DP Features

February 28, 2010

Only Yesterday

Six members of the Lehman Tigers Cub Pack 241 recently toured the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. The youths visited the cast room in the emergency department, had a ride in an ambulance, toured the operating room and the radiology department, as well as the medical center’s kitchen area.

Participants included Chad Flack, Paul Santarelli, Daniel Mariner, Danny Davis, Christopher Coslett and Jonathon Heath.

The Dallas Middle School Student Council under the direction of Miss Noreen A. Amesbury recently conducted its annual holiday dance. As in the past few years, dance admission included a money donation plus a nonperishable food item. All proceeds from the project, including a check for $100, were donated to the Back Mountain Food Bank. Student Council project coordinators were: Casey Kernag, Becky Yurko, Harry Haas, Jeff Krehely, Karen Wisniewski, Cathy Grossman, Steve Lieberman and Lynn Murphy.

30 YEARS AGO

Dallas art students who won awards in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional Scholastic Art Award Contest are: John O’Connell, pencil drawing, honorable mention; Ruth Cooper, Key Award for acrylic painting, “Jungle Room” and honorable mention for mixed media picture; and Tom Sincavage, Key Award for acrylic picture, “Aunt Mame’s Porch” and honorable mention for graphic design. They are all Art II students at Dallas Senior High School under the instruction of Mrs. Dorothy W. Carroll.

Five Back Mountain Wrestling Club elementary wrestlers were crowned champs in the Penn League Varsity Tournament held on Sunday afternoon at Meyers High School. The 12 teams in the Penn League entered their two best wrestlers at each weight class, with Milton capturing the team trophy.

Joe Walko of the Back Mountain team was voted “Coach of the Year” by the other league coaches and Carey Falcone was named Outstanding Wrestler in the Northern Division.

Carey also won first place wrestling at 55 lbs., Billy Mathers at 60 lbs., Jeff Austin at 65 lbs., Dave Herbert at 70 and Paul Feeney at 90.

40 YEARS AGO

A bill which would require the Dallas Drive-In Theater to construct or fence in its screen so that passersby cannot see movies from the street has been introduced into the House of Representatives by Frank O’Connell, Jr. (R-Kingston) and James Gallen (R-Reading).

According to Rep. O’Connell, the measure has been introduced to “prevent citizens on our roads and streets from being innocently subjected to lurid, immoral scenes” that are a part of many adult movies.

Disturbed by the increasingly objectionable quality of x-rated movies, Mr. O’Connell recently co-sponsored legislation which would prohibit operators of movie theaters from showing previews of adult movies when they are running family films. The bill passed the House and Senate and will be signed into law by Governor Shafer “hopefully within the week,” Mr. O’Connell said.

50 YEARS AGO

Harvey’s Lake Women’s Service Club met at Lake-Noxen School and selected Rebecca Oney as “The Girl of the Month.” Rebecca is a senior at the Lake-Noxen school of the Lake-Lehman Area schools. Her activities include Band, Tri-Hi-Y, Newspaper Staff, co-editor of yearbook, intramural basketball and on the Honor Roll.

Chairmen of Friday night’s Junior Woman’s Club children’s fashion show met to lay final plans. Mrs. Hugh A. Carr, general chairman, will be assisted by: Mrs. Elwood Swingle, co-chairman; Mrs. Thomas Reese, tickets; Mrs. T. William Hanna, door prizes; and Mrs. Royal Culp, commentator.

Cubs from Dens 1,2,3,4 and 5 of Pack 281, received their awards at the Blue and Gold Banquet held at Dallas Methodist Church. These are the award winners: Bucky Hale, Charles Baker, Richard Morgan, Marc Davies, Billy Kelley, Craig Churry, John Cathrall, Carl Remley, Jerry Torr, David Fitch, Nick Perrella, George Block, Scott Blase, J. Richards, Gary Garris, Roger Maury, Joe Goode, Tim LaBar, Teddy Wright, Caddie LaBar, Bruce Daveis 3rd, Jim Knecht, Chuck Garris, Bob Katyl, Eric Mayer, Jim Yarnal and Thomas Bottoms.

60 YEARS AGO

Members of the George M. Dallas Lodge No. 531 F & A.M. are in the midst of planning the lodge’s seventy-fifth anniversary celebration. Members of the planning committee are: Frederick J. Eck, Edward V. Hartman, Algert P. Antanaitis, Granville Snowden, Arlean T. Bowman, David Schooley, Herbert H. Hill, Ralph Hazletine, Earl Crispell, Ernest Smith, Clinton Ide, Norman Patton, Fred Swanson, Clifford Ide, Sheldon Fahringer, Ernest D. Caryl and Russell Ide.

Mrs. Edward Stair was hostess to members of Dallas W.C.T.U. Tuesday afternoon. Present were: Mesdames Lulu Riley, Charles James, Ernest Fritz, Grover Anderson, C.J. LaBar, Della Parrish, Elizabeth Hildebrandt, Albert Parrish, Williams Higgins, Daniel Waters, Alfred Rogers, Eugene Fiske, Gordon Hadsel, Ralph Brown, Marvin Scott, Hattie Hilbert and Miss Estella Goldsmith.

Movies playing at the Himmler Theater, Dallas, include “Bride for Sale” starring Robert Young; “Golden Stallion” starring Roy Rogers; “Easy Living” starring Victor Mature and Lucille Ball; and “On The Town” starring Jeanne Kelly and Frank Sinatra. At the Shaver Theater, Shavertown, Spencer Tracy and Kathryn Hepburn were featured in “Adams Rib.”

70 YEARS AGO

“We’ll wait for warmer weather next time,” opined Granville T. (Whitey) Brace, who was back in Dallas this week after a three-day runaway adventure which was too cold for comfort.

Brace and a friend, Karl Misson, both pupils at Dallas Borough High School, took French leave on Friday night on a search for fame and fortune. On the pretense that they intended to visit relatives of one of the boys in Scranton, they secured a ride from a local man who was bound for the Electric City.

Alarmed at the disappearance of the boys, their parents notified State Motor Police, who teletyped a description through Pennsylvania and New York. Brace and Misson ended their adventure in the arms of the police at Deposit, N.Y., on Saturday night. They reached Dallas early Monday morning, repentant and ready to resume their classes at school.

Information for “Only Yesterday” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 121 years old. The information is printed her exactly as it appeared in the newspaper years ago.

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