PAGE4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, June 17, 2007 Beginning Readers mvited to library Attention all young readers! In addition to the summer reading program, Get a Clue @ Your Li- brary, you will now have a story time of your own. Beginner Readers are invited to join Mrs. Maria Sorokin as she uncovers History Mysteries with “Mummies in the Morning on Mondays.” Young Readers will read along with Mrs. Sorokin and then read on their own at home. They will make crafts and learn about the history of the time. Meeting times are from 10 to 11 a.m.on July 9, 16, 23 and 30 in the Children’s Room of the library. There is a limit of 20 children and registration is necessary. All participants are asked to purchase the Magic Tree House Book #3, “Mummies in the Morn- ing” by Mary Pope Osborne. Par- ents may call the library with any questions or to register their child for the program. Children, tweens and teens are still invited to register for all the summer programs in the library. Tweens are invited to attend Do- nuts & Discussion at 11 a.m. on Thursday, June 21. They should come prepared to discuss “The Green Dog: A Mostly True Story” by Suzanne Fisher Staples. Teens are invited to attend the Young Adult Book Discussion Group at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 2 in the young adult section of the library. They will discuss “Hoops” by Walter Dean Myers. Get a clue about the summer reading program “Get a Clue @ Your Library” at one of these spe- cial sign-up sessions to be held in the Children’s Room of the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Just come in. There is no special regis- tration necessary to attend a sign- up session. You will learn about all the fun things to do for the “Get a Clue” program and take part in a scavenger hunt! If you can’t sign up for the sum- mer reading program at one of these sessions, please stop by the library at your convenience dur- ing regular library hours. The special sign-up dates and times areas follows: June 18 at 2 or 6 p.m.; June 19, 20, or 21at 1 or 4 p.m.; June 23 at 11 a.m. or 3 p.m.; June 25 at 2 or 6 p.m., June 26,27 at1or 4 p.m. and June 29 at lor4 p.m.. There will be no scheduled sign-up sessions on June 28 as Kathy Kelchner from Frances Slocum will be conducting a pro- gram at 2 p.m. on the library grounds, weather permitting. Otherwise, the program will be held in the Children’s Room. Seeking Auction volunteers As our basement is quickly fill- ing with donations and excited residents are calling with ques- tions, we here at the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library can hardly believe that our 61st Annual Auc- tion is less than three weeks away. The four-day fun is sched- uled for July 5, 6, 7 and 8 on the grounds of the library and, al- though preparations began many months ago, the need for even more help increases as auction time gets closer! Auction volunteers are needed to help with pricing Odds & Ends from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 1 and from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, Ju- ly 2 and 3. Students ages 12 and over needing community service hours are encouraged to sign up now to help with Auction Set-up from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 1, and from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, July 2. Parents, after all of the hard work of setting up is finished, don’t forget the Children’s Auc- tion from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat- urday, July 7 featuring toys, games, bikes, scooters, sports equipment and lots more to bid on! Lunch will be available to pur- chase in the Food Booth. Early closing during auction The library will close at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 5, Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7, at due to auction activities. Also, our Slightly Read Book- shop will be temporarily closed beginning June 18 for pre-Auc- tion preparation. It will re-open for the Auction on July 5 with its Used Books Tent Sale, a return- ing auction favorite! If you wish to donate your unwanted books, videos and puzzles, now is the time to bring them in. Call the li- brary at 675-1182 for more infor- mation. Seeking donated items If you are unable to volunteer your time, another way to partici- pate in the auction is to donate any gently used items for our Nearly Old Booth. We are cur- rently accepting donations of any kind with a special interest in jew- elry, handbags, evening bags and gloves, hatboxes, tiaras, hair ac- cessories, shawls, china animals, plate holders, cookie cutters, kitchenware, opera glasses, mir- rors 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. MOMENTS The History Channel IN TIME ® On June 22, 161, after spending a winter trapped by ice in pre- sent-day Hudson Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his teenage son and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again. * On June 19,1885, the Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, arrives in New York City's harbor. Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the statue commemorated the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution. ® On June 24,1928, the rocket-powered Opel RAK 3 debuts on a section of railroad track near Hanover, Germany, and records a rail- speed record of 157 mph on its first run. The result of a rather odd experiment, the RAK 3 carried a caged cat as its driver. Tragically, on the car's second run, too many of its rockets fired at once and the car crashed, Killing its feline pilot. * On June 21,1956, playwright Arthur Miller defies the House Committee on Un-American Activities and refuses to name suspect- ed communists. Miller's defiance of McCarthyism won him a convic- tion for contempt of court, which was later reversed by the Supreme Court. * On June 18, 1961, the Western radio drama “Gunsmoke” goes off the air. The show debuted in 1952 and moved to television in 1955. "Gunsmoke" ran on television for 20 years. ® On June 20, 1977, with a flip of a switch in Prudhoe Bay, crude oil from the nation's largest oil field begins flowing south down the trans-Alaska pipeline to the ice-free port of Valdez, Alaska. 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 . day. Bare A CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST 7 ubis Field at the Back Mountain Little League looks barren in this photo but it will be alive with players, coaches, fans and all kinds of action when Little League playoffs are held this week. Chairpersons named for Back Mountain garden tour Jean Kolojejchick, of Shavertown, and Roseann Nardone, of Wapwallo- pen, have been named co-chairs of the Back Mountain Bloomers “Tour of Back Mountain Gardens” 2007. The tour will be held from 9 am. Plains and at the Pennsylvania Envi- to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 30, and ronmental Council Office, 175 Main will feature six stunning properties, St. Luzerne. including Wild Ledges in Lehman Tickets will also be on sale at the Twp. and the three and a half acre Back Mountain Library and at the gardens at Windsor Park in Dallas. featured homes on the day of the In conjunction, the Bloomers will event. also host a Petite Standard Flower There is a $5.00 discount for tick- Show entitled Small Town Treasur- ets purchased on or before June es, along with a full schedule of gar- 23rd. dening and landscaping workshops To purchase tickets, call Judy Rim- and demonstrations throughout the All proceeds from the event will benefit the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association. Tickets are on sale at the following retail outlets: Back Mountain Li- brary, 96 Huntsville Rd, Dallas; Wild Birds Unlimited, Dallas Shopping Center; The Lands at Hillside Farms, Hillside Road, Shavertown; Perennial Point, 1158 River Road, ple at (570) 675-9016, Angela Vitkos- ki at (570) 718-6507 (e-mail vitkos- ki@pecnepa.org) or mail payment along with your name, address, phone, and e-mail information to An- thracite Scenic Trails Association, P.O. Box 212, Dallas, PA 18612. Roseann Nar- done, left, and Jean Kolojej- chick, right, co-chairper- sons of this year's Tour of Back Mountain Gardens, pre- sent a tour poster to Judy Rimple, of dent of the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association. 1937 70 YEARS AGO In keeping with the trend to automotive transportation, Wilkes-Barre Railway Corp. is understood to be considering the abandon- ing of its street car line to Dallas before long and the substitution of busses. The change from street car to bus line has been made on several branches of the transaction compa- ny’s system. One of the first changes took place on the link from Dallas to Harvey’s Lake several years ago when busses replaced ONLY YESTERDAY the cars. Since then the electric cars have come only as far as Dallas, connecting here with a bus for the lake. The Circus - the greatest show on earth — is playing at Dallas Borough High School featuring “clowns, lions ‘n everything." Ad- mission is 25 cents for children and 40 cents for adults. The annual Children’s Day exercises of Dallas MLE. Church will be held on Sunday morning with Mrs. Wesley Himmler as gen- eral chairman. A pageant, “Under open Skies” will be the principal feature. The pag- eant will include: Ruth Fiske, Betty Pittman, Helen Labarr, Alma Nelson, Albert Himm- ler, Mary Jeter, Marguerite Sawyer, Mary Lour Race, Genevieve Veitch, Dorothy Huey, Rees Finn, Hobart Jeter, Naomi Shav- er, David Schmerer, Jane Knecht, Ruth Monk, Dora Labor, Mabel Rogess, Edna Felkner, George Ayre, Majorie Evans, Jean Schooley, Carol Shaver, Elsie Culp, Isabelle Veitch, Della Labar, Betty Wagner and Louise Veitch. 1947 60 YEARS AGO In spite of the weather that failed to coop- erate and poured forth rain for two succes- sive Saturdays, Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary concluded its auction with a profit of $3,000. Movies playing at the Shaver Theater (Shavertown) were: “Gallant Journey” star- ring Glenn Ford and Janet Blair and “Cross My Heart” starring Betty Hutton and Sonny Tufts. The Texaco Service Station, in Shaver- town, operated since 1944 by Lew Hughes, has been under the management of Alex El- kins and Leo Bridgland since Monday. 