Editor’s notes
DAY goes out Ralph Elston of
Kunkle who will be celebrating his
89th birthday on March 29.
Your family and your friends wish
- you the happiest birthday yet,
« Ralph.
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BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS are .
also extended to
Jack Birnstock of .
resident, who |
_ noted his big day f
on March 20.
Jack’s daughter
Jo Carol Buckley *
of Haddonfield DOTTY MARTIN
Hills, Dallas,
blew out her birthday candles on
March 27 while her daughter,
Susan, celebrated a birthday on
March 24, and her son, Stephen, had
his big day on March 6.
Plenty of birthday parties in that
family this month.
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS also go
out to Megan Sheehan who cele-
brated her 12th birthday yesterday,
March 25.
Megan was treated to a roller-
skating party at Rollaway in Dallas,
hosted by her parents, Sandy and
Lynn Sheehan of Huntsville Road,
Dallas.
My Back Mountain spies tells me
that Mom skated circles around
most of the children who attended
the birthday party.
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SPEAKING OF BIRTHDAYS,
don’t forget, kids - The Dallas Post
will print your birthday picture and
your birthday announcement abso-
lutely free of charge - so you won’t
even have to dip into your piggie
banks to pay to have your picture in
the paper.
Just have Mom and Dad write
down all the information about you -
your name, your parents’ names,
your address, where you go to
school and what grade you're in,
what clubs you're involved in and
how you're planning to celebrate
your birthday.
Then, if you drop off the informa-
tion, along with your photo, we’ll
put it in the paper and tell every-
body about your birthday. Remem-
ber, it’s free - and you can have the
photo back after it appears in the
paper.
Either black and white or color
Moms or Dads have any other
questions, just call me at the office
at 675-5211 and I'll be happy to
answer them for you.
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CONGRATULATIONS are
extended to James Drury Jr. and
his wife, Ann Marie, on the birth of
their first child, Jennifer, who was
born last week in Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital, Kingston.
Mr. Drury, proprietor of Brader’s
Auto Tag Service in Dallas, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Drury,
who own and operate Drury’s Deli-
catessen at Harveys Lake.
And Grandma Dotty Drury was
one of the proudest nurses on the
Nesbitt Obstetrics staff as she took
care of her new granddaughter
before sending her home with Mom
and Dad.
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SPEAKING OF NESBITT HOSPI-
TAL, all the hoopla about the trip-
lets who arrived a few weeks ago to
a Clarks Summit couple has sim-
mered down now as all three babies
are now in their new home.
Mrs. John McAndrew, in a car
equipped with three brand new baby
seats, took Courtney, Caitlin and
Shane all home last week to meet
their older brother, Jon.
Mrs. McAndrew went home sev-
eral days before the babies did and
made the trip from Clarks Summit
to Kingston every day to spend
some time with her new babies.
Something tells me she’s got her
work cut out for her now. Oh well,
rumor has it she always wanted a
large family - I'm just not so sure
she wanted this large a family all at
once!
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ALONG THE LINES of babies,
congratulations go out to Joe and
Irma Paglianite, proprietors of
they enjoy their new role as grand-
Mr. Paglianite’s daughter, Lisa
Williamson, delivered a bouncing
baby girl at Nesbitt a few weeks
ago and I'll just bet Grandpa Joe is
new pride and joy. I also suspect
the little tyke will be flipping pizza
pies long before she can walk.
Long McHale the other day. Barb,
who currently resides in New
Jersey, was in town visiting her
Mom and Dad and decided to make
a trip to the dentist during her day-
long visit.
Knowing full well that I would
never forgive her if she drove right
past my office without stopping in to
say hello, she did just that. Well, I
managed to talk Barb into sitting
and visiting for a little more than a
few minutes and we reminisced
about some of the wild and crazy
things we did in college.
Barb tells me her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William McHale of
Trucksville are doing rather well,
even though her father is still trying
to conjure up a way to get even with
me for putting his name in the
paper. I haven’t seen nor heard
from him in a while, so I guess he
hasn’t figured out how to get my
goat yet - but I have no doubt he
will.
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DURING MY VISIT with Barb,
we talked about some of the people
we had gone to college with as well
as some of the people we played
basketball with while in high school.
One of the names that came up in
our conversation was that our
Arlene “Pooch” Kozich, who along
with her father, Mike, operates the
Jean Shop on Memorial Highway in
Dallas.
