PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, December 26, 2010 Richard L. Connor 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 PUBLISHER EDITOR 829-7202 970-7440 rconnor@timesleader.com dmartin@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Dotty Martin Donated books honor couple The following books have been donated to the Back Mountain memorial Library in honor of Dr. and Mrs. William Camp’s 40th wedding anniver- sary and presented by L. Call- ahan, P. Donahue, B. Faerber, M. Gelso, C. Linker, E. Morris- sey and M. Zezza: “Guys Read: “Moon Over Manifest” by Clare Vanderpool, “Santa Duck” by David Milgrim, “Santa Duck and His Merry Helpers” by Da- vid Milgrim, “Dust Devil” by Anne Isaacs, “The Boy in the Garden” by Allen Say, “The Lost Hero” by Rick Riordan, “They Called Themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist group” by Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Funny Business” edited by Jon Scieszka, “Finding Family: A Novel” by Tonya Bolden, MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel e On Jan. 9,1768, Englishman Philip Astley stages the first modern circus in London. Astley, a former cavalry sergeant major, found that if he galloped in a tight circle, centrifugal force allowed him to per- form seemingly impossible feats on a horse's back. He invited the public to see him wave his sword in the air while he rode with one foot on the saddle and one on the horse's head. ® On Jan. 6, 1838, Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demon- strated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, N.J. The telegraph eventually would revolutionize long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s. * On Jan. 5, 1933, construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers started excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure's huge anchorages. The Golden Gate Bridge officially opened on May 27,1937. At 3,000 feet, it was the longest bridge span in the world at the time. ® On Jan. 7,1927, the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, for- merly known as the Savoy Big Five, travels 48 miles west from Chica- go to play its first game, in Hinckley, lll. The Globetrotters won 101 out of 17 games that first season. e On Jan. 8,1946, Elvis Presley receives a $6.95 guitar from the Tupelo Hardware Co. store for his ith birthday. It's said that what Elvis really wanted for his birthday that year was a rifle or a bicycle. * On Jan. 4,1974, President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over tape recordings and documents that had been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. Marking the beginning of the end of his presidency, Nixon would resign from office in disgrace eight months later. ® On Jan. 3,1990, Panama's General Manuel Antonio Noriega, after holing up for 10 days at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug: trafficking. In1992, the former dictator was convicted of drug trafficking, money laundering and racketeering and sentenced to 40 years in prison. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver * |t was American author, social critic, economist and political commentator Thomas Sowell who made the following sage observa- tion: “Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sound- ed good.” * Visiting the longest chain of mountains on Earth requires some rather special arrangements - aquatic ones, to be precise. The 10,000-mile-long Mid-Atlantic Ridge, as its name indicates, is located on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. The only parts of the chain above water are a few volcanic islands, including Iceland and the Azores. * Those who live in Florida probably won't be surprised to learn that they live in the state with the most instances of lightning every year. * |f you travel to Alaska, you can go to the North Pole - the town of North Pole, that is. It's not the real deal, though. The town is actually 1,700 miles south of Earth's geographic North Pole. * Famed American composer Philip Glass was a member of both the cab driver's union and the steelworkers’ union before he became enough of a success in his chosen field to become a member of the musicians’ union. * In 2000, psychiatrists at Italy's University of Pisa published their finding that being in love is biochemically indistinguishable from severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. * |f you're like 24 percent of the Americans who responded to a recent survey, you believe that people should be allowed to be naked in their own back yards. * What do the lawn sprinkler, rubber shoe heels, portable ironing boards and tire treads have in common? They were all invented by the same man, Elijah McCoy, an African-Canadian inventor and engi- neer. LN NJ Thought for the day: “Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It pre- vents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.” - W. Somerset Maugham “HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE?" OUR SPACE hotographer Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive in Dallas, sees this photo as one last look at a spectacular fall season before winter sets in. This scene is from Kirby Park taken the last week of October. : "YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photo- graphs or short stories and should be sent via e-mail to news@mydallaspost.com, by fax to 675-3650 or by mail to The Dallas Post, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA1871l. In- formation must include the submitting per- son's name, address and a telephone num- ber in the event we have questions. Readers wishing to have their photos re- cation. turned should include a self-addresgl’’ stamped envelope. Items will be i J) in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publi- 20 YEARS AGO The Dallas Middle School Stu- dent Colincil, under the direc- tion of Miss Morine Amesbury, recently conducted its annual Holiday included a money do- nation plus a non-per- ishable food item. All proceeds from the pro- ject were donated to the Back Mountain Food