PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, February 22, 2009 Library offers Book Club The month of February is al- most behind us and that means that spring will soon be ap- proaching (even if the weather outside doesn’t agree!) The Back Mountain Memorial Library is ready to help you, though, with any remaining symptoms of cabin fever. If youre craving something brand new to read, be sure to browse the bookcases directly in front of the library check-out desk. There, you will find our most current titles of new books, including both fiction and non- fiction best-sellers. We also offer memorial/honor books that have been purchased by patrons in memory of or in honor of a friend or family mem- ber. There is a special nameplate - on the front page of the book, in- cluding the person being honor- ed and also the donors’ names. Purchase of these books not only helps the library, but is a wonder- ful way to pay tribute to a special person. (Contact the library for more information on this ser- vice.) Our special Book Club shelf is also located in the front area of the library. These books are spe- cially selected and provided only to Book Club members who have paid membership dues to belong to this Book Club. These choice books also include current titles that the Book Club committee has requested. Membership dues of $15 for an individual or $20 for two people are paid annually. All books in the above-listed categories have a circulation peri- od of two weeks. However, if you are a speed reader, or just “can’t put that book down” type of person, you may be interested in books on our Express Loan shelf where select- ed books may be checked out for only one week with no renewals. This is an excellent way to secure those popular best-sellers earlier without waiting the two-week pe- riod for them to be returned to the library. A patron is permitted to check out only two books from each of the above categories during any one visit to the library. Parents of toddlers ages 1to 3 will be happy to know that there are still five remaining openings for our popular Parent/Child Workshop which will be offered in the spring of 2009. A resource professional will be present to an- swer parenting questions while the children play and are intro- duced to a short story time. This workshop will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays, April 14, 21, 28 and May 5. SUBMITTED PHOTO WEBKINZ ON DISPLAY AT LIBRARY Be sure to stop by and visit the colorful collection of Webkinz toys displayed during the month of February at the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library. The collection is owned by Emma Sweitz- er, age 7, of Dallas. When asked which Webkinz is her favorite, Emma replied, “They're all my favorites.” She has been collect- ing the Webkinz for about three years and received many of these stuffed animals as gifts. She enjoys playing with these toys and wants everyone to know that she “just loves them!” Emma is a student at Dallas Elementary School and is the daughter of Shannon and Andy Sweitzer. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver e According to the Crayola Company, you can eat 3,500 of its crayons a day and still not reach the level of toxicity found in an ordinary glass of drinking water. The company didn't mention how - or why - anyone would consume that many crayons in a lifetime, let alone a single day. * Back in 1935, the owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team pre- dicted that night games were “just a fad.” He wasn't much of a prog- nosticator, it seems. * Some people claim that rubbing the nose of any statue of Abra- ham Lincoln is good luck. It's not really known why, though; some speculate that it's because Lincoln's children used to pull on his nose for luck. However, only one of his four children survived to adulthood, so it's questionable whether his nose was ever lucky for anyone. * The ubiquitous summertime flip-flop sandals are known in Aus- tralia as “pluggers,” are called “slops” in South Africa and “slippers” in Hawaii and New Zealanders call them “jandals.” 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 THIS WEEK IN THE BACK MOUNTAIN ne ra SUBMITTED PHOTO Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive, Dallas, captured this serene scene at Frances Slocum State Park, using a wide angle lens. Pantelakos calls this “Winter Solitude.” SHARE YOUR PICTURES WITH OUR READERS Do you have a photograph that is so awesome that you'd like to share it with others? Have you been on vacation and came back with not only unforgettable memories, but great photos? Do you have a great shot of your kids, of your pet, of your house? If you have a photograph you think is worth sharing with other Dallas Post readers, send it to us and we'll publish it in our “This Week in the Back Mountain” space. You can e-mail the photo, in JPEG format, to news@mydallaspost.com or mail it to us at: The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. 1989- 20 YEARS AGO Recently the Dallas Cub Scout Pack held its Pinewood Derby Car Races at the Dallas United Methodist Church. The boys were required to fashion a race car from a rectangular piece of wood and paint and decorate it. YESTERDAY Breymeier, first place; Matthew Pelak, second place; Chris Mie- lei, third place; Danny Waserott, fourth place; Kenny Hoover, fifth place; and Aaron Stredny, sixth place. Lisa Barrett from Brownie Troop 635 had the winning entry in the “Name The Camp” con- test for the Penns Wood Girl Scout Council's camp to be held at Frances Slocum State Park. She submitted the name, “Moca- naquah,” which was Frances Slo- cum’s Indian name. She also de- signed a beautiful flag for the neighborhood’s first annual day camp. Amy Samuels of Troop 329 was first runner-up. Both girls will receive a campership to camp Mocanaquah as a thank you from the scouts in the neigh- borhood. Gerard, Big Daddy “G,” Har- ris, Idetown, who has been hunt- ing approximately 39 years re- cently bagged the second black bear of his career. The bear was killed in Chatman Township and was estimated by the Pennsylva- nia Game Commission to be about 365-370 pounds. 