LL PAGE 4 THE POST COMMUNITY Sunday, January 14, 2007 | MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Jan. 21,1789, the first novel by an American writer to be pub- lished in America is printed in Boston. The first edition of the book, “The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth,” was a thinly veiled account of the seduction and suicide of a young woman. * On Jan. 18,1912, after a two-month ordeal, the expedition of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrives at the South Pole, only to find that Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, had preceded them by just over a month. The frozen bodies of Scott and his two compatriots were recovered eight months later, TI miles from base camp. ® On Jan. 17,1949, the first Volkswagen Beetle in the U.S. arrives from Germany. The little Volkswagen (“people's car”) was a sturdy vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche at the request of Adolf Hitler. Its reputation for affordable reliability made it a profitable export. ® On Jan. 19,1953, 44 million viewers, a full 72 percent of all U.S. homes with a television, tune in to episode No. 56 of the popular ‘50s television sitcom “I Love Lucy.” In “Lucy Goes to the Hospital,” Lucy Ricardo, famously played by Lucille Ball, gives birth to a son. ® On Jan. 16,1963, Los Angeles’ first disco, Whiskey-A-Go-Go, opens on Sunset Boulevard. The underground disco subculture turn- ed into a national sensation when the film “Saturday Night Fever" was released in 1977. ® On Jan. 15,1974, the first episode of “Happy Days" airs. The show portrayed the comic antics of 1950s Milwaukee high-school student Richie Cunningham and his pal Potsie Webber. A minor character, super-cool biker Arthur “the Fonz" Fonzarelli, soon came to be the show's central character. ® On Jan. 20,1984, movie star and champion swimmer Johnny Weissmuller dies. He starred in MGM's Tarzan movies, starting with “Tarzan the Ape Man" in 1932 and continuing through the late 1940s. (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. STRANGE BUT TRUE ® Those who study such things claim that in any given year, more gasoline is spilled simply while refueling lawn equipment than was spilled in the Exxon Valdez disaster. * |t was famed composer lgor Stravinsky who said, “Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.” ¢ In the United States, approximately 18 acres of pizza are con- sumed every day. e With more than 300 million books in print, British novelist J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved Harry Potter series of books, is one of the best-selling writers in the world. When Joanne Kathleen was a youngster, however, her parents didn't have such lofty ambitions for her. When she went to college they wanted her to study French so she would be able to find work as a bilingual secretary. The future author hated secretarial work, though; during meetings, when she was sup- posed to be taking notes about the proceedings, she daydreamed and scribbled potential names for fictional characters in the margins of her notepad. * Mechanics and engineers can tell exactly how hot an object (such as an engine component) is if they know two things: what color it glows and what material it is made of. * The next time you've had too much to drink at the neighborhood pub and think you should walk home instead of driving, you might want to think again. Various studies show that as many people are fatally injured while walking drunk as are while driving drunk. * In San Francisco, the city leaders are trying out a new way to get power: They're turning the methane from canine excrement - doggie doo - into electricity. ® 00 Thought for the Day: “The nice thing about egoists is that they don't talk about other people.” - Lucille S. Harper (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. TRANSFORMERS ON DISPLAY AT LIBRARY Eight-year-old Gabriel Weiss has a collection of Transformers on display at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, Huntsville Road in Dallas. The Transformer toys are robots that turn into toy vehicles, motorcycles, flying and fighting machines. Gabriel has more than 50 Transformers of all sizes on display. The dis- play will be at the library through January. His collection also includes several videos about the Transformers. The second grade student at Lake-Noxen Elementary School lives in Noxen with his parents Mark and Marcey Weiss. His father said Gabriel enjoys Transformers because he has an interest in “building” toys. He also enjoys Legos. Most of the Transformers owed by Gabriel have been gifts or rewards for doing chores. The Dallas Post TIMES© LEADER Community Newspaper Group ¢ 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-829-7248 news@mydallaspost.com Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER David C. Konopki EDITOR Liz Ayers ADVERTISING hn ri in we PHOTO FOR THE DALLAS POS ny T/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK he minions of Jack Frost paid a visit; scampering in, whirling in a frozen frenzy, then drifting away until the conditions are just right for | | dizzying dance. Back Mountain library ready for great things in 2007 The holiday decorations are down, but spirits are up as the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary updates its calendar for the New Year. ® ® © Anyone looking for a relax- ing evening of free entertain- ment will want to attend the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary’s “Open Mic Night” - al- so known as WordHorde - which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27 at the former Himmler Theatre, 50 Lake Street in Dallas. The building is also the former Richardson car dealership building and is located near The Old House Café. Attendees will enjoy songs LIBRARY NEWS by local musicians and singers as well as writers reading their original works of prose and poetry. Refreshments will be served. Experienced or novice entertainers interested in performing should pre-reg- ister by calling library staff member Krista Connolly at 675-1182. ® © o If you are planning on vis- iting the library on a Saturday, be sure to include time to en- joy our Coffee Café. We are of- fering specialty coffees and tea for $1 a cup. There are also free cookies. Patrons will be able to enjoy the refreshments while in our reference room. ® © ° After enjoying a warm bev- erage, take a trip downstairs to our Slightly Read Book- shop, which is open from 1-7 p.m. Mondays; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays; and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. Be