Then, less than a half hour later, I
ran into Pooch in the Dallas Post
office. Talk about coincidences!
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A GREAT BIG sigh of relief goes
out to my stepsister, Susan Dadurka
of Forty Fort, who underwent minor
through with flying colors.
Even though there was a little bit
of recovery time involved, Susan
was a real trooper during the whole
ordeal.
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CORNELIA DAVIS, a former
teacher in the Back Mountain, has
returned home after being a medi-
cal patient in Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital, Kingston. -
Miss Davis, who resides on
Murray Street in Forty Fort, wants
to thank all her friends and even
some of her former students who
were kind enough to send her ‘‘get
well’ cards while she was not feel-
ing well.
It sure is nice to have her up and
around again.
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FINALLY, I would like to wish
each and every one of our readers a
very joyous Easter holiday season.
And, a special Happy Easter greet-
ing goes to one of my most favorite
people, Anna Kalna of Main Street
in Swoyersville, whose smile and
pleasant ways always make my
Easter visit with her such an enjoy-
able experience.
(Dotty Martin is the Executive
Editor of Pennaprint Inc., publish-
ers of The Dallas Post. Her column
appears weekly in The Dallas Post.)
Junior and senior class high
school students who are interested
in applying for $1,000 college schol-
arships should request applications
by May 15, 1986, from Educational
Communications Scholarship Foun-
dation, 721 N. McKinley Road, Lake
Forest, Illinois 60045.
To receive an application, stu-
dents should send a note stating
their name, address, city, state and
zip code, approximate grade point
average and year of graduation.
Fifty award winners will be
selected on the basis of academic
performance, involvement in extra-
curricular activities and need for
financial aid.
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
Years ago
information.
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - MARCH 27, 1936
Responding to the call from the
Red Cross for funds to assist those
in the flood stricken section of
Wyoming Valley, Dallas residents
raised $400 for this cause. Wyoming
Valley had been stricken with flood-
ing when melting snow caused the
Susquehanna River to overflow its
banks.
A contract for completion of
Dallas Township High School long
awaited gymnasium and sufficient
classroom space to relieve present
overcrowding and to accommodate
future needs was awarded to low
bidder W.F. Sutter. The gymnasium
would be completed in time for
graduation.
40 YEARS AGO - MARCH 29, 1946
Approximately 500 people, most of
them veterans, served by the Dallas
Office of the United States Employ-
ment Service were double the
number served the previous week,
the first week the office was in
operation. W.A. Harvey was office
supervisor.
Ladies of Dr. Henry M. Laing
Fire Company Auxiliary held their
annual dinner in the social rooms of
Dallas Methodist Church. The pro-
gram was enlivened by Harold
Flack, toastmaster, and Margaret
Robinson, song-leader.
and George Elson Shaver, Jr.; Mar-
garet Krieger to Edward Dungey;
Helen Lyons to Paul Jones.
Married - Mary Campbell and
Jonathan Hauck.
30 YEARS AGO - MARCH 30, 1956
The congregation of Dallas Meth-
odist Church approved by more
than two thirds majority a $129,000
expansion program presented to it
by the building committee. R.E.
Kuhnert was chairman and R.E.
Neal, co-chairman of the building
committee.
After providing pleasure and:
wholesome recreation for thousands
of Back Mountain residents over the
past nine years Sweet Valley Memo-
rial Day Parade may be abandoned
due to small profits, hard work and
few floats.
Engaged - Norma Carey and Dale
M. Wright.
Anniversaries - Mr.
F.W. Bogert, 42 years.
20 YEARS AGO - MARCH 31, 1966
Mrs. Howard Risley, owner-editor
of The Dallas Post announced that
the home-town paper would be sent
free to any soldier serving in Viet-
nam. This followed a tradition set
during World War II by her late
husband Howard Risley.
Kingston Township Girl Scouts
beautified the east side bank board-
ing the municipal building by plant-
ing clumps of clover, pachysandra,
myrtle and mountain pinks. Mrs.
Robert Baird was troop leader.
Engaged - Marilyn Ann Sheerer
and Corey F. Perrin; Linda Faye
Schramm and Daniel R. Mahoney;
Judith Wright and Keith Jones.
Married - Donna Jean Franklin
and Thomas Harry; Carol Keithline
and Charles Corby.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Smith, 27 years; Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hayes, 25 years.
