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THE CASE OF THE MISSING
NAVY MAN has been resvoled -
finally!
A few weeks ago, in our ‘“‘People
in the News’ column, we reported
that Navy Seaman Recruit Hugh R.
Boyes, son of Ralph and Peggy L.
Anthony of Country Club Road,
Dallas, had completed recruit train-
ing at the Naval Recruit Training
Command at San Diego.
The informa-
tion came from
the Fleet Home
Town News
Center, a depart- §
.ment of the
Navy, that
always sends us
press releases
about area resi-
dents who have
undergone basic |
training. And the
Navy was never
wrong - until DOTTY MARTIN
now!
.Just a few days after the
announcement of Hugh’s training
appeared in our newspaper, the
seaman’s mother called to tell me
that Hugh was not, is not, and never
was in San Diego and that he had
completed his recruit training at
Great Lakes, Illinois.
To compound the situation, Mrs.
Anthony had seen Hugh off at the
Wilkes-Barre-Scranton Airport to
his next place of duty approxi-
mately two weeks before his basic
training announcement’ - and she
had not heard a word from him
since. As would any other mother,
Mrs. Anthony worried because she
said Hugh always wrote during
basic training and she just couldn’t
understand why she hadn’t heard
from him.
Anyway, to make a long story
short, it took us a few weeks but we
finally got the Navy to figure out
that their typesetter had made an
error and typed all of the informa-
tion on the press release about
Hugh’s basic training correctly -
except the location of the training
command.
The Navy has issued not only a
retraction, but also a very nice
letter of apology to us and has also
asked us to extend their apologies to
Hugh’s parents for any mixup the
whole mess may have caused them.
Needless to say, the Navy is full of
human beings subject to error just
like any other organization in
today’s world.
The gentlemen with whom I spoke
at the Navy, however, seemed to
have a much bigger problem than
we did. We can correct the situation
by simply running the correct press
release sent to us by the Navy. The
Navy news center, on the other
hand, was forced to issue over 70
retractions since the typesetter
made the same error on that many
news releases.
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CHIEF MCKANE, the Navy offi-
cer who handled my complaint to
the Navy news center, was the
nicest guy, though. He was very
sympathetic to our situation and did
everything he could to rectify the
problem as quickly as possible.
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The chief had called my office
during the week I was on vacation
and left word for me to return his
call. When I called him back the
following week, he wanted to know
if I had a good time because he
understood I was ‘on leave’ the
week before.
I explained to him that I had a
wonderful time while I was away,
but that in the real world, we call it
“vacation.”
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREET-
INGS are extended to our own
Debbey Wysocki, who writes our
entertainment column every week.
Debbey, who is also a teacher at
Gate of Heaven School in Dallas,
celebrated her special day yester-
day, February 25.
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IN AN EFFORT to appeal to all
of our readers, Debbey is asking
anyone who would like to, to submit
ideas for her entertainment column
to her.
Debbey will do whatever research
and investigating is necessary to
write the story, but she would like
to know what kinds of things our
readers want to read about.
Anyone with an idea or a sugges-
tion for a topic for the entertain-
ment column may submit it in
writing to Debbey Wysocki, Enter-
tainment Writer, The Dallas Post,
PO Box 366, Dallas, Pa. 18612. Or, if
it’s easier, you can call in your
ideas to our office at 675-5211.
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SPEAKING OF BIRTHDAYS,
George Brutko of Park Street in
Dallas, celebrated the big 4-0 yes-
terday. Happy birthday to you,
George. I sure hope you don’t have
as much trouble accepting 40 as I
did accepting 30.
By the way, George, what did you
do to your foot? I heard a rumor
that you got mad and kicked a
computer, but that just doesn’t
sound like something you’d do.
What really happened, George?
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS also go
out to: Jean Innamorati of Tunkhan-
nock, an employee of Rachel’s Cen-
tury 21 Real Estate in the 309-415
Plaza in Dallas. Jean celebrated her
big day this week and we want to
wish her the best birthday ever.
