The Daily Item from Sunbury, Pennsylvania • 5

Off the record THE DAILY ITEM Sunbury, Moy 1 9, 1 984 Things to see and do letters to the editor Continued from Page 4 man's half-truths and play on sympathies. Rep. Biaggi wounded 10 times in the course of duty does this mean he was shot 10 times? I sincerely doubt it. Rather, let's let cooler heads prevail and support Congressman Conte's legislation. DaleMoyer Muncy A Sunbury experiment By John L.

Moore i Films, shows Quilt show and sale, until 6 p.m. today, and noon to 4 p.m. May 20. West End Fairgrounds. Laurelton.

"The Right Stuff," 7 30 p.m.' May 31, Campus Theater. Lewisburg Wine and cheese party at 6:30 p.m. Tickets available at downtown Lewisburg stores. Proceedsbenefit American Diabetes Association. Exhibits Pencil and pen drawings Charles Hogan III Sunbury Kl)l through -Ma Northern Central Bank Market Street.

Sunbury The Harlem Renaissance tu V-o Expressionism years. ot Black American Artist- trin.ugh o. Center iallery Center. 'B'aoknell. Lewisburgl' .1 art -hou'tiv Bar-bar CJa'rk through Mav Haa- 'Gallerv-Bloom-burg pain-ting -i r.

a arm vai atmi'-priere 'Oils by. Ailams i.t'-ir:tuiH, bcriand -through May. (-ir-t Nati'nia'l Tru'-! Bank Market Strfi Sunburv Paintings by Lraii- t- Bar o-ii. ba- -na alley Mail Snyder County Historical Museum 30 Market St'. Hours 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday and Sun day through Sept 30 Special tours calling Raymond Roush. 374 4797 Priestley House and Museum. Nor thumberland Home. ot Joseph. I'ru-t-ley.

pioneer chemist and disci.Yereyi! oxygen in 1774 Open 10 a to 4 '0 Tuesday through Saturday, 1 4.30 p. nr. Sunday Montgomery House BloorcTand Mill Uanville Open every Wednesday 1-4 or by" appointment Call- welcomei Packwood House Museum, originally an 18th Century tavern, nou the Fetherston House, a museum ol doco "rative arts Tours WednesdavSatu-- day. 1-4 Sunday. 2-4 Shop" day-Friday.

10-5 Saturday 1 Sundav. 2-5 Slifer House Museum Victorian at chitectUre and furniture Open Satur day and Sunday. Mav through Sep tember. 1 to -4 Or special arrangements by cajlmg 524 12' U-tween 8am and 5-f rn weekday Buffalo Valley Winery. Butlalu Road.

Iewisburg Hours 2 to 5 Wednesday and Thursday 2 to 7 Friday. 10 to i Saturday, and 'noon tu 5 Sundav Benfer Farm Museum. Sundays, one mile we-t Milimont on Shirk Road )i-he-: gla uarv turin Hire, (arm machine- charged Governor's home? tour- through Oct. 25 2035 Front St Ham-burg HI am to 2 Tuesday -'and Thur-davs Groups of 10 or more -honld rail Doris-Herj-e 787-1 lc The year was 1905 and Sunbury was a thriving mercantile center of more than 12,000 inhabitants. Its trolley network, reported the Sunbury Daily Item, was "one of -the first electric street car systems on the continent," and was being expanded to connect with -Selinsgrove and Shamokin.

Two major railroads scheduled nearly 40 passenger trains to pass by every day, 28 on the.Pennsylvania System and 11 on the Philadelphia -and Reading Railway. The city had a silk mill, roller miHs and wood working establishments, and some 650 men worked in the Pennsylvania's railroad yard and shops. The Daily Item published its first "Historical, Biographical and Industrial Edition" that year. Consisting of 51 pages, the book contained numerous articles and photos of the city's captains of commerce and industry, with elaborate descriptions of their establishments. "There is in Sunbury excellent material for an edition twice the size of this, but it was necessary to set a limit," the editors noted.

