% 9 a. The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 11, 1998 11 OBITUARIES | WAYNE GOLIGHTLY Wayne Thomas Golightly, 36, of Lyndwood Avenue, Hanover Township, died Feb. 8, 1998, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Pringle, Nov. 21, 1961, he was the son of Claude and Marie Sankus Golightley, Shav- ertown. He graduated from Lake-Leh- man High School in 1979 and the Welder Training and Technical Institute, Wilkes-Barre. He also graduated from Allied Medical, Kingston. He was employed by Eyeland Optical for the last 11 years. He was certified as an optician by the American Board of Opti- cians. He was a member of the First Church of Christ, Wilkes-Barre. He was a member of Martin's Karate, where he was a black belt. Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, the former Jayne Jones; daughters. Lindsay and Chelsea, both at home; sis- ter, Jean Hunter, Kingston; brother, Claude. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Frederick & Snowdon Funeral Home, 617 Carey Ave., Wilkes- Barre with the Rev. William Hughes officiating. Interment will be in Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover Town- ship. Memorial donations may be made to the Leukemia Society of America, 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., STE 3D1, Philadlephia, 19130. Blood and platelet donations to ‘the American Red Cross are en- couraged. JOSEPH LEO Joseph F. Leo, 86, of Glenview Avenue, Dallas, died Feb 8, 1998, in Wilkes-Barre General Hospi- tal. Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was the son of the late Angelo and Adelina Leo. ; He attended GAR Memorial High School. He retired from the U.S. Army after serving 31 years and attain- ing the rank of chief warrant officeer with the Pennsylvania ~ National Guard. He was also a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was a member of St... Therese’s Church Shavertown, a Kingston Township and its Altar, employed®asi'an elementary © téacherand reading specialist by Ministry and the Bock Mountain Senior Citizens. He was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Lena Censullo; daughter, Anne Marie Leo; brothers, Anthony Tranelli and Stephen Leo. Surviving are his wife, the former Victoria Novak; two nieces. Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. from the Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home 140 N. Main St., Shavertown, with a Mass of Chris- tian Burialat 10 a.m. St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. IRENE THOMAS Irene Thomas, 72, of North Mountain Road, Sweet Valley, Ross Township, died Jan. 27, 1998 at Penn State Geisinger Medica Center, Danville. A Born in West Pittston, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mararet Gouse Sheplock. She was a graduate of W. Pittston High School, attended Wyoming Seminary, Allegheny and Wilkes colleges and received a bachelor degree from Rutgers University. She formerly was a former resi-. dent of West Pittston and © Middlesex, NJ; and resided in Sweet Valley since 1985, She was active in community affairs, She was founder and di- rector of the Lake Township Recy- cling Program, was active with her local Adopt-a-Highway Pro- gram and was a supporter of the Arts at Hayfield. She was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake " Silkworth. She was preceded in death by her husband, E. Olin, and a brother Thomas Sheplock. Surviving are daughters, Colette Thomas, Washington, D.C.; Joan Williams, Baltimore; Leslie Baumeister, Somerset, NJ; Allison Thomas, South Bound Brook, NJ; Megan Thomas, Tacoma, WA; three grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to the World Wildlife Tund, 1250 24th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037. More obituarites on page 14 FREDERICK CASE Frederick dJ. Case, 72, of Noxen, died Feb. 5, 1998 at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born July 23, 1925 in Noxen, he was the son of the late Loren and Grace Kromelbein Case. He graduated from the Noxen school system, attended King's College and graduated from Bloosmburg University. He re- ceived a master’s degree from Bucknell University and did graduate work at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He began his teaching career at the Beaumont School and later in the Dallas school system. He became principal of the Dallas Junior High School. During World War II., he served in the U.S. Navy under Adm. Chester Nimitz in the Pacific The- ater of Operations. He served as justice of the peace in Noxen. He was a member of St. Luke's Reformation Church and served on the church council. On Oct. 18, 1997, he and his wife, the former Dorothy Ruff cel- ebrated their 50th wedding anniversry. He was preceded in death by a brother, Larry. * Surviving in addition to his wife, are a daughter, Mildred Jane Elgaway, Tully, NY; sons, Frederick “Rick”, Hamil, NY; Loren, Noxen; Roger, Alderson; 10 grandchildren; three great- grandchildren; a brother, Leland, Ravena, NY; a sister, Verna McGinly, Dover, NJ; and numer- ous nieces and nephews. Interment, Orcutt Grove Cem- etery, Noxen. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Luke's Reforma- tion Church, Noxen, 18636. ARLINE ROOD Arline B. Rood, 93, of Lehman Township, died Feb. 5, 1998, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Plymouth, she was the daughter of the late Guy and Lulu Snyder Beisel. She was a graduate of Wyo- ming Seminary and received a bachelor’s degree from College Misericordia and a master’s de- gree from Temple University. Before she retired, she was the Dallas School District for 34 years. She was a member of the Leh- man United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women. She served as organist for the Church of Christ Uniting, Kingston, for 25 years. She was a charter member and past president of Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority Honor Society for Teachers; a member of the Organist Guild of America and the Mozart Society. She was a volunteer with Meals- on-wheels, the American Red Cross and Dial-a-Driver. Suviving are a sister, Dorothy Moore, Lehman Township; and a niece, Corrin Mayhorne, Bel Air, MD. Her body was donated to medi- cal science at her request. Memorial donations may be made to the Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority, c/o Molly Malpass, 84 N. Pioneer Ave., Shavertown 18708 or the Lehman United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 1, Lehman Township, 18627. DONALD MAY Donald R. May, 68, of Lake Township died Feb. 8, 1998 at - home. Born in Ross Township on Aug. 10, 1929, he was the son of Nellie Hummell May; Sorber Mountain and the late Wilbur May. He lived in Lake Township for most of his life. He was employed by Orlando Paving, Swoyersville for eight years. He was a member of Emmanuel Assembly of God Church, Harveys Lake. He and his wife, the former Mary Newell, celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary, Oct., 1997. Surviving in addition to his wife and mother are his son, John May, at home; daughter, Nancy Wilkes, Harveys Lake; brothers; Ronald May, Noxen; Ralph May, Demunds; Dale May, Harveys Lake; sister, Iva London, Noxen; five grandchildren; and one great- grandchild. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday from the Curtis L. Swanson Funral Home, Inc., corner of Routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek, with the Rev. Rick W. * Womer, officiating. Friends may call at one hour prior to service. Interment will be in the Ever- green Cemetery, Shavertown, Kingston Township. - L SPORTS ROUNDUP | Signing in "POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS Former GAR standout and Cleveland Cavalier guard Bob Sura was on hand for the Dallas/GAR game Friday. He signed autographs for Dallas cheerleaders. Greg Skrepenak, starting guard for the Carolina Panthers and a GAR graduate was also in the audience. He lives in the Back Mountain. WRESTLING Nanticoke 34, Dallas 28 Dallas came back from a 28-0 defecit with five wins in the final seven bouts but were unable to close the gap and lost 34-28 to Nanticoke Feb. 4. Bill Duda got Dallas in motion at 152 with a 6- 2 decision. Nanticoke avenged the loss with a pin at 160 but it was all Dallas from there as Jake Walter (171) posted a 10-3 decision fol- lowed by back to back pins by Matt Gingo (189) and Frank Perkoski (hwt). Lehman 46, Crestwood 20 The Black Knights muscled out six pins and a major decision in a 46-20 victory over Crestwood Feb. 4.Jon Bird (103), Nick Raczkowski (112), Justin Harris (130), Matt « Magee( 1 35), Eric Maciejczak (140) and Sam Saylor (145) posted pins. Jason Maciejczak scored a major decision. Mick Konigus (189) and Matt Kehler (hwt) ended the night with decisions. Hanover 34, Lehman 32 The Knights advanced to the District 2 Class AA finals Feb. 7 with a 52-15 victory over Lackawanna Trail and a 34-30 upset of Meyers setting up the championship match with Hanover. Lehman kept the mo- mentum in their favor halfway through the match racking up a 27-6 advantage before Hanover kicked it into high gear. The Hawkeyes netted a major deci- sion and three pins to put Leh- man in dire straights before Mick Konigus (189) landed a technichal fall to give the Knights a 32-28 advantage heading into the final bout. Needing a pin or technical fall in the final bout for the cham- pionship Hanover’s Scott Paull provided the late heroics posting a pin of Matt Kehler in the heavy- weight match to take the victory. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dallas 52, GAR 50 The Lady Mounts took advan- tage of GAR’s sluggish start to take a 28-18 lead at the half and went on to down GAR 52-50 Feb. 5. Stephanie Simonitis led all scor- ers with 18 points. Katie Austin added 15. Lehman 80, Wyoming 60 Kelly Spencer and Marissa Michaels camhined for 49 for Lehman's total 80 points to lead the Knights to a 80-60 victory over Wyoming Feb. 5. Michaels scored 12 of her 20 points from three point range. Lehman held on to a 44-23 lead at the half. BOYS BASKETBALL GAR 73, Dallas 48 Jonathan Saba was the only Dallas player to score in double digits with 12 points as GAR whipped Dallas 73-48 Feb. 6. The Grenadiers outscored Dallas 42- 26 in the second half. =o of Cie Troop 648 visits fire station Brownie Troop 648 went to the Shavertown Volunteer Fire Station in during Fire Prevention Week. Deputy Chief Jerry Paxton and Assistant Chief Tony Kaiser took the girls on a tour of the fire house and showed them the new aerial ladder truck. As part of the girls’ , community service project, they collected aluminum cans and brought them to the fire station. Row 1, from left, Kelci Gibbons, Michelle Gibbons, Jillian Spring, Kristen Justice, Emily Karalunas. ‘Row 2, Cathy Polachek, leader, Lindsey Davenport, Lindsay Szalkowski, Kylee Besecker, Amy Polachek, Michele Luke, assistant leader. Row 3, Nichole Rave, Marie Foti, Lauren Ziminski, Sara Luke, Emily Polachek. Wyoming 73, Lehman 34 Wyoming held the Knights to just 11 first half points and buck- eted 48 of their own in the second half as the Warriors doubled up Lehman 73-34 Feb. 6. James Lyons was high for Lehman with 11 points. Dallas and Lehman face each other Tuesday evening as both/teams end their season. KEYSTONE GAMES Downhill The Keystone State Games fea- tured a number of Back Moun- tain residents vying for medals in the skiing events held Feb. 5-8 at Montage. The opening day fea- tured the downhill which was held on an abbreviated run due to poor conditions on the connecting Can- nonball course. The conditions also limited skiiers to one. run instead of a combined time on two runs. Stacey Wagner of Shaver- town collected her first medal of the games, a silver, on the down- hill thanks toa time of :40:61, less than a second behind the top time of Stacy Kearney. The medals, however, eluded Megan McGilvrey of Harveys Lake who placed fifth with. a! time of :42:19.. Chris Nattress of Shavertown also came up short of a medal, his time of :37:87 was just over a second and, a half behind front runner Conor Anderson’s :36:19 but the slim margin only earned him a seventh place finish in the richly talented 16-19 male division. Chris Schneider of Trucksville competed in the same division and crossed the line with a time of :39:99 for tenth. Giant Slalom Chris Nattress brought home the gold in grand fashion Feb. 6 with a combined time of 1:19:10 in the 16-19 division. His blister- ing time on the giant slalom not only netted him medalist honors but was the fastest time of all competitors. J.B.Bucha was clocked at 1:30:91, nearly six sec- onds behind the gold medalist in the 13-15 division but was good enough to earn the Dallas resi- dent a bronze. Shavertown's Michael Harstock competed in the same division finishing sixth at 1:47:34. Stacey Wagner (1:28:12) may have suffered a slight case of de ja vu after winning her second medal of the games. She snagged her second silver medal in as many days both behind Wilkes-Barre’s Stacy Kearney in the 16-19 divi- sion. Meredith Edwards trailed the medalists with a fourth place showing and a time of 1:43:49 in the 13-15 group. Modified Giant Slalom Dallas resident Whitney Pol- lock mined for precious metals in the 12 and under Modified Giant Slalom Feb. 7 and struck gold with a time of :56:72 while Chris- tina Harostock won the interme- diate run posting a time of 1:07:62. Janelle Bucha shared in the suc- cess with a bronze in the 16-19 female division. John Murray of Dallas took runner up honors in the 60 and over division while J.B. Bucha collected his second medal of the games, a silver in the 13-15 division. Jeffrey Chopick of Trucksville posted a third place ' finish in the 20-24 division. Dual Slalom The dual slalom event on Feb. 8 ended the skiing competition and sent many Back Méuntain residents to the winner's platform. Charles Tyrell of Shavertown set the pace in the 16-19 division posting a time of :57:37 earning him the gold medal while Chris Schneider ended his Keystone ex- perience with a bronze in the same division at 1:01:44. Jeffrey Chopick was just over a second off theleader with a time of 1:08:02 in the 20-24 division. In the 60 and over division, Robert Thomas (1:11:96) again; proved to be .a thorn in John Murray'si(1:17:56) side, edging out the Dallas resi- dent for a second time in as many days. Graydon Speace of Shaver- town went home with some new silver neckware after placing sec- ond in the 13-15 male division, Jessica Fields, Dallas, placed sec- ond in the 13-15 female division while Janelle Bucha earned a bronze finished the course in a time of 1:12:06 among the 16-19 year. Christina Harostock won the gold in the 12 and under interme- diate division and Michael Ostrowski of Harveys Lake com- pleted the 25-29 intermediate di- vision at 1:18:34. Students visit with rainforest animals Recently the students of the Dallas Middle School were presented ' an assembly on Animals of the Rain Forest, by Bill Bethurum of the Antrim Bureau. Exotic birds, lizards, and tortoises were shown and explained to the audience. The importance of the rain forest's effect on the earth’s weather patterns was also covered in the program. Pictured: Dan Evans, Joe Duddy, Bill Bethurum, Annie Savage, Jane Bethurum, Jennisfer Zinn and Hanna Perry. 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