Glancing Backward, March 1, 2010

Published: March 1, 2010

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Today is Monday, March 1, the 60th day of 2010. There are 305 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On March 1, 1932, Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was kidnapped from the family home near Hopewell, N.J. (Remains identified as those of the child were found the following May.)

Glancing Backward Locally:

25 years ago - 1985

Two Towanda High School students, Amy Robinson and Brian Gallew, are participating in the Region IV Chorus Festival in Loyalsock.

Lieutenant Governor William Scranton III will be the guest speaker at the Endless Mountains Association's annual dinner meeting.

Dr. John Pacanowski, M.D., F.A.A.P., chief of pediatrics at the Guthrie Clinic and Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, will soon begin a three-week national tour for his book "Childhood Symptoms," co-authored by Edward R. Brace of Towanda.

50 years ago - 1960

Sayre Borough Council adopted a resolution approving a sewer collection system for Sayre and a joint treatment plant with Athens.

Two Bradford County babies were born yesterday, Feb. 29, making them leap-year babies: a son to Thomas and Joyce Blakeley of Athens and a son to Leon and Donna Vaow Robinson of Wysox.

At the PIAA wrestling tournament in Towanda, each of the finalist wrestlers was provided with a "queen" by vote of the Towanda High Mat Squad. At the start of the tournament, there was a parade of champions when all marched around the gym accompanied by a queen. The queens then sat around the wrestlers during the evening.

75 years ago - 1935

Celebrating his birthday today is Kenneth Taylor, manager of a well-known service station in Wyalusing.

Troy Rotary Club met today with 100 percent attendance. The guest of the meeting was Carl Millward, superintendent of schools at Milton and governor of the 51st Rotary district.

J.P. McCarthy will re-open his dance hall in North Towanda. The floor has been re-finished and is in first class shape for round and square dancing.

Elsewhere on this date:

One year ago: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations concluded its 14th annual summit in Thailand by vowing to push ahead with plans to become a European Union-style economic community by 2015. At a one-day summit in Brussels, European Union leaders flatly rejected a new multibillion euro bailout for eastern Europe.

Today's Birthdays: Actor Robert Clary is 84. Singer Harry Belafonte is 83. Former U.S. Solicitor General Robert H. Bork is 83. Actor Robert Conrad is 75. Rock singer Mike D'Abo (Manfred Mann) is 66. Former Senator John Breaux (D-La.) is 66. Rock singer Roger Daltrey is 66. Actor Dirk Benedict is 65. Actor Alan Thicke is 63. Actor-director Ron Howard is 56. Actress Catherine Bach is 56. Country singer Janis Gill (aka Janis Oliver Cummins) (Sweethearts of the Rodeo) is 56. Actor Tim Daly is 54. Singer-musician Jon Carroll is 53. Rock musician Bill Leen is 48. Actor Maurice Bernard is 47. Actor Russell Wong is 47. Actor John David Cullum is 44. Actor George Eads is 43. Actor Javier Bardem (HAH'-vee-ayr bahr-DEHM') is 41.

Actor Jack Davenport is 37. Rock musician Ryan Peake (Nickelback) is 37. Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar is 36. Actor Jensen Ackles is 32. TV host Donovan Patton is 32. Rock musician Sean Woolstenhulme is 29. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sammie is 23.

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