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Leonard Pudim, Sweet
superintendent for
of Dallas, has received a safety
award for the superintendent
having compiled an outstanding
safety record for the year 1974,
for the firm.
The award was presented to
Mr. Pudim by James D. Burns,
safety director of the Keystone
Building Contractors Associa-
tion, at the 36th annual meeting
Contractors
held at the Hershey Convention
Center, Hershey, Nov. 8.
The Keystone Building Con-
tractors Association represents
over 400 contractors in 51 Penn-
sylvania counties, and is a
member of the Associated
General Contractors of
America, Inc., Washington D.C.
Mr. Pudim has been em-
ployed by Raymon R. Hedden &
Company for 14 years:
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1974.
The Galaxy C.B. Club held its
election meeting at Starbuck
Hall in West Wyoming.
The results of the club’s elec-
Slate to Open Nov. 21
The 40th Louden Hill Farm
dairy store in the jug milk
firm’sggk rapidly expanding
netwon® of convenient neigh-
borhood outlets in Northeastern
Pennsylvania will open at
Avoca, Nov. 21.
The new store will be located
on Main Street in Avoca, ac-
cording to Richard Alheidt,
Louden Hill Farm vice
president.
tions were as follows:
president: Hank Lyons Sr.;
* vice-president: Ed Starbuck;
secretary: Dorothy Roxby;
treasurer: Barbara Glowach;
board of directors: Fay
Williams, Hank Lyons Jr., John
Phillips; Elmer Fisher and
Hank Hann.
Andy Glowach was appointed
coriander of the Back Mountain
Area, E.S.C. Kenneth Hunter
was appointed deputy for the
Back Mountain Area.
Randy Woelf was welcomed
into the club as a new member.
Jon L. Stopay Christmas
candy is being sold by the club
members. Anyone wishing to
purchase Christmas candy may
contact Mrs. Edward Starbuck
before Dec. 1.
Reservations for the club’s
annual Christmas Party have to
be in by the December meeting.
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president of
First Eastern Bank; J. Donald
Pennsylvania Gas and Water
Company has notified its ‘‘in-
terruptible”’ customers there is
no natural gas available from
now through the end of March,
1975. The utility also stated it
was unable to determine at this
time if natural gas would be
available during the summer of
1975 to this group of customers.
According to Leslie M. Ward,
vice president, administration,
the situation has evolved for two
reasons. The first, projected
curtailments by Pennsylvania
Gas and Water Company pipe-
line suppliers since early Octob-
er have inereased substantially
above previous estimates. Sec-
ondly, the weather during Oct-
ober was much colder than
normal. The increased heating
load which occurred as a result
of cold weather resulted in
reduced injections into the
firm’s underground storage.
The inventory Nov. 1 was con-
siderably below that which had
been estimated earlier, result-
ing in less gas being available
for withdrawal from : storage
and delivery “through the im-
pending winter months.
Mr. Ward said available gas
through the end of March will
barely be sufficient to meet re-
quirements of firm customers.
He added, “It may even become
necessary to curtail deliveries
to firm industrial customers if
the winter is colder than normal
or if curtailments by our suppli-
ers are increased beyond curr-
ently projected levels.”
Mr. Ward suggested to the
“interruptible’’ customers to
check on alternate fuel supply
for the winter and attempt to
obtain sufficient fuel to carry
them through the entire winter.
Sensitive to the possibility
that ‘‘interruptible’” customers
may be faced with a plant shut-
down because of inability to ob-
tain sufficient alternate fuel, or
if there should be an equipment
breakdown. Mr. Ward warned
that they should not switch back
ing first called the company’s
gas dispatcher in Wilkes-Barre
and receive permission to do so.
He added, ‘We cannot give any
assurance ‘that permission will
be given to resume service in
the event of such an emergen-
cy.” He declared emergency
service will depend on the con-
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ditions of the sysem at the time
the request is made.
“Interruptible’” natural gas
customers were first advised of
the company’s supply situation
.in a letter issued Aug. 21.
