THE CASE OF THE MISSING
GOLF SHOES has been solved -
Finally!
Helen Thomas of Oak Hill says
she has lost more things by placing
them on top of her car and then
driving away and forgetting they’re
there - and the golf shoes were no
exception.
After finishing
a round of golf at [©
the Lehman Golf
Course one day
where she and
her husband,
Harold, are
members, Helen
placed the shoes
on top of the car
while she loaded
her clubs in the
trunk. And, you
guessed it — she DOTTY
forgot about the MARTIN
shoes and drove
away, only to have them land on the
pavement as she sped away.
A kind sole (again, no pun
intended) saw the shoes fall off her
car and decided to bring them to
our office in hopes that we might be
able to locate their owner.
And locate her we did — we ran a
classified ad in the Lost and Found
section and I mentioned the
dilemma in my column one week.
And, lo and behold, one of Mrs.
Thomas’ friends saw the ad in our
paper and called her to tell her
about the shoes.
The friend should have been a
little quicker, though, and Mrs.
Thomas had already gone out and
purchased a new pair of golf shoes.
She admitted to us, however, that
the new ones just didn’t fit right and
she was absolutely thrilled to get
her old ones back.
Mrs. Thomas was just as lucky
with an umbrella that she placed on
top of her car and drove away
without one day. Her neighbor
happened to be driving behind her,
saw the umbrella roll off the car,
picked it up and simply drove up
behind her as she pulled into her
driveway that night.
. She wasn’t so fortunate, however,
when she left a small purse on top
of her car one day.
Mrs. Thomas would like to thank
the gentleman who thought enough
to attempt to return the golf shoes
to their owner - she’s absolutely
thrilled to have them back and,
something tells me, her golf game is
going to improve now, too.
And - if you ever see something
falling off the top of a car, keep
Mrs. Thomas is mind. She claims
she’s notorious for doing things like
that and feels the golf shoes won't
be the last thing she’ll leave on top
of her car.
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WHILE AT OUR OFFICE, Mrs.
Thomas told us an interesting story
about a golf trip she and her
husband were enjoying in
Clearwater, Florida.
While visiting Mrs. Thomas’
sister, Lana Burnstock and her
husband, Jack, in Clearwater,
Florida, the foursome were enjoying
a day on the golf course one day
and managed to run into some
former Back Mountain resident,
Ann and John Walsh.
Not knowing that the Walshes
were in Clearwater at the time and
not even knowing they were golfers,
the Thomas couple was flabergasted
to meet them on the golf course.
Sounds like it was a pretty happy
reunion, though. Wonder how much
golfing the group got in that day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GREETINGS go out to Cornelia
Davis of Murray Street in Forty
Fort who will celebrate her special
day on August 9.
Miss Davis, a lifelong resident of
Forty Fort, is a former school
teacher in the Dallas School
District.
An avid reader of The Dallas Post
and a personal friend of mine, Miss
Davis deserves to have the happiest
birthday a person can possibly
have.
Cheers to you, Miss Davis!
ANOTHER BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATION in the Sheehan
Family as Lynn Sheehan, Sr. noted
his birthday yesterday, August 5.
A resident of Huntsville Road,
Dallas, Lynn is employed by AT&T
Communications and is a member
of the Dallas Fire and Ambulance,
Inc.
Happy birthday, Lynn - how many
more years before YOU hit the big
5-0?
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BIRTHDAY WISHES to two of
our own staff members as Jane
Cummings celebrates her special
day tomorrow, August 7, and John
Hoinski notes his birthday on
Sunday, August 10.
Jane, a resident of Dallas, is
employed as an advertising
representative for our sister
publication, the Northeast
while John, of Plains, is a staff
writer for The Dallas Post.
Something tells me we’ll be eating
birthday cake in the office this
week.
Happy Mirday | to both of you.
RUBIN (you ei that
devilish little kitten that has
managed to make his way into my
home as well as into my heart) had
his first check-up with the
veterinarian since the day the
doctor gave him a second chance at
life.
And, Dr. Rubin (the cat’s
namesake, if you will) feels the
feline is doing very well. The bones
in his back legs that were crushed
by that car a month ago are
calcifying very well and the cat now
allows nothing to stand in his way.
Rubin, for as small as he is - if he
weighs three pounds now, he’s
pushing it - isn’t even afraid of the
dog, who tips the scale at around 40
pounds. As Sport (the dog) lays on
the floor, sound asleep and minding
her own business, this sneaky little
cat crawls right up to her and
prepares kor attack.
analyzing
the situation and making the sure
the cat is totally unaware of his
existence, he lashes out and
punches the dog in the stomach -
with a paw so small it probably
wouldn’t even knock out a fly.
But, by doing so, the cat feels like
he’s in control of the environment -
an environment the dog has
mastered for several years now.
