PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, May 9, 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 Tammy Holena ADVERTISING 970-71291 tholena@timesleader.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com New books at librar The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, for the month of May 2010: EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Eight Days to Live” by Iris Jo- hansen, “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods, “Deliver Us from Evil” by David Baldacci, “Burn- ing Lamp” by Amanda Quick, “Shameless” by Karen Robards, “This Body of Death” by Eliza- beth George, “Return to Sender” by Fern Michaels, “The 9th Judg- ment” by James Patterson, “The Double Comfort Safari Club” by Alexander McCall Smith, “Best Wishes Always” by Lucy Finn and “If Wishing Made It So” by Lucy Finn FICTION “Eight Days to Live” by Iris Jo- hansen, “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods, “Deliver Us from Evil” by David Baldacci, “Burn- ing Lamp” by Amanda Quick, “Shameless” by Karen Robards, “This Body of Death” by Eliza- beth George, “Return to Sender” by Fern Michaels, “The 9th Judg- ment” by James Patterson, “Sa- vor the Moment” by Nora Ro- berts, “Edge of Apocalypse” by Tim F. LaHaye, “The Summer Hideaway” by Susan Wiggs, “Los- ing Charlotte” by Heather Clay, “Best Wishes Always” by Lucy Finn and “If Wishing Made It So” by Lucy Finn NONFICTION “American Conspiracies” by Jesse Ventura, “Walt Disney World Birnbaum Guides 2010, “To Live or to Perish Forever” by Nicholas Schmidle and “The Ital- ian Slow Cooker” by Michele Sci- colone MYSTERY “The Double Comfort Safari Club” by Alexander McCall Smith, “Bolt from the Blue” by Diane A.S. Stuckart and “Portrait of a Lady” by Diane A.S. Stuckart BIOGRAPHY “Staying True” by Jenny San- ford and “Mennonite in a Little Black Dress” by Rhoda Janzen SCIENCE FICTION “Dracula the Un-Dead” by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt and “The Domino Pattern” by Tim- othy Zahn LARGE PRINT FICTION “Figures in Silk” by Vanora Bennett, “New York” by Edward Rutherfurd and “The Double Comfort Safari Club” by Alexan- der McCall Smith YOUNG ADULT “Burned” by P.C and Kristin Cast, “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner, “Raven Speak” by Diane Lee Wilson and “Free- fall” by Roderick Gordon SPECIAL DONATIONS The following books by Steven Erikson have been donated by Frank Donahoe:, “Memories of Ice,” “House of Chains,” “Mid- night Tides,” “The Bonehun- ters,” “Reaper’s Gale,” “Toll the Hounds” and “Dust of Dreams” MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On May 14, 1796, Edward Jenner, an English country doctor, ad- ministers the world's first vaccination as a preventive treatment for smallpox. Scientists following Jenner's model developed new vac- cines to fight diseases such as polio, whooping cough, measles and tetanus. * On May 10,1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes has the White House's first telephone installed in the mansion’s telegraph room. Hayes embraced the new technology, though he rarely received phone calls. The White House phone number was “1.” * On May 12,1932, the body of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh's baby is found, more than two months after he was kidnapped from his family's Hopewell, N.J., mansion. Kidnapping was made a federal crime in the aftermath of this high-profile crime. * On May 1,1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, an- nounces it has developed a tubeless tire. While Goodrich awaited approval from the U.S. Patent Office, the tubeless tires underwent high-speed road testing. Within three years, the tubeless tire came standard on most new automobiles. * On May 13,1958, during a goodwill trip through Latin America, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by an angry crowd and nearly overturned while traveling through Caracas, Venezuela. Presi- dent Eisenhower dispatched U.S. troops to the area to rescue Nixon, and the vice president left Venezuela ahead of schedule. * On May 16,1968, Donald E. Ballard, U.S. Navy Corpsman, is awarded the Medal of Honor for action in Quang Tri Province, Viet- nam. While directing the removal of a wounded man, an enemy sol- dier tossed a grenade into the group. Ballard vaulted over the stretcher and pulled the grenade under his body. The grenade did not go off. Nevertheless, he received the Medal of Honor for his selfless act of courage. YOUR SPACE This close-up shot of a rhododendron in bloom taken by Deno Pantelakos, of Idle- wood Drive in Dallas, shows that spring has finally arrived. “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 1871l. 