During September and early
October, Pennsylvania Gas and
Water Company evaluated the
“interruptible’’ market re-
quirements in terms of critical
and non-critical applications
and human needs. A plan was
developed to meet these re-
quirements available for Octob-
er through March, 1975.
However, additional curtail-
ments since October from nat-
ural gas suppliers, colder
weather and gas storage inven-
tory, made it imperative for a
change of program. Early in
November - ‘‘interruptible”’
customers were notified of the
ation by telephone and later
by letter.
The close of the Friday busi-
ness day marked the merger of
Berwick National Bank and the
First National Bank of Eastern
Pennsylvania and a name
change for both banks to First
Eastern Bank, National
Association.
The former Berwick National
‘Bank and all personnel will
become a part of one of the
oldest national banks in the
country, with a national charter
number of 30 dating to the year
1865.
Total assets of First National
as’. of Sept. 30 were
$383,592,073.39, while Berwick
National reported total assets of
$22,734,568.29 at the end of the
third quarter, giving First
Eastern Bank, N.A. combined
assets in excess of $400 million.
Officers of the Berwick bank,
located in Berwick and Mifflin-
ville, will bring to 23 the number
of full service banking offices in
the First Eastern organization.
Offices are located in Columbia,
Luzerne and Monroe counties,
and extend from Bloomsburg to
Stroudsburg.
Attorney J. Arnold Crisman,
chairman of the board at Ber-
wick National, said that
“Friday, November 15, 1974
marks a great day in the history
of our bank. We look forward
with great enthusiasm to
becoming an integral part of the
First Eastern family while, at
the same time, maintaining our
Inspections Completed
Of Kingston Twp. Roads
Kingston Township manager
Michael Stanley reported that
the annual fall road inspection
was made Nov. 17 from 9:15
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. by the
three supervisors Ed Richards,
Willard Piatt and Ed Hall, and
roadmaster Robert Chamber-
lain and Mr. Stanley.
All township roads are in good
condition, Mr. Stanley said and
there are only a few places
which need patching The town-
ship has approximately 32 miles
of paved roads, and an inspec-
tion is made by the supervisors
twice a year.
high standard of service to our
customers and our commun-
ity.”
At the same time, Richard M.
Ross Jr., president of First
Eastern, officially welcomed
officers and employees of the
former Berwick National Bank
into the growing First Eastern
organization, and added: “We
look forward to providing the
same friendly and efficient ser-
vice at First Eastern Bank
which has made Berwick
National such a respected part
of the local business community
on that sound reputation and to
be a good and progressive
neighbor. here in Columbia
County as in the other areas we
serve.”
Thomas H. Kiley, chairman
of the board and chief executive
officer at First Eastern Bank,
National Association, com-
mented on the reasons behind
the name change: “While First
National Bank of Eastern
Pennsylvania was a distinctive
in a relatively confined area,
the new name will more ac-
curately describe the market-
ing area into which our bank is
expanding.”
It was pointed out that in most
instances, the bank’s name will
appear as First Eastern Bank,
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will make the bank’s offices
more readily indentifiable, offi-
cials report. x
“We have approximately 17
‘First National’ banks in our
marketing area,” Mr. Kiley
pointed out recently. ‘The new
name will be less confusing for
our many customers.”
The history of First Eastern
Bank, N.A. began with the esta- |
blishment of the National Bank-
ing System on February 25,
1863. President Lincoln signed
the bill as a solution to the |
cultural, economic and political = |
development of the country
during the troubled years of the
Civil War. ih
Soon afterward, a group of
prominent and public spirited
residents of Wilkes-Barre
executed “Articles of Associa-
tion” required under the Act,
dated April 24, 1863. % Hin
Thus began the history of a
bank which, over the following
111 years, merged with the
Second National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre, Sept. 13,1957; the
White Haven Savings Bank,
Jan. 3, 1964; the Conyngham
National Bank, April 1, 1966;
the First National Bank of
Bloomsburg, Oct. 31, 1967; the
First-Stroudsburg Nationa
Bank, Sept. 30, 1971, and, at the
close of business Nov. 15, the
Berwick National Bank.
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