LOOKING BACK 100 years ago this week - The Forest City...
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LOOKING BACK 100 years ago this week Items from the Independent Republican, Montrose Democrat and Tri -Weekly Journal Submitted by Betty Smith, Susquehanna County Historical Society, Montrose Back issues of 100 Years Ago can be accessed at www.susqcohistsoc.org THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email [email protected] - PAGE 5 The Coal Pail by Robert Cole The following short stories are of life as a young boy in the Forest City Area and are wrien by Robert Cole, Bordentown, NJ. His parents were Alfred and Jessie At- kinson Cole. He was born in 1940 in his grandparent’s house on Railroad Street. His grandparents were Richard and Jessie Atkinson. Upper Valley Oil Co. P.O. Box 57, Forest City HEATING OIL SERVING FOREST CITY, VANDLING, BROWNDALE, UNION DALE, SIMPSON AND RICHMONDALE AREAS GUARANTEED LOWEST PRICES Call 1-800-774-5600 Get a subscription to the News 570-785-3800 Coming Events Senior Menu The Herrick Hill Huckleberry Farm you pick blueberries. Open July 27-Sept. 2 - Rain or Shine! $1.50 per lb. Hours are 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. Take PA 171 N. to Herrick Center. Turn left on PA 374 West to top of hill. Turn right on Airport Drive for 0.8 miles to patch on right side of road. Hope to see you there! 34t2 10 YEARS AGO July 29, 2009 The sale of the former ABC Market Building in the 400 Block is expected to be completed this week. The building will be used for warehousing by a couple who are importers. Local industrialist and philan- thropist Michael T. Goskowski has wrien a book about his life in Forest City. Entitled “Pick Up the Pennies,” he tells of his child- hood, growing from boyhood to manhood during the Great Depression, his service during World War II, and his life with Ames Manufacturing Company, until establishing his own local businesses, Kartri Sales and M.G. Manufacturing, now run by his daughters, Karen and Tricia. A big parade is promised for this year Old Home Week event. The featured entertainment will be the Uptown String Band from the Philadelphia Area who will be bringing approximately 15 costumed performers and have participated in many of the east coasts famous parades. Deaths: Harold W. Hall, Browndale; John J. Scepita, Browndale; Bernard Sweer, Clifford Twp.; John Sedlar, For- est City. 20 YEARS AGO July 28, 1999 The Honesdale National Bank was selected “Business of the Month” for July by the Forest City Commercial Association. It was an “invasion” of young people and adults to Forest City last week but it was a welcome invasion. About 430 members of Group Workcamps Foundation arrived at Forest City Regional School to spend a week doing home repairs for the low income and elderly of our area. Michael T. Lisowski, Forest City High School Principal, was named to replace Robert McNa- mara as high school principal of Susquehanna Community School. Deaths: Lawrence Kotar, born in Forest City; Frances P. Cooper, born in Forest City; Robert Con- nell, Union Dale; Robert E. Mur- phy, Sr., RR1 Pleasant Mount. 30 YEARS AGO July 27, 1989 The Chieftains Drum and Bugle Corps of Roseo, PA, will be among the participants in the OHW Parade. The first copy of the newly published history of the early Slovenians in Forest City was presented to Julia Harvatin, Bar- bara Puchnick, and Mary Ma- chek, the individuals responsible for compiling the book. The Forest City Follies will celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the founding of Forest City by incorporating a pictorial history of the borough in its production. Harry and Mike Heck again won the championship of Wivey’s Memorial Member-guest tourna- ment at Panorama Golf Course. Deaths: Kathie Lauriha, Cali- fornia. 40 YEARS AGO July 26, 1979 One of the events of this year’s Main Street Festival will be the 1st running of the Hillbilly Run, a two and a five mile race from Kennedy Park through Richmon- dale and Vandling. Forest City TV Cable Co. will install a satellite dish on Brown- dale Mtn. to take TV signal off the satellites rather than from the air. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Puch- nick celebrated their 40th wed- ding anniversary with a Carib- bean Cruise. Paul Lukus, Joseph Sheptak, David Richards and David Susco were named Outstanding Young Men of America. Forest City Borough will lose CETA workers Police Office Pa- tricia Laguzzi, Maintenance Man Ron Houman and Street Worker Bob Kleinbauer. Gus DeMark and Wivey Ora- sin won Wivey’s Golf Tourna- ment last Sunday. Deaths: Vincent (Doc) McK- ernon, Forest City; Mrs. Mary Zawisky Chuck, Scranton; Kevin Janezic, Yardley, PA. 50 YEARS AGO July 31, 1969 Jack Smith was sworn in Sat- urday evening as president of the Forest City Lions Club. Veteran angler Bernie Simon- cic, Vandling, landed a 20-inch bigmouth bass at Stillwater last week weighing 5 lbs., 4 oz. John Le Bahn, Dunmore, landed an 11 lb. 8 oz. brown trout from Upper Woods, also last week. Fab Weld will relocate its Simpson plant to the former Erie Shops in Susquehanna. Sunday’s game between Browndale and Newfoundland was called after 17 innings due to darkness. There were 34 hits in the game. Sp4 Robert Sco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sco, Union Dale, will return to Vietnam this week where he is an aerial observer in spoer aircraft. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd H. Todd celebrated their 30th wedding an- niversary on Saturday. Assistant Postmaster and Mrs. Greg O’Neill are on an extended motor tour of the West coast. 60 YEARS AGO August 6, 1959 The News in a special inter- view with U. S. Aorney Daniel Jenkins, of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has learned that every effort is being made at the present to make final adjudica- tion for properties in the Stillwa- ter Flood Control project area. James C. Gold has retired as Susquehanna County superinten- dent of Pennsylvania State High- ways, after thirty years of service. Mr. Gold came to Susquehanna about twenty-five years ago and was highway superintendent during the Democratic adminis- trations of Governor Earle and later Governors Leader and Law- rence. Deaths during the week: Mrs. Agnes Cleary, Olyphant, widow of James Cleary, former Forest City school director; Andrew Ka- plavka, 1001 N. Main St., died last Wednesday at home after a short illness. 70 YEARS AGO August 6, 1949 Forest City School Board re- ceives request for establishment of Kindergarten grade in local school system. Dr. A. J. Kameen, who con- ducted a general practice of medi- cine here and at Clifford, has opened offices in Wilkes-Barre for the practice of opthalmology. Forest City Legion Junior Baseball team was eliminated in 15th District playoffs by Colum- bia Crossroads Juniors, of Brad- ford County. Weddings of note: Miss Marie Foster and Robert L. Cross; Miss Jennie Rupnik and Joseph Dud- ish; Miss Antoinee Suhadolnik and John G. Ravnikar; Miss Mary Savage and Michael Stanchak. 80 YEARS AGO August 3, 1939 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Walsh, Vandling, observed their 50th wedding anniversary yesterday. In the local Softball League at mid-season, Gerstel’s and the Hof Brau teams are tied for top place with 14-6 records. St. James Church, Pleasant Mount, with Rev. Francis McGin- ley as pastor, completes extensive church and cemetery improve- ments. Forest City school teachers paid one month salary with an- other month due from last term Deaths during the past week. John McGranaghan, Sr., 86, fa- ther of Funeral Director John T. McGranaghan; Frank Milavec, N. Main St.; Michael Morris, Rail- road Street. 90 YEARS AGO August 1, 1929 John Cyzauskas, 41 Dundaff St., met death by drowning Sun- day in No. 3 Pond, near Hones- dale. Patrick H. Flynn, 81, died Sat- urday at his Herrick home. C. C. Olver, miller at the Forest City Milling Co., has completed 19 years of service with the local milling company. John Kaplavka has been named president of Susquehanna County Constable’s Association. 100 YEARS AGO July 30, 1919 St. Joseph’s Parish has pur- chased a four acre plot of ground across the roadway from St. Ag- nes Cemetery. The plot will be cleared and graded for use as the parish cemetery. Paul Franceski and his mother are preparing for a visit to Trieste, Italy. Work on the new $50,000 Vandling School building is nearing completion. Strict en- forcement of the rule that every school-entering pupil must be vaccinated is being undertaken by local school authorities. Cypran Petrauskas, Railroad St., was fatally injured in a rock- fall in the Erie Mine on Thursday. 