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Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 28, 1989
Ti DALLASCDOST
Let's change our
approach to alcohol
As the issue of underage drinking has been brought to the
~ forefront of our attention by an unfortunate event, isn't it time
we began to address the causes and not the symptoms of this
problem?
Underlying the harm that excessive alcohol consumption
brings to so many American households is a fascination with
overdrinking that exists here, but not in many other developed
societies. Through a mature approach and strict enforcement,
many nations have all but eliminated most of the dangerous
consequences of intoxication.
Perhaps our young people's fascination with drinking alco-
hol is a direct result of the double standard we apply so
obviously to this activity. How can a young person help but
notice the advertisements that link drinking with healthy,
vigorous people depicted in appealing social situations? And
how can they square the rigid age limit that we have placed on
alcohol use with their own perception of the abuse that occurs
among those who are “of age?”
We think that they can't, and they shouldn't be made to.
America once tried to ban alcohol altogther, in the misguided
belief that the substance - and not our abuse of it - was the
problem. That unsuccessful experiment should have taught
us that not only is it impossible to control people to that extent,
it’s inadvisable.
Responsible behavior is not enforced, it’s learned. In most
European countries there is no age at which drinking alcohol
becomes legal. Instead, parents allow their children appropri-
ate portions of wine or liquor in a matter-of-fact way that
eliminates any youthful fascination. One need only read the
comments of exchange students to learn the difference be-
tween European attitudes and our own toward alcohol use.
Coupled with this enlighted approach is unyielding enforce-
ment of laws against aberrations such as driving while intoxi-
cated. In most of Europe and in several other nations around
the world, severe penalties are meted out for drunken driving.
These include mandatory short-term jail sentences for a first
offense, and much longer ones for a second, along with instant
loss of driving privileges.
Of course, to give our youngsters a healthy attitude toward
alcohol, we must have one ourselves. It’s not enough to ask
them to be responsible while abusing alcohol ourselves. “Do as
I say, not as I do” has never been effective advice. But it is still
~ given too often, paricularly when the subject is alcohol use in
Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Is underage drinking illegal? Of course itis. Do laws prevent
it? Obviously not.
Maybe it’s time to adopt the European approach; it could
prove healthier for both children and adults.
Have a safe
Independence Day
The Independence Day holiday is approaching, and with it
the danger of injury to those who celebrate with fireworks. We
urge everyone who plans a miniature version of the Revolution-
ary War to do so carefully and while in full command of their
faculties.
Fireworks are fun, and a traditional part of this holiday with
many families. Keep the fun in it by being sure to supervise
children properly, and by being careful to avoid the kind of
accident that in a moment can leave a person crippled perma-
nently.
Acoordinig to the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind,
3,500 of the estimated 14,000 injuries that will be caused by
fireworks accidents this year will be eye injuries, and 1,000
cause some degree of blindness.
Let's take precautions to see that none of these occur here.
The Dallas Post
Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc.
P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612
Telephone: 717-675-5211
Charlotte E. Bartizek
Associate Publisher
Ronald A. Bartizek
Editor and Publisher
Charlot M. Denmon
Reporter
Rob Zapotoski Jean Hillard Olga Kostrobala
Composition Office Manager Classified/typesetting
MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION
AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION
Ducks a lot
Residents of Harveys. Lake are amused and delighted by pairs of mating mallards like this outstanding
couple at the public boat launch. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek)
| etters
Urges support for local blood drive July 6
Dear Friend,
The American Red Cross Blood
Services, located here in the Wyo-
ming Valley, meets the blood needs
of all patients in area hospitals.
Many of us living here in the Back
Mountain area have friends and
relatives who have benefited from
transfusions of blood, donated by
volunteer donors.
The volunteer donor is the key
to the American Red Cross’s pro-
gram, and the Back Mountain in
particular has a long and proud
history of supporting local blood
drives. Over the past two years,
however, there has been some loss
of support - not only here, but
across the entire area served by
the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Region of the American Red Cross.
This loss of support has resulted
in blood being imported from Eu-
rope to meet local needs. My col-
leagues and I, who are volunteers
residing in the Back Mountain, are
convinced that many people do not
know that it has been necessary to
import blood. We also feel that if
more people knew, those who are
not donors would volunteer, and
those who are would give more
often.
