By PAMELA AARON
Staff Correspondent
are chatting over coffee and then stoops to return a warm hug to
resident ‘‘Mary’’ before she continues.
“She (Mary) had been frail and hardly participated in activities,”
Phyllis says after Mary leaves. ‘Almost like she was waiting to die,”
added Eleanor, the resident representative, sadly. The look of
compassion and patience is evident in Eleanor’s blue-grey eyes when
she says, ‘Little by little with effort and plenty of TLC, Mary has
come around.”
“I think the two major concepts we promote here at Hillside are
support (there’s plenty of hugging here),”” laughs Ms. Rohrback and
also the way we encourage our people to get involved.” .
Personal care differs from intermediate or skilled care in that
residents are basically autonomous.
“It is a group-living arrangement rather than a hospital setting,”
says Phyllis “We are not a nursing home!” she says emphatically.
Residents are free to come and go as they please, though they let us
know their whereabouts. There are no curfews nor any limitations on
visitors or activities and we are there to assist when needed. Projects
and activities that foster independence keep people interested and
alive and involved in life.
And such attivities abound at Hillside. Along with church groups,
bingo games and card parties, scheduled group activities and social
functions, Hillside residents enjoy their own library, musical enter-
tainment and films. A project currently at the planning stages is
Hillside’s flower and vegetable garden.
Residents enjoy private and semi-private dwellings that resemble
efficiency apartments, complete with furniture and bath. Any
furniture or other belongings someone wishes to bring are always
‘welcome, says the staff. A resident physician is on call every two
weeks and physical therapy and other medical specialties such as
ta beautician comes directly to Hillside to service its residents.
Recreational activities are also stressed for mental as well as
plenty of walking space in a pretty country setting. Ms. Rohrbach
plans to add covered walkways and shuffleboard courts to her list of
upeoming improvements.
Arlene Campbell, resident chef, is known for her tasty recipes that
are enjoyed in the group setting of a central dining room.
Hillside is a place where one can make friends, seek out
stimulating activities and hobbies and do just about anything in a
friendly atmosphere of independent living while also being assured
that help, support and lot’s of “hugs” are available right outside your
doorstep...any time you need them.Ms. Rohrbach always emphasizes
the fact that the coffee pot is always on and snacks are always
Richard F. Laux, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of United
- Penn Bank an Roy T. Peraino,
Chairman and Chief Executive Offi-
cer of Continental Bancorp, Inc.
announce that the FDIC approved a
merger of Security Bank and Trust
Company of Stroudsburg with and
into United Penn Bank. United Penn
| is a subsidiary of Continental Ban-
| corp, Philadelphia.
~The merger had previously been
approved by the shareholders of
Security Bank and the Pennsylvania
Department of Banking. Following
a 30,day statutory waiting period,
proposed merger may proceed.
Correction
| In the May 8 edition of The Dallas
Post, it was inadvertently reported
~ that Darren Ide is the son of Roland
~ Ide when, in fact, heis the son of
Roland and Audrey Ide. Mr. Ide
was formerly employed as a police
officer for Lehman Township and
did not serve as police chief as was
reported earlier.
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It is expected that the merger will
be consummated by mid-year.
Under the terms of the agree-
ment, Security Bank shareholders
will receive 1.65 shares of Continen-
tal Bancorp common stock for each
of their shares in Security Bank.
After the merger, Continental
Bancorp will continue to operate
three banking subsidiaries: Conti-
nental Bank, Philadelphia, The
York Bank, and Trust Company and
United Penn Bank.
United Penn Bank presently oper-
ates 25 banking offices in five Penn-
sylvania Counties: Aolumbia, Lack-
awanna, Luzerne, Monroe, and
Wyoming. On March 31, 1985,
United Penn Bank had total assets
of $738.3 million.
Security Bank operates 11 branch
offices in Monroe and Pike Counties
in Northeastern Pennsylvania. On
March 31, 1985, Security had total
assets of $209.7 million.
Continental Bancorp, headquar-
tered in Philadelphia, is a multi-
bank holding company which,
through its subsidiary banks, oper-
ates 105 branch offices in Eastern
Pennsylvania. On March 31, 1985,
Continental had total assets of $4.0
billion.
As of March 31, 1985, Security
Bank and Trust Company had 624,-
393 shares of common stock issued
and outstanding, and Continental
had 9,406,413 shares outstanding.
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FRANCES BLACK
Mrs. Frances Black, 77, formerly
of Shavertown, died May 6 at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Norman
(Ann) Lundin, of 11442 East
Adriatic Place, Aurora, Col., follow-
ing an illness.
Surviving, in addition to her
daughter, are another daughter,
Ruth, White Haven; three grand-
children; brother, William Sholes,
Somerville, N.J.; sister, Mrs. Jule
Jeffery, Kingston.
Funeral services were held May
10 from the Piszczek Funerl Home,
Plymouth, with the Rev. John C.
