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Boy Scout Troop 144 and
Cub Scout Troop 144 long
with the Luzerne Court-
dale Pringle Lions Club
have announced that they
will not be picking up any
newspapers as they have
several years. There is no
market for them and they
ask the residents to either
burn them or put them out
for garbage picking.
They would also like to
have the people refrain
from dumping the papers
off at the Swoyersville
Little League Field and
parking lot near Bargains
Galore in Luzerne.
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Bill Coniglio,
representative of Cub
Scout 144, announced that
if the market on papers
improves they will begin
picking up the paper
again, but they want to let
the public know, so until
then dispose of them
properly.
No. 1 Hose Company
President Frank Galetti,
would like to thank
everyone who helped and
attend the recent Bazaar
sponsored. by the Nop. 1
Hose Company in
Swoyersville. The first
two nights were beautiful
but Sunday night, the rain
came down in barrels.
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Luzerne Volunteer Fire
Company also would like
to thank everyone who
attended and helped at
their recent bazaar.
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Andy Lavix had a
setback recently but is a
fighter and although on
disability can be seen
taking his daily walk for
exercise. Andy is well
versed in politics and
sports and keeps the
conversation going at
Paul George’s Barber
Shop on Shoemaker
Street. Andy is well
known in Swoyersville
and Forty Fort and has a
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The youngsters around
the Kossack Street area
got together and built a
nice baseball field where
the impounding area is
located by the tracks and
where the = former
Lagoski-Gavlick Field
was located in 1974. The
youngsters did a terrific
job and can be seen
playing there just about
guys. That's what the
older folks in town did in
their days and they ap-
preciated it more by doing
it themseelves.
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Luzerne Senior Citizens
Trip Chairman Helen
Amos announced that a
bus trip will be held to
Wildwood, N.J. from Sept.
20 to 24. Contact her for
more information at 288-
1440.
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Rose and Mike Uter of
Parry Street, Luzerne,
recently returned home
after a week’s cruise
celebrating their 25th
anniversary. They both
enjoyed themselves and
to make the trip brighter,
Bingo on the ship and won
a tidy sum. Mike is co-
owner and operator of
Uter’s Cleaners of main
Street, Luzerne. Rose is
manager of the Luzerne
Bank Swoyersville
Branch.
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Ray Podskoch Jr. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pod-
skoch Sr., Main Street,
Swoyersville returned
home this past weekend
after spending a week’s
manager;
Laura
Ruth Roberts, manager.
As Swoyersville con-
throughout the com-
munity under county,
state and federal auspices
attention to a few long
standing problems.
Borough officials met last
week with Department of
Transportation officials
regarding water ponding
on Slocum Street, near the
Pride Boxspring Mfg.
plant. It seems that when
the street was recon-
structed via the Disaster
Project, Conrail ap-
ests were not for-
ncSping ‘Subsequently
two french drains were
connected by a 2” pipe
which, due to heavy
traffic volume, has
cracked and blocked.
Through the combined
efforts of Pride Box-
spring, PennDOT, Conrail
and the municipality,
PennDOT will replace the
broken pipe and extend
the drainage line to swale
which feeds an inlet
leading to the Borough's
Slocum St. Storm Pump
Station. Commenting on
the added demand placed
on the station, Coun-
cilman Bill 'Ichman
remarked that ‘‘the
amount of water that will
be carried to our pump
station will be negligable
as far as overall pumping
capacity is concerned.”
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He added that the
repair will also enhance
the shipping and
receiving area of Pride
Boxspring which is now a
subsidiary of Luggatt and
Platt. It was also learned
that the parent firm,
Leggatt and Platt, is
considering stepping up
the operations at the local
plant. Both local and state
officials agreed that the
needed repair could
ultimately result, in-
directly, in mere jobs at
While the Slocum St.
project is not yet un-
derway, PennDOT crews
have been busy installing
‘“‘gabion-baskets” in the
creak bed along Main St.
the Harry E.
~ which
resulted in the slippage of
vicinity. Ed Shamus, of
is a recently applied
method stemming from
the days of the Romans.
Borough officials con-
veyed information on the
technique from in-
fromation suplied by
Shamus.
The ‘‘basket” is con-
structed of wire and is
laid along areas where
washouts are continued
maintennance problems.
