PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, March 18, 2012 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 Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com Joe Butkiewicz EXECUTIVE EDITOR 829-7249 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee®@timesleader.com TITANIC MEMORABILIA DISPLAYED AT LIBRARY The sinking of the Titanic happened 100 years ago in April 1912 and is an event in history that continues to fascinate us even today. This month at the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library, in commemoration of this event, 10-year old lan Atkinson will display his Titanic collec- tion. lan has been collecting for three years and has put together models of the ship with help from his dad. He said his Nana bought one of the model kits while trav- eling in Germany and carried it "gently" across the Alps and then held it on the plane ride home. lan’s interest in the story of the Titanic began when a friend in first grade talked to him about it. His favorite item in the collection is the Titanic book by Robert Bal- lard. lan likes it best because “it has a lot of information, nice artwork and some photographs.” lan is a fourth-grade student at Dallas Elementary School and lives in Wyoming with his parents, Duane and Karen Atkinson, his younger sister, Jessica, and their cat, Henry. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver ® |t was noted American science fiction author Philip K. Dick who made the following sage observation: “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” ¢ The first chocolate factory in the United States was established even before the states were united. Back in 1765, two enterprising men named John Hanan and James Baker chose Dorchester, Mass., as the site for their factory, which they mechanized by using water- power. * |f you're like the average American, you eat 23 quarts of ice cream every year. * You might be surprised to learn that the given name of iconic Apache leader Geronimo, Goyathlay, translates as “one who yawns." And the very name Apache isn't what the tribe originally called itself; it's word from the Zuni Indian language, and it means “enemy.” ® In a scant 100 years, from 1500 to 1600, the population of the city of London quadrupled in size. ¢ Singer and songwriter Roger Miller, best known for his hit song “King of the Road,” had a passion for music early, even though his family was poor. When he was in grade school, he spent his weekends picking cotton so he could save up enough money to buy a guitar. After eighth grade he quit school and went to work herding cattle and riding in rodeos. * Interestingly, the word “pudding” came into the English lan- guage from the German word “puddek,” which means “sausage.” [NN J Thought for the day: “We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.” - John F. Kennedy YOUR SPACE Jill Spencer, of Lehman, shot this photo of an old barn on a snowy afternoon during a trip through Central, near Rickett's Glen State Park. "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, PA 18711. 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 cation. 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 the right toreject any items submitted for publi- 20 YEARS AGO -1992 The Back Mountain brought home eight champions from the District 2 Class AA wrestling tournament held recently at King’s College. They are: Rick Finnegan, 103 1b. champ; Mike Stuart, 112 pd. Champ; Jason McDade, 125 Ib. champ; Charlie Roper, 130 Ib. champ; Frank Nati- tus, 135 Ib. champ; Charlie Jacoby, 140 1b. champ; Justin Goodwin, 145 lb. champ; and Mike Guerin, 171 Ib. champ. Tom Williams and Phil Lipski, co-coaches of Lake-Lehman Wrestling, were named Coaches of the Year at the District 2 wres- tling tournament. Their Lake- Lehman squad took seven titles and will send 11 wrestlers to re- gionals. YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1982 Gate of Heaven Cub Pack 232 held their Blue and Gold Dinner recently in the school auditori- um. Boys who received awards are: Hugo Selenski, John Kris- tan, Jack Jones, Shane Williams, Greg Stahovec, J.J. Straigis, James Strange, Donnie Thomp- son, Ronnie Lefkoski, Bobby Demko, James Fry and Walter Fry. Christi Strauser, a sophomore at Dallas Senior High School, has been selected to attend the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Leadership Seminar in Lancas- ter, Pa. later this month. During the seminar, one boy and one girl will be chosen to represent East- ern Pennsylvania at the Interna- tional Leadership Seminar to be held in Chicago, Illinois in Au- gust. 40 YEARS AGO -1972 The Dallas Senior Woman’s Club met recently at the Prince of Peace Church. Following a short business meeting, a “Make It Yourself” fashion show was presented by Mrs. Hans Hacker, representative for Leiter's Fa- mous Designer Fabrics. Models who participated in the show in- cluded Mrs. Hans Hacker, Mag- gie Mitchell, Pam Schwartz, Mrs. Fred Mitchell and Mrs. Robert Parker. Children of the Hilltop Nurs- ery School in Dallas enjoyed the first of several visits to the Chil- dren’s Annex of the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library Tuesday. Visiting the library were: An- drew Mazula, Wallace Gauthier, Michael Walker, Michael Watch- ulonis, Carl Warkomski, Ste- phen Martin, Michael Umphred, Cindy Ricci, John Hagen and Jennifer Stevens. 