Ti o ( { % ~ | 11 a I | i | WN IE The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wsanesday June 30,1993 5: m— — - GEORGE, THIS 15 Bi. BOMBING BAGDAD YOURE RIGHT. IS A KICK, Library news . Many kids join summer reading program NANCY KOZEMCHAK The Book Club of the Back Mountain Memorial Library held its last meeting of the season on Monday, June 21 in the reference room at the library. The member- ship to date includes 215 mem- bers with $1,965 collected in dues for the book shelf books. Mem- bers voted to purchase Mary Hig- gins Clark new book, “Till We Meet Again” with their excess funds, from the contingency fund. The program included ‘show and tell’ items from June McCloskey, a tiny Oriental an- tique china doll which she had received from her grandmother; Inga Goldsmith showed a wood carved genuine chimney sweep from Denmark, which she is very fond of; Mary Panaway told of her daughter in England who belongs to the Bronte Society and called her very early one morning last week to tell her that her dog, So- paie, came in 2nd place in the look-alike contest to find the clos- est match to “Keeper”, the Bronte mutt. She also received the most intelligent award. The once a year meeting in Howarth of the Bronte Society is attended by people from all over the world. Elda Oleson told of her friend who was visiting in Maine on Cranberry Island and was at- tending an art exhibit and noticed the city of Dallas, Pa. on paint- ings. Excited to see the name of Sue Hand on the paintings, she exclaimed, ‘I know someone from Dallas!” The next meeting of the Book Club will be on Monday, September 20. “Together is Better...Let's Read!”, the summer reading pro- gram, began at the library on Monday, June 21 with more than 100 children joining the first day. Many of the children have taken the opportunity to design a but- terfly and place it on the childrens room window. The program is on- going through the summer until the final party in August. Chil- dren aged 4 through 12 may sign up for the program at any time and they will receive a special balloon and a reading schedule. The program is being supported by McDonald's Family Restau- rants and developed by the Ameri- can Library Association. Certifi- cates will be awarded to partici- pants who read 12 books by the party in August. New Memory Books at the li- brary: “Making The Turn”, a year inside the PGA Senior Tour by Frank Beard was presented by Villa Roma Restaurant in mem- ory of George Appel. From the first page, the author destroys the myth that the SeniorTour, for players 50 years of age and older, is more recreation than competi- tion. It is competitive and cut- throat. James Beard's “Simple Foods” includes 40 cooking lessons by America’s greatest cook. Loosely organized under headings, “Beard’s Basics”, “Preparing and Cooking A to Z°, and “Holiday Specials” these essays cover a wide range of topics. Only Yesterday 60 Years Ago - July 7, 1933 TROLLEY FARES TO VALLEY MAY GO DOWN A committee from Shavertown Improvement Association has arranged with township supervi- sors for all those unable to pay their 1932 and previous years’ personal taxes to work out their taxes on the roads. All eligible are requested to register at once. Plans are now under formation by an interested group of citizens to secure reductions in trolley fare to Trucksville, Shavertown and Dallas through conferences with officials of Wilkes-Barre Railway Co. Spokesmen for the citizens contend that the company would secure more business and that more local persons would use the trolley instead of thumbing their way to and from Wilkes-Barre daily. You could get - Corn Flakes pkg., 6¢; tin of Prince Albert To- bacco, 11¢; chocolate pudding, 3 pkgs., 19¢; Hellman's Mayon- naise, pint jar 33¢ 50 Years Ago - July 2, 1943 BORO COMMITTEE TO DESIGN HONOR ROLL Fire caused by defective wiring seriously damaged two classrooms and threatened destruction of Lake Township High School, Sat- urday afternoon. The Garinger and Lerch boys who were playing near the building were attracted by a peculiar copper tint of some of the classroom windows, noti- fied Mrs. Ray Garinger who called othe Daniel C. Roberts Fire Co. Burgess H.A. Smith, general chairman of the Dallas Borough Honor Roll Association named a committee to assist in selecting the style best suited for the com- munity, a place for its location and to raise funds to purchase and maintain the memorial dur- ing and after the war. Harry Lee Smith, former adver- tising manager of The Dallas Post and now field director for Ameri- can Red Cross has arrived in Af- rica with another group of Red Cross workers to augment the staff already there, in an an- nouncement made public this week by National headquarters in Alexandria, Va. 40 Years Ago - July 3, 1953 DROUGHT HITS AREA: DON'T WATER LAWNS Daytime sprinkling of lawns and flower gardens is banned until further notice according to an announcement by the PUC in Harrisburg. With a drought well underway, Les Warhola, manager of Dallas-Shavertown Water Co. urges that all consumers heed the warning. Andrew J. Sordoni Jr., presi- dent of Commonwealth Telephone Company has announced the appointment of Myron S. Baker as Assistant Vice President and General Manager of the Company. A pure bred registered heifer calf from Hill Top Farm herd at Sweet Valley has been donated by Alfred Bronson, Back Mountain Funeral Director to the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auc- tion. Dickens fans will be interested in knowing that a Royal Doulton plate depicting favorite charac- ters from his works and a portrait of Charles Dickens will be offered at the Back Mountain Library Auction. 