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Township honored
Unknown vandals caused approxi-
mately $4,500 worth of damage to a
John Deere tractor at the Orchard
Obituaries
ANNA KINGSBURY
Mrs. Anna L. Kingsbury, 77, of
Benton, RD 1, died October 13 at
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs.
Betty Remley, Benton, RD 3; son,
Dale B., Benton, RD 1; 12 grand-
children; 12 great-grandchildren;
brother, Charles Laycock, Benton,
RD 1.
Funeral services will be held
today at 1 p.m. from the Dean W.
Kriner Inc. Funeral Home, Benton,
with her pastor, Furman E. Doty,
officiating. Interment will be in
Mossville Cemetery.
LAUREN BARRY
Lauren Elizabeth Barry, infant
daughter of Francis J. Barry Jr.
and the former Susan Olinatz, of 157
Church St., Dallas, died October 13
shortly after birth in Nesbitt Memo-
rial Hospital, Kingston.
Surviving, in addition to her par-
ents, are her sister, Erin, Dallas;
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna
Olinatz, Jackson Township; pater-
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis J. Barry Sr., Dallas.
Funeral services were held Octo-
ber 15 at the convenience of the
family. Interment, St. Mary’s
Byzantine Cemetery, Dallas.
HELEN NESS
Mrs. Helen A. Ness, 86, of 94B
Kirkendall Road, Shavertown, died
October 12 at her home.
Surviving are her daughters, Mrs.
Helen N. Evans, Lexington, Ky.;
Mrs. Ruth N. McDermott, Teaneck,
N.J.; Mrs. Nancy N. Figura, Oro-
ville, Calf.; eight grandchildren;
two great-granddaughters.
Funeral services were held Octo-
ber 15 from ST. Paul’s Lutheran
Church, Shavertown, with the Rev.
Frederic Eidam officiating. Inter-
ment, Memorial Shrine Cemetery,
Carverton.
LEO YANKOSKI
Leo J. Yankoski, 68, of Queen of
Peace Road, Harveys Lake, died
October 11 in Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital following an illness.
Surviving is his sister, Mrs. Flor-
ence Brin, Loyalville.
Funeral services were held Octo-
ber 15 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, - with
Requiem High Mass in Good Shep-
herd Polish National Catholic
Church, Plymouth, with the Very
Rev. Senior Jan Chwiej, officiating.
Interment, parish cemetery, West
Nantioke.
VERNA ZIM
Mrs. Verna Zim, of 11 Firecut
Road, Kingston Township, died
OCtober 14 at her home.
Surviving are daughters, Mildred
Yanchick, at home; MRs. Evelyn
Pifer and Mrs. Ruth Frank, both of
Middletown; a son, Charles Zim, of
West Virginia; 10 grandchildren;
seven great-grandchildren; sisters,
Mrs. Jennie Zopko, Van Nuys, Cali-
fornia; Mrs. Adele Morelli, Swoy-
ersville; Mrs. Helen Sitar, Luzerne.
funeral services will be held Octo-
ber 17 at 10 a.m. from the Lehman
Funeral Home, 281 Chapel St.,
Swoyersville, with the Rev. James
A. Cara officiating. Interment will
be in Memorial Shrine Cemetery,
Carverton. Friends may call today 2
to4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
: JENNIE RUMMAGE
Mrs. Jennie Rummage, of 134
Jackson Road, Lehman, died Octo-
ber 13 in Leader West Nursing
Center, Kingston.
Surviving are her daughter, Mrs.
Janice Blight, at home; one grand-
daughter, Mrs. Janis LEe Rosser,
Reading; two great-grandsons, Wil-
liam and Christopher Rosser.
Memorial services will be held
this evening at 8:30 p.m. in the
Richard H. Disque Funeral Home,
672 Memorial Highway, Dallas, with
Pastor Cliff C. Jone,s of the Hunts-
ville Christian Church, officiating.
Friends may call today at 7 p.m.
until time of services.
View Terrace construction site last
Wednesday, Dallas Township police
reported.
Police chief Carl Meirs said the
vandals ripped wiring from under-
neath the control panel of the trac-
tor and the ‘‘hot-wired’’ the tractor
and drove it over an embankment.
