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jurisdiction), Gregory will have
‘eight municipalities and more than
28,000 population making it the larg-
est district in Luzerne County.
“I don’t need to worry about it
since I will retire in October,” said
Harvey. “But it will double Earl’s
workload and whether or not he will
‘be allowed more secretarial staff
will be up to the county commission-
ers and the state. It will make it
difficult for him if he does not get
more office personnel.”
- Gregory said he is not pleased
with the decision but he doesn’t
make the policies.
“I have two options - take or
leave it,” Gregory said. “Naturally,
I’m going to take it.”
Gregory said that the state
wanted to cut costs and since
Harvey was due to retire, he belives
the state thought it was a good time
to merge the two districts.
Like Harvey, Gregory also
believes it’s a foot in the back door
for municipal courts. This is.what
the state has proposed in the past
but the people have opted for magis-
terial districts in their own areas.
Gregory explained that in Schuylkill
County the districts have been
reduced from 12 to five municipal
courts.
The municipal court means the
people would have to go into the
courthouse where magistrates
would take turns sitting to hear
‘cases.
“The merger means more files,
more storage area and a need for
more office help. I would be happy
‘to have Harvey's staff members
they are experienced and know his
area,’”’ said Gregory. ‘That all
depends on the commissioners. I
.can request but they make the
- decisions.”
Gregory said he will definitely
need more room. He said he can
“request that he remain where he is
and some remodeling be done but
“that also will be up to the county
and state. County Commissioners
and the President Judge make the
determination of the site just as
they decide how many secretaries.
“The top magisterial salary is
$29,500 and it makes no difference
how large the population or district,
I will not get any more than that.”
Gregory also explained that he
would have the disadvantage of
having to run for re-election in five
municipalities where he does not
know many of the people and they
do not know him.
Both justices agree that despite
the state explaining the mergers are
to cut costs, it is letting the munici-
pal courts in the back door. Both
would also like to see a letter
writing campaign effective but they
are not optimistic about it.
In an attempt to obtain the opin-
ion of local police departments,
Dallas Township Police Chief Carl
Miers was the only one to return our
call. Dallas Township is under the
jurisdiction of Magistrate Gregory.
Miers said nobody can really say
if the merger will create a backlog
of cases at the present time.
“There is a potential for a back-
log with the workload doubled,”
said Miers, ‘‘Depending on the
number of violators requesting
hearings. At the present time, most
of the hearings are scheduled when
the officer is on duty. If there is a
large number of cases it could
require the arresting officer to
appear at another time. According
to their contract, this means over-
time and additional cost to the
municipality.”
Miers also said the scheduling of
criminal cases could be a problem
for the magistrate. Eighty percent
of these are presently scheduled
when the officer is on duty. Just as
in civil cases if an officer has to
appear when off duty it means
additional costs to the taxpayers.
Consensus of opinion by the mag-
istrates is that “like it or not’, the
decision to merge is final.
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ice time from them to help get the
books returned. She has distributed
“flyers to all of the schools in the
Lake-Lehman and Dallas School
‘District as well as Gate of Heaven.
*. Beverly will attempt to solicit the
cooperation of local service clubs in
‘letting her speak to them about her
project. She also will post flyers in
"public places.
~ Books may be returned to the
book drop at the old library on Main
Street, Dallas; circulation desk at
the new library, Huntsville Road;
any Back Mountain area school;
Back Mountain Lumber Company,
Shavertown; First Eastern Bank,
Dallas, or United Penn Bank,
‘Dallas.
Those who return books ‘will
remain anonymous, but those who
have lost library privileges will
have them restored when the books
are returned. The new Pennsylvania
State law mandates privacy in the
maintenance of circulation of the
library which means no one may
know who else had the book.
Beverly finds the project a chal-
lenge and is enthusiastic about its
success. Prior to moving to the
Back Mountain, she worked as an
assistant in a library in a high
school near her home, so to keep
busy when she moved here, she
offered her services to the library
Her priority was to get the catal-
oging in order, listing all of the
older books according to author,
title, and subject on individual
cards.
She also organized the local chap-
ter, Wyoming Valley Embroiderers’
Guild, affiliated with Embroiderers’
Guild of America. Started in 1983, it
now has 78 members. She had been
a member at White Plains and
found none when she moved here.
Mrs. Marchetti wrote to the
national office to get materials on
how to organize the chapter. The
members are from Moosic to
Bloomsburg with about 12 from the
Back Mountain and most of them
from Kingston and Wilkes-Barre.
