By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Jerry Hludzik had a dream he wanted
to fulfill for years - a dream of being
3 able to feed and shelter the hungry and
homeless of Northeastern Pennsylvania
and, at the same time, bringing together
the area as one.
That dream is on its way to becoming
reality as Hludzik and his partner, Bill
_ Kelly of Dallas, watch a newly-recorded
®21bum make money for soup kitchens in
both the Wilkes-Barre and Scranton
areas as well as for the Woman’s
Resource Center.
Kelly, who has lived in Dallas for
three years, has been a musician for 22
years and, for the past four or five
years, has been a record producer for
i Holland Sound Studio, Scranton.
When many of the top bands of the
Wilkes-Barre Scranton area did record-
ings from the Holland Studio, the talent
of these bands initiated an idea in the
minds of Kelly and Hludzik. They
thought they would do an album for
Christmas, an alum with each of the
bands contributing one of their songs
and which would be on the market in
time for the Christmas season.
With Kelly’s support and the coopera-
tion of the Holland Sound Studio, Hludzik
went ahead with his idea of helping the
hungry and the homeless. He wrote the
words and music for the album’s title
song called ‘Give Love for Christmas.”
. The partners, members of the group
‘Dakota,’ convinced nine other top bands
in the area to contribute their time and
talent, with the casting of each group
costing approximately $2,000.
Rick Manwiller became the technical
wizard behind the sound and the bands
who contributed. to “Give Love for
TNT, The Remain, Quest, John Nasser
& Don’t Walk, Asylum Blue, Mark
Walkn, Rudy & Living Dolls and Bobby
OSS.
A modest individual, Kelly takes little
credit for the project, emphasizing the
fact that Hludzik refused to give up on
his dream and kept at it until he got
everyone’s cooperation. Dakota may
have been the guiding force behind
getting the project together, but Hludzik,
according to Kelly, was the force push-
ing the force.
The first band Kelly was involved in
was known as “The Buoys’ whose song
“Timothy” was a national hit with a
platinum record.
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
As Reese Pelton concludes his
37th year in music education,
you can certainly say music is
in his bones. Spending 18 of
those years as a member of the
Dallas School District faculty,
Pelton is now director of the
sixth grade music program and
is a general music instructor.
Until two years ago when
there was a change in the
school, Pelton was also junior
high school band director and,
until last year, had charge of
the entire junior high school
music program.
Not only does Pelton make a
living in the music business,
most of his extracurricular
activies are in music, also. He
was president of the former
Luzerne County Instrument
Teachers Organization and
directed the Wyoming Valley
Brass Choir which was. com-
prised of students from various
schools. He organized and is
currently directing the Wyo-
ming Valley Band, a union band
of professionals. The band,
which takes the place of the
former Stegmaier Band, fea-
tures several of Pelton’s former
music students.
Pelton has published numer-
ous musical arrangements with
Shawnee Publications and has
played in dance bands and the
In his blood
cocktail piano. He presently
plays piano at the Hilton at
Lackawanna Station in Scran-
ton. :
REESE PELTON
His public playing dates back
to Fogarty’s, which - later
became known as the Continen-
tal Inn on the Dallas Highway,
and in several places in the
Poconos. He made his final
appearance at the Mill Race
Country Club in Benton last
Saturday.
The former owner of the Back
Mountain Music Store, Pelton
has: also been active in Kiwanis
since 1968 and is currently serv-
ing as secretary of the Dallas
(See MUSIC, page 12)
The New Life Drama Troupe,
although six years old, will be
presenting a full-length Christ-
mas pageant for the first time
this year.
Consisting of approximately 30
members of the New Life Com-
munity Church congregation,
the New Life Drama Troupe
members range in age from
three to 72.
This year, the members will
present ‘‘The Best Christmas
Pageant Ever’’ on Sunday,
December 21, at 8 p.m. a the
Dallas Junior High School. This
hilarious story concerns the
efforts of a woman and her
husband who attempt to present
the annual church Christmas
Pageant, despite having to cast
outside began to drop.
the Herdman kids, who are
probably the meanest, nastiest,
most inventively awful children
in the history of the world. ;
Under the direction of Lucille
Madeira, the group is working
diligently to perfect the pro-
gram which will be presented in
this area only once this year.
Mrs. Madeira is the wife of Rev.
Dennis Madeira of the New Life
Community Church ‘‘Glory
Barn” of Orange.
- The drama troupe came into
existence six years ago when a
much smaller group was
formed under the direction of
Mrs. Madeira. During the first
years, the troupe presented
Sprucing up
Martin Barnoski, a junior at Dallas High School, paints a
window at the Northeastern Bank Building in Dallas
Township for the Christmas season. The Dallas art students
worked an entire day last week, painting windows also at
the First Eastern Bank Building at the Meadows Nursing
Center.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Sixty-five junior and senior
students at Dallas High School
signed up for the Big Brother/
Big Sister program after
WNEP-TV’s Nolan Johannes
encouraged them to do so at a
recent high school assembly.
