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Dr. James Pallante, Academic
Dean at College Misericordia,
has been smoking cigarettes for
28 years, but feels quite confident
that he can give up the habit for
at least 24 hours.
Dr. Pallante, 44, of Sutton Hill,
Shavertown, will be participating
in the Great American Smokeout
on Nov. 17. The goal of the
Smokeout, sponsored by the
American Cancer Society, is to
get at least one in every five
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smokers to give up cigarettes
from midnight to midnight on
Nov. 17.
Dr. Pallante, who smokes at
least a pack of cigarettes a day,
feels he can be one of those
people. Will he do it?
The Dallas Post will spend
Nov. 17 with Dr. Pallante to find
out. Read next week’s paper for
an account of the longest 24
hours in Dr. Pallante’s life!
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
A physical therapy department,
which has been inthe planning
stages for the past .two years,
became the newest acquisition of
the Back Mountain Medical Center
on Nov. 1.
The fourth of its kind, the depart-
ment is supplied with a variety of
advanced equipment including ultra
sound, deep heat, pain relief, whirl-
pools, hot and cold packs, and two
exersizing rooms.
Each of the cubicles set up for
treatment of patients is estimated to
have $20,000 worth of equipment, of
which all is funded by Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital. The equipment
benefits victims of arthritis, stroke,
automobile accidents, and even ath-
letic injuries.
Under the direction of Charles
Musto, the new department is
supervised by Jeffrey Pace, Chief of
Dallas Satellite, who is assisted by
Diane Gdovin, a Physical Therapy
Clerk Aide.
According to Musto, a recent
survey of the area showed there
was a great need for such a pro-
gram in the Back Mountain area.
The new department at the Back
Mountain Medical Center makes
transportation more convenient for
the people of that area. It is antici-
pated that the department will be
enlarged as the demand for it
grows.
(See MEDICAL, page 8)
Ask yourself. Ask your parents.
Ask your friends. Ask your neigh-
bors. The answers won’t be the
same, but almost everyone will
have an answer. .
Ask anyone just exactly what they
were doing the day the news about
the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy rang through the land.
‘Providing the person was alive at
the time and, of remembering age,
he or she will most likely be able to
answer your question without hesi-
tation.
Then, when you get an answer to
that question, ask the person what
he or she was doing the day Neil
Armstrong became the first man to
walk on the moon or what he or she
was doing the day a possible assas-
sin’s bullet hit President Reagan?
Bet you won’t get an answer - at
least not right away.
This little quiz can prove rather
interesting as people remember
John Kennedy and the impact he
had on this nation.
vidly. I was a third grade student
at the West Wyoming Elementary
School. We had a substitute teacher
that day by the name of Mrs.
Nattras. As we returned to our seats
following the morning recess, Mrs.
Nattras entered the room, crying
uncontrollably. She did, however,
manage to tell us what had hap-
pened. Shortly after, the entire stu-
dent body ‘was dismissed for the
day.
Just a few of the answers The
Dallas Post received were:
“I was 12 years old and a seventh-
grade student. One of our nuns
made the announcement to the class
and then we all prayed.” (Maureen
Banks, Trucksville).
“] was home watching television
while caring for my four small
children. The show was interrupted
for. a special bulletin.”” (Dotty
Drury, Harveys Lake). :
“I was a sixth grade student and
can remember being dismissed
early from school.” (Chris DeLong,
Sweet Valley).
Can you remember where you
were and what you were doing the
day John F. Kennedy was killed?
Sure you can. But can you remem-
ber where you were and what you
were doing the day Neil Armstrong
became the first man to walk on the
moon or the day President Reagan
was shot? If not, rest assured
because you are not alone. Just ask
those around you. The answers
.should prove interesting.
— DOTTY MARTIN
Democrats won all six open seats on the
Harveys Lake Borough Council in last Tuesday’s
General Election. Democrat Daniel Blain, whose
term did not expire this year, holds the seventh
council seat.
Winning four-year seats on the council were
Ronald Edwards, Robert Maximowicz, Arnold
West and David Forster.
In the races for two year seats on the council,
winners were Democrat incumbent William Gal-
lagher and John Yenason.
Republican incumbents defeated in their bid
for re-election to four year seats were Bernard
Bobeck, Margaret Purcell, Richard Myers and
Frank Coulton.