10 YEARS AGO - APRIL 1, 1976
Following a joint meeting of the
Jackson Township Municipal
and Mrs.
ning Commission, the preliminary
plans for the Sutton Hills Develop-
ment were tentatively approved.
Final approval was subject to
approval by DER.
Deaths- Charles Coolbaugh,
Dallas; Jack C. Gregory, Valley
View Park; Joseph F. McAvoy,
Dallas; Lore McKendrick, Carver-
ton, Lucy Derby Morgan, Orange.
You could get - 3 Ib. Jack Frost
sugar $1; Diamond walnut meats
89c 1b.; ground beef 79¢ Ib.; Cornish
hens 88c lb.; tomato paste 4 cans
89c; Jell-o 4 boxes 69c¢c; Duncan
Hines layer cake mixes 59¢ ea.
Library Correspondent
Happy Birthday, Luzerne County!
On September 25, 1786 the bill
providing for the erecting of the
Wyoming district into a separate
county was voted upon in the
Assembly and passed by a 44 to 14
margin.
The county was named Luzerne in
honor of Caesar de Ia Luzerne who
had been minister from France to
the U.S. from 1779 to 1784. Wilkes-
Barre was designated as the county
seat.
As we celebrate the county’s
Bicentennial, it is instructive to look
back on how we came to be the
country we are today. Hard work,
determination, and pragmatism are
still watch words some 200 years
later as we uphold the great heri-
tage of our forefathers and begin to
blaze our own historical trail into
the next century of progress for
Luzerne County.
The county today is the center of
the great, new northeast. Discover
what’s new in Luzerne County and
explore some of its glorious past.
Happy 200th birthday, Luzerne
County!
A warm and sincere thank you to
the boys of Cub Scout Pack 155 of
Trucksville who did a magnificent
job of cutting out 3,000 Campbell
Soup labels at the Westmoreland
School for the library. This was
done as a voluntary community
service project and the three cub
dens or about 20 boys, did the
project in 45 minutes. We say
thanks for a job well done.
We have many college planning
books and catalogs in our reference
room including Barron’s Guide to
the most prestigious colleges; The
college planning-search book;
National college databank; Peter-
son’s guide to four-year colleges,
1986 and Fiske, the best buys in
college education. Also, we have
approximately 234 current college
catalogs including most of the Penn-
sylvania colleges and some of the
more popular out-of-state colleges.
‘We are featuring a collection of
contemporary nonfiction for young
adults compiled by the young adult
book staff as a companion to “Con-
temporary Classics for Young
Adults’’. The collection includes
many favorite authors such as
Maya Angelou, Leonard Bernstein,
Jim Bishop, Jim Bouton, Truman
Capote, Rachel Carson, Bruce
Catton, Jacques Cousteau, Antonia
Fraser, Alex Haley, James Herriot,
Thor Heyerdahl and John Fitzger-
ald Kennedy.
A quote from one of our regular
borrowers who was born in Ger-
many, ‘Three days without a book
is one day without life”. Sounds a
Bite strict, but she seems to live by
at.
National Library Week is the first
full week in April and while reading
the publicity kit from the American
Library Association, I found an
interesting article written by James
A. Michener. The title of the article
is, ‘How to use a Library’ and he
begins by saying, “Who knows what
your library can open up for you?
My suggestion is to do what I did:
read and read and read. For plea-
sure - and for understanding.” Take
Michener’s advice, try your library.
(Nancy Kozemchak is the assist-
ant library at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library. Her column
appears weekly in The Dallas Post.)
By REP. FRANK COSLETT
Special to The Dallas Post
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
LEGISLATION WHICH WOULD
CREATE a process for citizens and
local governments to reform their
existing tax structures was intro-
duced this week in the House. Spon-
sored by Rep. Samuel E. Hayes Jr.
(R-Blair), the bill would provide
citizens with a deciding voice in the
local tax reform process. Voters
would be asked to support or reject
the creation of a local Tax Study
Commission. If approved by the
voters, the panel would hold public
hearings and present its findings to
the community. Voters would then
be able to vote on any alternative
tax structure the commission may
recommend. ‘‘Attempts to write on
magic formula for all the communi-
ties across Pennsylvania have
proven unsuccessful,” Hayes said.
“The main intent of the legislation
is to give people a voice with
regards to local tax reforms.” The
bill has been cosponsored by some
60 legislators.