110 YEARS AGO August 5, 1909 The water company is laying a water line to service the village of Browndale, where a movement is underway to organize a volunteer fire company. The Clinton Colliery is only working five hours daily under present orders. Berry pickers are complaining of the light crop this season. The No. I School grounds are being graded and a new fence will enclose the grounds. 120 YEARS AGO August 3, 1899 F. M. Gardiner, Esq., Mon- trose, is opening a law office here. Local townspeople are work- ing earnestly to have fellow- townsman, W. J. Maxey, elected sheriff of Susquehanna County. Union Dale was hard hit by a severe storm Saturday, doing considerable damage to the crops. Mrs. George Bayless, of Elk County, with sons Henry and Ar- chie, are visiting at the home of Mrs. I. T. Curtis, of Union Dale. 130 YEARS AGO August 8, 1889 A charter has been granted to the Forest City Baptist Church. Two rooms have been secured in the Baptist Church by the local school directors for school room purposes. Mordecai Doud Post 291, GAR, of Forest City, now has a membership of twenty. J. M. Su- rine was named Commander. Borough Council has moved to pay $2.50 a day to one of the bor- ough’s special officers to destroy all unmuzzled dogs which he may find roaming at large in the borough. A total of $551.06 was solicited from the local mine and breaker employees and contributed to the Carbondale Hospital Fund. St. Katherine Drexel Raffle Tickets on Sale St. Katherine Drexel Altar & Rosary Society are selling Labor Day raffles tickets with a chance to win some amazing prizes. The cost is $1 per ticket and the drawing will take place on Sun., Sept. 1. Tickets may be pur- chased from any society mem- ber. St. Juliana’s Rock Lake Pic- nic Sat., Aug. 17 St. Juliana’s Famous Rock Lake Picnic, Rte. 247 North, Creamton Dr., Rock Lake, will be held on Sat., Aug. 17. From 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. they will be serving a fam- ily style ham and turkey dinner with take-outs available until 3 p.m. Supper will be served at 5 p.m., followed by Mass at 6:30 p.m. Spend the rest of the eve- ning enjoying the giant flea market, bingo, games and priz- es. Don’t forget square dancing by “Just Us” from 7 to 11 p.m. with music donated by Edward Howell. Come out and have some fun while supporting a good cause. I sat back in my recliner and I was daydreaming. I was thinking about the young lad that roamed the hay fields, cow pastures, and woods around Aldenville. And about swimming and fishing in the Lackwanna River and the brook that flowed out of White Oak Pond. Both held some very nice trout. Lile brookies in the small creek. Also, hanging out around the small country store that Jim Chyle owned. We called him Uncle Jim. Riding my bicycle all over the small town and just having loads of fun. No cares in the world. Then my thoughts went to Forest City when we moved there in 1948. Young boy play- ing on the culm banks, walking the railroad to the pump house to swim in the Lackawanna River and going up the river to play on the swinging bridge. Then to Jungle Dam to swim. You did not need a bathing suit; you just drip dried. Then up to the O&W railroad track and up the hill to stone face. Fishing the ponds for bull - heads with my Uncle Dick At - kinson and the river for trout. I can still see the trout jumping around when you caught them. My mind wandered to the walk to the stone quarry and to White Pebble Spring. I would lay on the ground and get big mouthfuls of the sweet water that came out of the mountain. I dreamed about all of the sled riding that we did all win- ter. Wow--so much fun. I thought about the Railroad Street Boys and all of the games we played. A lot of them are gone now. I got up and looked in the mirror and I saw an old man looking back at me. I wonder where all of those years went?? Where is that young lad that was here so many years ago?? That cannot be him?? I think that everyone could do the same thing. I would not have wanted to grow up in any other place in the world. SO MUCH FUN. FOREST CITY IS STILL MY HOME TOWN. Week of August 5 Monday - Franks & Beans, broccoli slaw, corn chowder, crackers, greek yogurt Tuesday - Lemon pep- per fish, macaroni & cheese, stewed tomatoes, peas, or- ange Wednesday - Honey mus- tard chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, dinner roll, fresh apple slices Thursday - Boneless pork ribs, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, dinner roll, vanilla pudding Friday - CENTERS CLOSED For reservations, please call a day ahead at Forest City, 10-2, 785-3386. At