NE: A ly. rade. Ss OS A sit Do SRE ao RE A ge cy oh 4 | BREE co | | aed R, LO au Hove, ed The Dallas Post | Dallas, PA We. TET 1992 5 NEXT (Tem UP E04, am BD INTHE ATO 4 15 THO FINE LAMP 7 5 ) OPENING BID AT, FET © 58? “4 Ele! EIGHTY WEG SRAGEIGHTY FINE! E16HTY VE ANINETY A ninety J Five A HUNDRED ACH CIETY 7 of Do | HEAR FEY |vE! BUTITY RVUER WI6ITY BO06ITY WOOGITY SIXTY SLATY wIXITY.. ¥ 07) y ond ad Gh i) Ninel SEVENTY SEVENTY FIVE SEUENTICALARRAGILISTIC WALLA WALLA SRVENTL FIVE -| Sd 0 he < GENEROUS MAN IN Te FRONT Row! Library news Do T HEAR AN ElGHT? 22T ~ N 7/ Se. \ by 7 ie - o & rh id OF wl RSETIIR TEN BACK MOUNTAIN LIBRARY AVON JULY, 9-12 [Only Yesterday 60 Years Ago - July 8, 1932 ~COUNTRY CLUB OPENS IN LAKE TOWNSHIP New Laurel Country Club which .opened near Loyalville in Lake Township, is expected to become *oxe of the outstanding recreation club centers of this vicinity. acilities for tennis, bathing, trap ‘shooting, quoits and other out- ‘door sports will be provided. Plans are being made for construdtion of ~a modern swimming pool. The 25th Frear and Parrish "reunion was held June 22, on the lawn at the home of Lewis Orcutt near Noxen. About 90 people were present. Six dollars and 50¢ round trip between Buffalo and Cleveland is . being offered on C & B Line. Ask your Local Tourist or Ticket Agent » the new C & B Line folder, fuding Free Auto Map and de- tails on all expense trips. ubscription to the Dallas Post 2.00 per year. (Payable in ad- vance.) : | 50 Years Ago - July 10, 1942 .100 TIRES SALVAGED FROM HARVEYS LAKE Pvt. Howard Cosgrove, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Cos- grove died at Aberdeen Station . Hospital, Aberdeen, Md. of Rocky Mountain Fever after being bitten by wood ticks while on bivouac with fellow soldiers. Installation of a fire hydrant on & Davenport Street brings the num- ~ ‘ber of hydrants installed during ~ the year to five and will affort pro- , tection of property valued at more . than $53,000 in the vicinity of “Jackson, Parrish, Davenport, . Water, Pinecrest and Hutnsville “Streets. Enterprising Harveys Lake “youngsters salvaged more than 100 auto tires and other scrap rubber "totaling 500 lbs. from the shallow “"area along the shores of the lake. “Bulk of the rubber was in the form “of tires and tubes discarded by motorists changing tires. Other rubber articles were also brought up. The rubber was then sold to a local gas station. You could get - Round, sirloin, orterhouse steak 39¢ 1b. ; peaches ¥hb., 25¢; tomatoes 10¢ Ib.; large “watermelons 59¢ each. - 40 Years Ago - July 11, 1952 ROTTEN ROAD CAUSES "BAKERY TRUCK WRECK Deplorable conditions of the section of Main Road, Dallas con- ~ necting the State Highway at The Advertising Agency for Small Businesses. The quality graphics and i of an advertising agency without The. Up front estimates. Logos, ads, signs, etc. O'Connell Graphics Dallas, PA Call 675-5164 Fernbrook with the Upper Road was responsible for the Saturday accident when the steering wheel of the F & W Bakery truck was wrenched from the driver's hands’ and the truck out of control wrecked a service pole. Many driv- ers have lost control on this stretch not because of fast driving condi- tions, but because of unsafe road conditions according to the resi- dents of the neighborhood. Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction will open its three day stand Thursday. Never was the barn more loaded with first class used and new merchandise than it is for the 6th Annual Auci- ton. Merchandise ranges from an Admiral TV to oriental rugs, elec- tric refrigerator, portable typewrit- ers, play pens, cribs, high chairs and toys. This week Howard Stull, Huntsville-Idetown Road and Wil- lard Stull of Kingston, wholesale distributors with more than 1200 dealers in all sections of the U.S. opened their new wholesale dis- play and sales room in Kingston. The Stull brothers express com- plete confidence in the growth of Wyoming Valley and described the area as the finest spot on the map. Fred Anderson, Shavertown was elected president of Dallas Bor- ough-Kingston Township Joint School Board at Monday night's meeting in Dallas Borough school building. The budget and school calendar were also adopted for 1952-58. 