A L PAGE 4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, June 3, 2007 Get a Clue can be a fun reading program All children, pre-school through sixth grade, are invited to take part in the fun-filled read- ing program this summer at the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary. There will be lots of good books to read, many special pro- grams, a library mystery to solve, and prizes every week. And if you fulfill your promise to read at least eight books over the summer, you will receive a special magnifying glass of your own to make new discoveries and uncover mysteries. Why is summer reading so val- uable to children? Summer read- ing improves reading skills, de- velops positive attitudes about reading, encourages library use, motivates families to read togeth- EE er, allows freedom of choice of books and library media, pro- vides an opportunity to make friends and meet your neighbors and so much more. There is no registration neces- sary. Just come in to learn all about the fun things to do for the pro- gram, listen to a story and take part in a scavenger hunt. If you are unable to attend one of the scheduled programs, just drop by at any time to register during reg- ular library hours. The program will run from June 11 to August 16. There will be a Readers group and a Read-to- Me group. The following special pro- grams will be held during the summer: “Get a Clue about Nature Mys- teries” with Kathy Kelchner from Frances Slocum State Park at 2 p.m. on Thursday, June 28. Out- side, weather permitting; other- wise in the Children’s Room “Get a Clue about CSI” with Professor Linda Gutierrez de Castejon of Wilkes University at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 9, in the Children’s Room CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ THE DALLAS POST Like the legendary poppies of Flanders Fields, these beauties wave a memorial reminder in the Back Mountain. Story Time registration starts June 6 Registration for Summer 2007 Story Times at the Back Moun- tain Library will be held on Wednesday, June 6. Story Times will begin the week of June 19 and end the week of August 6. Story times are 10 to 10:30 a.m. and 11 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesdays for 2-year-olds, 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. to noon on Wednes- days and 10 to 11 a.m. on Thurs- days for 3 to 5-year-olds. Call the library at 675-1182 for more information. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel The History Channel e On June 8, 632 A.D., in Medina, located in present-day Saudi Arabia, Muhammad, one of the most influential religious and political leaders in history, dies. In 610 A.D. he had a vision that commanded him to become the Arab prophet of the "true religion." Thus began a lifetime of religious revelations, which he and others collected as the Quran. * On June 10, 1714, when a young man makes a crude pass at 14- year-old Anne Brennan on the streets of Charleston, S.C., Brennan beats him so badly that his jaw is broken and he must be hospitalized for months. The quick-tempered girl would later become a notorious pirate who terrorized the Caribbean until being captured in 1720. ® On June 4,1919, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is passed by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. * On June 6,1933, Richard Hollingshead opens the first drive-in movie theater, on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, N.J., after experi- menting in his driveway at home with a 1928 Kodak film projector on the hood of his car. In 1932 he received exclusive rights for his idea with U.S. Patent No.1909,537. * On June 9,1943, the Current Tax Payment Act is enacted. While most wartime initiatives were halted shortly after the declaration of peace in 1945, the Tax Payment Act has had enduring impact as it allowed Americans taxpayers to withhold federal income taxes be- fore getting paid their wages or salaries. e On June 7,1955, "The $64,000 Question" debuts on television. The show started with contestants answering a question worth $64, with each subsequent question worth double the amount of the previous one. * On June 5,1993, singer Conway Twitty dies of an aneurysm at age 59 as he is returning to Nashville after a performance in Bran- son, Mo. During more than 30 years of performing, Twitty scored 35 No. 1singles on the country charts, more than any other solo artist. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver * Mel Blanc, perhaps best known to the world as the voice of Bugs Bunny, died in 1989 and was buried in Hollywood Memorial Park. Care to guess what words are engraved on his tombstone? It says, “That's all, folks!" * |t was English novelist, critic, screenwriter and composer Antho- ny Burgess - best known, perhaps, for “A Clockwork Orange,” which was made into a movie by director Stanley Kubrick - who made the following sage observation: “Reality is what | see, not what you see.” * Next time someone tells you to eat your veggies, you might want to consider this: Ancient Egyptians considered arugula to be an aphrodisiac, and the early Chinese recommended asparagus for the same purpose. ® The 1950s hit “Runaround Sue,” by Dion and the Belmonts, was written about a real girl - but her name was Dolores. * Those who study such things say that the best-selling Girl Scout cookie of all time is the Thin Mint, followed by Samoas (also known as Caramel DeLites) and Peanut Butter Patties. * William Howard Taft served only one term as president of the United States, but he was a busy man, nonetheless. He served as tax collector, solicitor general, governor of the Philippine Islands, secre- tary of war and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, too. * kk Thought for the Day: “Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.” -- Stephen Leacock Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER The Dallas Post TIMESeLEADER Community Newspaper Group 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-829-7248 news@mydallaspost.com Liz Ayers ADVERTISING David C. Konopki EDITOR You can be an auction volunteer Everyone knows that a library is a vital part of every communi- ty, however, we here at the Back Mountain Memorial Library al- so believe that the community is a vital part of a library’s success, too. With that in mind, residents of the Back Mountain are invited to volunteer for the upcoming Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction scheduled for July 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the grounds of the Library. This is also a great opportuni- ty for students, age 12 and over, needing Community Service Hours. Adult volunteers are also needed for various activities, both prior to and during the ac- tual auction. Dates and times of auction set- up are as follows: Sunday: July 1-Noon to 4 p.m. Monday, July 2 - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information and to sign up, please stop by or call the library at 675-1182. Participate by donating If you are unable to volunteer your time, another way to partic- ipate in the auction is to donate any gently used items for our Nearly Old Booth. We are currently accepting do- nations of any kind with a special interest in jewelry, handbags, evening bags and gloves, hatbox- es, tiaras, hair accessories, shawls, china animals, plate holders, cookie cutters, kitchen- ware, opera glasses, mirrors and compacts from the 50’s and 60's, table cigarette lighters from the 40’s through 60’s. These items should be clearly labeled for “Nearly Old Booth.” We are also accepting items for the Odds and Ends tent, but please telephone the library be- fore dropping off these items. Collectors can display items Our community is filled with many unique people and we are looking for some of you “collec- tors” to showoff your items in our library display case. Any type of collection is ac- ceptable and is displayed for a length of one month. Please call the library to make advance reservations if you are interested in featuring your items! Visit our Bookshop for some good bargains When you visit the library to view the displays, don’t forget to stop by the Slightly Read Book- shop, located in our downstairs, for the “Best Bargains in the Back Mountain.” The Bookshop has fiction and non-fiction items, as well as chil- dren’s books and puzzles, all at remarkably low prices. It’s open from 1 to 7 p.m. °$ Mondays, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m® on Wednesdays and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Story Hour registration Registration for the summer story hours begins on Wednes- day, June 6. There will be story hours for 2 year-olds and 3 to 5-year-olds. Kindly call the library at 675- 1182 beginning at 9:30 a.m. for more information. 1937 70 YEARS AGO Thousands of dollars worth of renovations to buildings which have been constructed on state property around Harvey’s Lake will have to be made within the next few years to bring them within the requirements of the State Department of Forests & Waters. The changes must be made as the result of a recent survey by the state, which dis- closed wide-spread violations of laws prohibiting “squatting” on state proper- ty and fixing specifica- tions ay buildings i) Nd & construct- ed on land held by the state around the for YESTERDAY lake. A number of prominent resi- dents of the lake have protested the wholesale violation of the an- ti-squatting laws for some time, on the grounds that the growing number of buildings along the la- kefront detracted from the beau- ty of the resort. Margaret Glahn, of Carverton Road, Trucksville, has been se- lected as the ranking student at Kingston Township High School. Miss Glahn is in first po- sition for the Misericordia Col- lege Scholarship awarded to a student each year. Miss Grace McGuire is second in class, fol- lowed by Homer Carle. Summer doesn’t begin until June 22, but you couldn’t tell it by the weather this week. Un- usually high temperatures for this time of year have brought hundreds of families to Harvey’s Lake and to summer homes throughout this section weeks ahead of schedule. The only re- lief from the torrid sun came on Tuesday afternoon when a thun- derstorm brought a brief shower. During that storm the barn of Howard Worden, on the hill op- posite College Misericordia, was struck by lightning. Mr. Worden had taken shelter in the barn during the rainstorm and nar- rowly escaped injury when the bolt struck. The lightning knocked down several rafters and ripped the roofs, but did not start a fire. Damage was estimat- ed at about $40. 