LX The Dallas Post ONLY YESTERDAY 160 Years Ago - June 11, 1937 POLITICS BLAMED FOR BLOCKING BY-PASS The buck having been passed neatly to them, Luzerne County Commissioners this week held the sfate of the Luzerne-by-pass in their hands. Annoyed by The Post's intimation that politics is partly responsible for the delay in constructing a road which every- one seems to agree is necessary. Democratic leaders blamed the Republic County Commissioners for ‘blocking the project because they have not appropriated money for property damages. * With “Save The Historical Soci- ety” as their battle cry, a group of public-spirited volunteers this week launched a campaign to enlist 1,000 new members into the Wyoming Historical and Geo- logical Society. 50 Years Ago - June 13, 1947 HOWARD WOOLBERT AWARDED BUS CONTRACT - Howard Woolbert was awarded the eontract for School Bus Rte. 2 which terminated at Shavertown Grade School at the meeting of Kingston Township School Board on Wednesday evening. Isaac Corson was released from his con- tract. Board also instructed Prin- cipal James Martin to get further information on the cost of teach- ers and equipment for establish- ment of a kindergarten. Technicians of the Lavelle Air- craft Corp. are dismantling the seaplane which crashed at Har- veys Lake prior to shipping it to the factory for rebuilding. The plane floating upside down at the Picnic Grounds was righted last week with equipment of Conn Con- struction Co. pumped dry and towed to Sandy Beach where Chief of Police Swanson beached it. You could get - Standing rib roast, 45¢ lb.; turkeys, 45¢ lb.; Bing cherries, 39¢ 1b.; cucum- bers, 5¢ ea.; cantaloupes, 15¢ 1b.; new cabbage 7 1/2¢ Ib. 40 Years Ago - June 14, 1957 REY. KANE APPEALS FOR VOLUNTEERS AT GOH Rev. Francis A. Kane, pastor of Gate of Heaven, Dallas and Our Lady of Victory, Harveys Lake, appealed for volunteers to work on the Gate of Heaven School Expansion Campaign. This cam- paign with a minimum goal of $100,000 was organized to help defray the cost of constructing the new wing to the school. In the death of Dr. Harry A. Brown, general practitioner for 54 years, the community has suf- fered an irreparable loss. He brought three generations into the world. Dallas Post Plant will be closed the entire week of June 28-July 8 to give its employees one week of their annual two weeks vacation. The Dallas Post will not be issued that week for the first time in 68 years. 30 Years Ago - June 8, 1967 LAKE-LEHMAN BAND CAPTURES TOP TROPHY The Lake Township Board of Supervisors, received a letter from Thomas Georges notifying the group that their community has received a priority from the Pa. Dept. of Health. Much discussion was held on the zoning of the township with Solicitor Ben R. Jones III advising the board that an ordinance could be in effect by the end of the summer or early fall. The Lake-Lehman Award win- ning band captured the top tro- phy at Sherbourne, NY June 3, to receive a first champion award in concert class AA with the highest score ever earned 97 out of 100 points. Forty top bands from all over New York attended the event. Mr. and Mrs. F.R. Searfoss ob- served their 55th wedding anni- versary June 5. The couple were married at State College by Rev. James McHendrick. 20 Years Ago - June 9, 1977 RESIDENTS PROTEST ROCK CONCERT AT PARK Residents of Demunds Corner area were present at the monthly meeting of Dallas Township Supevisors held Monday evening to protest a recent ‘rock concert’ which was held at Granddaddy’s Park owned by Andy Kosek. Ac- cording to one resident cars be- gan arriving at 2 p.m. and there were still a few people around at 7 a.m. the next morning. * Library Auction Corner Library Auction. One of the many antique items that will ‘be sold over the block at the 51st Annual Memorial Library. at 675-1182. A sampler of new items: Living Will, Simple Will, Power of Attorney, any or all: 'Value up to $350, Bednarz & Pendolphi. Pottery Jar, commemmorating the auction. Value $90. Furniture Workshop. from the auction. Name Support the Back Mountain One-fourth of the library's annual budget comes Jewelers. For 51 summers, the people of the Back Mountain have come together to donate their goods, services and time to the auction block of the Back Mountain The life of the library is a year-to-year proposition, and the auction is crucial to its operation. Twenty-five percent of the annual budget comes from the auction. This year's 51st annual auction will be held July 10-13 at the library grounds on Huntsville Road in Dallas. Any and all donations of cash or saleable items can help assure the continued fine service of the library to our communities. For more information, call the library July 10-11-12-13 Linden Quartz Clock, Value $100. Bartikowsky 5 tons 2B gravel, delivered within 10 miles. 