PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, October 5, 2008 Annual Haunted Library returns The Back Mountain Memorial Library’s highly anticipated Haunted Library will once again be ready for visitors...if you dare! The dates of this annual fun- draiser will be October 17, 18 and 19 and the following weekend on October 24, 25 and 26. The hours of the Haunted Library are from 6:30 to 11 p.m. on Fridays and Sat- urdays and from 5 to 9 p.m. on Sundays. This year’s haunting is sure to include scary surprises lurking in every corner and a Halloween craft area will also be available for younger children. Price of admis- sion is $6. Paperbook Room to close temporarily Our Slightly Read Bookshop will remain open during the month of October for its regular hours. However, the downstairs Paperback Room will be tempo- rarily closed beginning on Mon- day, Oct. 6, and will re-open on Monday, Oct. 27, to make room for the Haunted Library. Computer classes return Back by popular demand, com- puter classes will once again be offered at the library. This time, however, the classes will be geared towards those adults who already have a basic knowledge of computers, keyboards and closing and saving documents. These intermediate classes consist of three, two-hour ses- sions and will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 22, Fri- day, Oct. 24, and Wednesday, Oct. 29. Participants must attend all three days to receive their cer- tificate of completion. The class- es are free of charge; however, the required workbook costs $15. This payment is due at the time of registration. Jewelry making class set A class in jewelry making will be held at the library from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Ms. Debbie Rodzinak will in- struct the class on the art of using Austrian crystals to make beauti- ful jewelry. Participants may choose to make either a pair of earrings ($8) or a bracelet ($15). Payment is due at the time of pre- registration. Vegetarian program slated An Introduction to Vegetarian Eating program is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16. This class is free and will include several samples of easy- to-make vegetarian recipes, as well as a discussion regarding the benefits of this healthy-eating lifestyle. Pre-registration (by calling the library at 675-1182) is required for all of the above classes. Don’t wait until the last minute as class size is limited and spaces fill up quickly! Storyhours to begin A reminder for parents who have already registered: Story- hours will begin the week of Oc- tober 12. Sarah Pomfret, right, winner of the Relax & Read summer teen program at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, accepts a $50 gift card to Target from Janet Bauman, children’s librarian. POMFRET WINS RELAX & READ PROGRAM AT LIBRARY Sarah Pomfret, a freshman at Dallas High School, was selected as the winner of the Relax & Read summer teen program at the Back Mountain Memorial Library last week. Pomfret read and reviewed 18 books over the summer and was selected in a random drawing of all those that participated. For her reading efforts, she received a $50 gift certificate from Tar- get. In addition, Pomfret took part in the Young Adult Book Dis- cussion Group that met three times over the summer with Kris- ten Andrews as the moderator. Relax & Read is a teen summer program that allows teens to select and read books of their liking, and then write a short re- view of the books to help other teens select books over the sum- mer. This is the fifth summer that Target has supplied a gift cer- tificate for the program. In addition to being an avid reader, Pomfret is very active in school and the community. She is a member of four clubs, runs cross country, takes piano and art lessons and teaches CCD on the weekends. She resides in Dallas with her parents, Colleen and Doug, and a brother David, who participated in the library's Donuts & Discussion book discussion group for middle school teens. 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 3/ Man & Beast CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST You never know who you'll meet at the Harveys Lake boat launch, especially late at night. Sisters Alex, left, and Jordia Kohl, of Benton, went to watch their father fish for bass and found this unannounced friend - already in his pajamas. Nikko, a friendly Great Dane owned by Bob Makaravage, made quite an impression on the young girls. 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- gg 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. 1988- 20 YEARS AGO Municipal officials from eight Back Mountain communities and officials from two school dis- tricts expressed similar con- cerns on the rapid development in the Back Mountain as those of Back Mountain residents at a dinner meet- ing held at Penn State, Wilkes- Barre last Thursday. Dr. James Ryan, Uni- versity ex- ecutive, told those in the room that the last three years’ growth is only the “tip of the iceberg.” “My guess is that in the next three years we will see the devel- opment increase five to six-fold. Completion of the by-pass will also aid in increased develop- ment like you have never seen,” Ryan told the officials. Dallas Kiwanis Club held in- stallation of new officers at a joint meeting with their wives last Wednesday night at Irem Temple Country Club. New offi- cers installed at the dinner are: John Navich, president, Bob Bossart, 1st vice president, Char- les Kishbaugh, second vice presi- dent, Cliff Parker, treasurer and Reese Pelton, secretary. Dallas Elementary PTO opened the 1988-1989 school year with its first public meeting last week at the Dallas school. Officers are: Liz Lloyd, presi- dent, Nancy Barnard, vice presi- dent, Dee Dee Hoover, treasurer, and Karyn Wentzell, secretary. 