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Among area folk
selected for jury duty this
week at the Court of
Common Pleas in
Tunkhannock were
Robert J. Bush, a
millwright; Richard T.
Price, construction
worker, and Joyce L.
Smith, a bindery
assistant, all of Monroe
Twp.
Belated congratulations
are extended to Ted and
Karen Beck of Noxen,
who marked a wedding
anniversary March 6.
Friends of John Jones of
Nexen will be glad to
learn he came home on
Wednesday after being a
patient at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital.
Belated congratulations
are extended to Mary Ann
and Robert Dean Lynn,
who were married March
5 in St. Luke’s Lutheran
Church, Noxen.
Happy birthday
greetings somewhat
‘last Thursday, and
Debbie Zipay, who
became a year older on
Mon. thru Thurs.
and Sat.
9a.m.to8p.m.
Friday
Next to Towel Outlet
Memorial Highway, Dallas
675-8608
Lenten service will be
held tomorrow at 7:30
p.m. in St. Luke's
Lutheran Church with
Rev. Jacob Victor in
charge. The next
ecumenical service for
Noxen and Bowmans
Creek churches par-
ticipating in the joint
services during the
Lenten season will be held
Thursday evening, March
24, in the Bowmans Creek
Free Methodist Chruch
where Rev. Victor will
deliver the sermon.
Mid-week Lenten
service for members of
the three United
Methodist Churches of the
Noxen-Kunkle-Ruggles
UM Charge will be held
tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at
the Ruggles UM church.
Rev. Donald Sperling,
pastor, will be in charge
of the service.
Don’t forget the St.
Patrick’s Evening at the
Noxen United Methodist
Church Friday at 7:30.
There will be a skit,
refreshemtns, cake
auction and fun! Cost is $1
for adults; 50 cents for
children. “St. Patrick’s
Evening’’ is being
sponsored by the United
Methodist Women.
A memorial service was
held Saturday at 2 p.m. in
the Kunkle UM Church in
memory of the late
Donald Minster, : who
passed away earlier this
month.
John rundell was the
guest preacher at the
morning worship service
Sunday in Noxen
Independent Bible Church
in the absence of the
pastor, Rev. Jerry
Tallent.
Arnie Williams is a
‘ume Ottice Columbus Ohio
patient at the Maryland
University Hospital in
Baltimore.
Miss Tami Lee Smith is
a patient at the National
Institute of Health in
Bethesda, Md.
It’s a girl for Bryan and
Brenda Walter of 4995
Lamb’s Road, Charleston
Heights, S.C. The little
lady has been named Lee
Ann.
Mrs. Jean Hilbert and
Mrs. Irene Transue
hosted the March meeting
of Kunkle United
Methodist Women in the
church social rooms last
Wednesday evening.
Some of the upcoming
events at the Noxen
Independent Bible Church
include the EMYF Youth
Rally on Saturday; the
church fellowship dinner
on Sunday when the film
‘39 Stripes’’ will be shown
and the deacons meeting
on Monday evening.
United Methodist
Women of the Noxen UM
Church are completing
plans for their benefit
rummage sale to be held
Saturday, March 26, at
the church. Members and
freinds having items to
donate for the sale are
asked to bring them to the
church basement
anytime.
Volunteer solicitors of
the Noxen Ambulance
Association are winding
up a five-week door to
door campaign of sections
fo Noxen and Monroe
Townships soliciting
funds and ambulance
members. Most of the
areas were covered in
previous weeks.
Last week, the area on
Nulton Hill, Crispell Lane,
Durwin Road, Percy
Road, Buckwheat Hollow
and Tunkhannock Road to
Jack Fields was can-
vassed. This week the
solicitation continues
from Tunkhannock Road
to Route 309; from
Bowmans Creek north to
Route 292 to the Monroe-
Eaton Townships line;
Bigelow Lane, Tippy
Lane, Dead End Lane, the
Copper Kettle Trailer
Park, Old Route 309 and
Doll's Lane.
Any residents of the
Noxen-Evans Falls-Bo-
wmans Creek areas who
have been missed may
call the ambulance
association or mail their
contributions to the
Ambulance Association,
c-0 Noxen Volunteer Fire
Company, Noxen, Pa.
