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THE DALLAS POST
SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2013
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Memorial books at BMML
remember loved ones
The following memorial/
honor books have been added ot
the shelves of the Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library fof the
month of March 2013:
In memory of Florence Am-
brosino, “Wine Bites” by Bar-
bara Scott-Goodman presented
by Betsy Reichart
In memory of Mildred
Brown, “The Merck Manual of
Health and Aging,” presented by
Michael and Mary Kay McHugh
In memory of Corey Ehret,
“Hunting, Fishing and Camp-
ing” by L.L. Bean, presented by
Robert and Nancy Kline
In memory of Rosemary
McCarthy, “Nancy, the Story of
Lady Astor” by Adrian Fort, pre-
sented by The Newberry Estate
Homeowners’ Association
In memory of Dick Evans,
“Hawaii, a History” by Ruth
M. Tabrah, presented by The
Newberry Estate Homeowners’
Association; “The Economics
Book”, presented by Jacqueline
and Mark Wanko; “Jungleland”
by Christopher S. Stewart, pre-
sented by Theresa and Nick
Chipolet; “38 Nooses: Lincoln,
Little Crow and the Beginning
of the Frontier” by Scott W.
Berg, presented by The Rei-
ser Family; “Fodor’s Hawaii,”
presented by Naomi and Phil
Lascombe; “Hawaii” by Rita
Ariyoshi, presented by Bill and
Beverly Connolly; “Golf: The
Game of Lessening Failures” by
Bob Glanville, presented by Iris
and Richard Levy; “The World
Factbook 2012-2013,” present-
ed by Eileen and Fred Halsey;
“Owls” by Marianne Taylor,
presented by Bill and Patti Wat-
kins; “Island World” by Gary Y.
Okihiro, presented by Melvin
Warshal; “George F. Kennan: An
American Life” by John Lewis
Gaddis, presented by Jack and
Lou C. Conyngham; “Fifty Ma-
chines that Changed the World”
by Eric Chaline, presented by
Nadine Wesolowski; “Hubble’s
Universe” by Terence Dickin-
son, presented by Rena and
John Rothschild; “Golf: The Art
of the Mental Game” by Dr. Jo-
seph Parent, presented by Stella
Bobrowski.
New books at
The following new books
have been added to the shelves
at the Back Mountain Memo-
rial Library, 96 Huntsville Road,
Dallas, for the month of Febru-
ary 2013:
EXPRESS
“The Storyteller” by Jodi Pi-
coult, “Calculated in Death” by
J.D. Robb, “The Sound of Bro-
ken Glass” by Deborah Crom-
bie, “Alex Cross, Run” by James
Patterson, “Gotcha!” by Fern
Michaels
FICTION
“The Storyteller” by Jodi Pi-
coult, “Calculated in Death” by
J.D. Robb, “The Sound of Bro-
ken Glass” by Deborah Crom-
bie, “Alex Cross, Run” by James
Patterson, “Gotcha” by Fern
Michaels
NONFICTION
“One Good Deed” by Erin
McHugh, “Freedom National:
The Destruction of Slavery in
the U.S., 1861-1865” by James
Oakes
SCIENCE FICTION
“A Memory of Light” by Rob-
ert Jordan
LARGE PRINT
FICTION
“NYPD Red” by James Pat-
terson, “Merry Christmas, Alex
Cross” by James Patterson
BOOKS ON CD
“Kinsey and Me” by Sue Graf-
ton, “Empire and Honor” by
W.E.B. Griffin, “Collateral Dam-
age” by Stuart Woods, “The
Fifth Assassin” by Brad Meltzer,
the library
“The Husband List” by Janet
Evanovich -
YOUNG ADULT
“In Darkness” by Nick Lake,
“Monstrous Beauty” by Eliza-
beth Fama, “The Revolution of
Evelyn Serrano” by Sonia Man-
zano, “Bomb: The Race to Build
and Steal the Worlds Most
Dangerous Weapon” by Steve
Sheinkin, “Finale” by Becca
Fitzpatrick
The following new books
have been added to the shelves
of the Back Mountain Memorial
Library for the month of March
2013:
EXPRESS
“The Striker” by Clive Cussler
FICTION
“The Striker” by Clive
Cussler, “The Aviator’s Wife”
by Melanie Benjamin, “Politi-
cal Suicide” by Michael Palmer,
“Mastermind” by Maria Kon-
nikova, “The Accursed” by
Joyce Carol Oates, “Golden
Dawn” by Thomas M. Kostigen,
“The Night Ranger” by Alex
Berenson, “The Forbidden Sis-
ter” by V.C. Andrews, “The Ab-
sent One” by Jussi Adler-Olsen,
“Crystal Cove” by Lisa Kleypas
NONFICTION
“Gemstone Settings” by An-
astasia Young, “Sugar in the
Blood: A Family’s Story of Slav-
ery and Empire” by Andrea Stu-
art, “Who Stole the American
Dream?” by Hedrick Smith,
“Take Charge of Your Talent” by
Don Maruska.
