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familycomes home
to burning house
The unhappy surprise of
coming home from a basketball
game and finding their home
ablaze was experienced by the
Charles Hoffecker family on the
night of Feb. 16.
Their residence at 55 Pioneer
Ave., Shavertown, was partially
burned by a fire which was
believed to have started in a
bedroom.
Three volunteer fire com-
panies quickly answered the
9:45 p.m. alarm. Shavertown
unit, under the direction of Fire
Chief Andrew Roan, responded
with 20 men and a pumper and
tanker. The Trucksville
Company also had 20 men and 2
pieces of equipment, as did the
Dr. Henry M. Laing Company,
Dallas. Robert Chamberlain
and Donald Shafer, chiefs,
directed their respective units.
By the time firefighters
arrived, flames were shooting
from bedroom windows, which
had exploded with the heat.
An older daughter was in the
house but escaped without in-
jury. However, a parrot, a gift
to the daughter two years ago,
was a victim of the blaze.
A neighbor, Howard Sproul,
was cut on the hand when he
attempted to help put the
flames out prior to the fire-
men’s arrival. Mr. Sproul was
taken in the Dallas Community
ambulance to Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital, where he was treated
and released.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoffecker and
their family are staying tem-
porarily with a neighbor,
Florence Hock, while they look
for a furnished apartment. Mrs.
Hoffecker said the family home
was not gutted, but that they
could not live there during the
time repair work is being done.
“We are happy no one was
hurt and that the family is in-
tact. Also, we are very appre-
ciative of the kindness of our
neighbor, Mrs. Hock,” Mrs.
Hoffecker declared.
Firemen said the fire was
tapped out by about 10 p.m., but
some volunteers remained at
the site to keep the one-story
frame dwelling hosed down.
The basketball game the
Hoffeckers attended was bet-
ween Dallas Senior High School
and Plains High School. ‘“‘Chip”’
Hoffecker is a member of the
local group, which won against
Plains.
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THE DALLAS POST, FEB. 25, 1971
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Merrill, at rear, and their children, left to
right, Fred, Brenda, Jane, and Larry, enjoy punch offered by
Judy Holko of the personnel department at the United Penn
Bank’s newly remodeled Main Office in Wilkes-Barre.
King's student government
to sponsor Pizza Benefit
The Student Government of The tickets may be redeemed
United Penn Bank Dallas gambler
nabbed earlier
has open house
United Penn Bank’s newly
' remodeled Main Office in
. Wilkes-Barre welcomed em-
. ployes of the financial insti-
. tution’s dozen offices for a tour
of the facilities marking a series
of open houses for personnel,
directors, stockholders and
. those who performed construc-
tion work over the past two
years. :
Among the employes on hand
was Mrs. Fred Merrill, a
member of the Proof and
Transit Department in the Main
Office, who resides with her
family at Sandy Beach section
of Harveys Lake.
Frank W. Anderson, chair-
man of the board, and William
J. Pack, president, United Penn
Bank, and both Back Mountain
residents, were on hand to
welcome visitors and bank
personnel.
The Dallas resident who was
arrested Feb. 6 by F.B.I. agents
as the alleged leader of a
gambling operation appeared in
Luzerne County court earlier
this year on two charges.
George Peter Delvecchio,
whose address is listed as
Valley View Drive, Shrine
Acres, Dallas, had charges filed
against him over two years ago.
Charges filed on Dec. 23, 1969,
were: (1) being concerned with
a lottery and (2) bookmaking.
State Trooper Eugene McGuire
was the prosecutor.
A Luzerne County grand jury
heard the charges against the
Back Mountain man Feb. 4,
1970.
On Jan. 29, 1971, Delvecchio,
also allegedly known as George
Julio, appeared before Judge
Peter Paul Olszewski, and
pleaded guilty. The case was
heard without a jury.
Judge Olszewski fined
Delvecchio $125 on each charge
and costs of $39 on each.
On the bookmaking charge, it
was noted that any contraband
confiscated should be destroyed
by the Pennsylvania State
Police.
Delvecchio was represented
by Atty. Mitchell Jenkins.
On Feb. 22, Delvecchio was
indicted by a Federal grand
jury on two counts in connection
with bookmaking.
The gambling operation,
which Delvecchio allegedly
heads, was reported to do a
$15,000 a day business—for a
total weekly take of $115,000.
Eleven others, who were
arrested along with Delvecchio
by FBI agents Feb. 6, were
indicted on charges of involve-
ment in an interstate gambling
operation.
at Pizza House by Pappas,
North Main Street, Wilkes-
Barre, on any one of four even-
ings beginning Feb. 24.
King’s College is sponsoring a
Pizza Benefit to aid victims of
Cerebral Palsey in Wyoming
Valley.
The monies raised by the sale
of tickets will be used to sup-
plement the cost of sending
members of the United Cere-
bral Palsy Group of Wyoming
Valley to the Fourth Annual C.
P. Convention to be held. in
Pittsburgh during May.
Members of the local group will
participate in a bowling tourna-
ment while at the convention.
1 FINE FIRS. ‘ee
Tickets for the benefit are Pa :
a £ Se r ny 295. -595.
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Three Back Mountain fire companies responded to a call for
o assistance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoffecker Feb.
16. Fire and smoke damage was extensive throughout the
dwelling.
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