Sunday, May 7, 2006 EDITO RIAL THE POST PAGES. @ ovens IN TIME The History Channel * On May 10, 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads, making trans- continental railroad service possible for the first time in U.S. history. ~* On May 12,1925, a Philadelphia radio station broadcasts the first all-star radio program featuring film actors and actresses. The broad- ‘cast marked the first time that most listeners had heard the voices of silent-film stars like Lillian Gish and Marion Davies. * On May 14,1944, “Star Wars" filmmaker George Lucas is born in Modesto, Calif. Lucas was the first director to hold out for ancillary rights, and in the 20 years following the release of “Star Wars" he sold more than $3 billion in merchandise based on the movies. ® On May 13,1958, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by an angry crowd while traveling through Caracas, Venezuela. The incident dramatized anger over America's failure to address the pressing economic and political needs of many Latin American na- tions. | & * On May 9,1960, the Food and Drug Administration approves the orld’s first commercially produced birth-control pill. Development of the pill" was commissioned by birth-control pioneer Margaret San- r and funded by heiress Katherine McCormick. | * On May 8,1973, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, armed members of the American Indian Movement end their 71-day siege of Wounded Knee and surrender to federal authorities after White House officials promise to investigate their complaints of bro- ‘ ken treaties. wm * On May 1,198], reggae legend Bob Marley dies of cancer in Miami @: Fla. Marley, born in Jamaica in 1945, formed his band, the ailers, in 1963. In the early 1970s, the band's records began to catch ‘on outside Jamaica, assisted by Eric Clapton's cover of “I Shot the ' Sheriff.” ! i (c) 2006 King Features Synd., Inc. [| i STRANGE BUT TRUE * Did you know that bamboo is actually a kind of grass? Reaching heights of up to 130 feet, it's the world's tallest grass, in fact. * Walter Winchell, famed newspaper reporter of the early part of the 20th century, once made the following shrewd observation: “The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous.” * Many of us who grew up watching the popular PBS series “Se- same Street” don't realize that the show's original title was “The Preschool Educational Television Show.” | imagine “Sesame Street” was easier for youngsters to remember - and pronounce. e “Casino” means “place of entertainment” in Italian. * [t's been reported that TV personality Oprah Winfrey learned to read before she was 3 years old. e [t's fairly common knowledge that the Civil War started at Fort Sumter in South Carolina, but many salient details of that encounter are more obscure. The fateful hour was 4:30 a.m., when a 67-year-old supporter of secession named Edmund Ruffin fired the first shot, a task he volunteered to perform. The official records say that over the course of that day and the next, the fort was hit by a grand total of 3,341 shells from cannons; miraculously, though, not a single Union Idier was injured during the barrage. There was one casualty that y, though: As the fort was being surrendered, a ceremonial 50-gun salute caused the explosion of some gunpowder. A Union soldier named Daniel Hough was killed. * Linguists report that the United States has the fewest distinct dialects of any major country in the history of the world. ® Gangster Al Capone reportedly paid more than $290,000 every week for bribes. eo @ Thought for the Day: “What, after all, is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.” - C. Fry i % Be CHURCH BRIEFS ‘Snyder named ‘Senior pastor The pastor/staff-parish rela- QP ns committee at the Shaver- ‘town United Methodist Church recently announced the appoint- ‘ment of the Rev. Lynn Snyder as ithe church’s senior pastor. The ‘appointment is effective July 1. Before entering the ministry, 12. For takeout orders or more information, call 477-3521. Cancer survivor to speak at seminar The River of Life Fellowship Ministries will hold a women’s seminar with the theme “Living the Passionate Life” from 11:30- 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at Snyder worked for more than 20 22 Outlet Road in Lehman ‘years working in corporate Township. ‘America. She graduated from The guest speaker will be author and cancer survivor ‘Drew Theological School in Connie Pombo. The inspiration- 11996 and was ordained as an elder in the United Methodist ~ al program was developed by ‘Church in 2000. Snyder served . Pombo from her own survival \at the Myrtle Street United experience with the life-chang- ‘Methodist Church for five years, ing impact of breast cancer in ‘the Cooperstown United Metho- 1996. dist Church for three years and She is the founder of Women’s thad a two-point charge to Du- Mentoring Ministries in Mt. Joy ‘ryea since 2003. and has written several books. ~ Snyder lives with her husband Pombo and her husband, Mark Tom, a former Methodist minis- live in Marietta. ter. The public is invited to attend ¥ the seminar. There is no admis- Loyalville UMC sion charge. plans ham dinner "The Loyalville