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Editor's notes
VISITORS, PATIENTS AND
STAFF MEMBERS (my stepmother
included) at Nesbitt Memorial Hos-
pital touched a part of history last
week when Bruce German of Vir-
ginia paid a visit to his grand-
mother, who is a patient at the
Kingston hospital.
German, as most of you will
probably remember, was among the
American hostages held captive in
Iran several years ago. Since his
parents reside in Edwardsville,
Bruce returned to the Wyoming
Valley area shortly after the hos-
tages’ release and was greeted to
pomp and circumstance upon his
arrival.
My stepmother,
who recalls the
Iranian hostage
crisis well, was
just tickled pink
that she met this
courageous young
- man. However, I
think she was
even more
excited that the
young man was
able to come to
Pennsylvania and
visit his grand-
mother.
A part of history - painful, but
remembered well.
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SPEAKING OF HISTORY, Col-
lege Misericordia changed a bit of
the college’s history this past week-
end when officials announced the
new nickname of the school.
Changing the schools’ name from
Highlanders (which I never under-
stood anyway) to Cougars during a
basketball game against Keuka Col-
lege this past Friday night is one
event that will be jotted down in the
history books of the local college.
Hats off to Judy Daley, public
relations director at College Miseri-
cordia, and anyone else who was
involved in a very successful adver-
tising campaign that tickled our
fancies throughout the past several
months by announcing, ‘Paw
Power is Coming.”
I, personally, have seen several
billboards and some newspaper
advertisements carrying that mes-
sage, but never understood what
they meant. The advertisements
did, however, catch my attention as
I would bet they did to several
others. Now, a bright blue and gold
billboard just as one enters the
Back Mountain area on Route 309
announces the travelers’ entrance to
Cougar Country.
Cougars not only makes a lot
more sense to me than Highlanders
did, but I’m just thrilled at the
name change - at least it will be
easier to get the name Cougars to
fit in a headline.
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FOR THOSE OF YOU who may
be looking for a unique way to wish
that favorite someone a ‘Happy
Valentine’s Day,” why not check
into the special Valentine’s Day
Promotion The Dallas Post is spon-
soring?
For just $2.50, you can write a
classified advertisement of up to 20
words and wish that special person
in your life a very special Valen-
tine’s Day.
Give it some thought, come up
with a catchy phrase and call our
office at 675-5211 to place your ad.
Don’t waste time, though - deadline
for this special promotion is Febru-
ary 10.
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A GREAT BIG HELLO TO
RHONDA KAISER of Ransom
Road, Dallas, a new subscriber to
The Dallas Post.
My sources tell me that Rhonda is
just thrilled with The Dallas Post
and has yet to open the pages of our
newspaper and find someone she
doesn’t know.
Rhonda says it’s like knowing
what all your friends and neighbors
are doing. I heard Rhonda origi-
nally subscribed to our newspaper
because of our extensive coverage
of Little League Baseball, but now
she’s found all kinds of features she
enjoys every week.
Welcome to our readership,
Rhonda.
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SPEAKING OF LITTLE
LEAGUE BASEBALL, the best of
luck is extended to George Poynton
of Davenport Street in Dallas as he
embarks on his newest venture -
serving as president of Back Moun-
tain Baseball, Inc.
George, who has been a Little
League manager for several years
now, found that giving up coaching
was the most difficult thing he
would have to do in order to serve
as president.
With sign-ups being held now,
Little League Baseball is really just
around the corner.
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I WISH I HAD A NICKLE for
every time I looked up into the sky
in search of a glimpse of Halley's
Comet. And I can’t find the bloody
thing anywhere.
I read this crazy little story a few
weeks ago that when Halley's
Comet last appeared, 76 years ago,
people did some really crazy things
- like jump out of windows or lock
themselves in their houses for sev-
eral months until the comet was
completely out of sight.
I’m not saying that I am antici-
pating acting anything like that,
however, I would like to see the
darn thing - at least once. A photog-
rapher from our sister paper, the
Abington Journal, got a photo of the
comet, but what can you see from a
photo? It looked like nothing other
than an ordinary star in an ordinary
sky.
So, if anyone has a foolproof way
of viewing Halley’s Comet and
knows when and where it can be
seen, please call me. I hate to miss
this historic event, but I'm at the
point where I'm now suffering from
a sore neck from searching the
skies for the darn thing.
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ANYONE WHO WATCHED THE
MOVIE, “Rockabye” starring Val-
erie Bertinelli last week will cer-
tainly make an extra effort to hang
on to small children when in public.