Johannes, with" Tanya Olavi-
any of the Big Brother Organi-
zation, visited the school to ask
the older students for a commit-
ment of responsibility. They
were asked to give just three of
four hours a week to a young
boy or girl in need of compan-
ionship - in need of an’ older
brother or sister.
What these 65 Dallas High
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Barbara and Rick Kowalski
were enjoying their homes,
their two sons and their jobs,
but thousands of requests from
friends have helped them decide
to come out of retirement and
emerge as the “Golden Sound.”
Formerly known as ‘‘The
Country Sweethearts,”” the
Kowalskis, of East Dallas, play
music for all ages, including
country, country rock, music of
the 50s, polkas, standards and
the favorite ‘‘oldies.”
Since December 5 when they
came out of retirement - a
retirement that lasted all of two
years - Barb and Rick play as a
duo, Barb on keyboard and Rick
on guitar. With a sythesizer on
her keyboard, Barb can play’ the
sounds of drums, organ, bass,
piano, guitar as well as others
which allows the pair to give the
effect of having an entire band
behind them.
Prior to their retirement,
before Barb went to work as a
beautician and Rick was
employed at Tobyhanna Army
Depot, the Kowalskis were part
of a four-piece group that
played throughout the Wyoming
Valley area for 14 years. For
seven of those years, they per-
formed at Emma’s on the Trail
in Harding and at the Farmer’s
Inn in Chase.
Succumbing to they many
requests they received, the
Kowalskis now play at Lispi’s
(See REQUESTS, page 12)
Liz Sichler is the mother of
three children but she is never
too busy to take an active inter-
est in her children’s school,
church or other community
affairs.
She has been a Sunday School
teacher for 12 years and is a
lector of her church. Liz is also
an active member of the Lake-
Noxen PTA and has chaired
many committees during the
past six years. She was a vice
president of PTA from 1984 to
1986 and has been president of
Lake-Noxen PTA from May,
1986 to the present. She is also a
member of the Lake-Lehman
Field Hockey Parents Club and
is a Republican committeeman
for Harveys Lake Borough.
Her husband, Edmund, is very
supportive of Liz’s activities
which makes it possible to
become so involved. Liz is also
rary Services, Wilkes-Barre, as
an account executive.
In the past, Liz has been
active in Harveys Lake
Women’s Service Club, Penn’s
Wood Girl Scout Council and the
United Way Volunteers for Back
Mountain Outreach Program.
Despite her work and her
volunteer activities, Liz enjoys
preparing meals for her family
and likes to experiment with
various ethnic recipes, including
Oriental, Mexican and Italian.
School students will learn is
something Earl Monk of the
Back Mountain has been experi-
encing for some time.
Monk learned about the Big
Brother program in 1978 when
he was “loaned” to the United
Way as an executive with the
Commonwealth Telephone Co.
After completing applications
and going through countless
interviews and meetings with
members of the Wyoming
Valley Organization, Monk was
matched with Jared Cooney, a
fifth grade student in the Dallas
School District who had been on
the waiting list for a Big
Brother for six months before
meeting Monk.
Jared and Earl have a lot in
The recipes Liz shares with
Post readers this week are
favorites of hers and her family.
They are economical but easy to
prepare and delicious. Whether
it be the Stuffed Shells, Chuck
Roast (with a unique and tangy
flavor), Pecan Balls or Gum-
drop Cookies, homemakers will
find it difficult to select a favor-
ite, just as the Sichler children,
Karen, Judy and Edmund, Jr.,
do.
PECAN BALLS
2 c. flour
1 c. margarine
2 Cc. pecans
4 T. granulated sugar
I t. salt
2 t. vanilla
Confectioner’s sugar
Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees.
Combine all ingredients, mix by
hand. Refrigerate for 30 min-
utes, then roll into 11% inch balls
and place on ungreased cookie
sheet. Bake 15 to 20 minutes,
until set but not brown. Let
stand one minute, roll while
warm in confectioner’s sugar.
GUMDROP COOKIES
1 c. shortening
1 ¢. brown sugar
1 c. white sugar
2 eggs
2 c. flour
1 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
Yt. selt
(See MEALS, page 12)
common since they are both
Penn State football fans and,
this fall, they attended a Penn
State game. Jared likes to play
football, soccer and baseball
and his favorite professional
football team is the Washington
Redskins.
Since Earl is a Dallas gradu-
ate and Jared is a Dallas stu-
dent, the two went to two Dallas
football games this year and, at
one of the games, Jared had the
opportunity of working in the
press box.
According to Johannes, him-
self a Big Brother, “There are
many separated or divorced
parents in the area with young