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THE REV. JACK PRATER
FAMILY has been enjoying
some special occasions these
gave
his past Saturday, the
couple’s son, John Mark Prater
and Susan Marie Catina, of
Forty Fort, were married in the
Prince of Peace Episcopal
Church, Dallas. ;
An interesting
note about this
wedding is that
all those who
to shower the
newlyweds got
a surprise when
ink and white |
alloons were | ¥
used instead. DOTTY MARTIN
That’s right, members of the
wedding party released pink
and white balloons in honor of
the bride and groom instead of
throwing rice — a rather unique
way of introducing newlyweds
to the world.
Other occasions in the Prater
family are that the couple’s
other son, Scott W. Prater, who
served as best man for his
brother during Saturday’s
wedding ceremony, will, along
with his wife, be celebrating his
one-year anniversary soon. And,
the couple’s daughter, Debbie,
will be married in November.
Congratulations to Rev.
Prater, his wife, Ingrid and all
other members of the Prater
family upon their joyous
celebrations.
And, in all fairness to the
arents of Saturday’s bride,
ats off to Frank and Jean
Catina of Porty Port.
SPEAKING OF WEDDINGS,
congratulations and best wishes
are extended to Molly Reilly,
also of Forty Fort, who was
married on June 7.
Molly, who is employed as a
real estate agent in Dallas,
married Stanley Price of
Swoyersville and the couple
enjoyed a wedding trip to
Niagara Falls.
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ALONG THE LINES of
anniversaries, congratulations
to our own Charlot Denmon and
her husband, Andy who will be
celebrating their 45th wedding
anniversary this weekend.
Can you imagine that - 45
years with the same person?
Anyway, congratulations to both
of you - that’s certainly a
milestone in one’s life worth
celebrating.
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ANOTHER CELEBRATION
in the Fowler family as Ann
Marie Fowler noted her
birthday yesterday, June 17.
Mrs. Fowler, the former Ann
Marie Evans, recently received
a Bachelor’s Degree from
College Misericordia, while
husband Jack recently
celebrated his birthday and also
Compl ied a crime prevention
workshop at Luzerne County
Community College.
Much to celebrate in the
Fowler family these days.
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I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
to visit with Ralph ‘‘Rusty”’
Seltzer at a gra uation party
this past weekend.
Rusty, most of our readers
will remember, is the Kingston
Township policeman who was
run down by a juvenile driver
last year. But, by looking at
Rusty, you'd never, ever know
he had any physicla
impairments whatsoever. After
months of healing and physical
therapy, Rusty is just as good
as new these ays.
And, as he was accompanied
. arol
zma and their son Ryan
(who looks an awful fot like his
no grudges and is just as happy-
go-lucky as ever before.
One of the things he seems to
be rather sold on, however, is
the idea of a regionalized police
force. As a Supphrier of such a
system myself, I only hope it
won’t take many more incidents
like the one which involved °
Rusty and the one which
involved two other area
policemen a few weeks ago.
efore the higher-ups find time
to take a serious look at that
idea.
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A BACK MOUNTAIN
RESIDENT by the name of
Ruth is seeking any individuals
interested in joining a fun-filled,
mixed softball league this fall.
Ruth called our office and
asked if we might help her find
such individuals. If there is
anyone out there who is
interesting in having some fun
Playin softball, please call
uth at 675-3865.
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THESE CAR SIGNS - you
know, the ones you see
S)ctioncr upped to the rear
ot of cars these
days - seem to have gotten a
little out of hand, haven’t they?
The first ones I ever saw said,
‘‘Baby on Board” or ‘Child on
Board.” I thought the signs
were kind of cute, but I often
wondered if they were put on
the windows in hopes 0
preventing an accident.
I can see it now - an rear-end
accident is about to happen, but
because the sign in the window
says, ‘Baby on Board,” the
driver of the car about to do the
hitting gives that little extra
effort to prevent the accident
because of the sign. Something
tells me things wouldn’t work
quite that way.
Anyway, as time has passed
since these first signs were
introduced, the rear windows of
automobile are getting even
more ridiculous. I have seen
some really weird signs in the
past few weeks and intend to
start making a list of some of
the messages they are
delivering.
In the meantime, I would like
to ask my readers to share with
me and with the rest of our
readers, any strange signs You
have seen in the windows o
cars lately.
You can either call me at our
office (675-5211) or drop me a
line with the saying printed on a
pisse of paper. I have a feeling
hat together, we'll be able to
come up with a pretty humorous
list of things people are saying
from the confines of their
automobiles.
(. Douly Martin is the
Executive Editor of Pennaprint
Inc., publishers of The Dallas
Post. Her column appears
weekly.)
