i PAGE 6A EDITORIAL SUNDAY, MARCH 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 - 570-675-5211 news@mydallaspost.com Dotty Martin EDITOR 970-7440 dmartin@mydallaspost.com Diane McGee Advertising 970-7153 dmcgee@timesleader.com Library display features artwork by Caroline Banas The March Art Wall Display at the Back Mountain Memorial Library will feature a collection of artwork by Caroline Banas, of Dallas. Banas, a student at Holy Re- deemer High School, has been studying art with local artist Sue Hand since she was in sec- ond grade. Banas credits her older sister, Katie, also a previ- ous art student, as the source of her inspiration. Her display will include various mediums, including water colors, pastels, graphite and pen and ink. Her favorite piece is her pastel draw- ing of trees. “This piece is so colorful and was fun to do,” states Banas. A daughter of Michael and The artwork o Banas, of Dallas, will be fea- tured on the display wall at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Theresa Banas, Banas has two sisters and three brothers. She has also been honored to have her artwork in the popular Rossetti Art Show which will be held at the Luzerne County Community College, Nanti- coke. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On March 27, 1905, fin- gerprint evidence is used for the first time to solve a British murder case. The fingerprint on a cash box was the only clue in the murder of Thomas and Ann Farrow, shopkeepers in South London. * On March 29, 1929, Presi- dent Herbert Hoover has a phone installed at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House. It took a while to get the line to Hoover’s desk work- ing correctly, and the president complained to aides when his son was unable to get through from an outside line. * On March 28, 1941, workers start clearing hundreds of acres of land near Ypsilanti, Mich., for the construction of the Ford Motor Company’s Willow Run plant, which will use Henry Fords mass-production tech- nology to build B-24 bomber planes for World War II. Willow Run eventually employed more 42,000 people, and by 1944. * On March 31, 1968, in a televised speech to the nation, President Lyndon B. Johnson announces a partial halt of bombing missions over North Vietnam and proposes peace talks. At the same time, he also stated that he was sending 13,500 more troops to Vietnam — and that he would not seek nomination for another term as president. * On March 30, 1981, Presi- dent Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr. In an impressive feat for a 70-year- old man with a collapsed lung, Reagan walked into George Washington University Hospital under his own power. STRANGE BUT TRUE By Samantha Weaver * It was Robert Kennedy who made the following sage obser- vation: “One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time.” * An adult ostrich can reach up to 9 feet in height and weigh upward of 300 pounds. * The Taj Mahal, a tomb built by Indian Mogul Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most-visited tourist attrac- tions in the world. It wasn’t al- ways so, though; from the time of the building’s completion in 1643 until the British occupied the Indian subcontinent, only Muslims were allowed onto the grounds. If any non-Muslim ventured into the forbidden Taj Mahal, he or she was put to death. * The frigid island nation of Iceland is, by all accounts, a peaceful place. In the entire his- tory of the country, there has been only one armed robbery. * In 1957, famed crooner Frank Sinatra wrote for a maga- zine called “Western World” a piece that included the follow- ing: “My only deep sorrow is the unrelenting insistence of recording and motion picture companies upon purveying the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression it has been my displeasure to hear, and naturally I'm referring to the bulk of rock ‘n’ roll.” He goes on to call it “the martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth.” *k*x Thought for the Day: “En- emies are so stimulating.” — Katharine Hepburn Tom Mudloy, Carl Worneck, Brother Mission. Standing, Walter Darrow, manager; Tim Mission, Phil Mathers, Don Darrow, Ed Bake YOUR SPACE Members of the 1959 Trucksville Tigers baseball team are, from left, kneeling, Mike Repotski, Dick Kopitich, Tom Zela, Lou Isaac, Lawrence Richards, Todd Richards and John Wornek. “YOUR SPACE" is reserved specifi- cally for Dallas Post readers who have something they'd like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photographs 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 submit- ting person's name, address and telephone number in the event we have questions. Readers wishing to have their photos returned should include a self-addressed/ stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserves the right to reject any items submitted for publication. 1993 - 20 YEARS AGO The Dallas Elementary School teachers and parents will present “The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf” this weekend in the Dal- las Middle School Au- ditorium. In the show, the wolf will finally stand trial for his past mis- deeds. Ac- tors include Debbie Jury, Mary Alice Fred- erick, John Doerfler, Joyce Cis- ney and John Bunney. Dallas Boy Scout Troop 281 participated in the Mountain Trailblazers District swim meet at Tunkhannock High School. Events included inner- tube relay, 4-stroke relay, pencil relay, trouser inflation and the big splash. Participants from the troop included Greg Riley, Jeff Polley, Joe Lech, Paul Ku- tich, Johnathan Bradbury, Matt Kutish, Rich Sylvia and Mike Danchek. Members of the fourth through eighth grades at the Gate of Heaven School, Dal- las, recently participated in the “Jump for Heart” to ben- efit the local chapter of the American Heart Association. The students raised approxi- mately $4,000 under the di- rection of physical education teacher Ruth Skammer. Top student fundraisers included Kara Grundowski, Elizabeth Gale, Larry Medico, Tim Car- roll, Robert Neher, Jared Har- teis, Vito Recchia and Kristin Czwalina. 