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MY MOST SINCERE APOLO-
GIES to members of the Express
and the Rowdies soccer teams in
the Back Mountain Youth Organiza-
tion for the slip-up we created in
last week’s paper.
We published photos of six soccer
teams, the first and second place
teams in each division of a recent
tournament, and got only four of
them right - or, should I say, got
only two of them wrong.
In either case, the Rowdies and
the Express teams, which appeared
on page 18 in last week’s Dallas
Post, are backwards. The names
under the Rowdies photo are really
members of the Express team and
the names under the Express photo
are really members of the Rowdies
team.
And now that you're all totally
apologize for any hard feelings we
may have created over this. How-
ever, we are only human and these
things happen. We will try our
darndest not to let it happen again,
though. oo = re
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BOB KELLEY,
president of the
Back Mountain
Jaycees, asks
that everyone
who has already
paid their $10 to
purchase the
Back Mountain
board game to §
hold on to the
seat of your pants
- the games are
on their way. DOTTY MARTIN
The games, which resemble the
Monopoly board game but feature
businesses from the Back Mountain,
are being sold by the Jaycees for
$10 each as a fund-raising project.
But, the games aren’t arriving as
fast as some people would like them
to - so Mr. Kelley urges everyone to
sit tight. They’ll be here soon!
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES are
extended to Fran Roginski of Dallas
who noted her special day yester-
day.
. Fran is a patient at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital and isn’t doing
much celebrating these days, but
rumor has it there’s going to be one
heckuva party when she gets home.
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ON THE PERSONAL SIDE, my
sympathy is extended to my stepsis-
ter on the recent death of her best
friend, a 14-year-old bassett hound
named Dusty.
+ It’s amazing how some of us can
become so attached to our pets but,
even though we all miss Dusty
terribly, we know he had a much
better life than some other dogs we
know.
Keep your chin up, Sue, it'll get
easier!
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THERE’S BEEN SO MUCH
HOOPLA about Pelle Lindbergh,
the Philadelphia Flyers hockey
goalie who smashed himself up in a
car crash a few weeks ago.
I admire the courage of Pelle’s
family members who elected to
donate his organs so that others
may live. What I don’t admire,
however, is the way the young man
conducted himself - especially when
he was in a position to have the
whole world watching him.
Pelle Lindbergh was a 26-year-old
man who had everything going for
him - he was the number one
hockey goalie in the nation, he was
about to be married, and he was
driving a car that was valued at
$117,000 the day he died. Can you
believe that? Most of us can’t even
‘begin to dream of what a house
worth $117,000 would be like, let
alone fancying ourselves in the
driver’s seat of a $117,000 automo-
bile.
And everyone in the United
States, especially the youth of
today, has geared themselves to
look up to athletes of Pelle’s status.
We admire them, we envy them
and, most of all, we cheer them.
And then, what happens? They
got out and have a good time, get
themselves drunked up, sit at the
wheel of their souped-up sports
cars, push the gas pedal to the floor
until the speedometer needle makes
its way to the 85 miles-per-hour
mark, and then wrap themselves
around a cement wall and kill them-
selves.
Where did we go wrong? It just
seems to me that these high-priced
athletes don’t know what to do with
all their money - and they don’t
know how to control either them-
selves or the fame they have man-
aged to create for themselves.
Whatever the reason for this
crazy way of ending their lives,
there must be something done about
it. We need to either clamp down on
the usage of drugs and alcohol by
major league athletes or we need to
bring their salaries back into reality
figures - at least until they can
learn how to handle money and the
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A GENTLEMAN by the name of
Ed Ackerman, who is now the
Disaptch in Pittston and who is
probably the single-most influential
journalism career, wrote about
past Sunday in his column entitled,
“The Eternal Optimist.”
Although Ed somehow managed
to bypass over his own feelings
about Pelle Lindbergh and the way
he did, he did write about ‘the
admiration he also felt for the
young man’s parents.
He spoke of the respect he feels
for these people following their deci-
sion to donate their son’s organs so
that others may live. He calls it
“The Bed of Life’’ and I offer it
here for your consideration:
“The day will come when my
body will like upon a white sheet
neatly tucked under four corners of
a mattress located in a hospital
busily occupied with the living and
the dying. At a certain moment, a
doctor will determine that my brain
has ceased to purposes, my lie has
stopped.
‘““When that happens, do not
attempt to instill life into my body
by the use of a machine. Do not call
this my deathbed. Let it be called
the “Bed of Life,” and let my body
be taken from it to help others lead
fuller lives.