30 Years Ago - July 3, 1963 DEFUNCT NOXEN TANNERY TO BE SOLD Armour Leather Company offi- cials in Chicago, confirmed Mon- day that their Noxen tannery was under negotiations for sale and Area resident appointed to PSU administrative staff Ina Lubin, Director of Continu- ing Education at Penn State Wilkes-Barre has announced the appointment of Tricia Considine to the Administrative staff at the campus. Mrs. Considine will coordinate graduate credit offer- ings, several non-credit certifi- cates, the Women's Conference and the Poetry Festival. In addition, Mrs. Considine, who will continue to be an in- structor in Penn State Wilkes- Barre’s Summer Youth Camp previously taught for The Apple Tree Primary School and also served in a managerial role for two area day care centers. She and her husband, Jack have three children and reside in Dallas. expressed hope that sale would be concluded soon. Noxen tan- nery is Armour's only such plant closed and still unsold. Combination Rodeo, square dance and greased pig race at the Lehman Horse Show grounds opens the 19th annual horse show. This outstanding social event is combining with the auc- tion to make July Back Mountain Month. Tickets for the Auction Smor- gasbord on the opening day of the Library Auction from 5-7 are available at Gate of Heaven park- ing grounds the night of the din- ner. Adults $1.50, children un- der 6 free. “Hud” starring Paul Newman and Melvyn Douglas now playing at Dallas Family Drive-In. 20 Years Ago - July 5, 1973 FLOOD ANNIVERSARY HELD AT COLLEGE Nearly 250 flood evacuees re- turned to the campus at College Misericordia on the anniversary of the evacuation of the West Bank of the Susquehanna during Hur- ricane Agnes. The evacuees were guests of Sr. Miriam Teresa, RSM, president and represented a por- tion of the nearly 1500 flood vic- tims who stayed on the campus most of last summer. Approval of an Appalachian Grant of $538,395 to assist West Side Area Vocational-Technical School in Kingston in the expan- sion and notification of 11 shops was announced by Gov. Milton Shapp. The three-day, 29th annual Lehman Horse Show ended July 1, a big success. Officals report the affair began with the best opening night in the long-run- ning event's history and that trend continued throughout the show. TRICIA CONSIDINE Reporter's notebook 4 Native Americans aided U.S. independence Sunday, July 4, is Independ- ence Day. We all know the story: on this date in 1776, thirteen colonies declared their independence from an unjust king, fired “the shot heard round the world,” and grew up to be a major world power two centuries later. But few people know of the American Revolution’s unsung heroes, a group of Lenni-Lenape warriors recruited by General George Washington to fight on the side of the colonists. In return, Washington prom- ised them their own state, in the area where the state lines of Penn- sylvania, New Jersey and Dela- ware come together, after the war was won. As was their way, the Lenape kept their word. Contrary to their tradition of peace, they fought against the British. Maybeit's better that they didn't get their state after all; today it's mostly oil refineries, polluted tidal flats and row houses. This was the first, but certainly not the last war in which Native Americans fought for their coun- try. The Cherokee sided with the Confederacy during the Civil War. Folklore has it that the Rebel Yell was actually a Cherokee war cry. Citizens of many Native Ameri- can tribes volunteered to join the Allies in Europe during World War I, although a law at that time exempted them from the draft. If it hadn't been for Native Americans, the course of World War II in the Pacific theater would have been much different. The Japanese had broken every code used by the United States in the Pacific. U.S. forces had re- treated from the Phillipines. My uncle was one of many who never returned. Things didn’t look too promis- ing, until a group of Navajomen in the Signal Corps, later known as the Navajo Code Talkers, came up with an unbreakable code based on their indigenous language, used successfully for the rest of the war in the Pacific. The Japanese didn't speak Navajo. Remember the famous statue of “The Raising of the Flag at Iwo Jima” in Washington, DC, com- memorating United States forces taking Mount Surubachi? Foot- age of the actual flag-raising has been immortalized in the Victory at Sea television series. The man holding the flag is a Pima Indian. Inthe European theater, young men were recruited for the Army right fron the reservation schools, to be used in reconnaissance o the front lines. Their unit was- called the “Thunderbird Brigade.” Native Americans have serve with pride in Korea, isin | Grenada and the Persian Gulf, as well as with many Reserve jie across the country. Too often my Native brothers and sisters have been stereotyped as sworn enemies of the Seventh Cavalry, indifferent misfits or" radicals, with too little attention / paid to the many contributions’: which we also have made to pro: tect the independence of this! country. Yaa We have the same motivation as anyone else: to preserve our, home and our heritage. And to work within the system so that | one day, all people shall truly Be treated equally. The flagwhich I'll fly July Potty looks like yours, except that it has a Native American on it. And in¢; addition to your heroes, I'll honor! + mine: Teedyuschung, Taminend,,, Queen Anne, Chief Joseph, Gers: onimo, Sitting Bull and Shikel-. lamy. And Grandfather Jake Swamp, Dennis Banks, Fletcher ~ Painted Turtle, Uncle Ray, who never came home, and Dad, who’ did. 52 By Grace R. 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