1947 60 YEARS AGO Miss Marjorie Howell, of Sha- vertown, attended one of the special sessions of the United Nations Assembly at Flushing Meadows, New York. The ses- sions were called to discuss the Palestine question. “Portmaker of Merricourt,” a seven and a half months old smooth-haired fox terrier puppy sired by “Champion Queensbury Last Word” out of “Cloie of Fen- bor,” bred by Mrs. Margaret Cot- tle, of Shavertown, won the pup- py class at the famous Morris & Essex Dog Show in Madison, New Jersey. Mac Lewis, formerly associat- ed with Lewis & Duncan Sport- ing Goods store in Wilkes-Barre, has purchased the plant and business of Post-O-Graf Manu- facturing Company from R.M. Scott of Mount Greenwood Road, Trucksville. The Post-O-Graf firm was es- tablished more than 20 years ago by Mr. Scott and prior to the war shipped its products to all parts of the U.S. and to many foreign companies. 1957 50 YEARS AGO Top honor students who will address the student body and guests at Dallas-Franklin-Mon- roe Commencement exercises are John Cyril Sholtis and Marie Katherine Goodman. Mr. Sholtis will give the valedictory and Miss Goodman will give the sal- utatory. Women who served as wait- resses and helped to prepare food for the Building fund Kick- Off Dinner held at Shavertown Methodist Church were: Mrs. Clyde Brace, Mrs. William Eicke, Mrs. Robert Price, Mrs. Larry Newhart, Mrs. Floyd Pope, Mrs. William Tippett, Mrs. Milton Evans, Mrs. Ben Kleppinger, Mrs. Wilson Honeywell, Mrs. Charles Poad, Mrs. Michael Bu- can, Mrs. John Porter, Mrs. Mor- ton Hewitt, Mrs. Phillip Poope and Mrs. Albert Watkins. Dinner was served to over 100 men who immediately began visiting homes of church members. Movies playing at the Dallas Outdoor Theater included “Hol- lywood or Bust” starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis and “Funny Face” starring Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Judy Romanoski, Calypso Carnival Queen, and her maid of honor, Loretta Shonk, were cho- sen by secret ballot in advance of the Junior-Senior prom by Dal- las-Franklin-Monroe Township High School students. 1967 40 YEARS AGO Over 100 exhibits from stu- dents in the fifth and sixth grades at Dallas Borough School were entered in the third annual Science Fair arranged in Mr. Bar- bose’s classroom. Pupils from both divisions of each grade were represented. The exhibits ranged from anatomy of a frog to a weather station. - Holly Mansley took the high- est award in the girls division for her project on constellations; John Ryan the top award in the boys division for his prehistoric animals. Spectators at the Sweet Valley (Memorial Day) Parade experi- enced a tense moment Tuesday afternoon when sky-divers bailed out from 6,000 feet and were caught in wind currents, landing in the woods. The plane, one cylinder giving trouble, made it to Forty Fort air- port where the pilot set it down. Mrs. Malcolm Burnside IT and Mrs. James B. Davies III, co- chairmen for the March of Dimes in the Back Mountain ar- ea, presented awards to the stu- dents who were the highest col- lectors for the March of Dimes in the Back Mountain. A : were given to Charles Wendt an¥ Gary Cavill, Lake-Lehman Ju- nior High School; Stanely Mate- nus and Eileen Hughes, Dallas Junior High School; and Kathy Price and Paulette Kane, Lake- Lehman Senior High School. Recipients to the scholarships given annually by the Lehman Women’s Club were announced. Miss Corrine Conklin received the Nursing Award and the Tho- mas Longmore Award was re- ceived by Gay Evans. 1977 30 YEARS AGO The alert response of an 83- year-old Harvey’s Lake resident helped firemen save a home and perhaps saved a life Friday. Da- niel Jones, 83, observed an early morning fire in the rear of a neighboring home occupied by Mrs. Terri Danks in the Oneonta Hill section of Shawanese at H vey’s Lake. ) Jones awakened Mrs. Danks and then proceeded to apply wa- ter to the fire from his garden hose while awaiting firemen. Mike Genetts, Lake-Lehman High School senior, brought back a state title in the javelin event. Genetts’ throw of 23 feet, 10 inches was the longest throw in the state competition at Ship- pensburg, surpassing the Divi- sion AAA competition. The New Appalachia, a blue grass group, will appear at the Back Mountain Folk Arts Festiv- al at College Misericordia this weekend. Members of the group include Ray Harclerode, Paul Zbick, Bob Walters and Dan Sa- batine. Back Mountain Branch of the Mercy Hospital Auxiliary honor- ed Sister Mary Ellen, R.S.M, and Sister M. Lucille, R.S.M. at the auxiliary’s installation dinner held recently at the college. Mrs. Joseph McGuire was installati chairman and Miss Jessica Th mas, president. :
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