PAGE 4 EDITO RIAL Sunday, September 14, 2008 MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel ¢ On Sept. 16, 1620, the Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for Virginia with 102 passengers. However, stormy weather and navigational errors forced the Mayflower off course, and on Nov. 21 the “Pilgrims” reached Massachusetts. e On Sept. 18, 1793, George Washington lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete. e Sept. 19,1827, after a duel turns into an all-out brawl, Jim Bowie stabs a banker in Alexandria, La., with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. The actual inventor of the Bowie knife, however, was probably not Jim Bowie, but rather his equally belligerent brother, Rezin Bowie. e On Sept. 21,1866, H.G. Wells, pioneer of science fiction, is born in Bromley, England. In 1895, Wells published his classic novel “The Time Machine.” The book was a success, as were his subsequent books “The Invisible Man" (1897) and “The War of the Worlds" (1898). e On Sept. 17,1884, Judge Allen disposes of the 13 criminal cases on his Oakland, Calif., docket in only six minutes. Although he apparently set a new record for speed, defendants in Oakland's criminal court did not stand much chance of gaining an acquittal. In a 40-year peri- od at the turn of the century, only 1defendant in 100 was acquitted. * On Sept. 15,1954, the famous picture of Marilyn Monroe, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent, is shot dur- ing filming of “The Seven Year Itch.” The scene infuriated her hus- band, baseball star Joe DiMaggio, and the couple divorced shortly after. ® On Sept. 20,1973, in a highly publicized “Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, top women's player Billie Jean King, 29, beats Bobby Riggs, 55, a former No. I-ranked men’s player. Riggs, a self-proclaimed male chauvinist, had boasted that women were inferior. King beat Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Volunteers who helped make the final party of the Back Mountain Memorial Library's Summer Reading Program a success are, from left, Kim Konicki, Lake-Lehman High School student who complet- ed her senior project at the library this summer; Ann Crompton, former story hour volunteer; Katelyn Reinert, teen volunteer; Amanda Foote, teen volunteer; Mary Lou Cavanaugh, parent vol- unteer; and Anna Kourey, library staff member. RECORD SET FOR LIBRARY READING PROGRAM In case you didn't get a chance to attend the final party for the Back Mountain Memorial Library's summer reading program “Catch the Reading Bug,” here is some informa- tion that will drive you buggy! There were a record number of children who actually registered and took part in reading and recording of the books read over the summer. The final count was 427 chil- dren, tweens and teens. There was a total of 4,802 books and 162,410 minutes of reading time accomplished by all the participants. There were 12 gummy worms in the jar and the children who guessed correctly were Trey Schappert, Caroline Stal- lard, Leah Gorr and Jacob Taffera. The Monarch butterfly hatched at 1:45 p.m. on July 8 and the winners were Alex Major, Riley Howard and Ryanne Ho- ward. The Red Admiral butterfly hatched at 5 pm. on July 8 and the winners were Sabrina Wilkins, Matthew Major, Nick Major and Katie Supey. Another Red Admiral hatched at 1:45 a.m. on July 9 and the only winner was Sabrina Wil- kins. Both Gulf Fritillary butterflies hatched on July 10, one at 8 p.m. and the other at 8:15 p.m. The winners were Sam Price, Rachel Nelligan, Donnie Thompson, Victoria Barral, Sarah Rood and Alyssa Podskoch. A special prize for parents was donated by the Wilkes- Barre Library District and will be mailed to the parents of Nick and Jake Miscavage. Runners-up parent prizes were awarded to the parents of Jonathan Scintilla, Lauren and Aidan Chapple and Megan Mahle. Janet Bauman, children’s librarian, wishes to thank all the parents, grandparents and caregivers who, day after day throughout the summer, took their children to the li- brary for the program and who meticulously recorded the titles of the books and the minutes read on the reading logs. She also wishes to thank teen volunteer Katelyn Rein- ert for all her help throughout the summer in the Chil- dren's Room and especially for all her assistance with the programs for “Catch the Reading Bug.” Children are reminded that they have until September 26 to collect their bug jars and their reading logs. 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 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Man & Beast Bruno is a10-week old boxer puppy belonging to Misericordia Heather Hoage, of Kingston. Bruno has learned to sit, lie down and fetch - and he's only been in school a few weeks. He also loves to eat and dig in- to anything he can get into. junior 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. County fair a success despite Tropical Storm Hanna Dear editor: On behalf of the Luzerne County Fair and its volunteers, I would like to take this op- portunity to thank everyone who attended the 46th Annual Luzerne County Fair. Even though Tropical Storm Hanna decid- ed to visit us at the fair this year and forced us to close our gates early on Saturday, the safety and well-being of our fair-goers was more important. The 46th Annual Luzerne County Fair was a huge success!!! The Luzerne County Fair is a viable source of income for all of our service clubs who provide continuous community servic- es throughout the year. It has been our goal to provide an affordable, yet memorable, event right here in Luzerne County. Our amphitheatre was full and so many of our kind fair-goers approached us just to say “thank you” and tell us how much they en- joyed sitting and watching the entertain- ment. Our new Ag for Kids Tent was a huge success and so many children have a new flower to care for that they planted all by themselves. ing face - whether it was down on the rides, watching