Masakowski, pastor, of St. John the
Baptist Church, Larksville, officiat-
ing. Interment, parish cemetery.
post obits
OPHELIA ZARYCHTA
Mrs. Ophelia A. Zarychta, 58, of
Ransom Road, Rd 3, Dallas, died
May 12 at home following a lengthy
illness.
Surviving are her husband, John;
son, Frank Allentown; daughters,
Mary Ann Rimple, Reading; Shirley
Vercellone, Woodcliff Lakes, N.J.;
Christine Cook, San Diego, Calif.;
five grandchildren; brother, Fred
Addison Jr., Toledo, Ohio; sister,
Wilda Kozak, Buffalo, N.Y.
Funeral services were held in St.
Mary’s Polish National Catholic
Church, Duryea, with interment in
the parish cemetery.
FLORENCE KAST
Mrs. Florence Thomas Kast, 87,
of 166 Spring Garden St., Trucks-
ville, died May 7 at home.
Surviving are brothers, G. Lester,
Seabring, Fla.; Harry, Miami, Fla.;
sisters, Mrs. Vincent McGuire,
Trucksville; Mrs. Raymond Hauck,
Bloomsburg.
Funeral services were held May
10 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with the
Rev. Lynn A. Rothrock, pastor of
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, officiat-
ing. Interment, Oaklawn Cemetery,
Wilkes-Barre.
WILLIAM BOYLE SR.
William Bernard Boyle, Sr., of 6
Harris Hill Road, Trucksville, died
May 11 as a result of an automobile
accident on Route 118 in Lehman
Township.
Surviving are his father, Thomas
Joseph Boyle, Indiana; mother,
Mrs. Ann Boyle, Dallas; wife, the
former Sally Gilroy; son, William
Jr., at home; daughter, Deborah, at
home; brothers, T. Joseph, Roger
and Bruce, all of Dallas.
today at 8:45 a.m. from the M.S.
Frederick and Sons Funeral Home,
1188 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort,
with a Mass of Christian Burial at
9:30 a.m. in Gate of Heaven Church.
Interment, Mount Olivet Cemetery,
Carverton.
MARION BRACE
Mrs. Marion H. Brace, of Box 239,
Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas,
where she had been a guest for 11
months.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs.
Barbara Miller, East Hartford,
Conn.; son, Lawrence H., Orange,
RD 3, Dallas; brother, Lawrence
Henshall, Reading; and four grand-
children.
Funeral services were held May
11 from the Metcalfe and Shaver
Funeral Home, Wyoming,w tih the
Rev. Roger Ainslie-Richards of the
Orange United Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment, Mountain
View Cemetery, Harding.
post obits add one
ELLEN LAWRY
Miss Ellen C. Lawry, 78, formerly
of Wilkes-Barre and Dallas, died
Home, Wilkes-Barre, following an
illness.
Surviving are brothers, Wilbur,
Kingston; William, Wilkes-Barre; a
siste, Mrs. Mildred Dockeray, a
patient at Valley Crest.
Funeral was held May 10 from the
Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home,
Kingston, with The Rev. James A.
Wert, pastor of Shavertown United
Methodist Church, officiating. Inter-
ment, Forest Hill Cemetery, Dun-
more.
Hotline
installed
The Pennsylvania Department of
Agriculture today announced the
installation of a toll-free 800 number
for use by the public in seeking help
with agriculture-related problems
and concerns.
The hotline number is 1-800-AG-
PENNA (247-3662).
Acting Secretary of Agriculture
George F. Grode noted that the
Department has a great variety of
responsibilities relating to agricul-
ture, foo and consumer protection
an that 800-AG-PENNA can be used
to get help with problems as diverse
as: amusement rides, animal
health, dog laws, export sales,
family farm development program,
farmland preservation, farm mar-
keting problems, food problems,
lawn seed problems, pesticide use,
plant diseases, plant pests, rabies,
questions on weights and meau-
sures, and the wide range of serv-
ices provided by the Department.
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OICE
John Miliauskas, Director of the
Lake-Lehman Band and Chairman
of the Fine Arts Department of
Lake-Lehman School, has been a
music educator for many years and
has had many honors bestwoed
upon him.
However, at a State Pennsylvania
Music Educators Association -Con-
ference held on April 27 at Lancas-
ter, Mr. Miliauskas received an
honor attained by only a select
group of music educators.
On April 27, Mr. Miliauskas was
inducted into the Phi Beta Mu
Fraternity. This Fraternity is com-
prised of an elite group of music
educators consisting mainly of uni-
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versity educators and a few high
school educators.
To gain admittance into this Fra-
ternity, a candidate must be nomi-
nated by three members. All mem-
bers vote on the nomination and all
votes must be unanimous in order to
gain admittance. To date, there are
only 45 members in the Fraternity
in Pennsylvania.
The Fraternity commended Mr.
Miliauskas on his continued success-
ful music program and his contribu-
tions to other music educators.