VOL. 83 NO. 15 500 Attend Dinner A by Shawn Murphy It was a gala production, the charter reception of the area’s newest Jaycee chapter Sunday night. A host of distin- guished guests attended the festivities, nattily attired waiters served a delicious . roast beef dinner, proud Jaycee directors and officers were installed, and top-notch entertainment was provided. It was a reception in which all of the 500 guests cguld take pride, and the fact that it took Wace within the confines of the State Correctional Institution at Dallas merely added to the significance of the occasion. Promising that ‘‘young men can change the world,”” Dr. James Benford, second vice president of the Pennsyi- vania Jaycees, gave the keynote address. He spoke of a leadership gap which the Jaycees could work to overcome, noting that ‘you and I are the right age to pro- vide the leadership which both the young and old in our society need. ‘‘Gentlemen,’”’ the dynamic vice presi- dent asserted, ‘‘you have time for what you believe in.” Perhaps the most moving statements about the meaning of the new Jaycee chapter came from the prison residents themselgps. Ronald Butler, executive vice president, suggested that a primary goal of the chapter will be to ‘try to con- vince the outside world that the men here are not animals bu! hygman beings made in the gwmage of our Creator.” And™®Paul Yuknavich, the bearded chapter president, told of his dream: “To show to society outside these walls that we are men deserving of respect and dig- nity.” The new Centurion Chapter of Jaycees is comprised of 208 regular and associate members--approximately one third of the prison’s total population. Officers of the organization include, in addition to Mr. Yuknavich and Mr. Butler, Robert Jones, internal vice president; Rocco D’Andrea, external vice president; Joseph Mat- cheson, state director; Luis Vasquez, in- ternational director; James Urello, sec- retary and Michael Borshell, treasurer. John G. Mack, institution counselor, is co-ordinator. According to Bernard Jackson, a direc- tor of the Centurions, one of the first ser- vice projects to be undertaken by the Jaycees will be the establishment of a speakers’ bureau. Prison residents will be available to address youth groups, civic organizations and schools on such subjects as drug abuse, prison reform and other matters pertaining to life within the correctional institution. Facili- ties for food service in the visitors’ waiting room will be utilized to provide refreshments for visitors, Mr. Jackson suggested, and educational programs presently offered at the institution will be expanded. ~ (continued on PAGE FIFTEEN) Three-Year-Old Child Disappears The heartbreak of a lost child was ex- perienced Monday morning by Mrs. Robert Rismondo when her three-year- oid son Timothy walked out the front door of the Rismondo home on Huntsville Road and disappeared. Dallas Borough Police Chief Ray Titus, who answered the mother’s frantic call at 9:35 a.m., quickly sent out a call over his radio for assistance in the search, as the area to be covered was a heavily-wooded one. (continued on PAGE FIFTEEN) Teachers of Dallas School District met Monday night to decide whether to accept or reject the proposed contract for the 1972-73 school year. Of the 124 teachers present in the aduitorium of the junior high school, the majority—115—voted to accepffghe ‘package’, with nine teachers sy votes. The next step in contract negotiations, according to Mr. Glogowski, is to present the proposed package to the entire nine- member school board for their approval or disapproval. Negotiations during the last several months have been conducted by two committees. One committee represented Education Association. Serving on DEA’s committee were Mr. Glogowski, chair- DALLAS, PA. PHONE Photo by Pat Cancro Next Session May 3 Contract negotiations between the Lake-Lehman Board of Education and the Lake-Lehman Education Association are at an impasse, and both parties have agreed to seek the assistance of a state mediator. This was the report from Joel Riegel, chief negotiator for the teachers, follow- ing the last negotiating session a week ago Wednesday. At that time, Mr. Riegel states, the school board’s negotiating team offered no counter proposals to those which had been rejected earlier by the education association. “We felt that counter proposals would be offered.’”’ Mr. -Long Celebration Jubilee for A year-long Jubilee for Peace celebra- tion at College Misericordia reached its climax this week with three days of concentrated activity—centered around man’s search for peace. | Since last September each academic department of the college has sponsored poetry readings to films to guest speakers, all with the central theme of peace. The three-day celebration this week conducted by the entire college was the culmination of all these events. Several Back Mountain residents and their children launched kites on the front campus of the local college Monday af- ternoon to start one of the first activities in the three-day event. : The kite-flying, planned by Jubilee co- director Sister Constance Mary Kezel, RSM, was designed to be symbolic of peace. “Kite flying is entirely peaceful,” Sister Constance said, ‘‘with no other altez=native than to keep your kite aloft.” Other activities Monday included a nursing seminar on ‘‘The Psychological Effects of War on Children,” a picnic supper, folk music concert ‘and the Riegel told the Post Tuesday morning, “and it was very much to my surprise that they were not.” The Bureau of Mediation has named Richard Phelps as mediator, Reigel re- ports, and May 3 has been designated as the date of the next bargaining session. The mediator has 21 days in which to attempt to resolve the impasses, Riegel states. After that time, either he or one of the parties may request that a fact finder be appointed to assist in the negotiations. If the Bureau of Mediation approves the request, a fact finder--possibly a college professor or professional arbitrator--is You mean they actually sell fishing permits to girls!’? Take heart men, the girls seem to Be en- Jjoying themselves, but the fish weren’t biting for them either. ; P yp) 4" o xX 5 the negotiations. Should the request for a fact finder be denied, the teachers may elect to withhold their services. : fact finder’s report, however, and in the 39 school districts which requested a fact only seven reports were accepted by both board. ? If either party refuses to accept the fact finder’s report, the report is then published in the hope that public pressure (continued on PAGE FIFTEEN) classic French film, “Forbidden Games.” The Jubilee continued Tuesday with an address on ‘‘The Ghandian Way’’by Dr. Anima Bose, director of the Institute for Peace Studies at St. Louis University. In the evening four students conducted a seminar on “The Fine Arts and War.”” All four students are involved in fine arts activities at the college. A Lake-Lehman School bus driver was assaulted by a woman Monday morning while he was stopped at the parking lot of Our Lady of Victory Church at Harveys Lake. William A. Bates, a Noxen resident, had stopped to pick up youngsters at the bus stop when he saw a car coming toward him and toward Mrs. John O'Connell, a Warden Place resident who was waiting at the bus stop with her son. It is reported that Mrs. O’Connell was University, Atlanta, Ga., “Peacemaking: From Ideal to Reality.” Peace idea. celebration in the college chapel. forced to seek cover behind a statue at the church and that the oncoming car, a Mercedes-Benz, then struck the statue. experienced mechanical difficulty with door and asked if he could be of help. The boarded the bus and hurled herself at Mr. her fingernails. ~ ? if * 4 2
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