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RICHARD HAMMOND
Richard B. Hammond, 89, of 99
Summit St., Shavertown, died Janu-
ary 7 in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital,
Kingston.
Surviving ae his daughter, Mrs.
Theodore Ruthellen Rebennack,
Shavertown; sons, Richard N., Ivy-
land; Robert W., Fallsington; 10
grandchildren; three great-grand-
children.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 11 from the Harold C. Snowdon
Funeral Home, Shavertown, with
the Rev. James Wert and Rev.
Harriet Santos officiating. Inter-
ment, Mount Greenwood Cemetery,
Trucksville.
DONALD BOSTON
Donald Boston, 76, of RD 2, Dallas
(Loyalville) died January 10 at his
home following an illness.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Vesta Swire; sons, Theodore, Tona-
wanda, N.Y.; daughters, Mrs. Vesta
Boone, Buffalo, N.Y.; Mrs. Nancy
White, Loyalville; brother, Gilbert,
Noxen; sisters, Mrs. Inez Dennis,
Noxen; Mrs. Margaret Lord, Liver-
more, Calif.; Mrs. Mildred Krum,
Harding; Mrs. Ethel Wall, Beau-
mont; Mrs. Charlotte Meixsell,
Edwardsville; eight grandchildren;
14 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 13 from the Curtis L. Swanson
Funeral Home, Pikes Creek, with
the Rev. Kenneth Boston, pastor of
the Sunshine Full Gospel Church,
Shickshinny and Pastor Theodore
Lorah, pastor of the Loyalville
United Methodist Church, officiat-
ing. Interment, Memorial Shrine
Cemetery, Carverton.
IRMA GOLDSMITH
‘Miss Irma E. Goldsmith, 72, of Rd
3, Dallas, died January 11 in Veter-
ans Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre,
where she had been a patient since
July.
Surviving is a sister, Mrs. Char-
lotte Weaver, Dallas. Her sister,
Miss Emily Goldsmith, died in 1967.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 14 from the Disque Funeral
Home, Dallas, with The Rev. Roger
Ainslie-Richards, pastor of the
Orange United Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment, Chapel Lawn
Memorial Park, Dallas.
CATHERINE DORAN
Mrs. Catherine G. Doran, 80, of 20
Windsor Drive, Dallas, died Janu-
ary 12 at her home.
Surviving are her daughte, Mary
Doran Pisano, Dallas; sons, Robert
and James, both of Wilkes-Barre;
Donald, Kingston; Leo, Trucksville;
sister, Mrs. Margaret Stetser, of
New Jersey; five grandchildren;
three great-grandchildren. Her hus-
band, James J. Doran, died in 1966.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 14 from the McLaughlin
Funeral Home, Wilkes-Barre, with a
Mass of Christian Burial in St. Leo’s
Church. Interment, St. Mary’s Cem-
etery, Hanover Township.
ELMER MAJOR
Elmer L. Major, 83, of 106 Davis
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be held at the Woodlands, Wilkes-
Barre, and will include a business
board meeting from 4 to 6 p.m.,
cocktails 6 to 6:45 p.m., dinner 6:45
to 7:45 p.m., with Congressman
Kanjorski speaking on the subject of
economic development and other
key topics.
Congressman Kanjorski took
office in January, 1985. His District
inlcudes all of Luzerne, Columbia,
Montour, and Sullivan counties and
parts of Carbon, Monroe and Nor-
thumberland counties.
Kanjorski, a fourth generation
resident of the region, had never
held elective office before his vic-
tory in the fall race. However, he
was elected to be a representative
on the House Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee.
As an attorney, Kanjorski gained
prominence in Northeastern Penn-
sylvania in 1972 following Hurricane
Agnes when he incorporated the
Flood Victims Action Council and
worked free of charge for thousands
of homeowners and small business-
men ravaged by the flood.
The Congressman attended
Temple University in Philadelphia
and Dickinson School of Law in
Carlisle. He and his wife Nancy and
daughter Nancy live in Nanticoke.
The business board meeting will
also include a presentation by
Charles Watters, Director of the
Central Division of the Pennsyl-
vania Economy League. A repre-
sentative of the Scranton State
School for the Deaf will present the
role his organization plays in North-
Reservations can be made for the
dinner by writing the Economic
Development Council of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania, 1151 Oak Street,
Pittston, PA 18640-3795, with checks
payable to EDCNP. Cost of the
dinner is $15.00 per person. R.S.V.P.
by January 20.
