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| Elmore Turrell,
i and nine grandchildren.
THE DALLAS POST, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1961
Lumberman, Dies
Funeral Services Held
Monday In Allentown
Stricken with a heart attack
Wednesday evening after he and
his wife had returned to their home
in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from
attending a theatre in Palm Beach,
J. Elmore Turrell, 78, longtime
summer resident of Noxen, died the
following morning in a Fort Lauder-
dale Hospital.
Mr. Turrell was the father of
Robert Turrell owner of Shavertown
Lumber Company. He was a famili-
or figure in Wyoming Valley and
the Back Mountain Area where dur-
ing his young manhood he was as-
sociated with the Trexler & Turrell
Lumber Company at Noxen as gen-
eral manager,
Born May 3, 1883 at Sugar Run,
Bradford County, he was the son
of Rowena Horton Turrell and
James Henry Turrell, pioneer lum-
berman, whose interests extended
throughout the South Mountain and
Bowman's Creek areas.
‘Mr. Turrell was married October
10, 1910 to the former Anna Re-
becca Henninger of Allentown, a
niece of Mrs. G. K. Mosser, whose
husband was of the second genera-
tion to own and operate the J. K.
Mosser tannery at Noxen.
_ Throughout his lifetime, Mr. Tur-
rell maintained a deep affection for
the Bowman’s Creek country and
after moving to Wilkes-Barre a
number of years ago continued to
maintain the homestead nestled on
ing Trexler & Turrell Lumber Yards,
company store and blacksmith’s
shops once stood.
St. Luke's Lutheran Church of
Noxen and was a trustee of Penn-
sylvania Military College, Chester,
which he gave a dormitory.
He was a member of Westmore-
land Club of Wilkes-Barre and of
all Masonic bodies.
Funeral services,
afternoon in Allentown with Rey.
Wesley Kimm officiating, were at-
tended by' many of his former
friends from Noxen and Wyoming
Valley. Interment was in Fairview
Cemetery, Allentown. Pallbearers
were six cadets from Pennsylvania
Military College.
Beside his wife, he leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Mary Louise Hun-
singer, Zionsville; sons, James H.,
owner of Turrell Motor Company,
Tunkhannock; Robert M. Tunkhan-
nock, owner Shavertown Lumber
Co.; sister Anna E., Wilkes-Barre,
Mrs. Catherine Phipps
Suffers Fatal Stroke
Mrs. Catherine Phipps, 66, suffered
a stroke shortly after 9:30 p.m. Mon- |
day evening while watching tele- |
vision in the living room of her home
on Main Road, Dallas, and died with-
out regaining consciousness Tuesday
morning at 3, in Nesbitt Hospital.
Services are scheduled tomorrow
at 2 from the Bronson Funeral Home,
al will be in Wardan Cemetery. |
Friends may call this evening.
Mrs. Phipps had suffered no
health or warning symptoms,
ill
and
sons in Braille that she was taking
at the YWCA Tuesday morning
classes, enjoying her house plants
and her domestic duties. Last year
she had a completely successful
cataract operation, an experience
which sharpened her desire to do
something for the blind.
She ‘belonged to ‘Shavertown
Methodist Church and the Bereah
Bible Class, of which she had been
teacher and president at one time.
She was a member of Dallas Chapter
OES and of Calvary White Shrine,
Wilkes-Barre.
A native of Stull, where she lived
until ten years old, she was the
daughter of the late Thomas J. and
Minnie R. Rose Swainbank. Before
moving to Dallas fourteen years ago,
she had lived in Forty Fort and
Annapolis,
She is survived by her husband
Robert R.; three children: Robert,
Jr., Wilmington, Delaware; Mrs.
Marjorie Shewan, Sudbury, Mas.;
Thomas C., Mount Joy; four grand-
children; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Far-
mer, Scranton; five brothers;
Charles,, West Pittston; Theodore,
Dallas; Thomas, Kingston; Walter,
Perth Amboy, N. J.; Emerson, Little
Falls, N. Y.