18636.
Dr. Maria McGrane,
general physician at the
Back Mountain Medical
Center, is considering ex-
tending her hours to
better serve the increas-
ing numbers of patients
who are seeking her
medical attention.
Dr. McGrane said she is
seeing patients from
Dallas, Lehman, Harveys
Lake and as far out as
Sweet Valley. She is very
encouraged by the
response to her opening a
practice at the Medical
Center and looks forward
to continued growth at the
facility.
The news of Dr.
McGrane’s success has
been very well-received
by members of the
Medical Center Board and
the Fall Fair Beard. Ray
Hillman, president of the
Back Mountain Medical
Center board, reports the
board believes her pre-
sence there has achieved
step one in the plan to
provide a family practice
at the location.
The center is built to
house three full-time
physicians, which would
allow for continuous
medical care plus
specialties. Dr.
McGrane's increased
workload is an optimistic
sign that the community
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is taking advantage of the
facility. Area residents
also utilize the Nesbitt
Satellite Station set up
there for blood work and
EKG’s.
Dr. Jay Ochreiter, a
podiatrist working at the
center since it opened in
1979, is also considering
extending his hours.
Dr. McGrane said her
initial patients came be-
cause of local media
coverage of her opening
there in January. How-
ever, she is pleased to
hear new patients tell her
they have come on
referral from others.
Robert Bayer,
president of Fall Fair
Association, is another
very happy person at this
time. He explained he had
two goals when he
became president of the
Fall Fair board. The first
was to turn the paramedic
unit around, making it a
worthwhile venture for
the community. Recent
improvements and local
acceptance of the unit
have shown that his first
Harveys Lake
Harveys Lake Mayor
Frank Picchi wishes to
inform residents that
information they are
receiving from the Inter-
national Association of
Chiefs of Police is in no
way related to the Neigh-
borhood Crime Watch
program he is beginning
there.
While the Chiefs of
Police Association is a
legitimate one, and the
campaign it is running is
His second goal was to
do whatever was
necessary to get the
Medical Center moving.
Dr. McGrane’s plan to ex-
tend her hours is a
positive step in that
direction.
Both Hillman and
Bayer warned, however,
the reality of three full-
time physicians in the
Medical Center is a long
way off. “We are inter-
viewing interesting
persons,” said Hillman.
“But, I'd guess it would be
a few years before it's
really going.”
Dr. McGrane, a
California native, pre-
sently shares her working
hours between the center
and Nesbitt Hospital
Emergency Room. She
noted she is planning on
taking up residence in the
Back Mountain in the
near future.
Since she is not yet
listed in the telephone
book, she asked the Post
to publicize her office
number--675-6939. She
also has the facilities to
a good one, the mayor
believes it will only serve
to confuse residents at the
lake who want to be in-
volved in Crime Watch.
Indentification num-
bers provided by the
association will not be
usable through the
mayor's program. The
mayor is anticipating
receiving engravers from
the Pennsylvania Crime
Watch Commission in the
near future. These will be
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perform minor office
surgical procedures and
is capable of caring for
incidents of an emergency
nature during her office
hours. She is available to
her patients on a 24-hour
basis.
Although the original
intent of the Medical
Center was a point of
controversy, both Bayer
and Hillman now believe
it is headed in the right
direction. Many people
believed the center would
actually be a small
hospital. For awhile, after
its construction, no one
was sure what, if any-
thing, would eventually
happen there. But, Bayer
noted, the community
never once withheld its
support. ‘Attendance at
the fair each year shows
us we're doing the right
thing,” he said. “Every
year it gets bigger.” And,
it appears, the years of
planning and dreaming
are beginning to pay off in
tangible results, directly
benefiting the people of
the whole Back Mountain.
available on a loan basis
and a driver's license
number will be the
suggested identification
marking.
The Chiefs of Police
Association is distributing
warning shields, which
are free for the first six
months and cost $15 for
the next year. Again, the
mayor noted these have
no connection to the
Crime Watch program at
the Lake.
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Deaths
Mrs. Russell W. Frantz,
84, of Box 53, Dallas, died
Wednesday, March 9, in
General Hospital
following an illness.