PRECONCERT MUSIC APPRE-
CIATIO LECTURES, coordinated
with the spring series of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania Philharmonic
Concerts, will be held from 7 p.m. to
8 p.m. on January 24, February 22,
and April 19, at Kirby Health Center
on North Franklin Street, directly
across from the Irem Temple Con-
cert Hall.
This is the second series of pre-
Philharmonic League of Wilkes-
Barre in conjunction with The Penn-
sylvania State University. Informa-
tion on registration may be obtained
from Tobi Grossman, Continuing
Education Office, Penn State
Wilkes-Barre, phone 675-2171.
St., Trucksville, died January 11 in
Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Grace Barnett Ateyh; son, James
A., Dallas; sisters, Elma and
Mildred Major, both of Dallas;
soster-sisters, Mrs. Mary Ellen Wil-
liams, Lemoyne; Mrs. Patricia
Wilson, New Cumberland; three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 14 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with The
Rev. Robert Henderson, the Rev.
Dr. James A. Baker and Pastor
Cliff C. Jones officiating. Interment,
Huntsville Cemetery.
CLARENCE ELSTON
Clarence R. Elston, 90, of Over-
brook Road, Dallas, died January 10
at the Leader West Nursing Center,
Kingston, where he had been a
guest for three weeks.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Ruby Bulford; son, Harold B.,
Dallas; daughter, Mrs. Nancy Mae
Schimmel, State College; six grand-
children; six great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 13 from the Richard H. Disque
Funral Home, Dallas, with the Rev.
Harriet Santor, pastor of the Hunts-
ville United Methodist ‘Church and
Rev. Dr. Allan J. Cease, pastor of
the High Street United Methodist
Church, Binghamton, N.Y., officiat-
ing. Interment, Lehman Center
Cemetery.
Charles Jr.
Charles Heffron Sr.,
ELVA WARMOUTH
Mrs. Elva M. Warmouth, 81, of
348 W. Palatine Road, Palatine,
Illinois, formerly of Overbrook
Road, Dallas, died January 8 at the
Northwest Community Hospital,
Arlington Heights, Illinois.
Surviving are a son, Carl, Athens,
Tenn.; daughter, Mrs. Joan White,
Mehoopany; six grandchildren; one
great-grandchild.
Funeral services were held Janu-
ary 13 from the Richard H. Disque
Funeral Home, Dallas, with the
Pastor Cliff C. Jones of the Hunts-
ville Christian Church, officiating.
Interment, Bethel Hill Cemetery,
Harveyville.
JOSEPH KRYSIUK
Joseph S. Krysiuk, 36, of 196
Hillside St., Trucksville, died Janu-
ary 12 in Wilkes-Barre General Hos-
pital.
Surviving are his parents, Thad-
deus and Althea Kashner Krysiuk,
his wife, the former Kathryn
Ramsey, Wilkes-Barre; a brother,
Thaddeus Jr., Alden; sisters, Irene
Krysiuk, Nanticoke; and Barbara
Harris, Carbondale.
Funeral services will be held
today at 9 a.m. from the Grotnk-
owski Funeral Home, P.C., 51-53 W.
Green St., Nanticoke, with Mass of
Christian Burial at 9:30 in St. Nicho-
las Church, Wilkes-Barre. Inter-
ment will be in St. Francis Ceme-
tery, Nanticoke.
and Mrs.
Union St.
their great grandfather,
new Mini Market features
magazines, milk and soda.
groceries,
Shown here,
newspapers and
from left, are
John M. Vaida, chairman of the
music department at Wyoming
Seminary will be the lecturer pre-
ceding the concert on Friday, Jan.
24. He will give insights into that
night’s concert which features Puc-
cini’s La Boheme.
Winner of the 1977 and 1979 Inter-
national Choral Festival’s highest
award, Vaida is director of the
Buckingham Performing Arts
Center, conductor of Wyoming Sem-
inary Chorale and Madrigal Sing-
ers, director of Wilkes College
Chorus, director of music at Church
of Christ Uniting in Kingston, and
was chorus master of Northeastern
Pennsylvania Philharmonic’s
‘“Plishka Sings.”
