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50 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 11, 1936
A donkey baseball game was being planned by the
American Legion. Arthur Brown, commander of the
local post, expected the game to be played in the
Dallas Township Athletic field. Local business men
were asked to play baseball on donkey-back.
Arthur Dungey, Dallas Borough Tax Collector,
urged local taxpayers to take advantage of the
installment plan of tax payments which had been
authorized for personal and property taxes.
Engaged - D. Virginia Fuller and Bruce E. Renard,
Nettie Elizabeth Thomas and Clarence Emil Adams;
Edna Billings and Chester Harris.
Deaths - Mrs. Fred Honeywell, Kunkle.
You could get - Chickens 25c 1b.; shoulder lamb 21c
Ib.; ground beef 2 1b. 33c; salmon tall can 19¢; 7 1b.
Freestone peaches 25¢; onions 10 1b. 19¢; white or red
grapes 3 lb. 25c; bananas 5c lb.; bread 8c loaf;
cigarettes $1.39 carton; 24 1b. bag flour 85c.
40 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 13, 1946
Beaumont won the bi-county baseball pennant in
loosely played 5 to 4 contest on Dallas Township field.
The champions would meet Jackson Township Team
of the Valley League in a three-game series.
Charles Nuss was elected captain of the $7,500 fund
drive of the Lehman Volunteer Fire Company. Pro-
ceeds of the drive would be added to the $5,000 donated
building in which to keep the department’s fire
equipment.
Married - Audrey Scoble and John William House.
You could get - Large eggs 62c doz.; cod fillets 35¢
Ib.; bartlett pears 2 1b. 29c; carrots 2 1g. bunches 17c;
Hi Ho delicious crackers 23c lb. pkg.; Ivory soap 3 1g.
bars 29c¢; Brer Rabbit molasses 32 oz. jar 34c; peaches
3 Ib. 25¢; soy sauce 3 oz. bottle 9c.
30 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 14, 1956
Champion Kashdow’s White Rock of Colyn Hill, a
bull terrier owned by Mrs. Z. Platt Bennett was
named best of the show at Mason-Dixon Kennel Club
Sow in Hagerstown, Md.
A tentative site for the new Dallas Area High School
was chosen. The site was situated near Route 309 and
was approximately 45 acres in size. Building and
Grounds Committee members were James Hutchison,
chairman; John Wardell, D.T. Scott, Dr. Robert
Editor’s notes
Bodycomb, Thomas Moore, Francis Ambrose, Henry
Hess, John Perry, Carl Turner and Elmer Daley.
Deaths - Alice Sweezy, Kunkle; Kenneth L. Terry,
Berwick; Evaline Johnson, Trucksville; Sheldon Gear-
hart, Forty Fort.
You could get - Sirloin steaks 89c lb.; veal chops 63c
Ib.; haddock fillet 29c 1b.; honeydew meons 49c ea.;
tokay grapes 2 lb. 25¢; sweet potatoes 4 1b. 25¢; green
peppers 6-15¢; Muenster cheese 8 oz. pkg. 35c;
cracked wheat bread 2 1g. loaves 29c.
20 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 15, 1966
One hundred and twenty five members gathered at
Hayfield House as Rev. Gerald Sudick, pastor, offici-
ated at first services of the new Eastern Orthodox
Church in the Back Mountain. St. Andrew’s Eastern
Orthodox Church was the first of its faith to establish
a church in the past 50 years. It embraced members of
Greek, Syrian, Russian and Romanian heritage.
Four new elementary teachers were added to the
Dallas School faculty. Mrs. Janet Phillips, Mrs. Judith
roeder, Mrs. Barbara Oney, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Ferrell were appointed to the staff. In the secondary
department, Thadeus Stemplowski was hired to teach
chemistry and Beulah Rothstein was assigned as
school psychologist and guidance counselor.
Deaths - Edna Wolfe Birth, Bloomingdale; Bertha
Lamoreaux Anderson, Shavertown; Clarence Myers,
Dallas.
You could get - Fresh hams 59c¢ 1b.; chuck roast 69c
Ib.; New York strip steak $1.69 Ib,; bananas 2 1b. 25¢;
apples 3 lb. bag 59¢; Cheer detergent 3 1b. 6 oz. box
8lc; Eight O’Clock coffee 69¢c 1b.; chicken breasts 55¢
Ib.; elbow macaroni 2 Ib. pkg. 39c; shrimp $1.39 Ib.
10 YEARS AGO - SEPT. 16, 1976
A Firemen’s Olympic competition was held at the
Luzerne County Fair Grounds. The contest was
sponsored by the Dallas Area Fall Fair Association.
Kunkle won the pumping competition.
