20 Years Ago (1989)
Tony Yanora, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Yanora, of Tunkhannock and a 1989 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School has enrolled at Lincoln Technical Institute in Allentown where he will be architecture major.
Judy Fassett Aydelott, a 1964 graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, was presented the Colby Brick Award for her dedication to the college at Alumni Reunion Weekend earlier this summer. Aydelott who lives in Franconia, N.H., with her husband, Peter, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Fassett, of Tunkhannock. Mrs. Aydelott celebrated her 25th reunion at Colby and was awarded a "brick" as thanks for all her work on the successful reunion of her classmates.
Rebecca Place a teacher in the Wyalusing School District was installed in June as president of the Pennsylvania Delta Kappa Gamma Society International. Place is the wife of Ted Place, of Meshoppen. They own and operate a dairy farm near South Auburn and have two children, Lynell Place Lunger and Nick Place who is with the Susquehanna County Extension service.
Groundbreaking for the new Mountain View School District central elementary school was held on Monday, July 24.
40 Years Ago (1969)
The Tunkhannock Area School District has been honored by the Pennsylvania Manufacturer's Association Insurance Company for achievement in loss prevention by receiving the insurance carriers "Award of Excellence" for having completed 647,040 man-hours from March 1, 1967, to March 12, 1969, without a disabling injury to any school district employee.
Mrs. Mary Wilson went home with Mr. and Mrs. William Clatterbuck on July 6, spending two weeks with the Clatterbucks in King of Prussia and the Herbert Morrises in mount Ephraim, N.J., This past Sunday, Mrs. Morris, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Newtin, and Allen and James Morris and friend, Karen Smith, returned Mrs. Wilson to her home in Lymanville.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wintermute, of Forkston, and daughters, Jan and Robin, spent last week in Michigan visiting their oldest daughter and sister, Sharon who has a teaching position there. Neil Wintermute spent last week at the cabin of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Markey Sands, in Canada.
The Coast Guard office in Wilkes-Barre, announces that Thomas D. Sherry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Sherry, of Avery Street, Tunkhannock, was enlisted into the U.S. Coast Guard on July 14, 1969, for four years active duty.
60 Years Ago (1949)
Dr. John J. Foote, surgeon of the Tyler Memorial Hospital, has been informed that he has been made a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery. The American Board of Surgery is the organization which certifies its specialists in their field requiring five years of specialized training after internship and the passing of two separate examinations.
During a severe electrical storm at 4 a.m. Thursday, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shaw, near Oxbow Lake, was struck by fire and the flames spread so rapidly that Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and two-year-old son were able to escape with barely enough clothes to cover them. The building was owned by John M. Stark, and the Shaws had moved in only six weeks earlier. Mr. Shaw and family are temporarily living with his wife's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Eustice, on North Bridge Street.
Stedman Harding was home from Hartford, Conn., where he is employed, to spend the week end with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Harding.
80 Years Ago (1929)
The celebration of the opening of the concrete highway between Tunkhannock and Montrose will take place on Thursday, August 8, 1929. Though parts of the road have been used for some time, it is deemed proper to recognize the fact that the last link connecting the two county seats has now been completed.
The oak flooring in the Head master's suite at Keystone Academy is being laid and new radiators are being installed. The new water tank and pressure pump are being installed by B.D. Stephens and Son of Nicholson. When fully equipped it will give the school added insurance against fire.
The proprietor of local filling station is quoted as saying that from 162 sales of gasoline he disposed of less than 300 gallons of the fluid. That is, his sales averaged less than two gallons apiece. Apparently motorists were buying just enough gas to get home with. Whether that indicates a money stringency we are unable to say.
A young man driving a car with an Ohio license smashed the plate glass front at the restaurant and pool room of E.B. Tench on Monday morning. His brake rod had become uncoupled and when he came up Tioga Street he was unable to stop when he found the traffic light against him. The car stopped of its own accord on the grade, but when he attempted to park in front of the pool room the wheels mounted the curb and the car crashed into the window. He arranged to settle the damage.
100 Years Ago (1909)
The first day of the new Lincoln pennies will be issued from the Philadelphia mint August 1.
Alvah D. Hobbs, who lived on the Hefferan farm north of town, died of Bright's disease on Saturday. He was 53 years old and leaves a wife and five children.
C.E. Space has resigned the office of justice of the peace to which he was recently elected to take the position as rural mail carrier on route No. 4, to be established August 1.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sickler, of Falls, a girl, who has been named Grace Elizabeth. She is the first to claim the dollar offered by the citizens National Bank of Tunkhannock.
The experiment of putting oil on East Tioga Street was tried last week and seems to e a success. The oil unites with the dust and forms a sort of putty, packing down and making a good hard surface.
A barn in process of construction on the farm of D.L. Jayne at Russell Hill was blown down du ring a storm a few days ago.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd A. Thompson on Sunday, July 18, 1909.
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