*PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, October 16, 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 Library has lots to offer for fall season The Back Mountain Memorial Library is always a popular place, but especially so during the cooler months of Autumn. Stop by soon and register for one of the upcoming programs that the library is offering. Also, be sure to notice the Holiday Shoppe located in the front foyer of the library. Here, you will find an assortment of slightly-used collectibles, holiday decorations, gift items and beautiful hand- made floral wreaths. All proceeds from the Holiday Shoppe go directly to the library. Bookshop bargains Then go downstairs and snag one of the “Best Bargains” in the Back Mountain at the library’s “Slightly Read Bookshop.” The Bookshop is holding a “Ro- mance” sale from October 17-29. Fall in love with romance paper- backs for only $1 a bag. Donate to Holiday Shoppe Remember it is never too early to donate items for the li- brary’s Annual Auction/Holiday Shoppe. You may drop off collec- tibles, antiques, vintage jewelry, household items and knick- knacks any time during regular library hours. The library does not accept clothes or shoes. Pre-registration is required for the following workshops and may be made by calling the li- brary at 675-1182. Chair caning class A repeat of last year’s popular Chair Caning five-week course will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays beginning October 15. The fee for this course, in- cluding tools and materials, is $45 due at the time of registra- tion. Participants must provide their own chair for this project. Gardening program A gardening program: “Tips and Tricks — Fall Winter Edi- tion” has been re-scheduled and will now be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22. Attend this free class and learn how to plant and protect bulbs and shrubs in the garden from hungry critters and other winter damage. Ideas to extend the beauty of contain- ers into the fall and winter sea- sons will also be shared. This class will be presented by Mas- ter Gardeners Jean Kolojejchick and Roseann Nardone. Learn about Frances Slocum A free program entitled “Frances Slocum: Child of Two Americas” will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 2. This pre- sentation will be given on the actual anniversary date of Franc- es Slocum’s abduction. Bill Bachman, writer and director of the film, served as a Common- wealth Speaker and is a full- time communications faculty member at Penn State, Wilkes Barre. Join us for this remarka- ble local history film and com- mentary. ‘Flower Power’ bulb fundraiser Our current “Flower Power” bulb fundraiser ends on October 28. You have just a few more weeks to visit the library’s web- site at backmountainlibrary.org to place your order for bulbs that are guaranteed to bloom! The library receives a 50 percent profit from each order and the bulbs will be shipped directly to customers’ homes. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel ® On Oct. 29,1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, English adventurer and fa- vorite courtier of Queen Elizabeth I, is beheaded in London, under a sentence brought against him 15 years earlier. He had been released to establish a gold mine in South America. ® On Oct. 27,1873, an lllinois farmer named Joseph Glidden sub- mits an application to the U.S. Patent Office for his design for a fenc- ing wire with sharp barbs. Glidden's two-strand barb wire design changed the face of the American West. * On Oct. 28, 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicates The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, in New York Harbor. Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the statue was to commemorate the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution. * On Oct. 24,1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Ed- son Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Taylor reached the shore alive, if a bit battered. YOUR SPACE Deno Pantelakos, of Idlewood Drive in Dallas, took his camera be- hind Ganoga Falls at Rickett's Glen State Park and waited for the s to cast a rainbow. "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. 20 YEARS AGO -1991 “Spirit Week” at Dallas Senior High School will be capped by the selection of a Homecoming Queen during halftime of the Dallas-GAR football game Octo- ber 19. Seven Dallas High School seniors were selected as candi- dates for Queen by members of the senior class. They are Wendy Cave, Sara Harris, Ta- mi Landon, Jamie Ma- niskas, Megan Moran, Susan Richard- son and Amy Shelley. The Queen will be chosen by a vote of the entire student body. The Dallas Kiwanis Club in- stalled new officers at Irem Tem- ple Country Club last week. They are Bob Fordsham, presi- dent; James Tupper, first vice president; and Mark Santayana, second vice president. Sd 7. : Fini : N Sd ONLY YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1981 Dallas Fire and Ambulance Auxiliary held its installation dinner last week at Perugino’s, Luzerne. Officers of the club are: Janette Grieves, president; Ka- ren Spudis, vice president; and Judy Shaffer, treasurer. Joe McDonald received the Kiwanian of the Year plaque at the Back Mountain Kiwanis club installation banquet held recent- ly at Irem Temple Country Club. 40 YEARS AGO -1971 Harry Roat, owner of Roat’s Dallas Hardware, Main Street, Dallas has donated the use of his car wash, also on Main Street, to the Cub Scouts of Shavertown pack 233. Proceeds from busi- ness between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. today will go to the scouts. Mem- bers of the Cub Pack are: Laing Batchler, Anthony Barbose, Har- ry Davenport, Jim Kelly, Charles Glasser, Leon Kern, Alex Zajow- ski and William Smith. Elby’s have signed a lease with The First National Bank Eastern Pennsylvania and will remodel the former Suburban Restaurant in Dallas with plans to open the restaurant next spring. 