The Official America’s Little Miss
Pageant announces their 1987 Photo
Contest.
Show off your little girl! They are
looking for beautiful twinkling stars
to fill their pageant sky.
Girls between 3 through 12 years
old may compete for the ultimate
award, wearing the crown of The
Official America’s Little Miss 1987
with over $2,000 in cash and prizes
awarded at the finals.
Whether she can sing, dance or
just smile and look pretty, that’s all
that is needed. Each photo wil lbe
judged on beauty, pose, and cover
girl potential.
For a free official entry form and
additional information please send a
self-addressed stamped envelope to:
The Official America’s Little Miss
Pageant, 54 Ridge Road, Phoenix-
ville, PA 19460.
Remembering
Main Street
winters ago.
50 YEARS AGO - JUNE 19, 1936
During a freak storm that hit Centermoreland
lightning struck a cherry tree in the rear of the home
of Rev. Fedor Ether, then apparently spread into
three balls of fire. -
One of the fire balls broke two windows in the home
of E.E. Montross five hundred feet away. The other
broke two windows in the home of Joe Statnich an
equal distance from the Ether home but in the
opposite direction from the Montross home.
Richard Edgar Crompton and Marian Frances
Jones, two eighth graders at Kingston Township, were
awarded American Legion Awards for outstanding
qualities of honor, courage, scholarship, service and
leadership.
Married - Irene Clark and Alpha Dymond; Celia
Mae Whitesell and Joseph Arvin Ellsworth.
Deaths - Alonzo Keller, Dallas; Urinalla Durland,
Trucksville.
You could get - New potatoes 6 1b. 29c; watermelons
29c ea.; milk 4 tall cans 25c¢; butter 2 lb. 25¢; prunes 4
Ib. 25¢; chuck roast 17c 1b.; franks 23c lb.; pork loins
23c 1b.; whole milk cheese 21c 1b.; 8 O’Clock coffee 15¢
1b.
40 YEARS AGO - JUNE 21, 1946
Construction began on a new Colonial style home for
Lehman Fire Company. The building was erected on a
plot of land donted by Dr. H.A. Brown located across
from the Curtis property in Lehman. The new building
would have a 20 x 30 truck room and a 25 x 30 kitchen
and recreation area. 2
Friends and area businessmen gathered at informal
ceremonies on Main Street in Dallas to honor Chief of
Police Walter Covert on his 75th birthday. Covert was
honored with a money gift from the community.
Engaged - Isabel Hunt and Ensign Edwin Creager;
Bina Clare Garrity and John Stenger.
Married - Margaret Dinges and William H. Baker,
Jr.; Mabel Ahrendts and Sherman H. Harter.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Marvin K. Elston, 50
years.
Deaths - Lawrence W. Lansberry, Lehman Town-
ship.
You could get - Green beans 2 1b. 19¢; peaches 2 1b.
29c; ripe tomatoes 2 lb. 33c; large Northwestern
cherries 39c lb.; creamed cottage cheese 19¢ lb.; cod
fillets 33c lb.; Ivory toilet soap 4 med. bars 23c;
Oxydol 1g. pkg. 23c.
30 YEARS AGO- JUNE 22, 1956
Dallas Methodist Church welcomed its new minister
Rev. Russell C. Lawry. Rev. Lawry and his family
moved to our area from a pastorate in Oneonta, N.Y.
Rev. William Heapes and his family, formerly of
Dallas Methodist, assumed pastorate at Oneonta, N.Y.
Because of a severe hailstorm following deep freeze
weather for 35 days local strawberry crops on the
farms of Albert Norris and Fred Updyke were badly
damaged.
Engaged - Carlene Kocher to James 0. McCaffrey;
Alice Daw and Thomas F. Hefferman.
Married - Ann L. Engelman and John J. Hansen;
Annabel Briggs to Edward John Charney.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Elston, 60
years; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Goddard, 25 years.
Deaths - Leighton Scott, Easton; Lenora Wardan,
S of fire
Trucksville; Samuel Meeker, Hunlock Creek; Char-
lotte Benedict, Lehman; David Lahr, Trucksville.
You could get - Fryers 35c¢ lb.; chuck roast 29¢c 1b.;
cantaloupes 2-49c; cucumbers 5-25; bananas 2 1b. 29c;
cranberry sauce 2-16 oz. cans 37c; frozen lemonade 7-6
oz. cans $1; Rival dog food 6-16 oz. cans 69c; Beechnut
baby foods, strained, 6-59¢; Oreos 35¢ pkg.
20 YEARS AGO - JUNE 23, 1966
Four area high school students were selected by
Dallas Rotary Club for the Leadership Training
Program at Camp Brooklyn. Representing Dallas
High School were Jeffrey Morris and Greg Hicks.
