PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, July 6, 2008 BOOKS HONOR LOVED ONES The following memorial books have been added to the shelves at the Back Mountain Memorial Library for June 2008. In memory of Fred A. Crake, “American Earth” edited by Bill McKibben, presented by Christina C. Urban. In memory of Paige Hardwick, “Chester” by Ayano Imai, pre- sented by Kathy Millington; and “Not Afraid of Dogs" by Susanna Pitzer, presented by Kathy Millington. In memory of Olive Phillips, “Audition: A Memoir" by Barbara Walters, presented by Mimi M. Lines. In memory of Olive K. Phillips, presented by Ann W. Russin: “Augustus and His Smile” by Catherine Rayner, “All But Alice” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, “The Eye Book” by Theo LeSieg, and “Full House: An Invitation to Fractions” by Dayle Ann Dodds. In memory of Spencer Martin, “Letters from a Desperate Dog" by Eileen Christelow and “The Wishing Club: A Story about fractions” by Donna Jo Napoli, presented by The Zikor Family. In memory of Maria Alexander, “Dog Heaven" by Cynthia Ry- lant, “Library Lion” by Michelle Knudsen and “Together” by Jane Simmons, presented by Laurie M. Ayre. In memory of Carol King, “Alaska” by Fred Hirschmann, pre- sented by Jean and Paul Rodda. In memory of Francis Baluh, “Chevrolet Corvair Photo Histo- ry” by Monty Montgomery, presented by Joan Bealla. In memory of my dad, Walter Yakabovicz, “Lisey's Story" by Stephen King, presented by Mary Wargo. In memory of Olive Phillips, “Your Home, a Living Canvas" by Curtis L. Heuser, presented by Leslie Alexander Drayer and “House Beautiful: 500 Sensational Ways to Create Your Ideal Home" by Kate Sloan, presented by Jim and Jean Alexander. In memory of Mary Croop, “Baby Rhyming Time" by Linda L. Ernst, presented by Pat and Ron Wenrich, Janice and John Be- bey and Chris and Dave Sutton. In memory of Nancy Kozemchak presented by The Clifford Kozemchak Family: “Digby Takes Charge” by Caroline Jayne Church, “A Crocodile Grows Up" by Amanda Doering Tourville, “A Visitor for Bear” by Bonny Becker, “The Easter Bunny That Overslept” by Priscilla & Otto Friedrich, “The Searcher and Old Tree" by David McPhail, “Yoga Bear: Yoga for Youngsters” by Karen Behan Pierce, “Good Enough to Eat” by Brock Cole, “The Moffats"” by Eleanor Estes In memory of Judy Legg Panagakos presented by Newark and Judy Legg: “Tracy's First Day" by Marleen Wijnants, “Dis- ney's The Lion King: The Pal Patrol”. “Starting with Alice” by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, “Everybody Hates First Girlfriends” by Felicia Pride, “Frindle” by Andrew Clements, “Trouble at Camp Treehouse” by Carolyn Keene and “The Hardy Boys: Double Jeopardy” by Franklin W. Dixon : / In honor of Scott Henry on his 50th birthday, “In the Ring: The Trials of a Washington Lawyer” by Robert S. Bennett and “Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History" by Theodore C. Sore- nsen, presented by Jean R. Hughes MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel ® On July 7,1852, according to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes’ friend and biographer Dr. John H. Watson is born. Coincidentally, Conan Doyle died on this day in England in 1930 at the age of 71. ® On July 12,1862, President Abraham Lincoln signs into law a measure to award a U.S. Army Medal of Honor. Since its creation, almost 3,400 men and one woman have received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in U.S. military conflict. * On July 13,1938, Massachusetts Television Institute opens a “television theater” in Boston. The first show broadcast singers, musicians and dancers who were performing in a studio above the auditorium. In the theater below, the audience viewed a black-and- white image on a 9-by-12-inch screen. ® On July 9,194, crackerjack British cryptologists break the "un- breakable" Enigma secret code used by the German army to direct ground-to-air operations on the Eastern front. The Brits nicknamed the intercepted messages Ultra. e On July 1,195], disc jockey Alan Freed starts his new job as host of a rhythm and blues radio show in Cleveland he called “The Moon- dog House.” The legendary DJ had to stop using his popular “Moon- dog” moniker in 1954 when a blind New York City street musician who had recorded “Moondog Symphony” won a court battle that stripped Freed of the ability to use the name. ® On July 8,1960, CIA pilot Francis Gary Powers, shot down two - months earlier while flying a secret mission over Moscow, is charged with espionage by the Soviet Union. On Aug. 17, Powers was sen- tenced to 10 years in prison, but was released two years later in ex- change for high-ranking Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver e Actress Sharon Stone, of “Basic Instinct” fame, is a member of Mensa, the most famous high-IQ society in the world. * It's been reported that when