Copies are scarce. (This article is based on a copy submitted by Ed Neff of Sunbury. One sketch detailed Thomas Edison's early generating plant. Chips From an old pineknot By Peter Sims The other Monday, oh my way for lunch with an old friend, the line-up of newspapers in the wire rack in the restaurant entryway caught my eye. There were several dailies in the rack.

The headline of the one at the top was: "Runoff Voting in El Salvador is Orderly." The paper at the bottom of the rack had this headline. "Attacks Kill 14 as Salvador Votes." I realize that headline writers are entitled to different opinions as to what creates reader interest, but I have to wonder which paper is giving the real news in a case like this. Or I asked myself how many people would have to be killed before the elections would become disorderly. I rarely find myself in agreement with much of the material that appears in a prestigious New York newspaper, but the other week it carried an article that I do agree with. This piece, written by a university dean, pointed out that the so-called "six-step" program for domestic policy being presented by one of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for the presidency is not all that great.

In fact, the dean states that the candidate's statements bears "no more resemblance to presidential economic policy than a foghorn does to radar." i SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY GOOD ONLY WITH COUPONS built as part of the "first system of municipal electric lighting in the -world." Here are excerpts: "The original Edison Electric; Illuminating was incorporated -in the year incorporators wereThomas V. Detwiler, James W. Sweeley, Frank H. McCormick, Seth-T. McCormick, all of Wiliiamsport, and Charles B.

Story of New York City. "The original plant was located on the corner of Fourth and Vine streets', and consisted of a one-story wooden structure, the engine, boilers and dynamo all being in one room 'The boilers were of Babcock manufacture and the 50 horse-power engine was of the Armington Simms manufacture. "The dynamos were the old 4-pole Z' type and were set up and put in operation by Thomas A. Edison, W.S. Andrews and J.F.

Sprague. "This being the first Central station, it was very crude as Mr. Edison spent a great deal of his time mainly in watching the operations of the plant. "It was the first plant to furnish current over the Edison three-wire system and the first to string wires on poles to furnish incandescent lights for commercial and private homes. "The first light was turned on the Fourth of July by Thomas Edison.

The first president of the company was Mr. Frank Marr of Lewisburg. and Mr. Wesley Auten of Sunbury, was secretary and treasurer, which bffices they had until the year 1886 when a new plant was constructed on what is known as the old Gossler estate. "This plant was built by contractor W.H.

Heim and managed by George Heim and Q.P.-Heimw Mr. J.H. Heim was president of this new plant until they sold out in the year 1888 to the present copipany. of which Mr. Godfrey Hess was elected president.

Mr. Henry Metzger. treasurer and C.J. Callahan was general manager. "None of these offices were changed from that date until the death of Godfrey Hess on Aug.

14, 1903, when Mr. P.B. Shaw was elected president. For 16 years there was no change in the officers of thepresent company until the death of Mr. Hess.

"When the present manager, C.J. Callahan, took charge of the plant in 1888, it consisted of one 100-horse power engine and dynamo and one 50-horse power engine and dynamo, these being increased from time to time until at present 925-horse power engines, dynamos and boilers, and the line has been inxcreased with the same increase. "In fact, the plant has increased so rapidly in the last few years that the people of Sunbury. although they take a great deal of pride in the plant, do not realize the vast" improvements that have been made-. "The orginal plant consisting of engines, dynamos and rheostats were on exhibition at the Saint Louis Exposition in 1904." Moore is city editor of The Daily Item.

29-31 Broadwoy. Milton 'Hard line against -any deadly force' May 17. 1984 To the Editor: I am writing in response to Ms. Lautman's. letter on behalf of Hand- gun Control Inc.

concerning bullets." Fact Ammunition specifically de signed to penetrate bullet-resistant apparel has never been used in the shooting of any Jaw enforcement officer. They are not even available to the public. Fact II: A workable definition of armor -piercing ammunition is impossible. In 1982 a committee of ballistics experts from the FBI, Secret Service and BATF testified in Congress that because of the intricacies of modern ammunitions and firearms any attempt at such a definition would ban almost every conventional ammunition used for legitimate purposes. In 1983 another study arrived at the 'same conclusion.

