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Editor's notes
WE'VE HAD SOME interesting
comments about the imaginary
Christmas gifts and imaginary New
Year’s resolutions we’ve published
during our last two issues. And, I'm
thrilled to say, I have not yet heard
of one person who became upset or
angry with us for the gift we prom-
ised for them or for the resolution
we suggested they make.
What I have =
heard, though,
are commentsf &
from peoplef
about how they} §
would like to addf
some of their
own. We've been
publishing imagi-
nary Christmas
gifts and imagi
nary New Year’sf 3
resolutions for ;
our friends and MARTIN
neighbors for three years now and
anyone who wants to get in on the
act is more than welcome to do so.
When the time comes to start
about it in our paper — either here
in this column or somewhere else in
the paper. And, everyone is invited
to participate.
It’s kind of a neat way to give
someone the kind of gifts you could
never buy for them — or to suggest
someone make a resolution they
wouldn’t make on their own.
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MUCH THANKS to the Wertmans
from J&J Deli in Dallas for their
contribution to our staff party this
year.
Members of The Dallas Post staff
got together at staff correspondent
Charlot Denmon’s house recently to
celebrate the Christmas holidays
and it seems the Wertmans got wind
of our party. Thus, they sent over a
tray of fruit for us to enjoy and,
needless to say, there wasn’t a bite
left at the end of the evening.
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BELATED, BUT NOT FORGOT-
TEN, birthday greetings to my
next-door neighbor, Wanda Harker,
who celebrated her big day on
December 29.
Harker, as she is affectionately
referred to by her “good” friends,
was treated to dinner and a few
bouquets of flowers in honor of the
occasion.
Happy birthday, Harker - and
many happy returns!
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MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE
STAFF are getting used to the wall
plaque I recently hung in my office.
At the risk of sounding like a true-
blue women’s libber (which I am
not), I'll convey the plaque’s mes-
sage to you:
‘Some leaders are born women.
Behind every successful women is a
man who's surprised.”
I thought it was kind of catchy,
especially since it has a picture of a
coffee cup and a newspaper on it.
Anyway, it was a Christmas present
and I found it rather fitting to hang
it in my office - even if the male
members of the staff can’t relate to
it. The women are getting a kick out
of it, though.
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NEWSWATCH 16’S Valerine
Devine and her cameraperson, Gail
(I’m so sorry, Gail - I didn’t catch
your last name) visited our office
one day last week to do a story on
our new sister publication, the
Northeast Pennsylvania Business
Journal.
Valerie and Gail - who also got a
kick out of my new wall plaque -
related to it rather well. So well, as
a matter of fact, that they had me
make a copy of it for them so they
could hang it in the Newswatch 16
newsroom when they got back: to
Now, Karen Harch, Susan Jellig
and Kathi Belich probably got a
kick out of the saying, but I’m not
so sure their assignment editor
(who is a male) appreciated it as
much.
Anyway, we’d like to thank Val-
erie and Gail for the patience they
had with us and for the considera-
tion they showed us while they were
here. They sure were professional
about their work, but very persona-
ble at the same time - and they did
manage to make the difficult task of
being interviewed on camera rather
easy for all of us.
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SINCERE SYMPATHY is
extended to Patty Ginochietti and
her family on the death of Patty’s
grandmother, Mrs. Ethel McCole,
last Thursday.
Although the occasion could have
been a happier one, it was nice to
see Patty and her three sisters all
together again.
And, Gino, Patty’s husband and
proprietor of Gino’s Shoe Store in
Dallas, is always a happy person to
run in to. Gino’s like Dick Clark - he
hasn’t aged a bit since the day I
met him - and probably never will.
And Gino’s always got that smile
on his face and that pleasant
manner that makes him such a
great person. I guess that’s why
he’s so successful in the shoe busi-
ness - his customers love him.
Keep smilin’, Gino - we love it!
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I TOOK TO THE SLOPES for a
few days last week and, as I stum-
bled my way down the trails at Jack
Frost in the Poconos, I saw one of
the most amazing feats of my life.
Coming behind me on one run, I
heard a woman shouting out direc-
tions - “left,” “right,” “stop.” When
I turned to look, I couldn’t believe
what I saw.
Here was a young man skiing
behind this woman - and he was
blind! He wore a pinafore that said,
“Blind Skier” so those around him
would be cautious while the
woman’s pinafore read, ‘‘Lions Club
International Sight Guide.”
I got chills down my spine when I
saw this gallant display of courage.
