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Officers
elected
The Jackson Township Ladies
Auxiliary held its first meeting for
1986 recently at the fire hall.
Officers for the upcoming year
are: President, Mary Manzoni; vice
president, Desiree Evans; secre-
tary, Louise Arnold; and treasurer
Joann Wright. Standing committees
are: Hospitality, Helen Franklin
and Publicity, Louise Arnold.
On election day the auxiliary will
be holding their usual luncheon and
bake sale. Any member wishing to
help in the kitchen should contact
Helen Franklin or Caroline Esser.
All members are asked to bake for
the sale.
Cookbooks are selling quite well
and the supply is dwindling. Anyone
who has books ordered but not
picked up should do so as soon as
possible. Anyone wishing to pur-
chase a cookbook, may do so by
contacting Louise Arnold, 696-3608.
The books sell for $4.50 per book.
The auxiliary is also making
plans for the Fireman’s Bazaar to
be held May 23, 24, and 25. Arrange-
ments are being made for Memorial
Services to be held at the fire hall
and for our White Elephant table
and bake sale.
The next regularly scheduled
meeting of the auxiliary will be held
on Wednesday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m.
at the fire hall.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbeil
Ward honored
Marilyn Ward, daughter of William and Naomi Ward, RD 6,
Box 75, Dallas, recently received the Dallas Lioness Book
Scholarship Award. Marilyn will attend Indiana University of
Pennsylvania and will be preparing for a career revolving
around the Mathematics-Computer Science fields. Marilyn is
shown here accepting the award from Carol Tahar, right,
Dallas Lioness Club president; and Ellen M. Stone, left,
scholarship chairlady.
THE KING AND I, an outstanding
production by Rogers and
Hammerstein, now playing at the
Music Box in Swoyersville, and
starring several Back Mountain
residents is an excellent on stage
production.
Sally Williams has the lead along
with Frank Marino who is the King.
Barb Loftus does an outstanding
role as Lady Thiang, the leading
lady of the king. Tim Williams is
one of the princes. The plot of the
play is excellent and the acting is
fantastic.
George and
Barb Maculloch
along with my
husband and I,
enjoyed this play
on Saturday
evening. The
dinner theater is
only 20 minutes
away from
Dallas. It has so
much to offer, be
sure and treat
yourself to one
of these outstanding evenings soon.
You'll be shocked at all the local
talent on stage.
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THE WINNERS ARE: Scott
Davis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Davis, Dallas, and Michelle Ferris,
daughter of Tom and Ruth Davis,
Shavertown. These two students
were selected as winners of the
Book Scholarships of the Dallas
Area Federated Woman’s Club.
Scott will be attending Bloomsburg
State or Moravian, he has been
accepted at both colleges, and he
of their stay. Ralph is an Allstate
Insurance agent, with offices on
Demunds Road, Dallas, and Betsy
is in the Real Estate business.
Welcome home to our ‘‘cool
country’’ in Dallas.
will major in accounting.
Congratulations Scott, we wish you
a very healthy, happy future.
Michelle has been accepted at
King’s and Penn State University,
Lehman. She will study Liberal
Arts. We congratulate Michelle and
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Demonstrating a commitment to a higher quality of
education, teachers and administrators from both the
Lake Lehman and Dallas School Districts last week
took part in a program called “Project Excellence,” a
research-based staff development course, geared
toward upgrading teachers’ effectiveness and student
academic improvement.
The two-day seminar, which was held at the
Lehman-Jackson Elementary School, was attended by
15 teachers and six administrators. The group also
went through two other sessions last month and will go
through another on May 14. :
“After this is all over, I plan to meet with those who
have participated in the seminar,” said Dr. David
Preston, Superintendent at Lake Lehman. “Then we
will discuss what we’ve learned, what improvements
can be made and what we think will be beneficial to
our students.”
The primary purpose of ‘Project Excellence” is to
improve the instructional delivery system and is based
upon studies done over the years in those school
systems whose students have done consistently well in
the classroom.
After visiting a number of other school districts and
speaking with various consultants, Preston chose the
Neshaminy School District in Langhorne as the model
used in the seminar.
“After the “awareness” stage last year we (Lake
Lehman and Dallas) sort of went our separate ways
because of what type of program each school thought
would be most beneficial to its particular students. But
it’s interesting that we both wound up choosing the
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receives
The course, which was presented by Neshaminy
staff development specialists Nicholas Iampietro and
Kathleen MacKenzie, was presented through two
stages: an Information Stage and an Application
Stage.