We also want you to know, Jean,
that we do recognize the fact that
you have two nice kids, that you
have a new car, and that you, too,
have a nice smile. It just took us a
little while to mention it!
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CONGRATULATIONS TO June
Supey of Highland ' Avenue in
Trucksville on her newly-acquired
status.
And, yes, Supey, you can count
me in on your celebrating plans this
weekend. ;
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CONGRATULATIONS are also
extended to Brenda and Jim Kenny
of Dallas on the beautiful addition to
their family.
Mrs. Kenny, the former Brenda
Scully, gave birth to the couple’s
first child, a daughter, recently at
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kings-
ton.
And, something tells me that
Amber Elizabeth is going to be
spoiled not only by Mom and Dad,
but by grandmother Rose, also.
Anyway, congratulations to all of
you!
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DAFFODIL DAYS are some of
the best ways to welcome an early
Spring. The Wyoming Valley Unit of
the American Cancer Society will
conduct its annual Daffodil Days
between March 10 and March 15 and
will sell bunches of daffodils for just
$3.
The flowers, which are a sign of
Spring, will be available at local
banks and businesses and are a
major fund-raising effort by volun-
teers of the local ACS unit.
Don’t forget - brighten up your
home, your office, or someone else’s
day by purchasing daffodils during
Daffodil Days. Not only will the
daffodils brighten your day, they’ll
help beat that dreaded disease.
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REMEMBERING
Weber Farm
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - FEB. 28, 1936
An increasing number of industrial employees in
Luzerne County had turned to farming during the
years from 1930-1935 bringing about an increase of 384
farms in the county in that period. This was according
to a census compiled by the U.S. Department of
Commerce.
The area’s last Civil War veteran, Peter Culp, who
served as a private in Company F 53rd Pennsylvania
Volunteers, died. Culp was in his twenties and a
corporal when he stood at Appomattox and saw
General Robert E. Lee surrender his sword to General
Grant.
Engaged - Ruth Finney to Captain Corey Patton.
Married - adge A. Oliver to Calvin McHose.
You could get - Halibut steak 23c 1b.; stewing oysters
27c pt. ; salmon 10c can; cheese 19¢ lb.; coffee 2 Ib.
29c; navel oranges 19c doz.; apples 7 lb. 25c; 24 oz.
loaf bread 10c; egg noodles 2 pkgs. llc; 3 pkg. Jello
20c.
40 YEARS AGO - MARCH 1, 1946
Reviving a former tradition, area basketball players
from various schools were asked to vote for an All-
Back Mountain Basketball Team composed of best
players in the league. This league was sponsored by
The Dallas Post.
Dallas Borough Police conducted a campaign to
clamp. down on reckless drivers. A recent hit and run
accident caused concern.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Kocher,
Lehman, 43 years. i a
a aried - Betty Marie Anderson and Pfc. Harry A.
TOSS.
Deaths - Joseph Manzoni, Jackson Twp.; Manuel
Santayana, Trucksville; G.H. Parsell, Dallas; Adda
Garinger, Alderson.
You could get - Standing rib roast 30c 1b.; chickens
37c 1b.; leg lamb 39c lb.; Palmolive soap 7c bar; yams
3 Ib. 29¢; broccoli 19c bunch; lemons 29¢ doz.; potatoes
4 Ib. 29¢; 2 1b. spinach 19¢; graham crackers 19c Ib.
30 YEARS AGO - MARCH 2, 1956
Delegates from 10Back Mountain school districts
met to discuss the possibilities of a five-district, seven
district or 10 district jointure. Schools involved were
Lake-Noxen; Dallas-Franklin-Monroe; Dallas Bor-
ough-KingstonTownship; Lehman-Jackson-Ross.
