Editor's notes
OPENING DAY of fishing season
has come and gone - and, for some
odd reason, I think there were more
unsuccessful fishermen than there
were successful ones this past Sat-
urday as hundreds of anglers cast
their lines in Harveys Lake alone,
hoping to land the big one.
During our
church service on
Sunday, the min-
ister asked all
those in the con- |
I was rather sur- |
prised at the
amount of fisher:
men who were in
church
on that particular Sunday. But,
when the minister asked how many
of those fishermen were successful
on Saturday, I was doubly surprised
to see how many hands went down.
From what I understand, there
wasn’t even standing room left at
Harveys Lake and at other smaller
fishing holes this past Saturday. I
guess everybody wants to get out
and be the first of the season to
catch a fish.
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THE BIGGEST DRIP of them all,
though, was Charlie Innamorati, of
Kingston, an employee at the Kings-
ton Post Office, who somehow man-
aged to fall into the lake.
Although our latest report was
that Charlie had taken work off
Saturday and Monday to go fishing,
I would venture to guess Charlie
was home in bed on Monday with a
box of Puffs and a bottle of cough
syrup.
Charlie was fishing with his son
Jamie when all of a sudden, and
before he even knew what hit him,
he was in the lake. I understand
that with the amount of fishermen
out on Saturday, it may have been
an almost impossible task to catch a
fish, but really, Charlie, don’t you
think you went a bit too far by
diving in after them?
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SPEAKING OF THE POST
OFFICE, my apologies to Hank
Kaminsky for having him geograph-
ically lost last week.
Hank, who was originally
reported as. recently returning from
a vacation to Hawaii, was actually
visiting his son and daughter-in-law
in San Francisco, California.
I happen to see Hank last Tuesday
evening as he was treating two of
his grandchildren to a hamburger
for supper and it was then that he
told me he had just come back from
San Francisco. Knowing full well
our newspaper had already gone to
press for that week and there was
nothing I could to rectify the situa-
tion at that point, I assured Hank I
would run a retraction this week.
Being the understanding soul that
he is, though, Hank informed me
that he spent some time in Hawaii
when he was in the service so,
actually, I was not lying in my
column last week.
Hank, however, was concerned as
to whether or not I was ruining his
credibility by reporting that he had
been in Hawaii when he would have
to explain to everyone that he was
really in San Francisco. I assured
Hank, though, that if anyone’s cre-
dibility was in danger over that
particular report, it was mine and
not his.
So, to set the record straight,
Hank Kaminsky recently returned
home after visiting his son and
daughter-in-law in San Francisco,
California.
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AND, WHILE WE'RE ON THE
SUBJECT, a great big welcome
goes out to Rosa Dadurka, a former
resident of Forty Fort now residing
in Los Angeles, California, who is
visiting at my house for a few
weeks.
Mrs. Dadurka, who is my stepsis-
ter’s grandmother (and if you think
that’s confusing, put yourself in my
shoes), is touring the Eastern
United States for several weeks,
visiting with friends and family
while here.
Grandma Dadurka and Susan
have just been having a ball cruis-
ing around visiting some people who
were thrilled to see them. It’s
caring person as Grandma Dadurka
visiting us.
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LAST WEEK I wrote about the
kindness and generosity of one Jane
Edmunds who won a one-year sub-
scription to The Dallas Post at a
fashion show the previous week.
And, not being a resident of the
Back Mountain, Jane felt she would
be most unfamiliar with the people
and the things we cover in our
newspaper.
So, rather than letting the sub-
scription go to waste, Jane sent the
certificate back to our circulation
department and asked that we find
a needy person in the Back Moun-
tain who would benefit more from
such a gift.
Turns out that Jane Cummings,
an advertising representative for
our sister publication, the Northeast
Pennsylvania Business Journal, had
met Jane Edmunds just a few days
prior to last week’s edition of The
Dallas Post. Ms. Edmunds is an
executive assistant with Blue Cross
in Wilkes-Barre and was attending a
business meeting with Ms. Cum-
mings. Small world, isn’t it?
And, as the story finalizes itself -
we have found someone who is very
interested in reading The Dallas
Post on a weekly basis but just
never had the opportunity to have a
subscription all their own.
Much thanks to Marilyn Gregor-
ski, activities director at the Mead-
ows Nursing Center in Dallas, for
helping us to locate just the right
person to give this subscription to.
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ALSO, MUCH THANKS to Sheila
Smith for the drawing she sent to
me the other day. Sheila was so
thrilled to read her name in my
column a few weeks ago when she
celebrated her birthday, she sent
me a drawing of a beautiful tree as
a thank you note.
