Ca PAGE 4 THE POST COMMUNITY Sunday, January 28, 2007 | LIBRARY NEWS Audio books popular among library patrons Have you listened to any good books lately? Yes, that’s right, we did say listen. Quite a few patrons from the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library are doing just that. They are listening to books, via the new eAudiobook selections available by accessing the library’s Web site at www.backmountainlibrary.org. By using an MP3 player and computer, patrons are able to choose from 1,300 fiction, non- fiction and children’s titles to download and enjoy for 21 days. ® 0 0° Patrons are cautioned, howev- er, that not all MP3 players are compatible with the recorded eAudiobooks. For instance, the popular MacIntosh-based iPods do not accept the program, as well as several other models. The library has had success using the Creative Zen Nano Plus MP3 player, but for a com- plete listing of compatible play- ers, visit the library on Hunts- ville Road in Dallas or call 675- 1182. ® 0° Although winter weather has finally arrived, spring time is not too far behind. as the library is holding its Valentine’s Day/ St. Patrick’s Day odds and ends sale. A beautiful display of red and pink heart-shaped collec- tibles are ready for you to pur- chase for your sweetheart, whether it is a small trinket to tuck into your child’s lunchbox or something larger to hide in that special someone’s purse or briefcase. ® 00° If you prefer a gift that is more “alive,” be sure to place your order for the American Cancer Society’s Daffodils Days. All daffodils will be delivered to the library Wednesday, March 21. The cost is $8 for a bunch of 10 daffodils. All orders must be paid in advance and placed by Wednesday, Feb. 14. ® 0 0 While you are waiting for the daffodils (and warmer weather) to arrive, stop by our Slightly Read Bookshop and take ad- vantage of the few remaining days of the half-price book sale, continuing to the end of Janu- ary. Children’s titles are exclud- ed. ® 00 Young adults who are in- terested in a part-time position as a library page are encouraged to stop by the library and com- plete an application. Candidates must be high school students, 16 years of age, and able to work two days a week after school and every other Saturday. ® oo 0 The Young Adult Book Group will be meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 29 to discuss “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” by Ann Brashares. No registration is necessary and participants are welcome to bring along snacks to share with the group. ® 0 0 Parents are reminded that story hours will begin the week of Feb. 12. A volunteer is needed to conduct the story hour for 3-5-year-olds from 11 a.m. to noon Wednesday mornings. Call the library for more information. The Back Mountain Memorial Library news column is written and sub- mitted by the library staff. The co- lumn appears every other week. MOMENTS IN TIME * On Jan. 30, 1835, during a funeral in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol, President Andrew Jackson survives the first attempt against the life of a U.S. president. Richard Lawrence, later found to be insane, discharged two separate pistols in the direction of Presi- dent Jackson. ® On Feb. 1,1898, The Travelers Insurance Company extends cov- erage to an automobile owner, making it the first company to issue an automobile insurance policy to an individual. Dr. Truman J. Martin of Buffalo, N.Y., paid a premium of $1.25 for the policy that covered $5,000 to $10,000 of liability. ® On Jan. 29,1922, some 2 feet of accumulated snowfall from a two-day blizzard collapses the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C. Tons of steel and concrete fell down on top of theatergoers, killing 108 people. Another 133 were hospitalized. * On Jan. 31,1949, "These Are My Children,” the first daytime soap opera, debuts on NBC. The show, only 15 minutes long, aired week- days at 5 p.m. in January and February 1949. ® On Feb. 3,1959, rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed when their chartered Beech- craft Bonanza plane crashes in lowa a few minutes after takeoff on a flight from Mason City to Moorehead, Minn. -® On Feb. 4,1962, the first U.S. helicopter is shot down in Vietnam. It was one of 15 helicopters ferrying South Vietnamese Army troops into battle near the village of Hong My in the Mekong Delta. * On Feb. 2,1982, David Letterman's offbeat late-night talk show debuts. When Johnny Carson retired in 1992, Letterman and rival comic Jay Leno engaged in a heated battle for the coveted host slot. When Letterman was passed over, he left NBC for CBS, where his new program, “Late Show with David Letterman,” outperformed Leno's show almost every week in its first year. (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. STRANGE BUT TRUE The History Channel * [t's been reported that it's impossible for a kangaroo to jump unless