icin EDITORIAL Sunday, May 13, 2012 5% § Joe Butkiewicz « EXECUTIVE EDITOR ; 8297249 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com ~The Dallas Post www.mydallaspost.com a "Community Newspaper Group s! THE TIMES LEADER 16 N Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-675-521 fin news@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com Auction volunteers are needed Commmiiy volunteers are neededifor the upcoming Back Mountain Memorial Library 2012 Auction. Volunteers of all ages (12 and up) have an opportunity to sup- port the library whether it is to assist. with setting up merchan- dise in tents prior to the auc- tion, hanging banners, staffing booths during the auction, di- recting traffic and parking and after the auction to do clean up. Set up dates are Sunday, July 1 through Tuesday, July 3. Auc- tion dates are Thursday, July 5 through Sunday, July 8. Post-auction cleanup will be on Monday, July 9. To volunteer or for more in- formation, contact Diana Berry, volunteer coordinator, at 675- 0167 or e-mail dlber- ry@epix.net. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel On May 10,1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet up in Promontory, Utah, making transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. Journeys that had taken months by wagon train or weeks by boat now took only days. * On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland, with 1,198 people drowned. It was later revealed that the Lusitania was carrying about 173 tons of war munitions for Britain, which the Germans cited as justification for the attack. e On May 12,1925, a Philadelphia radio station broadcasts the first all-star radio program featuring film actors and actresses. Sound films had npt yet debuted, and the broadcast marked the first time that most listeners had heard the voices of film stars like Lillian Gish and Marion Davies. e On May 8,1933, the first police radio system, connecting head- quarters to patrol cars and patrol cars to one another, is installed in Eastchester Township, N.Y. The system consisted of one transmitter of 20 watts for the headquarters and two transmitters of 4.5 volts each forthe two patrol cars. e On May 13,1956, Gene Autry's musical variety show, “Gene Au- try’s Melody Ranch,” airs its final broadcast, after 16 years. The show featured 10- to 15-minute skits about cowboys and rustlers, along with musical numbers by Autry, “America’s singing cowboy.” * On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration approves the world's first commercially produced birth-control bill. Development of “the pill” was commissioned by birth-control pioneer Margaret San- ger and funded by heiress Katherine McCormick. e On May 1,198, reggae legend Bob Marley dies of cancer in \ Miami Beach, Fla. Marley, born in Jamaica in 1945, formed his band, the Wailers, In 1963. In the early 1970s, the band’s records began to catch on outside Jamaica, assisted by Eric Clapton's cover of “lI Shot the Sheriff." STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver e |t was Canadian author Saul Bellow who made the following sage observation: “You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write." e The US. military has created self-cleaning underwear. Yep. It seems they wanted skivvies that soldiers could wear for several weeks without changing. Nanoparticles and chemicals in the fabric repel liguids.and bacteria. ¢, More books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than about any other American president - more than 15,000 to date. e |t is only to be assumed that Arabella Young, a Massachusetts woman who died in 1771, was considered to be a bit too talkative. Otherwise there would have been no need for the following epitaph: “Here lies as silent clay / Miss Arabella Young, / Who on the 21st of May /:Began to hold her tongue.” * Be glad that you did not have the misfortune to be in Bangla- desh during record storms in 1985. You might have been brained by the record hailstones, some weighing more than 2 pounds each. », You ‘might not be surprised to learn that among his Hollywood friends, screen legend and notorious drinker Humphrey Bogart was nicknamed Whiskey Straight. * The founders of the Arby's chain were a pair of brothers, Forest and Leroy Raffel. They wanted to name the original restaurant Big Tex, but found that the name was already owned by someone else. ers. <n They settled on Arby's to represent the initials R.B.'s for Raffel Broth- Thought for the day: “I never blame myself when I'm not hitting. | just blame the bat, and if it keeps up, | change bats. After all, if | know it isn’t my fault that I'm not hitting, how can | get mad at myself?" - Yogi Berra "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 Jeanette Kulick, of Oneonta Hill in Harveys Lake, took this photo at the Harveys Lake inlet toward the end of last summer. 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 to reject any items submitted for publi- Back Min. Library adds memorial books to shelves The following memorial /hon- or books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memorial Library for the month of April: In memory of William R. McSwegin, “Abraham Lincoln” by Michael Burlingame (refer- ence), presented by His Family In memory of Mary Mohr, “The First Lady of Fleet Street” by Eilat Negev, presented by Car- ol G. Crawford; “Fancy Nancy: Oh LaLa! It’s a Beautiful Day” by Jane O'Connor, presented by Marsha and Sheldon Spear; “Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature” by Nicola Da- vies, presented by Marsha and Sheldon Spear In memory of Ron Ertley, “Leading with the Heart” by Mike Krzyzewski, presented by Ron, Debbie, Molly and Michael Murphy In memory of Mark Steele, “Science Experiments That Sur- prise and Delight: Teen