“THE GREATEST FEAR IS
FEAT ITSELF.” I learned the
greatest lesson of fear first
hand this past week. Coming
home from work Monday night
to be greeted at the door by my
“entire” family (a rarity in
itself when you have teen-
agers).
Before I even had my coat off,
I was informed my doctor was
waiting for me to get home
from work and return a call to
him. The tears started, the anxi-
ety began and the fear in me
was so great I didn’t even know
what I was afraid of. In minutes
I learned my cardiogram was
not what it should have been, 1
had to be admitted to the hospi-
tal and surgery would be Thurs-
day morning. The rest is his-
tory, I had the surgery
Thursday morning, am home
and doing fine, about a week to
recuperate from the surgery
(that’s my diagnosis) and I
hope back to work on the 17th
and if the surgeon ‘‘tells me
true” my generator will do its
job for 10 more years.
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REMEMBER PATROLMAN
RALPH SELTZER who was
injured so badly when he was
run down while on duty as a
part time police officer in our
area two years ago?
Well when I arrived at the
hospital and was settled in my
room a very friendly caring
nurse, Carol Seltzer, became
my angel in white.
I recognized the name and
soon I felt a little relaxed and
Carol updated me on her hus-
band (who’s doing fine, is back
working at Danchek’s full time,
but not doing police work) and
together we talked and relived
her terrible nightmare, some-
how it made mine seem minor
for a few moments. Carol was
my day time nurse until I left
thirdrd floor Thursday to go to
surgery and then back to Coro-
nary Care Unit so I didn’t see
her again.
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DR. MARK KATLIC, was my
surgeon, we too soon became
friends, I had never met him
before but he was the choice
surgeon of my cardiologist, Dr.
Udoshi and my family doctor,
Dr. Anzalone so it sounded OK
to me. After talking a few times
Dr. Katlic informed me he
reads my column in The Dallas
Post. He knew we were moving,
he knew I worked at Stapinski’s,
gee I think I found another
friend.
Dr. Katlic is a young, intelli-
gent surgeon who also happens
to live in the Back Mountain. He
and his wife, Atty. Diane Katlic
purchased the Nesbitt Estate off
Huntsville Road and reside
there.
It just so happens that Dr.
Katlic is a very good friend of
one of our favorite nephews,
Ron Hillard. Ron Hillard also
happens to be a sales rep for
Pacemakers and he and his
lovely wife, Suzanne, an R.N.
just purchased some land in
Sutton Hills, Shavertown. They
plan to have a home built and
hopefully be in by April. The
friends you make, good times or
or bad, are always my most
important memories, and they
always seem to tie in with the
Back Mountain Area.
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JUDY WILLIAMS of Lehigh
Street, Shavertown, aiso had an
unexpected hospital stay last
week. Judy developed severe
pain and ended up in Wilkes-
Barre General Hospital having
her appendix removed on Satur-
day morning. Judy has three
beautiful ‘‘very young’ children
at home and husband, Walt has
his hands full I know. I sure
Jean
HILLARD
hope you’re feeling better soon
Judy and the pain from surgery
goes away soon.
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GEORGE MACULLOCH, who
lives next door, has been on the
sick list all week too. George
has a very, very bad cold, sore
throat, bronchitis and all those
uncomfortable things that go
along with it. Hope you're feel-
ing better and back at the bank
soon George!
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SPEAKING OF THE BANK,
Merchants Bank in Shavertown,
I had a call from one of the girls
Saturday. The well known Pat
Rapotski, Asst. Branch Man-
ager, is now finished at Shaver-
town and going full speed ahead
on getting ready for her
family’s move to Georgia.
Pat, her husband Mike and
children, Chris and Jenny, are
making a drastic move to the
South as soon as they sell their
home. The Rapotskis will both
look for new jobs when they get
settled in Georgia, a great step
to take, we’ll miss them a lot in
the Back Mountain, but we wish
them a very healthy, successful
future filled with happiness and
prosperity.
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WE WELCOME BARBARA
TOCZKO, who resides in the
Tunkhannock Area to serve
Pat’s customers. Barb and her
husband are building a new
home near the Pink Apple in
Tunkhannock. Barb is a Branch
Level 1 Assistant and will be
assuming the duties that Pat
held. We wish you a warm
welcome and happy career in
Shavertown Branch.
A banner was flying outside
the Merchants Bank in Shaver-
town, Friday. It read ‘Farewell
Pat.” Customers and fellow
workers were autographing it
and Pat will add it to her
cherished memories of our Back
Mountain Ara and good friends.
Reports are Carol Novajosky,
Carol Rogers, and Ann Ondish,
are feeling very sad and having
a hard time letting their best
friend of many years go. I'm
told there were four spokes in
that wheel, and with one spoke
gone, it will not be a perfect
circle now.
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THE KLEINS, Dr. Albert and
Dr. Roberta Day Klein, chiro-
practors have returned from a
two week business-pleasure trip
to Florida. The doctors attended
a chiropractic seminar and also
enjoyed Disneyworld, Epcot,
sunshine and relaxation with
their two children Becky and
Daniel. 9
JERRI SPENCER took
advantage of the Kleins being
on vacation and took her week’s
vacation with her mother and
they enjoyed touring the Boston
at the Klein Chiropractic Center
for several years.
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DON AND KAREN COX and
children Tony and Scott of Shav-
ertown, vacationed in Indiana
when they visited family,
recently.