Bertinelli, who portrayed a
mother whose son had been Kkid-
napped and showed her frustrations
in trying to locate him, did an
exceptional job teaching the viewers
that these kinds of things can actu-
ally happen.
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REMEMBERING |
A shady spot
depicted in this photo.
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - JAN. 24, 1936
Hundreds of Wyoming Seminary alumni were
invited to attend a dinner honoring Dr. Levi L.
Sprague, venerable educator who had been at Wyo-
ming Seminary 69 years and its president for 53 years.
Robert Hall Craig, general manager of Southeastern
Gas & Water Co. agreed to meet with Dallas
Businessmen’s Association and discuss the increase
rates proposed for February.
Despite a blizzard, the Silver Anniversary celebra-
tion of Trucksville Methodist Episcopal Church con-
cluded with impressive services conducted by district
superintendent Rev. George M. Bell.
Deaths - Elizabeth Hoover, Trucksville;
Herman Derby, Beaumont.
You could get - Tuna fish 2 cans 25¢; tangerines 12¢
doz.; new carrots 5c bunch; Florida grapefruit 5c ea.;
cherries 1g. can 21c; ground beef 2 1b. 35c.
40 YEARS AGO - JAN. 25, 1946
Kenneth and James Oliver, sons of the late James
R. Oliver, one of the outstanding automobile men in
James
purchased interest in the Dallas business established
by their father. They also planned to open an outlet for
Hudson dealership in Kingston.
Thirty Memorial Library Directors were to € elected
at the annual meeting. All Back Mountain residents
who had contributed $1 or more were entitled to vote.
Engaged - Elsie Jane Ayre to William Lewis.
Married - Minnie Mae Coolbaugh to Charles Miller;
Eleanor Bartells to Gordon May; Jeanne Cole to Cpl.
William Tredinnick. :
Deaths - Huldah Borton, Dallas; Mrs.
McDaniels, Ceasetown.
You could get - Stewing chickens 35¢ 1b.; fillet of
haddock 39c Ib.; oranges 35c doz.; sweet potatoes 3 1b.
29c; coffee 2 1b. 47c; evap. milk 4 tall cans 35¢; Swan
soap 4 med. bars 23c; Lifebouy soap 3 bars 20c.
30 YEARS AGOL- JAN. 27, 1956
Dallas, Franklin and Monroe Township school
boards approved a seven school district jointure. In
addition to the above schools, Dallas Borough and
Kingston Township, Lake-Noxen Schools were men-
tioned, with the possibility of Lehman-Jackson-Ross
entering the jointure at a later date.
Mrs. Francis L. Ambrose was chairman of the Back
Mountain Area for the Mothers March on Polio.
Engaged - June Covert to Lester Lynn; Anne
Mildred Palmer to Jack E. Blampied; Priscilla W.
Sonntag to John Hauck.
Married - Nancy Beryl Traver to Larry Crispell;
Clinton
Joan Buza to John P. Evanka.
Deaths - Ethel Oliver, Mt. Greenwood Road; Wil-
liam McMichael, Fernbrook; Thomas Patton, Noxen;
Maude Stock, Selinsgrove; N. Mary Ide, Toledo, Ohio.
You could get - Chickens 37c Ib:; pork 39c Ib.; chuck
roast 19c lb.; eggs 59c doz.; sausage 59c lb.; bananas
12¢ 1b.; Breyers Ice Cream 1; gal. 99¢; bacon 39c¢ Ib.;
chuck roast 29c Ib.; tangerines 2 doz. 39c; toilet tissue
12 rolls $1. :
20 YEARS GOo - JAN. 27, 1966’
Plans for Conyngham Hall, formerly known as
Hayfield House, were to integrate the new Penn State
campus at Lehman into the Back Mountain Commu-
nity by offering a meeting place for local organiza-
tions. %
Ten directors were elected to the board of the Back
Mountain YMCA. They were Mrs. Frank Parkhurst,
III, Dr. Craig Aicher, Ralph Hazletine, George
McCutcheon, Martin Sammels, Rev. John S. Prater,
Clayton Klaboe, Andrew Roan, Dr. Howard Swain,
George Seely. .
Engaged - Karen Clark and Reed E. Balewski.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. James Kozemchak, 25
yers; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bachman, 25 years. ;
Deths - Warren Marrow, Trucksville; Mae McCarty,
Trucksville; George W. Brace Jr. 2
You could get - Sirloin steaks 89c 1b.; semi-boneless
hams 89c; turkeys 43c lb.; grapefruit 5 Ib. bag 49c;
oranges 69c doz.; sliced Swiss cheese 8 oz. pkg. 45c; 4
oz. pkg. Lipton’s chicken noodle soup 29c; Hershey
candy bars 39c ea.
