——— aa PAGE4 THE POST EDITO RIAL Sunday, February 26, 2006 | MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On March 5, 1658, Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, namesake of Cadillac cars, is born in Gascogny, France. Cadillac was an explorer who mapped the Great Lakes and founded Detroit, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City. e On Feb. 27,1860, President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. A relatively new art form, the photograph (or daguerreotype) showed a beardless Lincoln just moments before he delivered an address at Cooper Union. e On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signs a congression- al act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national an- them of the United States. ® On March 2,1944, for the first time, the Academy Awards are presented as part of a televised variety show. Jack Benny served as master of ceremonies for the event, which was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. Due to lack of network interest, the show was only broadcast locally, on two Los Angeles TV stations. e On March 4,1952, Ernest Hemingway completes his short novel “The Old Man and the Sea.” The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and would be his last significant work of fiction before his suicide in 1961. * On March 1,196], President John F. Kennedy issues Executive Order 10924, establishing the Peace Corps as a new agency within the Department of State. Since 1961, more than 160,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps, serving in 134 nations. e On Feb. 28,1983, “M*A*S*H,” the cynical situation-comedy about doctors behind the front lines of the Korean War, airs its final episode after 1l seasons. The last episode drew 77 percent of the television viewing audience, the largest audience ever to watch a single TV show up to that time. (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. STRANGE BUT TRUE e Each shovelful of soil holds more living things than all the hu- man beings ever born. ¢ Sidney Joseph Perelman was a humorist who also collaborated on writing screenplays for the Marx Brothers. His connection to the elite of the movie industry, however, didn’t make him any happier living on the West Coast. He once called Hollywood “a dreary indus- trial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals, and a taste so degraded that it befouled everything it touched.” And that was in the 1930s - | wonder what he'd think about Tinseltown today. * It was noted wit Mark Twain who came up with the following’ definition of the ideal life: “Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience.” e Have you ever heard of William Friese-Greene? Unfortunately for him, probably not. He was a brilliant and unfortunate 19th-century English inventor. He built a prototype motion-picture camera and was even granted a patent for it. The process of inventing and patenting the device, though, caused him to become bankrupt. Since he was in such dire straits, he sold the rights to the patent for 500 pounds - a pittance considering the extremely lucrative nature of the invention. During his lifetime, he took out more than 70 patents for other in- ventions, including X-ray and light printing on paper fabrics, inkless printing, and electrical transmission of images, but earned little money from them and was on the verge of bankruptcy all his life. ® You may be surprised to learn that the hippopotamus is the most dangerous animal on the continent of Africa. That beast causes more human deaths every year than even lions and cobras. ® oo 0 Thought for the Day: “A government big enough to give you every- thing you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.” - Thomas Jefferson (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. KATYLS DISPLAYING HOCKEY MEMORABILIA Hockey fans will really enjoy and envy the collection on dis- play this month at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Cindy and Bill Katyl, along with sons Aaron, Matt and Chris, are display- ing their vast collection of hockey memorabilia from various teams. The Dallas family is very active with the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins as Bill is an off-ice official and Cindy is a sea- son ticket holder and an avid fan. Some of the exciting items on display include an autographed jersey by the Penguin's 2001 Cal- der Cup playoff team members, one by Jaromir Jagr and anoth- er by the members of the New Jersey Devils. Several auto- graphed pictures and a Philadelphia Flyers Stanley Cup license plate from1973-74 are also included in the display. There are also Stanley Cup hats from the New Jersey Devils and the Pittsburgh