TT. Tg < The week of Jan. 19 found the Owls and Falcons tied for the lead -in the St.- Paul’s Brotherhood League. The Falcons shut out last place evenly with the Hawks who are in third place 2» game behind the Tigers and Eagles. The Eagles picked up 3-2 points from the Tigers. P. Duda’s 203 (584) was high for the night followed by J. Brown with' 220 . (580). High singles were F. Lucas’ 213, R. Rudy’s 210, A. Whiting’s 212, F. Fondo’s 208, and P. Culp’s 203. Castle Inn men picked up 3 points from the Ranch Wagon five and Harris Associates did teams tied for the lead in the George Shupp League. Woodland Inn stayed in second by copping 3 points from Mahaffey Oil men. Boston Texaco took 3 from Yencha’s and Daring’s Market made it 3 over Fino’s Pharmacy. Highest series for the night's matches was F.Adams 255(596). P. Hospodar rolled 212 and S. Bonomo’s 224. Hitting the lanes 204, A. Wendel 206, J. Macilus Matte 211, J. Kelmel 234, B. Shalata 225; F.’ Boston 206, J. Merc 208, H. Haefele 210, A. Fox 203, L. Christensen 209, E. G. Doescher 200, ~The Ladies Country League its fourth week of Fashion Vending girls picking up 3 points from Joe’s Pizza to stay out in front four and a half The restaurant girls took 3-1» games from a strong G. H. Harris team and David Ertley five dropped everything to Daring’s Market. L. Cyphers knocked down pins to the tune of 196 (518) and E. Pisano scattered them for 191 (516). A. Matte. tumbled wood for 176 (476). Daring’s R. Gula hit the lanes for 193: and team mate C. Kretchmer posted 191. The Bucks are still in front in Offset Paperback League and tightened their lead by copping Wolves and Pintos are tied for second with the Wolves blanking the Cougars and the Pintos making it ‘3 over the Mustangs. The mighty Lions made progress by picking up 3 from the Camels and the busy Beavers took 3 from the Leopards. Dividing 2-2 were the Bears and the Colts, and the Panthers and Mavericks. J. Bicking rolled games of 174-170, P. Gordon hit 174, Lori M. posted 174 (487), and F. Stelma came through with 176. The male members of the league were headed by H. Rost’s 223 (590), G. Groff’s 223 C. Nafus found the pocket in his final game for 212. C. Gordon 220, and’ Bill R. walloped the pins in his first game for 233. Hurst Supplies took over the _ The initial step in the 1973 was taken during the week when the division leaders and team captains of this year’s drive met to discuss plans for named and have indicated that they will accept assignments as 1973 appeal: Division leaders—Edward Boltz, Chuck Robbins, Robert Clifford Melberger, Tom Peeler, Joseph J. Savitz, Eugene Roth, Thomas = Shel- ~ burne, Gilbert Tough and Frank 4 Townend: Team captains—Forrest Bromfield, Gifford Cappellini, Ralph B. Rozelle, Carl Zool- Frear Scovell, Carl Urbanski, spon, - Earl Macarty, John Sheehan, George Stozenski, Nick Ametrano, John Dahne, Rick Geisinger, Charles Golden and Rick Ross; Crosby, Henry DePolo, Charles Hardwick, Arthur Herschen- feld, Robert L. Jones, Harry Hiscox, Leo Namey, Roman Rubinstein, Lee Vincent, Nor- man Cross, E. B. Mulligan, Edmund Poggi, Harold Rose, William Smulowitz; Also, John M. Coon, Frank M. Henry, Richard Hogoboom, Horace Kramer, Joseph Slamon, Samuel Wolfe, Charles Abate, Richard Demmy, Robert Eastwood, Glenn Gooch, Elmer Klimchak, Harold Rosenn, Ben Badman, Noel Caverly, Walter Fox and Herbert Morris. A black woman is among the 154 cadets who began a six ‘month training program at the in Hershey last Marianna, Washington County, is one of the 12 women in the class. This racially and sexually mixed class also includes 14 black men and one Spanish Miss Dorsey is the first black woman to be accepted as a Cadet. When she and the other female cadets graduate July 6 ‘troopers who graduated from the Academy last July and are ‘now performing regular police duties at various installations around the State. ‘The cadets, male and female, educational classes. The six month training program covers all phases of police work and £ sociology, psychology, English com- position and speech. Col. James D. Barger, state police commissioner, com- “Charles H. Kupstas, 133 to be named to the A first semester. To qualify for this