PAGE 6 EDITORIAL Sunday, February 17, 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 Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com ’ Diane McGee ADVERTISING 970-7153 dmcgee@®@timesleader.com MONKEYS ON DISPLAY AT LIBRARY Nine-year-old Caroline Stallard, daughter of Mark and Kristen Stallard, of Shavertown, will display her collection of monkeys at the Back Mountain Memorial Library in March. Caroline is a third-grade student at Dallas Elementary School and has been collecting toy monkeys for seven years. Her collection of 25 stuffed monkeys began as gifts she received from her family. Now she and her family bring back monkeys from places they visit. These include pirate monkeys from Turks and Caicos and an astronaut monkey from the Smithsonian Institute in Wash- ington, D.C. When asked why she chose monkeys to collect, Car- oline replied, “I think monkeys are so cute.” MOMENTS IN TIME By Samantha Weaver * |t was British author Oscar Wilde who made the follow- ing sage observation: “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” * Those who study such things say that if you drink 100 cups of coffee in a row, it's likely to kill you. * You might have heard that George Washington's den- tures were made of wood, but in fact, they were made of hippopotamus ivory. * In 1900, a prairie dog colony was found in Texas. That's not surprising - prairie dogs are fairly common out West - but this colony was unique. Researchers say it was the largest colony ever discovered, providing a home to 400 million prairie dogs and stretching over 25,000 square miles. e |f you've read “Alice in Wonderland” or seen any of the numerous adaptations of it, you probably know about the Mad Hatter. But did you ever wonder why he was mad? It seems that haberdashers (those who make hats) at one time used mercury to cure the felt they needed for the hats. Long-term exposure to mercury causes madness, hence the phrase "mad as a hatter." e Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born a citizen of the United States. * To earn a world record, a woman named Sonya Thomas ate 65 hard-boiled eggs in 6 minutes, 40 seconds. * The female long-tailed shrew gives birth to exactly one litter of pups in her lifetime - and promptly dies. e Our modern word “salary” comes from the Latin “sala- rium,” or “salt money.” Salarium was the monthly wages given to Roman soldiers in ancient times - paid in salt. Thought for the Day: "Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.” - Jose Maria de Ea de Queiroz "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 Anthony Bruno, of Overbrook Road in Dallas, provided this shot of Indian Lake right after a passing shower. 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 - 1993 Chrissy Kane, an eighth grader at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas, recently re- ached the 1,000 point mark in her basketball career. The daughter of Jerry and Arlene Kane of Carverton, Chrissy and her teammates are cur- rently en- joying a winning season at YESTERDAY Gate of Heaven. Brian Kelly, Lake Lehman star soccer player and recent- ly named number 1 soccer player in America by Parade Magazine, will be the guest sports celebrity at the Back Mountain Kiwanis Club Sports, Non-Sports and Memorabilia Show at Dallas High School this week. Brian, a senior at Lake Leh- man High School, has re- ceived a scholarship from Duke University in Durham, N.C. and will majoring in pre-medicine. This week marks the debut of a new feature in The Dal- las Post. “Sprog” is a cartoon panel drawn by Larry Morris, 12, of Sweet Valley. It will appear on the school page in each week’s issue. Larry, who is in the seventh grade at Lake Lehman Junior High School, is the son of Larry and Bonnie Morris. 30 YEARS AGO - 1983 ‘Heather Gless, percussion; Kim Moran, flute; Ruth Gold- man, flute; and Dave Garber, tenor sax; all members of the Dallas Senior High School Band will perform as part of the 160 piece select District IX State Band. The festival will take place this week at the Dallas Junior High School. The G.F.W.C. Dallas Junior Women are preparing pizza pies for sale on Feb. 25. Plan- ning the details of the sale are Mrs. John Oravitz, presi- dent; Patricia Peiffer, pizza sale chairman; and Mrs. John Vozniak, pizza sale co-chair- man. Proceeds of the sale will benefit the community through local charities. 