50 YEARS AGO - OCT. 2, 1936
Jerry Elston, handsome young son of Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Elston, Kunkle, was winner of The Dallas Post
Most Popular .Baby Contest. Jerry won first prize of
$100 and an engraved silver loving cup.
Betty Jane Whippel won second prize. She was
awarded $50.
Dallas, revealed a capacity of more than 110 gallons
per hour assuring the club sufficient water for
consumption and for watering the links.
Postmaster George T. Kirkendall announced that
the post office would begin registering workers for
Federal Old Age Pension. President Roosevelt’s Social
Security Act would become effective on January 1,
1937.
Birthdays - John C. Wilson, 84 years.
You could get - Granulated sugar 10 1b. 49c; flour 12
Ib. bag 49¢; Shurfine Coffee 23c 1b.; Campbell’s Soup 4
bars 19c; pork sausage 28c 1b.; peanut butter 2 pt. jars
29c; pineapple 3 Ig. cans 50c; prunes 3 lb. 25¢; sweet
potatoes 10 Ib. 25c; butter 2 1b. 79c.
40 YEARS AGO - OCT. 4, 1946
Mrs. Daniel Shaver presented $205 to Kingston
Township School Board for use in the purchase of
instruments for the new school band. Mrs. Shaver had
single-handedly collected $111 from interested citizens.
Trucksville Fire Chief Francis McCarty was hon-
ored for more than 20 years at Trucksville. During the
dinner pledges of cooperation in fire fighting efforts
was agreed upon by Back Mountain Fire Companies.
Overbrook Gun Club, which patrolled 2,600 acres of
farm hunting grounds in the Back Mountain area, took
action to prosecute youths who handled .22 rifles
carelessly and indifferently to the safety of others.
Engaged - Roberta Sutton and Paul E. Clemow;
Londie Spaciano and John F. Kucavich.
M. Hackett and Harold Brown.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Scott, 25
years; Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Wardan, 51 years.
Deaths - William L. Reese, Fernbrook.
You could get - Pollock fillets 25c 1b.; grapes 25c¢ 2
Ib.; cauliflower 1g. hd. 15c¢; onions 5 lb. 12c; sweet
potatoes 3 1b. 17c¢; Danish cabbage 3c 1b.; Mueller’s
23c; Keebler Club crackers 17c¢ 11 oz. box; Bartlett
pears 2 1b. 25c.
: 30 YEARS AGO - OCT. 5, 1956
Kingston Township supervisors voted to join the
remaining Back Mountain communities in the move-
ment underway to make the highway a safer place.
This meant more hours for police chief Jesse Coslett
and police officer Herbert Updyke.
Leaders of the United Fund campaign for the Back
Mountain area met to map out plans for the October
health and welfare appeal. Mrs. John M. Robinson
was general chairman.
Married - Mary Gargol and Kenneth C. Martin;
Marilyn Shaver and William Thomas.
Deaths - Hale Coughlin, Lehman; John H. Thomas,
formerly of Shavertown.
You could get - Smoked hams 49c 1b.; ducklings 49c
Ib.; haddock cutlets 49c 1b.; baking potatoes 10 1b. bag
69c; San Giorgio spaghetti sauce 10% oz. can 22c;
Reese’s peanut butter cups 5-0z. 25c; rye bread 17c
loaf; reg. pkg. Spic & Span 27c; Ivory personal bars 4-
23c; 16 oz. can beef stew 35c.
20 YEARS AGO - OCT. 6, 1966
Dallas High School freshman Gary Kleppinger was
awarded the Eagle Scout Award. The award was
presented at a breakfast a Shavertown United Method-
ist Church, where Gary was a member. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kleppinger, of Evergreen
Street, Shavertown.
College Misericordia presented a one woman craft
exhibit. Featured was Janet Crosson, who had won a
number of ribbons for her textiles and graphics.
Married - Carl F. Daubert Jr. and Gertrude
Carbohn.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Swanson, 26
years; Mr. and Mrs. John Fielding, 26 years; Mr. and
Mrs. George Richards, ‘11 years; Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Daubert, Sr., 28 years; Mr. and Mrs. Carl Montross,
Sr., 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Ferry, 23 years.
Deaths - August Schutz, Tunkhannock Highway,
Beulah Stout, Beaumont.
You could get - Pork loins 39c 1b.; boneless chuck
69c 1b.; chicken breasts 49c 1b.; broccoli 29¢ bunch;
delicious apples 19c lb.; Bartlett pears 46c 1b.;
cheddar cheese, mild, 71c Ib.; cottage cheese 29¢c 1b.;
canned pineapple 4-99c; coffee 2 Ib. can $1.29; Alaskan
King crab legs 89c Ib.