10 YEARS AGO - JAN. 29, 1976
To date, Commonwealth Telephone Company
employees on strike lost $670,000 in wages since: the
beginning of the strike, No settlement was eminent.
Lehman Township organized a Bicentennial Council.
Judith Dawe was chairperson. Elected to offices were
vice-chairperson, Anthony Marchakitus, secretary
George Stolarick and treasurer, Barbara Simms.
Married - Kathryn Medvecky and Bruce Young.
Deaths - Ted Wilson, Dallas; Mrs. William R. Mock,
Tunkhannock; Mrs. Elbert Coombs, Dallas; Mrs. Lee
Zimmerman, Dallas; Robert Surwilla, Trucksville;
Mary Billbow, Shavertown; Mrs. James Humphreys,
You could get - Italian sausage $1.59 Ib.; choice eye
round roast $1.99 lb.; Kraft’s Miracle Whip 32 oz. jar
99c; peaches 2-16 oz. cans 79c; green beans 4-15% oz.
cans $1; Shurfine margarine 3-1 1b pkg. $1; broccoli
49c bunch.
DEAR EDITOR:
The Northeast Pennsylvania
Chapter of the American heart
Association wishes to extend its
deepest thanks to everyone involved
in the recent “CPR: The Heart of
the Matter” program, conducted in
conjunction with WNEP-TV.
It has long been a goal of the
Chapter to train area residents to be
able to respond effectively in emer-
gency situations. Through the
efforts of WNEP-TV, we were able
to reach several thousand people
and the result is that more than
4,000 individuals have already been
trained in Cardiopulmonary Resus-
citation (CPR) and management of
obstructed airways to aid choking
victims.
A project of this scope would have
been impossible without the tremen-
dous community support we
received and much of the program’s
success must be attributed to the
many area hospitals and institutions
who generously offered their facili-
ties, staff and equipment.
In Luzerne County, the participat-
ing institutions included: Mercy
Hospital, Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital, Nesbitt Hospital, Geisinger of
Wyoming Valley, Hazleton-St.
Joseph’s Medical Center, Hazleton
State Hospital, College Misericor-
dia, Wilkes College, Luzerne County
Community College, Irem Temple,
the Greater Pittston YMCA, the
Wilkes-Barre YMCA, St. Mary’s
Antiochan Church (Wilkes-Barre),
Firwood Methodist Church (Wilkes-
Barre), Pomeroy’s (Wyoming
Valley Mall), Boscov’s (Laurel
Mall) and the Luzerne-Wyoming
Counties Transportation Agency.
But ultimately, the success of this
program lies in the efforts of the
volunteers: volunteer telephone
operators, volunteer CPR instruc-
tors and volunteer drivers. Without
their unselfish efforts, this program
would have been impossible to con-
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
duct.
Once again, the Chapter wishes to
extend our deepest thanks.
AHA, NORTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA
SERV ICES CHAPTER, INC.
DEAR EDITOR:
Recently, my father passed away.
Although he had divorced my
mother 25 years ago, my brothers
and I always kept in contact with
him, visited him, and turned to him
for advice. When he passed, away
his parents (our grandparents)
called to tell us we wouldn’t find out
by reading it in the paper.
When reading the obituary the
next day there was no mention of us
or his grandchildren he had through
us. It was not lack of knowledge by
his wife for she knew we existed
and that he had contact with us. The
obituary of my father (Bernard
Poepperling) should also have read
survived by sons, Jerry, Wilkes-
Barre; Bernard Jr., State College;
Dwayne, Wilkes-Barre; daughter,
Connie, Harveys Lake; and five
additional grandchildren.
I am not writing this letter to hurt
anyone, but rather to reach out to
the hearts of people everywhere
that children from previous mar-
riages deserve the same rights as
the children from the present mar-
riage.
My father was known throughout
his criminal justice career as being
just and fair, let him depart this life
with the same respect he worked so
hard to achieve in his life. We loved
him very much and hurt just as
much. We were cheated out of the
joys of having our father share in
the joys and sorrows of every day
lives. :
Don’t cheat us out of saying our
good-bye’s. Good-bye daddy, we
loved you.
CONNIE L. POEPPERLING
HARVEYS LAKE
Christmas
DEAR EDITOR:
Shortly before Christmas, The
Dallas Post published a “Christmas
Story’’, which told about a generous
person who lives in the Lake-
Lehman School District and cares
about needy kids. This story
appealed to others in our commu-
nity who may have shared such
feelings and wished to contribute to
‘‘Lake-Lehman’s Project Santa
Claus Fund”, established at the
Dallas branch of the United Penn
project got
Bank.
