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EDITORIAL
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Richard L. Connor
The Dallas Post
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New books added
to library shelves
The following new books
have been added to the shelves
of the Back Mountain Memorial
Library for the month of De-
cember 2011:
EXPRESS
“Red Mist” by Patricia D.
Cornwell, “The Forgotten Af-
fairs of Youth” by Alexander
McCall Smith, “Death Comes to
Pemberley” by P.D. James
FICTION
“Red Mist” by Patricia D.
Cornwell, “The Forgotten Af-
fairs of Youth” by Alexander
McCall Smith, “Death Comes to
Pemberley” by P.D. James, “Vig-
ilante” by Stephen J. Cannell,
“The Scottish Prisoner” by Dia-
na Gabaldon, “The House of
Silk” by Anthony Horowitz,
“The Snow Angel” by Glenn
Beck, “Second Grave on the
Left” by Darynda Jones
BOOKS ON CD
“Kill Alex Cross” by James
Patterson, “V is for Vengeance”
by Sue Grafton, “The Litiga-
tors” by John Grisham
YOUNG ADULT
“Ask Elizabeth” by Elizabeth
Berkley
WEBELOS REMOVE
CEMETERY FLAGS
Pack 281 Webelos 4-2 recently participated in removing flags
at St. Mary's Cemetery in Plymouth. Jesse Hobbs Sr., Vice Com-
mander of the Plymouth VFW, directed the ceremony as the We-
belos participated in the retiring of the flags as part of their citi-
zenship requirement. From left, first row, are Noah Daily, Ayden
Carey, Jared McGuire, Kevin Allen, lan Atkinson. Second row,
Bev Daily, den leader; and Jesse Hobbs, Sr. Vice Commander of
the Plymouth VFW.
MOMENTS IN TIME
By Samantha Weaver
* |t was American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison
who made the following sage observation: "Opportunity is missed by
most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like
work."
* |f you're planning a trip to Peru to ring in the new year, you
might want to bring along some yellow underwear. In that country it's
considered lucky to wear it on the first day of the new year.
* Another story to add to the file on clueless criminals: In 2010,
two men in Portland, Ore., went to a supermarket and started remov-
ing price tags from items and filling their backpacks with the loot.
However, they didn’t even make it out of the store with their ill-got-
ten gains. It seems that the would-be crooks decided to do their
shoplifting during a "Shop With a Cop" promotion, and there were 60
police officers already in the store -- in uniform.
* You may be surprised to learn that the Statue of Liberty is not
located in New York. While it is on Liberty Island in New York Harbor,
it's technically within the territorial waters of Jersey City, N.J.
YOUR SPACE
This photo of the chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado was taken on a recent trip west by Allan Hobbs, of Daisy
Lane, Dallas.
"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-
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Information must include the submitting
person's name, address and telephone num-
ber 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 or-
der in which they are received.
The editor of The Dallas Post reserves t
right to reject any items submitted for publi-
cation.
20 YEARS AGO -1991
Former Dallas High School
field hockey standout Renee Bal-
berchak closed out her College
Misericordia career as she was
named the team’s most valuable
player at the banquet.
The Lake-Noxen PTA and the
Haney Fun-
draising Co.
recently
completed
its fundrais-
er and re-
warded the
high sellers
in each
grade level with the Richie Rich
Limo Ride and lunch at McDo-
nald’s. Winners were Josh Jen-
kins, Melissa Birt, Tara Murphy,
Angela Shilansky, Matthew Hin-
ton, Gregory Falzone and Ri-
chard Patton.
YESTERDAY
30 YEAS AGO -1981
Marsha Landis, president of
Dallas Junior Woman's Club,
and Elaine Hudak, membership
chairman, welcomed Ruth Se-
lensky, JoAnn Karolchik and
Sandy Sprau as new members at
a dinner last week.
Stephen Strazdus, a member
of Boy Scout Troop 281 of Dallas
United Methodist Church, is
completing the distribution of
the 500 “Vials of Life” to all
homes in Franklin Township,
which takes in Demunds, Or-
ange and part of the Carverton
section. Upon completion he
will be eligible for promotion to
the rank of Eagle Scout.
40 YEARS AGO -1971
The Lake-Lehman Football
Mother's Club honored the
Lake-Lehman team at the annual
banquet held Saturday at the
Castle. Senior players and man-
agers received the traditional
black and gold jackets from their
mothers. Honorees included:
Vince Marchakitus, Edwin Yan-
chik, Dennis Bonning, Jake Brin,
Bill Purcell, Paul Adamshick, Ke-
vin Ray, Chris Dawe, Dave
Steltz, Charlie Evans, Jeff Smith,
Bill Kalish, Vito Pilosi, Doug
Johnson, Gene Mohen, Dixon
Wolf, Bob Engle, Bill Lozo and
Tony Stevens.
Several members of the Dallas
Junior Woman’s Club gathered
recently at the home of one club
member to pack Christmas bas-
kets for the needy. Fifteen
Christmas baskets chock full of
groceries were delivered to fam-
ilies throughout the Back Moun-
tain community. Club members
who participated in the project
were: Mrs. Robert Shepherd,
project chairman, Mrs. Harry
Bernardi, Mrs. Thomas Sturm,
Mrs. Charles Butler, Mrs. Glen
Lewis and Mrs. Edward Thomp-
son.
