% 3 x x NE hid N is i A SET ‘2 The Dallas Post ‘taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital where she was treated and released. Dallas, PA rrr Wednesday, October 6, 1993 POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK CAR/TRUCK COLLIDE - This care driven by Beryl Thomas, 83, of Dallas, collided with a trailer truck ~ October 1 on Main Road in Dallas Township. Rescue personnel got her out of the car, and she was ‘By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Two unusual accidents involv- ‘ing cars and tractor-trailers kept -~ Back Mountain police busy Fri- day, October 1. Dallas Township police are investigating an accident between an empty GMC dump trailer oper- ated by Franklin Harvey, 38, of RR 2 Tunkhannock and owned by Ken Pollock, Inc., of Hunlocks ~ Creek and a 1988 Chrysler oper- rated by Beryl Thomas, 83, of ~ 3 Dallas, shortly after 4 p.m. on “Main Road, Dallas Township. Police said that the Thomas “vehicle pulled out from the inter- 1 section of North Main Street and Main Road, striking the tractor- trailer’'s right rear tires. The im- pact left the Thomas vehicle rest- ing on its left side wheels, with the right side wheels wedged over the guard rail, police said. Ms. Thomas was transported by the Dallas ambulance to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where she was treated and re- leased, according to a hospital spokesperson. A second accident four hours later on Route 118 in Lehman Township left the Lehman Town- ship police cruiser wedged be- tween a tractor-trailer and the guardrail in the highway’'s east- bound lane. According to the Pennsylvania Time/temperature sign returns to Dallas center ‘By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Many people took it for granted until it was removed. Then they found out how much they had depended on it. A group effort brought it back. Absent from the front of the building since Mellon Bank bought United Penn Bank, the sorely-missed time and tempera- ‘ture sign has re-appeared at a new location at Dallas Corners. “Zillions of people asked what ‘had happened to it. They really ‘missed it,” said Bob Besecker, ‘who donated the sign's new site on Route 415 alongside his real estate office and will pay its elec- tric bill. After many requests from bor- ough residents, the Dallas Bor- ough council authorized manager Milt Lutsey to contact Mellon Bank about replacing the familiar and convenient sign. “After Mellon took over United Penn Bank, all of United Penn's old signs ended up at Fieseler Signs in Pittston,” Lutsey said, crediting Mellon Bank's vice presi- dent Edward C. Niewinski with working with him. “Mellon Bank officials told me that they didn't want to put one on their building, but said that I could have one to put somewhere else as their gift to the commu- nity. All that I had to do was go up and pick one out.” Accompanying Lutsey to Fie- seler’s, Dallas road crew employee Charles Shuraitis helped him select the best sign for the new location and built its sturdy stand. “I's a logical location, more visible than the old one,” Besecker said. “I would have loved to have put one up myself, but they start at $11,000. I have a small office and couldn't have afforded that on my own. It's a great idea for the town.” Misericordia 301 Lake Street Dallas, PA 18612-1098 Financial Aid Information Students Activities Campus Tours Thinking About College . . Open House For High School Students Saturday, October 16, 1993 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Students and their parents are invited to experience our campus, have fun, meet our students, and visit with professors and admissions staff. Faculty Presentations Athletics For reservations call Admissions Office (717) 675-4449 or 1-800-852-7675. Reservations are limited. State Police Wyoming Barracks, the cruiser, operated by patrol- man Sev Newberry, 52, of Hun- lock Creek, had been traveling east on Route 118, and hit the guardrail in an attempt to avoid a head-on collision with a tractor- trailer operated by John Propst, 34, of Muncy, PA, owned by Avis Truck Service of Muncy and leased to McCormick Trucking. The truck had failed to return to the high- way's westbound lane after pass- ing another vehicle. Neither driver reported inju- ries, police said. Both vehicles sustained moderate damage. Charges are pending against the truck driver, according to the Lehman Township police. Friends helped Reese family in time of need By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Although she attended the Trucksville Nursery School for only a few months, nearly everyone there knew Wendy Reese, who died at home Sunday following a long battle with illness. Wendy always came with her mother, Jennifer Reese, to drop off her older sister, Amanda, at classes. As she grew, she joined the school’s play group. When Wendy was diagnosed with a brain tumor, her family at the Trucksville Nursery School rallied to help out. The mothers’ group learned to quilt so that they could make one toraffle off as a fundraiser for the Reese family, school director Linda Mazur recalled. “The mothers decided the sec- ond year to make four smaller lap quilts so that more people would have a chance forone,” Ms. Mazur recalled. Other mothers organized a sale Where do you find school and senior citizen menus, and more local news of the Back Mountain? Only in The Dallas Post POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY — Showing off Dallas Borough's new time/temperature sign recently donated by Mellon Bank are, from left, borough manager Milt Lutsey, Robert Besecker, Mayor Paul LaBar, Mellon Bank's Dallas Branch vice president Paul Nicholson and borough employee Charlie Shuraitis, who made the sign’s stand. GO BANANAS AT BRUNCH! 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No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the express written consent of the publisher. zi Obituary, pg 10 of official Trucksville Nursery School sweatshirts, donating the profits to the Wendy Reese fund. Later moms sold T-shirts for Wendy throughout the Back Mountain. Their labor of love raised “a substantialamount” of money and provided a support group for the family, Mazur said. “Many of the mothers in the Parent Enrichment group form nice friendships. They're very close-knit and supportive of one another,” Mazur said. Jennifer Reese said that the family is very grateful to their friends at the school, St. Ther- ese’s Church and their friends and neighbors in the Back Moun- tain for all of their help during Wendy's illness. 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