The Dallas Post = FE pr rey a ry aR ei ATARTi BE er rs THI EM. «By myn? 21M! 1999919979 iPr) 219 @ Only Yesterday 60 Years Ago - Oct. 28, 1932 KINGSTON TWP. HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETED i Kingston Township's new $100,000 high school building will be formally dedicated next Wednesday. The school has been under construction since May and completed several weeks ago. Students will be transferred to classes in the building November 7 ager Institute Week. q¥ cottage owned by Joseph Beleski, Lee Park at Second Street, Warden Place, Harveys Lake was totally destroyed by fire last night. Harveys Lake Fire Department's pumper responded to the alarm, attempted to extinguish the flames. There was not enough hose toreach the lake and a small creek near the cottage proved an inadequate water supply. “Dallas High School football team defeated Tunkhannock 19-6 will attempt to continue its winning streak when it meets the West Wyoming team tomorrow. ‘‘S#ingston Township High School journeyed to Kirby Park to play St. Nicholas High School and lost by a Tg score. 50 Years Ago - Oct. 30, 1942 SURPRISE BLACKOUT CAUSES HEADACHES , Monday night's surprise blackout caught much of the Back Mountain flat-footed and proved again the inadequacy of the present fire siren warning system and the inefficiency of the secondary air warden set up. From all sections of the area came complaints of confusion to distinguish between fixe alarms and air raid warnings. r. Henry M. Laing Fire Co. ata ¥gely attended meeting purchased two Indian pumps to be used in fighting grass fires, incendiary bombs, and small confined fires. Pumps cost $18.50 each and are made so that they gan *be carried on the backs of individual firemen. Nozzles, are arranged so that they can produce a steady stream of water or a spray. Army Postal Service has announced that 4,986 sacks of U.S. mail bound for American armed forces in the British Isles has been lost in the sinking of a United Nations cargo ship. Much of the shipment was parcel post and represented one of the first parcel shipments of Christmas mail. Back Mountain Region known as Northwest Division in the current campaign to fill the Community War Chest has broken all previous records and exceeded its quota by 115.7% or $409.60 in excess of a $2,595 quota. 40 Years Ago - Oct. 31, 1952 HALLOWEEN PRANKS DISRUPT TRAFFIC Memorial rites will be held this afternoon for Captain Alfred S. James, graduate of Kingston Township schools at Stewart Air Force Base. Up to time of publication his body, swept away by a strong current in the Hudson River on Monday, had not been recovered. The two engine C-54 he was piloting pancaked in the Hudson River almost immediately after take-off. The six occupants stood on the wing until the plane submerged then dived into the icy stream. Three are listed officially as missing, three made it to shore 150-yards away after battling the current to the point of collapse. Two Back Mountain men John S. Mitchell of Orange and H. Robert Weaver, of Dallas, willassume high offices in Wyoming Valley Council, Boy Scouts of America next January, when Mitchell becomes President and Weaver, Vice president. They were elected at the annual business meeting and planning conference of the Council held at Wyoming Seminary Day School. Halloween vandals, boys of high school age from the Dallas Heights area kept the police and property owners on the hop Wednesday and Thursday nights. Without regard for safety of motorists they dragged stumps and rocks onto the highway at the intersection of Pinecrest and Huntsville roads. Then they rolled a concrete pipe, three feet in diameter down Hutnsville Road where it struck a telephone pole below Norton Avenue, which prevented it from rolling down to Main Street where it might have struck a pedestrian, or crashed into Flannigan Furniture Store windows. You could get - 50 lb. bag potatoes, $2.69; center cut pork chops 59¢ lb.; fresh ground beef, 39¢ lb.; Donuts, pkg. of 12, all for 19¢. 30 Years Ago - Nov. 1, 1962 MRS. ANDERSON WINS RED CROSS AWARD Freddie Hennebaul, still Identify the people in the photo This week's old photo dates back to 1929. We have no identity but we think from the photo that it's the old Dallas Borough School on Huntsville Road. The building today houses the Back Mountain Memorial Library and Little People Day Care Center. We do know the photo finisher was Raymond A. King of Dallas. The rest is up to you. Call us and identify the people if you can. paralyzed from a wrestling injury incurred during a bout with Tunkhannock, showing enough improvement now to warrant therapy was transferred from Geisinger Medical Center to the Johnstown Rehabilitation Center. Two big rallies for Republican candidates are scheduled for this week, the first at Trucksville Fire Hall tonight and final rally Saturday at Daddow Isaacs Post American Legion. Guthrie Conyngham will carry the torch for Cong. William W. Scranton and James Van Zandt. Mrs. Fred Anderson, Chairman of Back Mountain Center, Luzerne County Unit of the American Cancer Society's Pennsylvania Division was awarded the Silver Sword pin, the highest award for volunteer service at the unit level. The Dallas 11 remain undefeated by beating Luzerne 13-6 at Connolly field Saturday night while Lake-Lehman was subdued 20-6 by St. John's running attack at the Dallas Junior High School field. 