PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, February 14, 2010 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 LETTER TO THE EDI TOR Kingston Twp. Lions Club looking for new members Dear Editor: This is an open letter to resi- dents of the Back Mountain to in- form them about Lions Clubs and to invite them to join the King- ston Township Lions Club. Since 1917, Lions Clubs have offered people the opportunity to give something back to their community. Today, with more than 1.3 million men and women located in 205 countries and ge- ographic areas around the globe, Lions have expanded their focus to help meet the changing needs of society. District 14-W, which covers all of Luzerne County and consists of 41 individual clubs, is a part of The International Association of Lions Clubs, or Lions Clubs In- ternational. LCI is the world’s largest and greatest service club organization and consists of men and women who volunteer their time to humanitarian causes. Our motto is “WE SERVE.” Lions are recognized for their service to blind and visually-im- paired people. Besides collecting and recycling eyeglasses for dis- tribution here as well as in third world and developing countries, Lions also make a strong commit- ment to young people through their many youth programs. Lions provide support for dia- betes research and education (Diabetic Retinopathy is the leading cause of vision loss and/ or blindness in the United States.) Lions provide disaster relief around the world and here at home with aid to Hurricane Katrina victims and tsunami re- lief in Indonesia. LCIF has worked with Lions leaders in Southern California to help vic- tims of the California wildfires. Locally, we received an emer- gency grant of $10,000 when win- ter flooding occurred in Bear Creek and $5,000 when Hurri- cane Ivan flooded homes in Plains and Jenkins Township along the Susquehanna River. Both were accomplished with a phone call. Local Lions Clubs provide scholarship programs to today’s college students, have provided voice-activated computers for blind residents, support nursing home residents with visits or with baskets or gifts. Many spon- sor Little League teams, donate to local fire departments, ambu- lance associations, recreation and parks departments, libraries and their local YMCA. Do you think you've got what it takes to become a Lion? Ask any Lion member for information, visit www.lionsclubs.org, www.districtl4w.org or call 570- 208-LION to find out more. Just look at what we do now! Think about how much we could do with a few more members. Patty K. Warwick District Governor, 2009-2010 MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On Feb. 20, 1792, President George Washington signs legislation creating the U.S. Postal Service. The federally funded postal services included 75 regional post offices and 2,400 miles of postal routes. The cost of sending a letter ranged from 6 cents to 12 cents. e On Feb. 18, 1885, Mark Twain publishes his novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Twain (the pen name of Samuel Clemens) first introduced Huck Finn as the best friend of Tom Sawyer, hero of his tremendously successful novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” (1876). ® On Feb. 17,1915, after encountering a severe snowstorm, the German Zeppelin L-4 crash-lands in the North Sea near the Danish coastal town of Varde. One month earlier, the huge airship had taken part in the first-ever air bombing raid on Britain. * On Feb. 15,1933, in Miami, Giuseppe Zangara shoots and fatally wounds Anton Cermak, the mayor of Chicago. Zangara pled guilty to the murder and died in Florida's electric chair on March 20. Today, such a swift outcome would be practically unheard of, particularly where the death penalty is concerned. * On Feb. 19,1954, the Ford Thunderbird prototype is born. The T-Bird was a scaled-down Ford built for two. It came with a removable fiberglass hardtop and a convertible canvas roof. With its V-8 and sporty looks, the T-Bird was an image car costing $2,944. * On Feb. 21,1965, black nationalist leader Malcolm X is assassinat- ed while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem in New York City. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, had split from the Nation of Islam almost a year before and had escaped several other at- tempts on his life. ® On Feb. 16,1979, the Bee Gees receive the Grammy for Best Al- bum of 1978 for “Saturday Night Fever” and also win the Best Pop Group award. The group had dominated the charts in late 19977 and 1978 with three consecutive No. 1hits from the “Saturday Night Fe- ver" album. YOUR SPACE “Little One" is a Shih-Tzu given to Albert Steinhauer, of Harveys Lake, by his wife, Lorraine, on the occasion of their 40th wedding anni- versary. Little One, who will be 10 years old in February and who is Albert's faithful companion, lives the good life with the Steinhauers. She posed for this picture on a rock ledge behind the Steinhauers’ home. “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 to news@mydallaspost.com, by fax at 675- 3650 or by mail to The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 1871. 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 re- turned should include a self-addressed/ stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publication. 20 YEARS AGO They may be safe but the rumble strips added to Route 309 in Dallas aren’t very pop- ular. Several motorists travel- ing down Route 309 toward the intersection with Route 415 were startled during the last week when they thought the sud- _ den noise they heard was a flat tire on their vehicle The rumble strips were in- stalled recently as requested by Dallas Borough Council. Several months-ago the coun- cil agreed the strips might be a way to help lower the number of accidents accused by vehi- cles which were unable to make the turn on Route 309 where it turns right onto Route 415. Many times the speeding cars or trucks took out the traffic control box mounted at the intersection. The students of the Dallas Middle School recently partic- ipated in the Ann Landers Val- entines for Veterans project. Almost 300 valentines were collected by Miss Mary Alice Umphred, seventh-grade En- glish teacher, and have been sent to the Hines VA Hospital in Illinois, where they will be sorted and then distributed to VA hospitals throughout the country. Some of the participating students were: Becky Math- ers, Angie Gialanella, Alyssa Rosentel, Steve Button, Jerry Wysocki, Mike Dymond and Jim Roberts. 