Through this letter, I ask you to
join those of us who give to hel
those in need. The next blood drive
supported by the Back Mountain
Blood Council will be at the
Trucksville Untied Methodist
Church on Church Street, in
Trucksville (the little white church
on the hill) on July 6, from 12:00
noon to 6:00 p.m.
If you are responding to this
letter, please tell the volunteer
worker at registration.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Townsend
Chairman
Back Mountain Blood Council
Only yesterday
50 Years Ago - June 30, 1939
POLACKY APPOINTED
NEW POSTMASTER
Dallas Water Company awaits
arrival of new pump to eliminate
water shortages in the Dallas area.
Deborah Jeter, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Jeter, Dallas, anda
John Hopkins graduate, has joined
the American Air Lines.
Joseph Polacky has received
word of his permanent appoint-
ment as postmaster at Dallas Post
Office and Nicholas Staub has
received word of his appointment
as postmaster at the Trucksville
Post Office.
Wed - Martha Keller and Leroy
White; Helen Himmler and Alvah
Eggleston; Florence E. Carey and
H. Orval Averett; Doris Reilly and
Paul E. Rice; Evelyn Yorkand Hugh
Templeton.
Dallas Arrows bow 6-5 to Me-
hoopany in the Bi-County League.
40 Years Ago - July 1, 1949
LOCAL CHURCH GETS
APPROVAL OF DIOCESE
There will be a hearing before
the PUC, July 6 on the complaint
filed by residents of Druid Hill
against the Dallas-Shavertown
Water Company.
The Bethlehem Diocese has
approved the construction ofa new
Prince of Peace Church at the inter-
section of Pioneer Avenue and the
old Main Highway.
Noxen will hold an all-day cele-
bration July 4 beginning at 10
a.m. and continuing until dark
climaxed with a fireworks display.
William E. Hodgson of
Bloomsburg has opened an egg
packing plant in the basement of
Dixon's Market. THES
Wed - Norma Van Tuyle and
James C. Hutchinson; Betty
Shields and Dr. G. Douglas; Joan
Sarah Vanderburg and Bud Jo-
seph Dieffenbach; Doris Mae Hontz
and Harry Hughey.
Engaged - Alice Austin and C.
Edwin Lumley; Marjorie E. Elkins
and Victor E. McCarty.
30 Years Ago - July 2, 1959
FOUR BOATS AND POOL
HIGHLIGHT AUCTION
Construction on Route 115 to
be constructed this Fall.
Four motor boats and a swim-
ming pool head list of new goods at
the library auction.
Dallas Borough has a popula-
tion of 1,977 according to the re-
cently completed school census.
Senior scouts Bonnie West,
Marilyn Eck and Pegg Hall left for
the National Round-up at Colo-
rado Springs.
Dallas to meet Beaumont in
exhibition game Saturday.
Back Mountain YMCA completes
swim course for 49 local boys.
20 Years Ago - July 3, 1969
LIBRARY AUCTION
MODELS HOUSE
The Dallas Branch of the Miners
National Bank will become United
Penn Bank, a subsidiary of the
United Penn Corporation, newly
formed holding company.
One of the new and unusual
features at this year’s library auc-
tion will be a model of a house
“which was to have been built in the
Back Mountain but was never built.
The Lehman Horse Show will be
held July 3, 4 and'5 on the horse-
show grounds.
Mrs. Arline Rood to retire as
Coordinator of Kindergarten and
Elementary Grades of the Dallas
School District.
Wed - Mary Beth Garey and
Michael Brady; Joyce Elaine
Husted and James Lee Sabol; Eliza-
beth Alice Oatridge and Roger
Stephen Brobst; Cynthia Barring
Townend and Gordon A. Donaldson
Jr.; Diane Marie Hodgson and
David S. Wojciechowski.
10 Years Ago - June 28, 1979
DALLAS POST OFFICE
PLANS EXIT INTO ACME
Dallas to plan a new post office
exit into the Acme parking lot and
onto Foster Street.
Chief inspector of North Wales
constabulary visits his sister and
her husband at Harveys Lake.
Luzerne County Fall Fair Chair-
man Don Rood begins plans for the
Fair to be held September 5, 6, 7,
8 and 9 at the Lehman Horse Show
Grounds.
Engaged - Mary Ann Pantucci
and Allen Brague.