40 YEARS AGO - 1973 The Eagle Award, the high- est award in scouting, was presented to two members of Troop 281, Dallas United Methodist Church at the Ea- gle Court of Honor and Awards dinner held at the church last week. Boys re- ceiving the award are Bartt E. Slocum and Arthur H. Bird Jr. Members of Dallas Women of Kiwanis recently held their monthly meeting at Irem Temple Country Club for installation of officers for 1973. Installation was con- ducted by past president Ann Corbett. Installed were: pres- ident, Jane Thomas; first vice president, Marian An- thony; second vice president, Sybil Pelton; secretary, Shir- ley Moore; treasurer, Nancy Kozemchak; and correspond- ing secretary, Virginia Roan. Frank Kardell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kardell, Trucksville, will present a photography exhibit at Col- lege Misericordia this week. Scheduled to be held in Ken- nedy Lounge on campus, the exhibit will feature both col- or and black and white pho- tography and will be open to the public at no charge. Kar- dell is a graduate of Dallas high School and has studied at Luzerne County Commu- nity College. 50 YEARS AGO - 1963 Promoted from salesman to sales manager of White- sell Brothers Building Sup- plies, West Dallas, is John T. Callahan, 35, Oak Hill, the firm announced today. The new manager, who started with Whitesell Brothers in 1953, is a former resident of Wilkes-Barre Township, and a graduate of St. Mary’s High School. Mrs. Janice Borton, presi- dent of Dallas Junior Wom- en’s Club, presented a schol- arship from the club to Elsa Orchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Orchard, Trucksville. Miss Orchard is a graduate of Dallas Senior High School, class of 1962, and is presently enrolled in the 20 month business ad- ministration course at Wilkes-Barre Business Col- lege. This is the first scholar- ship presented by the Dallas Junior Women’s Club. 60 YEARS AGO - 1953 In an effort to further the development of Kingston Township, twenty-five com- munity-conscious citizens met Wednesday night at Trucksville Fire House and formed the Kingston Town- ship Civic Association. Elect- ed temporary president was Earl Henwood Jr. Mrs. Jack Weber was elected tempora- ry secretary. Leonard Kozick, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Koz- ick, was a guest at Thursday evening’s dinner meeting at Irem Country Club, honored by Dallas Rotary as senior of the month. Robert Van Horn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Van Horn, Lake Street, will be in- vested as an Eagle Scout at Sunday morning services in Dallas Methodist Church. He is a sophomore at Wyoming Seminary, with special lean- ings toward scientific cours- es. 70 YEARS AGO - 1943 Mrs. Howard W. Risely and her mother, Mrs. H.H. Zeis- er, opened their home to the women of the Dallas Metho- dist Church for a benefit Val- entine Tea. Committee mem- bers were: Mrs. Peter Clark, Mrs. Stanley Davies, Mrs. Stanley Rinehimer, Mrs. Ma- chell Hildebrant, Mrs. Edgar Brace, Mrs. Zel Garinger and Mrs. Lewis LeGrand. In a gay atmosphere of red hearts, ribbons and lace, the Lehman scouts played games and sang merrily at a Valen- tine’s Day Party held at the home of their leader, Mrs. Zelma Agnew. Dolores Adamshick and Bernadine Vasicak taught the games, Skip to My Lou, for their sic credit. Refreshme were served to Mary Adams, Dolores Adamshick, Priscilla Abbott, Polly Lou Cooper, Priscilla Cooper, Mildred Wentzel, Edith Sutton, Ber- nadine Vasicak and the host- ess. Information for “Only Yes- terday” is taken from back copies of the Dallas Post which 1s 121 years old. The information here is printed exactly as it originally ap- peared. “IF YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO?" a” bh sol a ‘Make all the bills lower so people don't have to pay so much. Everything is sort of high.” Aleah Shonis Lehman uj would make all the apartments cost a lot less money.” Amanda Thompson Shavertown "Stop all the fights in the world by stop making all the weap- ons.” Jakob Baur Shavertown “Make store prices go down so poor people could get more stuff.” Nick Major Shavertown "Stop people from bullying each other by making a law about it.” Reagan Woytowich Shavertown "| would make sure everybody is nicer to each other by talking to them all about it." Alyssa Shalada Noxen ] | { { i