Since unattached stone
slips over a period of
time, these baskets are
filled with gabion stone to
form a wall of sorts. The
“wall” is placed in layers
with the basket portion
after 40 or 50 years. By
that time, PennDOT
spokesmen say, enough
granular material fills in
to compact the stone,
essentially, creating a
wall. The use of this in-
novative idea is expected
to pay dividends to the
borough by reduced
situation in the
Shoemaker St. ponding
area which is fed by the
stream on Main St.
Swoyersville Junior
Sailor Football Team will
travel to Wyoming Tenth
Street Stadium to meet
Wyoming West,
Wyoming, Scranton,
August 29 at 2:30 p.m. B
and C teams will begin at
11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
a EE
vacation with his uncle,
Andy Spirko of Pittsville,
Pa. Ray had a ball for
himself but was happy to
be home. He will be a
freshman at Bishop
O’Reilly ‘this coming
September. Ray Jr. is
also the organist at the
Holy Trinity Church.
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John Cicero, former
chairman of the
Swoyersville, said that he
will take it easy this
coming election. John lost
a close election for State
Senate Seat on the
Republican Ticket and
now is getting calls that
they are sorry that they
didn’t vote for him. John
is hard worker and will be
missed from the political
scene.
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The Swoyersville Senior
Citizens held their annual
summer picnic last
Sacred Heart Grove in
Dallas and everyone had
a good time. The Great
Lefty and his accordian
was there to furnish
music for singing and
dancing. Mr. and Mrs.
Kelly did a fine job with
their committee in
arranging the affair.
Clara Belle Reggie is
pesident.
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The Swoyersvilkle
Girl's Softball League
will hold their annual
banquet on Sunday, Sept.
12 aat the Andre
Lawrence American
Shoemaker Street,
beginning at 6. All
graduates and players
and coaches will be
honored along with the
championship teams.
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Congratulations to John
Demko and the
SWoyersville American
Legion team for the
stellar performance
throughotu the whole year
and by getting the fur-
therest in Legion play
than any other team. John
is a hard worker and
deserves a lot of praise for
getting all the equipment
Field. You are going to
have to go a long way to
find a hard worker like
Demko when it comes to
sports. John is quite the
polka fan as he and his
wife make their rounds to
most of the bazaars
listening to the different
polka bands. John is also
a collector of good polka
band records
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Denny Hlavac’ Barilla’s
Girls’ Softball team of the
Tracelling Women’s
Softball League, took the
championship of the
American Division and
the Forty Fort team won
in the National Division.
This is the second straight
year for Barilla’s to take
the championship.
Magistrate and Mrs.
Andrew Barrilla took a
week off last week to
spend at the shore. Both
are sporting a good tan.
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Shanky’s Softball team
ended 12th in the recent
State Tourney held at
York. Out of four valley
teams, they ended up the
best. The team is spon-
sored by shanky Dam-
chak, Jr. of ‘Hughes
Street., Swoyersville. The
team took the cham-
pionship at Coal Street,
hammered in a recent
playoff as most of the
The team on the whole has
a respectable won and lost
hold their
Three local youngsters
from Swoyersville
qualified for the
Philadelphia ~ Phillies
Home Run Hitting Contest
and will participate in the
regional finals at
Veterans Stadium on
Sunday, Sept. 5 before a
Phillie game.
The: three youngsters
who qualified at the
Kingston Recreational
Field sponsored by the
Phillies are. Joe Perziz,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Perzia of 9 Fredrick St.,
Swoyersville, represen-
ting the Fort Swoyer
Teeners League in the 13-
15 year old class. Joseph
Rheil, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wes Rbhiel of 226 Kossack
St., ' Swoyersville,
representing the
Swoyersville Major Little
League in age bracket 10-
12, and Linda Schwenk,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
David Schwenk of 63
Watkins St., Swoyersville,
representing the
Swoyersville Girls Soft-
ball League in the 8-9 age
bracket.
We wish the three of
these fine youngsters well
in this contest and
remember give it your all,
swing with authority and
everyone is behind you,
win or lose. It’s a big
honor to just appear at the
Vets stadium.
St. Ann’s Church of
Luzerne will hold its third
annual family picnic for
Sunday, August 29 at
Sacred Heart Park,
Dallas. The picnic
provides the opportunity
to begin or renew friend-
ships with other members
of the parish community.
Each family is asked to
bring a picnic basket.
Refreshments will be
provided. A fun filled day
of games and activities
has been planned for ages
one to 99. Games will
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