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Just ead each tt James (continued from page 1) lot of good people.” James grew up in the Back Mountain, graduating from Westmoreland High School in Dallas in 1954. After complet- ing two years of college at Mansfield University, he went to teach ina New Jersey school. James explains he was able to teach with only two years of school completed because they were so desperate for teachers. “The first class I ever had kept asking me, ‘Are you staying?’ The previous year they had four different teachers,” he said. James taught in New Jersey for two years before joining the army. After serving there as a teacher, James completed his degree and continued to teach in NewdJersey schools. In 1964, he returned to the Back Moun- tain to teach elementary school at Lake-Lehman. James explains why he left the New Jersey School system. “I was watching Jersey and the changes that were going on and I didn’t like it,” he said. “This area has been a great place to rear children. All my family went through Lake-Lehman. It was a good district and I knew it. I wanted to be a part of it.” James served as Elementary Supervisor from 1965-1967 and became Elementary Prin- cipal in 1967. Among his achievements, James notes he was the first elementary school principal in the district. The Lehman-Jackson El- ementary was originally de- signed to house grades kinder- garten through sixth, as well as all the sixth graders in the district, but now serves grades K-6 and Ross Elementary’s fifth and sixth graders. James feels that being an administrator has allowed him to do more and given him more control over the curriculum. “We always had one idea,” James explained. “Whatever we did, we did it for the good of Lake-Lehman chil- dren.” “Children still come up and hug you,” James said. “They come to school and feel secure here. I'm happy with how the staff has worked.” But he adds, “Now I think it’s time to leave. I had my opportunity and it was grand.” James came from a family of teachers. His mother was a kin- . trict and a good place to work,” dergarten teacher and his fa- ther was head of the Dallas Borough School. “I guess I in- herited it,” he said about teach- ing. life.” James decided to go into elementary education because, he said, “That's where the re- ° pr Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 4, 1997 5 “I lived around it all my “| ° ward is. You see kids groweach | year.” : James plans to travel and | play plenty of golf after retire- ment. He and his wife, Jane, . have enjoyed traveling in the past, but he notes now “there won't be any restrictions.” The couple have traveled to every state in the union including ° Alaska and Hawaii. James would like to return to Disney World, visit Michigan and Min- nesota, and take a cruise :} - through the Panama Canal. “It’s been a good school dis- James said. James offers these words of wisdom to aspiring teachers. “Just make sure you like it. You've got to be inter- ested in children because itis a strain. Your reward comes back in the children, how well they perform, and how they remem- ber you.” OBITUARIES Louis L. Stein, 81, of RR 2, Harveys Lake, died May 23, 1997 at the Lakeside Nursing Center, Harveys Lake. Born in New York City, he was % Youths 12-4 Wht/Blue/Silver LOUIS STEIN the son of the late Louis and Eliza- beth Grimm Stein. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Clara Kulka. Surviving are sons, William L. SNEAKER KING The Right Stuff ...The Right Price ike Air Screech / Reg. 72... SAVE A! g¥ unning « Men's§-13 « Women's 5- 0 Stein, Loyalville and Frederick W. Stein, Long Island, NY; three grandchildren and a great-grand- son. Interment, Washington Memo- rial Park, Long Island, NY. 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