PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, January 27, 2013 Joe Butkiewicz EXECUTIVE EDITOR 829-7249 jbutkiewicz@timesleader.com 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 Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee®@timesleader.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com PEZ DISPENSERS ON DISPLAY Seven-year-old Olivia Stevens, daughter of Melissa and Mi- chael Stevens, of Dallas, will display her PEZ collection at the Back Mountain Memorial Lbrary in February. A second-grade student at Apple Tree/Susquehanna School, Olivia has been collecting PEZ candy dispensers for six years and began when she started receiving them as gifts. Her mom informs us that PEZ candies were first made in Aus- tria as a breath mint in 1927. The word comes from the German word, pfefferminz, for peppermint. The mints were originally made for adults to discourage smoking and it was not until the 1950s that the company started to market the candy in fruit fla- vors for children. The original dispensers were a Santa, a robot and a space gun. Olivia has over 50 dispensers in her collection and said, “I like them because | don't waste them and | can keep them and use them as toys.” She also likes the candy very much. One of the dispensers is a giant Barbie Pez. Her favorite is a Rudolph plush “because his nose is cute.” How to survive winter Along with new books featur- ing solutions and how-to ideas, the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary also has the answer to sur- viving these long, dark winter weeks. Did you know that the library’s Book Discussion Club has been in existence for over 18 years and is still going strong? The club is so popular, in fact, that it is at ca- pacity and branching off to begin a brand new group. The new Book Discussion Club will meet at 1 p.m. on the last Thursday of each month be- ginning on Feb. 28. in the Com- munity Room of the library. Members will vote on titles of books to read for the coming year and then attend meetings ready to discuss their opinions of the selected titles. The Book Discussion Club will be open to all ages and anyone in- terested in joining this free group should call the library at 675- 1182. Start jotting down any favorite titles that you may want to rec- ommend to the club for its first selection. Auction planning begins Hard to believe, but planning for the library’s annual auction has already begun. This year’s Back Mountain Memorial Auc- tion will be held on July 11, 12, 13 and 14. So, when youre homebound on a snow day, what better time to think of gathering some un- used items to donate to the auc- tion? Items especially needed for the popular Jewelry Booth in- clude costume and vintage jewel- ry, jewelry boxes, holders, display cases, purses, gloves, scarves, vintage perfume bottles, men’s tie clips and cuff links, belt buck- les, compacts and vintage ciga- rette cases. Of course, new jewel- ry items are always accepted as well. Half price books The library’s Slightly Read Bookshop is currently offering its children’s books at half price and all large coffee-table sized books will also be half price through the month of January. Story hours registration Registration for the children’s Winter/Spring Story hours is still continuing. For more infor- mation, please call the library at 675-1182. YOUR SPACE Carl Schickner, of Second Street, Harveys Lake, took this picture of one of the bird feeders in her yard during a recent snowfall. Carol said it was so nice to look out the window and see snow on the roof of the feeder. "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/stampe ) envelope. Items will be published in the or- der in which they are received. : The editor of The Dallas Post reserves th right to reject any items submitted for publi- 20 YEARS AGO -1993 Karen Lisnow, a senior at Bishop O’Reilly High School in Kingston, recently reached the 1,000 point mark in her high school career as a basket- ball player. The daughter of Frank and Karen Lisnow of Dallas, Tara and her teammates are current- ly enjoying yet another banner year for Coach Ge- orge Barilla’s Queenswomen. In the first game of the season against Abington Heights, play was interrupted when Ta- ra achieved her milestone re- cord. On January 28, Dallas Boy Scout Troop 281 will honor Charles Wasserott V with the presentation of his Eagle Scout Award which was certi- fied by the National Boy Scout of America in September 1992. This is the first time that the son of a previous Eagle Scout from Troop 281 will have also earned his Eagle Scout Award from the troop. Charles Wasserott IV received his Eagle Scout Award 25 years ago in 1967. YESTERDAY 30 YEARS AGO -1983 Two Dallas Lions will be awarded Chevrons at the club’s charter anniversary din- ner Feb. 12. Lions Internation- al has forwarded the pins for Lions Bob Fino and Rick Shan- non, in recognition of 15 and 10 years of service