Dallas High School.
president controller at United Penn
¥ Bank, was elected president of the
Dallas Lions,
A graduate of Miami University
of Ohio and New York University,
he’s worked the past 14 years in the
banking industry.
The father of three, Roman
resides on Laurel Lane, Shrine
Acres, Dallas, with his wife Betty.
Other officers elected to serve
during 1982-83 are secretary, Rich
Shannon; treasurer, Drew Fitch;
1st vice president, Michael Pickup;
2nd vice president, Russell Stone;
3rd vice president, John Delvec-
chio; lion tamer, Thomas Balutis;
teil ‘twister, Joseph Harringtsn;
board of directors, William Tabor,
Paul McCue, William Kalinowski
and Joseph Canfield. Immediate
past president Frank Rollman will
also serve on the board.
Governor-elect
Guarilia will install the new officers
at a joint dinner meeting with the
Dallas Lioness Clubs Tuesday, June
8, 7:30 p.m. at the Castle Inn,
Dallas.
Twelve Shavertown Water
Company customers have been
inadequate
water service two years ago. This
was the decision handed down by
the Public Utility Commission and
supported by an administrative
judge.
The PUC also said Friday that its
Bureau of Safety and Compliance
will do some inspecting of the area
of North Pioneer and West Mount
Airy Road within the next six
months to make certain that the
residents are receiving reasonable
service.
Some women will never receive a
Mother’s Day card. Some men will
never be called father. For almost
two million couples in our nation,
the children’s room will remain
empty and the sounds of a baby’s
These are the forgotten families,
the families of two, husband and
wife.
One couple in eight have
problems in infertility. Fifty per-
cent of those have no medical
reason as to why they cannot have
children. Then, eighty-five percent
in the other fifty percent will find a
medical reason but will still be
unable to conceive.
What's it like for these childless
young adult couples? Consider the
obvious questions they face when
introduced to new people. “Oh, you
don’t have children. Is it because
you don’t want to or because you
cannot?”’ The wound is open again.
Insensitivity abounds. Some-
times, even the couple’s parents
the ruling followed an appeal by
the water company to an April 7
recommendation by an administra-
tive judge that 12 Shavertown
residents are entitled to 10.15 per-
cent of their total water bills
stemming from poor water service
from January 1977 to December
1980.
Jean Eason, treasurer-secretary
for the parent company, said that
she has yet to receive anything
from the PUC on the matter. How-
ever, this is the first time a decision
of this type has been made against
her company.
can be crude. “When are you going
to have some grandchildren for
me? You've been married five
years and still no children? Can’t
the doctor do something?”’
Unfortunately very little has been
written to help infertile couples
their situation. Fortunately, much
is being done to assist the single
parent or single adult to face their
unique problems in a society that
often has pressures to marry. But,
not much help exists for families of
two to encounter a culture where
families of foru are considered the
norm.
Attempts are being made towad
further understanding for those who
cannot have children. One author
has written from research that
these couples feel that all the
children you could have had have
died. It’s like a death every month
for the woman accompanied with
feelings of grief. It is being un-
fulfilled. Little girls grow up caring
Bradley Bullock, his family and
the people at New York’s Columbia
Presbyterian Hospital are shooting
for a June 11 date for him to leave.
Brad, 19, is hoping to come home for
a day or two to attend his brother
Brock’s graduation at Lake-
Lehman. The date is not definite,
but assuming Brad continues on the
road to recovery at his present rate,
it seems possible, said his father
Robert Bullock.
Brad continues to exercise daily
to’ build up his strength. His
parents, aided by hospital per-
sonnel, are seeking a furnished,
two-bedroom apartment in which
he can live for three months. Be-
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cause he will need steady
monitoring during that period, he
not easy to find a furnished apart-
ment to rent for a three month stay,
said Bullock. The area immediately
surrounding the hospital has a two
percent turnover in rentals. The
living quarters must also be in a
good environment as Brad must
continue to protect himself from
health hazards of any kind. He
would like some exercise facility
nearby as well, so that he can main-
tain his strength building program,
so important to his ultimate
recovery.
Brad’s attitude remains good,
said Bullock. He does what he has to
without complaint so that he can get
on with his life at some point.
The Dallas boy is the second heart
transplant patient in the Columbia
Presbyterian Hospital’s new
program. Staff there are very
pleased with the results as
evidenced by Brad’s improvement.
He received his new heart on April
15. After some difficulty with
rejection, he is back on track again.
And back home in Dallas, friends
and neighbors continue to provide
support through their prayers and
financial contributions. The
Bradley Bullock Heart Fund,
started to help the family with
travel and living expenses during
the ordeal has topped the $7500
mark. Money is given weekly to
Bradley’s mother, Mrs. Doreen
Schall, for use while she remains at
her son’s side in New York.
