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Lakeland High School students take mock vows during their wedding ceremony in 1995. Second from left, Regina Stracham, maid of honor; Dana Fisch, bride; Jeremy Burkhart, groom and Blaise Defazio, best man, listen to ceremony officiators Jason Chelik and Jeff Chursch.

The Abington Ecumenical Ministerium’s 1977 Processional of the Cross down East Grove Street.

John Locascio, of Clarks Summit, shows off his 73-inch, 29-pound sailfish, caught with live bait at Miami Beach in 1971.

1962 — A moose got loose in the Abingtons.

That is, a 200-pound Great Dane named “Moose” escaped his leash and took a several-hour-long stroll around the local countryside.

Dave Howell, a Lehigh University student, had brought the dog, a fraternity mascot, home to Landsdowne Avenue during spring break. When Moose decided to go off exploring, radio and TV announcements brought in a series of calls, which traced the dog eastward over Scott Mountain to the Carbondale Highway, South to the Traffic Circle, up through the Notch to Chinchilla and back home again.

1967 — Robert B. Dixon, who served almost 30 years as director of the Waverly Community House, announced his retirement.

Dixon took the Comm post in 1938 after 10 years as superintendent of recreation for the City of Scranton. He served in Red Cross work for three years in the South Pacific during World War II.

1971 — John Locascio, of Clarks Summit, reeled in a pre-fishing season edge on his buddies at home during a Miami Beach detour on a business trip. A photograph in the Journal showed him with his 73-inch, 29-pound sailfish, caught with live bait. The proprietor of Four Seasons Hair Fashions, Chinchilla, was, at the time, enroute to a hair show in New York City.

1977 — The Abington Ecumenical Ministerium sponsored a Processional of the Cross down East Grove Street as part of their Good Friday devotion. A photograph showing the festivities ran on the Journal’s front page.

1995 — A whole class of students at Lakeland High School got hitched.

Well, sort of.

The gowns were real. The tuxedos were real. But the ceremony was a farce.

Mock weddings were performed in Pat Turissini’s Parenting Class, followed by mock jobs, paychecks, bills, babies and even “disaster days,” such as medical emergencies, car problems and other unexpected expenses, all for the sake of teaching the students how to manage a home.