Veterans to
be tested
"Better than one out of every 10 of
an estimated 60,000 Vietnam veter-
ans enrolled in the Pennsylvania
American Legion will be asked to
complete a questionnaire in a spe-
cial health study restricted to veter-
ans of that period.
The Pennsylvania Legion is one of
selected for participation in the full-
scale special study being conducted
the Legion National Organization.
Research for which the question-
naire will be a tool will deal with: 1.
The perception of the Veterans
Administration by the Vietnam vet-
eran; 2. A study of combat stress
and post-Vietnam syndrome; and 3.
Agent Orange.
Dr. Jeanne Stellman of Columbia
University, and her husband, Dr.
Steven Stellman of the American
Cancer Society, are assisting in the
research.
Approximately 15,000 Vietnam
War veterans in the Legion will be
sent questionnaires in the study. Of
that number, slightly more than
one-third or 5,176 will be from Penn-
sylvania. Questionnaires will be div-
ided evenly among Vietnam War
veterans who served in Southeast
Asia and those who were not in the
combat zone. There will be a com-
parison of health findings for the
veterans and their children from
both groups sent questionnaires.
The results of the research will be
used by the Legion National Organi-
zation in its efforts with the federal
government and the VA for the
Vietnam veteran.
Dino Canarini will be assisted by
10 captains. The captains, in turn,
will be directing the work of 259
research volunteers who by tele-
phone will be searching out the 5,176
Vietnam veterans to respond to the
questionnaire.
All telephone calls will be made
and questionnaires will be mailed
by February 6. The last follow-up
will be made by March 9, 1984.
Citing the importance of the study
to the individual Vietnam veterans
as well as his group and to the
Legion in its work for them. State
Commander Carozzoni stressed the
need for full cooperation by those
contacted in the study.
United Penn
sets up fund
for Statue
United Penn Bank, in conjunction
with the Polish Union of the United
States of North America, has estab-
contributions to the Statue of Lib-
erty-Ellis Island Centennial Com-
mission.
All 25 offices of United Penn Bank
cause.
Anyone interested in making a
contribution may do so at any teller
window at any United Penn Bank
office or mail a check payable to
Statue of Liberty to United penn
Bank, c-o Statue of Liberty, 8-18
West Market Street, Wilkes-Barre,
PA 18711, or to the Polish Union of
the United States of North America
at 53 North Main Street, Wilkes-
Barre, PA 18701.
Pro
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weai and are presently available
from Mrs. Sitar. In addition to
symbolizing the feet of a tiny infant,
Mrs. Sitar believes they express
“the small steps we have to take
back from the big jump to legalized
abortion.”
One way the group going to Wash-
ington will attempt to accomplish
this is by using the time after the
protest march to visit their local
legislators to make known their
feelings about changing the abortion
laws. Another way is to give the
general public more information
about the beginning of life and the
subsequent ‘murder of babies.”
Mrs. Sitar has chosen to share the
following paragraphs from a
recently-published Pro-Life bro-
chure:
“At the very moment of concep-
tion, a genetically complete and
unique individual is created. By the
end of the first month of pregnancy,
tioning.
“The internal organs will continue
to grow and mature for 25 to 27
years before all are fully developed,
of the eighth week, and most are
functioning.
~~ “By the end of the third month of
pregnancy, the child can kick his
legs, curl and fan his toes, make a
fist, move his thumb, bend his
wrist, turn his head, squint, frown,
and open and close his mouth.
“Before the mid-point in the preg-
nancy, the baby has developed most
of the characteristics he will show
after birth. He sleeps and wakes,
and when he sleeps, he ususally
settles into a favorite position. He
cannot only hear, but can even
recognize his mother’s voice.
“Clearly, birth does not represent
the creation of a new human being.
The only real functional change
following birth is in the source of
food and oxygen. All scientific evi-
dence proves the unborn child is
very much a living human individ-
ual.”
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Artist at work
Don Williams is shown at
Don Williams is the type of
gentleman who, even, though he
is retired, may consider getting a
job simply to take a rest. Fortun-
ately however, for his many
friends who benefit from his
efforts, Don can adopt ‘Energy’
as his middle name.
Since March of 1982, Williams
has been a resident, together
with his equally energetic wife,
Sarah, at the Meadows Apart-
ments in Dallas. Together they
make a team that make the word
‘‘active’’ an understatement of
their activities.
Besides serving as treasurer of
the Social Club at the Meadows,
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his desk at the Meadows
Don is always an involved pattic-
ipant in the many functions the
Club sponsors throughout the
year. He also proudly points out
that he is the founder and leader
of the Meadowlarks - the ‘singing
group from the Apartments that
appears at many local events.
And if this isn’t enough, Williams
recently assumed the role as
consultant to a fledgling singing
group at the Midtowne Apart-
ments in Wyoming.
A resident of the Back Moun-
tain Area for the past 28 years,
the former insurance agent has
also fostered a long-held artistic
ability in pen and ink sketches.