“Give my sight to the man who
has never seen a sunrise, a baby’s
face or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose
own heart has caused nothing but
endless days of pain. Give my blood
to the teen-ager who was pulled
from the wreckage of his car, so
that he might live to see his grand-
children play. Give my kidneys to
one who depends on a machine to
exist from week to week. Take my
bones, every muscle, every fiber
and nerve in my body and find a
way to make a crippled child walk.
“Explore every corner of my
brain. Take my cells, if necessary,
and let them grow so that, someday,
a speechless boy will shout at the
crack of a bat and a deaf girl will
hear the sound of rain against her
window.
“Burn what is left of me and
scatter the ashes to the wind to help
the flowers grow.
“If you must bury something, let
it be my faults, my weaknesses and
all prejudice against my fellow
man.
“Give my sins to the devil. Give
my soul to God.
“If, by chance, you wish to
remember me, do it with a kind
deed or word to someone who needs
it. If you do all I have asked, I will
live forever.”
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I ONLY HOPE you are as moved
by this piece of work as I was when
I first read it.
Every week in the United States,
an average of 100 people die in fires.
According to fire safety experts,
many of these deaths could be
prevented with the proper use of
early detection and quick suppres-
sion systems, that is, smoke detec-
tors and automatic fire sprinklers.
“Fire prevention is, of course,
very important,” says Chief Roger
McGary, president of the Interna-
tional Society of Fire Service
Instructors. “But to ¢ut the loss of
. life, people can do three things:
first, install smoke alarms to detect
fires when they first start; second,
practice a plan of escape from their
homes; and third, install residential
sprinklers to keep the fire in check,
and give them time to escape from
the fire scene.”
According to Tom Miller, man-
ager of loss control for the Alliance
of American Insurers (AAI), smoke
detectors alone can reduce home
fire deaths by about 50 percent.
‘““One federal study shows that
smoke detectors used in combina-
tion with automatic sprinklers can
cut the death rate up to 90 percent,”
he said.
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
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Gregory Building
Only yesterday
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immediate past president.
A surprise blizzard kept farmers in the area busy
digging themselves out of isolation. The season’s first
drifts caused clogging of main arteries stranding
many folks for the weekend.
Deaths - Anna Mulhalla, Hunlock Creek; Jacob
Conden, Alderson, Simon Sobolewski, Plains; John
Kessler, Hunlock Creek; Almira Florence Kocher,
Dallas.
You could get - Mince meat 19c 1b.; fruit cake 39c
Ib.; bacon 21c 1% 1b.; eggs 29c¢ doz.; cranberry sauce 2
cans 29c; dates 12 pkg.; seedless raisins 2 pkg. 15¢;
grapes 3 1b. 20c; oranges 29c doz.; celery lg. bunch 5c.
40 YEARS AGO - NOV. 23, 1945
Lehman Township High School was the latest area
school to fall victim to robbery. Although only $15 was
obtained, considerable damage was done to library
doors and the file safe’ in the principal's office.
Lehman was the 29th local school to be robbed within
the year.
As a memorial to those members of Kunkle Method-
ist Church who served their country in World War II,
Silver Leaf Club of Kunkle gave the new Bk. Mountain
Memorial Library a new 30 volumn Encyclopedia
Americana.
Engaged - Natalie Louise Kresge to Lt. Lawrence
Isaacs.
Deaths - Cora Nulton, Beaumont.
You could get - Campbell’s tomato soup 9c can;
evap. milk 10 tall cans 87¢; molasses 16 oz. jar 20c;
Fairlawn coffee 27c¢ 1b.; graham crackers 1 1b. pkg.
19¢c; 2 pkg. Kix cereal 23c; asparagus 37c can; egg
noodles 16 oz. 21c.
30 YEARS AGO - NOV. 22, 1955
Sixty-nine taxpayers petitioned the Supervisors of
Lake Township to close all dumping grounds not
maintained as public dumps operated under the
supervision of the municipality. Garbage haulers were
causing a nuisance to township residents. :
The possibility of an A&P or Giant Food Market
locating along the Luzerne Dallas Highway in Luzerne
was under consideration.
Engaged - Nancy Dymond to Richard V. Bartle-
59¢ Ib.; % gal. Virginia Lee ice cream 79c; pumpkin
pies 39c; Bala Club beverages case of 12 bottles $1;
cranberry sauce 2-16 oz. cans 37c; 25 ft. Reynolds
wrap 28c.
20 YEARS AGO - NOV. 23, 1965
Open House for residents of the Back Mountain was
scheduled at Hayfield Farm, the new Commonwealth
Campus of Pennsylvania State University.