The tractor is owned by Floyd
Milbrodt of RD 4, Dallas. Milbrodt
is a contrator doing excavation at
the Orchard View Terrace site.
Patrolman Elliot Ide investigated.
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Dallas Township Chief Carl Meirs
said Monday that all area residents
owning and operating All Terrain
Vehicles (ATVs) must register them
with the local police departments.
The ATVs, said Meirs, are now
being treated like snowmobiles and
they must be registered due to
recent changes in the Pennsylvania
Motor Vehicle Gode.
The cost of registering your ATV
is $20 for two years. The owner of a
ATV will ‘receive a registration
sticker similar to those sold for
snowmobiles.
Meirs said there is a $25 to $100
fine for first-time offenders of the
new law and a $50 to $200 fine for
second-time offenders.
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injury last Tuesday when his truck
hit an embankment and flipped over
on its side near the intersection of
Carverton Road and West Eighth
street, Kingston Township police
reported Monday.
Escaping with only minor cuts
and bruises from the accident was
Gerald G. Decker Jr. of 42 Birch
Street, Wilkes-Barre.
Decker was driving a 1969 Ford
truck owned by Kuharchik Con-
struction Inc. of Exeter.
Decker told police he was travel-
ing north on West Eighth street and
was attempting to turn left onto
Carverton Road, when an unknown
vehicle “cut infront of him” causing
the accident.
Kingston township police report
that Decker skidded approximately
100 feet before flipping the truck
over on its side. The truck came to
a resting point in the middle of the
eastbound lane of Carverton Road.
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By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Armed with nearly 20 years of active service with
the Shavertown Volunteer Fire Company, Fire Chief
Gary Beisel will man a newly appointed Fire Preven-
tion and Safety Officer post for Kingston Township.
Beisel, of 416 Carverton Road in Trucksville, was
named to the new postion during last Wednesday
night’s Kingston Township board of supervisors meet-
ing.
Beisel is currently a full-time patrolman for the
Kingston Township police force and has spent the last
four years as Shavertown’s Fire Chief. Beisel has over
15 years of fire-fighting experience with the Shaver-
town fire company.
“Basically, my duties will involve trying to enforce
the township’s (Kingston Township) fire codes and to
prevent some kind of disaster,” said Beisel Friday
morning.
“Fire protection has long been to me a sore
subject,” explained Beisel. ‘I have always felt that it
(fire protection) should not be something that is left to
slid. Fire protection is much too important an issue to
neglect,” said Beisel.
Beisel holds a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice
from King’s College and recently completed his
Associates degree work at Luzerne County Community
College earning a Fire Science diploma. The Kingston
Township patrolman said he hopes he can help avoid
any tragic fires like Sweet Valley’s Thomas’ Guest
Home blaze.
“There are an awful lot of fires waiting to happen
that can be avoided,” said Beisel. ‘However, if you sit
back and allow them (fire hazards) to go unchecked
eventually you will have a disasterous fire on your
hands.”
According to Kingston Township manager Fred
Potzer, many homeowners have been installing wood
burning stoves in order to cut their winter heating
bills. Many of the wood-burning stoves are improperly
installed and pose a serious fire hazard.
Due to the wood-burning stoves, many insurance
companies are requiring homeowners to have the
stoves inspected before issuing insurance. Beisel, in
his new Fire Prevention and Safety position, will now
do such inspecting for homeowners. Also, Kingston
township now requires all homeowners to obtain a
permit from the township prior to installing a wood-
burning device.
In addition to the wood-burning stoves, Beisel will be
advising area business, as well as homeowners, as to
potential fire hazards and their possible remedies.
“I have always wanted to be involved in fi
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services for many years,” Beisel said. “It is some-
thing that I enjoy very much because you can really
help people and protect your community.”
Beisel described his new position as “an extended
arm’ of fire protection for the township. “Hopefully I
will help prevent fires like the one out i
Valley,” Beisel said. in Sweet
Beisel will not receive a salary for the Fire.
Prevention slot but will receive expense payments for
any work involving fire prevention.
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