20 Years Ago - Nov. 2, 1972 SENATE PASSES SCHOOL BUSING BILL Pennsylvania voters will help decide the next President of the United States Tuesday and will also be given the opportunity to participate in a referendum on a Constitutional Amendment to determine whether the Commonwealth has the right to make direct grants to people who suffered financial loss in the flood. College Misericordia 1972-73 Theatre 3 series will continue November 8 when it presents the Detroit Symphony Orchestra at the Irem Temple in Wilkes-Barre. Showcase Theatre, North Washington St., Wilkes-Barre, will present Moliere’s classic comedy, “The Misanthrope” November 3-4 with Kathleen Jonsson, Trucksville, portraying one of the leading characters of the play. H.B. 1480 providing for additional school busing has been approved by the state Senate and sent to the governor for his signature. The bill will provide busing for kindergarten and elementary students living one and a half miles from the school, where road and traffic conditions are such to cause hazards to the children and for secondary stuidents living within two miles of the school, where the same hazardous conditions exist. Library news Book Club begins special stitchery project By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Book Club of the Back Mountain Memorial Library met in the reference room on October 19 and the members began work on the counted cross stitch project with instructor Mary Lou Swingle. The subjects chosen to work on included Christmas, birthday month flowers and other subjects. The members will work on these at home and continue again at the November meeting of the Book Club on November 16. The total book club membership for 1992 has reached 227 with $2,070 collected in membership dues to purchase books for the special shelf in the library. Announcement was made for the special Christmas Tea at the Book Club meeting in December. It will be held Monday, December 21 at 1:30 p.m. in the reading room of the library. Friends of the Library members are invited to attend as well as the general public. The colored leaves of the Fall season have been beautiful this year and soon they will all be gone. Someone told me they love the fall leaves but hate the winter season that follows with the bad weather, after all the leaves fall from the trees. The solution to the leaves falling off; maybe if we glue the leaves on, winter will not come! New books at the library: “Red Square” by Martin Cruz Smith is the story of Arkady Renko, investigator, who has been in exile; first on the run in Siberia, then in the Bering Sea on a Russian factory ship servicing American fishing trawlers. The city he returns to, the city he last knew as head of homicide, is totally different from the one he left. “The Midwife's Advice” by Gay Courter is the story of a spirited Jewish-American heroine that sees her move professionally from midwife to sex therapist in turbulent, turn-of-the century New York. She fulfills her roles as wife and mother even as she deals with the daily dramas of her position as head midwife at Bellevue Hospital, New Book Club books: “Mexico” by James A. Michener is the story of a tumultuous land, in a novel that vividly captures the sweep of Mexico's colorful history and teems with a multitude of unforgettable characters. Moving between past and present - from important events in Mexico's history, here is the stirring saga of a man and a nation searching for identities. 1% “Before and After” by Rosellen Brown is the extraordinary story of |g a family’s struggle to survive the throes of tragedy. Set in the small town of Hyland, the story centers on Carolyn and Ben Reiser and their two children, who have moved to New England for the comforts ‘of rural life. The story is beautifully & written, compassionate and wise. “The Silken Web” by Sandra Brown is the story of Kathleen orphaned at 13, Erik, a successful | video producer and relationships that changed their lives forever. For more Sierra Club, write to: P.O. Box 1311 Scranton, Pa. 18501-1311 or call 586-1930 or 587-5223 information on the Sierra Club Northeastern Pa. Group The Sierra Club is a nationwide organization of 650,000 | members dedicated to protecting and enjoying the waters, forests, wildlife, and wilderness of America. We work to change the many laws and regulations that permit and sometimes encourage pollution. That means writing letters, making phone calls, informing and alerting the public, and sometimes helping to elect pro-environment candidates. We are democracy in action for a clean, safe environment. Sierra Club | fi Raves Ski Loft Hours: Season Rentals $49.95 Junior rn 9,95 Adult = | Tune Up Special $12.95 10-6:30 Mon. - Sat. Sun. 12-5 Boa = Bl Elect Your State Representative Keith Coslett for State Representative Paid for by Coslett for State Representative Commitice "l will make these promises to | voters in the 120th district ure - To put taxpayers first . To control taxes and spending To work to attract high-quality £ Jobs to our area «To protect the rights and security of our senior citizens" i Good government begins at home and that's why the election for State Representative is so important. The job of State Representative is to represent the interests of the citizens of the 120th District - in Harrisburg. Keith Coslett makes that promise number one! Keith Coslett will work hard for the people who elect him. Keith Coslett is a Kingston native. He knows what's important to you. "I grew up here, my business is here, my family is here. Ihave acommitment to making our areaa better place for all of us," says Keith Coslett, "and that's why I want to be your State Representative." A record of achievment and community service. Born and raised in Kingston «BA, University of Pittsburgh \ «JD, Dickinson School of Law «Accomplished practicing attorney CRIT Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 28, 1992 a e CR 3 RENT 0 ET a Sl ll MR Ul ol Tl = +
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