Seniors on the Lake-Lehman Football team were
feted at a dinner and were feted at a dinner and were
presented jackets by their momthers. Honored were
Ron Ashton, Barry Coombs, Donald Evan, James
Harris, Joseph Konigus, Thomas Lamoreaux, Walter
Ragukonis, Marvin Serhan, Walter Sorber.
Engaged - Carol A. Pope to James R. Martin, Jr.;
Susan Elaine Spencer to Glenn Lee Johnson, Barbara
Hurtt and Joseph Walton Jr.; Cindy Dymond to
Norman Weaver; Marion E. Perkins and Thomas‘F.
Mahoney. 3
Deaths - Gertrude Lindsley, Trucksville; Leroy
Cowen Hess, Noxen. :
You could get - Jumbo shrimp 5 lb. box $1.39;
oysters 8 oz. 85c; tangerines 49c doz.; oranges 39c
doz.; cauliflower 35c hd.; pumpkin pie 49¢; walnut
meats 99c 1b.; seedless raisins, 27¢ 15 oz. pkg.; 3 Ib.
fruit cake $2.09; Glad Wrap 29¢ roll.
10 YEARS AGO - NOV. 26, 1975
Mercy Center residents Sister Mary Eleanor
McGrail and Sister Teresa Mary Moyles were honored
on their 60th Jubilee.
Back Mountain residents Richard Maslow, Harold
Snowdon Jr.; Ben Jones III, Charles Parente, Frank
Cuscela and George Schall were named to the
advisory board of Wyoming Seminary.
Engaged - Dorothy Phillips, Jay Thomas.
Married - Mary Saraceno and Ted Wright.
Deaths - Emma Harlow, Noxen; Fred Addison,
Tunkhannock; Hazel Lohman, Shavertown.
You could get - Turkeys 59c lb.; beef roast $1.49;
cranberry sauce, 2-15 oz. cans 69c¢; Hawaiian Punch 64
oz. bottle 79¢; Nestle’s 12 oz. bag chocolate chips 89c;
Parkay margarine 1 lb. pkg. 2-99c; seedless white
baugh.
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Librry Correspondent
The $450,000 major capital cam-
paign being conducted by the Back
Mountain Memorial Library for the
renovation of the new library build-
ing on Huntsville Road is at present
$134,000 short of its goal.
Much of the $315,000 has been
pledged over a three year period
and we are hoping to receive, either
in cash or pledges, the balance of
the $134,000 by December 31, 1985.
Our campaign barometer on the
grounds in front of the library
shows the current amount commit-
ted, which is 70 percent of our goal.
The library building is being used
extensively, the facilities are super,
but the additional monies are
needed to pay off the debt. We
would like to issue a special plea to
anyone in the community, who may
not have been approached for a
donation by the steering committee,
to send a contribution to the library
and mark it ‘capital campaign.’
Your library needs your help!
Marilyn Rudolph, our children’s
librarian, and I made a visit to the
Marian Sutherland Kirby Library in
Mountaintop the other day and I
must say that is an absolutely
gorgeous library. It is a brand new
building, about one year old, with
the most modern furniture, shelves
and facilities. We were given a tour
of the building and allowed to
dream a little bit about how nice it
would be if our library was brand
new; however, we are thrilled with
our present facilities and appreciate
the much improved work areas.
An interesting play on words: A
friend referred to our library the
other day, strictly in a joking way,
as the “Oyster House of Dallas.’”” He
was trying to tie us to the Oster-
hout.
Went to the Craft Show at the
Prince of Peace last week with
Marie; had lunch with Mrs. Crump
and Bennie and enjoyed the deli-
cious home-made food as well as the
lovely craft displays. Stopped to
chat with Alice and Diana, a couple
of long-time friends, who give their
spare time to The Bay Window
Complex on Overbrook Road in
Shavertown which is a lovely differ-
ent kind of shopping experience,
featuring herbs, basketry, linens
and folk art.
On the spot news - when ‘it hap:
pens: Noticed this group of young
boys browsing around the library,
went over to talk to them and found
out they are Cub Scout Webelos
from Pack 241 of Lehman Methodist
Church with their Webelows Den
Leader, Ernie Price, who was
giving them a tour and an introduc-
tion into the fundamentals of the
library and how to use it. The Cub
Scouts were Chris, Jason, John and
Holt with their den chief, Mike,
from Boy Scout Troop 281 of Dallas
Methodist Church. Scouting is still
one of the most important things a
boy can do!
We have on display and are now
taking orders for a white staff shirt
printed with a blue “The Next
Chapter” logo on it. These are
available for $12.00 each in various
sizes. Call the library for more
details, order your shirt, and visibly
support and promote your library!
