The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, June 20, 2002 7 Lake Silkworth Lions give to fire ONLY YESTERDAY 70 Years Ago - June 17, 1932 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP HOLDS BRILLIANT COMMENCEMENT Awarding of honor prizes and the awarding of diplomas to graduates of Kingston township high school featured the annual commencement exercises held at ed in defective wiring, caused $1,500 damage to the home of - Wesley Baer of Center Hill Road. Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Compa- ny pumped 3,000 gallons of wa- ter form nearby Toby's Creek to extinguish the blaze. Aircraft observation post 672- A maintained since last fall at Harvey's Lake, will soon be transferred to new quarters now under construction in Dallas. New location will be atop the rocky cliff in the forefront of Rice Cemetery on Huntsville road. 50 Years Ago - June 27, 1952 ROSS TOWNSHIP TO CLOSE SEVEN 1-ROOM SCHOOLS Seven one-room schools in are: Gene Haley and Bob Davis of “The Silver Sleigh” have do- nated a pine blanket chest; Pual Coolbaugh donated a large wooden shovel made in Susque- hanna, Gladus Daves contir- buted a slat-backed chair and fire place cover. Army Pvt. Raymond J.P. Dempko, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Demko, Trucksville, completed milirary police train- ing at Fort Gordon, Ga. Members of the Ridge Runners Jeep Club of Harveys Lake took a 50-mile tour of State Game Lands No. 57 in Wyoming Coun- ty. 30 Years Ago - June 22, 1972 HURRICANE AGNES TURNS board. Auction officials felt that it would be inappropriate to hold the Auction in the face of the re- cent flood diseaster. 20 Years Ago - June 6, 1982 DALLAS ARTIST’S PAINTING BOUGHT BY ACTRESS A watercolor by Ann Parkhurst, Dallas,” aretist, was sold to film star Shirley MacLaine. The picture depicted three mountain rams on a slope,which attracted the atten- tion of Helen Jones, president, Society for Animal Rights, which went on display in New York, where Miss MaClaine purchased it. The Harveys Lake Bassmas- the Trucksville M.E. church. : ; : H H Ross Township will be closed SUSOUEHANNA INTO KILLER ters held their annual cleanup of . and ambulance organizations Speaker was Rev. Charles (yg vear and their 221 pupils Q Ta A en i Oy Lake Silkworth Area Lions recently presented representatives At the local A & P Store, some transferred to a new ten-room * The Susquehanna River in 1980 and compete in tourna- h, : Sd ; elementary building in Sweet Wyoming Valley crested at 40.60 ments with similar clubs from 2 from the fire companies and the ambulance associations from the items you could get: peas 2 ype feet. The dikes were constructed other Districts. surrounding communities with monetary donations. Donations are cans. 25¢; cigarettes, carton gome of the movies that to contain a level of 37 feet. Of Hugh King of The Recyclery in A annually to Lake Silkworth, Sweet Valley and Fairmount $1.25; potatoes, 151b 33¢; played at the Dallas Outdoor the five Middle Atlantic States Dallas announced a “Ride to Township Fire and Ambulance Associations. ictured, from left: Bob Walsh, Sweet Valley Fire Co.; Alice Walsh, weet Valley Ambulance Association; Bernie Kolodziej, Lake Silk- orth Area Lions Club President; Cindy Stucker, Lake Silkworth mbulance Association; Don Kivler, Lake Silkworth Fire Co. i LOCAL SOLDIER IN 40 Years Ago - June 21, 1962 established for those who have | permanently lost their place of 1 H IRELAND WITH ARE DEALERS WILL DONATE resdence due to the flood. gift. ) | Private George Swan is the A decision to postpone the C all 67 5. 5211 i first soldier from this region to ANTIQUES TO 16TH ANNUAL 26th annual Back Mountain | be shipped overseas to Europe LIBRARY AUCTION ~~ memorial Library Auction was Bisquick, pkg. 33¢; baking pow- | der, 12-0z can 20¢. Movies that played at the Himmler Theater were: The Man Who Played God with George Arliss; The Manhattan Parade with Winnie Lightner; One Hour With You starring Maurice Chevalier and Young America with Spencer Tracy and Doris Kenyon. 60 Years Ago -June 19, 1942 with the new A.E.F. Private Swan is a gunner in the Coast Artillery. Fire believed to have originat- Theatre: “When The Redskins Rode” with Jon Hall; “Emergency Wedding” with larry Parks, Bar- bara Hale; “All The Kings Men” starring Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru; “Halls of Montezu- ma” with Richard Widmark, Jack Palance. Dallas Kiwanis Club celebrat- ed its 25th anniversary with a dinner for the wives at the Irem Temple Country Club. Kenneth Rice was president. Many generous contributions from antique dealers have gegun to come in. Some contributions hit by flooding, the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania was the worst hit. Within the state itself, it was believed that the Wilkes- Barre-Wyoming Valley area suf- fered the worst devastation. Frances Slocum State Park, through a donated program be- tween the Pennsylvania Depart- ments of Environmental Re- sources and Community Affairs and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment, will have a trailer village made following a caucus of Auc- tion Chairman Clarke Bittner and members of the Auction ad- visory committee and library Stop Cancer.” The 25 mile ride through the Back Mountain will raise money for the American Cancer Society. Send The Dallas Post to a friend. It makes a great for details. a Just Say. MAIL BOXESETC: : Pariings pH Sons’ Farnese & PAB & CHARGE I'T? ) 1 Growing Quality is a Family Business Since 1930 % ) Ivy 8 Vinca Vines Reduced to 50¢Per Pot y ; llMastercara. ¢— ——— = * Shipping/Packaging ® copying B&W & Color L Petunia Sale - Buy One Tray Get One Free! hrf . . 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