Mexican revolutionary Gen. Pancho Villa was assassinated in 1923, his final words were, “Don't let it end like this. Tell them | said something.” * Ever wonder where the term “cocktail” for an alcoholic beverage came from? One possible explanation is that a barmaid was fed up with the plain, dull appearance of the tavern she worked in, so she decided to add some color by putting up roosters’ tail feathers. Tak- ing his cue from the decorations, one of the patrons asked for a cocktail, and the barmaid served him a drink with feathers in it. * |f you happened to be in Los Angeles’ Griffith Park on April 19 of this year, you probably ran across the Grilled Cheese Invitational, an annual event since 2003. Winners included sandwiches with such names as the Moon Unit, the Fresh Quez, Yo Mamma's Special, Cake and Mivens and the Short Rib and Tallegio Grilled Cheese w/Apricot Caper Puree. o00 Thought for the Day: “If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to inci- vility and procrastination.” -- Thomas De Quincey The Dallas Post www.mydallaspost.com Community Newspaper Group THE TIMES LEADER 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-521 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 7 rR aN ~ CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST Man & Beast Diana Yaskiewicz, of Kunkle, holds her 6-year-old poodle, “Lucy.” Yas- kiewicz says Lucy, who loves her bones and toys, is an excellent watch dog. SHARE YOUR PET PICTURES WITH OUR READERS Who's your best friend? If your ve- ry best friend in the whole wide world is your pet, we want to know about it. Send us a picture of your pet - whether it be a lovable puppy, a slimy iguana or a parrot with an extensive vocabulary - and we'll share it with readers of The Dallas Post. Tell us your name and address, your pet's name, his or her age, his or her breed and anything else you'd like everyone to know about your pet. Be sure to include your tele- phone number in the event we have questions. Send everything to "Man and Beast," c/o The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 1871 or e- mail the picture to us at news@my- dallaspost.com. If you send a picture and would like to have it returned, be sure to in- clude a self-addressed/stamped en- velope. We'll publish the pictures in the or- der in which we receive them. New books on shelves at Back Mountain Library The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, for the month of June 2008. EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Fearless Fourteen” by Janet Evanovich, “Not in the Flesh” by Ruth Rendell, “Married Lovers” by Jackie Collins, “The Broken Win- dow” by Jeffery Deaver, “Rogue” by Danielle Steel, “The Third Circle” by Amanda Quick, “The Sand Castle” by Rita Mae Brown, “Tail- spin: an FBI thriller” by Catherine Coulter FICTION NON-FICTION “Fearless Fourteen” “Not in the Flesh” by Ruth Rendell, “Married Lovers” by Jackie Collins, “The Broken Win- dow” by Jeffery Deaver, “Rogue” by Danielle Steel, “The Tenth Gift” by Jane Johnson, “Comfort Food” by Kate Jacobs, “Skeletons at the Feast” by Christopher A. Bohjalian, “The Sand Castle” by Rita Mae Brown, “Tail- spin: an FBI thriller” by Catherine Coulter, “Love the One Youre With” by Emily Giffin “Stolen Innocence” Assassin’s Accomplice” by Kate Clifford Lar- by Janet Evanovich, son, “What Happened” by Scott McClellan, “Nixonland” by Rick Perlstein YOUNG ADULT “The Humming of Numbers” by Joni Sensel, “Gabriel's Journey” by Alison Hart BOOKS ON CD : “Not in the Flesh” by Ruth Rendell, “Sun- days at Tiffany’s” by James Patterson, “Com- pulsion” by Jonathan Kellerman, “Farewell, My Subaru” by Doug Fine, “Phantom Prey” i by John Sandford, “Married Lovers” by Jack- by Elissa Wall, “The Deaver ie Collins, “The Broken Window” by Jeffery 1938 — 70 YEARS AGO A route for a three mile con- crete link on Route 92, between Dallas and Tunkhannock, was agreed upon tentatively this week at a conference of the Wyoming County Commission- ers and engineers of the State Department of High- ways. Ever since the ) last concrete stretch was completed last year of- ficials have been considering alternate routes for the next links, which will connect: the present con- crete highway at Evans Falls with the Noxen highway at Lutes’ Corners. Movies playing at the Shaver- town Theatre included “Crash- ing Hollywood” starring Lee Tracy; “Tip Off Girls” starring Mary Carlisle and Lloyd Nolan; and “College Swing” starring Martha Raye, George Burns and Gracie Allen. ONLY YESTERDAY 1948 - 60 YEARS AGO Representing more than 150 active workers for Back Moun- tain Memorial Library Auction to be held on July 10, committee heads met Sunday at the library to hear preliminary reports and map final strategy in their cam- paign to fill the barn with new and used merchandise for the auction. Committee heads in- cluded Mrs. Phyllis Smith, Mrs. John Doane, Mrs. Thomas Shel- bourne, Mrs. -A.D. Hutchison, Miss Mary Weir, Mrs. Daniel Robinhold, Mrs. Lettie Culver, Mrs. Robert Van Horn, Mrs. Nor- ti Berti, Henry Peterson, Al Gibbs, Daniel Robinhold, Harry Ohlman, Durelle Scott, Paul Warriner, Mrs. Fred Howell, Miss Marian Lathrop, Mrs. Har- ry Ohlman, Mrs. Howard Hen- dricks, Howard Risely, John Cor- liss, James Hutchison and Mur- ray Scureman. Great news for every Back Mountain boy is the announce- ment that Trucksville Firemen will conduct a soap box derby in connection with their annual fair on July 22, 23 and 24. This will be the first time a soap box derby has been held here and members of the Derby Committee, headed by Dr. George Flack and Thomas Shelbourne, are confident that more than 100 boys between the ages of 9 and 14 inclusive will take part. 1958 — 50 YEARS AGO It was indeed timely that dur- ing this past week, which marked Independence Day and the ninety-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the ex- istence in the Back Mountain ar- ea of a veritable treasure-trove of Civil War: lore. should be re- vealed. The discovery was prompted by the June 13 column in the Dal- las Post in which the Oldtimer asked if any records existed of men from Dallas area who had fought in the Civil War. It was learned that perfect records do exist; they are among the me- mentoes of Captain Daniel Mor- ton, of J.J. Whitney Post 339, G.A.R., which are in the posses- sion of his grandson, Daniel Shaver of Shavertown. 1968 — 40 YEARS AGO The Library Auction Antiques Committee has two life mem- bers, Miss Frances Dorrance and Mrs. Fred Howell. Both women were in large measure responsib- le for the first Library auction, a project which was looked upon by the community in the light of a rummage sale...until the re- turns from the auction were an- nounced. Instead of $1,000 which had been the goal, the fig- ure shot well past the $3,000 mark, and the Library Auction at once be the figure shot became a summer fixture in Back Moun- tain life. The anticipated return of a motorcycle gang, “The War- locks,” who invaded old Sandy Bottom a week ago from Phila- delphia, failed to materialize on Sunday and there is a strong pos- sibility that the visitors may not make another appearance here. According to eyewitness reports the gang members did go in swimming with their clothes on but there was no other act com- mitted which would necessitate an arrest. 1978 — 30 YEARS AGO Dallas Women of Rotary held installation of officers last Thursday at the Irem Temple Country Club. Mrs. Kay White- head was installed as president. Other officer installed included Mrs. Joann Freeman, first vice- president; Mrs. JoAnn Hall, sec- ond vice-president; Mrs. Nancy Slocum, treasurer; Mrs. Ann Do- wey, recording secretary; and Mrs. Jessie Anzalone, corre- sponding secretary. The following newly elected officers were installed at the Dal- las Rotary dinner Thursday night at Irem Temple Country Club: Jack McCain, president; Rev. Andrew Pillarella, vice- president; Fred Dingle, treasur- er; and Carl Henderson, secreta- Winners and runner-up en- tries in the Dallas Recreation Center horseshoe tournament are Lori Brokenshire, Jonathan Dombek, Mark Richardson, Christine Shalata, Kelly Saba, Jill Radzinski, John Maniskas and Mark Farrell. 1988 — 20 YEARS AGO Boil water advisories and ‘a water use ban have been rei stated following what appears {gg be a deliberate assault on the Sal- la Well, the largest supply well in the Dallas or Shavertown Water Companies, last Friday night. Thanks to the volunteer fire companies who worked around the clock from the early hours of Saturday morning until late that night filling the water company’s storage tanks, nearly all of the 17,000 customers of the Shaver- town and Dallas Water Compa- nies had water within a matter of hours. Priscilla Allison, of Dallas, has been named Acting Director of Academic Affairs at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. Pro- fessor Allison succeeds Dr. Da- vid Rice. Mrs. Allison, assistant professor of speech communica- tions, has been a faculty member at the campus since 1965. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 119 vears old. The wmformation is printed here exactly as # ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “Sue Hand. | jal SOUR TE PART FAVOR] “The junk yard “The food. think she John Dymond | and the book makes the Fraveriown Ltent” auction.” Dorothy Casey Elizabeth Dymond Shaver iown Shavertown OF T “| enjoy the HE LIBRARY “The books AUCTION? “I like when | flower section, | and the food. | pk of course the | also like to 2 the food and the | make sand art. | auctioneers at arts and | like every- the children’s crafts.” thing.” auction.” 4 Emily Jenkins Lauren Cunius Cordie Braun Shavertown Shavertown : Dallas am 1 § "
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