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Rotary signis
awelcome one
Nothing says “Welcome home
for Christmas” like a billboard at
a busy intersection in the center
of town. Several members of the
Rotary Club of Dallas recently
spent a Saturday morning plac-
ing Christmas decorations on
the triangle at Routes 309 and
415 in Dallas. It has been a club
tradition for several decades
to welcome everyone home for
Christmas and to wish them
a happy New Year. From left,
are Past District Governor Art
Peoples, Dan Jones, Melissa
Saxon, Project Co-chair Joe
Stager, Project Chair Nick
Stredny, Club President Todd
Buckley, Ken Chapple and Jerry
Reisch.
New books on shelves
at Black Mtn. library
The following new books
have been added to the
shelves of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library, 96
Huntsville Road, Dallas, for
the month of December 2013:
EXPRESS
“The Prince of Risk” by
Christopher Reich, “The
Spook Lights Affair” by
Marcia Muller, “Forget Me
Not” by Fern Michaels, “The
Gods of Guilt” by Michael
Connelly
FICTION :
“The Prince of Risk”
by Christopher Reich,
“Command Authority” by
Tom Clancy, “Forget Me Not”
by Fern Michaels, “The Gods
of Guilt” by Michael Connelly,
“S.”. by. 1). Abrams, “The
Supreme Macaroni Company”
The History Channel
* On Jan. 2, 1811, Timothy
Pickering, a Federalist from
Massachusetts, becomes
the first U.S. senator to be
censured when the Senate
approves a motion against
him. Pickering was accused
of violating congressional law
by publicly revealing secret
documents.
* On Dec. 30, 1862, the
US.S. Monitor sinks in a
storm off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
Just nine months earlier, the
ship had been part of a revo-
lution in naval warfare when
the ironclad dueled to a stand-
still with the C.S.S. Virginia
(Merrimack) — the first
time two ironclads faced each
other in a naval engagement.
* On Jan. 5, 1920, the New
York Yankees major-league
baseball club announces its
purchase of the heavy-hitting
outfielder George Herman
by Adriana Trigiani
NONFICTION
“Nursing Shoes” by Brenda
Condusta Pavill
MYSTERY
“The Spook Lights Affair”
by Marcia Muller
BOOKS ON CD
“The First Phone Call from
Heaven” by Mitch Albom,
“Sycamore Row” by John
Grisham, “Mirage” by Clive
Cussler, “Dust” by Patricia
. Cornwell, “Accused” by Lisa
Scottoline, “Let's Explore
Diabetes with Owls” by David
Sedaris
YOUNG ADULT
“Open Mic: Riffs on Life
Between Cultures in Ten
Voices,” “Revealed: A House
of Night Novel” by P.C. and
Kristin Cast
“Babe” Ruth from the Boston
Red Sox for the sum of
$125,000. The deal paid off
as Ruth went on to smash his
own home run record in 1920,
hitting 54 homers.
* Oni Jan. ’1,::1946, on
the island of Corregidor, in
Manila Bay, 20 Japanese sol-
diers approach a lone soldier
— literally waving a white
flag. The soldiers had been
living in an underground tun-
nel and only discovered that
the war was over by reading it
in the newspaper.
*:0n Jan. :3, 1967, “Jack
Ruby, the Dallas nightclub
owner who killed the alleged
assassin of President John F.
Kennedy, dies of cancer in a
Dallas hospital. The Texas
Court of Appeals recently had
overturned his death sentence
for the murder of Lee Harvey
Oswald and was scheduled
to grant him a new trial.
YOUR SPACE
Bobby Zampetti, of Tunkhannock, picks up Qik Joe at Gay’s True Value last Fridya night, in anticipation of the snowstorm that
dumped several inches of the white stuff on our area the next day. Zampetti said, “It’s a lot easier to add heat to your sidewalk
than to your buttocks after you fall.”