Wed - Dorothy Withey and Wil-
liam Carroll; Marlene DeBrino and
Lewis Clark; Patricia Kelley and
Joseph J. Stella.
Hawks split over the weekend
losing 3-2 to Roaring Brook but
winning 10-5 over Orangeville.
Library news
Sarah Robinson
Andrea Molski
son likes the book booth.”
Maryanne Ochman
Aide Receptionist Student
Sweet Valley Dallas Shavertown
“I'm going to look for a bargain.” “I like the food especially when “The booth I like best at the
g g g they have potato pancakes, my auction is the food booth.
The Post asks: “What do you like best at the library auction?”
Cathy Loucks
Florist
Back Mountain
“I like the antiques bestand also
some of the new items auctioned
over the block.”
Library thanks
auction volunteers
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
VOLUNTEERS! We love them!
The first week of summer vacation
and the first week of our library's
summer reading game are the
busiest times at the library and
this past week was no exception.
At one time on Wednesday, Kathy
Downs was slipping books and
Kristin Gurdin was filing new bor-
rower cards at the front desk.
Someone said, where is the staff?
The answer, busy doing many other
things to keep ahead of the tre-
mendous rush of business this
time of the year. Two faithful sis-
ters, Dorothy Cawley and Eleanor
Staub were shelving books in the
main reading room and Heather
Meade one of our junior volunteers
was also busy shelving books. On
Thursday, Helena Bosses was
typing new book cards, Edward
Transue was shelving in the main
room and Kristen Gurdin was
working on books in the children’s
room. These wonderful volunteers
make the routine work of the li-
brary much easier to keep ahead
of. In three days last week, 1,437
books were checked out of the
library. That is a lot of books in a
short period of time. Our volun-
teers mean so much to the staff
and we appreciate so much the
work and support they give to us.
Our Ham ‘n Yegg contributions
to date havereached $2,070 which
is a good start on the 43rd auction
financial goal of $90,000 gross.
Last year's gross amount was
$75,000 making a net profit of
$40,000 for the library which is
about one third of the library's
annual operating budget. Mrs.
Gertrude Moss, our replacement
Ham ‘n Yegg chairman for her
husband, William Moss one of the
original founders of this project,
concluded her term as chairman
with'the 1988 auction. The library
staff is now handling the paper
work on the project, which is quite
involved, considering the fact that
each person donating to the club
receives a thank you from the
auction committee. I have to say
thankyou to Jane, our willing staff
member, who has become a sub-
stitute, fill-in ‘Mrs. Moss’. The
generosity of our community in
supporting their library is always
very gratifying.
The library Book Club held its
final meeting until September last
week with 27 members and guest
attending. The program was a
delighful rendition of “A Winter's
Tale”, by William Shakespeare
presented by the Shakespeare
Readers of the Back Mountain.
The club membership has reached
212 which represents $1,900 in
funds to purchase books for the
Book Club shelf in the library. The
special Book Club personal book-
plates have arrived and are selling
for 50 cents each and are available
at thelibrary. Eleanor Fleming and
Jean Alexander presided at the tea
table. Mrs. Crump, Book Club
president, has conducted another
successful book club year and is a
super person at the age of 94.
Sabol named
to state drug
abuse panel
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Kingston Township Police Chief
Paul Sabol was honored recently
by a request from State Attorney
General Emest D. Preate, Jr.
asking Sabol to serve on the Attor-
ney General's newly-formed Medi
cal/Legal Advisory Board. The
board will address the medical and
legal issues surrounding drug
abuse and will focus on how the
medical and legal systems door d
not work together.
The board will include a select
number of physicians, district
attorneys, law enforcement offi-
cials and related professionals. The,
members will meet four times
annually with the first meeting set
for Thursday, August 17, in the § ¥
office of the Attorney General in
Harrisburg. :
Chief Sabol also received a letter
from Governor Robert F. Casey,
expressing appreciation for Sabol’s
display of citizenship, providing
money, resources and company
service to assist Police Officer David
Wehrer in purchasing a talking
police car to help in teaching
Luzerne County children what to
do in an emergency situation. ’
Christine Sheridan, executive
director of the Luzerne County |
Association for Retarded Citizens
also expressed appreciation to
Sabol and the Back Mountain
Police Association for their efforts
in successfully raising $2,392
through the Back Mountain Ham
and Egg Breakfast. The money was
donated to the ARC.
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