Since its organization, the Guild
has had two nationally known
embroidery teachers as guest
speakers and two small exhibits.
Presently, members are planning a
larger exhibit at Dennison House in
May.
The mother of five boys, John in
Washington, D.C.; Vincent, docto-
rial candidate at Cornell; Christo-
pher, student at Fordham; Michael,
with the U.S. Army, Fort Gordon,
Ga.; and Robert, senior at Dallas
High School, Beverly became used
to doing volunteer work when they
were growing up, so when she
moved to the Back Mountain she
continued to look for something to
do.
She joined and worked with the
Northeastern Philharmonic and the
Meadows Auxiliary where she
works on selected projects. She also
b a member of the Dallas Woman's
lub.
Presently, she is doing whatever
she can to help the library which is
in great need of volunteers.
Women
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had to make a decision.”
Sue said she gave it serious con-
sideration and finally decided to
open her art studio in 1976. She
opened with just a few students and
said it was scary in the beginning
because she gave up a regular
salary to go on her own. Her hus-
band, was working, however, so she
decided they could manage. Sue
also had the advantage of being
‘with her daughter, Heather, while
working in the studio.
During the first summer, the
number of students tripled and in
spite of working long hours, Sue
loved it. She said to her it was fun.
She didn’t like cutting mats for
the paintings so Joe did some of
these for her on a part-time basis.
Then he started to do some of the
framing. Six years ago, the studio
became so busy that Joe resigned
from his other position and came
into the business full-time.
In her studio, Sue averages about
100 students weekly, from agest five
through adulthood.
Sue’s schedule varies in the
summer but she averages about 80
hours of working time each week.
“I don’t mind it because I love art
and the people,” said Sue. ‘‘Some of
my students have been with me
since I opened nine years ago.”
“The most rewarding to me,”
said Sue, “Is that my students write
to me when they leave this area and
those, who come back here for
holidays come to visit me and keep
me informed as to what they are
doing. Some day I know that some
of my students will really make it
big. They have set high goals and it
is only a matter of time. I will
consider that my ultimate success.”
287-9900
Meetings
THE REGULAR MONTHLY
MEETING of the Lake-Lehman
Board of School Directors will be
held on Tuesday, March 12, at 8
p.m. in the gymnasium of the Lake-
Lehman Junior High School,
Lehman.
Joseph ‘“‘Red” Jones, president,
will preside.
DR. LOUIS R. SIEMINSKI will
address the Back Mountain Kiwanis
Club at their Breakfast meeting at
Franklin’s Restaurant in Dallas, on
Saturday, March 9, 8:30 a.m.
He will offer advice on a possible
club project to help the hearing
impaired.
LADIES AUXILIARY of the Jack-
son Township Volunteer Fire Com-
pany will not meet until April.
THE ANTHRACITE JIM BEAM
BOTTLE CLUB will meet on Tues-
day, March 12, at 7 p.m. in Kone-
fal’s Restaurant, Main Street,
Edwardsville.
There will be a display of decan-
ters. Visitors are welcome to attend.
THE NEW GOSS MANOR ASSO-
CIATION for all members or any
new families interested in joining
will hold a meeting on Wednesday,
March 6, at 8 p,m. at the home of
Karen Rittenhouse, 13 Highland
Drive.
Discussions will be held on the
annual picnic and some new
projects in the making that will
benefit everyone in the develop-
ment.
THE REUNION COMMITTEE for
the Class of 1938, Lehman High
School met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Kittle, Huntsville Road,
Chase. Plans were made for a class
reunion to be held on Sept. 14, at
Castle Inn, Dallas. Those attending
were: Mrs. Jean McCulloch,
Lehman; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Should-
ice, Huntsville; Mr. August Walters,
Dallas.
THE SUSQUEHANNA SAAB
CLUB of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania will conduct its first meeting
on Sunday, March 10, at 2 p.m. at
Hotel Magee, Bloomsburg.
Any interested people or Saab
owners are invited to attend. For
further information, call 752-5304
after 7 p.m.
WILKES-BARRE GENERAL
HOSPITAL’S CARDIAC SUPPORT
GROUP will hold its monthly meet-
ing on Wednesday, March 6 at 7
p.m. in the hospital’s board room on
the main floor. Individuals with a
diagnosed heart condition (and their
family members) are invited to
attend. Nicholas Ruggiero will dis-
cuss ‘‘Angina and Heart Disease.”
