PAGE 4 EDITO RIAL Sunday, May 11, 2008 New books find their way to shelves at Back Min. Library The Back Mountain Memorial Library, announces the addition of the following books to their collection: EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Twenty Wishes” by Debbie Macomber, “The Whole Truth” by David Baldacci, “Sunday’s at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson, “Dead Heat” by Joel C. Rosen- berg, “Buckingham Palace Gar- dens” by Anne Perry, “Guilty” by Nathaniel Rich, “Wolf Totem” by Rong Jiang, “Perfect Family” by Pam Lewis, “The Betrayal Game” by David L. Robbins NONFICTION “Solar Power Your Home for Dummies” by Rik DeGunther, “Windows Vista Plain and Sim- ple” by Jerry Joyce & Marianne Moon, “Alaska 2008” by Fodor’s MYSTERY Kaen Robards ib Fisher Boy” by Stephen FICTION BIOGRAPHY “Quicksand” by Iris Johansen, “Maya Angelou: a glorious cel- “Twenty Wishes” by Debbie Ma- brati ya. bv M y Gillesoi comber, “The Whole Truth” by e pa ab lespie David Baldacci, “Hokus Pokus” : by Fern Michaels, “Sunday’s at “Benefits and Rights for Older Tiffany’s” by James Patterson, Pennsylvanians, v Guinness “Dead Heat” by Joel C. Rosen- World Records 2008 berg, “Buckingham Palace Gar- LARGE PRINT dens” by Anne Perry, “Dead of FICTION Night” by JD. , “The Manning “The Miracle at Speedy Mo- Sisters” by Debbie Macomber, tors” by Alexander McCall Smith “Unaccustomed Earth” by Jum- BOOKS ON CD pa Lahiri, “Force of Nature” by “Hold Tight” by Harlan Coben, Suzanne Brockmann, “The “The Whole Truth” by David Bal- Stone Gods” by Jeannette Win- dacci, “Quicksand” by Iris Johan- terson, “The Mayor’s Tongue” by sen Toys on display at library During the month of May, the Back Mountain Memorial Library’s display case will hold the unusual collection of Sue Barnett of Dal- las. Barnett, a retired elementary teacher and college education su- pervisor, is shown here, proudly displaying her assortment of col- orful, stacking toys. As a mother and teacher, she became fascinated with toys that fit together and also teach a variety of skills, such as size, colors and shapes. She has been adding to her collection for the past 45 years, purchasing the toys at flea markets and various sales. She especially loves the alphabet blocks and the cat nesting toys. The round Christmas ball, also one of her favorites, is a Russian piece. When asked why she began this hobby, she exclaimed, “I'm just a kid at heart and enjoy playing with and displaying my toys!” MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On May 14, 1796, English doctor Edward Jenner administers the world’s first smallpox vaccinations by scratching cowpox fluid into the skin of an 8-year-old boy. Doctors across Europe soon adopted Jenner's technique, leading to a drastic decline in the spread of the disease. * On May 18, 1861, newspaper reports recount a tale of how the wife of President Lincoln had taken it upon herself to appoint a stranger -- whom she had met on a train -- to any federal office he desired. The report also noted Mrs. Lincoln dancing with the same man many times at the Inauguration Ball in 1860, and suggested that she had apparently succumbed to his charm and flattery. * On May 16,1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sci- ences hands out its first awards. The Academy officially began using the nickname Oscar for its awards in 1939. The name of the award possibly arose when Academy executive director Margaret Herrick remarked that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. The Dallas Post Community Newspaper Group THE TIMES LEADER 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-970-7440 news@mydallaspost.com Richard L. Connor Dotty Martin PUBLISHER EDITOR 829-7202 970-7440 rconnor@timesleader.com dmartin@mydallaspost.com Christie Delicati ADVERTISING 970-7111 cdelicati@timesleader.com 70 YEARS AGO The inexorable march of time will lay another local institution low soon when the 42-year-old trolley system between Wilkes- Barre and Dallas is abandoned in favor of gasoline buses. Ten years younger than the Bowman's Creek Branch of the Lehigh Val- . ley Railroad, the streetcar line will be severed when the by-pass is constructed at Luzerne, and modern buses will take the