PAGE 4 EDITORIAL Sunday, August 23, 2009 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 = E —— As everyone tries to fit in a few more activities before children return to school, the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library is also making some late-summer plans! Holiday hours Remember that the library will be closed on Monday, Sept. 7, to observe Labor Day. The library will re-open for regular hours on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Farmers’ Market continues Our popular Farmers’ Market is in full swing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday. Residents have been enjoying a vast assort- ment of fruits and vegetables, along with some vegetarian meal/drink ideas, fresh breads and Amish baked goods. The Farmers’ Market contin- ues until Saturday, Sept. 26 - a day you won’t want to miss - as the library will hold its first ever “Barn Tag Sale” on that day, too! Barn Tag Sale The “Barn Tag Sale” will offer unsold items from our annual Barn Tag Sale at library to offer unsold auction items auction left over due to the rain- storm. The Antique Room will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., along with the Nearly Olde area. An- tique furniture, including dress- ers, chests, decorator items and artwork; glassware including Le- nox, Royal Doulton and Wedge- wood; and items from our Nearly Olde and our New Goods sec- tions will all be offered for sale. So, after you get your fresh veg- etables, be sure to walk around the back of the library to find more bargains! Workshops openings Parents of very young children will be happy to learn that there are still several openings for our popular “Fall Parent/Child Work- shop.” This playgroup setting al- lows toddlers, 1 through 3 years of age, to play and interact with other children as mothers (care- givers) get a chance to talk to each other and resource profes- sionals who attend each session. Call the children’s room of the library at 675-1182 for more de- tails. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver e |t was American paleon tologist, biologist and scien- | tific historian Stephen Jay Gould who made the follow- ing observation: ' The most important scientific revolu- tions all include, as their only common feature, the de- thronement of human arrogance from one pedestal af- ter another of previous convictions about our centrality in the cosmos. ® Those who study such things claim that spectators at horse races consume more snacks than fans at any other live sporting event. _® Duct tape is famous for the numerous uses to which it's been put, but you may be surprised to hear about this one: haute couture (of a sort). Every ear, Duck brand duct tape holds a contest in whic igh-school students create prom dresses out of, yes, duct tape. The winner receives a $3,000 scholarship for college. ® From the Yes, There Is a Word for It files: purlicue. When you extend your forefinger and thumb as if you're shooting an imaginary gun, the space between the two digits is know as the purlicue. ¢ The average bat lives approximately 18 years - and spends about 12 of those years sleeping. A _® [conic Elizabethan English playwright and poet Wil- liam Shakespeare had no formal education past gram- ¢ mar school. e |f you travel to Tokyo and have the great good for- tune to dine at the exc usive restaurant called Happo-en, | you might be able to get a look at the oldest bonsai | trees in the world. The specimens kept in the restau- rant’s private garden have been lovingly cultivated for between 400 and 800 years. * When they're over the open ocean, tsunamis can travel at more than 500 miles per hour. Thought for the day: "If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keep- ing your mouth shut.” - Albert Einstein SUBMITTED PHOTO This scene at Ricketts Glen State Park is called “Serenity” by photographer Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive in Dallas. SHARE YOUR PICTURES WITH OUR READERS “YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photos or short stories and should be sent via e-mail at news@mydallaspost.com, by fax at 675-3650 or by mail to The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. Information must include the submitting person's name, address and a telephone number in the event we have questions. Readers wishing to have their photos returned should include a self-address/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are reserved. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publication. 1989 - 20 YEARS AGO Bernice Hill, Shavertown, was recently presented a special gift in recognition and appreciation of her leadership of the Auxiliary of the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, during her two year term of office as president. The local chapter of the Audu- bon Society iL gathered last Satur- day at the Penn State YESTERDAY Campus Ar- - boretum to “clean-up. Amongst the group were Charles Spacek, conserva- tion chairman; Jan Lohmann, publicity chairman; and John Ja- koby, president. 