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CONGRATULATIONS TO Sister
Carmel and the students from Col-
lege Misericordia for a great job
with this year’s Madrigal Dinner.
The food was great, the music was
superb and the atmosphere was
absolutelky marvelous. And, to the
decorations committee for the
annual Old English feast, a tip of
“the hat to you. The place looked
great - it was almost difficult to
imagine it was the same Merrick
Hall that housed The Dallas Post
Homemaker’s Show just a few short
months ago
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SPEAKING OF
MISERICORDIA,
I would like to
personally wel-
come Judy Daley
to the business as
the newly-
appointed public
relations director
at Misericordia. I
remember Judy
from way back
when she used to
write the. very
first area female
sports column for
the Sunday Inde-
pendent.
Judy took over th PR post recently
bard who moved away from the
area and she has been doing a super
job since
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THE VIEW OF THE MEADOWS
from the Misericordia ‘campus sure
IS a gorgeous one these days. The
nursing home and the apartment
buildings are outlined in white lights
for the holiday season and make a
very pretty sight from up above
while driving around the Misericor-
dia campus.
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SEEMS SOME PEOPLE are
having difficulty getting “into the
heliday spirit. As one of those early
Christmas shoppers, I manage to
stay out of the hustle and bustle of
the Christmas shopping season, but
some of The Dallas Post employees
have expressed some trouble in
getting into the holiday spirit and
are faced with what could be last-
minute shopping. Isn’t it amazing,
though, how the Christmas season
seems to creep up on us so quickly?
It's funny because all year long we
know Christmas comes some time
in December, yet it ‘seems to get
here faster every year.
IT’S HARD to get into the Christ-
mas spirit, I think, at least until
after the first snowfall. We did have
a little dusting of the white stuff last
week, but certainly not enough to
put us into the holiday mood. Sure
hope we get snow before Christmas
- it just doesn’t seem like Christmas
without snow. As far as I'm con-
cerned, there’s nothing more beauti-
ful than a light snow falling when
you come out of church on Christ-
mas Eve.
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SOME PEOPLE have already
decorated their homes for the
Christmas season while others are
still planning for it. Don’t let this
year get by without decorating your
house - and entering The Great
Back Mountain Decorating Contest
sponsored by The Dallas Post. The
contest iS open to residents of the
townships of Kingston, Jackson,
Dallas, Lehman, Lake and Franklin
and the boroughs of Dallas and
Harveys Lake and awards a $50
savings bond for the best lighted
display and a $50 savings bond for
the best unlighted display. Simply
fill out the entry form in today’s
edition of The Dallas Post and your
Christmas display will be judged for
the contest. Winners will be pub-
lished in the December 31st edition
of The Post.
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YOU MAY REALIZE that Decem-
ber 31 is a Monday and, since our
newspaper usually arrives in your
home on Wednesday, that last
thought may be confusing to you.
But, actually, it makes more sense
than you can imagine. The staff at
The Dallas Post has decided it
makes more sense for our advertis-
ers as well as for our readers to
read about Christmas greetings
before the holiday rather than after.
With that thought in mind, The
Dallas Post will be published on
Monday, December 24 and Monday,
December 31 during the holiday
weeks. That way you’ll have an
opportunity to read our Christmas
greetings and scan the advertisers
special for after-Christmas sales on
the day before the holiday rather
than having the paper get lost in the
Christmas rush. We’ll return to our
normal Wednesday publication date
for the January 9th edition, but hope
you will appreciate our changes for
the holiday weeks.
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WITH THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON comes the start of winter
sports in the area high schools. The
Dallas Post wishes the best of luck
to coaches and athletes from both
Dallas and Lake-Lehman High
School as they embark on, yet
another season of basketball, and
wrestling.
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THE DALLAS junior and senior
high school choruses both have con-
certs planned this week with the
junior high program set for tomor-
row and the senior high program
scheduled for Sunday. Mrs. Flor-
ence Sherwood has worked with the
students in both of these groups and
this week’s programs promise to be
a real treat.