place of electric cars. The ills of the world could be cured in one generation if the mothers of the world cooperated toward that end, declared Mrs. Charles H. Frick in an inspiring address at the annual Mother and Daughter Dinner of the Dal- las Junior Women’s Club on Wednesday night. Mrs. Frick stressed the need for queenly qualities in mothers today. Moth- ers must give not only to their children, but also to the commu- nity in which they live to achieve the highest rank of motherhood, she said. 60 YEARS AGO “7 Under a ; & bright blue sky and sur- rounded by all the pag- eantry of spring, youth had its fling yester- day afternoon at May Day exer- cises on Lehman School grounds. Betty Ide, whose ser- vice to the school and outstand- ing spirit of citizenship has made her an outstanding student, was crowned May Queen. Marilyn Williams was her Maid of Honor. First steps in the formation of a Back Mountain Credit Bureau were taken at the sixth meeting of Dallas Business Association Monday night in Back Mountain Memorial Library. Dr. R.M. Bodycomb, chairman of the cred- it control committee, reported that a finance company had of- fered to buy up all delinquent ac- counts of members. This propos- al was tabled and Harry Lee Smith, a member of the commit- ONLY YESTERDAY tee, presented a schedule of rates from Wyoming Valley Credit Bureau and showed how the merchants might use the fa- cilities of that organization. Shortage of hides due to strikes in the major meat pack- ing firms of the country has cur- tailed production at the Noxen plant of Armour Leather Compa- ny. The 200 employees of the Noxen plant, now working on a five-day week, have lost five days of work. Formerly the plant proc- essed many South American hides, but of recent years only domestic hides have been tanned there. 50 YEARS AGO A quick witted Dallas Town- ship mother averted tragedy for her two children shortly after breakfast on Tuesday morning but was herself overcome by coal gas and hospitalized after she had saved them. She is Mrs. Tex Wilson, 29, the former Jean Monk of Dallas. Shortly after she had sent her son, Tex, 6, off to school she went upstairs to look after Kathy, 4, and Teddy, 2. Kathy was so sleepy she refused to get up and lay down on the floor tell- ing her mother, “I'm going to sleep.” Teddy followed suit. Mrs. Wilson sensed something was wrong and thought she smelled gas. She hastened to the cellar to check the furnace and found the cellar filld with blue smoke. She hurried back upstairs but was so nearly overcome that she had only the strength to drag the children, who could not now move, to open a window. After a moment she unhooked the pro- tective gate at the top of the stairs and managed to get the children to the front porch where she called for help before she collapsed. Pat Whittaker will be crowned “Queen of the May” at May Day exercises Tuesday at Dallas- Franklin-Monroe Township School. Attendants are Donna McCrea, May Kingsbury, Nancy Tinklepaugh and Brenda Hoke. Movies playing at the Himm- Man & Beast Steve Dunham is the pied piper of puppies in the Oak Hill area of Lehman Township. He is shown here with just three of his fans, Kelly (Steve’s dog), Abby and Niko. All the dogs love Steve for his gentle spirit, as well as for his vast supply of biscuits. Thank you, Steve, for being a good dog uncle and a great neighbor. RE YOUR PET PI OUR READER Who's your best friend? If your about your pet. Be sure to include very best friend in the whole your telephone number in the wide world is your pet, we want event we have questions. to know about it. Send everything to "Man and Send us a picture of your pet - Beast," c/o The Dallas Post, 15 N. whether it is a lovable puppy, a Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 slimy iguana or a parrot with an or e-mail the picture to us at extensive vocabulary - and we’ll news@mydallaspost.com. share it with readers of The Dal- If you send a picture and would las Post. like to have it returned, please be Tell us your name and address, sure to include a self-addressed/ your pet’s name, his or her age, stamped envelope. his or her breed and anything else We'll publish the pictures in the youd like everyone to know order in which we