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20 YEARS AGO - 1993
For only the second time
in the district’s history, Lake-
Lehman High School will be
represented at the All-Eastern
Conference Regional Con-
cert, an elite
group of high
school musi-
cians from
11 northeast-
ern states.
Selected by
their high
scores at last
year’s State
Band auditions, saxophonist
Robert Trescavage will play in
the All-District Band and trum-
peter C.J. Link will join the or-
chestra.
Recently, a team of students
from Dallas Middle School
took part in the annual Math
Counts competition. The team
was selected from eighth grade
Algebra students and the sev-
enth grade mathematic stu-
dents in the Gifted Program.
The team won the trophy for
Most Improved School in the
regional competition at the
Penn State Lehman campus.
Tem members were: David
Choe, Joy Morgan, Justin
Jumper, Michael Zalatimo and
David Williams.
Lake-Lehman High School
will present the musical, “The
Wizard of Oz” March 25 in
the high school auditorium.
Major roles will be played by:
Courtney Heiser (Dorothy),
Meaghan Ruddy (wicked
witch), Jeremy Smith (Wizard
of Oz), Jay McCarroll (coward-
ly lion), Eric Wagner (tin man),
Ryan Heiser (scarecrow), and
Stephanie Faerber (Sorceress
of the North).
30 YEARS AGO - 1983
Lehman Brownie Troop 641
and Junior Troop 626 recently
took part in Boscov's Depart-
ment Store’s 21st anniversary
celebration for the Girl Scouts
from Penn’s Woods Council.
The Brownies won two beauti-
ful ribbons; a first prize overall
for their table display on “What
ONLY
YESTERDAY
Brownies Do” and a first place
ribbon for their poster on the
theme, “We've Found A New
World.” Members of Troop
641 are: Lisa Gunn, Joanna
Arndt, Karen Komsisky, Chris-
tina Jones, Sara Yoblonski,
Lynn Turner, Betty Spencer,
Christina Conrad, Tracy Mar-
gellina, Judy Andrejko, Diana
Shoemaker, Marla Roskos,
Cheryl Gunn, Kathy Gunn, Sue
Niezgoda, Margie and Rose
Langdon and Heather Dieffen-
bacher.
Dallas and Lake-Lehman
were among 14 schools to send
teams to Penn State’s recent
“JETS” academic competition.
JETS is the college’s Junior
Engineering Technical Society
and the competition, called
“TEAMS” (Tests of Engineer-
ing Aptitude, Mathematics and
Science), is geared to gauge
the students’ abilities in seven
areas: mathematics, physics,
chemistry, biology, engineering
graphics, English and engineer-
ing calculations. Lake-Lehman
High School participants in-
cluded Phil Winter, Joe Yanchu-
nas, Hipp Evans, John Gabriel,
Ray Iwanowski, George Steltz,
Tony Javer and Jonathan Pres-
ton. Dallas Area High School
participants included Tom Su-
dol, Mark Drasnin, Marjorie
Myers, Karen Reabuck, Mark
Rosing, Larry Polacheck, Brad
Rhone and Sean Havey.
40 YEARS AGO - 1973
The annual Spring Concert
of the Lake-Lehman Black and
Gold Knights high school band
will be held in April, under
the direction of John Milaus-
kas. At the concert, the Color
Guard will execute a military
routine. Members of the Col-
or Guard include Tim Shaw,
Leonard Martin, Earl Cunning-
ham, Mark Wallo, drum major;
James Harrison, Harold Cor-
nell and Chuck Taylor.
A performance of “Up the
Down Staircase” will be pre-
sented by the junior class of
Lake-Lehman High School
March 30 in the school audito-
rium. The leading role of Syl-
via Barrett is being played by
Kathy Yockavitch. Other actors
include Jane Salansky, Mark
Wallo and Sam Brown.