Dominic Fatheryar, Chase, was appointed to the
position of Jackson Township supervisor. Fatheryar
served the unexpired term of the late Andrew Stofko.
Robert Parker, Westminster Drive, Dallas, was
appointed to the Dallas Area Municipal Authority
Board. He replaced the late J. Traver Nobel.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Elston, Kunkle,
51 years.
1961 School Board
the photo was James D. Hutchinson.
Deaths - John Seman, Dallas; Louis Elchuck,
Shavertown; Helen Mastrangelo, Harveys Lake;
Welton Batey, Shavertown; Charles Sieber, Shaver-
town; Maude Thomas, Noxen; Herbert J. Major,
Dallas; Emily Scott, Dallas; Edna Stredny, Shaver-
own
You could get - Chuck roast 69c lb.; beef liver 49¢c
Ib.; turkeys, 10-14 Ib. 48c 1b.; Royal Crown Cola 64 oz.
bottle 69c; wax beans 4-16 oz. cans $1; % gal. Kraft’s
orange juice 79c; Maxwell House coffee $1.89 Ib.;
Heinz white vinegar 79c gal.
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HELLO, AGAIN! I’m back.
Contrary to popular belief, I have
not been fired. Neither have I
chosen to leave the country nor I
am being held by the Soviets as an
American spy. I was simply on
vacation. I'd like to think it was a
well-deserved vacation, however, I
know there are several people I
work with who will tell you I'm
always on vacation,
Anyway, I'm }
back - rested, f
refreshed and |
ready to conquer
the world once
i So,
new and fascinat-
ing things in The
Dallas Post in the
months to come.
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I SPENT MY VACATION at beau-
tiful Niagara Falls, Canada. Not
having been to the Falls since I was
a child and unable to remember
what the whole scenario had to
offer, I wandered up North for a few
days.
Getting started was a problem as
we were about 20 minutes from
home when we realized we had
forgotten the camera. If I was
simply going to the beach for a few
days, I would had let it go, but how
the heck can you go to Niagara
Falls without a camera? So, we
turned around, got the camera and
started once again.
Since I usually do travel South to
the beach in the summer, it seemed
rather weird going North and trav-
elling through so much country this
time. I felt lost most of the time and
when I reached behind me to get the
ap from the back seat and real-
zed I had left it home on my desk, I
was a little skeptical about what the
rest of the week was going to be
like.
Everything turned out rather
il well, however, as we did the whole
tower, all kinds of food, tons of
shopping - carrying the camera on
my shoulder the whole time I was
there.
Niagara Falls is certainly a beau-
tiful picture and the Canadian side
is even prettier than the American
side. It was a nice quiet, relaxing
week and I thoroughly enjoyed
every minute of it.
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SOME OF MY READERS have
made me feel rather good about my
column when they called me in
disgust, having spent some time
looking for column in the paper and
not being able to find it.
I thank you for being so faithful,
I’m sorry you were disappointed
when the column wasn’t in the
paper and I hope youll allow me
this vacation.
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WHILE ON VACATION, I turned
on the television in my hotel room
one morning and tuned into a Buf-
falo, N.Y. television station - only to
be haunted with the face of Janet
Smurl, the woman who claims her
family has been terrorized 'by
demons in their home in West Pitts-
ton for the past 14 months.
If anyone felt haunted at that
point, it was me and not Mrs.
Smurl. I couldn’t believe I was
more than six hours driving time
away from this ghost fiasco and still
had to listen to it.
Oh, yes, I've driven past the
Smurl house, too - not once, but
twice. Once I was in that area and
curiosity got the best of me and the
second time I was with my brother
and sister-in-law from New Jersey
who had read about the Smurls in
the New York Post. Frankly,
though, I think the whole story lacks
some credibility.
Without coming down too hard on
the Smurls, I fail to understand
why, after living in the house for 14
years, they are being bothered now.
And neither can I understand why
this demonologist from New Eng-
land will not release these so-called
tapes he has of the Smurls being
terrorized by ghosts.
I picked up this week’s issue of
the National Enquirer in the super-
market the other and looked at the
photos of the Smurl family that
appear on page three of that issue. I
cannot believe these people would
actually allow their young daughter
to lie at the bottom of a staircase to
re-enact the scene when she was
hurled down the steps by the
demon. What effect will this have on
the child in years to come?
No, I’m afraid Jack and Janet
Smurl are going to have to provide
more solid proof if they expect me
to believe their story. Right now I'm
trying to figure out why they're
doing all this.
J -0-
SPEAKING OF FIASCOS, former
Dallas Post staff writer Judie Math-
ers had a fiasco in her new home-
town a few weeks ago.
Seems Judie, being a lover of
animals, decided to adopt a wild
Mustang from the desserts of Wyo-
ming (that’s a wild horse from the
state of Wyoming for those of you
who may not be either horse lovers
or georgraphy lovers.)
