iy Ei Tn TE pe r— & PAGE4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, April 22, 2007 Clear your schedule - for Open Mic Night . Clear your calendars, tune your guitars and practice singing in the shower if you want to per- form at the next Back Mountain Memorial Library’s Open Mic Night scheduled for 7 p.m. on Saturday April 28. ' This popular event will again be held at the Arts YOUniverse building, 50 Lake Street, Dallas (near the Old House Café). Any amateur or professional singer, writer, musician or actor may give a short performance of their talent or read an excerpt from a previously published selection. In the past, area bands from Col- lege Misericordia and musical and literary artists from the sur- rounding areas have provided members of our audience with a wide variety of exciting acts. There is no cost for admission, although donations for the Back Mountain Memorial Library will be greatly appreciated. Perform- ers may pre-register by calling Krista Connolly at 675-1182. After experiencing an evening of live entertainment, you may want to participate in National TV-Turn off week, scheduled for April 23-29. This is an annual event, supported by teachers, educators and libraries across the eountry. - To participate, a family simply agrees to leave its television sets completely off for this week. The motive then is to fill the time usu- ally spent watching favorite pro- grams with other family activ- ities, such as reading, playing board games or simply talking to one another! Give it a try and see what fun you and your children ¢an create. (Sorry kids, VHS and DVD players and computerized games are also not allowed dur- ing this week!) . The Friends of the Library will hold their 19th Annual Luncheon with a Special Author at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 26 at the Apple- free Terrace at Newberry Estates. The featured speaker is Barbara Kline, author of “White House Nannies.” The luncheon begins with hospitality at 11 a.m., lun- ¢heon at 11:45 and presentation beginning at 1:15 p.m. Reserva- tions, at a cost of $22.50, may be made at the library. yy. There are a few openings for the last Red Cross Babysitting course scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 28. Please call the library for more in- formation. Now that the remaining snow has melted and spring sunshine may actually stay, it’s time for our summer teen programs! We have three programs available: Donuts & Discussion, for ages 10, 11 and 12; YA Book Discussion Group, ages 13 and up and Relax & Read for ages 12 and up. Please call the library to regis- ter after 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 2. Organizational meetings will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Mon- day, May 21 for Donuts & Discus- sion and at 7 p.m. the same eve- ning for the young adults. Dates, times and books will be voted up- on at these meetings, so it is im- portant for all registered partici- pants to attend. Teens participating in the book discussion groups will be re- quired to purchase their own co- pies of the books or borrow them from other libraries as the moder- ators will be using the copies from the Back Mountain. Relax & Read participants will begin their program on June 11. These teens read books of their choice and write a short review for other teens to review. All teens will be eligible to win a gift certificate from Target. Mrs. Bauman, Children’s Li- brarian, will attend the Dallas Summer Fun Night at the Dallas Elementary School from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9. She will be handing out in- formation about the summer reading program, “Get a Clue @ Your Library.” While your children are busy planning to participate in the above events, it’s a good time for you to continue your spring- cleaning! Remember that the li- brary is now accepting items for the Nearly Old Booth for the up- coming library auction to be held July 5, 6, 7 and 8. Please call the library before dropping off your unused and unwanted items. An- tiques, porcelain collectibles and other unusual items are of special interest. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On April 23,1564, according to tradition, English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare is born in Stratford-on-Avon. It is impos- sible to be certain of the exact date of birth, but he was baptized on April 26. Three days was the customary amount of time to wait be- fore baptizing a newborn. ¢ eo On April 26,1913, 13-year-old Mary Phagan is murdered in Ge- orgia. In spite of lack of evidence, Leo Frank, the Jewish owner of the factory where Phagan worked, was found guilty of the crime. Gov. John Slaton initiated his own investigation, concluded that Frank was innocent and commuted his death sentence. A mob pulled Frank from a prison farm and hanged him while police did nothing to stop the spectacle. © On April 24,1936, a group of firemen responding to an alarm in Camden, N.J., is televised. It was the first time an unplanned event was broadcast on television, anticipating the development of live TV news coverage. .