part,
The Dallas Woman's
Club held its Christmas
party and meeting at the
Shavertown Methodist
Church on Wednesday,
Dec. 8. Mrs. William
Coburn, president,
presided. The Club Collect
was read by Mrs. Fred
Eck, the treasurer's report
by Mrs. William Clewell
and the secretary’s report
by Mrs. Arthur Culver.
Conservation chairman
s. Mrs. Sheldon Evans an-
Dec. 18 in the
Shavertown Methodist
Church. Members agreed
to again send a donation to
the Jacques. Costeau Fund
for the conservation of the
waters of our country.
Mrs. John Rogers, public
affairs chairman, urged
the members to attend the
meetings of the Cancer
Association. She also
announced the Drug and
Alcohol Abuse Survey is in
Schools.
A presentation of the
entitled ‘‘Penn-
sylvania 1776’ will be
made to the Back Mountain
Memorial Library by the
Club.
The members voted to
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Mrs. Coburn read a letter
announcing a Bicentennial
Farewell dinner to be held
at the Gus Genetti Hotel on
Jan. 5. Anyone wishing to
Women’s Club
to fete guests
The Home Life and
Public Affairs Depart-
ments of the West Pittston
host the annual Christmas
party for guests at the
Hoskins Nursing Home in
Exeter on Dec. 19 at 2 p.m.
Santa Claus will be on hand
to present gifts from the
club. Christmas carols will
be sung and refreshments
served.
Open forum to
be held by
Rotarians
\
has announced the
following meetings:
On Dec. 16 at 6:15 p.m.
an open forum on Rotary
information will be held at
the Wyoming United
Methodist Church. The
Rev. Fred M. Eister, first
vice president will be
program chairman.
At a meeting to be held
on Dec. 30, a report will be
made by the nominating
committee and the annual
elections of officers will
take place.
There will be no meeting
on Dec. 23.
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attend can make her
reservation with Mrs.
Coburn on or before Dec.
30. 3
The Dallas Junior Club
will again sponsor the “Up
With People” concert on
Feb. 23, 24 and 25. Homes
are being sought to house
these young people while in
our area. Anyone in-
terested in hosting two or
more girls or boys is asked
to get in touch with Mrs.
Coburn or Mrs. Evan
Bonawitz, Junior Club
president. :
Mrs. George Decker,
chairman of a wine tasting
party to be held on Thur-
sday, Jan... 27; at the
American Legion in Dallas
at 8 p.m., announced her
aides. Hosts and hostesses
are Mr. and Mrs. Harold
LaBar, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
William Carroll, Mr. and
Mrs. James McGuire, Mr.
and Mrs. William Clewell
and Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Popielarz. Ticket chair-
men are Mrs. Jack
Richardson and Mrs.
Sheldon Evans. In charge
of publicity is Mrs. L. E
Jordan. The public is in-
vited and tickets may be
purchased from the
Woman's Club.
“he Club members
contributed to the purchase
of one large gift to be
Retreat = Hospital = for
Christmas. Canned goods
were ‘brought to the
meeting to help fill baskets
that will be distributed to
some needy families for
the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Irene Katyl is
chairman of these two
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The New Community
Singers entertained with
many beautiful Christmas
selections of various
countries.
Refreshments were -
served. by Mrs. Gus
Shuleski, Mrs. Robert
. Parker, Mrs. Michael
Yozviak and Mrs. Bernard
Whitney.
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Luzerne Co. ahead of average
on ‘alcoholics’--12% to 5%
A drug and alcohol abuse specialist
from the Luzerne County Drug and
Alcohol Abuse unit told Dallas
Rotarians last Thursday night that an
estimated 12 percent of Luzerne
Countians were ‘‘alcoholics’’
compared to only five percent for the
national average.
Susan Zearing, associate drug and
alcohol abuse specialist, told
Rotarians and their guests that
Luzerne County also represented the
second highest concentration of
alcoholics in Pennsylvania, trailing
only the Philadelphia area.
She said ‘‘alcoholism’” was an
illness the symptom of which is a life
controlled by the consumption of
alcohol. Zearing called it the ‘most
abused drug.”
The speaker called alcoholism
“learned behavior’’ in which 80
percent of present alcoholics had
alcoholic parents. She noted that
ethnic groups with traditional strong
family ties generally showed less
alcoholism.
Zearing said it was her studied
opinion that young people in 1976 were
more dependent on ‘‘alcohol” for their
“highs’’ than illegal substances such
as heroin and mescaline. She noted
that alcohol represented a ‘‘cheaper’’
high for a cost conscious generation.
The speaker said her present
research on the high school and junior
high age youth indicated that uppers
and downers, speed and barbituates
as well as valium were the substances
often abused. She said the youngsters
see their parents using valium and
think “If it makes them feel good, I
wanna feel good too.”
Zearing recounted various efforts to
stem drug and alcohol abuse, such as
education and scare techniques. ‘It
doesn’t work,” she concluded. She
said present philosophy is to apply an
form of ‘affective education” which
is designed to make youngsters ‘‘feel
better about themselves” and thus
more able to resist peer pressure.
She said current efforts include
value clarification.
Does treatment cure alcoholics?
“No,” ‘according to Zearing.
Alcoholism is not curable although it
can become ‘‘not active” and the
former alcoholic may be in a constant
process of recovery. But she said she
would urge such persons ‘‘Not to drink
zat alll!
Dallas Rotarians are scheduled to
meet for their regular meeting this
Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Irem Temple
Country Club. On Friday Dallas
Rotarians and Women of Rotary will
hold their annual Christmas dance,
also at the Country Club.
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