the families sitting in the grass, at the amphitheatre or seeing the little ones eating that ear of corn. It is memories like these that remind us why we will start all over again today for next year. Thank you to everyone who had a part in in helping to create so many fond memories for So many people. ¥ Brenda M. Pugh Luzerne County Fair Secretary/Publicity Everywhere you looked there was a smil- 1938 — 70 YEARS AGO At least 25 owners of sites on Goss Manor, extensive local real estate development, intend to build hemes shortly; a¢eording to L.A. McHenry, president of Dallas Construction Co., which already has four houses under construc- tion. The company plans to start con- struction on ten more homes this winter. There are 629 lots on the Goss and Allen plots and 126 more on adjoining Glendale Manor, formerly Mur- ray Farm. Of these, 440 have been sold. The newly-appointed mem- bers of the Trucksville Fire Com- pany Relief Association met this week and reorganized with De- wey Edwards elected president, Ray Finney, vice-president; Roy- al Lyne, secretary; and George Chambers, treasurer. Albert Groblewski, Jacob Beline and Gene Piatt are the other mem- bers of the board. 1948 - 60 YEARS AGO Miss Bettie Sullivan of Goss Manor, Dallas, has been engaged to introduce the new Commer- cial Department of Lake Town- ship High School. Miss Sullivan is a graduate of Misericordia College. Martha Ann, Horace, Tom and YESTERDAY Jeff McKenzie of Lehman Ave- nue entertained their little neighbors at a “going back to school” party Tuesday after- noon. Present were Keith Yeis- ley, Aileen and Johnny Ferry, Murray Scureman, Lee Culver, Sandra Spout, Holly and Fred Stock, Roberta Williams, Connie and Sandy Hislop, Richard Bodycomb, Brook Evans, Sally Rydler and the McKenzies. 1958 - 50 YEARS AGO An experiment with radar de- tection equipment to determine the speed at which automobiles move along Memorial Highway in Dallas Borough will be con- ducted on Tuesday afternoon by G.F. Fritzen, fleet safety engi- neer of the Pennsylvania Manu- facturer’s Association, in cooper- ation with local police. Movies playing at the Dallas Outdoor Theatre included Walt Disney’s “The Light In The For- est” and “Legend of the Lost” starring John Wayne, Sophia Lo- ren and Rossano Brazzi. At the Sandy Beach Drive-In Theatre, Harvey’s Lake, Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood were featured in “Kings Go Forth.” James Worth was elected pres- ident of the Lake-Noxen Band Association Tuesday night at the first meeting of the year. Earl Crispell is vice president, Mrs. John Zorzi, secretary; and Mrs. Carl Swanson, treasurer. 1968 — 40 YEARS AGO Local A&P stores were featur- ing sirloin and porterhouse steaks for 99 cents a pound, tur- keys for 39 cents a pound, chuck roasts for 69 cents, d. fresh hams for 59 Hs apound. Tom Frantz of Kunkle beat out 45 other contestants in a Demo- lition Derby Sunday on the Herb Harvey Speedway in Lemon, Pa. Tom drove a 1949 Chevrolet. 1978 — 30 YEARS AGO Candidates for Homecoming Queen for Dallas High Schools Homecoming Day Sept. 23 at the Dallas-Wyoming game and the dance that evening are Lisa Kelley, Tina Charney, Denise Walsh, Suzanne Williams, Bar- bara Wallace, Brenda Long and Lisa McCartney. At Franklin’s Family Restau- rant, located at Routes 309 and 415, Dallas, a veal parmigiani dinner complete with spaghetti, salad or cole slaw and hot grilled Grecian bread sold for $2.89. Several Back Mountain resi- dents are active in the planning of the third annual Luzerne County Folk Festival. The festiv- al, Northeastern Pennsylvania’s only full-scale multi-ethnic event, will be held at the 109th FA. Armory in Kingston. Dr. Walter Karpinich, of Dallas, is co-chairman of the event. 1988 — 20 YEARS AGO A fire last week at Harvey's Lake destroyed Joe’s Grotto Bar and restaurant, but owner Joe Pagliante says he will attempt to | rebuild and be back in business by Spring. Harvey’s Lake residents gath- eres towatch last Wednesday as iin ximately 75 fire fighters fought to contain the blaze. The fire was apparently caused by an electrical short from a coin oper- ated vending machine, accord- ing to Harvey’s Lake Fire Chief John Martinson. Rodney Major, of Sweet Val- ley, is the first local resident to win the Grand National 500 Open race for 4-wheelers. Major who has been driving 4-wheelers for about one year won the Grand National Championship ‘ =) in the 500 Open Amateur Class in Tennessee. The race was sponsored by Yamaha, the make Major was driving. “Chameleon Trail,” a new play written and directed by Dallas resident Dr. Robert Stetten, As- sociate Professor of Psychology at Wilkes College, will be pre- miered this Saturday in the Darte Center For the Perform- ing Arts on the corner of South and South River Streets. The performance, which was under- written by a grant from Wilkes as a community-minded cultural activity, is open to the public free of charge. 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 it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN “pt the Cathe- “Living in Aur- “Placing a rine McCauley | family ina ora, Colo., House in shelter; doing | sleeping and | Scranton. We | a shelter in- got a phone heard a plane | take for them. | call. I did had gone off | called my check on my course.” grandmother.” | father in Phi- Judy Silver Tara Joyce ladelphia that Harveys Lake Lake Winola day.” Calvin Forrest Lake Winola ~/ YOU HEARD ABOUT THE ATTACKS ON SEPT. 11, 2001? 5) “Watching Tv “In the car on “Getting off the telephone | at home. | the red-eye in with a suppli- | worried about | Avoca. Our ¢ er. He told me the tower was hit." Joe Stager Franklin Township my niece's husband who worked in the second tower. He survived." Debbie Gill Shavertown daughter, an American Air- lines attend- ant, told sto- ries of the attackers on trial trips they took." Lloyd Ryman Dallas I : / : d i | k : L _ |
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