50 YEARS AGO -1962 Six Girl Scouts from troop 169, which meets Tuesday after- noons at Dallas Methodist Church, will receive the Curved Bar, highest award in Intermedi- ate Girl Scouting, at a mass cere- mony at Coughlin High School, Saturday afternoon. They are: Janet Kelly, Peggy Reese, Donna Demmy, Bonnie Brobst, Pat Pfeifer and Linda Parry. Six Back Mountain matrons will act as models at the Dallas Junior Woman’s Club annual card party and fashion show to be held in St. Therese’s auditori- um Tuesday night. They are: Mrs. David Anderson, Mrs. Phil- lip Walter, Mrs. Fred Templin, Mrs. John A. Diffendafer, Mrs. Stanley Hozempa and Mrs. Roy- al Culp. 60 YEARS AGO -1952 Lehman-Jackson 10th, 11th and 12th grade students elected Edward J. Havrilla, 17, Senior of the Month in an assembly on Tuesday. Names of four candi- dates were submitted: Havrilla, Lewis Disque, Arthur Lloyd and Kenneth Meade. David Vann, sophomore at Westmoreland, won first place at the Forensic competition in For- ty Fort Wednesday with an origi- nal oration entitled, “Our Great Government.” Vann will com- pete again at Bloomsburg next week. 70 YEARS AGO -1942 Rough-house tactics at Hun- lock Creek Grade School this week caused the resignation of an elderly teacher and aroused the people of that section against three youthful insurgents. The teacher, Miss Ruth Chandler, turned in her resignation to the Plymouth Township School Board following an attack on her person Monday afternoon by three boys, Alfred Thomas, Luther Flynn and James Croop, students of her 8th grade class. Miss Chandler claims she wag, . disciplining young Trond when he and the two other 1380 ‘year-olds set upon her, beat her with their fists and tore her clothing. A talented cast at Dallas Township High School is re- hearsing the junior play, “Cross My Heart,” which will be given Friday evening in the school au- ditorium. Members of the cast are James Harfman, Merriam . Moore, Edward Zuba, Shirley Goss, Harold Dymond, Robert Patrick, Edith Spencer, Betty Kreidler, Isabelle Veitch, Marian Jackson, Betty Kepner, Louise Achuff and Lawrence Smith. Information for “Only .. 9 day” is taken from past issues of The Dallas Post which is 122 vears old. The information is printed here exactly as # ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. MOMENTS The History Channel IN TIME * On March 31,1889, the Eiffel Tower is dedicated in Paris. Gus- tave Eiffel’s tower was greeted with skepticism from critics, who argued that it would be structurally unsound. Within a few dec- ades the tower came to be regarded as an architectural master- piece. ® On March 26,1937, America’s first monument to a comic strip hero is unveiled in Crystal City, Texas. The 6-foot-tall, brightly colored concrete statue of Popeye was unveiled in Popeye Park during the city's second annual Spinach Festival. ® On March 27,1964, the strongest earthquake in American history, measuring 8.4 on the Richter scale, slams southern Alas- ka, creating a deadly tsunami. Some 125 people were killed and thousands injured. The tidal wave devastated towns along the Gulf of Alaska and caused carnage in British Columbia, Canada; Hawaii and the West Coast of the United States. * On March 28,1979, the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry begins when a pressure valve in the Unit-2 reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania fails to close. As engineers struggled to understand what had happened, the reactor came within less than an hour of a complete meltdown. “WHAT DO YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT SPRING?" i “Probably the weath- er. You're not cooped up and I'm looking for- ward to the baseball season.” “| definitely like the weather because | like to play tennis." Danna Yu Dallas Jimmy Eschal Shavertown “Weather. You can stop wearing hoodies and wear some really nice clothes.” Lindsey Bennett Noxen “It's warmer. I'm re- tired so | can get out and do some yard work." Mark Stefanowicz Lake Twp. “The weather. | wish it was nice here all the time since | do car- pentry and painting.” Tom White Sweet Valley “Not having to bundle up. It's easier to walk to work and take the kids to the park.” Bonnie Biggs Dallas RE EE i lL a... ........ a a I HM, PS, LL HE el, , = Be ee
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