PAGE 4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, November 19, 2006 LETTER TO THE EDITOR Commander applauds coverage of veterans Editor, I would be remiss if I didn’t take the time to express my apprecia- tion to Dallas Post editor Dave Konopki and photographer Char- lotte Bartizek for the articles that you publish on behalf of veterans, especially the Back Mountain's own Daddow Isaacs Post 672. Last Sunday’s poignant picture of the stars hanging from the ceiling of the Dallas Middle School with the Legionnaire’s gazing upward has generated many compliments from people who have approached me. In this day and age when people take their freedoms for granted — those freedoms which have been maintained in great measure through the sacrifice of many veterans —it is gratifying that many publications and area churches took some time to remember these servicemen and servicewomen to whom we owe so much. The programs at the Dallas middle school and high School; the Veterans Day service on Saturday (Nov. 11) was well-attended; a special service at the Shavertown Methodist Church; and the at- tendance at the Veterans Day parade in Wilkes-Barre in which our Post 672 participated buoyed all of our spirits. Thanks again and God Bless America. Clarence J. Michael, commander Daddow-Isaacs Post 672, Dallas MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel ® On Nov. 25, 1783, nearly three months after the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolution, the last British soldiers withdraw from New York City. ® On Nov. 22,1927, Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wis., is granted the first patent for a snowmobile. The small vehicle had rope-controlled steer- ing skis and running boards made out of two downhill skis. The U.S. Army ordered 150 Eliason machines in Alaska during World War II. ® On Nov. 26,1933, 15,000 people in San Jose, Calif., storm the jail and lynch two men suspected of murdering the son of a local grocer. Not only did Gov. James Rolph reject the National Guard's offer to send assistance, he reportedly said he would pardon those involved. ® On Nov. 23,1959, Robert Stroud, the famous “Birdman of Al- catraz,” is released from solitary confinement for the first time since 1916. Stroud was first sent to prison in 1909 after he killed a bartender in a brawl. He lived amongst the canaries that were brought to him by visitors, and became an expert in birds and ornithological dis- eases. THOMAS DISPLAYING NUTCRACKERS AT LIBRARY Jordan Thomas, a seventh grade student at Lake-Lehman Junior High School, is sharing his vast collection of Nutcrackers with the patrons of the Back Mountain Memorial Library during the upcoming holiday season. Thomas resides in Shavertown and has been collecting Nutcrackers since he was about 6 years old. Most of the Nutcrackers on display are gifts from his grandmother, Regina Owens of Nanticoke and are original Steinbach Nutcrackers from Germany. Thomas met creator Christian Steinbach at Dundee Gardens when Steinbach and his daughter, Karla, were on tour of the United States. Steinbach is recognized all over the world for his unique design of his wood- carved Steinbach Nutcracker masterpieces and his tradition will live on in his daughter, Karla. Thomas is very fortunate to have many of his Nutcrackers autographed by Steinbach or his daughter. His unusual collection also includes large Nutcrackers in the shape of Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, a Barrister, farmer, golfer, pilot, cowboy and a seaman complete with a yellow slick- er. A Clockmaker Nutcracker and one portraying Uncle Sam are also animated and musical. The smaller nutcrackers include Sir Lancelot and King Arthur of Camelot, a pilgrim, snowman, San- ta and sports figures. His display also includes several tradition- al Nutcrackers on the bottom shelf of the case. The Dallas Post TIMES©LEADER Community Newspaper Group 15 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-829-7248 thepost@leader.net Richard L. Connor David C. Konopki PUBLISHER EDITOR Trish Roe ADVERTISING With each stride on Hayfield Road in Lehman -- a move closer to strength, to health, to a goal. Yet each step takes us away - from a season, from allotted time, from what life might be. So use each wisely -- time and strides through it. "The Innocent Man’ among new books on shelves at library | The following new books were recently donated to the collec- tion at the Back Mountain Me- morial Library, 96 Huntsville Road in Dallas. The library also “The Hounds and the Fury” by Rita Mae Brown FICTION “The Collectors” by David Hooper “Under the Mistletoe” by Ma- ry Balogh “Christmas Letters” by Deb- bie Macomber rine Coulter “The Widow” by Carla Neg- gers “The Bishop’s Daughter” by Wanda E. Brunstetter accepts books donated in some- Baldacci “Finding Noel” by Richard “For One More Day” by Mitch | one’s memory or honor. For “Summer at Willow Lake” by Paul Evans Albom i more information, call 675-1182. Susan Wiggs “Tolstoy Lied” by Rachel Kad- » “Impulse” by JoAnn Ross ish NONFICTION EXPRESS(1 week) “Morrigan’s Cross” by Nora “Dance of the Gods” by Nora ~~ “The Innocent Man” by John | “The Innocent Man” by John Roberts Roberts Grisham : Grisham “The Testament” by EricLust- “Trouble in High Heels” by “State of Denial” by a : “The Collectors” by David bader Christina Dodd Woodward Baldacci “The Swarm” by Frank “Goodnight Texas” by William “The Confession” by James E. “Christmas Letters” by Deb- Schatzing J. Cobb McGreevey bie Macomber “Golden Threads” by Kay “Born to be Wild” by Cathe- 70 YEARS AGO making it, in the words of presi- The Dallas Women’s Club In- LAKE-LEHMAN SEEKS Nov. 20, 1936 dent James Besecker “a good ternational dinner at Prince of BUSINESS MANAGER meeting with the largest crowd Peace parish hall, despite com- : . HIGHWAY on record present.” peting with the Rotary Club'san- __ S¢hool board director Gilbert CONSTRUCTION Main business revolved nual dinner, did not draw as 1ough told the Lake-Lehman around a discussion of plans to large a crowd as usual, but every- School Board lat week that qual- READY TO BEGIN purchase playground equipment one who attended was delighted fications for the district's new Bids for construction of 16,589 for the school. Members of the with the menu. business manager are to include feet of con- committee stated that due to A committee headed by Mrs. 2 college degree in business or crete high- way on Route 92 be- tween Dal- ) las and Tunkhan- nock will be opened to- day at the office of Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke of Harrisburg. The new construction which may be laid yet this winter, will begin near Eatonville and ex- tend to join with the newly-laid concrete stretch at Sugar Hol- low. Two bridges, a 155-foot plate- girder bridge and the other a re- inforced bridge, will be part of the new contract. YESTERDAY The 80th anniversary celebra- tion of the Lehman United Meth- odist Episcopal Church will be climaxed on Sunday by a full day of special services, concluding with High School Night. Large crowds have been attending the special series of services at the church, which started last Sun- day night. 60 YEARS AGO Now. 22, 1946 HIGH SCHOOL BANDS ATTEND MARINE CORPS CONCERT Five hundred and sixty-seven students from Back Mountain area high schools were among the 10,000 who attended the stu- dent concert of the United States Marine Band at the Kingston Ar- mory on Tuesday afternoon. This was the first appearance of the Marine Band in this area since 1937. Uniformed bands of Lehman Township, Dallas Township and Dallas Borough were among the many of which participated in the program. Lehman headed bands from the West Side schools as they marched King- ston Corners to the armory. Almost 300 people attended the meeting of the Dallas Bor- ough PTA on Monday night, material shortages, they have been unable to obtain promises of spring delivery. Dallas School Board director David Jenkins and two Wilkes- Barre businessmen narrowly es- caped serious injury Saturday at 4:30 p.m. when Mr. Jenkins’ new Stinson, four-passenger plane crashed and burned on Nesco- peck Mountain near Stone Ridge. The trio was returning from a business trip to Milwaukee, Wis., when the plane became lost in heavy fog as it passed over Williamsport. Searching for an opening, Mr. Jenkins found one and piloted his plane for it but the fog closed in before he reac- hed it. Descending too fast, the plane struck a tree on the moun- tainside. The men were treated for superficial bruises, cuts and sprains. 