PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, August 12, 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 Lions Club Golf event to benefit BMT library The Dallas Lions Club will hold its first-ever Dallas Lions Golf Tournament on Sunday, Sept. 23 at the Newberry Estate Golf Course on Pioneer Avenue in Dallas with proceeds to benefit the library. Two flights are scheduled for 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Fees for the event are as follows: 18 holes of golf plus lunch at the Appletree Terrace is $45 plus $8 with a cart. The cost for non-golfers who wish to attend the luncheon only is $30. The luncheon menu will consist of a choice of appetizers, including cheese and fresh fruit, crab salsa, Swedish meatballs and mini potato pancakes. Entrees include Chicken Franchaise, stuffed flounder Flo- rentine, hamburgers and hot dogs, cheese tortellini in a tomato vodka sauce and rosemary roasted potatoes. Desserts will include cheese- cake with fruit topping, chocolate molten lava bundt cake and an ice cream bar. A cash bar will be available. For more information or registration forms, stop by or call the li- brary at 675-1182. Summer reading program The last event of the Children’s Summer Reading program will be the “Final Party” - Dream Big with the Take the Stage players from 11 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Aug. 16. If children have completed their eight books or 1200 pages, they are invited to take part in this fun- filled final party outside in the auction area of the library. Bring blan- kets or chairs and remember your sunscreen! Call the library to regis- ter. Donuts and Discussion The next Donuts and Discussion youth reading group will meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13 to discuss the Newberry Honor book, “The Black Pearl” by Scott O'Dell. Adult book group The next Young Adult Book discussion group will also meet at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13 to discuss its next selected book, “Shiver” by Maggie Stiefvater. Outdoor production The Take the Stage Players will present their next outdoor produc- tion: “Rap-Punzel” at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17 and Saturday, Aug. 18 on the library grounds. Tickets are $3 for children and $5 for adults. Call Chris Metz, director of Take the Stage, at 690-5439 for more in- formation. MOMENTS IN TIME By Samantha Weaver * |t was pioneering British film director and producer Alfred Hitch- cock who made the following sage observation: “Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it - as well as contributing to the need for it.” * The grapefruit is so named not because of any relation to or resemblance to a grape (obviously), but because it hangs from the tree in grapelike clusters. * Those who study such things say that the three most recognized words in the world are God, Coca-Cola and Titanic. ¢ Although darts is a traditionally English pub game, there are now more than three times as many darts players in the United States than there are in the United Kingdom. * Jazz musician Glenn Miller was the recipient of the first gold record ever awarded, for the big-band hit “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.” * The amount of fuel in a jumbo jet single tank would be enough to allow a car to drive around the world - four times. * |f you had visited Peru in the mid-1980s, you could have bought toothpaste with cocaine in it. » Before he became the celebrated author of such novels as “Pale Fire” and “Lolita,” Vladimir Nabokov was a tennis instructor. * The longest game in the history of professional baseball was played between the Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings in April of 198L. It lasted just shy of 81/2 hours, and ran for an un- believable 33 innings. * |t's traditional in Italy for a prospective groom to spend a full year's earnings on an engagement ring. YOUR SPACE Sandra Mahle, of Maple Tree Road in Dallas, photographed this Brown-Eyed Susan as she gently unfolds herself to the sunlight. "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 to reject any items submitted for publi- 20 YEARS AGO -1992 For the second consecutive year, Back Mountain AAA Minor League team, the Dodgers, were the National League Champs. Members of the team are John Slaby, Jesse Schechtman, Josh- ua Bryant, Matthew Eyet, Collin McHale, Do- ~ minic Cas- trignano, Tim Reddy, Stephen Ko- sisky and Mike Dom- YESTERDAY zalski. The results are in! Voters in Pizza Wars II have selected Pizza Perfect, Grotto Pizza and Pizza Hut as their top choices in the Back Mountain. The three-week contest drew more than 2,200 votes as connoisseurs of the round and square delicacies chose their favorite place for thin crust, thick crust and with “the works.” Pizza Perfect was the runaway winner in the think crust category. Grotto Pizza took the honors in thin crust. Pizza Hut took “the works.” 