Lenoxville, 10-2, THURSDAY ONLY, 222-9550, or you can call the Senior Service office at: 278-7664 or 800-634- 3746 Forest City – Death claimed Anthony Prudich after a short ill- ness. Deceased was born in Aus- tria 49 years ago and 25 years ago he came to America and located in Forest City and has continuously resided here since. He is survived by his wife and five children; also by two brothers, John and Joseph, of this place, and a sister in Austria. Funeral was held from St. Joseph’s church and inter- ment in St. Agnes’ cemetery. Nearly 2,000 people assembled at the ball park Sunday afternoon to witness what was supposed to be a real game between Hones- dale and the Independents. They were sadly disappointed and in fact, were disgusted at the loose, listless playing of the local team. Wargo and Payne were the local baery until the 7th inning when they were replaced by Koplava in the box and Fred Wolfert as catcher. Sherry, a former New York State league twirler, was in the box for the visitors and made a fine showing. The locals had only one run to their credit when the curtain went down in the 9th stanza, while the Honesdale team had 12 notches on their stick. The locals made the solitary run in the 6th. L. Payne reached the home plate in the 6th after Kelly had made a brilliant dash, but was declared out, a decision which was strongly criticized. Uniondale – While driving his car over the railroad crossing on Darrow St, Sunday afternoon, Edward Boulter and the occu- pants met with an accident and their escape from death or perma- nent injury is considered a mira- cle. The occupants of the car were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boulter and daughter, Miss Anna Tinker, and Letson Rounds’ children. The en- gine caught the hind end of the car, whirled it around and sent it down the embaknment. The train hit the car so as to knock it away from the fast moving train. It was badly wrecked. The party escaped with slight bruises. The crossing is one of the most dan- gerous along the line. It is pro- vided with the bell system which is not accurate; a jingling is kept up continually. The public ser- vice commission was appealed to several years ago without success. Several fatalities are charged to this dangerous crossing. Clifford – No town in the U. S. can boast of a neater, beer- kept hotel than the prey village of Clifford. Everything about the place is scrupulously clean. The back yard is as tidy as the front— rubbish cannot be found because the proprietor, W. S. Spedding, is on the job all the time. The grounds about the hotel are ar- tistically laid out, and well-kept. And there’s a garden to make one’s mouth water. Such a place for the entertainment of the pub- lic is of inestimable value to any town. One of the finest dance floors in the county is at Royal Hall, Royal, Pa., having the only spring floor, we believe, in the county. C. H. West is conducting hops there, regularly, this summer. These hops are popular with the young people of the eastern part of the county. Sunny Summer Business Mixer Wed., Aug.7 The Greater Carbondale Chamber of Commerce will hold a summer business mixer at Oliveri’s Crystal Lake Hotel on Wed., Aug. 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cash bar, reservations re- quired; call 570-282-1690. Aug. 3 - 2nd Annual Trail town Festival in Forest City. Aug. 4 - Music in the Park Worship Service, Clifford Fireman’s Fairgrounds 10:30 a.m. Aug. 6 - National Night Out, Kennedy Park 5-8 p.m. Aug. 7 - Business Mixer Oli - veri’s Crystal Lake Hotel RSVP 570-282-1690. Aug. 10 - St. John Vianney Chicken BBQ noon to 5 p.m., 3615 St. Rte. 106 Clifford. $10 Tickets at door or call 570-254- 0502 Aug. 10 - Indoor Flea Market & Bake Sale 9 to 3, Hawley Fire House 17 Columbus Ave., Hawley Aug. 10 - Kirkwood Town Fair Car Show 9 - 3 For info contact Roger Studer 607- 775-4629 Aug. 16 - Old Time Fid- dlers, Com. Bible Church, 1700 Heart Lake Rd. $5 570- 604-1455 Rummage Sale at First Pres. Church C’Dale The First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale will be holding a rummage sale throughout the summer on Tues., Thurs., and Sat., as able. If the sign is out, they are there. The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include a variety of items. Donations, ex- cluding clothing, are accepted if clean and in working order.
Transcript of LOOKING BACK 100 years ago this week - The Forest City...
