Gabriel firing gan a | |
Board cites poor evaluations as reasons
been granted one for Aug. 23 when he will appear with
his attorney Arthur Piccone.
have been granted a hearing before being dismissed.
Many of the district’s taxpayers are not in accord-
ance with Gregory, however, since they contend that if
a person is dismissed because of sub-standard per-
formance, they would not be given an opportunity to
be heard. These same taxpayers also questioned why
Gabriel is being given the opportunity to be heard
before the board and why he is hiring an attorney to
represent him.
Director Tex Wilson explained that Gabriel has a
occasions, it was reported that work assignments were
not completed according to schedule or were not done
according to direction.
These were among the items taken into considera-
tion by the board of directors before they arrived at
their decision to approve Gabriel’s dismissal at the
Aug. 8 board meeting.
The motion was approved by a 7-1 vote, with Pat
Gregory casting the dissenting vote and Ernest
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Gabriel, in the meantime, claims he has done his job
satisfactorily and that his dismissal is a political
maneuver. This is what he hopes to prove in his
scheduled hearing.
The recent motion by Dallas School District Board
of Directors to dismiss John Gabriel, district buildings
and grounds supervisor, came after a careful review
an Of circumstances by the directors.
» Employed by the district for over nine years,
Gabriel believes that during the past nine years he
has performed efficiently for.the Dallas School Dis-
trict. The final outcome should be resolved following
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Vol. 93, No. 31
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
James Egliskis of Harveys Lake,
son of Barbara A. May and Donald
R. Egliskis, was recently presented
with the Eagle Scout Award, thus
becoming the first Eagle Scout in
the history of Troop 331, Harvey
Lake Lions Boy Scouts. :
The presentation of the award
was made at Franklin’s Restaurant,
Dallas.
Egliskis, who has been involved in
Scouts for five years, also receivd a
Parish
raises
check from UNICO on behalf of Boy
Scout Troop 331.
The new Eagle Scout attends
Tunkhannock High School and is a
member of the Prince of Peace
Church, Dallas, and the Wyoming
County 4-H.
Egliskis has also achieved the
Order of the Arrow, Gischigan
Lodge 223. He is a member of the
staff at Camp Acahela.
Dr. Richard A. Shipe, Superin-
tendent of Schools, announced that
the 1983-84 school year will begin for
all students in the Dallas School
District on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1983.
The professional staff of the Dallas
Schools will participate in an in-
service program, beginning
Monday, Aug. 29.
Parents are reminded ‘that on
Aug. 30, all students in grades one
through 12 will be attending full-day
sessions. Daily schedules for all
elementary students in grades one
through four will be from 9:15 a.m.
to 3:45 p.m.; the Dallas Intermedi-
ate School students, grades five and
six, will attend from 9:15 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. Junior High School stu-
dents in grades seven through nine
begin school at 8 a.m. and dismiss
at 2:49 p.m. The high school begins
at 8 a.m. and dismisses at 2:58 p.m.
Parents are requested to consult the
bus routes published in the newspa-
pers to determine their child’s bus
assignment and departure points.
Upon arrival at school, all ele-
mentary students assigned to the
Westmoreland and Dallas Township
Elementary Schools are requested
to move to their assigned areas and
classrooms. €lass ‘lists and special
directions will. be posted in: each
elementary building and staff will
be available to assist pupils in
locating their rooms.
At (the Dallas Intermediate
School, fourth and fifth grade stu-
dents are asked to report to the
school cafeteria; sixth grade stu-
dents should report directly to their
assigned classrooms. The schedule
of school entry for kindergarten
students is being provided to par-
ents during the student-parent-
teacher pre-school conferences.
Dallas Junior High School stu-
dents are asked to meet at the
following locations: seventh grade
in the auditorium, eighth grade in
the cafeteria and ninth grade in the
gymnasium. Dallas Senior High
Schoo sophomores are requested to
report to the high school audito-
rium. All juniors and seniors should
consult the bulletin board listings
and report to their assigned home-
rooms.
Secondary students who have not
registered for school should report
to the building office of their respee-
tive schools. All elementry. pupils
not registered should report to Mrs.
Susan Farr at the Dallas School
District Administration Offices,
Church Street, Dallas.