Republicans Francis Kopko and Leo Wodaski
were defeated in their quest for two-year council
seats.
In other local municipal elections, the results
were as follows: :
DALLAS BOROUGH
four Republicans who ran unopposed. They were
incumbent Jerry Machell, incumbent Harold
Brobst, incumbent Kenneth Young and new-
comer William Shaffer.
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP
Republican incumbent members of the Kings-
ton Township Board of Supervisors were re-
elected as’ Daniel Wisnieski, Herbert Hill and
Willard Piatt defeated Jerry A. Paxton, their
only Democratic challenger.
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
Frank Wagner, the incumbent Republican
supervisor who ran unopposed, was re-elected to
a six-year term on the township board of
supervisors.
James Aikens, another Republican running
without opposition, won the six-year township
auditor’s position.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
Charles Cigarski, Republican incumbent, was
re-elected to a second six-year term on the
Cigarski defeated Democrat Arthur Spencer.
LEHMAN TOWNSHIP
Republican incumbent Alan Major defeated
Democrat Bill McCarroll for the only open six-
year seat on the township board of supervisors.
LAKE TOWNSHIP
Fred Wisnewski, the Democratic incumbent,
defeated Republican challenger Lewis Higgins
for “the six-year seat on the Lake Township
board of supervisors.
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
Republican incumbent Willard Race ran unop-
posed and won another six-year term on the
Franklin Township board of supervisors.
Republican Ernest Gay defeated write-in chal-
lenger Republican incumbent Joseph Stankus for
the four-year seat on the board of supervisors.
The two-year seat was won by Republican
William Murray who defeated write-in candidate
Republican Fred Dymond III.
Republican Sam Perry ran unopposed for the
Republicans
are named to
Dallas Board
Five Republicans, including two
incumbents and a former: school
board member, were elected fo
four-year terms on the Dallas
School Board in last Tuesday’s Gen-
eral Election.
John George, Donald Jones and
Harry Sickler and incumbents
Ernest Ashbridge and Albert Pisa-
neschi defeated incumbent Demo-
crats Shawn Murphy and Patricia
Gregory.
George, who also captured the
two-year board seat, was listed on
both the Democratic and Republi-
can ballots, having been nominated
by both parties in the May primary,
as were Sickler and Pisaneschi.
Having filed for both a two-year
and a four-year seat and winning
both nominations for. the twé-year
position, George had no opposition
for the two-year office.
The board will now vote to fill his
two-year seat at its reorganization
meeting in December.
In the Lake-Lehman School Dis-
trict, Republican incumbent Allen
Keiper and Democrat Martin Noon
won the two four-year sets open in
Region'1 of the Lake-Lehman School
District, defeating incumbent school
board president Allen Sorchik.
Region 1 consists of Harveys Lake
and Lake and Noxen Townships.
Republican Bing Wolfe defeated
Joseph Boyle for the two-year seat
in Region 1.
Incumbent Gilbert Tough won re-
election in Region 2 where two four-
year seats were vacant. Region 2
consists of middle and southwest
districts of Lehman and Ross town-
ships.
The name of Vincent Marchaki-
tus, who died in an automobile
accident Oct. 9, also appeared on
the ballot in Region 2. The school
board will appoint a replacement
for Marchakitus.
Incumbent Donald Jones defeated
Stanley Gierczynski in Region 3, the
northeast district of Lehman and
Jackson townships.
Dallas or Lehman?
Glad to be back
Dallas Post/Ed Canipbell
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
Gate of Heaven students from
grades one through eight were hap-
pily at their own desks in their
newly renovated school last Tues-
day after an absence of exactly two
months. During that period of time
all asbestos . was completely
removed from both the church and
school and totally new ceilings, cov-
ering an area of 70,000 square feet,
were installed.
The actual asbestos removal, a
highly specialized process, was done
by Environment Services & Tech-
nology Inc. of Kingston and certified
by strict E.P.A. standards. The new
ceiling, which gives the appearance
of fresh snow, is a sprayed-on sub-
stance composed of recycled paper
in a milk-based adhesive that is a
product of National Cellulose Corp.
The entire project was under the
direction of Neilson 'Associates, an
Industrial Hygenists firm from West
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Dallas and Lake-Lehman will
compete for the coveted bronze shoe
for the 35th year this Saturday at
the Mountaineers’ stadium.