30 YEARS AGO -1982 The Harvey’s Lake Lions Club will hold their annual “Square dance Jamboree” Saturday from 8 pm. — 12 p.m. at Hanson’s Amusement Park, Harvey's Lake. Caller will be “Red” Jones. Committee members include Calvin McHose, Bill Megargel, Tom Yoniski and Robert Pilger. David Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Brown, Harveys Lake, has been awarded the highest honor a scout can achieve, the rank of Eagle Scout. David became a scout of Troop 225 on November 2,1976. Heis a member of the Order of the Ar- row, a national brotherhood of scout honor campers. 40 YEARS AGO -1972 A Dallas High School wrestler received mat instruction during the third week of the three-week Eagle Mat Clinic recently at Clarion State College. Brian Cor- bett, Trucksville, has wrestled for four years under coach Dom- beck. Karen Passarella of Oak Hill Manor, Dallas, won the bathing suit and evening gown competi- tions Saturday night on her way to winning the title of “Miss Po- cono 1973.” 50 YEARS AGO - 1962 Back Mountain All-Stars cap- tured their first regional cham- pionship in All-Star play recently by blasting the highly touted Old Forge team, 10-1. Members of the championship team include Buzz Szela, Tom Jenkins, Ken Cook, Allen Fox, Bob Long, Ed Dubil, Charles Kern, Steve Townsend, Ken Jones, Gary Sponseller, Mel Morris, Bob Par- ry, Billy Martin and Ricky Burk- hardt. Back Mountain Horse Shoe 4-H Club goes to Salem Town- ship Saturday to compete against Salem and Weston Horse Shoe Clubs in the Luzerne Coun- ty Round-Up. Mounted will be Ronnie Post, Erica and Leslie Vi- vian, Linda McKeel, Dave Spen- cer and Connie Bogdon. 60 YEARS AGO - 1952 Rent Control in Dallas Bor- ough is a thing of the past. Ex- pressing the opinion that no sub- stantial shortage of housing ex- ists locally, Dallas Borough council at its meeting Tuesday night refused to request exten- sion of the Federal Rents Stabili- zation Law here. Employees and guests of Na- tona Mills were entertained at a clam bake held at Twin Lakes Saturday, with 512 present. On the menu were steamed clams, sweet corn and steak sandwich- es. John Judge served as chair- man of arrangements, assisted by Mrs. Marian Tyron, Mrs. Grace Dymond, Mrs. Robert Pa- trick and Mrs. Ethel York. Man- agement and union sponsored the affair. 70 YEARS AGO -1942 A Steak Roast was held Wednesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Durbin of Franklin Street for the members, husbands and friends of the Dal- las Woman’s Club. Broom danc- ing and square dancing were joyed with Howell Shiber y John Durbin playing. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. RE. Kahnert, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Moyer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Eck, William Templin, Mary E. Tem- plin, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Turn, Mr. and Mrs. D.R. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. Niles M. White, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Workheiser, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bodycomb, Mr. and Mrs. L.L. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. N.E. Montross, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Payne, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. James Huston, Mrs. and Mrs. Fred Davenport, Mr. Mrs. Dan Sutch, Mr. and Milford Shaver, Mrs. T.E. Cease, Mrs. Ross Lewin and Mrs. Ar- thur Culver. 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 it ap- peared in the newspaper vears ago. The History Channel power in 1979. time. MOMENTS IN TIME * On Aug. 19,1953, the Iranian military, with the assistance of the United States government, overthrows the government of Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstates the Shah of Iran. As thanks for the help, the Shah signed over 40 percent of Iran's oil fields to U.S. companies. However, the Shah was toppled from ® On Aug. 13,196], East German soldiers begin building a wall between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city. Berlin residents found themselves cut off from friends or family until the wall was dismantled in 1989. * On Aug. 15,1983, Hurricane Alicia forms south of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. Three days later, the Texas Gulf Coast is slammed by the storm, causing 21 deaths. The $2 billion in damag- es recorded was a record for hurricane damage in Texas at the “1F YOU COULD WITNESS ANY EVENT PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?" “The Revolutionary War era so | could un- derstand how impor- tant freedom is to a society.” “The time of the American native be- fore the settlers came to America.” Victoria Stack Wyomin y g Mike Hiscox Dallas “Paris in the 1920s with all the great thinkers, writers and artists like Salvador Dali and Picasso.” Claire Sheen Mountain Top “The destruction of all the nations we have now to be able to see what our ruins would look like." Ryan Frania Shavertown “The first Olympic games in Greece - like running, disc throwing and boxing." Emily Andrews Bear Creek “The Jurassic period when the swamps weg growing and there were dinosaurs.” Justin Sheen Mountain Top
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