AARNE CATS oe pion ATR dat msm ch. Sens Page 8 “The genuine interest of our neighbors, the warm welcome received when we moved to the Back Mountain, and our ever- increasing circle of friends, gives us the feeling we have lived in the area for years and years,” remarked Alan Adams as he sat in the cheerful living room of the Adams home in College Manor. “Grace and I tend to forget that we have been in this area since only 1969,” he told the Post. ‘‘The people are so friendly and our boys have adjusted to suburban living so well that we feel like true natives. We would never con- sider returning to a major metropolitan area.” As personnel officer with Girard Trust, Mr. Adams and his family had lived in Philadelphia for 19 years, having accepted a position with the Girard Trust immediately after he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1950 with a B.A. degree in economics. A native of Greenburg, a small community near Pitt- sburgh, Alan Adams graduated from high school and then enlisted in the Navy where he served four years as a member of the armed guard attached to merchant ships. He was discharged with the rank of ensign in 1946 and immediately enrolled as a student at the University of Pennsylvania. It was while he was at the university that he met his wife, the former Grace Montgomery of Philadelphia, and following graduation in 1950, they were married. While in Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Adams lived in a home which was 200 years old and had an historical background in- cluding visits by Lafayette and George Washington. It was only natural that this initiated an interest by the Adams’ in early Colonial furniture, and they have many beautiful and rare antique pieces tastefully arranged in their home. . They are antiques which for the ‘most part have been refinished by Alan Adams in what leisure time he has with the assistance of Grace. Alan Adams came to the Back Mountain when he accepted a position as vice president and personnel manager with the First National Bank of Eastern Pennsylvania, a move he is happy he made for he has found this area to have wide op- portunity for both self- development as well as growth and advancement of com- munities. Travis, Dallas High School graduate, Class of 1971, is a student at Wilkes College majoring in political science. While in high school he was a member of the chorus and is now active in college dramatic groups. Walt is presently a senior at Dallas High School and is a member of the school’s cooperative education program which enables him to work in the electronics field at Guyette’s while school. Paul is the athlete of the family and played defensive tackle on this year’s cham- pionship team. He is also a wrestler and a member of the track team...and at the other end of the line, he enjoys music and is a member of the high school chorus. In October of this year, Alan Adams was appointed vice president of bank management and manager of the Kingston branch of the bank. For the first time, after 22 years of banking, he now considers himself a banker rather than a specialist. The Kingston branch of the First National Bank of Eastern Pennsylvania was, like many other buildings, badly affected by the flood, but Mr. Adams told the Post that when it is com- pletely renovated it will be more beautiful than before and much better equipped to serve its many friends on the West Side. He foresees a great future for this area and he has great faith that Wyoming Valley will emerge from the Agnes disaster bigger and better than ever. Mr. Adams exudes enthusiasm and optimism when he speaks of the future, and it is easy to un- derstand why he has made so many new friends in such a short time. He is complemented by his charming wife, a tall, slender, light brunette who finds beauty and good in everything and everybody. Like all businessmen with responsible positions, Mr. Adams has a full and busy schedule—especially since the June flood and the added work in getting things back to nor- mal—but he does find time to spend with his family and to do his share in the community. The Adams family are members of Trinity United Presbyterian Church and Alan Adams is treasurer of Penn Mountains Council of Boy Scouts, an organization in which he played an active role for years. He is also a member. of the Westmoreland Club and the American Institute of Banking. While in Philadelphia, he served as president of the Philadelphia Chapter. During this past year, he served at the library auction under the chairmanship of Clarke Bittner. He is hopelessly addicted to reading - fiction, non-fiction, books, newspapers, magazines, anything in print. The favorite past-time of Alan and Grace Adams is to jump into their small sports car, follow at random the back roads of the area, search out old houses and antiques, pick up a rare piece of furniture or brass when they come upon it, and return home to restore it to its original beauty. The Adams collection of antique brass is a thing of beauty and one could spend hours listening to the stories Don’t take a chance on your news being left out of the paper. Send it in early attending | CALL 836-2151 $1.75 $1.75 fl $1.25 612-614 Main St. which go with the acquisition of each piece. Among the rare antiques refinished by Alan Adams are an old grandfather clock which stands in a place of honor in the livingroom; a 100 year old washstand, a hutch, a family heirloom high chair, and a beautiful desk. Alan Adams is one of those rare individuals—the man who has learned to design and make gowns for his wife, Grace. During the past few years he has found that designing and sewing has proved to be a change of pace from the in- tricate details of banking. That he is successful is evident in the gowns his wife has. He also designed and built two rooms of his home...as we mentioned, a bi-level section with five bedrooms and a large family room. Grace, too, is very active and is presently a teacher of the three year olds in the nursery school at Trinity United Presbyterian Church. She was also a member of the Philharmonic Society until it disbanded. She now belongs to a ceramic club and has com- pleted several beautiful pieces. Both Mr. and Mrs. Adams appreciate music and Mr. Adams plays the organ and, in former years, sang with a choral group. It is no wonder that Alan Adams expects the entire area Photo by Jim Kozemchak Jr. The Pennsylvania Committee on Smoking and the Health of Youth has announced that the week of Jan. 7 to 13 has been officially designated by Governor Shapp as Education on Smoking and Health Week in the Commonwealth. The committee, which each year spearheads the ob- servance of Smoking and Health Week, is a state-level to become bigger and better for interagency council that that is his philosophy—set a provides leadership and goal bigger and better than ever coordination in a statewide, before and work to attain it. year-round educational effort Tips from a Pro W.T. 