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1985
25 Cents
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Christmas is a joyous time of the
year. It is the time for Christmas
Carols, sending Christmas greet-
ings, decorating homes with holly
and mistletoe and the Christmas
trees brightly decorated.
There are blue spruce trees spar-
kling with blue satin ornaments and
silver garland, pines or balsam
brilliant with red and gold reflecting
shimmering icicles in the tiny
lights, ‘and the Old Fashioned tree
decorated with candy canes, strings
of popcorn and gingerbread men,
Caroljean Yeust of Dallas has a
gayly decorated tree in her Dallas
Beauty Shop, but it is a tree deco-
rated in a beautiful, yet unique
manner. Caroljean’s Christmas tree
is a colorful “Tree of Dolls”, dolls
Caroljean has repaired, restored or
touched-up after rescuing them
from flea markets, the Salvation
Army or from persons ready to
discard them. She also has some
soft sculpture dolls, dolls she has
made herself, and some crocheted
dolls — their bodies, faces, and
clothes crocheted by Caroljean.
The young hair stylist began her
collection of dolls only several years
ago but, to date, she has about 100,
inchuding bisque “and figurine dolls
kept under lock and key in a safe,
Caroljean has approximately 40
dolls in a variety of sizes. At least
24 to 30 of these adorn a Christmas
tree in the corner of the foyer.
There is an original ‘‘Betsy
Wetsy”’ doll (many should remem-
ber her) made by the original Hors-
man Company now out of business.
In a prominent place on the tree is a
replica of Prince William as well as
an antique doll which has been in
the family for years. One tiny doll is
dressed as a rabbit and there are
Cabbage Patch look-alikes, made by
Caroljean.
The Christmas tree does not begin
to hold all of Caroljean’s dolls so
she has them beautifully arranged
in her shop. Her place is a doll
lover’s heaven and young and old
alike come to admire the dolls.
One doll, completely restored by
Caroljean, is 33 years old and took
third prize at last year’s Luzerne
County Fall Fair. Another doll, res-
cued by Caroljean from a flea
market, had its body restored and a
wig made by her owner from
human hair. Caroljean changed the
doll’s hair color from blond to bru-
nette.
A Cabbage Patch look-alike made
by Caroljean resembles the popular
‘preemie’ and has a single lock of
hair on its head. The newest doll in
Caroljean’s collection is the Gerber
doll which hopefully one day will
become a collector’s item and
another doll, 20 years old, came
from Caroljean’s niece,
Twins, brother and sister, dressed
in blue corduroy outfits, stand at the
entrance to the shop ready to greet
customers along with Caroljean’s
tiny black poodle ‘Nikki’,
A plantation doll fascinates every-
one — it is a doll made for children
in the south during the Civil War
when parents couldn’t afford to buy
toys. Made from a man’s handker-
chief, it was given to Caroljean by a
friend who made it.
A handmade leprechaun, which
changes costumes according to the
season, is decked out for the Christ-
mas holiday and one waits for him
to say “Merry Christmas’ he is so
life-like.
The tiniest dolls in the shop are a
baby boy, only two inches in length,
and two kewpie dolls, a large and
small one catch the eye of most
customers. There is no such thing
as Segregation among Caroljean’s
dolls — two babies, a black doll and
a white doll, sleep side by side in a
single bassinet, and Raggedy Ann
and Raggedy Andy are nearby in
another room, babysitting some soft
sculpture dolls. A large soft sculp-
ture doll stands watch over a
younger sister doll sleeping in a
crib.
Caroljean has some imported
dolls, one more 150 years old, all
very valuable but these are never in
the shop.
She has always been fond of dolls
and finds working with them fasci-
nating. She enjoys taking old, shop-
worn dolls, cleaning them, restoring
or repairing them, giving them new
clothes and, many times, new year.
“My profession makes it easy to
cope with the dolls hair and cos-
metic problems,’ said Caroljean, ‘‘I
like to crochet so it is easy to make
clothes for the dolls in my collec-
tion,”
The dolls kept in the shop by
Caroljean have costumes for every
season, Visit them Valentine's Day,
Easter, graduation, Christmas, or
special seasons of the year, you will
find Caroljean’s dolls dressed for
the occasion. But don't expect to
find all of them on Caroljean’s
“Tree of Dolls” — there just isn’t
enough room for them all. Look
around the rooms you'll find
them sitting on chairs, davenports,
sleeping in cribs or bassinets, or
standing at a door waiting to greet
you. Caroljean’s collection of dolls
are not only fascinating but beauti-
ful. No child was better cared for-
that is evident by their appearance,
At Caroljean’s house, it is a
“Doll’s Christmas.”
