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Edmund P. Davis,
operator of nine Burger
King Restaurants in the
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre
area, has been selected as
one of the nation’s 10 best
franchise operators by
Burger King Corporation.
The ‘‘Operations
Kxcellence’’ honor is
presented to franchisees
who best maintain Burger
King standards for high
quality food, speed of
service, restaurant
cleanliness and pleasant
atmosphere, courtesy
towards customers and
overall management
techniques.
The first Burger King in
the area was opened by
Davis in 1967 at Kingston.
Over: the 12 years,
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Scranton, Shavertown,
Pittston, Eynon, Dun-
more, Clarks Summit and
the two in Wilkes-Barre
were added comprising
the total of nine.
Davis has served six
years on the advisory
board to Burger King
Corporation and is an
original member of the
Burger King Licensee
Educational Group of
selected Burger King
Licensees.
“It’s gratifying that
Ed’s day-to-day interest
in his business and
community provide
lasting benefit for
customers, neighbors and
friends’’, said Burger
King Corporation co-
founder James
MacLamore, who
presented this highest
honor to Davis at the
company’s recent bien-
nial business develop-
ment conference in San
Francisco.
A native of Taylor,
Davis lives in Dallas with
his wife, Ruth. They have
two daughters, = Kim
Richards, Dallas; and
Pam Willitam's,
Downington. They also
have three grandchildren.
Davis graduated from
Taylor High School and
attended the University of
Scranton. © Prior to
opening the first Burger
King at Kingston, he was
sales manager for Josten,
Inc.
He is a member of
LEG, Licensee
Educational Group, a
select group of multi-unit
Burger King operators.
Membership in the
organization is by in-
vitation only. There are
only 20 members from
California to Alaska to
Maine, representing
about eight percent of
Burger King’s business.
His brother-in-law,
William Powell, is
associated with him in the
restaurants.
Under Davis direction
there are close to 500
employees, many of them
from the Back Mountain
area. Managers ‘of. the
restaurants are all local
and hoses.
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check all
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customers.”
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people. Some of the
employees joined the
Burger King staff when
they were in high school
and have risen through
the ranks to executive
positions.
The local Burger Kings
promote from within their
employees not from the
outside.
The multi-unit
restaurants occupy much
of Davis’ time but: when
‘he does have leisure time.
he enjoys music of all
kinds. He is a talented
musician and plays the
organ.
He does a lot of reading
much of it related to the
food business.
He meets four times
annually with operators of
The Slocum Insurance
Agency, Inc., 575
Memorial Highway,
Dallas recently an-
nounced the appointment
of Brett B. Slocum to vice-
president of the cor-
poration.
Slocum joined the in-
dependent insurance firm
in 1976 as an agent and
will be responsible for
sales of all forms of in-
surance, specializing in
life and accident and
health insurance.
He is a graduate of the
Dallas Area School
District, attended Juniata
College, Huntingdon, Pa.,
and completed a number
of insurance training
courses. He is a member
of the Dallas United
Methodist Church, an
active member of the
Dallas Fire Department,
is a member of
George M. Dallas Lodge
531 F.&A.M.
Slocum resides at 134
Lehman Avenue in Dallas
with his wife, the former
Susan Lloyd of Dallas,
Robert W. Brown, a
resident of Dallas and a
vice president and senior
consumer loan officer at
First Eastern Bank, has
been named to the
National Advisory
Council of United Student
Aid © Funds, ' Inc. of
Indianapolis, Ind. The
organization is affiliated
with the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation of
Princeton, N.J. and
provides financial
assistance to medical
students.
Brown will serve a
three-year term on the
Council, which is com-
and daughter, Jaime
Leigh.
posed of outstanding
university and college
financial officers, lending
institution offiers, state
government officials and
leading citizens.
He and his wife, Marj,
are the parents of two
children. Dr. Robert
Brown is director of the
Kingston Family Practice
and a daughter, Shirley
Breymeier, is a special
“education teacher in the
Luzerne County Inter-
mediate Unit. The Browns
also have two grand-
children.
Dr. Patrick DeGennaro
has heen appointed co:
director of Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital's
The recent announcement
was made by Thomas P.
Saxton, president and
administrator and co-
director Dr. Stephen
Wartella.
The board-certified
radiologist is a graduate
of King’s College and
Strich School of Medicine
of Loyola University in
Chicago. He completed
his residency at Geisinger
Medical Center and
trained in special
procedure radiology at
the University of Pitt
Back Mountain
residents anxious to get
away from the cold
weather are invited to join
the Back Mountain Senior
Travelers on a 10-day
vacation in Florida.
The trip will be made by
bus = which will stop
overnight to and from
Florida at Fayetteville,
N.C. The travelers will
stay at Lakeland, Fla. for
seven nights.
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While in Florida daily
trips have been planned to
Silver Springs, Sunken
Gardens in St. Peter-
sburg, Disney World, and
to Lake Wales to see the
Black Hills Passion Play
featuring Josef Meier,
world famous Christus
portrayer.
For further in-
formation, persons may
call 639-5335 or 639-5208.
sburgh.
After interning and
serving a surgical
residency at Wilkes-Barre
General, he opened a
family practice in the
Pittston area. During
subsequent service in the
U.S. Army he attained the
rank of captain and
served overseas as an
orthopedic surgeon.
Dr. DeGennaro has
experience and training in
not only general
radiology, but
angiography, arthogr-
aphy, encephalography,
tomography, nuclear
medicine, radiation
therapy, lymphangiog-
raphy, laryngography
and broncography.
Lois Gavigan, he and his
wife are the parents of
fivbe children and reside
in Shavertown.
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other Burger King
Restaurants in various
sections of the country.
These operators discuss
common problems as well
as current trends in the
business.
Davis ‘usually is ac-
business. sessions, they
combine several days of °
pleasure with ‘business.
The L.E.G. members
meet with the president of
the Burger King Corp.
once annually at which
time they serve “as an
advisory board to thegs
executive. ‘w
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