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They are: to develop negative opinions and attitudes against smoking, particularly cigarette smoking, among elementary age children (second through sixth grades); and to develop a campaign emphasizing the adverse effects of smoking on the fetus during pregnancy aimed at 11th and 12th grade girls. A study reported in the winter, 1970, issue of ‘‘Penn- nearly half of the students who were going to smoke cigarettes by the time they graduated from high school were already doing so in the seventh grade. Because of this, the committee decided that smoking and health education, to be most effective, should be aimed at youngsters before they ‘begin experimenting = with tobacco. A report published in the World Health Organization Chronicle documented the adverse effects on the fetus when a mother smoked during pregnancy. Since many high school girls contemplate marriage, the committee feels that a knowledge of the effects by Mrs. Ray Kelly Edgar Engelman is spending the holidays at the homes of his daughters, Mrs. Robert McGovern and family, and Mrs. John Hansen, Canadaiqua, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Territo are spending the holiday with their daughter, Mrs. Walter Besteder and family, Wilming- ton, Del. The Noxen Volunteer Fire Company was called out to ex- tinguish a fire in the Free Methodist Church, Bowman's Creek. Fortunately, the fire was « discovered before it could cause much damage. The fire was re- ported by a man delivering an organ to the church. Mr. and Mrs. George Sayre are spending the holidays at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gross at New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Kern Dibble, Meshoppen, called on Jacob Miner last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Heisey, Hamburg, spent Thursday night at the Nathan Straleys. Christmas Day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Glaush Sr. was celebrated with a family dinner. Guests included their son, U.S.C.G. Chief Russel Price, his wife Mazie and child- ren; Marqueen and Randy, Merritt Island, Fla.; son, Frank Glaush Jr. and wife Pat, with their son Frankie III, Tunk- hannock; daughter, Irene Harris and husband Rich and children Cheryl, Ricky, Lori, of smoking during pregnancy is relevant to this group. Dr. Charles L. Leedham, chairman of the committee and director of the State Health Department’s Bureau of Educational Activities, urges all official and voluntary health agencies, schools, churches, Larry, Davy and Kimberly, community groups and con- Beaumont; Mary Kloran of Luzerne. cerned individuals to commit themselves to these priority goals ‘during Education on Smoking and Health Week to work throughout the coming year to develop educational programs to attain these goals. State governmental agencies participating in the week-long observance are the Penn- sylvania Departments of Health and Education and the Council for Human Services. Other involved state organizations include: Penn- sylvania Health Council Inc., Mrs. Welford Scouten enter- tained her sons, James and Robert, and their families, and Doris Wolfe of Kingston, at dinner Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. David Hopkins, Vienna, N.J. spent the weekend with her dad, Harry Siglin. Myrtle MacMillan and Joan spent Christmas at the home of her daughter, Mrs, George Jurista and family at Eaton- "ville. Mr. and Mrs. William Mac- Millan spent the holiday at the, Pennsylvania Heart home of Thelma Adams at Association, Pennsylvania Binghamton. — State Education Association, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Bean spent the holiday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Mervin American Cancer Society, Pennsylvania Tuberculosis and Respiratory: Diseases Kamenstein and family at Association, Pennsylvania Wycata, Minn. Nurses Association, Penn- sylvania State Association for Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bean spent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bean at Middle- town. Mr. and Mrs. George Ettiger, Montrose, spent the weekend with Mrs. Ettiger’s jgarents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Be Mr. and Mrs. Donaid Patton, Sheri and Luann of Kettering, Patton, Sayre, spent Christmas with the Franklin Pattons. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miller, Towanda, visited Joseph Hack- ling and son, Carl, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lane and Lee Ann, Lisa, Chris and Larry, Mays Landing, N.J., are spend- ing two weeks at the home of his Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jones and family, West Carthage, N.Y., spent Monday evening with his mother, Mrs. Albert Jones. : Mr. and Mrs. Harold Belles, Arlington, W. Va. spent several days with his brother, William Belles and family. Allen Downs, Barker, N.Y. called on the Harry Bigelows. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Girvan, Holton, Maine also visited them last Friday. ten Agnes Butler is still a patient at General Hospital. William Mexiwell is also a patient there. Claude Nulton still remains in critical condition in General Hospital after he suffered in- juries in an accident last Tues- day. Lo JE a Florida Sojourn For Miss Mack Elizabeth Mack, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mack, RD 1, Harveys Lake, is spend- Florida. She is accompanied by her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Angello Macario and cousins Patrice and Suzette Murphy of Wilkes-Barre. : The Noxen Elementary School in Lake-Lehman has a capacity for 198 students and does not include kindergarten. Situated on a 4.5 acre site, the building was built in 1919 and renovated in 1960’ ~ Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc., Pennsylvania Congress of Parents and Teachers, the Pennsylvania Council of Churches and.Penn- sylvania Medical Society. Tablets. WEEK'S Shrimp Dinner $49 Y npr ARES x Sa =
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