® On April 29,1944, “Dancing Romeo,” the last Our Gang film, is released. In all, more than 100 Our Gang films were made. Later, they were shown as TV comedies under the name “The Little Rascals.” _— STRANGE BUT TRUE * |f you've ever been sailing in the Bahamas, you probably won't be surprised to learn that the name “Bahamas” comes from the $panish words “baja” and “mar,” which mean “shallow seas.” . ¢In1994, a man was told by the Internal Revenue Service that he would be allowed a deduction for only one of his three children. Infuriated, he threatened to turn his other two kids over to the feder- al government. In a wise move, the IRS subsequently decided to allow all three deductions. * You may find it hard to believe, but a newspaper in Wisconsin, the Oconto County Reporter, really did run the following headline: Panty Pests Easy to Control. Perhaps this was the result of a typo -- or perhaps the people of Wisconsin simply have some problems we don't often experience in the rest of the country. 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 reluctantly departing winter. And the battle has unexpected victims, left to scrounge, scratch and search for sustenance and survival. I our memory and hopes, April is all sunshine, daffodils and bunnies. Reality, however, can be cold, a conflict between emerging spring and 1937 70 YEARS AGO SARA SANFORD DIRECTS GLEE CLUB PRODUCTION The Glee Club of the Dallas Junior Women’s Club will pre- sent a Colonial Minstrel tonight at 8:15 p.m. in the Dallas Bor- ough High School auditorium. Mrs. Sara Sanford will direct the production. Mrs. Ruth R. Man- ning will supervise dance num- bers and Mrs. Maude Baker will be accompanist. Eight girls from Dallas High School have accepted the invita- tion of Cedar Crest College, Al- lentown, to attend the fifth an- nual Open House at the college on Saturday afternoon. The girls are: Bernice Sheppleman, Betty Weid, Alber- ta Himmler, Elsie Culp, Florence Kelly, Elsie Johnston, Janet Knecht and Roberta Van Campen. ONLY YESTERDAY All officers were re-elected at the meeting of the Dallas Town- ship Parent-Teacher Association in the high school on Monday night and plans for a May Day celebration were launched with Mrs. Thomas Kepner and Mrs. Grace Nicholson as cochairmen. Twenty-six amateurs compet- ed for prizes in the first Amateur Show of Daddow-Isaacs Post, No. 672, American Legion, on Friday night in the high school. Jimmy Alles won first prize in the youngest group and Betty Jones took second prize. 1947 60 YEARS AGO CHARTER NIGHT HELD AT IREM TEMPLE The annual Charter Night par- ty was held Thursday night at the Irem Temple Country Club. There were 29 members present and their wives and the follow- ing guests from the Wilkes-Barre Rotary Club: Judge Alfred Valen- tine, Art Bolender, Bob Lewis, Carl Leighton and Tom Mattern. LIBRARY AUCTION CHAIRMEN APPOINTED Chairmen for the solicitation of goods for the Eleventh Back Mountain Library Auction were appointed Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. Gerald Stout at a meet- ing of the book club. Agreeing to serve as co-chairmen are: Mrs. Gerald Dettmore, Mrs. Clarence Laidler, Mrs. JH. Schaffhauser and Mrs. Thomas A Cope, Jr. C.K. Foss, formerly of Sweet Valley, has rented the Sam Ash- ley building on Memorial High Way and will open there shortly a Harley-Davidson distributor- ship for Luzerne and Lackawan- na Counties. Mrs. Theodore Ruff, West Dal- las, was honored at a surprise birthday party Friday night, when a group of friends arrived, bringing with them gifts and a huge birthday angel-food iced in green and decorated with yellow roses and candles, baked by Mrs. William Hanna. Guests were: Mrs. William Wright, Mrs. Wil- liam Sarleyy, Mrs. Joseph Schneider, Mrs. Allen Montross, Mrs. William Hanna and Mrs. Victor Cross. 