its tail is touching the ground. * During his campaign for the presidency, John F. Kennedy was asked by a reporter what his favorite song might be. Ever the wit, the candidate replied, “Well, ‘Hail to the Chief’ has a nice ring to it.” e |f you're a card player, you might have heard of the “Dead Man's Hand,” which is a poker hand that contains a pair of aces and a pair of eights. This hand got the macabre name in 1876, when James Butler Hickok - better known as “Wild Bill" - was playing poker at the No. 10 Saloon in Deadwood, S.D. Jack McCall, a young gunslinger trying to make a name for himself, walked in the saloon shortly after four in the afternoon and shot Wild Bill in the back of the head. His hand on that fateful day contained a pair of aces and a pair of eights. RE Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER The Dallas Post TIMES®LEADER Community Newspaper Group 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-829-7248 news@mydallaspost.com = : Liz Ayers ADVERTISING David C. Konopki EDITOR FOR THE DALLAS POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK solitude and whistling wind. A workday with well-defined tasks; a sense of accomplishment when it's done. Just remember to cut above B irds can roost where others must be strapped up, lashed in and tied off. Still, there are rewards. The sky overhead and all around, tHe your perch, not below. IR ry Oh | j 2 Delight in newly acquired Dalek Conquests, Doctor Who fans . The Back Mountain Memorial Library on Huntsville Road in Dallas has added the following books to its collection. The library also accepts dona- tions of memorial and honor books. If you would like to do- nate a book in someone’s memo- ry or honor, call the library at 675-1182. “Hollywood Station” by Jo- seph Wambaugh “Hannibal Rising” by Thomas Harris “The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Mira- cle Dog” by Dave Barry “Takedown” by Brad Thor “Spy” by Ted Bell “Sliver of Truth” by Lisa Un- ger “The Machiavelli Covenant” by Allan Folsom “The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud” by Julia Navarro “Sign of the Cross” by Chris Kuzneski “The Perfect Fake” by Barbara Parker “The Copper Scroll” by Joel C. Rosenberg “Drop Dead Gorgeous” by Lin- da Howard “Havoc” by Jack B. DuBrul NONFICTION “The Secret” by Rhonda By- rne “Be Heard the First Time” by Susan D. Miller “The 101 Most Influential Peo- ple Who Never Lived” by Allan Lazar “Long Term Care” by J.L. Mat- thews “A Troubled Peace” by Chae- Jin Lee wed BIOGRAPHY “The Audacity of Hope” by Be rack Obama BOOKS ON CD “Doctor Who: the Dalek Cote quests” “Lux Classics Prosants the Best of Lux Radio Theater” .! “Emma” by Jane Austen “Hard Boiled Detectives” by Jack Webb & Bob Bailey “The Daughter” by Kim Edwards YOUNG ADULT 2 “Side Effects” by Amy Gold- man Koss EXPRESS (1 week) “Brother Odd” by Dean Koontz FICTION “Brother Odd” by Dean Koontz 70 YEARS AGO Jan. 22, 1937 BOROUGH QUINTET FACES TOWNSHIP In its sec- ond league game of the season, the Dallas Bor- ough Bas- ketball team over- whelmed Laketon Township, 25 to 10, last Friday night. The local team gained a sub- stantial lead early in the game, and kept well ahead the entire game. Templin, tall Dallas cen- ter, lead the scoring, with eight points. Dennis lead Laketon’s scoring with five points. Half- time score was 15-3 in favor of Dallas. It was the fifth straight win for the local team, which now holds the league leadership, with Lehman in second place. YESTERDAY Mrs. WL. Tracy of Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, mother of Lee Tracy, stage and screen star, is rapidly becoming a seasoned member of the movie colony at Hollywood, Calif. Lee and his mother have al- ways been devoted to each other and although Mr. Tracy has not visited the mother’s home here in some years he has had her as his guest frequently in Holly- wood and in New York. 60 YEARS AGO Jan. 24, 1947 COUPLES MARRIED 50 YEARS ENTERTAINED BY PASTOR The Rev. and Mrs. David Mor- gan of Alderson have enter- tained recently four couples married more than fifty years: Mr. and Mrs. James. H. Crispell of Noxen; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin K. Elston of Kunkle; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore FE. Jones of Nox- en; and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Trav- er of Ruggles. Mr. and Mrs. Co- rey Schooley, Noxen, were un- able to attend. Charles Souder, 17, Huntsville Road, is expected to regain sight of his right eye which has been temporarily destroyed by a pel- let from a BB gun. Playing “war” with two friends the day before Christ- mas, Charles was struck in the eye at about 3:30 p.m.. His moth- er was working in Smith’s Econ- omy Store and his brother, Ha- rold, was peddling papers. Char- les refused aid from the boys he had been playing with and went to his home in the downstairs of Smith’s Store to await the return of his mother. The pellet, lodged in the lower corned of the eye was not found for three days. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 25, 1957 SHAVERTOWN DOG IN FIRST PLACE Shavertown Bo, Paul R. Dai- ly’s 15-inch Beagle, took first place and a handsome gold tro- phy in the Tunkhannock Beagle Club field trials. Shavertown Bo, three years old, handled by Mr. Daily, has won several ribbons. Working in deep snow, the Bea- gle raised his rabbit and checked in record time. Mr. Daily, in speaking of his performance at Frear Hill, attributes his success partially to experience garnered early in January during snow- shoe rabbit season. On Monday, Jan. 14, the ther- mometer touched 16 degrees be- low zero on Lehman Avenue, Dallas. Monday, Jan. 21, the ther- mometer skyrocketed to 50 above zero, melting snow drained from the frozen streets, and a covey of starlings, chatter- ing like crazy, took a bath in a puddle of ice water on Spring Street, splashing the water over each other and behaving as if completely demented. For five mornings running, thermometers registered subze- ro temperatures: 16 below zero Monday and Tuesday, 10 below zero on Wednesday m fourteen below on Thursday, 12 below on Saturday. By Sunday morning it had warmed to 10 above. Mon- day morning’s papers carried a forecast of rain. 40 YEARS AGO Jan. 26,1967 SIXTY APPLY FOR JOBS AT NEW GARMENT PLANT Approximately 60 applicants turned out on Friday to apply for jobs at the new garment plant opening in the Fernbrook area on Lower Demunds Road. Oper- ations are expected to begin on Monday morning with about twenty operators placed on the job. The new plant will be man- aged by John LaNunziata and will be an affiliation of Star Gar- ment Company which has a large plant in Exeter. Larger quarters being checked by the concern will give work to many more folks in the area. Those hired will be notified on Friday. Sportswear will be manu- factured at the local building owned by Mrs. John Bogdon. Torn from a young girl's diary, dated August 19,1966, and en- closed in a tightly sealed two- quart juice bottle, a message wandered half way round the world, and was delivered at the feet of a young serviceman, in Vietnam, on the crest of a small wave five months later. Carolyn Edwards, twelve- year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. “Bucky” Edwards, Hunts- ville, printed these words on a slip of paper: “My name is Carolyn Ed- wards. My address is RD 4, Dal- las, Pennsylvania. My phone number is (omitted). Whoever finds this bottle, please write back to me, please!” Six American Army mechan- ics in Vietnam received the bot- tle and wrote back accordingly. Along with a nickname for the mechanics’ tent, a print is being sent to Vietnam, along with clip- pings from the newspaper. 30 YEARS AGO Jan. 27, 1977 MAYOR HARTMAN PASSES AWAY Former Dallas Mayor Stephen F. Hartman, Jr., 50, of Susque- hanna Ave., died Tuesday at 8:15 a.m. at Valley Crest following an 18-month illness. Born in Wilkes- Barre, July 23, 1926, he lived in Dallas for the past 22 years. He was formerly employed in refrig- eration and air conditioning for Acme Markets for 25 years. nd Hartman was mayor of Dallas borough, an office he held for two terms, and a formal council- man. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict. He was an active mem ber of the Daddow-Issacs Amer- ican Legion Post 672, Dallas BR and Ambulance Associatio and the Pennsylvania Mayors AS sociation. i Dallas School District has worked out a contingency gas crisis program, it was i nounced at the school board meeting Tuesday night. The se- nior high school has gas heat s¢ when necessary, senior high and junior high school students will have split sessions which will mean an extended school day. They will meet at the junior high, which is heated by electric ity. The Trucksville Elementary School building is also heated by gas so those students will meet at one of the other elementary schools when necessary. Chil dren should wear sweaters to school as the temperature will be set at 65 degrees. A half hour before dismissal the temper ature will be lowered then on resume the next day, it will J and a half hours before ig ) moved back up to 65 degrees. % } | 3 3 20 YEARS AGO Jan. 28, 1987 SCHOOL CLOSING THE CORRECT DECISION The decision of the Lake-Leh- man School District Administra- tion to cancel classes last Thurs- day proved to be the right one since the predicted snowfall moved into the local area at ap- proximately 8 a.m. instead of noon as previously predicted. State Rep. George C. Hasay and State Sen. Charles Lem- mond announced today that Harveys Lake has received ok partment of Community Affa approval for a $7,000 state nt to expand the borough’s recr ation building. The lawmakers said the funds were made avajl- able under the Recreational provement and Rehabilitation Act program. Memory A.)
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