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS in Pennsyl-
vania would receive increased state
funds if a measure introduced by
Rep. Paul Wass (R-Indiana)
becomes law. At a Capitol Hill press
conference Wass unveiled the plan
which would put one-tenth of one
percent of the current 2.2 percent
state income tax into a fund for
public schools and state-related uni-
versities and colleges. Wass said the
fund would provide taxpayers in
each school district with a measure
of property tax relief. He said the
fund would increase subsidies te
education by $114 million over the
governor’s 1986-87 recommendation.
“Young people will have a better
chance at a quality education and
property owners will be given a way
to experience local property tax
relief,” Wass said.
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PROTECTING VOLUNTEERS
affiliated with organized youth
sports activities from so-called friv-
olous lawsuits is the aim of a bill
which was approved by the House
Judiciary Committee. The measure
is sponsored by Rep. Robert Flick
(R-Chester) who termed it ‘model
legislation for the nation.” Flick
said the legislation would provide
volunteers with immunity from nui-
sance lawsuits which threaten the
future of legitimate organized youth
sports programs. Flick said such
organized programs are ‘‘being hit
unmercifully with frivolous law-
suits, with skyrocketing liability
insurance rates and the resultant
loss of volunteers, parents and par-
ticipants.”
(Rep. Frank Coslett serves the
120th Legislative District which
encompasses the Back Mountain
area. His column appears weekly in
The Dallas Post.)
An existing tax incentive would be
extended to include the construction
phase of hydro-electric facilities in
the state, if a bill co-sponsored by
State Senator Charles D. Lemmond,
Jr., (R-20) becomes law.
Currently, small-scale hydro
projects are exempted from paying
a 30-mill Public Utility Realty Tax
(PURTA) during their first 10 years
of operation. This exemption would
be extended to cover the normal two
fo three-year period of construction
for new facilities under the provi-
sions of the bill.
Lemmond explained that long-
term energy independence and eco-
nomic development would be better
served by granting the ‘exemption
during the construction phase in
addition to the 10-year period.
“Without incentives, proposed facili-
ties which are considered marginal,
would probably not be built.”
Trauma
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Special to The Dallas Post
Within the last several months, a
new organization has established
itself as a foundation for trauma
prevention in Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania.
The Northeast Unit of the Ameri-
can Trauma Society has been
founded for the purpose of promot-
ing and educating the public as to
trauma prevention. Its role is to
undertake activities which will
cause a decrease in trauma, the
leading killer of persons 18 years or
younger.
Trauma occurs in many ways as
a result of a variety of accidents
including deadly traffic vehicular
accidents throughout the nation.
national organization with various
state divisions and local units
throughout the country. In Pennsyl-
vania, while the state division has
been active, many of the local units
have only recently established
themselves as a tool for trauma
prevention.
The Northeast Unit has been
organized through the auspices of
Emergency Medical Services of
Northeastern Pennsylvania and now
holds its incorporation with its own
Board of Directors through the state
division.
Its major activity in recent
months included the carrying out of
trauma week in late September and
early October during which many
outdoor signs were posted showing
trauma prevention as an important
aspect of an educational process.
Within the five county service
area of the Unit which includes
Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming,
Pike and Wayne, outdoor signs were
paid for by sponsors who provided
the resources by which trauma
week activities were carried out. In
addition, other activities were spon-
sored by the Northeast Unit includ-
ing a Speakers’ Bureau in which
volunteers spoke before community
groups concerning trauma preven-
tion.
Northeast Pennsylvania has a
leading exponent of trauma preven-
tion within the state with Dr. Wil-
liam Host of Tunkhannock, Presi-
dent of the State Chapter.
The Northeast Unit pioneered the
outdoor sign program for the entire
state since the format of the pro-
gram, as well as the variety of signs
themselves were developed by rep-
resentatives of the Northeast Unit.
The American Trauma Society
represents all of the groups and or
individuals who concern themselves
with trauma prevention including
volunteer and professional ambul-
ance squads, hospitals, physicians,
citizens concerned with trauma pre-
vention, and all others who form
part of the trauma system.
Membership in the American
Trauma Society and participation in
the Northeast Unit may be obtained
by writing the Northeast Unit Amer-
ican Trauma Society, WARM Build-
ing, P.O. Box 179, Avoca, Pa. 18641.
Membership on the Board of Direc-
tors is also possible by writing to
the same address.
(Howard Grossman, a Back
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