honor, a mented on the make-up of the incoming cadet class: ‘‘This class will have the largest number of minority group members of any to date. State Police efforts to recruit minority group members: have not been as successful as we would like. These efforts will be stepped up and we will be calling on black community and business leaders to help us attract qualified black ap- plicants. ‘We are now in the process of establishing counseling groups which can help us locate those who are qualified and genuinely interested in becoming Penn- sylvania State Troopers. We are also standardizing minimum height requirement for future male and female appointees at 5’6’’. This change is being made in'the interest of equality, Prior to this stan- dardization the minimum height for men was 5’8”’ and for of the couseling groups and our regular recruiting efforts are in keeping with Governor Shapp’s affirmative action program. lead in the Industrial League by shutting - out -Mahaffey No. 2. Kunkle Motors grabbed 3 points from Summit Hill and Mahaffey Market. Jack Winters dropped 3 points to Boston Texaco. : R. Mocium’s blistering 209- 222 (612) was tops for the night. Stroop came through with 201 and G. Doescher eked out an even 200. Carverton A men blanked Trucksville’A to keep their first place spot in the Back Mountain took all from Orange A to stay in second, two and one half points behind. Dallas B shut out Shavertown A and Trucksville B did the same to East Dallas. The Lutherans started to climb upwards by picking up 4 from Orange B. Carvertown B copped 3 points from Trucksville C and Shavertown C took 3 from Shavertown B. Dave Zimmerman scorched the lanes with a walloping 225- 214 (623), high man for the night. Breaking the 200’s were B. Pratt 213, Wally 213, Morgan 210, K. Sickler 203, H. Spare 202, and Smith 202. Dallas Finance men lead by Neighborhood ‘League just ahead of Brothers Four and Roth Novelty tied for .second. the smorgasbord men and the novelty dealer five shut out Konefal’s despite J. Roan’s 200. J. Yenalevitch rolled 201 to pace Offset Paperback in a 3 point win over Henry's Jewelry. D. Eddy’s 201 (572) led Disque’s men in a 3 point victory over Payne Printery. Giving him help was S. Bonomo’s 202 (561) and -R. Bonomo’s 204. The printers had Mike Jr.’s 201 (573) Konefal’s Restaurant League the Cowboys and the Chiefs dropping all to-the Rams. In the Commonwealth Telephone Women’s League, Theresa rolled 179 (494) and able to take only 1 point from the Spitfires. The VIP’s picked up 3 from the Ding-A-Lings. ‘Tom Reese girls shut out Boyd White maids to take a 7-1 lead in the Bowlerette League. Duke Isaacs five shut out Trucksville Pharmacy to keep second place. F. Dierolf scat- and S. Riegel rolled 199 (495). L. Cyphers made pins fly for 199 (497) and C. Pettit tumbled them for 193 (476). Shavertown Lumber con- Major League by picking up 3 points from Automatic Cigarette Service. . Hasay Chevrolet took 21 from Dallas = Shopping Center grabbed 3 points from Wesley Gulf to place in a four-way tie with Automatic Cigarette, Dallas Post dropped 3 points to Elby’s to remain on the bottom." K. Orkwiss was big gun for the night blasting pins for 221- 209 (610). N. Stredny was no slouch with 208 (592) and B. Picking made a good showing with his 202 (576). G. Harris knocked them down for 211 (586) and D. Purvin put up 210 (583). J. Lightcap had a 575 series. P. Hospodar helped his team to the tune of 203 and H. Bennett managed an even 200. Dallas Dairy took over the lead in the Imperialette League by earning 3 from Apex Used Auto Parts. Don’s Citgo shut out Lombardo Bakery and O’Malia Laundry did the same to Fairview Shoe Store girls. Goodman Florist and Ralph Fitch & Sons divided evenly. Goodman’s G. Pomrinke hit the lanes for 186° (492) and Fitch’s B. Bonning had 170 (467). Citgo’s M. Smith scored 172 (487) and her opponent Lombardo’s J. Bicking: rolled 180 (480). The dairy girly S. Riegel posted 171 (470). SEE THE WINDSOR AND MANY OTHERS LOW DOWN PAYMENT SRL Acme Markets Inec., Philadel- phia, today announced record sales and an operating profit for “the 13 week quarter ended Dec. 30, 1972, following two quarters of unprofitable