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By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
The impact of “Adam,” the tragic
TV movie last week about a missing
six-year-old has parents nationwide
asking ‘‘What if it were my child?”
What do you do?
The first thing you do if your child
is missing is call the police.
Using the policy of the Dallas
Township Police Department as an
example of local ways of locating
missing children, a police. officer
would go immediately to the scene
and start searching the neighbor-
“hood. He would go as far as door-to-
has seen the child.
Trophies galore!
Police Chief Carl Miers explains,
“This initial check of the area and
with friends and neighbors of the
child is to determine that they are
really missing, not just playing
somewhere else.” :
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“If the child is not located, the
parents would then be requested to
sign an affidavit, enabling the police
to put the child in the National files
as a missing person,” continued
Miers: ‘‘The reason for the parental
authorization is the Privacy Act and
the Criminal History Act,”
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
Operation Nightmare, an event
held for teenagers of the area,
turned out to be just that - a
nightmare.
The event, which was sponsored
by local Word of Life clubs, was
Carrier honored
High School.
‘Homecoming Court
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‘here, the caravan of buses, vans,
and cars followed a hearse to the
ing than the previous one.
The first stage began at Bonomo’s
Bowling ‘Alley on Memorial High-
vay where all the youths gathered
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his sister, Jenny.
Upon arrival at the school, the
youths were escorted fo ‘the
‘haunted woods’’ behind the school
where they were separated into
smaller groups of approximately 10
in each group. Each group: then
followed a predestined trail in which
they encountered numerous trage-
dies.
Besides the ‘tragedies’ that had
been planned by the operation’s
sponsors, there were also several
unplanned tragedies that lay in the
paths of the youths.
Obstacles that had to be tackled
included such things as fallen trees
and limbs which more than one
person fell over, and thorn bushes
that tore at the clothing and skin of
many participants.
After making it through the woods
in one piece - give or take a piece -
the groups were instructed to pro-
ceed directly to the cafeteria inside
the school. While waiting in the
darkness for stage three to begin -
which’ was supposed to be the most
terrifying of the three - restlessness
set in. Participants were repeatedly
told to stand in single file along the
wall and to remain quiet while an
usher marched up and down the line
making sure the people did as they
were told.
Sally Keithline of Dallas, one of
the participants, became so appre-
hensive at one point that she
shrieked, “What are they going to
do now, shoot us?”
Finally, the line began to move,
and the crowd was again split into
smaller groups and escorted into
the gym.
Once inside, the only thing visible
through the pitch dark was the
figure of a man standing beside a
coffin in front of the gym. The
group learned later that the man
was Mike Calhoun, a youth speaker
from Atlanta, Georgia. !
Each group was escorted up front
During this time, silence was
—demanded.
Calhoun, who travels nationwide
speaking to youth groups, delivered
a speech to Operation Nightmare
participants, after which the group
disbanded from the gym. Indeed,
the experience was a frightening
one, but not necessarily one this
‘writer cares to repeat.
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
‘Everybody : shouldn’t have a
basic black dress because not
everyone can wear black,” says
Peggy Metz of Dallas who recently
started her own company ‘“Color-
fully Yours”.
Using a fashion concept new to
this area, Peggy and her Program
Director Juanita Miller are provid-
ing personal color analysis for area
women that is guaranteed to take
the guesswork out of your ward-
robe.
‘Color plays a terribly important
part in how you look,”’ says Juanita.
“Identifying your own color gives
you feel good about youself.” Since
Juanita has 35 years of experience
in. the retail field, knows how
women look in" .clothes and’ has
made quite a name for herself
conducting fashion shows, her
advice is invaluable.
Peggy, who has often modeled in
local shows and attended a color
analysis training school in Washing-
ton, D.C., explains further, “You
are either a yellow base person or a
blue base person.” Using the new
method of personal color identifica-
tion, ‘you will be classed as spring,
summer, fall or winter.”
A lifetime color analysis takes
about an hour and a half during
and eye clor are compared and you
have the opportunity of being
draped in up to 100 different colored
material swatches.
“Bring a- friend along,’”’ says
Peggy. ‘She can see how dramati-
cally you change if we put bright
réd or soft blue up te your face.
“Statistically, most people are
winters; then come summers,’’
Peggy added. ‘‘Only 16 percent of
people are autumns and 14 percent
are spring. Yet, most of the make-
up and clothes today are made for
the minority spring and autumn
people.
there that are wrong for you,” she
warned, using the fashionable khaki
army green as an example. “Only
autumn can wear that. color,” she
said, ‘just as only spring should
wear peach make-up.”” Peggy and
Juanita have recently added make-
up to their color analysis as a
convenience to customers.
When you are finished with your
color analysis, which is done by
appointment only either at the
Majestic II Salon in the Pine Mall
or by calling 675-4930 or 675-0615,
you will receive a personal swatch
book to carry with you.
“Taking this compact size pallette
book on all your shopping {rips can
‘“‘make you look terrific while
saving you both time and money,”
says Juanita.
Peggy, who first became inter-
ested in color analysis four years
ago when she visited a friend in
California and noticed the differ-
ence in her, said, “I couldn’t believe
the difference it made in her. If you
saw her before, you wouldn’t have
remembered her; then, suddenly,
she looked fantastic.” :
Peggy believes “the difference is’
people start ‘noticing you and not
your clothes. If someone says to
you, ‘that’s a pretty dress you have
on,” chances are it’s the wrong color
or they'd be saying “Gee, you look
terrific!”
“This is exciting,” said Juanita.
“After 35 years in the clothing
business, 1 have so much faith in
this new color concept.”
Juanita has been busy mailing
invitations to various clubs and
orggnizations that might be inter-
ested in “Colorfvlly Yours.” The
Dallas Junior Woman’s Club had
their presentation last week with
‘‘terrific audience reaction’
reported Peggy as she selected
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colors: are best
the business.
colors for a club member picked
from the audience.
The service is also available to
men, who shouldn’t all be wearing
gray flannel suits, according to
Peggy. However, the only male
customes have been husbands
selecting a unique gift for their
wives plus one local businessman
A committee of specialists in the
field of drug and alcohol abuse met
recently at WVIA-TV’s Pittston
Studio to watch a teleconference-
training film for ‘The Chemical
People”, a nationwide campaign
against school-age drug abuse.
The committee, whose 12 mem-
bers are affiliated with state and
county drug and alcohol agencies,
has been coordinating the ‘“‘Chemi-
cal People” project since June in
the 19 counties of Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Committee members are working
with WVIA’s Chemical People
project coordinator, Lynne Liquori
Brown, to organize town meetings i
their communities on Nov. 2 and 9,
when First Lady Nancy Reagan
hosts two PBS specials entitled
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ector for’
who is giving ferhale members of
his office staff trips to “Colorfully
Yours’ as Christmas presents.
With Peggy and Juanita hard: at
work, it wouldn't be surprising to
see a lot of area women heading
their ‘‘Dear Santa’ letters with a
request to ‘‘color me beautiful.”
In the Back Mountain area, town
meetings have been scheduled at
the Dallas Junior High School and -
the Lehman-Jackson Elementary
School on Nov. 2 and 9. i