Dr. Ruggiero is a graduate of
King’s College and received his
medical degree from Jefferson Med-
ical College, Philadelphia. He
served a two-year internship at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and
his residency in internal medicine
at Thomas Jefferson University
Hospital in Philadelphia. He also
completed a fellowship in cardiol-
ogy and was Chief Cardiology
Fellow at Thomas Jefferson Univer-
sity.
For further information about the
group, contact General’s Social
Services Department.
Events
THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY of
St. Ignatius Church, Kingston, has
set the date of March 16, for ‘‘Recy-
cle” from 8:30 a.m. to noon, at St.
Ann’s Chapel parking lot, N. Good-
win and Hoyt Sts., Kingston.
Recyclables include: paper, such
as newspapers, magazines, card-
board, brown bags, junk mail and
all paper products; Aluminum,
including cans, pie plates, foil, food
trays, siding, window frames and
other clean household aluminum.
Proceeds will benefit the youth
activities of the parish.
THE SOLO CLUB of Luzerne
County announce the schedule for
March is as follows:
March 2,
V.F.W,, 9:30.
March 9, St. Patrick’s Day party,
No. 2 Hose Co., 3rd St., Wyoming.
Ham and cabbage dinner. Make
reservations with Betty O’Hara.
March 16, St. Patrick’s Day party
Orioles Club, Pittston. Buffet start-
ing at 7:30. Music by Teddy Mesh
Band. Make reservations with Jose-
phine Seipe 655-3320.
dancing at Dupon
March 23, Dancing at Carriage
Stop Inn, 9:30.
March 30, Dancing at Chet’s in
Moosic, 9:30.
Single persons over 35 interested
in becoming a member, can call the
following for information. Gene
Schray, Doris Skurka, Betty
Erwine.
THE GREATER WILKES-
BARRE Chamber of Commerce’s
next Small Business Awareness
Breakfast will be held on Tuesday,
March 5 at the Sheraton-Crossgates.
The session will begin promptly at
7:57 a.m. and end by 9:30 a.m. A
country-style breakfast will be
served followed by the program.
The special guest speaker will be
Cathy Shankweiler, M.Ed. Her topic
is: “Do you really need a com-
puter?’
Ms. Shankweiler is a partner in
the Lehigh Valley Computer Learn-
ing Center. The Center specializes
in training corporate and small
business personnel how to effi-
ciently use computers and related
application packages.
As the Center’s Educational
Director, Ms. Shankweiler has
developed and implemented a
number of specialized training pro-
grams helping many individuals
and businesses benefit from using
her technologies.
Please call Tilly Kalish at 823-2101
for reservations. The cost is $6.00
per person for Chamber members
and $8.00 per person for non-mem-
bers.
THE LAKE-LEHMAN HIGH
SCHOOL BAND will hold a “Silent
Auction” as one of their fund-rais-
ers for the year on Saturday, April
27, at the Lake-Lehman High
School.
Doors will open at 1 p.m. with
drawing scheduled to begin at 5
p.m.
Upon payment of a ticket, partici-
pants will be given a number. Each
article at the auction will have a
can in front of it into which partici-
pants will drop their numbers.
Those numbers will be drawn with
the winning number being chosen at
random.
Anyone wishing to donate mer-
chandise or services is asked to
contact Helen Rhode, chairperson,
at 256-3595.
WILKES-BARRE GENERAL
HOSPITAL Registered Dietitian
Margi Ace will give a presentation
on proper nutrition to area Girl
Scouts on “Girl Scout Day,” Satur-
day, March 9 at area Boscov’s
stores in Hazleton and Wilkes-
Barre. The presentations will be
held in conjunction with the ‘‘OK
Heart’’ Project, the community-
wide preventative health care risk
factor awareness and cardiovascu-
lar fitness program.
Ace will address the basics of
good nutrition for Girl Scouts ages 6
to 17 during the morning session,
which begins at 10 a.m. at Boscov’s
in Hazleton. She will be accompan-
ied by individuals dressed in cos-
tumes representing each of the four
basic food groups: fruits and vege-
tables, dairy products, meats and
breads-grains.
The afternoon presentation begins
at 2 p.m. at Boscov's in Wilkes-
Barre. Ace will provide the Girl
Scouts with information about
decreasing simple sugar intake and
diets low in salt, saturated fats and
cholesterol. Nutritious snacks will
be served at both sessions.
Ace received her B.S. degree in
dietetics and M.S. in food and nutri-
tion from Marywood College, Scran-
ton. She is a part-time instructor in
the King’s College physician’s
assistant program, a member of the
American Dietetic Association and
the public relations chairperson for
the ADA. She resides in Laflin.
