PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, July 24, 2011 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 LETTERTO THE EDITOR Where do memories go? Dear Editor: My memory of Dallas Senior High School in 1965, when I was a brand new sophomore, was that it was a pristine, state- of-the-art, very cool school. If the school aged, which it must have since they decided to take it down...that means I have, too! I'm not so sure I like this development or is it deconstruc- tion? So, if they take down the school..what happens to our memories of high school years that lived inside the school since we last left them there? Florence (Weir) Chevalier Dallas High School Class of 1968 MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel e On Aug. 4,1892, Andrew and Abby Borden are found hacked to death in their Fall River, Mass., home. Daughter Lizzie, later immortal- ized in a famous rhyme, was arrested and charged with the double homicide. Taken with her Christian persona, the all-male jury acquit- ted her. Today, the house where the Borden murders occurred is a bed and breakfast. ® On Aug. 5, 1914, the world’s first electric traffic signal is put into place on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleve- land. It consisted of four pairs of red and green lights that served as stop-go indicators, each mounted on a corner post. * On Aug. 6,1928, Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the latter part of the 20th century, is born in Pennsylvania. He took literally the advice of an art teacher who said he should paint the things he liked. He liked ordinary things, such as comic strips, canned soup and soft drinks, and so he painted them. ® On Aug. 2,1939, Wes Craven, the man responsible for terrorizing millions of moviegoers with his “Nightmare on Elm Street” series, is born in Cleveland. Craven began his directing career with 1972's “The Last House on the Left,” a violent teen horror film. * On Aug. 7,1947, Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwe- gian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti. Heyerdahl wanted to prove his theory that prehistoric South Amer- icans could have colonized the Polynesian islands by drifting on ocean currents. ® On Aug. 3,1958, the U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus accomplish- es the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. USS Nau- tilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, dived at Point Barrow, Alas- ka, and traveled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world. * On Aug. 1,1966, Charles Whitman takes a stockpile of guns and ammunition to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the University of Texas and proceeds to shoot 46 people, killing 14 and wounding 31. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ¢ |t was 20th-century U.S. Attorney General and Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson who made the following sage observation: “The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.” * [t's common knowledge that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is reqgu- larly ranked as one of the world's wealthiest people, but you might not realize that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's wealthiest charitable organization, with an endowment of $36.7 billion. e |f you're planning a trip to lowa anytime soon, you might want to schedule a stop in the town of Walcott. There you can visit the lowa 80 Truckstop, the world's largest. With a whopping 220 acres, the truck stop is 1.5 times the size of Disneyland. * In a traditional Hungarian wedding ceremony, the bride wears a headdress made of woven wheat, thought to help ensure the couple's fertility. : ¢ Historians say that famed German composer Ludwig van Beeth- oven was quite particular about his coffee. It is claimed that he counted out exactly 60 coffee beans for each cup that he drank. * The longest mountain range on Earth is located underwater -- in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, to be specific. It's nearly 25,000 miles long, and the only part of it that's above water is the nation of Iceland. * |f you are an American of a certain age, you almost certainly spent time watching the 1960s sitcom “| Dream of Jeannie.” The iconic bottle where the genie lived wasn't actually created for the show; the set dressers used a Jim Beam holiday decanter from 1964. "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 YOUR SPACE This summer scene at Lake Jean was photographed by Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive in Dallas. 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, address and telephone num- ber in the event we have questions. Readers should include a self-addressed/stamped envelope. Items will be published in the or- der in which they are received. . The editor of The Dallas Post reserves if right to reject any items submitted for publi-~ wishing to have their photos returned cation. 