10 YEARS AGO - OCT. 7, 1976
Dallas Township board of supervisors voted fo take
over Fox Hollow Road at their regular meeting. Atty.
REMEMBERING
Business section
Ben Jones and his client Dr. Warren Koehl, owner of
Fox Hollow Development, were present to present
their petition.
Despite the fact that a 4-3 vote had been rendered
against the issue of a Sandy Beach site for a municipal
beach and borough building at Harveys Lake, some
members of Harveys Lake, some members of Harveys
Lake Borough Council still pressed on with the idea.
Deaths - Howard (Duke) Isaacs; Herman Hier;
William Thomas Jr.
You could get - Pork chops $1.29 1b.; loin end roast
89c 1lb.; spaghetti sauce 32 oz. jar 79c; 32 oz. bottle
Coca Cola 4-$1; Keebler crackers, 69c box; yellow
bananas 2 1b. 35c; fresh green beans 35¢ 1b.
DITOR’S NOTES
WELCOME BACK, Karen Spudis
of Dallas.
Karen, the proprietor of the Bar-
gain Bakery Outlet on Route 415
across from Daring’s Market in
Dallas, recently returned home
from a trip to Nashville, Tennessee.
My sources tell me Karen had so
much fun looking at artifacts in
museums and at baseball games
that she’s now organizing another
trip herself.
It’s good to have you back, Karen
- I’m sure your customers are glad
you're back.
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WELCOME HOME, ALSO to
Helen and Tom Dickinson of Dallas.
The Dickinsons recently returned
from Florida where they enjoyed a
week of sun and fun.
Tom is retired from the mainte-
nance department of the Dallas
School District and has lots of time
to vacation; however, Helen is still
employed as a registered nurse in
the Obstetrics Department of Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston.
Are you counting the days until
your retirement, Helen?
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THE BEST OF LUCK is extended
to my good friend, JoAnn Newberry
of Orange.
DOTTY MARTIN
JoAnn, formerly employed as the
business manager of The Times
Leader, began her new job Monday
as the controller of ABC Radio in
New York City.
From Orange, Pa. to New York
City is a rather big jump and I want
you to know, JoAnn, my thoughts
and prayers are with you as you
begin this new life. Not only is
JoAnn starting a new job, she’s
moving: to a completely strange
area and will be leading a com-
pletely different lifestyle as her
living arrangement forces her to
travel 2 1/2 hours one way to work.
Hang in there, JoAnn - I’m sure
things will work themselves out.
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SPEAKING OF THE NEWBER-
RYS, JoAnn’s parents, John and
Diane, are looking rather well these
days.
Having stopped at my house
during a recently holiday get-
together, Mr. and Mrs. Newberry
looked better than ever. And, now
that Mr. Newberry’s got a brand
new car, he claims to be in even
better shape.
I would bet the Newberrys’ new
granddaughter may have something
to do with how good they look these
days.
Mallory Ann Carey, the newest
addition to the David Carey family
of Dallas, has the Newberrys smil-
ing proudly these days. Mallory’s
mother is the former Debbie New-
berry.
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JUDI BLASE, of Dallas, hosted a
going-away party for JoAnn New-
berry at her home at Harveys Lake.
A small get-together at Judi’s
beautifully decorated home on the
lake was just what the doctor
ordered in the form of a going-away
party.
It was a nice way to get together
with some friends and an even nicer
way to bid farewell to a good friend.
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ISN'T THE KIRBY CENTER
absolutely beautiful?
I’ve been to two shows there
already and can’t get over how
gorgeous and how badly needed the
civic center actually is.
It amazes me that Al Boscov and
his committee purchased that thea-
ter just nine short months ago and
already have it operational.
Opening weekend was just great
with Wyoming Valley residents
flooding the theater for almost
every performance.
It was nice to see Ed and Anna
Mae Delaney and their daughter,
Beth Ann, of Forty Fort at the
Kirby last Sunday evening for the
Up With People performance. The
Delaneys are former residents of
New Goss Manor in Dallas and
maintain residences now in both
Forty Fort and Florida.
Cheers to the Kirby Center and to
every one of Wyoming Valley’s resi-
dents ‘who contributed something to
its shaping - heaven knows we’ve
needed a center like this for an
awful long time.
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BARRY AND SHEILA SMITH of
Dallas sure are acting like new
people these days. Well, they’re not
exactly new people but they’re not
Barry and Sheila Smith anymore -
they're Barry and Sheila Brutko.
Barry and Sheila are now offi-
cially the children of both Jean and
George Brutko as all the legalities
were worked out last week to have
George become their legal father.
My sources tell me Barry and
Sheila are rather proud of their new
status while Mom and Papa George
are still drinking champagne in
celebration.