operation. Third quarter sales rose to $529,384,940 from = $473,999,527 for the like period a year ago, an 11.7 percent increase. Earnings “for the third quarter were $2,054,229 or 59 cents per share, down from $2,631,131 or 76 cents per share in the comparable period last year, adjusted for a _ two percent stock dividend paid substantially up from the first quarter loss from operations of 14 cents per share and the tions of 40 certs per share. Sales of $1,492,617,604 for the were up 8.1 percent over the $1,380,319,368 for the same period of the previous year. Earnings for the 39 week period before an extraordinary charge of $1,900,000 were $184,114 or five cents per share compared with earnings of $8,969,825 or $2.58 per share for the like period the previous year, ad- justed for a two percent stock dividend paid in March, 1972. The extraordinary charge re- sulted from a provision for esti- mated loss, net of taxes, arising from the flood damage caused by tropical storm. Agnes. The loss after this extraordinary /per share. The current 39 week figures include a 14 cents per share investment tax credit. This credit was eight cents per share in the comparable period last year: At the board. of directors meeting held today, the direc- tors declared a quarterly divi- dend of 25 cents per share pay- able on March 31 to stockhold- ers of record on March 2. The directors decided to omit a THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY THE PUBLISHER stock dividend, This decision was made at a time of intense competitive pressures and un- certainties as to the impact of increases in the cost of food items purchased for resale, wages and other operating ex- penses, while retail food con- cerns remain under Phase III governmental controls. In commenting on the im- provement in operating results over the first two quarters of the year, John R. Park, Acme pre- sident, said, able customer response to our discount merchandising pro- grams has been encouraging. Vigorous efforts have -been made to control expenses, and the - future potential of each store in the entire Company is under scrutiny to determine its ability: to contribute to the pro- fitability of the Company. At current wage and price levels, the customer a greater variety of products, including general merchandise, are the type. of operation on which future growth must be based. With a large number of these stores now in operation, and plans calling for 15 to be added before the end of this fiscal year and 65 in the next fiscal year, we will have the proper facilities to continue to attract and serve more customers,” Mr. Park concluded. ja Acme Markets’ common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Philadel- phia-Baltimore-Washington Exchange. Per share earnings for the current period are based on 3,487,308 average shares out- standing; in the comparable period last year there were 3,413,708 average shares out- standing. ALSAINT ANIA THE PIPE BOWL The Pipe Smokers Delight Expert Pipe Repairs Lewis & Duncan Sporting Goods Narrows Shopping Center BAIR TRI RII INI ANSI 75¢ QUAR] PHONE 824-1019 FREE PARKING . John S. Pavidson. a retired vice president of the Penn- sylvania Power & Light Co. and long-time business and civic chairman of major gifts for this year’s ‘Auction 44,” the annual on-the-air fund-raising effort by WVIA-TV Channel 44. Mr. Davidson, who has served Channel 44 as chairman of the board and in other development programs .by the community- direct solicitation of major merchandise and other gifts donated to. WVIA by regional business, industry and in- dividuals. ie ; As major gifts chairman, Mr. Davidsen will have area chairmen in key communities.to assist in the gathering of major auction to originate from the Broadcasting Center near Pittston. These are chairmen include: John Gibson III, Scranton; Annual Reunion Preparations for. the 17th Annual Officer Alumni Dinner for the present and former officers of the 109th Field Ar- progress. The banquet and reunion will be held Feb. 17 in the 109th Artillery Armory, with ‘Captain Nicholas: R. Keller, chairman of the affair. CW4 John E. McAndrew, reser- vations chairman, reports that the alumni officers of the 