The Red Cross set a goal of $3,700 to be collected in
the Back Mountain during a two week period. The
annual drive was chaired by Mrs. Thomas Robinson
and Mrs. Paul Monahan.
Engaged - Jean J. Kushner and Joseph Chukinas;
Barbara Frear and Melvin Race; Pauline Trumbower
and Harold Hackling.
Married - Betty Smith and Joseph Serratore; Vir-
ginia Dykes to William G. Hart; Jean Mead and David
Shaver.
Deaths - homas Carle, Trucksville; Estella Major,
Shavertown; Charles M. Edwards, native Ross Twp.
You could get - Chuck roast 19¢ lb.; spare ribs 39c
Ib.; oysters 89c pt.; flour 25 lb. $1.89; 1g. eggs 54c doz.;
Maxwell House Coffee 99c lb.; pt. bottle Wesson Oil
35¢; 3 bars Camay soap 36¢; raisin bread 17c¢ loaf.
20 YEARS AGO - MARCH 3, 1966
Arthur G. Engler, Ruggles Hollow, Lake Township,
was notified of his appointment to the office of Justice
of the Peace. He filled the remainder of the term of
Mrs. Helen Sgarlat.
Dallas Community Ambulance Association officers
and directors approved purchase of a 1965 Superior-
body cadillac ambulance with only 8,500 miles on the
odometer.
The Junior Class of Dallas High School presented the
play, “Cheaper By the Dozen’. Bob Blair and Sharon
Savage had starring roles.
Engaged - Linda Parsons and Arthur John Ondish.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Merle Jay Pope, 25
years; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sorber, 26 years.
Deaths - Edna Hefft, Carverton; A.P. Cope, Trucks-
ville; Norman Ringstrom, Harris Hill Rd.
You could get - turkeys 39c Ib.; sea scallops 69c Ib.;
crab legs 89c lb.; potatoes 20 lb. bag 89c; granulated
sugar 5 lb. 57c; jelly eggs 29c lb. pkg.; Pillsbury cake
mixes 39c; Chicken of the Sea tuna 2 cans 75c¢.
10 YEARS AGO - MARCH 4, 1976
Back Mountain Taxpayers Association filed a protest
with the Public Utility Commission on the proposed
rate increase by the United Gas Improvement Com-
pany.
Gate of Heaven Parish celebrated its 25th anniver-
sary with a Mass, an open house, and a dinner dance
at Gus Genetti’s.
A heated discussion ensued at the Jackson Township
supervisors meeting when residents of Bonko Road
Drovght up the subject of the township taking over the
road.
Engaged - Gwen Arnaud and Frederick 4. Neuman.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Richard Tattersall, 25
years; Mr. and Mrs. T.A. Williammee, 50 years.
Deaths - Robert Jones, Shavertown; Samuel Poad,
Dallas; Mrs. John Kuchta, Harveys Lake; Mrs.
George E. Gwilliam, Sr., Harveys Lake; Elmer
Hoover, Idetown; Irene Horbach, Dallas; Edward
Gablick, Sweet Valley; John Kennan, Trucksville.
You could get - Fresh fryers 39c Ib.; ground chuck
99c Ib.; skinless franks 89c lb.; margarine 69c Ib.; fruit
cocktail 2-79¢; celery 33c bunch; oranges 10-99¢; eggs
tae doz.; Macintosh apples 3 Ib. bag 59¢; carrots 6 lbs.
A
OPINION
By RICHARD H. FINK
DEAR EDITOR:
The Girl Scouts of Penn’s Woods
Council have finished taking the
orders for this year’s Cookie Sale —
and it has surpassed all our hopes.
Cookie orders are up 19 Percent!
As sales have been reported to us,
everyone has said that the local
response was terrific because you
helped. The girls thank you for your
cooperation, encouragement and
support. They couldn’t have done it
without you.
The extra funds from these
increased sales will be used for
special troop activities, camping,
field trips, all’ the fun things that
are part of Girl Scouting today.
