Page 2 by Charlot Denmon 675-0419 Roy Elliott, Shavertown, owner of Hall’s Pharmacy, is a patient in the intensive care unit of Nesbitt Memorial Hospital recovering from a heart attack. Kathy Munnell, former Druid Hills resident, visited friends in the area while preparing for a winter vacation in Greece. Kathy is a senior at Gettysburg College. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Munnell, who moved from the area to Moscow. Mrs. Fred Eck, Lehigh Street, Obituaries J. EDGAR HALL J. Edgar Hall, 76, of 88 Tunk- hannock ‘Highway, Dallas Township, died in Wyoming Valley Hospital Sunday morn- ing at 10:20. He was a patient six days. . Born in Philadelphia, he lived in the Heights section and Laurel Run Borough before moving to Dallas Township member of Laurel Run Pri- mative Methodist Church and was head usher for many years. He was active in Laurel Run politics and served as council- man and school director. Surviving are his widow, the former Anna Kingston; child- ren, Edgar, Vienna, Va.; Eliza- beth George, Delray Beach, Fla.; Dorothy Smith, Levit- town; Lillian Sypniewski, Belts- ville, Md.; T-Sgt. William, serving with the Air Force in Thailand; 20 grandchildren, one great grandchild; sister, Sara Walton, Philadelphia. The funeral was held from the Balliet Funeral Home Wednes- day. Burial was in Nanticoke Cemetery. G. WAYNE KING G. Wayne King, 75, of Meeker Administration Hospital Sun- day night. resided in ‘the Back Mountain nearly his entire lif) He was 2 veteran of World War 1 and a past service officer of American Legion Post 672, Dallas. A building contractor, he was a member of Lehman United Methodist Church. Surviving are his widow, the former Mae Ruggles; sons, John, Chase, Md.; Roy, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Donald and Edwin, Kunkle; Richard, Mt. Zion; and Lyle, at home; daughter, Dorothy Wadas, Shavertown; 34 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren; sister, Ruth Nagle, Carbondale. The funeral was held Wednes- day from the Bronson Funeral Home. Interment was in Maple Grove Cemetery. ARMINDA WOOLBERT Armilda Woolbert, 86, of 71 Shaver Ave., Shavertown, died Monday morning at her home following an illness. Born Feb. 2, 1886 in Lehman, she had been a resident of Shavertown the past 60 years. She was the widow of Dorman A. Woolbert. Surviving are a daughter, Elda Shaver, at home; sons, W. A. Woolbert, Shavertown; Fred D. Woolbert, Forty Fort; Robert Woolbert, Baltimore, Md.; Joseph Walton’ Woolbert, Kingston; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The funeral was held Wednes- day from the Harold C. Snow- don Funeral Home. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. CATHERINE COLEMAN Catherine R. Coleman, RD 3, Dallas, died Monday morning in General Hospital, where she had been a patient for three weeks. Born Oct. 31, 1907 in Lee Park, Hanover Township, she was a member of the Glen View PM Church, Fernbrook. Mrs. Coleman was a former resident of Plymouth and Kingston. Prior to her illness, Mrs. Coleman was information clerk at General Hospital. . Surviving are her sons, Robert, Pottsville; James, Ogdensburg, N. J.; daughters, Mrs. Robert Wood, Fayette- ville; Mrs. Nicholas Susaruba, 12 grandchildren; sister, Rose Cooper, Wilkes- Barre. : The funeral was held Thur- sday (today) from M. S. Frederick and Sons Funeral Home. Burial was in Forty Fort Cemetery. Shavertown Shavertown, was appointed to the board of directors of Nesbitt Hospital at the board’s annual reorganization meeting recently. Mrs. Eck has been active in community activities in the Back Mountain and Wyoming Valley areas. Her husband Fred Eck, recently retired as vice president of the Northeastern National Bank and Trust Company. James Nixon, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Nixon, and now living with his wife in Ohio, spent two days recently recruiting men for the Proctor and Gamble Company from the Wilkes-Barre Campus of Penn State University. Mr. and Mrs. William Johnson and daughter Jacquie, Valley Forge; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johnson and son Ricky, Vestal, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Johnson and daughter Carol, Endicott, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Johnson and son Robbie, Waldorf, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Evans and children, Johnson City, N.Y., were recent guests at the wedding of Dean Johnson to Patricia . McDermott. Mr. Johnson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Johnson. The former Patricia McDermott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McDermott, Kingston. Mrs. Walter Powell, Chase- Hillside Road, has returned home after spending several weeks with relatives in Sarasota, Fla., and Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Chester Molley, 3 Lehigh St., Shavertown, is co-chairman | | of reservations with Mrs. Richard G: Raspen, for the annual-all-faculty covered dish dinner sponsored by the Wilkes College Faculty Women to be held Feb. 3 at 7 p.m. in the college dining room. Atty. James R. Anzalone, Shavertown, an assistant district ‘attorney for Luzerne County, has been named chairman of the Luzerne County Cancer Crusade for 1973. Fred W. Anderson Sr., N. Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, is still a patient in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital where he underwent surgery. Mr. An- derson is district magistrate for several Back Mountain fown- ships and his friends and associates extend best wishes for a speedy recovery. Jack Jones, Pioneer Avenue, Shavertown, has returned home from Jefferson Hospital, where he was a medical patient. Mr. Jones is coach of the Dallas Mountaineers football team. The Rev. Ray H. Hartman, recording secretary for field services of the Lutheran Council of U.S.A., was guest pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shavertown, last Sunday. The following members of St. Paul's Lutheran Church were elected to a three year term on the Council at the annual congregational meeting held Jan. 21 in the church social room: Mrs. Robert Voelker, Walter Gosart, Harry Davenport, and George Voorhees. by Charlot Denmon 675-0419 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Banks, Old Goss Manor, and Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Troup, Newberry Estates, have recently returned from a winter vacation in Jamaica. Dolores Burke, Gordon Avenue, has returned from Wilkes-Barre General Hospital where she was a recent medical patient. Mrs. Howard Johns, Church Street, entertained at a family gathering recently in honor of her father, Corey Major’s 77th birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Veith, 116 East Center Hill Rd., en- tertained at a family dinner recently in honor of the birthday anniversaries of Helen Veitch, Claude Street, and Dorothy Veitch, Church Street. Guests included the guests of honor, Wiley Veitch, Susan and David Veitch and the host and hostess. Mrs. William Parry, 71 Saginaw St., Dallas, is a medical patient in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Don Tappa, New Goss Manor, were guests of honor recently at a surprise dinner given by several of their close friends in honor of their 15th wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Maury, RD 1 Dallas, has returned from a tour of Williamsburg, Va. Ronald Seymour, Huntsville Street, Dallas, has returned home from Veterans Ad- ministration Hospital where he was ' a medical patient: for several weeks. Mrs. Elwood Meyers, Park Street, Dallas, is spending a winter vacation with her sister, Mrs. Leon Reisch, and' her brother Charles Searfoss, in Florida. Mrs. Walter Kozemchak, Overbrook Avenue, recently entertained her card club at her home. ; Edward J. Boltz Jr., 19 Gordon Ave., Dallas, was recently elected as president of Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Boltz who is married to the former Jane Morgan of Nanticoke, is the father of two children. He is a Church, Shavertown. He will assume his new position as president of the organization in March. Commonwealth Employe Retires William Weatherill, 211 Penn Street, Lee Park, will retire Feb. 1 after more than 30 years with Commonwealth Telephone Company. A native of Bloomsburg, he attended Bloomsburg Public Schools and was- graduated from Lime Ridge High School. Weatherill began his telephone career in 1942 as a repairman in the telephone repair shop. In 1947 he was transferred to the Central Of- fice Department as an engineer and installer. He served in that capacity until 1951 when he was appointed Supervisor of Central Office maintenance and in- stallation. His final promotion was to that of a staff manager in 1966 - with headquarters in Dallas. Mr. Weatherill was with the company during the transition from magneto telephones to the modern dial phone. He wit- nessed the growth of Com- monwealth Telephone from a company of 11,800 telephones to its present development of over 155,000 stations operating in 19 counties of Eastern Penn- sylvania. He is married to ‘the former The couple have a daughter, Mrs. John Sabol of Bethlehem, Graduate Studies Feb. 1 is the first day of grad- uate studies registration at College Misericordia for the spring semester, according to Sister Marianna RSM, director of graduate programs at the college. On Thursday and Friday, the Graduate Studies Office will be open from 3 to 8 p.m. to accept applicants for the three graduate courses being of- fered—‘ ‘Psychology of Art”, ‘‘Special Problems in Shakespeare’, and ‘‘Latin America Since Independence’. All courses are valued at three credits each with the cre- dits being issued by the Univer- sity of Scranton under the aus- pices of a cooperative program between the two institutions. Blue Laws Halt Sales at Store The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors notified Unclaimed Freight, Carverton Road, Trucksville by registered letter that it could no longer re- main open for sales on Sundays according to Pennsylvania Blue Laws. The letter was sent Jan. 12, 1973. The store was open Jan. 21 but only for ‘browsing.’ According to township secre- tary Michael Stanley, no action unless a traffic hazard occurs on the Carverton Road area. 1972 was an exciting year at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. according to the reports at the annual library meeting held last Thursday. Book circulation increased by 2,958, making a total circulation of 62,307 books. While there was an increased use in all of the schools served, the Lake- Lehman School District ac- counted for a 50 percent in- crease in the number of books borrowed by its students over the previous year, according to Thomas P. Garrity, Pole 89, Harveys Lake, will remain as part of the permanent teaching staff for King’s College real estate program, in its transition to. an associates degree program. The real estate program, in existence for eight years, has become well-established in the college’s curricular offerings. Although King’s will continue to offer the six courses leading toward the Pennsylvania State Real Estate Broker’s License, the new associate degree program will add a new dimension to the present of- ferings. . Mr. Garrity attended the University of Pennsylvania and West Virginia University. He has also successfully completed courses in real estate ap- praisals sponsored by the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and the Society of Real Estate Ap- praisers. He 1s qualified as an expert witness for real estate values in Luzerne County and in federal courts. He conducts his Lake Taxpayers To Meet Feb. 6 The taxpayers of Harveys Lake will meet Feb. 6 at the D. C. Roberts Fire Hall, Harveys Lake at 8 p.m. All questions concerning’ the Harveys ‘Lake be discussed. Albert Gulitus will preside. All taxpayers are wel- come. own real estate business and is a member of several professional real estate organizations. All courses in real estate are approved as three-unit segments of the total number of units required by the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of New Jersey as pre- State Real Estate License Examination. | Obituaries MARGARET STEWART Margaret Stewart, 88, of 1 Sunday in Good Samaritan Nursing Home, St. Petersburg, Fla. Born in Dallas, the former Margaret Jardine, she resided in Kingston before taking up residence in Forty Fort many years ago. Mrs. Stewart was a member of Forty Fort United Methodist Church and was a past president of the Breese Sunday School class. 7 Surviving are daughters, Mrs. Llewellyn Williams, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mae Hawk, Forty Fort; son, Urban Bald- win, N. Y.; nine grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. The funeral was held Thur- Hughes and Son Funeral Home. Interment was in Fern Knoll Cemetery. : PREAR Se Ry Sue Davern, librarian. Books borrowed by college students increased by 20 percent. Mrs. Davern noted that “with the shortage of library facilities inthe valley due to the flood, we were able to supply needed books to other areas on oc- casion.”’” Reporting on two new services begun last year, Mrs. Davern said: ‘Library service to the State Correctional In- stitution at Dallas was very well received. Between 90 and 100 books are picked up and returned every three weeks and members of the- Dallas Junior Club volunteer their services for this project.” Library service to shut-ins was also initiated with gratifying results, Mrs. Davern reported. The story hour for pre-school children under the direction of Mrs. Andrew Yencha and Mrs. John Sheehan continued to be an unusually successful program, filling a definite need in the community. Officers elected for the coming year were Homer Moyer, president; Dr. Craig Aicher, vice president; Mrs. THE WORD by F. Budd Schooley. M.D.. 4th Edition, over 1000 pictures and illustrations, history and philosophy, Wyoming Valley, Back Mountain and Endless Mountains. Available at Book and Card Mart. Wyoming His- torical and Geological Society, Wilkes-Barre, and at Nesbitt Hospital for Building Fund. Fred Howell, secretary; Ralph Lewis, treasurer. Newly elected board members are Clarke Bittner, Ralph Lewis and Atty. James Anzalone. ® The library has ap- proximately 5,789 ' active borrowers and an inventory of 36,646 books. 4 | = Sounds Of Music (Two Week Listing of Musical Happenings in The Valley) = ..Feb. 2-Concert, Badfinger’ in concert with ‘Amazing Blondel,’’ St. Joseph’s Auditorium, 5th & Laurel Streets, Hazleton, 8 p.m. Feb. 4-Concert presented by the Stegmaier Band, Center for the Per- forming Arts, Wilkes College, 8 p.m. Feb. 7-Concert presented by “Sinfonia da Camera,” conducted by Ferdinand Liva, Walsh Auditor- ium, College Misericordia, 8:30 p.m. Feb. 8-Concert presented by Flavio Varani, Brazilian Pianist, King’s College Auditorium, 8 p.m. Feb. 13-Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus, Talent Day, Penn State University, Wilkes-Barre Campus, Hayfield House, Lehman, 1m am. Feb. 17-instrumental & Dance Presentation, ““Tamburitzans’’ from Duquesne University, presented by Kiwanis Club of Nanticoke, John S. Fine High School Auditorium, Nanticoke, 8 p.m. : Feb. 17-Regional High School Drama Festival, Center for the Per- forming Arts, Wilkes College, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. For Publication of Your Musical Event Mail To YTURSH Wusie F 225 Wyoming Ave., Kingston Tel: 288-0152 Lr % Regular Super Saver Passbook available quarterly. RT TER TE TER NE TE HERE
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