1983 - 30 YEARS AGO Marjorie Myers, a senior at ONLY YESTERDAY Dallas High School, has been selected a finalist in the Nation- al Merit Scholarship Competi- tion. She is a member of the National Honor Society and, in her junior year, maintained a 4.0 average. George M. Dallas Lodge No. 531, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, Dallas, will honor retir- ing Worshipful Master Brian Porter on March 19 at the Irem Temple Country Club. Three local artists, Sue Hand, Geri Williams and Kath- leen Semmel, will exhibit and demonstrate their artwork at “The Big Art Event” to be held at Lake-Noxen Elemen- tary School on March 18. The P.T.A. sponsored art show will also feature over 1,500 pieces of student art work, a giant mural to be completed by visi- tors and seven student arts and crafts demonstrations. 1973 - 40 yEARS AGO Dave Longmore placed third in the PIAA State Wrestling Tourney Saturday, the first Dal- las matman to ever place in States. Diane Stredny, RD 1, Dal- las, a member of the Cloverleaf 4-H Club, participated in the State 4-H Capitol Days in Har- risburg earlier this month. She joined with 4-H members from all Pennsylvania Counties and called upon area legislators to explain the functions of govern- ment. The delegates met with Governor Milton J. Shapp, ob- served the State House of Rep- resentatives and Senate while in session, toured the Capitol and William Penn Memorial Museum. Two graduates of Lake- Lehman High School and outstanding members of the Future Teachers of America Club, returned to their alma mater recently to present an informal and illustrated dis- cussion of their experiences abroad as exchange students. Joanita Swartz, a Rotary Ex- change student to Sweden in 1972, and James Pall, recipient of a year’s stay in Germany as a college student, focused on the aspects of life of the teenager as a student and member of a so- cialized system of government. 1963 - 50 YEARS AGO John Brominski and Thomas Borthwick became the first Dallas wrestlers to win the P.ILA.A. District II crown. Mrs. Ronald Carruthers, Sterling Avenue, was elected vice president of “The British Women’s Club of Wyoming Val- ley” at a meeting held recently. Included in the roster of young musicians in the Northeast District Band, East Stroudsburg, were four stu- dents from Lake-Lehman High School. They are Marguerite Hackling, Jay Ruckel, Ronald Davenport and James Bala- vage. 1953 - 60 YEARS AGO Mrs. Oscar Culp, Rice Street, entertained members of the Ladies’ Missionary Society of Shavertown Bible Church at her home on Monday evening. Present were Mesdames War- ren Culp, Ernest Bell, Bob Mat- thews, Russell Edmondson, Samuel Keast, Elmer Hoover, Johnson Miers, Ralph Eipper, Robert Moore Sr., Herman Monroe, Roxie Hoover and the hostess. A group of Lehman young folks enjoyed a progressive party last Saturday night. The party started at the home of Mrs. Walter Chamberlain with the main course being served by Mrs. Alice Elston, Mrs. A.B. Simms and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nuss. A hayride pre- ceded the dessert course at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alden Wagner. Present were William Simms, Walter Elston, Charles and Arthur Nuss, Alden Wag- ner, Donald Perrego, Frank Prutzman, Walter Chamber- lain, Marilyn Sickler, Margaret Schraeder, Joan Kostenbader, Charlotte Peake, Barbara Greg- ory, Elsie Jean Ide, Lorraine Keller and Jean Sterling. 1943 - 70 YEARS AGO Establishment of an air raid control center Back of the Mountain took one step closer to reality this week with the announcement that Common- wealth Telephone Company will maintain a 24-hour alert to handle the first incoming call during an air raid. Robert Currie, zone warden, and Clar- ence Laidler, deputy county air raid warden, this week surveyed possible locations in Dallas Borough which can be obtained rent-free for a control center. Members of the committ making plans for the Senior Class Dance at Dallas High School, to be held March 26, are Ruth Scott, Virginia Ferry, Paul Kocher and Edward Tut- ak. Four of the most interested spectators at the last meet- ing of Dallas Borough School Board were John Comer, James Huston Jr, Dana Lee and James Waters, Boy Scouts who were brushing up on require- ments for merit badges in civ- ics and civil government. “I am Irish and my son Joshua Corbin Nor- ris was born on St. Patrick's Day so we always have a birthday party.” Pat Norris or Noxen “WHAT DO YOU DO TO ACT IRISH ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY?" “Wear green in honor of my grandmother, whose name was 0’Green. They dropped the ‘0" when she came to America.” Marvin Cunningham Dallas My grandmother was from the Isle of Kerry so | have the tradi- tional corned beef and cabbage dinner.” Margaret Marshall Jackson Twp. “Drink green Absinthe poured over ice and cold water and then you can start seeing the angels.” John Mahalick Dallas “I go to the Swoyers- ville American Legion. They have one big St. Patrick's Day party down there." Gerry O'Donnell Dallas “I tried the shamrock shakes at McDonald's. It's minty and pretty good." Lauren Wysocki Harding i)
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