PAGE 4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, October 30, 2005 MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel e On Nov. 1,1512, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, one of Italian artist Michelangelo's finest works, is exhibited for the first time. The most famous of the panels devoted to biblical world history is The Creation of Adam, a painting in which the arms of God and Adam are stretching toward each other. ® On Nov. 6, 1899, James Ward Packard's first Model A automobile is completed and test-driven through the streets of Warren, Ohio. The single-seat buggy was built around a one-cylinder engine and featured wire wheels, a steering tiller, automatic spark advance and chain drive. e On Nov. 5, 191], Roy Rogers, the King of the Cowboys, is born in Cincinnati. When cowboy star Gene Autry quit in a dispute with Re- public Pictures, Rogers gained more exposure and his career took off. Starring with his horse, Trigger, and co-star Dale Evans, Rogers soon became one of Hollywood's top-10 moneymakers. ® On Oct. 31,1926, Harry Houdini, the most celebrated magician and escape artist of the 20th century, dies of peritonitis in a Detroit hospital, 12 days after he was punched in the stomach by a student after a lecture in Montreal. The punch ruptured Houdini's appendix. ® On Nov. 4,1939, a cutting-edge development in automotive com- fort goes on display: air-conditioning. The capacity of the unit was equivalent to 1.5 tons of ice in 24 hours when the car was driven at highway speeds. ® On Nov. 2, 1947, designer Howard Hughes pilots the Hughes Flying Boat - the largest aircraft ever built - on its first and only flight. From 1947 until his death in 1976, Hughes kept the massive wooden aircraft ready for flight in a climate-controlled hangar at a cost of $1 million per year. ® On Nov. 3,1957, the Soviet Union launches the first animal into space - a dog named Laika - aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika survived for several days until the batteries of her life-support sys- tem ran down. (c) 2005 King Features Synd., Inc. STRANGE BUT TRUE By SAMANTHA WEAVER * It was newsman Damon Runyon who made the famous observa- tion, “The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong - but that’s the way to bet." ® For once, a flasher on the subway in New York got his just come- uppance. After exposing himself to a woman on the platform, he started to run away. In his haste, though, he had forgotten to pull up his pants. He tripped over them and fell onto the track just as the train was pulling into the station. Perhaps that's why flashers are typically seen wearing long coats instead of pants. e It's been reported that President Warren G. Harding played po- ker twice a week. ¢ Single men, take note: A recent survey of singles on the dating scene reveals that the majority of women - 61 percent - prefer a date who is clean-shaven. If you simply must have facial hair, however, try a goatee: 23 percent of the women surveyed think it's sexy. Mustach- es aren't terribly popular, though you might be able to get away with having one if you live in Texas - one in every five women in the Lone Star State love them. * Those who study such things say that in the early days of the United States, more people bought astrological almanacs than Bibles. ¢ Novelist and short-story writer Steven Millhauser is best known for his work “Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer,” which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1997. Millhauser is also a professor at Skidmore, where he was teaching a class when a messenger handed him a note informing him that he had won the prestigious award. He didn't believe the news, though; he left the class after telling his students that a “grotesque error had been committed” and he had to straighten it out. kkk Thought for the Day: “Speak when you're angry and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.” - Laurence J. Peter (c) 2005 King Features Synd., Inc. FRESH FRUIT, CHEESECAKE SALE BENEFITS LIBRARY The Friends of the Back Mountain Memorial Library is holding a fresh citrus fruit and gourmet cheesecake sale through Nov. 21. Gift boxes of fruit are available from $15 to $20. Cheesecakes are $8. All proceeds benefit the library. Order forms have been mailed to regular customers. Order forms for new customers are available at the library, Huntsville Road in Dallas. Pre-paid fruit sale orders may be picked up from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9; and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10 