I’m also glad to hear that Sheila
is feeling much better these days
after having suffered a serious
attack of gastritis last Thursday
night and spending half the night in
the hospital emergency room.
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BARBARA HOOVER of Trucks-
ville would like to thank to unidenti-
fied Shriner for locating her son’s
eyeglass case when it became lost
at the Irem Temple Circus last
week.
Seems the young Hoover boy was
also carrying his $5.00 allowance
money in the glass case and was
only too thrilled to have everything
returned to him in one piece.
So, to the man in the maroon fez
who went out of his way to make a
little boy happy, our hats are off to
you.
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AND, A GREAT BIG round of
applause to two Back Mountain
residents who finished first in Satur-
day’s Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
Annual Five-Mile run. f
Gloria Rawls of Trucksville, a
former fellow employee of mine at
The Times Leader, and Dr. Larry
Litscher of Dallas, were the first
female and male finisher respec-
tively in a field of several hundred.
Also, a tip of the jogging shoes to
Carl Seitz, another Dallas resident,
who served as coordinator of this
year’s race.
(Dotty Martin is the Executive
Editor of Pennaprint Inc., publish-
ers of The Dallas Post)
DEAR EDITOR:
The members of the Dallas Area
Federated Woman's Club thank you
for your generous contribution to
our benefit Card Party and Fashion
Show held last week at Irem Coun-
try Club.
The proceeds go to the Back
Mountain Library and our Scholar-
ship Fund. Because of donations
such as yours, we are able to realize
a greater profit and feel that we all
help to benefit the community.
Thank you for supporting us in
this endeavor.
DALLAS AREA FEDERATED
WOMAN'S CLUB
DEAR EDITOR:
Penn’s Woods Council Girl Scouts,
from our youngest Daisy to adult
volunteers would like to thank you
for your help in celebrating Girl
Scout Week.
~ We appreciate your cooperation
and kind words. Everyone knows a
little more about Girl Scouting
because you told them about our
activities. " PENN'S WOODS
GIRL SCOUT COUNCIL, INC.
WILKES-BARRE, PA.
REMEMBERING
Trucksville Mill
50 YEARS AGO - APRIL 17, 1936
The Men’s Club of Shavertown was planning its
annual Minstrel Show. The entire show was under the
direction of Dave Joseph, Trucksville.
A permanent farmer’s market in a new, convenient
location was the recommendation of R.B. Donaldson
and John Gauss, who had completed a survey for
Pennsylvania State College.
Deaths - Sophie Hendershot, Wilkes-Barre.
You could get - Aged cheese 21c Ib.; 3 tall cans milk
20c; fillets of cod 2 lbs. 25¢; Little Neck clams 100-37c;
peanut butter 2 1b. jar 25c; 2 lb. gingersnaps 15¢.
40 YEARS AGO - APRIL 19, 1946
Native Lace Works Inc. an affiliate of Native Laces
and Textiles, Inc., 261 Fifth Avenue, New York City,
purchased 16 acres along the Harveys Lake Highway
and would erect a:$475,000 plant there. The company
manufactured laces, rayons, cottons, spuns, knits,
elastics and hosiery mesh. :
The Back Mountain Memorial Library was host to
librarians of 54 communities when it hosted the
Northeastern District Library meeting. The ail day
session was held at Irem Temple Country Club.
Engaged - Doris Stookey and Harold L. Brobst.
Married - Virginia Lee Price and Paul Nulton; Fay
Fischer Adams and Harry C. Snyder; Vera Shaver
and George Swan; Jane Ayre and Thomas Loomis.
Deaths - Arthur Kocher, Alderson.
You could get - Turkeys 49c¢ lb.; roasting chickens
45¢ 1b.; oranges 43c doz.; potatoes, 5 lb. 32¢; 3 pkg.
Paas Easter egg dyes 25c; Lifebuoy soap 3 bars 20c;
horse radish 27c¢ Ib.
30 YEARS AGO - APRIL 20, 1956
Five school boards ironed out their differences
leaving a smooth and unruffled surface for the Dallas
Area Schools Jointure. Dallas Borough, Kingston
Township, Dallas Township, Franklin and Monroe
Townships would become a new jointure.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shavertown, made
plans for a three-day rededication service to celebrate
their $50,000 church expansion and renovation pro-
gram. Former pastors Rev. Herbert Frankfort, Rev.
John Taylor and Rev. Frederick Moock, Jr. would be
guest speakers as well as G. Elston Ruff the church’s
first pastor.
Engaged - Sandra Graves to Airman Warren
Denmon; Audrey Bilby to Carl Rood.