Kingston Township Police Chief,
Paul Sabol, one of the trustees of the
fund, explained this practice will
continue as long as it is needed.
Should additional funds remain
available after Brad returns to the
area, they will be kept in trust for
future community support projects.
Bradley Bullock Heart Fund
canisters can be found in area
business establishments.
If you are a country music fan
don’t miss the Back Mt. Folk Arts
Festival, June 5 and 6, at College
Misericordia. The best local talent
in country music will be appearing
for a weekend of toe tapping, hand
clapping entertainment for all age
groups.
For jazz fans Bobby Baird and the
Dixieland Jazz Band will return to
the Festival again this year and
Sinfonia and The Back Mountain
String Band will delight music
lovers.
Over 25 craftspeople will display
and sell their wares of patchwork
quilts, silver jewelry, leather,
Batik, lace, handcrafted wagons,
and hand made quilted buttons to
name a few.
Potato pancalses,
hoagies, Greek and Chinese
cakes and barbeques should please
all appetities and there will be a
bake sale by Dallas Band Parents.
Informative and educational
exhibits by the Art Gallery of
College Misericordia, Doerflinger
Winery (samples available), Back
Mt. Mobile Unit, Suburban News,
Pa. Game Commission, Common-
wealth Telephone Co., Audubon
Society, Rick Meyer-Antique
Engines, and others will interest all
Festival visitors.
Children are especially elcome
and special attention by committee
members has been dedicated to
their enjoyment. Boys and girls
may show their artistic abilities at
the “Come and Create’ booth, ride
through the Back Mountain in a fire
engine and compete in a varietyof
games. Hourly art demonstrations
by students of Sue Hand’s Imagery
for their baby dalls only to grow up
to have their dreams of their own
baby unrealized. Both the husband
and wife sometimes suffer from
feelings of inferiority. If the
acceptance, the marriage could
grow stale and divorce can occur.
Adoption is an alternative for
some. But, for many, the
tremendous expense, the unavail-
ability of adoptable children, and
the legal hassles involved are too
great a barrier to overcome.
children, but for the over two
million couples that want to but
cannot, supportive help and sen-
sitivity to their situation are
needed.
For those in our area who are part
of those two million, a new support
group will be forming soon. If you
are interested, call 825-0736. You
need their support, and they need
yours in facing your unique dif-
ficulties that very few comprehend.
will take place on Saturday and
Sunday.
Juniors 14 years of age and under
will compete in a tennis tournament
commencing at 8 a.m. on Saturday.
The Folk Arts Festival is spon-
sored by the Back Mt. Cultural
Center, Dallas. Festival hours are
noon to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 11
a.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday. There are
no admission or parking fees.
At a recent meeting with officials
of the State Department of Environ-
mental Resources, more than 100
residents of Lake Township ex-
pressed concern for the environ-
ment when the DER announced that
it was closing the township landfill
for lack of permit.
“A lot of questions were put to
Adams and Fritz from DER that
were never answered,” he said. “If
the Lake Twp. landfill is closed on
July 15 as the DER is proposing,
and the West Side landfill doesn’t
open until Sept. 15, what do the
people do in the meantime?”
Another resident of the area is
said to have mentioned the fact that
it is extremely coincidental that the
West Side landfill is opening and
DER is closing down landfills in
small communities.
“The people of Lake Township
are not going to take this sitting
down like the people in Noxen,”
said Wolfe. “We have been running
this landfill properly.”
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as getting something for nothing.
Just ask anyone who has responded
to the recent barrage of advertisers
who are testing a new marketing
program in our area. Several large
companies including Proctor and
Gamble are asking people to call a
toll-free number and receive a
product.
This week P.and G. is at it again.
This time, a “FREE PAK” in-
cluding 5 samples will be sent to the
person calling the toll-free number.
Wolfe, who hates to see the land-
fill closed, said that inspections
have been going on for the past four
years with Chris Fritz from the
DER inspecting it for the past year.
The landfill was in compliance with
all standards until a week before a
letter was sent to the Lake Twp.
supervisors by the DER and a
closed meeting was set up between
represenatives of DER and Lake
Twp. supervisors. It was at this
meeting that it was announced that
the township landfill would be
closed unless it was brought up fo
regulations mandated by a 1980
state law. The déadline was set for
July 15.
Township Solicitor R. James
Kamage recently told the super-
visors that the landfill permit could
cost $50,000 to $150,000 based on a
study done for a landfill in Jenkin’s
Twp. Hauling the garbage to the
Plymouth Twp. landfill could cost
the township about $30,000.
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