1978 — 30 YEARS AGO The Altar and Rosary Society of Gate of Heaven Church will hold its annual card party and fashion show in the school audi- torium next week. Mrs. Edward Thompson is chairman, assisted by Mrs. Paul Gritman and Mrs. John Tinner. On Saturday evening the YESTERDAY award-winning Lake-Lehman High School Band competed at the 4th Annual Band Cavalcade in Harrisburg. Eight bands from throughout the state participa- ted in the event with the Lake- Lehman Band winning a first place trophy. Again on Sunday night, they captured three additional first place trophies when they partici- pated in a Field Show competi- tion at the Coughlin Red and Blue Club’s 6th Annual Band Contest at Wilkes-Barre stadi- um. The categories were March- ing and Maneuvering, Band Front and Overall Competition. “Bud” Bolinski of Dallas was elected president of the Dallas Baseball Association at its elec- tion meeting Monday night at the Dallas Legion home. Bolin- ski, who will lead the Associ- ation for the 1979 season, suc- ceeds Robert Law, also of Dallas, who did not aspire for reelection. Other officers, all of whom were reelected Monday night are Jo- seph Kelley, vice president; Tom Bagley, secretary; and Jim Tho- mas, treasurer. 1968 —- 40 YEARS AGO A pair of borrowed boots may have saved the life of a former resident of Dallas. Jim Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Davis, Parrish Street, was hunting on state game land No. 57 in the Noxen Mountain area early Sat- urday morning when a rattle- snake struck the toe of his boot. With three other companions, Bob Long, Vince Hudak and Bill Misson, Davis was able to un- lodge the 49 inch snake and kill it with stones. The boots, loaned by Davis’ brother-in-law, Jack Fowler, Huntsville Road, Dallas, were a trifle long and are credited with having spared Davis from what easily could have been a disas- trous situation. According to the men, the snake had a firm hold on the boot and Davis had diffi- culty shaking it off. People intent on seeing the new annex to the Dallas Senior High School began arriving Sun- day afternoon long before the an- nounced opening time for the Open House, but they were per- mitted to enter, Thomas H. Jen- kins unlocking the doors. The High School principal proudly displayed the expanded area in the cafeteria, calling at- tention to new lighting which lit- erally put the lighting of the orig- inal cafeteria in the’shade. In ad- dition, the cobbled courtyard was roofed over, the space now providing housing for a large lec- ture hall and the needed addi- tion to the cafeteria. 1958 — 50 YEARS AGO Employees of Raymond R. Heddon, contractor, are putting the finishing touches on the ex- terior of the $123,750 Sunday School building being built for Dallas Methodist Church. Charlene Makar, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Makar, New Goss Manor, will appear in New York in October, when she dances at Madison Square Gar- den in a group of twenty-four dancers trained by Sammy Tre- mont, for benefit of the Chil- dren’s Foundling Home. Char- lene’s group took second place August 16, on the Ted Mack Show. Kleetal’s Majesty, a male dach- shund owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lizdas of Oak Crest Ken- nels, Lake Silkworth, won best dog in show at the Bloomsburg Fair this year. 1948 —- 60 YEARS AGO Shavertown Police Chief Louis Banta reported that thieves entered a chicken house on a farm on Carverton Road and stole 300 chickens. 200 were sto- len one night and 100 the next and they are under surveillance. Ken Grose, for the past three years manager of the parts de- partment for Oliver Motors, ‘Kingston, has embarked in the service station business near the Old Toll Gate on Memorial Highway at Trucksville. The new station, built by Joe Blaze, is one of the most modern and complete in this area and han- dles a complete line of Mobil products including tires and bat- teries. Ken calls his service sta- tion “Ken Grose’s Friendly Ser- vice.” : “1938 = 70'YEARS AGO” The jinx Which has delayed the Luzerne by-pass time after time is still functioning. This week Yeo Construction Compa- ny which has the contract to build the new highway, halted work on the first of the two bridges because workmen struck a bed of treacherous quicksand, near the Union Street bank of Toby’s Creek. Engineers of the State High- way Department were notified immediately and examined the go situation. It is expected worlél) will be resumed in a day or two, but it will be necessary to sink test piles to see how deep the quicksand is before the bridge abutment can be built. Good citizens both, Ellen Fer- guson, 95, and her brother Ira B. Sorber, 91, residents of Lake Township, walked six miles down a winding mountain road to register so they can vote in November. Staunch Republi- cans, they expect to see Judge Arthur H. James elected. Kingston Township High School pupils have chosen their new cheerleaders as follows: Whitie Dieter, Wilma Hunt, Mar- garet Davis, Richard Jones, Joan Conway, Marion Jones, Robert Jones, Warren Meacham and William Deiter. 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. WHO DID A BETTER JOB DURING THE PRESIDENT “Obama was | “They both “Obama did more person- | brought up better. He was able and he good points.” | more artic- seemed to mike Pevear | Ulate and well connect with Trucksville | rounded.” the people Jeff Trumm better.” Shavertown Wendy Rogers Dallas “Obama - his answers were “McCain - he was very con- IAL DEBATE? “McCain, slightly, be- clearer and fident and cause he has a more concise.” | seemed very voting record | ‘sam Guzzo | Sincere.” to support his Dans Karen williams | positions.” Trucksville Bob Magnotta Trucksville
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