Robert L. Edwards, music direc-
tor of Sinfonia Da Camera, will
lecture on Saturday, Feb. 22. He'll
point out what to listen for as the
philharmonic presents selections
from a trio of composers: Bach,
Britten and Beethoven.
In addition to heading the region’s
only professional chamber orchesta,
Edwards directs two of Northeast
Pennsylvania’s oratorio societies,
The Singers Guild of Scranton and
the Greater Hazleton Oratorio
Society. An adjunct faculty member
at University of Scranton, he served
as classical music director of WYZZ
for 16 years, and founded the first
Northeastern Pennsylvania Philhar-
monic Chorus.
On Saturday, April 19, Bruce Rei-
prich, assistant professor of music
at Wilkes College, will discuss
works by Ravel and Dvorak which
will be performed that night.
In addition to teaching music
theory, history and French horn at
Wilkes, Dr. Reiprich is founder-
director of TWINGE, Wilkes Col-
lege’s contemporary music ensem-
ble, and is the author of a number
of scholarly writings on music. His
original compositions have been
performed in Ohio, Delaware and
Pennsylvania.
Coming
events
A SMALL BUSINESS AWARE-
NESS BREAKFAST will be held on
Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 8 a.m. at the
Sheraton Crossgates on Public
Square in Wilkes-Barre.
The speaker for the program will
be Jim Curran, Business Consultant
with the Pennsylvania Department
of Commerce. Curran’s topic wil Ibe
“The Small Business Action Center
- How to Cut the Red Tape.”
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Jack Krogulski of Northeast Com-
munications is Chairman of the
Small Business Committee.
Reservations for the breakfast
can be made by calling Tilly Kalish
at the Chamber at 823-2101.
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ON JANUARY 29, 1986 from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m., the Membership Devel-
opment Department of the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Com-
merce will be holding its first
“Business After Hours” Member-
ship Mixer.
The Membership Mixer is spon-
sored by WDAU-TV 22. A wine and
cheese reception will be held at
Alice A’s on Public Square in
Wilkes-Barre.
Reservations can be made by
calling Tilly Kalish at the Chamber
at 823-2101.
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NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL is accepting registration for
FREE Babysitting Classes for teen-
agers 12 to 16 years old beginning
Wednesday, Feb. 5 and continuing
Feb. 12, 19 and 26 from 4 to 5 p.m.
in the classroom of the Medical Arts
Building, Poplar Street entrance,
534 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston.
Those interested must register
through the hospital’s Education
Department by calling 288-1411,
extension 4035.
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NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL’S OUTPATIENT SATELLITE
CENTER in the Back Mountain
Medical Center, Route 118, Lehman
will conduct FREE blood pressure
and diabetes-cholesterol screenings
on Tuesday, January 28, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Nesbitt staff members and com-
munity volunteers, in cooperation
with the American Heart Associa-
tion, will conduct the screenings.
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LEHMAN CADETTE TROOP 706
will sponsor a shopping trip to
Reading, Pa. on Saturday, March 1.
Departure time is 7:30 a.m. from
the Lehman-Jackson School in
Lehman. The group will arrive at
there until 2 p.m. when they will go
to the Danskin Outlet until 3 p.m.
They will spend the hours of 3 to 5
p.m. at the Reading Outlet Center
and will have dinner at 6 p.m. at
| Leiby’s Restaurant. The bus will
return home at approxiamtely 9
p.m. :
Cost is $15 per person and there
are no refunds.
Checks and reservations should be
made with Beverly Bunney, 1121
Meadowcrest Drive, Shavertown,
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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
He is simply known as “Stanley.
No last name. Just “Stanley.”
'And to the patrons who frequent
the Country Surrey Restaurant, Rt.
309 Dallas, (formerly Coscia’s),
where he stops by daily, he is the
affable little old guy they have
practically come to adopt over the
years because of the simple every-
day pleasures that he brings into
their lives. In fact, they are so fond
of Stanley that approximately 60 of
those patrons chipped in and show-
ered him with Christmas gifts, con-
sisting of a winter coat, hat, gloves
and a carton of cigarettes.