LOOKING BACK 100 years ago this weekItems from the Independent Republican, Montrose Democrat and Tri -Weekly Journal
Submitted by Betty Smith, Susquehanna County Historical Society, MontroseBack issues of 100 Years Ago can be accessed at www.susqcohistsoc.org
THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email [email protected] - PAGE 5
TheCoal Pail
byRobert Cole
The following short stories are of life as a young boy in the Forest City Area and are written by Robert Cole, Bordentown, NJ. His parents were Alfred and Jessie At-kinson Cole. He was born in 1940 in his grandparent’s house on Railroad Street. His grandparents were Richard and Jessie Atkinson.
Upper Valley Oil Co.P.O. Box 57, Forest City
HEATING OIL
SERVING FOREST CITY, VANDLING, BROWNDALE,UNION DALE, SIMPSON AND RICHMONDALE AREAS
GUARANTEEDLOWEST PRICESCall 1-800-774-5600
Get a subscriptionto the News
570-785-3800Coming Events
Senior Menu
The Herrick Hill Huckleberry Farmyou pick blueberries.
Open July 27-Sept. 2 - Rain or Shine!$1.50 per lb.
Hours are 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily.
Take PA 171 N. to Herrick Center. Turn left on PA 374 Westto top of hill. Turn right on Airport Drive for 0.8 miles to patch
on right side of road.Hope to see you there! 34t2
10 YEARS AGOJuly 29, 2009
The sale of the former ABC Market Building in the 400 Block is expected to be completed this week. The building will be used for warehousing by a couple who are importers.
Local industrialist and philan-thropist Michael T. Goskowski has written a book about his life in Forest City. Entitled “Pick Up the Pennies,” he tells of his child-hood, growing from boyhood to manhood during the Great Depression, his service during World War II, and his life with Ames Manufacturing Company, until establishing his own local businesses, Kartri Sales and M.G. Manufacturing, now run by his daughters, Karen and Tricia.
A big parade is promised for this year Old Home Week event. The featured entertainment will be the Uptown String Band from the Philadelphia Area who will be bringing approximately 15 costumed performers and have participated in many of the east coasts famous parades.
Deaths: Harold W. Hall, Browndale; John J. Scepita, Browndale; Bernard Swetter, Clifford Twp.; John Sedlar, For-est City.
20 YEARS AGOJuly 28, 1999
The Honesdale National Bank was selected “Business of the Month” for July by the Forest City Commercial Association.
It was an “invasion” of young people and adults to Forest City last week but it was a welcome invasion. About 430 members of Group Workcamps Foundation arrived at Forest City Regional School to spend a week doing home repairs for the low income and elderly of our area.
Michael T. Lisowski, Forest City High School Principal, was named to replace Robert McNa-mara as high school principal of Susquehanna Community School.
Deaths: Lawrence Kotar, born in Forest City; Frances P. Cooper, born in Forest City; Robert Con-nell, Union Dale; Robert E. Mur-phy, Sr., RR1 Pleasant Mount.
30 YEARS AGOJuly 27, 1989
The Chieftains Drum and Bugle Corps of Rosetto, PA, will be among the participants in the OHW Parade.
The first copy of the newly published history of the early Slovenians in Forest City was presented to Julia Harvatin, Bar-bara Puchnick, and Mary Ma-chek, the individuals responsible for compiling the book.
The Forest City Follies will celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the founding of Forest City by incorporating a pictorial history of the borough in its production.
Harry and Mike Heck again won the championship of Wivey’s Memorial Member-guest tourna-ment at Panorama Golf Course.
Deaths: Kathie Lauriha, Cali-fornia.
40 YEARS AGOJuly 26, 1979
One of the events of this year’s Main Street Festival will be the 1st running of the Hillbilly Run, a two and a five mile race from Kennedy Park through Richmon-dale and Vandling.
Forest City TV Cable Co. will install a satellite dish on Brown-dale Mtn. to take TV signal off the satellites rather than from the air.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Puch-nick celebrated their 40th wed-ding anniversary with a Carib-bean Cruise.
Paul Lukus, Joseph Sheptak, David Richards and David Susco were named Outstanding Young Men of America.
Forest City Borough will lose CETA workers Police Office Pa-tricia Laguzzi, Maintenance Man Ron Houman and Street Worker Bob Kleinbauer.
