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Retirement party for Waverly Township Police Chief Dan Mooney. See Page A3.
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CLARKS SUMMIT - Newton Township Auditor Lee Jamison
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addressed members of Clarks Summit Borough Council at a March 29 meeting. Jamison, auditor for Newton Township since 2007 and township supervisor from 1994 to 2005, addressed the council about Earned Income Tax funds. He said currently they are working on a reconstructive
audit in the township. “If you look at your tax forms, for each tax year, on your state tax form, every person is required to report their school district to the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. That made me think, ‘They must have these records.’ They do. I contacted the Department of Revenue; they have
been very helpful... What we’re looking to do is get these tax records from the Department of Revenue and compare their records with the records we received from our various tax collectors. So, now we have something to go by. In the past work it’s all been in the dark. There’s no system of checks and
Talented youth
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’By the Skin of Our Teeth’
Keystone Players production will run from April 8 to 10. See Page A12.
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he newly formed Arts Council of the Abingtons plans to expand the art of Second Fridays to nine locations throughout the greater Abington area beginning April 8. For the full story, see Page A11. ‘Lola, American Pit Bull Terrier,’ above, by J. Caruso Dahms of Contemporary Concepts Photography, is one of the pieces that will be on display at Angels Galeria, Depot Street, during Second Fridays.
Career of the century Men on a Mission Ushers recall reel work BY JOAN MEAD-MATSUI Abington Journal Correspondent
BY JOAN MEAD-MATSUI Abington Journal Correspondent
CLARKS SUMMIT - Approximately 30 area men will walk the walk at the upcoming “Men in Black with Pink” fundraiser to be held April 7 at Glen Oak Country Club, according to organizers and sponsors of the event, the Abington Business and Professional Association. Most of the proceeds raised from this event will benefit Marley’s Mission, a non-profit equine-based therapy program that is offered free of charge to children, and their families, who have experienced trauma. Three of the men who will participate in this year’s show shared their reasons for participating. For Gene Talerico, President of Marley’s Mission and also the First Assistant District Attorney of Lackawanna County, it is a mental picture or vision
CLARKS SUMMIT Imagine stepping into a modern movie theater and an usher offers to show you to your seat. Local historian Warren Watkins and movie buff Bob Kester, both residents of Clarks Summit, share their recollections of the former Comerford Theater, which was a hub of activity
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Waverly Comm garden show features grapevine wreath making workshop.
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Red team wins the Lackawanna League Boys’ Basketball AllStar Game 83-66. See Page C1.
balances.” Jamison said obtaining the records is a detailed process. Once the tax records are received, they will be divided into townships. Clarks Summit Borough Councilwoman Gerrie Carey said the zip code could
Circle of creativity
Two Our Lady of Peace students are accepted into program. See Page A6.
Boys All-Star game
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C.S. hears Newton auditor Earned Income Tax funds, Knox Box ordinance, LED lights discussed.
Friends of the Abington Community Library hosts Spring Book Sale. See Page A4.
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for local moviegoers in the Abingtons. The Comerford was located at the current site of the Citizen’s Savings Bank corporate offices on South State Street. Watkins and Kester were among the ushers employed by the Comerford, and their responsibilities included a variety of tasks, including acting as parking lot attendant cleanup crew or up-
dating the marquee and tackling other jobs they were given. They loved being a part of a thriving and busy movie business. “I remember the first paycheck I got. I didn’t realize I was going to get paid. I was having so much fun that I didn’t think about it. They didn’t pay much, but it was enough to put gas
April 5, 1962 - The Summit Diner was open daily from 6 a.m. to 12 midnight, according to Bob Parry, proprietor.
April 9, 1970 - The Abington Journal reported “Local students from AHHS accompanied by Vivian Dembrowsky, guidance counselor, arrived home April 3 from their ten- day Easter holiday trip to Italy.
April 9, 1970 - A musical entitled, “I Wouldn’t Want to Live There,” written by Ted Jaditz, a seventh grade student, was on the calendar for April 10 in the Abington Heights Junior High School auditorium.
April 9, 1964 - Salon “500” of Clarks Summit ran an ad in The Abington Journal that read, “If Your Hair Isn’t Becoming to You, YOU’LL Be Coming To Us.”
April 7, 1966 - The Abington Journal reported, “A road bypassing Clarks Summit’s business district and connecting eventually to Route 81 from the Morgan Highway was proposed at a hearing at the State Highway Department, Dunmore.”
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April 5, 1962 - The Easter Dinner menu in the Clarks Summit – Abington Area schools included “turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry relish, buttered peas, Tootsie Rolls, Jell-O and whipped cream and milk.”
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The Waverly Community House’s 19th Annual House, Garden and Gift Show is just around the corner April 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 17 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Organizers of the event invite visitors to try their hand at creating one-of-akind wreaths at a Wreath Making Workshop to be held in conjunction with the House, Garden and Gift Show April 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Clarks Summit resident, Jeneane Adams will lead folks in a workshop using grapevines donated by Nimble Hill Winery in Tunkhannock. Adams will draw on her years of experience making wreaths which have adorned both the Waverly Community House front door and the door to the Waverly Post office at the Comm since 2004 when Adams moved to the Abingtons from Geneseo, N.Y. She has made, on average, two to three wreaths per year. “When I first moved here, my son-in-law stopped on his way home from work and brought me the (Waverly) Comm newsletter and he said, ‘Mom, this is right up your alley. He said ‘They’re having a wreath making workshop at the Comm.’ I used to make dried flower wreaths in Geneseo, New York,” said Adams, who made dried flower wreaths using flowers she grew in her garden.
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