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I FOUND A FAN in Barry Smith
recently. Barry, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. George Brutko of
Dallas, seems to think I have a vast
knowledge of sports.
After spending seven years of my
life employed as a sportswriter, I
would hope my knowledge of sports
has expanded somewhat.
Most men, Barry included, seem
to have difficulty accepting the fact
that some women enjoy, and even
understand, what’s going on when
they sit down to watch a sporting
event. x
My father has
always been a
sports enthusiast
(his wife is a tele-| |
vision sportsji
widow) and I
have always been
involved inf
sports, in one
way or another.
almost any type
of i sport - is
second-nature
to me.
But, thanks for the compliments
anyway, Barry. And, I'm glad you
enjoyed my little commentary on
the 1985 World Series. I haven't
heard yet, though, whether or not
Andujar should be stripped of his St.
Louis Cardinals uniform.
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BERTHA SIPULSKI of Dallas
stopped in to visit us the other day.
She seems to know several of the
people who are employed in our
office and stopped in to say ‘hello’
one day lat week.
A while ago, Bertha’s son, Ernie
Sipulski Jr., sent us a short story he
had written about his later father,
Ernie Sipulski Sr. Ernie Jr. had
hoped we would be able to publish
the story. Unfortunately, we were
unable to do so, but promised Ernie
we would say hello to all of his Back
Mountain friends for him.
Ernie is currently living at 9612
Dublin Drive, Manassas, Virginia
22110 and anyone who knew Ernie’s
father would certainly appreciate
reading the beautiful story the
younger Sipulski has written.
‘Bertha, speaking as proudly as
only a mother can, tells us Ernie Jr.
has had several short stories pub-
lished and thoroughly enjoys writ-
ing. Understandably so, the story he
has written about his father is his
most prized piece of work.
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SORRY TO SEE John Kilduff
leave his full-time position in the
editorial department of The Dallas
Post.
John, who has resigned as a staff
writer to embark on a career in real
estate, will continue to write for us
as a correspondent. His work will
continue to appear on the news and
sports pages of The Post.
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I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
As I sit in my office and look out
our front windows into the Dallas
Shopping Center, all I can see are
Christmas decorations. And, it isn’t
even Thanksgiving yet.
I don’t know how other people
feel, but I've come to realize that
the Thanksgiving holiday contin-
ually gets lost in the Christmas rush
every year.
Why, some people even treat
Thanksgiving like a stumbling block
on the way to celebrating Christ-
mas. They don’t even want to
bother with Thanksgiving because
they’re all in such a rush to get to
Christmas.
That’s downright unfair! Those of
us fortunate enough to live free in
America should be darn thrilled to
sit down at the Thanksgiving dinner
table, surrounded by family, friends
and plenty of food. And, each and
every one of us should take a
moment to thank God for every-
thing we have.
We should treat Thanksgiving for
what it is - a time when all of us
should stop for a moment and be
thankful. The Christmas rush,
including the decorations, can wait
until Thanksgiving is over.
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THAT GOOD-LOOKING GUY on
the front page of Monday’s Times
Leader is none other than my
father, David Martin of Forty Fort.
Dad is a member of the Irem
Temple Oriental Band and appears
in a full color photo on the front
page of The Times Leader. He's the
one carrying the bass drum.
I remember as a kid, giving my
father such a hard time about get-
ting dressed up in his Oriental Band
uniform and wearing those silly-
looking gold shoes with the turned-
up toes.
I've grown accustomed to seeing
him in that get-up now, however,
and think nothing of it. As long as
he’s having a good time - that’s all
that counts!
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A GREAT BIG HAPPY BIRTH-
DAY goes out to Mrs. Jeanette
Dickinson of Dallas who celebrated
her 85th birthday on November 6.
Jeanette was treated to dinner at
the Bonanza Restaurant in Dallas to
note the occasion. And, a cake made
by Rosalie Mullay of Swoyersville
especially for Jeanette made the
day even more exciting.
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TOM AND HELEN DICKINSON
of Dallas recently returned from a
trip to Hawaii.
Rumor has it that Tom and Helen
enjoyed themselves so much that
Helen was still wearing a grass
skirt and dancing the hulu when she
returned to work at Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital last week. -
Who knows? Maybe she’ll be
giving dancing lessons to the other
nurses at the hospital before long.
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MUCH THANKS to Joseph ‘Red’
Jones for being GoalPOST Petie this
year.
GoalPOST Petie, who enjoyed his
second year of football predicting
this season, is a person who
remains anonymous until just prior
to the Dallas-Lake-Lehman football
game. He predicts area football
games along with other Dallas Post
prognosticators, but does it secretly
until the last week of the season.
Red, who finished with a rather
impressive slate, did a marvelous
job for us this year and we certainly
appreciate his cooperation.
