Glancing Backward 3/14/2010

Published: March 14, 2010

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Today is Sunday, March 14, the 73rd day of 2010. There are 292 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On March 14, 1794, Eli Whitney received a patent for his cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry.

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1985

Ulster Township will be receiving $10,000 from the state Department of Community Affairs for renovations to Totem Pole Park.

In an essay contest concerning the care of teeth and gums held by the Pennsylvania Dental Health Association, the winner of the elementary school division in the Troy School District was Heather Sargeant of the Springfield School.

First place winners in the Towanda Area Middle School science fair included William Shay, Dominique Benninger, David Monk, Kimberly Smith, Clay Charlesworth, Vicky Newbury, Heather Cranmer, Adena Chernosky, Betty Zaremba, Renay Shoemaker, Cindy Gannon, Shawn Baker, Jessica Webster, Maggie Bumb, Janelle Cole and Kyle Cranmer.

50 years ago - 1960

Inspired by the championship play of the SRU High School varsity during the past season, the JV team followed suit and also came up with a title - the BSCAA JV crown.

Thirty-five Towanda and vicinity women visited the Philadelphia Flower Show, the trip being made in the Harry Sill bus under the auspices of the Towanda Garden Club.

The members of the 1960 Canton High School honor society are Anita Porter, Lois Garden, Marilyn Swayze, Roxie Herman, Faye Taylor, Peggy Hallett, Carol Knerr, Gordon Preston, Alvin Kalmbach, William Most and Charles Swain.

75 years ago - 1935

The New York Herald-Tribune in a recent issue devoted its entire column entitled "Books and Things" by Lewis Gannett to a review of a book written by Lester Ward of Towanda, now deceased. It bears the title "Young Ward's Diary."

Seen About the Borough: The boys at the Ford garage taking up a collection to buy Herb an Ed Wynne firemen's hat.

W. Worth Jennings, local dog fancier, will enter beagle hounds at the Southern Tier Beagle Club Show at Chenango Forks, N.Y., and he will enter dogs at the 1935 futurity races at Greenville, Ohio, where the dogs will be entered for field trials and compete for $1,000 stakes.

Elswewhere on this date:

In 1883, German political philosopher Karl Marx died in London at age 64.

In 1951, during the Korean War, United Nations forces recaptured Seoul (sohl).

Ten years ago: Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Al Gore clinched their presidential nominations in a sweep of Southern primaries. Defending champion Doug Swingley drove his dog team to victory in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Five years ago: A judge in San Francisco ruled that California's ban on gay marriage was unconstitutional (a state appeals court later reversed the decision).

One year ago: President Barack Obama met at the White House with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; afterward, Obama downplayed divisions between the U.S. and Europe over how to tackle the world's financial crisis.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Michael Caine is 77. Movie director Wolfgang Petersen is 69. Comedian Billy Crystal is 62. Prince Albert II, the ruler of Monaco, is 52. Singer-musician Taylor Hanson (Hanson) is 27. Actor Jamie Bell is 24.

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