United Metho- “NUrch creating pictorial directory Ast Church will hold a baked '@m dinner from 4:30-6:30 pm. The Lehman-Idetown United Saturday, May 13 at the church ~~ Methodist Church is is creating on Loyalville Road. The church a pictorial directory of its is located one-half mile off church family. Pictures will be taken from 3-9:30 p.m. Thurs- Route 29 south and 4 miles west day, May 11 and Friday, May 12; of Dallas from Route 118. There will also be a bake sale. and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sat- . Takeouts will be available and urday, May 13. orders should be called in ad- Contact Elizabeth Sullivan or vance. Dinners are $8 for adults Davie Nancy Russell for more etails. and $3.50 for children under age oi i on PHOTO FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK routine throughout the Back Mountain. Before forest apd field were cleared, before almost every rock was overturned, this was a T- travel up and along Machell Avenue, away from the bustling center of Dallas, is to travel back to a scene that not too long ago was community of farms and rural crossroads, a place where a horse was ubiquitous rather than unique. Behold Ricky, equine holdout. Auction’s dinner-dance promises toe-tapping fun Kick up your heels and swing on back to the 1940’s with the brand new Library Auction Din- ner Dance! The fun and frolick- ing will be held from 6-11 p.m. Friday, June 16 at the Irem Temple Country Club in Dallas. The evening will begin with refreshments from 6-7 p.m., fol- lowed by dinner at 7. Entrée choices include prime rib, baked orange roughy or chick- en francaise. A mini auction, si- lent auction, a raffle and danc- ing to the music of DJ Charles Hayes will follow. Tickets are $37.50 a person or $75 a couple. Tickets are available at the library’s front desk. ® oo o The Back Mountain Memo- rial Library will be closed Mon- day, May 29 in observance of LIBRARY NEWS Memorial Day. Regular hours will resume at 9:30 a.m. Tues- day, May 30. ® 0 o Registration is continuing for three teenage summer pro- grams: Donuts and Discussion, Young Adult Book Discussion Group, and Relax and Read. To register or for more informa- tion, call the library at 675-1182. ® © o All children in preschool through fifth grade who love pets, love to read about pets, have pets, wish they had pets or have a favorite stuffed pet should make their way to the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary this summer for Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales. There will be exciting new game boards, craft programs, animal programs, prizes, and just plain old summer fun read- ing. If you are a reader, just promise to read eight books during the summer. If your child isn’t reading yet, promise to read eight books to him or her. Registration will be held in the Children’s Room beginning Thursday, June 1 and through- out the summer. The program will run until Aug. 18 and will end with a final party, refresh- ments, certificates, prizes and a show. So hop, slither, jump, fly, swim (you get the idea) to the library this summer “fur” some fun reading, exciting programs and summer fun. All special program times and dates will appear in The Post in the next library news column. ® © o . Registration for summer Sto- ry Times is scheduled for Wednesday, June 7. Call the li- brary at 675-1182 after 9:30 a.m. Story Times will begin the week of June 19 and end the week of Aug. 14. The times and days are: 2-year-olds: 10-10:30 am. and 11-11:30 a.m. Tues days; 3-5-year-olds: 9:45-10:45 am. and 11 am. to noon, Wednesdays; and 10 a.m. to 11 am. Thursdays. Story Time hours are subject to change. The Back Mountain Memorial Library news column is written by the library staff. The column appears every other week. THE POST TIMES©LEADER Community Newspaper Group —— 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-5211 thepost@leader.net David C. Konopki EDITOR ] Patrick McHugh 1 PUBLISHER Erika Calvert ADVERTISING 70 YEARS AGO May 8, 1936 CHAMPION SPELLERS WILL BE CROWNED The champion spellers of this section will be decided next Tuesday night when children from the pri- mary grades up to adults who boast their ortho- graphic skill com- plete in their re- spective classes at an old-fashioned spell- ing be in Dallas Borough High School. The bee, which will be- gin at 8 p.m. is beginning planned by Norman B. Dinger, supervising principal, with help of the faculty. YESTERDAY Easily overshadowing most other sports here in public inter- est, the local quoits season will open on Monday night, May 18, to continue throughout the sum- mer with games every Monday and Friday night. Keen rivalry, which reached a high peak in last summer’s exciting matches are expected to continue this year. Eight teams — Skytop, Fern- brook, Dallas, Trucksville, Har- veys Lake, Center Moreland, Shavertown, and Oxbow -will be in the league. And unusually talented group of high school seniors from Leh- man Township are working dili- gently to produce on May 14 at 8 p.m. a night of entertainment built around a minstrel show. As part of the production, the Rug- gles Band, under the capable di- rection of C.R. Terry of Idetown will play a program of novel and familiar music; a chorus made up of the entire senior class will contribute tuneful melodies. 