a ——————— *PAGE 6 EDITOR | AL Sunday, June 24, 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 Joe Butkiewicz Dotty Martin EXECUTIVE EDITOR EDITOR 829-7249 970-7440 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com dmartin@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee®@timesleader.com BIKES AWARDED . AT EASTER PARTY Daddow Isaacs Dallas American Legion Post 672 awarded two bikes at its Children’s Easter Party to J.J. McDaniels, left, and Madalyn Morcavage. The Easter Bunny (John Emil Sr.) present- ed the bikes to the winners. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver * |t is still not known who made the following sage observation: “Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.” e |f you are an aficionado of the word game Scrabble, you prob- ably know that there are only five words that can be played using a g but no u. In case you're not in the know, those words are “faqir,” “qaid,” "goph,” “gindar” and “gintar.” ® In 1774, surveyors in Maryland marked off a parcel of land by mistake. The error was immortalized when the town that grew up on that land adopted the name Accident. * The English word “mistletoe” comes from an Anglo-Saxon phrase that means “dung on a twig.” It seems that the branches where mistletoe is often found have white splotches on them, which some say resemble bird droppings. * The martial art that is known today as karate actually originated in India and spread to China before becoming popular in 17th-century Japan, where it was dubbed karate, which means “empty hand” in Japanese. ® These days you'll rarely see an elected official with a beard, but facial hair wasn't always considered to be a liability in politics. In fact, it's been reported that Abraham Lincoln was inspired to grow a beard while he was running for president in 1860 because of a letter from an T-year-old girl. Grace Bedell wrote to Lincoln that a beard would make him "look a great deal better, for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers." * When the United States bought Alaska from Russia in 1867, the going price was 2 cents an acre. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel ® On June 25,1956, the last Packard rolls off the production line at Packard's plant in Detroit. The classic American luxury car used the famously enigmatic slogan “Ask the Man Who Owns One." * On June 30,1962, Sandy Koufax strikes out 13 batters and walks five to lead the Brooklyn Dodgers over the New York Mets 5-0 with his first career no-hitter. Koufax went on to throw three more no- hitters, including a perfect game on Sept. 9,1965, in which he allowed no hits and no walks. ® On July 1,1979, the Sony Walkman - the world's first low-cost, portable music player - goes on sale in Japan. The initial production run of 30,000 units looked to be too ambitious, as only 3,000 were sold at $150 apiece in the first month. Some 200 million sales later, Sony retired the cassette Walkman in 2010. "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 Allan Hobbs, of Daisy Lane in Dallas, photographed these two wild ponies during a recent trip to Assateague Island, Va. 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. der in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publi- Items will be published in the or- 20 YEARS AGO -1992 The Community Church of Dallas held its AWANA Club Awards Night recently. Receiv- ing the Timothy Award were Amy and Rebecca Bush. Over a period of four years, these girls each learned 244 Bible verses as well as com- pleting 16 crafts. The AWANA Club is a na- tional Bible- based club which meets weekly September-April at the community Church in Dallas. Sherri Scavone was presented with the Allison Guild Piano Pa- derewski Award for successfully performing 10 memorized piec- es over a 10 year period. Sherri has studied piano with Michele Millington and was presented with the medal at her piano recit- al. YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1982 The Harveys Lake Lions held their installation dinner last Sat- urday at the Castle Inn. New offi- cers installed included John Adams, president; Frank Bialo- gowicz, treasurer; Wilfred Ide, fi- nancial secretary; Joseph Ruoto- lo, secretary; and the following directors: Michael Casey, Bob Pilger, Charles Gordon and Carl Shreiner. Recipient of this year’s Lions Book Club Scholarship was Mol- lie Hughes, Dallas Senior High School student. Dallas Lions