Maltby Colliery
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The former Maltby
Colliery and Breaker was
located between Owen
and Dennison Streets on
the back road in Swoyers-
ville. This was one of the
best kept breaker and
colliery yards around
these parts in the late
twenties and early thir-
ties. Mules and the steam
shovel can be seen in the
photo.
St. Patrick’s Day was a
big day at the colliery as
the workers would bring
up the mules from the
mines. They painted the
mules green for the
celebration.
The small lokies are
missing from this photo
but the following informa-
tion was given by the well
known photographer and
historian of Swoyersville,
ul Bieley from the
“w“Atlas of Luzerne County,
Pa.,” from actual Sur-
veys of D.G. Beers, 1873,
Engineers of Luzerne and
Lackawanna Counties.
Maltby Mines through
Lackawanna Ave., along
the creek where Joh
Dzurek lives on Townend
Ave., over Noyes Ave.
which was then Walnut
St., going over Wade St. to
Park Ave. across Maltby
Ave. to the Bloomsburg-
Lackawanna Railroad
between Owen and
Dennison Streets in Forty
Fort.
The coal was hauled
from the Maltby Mines to
the Maltby breaker. The
coal was mined at the
Maltby Mines which was
the present breaker until
its demolition. Before it
Coal Company, it was
Houghton and Wilmer
Coal Co. and later was
taken over by C.S.
Maltby, Pioneeer and it
was called Maltyb Mines.
After a few years,
the Lehigh Valley Coal
Co. and it became the
Lehigh Valley Coal Co.
Preparations were made
to make one breaker.
Workings were then
abandoned on Wyoming
Ave. and the lokie tracks.
After the breaker was
built, it went back to the
old name of Maltby
Colliery, which was then
the largest in the
Anthracite Region.
‘Farther north, still on
the Back Road, at a point
of Kozlek’s Sand Pit was
years.
MR. AND MRS.
RAYMOND PODSKOCH
of 1031 Main Street,
Swoyersville will cele-
brate their 25th wedding
anniversary this coming
Tuesday. They were
married on June 1, 1957 by
Rev. Clement J. Pod-
skoch, CFC, cousin of Mr.
Podskoch, at St. John’s
Church in Luzerne.
Mrs. Podskoch is the
former Bernardine
late Mr. and Mrs. John
Spirko of Swoyersville.
Podskoch is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Pod-
skoch, also of Swoyer-
sville.
Their attendants were
Anita Spirko Rakus,
Ralph Kudela, Dolores
Spirko Saduski, Edward
Begosh, Patricia Sobeck
Nowicki, Raymond
Chimock, Rose Cocci Uter
and Robert O’Donnell.
Starosta and Starosti
were Mary Scripp and
Martin Podskoch Jr.
The Podskoches are the
parents of three children,
Margaret who was
recently married to
Thomas Semanek Jr. on
May 22; Marlene and
Raymond Jr.
Mr. Podskoch is a vice
president of the United
Penn Bank and is the
West Side Regional
manager which takes in
Kingston, Forty Fort and
Dallas Branches.
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MR. AND MRS. JOHN
“ROCKY”
NAWROCKI
the Fuller Shaft that
became a working of the
Lehigh Valley Coal. Co.
Here the coal was dumped
from a tipple into a
gondola, (coal car) and
brought to Maltby
Colliery. The excess
Wetmoreland Colliery in
West Wyoming located off
Fairview St. The ad-
ditional coal from
Westmoreland Colliery
was sent to the Exeter
Colliery located on Penn
Street.
The three collieries,
Maltby, Fuller Shaft and
Boy Scout Troop 144,
Rawhide Patrol, spon-
sored by St. Mary's
Church, Swoyersville
attended the Spring
Camporee at Moon Lake
sponsored by Mountain
Pathfinder District,
Penns Mountain Council,
Boy Scouts of‘ America.
Scouts campout in tents
and increase their
camping skills and
scouting knowledge in
preparation for summer
camp at Camp Acahela.
Rawhide Patrol
members are the
youngest scouts in Troop
144. Robert Coniglio is
Senior Patrol Leader,
Michael Hanusin is Patrol
Leader, and David Sch-
wenk is Assistant Patrol
Leader. Other scouts
participating were Rocky
Jones, Robert Krull and
James Brennan. Scout-
master is Russ Jones and
Scouting Coordinator is
Bill Coniglio.
Rawhide Patrol par-
ticipated in eight compe-
titive events and were
awarded first place for
first aid skills; first place
for trail signs and second
place for knot tying. They
also received a partici-
pation award and a
winning: unit award for
Scout Enrollment in 1981.
Nineteen patrols com-
peted in the event.
Rawhide Patrol also
joined in a Good-Turn
Conservation Project for
Moon Lake Park.
Troop 144 welcomes any
boy at least 11-years-old
or in fifth grade who
wants to become a boy
scout. Meetings are held
each Monday at 7 p,.m. at
St. Mary’s Church Hall on
Shoemaker Street,
Swoyersville.
Westmoreland
supervised by George F.
Miller, pioneer mining
engineer and later taken
over by his son, Jacob
Miller, who now resides
with his daughter and son-
in-law. Arlene and Andy
Gomba on Maltby Ave.,
Swoyersville.