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HATS OFF to Fran Hoover of
Trucksville who, just a few weeks
ago, was credited with saving a
man’s life.
Hoover was operating a ditch
digger along Route 6 about two
miles west of Factoryville when he
noticed that a vehicle driven by a
78-year-old Scranton man had rolled
off the road into a drainage ditch.
When Hoover reached the vehicle
it was turned over on its roof and
water. Hoover managed to open the
rear door of the vehicle and, unable
to pull the man out of the car
because of a secure seat belt, held
his head and his arms above water
until help arrived.
When another passerby arrived on
the scene, Hoover and the other
man managed to cut the victim
loose from his seat belt and drag
him onto the bank. By then, the
Factoryville Ambulance crew had
arrived and the victim was trans-
ported the Mercy Hospital in Scran-
ton where he was treated and
releaed.
It was obviously quick-thinking on
Hoover’s part that kept the elderly
gentleman from drowning during
the accident.
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SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME to
write a Letter to the Editor this
week, but then forgot to sign it.
The letter, written as a response
to something that was printed in the
September 24th edition of The
Dallas Post, was well-written and
made a very strong point. Unfortun-
ately, the letter will not be pub-
lished unless the person comes forth
and verifies the letter by signing his
or her name to it. The author’s
name will be withheld upon request,
however, we must have a signature
on record.
We encourage our readers to
respond fo anything in our newspa-
per in the form of a Letter to
Editor, but remember, we cannot
print your letters unless they are
signed.
(Dotty Martin is the Executive
Editor of Pennaprint Inc., publish-
ers of The Dallas Post. Her column
appears weekly.)
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Special to The Dallas Post
BRAVO!! September 19, 1986!
The grand opening of the F.M.
Kirby Center for the Performing
Arts.
Truly one of the most magnificent
event that I have ever attended. The
building itself in its refurbished
condition. is just beautiful and the
1800 people attending the opening in
their tuxedos and formal dresses
made for a dazzling evening from
beginning to end.
I was fortunate to be able to
attend this gala affair with three
dear friends and from the moment
we arrived at the front of the Kirby
Center until seven hours later when
we were leaving Genetti’s after
dinner, we felt as though we were in
some sort of a social whirlwind. The
trumpets sounded announcing the
opening of the doors, the ushers
were there to escort people to their
seats, friends were greeting each
other and commenting on the beau-
tiful condition of the center and
admiring the festive dress and atti-
tude of everyone in attendance.
The Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic provided the musical
accompaniment for the opening and
they were superb. The Wilkes-Barre
Ballet performed the Bolero as the
opening act and they did an excel-
lence performance. ‘‘The Celebra-
tion Tour” starring the American
Ballet Theatre’s prima ballerina,
Cynthia Gregory and company, was
just perfect. For many of us, this
was our first experience in viewing
ballet, and I’m sure most everyone
will agree, it was an enlightening
experience and a beautiful perform-
ance of art.
The tuxedos have been returned,
the dresses have been cleaned, cov-
ered and stored in the back of the
closets and the limos are back to
normal doings. This date, of course,
was my birthday and that’s why the
celebration was super special.
Another special person, Al
Boscov, celebrated a birthday on
September 22nd and had Happy
Birthday sang to him at Genetti’s. A
surprise coincidence; we are both
Virgos and one important ingredient
in a Virgo’s lifestyle is perfection.
The Kirby Center is definitely done
to perfection. An enchanting eve-
ning, what a way to celebrate the
beginnining of our next year. From
beginning to end, a night to remem-
ber! BRAVO!!
The display case is featuring
transformers borrowed from the
collection of Kevin Rogers of Shav-
ertown. Kevin is eight years old and
in third grade at the Westmoreland
School, and has been collecting
transformers about three years. I
understand the good ones are called
autobots and the bad ones are
deceptions.
We have on display Grimlock,
Tyrannosaurus Rex; Ratchet who
transforms to a robot on a battle
sled; Swoop or Pyterdacyl trans-
forms to a robot; Metroplax from
robot to mobile battle station, which
is the newest one. Optimus Prime
was his first transformer having
been a Christmas gift from Grand-
mother. The purple stickers desig-
nate the bad ones and the red &
blue stickers are on the good ones.
These will be on display until
October 22nd. The public is invited
to come and visit.
(Nancy Kozemchak is the assist-
ant librarian at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library. Her column
appears weekly in The Dallas Post.)
‘By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Special to The Dallas Post
The needle trade industry is sick,
and while its disease may be fatal,
steps must be taken in an all out
attempt to protect this important
part of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s
economy.