By EDWIN FEULNER
Special to The Dallas Post
A Boeing 737 explodes in flames
on an aborted takeoff in London. A
Japan Airlines 747 plows into a
mountainside. A DC-9 communter
jet crashes after engine failure in
Milwaukee. In this worst year in
aviation history these disasters
have seemed shockingly frequent,
and many people are naturally
seeking an explanation of the
sudden wave of carnage.
As the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration (FAA) pursues appropriate
investigation, it is coming under fire
for allegedly lax safety enforcement
and inadequate staffing of the air
traffic control - system. Many of
those levying such charges are plac-
ing the blame solidly on airline
deregulation, which results, the rea-
soning goes, in ‘‘economics of
greed.”
One result of President Carter’s
deregulation order was the birth of
so-called discount airlines, which
undercut standard air fares by pro-
viding no-frills service. The price of
a ticket from New York to San
Diego, for instance, runs as low as
$120 on a discount airline; at the
other extreme, first-class fare on
the same route can run upwards of
$700. And this begs the question, “Is
flying cheap flying safe?”
Of course it is. Neither the FAA
nor any private investigators have
found any evidence of airlines ““cut-
ting corners” on safety as a cause
for recent crashes. The reason such
huge price differfentials exist on
airfares has to do with something
called free market.
There are a number people who
do not mind, and actually prefer to
pay a high premium for the extra
comfort and amenities one gets for
first-class service. Midway Airlines
built its Metrolink service by pro-
viding more spacious seating than
standard without charging a high
premium, and New York Air has
provided East Coast commuters an
alternative to Eastern Airlines’
crowded shuttle. What it all boils
down to is that consumers now have
more choices in air travel than ever
before.
A frequent target of the frenzy
over allegedly declining air safety is
the air traffic control system, which
is still in a rebuilding process after
the 1981 controllers’ strike. An
incessant complaint involves having
“management” personnel working
as controllers; but these manage-
ment people did not begin in man-
agement - they worked their way up
through the system and are proba-
bly the most experienced controllers
available anywhere in the world.
The heart of the issue is this: has
deregulation produced cut-rate
safety? As someone who flies over
100-thousand miles per year, I find
the answer comforting. When the
five years of air travel before and
after deregulation are compared,
the safety record of the airline
industry is impressive. Total flight
hours increased 15 percent during
the first five years of deregulation
(1979-83), yet the accident rate
declined 18 percent and the fatality
rate 34 percent. HR
That airline crashes should be so
infrequent as to arouse the attention
they do is a good thing - it’s a strong
indicator of safety.
The FAA and U.S.-based airlines
have been largely responsible for
making air travel safe almost any-
where in the world through their
leadership. It is unreasonable to
expect accidents not to occur. The
airlines could triple their prices, the
FAA could supervise every individ-
ual maintenance operation and test
every pilot before every flight (at
tremendous cost), and we would
still have these tragic crashes.
The U.S. public is fortunately able
to take air safety for granted. It
remains among the safest modes of
travel. Even this year, the worst
year in aviation history, abvout
thirty times more people will lose
their lives on the highways than in
the air.
So let’s keep on flying!
(Feulner is president of The Heri-
tage Foundation, a Washington-
based public policy research insti-
tute.)
The possibility of carbon monox-
ide poisoning has prompted a warn-
ing from government safety experts
that home heating systems con-
verted from oil or coal to natural
gas should be inspected by a profes-
sional chimney cleaner or furnace
technician before the start of the
winter heating season to correct any
health hazards to consumers.
According to the U.S. Consumer
Product Safety Commission, the
accumulation of soot deposits on the
inner chimney walk from years of
oil or coal heating contributes to the
possible problem.
After the heating system is con-
verted from oil or coal to gas, soot
deposits tend to loosen from the
chimney wall and drop to the base
of the chimney. If enough debris
falls, it may block the exhaust from
the gas furnace and could cause a
buildup of carbon monoxide fumes
in the house.
The safety agency said people
exposed to carbon monoxide often
experience symptoms associated
with “having the flu,” including
fatigue, dizziness, nausea, head-
aches, irregular breathing and loss
of consciousness.
CPSC said homes which continue
to be heated with oil or coal do not
experience this problem.
The safety agency urged home-
owners who have converted to gas
heating, or who are considering the
change, should have the chimney
inspected now by professional or
certified cleaners who are familiar
with soot buildup in chimneys. If
there is any accumulation of soot at
the base of the chimney, it should
be cleaned before activating the
heating system.
Annual checks should be made
until no soot deposits are found in
the chimney.
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