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GET WELL WISHES go to
Mrs. Mary Shaver of Overbrook
Avenue who is a patient at the
John Heinz Rehabilitation
Center. Mrs. Shaver has been
having lots of trouble with her
leg since June when she frac-
tured it. Hopefully a couple
weeks of extensive therapy will
solve her problems and relieve
her pain.
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IT WAS GOOD TO SEE Jim
Post of Dallas walking around
town last week. Mr. Post as a
surgical patient at NPW in
Plains, and is doing very good
now.
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THINKING OF SHOPPING at
Vanity Fair in Reading? Think
twice before you go on a Satur-
day. Grayce Hicks and daugh-
ter, Louise went down last Sat-
urday only to find lines and
busses of people waiting in lines
to the point of frustration.
Grayce reports all she got was
a headache and Louise was so
sick by the time they got home,
she didn’t have any desire to
shop. A trip to the Reading
outlets on a Saturday from now
until Christmas is only for
people with lots of patience who
aren’t looking for any special
gift. A day out maybe, but not a
day to shop.
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SHOP YOUR LOCAL MER-
CHANTS. You get more for
your money, and they are the
ones who will support your com-
munity. Get your ideas from the
special gift buying section in
The Dallas Post.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREET-
INGS are sent to Lisa Chaney,
who celebrated her 19th birth-
day on November 9.
A graduate of Dallas Senior
High School, Lisa is now a
freshman at College Misericor-
dia where she is majoring in
Nursing.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Chaney of Trucks-
ville.
(Jean Hillard, a Back Moun-
tain resident, is a columnist for
The Dallas Post. Her column
appears regularly.)
In the November 5 issue of
The Dallas Post, the photos of
Rosemary Caputo and Rosalie
Strasser were inadvertently
reversed.
Rosemary Caputo, of Shaver-
town, has accepted the position
of phonathon chairman for the
1986-87 Wyoming Seminary
Annual Fund.
Rosalie Straser has been pro-
moted to the position of Systems
Officer at Merchants Bank
North. She is also a resident of
Shavertown.
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Holiday Bazaar on Wednesay,
Nov. 19 from 10 a.m. until 4
church.
Lunch, featuring hot turkey
casserole, jello salads and des-
serts, will be served from 11
a.m. until 1 p.m.
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A BOWL-A-THON for Luzerne
County Special Olympics will be
held November 20, 21 and 22
from noon through 8 p.m. each
day at Chacko’s East, S. Main
St., Wilkes-Barre.
A free t-shirt will be awarded
to each participant exceeding
the $10 minimum. Trophies will
be awarded to top bowlers.
For further information, con-
tact Deb McGovern or Janie
Griffin at 824-6825.
JACKSON GRANGE meets
the third Friday of every month
at 8 p.m. at Osage Hall,
Lehman.
For more information, contact
Edwin Wright at 675-3870.
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THE DALLAS ELEMEN-
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library, in conjunction with
Children’s Book Week Novem-
ber 17th through the 22nd, will
present Storyteller Susan
Danoff on Friday afternoon,
November 21st at 1:00. Ninety-
one fourth grade children from
Dallas Elementary School have
been invited to hear an hour of
storytelling.
The public is also invited to
attend this program but reser-
vations are necessary and can
be made by calling the library
at 675-1182.
In recent years, Susan has
been teaching children to tell
VCR presentation for parents on
November 19, 1986, at 2 p.m.
titled “Dallas Elementary Edu-
cational Programs and Activi-
ties’. Also, scheduled at 2:45
p.m. is a ‘‘Parent Teacher
Tea”.
The above activities will be
held at the Dallas Elementary
School.
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THE NOVEMBER FELLOW-
SHIP SUPPER will be served at
6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20,
at the Huntsville Christian
Church overlooking the Hunts-
ville Dam. There will be a
Thanksgiving Theme for the
evening.
Guests are welcome to the
covered dish supper and may
obtain more information from
Rev. Cliff Jones, Pastor of the
Church at 675-0611.
Coming
events
BACK MT. CLERGY t
Out for dinner
stories and has conducted resi-
dencies in Franklin Township,
at P.J. Hill School in Trenton,
Maplewood Middle School,
Fleetwood School in Mt. Laurel,
Birchwood School in Dover, and
most recently at Princeton Uni-
versity’s Forbes College. Work-
shops include creative writing,
drawing, and movement. She
also teaches in the English
Department at Princeton Uni-
versity. She earned her B.A. in
East Asian Studies from Prince-
ton University; M.A. in English
from Rutgers University and
English Teaching Credential
from the University of Califor-
nia, Berkeley.
ASSOCIATION announces that
the Thanksgiving Eve Service
this year will take place at the
Huntsville Christian Church
overlooking the Huntsville
Dame on Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The Rev. Louis A. Grippe
from Our Lady of Victory
Church of Harveys Lake will
bring the message.
There will be nursery pro-
vided for children under 4
years. Refreshments will follow
the service.
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A HOLIDAY STRESS WORK-
SHOP will be conducted on
Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m.
in the St. Maria Goretti Annex,
42 Redwood Drive, Laflin.
The workshop is open to all
who may be feeling the effects
of stress, anxiety, and loneliness
during holiday time. Men and
women who have recently suf-
fered a loss through death, sep-
aration, or divorce are espe-
cially encouraged to attend.
Martha Mary Whelan, R.S.M.,
Diocesan Director of the Office
for Pomily Life will facilitate
1€ sion.
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