DADDOW-ISAAC POST 672,
American Legion, will initiate its
new members, Friday, March 8 at 8
p.m. Commander Ed Lyons has
appointed Tom Reese and Ed Buck-
ley as a committee to handle the
program.
Jack Joseph, 12th District Com-
mander and Nell Carozzoni will be
in charge of the initiation ceremo-
nies.
A. presentation from the State
Senate for 50 Years Service to the
Community will be made.
Speaker for the affair will be
Atty. Charles Lemmond, former
Luzerne County Judge.
Marion Harvey, president of the
auxiliary and her members will
take part in the program. Legion
members and their guests are urged
to attend.
THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
BLOODMOBILE will be at the
Noxen United Methodist Church on
Monday, March 11, from 12:45 to
5:45 p.m.
LARGE COOKED
SHRIMP
» $6.99
FRESH BOSTON
SCROD Fier
»%2.69
BOX OF COLOSSAL SIZE
SHRIMP
$400
Per Lb.
The Bloodmobile is sponsored by
Galka-Bean Sanitation.
LEHMAN-JACKSON PTA will
sponsor a Chinese Auction on March
11 in the school cafeteria. Admission
will be $3.00 for adults and children
free.
Refreshments will be available.
Doors will open at 7 p.m. The public
is invited to attend.
Sales
THERE WILL BE A HOAGIE
SALE for the Harveys Lake Little
League on Tuesday, and Wednes-
day, March 12 and 13. Orders must
be in by Friday, March 8. Call
JoAnn, 477-2026 or Ailene, 639-1994.
THE FRIENDS AND ALUMNI
OF KING'S COLLEGE will hold
their 11th Annual Flea Market and
Bake Sale for the Benefit of the
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday,
March 31, in Scandlon Gymnasium.
Admission is free and parking is
available at the King’s Parkade,
Main and North Streets.
The Flea Market will feature 80
booths offering antiques, collecti-
bles, crafts and general merchan-
dise. A refreshment stand and used
book booth will also be featured.
People wishing to donate mer-
chandise for the Flea Market can
call the King’s College Alumni
Office at 826-5879 to arrange for pick
up.
A RUMMAGE SALE will be held
on Wednesday, March 6, from 9
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and on Thursday,
March 7, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at
the Maple Grove United Methodist
Church Hall, Pikes Creek.
To get to the church hall, turn left
off Route 118 past Sheldon’s Diner
and proceed to the top of the hill.
March 7 will be $1 Bag Day.
THE MAPLE GROVE UNITED
METHODIST WOMEN will be
taking orders for a homemade pie
sale. The pies will be made on
March 29.
Orders may be, called into Betty
Sorber at 477-5255; Sharon Pudmott
at 477-2428; Fran Afahara at 477-
5436. Pies offered are fruit and
pump and are priced at $3.50.
Pick up may be made between 3
and 5 p.m. on March 29 at the hall
located in Pikes Creek.
Church
REV. CLIFF JONES of the Hunts-
ville Christian Church has
announced two more Sunday ser-
mons for this Lenten season. They
are:
March 10, The Fellowship of Pain,
I Corinthians 12:12, 13
March 17, The Fellowship of the
Body, II Corinthians 7:2-4
More information about the
Church and its programs is availa-
ble by contacting Pastor Jones at
675-0611. Huntsville Christian
Chjurch is located by the Huntsville
Dam.
Courses
THE WYOMING VALLEY CHAP-
TER AMERICAN RED CROSS is
sponsoring a Water Safety Instruc-
tor course to be held March 29, 30,
31, and April 13 and 14. The course
will be conducted at Wyoming
Valley West High School. A swim-
ming skills test will be given prior
to the start of course. Pre-registra-
tion is required by registering at the
Chapter office.
Checks should be made payable to
Wyoming Valley Chapter ARC -
Water Safety instructor course in
the amount of $20.00. Additional
information may be obtained by
contacting the Safety Services office
at 823-7161.
Workshops
A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP on
“Sprinkler systems’’ will be
presented by Penn State on March
26, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Hilton-
Lackawanna Station, Scranton.
This workshop would be most
useful to building managers and
maintenance supervisors, code
enforcement officers, fire protection
personnel, insurance managers and
real estate manmagers. It will pro-
vide an orientation to the design,
installation, maintenance, and
inspection of sprinkler systems.
