PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, January 9, 2011 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 Richard L. Connor Dotty Martin PUBLISHER EDITOR 829-7202 970-7440 rconnor@timesleader.com dmartin@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Wishes for good new year With the beginning of the New Year, the staff and management of the Back Mountain Memorial Library wish everyone a happy and healthy 2011 and look forward to serving the community with new books and new ideas. If you are looking for a gift for someone you missed on your holi- day shopping list, the Back Mountain Memorial Library is now of- fering gift certificates for membership in our Book Club. The cost of a gift membership is $15 for a single member or $20 for two peo- ple to join. Members of the Book Club are then entitled to choose two new books at a time from the exclusive Book Club selection located in the lobby of the library. These specially-selected books are reserved for our Book Club members only. Annual membership renewals are now due, so what better time to surprise your favorite reader! Bookshop open The Slightly Read Bookshop is now open after its winter hiatus and is ready to fill your needs for winter reading! Storyhour begins Parents, mark your calendars: Registration for the Winter/ Spring Storyhour session will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan.11. PHOTOS ON DISPLAY YOUR SPACE Residents at The Village at Greenbriar in Dallas celebrated the holiday season by sending care packages and holiday cards to the troops in Afganistan. Those who participated are, from left, first row, Florence Sokol, Mildred Bartos, Ed Conologue, Frank Baumiller. Second row, Marion Lacey, Marianne Petro, John Bolesta and Elizabeth Baloh. () "YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifically for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photographs 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, PA 18711. Information must include the submitting person's name, ad- dress and 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. The January exhibit at the Back Mountain Memorial Library's Art Display Wall is a collection of photography by Steve Chisar- ick of Dallas who became interested in photography about seven years ago when he received his first digital camera. Chisarick's exhibit consists of all nature photographs, many of which were taken during his walks in the woods. “I look for animals, flowers, minerals and Native American ar- tifacts whenever | walk,” he said. “I really enjoy the great out- doors.” Chisarick's favorite photograph in this month's display is the one of the rare piebald deer, with its unique skin colorings. Al- though it appears that this photograph was also taken in the woods during one of Chisarick’s walks, it was actually taken near the Cross Valley Expressway in Wilkes-Barre. 20 YEARS AGO The Back Mountain Memorial Library is showing a unique col- lection of music boxes in the dis- play case in the office area of the library. These music boxes are borrowed from Robbie Johnson of Harvey’s Lake. Robbie is 10 years old and is in 5th grade at Tunkhannock Schools. There are 14 music boxes in the display and the unique thing about them is that they all play the same tune: “It’s A Small World.” “Italian Road” in Lehman Township will remain open after the township’s board of supervi- sors voted down an ordinance to abandon it after listening to con- cerns from citizens at a public hearing Monday night. The hearing was scheduled as the posed to adopt an or- 593, better know as Ttali Road. About a dozen property owners turned out at the hearing to voice oppo- sition to the ordinance. The board had planned to vacate the road for a number of reasons, in- cluding its condition, lack of use and location. 30 YEARS AGO The piano students of Gwen Moran played for their parents in an informal recital at Mrs. Mo- ran’s home in Dallas last week- end. In addition to pieces by YESTERDAY Bach, Chopin and Shubert, the young pianists also played Christmas carols and other tra- ditional favorites. Solos were performed by Marie Bigus, Paul Bigus, Russell Bigus, Glenn Eyet, Jennifer Fielding, Jennifer Jolly, Andrew Krivak, Michelle Pallis, Amber Roese, Kristen Roese, Ann Ryan, Kristy Scoval, Linda Williams, Vera Williams and Laura Wright. At Franklin’s Family Restau- rant, Dallas, a grilled liver and sautéed onions dinner, complete with potato, salad and grilled French bread, sold for $3.19. 40 YEARS AGO Acme Markets, Inc. has adopt- ed a system of open dating for its own brand of perishable and semi-perishable products, ac- cording to Clifford T. Haskell the chain’s executive vice president for sales. Called “Freshness Dat- ing,” the new system will enable the customer, as well as the firm’s employees, to easily un- derstand the dating methods used on Acme’s own brand of fresh produce, bakery products, dairy items, packaged meat products and certain grocery items. A total of 149 years of service to Natona Mills by seven em- ployees was recognized during an awards ceremony at the Dal- las plant last Friday morning. Certificates and service awards honoring the employees for their contributions to Natona were presented to: Fay Smith, Sweet Valley; Pearl Walton, Trucksville; Sarah Ell, Shaver- town; Mildred Williams, Dallas; Thomas Bogdon, Dallas; Ste- phen Shatkoski, Larksville; and Raymond Jacobs, Dallas. 50 YEARS AGO Mrs. Ethel Shaver, chief oper- ator for Commonwealth Tele- phone Company at the General Offices, Dallas, was guest of hon- or at a dinner given by her fellow Dallas employees this week at hotel Sterling. The dinner paid tribute to Mrs. Shaver’s forty years of service with Common- wealth. Jack Landis, district manager, served as toastmaster and presented Mrs. Shaver with several lovely gifts from her co- workers. A valuable 900-pound 14- month old Holstein bull which was being raised for breeding purposes, was stolen Friday night from the Gerald Brown di- ary herd at Vernon. Mr. Brown, who operates two farms, discov- ered the loss Saturday morning when he went to the chores at his upper farm where he kept sever- al heifers and the bull in stan- chions in a barn. There were truck tire marks in the snow where the rustlers had backed their truck up to the door to load the bull. 60 YEARS AGO L.L. Richardson was elected president of Rural Building & Loan Association at its seven- teenth annual meeting Monday night in First National Bank of Dallas. Elected to the Board of Directors was Howard Isaacs, Trucksville automobile dealer. Other officials reelected were: Edward Staub, vice president; G. Wilbur Nichols, secretary; W.B. Jeter, treasurer and B.B. Lewis, solicitor. Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Com- pany will sponsor its third an- nual Get-To-Gether Dinner for all firemen of the area at Irem country Club on January 30. Thomas Kingston is general chairman. Other committee members are: James Besecker, Henry Peterson and Harry Ohl- man. Ticket sellers are: Fred Swanson, Warren Chamberlain, Norti Berti, S.D. Finney, Jack Graham, Fred Dodson, John Chappel, Kenneth Cuddy, E.A. Dorrance, Sherman Kunkle and Harold Bertram. 70 YEARS AGO Mrs. Walter Shaver was elect- ed assistant teacher of the Be- rean Sunday School Class of Sha- vertown Methodist Church @ meeting held at the home of V¥%. William Chappel, Hillcrest View, Tuesday. Mrs. Chappel was as- sisted by Mrs. Helen Healey, Mrs. Charles Howe and Mrs. Alan Pritchard. In keeping with a growing movement to unify the commu- nities of the Back Mountain re- gion, Mt. Greenwood Kiwanis Club has voted to change its name to Dallas Kiwanis Club. A majority vote of the membership approved the resolution and named Atty. Mitchell Jenkins to handle the legal technicalities in- volved in the change. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dadllas Post which is 121 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as # ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SNOW ACTIVITY?" “Snow man building.” Ann Marie Wempa Kingston Twp. “Snowball fights with my buddies.” Devin Dougherty Shavertown “Snow tubing at Sno Mountain.” Kayla Gleco Dallas “Sledding in my neigh- borhood.” Kelly Jacobs Dallas “Skiing at Sno Moun- tain or Camelback.” Jacob Bozentka Dallas “Snowball fights. | usually win." Michael Glowaniak Dallas
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