50 YEARS AGO - 1963
Dallas Methodist Church
honored two Girl Scouts on
Sunday and presented them
with the God and Community
Award. They were Debbie Se-
vockas and Miriam Mohr, mem-
bers of Troop 27, Mrs. Donald
D. Smith, leader, Mrs. Harvey
Kitchen, assistant leader.
Three Girl Scouts from Troop
115 have been chosen as models
in the Girl Scout Week Fashion
Show to be held at Isaac Long’s
on Saturday: afternoon. Susan
Owens, Trucksville, “Molly
MacDowell and Karen Kitchen
will represent the Intermediate
Troop, led by Mrs. Donald Ed-
wards, Shavertown.
Several Dallas Junior High
School students, chorus mem-
bers-at the school, won honors
in the Eisteddfod, held last
Saturday in "Dr. Edwards’ Me-
morial Church, Edwardsville.
Dottie Philo, Mimi Mohr, Joyce
Hughes and Linda Nicol were
awarded for their performanc-
es.
60 YEARS AGO - 1953
Members of the Westmo-
reland Hi-Y Club entertained
their dads at a father and son
banquet at Westmoreland High
School Cafeteria recently.
Members and guests included
Ralph Fitch Sr., Ralph Fitch
Jr., John Stahl, John Williams,
John Johnson, Johnnie John-
son, Robert McQuilkin, George
Davis, Robert Davis, David
Robertson, Dave Robertson,
Allen Robertson, Harry Ell
Jr, Ralph Ell, Andrew Duda,
Marshall Downes Sr., Marshall
Downes Jr., Kenneth Thomas,
C. G. Poynton, George Poyn-
ton, Ray Gutoski, William Shaf-
fer, Ted Lengel, Donald T. Wil-
liams, Donald Williams, Milton
Evans, Paul Evans, John Backo
Jr., W. Frank Trimble, Charles
A. James, Charles C. James,
James Godtfring, Tommy Jen-
kins, and Thomas Jenkins.
Mrs. Gordon Austin, Main
Road, Shavertown entertained
members of the Harmony Club
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Herbert Jones, Maple
Street, Shavertown, on Fri-
day. Present were: Mesdames
Byron Kester, Henry Phillips,
Weldon Carle, William Llewe-
lyn, Russell Race, Carl Smith,
Butch Smith, Harry Sweppen-
heiser, Wesley Schoonover,
Herbert Jones, Jack Cook, Wil-
liam Johns, Willard Race, Mary
Lou May and Sheila May.
70 YEARS AGO - 1943
The girls’ basketball team
of Laketon High School won
the championship of the Back
Mountain League. Members of
the team are: Shorty Guilitis,
Mary Delaney, Bertha Kern,
Audrey Boone, Jean Newhart,
Betty Ann Newhart, captain
and star player; Margaret Bom-
bay, Lois Grey, Doris Kocher,
Marjorie Shiner, Elaine Avery,
Naomi Hunsinger and Frances
Crispell.
Helen Koslofsky, 23-year-
old Harveys Lake soprano,
will achieve the goal of every
striving young soloist tomor-
row night when she appears in
Carnegie Hall, New York.
Women of Rotary were
guests of their husbands at a
dinner party held at Lundy’s
last Thursday evening. Guest
speaker was Edwin Steckel of
West Va., who gave demonstra-
tions designed to prove that
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Kingsley, Mr. and Mrs. L.L."®*
Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Payne, Mr. and Mrs. George
Metz, Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt
Garinger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Warriner, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Jurchak, Dr. and Mrs. Robert |
Bodycomb and John Nichol-
son.
existence for 122 years. Infor-
mation for “Only Yesterday”
is taken from back issues of the
newspaper and reprinted here
exactly as it first appeared.
“Doing the PSSA tests
for Pennsylvania. The
writing test is three
days long.”
Hannah Ostrowski
Orange
“The PSSA state tests
that prove how smart
we are. They are freak-
ishly long.”
Calvin Polacheck
Dallas
“WHAT DO YOU LIKE LEAST ABOUT SCHOOL?"
“Reading because |
get confused with the
words and don't know
what they are and
then I'm sad.”
Jordan Artmont
Trucksville
“My teacher. She is
strict and a real neat
freak. | hope she
doesn’t get this pa-
per.”
Kevin Allen
Dallas
“PSSAs - the really
long tests that we're
in right now.”
Ben Yanchick
Dallas
“Writing class. It
makes my hand really
tired and makes me
think too hard about
what to write.”
Carter Thompson
Dallas
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