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Glancing Backward, 2/4/10
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On Feb. 4, 1783, Britain's King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.
Glancing Backward Locally:
25 years ago - 1985
Fifty aerobic dancers from the Valley area helped to raise $2,015.35 by participating in the Aerobic Dance for Heart Marathon at the Sayre High School gym.
Two new handsome trophy cases have been placed in the lobby of the Towanda High School to display school honors accorded in athletics, cheerleading and band activities.
David Blascak received his Eagle Scout award.
50 years ago - 1960
Attorney Andrew B. Duvall was named president of the Memorial Hospital Association Board of Directors. He succeeds Marion Barnes.
No Burlington people saw a groundhog on Groundhog's Day, but a bear showed up to dine on meat scraps and old bones thrown in a barrel at the rear of the Gilbert A. Waldron market.
Celebrating his birthday today is Ronald Colton, who is a butcher in the Troy meat plant.
75 years ago - 1935
Seen About the Borough: Corporal Leo R. Pope, new state police commandant in Towanda.
The Treasury Department has announced that bids will be opened March 4 for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for construction of a United States Post Office in Towanda. It is expected the building will be erected on the site opposite the Ford garage on South Main Street.
Malcolm M. McNett of Canton was awarded his degree from Pennsylvania State College.
Elsewhere on this date:
In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States.
In 1861, delegates from six Southern states met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid.
In 1938, the Thornton Wilder play "Our Town" opened on Broadway.
Ten years ago: Austrian President Thomas Klestil swore in a coalition government that included Joerg Haider's (yohrg HY'-durz) far-right Freedom Party, a development which triggered European Union sanctions.
Five years ago: Gunmen kidnapped Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena in Baghdad. (Sgrena was freed a month later; however, an Italian agent who'd secured her release was killed by U.S. gunfire at a checkpoint.)
One year ago: President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 cap on executive pay for companies receiving federal bailout money; the president also signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children.
Today's Birthdays: Actor William Phipps is 88. Actor Conrad Bain is 87. Former Argentinian President Isabel Peron is 79. Actor Gary Conway is 74. Movie director George A. Romero is 70. Rock musician John Steel (The Animals) is 69. Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 66.
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