Projects for Curious Kids” by Sheri Bell- Rehwoldt, presented by Jane Ba- lavage In memory of Joseph Sabales- ky, “The Big Band Almanac” by Leo Walker, presented by Leo- nard Sabalesky In memory of Steve Petro, “Upgrading and Repairing PCs” by Scott Mueller, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hufford In memory of Marybeth Pat- terson, “Container Garden Idea Book.” presented by Veronica Timpanelli In memory of John Kinnard Murray, “Bottom of the 33rd” by Dan Barry, presented by The Vil- lage at Greenbriar In memory of Reynold J. Ko- sek, Jr., “Creating Innovators” by Tony Wagner, presented by Wil- liam and Joann Sauers In memory of Hokon Wood- row Rood, “A History of the World” by Neil MacGregor, pre- sented by Tuesday Night Pain- ters from Clark Summit In memory of Paul Gritman, “Labels, Leadville and Lore” by Douglas H. Rhoades, presented by Nancy and Bob Dingman 20 YEARS AGO -1992 Six winners were selected in the Spring Coloring Contest which was sponsored by The Dallas Post and area businesses. Age 5 and under winners are Tra- cy Pavlico, first place, and Laura Nieman, second. Age 6-9 year winners are Johnny Cyprich, first place, and Ruthana Size- more, second. Winners in the 10- 13 year category are Rachel Hill- er, first place, and Betsy Rosen- thal, second. Two area athletes were honor- ed recently at College Misericor- dia’s Second % Annual Stu- dent Ath- lete Lun- YESTERDAY cheon. Re- nee Balber- chak of Dallas and Susie Slocum from Lake-Lehman were both honored for their outstanding achievement in athletics and the classroom. 30 YEARS AGO -1982 Area square dance groups are planning a square dance for rais- ing money for the Brad Bullock Heart Fund. Admission will be $4.00 with all proceeds to bene- fit the Bullock Fund. “Red” Jones, caller, and his band are donating their services. Dance coordinator is Joe O'Donnell. Dallas Senior High School stu- dents had lots of fun preparing and enjoying French cooking last week during their foods class. Participants included Che- ryl Lamoreaux, Kim Barber, De- bra Grossman, Sally Janosik, Kim Moran and Kerry Preece. 40 YEARS AGO -1972 At the annual spring concert of the Lake-Lehman Knights Band, high school principal An- thony Marchakitus presented the John Phillips Sousa Band Award to two seniors who have fulfilled the necessary qualifica- tions. The proud recipients were 50 Chorale has just completed its spring season under the direc- tion of Mrs. William Carroll, ac- companied by Mrs. Ira Smith. The group, comprised of house- wives, mothers and grandmoth- ers, includes the following mem- bers: Mesdames Ralph Fitch, Russell Case, Charles Mahler, Joseph Goode, Victor Cross, Burton Roberts, Joseph Katyl, Howard Garris, William Kings- bury, William Rood, Paul Lauer, Joseph Balavage, Clifford Troup, Albert Turner, Francis Kriedler, Lewis Reese, Franklin Clark, John McGoey, Peter Grifed, Eve- lyn Seeley and Mary Bennallack. Carolyn Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Edwards of Huntsville, and David Haines, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Haines of Sweet Valley. Barry Edwards and Bill Ehrets are general co-chairmen of the 28th Annual Lehman Horse Show to be held the first week of July at the Lehman Horse Show Grounds. Committee aides are Harold Coolbaugh, advertising; Ed Hartman, refreshments; Paul Adamshick, games; Chris Dawe, games; Marty Galshefski, sta- bles; Bob Rogers, refreshments; Paul Margellina, grounds, and Dick Sutton, ring. 60 YEARS AGO -1952 James J. Durkin, Lake Street, Dallas, field representative in Luzerne, Lackawanna, Carbon and Schuylkill Counties for Phi- ladelphia Life Insurance Compa- ny, is featured in the April issue of The Insurance Salesman, for having been nominated by his company as its “outstanding man of the year.” Noble Grand Harriet Rogers and Vice Grand Jennie Shaver were installed at the Trucksville Fire Hall by members of the La- dy Toby Rebekah Lodge 514 last Wednesday evening. Other offi- ARS AGO=1962 The Dallas Woman's Club. ; * Peg Robbins, Bertha Sutliff, Bert cers installed were Myrtle Rine- man, Esther Blase, Mary Shaver, Lohman, Ethel Johnson, Alice Davis, Kell Daniels, Eleanor Gelsleichter, Dorothy Culver, Betty Farr, Anna Folk, Tillie Croom, Ella Long, Erma Shoe- A maker and Isabelle Cleasby. 70 YEARS AGO -1942 For the second consecutive year, a member of the Lehman Township High School Band has been chosen to play in the All State concert. Trombonist Theo- dore Parks, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Parks of Lehman and a senior at the township school, was notified recently that he had been selected for the All State Band to play this weekend at the Millvale School of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Harry Allen of Harvey's Lake is spending the week in Chicago where she is a delegate for the Dial Rock Chapter at the annual national D.A.R. conven- tion. Mrs. Allen is regent of the local chapter. Information for “Only Yester- day” is taken from past issues of The Dadllas Post which is 122 vears old. The wformation is printed here exactly as # ap- peared in the newspaper years ago. “Because we love our mothers and, other- wise, we wouldn't even be here.” _Ethan Kolojejchick Trucksville “WHY DO WE CELEBRATE MOTHER'S DAY?" “To thank Moms for everything they do for us. My Mom plays golf with me.” Colin Bowanko Dallas “It's kind of like a Good Job Day for my Mom. We'll make her breakfast in bed.” Renee Rineheimer Dallas “To show our mothers how much we love them.” Kyle Greenwood Dallas “To show how grateful we are for all the food and care they give us.” Bailey Tregan Dallas “Because we care about our mothers who gave us birth and we love them." SEC Sub i fg RS Soy Lexie ose) Dallas ™% | TH
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