Penguins, several bobblehead dolls, pucks, trading cards and more. ThE POST TIMES®LEADER Community Newspaper Group * 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-5211 thepost@leader.net Patrick McHugh PUBLISHER David C. Konopki EDITOR Erika Calvert ADVERTISING Be ii? io SR Lg i i ST ike promises lined up against a list of things to do, they stand at the ready for gutters to be cleaned and eaves painted, of branches to be trimmed and chimneys re-pointed. And alas, in reality, a few may end up in closets, basements and garages, collecting dust for want of time and ambition to get those chores done. Slightly Read Bookshop gets ready to re-open 1 THE SLIGHT- LY Read Book- shop at the Back Mountain Memorial Library will open during regular business hours begin- ning Monday, Feb. 27. Watch for a grand re-opening cele- bration soon! o00 “One Valley One Book: Wyoming Valley Reads” is be- ing sponsored by Leadership Wilkes-Barre Class of 2006. The special project is being conduct- ed by many communities throughout the country, where- by an entire community reads and discusses a particular book. The Back Mountain is joining the rest of Luzerne County by promoting the reading of “The Natural” by Bernard Malamud. LIBRARY NEWS CAROL KING The library has several copies of the book available, as well as an audio tape and a DVD of the movie starring Robert Redford. Library director Martha Butler invites all patrons to join in this endeavor to promote Leadership Wilkes-Barre’s goal to unite the people of Wyoming Valley through the advance- ment of literacy and enjoyment of reading. She encourages community members to stop by the library and check out a copy of the book or the audio. The project will commence with a screening of “The Nat- ural” at Wilkes University on April 2 followed by a reception and a short discussion of the book and the movie. ® oo 0 A “Swing Into Spring” sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4 in the Community Room of the li- brary. Some of the wonderful items for sale will include wreaths, decorated baskets, rabbits, pottery, dishes, Easter and spring novelties, stuffed animals and dolls. All proceeds directly benefit the library. ® 6 0 A babysitting course conduct- ed by the American Red Cross will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 18 in the Community Room of the li- brary. The class is open to teenagers ages 11-15. The class will provide them with the skills and confidence needed to become a care provider. Participants will learn how to perform first aid, understand how to get professional medical help fast, identify common safety hazards and prevent | injuries, perform basic care routines like diapering, feeding and dressing, handle bedtime 1 issues and more. A babysitters. handbook will be included and, distributed at the program. A $40 course fee is due at the time of registration. Checks should be made out to the f American Red Cross. Teens may begin registering) now at the main desk of the ~ library. 18 Participants are asked to 4 bring a bag lunch to the pro- gram. Teens may call the i- ; brary during regular business | hours at 675-1182 if there are |; any questions. $1 Carol King is a volunteer at the Back Mountain'Memorial Library. Her library news column appears every. other week. 70 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1936 TAX REDUCTIONS POSSIBLE NEXT YEAR Real estate owners in seven lo- cal townships will have road tax reductions made possible next year by township al- locations from the mo- tor fund ONLY $43,000 to this section. The refunds to townships under the second-class Township Code will be reflected in the 1936 road tax levy, which must be fixed su- pervisors before the forth Mon- day of March. Among the 40 seniors of Col- lege Misericordia who are en- gaged in doing practice teaching throughout the Wyoming Valley are eight who have been placed in local schools: Dallas Borough, Misses Catherine Finey, Jayne Jordon, Beatrice McCarthy and Mary Sherlock; Kingston Town- ship, Misses Elizabeth Culbert, Emily Lewis, and Jessica Tho- mas. In Pennsylvania it is necessary for college graduates to have sev- eral weeks experience in actual class room teaching, under the direction of master teachers, be- fore they are qualified to hold regular class room positions. 