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BRIGHTON RBINDERY CO
BOX 336
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BRIGHTON, IA
Vol. 93, No. 34
Masses at Mercy Center
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Staff Correspondent
Members of Gate of Heaven Church will be attend-
ing regularly scheduled masses at the Mercy Center
Chapel located on the College Misericordia Campus
starting this Saturday and Sunday and continuing until
their own church reopens.
“We hope the work at Gate of Heaven will be
completed in five or six weeks,” stated Rev. William
Cusick, pastor of the Dallas church which, together
with the Gate of Heaven school, will be closed to
remove asbestos materials in the building which could
become a health hazard.
Two Saturday evening masses will be held at the
Mercy Center Chapel at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. The
Sunday morning masses at 7, 8:30, 11 and 12:15 p.m.
will also be held in the same location. Confessions will
be heard in the chapel at 4 and 7 p.m. on Saturdays
just prior to the evening masses. Daily masses will be
held at 7:45 a.m. in the parlor of the Gate of Heaven
Rectory on Machell Avenue, Dallas. :
Baptismal Classes will also be held at the rectory at
7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 and Sept. 13.
“Any parish business or meetings can also be taken
care of in the rectory,’ stated Rev. Cusick, who
suggested parishioners contact him to make arrange-
ments.
Three weddings that were scheduled to be held in
Gate of Heaven Church will be held in St. Therese’s
Church, Shavertown, according to Father Cusick.
Announcement was also made that Confraternity of
Christian Doctrine (C.C.D.) Classes for school stu-
dents have been postponed until the combination
church and school building reopens which hopefully
will be in October. ;
Students at Gate of Heaven School are scheduled fo
begin classes today in their temporary quarters in the
former Dallas Borough Elementary School on Hunts-
ville Road. The students will be transported as usual
by Dallas and Lake-Lehman buses. They are required
to report as usual at 8:15 a.m. wearing their school
uniforms and are to carry their own lunches. Milk will
be provided to the students.
The opening of school just one week after the
scheduled date despite the emergency situation was
made possible by a host of volunteers of all ages.
Working under the direction of Sister Davida Morgan -
the new principal at Gate of Heaven - and the school
faculty, groups of caring people physically moved one
school into the other.
It is believed that this spirit of pitching in and
helping will make the Gate of Heaven reconstruction
period as easy as possible for both the school children
and the parishioners.
By JANE C. BOLGER
Slat orrespondent
A Public Hearing will be held September 15 at 7p.m.
for: John Gabriel.
Gabriel; Building and Grounds Supervisor for the
Dallas School District, went to court last week to
dispute the Dallas School Board’s Aug. 8 action firing
him from that position.
The Sept. 15 hearing, which will be held in the
District Administration Building on Church Street,
probably will be only the first of what could drag out
to be “10 or 15 hearings’ or ‘‘a possible 40 plus hours
of testimony and legal procedures,” according to Atty.
Arthur Piccone, who represents Gabriel.
The entire Dallas School Board will sit as a panel of
judges at all the hearings and will be represented by
Atty. Charles Lemmond who has been appointed
Special Counsel to the Board in this matter. Atty.
Lemmond explained that, ‘The format for the hear-
ings, which will be presided over by School Board
President Dr. William Camp, will start with testimony
by Dallas Superintendent of Schools Dr. Richard A.
Shipe who will present the administration’s case
against Gabriel.”
Legally representing the administration will be Atty.
Benjamin R. Jones, the regular Dallas School Board
Solicitor. Jones advised in preparation of the original
case against Gabriel who reportedly was fired on
grounds of ‘‘incompetence and poor evaluation
reports.” Following Dr. Shipe’s testimony as toc the
reasons why Gabriel should be fired, either Gakriel,
will have the right to cross-examine.
The case for Gabriel, who has been employed in the
same position by the Dallas School District for 10
years, will then be presented. ‘They will have the
right to call witnesses,” according to Atty. Lem-
mond.‘ ‘And they will also be subject to cross-examina-
tion.”” Lemmond continued, ‘“‘The School Board will
then make an adjudication based on the findings and
the facts after hearing the evidence.”
Four of the nine Dallas School Board members
attended the hearing in Judge Arthur Dalessandro’s
chambers last week. They were Ernest Ashbridge, Dr.
William Camp, Patricia Gregory and Shawn Murphy.
As a result of the legal arguments presented at that
time, ‘‘the wording in the case was changed’ accord-
ing to Atty. Lemmond from stating that Gabriel ‘was
fired to advising the subject that there is going to be a
dismissal action.”
This “reinterpretation motion’’ insures that Gabriel
will retain his position at least until the hearings are
completed and a judgement handed down. Actually
through all this time, Gabriel has continued to go to
work daily at his $19,980 yearly job.
“There could be no equity action for reinstatement
since he was already there,” according to Atty.
Lemmond ‘and never lost a day’s pay.”
‘‘Gabriel’s rights have been protected all the way.”
25 Cents
Special times
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
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Grandparents’ Day is officially
scheduled to be ‘celebrated on
Sunday, Sept. 11 but at Shirley
and Jim Regan’s home in Dallas
it seems like the entire family
celebrates being together all
year roung.
Among ‘“Nana’’ and ‘Poppy’
Regan’s favorite visitors: are big
sister Caitlin Garvey who is
almost seven years old; her
sister, Meighan, age five, and
brother Connor, age three, along
with five-year-old Brian and 18-
month old J. Michael Regan.
Indeed, it is a tradition for the
grandchildren to call on the
phone to see whose turn it is “to
have a sleep-over’’ at their
grandparent’s home on Elmcrest
Drive. One of the highlights of
Caitlin’s- visits is to play the
piano in the living room: where
her grandfather has carefully
marked the keys for her so she
can play her favorite tunes.
