Burnside honored
chief operating officer.
Frank B. Burnside, former chair-
‘man of the board of Commonwealth
Telephone Enterprises, Inc. (CTE)
and a long-time CTE director, has
retired following 20 years of service
to the diversified communications
company.
He was honored at a special
recognition dinner here recently at
- the Sheraton-Crossgates, attended
by Mr. Burnside’s family, friends
and CTE executives. At that dinner
he was recognized for his role in the
development and transition of the
company to a competent, modern
business organization.
Prior to his active role as CTE
chairman, Mr. Burnside served the
company as director and member of
the executive committee. For many
years he was president and chief
executive officer of Fowler, Dick &
Walker and devoted himself to
numerous business, civic and chari-
table organizations and causes.
Check presented
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Nurses meet
The Luzerne County District
Nurses’ Association held its annual
meeting recently, at the Conyngham
Valley Country Club.
Mary Ann Saueraker, Hazleton,
program chairman, introduced the
guest speaker, Dr. Elaine Young,
Assistant Professor of nursing at
The Pennsylvania State University.
Marion Alexander, president, hon-
ored Jean Sabol and Cora Porter for
their long and dedicated service to
the district as treasurer and legisla-
tive chairman respectively. She also
recognized Dr. Sheila Pringle and
Carol Zack for the Crossfire pro-
gram on nursing whcih aired on
WBRE-TV on May 6, National
Nurses’ Day. Thelma Contini was
awarded a citation for her 40-year
membership in the American
Nurses’ Association, the Pennsyl-
vania Nurses’ Association and the
Luzerne County Nurses’ Associa-
tion.
Elected officers of the Luzerne
County District Nurses’ Association
who will serve for the 1984-85 year
include: Marion Alexander, presi-
dent; Sharon Telban, president-
elect; Laurie Gelatko, vice-presi-
dent; Linda Desmond, secretary
and Jean Sabol, treasurer.
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Nurses’ Association has a member-
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constituent of the Pennsylvania
Nurses’ Association. Membership is
open to all nurses who hold licen-
sure as registered nurses and to all
new graduates of basic nursing pro-
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Sister of Mercy
The Sisters of Charity of Naza-
reth, Nazareth, Kentucky have
named Sr. Jane Frances Kennedy, a
Sister of Mercy from Dallas, Penn-
sylvania to head the newly formed
SCN Health Services Corporation.
Sr. Jane Frances recently began
work- as Operating Director of
Activities to establish that Corpora-
tion when it begins operation.
The hospitals sponsored by the
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth are
located in Kentucky, Tennessee, and
Arkansas, as well as in Mokama,
India. The hospitals, eight in all,
have in exess of 2,500 beds. In
addition to acute care, the congre-
gation sponsors Community Health
Services, Home Health Agencies,
Rural Health Clinics, and Nazareth
Home, which is a 160 bed tri-level
nursing care facility.
As President of the SCN Health
Services Corporation, Sr. Jane
Frances will have the responsibility
to provide leadership in the gover-
nance of the corporation and fo
plan, direct and evaluate corporate
wide health care activities.
She will help the SCN hospitals to
develop a corporate identity and to
obtain the synergism of a multi-
hospital corporation.
' SR. JANE FRANCES KENNEDY
Before accepting this position; Sr.
Jane Frances was Special Assistant
to the President, Sisters of Mercy
Health Corporation, Farmington
Hills, Michigan and served as
Project Director of the Task Force
on Corporate Health Care Collabo-
ration, Sisters of Mercy, Province of
Scranton, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Robert A. D’Iorio of Dallas
has been appointed as a neuro-
opthalmologist with the National
Eye Institute at the Institute of
Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Dr. D’Iorio, who resides with his
family at Lake Louise, will begin
his new position sometime this
month.
D’lorio, 43, will serve as the
senior research physician in the
neuro-opthalmology department of
the National Eye Institute and will
be second in command at that
institute.
-A 1958 graduate of Scranton Prep
and a 1961 alumnus of the Univer-
sity of Scranton where he was
named valedictorian of both classes,
Dr. D’Iorio has practiced in Forty
Fort and Kingston for the past 10
years. Most recently, he practiced
at the Joseph Pugliese Eye Clinic in
Kingston.
People in
ARTHUR SAXE of Sweet Valley
was among seven faculty members
lege who received academic promo-
tion through action taken by the
college’s Board of Trustees at its
regular monthly meeting held
» recently.
Saxe has earned the following
degrees: a Bachelor of Science
Degree from Bloomsburg Univer-
sity and a Master of Science Degree
from St. Bonaventure University.