The cat is learning how to make
himself right at home these days.
He’s not afraid of us anymore and
he’s come to realize that when the
blue bowl comes out of the
cupboard, he’s going to get fed.
He has also learned how to jump
up on my bed and make his way to
the windowsill to watch the birds in
the next door neighbor’s yard. The
only problem I have with this action
is that I have a waterbed and I'm
afraid some night I’m going to be
sleeping with a slow leak and not
know it until I wake up and find
myself lying on a completely empty
waterbed while the rest of my
bedroom furniture is floating.
Rubin is also going to be taking
organ lessons soon. My stepsister,
Susan, awoke one day to find the cat
sound asleep on the lower keyboard
of the organ in the livingroom. So,
what the heck, if he’s going to lay
there, he may as well learn how to
play the darn thing.
Needless to say, things around the
house have not been boring since
Rubin came to stay. He keeps us on
our toes and we never know what
he’s going to get into next.
The problem is that even before
Rubin’s arrival, my stepsister
promised a friend of hers that we
would dogsit her three-year-old
Basset Hound while she and her
family went to Florida for a week.
So, you guessed it - Abby the basset
hound will be staying with us next
week — in addition to Rubin and
Sport who still don’t know whose
supposed to be in charge.
If you see my office light on late
into the night any day next week,
you’ll know the animals have taken
over completely and I've completely
lost my sanity.
(Dotty Martin is the Executive
Editor of Pennaprint Inc.,
publishers of The Dallas Post. Her
column appears weekly.)
After
Remembering
Main Street
Shown here is an old view of Main Street,
50 YEARS AGO - AUG. 7, 1936
Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance
Union encouraged the option of forbidding liquor in the
municipalities of Dallas Borough and Kingston. The
question would be placed on the ballot in November.
Noxen was one of the few communities in Pennsyl-
vania and probably the only one in Northeastern
Pennsylvania where Daylight saving time was being
observed.
Ronald Doll, former principal of Dallas Borough
School, joined the English Department of Dallas
Township High School.
Engaged - Catherine McKown and S.H. Hemenway.
Deaths - Josephine L. Venit, Demund’s Road; Mrs.
Elmer Parrish, Dallas; Christopher Peter Houghtal-
ing, Dallas.
You could get - Red Salmon tall can 20c; tuna fish 2
cans 29c¢; lemons 29c doz.; onions 10 lb. bag 29¢c; 2 Ib.
jar peanut butter 25¢; corn 25¢ doz. ears; tomatoes 2
Ib. 13c; tub butter 2 lb. 77c; cheese 21c lb.; ground
beef 2 1b. 33¢; chuck roast 19¢ lb.
40 YEARS AGO - AUG. 9, 1946
Bulldozers of the Sordoni Construction Company
began excavation for the foundation of Natona Mills, a
subsidiary of Native Lace and Textiles Inc.
First National Bank of Dallas was awarded a bond
issue in the amount of $125,000. Proceeds were used to
remodel Coughlin High School and to make extensive
improvements to school property. The securities
carried a 1%; percent interest rate.
Engaged - Wanda Shabelski and Harry Phelps
Carey; Frances Mary Rowlands and Irvin Miller;
Laura Rothery and Richard Kutz; Bettie Welsh and P.
William Hanna, Jr.; Margaret Louise Swartz and
Married - Janice Ruggles and Lawrence Drabick;
Irene Banks and Arthur G. Parrish; Delores Updyke
and George Hackling.
You could get - Peaches 3 1b. 29c; green beans 2 1b.
19c; tomatoes 19c lb.; cod fillet 35¢ 1b.; 1 Ib. jar
peanut butter 30c; Nabisco Premium crackers llc
pkg.; red plums 19c lb.; cider vinegar 17c qt.; Hire’s
Root Beer Extracts 24c bottle.
30 YEARS AGO - AUG. 10, 1956
Demolition of the double-planked nine room house
formerly occupied by the McGarry family was
started. John Parrish of Carverton had the demolition
contract. This would be the site of the new addition to
Gate of Heaven School. Rev. Francis A. Kane was
church pastor.
A Barn Clearance sale was held at Risley’s Barn to
sell the remaining items not sold at this year’s annual
Library Auction. Harry Ohlman served as auctioneer.
Engaged - Alice Lucille Ochs and Gerald Carl
Gruver.
Married - Lois Anne Klein and Bernhard C. Siep-
man; Dorothy Kolesar and Emerson Veitch.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. John Breza, 50 years.
Deaths - Fred Doberstein, Sweet Valley; Amos
Daniel Bonhan, Oakdale; Frances Dunn, Blooming-
dale.