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WISHING THE BEST OF LUCK
to Brad and Diane Bryant as they
embark on a new business venture
in the Great Beginnings Fitness
Center which opened last week in
brook Plaza was a long time coming
in itself and a fitness center is
something Dallas has needed for a
long time. The Bryants have put a
lot of work into making Great
Beginnings a nice place to work out
and, by the cars in the parking lot
every night this week, it looks like
maybe their hard work is going to
pay off.
Downtown Dallas
shows what is now Saylor’s Furniture.
Only yesterday
50 YEARS AGO - DEC. 7, 1934
The scarlet fever epidemic that swept the area
seemed to be checked by prompt moves by health
officials. Approximately 500 cultures were taken from
school children. However 15 quarantines were still in
effect.
Rev. George L. Sweet, pastor of Meeker Methodist
Episcopal church entertained at church events with
his tight wire walking and tumbling. Sweet learned
these skills when, prior to his ministry, he traveled
extensively with circuses and achieved a great deal of
recognition for his difficult feats.
You could get fish fillets 10¢ Ib.; stewing oysters 2
doz. 19¢; sea trout 2 1b. 25¢; chuck roast 7c lb.; veal
roast 15¢ 1b.; lamb 15¢ 1b.; ‘potatoes 15 1b. peck 10c;
sugar 10 1b. 50¢; raisins 2 pkg. 15c.
40 YEARS AGO - DEC. 8, 1944
Mrs. Nelson Thompson and Mrs. Oswald Griffiths,
Dallas Woman’s Club members, earned their Blue
Star Awards for having sold 10 more bonds in the
area’s Sixth War Bond Drive.
Howell E. Rees, former editor of the Dallas Post
serving with the 15th Air Force in Italy, was com-
mended by Brig. General George A. Acheson, com-
mended for his splendid work in the field of public
relations.
Married - Alice Deater to Benjamin Badger, Jr.
Deaths - George Jaquish killed in action in France.
You could get - Sirloin steak 29¢ 1b.; hamburger 25¢
lb.; haddock fillets ¢35¢ 1b.; potatoes 15-1b. bag 49c;
Ivory soap 3 1g. cakes 29c; peanut butter 25¢ Ib. jar;
rutabaga turnips 3c 1lb.; oranges 35¢ doz.; sweet
potatoes 3 1b. 23c.
30 YEARS AGO - DEC. 10, 1954
For the fourth time and twice in succession the
coveted Old Shoe Football Trophy went to Lehman-
Jackson-Ross Township High School Football game.
They beat Dallas-Franklin Township to retain the
shoe.
Robert Laux was elected president of the Dallas
Community Ambulance Association, succeeding Norti
Berti. Harry Brown, Ray Titus and Leslie Barstow
were named vice presidents; Mrs. William Wright,
secretary; Mrs. Jack Stanley, corresponding secre-
tary; W.B. Jeter was reelected treasurer.
Married - Frances Lorraine Gettle and Malcolm
Butler; Eleanor Snell and Theodore Biggs; Anna C.
Adams and Edward G. Clark; Joan Williams and
Edward A. Makowski. i
Deaths - Charles L. Deets, Harveys Lake.
ice cream 99c; brown sugar 4-1b. pkgs. 49c; fruit cake
98c.
20 YEARS AGO - DEC. 10, 1964
Willard Sutton was voted president of the Lake-
Lehman Jointure and the Lehman Merged Board.
Richard Hogoboom was named vice-president. Jack
Stanley was chosen president of Dallas‘Area School
Board. Mrs. Ann Vernon was chosen vice-president.
Daddow Isaacs Post hosted a party for-200 children
of the Back Mountain during the holiday season while
Shavertown Fire Hall entertained 600 youngsters.
Married - Dr. David Kunkle to Joan E. Roberts;
Dorothy Maransky to John Thomas III.