GoalPOST Petie will return next
year and, although it won’t be Red
Jones, it may be someone you know.
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REMEMBERIN
M.E. Church
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - NOV. 15, 1935
Two hundred people, among them judges, teachers
and fellow school directors attended a tribute to Miss
Anne Dorrance, Huntsville resident, who ended her
twentieth year as a director of Kingston Township
School District. Elected to the school board in 1911,
she served every term but one, served as president for
13 years and vice president for five years.
Engaged - Mae Hontz to Harold Ash.
Married - Margaret Thomas and Thomas B. Robin-
son.
Deaths - William P. Llewellyn, Shavertown; Mrs.
Libbie Johnson, Chase; Loren Travis, Tunkhannock.
You could get - Fillet of fish 10c 1b.; stewing oysters
4 doz. 29¢; ground beef 2 1b. 33c; 1 1b. frankfurters and
2 1b. sauerkraut for 23c; peaches 2 big cans 25c;
ketchup 2-8 oz. bottles 15¢; eggs 28¢ doz.; celery 5¢ lb.
bunch.
40 YEARS AGO - NOV. 16, 1945
Within a week to the day a break occurred at Lake
Township School, three more local schools were
robbed. Dallas Borough, Kingston Township and
Trucksville schools were robbed. No loot was obtained
as a result of these robberies.
According to librarian Miriam Lathrop, the Back
Mountain Memorial Library circulated 1,300 books
during its first five weeks in operation. The library
had received a charging desk, two book trunks and a
catalogue file in memory of John Ryman.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Woolbert,
Shavertown, 45 years.
Birthdays - Lydia Cease, 87 years old.
You could get - Cod fillets 37¢ Ib.; rib roast 30c 1b.;
franks 37c 1b.; carrots 2 lb. bunches 19¢; mixed nuts
49c¢ 1b.; jumbo pecans 49c Ib.; fruit cocktail 1g. can
33c; walnuts 43c lbv.; Ivory soap, 4 med bars 43c.
30 YEARS AGO - NOV. 18, 1955
Westmoreland High School Driver Education
Instructor George A. McCutcheon and students Janet
Stahl and Alice Jones attended the second Statewide
Teen-age Traffic and Safety Conference at Blooms-
burg State Teachers College.
An early morning thunder storm caused considera-
ble damage throughout the region. The Joseph Zosh
barn in Meeker burned to the ground with damage
estimated at $20,000. In Lehman, two cows were
electrocuted in the Frank and Joe Burnatt barn.
Married - Marian P. Strazdus and Raymond K.
Snyder.
Engaged - Mary M. Lukavitch and John Magarow-
icz.
Deaths - Anna Ladamus, Harveys Lake; Bolesh
Luzenski, Trucksville; Frank S. Benscoter, Blooming-
dale; Ruth McCarty, Trucksville; Thomas J. Sidorek,
Demunds Road.
You could get - Ground beef 3 1b. 99¢; pork loin roast
29c¢ 1b.; hams 49c 1b.; cucumbers 5c¢ ea.; Florida
oranges 2 doz. 49c; cabbage 6¢ 1b.; 10 cans dog food
99c; women’s handbags $1.99; ladies sweaters $3.99;
dresses $4.99. ?
20 YEARS AGO - NOV. 18, 1965 .
A delegation of Oak Hill residents fearing property
devaluation presented a petition of 97 signatures to the
Lehman township supervisors protesting an outcrop-
ping of trailers on neighboring land.
For the first time since the days of the Roaring
Twenties, the dances at Kunkle Fire Hall featured
rock ’'n roll music instead of the traditional square
dance format.
Sewage overflow at Shavertown Grade School neces-
sitated closing of a portion of the playground.
Engaged - Ellen Elizabeth Knies and Jobn Norman
Landis II; Carl German and Linda Kutzer; Floyd
Marley and Mary Ellen Davis,
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. John Keating, 25
years; Chief and Mrs. Russell Honeywell, 32 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Anderson, 32 years.
Birthdays - Jessie Winters, 90 years old.
Deaths - Albert Race, Centermoreland; John Shis-
kowsky, Fernbrook.
You could get - Turkeys 32c¢ lb.; boneless round
roast 89c 1lb.; loin lamb chops 89c 1b.; 50 lb. bag
potatoes $1.69; onions 25 1b. bag 79¢; cranberries 79¢
Ib.; McIntosh apples 4 1b. 39c; broccoli 1g. bunch 29c;
9 oz. jar peanuts 39c.
10 YEARS AGO - NOV. 20, 1975
Over 100 people who lived along Carverton Road
expressed their concerns over the conditions of the
road at a meeting of Kingston Township Supervisors.
