BRIGHTON TNT Fax as BINDER BRIM TON, 14 A&B B22 003 pose 2540 25 Cents By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent director. f Kitchen Band Page 8 by HUD. Under phone number. Barre. The Complex is entering from for those persons the new EEI proposal financed by at Dallas also includes the new Lake Street. On the opposite side of seeking medical care. Dallas Post/Ed Campbell By JOAN KINGSBURY 8 Correspondent Lively toe-tapping music sung by peppy individuals. Sounds like a group of teenagers, doesn’t it? Not quite! The Meadow Larks and their Kitchen Band are comprised of T- agers, 60, 70, and 80 year olds who really love to sing and entertain. The group was organized as a result of an amateur night held at the Meadows Apartments, where all the musical members live. Laura Watkins and Clair Troxell came up The Postal Service is cooperating with the business community -of Dallas in urging customers-to shop early and mail early for the holi- days. Postmaster Robert Ruddy asks holiday shoppers to mail early this year and to make certain that mail is addressed correctly (including zip codes) and packages are wrapped correctly so that cards and parcels reach their destinations in plenty of time for the holidays. “We in the Postal Service take pride in carrying your messages of love and joy,” said Ruddy. “Mailing early helps us deliver the messages on time.” \The key to successful holiday ‘mailing is to mail early and cor- rectly, Postmaster Ruddy says that includes planning now for gifts that must travel long distances for Christmas. “Many overseas mailing dates - including those for the Armed Forces stationed overseas - occur this month. Mailers can get specific information on the international dates by calling us here at 675- 0131,” Ruddy said. Customers should also take care to write legible zip coded addresses for both the address and the return address. And remember that the use of zip codes following the name of a particular city and state will aid us on processing the mail. “Last year our customers helped us tremendously. They mailed early in the season and early in the day. We hope they will choose to cooper- ate with us again this year, so we both will have an enjoyable holiday mailing season.” 5 issue of our newspaper. office at 676-5211. with the idea of playing a wash- board and other items, and the Kitchen Band was born. Don Wil- liams, the founder of the group, serves as its director. Singing a melody of old time songs like Daisy, Daisy; Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey; Sheik of Araby; and My Gal Sal, the Meadow Larks and their Kitchen Band perform at churches, nursing homes, businesses and apartment buildings. The Kitchen Band, using kazoos, washboards, pots and pans, drums, pipes and bells, adds just the right pizazz to the performance. Originally organizing the Meadow Larks and Kitchen Band for their own enjoyment, the group found they liked to entertain and began offering their services to the com- munity. The members give a tre- mendous amount of credit to Wil- liams, who they all agree “is a wonderful director who they couldn’t get along without.” The Meadow Larks and Kitchen Band are currently practicing for their Christmas program. They will be appearing Dec. 4 at the Sheraton Crossgates; Dec. 6 at College Miser- icordia; Dec. 7 for the Nesbitt Auxiliary, Shavertown; Dec. 11 at the Sheraton Crossgates; Dec. 16 at St. Clement’s Church and Dec. 18 at Luzerne Towers Apartments. Rehearsals are held once a week, cial seasons. Williams is the pianist for the group and is assisted by Bessie Pelton who also plays the harmonica. Members of the organization, in addition to Williams and Mrs. Pelton, are Betty Kunkle, Harriette Frederick, Theta Dickson, Helen Parsons, Florence Shively, Pauline Gosser, Wilbur Hoyt, Jean Wheeler, Eleanor Cragle, Dorothy Adamski, Ethel Osborne, Ann Hall, Dorothy Pope, Dorothy Valent, Ann Dymond, Claire Wesley, Laura Wat- kins, Clara Troxell, Eleanor Mon- tross, Irene Tribender. Story Hour It fook five months and a special meeting of the Lake-Lehman School Board before Thomas A. Williams received the majority of votes needed to appoint him as a perma- nent elementary teacher in the Dis- trict, Williams, who is the son of school director Tom Williams, has been a subglitute teacher in the Lehiran/ Jackson Elementary School since September. For the past five months, the motion to appoint him as a permanent member of the faculty has ended in a 4-4 tie with the older Williams abstaining. In past meetings voting in favor for the appointment were Joseph Jones, Donald Jones, Gilbert Tough and Daniel Hudzik. Voting against the appointment in the past were Bing Wolfe, Martin Noon, Edward Mark and Allen Keiper. At the special meeting held Tues- day, Nov. 20, Director Keiper changed his vote to ‘yes,’ stating that he does not always agree with the hiring methods of the board, but he believes that since the adminis- tration recommended Williams for the position, the administrators were better qualified than he since they deal with these situations every day. Keiper also stated that some very ‘ugly situations had occurred 'during the past five months and spitefulness was directed toward the younger Wil- liams because his father was a board member. District