Deaths - Edith Horlacher, Shavertown; Mrs. Louis
Helfrich, Shavertown; Mrs. Rose Bukeavich, Trucks-
ville.
You could get - Zenith color television $399; bacon
55c Ib.; franks 49c lb.; corned beef 65¢ Ib.; veal roast
49c Ib.; haddock 79¢ lb.; oysters, 8 oz. can 69¢c; 1-lb.
Yuban coffee 99¢; 3 pt. pickles $1. =
10 YEARS AGO - DEC. 12, 1974
Idetown and Lehman United Methodist Church choir
presented the Christmas cantata ‘One Solitary Life.”
Dallas Women of Kiwanis packed 21 large baskets
for distribution to families in the Dallas and Lehman
School Districts. Shavertown United Methodist Church
provided the headquarters for the project.
When the trumpet fanfare sounded the entrance of
the Madrigal Singers in College Misericordia’s ‘‘Great
Merrick Hall”, the Christmas season was officially
open in the Back Mountain.
Deaths - Ruth Vanloon, Lehman; Margaret Riley,
Sweet Valley.
You could get - Chuck roast 88c 1b.; whole top round
$1.49 Ib.; chicken thighs or legs 79c Ib.; tangelos 49c
doz.; tomatoes 3 pkg. $1; 3 Ib. bag apples 69¢c; 5 Ib.
bag Pillsbury flour 58¢; 16 oz. bot. Era Detergent 59c.
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By CLYDE DUPIN
According to Sam Ericcsson,
coordinator of the Center for Law
and Religious Freedom, apathy
keeps God out of our schools.
There are many open doors for
Christian teachings and values with
public school students.
The Supreme Court never ruled
that student-run meetings with reli-
gious content violate the Establish-
ment Clause. The program of
released religious education classes
received a strong blessing by the
Supreme Court in 1953. This year,
Congress passed that religious
groups are to be given equal access
to public school facilities like all
other student groups.
Our educational system has con-
trolled many good religious activi-
ties in public schools with deliberate
confusion. Most of the Supreme
Court decisions on the subject have
been miscommunicated, misinter-
preted and misapplied. There is a
great difference between state-initi-
ated, school-sponsored, and teacher-
led religious instruction and volun-
tary student-led Bible studies and
student programs.
There are many good student
groups like Campus Life and Fel-
lowship of Christian Athletes which
operate within the frame work of all
Supreme Court decisions. All Chris-
tian groups should be encouraged
by parents and even school officials
an teachers. "These organizations
and groups are under constant
attacks from the American Civil
Liberties Union and educators who
are secular humanist in their reli-
gious beliefs. Some changes for
good may come if churches and
parents will become vocal and
active in public school affairs.
(Clyde Dupin is author of a religious
column entitled “Religious View-
point.”’)
Suggested activities for National
Drunk and Drugged Driving Aware-
ness Week:
Buckle-up for every trip and ask
your passengers to do so too. Safety
belts are the greatest protection we
have against drunk and drugged
drivers.
Report any suspicious driving to
the police, especially on the week-
ends - weaving, straying off the
road, erratic braking, etc., and
encourage CB’ers do do the same.
Don’t be an over-generous host -
provide plenty of hearty food and
stop serving drinks early. Offer to
drive tipsy individuals home or
invite them to spend the night -
Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive
Drunk.
Remember that even prescription
medications may impair driving
ability-especially antihistamines,
tranquilizers or any medication con-
taining a narcotic.
Mixing alcohol and drugs is par-
ticularly dangerous - taking one
antihistamine with one drink for
example, doubles the impairment
effect of both.
desired.
366, Dallas, Pa. 18612.
LIBRARY NEWS
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Library Correspondent
96 Huntsville Road. Sounds nice.
What is it? It is the future street
address of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library, This is the build-
ing the library bought from the,
school district which recentl{$¥,
housed the Dallas Borough grade
school. It had no disignated house
number so I contacted the Post
Office and the Dallas Borough Coun-
cil and received approval for us to
use 96 as the address number. The
library has been at 69 Main Street
since 1945 and since our new build-
ing is on the even side of the road
and must use an even number, we
reversed the numbers and will be
96.
