50 YEARS AGO - DEC. 18, 1936
Local Post 672 American Legion voted unani-
mously to be named for Lloyd Daddow and
Gomer Isaacs, two local young men who died in
the service of their country during World War I.
Ground was broken for the new $47,000 annex
at Kingston Township High School. The addition
was being built with the help of the WPA.
Lehman PTA discussed Pre-School Training
for children under the leadership of Mrs. Arthur
Crosby.
You could get - Women’s winter coats $8.95; 25
percent wool blanket, 72x84, $3.98; men’s shirts
98c; Hershey Kisses 2% Ib. box 59c¢c; mixed
candy 15c lb.; pork loins 19c 1b.
40 YEARS AGO - DEC. 20, 1946
The Department of Forests and Waters
acquired an additional 5,600 acres of mountain
land at Ricketts Glen. Cost of the acreage was
$50,000,
Clyde Cooper, who distributed milk over an
area from West Pittston to Nanticoke, com-
pleted construction of a new milk plant at
Fernbrook. The new business was known as
Forty Fort Dairy.
Engaged - Jeanne Trevethan to John Garbutt.
You could get - Oranges 25c¢ doz.; grapes 23c
lb.; apples 3 1b. 29¢; pork loins 45c lb.; turkey
39c Ib.; standard oysters 60c pt.; eggs 69c doz.;
mince meat 20 oz. jar 29c.
30 YEARS AGO - DEC. 21, 1956
Back Mountain ' schools had enbarked on a
program for the prevention of polio. Salk
vaccine injections were offered free for pre-
school children and children through the age of
19.
The deadline was extended on the Bk. Mt.
lighting contest. The constest was sponsored by
Dallas Women’s Club. James Kozemchak, Post
photographer, headed the contest.
Engaged - Verna Lasco and Gary Bliss; Jessie
Armitage and Orin Beckerman. :
Married - Barbara Lorentz and Grant Middle-
stead.
Deaths - Dick London, Harveys Lake; Bruce
Long, Trucksville; James Robinson, Dallas;
Emma Frace, Sweet Valley.
You could get - Turkeys 46c 1b.; smoked hams
55¢ lb.; fruit cake 99c¢ lb.; pumpkin pie 49c;
oranges 39c doz.; 7 oz. can whipped topping 39c;
25 ft. Reynolds wrap 29c.
20 YEARS AGO - DEC. 22, 1966
Richard Ide was sworn in at a meeting of the
Lake-Lehman School Board. Ide replaced Dean
Shaver who had resigned from the post.
A youngster disturbed by a change in schools
and by family problems was responsible for
bomb scare calls which harassed Dallas Junior
High personnel.
The annual Christmas Bird Count, under the
auspices of the Audubon Society with which the
Bk. Mountain is affiliated was held.
Engaged - Carol Ann Durkin and Peter Shin-
dell Weaver.
Married - Ruth Miller and Timothy Herbert.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs. C. Morris King,
49 years; Mr. and Mrs. George Belles, 59 years;
Dr. and Mrs. Carlton Davies, 25 years; Mr. and
Mrs. Clinton Johnson, 25 years.
Deaths - Peter Delaney, Harveys Lake; Kath-
erine Menzel, Dallas; Frank Parrish, Beaumont
native.
You could get - Turkeys 39c 1b.; smoked hams
59c Ib. ; pork sausage 39c lb.; lettuce 2 hds. 29c;
oranges 3 doz. $1; 3 lb. fruit cake $2.99; mixed
nuts 49c lb.; coffee 2 1b. can $1.55; Wise potato
chips 14 oz. pkg. 59c.
Cage champs
leaders scholarship competition.
Carmon. :
Deaths - Earl Horbach, Dallas; Ruth Perkins,
Trucksville; Oran King Lamb, formerly of
Dallas.
You could get - Boneless round steak $1.49;
sirloin tip roast $1.79 1b.; frankfurters 89c Ib.; {
kohlbassi $1.69 lb.; orange juice 64 oz. bottle d
69c; Parkay margarine 2 lb. 89c; Philadelphia
cream cheese 8 oz. 55¢; grapefruit 7-$1.
NEED SOME HELP wishing
that special person in your life a
really special Christmas? Have
an imaginary gift you’d like to
wish to someone? Why not let
The Dallas Post help you to do
just that? ?
Next week, in our December
22 issue (which will be pub-
lished on Monday instead of on
Wednesday because of the
Christmas holiday), we will be
printing imaginary Christmas
gifts. The staff of The Dallas
Post, as well as our columnists
and correspondents, has been
busy preparing gifts they would
like to give to their friends,
relatives and neighbors if they
could.
And, the public is more than
welcome to join in this fun way
of gift-giving. Simply jot down
the names. of those on your
Christmas list with an imagi-
nary gift next to their name and
drop it off at our office in the
309/415 Plaza. (If you can’t get
to our office during normal busi-
, ness hours, simply drop off your
list in our mailslot any time
during the evening hours.)
You're going to have to hurry,
though. We need your Christ-
mas gifts no later than 10 a.m.
on Friday, December 19. Now, I
know that isn’t much time for
you to prepare such a list, but if
you put your thinking caps on,
I’m sure you’ll be able to come
up with a few.
‘C'mon — join us in the fun!
You'll love seeing the look on
your neighbor’s face when he
reads his name and his imagi-
nary gift in the paper next
week.
We'll be doing the same thing
with imaginary New Year’s res-
olutions for the December 29th
issue, also. So — start thinking
ahead!
