Chatting with Charles Huston ‘and his wife, Jean in their ranch home on Woodcliffe Drive, New Goss Manor, Dallas, one would never imagine the important role he. plays in the smooth operatipn of ‘business as usual’ at ile Barre Campus of Penn State University. His congeniality and keen sense of humor coupled with his friendly informality belies his high degree of efficiency and dedication to his position as business manager at the local campus. Business manager is an understatement of his title; actually, he is business have these positions filled by several individuals, Charles W. Huston Jr. modestly wears the hats of all. He and his wife moved to the Back Mountain in the summer of 1969 when he accepted his present position with Penn State, and his popularity on campus and among residents in the area attests to his ability and warm personality. Formerly from Mount Union in Huntingdon County, Charles and Jean Huston have become very familiar with the local area—perhaps more so than many who have been here for years, for they spend a great many hours of their leisure time travelling the region’s secon- dary roads, exploring the countryside, and meeting new people. His qualifications for his posi- tion are deep-rooted for he has had more than 30 years in all phases of management. He is a graduate of Ford Mer- chandising School, Dearborn, Mich., and attended Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Huntingdon County, he served as a commissioner and first chairman of the housing authority there, active for approximately 18 years. He also served as chairman of the Mount Union Industrial. De- velopment Fund drive and of the United Fund Drive. Since moving to this area, his time is limited due to his campus responsibilities, but he has served as a volunteer with the Back Mountain Library Auction and the United Fund. His inherent ability for organi- zation and efficiency should not be overlooked by local com- munity and civic groups, for his contribution of ideas and effort tion. could prove most valuable. A bank director for 10 years, school director on local and county boards in former years, Charles Huston is also director and co-founder of a TV cable company. As a sideline, prior to and right after World War II, he became interested in, and built and operated an airport. He hold’s a pilot’s license and has over 1500 hours in the air flying civilian aircraft. He has flown his own plane over Canada, the eastern half of the United States, Arizona Desert country and the Rocky Mount- ains. The hours he has spent in commercial planes are too many to count for he has travelled by air to all parts of the country, and with the excep- tion of Alaska and Hawaii, has visited all of the United States. Interested in sports since his high school days when he was captain of the varsity football and basketball teams, Central Pennsylvania’s singles and doubles senior tennis champion, and senior golf champion, he still participates in some and is an enthusiastic spectator. Like most golfers, he manages to find time to get out when weather permits, or in Arizona when he and Jean visit there during a winter vacation. Arizona is one of the Hustons’ favorite vacation spots. They lived there at one time and have spent many winters there in past years. It was while living in Arizona hat their daughter, Valerie earned to ride horses Indian style, and it was also through heir experiences in Arizona hat the Hustons became inter- They have spent many hours 7isiting Indian reservations and 1ave thousands of slides they ave taken of Indian sites hroughout the country. Charlie Juston hopes in the near future ohave a commentary prepared 0 accompany the slides in der to present them to inter- ested groups. Jean shares his interest in travelling and photography, and they especially enjoy travelling to visit either their daughter, Valerie Huston Booher, who lives in Mount Union; or their son, Dr. C. Kerry Huston, bio-chemist, Modesto, Calif., who received his B.S., Masters’ and Docto- rate degrees from PSU. A new interest came into the ‘Hustons’ life recently when Heidi came to live with them and promptly took over the household. Heidi, who came by plane from California, a gift from their son, is a miniature dachsund. Mr. Huston is a member of the Civil Air Patrol of the U. S. Air Force, the Mount Union Masonic Lodge, Harrisburg and Altoona Consistory, Knights Templar Chapter and Comman- dery and Irem Temple. He is a former member of Lions, Elks, and the Chamber of Commerce, and in the near future hopes to find time enough to become an active member in groups in this area. Mrs. Huston visits the Back Mountain Library regularly and thinks it one of the finest she has seen. She is an avid reader and a crossword puzzle fan. The Hustons subscribe to the National Observer so Jean can work the crossword puzzle, while Mr. Huston enjoys read- ing the news. Tokeep abreast of new trends in college and university management, Charles Huston attends business management conferences and seminars in various parts of the country, as well as those scheduled at Penn State’s University Park Campus. He recently graduated from the College Business Manage- ment Institute at University of Kentucky and in his office is the certificate to show for the three summers he attended. In addition to his normal schedule of campus activities, most of his days during the past year have involved additional responsibilities due to the con- struction of the new classroom- laboratory building on campus which, when completed and fully equipped, will house one of the most modern and best equipped biological and science labs in this section of the coun- try. Completion schedules, job conferences, requisitioning equipment and furnishings, plus dozens of other projects crop- ping up, keep him on a very tight schedule. However, he is looking forward to the summer and completion of the campus tennis courts where he hopes to resume his tennis playing— perhaps not as ‘pro’ as in earlier years, but it will afford relaxa- tion and exercise. Charles Huston's greatest satisfaction, he told the Post, is that which he derives from con- tacts with students. ‘They are a women we have on campus,’ he said, “and I particularly enjoy working with them on our small but progressive and beautiful campus in Lehman.” aware of the fact, but the stu- dents at Wilkes-Barre Campus report that they enjoy having him around. He is not only a good manager, but they claim he has big shoulders when they need them. They say alright!” Richard Sheldon On Dean's List Pioneer Ave., Shavertown, was Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute for the 1972 fall semester. Mr. Sheldon is majoring in the field of pre-medicine. Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti- tute is a private, non-sectarian, coeducational institution of higher learning. It embraces schools of architecture, en- gineering, humanities and social sciences, management, and science along with a grad- uate school and several inter- disciplinary programs and divi- sions. Enrollment numbers ap- proximately 3,700 undergrad- uate and 1,200 graduate students from virtually all states and more than 53 foreign countries. Tel: 693-1628 $99.50 wun £1.00 $79.9 = g]0 Two Back Mountain seniors High : School, Kingston were among 19 young ladies who entertained over 200 guests at a formal dinner-dance at the Wilkes-Barre American Legion Home recently. Gloria Endrusick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Endru- sick, RD 1, Dallas wore a long- sleeve deep purple gown. A satin ‘print of lilac and green and yellow enhanced the skirt and sleeves. She was escorted by ‘Richard Kawalkewicz, Swoyersville. Rosemary McAndrew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank McAndrew, 68 Maplewood Ave., Dallas wore a formal- length : gown of pink peau de soie with mandarin collar, sleeves trimmed with imported embroidery of deep roses and green leaves. Her outfit was accented with = silver ac- cessories. She was escorted by Jerry Novak, Swoyersville. 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