50 YEARS AGO -1961 Ed Buckley, local postal em- ployee will be installed as Com- mander of Daddow-Isaacs Post, American Legion, tomorrow night in the Post Home on Me- morial Highway, Dallas. Mr. Buckley has been a member of the Legion for sixteen years. Ground-breaking ceremonies Saturday morning set officially in motion construction of the new Lake-Lehman High School. The prize-winning band lent col- or and action to the traditional breaking of the sod. 60 YEARS AGO -1951 Joyce Gordon won the elimi- nation contest at Lake-Noxen school on Friday, when Future Homemakers of America com- peted in preparation of that old Pennsylvania favorite, apple pan-dowdy. Joyce will compete in the county contest at Harter High School. County contest winners will compete in eight re- gional contests scheduled for the week of October 15 and Octo- ber 20 will see regional winners competing at Dubois Joint High school, Clearfield County. Dallas Senior Girl Scouts elected officers for the year at their Monday night meeting in the library annex. Lorraine Owen will serve as President; Jessie Carey, vice president; Peg- gy Ann Maza, secretary; Gladys Wilson, treasurer. 70 YEARS AGO -1941 B. Frank Bulford, only surviv- ing signer of the original Dallas Borough Charter, will celebrate his eight-sixth anniversary on Monday with an Open House to all his friends and relatives {i | Bulford is probably the old€st living person born and reared in Dallas. Shavertown Brownie Pack 105 met Monday in the brownie room of the grade school with Mrs. James Cairns the new lead- er in charge. Games were played and a program enjoyed by the fol- lowing: Jean Bailey, Margaret Sponseller, Patsie Hoover, Shir- ley Stroh, Marty Simons, Jane Reilly, Jane Perrin, Margaret Ackerman, Lorene Moss, Nata Vincent, Sevilla Arnold, Beverly Morgan, Judy Powell, Ruby Shrey, Charlotte Rowe, Dorothy Hauser, Frances Adler and Claire Bauer. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 122 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ¢ It was 19th-century Ameri- can humorist Josh Billings who made the following sage obser- vation: “Don’t mistake pleasure for happiness. They're a differ- ent breed of dog.” e Those who study such things say that the immortal bard, William Shakespeare, used a grand total of 17,677 words in his works. (That must have been a tedious calculation.) They also say that fully one-tenth of those words had never been used in writing before. e If you're like the average American, you eat approximate- ly 10 pounds of chocolate every year. ¢ You might be surprised to learn that the first automobile insurance policy was sold way back in 1897. One Gilbert J. Loo- mis of Dayton, Ohio, was evi- dently concerned about the po- tential damage that could be done by his newly-acquired car, so he got general liability protec- tion in case driving his car result- ed in someone’s death or injury, or in case property was dam- aged. e High-quality opals can be more valuable than diamonds. ¢ If you are of a certain age, you might remember that in the mid-1960s, root beer-flavored milk was available for purchase. Then again, you might not; the marketing experiment was a flop and the product was pulled “Just Us Girls!” is a group to empower girls, teaching girls to become confident, upstanding young women and will hold its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 18 in the Educa- tion Center at Trucksville Unit- ed Methodist Church, Church Rd, Trucksville. The program is offered to all girls in grades 1-6 and is free of charge. Registration begins at 6:15 p.m. The October snack will be carrot “fingers” and dip. The 4- 5-6 grade group will discuss self esteem and will be led by Do- reen Johnson and Kristyn Ecen- rode. Girls in grades 1, 2 and 3 will participate in a craft and a ses- sion with a presenter from Chil- dren’s Service Center. They will also learn about healthy eating while enjoying (and perhaps preparing their own) snack. Girls in grades 4, 5 and 6 will be led by local teachers and the in short order. a New group will offer empowerment to young girls following topics presented by Children’s Service Center: peer pressure, bullying, fitting in, am I good enough? The girls will participate in crafts and also have a snack. (Some potential crafts are painting, stained glass, Zumba, photography, cake decorating, knitting/cro- cheting). For more information, con- tact Carol Hadsall at 696-4839 or by email at car olh424@aol.com. “At the last Lehman soccer game. | won the 50-50. It was $35. But I've lost some, too. Keith Harry Lehman “WHEN “At a Night at the Races for Lehman bas- ketball. My horse came in and | won two baskets, too - one beer and one wine. Barbara Spriggs Lehman WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WON A PRIZE?" “At Gate of Heaven's Altar and Rosary So- ciety. | won a draw- ing.” Heather Vierczorek Noxen “When our band won the Atlantic Coast Championship compe- tition and | was in the color guard.” Alison Stankey Harveys Lake “| won $20 at the Mo- hegan Sun and a bas- ket at St. John's Ba- zaar in Larksville."” George Bath Trucksville “| beat Chris O'Conner in basketball.” Nikki Sutliff Shavertown
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