Bank. Student Council members who were in charge of the project are: President Kattie Sallitt; Re- cording Secretary, Mindy Haber- stich; Vice President, April McAllister; Corresponding Sec- retary, Becky Mathers; and Nick Sabatini, Treasurer. Brett Slocum is the new chief of the Dallas Fire Company. Slo- cum, who had been assistant chief, was appointed chief by the members following former chief Ted Wright's resignation Nov. 3. ONLY / { ¥ YEYTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO Harvey’s Lake Lions, as they have in past years, recently set up a community Christmas tree at Sunset area, the entrance to the lake. The tree was trimmed by the Harvey’s Lake Girl Scout Brownies, Troop 704, under the supervision of their leader, Mrs. Richard Williams II. Lions who helped with the tree are: Homer Baker, Charles “Pete” Austin, Bill Gallagher, James Gary, Richard Williams II, Nick Deleur, project chairman, Charles Batka, Tom Yoniski and Joseph “Red” Jones. Students from the Lehman- Jackson Elementary School dec- orated bags for the Holiday Cheer Baskets to be given by the Harvey’s Lake Women’s Service Club. Several of the students participating in the project in- cluded Danielle Parise, Karen Stefanowicz, Molly White, Ed- ward Arbosheski, Harriet Smith and Doug Frantz. For approximately 30 years the Harvey’s lake Women’s Ser- vice Club has been delivering cheer baskets to those people in the community:who are 70 years of age and older, or are chronical- ly“ill or disabled. All members donate their services by baking homemade cookies to be includ- ed in these baskets. 40 YEARS AGO Members of the Dallas Kiwa- nis and Women of Kiwanis Clubs enjoyed a gala holiday dinner and dance Friday night at the Irem Temple Country Club. Those in attendance at the affair included Al Ackerson, dance chairman; Louise Flasser, Mar- tin Moore, Shirley Moore, Ber- nard Banks, assistant chairman; Claudette Banks, Donald Antho- ny, Kiwanis Club president; Ma- rion Anthony. Seven members of Cadette Girl Scout Troop 655 Lehman made Girl Scout history recently when they completed the ardu- ous trek to the summit of Scout- ing by becoming First Class Scouts — together. It was the first time in the history of the Penns’ Woods Girl Scout Council that all of the members of a single troop achieved First Class status at the same time. The seven Girl Scouts honor- ed - Sharon Carkhuff, Kyla Jones, Karen Kasenchak, Jane Salansky, Ann San Fanandre, De- nise Sherwood, and Susan Woodling — have been active to- gether in scouting since Brownie days. 50 YEARS AGO Crown Imperial Bowling Lanes have been sold. Announ- cement was made this week by Robert Hanson, owner, that To- ny Bonomo, former owner of Exeter Lanes, has purchased the business and will take posses- sion on January 1. Just a little apprehensive when she is greeted by Santa, Sherri Bullock, nineteen-month- old daughter of Mr. and’ Mrs.’ Willard Bullock, Staub Road,’ Trucksville, is consoled by her” older sister, Debbie, who knows from experience what a good fel- low Santa is. Sherri was visited at her home prior to the Legion’s Children’s Party by Santa and his assist- ants, Legionnaires Bill O’Brien, Marty McEnrue, Wayne King and Tom Reese. Sherri will re- turn to a Philadelphia hospital after Christmas for treatment of a serious heart condition. 60 YEARS AGO A call for volunteers to man Air Raid Observation Posts was issued this week by John Nash, Daddow-Isaacs Post American Legion, Supervisor of the Ground Observer Corps for the Dallas Area. Mr. Nash, whose ap- pointment was made some months ago by the Office of Ci- vilian Defense, said that Obser- vation Posts will be set up eight miles apart in Luzerne County and throughout the Continental United States. The Dallas Woman's Club Chorale will present a program of Christmas Carols over radio station WILK Saturday after- noon. Members of the chorale, under the direction of Mrs. Nor- man Patton and accompanied by Mrs. William Baker, Sr., are: Mar- garet Antanaitis, Mary Bennal- lack, Evelyn Eck, Catherine Gar- ris, Janet Garris, Betty Hanna, Arvilla Keiper, Adeltha Mahler, Mary Reese, Amy Scott and Fan- ny Williams. 70 YEARS AGO Jim Thorpe, considered by many the greatest athlete of all time, paid an unexpected visit to Dallas when the ignition on his Buick failed late Friday night ,, near: Kitchen Creek. A Dallas boy, Bob Girvan and a friend Clarence Blackwell, on their way home from Washington, D.C., stopped to help the stranded mo- torist when he waved a flashlight across the deserted road. The boys were unable to make the needed repairs and invited the stranger to come along with them and spend the night. On the way home, the famous Indi- an revealed his identity, explain- ing that he was on his way to keep a lecture engagement in New York State. Frank Edwards, stanly watch Saturday noon on a deér run seven miles above Dinstel’s, heard a crash below him. Peer- ing over a ledge of rocks he saw a Canadian Lynx stalking snow birds. Frank raised his gun, fired t here shots — two of them took effect — and yelled to his friends to coma ad see the strange crea- ture. In the party were Ted Wil- son, Clark Fowler, Ernest Wilson and Ira Ross. All were of the opinion that the animal was a bob cat — familiar throughout the mountainous regions of Pennsylvania. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 121 vears old. The wmformation is printed here exactly as it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “I hang out in Wilkes- Barre or end up at a friend's house to watch the ball drop.” “I'll spend the night with my family in Archbald, having din- ner and doing the usu- al stuff.” Marti Wahle Harveys Lake Jeremy Kushner Dallas “Hang out with my family, watch football and eat a lot.” Jake Bevans Hunlock Creek “I'll be at home watching TV and eat- ing shrimp.” John Hutchins Dallas “Not even sure yet, but I'll probably be working that night.” Scott Shotwell Nanticoke “With my family. We usually have a big Fer- nandez family re- union.” Matt Fernandez Dallas
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