< PAGE 4 THE POST EDITORIAL Sunday, July 29, 2007 Market provides best” of Back Mt. Patrons and residents alike know that the “Best” of the Back Mountain has always been avail- able at the Back Mountain Me- morial Library, including best sellers, best bargains in our Slightly Read Bookshop and now, during the summer hours, we are proud to add to this list - the best (and freshest) fruits and vegetables, grown and produced by our own local farmers. The farmers, a baker and a gourmet cheese vendor will all be present at our Farmers’ Market, held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday until mid-September. For the remainder of the sum- mer, our Slightly Read Bookshop will be closed during its usual weekday hours, but will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satur- days during the Farmers’ Market. The regular hours for the book- shop will resume after Septem- ber 1. The area’s “best” detectives in our summer reading program, Get a Clue @ Your Library, are encouraged to complete their re- quired reading of eight (8) books in order to receive their prize of a special magnifying glass. The Children’s Room of the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary will celebrate “PA One Book, Every Young Child” during the week of July 30 and will host a very special family story hour at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 2. The featured story will be “A Splendid Friend, Indeed” this year’s book selection for the state-wide program. The chil dren will listen to other stories about friendship, sing songs and perform fingerplays. This event is free and open to all children and each family will receive a signed paperback copy of the book along with book- marks, stickers, and a craft. This program will take the place of the previously scheduled summer reading program, “Get a Clue about History Mysteries”. Parents are invited to attend the Kindergarten Readiness Pro- gram at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6. Although they are not yet ready to attend school this year, you can still have fun preparing your 4-year olds for Kindergarten 2008 with a special “Kindergar- ten, Here I Come!” year-long cal- endar filled with monthly activ- ities to do with your child. You may pick one up at this program in the Children’s Room of the li- teacher with the Dallas School District, will explain the benefits of the calendar and inform par- ents/caregivers of the require ments for kindergarten registra- tion. The calendars run from Sep- tember 2007 to August 2008 and every month contains four weeks of activities, using simple materi- als that will give your child the foundation for positive and hap- py future school activities. Please call the library at 675 1182 to register for either of the above programs. Members of the teen summer book clubs are reminded of their next meetings. Donuts & Discussion mem- bers will meet on Thursday, Aug. 9, to discuss the book, “The Ghost of Cutler Creek” by Cyn- thia DeFelice. Young Adult Discussion group members will next meet on Mon- day, Aug. 13, to discuss the book, “Homecoming” by Cynthia Voigt. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Aug. 4, 1753, 21-year-old George Washington is declared a Master Mason in a Masonic ritual performed by his fellow Freema- sons during a secret ceremony. Washington had been initiated into the Masons in 17752. * On Aug. 5, 1861, the government hands down the first Income Tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861. The tax, which was levied on in- comes over $800, was designed to help fund the Civil War. However, the measure was short-lived, as the government rescinded it in 1872. ® On Aug. 1,1903, the first cross-country automobile trip, from New York City to San Francisco, is completed. The trail was blazed by a Packard, which finished in a mere 52 days. ® On July 31,1916, Louise Smith, NASCAR's first female act, is born. Known as racing's “Good OI" Gal,” she competed in stock-car racing during its decidedly “good ol’ boy” years. A native of Greenville, S.C., Smith raced various Modified, Sportsman and Grand National series events between 1946 and 1956, winning 38 races. ® On Aug. 3,1926, singer Tony Bennett is born Antonio Dominick Benedetto in Queens, N.Y. By 1964, he had 24 top-40 hits under his belt. Bennett continued releasing material throughout the "90s, and in February 2001 he won a lifetime achievement Grammy. e On Aug. 2,1955, “To Catch a Thief,” directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, debuts. The movie, featuring Grant as a former cat burglar suspected of a rash of jewelry thefts and Kelly as a spoiled heiress, won an Oscar for Best Photography. * On July 30,1976, singing star and radio personality Kate Smith makes her last public appearance. She sang her trademark number, “God Bless America,” on a TV program honoring the U.S. Bicenten- nial. Smith launched her first radio show in 1931. She died in 1986. (c) 2007 King Features Synd., Inc. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ¢ Those who have the time to study such things claim that the most difficult small object to flush down a toilet is a ping-pong ball. * Here are some facts that might be interesting to inveterate lot- tery players: A professor of statistics at California State University has determined that you're three times more likely to be killed by a plane falling out of the sky onto you than you are to win a super lottery. If you bought 50 lottery tickets every week, you would win a super jackpot once every 30,000 years. And if you drove one mile for every lottery ticket you bought, you'd have to make the equivalent of 165 round trips to the moon before you won. * Pioneering French fashion designer Coco Chanel lived in a con- vent for a period of time when she was a child. * It's a well-known fact that China is experiencing explosive growth; here's a statistic that might bring that fact home: In the capital, Beijing, an average of 1,000 new cars are added to the roads every day. 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 ” Sy Fo in YR AMER 3 . a oo ae Be CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST "Tis the season for flowers and the flowers at the entrance to this church are not only beautiful, but inviting as well. JULY 29, 1987 20 YEARS AGO Residents of Newberry Es- tates are caught in the middle of a disagreement between the Hawley Television Co., which now serves that section, and Tele-Media Corp. which is busy setting up its own oper- ation in that same sec- tion. New- berry resi dents can expect to be without ca- ble televi- sion for at least another two weeks. The vandalism problem that has caused aggravation to Dallas Borough residents has reared its head again, this time at the Burn- dale Recreation Park. At the Bor- ough Council's monthly meeting last Tuesday, Councilman Byron Griever reported that a table had been smashed and shingles were torn off the roof at the park. Final plans for the construc- tion of a multipurpose physical education building on the cam- pus of Penn State/Wilkes-Barre were approved by the Universi- ty’s Board of Trustees. The 34,066 square foot build- ing is planned for a grassy area near existing playing fields on the campus in Lehman. The complex will include a regula- tion basketball court with fold- ing bleachers, three racquetball courts, a fitness wellness center and locker rooms. ONLY YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO The Acme Supermarket in Dallas received a bomb threat Saturday night, Officer John Fowler of the Dallas Borough Po- lice said, causing the store to close for almost one and a half hours while local police searched the premises. A call came in at 7:30 p.m. at the Acme Warehouse on Welles Street in Forty Fort. The caller informed the guard at the ware- house that a bomb was set to go off in one of the Back Mountain stores. The guard immediately called Fred Leaf, head of security for Acme Warehouses. Leaf then notified Dallas Borough Police. At 7:30 p.m. a clerk in the Dal- las store received another call. The caller stated that there was a bomb in the store set to go off at 9 p.m. The store was immediate- ly evacuated. The Dallas Community Church located on Memorial Highway between Dallas and Harvey's Lake will open a new Dallas Christian School this fall as an alternative to the public school system for families desir- ing a Christian education for their children. Six Sisters of Mercy from Col- lege Misericordia, Dallas, de- parted for New York City as their award for being the top fund rais- ing team in the college’s recent Presidents Associate Campaign. As part of the Misericordia cam- paign, the Sisters raised over $9,000 and were rewarded for their outstanding effort. They are: Sister Catherine Hill, Sister Chrysostom Dougherty, Sister Jeanne Marie Devaney, Sister Ruth Kelly, Sister Marion Joseph Moore and Sister Eloise McGin- ty. The Irem Temple Chanters, a 50-voice male chorus, presented its annual summer concert on the pavilion at Irem Temple Country Club, Dallas. The chan- ters were under the direction of Merle R. Edwards. 