30 YEARS AGO Northeastern Bank of Penn- sylvania plans to build a branch office in the Back Mountain, according to Tom Roberts, vice president of mar- keting. The bank officials filed an application in January to YESTERDAY construct a branch building of Northeastern on property at the intersection of Route 309 and Up- per Demunds Road, across form Wilson’s Restaurant. Senior members of the Dallas High School Band recently re- ceived their band jackets from the Dallas Band Parents Associ- ation. Among those receiving jackets were the senior strutters including Kim Pellam, Mary Ya- kobovicz, Debbie Van Horn, Car- ol Kwasnik, Connie Suder, Janet Davies, Karen Thompson, Bon- nielynn Vail, Tracy Hughes, Jill Crompton, Pam Carey, Loreen Duran, Kris Butler and Cathy Kemmerer. Cub Scout Pack 144 recently held its annual Pinewood Derby in place of its regular pack meet- ing. First, second and third place winners were Paul Pasek, Mi- chael Walski and Michael Sabad- ish, respectively, all of who re- ceived trophies. Recipients of runners-up tro- phies were John Olejnik, Robert Krull and Mark Romanowski. 40 YEARS AGO Installation of new officers of Dallas Women of Kiwanis was conducted at a recent meeting of the group at Irem Temple Coun- try Club, Dallas. Mrs. Harry Lef- ko presided. Mrs. John Blase installed Mrs. William Mathers, president; Mrs. Leo A. Corbett, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. Vincent D. Roman, second vice president; Mrs. Ge- orge W. Nichols, treasurer; Mrs. Reese E. Pelton, corresponding secretary; and Mrs. Bernard C. Banks, Jr., secretary. Michael J. Kester, Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, has been named chairman of the Heart Fund campaign for Back Moun- tain area. The appointment was announced by Richard Adams, Kingston, general chairman of this year’s drive for $55,000. The Eagle Badge, highest award in Boy Scouting, will be awarded Clifford W. Kozemchak at the Eagle banquet at Dallas United Methodist Church. Cliff, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kozemchak, Over- brook Ave., Dallas, is a ninth grade student at Dallas Junior High School. 50 YEARS AGO Signing of contracts for the new Dallas Senior High School was carried out at a special meet- ing of the Building Authority at which Fred Eck presided thus clearing the boards for beginning actual construction after ground breaking ceremonies which were held on Feb. 11. The community took a long forward step in its progress by breaking ground for the new school. High on a hill in Dallas Township (directly back of New Goss Manor), overlooking to Borough and busy arteries of traf- fic leading to Wyoming Valley, in sight 'of Dallas Junior High School and farther to the west the beautiful grounds and buildings of College Misericordia, the lat- est comer to the educational pic- ture will take it place. For thirty years, a consolidated high school has been a dream. Lake-Lehman jointure had two winners in the recent Betty Crocker Contest for homemak- ers, one in each of the two senior high schools: Judith Ann Covert at Lehman and Mary Ann Seven- ski at Lake. Examinations taken by all se- nior girls were held in early De- cember, and results have just been made available. Winners are eligible to com- pete in the district, State and Na- tional contests. All-American Home Maker of Tomorrow will receive a $5,000 scholarship. 60 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. John Tibus and Marcella and Dorothy of Park Street, attended the Kotalik-Pil- kerton midget wedding. The Ti- bus family has been lifelong friends of the bridegroom. All of the wedding guests ex- cept the Tibuses are midgets, most of who have gotten together in the show business. Practically all appeared at the New York World Fair. An honor of distinction was stowed on Miss Marilyn Mal- kemes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.M. Malkames of Trucksville, last week when she was chosen May Queen for the forty-ninth an- nual Wilson College May Day Celebration to be held in May, by the vote of the entire student body. Those in favor of a central high school to serve all of the districts in the Back Mountain area con- tend that now is the time to give such a school serious considera- tion. They reason that Lake, Noxen and Monroe Townships are con- sidering a formation of a joint school district with the expendi- ture of more than $315,000 for the construction of additional secondary school facilities. 70 YEARS AGO Alfred Ringstrom and Robert Royer of Trucksville are mem- bers of the Men's Glee Club of Bucknell University which is on its annual mid-winter tour. They will visit five states and the Dis- trict of Columbia. David Joseph, veteran minstrel man, is assured another hit when Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club stages its minstrel show in King- ston Township High School later this month. John Miles, who is end man, is well known for ® rib-splitting humorous por- trayals. The Kiwanis Club is pro- ducing a minstrel to raise money for its work among underprivi- leged children. Movies playing at the Himmler Theater, Dallas, included “Pri- vate Lives of Elizabeth And Es- sex” starring Errol Flynn and Be- tte Davis; “Calling All Marines” starring Donald Barry; “Clouds Over Europe” starring Ralph Ri- chardson; and “Another Thin Man” starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 121 vears old. The information is printed her exactly as it appeared wn the newspaper years ago. “DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE VALENTINE'S DAY MEMORY?" “We went to Lancaster with friends - a nice romantic weekend.” Amy Sabol Dallas My granddaughter Sa- mantha Sabol was born on Valentine's Day so it's always very special.” Mary Jo Scott Edwardsville “I bought the usual dozen roses and then got hollered at for spending the money.” William Shively Dallas “Valentine's Day is my brother's birthday. He's the oldest of nine children so it's always a special day for us.” Ann Henry Shavertown “Dinner and flowers from Gerald, my hus- band.” Pat Millo Dallas es A A I, A PP "Baking hear-shaped cutout cookies with my mom and then we'd have a neighborhood party with all the girls.” Susan Maloney Dallas RR.
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