50 YEARS AGO -1961
“The Sound of Music” will be
presented Monday night at Dal-
las Senior High School by the
Adult Mixed Chorus of the Eve-
ning Extension School. Soloists
will be Marie Sherwood, Gorgie-
na Weidner, Sandra Sprout, Be-
tty Hanna, Richard Bennie; vo-
calists Florence H. Sherwood,
marimba; Robert Carey, piano;
Alfred camp, organ; Edward Rat-
cliffe, narrator.
It was welcome news to learn
this week that James Besecker,
Dallas realtor, has purchased the
vacant business properties of Vi-
ola Morrett, Kunkle, located on
Main Street, Dallas. Mr. Beseck-
er plans to renovate both build-
ings completely, and to redeco-
rate the exteriors next spring.
60 YEARS AGO -1951
“The Sweetest Story Ever
Told” will be presented by Junior
Catholic Daughters at the meet-
ing of the Court Our Lady of Fati-
ma No. 1478 Catholic Daughters
of America at the Christmas par-
ty in St. Therese’s auditorium
Wednesday evening. Taking part
will be Theresa O'Neill, Mary
Catherine Polacky, Murial Mo-
nahan, Nancy O’Neill, Marilyn
Rother, Joan Guyette, Wilma
Blann, Kathleen Lavelle, Cathe-
rine Noon, Joy Keller, Mary Joe
Laux, Barbara Beaner, Carol and
Polacky, Maria Diamond, Ruth
Waldow and Jean Pesavento.
“Turn Back the Clock,” a com-
edy in three acts, will be present-
ed by the senior class of Westmo-
reland High School tonight in
the auditorium. In the cast are
Nancy Schooley, Peggy Mal-
kemes, Louise Kann, Carol Feh-
linger, Bobby Lee Crews, Francis
Siley, Barbara Davis, Myrtle
Kenny, Donald Watchulonis,
Bruce Berrettini, Paul Coniglio,
Russell DeRemer, John Ganah,
and Eugene Prushko.
70 YEARS AGO -1941
Mrs. Ruth Rogers was elected
president and Mrs. Florence Da-
venport vice president at the an-
nual Christmas party and elec-
tion meeting of the Meeker
W.S.C.S. Wednesday evening.
Other officers: treasurer, Miss
Letha Wolfe; recording secreta-
ry, Mrs. Edna Rebennack; corre-
sponding secretary, Mrs. Marie
B. Wolfe; chairman of spiritual
life, Mrs. Lillian Hildebrandt;
and chairman of fellowship, Mrs.
Marion Harvey.
Two hundred guests attended
the dinner honoring Kingston
Township High School football
team on Monday evening at Sha-
vertown Hose House. Duke
Isaacs was toastmaster. Coaches
Tom Jenkins and Harold Seiple
were presented with gifts from
the entire team by Captain Ross
Williams Jr.
Information for “Only Yester-
day” 1s taken from past issues of
The Dallas Post which is 122
vears old. The wnformation is
printed here exactly as it ap-
peared in the newspaper veal)
ago. i
MOMENTS IN TIME
The History Channel
® On Dec. 27, 1900, prohib-
itionist Carry Nation smashes
up the bar at the Carey Hotel in
Wichita, Kansas, causing sever-
al thousand dollars in damage
and landing in jail.
¢ On Dec. 31, 1937, Anthony
Hopkins is born in Port Talbot,
Wales. Hopkins is known for
playing one of the greatest vil-
lains in movie history, the can-
nibalistic serial killer Hannibal
Lecter in “The Silence of the
Lambs” and its two sequels,
“Hannibal” and “Red Dragon.”
® On Dec. 29, 1940, London
suffers its most devastating air
raid when Germans firebomb
the city. The next day, a newspa-
per photo of St. Paul’s Cathedral
standing undamaged amid the
smoke and flames seemed to
symbolize the capital’s uncon-
querable spirit during the Bat-
tle of Britain.
¢ On Dec. 26, 1966, the first
day of the first Kwanzaa is cele-
brated in Los Angeles. The sev-
en-day holiday is a celebration
of African-American family,
community and cultural values,
which include unity, self-deter-
mination, collective work and
responsibility, economic coop-
eration, purpose, creativity and
faith.
“WHAT DO YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT WINTER?"
£5 | a g
“The Christmas holi- “The holidays and
days and being home spending time with my
with the family.” family.”
Ron GreYooski Katie Miadsigh
“The snow, skiing, sled
riding, shoveling. | like
it all.”
Jack Lydic
Kingston
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“All the winter sports
- skiing, sled riding,
doing stuff around the
house."
Ed Fetterman
Towanda
u) love the holiday
time with family and
friends.”
Heather Hospodar
Sweet Valley
“Spending time with
my family but also
seeing the winter
scapes and enjoying
them all.”
Chris Gerlin
Shavertown