40 YEARS AGO The goal for next year’s Ham ‘n Yeggers is $1,000, says Bill Moss, who gleefully reports the take of $635 from this year’s cam- paign to raise money painlessly for the 21st birthday of the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction. Dallas has in its midst a new Variety Store replacing the 5 cents to a dollar items formerly carried in the Ben Franklin on Church Street. A new line has been added to Davis Market, on the Dallas Lake Highway, mak- ing it convenient for shoppers to pick up any small items needed for their households. A busy committee is prepar- ing for the Lake-Lehman band festival which will be held on Au- gust 19 beginning at 12 noon on the Lehman Horse Show Grounds. Mr. & Mrs. Henry Yankowski are general chairmen of the event to raise funds for the prize- winning band. At a dinner honoring Joseph Park Sunday night at The Castle, members of the newly formed Saint Andrews Eastern Ortho- dox Church presented him with an icon of Jesus Christ. 50 YEARS AGO St. Lukes group of Noxen teenagers held a picnic at Wolfe’s Grove on Saturday. Teenagers present were: Sally Keiper, Ruth Williams, Donald Thompson, Phyllis Weaver, Regina Galey, Joan Mae Millan, Donna Meek- er, Alberta and Sharon Goble, Ju- dy Evans, Robert Keiper, Verna and Betty Smith, Jackie Ruff, Robert Terwilliger, Jeff Fieg, Douglas Gross, Sam Pearlman, Joan Raymond, Robert Gregg, Charles Winter and Gary Lewis. Fresh from a special engage- ment at the famous Steel Pier in Atlantic City the Fontane Sisters will appear at Dallas Kiwanis Club Variety Show Monday eve- ning at Irem Temple Country Club. Proceeds will further the work the Dallas Kiwanis Club has undertaken to better serve underprivileged children in the Back Mountain area. W.S.C.S. of Alderson Metho- dist Church was entertained at the home of Mrs. Edgar Hughes on Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Harry Beck and Mrs. William Kelley were assistant hostesses. Movies playing at the Dallas Outdoor Theater included “Joe Butterfly” starring Audie Mur- phy and George Nader; “The Wayward Bus” starring Joan Col- lins and Jayne Mansfield; and “For Whom The Bell Tolls” star- ring Ingrid Bergman and Gary Cooper. 60 YEARS AGO Dallas Township took the championship in the Kiwanis Kids Baseball League this week, defeating Trucksville in two games of a scheduled three- game playoff series. The two teams ended the regular season with identical won-lost records of 82. Members’ of the cham- pionship team are: Earl Lamo- reaux, Paul Jurchak, Robert Har- ris, Robert Bellas, John Roberts Fred Brown, Stephen Flack, Rofl ert Snyder, John Hope and W. Rodman Derr, Jr. John Fowler, Justice of the Peace of Orange, took three first prizes and one second prize with his Modern Game Bantams at the Pottstown Poultry Show. Local horsemen were busy all week preparing their entries for the Irem Show. Seven horses from Pinecrest Stables on Pio- neer Avenue are being shown. Hunters are Van and Kant Delay, owned by Dwight Fisher, and Edward Hartman’s Drill. P.M. Malkemes is showing his five- gaited horse, Colonel's Stz- Dimples, owned by Howard /# derson, is competing in the road hack and horsemanship classes. Percy Brown will enter his walk- er, Dean’s Black Allen, and his grandson, Clyde Davis, is show- ing Trigger. 70 YEARS AGO The first outbreak of the Army Worm since the serious infesta- tion of 1916 was reported to J.D. Hutchinson, county Farm Agent, this week. The pests made their appearance one night on the Ray Searfoss farm at Leh- man and by morning two acres of a mixture of oats and barley were practically destroyed. Four years of effort to clear the titles of lots on the Goss Manor development in Dallas Town- ship came to a successful conclu- sion this week when L.A. McHenry, local real estate man, told 161 owners of Goss lots, as- sembled in Hotel Sterling, of a new plan by which they will § able to retain releases from% old mortgage. DALLAS KNIGHTS DONATE TO ST. JUDE’S HOSPITAL The Dallas Knights of Columbus recently presented a check for $2500 to St. Jude Children's Re- search Hospital. Shown making the presentation, from left, Jerry Schmid, Atty. John P. Moses, chief executive officer of ALSAC; Jack Cacozza, Grand Knight; and Frank Smaka. St. Jude Children's Re- search Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving chil dren with cancer and other cata- strophic diseases. Founded by the late entertainer Danny Thomas and based in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude freely shares its discov- eries with scientific and medical communities around the world. CL
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