a 4 > 4 vi 7. 4 Ny = Vv a ER The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 20, 1989 5 Anderson Afield Business interests are newly silent on clean air bill By JOHN M. ANDERSON President Calvin Coolidge was a man of so few words that they nicknamed him “Silent Cal”. Con- sequently, when the poet, Dorothy Parker, was informed of his death she replied with a typical touch of cynicism, “How can they tell?” Be that as it may, he is remem- bered for his statement, “The busi- ness of America is business”. If Silent Cal were with us today, I wonder if he would make the same pronouncement. In the 1920's, when he was President, the aver- age businessman was aware that he needed air to breathe, water to drink, and food to eat. But he could not imagine that the quality and quantity of these necessities would ever be a matter of public concern. Certainly, no concern of = his. Alaska, in those days, was con- sidered a far-off wild wasteland of Eskimos and polar bears; hardly a place in which big business would ever be intensely interested. In the so-called “Roaring Twenties”, very few farms in America had electric- ity or indoor plumbing. Tractors were few and far between. Nearly all farm machinery, plows, mow- ing machines, and hayrakers were drawn by horses, referred to as “hay burners”. The horse and buggy were counted on to get from the farm to the village store. Silent Cal probably never dreamed that the Prime Minister of Canada would one day meet with Yo President of the United States a nd complain bitterly about acid rain, generated in the U.S. by combustion of fossil fuels such as coal and oil. Silent Cal probably never dreamed that a candidate for president would someday sol- emnly proclaim, “I am an environ- mentalist”. In the “Roaring Twen- ties”, whoever heard of a Clean Air Act? The fact remains that George Qoush did promise to be an “envi- ronmental” president. He did prom- ise to sign an effective clean air act. Unfortunately, his actions to date _ have not matched his rhetoric. The W proposed Clean Air Act does not come to grips with the cause of acid rain nor the “greenhouse ef- fect”. But perhaps a weak clean air act is better than none at all. Most environmentalists, accus- tomed to an outworn mantle of scarred hopes, are disappointed but not too surprised. After all, vigorous support for a strong Clean Air Act or Clean Water Act would arouse the animosity of the auto- motive industry, big oil, the giant utilities and the defense contrac- tors. In other words, a coalition which generally does as it pleases while the President, Congress, and taxpayers stand by helplessly. But what is this I hear from a friend in a big utility company? We take it for granted that those in the business of generating energy by fossil fuel combustion will lobby against any Clean Air Act, nomatter how weak. And you expect them to ride tandem with big oil, in opposi- tion to any efforts to reduce auto emissions. But according to my source, the parent utility company is in disar- ray. Their professional lobbyists have been told by top management to lay off! Don't lobby against the environment until further notice! How come? How can this be? Well, the best guess seems to be that Exxon's public relations in regard to the Valdez oil spill were as ineffective as their efforts to clean it up. Thousands of Exxon credit cards are apparently being returned. The Governor of Alaska is mad, the commerical and sport fishing industries are mad, mil- lions of bird watchers are mad, and membership in the Nationbal wildlife Federation, Natural Re- sources Defense Council, and National Audubon Society is grow- ing by leaps and bounds. According tomy source, the word is that they'd better not protest too loudly or they're apt to face a really effective Clean Air Act later on. As Shakespeare said, “Sweet are the uses of adversity; which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head”. Methinks I do hear the ghost of Silent Cal muttering, “The busi- ness of America is trying to survive the business of America”. John M. "Frosty" Anderson was Director of the Wildlife Department of the National Audobon Society Jrom 1966 until his retirement in 1987. New building dedicated at Gate of Heaven School Bishop Francis X. Dilorenzo, Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, blessed the new build- ing at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas Sunday as part of an open house ceremony. The new building, which is lo- cated adjacent to the existing facil- ity, is a one-story structure that will house nearly 100 sixth, sev- ~ enth and eighth grade students. Gate of Heaven changed its the craft room Custom Bridal Accessories Original and Creative Quality Workmanship ... at an affordable price! Headpieces Bouquets Centerpieces and 7d Favors We of We're not your ordinary i craft store! *d CALL FOR INFORMATION 675-1201 operation this year to interparo- chial status that includes not only Gate of Heaven Parish but also St. Therese’s, Shavertown; Our Lady of Victory, Harveys Lake; St. Frances Cabrini, Carverton, and Blessed Sacrament Mission, Cen- termoreland. There is a total of 380 students now attending the school, which graduated its first class of 22 stu- dents in 1955. By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Back Mountain residents are invited to attend special services September 24 to honor Rev. An- drew Pillarella, retiring pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church. There will be a special service at the church, Sunday, September 24, atll a.m., and a