The school lunch program will
begin'on Aug. 30; the first" day “of
school. Parents ‘are: reminded ‘that
the cost of the student lunch is 85
cents for elementary pupils and 95
cents for secondary students.
The latest information on AIDS is
now available from Tel-Med.
Tel-Med is a collection of medi-
cally approved tape recorded health
messages which can be heard free
for the calling.
The new tape, number 571, gives
information on the causes, symp-
toms, and treatment of AIDS. A
newly reported disease, AIDS pri-
marily affects homosexuals and
drug users.
For more information on this and
other tapes in the Tel-Med library,
call 288-7512.
Tel-Med is sponsored by Maternal
and Family Health Services, Inc.,
Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania, Pennsylvania Blue Shield,
and the Senior Aides Program.
the hearing.
25 Cents
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
Following reports early last week that the apostrophe was missing
from Harveys Lake, numerous agencies joined the search for the
missing punctuation.
Initial investigation revealed only that some time between 1781
when Benjamin Harvey discovered the largest body of water in
Pennsylvania and the present time, the apostrophe that map makers
had originally awarded Harvey's Lake had been lost, strayed or
stolen. :
A check with area police revealed that no other apostrophes had
been reported missing and it was suggested that it might be a simple
case of pluralization - a fact that was denied by Harvey after Harvey
in this area. There was also some suspicion that a neighboring
community in desperate need of a comma might have kidnapped the
apostrophe and dropped it to suit their own needs.
Entering another phase of the investigation, a thorough search was
made of the roller coaster at Hanson’s Park after it was suggested
that the apostrophe may have been taken for a ride. No evidence was
found either there or at the Harveys Lake Yacht Club where three
admirals were searched on the high seas. :
An unconfirmed report that Harvey’s apostrophe had been used as
a Bingo marker by an over-zealous local player also proved {fo be
unfounded. Nor was the apostrophe found curled up on a pizza at
Sunset or sitting on its Old Sandy Bottom anywhere else.
Officials from the DER were then contacted and unsuccessfully
searched Harveys Lake down to volcano level. They then marched
through all the new sewer pipes to see if the apostrophe had made its
way downstream.
They referred the matter to the Fish Commission which tried to get
off the hook after pursuing a suspicious looking water ski under a
very green boathouse. The Commission gave all the fish in Harveys
Lake a clean bill of health claiming not one had swallowed the
missing apostrophe and suggested the search be continued on dry
land across the road.
This lead to. anew. suspect - PennDOT which’ has occasionally
been seen inthe area of Harveys Lake. Itrwas: reported that the state
Dot may have taken the apostrophe to use in their playroom as a
conversation piece. A thorough search revealed however that what
the Dot had was merely a slightly dented exclamation point that had
fallen through a pothole.
For a time, a gentleman named Wallbanger was suspect when it
was reported that he was traveling from tavern to tavern around the
lake with someone named Harvey, but it was proven that he had not
drunk the apostrophe from the lake. Since apostrophes are strictly
non-political, a host of Harveys Lake politicians were also absolved
from blame despite repeated accusations from both sides.
Police then reported a good actor named Jimmy Stewart. who was
recently sighted in another part of the state, had made one whole
Harvey invisible so the search spread out to Hollywood. This Harvey,
however, hopped away, munching on a carrot and wiggling his large
pink ears to signify ‘No comment.”
! (See HARVEY, page 14)
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® fe : yivania Lottery Executive
: o Director Lyi R. Nelson, annotinced
Callahan family —- > s recently ta: 7-11-21; the Pennsy
Their name gets around
vania Lotiry’s instant game, is
virtually s¢ict out.
The tremendous success of 7-11-21,
scheduled to run through Sept. 5,
has caused some retailers through-
Whenever you look at a Dallas Mountaineer hat, a Minotti Subs license plate, mae to experi
a Kenny Rogers windbreaker, a Lake-Lehman pennant or a Tony Orlando and The Nia am ber of tickets
1 3 Dawn T-shirt, you are admiring work produced by the Callahan family. Three were ordered ‘ior this gam el
with a total of $250,713 reported in generations of Callahans work happily together under the name of Calmar Nelson reported. “All zvatlabie tick:
pledges. : ; Specialties Inc. of Luzerne to bring personalized printed items to people coast to big ltl i a
& ; ; coast personalized printed items. : . ; : . AY boii 2 :
Pe De a il pe MR Paul Callahan Str.. who does the art, camera and silksereening work and his the field on Stir! In feet Je
campaign which began in June. wife, Mildred, who mans the store, started the business 12 years ago. Paul Jr. possibility that som ‘retailers. will
According to Rev. George Jeffrey } heads the mechanical phase of the business, his sister, Jenny ‘Bunny’ Singer Tun out of 7-11.21 instant tickets for
pastor, the campaign total is runs the office While her son. Seat, and 2 broherin law, Willard Rosengrant, a short period.”