Although the project involved a number of other
topics, last week’s session essentially focused on a
common sense approach towards teaching, aimed at
reaching the maximum number of students based on
common knowledge they know about a particular
subject.
Preston used this example to give an idea of how the
project works:
“Suppose you take 15 football teams from the valley
made up of players who had played within the last 10
years,” he explained. ‘‘Chances are they would do
practically the same against each other. But what if
you pulled out one of those teams and put them under
the coaching of Don Shula (Miami Dolphin head
coach). How do you think they would do against the
other teams then after having been introduced to a
more advanced system and better teaching methods?
Probably better, right? That's the same thing this
project does.”
Although the program can only improve the educa-
tional system, Preston says there is no way to gauge
the improvement of students, citing other factors that
also come into play. oo
“This kind of training will increase the probability
of student success,” Preston said.
Eugene Howanitz, one of two Dallas teachers to
attend the session, also had high praise for the project.
“We are really still in the planning stages,” Howanitz
said. “But it makes you consciously aware of the skills
that you are using and that have been taught over the
years. The students aren’t aware of what you are
doing, but it does keep the teachers aware.”
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wish her a very successful future
also.
The D.A.F.W.C. has awarded two
book scholarships the past couple of
years instead of one and it is the
hope of the club to do this annually.
Most of the funds are raised through
the annual Fashion Show and given
as scholarships and a large sum to
the Back Mountain Library,
education being the primary
purpose of the club.
The Dallas Lioness Club has also
awarded an annual Book
Scholarship but this year’s winner,
Marilyn Ward, will be the last
recipient of this club scholarship,
since they are disbanding the Dallas
Lioness Club. The D.A.F.W.C.
wishes to thank the community for
its support in our fund raising
projects, your support will make
our scholarship awards possible in
years to come.
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THE FITCH FAMILY, Ralph,
Betsy, and daughter Stacey, spent
18 days enjoying sunny Florida
recently. (It may be the only sun
they see this summer). Niece
Jennifer Besecker, also of Dallas,
traveled with them on their trip and
daughter Nancy joined them later
on in Florida. The Fitches enjoyed
Orlando and surrounding areas a
few days, then went on to
Melbourne Beach for the remainder
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cobleigh, of
22 1-2 Floral Ave., Binghamton,
N.Y., former Back Mountain resi-
dents, will celebrate their 50th wed-
ding anniversary with an Open
House on June 7 at Boulevard
United Methodist Church, Bingham-
fon, N.Y.
The event will be held from 2 to 4
p.m. and will hosted by their son,
Delbert Cobleigh.
Edward Cobleigh married Ella
Crispell at the Mountaintop Method-
ist Church Parsonage, on June 6,
performed by Rev. Floyd S. Cris-
pell, uncle of the bride.
Mr. Cobleigh worked on a farm
managed by his father at East
Dallas for 12 years while Mrs.
Cobleigh was employed as a school
teacher.
The couple moved to Binghamton,
N.Y. in January 1948 where Mr.
Cobelgih was employed at General
Airline and Film Corp, retiring in
1972, after 23 years.
For 14 years, they have spent the
winter months in Zephyr Hills, Flor-
1936. The wedding ceremony was ida.
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JEFF AND LORI BESECKER
and baby moved into their newly
purchased home in Haddonfield
Hills this past weekend. The
Beseckers bought the Ruth Jones’
home on Robbins Road and we send
them a neighborhood welcome. Lori
is employed at Merchants Bank,
Dallas Township Branch and Jeff is
employed with Pa. Gas and Water
Co. Good luck with your new home.
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ROMAYNE AND GEORGE
STOFILA of Harveys Lake,
Centermoreland Area, had lots of
their family members visiting over
past couple weeks. Daughter Cindy
Long and her two girls, Brook and
Brandy drove in from North
Carolina and spent a week with
grandma and grandpa. Daughter,
Tammie, and husband Steve Banos
from Douglasville spent Saturday
visiting as did Renee Chesire. The
next Sunday daughter, Doreeen,
chilldren Kevin, Michael and
Melissa Banos came for Sunday
dinner. One big family had one big
week and it was enjoyed by them
all.
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TO ALL MOTHERS — have what
you so deserve, A Happy Mother’s
Day!
(Jean Hillard is a Back Mountain
resident whose column appears
weekly in The Dallas Post.)
award
has been chosen to receive the “Dr.
William T. Hornaday Award for
distinguished service in conserva-
tion.”