60 YEARS AGO March 1, 1946 DALLAS POLICE CRACKING DOWN Dallas Police are conducting a campaign against motorists who drive recklessly on Main Street and fail to stop before proceed- ing past stop signs. Officer James Gansel, who has charge of regulating traffic during the ab- sence of Chief Walter Covert, has warned several drivers and also has tow cases pending which will be heard before Bur- gess George Williams. First National Bank of Dallas has probably completed more G.I. Loans than any other bank of similar size in Northwestern Pennsylvania and may even have established a record unsur- passed by the larger banks of Lu- zerne County. The local institu- tion was one of the first in the country to complete a G.I. Loan of any kind. Stephen R. Pravlick, SK. 3/C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Pravlick of Davenport Street, Dallas, will celebrate his 19th birthday anniversary in Japan Sunday, March 3. Steve, a gradu- ate of Dallas Borough High School in the class of 1944, en- listed in February 1945. He re- ceived his boot training at Samp- son, N.Y., spent four weeks in California, and was then shipped to the Philippines. 50 YEARS AGO March 2, 1956 BLOOD DRIVE A BIG SUCCESS Red Cross Bloodmobile col- lected 168 pints last Friday at Dallas Borough School. At 6 p.m., the announced closing time, forty prospective donors were still awaiting service, and Dr. Bell, from Wilkes-Barre Blood Band Headquarters was called upon in the emergency to handle the load, when local doc- tors had to leave for their eve- ning office hours. William Thomas Burnaford, weight seven pounds and thir- teen ounces, is not only the baby of the year, born on Leap Year, February 29, but the first grand- child and the first great-grand- child on both sides of the family. William Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Burnaford of Shavertown, was born Wednes- day morning at 7:42 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. His mother is the former Mildred Kingston, of Dallas. His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kingston, Dallas, and William Burnaford and the late Dorothy Burnaford of Shavertown. 40 YEARS AGO March 3, 1966 FOUNDER'S DAY OBSERVED IN SCHOOL PTA Founder’s Day was ob- served recently by the Back Mountain Area Council of Par- ent-Teacher Association in the Dallas Senior High School. Ap- proximately 200 PTA members, parents and teachers attended. The Dallas Senior High stage band, directed by Lester Lewis, entertained with several ar- rangements. Dallas Community Ambu- lance Association offers and di- rectors have approved purchase of a 1965 Superior-body Cadillac ambulance with only 8,500 miles on the odometer. Replace- ment at this time was expedient, president Leighton Scott ex- plained, in view of condition of Dallas 1961 model, which last year made 207 calls, more than an other services in the Back Mountain, as well as the steady depreciation on ambulances. 30 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1976 HORSEMEN FIGHT SWAMP FEVER The Western Horsemen's Club will hold a special meeting for the benefit of club members and local horsemen for the pre- vention of swamp fever and oth- er horse-related diseases at 8 p.m. on March 5 at the Exeter Twp. Municipal Building, Route 92, Harding. Due to the large number of interested citizens the meeting will be held with many state representatives, con- gressmen and senators. G Lengthy discussion ensured at the Dallas Borough Co meeting last week betw council members and Atty. James Reinert, representing Da- vid Jones, contractor, over cour cil’s reluctance to issue Jones a building permit. Jones applied for a permit to build a $50,000 home on a lot in his Powderhorn Estates development, one .of eight he has planned there. i The annual sewing contest held by the Dallas Junior Wom: an’s Club highlighted the meet- ing held recently at Prince of Peace Church. Mrs. John Andru- sis was chairman of the event. The following winners were se- lected in the club woman divi sion: first place typical outfit worn by a club member was awarded to Mrs. Frank Smarka, second place winner was Mrs. James Richardson. 20 YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 1986 Kid POTHOLES PLAYING | HAVOC WITH TIRES * There is one word familiar to anyone who has driven a car in the past few weeks, “potholes;” those looming craters that strike without a moment’s notice, de- vouring tires and sending motor- ists scurrying to local repair ga rages. Throughout the Wyoming Valley and surrounding areas, travelers have been increasingly irritated over the rising numbet of potholes and the hazardous driving conditions they have been posing. Junior and senior students in the child development class at Dallas Senior High School are presently conducting a nursery school for 16 three-year old chil- dren, a school which is run over four class periods until March 20. Following the end of the . three-year-old sessions, a seco session for four-year-olds will gin April 8 and run through May 22. T— ee ——ma————— _——me——
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