PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, July 13, 2008 Don't miss final night of the BMT Library Auction We all love a bargain...and since today, Sunday, is the last night of the 62nd Annual Back Mountain Memorial Antiques and New Goods Auction, you will still find many bargains both over the auction block and in the vari- ous booths. Both the Children’s Quilt and a Sue Hand original painting will be up for bidding this evening. Al- so, don’t forget you still have time to purchase tickets for our an- tique walnut desk raffle and also our annual raffle featuring a first prize of $500 cash with other prizes, including tickets to a Penn State football game. The winners will be drawn at 9 p.m. this eve- ning, although you don’t need to be present to win. oe After the excitement of the auc- tion has passed, area residents will have yet another opportunity to save money by visiting our popular “Farmers’ Market,” fea- turing local farmers and their fresh produce for sale here on our library grounds. The Farmers’ Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays beginning Ju- ly 19 and continuing through Sep- tember 27. For parents of the “Catch the Reading Bug” summer reading] program, following is a listing of upcoming special programs occur- ring the next few weeks: "Catch the Etiquette Bug" with Mrs. Jill Kryston will offer children ages 8 through 12 an opportunity to learn table manners, social eti quette and communication skills in association with Defining Man- ners: A school of Contemporary Protocol. There is an $18 fee for this program. The class is scheduled from 1to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15 in the Children’s Room and is limit-| ed to 12 children. Attire for the class is casual dress. “Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock,” a free Storytelling and Craft Hour, will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. or from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday, July 28. All ages are welcome to attend, this fun time in the Children’s| Room. The “Final Party and Program with Kathy Kelchner” will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14, at Frances Slocum State Park, Pavil- ion #3. There is no cost for this par- ty, so plan on attending for certif- icates, refreshments and bug fun! Prizes for the three contests will al- so be awarded at that time. KIDS CAN LEARN MANNERS AT THE LIBRARY “Catch the Etiquette Bug" with Mrs. Jill Kryston and learn ta- ble manners, social etiquette and communication skills in asso- ciation with “Defining Manners: A School of Contemporary Pro- tocol.” The class will be held from 1to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 15, inthe Children’s Room of the Back Mountain Memorial Library in conjunction with “Catch the Reading Bug” summer reading pro- gram. There is an $18 fee for this program, it is geared towards children ages 8 through 12 years of age and is limited to 12 chil- dren. Children will be placed in the class upon pre-payment of the fee at the main desk of the library. Attire for the class is casu- al dress. Call the library at 675-182 for more information. 4 Meadows staff thanks "Market on the Pond’ event volunteers Dear Editor: The volunteers who help at the Meadows Nursing Center are ve- ry special. Whether it’s our Auxi- lians, community service organi- zations, staff, family, friends or neighbors, our annual fundraiser “Market on the Pond” would not be possible without them. We al- so recognize all our sponsors who were able to help. We salute you! On June 14, over 120 vendors were ready to sell their wares by 9 a.m. and thousands of communi- ty members visited this outdoor event to make it an extraordinary success to benefit the 130 resi- dents at the center. Over $13,500 was raised and each and every dollar will be spent to enhance the lives of residents at the Mead- ows. The Auxiliary already plans to sponsor an Outdoor Ice Cream Social in August. This is just the beginning of many good deeds. Without you, the public would not be aware of this event. Thank you so much for “spreading the word.” We are very grateful. We are community! Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER 829-7202 rconnor@timesleader.com 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 Christie Delicati ADVERTISING 970-7111 cdelicati®@timesleader.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com Mon & Beast. Jonathan Scintilla, of Highland Avenue, Trucksville, is shown here with his best friend, Milo, part Dachshund and part Beagle. Milo is so compassionate and fun that he stopped playing with his toy shoe for a moment to comfort his friend. SHARE YOUR PET PICTURES WITH OUR READERS Who's your best friend? If your very 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 telephone 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@mydal- laspost.com. If you send a picture and would like to have it returned, be sure to include a self-addressed/stamped envelope. We'll publish the pictures in the order in which we receive them. 1938 — 70 YEARS AGO Chief Ira C. Stevenson of Har- vey’s Lake is trailing thieves who broke into John Hansen’s Har- vey’s Lake Restaurant early Tuesday morning and escaped with a quantity of cigarettes and some cash from vending ma- chines. The bur- glars broke a pane of glass in the back door, reac- hed inside, YESTERDAY and un- locked the door to gain entrance to the main restaurant. Most of the cigarettes were taken from the storeroom and lost is estimated at about $55. The immediate future of Er- nest Line, high school teacher who has been under fire for a month, rests today with Dallas Borough School Directors, who agreed Wednesday night to de- cide within ten days whether they will drop the charges against Line or continue his hearings in an effort to dismiss him. 1948 - 60 YEARS AGO Senator Andrew J. Sordoni, president of the Common- wealth, Bradford County and Lu- zerne Telephone Companies, has announced the retirement of R.W. Kintzer, vice president and general manager since 1928. Ha- rold G. Payne, assistant general manager, will assume Mr. Kintz- er’s duties. - One of the big features of the Library Auction will be the sale of farm animals and pets ranging from rabbits to registered calves, pheasants, ducks, geese and sheep. One such animal being auctioned is a registered 600- pound boar presented by Col. Henry Pool of Huntsville. The destructive gypsy moth caterpillar is “just about extinct” in Pennsylvania, according to Miles Horst, State Secretary of Agriculture. Appearance of the pest 16 years ago threatened the defoliation of thousands of acres of orchards and forests, but prompt action by State and Fed- eral Departments of Agriculture held infestation to a 650-square- mile area, mainly in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties. 1958 — 50 YEARS AGO Plans are well underway for the Dallas Kiwanis Variety Show and Dance which is to be held at Irem Temple Country Club. Three key people who are engi- neering the show are Frank Mathers III, president of Kiwa- nis; Mrs. Robert Dolbear, presi- dent of Women of Kiwanis; and Jerome Gardner, general chair- man. Receipts will go to support of the program in aid of under- privileged children, a venture which has enlisted enthusiastic support from the community at large. : Esther Williams, glamorous Hollywood star, will be unable to attend this year’s library auction (which begins tonight), but may be a visitor next year when she will be in this vicinity, traveling in the interest of her famous swimming pools. Persons who will be interested in bidding on the Esther Wil- liams Swimming Pool which will be sold at auction on Saturday night can see an exact duplicate at Huntsville Nursery where one is now under construction for Bucky Edwards. Thirty high school boys and girls enrolled in Dallas District's summer school, visited Avoca Airport Tuesday morning, Forty Fort port Tuesday afternoon, un- der the guidance of Anthony Roan and Thomas Parr, instruc- tors. 1968 — 40 YEARS AGO Postmaster General W. Mar- vin Watson announces that a contract has been awarded to build and lease the new post of- fice at Lehman. Located on the east side of Lehman Center — Nanticoke Road, Township of Lehman, the structure will rep- resent an estimated initial in- vestment of $14, 390. Local A&P Stores were featur- ing the following summer pro- duce prices: Bing cherries for 49 cents a pound; California seed- less grapes for 39 cents and pound; three cucumbers for 39 cents; and nectarines for 29 cents a pound. 1978 - 30 YEARS AGO The Harvey’s Lake Lakers, farm league champs of the Hor- lacher Little League, ended the season with a 14-0 record. Team members are Brian Sorber, Todd Ayers, Scott Baker, Doug Doer- fler, David Davis, Jody Hummel, Brent Schuker, Ralph Moku, Dennis Hogan, Joe Aries, Eric Steadley, Bobby Kushke, Bill Da- vis, Chris Deleur, David Jones and Robby Wintersteen. Within the next few weeks, ad- ministrative staff of Dallas School District will move into new offices in the former kinder- garten annex located by the side of Dallas Township Elementary School. The newly-renovated building has been done at a sav- ings of more than $100,000 to the district’s taxpayers. The original estimate submitted two years ago for the remodeling of the building was in excess of $130,000. Over the past eight months the work has been done by CETA workers for only $30,000 cost to the district. All wages of the workers were paid by the federal government with the district paying only for mate- rials. Back Mountain Jay CE) completed their 11th CPR (car- diopulmonary = resuscitation) class for Frances Slocum State Park Rangers and life guards last week. The three-day course was sponsored by the Jay-C-Ettes through the cooperation of the American Red Cross. Class par- ticipants successfully complet- ing the requirements for certifi- cation are Jean Harvey, Colleen Bergevin, Becky Griffiths, Deb- bie Biago, John Pavlick, Charles Heiser, Edward Fritzinger, Fred Rosencrans, Ralph Barkae, Ed- ward Sartin, John Havir, Wilmer Faux, Joe Biago and Tom Haller. 1988 — 20 YEARS AGO Scattered thunderstorms pre- dicted this week are badly need- ed by area farmers who’ are watching their crops wither and their feed prices skyrocket in the worst dry spell this area has seen in years. A few pockets of ‘rain will not be enough, however, to save the sweet corn and other crops that are quickly drying up. What is needed is a good, a ) rain and soon. Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction chairman Dr. John R. Shaskas said Tuesday that the auction was successful in reac- hing its 1988 goal of $75,000. Geralyn Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Williams, Kingston Township, was one of the recipients of the Dallas Fed- erated Women’s Club Book scholarship. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 119 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as # ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “Yes, definite- ly. We're not going very far; “Yes, | can't make it to Vir- ginia to see “We went on vacation in April. So we're we're just go- | my grand- not going any- ing locally.” kids." where.” Kathy Barlow Joe Custalow Barb Mears Dallas Dallas Dallas HAVE GAS PRICES CHANGED YOUR SUMMER VACATION “Yes, they PLANS? | “We don't “No, actually. We just got have. We're travel over the back from not going any- | summer. We're Ocean City, where. I'm making one & Md. But we are | driving an trip to the conserving our | SUV.” Thousand Is- local trips.” Robert Tupper lands, N.Y. for Jackie Heffron Dallas our grandson's wedding, so it doesn’t make a difference.” Kim Ross Dallas i
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