school director Bing Wolfe made a motion to change a part of the original motion so Wil- liams would not receive his salary retroactive to the beginning of the year, but the motion failed due to a lack of a second. ‘As a result, Williams will receive an annual salary of $12,600 retroactive to the beginning of the school year, which THOMAS A. WILLIAMS goes back to September. Wolfe went on record to the effect that he objects to Williams’ appoint- ment because he believes there are others - more qualified than Wil liams. Directors Edward Mark and Martin Noon were not present at the special meeting. By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent With the Christmas holidays rap- idly approaching, there are many people who feel threatened or depressed with the thought of facing the Yuletide Season. Even more so, they dread the thoughts of the pre- season preparation. : These people are not alone for there are many who have lost loved ones, who feel the heavy blanket of depression setting over them and they don’t know how to cope with it and the problems that come with it. Dr. Constance Kozel, RSM, who teaches philosophy at College Miser- icordia on a part-time basis, is the person to whom to turn for those persons with such problems. Dr. Kozel makes it a point to try to help people go beyond coping with Christmas. Rushing, holiday spending, over-indulgence in food and beverage, Christmas commer- cialism, holiday blues and loneliness are common problems in today’s fast moving society. For those individuals caught up in these depressing holiday patterns, Dr. Kozel uses techniques and projects to help them overcome their problems in order to have a more relaxed, joyous and spiritually enriched holiday season. A native of Freeland, a small coal mining town near White Haven, Dr. Constance Kozel, RSM, taught phi- losophy at College Misericordia sev- eral years ago, then went to Pitts- burgh where she taught and also conducted several workshops deal- ing with coping with the holiday season. Approximately five years ago, Dr. Kozel and Rebecca Osborne con- ducted a workshop at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shavertown, which Dr. Kozel said proved fo be very successful. Dr. Kozel said she recommends that two people from the same family or at least two close friends help each other to cope with holiday depression. “They can relate to one another and work out problems with one another,” she said. There are three parts to the work- shops Dr. Kozel conducts. Those DR. CONSTANCE KOZEL, RSM the rush of the holidays, spending money and too much eating. In the first part, Dr. Kozel helps persons get in touch with them- selves and gives techniques for the management of stress. In the second part, she devotes time to gift-giving patterns and the deeper meaning of gift-giving and how to isolate the spirit of giving to their personal lives. The third part of the workshop deals with loneliness and depression experienced by many people during the holiday season. “The holidays are difficult for many of those individuals who have lost loved ones near the holidays,” said Dr. Kozel. “Often when the next year’s holiday season approaches, a sense of depression or despair descends upon them. In my workshops I try to use methods which helps them help themselves or help others. “I don’t want to give away the projects we do, but we have fun in our workshops,” she added. ‘We work with various materials and the people attending become involved. We also have a prayer service.” Dr. Kozel told about a young woman with two children, who had been a widow for two years. The young woman could not overcome the loneliness brought about by the death of her husband and found the holidays to be very depressing. Finally, she attended one of Dr. Kozel’s workshops and, there, found the solution to her problem. Dr. Kozel has been conducting workshops for the past five years and, for those people who find the Christmas rush too much, the com- mercialism of Christmas closing in or for those who realize the Spirit of Advent is becoming lost, they may well find solutions in the ‘Beyond Coping With Christmas” workshops. There they may find the answer to the true meaning of the celebration of Christmas. Anyone interested in Dr. Kozel’s workshops should call the College Misericordia Department of Contin- uing Education at 675-2181, exten- sion 331. Volunteers needed Nesbitt Memorial Hospital is in need of volunteers to donate their time and service to several of the hospital departments. The Volun- teer Services Program is an impor- tant component of patient care at the hospital. Nesbitt volunteers pro- vide many services that supplement the basic essential functions of the professional staff adding to the quality care provided in area resi- dents. Volunteers must possess basic skills for each individual position and enjoy working with people. They are provided with a general orientation of the hospital and spe- cific instruction in. each department. Inside The Post Calendar .............. 11 Classifieds ....... 14,15 Commentart .......... 4 Cookbook .............. 5 Obituaries: ............. 2 People ............... 6,7 School ................ 12 Sports .............. 9,10
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