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EDITORIAL
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Joe Butkiewicz
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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
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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
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