sure to check out the half-price sale on books (excluding chil- dren’s titles), which will be ongoing throughout the month of January. ® © ° Parents are reminded that there are a few openings in the Wednesday story hours for children ages 3-5. To register, call the library at 675-1182. Story hours will begin the week of Feb. 12 and conclude the week of April 2. ® © ° : Young Adults who would like to gather for an hour at the library to discuss “The Sis- terhood of the Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares are welcome to the young adult section at 6:30 p.m. Mond Jan. 29. No registration is y essary. Participants may bring snacks for the group to share. The Back Mountain Memorial Library news column is written by library staff members. The column appears every other week. Fiction, biography, large print among new books The Back Mountain Memo- Michael Cox FICTION Isaacs Post 672 American Le rial Library, 96 Huntsville Road = “Treasure of Khan” by Clive “Velocity” by Dean Koontz gion : = ; in Dallas, has added the follow- Cussler ; “Soldiers and Slaves” by Rog- ; ing books to its collection. The “Limitations” by Scott Turow REFERENCE er Cohen, donated by Daddo library also accepts donations of “Representative American Isaccs Post 672 American Le memory and honor books. To NONFICTION Speeches 2005-2006” gion : donate a book in someone’s hon- Ghost Map” by Steven John- The following books were do- or or memory, call the library at son BOOKS ON CD nated by The Kirkwood Family: 675-1182. “Child Psychology” “Suspense” “The Illustrated Dream Dic- “Paradigm Wars: indigenous tionary” by Russell Grant EXPRESS peoples’ resistance to globaliza- YOUNG ADULT “ESPN Sports Almanac 2007” (1 week) tion” “Genital Herpes” by Greg edited by Gerry Brown & Mi- “Next” by Michael Crichton “The Complete Guide to Vita- Saulman chael Morrison mins, Herbs and Supplements” “Secrets, Lies, Gizmos, and ‘Do Fish Drink Water?” by Bill hn Michael Cricht aCe Spiss? by Jane: Weta Cole Mn World Alm d ” by Michael Crichton man “The Wor anac an “A Dangerous Love” by Ber- BIOGRAPHY Book of Facts 2007” trice Small “Jim Brown” by Michael Free- SPECIAL DONATIONS “Monopoly: the story behind “Just One Sip” by Katie Ma- man “Captive Warriors” by Sam theworlds best-selling game” by cAlister Johnson, donated by Daddow- Rod “The Meaning of Night” by LARGE PRINT Kennedy, Jr. i 70 YEARS AGO be served and a good time is as- istry, many new members have FAMILY HOME 1 Jan. 8, 1937 sored to all who attend. been taken into the church SO BURNS TO GROUND e quarters are still in need that it now has an active mem- : WORK TO BEING of furniture and dishes. The Le- bership of about 155 persons. An old single block two-story gionnaires request that anyone family home was burned to the ON SCHOOL ANNEX d vill Satur having those articles which they ground in Loyalville on Satur- A contract for $28,808 to con- : : 50 YEARS AGO day, despite the efforts of the yi pA desire to give to the local veter- ’ 3 struct an eight-room addition to Jan. 11, 1957 Harveys Lake and Sweet Vall : ee ans, to contact Arthur Brown at : . Kingston Township High School 1,6 hardware store. fire companies to save the str was award- ARREST MADE ture. ed to WJ. IN CAR, HOME THEFTS The fire at the home of Roscoe Kear during 60 YEARS AGO The Back Mountain Branch of 1I2rTison and five children was ting of Jan. 10, 1947 © pac rouliain Banc of 4,0 svered shortly after noon on a meefing the YMCA board of manage- i) , the school ment extends to all an invitation 1€ 1ast day of 1966. The roof had board on ARREST MADE : fallen in and the center of the to attend the annual meeting at : : ONLY Wednesday IN CAR, HOME THEFTS the YMCA building in Shaver- Welling was an inferno by the night. Work g time firemen arrived YESTERDAY th Thefts of two cars and burglar- town on Thursday evening. R.E. Fire chief Ri hard William on oe a ies of a home and service station Neal, chairman of the board of | : s iy t and co Is din nextwesk SoS L Mon das in Beaumont were solved this management, announced that ad re Po loded with the Works Progress Admin. weekend when police officers ar- reports will be given concerning firemen from saving the howe, istration assuming labor costs estimated at $21,273. The WPA grant was approved last October. The addition will permit the township to establish a junior-se- nior high school and help relieve congestion of some of the other buildings. Royal Lynn of Trucks- ville was named clerk of works at a salary of $100 per month. His salary is not to exceed $750. The Daddow-Isaacs Post No. 672 will hold an official opening and housewarming at a special meeting next Monday night in the new club rooms over the B and B Hardware Store in Dallas. All veterans of the area are invit- ed to attend. Refreshments will rested a Tunkhannock man in one of the stolen vehicles on Monday night. State police were put on the trail of the thief on Saturday, Dec. 27 when it was learned a 1941 Dodge sedan be- longing to Mary Jackson of Beaumont had been stolen the previous night. Reports were heard and offi- cers were elected to serve during 1947 at the annual meeting of the Sweet Valley Christian Church on Saturday. Rev. Ira Button, who has served as minis- ter for the past 11 years, was re- hired. His son, Lewis W. Button, was granted a local preacher’s li- cense by the church. During the Rev. Button’s min- finance and activities of the past year. He asked that all members and friends of youth join togeth- er at that time to review the 1956 program and to dream and plan for the future. Salaries and wages of police officers and road department workers were increased at the Ja- nuary meeting of the Dallas Bor- ough Council on Tuesday night in the Borough Building. Street department wages for laborers will be increased from $1 to $1.10 per hour. The same rate will ap- ply for all extra policemen. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 5, 1967 although 20 men from Harveys Lake and an equal number of men from Sweet Valley stayed at the scene for more than an hour. Dallas Borough council at an adjourned meeting Thursday night became the first muni¢i- pality in the Back Mountain to lower the millage in anticipation of revenues from the 1 percent wage tax. This will lessen the burden for taxpayers three mills, a drop from 12 mills to 9 mills. In other business, police chief Russell Honeywell received increase of $400 per year and hourly workers were given a 15 cent per hour rate increase. Council president Harold Brobst presided over the meeting.
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