20 YEARS AGO Recently, a seventh grade stu- dent at Dallas Middle School, Nathan Shedlock, was selected as the grand prize winner of the National Children’s Dental Health Month Video Contest. Nathan’s * prize-winning video was selected as the best video submitted among Middle School students across Pennsyl- vania. Nathan received a $1,000 US. Sav- ings Bond for his ef- forts, while his school and his au- dio visual technical instructor, Mr. Wil liam Roberts, each received a $500 prize. Nathan's video, entit- led “Miss Barka Howl Goes to the Dentist,” was judged based on originality, production quali- ty and overall message promot- ing dental health awareness. The Dallas Kiwanis selection committee for the High School Senior Girls All-Star Game, se- lected Charlotte Slocum as this year’s recipient of the annual award presented to the person who performed outstanding contribution to girl's sports in Luzerne County. Charlotte has coached for six years in the Back Mountain Softball Association and coached the Back Mountain National All-Star team for six years where they won five dis- trict titles, one Regional title and finished third in State competi- tion. YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO The “algae scare” at Harvey's Lake several weeks ago hurt many businesses there and may force at least one of them to close permanently. Over the weekend one businessperson after anoth- er complained that the normally heavy summer tourist trade was cut drastically by an announce- ment by the Pennsylvania De- partment of Environmental Re- sources that a large quantity of an unpleasant algae has surfaced in the lake, threatening skin rashes. The agency later modi- fied its warning, downgrading the algae to less virulent than it first thought. James McCaffrey, owner of Sandy Beach, would only answer “I can’t comment on that” when asked about rumors that he was hurt so badly by the drop in trade that he was think- ing about shutting down. Carolyn Straka was the grand prize winner in a match the num- bers contest conducted by Jean’s Discount Fabrics, Dallas Shop- ping Center. Straka won a stereo home center. Other winners in the contest include Marsha Meade, who won a sewing ma- chine, and Renee Yuscellis, who won a grandfather clock. 40 YEARS AGO Four Back Mountain students at Wyoming Seminary departed today on a five-week study pro- gram that will take them through seven European coun- tries. The students will arrive in London and travel through Bel- gium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and France before retuning to the United States. The students are: Holly A. Diet- terick, Debra A. Koehl, Sandra M. Kabeschat and Bonnie Ka- naar. Three Dallas girls are partici- pating in the second session of camping being sponsored by Penns Woods Council. Girl Scouts Doreen Grieves, Shirley Lewis and Susan Simons are at- tending a two-week session at Camp Louise, located north of Berwick. 50 YEARS AGO Ann Wills, a student in Sister Miriam's class at College Miser- icordia has been named a winner in TIME magazine’s 25th annual Current Affairs Contest. TIME’s current affairs test, given this year to more than 150,000 col- lege and high school students in the U.S. and Canada, consists of 100 questions on national and foreign affairs. Included are such categories as business, sports, entertainment, science, religion, literature, journalism, education 60 YEARS AGO Silver Leaf Club met Tuesday evening, with Mrs. Florence Hoyt presiding and Mrs. Arline Kunkle leading devotions. Plans were laid for a picnic in August. Prizes were won by Mrs. Flo- rence Klimech, Mrs. Helen Lan- don, Mrs. Dorothy Dodson, and Mrs. Virgie Elston. At local Acme stores, fresh sweet corn sold at 6 ears for 25 cents; jumbo cantaloupes were 23 cents each; pork chops were 69 cents a pound; sirloin steak was 99 cents a pound; and a large loaf of bread was 14 cents. 70 YEARS AGO Trucksville Girl Scouts have returned from Wildwood where they spent several days. Miss Thelma Bulford, captain, accom- panied the troop and was assist- ed by the following: Mrs. Jacob Beline as trained nurse, Lois Av- ery as life guard, and Mrs. Ge- and a special review section of °r8¢ Metz, Mrs. Robert Taylor, the past decade. Winners receive : . J ren Yeisley, committee women. Mrs. Richard Reese, Mrs. Wa) a certificate from The Weekly News-magazine and a choice of either a world globe or a book from a specially selected list. Annual picnic of Ladies Auxil- iary of the Noxen Volunteer Fire Company was held on July 17 at the home of Mrs. Oscar Fish. Due to the rain it was held in- side. Present were Mesdames Chester Keiper, Oscar Patton, Harry Wells, Guy Fritz, Richard Traver, James Traver, James Hel- lesheimer, Willard Bender, Jack Williams, Arthur Blizzard, Ira Beahm, Leone Jocelyn, Earl Beahm, Mr. Oscar Fish and Jack Williams. Girls attending were Jeanne Cle- well, Peggy Greenwood, Rachael Reese, Barbara Metz, Shirley Williams, Kathleen Smith, Ma- rie Johnson and Nancy Metz. Movies playing at the Himm- ler Theatre, Dallas, included “Penny Serenade” starring Cary Grant; “Wagons Roll at Night” starring Errol Flynn; and “Pot of Gold” starring James Stewart. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 122 vears old. The wformation is printed here exactly as it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. “WHAT DO YOU DO TO STAY “Same as everybody else and | drink a lot.” Paul Brace Orange “I jump in Little Wap- wallopen Creek.” David Yost Dorrance “I go to my family's backyard pool.” Kara Brown Wyoming COOL IN HOT WEATHER?" upt my Aunt Jean's pool. God has blessed us with it.” Amy Rose Dallas “Swimming in house pools. There are plen- ty of them around.” Kyle Dolman Shavertown “I have plenty of these dry weave, cool down shirts." Kurtis Sod Trucksville RE a i a ,, E, .,... 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