The ‘“‘Adopt A Book” program is
in full swing and I am happy to say
we now: have two adopted books.
Our librarian, Bill Frederick, oe
adopted Stephen King’s new book
“The Talisman” and I adopted Lee
Iacocca’s autobiography titled,
“Iococca’”. These are both brand
new books and the library is grate-
ful to be able to add them to the
collection.
The Book Club of the library will 3
hold a Christmas Luncheon on
Ar
Monday, Dec. 17, at 1 p.m. at the
Bonanza Steak House in Dallas.
Reservations may be made at the
library.
The Campbell Soup Company
labels are being collected by the
library and we will receive up to
1,000 extra bonus labels from
Recipe Dog Food products if they
are in by Dec. 22.
I purchased a lovely Advent Cal-
endar from the ladies of the Prince
of Peace Episcopal Church a few
years ago which I hang in the
library every year. Each day in
December up to the 24th has a
pocket with a toy or goodie in it
which gets hung on the tree as the
day arrives. We hang it high enough
so. the children can admire and
enjoy from a distance.
The Dallas Fire Company has
received some nice padded chairs
which they use at their carnival in
September and then donated them
to Maltby Fire Company. There
seems to be a problem getting the
chairs picked up and a few women
who work at the Maple Hill Nursing
Home noticed them here, inquired if |
they could have some, were given
permission to take what they
wanted and did, and now Cindy and
Marge have told me they are
thrilled ard their patients are also.
It turned out to be another case of
one hand helping the other. J
A couple of real Christmasy type
items: the picture in last week’s
paper of 5 Santa Clauses taking a
stroll down 42nd Street in New York
City after completing a session of a
Santa Refresher course; and the
picture of the float, “Sweet Land of
Liberty” that will carry the cen-
tury-old Statue of Liberty torch
which will include 20,000 American
Beauty roses and Lee Iococca will
be the grand marshal of the Rose
Parade on New Year’s Day featur-
ing this 55-foot float.
STATE CAPITOL
ROUNDUP
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
last week from: Rep. Frank Coslett,
120th Legislative District.
A REVISED VERSION of the
spousal rape bill vetoed last month
by Gov. Dick Thornburgh passed
the General Assembly and was sent
to the governor for his signature. ®
The new measure addresses some
of the change sought by Thornburgh
in his veto message. The revised bill
would make spousal rape a second-
degree felony, punishable by a max-
imum prison term of 10 years. The
bill vetoed by Thornburgh desig-
nated spousal rape a first-degree
felony. The new measure’ also
requires that the rape be reported
within 90 days of its occurrence.
AN ATTEMPTED override of
Gov. Thornburgh’s veto of a welfare
bill failed to pass the legislature,
falling 25 votes short of the neces-
sary two-thirds majority in the
House. The measure will not receive
reconsideration this year because
the General Assembly ended its
1983-84 session on Friday. While the
Senate supported the override 45-3,
the House voted 111-69. The mea-
sure would have provided general
assistance ‘to about 6,000 of an
estimated 68,000 people dropped
from the welfare rolls two years
ago.
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TURNPIKE EXPANSION plans
died for this session when the
Senate voted not to consier a bill
allocating $4.2 billion for expansion
and improvements to the toll road.
The measure, which passed the
House overwhelmingly, was tabled
in the Senate. Senate Republican
leaders stressed that the bill faced
certain veto by the governor if it
was approved by the General
Assembly. Governor Thornburgh is
seeking reorganization of the Turn-
pike Commission as a condition to
approving any Turnpike expansion.
The expansion blueprint included
the Beaver Valley and Mon Valley
expressways and the Greensburgh
Bypass in western Pennsylvania. It !
also authorized funding for the wid- §
ening of the Turnpike near Philadel 3
phia.