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20 YEARS AGO - 1993
Den 1 of Cub Pack 281 vis-
ited the Kingston Township
Police Department for finger
printing achievement in the
Bear Book. Scouts attending
were: Aron Carkoff, Kevin
Arnaud, Russell Kalnoskas,
Daniel Smith, Peter Van Loon,
Christopher Marcikonis, Justin
Steele and David Gilcini.
A musical production, “The
Little Christmas Lamb” by
Stephen Elkins, will be pre-
sented by the children of
Shavertown United Methodist
Church School this weekend
at the church, located at the
corner of N. Pioneer Ave. and
W. Center Street, Shavertown.
Children participating in the
production were: Shana Baker,
Jennifer Moser, Crystal Oley,
Kelly Adams, Erica Koehl,
Ken Bauer, Matt Moser and
Chelsea Coslett.
Dallas High School German
students who traveled to
Germany last summer recently
shared their experiences in
Europe with seventh grade stu-
dents. Participants included
Carl Wiedlich, Alisa Meroli,
Joy Scott, Heather Patton,
Steven Lieberman, Greg
Nazdan, Steven Miknevich,
Scott Sobocinski and Adam
Nicely.
30 YEARS AGO - 1983
Members of Cub Pack 241
of Lehman recently received
a “Genius Kit” which consist-
ed of various odds and ends
donated by local merchants.
The Cubs were instructed to
build their own creations from
the contents of the kit. Winners
. BUT TRUE
By Samantha Weaver
* It was beloved American
pianist and comedian Jimmy
Durante who made the fol-
lowing sage observation: “Be
nice to people on your way
up because you meet them on
your way down.”
* Famed markswoman and
exhibition shooter Annie
Oakley was born the daughter
of Quakers, who gave her the
name Phoebe Ann Moses.
* It was in July 1911 when
daredevil Bobby Leach became
in the Best Built category
were: Donny James, first place;
Simeon
Wilkins, sec-
ond place;
and Paul
Klemunes,
third place.
Several
members of ONLY
the Dallas YESTERDAY
Senior High
School Chorus will be present-
ing musical programs through-
out the Christmas season.
Participants are: Susan Niskey,
Katie McKeown, Lori Timek,
Amy Clemm, Judy Fitch, Lynn
Todd, Charles Baker and Pam
Lundberg.
40 YEARS AGO - 1973
New members of the Dallas
Junior Woman's Club were
introduced at a Christmas
Dinner meeting at the Irem
Temple Country Club recent-
ly. New members are: Mrs.
William D. Davies, Mrs. John
Booth, Mrs. Clyde Duffield,
Mrs. Richard Orlowski, Mrs.
William Mannix, Mrs. Harold
Haefele, Mrs. Beider Higgs,
Mrs. Joseph Zikor, Mrs.
Sheldon Munn, Mrs. John
Cherup, Mrs. John Patterson,
Jo Ann Shonk, Mrs. David
Fouchs and Mrs. Frank
Wilczynski.
Notification was received
this week from the “National
Essay Press” that four sopho-
more students from Dallas
Senior High School will
have original manuscripts
published this spring in an
anthology of essays entitles,
“Young . America Speaks.”
the second person (and the
first man) to go over Niagara
Falls in a barrel. His daring
came at a cost, though; he
spent six months in a hospital,
recovering from injuries due
to his feat. He later went on
publicity tours, recounting his
experience and posing with the
barrel that took him over the
falls. He was on one such tour
in New Zealand in 1926 when
he slipped on an orange peel,
injuring his leg slightly. The
leg became infected, necessi-
Students whose essays have
been accepted are: Katie Gray,
Sandi Warakomski, Michael
McGroarty and James Parker.
50 YEARS AGO - 1963
The annual program of
Christmas music by the band
and chorus of Dallas Senior
High School will be presented
this coming Sunday afternoon
in the school auditorium. A
trumpet trio from the sopho-
more class includes Warren
Dewitt, Robert Hiley and
Thomas Rowette and is accom-
panied by Ann Barnes.
Book Club members will
enjoy a gala Christmas Tea
Monday © afternoon in the
Library Annex. Hostesses
will be Mrs. Raymond
Hedden, Mrs. Fred Howell,
Mrs. Charles Frantz, Mrs.