1979 - 30 YEARS AGO Culminating more than two years planning, final approval was given at the August Lake- Lehman school board meeting for the construction of the new Lake-Noxen Elementary School. Ground breaking is scheduled for early October, with sched- uled occupation set for 1981. The new building will be compara- ble, in many respects, to the Leh- man-Jackson Elementary School which was opened in 1975, thus meeting the school board’s goal of an equal educational opportu- nity for every elementary stu- dent. A Christmas Party in August was held recently by the Wardan Place Ladies Auxiliary, Harvey’s Lake, at the Castle Inn. Some of the participants were: Mrs. John Doris, Mrs. Leslie Frantz, Miss Nadine Flock, Mrs. William Crough, Mrs. George Gracely, Ms. Mildred Price, Mrs. Corneli- us Shovlin, Mrs. Maureen Don- nelly, Mrs. Lu Gretta Sooby, Mrs. Mickey Putprush, Mrs. John Moore, Mrs. Betty Jo Dunbar, Mrs. Margaret Burritt, Mrs. Louise Delaney, Mrs. Charles Staley and Mrs. Ann Griffin. Alderson United Methodist Women recently held their an- nual covered dish picnic supper at the home of Marguerite Cau- die. Present were: Mabel Acker- man, Marguerite Caudie, Marga- ret Garey, Mildred Garinger, Esther Grey, Mary Ann Kuchta, Lucy Manusky, Darla Marsh, Do- rothy Marsh, Eleanor Puter- baugh and Ethel Roden. 1969 - 40 YEARS AGO Dallas Schools have 24 new teachers according to an an- nouncement by school superin- tendent Dr. Robert A. Mellman. They are: Dorothy Peiffer, book- keeping and economics; Ellen Boyer, German; Mary Martini, grade school teacher; Evan Wil- liams, industrial arts; Margery Ufberg, grade school teacher; El- len Heck, mathematics; Kath- leen Reiss, social studies and li- brary science; John Parry, com- prehensive English; Elaine Felli, mathematics; Linda Fine, grade school teacher; Jane Millen, art; Mayclair McCarthy, elementary teacher; William Roberts, histo- ry; Mary Croughn, elementary teacher; John Turner, world cul- tures; Beverly Bunney, elemen- tary teacher; Andrea Fulton, typ- ing; Samual Jayne, elementary school teacher; Verdun Thomas, business education; Maryann Jesse, elementary school teach- er; Nadine Kuderka, elementary school teacher; Jean Utter, ele- mentary school teacher; John Wega, reading; and Thomas Kil- duff, physical education. Lake Lehman administrator Robert Z. Belles has announced new members of the faculty in the high school level. Charles A. Rhodes will teach German and history; Wilma Schierer will teach girls’ physical education; Emory Yurko will teach algebra and mathematics; and Judith Morgan will teach reading im- provement. The Shavertown Pirates wound up the Back Mountain Little League season as 1969 Mi- nor League champions. The boys earned the victory with a re- cord of ten wins and one loss. Members of the team are: Joe Al- len, Jr., Robert Snyder, Kevin Bo- nawitz, Steve Jones, Robert Ro- sengrant, William Smith, Fred Ostrum, Dan Monk, Gary Os- trum, Mark Phillips, Jimmy Tho- mas, Bruce Devine, Mark Kloeb- er, Mark Jenkins and David Price..<.=. 1959 - 50 YEARS AGO Four local girls got a horrified grand-stand view of the Yellow- stone Park earthquake Tuesday afternoon. Huddled together in a cabin at Old Faithful, they watched as cars bounced three feet in the air and the scenery jit- terbugged. Grace Barrall, Ethel Schultz and Theresa Polachek, all teach- ers in Dallas schools, and Kay Piazzi, Public Relations head at College Misericordia, waited un- til the landscape settled down, then joined the cars that started to stream down the highway to- ward the eastern exit from the park. The girls are making a cir- cuit tour of the United States. Girl Scout Troop Sweet Valley Intermediate 8 and newly formed senior troop attended camp at Wildwood, Harvey’s Lake. They enjoyed hiking, swimming, camp fire program and badge activities. Attending were: Phyllis Rose, Cheryl Tho- mas, Wilma Long, Barbara Ross, Lillie Ferry, Susan Lamoreaux, Lee Ross, Carol Owens, Cynthia Kipp, Linda Travis and Sharon Kivler. 1949 - 60 YEARS AGO A tall, naked middle-aged man frightened youngsters playing in the high-weeded plots along up- per Carverton Road, Trucksville, Monday. Billy Hess, Jimmy and Ralph Gross were playing when the stranger rose in their midst garbed only in his birthday suit. The frightened youngsters ran to the Hess home nearby and called Billy’s mother. When Mrs. Hess looked out to the field, she also saw the trespasser who ducked into the underbrush. She called Officer Louis Banta who arrived in a few minutes and searched the area, but was un- able to find the offender. + Several - days previously a “group of young girls switiiming in the nearby creek were fright- ened away by a man answering the description of Monday's mystery visitor. 1939 - 70 YEARS AGO The Lady’s Shop, a new store for women, will open for busi- ness tomorrow in the Sullivan Building at 40 Main Street, Dal- las. The shop is modern in every respect and will carry a full line of infants’, children’s and wom- en’s apparel. Movies playing at the Hi ler Theater, Dallas, includ “Juarez” starring Bette Davis; “Naughty But Nice” starring Dick Powell; and “Only Angels Have Wings” starring Jean Ar- thur and Cary Grant. At local A&P Food Stores, chuck roast sold for 15 cents a pound; California oranges were 35 cents a dozen; and two loaves of bread sold for 15 cents. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post, which 1s 120 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as it ap- peared in the newspaper years ago. “No, not really, be- cause this summer has been too short.” Tanner Baloh Shavertown “ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING BACK TO “Absolutely. | can't wait to start a new year helping the kids become good citi- zens." Susan McFarlane Dallas “Very much so. It was a short summer and I'm a little bit stressed, but we will be ready.” Tom Traver Beaumont “It's bittersweet. | like having my children at home for the summer but like it when the students come back to school, too." Debbie Grudowski Harveys Lake SCHOOL?" “I'm excited to be in my senior year and see how all the con- struction at the new high school goes." Griffin Adams Dallas “| guess, but I'd rath- er not be in school. I'd rather be running cross country.” Mitch Cohen Shavertown
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