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August 17
Only Yesterday

The annual field day of the Shavertown Fire Company will be held this Saturday at the fire house on Main Street. This home coming day is one of the outstanding events of the township this summer and friends of the fire company from far and near meet to make the day a great one financially and socially. The proceeds of the field day go to clear off the debt on the new fire company’s home.

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Movies playing at the Shavertown Theatre included “Heart of Arizona” starring William Boyd and Hopalong Cassidy; “You and Me” starring Sylvia Sydney and George Raft; and “Rage of Paris” starring Danielle Derrieux.

At local American Stores Co. a pound of coffee sold for 18 cents; two boxes of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes sold for 13 cents; and 15 pounds of potatoes sold for 19 cents.

1948 - 60 YEARS AGO

Daddow-Isaacs Post, American Legion, has approved plans for a new home at the junction of Center Hill Road and Memorial Highway. The Quonset Hut type structure similar to the Naval Armory in Kingston will be erected parallel to Memorial Highway and will have ample facilities to serve as a meeting place for civic and fraternal organizations as well as for the Legion.

Local Acme Super Markets were featuring two pounds of tomatoes for 25 cents; 3 cucumbers for 10 cents; and honeydew melons for 39 cents each.

Movies playing at the Shaver Theatre, Shavertown, included “You Were Meant For Me” starring Jeanne Crain, Dan Dailey and Oscar Levant; “Daniel Boone” starring George O’Brien; “Second Chance” starring Kent Taylor and Louise Currie; and “That Hagen Girl” starring Shirley Temple and Ronald Reagan.

1958 – 50 YEARS AGO

Twenty-five young women from Sayre to Nanticoke will compete for the title of “Lady of the Lake” Saturday and Sunday at Sunset Park, Harvey’s Lake. This annual beauty contest is sponsored by Harvey’s Lake Lions Club. Proceeds go toward service enterprises.

A unique method of judging is used. Three judges select the finalists on Saturday and three separate judges will select the winner and the two runners-up on Sunday.

Norti Berti, Burgess of Dallas Borough, died suddenly Thursday morning at his home on Franklin Street, following a heart attack. He would have been forty-five on Sunday. His death is not only a profound shock to his family, but to the whole Back Mountain Country where he was known by practically every man, woman and child.

A ninety-mile-an-hour chase early Sunday morning resulted in the arrest of David Isaacs, a Wilkes-Barre and Harvey’s Lake teenager, who approached Dallas in his 1955 Buick so fast that he was unable to stop for the red lights.

Although several police officers were standing at the Main Street intersection, Isaacs decided not to stop at their whistles but sped away up Church Street and to Irem Temple Country Club where he left his car and ran into the building.

Officers Dean Ide and Ray Titus in one car and Alvin Shaffer and William Berti in another pursued him and apprehended him.

1968 – 40 YEARS AGO

Thirty-two high school juniors and seniors visited the Wilkes-Barre Campus of the Pennsylvania State University at Hayfield recently as part of the Wyoming Valley’s Upward Bound Program. The program is intended to familiarize students with the operation and activities of colleges and to spark their incentive to further their education.

George Marstell, Jr., John Porter, Tom Wallace, Harry Swepston, Charles Roberts and William Frederick, Jr. received Order of the Arrow Awards at Camp Acahela ceremonies when members of Boy Scout Troop 231, Shavertown, spent the week there.

1978 – 30 YEARS AGO

Winner of the Homerun Derby at Harvey’s Lake last Saturday were Mike Davidson, Jimmy Martin, Ricky Titus and Jason Cadwalader.

The All-Star team of the Back Mountain American League recently concluded the 1978 baseball season. The following boys were chosen for the All-Star squad: Bernie Reilly, Mark Wisnieski and Darren Breining from the Shavertown Orioles; Jim Lord, Steve Thomas, John Dent, Matt Medura and Rich Thomas from the Shavertown Red Sox; Dave Kapral, Gene Perry and John Monka, Trucksville Tigers; Paul Lewis, Fernbrook Yankees; and Joe Cicero, Westmoreland Indians.

Sixty-five year old Richard Morganm of Dallas, captured first place in a division of smallbore rifle competition at the National Rifle and Pistol Championships at Camp Perry, Ohio last week. Morgan, a veteran sharpshooter of 18 years, shot a remarkable score of 400 out of a possible 400 in the 50-Meter Any Sight Match. Thirty-eight of the 40 shots were in the small center X ring of the target. A perfect score is 400 with 40 in the X ring.

1988 – 20 YEARS AGO

The kitchen of the lower picnic pavilion at Konefal’s, Jackson Township, was completely demolished by fire Monday afternoon. Jackson Township Fire Chief Roland Evans stated that the fire was the result of an unattended garbage fire.

College Misericordia recently inducted 11 students into the Continuing Education Honor Society, Alpha Sigma Lambda. The part-time adult students have a minimum grade point average of 3.2, have completed 30 credits at Misericordia and have also demonstrated leadership abilities within their major. The seven inductees are: Sue Pecukonis, business; Sandra Stefanowicz, business; Judith Ellis, business; Barbara Gail Marshall, Nursing; Joe Stec, business; Thomas Niznik, business; Georgetta Potoski, liberal arts; Catherine Barry Suttie, accounting; Patricia Bogdan, liberal studies, William Rowan, business, and Michael Yalch, business.

At local Acme Markets, California cantaloupes sold for 79 cents each; watermelon was 19 cents a pound; and London Broil was $1.99 a pound.

Information for “Only Yesterday” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 119 years old. The information is printed here exactly as it appeared in the newspaper years ago.