at the library. Committee members for the fresh citrus fruit and gourmet cheesecake sale, from left, are co-chairwoman Mary Lou Grant, Carolyn Johnson, Kathy Simpson, Georgia Cornell, Jane Kishbaugh, co- chairwoman Pam Allardyce. TE 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 Freezing temperatures and bare trees might be right around the corner, but these colorful trees on the property of Jim and Barbara Regan on Pioneer Avenue in Shavertown continue to show the beauty of the Back Mountain. If you'd like to join Barbara and share a unique photo with our readers, e-mail it to thepost@leader.net. You may also call editor Dave Konopki at 829-7248 for details. LIBRARY NEWS The following new books and special donations have been add- ed to the collection at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas. For more information, call the k- brary at 675-1182. EXPRESS (1 week loan) “A Wedding in December” by Anita Shreve “Blood Royal” by Harold Rob- bins and Junius Podrug “Always Time to Die” by Eliza- beth Lowell “Saving Fish from Drowning” by Amy Tan “At First Sight” by Nicholas Sparks “Double Tap” by Steve Martini “Predator” by Patricia Daniels Cornwell FICTION “A Wedding in December” by Anita Shreve “Saving Fish from Drowning” by Amy Tan “Missing Mom” by Joyce Car- ol Oates “Blood Royal” by Harold Rob- bins and Junius Podrug “On Beauty” by Zadie Smith “The Sunflower” by Richard Paul Evans “The Priestly Sins” by Andrew M. Greeley “Remains Silent” by Michael M. Baden ' “Everything Worth Knowing” by Lauren Weisberger - “Dreamboat” by Judith Gould “The Interruption of Every- thing” by Terry McMillan “The Three Mrs. Parkers” by Joan A. Medlicott “At First Sight” by Nicholas Sparks “The Colorado Kid” by Ste- phen King ; “Friends, Lovers, Chocolate” by Alexander McCall Smith “Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; a Death in the Family, and Shorter Fiction” by James Agee “The Preacher’s Daughter” by Beverly Lewis “Predator” by Patricia Daniels Cornwell “The Grace That Keeps This World” by Tom Bailey “The Ambler Warning” by Robert Ludlum “In Case We're Separated” by Alice Mattison “Chill of Fear” by Kay Hooper “The Scorpions’ Gate” by Ri- chard A. Clarke “Immoral” by Brian Freeman “Trace Evidence” by Elizabeth Becka NONFICTION “Speaking Freely” by Floyd Abrams : “Sallie Mae: How to Pay for College” by Gen S. Tanabe “Secrets and Mysteries” by Sylvia Browne “It’s Called a Breakup Because It’s Broken” by Greg Behrendt and Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt “The Planets” by Dava Sobel “Film Writing and Selected Journalism” by James Agee “The City of Falling Angels” by John Berendt “Julie and Julia” by Julie Po- well “Throwing the Perfect Party” by Jill Williams Grover MYSTERY “The Oxford Murders” by Guillermo Martinez “The Bishop in the Old Neigh- borhood” by Andrew M. Greeley “Stalking the Puzzle Lady” by Parnell Hall SCIENCE FICTION “Knife of Dreams” by Robert Jordan REFERENCE “Guinness World Records 2006” “Legislative Atlas for the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania” “The Statesman’s Yearbook 2006” i “The Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health” - YOUNG ADULT “Eyes of the Emperor” by Gra- ham Salisbury “DNA on Trial” by Tina Kafka “Violence in the Media” by LeeAnne Gelletly “Does the World Hate the United States?” edited by An- drea C. Nakaya SPECIAL DONATIONS “The World War I Memorial: a grateful nation remembers” ed- ited by Douglas Brinkley, donat- ed by Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 American Legion “The Gift of Valor” by Michael M. Phillips, donated by Daddow- Isaacs Post 672 American gion ) “The Siege of Budapest” by Kristian Ungvary, donated by Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 Ameri- can Legion “Forgotten Armies: the fall of British Asia, 1941-1945” by C. A. Bayly, donated by Daddow- Isaacs Post 672 American Le- gion “Calculated Risk: the extraor- dinary life of Jimmy Doolittle” by Jonna Doolittle Hoppes, do- nated by Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 American Legion “1942: the year that tried men’s souls” by Winston Groom, donated by Daddow-Isaacs ‘®D 672 American Legion ) “The Longest Winter: the Bat- tle of Bulge and the epic story of World War II's most decorated platoon” by Alex Kershaw, do- nated by Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 American Legion 70 YEARS AGO Now. 1, 1935 THEFTS PROMPT FIRE HOUSE CHANGE As a result of the theft of sever- al articles from the quarters of the Dr. Henry