Thomas Heffernan and Misses
Catherine West and Margaret
Wood.
60 YEARS AGO - 1953
Three senior girls from
Dallas-Franklin Township High
School will have their essays
published in “Young America
Speaks.” Nancy Congdon,
Marian Elenchik and Rose
Ann Patner, who entered the
National Essay Association
contest this fall, have been
notified of their acceptance
and received certificates.
First, second and third
grades at Lehman sill stage an
operetta, “Merry Christmas,
Mr. Snow-man,” in the audito-
rium tonight. Director is Doris
Rowlands. Robert Rogers and
Kenneth Ellsworth have the
main leads of Santa Claus and
Snow-man.
tating an amputation — which
still didn’t save him. He died
two months later, the daredevil
felled by a citrus rind.
* Those who study such
things say that fully 10 percent
of the country’s total income is
due to organized crime.
¥ You might be surprised
to learn that only two out' of
every 10 ears of corn grown in
the United States actually ends
up being eaten by people. The
other eight are destined to feed
animals and to be made into
Robert Voelker was elected
president and Tom Morgan,
vice president, of Shavertown
fire Company at the meeting
Monday night. Other officer
are: secretary, Allen Austin;
treasurer, Edward Carey;
trustee, Ralph Gearhart; fire
chief, Rev. Russell Edmondson;
first assistant fire chief, Emil
Klinges; second assistant fire
chief, Edward Carey.
70 YEARS AGO - 1943
About 64 men and women
gathered at Huntsville
Methodist Church to honor
Mrs. Celeste Prutzman at a
dinner last Thursday. Mrs.
Prutzman celebrated her 89th
birthday anniversary and
expects to see at least 11 more,
making it a round 100, she
says.
Mrs. Howard Ide enter-
tained members of her pinoch-
le club Wednesday. Guests
were Lauretta Smith, Eleanor
Coolbaugh, Gertrude Turner,
Miriam Williams, Hilda
Ashworth, Marjorie Johnson
and Frances Hemenway.
Mrs. Leona Moore was
elected president and Mrs.
Thelma Lamoreaux vice presi-
dent of the Confidence Class
of Idetown Methodist Church,
Wednesday evening. New
secretary will be Mrs. Edna
Calkins ad treasurer, Mrs
Doris Spencer. &
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Yesterday” is taken from back
issues of the newspaper and
is reprinted here exactly as it
first appeared.
ethanol gasoline.
* If you're like more than half
of all Americans, you'd be will-
ing to live in a haunted house
— provided you didn’t have to
pay rent.
* There are those who say
that actor Johnny Depp is
afraid of clowns.
*k%
Thought for the day: “This
country has come to feel the
same when Congress is in ses-
sion as when the baby gets hold
of a hammer.” — Will Rogers
“BUYING MY DAUGHTER A$150
SWING SETAND WATCHING HER
PLAYWITHTHE BOX”
Marko McCrossen
Orange
Gunner Lowery, Dallas,
"WHEN IWAS 10,MY DAD BOUGHT
MEAPLAY BATTERY MOTORCYCLE
AND | SAWHIM HIDE IT. YES!”
Gunner Lowery
Dallas
“"MYBROTHER, WHO LATER
DIED, GAVEMEA4 FT. HIGH
WHITE TEDDY BEARHEHIDIN
HIS DUFFLE BAG.
Lisa Risch
E CHRISTMAS
“GETTING UP EARLYAND STAYING
UPLATE TO PUTALLTHETOYS
TOGETHER FORTHEKIDS”
Harold Hoover
Franklin Twp.
MEMORY?"
“THE FIRSTYEARMY WIFE
AND WERE MARRIEDWITH
OURSON!
Richard Stoff
. Franklin Twp.
“THEVEAR MY BROTHER THREW
MY COUSIN INTO THE COUCHAND
KNOCKED DOWN THE TREE”
Diane Morse
Dallas