Some of these steps were laid out
in a bill which was passed by
Congress, vetoed by the President,
and was shown to be veto proof by
eight votes in a recent attempt to
override the President’s decision. In
a report recently presented to the
Executive Committee of the Eco-
nomic Development Council of
Northeastern Pennsylvania
(EDCNP), the trend toward sub-
stantial cutback of this key industry
sector was evident.
Between 1974 and 1983, according
to “County Business Patterns” a
decline of 11,888 jobs and 150 needle
trade plants in the region occurred.
The Commonwealth of Pennsyl-
vania recently stressed its concern
by establishing a $4 million low-
interest (three percent) loan pro-
gram for equipment modernization
for the sewn industries in Pennsyl-
vania. Sewn industries include the
needle trade, shoes and boots, and
handbags.
This loan program is adminis-
tered in the region by the Economic
Development Council of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania, and is one of a
series of low-interest revolving loan
fund programs available to the busi-
ness and industrial community of
Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is
unlikely that this loan program
alone will resolve the problems of
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
the needle trades in the region or in
the state. It is abundantly clear that
the problem needs to be resolved at
a international and national level.
Thus far, no solution has shown
itself to stem the rising tide of
foreign imports which seems to lie
at the heart of the distressed pat-
terns which have impacted the
needle trade industry.
Over the years, a number of
attempts have been made to stimu-
late renewed interest in the needle
trades. Several years ago, through
the cooperation and funding support
of the Private Industry Councils in
Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties,
the EDCNP carried out an impor-
tant work plan designed to improve
the industry’s image. This work
an audio visual describing the
importance of the industry sector,
as well as a brochure which outlined
some of the advantages of the work
place and was distributed to school
districts and others throughout
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
In 1978, a special report was
prepared by a commission under
then Governor Shapp to evaluate
the future of the industry sector and
recommend actions which could be
taken to stem the decline of the
industry sector in Pennsylvania. It
is interesting to observe that one of
the recommendations made was to
establish a low interest loan pro-
gram, but it was not until 1986 that
the program was, in fact, imple-
mented in the state. The aforemen-
tioned EDCNP report talks about
the needle trade industry in the
following terms:
It is unlikely that the needle trade
industry’s problems will be resolved
immediately. A further shake out is
likely with more firms closing and
more jobs lost to Northeastern
Pennsylvania. If this were to occur,
it would be a tragedy and cause
great hardships to many families in
the region.
It is vital that a new look be given
to the needle trade industry in
Northeastern Pennsylvania. No
actions can be taken locally without
some type of national and interna-
tional view of the future of this
industry sector.
In the absence of new national
legislation, there is a need to find
vania and or local organizations
can, at least, provide some type of
support mechanism. While the new
loan program by the State of Penn-
sylvania can prove to be helpful, it
is not a solution to the problem.
Every conceivable action should be
taken to encourage ways and means
by which the needle trade industry
can continue to be an important
part of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s
economy.
Is there a future for the needle
trade industry in the Common-
wealth of Pennsylvania and, there-
fore, in Northeastern Pennsylvania?
(Howard J. Grossman is the exec-
utive director of the Economic
Development Council of Northeast
Pennsylvania. His column appears
periodically in The Dallas Post.)
LETTERS
DEAR EDITOR:
Pennsylvania is one of only a
handful of states that still permit
the use of live birds for target
practice.
One of the largest live bird shoots
in the world takes place every
Labor Day in the Pennsylvania
town of Hegins in Schuylkill County.
Since 1934 as many as eight thou-
sand birds are killed each year
during the day long event called the
Fred Coleman Memorial Shoot.
The birds are placed in small
traps which, when pulled by a
string, collapse releasing the birds.
Pumped up with booze and bravado,
shooters take aim at pigeons who in
some instances have never flown
before being released from the
shooting trap.
Most birds are shot on the ground
as they walk away from the col-
lapsed trap. Those that are not
initially wounded or killed fly back
to the holding crates; or wait inno-
cently near the collapsed trap to be
captured and used again as a live
target. Observers estimate that only
one percent of the birds escape to
freedom.
The majority of birds are
wounded, not killed. Organizers hire
young boys called “trapper boys” to
kill the wounded birds by wringing
their necks. Firsthand accounts
reveal that almost 70 percent of the
birds are only crippled by the shoot-
ers and must be killed by the
“trapper boys.” They are paid $28
to collect the killed and wounded
‘birds. They literally spend the day
from dawn to dusk wringing the
necks of crippled birds.
International Society for Animal
Rights is joining with other Pennsyl-
vania activists to promote legisla-
tion which will outlaw the use of
birds as live targets.
If readers would like to join this
campaign and help abolish live bird
shoots, please contact ISAR at 421
South State St., Clarks Summit, PA
18411.
HELEN JONES, PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY
FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS