*PAGE 4 Sunday, August 3, 2008 New books on library shelves The Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dal- las, announces the addition of the following books to its collection: JULY 2008 EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Nothing to Lose” by Lee Child, “Tribute” by Nora Roberts and “Death Angel” by Linda Ho- ward FICTION “Nothing to Lose” by Lee Child, “Tribute” by Nora Roberts, “The Dangerous Days of Daniel X” by James Patterson, “Death Angel” by Linda Howard, “Chas- ing Harry Winston” by Lauren Weisberger, “The Quilter’s Homecoming” by Jennifer Chia- verini, “The New Year’s Quilt” by Jennifer Chiaverini and “Domes- tic Affairs” by Eileen Goudge NON-FICTION “Moving Forward” by David J. Pelzer, “Relentless Pursuit” by Kevin Flynn, “Zen and the Art of Pond Building” by D.J. Herda, “House Beautiful Design & Dec- orate: Living & Dining Rooms” by Tessa Evelegh, “House Beauti- ful Design & Decorate: Kitchens” by Emma Callery and “From- mer’s Kauai” MYSTERY “Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues” by Blaize Clements BOOKS ON CD “Tailspin” by Catherine Coul- ter, “Rogue” by Danielle Steel, “The Monster of Florence” by Douglas Preston and “I am Amer- ica” by Stephen Colbert YOUNG ADULT “The Disappeared” by Gloria Whelan, “The Séance” by Iain Lawrence, “Up Close: Thurgood Marshall” by Chris Crowe, “Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow” by James Sturm, “Climb- ing the Stairs” by Padma Venka- traman, “The Joys of Love” by Madeleine L'Engle, “Nick of Time” by Ted Bell and “Lamp- lighter” by D.M. Cornish DVDs “Elizabeth, the Golden Age,” “Across the Universe,” “August Rush,” “Star Wars Attack of the Clones,” “The Assassination of Jesse James,” “Spiderman 3” and “The Great Debaters” BOOKS ADDED AT LIBRARY TO MEMORIALIZE OTHERS The Back Mountain Memorial Library announces the addition of new memorial books for the month of July 2008. In memory of Bessie Ide, “Sight and Spirituality in Early Netherlandish Paintings" by Bret Louis Rothstein, presented by GFWC of Harveys Lake. In memory of Adolph “Whitey” Grabenstetter, “Great Land- scape Evergreens” by Vincent A. Simeone, presented by Charlyn Richards, Jackie Martin, Bev Sayre, Toni Kravits and Ro Kravits. In memory of Lt. Col. William Cushner USAF Ret., “US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Pacific War" by Louis B. Dorny, pre- sented by Bill and Joanne Runner. In memory of Jack Cavanaugh, “Jimmy's Stars” by Mary Ann Rodman and “Six Innings: A Game in the Life" by James Preller, presented by Nicole and Carly Cavanaugh. The following books are in memory of Nancy -Kozemchak and are presented by the Clifford Kozemchak Family: “Timothy and the Strong Pajamas” by Viviane Schwarz; “Hello, Day!" by Anita Lobel; “Christopher Counting” by Valeri Gorbachev; “Don't Worry Bear" by Greg Foley; “Dog and Bear: Two's Compa- ny" by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; “Dirty Rotten Bugs?" by Gilles Bo- notaux; “What to Do about Alice?” by Barbara Kerley; “She Tou- ched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer” by Sally Hobart Alexander. MOMENTS The History Channel IN TIME ® On Aug. 6,191, Lucille Ball, destined to become one of America's most beloved comic actresses, is born near Jamestown, N.Y. Her long career began in 1933 when she was hired as the Chesterfield cigarette girl and was featured in all the company’s advertisements. * On Aug. 10,1948, TV classic “Candid Camera,” produced and hosted by Alan Funt, debuts. The show featured unsuspecting people captured in their natural, bemused responses to comic setups. “Can- did Camera” ran on network television from 1948 to 1950, again in 1953, and again from 1960 to 1967. ® On Aug. 7,1959, the U.S. unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6 is launched into orbit around the Earth. The spacecraft transmitted a crude picture of the Earth's surface from a distance of 17,000 miles. The photo took 40 minutes to transmit. * On Aug. 8,1974, President Richard M. Nixon announces his in- tention to become the first president in American history to resign. With impeachment proceedings under way against him for his in- volvement in the Watergate affair, Nixon was finally bowing to pres- sure from the public and Congress to leave the White House. * On Aug. 5,198, President Ronald Reagan begins firing 1,359 air-traffic controllers striking in violation of his order for them to return to work. In addition, he declared a lifetime ban on the rehiring of the strikers by the Federal Aviation Administration. ® On Aug. 9,1995, Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, dies of a heart attack just days after his 53rd birthday. Garcia helped form the psychedelic rock group in 1965 and toured with it for more than 30 years, developing a tremendously loyal fan following. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ® Yes, Barbie has a last name. It's Roberts. * Director Wes Craven reportedly named the character Freddy Krueger, from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” horror films, after a kid who had bullied him in school. * Next time you feel a yawn coming on, you might want to be careful: Those who study such things say that if your yawn is too wide, you could break your jaw. Also, if you stretch while you yawn, you could dislocate your shoulder. * A15th-century man named Lodovico Cortusio evidently hated any and all expressions of grief. In fact, he forbade anyone to mourn at his funeral after his death on July 17,1418. In his last will and testa- ment, he specified that the person who laughed the most at his funeral would inherit the most, while anyone who cried would be disinherited. 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 EDITORIAL a a Fl SE Man & Beas dinin Ginger loves to spend time with his best friend, 8-month-old Joshua Crawford. Ginger is a year and ah alf old and is a Biewer Yorkshire and Shih-Tze mix. Joshua has an older brother, Joseph, 21 months old, and lives in Canada. It's a real pleasure when they all visit Grandpa and Grammie (Albert and Lorraine) Steinhauer in Harveys Lake. 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 Publication was suspended briefly last Friday afternoon while Post employees lit ciga- rettes with trembling fingers and collected their wits. Dignified members of the press jumped out of their skins Avenue of ) fice of The Post when a terrific bolt of lightning traveled down a wet tree and struck the shut off valve of a water main on the lawn of R.H. Rood, just across the street. With a blinding flash and a hearty explosion, the bolt dug a two-foot hole in the sod and knocked the shut off valve from the pipe, throwing a hail of grav- el and metal particles onto The Post’s front porch. The thrill was more costly than it first appeared for the same flash of lightning blew a fuse in the Linotype ma- chine, causing damage to the amount of twenty-four dollars. Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theatre in Dallas included “Three Comrades” starring Rob- ert Taylor and Margaret Sulli- van, “Kentucky Moonshine” starring the Ritz Brothers; “Over The Wall” starring Dick Foran; and “Kidnapped” starring Fred- die Bartholomew and Warner Baxter. Back Mountain folks are urged to attend a community hymn sing to be held next Monday night at the Roaring Brook MLE. Church. The meeting, in charge ‘of Carl Brandon and Bob Sutton, who will give some specialty mu- sical numbers assisted by the Belles sisters, is scheduled to start at 8 PM. ONLY YESTERDAY 1948 - 60 YEARS AGO Traffic signals recently in- stalled in Kingston Township at Center Street, Shavertown, and Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, were put into operation on Au- gust 1. Members of the Executive Board of the Back Mountain Me- morial Library met at the library last Tuesday night and heard Henry Peterson, treasurer, re- port that the receipts from the li- brary’s two-day auction will ex- ceed $4,500. The Board voted to buy five U.S. Savings Bonds until conditions are better for expan- sion. Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department will hold an ice cream social at Norris’ Glen Thursday evening from 7-10. Home made ice cream and cake, coffee and soda will be served by the firemen. A “Guess Cake” baked by Mrs. Edward Kropp will be the featured attraction of the evening. Five cents will be charged for each guess. With Gert Kropp secluding the un- known article, every one will have to sharpen his wits as the article hidden in the cake may be anything from a mustard seed to the Brooklyn Bridge. 1958 - 50 YEARS AGO Five different names, among them North Mountain and Back Mountain, were proposed for the latest school jointure at a meet- ing held Friday evening at the Lake-Noxen school for formal or- ganization of Lehman-Jackson- Ross and Lake-Noxen schools. Charles Williams, president of Lake-Noxen, made a strong ar- gument in favor of Harvey’s Lake Area Schools, contending that Harvey’s Lake is well-known all over Pennsylvania. The point was favorably re- ceived, but the motion was lost. Lehman, as the place where the large high school is located, and where the main office will be housed, will be the mailing ad- dress for the larger jointure. Di- rectors felt confusion would be inevitable. A compromise saw both larger districts recognized in the name Lake-Lehman Area Joint Schools. “It isn’t when the women pull your hair, it’s when they twist it that it really hurts,” Irwin Cool- baugh ruefully explained, as he exhibited fingernail dents in his arms Monday morning to the staff at the Dallas Post, after helping quell a riot at Beaumont Inn Saturday night. “Stockings and shoes all over the place, underwear, women yipping and yelling, men fight- ing all over the lawn...took an hour to get the place quieted down. Women kept hitting us over the head with their hand- bags, kicking our shins and gouging and scratching. Proba- bly weren’t more than 100 folks in the scrimmage, but it looked like at least 300, they changed places so fast.” The fight is believed to have started when some unknown as- sailant knocked James Kane's wife to the ground, then it spread in all directions. 1968 — 40 YEARS AGO A fifteen year old Sweet Valley girl will tour Europe for two weeks in August with the East- ern District Youth Chorale. Miss Jolene K. Shaw, daughter of Jo- sephine and Wilbur Shaw, was accepted as amember of the cho- rale after auditioning in April during a two-day Christ Ambas- sadors Convention of the Assem- blies of God in Harrisburg. One of the high points of the Jonathan R. Davis Fire Company Horse Show this weekend will be the awarding of a lovely Shet- land pony as a gate prize on Sun- day. “Black Beauty” is a well- schooled young Shetland that any boy or girl could be proud to own. 1978 — 30 YEARS AGO Former grid stars at Dallas Ar- ea and Lake-Lehman High School will play a big part in to- night’s 27th annual Unico Club East-West All-Star game to be held at Wyoming Area stadium. They will play for the West un- der coaches Jack Jones of Dallas Area and Rich Gorgone of Lake- Lehman. Unico uses proceed, from the game for its work wi } mentally retarded of the region. Area gridders on the squad in- clude Jim Spencer, Jim Naylis, Mark MacDougal, Dana Sutliff and Bert Balliet, Lake-Lehman;; and Vince Sodrosky, Charlie Fal- cone, Doug Smith, Bernie She- rin, Steve Asby, Mike Culver, Dave Gramps, Billy Gray, and Jim Thomas, Dallas Area. The Harvey’s Lake Lions will hold their annual “chicken bar- becue” Sunday at Hanson's Amusement Park, Harvey's Lake. Members of the “Bar-B- Que” committee are Maurice La: moreaux, Tom Smith, Cal McHose, Lee Bicking, Tom Jes- so, Carl Schreiner and Charles Batka. William Connolly, former Mayor of Harvey's Lake, was honored at Irish Day, at Hanson’s Park on Sunday. The event is sponsored by the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and was chaired by Tom Rushton. 1988 - 20 YEARS AGO Florence Stella, of Dallas, w a1988 Ford Escort in a raffle held” by the Back Mountain Library Auction. The 42nd annual auc- tion was highlighted by the new car give-away. The Wyoming Valley Unit of the American Cancer Society an- nounced that Greg Weaver, of Dallas, was the winner of a 10 speed bike awarded recently during the Ride to Stop Cancer. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held recently at 18 Country Road in Shavertown to com- memorate the opening of Small Wonders-Back Mountain. Small Wonders-Back Mountain will service the day care needs of par- ents on the Back Mountain. The center will officially open on September 6. 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