Boy, talk about determination!
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DEBBEY WYSOCKI, our enter-
tainment writer, is still soaking up
her crying towel since the Nittany
Lions of Penn State lost the national
championship to Oklahoma Univer-
sity.
of Gate of Heaven School where
Debbey teaches, stopped in at our
office the other day and told us that
even though she isn’t a Penn State
fan, even she cried that day. Who
wouldn’t have cried - the play of the
Nittany Lions was pathetic enough
to make a crier out of someone who
doesn’t even like football.
Sister Davida, however, was
elated that the New England
Patriots bounced the Los Angeles
Raiders out of playoff contention.
She feels that anyone who wears
black uniforms, as the Raiders do,
deserves to lose.
REMEMBERING |
Downtown Dallas
intersection of Dallas.
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - JAN. 10, 1936
High school basketball teams from the Back Moun-
tain section opened their 1936 season with games at
Kingston Township and in Dallas Borough gymna-
sium. Dallas played Lehman High School while Dallas
Township battled Kingston Township.
Noting the fact that they had been unable to find a
teacher who could measure up to the qualifications of
Angeline Dymond, commercial teacher at Dallas
Borough School, the school board declined to accept
her resignation.
Engaged - Elsie Gertrude Cool to George D. Dean;
Helen Dorothy Baluet to Dr. T.C. Knoll.
Deaths - Julia Brown, Harveys Lake; Mary Alice
Rundell, Noxen; Merritt J. Kispaugh, Trucksville;
William McCarty, Kunkle; Mary A. Kitchen, Sweet
Valley; Mrs. George Atherholt, Evans Falls; Charlotte
Mann.
You could get - Halibut steak 19c¢ lb.; stewing
oysters 3 doz. 25c; pork. loins 24c 1b.; flour 24 Ib. bag,
cakes 19c; whole milk cheese 19c lb.; syrup 2-1% Ib.
cans 19c.
40 YEARS AGO - JAN. 11, 1946
George Williams, prominent in Luzerne County
newspaper and Republican political circles for more
than 40 years was sworn in as Dallas Borough
Burgess. This was the third Luzerne County munici-
pality Williams had served in this capacity.
George Stolarick, former manager of the old A & P
Store in Dallas, purchased the three-story W.R. Neely
store building in Lehman Center. He opened a modern
farm equipment and electrical goods store.
Engaged - Mabel Ahrendts to Sherman Harter; Ida
Lewis to Pfc. Paul Redmond; Ruth Malkemes to
David John Dyke.
Married - Thelma Cornel and James Culp.
Deaths - Joseph Hacker, Fernbrook; Charles Roese,
Trucksville; Louis Estus, Huntington Mills. ;
You could get - Lamb chops 52c lb.; pork sausage
39¢ 1b.; mackerel 21c 1b.; Pilsbury Best Flour 25 lb.
bag $1.25; ASCO coffee'24c 1b.; cauliflower lg. hd. 29c;
oranges 37c doz.; Canadian rutabagas 3c lb.; PD
chocolate syrup 25c¢ jar.
30 YEARS AGO - JAN. 13, 1956
The 1956 Senior Grand Champion bull of the Milking
Shorthorn Breed at Pennsylvania Farm Show was
Barrington King Nuggett owned and shown by Hillside
Farms, Inc., Trucksville.
James Besecker, for more than 20 years Fire Chief
of Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company resigned. He
was replaced by James Gansel, assistant chief.
Engaged - Frances Hildebrant and Mitchell Cybul-
ski; Charlotte Rae Dymond to Richard George Parry;
Eleanor Louise Ide to Wilson Cease.
Deaths - George Smith, Sr., Harveys Lake; William
T. Meeker, Fernbrook; Kate Moore, Sweet Valley.
You could get - Smoked hams 45c 1b.; ground beef 3
Ib. $1; bacon 29¢ 1. lb.; Emperor grapes 2 lb. 25c;
tangerines 2 doz. 49c; cauliflower 25c 1g. hd.; Louella
butter 68c 1b.; sharp cheese 69c lb.; Dial soap 2 reg.
bars 23c.
20 YEARS AGO - JAN. 13, 1966
Lake-Lehman High School was fully accredited by
the Middle States Commission on Colleges and Second-
ary Schools.
Natona Mills Inc. was sold. althoug hthe purchaser
had not been revealed.
Shavertown Firemen installed officers at their
annual dinner. President was Andrew Roan, vice
president, Harold Darrow, secretary, James Kem-
merer, treasuer, Lauren Dymond.