109th Artillery are responding very favorably and this year’s banquet and reunion will probably be more successful than those of former years. The principal speaker for this years Alumni Banquet will be Commanding Officer of the Tobyhanna Army Depot. Captain Keller states that all committee heads are making fine progress in coordinating all of the necessary. arrangements to make this years banquet the most successful to date. CW4 McAndrew requests that any former officer of the 109th Artillery or 967th Armored Field Artillery Battalion who has not received an invitation, to contact him at. the Headquarters of the 109th Field Artillery "in the armory by calling 288-6641. : ‘Subscribe To The Post Showroom Hours » 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, Telephone - 654-9508 933 Wyoming Ave., W. Pittston Traditional. .. Cortemporary . . . Modern. Many with matching fabrics. .vit-yourself—or have us do it for you. mee PAINTING Poona workmanship guaranteed. HOMES ,, + APARTMENTS. Estimates by appcintment ence JRAPERIES CUSTOM WORKROOM SERVICE. * concn GARPETING Color coordinated for every room in your home, 2% CAMEO PAINTING AND DECORATING CO. * Jerome M. Postupack; Proprietor William Butler Jr., Hazleton; Paul Cadden, Pittston; George Stozenski, Wilkes-Barre; Carl S. Driscoll, Williamsport; the Rev. Philip Jones, Milton, and Stuart Straub, Berwick, co- chairmen of the Central- Susquehanna Area; Dr. George Tier . counties. With the ex- ception of Mr. Stozenski, all area chairmen are current 44 board members. Adele Schwarz,. coordinator for the 1973 ‘Auction 44’’ which last year raised nearly $50,000 during the six nights of telecasting, said Mr. Davidson accepted major gifts chair- manship because of his long interest and support of educational and public TV as offered in Northeastern Penn- sylvania by Channel 44. Mr. Davidson had 40 years of executive service in the electric utility business before his early . retirement from the PP&L Dec. 31, 1970, as vice president of the Northeast - Division, which consisted of six former divisions of the company comprising a total of 40 percent of the com- pany’s territory and customer operations, as well as employes. manager. He also served in Hazleton and Harrisburg. ‘When . Davidson sident of the PP&L in 1957, was named vice p Division. The ‘Auction 44°’ major gifts chairman was chairman of the which surpassed the goal by $156,000. He was. also general chairman of the Lackawanna Scranton - Chamber of Com- merce and ‘Development Council of Nor- theastern Pennsylvania; director of the Northeastern National Bank & Trust Co; Serantori, and holder of the Americanism Award from B'rith. . He served in various capacities in the federal Selective Service and was cited by the late President Truman. He has an honorary degree of Mr. Davidson and. his wife reside in Waverly. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has granted several tariff revisions to Commonwealth Company effective Jan. 21 which will result in a net reduc- tion in company revenues of The rate revisions announced by William Shaner, marketing manager ‘for Commonwealth, include the following: elimina- tion of the Toll message charges between Towanda and New Albany, and Towanda and Troy; and a reduction of On Premise extension mileage charges. a revenue : decrdase for the Company of $107,000. Rate revisions. also announc- ed included changes in the non- recurring charges amounting to $92.000 and certain revisions to local service rates in New Albany and Troy amounting to $7,000. These two rate increases These two pe result in venue to Commonwealth. The total tariff package. therefore, reflects a reduction of revenue to the. company of nearly $8,000. These rates are effective for all 18 Eastern Pennsylvania wealth Telephone Company. ow FOR. A cALLYE EsTIMAT TE \ Pole 109 most daring Fiberglas , rotting, - Harveys Lake, Pa. Dan R. Hanson 639-1794 PIO; Boxatyr | lL ‘Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18701 ‘Monday thru Friday Brought to you by Golden ‘Business Machines : “Phones: (ACTIT) 1822-6108 735-0730 TH Fn bd rat op ud bed TOPS ON Pe CY Ppa pay A
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