1957 50 YEARS AGO Small boys bulging with hot dogs and so- da pop trudged in and out of Charlie Gosart’s store on Harvey’s Lake Highway Saturday and Sunday, working up an appetite for a re- fill. Entire families patronized the lavish open house which marked the fourth anni- versary of Charlie’s store founding and the opening of his new electric appliance depart- ment. : Members of the 11th annual Library Auc- tion Refreshment Committee met Monday evening in the Library Annex to perfect plans for the big undertaking. Members in- cluded Mrs. Joseph Schneider, Mrs. Alton Whittaker, Mrs.Jack Evans, Mrs. Agnes Gregson, Mrs. Ralph Dixon, Mrs. Walter El- ston, Mrs. Herman Thomas, Mrs. Robert Scott, Mrs. Verne Groff, Mrs. Charles Mah- ler, Mrs. Boyd White, Mrs. Theodore Com- mon, Mrs. Norti Berti, Mrs. L.L. Richardson and Mrs. Charles Poad. Sunday, the Rev. Francis A. Kane, pastor of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas, and Our La- dy of Victory Chapel, Harvey’s Lake, ap- pealed for volunteers to work on the Gate of Heaven School Expansion Campaign. The campaign, with a minimum goal of $100,000, was organized to help defray the cost of constructing the new wing to the pre- sent parochial plant. This two-story addition will contain a large combination auditorium- gymnasium, kitchen, eight more classrooms and other miscellaneous features. It is ex- pected to cost approximately $290,000 fur- nished. 1967 40 YEARS AGO Joan Dominick, 10th grade Dallas Senior High School honor student, has won a Cer- tificate of Achievement for Outstanding Ac- complishment presented by the historical Society of King’s College. Each student had to answer 100 questions about American history as well as 25 mul- tiple choice questions about current events. Each was also required to submit a “History Project.” Since Joan’s father, Robert Domin- ick, is an installer-repairman for the Com- monwealth Telephone Company, Joan called her project, “All Because of a Bell,” a notebook on telephones starting with Alex- ander Graham Bell and progressing through the years to the instruments of today. It is illustrated by sketches and pictures. Residents of the Heights section of Dallas were greatly disturbed on Friday evening when four boys apparently headed for a cam- pout and bearing packs on their backs shot out street lights on Huntsville Road. Brownie Troop 627, of Trucksville, spent the weekend at Camp Wildwood at Harvey’s Lake. Girls attending the camp were: Mary Bailey, Barbara Bessmer, Lois Billings, Sher- PIED ri Bullock, Cathy Decker, Laura Dymond, Al- ice Engler, Carol Gregory, Cindy Harris, Diane Rattigan, Ruella Schroer, Mary Lu Watkins, Linda Haughwout, Sandra Hislop, Barbara Ann Johnson, Barbara L. Johnso Sandy Johnson, Carol Kriedler, Dawn Mort- gan, Cecilia Naperkoski, Jean Petro, Beth Seigel, Nancy Schmidle and Lisa Williams. 1977 30 YEARS AGO “Gay or Straight” take a choice then live with it, for that is the philosophy of the gay community’s “Live and Let Live.” Some 300- 500 gays and straights in the Wyoming Val- ley area have chosen to become members of the Northeast PA Gay Alliance. And their ac- tivity came to view in the Back Mountain fol- lowing a publicly reported meeting in the suburban area. The Alliance, according to the director, is registered with Harrisburg and is part of the Governor’s Council on Sexual Minorities and is also associated with the PA Rural Cau- cas. He said it was organized locally about four years ago primarily to help orient peo- ple as to whether they were gay or not. If they were gay, the group said it hoped to give them avenues to “keep them off the streets.” The recent meeting of about 50 members in the Back Mountain area was to expre their reaction to what they called “Ani Bryant’s Crusade” against their community. The 33rd annual Lehman Horse Show Queen will be crowned in July at the show. Contestants include Marjorie Zimmerman, Marlea Kellogg, Jeri Ann Mack, Susan Dock- eray, Colleen Sendrick, Colleen Bergevin, Joan Buff, Heidi Pavesi, Midge Robinson, Beth Gensel and Kathleen Englehart. 1987 20 YEARS AGO A group of vandals who have been causing problems in Dallas Borough for several months struck again last weekend. A resi- dent on Park Street had paint spilled on her steps and the words, “Vandels (sic) Live” painted on the roadway in front of the home. The “award winning” Lake Lehman High School Band ended its year of band competi- tions by winning four first place trophies and the overall award at the “Pageant of Bands” in Sherburne, New York. The highlight of the Dallas High School Junior-Senior Prom, held at Gus Genetti’s Motor Inn, was the crowning of the Prom Queen and her court. Kim Hall, queen, 5 escorted by A.J. Crahall; Brenda King, runner-up was escorted by Matt Frank; Jody Gruiver, second runner-up, was escorted by Shawn Ruth; and Carolyn Dixon, third run- ner-up was escorted by John O'Donnell. Dallas, Presi- & r —
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