Such efforts resulted in anony-
mous contributions totaling $225 and
provided the following gifts to needy
children in the elementary schools
and the junior high school: two
purses, six hats-bloves, one pair
socks, nine sweaters, five sweat-
shirts, one jacket, one pair boots,
one pair bedroom slippers, two pair
earmuffs, one flannel shirt.
The program was coordinated by
Sylvia Bator, chairperson of the
bigger
Pupil Personnel Services Depart-
ment. It is hoped that contributions
to this fund might continue through-
out the year, since all too often
students suffer losses due to a
variety of tragedies.
Thank you, on behalf of the needy
and grateful kids of ‘Project Santa
Claus”.
DR. M. DAVID PRESTON
SUPERINTENDENT
LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
Our ladybug display is a very
popular spot in the library with
many people being fascinated by
just how many items ladybugs are
attached to.
Evidently, people have read the
publicity in the newspapers and
have stopped in to visit. Andrew
Gorto of Parrish Street in Dallas
read the publicity and brought two
hand-painted ladybug stones in as a
permanent donation to the library.
He received these ladybugs at a
Civilian Conservation Corporation
convention several years ago in
Akron, Ohio and thought we might
like to have these.
I asked him what the CCC stood
for and he explained it was funded
by the federal government during
the depression to give young fellas
work building bridges, making
roads, planting trees and construc-
tion recreation areas. The young
men involved in this project were
between the ages of 16 and 21 and
Mr. Gorto was a very informative
person on this subject.
lives interesting. I learned some-
thing about a group called the CCC
which I had never heard of before,
Mr. Gorto found out about someone
who was interested in collecting
ladybugs of all kinds and the library
received two ladybug stones as a
permanent memento. These new
stones will sit on top of the display
case for the next two weeks.
The library staff is very grateful
to George and Irma Jacobs for
donating a record cabinet to the
library. This is a very useful cabi-
net and makes an ideal place to
display our record collection. We
have a small set of records and are
records are on display in the main
office area of the library and circu-
late for a two week period. Thank
you to George and Irma for making
our record collection more accessi-
ble.
Sincere congratulations go to the
Dallas Senior High School yearbook
advisor and the editor-in-chief and
all the students who worked o nthe
project to make the 1985 yearbook
first in a national critique and
review conducted by the American
Scholastic Press Association. We
feel very proud to know that this
happened in our school district and
our home town.
Library has three rotating collec-
tions on loan from the Osterhout
Library which will be in the library
until the end of March. They are:
Crafts; a wide selection of paper
and hard cover books; Mysteries,
mostly paperbacks; and American
Indians, a collection of new titles to
our library. These are located in the
main office area.
We have pulled from our regular
shelves and set up in our lobby area
a collection of books that were voted
by the ‘British Book Marketing
Council as the best novels from the
United States since the end of the
Second World War. These should
make interesting reading.
Something to think about: a quote
from a textile factory in Alabama:
“What we weave on earth, we wear
in heaven.” :
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
allow public access to house
expense records has been authored
by Rep. Jim Greenwood (R-Bucks).
Greenwood said he was prompted to
create the bill when House leaders
recently denied the media access to
records of representatives. Under
the law, House leadership is not
required to release the information.
Greenwood, however, believes such
a policy “flies in the face of (the
law’s) intent and obviously violates
the principle that the public is
entitled to know how its tax money
is being spent.” The Senate pro-
vides media access to vouchers and
requisitions while the House limits
disclosure to ‘broadly categorized
summaries of reimbursements’’,
according to Greenwood. Green-
wood announced his intention to
introduce the measure in the House
next week.
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MORE NON-PROFIT organiza-
tions in Pennsylvania would qualify
for limited sales tax exemptions if a
bill which passed the House Finance
Committee becomes law. Before
unanimously passing the measure,
the committee adopted an amend-
ment sponsored by Rep. Roy W.
Cornell (R-Montgomery) which
changed the bill to allow even more
organizations to qualify for tax-
exempt status. The bill initially
would have added only senior citi-
zen groups to the current list of tax-
exempt groups. Cornell’s amend-
ment, however, essentially allows
any legitimate, non-profit organiza-
tion to qualify for the limited sales
tax exemption. Such an exemption
applies only to those deemed neces-
sary for the operation of the organi-
zation. Chambers of Commerce,
civic clubs and other social and
fraternal organizations would be
added to the list. ?