receive them. CTURES WITH LY ERS ler Theatre, Dallas, included “Decision at Sundown” starring Randolph Scott and John Car- roll. At the Dallas Outdoor The- atre, Lana Turner and Jeff Chan- dler were featured in “The Lady Takes a Flyer” and Sal Mineo was featured in “Dino.” 40 YEARS AGO Dallas Women of Kiwanis have completed plans for a Spring Fashion Show and card party to be held next Tuesday evening at the Eastern Star building on Foster Street, Dal- las. Mrs. Marilyn Gauntlet will present the fashion show at 8 p.m. modeling fashion from the Boston Store. Mrs. Vincent Ro- man is chairman with Mrs. Ed- ward Wilson as co-chairman. Haddonfield Hills is contribut- ing not only to its own beauty, but to the beauty of the entire lo- cal scene by its planting of 100 Japanese cherry trees. Each household is financing its own trees, averaging four apiece. Along the vacant lots, trees were furnished by Robbins. George McCutcheon present- ed the first bound copy of the Sesquicentennial Memory Book to Fred Hennebaul, Huntsville Road, Dallas. Fred was honorary chairman of the Olde Dallas Ses- quicentennial which was held in the Back Mountain area last fall. Mr. McCutcheon was chairman of the Sesqui and a member of the committee that put the Memory Book together. 30 YEARS AGO Bocce ball was one of the most popular games during the Se- nior Citizens Olympics on Satur- day at College Misericordia as men and women formed teams of four to compete against one another. The Outstanding Olym- pian trophy was won by John Amato. Children of Trinity Presbyter- ian Nursery School observed Ar- bor Day by planting a flowering wild crabapple tree in front of the church. Mrs. Nancy O’Dell and Mrs. Audrey Lockhart as- sisted the children. Debbie Karasek placed second in the Junior Women’s Club’s state competition for hand-fash- ioned ensembles. The Dallas High School junior received a certificate of recognition. 20 YEARS AGO Residents in Back Mountain communities have been plagued by water contamination prob- lems recently and in some areas, they have been told not to use the water for drinking or cook- ing. Last week in a routine sur- vey by DER sanitarian Len Ze- lenka, a well in the vicinity of Prince of Peace Episcopal Church was found to be polluted well is property of Pennsylvania Gas and Water. As a precaution- ary measure, residents supplied with water from this well were advised not to use the water un- til further notice. Last Wednes- day Dallas Water Company shut down one of its wells when it was found to contain diochloreoth- en. Final preparations are under- way for the construction of the new playground at Dallas Ele- mentary School. Construction weekend will be May 12 through May 15 with a ribbon cutting cer- emony Sunday at 7 p.m. Plan- ning committee members are: Kathy Millington, Darmar Mo- ravic-Gallagher, Liz Lloyd, Cathy Graham, Mary Blasé, Brooke Blasé and Ruth Tetschn- er. Lake-Lehman Junior High School coaches Phillip Lipski and Thomas Williams presented junior high wrestler Charles Ja- coby with a special plaque in rec- ognition of his 400 wins in com- petitive wrestling for the years 1983/1984 through 1987/19 Jacoby’s record for the enti® time was 400-76-1. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 119 vears old. The wnformation is printed here exactly as i ap- peared in the newspaper years ago. “Probably going to brunch at the Castle Inn.” Isabelle, 10, and Gabrielle, 15, Henry Lehman “I made a card at school. I'm going “Make her dinner and get her flow- breakfast fun." ‘Make my mom dinner. Cooking's Brian Reese, 12 Dallas “We're going to take a family pic- and to probably buy ers and a card.” ture and get her ; her something, Alex Rubbico,13 | a present.” Michael too.” Shavertown Tyler Yang, 9 Joey Irvin, 9 Shavertown Dallas “| made a blanket and | made it on a bag and then | put a head on the bag and put words on the bag. We're going to do breakfast in bed."- Grace “We're going to wait for our dad to think of something.” - Anthony and WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR MOM ON MOTHER'S DAY? Anthony, 10, Michael, 7, and Grace Huntington, 4 Dallas with four compounds, | unless aerated properly.
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