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from flea markets, garage sales, etc. and given them a second
chance. The dolls, shown here in their Christmas positions, \
make for an absolutely beautiful Christmas at Caroljean’s shop.
These restored dolls have been given a second chance by
Dallas resident Caroljean Yeust. Caroljean, proprietor of Dallas
Beauty Shop off Church Street, has resurrected these dolls
trip to Nicaragua
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Two College Misericordia students
will leave Dec. 29 for a trip to
Nicaragua to show their opposition
to the United States foreign policy
in that country.
Beth Cummings of Dunmore and
Nancy Naughton of Scranton, will
travel with 18 students from 13
schools under Witness for Peace, an
experiment in non-violent action in
areas of conflict within Nicaragua
where an escalating war is causing
great human suffering.
The local students will stop over
for two days in Miami where they
will receive training and indoctrina-
tion. Then they will leave for Mana-
gua and join other Witness for
Peace groups and students from the
University of Managua. They will
return Jan. 11, 1986, to the United
States.
Maria Pallante of New Jersey,
president of College Misericordia’s
student government, initiated local
involvement last February through
the discussion of United States for-
eign policy with other students, and
the role they (the students) should
have in their country’s foreign
policy. The result of their discus-
sions was that the United States
should use its foreign aid program
for what is best for all people, the
country, and the world instead of
selfish or economic interests.
With Pallante acting as coordina-
tor, the students began seeking
sponsors for delivering their mes-
sages in person to Nicaragua. After
being rejected by many groups,
Witness for Peace finally agreed to
sanction providing the students
raised the money for their own
expenses.
College Misericordia, its faculty
and student government supported
the plan to send Cummings and
Naughton to Nicaragua and funds
were made available. Soon the girls,
aided by the student government
(See TRIP, page 8)
Four Back Mountain area teach-
ers were cited recently as “out
standing teachers” by College Mis-
ericordia’s Department of
Education.
Florence Sherwood and Doris
McCain of the Dallas Area School
Distrift and Jeanne Purcell and
Julie Iwanowski representing Lake-
Lehman School District were
presented with plaques for “Excel
lence in Teaching” at a reception
held in their honor.
College Misericordia began honor-
ing classroom teachers three years
ago in an effort to draw attention to
the many excellent teachers who
work in the area’s public and pri-
vate schools, “Our aim is to make
sure that the fine contributions
made by these people receive the
attention they deserve,” said Dr.
Joseph Rogan, education chairman.
“The award winners represent the
excellence which abounds in our
schools. By honoring them, we
honor all teachers.”
Florence Sherwood is the chair-
person of the music department at
Dallas Area School District, where
she has been employed for nearly 35
years. A resident of Shavertown,
Mrs. Sherwood graduated from Col-
lege Misericordia. She studied in
England through a cooperative pro-
gram arranged between Misericor-
dia ‘and Trinity College, London,
England. She earned a master’s
degree through Misericordia and
the University of Scranton and did
additional graduate work at Penn
State, Wilkes College, Marywood
and Susquehanna University. She is
an active member and officer in the
PennsylVania Music Educators
Association and a member of
numerous other professional organi-
zations.
Doris McCain, Dallas, has been
teaching ' kindergarten and transi-
tion level classes for 28 years, 21
years spent at the Dallas Area
School District, She is currently a
kindergarten teacher at the Dallas
Township School. She is a graduate
of the University of Pittsburgh and
did graduate work in early child-
hood education at Pittsburgh. She is
listed in “Outstanding Elementary
Teachers of America’, is a member
of Delta Kappa Gamma Interna-
tional, and several other profes-
sional organizations,
Julie Iwanowski of Lehman is
currently a fifth grade teacher for
the Lake-Lehman School District.
She was previously employed in the
Prince George’s County School
System, Maryland. Mrs. Iwanowski
graduate from College Misericordia
with both secondary and elementary
teaching certificates, She is a
member of numerous professional
organizations.
Jeanne Purcell, Dallas, graduated
from College Misericordia and did
graduate work at Seton Hall Univer-
sity. She is currently an Elementary
Music teacher for the Lake-Lehman
School District. She also teaches
ninth grade English.
College Misericordia has trained
teachers since its inception in 1924.
The college currently offers pro-
grams in elementary education,
early childhood education, special
education, music education and
school nursing.
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