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EDITORIAL
Sunday, May 13, 2012
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Joe Butkiewicz
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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.
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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
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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."
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