By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Jeffrey Geiger, the 23-year old man who forced his
way into a Kingston home last Wednesday, shot and
' killed Greg Goryeb, 21, of Kingston; wounded Marie
Collins of Wilkes-Barre, and Thomas Nice of Kingston,
before taking his own life with a .357 magnum
revolver, spent several months in the Back Mountain
area as an employee of Jedidia’s Restaurant, Route
309, Dallas.
Geiger was hired on a part-time basis by Jim Davis,
owner of Jedidia’s, as a dishwasher and a cook
trainee. Davis described Geiger as a man who kept to
himself and did not associate with the other employ-
ees.
During the first few weeks Geiger worked at the
restaurant, his work was fine, according to Davis, but
then Geiger got so he neglected to do things he was
told. They were little things, Davis said, but they were
a-source of annoyance.
Whether this behavior on Geiger’s part was because
he was concerned with his relationship status with
Miss Collins, Davis did not know. He said he never got
involved with Geiger’s personal life.
David did not know that Geiger was a patient-in the
Clarks Summit State Hospital until after he (Geiger)
was released and returned to work.
“When he reported off from work, I was called and
told that he had an accident and was in the hospital,”
Davis said. He added that Davis was asked if he would
hold his job for him and Davis said that he would.
When Geiger called to come back to work, he was
told he could return. Davis said that when Geiger
arrived at Jedidia’s, there were two men sitting at a
table in the restaurant. Davis said Geiger talked with
the men for a while and then started to leave the
restaurant with them. Davis called Geiger back and
sent him to the kitchen to work.
Later, when Davis went to the kitchen, Geiger had
left food in the oven and that food burned. Davis
reprimanded Geiger and, later that same evening,
discharged him. Several times in the next few days,
Geiger called and asked if he could have his job back,
but Davis said he told him he would not allow him to
return to work for him.
“I didn’t hold it against him that he was a patient at
Clarks Summit,” said Davis. ‘That can happen to
anyone. It was the fact that he didn’t do what he was
asked to do.”
Davis’ wife said that she worked with Geiger several
times in the evening and found him to be a very quiet
individual and that he never discussed any of his
friends.
Frances Dierolf, a hostess at Jedidia’s, said that she
didn’t come in contact with Geiger very often since he
worked in the kitchen and she worked in the front part
of the restuarant.
“He (Geiger) was very quiet,”’ Frances said. “Not
like the type of person who would do what he did. I
don’t know how he was to others, but he always spoke
very respectfully to me. He appeared to be a very
polite young man.”’
Respectful or not, it was only nine days after he was
released from Clarks Summit State Hospital that
Geiger shot Miss Collins and her new boyfriend,
Thomas Nice, killed Nice’s roommate, Gregg Goryeb,
and then killed himself. :
Goryeb was the manager at Jim Dandy’s Restau-
(See MURDERER, page 12)
Vol. 95, No. 47
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Joseph ‘‘Red’’ Jones was re-
elected president of the Lake-
Lehman School Board by a 5-4 vote
at the reorganization meeting of the
district directors held last Tuesday.
Jones edged out Edward Mark,
who received the votes of Bing
Wolfe, Allen Keiper and Martin
Noon, in addition to his own. Votes
for Jones were from Donald Jones,
Gilbert Tough, Daniel Hudzik,
Thomas Williams and Joseph Jones.
In the nomination for vice presi-
dent, Williams defeated Mark by a
5-4 vote, to be re-elected to that
position. Noon was elected second
vice president. Donald Jones voted
against Noon, saying he did not
phelieve Noon was gualified for the
fice.
( Gilbert Tough, chairman of the
s nominating committee, explained
the committee did not meet for-
“ mally, but that he spoke with
Keiper and Donald Jones by tele-
phone discussing the nominations of
Joseph Jones, Keiper and Williams.
Keiper asked that his name not be
included on the committee because
he disagreed with two of the three
nominations.
Tough was elected to another
three year term on the West Side
Vo-Tech School Board as the dis-
trict’s representative and Red Jones
was re-elected as the alternate to
that Board.
Red Jones appointed Tom Wil-
liams to the Back Mountain Memo-
rial Library Board and appointed
Tough as chairman and himself as
co-chairman of the Pennsylvania
School Board Association represent-
@atives.
The District’s negotiations com-
JOSEPH “RED” JONES
mittee which meets with the Lake-
Lehman Education Association rep-
resentatives will have as members
Raymond Bowersox, district busi-
ness manager; Allen Keiper, Red
Jones, Daniel Hudzik and Peter
Savage, board solicitor, chief nego-
tiator.
Tough was named chairman of
finance, Noon, community rela-
tions; Hudzik, chairman of educa-
tion; Williams, chairman of athlet-
ics and activities; and Donald
Jones, chairman of buildings and
grounds.
Regular meetings of the board
will continue to be held on the
second Tuesday of each month at
alternate school buildings in the
district.
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By PAMELA AARON
Staff Correspondent
A special meeting will be held this
evening at 5 p.m. by the Dallas
School Board in an effort to resolve
a deadlock concerning the nomina-
tion of a new school board director.
The deadlock occured Monday eve-
ning during the board’s regular
monthly meeting as members
attempted to fill a seat vacated by
the recent resignation of Barbara
Mead.