He teaches in the college’s math
department.
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MRS. DOROTHY COSGROVE of
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A graduate of Georgetown Univer-
sity School of Medicine, D’Iorio
served an internship at the Univer-
sity of Chicago. He then served in
the opthalmology department at
Massachusetts General Hospital and
as a clinical instructor at Harvard
Medical School.
The doctor’s wife, Mrs. Peggy
D’Iorio expressed some sadness in
having to leave the Back Mountain
area, but looks forward to the
opportunity which has been offered
to her husband.
“It’s sad to leave this area and
the children will be sad to leave
their school,” Mrs. D’Iorio said.
“We have always considered the
Lake Louise area one of the lovliest
areas inthe country.”
Dr. and Mrs. D’Iorio have three
children, Amy, age 12; Lisa, age 10;
and Robert, age 6.
the news——
Dallas, was the lucky winner of the
Caesar’s Resort-Wilkes-Barre-
Scranton International Airport
weekend give away at the Air Show
II Exposition this past weekend.
Caesar’s Resorts in conjunction
with the Wilkes-Barre-Scranton
International Airport, gave away a
three day, two night vacation at one
of their four Pocono Resorts. The
vacation package includes: break-
fasts and dinnes, use of th facilities,
nightly entertainment and luxury
accommodations.
Mrs. Cosgrove’s name was chosen
from thousands of entries late
Sunday afternoon to draw the 2nd
Annual Air Show II Exposition to a
close.
MRS. THOMAS CEASE, 142
Franklin St., Dallas, is a medical
patient at Nesbitt Memorial Hospi-
tal, Kingston.
A native of Wilkes-Barre, she is
the daughter of Margaret Kennedy
of Wilkes-Barre, and the late Wil-
liam Kennedy, DDS, who practicgg
Dentistry in Wilkes-Barre for mas
years.
A graduate of St. Mary’s Hy
School, Wilkes-Barre, she receiv
a diploma in Nursing from Mercy
School of Nursing in Detroit,
Bachelor of Science Degree from
College Misericordia and Master of %
Science Degree in Hospital Adminis-
tration from Columbia University.
Sr. Jane Frances has served in
various capacities in Mercy Hospi-
tal, Scranton as Director of Nurs-
ing, Assistant Administrator, and as
Associate Administrator. She also
served as Provincial Administrator
of the Sisters of Mercy Province of
Scranton, Dallas, Pennsylvania.
Sr. Jane Frances is currently a
member of the Board of Trustees of
College Misericordia, and Mount
Aloysius Jr. College, Cresson. She is
also a member of the Board of
Directors, St. Joseph Hospital,
Atlanta, Georgia.
As President of the SCN Corpora-
tion, Sr. Jane Frances will be based
in Nazareth, Kentucky.
Elstons
celebrate
60 years
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Elston,
of Overbrook Road, Dallas Town-
ship, will celebrate their 60th wed-
ding anniversary on Tuesday, June
19.
Mrs. Elston is the former Ruby
Bulford.
The couple has two children,
Harold B. Elson of Huntsville; and
Nancy May Schimmel, of State Col-
lege. They also have six grandchil-
dren, Dave, Robert, Dale, and Paul
Elston and Eric and Heather Schim-
mel; and six great-grandchildren,
David, Nicole, Dianne, Christy,
Cheryl and Michael. A great-grand-
daughter, Marcie Elson, died in
1976.
Clarence, who was born May 26,
1895, at Lehman Center, is the son
fo the late George and Etta DeLay
Elston. He was the mail carrier on gy
the Star Route between Dallas and
Lehman “and” also served as a
Lehman school bus driver. He was |
also formerly employed by the Luz-
erne County Road and Bridge
Department.
Prynns
observe
o0 years
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Prynn, of
681 Carverton Road, Wyoming, will
celebrate their 50th wedding anni-
versary on June 11.
The couple was married in the
Trucksville United Methodist
Church by the late J. Rolland
Crompton. Their attendants were
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Glahn, sister
and brother-in-law of the bride-
groom.
The couple has one son, Daldjem
They also have four grandchildren;
Andy, Margie, Tara and Dale Prynn
Jr.
Mr. Prynn is a retired highway
construction inspector for the Penn-
sylvania Department of Transporta-
tion, while Mrs. Prynn retired from
the Dallas School District where she
served as Food Service Director.
Mr. and Mrs. Prynn, who have
lived in the Carverton Road area
most of their married lives, are
members of the Carverton United
Methodist Church.
They will be honored on Sunday,
June 10, by their son, daughter-in-
law and grandchildren at a party
for family members at their home
in Trucksville.
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