First lady
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
Nancy became the first
Female
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~ “The first five or 10 minutes I was
extremely nervous, but Jerry was
very helpful and I settled down.
After that, it was fun.”
When Fritzges and other svolun-
teers kept asking her to work on the
block, Nancy finally agreed. A
female auctioneer is a first in the
history of the Back Mountain
Library Auction in its 38th year this
year.
An insurance agent with the Cas-
tellino Agency, -Fremstad is accus-
tomed to. being among. people. The
storm passed over and people began
| coming to the auction grounds, car-
|’ rying their chairs and, after some
final consultation with is workers,
Anzalone announced the auction
would open at 7:30 p.m.
Soon after that, Nancy went up on
the block, spending the first 30
Looking them over
Lillian Soveroski,
“It was fun, but I was more
nervous than I expected,” she said.
“It gives you an odd feeling stand-
ing up there, looking out at all those
people,” she said.
About 9 p.m,, the rain came again
and, after a while, auction volun-
teers called it a night. It didn’t
discourage Nancy because Saturday
morning she was back and worked
during part of the children’s auc-
tion.
It appears, that ‘Jerry Fritzges’
idea to convince Nancy to work. .on
the block was a success and a
custom that should be continued.
If Naney’s work keeps her in this
area she can be counted on for
another year because she had a lot
of fun.
help and they make the work fun,”
Nancy said.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Chairman
Attorney James Anzalone,
chairman of this year’s Back
Mountain Memorial Library
Auction, addresses the
crwod. Anzalone said he
was very pleased with the
- overall success of the 38h
annual event.
Children’s Auction
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Children
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Jennifer was reluctant “to say
what she wanted to buy. She did
seem to like the balloon her mother
bought her, though.
One girl who seemed to have been
saving her money for this day was
Reagan Bombick, 9, of ‘Hoover
Road, Dallas.
“] don’t care what I get,” she
said. “I just want to buy something!
I baby sat and helped my grandma
dust the living room and clean the
kitchen, and I saved my money
from that -so I could buy something
here.”
According to Reagan’s grand-
mother, Mrs: Lizzie Milbrodt, she
also got a special bonus for bringing
home a good report card. .
Mark Lamoreaux, 10, was doing
some heavy bidding along with his
six year old brother, Chris. It paid
off, though, and Mark was-able to
purchase some miniature golf
passes.
“I think the auction is-a good
idea,” said Mark. “I like to golf,
and now I can with these passes.”
Of course he’ll share them with
his brother, though.
One family that came away with
quite a lot of items was the
Schoenig family, of Trucksville.
Gregory Schoenig, 6%, and his
younger brother, Jack, 5, were seen
leaving the auction grounds with
some exciting looking toys.
“I got some match box cars,”
said Gregory. ‘I though the auction
was very, very nice.”
Jack agreed as he smiled and
proudly showed off his new Sesame
Street toy.
The Schoenig brothers didn’t use
their own money for the auction, but
Gregory had a good reason for that.
You see, believe itor not, he’s
saving it for college!
“I’ve told him that he has to save
up at least $40,000 if he wants to go
to an Ivy League school” joked
Barbara Schoenig, the boys’
mother. ‘Seriously though, the boys
come to the library throughout the
year, and this is a good cause. We'll
definitely be back!”
While speaking with the children,
I spotted something in the corner of
my eye. It was large, yellow and
orange, feathery and had a beak. To
my surprise, a large chicken was
coming toward me. To say I was
shocked when he, she, it gave me a
bear hug, is an understatement!
I thought, “why not?” It’s not
every day a reporter gets to inter-| §
view a chicken.
I learned the chicken’s name was
Wilbar. Actually, Wilbar’s real
name was Mark Conn, and he’s
from the Wilkes-Barre Recreation
Board.
the past three years,” said Conn, 30.
“I’ve been at the children’s auction
for the past two years.
“I really enjoy helping the kids
out,” he continued. ‘My main job is
to hug the kids and play with-them.
You know, like the Phillie Phan-
atie.”
“Wilbar”’ admitted he was enjoy-
ing the auction, except for the
weather.
“Us chickens don’t like rain,” he
exclaimed.
Among the auctioneers for the
children’s event were, Dave Tam-
burro, Paul Catrambone, Nancy
Fremsted, and none other than
Manny Gordon.
During an {interview, Manny
explained why he agreed to be an
auctioneer.
“I think this is great, and it’s for
such a good cause. You. know,
there’s nothing more important than
a good library in a community.”
When asked about his success as
an auctioneer, he said, “Well I don’t
know for sure, but to tell you the
truth, I think we did pretty well.”
Attorney James Anzaline; General
Chairman for the 1984 auction, was
on hand to see the children’s auction
in progress.
“I am so pleased with just about
everything,” he said. “The quality
of goods, cooperation from the
people and turnouts of the crowd
have been just wonderful. Now, if
only we could get the weather to
cooperate! I am pretty confident
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