Fact III: An alternative plan was presented to Rep. Biaggi. A bill (supported by the NRA and major police organizations) was already in committee that provided a mandatory penalty for useof firearms in a federal crime. At first Capitol Hill sources indicated Biaggi would support this plan, which would have been a strong deterrent. However, at the last minute Biaggi pulled out his support.

Any law enforcement official realizes the real danger is in public airing of how body armor works and how to defeat its purpose. Passage of a "cop-killer bullet" bill would in effect tl) tell criminals exactly what ammunition to use and (2) leave honest citizens unarmed what good is a gun without As an alternative I recommend a judicial hard line against criminal use of any deadly force, be it knives, martial arts weapons, poisons, explosives or firearms. When a few convictions end in capital punishment an unmis takable message will be heard by potential outlaws. Wayne A. Corbin Selinsgrove RD5 Drunken drivers; perilous times May 14.

1984 Editor: Let us all wake up. Forty percent of the accidents and deaths on our highways are caused by drunken drivers. We are living in the perilous times we read about in the New Testament. I hope that all men, if they drink, will not drive. Many lives are lost through drunken men on our highways.

Also, more murders and rape are caused by alcoholics and dope addicts than all other crime in the world. I saw a sign one time which said "Crime does not pay," but yet we pro- -tect the crime operator. I believe we will pay for our unjust acts. Rev. Davies Middleburg Dental care worth the trip May 12.

1984 Dear Editor: I live in Franklin, Pa. I had to go to a weddingTmaturday. Sept. 24, 1983, in West Chester, Pa. On Friday, Sept.

23, 1 woke up with a toothache. I knew that I couldn't travel with the pain so I wejit to a dentist in Franklin. He said that he couldn't do too much for it. He drilled the tooth and put some medication on it. The medicine relieved the pain some but not for very long.

He also said that the tooth would have to be pulled. On the way to the wedding, the pain returned and I had to stop at my brothers' place, which is in Trevorton. It was about 6 30 p.m. when I arrived at his place. I wanted to go to the emergency room to have it pulled, but my brother said that he would call the dentist that he goes to and see if he could do something for me.

I talked to the dentist about my tooth and he prescribed some medication to hold me until the following morning. It really shocked me because a lot of doctors don't like to be bothered after office hours, especially at Mv annnintment was for 8 a.m. Sat urday. I thought. "Oh boy, will he get -venwitlLmeinJhe morning for call-ing him." My brother told him that I had traveled more than 200 miles.

I thmioht the dentist would think that since I was so far from home that he would just pull my tooth and be done with me. I've been to a lot of dentists who didn't care whether you came back or not. I can say that about Dr. David Gragowski of Sunbury. He's not only the best dentist that I've been to, but he's "real people." He saved my tooth and I've been going back to him ever since.

Joseph Wertz Franklin Musk Re-Creation, 7:30 p.m. June 23.Mif-flinburg High School auditorium "Mif-flinburg Hose Company fund-raiser for new pumper-tanker Tickets avaii-able from Doris Guffey at the borough building. Zimmerman's Exxon Mark Auto Parts. Fairs, events Buggy Day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.- May 26, Mifflinburg Buggy Museum.

Open for Buggy rides and a pig roast. Sock hop, 8-11 p.m June 8. Mifflinburg firehall. Outdoors Montour Preserve, off Route 54. Turbotville RD1.

open sunrise to sunset. Picnic grounds, fishing and nature and hiking trails. Tours Old Herman Schoolhouse, Selinsgrove. Only original public school-house in Snyder "Open 2to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Take Route 15 south to Selinsgrove. off Route 522 public meetinas Listed below are municipal and school board public meetings to bi held this week, including times and places. Monday Schools Warrior Run 7:30 p.m.. high school auditorium. Southern Columbia 7 .10 Hartman Elementary School Selinsgrove 8 middle school.

Municipalities Selinsgrove 7 30 ni municipal building. Upper Augusta Township 7pm. municipal building Tuesday Schools Milton 7:30 junior high Line Mountain 7 30 pm high school. Municipalities White Deer Township 7 30 township building Spring Township 7 30 municipal building Phone 742-7921 FREE PARKING -IN REAR -PF STORE Daily Item "Want-Ads" Ph. 286-5671 CHARLES iriA.r; a oil.

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