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THE DALLAS POST/Wednesday, February 24, 1988
Only yesterday
50 Years Ago - Feb. 25, 1938
This week the owner of the
Dallas Post encountered for the
first time the man who helped
print the first issue. He is
Joseph Bulford of Trucksville
who operated the hand press
upon which No. 1, Vo. 1 of The
Dallas Post was printed in 1889.
Mr. Bulford was about 14 years
old when he helped print the
first Dallas Post.
Center Hill Road, which div-
ides Dallas Borough and Dallas
Township has been the center of
controversy since it was born at
the end of the bloody Yankee-
Pennamite War.
Lehman Cagers need a victory
tonight to clinch the Rural
League championship.
Deaths - Dorothy Allen, form-
erly of Dallas.
You could get - Kraft cheese
spread 5-oz. glass 21c; peaches
2 1g. cans 33c; fruit preserves 2
1-Ib. jars 33c; spaghetti 3 Ig.
cans 19c; ripe tomatoes 2 lbs.
25¢.
40 Years Ago - Feb. 20, 1948
Consumer League meets
Sunday to consider proposed
new rates presented to the PUC
by Harveys Lake Light Com-
pany
Jackson Firemen open $12,000
drive for new equipment at a
meeting with the township citi-
zens last week.
Back Mountain Library plans
to invest in an endowment fund
to assure the permanent exist-
ence of the library.
Dallas Borough teams will
play on the Kingston Township
High School floor tonight in
what prolmises to be one of the
mostexciting games of the
season.
Mrs. Harry Ohlman is elected
president of the Library Book
Club.
Deaths - Mrs. Emma Brader,
Shavertown. :
You could get - Beef short ribs
35¢ lb.; Jiffy pie crust 8-oz. pkg.
15¢c; Anjou pears 3 lbs. 25c;
elbow macaroni 15¢ lb. pkg.;
hot chocolate mix 8-0z. can 24c.
30 Years Ago - Feb. 21, 1958
Heavy storm visits the Back
Mountain in years climaxing 10
days of sub-zero cold and
making roads impassable.
Dallas Kiwanis Club heard
some interesting facts about
Harveys Lake Wednesday, when
Dr. Charles Reiff, Wilkes Col-
lege, spoke on lakes and
streams.
Dallas Area School Jointure
lost the third key man in six
months with the death of
Charles James, secondary,
school administrator. Raymond
Kuhnert, principal, and Harry
Ohlman, school board president,
preceeded James in death.
Deaths - William Griffiths,
Trucksville; Claude Leslie
Agnew, Jr., Idetown; Albert R.
Womer, Noxen; Estella
Ostrowski
promoted
Robert J. Ostrowski, senior
vice president-investments, has
been elected a member of the
1988 Chairman’s Council of Pru-
dential-Bache Securities, it was
announced by George L. Ball,
president and chief executive
officer of the investment bank-
ing and brokerage firm.
The Prudential-Bache Chair-
man’s Council consists of 90
members selected annually
from the firm’s over 5,000
Account Executives. Council
members are chosen on the
basis of their professionalism
and consistent high production.
McKinnis, Dallas; Harry W.
Glace, Trucksville; John Pimm,
Loyalville.
St. Therese’s downs Shaver-
town 58-50; Lehman Scotties nip
West Wyoming. :
Himmler Theatre - Now play-|
ing “The Helen Morgan Story”,
Ann Blyth, Paul Newman.
You could get - Lobster tails
89c Ib.; frozen oyster stew 10-0z.
can 29c; cauliflower 29¢ hd.
mayonnaise 55¢ qt.; Angel Food
cakes 29c ea. :
20 Years Ago - Feb. 22, 1968
Arson surrounds the cause of
the blaze that destroyed a large
barn in Ross Township Saturday
and contributed to the death of
the owner, 69-year-old Harold E.
Wagner.
Dallas Rotary is finishing
plans for its annual turkey
dinner on Saturday at Dallas
Senior High School.
Dallas Mountaineers lose by
two points to Central Catholic in
overtime.
Lake-Lehman matmen defeat
Dallas Mountaineers 27-12 to
win the Thomas Longmore
Trophy.
Dallas senior Sally Moyer’s
painting won first place in a
local art contest and will be
entered in the National Hall-
mark Scholarship Art Contest in
Allentown.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs!
John Newell, Noxen, 60 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dungey,
Dallas, 49 years.
Deaths - Philip Jay Kunkle,
Kunkle; George E. Shepherd,
Dalllas; McKinley Long, Sweet
Valley; Charles L. Goodwin,
Beaumont; Henry James
Wyant, Noxen; Joseph E.
Eppley, Harveys Lake; Benton
L. Ide, Carverton. \
You could get - Chickens 3i1c
lb.; Florida oranges 49c¢ doz.;
‘Hot Cross buns 39c pkg. 8;
grape jelly 3 1b. jar 79c; Ivory
liquid 57c qt: bot.
10 Years Ago - Feb. 23, 1978
The possibility of holding
school on Saturdays to make up
for days lost through inclement
weather was discussed at the
regular meeting of the Lake-
Lehman School Board Feb. 14.
Dallas Junior Women’s Club
to sponsor Easter Egg Hunt at
Dallas Junior High School gym.
David Drasnin is named
chairman of the Red Cross
Annual Membership campaign.