1967 40 YEARS AGO ENTRANCE SIGN IGNORED BY ROAD CREWS The discarded sign which for many years hung in the entrance to Elmcrest Drive and informed travelers that this was “Memo- rial Highway In Memory Of Our Heroic Dead” has faced a sad plight of late. For many moons the large wooden sign donated by John Blackman lay under the snows of winter, ignored by road crews and residents alike. On Friday evening, Post 672, Daddow Isaacs Post, Dallas, dis- cussed the condition at their meeting. The men decided to contact the state highway de- partment in an effort to restore the memorial plaque to its for- mer dignity. The per capita tax was re- duced from $5 per head to $2 per head and millage cut three mills to 4.65. Action was taken in the anticipation of earned income tax receipts. Warren Boyes, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Boyes, Over- brook Avenue, will received the Eagle Scout Award, the highest honor in scouting, at a breakfast on Sunday morning at Shaver- town Methodist Church. The warmest day of Spring co- incided with the opening of trout season, with fans lining the banks of Harvey’s Lake, some in shirtsleeves, some in jackets open at the neck, and all in a holi- day mood. Row boats dotted the lake, where six weeks ago ice- fishermen’s huts were still defil- ing the ices. 1977 30 YEARS AGO MISERICORDIA AWARDED LARGEST GRANT EVER Sister Ann Miriam Gallagher, R.S.M.,, president of College Mi- sericordia in Dallas, announced Tuesday the college has been named the prime contractor for a state training program that will involve over $200,000 in funds and will cover a fifty county area in Northeast PA. The state contract calls for the college to provide a special train- ing program for staff personnel of area agencies on aging that will increase the effectiveness of the delivery of services to the ag- ing in Northeast PA. The con- tract is funded at $222,632.53 and is being administered through the Department of Pub- lic Welfare North East Regional Office in Scranton. Members of the Confirmation Class of Shavertown United Methodist Church included: Carol Linker, Sharon Gribble, Kathleen Murray, Candy Davis, Cynthia Davis, Susan Davis, Diane Evans, Cathy Newhart, Sandra Newcomb, William Sprau, James Lord, David Bol- ton and Douglas Earles. Troop 281, Dallas, held an Ea- gle Court of Honor in Dallas Methodist Church for Craig Stone, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell Stone, Dallas. The Court of Honor was preceded by a ban- quet in Stone’s honor. 1987 20 YEARS AGO OWNERS DISCUSS MINIMUM WAGE RAISE Proposed legislation to raise the minimum wage has brought up some interesting issues, b several Back Mountain busine: men are not overly concern until concrete guidelines and laws are set. The proposed legis- lation would raise the minimum wage to $4.65 an hour, in three steps, by 1990. The current mini- mum wage is $3.35. Life as Barbara Weaver knows it will change drastically for a full year beginning late this July. Weaver, a 17-year-old senior at West Side Vo-Tech, has been cho- sen as one of the vocational-tech- nical students from PA, Virginia and Southwestern Ohio to par- ticipate in the Congress-Bundes, taq Vocational Education Open Door Student Exchange Program to Germany. Century 21 Jean Innamorati Real Estate, Dallas, sponsored a bake sale with proceeds benefit- ting the Easter Seal Society of Northeast PA. Coordinators of the sale included Annmarie In- namorati, Rae Ann Naylor and Bridgette Kman. In a few weeks a memorial plaque will be placed on the front of the Dallas Borough building to honor the man re- sponsible for its new look. The Dallas Fire Co., in con- junction with The Borough Council, will honor the late Ho- ward Risley for his contribution of land to the fire company for the benefit of the community. Risley was the owner of The Dal- las Post at one time. The junior class of Dallas Township High School will pre- sent a three-act comedy, “Spring Fever” by Glenn Hughes, in the high school auditorium, Friday at 8 p.m. Members of the cast are: Nancy Hessler, Bett Vavrek, Phyllis Kunkle, Wilma Hess, Charlotte Boston, Peggy Martin, Glenn Howell, Joe Tondora, Robert Henney, Arthur Roberts, Thomas Bunney, Torrance Gen- sel and Harnet Prater. Mrs. George Bronson and Mrs. Garfield Goodman enter- tained the Kings’ Daughters Class of the Church of Christ, Sweet Valley, at the Bronson home. Present were: Mrs. Lewis Williams, Mrs. Adam Klemov- ich, Mrs. Helen Wilbert, Mrs. Earl Hartman, Mrs. George Wes- ley, Mrs. Sherman Kunkle, Be- thia Allen, Keziah Edwards and the hostesses. 1957 50 YEARS AGO Located on Main Road in Sweet Valley Just 10 Minutes from Dallas Phone (570) 477-3255 Carol S. May - Administrator Our Door is Always Open - We Welcome Visitors! 8 $ ® "Aftordable Rates” FERNWO( MANOR "A Family Owned and Operated Personal Care Home That Offers That Personal Attention You Deserve." * Beautiful Country Setting ® Monitoring of Medications 24 Hour Supervision Home Cooked Meals ( ‘able T.V./1 aundry Service State Licensed OOD I ® L
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