Rep. Frank O’Connell, deputy engineer Jack Finn and
Charles Christ, Wyoming Sand and Gravel Company
heard the complaints.
Dallas United Methodist Church Women elected new
officers for the coming year. Mrs. Thomas Cease was
president; Mrs. Clifford Garris, vice president; Mrs.
Ralph Brown, secretary; and Mrs. Wilson Maury,
treasurer.
You could get - Turkeys 59c 1b.; sirloin steak $1.65;
scrapple 69c 1b.; Contadina tomato paste 4-6 oz. cans
$1; Birdseye cool whip 9 oz. cont. 59c¢; Birdseye
Fordhook lima beans 2 pkg. 89c; % gal. Kraft orange
bok =
juice 79¢; 3 hds. iceburg lettuce $1.
LIBRARY NEWS |
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Special to The Dallas Post
Gerard K. O’Neill has written a
book titled “The Technology Edge”
which describes six new high tech-
nology fields which he feels the
United States can secure an unprec-
cal position.
In this 299-page focused look at
technology, he suggests that Japan,
in particular, has not only caught up
to the United States in certain
technologies, but has surpassed us
and that unless we meet this chal-
lenge head on, we will fall not only
behind Japan, but other countries as
well, thus losing great opportunities
for economic growth. He claims
that Japan, with half the population
of the United States, already pro-
duces 50 percent more new engi-
ica. He quotes a leading Japanese
industrialist, the founder of Sony
Corporation, to the effect that
schools in every nation start with
children already passed the prime
learning years. The Sony founder
‘recognizes that education must
begin very early in childhood if
Japanese society is to overcome
discouragement of the creative indi-
vidual.”
In examining the new technolo-
gies which O’Neill feels have great
promise for the future, he includes
the following as representing a
basic promise for the future: (1)
micro-engineering (2) robotics (3)
genetic hardware (4) magnetic
fight (5) medium-size aircraft for
charter, business, family, and per-
sonal use (6) space satellites and
technology.
In pointing out Japan’s leadership
in many fields, O’Neill notes that
Japan has a “fifth generation” com-
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
y
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
puter project with a goal that a
machine can be developed that will
think like a human being: a “knowl-
edge processor” rather than simply
a data processor. It will be capable
of judgement, weighing qualitative
as well as numerical information.
The machine will be compact
enough to be located in an office,
and ‘it will interact with human
beings just as another human
would, by normal speech with a
vocabulary of 10,000 words, supple-
mented by graphics output and the
ability to recognize and understand
handwriting and scroll sketches.”
With respect to genetic engineer-
ing, O’Neill cites the fact that
‘‘genetic engineering is certainly
going to make an impact on our
lives in the next 15 years because of
its production of drugs for the treat-
ment of the disease. He outlines the
use of interferon as one source of
genetic improvement to treat many
types of diseases. He quotes the
Office of Technology Assessment, a
congressional think tank as stating
“that the promise of genetic engi-
neering is nothing less than the
possibility of building a sustainable
future based on renewable
resources.” He also notes that mar-
keting is important.
In noting the competitive nature
of genetics and the United States
and Japan, O’Neill quotes one
genetic specialist as follows: “I am
very troubled about the overall
compete with them (Japan). The
absence of ‘‘stock analysts’ over
there makes it much easier for
Japanese firms than for us to invest
in the future. As for the workforce,
their literacy is way over 99 per-
cent, while ours is going down. And
neither the U.S. government nor
U.S. business appreciates how tough
the competition with Japan is going
to be. It is one thing to compete
with another company, but it si
quite another thing to compete with
a whole country. America is tradi-
tionally good at emergency solu-
tions, but much poor at long term
solutions. I'd hesitate to predict the
outcome.”
In summarizing the six new
opportunities which he identifies,
O’Neill states the following: ‘‘Of the
six opportunities for major new
markets, micro-engineering is domi-
nated by the United States and
Japan. Technology for robotics was
developed mainly in the United
States, but Japan has become the
world leader in selling robotics.
Original research and genetic engi-
neering is led by America, with
Europe a strong second. Economi-
cally, genetic engineering is rich in
long term promise, but unlikely for
a variety of reasons to become a
major new growth market within
the next decade. When it does so,
Japan, already leading the world in
fermentation technology, is likely to
dominate production,
Among the last three opportuni-
ties, none of them developed to the
market stage, West' Germany is
clearly in the lead to exploit man-
getic flight for high speed surface
transportation.
In private aircraft, the United
States has two advantages: some of
the managers of its light aircraft
industry are beginning to think in
terms of automation, and the Geos-
tar system for computerized flight
has a reasonable chance for accept-
ance. as a non-governmental invest-
ment.
In the construction of solar-power
satellites in space, the field remains
open.