One oddity is that the
senior Miller was never
given any recognition for
having the cleanest
workings at his collieries.
In private life, Mr. Miller
was a great sports
The mine worked 24
hours around the clock
and was the main source
of employment in this
vicinity.
This is the last of the
coal companies
Swoyersville Borough
was one of the largest
supporters in the US.A.
of 24 Valley View Drive,
Swoyersville will cele-
brate their 36 wedding
anniversary this coming
Tuesday. They were
married on June 1, 1946 by
the late Rev. Andrew
Klobusciucky at Holy
Trinity .Church, Swoyers-
ville.
Mrs. Nawrocki is the
former Evelyn Krakosky,
daughter of the late Mr.
and ' Mrs. Stephen
Krakosky. Rocky is the
son of Mrs. Edna
Novroski and the late
Jacob Novroski all of
Swoyersville,
Their attendants were
Emily Krakosky Goliash,
Edward Novroski, Rita
Saxon Trester, the late
Daniel Novroski, Steve
and Helen Gulla Gaydos,
Lillian Munley, Michael
Krakosky, Estelle
Gavlick Stofko and
George ‘‘Zeke” Vozniak.
The Nawrockis are the
parents of three children,
Charlotte, Clinton, Conn.;
Joyce and Jamie.
Nawrocki is associated
with the Sommerville
Construction Co., Forty
Fort. and is the ac-
cordianist for the Henry
Charles Orchestra.
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MR. AND MRS. JACK
BURNS of 108 Maltby
Ave., Swoyersville will
celebrate their 29 wedding
anniversary this coming
Saturday. They were
married on May 29, 1953.
Mrs. Burns is the former
Theresa Shemanski of
Plymouth.
The Burns’ are parents
of two children, Mrs.
Marilyn Delaney,
Baltimore, Md. and John
Jr. of Plymouth. They
also have two grand-
children.
Burns is an installer for
the Western Electric
Company.
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MR. AND MRS. JOE
GULA of 20 Frederick
Street, Swoyersville will
celebrate their 31 wedding
anniversary next Wed-
nesday. They were
married on June 2, 1951 at
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St. John the Baptist
Church, Pittston by the
late Rev. John J. Bed-
narcik.
Mrs. Gula is the former
Johanna Yarina,
daughter of Joseph
Yarina and the late Mary
Yarina of West Wyoming.
Gula is the son of Anna
Gulla, a guest at Valley
Crest and the late John
Gula Sr. of Swoyersville.
Their attendants were
Theresa Levitsky
Maholic, Walter Lopko,
Dave Jones, helen
Hudanick Dennis, Joseph
Petrasek and Rose Marie
Yarina Rosencrans.
‘ The Gulas are the
parents of two children,
Ronald, Plymouth,
associated with Nabisco
Brands, Wilkes-Barre and
Marianne Gula Maticic of
Kingman, Ariz., where
she is a nurse at Mahavy
General Hospital in
Kingman. The Gulas also
have three grand-
‘children: Christopher and
Stacey Marie Gula, and
Benjamin John Maticic.
Mr. Gula is associated
with the Dallas Post. Mrs.
Gula is employed at Flory
Fashions Inc., Swoyers-
ville.
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MR. AND - MRS.
RICHARD LEVENOS-
KIE of 105 Park Ave.,
Swoyersville will cele-
brate their 27 wedding
anniversary this coming
Sunday. They were
married on May 30, 1955
at the Holy Rosary
Church, Duryea by Msgr.
Peter P. Niebrzdowski.
Mrs. Levenoskie is the
former Frances Marie
Gorrick, daughter of Mrs.
Isabel Gorrick and the
late Stanley Gorrick,
Duryea. Levenoskie is the
son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Levenoskie,
Pittston.
Their attendants were:
Christine = Micnicoski,
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Charles Andrewscavage,
Regina Osowsky, Yolanda
Castner, Dolores Kulas,
Jane Levenoskie, Dorothy
Gorrick, Carol Mesorek,
Genevieve Clark, Frances
Eve Jacobs, Robert Luce,
Patrick Triano, Michael
Yager, Charles Morgan,
Joseph Kridgen, George
Orenich and Arthur
Orloski.
The Levenoskies are the
parents of four children:
Mrs. Kevin Erdman,
Bloomsburg; Richard Jr.,
Lisa and David.
Levenoskie is owner
and operator of R.
Levenoskie Signs at his
residence.
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MR. AND MRS.
STERLING RUSH-- of
Zerby Ave., Edwards-
ville,
Clinton St., Swoyersville
will celebrate their 19
wedding anniversary this
coming Tuesday. They
were married on June 1,
1963 by Rev. Aloysius
Boylan at Holy Name of
Jesus Church in Sweyers-
ville. Mrs. Rush is the
former Barbara
Niewinski, daughter of
Mr. .and Mrs: Herman
Niewinski, Forty Fort.
Rush is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rush
of Plains Twp. g
Their attendants were
Dynakowski,
Marlene Strecker, Carol
Newcombe, Diane
Bob Mitchell,
Sarokas, Ed Niewinski.
The Rushes are the
Michael Jr., Douglas and :
Amy. ; 5
The Rushes are the
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