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Holiday sketch
Always interested in art, Wil-
liams admits that he is ‘‘basi-
cally, self-taught in his sketch-
ing” but shies away from more
elaborate art forms because, as
he confesses, he is “terrible with
colors.”
His latest endeavor has been a
pencil sketch of the entire Mead-
ows’ complex - a scenic 15 acre
tract of land containing both the
Meadows Apartments and the
newly complete Nursing Center.
That sketch was then composed
by a local printer onto holiday
cards and notepaper. Both items
are sold at very nominal cost at
both the Apartments and the
Nursing Center with proceeds
going to the Social Club.
As Williams explained, ‘We
were looking for some way to
create an identity for the Mead-
ows Complex. At first we consid-
ered using a photograph, but
after more thought, we felt the
sketch would be much more per-
sonal.”
The Kingston native has also
done a sketch of the Garden
Village Apartments, presently
under construction in West Pitts-
ton, for Ecumenical Enterprises
corporation that owns and man-
ages the Meadows, Midtowne
Apartments ~ and Interfaith
Heights in Wilkes-Barre and will
soon have the same role at
Garden Village.) EEI has
already incorporated the sketch
on the tenant handbook and also
the tenant brochure for Garden
Village.
Despite all the time he puts
into these volunteer labors, Wil-
liams always conserves personal
moments for his son, Donald Jr.,
and his wife and two boys, Mark
and Erie, who live in Nanticoke.
Truly, Williams makes it clear
that the term ‘‘retirement’”’ does
not mean slowing down but, per-
haps more correctly, a change of
course.
People In
the news
ROSE MARIE HOHEN, 412 Hem-
lock Drive, Dallas, has been admit-
ted to the John Heinz Institute of
Rehabilitation Medicine, Wilkes-
Barre.
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KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY has
awarded degrees to 229 students
who completed studies this fall, Dr.
Lawrence M. Stratton, university
president, has announced.
Degrees were conferred on the
following local students:
Ann M. Spencer, 84 Norton Ave.,
Dallas, BFA, communications
design; Cathy L. Elliott, Box 542G,
Harveys Lake, BS in elementary
education; and Thomas J. Pucci,
Main Road, Sweet Valley, BFA,
communications design.
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS was
Private Matthew W. Evans of
Church Street, Dallas, who gradu-
ated Dec. 16 from Airborne Ranger
Infantry School. After his 10-day
leave, Matt returned to Fort Ben-
ning, Georgia, for additional para-
trooper training.
‘Joker’s Wild’
makes debut
The Pennsylvania Lottery ushers
in 1984 with the JOKER'S WILD,
the new instant game which: utilizes
playing card symbols similar to that
player favorite, 3-of-a-Kind.
On Jan. 10, Joker’s Wild, the new
$1 instant game, went on sale at
more than 7.600 Pennsylvania Lot-
tery retailers throughout the Com-
monwealth. With this new instant
game, comes chances to win cash
prizes of up to $100,000.
In addition to the top instant prize
of $100,000 players could win free
tickets, $2, $5, $25, $1,000 or $5,000.
Claimed Joker’s Wild free-ticket
winners give Lottery players
chances at the top prize of the
game, $1,000 a week for life ($1
million guaranteed).
“As in previous instant games,”
Lottery Executive Director Lynn
Nelson explained, ‘‘ten finalists will
be chosen from the returned free-
ticket winners. However, in this
particular game, the 10 will be
invited to a special feature horse
race at Penn National Race Course
in Grantville, Pennsylvania. Each
finalist is guaranteed a minimum
prize of $5,000 with the possiiblity of
winning $10,000, $15,000, $20,000 or
$1,000 a week for life ($1 million
guaranteed).”
The Joker's Wild game ticket
consists of six rub-off play spots,
each covering a playing card
symbol. The symbols used are the
ace, king, queen, jack, ten, nine,
eight and joker. If the same symbol
appears under three of the play
spots, the player wins the prize
designated for the symbols
revealed. Of course, in Joker’s Wild,
the joker is wild and can be used
with any pair to win.
Joker’s Wild, designed to run nine
weeks, will give players a chance
for over 5.9 million free-ticket win-
ners and instant cash prizes totaling
more than $16.5 million.
Sales of the instant game, Holiday
Greetings, ended on Jan. 9. The
Holiday Greetings Grand Prize
Drawing will be held‘in early Feb-
ruary.
Parents hold tea
parents, grandparents,
School in Forty Fort.
Parents Association, are
Airman Scott A. Pearson, son of
Joseph F. and Eunice J. Pearson of
Rural Route 1, Sweet Valley, has
been assigned to Keesler Air Force
Base, Miss., after completing Air
Force basic training.
During the six weeks at Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas, the airman
studied the Air Force mission, orga-
nization and customs and received
special training in human relations.
In addition, airmen who complete
basic training earn credits toward
Jann Fay, Mountaintop;
Dallas;
Jane Jones, Dallas;
lege of the Air Force.
cialized instruction in the communi-
cations-electronics systems field.
He is a 1983 graduate of Lake-
Lehman High School, Lehman.
6x10 to 7x15 microns in size.
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consumed.
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