7 1979 — 30 YEARS AGO The Ecumenical Interfaith As- sociation presented the Dallas Township Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission with a plan for a geriatric develop- ment to be located on Old Lake Road across from College Miser- icordia. The development will cost be- tween eight and 10 million dol- lars and financing has been ap- proved by the FHA through a Community Facility Program. Approximately 12 acres of land owned by Sisters of Mercy has been approved for the project. There will be two sections to the development, one 120-bed com- plete nursing facility and an apartment facility which will house between 100 and 120 se- nior citizens. Dallas Intermediate School students will have the opportu- nity to express their interests and concerns on local television. Fifteen students selected by WDAU-TV will appear on Kids’ Commentary later this year. Semifinalist are: Charles Ar- none, Christine Chimock, Keith Hillard, Kim Jurosky, John Kutz, Christine Long, Todd Swan, John Troup, Dawn Rothrock, Douglas Turner; Ed Szela, Don Fleschut, Jopey Leib, Kerry Kratz, Karen Vloedman, Francis Baines, Kelly Vorhees, Sarah Rothschild, Jonell Mainwaring, Lee Ann Conway, Chris Saul, Cheryl Haring, Eric Supey, Lin- da Richie, Pat McDermott, Jill Radzinski, Jennifer Murphy, Liz Morgan, Leslie Billman, Jackie Holdridge, Leslie Myers, Terrell Smith, Stacey Williams, Debbie Balonis, Simon Russin, Danette Doknovitch, Tim Corcoran, Dar- ci Davis, Lisa Bealla, Jennie Jol- ley, Diane Yamrick and Julie Ya- kowski. The February meeting of the Dallas Junior Woman's Club was held at Prince of Peace Church, with Mrs. Robert Eyet presiding. The evening’s program began with a club-sponsored sewing contest and fashion show. Win- ners of the sewing contest were: Kathryn Artman, Joyce Oravitz, Bonnielynn Vail, Georgia Dom- bek and Nancy Fitch. 1969 — 40 YEARS AGO Three Back Mountain wres- tlers wound up as District 2 champions at the completion of the tournament at Coughlin High School Saturday night. All three Lake-Lehman matmen will compete in the Northeastern Pennsylvania Regional Tourna- ment at the Scranton CYC in March. Ron Sorber at 133 Ibs, will enter the tourney with a re- cord of 17 wins, 1 loss for the en- tire season. Donnie Ray Spencer at 138 Ibs. and Tim Woodling at 154 also wound up with 17-1 re- cords. Friendship Class of Trucks- ville United Methodist Church met in the educational building on Tuesday evening. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: president, Mrs. Helen Gaylord; vice president, Miss Georgenia Weidner; secretary, Mrs. Betty Shoemaker; and trea- surer, Mrs. Mildred Baker. 1959 —- 50 YEARS AGO An eight year old Trucksville boy, in the grip of a nightmare, dived through the window of his second floor bedroom Saturday morning at 1:30 and fell twenty” feet. Robert Long, Jr.'s mother clutched at his heel as he crashed through the glass, narrowly mis- sing him. He was taken to Nesbit Memo- rial Hospital were X-Rays show fracture of the third cervical ver- tebrae. He will wear a back brace to immobilize his neck for some weeks. The third grade student had been watching TV Friday eve- ning and had seen a clown in a mask. During the nightmare, he thought a clown in a mask was chasing him and leaped from his bed to escape. Mrs. Long heard Robert call out, “Mommie, Mommie, Mommie help me, I've got to get out.” She ran to his bedroom where Robert was wrestling with the sash. He plunged through the frame in a shower of broken glass just as she was reaching for him. James LaBar, 90 Parrish Street, was painfully injured Tuesday morning at Royer Foun- dry and Machine Company plant, Kingston, when he laid his hand on the plate of a large bend- ing press just as a fellow work- man shifted it into gear. The small finger and a section of the side of his left hand were crushed, making necessary their removal at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital in an emergency oper- ation. Jerry Lewis and Marie McDo- nald were featured in “The Geisha Boy” at the Himmler Theater, Dallas. ‘Theater, Shavertown, in 1949 - 60 YEARS AGO ® Permanent organization of Back Mountain Playground and Park Association was establish- ed Tuesday night at a meeting of newly elected officers and com- mittee chairmen. The meeting was held in the Henry M. Laing band-practice quarters, rear of Dr. F. Budd Schooley’s residence on Lake Street. David S. Wil- liams, president, was chairman and William Reardon, secretary. It may be hard to believe but at the end of the year the cost of liv- ing in Pennsylvania had declined 2.1 per cent. At least, so says the Department of Labor and Indus- try after a survey of items in Pennsylvahia cities. © © Movies playing at the Shave “Miss Tatlock’s Millions” star- ring Wanda Hendrix, John Lund and Barry Fitzgerald; “Johnny Belinda” starring Jane Wyman and Lew Ayres; and “Wallflow- er” starring Robert Hutton and Janis Paige. At the Himmler Theater, Dallas, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon were fea- tured in “Julia Misbehaves.” 1939 —- 70 YEARS AGO One hundred fifty rabbits from the new State preserves have been freed in the woods about ) Dallas, according to Dallas Camp, United Sportsmen. The cottontails will replenish stock reduced by last season’s heavy kill and by hard winter weather. Efforts of American Newspa- per Guildsmen and representa- tives of Wilkes-Barre’s three sus- pended newspapers to reach a settlement of their five-month- old strike dragged on this week without agreement on most of the major issues. Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theater in Dallas included “The Great Waltz” starring Luise Rainier; “Rhythm of the Saddle” starring Gene Autry; and “Dramatic School” starring Luise Rainier. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which is 120 vears old. The wmformation is printed here exactly as # ap- peared in the newspaper years ago. “ARE YOU £ PLANNING TO GIVE UP ANYTHING FOR LENT?” “Eating the “Eating all the | “No, | haven't; snacks at fast foods that | but it would work." are not probably be Laura Olson healthy.” chocolate.” Steve Leonardi Nicole Yakowski Dallas Dallas “No, I'm not “I could give “I've already Catholic.” up chewing given them up Nancy Elred | QUM." = drugs.” Doljzs Vanessa Reid Monifa Patterson Dallas Dallas
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