Ne ry MEERA AR ~The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, January 3, 1 991 : ng i ™ fs) Lid Summa (continued from page 1) mensely since I first started,” said A vi “I have watched it grow from ., the father's business with just Ron .+.and Drew working with two other employees, the late Ollie Mason and Richard Thomas. In the begin- ‘ning they were working on septic tank installation, plumbing and heating. Now it's everything; ; _plombing, heating, air condition- ing, well pumps, excavation, roads, clearing, septic systems, rock ex- cavation, underground storage tanks, certified installation and removal for petroleum, sewers, water, drainage, gas and conduits. ” They have about 40 pieces of equip- ment.” Alice has grown with the busi- ness and handles all aspects of it in a most professional manner. ~ Watching her as calls come through ~ onseverallines which she relays to the men on the road, she doesn’t appear to be the least bit pres- sured. “I have had three bosses since 1972 andl adoreeach one of them,” "Alice said. “Now I also do all of ~~ Drew's son D.J.'s paper work. It : has been a pleasure working here and I'm going to miss it, but comes a time in your life you reach an- other plateau and take another path in your life.” The former Alice Pavlick, daugh- ter of Mrs. Anna Pavlick and the late Stephen Pavlick, Alice is mar- ried to Frank Summa, who is - employed by the Commonwealth + Telephone Company and plans to retire in mid-January. She gradu- '. ated from Dallas High School in - 1946, and then worked three years at Irem Temple Country Club and three years at Commonwealth Telephone Company. “After Frank and I were married 1 stayed home to raise my family; “ three boys, Frank, Jr., Stephen ‘Paul and David. After all of them ~ were in school I came to work at ' Fitch's as a secretary, something I + always wanted to do. Frank and David worked at Fitch's part-time ‘while they were in high school and “college. “When I retire, Frank and I are + going to Florida for the months of ‘February and March and when we ‘return, our eight grandchildren will ~ keep me busy,” said Alice. ~~ “Alice was more than a secre- ~ tary,” said Ron and Drew Fitch. ~ “She was office manager and was in complete control of everything. We are going to miss her but she ~ can't stay away forever. We expect to have her come back from time to Sor ¢ i time. The place won't be the same { without her.” © - Ruby Elston recalls 94 quiet New Years By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Mrs. Ruby Elston of Overbrook Avenue, the widow of the late Clarence Elston, recently cele- brated her 94th birthday and this week celebrated New Year's Day at home with members of her family, much as she had through- out her life. “We never celebrated New Year's Eve the way many people today do,” said Mrs. Elston. “We never went out ,but stayed at home. When I was a girl there were no radios or television and nothing much to do so we stayed at home and played games or put together puzzles. “My mother always had a new broom outside the door on New Year's Eve and in the morning of January 1 of the new year she would bring it inside, the tradition being that ,’A new broom sweeps clean." We also left something good to eat outside and brought it in in the morning. This was a symbol that we would have plenty of good food throughout the new year,” Mrs. Elston explained. After radio came into existence, Mrs. Elston said the family used tostay up to hear the Times Square celebration of the New Year. “It was always a family night. After Clarence and I were married we watched television when they had it,” Mrs. Elston explained. “Some people went out ,but our family always stayed home. When my daughter Nancy was old enough she always went out for dinner with friends, and some- times to a party where they would have refreshments and noisemak- ers. “Nancy would dress up special 94 NEW YEARS - Ruby Elston recalled some of the New Year observations she's held over her 94 years. It's been mostly quiet celebrations for the Dallas resident. (Post photo/Charlot M. Denmon) as though she was going to a prom. But most of the time New Year's Eve was a quiet dinner at home and this year was the same. We still celebrated it with the family, played games, turned on the television and did puzzles. The younger ones had something going in every room,” Mrs. Elston con- cluded. Luzerne man dies A Luzerne man died after the car he was driving went out of control and struck a tree after a heavy snowfall last Thursday night in Kunkle. Dallas Town- ship police say that John M. Bassett, 30 was traveling on the Kunkle-Alderson Road when his car swerved on the snow-covered roadway, hit a utility pole and then crossed a drainage ditch as it became airborne and struck a large tree broadside. Bassett was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:52 p.m. ~Jones : La jeontinued from page 1) PA to determine the best of Wires possible locations for a landfill. The state requires that each county must have a plan to 4 - dispose of its waste; it does not ‘ mean that we must have a : landfill.” © Jones has been married for 30 ears to the former Marie Conrad . and has four children: Nancy * Gensel of Kingston Twp., em- ployed at Nabisco Brands; Bill, of : #5 Jackson Twp., an officer at First Eastern Bank; Linda, employed at Commonwealth Telephone . and Bob, senior at Lake-Lehman. © Jones is a 1956 graduate of - Harter High School, West Nanti- coke. He is a sales manager with Llewellyn Reproduction Services in Wilkes-Barre. He is well known as a square dance caller and as a former basketball coach at St. Vincent's High School in Plymouth. He also coached at St. Pius Seminary, Dalton and College Misericordia, Dallas. He is a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America, the Arthritis Foundation, the Catholic Youth Center, and the Northeast Ballet Co. He is a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus and has served as President of the Harveys Lake Lions Club in 1978. Kunigonis leads flower club Newly-elected president Marion Kunigonis of Dallas presided over the recent meeting of the West Side Flower Club held at Hoyt Library. Projects for the coming year were discussed and tentative plans also made for various projects through- out the year. Anew executive board was also organized by the presi- dent. . A calendar of events will be is- sued at the Feb. 14 meeting, at 7:30 p.m., at the Church of Christ Community Room. Members are requested to bring house plants to be judged at the February meet- ing. 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He and his wife Eileen, J are the parents of two children. “We were alerted in August to then the alert was off until now, talked to the company officials where I work and what I was told in September doesn’t go now, although I will have my job when I come back. war unit, we will probably be in charge of setting up prisoner 0 war camps and will guard prisoners,” Landon said. Landon, who is a member of the Dallas School Board, will 3 granted a leave of absence while resume his positon when he returns from the Mideast. go overseas in September, " Landon explained. “I have he is on active duty and will Soldiers (continued from page 1) hanging in there and enjoying the many packages he is getting from people back home. “His morale sounds good,” said Mrs. Hutchins. “He told us he got a lot of junk food in the beginning but now he’s on a diet of health food and lifting weights every day. He is keptbusybecause he teaches classes to other Marines. “He did get a chance to go off ship and spend some time in the United Arab Emirates John is get- ting tired of waiting. He is planning on getting married inJuly so hopes he is home for that. His fiancee is going ahead making plans so we hope he gets home in time.” Not much information Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Williams of Terrace Street, Fernbrook, said they hear regularly from their daughter, Lt. Lisa Williams, a nurse in the U.S. Navy. “She writes regularly several times a week but we often get all the letters at one time,” said Mrs. Williams. “She seems to be doing all right but her morale isn’t the greatest. She said they don't get much information about what's going on and that she hears more from home. 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