The classical format of a venture
fund is a partnership made up of
two or more venture capitalists,
who serve as the general partners
and make all the decisions for the
firm. Their fund of money, usually
at least $10 million dollars, and
rarely more than $100 million dol-
lars, is put up by ten to fifteen
limited partners, typically insur-
ance companies and pension funds.
What does all this have to do with
Northeastern Pennsylvania. The
basis for change in the 1980's and
1990’s appears to be technology,
although many other factors dictate
what actually happens in the mar-
ketplace for economic growth.
(Howard Grossman is the execu-
tive director of the Economic Devel-
opment Council of Northeast Penn-
sylvania.) :
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
I spent another lovely weekend in
Philadelphia with my son, Cliff, and
his = wife, Barbara. They have
recently purchased a home in Flour-
town, which is 150 years old and are
beginning to do some renovating on
it.
Attended St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Chestnut Hill on Sunday
and enjoyed three baptisms, com-
munion and a guest preacher from
New York City. We went to some
great restaurants and had some
terrific meals. Have you ever been
to Clover Days at Strawbridge &
Clothier?
We went Saturday night in Phila-
delphia, one of the most crowded
parking lots and stores I have ever
been in. We also visited IKEA, a
Swedish owned department store
featuring revolutionary designed
quality furniture, the store in Phila-
delphia being the first American
store. What an adventure!
I enjoyed seeing this store with its
Swedish flag and color motif of
yellow and blue especially because
my grandparents were from
Sweden. I am happy to say my bout
with that terrible affliction is much
improved and in just six weeks and
I am grateful to the powers that be
for that. I enjoyed my trip down and
back in my newly acquired '82
Cavalier and even got to listen to
my new cassette tape of Neil Dia-
mond, my favorite, on the cassette
player in th car. A really good
weekend!
We again were able to be a part of
one of our great freedoms, the right
to vote. The Dallas Borough district
used the library for one of its voting
places and along with our own busy
story hours and activities, we had a
very hectic Tuesday, November 5.
Ronnie, Schwartz of Dallas has
allowed us to borrow 18 of his H O
gauge train engines with tenders.
These are exact replicas of real
engines and are scale models. There
is the Allegheny 4664; the Big Boy,
the largest engine in the world; a
Mallett, used over tops of mountains
at 50 mph which can pull 100 cars
filled with coal; one for the Rockies
with the cab in front of engine to
eliminate smoke for engineers
through the tunnels; an S 1 class
Sante Fe, Baltimore & Ohio; a gold
Mikado, New York Central; Casey
Jones, the one he wrecked; Jupiter,
old Western style; the blue Ameri-
can Freedom passenger train and
some small donkey engines used for
switching, in freight yards. Ronnie
enjoys collecting these engines and
plans to give them to his children in
the future. These engines will be in
the display case until December 4th.
Stop at the library and see these
fascinating trains.
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library is holding its First Library
Auction Dinner Dance and Mini-
Auction at the Woodlands on Satur-
day, Dec. 7 from 6 to 12. Tickets are
available at the library at $70 a
couple and $40 a single. A wreath
for the auction is on display at the
library. An auction meeting will be
held at the library Thursday, Nov.
21 at 7:30.
Heinz on
SS income
“Today’s action sends a clear
message that the Senate no longer
condones Social Security’s role as a
pawn in the budget process,” said
Senator John Heinz (R-PA) follow-
ing bi-partisan approval to separate
Social Security from all future defi-
cit reduction efforts.
“We have moved one giant step
closer to the day when Social Secur-
ity will be out of the reach of the
budget cutters’ knives,” said Heinz,
who introduced a sense-of-the-
Senate resolution to remove Social
Security from the unified budget as
soon as possible. Affirmation of
Heinz’s amendment by more than
three-quarters of the: Senate was
followed by a strong vote in support
of a bi-partisan motion instructing
the Senate Budget and Finance
Committees to make the necessary
changes in the law so cuts in Social
Seeurity benefits cannot be used to
reduce the deficit. The two commit-
tee reports are due by October 15
and November 1 respectively.
“We must move quickly before we
become so reliant on Social Security
to make the deficit look small that
we are unable to wean ourselves
from our fiscal flamboyance,” said
Heinz.
Today’s action is expected to
accelerate Social Security’s depar-
ture from the federal budget to
fiscal year 1987. Two years ago
Congress had voted to move the
program ‘‘off budget” by 1992 as
part of the Social Security reform
package.
Social Security is a trust-funded
program with its own source of tax
revenues. It currently brings in
more revenues than it pays out and
is projected to be solvent well into
into a ‘‘unified budget” in the mid-
1960s, Heinz said, and as a budget
item, its surpluses have the effect of
reducing the deficit.
Heinz said that next year Social
Security would obscure $16.8 billion
in deficits ‘under current budget