30 Years Ago - July 12, 1962 MISERICORDIA HOLDS FIRST SUMMER DRAMA WORKSHOP Joseph J. Polacky, Postmaster of Dallas for nearly 25 years, died Thursday afternoon at Mercy Hospital where he had been ad- mitted by ambulance suffering from a fatal heart attack. Orange Methodist Church hon- ored Mrs. Paul Brace and Ira Frantz upon the occasion of 70 consecu- tive years of membership in that church and presented them with the New English Version of the New Testament, suitably inscribed for the occasion. For their first production the College Misericordia Summer Drama Workshop will present the 1930 comedy, “The Man Who Came To Dinner,” Friday and Saturday at Misericordia’s Educational Guidance Institute in Wilkes- Barre. J. Gerald Godwin professor of speech and drama will direct the play. You could get - Ground beef 45¢ Ib.; Bing cherries 33¢ lb.; Eight O'Clock coffee 1 lb. bag 55¢; Rice Krispies 13-oz. pkg. 39¢. 20 Years Ago - July 13, 1972 DER WILL SPRAY FOR BUGS BROUGHT BY THE AGNES FLOOD Officials of three Back Moun- tain municipalities, Dallas Bor- ough, Kingston Township and Dallas Township expressed con- cern about what impact tempo- rary trailer housing for flood vic- tims will have on their communi- ties. Members of the planning and zoning commissions and General Frank Townend met to talk over their problems and concerns with John McKinnon engineer repre- senting HUD. Word filtered down from Wash- ington that June 23 flood victims seeking loans from the Small Business Administration do not have to get a contractor's appraisal for the “amount of loss. Thomas Kleppe, SBA administrator, Wash- ington reported that the contrac- tor’s appraisal has been waived. SBA cautioned disaster victims to beware Fly-by-Night operators, who seek to represent the victims with the SBA. Robert E. Moore, SBA regional director emphasized that disaster victims can obtain all the free help they need in filing loan applications from SBA. Department of Enviornmental Resources announced spraying to control fly and mosquito problems, resulting from the flood crisis in Wyoming Valley area will begin this week. Just good clean fun lot less work, so you have more you how easy it is. and alot less wor Switch to chlorine-free BAQUACIL® and forget strong odor, faded suits, stinging eyes. And, it’s a time for fun. Ask us. We'll show SUPERIOR POOLS & SPAS Mundy St., (Next to Stroud ’s) 822- NOT A WHIFF OF GHLORIN Authorized Dealer of CHLORINE pec MING POOL Say oct” up ALGISTAT Wilkes-Barre 1010 Mandy Wensell's clowns are on display By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The display case at the Back Mountain Memorial Library is showing a collection of clowns borrowed from Mandy Wensell of Dallas. Mandy is 11 years old and will be in 6th grade at the Dallas Middle School in Dallas in the Fall. She likes to collect Hobo Clowns and Jester Clowns and Emmett Kelly, Jr. figurines. She started collecting clowns when she was 7 years old. She now receives them for her birthday and Christmas presents and buys some on her trips. Her special favorite is a quartz painting of Emmett Kelly, and her Jesters are second favor- ite. There are two clowns holding balloons made of paper mache from Mexico and Cancun; 2 large Hobo clowns; several large jesters in- cluding a music box; one large Dynasty doll clown and several small ceramic clowns. There are 13 clowns in the dis- play and Mandy still has some at home. They make a very colorful, fun-loving summer collection and they will be at the library until July 24. The library