Gus DeMark and Wivey Ora-sin won Wivey’s Golf Tourna-ment last Sunday.
Deaths: Vincent (Doc) McK-ernon, Forest City; Mrs. Mary Zawisky Chuck, Scranton; Kevin Janezic, Yardley, PA.
50 YEARS AGOJuly 31, 1969
Jack Smith was sworn in Sat-urday evening as president of the Forest City Lions Club.
Veteran angler Bernie Simon-cic, Vandling, landed a 20-inch bigmouth bass at Stillwater last week weighing 5 lbs., 4 oz. John Le Bahn, Dunmore, landed an 11 lb. 8 oz. brown trout from Upper Woods, also last week.
Fab Weld will relocate its Simpson plant to the former Erie Shops in Susquehanna.
Sunday’s game between Browndale and Newfoundland was called after 17 innings due to darkness. There were 34 hits in the game.
Sp4 Robert Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scott, Union Dale, will return to Vietnam this week where he is an aerial observer in spotter aircraft.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd H. Todd celebrated their 30th wedding an-niversary on Saturday.
Assistant Postmaster and Mrs. Greg O’Neill are on an extended motor tour of the West coast.
60 YEARS AGOAugust 6, 1959
The News in a special inter-view with U. S. Attorney Daniel Jenkins, of the Middle District of Pennsylvania, has learned that every effort is being made at the present to make final adjudica-tion for properties in the Stillwa-ter Flood Control project area.
James C. Gold has retired as Susquehanna County superinten-dent of Pennsylvania State High-ways, after thirty years of service. Mr. Gold came to Susquehanna about twenty-five years ago and was highway superintendent during the Democratic adminis-trations of Governor Earle and later Governors Leader and Law-rence.
Deaths during the week: Mrs. Agnes Cleary, Olyphant, widow of James Cleary, former Forest City school director; Andrew Ka-plavka, 1001 N. Main St., died last Wednesday at home after a short illness.
70 YEARS AGOAugust 6, 1949
Forest City School Board re-ceives request for establishment of Kindergarten grade in local school system.
Dr. A. J. Kameen, who con-ducted a general practice of medi-cine here and at Clifford, has opened offices in Wilkes-Barre for the practice of opthalmology.
Forest City Legion Junior Baseball team was eliminated in 15th District playoffs by Colum-bia Crossroads Juniors, of Brad-ford County.
Weddings of note: Miss Marie Foster and Robert L. Cross; Miss Jennie Rupnik and Joseph Dud-ish; Miss Antoinette Suhadolnik and John G. Ravnikar; Miss Mary Savage and Michael Stanchak.
80 YEARS AGOAugust 3, 1939
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Walsh, Vandling, observed their 50th wedding anniversary yesterday.
In the local Softball League at mid-season, Gerstel’s and the Hof Brau teams are tied for top place with 14-6 records.
St. James Church, Pleasant Mount, with Rev. Francis McGin-ley as pastor, completes extensive church and cemetery improve-ments.
Forest City school teachers paid one month salary with an-other month due from last term
Deaths during the past week. John McGranaghan, Sr., 86, fa-ther of Funeral Director John T. McGranaghan; Frank Milavec, N. Main St.; Michael Morris, Rail-road Street.
90 YEARS AGOAugust 1, 1929
John Cyzauskas, 41 Dundaff St., met death by drowning Sun-day in No. 3 Pond, near Hones-dale.
Patrick H. Flynn, 81, died Sat-urday at his Herrick home.
C. C. Olver, miller at the Forest City Milling Co., has completed 19 years of service with the local milling company.
John Kaplavka has been named president of Susquehanna County Constable’s Association.
100 YEARS AGOJuly 30, 1919
St. Joseph’s Parish has pur-chased a four acre plot of ground across the roadway from St. Ag-nes Cemetery. The plot will be cleared and graded for use as the parish cemetery.
Paul Franceski and his mother are preparing for a visit to Trieste,
Italy. Work on the new $50,000
Vandling School building is nearing completion. Strict en-forcement of the rule that every school-entering pupil must be vaccinated is being undertaken by local school authorities.
Cypran Petrauskas, Railroad St., was fatally injured in a rock-fall in the Erie Mine on Thursday.