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-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 The Shavertown Unite Methodist Church is celebrat- ing its Centennial this year with several special events planned throughout the year. The first one will be “wedding Fashions of Yester-Year” which will fea- ture wed- ding gowns from 1890 ONLY Po tae YESTERDAY place later this month at the church sanc- tuary. Committee members planning the event are: Flo- rence Ann Williams, Ruth Steever, Helen Kishbaugh, Al- ice Borthwick, Aletha Lawry, Helen Davis, Alice Niskey and Dorothy McCutcheon. The Gary Williams family, Shavertown, were among vol- unteers recently honored by the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, as part of National Vol- unteer Recognition Week. Mr. Williams, his wife Fran, and children, Chad and Erin, vol- unteer weekly as friendly vis- itors. They have been Mead- ows volunteers since February 1987. No runs, no hits, no walks and six strikeouts! Dallas’ Lau- ra Poynton pitched a perfect game Monday to take an 8-0 shutout from Pittston Area. It was Poynton’s first perfect game on the mound as she served notice she is back on top of the control she had shown for the past three years. 30 YEARS AGO Three young Dallas resi- dents who attend Bishop O'Reilly High School were honored last week at the Penn- sylvania Junior Academy of Science statewide finals. Su- san Stravinsky, Matthew Evans and Gerard Nulton brought home second place awards for their projects in Mathematics. Members of the AWANA group of Dallas Community Church were recently presented with awards for the work they achieved during the past year. Bob Eble received the highest award for his achievements over the past several years. Other awardees are: Gary Eble, Jared Samuel, Darci Davis and John Eble. Dallas Women of Kiwanis held their annual Salad Luncheon last week at the Eastern Star Build- ing, Dallas. Committee members for the luncheon were: Pauline Selingo, Pat Luke, Sally Roberts, Harriet Parker, Doris Maturi, Claire Troxell and Lynne La- whorn. 40 YEARS AGO Members of the Dallas High School junior class got together Saturday to make decorations for the Junior-Senior Prom which | will be held Friday night in the se- nior high gymnasium. Helping with the decorations are: Becky Walk, Pam Rood, Karen Gillis, Charlene Albosta and Gwen Ar- naud. Nancy Ziegenfus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ziegenfus, Dallas, and Janine Malkames, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Malkames, Dallas, received Cre- ative Arts Honor Awards and will have their original art sketches published in the semi-annual An- thology of High School Art. The National Poetry Press publishes the Anthology twice a year to fur- ther the scholastic and artistic development of the students in all the high schools in the coun- try. After rehearsing for a period of ten weeks, the Dallas Women’s Club Chorale will begin their concert season this week with a program for the Dallas Junior Woman's Club and their guests at the May Tea. The show will fea- ture old show tunes, vaudeville favorites and hits from Broadway. Members of the chorale are: Mrs. David Wojciechowski, director, Mrs. Walter Steltz, pianist, Mrs. James Balmer, Mrs. William Jones, Mrs. Daniel Meeker, Mrs. Joseph Kaminski, Mrs. John McGoey, Mrs. William Walp, Mrs. Edwin Taft, Mrs. John Schray, Mrs. Donald Schaffer, ‘Mrs. Charles Mahler, Mrs. La- mont Holdsworth, Mrs. Harry Bernardi, Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. George Yatsko, Mrs. Ivor Williams, Mrs. Leo Mohen, Mrs. Paul Lauer, Mrs. Leon Broken- shire, Mrs. Joseph Katyl, Mrs. Robert Kirschner, Mrs. Joseph Balavage and Jill Sickler. 