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Vol. 97, No. 47 Wednesday, December 3, 1986
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By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Dallas Borough Police are continuing to
search for two men who held up a Back
Mountain gas station attendant last Friday
morning in front of the First Eastern Bank on
Route 309, Dallas.
Joseph Ellsworth, 24, manager of the Atlantic
and Route 415, said he was accosted by two men
as he was about to walk into the bank building
and was robbed of approximately $4,000. The
men reportedly then fled across Route 309 and
up a wooded area toward Newberry Estates.
Shortly after, police interviewed John Halbing,
a contractor working at the Estates, who said he
saw two men near a parked can on Main Street
that may have been used as a getaway car. a
Ellsworth, who began working at the station
exactly one year ago today, said he was not
harmed in the fracas but is still bothered by the
incident.
“I’m paranoid about the thing,’’ he said on
Monday, his first day back on the job since the
incident. ‘‘I remember I was very scared when
it happened. I just can’t believe something like
this could happen in such a small community in
broad daylight.”
Ellsworth said he was about 10 feet from the
door and had the two bags of money under his
jacket when two men in front of him turned
around and jumped him. He said one of the bags
fell to the ground, which contained about $45 in
change and bills, but the two men continued to
wrestle him for the other bag.
“I guess they didn’t care about the other bag
that fell to the ground,” Ellsworth noted. ¢ They
just kept tugging at the other one inside my
jacket.”
Ellsworth, who was making a deposit with
revenues from Wednesday and Thursdays busi-
ness, something he has done countless times
before, said he was not hurt in the incident and
never experienced any trouble before either at
Ellsworth said he has not made a deposit since:
last Friday’s episode, but said he may take
extra precautionary measures from now on.
“What some of the businesses do is call the
police before they go to the bank,” he said.
“Then they (the police) follow that person to the
bank until the deposit is made.”
He also said he may consider carrying some
form of protection or may also just use the bank
drive-thru to make the deposits. He said he
would have to discuss the matter further with
the owner of the station.
The Dallas Borough Council
began its investigation last
Friday ‘into a borough police-
man’s handling of an alleged
underage drinking incident he
responded to in November.
Borough Solicitor Atty. John
Fine said the borough’s police
Dallas Township police officer
Wayman Miers, who assisted
Dallas Borough policeman Chris
Purcell, the taget of the investi-
gation. Fine added the commit-
tee also plans to speak with
Township officer Doug Lamo-
reaux, who also participated in
the investigation.
“We wanted to talk to him
(Lamoreaux) on Friday, too,
but he got called out to investi-
gate a robbery so we were not
able to speak with him,” Fine
said.
Fine said the borough will
continue its probe this week and
should have the matter cleared
up by Christmas. He said the
council has already spoken to
Purcell and Arthur Miller, who
lodged the complaint, but plans
to re-interview bith if them. He
also said the council plans to
speak with several of the stu-
dents who were involved in the
episode.
The investigation stems from
Purcell’s handling of an alleged
underage drinking incident at a
home owned by Miller on 84
Norton Ave., Dallas, on Satur-
day, Nov. 1.
Reportedly, approximately 20
were in attendance, with eight
of the individuals eventually
being cited for a number of
violations.
— JOHN HOINSKI
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- Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
Among the first
Lydia German and her husband, Carl, of Dallas were among -
the first shoppers at the grand opening of Insalaco’s
Supermarket in Dallas last Sunday. Both expressed their
pleasure with the store, especially the meat department.
Talking registers?
The scanner equipment and talking registers at the front of
the new Insalaco’s Supermarket in the Country Club
Shopping Center, Dallas, fascinated shoppers as they
checked out with their groceries. (C.M. Denmon Photo)
News you need
A Christmas Dinner Dance has been planned to kick off the
The festivities of the evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with an
Christmas Auction and Raffle following at 8:30 p.m. The
auction will feature several antiques suitable for gift giving,
Tickets for the dinner dance are priced at $40.00 per person,
and $75.00 a couple. They may be purchased at the Back
by contacting Shaskas or the Auction General Chairman,
Debbie Dinger.
The Luzerne County Office of Human Services has
announced that applications for the 1987-88 Luzerne County
Human Service Development Fund grants are now available
The Human Service Development Fund program, sponsored
Luzerne County Commissioners, makes competitive grants
available to agencies to provide select services to eligible
clients. o i
Agencies interested in obtaining the applications should
contact the Luzerne County Office of Human Services at 111
North Pennsylvania Blvd., Wilkes-Barre, 826-8805.
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Insalaco’s Enterprises held the grand
opening of its new supermarket at the
new Country Club Shopping Center in
Dallas on Sunday at 8 a.m. The super-
market, ninth store of the Insalaco
Enterprises, features everything from a
floral department to a special display of
large stuffed animals. -
The produce department was stocked
with several hundred items, many not
seen in other local stores. A soup and
salad bar attracted the shoppers and the
mouth-watering aroma from the on-the-
premises bakery attested to the fresh-
ness of the variety of baked goods.
A variety of ready-to-heat party foods
eat hot foods and luncheon meat com-
peted with the assortment of interna-
tional cheeses in the cheese department
for the attention of the shoppers.
The well-stocked meat department
with its VIP counter of special cuts of
meat attracted shoppers and few, if any,
shoppers passed the homemade ice
cream department without stopping to
take home some freshly-made ice
cream.
Shoppers were waiting outside the
store prior to 8 a.m. and entered a few
at a time at first but as time went on,
the crowd grew in size.
Robert Warner of Dallas, among the
earliest shoppers, had his two sons,
Brandon and Justin, with him. He had
heard a lot about Insalaco markets and
was anxious to visit the store. He found
it very impressive, but was disappointed
he could find no generic diapers for his
young child at home.
Carl and Lydia German of East Dallas
said they have shopped at the West
Pittston store which is nice, but nearly
as beautiful as the new supermarket at
Dallas. “A few of the prices are a little
high”, said Lydia, ‘‘but they have excel-
lent meat.”
Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy was in the store
with his wife. ‘“This is much nicer than
any other Insalaco Market. It’s fantas-
tic, better than any other store,’ he
stated.
(See SHOPPERS, page 10)
not like
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Although national statistics
indicate that today’s child is
more interested in war games
and toys that pretend to destroy
human nature, the children of
the Back Mountain are proving
the national figures don’t hold
true here.
Although Lazer Tag seems to J
be the most requested item on |
Back Mountain children’s
Christmas lists this year, the
old standbys of Barbie and G.I.
Joe are not far behind.
(See KIDS, page 6)
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