Funeral Friday For
Harold L. Holmes
Harold Lewis Helmes, 55, Mt.
Zion, who died at General Hospital
late Tuesday afternoon, will be
buried tomorrow in Mt. Zion Ceme-
tery, following services conducted at
2 p. m. from the home by Rev.
William W. Reid, pastor of the Car-
verton Methodist Charge.
Mr, Holmes was a native of Mt.
Zion, returning to the area after
living in ‘West Pittston for seventeen
years. [He was educated in Mt. Zion
schools, and was a member of Mt.
Zion Methodist Church, He was a
| retired mine worker.
Survivors are: his mother, Mrs.
Lena Holmes, Mt. Zion; two daugh-
ters: Mrs. Lois LaPorte, West Pitts-
ton; and Mrs. Doris Gariston, Pitts-
ton; three sons: Richard, Mt. Zion;
Donald L., West Pittston; and Jack,
with the Army in Korea.
Friends may call tonight.
the hillside above where the thriv- |
He was a member and official of |’
from which he graduated and to |)
held Monday ||
Rev. Robert D. Yost officiating. Buri- 1]
was apparently in abounding good ||
health, enthusiastic about the les- |’
Girl Scout Troop 152
Celebrates Birthday
The Girl Scouts of troop 152,
Trucksville, held a tea recently , to
celebrate their third birthday. After
a flag ceremony, Charlyn Oatridge
and Jeri Jordan read the history of
the troop. A court of awards was
held and each girl received badges
due her.
Attending the tea were: Phyllis
Pettrs, neighborhood chairman, Mrs.
Thomas Conagham, Mrs. Frank Oat-
ridge, Mrs. Richard Hall, Mrs. John
Lester Jordan, Mr. Paul Smail, Mr.
Harold Jeffery. Leader Mrs. Harold
Jeffery, Asst. Mrs. Paul Smail.
The badges received were: Judy
Burns first-aid, second class, Col-
leen Conaghan first aid, journalist,
Roseann Hall first-aid, second class,
Cathy Martin first-aid, child care,
Charlyn Oatridge first-aid , Dotty
Philo first-aid, poultry raiser, Jeri
Jordan first-aid, Carol Jeffery first-
aid, dressmaking, home gardener,
Lorraine Smail first-aid, good groom-
and cat and dog.
On March 4th,the troop went on
a Heritage Hike. They visited Queen
Esthers’ Rock, Wyoming Monument,
then had an interesting tour through
the Wyoming Valley Historical In-
stitute in Wilkes-Barre, the subject
being Early American.
After enjoying lunch in the Penn-
sylvania Room of the Boston Store,
they returned home.
. i DALLAS, PENNSYLVANIA
On’ Sunday March 12th, the troop |
attended church in honor of Girl |
Scout Week. ! J
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Meets With Mrs. Bauman
Troop Committee of Girl Scout |
Troop 200 met recently at the home |
of Mrs. George Bauman, New Goss
Manor. Plans for future activities |
of the Troop were discussed. Re-
freshments were served to: Mrs. Jack
Barnes, Troop Leader, Mrs. H. W.
Rood, Mrs. Dolly Dierolf, Mrs. Oliver |
Rome, Mrs. John G. Konsavage and |
the hostess. |
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All members of the Troop will
join other Girl Scouts of the area |
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and attend a special showing of the |
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this Saturday. Several busses will | ogewone Ljenb jsoysiy jrejsur sn 37 &
transport the scouts to Scranton, | ONLLYIH
leaving from the Bank in Dallas. i
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Plans for a Father and Daughter |
dinner to be held April 15 at the | |
Dallas Methodist Church were dis- S1LYWNOLNY w'j'e
cussed.
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ter Tea will be held at the home of | IINIINT ANOI 140409
Mrs. Jack Barnes, Elmcrest Drive.
Troop 200 is engaged in making
favors and Easter novelties: to be
used on the trays of patients in the |
local hospitals over the holiday. |
Thule Air Base, Greenland, is |
equidittant between Washington |
and Moscow. A ct ; re semprmn ms _
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