50 YEARS AGO Betty Honeywell, daughter. of Mr. and Mrs. John Honeywell of Ruggles, was the choice of the student body of Lake-Lehman High School to reign as Queen of the May at the annual festivities next week. Nancy Oney, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Oney, Harvey's Lake, was selected as Lady in Waiting. Le Ten local singers will take part in the Concordia-Apollo ‘Club concert May 20 at Irem Temple. They are: Richard Oliver, Karl Landmesser, Paul Daily, Frank Townend, Frank Prutzman, Diane Myers, Rhea Culp, Lillian Davis, Sybil Pelton and Dorothy Williams. Lehman-Jackson-Ross High School, according to tradition which shrouds the identity of the May Queen in secrecy, has six candidates, outstanding girls from the senior class. They are: Betty Lou Graham, Donna Smith, Nancy Drapiewski, Janet Vanderhoff, Norma Skovish and Gladys Daily. One of the six will be unveiled as Queen May 17, while the other girls will serve as attendants. 60 YEARS AGO The first official meeting of the Board of Management of the Pro- visional Back Mountain Town and Country YMCA was held on Monday evening on the Back Mountain Memorial Library. LW. LeGrand, Sr. presided. Newly elected directors of the group are: Mrs. Harold Payne, Mrs. Thomas Bottoms, Charles Nuss, Lewis LeGrand, Sr., Atty. Mitchell Jenkins, Mrs. Edward Keller, Atty. Robert Fleming, Clyde Cooper, Walter Chamber- lain, James Huston, Francis Am- brose, Russell Race, George °@ mond, Laing Coolbaugh, Vernol®- Cease, Joseph MacVeigh, Fred Anderson, Dr. Malcolm Borth- wick and Howard Stull. John Mattern, owner of King Floral Store and hothouses in Forty Fort and a member of a family identified with the floral business in Wyoming Valley for over forty years, announced the opening on Saturday and Sunday of his branch store in the attrac- tive stone building near Blaze’s on Luzerne Dallas Highway. The store is unique in that it will be the only one of its kind in the area featuring plants for out- door use as well as cut flowers and floral displays for weddings, funerals and other occasions. 70 YEARS AGO Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theater, Dallas, included “His Girl Friday” starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell; “The Re- turn of Dr. X” starring Humphrey Bogart; “Earl of Chicago” star- ring Robert Montgomery and “Barricade” starring Alice Faye and Warner Baxter. Junior Class of Dallas Town- ship High School will present “Strawberry Kate,” an uproari- ous comedy, Wednesday eve- ning. Members of the cast are: Patricia Norcross, Grace Mahler, Florence Rolinson, Rob Quail, Jane Eckhart, Henrie Spencer, Lillian Ward, George Moore, Donald Kriedler, Arthur Kemmerer, Walter Weiss and Walter Gerlach. At local Acme Super Markets, porterhouse steaks sold for 27 cents a pound; chuck roast was 17 cents a pound; turkeys were 25 cents a pound and smoked hams were 17 cents a pound. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 121 vears old. The wmformation is printed her exactly as it appeared in the newspaper years ago. “The smiles of my children are the great- est memories and my greatest reward.” Sandra Barrett Dallas “WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE “The girls make me breakfast in bed and the family gets to- gether.” Joanne Dosiak Dallas “When my parents have come up from Texas and we can spend the day togeth- er.” Maire Box Shavertown MOTHER'S DAY MEMORY?" “There's six of us and we spend Mother's day with our mother, Marie Kern. ‘We’ cook for her.” — ¥ Lisa Krivak Dallas “My water broke at 12:30 the evening be- fore and my daughter Megan was born the next day, Mother's Day.” Beverly Daily Dallas “When my husband and children made me a Mother's Day brunch - with frozen pancakes and canned fruit.” Michele Bryant + Dallas
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