Married - Elizabeth Furnell to Richard P. Lavelle.
Birthdays - Mrs. James Ide, 90 years old.
Deaths - Margaret Coates, Hilldonia Avenue, Wil-
liam Fischer, Fernbrook; August Schulze, Carverton;
Philip Pascoe, Carverton.
You could get - Sirloin steaks 69c Ib.; smoked picnic
hams 29¢ 1b.; ducklings 49c Ib.; Velveeta Cheese 2-1b.
loaf 85c; cream cheese 8 oz. pkg. 85c; Birds Eye
orange juice 4-6 oz. cans 73c.
20 YEARS AGO - APRIL 21, 1966
Marjorie Evans and Judy Kocher were recipients of
the John Philip Sousa Award at the annual Lake-
Lehman Band Concert. The girls were seniors at Lake-
Lehman High School.
Trucksville Fire Company held an open house for
the community to celebrate moving into their new
pany, Vought: Long, Fire Chief and volunteers and
members of the Ladies Auxiliary were on hand to
greet visitors. :
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Percy Wagner, 28
years; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sisco, 35 years.
Birthdays - Rev. Charles Gilbert, 75 years old;
Fanny Sutton, 89 years old.
Deaths - Robert Scott, Lehman; Cecelia Wheeler,
Harveys Lake; Mina Roberts, Pioneer Ave., Shaver-
town; Grace Emery, Noxen; and Nancy Metz Kelch,
Falls Church, Va.
You could get - Veal roast 49c lb.; chuck roast 69c
Ib.; rib roast, 79c 1b.; strawberries, 39¢ pt.; Ib. cottage
cheese 27c’ fresh pineapples 3-$1; Chase & Sanborn
Coffee 79c 1b. can.
10 YEARS AGO - APRIL 22, 1976
John F. Sheehan, Overbrook Road, Dallas, was
notified of his selection for inclusion in the 1976 edition
of Outstanding Young Men of America Program.
Interfaith Friends announced the appointment of
Kristin Goudy as area coordinator for the Back
Mountain. Her main responsibility would be to coordi-
nate volunteer visitors for nursing and rest homes.
Married - Melonie Pierce and Edward Kanarr;
Deaths - Anna Brown, Dallas; Margaret Vollrath,
Trucksville; L. Verne Lacy, formerly of Shavertown.
You could get - Boneless chuck roast 99c 1b.; beef
liver 59c¢ lb.; ground chuck 99c lb.; Miracle Whip 32 oz.
99c; flour 10 1b. bag $1.69; broccoli 3 pkg. $1; cabbage
11c 1b.; Parkay margarine 59¢ 1b.
OPINION
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
We have on display in the main
lobby of the library an antique
sheep clipper, which is over 50
years old.
This was donated to the library by
Marvin Scott, who was a shepherd
at Hillside Farms for over 40 years,
having retired last month. The clip-
per is hand operated and requires
two people to operate it; one to hold
the machine and turn the handle
and the other to hold the sheep and
clip him.
Mr. Scott did clip the sheep at
Hillside and tied the wool and
trimmed the feet. He has also used
an electric clipper which is a one
man operation. Mr. Scott bought the
clipper for his own use with the
possibility of selling it to an antique
shop and then decided to donate it
to the library for our use and
display or to be sold at our auction.
Hillside Farms now has about 200
cows and calves and they use their
milk for sale and to make their ice
cream. They are presently milking
80 or 90 cows. Information about a
local business enterprise is always
interesting and we are grateful to
Mr. Scott for donating the sheep
clipper to the library.
Our National Library Week pro-
gram presented by Dr. Charlotte
Casterline, the author, and Patricia
Zabroski, the illustrator, of “My
Friend Has Asthma” held the audi-
ence captive with their interesting
account of the events and planning
which go into the making of a new
book.
The hot buffet lunch served after
the program was plentiful and deli-
cious. Katherine, the subject of the
book, and the friend who has
asthma, was here and wound up at
my desk having refreshments. She
drew a very pretty picture of a
rainbow with clouds, flowers and a
tree and then presented the painting
to me, which I have hanging in my
office area. She is a very likeable
child.
This was a very exciting evening
at the Back Mountain Memorial
Library with a lot of good fellow-
ship, education, food and a chance
for many people to see our new
library for the first time. A magnifi-
cent way to celebrate National
Library Week 1986.
Britannica Encyclopedia to the ref-
erence room collection. We also
have the following current encyclo-
pedias; Academic American, Amer-
icana, Colliers, Merit Student, New
Book of Knowledge and World Book.