M. Laing, Fire Company of Dallas during the last few weeks, a new policy was an- nounced yesterday for individ- uals or groups de- siring to use YESTERDAY the fire house. In the future, the building will be locked and applications for use of the home will have to be made in writing and presented at a regular meeting. A number of local apple grow- ers will have exhibits at the an- nual apple show to be held in the former Globe Store, 53 Public Square. Last year, fruit from lo- cal orchards won high recogni- tion at the show. - 60 YEARS AGO Now. 2, 1945 HUGE CROWD ATTENDS PARADE A crowd estimated at between 2,500 and 3,000 persons wit- nessed the firth annual Hallo- ween Parade on Wednesday night as gaily costumed march- ers cavorted down Lake Street. An animated Idetown contin- gent on horseback, led by Lionel Bulford in a high-wheeled cart “drawn by his beloved mule, brought sequels of delight from youngsters. Ponies were ridden by Kenneth Swan, Ronnie Spen- cer and Sally Robinson In an effort to raise one-third of the $300 needed to furnish a room in the new wing of the hos- pital, Shavertown Branch, Nes- bitt Memorial Hospital Auxilia- ry will hold a Dessert Card Party at the Shavertown Fire Hall. Bal- ance of the sum will be raised at a later date. Recalling that there were three fatalities in Luzerne Coun- ty last year from the use of .22- calibre riffles, the Overbrook Gun Club issued a plea to all par- ents to watch children who have 22 riffles. Leo Stout, treasurer of the club, said there have been numerous instances locally where persons in the woods have had close calls from stray riffle bullets. : 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 28,1955 POTATO CART INJURES BOY Charles Coombs, a 10-year old and fifth grade student at Leh- man-Jackson-Ross, suffered frac- ture of two vertebrae last Thurs- day afternoon when a load of po- tatoes overturned on him. He was taken to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital by Dr. H.A. Brown, El- bert Coombs and Robert Disque: A cast was applied yesterday and the boy will be at home shortly. Contractors Donald Hughes and Paul Sommerville broke ground Tuesday for the new 20- room addition, which will dou- ble the capacity of Dallas Motel. The additions will be in keeping with present architectural de- sign of the popular motel owned by William Shedleski. Dallas Borough elementary school students planted a tree on Monday in recognition of the 10th birthday of the United Na- tions. The baby Norway spruce was planted by Allan Robertson and Joseph Ruland, sixth grade students who were assisted by Wesley Cave, a fourth-grader who also celebrated his birthday. The spruce is located near flag pole. 40 YEARS AGO Oct. 28, 1965 CIVIL DEFENSE HEAD SUBMITS RESIGNATION Ted Hinkle, Civil Defense head in Kingston Township for a number of years, tendered his re- signation to the Board of Super- visors at an adjourned meeting of that body. With no one avail- able to replace him at the pre- sent time, the board voted to ta- ble acceptance of the resigna- tion. : William A. Kirmse, son of Mrs. Jane A. Schellenberg Jr. of Valley View Drive in Dallas, has been promoted to Airman First Class in the US Air Force. Airman Kirmse is a personnel specialist at Hancock Field, N.Y. 30 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1975 JENNIE HILL LEADS FIRST AID PROGRAM Miss Jennie Hill, R.N., was in charge of the first aid program presented to junior and senior high school instructors during in-service sessions held Oct. 24 at the Dallas Junior High School. The session opened at 8:30 a.m., with a general session in the au- ditorium. Miss Hill and Ann Rowlands, R.N. discussed “First Aid in the Classroom.” The Dallas Junior High School physical education class- es have a new look this year. classes are coeducational ® elective. The students can choose their activities and their teachers. 20 YEARS AGO Oct. 30, 1985 DAVID MATHERS EARNS EAGLE SCOUT David Mathers of Trucksville was presented with the Eagle Scout Award, the highest award in scouting, during ceremonies held Sunday evening at the Trucksville United Methodist Church’s educational building, Mathers joined Cub Pack 155 of Trucksville in September 1975. The Lake-Lehman band, un- der the direction of John Mil- liauskas, traveled to compete in West Chester University’s Marching Bands 15th annual “Exciting World of Marching Bands” competition at Fargal Stadium. ) leven high school bands from Pennsylvania battled for best scores and trophies. J
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