You could get - Standing rib roast 49c 1b.; fryers 39¢
Ib.; boiled ham 98c Ib.; seedless grapes 19c¢ Ib.;
Bartlett pears 2 1b. 29c; yams 2 1b. 25¢; sweet corn 49¢
doz.; lemons 39c doz.; Keeble’s Chocolate Fudge
Sandwich 45c 1b.. pkg. ;
20 YEARS AGO - AUG. 11, 1966
Milton Evans, newly appointed school director was
sworn into office at a meeting of the Dallas School
Board. In other business, teachers appointed were
Mrs. Janet Harris, Charles Preece, Eugene Howanitz,
Albert Henning, Philip Zachary and Mrs. Joseph
Gries.
Two cows belonging to Franklin Patton, Noxen,
were struck by lightning. The animals were valued at
over $500.
Married - Ruthellen Hammond and Theodore T.
Rebennack; Pamela Ann Mosher and Paul V. Sher-
man.
Engaged - Sheila Ann Rinehimer and Robert A.
Steele.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Howard Tinsley, 25
years; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Hudak, 21 yers; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Saunders, 8 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Hunter, 14 years; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Miller, 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scutt, 11
years; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Swelgin, 16 years.
Deaths - Howard H. Woolbert, Trucksville; Marie J.
Rydd, Kunkle; Otis Allen, Harveys Lake.
You could get - Smoked hams 49c lb.; boneless
chuck 59c¢ 1b.; sea scallops 5 lb. box $2.85; seedless
grapes 19c lb.; cantaloupes 39c ea.; Bartlett pears 3
Ib. 49c; cottage cheese 1 lb. 29¢; Dial soap 2 bars 33c;
Chase & Sanborne coffee 81c 1b.
10 YEARS AGO - AUG. 12, 1976
A bid of $102,000 was submitted for the Shavertown
Elementary School building. William Powell, Hickory
Hills, Dallas, submitted the bid.
Jonathan R. Davis Volunteer Fire Company Horse
Show featured 51 classes. Mr. George Taylor of Debbie
Sue Manor, Idetown presented a special display of
beautifully restored carriages. One sleigh dated back
to 1790.
Engaged - Patricia Lee Parrish and Clark George
Sweiter.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Sherry Nulton, 25
years.
Deaths - Theodore Hall, Pittsfield, Mass.; Gertrude
Weaver, Shavertown; Albert Hontz, Scranton; Joseph
James, Hunlock Creek; Charles Yakus, Trucksville.
You could get - Prok chops $1.49 1b.; bacon $1.39 1b. ;
kidney beans 4-$1; toilet tissue 4 roll pkg. 79c;
cantaloup 2-99c; carrots 2 lb. 35c; men’s sport coats
$12.
Letters
DEAR EDITOR:
I can’t resist any longer! Your
sports columnist Rick Rogers whose
column appears weekly prompts
this letter.
The July 2 edition — the column
about soccer shows how he com-
pletely underestimates the impact
this sport is having in the Back
Mountain, in the Northeast Pennsyl-
vania area and the United States in
general.
Having spent most of my 46 years
in or around football - my fathe with
Wilkes-Barre High School 1924,
myself with Wyoming Seminary
1957, my son with Back Mountain
Dallas Cowboys 1979, a Green Bay
Packer fan since 1951, and a Dallas
Mountaineer Booster Club member
at time of Charter, I am now an
avid soccer fan.
Soccer provides more opportuni-
ties for more young people, male
and female, than any other sport.
There are more young people
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
involved in soccer than in Back
Mountain Baseball/Softball, Back
Mountain Mini Football and they
are actively involved in a sport
which provides challenges, condi-
tioning, tactics, defense, offense,
inherent sportsmanship — like
behavior from players and coaches,
action and, heaven forbid, — inju-
ries.
The soccer program is in every
school district except Wilkes-Barre
where it rumored that the ‘“‘football-
ers’ fear its impact on their teams
— what a shame to deprive young
people the opportunity to participate
for such a poor reason, if it is true.
The Dallas Mountaineer Soccer
team recently returned from a trip
to California where they had the
opportunity to play against some of
the finest California Soccer athletes.
Playing against the best that Cali:
fornia has, certainly places this
team in the forefront for this season
and the next several seasons.
Dallas archrival Wyoming Semi-
nary, two years ago traveled to
China (Dallas had been scheduled to
go to Scotland, but world tensions
forced a change of plans) and
played against teams from the
People Republic of China. What an
experience for young men and
women when their high school sport
can provide them with these types
of friendship building experiences.
While in California, the Dallas team
attended the World Cup All Star
UNICEF game in the Rose Bowl —
an emotional and positive experi-
ence.
Soccer is here to stay in the Back
Mountain, in Northeast Pennsyl-
vania, and in the United States. It
does not take thousands of dollars to
run a program, it has all the action
and violent intensity permitted -
yellow or red cards can mean game
suspension.