110 YEARS AGOAugust 5, 1909
The water company is laying a water line to service the village of Browndale, where a movement is underway to organize a volunteer fire company.
The Clinton Colliery is only working five hours daily under present orders.
Berry pickers are complaining of the light crop this season.
The No. I School grounds are being graded and a new fence will enclose the grounds.
120 YEARS AGOAugust 3, 1899
F. M. Gardiner, Esq., Mon-trose, is opening a law office here.
Local townspeople are work-ing earnestly to have fellow-townsman, W. J. Maxey, elected sheriff of Susquehanna County.
Union Dale was hard hit by a severe storm Saturday, doing considerable damage to the crops.
Mrs. George Bayless, of Elk County, with sons Henry and Ar-chie, are visiting at the home of Mrs. I. T. Curtis, of Union Dale.
130 YEARS AGOAugust 8, 1889
A charter has been granted to the Forest City Baptist Church. Two rooms have been secured in the Baptist Church by the local school directors for school room purposes.
Mordecai Doud Post 291, GAR, of Forest City, now has a membership of twenty. J. M. Su-rine was named Commander.
Borough Council has moved to pay $2.50 a day to one of the bor-ough’s special officers to destroy all unmuzzled dogs which he may find roaming at large in the borough.
A total of $551.06 was solicited from the local mine and breaker employees and contributed to the Carbondale Hospital Fund.
St. Katherine Drexel Raffle Tickets on Sale
St. Katherine Drexel Altar & Rosary Society are selling Labor Day raffles tickets with a chance to win some amazing prizes.
The cost is $1 per ticket and the drawing will take place on Sun., Sept. 1. Tickets may be pur-chased from any society mem-ber.
St. Juliana’s Rock Lake Pic-nic Sat., Aug. 17
St. Juliana’s Famous Rock Lake Picnic, Rte. 247 North, Creamton Dr., Rock Lake, will be held on Sat., Aug. 17.
From 11:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. they will be serving a fam-ily style ham and turkey dinner with take-outs available until 3 p.m.
Supper will be served at 5 p.m., followed by Mass at 6:30 p.m. Spend the rest of the eve-ning enjoying the giant flea market, bingo, games and priz-es.
Don’t forget square dancing by “Just Us” from 7 to 11 p.m. with music donated by Edward Howell.
Come out and have some fun while supporting a good cause.
I sat back in my recliner and I was daydreaming.
I was thinking about the young lad that roamed the hay fields, cow pastures, and woods around Aldenville. And about swimming and fishing in the Lackwanna River and the brook that flowed out of White Oak Pond. Both held some very nice trout. Little brookies in the small creek.
Also, hanging out around the small country store that Jim Chyle owned. We called him Uncle Jim. Riding my bicycle all over the small town and just having loads of fun. No cares in the world.
Then my thoughts went to Forest City when we moved there in 1948. Young boy play-ing on the culm banks, walking the railroad to the pump house to swim in the Lackawanna River and going up the river to play on the swinging bridge. Then to Jungle Dam to swim. You did not need a bathing suit; you just drip dried. Then up to the O&W railroad track and up the hill to stone face.
Fishing the ponds for bull-heads with my Uncle Dick At-kinson and the river for trout. I can still see the trout jumping around when you caught them.
My mind wandered to the walk to the stone quarry and to White Pebble Spring. I would lay on the ground and get big mouthfuls of the sweet water that came out of the mountain.
I dreamed about all of the sled riding that we did all win-ter. Wow--so much fun.
I thought about the Railroad Street Boys and all of the games we played. A lot of them are gone now.
I got up and looked in the mirror and I saw an old man looking back at me. I wonder where all of those years went?? Where is that young lad that was here so many years ago?? That cannot be him??
I think that everyone could do the same thing. I would not have wanted to grow up in any other place in the world. SO MUCH FUN.
FOREST CITY IS STILL MY HOME TOWN.