In the meantime, Michaef, the
youngest grandchild, could be in
the family room riding the same
red wooden rocking horse that
his dad Jimmy rode as a boy. In
addition to their special time
each grandchild gets to spend
with “Nana’’ and ‘‘Poppy’’, there
are also the big events when
Shirley and Jim take all five
grandchildren out for the day.
Two special trips this summer
were to Great Adventure and to
Sesame Place.
“We have a lot of fun with
them; they keep us young,” says
Jim, who spent several weeks
this summer building a solid oak
swing set in his backyard for the
youngsters. %
While the boys are in the yard
playing under the watchful eye of
Dallas Post/Dan
German Shepherd, Meighan and
ing’? Shirley in the kitchen. The
girls often wear special aprons
Garvey, brought back to them
from Vienna, Austria where they
attended the Kiwanis Interna-
tional Convention.
One family tradition is that
each grandchild gets to pick the
whole menu on their own *‘Birth-
day Dinner’ and to help Nana
prepare it. Such exotic special-
ties as spaghetti with hamburg-
ers and hot dogs are usually
featured. Joining in these festivi-
ties are Michael and Brian's
mom and dad, Barbara and Jim
Regan, of Harveys Lake, the
Garveys who live on Lehman
Avenue, and Uncle Drew, who is
known as ‘‘everybody’s favorite
uncle.”
(See REGAN, page 3)
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By JOAN KINGSBURY
Staff Correspondent
PTA, a national organization of
parents and teachers working
together for the benefit of school
children; was established in Wash-
ington, D.C. in 1897.
Still going strong today, PTAs
throughout the country provide stu-
dents with programs, field trips and
school projects. As the nation’s larg-
est child advocacy group, the uni-
fied PTA has been committed to a
continuing course of action that will
bring the system of education closer
to excellence and make the home
environment a positive and healthy
experience for children and youth.
Governor Dick Thornburgh has des-
Membership Enrollment Month.
Locally, the Lehman-Jackson
PTA has been active since its estab-
lishment during the 1975-76 school
year. Beginning with a membership
of 30 members, the Lehman-Jack-
son PTA now has grown to a mem-
bership of over 600. For the past
three years, the group has earned
the prestigious award for ‘“The Most
Outstanding PTA in Pennsylvania."
This year’s’ officers are Charles
James, Principal, Lehman-Jackson
Elementary School, presi-
dent; Martha Andrusis, vice: presi-
dent; Paula Walp, recording secre-
tary; Jane Cornell, corresponding
secretary; and Louise Schwartz,
treasurer.
The Lehman-Jackson| PTA pro-
vides many annual projects for the
oenefit of the school students. For
the students, the PTA provides
school bus - and fire safety pro-
grams, Halloween safety tips, Hal-
loween treat, parade and prizes,
kindergarten aides, kindergarten
Christmas program with treats,
Christmas safety tips, Christmas
party treats and visit from Santa,
White Christmas food ‘baskets,
Santa’s Secret Shop, fifth and sixth
grade basketball program, party for
basketball teams, founder’s day
dinner, arts and crafts contest, field
trips. A special affair each year is
the Spring Fair which has a differ-
ent theme each year and provides
the students with a fun-filled day.
The PTA also offers parents a
variety of interesting programs at
their monthly meetings. This year
the PTA, for the first time, is
sponsoring a “Welcome To PTA
Week” to be held Sept. 12-16. Var-
ious activities will show parents
John Cooper, age 13, has been a
Dallas Post carrier for a little over
a year, delivering the newspaper to
homes in and around Marabee
Street in Dallas, where he lives.
A ninth grade student at Dallas
Junior High School, John started the
route with his brother Billy, but
earlier this year, decided to con-
tinue it on his own.
“He has a steady route and is
always prompt and courteous,” said
Sheila Hodges, Dallas Post circula-
tion manager. ‘I have never known
him to miss a week throughout the
year.”
John lives with his father and
grade student at Dallas Junior
High, and sister, Jenny, who
recently started second grade. His
father is a field manager at Pitney
Bowes and his mother is a regis-
tered nurse at Nesbitt Hospital, who
also works with Nutri-System.
John is interested in all Kinds of
sports, but especially enjoys playing
football, basketball and baseball. He
swims a great deal during the
summer as the family has its own
swimming pook and he cycles on his
paper route as many weeks as he
can during the year.
JOHN COOPER
The Dallas Post is proud to have
entered John in the statewide ‘“Car-
rier of the Year Contest.” . This
contest is open to all newspapers,
daily and weekly regardless of their
size or circulation and awards are
given on the merit of the individual
carrier.
Bernie Walsh, The Dallas Post’s
senior carrier, won a prize in his
class last year.
Keeps his word
Dallas Post/Rod Kaye
Welcome to the ‘‘new’’ Dallas
Post - “your” Dallas Post.
Those of you who have been
reading The Dallas Post have
noticed several changes have been
past few months. And, those of you
who haven't been with us may be
delighted with our publication.
We would like to ask our regular
subscribers to bear with us through
the month of September as they will
be receiving duplicate copies of The
Dallas Post for the next four weeks.
This is part of our September pro-
motion where we will be mailing to
over 13,000 residents in an effort to
familiarize more people with The
Post.
The Dallas Post has taken on a
new look this summer in an attempt
to make you, our readers and our
neighbors, satisfied with our prod-
uct. We want to be “your’ newspa-
per. We want you to feel like you
you what has been happening in
your area, what will be happening,
what your neighbors have been
doing, what you children will be
eating in school and what’s new on
the local sports scene. In short, we
(See MESSAGE, page 2)
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Inside The Post
Births
Business.......
Calendar
Classified
Cookbook
Obituaries .........
School . ie
Sports .............10,11
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