Having attended both Dallas
Mountaineer Soccer and Football
games last season, I would judge
the spectator attendance to be about
the same. Except, of course, the
Band and Cheerleaders, which have
their own followings, don’t come out
to the soccer matches.
In closing, it is with great plea-
sure that I thank my son, John III,
the ‘Goalkeeper’ for introducing
me to soccer and making me a
spectator. I know his grandfather
who at one time played semi-profes-
sional football with the Wilkes-
Barre Heights Indians would be one
of Johnny’s biggest fans at soccer
just as he would have followed his
other grandson, Lynn with the
Mountaineer Football team. Foot-
ball, by the way, was strong in my
family that my father had me con-
vinced until I was 10 years old that
all balls had a point at each end.
Rick Rogers — Soccer is and will
be an American Spectator sport.
Come see the legendary Dallas
Mountaineers — you’ll see why!
JOHN F. SHEEHAN, JR.
Library news
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
“The last bears of summer”’ is
what our display case in the office
area seems to be filled with.
Dawn Hando of Lehman Avenue,
Dallas, has loaned us her Care
Bears for the month of August
which, sad to say, is the last official
month of summer. I understand
there are only 16 different Care
Bears manufactured and Dawn e
owns one of each and has allowed us
to borrow all 16 of them. :
On a small pedestal in the center
of the case is Grams Bear and by
her side are girl Baby Hugs a Lot
and boy Baby Tugs a Lot. Other
bears on display include Champ
Bear, Funshine Bear, Birthday
Bear, Grumpy Bear, Love A Lot
Bear, Friend Bear, Good Luck
Bear, Tenderheart Bear, Bedtime
Bear, Wish Bear (a favorite), Share
Bear (with an ice cream soda 5
belly), Secret Bear (the only talking
one who says, ‘Do you have a
secret? I promise I won't tell’) and
her very first Care Bear, Cheer
Bear who has been with her for five
years. This bear has been washed
three times, mother tells me it
should be washed and dried in a
pillow case.
You can tell a real care bear by
the hearts on the feet, a nose which
is a heart and a heart on the lower
back. Also, the belly design
designates the name of the bear.
Dawn is 10 years old and will
enter sixth grade at the Dallas
Junior High building in the Fall.
Included with the display is a new
poetry book titled Month by Month | &
written by Bobbi Katz about Care 6
Bears.
In conjunction with this Care Bear
display, we are sponsoring a
contest. Vote for your favorite Care
Bear. There will be applications
available at the display and a can to
drop your choice in. The display will
be at the library until August 27 and
the contest will run until then.
Each contestant may choose one
favorite bear and we need the
person’s name, address and phone
number. The Bear that receives the
most votes will be the winner and
entrants who voted for him will
receive a special prize. The contest
will be open to children in the Back
Mountain area up to 12 years of age.
I have returned to my desk after
week; coffee and enjoyment in the
mornings, sunshine and swimming
in the afternoons and some catching
up at the library in the evenings.
I managed to read a book during i
the week, the first complete book 4
I've read this year, which is nothing
to brag about. I have a candy dish
filled with hard candy on my desk
and the one night when I dropped
in, I though someone was enjoying
the candy.
The next night, the dish was
almost empty and a note was in the
dish. ‘Kevin was here. (2 days in a
row).”’ Kevin is a neat little boy
who has been visiting us at the
library for a few years and asks for
me by saying, ‘Where’s the Candy
Lady?’ His visits are the highlight
of many of our days.
I have some adult visitors who
also enjoy the candy and most of
them look for their favorites such as
John likes the peppermints, Glenn
has to have root beer and Bob
Crump who likes butterscotch.
These visitors add the fun and
pleasure which make a hectic day
seem more enjoyable.
(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.
SPECIAL SESSION - The House
and Senate met in special sessions
this week to act on legislation to
release $28 million in funding for
human service programs across the °
Commonwealth. The bill repeals
language in the state budget which
blocked the release of the money
until De. 1. However, before the
House approved the measure
Democrats added an additional $7.2
million in social service
expenditures. The Senate then
pased the legislation and sent it to
the governor for his signature. The
governor is expected to blue line or
veto the added money before
signing the bill.
MUNICIPAL SURVEY - A survey
of Pennsylvania municipalities
which have sewer connection bans
in effect was started this week by
Rep. Joseph A. Lashinger Jr. (R-
Montgomery). The survey will
determine the economic impact
these sewer bans are having on the
state and on municipalities.
Specifically, Lashinger said he
wants to determine how many
housing, commercial and industrial
projects remain unbuilt.
(Rep. Frank Coslett serves the
120th Legislative District which
encompasses parts of the Back
Mountain. His column appears
weekly in The Dallas Post.)