: i iti * run specialized machines, along with six other workers. a saan : : i
Ee "Anyiing that can be printed, we prin” Soe Paul Jr. who resides on Davenpar( Stet, Tn le fatty
parishioners not contacted to date Dallas with his wife, Lucille, a kindergarten teacher and their three children, Sean, 6, a a
and from those who have been on Christy, 4 and Kevin, 4 months. To prove Paul's point about printing anything, his dad | roa ior
vacation mentions the bricks, supposedly taken from a red brick schoolhouse, that they are currently “Lottery pldye rs holding winning
: } A printing as souvenirs for a class reunion. hi free tickets for the 7-11.91 ‘instant
Rev. Jeffrey expressed his grat Then there are the tote bags ready to be shipped to Alaska, the G.A R. prom glasses, the plat a
tude to all the volunteers for heir backs of pinball machines, the aprons for Custom Foods, and the very popular maternity T- a A an
time and effort jo make the cam- shirts that are sold nationwide under the label of a large New York company. Earlier this Sons pos an
paign a success and gave special year, Larry ‘Holmes fans celebrating his Scranton homecoming were treated to shirts, on oy a ee
acknowledgment to the 205 parishio- pennants and even miniature boxing gloves produced by the Callahans, re ; ller with 7-11-21 tickets,” sai
ners and friends of the parish who More of their work is presently marching through Europe on the backs of the Wyomin gison
contributed this amount. fis Seminary Soccer Team who are scheduled to play matches in Belgium, Holland, and
Germany. The Callahans donated blue and white warm-up jackets with the Wyoming Sem
logo and a U.S.A. emblem to the 24-man team that will be playing eight games in the next
two weeks. : ; : fs
Whatever the occasion - if it is a special one for you it is special for the Callahans. lo
Their store hours are supposed to be from 8 to 4:30 daily and 8 to 11 on Saturday, but y
are more likely to find a Callahan or two working hard in the back where the action takes
place from dawn til midnight seven days a week. = LL a
You might think the Callahan energy begins and ends with their long working days. b
that’s certainly not true for Paul, Jr. who commutes to and from work daily by bicycle. His
route from Dallas to Luzerne varies with a typical journey to work being over the Plym
_ Mountain and the return trip down Eighth Street and out through Orange. Paul us
to avoid the busy Memorial Highway but when he does make “a straight trip” he usuall
does it in 20 minutes door to door, a record that often cannot be beaten by automobile
%250,713
A summer campaign to raise
funds for a new parish community
center at Our Lady of Victory
Parish, Harveys Lake, came to a
successful completion this week
Funds received from the cam-
apaign will be used to help finance
B. cost of the new addition to the
present parish church which is esti-
mated to cest a minimum of $500,-
000.
Work on the project is expected to
begin by late fall or early spring
and, when completed, will provide
facilities for a day chapel, educa-
tional classrooms, meeting ‘rooms,
community center and a rectory.
Our Lady of Victory Church is
well known to visitors of Harveys
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Obituaries
during rush hour traffic. me a
Maybe Paul's Speed comes naturally irom his er Prose Job where
igi It in 1 would ideally take four days is often rushed through’ in a matter of h
LES iy dh mar : customer's needs. Just following the cessary to produce one order of
Kingston, the church continued as a | local bowling team can be used as the intricacies of this high
mission of several surrounding par- SIness. CE i : (See CA
ishes until 1969 when Bishop J. : i
Carroll McCormick, D.D., named it
as a parish. Since then, the parish
has grown in the number of year-
round parishioners necessitating the
expansion of the facilities.
Perspective
School .
Week in review ......
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