50 YEARS AGO May 4, 1956 ALLAN MOSIER WINS SCHOOL AWARD Elected by the students of the senior class of Dallas-Franklin- Monroe Township High School, and sponsored by Dallas Rotary Club, Allan-S. Mosier is the re- cipient of the Senior of the Month award for April. He was entertained at dinner at Irem Country Club last night. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Mosier, Dallas Township, Allan is out- standing in both scholarship and extra curricular activities. He ex- pects to enter Lafayette in Sep- tember and major in chemistry The quaint little apple house in the garden at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bedner on 42nd Street was struck by lightening just before the deluge Sunday evening and its roof badly dam- aged. Sawdust used as insula- tion smoldered for some time while Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company fought the fire under direction of Chief Norti Berti. The same bolt which set fire to the apple house knocked out the telephone, making it necessary for Mr. Bedner to run next door to the Trethawa home to tele- phone for help. Mary Weir, ticket chairman for the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction Kick-Off Dinner at Irem Country Club says that the deadline for reservations is Fri- day, May 11. Harry Ohlman, din- ner chairman, says the evening will be gay and festive, complete- ly informal, with nothing heavy to detract from the fun. Several surprises have been planned, in- cluding some plain and fancy auctioning. 40 YEARS AGO May 5, 1966 RED MUSTANG PRIZE FOR RAFFLE At the Kick-Off Dinner tonight for the 20th annual Back Moun- tain Memorial Library Auction, it will be officially announced that a red Mustang with white- wall tires has been procured for the event, which will be held Ju- ly 7-9. Not only will the announce- ment be made, but the car itself will be on display. Raymond Par- sons, chairman of the car sale, will have tickets on hand for the drawing, which will take ‘place traditionally at midnight on the final night of the auction. As quickly as his newly-ac- quired boxer made a savage bit- ing attack on both of his arms, Jim Simon, 24, of Dallas, ran for his rifle and killed it around 4:30 a.m. yesterday. Simon’s mother was reported to have seen the dog frothing at the mouth earli- er, and said that it had been near- ly bitten her, Dallas Township Police Frank Lange said. The head of the animal was sent to Harrisburg for analysis by the of- fice of veterinarian Dr. Richard Post. 30 YEARS AGO May 6, 1976 DALLAS POST OFFICE RESTRUCTURES ROUTES The growth and development of industry and residential areas in the Dallas Post Office delivery area has made it necessary for the Postal Service to restructure all the delivery routes, Postmas- ter Bernard Gawlas reported this week. Two additional rural routes are being established to accommodate this growth. The changes in the delivery ar- eas will require the changing of addresses for some postal cus- tomers. Customers affected by the changes will be notified prior to May 8, the date scheduled for these changes to be implement- ed. The Lake-Lehman High School marching band was awarded third place at the Ken- tucky Derby Festival held in Louisville last week. They re- ceived a trophy, a 3-foot by 5-foot flag designating their participa- tion and a plaque for excellence. In five days, the entourage covered almost 1,700 miles and six states — Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Maryland. Following the compe- tition, the group toured Monti- cello, Ash Lawan, and Luray Ca- verns. 20 YEARS AGO May 7, 1986 SHOPPING CENTER WILL OPEN IN FALL Although excavation has been going on for the past several weeks, groundbreaking ceremo- nies for the Country Club Shop- ping Center were officially held last Monday in Dallas Township. The center, which will be con- structed on a seven-acre site ad- jacent to the Dallas Township Municipal building near the Northeastern Bank along Route 309, will house eight stores in addition to Insalaco’s supermar- ket, which will be the main ten- ant. The opening is set for fall 1986. A Wyoming man was slightly injured early last Friday night when he lost control of his vehi- cle and rammed into two others. David J. Connors, 163 Bunker Hill road, was traveling north on Route 309 when he entered the private drive of John Gorda, 52 South Memorial Highway, Trucksville. Connors said that as he at- tempted to stop, he felt the brakes on the right side lock, causing him to lose control of his vehicle. Connors received minor injuries. John Kern Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kern Sr., West Over- brook Avenue in Dallas, was re- cently promoted to Senior Air- man. He is in the 3rd Law En- forcement Squadron at Clark Air Force, Pacific Command. Airman Kern is also a recent graduate of heavy weapons school, qualifying as an expert. In February, he was named to the dean’s list at the Pacific campus of Central Texas College, where he is earning a degree in political science.
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