The game, which was played orig-
inally on Thanksgiving morning,
was changed to the Saturday before
Thanksgiving in 1975 by the Lake-
Lehman School District. :
Local sportswriters are somewhat
reluctant to predict the outcome of
the game since logic goes right out
the window when these two Back
Mountain schools compete for the
Old Shoe trophy. Both teams put
forth special effort to win because
of the rivalry that exists between
these two schools, who, during the
rest of the grid season, back each
other against other teams in the
Wyoming Valley Football Confer-
ence.
The shoe originally belonged to a
member of the 1948 football team
which was coached by former
Dallas Senior High School Principal
Robert Dolbear. It was then bronzed
and the Old Shoe Trophy was origi-
nated by the Dallas Rotary Club in
1948. At that time, it was agreed
that the bronzed shoewould remain
with the school who won a set
number of consecutive games.
Through the years, however, that
has changed and each season the
winner of the game takes the Old
.—1{See SHOE, page 8)
Chester, who subcontracted all
other phases of the renovation such
as roof repairs, repainting, carpet-
ing and electrical work. The total
cost, according to Father William
Cusick, pastor of Gate of Heaven, is
expected to be ‘in excess of $150,-
000” with the monies being tempor-
arily made available by a loan from
the Diocese of Scranton.
While all the asbestos is totally
removed, other phases of the
project are not yet complete - from
the makeshift school office which is
temporarily located in the hall in
front of the Maehell Avenue
entrance to the school yard where
buses thread their way past indus-
trial dumpsters to the library where
countless boxes of books are not yet
unpacked. The one place where
there was no sign of the upheaval
was in the classrooms where the
nuns and the lay teachers had
everything arranged in perfect
order.
“Everyone worked so very hard,”
according to Sister M. Davida, the
New traffic
in effect at
A new traffic pattern has been put
into effect at the Dallas Post Office.
Entrancing to the parking lot of the
Post Office is off Church Street and
the exit is on to Foster Street.
A “No Exit” sign has been placed
at the Church Street end of the lot.
A ‘“‘Stop” sign has been placed at
the other end of the lot exiting on to
Foster Street. A “Do Not Enter”
sign has also been placed at the
Foster Street exit to alert customers
not to enter at that end of the lot.
Yellow directional arrows have
Alan Davis is
back in school
Alan Davis, son of Joseph and
Carol Davis, 20 Fox Hollow Road,
Dallas Township, is reportedly
attending medical school at Rutgers
University, New Jersey.
Davis, a first-year medical stu-
dent, was among the students evac-
uated from St. George’s University
in Grenada during the October inva-
sion of the island by United States
troops.
Carol Davis reported to The
Dallas Post that her stepson left
Dallas on Nov. 9 for Rutgers.
Although she is not certain whether
or not he will be staying at Rutgers,
Mrs. Davis felt it is possible that the
New Jersey institution will be
accepting some students from St.
George's. g
principal of the school who joined
Father Cusick in thanking all the
volunteers who made a swift return
to the school possible. Father
Cusick particularly thanked the
Dallas School Board and School
Superintendent Dr. Richard A.
Shipe for ‘‘excellent cooperation
while making the Dallas Borough
School available for our use.”
Thanks was also given by the
pastor ‘to the Sisters of Mercy who
made the Mercy Center chapel
available to us for Sunday Masses.”
Church services resumed at Gate of
Heaven last weekend but are being
held temporarily in the school audi-
torium until church renovations are
completed. !
“We hope to be back in our
church for Thanksgiving,’’ said
Father Cusick who will be joined on
that special occasion by most of the
700 families who make up Gate of
Heaven parish. They, too, will prob-
ably offer a special Thanksgiving as
did the 277 smiling students on their
first day back in their school.
pattern is
Post Office
been painted on the ground to help
direct traffic.
One way signs will also be erected
in the near future as well as signs
indicating that the speed limit is 5
miles per hour.
Collection boxes have been moved
to the other side of the parking lot. °
This will allow motorists to deposit
letters from the driver’s side of the
automobile and then continue out
through the back of the lot.
Postmaster Thomas Bly has
asked all customers to comply with
this new pattern as it should make
. entering and exiting the lot quicker
and safer.