Wallace Merrell, workshop
instructor, is a senior fire protection
engineer for a nationally known
insurance brokerage and consultant
MALTBY DRUG STORE
326 HUGHES ST.
SWOYERSVILLE, PA.
287-7724
89°
FREE PICK UP AND DELIVERY
LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED
JOE RANIELL, R. PH.
287-7724
firm. A past chairman of the High-
Rise Building Code Committee (City
of Pittsburgh), he is a ninstructor
for various fire fighter training
schools.
For additional information, con-
tact Mrs. Ina Lubin, Penn State
Wilkes-Barre, Continuing Education
office, Lehman, phone 675-2171.
WORKSHOPS ON METAL
PUNCHING and machine strip
quilting will be offered at College
Misericordia, here.
Metal Punching, scheduled for
Monday, March 18, from 7 to 9 p.m.,
will offer each participant the
opportunity to learn the early Amer-
ican craft of piercing tin and
copper. Students will be given a
choice of two patterns to complete
their own metal punched piece.
Jeannette Saneholtz, co-partner of
The Porches in Shavertown, . will
instruct the workshop. Her own
finished crafts are sold throughout
the local area.
A three-week course on the “Strip
Quilted Vest” will be held Tuesdays,
March 19 through April 2 from 1 to 3
p.m.
For further information and regis-
tration, call the college’s Office of
Special Programs at 675-2181, ext.
3331. Fee for the metal workshop is
$9 and $3 for materials; the strip
quilting workshop is $21 plus mate-
rials. Enrollment is limited.
Seminars
THE PARENT ENRICHMENT
GROUP of the Trucksville Nursery
School will conduct a seminar on
Tuesday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. for
parents and teachers on how to talk
to their children about sexual abuse.
Executive Counselor, Mrs. Mary
Llewellyn from Victims Resource
Center will lead the discussion fol-
lowing the viewing of Henry Wink-
ler’s tape “Safe Kids, Strong Kids”.
We will meet in the Educational
Building of the Trucksville United
Methodist Church.
Dinners
THE DADDOW-ISAACS AMERI-
CAN LEGION AUXILIARY UNIT
672, Dallas will hold their Annual
Ham and Cabbage Dinner at the
Post Home, Saturday, March 16.
Serving from 5 to 8 p.m. Music and
dancing following the dinner. Tick-
ets are available at the door and
from auxiliary members.
Ginger Spencer, is chairman and
Marion Harvey, co-chairman.
Concerts
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYL-
VANIA PHILHARMONIC, under
the baton of Hugh Wolff, presents
Spring in (Concert. The program
features ‘‘Spring” from the Four
Seasons by Vivaldi, the Spring Sym-
phony by Schumann, and the unique
Beethoven Triple Concerto with the
Rogeri Trio.
Performances are scheduled for
Friday, March 29 at Wilkes-Barre’s
Irem Temple and Saturday, March
30 at Scranton’s Masonic Temple.
Concerts begin at 8:30.
For best seats call Philharmonic
Hotline 654-4788.
Exhibits
A “HIGH TOUCH-HIGH TECH”
ART EXHIBIT of neural art is on
display at Penn State Wilkes-Barre
until March 14 in Hayfield House
from 8 am. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday. Dr. George K.
Shortess is the artist.
The exhibit consists of sculpture,
which interacts with the viewer, and
of paintings. Dr. Shortess, psychol-
ogy faculty member at Lehigh Uni-
versity, uses computers and tradi-
tional art media to create works
which explore relationships among
art, perception and the nervous
system. This is the first time his
works have been displayed in the
Wyoming Valley, but they have
been shown in Philadelphia, Bethle-
hem and New York City.
Clubs
APPLICATIONS ARE BEING
ACCEPTED for a new Round Dance
Club forming in the Wilkes-Barre-
Scranton-Hazleton area.
Instructions in dance will be con-
ducted at St. John’s Lutheran
Church, corner of Academy and S.
River Streets, Wilkes-Barre, on the
second and fourth Tuesday of each
month beginning on March 12.
Each session will be two hours in
length, from 8 to 10 p.m. and will
include basic steps in the Waltz,
Cha Cha, Two Step, Rhumba, Fox-
trot, etc.
The instructions are being spon-
sored by the Circle Eighters of
Wilkes-Barre and are available to
adult couples in the region. Pre-
vious dance experience is not neces-
sary.
Registration forms can be
obtained by writing: Round Dance
Club, 75 Pine Road, Break Creek
Township, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 18702-
9756. *