Week of August 5 Monday - Franks & Beans, broccoli slaw, corn chowder, crackers, greek yogurt
Tuesday - Lemon pep-per fish, macaroni & cheese, stewed tomatoes, peas, or-ange
Wednesday - Honey mus-tard chicken, mashed sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, dinner roll, fresh apple slices
Thursday - Boneless pork ribs, mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, dinner roll, vanilla pudding
Friday - CENTERS CLOSED
For reservations, please call a day ahead at Forest City, 10-2, 785-3386. At Lenoxville, 10-2, THURSDAY ONLY, 222-9550, or you can call the Senior Service office at: 278-7664 or 800-634-3746
Forest City – Death claimed Anthony Prudich after a short ill-ness. Deceased was born in Aus-tria 49 years ago and 25 years ago he came to America and located in Forest City and has continuously resided here since. He is survived by his wife and five children; also by two brothers, John and Joseph, of this place, and a sister in Austria. Funeral was held from St. Joseph’s church and inter-ment in St. Agnes’ cemetery.
Nearly 2,000 people assembled at the ball park Sunday afternoon to witness what was supposed to be a real game between Hones-dale and the Independents. They were sadly disappointed and in fact, were disgusted at the loose, listless playing of the local team. Wargo and Payne were the local battery until the 7th inning when they were replaced by Koplava in the box and Fred Wolfert as catcher. Sherry, a former New York State league twirler, was in the box for the visitors and made a fine showing. The locals had only one run to their credit when the curtain went down in the 9th stanza, while the Honesdale team had 12 notches on their stick. The locals made the solitary run in the 6th.
L. Payne reached the home plate in the 6th after Kelly had made a brilliant dash, but was declared out, a decision which was strongly criticized.
Uniondale – While driving his car over the railroad crossing on Darrow St, Sunday afternoon, Edward Boulter and the occu-pants met with an accident and their escape from death or perma-nent injury is considered a mira-
cle. The occupants of the car were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Boulter and daughter, Miss Anna Tinker, and Letson Rounds’ children. The en-gine caught the hind end of the car, whirled it around and sent it down the embaknment. The train hit the car so as to knock it away from the fast moving train. It was badly wrecked. The party escaped with slight bruises. The crossing is one of the most dan-gerous along the line. It is pro-vided with the bell system which is not accurate; a jingling is kept up continually. The public ser-vice commission was appealed to several years ago without success. Several fatalities are charged to this dangerous crossing.
Clifford – No town in the U. S. can boast of a neater, better-kept hotel than the pretty village of Clifford. Everything about the place is scrupulously clean. The back yard is as tidy as the front—rubbish cannot be found because the proprietor, W. S. Spedding, is on the job all the time. The grounds about the hotel are ar-tistically laid out, and well-kept. And there’s a garden to make one’s mouth water. Such a place for the entertainment of the pub-lic is of inestimable value to any town.
One of the finest dance floors in the county is at Royal Hall, Royal, Pa., having the only spring floor, we believe, in the county. C. H. West is conducting hops there, regularly, this summer. These hops are popular with the young people of the eastern part of the county.
Sunny Summer Business Mixer Wed., Aug.7
The Greater Carbondale Chamber of Commerce will hold a summer business mixer at Oliveri’s Crystal Lake Hotel on Wed., Aug. 7 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Cash bar, reservations re-quired; call 570-282-1690.
Aug. 3 - 2nd Annual Trail town Festival in Forest City.
Aug. 4 - Music in the Park Worship Service, Clifford Fireman’s Fairgrounds 10:30 a.m.
Aug. 6 - National Night Out, Kennedy Park 5-8 p.m.
Aug. 7 - Business Mixer Oli-veri’s Crystal Lake Hotel RSVP 570-282-1690.
Aug. 10 - St. John Vianney Chicken BBQ noon to 5 p.m., 3615 St. Rte. 106 Clifford. $10 Tickets at door or call 570-254-0502
Aug. 10 - Indoor Flea Market & Bake Sale 9 to 3, Hawley Fire House 17 Columbus Ave., Hawley
Aug. 10 - Kirkwood Town Fair Car Show 9 - 3 For info contact Roger Studer 607-775-4629
Aug. 16 - Old Time Fid-dlers, Com. Bible Church, 1700 Heart Lake Rd. $5 570-604-1455
Rummage Sale at First Pres. Church C’Dale
The First Presbyterian Church in Carbondale will be holding a rummage sale throughout the summer on Tues., Thurs., and Sat., as able. If the sign is out, they are there.
The sale will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include a variety of items. Donations, ex-cluding clothing, are accepted if clean and in working order.
