dallas candidates for Homecoming Queen included
Jan Taylor, Mary Sherman, Dana Ziegler, Holly
Booth, Maureen Nolan, Katie Gray and Marti Spears.
The Back Mountain Memorial Library celebrated its
30th anniversary.
Married - Diane Morgan and R.F. Gonzalez; Elaine
Marie Heidel and Gary Eck; Debra Rinkin and David
Sharp.
Deaths - Avis E. Liscombe, Dallas; Rhonda Green-
ley, Trucksville; Samuel I. Green, Dallas; Florence
Malkemes, Trucksville; Arthur Engler, Harveys
Lake; Mary Arnt, Shavertown.
You could get - Western round steak $1.59 Ib.;
boneless beef roast $1.49 1b.; scrapple 69c¢ 1b.; Shurfine
cream style corn 3 cans 89c; tomatoes 3 cans $1; 1%
gal. Dairylea homogenized milk $1.29 1% gal.; onions 3
Ib. 49c; grapefruit 5-79c.
OPINION
time.
Office
Route 309-415 Plaza
Dallas, PA 18612
Mailing Address
Box 366
Dallas, PA 18612
Joe Gula, unt ras Advertising Representative
Marvin: Lewist................0, Advertising Representative
Jean Brutko. ....:.........s is Circulation Director
Office Manager
By EDWIN FEULNER
As the Reagan administration
learned the hard way, as it muddled
its way through the relatively brief
TWA hijacking and hostage-taking,
U.S. military power has its limits.
Its greatest limit, however, seems
to be a persistent unwillingness to
use it.
The high jewel of the Reagan
administration’s allegedly tough
international policy is still, unfor-
tunately, the liberation of Grenada.
Cheers for us. But was it such a big
deal? The mighty United States
managed, not without some minor
difficulty, to subdue a rag-tag bunch
of Caribbean and Cuban Marxist
riffraff. Is that what U.S. power has
been reduced to?
I recently ran across some early
January newspaper clippings in my
files reporting that the United
States was in the process of forming
a 2,000 man commando force which
would enable us to strike at terror-
ists worldwide. The article, based
on an NBC News report, said fur-
rines, the John Marshall and Sam
Houston, were being converted into
underseas commando posts, each
capable of carrying 100 anti-terror-
ist fighters from the Navy’s Seal
Team 6 or the Army’s Delta Force.
In addition, the report said,
“about a dozen transport aircraft
and two dozen helicopters have now
been assigned to the commandos.”
This is great - on paper. It will be
greater still when the anti-terrorist
strike force is fully operational. But
it will never be - even after the
submarines have been converted
and outfitted; the men trained; the
material strategically located
around the glove - if the com-
mander-in-chief is unwilling to
order U.S. forces into action.
The Navy has been appropriately
tight-lipped about the conversion of
the John Marshall and Sam Hous-
ton. Navy officials, however, con-
firm that both ships are at Puget
Sound Naval Shipyard undergoing
“modification or ship alteration to
provide additional military capabil-
ity.” The $16-million modifications
United States government to make
a public announcement about its
capabilities or its intentions. Moreo-
ver, such public statements are not
necessary. Intelligence sources
worldwide no doubt are well aware
of the fact that the Reagan adminis-
tration is preparing the United
States to go on the offensive against
bloody terrorism - to wage what
scholar Richard Shultz refers to as
‘twilight warfare”.
The administration probably can
be forgiven for its handling of the
TWA hijacking,
In the not too-distant future, all of
the excuses for sitting on one’s
hands in the face of international
cut-throat terrorism will be made
moot. That will be the day the U.S.
counter-terrorism strike force is
ready for action. And most
assuredly it will be tested.
When that day comes, if the
United States flinches again, and
refuses to use its great power, no
one anywhere will be safe. Heaven
help us.