50 YEARS AGO Now. 16, 1956 CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN FOR NEW DALLAS H.S. Two things occurred at the Tuesday night's meeting of the Dallas School Board: a site was mapped out for the new high school and the firm of Lacy, Ath- erton & Davis was selected as the architects. The site, announced by build- ing and grounds chairman James Hutchison, embraces the 66 acres of the Arthur Newman and Charles Lipp farms in Dallas Township, exclusive of the New- man homestead. A survey group representing the Wilkes-Barre Real Estate Board carefully inspected all four sites under consideration and certified their value and suit- ability for the new construction. The site selected is a, perfect spot, lying high and level for the most part, but with one wooded knoll abutting the George Rice farm, high enough to provide gravity feed from the water tank. There was once a windmill here, proving presence of water. Vern Groff prepared the dinner at home. Mrs. Ralph Dixon, Mrs. Raymond Elston, Mrs. L.L Ri- chardson, Mrs. Walter Elston, Mrs. Robert Dyer and Mrs. Tho- mas Robinson each assigned a recipe for the menu. 40 YEARS AGO Nov. 22, 1966 MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS HOLD JOINT MEETING A meeting of municipal offi- cials of the Back Mountain area was held at the Jonathan R. Da- vis Fire Hall in Idetown on Fri- day evening. The purpose of the meeting was to consider the pos- sibility of a sanitary landfill to be located in Lake Township and to discuss other local problems that could be solved on a joint ba- sis. The following officials were present: John H. Stenger, Alger W. Shafer, Sharon Whitesell and Walter Hoover, Lake Township; Wesley Lamoreaux and Harold Bertram, Jackson Township; Fred Lamoreaux, Phillip Walter, Basil E. Frantz and Glenn M. Ho- well, Dallas Township; George Thomas, Dallas Borough; Wil- liam Samuel, Alan Major, Clin- ton D. Smith and Michael Go- dek, Lehman Township; and John Funke, Kingston Town- ship. Hunters will take to the woods on Monday for the opening day of deer season. Local schools, bowing to the inevitable, close for the occasion and lengthen the Thanksgiving holiday vaca- tion by one day. Students are asked to call the Dallas Post to report their kill. Last year’s harvest of deer was 64,129 in the state of Pennsylva- nia and the harvest for 1966 is es- timated to be equal or surpass that figure. Many deer have also been killed on the highways. Of- ficials estimate the remaining deer herd to include approxi- mately 90,000 adult bucks. 30 YEARS AGO Nov. 18, 1976 4 accounting and at least four years experience in budgetaryor office management. &h The new position, approve by a vote of 6-2 with board mem- ber Ellis Hoover not voting, will carry a salary of $10,000 to $18,000. In outlining the qualifi- cations for the job, Tough in- formed the board that it was his committee’s goal that a “top notch individual” be retained for the job. Members of the Dallas Bor- ough Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 22 to open the applications for police chief, evaluate them and determine the applicants they feel are qual- ified to fill the position of chief in the borough. At Tuesday night's meeting, council president Jerry Machell explained the meeting would merely be for the purpose of studying the applications and that no action would be taken. Machell also stated he wantedto meet with the police committee and patrolmen prior to a Nov. meeting with the Dallas Fire ant Ambulance Co. 20 YEARS AGO Nov. 19, 1986 DALLAS WINS OLD SHOE GAME Playing through frigid weath- er and a snow-covered field, the Dallas High School football team retained the Old Shoe tro- phy with a 15-2 win against Back Mountain rival Lake-Lehman in the annual Old Shoe Game. De- spite the weather, warmly- dressed fans packed the stands at Edward H. Edwards Stadium in Lehman. Average annual salaries of ad- ministrative/supervisory staff positions in the Dallas and Lake- Lehman school districts are low- er than the state average in every category but one, according to data provided by the Pennsyl | nia School Boards Association Only the business manager sala- ry at Lake-Lehman is slightly higher than the state’s average. 3 Y
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