Club President Frank Rollman presented Mollie with a $200 check toward her books for courses at college. A 4.0 student, Mollie plans to major in biology pre-med. 40 YEARS AGO -1972 The Susquehanna River in Wyoming Valley crested at 40.60 feet. The dikes were constructed to contain a level of 37 feet. The two simple facts of those state- ments have within them all of the horrors of the worst flood in the history of the state. The American Legion School Award to the outstanding boy and girl in the eighth grade of Dallas Junior High School was awarded to Leslie Burket and George M. Weaver. “Obey Signs and Signals” was the theme of Cindy Swepston’s prize-winning entry in the 1972 American Automobile Associ- ation School Traffic Safety Post- er Contest. Cindy won the award in the primary division (grades 1-3) — and was in competition with 37, 148 entries from the United States and Canada. Cin- dy is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Swepston Jr., Dallas. 50 YEARS AGO -1962 Dallas Junior High School conducted its first annual Sci- ence Fair last month in the Dal- las Junior High School gymnasi- um. Projects were judges by Dr. Detwiler, professor of physics and chemistry at Wilkes College graduate school; Anthony Rud- dy, biology teacher at Coughlin High School; and Thomas Carr, chemistry and physics teacher at Dallas Senior High School. Ninth grade winners were: First prize, Mary Demko, “Zone Elec- trophoresis;” second prize, Ri- chard Bayliss, “Effect of light and water on plants;” and third prize, Linda Davies, “photosyn- thesis.” Bud Mekeel, Lehman, will head the Lehman Horse Show parade, representing Back Mountain Horsemen’s Associ- ation, which has assisted Leh- man Firemen in making the an- nual parade really worth seeing. 60 YEARS AGO -1952 Dallas-Franklin Township se- niors were recently named as heads of their class. Mary Louise Lipp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lipp, Dallas Township, was named valedictorian. Anita Emmanuel, daughter of Mrs. Mary Emmanuel, Orange, is sal- utatorian. William Roger Oney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Oney, Sha- vertown, was chosen Boy of the Month at Westmoreland High ‘School. 70 YEARS AGO -1942 Girl Scout Troop 30 of Ide- town held a Mother and Daug ter Banquet Monday night int { church house to honor the gir’: who had won badges, namely: Ir- ma Calkins, Hazel Garinger, Eth- el Ide, Jean Ide, Dorothy Tryon, Marilyn Williams, Helen Welsh, Helen Boice Hoover, June Swan, Betty Warner, Dorothy Fritz, Naomi Smith and Mary Kern. Jean Houghwout, Wilma Hunt and Sarah Breslin, mem- bers of the graduating class of Kingston Township High School, have been awarded scholarships at College Miser- icordia for the coming year. The scholarships are based on scores made in competitive examin. ations given this spring. ® { 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 # ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. Building to honor McDowells The Misericordia University Board of Trustees has an- nounced that the university will honor the President Michael A. MacDowell and his wife, Tina, by naming a new building on campus in their honor. Michael and Tina MacDowell Hall is being made possible by a $1 million pledge to the univer- sity by the board, according to John Metz, chair of the Miser- icordia University Board of Trustees. Michael and Tina MacDowell Hall will be formally dedicated Friday, Aug. 24 on Convocation Day. President MacDowell an- nounced in April he will retire June 30, 2013 after serving 15 years. “WOULD X | | | “Arabic because a lot of the Middle East speaks it and I'll be going there in August through Birthright.” Nick Nakkache Shavertown “I would like to learn how to speak Gujarati, an Indian dialect, be- cause that is where my parents came from.” Mira Patel Dallas “Italian because | was there in 2006 for 12 days and like it all ve- ry much = sitting on the Spanish steps in Rome and watching things around the piazzas."” Ken Kashatus Harveys Lake “French because | think | would like Paris - all the shopping and the Eiffel Tower. Haley Funnell Shavertown YOU LIKE TO STUDY A FOREIGN LANGUAGE?" “Spanish because there are a lot of Spanish-speaking peo- ple in this country now.” Marie Wandell Dallas "Spanish because it's all around us now and it would be a help in my job." Christine Napierkowgah: Shaver Vo
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