Engaged - Ruth Ann Scott and Thomas C. Chal-
lenger.
Birthdays - Mrs. Emma Phillips, Shavertown, 98
years; Mrs. Bertha Lamoreaux Anderson, Shvertown,
94 years; Rev. John J. Jones, 84 years.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ash, 39 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Morgan, 50 years.
Deaths - Stanley Stull, Staub Road; Elmer L.
Dymond, West Dallas.
You could get - Calves liver 99c 1b.; turkey roasts
(boneless) 79¢ 1b.; 2 lb. halibut 99¢; sea scallops 5 lb.
box $2.99; eggs 2 doz. 89c; Campbell’s soups 6 cans $1;
6-6 oz. cans orange juice 89c; grapefruit 5 1b. bag 49c.
10 YEARS AGO - JAN. 15, 1976
Elston Tire Service was heavily damaged by a
general alarm fire. More than 79 volunteers from five
Back Mountain fire companies battled the flames
which destroyed one-third of the building.
Mrs. Robert Hughes, chairman of Dallas Borough
Bicentennial Commission announced that the munici-
pality had been designated an official Bicentennial
community. An official flag and certificate would be
presented to Borough officials.
Engaged - Sandra Barakat to John C. Keeseg.
Deaths - Alton Sprout, Dallas; Mrs. Joseph Tem-
prine, Trucksville; Mrs. Harold Belles, Dallas; Louise
Rhodes, Trucksville; Ira Burton Smith, Dallas.
You. could get - Round steak $1.55 1b.; sirloin tip
roast $1.69 1b.; lean ground beef 88c 1b.; kidney beans
4 cans $1; 8 oz. pkg. Mrs. T’s pierogies 39¢; Ragu
spaghetti sauce 15% oz. jar 49c; oranges 10-89c; 2 cello
pkgs. carrots 39c.
By CLYDE DUPIN
Special to The Dallas Post
The New Year 1986 has arrived,
filled with hope and opportunity. It
is a gift from God and should be
treated as a sacred trust. It is like
an unspoiled page in your book of
time. It is your new chance at the
art of good living.
This is your opportunity to make
a new start. It is an excellent time
to break bad habits and set new
goals. It is a new opportunity to love
and to work. This same opportunity
comes to all. The rich and poor all
have a chance to be kind, loving,
and forgiving.
I suggest you thank God for what
you are and what you have, whether
it be great or small. Take pleasure
in the beauty and wonder of the
earth. Turn off the TV and take a
walk and see the beauty of the
stars. Welcome a stranger and glad-
den the heart by visiting an elderly
friend. Make a resolution to be kind,
gentle, and laugh a little. Take time
to express gratitude and forgive a
grudge. It’s the little things you do
in 1986 that will make it the best
year of your life.
This year, let good attitudes
change your life. Don’t spend too
much time listening to gloom and
doom as portrayed by the news
makers. God is still in charge of our
world; and He isn’t finished with it
yet. Don’t be afraid of God. Make it
a habit to read the Bible everyday
and make it a daily habit to pray.
Include regular church attendance
among your most important activi-
and make peace in your personal
world. It’s worth a try. Millions ful.
(Clyde Dupin is author of a
national column entitled ‘Religious
Viewpoint.”’)
LETTERS
DEAR EDITOR:
I’m an inmate in prison in
Marion, Ohio. I'm without family or
friends to correspond with and, if I
may say so, I’m lonely and need to
correspond with people in the “free
world.”
I’m locked in a world of darkness
with such an unbelievable hatred all
around me. I’m lonely and need
desperately to reach out and touch
someone.
If you would please consider my
situation and print a small notice or
my letter in your paper asking for
correspondence, I would deeply
appreciate it.
I'll gladly answer any and all
letters I may received without
exception.
Thank you for your time, concern
and consideration.
ROBERT KACZMARCZYK 181-
329
PO BOX 57
MARION, OHIO 43302
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
DEAR EDITOR:
We of the Northeastern Pa. Volun-
teer Firemen’s Federation would
like to take this opportunity on
behalf of our membership to thank
you for the publicity that was given
to us by your news staff.
The past year of 1985 has been a
very prosperous oné. for the Federa-
tion and a very busy one. Every
time we had sponsored our Training
Schools and Annual Banquet, your
staff contributed to its success by
publishing same in your paper and
radio station as well as television.