special pro- gram that same afternoon. The many residents of the community who have been touched by the friendly smile or voice of Rev. Pillarella during the past 27 years are welcome to at- tend these special services. Rev. Pillarella has served as pastor of Trinity Presbyterian for 27 years, since forming it in 1962. In 1962, Rev. Pillarella came to the local congregation from the Second Presbyterian Church in Pittston, to become the organizing pastor of the local church. At the time, Trinity was the first new church tobe organized in the Back Mountain area in 70 years. The first services of the local church were in the Dallas School gymnasium, in classrooms of the elementary school and in the Pil- larella home. In 1964, the church founders bought seven acres of land near the Dallas Township Elementary School and began building. Build- ing has continued through the years, and in 1980 the church added a new wing called the “Miracle Building.” Born in New York, the Pillarella family moved to Staten Island when Andrew was a youth. He was the son of Italian immigrant parents and the eldest of nine children; eight boys and one girl, Rose, who was the youngest. Andrew Pillarella was educated in the public schools and from the time he was eight years of age, he worked, first on a milk truck and later in a barber shop. He tried unsuccessfully to get a job in a vegetable store, but did get aroute as a paper boy. Rev. Pillarella’s family were devout Catholics and he was an alter boy, but he later left the church when he disagreed with Special services to honor Rev. Pillarella on retirement Rev. Andrew and Edith Pillarella He is retiring from Trinity Presbbyterian Church the priest. A best friend asked him to attend a youth meeting at a Presbyterian Church which young Andrew did. He was so impressed by the leader, a lady who later became his mother-in-law, that he joined the Sunday School and became very involved in the activities. The pastor of the church soon ap- pointed him secretary of the Sun- day School. Rev. Pillarella’s family supported him and he eventually joined the Presbyterian Church. Following graduation from high school, Rev. Pillarella worked in a bakery as a delivery boy and then for a New York Library Bookmo- bile. He attended Delahanty Insti- tute to become a New York fire- man. He married the daughter of the pastor of the Presbyterian church, Edith DeRogatis, February 21, 1941. Her father was Dr. Joseph S. DeRogatis of Our Saviour Pres- byterian Church, New York. Fol- lowing their marriage he worked as a milkman and was then drafted into the Service and spent 38 months in the 8th Army Air Corps as an M.P. in Germany. After the war, Pillarella attended Bloomfield College and Seminary. While in the seminary he served as a student pastor in Hackensack, N.J. and following graduation he was ordained by the New York Presbytery and called to serve in the Second Presbyterian Church in Pittston, where he remianed until he came to Dallas. Rev. Pillarella is well known in the area for his community in- volvement and has been active on the Mental Health/Mental Re- tarded Board and as a former presi- dent of the Mental Health Associa- tion. He is a former president of | the Wyoming Valley Council of Churches and a member and for- mer president of Dallas Rotary Club. He was active in the Boy Scout movement and recently received the Protestant Silver Cross for serv- ice to Boy Scouts. Rev. Pillarella is a member of the Back Mountain| Ministerium, Chaplain for the Irem| Temple Shrine and has been active in local school activities, especially those involving the students. He played a key role in all phases| | of the Lackawanna Presbytery,| having served on many committees and also acting as moderator of the Presbytery. Rev. Pillarella has been extremely active on the camp com- mittee of Camp Lackawanna, head- ing the campaign for the camp swimming pool and also aiding the purchase of the campsite at Vosburg. His wife, Edith, taught for many years at Wyoming Seminary and after retiring she assumed direc-| torship of the Trinity Nursery School. The Pillarellas have three daugh- ters, Elizabeth Joy Faerber, Dallas; Juliette Caryl Sgarlet, Dallas; and| Mary Eith, now in Tempe, Arizona. They also have four grandchildren, Kristen Faerber; Carl, Jr., Andrew| and Aime Sgarlet. Although Rev. Pillarella is retir- ing from the Trinity Presbyterian Church, he is not retiring from the work of the church. He will con-{ tinue to be a member of the Lacka- wanna Presytery and Pastor Emeri- tus of Trinity Presbyterian Church. The Pillarellas will continue to make their home in the community and hopefully remain active with the children in the community whom they love. Bad check scam reaches into five counties By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The arrest of Laurie Conrad, Springyville, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 14, by Dallas Township police for passing a fraudulent check in the amount of approximately $10 has resulted in a five-county investiga- tion involving 107 fraudulent checks passed by Conrad and several others. The investigation was first initi- ated August 24, when Conrad rented a VCR at National Video, Country Club Shopping Centerand paid for it with a check which proved to be bad. The VCR was never returned. Conrad was arrested and charged with the theft of leased property and passing bad checks = ofl ouUSe Fashions For Today's Woman 10+ £. Overbrook Ra. Shavertoin, PA \Teemortal hwy., dallas, pa. 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