(Edwin Feulner is president of
The Heritage Foundation, a Wash-
ington-based public policy research
institute.) :
ILIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Writer
Another coincidence! While read-
ing a Wilkes-Barre newspaper the
other day, I came across the article
about the United Nations’ 40th anni-
versary. The assistant secretary
general of the United Nations,
Robert Muller, was interviewed at a
press conference in San Francisco,
California and related how many
young people today know nothing
about the United Nations.
. His quote, “Children are not being
educated about the UN and that’s
bad. It is a people’s organization,
and he told the young people of
Children’s Express that the year
2000 belongs to you. On June 25,
1945, the UN charter was signed in
San Francisco and came into being
on the 14th of October in New York.
Many governments will be getting
together in New York this month to
commemorate the anniversary. The
coincidence is: The Back Mountain
Memorial Library will also be 40
years old in October. We have made
some very special open house birth-
day party plans and hope the entire
community will come to the library
and celebrate with us on our 40th
birthday and work with us as we
begin the Next Chapter.
In looking over some of our past
history, I came across something
interesting. There has been a unique
antique clock in the main check-out
area of the library for many years
which has since moved up to the
new building with us. It keeps very
history record, there is recorded
that Miss Lathrop in her first five
week report to the library board
showed rapid growth in circulation
and the increase in library equip-
ment and volumes. Also she
reported the acceptance of an elec-
tric steeple clock as a memorial gift
from Mrs. Dwight Fisher, Kingston.
We know now that the clock has
‘been at the library at least 40 years,
and is a rare possession.
In conjunction with our capital
campaign, there are gift plan pur-
chases which can be given to the
library. Some of the necessary
items we need are: 4 reading room
tables at $170 each, 1 reference
room table for $357, chairs for the
tables at $68 each, 2 card catalog
sections at $410 each, 1 card catalog
base at $134, a card catalog table at
$346, 2 upholstered lounge chairs at
$112 each, 1 magazine table at $107,
9 window shades at $127 each, L
outdoor ‘Back Mountain Memorial
Library” sign at $1600, other items
as landscaping, paving the parking
lot, drop ceiling and lighting in
children’s reference and office area,
vacuum cleaner, and a rider lawn
mower. All of these items can be
donated to the library and a special
plaque will be placed on the item to
the donor’s specification. Call
Nancy Eckert, Homer Moyer or the
library for further information.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from: Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING a
long-delayed $4.5 billion Pennsyl-
vania Turnpike improvement pro-
gram passed the House and Senate
this week. The proposal’ was
approved by the General Assembly
after a compromise over the make-
up of the Turnpike commission was
reached between the Thornburgh
administration and Democratic
leadership. The compromise ends a
seven-year stalemate which left an
unfilled vacancy on the commission
and held up authorization for the
Turnpike improvements. The con-
struction program is expected to
create thousands of jobs in the
state. It includes widening the toll-
road near Philadelphia, expanding
the highway near Greensburg and
adding three new interchanges.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES in the
operation of the Public Utility Com-
mission were recommended in a
report released by the House Con-
sumer Affairs Committee. The
study was prepared as part of the
sunset review process required by
state law. The report suggested that
the PUC should encourage utilities
to cut 5 percent from company
expenses to help keep utility costs
under control. It also recommened
that terms of PUC commissioners
be reduced from the current 10
years to four years. The report
further stated that the public per-
ceives the PUC as “placing too little
an emphasis on the concerns of the
ratepayers in reaching its deci-
sions.”’ Legislation which would
implement the proposed changes
was introduced in the House, Under
sunset review statutes, state agen-
cies, boards and commissions are
examined periodically to determine
if they should be modified, remain
the same or be abolished.
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VOLUNTEER COACHES,
umpires, managers and other adult
leaders in organized youth sports
programs would be immune from
certain lawsuits under legislation
introduced by Rep. Robert J. Flick
(R-Chester). Flick’s measure would
cover those adults who volunteer as
leaders and the organizations which
sponsor the activity.