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The Dallas Post
Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 20, 1995 7
Mailman
{continued from page 1)
As a result of this delivery
service, Myra looks forward to
the brief visit from her mail
+' carrier. She would sit on the
porch and greet Bob with a
~smile and a kind word, often
‘-accompanied by the offer of a
cool drink on a warm summer
day.
On this particular Monday,
-Bob secured his vehicle and
“-"approached the Carlin resi-
-'dence to deliver the mail He
was wary of the fact that Mrs.
Carlin was not out on the
- ‘porch.
“=. As he approached the
“kitchen door he could see that
Mrs. Carlin was on the kitchen
“floor and was trying to get up.
She seemed to be in a lot of
-" pain as she was crying, so Bob
“called to her to see if she was
okay and if she needed help.
* Shesaid she wasnot and asked
". Bob.to come in and help her to
“+ get up from the floor. Asking
*.herifshe was able to get up, he
tried to help her to a chair but
she was in a great deal of pain
when she tried.
Knowing she was befriended
by her next door neighbor, Ben
Kasmark, Bob went outside
and called'Ben for assistance.
Together they were able to help
Myra to the kitchen chair and
make her comfortable.
Visiting nurses made regu-
lar visits to Myra's homs and
‘were scheduled for a stop on
‘that day at about that time.
‘Myra was concerned that she
“had broken her knee so Bob
compress on the knee until
the nurse arrived.
Mrs. Carlin was later one:
ported to the hospital. She did
in fact fracture her knee.
Doctors put a splint on the leg
and Myra will go to a rehabili-
tation center for physical ther-
suggested that Ben put a cold
apy.
BOB MORGAN
“I only did what
any other person
would have done.”
Bob Morgan
Rural route carrier
Bob simply went on to com-
plete the daily duties of the
postal worker and made no
mention of the day's event to
anyone at work or home. The
next day, Bob reported to work,
proceeded to deliver the day's
mail and returned to the of-
fice.
As he entered he was greeted
by a few fellow employees who
were offering congratulation
greetings. Bewildered by this
he asked, “What are you talk-
ing about?” They said they
heard about his helping a
customer with a broken leg
and called him a hero,.
Apparently a customer on
the RR 6 route was listening
on a home scanner and heard
the call for medical transport
to the Carlin residence, also
some facts about the mailman
Bob who took the time to care
and offer assistance to an in-
jured customer.
Jerry Cavill, the RR 6 car-
rier was told of the incident by
his customer. Jerry was ex-
cited to hear something “good”
about a postal employee and
felt everyone should know the
story, so he proceeded to tell
Bob's fellow workers.
Bob was a bit embarrassed
to be put into the “spotlight”
over what he considered to be
an ordinary act of human
concern. Someone was in need
of help and Bob was in the
right place at the right time so
to speak.
Bob said, “I only did what
any other person would have
done, so that doesn’t make me
a hero. I wish you guys didn’t
hear about the incident but I
do thank you for the words of
approval.”
Pilots
(continued from page 9)
“In order to have the FAA regis-
ter your plane as an experimental
aircraft, you have to build at least
55 percent of it yourself,” Ward
said. “There are many kits on the
market, but I like to go from’
“scratch.”
He built the biplane mainly from
aircraft tubing and canvas, and
covered it with 26 coats of paint -
\ #@clear, silver and the two colors.
When he started working on it in
the mid-1960's, it cost him about |
$8,000. Today a similar biplane
would run up to $35,000, he said.
‘Can the Pitt Special do rolls
and loops and fly upside down
like the biplanes in the movies?
“Oh, sure. I used to to all that
stuff,” Ward said laughing. “But
I'm too old for that now.”
) @ ‘Rumbaugh, also of Dallas
|
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Township, was about 16 and had
just gotten his driver's license
when his father, who had flown
several times, asked him if he'd
like to learn to fly.
“The pilot's examination was
much simpler then -Ionly needed
about seven or eight hours of
instruction time before | made my
first solo flight,” Rumbaugh said.
Rumbaugh learned on a 65 hp
Piper Cub made in Lock Haven.
Like the one which Ward learned
on, its only instruments were a
compass and altimeter. Pilots flew
by,dead reckoning, plotting their
course on a special map and cal-
culating the wind speed and di-
rection from their cockpits, Rum-
baugh said.
They relied on landmarks such
as highways, railroad tracks, riv-
ersand the occasional place name
written on a roof, like the one on
the roof of the old Dallas Agway.