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WELCOME HOME to Ma &
Pa Martin. Ma and Pa are none
other than my father and my
stepmother, David and Laura
Martin, of Murray Street, Forty
Fort.
Ma and Pa jumped in their
new custom van two weeks ago
and decided to tour the East
Coast of the country. With a lot
Dotty
MARTIN
of sights on their itinerary, the
wanderers saw everything they
had planned to see, but forget to
request a little assistance from
the weatherman before they
left.
So, after a soggy two weeks,
Ma and Pa are home now and,
after suffering through a day or
two of van lag, have buckled
down to the tast of getting ready
for Christmas.
GOOD LUCK to Rev. Geiger
and the congregation of the
West Baptist Church of Dallas.
The church members, who
began meeting in a trailer on
Route 415 formerly occupied by
AAA, have moved to bigger
headquarters and will be housed
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Memorial Library Building on
Main Street in Dallas.
The former library building is
now owned by Dallas resident
Timmy Carroll who will be rent-
ing the space to the West Bap-
tist Church.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREET-
INGS are extended to Donna
Gosart, a member of The Dallas
Post advertising staff.
Donna, who residents in
Wilkes-Barre with her husband
Donald, celebrated her special
day on Saturday, December 13.
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BIRTHDAYS were also cele-
brated in the Space family
recently.
Fred Space noted his birthday
on December 7 while his lovely
wife, Jeannette, noted her spe-
cial day on December 14. The
Spaces reside on River Street in
Forty Fort.
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GET WELL WISHES are
extended to Mrs. Mildred Bach-
man, also of Forty Fort.
HAVE A SERVICE PROBLEM?
Call 675-5211
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Jean Brutko, circulation mgr.
WANT TO ADVERTISE?
DISPLAY ADVERTISING DEPT.
Call 675-5211
Sandy Sheehan, Advertising Coordinator
Michael Danowski, Account Executive
Charlot Denmon, Account Executive
Donna Gosart, Account Executive
Advertising Deadline-Monday 11 a.m.
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING DEPT.
Call 675-5211
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-4:30
Jean Brutko, classified mgr.
Classified deadline - Monday 5 p.m.
HAVE A NEWS TIP?
Call 675-5211
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5:00
Dotty Martin, executive editor
HAVE A PRESS RELEASE?
Mail it to:
Editor
The Dallas Post
PO Box 366
Dallas, Pa. 18612
or hand-deliver it to:
The Dallas Post
309-415 Plaza
Dallas, Pa. 18612
PROBLEM WITH A STORY?
It is the policy of The Dallas Post to
correct all errors of fact and to clarify
any misunderstanding created by arti-
cles.
Questions should be directed to the
News Desk at 675-5211
WANT TO ORDER A PHOTO?
Call 675-5211
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-5:00
All photos appearing in The Dallas.
Post that have been taken by a Dallas
Post photographer are for purchase.
HAVE A QUESTION ON
AN INVOICE?
Call 675-5211
Mon.-Fri. 9:00-4:30
Peggy Poynton, office mgr.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
25¢ on newsstands every Wednesday; carrier
delivery, 25¢ per week. By mail: in Pennsyl-
vania, $12 per year; out of state, $14 per year.
Published every Wednesday by Pennaprint, Inc.
J. Stephen Buckley, publisher, PO Box 366,
Dallas, Pa. 18612. Entered at the post office in
Dallas, Pa. 18612 as second class matter.
Mrs. Bachman is a surgical
patient at Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital, Kingston. Hope you’re
feeling better by the time you
read this, Mrs. Bachman.
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CONGRATULATIONS to the
Slocum brothers. Brett and
Bartt Slocum, both vice-presi-
dents of Slocum Insurance
Agency Inc., Dallas, recently
passed the Pennsylvania Insur-
ance Property and Casualty
Brokers Examination.
Brett resides in Dallas with
his wife, Susan, and their two
children, while Bartt and his
wife, Laura, reside in Shaver-
town.
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mas time at The Dallas Post.
Much thanks to advertising
coordinaorn Sandy Sheehan and
circulation manager Jean
Brutko for taking the time to
decorate our office for the holi-
days.
What with lights on our trees,
wreaths in the windows and
ornaments and garland all over
the place, you can’t help but get
in the holiday spirit in our office
these days.
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ALONG WITH THE DECORA-
TIONS, we are now answering
the phone with a “Happy Holi-
days” instead of a ‘Good Morn-
ing’’ or “Good Afternoon.”
And, are we getting response
from that! Most people are
thrilled to hear such ponse
when the phone is HMswered.
And, although there are a few
Scrooges out there who hang up
when they heare our greetings,
most people will reciprocate
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LETTERS TO SANTA are an
annual tradition in the Christ-
mas issue of The Dallas Post
and this year will be no excep-
tion.
Our December 22 issue will
feature Letters to Santa written
by first graders from the Dallas
Elementary School.
Mrs. Roeder from that school
has very graciously submitted
copies of the letters (as the
originals have already been
mailed to Santa at the Nort
Pole.)
Since we print the letters
exactly as the children write
them, our typesetter Olga Kos-
¢ Poinsettias ®
trabala had a devil of a time
trying to figure out some of the
things the children were trying
to say.
I think youll agree with us
when you read these letters,
though - kids say (and write)
the darndest things!
(Dotty Martin is Editor of The
Dallas Post.
appears regularly.)
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