David Klingerman and Edward Dubil represented
Lake-Lehman.
Kingston Township supervisor Edward Hall sug-
gested having someone man the phones at the
township building during more day time hours. Com-
plaints had been made concerning not being able to
reach the police department when necessary.
Engaged - Ann Marie Howatch and Robert M.
Sorochak.
Married - Ellen Elizabeth Knies and John Norman
Landis III; Shirley Ann Yalick and Charles Kish-
baugh, Jr.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sweppenheiser,
25 years; Mr. and Mrs. John Bebey, 26 years; Mr. and
Mrs. Gustave Wahlgren, 26 years; Mr. and Mrs.
William P. Steinhauers, 29 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Gunton, 36 years; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Kishbaugh, Sr., 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wagner, 20 years.
Deaths - Raymond W. McClary, Dallas; Albert J.
Yenches, Shavertown; Annie Gattler, Shavertown;
Frank T. Kreigh, Shavertown.
You could get - Boneless chuck roast 59c¢ 1b.; canned
hams 79c lb.; bananas 2 1b. 25¢; mustard 2 lb. jar 27c;
Kosher Gherkins qt. bottle 39¢; 20 1b bag of Charcoal
Briquets 99c; Hunt’s tomato sauce 2 cans 43c;
Mayonnaise qt. jar 55c; Nabisco Shredded Wheat 37c
pkg.
10 YEARS AGO - JUNE 24, 1976
Dallas School Board plan to adopt a $5.3 million
budget for the 1976-1977 school year met with opposi-
tion from the Back Mountain Protective Association.
The budget would result in a 5 mill increase for area
residents.
Harveys Lake Bicentennial Committee planned a
“Memory Ball” featuring a pictorial history of the
borough. Chairman of the Memory Ball Committee
was Sandra Serhan; committee members were Claire
Chollak; Mary Lou Casterline, Betty Sherksnas, Tina
Crake.
Engaged - Susan George to Joseph Kane; Sally
Harter and Thomas John Graham; Janine Malkames
and William Patrick Andrew, Jr.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. John Crispell, 35
years; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cartier, 25 years; Mr. and
Mrs. William Dymond, Orange, 25 years.
Deaths - Kenneth Brace, Rockville, Md.; Donald D.
Trethaway, Dallas; Emory Straley, Beaumont; Walter
Sterling Davis, Dallas.
You could get - Sirloin steak $1.69 1b.; skinless
haddock $1.39 1b.; macaroni 2-89c; Lipton Ice team
mix 36 oz. can $1.99; sweet corn 10 ears 99c;
nectarines 39c 1b.; Kraft American singles 12 oz. 89c;
Kraft orange juice 89c %» gal.
Letters
DEAR EDITOR:
I'm an inmate at the Indiana
State Prison. I don’t have anyone
writing or visiting me! It seems as
though the friends I once had only
lasted as long as I could pay for the
tab.
I’ve been incarcerated since Sep-
tember of 1983. In the last three
years, I’ve written to different
people, anyone who I felt might
remember some bond of friendship.
But night after night passes without
any response. I’ve been forgotten
and it hurts!
I’m a white male and 26 years
old. I am single, 5 ft. 11”’ and weigh
190 pounds. I have light brown hair
and blue eyes. I enjoy all types of
music, and I play (rhythm guitar).
I'm active in sports, and I take
every opportunity to better myself.
Quite frankly this place is terri-
ble, and seeing other men around
me getting mail day after day
depresses me more, and really
sends me to some low points at
times. I’m lonely, and it would
mean a lot to me if I had someone
to correspond with.
I hope you can find it in your
heart to publish this in your paper,
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
perhaps sparking an interest in
someone. Maybe someone out there
feels the same way I do. I regret I
can’t afford to pay for this (adver-
tisement) because I only make $10 a
month while working here.
Thanks for any consideration that
publish this; I promise to answer
everyone who respond to my plea.
Thanks for listening, and have a
nice day. WILLARD PAUL HURD
BOX 41 NO. 32376
MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA
46360
DEAR EDITOR:
Last week I was very much sur-
prised when my daughter came
home from work with a picture of
our float which we had entered in
the Sweet Valley Memorial Say
Parade. A co-worker from Dallas
recognized her and took the picture
into work.
This was a family project and we
all had a lot of fun. We had every-
thing on it from a hornets nest to a
400 1b. concrete holstein cow.
Since I was told lately ‘“You give
credit where credit is due” I must
give some credit to our good friends
Kim and Larry Culver for the use of
their toy John Deere tractor and
milk bucket.