These things, too, made the public
aware of what we were trying to do,
training the younger fire fighters to
protect their properties and lives.
Once again, thanks for all that
you have done and we look forward
to working with you in 1986.
HOYT KEISER
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
CHARLES P. GARDECKI
" FEDERATION SECRETARY
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Ladybugs! Ladybugs! We've got
you; for a short time anyway, in our
display case. There are 100 lady-
bugs attached to many different
things, doing many different things.
These ladybugs are from the col-
lection of Marian Pope of Trucks-
ville and they will be in our posses-
sion until January 29.
The ladybugs are on potholders, a
wicker sewing box, ceramic
aniamls, a pill box, key rings, and a
puzzle game. There is one covering
a small cleanser, a lovely music box
which plays ‘Raindrops Keep Fall-
ing’, two very nice jewelry boxes,
and a love coffee cup from Florida.
There is a unique change purse, a
neat radio, a toadstool candle from
Disney World, a Super Mom stone,
a hand brush, and a pin cushion.
There are many pieces of jeelry
from stick pins to necklaces. There
is also a complete six-piece orches-
tra on a special pedestal.
We have her new Christmas ’85
ones also, a neat little stapler and a
Christmas ornament hand painted
by Sue Hand. The one that I like the
most is a telephone which really
works and has music to play while
on hold.
Marian’s car license plate, need-
less to say is LDY-BUG. Everything
that has to do with a ladybug is in
this collection. Most of them were
gifts and Marian started collecting
them because of the good luck they
represent. All I can say is ‘Lady-
bugs, please don’t fly away home
until January 29th’. These are on
display in the main office area of
the library and welcome viewers.
Some special thank you’s as we
me an apple when I came home
from the hospital and then brought
me a Christmas apple which was
sent from L.L. Bean and that was
delicious. Thank you, Jean.
Thank you to John for giving his
life-size Santa Claus which we have
displayed at the library, to Gerry
for donating a large hand-made
snowman, to Marie for loaning us a
wall-hanging - Christmas tree with
red lights which we used in the
entryway, and thank you to Jane for
donating a lighted Santa and a
Frosty the Snowman plaque. An on-
those delicious boxes of cookies.
Thank you- to Bob for finding a
small container with special foam
packing to transport our. special
Christmas ornament from Dallas to
New York City and back to Frank-
lin’s where it hung with the decora-
tions for the past four weeks. It is
now packed safely away for next
Christmas.
While sitting at my desk last
week, I heard this little voice
saying, ‘Emperor, Emperor’. It
was 4 year old Casey John Hartman
and he was referring to one of the
star war characters which he has
been trying to buy and cannot locate
anywhere. He wanted to buy the one
we have on display, however I told
him it was not for sale, but he could
visit anytime. Ba
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of events that
occurred on Capitol Hill last week
from Rep. Frank Coslett, 120th Leg-
islative District.
PENNSYLVANIA TAXPAYERS
welcomed in the new yer with a
reduction in the state’s personal
income tax rate. The tax cut, effec-
tive Jan. 1, lowered the personal
income tax from 2.35 to 2.2 percent.
The decrease was approved by the
Legislature last June when it
adopted the state’s 1985-86 fiscal
year budget. It will result in a cut of
approximately $160 million for tax-
payers. In addition, the budget con-
tained a number of tax relief provi-
sions which will save Pennsylvania
businesses and estimated $229 mil-
lion. In December, Gov. Dick
Thornburgh announced an -antici-
pated budget surplus of about $110
million for the current fiscal year
ending June 30. Thornburgh recom-
mended that the surplus funds be
used for another reduction in taxes.
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“HAPPY HOURS’ and other
liquor promotions in bars and res-
taurants across the commonwealth
were restricted beginning Jan. 1
under regulations passed by the
Liquor Control Board in November.
The new regulations limit” “happy
hours” to a two-hour period and ban
the sale of all drinks at discount
after midnight. Bars, however, are
permitted to sell a single selected
drink at discount throughout the
day. Promotions such as two-drinks-
for-the-price-of-one and selling
unlimited drinks for a set price are
now outlawed. The LCB hopes to cut
implementing the new regulations.
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THE STATE’S Independent Regu-
latory Review Commission (IRRC)
was phased out of existence with the
beginning of the new year. The
IRRC was created by the Legisla-
ture less than three years ago to
review all regulations proposed by
state agencies. The commission was
being studied by the General
Assembly under the so-called sunset
legislative renewal. ~~~
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