Surviving are her
husband, Russell W.;
sons, Charles S., Jackson
Twp.; two grandchildren
John H. Jewell, 59, 3
Kentucky Ave., Pleasant
Hills, Wilmington, Del.
passed away Feb. 28 in
the Delaware Division of
Wilmington Medical
Center following a lengthy
illness.
Surviving besides his
parents are his wife, the
former Margaret Jones,
of Dallas; two daughtes,
Jo Ann Jewell and Mrs.
Jacqueline Mason, both of
William
William C. Frey, 29,
4328 Louisiana, San Diego
passed away Feb. 25 at
the Veterans Administra-
tion Hospital, La Jolla,
California.
Surviving besides his
parents are a brother
Michael R., Springfield,
Va.; and sister, Mrs. Alna
and two great-grand-
children.
Funeral was from the
family home on Friday,
March 11, with Rev. Dr.
James A. Baker, pastor of
Forty Fort United
ficiating. Interment was
in Warden Cemetery,
Dallas.
Jewell
Wilmington; grandchild.
A brother, Robert Jewell
passed away in 1973.
Funeral services were
conducted from the
Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home in Dallas,
on Friday, March 4. Rev.
of Peniel United
Methodist Church of
Wilmington and Rev.
Robert Bensen, pastor of
Dallas United Methodist
Church officiated.
Remley, Conn.
Funeral services were
conducted from the
Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas on
Wednesday, March 2.
Father Jack Bendik of-
ficiated. Interment was in
the Lehman Center
Cemetery, Lehman.
Mrs. Eleanor Yovish
Gorey, 62, 114 N. Jackson
Ave., Endicott, N.Y.,
formerly of Oak Hill, Ide-
town, passed away on
Lourdes Hospital,
Binghamton, N.Y.
following a lengthy
illness.
She is survived by a son,
Daniel J. Gorey, Jr.; four
grandchildren; four
brothers, Anthony,
Joseph, Edward and
Mrs. Annabelle
Eshleman, 57, of 10607
Walker Road,
Thonotosassa, Fla.,
formerly of Harveys
Lake, died Monday af-
ternoon in Florida,
following a brief illness.
Surviving are her
husband, Harold; sons,
Dennis and Guy,
Frank Yovish; two
sisters, Ann Lambodie
and Mrs. Judy Abbruz-
zese.
Funeral services were
conducted from the
Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas on
Saturday, March 5, with
Mass of Christian Burial
at Gate of Heaven
Church, Dallas. Inter-
ment was in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Carverton.
Eshleman
daughter, Lori, all at
home; brother, Clarence
Oberst, Harveys Lake;
sisters, Ella Cobleigh,
Florida and Binghamton,
N.Y.; Lela Sickler,
Luzerne; Bertha Oney,
Harveys Lake; Iva
Hoover, Binghamton,
N.Y.
Memorial services were
held in Florida.
Albert Salansky, of Box
215 A, Shavertown, died
Monday at Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital,
Kingston.
He is survived by a
brother, Michael of
Tunkhannock; Ambrose
of Shavertown; George of
Kentington, Md.; Stephen
of Harveys Lake; Paul of
Meeker; sisters, Victoria
Salansky of Shavertown;
Mrs. Helen Koons, of
Ohio; Mrs. Ann Lord, of
Hyattsville, Md.
Funeral was Thursday,
March 10, from the
Andrew Strish Funeral
Home, 11 Wilson St.,
Larksville, with a Mass of
Christian Burial at Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel
Church.
Interment will be in St.
Anthony’s Cemetery,
Courtdale.
Nellie M. Oliver, 90, of
RD 3, Dallas, died Sunday
at Leader East
Rehabilitation Center,
Kingston, where she had
been a guest since Dec. 8.
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She is survived by son,
Dr. Herbert N. Oliver Jr.,
of Dallas; daugther, Mrs.
Shirley Hall of
Washington; Mrs. Leona
Franey, of Wilkes-Barre;
four children; one great-
grandson.
Funeral was from the
Piatt-Barnhill Funeral
Home, 130 E. Wheeling
St., Washington, Pa.
Interment will be in the
Washington - Cemetery.