Your paper brought back memo-
ries since I was born and raised in
Jackson Twp. and my parents sub-
scribed to The Dallas Post.
Thanks again, good luck with your
paper and we “might” see you at
the Sweet Valley Parade again next
year.
PEGGY “ELENCHIK” HARRISON
SHICKSHINNY
DEAR EDITOR:
On behalf of the Dallas Intermedi-
ate School P.T.O., I would like to
thank you (Dotty Martin) and
extend my sincere appreciation for
the cooperation and kindesses given
school year.
You and your staff certainly gave
us that little extra necessary atten-
tion and consideration in the print-
ing and covering of our P.T.O.
sponsored events.
Seeing our work given notice and
attention in your paper made our
voluntary responsibilities worth-
while.
GUS ARGENTATI
PUBLICITY CHAIRMAN
INTERMEDIATE
SCHOOL
DALLAS
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
The Garden Club of Wyoming
Valley held its June meeting at the
Back Mountain Memorial Library
and invited members of the library
Book Club to join them. About 30
women assembled on a Wednesday
afternoon and enjoyed an
informative and very interesting
program given by Miss Cummings,
who is employed by Hillside Farms
in the gardening department.
Her program covered the many
kinds of wildflowers and then
showed some beautiful slide
pictures including the meadow
buttercup, columbine, foxglove,
mandrake and honeysuckle. She had
packets of mixed wildflower seeds
to pass around and some small
plants to show.
Mrs. Robinson, program
chairman of the Garden Club, had
asked me a month ago if they would
be able to meet here in June and, of
course, I agreed and then they
invited the Book Club to come also
and that was great. A super group
of people. A lovely tea table,
complete with silver service was set
up in the reference room and Mrs.
Anstett, president of the Garden
Club and Mrs. Crump, president of
the Book Club, poured.
Believe it or not, we are almost
there. Wednesday, July 9th through
Sunday, July 13 are the dates of the
40th annual library auction. A new
auction block, antiques room and
new goods room are nearly
completed at the rear of the library,
the odds and ends donations are
arriving every day, books, books
and books are being donated, new
goods committee are dropping off
their items and the antiques
committee is hard at work getting
their antique items numbered and
ready for the auction block.
Betty Ashbridge, antiques
committee, has set up a great
display in Besecker’s window in the
center of Dallas. The antiques
tiffany lamp is in the center of the
window, with a copper vase, brass
tray, an antique dress and an
antique picture to complete the
window decor. A beautifuly jelly
cupboard has just been put on
display in the lobby of the library
donated by Magistrate and Mrs.
Earl Gregory.
Also on display at the library is a
white wicker library table, a china
closet filled with antiques, an
antique sideboard and a wicker
baby carriage.
The entire auction committee will
meet at 7:30 at the library on
Tuesday, June 24 in the reference
room.
Bumped into good friend, Ernie,
the other day visiting at home on
leave from Florida and he was
wearing a unique tee shirt.
Flamingos and palm trees running
around on the front of the shirt and
on the back, The Flamingo Cafe of
Talahassee, Florida. Typical Ernie
— a fun-time guy.
(Nancy Kozemchak is the
assistant librarian at the Back
Mountain Memorial Library. Her
column appears weekly in The
Dallas Post.)
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
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:
STATE BUDGET - Over a two-
day period this week, House
members added some 200
amendments to a measure which
appeared to be the budget bill. After
the amending process was
completed, however, House leaders
revealed that an entirely different
bill - one already approved by the
House and sento to the Senate -
would be used as the basis for the
1986-87 budget. In its amendment
process, the House added almost
$800 million to the original $9.2
billion budget bill. Now that the
measure is stalled in committee, the
actual budget is expected to be -
shaped by a House-Senate
conference committee.
INTERSTATE BANKING - By an
overwhelming vote, House members
approved a Senate bill which would,
for the first time, establish
interstate banking in Pennsylvania.
Under terms of the measure, banks
from seven-state region could
operate in the commonwealth if
Pennsylvania banks could also cross
state lines. States included in the
legislation are Maryland, New
Jersey, Ohio, Delaware, Virginia,
West Virginia, Kentucky and the
District of Columbia. The bill has
been returned to the Senate for
concurrence on House amendments.
JUDICIAL CAMPAIGNS -
Statewide judicial campaigns would
be partially financed with public
funds under a measure which
passed the House. The bill would
require candidates to acquire
$25,000 from private sources to
qualify for public matching funds of
up to $50,000 for a primary and
$100,000 for a general election.
(Rep. Frank Coslett serves the
120th Legislative District which
encompasses parts of the Back
ountain area. His column appears
weekly in The Dallas Post.)
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