The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, December 19, 2002 3 | Toys | Continued from page 1) {1 Marines campaign on the 4 news, and we are happy to be } part of it.” “We only collected $100 our first year,” said John Wertman, “but because our office deliveries have picked up dramatically and our customers have been very generous, we had $1,800 this | year to spend on toys. The Marines told us if we didn’t have p | | wn time to do all the shopping our- | selves this year, we could just l - write a check, and they would be | happy to do the shopping for us. “But. we always make time I every year because that com- pletes the circle for us,” he said. “We watch the money grow all year, and it gives our employees a thrill to actually buy the toys A . and deliver them. This year we were able to buy so many toys | that we took them directly to the Marines near the airport in Wyoming.” “We are grateful to K-Mart in | Edwardsville for helping us this year,” said Heather Wertman. p ] ® “They helped us stretch our money further, set up a special check-out for us, packed the toys in boxes, and helped us get | them to our truck. We really had a great time loading our carts so high that we could hardly see | over them. | “The Marines told us that the infant to 3-year-old age group needed the most help, so we tried to concentrate on toys for ) | ,them. We want to thank store | manager, Jim Soucy, for his kindness and hospitality.” | The morning after their whirl- wind shopping spree, John Wertman delivered the toys to the Marines. Several of the Marines greeted John at the | | curb and helped unload the toys into one of their vans. Captain % Joseph Novario, from . Dubois, directed the transfer of the toys. POST PHOTOS/SANDY PEOPLES Above, J&J Deli employees held some of the toys purchased with their tip money. From left, first row: Tim Reese, a senior at Dallas High School; Paul Fiske, a senior at Dallas High School; Sam Rus- soniello, a junior at Dallas High School. Standing: Bill Cuff, Mary Ellen Neely, Pam Dunbar. Below, John Wertman made the “Santa delivery” to the Marines Corps in Wyoming. From left: Sgt. Glendon Garrett, John Wertman; Capt. Joseph Novario, First Sgt. Charlie Stanford, Staff Sgt. Kirk Larson, % Ba. Joseph Limani. “This is an amazing amount of toys,” he said. “The donations for the kids really bring out the spirit of the season.” “We have a lot of fun with this project,” said Heather Wertman. “I just read some Valley Santa letters in the paper and some of them are enough to break your heart. It gives us a good feeling to know that we may have helped a child's dreams come true.” J&J Deli and its employees will be honored by the Marines with a plaque of appreciation. .store,” Dallas will miss the man who waved By M.B. GILLIGAN Post Correspondent = DALLAS — The man who waved at Dallas has died. “He enjoyed greeting everybody whether he knew them or not. He was like an icon out there.” The community lost a long-time volunteer and friendly face when Alvin Shaffer passed away on December 5, at the age of 77. Shaffer was a member of the Dallas Fire and Ambulance, Inc. and a charter member of Dallas Ambulance Association. He was the number one driver for many of those years and also operated the pump. “He was always there, always had his hands on the trucks,” said Tim Carroll, mayor of Dallas. “His favorite love was the 1927 Mack fire engine,” Bob Besecker, truck can still be used at a fire if it was needed. “Al helped me a lot when I was fire chief,” said Besecker. # “He was a former chief and 1 | ran my first ambulance call with him back in 1957 and he was still working with the de- partment up to about a year Al Shaffer was a fixture as he waved at passing motorists ago.” from his back yard. Dedicated community vol- ) unteers like Al Shaffer are hard to replace. “Our fire department is- hurting for dedicated people who'll get up in the middle of the night or go on a call on a Sunday. Volun- teerism seems to be dying,” said Besecker. “We have a nice group of junior firefighters right Jim Eason Dallas have put in.” said ‘Dallas. That his las Hardware. now but we'll be lucky if one or two of those will stay on for the 15 to 20 years that the rest of us Al Shaffer became known over the last several years as the man who waved to everyone going by his Memorial Highway home. “Some probably nev- er even knew his name,” said Ed Roth, Dallas. was just a nice, friendly guy.” Shaffer and his wife, Edith, lived near the Dallas Center Hardware store. He spent a lot of time in back yard overlooking Route 309 near Wendy's. People would beep their horns at him and he'd wave back. “He enjoyed greeting everybody whether he knew them or not,” said Jim Eason, owner of Dal- “He was like an icon out there. He was always dedicated to the community with his work at the fire department. We will miss him.” In addition to his wife, daughter, Janis L. Barringer, League City, Texas; two grandsons; brothers, Donald F., Dallas; Ken- neth L., Panama City, Fla.; Richard H., Mexico; and sister, Carolyn Purvin, Shavertown. Memorial donations may be made to the Dallas United Methodist Church or Hospice Community Care, Wilkes-Barre. “He he is survived by a William R., Dallas; Developer gives traffic advice to borough DALLAS — Council members were left with a lot of information and one major option after being presented with a traffic analysis report by traffic engineers Mon- day night during a Borough Council work session. Consulting engineers with Pen- noni Associates Inc., hired by J. Naparlo, the developer of the for- mer Yalick property in Dallas Township, brought to the council a suggestion that would make Lake Street, a current two-way street, one-way. Lake Street is part of the five- point intersection where Church, Main and Lake streets, and the Route 415 Memorial Highway, meet. The development in Dallas Township would affect the bor- ough because much of the traffic to and from the proposed “box which might be a Super Wal-Mart, would travel through the borough. Md Ti Checking, No minimum balance. 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