A graduate of Amherst and
Temple Medical School, Rum-
baugh did a little flying while in
college as a member of the New
- England International Collegiate
Air Club, spotting landings and
participating in simulated bomb
drops on targets. Then his flying
career went on hold until the late
1950 S.
Flying is great - you
meet all kinds of
people.”
Dr. Marshall Rumbaugh
Cessna 210 pilot
In 1975 he became the proud
owner of a 1975 “bicentennial”
red, white and blue: one-engine
Cessna 210, which will be part of
the display at the September 24
Airport Day celebrations.
He's flown the Cessna all over
the country, to air shows in Flor-
ida, Denver, the Carolinas, Min-
nesota, Virginia and Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, the country’s biggest
air meet.
“You have to try flying before
you'll know whether or not you'll
like it,” he said. “Find a pilot who
will take you up a few times. Flying
is great — you meet all kinds of
people.”
Airport Day will celebrate the
historic first air passenger flight
from the valley, in which two
planes owned by Frank Martz and
carrying 11 passengers left Wyo-
‘ming Valley at 9:25 a.m. Septem-
‘ber 24, 1929, and arrived at
Newark at 10:24 a.m.
The Wyoming Valley Airport
opened June 22, 1929, handling
cargo and mail plane traffic for
four months before passenger
service began. A common cargo
was bags of coal shipped from the
area’s anthracite fields to the cit-
188.17.
The airport was built on ground
leased from the Garrahan, Post
and Pettebone farms in Forty Fort,
with the hangar erected in May,
1929.
Area aviation history was made
in 1930, when the 22-passenger
Condor, the country’s largest
passenger airplane, landed at
Forty Fort.
Attractions at Airport Day will
include displays of conventional
and experimental airplanes, an-
tique cars, race cars, an airboat
and public safety transport ve-
hicles.
Tethered balloon rides, flying -
demonstrations, food vendors and
an arts and crafts show will also
be available, with music provided
By WNAK radio personality Bobby
" Admission to the show, spon-
sored by the Wyoming Valley Air-
port Association, Inc., and park-
ing are free. Hours are noon to 6
p.-m., with a special commemora-
tive program and flyby at 1 p.m.
The airport is located on Route
11 in Forty Fort, just south of the
Midway Shopping Center.
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Fogel enlists in Army
David H, Fogel has joined the United States Army under the
Delayed Enlistment Program at the U.S. Army Recruiting Station,
Plano, Texas.
The Delayed Enlistment Program allows recruits to delay enlist-
ment into the Army for up to one year before reporting to basic military
training.
After completion of basic training, soldiers receive advanced indi-
vidual training in their career specialty.
Fogel, a 1993 graduate of Plano Senior High School, will report to
FortJackson, S.C., to begin his military training, September 28. After
basic training, he will be trained as a satellite communications
systems operator/maintenance at Fort Gordon, GA.
Fogel is the son of Les Fogel of Plano, TX and Sandra Sachs of
Dallas.
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Two named
to Kingston
Twp. water
commission
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP - The
supervisors unanimously ap-
pointed Shavertown residents
Marlene Hogrebe and Frank Kelly
to the water commission at their
regular September 13 meeting.
The commission, composed of
Hogrebe, Kelly, Jim Ward and Ellie
Rodda, will be a liaison and advi-
sory committee between the resi-
dents and the township supervi-
sors. It will also investigate resi-
dents’ complaints and make rec-
ommendations on water service
and supplies to the supervisors.
One position on the all-volun-
teer commission is still open.
Interested residents may contact
the township manager. \
The supervisors unanimously
awarded a $96,132.50 bid to
Vincent Construction of Benton
to pave Firecut Road on Bunker
Hill. Work on the unimproved dirt
road is expected to begin in about:
three weeks, according to town-
ship manager Jeff Box.
The supervisors unanimously
voted to hire an additional full-
time police police officer to re-
place patrolman Robert Weiss,.
who has been suspended without
pay and benefits after admitting
he “borrowed” $106 from a locked
evidence room. Weiss is awaiting
trial in Luzerne Count Criminal
Court.
The supervisors will hold the
fall road inspection October 22.
Luzerne County GOP :
picnic Sept. 24
The Luzerne County Republi-
cans will hold a picnic September
24, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the
Catholic War Vets Post 274, Old
Ashley Road, Ashley. Tickets are
$10 and wil! be available at the
gate.
The event will highlight all
Republican candidates for
Luzerne County and state offices.
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