celebrated a special Amnesty Day on Wednesday, July 1 with many overdue books being returned without fines being paid. The latest book was an Ideals Country Life which was due De- cember 18, 1991. Other returns included 3 audios from June 23; three children’s tapes and books from June 24; children’s books from June 23; adult books from June 20, books from June 1, May 26 and one from March 4. We are very happy to have these books returned and the patrons were pleased with the no fine charge. Some special chances will be sold during the library auction to benefit the Wendy Reese fund. They will be for a special sweat shirt with the unique design. The win- ning shirt will be an extra large adult shirt, one of a kind. This project is sponsored by the Parent Group of Trucksville Methodist | Church. Chances will be 50¢ each, drawing Sunday night. The summer story hours began | July 1 with volunteer story tellers. The early morning group is led by Molly Radic and Susan Macella; mid-morning by Donna Hartman. The afternoon session is handled | by Kathy Gelso and Bonnie Kalich with Shirley Haas assisting. Anew one-of-a-kind innovation “A Story Man" is conducting the late after- noon story hour for the childrenon the waiting list and he has 16 children in his group. The toddler bedtime story hour is held on Tuesday evening with Gayle Dece- saris as leader. There are 94 chil- dren enrolled in the summer story hours. The summer reading pro- gram has 227 children signed up working on the Olympic Reading Team. The theme is “Let The Games Begin!” £4 gear. Inland Water Sports and Uncle Eyeballs, MT Emporium have joined to serve your every sporting need. We do Scuba, Sales, Instruction, Certification and Rental's. We carry top of the line Scuba gear. U.S. Divers, Tabata and many more. Sale and Rentals of Camping, Back Packing, Hiking and Repelling Cross Country Skiing, Rentals, Sales & Service of equipment. Inland Water Sports for all your on Land & in Water sporting needs "Grand Opening July 18° Sat. 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. « Prizes, Ice Cream 338 Pierce St., Kingston 288-3999 or 283-DIVE Closed Mon. Tues. - Fri. 2PM. TO8P Sat. 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Sun. 12 Noon - 5 P.M YY om WM. THE POINTER SISTERS Friday, July 17 8:00 P.M. Tickets $35 & $28 OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN Tuesday, August 25 8:00 P.M. Tickets $50, $40 & $35 os I ** The F.M. Kirby Center is a not-for-profit community performing arts center F.M. KIRBY BOX OFFICE 717/ 826-1100 If You Were A Member, . : You Would Have Known About This Weeks Ago. aw HOWIE MANDEL Thursday, September 24 8:00 P.M. Tickets $24 Become A Member. Advance knowledge of all shows. Special seating and member Rrivileges. hl | y And a direct hand in helping to bring great performances like these to NE “Ar Pennsylvania. To become a member, call Gere Gerlach At 717/823-4599. THE EM. KIRBY CENTER 283% FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS MANHATTAN TRANSFER Wednesday, August 12 8:00 P.M. 3 Tickets $27 & $22 GALLAGHER i Sunday, October 4 7:00 P.M. | Tickets $28 & $23 3 WBRE Iv Your Homelown Homelown Station r Af # TICKETS FOR TICKETS AT | TOTAL T Weird Al Wednesday —tme-+7—800 PM. _| $17.50 , Howie Mandel Thursday, Sept. 24 8:00PM. | $24 : The Pointer Sisters Friday, July 17 8:00 P.M. | $35. $28 J Barbara Mandrell Friday, July 31 6:30 & 9:30 P.M.| $32, $25 : The Manhattan Transfer Wednesday, August 12 8:00 P.M. $27, $22 . Olivia Newton John ~~ Tuesday, August12 8:00 P.M. | $50, $40, $35 : Gallagher Sunday, October4 7:00PM. | $28, $23 : Box Office Hrs.: Daily 10-5, Sat. 12-5 717-826-1100 or Ticket Master 717-693-4100 Pay By Check, M.O., Visa, MasterCard or Boscov Charge F.M. KIRBY CENTER ¢ 71 PUBLIC SQUARE « BOX 486 » WILKES-BARRE, PA 18703 Dp NAME ADDRESS PHONE #
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