| i Maureen Connolly wins Mary from Dungloe contest in Ireland Maureen Bridget Connolly won the Mary from Dungloe Contest recently in County Donegal, Ire- land, July 31. Miss Connolly 24, represented the Donegal Society of Greater Wilkes- Barre. She was crowned ‘‘Wilkes- Barre Mary” at the Donegal Ball held earlier this year. : She was chosen from 24 interna- tional contestants at the annual Dungloe Festival in County Done- gal. Along with the international title she received a number of prizes including two Aer Lingus tickets to anywhere in the world. Miss Connolly is a graduate of King’s College, Wilkes-Barre and is employed by Ferrari Investments. Her home is at Harveys Lake. She is a former Irish Step Dancer with the O'Donnell Dancers. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Connolly of Harveys Lake. She recently won the female divi- sion of the Liberty to Liberty Triathlon which started at the Statue of Liberty in New York and ended at the Liberty Bell in Phila- delphia. Her athletic honors made her eligible to compete in the pres- tigious Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. Miss Connolly recently cycled 100 miles around Harveys Lake to raise funds to bring 2 children over from Northern Ireland. Library news By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The 42nd annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction was such a great success that general chairman, Dr. John Shaskas, has decided to chair the first ever, Back Mountain Memorial Library Oktoberfest in Dallas. This will be geld on Friday and Saturday, Octo- r 7 and 8 on the grounds behind the library on Huntsville Road. The activities will include a farmer’s market; Mini-auction from 6:30 to 9; Book Store in the basement of the library; and possibly a flea market on Saturday. The refresh- ment stand will be open with a limited variety of food and maybe Rice’s funnel cakes and Hillside ice cream on the grounds. Dr. Shaskas is planning to sell chances on a 50- 50 drawing to be awarded on Satur- day night. These plans were formu- lated at a post-auction meeting on July 26, at which time the commit- tee also decided to have a kick-off ghristmas dinner dance to begin SMe auction festivities for the 1989 ‘43rd annual auction. The committee for this activity will be C & K (Connie and Kathy). A tentative date for the Christmas dance was .set for Saturday, December 3. The Dinosaur Days Summer Reading Program will finish on Wednesday, Aug. 17 with a party scheduled for 1:30 at the library. All children participating in the 2 iorary to stage Oktoberfest Dinosaur game are invited to attend the party. The 3 to 5 year old story hours will conclude on August 10 and the Toddler Bedtime Story Hour will finish August 9. A very pleasant musical interlude was enjoyed by the staff when Mary Herbert, one of the story hour ladies, invited her neighbors Michael Collins who plays a neat trumpet and Shannon Collins, play- ing a super flute to join with the children for sing-a-longs and sev- eral solo numbers. What a great way for these young people to show their talent with our story hour children; who were entranced by it all. An interesting occurence during -the auction on Saturday night. I happened to be walking by the ice cream truck carrying my grand- daughter, Elizabeth when we walked right into Ernie Ashbridge, carrying his grandson, Ernie. It could be called a generation gap! The library circulated 9,432 books during the month of July; 4,725 adult and 4,707 juvenile; this being the first July in three years when we did not go over 10,000 for the month. New borrowers totaled 130, books added 205, and Interlibrary loan transactions, 42. Book Club members checked out 253 books and there were 500 reference ques- tions answered. July traditionally is our busiest month of the year and this year was no exception. 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There was so much buckwheat planted in the saucer- shaped area surrounded by high trees that residents of the sur- rounding area tagged it ‘Buckwheat Hollow’. Root Hollow, why its name? We're told that is easy. The section is named Root Hollow for the sur- name of the families who settled in that section and their descendants have lived there for years since that time. Snake Road is still in existence although it is not known by that name by many of today’s residents. They know it as School Road, which runs from the former Beau- mont School winding in and around just like a snake until it exits at Lake Catalpa Road in Dallas Town- ship. The area once called South Run, ran from Sordoni’s farm along a stream to Bowman’s Creek where once stood a one-room schoolhouse to Evans Falls where there was another one-room schoolhouse. We are told the only reason it was called South Run was because it ran in a southerly direction. 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