RR RRR en BREE TE ss The Dallas Post Dallas, PA o Wednesday, October 26, 1988 5 Only yesterday 50 Years Ago - Oct. 28, 1938 Trucksville School construction starts Luzerne County Registration Board wipes 8,000 names from the registration rolls after listening to evidence of fraudulent registration. State Police arrest two young automobile thieves as a result of a tip by Mrs. Florence Hablett of Chase. Kingston Township gridders fa- vored to win in first intersectional game with Dallas Township. Cliff Covert, popular proprietor of Dallas Inn on Huntsville Road, ~ announced that he had sold out this « week to Herman VanCampen of Shavertown. Huntsville Church which boasts * the oldest building in this section ‘ begins its 96th year of service this Sunday. Contractor A.M. Hildebrant be- gins work on the new Trucksville School building this week. You could buy - Hams 131/2c¢ < Ib.; grapefruit 4 for 11c; flour 24-1b. " bag 59c; dill pickles qt. jar 13c. 40 Years Ago - Oct. 29, 1948 ~ Two arrested in ~ string of robberies “Two Plymouth high school youths admit robberies in the local area which cleans up the rash of 26 robberies during the late summer in - the Back Mountain. Dr. Henry M. Laing Community © Band will lead the annual Hallow- + een Parade tomorrow night at 6:45. Lehman downs Dallas Township 14-7 Wednesday afternoon. Police Chief Louis Banta made nine arrests this week of drivers going through the red light at the Center Street-Memorial Highway intersection. Engaged - Leona Linsinbigler and - Darwin K. Roberts. You could buy - Fillets of had- - dock 39c Ib.; coffee 43c lb.; Ameri- Fi can cheese 2-lb. loaf $1.03; fresh mushrooms 45c lb. 30 Years Ago - Oct. 31, 1958 Gift pays off new Lehman fire truck An anonymous gift of $13,200 Commonwealth Telephone will add 300 new lines to its service in The artist... Charlotte Hoeschele of Tunkhannock painted this picture one recent Sunday afternoon at Ricketts Glen State Park. ' ... the critique Ken Marquis, his daughter Dana and Barbara Lispi stop for a friendly . comment on the artisitic endeavor. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) the Dallas-Shavertown area. Lehman's Bill Lopasky is named as the starter at left guard on West Virginia's team and will make his debut with the team against Okla- . homa. He is the brother of Lehman's stellar halfback Johnny Lopasky on this year's undefeated Lehman var- sity. Bill's nickname is “Hard Coal’. Back Mountain Library sends delegates to State Institute of Li- brary Associations. Engaged - Joyce Irene Major and Arthur F. Clemm, Jr. You could buy - Steaks 79c lb.; tomatoes 29c lb.; pumpkin pie 45¢ ea.; coffee 95c Ib. 20 Years Ago - Oct. 31, 1968 200 Girl Scouts Kingston Township Police are seeking unused guns or ammuni- tion if there are residents who no longer want any in their possession. Chief Herbert Updyke said his de- partment will put them to good use. Nearly 200 Girl Scouts and lead- ers of Penn's Woods Council met in the woods at Irem Temple over the weekend for a “world-wide games day” as part of the Girl Scout pro- gram for earning merit badges. Lake-Lehman gridders defeat GAR 12-0 over the weekend on the Lehman field. Luzerne County Federation of Women's Clubs convened for their Fall meeting at Hotel Sterling where the clubs discussed the trends toward crime. Huntsville Christian Church 2 Ig. loaves 49c; potato chips 1-lb. bag 55c. 10 Years Ago - Nov. 2, 1978 Nine arrested in burglary ring Harveys Lake Council president Robert DeRemer asked residents of the borough to participate in a vol- untary survey to address their atti- tudes to a recent proposal for the council to buy a $125,000 park site at Sandy Beach. Dallas Township supervisors dedicated the new Dallas Township community park Sunday following the annual Halloween parade. Back Mountain voters view poll Opiions for candidates for state of- ces. Area police arrest nine involved in some 22 burglaries throughout annual Halloween Parade sponsored by Dallas Kiwanis last Sunday af- ternoon. Lake-Lehman girls go 10-0 to win the district title. Engaged - Jane Burnett and Scott Holbrook. : Married - Patricia Lynn McMichael and Richard James Feagler; Ethel Cooper and George Keller. You could buy - Pork roast $1.49 Ib.; bananas 5 Ibs. $1.00; orange juice $1.29 1/2 gal.; margarine gtrs. 79c. \ Howard Grossman named Planner of the Year in state Howard J. Grossman, Executive Director of the Economic Develop- ment Council of Northeastern Penn- sylvania (EDCNP) since 1971, re- cently was honored with its Profes- sional Planner of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Planning Association (PPA) at a statewide awards dinner held in State Col- lege. The Association, a chapter of the American Planning Association, recognized Grossman for “outstand- ing achievements over the past 17 years.” : Presented by State Senator J. Doyle Corman, the award “signified many years of outstanding profes- sional achievementin adifficultand demanding field,” said John E. Walsh, President and General Manager of WVIA-TV and president of EDCNP, who nominaated Gross- man for the honor. A native of New Jersey, Gross- man earned an undergraduate degree in city planning from Rutgers University, a master's degree in public administration from New York University, and took additional graduate work towardaPh.D. atthe University of Pennsylvania in its school of city planning. Active in education and commu- nity service organizations, Gross- ‘man has served as an adjunct pro- fessor at Wilkes College and has taught at Marywood and Luzerne County Community College. In addition, he contributes regular columns to regional publications, and has authored numerous pa- pers and studies. He had been pre- viously honored by the National Associationof Development Organi- zations with its J. Roy Fogle Award as the outstanding executive direc- tor of a multi-county planning and development organization in the United States. a Ronald A. Bartizek Editor and Publisher Sara J. Lundberg i py has paid off the entire indebtedness observes its 125 annivers * for the new fire truck of the Lehman meet at Irem The Back Mountain owesn the Back Vounisin and 4 ld Managing Biter Reporter i {. Township Volunteer Fire Company. A typhoid case of a Back Moun- Parade is termed a huge success. football team edzed the Dallas Chis. Rob Zapotoski ., Tami Britton Karen Cundiff ic 1. Native Laces & Textiles has closed tain resident was alleged to be due Married - Dawn Reynolds and 4... School Be 26-25 in a Composition Advertising Acct. Exec. Office ee 3 " rits Lever’s lace department at Na- to bad water samples in the AR. Miller. football bathe last week. tag : hadi Be J ~tona Mills and will transfer that Trucksville area at a community You could buy - Chickens 24clb.; Nearly 400 participated in the Olga Kostrobala Linda Shurmaitis b ® | * department to Hightstown, N.J. meeting held this past week. fresh broccoli 29¢ beh. ; : Vienna bread p Classifled/typesetting Photo/darkroom vi lah! The Dallas Post Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Charlotte E. Bartizek Assoclate Publisher Charlot N. Denmon The Gifte Foresight E DY After three years of patience, legal snafu's and other complications, Mountain Broadcasting was granted a permit to construct a comercial F.M. broadcast station in the community of Dallas. This station will broadcast in stereo, 24 hours daily on a frequency of 93.7mHz. As we are dedicated to serving the community needs, we need your suggestions. The primary service area will be our community of license, Dallas and the entire Back Mountain area, as its only commercial broadcast station, but the signal will reach an area within an approximate 30t0 40 mile radius of this area. If you could please take some time to fill out the questions below and mail this survey to our office, it would give us the opportunity to serve you the best of our ~~ ability and make the radio station an asset to the entire area. If more room is needed you may send additional cards or letters, or if you wish, enclose your name and telephone number and we PINT will contact you. Thank You for your interest and time. 4 Cordially: Denise Schacht ] . Ron Schacht q Plan ahead! 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