Undefeated Lady Mountai-
neers look toward district play-
offs with only Crestwood and
Wyoming Seminary standing in
their way.
Anniversaries - Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Eyet Sr., Dymond
Hollow, 40 years.
You could get - Skinless
franks $1.09 1b.; Planters peanut
butter 18-oz. jar 89c; Campbell’s
mushroom soup 4 cans $1; pota-
toes 10-Ib. bag 69¢; Gold Medal
flour 5 Ibs. 39c.
Check donated
Members of the Dallas Lions Club recenlty donated a check
to the Back Mountain Memorial Library. The money will be
used to purchase large-print books for the sight impaired.
Frank Michaels, Lions Club, William
Frederick, librarian, and Dominick Fino, Lions Club.
Pictured from left;
Farm survey to be taken
Survey.
Interviewers will begin knocking on the doors of 500 Pennsylvania
farmers next week for the fourth-annual Farm Costs and Returns
The major, nationwide survey of costs of production and financial
conditions throughout the farm sector is conducted by the state
offices of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, a branch of
the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Statistics Service (PASS).
Across the nation, 24,000 farmers will be contracted. The 500
Commonwealth farm operators will be surveyed between Feb. 19
and March 21 by representatives of the Penns
State Statistician Wally Evans said interviewers will collect data
on farm expenses, finances, capital purchases and costs of
production for 1987. The information will be used to determine
farm production expenditures, measure farm income, and assess
other key indicators of the farm sector.
lished,” Evans said.
“This survey is important to Pennsylvania farmers, because in
addition to national results, state-level information will be pub-
Responses to survey questionnaires are confidential and are only
used with other reports to arrive at state and national totals.
scheduled for release beginning this summer.
800-AG-PENNA.
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| Obituaries
JORDAN, PAUL II, three
month old son of Paul Jordan,
formerly of Trucksville and
Robyn Weaver Jordan, Hershey
died Feb. 12, 1988 in the Her-
shey Medical Center.
Surviving in addition to his
parents are paternal grandpar-
ents Dr. and Mrs. Lester
Jordan, Trucksville; maternal
grandparents Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Weaver, Hershey; great-
grandparents Maurice and
Edna Baer, Hommelstwon and
Mary Weaver, Hershey, an
uncle and several aunts.
Interment was in Spring
Creek Cemetery, Hershey.
Memorial contributions can be
made to the Four Diamonds
Fund, Hershey Medical Center,
Hershey, Pa. 17033.
MULDOON, MAUREEN, 21,
formerly of Westminster Drive,
Dallas died Feb. 15, 1988 in St.
Joseph’s Center, Dunmore.
Surviving are her parents
Joseph w. and Marian Scalera
Muldoon of Dallas; brothers,
Michael, Patrick, Pittstburgh;
Shawn, Brian and Timothy,
Dallas; maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Donminick Scal-
era, Beaver; paternal grand-
mother, Mrs. Agnes Muldoon,
Brentwood.
Interment was in Mounta
Olivet Cemetery, Carverton.
MORGAN, CATHERINE 1.,
92, of RD 1, Sweet Valley died
Feb. 17, 1988 in the Nanticoke
State General Hospital.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Thomas.
Surviving are daughters, Mrs.
Ann haines, with whom she
resided; Mrs. Mary Simcoe,
The results will be published by USDA in various reports Heathsville, Va.; eight grand-
children; seven great-grandchil-
Questions about the survey should be directed to the Pennsyl- dren; two nieces and a nephew.
vania Agricultural Statistics Service at (717) 787-3904 or through
the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s toll-free number, 1-
Interment was in Cathedral
Cemetery, West Scranton.
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Meadows Nursing Center, died
Feb. 15, 1988 at the centerin
Dallas following a lengthy ill-
ness. |
She was preceded in death by
her husband, Alexander in 1983. |
Surviving are a son, Alexan-
der, West Chester; one grand
daughter.
Interment will be in the Pitts
ton Cemetery.
FISHER, CHARLEY, E., 38 of
RD 1, Sweet Valley died Feb.
14, 1988 in the Apache Tomato-
Company, Colts neck Township,
N.J. of an apparent heart '
attack. |
He owned and operated Lick-
ety Split Company, Sweet
Valley for the past three years. |
Surviving are brothers, Fran-
cis R., Bayville, NJ; Martin] {
Seaside, NJ: Willis D., with
whom he resided; sisters, Cyn-
thia A. Wilson, Harveys Lake;
Joyce S. Wilson, Wilkes-Barre.
NOON, MARTIN F., RD 1,
Dallas, died Feb. 17, 1988 in the
Veterans Administration Medi
cal Center, Plains Township.
He was a veteran of World
War II, serving with the U.S.
Navy.
He was preceded in death by
his wife , the former Mary
Zander, who died Nov. 7, 198"
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Clayton (Margaret) Cook,
Dallas; brothers, Joseph,
Dallas; Gene, Wilkes-Barre; six
grandchildren; eight grand-chil-
dren.; eight great-grandchil-
dren. BL
Interment was in Sacred
Heart Cemetery, Dallas.
GRIFFITHS, ARTHUR, 90,
died Feb. 17, 1988 in the Mead-
ows Nursing Center, Dallas.
He was an army veteran
during World War I.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, the former Edna
Ashton. .
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