The older editions of these encylco-
pedias can circulate, such as World
Book, Britannica Junior, Colliers
and New Book of Knowledge.
The Book Club will hold its April
meeting on Monday, the 21st at 1:30
in the reference room of the library.
An auction committee meeting will
be held on Tuesday, April 29 at the
library with Dr. John Shaskas, 1986
chairman, conducting the meeting.
(Nancy Kozemchak is the assist-
ant librarian at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library. Her column
appears weekly in The Dallas Post.)
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
To be “a first” is to create an
indelible impression on society.
Will we ever forget the impact of
the first woman to run for vice-
president on a major party ticket or
the first woman to run for vice-
president on a major party ticket or
the first woman to become a
Supreme Court Justice? “A first” is
a leader who is remembered for
being unique. Juliette Gordon Low
was a first. In 1912, she founded Girl
Scouts of the U.S.A., which has
beocme the largest voluntary orga-
nization for girls in the world.
Today, 74 years after the first Girl
Scout troop set out to explore new
worlds, the goal remains
unchanged: to help today’s girls
become tomorrow’s leaders. And
through it all, the best part is the
fun.
Adult Girl Scout volunteers
remain adventurous and contempo-
rary. They're young at heart and
enjoy being a special friends to girls
ages five through 17. Girl Scout
finger painting with five-year old
Daisy Girl Scouts or mountain
exciting, challenging and reward-
are fun to be with. They make Girl
Scouting fun.
April 22 is Girl Scout Leader’s
Day. We take great pride in recog-
nizing the accomplishments of Girl
Scout leaders and assistant leaders
of 410 Troops in Penn’s Woods Girls
Scout Council - both men and
women - of diverse backgrounds.
Many of these leaders grew up as
Girl Scouts and their daughters are
Scouts. While it’s true that not
everyone can be “a first”, every
Girl Scout leader can be, and is,
unique.
These special people reach out to
girls and help them reach farther
still - to pursue their dreams, dis-
cover new horizons and take that
extra step to be the best they can
be. But Girl Scout leaders are most
appreciated for being outstanding
role models to young girls.
DEAR EDITOR:
We are writing to tell you how
pleased we were with the article
that one of your reporters, John
Hoinski, wrote about our son, Eddie.
John showed much understanding of
and compassion towards Eddie’s
problem.
We also have a lot of praise for
the young photographer, Eddie
Campbell, who came to our house to
take Eddie’s picture. He was very
fussy about where the picture
should be taken and took great
pains to be sure conditions were just
right.
You are very fortunate to have
two such aspiring young men to
work for your paper.
We promise to keep you informed
concerning Eddie’s progress with
the Boy Scbuts. Scout’s honor!
BONNIE AND ED TURCHIN
CEASETOWN, JACKSON TOWN-
SHIP
P.S. The reason we agree to do
interviews concerning Eddie is that
we hope if some other family might
be going through a serious medical
problem with a child, Eddie might
be an inspiration to them to not give
up hope.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
By REP. FRANK COSLETT
Special to The Dallas Post
Here is a summary of important
events that occured on Capitol Hill
last week from Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
GOV. DICK THORNBURGH'S
iecent veto of a bill which would
have allowed insurers to continue
setting auto insurance rates based
on gender was overridden by the
House this week on two separate
occasions. By a 144-50 vote, and
again by a 137-56 margin, support-
ers of the measure succeeded in
garnering the necessary two-thirds
majority for the override attempt.
If the governor’s veto stands, insur-
ance companies will be required to
implement so-called unisex insur-
ance rates on June 1.
THE FUTURE of Philadelphia’s
proposed convention center suffered
a second major setback in less than
a month when the House defeated a
measure which would have created
a governing. board for the $455
million project. By a 108-90 margin,
the House voted not to support the
bill which would have created a
nine-member board to oversee con-
struction and operation of the
center. The House had defeated the
same bill in mid-March. Plans for
minority participation in the con-
struction and indecision over who
would pay for construction costs
overruns were the focus of debate
on the bill.
THE LIFE of a gun license in
Pennsylvania would be extended
from one to five years if legislation
which passed the General Assembly
this week is signed by Gov. Thorn-
burgh. Sponsored by Rep. Lynn
Herman (R-Centre), the bill would
not only lengthen the life of the
license but would also increase the
fee for a gun permit from $5.50 to
$7.50. Herman said under existing
procedures, it is not cost effective
for the state. to issue a gun license
for a one-year period.
(Rep. Frank Coslett serves the
120th Legislative District which
‘encompasses the Back Mountain
area. His column appears weekly in
The Dallas Post.)