| ‘containers on the environment must have been heartened by, last week's announcement by the McDonald's Corporation that their restaurants would soon begin packaging their foods in em ET Ss oe Ha een Ca Si ES a A Dallas, PA 4 The Dallas Post ERR Wednesday, November 7, 1990 Tie DALLAS 0ST American Education Week Young students need parents’ interest Next week is American Education Week; there have been few times in our nation’s history when the need there was a greater need to devote attention to our children’s education. Activities are scheduled throughout the week, many of them designed to better involve parents in their youngsters’ educa- tion. That involvement is possibly the most important relation- ship in education. Children love to learn, and they care less about a parent's level of education than about their love and concern. When parents take the time—not just next week, but all year long— to show interest in their child’s progress at school, they reinforce the value of learning. That is important for each individual and for the future of America. 'Old Shoe’ players have right attitude This year's Old Shoe Game between Dallas and Lake- Lehman promises to be a hard-fought battle for the “Back Mountain Championship.” The teams are more closely matched than many observers had predicted at the start of the season, but bets are always off for this game, anyway. As Charlot Denmon conducted interviews for her stories this week, she said she was struck by the respect and friendship ‘expressed for their opponents by players and coaches. While each is confident of his own abilities, none offered anything but praise for the other side. That's as it should be. Athletics, like all healthy competition, should focus on the positive development of each participant. The young men who take the field Saturday have most of their lives ahead of them, and the attitudes they take on now should be ones that lead to mature, productive adulthood. It sounds like they are well on their way. ‘McDonald's package change is welcome Anyone concerned about the impact of throwaway plastic paper containers. More importantly, the decision may have ‘marked the beginning of a new relationship between large corporations and their customers. McDonalds is moving to paper packaging in part because of public concern about the danger and waste inherent in plastic ‘materials. While paper is not without fault—the type the company will initially use will not be recyclable, and paper production creates its own pollution—it is made from a renew- able resource. Itisto be hoped that recycled paper may be used in the process at some point. ~ McDonald's is a highly-visible public company that has taken on nearly institutional status in our society. That its management would respond to public concerns as well as its own needs in making such a policy change is a hopeful sign for future environmental progress. Tie DALLASCPoST Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 Ronald A. Bartizek Charlotte E. Bartizek Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher Charlot M. Denmon Reporter Peggy Young Advertising Acct. Exec. Rich Johnson Paul Rismiller Reporter Olga Kostrobala i ‘ Classified/t ti Compesifion Jean Hillard assified/typesetting Office Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Ode to Elliot Porter EE (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Library news New library card program completed The new program instituted at the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary which involves issuing li- brary cards to every active borrow- ing patron has been completed. We had set the finish time for Thanksgiving and I am thrilled to be able to say that it was finished one holiday earlier; Halloween. At 8:30 on Halloween night, the last number was recorded on the library patrons card. As of this date, we have a total of 11,180 active library borrowers. We have handed out many of the cards to patrons as they come in to borrow books and would encourage other patrons to come in and borrow something and you will also re- ceive your new library card. This is the card you will carry with your and present at the circulation desk when you wish to borrow a book. The patrons will now be writing a number on the book card, instead of signing their name. I am very grateful to the mem- bers of our staff who worked very diligently on this project; during a very buisy time at thelibrary. Halloween was rather exciting at the library; as there were three sessions of story hours with chil- dren dressed in costume and hav- ing parades through the library. The staff members also dressed in different kinds of costumes this year which made for a very festive holiday. Speaking of holidays, we have just received a supply of bright red Christmas sdtockings, made of cardboard. These will be sold to patrons for $1.00 each. You may buy your special Christmas Stock- ing, sign your name, and write your one special Christmas wish on the stocking. We will hang these stockings in the library abd we will send your specail wishes to Santa Claus at the North Pole on our own hot-line. The money made on this stocking sale will be used for a special Christmas purchase for the library; something that we really need, but is not considered a budget item. A warm thank you to Mary Darling's Greenhouse in Dallas for her donation of a cornstalk and pumpkins to enhance the beauty of our library. We hjad many other Halloween decorations and the cornstalks and pumpkins just added the finishing toucn. row- ever, the pumpkins left the prem- ises the night before Halloween; never to