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There were 20 boys and girls registered in the second year of the Punt-Pass and Kick Competition sponsored by Kingston Township Recreation Commission. Trophies were awarded to the first place winner in each category and to the point champion in each of the three age groups.

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The 8 & 9 age group first place winners: Punting - David Williams, Shavertown; Passing – Eric White, Trucksville; Kicking – Matt Morris. Point champion was David Williams.

The 10 & 11 age group first place winners: Punting – Joseph Noon, Shavertown; Passing – Joseph Noon; Kicking – Brad Kohli, Shavertown. Point champion was Joseph Noon.

The only entry in the 12 & 13 age group was David Miller, Shavertown, whose top category was kicking.

1979 – 30 YEARS AGO

Members of the Future Business Leaders of America at Dallas High School recently attended an FBLA regional workshop at Bishop Hoban High School. Participants included: Sue Newcomb, Tauna Brobst, Tim Shalley, Connie Jo Suder, Cindy Engelman, Pam Engelman, Mary Harris, Barbara Brody, Jean Mihal, Linda Daubert and Tom Fiorini.

More than 300 children attended the Dallas Kiwanis Club’s Halloween party Saturday at Gate of Heaven School auditorium. The party was held in place of a parade due to threatening weather. Winners of the costume contest were: first place - Kim Spudis, Trucksville, clown; second place – Christine Yezilski, Dallas, mouse; third place – Doug Bulford, Shavertown, HoBo; fourth pace – Davis Zachary, Dallas, Tweety Bird; and fifth place – Eric and Shane Williams, Shavertown, funny dog and elephant.

Trucksville Elementary student Jennifer Bryant was the winner of the contest to name the Trucksville PTO’s newsletter. Her selection was “Classroom Chatter.”

1969 – 40 YEARS AGO

The First National Bank of Wilkes-Barre, at a recent meeting of the Dallas Borough Council, announced that it planned to open temporary Dallas quarters in a trailer specially designed for bank business near the Suburban Restaurant on land the bank now owns.

William Carroll, representative of Luzerne Construction Company, asked council for a variance on its zoning ordinance because on a previous request to zoning officer Richard Disque he had been turned down. With winter approaching Mr. Carroll stressed the importance of early construction.

The Dallas Tastee Freeze, located on Route 309 south of Dallas at Overbrook Avenue bypass, was scorched when flames licked through the cinder block structure shortly after noon Tuesday.

John Beagle, proprietor of the food stand, sustained burns on his face, hand and neck when he attempted to douse the fire as it swept through the kitchen area of the building.

1959 – 50 YEARS AGO

Nick Stredny broke all records at Crown Imperial Lanes Monday night when he bowled a nearly perfect game of 299 while playing with the Lehman D team of Back Mountain Firemen’s League. Nick just missed a perfect game when, on his last roll, most of the pins scattered, but the number five pin stood straight as an oak in a windstorm.

Nick’s spectacular game set a new high in his league and is the highest ever bowled at the Imperial Lanes. Stredny received an award of $100 from Bob Hanson, proprietor of the lanes, and will be given a special patch from the American Bowling Congress.

Mrs. Joan Hislop is general chairman for Dallas Methodist Bazaar to be held next week. The bazaar will offer braided rugs, afghans, children’s dresses, aprons and a wide variety of things for Christmas gifts. Committee members are Mrs. Homer Moyer, Mrs. Stanley B. Davies, Mrs. William F. Carl Jr., Mrs. Edgar S. Brace, Mrs. Clarence J. LaBar, Mrs. Thomas E. Cease, Mrs. Arthur Miller and Mrs. Ray Daring.

1949 – 60 YEARS AGO

George Shaver Jr. was recently installed as Grand Noble and Harry Owens as Vice Grand at the meeting of Toby Creek International Order of Odd Fellows. Other officers: Sam Perkins, Gene Piatt, Charles Perkins, Bill Rineman, George Shaver Sr., Dick Mathers, Stanley Knorr, Thomas Cleasby, Jake Harrison, Vought Long, Sam Davis, Vern Pritchard and Howard Woolbert.

Lehman Scotties copped the Back Mountain Football championship Saturday, downing Dallas Township Redskins, 7-0 before a large crowd on the Dallas gridiron. Lehman scored its touchdown late in the third period marring an otherwise evenly matched game. This victory, added to its earlier 27-7 win over Kingston Township gives Lehman possession of the “Golden Football Shoe,” emblematic of the Back Mountain champion.

1939 – 70 YEARS AGO

Two more important highway-paving projects, one at Luzerne, the other on Route 92 between Dallas and Tunkhannock, will be completed within the next two weeks, extending the network of modern highways which is growing in this section.

The new $250,000 link between Lutes’ Corners and Evans Falls is completed except for a surface on one of the two new bridges, and traffic is already moving over the road.

These projects – together with the Luzerne Boulevard dedicated last month – established 1939 as one of the most important from the standpoint of highway progress in the history of this section.

Information for “Only Yesterday” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 120 years old. The information is printed here exactly as it appeared in the newspaper years ago.