So Judie and her husband, Hap,
took this horse to a ranch where
they were going to have the horse
broken in. After spending some time
at the obedience school if you will,
the horse was ready to come home,
or so everybody thought.
Seems the horse managed to
from the ranch and started scamp-
ering all about town - in an area
that Judie describes as being com-
parable to Public Square in Wilkes-
Barre.
I guess the local police got
involved, the town folk were there
and Judie and Hap and the horse
trainers spent several hours chasing
this horse through town before the
wild thing finally tired enough for
them to catch him.
It’s a darn good thing something
like that didn’t happen while you
were living in Dallas, Judie. Why,
you might be reading about it in the
local newspaper.
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JUST TO GET something off my
chest - I disagree with the renaming
of the Paramount Civic Center to
the F.M. Kirby Center for the Per-
forming Arts.
Sure, it was awful nice of Mr.
Kirby to donate $300,000 to the
project but the gentleman doesn’t
even live here anymore - and hasn’t
lived here since he was a young
boy. He lives in New Jersey now.
It just seems to me that if the
Paramount had to be renamed at
all, it should have been called the
Albert Boscov Center for the Per-
forming Arts.
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HATS OFF to the Dallas High
School cheerleaders who undertook
a rather unique project prior to the
start of the 1986 football season.
The girls decorated pillowcases
with each of ‘the football players
names on them. With phrases like
“Go Mounts” and “Good Luck’ on
these pillowcases, the cheerleaders
delivered them to the players’ home
when they knew the guys weren’t
home.
Then - the night before the big
opening game, the players, upon
pulling back the blankets on their
beds, were thrilled with the show. of
support. Great idea, girls! And,
from what I hear, the guys loved it,
too.
(Dotty Martin is the Executive
Editor of Pennaprint Inc., publish-
ers of The Dallas Post. Her column
appears weekly.)
CONGRATULATIONS TO Amy
Gardner and Richard Crake who
were married on Saturday at the
Trucksville United Methodist
Church. Amy is a registered phar-
macist at Stapinski’s in Dallas and
Rick is employed at Insalaco’s,
Kingston. Rick and Amy were both
residents of Midway Manor, Shaver-
town.
Following a
Hilton Head,
South Carolina,
they will reside in
the Country Club
Apartments,
Dallas. Several | |
area residents |
joined Amy and |
Rick in wishing
them well at their
wedding and cele-
brating the occa-
sion at the Shera-
ton Crossgates,
Wilkes-Barre, for the reception.
Dancing to the “Zodiac” made it a
memorable evening. Good luck Amy
and Rick, it was your special day
but we all really enjoyed it!
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LAURA HAYES, Orchard View
Terrace, and BILLY ARNOLD,
Jackson Street, Dallas also were
married on Saturday. Their wed-
ding was at the Shavertown Method-
ist Church and the reception fol-
lowed at Irem Temple Country
Club, Dallas. Laura and Bill are
honeymooning in California and will
reside in Kingston. Congratulations
and best wishes!
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THE LUZERNE COUNTY FALL
FAIR was probably the biggest and
most talked about even anywhere in
Northeastern Pennsylvania this past
week. Opening night on Wednesday
with Boxcar Willie proved to be
above and beyond even the greatest
expectations of the chairman and
board of directors for the fair.
A shocking record attendance was
the best publicity the fair could
have for the remaining four days of
the fair. Thursday Shot Gun Red
also was a tremendous success, and
so it went the rest of the week.
Rainy days didn’t stop anyone as
crowds came for the evenings.
Ray Hillman, general chairman of
the fair deserves a gold medal. He
did an outstanding job in seeing that
all his goals were accomplished by
opening day. The people who volun-
teered their time, too numerous to
mention, also deserve much credit.
‘The one person we must not
forget is Ray’s wife, Sue Hillman.
Sue, the entire community (espe-
cially the fair board) joins me in
saying ‘thanks’ for sharing your
husband with the community for the
past several months. We all know
being ‘the wife” was a trying expe-
rience. You too deserve a gold
medal, but aren’t you proud of him?
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HELEN AND SHEILA KULICK
of Dallas spent Labor Day weekend
visiting Helen’s son in Washington.
The ladies toured the museums, the
city memorials and several points
of interest while there. Helen said a
highlight of their trip was getting a
glimpse of President Ronald
Reagan.
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DAVE AND DEBBIE KATYL,
sons Joshua and Daniel, and
Debbie’s brother, Mike Lozier, who
is living with them, spent Labor
Day weekend in Maryland. They
visited Earl Lozier and his family
while their parents joined them all
there from Florida.