respective- ly. Three members of the Dal- las Senior High School Or- chestra were selected to Dis- trict Orchestra at Wyoming Valley West last week. Ruth Goldman (flute), Kim Moran (flute) and Heather Gless (percussion) auditioned in the auditorium for Regional Orchestra. Forty schools par- ticipated in the try-outs and Heather Gless was selected to advance to Regional Orches- tra. 40 YEARS AGO -1973 The mothers of Oak Hill who participated in the recent March of Dimes collection did so in a big way — they all went together from door-to-door in the Oak Hill community. Par- ticipants included Helen Kish- kill, Bridgette Correale, Jayne Haeffle, Gerri Kerkowski, Shirley Osborne, Rose Mohen, Alice Ritts and Yolanda Toma- selli. A group of Girl Scouts from Troop No. 624 of Dallas Meth- odist Church toured the Greenstreet News Company plant last week. The girls and their leaders saw demonstra- tions of the machines used in the production of three news- papers, The Dallas Post, The Abington Journal and the Mountaintop Eagle. Taking the tour were: Margaret E. Rose, Kim Kretchmer, Do- rothy Kintzer, Susan Watchu- lonis, Allison Payne, Ellen Payne, Ingrid Fries, Sonya Rogers, Ellen Horsfield, Mi- chele Kern, Linda Bocci, Wen- dy Finlay, Carol Lamoreaux, Lee Ann Curtis and Cheryl Hanson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michael are serving as co-chairmen of the Gate of Heaven annual + parish dance, which will be held on Feb. 24 in the school auditorium. 50 YEARS AGO -1963 Newly elected officers of Shavertown Fire Company took over at the meeting of the association Tuesday evening. Andrew Roan is president, Fred Malkemes, secretary, and Anthony Plata, treasurer. Members of the Key Club and Cheerleaders from Dallas Senior High School collected and packed clothing for the World Clothing Drive which was held in December. Twen- ty-eight boxes, including food, were delivered to needy families in the area the day be- fore Christmas. Participants included Sheryl Stanley, Geor- gia McCutcheon, Judith Wright, Linda Woolbert, Pa- tricia Cully, Susan Cheney, Charlyn Ell, Linda Dymond, Margaret Jordan, Linda Row- ett, John Brominski, Pete Lau- derbaugh, John Molski and James Haines. 60 YEARS AGO -1953 Harveys Lake Lions Club will induct 12 new members Thursday evening at Jack Nothoff’s. New members are: Russ Johnson, Bob Crosby, Ray Smith, Steve Hartman, Milford Gould, Raymond El- ston, Marty Walsh, Lawton Culver, Paul Kutzer, Joe Blaz- es, Peter Blazes and Paul Par- rish. Fourteen Dallas-Franklin Township Vocational Agricul- ture students returned from Harrisburg where they viewed the Pennsylvania State Farm Show since Wednesday after- noon. Sheldon Mosier, in- structor, says his boys are in- terested primarily in modern machinery, with dairy cattle a close second. Students who attended the Farm Show are: Dave Moore, Fred Davis, Tom Rogers, Edward Wall, Don Weidner, Sam Fowler, Roy Carr, Carl Greis, Herb Wert- man, Joe Hardick, Jack Puter- baugh; H. Schultz, Tom Salin- ski and Bob Kubasti. 70 YEARS AGO - 1943 Holders of “C” and “B” gaso- line rationing books for occu- pational driving to and from work are urged by Fred M. Kiefer, chairman, Dallas War Price and Rationing Board, to take immediate steps tojoinin some form of ride sharing pro- gram, if they live within rea- sonable distance of bus lines and hope to retain these books. Howard W. Risely and H. Austin Snyder, members of the gasoline rationing panel on the local board, have said that hundreds of drivers in this area are making no at- tempt to share their cars with others or to join in ride shar- ing groups even though their work is within reasonable dis- tance of public transportation and their homes are located within a stone’s throw of Wilkes-Barre Railway Compa- ny busses. Shad N. Goss, Dallas Town- ship School Director, assumed his new duties this week as sergeant-at-arms at the Stat Capitol in Harrisburg. The @ pointment is on a per diem ba- sis and comes as recognition for his years of service as a member of the Republican Party. Representative Harold Flack made the appointment. Information for “Only Yes- terday” is taken from back co- pies ofthe Dallas Post which is 121 years old. The information here is printed exactly as it originally appeared. “Politics. It's just a constant wrangle these days and all the craziness, too.” Chris Cave Shavertown “WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PET PEEVE?" “People who don't share the road with us." Breanna Covert and Daisy Mae Dallas “The weather - it id rains much too much here." Gabiya Stewart Trucksville “People trying to talk to me when I'm trying to listen to my music on headphones.” Michael Mazula Wyoming “Nothing in particular. I'm pretty easy going, fortunately.” Tex Wilson Dallas “People who are al- ways complaining about how their hair looks.” Julia Baur Shavertown | | |
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