“All he used to wear was several
shirts,”’ said Chuck Condem of Cen-
termoreland. ‘“So we all chipped in
and bought him the coat and other
things for Christmas. But you just
can’t help but feel sorry for him. He
doesn’t have much family and he’s
such a nice easygoing guy. He
comes in here every day, has a cup
of coffee, bums a cigarette and he’ll
talk to everybody.”
‘‘He’s like a father to me,’”’
George Coon of Carverton said.
‘Everyone likes him and there isn’t
a person who makes fun of him.”
Stanley, who is 64 and resides at
the Hillside Personal Care Home,
has been coming into the restaurant
every day since he moved to the
home five years ago. In fact, he has
become more like a permanent fix-
ture. Or as one waitress put it,
‘“‘He’s like one of the family. We
open at 6:30 in the morning and he’s
here about 10 minutes after we
open.”
But, if for some reason you should
walk in and not find him, his friends
say there is still a way to find out if
he was there or not.
“All you have to do is look for a
coffee cup with about five or six
empty packs of sugar next to it,”
Coon explained. “I don’t know how
he could drink it. You know how
sweet it tastes with just two packs.”
Failing at that method of tracing
him, there is still another way of
detection. “If you can’t see him, you
can hear him,” Condem remarked.
“He makes these loud growling
sounds way down in his throat and
you just know who it is.”
Although Stanley has been a rou-
tine visitor in their everyday lives,
no one seems to know much about
him or his personal life other than
that he has a sister in Nanticoke.
And, amazingly, no one knows his
last name.
“I think Stanley is his first and
last name,’”’ one person joked.
“We'll find out when he comes in,”
Coon laughed. ‘‘He should be here
by now. He’s always here. If he
didn’t show up, I think we would go
out and look for him.”
A few minutes later, Stanley
finally shuffled in. Sporting his new
coat and hat along with the familiar
grin on his face, he eased into his
chair at the counter. Predictably, he
unloaded six packets of sugar into
his coffee, bummed a cigarette and
then promptly answered the one
question that has left his friends in
the dark for years.
In fact, he not only revealed his
last name, he went one step further
and spelled it. But after going half-
way through the alphabet doing it,
those curious just laughed and gave
up trying to follow him.
He is still simply known as ‘‘Stan-
ley.”
Just as one might expect, Stanley
A happy guy
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Christmas.
demeanor. Having always led the
life of a bachelor, he worked a few
different jobs before settling in
Wilkes-Barre.
“When Roosevelt was president in
the 30’s, I worked in a CCC camp in
Carlsbad, New Mexico,” Stanley
explained. ‘“I use to put in telephone
lines, digging holes and cutting
down trees, things like that. From
there, I moved to Pennsylvania and
worked on a farm for a little while,
then I worked for the United Reha-
bilation Service in Wilkes-Barre for
cloe to six years and then I*
retired.”
Since the death of his mother a
few years ago, his three sisters are
the only family he has left. But of
the three, only Dorothy from Nanti-
coke, does he see periodically.
Another is currently in a hospital
and ‘the third, Ida, lives in Las
Cruces, New Mexico. :
Still, Stanley does haye his friends
at the "home and often he does some
shopping for them, picking up the
newspaper and a few other items.
And then there are his friends at~
the restaurant. The people that so
enjoy him that they presented him
with Christmas gifts to show their
affection for him.
_ “They’re nice people,” Stanley
smiled. “I didn’t expect the gifts:
They gave them to me about two
weeks before Christmas. It was nice
and I thanked them for it.”
And it was a nice gesture of love
for the friend they simply know as
“Stanley.”
The preliminary hearing for a
Forty Fort woman accused of
fatally stabbing her father on New
Year’s Day has been postponed and
rescheduled until Friday, January
17.
Caroline Ross Riftinger, 48, of 37
Walnut St., is charged with criminal
homicide in connection with the
death of her father, Robert A. Ship-
koski, 67, at the Hillside Personal
Care "Home, RT. 309, Dallas, where
he had been a resident for approxi-
i
mately four years.
The hearing had originally been _
scheduled for Jan. 10 but has been
continued at the request of Mrs. _
Rittenger’s attorney, Basil Russin,
until a psychiatric evaluation on her
can be completed. %
Magistrate Earl Gregory was
scheduled to preside over the trial,
but because of a heart attack he
recently suffered, the case will now.
be held in front of Magistrate:
Carmen Maffei at 1:30. p.m.
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