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ED AND THERESA THOMPSON
of Haddonfield Hills had their
annual Labor Day get together at
their home. A highlight this Labor
Day was having their granddaugh-
ter there, also. Daughter Debbie,
and husband, Mike and baby got to
spend some time here. Two doctors,
Dr. Deb and Dr. Mike, makes for a
hard schedule to get away for
family gatherings.
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HAPPY 25TH WEDDING ANNI-
VERSARY WISHES go to Rev.
Robert and Ann Smith of Sweet
Valley. We wish this couple 25 more
healthy and happy years together.
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BEST WISHES go to George
Maculloch as he opens yet another
area of business. George is the new
owner of Lehman Sunoco Station,
Lehman. The gas station, operated
by Ross Williams for the past 20 or
so years has always been a popular
land mark. Stop by and say ‘hi’ to
the Maculloch brothers (George’s
two brothers will keep the gas
flowing) and fill up your tank.
We wish Ross Williams a happy
and healthy retirement as he steps
down from the working world also.
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NEXT TO ROTH JEWELERS,
across from Disque Funeral Home
is a car wash in the making. Is the
Back Mountain on the move? We
sure are, getting bigger and better
all the time.
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SPEAKING OF ‘ON THE
MOVE”, our family is also joining
those ranks. Kids grown, house too
big, other interests rather than
cleaning and cutting grass and
working flower beds all weekend.
We are looking for a wooded lot,
just perfect for a small log cabin in
our Back Mountain Area. If you
have any suggestions, give me a
call. Not too expensive, and espe-
cially not too big, but with trees and
neighbors, that’s a big request, but
it’s out there somewhere.
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TODAY IS A VERY SPECIAL
DAY for a very special person in
our house. The last and youngest of
our four children, Lori, celebrates
her 17th birthday today.
Happy birthday, Lori!
Then on the 15th our third, Keith,
also a very special person, cele-
brates his special day, his 19th
birthday.
Happy birthday Keith!
(Jean Hillard, a Back Mountain
resident, is a columnist for The
Dallas Post. Her column appears
weekly.)
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I MUST ADMIT that I am glad
that the first day of nursery school
is over. You just can’t imagine how
anxious a nursery school teacher
can be about that first day of
school. After all, three year olds are
still very young, and they .are not
acquainted with their teacher, so
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
naturally many are frightened and
crying.
This year’s first day, however,
actually went very well. Only a few
children cried and we were soon
able to make them feel welcome. I
really thought I had everything
together. When I got home I real-
ized that I had worn my new slacks
backwards with the pockets in the
back.
Thus went the first day of school.
JEAN AND GLENN EYET,
Ransom Road, Dallas, recently held
a surprise birthday party honoring
their fathers, Glenn Eyet, Sr. and
Bill Kingsbury, Sr. Glenn celebrates
his birthday September 9 while Bill
will celebrate his birthday Septem-
ber 13.
Family and friends enjoyed the
delicious buffet and Wonderful hos-
pitality.
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BEST WISHES TO Mr. and Mrs.
William Sherksnas Sr., Harveys
Lake who observed their 50th wed-
ding anniversary Friday.
The couple was married on Sept.
5, 1936 by the late Msgr. J. K,
Miliauskas in Holy Trinity R.C.
Church, Wilkes-Barre. Maid of
honor was Victoria Sheporaitis
Przybylowski and best man was
Frank Zyblewski.
Mrs. Sherksnas is the daughter of
the late Charles and Agnes Tamulis
Sheporaitis, Wilkes-Barre.
Mr. Sherksnas is the son of the
late Walter and Frances Sidlauckas
Sherksnas, Wanamie.
He is a retired painting and
paper-hanging contractor.
The couple has two children,
Betty Sherksnas Ambrose of Nuan-
gola and William of Dorrance. They
also have eight grandchildren and
one great-granddaughter.
A Mass of Thanksgiving was cele-
brated at St. Ann’s Church in Luz-
erne on Saturday.
LIVING IN
THE COUNTRY
has always been
synonomous with
being a good
neighbor. The
residents of the
Centermoreland
area have proven &
what fine neigh- KINGSBURY
bors they are in forming the Center-
moreland Civic Group to assist
Janet and Carl Brown who recently
had extensive surgery. Mrs. Brown i
received a kidney transplant while i
her son, Carl, had extensive heart X
reconstruction surgery. Unforeseen 5
complications have made them both i
return to the hospital. '
To help relieve some of the finan- i
cial burden, a “Country Store” will /
be held Sept. 13 and 14 at the
Northmoreland Township Fire Com- :
pany building with vegetables and y
baked goods being sold. i
(Joan Kingsbury, a Back Moun- i
tain resident, is a columnist for The ;
Dallas Post. Her column appears ;
weekly.)