We all thank you for helping the
girls to learn that when people work
together, they can accomplish great
things.
ELLIE KANDLER RODDA
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
PENN'’S WOODS
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC.
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
When former Interior Secretary
James Watt made his off-the-cuff
remark about the kind of rock-
music fans who like the Beach
Boys, members of the White House
staff presented him with a plaster-
cast foot with a hole in the middle.
Today, I would like to propose an
annual Jim Watt award, to be
presented to the politician most
adept at shooting himself (or her-
self) in the foot.
And the winner is: the Congress
of the United States for all the noise
it makes about America’s balance-
of-trade deficit while the Congress
— not the Japanese, not the South
Koreans, not the Taiwanese — is
one of the main causes for it.
For example, Congress especially
likes to beat up on Japan for its $37
billion trade imbalance with the
U.S. But what does the Congress do
when it has an opportunity to cut
the U.S.-Japan trade deficit in half?
It shoots itself in the foot.
The fact is that if it chose to do
so, Congress could chop some $20
billion a year from the U.S.-Japan
trade deficit simply by dropping its
outdated prohibition on the export of
oil and natural gas from Alaska’s
North Slope. The Japanese are a
ready and willing customer. Japa-
nese Prime Minister Yasuhiro
Nakasone has repeatedly said the
Japanese would jum= at the oppor-
tunity to buy 4° 'l and gas.
This one sma wld increase
U.S. sales to Japan by more than $8
acted today — ore in future years.
The hungry U.S. Treasury, mor-
ever, would take in more in taxes-
an estimated $1.5 billion a year or
more. But Congress would rather
complain about the problem than do
something about it.
Export of Alaskan oil and natural
gas poses no threat to U.S. security.
And in the long run it would cut U.S.
energy costs. So why won’t Con-
gress act? That’s a question that
Texas Congressman Dick Armey,
Chairman of the Trade Expansion
Caucus, has been asking his col-
leagues.
President Reagan has announced
plans to permit export of an esti-
mated 5000 to 6000 barrels of oil per
day produced in southern Alaska’s
Cook Inlet, but this barely scratches
the surface of Alaska’s 1.8 million
barrel-per-day production total.
The bulk of Alaska’s oil must be
processed in American refineries
located almost exclusively in the
lower 48 states. West Coast refin-
eries handle one million barrels per-
day, and the balance is shipped
through Panama to the Gulf and
East Coasts at a cost of $4 to $5 per
barrel. This cost compares with a
transportation fee of $1.60 per
barrel for oil shipped from Saudi
Arabia. :
A by-product of Alaskan oil dis-
coveries was the discovery of huge
natural gas reserves. The American
Gas Association claims that 26-tril-
lion cubic feet (tcf) of proven gas
reserves are available in the North
Slope area. Presently there is no
way to transport this valuable
resource to the lower 48 states.
Building a Trans-Canada pipeline-as
has been suggested-would force pro-
ducers to charge six times the
current price to make a profit.
Consequently, this gas is either
pumped back into the wells, a
process that consumers and loses
about one-third of thegas, or is
burned off. Natural gas is another
product the Japanese would buy if
American firms were free to sell it.
Gas exports of one tcf would earn
about $5 billion per year and would
provide Japan with an alternative to
oil, putting additional downward
pressure on world oil prices.
There is no reason to ban sales of
this natural gas to the Japanese,
since the gas is not being consumed
by anyone, and indeed is often
wasted.
America’s large trade deficit is
not altogether the fault of overseas
producers who are flooding U.s.
markets-to the delight of U.S. con-
sumers — ith inexpensive imports.
It’s at least party Congress’ fault.
Instead of shooting us in the foot
again by erecting new trade bar-
riers that keep imports out of our
country, Congress should be looking
for ways to encourage exports. It
might start by doing away with the
prohibition on exporting North Slope
oil and gas.