The board had 30 days from
November 12, the day Mrs. Mead
resigned, to «fill. the vacancy, but
became deadlocked Monday eve-
ning in its efforts to approve a
candidate.
The four candidates being consid-
ered were chosen last Monday night
at a special meeting. They are John
Cleary, James Richardson, Ellen
Nagy and Joyce Drummin, all from
the Citizens Advisory Committee.
Cleary was nominated first by
former board president, Joseph
0’Donnell and Richardson was nom-
inated by Harry Sickler. After two
tie votes, with Sickler, Wilson,
O’Donnell and Pisaneschi voting for
Cleary, and George Jones, Camp
and Ashbridge voting for Richard-
son, O’Donnell suggested a verbal
vote was in order.
President Ashbridge stated he
saw no useful purpose to making the
ballot public. Consequently, O’Don-
nell made a motion, seconded by.
Pisaneschi, to nominate Ellen Nagy,
thus assuring a verbal ballot. Ms.
Nagy was voted down and O’Don-
nell announces that, in order to be
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The Dallas Post proudly announces the institution of the first-ever
Dallas Post Student/Athlete Award, an award which will be bestowed
upon both a male and female from Dallas and Lake-Lehman High
award. The award will recognize both scholastic and athletic
achievement during the 1984-85 school year.
HSieheduled to be presented to a male and female member of the
senir class at both area high schools, The Dallas Post Student/Athlete
Award will recognize the students’ grades, athletic achievements,
(See AWARD, page 12)
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‘Parts’ men Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
Tim Farmer, left, and Jon Slaff joined friends, relatives and
autograph-seekers at Wendy's in Edwardsville Monday. The
two are the mainstays of a currently-running Wendy's
commercial which advertises the franchise's newest chicken
produgt. Slaff’'s parents are Back Mountain residents.
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Jon Slaff, along with Tim Farmer, visited Wendy’s
Restaurant in Edwardsville Monday ‘afternoon and
there was no doubt Wyoming Valley had heard of the
two men as relatives, friends and television viewers
crowded into the restaurant to visit with Slaff and
obtain an autograph.
For those of you who may have never heard of Slaff
or Farmer, they are the two young men in the latest
Wendy’s chicken commercial which is currently
chicken what Clara Peller did for Wendy’s beef.
Farmer is the rival counterman who says, ‘Parts is
parts” in the commercial.
“This is my first personal appearance,” Slaff told
The Post, ‘And I love it. I’m having lots of fun.”
We asked Slaff if doing commercials proved lucra-
tive. “It is, if they’re aired,” he answered. He said he
has made a number of them that probably landed on
the cutting floor.
Does he enjoy doing commercials? He loves it! In
fact he loves anything that has to do with acting. He
recently filmed a comedy ‘Beer’ with Loretta Swit
(one of the stars of M.A.S.H.) in Toronto, Canada,
which is expected to be released next summer.
Wendy’s commercial is not the only commercial
Slaff has done. He gained national exposure as
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“Cruller” in the Federal Express commercial ‘“You’ve
all done an excellent job..EXCEPT CRULLER!
Others were Glidden Paint, Maryland National Bank,
FirstTel (division of AT&T) and Wendy’s. He did his
first commercial in 1977 with Hal Linden.
A humorous young man, Slaff decided he would
come into Wendy’s, order chicken and no one would
recognize him. Then, he would feign disappointment
that they didn’t know who he was. The surprise didn’t
work. As soon as he stepped up to give his order, the
employees recognized him and asked, “Aren’t you the
man in our commercial?”
Slaff has also played in several soap operas,
including ‘‘One Life To Live,” “All My Children,” ‘“‘As
The World Turns,” ‘‘Another World,” and on the talk
program, ‘‘The Joe Franklin Show.”
Slaff has a private practice in New York near
Carnegie Hall where he teaches actors, models and
others interested in acting during classes he conducts
on Monday and Thursday nights.
The son of Lyle and Muriel Slaff of Newberry
Estates in Dallas, Slaff was active in Little Theatre of
Wilkes-Barre as a child actor. He attended Wyoming
Seminary Day School where he wrote and directed
school plays and gave his first professional perform-
ance in 1962 as the boy in South Pacific at the Kenley
Players, Columbus, Ohio.
Slaff attended Wyoming Seminary until his junior
(See PARTS, page 12)
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consistent, a verbal vote should be
conducted in the case of Cleary and
Richardson.
After five successive fries, no
board member changed his vote and
the board remained deadlocked. If
the issue cannot be resolved, Ben
Jones explained, Luzerne County
Judges will have to choose the new
member.
Don Jones asked about a recess to
which Attorney Jones replied it was
in violation of the Sunshine Law. He
explained that a special meeting
was their only recourse and it
requred three days notice. The
meeting then adjourned to rehash
the issue this Monday.
Ashbridge explained a new proce-
dure he would be instituting at
future board meetings. Contrary to
the former agenda, where questions
from the floor were entertained only
after the board voted on an issue,
Ashbridge stressed the importance
of hearing the audience before the
board voted.
Questions and comments were
then accepted from the public.
Ellen Nagy, a former nominee for
the board post, suggested that per-
haps if the board drilled the nomi-
nees on their knowledge and per-
sonal philosophies, a more
enlightened decision could be made:
(See DALLAS, page 12)
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