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    Vol. 122 No. 18
THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889
JULY 7-13, 2013
The DA
50¢
WILKES-BARRE, PA.
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AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER
Auction finds
You'd be surprised at what goes across the block sometimes
Krista Connolly
Special to The Dallas Post
What do a baby lamb, an odd-
shaped “vase,” a Nancy Drew
book and a antique dress have
in common?
If you guessed that they are all
items that have been purchased
at previous Back Mountain
Memorial Library Auctions...
you are correct.
Many patrons have respond-
ed to our informal survey and
have reported that “just about
anything” can be found at the
tion. Although most people
ted to remain anonymous
about their previous purchases,
a few brave “shoppers” were
willing to share their stories.
Lucy Messersmith, of Dallas,
tells the story of her father’s sur-
prise auction “win” back in the
1960s when livestock animals
were the highlight of auction
fun. Lucy’s father was the lucky
high bidder of a baby lamb,
and that night was definitely
an unforgettable one for Lucy’s
family.
First-ever Rotary Wine & Dine
Festival attracts hundreds
80-year-old club
funds daunting list
of projects which
requires funding
The first-ever Dallas
Rotary Wine & Dine
Festival enticed a large
crowd to visit the Luzerne
County ' Fairgrounds on
June 29. The festival fea-
tured 11 wineries, 17
food vendors and 32 craft
vendors. Festival attend-
ees were able to sample
all wines and food was
avaiilable for purchase.
Wineries also sold wine
by the bottle and the case.
The Rotary Club takes
a daunting list of proj-
}s which require fund-
¥. every year.
Sandy Peoples, pub-
lic relations chair for the
80-year-old group, listed
a Christmas shopping
spree for 45 needy chil
dren in the Dallas, Lake-
Lehman and Northwest
School districts, a book
scholarship program, a
dictionary program which
distributes 400 dictionar-
ies to area third-graders
and support for a number
of institutions, including
the Senior Center, Habitat
for Humanity and the Jim Keller Jr, right, of Shavertown, looks over some belts at
Salvation Army.
“Although our
home on Main
Street was cer-
tainly no place for
‘Libby the Lamb’.
we were so excit-
ed,” Lucy remem-
bers.
The lamb, how-
ever, was not as
happy about its
new home and,
unless Lucy or
one of her sisters
would sleep out-
side near it on a
chaise lounge chair, it would
“baa” all night long.
After about one month of this
nightly serenade, the lamb then
found another “new home” on a
friend’s farm.
An anonymous past auc-
tion attendee tells the story of
her “find” at an auction many
years ago, that she attended as
a young girl with her mother.
They spied a unique vase for
only 25 cents and proudly car-
ried their new centerpiece with
them throughout the auction
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST
Volunteers Joann Freeman, left, of Dallas, and Joan Martin, of
Trucksville, pass out wine glasses to Sarah and Keith Perks of
Wilkes-Barre at the Dallas Rotary Wine and Dine Festival.
grounds. Though
only a young girl,
she remembers
people pointing
and laughing at
her purchase. But
it wasn’t until they
returned home and
placed their new
vase on the kitch-
en table thai she
learned the mean-
ing of the phrase...
“Beauty is in the
eye of the behold-
er.”
Her father’s remark, “Why on
earth did you buy a hospital uri-
nal?” is one she will never for-
get.
Laura Hadsall, the newest
employee of the library, remem-
bers her find of a Nancy Drew
book about 15 years ago.
“I was sorting through a box
of books under a table in the
Book Tent, when three brightly-
colored Nancy Drew books in
the old-style dust jackets caught
my eye.” Laura tells how she
“grabbed” the books for $3 and
also found a fourth book with no
dust jacket for only $2. When
she returned home, she was
thrilled to find it was a rare first
edition of the very first volume
in the series, “The Secret of the
Old Clock.” Even without the
original dust jacket, its value is
approximately $450. Not a bad
return for a little digging at the
auction!
Bette Gillespie was happy to
share her memory of a beauti-
ful antique dress she bid on at a
past auction. However, another
woman placed a higher bid and
won the dress. The next day
Bette received a phone call from
the woman, offering the dress to
her at Bette’s bidding price.
“l wore the dress to a New
Year’s Party and still have it!”
she proudly exclaims.
Other favorite items included
a bicycle that the new owner
proudly rode home from the
auction, all the way from Dallas
to Wilkes-Barre, a chest of
drawers for only $12, a “ridi-
See AUCTION | PAGE 3
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Betty Gillespie shows off a beaded full -length dress she bought at
the auction for $45.
Fireworks
start Fourth
of July week
It’s not Fourth of July week without Pizza
Paul Fireworks. Hundreds came out to Back
Mountain Harvest Assembly while hundreds
more lined Carverton Road in Trucksville and
the surrounding area on June 29 to enjoy the
annual fireworks display provided by Paul
Adamchak.
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Devon Karraker, of Harveys Lake, whips up some cotton candy for
himself at the Harvest Assembly Church during the annual fireworks
event there.
Pizza Paul's fireworks event.
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Trevor Ultsh, of Larksville, holds an ilce cones the size of
ence waited.
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
breakfast bowis.T he $5 treats were very poplular at the Fireworks were put on hold as a storm approached and the audi-
the Leather Wizard booth as sales representative Julia King of
Scranton looks on.
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE
DALLAS POST
Tara Dix of Grovedale
Winery in Wyalusing,
left, pous wine
samples to festival
goers at the Dallas
Rotary Wine and
Dine Festival at the
Luzerne County
Fairgrounds.
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE
DALLAS POST
3rd Degree Trio mem-
bers Dave Abraham,
left, of Shavertown,
Bob White, of
As advocates for protecting senior
citizens across the Commonwealth,
Rep. Karen Boback (R-Luzerne/
Wyoming/Columbia), in conjunc-
tion with Rep. Phyllis Mundy
(D-Luzerne), the Pennsylvania
Office of the Attorney General and
the Department of the Auditor
General will host an event to draw
attention to the growing problem of
senior scams, elder abuse and iden-
tity theft and address what is being
done to target these concerns.
This event will be held at 10 a.m.
on Monday, July 29 at Misericordia
University’s Lemmond Theater.
Special guests include Pennsylvania
Auditor General Eugene
DePasquale, Attorney General
Kathleen Kane and members of the
local elder abuse task force.
DePasquale will share facts and
figures pertaining to elder abuse
across the Commonwealth, while
Swoyersville, and
Henry Pehala, of
Plains Township,
perform at the Dallas
Rotary Wine and Dine
Festival.
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/
FOR THE DALLAS POST
Rob Freidman, along
with his daughters Haley
and Diane, community
officials and well-wish-
ers, cuts the ribbon to
announce the re-opening
of the Beaumont Inn for
public lodging and din-
ing. The interior of the
inn has been refurbished
and the backyard ter-
raced for outdoor dining.
Boback, Mundy team up to address elder abuse
Kane will discuss crime preven-
tion tips for seniors, as well as
what measures Pennsylvania is
taking to curb its elder abuse and
fraud. Kane will also acknowledge
the accomplishments and ongoing
efforts of the task force.
For more information regarding
this event, contact Boback’s Sweet
Valley office at 477-3752 or in
Tunkhannock at 836-4777. Mundy’s
office can be reached at 283-9622.
Beaumont Inn open for business