(Richard H. Fink is President of
Citizens For A Sound Economy, a
250,000 member Washington-based
citizens’ organization.)
LIBRARY NEWS
Library Correspondent
National Library Week for 1986
will be held from April 6 through
the 12th. The theme for this year is
“Get a Head Start at the Library.”
Special activities and programs
will be held at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library during this week.
An interesting idea is being planned
and will be sponsored in conjunction
with other libraries in the district.
Bookmarks will be available for
children and adults at the library.
~The library is involved in a serv-
ice to the public called Interlibrary
Loan. If a patron requires a specific
book which we do not have, we can
request it through the Osterhout
Library in Wilkes-Barre. They, in
turn, will track down the book at the
nearest location and deliver it to us.
During the past year, we have
received books for our patrons from
Florida, New Jersey and Texas
along with many from college
libraries out of our district.
The Osterhout van delivers and
picks up from Back Mountain on
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
each week. Recently one of our
patrons from the children’s depart-
ment, Dawn Hondo, requested a
specific book, which we did not have
in our collection. She had read some
by the author, Serraillier, and
wanted to read his book, ‘Silver
Sword.” We requested it on ILL and
the Osterhout put the request on the
OCLC, which is the Online Com-
puter Library Center. We received
this book for Dawn from the Califor-
nia State College Library in Rohnert
Park, California.
The library welcomes book dona-
tions at any time during the year.
The books are sorted and. either
added to the library inventory or
stored for the book booth at the
annual library auction. During 1985,
891 books were added to the library
book stock, donated by members of
the community. Each of these books
was a first copy tc the library. A
tax receipt is available for anyone
who wishes to use their book dona-
tion to a non-profit organization as a
tax deduction.
How many amendments are there
to the Constitution of the United
States? I wasn’t exactly sure when
a patron asked me the other day.
He was interested in the amend-
ment for the 18 year olds. We looked
it up in the World Book Encyclope-
dia and found that the Suffrage for
18 year “olds was amendment
number 26, which was ratified on
July 1, 1971 and to date is the
newest amendment. Now we know
there are 26 amendments to our
Constitution, something we should
know without having to look it up.
Some history information!
Why not stop at your library soon
to find out what other information is
available.
librarian at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library. Her column
appears weekly in The Dallas Post.)
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
CURBING DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE and protecting its victims is
the intent of a bill signed into law
by Gov. Dick Thornburgh. Devel
oped by Rep. Lois S. Hagarty (R-
Montgomery), the law grants police
broader arrest powers in cases of
domestic violence by allowing offi-
cers to make an arrest based on
probable cause without a warrant.
The act also clarifies the power of a
district justice to order a defendant
. to stay away from a victim’s home
and workplace. ‘Previously, the
law put too much pressure on the
victim by requiring the victim to
file a complaint before police action
could be taken,” Hagarty said.
INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DIS-
TRICTS would be spared the finan-
cial burden of increased social
security and pension payments con-
nected with legislation mandating
minimum starting teacher salaries.
sure which would mandate a mini-
mum starting salary of $18,500 for
public school teachers. Before the
bill received final approval, how-
ever, Rep. Stephen F. Freind (R-
Delaware) succeed in inserting two
amendments to relieve the poten-
tially disastrous financial impact on
school districts. Freind’s amend-
ments would mandate that the state
pay the cost to bring starting sala-
ries up to the new level, pay social
security and pension benefits con-
nected with the new salaries and
pick up the tab for the first year
cost of adjusting existing teacher
salaries. “If the state is going to
mandate a starting salary, it should
be prepared to pay the price for its
mandate,’”’ Freind said. The bill was
sent to the Senate for consideration.
LEGISLATION AIMED at retir-
workers passed the House this week
despite charges by House Republi-
cans that the measures amount to a
duplication of existing programs
and the creation of more bureauc-
racy. The eight bills are part of a
January by Democratic leaders.