Andy is one of six young Ameri-
cans chosen from across the United
States to receive the Silver Medal,
Scoutings Highest Conservation
Award, from the National Court of
Honor of the Boy Scouts of America
on the recommendation of the Hor-
naday Award Committee, which
met in Washington to select award
winners.
Andy’s work in conservation over
a three year period, in a broad
range of activities, far exceeded the
requirements for consideration for
the award. Andy completed a series
of projects in six areas over the last
three years with the help of Troop
232 and Explorer Post 232 of Gate of
Heaven Church in Dallas, as well as
other scouts.
In order to accomplish these
projects, which Andy had planned,
he had to recruit volunteers and
have materials donated. He com-
pleted projects in: fish and wildlife
management; forestry and range
management; soil and water con-
servation; energy conservation;
conservation education and a
national project.
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Award winner
Andy did everything from build-
ing blue bird houses, to marking the
boundaries of the Lassen National
Forest, so that loggers would not
illegally cut the parks’ trees. He has
set up erosion control projects at
Camp Acahela and other area
camps. He also taught about the
environment at several camps.
Thousands of hours of volunteer
work was put in by Andy and the
Scouts of Troop and Post 232 in
service to the environment.
The Award will be presented to
Andy by his Scoutmaster Dr. Lee
Williames, who guided Andy
Seniors honored
Scouts honored
Members of Boy Scout
Troop 232 of Gate of Heaven
Church, Dallas, were
recently awarded the Ad
Altare Dei Catholic religious
medal by Bishop James
Timlin at the Cathedral in
Scranton. The scouts
worked with Father William
Cusick for a period of six
months and completed a
service project as they
worked with the poor and
the homeless to qualify for
the award. Shown here are,
from left, James Strange,
Lee Williames, Robert Skur-
sky and Shane Williams.
Absent at the time of the
photo was John Kristian.
through the three year effort.
Andy, a freshman at Northland
College, is majoring in Environmen-
tal Science and hopes to pursue a
career in conservation. Some of the
Scouts who aided Andy in his work
are: Sumner Bachman, Michael
Dzanko, Ron Fitch, Mary Craft,
Nathan Kelly, Aaron Kelly, James
Strange, Bob Rowlands, Leslie Bill-
man, Lee Williames, Alan Landis,
Elizabeth Williames, John Kristan,
John Mitchell, Robert Skursky, Sam
Wilkes, Chris Kuhar, Shane Wil-
liams, Phil Niedjaco, and David
Sigman.
Cubs hold
meeting
Cub Pack 155 of Trucksville held a
Mardi Gras pack meeting on
Friday. Festivities began with
somegames and then a grand
march of tiger, cub and webelo
scouts dressed up in their different
themes.
Awards were Webelo activity,
Mike View, Athlete, Showman,
Sportsman; Mike Banta, Crafts-
man, Engineer, Outdoorsman,
Showman, Traveler, Webelo’s badge
and Cub Scouting’s Highest award,
Arrow of Light. Den 1 and 2 were
Bill Bullock, 1 year pin, and perfect
attendance, Jason Reynolds, 2 silver
under Wolf, and Bear Badge, 1 gold
and 2 silver, Joey Hayer, Bobcat,
Den 5, Mike Lycon, wolf, 5 silver
arrows, Corey Moyer, wolf, 1 gold, 1
silver arrow, Den 7, Adam Hoover,
3 silver arrows, Danny Natitus; 1
silver arrow, Ryan Boraski, 5 silver
arrows, Jason Seward, 2 silver
arrows, Albert Checkiewitz, 2 silver
arrows, Brian Achuff, 2 silver
arrows, Trony Cox, 1 silver arrow,
Terry Meehan, Wolf Badge, 1 gold
arrow.
Meeting ended with a Magic Show
performed by Cozmic Louie and
Fay and ice cream was the refresh-
ment.
Rick Macri is Webelo leader,
Georgianne Reynolds, Den 1 & 2,
Maryann Macri, Den 5, Barbara
Hoover and Debbie Natitus, Den 7
and Betty Mathers, Committee
Chairperson and Mike Repotski is
Cubmaster.
Race slated
The Fifth Annual Mercy Hospital
Five Mile Run to benefit the Cystic
Fibrosis Clinic of Northeastern
Pennsylvania will be held Saturday,
May 17 at 10 a.m. The start and
finish point is at Mercy Hospital.
Registration starts at 8:30 a.m.
Cystic Fibrosis is one of the most
common life threatening diseases
affecting our children. The North-
eastern Pennsylvania Clinic is held
Registration forms for the run are
available at local sporting goods
stores or by calling the Mercy
Wellness Center at 826-3553, Monday
through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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