be seen again. The Book Club of the Back Mountain Memorial Highway will meet on Monday, November 19th at 1:30 in the reference room at the library. The program will be pre- sented by Joan Malmstone, a cer- tified color consultant; who is a custome decorator in the home department for J.C. Penney. She does color sonsulting for people and for home interiors. All mem- bers are invited to attend and guests are most welcome. Re- freshments will be served. New books at the library; “Shad- owfires” by Dean R. Koontz is an exciting novel of excitement and terror. Rachael's violently posses- sive ex-husband, hiedously mangled in a freak accident, has disappeared from the city morgue. Now someone, or something, is watching her. Calling her. Stalk- ing her. She knows who it is. His walking corpse is seething with jealous rage. There's nowhere to run. Don't bother to get up, Ra- chael, he has his own key. “The Children of Abraham” by Mark Halter is the epic portrayal of a Jewish family through history, ending in the midst of World War II, with the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto. Like most of Euro- pean Jewry, the Halter family is decimated and dispersed. At the heart of the epic is Hugo Halter, an alusive and haunting figure, who as a young man had warned of the coming Holocaust. Most had not listened and perished i the confla- gration. The story is filled with conflicts and contradictions and achievments. Why would George Washington find it hard to throw a silver dollar across a river nowadays? “Money doesn't go as far as it used to”. The Post asks: Has the gasoline price rise affected your driving? William Gibers Shavertown Hyang Robinson Laceyville “Yes. I try to combine more errands in one trip.” “All the time. When the gas goes up I drive less.” Shirley Brody Noxen “No. We still drive the same but we don't really like paying the high prices.” Marilyn Carey Kingston “Not really. We use the car for work so we have to make the trip.” Dave Brodbeck Hughestown “Somewhat. I don’t do a lot of traveling but it has affected me a little.” § Only’ | yesterday 60 years ago - Nov. 7, 1930 LOPOSKY WINS BY KNOCKOUT Johnny Loposky, Harveys Lake's contribution to the boxing ring scored a knockout against John Leonard. Edward Avery retains his posi- tion as Dallas Borough chief of police. Republicans win in the Back Mountain Area with Luzerne Bor- ough being one of the few areas to swing its votes to the Democartaic candidate Hemphill. Now playing at the Himmler Theatre-Ramon Navarro in “Call of the Flesh”. 50 years ago - Nov. 8, 1940 - SNOWFALL HITS AREA G. Harold Wagner of Dallas i elected State Treasurer. Fred Kiefer tonight will show big game movies of his hunting trip to Canada to the Dallas fireman at their meeting. Second snowfall of the season fell throughout the Dallas area Wednesday night covering the hill- sides witha thin layer of white. Wed-Ida Heannette Smith and Rev. Glenn Hughes; Mineola Mowery and Thomas Murphy. Trucksville Methodist Church men will serve a truket dinner tinner Nov. 13. Cold weather halts paving on the new spur highway into Dallas. 40 years ago-Nov. 10, 1950 SENIOR WOMAN'S CLUB HOLDS ANNIVERSARY Blood donor is a success with a 84 donors giving blood. Bloomsburg Mills Fernbrook Plant is operating on a full capac- ity five-day schedule employing 350 persons. The plant started pre duction in April, 1949. Dallas Senior Woman's Club held an anniversary teas at the Castle Inn to celebrate the 18th anniversary of its founding. Mr. and Mrs. P.N. Malkemes, Lehigh Street, Trucksville, won one of 500 Youngstown Kitchens auto- matic dishwashers offered by the manufacturers. Engaged-Nellie Kitchen and Ralph Rood. Wed-Josephine Hudak and John Miller. 30 years ago - Nov..10, 1960 JETER RETIRES AFTER | 43 YEARS WITH BANK Ins Republican candidates win in the Back Mountain Districts with Richard Nixon being given a two to one majority in most districts. William B. Jeter retires as vice _ president and director of Miners National Bank after 43 years of ~~ banking. J. Harry Vivian was named vice president and ap- pointed to the board of directors. William Baker, Jr. was promoted to assistant vice president and Francis J. Barry to assistant cash- ier. Anthracite Dog Training Club will graduate 18 dogs in obedience training on Saturday. Gate of Heaven Church is mak- ing plans for its minstrel show “Slide River Buck” being produced under the direction of Rev. Michael Refferty and directed by Joseph Snee. Engaged-Carole Markowitz and Martin Baumgarten. Wed-Daisette Gebhard and Al- lan Jones. (S 20 years ago-Nov. 12,1970 THREE BEARS VISIT HOME IN NOXEN A mother bear and her two cubs paid an unexpected visit to the home of Connie Shaw of Noxen. The mother and her cubs rum- maged in garbage pails creating quite a disturbance. Dallas Junior Woman's Club launched a clean air drive to inves- tigate the steps that have been taken to promote environmentsl pollution control on our area. Idetown Fire Company cele- brates its 10th birthday. The new Dallas Acme held its grand opening. Jefferson Airplane appeared in concert at the Kingston Armory. Wed-Susan Moore and Thomas Gauntlett; Mary Lou Schlingman and Paul John Wilson. 7, Letters invited The Dallas Post encourages its readers to share their opinions with the community by writing a letter to the editor. All letters must be signed and include a telephone number so that we ‘may’ ‘verify’ their authenticity. We will not publish anonymous letters. Send letters to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas, PA 18612.
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